,'l'i.ov; Library r-5.'lwl«;-W Vf }>'."' . - *■ -^ \ t • •>: i ,;• ; - * f-* • i? ■; i '.(J A ,','.: -. ..->*• £ ' .-.' Industrial Unity is Stvengrtli -.-~***V' 7** The Official Organof District Mo. 18, U. M. W. of A. < F- i* -. Political Unity is Victory VOL. IV. No. FERNIE, B. C, NOVEMBER 28th, 1908 $1.00 si Year ft 3- I' 3' 3. 3 3. 3 3. 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3: 3: 3 3 3 3 3 3 ll PIANOS vi Finest Pianos ih Canada sold on such purchase terms that -.,: .•.-.:,veyery!.hpme,!may.;. ■---_. .-- own- one We %\'imt you to, know'more, about the New Scale Williams"" Pianos—what magnificent instruments thev are — and WHY. Om- /freoj..booklets - give these facts.—tell what famous, pianists,' teachers, . singers,' colleges and schools think of these faultless pianos. And thoy arc FACT'S that you should know about tho NEWSCALEfwJLUAMS"; :;,-v^,.PIANO, :.,,.,,-.7 "Let" us send'the booklets'and . show you how you may have any style,of tho Now Scale Williams Piano—grand or'up-.' right—and pay for it on our new, purchase plan. Address .'orcall "on the undersigned for". -particulars. .-•■»--. V ,-. We c&ry the j stock to suit all tastes. Our Kitchen j ^ .. Ranges, Stoves and Heaters ::catfhdt^be^'excelled. We are in price .■'■■every time; ■") The J. H, REID GO., Ltd. [3 [3 [3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 13 (3 [3 •0 ■ aaiDiaiaiaiaiaiDiDiPiaiDiDiaiaEiaiDiaiPiDiDiaiaaiDiaiaiaiDiaiDiaiDiaiaiDOB 'cr WltU BE HOT FIGHT <■♦ y f ——--'■■■ ■" , **"' . * . Public Meeting Under Auspices of Trades and Labor Council Endorse Nominees-Citizens' League Formed to Conduct Fight MAYOR TUTTLE TO STAND FOR 1909 The public meeting called by. the Fernie Trades and Labor Council, for (.he purpose of 'ratifying the-stand taken by the Trades and Labor Council, and having public expressions of opinion on the names of the candidates suggested by that body, was well attended., o . The president of the Trades and .Labor Council opened'the meeting, and called upon the Rev. Lasliley Hall to take the chair, which the Rev. gen tie- man'did In'a very satisfactory and broad minded'way. After explaining the bbjectsof the meeting the chairman balled upon Pres.'Gravett to speak. Pres. jGravett reiterated his opening remarks and dwdelt upon, the necessity of, a change In municipal affairs.," i "' .,--._, ' Mayor Tuttle was called, but as the City Council was jn session, he was not present..,. A vote v>t YOU WILLhSAY, is it possible / _ - ■ - - *i\f K that I can buy good fruit lands wltli a good water aupply, Mtfoln 30 miles of Fernie, on Instalment plan, $5 down, $5 per month, no Interest for first year, for a five aore tract during the life of contract? Thlsoffe rmay not last long, as the price may be advanced after 1st January next, so If you want good fruit lands at the bottom price apply at once.'* 'Do It now! Sales have exceeded our best expectations so far. "Wo'.flnd It easy,to sell a good artlole, and auoh easy payments are not offered by any, other audi company.' Write .for clrcu|ar on "Kootenai Irrigation Tract," ; 7;.,,,' D. W. HART Awnt for Panada BAYNES, B. C. MORE RAILWAYS FOR ALBERTA Edmonton, Nov. .25—"Alberta-is to have the railways it needs." 7 This was the "important announcement handed out by Premier Rutherford this - morning, and the • policy of the government* _to bring this about, is- outlined~in~thes6;rwords: '.'I .and my. .colleagues have, given the railway question a.great deai of thought and' have thoroughly -weighed the advantages of immediate railway construction." A policy''of railway ex" tension ,'throughbut all parts' of, the province' has now .been decided upon, You are at liberty, to say that I, will give my best endeavors to the. advancement of, this project." Department of Railways "It Is tho Intention of the government to " establish a . department of railways and'make .It one of the most important departments:of.tho government and ono which 1 personally will look, after.. ■ ■ . ,- i My government has introduced a great many measures for tho benefit of the' people of' the province; but I do hot believe that,any of .them are of .-more • Importance - than . our action In this mottor-wlll be.'. *,.",, ' My colleagues ure all of one mind on this question1 and they-heartily endorse my .action, in pledging our gov- .ornnioiit .'.to ' tills most. Important undertaking. - . ■ COUNTY COURT. ("fioforo His Honor Judge Wilson) —lottora of administration wero granted in thc -rotates of Qustav Adolf Lu- dolph, Philip Cnldwoll and Victor Proflzor; application of Mr. Eckstein in each caso. McNeil vu Anglo*. Claim' upon Judg* mont of lho district court of Cnlgary, Ju*,\*;mont for I167.G5; Uclisloln „ for UXlil, ..\icuuiio v.* KicdauiA; Ciadu iu enforce Mechanics Lion. Stood over (III Monday, 30 inftt. Whito vh Sheridan* Action tor dam- ages caused by defendant's pigs. Judg- mont for |10, IDcksteln for plaintiff; wisher for dofondant, Hlloy va ninkomoro: Action for $30 monoy loaned. Judgment reserved., *. Campbell and Gray vu Pasta: Action on Mechanics' Lien. Sherwood H«rctv mer for plaintiff; I* P. Eckatoln for defendant, Mnrphjr vs Miller, »te*od ovor. W. IL from conviction of police mnglstrftto. T. Wholfin vs City of Fornio: Apponl Decision rosorvod, Koksloln for appellant; Fisher for. respondent. BRITISH GUNBOAT SENHOBHINESE PORT TROOPS OF CELESTIAL GOVERN- MPC-IT MIJYtMY. American Missionary Wires That He Is In Danger. flhnnghal, Nov, 2C—Nowb rocolvod UV.JW .6 Vl> 'Hi« V.ktiS.1!. XitttX VutiU 'It** a mutiny anions tho Chlneso troop* at Anklng, aftor tho announcement of tho death of tho omporor nnd tho empress, / Tho mutiny was finally suppressed ttfter never* fl-chMni*. Tht» American missionary at Anklng wired Consul- nennrtd Itenby thnt he •"■.'tin In Imminent dancer, , Dimhy. coiiUirwd with To Build up Whole Province. , "Thore aro districts ln Alborta nov,* where such oxtonulpn Is absolutely necessary 'to' moot tho Increasing demand for transportation ''facilities as woll nH to secure a wholoRomo competition with,existing lino**. Thor\,thoro In thc rich uuopenod north country, whoso resources nnd agricultural possibilities aro ovon now, attracting tho most profound attontlon In Europe, nnd tho oastorn part of,America, Wo Bhould soo-to It that thin country ro- colvos tho nocdod accommodation. Railways nro nH 'cssontlal to development an thoy aro In tho older provinces." ■ For tha past two yenrs In the south country tho problem of grain nnd coal transportation has quite outgrown the facilities, I i-mid'thu othor day that ono of tho largest, farm- era In tho Cjarosholm district* said ho would grow no mora grain until a competing lino of rnllwny wan built. This year he had hnd iroublo In getting car accommodation for IiIh grain. ,To many minds thoro aro three reasons, for an extension of the railway Rorvlm of Alberta. Ono Is thnt In tho oldor districts thn prosont servlco is becoming yearly moro Inadequate to meet domnnds. Another reason U that competition Is needed. TX.n iMwl tn »*h«» IF ,|.n A* ..^.( 1...11.J more railways settlers will cense to come Into tho country In tho number wo require. To got homesteads today they hnvo to go hack forty to sixty miles from the railway* which Is much further than lh(« twentieth century sotllcr Is •ft'llliuf to to." was taken and Mayor Tuttle was sent for. While waiting for his, appearancV the chairman called uponsome of the other nominees; the first being. Mr. T Biggs',, who stated that he felt honored, but would request that abler men pe found to occupy the Mayor's chair, as he considered that what he could not'do well would be better left alone; and he considered that there were other men who could do more for the City.as Mayor.. .At this juncture Mr. J. Lancaster arose and gave.a more detailed slate- mentkof the programmeoutlined by the Trades and Labor Council, as he saw that the meeting wasi not perfectly clear as to'its intentions. , L. P. Ecksteia was theuext speaker,' and went very'minutely into the pros and cons of civic administration. Mr. Eckstein stated that, he believed in having a high standard,-and said that it augered well foi* the future*bf the city that this meeting was held under, the church roof. - He stated that he believed In strict independence and if elected on the aldermanic -board, he .would endeavor to .adhere to his policy, which had always governed his life. He claimed that-the affairs of the Ct.iy had been run in a chaotic'condition. No' one, he stated, knows whether the City is' on the good or' the bad side'ottheledger—not even the Mayor. ' There was noCity Clerk at present ,who could attend* to,the'altairs of the city: Th'ere-wasino voters' list','and there absolutely must be one by the ,30th of this month. He*saw no' chance for one to be prepared; there,has been no organization; things have been 'going at random. He'.severely criticized the city' for being what lie. called partners in crime.'. ■ He:could never agree to do so." "Let*us get-revenue from-.legitimate, sources," he'.said,,."and not from fallen creatures of-God's creation.'! ■ He, criticized <thie Mayor, and stated that "if was his':duty,;if he .'could not get the"aldermen-.together.for. meetings, to hare come' before the public-ana~st"ated-soTTand~that~the~iJublie_would-^ and. requested the. aldermen to "resign. • He thought the Mayor, was too weak, ■■ ' .--', : _• .•• . ■■■ 7 •• : , ' '• ■ . *7. :- - ' Mayor. Tuttle having come in time to hear the latter part of Mr. Eckstein's remarks, and'crlticismsl'-was next called to the platform; ° The, Mayor stated that he was-very sorry that he was not present at tlie outset of-Mr,■Eckstein's remarks; .as he hardly, knew'where:to begin. However he would deal squarely .with the charges; made in his presence, and had nd dpiibt as to his ability to prove that his.actions were.square and above board, and that Mr. Eckstein was wrong in,attaching blame to him. As. to his'being weak, he assured the audience that such an,idea was,preposterous, as he had always been strong,minded to,.the extent that he had lost many of his best frlonds because he would not deviate from the'eourse upon which he had entered.' He had been, ridiculed and abused because he got rldrof,ithoold chief of-police, nnd other men in the employ of the city, whom be saw were not tho proper men to have. Ho now had policemen whom he was proud of, and justly so, because tliey woro moral men; aiid men who could bo depended,upon. He had to take a strong stand to get these men, and he succeeded. Ho having been brought up as a llqiior man,' and having been Idohtliled with tho liquor traffic'for years, - had taken a'very strong stand ln trying to regulate tho sale of liquor in the city,' and had created enemies among most of the liquor men for his'stand. Ho spoke of theilquor mon.as trying to run him, and trying to influence, his actions, but mado the exception that Mr. .1; Gates was not among that class,'aB ho'had always tried to do what waB right while being hi!tho business, nnd ho considered him ono of tho bost men la the'city, lie mentioned the fact that n certain gontlomnn had asked the question as to whether tho polico hnd* Instructions to discriminate in their dealings.- ,Ho said he was pleased that tlio gontlomnn had asked the question right out, and that he udnilt'cd lilm for dojpg so. - He stated that it was an absolute untruth, nnd he would give $1000 cash to tho church If such a thing could bo proved. Ilo would llko to have elllior of his policemen callod to the stand and have thopi put on oath and answer the question, Thoro are things going on every day'thnt ho sees, but he waB not u spy and novor would be ono, It was the duty of the police to ferret out tho crime; thoy were paid for ll and ho considered they wero doing lt well at pro&ent. . "Put six good men In the council to help me and see what I will do, nnd hdw'strong I am." "I was offered $450 a month to allow the slot machines to run; If I had been a weak man I would have taken the offer,'' Hald tho Mayor, "Wns my stand.during,the fire time weak in having tho saloons cloned? Would it have boon right for mo to hnvo allowed tho saloons to noil liquor while'our women nnd children wero homeless?" As to tho quoMlon of tho women of lll-roputo tho Mayor said that ho coiiBldorod hiB Bland wiib right. It wns tho stand tnkon hy the formor Mayor, Dr. Donuell, and was tho only' way to Imndlo tho question. Ho was sorry that such women existed, If he could do bo ho would reform thorn all, hut thoy do exist and hnvo to be dealt with, and ho would never hoo them swindled or abused an somo partios aro now trying to do, Ho firmly hollovo'd that thoy worn bettor out of llio city HmltH, away as much ns iiohhIIiIo fiom lho (lucent people. If you try to do nwny wilh thorn entirely ynu will have them as your next door neighbor, Ih tt not bottor to keep ilicm as fnr as posslbln from tho eity, and undor police survollnnco? Thoro woro now good policemen to attend to thorn nnd tho mayor was hui-q that thoy would be properly looked after. Uu claimed that Mr. lilckstoln should not havo mado thu atateinuiii. that thero wiih bud administration until the books of tho city had boon iux-i.. Ho said IiIh wife had been wanting him to Uavo tlio city and go to a wtuni'.-r climate (laughter) but ho did not believe he was rondy for that yot. (Laughter.) If,elected iih .Mayor hu would da nil In his power to trout ull men alike. He firmly agreed with tho platform outlined by tho Trades and Lnbor Council, and thought It could ho eun Improved in some Ways, Mr r,«'n'ITllw»tt il'lto lltC XtflVt fnf^^l^',»• "f> "''it/iii llil« «i"ln "Mr, f|,",( nmv.n,. » 4 ' „ , ence nn nnv platform, nnd ho wn* pipnucd to lie there. He perfeetlv ncreed with tha whole platform, nnd If elected would dn all tn hin power to hi und by It. Mr.Caldwell stated that hn was lu neenrd with the ptntfnrm and would yNPERWEAR < '*'■ t- _i a S tan dfie Id's Unshrinkable Underwear for EVERYBODY $3.00 per Suit Sole Agency c 2. O m ■33 * m '*> s Trites-Wood Co., Ltd. 1 Mr. Eckstein was again given the privilege of ten minutes to nns\ver .Mayor Tuttle, and said that Mayor Tuttlc-had removed from his mind tho . doubts he had had and that was what he wished when he made tho charges ho did. He believed Mayor Tuttle would be returned to office for 3909, Ho - suggested that annual commissioners bo appointed to look after, the Relief, Funds. . -.- n ■• >- - • •* 'tt.» -j .u »4. — C, ■ ., .Mayor.Tuttle was then {iRlcqd to upeak for ten mlnutos, He stated that . up to the time of tho flro ho could tell anyone anything about l,he> city's,. finances; since then he hnd too much to look after and was not In a position to know tho oxact state of affairs. . He had asked for art audit ofthe boolcB,"-"' but as yot tho city auditor had not begun. Ho was very eorryto have,to , stale-that for nomo reason ho could riot get a'meoting'of the council when "lio. wnnlod It, Whon tho city clerk left ho asked no ono's leave, At the next council meeting ho asked the aldermen1'what waH to bo done and one of ttietn laughingly remarked "We will have to scold lilm:" - ■ y A motion was here mado: "That this meeting censure the members of the Aldermen who are'dellnquent In their duties." * .; - '** It was moved and socondod that this mooting ond.orHo the cnndldauiVo of/ aldermen for,I909.-*T-Cnrrl0(l. .. ■; ,r y■• ■,- •.,., .Moved nnd soronded thnt this mcotliig endorso tho mind Mature of I,, pi EckBtotri, T. niggs, W. Campbell, T. llutlodgo, W. Stoekwoll and W.'niclien for. nldormon for 11)0}).—Carried, ,«' '' Moved nnd socondod that n Cltlzons Lenguo bo formed.—Carried. IVoh* Idont .1. Oravett was appointed aa. prosldont of the Citizens' League, sml W. Si Stanley ns secretary.,. It waa moved and ancundud that tho president aiid soeietary rail a mooting at a later date to oloet n board nnd-trammel busln- OHS. A vole of thuiilm was rocordod to the chairman. Mayor Tuttle thanked tho meeting for the confidence expressed lu IiIh ability, ' '. ANY MAN CAN VOTE - - IN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS Thn following from the Kamloops I lu Ihe city nf Knmloopn n civic by. Standard mny he Interesting lo mnny of our roadd'H, as a largo number In this district mny ho In the hiiiiio po- alttou In regard to municipal voting; Any mini who Ik exempt from the Jaw I'xnmptM all men over fifty yenrs of age fiom payment of the rond tax of two dollar---. Uu tbtt strength of (ho declHion of tlm Chief Justice, City clerk Cnrmont the British consul and tbo result ni Ross K.C. for plaintiff, Fisher for de- that, the Hi-JObo funboat Wuhu was fendant. sent lo Anktnc "it Is up to u* In Alberta to mako conditions possible by rapid m?tHe- men t, We want the population, to which all things will be added." lino,his heHt er.dcii*.oth to Bdhoie to It. '' r., kkUsaJ Wwt.'Cln',1.. !,'4'A.k.'»>>'v*IA&y ItCuA'.l'dtt-L \. .,.,: |»*V.'« VO-mA 'ftV'J.l,'... ft htrf.tUa.VU'iA, In a moro concise manner. Wm. Dicken went very Intelligently Into some clvle matters, and very strongly favorod the platform. He nllml-'d to the <*lenn showing thn month after tho flro, while no liquor waa sold. "If wo can show a rlenn sheet for ono month," ho said, "why cannot wo do so all the time! Where Is tho n-^- cennlty fnr If-riftr?" lie rennnmt the Vcunno rommf-tiron-'ifi wrn. fn »pifp of Mayor Tuttln'a objections, granted the Raloons thn privilege of opening nn t Mon tttttir tho flr-*- Uo would be In ffnor of a bylaw* to s?i*p the aulnoiu J from veiling as well u* all inercluiiiu and MoiekW'P*|-» on Sunday, "if ft *» fair," said he "for tertaln stores to he allowt-d open on Fun-lav, it (H tair tor I saloons. There are aa honest saloon keepers aa tl.frc nre honest lawyer* " t (IAughter.) payment of the rond tax Iiiih the lit).! ''truck uit tin- If Ht the niiiucn nf nil orly of voting In muiilelpnl I'lectloim' •""" '>v"r W'y >'''«rs nf vu,o, U p«te If llll pOHRCHKCH till) OtllCI* llccOHHIiry j tlillllj' lll",IIII tllllt Illl'll llVer.f'IIV ,!,< ,, ' Vf'll'i, nf 'ir.,i ,,-,,,1,1 ,,,',, , , t |, t',^-. T TJ..'*i J* l.'*i- iffi-il o! U ;ij'l^.i-i;l,',,',n' '■,','■,,n"^ '" Kamloop- nnd n Imndcd out by hl« Honor Judge!H,nrni "' ',rr,,"H' M^wwi from'that flldnka. «t Mie court Iioiimo yi»Mi«*il«y! w'<l,,0» <lf ""' vol«'"* "fw^'d, morning. ' \ ■'• ?■■ Tnnsisll mnde application tn Iiicl(l(>i)t1y his derlslitii runs cniiu< it-r tu nmi ui \ tniii .'himii.i* iiuu\>i for It wiih ou the Htrength of the Im- tcr'ti jiidKnient of October Inst thnt a number (if names were stricken off thu list In ibis rlty. *. The Judgment handed In out In Vic*- '■„.U (in ()<-'o!i.*>' 10th laiit Uy Hi-.* Chief JiiHthe whs to the effect that ■— "Ui.> .ia ii.'d urn luu'Uil tlm 4tn>..ut'. should iia\e a vol I* who hnd not ion- iflhdifd tiie dollars to the cliy trca«-i,*w,» tnierc-st ftcbtnlvn nt tnxen on Irtnds, wn-'" liiiim hin nnme retilnced on tho 'list. ... .t •* i , , , « ., Judge by tin- rlty clerk. After a lengthy •n-iiitlderntloii his honor granted the npp.trntlnn nnd IssiieA'. an order to n-plnce thn name on tlio list, jHlmllnr iippllcntion will be imulo for those othem whon'rt nnnies wero sirlr. 1 ken from the lint for tint ssrue r«i- : son. Judge Sjiijiku' (Icrixloii him krouutid lu l"(-*(i| (Itcleg. 0 •try ter mi wi nnd dog tax.' S 8U08CRI0E FOR THE LEDGER. K a^—.1m.XKJhmtA^—,m—\t. PAGE TWO THE DISTRICT LEDGER, FERNIE, B. C, NOVEMBER 28, 1908. 'V BURGLAR SHOT ROSTHERN, SASK., HAS EXCITE- ) MENT. Midnight Marauders Have a Lively Encounter ' . - WHO CREATED THE 7 MIGHTY OCTOiS ROCKEFELLER SAYS THE.TRUST WAS THE WORK OF FLAG- LER AND TODD Rosthern, "Sask., Nov. 2S.—An attempted burglary of E. E. Ruttle's general store here.had a fatal.termination in the early hours of the morn-' ing. It appears that Mr. Ruttle, who has a burglar alarm- in his residence connected with the .store about a'quar- ter of.a mile away, and was awakened about two*" o'clock in ihe morning by the ringing of the,hell.. Calling a clerk named Tadel he quickly dressed and hurried to the store. Ruttle went to guard the rear of tlie premises, and ■ Tadel went to the front. Tadel found a man standing in front of the store and on asking him what he was doing, received the reply "Nothing." On Tadel moving closer to see to whom he, was speaking the man ran into the store tp warn his accomplice. Tadel then whistled to Ruttle and on hearing this both the men made a rush through to the front door, one of them firing two shots, at Tndel — which passed close to his head but did onot hit him. Tadel ,who had brought his rifle In case of emergency, then fired in self defence. One of the men ran about thirty yards and fell in a heap. His companion rushed up to him, secured his revolver and disappeared. 'When picked-up the injured man was breathing but expired on the way to the town hall. Deceased was registeerd at the hotel as"\Y. F. Ames, and his companion as W. F. Calfrey. ■ " . They gave up their room on Sunday morning, stating that they- intended to leave town. "' . On. Sunday evening they again registered at tlie Queens. New York, Nov. 25—Credit for the creation of the Standard Oil Trust, which counsel, for the federal government still claims exists as the Standard Oil company, "of New York, has been given by John Rockefeller, to two men, Henry M. Flagler and C. T. Todd. ■ To these two master architects of the oil combine Mr. Rockefeller gave full credit, saying that he was sure that it was not himself as he did hot' possess the ability'for so aggressive a move. Frank B, Kellogg, who with other government investigators has been endeavoring for over'a'year toobtain the'missing stock transfer books of the Standard Oil Trust, sought had through Mr. Rockefeller to find the missing trail of these books and Mr. Rockefeller promised to do what he could to find thorn." Mr. Rockefeller's examination to-day carried him all through the period of the Standard Oil trust und tho years of its subsequent liquidation, which lasted from 1892 to 1889. ,, Mr. Rockefeller's mind at times was not clear on important points. After adjournment Mr. Rockefeller told an inquiring audience of reporters that there were better things in the world-than making money and since. 1891 he had gradually retired from business. He added,'.'There is more important work than making money, and there is much for me to do. I belong to the brotherhood of man." SHOT THE MAN SHE WAS TO MARRY TRAGEDY OCCURS AT BREAKFAST TABLE. - , Louisville, Ky, Nov. 25—Girth Spencer, aged 24 years, a young farmer Hy-, ing,at Owen, Indiana, was. accidentally! shot and killed by Miss Ida Rein- hardt, to whom he was engaged to be married on Christmas day in the girl's home1 in this city yesterday. The tragedy-occurred shortly after "Beifin*-fi*dt:Trad~fi"ni^ the; Reinhardt home. Miss Reinhardt, her.mother and Spencer,,.were sitting about, the table, talking .when the con- vgfS{i[.i(i'ji drifted to revolvers, and to fhgip uses; ,, Miss Reinhardt Wfiht to a trunk and procured ;'a revolver. .There *s were two' bullets in the revolver "ttnd Spoil- cer removed them before looking at it He shapped.it several .times and handed lt to her mother, who snapped it playfully. Mrs.' Reinhardt handed the'revolver back to Spencer and ho P«t t.h-9 f-W9 hulJotS feacklnto* It. Miss Wehifmrdt'dltl'net »eo'hfiK )Y^n M •put'the two bullets back into it, bB<1 she snapped it again, tho bullet go* ing straight into the- heart of the man. ENORMOUS PECULATIONS ONE MAN STOLE IMMENSE QUANTITIES " As High as $400 per day Was Secured In Gold Dust TO CONSERVE 7? tOUR FORESTS The following.artlcle from the Vancouver Province is worthy of perusal: How shall we.conserve our forests? How shall we prevent the destruction which has been,t.ho-history of timber ih too many portions of Canada? What practical means' shall we adopt consistent- with ■ commercial necessities to the end that'we may continue in the enjoyment'of an industry that ranks almost first ih. importance in British Columbia?,,. ; These are the. questions which pre. sent- themselves in timber affairs. , When one speaks for the conservation of timber"in a country -that is especially favored by luxuriant forest growth he is liable to.be regarded as an alarmist. It Is a remarkable thing that those sections of the continent whicli have, boasted °of the finest commercial forests have witnessed their most heedless destruction.,.This Is doubtless because nature has been kindly without the requirement of any diligence on the part of Its Inhabitants. A wealth provided in such abundance that its familiar vastness is not appreciated" until the people awaken to the sorrowful truth, that the end has come. The question of preventing any such repetition of history in British Columbia should be separated - from sentiment. The substantial reasons of public welfare are enough to-command the most careful'attention' towards the solution of the various problems involved. . The means of preventing destruction must be adopted, with a view, of placing no barriers on proper etnerprise and profitable commerce in the product of forest growth.. c The remedies toward conservation will naturally apply to privately own- Seattle", Nov. 24—B. ,R. Reed, formerly-employed by R. T. Barnett, owner of Dome Creek mine" near Fairbanks,-- Alaska, arrested last month on the charge '.of stealing gold from his' employer, yesterday confessed his, guilt and implicated other laborers in the stealing from mine owners, 111 his confession Reed said. , j -. "I gathered the gold and sand ^ In handfulls out of the riffles, hid It" in __.._*> . -.