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XVI, No. 26.
MIDWAY, BRITISH COLUMBIA, MONDAY, APRIL 28, 1902.
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At the labor convention held recently in Knmloops the following pliitfurtn
was formulated :
Thnt tnia pnrty lays it down aa 11
flrst principle thnt they will nominate,
endorse or support only such men as
will place their signed, undated resignation in the hands of the convention
which nominates or endorses*-them ;
1 hut the resignation he sworn to ; thai
the resignation may lie handed in to
Ihe Lieutenant-Governor-in- Council
whenever a majority of the convention
shall consider such action advisalile.
1. That we gradually aholish all taxes on rhe producer, shifting them on
land vh lues.
2. Government ownership of rail
ways and all means of communication.
3. Thnt the governnient establish
nnd operate smellers and refineries to
treat nil kinds of minerals.
4. That the franchise he extended to
women.
6. The abolition of property qualill
cations for all public offices.
6. Farm improvements, implements
and stock not to he Inxed and wild
lands to he assessed at the price asked
for them hy speculative holders.
7. No land or cash subsidies, or lands
to be held from ihe actual settler.
R. Ten tier cent, of all nuhlic lands to
he immediately sel apart for edue.i
tionnl ptirposes, and education of lib
children tip to lhe age of 10 years 10 l-e
free, secular and compulsory, text
rooks, meals and clothing to he supplied out of the public funds where
necessary.
I). Compulsory arbitration of labor
disputed;
1(1. Restriction of oriental immigration by law on the lines of 1 lie Na:al
Acl, and if snid law he disallowed it h-
repeatedly re enacted until the end
sought is attained.
11. That to protect us from Asiatics
already 111 the province the govern
ment insert a clause in all private acts
to this effect i 'This act shall lie null
nnd void if tbe company fails to enter
into tin agreement wilh the government as lo the condition of consttuc
tion and operation,' and that the
House pass a resolution to prohibit
the employment of Asiatics in all franchises granted by the provincial house.
I'i Conservation of our forest riches,
pulp land leases to contain a provision
for re-foresting so as to produce a pel-
eniiial revenue and make pulu innnii
facture a growing aud permanent in
duslry.
13, Thai the act compelling the
scaling of logs hy government scalers
be enforced,
11. Absolute reservation from sale
or lease of a cerlain part of each known
coal areftj so that state owned mines, if
necessary, may be easily possible in
the future. All coal leases or grunts
hereafter made to contain a provision
enabling the government, to fix the
price of coal loaded on cars or vessels
for shipment to B, O. consumers.
15. Municipal and puhlic control of
the liquor truffle.
Ki. The right- to a referendum where
a va'imhle subsidy or franchise is to he
confer!'!'d.
17. That-all transportation coinpnn
ii s lie compelled to give free transportation to members of the Legislative
Assembly and supreme court and
county Judges,
Irt. Election day to he a public holi
day nnd provisions made that every
employee shall he free from service at
basl. four consecutive hours during
polling time.
Resolutions were adopted as follows;
That In the opinion of litis convention
all books used in public schools in B.
(!. .should be printed nt tbe governnient
printing oflice at Victoria antl sold at
cost.
That this body views with Indignation the refusal of the Attorney General nf this province and the Minister of
Justice to aniorce lhe alien contraut
labor laws mul recommend the ennct
ment of a law making ll compulsory on
the pnt't of*aitl official to secure its enforcement, Further, llinlcirrumslnn-
lint evidence as applied In criminal
lawB suffice to spclire a conviction applying alike lo the malinger or Imported laborer,
A resolution urging ihe assumption
of the Canadian Pacific Telegraph liy
the Goyerniuent.
That the Dominion Government lie
requested to pass an act legalising the
Union label.
That the Provincial Government he
asked to have placed on all its printing lhe Union label, and thai the Union label lm made a specification in llll
contracts where the same Is obtainable.
Whereas, a plank re compulsory
Sunday lahor has been omitted from
the platform, and whereas, such action
mny needlessly prejudice electors of
this Province from securing their just
rights in lhe matter, and therefore be
it resolved that this convention pronounces unequinocally in favor of the
rigid enforcement of the Sunday law
and recommends such additional legislation as will make it more workable
and effective.
That we, the delegates from the various lahor unions and refoi in organizations throughout Ihis Province hereby
express our disapproval of the indifference of prrsJiif and pnst governments
to the interests of the working people.
Beit further resolved lhat this non
vent Ion Immediately proceed to organizations in future political campaigns,
Be it further resolved that the name
if thia shall he the Provincial Progres
sive Parly.
That the Government immediately enact legislation compelling
all employers of labor to pay
all wages due his employees In
currency, and that such payment he made evey two weeks
and that failing to so pay to he pun
ishable hy fine and imprisonment un
less such employes have previously entered into written agreement to the
contrary.
The following were elected on the
Executive Committed Chris Foley,
president; Jis, Wilkes, vice-president,
Jas. McNiven, secretary; council, J. H.
Watson, H.  Buckle, I),  Slovens, T.
Bttckleton.
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OEOLOOICAL   SURVEY    REPORT.
R. W. Brock Gives an Account of his
Work In the Boundary,
The-summary report ot Ihe Geological Survey Department for the calendar year of 11)01 is to hand. Referring
lo the Boundary country ii says In
part.:
The work wns confined 11 portions
of the Grand Forks antl Kettle river
mining divisions of the Boundary dis
trict. Comment ing field work ai (iiand
Folks, llnrdy creek was ascended to
Hardy mountain, and the country lie
tween July creek and the North Fork
of the Kettle river to the international
hoiindary line was examined. From
here the work was extended northward to Summit camp. From this
point the area between Brown creek
and the North Fork was examined'.
Moving southward, the district between July creek and Boundary creek
was exnminid a shott distance south
of Wellington cainp. From Wellington camp July creek was descended
and camp was moved to Grand Forks
From Grand Forks, a tiip was made
up the main North Fork of lhe Kettle
river, to examine the rocks In which
coal had recently been discovered.
On returning to (irand Forks, work
was extended from July creek to Boundary creek, south of Wellington camp,
tothe Boundary line, including Central imd Atwood's camps, A travelse
ea. then tnadii of the Columbia ,v.
Western railway, between Midway
and Grand Forks, the railway cuttings
affording line exposures of the rocks
of the district.
The climate is drier lhan thai of
West Konlenay, This, wilh the lower
altitude of the mountains, tbe consequent lighter snowfall and more rapid
melting in the spring, makes I he water
supply less copious and reliable, although the district is slid fairly well
watered. The valleys, as a rule, are
large and wide, affording, In a number
of instances, gootl ranching lands.
