\y-': '■ --■ f,'-:~~- y^'-'iiii^-^^yiyy:-- "V "K-, *. .-,'"'■' * '-- ; -' "iT • -"' ■7.-:-*l !'/■* ' V,-* x- • '/■^^X -yyrry .<* i'i-'. :. li%\S\ '-adustria.- Unity is Strength . j.- The Official Organ of District No. 18, U. M.»W. of A. Political Unity is Victory VOI*. VI. Kb. 4 FERNIE, B. C,August 27th. 1910 $1.00 a. Year >Jn tip. IKIERNIE Big List of Events and A Grand Time Now Promised official illustrated;. catholic directory - "7 Y ' '-—-"'■ -7''<> " " - Rev'. - Father Mlchels,'-superior of the Kootenay district; of Fernie is arranging an official directory of church missions. Many of these books will be sent East with the object, of obtaining more Catholic people for this parish. This book will meet a long- relt want. Father Michels representative will call upon you shortly for your subscription. Help the good work along. In .addition'to'the program as per below the Fernie Athletic association have decided to have the glove contest that.the'Michel sports were not permitted to* pull off take place here as an additional attraction. All con- ' testants " are * earnestly requested to send in tlieir entries at as early a . date as possible. 7'" - .- The events * consist of football matchos, baseball, etc. ' l:40-_Hop, step and jump.' 2:00—Running long jump. ' 2:30—Running high jump. 3:00—Tug-of-war (without cleats.) ■- 3:30—100-yard race. ^ ; 3:45—Wrestling. 4.15—440-yard race: ' . 4:30—Squaw tepee. 5:00—Two-mile race. 5:20—220 hurdle!- " 10:30—Tennis doubles. 6:30—Quarter-mile pony race. " 6:40r7-Half-mile horse race, (open.) 6:50—Pony race. 7:00—Korse race, (open.) T-.lO-^-Squaw. '. 7 ■ ' 7:20—Pony. ' ' s~ '" ' 7.20—Horse. The horse race will be run froth the Bean .'foundry toTDr. Corsan's'' residence and tho*pony races from the Henderson block to Dr. * Corsan's - house. c k( •* - . ' - '■'" COMPENSATION PUZZLE. SHOT DOWN BY "*v i . - A CRAZY RANCHER THE CITY BAND. The House of Lords yesterday delivered judgment in.a case under the Workmen's „ Compensation Act, 1906, namely, whether a man who lost his life by drowning when returning to his ship, having been ashore upon his own business without leave, came within the scope, of the act. • ^ An action was brought by a widow in the Manchester County Court, and Judge Parry found in her favor, and awarded her £240 and costs. Upon appeal this decision was reversed, the court holding that the' accident did not arise out of or' in. consequence of the man's employment. , Against this decision the widow appealed to the House of. Lords! The Lord Chancellor and Lords Ashbourne and James were of* opinion that tlie accidsnt was caused during the.'man's employment, and arose out of * it, though it did not arise in the course of it. Lord Mersey and Lord Mac? naghten thought the man's employment had ceased when he ^went ashore, and .that nothing that .hap*- pened to him while away could' "bo said to have happened during his employment. , . By,a majority the house therefore reversed the decision of the Court of Appeal, and .restored the ' award - of the county court judge, and ordered the respondents to pay the appellants costs both in that house and .below. Martin Haller Deliberately Shoots "Billy" Palmer to Death at the Latter's Home—Gruesome Deed '■7 Said to be Outcomeipf an Old Grudge INFORMATION WANTED.: - In consequence of the inability of- several players to attend regularly to _the_practices?ii—the-usual-Siinda*''—band- , concert will not take place next Sunday ns Professor Zaccaro feels, it his duty to the public riot to. appear unless the f-qll complement are* thorough: ly capable of rendering the • program in a satisfactory ma'nrieR"' ""7. ? T__v is attributable, not to any lack of desire, but "solely, because*1 several of tho. •members. '.' are-.ojt,' different Bhlfts"at the-mines precluding .their regular, attendance at the weekly practices. It there be any way whereby this difficulty can be overcome the city council can rest assured of the hearty, appreciation of the band who will give their earnest co-operation to effect" tho needed change. INJURED MAN DIES. If this should meet the, eye of J. T. Ingham, formerly bf Coal Creek, and last heard of as'.working on the'government road at Fort Steele, he is earnestly requested to-wrlte to No. 1 ■Rrdu_|*^treetrBuriiiey,7EancaBhireras- there is some information of which they wish him to' know/ 'l jAny news-regarding' the* persent whereabouts of.William D. Atchison, last >■ heard' of at Coal, Creek, B. -C-, about two and ono-half years ago, will be gratefully received by bis-anxious motherV.Mrs. Schwing,,75.Flood.street, 'King's Road, Chelsea; England. De* scrlptlon: Scotch, stoutly built; age about '20, and fresh complexion. Labor,, journals please copy. ,. HALLER Saturday evening'when the town was crowded with people busily intent on spending some of the money which had been' disbursed that day by ;the coal company to its employees, a report was current that there had been a shooting bout at Krag, a small village on the line of the Great Northern about 20 miles south of Elko, and upon making enquiries of the police official's ascertained that the .rumor was well founded but the details were somewhat meager, and all we could glean at that- time was that William Palmer, manager of the Krag hotel of which his mother, ifrs. Palmer, was the proprietress, had' been mortally wounded by Martin Haller, a rancher, and lumberjack, who, after committing, \the foul deed,- succeeded in escaping although _ followed, by Constable ,Wm. Lacey, whom he ordered back, threatening to shoot, and as the officer was only . armed 0 with a., revolver,'he had no.alternative" but. io obey... The', evening train reached Fernie with the"murdered' man, who _had_s"ucc_umb_ed__to_his~ Injuries, accom- ... ...,f. FATALLY ___4L__ i * "jl'... -, -,"-**, '• i Chase and Captara.of Haller. As soon as .possible after the report of the murder.reached .the Fernie provincial headquarters ' Chief Con* stable ..Arthur Sampson organized a posse and knowing the deperate character of the individual the contingent went forth fully'equipped for battle after receiving careful,, instructions how,to proceed. News was received that he had' visited Ingram's ranch near Sheep mountain on Sunday and . obtained' food there, thither a detachment '•' was , dispatched. In tbe meantime he had doubled back on bis tracks, and returned to the scene of ,the tragedy," called.- at the home of. Mr. Sandberg, where he had a meal, and then strolled-across to the. station at, Krag, -an'^old boxcar .minus wheels, where after-, remaining a short time he took his position in the bushes on the upper side of the railway.". ■„' ' Chief Sampson, having been notified,* hurried back, with his men brderi_g Constable'Lacey with two -men to proceed round the back of the hill in order. to;cut off possible retreat. This they did while the remainder of the party, remained "under ■ cover,.*fr,om which,point of vantage they were able to discern Lacey's*movements and, at SIX FOR THE CHILDREN'S HOME AT VANCOUVER Superintendent Wilson of the Children's home at Vancouver arrived in Fernie on Wednesday* night for the purpose of taking six children to that institution belonging to Mr. and Mrs. .hinord. Quarreling and -family disturbances accompanied by parental neglect, caused the authorities to decide that these children would bo better off as inmates of the home than if left to the tender mercies of those who ought to be their rightful guardians. <- Mr. Wilson reports that the children of Mike I-Tudock, sent from Hosmer, are well' and hearty and quite comfortable in their present surroundings. ' * AT THE GRAND THEATER. COLLECTION FOR MRS. DECOUX. *.i James Boboy, whose back was fractured a short time ago at Coal Creek, died on Friday morning and the body Is lying at the Scott undertaking parlors pending Instructions regarding funoral arrangements. Tlie deceased was 35 years of age and lt is bolleved that his wife nnd family nro on their way out'from the old land as ho sent word for thom' to como a fow days before the accident occurrod. ' .We are .in receipt ,-of. information that a colloction taken up on behalf of Mrs. .Decoux and her littlo ones has been .successful in obtaining the Bum of,.$151.10 ,of which Hillcrest subscribed $18,50 and Frank $132,60. Mrs. Decoux wishes to express through the columns of,The Lodger hor heartfelt gratitude to Messrs, Blaise and Decamps and those who have subscribed to tho fund. C. P. R. TRAIN 8ERVICE., MARRIAGE. ReV.' 'W .Walton] of tho" Anglican church, performed tho ceremony at 11 o'clock, on Thursday.morrilng that changed Miss Mngglo Arbucklo's namo Into-Mrs. Sam Clark, Botii .parlies, now ono only, aro" residents of Coal Crook. \- ■; Sunday last a.new tlmecard wont Into effect and below we glvo ti*a changes■ that "affect'this point:'- 312—9,; 20 a. ,m. Local, eastbound, 313—10:00, Regular passenger westbound. 7—11:40, Flyer, westbound. ■ ,31*1—18:10, Rcguln-r passongor, eastbound. 311*—20:88, 'Local, '•westbound.*. 8—24:30, Flyor, eastbound. v U. M. W. OF A. panied by his grief-stricken mother and Dr. Saunders, of , Waldo, the physician for that- district..'>r -1* . This, man Haller 'we learn had bean employed at.,the hotel and that \ after his discharge, being of a'! morose temperament,, had brooded over his fancied wrongs until ..he .had ."reached the"'stage of-.homicidial mania and then*_et.out deliberately on his murderous mission, as he walked Into the bar-room and lifting his rifle; a 32 special,*' tired two shots point blank at Palmer,'both taking effect, one penetrating the upper portion of thi lungs and the other shattering the anterior portton of tho left shoulder, this latter wound was no doubt Intensified by the bullet' being Bltghtly deflected in Its course _ by • striking the empty shotgun which Palmer had Bnatched up. The body was taken from the train to the undertaking parlors' ot Mr. William Scott, whilo the poor mother was taken care of by Mrs, Robert Duthie, an intimate friend, who toother home whero John, a younger son working at the Coal Creole mines, mot his mothor having rocolvod word of the murdor of his brother. Tho family is woll known In ,thls locality, as; tho boyB worked In tho mines at Coal Crook,-whoro tho mothor kopt a boarding hbuao prior to taking ovor tho hotol whoro * tho tragedy was enacted. In addition to thoHO mombors already montlonod thero is a married son at Ladysmlth and a married daughter living ln tho Boundary, who wore notlflod by.wlro and. attended tlio funoral whicli took placo from Christ Church on Wednesday afternoon. . tlie ,same time screened from.Haller's view,,' Sampson, signaled to Lacey but the. latter with his <*'two men. were brought .to a sudden- halt as they reached the bushes where" Haller was hidden he fired'a'shot at close range, all three men'duckingj'and then crept off; towards-..1 tlie, ."JftiUlway.'track** and reaching the open space made a dash for tlie cover on- the opposite side, but in so doing he was fusilladed as he ran although' without effect. -. Constable Gorman of tho Fernie city force, who had, been deputized to aid the * provincial officers, and1, Chief Constable1 Arthur Sampson espying the fleeing man-as he apeared.In an open space fired; and he then received the' bullet which wrote '■>'finis" to thc chapter of this man's career. -. - ■ Despite the serious nature of tbo wound, tho ball, a hard nosed one from a Itoss rifle, entering below tho ribs on the left side., and passing clean through the abdomen came out on the right side, ho managod to reach a nearby shack although not without making an , attempt, futile probably becauso of the pain preventing, to roturn tho officers' fire, After tho shack was surrounded ancl tho building bombarded with kicks from bohlnd without eliciting any rosporiBO Indicative of any notico bolng taken, a" rush was mado for tho door of the cabin and capturo was effected as the* desporado was -found on tho vorandah of the dwolllng lying prostrate but porfoctly conscious with his rlflo lying beBldo him which upon exnmlnntion was found to contain flovon shells, six In tho magazlno nnd ono In tho broach. Ilo was carried to tho tralii and convoyed undor escort to Pernio whero ho expired on Tues day morning shortly after 5 o'clock. But little is-known of "this man's antecedents as he has always been particularly reticent, and although believed to be of German descent, it is riot definitely known. This, is a natural assumption because the name is to a, certain extent corroborated by the discovery of tatoo marks on his right" arm. There are the figures',* "1882" and a crown and scroll over his name "M. Haller," ,which certainly, lends color to the supposition that he has at some time been in the German service, either in the army or navy, from which possibly he deserted thus partially, explaining the reasons for his silence when the question of his early life entered into discussion.'. ' ■ -, -...*-.,- i * After the man had been brought aboard the train - it. was_ discovered that Lacey was -missing, and as he had not been seen since Haller shot at him it was feared that some mishap might have' befallen, the Elko constable, so Chief Constable Sampson and Coroner Bleasdell drove back from Baynes but .were'greatly relieved to find that he was,.unhurt. It appears he fill-into "a-Hole when .he* was* rudely accosted by .Haller, and lyffig^lHe«"f(^_on^~tim&7Cfep,r"out" cautiously, and weiided his wayt, back to Krag shortly after' the train had pulled out.. ■ ' '" i. ,-*\'.'-' - As Ms, usual at such'times there.are a number of minor details of .more or less accuracy in circulation, tilt the report given-fi*. as'riear the correct- version of the story as possible; The only ■ additional information that we have been able to-glean re garding the past life of Haller.-Is that 10 or 12 years ago he was working for the Duluth Ice-company in that ,clty, where he. la-bolleved to have a brother in tho bakery and confectionery business. After leaving.Duluth he" wont .to Spraguo, Wash., where he was; on the police forco, but presumably under an assumed name, and from utile latter town ho camo to British Columbia with a gang of lumberjack who had been engaged to follow their vocation In this neighbor-, hood by, a local firm; Tho verdict of the Jury empanelled to.Inquire Into, tho death of W, C. Palmor find, that ho camo to his death from rjflo bullotB discharged from a rlflo In "the hands of ono Martin Haller, whom we bollovo was nt the time Insane. And wo, said jurors, further recommend that In view of tho fact that tho said Martin Haller, on or about July 2Cth, 1910, did mako threats to burn up tho said hotol and kill both William Palmer and Bert Rawsoii, tho said throats having boon duly roportod by Constablo Lncny to Chief .Constablo Sampson; that n rlgl'll Inquiry bo mado by thoBO ln authority into tho nogll- gonco on the part of"Chlof Sampson In not having tho nald Martin Haller oxiimlii-ed and arroBtod. Fairly effervescing " with musical gems of* genuine merit, in fact PIxley and LuderVbest offort, "The Burgomaster,' which comes to the Grand Theater next Tuesday, August 30th, promises to prove the brightest and best, of, all the musical shows to be offered this, season. All tho old favorites, "Goodbye New Amsterdam," "Keep Cool,'*' "We're Civilized Now," "The Dutch Cadets," "I Drink From My Heart to You," "We Always Work the Public," "Little Soubrette," "Dear Old College Days," "Rainy., Daisies," "Tale of the Kangaroo," "I Love You Dear and Only You," "Cupid Does Not Marry," "Modern Gladiator." "Havn't Discovered Him Yet," "The Hypnotist" will again be heard as well as several new and original Interpolations SIR WILFRED ON TUESDAY Preparations Completed To Welcome Premier 0 Laurier Here SPRINGHILL, N. S. The,fight still continues. The mine workers stand as firm,as ever and are showing' splendid a example of solidarity. The Press is sending out lying report's in the hope of preju'dic*: ing the public mind against them.'As proof of'this-the soldiers tired of the monotony had -arranged to play a game of football'wlth the town teams, composed * of strikers, but it was put- off because Cowans, the manager for the coal company, would not allow the town team to enter their grounds. Sir Wilfrid'visited Vancouver. Rep-, resentatives interviewed the Premlor. His reply was consistent with his utterances on the floor of the Houso of ^Commons. Did he possess musical talent equal to his oratorical ability he might havo favored his audience with the following typical song of tho music halls in the early 80's, using the word "Japan" in lieu of "Russia." "With Russia we've quarreled many, ,many times Concerning, the treaty "of old, But the treaty is settled and another • one signed ' -- * Far better and truer than gold. A Holy alliance with Russia Is mado O'er which party feeling must ne'er cast a shade, 'Twill unite the two lands and encourage the trade Of the Union Jack of Old England. Japan has a treaty and has shown herself to be a factor in the .world'B doing, therefore we must not injure her susceptibilities. China, on the other hand, is weak and is the shuttlecock among nations, consequently we can Impose a .head tax on her subjects. ' These characteristics should disillusionize any' entertaining the thought that impractical sentimentality has* more than a transitory influence upon the class that the Right, Honorable .gentleman so ably repre- "—Tne_menrwno~are_out~oi"won-:~are" taking advantage. of- thp opportunity to study tHe questions "affecting their well 'being so1 tbat, -while of course there Is individual suffering, the-opposition "to grant living conditions Is by no means an unmixed Injury. CAMPBELLTON. According to the_Carleton Sentinel, N. B„ August 17th was a public half- holiday for the purpose of holding sports, proceeds from which go to tho Campbellton sufferers. When Fernio was wiped, out there wa3 no stint to the relief'that was sent ln and yot now that an opportunity Is forthcoming to show appreciation are wo to remain silent and bo regarded as lngratos? We aro perfectly willing to do our share and sincerely hopo that tho citizens will respond to tho noeds of the eastern sufferers with llko liberality as was meted out to them, . COLLECTE POUR MME. DECOUX. Nous venons do recevolr une lettro nous Informant quo uno collecto falto pour Mmo, Decoux et sa famille a produit la sommo de $151.10 do In- quello Hillcrest a donno $18.50 pendant quo Frank a produit la soldo do $tH2.60 et nous nous falsons l'lnter- proto do l'lnfortunoo damo pour ro- morclor Messieurs Blaise et DeBcampB et les camarades qui ont donne lours efforts et lour obolo pour une si loua'olo cause. K. P. DOINGS. On tho regular mooting night of tho Fornio lodgo , on Tuesday last three ranks wero conferred on candidates ln readiness to undertake tho trials and troubles Incident to going for water via tho Dokay routo on Monday next. Information was rocolvod from Socrotary Gus Moose that tho mombors of thp Spokano tomplo, D. O. K. K, would bo horo In forco and vigor on tho 201.1). DIAMOND CITY, ALTA. sents7 because-bot_~liis wordf~and~ actions, stripped of verbiage andrbfna- mentation, demonstrate tbat the rule and guide, of his conduct is "la force majeure," therefore if 'the. working • class are determined to'put an end to a condition of ^ffairs which makes them a'• consideration7'.secondary to trado Interests tliey must become^ tbo' major force. ''"' "" " ' 7, "* * John DorlgoUl Is now so far on tho rond to recovery that lt Is oxpoctod that lio will soon be ablo to go back to work. This Is lho young Italian who was burned about tho faco and chont early this month, owing Co his lamp (open) Igniting tho residue of a gasoline cask which hnd boon sont Into his placo for him to pour wator Into In ordor tlmt his working plnco bo kopt tiB dry as possible, Special Session Called for Indianapolis Concluded--Men tb Pay Assessment of $1 a Week After a woeic'R debating ln which Homo vory exciting Incidents had occurred, on the 18th John Mltcholl having tho floor .declare. In tho courso of his Bpooch that tho action of tho exocutlvo with roforonco to Illinois wnn a violation of the principle tlmt, onch district should havo local government. Tho compromlso ottoroiX ho nnlf! fnrChor, tonic away the right to strike... It should lmvo boon rejected aud a roforuu-Jtuut vctts liavo boon taken. Pronldent LowIb ■olcudcd for unity. During tlio dny'n dlsmiMlnn tumult- mm rtlBordor broko out when President t ,-..■«,. »i'(wnt«*i fn bjioiV frntn tb<*> chair In reply lo Secretary McDonald of Illinois and tlioro woro cries from nil over tho houso, "Put Hayos In Iho chair, Hayes, Hnyos, Ilayes." Samuel Gompors attended,nnd was Rccordod ft seat on tho platform, ond wlin-n Mllr-d upon to mako a -speech said In part: "I am In this city to confer with President Moyer nnd others wllh reference to granting n charter In tho A. F. of I* to tho W, F. or M., «.«■<! exprcieed the hopo that a mlno deportment might soon bo crontod In tho A, Y. of I* which wonld comprise belli iho !ns,ir«Tfal or- prnfimtfrtfl't of mino wnrhern." The Cool Operator-*, aaaoclatlon hnvo boon mnldnir « big bluff nbowt Importing scnlis to tnko the plnee of tho Illinois Htrlkors, but it has not tho BlIgbtoBt offoct on tlio minors, except to bo to Incroaso their determination, If It bo poBBlblo to In- crGrmo It, to fight this quostion out to a finish. Thn cost of tho convention Is figured nt $7,000 a dny, DlHtrlct President J. P, Whito added fuol to tho fl-irn-M- hv cnlllntr fnr thn roHlffnntlon of Lewis, but Uto remark of Dologato bUUiiptj uf Minaouil Citaici a txiar xi[ laughter when ho remarked, "I don't want you men to not mo Ijinornmnsed on (lis hero question." John Mltcltoll. ln tho courso of a oTinnoVi mndo nn tho Iflth. rtf>ft»ndild thn position taken by tho Illinois men slating Hint Iho action of tho convention wns "Unwise, unprecedented and unauthorlrod by the constitution of tho U. M. W. A." Thero wero two features of tho compromlso which ho stlng-ln-ily condomncd—ono tho clauso requiring minors to contlnuo nt work pending no**, tlnti-lons nfter tho expiry of tbo contract period, and the provision allowing operators to appeal irrlevanc-is to the International Mocntlvi*** board. Th» first provision, ho snld, would weaken thn miners In cat* of a -dif«Rr««m«nt'with Ihe operators and lhe second violated the principle of district nntonomy. On Au-pist 20th It waa decided to nsBeafl each employed minor $1.00 u n wook for the support of the strikers, Comploto Indorsement ot tlio Intornntlonnl officers and osocutlvo board woro tlio fonturon of the report of a special commltteo. AIro It waB rocommondod thnt (ho convention fully Indorse-, the IHIiioIh strike nml tho BtriiRBloB In 'Mio othor rllstrlclH. At tho mootliiK of Aiwmt 21st lho "InBUi'R-entB" gained a Hwonplng victory. Tho resolutions direct tho In- torimtlonnl to count tho roferendum voto Bubmlttcd to tho Illinois minors and to accopt tho results as final. Prosldont Lowls rulod William Clreon out of order and .IiIh doUwilo former president of tho Ohio mlnorn appealed against tho decision of the chair , whoroupon John Mitchell was cnllod Ito act and upon puttim. mo iikjuoii i . . • .« _..___ ,.i. ____■■_ .■% ■*.,. a* to wUiUu llm thulr i'l'i/uld bv sustained tho lollcra' count showed G37 (o 445 nttnlnst sustaining tho chnlr. Although beaten tho LowIb ndhoronts cnllod for a roll of tho •hm-mr-i which took up all the afternoon. Thoro Is ono clnuso In tbo Or eon substitute and thnt Is tho recommendation that International organ- hers be withdrawn, $14*4,000 weekly Is" the nmount figured thnt will bo needed to keep up tho fight In the striking districts. To sum up tbis Is the result of tbe convention: l<en-_tti ol MhHHioti. 10 ilHyt*, Delennt-fs, 1,1*17. Cost, ap^roslmntcly, $100,0*0. Action, Walker upheld, Lewis turned down. President Thomas L. Lpw-b accuBod, In a Mttnr upooch, tho "IHIiioIh ot flclnls of hnd fnith and rUomptlng to disrupt tho union. Ho cnllod John 11. Walker and Whito "liars." Walkor took iho floor In reply and "gave bnck an strong a spooch an that directed at lilm. Lowls threatonod tho oxpiilHlon nf the IHIiioIh ofNclulH ami Walkor (hired hlm to do It. ImllnnnpollB, Auk. IiI.—Ab wiih oxpoctod Prosldont Lowls liml nn opportunity to give bin Bide of tli'- Illinois controversy today. At tho doao of ycstdiility'H hiihkIoii tho roll cnll of ilclonntoH hnd not yot boon I'omplotod. LowIh oxpticlu to Hhow that nomo of tlio dolognlns yostordny mndo incorrect sl.nlomenta. I MomborH of tho International oxecu- I tivo coiii in it (fo wiu ukpiaiii li-ui- «_ Doux iu r<,*..n*i1 In im-lntf Dw nfloji- linn of the- compromise nirmnm-nnt, President Walkor of the IHIiioIh district mndo n atrong roply to LowIb, ns bo hnd asked (or tho opportunity to hnvo the floor for Hint purpose. Lewis and Perry st Outs Indianapolis, Ind., Att«. 16/~Tho lnnff etpMted tftpht on ihe floor of th# miners' convention rnmo " today. Thoro Is friction between Thomnj'* L, Lowls, president, and Edwin Porry, iiecrotary-trensurer, following Ixiwls' ejection of Porry from his offlco Into Balurdny. Tho discord botwoon the International officers, which reached ii clinuix vtb'-n M-irclary l\rry trill- el-led tho administration In Ids flnnn- cini i-.-ii-.