y/O*^^- R. T. L.OWERY, Editor and Financier *< DEC 27 1904 -- ■o U <*v tQTOPAP*- ^ O: You will become like Solomon if you read The Ledge regularly. Volume-XII., Number ii FERNIE, B.C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1904 Prick; $2 a Year, in; Advaxck1 LIFE IN FERNIE J. C. Ferriau was in Frank on Saturday. '■•' Office and 'pocket diaries for 1905 at Bleasdoll's. P. Burns & Co.* received a carload of poultry this week. Beck's bowling alloy will open tor business on Monday. 0. L. Boynton is ou a business trip to Washburn, Wis. Dolls in great variety—quick-selling prices—at Suddaby's. Jack Scott is almost ready to again commence carving steaks. Richard Nimmo is in Vancouver as a delegate to tho Socialist convention. Malaga grapes, Jap oranges, celery, etc., at S. Slum's, in the A Beck block. There is no truth in the report that J. K. Rogers is to be niai-ried. He is loo busy. The Bauk of Commerce will be ready for business in its new quarters on January 3rd. B.'Dawson is laid up at the King Edward with a mild attack ,of iiillamina- tion of tho lungs. 0.11. Larer,, came in from Coleman this week to assist his brother in hi? painting contracts. S. P: Dawson goes next week to Sar- nia, Out,, where ho will spend several weeks at his former home. S. McDougall lias returned from Win nlpeg, where ho was on* business in connection wilh his lumber trade. The Salvation Army banquet on Saturday evening was a pronounced success, over 835 being realized in solid cash. Tho lovers of the fistic arena will have au opportunity to witness a swift glove contest iu Stork's hall on Thursday eveuiug.' ,''.'■'■' Her.'A. Dunn will conduct special Masonic services in the Presbyterian church next Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. All invited. J. Gray the contractor is on a visit to Ottawa. Christmas numbers of the magazines at Suddaby's. Twenty below zero would move the postolliee in a day. For an art gem see Gibson's "Greatest &ame in the World" at Suddaby's. The ladies of the English church had a very successful bazaar on Monday. Andrew Hamilton of Cranbrook li on a visit to his brother, W. 0. Hamilton, In Fernie strangers can see the ele- pliant at the Trltcs-Wood Co. It is gray The Burlingham sawmill has been moved to tGateway from Uayne's lake. H. R. Larer of Fernie hns secured the contract for .painting the C. N. S stations -0 ' ■ «•: When completed the Episcopal church will be the finest building of its kind in Fernie. Sign rainier Hawthorn is visiting Simcoo, Ontario, aft?r au absence of nine years. A constable has been appointed for Fort Steelo. The inhabitant must have changed his brand of whiskey. -Tributary to Cranbrook the men working in the woods are only about 80 per cent of die uutiiberjomployed.a year ago.' ■ , '."' '■ ". The Chinese cook at the Angel's Rest is an artizt. He has constructed a Christmasjcake that takes the cake for artistic design. H. H. McLellan was taken on Sunday night with symptoms of poisoning, and Dr. Carson (had considerable difficulty iu bringing him around. Aid. Trites returned on Saturday from his trip' to St. Louis, Salt Lake City and California. Ho left Mrs. Trites ill in the hospital at Los Angeles. . Porter Bros, have gone to Grand Forks. Part of their railroad outfit hits already been shipped and the balance will follow in a tew days. •—I^AtKinTil^imarrlceivea a combination pool and billiard table at the cigar store. He will in a short time put in an English billiard table. N. E. Suddaby is selling his immense stock of holiday goods at reasonable prices, as he has no desire to carry any of it over until next season. > Just after the churches wero out on Bunday evening tho electric light went oft shift and gave kerosene a chance tor several hours. Strangers thought they were in Nelson, The Methodist Sunday school children will have a Christmas tree and on- tortiiliiiiient In the church #on Monday evening. Admission ii free, with a collection to defray expenses. , Travelers should not forget tho King Edward hotel when they reach Fernie It takes less than 50 seconds to roach it from the depot, and tho bus passes the door overy little while, A. P. Shownn, a veteran commercial trsveler from Montreal, and well known iu Fernio, it retiring from tho road after 38 years of active service The story ot his travels In Cuuutla would make a huge book If but halt wns told, Two rich men from a little town called Cleveland In Ohio went over to New York the other night and dropped $11-1,000 gambling, 'limy should have como to'Pernio with their roll, Thnt amount of money would lust them n lifetime, even If they stood pat nu deuces nud drew to 17 overy night. Charles Hwwtucy, the big gun behind the Marytivlllesueltor, hangiven»l,t-M to.tlie building of the V.M.O.A Iu Spokane. Charles is probably after votes, but he might igrt better value fur his money by handing it over lo bid Norman, who is hot on lilt trull wilh a brand now paper called Tlio Critic. A, Beck isihavlnz the baietuent under his store lilted upas a howling •Hey, and adding tu addition In feet In length lo hit building. The bottling alley will be 7*1 feet long, It will have an entrance trom Victoria avenue; also an inside entrance from the i'airnle Cigar fitor**, and bo llghhsl with dec tricity. A shooting gallery will Im run In connection. This evening at «*)W Ml*a Eva lk>« Irtcatt IVckuil will wei Frtnlerirk C. Wildman. The marriage will take place at the re»iil«in ia of the groom'n brother, llerl Wildman, on Hot* land avenue, and the Hev. A. Wutin will (to th«a knot. A IsiVf n«m1al>r rat" Mi>f"< ~CMtracTors~T)avo been ordered to leave their outfits at Fernie, which would indicate that the Crow's Nest Southern will be extended in the spring. About 5.000,000 feet of logs will be sent down tho Kooienay river, next spring. The .loggers are thick along Sheep, Skookum Chuck and Wolf creeks. Robins makes more money out of weddings than the parsons. He has orders to supply seven homes with furniture, all from couples on the brink of matrimony. ■ During Alderman McLean's absence in the East D. A. McR&e will have charge of his business. Mr McRae recently severed hi* connection with tbe Curbin mill at Lauravlllo. . During November the St, Eugene und North Star mines produced 00 per per cent of the lead production In this province. These two mines are in East Kootenay, a (cw hours west of Fernio. Lewis Williams came to town last week suffering from typhoid (ever. He Is from Strathcona, Utah, and being an Eagle, ho Is now iu tho hospital and It being well taken care of by tha loca- brethren. At the drawing in the Fernie Cigar Store, J. Dooruiiocker, the well-known cigar mitiiufacturi'r, won tho nicer- Mchaum pipe, while J. Josllng of the Fort Steele Brewery carried away the cam- of two pipes, W. W. Brown, alter an absence of six years, left on Saturday for a visit to his home in Petrolla, Ont, Mr. Drown la miperintemloiit ot tho electric light plant in Fernio, and hat a daughter who U a milliner at Mrs. Todd's, and a son who is one of tha engineer's at the Coal Creek mines. A. W. lileasdnll |haa secured the tele agency in Fernie (and vicinity forMc Klnley'e celebrated sheet music. The line rain tains some of the moil popular innatlc ever produced, Comic, sacred ami •etitimental selections. Kvsry sheet la printed in dear typo, on good tvs-x-r, and the price I• only 10 cents. Last Thursday in * C. P. R. boarding mt tt Vtm'.t, i. fcavu hit Chas Sardoid on tin head with a hammer and frac- ture-l his skull in two place*. Sanford had an operation peiformed ofi bit skull Monday and may din, Scott Is In jail and will come up for trial Friday. In a statement mad* to the authorities JThe schools closed last Friday for the Christmas holidays. Barney Mooney will spend tha Christmas holidays in Spokane. Special services and music in the Methodist church Christmas. There is only one case of typhoid in Fernie and that was imported. When you want a Bell piano write to D. J. Robertson &Co., Nelson. As stated by The Lsdou two months ago, the zinc smelter will oe built at Frank., The Calgary Cattle Co. received this week a carload of Christmas meat, fish and poultry. Mr Page of Coal creek was married on Monday. His bride arrived from Scotland Sunday. H. L. Stephens came in this week from Morrissey after a load of turkeys for his Christmas boarders. The Napanee hotel will give the best dinner ever served in East Kootenay from 5 to 8 Christmas evening. The Elk Lumber company is putting the roof on their new mill. The machinery will arrive in ten days. Bob Irwin of Nelson was in town this week looking for a chance to lease the Waldorf. He was unsuccessful.'