___.-.. .._ my^nanaKercnieirorrgiovesror^DOors; carried it home and washed it out. My cleanings were from fifty cents to to $400 per day ,- and I brought home the $400-nugget." It scared my wife it was so, large. Altogether I must have cleaned up $18,000 worth of gold and I have'spent It. all except the $§90 dug up in my-front yard, ' WUtu I havo taken from Burnett's mlue Is not a drop in the bucket compared with the stealings that have been going' oh in the Tanana district all summer,.and are even going on now. I know of one man who has, $30,000 worth of gold saLted down." .,.■„, n After Reed had agreed to testify against other gold thieves when taken .litiCli to A]ns\[a: he was released on parole,*" * *'- '. ' ' ' ed- timberland more, than to . that which" is in, possession of the'government.- The, latter lands are in no Immediate dangeiv'except, as they; are affected - by adjacent .privately owned lands. ,- But .with reference, to,lands which have been alienated it is proposed to point out where the province stands to lose, to an irremediable-extent; unless it is safeguarded,by, leg- {slatinn to encourage, proper ■ conser- v-atipH 'of thef Umber. .- ..... ;,..-;. . Briefly, {.here, are--'three particular enemies to our forests:' . ;; l:. The" destruction by firo. '"'■'■ ■ 2:. The .ruthlessiiesa of tlie'axe'. '- %., The waste, of the - mill. ; The first of these evils is" by far tho. greatest. . W!lO J&s not traversed tho province In the 'forested areas without being impressed' by the very great amount of timberland, ■ which has already fallen a prey to the dls- regard of "those, who In many cases have wantonly started terrible confla. grations, To do this was looked on as no groat offence a few years ago. In somo communities' even at, this day it may be regarded only with a. "Mght disapproval. , iheir peculiar conditions in the .interior to have special provisions td^ apply ;to, that particular,'.part of^the country. ■'.',' *"./'' V"?,f ' "V-j:-.' ' Those who; havo' seen' logging operations on 6urt coast of British Coliim-' bia can attest uto the waste of the axe. In the eager desire to get "up large percentages^ of clear .logs, in the booms an immense amount of "timber is destroyed in ■ the woods. " .This is due to'commercial incentive; ,iOthe operator be a logger he gets ".'more money for his logs, indeed if he does not keep down the proportion-.of No. 2 grade he is liable hot to be-able to sell at all." Moreover logs which are very rough are culled, as worthless. If the operator is running a.mill his sins in the matter of waste are even greater in many, cases, for the temptation of-high prices and ready !marr ket for upper grades of lumber'■ ■ are indeed-very alluring. ' "'- , It is hot ah uncommon thing to see 20 or 80 thousand feet to the acre of very good timber left practically destroyed in the. woods waiting for the spark which will.leave the ground on which it stood a blackened waste. Remember this destruction is to timber that would in a few'years, command the, highest price, in the0'market. It may be asked is it necessary that such waste should occur?,, Any practical logger will, say no. Thon why do the owners of the timberland, cut with such little regard to economy? . The answer may bo found in the fact that it costs something more to save the timber not wanted for im-, mediate purposes, and because the owner of the lands finds his title too limited to consider coming back to them again; and taking the best and most acceptable, abandons the rest to its destruction. This is a condition of affairs]which has only "very .recently reached'an acute stage, and to.inteusify the evil it , has been made apparent ..that if timber' now held privately from the government is to! be cut within the time limit of its title;- that' the market will be so crowded that'clear timber only will be in demand to"the ruin of much valuable timber" that will be left in the woods. •-'.-■ - We must make it •• profitable to the owners ;: of timberland . to "maintain their holdings"if the maximum value is expected to'be realized. Public attention should-be directed to the above (danger which involves principally tliat * of overtaxing' the' holders of timberland; a- course-that has'worked such disastrous results to the timberland in the eastern • provinces. *In-the past there-has. been misconception' ih'the mind' of the public, if notiin the mind of-'the'government itself, ps to the position.of the holders* of Upjber,'licenses with .respect to the. PHbjicJhterests in. the,' community with which "these" license ■ ■ holdings should be, operated, It had been generally ■ regarded- that the ^amount. of direct revenue prodi|.c§d £ro?P timber ww* the only matte!* to he ggniidered, whereas to those' who- have given; the problem mature thought* the royaltys and rentals received are merely incidental to the public weal. . "The proper conservation, of the.industry, Jt? continued prosperity, is of more fmporlaiiee lo the I,r?Y!nc,r $bu any amount, of , lmmodiato"'" Veveh'ue" that might'bB det'tvod if t*_[B revehue were elitfiiiied-Rl'tb***,' sacrifice of „,d timber ferftWth ;v\iich, It will take huiv- dreds Ot year's io replace." It Is C.a.tontthat h steady, rental ..*., A cpmpieiejiinelof-samples of "lySiiis aiid ': *\ 'v-'--'v. ^v- *■-•**,-" ^^„jc« Overcoatings ■:■ • -and Tweeds ~ » ■ '';"~" 1/ ■■"" Up-to-date.,Wopkmansliip....' ."< Moderate 'Pricesr* :: 3. C;. KENNY NOTICE. KING EDWARD HOTEL "" """ £*■}•■■*£. 5-t-iZ-^i/ y " ' ■ "-.' 7- . ^fo-M^SrrE OLD STAND ■ ' \v<££'i >i& Table Board $6.00. All old.prices, now chiareed- -';-.-— -...-■- -Excellent Cuisine ,* -.-.-■.■. J. L. GATES, prop." ■■}', -::!:'"•* v:',•;'*.;;tv.'^r,-.'. '•*■.'•:'!■»-7•*' ;U7^ UT7 '■'■■'. \ _'■■•■.. '7J.v. -A/Eizzuto J. Cbav/ford, |^^m^*4^.^^ f ^COrA ru'r'tlmboivlands, for years/tb The law, tirOvltJei- eePtftift PlWttlo9|Corj.o'lB tho tft-undest timber •: policy, it Is true, pt no nr6ftd.iS.tiie act, and! n,orn a'-^Ife Btandpolnt, and ..that. Who pays for lit 1 I i We mean your PRINTF ^ j^y Business Man. No ^6/ ym are paying for gv ^ WQyK but do you get it? so difficult fnily ll bo to find, proof, thnfc punltiimMit beldom^vertakos an o'.fonder, ■ The IntOreBt of tho peoplo ai a i'Whoto rt-iould he enlisted to holp copo Vi\\\\ iho siumtton. Thla is more of* •}*feUvo than tho mnjosty of tho \m. Dotilde this there must'bo-an .offIc- I lent corpB of fire wardens with authority to employ as many spoclals as j nro noodfnl to put out or chock fires In the early stages. Thon thoro aro statutory 'regulations- whicli should BiiggoBt themselves In addition to Uiobo which, aro .already ln forco., Tho government h&B .made a very credit ablo beginning ln -employing lire this 'can only be ibrought about by ln; '■.roducln*!! touch Btablllty, ln. our ,tlm-, ber \Wk as shall induce the holdors Notice- is, hereby given that application will be made to the Parliament' of,Canada at .the next session thereof for an Act to. incorporate a Company under the name of "The Canadian Western Railway Company" with,power'to construct, equip maintain and operate a line or lines of' railway -of standard or' other gauge, by means of steam, electricity, or any other kind of locomotive power. -, (1) From a* point on the International boundary line, in the Province of Alberta, between the east side of range twenty-three (23) and the west slde^of range twenty-eight (28)^, west of'! the fourth principal meridian, to a. point on the Crow's Nest Pass line of.the Canadian.Pacific Railway Company between Cowley and Pincher Creek; thence north-westerly,',following, the valley of the north.'fork of the Old Man, river to a. point in the, Livingstone range of mountains at or near; section thirty-three .,(33)r in township ten. (10),. range three (3), west'of the fifth principal meridian; thence through the pass in the Livingstone Mountains to" the last named point, and northerly up the valley of the Livingstone-^River to. a point on High River, at or near township seventeen (17) j, in ranges" four ' (4) and five.'(5),'-west of the fifth'principal- meridian, thence''north easterly by .the most practicable,.sroute„to. the.- City of Calgary. (2) From a„point on the .middle branch at of near' its --junction;with the Livingstone River;-thence" to a1 .point- in- the. Rocky- Mountains >west of;Gould's-Dome; .'."thence through a pas's*in the'Rocky Mountains, to the valley of the" Elk River by the most practicable"-route;-,, thence southerly down the valley of the Elk'river "to a junction with the Canadian Pacific Railway, , and the, Great .Northern Railway,' in the Elk River''Valley at or near ;the'village of Michel: * ,'.--' And- to construct, equip,',maintain, and operate branch lines, and with such' powers,' rights and (privileges' as' are incidehtalior—hecessar-vTithefeto,. and to construct,-, equip; maintain and operate telegraph and telephone- lines in .cobnectlou with,, the,' said: rail way,; .... iu - \ ranches,., and to., transmit messages' -for • commercial purposes, and to charge tolls .therefor, and,;to ge'enrat'e'electricity for the supply'of light, heat and * power, and to acquire an.: develop water' powers1 for 'that', purpose,'and to lease,'sell arid "distribute and otherwise dispose of the same, and to. levy and collect tolls from all nersons" ^{[^ and all freight passlug,' 6veP"8ftW" railway, and bi-aiifcheB, a'dd, to cqanect' "with; and "Mite traffic or- other arrange- mefttS with • railway or: othor companies, including !any lino of railway in th*-)'State of Montana, one of the United States of. America, and to purchase, tako, over,. lease or, other-, wise acquire.'tho property,,rights and franchise of any other companies, arid','to lease or sell to any other company tho ' property, rights ' and franchise of tho company.' That bucIi railway may bo declared Fernie Livery, Dray & Transfer Co. ICE FOR SALE Contracts Taken Including Stump Pulling, Land Clearing and. Ploughing. , figure on ybur, next job • Let us- Rubber Tired Buggies, New Turnouts RlZZUTO & GRAWFORD , t Canadian Fairbanks Co. ''.' ' f'.' , Limited .*;' ; , . ■":""'' Gasoline.Engines Circular Saws , Frames. '■'-'■■'■y<---< Drag Saw Machines Stationary" arid Portable. Sawing Outfits VANCOUVER WINNIPEG CALGARY TORONTO MONTREAL , Temporary local ofllce at, P. Tascherau's, Victoria Avenue, E. \" "" •" ; " e; S. ORlvISBY, Agent ':'')k/ / j^QTIQE is hereby given, tlmt a ]., Dividend "at: the^rate^ -■':!= of Six per cent, per annum;upon tKe -paid'';.up'j Capital Stock of the Home Bank'Of Canada'. has been.- deGlared=foi*lth'e-Three—Months-1 ""'1:"'~ ^" ^^ : .endings jtliA±3Qthk November 1908, and the same will-be:payable at the Head Office and.Branciies,of the. Bank on and after';Tuesday the„) First day of December'-next. ^ .->' y*. ■; , , „„ „ .. - -.■{■ '. .•..[ The~transfer'l)oolis'will be closed from the.15th to the-! 30th of November,iboth'day^ inclusive, ./ :[{ ' ;.'. ?.;v, By Order.of the Board, «•■'■ .'" . ' ; ;"■;! . • , } -..-• , , JAMES MASON, General Managciv/ --THE SS£ 1854 HEAD OFFICE, ' V ? HOME BANK T0R0NT0' OF CANADA W. C. B. MANSON, V v.;. .MANAGERS, FERNIE, B.C.; to HWi'lntaln their llOfelises and cut Uo bo, for the , general ndvantftK* of Wl'th Buch.caro atl Will enable them Canada.,, ,, ,,, , to go.over thriv.landft Win . and Hough, Campbell A FarBuaon, again until tlio nttembftt ot Its value shall havo boen nxWyti, . Tho revoAMtSB-fti lli« f-rovlnqe are at this day, aftWlteA from llcoiwed and loaswi Mdfi ftt.tUo amount of about Nv&S'tMMo ttm llceimQ.foefl on about Wxv'O taixavo, mllea; $83,000 from -f-wtaliti *n 102,000, acros of loas- pd titulm •l-Mi'-la nnd about $300,000 ns rayidt.«>?i «>r *a total of about $1,173,- 600 till WJWitvarod wltli' nbo'tit $3,285,000 of tot'ai revenue froni all sourccB. ' timo will bo In tlio vicinity'of tho of tho City of Winnipeg. In Manitoba, Solicitors for Applicants'*. Dated.nt Winnipeg this,Oth day 'of Octobor, A.' D. 'il>68. ' » GASOLINE IN OIL WINNIPEG COMPANY MAKeS; SERIOUS CHM-NSE fdfASWEET TOQTH All the leading lines of High Class Chocolates arid Confectionery BECK FERNliB, TOM B.C. *-?* Your Own Fault if you are paying your good money for inferior work. "The Ledger does my printing" is a guarantee of a Fair Deal. wnrdens, but whilo It Is n.falr atnvt. and whilo those warden, have Aoajl^ ^ tM> ym_ ^ flR„r0H show that tho holders of timber lands aro pnyinu moro than half of tho provincial rovenne. It Is deslrabld to hnvo understood XMAS* NOVELTIES GREETING CARDS TASTY DESIGNS ORDER AT ONCE splendid work, wo .want moro them. Thero may also bo Instituted bettor mothodB of having tV."so N.vfl ruportod. It has been rumored tlmt It U tlio Intention of tho govornmoiM to lmve I tho hush flro net iimondod nt lho furthcoming hohhIoii of tlio loBlolaturo iuul thoHO who aro ltnorostod confld- eiitly oxpect, flint no 111 advised or tin- wnrknbln plan will bo dovlnod, It would be bettor to come rather Bliort of tho roqul.reiiieiitfl than to mnko tho luw unpopultir by reason of undue hardship-.. Ho far "» Uio count Is concerned, |nur lois fiom flro durlris tho present ) m-iiiiaii hns been tho lonsl In many i..f,,,,.„ n<v|n In tint, tn n cront tiion- Uuvo to Ihe work of thr- wardens nl- tho profit to tho country In observing economy with our timber. Tho moro timber wo savo from destruction tho more wo have to add to tho woalth of the people of tiio province. SuppoBo for Instntice thnt each thousand foot of lumber means n distribution to tho province of $20. (11 will bo observed thnt this vnlno rofora to tho manufactured product., Otic billion foot of this lumber anvod woans $20,000,000 for Ilrltlsh Columbia. Yet tho state- ment Is within tho mar*K that a Iobs of; 2.-i or 30 times that -amount Is at stake, nv -iiinut f-nfln for (-ivory man, woman ■Winnipeg, Nov, STi—Startling disclosures Imx** liwwi -nfndo ln tho Investigation «n? iho (oil oxploslons resulting In tht 'don:t'.im <of fourtoon pooplo tlirouglrotrt Wtiultoba. In ovory caso Ui« wll WW* purchasod from tho Winnipeg Oil Company, composed of American 'twill ItHlopondont companies —rivals 'of 'tlio Standard Oil Co. Tho docioi-tiil HhlpnidiitH woro mado botwoon Octobor -il> nnd 17. All tho 'oil In <ono consignment wnH tftlcpri-from'ilfo.stuno tank, yot part of tho 'slilpmont contalnod gasoline. The company oponly charges that crooked Vfork was dono by somo enemy with tho Intention of'ruining bua- IllOUH, A Bwnrm of detectives nro at work on tho caso. Provincial and Dominion 'nfflws nro also ongiigod. Heavy P.TONS&C0., ... LIMITED WHOLESALE and RETAIL MEAT MERCHANTS rendy i"TheLedger"\ employed, and If ample proof •W I Hint If proper precautions aro taken J* Muring tho dry weather and Imniedl- K\Me atontlon Is given to extinguish all eyx dr,., irtim fir-nT «*nrt(>il. Hint onr const '& '.numd* cun bo made practically Im- ^* ,ir,:ne fio'in serious losses, Tho (Imago from forest flre» lu l.f Interior fol> 1008 hns been somo- .vimt mow than ordlnnry. The fnct ■I.i t (ho timber so sltnnied Is exposed n u drier climate and because the ■i.-niirv l« Iniersccted by so many .■i I-wids, whicli Rcem isooner or Iftl-fr hut n much of the Umber througli :(!i iloy pans, calls for ftptfclal vlg' !.*.' In the matter of the bush nnd child of onr-poTiuliitlon. Tlmbor,( damage suits aro threatened by, lho which will oriRlly run Into this c»u», relative** of tho victims, This ia thu flrst enso of thnt kind occurring Cnnnda. ln mate nnd vnluo will wrcly In groator imn l>o destroy«d It undue haste Is mndo In cutting. In r-nnslrt-'TlTiR tlio third gonoral cause, of waste, vl*„ thnt which occurs nt tho mill, it must bo remembered tliut tho, operators of those plants are conducting their buslnesH nlong the most profitable lines, and In such a mnnnor as to ensuro thoir aucfcMM If. tliertfort! there U Ind I«i.r;Mi" .hoy «re not necessarily |..lshment of an Italian «in)v«r.«yi._« blnnienblp. HAVE BATTLE _—. Polico Had to Interfere In Controversy at Vienna University Vienna, Nov. 25—Italian ' simlenta d^nionifrflftnu In fflvor of 'ihe ostab- Always a ohoieo mipply oflJcof, Tovk, Veal, , Mutton, nnd. Ijunb on hnnd. Hams, Bacon, Ijii'd, Butter and Eggs Our Specialties PivJi, Siiiol;cd ami Suited V\»\ nTwnw n pnod' assortment. Try our Minoo Meat, Saurkraut and Oytiters. It Is noverthelcss a fact that the amount of good muti-rlal which finds Its way io the bonfire* aeoma to those accustomed to a more economic hso, **-»8W5»»»Wl^^W*^»!»*JiWW'^1**' ■I it m'.dh*! hu ..Yjwdl-nU on the ,f i):f.*f. who nt« fnmlliar with jus b ruthliM waste Trlcat nrou.i^d f>rninn mitfl^nfs. nnd' 1200 men were t-ncngod fist to fist, and tSion rtlcks and stonc3 and finally r<«volvprs. Tho Italians wero driven from thc building. BEFORE THE WINTER Is the time to paint. Don't wait until too late before protecting your house from thc ravages* of snow and ice. Do it now. Only choicest material used. ***m *Wi.*W.I!UWiMl.-UJ\JLJltmB COVERT & BAt»REY Painters and Paperh an nper» THE DISTRICT LEDGER,. FERNIE, B. C, NOVEMBER.28,71908. PAGE THREE N ' tf EWS OF TPHE WEEK '_,-.■-■ y ■ i *• •"* \*r' W 4.- ^- ..I' INTERESTINGrlTEMS CULLED;FROM EXCHANGES *-!" •■\.r-\3"bTiraEi;B6uE"6BB FOR BUSY READERS. -. >■ 4 J! AND - BLAI) MORE -■* The 7 waterworks .question is *i**ll\e one hi Blairmore. A great depl of kicking, is" being-done .by;the different factions'. This.-spea.ks well for the "town. , It goesHo show that the ratepayers.are taking, an act. ive interest hi public matters for the .good of the people. Some want a franchise given to a private company and on the other hand the council are gathering information, with" a view to'subniitting"pians to'be "owned and operated by the people, for the benefit of the people, or in other words.public ownership. "The question'will be discussed at a public" meeting which will be held in the /course of a" few weeks. —(Coleman Miner.) authorities had no other recourse'. It is rumored that'the C. P. R. will', .also .cut off the" privilege of selling the paper on'their trains.': - mals, fodder, manure, and fresh hides. The situation is. so serious that not even dogs, cats or birds "are allowed t'to pass the frontier. ', ^MLOOPS.—The'body' of'Engin- 'eer. Brown' of kamloops who'was one of theJ three members of- the'' train crew killed Tuesday morning'wheii a westbound ' C- ?.'?JX- freight "plunged down the embankment towards the' Fraser river at a point about,a,mile .west of Lyttqn, was.found, last week. It was.not under,the engine as expect; ed,'but,'if/as lying .one hundred. feet further down the bank,, entirely covered wltli sand and gravel, and badly mutilated. „„ ,. , . 7 PIXCHER CREEK.— Considerable excitement has been" caused hero" by the discovery that Dr. I, C:? Whito,. the. great ^Amorlcau. gas and.oil geologist,- located in October of last year a great' oil" reservolr'Lon {the /Anticlinal, ridge passing through this town, and extending from the south fork of the Old Man River at the northwest, to the Watertoii'river, southeast of-here. Dr. White was engaged by one of the oil companies operating in this vicinity, and although* It was known that lie had reported, that gas wouldv certainly be found near here, lho prospects for oil-being:equally good wore suppressed by • the 'directors of the company and kept secret, even .from- their'shareholders, and a second report' referring-only-to the-gaa,- was made public. The company, in .the meantime has secured leases covering all minerals, which will,include gas arid oil on 15,000''acres.-"7', Tho,\-'information has just 'leaked i'ouy .through the company having let contracts to a firm of .Pittsburg drillers to sink ' a number of wells. They are'n6w placing four well drilling rigs on;.; their leases here. Southern -'Alberta may soon" be in ttie throes of a big oil boom. Lands are reported to have already,,, advanced considerably in this vicinity. ,\ } "'' >? ,r-?'£ ■NELSON.—Leuter and Frank Patrick, formerly well .fi'nbwn'In Eastern hockey circles,"but who,"reside here,= authorized the contradiction' of • 4tbe storyithat they wouldi'playitliis"'coming season for Edmonton' in the effort . , .'■'■- *'*- 4- - i -. -, ^*. o r,"*--*"-r* of: that'city--to-'capture 'the,-Stanley Clip-' .,.,.,7";' „ .•;'., . OALGARY—Manager- Dlnginau* of the.'Calgary,-Natural Gas company today claimed, that they hud found coal while boring for gas at a depth of 1950 foot.' •■ This coal Is afino specimen of bituminous and a seam of from • eight to twelve feet has been pierced. iTho veins aro from three to five inches thick and are interspersed with shale. .Finding tho coal at,'this depth bears out"the calculations whicli havo been made ns to the, geological formations of the district. • .They prove too,, that the conditions hero■ correspond to the conditions to the east. . ,*■■■■- "Mr. Dingman is not certain whother he has entered the Pierre or the Belly River shale. •, The former is nearer to the surface but might not extend so far to thc west. It is in the "Belly River shale that Medicine'Hatigot1 its gas.- - Samples.of .the coal brought-up- will .be'.forwarded at once* to the Dominion : analyst • of ■ the' Mines ' department at Ottawa for.his-report.' •*''. "=NEW ORLEANS—Peter E.'Hellege, of the cotton firm of;Peter Hellege & Co., was run over and killed by a railway train at'.Eylsian Fields, avenue, and. North,,Prior, street, this, morning, ."' .-.' '.7 -' '"■ '" '.- <> ROME^-The Pope has almost entirely recovered' from, the.icold. and hoarsness that- recently .mside. it necessary for him:to' discotninue his private .audiences,1, and this week these audiences, were, resumed. '. j • '" WINNIPEG.—Albert'*'-Youn'g,'*'- was sent to the penitentiary yesterday for four years' for' stealing a, registered letter:' :' ■ ' ', ■■■•. • ■*• •- -. •■ HALF A CENTURY'S PENANCE 'CALIFORNIA")MAN GAVE MANY CHEQUES TO ATONE FOR ' ATTEMPTED CRIME. '., TORONTO.—The election of Hon. J. R.'Stratton of-West Peterboro'is-to be"protested on the'usual' grounds-of corruption, etc.- :■ '•• ■ ■'■*• ■'• - MLSlh . i. jVA^CppyER^yjiile, ^engaged ! in the pacific pastime'of'shoo'ting rats at noon on,-Tuesday,-Ippei Nagai,,a; Japanese shingle bolt' cutter, shot Vis wife Ih* the left ,'sido of her/ bodyj.dvej*. the region" of tlie' hoai-t'an'd"' killed her almost instantly. i<| ■MACLEOD—Heavy terms were meted out to" two international crooks, 'Craino ,and( McQuinland, by.' 'Judge Stewart,"tiio men'beiii'g' clinrge'd 'with house breaking'and being found guilty by the "jury, wore given six and eight years respectively..; The. crime I was , committed at Pincher Creole,' the men entering the'Pincher''Credit' Milling'office on tho .night..oL.Soptomber..,21, and attempting to dynamite tho safe. They wore" apprehended a fow "days later*.- <*,,The .record of ..McQulnland-tlB bad, He has served seven years at Portage laPrairloiUhro'e>t Nifrth'Por- tal'-aiid two ntx'Caignry,Uhesiattor. for hrbaUing' lii to and robblng'lli'e'plost- office at Olds. ' Criilne Ib iiIbo coiy*Jd-v ored by.tlio.polic'c'.toJi'o^v-ljad man., A horso stealing;case nlROVocciipfoij' the attention, of. \1\q\ court 'atVlho pro-, sent timo'. '' "n""'-"!'''''' "■'■"•] • ■• \ CHATHAM, ONT.—West Kent Conservatives have decided to protest the election of'A'. D. McGoug on the common-grounds- of "corruptloiD'' '*",!"v * « OTTAWA.