-r', hiulu In a;i open verbal clnHh when Perry went to Lewis' office*- on buslnoHS. Perry left when ordered out. Mitchell Is Present John Mitchell, formerly president of thu United Mlno Workers, Is here, jnn-t was loudly t:b«-ufe«l w\nm h~ r-ntr-r-fd and took n teat among the iloloRntoH, In a brlof apooch from tho floor Mltcholl urgod a cont In- uanco of harmony among momliern that provallod during hiBadtnlulHtra- tlon. Tho convontlon Ib waiting on tho speeinl eommltlr-o, which Ih ox- penlod to roport tomorrow, 8eo a Victory. A victory for HIIikiIh was prixllcl-nd nmong tho several dolegntcH iih n in- milt of the prcHoncn of John"Mitchell on the -.'onvontlnn floor, Mltclioll'H official ri'lMtloiiH with LowIh nro known to bu unfriendly. Howovor, bin tiloKo frlomls do not b-lluyo tho former prosldont will tnlm an oHIvn pnrt In thn nntl-LuwIn fight unless drawn into It. Mitchell represents Wstrlct 12, Spring Valley, 111. Mitchell expects to mont with President Moyer, of tlio Wostorn Fodorntlon || of Miners, ami ■ru.niii .it U'Cvuncll ,ill *,!.<.- JliUlllU tlonal Miu-IiIiiIhIb' union, in nn effort tn nfflllnto the western miners with tlio Amerlcnn Fodorntlon of Lnhnr. Pureed la Cheered. All "llptll.lf 1111*111 htrO A M.rt\v.UH:ll'i mndo by M. F. Piircell, mombor of tho Intornntlonnl exocutlvo board from Montana,* yostordny, that ho "not only opposed tho Illinois c oitipronilsa proposition, but eaiiscl Dr. ndoptlon of an nmendm-gnt to r■;-..»r ll» com- im-mls.- lo tho.' Illtnol* '■•ll.op.i for ndoptlon or rejection." Thi- pfn'omont bronnht nonrly hnlf of tho (k'U'finU-8 to tbelr root In tbelr enllitiKlasm over tlio position takon lJJr J-urcc'll. Proslilont L<-wl» snld: "Then- U ono man In this convention that you are not Kolnr-. lo cxclto," ,*.ti.i U-. "mul Ibal'ti Uvu mau v,t*u t.i holding tho Jtavel." USED AN AXE Slav's Brutal Assault on Hosmerite- Victim at Hospital and it is Expected He Will Die " Mlko Ma/.ur of Mlchol was broiiKht up to iho city this week (.hftwd with tlio unlawful wnundln-. of n follow coiintrymun at Hosmor, On Thursday ho apponrod beforo ,1, H. T. Alexander, R, M.. when Mm ovidoneo wns kUoii Mini thu aceum! J-mnit-yi.il up lo Mlchol nnd ciilllnii n< Hlmok -15, oecnplnil by n fellow coun- Irynuiii nnmod Aleck limitn, doiimiul- cd the Imiw-dlnto pnym-mit of hoiw monoy owIiik hlm nml when told that wlillo It wan Impossible to pay lho entlru num at onoo still lio would kIvo i • *.■« * -in iiti.t Mir* l-icil't n oi\ *\ti »••"**• •— »* ~* v ■ (pilcldy an posslblo. This, however, did not suit Mir/iir nml ho heaped a lot of iiIiuhi! upon bltl debtor nccom- pnnyliiR IiIh words with slnpB with his open hand, ami while Honta wns try- lnK to n»-*L ix-.xix;' UtiM hit n*ii'.;ill:int and hnd IiIb attention for the mo- i mont diverted Mniur pu-Uim! up n jdoublo bitted axo and without further ado «trti(k blm n fc-arful blow on the head felling hint to the nround where ho Kty bruls-xl and hloedlnt; csilllnc for liolp. Tbo ftoclnr wan font for j hurriedly and upon making an ex nmlnntion of the Injured rniin found that tlio from nl bono Imd heen KiniiHlied and four nrlciios cut. Tho mnn Ih nt. prow-nt lyltut nt, tlio Hns- uier hoHpllnl In n very proenrlmiH ciiiiilllfoii, mid In coiiHoqiieiu*-.' of llio -HIKI'lll]'- flltlll lel'lllllllltloil of tliin diiHtnrdly alliiclt MiiKlsiruto Alnxmider ;xt Dw. ronuoHl of l-hlef Hampnon, re- ntniiileil the ciikc until next Tuemlny, | I lie ,'iiilli, 111 lliu mcailtlltltt <nu uc- 1..-....1 ""■'I !■■ THE DECOUX CASE. .Every effort to lmvo A. IVooU"**:, wbo l',,M, ..I I I 'I I , . I tl ' -'■'••• ■• • has, been wll hunt success, linUcud, howi'vir, of boldlns Mm enso over until tlm October nBHlzcH, » Hpuclnl seflHlnn hns been docldcd upon and ho will ciiuio up for trlnl nbout ilio 7th of tioptr-ml-nr. Tlioro hnvo lioon si)im> (nfnrm-il siiciJi'stioiiH mmlo (hat It mlxht bo a U'iidiI idnn to lmvo a "Decmix" dny threuRhoul Hie district. KitnIcis nn iihiiuI nt the Ilnptlst church Sundny. Pimtor Spidell will proncli nt 11 n. m. on "Commcndnhl- F('rK'-tfulfit'K.s," and nt 7:".'o p. m. on "Th<^ Mlonrrt of f;n,»." K\*rfhndy in welcome. s'7- •" ."-. :*. '• ^V-'' ■-■■■■■'■ .;,;.v " PAGE -TWO THE DISTRICT LEDGER, FERNIE, B. C, AUGUST 27, 1910. ,r> ' Issues in South Africa's First Election There has been a flood of oratory this week all over the country. Th<j Unionists have been especially busy - in Johannesburg and, in the towns of the Cape Province, ' Everywhere Unionist organizations are' -being formed, and in each case the, old members of parliament for the district are taking the lead and insisting on the necessity of taking up tbe challenge which the Union Ministry has thrown out ancl fighting tbe coming elections on strict party lines. Far the * most conspicuous speech,*** however, which has been made during tho week is tbat with which Sir Percy 1 .tzpatrick ' opened bis campaign * against General Hotlm at Pretoria East. Sir Percy . itzpalrick is acknowledged by his most severe critics to be a first-class candidate in an election. His contost against Sir Richard Solomon, when bo won his - seat at Pretoria against very heavy odds, was a triumph of personality, , Fitzpatrick ana Botha. In opening bis present campaign against a still more formidable opponent, be showed that bo has lost none of his skill on the platform, lie begun with a,reference to a personal matter. Mr. Esselen, a leading Pretoria barrister and General Botha's chairman of committee, had alleged that Sir Percy Fitzpatrick had told him more than once that lie would not. oppose General Botha. To' tnis assertion Sir Percy gave the lie direct, fie characterized the assertion and the idea which il embodied as ■fantastic;" and added a sentence or two of excellent banter directed against Mr. Esselen himself, who liad taken the chair at General TBotha's meeting in Pretoria East a fortnight ago: "When his good' friend Mr. Esselen took the chair and invoked the name of the Deity, and showed that by Divine guidance Het* Volk were going to get another seat, really he thought he must be reading things amiss. There was his old friend ap: ' pearing again in his old capacity as a wandering, chaperon. ,1-Ie'had found a new,,debutante to escort. He reminded him of tlie story by Owen Wister, 'The Virginian.' They remembered the story of the hen Emily. -She had-,no political family of-her own. She used to'sit upon anything from paving stones to puppies. If she happened to' strike a real egg it was only by „an accident." No one who will underrate the effect of chaff of tbis kind at the beginning of a political speech. But the full flavor cf the jest is lost upon those who do not know Mr. Esselen in his genial, ubiquitous, * and rather elephantine self. Sir Percy, however, soon took his audience - on to more serious issues. The Ministry and National _ Convention. The gravamen of his Indictment of the Botha ministry, with the party complexion, was that the wh'.ilo settlement of the National Convention had Implied, not only In Its final form but throughout the discussions which led up to tho settlement, tho formation of a non-party ministry at thn initiation of Union. Tho pason&o of tho speech In which HiIb thesis is developed is remarkable for its logic and its detail. Tho conviction which undorlles it Is unmlstaknblo, and it hns mado an enormous Impression throughout South Africa. Nevertheless, although Sir Percy gavo chapter and vorse for his contention that tho tormatlon of the Union Ministry on a party baRls was a direct violation of tho understanding, thnt had underlain the wholo settlement arrlvod at by tho National Convontlon, ho gavo Goneral Botha personally ovory credit for n slncoro doslro to form a non party ndmlnlstrntlon. "Ho could not glvo Gonornl Botha too much credit for tho effort. It might bo bad policy, It might bo an unconventional thing, to crack up one's opponent, but ho would not dotrnct from tho broad kindly assurance, the generous disposition of tho mnn bocauso of tho offortH he had mado ln tho past. , . Goneral Botha was porfoctly elnccro In those negotiations, but ho broko down nt tho finish and changed his mind, Ho changod his mind undor jiroHHiiro." Tho dntormlnatlon of (Jon- oral Hotlm to fight tho Boat nt Pretoria Kast wns tho best sign of the oxtent lo which Gonornl Hotlm Imd changod IiIh mind nml tho bont ovidoneo of the amount, of pressure that Imd boon brought to honr upon hlm. Ilut wlml wns tho Inevitable rosult of the emitr'Ht at I'rotorln Hast? The Pretoria Contest. "HuppoHv," he mild, "tlmt Pretoria lOnst were won thorn would bo mnny otlioi'H lust on tlm mum* ground throughout. Kimtli Africa, Nolhing hud occurred to Himke tlio peopl-,*'** cnnfl'loiK'i! moro Minn, that. Ho got Lenps ul' b-tiui-H from ollvr people In South Africa, and in those letters there was a most unpleasant and pathetic repetition. He had stoojd bail for General Botha and his good intentions, he had guaranteed General Botha's sincerity of purpose about that fresh start of non-racialism, and therefore he would have to go back and give aii account to them, and be would do so and speak perfectly freely. He got from every part of South Africa this curious and pathetic inquiry: 'What am I to say? Every man I meet turns to. me, and says I told you so.' They knew an injury bad been done, a crime had been committeed which people ■ would be slow to forget or to forgive. He could hardly express himself to them. Was he to turn round to them and say, 'You aro right,' or what was,, he to say to a prominent man on the other side who had said,.'He is humbugging you,' or 'He is humbugging us,' or what was he to say to another .who said, 'You are not slim enough for thom,' or to dozens or * scores of them or to his own colleagues, whom he had estranged and tried to the last extreme by advocating that cause if they should reproach him? But they did not reproach him, they bad treated hlm gonerously. They understood his motives. He did not regret what he had done. He would do it again. It might hurt his personal vanity to be taken in. But he would rather be taken in ten thousand time's over if he could do one atom of good to the country." * Position of Unionist Leaders. That, indeed, is the most serious part of the whole bad business. Men who, like* Sir Percy, have been trying their best during the last 18 months to convince English South Africans that their deep-seated suspicions of the Dutch were groundless, are now being reproached and taunted in exactly the-way whichj Sir Percy describes. But it is something at least, to be able to feel that no blame for- the recrudenscence of racial feeling whicli is certain to accompany the elections can attach to the * Unionist leaders, who went to the farthest" lengths of self-humiliation in their desire to keep alive the spirit of mutual good will which made union possible. It is the great merit vof Sir Percy Fitzpatrick's speech that it stated this* issue • with such' plain- spoken dignity. , That, is the note which has sent it ringing through the whole of South Africa. The rest of the speech, which was moro germane Jn-an-elPetiQ****-emitnet _n __ Xiavaerw^.- be left unmentioned. The portions which I have quoted are a reply to the challenge of the Botha Ministry— a reply whose dignity and sincerity are acclaimed by all those who see their hopes of a non-racial future dashed by the composition of General Botha's ■ Ministry.-—Special'. Correspondence from Cape Town to The London Morning Post. LOCKOUT IN WINNIPEG. All Building Operations in City Are Tied Up as a Result. 7 WINNIPEG, Aug. 27,—Tho ultimatum of lho Builders' Exchange to the bricklayers and masons expired on tho 19th nnd as there woro no men at work for tho Lyall-Mltchell company, a lockout of nil union'1 mon went Into forco. Somo 500 men aro directly affected but tho lockout will practically tie up all building In tho city, and ns thero aro millions of dollars worth of work undor construction tho trou- blo coming at this rush period Is a most serious matter, Nolthor tho mon nor tho contractors can afford to ontor a prolonged fight, It Ib admitted, and it la bolleved that thoro will bu an early settlement of tho difficulty, which Indirectly In volves many thousands of members of tho allied building trades. SATURDAY AFTERNOON. Who said,* "It's Saturday afternoon!" Methinks.it must be some gone coon, Who doesn't know \what memories spring And how one's inmost thoughts take wing " Heedless of. the task iu. hand, At the mention of that magic time We used to quit work prompt at noon;' You bet it was a priceless boon—- A Saturday afternoon iii the long ago. A quick rush home, a hasty meal, Then with the help of a trusty, wheel The crowded town with its clatter " '*'° arid clang, Traffic's rush and street cars twang Was soon left fan-behind. Under whirling wheels the miles soon sped, ; And just as quick the moments.fled As we watched the hedge rows quietly glide An endless row along each sldo,- With the white road straight between. When limbs were tired and throats were dry, A welcome rest we'd surely spy, Amid the trees—an inn so cool Nestling bosido a shady pool, Gray stone built with roof of thatch— Sure now it's' liko you couldn't match In all this continent. In parlor dim, but spotless clean From fresh sawdust to oaken beam We'd gently cry, "Say, Mary, dear, Just bring us in a quart o£ beer, Nut brown's tbe shade we greatly prize, , In pewter^pot of ample size, '* Fresh drawn, from cask marked -. "XX" ' - ', "Well, here's our .very best respects." Right through the- years with their ,- care and toil, -, - Right, through the * years with their ceaseless moil,, Fresh as the hawthorne , blossom white, As the rich green grass in" the ,warm sunlight; '■ * * Clear as the stars on that summer • "night ' When the cool moon shed her silver light . ' . Keen comes that memory Of a Saturday afternoon in .the long ago. ~ ', —"Jim Crow," Michel, B. C. tons in sight/arid it can be _mried',by adits without sinking shafts. -.The' mining rights' have been', purchased- by,Mr.-Webster of the Durban -Tlnion Coal company, but Mr. Grove," in explaining the" position said, "I inserted a condition,, accepted by the. owriers. that the purchasers shall be bouridHo offer to, the British admiralty and to the Canadian; Australian,. New Zealand, Indian, South African Unibn.,and the Rhodesian governments a prefer; ential free call on as much, coal, as either, or every • government may * require for; naval purposes, at no more than 5 .per cent above the cost of production. Mr. Webster's financial friends'* agreed to the reservation, so that the navies of the ^empire may, if tliey accept the call within the next two years, be able to secure coal at a small cost, which 'will not be increased under any circumstances. "What has an inland country like Rhodesia to do with such'a scheme? Why, my Idea is that it may'wish to do something to help the empire in time of stress, and if it could not supply ships to the navy tt could contribute coal to it. When you remember "the scientists attribute a,'life' of only somo 200 years to' the Welsh smokeless coal fields, the value of the Utrecht coal Holds to. the empire scarcely needs emphasizing., Thc preliminary arrangements are being'made to-approach tho governments concerned, and in the'1 course of a few days Mr. Wcbster'and I hope to po able to placo tlfe offer fully before the British govftpment." "THE BURGO-VASTER" COMING. O-J. "PAY" TRIOTISM A ,. * BLACK CHARACTER An interesting .oversea visitor here just now is Mr. Daniel Grove of Natal, who has come to London to develop an Imperial scheme of considerable value, says a London cable. His idea put briefly,'is to secure>for the' imperial" navy free access to' the rich, coal fields" of Natal .at a* low minimum cost. ; 77 "Mr. Grove, ln an interview with a press representative.explained that he" is a descendant of pioneers. His great-grandfather was with Nelson at Trafalgar, It was his grandfather who introduced bobbin mills into Ireland from Scotland and.his father was foremost in the mining industry In Bendigo, New Zealand, Mr. Grove iirst became associated with' Natal eight years ago, when he left London in charge of an expedition to Central Africa. Whilst on his way from Naples to East Africa ho became acquainted with Mr. Eloff, the late President Kruger's son-iii-law, who drew his attention to the posslblll ties of the coal resources of Northern Natal and the Eastern Transvaal, and thither he was Induced to go. to study tho coal deposits. After nearly soven years of pntlont and caroful investigation, Grove discovered three seams of excellent coal ln the Utrecht district. Why should it not bo utilized ns an empire coal field, and na a feeder for tho Imperial,.navy? That Is tho subjoct which Mr. Grovo Is pursuing. Ho wants Great Britain _o avail herself of tho flno opportunity now afforded hor, before Germany might do bo if sho had tho option. The Scheme. Embraced in 40,000 acroo of land, tho coal field contains, according to tho estimates of experts, 700,000,000 A leading attraction here this season will be that sparkling musical oddity "The Burgomaster" with Gus.C. Weinburgin'his famous original character of Peter Stuyvesant, the governor-of New Amsterdam. Mr. Wein- burg is one of. those irresistible' fun- makers that never fall to. keep an audience ih good humor and laughter, and as this jolly'old Burgomaster he is afforded so "much opportunity that a wooden Indian would almost have to change his features at some of his* antics, sayings " and ' doings. There., are three hours of solid fun, music and song in'this bright.ancl effervescent musical oddity which accounts , for , its tremendous .run in New York and'Chicago. " Outside of Mr. .Weinburg and * the supporting, cast, the beauty chorus, vivacious dancers, handsome stage settings aud accessories, including the galaxy of popular song hits, are features that are seldom combined to such. an extent and-sowell handled in a musical comedy. "The Burgomaster" and his supporting small army of, fun-makers will .visit us at-the Grand Theater on Tuesday, August 30th. * THE TRUTH. CANADIAN POPULATION ESTIMATED AT 7,489,781 Gain During Year 305,037—British Columbia Haa 321,733 People. OTTAWA, Aug. 27.~It Is estimated by lho ccnsuB and statistics, branch thnt at tho close of tho last fiscal year on March .11, tho population of Canada was 7,489,781, which Is nn In- croriHO of 1105,037 over tho osllmnto of tho population at tho cIoho of tho previous flmml yonr. Tho osllnmto Is modo tip,im follows: Quebec, 2.151,- 0.11; Ontario, 2,087,801; Manitoba, ■1110,111; BiiHl-ith.'liownii, 'I77,r>l'0; All-min, W'ilM'i', llrltlsh Columbln, :)21,7-!'J; unocKiinizi-'d territories, r,f.i,** 0,ri0; Immigration not shown by provinces, lli„S(i2, Totnl, 7.-I81I.7SI. According to those flgurus tlio eon- im:* tu lio luluui lu .lunu, l'Jll, will •'CM'iil n pniiiiliitloii for tho Dominion of lii-lwi-on X,0UO,()i)0 mid 11,000,000, ■^a—yreaeiier—i_ame~"ui^a— newspaper man in this way:".. You editors do not tell the truth. -If you did you cbuld not life; your newspapers would be a failure. The editor replied: You are right and the minister who will at all times and under all circumstances tell the whole ■ truth "about his members, alive or dead, will "not * occupy his pulpit more than one Sunday, and then he will find it necessary to leave town in a hurry The press and tho pulpit go hand In hand with whitewash .brushes and pleasant words, magnifying little virtues into big ones. The pulpit, the pon and the gravestone are the great saint-making triumvirate. And tho 'minister went away looking very thoughtful whilo the editor turned to his,'work, and told of tlio unsurpassing beauty of th«. bride, whilo in fact she was as homely as a ihud fonco. Shoemaker&Repairer Best materials only used and flrst dims workmanship ensures A Good Job JOE . ALVO How roon Block A Poor Weak Woman As ilie It termed, will endure bravely ond patiently •ttonlei whloh n strong m«n would -(ive way under, Tbf tnrt U wftmpn *rr mnrr. niilfnt it,-.- tl..,. j.,,vl.j to be under such trouble*, P.very wonun ought to know Ilut the miy obtiin the mo*, experienced medical advice frt* ef thro and in tilnolutr nnfidtnet snd privacy by writing to the World's DUnentary Medical Auociitior*, R, V. fierce, M. I)., I»reiident, IluflTalo, N, Y. I)r. I'ierce Imi been chief cmnulling phyiiciin nl the Invalid.' Motel snd Surglcr.l In-trltiili-, of Iluffi-Fo, N. Y., for many yearn and liai lud a wider practical eiperiane* In the treatment of women'* di»e**e« than any other phytleitn in thli country, Ui. uicUitiite* »re -worl-i-Umuu* lor their attoniiliin-t elheacy. The moat perfect remedy ever de-rUed for week gad del. cat* women le Dr. Pierce"* Verctite Prescription. IT MAKES WEAK WOMEN STRONG, 8ICI WOMEN WEIX. Tbe many end varied ay-mptomi of woman'* peculiar ailment* tre fully Mt forth fn Plain Rnijlf-ili lnth* Pmptr '* Medical Adviner (10OH pii|(et), a nenty revlicd and up-to-date Edition ol which, cloth-bound, will be mailed frit o« receipt ol 50 one-cent tfampt to pay co»t of mailing eely, Addrrn ai ahoy*. KAMLOOPS EXHIBITION SEPT. 28, 29, 30th Thoro Is nothing to provont Fornio boys and girls from ontorlng for tlio following competition: Division L FINE ARTS—ORIGINAL WORK. CInBs , FlrHt Socond 1301 Drawing, pon and Ink 2,00 1.00 1.102 Oil painting, landscnpo ', 2,00 1.00 lHOil Oil painting, mnrlno 2,00 1.00 1H04 Oil (minting, still life 2,00 1.00 130!*- Walr-rr-olor, htlll lifo 2.00 1.00 IJJ00 Watorcolor, landscape 2.00 1.00 KI07 Prult or flowors, from naturo, wnlorcolor 2.00 1.00 1.(08 Krult nr flowers, from imttiro, oIIb .., 2,00 1.00 liliili Wood carving t 2,00 1.00 lillO China painting ' ,,. ,,,,.. 2.00 1.00 COPIES. Kill Drnwing, crayon or pencil ; *, J.00 JiO I'll? Drawing, IH'ii anil ink 1,00 .50 I ill.'I oil pnlntlinr, InndHciipn, ole i.no no IliM Oil painting, still life , 1,00 .R0 i.'i'il U'-UUUUUJl*, iilll*.IM'UlH) J.uO ,1,0 Killi W'lilfKolor, Hllll lifo , ,, J.00 .(10 1ftl7 Fruit nr flowers lu wntorcolors J.00 ,50 IMS Frnll or flowers in oils 1,00 .150 11119 Pyrography In wood, lonthor, otc 1.00 .50 XVftt Tiornrntlvn Tinltittno* '; ■too rt\ V.121 l-Viimaiiship, boys 13 or under , 1.00 , .50 1322 Ponmunshlp, girls 13 <ir under , 1.00 .50 1323 Penmanship, boy undor 0 yonrs , 1,00 .BO 1321 Penmanship, girl under 0 yonrB , 1,00 ,60 1325 Map of llrltlsh Columbia by any pupil undor IC years nttondlng srlmnl , ,, 2.00 1.00 132fi Fi-wlnim) drawing by nny pupil nndnr U, yonrn flfti»nd- Ing school ,,.., 2.00 1.00 Aiimtiiurs tm- tiintr-rstortd to bo tIiohh who do tint profit or tinbitutiliy soil or offur for sale thoir productions, and who lmvo not nt any tlmo her-n- tofore done bu. Articles cnn only be enlen-d In ono class. Kvldcnco of originality to bo furnished by exhibitor whenever required by the Judges nr tbo committee. Va work will lw awarded a monoy prieo in tho fine arts department that bas onco tnken a prlxe nt n previous Kamloops Agricultural njsocln- tlon exhibition, but may show for n diploma: KXTUIKH CLOSB BBPTKMURU 27, AT « V. M. Beware of imitations Sold on the Merits of Minard's Liniment August 6-11. **. 1 '"'*■*'- ***- . ItMU. .... ' .-< ' ■ '' J . , ■ ,■'"•* . 't''^''i *.yy T^^i^^**58*1 o" THE ONLY WAY TO SAFETY from ruin by-fire is through insurance. All the safeguards known * i ■ are not a. positive guarantee against a visit of the fire fiend. AN INSURANCE POLICY in the companies * we represent is an absolute- protection against loss if the .flames , should attack your place. Better let us issue you one. today. Tomorrow you may- have nothing to insure. . M. A. KASTNER Insurance and Real Estate. *-, -;- 45 Steam-Heated Roor far-Cold Bathe" ,', ; ^TKe -iKing ^Edward r ,; fernie's Leading Commercial Hotel : The'Finest-Hotel in East Kootenay*, J.-L. GATES, Prop. SPORTSMEN • CUT THIS COLUMN OUT and PASTE IN YOUR HAT NEW GAME REGULATIONS Game regulations, 191.0, affecting the Kootenays:*- 7 1. No pheasant shooting is allowed in the Kootenays. 2. Grouse of all kinds and prairie .chicken may be, shot in Fernie and Cranbrook districts '' during- the month * of October only. 3. Ducks, geeso and snipe may be shot between .Sept.' lst and Feb. 28th, both days inclusive. They may be sold during the months of October and November only. • , ,4. Columbia or Coast deer may be shot "between Sept. lst and Dec. 15th, but may only be sold between Sept lst and' Nov. 15 th.' . ,, 5. Elk may not be shot. " -* 6. No' hunting Is allowed in the * Elk River game ' reserve. "■■• THEN JUST SPEND >A MINUTE AND READ THIS ONE Drop in and ask to see our "Game-Get-.,., ter Guns". They . get them. We alsb have a snap in a Double ' Barrel Hammer less Shot Gun at $26.00 1 Hardware , J J}y QUAIL Furniture ZJi Fernie Opera House ^^^^—x**^*^n*amaaaaa^mmmmteumamm^mmmmmimaaam Movi ng Pictures and Vaudeville Every Night A. Pizzocolo, Mgr. KENNEDY & MANGAN Lumber, Lath, Shingles, Sash, Doors DON'T TRAMP, ALL OVER - but "follow , the , sign that "leads' to this * yard. It is" the best place we know of lo buy lumber for a fence, hencoop, barn, or. rtebuse. y ' y - . r r- ~ SEASONED LUMBER;". . /din-dried, the 'best to be had "and.at lowest prices Is what we offer merchant; farmer or banker, v Get lumber here and your - .buildings.will stand the ravishes ' of time' arid will be the kind • you can point to and be proud of Phone 23 P.O. Box 22 OFFICE and YARD, MCPMER80N AVE., OPP. Q. N. DEPOT, FERNIE A RARE OPPORTUNITY GOOD READING AT 8MALL COST- ADVANTAGEOUS CLUB. BINQ RATE8 Kvory man connoctod with mining, whothor ho Is a laboror, superintend- ont, mnnngor, mining onglnoor or owner, la Interested In securing Idcna tlmt will biivo hlm tlmo nnd mnko moro monny for hlm , An orgnnlzalion linn been built up ut it big oxpomllturo thnt In ncourltiR the mlnlnR world for monoy mnklng, monoy savins Ideim, Tlio prohluma thnl ouo man hns fnllcd.io hoIvo nnotlior mnn somewhere nut- hoivcii, dmi 11 is uio work of tli Is itttilittlliUllM ill ftt^i-Ji OUi. illldillti IflXr bloniK mid their HOlulIoriH, to classify, nrrnngc nml simplify them. Think whnt this monns—It rnoniiH thut now lt Is possible for any mun 10 secure* thu Idous, tbo scbomus, lho very working plans thnt.nro bjlilldlng mining miccobbob ovorywboro, MIiicb nml Minora to 00 woll known (0 every mnnnRor, superintendent mid conl mining official thnt It \* not no- enmmry to make any explanation of tta merit for their benefit. Thoro aro many, howiivor, who me uuwcoiuurii In Iho country nnd n» they vory prob- nbly would llko to set ideas regarding mnttors denllng with tho mining In- iluBtry, we cnn Bny wllhont fear of tcmtrh-lktloji that this publication Is Dw very best ot Its kind. Wo havo made arrangement* with lhe publiBherB of Ibis monthly to mako ••■A-tH-******-***^-**^^ , ' ' .