! Soon as the government inspects the C. N. S. the regular passenger service will commence. The agent arrives here today. A. P. Cheuette was in town on Saturday and stated that he had leased the Roma hotel, and would take possession next mouth. The local'consumption of coal is over 400 tons a mouth at this time of the year. It is delivered to your door for $3.50 a ton. The Flathead survey party has reached McEvoy creek. By this creek the route is five miles shorter than by Michelicreek. The International Coal Co. at Coleman ships over 400 tons a day of cleau and screened coal. The screenings are made into coke. - Hector McDonald, who had his leg badly crushed at Coal Creek last week, is lying in the Fernie hospital in a critical condition. Robert „ Str&theam - list Feb. 22—Coleman at Fernie. Feb. 27—Coleman at Pincher Creek. In order to shut out crack players from Sandon and other poitns from playing occasionally according an they are paid, Rule 15 was altered, stating lhat players must live fifteen days in a town before they can become members, and must be registered io days before they can play in a league game. A COPPER BONANZA.' In East Kootenay, on White Fish creek and about eighteen miles from the smelter town of Mnryuviilo, are copper properties that give every indication, whem properly developed, ot being the largest producers of red metal in British Columbia. Owing to a lack of transportation and cn.pl tal the prospectors in this section have been unable to do much in he past with their rich showings, but the approach of the iron horse is drawing attention to the locality and before many months a veritable boom will deluge the district with capitalists in search ot the metal that has grown so valuable in recent years. For ten years Mrs. Jennie 11 Harris and her son, O. M. Harris, have owned and worked ten claims on White Fish creek. Through till these years Mrs. Harris, who is well known in West Kootenay, has never lost faith in tho ultimate success ol the district and, aided by her son, she has held and worked the proper- ties in spite of difficulties that would apall and drive the most of men crazy. Once, through a set ol middle men, she bonded the properties for $125,000 to Senator Brynes of San Mateo, Caliorroia. who aimed to lion: surface gives il'J per cent,.copper,'or a value of over :j'8) to the ton. The price set upon 'iie ten claims is .$U-*5,000,"although.they are. easily worth a million. Having completed her mining and other business in the city, Mrs.'Harris will return to Nelson this week to spend the .holiday season' with her fninjly and friends.' ■CITS'.COUNCIL Tlie council met on Monday evening. Minutes of ■ previous, iiieetiii" read and.adopted. A •communication was rend ' finin W. Jl. W-liiuistta!!' regard in;* hissalary as police iii.-igisti.tie. Tin" city clerk was instructed to write the ] rovin cial secretary re the mutter.' It was ordered that certain im provenicnts be made in and around the jail. - A loiter was rend from ,1. 0. Cum initigs accepting' the position -.iiereu him as city engineer. The- government 'analyst at Ottawa stated that, .Hie quantity of; Con I md Kerry creek water sent ltim foi ■inalysis was,, not; siiflicient and advised the council to send a largei quantity to the analyst at Winnipeg. A communication was read, from tlio li. 0. Telephone company- it. Tefa.Ta'iict! to regulations regardin» the placing of telephone poles in tlu city. Nearly the entire council were ipposcd to the 15. (J. Telephone Co. doing business in Fernio, and it wa.- tigreed .to send the 15. C. Telephoiu Co. a loiter stating that tlie city- council are not prepared to instruct where telephone poles are to be erected in Fernie. Mr. Ik'ck's oiler to grave! the streets £li.?.i.y.i,&y.i£li,gi-ili,ili.y.i,*y.*-y^ fi* ft* fi* ft*fi* vi«iC7i^--iC^:?1wi*-;«ia:^KV:'-,vja*fi5;cwvi*r 5;?^v;w;«*w'w;-* -& - .'•■.-.. ... Or fl* \1 "ft* y* "fi* I ALONG THE CROW I li. w 't* . <y? '*v/iv/if^^^'^wvia"^^^^}^*^ <;?/;--wvi>:;>• <;>-*>:>*/iv"J:s* CKAXHKOOK ,;l-'roui tin? llt-nil<i.) I..M.Matihliekl ul' .MtiryhVille was in town Monday, arranging for a ntejit ■aipply, ns lie lias opened a maiket in Mtir'y.-villtt. V. Dilliiif-er, a former stiperintetuletit of theC. I', it., Iihs left .the loitipany to eiii-ago in the luiiibcf Imdness at Kit- ithei.er. He was in town several days this wruk eoitsultiiig with local lumber- 'UCll. Mr. Ilennehi-try, wl-.o lias charge o| Hiitie milling opertitii'i'iiS on Perry creek The St. Eugene Mining Co. have a big contract on hand, They have to get out of tlio mine 'H,tUi (oiis of oro anil concentrates before ihe lirst of July next. Tbis means a daily output' of 270 tons. 1'LA.ioiom-:. Last M'Mtiltty evening our ratepayers again ex|,re.-,sed their coitlitleiiee iu W. A. Jteebi: by a looting Ititn overseer for the ensuing m-.p-. (I. M. Fripp of Coleinati bus been re- elected by uooiamation bv the citizens ti Macleod syndicate, returned front i of ",at place to succeed .himself a..-* over- OVERAHUNDRED THOUSAND -f_-- The Payroll of the Crow's Nest Coal Company Now the Largest of Any Company in the Province— Output Could Be Increased Tenfold. Spsldlng in the photographic business The firm will turn out the finest photo work in East Kootenay. Sheppard & Elliott have a line of snow shoveli that are hard to beat. Attached to a strong boy one of them will lift a tou of the beautiful every hour. Leonard Sherman, a blind boy, and his brother Albert were badly hurt yesterday * bile coasting on the Ftk river bill by running into a barbed wire fence. All the Fernie hotels had their licenses renewed at the last meeting ot the local commissioners. All the renewals of hotel licenses In tbe district were granted by tho government last Thursday evening. Thos. Wesontmerch and James Mo- Coy will open a Turkish bath establishment in Fernie some tlm* next month Tho Turkish Is one ot tho greatest blessings of the age, and should have an immense run In this city. The Bank of Commerce In this city hns sold its Ado brick building on Vic torlajavenue to tbe Dominion Realty Co., but will occupy the building as a tecant. The price has not been made public, although reported at $15,000. . A HOCKEY LBAQUH Last Saturday was payday for. the Crow's Nest Pass Coal Cos collieries, and the amount paid out for the month's work-was as follows: Conl Creek.... .....;....$ 7.*','271.rtO Michel... '..'...' :$8,or>-l-.S5 Carbonado ;..... — — 1.*>,515,{)0 t visit lo lhat town tocl.iy. lie expects. io iticrea.'-e ihe force of men' at once. ,l. F. Adams, who owned a ranch just iHJuw M.irysoillt; a few miles, has sold iiis rliiiltiings, and within a few days ivill leave for a visit to Kn-iland, where lie will ritmaiii the balanceof tbe winter, .Mr. Adams has sold to a good atlvan- ■age, a fact that al! who know him will tie pleased to hoar. .lee ltoulange leaves for Barryville, t 'tit ,'where he will make, a protracted v sit wilh relatives, nnd Mrs. Hnulnnge iviil accompany hint. Joe came west tvitli the coiiKhietion' and helped to cut tlie tight of. way, helped grade the road bed, helped lay lite steel, worked on the iirnt train that ran, and for some time lias been yard master in the Cranbrook yard. During till this time he Iihh not been'.farther east than Medicine Hat or fart Iter west than I lie Landing. He has earned a good rest and a good time. A. Chciiolte of Fernie, and George (.icoiigeoii of Cranbrook bought A. We- I Villi's interest in the. East Kootenay itotol this week, and took ..charge yesterday. .Mr. Cheuette will t-ive very little personal attention to tlie hotel, as • twiubai tu eiiar^e oi. Mr. Geougeoti, who is vmy pii|itiliU' avitli liie people of this community,- and for .years had charge of a train on the Crow. Alieady carpenters are at work waking some TT^OT7sT~Jr1~Trur*iiiatiager proposes to have one of the neatest pbices in town. "ion won't know the plnce," said Mr. Guouj-eoti, "when tbe carpenters get through, Wo propose to make a number of changes and have an bptel where ono can get the l«:.st.' seer of Coleman for next year The machinery for the rope haulage system which is'being installed al the Frank mines, is expected to arrive within tbe next few days. The main entry at the Hil.'orest mines, below Frank, is, it >\v into a depth of Got) feet. It is being driven on a 11-foot vein of 'excellent 'steam and coking coal. A company with a capitalization of $500 has boon formed in Coleimui Iur tho purpose of pulling in a rink at that place. Already considerable work has beon done and the rink will bo opened to the public in a few days. KOOTEX A V CK XT It A L Southeast I Kootenay 88 upon the threshold of pros,.eriiy. From the international boundary thioiigh the Kootenay and Columbia Ivalley to Hoi- den. a distance ol about Im- mile', surveys for the Kooienay Central railroad are nearly complete I. The. untold resources of Fast Kootenay,oi mineral, ,'umbcr aud agriculture, which are, rapidly being developed, tbe large inllux of settlors into tlte.-o valleys, tire ihe prime ftu'lors in the construction of this most important railway The route, to bo taken, on the. oast or' west side of tbe Kootenay ami Columbia Total j;5li»(i,si2.r>.