.*"■*''.. \ Y* A"' ri ?.. -■ L.- ' '/If / ^Y, ,.Y^- ytj-c^i^^ £x^L< Vol. 1. No. 50. NAKUSP,; B. C, FEBRUARY 15, 1894. Price Ten Cents. A 5 Front Street, West, Kaslo, B.C., The Largest and Most Complete Stock in the Kootenay Country; ; DRY GOODS, G-BKTS' FURNISHINGS, HOUSE FURNISHINGS, CLOTHING, CARPETS, ROOTS & SHOES. s NAKUSP, B, C. •Corninff & Rodd, Prop. The bar is stocked with the finest brands of wines, liquors and cigars. CALLS FOR ATTENTION. Voters Should Have Their Names on the Dominion List. Hotel This hotel is situated near the :water front and has every accommodation for the travelling public. ¥ A K SUMMIT LAKE, B. C. Various papers throughout the province are calling attention to the fact that no effort is being made towards having all eligible persons attach their signatures to the Dominion voter's list. Now that it has been so vividly demonstrated that the .provincial list is notoriously at fault, more especially in West Kootenay, it is incumbent upon all those who"have the weal of the country at heart to see to it that a similar state, of .affairs shall not exist under the Federal jurisdiction. The Dominion Franchise Act stipulates that every person shall be entitled to be registered in any year upon j?he list of voters for the proper polling district of any electoral'district, or any portion of an electoral 6 istrict, if such person (1) Is of the full age of 21 years, and by this act or by any law of the Dominion of Canada not disqualified from voting; ■ (2) And, is a British subject by birth or naturalisation; - -r*' - ■ (3) And is the owner of real property in a city of an actual value of ■'$'300.. or within' a town of an actual value of §200, or in any other place of the. electoral district of an actual value of $150; (4)■•■■ Or is a tenant of any real property within the electoral district paying a rental of $2 ■- per month or Good accommodations for travellers. The bar is supplied with a good stock of Wines, Liquors and Cigars." RISDALE & McKAY, Proprietors. MADDEN NAKUSP, B. C. HUGH MADDEN, Prop. Beautifully situated on tlie Lake shove at tho entrance to the best and shortest road to the Slocan mines and New Denver. The best fishing and hunting in the district,'with • grand boating and sketching facilities for tourists and artists. The bar is supplied with tlie best brands of wines liquors and cigars. The accommodations of the Hotel are the best. 2i) per year, one year before being- placed On' the list of voters, or one year before his application to.-be placed on the. list of voters. In this respect a change of tenantcy does not disqualify, a voter provided no time- is lost in making the changes. ' .<:••■ (5) Or is a bona fide occupier of real property similar to that described in clause No. 3, having such for one year previous to the placing of his name On the voters' list or making his application to be placed on such list of voterr.. It is also provided that on or soon after the 1st of June in each year the revising officer shall cause the list of voters of the preceding year to be compared with the last assessment list, iand secure all the information he can 'obtain from that or any other source, and proceed to revise the list of voters then in service, entering thereupon the names of all persons not already on such lists who are en titled by the act to have their names entered. Mr. Justice Walkem is the revising officer for this district, and, as it is improbable that he will- honor this section of the province with, his august presence before the holding of the County Court. on -May' 21, there is time sufficient and to spare to correct both the provincial and Dominion listS.' "' .--a Fractured a Rib. ■Ail,. UNIQUE PLATFORM . Two weeks ago X Ehrmarintraut, butcher, while skating on ,the bay, fell heavily on his right side, aiid a day or so later received a chilly immersion and a severe strain by the ice breaking a wav under his feet. The effect oi' this double treatment was noticeable in a painful stiffness: which apparently passed.away.. Last week, while assisting in cleaning' up j i j,necL ja: __ the Lytton for tlie St. Valentine dance j i. Tui aMn the Government For a Political Candidate in West Kootenay. One of the citizens present at the farewell banquet given to F. Wilson, in the Fashion '-restaurant, Saturday night, was D. A. McDougald, the aspirant for political honors for Nakusp. Called'- upon by the chairman during, tlie coarse of the evening to make a few remarks bearim?' oh provincial lu'et/.ers, Mr. McDougald responded wAth a; bin X of eloquence/commenting on several in teres: hig topics, but .chiefly upon the proposed Nelson convention. In brief his platform out- he realized very forcibly how disas- 2. I am in favor of the franchise trous the mishaps had been, Stoop- Joeing extended: to women in West ing to remove a small skiff, one of the ribs on the right side parted with a rasping sound, at the same time ca using acute agon y. Mr. E h rman n- traut was at once taken home and tightly swathed in bandages. He is gradually recovering, the fracture having knit together very well, but he is .unable to do any work. -<^- New Denverites in Session. oteuay.. . yq : - ; . - •■ 3. That the proposed convention be held in Nakusp, a central point, instead of in an inaccessible town like Nelson, and that it be held for the selection oiv a candidate either for or against the Government. ■'■:■ - 4. To, establish a mail service in West Koptehayy and to employ intelligent men to superintend tlie;same. 5. Free silver coinage and ana- tional mint at,!Nakusp, this place being convenient for the silver from the Slocan district. ' 6. To create Nakusp a port of en- 7. To pension off Government fossils, who years ago; up in Cariboo, out-lived their usefulness. 