Boundary oreek occupies the principal longllltudliial valley between the
North Fork and ihe ninii) Keltic river,
Along ils lower stretch it is a wide U-
shaped valley, with gootl grazing laud
on its lower slopes. The transverse
valleys are short, and sleep, but still
larger and older than the correspond
ing valleys in West Kootenay. The
topography, as a whole, is that of an
older inountain district,
Mosl. of the valleys are or have heen
well wootled, The vegetation is similar lo that of West Kootenay. Thn
open hillsides are u-imlly clothed with
buiith grass, unci sage brush win observed nt one or two localities.
Although this dislrict may be Ira*
versetl With less difficulty lhan West
Itnotinitiy,geological work is not much
easier, as the covering nf drift in ninny
placet)conceals the rotUs Jiud good ex
posures are found with difficulty, if at
all, Frequently the critical points,,
such as contacts, are entirely drift,
covered. While prospect pits nre
usually lo be found, these are not altogether satisfactory for geological pur*
poses, for mineralization obscures the
original stl'ucnire, as lt alters the original character of Ihe rocks, Afler a
few words on the nature and distribution of the rocks, a short account of
the occurrence of ores in them will he
given, As In the .Kootenay dislrict,
the geology is complex and diversified,
Eruptive rocks (greenstones, gran*
lies, various ililrnsive dykes, tuffs and
lavas, etc) have the widest distribution. Sedimentary locks, such as
limestone, generally crystalline, argil*
lites, quiirtzites, together with mrta-
iiiorphic rocks including setpentines,
are met with In almost all pjtrts of the
district, but do not have very large
dimensions in tiny one place, being
caught up as inclusions in the intrusive
eruptive rocks. The oldest rocks rec*
Agnized in the dlslri'jt are Ihe sedimentary and crystalline rocks.
Near Central camp are exposures of
a gray inonzonite-like rock and dykes
of thc similar rock occur in the gray
granite near Greenwood end in the
greenstone at tbe Ruby claim, Wheth*
er this rock is related to the Rossland
monzonites and theiefore newer than
the gray granite, or whether only
fades of the gray granite and its
dykes, has yet to he determined. A
pinkish acid granite newer lhan the
gray and belonging to the rock largely
exposed nn lhe ^divide between the
East Branch and the main North Fork
of the Kettle river, occurs on the main
North Fork of the Kettle river about,
10 miles above the fork nf the Enst;
branch". On the North Fork of the
Kettle river there nlso occurs a still
newer rriuk.il reddish poi phyritic gran-
iie similar in appearance to the Rossland granite.
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The Winnipeg is again on lhe shipping list.   For several weeks no ore
was sent to the smellers, but recently
shipments have been  resumed, and 11
consignment of 05 lons.were forwarded
to Grand Korks.   Recent development
1,1118 opened up a considerable ore body
. nnniiiiiiie, and 1)1-,-r- '-• --"    ■-
' he limited by tlie capacity of the hoisting apparatus at lhe mine,   it is expected ihat shippingoperaiions will be
continued for an indefinite period,
The Standard Oil company has acquired the Mound and  Copper t ti If
properties ou Copper mounlain, in the
Siiiiilkiimeen, from Oie Johnson and
L. Jacolison of Rosslnnd.   The consideration  is  understood   to  he $52,000
cash.   The Standard Oil people own
ihe well known Nickel Plate mine, on
which Ihey have spent many thousand
dollars in development.   The Mound
and  Copper Clitf adjoin  ihe Nnkel
Plate and were acquired with a view
In extending the oil people's holdings.
The claims were located hy   Messrs.
Jacobson nnd Johnson on a grubstake
by W. Yolen Williams, who was in-
triimenlal in making lhe deal.
It Is reported that there is a deal on
for the consolidation of Ihe Dominion
Copper conipany  and Ihe Snowshoe
Golti   and   ('upper    Mines,    Limited,
whose properties are sil tinted in lhe
Phoenix  camp.   The  control   in the
former company is held by Senator
C.ix, Robert Jiilfniy and Mackenzie k
Mann, all of Toronto.   The properties
iu ihe group include the Brooklyn nnd
Stemwinder mines.   James Breen, the
smelter man,mulct took a large amount
of development woik last year in return for a controlling interest  in  (he
stuck.    It was alsn stipulated that h.'
should build a smelter for the Ireat*
ment of ores. Afler Ureen lunl expended, it is said, over $1(KI,01HI of his own
money, he had a disagicement wiih
ihe Toronto capitalists and withdrew,
receiving an equivalent in slock bul
not the control for the development
work he had directed.   Tlie group is
commonly regarded us one of the must
promising in the Boundary and one
already on a basis to ship a large tonnage  dally.   The  Snowshoe group is
nearly a mile distant,   It is on 11 shipping basis and could easily ship 1100
tons daily.   Besides the underground
workings the ore can be quarried fifth)
huge open cuts on Ihe surface.   The
failure of ihe management hitherto 10
ship except for experimental purposes,
is ascribed to the fact that it had been
decided to wait until thc mine owned
its own smelter.   Tho company has a
capital of ll&iO.OOO and the control of tv
majority nf the shares it held by the
British Columbia, Rossland anil Klocnti
Syndicate, the vendor of which spent
over JSn.lXm In developnienl work. The
Hurl of Chesterfield is chnitinnn s C. S,
VViltet'tow deputy chnllman, nnd Ibe
niniiituing director A. .1, McMillan, lhe
hitler of Rosslnnd.   ll. is understood
thnt the negotiations me now In an
advanced singe,   If an amalgamation
,of ihe two companies U effected n
!smeller for lhe treatment of iln- oie of
Ihn'h  mines will  be ere,-ted ut sonic
point in the Kettle rivcr valley. C. M. GROUSE Manager
Published weekly «t Midway, B. C.
Siibscrlptlnn prlco, $200 per annum, pnynblo
in advance, olthor yearly or half yearly al the
option of the subscriber,
Advertising rates sent on application.
MONDAY. APRIL 28. 1902,
F.J. Deane has purchased Ilie Nelson Miner plant, and the paper is now
called the Daily News. In his salulory
the new proprietor announces that lhe
new paper will be greatly improved
and, recognizing the necessity for all
sections of the community to work
together harmoniously in order to obtain the most, satisfactory results, it
will he one of its important aims to
hi ing all classes together on one com
iniin platform. Nelson has long been
divided into Iwo classes, one supporting the Miner and the other the de-
fund Tribune, until there was not sufficient support to make either paper
profitable, but if Ihe News he successful in obtaining the support of the
entire population of lhat prosperous
Kootenay city, it should enjoy unbounded prosperity.