- , . ' ■* l ' ' Be Up-to-date and Equip Your Works with Canadian General Electric Co. 1 ° •■ Induction Motors Full Information and Quotations Cheerfully Furnished Calgary Branch Office; 325 A Eighth Ave, West - t*kk**kkk*********kk*i.kk*kkkkk*kkkkk*kkkkkkkkk* Save Your Dollar by Dealing with Us Wo havo yot a big stock of Summor Goods to clenr nnd to mako room (or our wlntor stock wo offer you oxcoptlonnlly good snaps In tho following llnon. Men's Suits, reg, $18.00 Men's Unclersuits 1.50 Men's Sateen Shirts 1.25 Men's Sox, per pair To clear $13.50 " " 1.00 " " 75c " " 15c KEFOURY BROS. Noxt te Wl-fwniii Cuinly Store ».ai«Mft«ftai Noxt to Northern Ifoto *,«.,* r, p„5i..rtiif.i.r|i|„ ''.'l'J'^.^.l'\'"'C''^.,." C'lv.b blur; nfforR', (l Mlnen nnd Mlnornln one yenr.,,,$2,fi0 Tho District I.cdKor ono yonr.... 1.00 lOxamlnntlon Questions for Certificates of Compotoncy In Mining,.3.50 $7.00 Combination priee $5.90. Mlnos nnd Mlnornln, for ono yonr 12 big 132 page Issues, and Tho District Lodger for ono yonr, -52 Issues, r^gulnr prlco for both, (3X0, for , $3,00 Mines nnd Minerals, one ycar,,.,f2,r*0 Tho District LcilK-sr one year.... 1.00 Conl end Metal Minors Poclcotl* book , 3,00 10.50 Th* District UtdQftr is the pises to 0->> for your -good work In ths Job Printing Line. itt'.vrf..?i.rx''Tt*D?i*i■"'I"-.!"*'! J"**it,'' Tbo fnUfwHif* nor tbo r-nit-iur-t**-, r"* colvnd on behalf of thlH fund up to July let: No, Locnl Ami, 2850 Konmaro $ C0.00 2407 Ilosmor 278.00 YM .Mio , m.iiO 431 nollvuo ,..,,,,. 250.00 1384 Cnnmoro 50.00 20 Ilnnkhond; 126.28 102 Tnbor 67.00 2540 Kdmonton 4.20 574 Lothbrldgo , 140.00 10M Tabor UM 2820 Maplo Loaf 30.00 2033 Coleman. C.8.00 2334 Mlchol 057.00 2314 Pernio 225.90 Mr. C J. Kckstrom, Lethbridge 100.00 Trlond (J. ll.) 5.00 $2,850.76 A. J. CARTER, Bee. Troas. District lt U. M. W. of A. Frank 0103 , 107.00 .1 .-. .' ,1 . ."*. -. <r-i :_. ~ *•■• & i. . THE DISTRICT LEDGER, FERNIE, B. C, AUGUST 27, 1910. PAGE THREE FIRES Several Towns, Including Wallace, Idaho, ; Practically Wiped off the Map-Loss ■>,r ■ r> --I "> ofLife arid Property 'Appalling OVER A HUNDRED MISSING SENATOR RANSDELL SAYS,.,"GO SOUTH," DON'T GO-TO CANADA mencement, containing 640 acres more or less. Located this 25th day of June, 1910. .' FRANK HALEY, Locator. ANDY GOOD, Agent. John Anderson, Witness. WALLACE, Idaho,.* Aug. 21.—Safo for the moment at least, the dreaded * wind having died down, the people of 'Wallace are looking to tbe hills " around them through blood-shot, heavy 'lidded eyes, watching forest fires rthat ring tbe" city around, on every side, . lest they, should break through and destroy .the city; Lines of'hose are , laid ?|long- the "west side of the city, "where the flrei will strike first if it comes,, and alf available fire-fighters 7 are being held ready to start work at once. From Mullan up the canyon re-. fugees bring word that fires have 7 almost reached the buildings and that "the,water supply may,be cut off at -any time. In every direction the .sky * is red with flames and arising wind would bring them bere. The list of'fatalities willrun high, * just how high no one will know for a -day or two. There are parties of f ire-fighters . scattered through the . woods, everywhere, and it is regarded as a certainty that a great num- r ber of men must have been cut off by the flames. It is said that not ■less than 50 have'perished. . Fatalities. RESUME OF FOREST FIRE 1 SITUATION. '•'■:' List of Fatalities known at*6 p. m. were:- Joseph G. Boyd, -father of Captain . William Boyd, suffocated, iii "his home on Pearl street while trying to rescue the; family parrot.'- ' , ^ Two unknown, men " whose - bone's •.were found in-ruins of the Michigan - bouse. ■• - ■ ' An unknown man-burned to death ' in the Coeur d'Alene house. - ■ '-William Hearm'ou'th -of'. Winnipeg, __, XI LL ...._.*- |h„Ia * . "J.irtJ-lI&lll.-sir'SlUBle— i—— ; i-;—**—- •Joe Fene, firo fighter, single', suffocated ih a'tunnel on Placer creek. * ** Four unidentified flrej* fighters,suffocated on Placer creek. Fire' fighter, unidentified, burned to death in woods near Mullan.'* '7' . ,n Reports have reached the forest » supervisor that a"crew of 12 has been burned, In a gulch on,Big, creek and that several groups of' from two to six'men are missing in different sections on fire. Out of a gang of 16 men who were caught near Mullan four whose names are not yet known aro so badly burned that tbey may die. ■ . ,. , Hundreds of mon fighting the flames 1. on all'Tsldea of Wallace aro in imminent danger, and rescue parties are being dispatched where they are most needed. • One of the most severely injured Is Forest Ranger Pulaski, who wa3 ln chargo of the gang, that,was caught ln thb tunnel-at Placer creek. He may lost tho sight of one oyo. Thoro are snld to bo three'mon undor trbat- , mont at Mullan for. threatened Iobb of sight. Property Loss a Million. . Instead of shrinking, tho first estimate of looses in tho flro that swept Wallace Saturday night has nearly doubled. A local newspaper snyn tho loss will reach thp $1,000,000 mark. Sovonty-flvo families, mostly,thoso,of ■workingmen, are homeless and aro bolng cared for ln'Wardnor and Wallace homes and hotols, .Tho hospitals aro crowded with fire. Ightars moro or less sevoroly burned. Tho lnrgest lossos follows: ', Coour d'Alene Iron Work foundry r..: warehouse, $100,000, Standard Oil company, 120,000. Coour d'Alono Ilnrdwaro company, $150,000] Times Printing compnny, $215,000. , WorBtell Furnituro company, $50,000. Smith and Fisher, $50,000. Sunsot browory, $00,000. O, H. & N. now pasHonger Blnilon nnd row of boxcarB, $50,000. Pacific hotol and annex, owned by . W. L, Jnmos of Spokane, $20,000. ► No nttempt has boon mado to list tho losson of roaldonco ownors, who numbor botwoon 75 nnd 100, The principal ronldonco district, whoro tho more pretentious homos nro located, was snvod by hernia efforts, For a tlmo the work of tho whole flro-flghttng forco, Including evory able-bodied mnn In tho city, wns contored on saving tho Wallaco hon- pltal and the handsome homo of Angus Sutherland!. If tho Sutherland ililtuu iiuU cuUblil il nuuiu Lain. uUPi lmpor,nlMp tn -nnve Ibe. bomon In thftt ' pnrt of tho city. At 0 o'clock tonight tho flro hod burned luelf out on the hills to tho ■ south and went. . Thousands . Im. Whilo a numbor of women and children wbo fled to Wardner in tha first panic Saturday night have roturned, 1 yet In evory conceivable convoyanco pooplo aro flocking from tho flro- ■wept district to places of comparative safely. Special trains made up of boxcars, baggage cars and a fow coaches are packed with refugees. At Wardner and Kollogg tho people have thrown their homes open wido to tho Wallace sufferers, many of whom tost et ery thing they had In Saturday night's fire. There Is no destitution here, however, and teemlagly no need of food snd shelter. There le littlo Fifty persons dead in and around Wallace, Idaho; property loss $1,000;000..' Fire bas not enlarged the ' area burned Saturday night. Mullan* probably safe, but fires threaten. -' Elk, City .reported still unhurried. Four or more dead in fires near. Newport, Wash. . , One hundred and eighty men in "the forestry service are missing in the St. Joe country. ' , Taft, Mont.,. has been burned; Saltese is surrounded by fire; De Borga and St. Regis are seriously, threatened. Haughan, Mont., is reported destroyed. (| Solid line of;, fire from Thompson Falls, Mont, for. 50, miles to Idaho line, with portions * of Belknap, White Pine, Nexon and Heron burning. Conflagration rages in Gallatin forest, Mont. -Thompson Falls.' is in peril. ' "'■....' ■> '" Anatone, Asotin county, Wash., is threatened wltb destruction. Ymir, B. C, is in danger from fires which are. burning , in the bush. -• Other fires are - gaining headway in that' region, and the situation is alarming. ; Avery,'Idaho, destroyed and.people flock to'Tekoa. , -' " Fires iii, the .Blue'mountains,, southeast Washington. ■r.- \. -Conditions in the Clearwater reserve, are the worst yet. ' '■- *" ' ~ pfople keeping vigil on the street corners, which the glare from fires all around makes nearly as light as day. • The only news has been circulated by, bulletins and,by word ,of month, for .both of the local newspapers have been incapacitated. The Times building- was • destroyed*' by fire - and . the Press has been cut,off from electric power. ' Both telephone lines " are down. Stories of narrow escapes and stirring adventures come In with, every group of dust-covered, weary fighters, House owners aro preparing to spend the night on the roofs of their homes keeping tho shingles wet with garden hose. Luckily the water pressure has remained, strong,' the supply, coming by an* underground ,flumo that, the flames cannot touch. - •- sleep In Wallaco tonight, most of tho Thrilling Struggle In Tunnel. In-a'tunnel of the old War Eagle mine on Placer crook, sovon milos fron. Wallace, 41 men under Forest Ranger Pulaski -wore packed tightly together to escapo a.sheet of flame that swept down lho gulch, They hugged tha ground and burled their faces ln the mud on tho,, floor of tho tunnel until tho flro was by, whon, half mad from tho heat thoy ran and throw themselves Into tho crook. Flvo they left doad In tho tunnel'nnd another, " cut. off from the crow, was found burned to a clndor. "I don't soo how wo evov got out of that tunnel allvo," said Charlos Hickman 'of, Loods* S.p„ ono of tho survivors, "Evon tho Vlonos wero so hot nftor the flro hnd gone by that wo could not touch thom nnd hnd to wnllow In tho'wator of tho crook. When wo woro drlvon,lnto tho tunnel t soaked my cont nnd vost nnd wrnp- pod thom around my bond, keeping my face In tho mud nnd wator as mueh as I could without nufforlng. Whon I got up to go out I wnB nearly crazy with tlto heat. I staggorod from sldo to side and onco foil • on tho ground, cutting my ttwo, My partner, namod Clark, wan climbing bOHldo mo and Boomed to bo unconscious whon we left. Ho has not been found and I think ho must have boon klllod. Wo drnnk roadlly of lho warm crook water and It mndo us all sick," Between Walls of Fire. Ills faco completely swathed In bnndnges, with a plpo protruding through tho only nporturo, Charlos Ryan ot Chicago, a member of Forest Ranger James Donaldson's crow, seven milos from Mullan, told of tho trap. Dins ul hit, *_-u<£ htriwim two wuVu ol fire, from which thero waa no chance to escape. One mombor of this crew Is dead at Mullan and 16 aro In the hospltsl at Wallace badly burned. "Wo woro backfiring about a milo from Stevens peak," ho said, "and woro ovei taken by a fire In our roar. Running from this we found the wind changed and woro met, by another flro, tho two biases trapping us, Thero was no chanco to run so we just stayed and took It as best wo could, Not a mnn In the gang got oft without some burns." In the temporary lull afforded today Wallace residents found time to compare not-tv of the Saturday night blase, ln only a few cues were household goods saved, the . wind amounting to a hurricane and giving tho flro trriflc Impetus, Wagons of every sort were in demand but the" drivers ventured cautiously' through the streets, which were full of flying brands, falling signs and timbers. There were wild scenes at'the railroad stations when the few departing trains pulled in. Men fought with women, and children for places in'the coaches and windows and doors were broken down in the mad rush for safety. A woman who.had secured a seat suddenly remembered* that .she had left her valuables in her burning home and had to be restrained by force,from jumping through a window. Another woman brought an enormous bird cage inhabited by a.parrot. This was taken from her somewhat forcibly by' refugees who had held their own baggage down to bare necessities. From the smoke and flames in the residence section on the hill emerged a begrimed man who bore triumphantly a pair of rubber collars, all he had saved, and rushed for the train." | Negro Troops Heroes. The negro soldiers of the Twenty- fifth infantry,- assigned to protect the south side of town, fought valiantly and managed-to hold their own, while the fire department, with its one hose cart "and chemical wagon, combined with citizen volunteers -to , save the business houses. Mayor Hanson did heroic work in directing the operations and like scores of others did not close his eyes all night. There' were reports during the afternoon that" several houses had been entered and robbed during' the panic of the first night, but the police" failed to verify this. ■ 7 .... = B^g"A"reaJBurne"d"Over^~, The boundaries of last night's con*- flngration comprise "an area roughly estimated at six blocks north to south and 10 blocks - west', to. east, narrowing toward the east. The estimated losses are approximately $1,000,000. The scene of the fire was the mecca today for thousands of visitors, not- only residents who-fled last night and returned to visit the .wreck of residences of business^ properties, but citizens of Kellog, Wardner, Mullan, .Burke and-other canyon towns, who ,flocked in on special trains and made sightseeing trips among tho ashes and embers, -, r ' While many citizens roturned to •their homes and many who havo no homes are again ln tho city, trains tomorrow morning will tako out many families, who will leave the district to stay till danger Is past, which will not be sooner than a heavy rainfall which puts out tho flro, for a heavy wind carries firebrands mile and drops thom In tondor boxes. -AUGUSTA, Ga.^ Aup-. 14— The action of Governor Brown when he sent troops into Walker' county ,011 May 26 at the request of a corporation, official* and forcibly and unlawfully deported • men' awho had committed no crime and were'given no hearing, is stirring up a storm that is likely to prove very unpleasant for the governor and for Colonel J. W. English, president ■ of the Lookout Mountain Coal and Coke* company, who asked for the troops. The Italian government is now moving in the matter, arid It is said that heavy indemnities will fall on the company and the governor. The mine where the outrage, was perpetrated was formerly operated by convict labor. Tliey* were so heartlessly treated that .tiie Indignation In the state was so great that the,convict lease system was abolished.* Italians were hired in gangs on the Chinese coolie labor system. The company entered ,into -a contract with a gang of men to work for five years, and.under a penalty never to dig less.than 5,000 tons a month. The system of payment on the >10th of of each month was to'com pel .trade at the company's store. The company was exempted from all liability in all cases of injury* to the workers: , - On the 10th of "the second month after beginning work they were to have been paid $40 each, but the money was paid in a lump to their leader. This man betrayed the laborers and ran away with the money. The workers were in despair and demanded that the company pay them the money due and refused to work until the money was paid. Colonel English.decided to get rid of the men and telephoned to the governor for troops, and bis demand was immediately complied with. The men were all corralled into, a car by the soldiers witn'out making the least resistance. - They-'were unarmed and frightened by ...the soldiers and the threats of.,.unknown, things that the employers-held over them if they refused to stay away from the mining district,of the company. Notice is hereby given that thirty days after date I, Agnes Anderson,, intend to apply to the Hon. Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for a-license to prospect for coal and petroleum ori" the following described lands:- Commencing at a post planted at the northwest corner of the Frank Haley claim, thence North eighty chains,- thence East eighty chains, thence South eighty chains, thence West eighty chains to place of commencement, containing 640 acres more or less.. Located this 25th day of June, ,1910. AGNES .ANDERSON, Locator. ANDY GOOD, Agent. John Anderson, Witness. Notice is hereby given that thirty days after date'I,* Thomas Anderson, Intend to apply to the Hon. Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for a license to prospect* for. coal and petroleum on the ' following described lands: Commencing at a post planted at southeast corner of the Agnes Anderson claim, thence North eighty chains, thence East eighty chains, thence South eighty chains, thence West eighty chains to place of commencement, containing 640 acres more or less. Located this "25th day of June, 1910. THOMAS'-AfJDERSON, Locator. • ANDY GOOD, Agent. John Anderson, Witness. !/? Jo •'BUSINESS i J I ! 0 9 Notice- is hereby given that thirty days after date I, Adam Anderson, intend to, apply to the Hon. Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for a license to prospect for coal and petroleum on .the following described lands: ' Commencing at a post planted at the Southwest corner of the Thomas Anderson claim thence South eighty chains, thence East eighty chains, thence North eighty chains, thence West eighty chains to place of commencement, containing 640 acres more or less. Located this 25th day of June. 1910. ;, ' "ADAM ANDERSON, Locator, ANDY GOOD, Agent. "John Anderson, Witness. BUILDING is identical with house building or any other structure; the better the material the better structure you have, and that's our principal in business building , . QUALITY Therefore when you leave your orders for Groceries willi us you can depend'on getting The Best, and the same rule applies to the Men's Furnishings. ■* OUR MADE-TO-MEASURE CLOTHING HEAD THE LIST ALWAYS. A. A. McBEAN The Cash Merchant Opp. Post Office Morrissey Junction aforesaid, and all claims against the said partnership are to ■ be presented to the said Thomas Leggo by whom the same will be settled. , Dated at Fernie, B. C, this 8th day of August, 1910. THOM AS* LEGGE, ALEX CAMPBELL., •Witness: L. P. Eckstein. TENDERS WANTED. APPLICATION FOR A LICENSE UNDER THE COAL MINES' ACT COEUR D'ALENE AGAIN IN PERIL. Refugees Notice is hereby given that Sundays after date, I, John Pigeon, Intend to apply to the Hon. Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for a license to prospect for conl and petroleum on the following described lands: Commencing at a post planted three miles and fifty chains South, and East one mile from the S. E, corner of lot 8363, being thirty chains North of tho Evn Joss, S. E. corner post, thenco eighty shains East, thenco- olghty chains South, thenco eighty chains (Wost, thence eighty chains North to place of commencement containing 640 acres more or less, located this 25th day of June, 1910. JOHN PIGEON, Locator. ANDY OOOD, Agent. • John Andorson, Witness. Notice Is hereby given that thirty days after date I, William McSechlne, intend to apply to the Hon. Chief Commissioner of Lands and Worts for a license to prospect for coal and petroleum0 on the following described lands: Commencing at a post planted at or about 200 feet North of the northwest corner of lot, 1663,,thence North eighty chains, thence East eighty chains, thence South eight? chains, thence West eighty chains to place of commencement. Located this 27th day of June, 1910. WILLIAM M'KECHIN _, Locator. ANDY GOOD, Agent. John Anderson^, Witness. ■ • Tenders for, takings charge of the undertaking work* of- Michel Local Union. Tenders ' to be sent. in not later than the 30th of August, 1910, to Maurice Burrell, Secretary, Michel, B. C. THOUGHTFUL* DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP. Notice is hereby given that- the partnership heretofore existing between us, the undersigned, as timber dealers - and contractors at Morrissey Junction, B. C, has this day - been dissolved by mutual consent. All debts owing to the said partnership are to be*-*pald to Thomas Legge at kkkkkkkkkkkrk******kkkkkkkk I Fresh Cut I Flowers I « House and Office ' Plants, Funeral Flow- j ers,, Wedding Bou- Lquets. flHHH___H-_-_-_-----^^-M-BHH----EHH-----* TERRILL FLORAL CO Long Distance Phone 577 LETHBRIDGE ALBERTA our orders will receive prompt ixt- tcntion and you will bo pleased with what we send you. * , I" f Y< )■ >■ >■ >■ >■ >■ >■ >• >■ >- >■ \r tt- i- *■■ )• )• >• >■ >- >■ * ************************** He—JKd you rtell your, father, darling? She—I told hlm I was engaged . but not to whom. He is not well and I thought I'd break it to him gently. kkkkkk*kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk The Greston Fruit and Produce Association Tomatoes Retailers please Note that orders for the famous Creston i- Season J t A. Lindley, Box 27 Creston | *********-*****w********** For ball programs, banquet menus, and up-to-date printing of all kinds come to The Ledger bfffce. 8even Hundred Wallace Pass Through. COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho, Aug. 21. —A now forest flro that Btnrtod today Ih approaching Sunnysldo, a vIlhiRO throo milos from Coeur d'Alono, nnd Iho fears of tho residents of this city nro again aroused, it originated on 13oauty bay on tho laleo nnd Jumpod to Blue creolc. Tho smoko is again thick horo, nnd sparks nnd blazing br'nnds fall occasionally;, Sovon hundred refugees from Wai; Inco nrrlvod horo by boat from tlar* rlf-on this Afternoon, and Immediately took tho olocti'le train to Spokane Says Two Dead nt Polsom. A numbor of soltlorB from Folsom, about 40 mllOH nbovo Avory, on tho Chtcngo, Mllwiuil-oo & St, Paul railroad, have nrrived In tho city, Thoy roport thut nt lonst ono woman nnd olilld woro burned In tho firo at that point, Tho cltlzoim according to thom, hnvo flod from tho flro district, first corning lo St, Mnrleu niul thnn to UiIh city. Fires on Coeur d'Alene Lake. „ Flro provnllfl nt lloituly buy, Uluo crook, Kldil Island, Cougar gulch nnd Mica bay, all In the immediate vicinity of this city, Scores of uottlorn have come from tho flro districts Inlo tho city, A. W, Morrlck of Cougar gulch. "I havo a claim of flno tlmbor, and started out of tho city to seo It. I reached a point near tho Ileyn mill, nbout olght milos out, whon tho Intense heat nnd smoke drovo mu oac-K. Tiio iii'lDom hnH tiircuiy Doa, ond ll Is roportod thnt a Mr. Smith was caught, but I do not know, Tho claims caught in tho firo woro valu- nblo. Somo woro worth $0,000." It is clnlmod tha Thurston mill burned sometime thin morning, This Is the nearest flro to Coeur d'Alene, except tho ono across tho lnko at Kldd Island. Extra Qusrdi nt Blsekwsll Mill, Largo ombors nnd brands aro falling In tho city. Tho Rod Collar mlno nnd the Illnckwell lumber companies hnvo Increased their watchmen to sub- duo any tlnmw should any start throunh a chango" of .wind. Reports from Beauty bay and Wat eraelc stato thut both fires are assuming largo proportions, and before morning, ahould the fire not change Ita Notico is hereby glvon thnt I, Minn Joss, thirty days after dato Intend to npply to tho Hon. Chief Commissioner of Lnnds nnd Works for a llcenso ,to prospoct for coal and petroleum on tho following described lands; Commencing at a post plnntod at tho northwost cornor of tho John Pigeon claim, thenco North olghty chains, thonco Enst .olght chains, thonco South olghty chains, thenco Wost olghty chnlnB to placo of commencement, containing 0-10 acres moro or loss, Locatod this 2Glh dny of Juno, 1910, MINN JOSS. Locator. ANDY OOOD, Agont, John Anderson, Witness. c R Notico is hereby given thnt, thirty days nftor dnto I, Herbert Jons, Intend to npply to tho Hon. Chlof Commlfl- slonor of LnndB nnd Works for a llconso to prospect for coal and potroloum on tho following described lands: Commencing at n post plnntod olghty chains North and eighty chaliiH East of the northwest cornor of tho Minn Joss claim, thonco North olghty chains, thonco West olghty clmlnH, thonco South olghly clinltm, thonoo Knst olghty, chnlns lo plnco of coin- mencomont, containing 010 ncres more or less. Locatod this 2r*th day of Juno, 1010. IIEIiriEUT .TOSS, Locator. ANDV GOOD, Agont. John Anderson, Wltiioas. E Notloo Is hereby given Hint thirty dayB nftor dnte I, Ellon lluloy, Intend to apply to tho Hon, Chief Commissioner of Lnnds and Works for a llr^nsA to prnnport fnr ronl nnrt petroleum on tlio following doscrlbod laud*: Coiuuiciii-lm; ul u voxl iihutUd nt 'bo southcust cornor of tho Herb Joss -Jlnlra, tlionco eighty chains West, thoncu eighty chnlns South,, thonco eighty chains Enst, thonco eighty chains Nortli to plnco of com- or less. Locatod this SClh day of Juno, 1910. T.LLWN IIALI3V, Locator. ANDY GOOD, Agont John Anderson, Witness. S T NT-Mr-*-- In horoby given that thirty days nfter dato I, Prank Haley, Intend to apply to tho Hon. Chlof Commissioner of Laud* and Works for a license to prospect for coal aud petroleum on tho following described lands: Commencing at a poet planted at tho northeast cornor of tho Kllnn Haley claim, thence South eighty thence Knst -tlghty chains, course, tho* Wolf Lodge settlers then"*' North" eighty 'chains, Vheriiw will ho surrounded. J West eighty chains to place of com' In the vicinity of these two places we have some first class Fruit Farm Lands that will bear the closest inspection. The wise plan is to examine before buying so B YYY. I am taking parties from time to time. If interested drop a line to Job Overflow P. O. Box 48 Fernie, B. C. R I C __—• Ik s %-. \ 1_f J__ PAGE FOUR ,.THE.DISTRICT LEDGER, FERNIE,; B. C.