9. To transact all parliamentary business in Gaelic, and translate the National Anthem into that talk. The conclusion was reached with the hope that if not elected his friends would find him -a good fat Government situation, a J.P.-ship, or at any At a meeting held in the Windsor Hotel,,New Denver, last week, the following resolution was unanimously adopted: "To the Hon. the Chief Commissioner of Lands' and Works:, This petition of the undersigned citizens of New Denver humbly sheweth that, whereas the sum of $1, OCX), was appropriated by) the Legislature at its last session , for the purpose of building a wharf at New Denver, )his money has not yet been used for the purpose for which it was appropriated; and that it.is a public work of great and urgent necessity that a, ,,. „- w ■■-,■■ . -tx X ■„ 7 -,-, , -, ■:,-' >■- V, i'ii.e another rai1 wav contact wJ;h a wharf should be built at New Denver l_-, _,,:,.. \, ' T,r„T ...y .:. i . __ .*_ while SlOcan Lake is still at low water, your petitioners therefore present to you the advisability of having the work finished without delay." A committee of three—Messrs. Gething, Ay 1 wiii and Bogle—was also appointee! to confer with the parties interested in the townsite in reference to keeping the wagon road open immediately after sleighing ceases. The meeting afterwards drifted into a dis- .ant*, who d-u a':. \u theV power to CLiSsion of provincial politics and the help tee a-T.iir. Tie lout w.is Caste- Neison convention. ' .' frPy decD':.,-';ed,w:-> ■;e'i.he cr'd supper p^ov'aeu by the ladies was excellent. Darciug .• commenced sho'\'y a:'er 9 and was continued t'li 3:45 a.m. To Mr. and Mrs. E-hmauotrsut, Was. Hesketh and F. Conway is due the honor of carrying the affair thrdugh to so successful an issue. pawner. M :. McDougahi took his seat amid g-eat apnlauscj and promises of supoo't. St. Valentine Dance. The dance g'ven on the s:earner Ly^O'i last ni^iit wys. co oly cm> cess u', much of whveh was & , ibu^a- b e to Ca^'a;a Sin h and his assist- Nakusp is sadly in need of a shoemaker. But this and all other accessories of modern civilization, including even the semblance of a mail service, may be expected in the sweet bye and bye. 2L. n. t THE TRUTH ABOUT COOLGARDIE. TOLD BY ONE WHO WAS IN THE /;■ COUNTEY. Something That Will Interest Intending Emigrants to the Latest Gold Fields in West Australia. A retu-ned iDJlgrim f?om the Coolgardie gold fields in Western Australia unburdens himself to the Melbourne Bulletin in the subjoined griaphic manner: Coolgardie! The name that has been in so many mouths as, the coming El Dorado—which is even now quickening the pmsesof the Adelaide and Melbourne stock exchanges and causing- the brokers to smiJe once more. ■ -. '"• \ ' ■.." . ,-" A land of wearisome monotony of crooked scrub, of sad colored bushes, of low, flat-crested rMges, of an all pervading and penetrating* smell (something like roasj-mgcoffee), which no one who sojourns in South-western Austral i a ever forgets. A land of melancholy, tut, strange to say, a glory of wild.flowed. A blaze of exaggerated marguerites, of wondrous immortelles. Yellow, wb ite and red, they mock the starving stock with a semb'.ance of verdure. For it is a fodderless lard, this grassless, wate-' less waste, hanging on to the skirts of the greater desert to the eastward. Even in paradoxical Australia it seems like a cynical critic"sm of fate that this unpromising are* should, have been selected as the scene of the latest gold craze. Even move paradoxical is the fact that eveiv woe'e confronts the visitor from the east, that, whilst in Sydney, Adelaide, Melbourne, etc., hundreds believe that a sure fortune awaits them in tb\s nursling of the wilds, hundreds a:"e there wondering how they will get out of it Good men, tried pioneers who have braved the dangers of the fever- haunted gu1 l-.es of the Palmer, and the diamond fields of South Afr;ea, are there. Fvesh-faced chums, with wondrous outfits, including sou; 1 ea- ther bags with numberless pockeis, to hold the goid they we e ce"!ain to pick up within 21 hours of their arrival, are there—all anxious to leave the place. At die present moment, in this field of shreds and. patches, for one luclrv man theie are mo *e than 100 unfo.'i.unales. The few finds of undeniable Wellness, wliich can be counted on the fing-ers, have exercised the usajcl false glamour, and somewhere about 4,000 people a"e now wondering Avhv they ever c^rne to such a God-forsaken count'-y. Bear this fact in mind, the province is being we?I and c&" efully advertised. The farmers of Northam and York are getting d^eam prices for horse feed, for, between Doodle- j kine and Coolgardie you could flog the proverbial grasshopper. No Wes- 'trai'an would say a word in depreciation of the gold fields, yet, as a rule, he does not go there himsel, but talks big about the "other siders" coming in; meantime, he makes them pay. Doodlekine, the present terminus of the railway, is soinewhere about 100 miles t ooi York. Most travellers v:e familiar with the appearance of the temporary termini of railways in the course of construction. Doodlekine is V-ke a.11 others, only a little wo."