.1 |in (irn-ci. iino tucuiitc sticn iicins
as additional clerks.gr.-ints lo hospitals,
special constables, and transport.
There is a revote of $27,8(10 for government house at. Victoria and contingencies in the public works department,
£40,000, The provincial health department requires $25,000 more thnn the
$8,000.voted last yenr; the reception
to lhe Duke of Cornwall cosl $11,055 ;
and the printing and binding of the
revised edition of the provincial yeai
book cost $1,000. The statements as to
the appropriations for tlie various rid
ings give but. few details as to how the
amounts are to be expended. Absolutely no details are given rs tothe
manner in which the JUjoOO appropriated for public wotks ut the Rnssiand
riding is to he expended, and the condition of affairs wilh respect to the
grants affecting this district can only
he surmised.
MIDWAVTONELSON.
A copy of the estimates for the ex
peiiilitures of the  province for the
coining year has been received at this
office,    The  revi nne  is  expected   to
amount to $2,222,508.85, some of the
chief sources of which nre ;   Property
and  income  tax,   including   arrears,
$5iJs"i,000; Dominion government, $;i0;V
008.05 ; bind sales antl rentals, $117,1X10;
Chinese  restriction.   $40,000; timber
licences and royalties, $80,000 ; timber
leases, 8.10,010; nnd from the fisheries,  $35,000.   A summary  will show
how largely Ihe province is dependent
upon the mining industry for its lev-
enue.   Some of the detail are :   Free
miners' certificates, $175,000; mining
receipts general, $80,000; mineral tax,
$180,000 i royalty on coal.  $130,000;
making a total of $515,000,  whereas
the mining districts hear their share
of all the other sources of revenue, including lhe $150,000 that is expected
from the poll tax.  The expenditures
are expected to total $2,180,127.31, distributed  as  follows :     Public   debt,
$403,140 ; civil government, $263,280 ;
administration of  justice,  $125,112 ;
legislation, $44,105 : puhlic institutions
(maintenance), $128,500 ; charities and
hospitals, $74,800; administration  of
justice (other than salaries), $110,(1(10;
education, $412,110 ; transport, $21,200;
revenue service, $17,000; miscellaneous,
$137,570 ; and puhlic works, $802,200 ;
made up of works and buildings, $200,-
150 ; government house, $4,700 ; roads,
Btreets, bridges and wharves, $395,350 ;
surveys,  $12,000; and contingencies,
$50,000.   Under the heading civil gov-
prnni.»pt    fjytlu*t."*l    tliere   are  Rriu.ll
reductions from the previous :-.... lo
the amounts for the premier's and provincial secretary's offices and a small
increase in the deportment of mines,
one cleric getting an increase in salary
und an assistant assayer being added.
The treasury department gets a little
less and the agriculture brunch a little
more, while slight increases occur in
the lands and works and the attorney-
general's department.   There are practically no changes iu the land registry
offices with the exception of a bookkeeper lieing added to lhe staff of the
Victoria office,   Two new offices are
provided for, a commissioner to arrange freight rates at $1,800 a year and
a fisheries  commissioner  at  $3,000,
while a salary of $115 a month is provided for a supervisor for log scalers,
also a new office.   The  steam  hoiler
inspection will cost the province more
than last yenr, the inspector at Nelson
having his salary  raised  to $110 a
month and Ihe other inspectors gel.
increases of $25 a month each.   The
bureau of statistics is a new service for
Ihe maintenance of which there is an
expense of $175 a month.   The total I
appropriation for public works is $682,*!
200, of which the following are some of
ihe details;  Government house, Victoria, $65,000; addition tothe hospital
for the insane, $18,100 ; fish hatchery
ami maintenance,$15,000; reformatory
at    Vancouver   (completion),  $18,000,
and additional public schools through-
out the province, and furniture, $02,
750.   The following are tbe grunts for
public woiks lo the various const il non
ides :   Contribution toward the Point
Ellice   bridge  at  Victoria,  $30.000;
North Victoria, $6,000; Soil 111 Victoria,
$(1,000; Esquimalt, $11,000; Cowlchan,
$8,000; Albernl, $5,000; North Nanaimo, $5 000; South Nanaimo, $16,000;
Nanaimo city disltlct (outside of city
limit), $1,710 ; Vancouver island main
trunk rond, $0,000 ; Richmond, $K,fKKI;
Dewdney, $0,1X10 ; Chilliwack, $0,000 ;
Delta, 87,1001 North  Yale,  $12,000;
West Yale, $10,600; Fast Yale, $27,260;
East Lillooet, $8,000;  West Lillooet,
$8,000; Carlhoo and Omlneca, $13, loo ;
north riiling oi Fast Kootenay, $14,600;
south ruling of Kast Kooten.iy,$l 1,500;
Revelstoke, $14,600 ! Slocan, $10,(100 ;
Nelson, $18,6001 Rosslnnd, $14,600 ;
Cassiar, $20,000. Some of the other
works are ;   Cariboo main trunk road,
$20,ih)0 ; bridge at Chimney creek,
$20,000; protection of Kicking Horse
river, $1,500 ; and surveys, $12,000.
There is a provision of $60,000 for con
tingencirs. The olllce of the agent
general at London is to cosl. $10,liOO,
lllld $4,000 1* provitledfi.riiiiiiiigiati.in,
Among the miscellaneous Hems is
$1,600 fol a school of mines at Rnssiand. The supplementary estimates
tnl.il $111! Mil, made np, one Would
of sinus required   fm- services
Passenger Traln.s Are Now Running
Over the New Bridge at Robson.
Passenger trains are now running
over Ihe new Canadian Pacific bridge
at Robson, the now .service being formally inaugurated hi't Monday.
The thtough service makes some alterations in the runs of the (rain crews
operating on the division, but no changes iu the time card huve been made
as yet, and it, is not expected thai a
new schedule will be necessary, although tho effect of tl.-e Ihrough service, if any, would be to reduce tlte
running lime. Tlie necessity of awaiting the arrival of the bonis from lhe
north will probably prevent faster
lime being made on the division. The
travelling public will appreciate the
abolition of the ferry a! Robson,which
has heretofore taken up consideralile
time and been a source of inconvenience generally.
In future'the Boundary trains will
not run into Rossland, as has been the
case since the completion of the Columbia k Western rond. Instead the
Boundary set vice will be operated between Mid,vay anil Nelson, ihe distance between these Iwo points being
approximately the same ns between
Midway Bnd Rossland. The buffet car
service will also be run from here into
Nelson.
The morning train out of Rossland
will in future connect with the Boundary train at Robson and then go
thtough to Nelson, while the evening
train goes in ditect from Nelson instead of from the Boundary, as hns
been the case heretofore.