>;AUGUST:27, liiOi i O,.' % JBizltid %*Hm Published every Saturday morning at Its office, Pellatt Avenue,-Fer.nfeV.B. c.V, Subscription $1.00 per year in advance. An excellent advertising medium.' Largest a' circulation in the District. Advertising rates on application. Up-to-date facilities for the execution - of all kinds of book, job and color work. Mail orders receive -special attention. Address all communications to Thc District Ledger. TELEPHONE NO. 48 J. W. BENNETT, Editor. POST OFFICE BOX NO.'5 " GOVERNMENT ANNUITIES AND INANITIES. In our youth wo were acquainted with an elderly gentleman whose one anecdote after the table had been cleared,'the pipes brought from their inner recesses of case and pockot and lighted, was as follows: A missionary on his way to a foreign station thought that in order to prevent himself growing rusty decided to try to convert the sailors of tho ship one day accosted an old salt off duty when the following dialogue took place. „ * ° Minister—My good man "have you ever considered that as your occupation is so perilous how important it is that you ought to think of your possible fate and be prepared? , Sailor—No sir, I've not given the subject much thought. Minister.—But when you're ashore do you not attend some church? Sailor.-—I cannot say that 1 do for what little time I have I spend with my mates in having a good time. Minister.—Really, this is serious. Do you not give any thought to religious matters? Can you even recite the Lord's Prayer? , Sailor.—Every man to his trade parson, yours is preaching and mine is sailing, but come now to show you, you say the Lord's Prayer and I will box the compass. ' r ,*■•'-_. - '. -" This was agreed .upon, the minister' saying' the Lord's,Prayer and'the sailor singing out tho points of the ' compass once around and when completed asked the minister' to repeat the Lord's Prayer backwards,* but as this he was not able to do Jack says, well here's where I beat you and then called off all the points in reverse order, and when concluded repeated his. phrase "every man to his trade." -*-,-. * This story has* Its parallel in the officers of the"Gov- ernment service who seem to be able."to box the compass" either backwards or forwards from any.-cardinal point" wlth~*~every - shbw of - earnestness and^'sincerlty, . thus carrying conviction to the* minds of their hearers Agents for the government seeking in the old land - for immigrants will paint the glories and possibilities* - of Canada In such well turbe'dTphraseology, substanti. v / *, -» "■■_ • .''. ■'-"ted by unsolicited printed testimonials of tho wonderful '^successes achieved in thb last great west by those who *- ,\ i . years before owned but little over tho faro and aro now - 'V ' \ the proud possessors of land,, stock,';etc., as well as a good balance in the' bank7' This siren song beguiles many into looklng;.upon' tho"Domlnlou as an El Dorado **■ where competence^'enn be acquired with ease and so the household goods' and chattels are sold, the monoy for a ticket is purchased and the steamship companies report phenomenal business, railroad traffic shows far groator net returns thnn tho previous year and the immigrant finds that ho has not boeri told the wholo truth, but tho bright side alone has boon Bhow'n, In the main* he can console himself with tho thought that If no better off he Is at .least npt a.-'whlt-,worse .than -had;-hp.-roraalno.d, * This ia ono sldo of tho "compass," now, for tho olbor tho government hps formulated,n. plan for paying nn- nultloB and.wo have. redolvcd'fBomo vory ]Interesting literature donllnl? wUK*-. this 'subject quoting the'cases of various Individuals that lmvo mot with misfortunes common to everyday..)lfo-jensiiy- avoIdnblo;*.through..tho saving graco of an annuity. Ono incident cullod from an addroBB doilvorod by S, T. Bnstodo, Suporlntendont of Annuities, at a 'banquet hold' undor tho auspices of pio Employers' association of Toronto, Juno 10th, is assuredly full of bnthos, "A mnn ln Now Zonland thought Tie had mado sufficient, monoy to koop him comfort- Inbly for tho romnlndor of his days, nnd decided ho •jioed work no longer, Ho reasoned thib wny: I am ,fiO yonrs of ago, my oxpoctatlon of lifo Is ID yonrs, but, to bo on tho safe sldo I will ansumo that I may llvo to bo 8B; I can, thoroforo, spend oach yoar n portion of my capital .as well as tho Interest, and ho spoilt accordingly, Whnt wos llio rosult? At 85 hlfl monoy wan gone, but tho sands of time woro Htlll running, nnd It. Is said ho now Kits In tho Mnrkot Plnco nt Wnlllngton (Now K-mlniiil), HolMtlng iiIiiih with a pliicard on IiIh hroiiHt. on wlilrh nro tho words: 'Tnko pity on uu old man who wnn out. In IiIh rnlculfitloiiH.' Thon follows UiIh delicious touch of piitoi-iiiillfitli! ml vlco, liml ho piircluiHod nn im- unity, ho would prahnbly lmvo boon In roculiit. of uot. only a lnrgo Inrnme, but an Income of which nolhing ■I'oiilil lmvo i|f)|)i*lvod lilm ho long iin lm might llvo, hot uh, rntlior study tlin --fulfill Inns of our IioiihIoiI civilization of n Hoclely vi-liloh In confoHHiMlly n fulliirn lu its duly to uno who lmn proven his wiillngnoHH to contributo to Its upkeep, nml yot whon. he renchen nd- * vnncpil yenrH must needs hang n placard nround IiIh nock In his solicitation for nlms, Jtomcmlior thin Is not ono of thoso ntorotyporl inntrtneon of thrlftlcasnunn, ilriinkonncss, otc, tlmt our bourgeois reformers so lovo lo prate nbout, hut a man whoso lifo 1mA boon spent In usefulncsH until GO nnd then llko n hungry dog bogging for n bono hImhIb nt lho mnrkot plnco symbolic of tho bmikruptcy of n system Hint ilornonns n mombor of tho only vnlunblo cIiikh, n producer, compelling him to necopt iiihi ili'iiliy ii,-) a rtivtanl for bis .tsiht effort rt. Thu only ndvlco glvon to avoid this Is tbo purehnso "of nn nn- nully, which, while ll mny stern the tide for n few In- dlvldunls. is In nmllly n siignr-conted pill for tho grout mnss of tbo world's inbnbllnnts living ro closo to thn niibulstenco lino thnt tbo mnrglti In a non-npprcclnblo qunntlty. This plnn was ndopied by Illsmnrk yonrs ago In tho hopo nlns for him and bis colleagues a dream llko a bubble that has burst, that it* might be effective in thwarting the growth of the red specter which so permeates the dominion of Kaiser Wilhelm that he is practically at his wits end what course to pursue. Despite these evidences, actuated doubtless by the belief in Barmim's statement that "a sucker is' born every minute," the experiment is advocated for Canada. < The address referred to should be in-the hands.of every one resident in this country and carefully read and digested as it contains much food , for serious thought, especially to those laboring under the delusion that machinery introduced merely replaces one set of men by an equal number who will be occupieds in the manufacture - of the machinery the following extract should convince them of their error: \ ' Page 11.—"I need hardly remind you that the prob lem of what shall be done for. the aged employe. * * * It.has become an urgent one in the modern business world, owing to the universal demand now-a-days for young men. For that reason, and also because the average period of employment has become shortened by a more general use of machinery and the strain from industrial activity, men are forced to retire at an earlier age than was the case some years ago,' and the position is intensified by the fact that with improved habits of living and improved sanitary conditions tbe average duration of life is being lengthened so that the period of dependence is increasing rather ■ than diminishing.'! What a gloomy prospect for the' future these dilettanti make-shift manufacturers offer. The best remedy suggested is merely one that has proven Its Inadequacy. Dr. Osier was at least more courageous even though regarded as cruel when be practically advocated the lethal chamber for worn out workers and if the ravages and blight of commercialism were to continue in perpetuity his plan would certainly be more kind but with the awakening of the proletariat, slow though it may. be i o to the real cause of* their woes and an enlightenment as to the application of how the remedy can be effected all these piffling palliatives will be cast into the oblivion xi of the used-to-be; the creation of surplus value-.by the exploitation of their labor power whereby capital is produced so, that their enslavement may continue will cease forever and the junk of the bourgeoisie old "age pensions, annuities, profit sharing skin games becomes jestam. in the ocean of history. . -,-*•> ' As a* further corroboration of the simile.of the "box the compass". story let us analyze the extract from the Toronto Globe of June Ilth, under the caption of "Thrift as a National Asset." ■ . *_*.-'. - • "The Globe prints this- morning the text of a remarkable address delivered before the Employers' association of Toronto' last night by Mr. S. P. Bastedo, Superintendent of,*Government Annuities. The address'should be read by every good Canadian, and.carefully considered." ' We heartily endorse the last clause, even . to the extent .of omitting the . modifying adjective" "good." Ottawa is the city, to.which letters, should be addressed t.n?/t.hft .nhnyi^Tinmftfl^.pftntlflTtian. ;_'■ . ■ - .,',.', To* continue, "THE DAY OF OPPORTUNITY ON THE AMERICAN CONTINENT IS PASSING. The free lands For Your x. Butter and Eggs write to A. URQUHART&CO., Ltd Lacombe, Alta. will*be exhausted itrahother quarter of a century. Great at cities here,.-"an,vin Europe, must inevitably mean tlinesi. unemployment and suffering." -' - How does this sound compared to the after dinner platitudes of the multi-millionaire bragging about his early start in life and, assertion that the times" were never so opportune as-, now? How about the-glorious -■.-'■•■v..,, <■• .'-.:*• - *■ ■ -' pictures portrayed byrthe clnemetograph expounders ini Great Britain descriptive of the vast areas of land open for occupancy th;fit,:,ilc6ord!nB to the renWlcs of an-edito'r whoso statements are accepted- by thousands In this country, that 25 yenrs only will see their exhaustion'.? .' * "The fear of poverty must become ever present In man^. lives, and, nbovo all- the dread pf poverty ln old ngo, '-when tho cnpnclty of earning Is gone." Talk, about nn alarmist, a pessimist, a purveyor of dismal fore-, bodlngs, what othor terms cnn bo applied to the nbovo? Whn't'-^o'm'mentni'y !m6ro':pregnnht with Irrefutable'' loglc- of tlio collapso of capitalism could bo advanced., than', this? -'Wo;do;not combat It,"by no moans ,'Blmply'polntt' lng,out';.thnt If till*, be tho, beat, that'life presages! then, "why grunt nnd swont, why bonr tho proud mnn's con-, tumoly, the oppressor's wrong" when bydolvlng at th'fc ■root __ ftrb' ovll"thVVn'y 'out may bo discovered?' Not; bocauso of any lovo for humanity, not from any Utopian* ldoalism*! ;bi\t( simply as a recognition of tho fact that* Btcrn nocosslty demand It If society, of which oach Individual Is a component part, Is to contlnuo:. ■ i* ■*■) VThQrtj.MB nood.. for'provision to moot th'o* conditions] that will' como as Inevitably ns tomorrow's sunrise.';! Note the fatalistic tono oxprosBod nnd ponder. This Is1 not "tho doinngoglo mouthlngs of *a soap-box orntor". onr opponents nro bo prono to dub ub but, tho carefully conHldorod utterances of n consorvntlvo In tho strict' Intorprelntlon' of thb word. "Thoughtful mon nro beginning to boo nn ond of tho niniorliil resources of lho contlnont and nro pronchlng thrift," Thoughtful mon forsooth, yos "thoughtful" of tho "nftor mo tho dolugo" typo who nro "thoughtful bo-' ciiiiho tho dolugo hns boon mlscnlciilnted nnd trnimpound nnd rondn "Tho dolugo Is AFTHI1 ino," or with the same tboughtfulnoHH (I) of (Iioho locking tlio Htnhln iloor nftor tho Hlnod Is hIoIpii nro trying (o fiiHhlon hoiiki' key thnt will lock ll" mid find Hint, nil lliolr efforts ho fnr hnvo nborlod dread lho oscnpo of tho horso 'Train- Inrlnt" nnd bin rnfmuil tn bo ruptured, bridled nnd will- (liml thnt tho Jockey "llnurKoolslo" mny rldo hlm, ■ The-cily referred to In tho noxt tiuotnllou Is Toronto, Hia nomX HtA otty t\f ■Mint-Mino (tin oliy' nf •pronnnvlt'". "Thovp two ton thmi--.f-.ru1 mortcni»cd bn'movi In Dtbt rlty today In which ovciiy oiinco of energy Ih devolod to keeping up nppenrnno-.n, to carry tho dnlly financial bunion, homos In which thoro Is nothing but dnrlc fore- hndlnf! whrn in look Is rnst forward tn nld otto" Wl-nt cronhlngn! Whnt doleful dlrgcB nro theso? No rny ot hopo do thoso gentlemen offer except a mythical rood Hint Iiiih been I rind nnd found wnnllng, Tly tbelr own words thoy stmid coiivlctod of Ineptitude io point tho wny onl of tho slough of despondency trying their utmost to point over existing ills with the specious lacquer of renrflnjinry reforms to tbo enwl Hint doooll may onnbl" tliem to il ol ud o tbo masses nml conceit, (homsolvos, to the iinpalntnblo truth Ihnt tbo derndenro Is horo, only lo bo delayed temporarily until putref-tr-tlnn becomes the fertilizing fnclor of nnotlior nnd bettor ordor. . Cm out ibln hddroxn: fT V. IXnnlodn,' ftuporlntoniinnl ot Cnnndlnu government Annul|loj(, 0|.Hvw*»,eOnt. .., „ , I L Electric Lighted Steam Heated CENTRALLY LOCATED . The Waldorf Hotel FERNIE, B.C. First Class Accommodation for Travellers MRS. S. JENNINGS, PROPRIETRESS Hot and Cold Water , L. A. Mills, Manager I • i You are now going through this world for the last time: Why Not 'live o -nthe hest and nothing but( the best, and go to " ° The 41 Market Co. for your requirements in Heats. Fresh Killed and Government Inspected; Fish, Butter, illggs, Ham, Bacon, Etc - S. Graham, Local Manager ' THE HAYING SEASON IS HERE g -, Our stock'of baying tools is complete. Forks, Hand Rakes, 7 * Scythes and Snaths, ,Grind Stones' Whet Stones, Wrenches, Machine Oil and Oilers, Deering Mowers and Horse Rakes. ,* -* Mail o*crphone orders receive careful attention. * I J. M. AG NEW & Co. ELKO , B. C. J DIAZ ATTEMPTS' TO-" .- -( " ■'■"', CATCH ^EDITORS ■ '■ • . ii'- • i.1 ■_ . *■*,** . t Will 10' Seek. ■ - .ft '-.;■ • ,to ,, Extradite Men Print Criticism* in Los Angeles. Who LOS,, ANGLES, 'Aug. 27.T*rIn. caso tho Mexican Liberals "recently .released from the prison at Florence, Ariz., publish a papei; in Spanish,herg, and send lt Into. Mexico, with articles attaching the Diaz.'government, an effort' to. oxiraditQ' them will bo mado, according to Juan D. Isabel., a mem- bor of the .'Mexican cabinet. , Senor Isnbell ..arrived hero August " 17th. Once in ..Mexico,, he says, the men will bo tried, for' Insulting'-Prosldont, Diaz. Gulterrez Do .Lara,'.ono of..the Llb- ernls, is ap'piirohtly untorrlflod, ln, tho matter. When Informed of tho action outlined,'he'sald: "The "first copy of Rogonernclon will nppenr. September's, Kvory ' Issuo .will." contain articles ngninst tho Diaz, government, nnd. wo .expect. that., copies ..will go Into Mexico... I know Diaz foara the publlcatloi*. ,of. this papor. mqrci.than,a, thousnn.d nnrioc^ ;rovoluUbnIsts.', Froin tjio timo th'o pdpp.r. fttflrt's gptng^across thb border", Diaz wjjl , commonco. to copie down.froi-tvblH.,high, horso."..,.;,, ..^Tho Mexican, cojinul In.Lbs^rigoIds, wfll att'qmpt to^hlnder. tho, Issuing of ItbgQi\ornolon by rqfliiostlpff thn.postnl nuthorltles.tb forbid Us gbliig,through thb mnlln ns socondrclnss mattor. Tho, edilorlal slnff of Ilogonornclon Iihb nlrondy boon, i^nouncod hero, and consists of .Rlcnr'do.. Flores Magon, Antonio yillarcnl, ll. 0, Do tnra, nnd 11. Q, auorrorro, , , A SIREN 80NG, .nrllculnr nttontion In cnllod to(»ho niniiuoi' in which llio imlionul «ovoni- mont, tnltos ndvnntngo of tho hnrd- Hlilpit of IndtiHli'lnl oxploltntion which wnrliltignioii suffer by their employ- ors nnd how It cruelly burps upon the uiu'oi'lnlntlen of lifo undor cnpltnl- iiim lo liuliico llh vIcllniH to Htirroniloi1 tllOIIIHOlVOfl, Tho conscription system mny ho ro- vlvcd yell Tlio government npponl follown In pnrt: "My Dour Hlr: ' i'-.li,ii|)n )till nit: Ullil.i(/|Jj lit )mi( •pvr*--r-i*i job. l'orbnpn It rtno-vn't pny ynu nunugh, Vovhnps thorn Is no futuro to It. I'orhnps your prosont work ,wlll novor satisfy your burning anibi- tion to win grout success, 'Tt so, you'vo doublloss thought a goon jiiiniy tuntis that, you'd hko io got, nnotlior' Job. Dut you novor thought of getting n job In tho navy, did you? You'vo-nlwnys thought n Job In thn nnvy In n horrlblo thing, haven't you? you'vo thought thnt tho nnvy Is the homo of tho tough, tho lnc(*i(i|ii:l(;iit. a:itl tlm failure, You'vo thought thnt tho pny Is of tho stnrvn- tlou vnrkly; foud hud, work hard, discipline sovfio nnd-unbcarnblo—you'vo Ihouglit thnt n nnvy Job Ih Just nbout tho worst thing you could got Into. "Woll, now If you want to chango you Job, I'd llko to hnvo a talk with you and toll you all nbout n blue- jucki-t'H lifo in lho nnvy. I'vo been In tho navy a good,many,years, and I can tell you'all about lt and you',1-!, be Burprlsedjjto find, but that* your.ljleas about a** navy job are'all wrong. You,'*!) be surprised, that' the ..United"Sfat'es iiayy is*, cliuck-full of fine dppbrturi- Ities.^or you. , ., _ .'„.," y \[ '.^' " "Come in and talk It'over .with jx\e, I'll not urge you tb Join the navy. The Navy- Department doesn't, .urge ,any young man to'Join., It only urges'him to look into the 'fine* opportunities which there'are. in tho, navy.for young mcnl and make up his own mind whether, ho does or doesn't want to become,a blue-Jacket. Drop, ln this week'.botwoon On. m. and 4:30 p.'ja. and aBk to seo mo. My offlco address Is given at the top of this letter nnd my nnmo 'signed at tho bottom., ''■put if, you can't come in right liwny, let. mo send .you a copy of'our booklot, ,-*'Tho Making of a ' Mah-o'- Wnrsman.' .It'ls IntoroBitlngly written' and Illustrated nnd tells you a lot, of things you want'to know about work' pny, play,'promotion,,,etc,, In., tho navy." ' ' , » -! . < \ .. . I.' ... W. F. M.' AND.U.M. W. AGAIN.,,,. ', INDIANAPpLISi Ind., Aug. IS.—' With qulot rostorod,, tljb conforonco roghrdlng tho'.afflilatlbn qf tho .Wostorn Foderatlon. of.. Minors, and tlio- Unitod Mine WorkorB Of Amorlcn' woro contlnuod today,.- Tho delegates of tho two organizations nro considering ovory phnso of tho proposod nmnlgamatlon, Lcadors of tho associations doclarod today thnt, nil obstacles hnvo boon romovod nnd thnt tho combination of the two bodios would tnko plnco without furthor difficulty, Men's Furnishing Department . '• • *• ' . --■ "■ ' i ■ , '*■ , ■ Men's.Wool Socks, pair '...:...20c, 25c, 35o Men's Black Cashmere Socks, pair ....'.-..'7r25c, 35c, 50c . Stanfield's Under, Natural and Dark Gray, heavy weight, , guaranteed unshrinkable, per, suit .. '. i$3.00 MEN'S SWEATERS AND MEN'S SWEATER COATS, MEN'S KNIT-TO-FIT WOOL COMBINATIONS In, fact everything In the line of Men's Furnishings, quality and price guaranteed. Ladies^ ReaHy-to-Wear Department New Fall Suits, up-to-date .$20.00 to $30.00 New Fall Skirts, ^p-to-date......'.: .'.$3.50 to $10.50 Ney Fall Coats, up-to-date.../......' $15.00 to $27.50 Balance of our stock of Wash Suits and Skirts. at ■ , actually half price. " Dry Goods Dept. New White Blankets, pair $3.75 to $7.50 New Gray, Blankets, pair* $2.50 to $C50 Hudson's Bay Blankets, pair .............$6.00 to $8.50 . New Dress Goods, New Silks. .. Boot and Shoe Dept. Men's Just Right Shoes Just received, a full line of New. Fall -Lasts, special at, pair':....:'...! .$5.50 to-$7.00 ■- o , ■■- ■■■" Ladies' Relendo" Shoes, with the cushion heel," special at, per pair .7 .$4.00, $4.50, $5.00 Special Line' Ladies' Tan Oxfords * and * Shoes, special at per pair '..... -7.". .*' ".. .$2.95 t=i- !■;!■ ;i!::l V.'l /,' *f fOU:7*l:ANI i ■'* ■ a Shave,* a- Game of Pool or Billiards ora Cup of-Coffee; ■•i if. ,, in; at rams r,--' ;'Full Stock of.Sm6keVs';Gb64s Alway$vOQ . Hand, VICTORIA AVENUE^ FERNIE,.B. C. central: HOTEL The Two "Billies" Now Under New Management ' Catering to the Werklngman's Trade Large Airy Rooms and Good Table . BILLY R088 . BILLY MAOKAY ■ m m a BD ■ ■ I 3 THE GRAND THEATRE, FERNIE 1 • » Wm. P, Cullcn's Sumptuous Presentation of the Plxlcy and Lauder's • Comic Opera Triumph The Best Comic Op era Ever Shown TVie T> ^, | || || \_%¥ | Hmi i~» • n i r nty PEOPLE Master GUS. C. WEINBURG and over half a 100 others, including that Spfc, Span, Saucy, Bewitching Chorus of KANGAROO GIRLS *■*■*■ *• One Night Only, Tuesday, August 30th, 1910 8ALE OF.8EAT8 NOW ON AT BLBASOELL'S. ORIM STORE. . ', oponainanaanapa THE DISTRICT; LEDGER, FERNIE,, B. fG.,? AUGUSTS, 1910. PAGE FTVE • »¥,¥.»¥¥¥ .iy-*f¥.¥*¥¥¥¥.,¥¥^^ : jjy. ■ ;;¥-¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥r¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥Y¥Y¥¥-y»¥¥¥¥ ************** f.**.-* ii .' ♦ COAL- CREEK BY ^174 ■♦ , , The basket social, held. in the ..Methodist church on Tuesday even- .ing^was a very, successful-venture a "tidy.sum being netted. There were * some exceptionally good baskets, although ' none <■ of them reached . over "$3.00'apiece. * The most unique one , ,-was made in the shape of a football -: with* the attachment "Down they go •,with easy grace." This now occupies ";a prominent position In the club bar- ,room. *. , . ' v-> -, ; Mr. j. Forbes, from Jiimviile, otherwise Dundee,; Scotland, is ln his element ih the grocery department of the Trites-Wood company. • The "Three Bills"~came back from their holiday Jaunt to Vancouver'on Wednesday and report that they had a champion time at the city by the • sea. ■ . ■ .' Mike -McMullen. a Micheler, was [a visitor on Wednesday.'* * ' j While at work' ln No. 2" mine on ■i Wednesday Ed Hamer had the misfortune to break a small bone in his •leg and was conveyed by special train ■to Fernie for surgical treatment in ■the hospital. '*•;'■, V James Logan, a rope rider in No. 5, . was severely bruised on Thursday • morning, by getting squeezed between the cars.- " - ' " , * .- • > 7 Other visitors to the Creek from Micliel this week were Louis Proud- . lock, Jack Hobbs and Harry. N. Duncan -and Bert Booth of Pass- ,burg were guests., of, George Crabbe last week." .■-„■■■--".* ; ■ *' One of. the horses at No. 1 North , .probably with a view • to * getting a • holiday for, himself and those at work * :in this min."practiced a rolling stunt •'„ which certainly/ whether voluntarily or designedly, caused th'e , morning , shift'-to be laid off as hin tumblings ■broke the air line and,electric cable. ■ F. Raynor,. W.' Gutliro, Hugh_Jolin- "*son arid J. McKay, with. Nicky,.-Nack, otherwise J. -Edmonson,, who have , been working up „in the: Yellowhead - Pass, were renewing old acquaintances up here. They informed us that pros-' . pecting operations had*h"een su'spend- *■ ed for the' present.--*. „■-..-'. * ' '' •'• James-McPherson, < fire-boss at old 1 No. 1, left. here, on Saturday for' a , six weeks, vacation' which he ;. will ' spend in.' his old home "at Springhiil, - N;, S. Jabez Graham has also gone ■T^to-rejoin-his.amily-aftor-'ar.-absence of '12. months, and it is'his intention to bring them all out with him when he' returns in-the spring. .'..;> •;■' ..« Gabe!.Pickering lef t.;>.oh^Sunday bound for his old homeuti Shropshire, , |nglahd,-,;near-.;Wales.._ | SI. %j& ■'■§?, , k; E. H." Best, the minister,";has beon ■hid upv with a. severe attack of 'raeumatjsm.-*.--**.-.w^ 7 While at work on* Monday Jack Mc- '_hefson; a"'digger"'In^o. Il/hlitf'all the toes of his right foot crushed ,badly'.by falling rock, -t'lH*' C. D. Pottedand'Gi C. Bg^'of I.. C. S. fnrae. were' busily" bngagod pottering around and egging thom ori', to take stock and studios5 with their institution this, week. Q.'" Hunt and Jack Robinson havo changed thoir address to Passburg, Alta.., ' - \: Jack Dlclt'returnpd from his trip to thp coast last Saturday.., :.*' y.y .', Fred Young Journeyo'd-oif into,.tho. far , country -of Michel last;'.* Sunday- roturnlng Monday ovoning., • Ho says C. C.>looks.good..onpugh.iO-hlm.--''**v.-...< ■,■ Jamos Langdon loft horo on Thursday ovoning. accompanied. by Av*Mc- . i-gan,' C. "Powell, W.-Cndm'an, Jhimos Gnrr, H. O'Neill and Jack Edmonson, , (Nicky Nack), for a ,trip up tho Elk Valloy doing dovolopmont work for tho Trltqs-Wood compaiiy., Thoy, ox- poet, to., bo away, about _lx -weeks..