&e. The horse teams carrying between here and Southern Cross make it their depot. As a rule, the teams are good, aud the ro«d.s since the people of this district are at last leaving off the old ousf om of di \vmg six horses tandem, 9. re p^sablet ■At.Soutne n CrObS therea(e a very i ■" *■■ passable hotel, five quartz batteries, and the dregs of a fast disappearing communItv. When the ? ah wav ar-, ■ - ■ Y Y' 4* rives at the Cross, the "pat'ert"' camel comes on the scene. Between the Cross and Doodieki _.e grow po"sonous scrubs, hu?Y..ul to his system, so the pa 'eat one does not carry there. The camel in Western Aus ral:ia is an ill-conditioned, mangy nor 'or, with a temper as short as his coat. At any time of the day, if he can bite a p-ece out of you, or kick you in the stomach, be will do so at once. At dawn he commences to whine and cuvcepro- fci.aely in his own language, and eolith ?ues his blasphemy all t p rough the pro. ess of loading. Put a postage tiuimp on h'.s back over a^d above the load he usually carries, and he would tooner die and give you tlie trouble of disposing of his cajcase than ^et li p. It is only when you become acquainted" wh'h a carnef that you appreciate the ioveablequa'it-es of the ho'/se, bu^ock, or dog. Every.-ring is salt. The land is imp egoated whh iu throughout. Oce can easily imagine that Coolgardie was but recently the bottom of an extremely salt sea. The water struck at Bay ley's i s at the 160 feet level, which sfike was telegraphed widely and triumphanfly, but it is sclfc and a condenser is at work. All round are s:/:ngs of salt pans and chains of salt lakes., and if gold were as p'eni^fui as sa •., t h e mos t exaggerated s:o»• -* es" about the ooun'rv wouidnot attest the true state of the ease. And the gold! Bayley's, as the show reef of the country, naturally corner fi'-ss-. There are here comfort- a bie buddirgsfor men, a modest ma- cq'rne capable of putting through two or three hundred weight of rock per day, which has, up to now, averaged 500 ounces per ton. It is a Ball mill, worked by means of wood fuel. The mine is no doubt a phenomenal one. On top there, is a big outblow of white quartz; the reef, averaging seven feet in width, can be traced half a mile.. The underlie is to the eastward, [Continued on next page. ] Wm. Hunter. W C. McKinnon. ■OF- New Denver and Silverton. DEALERS IN GEMERAL MERCHANDISE. All kinds of Miners' supplies; kept constantly in stock. g unanvsiat>*i; I1*jBi2P Tlie San Eraneisco Call,, daily and weekly will fill the hill exactly. It is the brightest and spiciest J onriiM on the Pacific a sample copy T'a 1 Li il ' i\ m d't Ail 'U !.\ (I ?J %J REVELSTOKE STATION, GENERAL MERCHANTS, Wholesale and Retail. Dealers in a all kinds of Raw Furs. Branch Store at Trout Lake. ILI EOOTEffi Steam Nav, Co. Ltd. Taking effect September 1st, 1893. which is a peculiar feature pf this part of West Australia. Where the reef has been opened up there is little change in the formation visible, only veins of ironstone are found along the outside, and patches of the same intrude in places. This now world-famous reef has been opened up by means of an open cutting, and there is gold showing plainly in all the faces, in some places of marvellous richness,. Still, the accounts wired east have grown rather in transit. The statement that,there is 1,000 at grass is absurd, and anyone who would assert that there.was £100,000 worth of gold in sight would be—of a Confident disposition. There are upwards of 30 men employed on it at present.' "■■'■"-.';■' -.•■ ~X- -'-'i-d ■ ■■■■■■■ -,-■:■ At Tindall's, two and one-half miles from Bay ley's, there is a rich reef being worked, and at Hannan's Rush " three reefs are being opened out. The rest of the country is simply pegged out, and the owners of the claims are loitering around with sheath knives waiting to sell. This is emphatically Coolgardie.* y Eight away to Cashman's, 45 miles j Arrives at Northport, A.. L ■ v. ,T , » T 1 t>' i Tuesdays and-Fridays, 10'a.m. distant, to the shores ot Lake Barlee, 95 miles to the north-east, the more or j less thirsty or hard up population are REVELSTOKE NORTHPORT ROOJF STEAMER COLUMBIA. GOING SOUTH. v- " Leaves Eevelstoke, 'A-.'.".-a Mondays and Thursdays, 5 a. m. Arrives at Robson, Mondays and Thursdays, 6 p. m. Leaves Robson,'. .' .--.■■.'" ... y y^ Tuesdays and Fridays, 5 p. m. GOING NORTH. Leaves Northport, Tuesdays and Fridays, 1. p. m. distributing. That gold is there cannot be gainsaid, but the prizes' are j Arriving at Rohson, small and the blanks infinite; It has v : Tuesdays and Fridays'? p. m. been COlhmonlv asserted east that tWO Arriving at Kcvelstoke,' .-, ,, * ■'■■,. v. -■'.,, J Wednesdavs and Saturdays, 4 n. m. and three punee reefs are lying idle, waiting for some one to come and take them up. 'In reality there are more I J^ s'oanlQr !ff" **.^ak"s? northb0"nd°" L ■ •' .... . j W ednesdavfl and. Saturdays at 7 a. m.^ and south men therqiharigil# Oh ftO poorer reef bound on Mondays and Thursdays at 10 a. m. Showings than are tO be found in any Connection is made with Canadian Pacific.trains Other gold-field in-Australia: There forthe east and west at Revelstoke, with Spokane ° ■ ■ Falls and Northern trains for Spokane and all eastcern and weftern points at Northport, and with C. & K. trains for Nelson and Kootenay lake points, at Rob?on. '■■>; ■-.