-» • Although the oi*tput of coke and coal was greater than that of the previous month, the payroll wns not so large, owing to the fact that ciitsiil> work at which carpenters are employed, is always suspended when the &now fails. Work of this kind is handled to grcatcr.advanthge iu the summer. At present between 1,800 and 1,','OJ men arc working in the collieries around Fernie. Of this number nearly 800 nro employed at Coal Creek, the nearest colliery to the city. Last Thursday the Michel, Fernic-Morrissoy Hallway company took over the branch line of tho C. P. H. to Coal Creek, under lease, and will operate it In future. ThoM. F. & M. railway is owned by the Coal company, nud it gives them connection with the two great railway systems now m totelt with Fernie. The advent of tho Great Northern sy-teni into Feroio. will Immediately have the effect of increasing the output ol coke and coil, nud already cars are arriving from .lim Hill's lvad. Itemised ipvtutitivs <>i coke will bo shipped to the smelters ut Untie, Helena ami > -real Falls. At these points Wyoming supplies the coal and Fernie. the coke. There i> quite ft market for Fern lo coal for steam purines in and around S|mlui»<' and other points in Eastern Washington and Idaho. The ie;;ent oj en ing »-r! i the feeder to the Great Northern menus a great deal <;.r the. e.al minei in MOYIK l'Yoln tlm l.t-ruli-r Win. .lobnson of Trout Lake has opened a restaurant in tho Farrell block. 'J he members of the Moyie Methodist chiiicii Mill bold a Christmas tree anil entertainment in tbeir ohurch next Monday evening, December-''l. Ur. Watt of Fort ■Steel has been appointed quarantine ollicer for South K.-jst Kootenay. Thi-iv is i*ood sleighing around Moyie but as yet (here is not a particle of ire. John N.ehols lelt Wednesday for his home in Wallace, Idaho, and alter re to,'iitiin.: there a short lime he will go lo Arizona, whole bis lather has charge of ibe building of a eoiiietitl.'ilul'. | Piaiik Mchovilt met with a painful '• aooiuonl Tii''-day at the upper work- Will be prMffnt, tand an efcborate dlit \ titam«* in Mi** w»ttnr and wraWafwat.-* Tho Crow's Nest Pass Hockey association held its annual mooting in Pincher Creek last week. For the ensuing year tho following officers were elected: Patrons—G. O. 8. Llndsey, "general manater of the O. N. P. Coal Co., Fernie; Mr. Jostles Horvny, Macleod; J. II. Farmer, (Frank; If. N. Galer, Coleman; M. Morden, Pincher Creek. Honorary President-A. C. I.lphardt, Fernie. Honorary Vice-President—John Henderson, Pincher Creek. President-J. II. Hchoffeld, Pincher Creek. ftecretary-Treasurer—W. A. Ross. Pincher Creek. Pint Vice-President-W. A. Kattnsr, Fernie. Reetwd Vloe-PresMeal-W, II. n« cbanan, Prank. Third VIctvPresldent-T. J. Moon, Pincher Creek. Fourth Vice President-Mr. Tinning. Macleod. Fifth Vlce-Prcs.dct.t~Mr. Tripp, Coleman. The leagu* gftniain «er» amftgttl aa follows: Jan. H-I'incher Creek at Macleod. iij-s ol Iho St. Ktigi'itaa miin'. He spiaimd his right ankle sit batlly* that jibe OetielitHdiiirt and indie , tiii-. M-ivtiv.-i ol a iloitot went iiece-iMirv. I acorui the mountains around Fernio. The output ol the Cro.v s Nest l',i«c.,.il <v j,,,, A it. ,.(kl.,( ,„ l)j(, (■.■,11i.ro„u i.<^- at proBClU U a million tons a vuar, and it itan bo iio'fe.i -e I to ten million--- |,u;ii w. due^iay. when a market Is found for it. Coal shipiHil t';--n.i IVruie Intu ;!u; I'niia-d; A. U.< i.-im-nt, nlli-Mnaii, and ouoot I iIn- iieavioial pni|iorly boldi-iMiu Nelson, ! ,-tinl \\ tn. I m-lK-ll, a litinver of the Mime States pays a duty of CO cents a urn. •ring nef wtUbetatrvatd alter the ceremony MiM Meckel formerly lired in Norwood, <»'-,,, mi Mt. Wi!ili.';jJa*j iptiit iu«ay years tn Vlrdon, Man. This (.kuik, along with their ho*!* of fri*'mln, winkm wiwn tr**iiy jot diiia Hiieoeits. Scott tn tsrory way. ti. U, O. Boulton'* mother, Mr*. L C. Honltrm.of Hertlortihlre, Kngtsnd, Is etpected to arrive here the tint week >•• ♦•• -;■. ..•'..-.,,.•'■ •!'•'* r.;,;,,!.',.. !,u |« cituiple ol nxmlhi vwitfaf Ur ton ai A quiet wtfddlng #ill take (d*te this! the Kin^r I".lw*id hotel. Mrs Boulton evenlnu when Mitt Clirittina Duolop will wed Win. J. Itroley. The bride i» the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. II Dnnlop, and one of tke t*li*« of the -•Uy. Mr. lk<i'.rj U lUn «i',U kv«».*w is the wife >ot Huff Captain J. 0 foul ja.ii, It. X., who |.ir years had ckatye nt the hydrngraptde surrey In Canada, and it at present on a visit lo her other two*,')* .tUltal^VMM Slatt HtWl|«ajra wt»o the prnpertiea in New York tor t:1,-; was laid u-ide until ■ m\fW. Through tho crooked nr-' Ft w.-n re-oh-od ".,. i . tlotunfthe middle men lUlgatlonUion au<l cleeti n <•! ibe m-\i eiioeii ■prang Up, and before It was settled lake pliee in tio- " ti-i I n -ii the death of Senator Hrynes put au I. A, Retime a* returning ..fiio, i aw end to both deal and lawsuit. The W. II Wh'iu -,\; -r as ile( nv ituu. romance connected with the lilstorv Si>g »!!::. ol these claims If woven into 11 tern -I owing t^-ht lit, rt .,!<!,. ,, ,: ture wonld make a truthful work i the buiMmg i,r a.iieno!!, ojm.im that would outrival the llower ol Hit- nnl Mivei \\ <- hi I «.\< -r tm-.ti .;,i oi„< inas'genlua I»- H tttmi'-nd'- !>*vr n- i,-|. ,.',..,,, D. V. Mott Is ono ol the moau-ner-: ■■•--- '>u'v ■■■•-i- '" M '""'<-' (fetlo buslnew men In Kcmle or J'jmt | ^•••'■,- •' Kootenay. Uo has been the mtjiui, through bis untiring elToru, nl Iu doclrig more capiui to iiivmt m mn. •"••»" '''"',,".','■ district than |»rwtwMy any attberiitsn, -«-.^-'-a .ai<-. "■■> and thta meant the exploiting vt mr' !,>'t!"' ri,! '^vi'' "mi natural rceourcee, with the added *!,J«r"- ' concomittant of ffi-eatcr population and prosperity. llzKagitiiing tlve.nM'Uy m Mr. Mmt «e * wwiotor »nd d«*»t> fcter. Mm. Harris has ewnrMl lil<* <*'• operation la ttie j»l»cinf ot bor prop ertlea with men who have the money to develop and the intellect to rtcog nlz« the wondertnl reaourves of White 'Vtrt-M-* «-• 1«.-«»' • '•■•>■>, ■-'"'' 'i ' ' -■ " miliar with tbe dUtrkt, liavlttg g> nr i a >. «i !'• ■: i-.tuleol t riverT*is asTert~mT<T(• termined, and remains a matter of conjecture. It, would seem from reports thai the lino will follow tiio east bank of the Columbia from (Ibklen to Canal Flat, crossfiig the Kootenay river at a point near Finley creek, thence recto^ing the Kootenay near Wasti, thence following ihe east bank of the Kootenay to Foil Steele, thence to a point on tho Crow's Nest near Jaffray. That this road will be built and without uniiecetsary delay early in ilea coating spring js a foregone eotiolii>ion. The promoters have declared that construction will commence ut an early date aud that work will be pushed a.s rapidly as possible The building of the Kootenay Central will mean muoh to l',.t>t Kootenay, and it i»J impossible to ovete-UilMlto the benelit Io be tbirivel. ',! lie refer will open up a new district wiib jjieat agricultural possibilities and ln.nberiiu and mining resource,s of otvat p"t.-ntiiiiiiy. I'ltat tbe (,'oltitubia and Kootinay val- loi, tt ill be ollilllgitil 11 Kill u .seein, (,( i,ia- pros.-iiuii, caii:-ei| by a lack of transportation, to n hive of i.(isy iiidtisKy by the ftdvotit of tbe K. C. 1! Tbat trad.- ivill I,.. stoiet! «!i.-l I eyoiM calculation in a eerlHitny, but with nil t dial wnl ■ aconie (rioo Ibe construction ol tin* I'aiUay, the |iios;ii i ! of giibt/ d- tb" Canadian 1'ucilto an alnw-l duet t fwu'e. ,iild a i,mi|,.ll,i:ia< ,< a-.,r.y :;i.oi>- S o ,.'li.; e tbe Itocky mountains I- a .on-1 economical |»'int, nud ii Im^e |>oi'Hon «,i pas- •ieiigor and heavy height traibo Hill t 'I'll'.l.ti I'll its here tills Week adiuptini* thi ol.il.. I,',.b.«rt l.'.-i-ieier. Mr. i pniaia t.vor the Kootoua ,. ; ..,,.,. i. ,1 ., ,, I, ■ , ;,., || .. (I. , \ * «liy lo III" I'M''"!!" " < > ' t.reiii-iy « tilt .\it'. Niodor-t.idt. |-'..i|,,-i- I '.- i •,' i ». ,- n;> in..,, I'.'tii'f tin, hi.!, two1-,tug afli'i -otoe taaltel's |'.-Hioi.o; t > the in iv « alh'.iif I'hllirh .\ll\l\'. I'Alt Aa'lUI'HS, Skvl.ttk itatui i no t I tl is Im-OII |---atl,|a-,| .|ll«l ,1-. I ('..tlti.lrtlll ,>••!,Ilsllll I|M» .■ «.,il. Iii tin, w l.i'ii It aaill A.-, ,itihi>|f !•< pia-a-'tit 'ar- «. !|,.< t'.-l s.., v,a" «il! be I ll, !■ ' ■I- aa, ■ i i < . d i\ . i In ..- Ill-id Utef. dedl , bid «,-i at.d l'i.'«. lnv. tb-oi.'l. I-' gives t-inl.-ii ( I"-, no ,ilie «,! the ISonii'bit'y 'li-'i l» liu' liiio-1 |-i.id.ii i-, --t ,; v.-t etpo-id 'lilt I'lg lintie t.-r I'P.'id 11,.' 1 and ttu- la:»- b-.'.-i a I b;.:b ■r.i.' •ic .l^.islllij. and wil tn l.'i.' i'o> receive t ,'• .", H,l - lei .!*• -e. I,'. I ;tuull.\ \\ AilMM. 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Utinn •111 fa**torn tbe mttf tweolal eeetmmj, T«it I.i:i»m. ia effawinrrenirratnlstiimf, tnsnttt ttnat the btM»<il*>f ef tMr li?«w wfll Mwg atrtteufct 4*1 Jot, |*»<* *»<! pm*»pi»rfrf waa itwailed by tb* British »dttlraU<r mmetwelve .yean *g». »hotm\f the* Ma mother's risft, Mr. BelteRi slater Muriel, who te new -*mdyln» portrait |isl»ttiif to T'Atl*, Ttxtm, wjH t t*nf to him. .Aia, *—i»imev. tU(iie,aia»i»irmort» Jan. U-llAtiomi at Fernie. J*».»—T«tileM- l*t'»*fc*r(V««4i. Jan. 11-Hacltod v. Turtle, al Blair- more. •V*. i<« h.i«ii«ti laiiia.iai.M, Jan. is—Turtle t. Oot*man, at Coleman. Jan. 17—Fernie at Pincher Creek. Jan. **—Tattle w. Yernit, tt Ftrule Jan. M-Piacher Creek at 0>lera*B- Jas.SO>-Mtielee-] at l-lneherCnmk. Jan. 81—M«<.lw>d>t (Mew**. Pen 9—Ptiwhef CtttM at Femtft. f«t», »~T*«**tt«*at *M»rtaVa-!. Fan.a-Cotctaan v. Tattle*, at (flair "wLle-Cektwanat StoeM fe*1"^* ^_f*Uf™\^U* ^,t,-f',,ri, m. H-Plnefcef Creek r. Turtle, at\*T «-• Nelaoa ^1** ** *•'•«>« ,"h'i">" *H 'l ' Btainaar*.; nibttel toppe* orw. An *«»y rt- ii.,.,-.,;^-::. - ■ t;,.- FcU. U-Fetabea* UWeae*. (eetrtty takew www a *hrvwm£ on the' fr ■«:■* u. >,- <-«. -i*.it .i.-. -tli ti a« that i i'. i. ■ f'ttit i'i v.i'1", w, d.l I'.'