—The'"' youngest' ' sliop'-' breaker.in Canada'was caught by the police yesterday in a local dairy shop. He is' ar six 'year-old' "boy."' '' "**:'-'''"'' i *:.:-.';.* • ■ •' , . *-•■•. ■,---:i! i;, ;' ,-!■-' 1 , '," '■ 7~7.— j, PONTYPOp^wHile an''eastbound freight traiii'was standing, iii,'Sand; bTnirisrai'ngTfea^ bound freight /train collided with .it. Engineer 'Finley, liis fireman James Sweet 'of West Toronto*.' and11 brake- man Conley' were killed'and Engineer Dorrlhot. and'.Fireman Taylor are injured, but not seriously. The east bound switch, was found toll aye been turned foi* tlie,siding. ' This is' supposed to have been done bytbe brake- '.man after ;the,,passing, . of another ;traln. This brake man cnunot. be ; , . ' . i -., ■ ,.. . . . -. . found. G. N. Expected to Build Across Main Ran^e Within Two ' ; Years. ''— - — ""F (From The Frank Paper.) "The Frank"Paper is.in possession of information coming- from a source, apparently so reliable that it.is ,.dis-, posed to give the report, a large measure of credence,' to tlie'effect, that there Js, a, storng. probability that the hopes of the people of the Pass for a competing lime, of .railway stand-, a good cchance of being realized within the, next j two years by tho-building of the , Great,-'Northern across the • main, range of the Rockies-from British Columbia into^thls district.''1 '•>■' • . .The story.as.it has'been repeated to The. Frank Paper,,by a.-person who talked^ personally with' Preslde'nt"Jas. Hill, ;,of the,.; Great Northern' very i*c: cently is to the effect that-the Great Northern.-expects lo V>? cut off from its entrance, into, Albert,-, .from': »he south ,via ;theA. ;R..;& I. line within" a matter.,of .two.,years at the'•'outside/ and .that it. will be left with'-a* stub line from Great Falls, Mont, tb Coutts' .unless it provides an outlet:* -' To forestall-,any, such .contingency'tlie 'purpose, is to build a;.Hne from some point o.n0its,p>\*esent,iline-running into British iCclumbiai..fr,om1.the.<'South, -across- Los Angeles,- Nov. ' 25—A' remarkable story - of nearly half "a century's penance. was disclosed by Mrs. Melissa Funk's-suit.against the, estate of Theodore,-P. Bunnell,. worth' $200,000 for $20,000 worth of notes. Mrs.,Funk lives'*in Attica arid'fifty years ago when Bunnell was a man of 25 in- Indiana "he attempted .'mistreatment' of Melissa Zink, aged 13. Failing.'.he.was ever afterward stricken with remorse, and continually sent Miss Zink,. later 'Mrs. Funk, promissory ," notes,,, pay able .from' his. estate as palliation. -t., .. • -, ,.■• - , Bunnell died a: year ago in Colorado Springs and'left no heirs. * :•• ■ He had dwelt- for many years* at Santa Monica, Cal. His executors refused to allow -Mrs. Funk's claim, so she filed tho'suil that brought the unique disclosure. >,.-■• ,' The flrst' note in' dated In April, 18C0, and gives Bunnell's' confession, and the purpose of restitution. NEW THEATRE FALLS THE GRAND.JUST COMPLETED— .COST WAS $30,000. / Winnipeg,'Nov. 24—On Thursday evening the "new Grand theatre at the corner of" Jarvis and Main- streets, collapsed,'cover ing the sidewalk with debris. ''"'■'" ; " . The building was. receiving the fin- islii'rig touches aad had been erected'at a cost of ^30,000. . Fortunately no oiie was injured al- ttiought. several people passing, had narrow escapes. , ,, , . ' .The theatre was built by the company promoted by Mr. W. J. Gillman of -New York. MAY BE PAPER FAMINE- Repletion of Water Supply Product of Mills. Reducing Milwaukee, Nov. 25—A special from Appleton, Wis., says: "Unless altogether, abnormal weather conditions, prevail pratcically thorughbul the United States; between now.and the first of the ■ new, year, this country within six weeks will.feel-'a serious paper famine according- to ithe judgment of the largest paper manufacturers in Wis. consiu.,, .i .■.■-'■■!■■ . -Conditions'in* the'paper industry'it is stated have never been so dubious arid the constant'depleting of' the water power streams throughout the paper 'making districts both east -'and west Ss '-addirig 'greatly' to" the threat-' enlng'aspect.' " '"■ * •" - ■- '--The wood pulp mills of the Fox arid Wisconsin river valleys are at present running 'tit' less than half capacity 'and several' of 'them are' 'shut down'en- tlrely''b'ecause of the'lack of water.0"' The.Spanish River'Pulp company at iJspino"laV'Cal.,';c'6ntroile'd by E. Ed- mondsof Appleton, announced, to-day - :.' ■- -. j' i - .;■■' '. i' i • • ,.., r* ■ i) that its production had, been .cut to one half of the capacity of the plant." A FATAL FINISH PERFORMER IN WILLIAM TELL IS KILLED. BROWN & ELFNER (Successors to R.~ Hammond) \ Electrical Contractors ; Light and Power Wiring, Electric Light Fixtures and all kinds of sup- ' ,^ plies in stock... Expert Electricians employed. London, Nov. 24—Herbert Lee, music Hall performer died In this city1 today from the effects of a wound in the head received during a performance ot a William Tell act at a local hull last night. ,Lee held a ball on his head at which Madame Clementine shot at a, distance ot fifty feet: ■ Madame Clemen-1 tine,,surrendered lo the polico. .' Mr. Lee has been giving this act for eighteen years, and had never before met with an accident. Call at cabin oppposite Reid 8c Co/s Furniture Store, Fernie m. HARVARD WINS ! 'RI3GINA—President'-Bredt''of'• the ;Reglna' Agricultural "nnd'Industiial ox- ■hlbltion has again'-taken'up'the question of a Dominion fair for'1910 and has Interviewed'the local'■member'lh behalf of Ueglnii's claim. The action of • the■ Brandon- fair- board In moving ,to, secure,,th*j, fair for that year. Is the 'e'tius'o 'of,*nctWlt^In-,'Roglna.'*-';""'* ''■"•'• -'■•' VANCOUVER.—Word camo down by tho idotiultlaui„of„ a Jjlastlng accl-, doiit-'iui tlio;d; T.y: right of ;.way at, a 'i)6tnt" hlBh-up\thpi Slfooiin( rlyor ; at which ccitiBtructlon'opofatioiiB"«o .ho-, Ing parried ^n, wlilch'cost tlio ;Ilvefl' of t\yd men.arid injury .to uov<u*q,) otlil ore. Quo of tho-mon killed; waa blown Into jtho 'river, and;'tho othof ho badly nnitlluteil that ho iliod within u Hliort" timo. " Tho namoB of tlio' mon could not bo obtained, but It (H'liolloved that both of tlio'm wero either Italian** or Greeks, MSTIIUIUnai*>~Wlioii running from No. 3 shaft on Friday ovoning liiHt. A. H. & I, yard englno, ISnglneer McKay and Klromnn Dovlno fltruclc an opon Hwltoh und turned upiildo down, Iloth engineer and fireman liiul cIoho bIiiivoh iih tlio eiiKltiu wau tnivelllug ut a good rnlo, and tl-ny'Svmo right on llio Hwltch before McKay from tho cab window «aw that tho i-wltch wiih agaliiHt him, He imiig out to Duvlim who Jiunpod Hiifnly but. Htayod with Uio englno hlinflclf, nnd .when It wait all over, found hfmtieU with tlio oxcup wST.jpHN,—Jn ,th# county cou^t-^thls mornliig Judge' Rorbos' dis,nil's'flod'"the oiiBO -iiigalnBL*Jionryi--JHardy,, clSiargpd wltii.yj'oliitiiig llTo'Alle^VLabbrli'ici'lii eriga'gliig mop iii the'Uhltod Stato8„,tb work'in'Canada. The'case' is the outgrowth"of1;i:ho.'prlntbrs.;striko, in Tho,!Tologriiph nrid';■ Time's bfriccs^ wlitclj' wob"l sbttlotl -yostorVlny.'. '"Tho procp'cJliiffB woro' liisliidt'iHl hy" Hid St.'Jphii Typographical'u'lilbii',' ",' •'• ,"•• ' * !, -.''.- ,*,,( r1-*' i ', iu. 11- , ■ • Ii.',' ' --'TT", -, ■ 'I.j ■;,, O.TTA\yA,—On account of tho low *)Yfil*pi*', In the, Ottawa'p'rivor' tho'p'roBH. live.at.,the, Ottawa wntorworkH has fallen to Hiich an oxtont that u tiuctlon .of j Uooth'o. Mlllff* havo, boop -ordorod may the main;irangevlhtoTAlb"^taraiia^uH^ ning down across southwestern Alberta to, a;-connection with,the.line,,, at ,C0UttSVi j,,...;;,,. ,].,,.. '. ,.-_ ., ..y ,.','. •The proposal is to build either from Morrisey.j,yia the. North, Kootenay. pass or from Michel through' the Crows Nest Pass, paralleling the-C.,.P.-R..No plans haye been definitely settled upon as, to"which'route will be adopted,' but that'-the1 chances' tu'0' strongly" In favor'of the!llne coming this way-is shown by tho fact that the Hills have' already purchased,, extensive, charters one through tho\Crows Nest Pass and another for'a north, and .south;, line so'mowhore .to',the* oast'Of 'ThcPass. By the use of those charters-tho Groat Northern could provide itself with the necessary > connections . and thereby would be oponedupa direct llno'from the coal'flolds of this' district to* the vory''oxt'enslvo' Montana- market's. ,■■" Ono'of tho most encouraging'phases ofthomattor Iflthb'fhot tlmt'tlio G', N,'*iriUBt;'liavQ'd connection within two yoaVs or'have'something llko a' hun- V*(i*l. .t ;.; f i THE NON-UNION'MAN. ' The nori-u'hioil man always gets' preference : for "employment with a firm who desire's to paydit'tle wages, or, re. duce "wages' and,,1 Increase the working hours,at their will.. As soon as such a firm is satisfied that no'union exists among their employees, conditions :are invariably introduced that would make: the ■ slave, owner of. forr mer years blush to think that It was necessary for him to give the best of care,to his black.slave,in order that he may not lose.him, ~whon the Independent white slave could be procured without cost and replaced 'without cost at any time whc'ii'hc'butllvod'his use- fulness.1 ■ ■ ' ■" "I ■ ■■- ' 'Hls: employment Is'a good business policy as ho'can be rotlred.at anytime nnd'a'cheapor man' put■ In'-his plnco. -HiB"words are of no"account.as advanced society doos • not dosiro his company'even for.tho good that, ho . New Haven,- Nov. 24—For the first timo, in" six years the crimson of Harvard Is flying' above the blue of Yale college. ' , ' It' was a great; game.'' The mighty toe of Keniiard, the crimson fullback,' is'responsible for the four' lone' points scored during tho progress of-the bat' tie that makes the' Harvard men of 1908 the' champions of the Rugby' universe. .: • ■" ; !- '7 '' ' " Thirty, five thousain'd people ' witnessed the"struggle and thirty.jsix special trains carried the people from the different'cities-in the" east.' !The weather-was1 ideal.1 '.-'■■- ■ '• ., -■' „-.,NO- ••- ;■,■■! MAN,EVER'REGRETS 1 Being; taanly. ,.t. . ,• Being,, honest-.* o ■.-.>•. ..'.• • Being -truthful. Being honorable ■ ^^iing^a^aidfo'manl , Is comfortably located at the corner of Prior i * a and Victoria Avenues, and carries.a complete j stock of *, < ■ '■' ' t-"i • ' ■■)■•-. • , * - •■• . ,.,■■'-'.- Milliniery, Furs, Coats, ,Skirts I ' ■-'•'.... , • ; i • , . ■' .,.','■'■. 7'. Ladies'- Underwear, Blouses > A full line of the CELEBRATED P. C. CORSETS olosod so' that more'* wntor bo uvalalblo for';,tho city,-plant.. Jn sov- oral "of'tlio city churehos'on Sunday It whs InipoHHllilo.to uho tlio.orgaiiH on acroimt.of lowi NY*ttor;P]*esBiiro,, , OTTA\yA.^-At noon,1 io-Aayi CIiiih, Mociitt, e] law clork In thepfflco of (lommlll & May committed suicide in thu Janitor's rooniH Iir tlio ,Curlo!on olinmlioi'B, Ho llrod'ii U callbro revolver bullot Into 'IiIh liond'aiid expired boforo thoHU who were within ear- Hliot-eoiild rone-li him, Moffatt wiih '28 yenrs of ago. ' OTTA\VA.—Word hns boon recolvcd at the department of agriculture of T... :b.'.^ .■..",■ '.":*,! cf H-.c-'TTen' a'"<\nn" may dOBlro to do; for- thoy are altrlb-, drod milos of tholr'Tond thrown-ilnto'uted toseiflsli motives.- something like' complete dlBUfio1"1and", "Thd'noii-liiilon man Ih ustinlly an off- this'bolng th'o'caso' tho likelihood 'Is I Bpi.ji,jj bf'lgnbrancb'and concolt,' Ho Ik that''In thol;ovont*of the lino comlng-.n sblflsh' lndlvidimrnnd conn'ot hero- .through the ,Pn8B',It' will be a roitfj-ly,! jjod, upon.,, ' 1Mb existdnco' or Btruggio In.a very short timo and In,all p'ro'li-J for a-'llvlhg ddpimdii entirely-upon'the ability .construction \ylll bo begun next succoss of.tlio trndos union. . "•'ii.','kix' - ■• -r-r-.' '■ '»■■ .■"•"..-, When,Ho mnnagos tp^eot .conditions Another point pf groat significance , Wflg0(1 tm,„,octly thmiK„ tho<'un; Being kind'to everybody, Being true to'his'friends.'. ,- " • Being a" foe to the knocker. '""'''" Being'a lover'of your home. Being of a':happy'disposition:* Being "fair with your employer. . Being patriotic to,your'country. ' Being,hospitable to your guests. 'Belng.forgetfurpf^youv troubles. Being man' enough to admit them. Being careful In all you'do or say, Being temperate, In all of'your habits. " ' •••/-.-•-. •/, Being lho best' worlunah'ln tho shop, . Being one! -'' Being body,' Being talces.'' ' '■ ' ' ' ■ ' ■ Being considerate of women and1 of children. " • ,-*-,■■ ' ■ •■ : Bolng-loyal'to'your wife or'-sweetheart. ' ;'■•''.'.,:.. . '.■.-, ,' Being generous with*, your friends and enemies', • , 'Being as neatly- droRBed aa your olr- cuiiistancoH will allow, ■ *•■ i, <* without malice towards1 any ' clean of speech' ns well as able to see* your'own *mlB- JOHN J.yW %I% BUILDER and CONTRACTOR Dealer in Doors, Windows and Plate, Glass lion of a iita-rul bath of uucfWt-u nil v^^'^n'^ «* h\* way to nnnm lo and ho forth, littlo thu woimu for tlio ishnltc-up, ' CAI^lARY—Tho Kyo-Openor np- pen red this wcok minim tht> Ubby ■torleo aiid flllod with a lot of virions oxndatlonB which Bhowod thnt lho paper In,still enffprlng.front the recmt utrlctures passed upon it by tho jury. Tho mall bag's woro hauled ovor to thu pout offlco but a v.ul blow bwalt- ed thorn thero. Tho poilmnstor declined to receive them. : '1,'lit- Calnnry Eye Opener no longer enjoys tho privileges of htB WAlfWly** malU. a* tho JudJtc and Jury a few days ago expressed an opinion of the paper that could hardly bo mUundorttood the postal ropresont Cnnnda at thn'lntornntlnnnl liiMtltutb lof * agrlculttird * which moctH nt Homo on Nov. 20. , IMljUiVJM.-to.—Wni'l ot I'dhch Ki, Snydor of Dosoronto nnd IiIb family, woro nearly asphyxiated last night by escaping gas from tho coal stovo. It Is believed that all of thorn, will recover, NIAGARA* PAU.-8.—Extraordinary promotions are beliiK taken hot'o tu prevent «pr<-nij Into Canada of a foot aiid mouth dbw-ane now pr^vTilontr In the states of Now York ani Penney!- vttnli, and a complete embargo Is bolng placed on all shipmoius of mil- would boo^i to bear out _tlid JmiLJioii^ Uelty of th|B st'ory tiinj" "bn foniul'i In tho t*liitcmont, of ypnli'lckj Welch, ;{ho oiiilnont rnlltoiul" oonti*ut;tor of "Spok«' alio.; Iteadera of tlio Prank .Paper will Irocull tho Interview with Mr,, Welch ptibllHhed 'lu lnst'wook's pnpo**, Mr, Wolch In' a 'ni'piiihe'r of tlfo firm" of Foley,, Wolch nnd Stewart, who In the past hnvo built a ureal deal of road for tho Oreut Northorn,,ami who are ivory cIohi, to tlio IicikIb of Vlib illll-conceni'. In his'lntorylmv, Mr, Welch It, will lio rocnllod, Biild: "I ex- pert to see through trains from Rt. Pan) running to Vancouver over tlio Victoria, Vancouver & KiiHtoin rond before the end of 1003." In view of the foregoing statement of the'Intentions of tlio Orent Northern this Hlntnnimit by Mr. Welch Ik pregnant with ttlBiilfiennr*.'. Prolmlily lio 'man not directly con unci od with theorem. Northorn enjoys moro'of the loli'mvini' (il Hit. (iiiih (imii M\\ >Vulc.ii ll)li\ trVhl.".il il dltnU J;/* ,.4'/,4j.4. by |*„, fiin) aiid had In mind thu program to build the coiinorilni; \lnn lietwcun lho poiifbonBtcrii rirltliiU Columbia, branch nnd the linn at Coulls when hn mtido *iii«,i»i*\vii«-iii. S*»mi liw S, ,'t , tv yJ: Hearing completion and n year to build tho proposed connection IiIh prediction would'ho ottHy of roullstutlon. Tho Colombiin board of trade In ul- ready In posHc-sslon of the Informnt- Inn hnrr-ln ennlnfried and nlrwii-ly hni under way a movement to bring pros- sure to hoar for thc hulJdlug of thc line this way, Thore is no doubt that ofher boards Interested will follow suit. Tho mutter will be brought up In Jhe Frank board at Kh next mofatlxig. SCALDED BY BOILING FAT COULDN'T U8E HAND FOR , A MONTH. ibn.be, brngs of hin bJIIH liiBteiul of klvji (Ing.llio iiiilon credit. 'Wlieh lie Iohcs, lila Job ho expects to' get'a Job lit ii good paying H)iop nnd fools Indignant when,union, men. rof'uso to work with htm. ,; When hu starts to iihuhII [iho, AiiilonMio lu'lold'tluit ho Is privileged to work where men of his Independent spirit are employed and with yory pnllto"remarks Ih Infnrmnd that trade linloiiB wusli their own dirty llnnu'and c.o tint Hud* aHHlRtnnco from thoiio who ('o r.nt'iniilrlbiitft thoir hI.u.-o flnuiiblnl. tly and moinlly. s Ilii Ih ii inlhrii to Hiicloty, coiitliuiul- Iy Hliindliig in tho way of advance, ment, ii'iiinlly oui-oiu -iikIiik uu wholo- somo crcnliiei'S to take the Jobs In ■■.J.opH where iiien are buttling for im- pioved coiulltleiiM, He is Ihe one mini who cun pinforin Hni .vondeifiil conlbitloiilHt fcul of koiting beneittii IbntHolf by boiistln*.' Cf V.!" Iiw1,,.,„n,lnt>r>n In t\\n clvrtnlr. unit "rouc'hlnc ewl rrlnirlnc, llko n wblniv oil cur nl the fern of his mnslnr. H« Ib iih (lniKiciDiiH to society iih' Uh* HiKmU thief who Is allowed to lourn tho BtreetH freely. •II „Vi, ,1l>.» k.aV'w . ^v ..'^•..U.i.:.^ .J . Kyni|iitthl/.(i with lilm and explain to him tho norcKBlty of Joining the union. If you fail.to convince lilm hit lilm In the plnco where his brains aught to be and kick htm In flu* plnco whom I hoy nre. If ynu Ihln'f his case Ih not hopeless and he ni-peats rnflonnl glvo blmanofhor o'ip/>riiiiiliv mull such timo that you cun point out the orror of his ways, and perhaps t * ■ * i ■ * < ' . Store Fronts put in • Stairwork , Estimates Furnished '' ' ' ■ ' 4.ipannelled Cedar Doors from $L50 up' "'' N.B.~Carload,of Glass just arrived—all sizes' PLATE AND SHEET MIRRORS^ I make anything in carpenter work , Shop and Office, Baker Ave, next P. Carosella Fernie, B. , ' Zam-Buk Gnvo> Instant Relief. A}\ accident In a Toronto hnmo might have had very hoHoiih coiiho- fjiKuieeH had It not boon for Hum-IUik. MIhh Martha Ureoii of I) Claremoiit St. lu taking a pan of boiling fat from tho ovon spill It over lior right hnnd. "The boiling fat rim hit, otho palin'of my hnnd," hIio says, ",nnd all over my, fjn- norfl. l''or over nnioiilh I wiih uu- able to line thu bund nt. all. I tried .'•('Vei'iil IiIiuIh of bhIvoh mid liiilnieiitii, but tho wound Hpoiued npparnntly no b(>l1(»r. It wiih alt«i(f(«thor loo Boverc i fur ilii'HD priipiiriilicitm to heal, | Alicmi I IiIh Hiiki I wiih advliicd lo ' i'v Zfim-Hiili. I iilopiied iiHlilg all | "j lie. in.-p-'.rui'i'im iuul nmilled li In-J jhiead, Tlio very first -npplluatltiu, 1 •(•(■Hied my hnnd and Hoemcil to <l;a.vi 'mil iho fire nnd Inflammation; and; 1 :is I Icepl nu iiH'.ng Ziun-lliik the hIiu- \ , ■ ,,._ 1... 1! , ,\,.\n,\ m, oivt iHnniMX.'lii-. I ■i\ \x\ n • vow xd'ori time thn Kcnld ' ' !,lid IcflU'd cnniplolnly. ' | Kefoury Bros. Notions and Smaliware Wholesale J o bbers Fernie B.C. Jewelery and Watches Dry and Fancy Goods, Boots and Shoes dent's Furnishings, and Underwear GOVERNMENT SHOULD ESTABLISH GOAL YARDS Hie Kovr'ininctil hIiuiiIiI OHlnhllhli coal yurilH nud iiUviiyn lwn\\ uu ample mi|i- jily on IiiiikI. I Hei' no nt her real ciiik for (ho peopln wim will not Hloek iiii ■i j nlieiiil lind Hie (IciiIcih camioi uffoid J tn lifdd Im|!" hIiicKh for a Ioiik Hiiik AN IMPORTANT RECOMMENDAT j •*,,,• jjivlr iiicoitimodiitloli. Coal coin- ION FOR , A88ISTANCE TO ; pimlcH would bo nl»d to iiell to Hie FAPMER8 iKovcriiinciit itt any length of linn* IH'i'i'HI-!U*y \vll,-(i'i»s they ill) Mill rlll'.> I )() ^^ ^^ ^^ chitlice» un denlelH. The Frank I'npur ku>*k:—Flunk II. ,1 (litnK iiiieh ii c(.iuii-.e would prevmu Hlici'iimn, pn-Hiilinii ot Uic (imi milieu,(un> uul uuiliiin^, », Thin In but one liiHtiiiieti of tlin uhoh jimkhhIziuIoii in Alberta, Im* a new, ^ n which /iim-lliik enn be ho adviui. i »UKKomlwii a» u i» imd) foe the aiiimalj nwoimly npplleil. It Ih nnunlly ot- \ '»"• wliorinKe In the pialrln piovlliceK, REV. FATHER DRUMMONO • il. . *..., 1,„,.„., mil, linil'ina .,(,n,.' Iltld w||l«*ll lie lllllll.X U'lll reclll' tlllll , „ , 11 Inter III (in Mi-nous lorm it not limn .,,, , Winnipegt Mott Eloquent Preacher ■.Ions, HoraliiH and •*tlffiienw, |i uIko •.•iii(«h (•(•■.(•ma, iilcerK, Kiicm, blood pol- ■"oiilns, rliiKworm, arnlp Horcm, cluonle .vouikIh, lilnckhciidH, plmplea, cold koiih, chiippud hiind'i and all Hliln in- .linlim mid (IIhciikoh. Kubbod w«ll nu lo the cIkihI In <iih(i of cold, It relieve--* i he n eh I n ir and tlmhtncHH. and nttpllel nn mi e in bt oca Hon It ciitcs rliemnitt 'nm. Hdntlrn. nourftlmn, otc. All drrnc- Mott to be Tnmifurred to Ouelph, i-o. than thai hvn yenvH iikd. ; "Tlioro nre no KtockH of coal III the, pialrle rnKlon," nnld Mr. Hhermiin. \ ' ' j unit I look for nuuh lianUlilp to farm- j WliuilpoK, Nov. *i<i—Surprint, wu* cih llvlim a lotus distance from mil- .uvprtiHHuit when an atiiiotiiiceineitt win ioikIh. I have l.tniMii an tiiht.tiiiu cf ■ i.imW u> \\„- tli,. Futlur Dvmuu.oud a fanner drlvhiR nluciy mlleH for j of Saint l|imlf(uv collece that he hiiic- "imi nnd IiuvIdk io wiih it sveen lor il -1> \-,ould Im- tuntntfti«-i{ to \hv (.'UuuU ,.. ,. ,., , when he sot ui town. j of the |lol> Name at (liielph. Out. throii^li thnt motltod yon may lie ablo i (-.lb-la nnd tttatvn hi-11 at fcOc a bok. ori 'What nmedy would I *;i«t;«*»,t? I, Father hrtimmond 1* «h<» most *ln-- to mako a Rood citizen nf him,-—John i lost tntx from Zam-Ituk Co., Tornntq |'hliilc ihat In region*., w)i.t.» rnrmi-rH' fpienl iireiKln-r iu thU city and 1st a Sorinabcnd In Mtthtnitt Journal. I for welpt of jirtrc. 3 boxe« for |l.25.' mu-O haul their toal a Ioiik dUlunce ineinbor of thu JeHults. I .. i , i, , +vTg.'W±.-)rAes ;-. „. HUH" PAGE.FOUR. ilj* MiltiH £th$ii DISTRICT 'LEDgEffr'FERNiE, b7.'C.;;n,qYember:28;';V^ ■ *; $1.00 ;a year dn advance.-1 Address all communications- to' the '"Manager"' District Ledger, Fernie B. C. Rates for advertising on application. '■„ We believe, through"' careful enquiry, that all the' advertisements in this paper are signed by trustworthy persons, and to "prove our faith by words, we will make good to actual subscribers any loss incurred by trusting advertisements.that prove to be swindles; but we do not attempt to adjust trifling disputes between subscribers and honorable business men who advertise, nor pay the debts of honest bankrupts. , ', . , . • , This offer holds good ' for one month after the transaction causing the complaint; that is we must have notice within that time. In all cases in writing to advertisers say "I saw it in The Ledger." W.S.STANLEY, Manager. <UNION A BUILDING INSPECTOR. Several recent occurrences, fortunately carrying in their wake no casualties of a serious nature, have shown that building operations have not been carried on along the most approved and safest lines. In the rush to complete structures within a limited, and often times, too limited, space, we fear that conservative methods of architecture and sound principles of erection have not played the part in some building operations that is necessary to ensure substantial and lasting results. We do not wish to raise a general alarm, nor do we wish to make any sweeping charges as to negligence and loose' methods, but surely it is within the province of the City Council to look after such an important matter.- - ■ The plumbing that is'being done", not only at this time, but at all times, especially as it affects sanitary conditions,,should be under rigid. inspection.--This. mat-, ter has for some time past received .careful attention from the older portions of Canda, and surely western towns can afford to profit by the dearly bought experience of older communities. The wiring of houses for electric lights is-a most important matter, small as it may seem to the casual observer,,yet how often do we read that electric light wiring, exposed or not properly insulated,- has"been the cause of some costly conflagration. . - The Old adage that an ounce of prevention Is worth a pound of eyrg,. gtij] holds good, even if we aro Jiving in an advanced *(■$, aQ$ W(j trust that Fernie may not have to purchase her e*ferlmeij- and wisdom in the above regards in too dear a market. .r k -r; 2 W-i'-.-.ilT i 11; 4 V!' CITIZENSHIP. *5> ===— ~~ The word citizen primarily had • refei'GBPe' only to a city, but* with the growth of such cities as-Roihe and Athens-into'states the"name acquired a larger meaning. "Our'using of.the term in this article will be confined to the person-who Is a dweller in acity, and will be regarded from a local and civic point of view, and noV-frQIU the .larger or M«oMl,^Many_oi[.thq.prtsrot peeple-ef .this' -towri-ar-6-n6W-e6mersrfth"d"irlli^^ to" oxei;el86-& franehlBe in municipal affairs," it-may be that in'-the'near future.they will be, and, we think , the present time "Ms opportune to discuss matte"rs-'bearlrig;o"n Sitl???lsniPf. >«»•«»■<•«•• »»»»,<-«•• «., ,,-,.....