■',.-..' 'junw is practically no alluvial wash, .properly so called, throughout, the country. The gold is shed about the surface uninfluenced by the presence of -water. All the alluvial work is done by dry blowing. A man with two dishes, a strong wind and a cloud of dust, has usurped the old convential '»fa u picture of the prospector panning out at a water hole. / The formation of the country and its contour differ greatly from the'ordinary run of Australian fields.; It appears to have been a low tableland covered with cement; the denudation Caused by the scanty rainfall has been only sufficient to hollow out shallow valleys in which there are - neither creeks nor watercourses; the drainage of the country is simply represented by saline bogs. Away to the north of Coolgardie is a wide expanse of flat granite rock, all over which are circular hollows, sometimes three feet in diameter and eight or 10 in depth, in every way resembling the wave^worn holes in a rocky coast, to. fact everything about Coolgardie suggests a later submergence than' the rest of Australia. Throughout the gold belts, clay slates with veins of horn-blend schist mark the formation. The o^estion of water supply is just [Continued on sixth page. ] STEAMER. NELSON. OUTWARD. Leaves Nelson Sunuays 3. p. m. Arriving at Kaslo 7 p. m. Mondays 3 p. m. . Arriving at Kaslo 7 p. m Wednesdays9 a.m. Arriving at Kaslo 1 p. m. Thursdays 3 p. m. Arriving at Kaslo 7 p. m. Saturdays, 9 a. m. Arrivi- /Kaslo lp.m. INWAKi/ Leaves Kaslo Mondays 9 a. m. Arriving at Nelson 1 p. m. ... u Tuesdays 9a.m. Arriving at Nelson 1 p. m. " " Tlmrsda3r,s 9 a. mA Arriving at Nelson 1 p. m. " " Fridays 9 a. m. . Arriving at Nelson 1 p. m. " " Saturdays at 3 p. m. . ' Arriving at Nelson 7 ;>. m. ffia 'jrtuQl $»*&* „ Wholesale Dealers in Oranges, Lemons, Apples, Bananas, and all kinds of Fresh Fruits, Vegetables, Butter, Eggs, Nuts, Candy, Cigars, Etc. The largest Shippers in the '.'.'■; '•:,-.' Northwest. , ■ ;.., Passengers from Kaslo for Spokane and .ill points south, should take the l,Nel.?on," leaving Kaslo at 9 a. m., on Mondays and Thursdays, making close connections through. This steamer lands .at Balfour, Pilot Bay, raid Ainsworth. For information as to Bates, etc., apply to pursers of steamers, or t- T, ALLAN, Sea V. J. W. TROUP, Nelson, B. C. Manager. ill «-^j The proprietor h as on h and ?:f- L „uu (runs ' >J FEET OF LOGS In lengths of from 12 to 50 feet. Any kind of bill stuff can be cut at short notice. ,000,000 iL.eOOGH.OT Shingles, Lath s, Mouldings, Turned Posts and , a; Ballasters, Brackets. Me. Two Carloads , Sash and Doors; Two Carloads Dry Fir Clear Flooring, 4in;; One Carload Dry Fir Clear Ceiling;"4 Carloads of Clear Oedar, for Finish.; One Carload Glass, Paints, Oils, etc., including Fancy Glass,Wood Stains, etc. nnTT.Tn IS THE :- F $%£* V.4 ij l y o s i l .j Trii h'w fif* m Jk» i «I" -SUB; NAKUSP LEDGE Published every Thursday. B» T. LOWER Y, EDITOR AND FINANCIER. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: ONE YEAR . J... ............." .$3.00 SIX MONTHS .'-..'.'.......'......... 1.50 THREE MONTHS ......... .............,-.......... 1.00 Advertising rates furnished on application. ' TO CONTRIBUTORS. Correspondence from every part of the Kootenay District arid,: communications -upon live topics always acceptable. Write on .-.both- sides of the paper if you wish. Always send something good, no matter how crude. Get your copy in while it s hot, arid we will do iho rest. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1894 HISTORY OF FHE KOOTENAY. A complete kistory, of tlie Kootenay country, from tlie earliest days to tlie present time, is being: compiled by R. T. Loweryv Experienced, men witli valuable information would confer a lavoi; by sending-tlieir address to tliis office. Silver lias dropped to 63 f cents an ounce and the markets of the world are in a panic. It appears that the famous Junius letters'---were- written by Sir Philip Francis, whose grandson has just offered the explanatory papers for sale in Australia. Tliis,.-if true, will settle a long- discussed and inucli vexed question/ The Wilson Tariff Bill has passed the American House of Representatives with a. big- majority. It is believed the Senate will affirm it also, bat not without a great struggle, 17 Democrats having voted against its first reading. Its passage will undoubtedly encourage Slocan miners, making a difference of about §'20 per ton in the ore shipped. tives. Touching upon the affair the Fall Mall Gazette says, "'."We cannot have these things happening weekly. No time should be lost in settling this fracas with France." The list of voters who had registered up to September 1, ISdS, has been laid before the members of the Local Legislature. There are -19,907 names on the list, divided thus:— Alberni, 111;. Cariboo, 491; Cassiar, 132; Gomox, 326; Oowiolian, 433; East Kootenay, 579; Esquimalt; 466; Lillooet, 266; Nanaimo, 678; Nanaimo City, 767; New Westminster City, 1,- 436; the Islands, 188; Vancouver City, 4,591; Victoria, 560; Victoria City, 4,111; Westminster, 2,466; West Kootenay, 520; Yale, 1,789. The Governor of Sierra Leone has