.idity - jo. "n i-niiic i>'i t ot »»,«* til tlm talll. i -IT- t'luaa's ,*»!•»*. .ili'-lai th* <'ii.il i,- >.ua 11t>i,i i '.»■-'> l.'.'V Hi lliitaa- ,-!»>... ,*l ■'' *,*ai,,#',* K**-|. iii'iV |«^»- .e. ii-II ai|a |.-4lltta'».tl.<tt )■**<'«' lt If) * f*lllt„ir' inll - -Il{. (!■'■ ■■' ■ ..■;■ ■ t'rna,r uiitlv 10 Hie NiimI I'l.it' It WOiiM Im .'< tlii»l.0lt|ii" li ti a,*^«* *i i-l.- pH.loO'ed, i-is Ut s i giro* a"tn| !••> inrlit S«» SI lit ad «,i'- tt*Uf liu- "i.ll'a»i|.,lli' f'i I I" ■' ,.*i,l.i»,, ai ,.,..(- ..... t„ «■. :• ' ■ Hfv tin* l.e .'un t<v I'll* '">•■■'<■■ ■tin- gravis li I ff"li» the ,'(-i » ti* a it-nt I'frtitti 1 i<> Utrf. I'.,' j.»ai'» t« »fli*t Is li:i|'|^llll,g 111 ■'* 'I"/' 'J** ■■■'TlY ■„l I* lll*l .[,. oterlt au-me time ajr«» In cotnisiny u«»-«.»efi with one of tfce beat eop(«r ex-Kim ttxm Ihe United States, awl tw* a nap In preparation of the ion* I ity Th* itrrrtrt, %»r* itfin mmrj.:iv<nlt<> report Ht the claims lyirut tni thai !uJtlt5 of Kuotcuu-y t'lvttr. Om fi-«. to* Harris jrronp of eiaimi cm u* ae«fi at th* tiBmm d %km S.-v. ,<' '• ■ t >'!»■«■•'■ , sit.4 * '-j--Jr« -1 nd- •: ■■• am<f lh.# ' t mA -'A •l» »-*•* M. (hi- amrlltHi a* .il :. a At . '>'.« !►*"» i,!*. .»>-i t ;-,.* *...'. l«-ii(.y tm-i^j:t ■ ;.» to t t»«-tla-'U». «■' 1 - f.ij «-r • ■it- i -.t.'.t'l.i i.a: '.„ A' V. . V S.»\ I K IV i'-* ', I'f*t«a>i'., ** ,.?... -,.- f.-i-'t flight t-> •ti, •• t . ■.' tafcf l , i ,■ -i i -,!V A',- tion a.f msna-r*!* f- i* i, '.<• i ' !■"■ il ll.tt T- i^t#,. 'j. -. _A i»- -),iftt'(4t I** »*,pi»-tb<tl A tbe . . ■■/,' -,l;.|',il*--i|*( t«»l a.g !."• S* •• h*-*f »rr S «'«<ta- \ I ft tft* (*'»*!» . fl*t. iMl -f;.-*!i!.1 <H-A* fli'.i't f Uti1 l',i, .%lvl I'.,* "doi ttlt ir | f*-aa»t,». J- n«-l t •*, Sail.i tsi'l it * l..,lA « I «-%l ,!*\ '• 4 !' it ■' .1 htraana l»t-«niiit«i. allr>.»<a. i »'»'*•* '«*'" »<t* *>" *.>r;'-*s»"* a' ; i ■ 1r*At-tl »h»t ltn*rt» '- Mt'ftk*. <»** '*•**> lff"i''-:l-i •'.! - ■nt t*-r-t< ■f»«,| I'lf.f f.rti-.'' »-a fha* i-l tke KusiaUr«•.-*> * "'tilt-*' iia-a \\t rM.*"pi >r f)'. - • THE LEDGE, FERNIE, B.C. , DECEMBER 21, 1904 The Ledge. ll.T.liOWKKY, Kditunuul KlnuiKiler. Tin: l.Ktx.K is nublislii'il evory Weilnos.Iu.v iuPernio, 110, Tlio i.riw is fin your. Ailvor- tiaini* rates K'vi'ii upon iippl'iaidon. HIS UK'S TO CHRISTMAS The sun has made its annual halt, and turned north to gladden the heart of man. Christinas is upon us, with all the joy that comes when we sink self and make glad those who are near or far from us. It is the time of the year when the Christian world thaws out, and does more to br'ghten the lives ot each other and touch the leaden sky in this vale of tears with the silver of merriment, generosity and goodwill, than at any other time of tho year. Families have reunions and amid the carving of turkeys and the slicing of plump plum puddings, mor al man makes 'merry, and for the nonce forgets that every trail lias its thorns, and he is very poor, indeed, (or dyspeptic) who cannot upon-this joyful day bring danger of separation very near to the buttons on his waistcoat. At Christmas we should forget everything that is evil and remem ber everybody, even the printer. Then, here's to Christinas! May it endure while this sphere runs on schedule time, and Thk Ledge wishes everyone in the world unspotted merriment upon the day around which cluster our sweetest memories of the forms that have vanished, and the voices thut are stilled. for produce, Manitoba and the Territories would almost find greater pro tection of the lumber industry worth while. "But the question is of wider im- importance. The single aim of every province should be the upbuilding of tho Dominion as a whole. The United States has proved the value of a home market. By the development of a home, market every prov ince is eventually a gainer. Imports and,exports are principally valuable as they build up the home market. The farmer this fall realizes the value of the home market when he notes the price of wheat acoss the bordor, Bees himself debarred from his own particular foreign market, because Russia happens to bo exporting very heavily. It is the home market that counts, and why, by the way, should we buy so much lumber from, the States, when they buy so little from us ?" last night, trying to coax the furnace to give out some heat. In the midst of my work the bell rang and I hnd to answer.it. When I opein d the door this man stepped in and tried to sell me a patent fire extinguisher! MUZZLING THE PRESS. TriirLTTJUSTXDTJSTRl The lumber industry in East Koote nay is suil'ering from an attack of commercial biliousness, and is aiming to receive the necessary physic at Ottawa in the form of protection against the mills of the United States. While the policy of protection is not in linn with the former principles of the Liberal party, it seems about the only medicine that will blow health into the lumber business around those parts. The present condition of the industry has been brought about by the greed of the lumbermen in Oregon nnd Washington. When they saw the great demand for lumber in the Northwest territories they rushed into the market like a drove of hogs into a rljKS corn Held. Their policy was tu cut and slash prices, and with no regard lor their Canadian |bretli- ren, to get trade at all hazards. The policy lias acted an a boomerang, for at tlio present moment the mills of Whshlugto/i are in u atato oi financial collapse. Tlio loggers refuse to sell logs below a certain price, und tho railroadc maintain tho same position In reference to freight so tjiat our greedy neighbors are forced to shut down their mills or raise tlio price ol lumber. The latter course will make protection from Ottawa unnecessary, but it will take at few months for the mill* of II. C. to recover, from the rash raid ine-do upon their natural market by a lot ol grasping meddlers to the south of this glorious province. In an editorial upon the matter tho Winnipeg Cotiimerc'al snys: "Manitoba and thu territories want a convenient market for produce. Already largo imantttles ot dairy product* from Manitoba are bought hy British Columbia, and the Pacific province I* nu im|ioriaiit market for Allierta producer*. The develop, ment i4 the ItritislitV-lumliia market la, then, a matter of great importance lo Manludi't lain! the Territories, and undotiUiillv the growth of that mar is reUrded, il nut mi art-sly threat- rile*!, .by tin- demonetization of the lumber Industry in British Colnmhtn, which is very largely, if not entirely, due to the exUting linn". When the press can be controlled by wealth it augurs ill for the com munity or nation. The people are largely to blame for this. As a rule they are indifferent in support to a paper whose editor is honest. They often allow him to starve-while fighting their battles. The fo!l"wing statement from the Springfield Kepublican will show how wealth muzzles the press, even in England: "One way to undermine a cause or a party is to buy up its newspapers. In the passing of the London Standard into the proprietorship of Arthur *Pp,Tson~t'rd~i^ tives, who have been standing out against Mr. Chamberlain's tarifl' schemes, haye lost their only support in the daily journalism of Lon don. Tho .Standard, with its Tory traditions, has been an irritating obstacle to Mr. Chamberlain's efforts in turning tho Conservative party into a protectionist organization So Mr. Pearson, the millionaire friend of Mr. Chamberlain and tho publisher of many Ijournals and magazines, comes along and snaps up the Standard almost while you wait. Tho power ni money is nowhere seen so clearly as in Usability to dictate what the people shall read in their newspapers. Such, indeed, la tho less in of tho sudden flop nf the London Standard from free trado to protection." Kvkuytmng Is not brass that Glitters. Today Is tho shortest day in Iho year, although within the past six months we have seen shorter. DRINKS NOT WELL KNOWN Violet cordial, a drink beloved ot Yorkshiremen, is one ot the best oi the hoine-breweddrinks. Made from freshly-plucked sweet violets, it is often kept for years by farmers, who drink it sparingly in tiny glasses, yet it retains all the delicious aroma ot the fragrant flower from which' it takes its name. Home-made sloe wine is a drink which takes a lot of beating us a thirst quencher. It is especially popular in Durham. Cowslip wine is another prime favorite unknown to the inhabitants of cities. So, too, arc a tost of " eas," famous in.rural parts not only for their refreshing, but a'so for their curative powers. Years ago, before the tea from India and China could be bought cheaply, beverages brewed from mint, pennyroyal, dandelion, wild thyme, marjoram, camomile, balm, calainint and similar herbs, were a I most universal. Even tod.iy their fame is in t. dead. and they are frequently resnr.cd 't> by housewives in hot weather, and when any small ailment shows iuuit in their families. Leaves plucked from strawberry plants and currant bushes make a fragrant beverage, as do ribwort aud r lay year our sta- p* icjlhr-r rood *"*>■*" dcp.*rIn er-.t Ims been exteiidin<* is buiness thrci-ghoi t l!ie Dominion. We a»',|l •sen.*, r»wi-s pi a paid, 75 lull bin t.s 1 i l.iicn .line at'iilini, I .,," r, a-li'ls, «J in color M'iOl -ai:>-L i.lhi'-l. »«« 73 ■i-nvil.