The nnv bridge at Robson is a substantial juncture which has been in
course of construction for more than a
yenr past, and has cost tbe company
between $175,000and $200,000, In ad-
,,.,. .,,,, cms outlay tne cui*i-<a,,j „,...
expended a Urge sum in improving its
roadbed on the Columbia k Western
section with a view to the increased
traffic when the through service was
commenced. This local improvement
work^is still under way on a considerable scale, lt is the intention of the
Canadian Pacific, moreover, tu construct a neat station building at the
eastern approach of the hridge for the
convenience of passengers transferring
from trains to boats or vice versa, This
structure will probably lie completed
liefore the end  of the approaching
Summer.
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It is only a question ofa short time
until that portion of the Coast-Kootenay Railway from Curlew to Midway
will be constructed.   This line would
be now being built, but for the scarcity
of laborers.   When this road is built,
most of the spur lines to the different
mining camps will start from' here,
making this the railway centre of this
district.   With the advent of more railways into Midway the prices of real
estate will advance, and the choice lots
purchased and taken off the market.
Show your good judgment by buying
now.   Midway property will make you
rich.   It is not a speculation, it i s an
investment.
For prices and terms apply to
THE MIDWAY COMPANY,  Ltd.
•STAGE*
Carrying His majesty's Hails
Will leave MIDWAY on Tuesdays, Tl
lurs-
kr ai
in
con-
leave
days ami  Saturdays,  at 8.30 a. 111.,  arrivin
CAMP McKINNEY at5 p.m.
Returning will hive CAMP McKINNEY
Sundays,  Wednesdays and  Fridays at 9 a,
reaching MIDWAY at 1.30 p. 111., and makin
nection with the train going east at 2 o'clock,
The best of accommodation for
tho convenience  of  tha
travelling public.
R. MFYERHOrr, PROPRIETOR.
^t«(litiiis;ji3«^%{i.Sili!i]millisiit)im)it«r^
CROWELL'S
HOTEL...
THE BEST HOTELIN|
MIDWAY
OOOOOOO
Headquarters for Railroad,
Mining and Commercial
First Class Livery Stable in Connection with Hotel,
S. A. CROWELL, Prop.
MINERAL ACT, 1896.
Certificate   of  Improvements.
iro-ion.
Toronto, N'o. 2. Galkna ajvd Homes Fractional MtxKK.it. Claims.
Situate in the Osoyoos Mining Division of
JJdlfl    DlStriflt.    Wk*w   lormlul  ._r«B,n
AKE .VOTICF. lhat I, Charles de glols
Green, a. agent tor Peter S.-.oit, free min-
certificate No. _(0l33, intend, rixiy day*
from (be ditto heroof, to apply to the MiniiiK
Itcconler for a Oortlfloate of Improvement).,
lor the purpose of obtaining a frown Urant
of the above claim.
Anil further tnkc notice that action, undor
section 37. must he commoncod hefore the
issuance of such Certificate of Improvements.
Paled this Uth day of March, 1903.
21c , CI. DKB. GltKEN.
C. F. COSTERTON
VKRNON B.C
Dr. R. Mathison,
-: DENTIST.
NAOIjN-.FLOOD   BLOCK
OREENWOOD.
Mineral Act, 1896.
NEW YORK CAPITALISTS
Make Proposition to Build the Coast-
Kootenay   Railway.
Viutori*., B.C., April 21.-A new
proposition for the construction of the
Coast-Kootenay road is lining made to
the government tonight hy a firm of
New York capitalists.   The terms are
mnch more Iiiienil lhan those understood to have heen offered by McLean
Bros, who wain from $4,000 to $P0<)
a mile and a million acres of land. This
linn, it is understood, aglets to huild
for $1,000 a mile, provided lhe Dominion government  giu-s nix  thousand
acres ot land.   They wiil commence
the const ruction three months  afler
the Dominion ui.l |ggranted, and complete it  within five years thereafter.
They will make n, $5,000 deposit at once
and a bundled thousand as soon .-is the
contiact is signed, They agree to i epay
lhe province the eubsidy at the rate of
two per cent of tho gross earnings after
ten years.   They accept  the govern-
ment control rates, io he exempt from
taxation till suhsidy is repaid.   They
are entirely Independent of any other
road.   John Oliver has  heen  instrumental in enlisting their inlerest, and
Lugrin is acting as solicitor here, with
power to sign contract.
The applicants are owners of lhc
Sinillkanieen & Keremeos Kailway (!o,
charier, which was Incorporated ut lho
last session of the Dominion house In
huild from I'entictoii to the boundary
line.alsti up Siniilkameen to Prlnoetnrii
The Incorporators wero J, 1). McArthur
and ,1, Fi Mediae of Rossland, ami W,
(). MoDougall of Ollltllft, The present,
holders with these are the Ollalla Oopper k Hold Smelling Co. of New York.
They will I uiltl fimii a point hetween
Fraser river and the I ndary line on
the Gulf of Georgia, via Ohllllwiiok
and the Hope mount .-tins, to Midway
ami heyontl, with connection to Van
couver, via New Westminster liriilge,
antl to Victoria daily hy regular car
ferry.
"Amber" Plug Smoking Tobacco li
winning on its merits,
"Have you Liit-ii il ':"
NOTARY PUBLIC.
h-tr-awxt. Foriw.
The Hoyal Insurance Cot.
The London and Lancashire Fike
Insurance Coy.
The Insuiianck Ooy. of North
America.
The London and Canadian Fire
Insurance Coy.
The Sun Like Assuranck Coy or
Canada.
The Dominion Building and Loan
Association.
Appraiser por the Canada Permanent Loan and 8avinos Coy
Ccniflcate  or  improvements,
Notice.
Itoi.i.0 and Kino Mixkhai. Claims,
Situate In thc Osoyoos Mining Division of
Yale District.  Whero Located :-Camp
Hedley.
TAKK.NOTICE lhat I. Charles do Bloia
Oroon. as agent for llobort It. Hedley,
freo miner's cortiflcato No. DS0378and fur Paul
Johnson, free miners certificate No. BWJ51 nml
Krank Fletcher, tree miner's oerlfflcato No
ll.Vk«a and for Peter Bflott, free miner's
certificate No. DAUBS, Intend nijiij- ilnys
from the date hereof, to apply lo Ihe Mining
Recorder for a Certlflcaie of Iniprovomonts,
tor tho purpose of ohtaining a Crown Grant of
the above claims.
Antl furlher tako notice Ihal action, under
section ,17, must lie commenced hefore ihe issuance of such eertilleale of improvements.
Dated this 18th day cf Jan., I'M.