-Wo don't know, who'll do, the cooking.. ... Thp qupstlon Is—Who stole,, Paddy's chicken? Ono hundred dollars nnd one chlckon besides .In. ono;. night-Is two. bad. ., J* -. i v- •■ i Tho first round for tho foutz cup hns, boon playod and tho gamo waB ours. Hip! Hlpl Hjirrahl Saturday last a .spools! t^aln. WM-ongagbil uy pur boys and* a goodly crowd of sup porters went along'to cheer, them and the result was the cause of still louder cheering.', Makea note.of it. Coal Croek 1, Michel 0.*i'Oh Down-Thoy Go-With Easy Grace," sung by. thp Terrible, Hughes.. The song may be nil right,* but there is. this to*be said that the ^Michel players put up a stern fight" and even though beaten r.hey have no reason to complain as. they certainly, did their' best arid though defeated they are a ' long way off being disgraced,'as the game was fought'With a desperate earnestness that made it one of the most exciting witnessed this year and the contagion caught the, spectators as, they shouted and cheered as their respective favorites dashed about. - We can say honestly, well done both teams. The fortune'of the field was this time with us. J. Wilson of, Fernie acted as referee in a very efficient manner.* .' > • . 3 7 Plumed with their hard fought victory on. Saturday'at Michel the boys of the red and white went to the p'ark of King Paddy on Wednesday night, feeling quite sanguine of getting the '.$100 put up by Gladstone local on-the 1st of July and they did. 4 to 0 and the money was theirs. The Creek team was.* Goal T. Banns, Backs, J.. McLetchie, T. Oakley, J. Sweeney; A. McFegan, W. Parnell; Forwards, , Dick Jones, O. and P. Joison, Bert Hartwell,''J. Manning. P. Mulgrew "was referee; W. McFegan was unable to play. One notable feature of this game was Dick Jones.: This is the first time he has played "this season and scored two of the. goals, the Joison brothers scoring one, each. ,: The thanks of the team are due Mr. "W. Ingram of the Club cigar store for his muchly appreciated first- class smokes he gave to the victors .of Wednesday. night's .game. . There was one for each day of the'week, but did not'last that long. . - __** ** " :' What might have been a ve*cy serious accident * was averted on Wednesday..by, the prompt*.action, of the train 'crew* on the- 6. o'clock' trip. The* train,-contained.a number of people .coming .down to" the football .contest-,' ' but^just-'-as - the little ■* rock cut had been-passed a coupling, broke arid the train* parted: and- away- rushed the, engine and "nine box cars - down thp hill while the ^detached,"portion fallowed on its . own account. Great credit is due to thje'erew! as they did valiant work in preventing'a disaster, and _ as an. evidence of the coolness _w_ith_w_hich_the_tail_end7poEtion_was. handled may,." say that lt .'was brought to a standstill without any of tl(p passengers-inside the cars being "ady -wiser'- until? it was'brpught^to^a* stop: 7, Mr.*;,George* Mpiesi whoj.has been jpri the* payroll 'up.; here, ijhas bee% ■"transferred tb a""similar position at the Michel camp. His many friends ^ti-the^g^ek r^gjjot-. his-tdegartycejas no was 'uniformly"courteous! * **""* f'-We are .'aldri'g'Bur t'woM6'hth_ v_6*£ tlori'as recommended by the president of the .United,'States on-*-the ■ installment pian,;havlri'g had two'-days Idle this -week- owing to a shortage of 'boxcars. *,*" " ' i* , Mr, and tyrs..lobert Hubbersty are moving back to Fernio. h ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦■*>♦♦♦ BELLEVUE NOTE8 ■•-■•An election-:'for. tho'---'orf Ice of*financial sectary of Bellovuo Local 431, U.,.M.„W. of,A.,.took,place.Jast.Sun', day whon tho voting resultod as follows., , Brother Jamos , .Burke,,-22lj. Brother Harry 'Blake,' 40, • The form- or was thoroforo ro-eloctod for thej nor-U- twelve months; •*. -Tho' oth*.**; ofi ficerB elected for tho bnsuing twelve) months aro as follows: President-,-; Ector.. Paul;, vlco. prosldont, • Andrew' Duncan; treasurer, Joseph ,Ellisonj ,'nudjtqrs- ,MHto Boris, A. Boutry,.A. Baddock; pit committee, Potor Paul,! Jr-mos Burlc'o, Mlko Boris, Loo Becker, ■kit Dragon and'A.-*Baddoc_. ,4 .-* ' Bob Carney, Into of Cowloy, 'hns'; started a llvory In town bohlnd tho! McCutchoon block.1 ";ThlB makes tho third llvory wo havo. '* Preparations nro bolng mndo for ox- '- . , ,;' V?'''igilwS3l!!|nPISWBB^ ' „ '.'■ ''■;'')''!':<TiTf-^f?^ ;'»»'.'[ , '*' ,4.,M,*M^. • Jnif. • ■-.„- • TH E TEP E'E , *' ii . A High Class Boarding House FIFTY ROOMS-COMFORTABLE, ; CLEAN AND CHEAP Electrically Lighted and Steam • Heated Throughout i . *—*""*****7"**r*."**_""™'"""T'r* iii Jli"'-"'*l' '■'■"'■ • '- ■'—j".!"*--'.it_s.-'"'_ .-- _ . — —i-,. R. FAIRCLOUGH, _>E____2T COAL CREEK, B. C tensive , alterations and additions to the Southern hotel, which will be ten- ated by Mr. Steve Manahan. The license commissioners have granted a license .subject to certain alterations being done.' • ""*■ *7 . \ Tne mirie was" idle ori Monday through gas. The fan was stopped on Sunday with the consequence lhet"i!ie mine was full of gas ori Monday morning. The officials seem very lax when ever a large body of gas is found -after the fan has been stopped for a day. • They allowed the miners, drivers, etc., to go in.as far as.27-switch. Here the.miners were told to remain while the day shift fireboss made another examination, but they told the drivers'and. motor- men to go inside' as if nothirig unusual had occurred. We heard on authority that, the gas was thick in the entry as far back as 105 chute; /This appears-to be a rather dangerous proceeding in view of.the feet that a large number of the coal buckers are ignorant of the,dangers attaching to gas. These fellows, have been known to go up two and three crosscuts of a room that was full -of gas, and after losing light have attempted to light their lamps. It's terrible to think what would happen if such a large, body of gas became ignited by some cause, with nearly 300 *irien in the mine. We maintain and rightly, that when such conditions.appear again that nobody should be allowed to "enter the inine. except the officials, until such time as the ventilation becoiries normal. The nearest outlet to the 'surface, from the,face of the entry is about 2,200 feet. „ _ --, The football-club traveled to Coleman on Saturday last when a rather riolsy game, resulted,-in a win for us by 2 goals to 0. The game was stopped 14 minutes from, time by the referee,'Mr. Wright of Michel; on account of darkness preventing him from following the game. The Cole-, man players say that they" are going to protest -against' us on-.the. ground that, we didn't turn, up.-at the ;specified time for'kicking off, viz. 6:15.' This was.' impossible as supper -was not * ready when we" arrived, neither were we told where* to strip for the match. Also some* of the*. Coleman players stripped ,at 'the same time as 'our boys.- * About* three or 'four iriinutes after the kick-off a regret- able affair occurred.'. Two of the Bellevue.'supporters, were on the Coleman goal line when a- ball came "up-pretty""'fast_fronf""one~of~tlie~Cole;" man players."" The 'fullback attempt-" ed lo. stop .it going ...over ..but failed to do 'so, as' ll, went a good six inches over.,'they line,* when.' he- kicked sit back .into play..- The linesman called a corner as also did the two, above mentioned. •' This inade the* fullback ^riad,* and' after a few "wo'i(asr'bet-#eeri tnen^ho deliberately called''the Bellevue'.'fnah a liar. He*, was .promptly "t'oid::tha't h'o7 could'.'not' maW^hinl'a liar „when another player bu£te4 In iind 'said "he* could, and sultlrig^the action to. the Word he came off' the field of playapd rushed for thp spectator.'-1 One," of tho Bellevue'players now camo on th'o'scene and said that if there was' anything of that klria going on to .include'him.. However, it' died down, Thore must always be a difference. of opinion between two clubs, when anything appears doubtful, but thero was'no necessity, for the Coleman fullback to'.use tho expression hP did. .Thoro'was u, groat deal, of feeling ihown dur,lng tho match by the Colomixr. playbrs * and somo, of their, supporters, (theso'last wo are pleased to' say wore In the minority however), On' one, occasion the Coleman linbsmnn' went so far us to shout for tho roforoo' to bo sont off the flold, and was supported by tho follow with tho Christy stiff, you all tn'ow'hlm. "Wo cbrta'lnly hnd tho best toam In tho day's gamo, and that's all thoro Is to it., '. Mr, .and Mrs. Mltcholl and family, Into '. of, Nottinghamshire, England, arrived In Bollovub' oh'Saturday from Ontario; whoro'thoy hnd been for tho last four months. Mr,, Mitchell Is staying with Mr. Jamos Allsopp for tho prosont. <Tho now Finnish Socialist hall* was oponod on August 19th, whon a danco was. hold and refreshments woro served. This hall is something to bo proud of and tho men who aro responsible for its building desorvo nil kinds ofpralso. On Snturday afternoon Mr. Oorald Desmond, Socialisl organizer, and some Flnnlsli, mombors qf tlio. floolallst party, gavo short talks which woro much appreciated,* Thoro wns also a varlod program of songs nnd recitations, etc. Another dnnco wns Indulged In In lho ovoning, whon a good crowd assembled, chiefly from Coloman nnd other polnti, It wnn declnred by somo of lho diincors ihnt the floor Is oiin of the ho-v. In tlio Pass. VlccProsldont, Clom Stubbs wns In lown for tho npnnlng, ns nlso wnro Messrs. Nil Drnlto nnd llnrry Dnvlilson from Hie South Fork, Tho following tablo showH tho Htrnullni' nf tho Crow'u Nonr 1-Yinlhnl! Ifi-ifUM up to and Including Snturday, .-.imuhi Mti\: V, W, I). I... P. Michel 9 r> 2 2 12 nollovuo 10 4 .1 .1 11 Conl Crook' ..10 li 1 4 11 T-*.*„T.1r 7 ,1 *» 1 «• Fornio 8 3 14 7 Ilosmor 9 1 3 S B Coloman 7 2 0 1 4 ♦ COLEMAN NOTES BY 22 , ♦ ♦ '* .'•." ' ♦ + + ■<*> ♦ ♦«►♦•♦. ♦ *. -+: ■+ ■The Bonr.Ton Ice, Cream Parlors caters for your, trade. Supplies ice cream, soft drinks of all flavors and fruits. Mrs. S. Ingram, proprietress. 3-3m L'objet du present est de faire ap- prendre a nos camarades beiges et francals .qu'on.vlent d'orgariiser.icl un local francais' du parti socialiste et de lea inviter a. s'affiller afin d'etu> dier les' probfeme's qui les opposent dans la lutte pour Ia vie. Pour des renseignements eh.egard de ce mouvement on doit s'adresser a M. Harry Smith ou bien a M. William Graham. ; "- .' Sunday,- last a ■• French-Belgian branch of the Socialist party was initiated here and organization is proceeding, satisfactorily. All those interested in this movement aro invited to communicate with H. Smith or W, Graham. D , Tho probabilities are that a first- grade oculist and optician would find" plenty of opportunity for. practicing his profession here'aB-we-have residents who are so infirm of sight that they are unable ttoo distinguish be- tAveen a coyote aiid.'a colt, otherwise they, would not have- made the mistake of, shooting, the latter thinking it was ,- the former. Such stupid blunders' as this are Inexcusable arid those carrying and using firearms should have their eyesight tested first or they may comirilt even more serious damage and shoot a man whom they have mistaken, for a deer or a bear. **' W. H. Hayson, .who .met with an accident recently in No. 4 mine re- sulting-^in. the> - amputation of the thumb on his right' hand and part of one finger, is progressing nicely, arid expects to be able to resume his work shortly; - A fall of rock'in. No. 4. gave Jack Johnstori'e a- nasty' whack on the head a few' days-ago but* fortunately it was not very "serious. , -'Albert'-Jagos, ■■'whose accident was reported last week, is a 7 cousin; not a brother of--Mike'.Jagos who was killecl. The, unfortunate man in addition, to' the"'injuries reported, had botho'aws-fractured and it- is fpund that an operation .will be necessary that may result in'the. loss* of * a portion, of the upper part of the jaw. He_is7repbrted_as7d'oing_as._well-a8 man, left for Ontario and will meet by' arrangement, capitalists who are interested in Elko's future,* which.s brighter than the bottom of a new bucket.*' * "Marks," who travels for Papa Armour, of Chicago, was iri Elko this week selling' overland trout, salted whale and pickled moose., Misses E. May and E. Maud Roo was' down to" Pittsburg this week. Actions speak louder than words and only rich countries can afford bad roads. Miss Lucy Lolleypop arrived in town from, the Gas Range. Her hat had no 'less than 24 rattlesnake tails hanging on the ribbon band. Our modesty* prevented us counting the rats in her hair. _oui. Foisy says nothing looks more suffocating on a hot day than a man wbose hair looks as if it ought to bo harvested with a self- binder. * H. H. Ross and Mr.-Telfer, of the Ross Saskatoon, were making somo big purchases here this week for their big mill plant. A big party of residents from Bay- ney's Lake drovo into Elko this week' and picniced at the falls^.. Nine Scotchmen went up "the South Fork Thursday morning to join E. H. Telfer's fishing* party who have, a contract to supply the Ranchman's club at Calgary with rainbow trout. Mrs. Frank Worlhington of Cranbrook and children are visiting guests at Cumberland House, Riverside'Park. . Charlie Klingensmith, the genial host .of- the Elk hotel, will build a modem, livery and automobile garage. (If he don't-Kelly will.) Dr. • Saunders, "Waldo's medical ex- perl," was' in our' midst this week on professional business. Mrs. Kennedy of Hosmer is visiting the McKee's of Kilmarnock Castle, College avenue. . , Mrs. Glen Campbell,; North Star Park; is entertaining several lady friends from Fernie. - C. E. Ayre, general manager of the North Star Lumber company, returns from no-crop regions - with, sufficient orders., to fill cthree bushel baskets and the gosh darned plant is running to beat nineteen weddings. . , ■Timber. Inspector Carney was an* Elko visitor this1 week with a pile of home-made'laughs. ■' ..'*.- "" George -Powell? of Cranbrook was In the burg, with. stein • winding mouse traps, sewing machines and other musical instruments this week. ■ We expect to be in Fernie Monday, Tuesday and- Wednesday, but', don't think because we have "corns on our feet? from following the plow" we are an easy ' mark. We've got to write three columns for the Snaxrown Clipper and we dou'X Intend to miss anything interesting. Don't miss next week's Ledger. , ",. Elko is sure the queen of the Crow's Nest Pass by the amount of kings and nobles you see dangling on the boulevards. CORBIN. On Saturday last It looked as though this camp'was going to be wiped off tho map. Fire was raging all along the mountain ridge when suddenly the wind seemed to change and coming from all quarters at once like a hawk swooping down, soon filled the lower valley with .blinding smoke, and then there was a hurrying and scurrying on all sides. Somo of our residents with the memory of the Fernie fire strong in their minds a'nd benefitting by the experiences of the past, commenced digging holes in the rear of their dwellings in order to put some of the belongings out of danger, while others got busy fighting desperately to prevent lhe whole camp being wiped out. After the fight* was over, and it was certainly a hard one while it lasted, it was found that, no material damage had been done except, of course, thc standing timber had been" severely scorched and then there * were some dishes broken by those who had tried the burying method. At one "ilir.e the flames did just touch the tipple, yet the timely efforts of the " workers managed to extinguish them before they had made much headway. "Hobo" Jones, recently of Coal Creek arid well'known' throughout the Pass is working here. .- Paddy,.King, an oldCreeklte and an'expert quoit player, is among the recent arrivals.' Tom Johnson is also on the-,payroll. ■ Joe Chambers and Dan Rogers were arnong the^ members of the fire-fighting brigade. ' v ' „ ',' - ,- Dick Jones was in Michel* on, Tues day attending the inquest' of the young man from here, who' died as a result of injuries received.by falling off the train between" McGilllvray and Natal. Jack Johnson has been -appointed purveyor to the public* of that world- famous frothy beverage "Mutzine,"* and, no doubt will have a good trado trying to quench the thirst of the many parched throats of those' who have' been victims of the terrific heat that has prevailed recently. * James Wade, the 'genial beef dispenser of the P. Burns company, Is not losing any of his own flesh, although lie disposes of a good quantity for his employers. If you have any doubts on^ tho subject consult him when he visits Fernie in the near . future. « Mrs. Ed Roberts, formerly of Spokane, near Hillyard, has joined her husband hero who is in the employ of the Flathead Trading company. We have been boasting of this camp as a health resort, but regret to announce that at the present timo • the doctor is busy, although one of his cases may be considered an imported one as he had only been in the place a few days when it was found, that ho was suffering from typhoid fever. * There is an improvement sadly needed in this hospital and that is there ought to be at least two wards Instead of one as at present. It Is not .right say in the case of a man suffering with a broken leg and another with a disease. It' is to be hoped that r this matter will be seen to in the near future. ■■ School days for the children will be' here soon lis there are a large number of school age that need all the education they cari got; So far we, have not heard of any teacher being appointed. We will let the'faithful know when the next Conservative meeting is lo be held through'the columns pf The Ledger, but,, in the irieantimc anyone desiring' information may obtain further particulars by applying to*the resident representative, Mr. Aleck Black. ,. - A mpvement is on foot'looking to the organization of an Odd Fellows lodge up hero as there are quite a large number of three-link men in' our midst. ' . (Continued on Page Eight.) can - be ^expected .under, the - circumstances. :J - . '*v 7Dr.. WeStwoody'qfjGpleman ,arid Di;. ,Ross,„,whp ^bas, beeij; ^associated,", for 'eigh. month's" wi'ttT jjr;'*"MewbJurti" of Lethbridge, liave entered "Into partnership and will iprgqt^ce .as-)Surgeons an.ds-Pjbyslcia^n^- in Coleman. The Coleman brass band has been engaged to play at the Union sports at" Hosmer on Labor Day *-** and "enquiries ^re being -made regarding a special train. .. ,,,/.. Tho International Coal and Coko company are working slack time.just now owing to the car /shortage. -The' picnic of tho^'Engllsh church had to be postpohed'J'on-account of a snowstorm preventing any Indulgence" In outside'game's., Football—Colemari'Vk.', Bellevue. When, tho tossup was made tho wind was blowing lustily, but it was thought that the ball would bo always in touch at tho,east sldo, thanks to th'o prophets favoring us, Bolloviio quickly had tho leather in'dangorouB closeness to Coleman's goal, but aftor some excellent play by tho backs Coloman assumed thp1 aggressive, T, Barnes finding touch'transferred play and then by somo "really,.splendid, work by Bollbvup's'right lialf tho first goal "w'tis chalked up, to ou. visitors. This sO'omdd to ardiiso bur crowd who wore" koUlrig warm'bd ,*to thblr' work and * there * was febod - football - shown by botlv'teams. 'McCulIoch* wnff* ;ln flno form' and* playod tlio host gamo of 'tlio 'seasons, all of which'1 ought tb; show lho boys thb Importance of constant''practice.' Ruffy; *_roBor, 'Jenkins, not; fbrgottlng'Tony Smith; nl( did sonfo" good worlc, bu); If'bno wants' to get tho bost'result'It means prac-' tlco, prnctlco* and tuori irioro prac- tlco. " , ,.,--, On aoobunt of *nollovup bolng Into on tho flold darkness compelled tho gamo's stopping 20 mtautoB boforo tho tlmo was up with tho gamo standing Bollovuo 2, Coloman 0. ELKO NOTE8, ♦ ■ 1 4> * Denotes two points doductod 'or playing Inollgtblo players. A mooting of tho 0, N, P, f, L. will ho hold nt nollevun Raturdfty, September .'ird, 1010, THE PONV nACE. On Monday night the race between tho two ponl-tH of T, Mott and J, Minton respectively mndo the run up Victoria avenuo with the result thai the Utter; far outdUUucod IU rival •nd won tha I100.J j^-jjjijj ,*j» , Dy Fred Roo, If tho truth In good lot's linvo it. If noi, It Rhmilil not tin 111 thn npprovnl ot our sllonco, 10. II. Tt'lfor, (The Ihiiiio Wnllon of Cnlgnry), und parly of six gontlo- men nnd hcIioIiiih nro on in pod on Smith Fork nud lho wny Iho Iron I. Is Hailing Into Mm Itnnclmmu'H clnli , , , *, «tt i.tiiKUi j i-i mum i./.iJv a hn" it"* ," j Dw cold '.-.iile nf ;\ fl'-hfrmnn's tfitnh-' Hlono. I Mrs, li. D. Ilolllflny of Toronto,) Mis. («, V. Kiini'iibon, Fornio, niul O. W. Hmitli visited UlUo Monday. A purty of C. 1'. II. dlrotlors niul Hii-oirinii\ii i-iinnii-i-in ni**.*- lMtiv.u'i'iirt *i»n- oIubIvo and gnmey trout ln tho wntors of thiB river girdled lown. Our old collcgo chum, Sandy McDougall, railed on us this wook and nftor laying n few miles of 80-pound steel wo decided to glvo the socrot of our gi-nIM deposition to the gen- ml puwllr*. So If y«u would enjoy life au \v-' do Junf mali*o np your mind to, lot tbo oilier fellow de the worrying. C. It, Wk'kt-011. inAiisger of tliflt Merchants' Hank, Wt for Winnipeg Tuesday. [ V. Downs, Flax-ulnno** pine king, wa* >x vUUo. iUU WMik. J. M. Arrow, the big hardware OVER $1000 IN PRIZES ., ... ■'• '-.-■ ■'.'',. * • . - • ■*• • ■ 1 ■ , ' > ____________—______________________________ : . . : ■ ,' 1 1 ■ ' ' ' ' - Big Programme of Spqrts including: , .. .• . . •■*,., I,, > ■ ,*"'**' , . ■ M ■ ■ Horse Races, Foot Races, Football, Baseball, Tug-of-War, Squaw Tepee and Pony Races, and Tennis Tournament, etc. CITY BAND IN ATTENDANCE r n x I NG 15 T?Hq-At NicH-ir-m PH« . Harry Lombard, of Chicago, and Charles Carver Champion ofthe British Army and Navy In The Ferine Opera House at 9:30. Ringside Seats $2. Admission $1.00 ; AH Ecntries close Sept. 2nd. Make all entries with the Secretary G. H. BOULTON, President W. S. STANLEY, Secretary ■ L \S ~ •-"Tr"-"~m* • ■ ■" ■■• * ■■ -»^r*-r ■*""—i—,-r 'sr-j*-""-"_ "* T*~**^T3 ", '""_• ■ ' "■■i ■■»■** i BriffJ:" "' ■wl'i*n- i»ti.»- , 11 ii, ■!■ in1 'I. i""* ^fi-*-!"—'*""j—"i-— " "ijf i-i1 «~"«-i- , »—■-_ »—, f-.^., ... „—■■■ , .. .1 ..—— ■y ' . -- „5e •■=■','-. .J ' -, - -'.- *• PAGE SIX THE DISTRICT LEDGER,; FERNIE, B. .0., AUGUST 27, 1910. ^ * •'.* , ', 'ff ' s» ■*" *>•"--, * "*■• V-, ' Electricity Mining and Coal Different kinds of Electrical Equipment and the Conditions Adapted Development of Electricity as Applied to Coal Mining Complexing ' i , By F. C. Albrecht. The subject of "Electricity and Coal Mining" has been discussed so much of late that it might possibly be considered threadbare were it not for its , vast importance. Instead of becoming threadbare, however, the contrary is true. The indications are that this subject will become a more and more absorbing topic for some time to come. With development and growth, this will naturally be the case. Especially is this true at present in view of the pending legislation in several of the coal-producing states. What the various state legislatures and also our ' national government will do, in tho future, will "be awaited with Jceun interest by all mine owners, managers, ■ superintendents, and everybody else Inierestecfin.the coal mining and electrical industries. The two industries,' electrical and mining, aro very closely related to each other. This Is not only true of coal mining, but iUso of the mining bf all other-- mineral products. The largo gold, silver, copper, lead and ■ other mines are all being electrically operated. The coal mining and electrical industries are, however, more closely* related to each other than any of the others. *' For is it not true that, to a ■ certain extent, we have here what we may call (by taking some liberties perliaps( a form of perpetual' motion? Or, to describe same as perpetual energy would be better. By this I mean that we use coal, which is stored energy, to put under our boilers, which, through the medium of steam fed to the engine and the engine in turn driving the generator furnishes electricity. Then, this electricity fed to the electric locomotive 'is the medium of getting out more coal, some of which, finds its way tb the boiler again, so tint similarly to the qucsiion regarding the chicken and the egg, one might well ask, who started the ame anyway?, To that question, about the only answer that we can give Is that the mule started, the trouble.' And right here 1 wish to say "that full credit should be given to the mule, and all animal haulage in general, for wbat they have accomplished in connection with coal mining. * I believe I can say without fear of successful contradiction, that with the exception of some special cases, including the opening of new mines, that the day's of animal haulage in coal mining will before long be a thing of the past. All coal* mines of any considerable output today are operated by mechanical haulage, this in the majority of instances being electrically driven. Electricity has, in short, become indispensable\to tho coal mining Industry. It Is a part of coal mining and it will remain-so. It is horo to slay, nand more power to it!' Electricity is practically independent, of distance. The question of distance has been one of tho most deciding factors In favor of electricity. Electric current can be transmitted any distance, 'it simply being a case of selecting a voltage proportional to the length of transmission.' There Is no other form of energy that is transmitted so efficiently nnd conveniently as electrical. In thoso days where, In mnny cases, tho "workings nro a mile or more Inside, tho operator Indeed would havo a hnrd prob- lom to solvo, to got his coal out on n competitive ,ba8ls, wero It not for electricity. Electric underground traction has onsily surpassed all othor mot hods of power hauling. Tlio development, of" electricity ns applied to coal mining has boon a , vory Interostlng one to tho mnnu.ao turor of electrlcnl apparatus. It has presented some moro or loss com- 'pW problmns, Uio solving of which Iiiih proven vory Interostlng. Accordingly, It In now very upparent Unit no niimufiK-turor cnn hopo to huopphh- < fully handle nils lino of business without having In tho flold, first of nil, salesmen who nro ongJnu->rs nnd ■who nro ospeclnlly trained nnd equipped to hnndlo this lino of work. Thoso HnloHinen must fnmlllnrlzo Mn. M, Jim-wit, (ni Miircun Bu, Monirul, uyil •• A tinrrlrf run rams out til over my bsb/i 'see and i^c.