-iHs li> matth for cu'y $1 00. Frpravirg ol cards, wedding 'nv'ia'iors, cU„ promptly attended lo. UYWii BROS. "LhiMOND ;tJALL" ■V The. Napanee Hotel In Fernie, is a pleasant liome for all who travel. Rooms reserved by wire. If you are looking for Fishing, Bathing Hunting, Boating or Glacier Climbing, go to "New Denver and stop a few days, weeks or mouths at the. Newmarket Hotel with'Henry Pfege. Home cooking, and tbe finest beverages in the world, including water. Write or wive for rates. fienry Stege HewntarKet fiotel Dew Denver Snt Wilfrid Laukikr can afford to seek health amid the Ibwcrs and sunshine of the glorious climate ol Southern California, while Borden has to content himself with the rigor of tho breeze that blows against Nova 8cotla. _____ Thousands of people attribute Lauder's succctw tn Canada, and Kuooovelu In the United State* to the personality ol the men. The real reason is known to thu wine, but it will do no good to discuss it In a local paper. O.vk oi the best ways to build up a town is to sulwcrlbe for the local paper, and send ns many to your friends as your meum will i*niilt. At a distance the jieople Judge a town more by iu titWM'ut-icr* than anything else. __ __ Thk LetMitc was the tint pap<-rto advocate the building M a mint in i TlioTamglilaOTOrfelaTRnnrafn as a re~ fresher and curative, being found in very many households. < Strange as it may seem, a drink can be made from sawdust. Here is the recipes Two tons of sawdust are boiled with sulphuric acid for three hours, the liquid matter then extracted by pressure, neutralized, leftforeightcen hours to cool and clarity, and then fermented for four or five days. The resulting alcohol is then distilled and rectified, but a yield ol about nine and a half quarts of spirit to every hundredweight of sawdust is obtained. Quantities of this arc consumed in Fiance. Palm wine is made from the sap oozing from the cut-oil' blossom stems of the oily palm tice, and of the cocoa tree. It is a pleasant, refreshing beverage, and notsulilclentfy known. Isitshimlyana Is the weirdy name given to a deadly intoxicant made from molasses by the natives of Natal. An analysis of this drink made some time ago by an eminent doctor showed that it was WJ per cent stronger than any known alcohol.— Straw Stories. FiimIiIoii Fooled. Thomos Fogarty, the illi^traior, wan talking about modern fashions in dress. •■ It Is lwrJ to keep up with the fashions," hn said. "They ore certainly confusing. The other night at the theatre a man In the rear neat all ot a sudden juuqied up excitedly, " -Down with that red umbrella in front!' liourltMl. "Hut his wife pulled him back into his chair, ** 'Kor mercy sake, hudhl' she wliis IHstviJ. That isn't an umbrella} It's a now winter hat'." The Best Union Made Ooeralls, Shirts & Miners' Garments c$» <&* c$» T. Whelan, Manager Queens Hotel FERNIE. Rates $1 a Day Tin's hotel is a home for all railroad and lumbermen. ROSS BROS. AKK THE >WINNER BRAND" MAIM' nv Lenz & Leiser THK UNIONLAKKL IS ON EVERY GARMENT J. C. Carruthers Afieni for Kooienay I\ O. U..X 5'. . Nelson, B.C. HOTEL SLOCAN lit Three Forks is one of the oldest hotels in the Slocan, and has never closed ils dnors. The meals nre always tasty, an J'ihe' landlord''never allows his whiskey ti» flirt with the wiiter barrel. HUGH NIVEV, Proprietor. fjjt €$-» f$*> C$» -r . t ■■. -r *r Hotel..'..'.: Northern Is one of Fernie's oldest and best known hotels.. The Proprietor's name is. Wm. Eschwig. tg» r|» <|* <|> FERNIE CIGAR STORE Canada, and the otlit-r day the con- rp-to-iiiitp (-out 11 mt*. Mrs Patrick Campbell, famous for her dramatic art ami hot jy>t d >si, j Pinky Panky Pun, a Japanese *panl The most acceptable Xmas Present for a smoker is a GOOD PIPE Call ami see our stock of B.B.B. O.B.D. Peterson and Lowe Pipes , ♦♦♦* L. ATKINSON Ahjoining Kernie Motel J. in. CUMMINC.8 PKOVIN'OAI. AND DOMINION LAND SfKVKYOK Olli.V ; Maltl, Sam ,\, ('..., I..T.W. Hlnck I'Vkmi: ~ lliiti-.li l uliiiiihi.i Why put your money in the savinirj, hank at a low recently went driving ont. dnj and Incidentally dropped In to sec it frlfltiil Tho air wah chilly, In liii-t 4h «4. ** **C-t »#(-** ***f" ■k-LHU *>*1tAA Ah: fii't; Juu.A>t .1 '.1 .i.'.l :i UnUjiXiat] Ml -it!'*, Jllel stiW<,,Ua;'ll lav#tiit.lj»aHo*i ti,*« iKt-i.Mre.MHi at, (Sir* thru, opinion tli.u the Ituulwr Indu.stiy shoultl itft'ivii luuic protection. \ Vrin'it* irui cry in iviitinmim iiiifj im,' TenitorifB Ins U*rn for cheup lorn- htr, it i* a fact thnt thist has resulted In wri'imly rpiar-liiiK tho gr-iwth ot tnelr own innkuiar market ncrxm Ihe Ruckle*. Th« *>rtw|«*>rity <4 Jlrii- i»hOt)iMfn>Mii d«-iundn upon tbede- relopiRftMfifilifi r.fttaral wwiorewof that jirovirtrf, f/fie <A the. most imjmt J ant oi which is lanj-niihin* forliekj tt pMcaoii. U *etmt io tu that Merely trwu. tU ittiprovtd uurketj tract lo bailtl one in Ottawa waa ltd tit a cost for thu building alonu ol $*ita,(XlJ. ThU ihow» tho powctrot tli* pr«*j even il it tl 4* uWe a lew _.. mt , .,__ ,,. , „ , .. _L . . 1 - 1 .*.! 1. . cold, and Mr*. Camplwll worn a loiiir V*aara-» *n lirlnra- (aria-»»l-a tfilairrp .ilviat ' r »"••-» _ ,uiMt *m iiuaauii ftjOjc. lihky or It ha* been r»*cemly diwovered I"" •* that there hi a crack In the moon ot hiRli culture, while in Waithinfffm rate of interest when you can bttv a Lot !Ui "« m a, WatUU B|<.,a in iho ifn*tt rita- ' !hy p'tviiv^ l-af WJamM-ararT sicssesattsJBsxsxaa 8&6Rtral - Hotel M PKTtNIE. M n First Class in Every Respect A L*J MRS. S.JENNINGS, Pkopiuetbess. W sa '^385 KINQ'5 HOTEL FERNIE Tasty Meals, . " ■ „ ICusy Beds, Nerve Bracers Of Every Description. J. F. JARVIS PROP. THE GBIiERGliU HOTEL -- LARDO Is tlio home of nil Slocan peoplo traveling' to and from Poplar. meals always heady. McLACHLAN BROS., Props. w* The PARK HOTEL • On the road leading to Ferguson and Trout Lake lias ample accommodation ' for man and his horse. . The bacon, beans, beef- Bteak, eggs, oats,, hay, ., bobzerino and cigars can not be beaten in tho hills of the Lardeau. KENNY MORRISON, Prop. TO DRY PEOPLE The Exchange Hotel in Kaslo is like an omu in an Egyptian desert. Slocan folks flock to it like bees to a flower garden. ALLEN & PALMER DISPENSERS ft* ¥ y.i. ft* Hi. .^i't. Si, ft* RELIABLE ASSAYS rinl.l ( .TBI(lolilhiiiISilver—Mint l,**tl~— — ."& |<iold,»ilviT, o>|>irr I.S11 HumptaM liy mull ra.celvii i.ronipt attiiitloii: I'lii-ur tl .1.1, Itiitorln, nml Itlch ilun IIjiiuI.i Html for Krf« UtlllnirKnvii. mid I'rlw l.mt. OGDEN ASSAY CO. 1118 Ar*|i»hon *!., Driiv^r, Oulo, United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners ofamerici.Mo.t220 The Cnrpentcrt & Joim-rn of I'Vrnu' nnx't the 1 st and 3rd Tue'adays in cacU inniith nt tlm OJdfillcmH* Hull, THE L FERNIE "Will open next month with 46 Fi rst=Class Room s , Everything Up-to-date S. F. WALLACE sl_,y.£y_\y._,y.*.y.*.y*_i* *v si* s1* »** *'* <>* *** *!* *»'* «>v *,** *j* <i* <r>» \?> wv> VffitfFfXfFfl?^^^ Ti i*nle Brewery N. KLAUSMAN, Prop. < i Manufacturers of L.ig*er Beer, Bottled Beer & Porter TiiTwmnii'TWenue, henna" *■'* Si* *-'* *'> *>'* *•'* *J* v> »v M* \V *'» ♦.»> ma »»> *y* *t> »f> «,»> *?> »t> »»> »»» »t> »r> » f f __k_ w st*. Bj Fort Steele Brewery Co., Ltd; KK2!>3KK:K3«IIK:KJKJB5 FORNIE, B.C. -Brewers of Extra Fine Laser Beer and Aerated Waters. Bottled Goods a Specialty. 8 Coal miners - - A good chance lor a future home on reasonable terms, /^rmwmwanr,rmw Kootenay Valloys Co., Ltd. Ahiuit it...,i;i,-i,-s, MIm-J KAKMINtinndCiUAZINti Lmilsim ihe KOOTKNAY KIVKR nl SAND t'KI-.l-.K, »o mill's ir.1111 KLKO. Will hi- subJividcd in hiiii (lurchiiM-r in hKtcks from K.) iii'ivs npwiirds. I'litv fruin $\.mt to $*\oo per iit*n>. Tonus—1.5th '■•tsh ; Kilntiiv in yearly inMalnii-nis nt 6 pvr I'a'llt. ititrti"-!, CftftiULfi AAAAJLH .QJ.tLC fl..a.tLflfl ooooooooa no p e qfl ft ft ft! MoMon'&Co. T. G, PrOCtorManager NelsOll Hotel Strathcona 181 uiidcriicatli the coit, h\$ tln^yl $10 With tpou oo the «m. . '™^J>h««*h^. M»ej«»«l iil.!ie t«eib f j Ian., aid the «rl« «t the «ack In Ot-1W.1* °?L , . \^tt a,,d il 1monl.,l,>* W™M\ M ....... . ... . .. anrlllRI mtrrrst •ee •Oli, what tl loveiy rmt thMA*.''1 of S-;.<K) w?fh<Mtt with rnmirt mightier M*net .rrd I* ^ ***** b» '*»* "I* «■ «■* ... _ ... MMhed into broken *nd Ik-ttirig j'««/«-/■' »" h««Ike l^n." Wc have 5-» such lots „, -torn* upon the tnAim ei.mn** of £ ?h<> to* •""^ ,'1»^» 1.^*1. |lhe Ut.ca^o of Canada for %mett ' j Pinky r«fial«cd the gentle ' - - fwlth»in.if> Intoti-rHhW frmocatlon. i ■■ t'JIy 1m*vbiii!" excWowd Utew-j, « .„ n. . ., . „„ I admit that I Mt ttif iilnlntlff uM |tre-tA fhpnd "Whst I* t!,-,i'-" I •« I. W . UliKk, I*crnte, R. C SoW*l«, *nd I'd do H a/raln if™ | *(>!ir* c*c..*l//i,.-tl this hc magitainiie, tiori't ulk ttmt *my. i th»l% got under • Hut-i-.ii'. hide. - r Wmt_mr~^m_tr-^mWm^-m_tr~_m__r^ J^!«M dw.« to my edbr|N..ttrtTta-» | ^h in fmk hl 1.iL\^.™Jl\\*^ n\iwtu'. sale on the above terms. Call '•ind sw us far p.irffctif.ir*;. In in » il«dlr-htfnl hwlnlinn uni! fmt»» tt* ta-itrv*»itra«i win Im» tioort nil tin' tai'ttnlv #*f tin- a»ntnd eoi-nr'ra,' 1 lint, unrrmnuli", Ihmh'' in, and udtirni- tlie l»itf*y oity «f NelwMi. It Ih the Inwio of tntm^* mul IiuhIiic**** men from all jkii-Iji uf tho world. The cuifdiK? nit'ir drug* In tin1 inirt' ot iiitilhwiilv uinl wry mom in mi inihiy U> iiiwuitiia, I you im-«*i1 room* wIk-ii on tin- way in, toncli the wiw and the deed i» dum-. %%%%^% %%%%%%%%%•%, %%%%.