telegraphed the British Foreign Office a confirmation of the report of another engagement between the French and English forces on the frontier of Sierra Leone, and savs that several were killed on either side. The French again attacked the British, whose force consisted entirely of na- Ern est Bod well,, of Victoria, a brother of F. Bod well," of this town, is spoken of as a candidate for the Leg^ islature for Cowichan/Premier Davie's present: constituency, at the approaching general elections. This is taken to mean that Mr. Davie will contest one of the seats in Victoria City, and that in the event' of a Government victory, Mr. Bod well will, be the new attorney general, the Premier taking other portfolios. Mr. Bod well, though youiio' as a lawyer, ranks second to none in the nrovince. He has hot as yet sought political distinction, but he comes of a family prominently identified with public affairs in the Dominion.^ ■■■"■ . ':.'---:/■:"'■. The first move towards organizing for the "coming provincial elections has been made by the supporiel-s of the Government in Victo,,;a. Premier Davie stated at the preliminary meeting that his object was to form a provincial association to assist the present Government. After various remarks by several prominent persons, a committee, comprising all present, was appointed to draft a constitution and bylaws. It is understood the Government has already decided upon its candidates to contest Victoria, t'ley being Hon. Theodore Dav.«e, Hon. J. H. Turner and Captain John Irving. The fourth candidate is not announced; We wish to correct an erroneous idea which seems to have taken possession of a recent contributor to the Nelson Tribune from New Denver, as well as enlightening the bright genius who conducts that estimable organ, regarding Nakusp's avenues of communication with the outside world, it is not true that we have but one open highway and that by Kaslo, for the Revelstoke route is still open, the steamer Arrow making regular trips.to the head of the lake with passengers and freight, while several teams connect with the boa^ to Revelstoke. The bay is fall of ice, we acknowledge, but from the point, half a mile from town, everything is plain sailing. The Tribune's correspondent need not worry himself to an untimely death because of the all- year-round shipment of ore through this place from the Slocan, when the N.&S.R. is completed, for we can assure him that the C,P.R. are fully capable of managing their business satisfactorily at all times and in all seasons. Danny McPherson, the wild man of the Slocan, came in on the stage on Tuesday from New Denver. He has lately secured possession of some coin and is letting people know it. FOSTER & WINTER'S ^ EJS T .A. XT IR, _A.2ST T, NEWDENVEB, - - - - JJ. C, Is one of the best in the Slocan district.'.'■".Call in. ■•'.„■'"•"■ ^■'-'■X7^r-:r fir,- Williamson. PHYSICIAN _ SiSSl ■:-■"/•.-,' NAKUSP. B. 0. HOTEL SLOGAN, NEW DENVER. G. M. SPENGER, SLOGAN AVE. NAKUSP. B.C. I ■Pf * -f■ -i* -i NAKUSP, B.C. .' Cf'i" ■■'■(.-■ ;■ ■■ D. A. McDora^all Proprietor.^;' Choice location and commands a beautiful view of the surrounding" country. The Bar is supplied wit n the best brands of all kinds of wines, liquors and cigars. The Dining Kqom is supplied with all the delicacies of the season. Charges Moderate. A Call Solicited. Slocan Ave. Accommodations for 100 guests. The Finest Bar in the Kootenay country.., - J^adquarters for capital- , ists, speculators and miners. GETHING & HENDERSON. Props. BONANZA CITY HOTEL, SLOCAN LAKE. Plenty of accommodations for travellers. Good beds and good meals Bar stocked with wines, liquors and cigars. ,,. ■ John Madden, PropJ If you have M6ney and want to meet l\fo^ Men stop at the &wm NEW DENVEE; B. C. When you come to New Denver stop at V Meals, .50 cents. Meals at all hours. Dinner 4 to 8 p.m. Rooms warm, clean and comfortable. Corner of Slocan and Eldorado avenues. RY GOOD E GROCERIES and PROVISIONS at very, low prices. FRESH CANNED GOODS always in stock. A fall assortment of Choice CIGARS and TOBACCOS. EXIT ROY WILSON. Nakusp Loses Oneof Her Foremost Citizens. A Bright Idea. ■ '. Fitzroy Wilson, the popular clerk at Bourne Bros'., left on Tuesday for his old home in Ipswich, Eng., gohig out by way of Spokane. Mr. Wilson came to Nakusp almost two years ago, when the place was in its infancy and ever since has been prominently identified with its advancement. It is his intention to proceed later on to j for this district if sucti an event took South Africa, there to permanently place. What's the matter with hav- The Revelstoke Star states that a number of gentlemen have been trying to get up a regatta in West Kootenay for some years past, but have not been successful in taking the first step. Mr. Haskins has received a letter from Vancouver in which the writer offers to briiig a crew here next summer, if the people can be got^ sufficiently interested in the matter to offer a suitable prize for all comers. It would be a great advertisement spar. i r\ ■» VANCOUVER, B.C. Commissio esale Iftiporters settle. ': a . When it, became known on Saturday last that Mr. Wilson was about to leave, Mr. Bourne determined not to let the occasion pass without showing, in: some degree, the esteem in which he was held at large... A com 8' - fj plimentary banquet was hastily arranged for at the Fashion restaurant, at