13c 0, OKU. OltKKN.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To .1. 0, Itellly, \V. II. Ileilly and J. M. Judil.
of Loomis, Washington:
TAKE noliee that 1 havo done ou llio Itock
Creek Mineral Claim, slluale on Book
Creek, in the Osoyoos Division of Yale Hi*
trifit. tho work roqulrod by'Seotlon tl nt iho
Mineral Act for the year which expired ou
August IB, 19)1, ami have dulv recorded lho
cortlfloato of work for this ahd tho two yowfe
procodlng.
Ami furihor take notice that It at the expiration of i«l days frnm Ihe dale uf the lirst pnbli-
cation of Ihis noliee ill Tiik MIDWAY ADVANOB
you, cn-owiiern, full to contribute your proportion ol thu expendilure required hy said Ker-.
linrr.ll In respect of such wink, namely J.V1.V.,,
togolhor Miih all tiie ij'istHuf Advertising, ynur
interest Iti Haiil mlnoral olalm shall become
vested In moupou Qllng wilii thu mining recorder of said mining division the notico and
affidavit rcqulrod by the Mineral Act Amendment Act, IJM'l.
A. M150 It AW.
Haled Ihiiilithiljiy of March. liMi.       Ilh-u
MINERAL ACT, 1896,
Oertiflcnte  of   Improvements.
voTxca.
Bu,v„r .Star Minkkai. Claim.
Situate In thc Kettle River Mining Division of
Yale District.   Where located : Welling
ton Camp.
TAKK NOTICE that I, Forbes M. Kerby. as
ngonl (or T. W. Stack, freelnlners e.-rtili-
catcNo. Hl-.'l«l. T. A. Howard, free miner's
eertilleale Nu. 0430112, ami Chris. Mellmir-ll free
•inner Bceriiilr-ati- Nu. tuijiiioi, lntotid,«lxty darn
from the date herci.f.io apply 'lo t|1(. Mining lie
cordortor a oortlfloate of Improvomonta, for tho
purpose of obtaining a Crown (Irani of lhe
above claim.
And furlher take notice Ibat aetlnn. under
Motion ;x., must bo commenced boforo tlio
iasuauco of suoh oortlfloato of lm prov nibs,
Datod Ibis Mb day of November, 1001,
l-c FORBES M. KKiiity.
The Riverside Hotel
Is situated at Rock Crc:k, B. C, on the main
route of travel lietween Penticton ami all Boundary Creek points.
STOPPING    PLACE   FOR   STAGES.
o***************
Good Hunting. Good  Fishing.
Best of Accommodation.
******
S. T. LARSEN, Proprietor.
MINERAL ACT.
Certificate of  Improvements,
SOTIOB.
Anaconda Minkhal claim,
Sltuato In tho Kettle River MlnlnK Division
ot Yale District.  Whore located : At the
mouth of Baker Creek.
TAKK NOTICK lhat I, Knrhes M. Kerhv,
froo minor's oortlfloato Nu. ii4uW,-foi tny-
self and a* agont for Charles llauillion, free
minor's oortlfloato No. B30383, and Wm. Itollly,
hue minors' oortlfleato No, li4l;illl, and Ainsley
Megraw, free miners eertilleale No. ii'injHU,
iiilenil.tjllilays fnun the dale horoof, to apply lo
the Mining Heoordor (or n Cerlilleale. uf 'lm-
lirnveiiiciii. fur the purpose uf obtaining a
CrOWIl Oraut nf tile above claim.
And further take nutlee tbat action, uiuler
section 87, mtisl ho commenced before, ttiolssti.
uiir-e of Knob Certificate of Imprnceinents.
Hul
Mineral Act, 1896.
Certificate  of   Improvements.
NOTIOJB,
I.KOA1, TJJNDKK ANI) KlIKK OOlNAOjS MlNKIIAI.
Ci.aimh.
Situate ln tho Keltic River Mining Division
ol' Yale District. Where located: In
Wellington Cnmp.
TAK10   NOTH'H thnt I, Korhes M. ICerbv
as agont fur T. vv. stuck, freo minor's
cortlfloato No. MM. T, A. Howard, (roo min-
0)2092, James Price, li	
and Clirle, Me.
lie   Nn.    ll|J.>lil|U,
apply l)i thu Mining iiceuriier fur a Corllflcatn
of Improvements, for the purposo ut obtaining
$ Crown Grant oft .hovc-lnlm,,   umm"'~
And furthor take notloo that nnlloti, under
section ,17   must  be comraoucod  liofiro th.
ium-iido ot suoh Oortlfloato bflmproiomonIs.
Dated this 18th day nf November, A, D. 1001
IZo r'OKHKSM. KKIlllV. '
curl Ideate No,
minor's oortlfleato No, nlii
Dondl), free minor's corlllli
intend, irixlj- dnys froi.r   the
lillr
nl t his 111 li day uf December, Ilml.
FOIU1KS M. KKItllY.
A. WENRICK
TOWN SCAVENGER
Teaming of all kinds dono at
ficasonanle Hates.
MIDWAY
iif
B.C.
Spokane Falls Morton1
Railway Co.
Nelson & Ft. Slieppard
Railwav Co.
Railway Co,
The only iiii mil route between
nil points Knsl. West ami South
to Rossland- Nolson nnd nil
liitorniodli-te points I connecting nt Spokane with the Great
NorilitTii, Northern Pacific nnd
O. It. & N. Co.
Conned.', at Rossland with (ho Canadian
ruellle Hallway for Boundary Crook points.
Connects at Meyer's Kails with stuno dally
lor Republic
bullet Service on Pasjongor Trains between Spokane and Northport.
EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 10, 1001 :
llAV  TltAIN.
Leave.        Arrive.
■■••    MKjn,     *.l.',|un.
■■■■    UtM li.tu.      I.Jllipni.
■■••    It In n.in.     II.C, p.m.
Mr. a. ta-jh-assetonr,
tltuioral Wwiiiitor Agouti
S I'O RANK ,.
ItONSI.ANII.
NJUtSON.,.,
CANADIAN
PACIFIC
RAILWAY,
80ENI0 l.lt-'K.
IHItKIT LINK
EAST
Winnipeg
Toronto
(lit awn
Montreal
New York
tOWHST RA
WKST
TW
Vji
Vi
Sea
I'n
Sll
llir
rtliiiul
FroncWO
Via Soo Line
St. Paul, Chicago and all Hull
point*.
TOURIST SLBEPBR «l
I'lAHT - Leave Kooteniiy
Tuesday nml Frldaj
P«ul, Toronto, Hontn
WEST- Leave Revelstoke
Vancouver,   Seattle
count.