%-!»•!,•%,%%%% "$Mott-Son4Co.i8 B* Tomklns' Manager, Nelson, B.C. jjj THE LEDGE, FERNIE, B.C.,. DECEMBER 21, 1904 * HORRORS OF WAR Wild orgies and the stillness of death, the boisterous singing of jovial soldiers tonight and the heart-piercing cries of the singers tomorrow as- they lie wounded in the Manchurian millet lields, calling vainly for human help or divine succor—such are t'ie two stages i-f the grim dance of death which i* now being performed by hundreds of thousands in the Far Kast. Ofiiciul and journalistic reports, indeed, describe the men as cheerful and eager for the fray, but athwart the smoke of the battlefield we catch a glimpse of soul-searing pictures which words cannot reproduce; and the Russian people, realizing them in their dim, vague way, hate the very name of war. Death, certain death, awaits so many; but it is not only the end they fear, but the nameless tortures lhat accompany it—the long nights srrjnt in muddy t enches or on .slippery hill-slopes, the long days of gnawing hunger, maddening thirst, and mortal terror, and then Ihe endless ages to be passed amid the dying and the dead in agonies of unrelieved pain. That is one reason resolved to justify their reputation for intrepidity. They had been the scourge of Diighestan. "I should like to see you at work," a correspondent remarked to one of the chiefs, "You cannot see us," was the answer. "We shall creep out at de*id of night, and the crack of rifles and the moans of our dying victims are all you can hear. Next day hundreds of Japanese wives will be widows." And the same, correspondent saw the men a few weeks later, tollering into Mukden, haggard, pale, dejected, their heads bandaged, iheir arms in slings- piteous objects, till of them; "At what battle were you wounded?'' he inquired of oue of them. "I don't know. None of us knows." "How is that?" "We were tit no battle." Where did you get wounded, then?" " We don't know." " Hut surely you fired on the Japanese or they on you." " We didn't lire on anyone. We" never saw the Japanese. Fire from heaven came down and destroyed us." That fire from heaven has been oflen likened to a hell upon earth by the they often beseech the assistants to put an end to their lives. To be conveyed in a Chinese arba is exquisite torture. Men wilh limbs almost severed throw themselves out, refusiug to be drawn in those vehicles. And even of these there is only a small number. Crowds of wounded soldiers have to drag themselves along fer sixty-five miles tohave their shattered arms or injured bodies washed and dressed. CHRISTMAS GIFTS. why so many men, summoned 10 arms"! soldiers who patsed through it and prefer to blow out their brains or enter the "open door" in their own way rather than lo be drafted lo the front. In Odessa, during the mobilization, strong men went stark mad; women, praying that their husbands might be released, brought dead children prematurely into the world; and whole families sought'speedy death by suicide, and murder, rather than face the hor- ai rors of the battlefields. For they had learned some details. A wearisome journey of weeks in a mephilic railway' truck, and the.soldiers tire dumped down in Harbin, Healthy, pleasant, simple-minded fellows, most of them from the soil. In Harbin they "rest" and "prepare." Vodka, cards and coarse pleasures are the preparations made by most, their •maxim being "Eat, drink and .be merry, for tomorrow we die." Drunken soldiers, General Volkofl declares; in his order of the day, are met with at every hand's turn, in the streets as well as at the railway station. M:iny outlived the experience. The clouds rained bullets, shrapnel, and bombs like hailstones in a summer storm, says one man who witnessed the last great engagement. ..-Whole .companies were literally riddled with steel, and the soil was made muddy with their blood, A few remained, but seeing no officers, nothing but corpses and quivering forms, calling for speedy death, they turned and fled. The colonel slopped them on the "way. "How dare you Yun away, you he shouted. The men hung their heads. The officer used strong and still stronger language. Then one of the men said "We cannot face the lire your excellency. There are no officers, no sergeants, no—" "Back to youi places or I'll have you shot. Begone this minute!" And they went slowly to the butchery and returned no more. It was appalling to watch the officers, each one advancing at the head ofhjs iiien.,writes the.corresr>gndent-of Oh, Christmas tide is coming soon with mirth and merry cheer; 'Tis time to think of presents now for , all our friends so dear. What matter if we're very poor and destitute of pelf, Why, don't you know, the nicest gifts arc those you make yourself. We'll take a broken sewer pipe for an umbrella jar, Just put a coat of gilt paint on—and there's a gift for pa I A sofa pillow for mama—oh how her eyes will dance; She'll never guess 'twas once a pair of father's pants. A quinine pill-box painted blue will make a bonbonniere, A picture painted on the top, to give a stylish air; From uncje's old suspenders we can fix a belt for Kate, And mark it "Price $2.00," it will please her, sure as fate.' An empty pickle bottle will make such lovely vase;" Tie scarlet ribbon round il, label "With much love for Grace." A box with ma's old wrapper, too, upholstered nice and neat, Will be a handsome footstool for our dear old grandma's feet. Oh, won't our friends be glad lo get these presents we have made. They're sure to put all purchased gifts away back in the shade. For naught's so useless, worn and old but by device or shift We'll utilize it somehow for a homemade Christmas Gift. fflfyen you Want tinting Do not toait for the telephone but carry the message to:::: 27)e Hedge Office in jevme 009000090900000000099909 § fpHE typographical | £ *t manipulators are $ 5 artists & can produce § 5 startling triumphs at 5 8 short notice. S S 5 809999999009990009909099 Mount Fernie Lodge No, 47 1.0, :^9CjifN -0.-F. Meets every Thursday evening at 8 p.m. in I.O.6.F, Hall. Owen* Ross, P.G.,R.S. J. Barber, L.D.S., D.D.S. DENTIST T. W. Block, opposite the Bank Ollice hours—8 b.m. to 8 |, m. , Roma Hotel of them are insolent and disobedient, lie adds, and have to be tried by court martial. And the general's sketch's thus filled in by a Russian: "Scarcely had I quitted the train at Uaoyang when the wounded began to come in. Some were in Chinese twoaAvheelers, others on stretchers; while many limped along holding each other, Gradually the- moaning and groaning and shrieking of the bleeding and bandaged soldiers grew in volume, till it deadened the din of the railway station, More mid more the the ulinQsplierp became saturated with thut peculiar smell of blood which is known only on the battlefield. MBut that melancholy picture had no sobering effect upon a group of elegant, dandified Cossack officers who had just nrrived from St. Petersburg, Five piictjs from thtj dying and i|ie dead I hoy mt merrily drinking their champagne and flavoring It with obscene jest*. Only in war are such contrasts possible, for here men cease to wear their mask*, and show themselvet* ur they are. IJard hy lie the, wounded, (he dyh'H nnd the -It-nil, among them k|hc hlnck figure* of Catholic and IV- Ihodox priests, walking to and fro, ihiw you hear human inuumi and shrieks, now the tlitinuVroti-' boom of cannon, find yon note Ihe arrival of olTlceii, lean and wanted hy hunger and hardship*, and, cheek by jowl with thene, you wilneam the orgies nf half- dfvttiUcn men, faauUk-'ly tlrv.i.Hd h) the most fashionable tailor* uf the a'.ipl- Is the only hotel in Fernie run by Welshman. It is the workingman's home. Board and room $i fi day or $25 a month. & ft* *W LEWIS & COOMBES the Russkia Viedomosli, trying to keep up their courage. For death was wril large on his white face. The soldiers followed him, making the sign of ihe cross, The second battalion marched into lhat field of carnage, then two companies of the reserve, followed by two others, then another company and auolher battalion, but not one came back. For three clays wo havo had nothing to eat, said a soldier to a war correspondent. Here, tuko your lilt, replied the hospitable reporter. I can't eat here. Why nol ? There is an officer with me, and he is worse oft* than myself. Well, call him too. He won't come, lie's ashamed. But if you'let me take him some food he will bo grateful. And the journalist saw from his tent the figure of a famished officer leaning against a wall. The commissariat is said to be much belter than it wu» during the Turkish campaign, but judging by the private letters of officers'mid tlie casual revolutions of cor- respondents, it could thirdly be worse. True, the roads are often impassable, Had transports cannot reach Ihe tiwpta for days. Sometimes, too, a whole de Uu'hmcnt is clean forgotten. We sulTer endl-.'