which the following persons were in attendance: Messrs. Bourne, Wilson, Abriel, Jordan, Fauquier, McDougald, Muirhead, Smitheringale, and Risdale. ' Short though the preparation had been, the spread was bounteous and well-selecteci. The wine list provided was especially gpod, and this tended materially to,lubricate the guests' vocal organs and prepare them for the rich aftermat; i of " songs and speeches. The toasts honored were: ''The Queen," ' Army and Navy," ' 'Canada Our Home," "The Guest of the Evening," "Commercial Interests of Nakusp," ' 'Our Host," ' 'The Landlord," and "The Press." Each number was'i . ■ • , . ■ f accompanied by a suitable musical *j selection, heartily sung by all, while j the speeches made by those whose names were coupled thereto were replete with interest and vivacity. All touched upon the approaching departure of Mr. Wilson, expressing sorrow thereat, but wishing him every prosperity in his new home. His ears must have tiiigled with the numerous platitudes of praise voiced, and in after years he cannot fail to find comforting satisfaction in the memory of his striking farewell to his friends in Nakusp. Popular songs, rollicking choruses, enthusiastic jigs and break-downs, and side-splitting jokes followed in quick succession, and it is quite safe to assert that no jollier event has yet transpired in the neighborhood. It was past midnight ere Auld Lang Syne terminated the proceedings. ing a, first-class regatta at Nakusp in June or July ?.—There is nothing the matter with the idea at all, Bre'r Northey, and the Nakuspians would assist it to their last dollar. Just keep the pot boiling, and if',.money,- and perseverence count for: aught, tbe aching void shall receive a specific remedy. ';': NEEtANDS ; BK^S~I .';v .NELSON, B.d, a Landscape PhotogTaphers -,-v . ■ '. -.-■■ , ■ ,-" ."-- v.: -;. .. Keep a large quantity of Ai'chitypes and Steel Engravings in stock. Pictures framed to order. -OF- ■©■ i P JL.J^ i_rars. ui 07i ■& J.-U T] Tinware and Hardware by the Carload.. rn Groceries* ;Provisioiis9 Eloiir & 3Feecl ; eg'ulariy iroin tlie East. Dry Gropds, Clothing, Eigby Waterproofs, G-ents' Furnish- ' ings, Gentlemen's, Ladies' arid Children's ^ '.;■'.„."■ Boots, Shoes, and Rubber :--v :':.'.'*'. ' Goods. - IMillii^^r^r;';. ;';;aiid x 3yEa.xi.tle3, In all the Latest Fashions. nr? !i B*ih_r*_»X_] !VI \T- REVEJLSTOKE, B.G. Proprietor. The bar is stocked with the finest brands of wines liquors and cigars. NAKUSP, B. 0. tRK£vcr*r=: 9 J£-iVo I LJL<jJ^i> o EOUR TaTST'" S DEPT. A striking: feature of the affair w CbO the responses made . to a number of the toasts, revealing a great depth of confidence and trust in the town and its future, at the same time not forgetting.a due meed of praise to the enviable position occupied by Canada among the nations of the world, and the fervent expressions of loyalty to Merrie Old. England—the birthplace of a majority of those present. >enver cominenc- Illg" Oil Underwear. Hosiery, Mens' Furnish in gs, •Mens'-Heady Made Clothing, Gloves, Ribbons. Silks, Satins, Cashmeres, Melton & Serge Cloths, Carpets, Blinds, Cottons, Hats and Caps, House & Table Linens. Boots and Shoes. .GROCERY DEPT.'': Hungarian Flour, Sugars, Bacon, Hams Coffees, Teas, Spices, Jams, Pickles, Oatmeal, Biscuits, Canned Vegetables, Canned Fruits, Dried Fruits, and Syrups, Fancy Toilet Soaps, Cigars and Tobaccos, : HARDWARE DEPT. Grindstones & Fixtures Crosscut & .Rip Saw?, Axes and Handles, NaiIs, Screws. -Bolts, Round, Flat, Square Iron Oils, Paints, Glass, Horse Shoes and Nails, Cutlery, Glassware, Crockery, Stationerv. o $_» v II1 Miners-can get a-complete© *Mc»e. ay. J. E. WALSH, Proprietor. © ¥1 } o &7:i & v.v. m ^ f; xnrnnr pp\ k'»i %*-Ytej ^1 Ml MM .ici-uui/^3? -j.tJJtBW ,^,«r^«^^BW-^' C is.jvii^-^^^^^^^'1"' siBflffli[KCT.-iCT=3=CS^ ;gsj^j^aftua^T.*^tgitai/5r~>ir^wL*Ha: '''atnw: '■^•wer'w.j '•'^^.*we^,;. W-*a«a-- Wiassianaan-, l^rang-' -gang cflJani . * -1 * i M '■'* ic\ - w\ ! 1' j J. if' 1 ■8 [pw Ma ^amott w miles Q H. «Tf It K?(W IT J&faa r a< ^rawlCT it" 'h3o 1 Vs»*H_eS_:il__ a£_ l "ft" r-its.-jjismn «xp 0? 1 0?F'W ■'■A /f^ • « ae Jaos bpringg 5T® becoming noted for tlieir '-Medici K ■©. tgE&'O 'O • ,J • © 7 ■ ttaac«;t3=aasaKaK_raai ttvu'.U"—* ...—m»t»....m .w^irrr—^ttrcpT^TT.f^ff^Hifly. t iiw.ii i—, Mnpw^') i ■<! un ■»—*~n»«—]wi -<*p^lr^~f>T?Tff1 ■\-.With the. completion of the Nata^ 0f ore will be brought to 'Nakusp-. fro.iii the; rich steamer for- Revelstoke. ocaxu and Gold and Silver I_edg*es have been discovered within three miles of i.lie town, alreaciy-' contains Six Hotels, Several Dwelling' Bouses, Stores harf, Warehouses, B ■with.a.capacity, off 80,000 feet.per diem, ■ a sm Shop and many other buildingrs," £USpv lawmi ft how the vital one. Even at one shilling a gallon there is an uncertainty of getting it when you want it, and the West Australian Government offi- , cials move with more than the usual exasperating apathy. To this there is one shining exception in the person ef .Mr. Benno, the chief hydraulic engineer. He has tackled the water question.heart and soul, and vows if all else fails he will erect condensers on the shores of the salt lakes. The difficulty is no ordinary one, for the water got by sinking is salt, and to form reservoirs for possible showers would probably result in the water so caught soon turning salt. Hovrever, Mr. Benno has had a Queensland training, which has lifted him above the jog-trot of West Australia, so he may strike out something. Socially,the field has an originality of its. own. As beforesaid there is no drinking, and the common attraction of gold has brought together men from all parts of the world, so that the chances of meeting an .acquaintance you have last dined with in London or Samoa are excellent. The rich but patchy nature of the deposits and the absence'of any wide dispersion of the gold point to the fact that it is a stock broker's and not a miner's bo-' ' nanza. , '.