*»,i .^—-li :- \7' The duties of a citizen should be well ittiown. Every citizen Should be, moral,' well behaved, just, law abiding,' loyal andopublib hplritedi ' ^ .ji' -i.*,.'•'.'■' ''-' ■■ '•.."' He Bfeu.d pBS-SBii W •civic, conscience, and should discharge tev%r,y".tcrlylc.'f\Wi^ promptly and diligently in'an intelligent, trri'd -oi-tTerly manner; he should ftlflO tftke a fre-eft hWx\ ll'mlVleal rnlferestin the "admlttl8tMkti«ffl -ftipub- l\6 attalrs, and In,all movemoritR nft.V.l^Vfcl'bpments ever bb willing to do a share of CiViO \vbrk If called upon, too matter how. hum We a shaVo It may be. , ! - ' »'" ■ 4 " , , , : •',' - - ' Women filed <ir-» fet-uaUy Important members <bt tho community, Mititi men, although they may not have equal rlfchtB, tliey have their own rights and duties. ' They are undor civic laws and profit,or suffer by clvta development and change quite ns much as men. Thoy nro as slaters, wives and mothers, a vital, portion of llio. civic community, nnd should be loyally recognised as such, .with tho full rights of citizenship. ■ - Thero' cannot, be an healthy, progressive, civic lifo •where women do not clnlm, rocolvo, and exercise equal civic rights and duties with men. There nro certain civic vIccb which a member of n community ought to guard against. "No man llvoth to himself." Tbo nobler or baser tho private character tho better or v/on.e will lt bo for the city, Vices such as solflsh Individualism, civic Indifference, and corruptibility. Tho atoady, selfish purBtijt of personal interests and profits, In flagrant disregard of the Interests or the well-being of the gonornl community, • Is a gravo, but all too prevalent civic vice, whothor It bo In tho form of pushing the saloon business, speculating In land n'nil properly, exorbitant Interests on loans, growing rich'upon others without doing any useful work. ThiB Is unpatriotic, antl-Hoelal and Immoral, This Is had citizenship. Woro all citizens so to act tho community would become bad and end In ruin. To accept nil tho social and Individual advantage*! of a community life, Us protection, aorvlcos and Hoclally provldod opportunities, and yet neither sorvo nor fell any Interest, lu tho organized community, Have grudgingly, to pay such rates and duos as aro compulsory, Is also bad, Civic apathy Is a foim of solflshnoss of whicli no mnn ought to ho guilty. Our Saxon forefathers as iiIho nnclcnt Athonts, mado It punishable nt law for a citizen to fall to nssomble nt tho town or tribal moetliigs, unci record his voto. Thoro am iitiuiy In our "town who nogloct their duty In thin rea-pert; tl.cy hardly uvcr record a voto, and euro very little about the pi ogress of the city, escupt to complain tlf they lutvu to mix up In lho mud) about tho need for sidewalks. This hits a bad result. There aro those who are far from being niilw'*, thoso who deslrn to una tho'power of civic office for personal ends, thoso whoso Interests In cikit i.,<; ,il v ai-ilibll Uliva, WIIUUC Oil!)' (|Utill'U IB tO IllllKU JJ.OI-.C;-, U'l.f, u-'j*. lu iM.tiUl'1 Ull lll,.-t,(i, llil,llUl),)i ll'UJlOllt obstruction or regulation. Theso mei* idiould bo withstood, foiluhi mid kept out of theso positions, and made to be liiw-nbldtng eltlaens. Vampires who would suck the blood out nf the heart of the city, '.* *l-\. '..i'.'.. k. »>.' t\.t.iv- 44U t.Uv m.i.i XXI thtlti \\\\> C\\y Fo tho wny of «onin eliU'H which tiro run by bosses nnd Tiimrnfiny rings, they must wnlce up, it Ih voxlng tr, seo pi-opln who live i\ few hiindrtid ynrds from the polllrg l.ootli nnd will not go and register their vote, Another feature: Do citizens of Pernio think It Is neeoH finry for feme ono to tnicb thrrti In it rltr In vote. People w! otn tie Ctenio: has Ilk-used with two good imnful lor,n, nrhlrb will trtfx- thint to rln> top of I-Vi-iic iioiiiit^li: If tl.oy wish to po; ll.vy ought to bum* in mind tlmt li Ih ofrtn the i-atm where a mnn curries you nt election dny, j,gi ceny him for tho balance of the yev. Corruptibility is another flvlc, \lee. |t In nmnzltip to **!o,v that In this socnlb-d enlighten.-! ng.-, |,o-,v nini, still can be "bought bylbusiness inducements, for'hosts or favors, for drink and- cash.- -The \good government of every town demands that every citizen should be absolutely-incorruptible. No bribe-or inducement, whether vulgar or'refined, should ever awaken within the breast of any true citizen any feeling save that'of disgust and indignation. . The voters .and representatives, 'of a, community should be as incorruptible as Abraham Lincoln was. The functions of a civic government should be broad, it should be able to step in at all times where there is need of suppressing "anything which is detrimental to the health or well being of the people, and be able to step in with the people's consent to inaugurate anything which shall be for the good and welfare of the people. There should be a movement on the part of the people to manage collectively, so far as practicable and profitable all of those affairs common to the well-being of the whole body of citizens and to their happiness, convenience and comfort. Modern communities, under the reign of false individualism, suffer either from social neglect or from the greed of private companies, and even if private companies have supplied the public need honorably, is it not within the right'of an' organized community to discharge these duties, and secure for the good of the city or for the relief of the rates, those large profits which would have.gone into the pockets,of private owners. It should be the business of citizens to oecome acquainted with modern municipal government in order to take an intelligent part as voters or possllily as voluntary or paid civic servants. What is the future of our city? We are very young aud being so ought to take example from other and older cities, copy what they have rightly done, and bo careful not to make the mistakes they have made. Look at those cities which have grown up without municipal control; how ugly the buildings, how,narrow the streets, how badly lighted and paved, how unsanitary and unhealthy,- how great the need of water and sewer- ,age- ,. Large sums of money are being spent annually to undo' the mischief of bad or no civic government, in widening streets, tearing down buildings ;(slums) making open spaces, planting trees, providing sewerage, water systems and pavements. , . If only the people of Fernie would profit by the experience of, other cities, ,if only they would work together and try and build up a beautiful healthy city, they could do it. * ;, One bas no patience with many people, of this town, who are simply using the town as a workshop ' where they can manufacture dollars, make a pile.and get, back home or to the coast," Fernie ought to be a pleasant place to, live In, if it is not so we-ought "to mako ft PO. \It may be cold in winter, but we did not feear tell of any one. yet freezing badly, who had'a decgRt home, SUfficie^ food ftnd clothing, or if it is often wg^, figbpdy drowns except tJiey ia\\ in the river. ••'-■■-/,- ...■■. ., ..«.-..>.,- „ If there has .been; and .is at. present, typhoid,. it Is owing to the past neglect and present lack,of extension- of the, sewerage and water'system's. * It is, logical and correct to say that if sewerage and water are good "for four thousand people "it isVgobd-for the.-lest; the*same' may be said of" the-streets, sidewalks,- electric lights. These .things ought to grow with the city, and their be- ing"v*?,2 J£y9^ behind does not- speak well -for former coun--' CHS.' t» ' 1-4, •! 4.J; 4i, *,*-«* #w ,. .*;.<* vVeq .-.TTSiSiirMi •ft.* *- --•"■ *a' » ' - - ' '.' >— ,' ■ .^ us ,work together, elect the best mayor and aldermen we can, and stand behind them, agree to "be taxed-so-that-every-person-can^have^a-road^and-side-- walk-1)y his door; a good drink of water ^hr his home, a good drain to take away., all, the -dirty water, and."-a bright electric light., One would like -to floe a Council- which- would regulate tho .building;.,of .property a'little more, some of it is built „ tb6 'fclose, some, not strong enough and some too ugly tb please anybody., ( ,t ; There is"much to learn in eltigGUship, the .duty of one to the many, of ths many to one,and the duty of all to .he organized life of the community, .,'-■. '. , , Sir Edwin Cornwall of the London county council,-, speaking. In Paris before the Municipal Council of that city,_said;;''.'That modern cities had a decisive pari to play in the ..world to-rtayj We had to, make our uoasted civilization a'rfihl ftWd Viv'ing thing," to sweep Qway the slums that,tll8gVace our cltieftv to secure fO'r all conditions under which the true Social life l« alone possible, to. bring forth a strong, h'baVlhy rnc;e, to spread abroad tho blessings of education, and .finally to unite In- one harmonious 'bond tho races of men, which nothing should over have,,put asunder." . ' City CounoilB should be empowered to obtain land on the outskirts of the city at a reasonable' price, so that whort tho 'city'expands'thoso rising land values, due to city prosperity, and development, shall come to the community which creates lt; and also In order that the community may control tho growth, and provide allotments, parks and open spaces.--the80 necessities of life to be used for tho general good of the people. •' ,-'<■ COMMENTS BY AN OBSERVER 7V- ^•■W-K-t*; 18 IT RIGHT? AN EXCHANGE wisely remarks "that it is usually a big man that insults you.", We, can vouch for the truth of this statement. SCIENCE TELfiS US'that nothing can'wholly disappear. That may be all right, but the people who lost clothes off their lines 'this'week 'have' a- different theory. ",,■'. ,, ■';■. , THE KOOTENAY LIBERAL has diminished in size since the elections;- It, is mow somewhat like Meikle's four page Theatre, program . used to be before the fire. !•■- .= .,■• A CERTAIN irate individual called at our sanctum sanctorum last week on business and' tried to be, obnoxious'as far as his ignorance allowed him. However, he did not either intimidate or worry us. Our gun was not brought into use. * ¥ * * i p " HAVE YOU NOTICED that, if one man starts to pay, his debts, it puts a row of men half a mile long in motion; each one starting to pay his. It may be that you are the man in the row who has stopped the motion; If you owe any one pay lilm. A MAN belonging to a political party is in the' same, position as a married man: Unless he votes the straight ticket there are those who say: "He is not true to'his party," in the same shocked voice the gossips use" in saying a man is not "True to,his wife." . * * * * W. L. DOUGLAS, the shoe man of Brockton, Mass., has come'to the => conclusion that he "can afford to repudiate organized'labor.' A'few years ago Douglas was looked upon as a "friend of organized labor,"-and under Gompers" policy "reward-our-friends and rebuke our enemies," Douglas was made "governor of the state of, Massachusetts, - No sooner had this gentleman been .honored with the office of chief executive, than he ignored his obligation to organized labor, and openly declared that he did not owe his- election to the efforts of- union men, but that his elevation to the gubernatorial chair was due to'the concerted action of the business men. Douglas has now become bolder and refuses longer to deal with the representatives of organized labor. Douglas is now the proprietor of the "unfair" shoe factory. ' , • <, A few more jolts of the Douglas brand will shake the confidence of, those who have placed their faith in that slogan, "Reward our friends and rebuke our enemies."— Miners; Magazine. -,.,«..„,.,, ^ ^/^^ . /•— - ,"" . *■-*■*»..*""■' WE RECEIVED, a-copy of' the special edition of The'Slocan Review,' published by J. J. Atherton, and it is one of the most interesting special numbers s that we have had the pleasure of perusing. . The press work is excellent,•'• the' typographical arrangement -could hardly be improved upon; and the large number of cuts of interesting place's'and-events lend a'finish to the,number. J, J. A7has our congratulations.. ■ '''■■■_ i*>''-, " ' 'm* -;'.->.- '•*;»•-.>, " '♦ *-'*'* "_: >'-7- r ,"'. -- THE KOOTENfAY" LIBERAL, sorehead;-has the following ridiculous piece.of!-nonsense on its front-page this-week;—~=~^ .*■•*•'.-;^. a -v-i,/ > 3 ,.*:'.'.**i' "^7^ .' "Pfefflie'r, M65ride.,shouid take.the result of;' last "Thursday's elections'as a-personal compliment..'-The " campaign was a..McBride campaign—pure and Simple. "What issues the Conservatives raised were.his issues; f "what personality was dominant was, his.. Neither "the Dominion Conservative party nor R. L. Borden.can "flatter themselves, in aay way over the manner , in" "which they were eliminated from the contest. Premier McBride,-in inspiring the campaign policy of the' -"Conservatives,' showed ,himself .a masterly, politician.. " The'contribution to the Socialist party-of "funds suC *" ficient to,enable them' t'o'put up "a fight.was a stroke of. "genius, as was also the consistent'.refusal''.of the "Conservative candidates and'.'workers to'attack the' "Socialists in any way. premier McBride knew that1 ."if the Socialist vote could1.be,held together for Dav-' "idson, Smith Curtis would secure none of it.' Goodeve "had no chance for it in any stage of the-game. The *' result has justified the premier's view' of the situation, "and his action in practically running '■ and'financing "two candidates, Goodeve and Davidson, the former in- '' tended to receive the Conservative support and win, "the latter.to,hold the Labor vote away from the.Lib', "erals. ^Itwas a daring game, but it scored." . "' We have made careful enquiry from many of the Socialists of Fernie, and cannot see any of them building houses as a result of the funds advanced. As far as the election expenses are concerned, the . Socialist party made,up their election funds from subscriptions,, and not from any form of graft. The sorehead who who wrote the above* atricle In the "Liberal" Is the reverse to Liberal in his views. * * * * "■ ANDREW CARNEGIE says he wants to die a poor ■man.. This will be a source of great comfort and satis, faction to the working man who this winter finds bim- self face to face" with an overstocked Labor market, and whose wife and family are In, need, of many of the bare necessities, of live. Yes, Andy—you • have ' our sympathy alright.'" , ,■' *' * * * „ A. GENIUS is a man who can make an honest living for himself and family. - " ,-■•"■ *-*"*;♦ ONTARIO'S GOVERNMENT -owned power lines from Niagara Falls to the various centres around are being rushed. along. The development of .water-power -and the distribution of the same;by the< government.at a cost price' to all is certainly a movement fraught with far-reaching benefits. ■ ' 7, , *., *'-. * * KUANG HSU is dead and, Pu Yi has taken- -his place in government circles of the. Celestial Kingdom. We feel sorry for Kuang as we have always been on the best of terms with him. Howev'er_we must hasten to congratulate Pu. ',..-' *-'."• .' '"."''.' - ^-- '*,**.* , * 7 , 1 THE MANAGER of .a .certain bank in,Lethbridge is quoted as/saying that Lethbridge was an ideal place, and he is further emphasizing his statement by spending his "two weeks; leave Of absence iri.that place.. ..There is no accounting'for the tastes of some people, ■ ■; -•■ i .u,^i,.«..;,,, _■ „ * _> ^v y" • ^j( j-i,- ••,••*:,:. ■- JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER is "a chronic,, dyspeptic-^-'' ^.that is he is suffers"from a stomachache. ...A.few thousand-other, people sdffer; from heartache when they pay Standard oil prices; arid" also'suffer, from'"headache" when they try to read by'sonie'ot the*products of this wonder"-' ful concern/';"-' ':i,. • . *'-77 '.' ' 7' J f" _J *■ •* - .".-*■ :.•.!■*,-*. -i •-. ,., 7? '(,■■1^ : * ■„ VT'+M'ti'-. H >.' ■','■ '-. 9 • Palm! - fl.. ' -■ T FRED WAYLETT,-Proprietor . -,.;,,,.' 7 - ■ ' ',- . , 1 Victoria ■;; Cross Chocolates Fresh Fruits Daily . Opp. Post Office 4 t t- .?•- I ■*, 9 i ■t*~ i 9" 9 »•- ELK VALLEY LIVERY,. DRAY & TRANSFER CO. DEAYING TEAMINij- . TRANSFEB WORK T.LETCHER Fernie B. C- A MOST, fortunate thing It" .was.that'Noah and his ark existed before the" days of corporations, or else some .speculator would,havo had ft corner on all the Beats,in , this worthy,:oak. - - ■•-j COLD BLOODEO MURDER This it the Statement1-Made by •Employes .the Winnt-peg, Nov. 25—On the V&J\\Yi. tary statemerits of employes, hi * the coach cleaning department of tho C P. R. it,was established last Saturday night that the late Eccles Lennox, reported to have committed Bulclde in the sleeping car Sushwap near, the overhead bridge early 'on Wednesday morning, was foully murdered ln cold blood. . ...,.,'.- -., The terrible crime has been traced home to an employe of the coach yard alleged to be Thomas Henry Hicks, of, S82 Manitoba avenuo and the police claim to have Incontrovertible evidence as to his guilt, , Hicks, who haB boon In hiding for two dnys was put under arrest on'Saturday night by a clever rttao and lie is now being close:, ly SWftVded* in a cell In the Rupert stt'-eet police station. ,, Witnesses have postlively, Identified the revolver found beside Lennox' as one carrlod by the prisoner ''on .the night'of the murder. .'According ..to the'statement of one man, who.it(is claimed was a witness to tho shocklne crime, the prisoner? threatened - to blow'his brains out on the spot -unless he swore to secrecy in th* matter. The, murder wtt"3 carried out ,in the most brutal and revolting manner apd with the cumilng of *^H experienced criminal. The body *was placed In such n position With 4 revolver alongside to give tlife Impression that suicide had occurr-ei, Three Bhots wero fired at short 'rtirigo Into the head and body of the Victim, any one of which would havo *pi<oved fatal. ■ .Eccles Lennox,- the murderod inun, was en route to Scotloiid, to.bvlng out his wife-and five children. 'He , had been working on the'G. T, P.' at Portage la.Prairie,,as a brakeman.-, ,The detectlon^of this crime',Is.llkeiy to lead to, tho( unearthing of a series of murders -In Winnipeg and; .the ■, surrounding district extending oyer a period of several years. .. ' Own your own libme. 7W"e have: several residen- which are,pffer- ed at ..attractive, prices. Have your Plate Glass Insured *.. Kastner & Lyons Real Estate a d Insurniicn Agts. Wo live ln a roglon rich In mineral wealth,- In a provinco where the forests aro a source of untold value, In fact In n land whoro It would nppear that the hand of tho Almighty had stored' up In tho bowels of tho earth, and on tho hills, and In the fortllo valleys all things necessary for tho maintenance of tho Inhabitants thereof. Tho mountains In the 6row's Nest PasB are said to toom with conl and Its attendant products. Tho valloyB and hills pioduco the finest tlmbor In the mnrltdts of tho world, nnd tho fortuity of tho valloys westward Btands second to nono, Yot to how fow do the benefits of all thoso resources nccruo, To clnlm that tho Maker of All Things doslRiintcd n scoro or so ot mnn to control the output, to oppress tho procurers of such output, nnd to roup nil bnnellts from such. Is indeed a propostorous statement, Tliut tho MnBtoiy who while on this earth, hud not whoro to lay his hend, whose life was spout with, and whoso disciples wero chosen from, the working clnss, would (-miction such nn nri'nngoment, Is beyond the comprehension of even the most aggressive exponent of (•»lHllng conditions, Is It rlRhi ibnt Andrew Carnegie should roll In wonlth until he trcnililt'ft nt thu siupciidous proportions of his possessions, while tho dtmili shots of tho Homestead Illots nro Ht 111 ringing down tho corridors of time? Is It rluht that corporations Hhould hold as specu- iiuitc ''.Ui'i-u^-*, iiiut.i,i> ui ilii' UlUlccm -AlK-ill |ll UIUIC- !));; '.'mi'*-- In tlie ivo:ld, .i-bib |).,, hoiu-.^.^.iiiuviiHuilu' te forced lo km bnrli milo after milo from railway facilities io Jornto? Is It rich* Hint lionnsi people, wllllns; to work, should ihlvnr In Ill-tlevlM'd Iioiihch, wlillu In this Canndn of .ii.ro ,» ^Aivi^W'.l \iut',,vi i i.v.iinu iuul ID Hpiilti lor Hid nui'ds of nil? Is Ii rljht Hint the pmini* nf hunger s!iould taunt the children of our innd—Urn ni-cnlled gi'imnry of the world. ' Think li over, linrrl licnd-d liiislnesH mnn thoii«h you mny lie—ponder If well fioci r|:(> point of an unbiased hiimnn belnjj, nnd thoro Is Inn on conclusion nvnllnblo,— our lumci'Knrlen Innfliir'-, :i.j,., aiouKli thoy mny bo, must reH|(oii(l to llio nssci'iliin tl.nl tlio oiertml Illness of nil thliiL's has been wiilly -n diuefully |Ttn-ed. mi' Hint Hoonor or Inter nn iicidiiiii'i'if mitnt lie demnnilni*. from thnw solf-nppolntod h'cm! .