** hnrd*hlp», writes an offi.cr, and we live in tilth. It in Ihe Red Cross and the societies for auc- coring the wounded that have frequently to feed the soldiers on active .ikitiav. The liuid deli gale of ihe Red Cross write*: The troops at the front Kettle Valley Line. At the next session of .the B. C. legislature an application'will be made by the Kettle Valley Railway company for a subsidy to build a line of railway from Grand jForks up the NortTi~Fork of Kettle river through Franklin camp to Fire valley, then along Fire Valley river through the Monashee mountains to Vernon, following the government wagon road. At Vernon it will connect with the Sicamons branch, where direct connection can be had, with the coast over the main line of the C. P. R. From Vernon the road will be continued to the Nicola coal fields. Mason ARlsch pianos aro like (rood violins. Their tone quality Improves with ago. Unlike cheap instruments they are an well made Inside nr. outside. II. L Staebler, ngojt, Box 271), Fernie. B. C. The Royal Hotel In-Fernie is in. a rapid course—of—-construction,- and will soon bo ready for the trade of the world. Wm. Tattle, Pfop, 4* A SHAVE, SHAMPOO OR BATH ALWAYS HEADY AT if* CHARLEY GALE'S 5*225 J. H. LOVJE, NKLSON EMPLOYMENT AGENCY Help of All Kinds Furnished on Short Notice Coal and Petroleum Notices lVTOTJCE is hereby given that after the -.*• cxpirat ion of 30 clear days from this date, 1 intend to miply to the Assstant Commissioner uf I,units and Works for the district in which the under mentioned lands are situate for a license to prbspectforcoal and petroleum lor a term of one year over the following described hinds ,- situate in the District of So'th Eitst Kootenay about two .miles West of the Summit of the Rocky Mountains and about eiwlit miles North of the Kootenay Pass trail commencing at a post marked South West corner of Samuel P. Tuck's coal and petroleum locut ton t hence running East 80 chains thence North NO chains thence West 80 chains thence Smith Ho chains to place of commencement, I'niitiiinimt mil acres more or less, Located and dated the ifnd day of November, VM. SAMUEL P. TUCK, Locator. David Black, Agent. hereby given that after the 30 clear days from this Accidents Sickness DO HAPPEN COMES TO ALL Write for ptirticularsnibout my Accident and Sickness Policies, the best in the '■ Dominion. R. J. Steel Real Estate Agent Nelson, B.C. HAMMOND and TURNER EliECTt^ICIflNS W. E. BOSS J. S. T. Al.BXAMllCH Ross & Alexander BARRISTKHS, SOLICITOUS, ETC. FKKNIK. II. C. Oflice In L. T. W.'Ulock, Victoria Avenue. H, W. llntciiMKK. S11r.11v.ou11 Hoi hhik Herchmer & Herchmer BARRI. -., SOLICITORS, ETC. ' TF.UNIE, H. C. OHIccs ovei V. Purns It Co's block, Victoria avi la. 1'. KCKhln.N V. C. I.AWK Eckstein & Lawe Bahristkhs-at-La«-, Solicitous, Etc. Cuthbert lllock, Kernle, H. C. E. W.'WIDDOWSON ASSAYEK CflKMIST Prices -Gold, Sliver or Lend Gold-Silver or Silver-Lead $1.0u *UO P.O. Box Pus YMIR. II.C FERNIE. Electrical Supply Depot ]\rO'fICK is ■Lt expiration of ,lat„, I intend to apply to the Assistant Com mUsionerof Lands and Works for the District in which the undermentioned lands are situate for a license to prospect forcoal and petroleum for n term of one year over the folio ffing described lands, situate in tbe District of South jliLslJmol<i.nay_abQttt_two-mi!«s-Wsstof-th& summit of the Hocky Mountains and about nine miles North of the Kootenay'pass trail, cuiiiinuticing at a post marked South West corner of Sydney A. Kelly/acoal and petroleum locution, thence running Kast 80 chains, thence North B0 chains, thence West 80chains thence Sotith|S0 chains to place of commencement, containing (Mo acres more or less. Located and dated the 2nd day of November, SYDNEY A. KKLIiY, Locator, David Black, Agent, OTICK is hereby given- that after the N Everybody Estimates given ou nil kinds of Wire Work. Electric Light Plants Installed in any part of the country. S WADDSBROS J 0 PHOTOGRAPHERS 0 0 VANCOUVER »Nd NELSON, B.C. 0 4^-*^*w%^*v^-*v*v%.'V*>» Ya! & GRAY Ya! CONNELL CARPENTERS & .101NKRS Next door to Calgary Cattle C<>„ Wood Streut Woik of All Kinds. Kates Reasonable. KOOTENAY ENGINEERING WORKS founders 4 Machinists, —nelson.b.c. In the Kootenny knowH C. 0. D., tho watchmaker.' He has repaired 100,000 watches with perfect Hiitififaction, and is prepared to repair yours at short notice. Honest work and honest prices is my motto. A fine stock of watches and jewelry always on hand, He on tho look out for his Christinas stock. Two doors north of Hank building, 'Fernie. C. O. DEHAUREZ. N' I'd; jou heir I lie pf-p of chfititp-ijjnc jure Mi!Tiri«K Iioriil'ly fumi tin: lad* of bottlt'*, tho liiUK'h lhat KivcU rilinl.1 Jests nnd nnd amndoles, tlw rt*i|.iesiK' uf painted women, who, even at this KUpreino inoiiK'iil, iry to wheedle l'ii» iiflfcem out of their lar.t rublen. ll i- lo ho regretted, write* III* lending war corri'HfioiiUa'til, Nemiroviteli Dumrlien- k«, llml toioti olikern on their way to Join iheir r«.-|{iineiiltf «o wi far wt to treat the Siiier* of Clmrllj at. llwy are wont to treat women nf the tin**, thai follown in the rear of the army.'' Si*on the men are re*lnl and ready to be sacrificed to the Moloali of war. They march over hill* and inouittaiitk, dragnltiK heavy gum* up muddy nU>pe», Humbling ami tailing on (lie way. fr'aan ,aa'l,,r fiaa- <a ,"«aa,*> ,aa,,».-l» !• »Ai», ihia r-tltam' 'if 1hi»ir rat'ofTf-atai, Al nit'li' they sleep on the tide of n mountain ee]mns*f. Order your Fall Suit now. Natty Suiting* now arriving. F. P. Llebschcr, SJInrtAA't Bum Ttlhr J. A. MacLean FKUX1K Builder and Contractor Dealer iu via itiiiU, of linen, and of clothing. The Red iViass MK-iety distribuiek bread, lea, itugar and tinned nieatu to the soldier in battle. Hi>ol» and ovcrcoata. come from Ihe *ume k»»urce», nw from the raimmltaitariat, Sleep h nlmmt a» hard to obtain tin fwnl. We officer* cannot lie down at night, write* « Ciip- lain la» hi» wife, even after a day of killing fatigue. We mtiM viand over our ulcvping men wid watch, for, rent- k-s* and nervou*, they jump up every now and agtaln, lire 4»IT their rilU-k and h |uii't* tii.iiv*, one (tart of the Iroopt liii/mg away ai unoiher. We Ate re- traonsible, and have to take St in turn* 10 W.llvtl. fai a . ... i<. ' t a • _■_* \^ .'n'vanli', <'/Titi>.; ;in fifViri-T . for 1n-1'"' tiart!U-rit<* a«»",iit tbe wounded. When Totnillnnn Kutoinian faolnt- via Camdlati , .._. .-)|l(y tn» O.II.nARKKTT, •nd Amtrlrtn HntM.' Ay rultm, lickrU and full Inft .._., for ullln* al»t#«, oiin»tlon to »»y V. V. lit. tftnt or— O. I'. II. Air-nt, N«w iMnvtt. W. I>. r. CaunmlMti, (I. HH. Ant, Wlnnlt»n. ATLANTIC Steamship Tickets | Rou^h and Dressed Lumber| A. Maihison Is prcp<ircd lo tlo line watch rep.iirinjr at the DOWN TO DATE Jewelry Store, opjHu-itu the Xoith- rm botol, Fernio. canadian Pacific uxiilratioti of SO clear diayn from tills .lute. I fiitend to apply to the AnsUtant Com- inls^liinor of I,amis and Work* for the UUtrlnt in wliU'litlintiml^rmentlonod landaareiiltuato lor a lit-oiiki, to prospoot for coat and jietro- li-tnu fora t«rm of one year ovurtlm following ,i,.-,,ril ,,,.1 landu ; Mltutatu In the I lint r let of Sniitli Ku»t. Kootainay aliout two milim Weat ol tin, NUinnilt of Him Hocky Mountalnn and iilinut ti'ii niiloii North of the Kootenay l'aan nail, I'oiniiHuivini; at a uoitt marked South West (-oritur of John 1'atternon'a coal and pHtroliiutn location, tlmnvo running KautNt) iliiiiiti., tlii'ni'u Niirtii mi chalna,thence Went HedmiiH. tlii'tioc South no chaiiiK to place of ciMiiini'iiconii'iit, lontaliilnifiHo aorea more or I.itcatLil and dated tli* Uml day of November, JOHN PATTKH80K, Locator, David Alack, Aireiit. OTICK irt hereby itiveti that after the DXiilnttlmi »jI At .clear dny* from thin ilatu, I Intoinl to apply to the Aa»l»t»nt Com- mUsiiiiii'r of l.aniU and Work* for the IHntrlct In which the undermentioned landu are .«ltiuitu for a llrenut to pro»|»ect for coal and iM'trolcuin for a term of one year over the foi- lnw'iiii-<li„„'ii)i«d landu; "Ituiito In the District nfHiiiith Ka«t Kootenay aliout two ami one hulf inllij* Weiat of the nuiiimlt of the Hocky Miiiiiitiilini and about eleven mlln North of the Kmiti'tiity Viimx trail, couirnunclui' at a iioat iiiarkod 8011th Went corner of J. 1,. lliirlmir* coal and tail-oleum location, thence ni'iiiini- Ka«t NUchaliiii,IhenceNorthauheln, tlinma, \V«»l aochalne, thenceHoutliiWclialn* to pin,,- of (-(iniiuencenient, contalliitiv 041) iicr«'«i tiiiirn or l«ai I..Hiit,,l uud dated the Knddayof Novarnl'er, J. li. lU'OIUN. l.oc»l(ir, Dm 1,1 lllaclc, Anciit. VTllTHK U hereby itlvon that after the i\ uaplratlon of S) clear day* from thU date, I intend to ripply to thn Analitant Com- inU.inm.rur.'.iiiiiU and Wuik» for tbe Hl.trlit in which tli" undermentioned land* are ■ iniiiic for a llii-ii«i to proaiwct for coal and iH-troia-uiu for a term of 011* year over tlm ,,.U,,wlntf .t,.wrll»«l leiiiU: •ltu«t« In tin- Di.irlct of Mouth Ka«t Kotitetiay about three mil,* Wa-ot of tlw -uminlt of the Itmliy W ,11,,ttln. nnd ftln-.ut aw^tl* *i\lla* .Swilli ni tin, Kooti'tiav I'«»» trail, coininniii-liig nt 11 pu-t marked North Went curner ,.( 11,1 a i,| M, t'lirli'.v'n nml and petroleum > .tti.u, ll,, in, niiiiiiiiic S>'uth hi 1 hailia, thi'iiic l'ii»t hi elm lite, thence North Ho chain., tin lice \V.,»I hi chain* tu plaieof ciiuiniaace- on nt,I'niitiaiiiliigUKlacre* mor« or !»»