*x .', .■: Phenomenal1 crushings, specimens like that found at Tinclal l's—101b. in weight, with; only one little speck of quartz in it—will boom particular reefs; but the fortunes will not be had on the field itself Let no' man go there without sufficient money to keep him going for 12 months and then pay his fare back. For such an one who is content to sacrifice a year of his life in putting in as rough a time as it is possible to experience anywhere in Australia, there is a fair chance; for the poor and destitute there is nothing but lingering starvation. Whatever hardships men have had to endure on other gold fields are only accentuated at .Coolgardie. Every bite of horse feed and every drop of vljfj |/"011 irried many miles, MiJUIiuM H.... ...^L'DICli Of Swansea ana w igan, Analytical Chemist and Assayer. The oldeso and most experienced Assayer in the Province. REVELSTOKE, B.C. -i ',¥■ wu Tl __.' Parties having good Min= ing Claims to dis= pose of should apply X&t '—a "ydXyxd v ■'." DOCTOR KASLO, B. C. Graduate of Trinity Universitjv Toronto. Member of college Physicians and Surgeons, Ontario. MQH D KASLO CITY, 1 tfa-p . wa*K»ii f t^mmm/X. B.C. The: only practical Watchmaker in the Kootenay District. Orders by mail receive prompt attention. ALL'' WORK' :GMEANIEEJ). T HE 0 & & fi tl Ff ll lit B:.JL m T. REVELSTOKE TIME TABLE. Atlfiutic Bxpi'ess arrives at 10:0O Daily Pacific'- ".Y a"'' A _G:55: .-'■■*« Cheapest,'most reliable and safe route to Montreal, Toronto, -St. Paul, Chicago, New: York, and Boston. Rates §3 to $10 lower than any other route. - v . Specially fitted Colonist Care, in charge of a porter,''for'the aceommodation of pas.?ongei*s holding second-class tickets. Passengers hooked to and from all European points at lowest rates. ■ .-■ Low freight rates. Quick despatch. Merchants Avili save money by havlug their freight routed vim theC.P.E. Full and reliable information given by applying t0 ■ ' ■'■ ' ' GEO. McL. BROWN, I. T. BREWSTER, a Asst. Gen. Freight Agent, Local Agent, Vancouver. Revelstoke. KASLO, B. C, Is open night and day and. supplies its patrons with everything* in the market. Call in. GEO. PAQUIN, Proprietor- W. BUCKE LAW AND CONVEYANCING ■OFFICE, -.;' uch'SLhan" Bl'k..KksI6,B.C. ;RGBSON' HOTEL, ROBSON, B. C. This hotel is tlie best in town, and has ample accommodation tor travellers. The bar is supplied with wines, liquors and cigars. o LOUIS LEVESQUE. 5^Y BEAR LAKE, B. C. V Everything new about the house except the whisky and landlord. : Everybody gets a hearty welcome and plenty to eat. :; Gorman West, - - Proprietor. KASLO & NEW DENVER ;" BAIL' STAKE AN0 FREIQMT LIKE. Stages leave Kaslo daily at 8 a.m. forNew Denver; Returning will leave New Denver for Kaslo at same hour. ■OS iL '«vji tf,.^ %*> 10 MILES FKOMKASLO. Accommodations for travellers. G ood stables. The bar is stocked with choice liquors and cigars. Pack train in connection with the house. Goods taken to any part of the mountains, ' Mcdonald bros., Props. water has to be carried, many for the earth there yields nothing but salt. The mining regulations are more lenient than in the other provinces, and this, alas! will probably only heighten the gamble. Protection can be obtained on almost any excuse, which accounts for the great absence of work done. This is the staggerer that greets the stranger. What is the cause for this rush? Apparently none, when you get there. © HOUSE/ This hotel is five miles from Watson and has good accommodations for man and beast. The bar goods are excellent and the table first class. WILLIS & SPROULE, Proprietors. I,1f Mil / RAILWAY.. :■ : Ison & Fort Sheppard ■"■RAILWAY.. ■' Satisfaction is Guaranteed. T. W. GRAY, C. W. McANN, Manager. Proprietor. 'Lj & B ALL RAIL ROUTE TO NELSON, B.C. . The only through route to Nelson, Kaslo, Kootenay Lake and all Slocan Points. Through Trains Semi=Weekly. v \Qff A.COOPERA: ,<3. Dally except Sunday between SPOKANE AND MARCUS Leave 7 a.m. SPOKANE Arrive 5:30 p m. Commencing January 8, on Wednesdays and Saturdays, trams will run.--through, arriving.at Nelson at 5:40 p.m., making close connection with the steamer Nelson for KasIo and all lalce points, arriving at Kaslo at 9 p.m. on same days. Returning, passengers will leave lake points and Nelson on Tuesdays and Fridays,arriving at Spokane at 5:80 p.m., sfeme days. ATTORNEY SOLICITOR, CONVEYANCER, ETC., ETC. Special Attention to Mining Interests. OFFICE: — FRONT ST., KASLO, B.C. Over Bvei-'s Hardware Store. ■■:© '-©■ CD- fa LEDGE GROPPINGS Migs Aura Corning is rusticating in Nelson. W. McLean left last week to join his relatives in, Seattle. For. any tiling in drugs write to the Slocan Drag Co., Kaslo. f T. Gordon came in Tuesday from a trip to -Nelson and way points. A herd oi about 20 cariboo were observed across the lake on Monday. The Fashion restaurant, J. Millard, proprietor, has closed down till spring. Last week's ore shipments from the Slocan were 359 tons, valued at |43,- 080. ; ': ■-d-:-XA No less than 23 men are working on the Noble Five, averaging 13 tons per.day. Robin red breast, the harbinger of spring1,-put in its first ajjpearance on Tuesday. The Alpha shows an average width of 11 feet of clean ore for oyer 60 feet of a stripping.