« of Hip bo.iii'ies o1 -.ii All W|;t I'.mWmf, 2000 SHARES at $10 a Share of the Kootenary Telephone Lines* Limited, have been placed in our hands !7T" ' '■ ■'j"«ni'"Sl^^y51'*^—^~*""***77***i"i'"r*"*,"T****"**"**"'*r""i" **"""-"*"JT*JTITT"„""'"? For Sale TMs is an A J investment. Everyone should buy even if its'only one share and own an interest in our own Telephone <and have a say as to how it should be run. Buy soon if you intend to buy at all as'the shares are limited, Cree & Moffatt GURNEY-OXFORD means range perfection. FOR years thc name •' GURNEY- OXFORD" has stood for, tho highest development in , cooking ranges, No matter what conditions the range must meet, no matter what price you,wish to pay, you will get more ' range efficiency ,for your money in ithe "Gurney-Oxford" lines than in any other that's built. All our years of, experience and our store of range knowledge is put into this, one of our latest productions-— Golden Nugget Steel Range is built of dead flat, patent levelled steel blue finish—the kind that' stands all kinds of heat and never warps or cracks. It's supplied with the new Gurney- Oxford reversible grate, too, The* grate with thc interlocking teeth that cut off thc dead ashes, when operated, and makes tho firo res* pond quickly. No good coal drops- througn it cither, every particle is- burnt, That is ono of this range's- fuel-saving features, This grate can be removed and ft wood-burning grate substituted without moving a bolt or a screw. Then, notice thc extra large oven, —splendid (or baking day. And the t-lrnn tinrtr fnrrrn « nolid nhHf for basting. The fire linings can be removed without disturbing the top—that means economical repairs. The Gurncy-Oxford Golden Nugget Range ii. a low-pnce range with high-price efficiency. , We would Kkc to explain it to you* in detail Wc know that once you have seer* it you won't be satisfied until you have this labor-saving, fuel-saving range in your kitchen. ue-m GURNEY-OXFORD Chancellor Rang© built of patent-levelled, dead- flat, hlue* steel—-will Inst, n lifetime Fitted with the Gurney- Oxford reversible grate.whichcan be removed without disturbing thc linings. Thc Gumey>Oxford Chancellor range saves food, fuel and worry, takes all the bother out of cooking. The Gurney Standard Metal Co*, Limited $5l£.K;» J, D. Quail, 0 f % <v*d f'V 7*f ii \\\ •BLL1NO AOfcNY. tttmttStt. ■Vi' ll' MMM _mm_1^_m__u THfi TRICT LEDGER Tints. Official Organ of rH-sfa-ict STo. IB, T7.SS.fi>*'. of A. Ladies'and Men's Gloflies Cleaned and Pressed Work called for aad delivered WILL SECCOMBE F-erxue, B. C, November 28*th, 1908 The Michel Reporter^—This aie, new hotel, under the proprietorship of Messrs Xaurenosn £ Douglas, has. last -been opened for business It has been Bunt, furnished and stocked all ready for the opening, for the past three months, and it was onlr Monday that the license arrived. When the boys Knew of the opening, there was a nice. Quiet social time ararnged among a few or the best of them, who met and formally opened the bar. The house is prominently situated on Northern Avenue. The rooms of which there a comfortably carpeted and fitted np with first class furniture. The dining room end Idtchen are models of convenience and the whole house is laid ont to the best advantage. The bar Is stocked with the best in the lunrt both In Imported and domestic, and travellers and others can rest as- sored of courteous 'reatment, and a: endeavor on the part of the manage ment to make it "a home from home.' John S Laurenson was formerly the president of local" nmoa No 2334 of the C. M "W" of A., an-3 is well by aU the miners In tbe Pass, while Jim Douglas was president and sec retary of the same nmon. He was the first permanent secretary appoint ed by the onion, and with the record amongst the miners these gentlemen have, it should count for big busin ess We wish them every D J. Eekersoy of Ferule was in town on Saturday last. Alex J McCool of Michel visited Coleman an Saturday. Charles O'Brien, representing the Western Clarion and Socialist party spent Tuesday and Wednesday John B Wilkle, secretary treasurer of the Royal Collieries, Lethbridge, came to town on the east bound train on Saturday night. Mr Wilfcle spent Sunday in Coleman, returning to Lethbridge on Sunday night. J P. Povah, who recently resigned the treasocership of the. International Coal and Coke- company, was hantjuet ted at the Coleman hotel on Saturday night. .The banguet was^given^ by friends who'wished, te show their appreciation and esteem for Mr Povah, who has been a resident here for the past three years. Dr Westwood presided at the head of the table, and many were the expressions of good will for Sir Povah, and regret that he is about to leave Coleman. Speeches were made by about all who were present, and solos were sung by Messrs D L. McPhee, Lngshon, and Alfred Davis, which were very much appreciated Mr Povah Is leaving at the end of the month for Spokane, having accepted the man agement of a newly organized coal mining company in that city t — Archie McLean, who has spent the past summer in Northern BntfsL Columbia, in quest of the yellow metal, returned to Coleman on Monday Archie does not look any worse for his many new and hazardous and reports a well spent Reene Price, who has been a fever patient at the hospital for the past two weeks is now rapidly recovering. - Mr Price arrived in Canada about four months ago from Wales, and ne has had a very trying experience. Before coming to Coleman be, with & companion had walked over a great part of Alberta looking for work and not finding any_ The two arrived in Coleman about three weeks ago, almost stranded. Price was taken to th-" hospital on the following Tuesday He had had the fever symptoms for some dme and for a few days his life was despaired ot His recovery now is only a matter of two J McAlp.ne of Corbin's Camp has been spending a few days In town and is registered at the Coleman. D L. McPhee accountaint for the Coleman Mercantile, Is spending a few days In Lethbridge Percy WiMmott bas been indisposed for a couple of days with a severe cold and a sore throat Charles E. Baker, who was former, ly manager of the Grand Union hotel, but now of Calgary, has been a visitor In Coleman for tbe past few days, and Is being welcomed back by Ms many -old friende C Faure, proprietor of the Lille hotel, was in town on Wednesday Lath-v Ffe. tfngale, who has been spending tbe past month with friends w»d relatives in Portland. Ore, arrlv ed in Coleman on. Monday night Mr Nightingale reports a good time out believes that Coleman, is still, good ■ —e&Mgttrlots-Mmr--£y j. -HT The new addition to the Cameron block is almost fompleted^ and tbe whole block presents an imposing ap- pparance Just now it Is receiving a fresh coat of paint. Coleman bas a new restaurant Last week Lee Kin^-^el^gjil^gom Cal. gary, opcnerf up a new eating house *» In *he new building r-S^^TjuHt George Rcuguead, of HHIcrest snd formerly of Coleman has gone or the road with a moving picture show- Mr. Roughead gave TiIr pnfm-t-atrim *ni to a good sized, audience on. Saturday night at the opera, house A 1 variety of pictures were shown. The performance throughout was good.- success to you, George*. The mines this week began the do ble shift again. This will be good news to the merchants and to the many men who are ont of work, al though not many extra men havo as yet been employed. COAL CBJ33K Ell Tearby, an old timer in Coal Creek, has received from Coalville, Leicestershire, England, the sad in telllgence of the death of his wife The deceased, it will be remembered by a good many, was c through 111 health to return to the old conntry Our sympathy is extended to the bereaved husaasd acd son who are still with ns Jack O'Brien is off to Seattle for a trip The fine and manly figure of Tom Saunders will be missed by the bovs in Coal Creek. He can be found any day if you call at the proper time, at his new home m Fernie burned out by tbe Sre and with his wife and child have now returned the old environment. Jim Matbleson did the honors h Sunday morning of changing I name of tbe young lady who for long time we have entrusted with our post office transactions Rev Grant of Fernie tied the knot Mr and Mrs P. Mulgrew fulfilled the necessary du ties of attendants The event was con Sued to a degree of a family nature. Nevertheless they can't* .hinder from wishing them health, wealth and all they wish themselves Jack and Isaac Hutton left the camp on Saturday last It was their to give Hosmer a trial and if unsuccessful to go further afield. Customers In Coal Creek not in the employ of the C N P Coal Co asked to pay four dollars a load for coal instead of *fZ.50 The in rease is about 60 per cent This is going .some with a vengeance. The dancing class had another prac ce on Monday evening We do not know that our Harry Lloyd Is any relation of the world renowned singer of that name, but we do know that Ms vocal abilities are much above the average. His many friends will he sorry to learn that he is under medical care, suffering from bad attack of quinsey. Dan Beaton came into camp from Nanaimo on Wednesday. The daughter of Jack Tyson Is back from Cranbrook, where sbe was taken suffering bom typhoid; she speaks well of everybody and everything There are notices posted around an nounclng that Mr John Shanks in tends holding classes twice a week during the winter months for mining students who are desirous and ambit Ioub to sit for their tickets It is the intention of Mr Shanks to bold classes In the Club Hall twice a week, Mon days and Thursdays On both evenings the time from 7 to 8.30 will be devoted to- elementary students and from 8 30 to 10 will be given to stu dents anxious tp obtain first and second class certificates A meeting of all interested is called for Monday night In the club hall, when Mr Shanks will attend aud personally give particulars of the scheme Mr Shanks has alL necessary qualifications and we would remind the boys in Coal Creek of the importance of chance that is thrown at you Remember Shanks is working in the camp and can be consulted at any time. Mr. Harry Allen lauded hero once more on Thursday afternoon. Some nice timber has been arriving here these pest few days This makes the diggers heart expand with the fullness of joy Things got beyond" hot air last week id and came to something The -first event was a foot race between one who has witnessed a. Sheffield hand! cap, viz^ Teddy Tratford and Harry Merner, of sporting fame. A small stake was laid and Harry had to give Teddy ten yards on a hundred. The football park was the scene of opera tions Teddy was victorious and no- : even Harrj. was put out about it Some of the ladies, how who live near the footbal' part think it would be Letter if in M i - - nil combatants would wear proprr and correct costumes. The second event was a wrestling tournament be- tween^Memcr- aaa-Big-Mike-, and-the latter won with ease Hair" ia loser Jack Meyers then bad a hold with Mike and despite Jack'; pears*he convinced everybody that he -knaws-the game. A cave which was more awkward UtsuteitenSve. is-jocetifred switches tor the.-awt left on the old IncllniS giJ9«|Sfen£ne, ibjiut r*K*o*cIock trict and who were on the first shift to go in that morning bnt with a bit of" extra hustle everything was made clear for the afternoon shift. The election of officers for No IS District takes place cm Decemtx It Is mentioned above a whisper tbat our townsman William Evans I candidate for the post of vice president He has been connected with the camp for about ten years and he should certainly run welL will all men who served in any ca paclty whether In the regular army, volunteers, nary or irregular for<"es in the South African war In any description call on Constable Varlow at his" office here. Your name is wanted on a peltion that Is being drawn up called the Imperial South African Veterans association. On Sept 28 this year an act of parliament came force which gave a grant of 320 acres uf land to certain volunteers who fought In South Africa. The associat ion want the act extended to every man who took part In tbe S A. cam patgn and who was in any part of Canada on Sept 28, the date the commenced to have legal force. Boys in Fernie and other towns should see the chief of police who will give them every assistance Tbe Christmas tnurnEaents are near to at the cfcfe - Entries wi" close at 5 o'clock on Sunday for bd liards, pool, seven up, whist enbbage draughts and dominoes. The usual entrance fees are asked and of course the tournament is confined to r. bers Frizes for billiards and pool will be to the value of *f10 first and (5 second, and for the other games (5 1st and |3 second George Roughead's show paid us visit on Thursday night It consisted of moving pictures, stationary pictures and gramaphone selections The attendance was gcod, and so was the J S Young of Fernie came down to Baynes on Wednesday afternoon to look after the land purchased some time ago, he is contemplating build ing in the near futtfre. Tbe Waldo ladles gave a, very nice short notice dance at the Kootenai club house on Wednesday evening Over thirty people attended. The mu sic was furnished by Messrs Sinclair and Green. Delicious refreshments were served at midnight by the ladies and the dance was resumed after tots, being continued until after <*L3|i ajn. ite of thanks was given to Mr. and Mrs J D Aye of the Club for their kindness Mrs. S J Morrow made a business trip to Elko on Monday. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Alice Magnegur on Wednesday Mr Ed. Richards made a business trip to Hosmer and Fernie the later part of last week, returning to Baynes Mcndaj never knows when he will get a letter or newspaper As regards the lat ter one is apt to obtain a glimpse of his own about once a month if he Is How much longer is this state of an&irs to exist' The postal author! ties reply to a letter on the matter by stating that they would consider the advisability of establishing a postal service. They are, however, stm considering and in the meantime the people in this neighborhood are con stantly losing their mail. The North Star Lumber Company has shut down aud the men have gone into the camps for the winter. ROCHE PERCEE To the Editor of the Ledger The local union at Roche Percee looking up again, it was said a little while ago that our local here wa the hog, by a gentleman in your district, but I am gjsd to say that are on our legs again. We enrolled 19 new members last week and s more will join us this week, so If looks like being dead we fail to see wne.^ it io Hoping you will inst this, I remain yours respectfully, tachlan MacQuarric Roche Percee, Sask. How is it thar the C P R. station closed? Quite a number of perms have to hoard the trala here and alihougn they have to pay the full fare they obtain no accommodation. With the winter coming on the comfort of tbe people ought to be con sidered It Is a shame that women and children should be obliged to put ap with the conditions that prevail here A petition signed by 150 per sons bas already been forwarded to the railwaj company, but the reply was that when the- coal company required the station opened up It would be done. The people of this neighborhood are jt considered at all Other places with a quarter the trade can have a station with staff to attend the same. Parcels are thrown off here and left to sped in tbe rain. The railway traf flc is continually congested at thin point and it Is about time that the lis which now exist should be reme died Juso list ye gentel reeders And a tail F1I now unfold, "Hs not of old tyme pirates Nor about some hidden gold. But abowt an odd adventure That err befell my lot I thought I een was lucky That nlte to reach my cot It happened one nlte in November When coming hoam from the mme The nlte was inky blackness 'clock wood be the tyme I got down from the mine trane Along with scores of men And we each wended out different I hope I don't go thru it agen, nt on my way down Cox street Hand struggled to reach my hoam. And but for the presence of mud In the street I'd have thought I was on the foam. It seemed the tide had retreated Anil left in its wake lots of slush. So I wriggled hand struggled as best Like a. boarder with his morning's Out of oreaf 1 stood panting When I got to the "ill And I thought of the proverb Where there's a way there's a wilL The way was there no doubt about ii±t Though hidden with lots of slime. So I waded like a Chinese hero Singing Til he with yon all the tyme' Many scenes I have witnessed On that ground in daze gone by And I twisted here and wriggled there Like a forward gaining a try Though not so fast as a forward I cudna for the state of the ground, Bnt I reeled and I wriggled along Like a toper when homeward bound. Over the ball ground I landed-safely And I stood on the G N track Then I looked hat the scene before Hand I'd thoughts of turning back. But I manfully stroad on hoamwords Hand struggled to reach my shack I thought of the medals brave heroes SEeil. Nov 26—Hugh H. Copeland, an old and respected rests ; ent of Emerson, was set upon and brutally beaten last night At about 10.30 Jos. Gosehn, a half breed from die American side of the line knocked at Copeland's door and enticed b*m across the hue to help repair a broken buggy When they reached point about half a mile into Mlnnt sota Copeland was attacked with heavy duo, the blow being aimed s Ms head, landed on bis shoulder, ai other landed on his head, knocking the old gentleman down, but he defended himself with a big pocket knife and put Ms assailant to flight Mr Copeland is now lying in a very low condition. Goselin is ft rather reckless character and a few dayf ago a. warrant was issued for his ar rest for a serious offence h. is sur jnlsed that the intention in the present case was murder and robbery The culprit was seen in Emerson that day and it is said he was well I had mine—they were on my back. Hat last I reached my hoamatead In a weary forlorn state Hand I thought well if they'd freeze it I shnd have been abel to skate Perhaps that would cost a deal too Too freeze the empty old moat So If they'd Eindlj flood the streets I mite sale hoam in a boat have thoughts of applying to King Edward For the Miners Victoria cross Because I saved a life, if it was my. Many tymes I thought high was lost What made me keep on m tell you aU If yewll knot let the secret out Twas this—I wanted to get hoam to Twas the nlte the Ledger came out Tours thankfully, M. U. D BRUTAL ASSAULT AT EMERSON THE CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE Are now prepared to transact jour Banking Business in temporary quarteis m rear of their late office pending the comple tion of oui* new premise-! Savings Department Deposits of $1.00 and upwards, received, interest allowed at current rates and paid quarter!} H. L. Edmunds, Manager Fernie Branch THE REV. IRL HICKS ALMANAC t 1309, ready Nov 15, bigger and better than ever by mall 35 cents on i stands 30c. One copy free with Word and Works monthly mag a line at $1 a year Word and Works Publishing Company, 2201 Locust St Fashionable Fall Millinery We beg t have now m stock a full line of Fashionable Fall Millinery -Ladies' Winter Fine Cloth Coats, Skirts and Waists We also carry a, full line of Ladies' and Children's Under wear. Children's Beat Skin Coats and Hoods, etc The Misses Euler (Catholic church old site) Hanson bt Ftrnie, B C BANK OF HAMILTON THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR IN THE INVESTMENT OP SAVINGS IS SECURITY Bank of Hamilton Capital - - - $2,500,000 Reserve - - - 2,500,000 Deposits of $1.00 and npwaris nocfevd. [. R. LAWRIE" AGENT ,F£P*-tr, Pigffl^ The Original and the Standard Von don't get an experiment—or an untried mitena]—or merely verbal promne*—when you hay RUBEROID. AU the cxpeiimemi and tou were made 16 yean ago. You get perfection m roofing in RUBEROID. 16 year*' icrnce on roofi all over the world prove* thai RUBEROID resist* all wcaiher condiuoni—u unaSectcd hy heat or cold—and u absolutely Sxe-rcstsdng and waterproof Vou can roof the house snd barn yourself with RUBEROID, thua tancg expensive rooien' work. Write for samples and price*. Sold, by Western Canada Wholesale Co. S*«ijM4U*i!Ut«(!^«rKUS«e«u*s«ts^ The lumber company here is still working Notices have been posted uprln different places stating that all men empolyed alter November 1, 1908 to sign a contract to the effect that no money would be paid as wages until May lst 1909, as It is only on that condition tbat the mill and tbe ramps could go on for the winter months The C F R. hare a small force of ei. working here on the bridge, and by an accounts it wm not be complet ed for aome time C.&BBONAD0 ANNOUNCEMENT We beg to announce that onr fiill display of Christmas, goods ai e ready for your inspection Oui* stojk for artistic menf \anety and *.alne, will be bettei lean anything tbat we ha* e heretofoi e attempted Early shopping is de •sired from a comfoit standpoint, and, as many artistic nmeltie-s cannot be repeated, tins will aid yon m the exelusiveness of your gmngs Wa will be pleased to fay aside for you any article selected N- E. SUDDABY Thft mail service in this .neighbor ' hood is in. at chronic condition al j though t^er^ are one hundred people workm-r, ^bere hi ibesg,^pes Tfte_t postal authorities have taken no steps i to ensure a fflail-^errfee. consequently j _ a?l/.„^ „» ™„, ,ad „,.,' s^»»^^^»^V»l*ii^9.'t^»^i»iitiHV^ Canadian Pacific Annual Eastern Canada EXCURSIONS Low Round Trip Ratoa to Ontario Quebec and Maritime Provinces ■■HH Tlck«t» on Sals Dec, 1st In Tier *ll«t, mrltisii i* k'hmI tn it- tin n villi in in oi thi r.'-kfUii'-.ui-ti in .•.>!■ notion t<> Uhmtu Snail-chip hu.su."*, w'll It* (■» t-,1 Vo. .i-t ..i.i :. i. u-.i t<> fU< moliLllx fY.>ll> ilnt* of ,~tnu SUi'idm-d Fir-t^-lBK. Sim pmg jiii'I Ti.iu-i-l ( .U". <m nil Tlir.iiwh Trans Good •for 3 Months 2 Throueh Express Trains Dally ■»> The "TORONTO EXPRESS" leavi-t Winnipeg d-iiii nt 22.111, nnkrig '■oniiMtHMi'. it Toriuitf fnr all poiutn <u«t<>i «<«* Ihirpnf ApplTir-irp-l C P K *g«it Cor full informal ion &lb_er_ta Show Case Works -tfjnuf.1. t.u-u-s <'f STORE FIXTURES Calgary, Alta TENDERS Tenders addressed to the undersign ed will be received by the Clly ot Fer nie up Co 12 o'clock noon on the T3tu dav of Derpmber 1*108 for the instal lalion of a 360 horse poreer Gas Pro deer Plant on tbe condition that e satisfactory arrangement will be made by the tenderer iritii the Crows Npsi Pass Eiectnc Light and Power Com pany tor the purchase of their ma chin err no*a on band A. A SHA-SLET Acting Clork Femtc n C PAGE SIX THE DISTRICT LEDGER, FERNIEl B. C., NOVEMBER 28(\1908. S>lNEAIl THE GALLOWS -*-■'■"■" ■* ■ . . , „ ..-■ _-., ,", Deputy Webster Scathingly Arraigns Self Admitted Murderer—Absolutely No Defence. Spol;ane Nov. 24—Convulsed with i court appoint a chemist, lo make an emotion and shaken with broken^obs analysis of the. uniform, which, was which-he was unable to .suppress,-.M.|objected to by the prosecution on the Frank Barkar, ex-convict, self confess-1 ground that there had been no evld- ed slayer of Ira Messln'ger, bowed his ence introduced as to there being any blood stains on the uniform and that it would unnecessarily delay the trial we einan- hbuse. head and covered his eyes with •. his hands in a vain attempt to shut outj .... „,.<, .the horrible picture of the crime that J to have an examination made at* this was being painted for the jury by the j time. " ■• eloquence of Deputy Webster who op-j Ii. was also claimed that the attor- ened the argument for the prosectu- ' ney for the defence had had sufficient ion this morning. With absolutely no itime to prepare his, defence without defence except \ waiting for this late hour, the argument which will be made by j The objection was sustained by the his attorneys, Barkar is already in the court, the defence taking an excep- shadow of the gallows. •li011' The belief of those who have heard j Defence was Brief the evidence is that tho jury can bring] The uniform worn by Barkar was in no.other verdict, than that of guilty then admitted in evidence, bringing to tit. nViH .- in the first degree. :X: -v.-a the expected plea of self defence was made. The defendant' was not put'on. the witness stand on his own behalf; his attorneys not dar-| an end what was probably one of the briefest defences ever presented in a case where a man was on trial for his life. Deputy Prosecutor. Webster, who ing to'submit himto a cross examina-i opened the argument for the defence, tion at the hands of the prosecution. | stated that owing to/^8^™0^ ~ An Ex-Convict AN OPEN ADDRESS To the Non-Union Workingmen of all Crafts arid Trades: ?."'■'- *■ During the. past few months nave heard many complaints ating from your "side of the The burden" of* your grievance has been that you had been subject to,re: •ductions iu .wages from ten to fifty per cent; in some cases your hours of labor were increased at reduced wages',' and in' other cases you have been driven 'to,work harder than ever before ih your life in order to*turn out, increased product. Naturally that "means hard.'times for you and yours. Investigations of public'officials show that 95 per cent of the appeals foi* charity are' made by non-union' workers, and that then- living conditions are in a' majority of cases, most deplorable. But how couid things be otherwise? Who' cares for you? Not .the employers* association or corporation that , you *■ work for, not ' But there was a powerful .reason for Barker not being put on the stand. .To have done so would put the jury in'1 possession of the fact that Barkar was an ex-convict, having served a term of throe years in the Illinois reformatory .for, burglary and larceny, committed*when he was but 17 years! c? a'ie.' ■, :* - ' - '* • " ■ ' ■ r.V. M. Jlallary, .superintendent. of the Illinois reformatory, was in the court rop'm-this; morning, having- arrived with the records of that institution, showing that Barkar had served three years there, having been sent 'up from'S^line county , in.that tsate 'After leaving that institution he enlisted "in, the army. • -,';,. ; -- '■ Had to Make Statement. ■ When the case was,resumed this morning Attorney^ Gregg sprang a sur. prise by' stating that he would waive ,his opening statement and proceed to .call his*witnesses. 0 , °-' The .prosecution entered, an objection, claiming that they had a right tb ■.the statement and that.one should.be made. Authorities 'were-'cited and the court held that the defence.must •make, a statement outlining the theory of; its defence. Yielding to the order '"of tlie court Mr.' Gregg'then"addre3sed j made by the defence that it would require most of the day to-present their case, lio would ask for a recess of 15 minutes for him to frame-his argument. ' ' " At the outset of"Mr. Webster's argument if was evident that the stale intended to base its case, principally upon the theory that the crime',was committed principally for the purpose of robbery. ' '• ■*_'. Mr. "Webster emphasized, the fact, that Barkar had been seen, several times during the afternoon' at; the place where the crime was committed in the-evening, and-argued' that--at' that time he was preparing to lure a victim there after dark for the "purpose of robbing him. He scouted tlje idea that the iron bar! used by Barker! was an accidental discovery made by; him -just! at', the' moment when he' and Messinger .were quarrelling. : •'■. Fie. argued that' there was no evi-' dence to bear out the claim that the two men had become involved in a .quarrel oyer. ,the two girls- whose, names had been unfortunately, brought into the case. *< - ' His arraignment of BarkarVtvas a most,-scathing one,-the defendant.all- the time writhing in his chair and finally losing control. of himself completely, "maklny no effort to restrain the'jury'as follows:" "- . "May, it please the. court .and gentlemen of the jury: Under the direction of the"court and over the objection of the counsel for, the defence,. I will state at this time that we have no theory of defence. We will call Alexander, McDonald to the stand'und ask him a few questions." ' *'" Mr. McDonald then took the witness stand and,was examined as follows: "You were- present at tlio' office of the chief of police* when tlio pmport- ..ed confessions. ,were made by Barkar. Was a question asked by Mr. Pugh as follows: "Now, I want to know how you felt •when all this;happened. You lost 'your toroper and you struck Messinger down ■ boforo you know what hnppen- od and without Intent to kill liiin. When you realized whnt you had done nnd renlized thnt. you wen? In n strange' country, "with no friends \n help you, you thought you. Imd bettor f'.Jveit suspicion by niiil'.h***'it appiw ,'liut Mossing*-".