-lu.iul U LiJlulmllyCi.'vaci] Ms t_ 1*.*-. It wai IrriUttnc and painful, snd uuud (hi little one hourt ol luiTerln-j, We tiled loat-ii and powdeu and ulrtt, bit he cot nn t-flt-T. He refuted hli food, got quite thin nnd worn, and wai reduced to a very wrlniH ronilltion. I wan advised to try Zir.vHuV, and did ia It wai wonderful' how It seemed to cool and eaia the child's burning, painful ikln, Zam-Duk from the very commencement itemed to C" ''llht le the ipot, and the pimples and torn and the Irritation grew leu and leu. Within a few weeki my biby'l ikln wu heated completely. He hu now not a trace, of tub, or eiupiiun, or eciema, or burning •ore. Not only w. but cured of (he tor- mi-titli-iff ikln Umihu, H» h»» lmprov*d In cenefaOiealth. I ZtMltak li mM at ill «***. *ei m*Jtk1»* -m-1 tin,y. a _»,km ft** (mm l*m-Mt Ca.,I Tortmta,fmprk*,*huu*(mt:tta, Acwubitartl in, nil iUn rflwont, enii, bar**, ete,, and tarpnat, | themselves thoroughly with mining conditions and requirements. They must study the coal mining business. This is necessarily the case, as there are continually being presented to the manufacturer new, inquiries asking if some new mining contrivance can be arranged to operate electrically. This has therefore developed not only the special salesman for mining work, but naturally this development has gone on further' along the line, producing in turn the designing depart- n.out the designing *>nginper w.o miikcr*. o specialty of equipments ior mining work. Likewise, there is the mining department in the shop as regards the manufacturing end. Coal mining has therefore produced* what can either bo called the "electrical mining engineer" or the "mining electrical engineer." Perhaps the latter would • be the better application. Now then, what has been the result of all this? Simply the result tliat the electrical equipments of our up-to-date mines are second to none. The last four or five years have seen remarkable strides In the application of electricity. The coal cutting machine is no longer an experiment. A-' practical electrically driven drill has been devised. Also a puncher, wliich can be operated either by direct or by alternating, current, has been manufactured* and' is now operating on a commercial basis in both alternating current and direct current plants, giving very satisfactory results. , ,v Fans which; the mine owners were originally afraid to drive by electricity are now replacing the, steam- driven kind with their long and uneconomical and expensive, steam lines. The electrically driven tipple-, machinery is a great advance in economy over the old engine driven kind. The electrically driven pump in wet mines is an enormous saving over the old compressed-air pump. For the sprinkling system 'which is now being used, motors are required. Boxcar loaders electrically driven are becoming more and more in favor also coke drawing machines and larries electrically operated. We can say that practically the, entire operation is electrically controlled, and a brief discussion of some of the many electrical systems and equipments may therefore be in order.' As nowadays mines are brought in more or less close contract with each -otheri-eithe*. through _he-combinatlons- oi several small companies or on account of the growth of any one company, the powerhouse of today is rapidly resolving itself into' an alternating current proposition, being the central source of power for the various mines, " » Alternating current, at is introduction in the commercial fields of lighting nnd power, presented many new problems to tho electrical engineer. Many engineers predlcted'nll sorts of troubles and difficulties; but while at first, and naturally so, thore did develop some obstacles, theso have now been motsly overcome, with tho result that tlio,, polyphase ' system, which means olther a two-phase or a throo- phase system, of alternating curront transmission, with its adaptability to largo units and long distances, haB proven Itsolf „a commercial success in ovory respect.' In tho powerhouse wo hnvo tho most. Improved , types of hollers and stokers nnd holiorliouso equipment in gonornl, Noxt, thore aro tho engine- driven, direct-connected, alternating current generators, or bottor yet, tur- blno units. In tho steam drivon turbine there has boen porfoelod ono of the greatest improvements of tho ago, both from tho standpoint' of tho •manufacturer nind tho opornlor, The rapid growth iu tho manufacture nnd salo of turbines speaks for Itsolf. Stonm turbines ns'prima movers hnvo long slnco passed tho oxporlmontnl stngo. Thoy are' bolng usod In all Industries, nnd tho mining Industry Ih now beginning to clnlm Its Hlinro. Tho tui'hlno can bo opnrnlod both non- coiiiIoiikIiib nud liondiiiiHlng, the hitler giving the hoHt remiltR. Ono of thn merits nf thn turbine Is Hin smnll nmount of floor space required, another Is thnt it Is very economical find officlont. Having eiiKliios nmd gonornlorH, a modorn swltolibonrd Is liiHtnllod for tlio control of Iho generating units, logotlior willi llm various outgoing circuits. This Hwllelihnnrd will ho ■•quipped wit holl clreull breakers nnd oil switches, various safety ilovleon, volt mot ors, nminotoi'H, frequency motors, power factor meten*, otc. Tho nxrllnr set. ('nnslstlng of n direct curront. compound-wound generator, usually wound for 125 volts and iihciI for tho excitation of tho generating units, may bo olthor engine or motor driven. Transformers come In uso whoro the generator voltage Is rnlHPd. Tho voltage generated muy ho 2,200 vnlls, but it Is deslrnblo on account of tho length of transmission tn rnlso tho voltngo to 13,000, or ovon 83,000 vous, ur uny ulltt-r -Jc-iltt-il t-jftdftu. "•Knit. liig trnnsformors" aro Installed to ralso Iho original gonorntor voltngo In the proper transmission voltngo. Lightning arresters, choke colls, dis- rnrmprtlnB' mwltobnn with their rt. tnlls, for protective apparatus, complete tho alternating current powerhouse, Among tho principal advantages of a contral powor station, thoro Is tho groat saving In copper and nlso tho maintenance of u good and steady working voltage, especially whoro the workings nro located consldornhlo dis- tancna front tho powerhouse, Tbo saving In copper In many Instances more than balances the entire cost of the sub-station during the lifo of the equipment The nf *t -M-sp la the transmission of power. If alternating current be mod tho main powcrhouso generally furnishes current at approximately 2,400 or' 6,'6 00 volts, although 3,300, 13,000, and* other ,voltages are used. This current, being -, for power service, should be a 25-cycle, 3,000 alternations, polyphase circuit, preferably three phase. .The current is then transmitted from the powerhouse to substations, where it is first transformed to a lower voltage by means of lowering transformers and then, by a rotary converter or a motor-generator set, is transformed from alternating into direct current. The substation equipment will comprise also a switchboard, protective apparatus, and other details similar to ' powerhouse equipment, but not oh so large a scale. Tho lowering transformers are generally arranged, to transform from 2,400 to 6,600 volt high tension to"ap-' proximately, 440 volts low * tension. The low voltage alternating current circuit Is, through, the rotary panel of the switchboard, used on the alternating current side of the rotary' converter, whicli gives off on the direct current side from 550 to 600 volts. The approximate ratio of the alternating current to ,the,,direct current voltage is about 7:10. In other words, the alternating current voltage is approximately ,7 that of the direct current. Similarly, If the alternating current voltage on the rotary converter is approximately 160 volts, then the direct current voltage will be around 250 to 275 volts. If the motor generator sets are used instead of rotary converters, the balance of the equipment is about the same. * At, times though, lowering transformers are dispensed with. This is in cases where ' the alternating- current transmission line is not too high. Then it is proper to have a 2,200-volt or 3,300-volt or even a 6,600- volt. alternating current motor, direct connected to a 660 or 275 or 250-volt direct current generator. "Generally speaking though, lt is considered advisable to put in lowering transformers, even with motor generating sets, as that makes it safer for the operator. A further advantage is that the lowering transformers act as additional protective ' apparatus—having the high tension and low tension sides separated. This arrangement also has the additional feature that taps "may be taken*, from the transformers to operate independent^ alternating current circuits. While discussing substation equipment, It is well to note the ease arid low-cost—of-j-moving—and—handling- these equipments, as* compared with boilers, engines, and generators. Substation equipments require no special foundations and no anchoring. The floor space required, is considerably less than an engine and generator unit. The substation equipment requires practically no attention and Is almost automatic, easily adjusting itself to the' various loads and conditions. ' Having transformed' the curront from the alternating current to tho direct current this current must bo, transmitted Into tho mine for the locomotives, motor-driven pumps, cutting machines. By this means the operations are Independent of e.i-.h othei, f.no not bain*-.-; affected by the load fluctuations of tho other. . The substation therefore foods both kinds of current simultaneously to tho samo mlno. A well-known engineer connected with ono of the largo coal mining companies of Wost Virginia has vory adequately summod up tho advantages of a central power station nnd Its sub-stations for mines as follow-***: Minimum outlay for copper. Main- tonnnco of good working voltage. Flexibility in mining operations. Bettor conditions in rail bonding, Ex- pfciislvo foundations aro not roqulrod at sub-stations. Wator and fuel nre not roqulred nt sub-sjatlons, Adaptability for lighting nt remoto places together with local lighting. Formlts tho uso of hlgh-voltngo, nltornntlng- current motors, Reduces numbor of station oihployos nnd consoquontly nf- focts tho lalior oxponso, Low cost for oil nnd wnsto, Capacity may bo Iosh thnn combined cnpaclllos of ;i number of small dlroct current stations, In lho mine there Is tho olcctrlc locomotlvo or "olootrlc mulo" as It Is sometimes known, This olcctrlc mulo Is subject to exactly tho same kicks and nhtiHo that tho original mlno mule wiih Htilijoclod to, hut. nftor tho day's work Is done (Ioob not, roqttlro nny oats and hay, In ordor to bo roady for the noxt dny's work, but wllh vory little Inspoctlon or enro, Is "right ou the job" again tho nuxt morning. Thoro are throo classes of el no trie mlno locomotives: first, tho regular liniilngo locomotlvo, gonornlly of from 8 to 20-ton capacity. Thoro nro, of course, locomotlvos of ovor 20-ton capacity, bnt genornliy a bettor practice whore conditions will permit, Is lo hnve two 10-ton or two 13-ton or oven two Ifi-lon locomotives, which onn bn nnernlnd either sennrntolv or tandem. Too hoavy a locomotlvo moans it very heavy Iron for the track, and It Is ofton unwieldy and Inefficient. In tho second plnee, with a gathering locomotlvo'of tlio reel typo, tha InroTTiOtlvo trooa Into tlio room, Milln out tlio "lends" and pushes bank In tho -"empties." Tho reels are furnished with either single or double wlro, depending-upon tho locnl conditions In the mlno, Tbo gathorlng locomotlvo known at the "traction reel" or "crab type" does not go Into the room at all, but it wire cable of from three-eighths of au Inch to flvo-elghtha ot an inch thick and about COO feet long, U easily pulled Into the room and fi*- timed to the loaded car, which la then pulled out by means of a separate motor wllh Ita equipment of -controller, resistances, hoso and wire and other dctalli Both of the gathering types of locomotives are now being built so as to use one of the main hauling motors of the ■ locomotive for gather-- ingialso'. "This is performed by having a .clutch arrangement . which, .throws-the reel or crab so,as to operate"with one- of the hauling motors.-- The clutches are independently controlled -and therefore the operator can-"drive the locomotive cAnly, if. desired!' or the reel or'crab only, or he; can drive both the "reel and locomotive together at once and the same time." A foot-brake is also applied to,, the reel-drum shaft so that a,car being hauled'by the wire rope can be held on the grade if desired. Both forms of,gathering' locomotives are also being built* with further modifications, and are equally adaptable. . /." A.s regards the cost of operating with electric haulage, it is obviously difficult to give exact figures which will apply in all cases,, biit it has already been pointed out that electrical haulage is cheaper than animal haulage. Tho life bf the locomotive in the first place is longer than that o'f the mule, there'being locomotives today in actual service, which were installed 10 or 12 years ago. -Against this, two or three years is the average* life of a mule. The lengths ot the haul and speeds required are also very much in favor of,the locomotive. Tho electric locomotive does not run up a 'larh_. feed bill- It is not shocked and consequently hurt oy coming in' contact with wires, but on the contrary, rather likes it and gets its "nourishment", in that''way. ' The locomotive does not require anywhere near the "attention that the mule does. In fact, in a good many mines, the locomotive is given practically no attention whatsoever, until something breaks down. "Then of course, everybody from the management" down_ gives it the very closest attention and wonders what in the world is wrong. The writer ,would wish that 'the. locomotives, were inspected and overhauled oftener than they are. '*__ a general rule, if ever a piece of machinery is abused, it is the electric mine locomotive. As long as,a locomotive will move, car,after car, is added to the trip, until something has tofgive way. The relative costs of mule and electric haulage have been" tried out, and the growth of electric haulage speaks for itself. . I, have been unable to find any cases where electric haulage has been used and then again abandoned, unless it was where very gaseous mines, developed. - A word next as to the operation of fans for ventilation." Tbe motors used here must be perfectly reliable, as on the successful operation of these, depend the lives and efficiency of men inside of the,mine. Good air and a proper supply of It is required, and the fan is therefore depended upon to furnish this. In connection with -the-e!ectrlc&!!v— driven-.fan _I_was.ii-e— cently told by a prominent mine manager* tbat only once in the last five years has he had to call his men out of the mine on-account of trouble from this source. The form* of drive for fans, tliat Is, whether the fan3 should be geared or belted, or chain driven, should be carefully studied In each Instance. ^ In somo cases the one form of drive gives the best result; ln another Instance, another form of drive Is preferable. Whero there Is a great fluctuation In1 voltage," cither a belted or chain drivo Is desirable. If floor space is an item, then between theso two the chain drive is tho proper ono. If the voltage Is constant and good regulation secured, then a geared fan Is proper. Coupled fans cnn also be seriously considered and these are In actual oporation. Variations In spwd can bo obtained by either variable- speed motors or, in tho, caso of bolted *muchlnoB, different pulley combination can bo- usod. Electric hoists are operated l.y olthor direct or alternating curront mot oiB. Thoro aro also the electrically drivon cutters and punchers previously referred to. Thoro aro also motors for pumps. It would bo difficult to keep track of tho great* number of motors .from ono horsepowor up to even 800 horsepower capacity that are, day In and day out, working away, connected to pumps' of every doficrlptlon, Hlootrlclty, in addition to bolng used ns a source of powor, Is nlso used for lighting, noi only tho mlnos, tho offlcos, and various othor - buildings about tho mlnos, but tho same current Is often UBod for lighting tho towns locatod "nonr tho^ mines, and In this way Is ofton "an additional source of rovonuo. As far as tho altornatlng-curront voltago In tho mlno Itsolf, thoro has boon and still is considerable discussion, Many nro of tho opinion thnt tlio voltngo should not oxeood 27fi or 300 volts. On tho other hand, nnd llioro aro Just ns mnny if not moro, who consider RGO to 000 volts not oxcoHslvo. Cortnlnly thoro Is no getting nwny rtonv tho fact thnt with tho higher voltngo thero'Is n great saving In copper, and also that In most cases a bottor working voltngo will be maintained. Looking at tho qiiemioii from tho standpoint of safety, It Is truo tho high voltago Ib moro likely lo kill a mnn than tho lowor, IJut tho point Is to keep away from tho wlro, Especially In high conl this should easily bo nrrangod. Tn -mnny hint-won,-thr* trollov wlro can ho placed from flvo to nevon ruot above the rail and Bhould always bo placed from four to eight Inches to (he outside of tho rail. With ordinary precaution this should bo entirely safo, W?.'c.'*n the fsul !i lw ft ™ifbt fi*** bo conslderod proper, to put In the lower voltage, although It li by no moans conslderod absolutely noces- wry- It hns boon pointed out at various times by some operators that they ronnldor thn higher voltage safer than the lowor. Their argument Is tbat with the lower voltage, tho men got familiar and careless. On the other hand, they have considerable respect for the higher voltago and are more careful ond have lesa nccldonts. The writer doea not mean to con- f.f»d„ though, that wny Ironclad rate nr law ahmiM any that the operator muat use either the higher or lower voltage, Thin would be entlroly wrong FERNIE UNION DIRECTORY Lizard Local Genera! Teamsters No. ,,141/ 'Meets every-Friday night at " 8 p.m. Miners ,runion hall. A. - L.' : Doles, Fresldeht; William Long, Recording, Secretary. " ' - Bartenders' Local No. 514: Meets 2nd and- 4th' Sundays at 2.30 .p.m." Secre- . tary J. A. Goupill,:Waldorf Hotel. Gladstone Local No. 2314 U. M. W. A. Meets 2nd and-,4th Saturday Miners Union hall. 1); IteeSj.Se.i. Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners: Meets in'the Miners' Union Hall.- A. Ward/Secretary. DR; WRIGLESWORTH, D.D..S. 'y- . DENTIST. ':_y';-\;< • _ Offtee:.Johnson-Faulkner,Block.. Hours 9-12. 1-6; "' -'•*'-IJhpM172 rernle B;.C, -,'-. DR. J. BARBER, DENTIST . Office Henderson Block, Fernie B.c! '", Hours 9 to. 1; 2,,to 5; 6 to 8. ■*', Residence 21 Viotoria Ave. Typographical Union No.'555* '• Meets last Saturday in each month at the Ledger Office. A. J, Buckley, Sec- , retary. .,'.""• Local Fernie No. 17 "S. P. of.C. Meets in Miners Union Hall every Sunday at 7.45 p.m. Everybody welcome. D. Paton, Secretary-Treasurer. , Amalgamated Society Carpenters and Joiners:—Meet In Miners, Hall every alternate Thursday at 8 o'clock. A. Ward, secretary. P. Oi' 307. W. R. Ross K. C. .7. w:s. Lane ROSS & LANE- - • Barristers and Solicitors Fernie, B. C. Canada. L. P. Eckstein D. E. McTaggart THE FERNIE Ir ■*> f' LUMBER U0: A. McDougall,'.Mgr.. a r ECKSTEIN & MCTAGGART - BARRISTERS, SOLICITORS,-ETC. United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners.—Local 1220. D. J. Evans, President; F. H. Shaw. Secretary. Cox 8treet Fernie B. C. F. C. Lawe Alex. I. Fisher and arbitrary., There are arguments In favor of both, but I would contend that, in each instance, a careful inspection should be made and careful consideration" given to each Individual case. Local conditions will largely determine what voltage should be installed. And furthermore, I would submit, that no matter whether 250, 275 or 550 volts, or whatever voltage is used, the wire should be bare, uninsulated wire.' Insulated wires in a mine' are treacherous. The insulation will not last hi a mine more than six months, or a year at most. It deteriorates rapidly and becomes a menace instead of an additional safeguard. The wire should be bare ane.everyone operating In the mines given to understand tliis. in order that proper precaution and care - be taken. '" " ' -''"".-." A system of wiring that^meets with much favor where conditions will permit is the "three-wire system." By this means 550 volts can be taken from the generator' or rotary con-; verter and divided in half, using two circuits of 275 volts each. The three- wire system wasoriginally Introduced in order that a saving in copper might be obtained.' Tlie system has become in general use for both lighting and ■power—distribution;—It—permits-df— a saving of 25 per cent in copper in the feeder, when figured on" a-basis of current capacity; or- a saying of 621/*. per cent when figured on a basis of drop potential, when the neutral wire is considered1 as'equal in size to one of the-outside wires. i In'the primary installations of,the three-wire system It was necessary to use two generators. connected' In series, having the neutral wire joined to tho common connection. Of course, this necessitated having two generators in service at all times,' regardless of whether there was a large or small load. However, "necessity Is tho mother of Invention," nnd as a result a throe-wire generator was do-, signed .which would* give tho samo service ns tho original schemo of having two two-wire machines In service. Another result of the three-wire generator wns an Increased offlcloncy, Ono generator had but one sot of losses to overcomo while two generators had two sets. Again one large generator hnd a better efficiency than either of,, tho' two smaller ones. Tho throo-wlro direct current generator is vory similar In appoaranco to tho two-wlro direct curront gen-, orator, except that It nlso hns collector rings, somowhnt like a rotary converter, but In tlio caso of tlio three-wlro gonorntor, lt has Its collector rings on the snmo side ns Its commutator, In ^addition thoro aro furnished auxiliary npparatuB known as bnlnnclng colls, Throe-wiro generators mny bo operated In parallel with each othor, or In- parallel w'th two-wlro gonornlors If roqulrod, For Instance ,a throo-wlro 550-volt gonorntor may bo oporntod In parnllol with two 275-volt gonorntors In sorlos, This throo-wlro system does not confine Itsolf to gonorntors nlono, but cnn nlso bo usod In connection with rotary convortors In sub-stations, thus falling right In line with nltornntlng curront trnnsmlsslnn. Ily monns of tho throo-wlro systom, -lt Is possible to uso tho lilghor voltngo, thnt Is, r>r>0 volts, for tho locomotlvo, considering tho truck ns tho neutral and return. This system, ns can onsily bo noon, is nt. Its best wlioit tlio load Is ovon- ly divided botwoon two operations, It Is posslblo, howovor, to oporato whon thoro Is ns much ns 2fi per cont tin- balanced load, Obviously though, this system ennnot bo used In nil' cases, It Is not a "euro all" for all ovlls, but oxnetly llko nil othor systems, hns Its own spoclnl applications nnd conditions, Whilo, ns sfntod, dlfforont conditions In different, plncos will require tbo spoclnl study ot tho local conditions, aud villi lu thai way dttaruiltio which systom should bo Installed, still doe* It not soom advisable that thoro should ba somo wolldoflnod and established rules governing the installation of plootrlrnl on«lpmi»nt In mlnnH? In other words, standardize. It Is woll known, that In order to get the best results out of any business, stand- nrdUalion and system are necenary, Without certain rules, regulation, and system, the highest efficiency cannot be obtained. Therefore, tbo aoonor mining and electrical men get together and adopt a system of standards mutually agreeable and understood, the better it will be and much will be accomplished. I nm glad to aay that seme steps In this direction hate already been taken. At the last meeting ef the American Mlnln* eongfeas. In Pitta* LAWE & FISHER. ATTORNEYS Fernie, B. C. Manufacturers of and Dealers in all kinds of Rough and Dressed Lumber - i. t* Send us your orders W. A. CONNELL Pioneer Builder and Contractor of Fernie ESTIMATES FURNISHED (Continued on P*ge Seven.) Queen's Hotel RESTAURANT Under New. Management Excellent Table and 7, all white help Additional. Table for .28 More Men - NORTHERN HOTEL Wm. Eschwig, Proprietor New and up-to-date Handsome Cafe Attached OPEN DAY and .NIGHT ROYAL HO TEL FERNIE Bar Unexcelled Al! White Help Everything Up-Wate^ Gall in and see us once JOHN P0DBIELANCIK, Prop. KING'S HOTEL Bar supplied with the best Wlnos, Liquors and Cigars DINING ROOM IN CONNECTION W, MILLS, Prop. Loans On flrat olaei business and residential property, DROP IN AND TALK.THE MATTER OVER WITH' U8 Real Estate & Insurance Creo & Moffatt ************************** S I N G E R E W I N G MACHINE CO WM. BARTOK Aoront rernle lirai-tch Pellatt Ave. Worth )* >- s- )> *-- *■ .. )■ >> )• >> >• )• >- ). )■ >- )> *•■ >■ >■ >• .