^.a_ J. Hector was telegraphed for last Thursday to attend the Sandholm trial at kelson. H. H. Pitts, of Three Forks, was married recently to Miss E.;St^b33s;,: in Aultsyiiie, Out. Vr E. Corning departed Sunday on a business trip to'Revelstoke, Kamloops and Spence's Bridge. Fifteen men, under charge of F. J. Kelly, are taking out two tons of ore pei'day on the Pico. A third butcher shop has opened in Kaslo, and as a result prices have dropped rally a third. A big mail came in this week, the Kelson Tribune, of Saturday last be- in.^ included. Quick time. Miss Mciieown, sister of Mrs. Jack Madden, ofthe Bonanza City Hotel, is the guest of Mrs. L. Corning. ' J. Walsh took a party .-from i;ere straight through to Kaslo last, Wednesday, returning on Tuesday. F. Bod well, of the 'railway engineering staff, '.contemplates leaving town for the. provincial metropolis. The Slocan Star has cut down its daily output to three tons, 'there being an insufficiency of storage room. When in Kaslo stop at the Great Northern *Hofcel. Rates reasonable. He'ulquarters for Hudson Bay Co.'s goods. f A. D. Emory, of tlie mercantile tailoring firm of Cole,, Emory & -Co., Winnipeg, will be in Nakusp between the 15v.ii and 25th. Twelve men find employment on the Freddie Lee and Noonday properties, while <rr)e5;Aireka and Alamo are- working I'.O c*>ch. G. M. Spencer,, tonsorial artist, is removing from the Madd en House stand, to the vacant store next door to F. Locasto's shop. Lent is now on, having commenced last Wednesda?/, but little attention is being paid to the solemn season here. Easter comes on March 25. , Business has been brisk in Kaslo during tlie past week, by reason of the large amount of money put in circulation by the Washington miners. A contract has been awarded the Revelstoke Lumber Co. to get out 30,- 000 ties for the Revelstoke & Arrow Lake Railway south of the Green ■Slide. " . An effort is being made to induce a party from here to. attend a dance at J. Madden's hotel, Bonanza City, there to be met by a party of New Denverites. ',-■■■ a Danny McPherson has sold his quarter interest in the Mountain View mine to Neil Gething for $1,000. Messrs. Thomlinson and Butler own the remainder. G. N. Dillman, who„ has , been em ployed on the engineering staff of the? N.&S.R., left on Wednesday last for Nicola Valley, in the employ of the Inland Construction Co. Rev. Mr. Berks held forth to a fair congregation in the schoolhouse Sunday evening, it being the first service in almost two months. He will be back again in two weeks. Ff. F. McNaught, owner of the Alpha, is building a large pre house at Sil verton,wherein he will store 500; tons of ore, to be hauled by Cameron Bros., awaiting the completion of the ■N.&S.K;';■.:,•■■' ■'.■: ■:'ax\. .■■■■;,'-:.'* ;: ■. U. S. Thomas, Postmaster, desires The Ledge to state that he had nothing whatever to do with the issuing of the warrants in the police court case reported last week, nor was he in any way. interested in the prosecution. . On Tuesday H. Jones purchased a one-eighth interest in the mineral claim known as; the Snow Cap, from M. Condon, paying therefor $150. The claim is situated on Glacier Creek, in the Lardo country, and is asserted to be a promising one. According; to the Star the snowfall at Revelstoke this winter has been the heaviest on record. Up to last Aveek the snow guage measured 200 inches or more than 16 feet. The weather, however, has been fine on the whole, with nothing like the cold experienced last winter. The. Nelson" Tribune of Saturday last had a comprehensive and accurate, write-up of the Slocan country, giving the number of men employed and the extent of the work being done on the principal mines. The writer was R, H. Kemp and he is to be congratulated on his labor. If William Macdonald, a Scotch miner, who left South Edmonton in the summer or fail of 1892, and is acquainted with one Tom Smith, will communicate with A. McLean, South Edmonton, Alberta, or with Geo. M. Spencer, Nakusp, B. C, he will hear of something to his advantage. Opposite - Prospect House. FIRST CLASS WORK GUARAHTEEB E. J. WINYARD, Proprietor. RH1L "Leaders,,'' ezteral'-Afireitt "O.K.s,"and ■U Terminals." Factory and Salesroom • GENEEAL MERCHANTS r\v ^>A \jl EVELST tarn 3_ ?jam_ g DEALERS IN *ry Goods GIVEN TO THE SALE J Sk1^ P.
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Title | Nakusp Ledge |
Publisher | Nakusp, B.C. : R.T. Lowery |
Date Issued | 1894-02-15 |
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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Notes | Succeeding Title: The Nakusp Ledge Frequency: Weekly |
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Date Available | 2016-07-25 |
Provider | Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library |
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DOI | 10.14288/1.0182101 |
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