* lu\:l bee1* robtiel. Now "nn n matter of fact Hint is why you took his watch, wnsn's it?" "Tlio niiOKtlon wns asked In substance nearly tlio same, und I can't reruombo'r tlio .niiswer." ' ' "What wus thc unutver?" , . He,Didn't, Remember.. . ',';•.' "I didn't sny Unit wns lho' question thnt was asked, nnd I enn't remember tlio iinswor," '•■-■ • ■.■"'< '*" •"Vou '.oh't remember one answer?" "No uir, 1 don't luin-'iubcr thu an- ;BW0l\" " ' , his feelings.- those unorganized workers like yourself with whom you complete— in fact you do not even care for. your-' self. If you did honestly and intelligently cure for yourself or would learn to think, observe the conditions that surround you, and join' hands with your fe.low.workers who are or. ganized and assist in overcoming tho erils and disadvantages of which-you complain. " . ■ "' ! < 77 ^ While your 'wages have boen going down and hours of' labor were in: creased, in 'many instances," the union men have maintained their standard rates of' wages and' hours, arid you seldom hear-of a union man*-running up to a charitable, institution begging for assistance. * '■ The union men'maintain' "decent, wo'rlcing and living,conditions, because 'they gave out,the'word good anil solid when the frenzied finaiicers brought oiv'a panic last fall'that they (the workers)' wei'e- not responsible for tlie money mad situation, and that they would fight to the last ditch before ' they would ' surrender what they hail gained after - hard ' struggling." "" ' ';' y *, ■ _'if you doubt our ^yo'rd'ask-the "union printers, clgarmakprs, plumbers, steam fitters, mouldeVs;''brewers,^.tailors, carpenters,' bricklayers,, -musicians, electricians, or any other organized workers whether their wages are riot the same as'they, we're-last fall, "in fact it is these men who have the money to spend'who have kept business going,' rather that being ..'depend- ■eiiLarid_l-clo''^bnJiidusiry^rJl-^ a PASTE THESE IN .YOUR HAT;. That they curb selfishness ,; and likewise check the greed of individuals. . • ' ■ • - o-7 \' . .. -ii - 'That they level'upward/always7 trying to raise the wages^pf the lowest paid. . V , - .4.7 5-! ' .7H That, they make'th'e shop a better place to work in arid resent the tactics of foreirien who" are inclined% to bully."- '■• " ---:.■; -t~- , That -they ijare. no; longer'an experi-c ment, as a.century, of effort, has demonstrated. v That they-are to the working class what the trusts and corporations ,are to the" capitalist class—scientific,'1 systematic organizations for j the betterment of. tho lot of those inside':-'. But they are broader, and more unselfish than trustsrand corporations, for,the latter .are, controlled by, the few who control the ,-maiiy, while -the,; unions aro controlled by. the imany, oppress none,, and strive to uplift all human- ■"■>'■- ■** - '■■ - - ... ; That they - are truly.t American, patterned after, tho union, of states,-and are conducted and governed in a democratic spirit, "wherein the rights of every man are equal to those of every other man. ' That if it were not for the militancy cf the unions your' wages would go Chinaward, the struggle for existence would''not reach a higher plane than the pauper level-of-bare subsistence, \*habs would reign and civilization be destroyed. ■':••' :. \'/-y -.'■■ Think out these- questions yourself, study economic history, observ,*- present day conditions, and apply these, facts' in considering the future.' / You nori unionists *"* who have brought'children^ into.'the world'' that are" as "dear tb you'as your lives, ask yourselves' what heritage will ' you leave them, with nearly everything iri trade monopolie'd,,and' natural opportunities closed against them by privi. lege." , "■ ,' ' . \ • y y, "Whose slave "is your child going to be? ';' •-'*.' . .'] 7 " ' \ ■' The-aggregate annual wealth' turned; out by labor of our time is staggering in its .immensity, and you have a right to expect more'of that -• wealth --for the enjoyment 'of-yourself and family, instead of heaping' it up in piles who are unable to use it; lionaires who arc unable'to use it. You have an inherent right to really and .truly'enjoy life,-liberty and the pursuit'of happiness.^ But you.must enforce that right- through. organization just as your -fathers did. *. Yea, you men.who feed,, clothe and house the ".nation have the i absolute and. Indisputable right to. govern the nation;' audi there .are none that dare say you nay if you have the courage, and the'pluck and-.the, will to .unite. DR. WRSGLESWORTH, D. D.,8. ;. . DENTIST. , ,. . S -,-•* ,-;, ;;'.* t;-£3e i.— -»«**£";*ki "' _' Now, doing business' at* *the - Palace ,'•- . ;-? Drug Store. - -f Fernie . B. C. J. BARBER D. D. S. .•.«-A.4 *.-,*&V«* THf-FEfiNIE! --(■ -i- Ferniei'B. C." FERNIE/ B.C. Canadian Pacific"Ry> ,wv rVross k.c. / j.s.t. Alexander. Are. you contemplating a trip tp. The Orient ... , . ... ;■ , .., ; Honolulu !. ; ., ' . r ' ' '\ * Australia* , • , ',. . New, Zealand .- - - • „ ,* si i. ■* ,- ■ Are you contemplating, a trip ,to ' CALIFORNIA : ■ Or any Pacific Coast.Point? Or is it.a trip to,-, , <. : ROSS & ALEXANDER, Barristers and Solicitors. LUMBER COT A. McDougall, Mgr. Fernie, B. Canada. Winnipeg St', Paul ■ \ Chicago Detroit Toronto 'i Montreal Boston New York L. P. ECKSTEIN.. BARRISTER, SOLICITOR.- FERNIE, B. C. SHERWOOD HERCHMER barrister; solicitor, TjMahufaeturers of>nd Deali ers in all kinds of Rough and Dressed Lumber Fernie, B. C. Or any European point thought of. ' The line is equipped with unexcelled first" class clo'aches, tourist' and* standard sleepers', aind' dining cars, coupled with safety,. speed and conv fort. • « - ■■-.■■.■ -., :.... , ' For folders and complete ■ information apply to R. Reading,' Agf.ntfFer- nle!'; ■'" •**'■ '. ; ( "f '" .-.' - - ' ' '*■ J.'E. Prcctor,' '" ' ' DistricVPas'-Iengci: Agi •V Calgary,' Altii.''. F. C.. Lawc Alex. I. Fisher lawe & fisher ' "attorneys' 0 * Fernie, B.,C. Send us your orders P. KENNEDY Lumber Dealer H. W. HERCHMER BARRISTER, SOLICITOR. Ail kinds of rough-luid'dressecl lumber Fernie- B. C. Secretaries of; Local Unions .- DISTRICT 18 U..M. W. BANKHEAD,'No. 29 'BELLEVUE, >No.Y,431 OF, A. ';- .'.*-■'. '■ *- James Fisher Fred Chap- Vic.torla Ave Worth Ferni Henry 'Clews,- the"' Wall street man; says" the CUleago, Tribune, had : the following:,blacklist throughout his entire career, indicating' to him ;the kind of,raaii'lo„be aybided. ■ .,-...' ... He who unjustly accuses cithers of Lad dec-is. ' He who nevei\has a good word.for anybody.- . ' " . He who' is always prattlng abodt his own ' virtues', ,, ■ He who, whon ho drinks, drinks alono, -. '.-•*- ;, „ lie who boasts ofthe superiority of his- family. ■ " ■•'' '' '' . He who talks-religion down In connection with' his business affairs. ■. Ho who talkB recklessly against the virtue of irespoctablo women. Ho who runs lnto'.dobt with no ni>- parent Intention of paying. '. Ho who, borrows siiinii amounts on his note or choc)* dntod ahoiid. Ho wlio won't work for an honest living. . , . lie who looks down on those who work. Ilo who iinpiigiit-H biid'iiiollvtiB to U.oso wlio nro trying lo do good, Jlu who but ray h confldonco. ' •'1lo'vwIlo'"'Ho'H.'V'J'; 'iJ "77 , • He who Is honest only for policy's BflkO. , - i ,., ' , ' ■ Iln who docelvcs his wlfo nml then 11 ,- IjojihIk oi II lo otliei'H. , I lien tulks liahliiditliO'back of I lio,on- I lurtftliior. V FIRE AT VANCOUVER Ho who' gets hitoxlcntoil In public -You lrnvo testlllcd that you hnvo, ^'^ m|{nB ()f ,10Hplt„,|t,y, Rn() ■or hnve kii'i-'ii the uniform of I* riink ■ JJarkiu*?" "\ vn, itlr. ; p^j,,, nmn W|)0 "uorrowH moiifiy from ' "Will you proline- It?" |n„filoii(l, nnd thon liliu-kkuiirdii tho "It, Is hero now lu the iniiit houso ]cmJori liiilldliiK." * , Tlio staieiiient was nmilc hy lln« pro-1 Hccntloii thai, tin- uniform was In Imj lioHHi'iiKloii, nnd tin* dcpuiy prow«*Htor: otTt'ifd io lirliiK 1' l1"" <imu w,u''" thin wiih iloiu. McDoimM wiih iiHltcd by; THREE MEN HAD VERY NARROW tiie tl.f.'i.i--: 1 ESCAPES •■TIi.-w an- tin' ti'uUMurrt and Hi«: *?n>' Ur« uniform?", 'Royal City Pianino MM» Destroyed j ■"t'«'S. iIioh" mu tin- troiiRPis." ' Qot nre Well Covered by In. "Who \.hv tln-y lunifil ovi'i- to?" BUrance "Tli'-y wi'i'i- iIdii'1 ii)i In a pun-el —' - - — two pan.*l», Hie cup In one parrel by\ vuncoiivcr, Nov. ai—Kiirly UiIh jiM-lf and (Iiui (iMiiiiiinii h» <«i<; *•»''-, |llon,|nK f(ri, deKtioyut tlio factory (uiini '*■'■•> iii.nt*.' "i' "> it-H'ii'i* * i1"'1'' ,a\\t\ iiiuiiiiik uiiii iii-pituiiitnu u(" vi».: nml wni d\er iu iim «ouiil> jui)."' , icoyn.1 V-by I'laiiliig Mills, one of tin- 'II..M. *!.«.} v,t b'-ti *n*\yt"d *"' (..uMj-tlirwula of t\\t> » <*• MUW. to wlM'Uiur Uiero wiib any Wood on • ximbur and Trailing (Minpnny. fif IIimh?" . whleh John Heiidiy Is piuiildent, ]!«• "J"0 my l'liri**H'Uh'e iln-te uht, iumi ( jtt(.(,.|i aiiy.umi mill inti.tmi 1i*i'i ui uiiii To-day every, student of economics every -philosopher, every honest statesman .and'''many' employersiTad- mit the necessity -of- labor organizations,..and they: frankly declare ; that if they were in thc working class they would-join trade unions..:.- . ■•.,.- Years ago' Abraham' L-Incolii advised the workingmen to organize times, without number, '■ and Wender Phillips spoke .at ,many..of. the .labor...mass meetlugB,. - . ..-.-.-- - ••, William E. Gladstone ' said that, ".trade''unions are'the bulwarks of :db-' mbcraclcs" aiid the late Cardinal' Altai. nliig urged the - workers to protect tliemselvcs- by'Joining -the' -trades UIIIOII8. ,..,.- ,v' ' ( -,••■ ' Prof.'J. Tliorold'Rogers'of the chair of political economy In Oxford University-who made a careful Investigation of tho records of labor conditions for six eonturIps,)iBaId:'"r*IooK'to the trade unions, bb, the, principal, means of benefiting the conditions of the working classes," • '7-771 Scores of,other mon whose- names uio familiar in overy household might bo quoted us* Indorsing trade unions imrosorvodry. nud suroly they cannot be licenced or partisnnisin, and coiiHoqiK'nlly thoy, aro better |auinor- It Ies tlmn the unlcarnod non-uuroDlst. who pcirmlts somo selfish petty Uosa to do his thinking for hliii. *. Tho unions nro lioro, 111*0 nocosH«y, will ronialn, und have no apologlm-i to uiYur.' ,( ',. ; We ni*e iii*«paroil to prove: • Tliut tlin unions raise wages,' Tlio 'ovlilonco of tiliat fact Is ovorwlielui- illR. , " ■ ■ That . thoy prevent ,raluctloiiH. of woroh. Prcsont condltiotiB sulmtantl- nto thu fuel. " Tlmt. thoy rn-dneo tlio hours of. labor —unorgimlwl tifldoa work the long- *«st hmii's, -, ', , ■ Tlmt they aid tho uiioniployeil m«m- horu 10 Kocuri! work. Tho non-union- 1st winker M'tolviis no micli iwHlHt- 11 III'!'. Tlmt lli«y provide for tin.* »li:lc and li.'lli (lie \U1U1w and orphan. Tlmt tlmy mo tinuuulvocally oppon- ed tn child liilnir In any forta wIiiUro- I'VI'f. Tliut lliey Hll'Ive to pi'OCili'O the Miiiiiii conuii'iimiiloii for wonmu for work, an rewlvcd hy men for tho nn 1111; "ivuiit. ,, Ti„u Hii.-i an- ht-h'tul '<•' '•''' ■f''1*" lly by gaining Hi<* I«*Ht iothhIIjIo ternm nliialiinlilp undor iho prosont rnn- dltloiiii. Tlmt the unions aro roapnefod. I'o- ni-l In i)liu*mi •.*» •tiix, x\ a,*..^ hu... Mak"e-up"yourTninarnow-ana-regis-- ter a solemn, pledge . that''you'will standinyour own-light.no longer; go to the union in your trade^apply for admission, stand shoulder to shoulder with- * youn fellows,* and share* with them your joys and sorrows, as, they will share theirs-with you. • And may God bless you, for being faithful and true to yourself, your family, your-class' and our., country.— Cleveland Citizen. i» pell. CANMORE, No.'1387:""A.' J. McKinnon. . ',;- •* ;,.■;, COLEMAN, No. 2633: William Graham. • - ■ ', ' ■ • -' if.'.-'■'-' ~- -! v -- CARBONADO, No. 2688: James'-He- witt. son. ' ' . , W.A, CONNELL ••1 1 ■ — . - '., .'■ , Pioneer Builder, and Cotractor of 4 - •'"'' • ■ Fernie--' •■ -.i-': ''• . :■. - ." - -. , - ESTIMATES' FURNISHED' M. a.-kerY& cor-;.;, ,-| : , -/, :■ .. ; . -,.•„ *■*'- ,; -1; .'■ ..'!( I7 ■BMilder8:and'Contractors.- - Estimates,(furnished.,., ^,,7;. 15. A. Kummer- L. 0. Kummer .--/}.; KUMMER : BROS. Builders and Contractors Estimates Furnished WHO SAID FIRE;? ^VeniKir^'iA^ai^'flfin^away^airthe ' . - ■-, , ■ ,,-,, .,7; ,"- '.- i-' , old business -' FIBEE PLASTER -KEPT IN STOCK FATAL GAS EXPLOSION. Fearful Catastrophe,In' New York,' — Many Laborers Entombed. , Noav York, Nov.'25—Tv.'enty-flve persons arw bollovad to havo :IoBt"thelr lives in* aip pxplaslon of gas which tors up a groat section of Gold street Brooklyn, this' week. It is definitely known* that flftoere persons were burled 'under tbe dehrln aud several moro aro reportod mlsslns." Tlio explosion occurred In a fifty- foot', docp oxcavntion. thnt had been mnde iu Gold street botwoun Gold and Front* street wlieno a winter muln was being Inlrt.' , A gjiB'innin recently*. Bpriuik a leak and In a manner imlimown a spark camo In contact with tlw escaping giiH. Thoro was a- terrific: explosion, that lifted tlio surXStce ot the: street for lilockA'nnd • hurled dirt,. pnvlnKBtonoH and dohrls liit<» the nil*- When tlio Hinoko and dirt lind boen clwirod nwny IL' wns seen that tlio on- tlio etri-ot hnd''hoen opem*d from door- HttfP to door'ntoixivor 1111. ai*i>a of neatly 11 block. Tho looaoned earth arid dti- lirln Imd falloii Into the excavation, burying tlio seoro of laborers who wero at wo'rlr.at tho tfmo ot tlio no- (.'llll'llt. Tho oxiioIhIdii shook Iioiisch for blocks nroiinif. Thousntuls of per-1 sons worn iittrnoli'il to lho scono of! the (llHii'itor and the police Imd «IIffI-' cully In keeping thutu buck from the tidKo of the pit. Police IIiich wore at onco.formed and th«» work of'rct'ov orlng tho dead wim begun within a half an hour of the time of lho uccI- di'iit. r(»t ' t 11 . * (i'ii 1 f.ln ,,.t\e I wt-m, <. in. *?**•* *•#***♦** •*■•'-• ■ *~4'i '*t -' " " , i-d nff ••■inrt':' nftor tl,f> iifoldf-nt. A1 forc<» of 11 bundrH flromcn woro put lo work digging for bodies hut tho tusk was noressarlly slowil>oc»uso of the dnlirlH ilmt Imd to bn romoved. Ab DIAMOND CITY,"No. 2587: George Prescott. ^, , , , ,- ■ ° EDMONTON CITY, No.l2540: J. H. Crowe. ; ••" 'r ' -■" '' -? " . FERNIE, No. 2314: Thos. Biggs! . FRANK, No. 1263: Walter Wrig- HOSMER, No. 2497: J. |D. Both- Wick.' j ., ,, ■ • ., - ., .; HILLCREST, No, 1085: Harry Coo- LETHBRIDGE, No. ■■ 574: Charles 'Peacock.' * " ' .' ■ * •■,*'•• / i"i: LILLE, No. 1233: J,"T. Griffith. LUNDBRECK, No.,, .2275 — J. D, Smith. . ■• MICHEL, N6:;"2334,i, Charles Gar ner. ' - MAPLE .LEAF, No. 2829: ILBlako. MERRITT, No. 2627: Thomas Calvert'. ' "'"'' " ll" METFORD, No. 2098: John Curran. ROVAL C0LLIERIE8r No, 2589: T. Diipoh; Box 490, Lethbridge;'. .1 ' ROCHE PERCEE1 (8askj. No. 2072*. Laolil^o McQuarrlo. ' "■ *, . . ; ■ t . ,' • ' 1 , *■ 1 *t TABER, No, 102: Joshua Craig. , TABER, No. 1959*. Wm. Wlilto, , TAYLORTON, (Bask.), No. 20*8:— Lachlan McQunrrlo. TAYLORTON, (aask.) No. 251D:— JOH. TwlBt, TA8KER, N. a,. No. :28C3:— J. Ii). Lauuberry. WOODPECKER, No. 2200: William Lovry. ■ /! CREE & MOFMTT ALBERTA ,, BOARDING HOUSE •' Hosmer,''B.C. "■■ FERNIE CARTAGE CO. J Boonl-nml Ttooiiij.S20.00 iiei- numth . aUj white !'heLPv ',,11'' Team,Work arid Drayin^ Dealers. in .Wagons,, Sleighs, ,Duinp 'Carts, Spring Itigs and Harness 0. N. ROSS, Manager Mrs. Dcsle-aures, Prop. DEPOT RESTAURANT Maeleod, Alta.' Stoves! Stoves! J. E. ROGERS, Prop. Drop In.aii'l.Hi'omo We have the, cheapest and . best line of Ranges, kitchen , Stoves and Heaters.,,. r.c. furniture .'"•'■" store''! ;;. New and Second-Hand Goods WRECKAGE ASHORE INDICATES DISASTER EVIDENCE POUND OF BINKINQ OF SHIP. GO TO THE Rinman Kaminski Co. Vuv youv Hnpply nf Groceries, Dry Goods Boots and Slioes !!U.iH!II.—I Hosmer, B, C W. STAN. TERRY Painter and Decorator Olvo 1110 n eluuiiM' on vmit' work British Columbia Coast Strewn Wreckage " With IjH'ii n prof.'usloniil nimlytilH mndu ot< \)(.r wcr(, nlno burnotl; Iohh til-out $HK*-|i<««ryliody. thfim." ! imi), fnlrly \v«'l| HiBiireil. Wntclimnn Thnt tlioy rciluco nxrnwilvo nml "I mi'l'TMOfitl ynu to »m>* liml thor.<« uirtmnl Ori'^n notlrod 1I10 blnw ul- j wnHtcfiil rnmpotltlon. war blofwl on tlKHO c-1o«lK'»t" j mr.Ht iim hooii ii« Ii camo lino «he in-j Tlmt limy eduento tlio worker* up, "I m-v.-r said then- wn* bolo-1 on' Kiuo room nml turned In nn nlnrm. H«.jon public qnontlorm. tlil.h|.. ' Lilll [K,(ll [u tiulf. pflrt. nf the mltf !■■■•' Tlinf Hiey Innilrntn Independence, "Von never did nay Uk-h* win* blood | fore nnd Imd noticed tlmt there wnn|nnd frown upon nil form* of nervll- on ih« «*luUn"»r ".w» fliu il.wu tlwu. ."y- ,,.„•#„ ••! »K;llevo I «aid I thouuM ihcrn The proporty dealroyed wa* Ui"i Tlmt lliey develop llio Jiplrll or Viu wa(L« ' most rnlunbli- pnrt of the pUnt but i.rnlly where Jealouiy and «u«plclon "Vou wouldn't nny no** woro broiiRhl Into «»«•. Two Buetlon pumjiH and n derrick woro brought Into line. tlinr there [Hn. unwrnlll nnd dry kiln were not de-jfxlirt nmong tho unorganlied. WMT- j atroyed. In the fnlHnut of a piece of j Thnt they enlarge tho acQualutAtv -Vntrvtr »*W th<*i«- »*»; I *Aid Wn-. KHixatilzud iron ruotltig, ihe ram,iivr rnp hnd ».W-«i ou U." ! K. C. MttUouuj. and n **nnpM of tiro- ■, Attorney Gregg then ntk«! that the J m»'n hnd a narrow etcape. f. -And fHerjdi'Wpii of wen. Th.if fhey feneh «»o-«p^r»tlon. m«», beneficent rulo of life. tho A LIMIT. Mr*. Henpecl*:What would you do If I wero to die? Henpeek:—It would drive mo crnxy I gih.-j-.84 Mr*. Hcnpeckr—Wotild yon marry nffnin? Henpeek.: I don't think I wo'ild bo a* crazy fl> that, ■.'iCtUWil, ii. V, Sot. -■> IVK-C.'.'li*'.' wuhIioi! bmIioio two milos woHt of Car- ninnnh point Indlente* tbe Iohh of nnmo vohhi-Ii HouiuliiRly nn Amortcnn, during tho rocont riiIo. Tho Jl«lilliou»t) koopcr JJiiylan, 01 Cnrmnnnh wire* that n ploco of ship'* mil of tonk nbnut 15 foot long, eight Indie* wide nnd four Incho* thick, R Hhlold of pluo with tho Unitod Stnto* coat of nrma with gilt ntar* nnd rod, vi UU*.' and btu<i cnamol, a green pnlnt- od clinker built gig, with J. I). C, aro ■ilonm HJiuuliilnii. A few coconnuts wero found among tho wreeknRe: Nothing ran be loarn- od here tending to Identify tha venue!, which hB8 Roemlngly mot with disaster on the wen coast of Vancouver Inland near Cf.rEni-.iiaU. P. Carosella Wholesale Uuuor Dealer WM. SCOTT UNDERTAKER mmm* Dry Coodi, Groceries, Dooliiand Sliocu Gents' Furnishings mm tmtmme BAKER AVENUE BRANCH AT HOSMER, B.C. Fernie B. C. When wo henr n Scotchman oa/ ho enjoys the music of tho bagpipe, w« feel aa wo do when wo hear a Mli- totirlan say he enjoys eating a paw paw or 'poaauui -Drake Watnon, R. Addison Blairmore, Alta* Funeral Director and Undertaker •THE DISTRICT LEDGER, FERNIE, , B, C... NOVEMBER 28, 1908: PAGE SEVEN Al m&mHf> -y i ? m siijpiBKiiS ;'. Chicago Daily "*-SocialisU-^Iii tbe ;y,ear 1906-7 the ClydeVoduced 620,000 -tons'-of the cheapest, fastest and best "e..shipping in,^the world,.twice as;much as Germany, and-as .'.much., as the whole of Europe "wlth^Japan "thrown in, .and yet within, a month ot- the '^American depression -striking that ri- • ver: unemployed meetings .-were being held at which'.complaints were made against the Secretary,- for: "Scotland, that-the grant to* the .Clyde, instead.oif ...being- £11,000, should have been £19- .,"' 000, when, in the preceding - twelve months four million golden.sovereigns ■had been spent;by these Clyde artisans on alcoholic liquor alone."^ •-, ' This is the Right,Hon. John Burns' impeachment of: the .Clyde -. workers, delivered in the course of his speecti r in, the house of commons ln reply to the Labor ■ party's indictment ■" of the '" government's .policy on unemploy- - ■ ment, ■"',.',';. ° , What is the crime of the Clyde work • men? Is it,that they produced 650,000 tons of- shipping in a given time/ too ~ cheap, too good and too fast? Or does , this crime consist in the' fact that when they were not" allowed to produce any more shipping they held un- ■ employed meetings? Oris it that while engaged in'this feverish production of cheap, .best and fastest shipping they "slockened„their drouth" with 4,000,000 pounds worth" of alco-„ , hoi? Is It that the' English work- „ men work too hard or -that" they drink too' deep? Is it possible to plead guilty to both these charges, and yet ', never touch the proble mof unemploy- . ment? '* '- 7 -.- .- ; '..' a "•.-.'<■■ ' The" Clyde workers" are Idle, not because they have consumed a_ certain quantity of spirituous liquors, but .because there are no ships to build. Mr. Burns' ;own government - recognizes that and has sent a few orders for "ships. * J ,, The Clyde'employers , 'do-not.lay down keels in proportion to the dr{.nk- -. Ing habits of the Clyde workmen. They lay down keels In proportion to the demand for ships. They do not build ships unless they can make profit out of the building ,of.them—that"*!* "to •say, out of the labor of the workers. At present they do not see their way "• clear to make profits. Therefore - they do not build.ships. Therefore the ' workers are unemployed. >V7 < * 1 '?.-Though all of the workers .were'as ' self .righteously. ■ abstemious.^ - as the - president of the board of* trade, that '" •> would not-alter the "situation. It would ' not-cause the ^shipbuilders'to: build theuGbost w:yyy::/yy . y y ■ ;'^-gHltAiN' ■ GA'STtE "■' BY MRS. C. N:; WILLIAMSON7 ■ v/* >J,v s* •a '¥ Authores^ of "The Princess"Passes," "The Lightning.,....| 7- ;7^7,;ii^Conductor,"yEtc., Etc. /"/" "'" '-"" ''\'"'.'? |" '/ Copyright, 1906, by Mrs.".Cv N; Williamson. ships that are not' wanted, though in good times- it might provide them with even cheaper labor than they' are in the habit of gejtting.- . - .;:,_, . "Within a month of the' depression striking the west of.- Scotland :7Uiey had unemployed, meetings.** ,1., > ... t- What sort of foolish talk;is this? Does Mr. Burns know that during the whole, of - tho so-called boom there were unemployed men on the Clyde, and.that even at the very time those 620,000 tons were being turned out at express slave driving speed every trade union there had Its out of work list? -, "," ■'' -*'• ■ Every trade union meeting was an unemployed.mooting.' -■, ■ ... \. Docs ho not know nlso thnt during the wholo of that timo the Clyde workers were unable to^getjinok tho reductions in wages forced upon them in previous slack timoo simply ,bo. caiifio of the prouenoe ot t!i<< uncr.v ployed? Dopa he not know that consequently tho Clyde artisans did not In one year.spend 4,000,000.pounds.in alcohol for Uio siifllcleni reason'they did not havo It-to spend?; . ". Has ho not hoard that thoro aro othor peoplo in tlio wost'of Scotland bo- aldoB tho Clyde nrtlaans; that thoro aro merchant princes and landlords, and stock brokors and clergymen, and lawyers and doctors, nnd ■ that those peoplo have wlno bills; that thero aro Idlers In tho slums who use bad whlBkoy, and Idiom In tho' wost ond who drink (**ood champagne; that thoro arocoriBorvntlvb'cliibB and con-- Btltutlonnl clubs whoro early closing nnd Sunday closing does not apply — itnd that while tho Clyde artisans aro working tho clubmen nro drink* . Ing?