HOME SEEKER
d SlatO
|( Vict
im
niiding
st.
I, Boston.
laily f"1'
anil   ll"
Uxcurslon Tickets on salt
March 1 to April I
wenl bim"1
10,
Tlirniiifli bookings •»
via all Atlantic lit»'».
pnid tickets from all pi
lowest rules.
Europe
Pn-
Inten-
Fnr lime table,*, wto* tA'&Vv Alt
oil! nn nliuhlic.s A, W, MAI'-*'-*' ""
Midway, nr ... -
J. 8, CAttTBB, K.J.COYI-R.
A.O.P
I). I'. A„
,'MlKill, II. C.
VaiMvuror.
11. «
mm fcAL AND DISTRICT.   X
(hiiHon. of Hock Creek, was in
-n Tuesday.
Jones,   of   Fairview,   was
ist week's visitors to the town.
In number from'Midway at-
le dance at Molson last Thurs-
King and report an enjoyable
Irchner conipany played before
Id bouse in McNicol's hall lasl
Evening and gave a good enter*
It.
bid Mrs. S. T. Larsen, of Rock
ivere in Midway on Friday
tended the entertainment In
i's ball.
j Khrlich, manager for P. Burns
Lnd VV. Oi Gaiince, editor of
jindary Oreek Times, Green-
(nld Midway a visit during the
Ik.
Bergman, who has been absent
nil months in England, return-
|ilidway on Saturday.   After
•iiiiui attends lo the assessment
i Iiis numerous mining proper-
■till return to Kngland.
Huiley, 0. P. R. agont here,
I a telefjram on Saturday even*
■mincing the death of bis broth*
Jaldo Huiley, which took place
■nine, Antigonlsh, Nova Seolia,
|y at the age of 31 years. The
], who was superintendent of
: Knglund Telephone company,
>tl injuries in New York over a
In- li was the cause of his death.
►ty of 0. P. R. officials reached
[uml by special train last. Friday
The party consisted of Mes-
lurpole.general superintendent
I division i H. J. Oambie, chief
fcr; Win. Downie, superinten-
Lni i-nay aud Hoiindary division;
|son,   superintendent  of tele*
I VV. 0. Miller, car service and
|riit ; Grant Hall,  master  me*
| Revelstoke ; R. A. Bain hridge;
*>r Kootenay and Boundary ; IL
■e, district Inspector of tele*
, and It. Armstead, secretary to
irpole,   They stayed over night
|lloU-l Armstrong, where they
umber of prominent residents.
Iiiirning their sperial look them
lietiix and thence tu ll.e Golden
and Winnipeg mines, Mr. It.
an,  managing director of the
accompanying  them  to look
lhe ground for  some   proposetl
pn il ore shipping facilities.   Mr.
|le saitl that whilst no considera-
unt of new work will just now
|t'i< in hand, improvements are
luiile at Eholt and Phoenix.   Al
Iter place the Granby company's
|tT'liiire more track accommoda
meet Iheir requirements nnw
ry are shipping out nbotit 1,500
I ore daily.   A email engine shed
? Unit ul Phoenix, a turntable
i nnd other conveniences added
I increasing traffic at that point.
Iiolt a .fpair shop is lieing pro-
1 this Mng now practically the
Innil point of Ihe'Huiintlary. Part
| plant and appliances are being
-il from Trail, the main repair
tor the Kootenay aud Boundary
; lieen locaied al Nelson instead
uii as heretofore.   The officials
many evidences of progress in
|mmdary and expressed Ihe belief
• mining and smelting industries
dislrict will continue to lie
hied until Ihey shall attain to
jrtinns of very considerable im-
pce lo the province.
 ►-♦-«	
W. Leghorn Kggs for sale, $1.50
ptingoflS.   Mrs. C. E. Pittkn-
, Hock Greek,
In her" Plug Smoking Tobacco is
jlng »n i's merits,
lave you tried it«"
Due
1.10 p. tn.
Wod„ Krl
* -Ulidily*
2.80 p. ui'
A | Com* nnliitu
.'bi.lriiw-Niiiitlt.lt
Kanlern Canada
KpokniiQ
ltusslaiid
Nelhtin
Fain-lew
l'cntlcton
Vernon, tile,
Cascade
Oraiicl Fork-
1'hue-nil
Kholt
,„   Greenwood
Allpls. _iut& South
Cainp McKiiiimy
Kock Creek
Clone
1.30 p. in.
DUUNIMKY UfSt5!1IPMlI\l5.
Tucs., Thurs.
K Saturdays
U -l/l ..   ...    *
All West Fork points 8.30 a. ra.
Mall, for points ttutlxtr WMt „- Mw      l|m|]
camp McKlmuy go via. KoveMuko.
Monoy orders from 8 a. m. to J p, ,n. with the
exception of one half hour beforo departure
»nd aftor arrival of mall*.
ED. A. 1IAIN,
  1'onlniantor.
Contradict! (Ir. Dewdney.
Speaking to a Vancouver World reporter recently Mr. Mnherly, one of
Ihe engineers in Mr. Dewdney's parly
employed by the provincial government to survey through the Hope
mountains, lu order to determine if a
pass could be found through which a
railway could be built, is reporled to
bave said : "Notwithstanding 'Dewdney's damn' of the Hope mountain
pass, I expect to see a railway buill
across that very section of the country
in a very short time,
"It Is a peculiar thing," he continued,
that the Hon. Hon, Mr. Wells should
announce down Pnst that there was a
pass through the Hope mountains, and
ihat a prominent member of Mr.
Dewdney's own party should intimate
thnt a gn.de could easily bo secured,
and Ihen the whole project to be condemned as Impracticable," Mr. Mo
borley, while he waa very careful not
to foreshadow the report of his chief
in any way, gave lhe impression that
the patty had been successful in discovering a puss, and that the whole
country Ihrough tliere was worthy of
development. His portion was on the
eastern side, wliere he said existed
great beds of coal and along the valleys of the rivers were districts with
agricultural possibilities.; Vet Mr,
Dewdney says it is not so,
"Itis to be noticed that the provincial government despatched upon this
mission of puss Hmling a man who
years ngo was chosen for the same
undertaking hy the 0. P. R. and re
ported that no wny through the mountains was available, When tbe line
which is now one of the grenl est trans
continental ronds, wns building west
ward, Mr. Dewdney, I believe, wns in
charge of ii party which came south
from Kamloops to seek for a cut
Ihrough the mountains at Hope, along
one of the river valleys. The report
handed iu was that tht-re was none.
Then the government of British Col
ilinliia sent out (his same man on the
same errnnd. (!nn it he that they
w.shetl just such a report which has
heen furnished ?