■ •i. a- HOTELFERNIE The Hotel of Fernie .Ferule's, Leading Commercial ... and Tourist Houso ■ , S. F. WALLACE, Prop. JOHN B. WATSON Chartered Accountant, Assignee, Liquidator and Trustee; auditor to the Cities of Calgary and Fernie, CALGARY, ALTA; P. O. Box 308 DEPEW, MacDONALD & McLEAN GO, Ltd, »__Mwm_Mii ■—_■■ n imt ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS AND CONTRACTORS VICTORIA AVE, PERNIE B. C, THE BOTTLE THAT'S ALWAYS CHOSEN. In proforonco to oUiorg la the one * wliono label boars our namo which la a guarantee of both purity and quality, WE DO NOT RETAIL WINE AND LIQUORS. hut toll tbem by the oaao to flrat class bolole, floaters, clubs, oto. Ask for them nnd ywtll know why thn bent Judges prefer them. THE POLLOCK WINE CO. LTD. 1 Ledger Ads Pay ;'a-'-s!r:,^*.'. * '. 0... ."-". -■ - i! THE DISTRICT LEDGER, PERNIE, B. C, AUGUST 27, 1910. PAGE SEVEN Wholesale Liquor Dealer Dry Goods, Groceries, Boots and Shoes 7* "'7 Gents' 'Furnishings-. : • : BAKER-"-AVENUE---/ ' BRANCH' AT HOSMER,... B.C. A complete line of samples of Fall Suitings and Worsteds, Serges SLtid. Tweeds V Up-to-date Workmanship Moderate Prices J.C.KENNY TKeyWeetisNewsrfor• f *7 .'-'<. ' .{7-i *.•'*• 7*■'■-'■ ". _\ Our Foreign I AUFGEBOT. Es wird- * zur allgeineirien, Kenntnis gebracht,.dass:'"' ,1. Der Ber_ma_n. _Johani_ (Jan) Mogielka,-wohnhaft-Yn'-*.Watterischeid, Weststrasse 112, vorher in Fernie in Britisch Columbien, «elt.3 jahren, sohn der' Eheleuto * Invalide Stanislaus ■Mogielka und Marianna geborenen Wyrwas, wohnhaft in Wattenscheid. 2. Die' Hedwig geborene Andrysiak, Witwe von Arbeiter Stephan Wojtal- ewicz, ohne Beruf, wohnhaft in Rot- thausen, Briesenstrasse 117, vorher in Diisseldorf und.Bensberg, Tochter des Invaliden Andreas Andryslalc,'- wohnhaft In Rotthausen und. selnei* vers- torbenen Ehefrau Victoria- geborenen Greiczk, zuletz't wohnhaft in Rotthausen, die. che mit einander elngohen wollen. . • " Die Bolcanntinachung hat in den Gemeinden Rotthausen, Wattenscheid, Dusseldorf, Bensberg. und durch die in Fernie erscholhende Tageszeitung "District Ledger" zu erfolgen. Etwaige auf Ehehlhdernlsse sich stuetzendo. Einsprachen haben binneri zwel., Wochen bel dem Uhterzeiclineten zu geschehen. * Rotthausen, Kreis Essen in Preussen 11 August, .1010. ; Rotthausen, " ' , Zu Vertretung, Ortseifen. ' ' ■ (Stempel) ; • . . Konigl. "Preuss. Staudesamt Rotthausen Kreis Essen. NOTICE. To. all to whom-it may concern, greeting: .'"",' . That: ,- 1. John,(Jan) Mogielka,*'at present living at 112'Weststrasse, Watten- scoid, formerly °in Fernie for the past three years, is engaged to be married to <,''-.'"■ '.„'■:_ -• 2.* Hedwig. widow of - Stephen Wojtalewicz; living at 117 Brieseh- strasse, and if there be'any'.objection thereto due notification of same must be.sentT within ,. two■ weeks to the undersigned.' " ■ .7. - - • , ,.. ' " ' ORTSEIFBN,- - -"' , ' - Rotthausen, , -Kreis Esseii, "(SEAL) -''..•' ' "' Germany. KRAVAVE JUBILEUM. Dne 15. dubna 1910. bude ' tomu dvacet roku, co vypukla elementarni jnkOU* Iln., ************************** t ( I ( ( ( 't ROMA HOTEL Dining; Room and Beds under New Management. First class table Board Meals 25c, Meal Tickets $5.00 BANQUETS CATERED POR Rates $1.00 per day R. Henderson, Dining Ronm Mgr, r* * -, icJcitickltiikk'kkkkkkkkk'Hkkkkiicjrk i Fernie Dairy FRESH MJLIC delivered to all parts of tho town 8nndei's (k" Verhaeit Brothers. Proprietors vln'sky r.evlr, trebas na stavky nejbo* hatsl jest, nikdy, pred tlm nevldei: Postaveni horfiiku bylo y tehd'ejsl dobe hrozno. Surove nadavky, telesne tresty, coz jeste provazeno .stalym sulzoyanlm mzdy. , Nespokojenost rostla, zivot staval se prlmo zoufalym. *yto dobe se proletarskym zlvotem usnesenl mezlnnrodnlho sjezdu,,,odby- .vanoho roku 1899 v PaiizI, k n'emuz postuven byl navrh soudruha Lavlg- nea: ' SlavenI svetoveho svatku, prvnlho kvetna roku 1890.' Hornici s nadsenim slrill otazku syeceni prvnlho kvetna a kojlll so nadejl, ze konecno zasvitne jim jlskra svobody do jlch, to doby nevolnlckoho zivota. Nedovodll vsak cha'pat, zo mu- zo byti svoboda dobyvana bez leneze aaclrkovnlch obradu. Vo svom cltovo nabozoniJkom zanlcenl usncsll se na dolo Emma slavlt prvnlho kvetna a sblrkou meal sobou pri vyplato sebrnll 85 z 1„ jez zanesll pol.-ostravskomu farati P. Blttovl, nbyznno elouzil, 1. kvotna polnlmBl, za dosazenl osmt- hodlnno doby pracovni, Faror, BItta na mlsto, aby prani horniku, v nomz o necom vyBlovono robolantskom no- bylo ani potucby, vyhovel, donuncoval horniky u Wllczkovflkeho hornlho redltolo n Btnrosty pol.-OBtravskoho, ktory doputacl ponlzo odebral, nochal noktoro zatknout a ostatnlch ueBt clonu doputaco z praco propustll. V nodoll, t, j, 13, dubna mol P, BItta lcnzrinl, v nomz vyslovll so protl VBOobocnetnu sveconl 1, kvotna jakozto zaBveconeho nvatku, ponevadz jonom clrkvl Bvato prlnalozl pravo zasvocono Bvatky ustanovovatl. , Toto jodnanl pobourllo horniky tak, zo dno 15, dubna 1800 zastavlll praci, Stnvlcujlol zftdall oflmlhodhinou dobu pracovni, odstrnnoul ukolovo praco a mlnlnialnl mzdu dva zlato. V dobo to zamoslnuno bylo Jiz na 2G.000 horniku v uholnom rovlru ostravsko- knrvlnRkom. A tl v malo dnoch jako oloktrlckou jlBkrou zasazcnl zastavo- vall praci a zadall s nlml vytcono jiz pozadavky. Slovo „Rtavka" noulo ro od UBt k UBtum, v hlublilach duso horniku probudil se cit.a neznama posud moc otrasla' branami srdci * a pobadala podzemni raby a jich hrdla k.vykri- kum pomsty! Stavka tato byla oprav- doyou -myslenkou pomsty, ktera .v. zoufalem okamziku vede. dav trebas ha'ostri bodaku. ', s* Ostravsti uhlobaroni- svou nenasy- tnostl,- neustupnosti a nad kamen tvrdsi necitelnosti, ve svem zpupnem zivote-* a v rozmarilosti 'svych, rodin, nerozpoznali onen krvavy ,. kontrast, jenz sky tal zde bidny zivot horniku, odsouzenych traviti svui zivot hluboko pod. zemi v. ustavicnem zapase niezi zlvotem a ■ smrti, a vehnali tisice techto otroku, dosud, trpellve snas- ejicich kazdou frivolnost jejich, do zoufaleho zapasu. , * ' Zoufaly zivot. Zoufaly boj! Zou- falstvi! Podevny to kvet byliny, ktera ma sve koreny hluboko, prills hluboko v zemi zapuslene. Podivna to Iod, s nlz "ohromna vichrice zaliodl kotvlc (nadejl), se'stezne serve posledni cast plachty, ulomi kormldlo a • takto odzbrojenu pustl ji, po vzedmutem mori, na mllost i nemuost. * _ Hornici dne ,15. dubna na Wilczko- vskych dolech zastavili praci a jsouce presvedceni o sve spravedllve veci, tahli' od zavodu k zavodu, berouce sobou, n'ejen' delniky, ' ale kazdeho, koho lia sdnici potkali.' - Mesfak I vyfihtena panicka s udivenyma ocima, neosraelili'se nikterak .odporovat. :A jesta dues hornici vzpominaji, jak hodne vypaseny mestak'tahl.s davem a proyolaval sebou „Na zdar". Nahle,. zvedn'uta - blna brala sebou < vse, co prislo ji v oestu. :, ' .Hornici beze vsech nasilnostl zastav- ovali dul za dolem,' pohnuti jsouce k tomu dosavadnimi uspechy. Vnikli take do vltkovickych huti a take i tam p'i'imeli delniky k- zastaveni prace. Samotne mestacke listy odhadovaly na 40.000 staykujicicli. Desny utisk a more spachanclio zla na > hornicich vyvolalo tento boj * ku vedeni pros- tnedky,. o_povldajicimi psychologicke nalirdc hluboko do duse * roztrpcenych horniku. •*'■,- ; Hornici byli pany situace celeho Ostravska. ■ To ysak' trvalo pouze nekolik hodin. Zamestnavatele zal&zli, do skrysi, neodvazivse se rouzzurenym hornikum. ani ukazat. A kdyz stav- kujici pritahli na *zavod'j nakazall Ihned sami delnlk'um pracujiclm. aby opustili ^praci. Nedockave "a bazlive ;pohlizeli ku draze, kteraz dopraviti jim melajich jedin.xouspasu, „— na rychld privolahe vojsko. Pripravovala so tim hornikum. krvava lazen. Stavka -byla-uplnar'zadny-neodvazii _i"e~jiti-35' prace, by ho nestihl trest stavkujicich. Temiie stoly dolu,'- ktere do sebe, kazdym dnem pojimaly na 40.000 horniku, opusteny a ponechany'samy sobe. Tragicka vlajka ' zasmusilych dulnich * skal oznamovala brzke nav- raceni se pbkorenych horniku, kteri prinesli krvavou obet za7„blas",' vola- JIcI po pravu a spravedlnostl." Vojonske bubny a polnico oznamov- aly prlchod vojska, mostacl a zamestnavatele vitozoslavne vyhllzell okny. Stavkujicich zmoonilo se jesto vetsl roztrpceni, kdyz zvedell zo lc ochrano kapitalu povolano vojsko, jlmz se to pozdoji v celem rovlru jen hemzllo. — Jen samotne vltkovlcko'zolozarny do- Btaly posadku 560 muzu. Vojsko'roz- hnnelo delniky i tam, kdo so v mensl hloucky srnzlll. 16. dubna byli dva dol- nlct zraneml. 17. dubna tnhl dav delnlku k Vltkovlcim, U zoloznlcnlho via- duktu hozono nojakyuil nerozvnzny- ml mladlky na vojiiky kamonlm. Veil- cl duslojnik velcl proto vojakum do klldno stojiclch dolnlku strlletl. A jiz tekla — d'elnjckakreva ba'rvila tu hor- kou piidu'Ostravskou! . 3 delnici za- streleoi, 6"tezcear13 lehce zranenb Po tomto krvavem aktu- nastalo prave pronasledovani horniku.' Delnici,mo- hli se jen v ribci v lesich schazeti a do- mlouyati. Kdo byl za vudci osobu.o- znacen, byl bezevseho zatknut. 18. dub- nabylo vice horniku pred zavodni kan- celari. Wilczkovou ,v Polske Ostrave yojenskyml- b'odaky zraneno. Obyoej- hy to krest a ud'useni nespokojenosti horniku. Na''miste povoleni opravne- nych pozadayku prolita byla horni- ck'a krev. .* • 7 °" ' - ■ ■ Dne 24. dubna stavka ukoncena^po zpupnem a friantskem jednani zames- tnavatelu, kteri - nechteii arii na vyzvani okresniho hejtmana Alaslov- skeho vejit ve vyjednavani se zvolen- ymi duverniky horniku. Prohlasovali, ze jsou ochotui „z- dobre vule1" hornikum nejake vyhody- poskytnouti. Nastalo ticho, ''preryvane mnohde placem pozustalych, jez prolill svou drahou krev na zaprasenych ulicich Ostravska a' cinkotem okovu, jimiz ve „velkem poctu zatknuti hornici vodeni byli do.NovehoJicina a Tesina kdez brzo trestnice byly primo pre- plneny. °Ti-'esty byly krute. Vedle vysetrovacl vazby, * ktera trvala, pul roku, odsouzeni byli hornici take az na-rok do tezkoho zalare. Stavka tato mela za nasledek take sinutne a tragicke smrti 4 horniku nepatrn'e uslupky, jez zamestnavateli povoleny byly a .sice:- zkraceni pracovni doby z 12 na 10 hodin denne, 24hodinny klid a dodrzovani sluze- bniho radu. Povestny tento sluzebn'i rad ,byl lonskeho roku zmenen a nebyl vubec ani dpdrzovan, pres to, ze obsahoval v. sobe tak kruta a tvrda ustanovenl. -. . Ostravsti chamtivci museli k tomu donuceni byti stavkou, kteraz stala tak veliky'ch obetl a ktera 'upozbrnila celou verejnost na tato mista — prava to eldorada uhlo- baroriu — mohutnym a * zoufalym .vykrlkem, nesoucim se te doby z ust nevolniku — horniku. <* Mame tedy letos dve jubileum: jedno lOIett velke stavky horniku z roku 1900, o niz jsme ucinlli zminku jiz ve 4. .isle t. 1. a 201eti smutne a tragicky zakoncene stavky, vyvolane polskoostravskym' fararem, prostou donunciaci. -' ' - , • Dobrovolne ustupky zamestnavateli ucinene nemely dlouheho trvani., Vse, co bylo hornikum slibeno, po'castkach jim opet ubirano bylo,, takze do roka nemeli hornici z * ustupku nie,. Jen smutna upominka na zabite, postre- lene, zavrene a. i prace propustene horniky jim "zustala. Krvava stavka byla jeste jedna a sice dne 9. kvetna roku 1894, kde na' silnici-iu.jamy Trojice zastreleno* bylo 12 horniku,' mezi nimiz' i 81ety hoch, lG.tezce a 8 leche poraneno. Krvavy kresto s, prolitou hornickou krvi prali si zamestnavatele i urady a pokud riebyli hornici sorganisovani, potud se -jim—to-r<pravidelne—podfirlKf.—falcSe stavka skoncila vzdy s tak smutnym koncem. .... " V roce 1900, kdyz nemohly urady tralisation et-la production etant.in- suffisamment developpes, le mode de production et de repartition ne' pou: vant etre. transforme du jour au len- demain par simple decret, il en re- sulterait une -dangereuse survivance des ehoses'du passe. Or, on imagine mal un Etat socialiste' adoptant un mode de production'et de repartition capitaliste! La revolution prenia- turee aurait pour consequence l'insta- bilite du nouvel-etat de ehoses ou la substitution d'un pouvoir politique, a un autre.. Dans la conception socialiste, ces dangers sont ecartes, la revolution tant la convulsion derniere, la fin normale d'iine*evolution qui aura e'e d'autant plus courte que le proletariat aura ete -plus conscient de ses droits, de ses devoirs et de sa valeur. Pour que la revolution devieune possible, il est necessalre que le systeme de production capitaliste ait atteint un haul degre de developpemeut et que les conditions economiques permettent la transformation des, moyens de production de la propriete capitaliste eu propriete sociale. * * , C'est grace a la ■ realisation de ces" deuk conditions: developpemeut eco- nomique eU puissance consciente in proletariat, que ce Iui ci sera en mesure 'de conquerir le pouvoir et de Ie detruire definitivement en tant que pouvoir politique.' Or, ces deux conditions se realisent tous les jours davantage, par suite du develloppement du systeme de production capitaliste,' Les confllts entre le capital et le travail se font plus frequents, marquant chaque fois un pas en avant dans Vinevltable et irresls: tible lutte de classe qui en resulte. Cette lutte de classes et ce de- veloppemcnt capitaliste ne sont pas plus le fait d'une volente quelcon'que, que la reaction finale'qui en resultera, c'est, a dire la revolution .proletarlenne. C'est la une necessalre et inevitable phase de revolution • sotiale. Le role du ; parti socialiste dans cette, evolution est d'instruire, d'edUquei- le proletariat et de Iui four- nir des armes pour la lutte finale de la conquete du pouvoir politique, et son emancipation, . C'est, sur cetto conception que repose tout le 'socialisme7international de notre temps. ' En definitive, si revolution du milieu economique -ictuel aboutit fatalemont a la disparition, de la propriete* strictement individuelle, ce ne sera que par " suite de *. l'action revolutionnaire,* do la classe, -pro- duclrice ' et non proprietaire qu'elle entrera dans sa periode socialiste. ' Ch. -A. To realize the importance of fru-' gaiity is to acquire the habit of sav-' ing—and of depositing your savings in a Bank. . You need not feel embarrassment in* depositing, as small a'sum as one dollar in the Bank of Hamilton, Sii'ch a step will mean for you the commencement of a new era of ease and content. J. R. LAWRY, Agent, FERNIE HEAD OFFICE HAMILTON THE CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE Paid-up Capital, $10,000,000 Reserve, $6,000,000 DRAFTS ON FOREIGN COUNTRIES ani uhlo baroni horniky vyprovokovat, k cinu, pri nemz by hladovlci horniky krmlll misto chlebem olovem, ujmuli se teto povinnosti. narodnl delnici a .yynasnazlll se,. sec* jlm slly stacili, vnest do stavkujicich "horniku r'ozkol a zmatek, aby vojsko vo stavkujicim obv'odc nebylo nadarmo, a take do- cillll, zo i tato stavka skoncena so smutnym vysledlcem — propustenim z prace pres 300 duvernlku. Arrarsgementi hove recently been completed under, which the branches of this Bank are able to Issue Drafts on the principal points In the following countries: Finland Ireland Formosa Italy France Japan Fr'ch Cochin-China Java Germany Manchuria Great Britain Mexico Greece Norway ' Holland .. Persia *■ Iceland Phillipine Islands India ' Roumania Austria-Hungary Belgium Brazil Bulgaria Ceylon China Crete Denmark Egypt Faroe Islands NO DELAY SN I88UINQ. PULL PARTICULARS L. A. S. DACK, ' ,. . Russia Servi* Siara South Africa Straits Settlements ' Sweden Switzerland Turkey West Indies . ijj and elsewhere ON APPLICATI9I Manager, Fernie. M.' McKENZIE KING. SOCIALISME ET REVOLUTION. 8TAY AWAY. i ♦ Notice to All Mine Workers. ♦ ♦ All minors aro requested to ♦ ♦ Btay away (rom Irwin, Madison, ♦ ♦ Qreonsburg, Lntrobo nnd othor ♦ ♦ mining towns In WoBtmoroland ♦ ♦ county, wboro a strike 1ms boon ♦ ♦ lb offoct slnco April 1,1010, tho ♦ ♦ coal companies having refused ♦ ♦ to recognize . tho minors* or- ♦ ♦ ionization or enter Into a worlc- ♦ ♦ Ing agroomont. Agonts of tho ♦ ♦ coal corporations aro shipping ♦ ♦ mon from various parts of tho ♦ ♦ country to tako tho placo of tho ♦ ♦ Btrlkors by mlsroproBontlng lho ♦ ♦ truo condition of affairs. ♦ ♦ FRANCIS FISQHAN, ♦ ♦ Prosldont--# ♦ T. DONOVAN, ♦ ♦ Soc'y-TronB, ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ List of Locals District 18 ^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦■» *** 60 YBAR0' CXPERIENOH ■I Tn*or M»«R» ■■ OMiowr OorrnioHri Ac _l_i.-IM<>W'A|tlM- HOOOOC ort Vu*nu 'it. U IUM llironin wona.*vu.rMtlfl unHii emu*, fxvnwx. oh li,iin«inoH»_ - Ymata T-U»ij itiroui ScicrUiUc Jimcricati TatLOteaitiraaauaiaiwaaaXr. uue**t< le .._jfor BoWbf Ledger Ads Pay Corrected by District Roorolnry up to May 1st, 1010. SEO, AND P. O. ADDRESS .. Whcnlloy, Ilnnlthend, Altn, N,"McDonnell, lleavor Crook, via Plnclior .T, Diirlto, nollfi/iin, Frnnlc, Altn. Jnmes Turnbull, Illnlrnioro, Alia. Wm Anhlri-n, T"VTV.!", .'.Vn. J, Noll, Cnnmoro, Aim. T, Uuniloy, Conl City Tabor, Altn, \V, QrfiliiiMi, Colomnn,-Alia, 0. M. Dnvlus, Cnrbontlalo, Colomnn, Alln. J, Aplln, Cnrdlff, Altn. V. K. HI. Amant, Cardiff, Alto. .Ins, Dnvls, Corbin, J J. C. Geo. Dobson, Diamond City, I.ethbrldffo. Uiehnrd Thompson, Frnwr FlntB, Rdmonton M. Donlo, 434 Lorno St. Norwood, Kdmonton D, Reos, Pernio I). C. O. Nicol, Frank, Alta. J. Ayr-***, TTonmlr, D, C. 3, O, Jones, Hillcrest, Alia. Tl. TCvnm**, Konmnro, V. T>. L. Moore, P. o. 3]3, Utlibrldgo, Alia W. h. Evans. Milo, Frank. Alta. M. nildny, Maplo U-*t, Bellovuo, Alln, M. nirrelt, Michel. D. C. Nell Duncan. Passburg, Iiellevue. Alia. Oicer Carlson, Passburg,, Alta. Cha*. Hmlth, Hoya) Coll., lothbrldgo, Alta, A, Bbsw, fllrathcons, Alio. Wm. Russell, Tfther, Alls. B. Drown Tsber, AH*. NO. NAME 80 .Ilnnlthend .Nl Denver Crook 4-11 Ilollovuo 2103 Hlnlrmoro nifl tbirmln U'iH Cnnmoro iill Cu.J City 2QM Colunian 2227 Cnrbondnle 2378 Cnrdlff 270 Cnrdlff lai i (.'.OtUltl 2178 Diamond Cily 1320 Kdmonton , 2388 * Edmonton 2314 Fornio 1203 Frank 2407 Ilosmor 1058 Hlllcrost 2sr,o Kunmnro r,74 Ijclbbrltlge 1233 Lille 1 2829 Maple lAtat 2334 Michel 303 Polico Flau £-52 Passburit 2583 Roy t\t CbUUrles 2169 Strathcona 102 Tabor 1053 Teber * U. des T. Los opinions- sont tres partagees sur le caractere rovolutlonnalro du soclalismb. Pour un grand nombre de nos ndveranlros, revolution, slgnifle; plllngo, incendies, barrlcadofl, fusillades, massacres, etc., otc. , D'nutro part, II ost dos caninrados dos qul.'vorsant dnns Toxces contralro, nc veulent voir dnns la revolution Boclalo , qu'uno ovolutlon lento, tros lento, c'est a dlro uno aerie do transformations a pelno sonstblOR qui aboutlrnlont a In sooleto futuro. En un mot, I'abolltlon des classes, reallsee on l'an 2000! Lo pnrtl eoclallsto otant lo parti du salnrlat est, on .offot, un parti rovolutlonnalro, car II ost Impossible, on regime capltallsto, d'asBiiror aux salaries uno oxlstonco satlsfalBsnto. Ivour emancipation no pourra so roal I nor quo par uno transformation comploto de la nocloto, c'est a dlro uno revolution. Cotto revolution sera t olio vlolente ou pnciflquo? II sornlt presomptuoux do voulolr, dos malntonant, prophot- Isor. Uno oIioho ost cortnlno, c'ost que le Boclnllnmo la doslro paclflquo mals sans rcBporor, II sera Inevitable quo eo aora du coto du pouvolr agonliianl quo partlrn lo signal do In vlolonce. Lo dogro do vlolonco do la revolution dopoiulrn do In vlolonco do la reaction, Los dornloren convulsloiifl tin capllallsmo pouvout el.ro tori'lblun, mnlH olios lo unroot d'aulnnt mnlns quo Ie proletariat neni pliiH pubimiiil, ho pnrtl Hnclnltste ost. oncoro rovolu- ilniiuiilro, pnrcn nu'll roconnalt iIiiiih rtitnt rinstriimrtiit lo plun pulHwint do iloinlniitlon do rlriHBo ot quo Ioiih Ioh offorts du proletariat ilolvonl temlro ii ileloKor In bourgonlHlo du Kouvrriu .nenl, coiuinu collu-cl on u ilnlogn In nobloHHo, nvoc collo dlf- foroncu, quo, coiitnilroinoiil a co qn'n fnlt \o tinI*" '*'"(, '"■i'llfj'!:1,:'.! !i v\- toi dn In 0,110 \o m'y moMn, IVxprn- lirliiiioii HoriiillHio nom uno expropriation nu profit do Ioiih. Com to qui dislliigiie lc Borlrillhino lnodcrne, lo mnnlKiiio, do l'uiiclon rooIiiIIhiiio uinplipin d'Owon on dn I'uil.l:., y...j'. *,.- '-'--- i'.-.iiir.uiia \(»* I'loiitUion, qui voyiilont In iniiinfor- mntlon oroii'oinlqnif pohkIIiIo kiuih iiKidlfirutloii ilu pouvolr politlquo ot memo nvoc son nppul, Los nnnrclilstos modornoB volont dnns In revolution un moyen, uho nrmo qii'llu ronnldorent commc la noulo bonno et dont uno mlnorlto peut ho Knrvlr Imniodl-itrniorit pour la ^on- qiir«ii- tin jinuvulr, brlsnnt id dctruls- nnt toute nutorlio. Vour le ivoflnllitmc, nu conlralrt' touto revolution prcmatureo no peut quo roculor l'liouro do la liberation du proletariat ft tamto du decouragoment ct dc ta ((cncu'i;auI-".atton rtul trntvulua sa defalle a peu prei-cortalne. Momo en ndmettnnt la posslblUte d'une vlclolro comploto, survenant en plclne pulssante capltitllate, It cen- Le Ministre du Travail, va Repres* enter le Canada en Hollande, en ' Belgique et en Suisse. II y aura. dans.le_CQUrs_de_l_a_u.pm;. ne, differentes conferences Internationales en .Europe et le gouvernement a'-designe pour y'represonter'ie Canada, Thon. McKenzie King, min- jstre du travail, qui s'embarquera de- main, sur le "RoyaL Edward". . '; II parlera au nom du Canada au Congres ..International de Tassurance sociale a* la Haye, qui so tlendra du 0 aii 8 septembre, a un coiigres sur l'iiis- tructlon tchnlque* a Bruselles, du 8 au 12 septembre; devant uno association internatlonnlo'pour la legislation du travail a Lujano, S*,i,lBse, du 20 au 28 .septembre. A cotte derniere assomblee on dlscu- tera la question de la journoo de huit heures dans los operations Interrom- pues et" la question do roslablisso- ments d'un mlnimiim do salairo rein- llvomont nu travail a domicile. Son voyago durora doux mols. Imperial Bank of Canada ; " HEAD OFFICE, TORONTO Capital Authorised $10,000,000.00. .Capital Subscribed $5,575,000 Capital Paid Up $5,330,000.00 Reserve Fund $5,330,000' D. R. WI_KIE, President , HON. ROBT JAFFRAY, Vice-Pres. ■ . " BRANCHES.IN BRITISH COLUMBIA Arrowhead, Cranbrook, Fernie, Golden, Kamloops, Michel, Moyie, Nelson, 7 " ' Revelstoke,- Vancouver and Victoria. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT , Interest allowed on deposits at current rate from date of deposit. FERNIE BRANCH GEO. !-. B. BElC, Manager . trxaanr=tsr. of Canada Head 8 King St. TORONTO Office West Logatlon do,, Delglquo. Londros, lo 12, Aout,, 1910." - No. 1031. Monslour lo Socrotnlro: J nl 1'honnour do vous accusor la reception de votre lettre du 2(1 iulllet dornlor relative a l'nrrostntlon du elour Docoux provenu d'homloldo In- volontnlro, ot do .vous fulro savolr quo I'affalro rocevra touto 1'attention qu'ello comporto, Veuillez ngroor, Monslour lo Secretaire, I'aBSurrtnco do ma consideration dlstinguee. Lo Ministre do DoletquOi CTB DE LALAINO. Monslour A. J. Cnrtor, Soc'y. Troas, District No. 18, U. M. W. of A„ . ornle, li. C, QUARTERLY DIVIDEND Notico is hereby given that a Dividend at the rate of SIX PER CENT, per annum upon tho paid up Capital Stock of The Homo Bank of Canada has been declared for thc THREE MONTHS ending August 31st, 1910, and the same will be payable at the Head Offico and Branches on and aftor Thursday, September lst next. Tho Transfer Books will bo closed from the 17th to 31st of August, 1910, both days inclusive. By Order of the Board JAMES MASON, Toronto, July 31st, 1910. Genoral Manager, JOHN ADAIR, Manager Fernie Branch. Ilolglum Legation. London, Aug. 12, 1910. No. 1031. Mr. Socrotnry*. t havo tho honor to acknowledge receipt of your lottor of July 20 last rolatlvo to tho arrest of Mr. Decoux hold on chnrgo ot homlcldo nnd to Inform you Hint tho nffnlr Hhnll rocolvo ovory attention Hint tho ciiho domnndfl, Accept tho iiHsurnnco of my, consideration. Minister in Dolglum, COUNT DI3 LALAINO, • Mr. A. .1, Carter, Hec'y- Ti-eiiH. DlHtrlct 18, 11. M, W. of A., .ernle, 11. C. ELECTRICITY AND COAL MINING (Continued from Pago Six.) LES ARMEMENTS DE L'ALLEMAONE Trois Nouveaux Cuirasses ot un Crolseur Culraste Seront Mis. on Chantler. ' IIKHL1N, 10 nout. — Lo projot do ],.', .,...„'... ll.. f,llut t.i JlVlill'llli 'I'll I'lilll ■■Uncut ri cot nm nrn ii" nu Helr-Hii" ito mrmilo J» hiIho rn t-hnnlliM' do trnls nnuvnnux i-ulriiHSfs el d'un crrilKour (.-ulriiKse, Hi Ton oil t-rolt nu iii'tii.-ln pulillo pin' lo comto Itovimtlow, i'f'xpoi't ii u*nI iillomiiii'I blt'ii coiiiiii, mi oi-uit im i,xk /H.