* ,.•. '.- In' his placo In parliament ho expands his manly chest nnd doco what ho callo IiIh duty to,hia class, by. tolling thorn that If they roiy-too much upon tho state and the municipality, and not ho much upon themselves, It will bo bau for thorn and for tho ■country." Why, thnt Is what thoy hnvo boon dolngl Uolylng upon thorn- solves and tho capitalist or-janltors of industry InBtond of upon tho stnto and (ho municipality, Now thai, this kind of self rollnnco that failed.,thoy turn to tho stnta and \\\n re.wr\\n\neWy.' ^ihlch in nhly"itnntri. or and a better form of unit rollanco, and thoy nro mot with rovlllnns and insults, which Is only what thoy hnd to oxpoct when thoy placed tho control In tho hands of Asqwlth, Haldane "fliirnd ft fin. Still, wo shall hopo tlmt tho Clydo mon will not forgot. Lot them all tako tho plod go. And lot It bo a plodgo to mako an ond of Capitalism and to establish Socialism.1 Perhaps tho night Hon. John Burns will have proached better than ho know, '~'WwKy,.-.I. believe you,(must have touched my dress, but-it>.is,nothing at all," answered Lady. Hilary, quickly recovering self-control, like a*brave girl.- "You were trying id pass. 'How stupid of me to* get in the' way. Good morning,- Lady ■ Ardcliffe; good mornings Countess; I was.just on.my way to send off some "letters-," * ' • , "She felt she couldn't bear to go' on with * the ^conversation, * whatever t it was,',' thought Elspeth, who could! not. help -wondering what .had been said nbout Lady.Hilary Vane's friend, Captain Oxford, which had made her •start back as if she would fall. , ; ,' .Now, the two -jirls were eoingdowh- almost side by1 side, but Elspeth did no* spesik, or .srhiice ,nt• the other.' She was the inferior, nrd it* was hot' her place to remember thnt.there hivl* been a mcr-';i,'>';-^'>-W'». i«-'- 'J*!-,*-,-. However, chose to remember, and'ad- diecsed Elspeth j, '. *" "You were in tho railway carriage with'us yesterday,'"she sqi-i.- in a voice as'sweet as her face. "Yes," Elspeth answered. And then, lest the girl of high degree should mistake her for an equal,.and regret condescension when she -knew the t.-iith—"I have .come liere to'be secretary and stenographer for the man- "a-rer, Mr. McGownn." "* y '•'. " - -Oh, have-your ,I. think that must be very interesting work," said Lady Hilary, ou.the same step with Elspeth now. "You must be very clever to get such *a good■ engagement, and be independent, while you're so young. I quite envy*-you.''.* I should love to be able to make mv own living." ' ; Elspeth .laughed a little, "i" don't think, if you had to, you would like ,'itL much, .really." . , ',- "" ; ., . -"Oh,* I would. You, don't know. It isn't as if we were rich. But—there is something I want to' say to you, though it "seems rather odd,, saying it to a stranger. You were .very, kind to me just now. and saved me from— from great mortification. I understand that .you- must ' have■ noticed what we were say ing. in the train yesterday—quite inadvertently, of 'course —otherwise you. wouldn't have been so quick and sympathetic in coming to my rescue." , , ,' "T hardly know what did make me do it," said Elspeth. "I think it was just—,a kind of instinct.", '. .'"Well, anyway,..; I. thank you. I wouldn't for. a great deal-have had Lady Ardcliffe -gossiping .about me;' and sayingahat I almost'fell n>en I heardi'sthat'. iC was* Capthin'.Oxford who was hurt* last:"night. .-She".isn't malicious/but she'gossipsuabout such Jliings.b'eciUKse'she's rather^ silly and sentimental;' and' as for'.' Countess Radepolski, I don't know her at all.' '.Lady. Ardcliffe .had just'introduced me ai^tHey^^ere_CQming_up_7!fr.on]_Ui_ei_h. "beauty7.baths;""as;the"y call them? tSere's some old, wound "of .his, got ii. the Boer war, .that's ..been-'bother- ing hinv, -and he' was* recommended to come here. Anyway;'he arrived yesterday morning, I think* it was. I don't know what; he was doing out of tne house'"after 12-o'clock last night, ior every body, goes to bed early-here; but be that as it may, he was,out, and was shofat—in fact, struck by a bullet in the arm already wounded--. the left, fortunately for him. He says he had a struggle.with a man in the dark arid that, though the fellow--a po**lcher.:I suppose he must have- been; and . mistook Captain Oxford for, a keeper—got" clear,, away. The -dog which goes everywhere with-"the'captain must have bitten him, the, proof being that when they came to'..the ho'-se the collie's mouth was covfirert with .Word." ■ ■ ... •*■ . "Not at' :all," 'Elspetff replied" promptly'., "except >.-that. I, was-, able to-d.r l^r^ayvery small favor injthe« v."'«y of my'work',"' " --:---^* "'_'■/<! "All the same, ,she likes'you. Her eyas-showed- thaC'>said Trowbridge reflectively Iy" Yon "can make a friend pfithp'.crirl if youilike, I,.would bet.", His accent, waslitrongly Amerjean- once 'more. ■: .* . - ■ Klspeth laughed.;, ,"I am afraid that won't come in the way of my work, SI\e; i» the daughter of a countess; and I--am M*. McGowan's secretary." With this, r.nd -a. civil nod, which excused harself froTi Mr. Trowbridge's iociety.-she moved.,.away. . , ,„ ^ But": somehow,; I - don't much , mind you ■.having seen nie, for I-feel that, if we were to' know .'.'each other,. I. ..should like you very much," "I shquld love you," exclaimed Elspeth, impulsively,, "and if thene 'should come'ai time "'when I really ;could do "something for you—a big thing I mean—you don't know how gladly I'd do,it." "Thank you, I believe you'would,'* answered the-other girl, holding out her hand.- "I would come »o you, if I needed -anything you could do—oh",' but already there's something. You soy.,you .'.are -Mr,. McGowan's- secre-' Itnry... Then .perhaps, you. know all about this strange affair of Captain .OxforcV-whetherrit's true, .as Lady Ardcliffe would have hnd me believe, thnt he was hurt seriously last night, ■At* flrst she told me ,the story, and. didn't say who was the hero-of it. Jt- was only just* ns you came that pIip snid it wns.Cnptain Oxford." •■' "I don't kpow anything 'yet/ but Pll-find oiit, and let, you know ns quickly as I can," anid Elapethi "T'm on*my'way .to Mr. McGowan's room now, to begin work. I'm not sure'll , can nsk him questions, but if'I soe Mr. Grant. I'm certain he'll tell mo. \v any ense, if you can wait in tho 'big hhl! for.ii ;few, minutes I'll mnko nonie excuse to come out, ovon If I'vo iii news. If I'vo, learned anything I'll,write It oii h pioco of'papor: If I Jiavon't I'll writo tho one word •nothing,' nnd do better next time, I'll pass you nnd say, 'Hero I* tho memorandum you askod tor.'" By this time, tho two girls Imd arrived in tho groat hall, which was ' rlmost' desortod. at this -hour, oxcopt foi n fow mon reading their lottors or morning pnperfl. Thoy Bepnratod without anothor word, b'lt.Elapoth's mind x\tn busy. Whnt won tho "Btranpe ■ifliilr ol, Cnptuiii.Oxford,"., which had occurred liiRt nifjlit, but of which ulio know nothing? He, had lmon hurt, Udy..Hilary, said. Could it pos* •dbly bo thnt thoro was any, connection botwoon thin ovont and Uioho which Imd oflvon hor a night of wnko- fnlnr.RflP Tho tliought' Boomed nbsurcl, ,,ot Klnpotli could, not completely bnii- IbIi it from hor bond.'' "T do hope, for \,t\Ay Ililnry'B Bake, that whatever hns lispjioriod, it'H luitliliiB .to brlnB. din- .■I'ocllt upon Cuntnin Oxford," sho #nid to harsolf,- 'Tt*B cortnln (hiit.lro'a •(mo to Lochrnin to l>9 noar her-, aiid ;h©ro'B no doubt nho enros for him, ,..o";h h<?r tvotlmr is so anxious to ■■:c"i th«»n apnii-".. KlFpAth had UareA that, owing to lier rlclfiy With Ucty Hilary,' the mloht bslftte for hor nppoiutinont with Mr, McGownn. but to her. roliof nolthor ho hot Mr, Grant wim in tho room wlmn oho knocliud at the door, which stood i-lightly ajnr, Ah It was empty, iho went in, and a mom-ant or two af- ti>ti' Mr Grant nnnnnred. "I hope Mr. McGownn hsan't(beon v*iaiitiii|ii mo, aiid fi/dc awn)?" ,-iht nukod, when they hnd exchanged "■jroort morninffB"; "I'm (Ivo minutes bahind, time"— . "No, ho has not vnntod you, f kn*w," Qrant ronnHurod hor, "He's X In tho parlor thero \*t'oro throo: Girl, tho parlor lamp and ho, Two nro company; no doubt TLat Is why tho lamp went out. ...t.4, 1,. come down (rom tho rq^m of a gentleman—Captain Oxford, who hnd a queer adventure' last night, and got' hurt, Perhaps you've,hoard about It fiom ono of the aervanta. It** all ovrr tho houso alroady,, Y.ou know how thane things goi" ' „ ' EUpcth replied that ahe hml heard nothing, and boggod Mr, Qrant to tell her what hnd hnpppned,' "Why, no ono known exactly," »ald Orant, who was evidently more will-, ing to be drawn out concerning this story thnn ho hnd been regarding th« haunted room. "Captain Oxford I*, a yowng officer'on l*av«. I bolievo Elspeth shuddered*- a little, remem1 bering the wet rubies that had come drip, dripping through her ceiling and hnd splashed upon her book. It was* nonsense to connect one affair -.with' the* other, she said to herself again,, at she had.said before, but the thought was in her mind., and she rejoiced. mo:*e than before than she had gone- through her strauye ordeal in silence.. "I really believti there's "a mystery ot some sort." Grant was continuing, in rather a confidential way, and it wassail Elspeth could do to keep back' the words , which flashed into her brain: "If there is, maybe.I shall be the one to find it out." But that idea was nonsense, too, of; course, coming only because her nerve's' were overstrained, and she hastened to ask Mr.' firant a few moie'question, to which, the'answers might be of interest to Lady Hilary.' '-'''."* "What'bind of "mystery, do'.you mean?'"' she inouired. t "Oh," about Caotain, Oxford being out tit .that time, for he;seerps to avoid scying' anything, nbout that- part of his adventure,' doesn't want it spokon, of'atall. He just managed to get to the house, and the1 night porter.called cur resident doctor." "Was the'"wound-serious?" asked Klspeth'. * . ,, 7 ■ "No/ He lost a good deal-of blood, but-he will'be about again in a day or two, the "doctor says,, with his arm in a sling.-The-bullet^was extracted without difficulty; it*'was only a flesh wound,, but, being onnthe left- side, it might'easiljv'ii the bullet had entered the'body; have proved, fatal." .', .. ■""Strange*that a poacher should fire at' a* supposed; keeper. • with; a', bullet, ■ wasn't-it?" remarked Elspeth thoughtfully. .'■ - ■■',■■■' ;■ **-.' " ' '• " "Yes. '.That's one of the- queer bits of: the' business, though it will probably turn out to be 'simple, enough" at last:'--,The-police.<are0-alrea,dy looking -imoritT^but-Cfiptain*Oxf6rd7-hasnit helped them much so. far.. Mr: McGowan is exceedingly .annoyed that such a thine should have-happened here, but, "of:.course, it.has nothing to do with,the hotel, and Captain Oxford does admit thnt he wiis on or near that part "of the,estate which still beloiips to Lord Loehrain." . >. At this moment the manager himself came in, but announced that he- wanted a little conversation with Mr. Grant' before beginning-' work with Miss • Dean. This ' cave ' Elspeth' the chance she wanted, and scribbling on a bit of paper the words; "Not. hint seriously. ' Will be well - in a few davs,".. she slipped out into the hall to'find Lady Hilary.' » .; As she hnd expected the girl wns there, but two or three people were talking with her,* and if she.saw Klspeth she gave'no signs of, doing so. It wns not good form for an employe of tho houso to .linger in the great hall among the guests of tho hotel, with ,iio apparent object, ond Elspeth would have been at 'a' loss how, to keep her promise to-Lady Hilary, had' not Mr, Trowbridge como up and spoken to.her with nn air of marked cordiality.,- ' . "J. hopo you havon't forgotten your hour with moP'' ho snid, looking at the pretty yaunc typewriter, with the immo rather bold air of undisguised admiration she hud been half inclined to roBont yostordny. Rut', ns sho answered . politely, a littlo coolly, the man's face'changed, so'suddenly thnt ElBpo'th' could not holp'glanciiiB about in surprise, Booking for'Hho .cniiBO of 'such a tramtfoi'mfition.. HiH oyes hnd liphted' up with Borne genuine nnd powerful omotiou, very different from the ensv gnllnntry of his look when diroetod nt tho Btonogrnpher. , 5 A second sowed to enlighten Lis- poth, Lady: Hilary Vane had turned awnv from hor friundH, nnd was com- ,lng "toward"thorn. * It wiib-tho Bight of her un****"nl nnd liiirb-lrcd boauty 'which hnd lit tho new light in Mr. '•Trowbridge's oyos. ■ Tho Scotch girl did not wait for hor to qo'.tio nen-or, bit advancing a Btcp or two, hold out the folded bit !ot pnpor, uaying in quite n proton- Bionnl vple:: "Horo iB tlie momoran- ;diun yo-.i wlulied to hnvo," i Ladv Hilary blushed . dolielously, lorMiin'r-/ lov.'!lor thnn ovor. "Thank you bo much," fho murmured,, nud m-*vod 'away, brrnlnj with anxiety, • Hlspotir wns huic, to lenrn tho con- Meats pi the ,"ii:2:'.;orniulum." At tho knme fnatnnt, howovor, Lndy Lnmbart emtio into tlio hall, hor oyes daiting i l«cen glimeo, n'. hor, daughter, and Klupeth could only hopo that »he hnd not toon in lima to soo tho.paper •dipped from, hnnd to hand. "Who Ib that?" asked Trowbridge In n low but er;or tone, and In thif nutiicnt of ulnctio feeling It Boonied !.o Klcpp.tli t'.int his nccont was dlffor- .„'.. .V'„>. 1 '■.. r.'t I) ,.'-l"-,t, h*'e nr* V"'»rlr'iui!' Vin rtld to lierflolf In lis- wlldtrnient. "'lliMt'K his. ronl way u. Mi';i»kfn(r, tho ot.ior in put on, Uui •.-hv* Whv *h'> Id ho protend to b; an*American If ho h* notP And Mi. MoOownn w* he ts a inllllnnairo, *n he oan't have any raaion to \ne- tend thingr, like pi'tiyiw \\uu m«! ham up and unknown." ' All thi* flanlicd thiwgli the girl*i« head in the fmotion of a soeond, and slip answered, without Bpnming hcM- tnlicn: "That is Lady Hilary Vono, "|»v Jove I so'tlint Is Lady Hilary'" fivfln'lmod Trowbrld*ro,, and Kli-peth knew from tho tone that thin wan not tho flint timo ho had hoard the name, "Sliv ti u iii-cni beauty." "Ye..." ftUM'iiU'd tlfo typewriter. '1 think I muBl eo to Mr. McGowan nmv, Mr. Trowbildge. I woh't lor- gct"— "V.'ftlt n thinuto. pleaBa." nrged tho «.*■.,."*. "Do jo j k:;5*v Lad;* Hilary*'"1 CHAp-rER IV. i■. * • 7 - '' .'- l ■ . , - ■Elspeih rioped'''.that during- her- hour and' n half with M/. McGowan ; sue might glean further news of Captain Oxford,and. his mysterious midnight adventure, but nothing ' was said on'the subject, and she was kept steadily' at work laking down letters ■■.rom the manager's dictation. He spose rapidly,'" as if, to test her skill, but though^ ; she, was - nervous ."at tirst, th rough'-* overanxiety to give. sat-. isfaction,.she. made no mistakes, and nt. 10.25 exactly Mi. .McGowan' stopped,'declaring himself very pleased with his new assistant. "Mr. Kenrith will be ready for you," he said, "and I trust "you are not tiied,, as I 'should not line him to be kept waiting." ' Elspeth answered'that she was not tired in the least; and five minutes ' later she .was knocking at the door of Mr. Kenrith's private sitting room, carrying her, own small typewriter'in its leather case. ; "Conie in1" said a "voice on the, other side—a voice whose tones had lingered in her memory; nnd suddenly, though the girl had been calm and composed a moment ago, her heart began to beat very,last,- as it had beaten in the strange dark watches of the past night "How silly. I,am." she thought.", "I suppose iCmust.be that I'm wondering'how he will'feel about yesterday. He may be vexed,that,I'm the same" girl who traveled in the carriage with him yesterday, and I heard all the'.taik.-about his jewels and. about .Captain Oxford." She opened the door rather slowly,* and instantly met the' eyes of John Kenrith, who sat facing it at a writing table. But,- judging from his expression, he was. rather pleased than annoyed to find that he hnd already met his new'-secretary. He'referred to'the journey, asked'if shewas-not tired, and , was so sympathetic and pleasant that before they bsgan work together the girl felt as if they had known each other for a long time. She could see that in beginning to dictate for his new book, he was almost as shy as a boy, and his embarrassment made him seem younger than he had,yesterday.- Tactfully, she put him at. his, ease by trying' to make him think of her as a machine', and soon he forgot, self-consciousness and warmed to his subject.* Elspeth, too',- grew inteipsted in-his .clear way of ■ explaining tlie "great, scheme the •Northern millionaire had thought out for the benefit of 4 mankind, and he must have seen what she felt in the glowing eyes ; which',,'dwelt* often, on- his facf, , . .,.,'.',, " ' ."I was afraid",'this would- be dull -business-fdr-a-youhg-girli^-said-Ken- rith at- last," "but I believe you must" care something,for Socialism." "It's: one, of the.; most . absorbing subjects!''in the world,'.' answered the „girl, "and I have thought'n lot about it. since I, came to live in London alone and get on ns best I could; but I never really understood'much about1 ,'it—until now." ' * "Thank, you,1', said Kenrith,' smil-. ing h\s pleasant.,smile, "That is n pleasing compliment' for an aspiring author, at work on* his first book." And he would not go on until El- IU referred to the journey and axhd if sli> were not ilpd. npoth hnd told him something about hor. lito in London. Ho naked'hor questions, nnd hIio was lod on to un- >*wor ns if he Iuul boon-an old friend, for who felt, ovon if nho coujd not iiavo dofiiiud, tho dlffoiouco botwocn this man's Interest In hor and that .shown by Trowbridge. Tn flpite of tlio iiilovliidos of talk, howuvor, thoy mauayud to do a pood deal ol work. KUpcth typing from Konrlth's dictation ro quickly' that lior Angora flow ov.or tho key* of tho small nud nlnuist noUoloHh .machine, Whon it waa nonrly hnlf-patU twolvo Konrith Rtoppod her, Buying that thoy Imd dono onough oompoiiition, and he would like I" hoar what ho had writton, If nho did not mind, from her lips. Ilo bnllovod that he oould Jv.dRo of his own work bottor. In .that "fiV ' lilspeth was only ton pleased to do Xt, ilU lln-KcvJ, 'm, : .i-t Oil!)1 did n!hj liU to road aloud, b.*.t bIip herself wai. mxioiiB to know how tho lentencoi* ho had takcji down -would Hound, They'had-riot gone" far, "howevi"- when the reading was interrupted L a knock at-the door, and again Ken-' rith , called "come in," but .not - so readily, Elspeth thought, as he had done when, waiting for her to. begin work,- . >'"•</*■. .'. , - •'" " . ' Quickly the .door opened, and .Lady Lambart; 'looking very handsome, and-almost* girlish, in, a youthfully made white., dress, stood on ,the threshold." Shel hnd had a' charming smile on her lips tor Mr. Kenrith, but if-froze at,'sight of Elspeth sitting, cosily - at his -. table with sheets ■ of manuscript in ,l:c'r hand. . "Oh, I am so sorry'to interrupt you. I didn't dream you were work- Inj," she* said. "You'know yon told me last, evening that'if I' wanted e book ■ to; come., to your sitting-room and choose it when yours have been unpacked. Hilary and Fhave nothing *'i.-iJ- .i^^44.0, oi>' i -iuo.vjou 'at ..'. mi.!,, O-t. ' .; -.»j.saefi'io 7,o o^i, '. .Kenriti. ' "-,, iureci. uei, pn.a.)t...wij. "iiliss.. u^. and i iiaa ivany uuished, Uuii CL. ume tor," worii is over. My umu ikic diled tne boo&case ,,with tne cuuicuu , oi my bo.\es, yoa see, and yoa nav« 'only to choose," - Lady LauiDJit' came in, ignqrin;. Elspetn, tliougn Kenrith nad spbko.i .her.nameina \\a$ to'make a bow a gracious act." The girl'rose, and, having replaced hei typewriter in ■ Urease, would have pone quietly out o. ihe room without a word, had noi Kenrith sprang to open the door foi her. "Thank you Very much, Mifat Dean," he said.. "You have been, splendid, and with such kind help as yours I shall look forward to m.. hours of work here, even more than j had expected." His words..so evidently spoken to show Lady Lambart,. as well as ,the girl herself, his appreciation, touched Elspeth, arid wanned her heart, but she was not to, leave the room . with such a k'appy imprsssion for hei last one. '.-'•■ "; ' - "Isn't it that ooiilinon little creature who got ■ in . first-class witlf:.us yesterday, and I took'foi some orie'f maid?" slid neard: Lady LanibarUask in clear tones *io tne door closed." "'Perhaps, if she Lad, caught Kenrith's answer,' siie would* not ..have ■fell so.crushcd;'.b:t she did.not catch it, and'so .she wti.t-away with tingling cheeks, wondfeiing ii she really did look-common, and if she were the sort of girl to be mistaken for a lady's maid.. ' -' Her "next hour of work,. directly after luncheon,'was with Lady Ardcliffe, whom Mr.. McGowan had described as a "peeress who wished to be a poetess."- Elspeth had seen her in the morning talking with Hilary vLambart, but Lady Ardcliffe, who was near-sighted and would not wear glasses, did hot recognize the girl. She' was • fussy and flighty, with an air which would have suited n spoiled young baauty ot twenty-one, and though she announced .that she was engaged upon a dramatic poem for a Review, which must, be finished witlr» in a^week, she,, would not settle "to" work.1 'Instead she talked about herself;'and-what-she had..wr\tten, and how much all.slie had done-had'been .-dmir^d. ,*'l :do think,"; she 'said, dreamily, '"that I have a little of 'the divine afflatus. People .sometimes-ns.. me to teach them how to write;*but how can one tench what is as elusive as-jlame? Countnss Radepolsk'oi, for. '-iristanc-er-is—quite'-idolish—over-*—-my- work. She's Polish; and. has attempt-" rd versesf-in her,own-., language. - I f'.on't know how ~ successfully. Now, .-he is keen to try, in English with ■;.y help. Perhaps she'will want you iu type for'her., bit if she, does, niind F can't rive-you-up n moment of my '••o-r. .Yo-i-, rii'tst find other time for her. K.1V2 you'seen her? :/Has she a=:.'.:C'.l Mi. McGowan to *let her have you yet?'. , . . .- . , > .'..,.., "I <-n\v her for n mom.int this morning." returned Elspeth, "but nothing •ms baen said about my working foi her." The pirl clicked her machine as if to quietly'remind the poetess that tiine was . iuing * wasted, -but , Lady Ardcliffe rushed off upon n new*,tack, "Tell "'me', did 'you' admire- the Countess?" she inquired, with -an ongeniess which Elspeth was at' a .loss to understand. "1 should like the opinion*of a newcomer on that sub-, ject." „ ' ■',"".*!*•-,» "Oh,'yes, I "thought her exceeding' ly striking," the girl, was ■ roplyihg frankly, when Lady Ardcliffo's face 'fell almost**. *fiti*ftbly, "But vory foreign looking," Elspeth wont on. "Very, isn't she?" the elder woman caufiht up tho words, "T should, hardly think, should you, that she, would bo tho sort of woman to' attrhet an American or an Englishman?" "Perhaps not," ndmittod tho girl, wondering what thio was loading up to, , '.,.., "Of courno," wont on Lndy Ardcliffe. "ir, poor mnn might wish to mnrry hor for her moneyi for sho is said to bo ric'i, nnd I HiippoHo she must bo, nn she drcsKCB extravagantly, and has some very lino jowola, but millionaire!* don't nood to think oi such sordid things in connoctlon with a woman," "Poor oroature," thought Klspeth, "alio miiBt bo ovor fifty, yot I do believe bIic'b ln love, ond inollncd ic bn jealous, either of Mr. Kenrith, oi Mr. Trowbridge, the,, only two millionaires I've heard of as stopping In this hotol. I wonder which it IbP" But uho did not' havo to wondoi long. Lady Amcliffo'B noxt Bontoncc helped hor to make a shrewd kuohb. "Mr, Trowbridgo mild laflt night he wa« going to hav*, Mr. McGowbii'f now BC'cvetory to help him with hit nfultltudt'H of tottorB," tho poatost wcr.t on. "I hi'^'om ho meant voup" <«• (To bo continued.) LIQUOR LICENSE NOTICE. "' NOTICE is hereby given that Alexander Rlzutto of,.the City of Fernie, will apply at the next sittings of the Board of Licensing Commissioners in and for the City, of Fernie as a Licensing Court for the transfer ofthe Retail Liquor License iii respect of the premises known as the Roma Hotel, and situate on Lots Thirteen (13) and Fourteen (l-i)', in Block Seventeen (17) Fernie to tlie new premises to he laiown as the Roma Hotel, and erected or to be erected on the north east corner of the said Block 17, and having a.frontage to Baker Avenue of 120 feet and a frontage to Jaffray St. of .48 feet. ..'