"I have been through tho Hope pass
myself," the World's informant said,
"and I have nnt the slightest doubt
that a railway will he running to the
Similkameen from the coast."
THE PROVIDENCE.
"Amber" Plug Smoking Tobacco is
winning on its merits.
"Have ynu tried it?"
I POTATOES
Extra Early Bovee, Rose of
the North, American Wonder,
Early Rose and Pride of Midway,
For first class seed of the
above choice varieties of Potatoes apply to
VV. H. NORRIS,
M idway.
• Law and Associates Purchase
> Half Interest for $15,000.
• M. Law, acting for himself and
pistes, on Saturday closed a deal
\ half Interest in the Providence,
■uirchnse price being $25,000, $8,000
lliith was paid over today, and the
fining $17,000 is to lie paid on May
Ihen the new conipany will take
"ession of the property and push
flnptueiit work. Messrs. Whllewell
I Fowler are to have what ore they
¥ nut nf the property until May
* new company will have strong
*"'lnl hacking, J. H. Pert, of Spo*
|<', lieing one of the heaviest share-
llers.
|li" deal is probably duo to the ex-
Till showing recently encountered
lllui lower drift, of  U10  property.
V't xlnking to 11 depth of 4fi feet
Ifnee water came iu so freely a» lo
llll'i'   furlher   sinking    impossible
l""tn pulling In a pinup, therefore
iu this depth a drift was run 40 feet,
I thu beginning of which I ho ledge
»only ahout 12 inches in width, hut
Ju>« face of the drift 80 inches of
I'l" ore wus encounteied,
I • F"Wler leaves Immediately fnr
»"Un(. i0 lft*.B „p t)lB op(-on he hKS
M"e Providence.
F'i« deal for a half Interest in the
rviilencu for such a high llgure will
fibfless i,0 f0n„wert hy the sale of
1 "''• t)ihct hlBh B««le properties In
•"dlatrlct.
MINERAL ACT.
Certlflcate   of Improvements
NOTIOB.
AltlKOXA MlNKKAl CUtM.
Situate in th. Kettle Hiver Mlnln. Division**
Yale Dlstriot. Where locatod: Grnhsm t
Camp.
TAKK NOTICK that I. Forbes M. .korby. nn
Ananyii> ""•      k  (rr, n)'nor> tur-
ngont for T. W. Staoa  mig p   ,,, ,,,,„
HBtfHW ••-
iftBWtotooflmi.tovomon.,,
"I^oTforfeiturb.
lnlor.'»to(llntlt°»>»    »     mm„m
Kt,««K«"«n1^
of Ynlo Dlstriot.
T*K» '""!'•"''iL&mCKbiS
ot the aliovo moil I ono '"■ J     (m ,„„i
labor ani ln'ff1;     ;,S X oort tloalffl.
tho mini of M W J  "    C,lnu roqulrod to
I'1"™".'' "T' .1,     it'' I'"' provlslmiso Mbo
Imiil 1 ho sub ol t "j   ''.\mtmx\\ng July ■■»'};
1 liei tonnage of ore shipped by the mines of the Boundary
district during 1901, is asunder :
TONS
Old Ironsides and Knob Hill group 231,762
^ot'lerLode'-'  99.548
Sunset  8oo
Winnipeg  *i040
King Solomon  850
Snowshoe  ij^j
No' 7       665
Jewel       32S
Sundry small shipments     2,500
Tot;1' 386,738
Shipments during 1900 totalled 97,837 tons, and during
the year 1901, to  December 31st, 386,738 tons, making an
aggregate of 484,575 tons.
I The Central Hotel
\ llth St., Midway, B. C.
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)_* *www ww wwmwmmmwwi
i This is a new three-storey he tel, comfortably
\\   furnished throughout.
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k wwrmv W9 WWWtw.WStwS w\ w m
^ The nearest house to the Railway Station.   The
most convenient hotel for railway travellers.
-,ij_>'A__-_'Jh A ____<; __!____ __i
*'*WW999Wo&W'W9*
The best of accommodation in every respect.
S. DAHL, Proprietor.
CITY BAKERY
PETERSEN & CO.,   •   Proprietors.
.   .   MIDWAY, B. C.   .   .
GOOD ASSORTMENT OF
Fresh Bread, Cakes and Confectionery
Frails, etc,, always in Stock.
Try our Lunch Parlors for a good meal.    Meals at all Hours.
GIVE US A CALL.
TUB
MIDWAY   SAWMILL
Lequime & Powers, Proprietors.
Manufacturers of all kinds of
ROUGH AND DRESSED LUMBER
LATH aod SHINGLES, SASHES and DOORS
Band Sawing and job work done to order
Telephone No. 12.   Telephone orders receive prompt
attention.
► W. H. WEBB,
!sl!K«:,lm,b),WI,,,IA5,KH1,i.v.
D„.o„l,,IU0l>HlMo«.^'    m-
T. M.Qulley&Co.
♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦
Furniture,
Carpets,
Linoleums. I
************ i{h
FUNEBAL DIRECTORS and EMBALMEES. t
Large Stock.   Low Prices. «
************ A
V*   SMC. Q-TTl_.I_3E_"Sr ,85 CO., |
COPPER STREET. GREENWOOD.   S
Lancashire Hoiise^
: : 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.
BEST BRANDS OF LIQUORS & CIGARS.
Furnace-heat ed and comfortably
furnished  rooms.
FIRST CLASS MEALS   WELL SERVED.
Mrs. Dowding, Proprietress.
sfofafafa
«*-t*«?CW*,-.'*ri^*,.b -i'rJJ «» «*1(H*!- tr.. ■■
THE MIDWAY HARNESS
and SHOE SHOP.
Those in need of first-class HARNESS, SADDLES, WHIPS, etc.,
can procure them here.
Special attention given to Ordered
Work and Repairing.
ABEL HALBERG, Prop.
Fifth Street, Midway.
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THE MIDWAY LIVERY
FEED J SALE STABLE
Seventh Street, Midway,
Opposite Crowell's Hotel
JOHN J. FLOOD, PROPRIETOR.
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This stable is equipped with a first class outfit of
Single and Double Drivers
Saddle aod Pack Horses
Hay and oats for sale.    Bus meets all trains.
Freight and express delivered to any part of the tow
Practical Wagon and Carriage Builder,
Repairing of all kinds promptly and neatly executed,
Carriage Painting a specialty.
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IDWAY, :=: B. C.
Beautifully situated at the confluence of Boundary Creek and Kettle River.
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A. M. WOVENPEN, Sec,
30 St John Sheet,
Montreal, P, Q,
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ILL BE Thc most important railway town  in the  Kettle  River Mining Division.