-UU1IB. Do iniu*, nn dcninitdurn lo lomplac-emont dos tlt'iix iiiivlrt'H do Kiierro que l'Allo- iiihkiio vlfun dc vmidro n In Tiirquli«, Hulvitnt lu pioKi-iimiiiu nnvnl row Hor, cos nouvol|o« unltoH nn dnvrnlont ctro coiiHtrulteB quVn nulomuo 1911, Bt ix: pmje. tal vole, VAUfcinnKiii- gnKiioni un point dnns sn lulto, nvoc I'AnGl-MTrf pour Ja -jupruuiuilu dun ■rnf-rs. Kile nura, en off. I, doux culr- nnnon tin «I_ rnlor type modMiio. ron- HtiuitH un nu Avi-pt ropnque tixoo pnr I'anrlrn profcrammo naval, l^s liudsui pour raiiiii* piochnliio prevoli iuihhI In toiiHinuilon de deux petits crolH- \-.ui» i>.ivu kiiitipUcvr lu "Ho« Anb-r" et lo "Ciefflon" vondus ogalenient mix Tnn-H1 ci six torpllloiirs, jiIiimI fine rnllocnitou do $3,"r,0,000 pour do* sous-inarlni. burg, a resolution -wan passod which authorized lho nppolnlmont of a stand- InK commlttoo for the purposo of standardlcl'npr ns far as posslblo and tho Investigation of mining prnctlco and iniiklnjf nocesHnry rooommoiidn- tfous for oloctrlcnl work in (ho mlnos. TIiIh commltteo Ih to coiiRlst. of one coiiHiiltliiK onuliH'or, two rep- roHontntlvoH of ninniifncluorH of oloctrlcnl equipment, two roiirosontntlvoH of lnbor ornniilziilloiiH, nnd two rop- roHontntlvoH of iiilim opcriilorK. This Ih Hinroftiio iiiIviiiicIiik h"""' toward the iiltinwito iIonIioiI end. TIiIh Hliuidiinll/,iitl(»i cnn apply not only to Ihi! vol(UKt-h clii|ilo)c(I in tho nilno, but -"iui bo followi.-d ,uut furtlnT, j lu, lor iiiHliiiifo, iho miiiKOH of tin'' inif.'liH In the iiiIiioh. It would, without doubt, lio woll it' thoro wore hiiiihI- nrdH fur triii'li kiiiiki-m. luHtond of luivliiK uliuoiii -'wry iiiin*''lvaljl(i ira'ck KiiiiKi! uh ut. pi'iiHi'iit, would Ii not lio pt-HhiLilo lo ioiIiico Hit.'h<i to sumo Hirt'O (■)• fi'UJ ,.!.';.'.i.'.'j;.) i,...,i-, :,': 'Jm.-, iiuiiid coi'liilnly lend In iikuo liilcicliiui'-i.'- nbillty of equipment bctwocn differ- cui. niliiciK nud oporiiHons thnu Ih nt | proHoiil tlio ciiho. I.lliowlh-*, ii t-ffirtlii slriiuliirtl fur hoi:i('jtinvi'i* per ki-ii mid »ij»'-od In miles considered thnt a fairly good armature winder or repairman wan sufflclont to plnco In chargo of thu oloctrlcnl and mechnnlcnl departments, it In now rapidly being recognized that with the growth of thoso equipments thoro must also bo a growth In thn capabilities of tho mon In charge. Consequently, trained men, ciipnble i^nglnecrs, mon who not only U.'OP tliolr equipments In good condition, but also havo continuously In mind lint reduction of tho cost of oporation, are In chnrgo or nrn nip1 illy being put there. Tho mnn who can cut down the ror.t of production Is tho mnn who appeals to lho' mlno mnnngor, ChnrloH M. Schwab Is quotod iih saying: "Tlin mun who iiikIoihIiiihIh IiIh worlc thoroughly nml cxocuuis It without mlHtnla* Ih tho mnn who muki-H mniioy for his employer. Tlin mini who Ih om ploy oil lit u clump wngo, noon Hlowly am) mnkos blunders, pro- during Inferior rnwillH, ami ennnot cniupi-tn willi llm mnn who thoroughly uiiderKliuulK IiIh 1_ikIii«-sk nml produce!* good matorhil." This npplloH io tho mining nnd '-leriilciil IiuIiih- tiles iih well iih oilier IntliiKirloK. Tho growth of the * lerlrlnil iiperulliiii hi ioi'I mining lias brought 'mul will ..'».. ' '.,1 ,.,t >,.l I ......lUfr -to III lit III ' cm" iiltluc d'"j1"|i|*»" ;w\ (,j» r.illni; i i'l. firlr-nl i-iigliii-prH into UiIh field. | Tlio (imi inliiliig Industry, therororo, hilh I i.o heliefil of, Ilie hi-hl of i.-1'.'i*- Hl< Ml tuleiit. Kroni Hie for. -t'tiliii-. H will t*> mlllv lie lerd.ijiii'/.cij Mini Ihe Jinililcil) of per hour for Inrmnotlvi-s might ln> nt' elorirlrlty npplle.l to eoi.I mining in Ii-iiki upiiioxliiinl'H* iirilve.l nt, I,'iim"> vory liiiereHtliig one. It I.ecomeM tloublodly oilier piolileiiiB will HiiggoHt'"'«"' '""1 mum »<» wry dny mid ilioniHolvoH mul oiher HlnmlariH and I "«Jv«-k iisclf more nnd more lo lh. 1 imituril tulvnuliige of tho opuralnrn nnd mitnufncturors anil all thoso In- Impi'OVoinoniH bu brought nbout. As Iiiih bien already stnlcd (repeatedly ho, peiiuipiU in thla paper, electricity Ih hero nnd It Is hero lo 1.1 liy, lind thei elm o nil Hint mil bo dono toward systematizing nnd stand- nrdlzallon nhnuld by nil menus be done, Tho Improvt-tw-iiis utnl develop- i nieiits In clprtrlrnl inlning -wiulp- J inciitH ,hnvo had lho very b-Mu-ficlnl idioot nf brlngiiiR Into Dw mining Industry a higher nnd belter rlfim-i nf men In charge of lho various •.■/vtrlriil and mechanical equipments. Whereas, In many cones .it was prevlously ten-httil In tin' conl wining induiilry. Mny thoreforo, nil of ns togothor, "get logeiher" nnd by mean« of propor, intelligent, and careful onrt- sldf-mMon and leglslntloii, and nlsn by menns of thn Inlolligeiit nml fori- Hequently proper npplicnllnn derivo nil il**> b<>nefil« thai wo -rftii from clf. trlclly. Mny Dw obvirieal nml i-onl- mining IndtiRtrli's enjoy a hi-nlthy anil proiiperous growth,, May they help enrh nlher. There Is nolhing too gixkl for rMwr ot iIi^ri.—Mine* snd Minerals. r.-.Tnw*,n ,r,',-„Tr- -T-hir-Ti-, -- ".v***.,*"^-****-,.. PAGE EIGHT THE DISTRICT LEDGER, FERNIE, B.C., AUGUST 27/1910.7 7 «J HERE AND THERE School supplies at Suddaby's. . A ripping. good dance Labor Day night, Bruce's hall. Headquarters-for school supplies at Bleasdell's Drug Store. * - - 4-2t "Please, teacher, I forgot to buy," is no excuse, better call on Suddaby. Look over what you need for Monday. Suddaby can supply,, your school needs. ,. * * ; Boys and girls remember school commences on Monday. N. E.' Suddaby.. . Go to Bleasdell's Drug Store for school supplies. Special values in school bags. 4-2t Don't forget that Coleman and Coal Creek meet on Saturday on the grounds of the latter. Mrs. George Stevenson will sing Gounod's "0, Divine Redeemer," in Knox church Sunday evening. The Orchestra will hold a big, jolly danco on Labor Day night. Don't fall to be there. Tickets, $1.50. Save up for the dance of the season Labor Day night. The orchestra will buy new music with the proceeds. Should you decide to go out of town on Labor Day' Michel ' will furnish you with a day's diversion. W. Gouthro, Fred Raynor, J.'McKay and H. .Johnson, of Hillcrest, were callers at this office,last Saturday.' Mr._A. Barnes has been appointed aa g.Tardian of the peace for the dis- tncl north of Cranbrook on the Kimberly branch, with headquarters at Marysville. Michelites are making great preparations to celebrate Labor Day and from present indications there will be .arge crowds foregathering there from all points along the Pass. , , ; All pupils living in Fernie as well ' as third and fourth reader, pupils from* West Fernie and the Annex should* be on hand on Monday, Aug. 29th at the Central school. " Michel notes reached here Friday ■ at; 11:30, too late for publication. Correspondents are requested to have all communications reach this office not later than"Thursday morning.' The special fee for joining the Workingmen's Club of $1.00 Should be taken advantage, of before it is withdrawn. The. tournament is on now and entries , are still' open to those that0are eligible." •■ Word was- received in town this week that 'the • wife of; Mr. P. G. Roiith, formerly of Moyie, B. C, well .known in this city and Michel and later transferred to .police' duty in Vernon', had died ih Vancouver. * His many friends extend sympathy to Mr. Routh in his .affli'cition. on'closer inspection* discovered that the peculiar sounds had is3ued-froin the recesses of two tall cavernous builded Hindoos, whose general appearance and unsteady gait- denoted that' they had imbibed too freely of the white man's burden.' Grabuiag each others puggarree- with ■ the left hand and brandishing umbrellas with the right the duel a l'outrance was begun-while the unwinding of* the swathing head gear gradually - resulted . in their ' making an orderly retreat from each other* but without in any wise ceasing their umbrella fanning of the air, when a policeman- made his appearance known to the belligerents, and they found but that to indulgo in- such -frolics, was' not conducive to inflating the treasury unless it be that-of tha city. ' BRIEF BITS FROM BRITAIN- THE MINER. The old prospector finds the claim, , The surveyor'ho marks, the same, And the carpenter builds the gallows frame, "And the teamster hauls the coal. The foreman tells 'em the way to do, The engineer hoists a cage or two, But listen to this I'm a-telling you— It's the miner that digs tbo hole! Colonel—another bowl! < I'm'dry as a roasted sou!;» I've had to choko On powder smoke, ,, -. My teetli are full of the rock I've ' broke, „ For I am one poor son-of-a-gun, A miner who digs the hole! When the Lord first planted the copper ore, • He said: "I'll pack it away in store Where nobody'll get it out no more, - Unless he's, a human mole" "•-Jul he recokned without the miner man,'' ' • Who isn't built on the regular plan, And so, since the the,blooming earth began, , The miner he-.digs the hole! Colonel—another bowl! Mj; tongue is black as coal; And my ears still sound With that fall of ground , That nearly caught me the second round; For I'm classed with the boys who blast—' The miners, who dig the hole. He must'work In. the gas and see in the dark, "-.■'* = • • • The music,,he hears is the air-drills ■ bark; . ' ■■*. ■ It isn't" no "picnic in the park," It isn't nb cinch he's stole, He's carpenter, plumber,'-] machinist— .'yes,';'..'- .■"_'-.' A sort of surveyor, too," I guess; A little of everything more or less, The miner who digs the hole1. -\ Over 13,000' pounds has been subscribed to the Anti-Suffragette agitation association. " * - ; Letchworth, a town of 7,000 inhabitants with numerous factories, holds the mortality record with a rate of 31.7 per 1,000 infants born and the ordinary death rate per 1,000 is 5.2. London's percentage in' the former class is 107.9 and 14.0 in the latter. Birmingham, Manchester and Liverpool have even higher percentages than London, thereby very suggestive of the terrible waste of life in great cities.-' Open-air schools are meeting with great favor in several cities. Winston Churchill is advocating some sweeping prison reforms. Conceits for criminals, payment of fines by installments, instead of committing a man to gaol because of his inability to pay a fine in spot cash. When, charged at Tottenham, a man of 50'pleaded that he was an orphan. Ayrshire farmers are jubilant over the prospects of an abundant potato crop. ■ A tramp recovered the body "of a boy for which $10 reward was offered at Sandwich, but upon finding the parents were poor would only take ten shillings. <„• Twenty-eight horses suffering with glanders were shot at Ebbw Vale colliery. "> London County council has decided to provide dental treatment for children. The Williseden dental inspector reports that 11,000 children out of 25,000 examined had defective teeth, * Henry Croft "The Pearl King," holds "the record for the" number of buttons on his clothes with 20,300. It is computed tha 120,000 children under 12 months die every year fully one-third of ■ which medical experts state is preventable. - Mrs. Sarah ' Brown celebrated her 105th birthday in Paddington workhouse recently. Prizes varying from 5s to 15 pounds are offered' for suggestions for ihe improvement of the* postal service. (Ed.)—If imitation be the sincerest flattery why not flatter the. mother country and try this scheme In Canada? No fewer than 151 applications were made • for the vacant living of St. Oswalds, Fulham. The gross valie is 325'pounds with house. ■ Hello! * Is this", New York! Yes. be commonplace in the* very at-.ar Who's speaking. London^ This may future if present' expectation's tre realized. "Don't thrash my,boy, thrash me instead," said a mother to'a "Tottenham police court when her boy was brought ,up ■ on a charge of stealing apples from an orchard." * * Messrs. Harrison & Sons have been awarded a contract from the govern- The S j'<r. The $t0re of- Good~ Values Limited , That jolly musical oddity,-"The ,- Burgomaster," which held the boards ln New - York ' and Chicago for over 250 nights each- is the pleasing announcement for tho Grand' next-Tues- , day, August 30th."' At the 'head of the 50 fun-makers comprising'*',The'BurKo- master" f6rces*''thl3r* season1' is-' ihe. Prince of fun-makers, Giis'weinburg, ' appearing as Peter Stiivesnnt', the gov- appeari'ng. as 'Peter Stuyvesant, the governor of New Amsterdam. Tho tri-colored guerdon bearers of the blue, tho yellow and tho red will havo nn"opportunity on the 29th of this month to try a degree In which the tlgor Is tho "gout" that will mnlto their previous Initiation seem as tamo in comparison as the zephyr stirred breeze of a, humming bird's wing' is tb a Kansns cyclone. Can we stand the pressure? On the 29tlv tlio D.-O. K. K, reach' town nnd then on the 30th Sir Wilfrid makes a 50-minuto sojourn. i . On Monday of this, week, one of our citizens with lioad bont, down reading a letter ho had just taken but of tho posl-olllco and* walking slowly nlong hnd his.ears assailed, hy sounds resembling llio glug-prfufi of a stream that was bubbling along Its course nnd Impeded by a boulder ngalnst which the angry waters dashed thorn- solves, Looking up from tho perusal of his mlHsivo wltli tho thoughts still upon tho subject, mattor his porcoptlvo . faculties slightly obscured and seeing long streiumi of "cloth the thought passed through his. mind thai,.this perhaps was Intondod for tho doc- oral Ivo purposes In honor of tho forthcoming visit of tho Premier but Colonel—an6iher~15owl! "' I'm fat witli my pay-day roll, With' rent and such . It ain't' so much, But I'm glad I'm walking without a crutch! ,- - For I am one poor .son-of-a-gun, A mirier who digs the hole! There's,tlie 'fire1'to-light and the "miner's con," '"■ „ Rickety, ladders to step upon, A missed hole found—and a miner gone, oAnd you'll hear tho church bells toll, But holl!—we've got to mako her pay, And we'get our there and a half a day, So, hav3 anothor on'mo, I say! You'miners who dig In the,hole! Colonel—nnotlior bowl! ' Heaven's our flnnl gonl! . ., The mines are hot, . But they're nil Avo've "got,1 "' And they'll lust a while, as llko ns 'not, „ ■:■•'■ And wo'aro tho ones—poor sonef- ■ guns— Tho minors who dig tho holo! —Uoi'tion Drnley, In Snturdny Evon- Ing'Post, , ' - Our Grocery Department; offers .-you; , the highest quality of table supplies; procurable, at prices that are an everyday saving to you.' Quality satisfaction, superior store service, and a saving oh every purchase, are some of the reasons' -why it' will pay you fcto have the "Store of Good Values" cater to your table vants. Alberta Government Creamery Butter, 3 pounds for $1.00 *_' Royal Household Flour,, 50-pound . sacks ...7* ,,...' .$1.85 100-pound sacks $3.60 B. C. Pure Cane Sugar, 20-pound cot- . ton sacks ; $1.30 Tabic and Gloss Starch, .3 pkgs. .. .25c White Swan Laundry Soap, carton „ G bars , ...20c "White Star and Magic Baking Powder, per tin 15c FRESH FRUIT Another carload containing every variety in the market just arrived, and "priced at the most reasonable prices. 'We invite your inspection of our fresh fruit display. . . . - GROCERY SPECIALS FOR SATURDAY ,- Huntley and Palmer Assorted Biscuits, ' per pound ".'.. .25c 1 5-lb. Tins Kootenay Pure Fruit Jam, per tin 70c 4-lb. packages Ogijvie's Rolled Oats, per package ■ .20c 3-lb. Tins Preserved Plums 20c Just opened. Fall consignment of ..Boys' and Girls'.Sweaters and Sweater Coats; Made of fine worsted yarns. -Plain bodies with fancy collars and cuffs in Navy, Red, Keseda, Brown and ' White; from 2 to 10 years, ,50c to $li50 WOOL BLANKET CLEARING -. " '55, pair of .White? Blankets, all fine 7 wool double-bed size, with Pink and : Blue Borders, all weighing seven -and one-half pounds. Worth.today at mar-, ket price, $6.50. - *'r "°. '. Clearing • ',..";....: $4,75 We are pleased . to , announce the. opening of our Ladies' Ready-to-Wear Department. Every style exclusive, every garment absolutely new and smartly tailored. A great variety and assortment of colors and fabrics, including ..Venetian, Diagonal, Serge, English Worsted and Broad Cloth. All , - splendid styles. Ladies' Fall, Suits ... .$12.50 to $27.50 LADIES' FALL DRESSES '-. Ladies' Princess Dresses,' made of , Panama, Venetian, Worsted and Voile., All smartly, tailored,' plain and braided styles. Perfectly fitting garments in all the leading colors. .$12.00 to $25.00 AN IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT TO THE LADIES OF FERNIE AND DISTRICT About September lst „we- open our Dressmaking Parlors in charge of Mrs. , Davy, formerly of St. Louis, Mo. Mrs. Davy is now prepared to make appointments- for September orders, and will be pleased to have you call and discuss the new autumn fashions. * In anticipation of the opening of the Dressmaking Department our purchases of Dress Fabrics, Silks and '-.-' Trimmings have been* more elaborate ' than ever before,, insuring you a very wide choice of the newest and most, favored .materials. 7 _ ' . ,, " FIT-REFORM'' FALL CLOTHING ■ ■''; Such "a showing of "high-grade cloth- v ing has never previously'been shown -, frpikji our wardrobes. _'' Fit-Reform!' " embodies all'that is best in high-grade" ready-to-wear,* fine material and* pat- -,, terns, ■ faultless tailoring-and the cri-" tenon ■ of' good style.. $18.00 to, $28.00 . *" MEN'S FALL OVERCOATS cut in.the popular-Chesterfield style. Finest quality Black Vicuna, silk'faced lapels, well tailored and-perfect fitting \ . v . 7 ... 7..' .'.$'16.00 ,' Men's All-Wool Coat Sweaters in a great variety of weights and colors i.,, $1.25 to $3.00 A boy's ambitions are fostered by good clothes; nothing is better-worth while than to help.a boy think well of himself." "*".,■*.;.■ * , LION BRAND CLOTHING, the kind that stands the test, the kind. * we've'tested and recommend', as the best to buy—full of. character, well,'* made and well fitting. Double knees, -; Seat and Elbows, where the strain, is greatest. Our prices based on quality are the lowest $3.00 to $8.50 : " w * ■ We solicit the favor of showing you , the new Fall Models of ; ■ - - 7 'HAKES LIFE'S WALK EASY" -nuDi-Nt-Mr , -, $5.50 to $6.50 Tired, **» aching feet, weak instep; broken down arch, flat foot and rheumatism immediately relieved and permanently corrected by wearing . The Scholl Tri -Spring Arch Support $2.00 - ** -.-*-'. kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk*),**1VVV*VW*yV*yy**y)')'}()(**l men coveTingTsevefal" yeanTtb-supply postage stamps at the rate of 15,000,- 000'a day. CORBIN NOTES. (Continued 'from Page Five.) W. F. M. AND A. F. L INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Aug. 19.-- Prosldont Charlos 1*1. Moyov, of tho West orn fodorntlon of Minors, today expressed Ills confident hollof thnt tho Wostorn . odorntlon would ho grnntod u I'liiirtor from tho Amorlcnn .oil- crnllou of I.uhor on ov before Soplom- her 12th, Tom Smith, he of lamp room fame and well known -in , this locality, Is holding, down his job and furnishing the same* old brand of dope, oil and waste. ' - , There is some talk of a delegation of'K. P.'s from horo going to Fernie for tho Dokay celebration ori Monday, the 29th, and very likely some of them might stay ovor and call upon Sir Wilfrid when ho visits Fernio on Tuesday following. Draco and Hill aro bold fishermen yot ono of their recent trips did not, result very favorably aB their catch would riot hnvo taken third prize at hn old country fishing contest, anyway thoy enjoyed themselves and brought bnck no visible halt. , Water is being Installed in tbo houses; which makes it far more convenient, nnd our chances for tobogan- ning •wltli* a full pall ln ono hand and a stick in the othor on tho slldo Kolly slldo plan nro to bo memories only. Thank goodnossl A gang of six, nmong them Robert Rodhoad and Tom Drown aro prospecting .on tho opposlto sldo from whoro the mines nro bolng workod now nnd as thoy have found conl no doubt before long thoro will bo another mine to bo numborod. Frod Nalnos, Ihat wholo-Boulod bniko twlslor nnd talented compo, known from Pnrkhlll, Ont., to Prlnco Ruport, Ih reported to be very busy studying tho nrchiloclurnl sclonco from a practical sldo and Is taking ovory posslblo pnlns to make It nlco and comfortable for ry homo for hlm" Holf nnd a lifo purlner, Whnt's her nnmo? Well thnl would ho lolling nnd wo will defer mentioning It unlil nftor tho nffnlr lifts hnpVenod nnd thon wo mny cnll hor Mi'H, Unlnos. ,1. Sweeney, thn fnmoun footlmll plnyor, wnn nmong tho guosiH of Cochin recently, hut. although wo hnvo mndo diligent onqulrloB wo ennnot find thnt hu mndo nny iiiTiuigomontH for n nuitch botwoon tho Conl Crook tonm nnd thn Cm-bin leather punchers. Porlinps wo nrn not. nn tho right trunk, hu wo surely would liko to see n match arranged oh w<i havo Homo good plnyoi'H thnl ought to ho nblo to glvo n good nccount, of thoniBelvoH, ■ t ■ < ■ i -i ■ t' ■ t. t ■< ■■*. -K_ '■ar ■ t ■■t ■< ■rt ■t •< ■t t ■«: ■t < * ■ t ■t ■t ■< ■< ■< ■t ■t •t ■< ■< •t ■t •t ■« ■t •i • t -( ■< ■ c ■ t -c ■c FERNIE STEAM LAUNDRY and DYE WORKS , LAUNDRY NOW OPEN ' •• i:'" ' -' , *j. *•' Dyeing :(and cleaning department open September 15t_i. Fine work at reducecLprices. "Union Labor."rj WORKS, PELLAT AVE. . Phone 17a OP. P. O Goods called for and delivered >■ >>• >•' . >•* j- >■ >• >■ _*!■- >■ J- J- >■ >■' >■ >• >• l i- J- >■ >• ' >■ )■ )• >■ >- >• J- >■ >■ >■ >• J- )■ >■ )■ >- )■ >• >■ )' >• )- >■ *r $W********'*Jf**** ****** * »»^HM-i¥**-¥**¥¥¥ ******* ¥¥¥¥»-¥¥ A GROUP OF SHOW GIRLS IN "THE BURGOMA8TER" TUESDAY NIGHT KICKOFF AT 0:30. 'Ut.-tiftUI, ■.tillIlii ]•*_]*t* t iiim- \ *1 WANTED Seamstresses and Sewing Girls. Highest Weges Apply MRS. DAVY Dressmaking Department The CROWS NEST TRADING CO., Limited tit "l-Vvnlo flnturdny. BUSINESS LOCALS Corner lot nnd Iiouho on Cox Rtroet, I .oimnnlly locntod. $750 oiibIi, lMc-turo inuiihiK donii twnDy nml chonp nt tho Triton-Wood Co. PodlKroo AlroHdnle pups, Choleo Htoilt C, W. Mitchell, I'. O '.12, Hovel- Ktoho. Two roonm for llftht liouRolcoopIng, with uso of huMivontn. Apply LcdKor Offlco. U'B up lo you. Wo nro horo to savo you monny In furnituro nnd stoves. Tho TrltoR-Wood Co, FOR BALE—Itecently new |H0 Dominion OrKnn, wllh atool. Excellent condition. Prlco $70 cni-ih. Apply "W. P." LedKor Office. .OR HALE-One W10 Vomnrmt WAROn, home and hariioRH. J. Ander- boii, Coluitn, Fernio, 11. C. Uox .170. 21—lp FOR' BALE—Houbo furnituro, stool rnnjio, two liontorH, prnellcnlly new, nud 70 uprliiK vhlulceiiH, Apply Jiuuoh EtiHton, Dnl ton nvomiu. Sip L08T~On Sunday evening botwoon Ilnwlnnd und Vletorln nvoiiuo, lndy'H flngor ring, five pourlH. Howard hy lunvlng ut Lodger Offlco. FOR HALE—FurnlHhed hotirdlng Iiouho, Proporly known no tho QUI Hoarding Houbo. Apply Robb & Lano, | hnrrlNtern, Tho Fllou aro coming. Got your Hcruon doom, window ucrconu nnd ro- frlgorntorn nt tho Trltos-Wood Compnny. The clionpoat In the city, TO RENT—FurnUhod roomB to rnpipectnhle. nulet peoplo, Modern hoiifio; centrnlly locntod. Apply xo MrH. W. Hunnnblo, near MothodlBt church, LlBton, wo cnn navo you from $20,00 to $2.1 on-a sowing mnchlno, and glvo you the hoBt, "Tho Standard," tho machlno that haa thom all beat, nml then aome. Tho TrltoB-Wood Co. Wnnl od: Houbo donning or day lalior of nny kind. , Mother of flvo children nnd widow of member of U. M. W. A. Leave word with R. I*. Juno, Uox 95, T-ho lots In hloflt 7 . numb*r«4 6 nnd 1, On** n corner int. This property U nil plnntod with gardon truck, fenced nil nround. $1,200 c**h. Apply E. Harper, McPherson avonuo. PAT API? Barber Shop Across from Fernie Livery Flr«t r,l«f,« vmrk -*jURrnnt«*fld. Drop In and convince yourself. Razor Honing n Specialty. Garments Are! ^i^^Universal Choice Of .Well Dressed Men ■!*■ ] '<■_'• 1 - - ' k* • -' > • ■-■ -- vk i.. ■ ,..;.. ., •, t* Simply because the iflan, >vho:knQW8ahything; about the fine art of tailoring, knows that Fit-Reform garments are the epitome of '- perfection. -y"/.:■<-■■■--■ ,--■■,■ ■ ■-- • « '*""• ;--,,. ' i • ■ 1 '-'■--.''-'...'. Fit-Reform has wori its proud position of leadership-rnot because it is perfect in any one • detail — but because it is absolutely perfect in every detail. Every Fit-Reform Suit —is created by Canada's foremost designers ■—is made of fabrics selected from the best mills of Great Britain. ■-^is made on the Fit-Reform system by skilled tailors. Fit-Reform was first in the field, and is to-day a household word in every city and town in Canada where good clothes are demanded. 47 We are constantly receiving new -Styles And effecls in Fit-Reform Suits. Let us show you the latest arrivals. $ 18 to $35. y. ii Q. RADLAND, Proprietor. DICKEN QETS THE CONTRACT. Mr, \V. M. DIclcon lum oblnlnod tl.o contract to supply tho firm of Mar- Innro lirofliern, (ho macaroni menu- fncturerH, with tho cometit blockn to bo Uhod lu tho construction of their li.w building to' bo located ou lUb Great Northern, near Iho tito of tho football grounds. The Crow's Nest Trading Xo, Sole Agents in Fernie PINE VEIN OP COAL 18 STRUCK AT CROW'S NE&T A splendid vein of coal wns nn- earthed ono-half milo of Crow's Noit, II. C. Measr«. Hockott and Jamet Peng-ally nro tho lucky • diBcoverem, Ac _>rdl*nnj to tho mine l»«-*>«<etor'« report this coal m«kfl» roku ot a high quality. Ond experiment alono ln a wood ovon prodnced conl In it fow houra. NOT RE8PON8IDLE POR HIS WIPE'S DEBTS I will not bo raipomlbto for any dobt contmcted, In my namo by my wlfo Mary McDonald or Mary Darr from this date as tho haa loft uy bed nnd board. HECTOIl MCDONALD, Hoamor, D, C. I ■ ;
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Title | The District Ledger |
Publisher | Fernie, B.C. : J. W. Bennet |
Date Issued | 1910-08-27 |
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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Language | English |
Notes | Preceding Title: The Fernie Ledger Frequency: Weekly |
Identifier | District_Ledger_1910_08_27 |
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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 | 771a3f1f-6cd7-4115-b7e4-617b0532c86e |
DOI | 10.14288/1.0182893 |
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