-'._ , A. Rizzuto._- Dated' 31st October, 1*308. . LIQUOR. LICENSE ACT. , NOTICE is hereby given that. one month after date I intend to apply to the Superintendent of Provincial Police for the renewal of my Hotel License, to sell intoxicating liquors under the provisions of the Statute in that behalf in .the premises known and described , as the Wellington House, situated at New, Michel, B. C, to commence on the first day of January, ,1909. THOMAS CRAHAN, Dated this 31st October, A.D., 190S, ll-5t. Rlit HOTEL FERNIE -n-taiimmmirimm-'n'N' Bar Unexcelled All White Help . •» * n **■■ * ' '• i' Everything Up-to-date Call in and see .us once C. W. DAVEY & CO., Props. 1, 7/ LIQUOR LICENSE ACT. NOTICE Is .hereby given that one month after date I intend to apply to the Superintendent of Provincial Police for the renewal of my Hotel License, to sell Intoxicating liquors under the provisions of the Statute in that behalf In the premises known and described as the Michel Hotel, situate at Michel, B. C., to commence on the first day of January, 1909. ' THOMAS CRAHAN. Dated this 31st October, A.D., 1908, " "• ll-5t. LIQUOR LICENSE ACT. NOTICE is hereby,, given that, one month after date I intend to apply to the Superintendent of Provincial Police for a renewal of my Wholesale Liquor License to soil intoxicating li: quor under the provisions of the Statute in that, behalf in the premises known and described as' Crahan s Li: quor Store, situated at Michel, B. C, to commence on the first day of January, A.- D.-1909.7 - THOMAS CRAHAN, Dated this'31st October," A.D.,* 1908. ' - ll-5t. WALDORF HOTEL (ln rear of old stand) Table Unexcelled Bav supplied with the finest brands of Winefc,, Liquors and Cigars MRS. S. JENNINGS, Prop. (Formerly of Central, Hotel) LIQUOR LICENSE ACT. NOTICE is hereby given that on December 1st 1908,1 Intend to apply to the Superintendent of Provincial Po- lice''"f5r7tEF;renerwarof raf"Hotel~lirT cense to sell intoxicating liquors under, the provisions of the Statute in that behalf in the premises known'and t described as "The Royal1 Hot'jl," sit- < uated at Gateway, B. C, to commence tlie first day of January, 1909. , ' Simon Dragon HOTELFERNIE The Hotel of. Fernie Fernie's Leading Commercial • ■ and Tourist, House OFFICIAL ADMINISTRATORS' ACT NOTICE Is hereby given that on the 22nd day of October, 1908,. IT WAS ORDERED, BY,, P.' E. WILSON ESQ., Judge of the County, Court of East Kootenay, . holden at Fernie, that James Ferguson Armstrong, official administrator, for that portion of the County of Kootenay Included In, the electoral districts of. Cranbrook nnd rjprnle, bo Administrator of nil* and singular the estates of Frank Wokral of Fornio, deceased Intestate, Every person Indebted tO'Jshe-.Biilil deceased Is requlrod to mako rnymont forthwith to the undersigned, ,. Every person having In poHResslon offects belonging to'the doeoaR*.*d Is roqulrod forthwith to notify the nn- dorslgnod. Evory creditor or othor pevnon having clnlm upon or Intorost In tho <1Ih tiibntlon of the estr.to of tho <;i\|d deceased Ib required to send beforo tlio 30th day of November, 1908, next by registered mall addressed to tlio undorBlgned, his nnmo and nddruHn, and tho full particulars of his claims or'InteroBtn, nnd a statomnct ot hia account, and tho nature of the security (It any) hold by lilm, Aftor tho snld last mentioned dnto tho administrator will proceed with the distribution of tho catnto having rei'ord io thoso claims only of which ho shall havo had notico. J, f?, Arrnitrono, Offlclnl Administrator. VOLUNTEER BOUNTY ACT 1908 KING'S HOTEL Bur, supplied with the best "Wines, Liquors and Cigars DINING ROOM IN CONNECTION , JOHN P0DBIELANCIK, Prop. QUEEN'S HOTEL Doing business in the same old place LI(|iioi>H and CigarH of the highest (■uality .*, Well "docked bar W. ROBIGHAUD, Prop. HER6ULES COAL ELECTION , PRANK T, HOOVER NAMED A8 PRESIDENT. NOTJCr NOTICI3 Ib horoby given that tlm timo for tho reception of tenders for Vernon, II. C, public'building, has boon extended to December 30, 1008. Plana and spodncnttoni aro iiIho Io bo aeon nt Victoria mid Vancouver. Ity orddr NArOLISOX TBSSIKH. Secretary. Department of Public Work**, Ottawa, Novombor 20, 1008. ' WARNING TO PURCIIAHKK8 RVIJllY nsHlKtimont of tl.o rlnlit of a South African Volunteer entltlod to a land grant muit bo by way of up-, ,,u!,.';.'t*i.t cf '.x ru't'nMMi''*-' nn!. n\M"» If lu the lonn provlilnl by tho Art, Hpoclal aitcntloii is. called to Sub-, nectlon 3 of Section 5 of the Volunteer Rountq Act, 1908 which provPUm tlmt no dHHlfiiment nf Hip rlcht n( » volunteer by tho appointment of a Riiustltuto shall bo accepted or rocon- aim! by the department of tho Interior which Ih not oxortitod nnd dated after tho date of tht» warrant fnr tlm land grant IrsiioiI 'iy Mi* MIhIhioi of Mllltla adn Dofonco in favor of iho j volunteor. ' J, W. OnBGNWAV, CnmmlRRloner of Doinlnlau Lands, Otravn, 2Sth aeptembor 1908 S -1 j ton BtntutoH, I THC POLLOCK WINE CO., LTD, Ulroi'torH ot the Iliiicuhm Coal nml •T'okn company piot yuHiordny nftor- Kinii In tho offlci-N of W. ll, .Ioiich In 'l:n Hnokory biilldlng iuul elocted of- IkorB, The company wiih Incorpoiat- i. !'. fr".'* ''.""'" *A"n nyu\ thn ptpwa nil- *1inrt/tm» tlin nloptton nf'nfflnTH woro ,iVt'l\ru '..I'Hir-i'i'.t'.,. 1 The t'ompuny'B gioiiiid comprlBOH I oliniit 1000 aci'OB near 1), C. f'orbln'Hl new railway In the Crow's Noat iIIh- j f i i The officers aro President: Frank T, Hoover, PtttBbiirg, Pa.; vlni-proHl- lUml, .km C, Ltikentiol, trcamiror, 11, N. Oardlnor; secretary Q. 8, 8all»biiry M. C. Jones makos tho fifth director. Mr, Hoover Is advancing tlm cnpl- 'ml mill represent!) ot!:**r ,rap|inll.itn of i Peiiimylvunln. The company'ii bend- j 'nuartciB will howovor, be In Hpokano j t ns It wrr orKnnlJii'd iiiiiPt WiibIiIiii- Wholesale Liquor Dealers A full hlwk In ii fpw ilayn CLUB CIGAR STORE FKI-tNIIC The only li'llnlilc pbwi< In Inwn tu\' clinic*' jilpi'H and tolincco i IW. A. INGRAM, Prop PAGE EIGHT THE OISTBICT LEDGES, FERNIE, S- C- NOVEMBER 20, 1906. LOCALS _C. P. B- TIME TABLE. No. S Flyer Etestboond Kb. 7 Hyer Westbound . . N-*. 214 Eastbound Regular .. No 313 Westbound Eegnlar . No 236 Eastbonnd 1st class No. 235 Westbound, lst class Come ln anet see onr display ol fine docks, Liphardt the Jeweler F C Dubois of Elk Lumber Com pon-f, went aver to Nelson Friday 2S18| Lipimrdt Bas received his instra- Toa can get pop-«ora tor popping chocolate, almonds, walnuts, or an? thing nice yon need for bating at Ho- G. If TIME TABLE Arrives I£3Q add leaves 4 FOR £ SALE—Edison Phonograph — ' i minute records. Cost 555 Tor J--*} with three dozen records. Records cost; $17 alone Apply Ledger office WANTED—To bear from pai-T or, ^arties two could handle bes.. prs-i pareo to make mieatment Trom fives to eight hurdred dollars nood and] shingle block proposition 4 sore numc- maker thane io cl^ar np ( a thousand or tao Particulais from Box 762, \elson B t i 3ntb-4t Go lo Palace Dreg Store for Rubber for testing eyes. He gnarantees I «* Stents Brushes, the most rehable ' broth made; each brash guaranteed •flnder the caption of "The "Westerner Says," m a recent issae ot the Toronto News, the following appears. "It fs only three months since Fernie cas a heap of ashes, yet so rapid has rebuilding been earned on that It now fairly be called a city of homes. Recover"-- is rapid m t! . 1.55 . 18-5 satisfaction ■ 9 *6 ci L. Edmonds, late manager of the 9 °f' i Bank of Commerce left to- Winnipeg 20.16 l Thorscay evening I For fresh meats of all kinds try the West Fertile Meat Market, ('clock- j p H Smith, anditor of tbe Domln t ' c ancy Christmas Stationary at t-aiocc Jrug Stare llaslc. Musical Instrumi>nts at Pat ate Drug Slore R. S Garretl ol th* Cranbrook Prospector siail »aa in lo»n over Satu- ipanv aras In ihe city on Thursday Th*- "Napanee hotel is prepared to tandlp travellers and other guests. Supt Brownlees car was attached to wvstbnmid eipress Frlila*, Mr Brownlee has been awar at Rothester during the past three wee j. undergoing an operation. Cheap watch regular $2 j0 wa.ca, special Satnrdaj Cur -»2, Wright, llie We very relnctan'I*. have to hold oier a communication, frost the Ebt ; L. Hall until next seei, owing to time j and space. The communication deals with the meeting of TbHrsday night in i a verj business like way Slr.WE. Boardman of West Fernie has pun. based tbe team and wood business from Hugh Cameron and itiil be m a position to suppl) wood promptly, see his ate Candy m Canada. Hocbon's norl un the n^w C P E ' sheds is being pushed rapidI dr. i and|- For hotel accommodation the Nap- anee is the place. The several ministers of the city glected to bring or send in any copy news for onr Church Sews comma this week. In consequence of this fact had to omit the church column- ' would esteem it a favor if the ministers would let ns have copy for next issue not later than Thursday noon In connection with the Eastern i cnrsion tickets are on sale Dec lst 31st, inclusive The C P R- a naming special tourist car service Irom Kootenay Landing; to intennedi ate points to Toronto on following dates Dec 1st, 8th. 15th and 20th. The berth rate Fernie to Toronto will be $6 SO and reservations ean be made ibrougb local agent. This means I change between Fernie and Toronto See 'Wright the Jeweler's Ene line of diamond rings from J7-50 to $200 fihej wdi soon be open for bai Liphardt has pit watches for SI ' *i IT1 „_4» ?.-30 and *J6 ! ;i-s ;*"ka-i and son "Mack have: a- .ltd in the city to join Mr Millard j who ftps charge of the fGrniture department in Trites-Wood Co | We carry the finest line of TaR. , hoses m the west —Hocbon's Carpenters are again, bnsy laving] sidewalks, and if favored with another | couple of weeks of the present wea J ther win have the town pretty weHj planked. Did you try some of chose caramels that Rochon is making* Oh- mj At tbp ball and supper raider the auspices of the Hosmer Board of Trade on Thursday night joyable eiening was spent. A number from Fernie were present. Go to Palace Drug Store for kinds of razors, S*oasak*s H S troop Go to Palace Drug Store for kinds of razors, SunasackTs Razor Stroop. William Scott has been appointed agent for the Ray mend Sewing ma chine; give him a call and see his ma chines before buying Tickets are ont for a grand smoker by the Fernie Trades and Labor Coun ml to be held on the etening of December 2nd In Bruce's hail opposite the Ledger office The cuisine at the Napauee is excelled. The bar has the best the land. The excavating Tor the of the new public school has been pleted. Considerable difficulty was encountered fa getting rid of the sur plus. water caused from the recent New books arriving daily at P ilace Drug Store. The ground for the new skating rink has been prepared and fs ready tor the carpenters to start work. The new site is at the foot of and to the right of the first bridge going to "West Fernie. Wright has his jewelry store m Lockhart &. Gillespie's gents* furnish iug store. The monthly tea of the Ladies aid of the Methodist church wfll be given at the home of Mrs Dudley on Tuesday. December 1st, 1968 from 3 to 6 p ul, also in the evening from S pjn. As this is the first since the Ore it is desired that there should be a good attendance. Alarm Clocks. *flJS, (175 and (2.50. at Wright''', the Jeweler The cheapest tea to nse is not the lowest priced Yon can buy tea a few,cents a pound- cheaper that will make a drink, but If yon want an absolutely pore. heSIthEnl, cleanly prepared tea ubp "Salada.- It is infinitely more delicious and decidedly more economical than other te cause ft goes farther Wright the Jeweler has a complete Steele of Ladies* Broaches,-which he is sfHins at Bargain prices. The West Fernie Meat Market please* all people. Workmen deal here and save money. { The "ia-janee gives the best meals at all times. FEAR MUTINY IS IMMINENT Officials Have Confirmation of Widespread M in Murder | Minto and Kitchener and Seize tlie Government- ! Native Princes Suspected LONDON. Nov 25—The seriousness of the Indian uprising has caused the Government to take vigorous action both here and in the affected districts- The War OfSce to-day ordered a substantial military reinforcement to proceed immediately from Aidershot to the scene of the impending revolt, it being represented to the authorities that the local officials m Indian were unable to cope longer with the situation, and were sorely in need of more Word reached the foreign office to-day that Lord Minto, viceroy of India, had called a conference cf the Council of India at Bikanir, to consider plans for the suppression of sedition and to discuss the proposed law to replace the present one which Is lame en dealing summarily with mutineers and anar thists Reports of extended police investigations among the Hindoo "reds' disclose the existence of a far reaching organization numbering hundreds of thousands of natives, bent on overthrowing British control, murdering Lord Minto anu Lord Kitchener and seizing the machinery of government to place it m the hands of the revolutionary society. Government assurances that the higher class natives are known to be ont of sympathy with the movement are known to he baseless. The best educated and highest caste Hindoos the known to be the real organizers, of the Anti English soei >iy, and several of the richest and most powerful native princes are among those most strongly suspected. King Edward's birthday address to India a few weeks ago has evidently Seen passed over by the conspirators, either as too vague In its promises, as untrustworthy or as pleading less than the rnmlmnm whieh the natives are willing to accept. Ii has m any event been wholly withont effect in allay aig discontent. English officials and "business men ar<- less fearful cf Great Britain's inability to hold the colon-*- than of the ruinous expenses of a prolonged struggle with the Hindoos. G-R, Xyyi X'T Sugar Cured Hams and Breakfast Bacon. Not .how brand -SSTrasffiL1!** *********ll^M^^a^^^***1 l>e beaten. "VVe ha^re- 'em. W. J. BtUNDEtl. Singer Sewing Machines Co., Fernie, B. G. Wiry be without a Sewing: Machine when you can get one for $3 00 a month ? J. P. HOBLMAH, Agent, opposite Coal Co.'s office, PeQat Ave. Onera. December 1. Braces Hatt. Ladies' rings, regular price (5, for Saturday $3 50 at Wright, the jewel er*s, _ac Lockhardt &. CHlespie's store The Girt from Chill*' Will play In Bruce s opera house on December 1st. A comedy drama of real ment support ^d by a strong company of artists The first play since the fire and the mi agement has nothing but the best CITY COUNCIL. A special meeting of the city coun- 1 was called for last Friday e.^Jng t j pa3s on the various by laws As Aid Johe=or and Watson were the onlv aldermen present there was no meeting held. The regular meeting was supposed to have been held on Thursday even ing last and the same two gentlemen were present and no others. This meeting also had to be postponed- TEMPERANCE DEFEATED AT CLARESHOUf Battle for Local Option is Alberta Results In Favor of Licensed Vicfuailers—Four Arrested for Perjury CLARBSHOLSr, Alta, Nov. 25—'The Barces et the temperance pera-dc were defeated at the polls here yesterday m the first contest of the kind ever held in Alberta. The disappointment of the temperance people Is as great s the joy of the liquor people, hut there is appareirtlr m» disposition to runi, o far as the champions of local option, aie concerned. — Four arrests were made for uertury. aad the defendants were brought he> fore Mr. Camles of the mounted police to-day, and KEmaafed to await tbe arnval of Paddy Xolan of_ Calgary, who was rushed down &F Jhe_£icensed Victuallers" Association- The temperance people b-© -Sat ten or fifteen-. people voted who had no right to do so. and that they bare afceady left town. If the protest succeeds these men wiU he unaMe to returm and the temper ance people would be more- hopful of victory In the uesr (&£*■- There Is- talk to-day of two or three arrests for Bribery. The- ncaised" victuallers' forces naturally felt elated "test night, and there were Bigft "gnfes as the re- Mr James Wier of Calgary, <*•» organized the Soeoaed. victuallers' fight, was warmly congratnlaied on his snecess. A protest will have to be entered In right days and *fafU>«^aBlted. Thii the temperance people -will to and are basv gathering evidsir-e «C which they claim to have an abundance to npsef the eleebon. The temperance people yesterday not orfy tailed In getting x majority they were twenty two votes short of the sixty per cent rnte required ta carry the measure- TWO HUNDRED LIVES LOST Liverpool Steamer Burned off tlie Island of Hj!1a—Impassible to Rescue Passengers NOTICE There wiH be a meeting or the Perme Conservative Assocla eon at Johnson's Hall, Victoria Ave^on Monday Evening, Nov. 30 wiwn election of Officers for the ensuing year will be held. VALLETTEA. Island of Malta, Nov 26 —Nearly twq; hundred passi and crew of the EHerman line steamer Sardinia are bellmed to have to-day when the ateamer was destroyd bj fire Just after she had sailed for Alexandra, Egypt. She was scarcely a mile off Grand Harhor when the first sign of Ore appeared bnt with a strong wind to fan the flames the whole ship was ablaze and the passengers and crew had scarcely * chance for their lives Thp-e was a wild panic on board as the rapidly spreading flames drote the passengers to the rails and many aot waiting for boats to i be lowered, plunged into the sea. Scotps are believed to have been drowned in this wav Others trapped by Ere we--e literal!? roasted to death. There were -many crafts-in-the harbor at theJinie ofLttte dls&ater^and other_8inaJLswJft vessels i-BShed to the assistance of the imperilled liner I The nisb sea and half gale which prevailed at the time, however, made it impossible for them even to reach the Sardiua and they coald do little in relief. The Sardlnas crew numbered 4t ind 20 first and second class passengers emharked at Liverpool. Most of h<r other passengers undoubtedly were Maltese and Egyptians Many of tb'^*- people cross on the steamers of this line from Malta to Alexandria. It It their custom to pitch their tents on the deck daring the fonr days of the rip The decks were crowded, and thla condition undoubtedly made tbe orderly clearing of the ship most difficult. FERNIE HOSPITAL The Perme Hospital is now receiving the finishing touches at the hands of the painters and according to the contract the Icey is supposed to be handed over on Tuesday next, Dec 1st. The new hospital is an imposing looking structure and is much big ger thpn the one destroyed on the lst of August, besides being more com plete in several other details. No ei pense has been spared in making the hospital the best equipped In the Kootenays The furnishings are of a class calling forth good taste, and are chosen with a view of meeting the requirements for several years lo come. Drs. Corsan and Bonne!!, the heads of the institution can be justly proud of the institution they have erected, aud in meeting the end> of mercy iu this respect are to be ton gratulated FERNIE FOUNDRY* Ladles', gold and gold fOled watches for Christmas at Liphardfs Remem ber we sell them for the same price von can get them for in the east. For Sale 100 tons of good Baled Hay W. E. Barker, Cay ley, Alta. MUD! MUD! "WET Weather Footwear is what yon require. We have a splendid assortment in Rubbers, and Leather Boots and Shoes. A large shipment of Trunks, Suit Cases, Etc, at away down prices. Gloves and Mitts Yes, -we've got 'em. W. R. McDougall Amongst many other impoj-.n^ ructures looming op on FtgI.* industrial horizon since- the fir" ss thf Fernie Foundry of -which Bean Bros the proprietors. "Ehe Bean boys are pioneers cf the town, and we thins: they have done well, at least we -would jadge so front the One fireproof foundry and machine shop they have just erected. The mam build- three stories high whi-h will be used for machine and wood wort ing shops, the nmnldiDg department the? whole buHding1 be- New machinery of the latest pattern Ear all depart- ■when all complete? and aet ur we boast of a fonmfcy and machine shop equipment mat te- he fotmd «ftfes much larger and older Bn ing on an extensFre scale had been arranged for before- the fire to take place next spring, Bnt is we aB know- here in Fernie, &te ruled other- FIREWOOD Fop Sale Prompt Delivery W. R. BouAnsit PJUtaJB Tlie test of n neatra*? system is the warm'th of the halis in the ear!y morning. A hot water or steam system will keep a coin- forab'e, even temperature all over the house day and nit^ht. Getting up time finds perfect comfort all over the bouse. The Oxford svstems are the highest development of hot water and aieam heating Other makers come as near as they rjnt oi aare to the Oxford idea. That is the standard they try to teach. If >ou prefer thc O ford idea, insist that yon get it in tbe original, not the imitation. Ther Oxford systems are operated by GURNET-OXFORD Hot Wafer and Steam Boilers in connection with Orfb-d Radi atois. If you have a building to heat let u= hdve the particulars and we wi'l tell you all about the best system to install. batons: nil! The Gurney Standard Metal Co., Limited CAX.GART EDMONTON Also For sale by Whlmster * Co. FOR SALE CHEAP An Edison Phonograph The Newest Model. Cost $65.00 Complete with Three Dozen Records—2 doz 4 minutes and 1 doz. 2 minutes, only used 3 weeks . Price S5O.00 - Apply at the Ledger Office for particulars Andy Ha.xxM.lton I Xinsnaitn *a.n-d Plumber ft We can furnish you with estimates in anything in our line A .full Hoe of shelf and heavy Hard- Tvare in stock together with a complete range of Stoves Furniture Department Our Furniture I)epartment embraces the most unique and up-to date lines. Come in and have a look J. D. QUAIL FERNIE, B. C Hardware a,nd Tinware "We are carrying the largest and most complete stock in this district and can guarantee satisfaction every time Steam Heating aad Flumfelng WHIHSTEK «= CO. FERNIE West Fernie Meat Market Meat, Butter, Eggs and Fish Fresh Heat of all Kinds GIVE DS A TRIAL Fernie Hotel fUarber Shop ED. HOLT, Prop. Is now open tor business. Give ns a .sft for up-to-date work Calgary Cattle Co. All kinds of ROAST MEATS Give us a trial Tbe first meeting of tie Board of Trade since the Are was held la Agent MeMoJlen's office. President Edmunds leaves for Winnipeg, -where lie will Tne in charge of the North. Winnipeg Bank of Commerce branch, for the present, and B. W. Trenhoiina of Winnipeg is to talte charge here teinporarJl7- The Tlce president,- O N Eoss tafeea the position of president. New boofes -and supplies trill have to be procured^ as all such fixtures were Juat In the Qre- r " '** ' * r , -
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Title | The District Ledger |
Publisher | Fernie, B.C. : W. S. Stanley |
Date Issued | 1908-11-28 |
Description | The Nakusp Ledge was published in Nakusp, in the Central Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia, from October 1893 to December 1894. The paper was subsequently published as the Ledge both in New Denver, from December 1894 to December 1904, and in Fernie, from January to August 1905. The Ledge was published by Robert Thornton Lowery, a prolific newspaper publisher, editor, and printer who was also widely acclaimed for his skill as a writer. After moving to Fernie, the paper continued to be published under variant titles, including the Fernie Ledger and the District Ledger, from August 1905 to August 1919. |
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Fernie (B.C.) Fernie |
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FileFormat | application/pdf |
Language | English |
Notes | Preceding Title: The Fernie Ledger Frequency: Weekly |
Identifier | District_Ledger_1908_11_28 |
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BC Historical Newspapers |
Source | Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives. |
Date Available | 2016-07-26 |
Provider | Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library |
Rights | Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from the Digitization Centre: http://digitize.library.ubc.ca/ |
AIPUUID | 828e46a8-7005-4e68-b6e6-4d6258fd943d |
DOI | 10.14288/1.0182720 |
Latitude | 49.504167 |
Longitude | -115.062778 |
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