The Wholesale Supply and  Manufacturing centre of tin:  Ketlle River and Boundary
Creek Districts.
The distributing  point for   Upper  Kettle  River,  West   Fork  and Camp  McKinney
•nining camps.
The nearest Railway town to  Republic,  Meyers  Creek,   Palmer  Mountain and   other
Northern Washington mining camps.
The   leading residence town   in   the  country, with an excellent   climate,  pure water
supply and favorable sanitary conditions.
Business, residence and garden lots at low prices and on easy terms.
Send for Maps, Prices, and full particulars to
The MIDWAY COMPANY, Ltd.
<!. M. ClIOfSE,
Agent fm' British dohiuibia,
Midway, B, t:,
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A Similkameen Company.
The prospectus of the Oilnlla Copper
Mining & Smelting Vo., capital $8,000,*
000, appears in recent New York pa-
pi'i'ii. The directors include H. H.
Armington, attorney, lioston ; Hon.
Chas. Itoyce, ex-iiieniher of the. Vermont, slate senate, St, Albans, Vl. ;
Hon. Thos. Z. Lee, of Providence, K.
1. i J. B. McArthur, K. C„ Rossland ;
F. E, Morrison, New York, and \V. C.
McDougall, of Olalla, B. C„ who is
:il*io the company's general manager.
B. M. Tottingham, of New York, for
many years with the General Electric
Co., is Ihe company's electrical engineer, and Wayne Darlington, E, M,, of
Philadelphia and Antelope, Idaho, the
company's consulting mining engineer,
'"his company was incorporated lasl
October for the purpose of completing
the development and equipment of Ihe
extensive properties which the com
pany is said to have acquired. These
properties consist of over 00 mineral
sluiins, townsile of Olalla, charter for
the iSluulkameen k Keremeos railway,
aud telephone and telegraph franchises, lhe combined interests lining of
enormous value und capable of heing
developed into one of the most iniigni
cent and profitable combine-] mining,
smelting, power and railway »nter-
prises ever brought under a single
control,
The property is locaied in Ihe lower
Similkameen valley, Tbe town of
Olulla forms lite centre of an extensive
anil rich .district.
The company's proposed railway
mine extends throughout tlie entire
Similkameen and Keremeos diatiicls,
Successful  Assnyers,
Four out of the thirteen applicants
I'j.iiniined at Nelsnn last week for certificates for assaying within the province wete successful, Geo, Crearer,
who becomes assayer at ihe Sunset
smelter, Hon mini y Fall*-, being among
Hie successful ones, The following is
a list of the branches upon which the
applicants wi-ru examined :
Sampling—Sn tripling of ores or fnrnnce products and lbe reduction and
preparation of simple for assay, Including also lhe melting of gold dust
anil sampling of bar for assay.
Quitlitutlve Determination — Thi*
qualitative determination of the com-
nmn elements iu ores and fiiriian;
products.
Qualitative Determination — Assay-
I ig—Bullion—Gold bullion, for gold
uinl silver I copper bullion, for copper,
gold and silver | lead copper bullion, or
lead, eoppepl gold nnd silver,
Coal— Dei.ermiiintion of moisture,
volatile (jiioiiiuntible matter, fixed car
.ilill aud sulphur.
Ores and Furnace Products—Fire
Assays-Gold, silver and lead. Wet.
and combined wet and fire assays, gold
and silver liy combined method. Oop
per, by oler-trolitic, colormetric and
volumetric (cyanide or other approved)
methods. Nickel, hyelectrolilic nieth
ed. iron, lead, lime, zinc, sulphur and
silica, by nny approved wet methods.
The mineralogies] determination of
a number of simple mineral substances.
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Ping Pong.
Prevention Better Than Cure.
(With apologies to the shade of Longfellow.)
The shades of night were falling fast
As I hrougb a London fog there passed
A youth, who bore a worried look,
And muttered as his way he took—
'•Ping Pong I"
His brow was sad, his eye annoyed,
Flashed like a globe of celluloid j
And like a wooden rackel rung
The accentufrom his weary tongue
"Ping Pong 1"
In happy homes he saw a blight,
Their "household tires" were out of
sight.
For where the glacial globules shone
They'd quite forgot to put coal on—
"Ping Pong I"
"Try not to serve," the old man snid,
"Dark low'rs a fsilnre on your head;
Tlie chiffonier is yawning wide ;"
lint still his weary voice replied —
"I'ingl'ong!"
"Oh, stay,"  Ihe maiden said,  "and
rest,
While for the ball we make a quest, 1"
A glare lit up his fienzii-d eye,
"There's  plenty  more lefl," was Mb
sigh-
"Ping Pong I"
"Heware Ihe volley, mad and rash,
Beware the awful cunning 'smash ;' "
This wns Ihe  P'lioruian's last good
night,
A voice replied through the lamplight,
"Ping Pong I"
At break of day, as on his bent,
A constable in Oxford street
Muttered for six o'elocka pray'r,
A voice rang on the silent air—
"Ping Pong I"
A traveller prostrale on (he ground,
Somewhere in   Camden   town   was
found,
Still clinging to a nickel, fust
And wildly murmuring to the last—
"Ping Pong I"
There in the morning,  cold and gray,
Brainless yet beauiiful he lay ;
And full n voice on film from fnr,
"Good  Li.rd,  whnt assi-s some  folks
are 1"
"Ping Pong I"
—Clifton llinxli un.
A great percentage of diseases is caused by
germs bred in dirt, refuse, etc.
Chloride of Lime
Kills the germs and prevents disease.
=^WE HAVE IT.EEEEEEE
A. F. THOMAS, Druggist, Midway
MAIL ORDERS SOLICITED.
| H. PARKINSON.
Provincial Limd Surveyor.
sjjgrt   Architect and
 —  Civil Engineer...
Financial,
I-Jeal Estate,
Insurance and
Milling Ayciit.
«M»NOTAI(Y    l'f HI,K'.«*•*-
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R. II. PARKINSON,
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MINERAL Ai T.
Certificate   of   Improvcnii
NOTICE.
Vinoiin Mineii'I i i iw
Situate In lhc Kottlo River Min nd :'
of Yule Districl.   Where lo -•'•■<'•-
+ miles northeast or Camp McKIm
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Cofflmercial Job Print*
THE  ADVANCE
-MIDWAY-
Riverside
Just a Word I
To those contemplating an investment in Midway real estate, the information is
offered that on the Riverside Addition may be
found 300 very choice residence sites.
LOTS 50 x 125 FEET. PBffl
For terms and all other information apply to
W. H. NORRIS,        or        A. MEGRAW,
Midway'RC Camp McKinney, B. C.
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