«. I..,, it, I aiil dated I tie »th day of Noacnilwr, " KAVII* M.(*AHI.KV,l.oaaior. Miiald III nek, A.clit. XiiTH'K l« li.ni,> kIvpii lhat afUf the eildri- II,11 uf »icti-*r ■larafnirn thlnlal* I Intend in apt,la> l.ithc A-ah-taiif I'aiiiiliiMoaieriil l.and« 11,'i aViiik.lnr th.(llaJr1.t*lii which-ft* uiid.r iHiiitiimid hnd" nre alltiate, lnr a llcenac to pfi* j.-, 1 i,,r 11 ml ami |rtrolfUiii fur a trrm of one Mill and Mining Machinery. Complete Stock of Shafting, Flttlnga, etc.. always on hand. Estimated furnished. Scrap Iron bought by the carload. Repairlu-* and Jobbing, F. H. HAWKINS ASSAYER SANDON P. O. BOX 1B5 TELEPHONE 22 —-trOIfiTKEEiT Notary and Commissioner POPLAR AND KASLO WANTED B. C. TRAVIS, MtNaare J. R.Cameron In the tailor to g-o to when you want a jniiiimflr Suit of Clothes Ho Imn the nohhlcit milting* to neluct from, nnd the tit and workmaiiHliip Ih tho belt. SANDON, OLriKMT TAILOR IN THK HLaJOAN DISTRICT MANAGER WANTKD-I'KUMA- nent 1 ositliiii ; nipid adauucemeiil ; xilary and expennea; full lnatrtu-ti<inn In-c of chara-u ; clean (TvHirahle liiiniiic-n. Tlm J. 1.. NICHOLS CO., Limited, Toronto. (Mention thi* iui|M<r/ WANTKD-Qulckly, few iiersoiiK toreprcamit 1 ii:if establinhcd aaliuliniili' hotixt humhk retail iiicrcliiiiita ami agciilK. Local tcnitnry of few countli*. HH mlnri' and cxia-imc )>jtl,| weekly. Expeuae 1 oncy uilvaticeil. C.muiila. aloli extra. I'ermaiictit tiiKMi;nii, nt Kuiiiief" aucceaaful, 1'revioiit ex|Hirieiicc n,,t c.-intiul. Klicloae aelf aililresst,! cnvcloiic. Addreii, Sl'1'LWNTKMir..Nl TKAVKl.tllH, Hi!,, JlcBll.oril St., UbicaKo, DHJNTISTR.Y, DR.MILLOY,; Rm had IT ye*ra ei|jrrit-uc« iu di KOSSLAND. II. C. ryaaraeiperjcnic In dental work,and makat a apeclalty of Gold llrhigc Work. Vialt made to the Hloi-an rcifutarly, SBORBT SOOIETIHia HENRY'S NURSERIES .101 n Weatinliiater Itoad. which l» often *o ttrep that ihe more i we wen* fn;hliii|* llw lk»er«„ we esurti, eiperieiifed fHit n hettp of \VMtet to hcep lh«m fra>m ftllini?. A rninMnrm w.i...,,'.'-'■'■-••'•'"'»."'■"jt ■-'••"■■ •■■■•'*) f,'-'*''"»' to Ihe *kin, Al night, J-ideJ and fa<H- fore, Iher are told that the food Iran*- port* have not yet «rrl»ed, wmoait «t Uiem throw tlwitiiMrhwon the uraund, wra|i tlteir bod'e» in iheir an*erf«««t*. uni «<■".*. t.ftc vhotl -"..ace of ■Awi* if ■ntki|-at)«M of lh« endle«* deep <rf ilv.atll. Weil laua't, iatca-vlaal, itw^-j one kept .-a hitllet in re-^rve fiw* hirmelf, for fe.ir of Chinese Inrtiireit. Hut tlum' .•i,,r<vl,.i,.^,, iliai'rtl* lllJl Vlli Ulltlee MllHI wlt.at IiiiiiJieJ- uf our poaur felluw* un- derifai n<>w. Ilinirn often quia before they are niched nn, and ninny lie hidden in the millet field* or in the Uen- (ln-% for a vah.ale J.ay. D^rUnea.* and t-.tt,wluWa,i, .v.lkH'.vkl U'avUa-a'a l>a tiaaffu*ia1|{ (*raun«, told, tliint, and piercing pain, ib* leeliit|{ to uiier hvlple*«new, the jroung W»ow», tltey often die m'nrmo fear ot creeping nutdncw or advandiif gelling a gliwpwe of ihe e«e*rty. Ii|ak»lri» are t.fti*t*vt* red'mni ortiy hy wa* lh»* tlwt « fine body ot «-a*faa>a*ttfo«te wh**» ha* ur»d*fgor»# them. AM Caucatojiw came recently 10 Mukden, wlteti al Un tlie wou-Mled »re re(*m««d.J Eastern Excursions $t)o.4u Fernie to Toronto Montreal & Return .THREE MONTHS LIMIT G*ere»praoJtr»ir rate* to all e.nlern poind fraxn nil Kootenay ttaiion*. anr na.illif Ml.iaviiii/flcwflb-al lamia. •Ilnalc Kaet K«i*cnar,Rl«-til foul 1.i ... w, -t id Ihe ruiiiniil uf Hi* iWkf Uimti io i... Di-liut nl Haiulh K*M Ki>*,!ti»-,al»Fiit four ml.« w, »l nl Ihe rum tali • unit lalmul Hacheinlliia north of lit* Kioti- . r I'1"' lr»11 (imimm<llii( at • (a at mar kid ->.i,lti Wc-I Ciriier of Rlrtiaid Cflark'a'ciwl , ..|!»l-rtl< 11m hvatliin th*»»-ii run,»l»f n^rth■*>• , h»h>«. (hence ea.l *> rtiallia. Iha-lile n.utk Ml . l-»iiiJ,i!wiiea» m**t »n rtMlite In tlait oftajm- 111M,, •iiutit.C'iiitaiiililKAWarrrt n.irfn.r leaa l,»4tn| .mil daUil ita«4lh day of Kovenile*. 1 „| Kit IIAKDC.l I.AKK. I^irator. j iMal.l Itla.k, A^.nl 100,000 Ilulha now iu etock from Holland Kratice and Japan. Tir«MI«AVIW OV FltlflT A>fl» OH- NAMKNTAI. TIIKKM. Itliododriidroiaa, lluant, «lrareilhuua» and Hardy Plant* for Kali I'lr-iiUti*. Home drown and Itn|ior»e<l (lanlon, Field nnd Kluwer Meed*. Atwaya In l>*k Iu aeanni. KKIITII.IHKIIH IIKK IllVJOt A SIJI'I'LIIW. drawn houaai full of I'latita. Cut r*loW*ra. Klurjl Wurk. Iluy direct anil aieure Ment'* (,/lliliil»»ii.'ii. CataloKue free, or call and eiatnllte atock. M. J. IIENHY, Vancouver, B.C. OILVKIt flTV IX>IMIRNO. 3». I.tl.tl.r. k5 rlandoii, II.0. JUuaitilij-a In Ihe L'iiIkII Hall every Friday fvenlntr at 7:*J Vhittliiir hrethrcn conllally InvIM tu attend J, I. 1/ivkhinii, Xolilaa Orand 1 A. L.(.'»*iu, Vi cdrm.d, \V. .1 (laRHOTT, Secretary. V SANDON I.OIKIK NO '44. K. Ol Uea-t»every WclncMiay evanliiu *t • o'cIm k ill the I'y lid nn Cattle Hall. Sainton. Hiijuuruiua hrellirrn will tfceive a I'ylhlati \viha,jne. a bA*l.'itiiN,C.t'. All Min J. iUt.l., la U. k H. BURVHYOR, JOHN Mail.ATCIIIK, IKitiilnluti and l'i<i- vlticlal Land Surveyor. Nalanu, II. C. Nnl it'i; l» lurch) alar a thai alter Ihe n|Jra titiii 1**iclear ala*r» frnmthladate, I iiitcml 1.-, ihi.ly in the A.ulnlaiit,t',iiiniitai,|iiiieii itC Uii.li ...t <\,,il«l.a- tl.e.ll.trkt ia athartl tlwuftd.t- ,i»iiiliiai«l laiidaaraaaltnat* tnt a llowne tn wi» Furniture and Uitilertnkiiif? Rar'-ali** In Wall Paper . ul, . . .. ,,.. ..m ,.„«, *im, »#aJua*a#, *,# * i.-i*h <A **t* 1 « M"»ti'ir<|.lil(i M-COl IWr I latlirea, iitii-j ;,.„ ,|V,.r ,lw -foliowlne n>ari11#.l lan.l. I v,v„■;■■ V.rill; li Vititi- *,Vim m 1 ■>'' m,'. ,■, .'.'•,..,.„.,,.. ,„ ,,'„: i'.hhiii.w ui .*»iuiia H^al l/attnr I'reofi*-, liiliinr.l nitd l-oo! Tal.tca' K«. -,M,ny »l»-i» fiv- mile. **«<«*}"«>»»»}_ iCh lt.»Lt«™ aim i.t» »r Mi.ri alitia * I «*•••'* '*" *» Menial..* ffjv4 »l»*«t IWrtatri. itillr. VAAtt laejrifcU-rx ami titr.er *\» tuostn *, j ^^ h ,tUtm K,„,,,B,y |-a>« »r»nf c«iu-»-b<-Ib* lilt' ,l..i... 1........ I',..„|,.i llif„li.'«, I «a • |»»« -tu-ital N*ttkt*»l ****** Mi. ti. RVIIInrf 1/tit.. I j. II ■"* 1 .unotnewe.t ai.haliia tfcanac north ». rhaliw * CillltMla IVilhlUt l»tV7, i H ,,.,,■ ,,,.! «., il..inn.lliel.ee »„jlh mirhalual,, FRANK FLETCHER Provincial Land Surveyor Lamln and Mineral ClaitniSnrveycil and Crown (Irauted. |N1 II..IV.1, 0*t+; Kiwt«f)*r^.,aaal,»iti doftscab"" When you amoko a cigar •M that It in ti'NKI.N ina.lt HI 111- I'lir.c. Henry Vain-, ColiiiulinM and Ilavana Whip Ci^m* Ato I'liioi, Uixiala maale hy, AH HKVLANH. Ktiiniawtr and I'rovltn-ial , Lauidrlurveyot. KAMl.11 HOTH3XUB. THL KAM.ti HoilX. 11. ia 1- ti,. »«,i A. in* hotel In the. ity UK hl.i: A I-AI'WUHTH. ill -<Kl,iliili »|l|IK |*ILIlKIIT llciH, A- liealiiualti -t. )'<r nil li olMlaar IIK.NM'ITA Ml Hi'llV. I'..,|.. . N'el.,,,. U * Iiiim 11 M1IIK VHToltlA IKHI I. ii * fur all at-al,,-.' T„ll,- «*«l te■•:• le lU-.t ln.li-e li.l >l a tar nl, tin-, Kit. W K «,( AM.I.IMI Ifiii 'I. ti, 1.Kim .IWl llorr.L. VMIIt. l«iiir»iarin»nt». Haui|l<- t . The ni.l* tiratclaaa I. riSMV M.I.M'li l'i .ill III.til,I III lllllllll ■ i ill \ lull. ■a J* a, *. THKMO.OT IHU XK, NUl.viV Kim^c and Aiturhan |'lan. Mc»l», I'mita It,, n,» Sf^u.l t «f*u «i. >",,/ •* M'j<hl-i« ytllo* al-*it the nl •ai. Mal-aiSr * itKblne u. Wad fr*,* i|,u|, t iaij-1 ,)«"l. tarr Hi'f| t llw »,iid lllti.tll I » ItiANTI.KTl HOt.'an, furvnaritr <l II U lhaa Ual »l a day I tel In S. i». m • Ma* ' t»rlfa eflilrfny-aif limurlaiif tt W the I'Uik aii.lv IIAWll.t- II, THE POLLOCK WINE Co.!'" I.IMITKIi. iii'iri ->r U«*. t^a at.,1 in I dafat t** Oh ataf '4 N.KtawUv, I It «1<»HI«JV. |j>f*<» DaaM lllatk. Aftnt. I«' ll I'll Ilial'tlVia e IU. T*K W*rfM. rKHfitlMIM la l»* I.■■■'». « m.,*,.lfy, M»a, j , 'I. _, „ti-/|1,7»iroWr,*«lirairT(>»! 'IVM «*,«»'<.t.v»,'.« #...-*#.,' ( *. mt and tti# »**Mn th< I si 1, i.til •■♦«.. <» i_lm_t*m.lt..nw. I'l.V I.V MK'>*» JSOTICK. J ™-—..-....- \T>iril Ki.t.-rrl.aa-la.i.liintlUHII, l.»m»-r| VtrttOltaMMle* *Mtei»*0>*ir\nt*-J i™ alcl Matiaifa-tiilltiM a'a>iii|«any, l.liiulinl. j _. „_. ,., ....„...«— * tiaae ,ul.ii,H'.-l lo the I.lenleliaitt (kvevtinvj ,.,,.., ....vnuiUH/v i i»«W»»-a*|.*.^-v.*l a,!..,.., "T*.* «a».va«r.-1!T,'f-. Ui>\HU)UKU\ I ,,...,.,, .!.. ... ,.. I.. , ' ..■!.,, J-l'i. ■.■"'I '.'.«.,„. . 1"*|,'^.t tlf-atii.g »»i-l i»m,»a(i,# nf nhatrurlh-ti* froma "•''••'«• •'* tlwaKik Kiier »r<.f« *»i«f arn.^1 --(•tl,,ta a-a. law '.' Xiiflt K if twrehy aim tkal an«etla*«i|itrt 1,.« of mini da a a truta Ihle dale I laMtkat I f.i v-.t't |.»-I»A*4iI*n i »mf \V >•*--•■- " tat tllt>HaWlwtoM«f otlAHiU ... .. iV,,-ka fi* th« ll-tihlhaiaktra |l.« uiukf- ter-> ,., ii.,„r,iiM.r<ar«a*iual* toe a llawn*Im tr f |.*«tf-irr.«al »»d5ai-»r»4#ii--»*wetl»flal efmwa-aaur Am. I ..aa.a I..K immtOnmi laiaAa, aunata- tn tlie i j^, tU tuti 4,^»,w* .'j IU H»|—mi mat * KiMXt-aat.abu-Mf-'»sr *W**e f^ nt,t tlt, („n.rUrnm***, rafl«r.«, Irtalh* tar a»«a»lrt»laa aM t „f »,^, ,|,ra„.r |*,l„..r ,fal>, ar.t " ' ' <'».„■'« Saaa flan. t. •.< tl,» iai,allan !"•■'ifc. IUlla» a» tt, m -taiitil «,fia> Hiil» i|.>a»n a<r»aam fraim the Ot,v»rtin.«i,t hl#l»*av >,»i-lf» evraf«» the aald R|a*r »l lli« tin "f IVmU.ali k|i|ii»ll, t,i.*<* ,HO*tf<+ it ilMtcu Mile*. a»fl tut makinf H.e .atit Ki for r*'tin-*a» t ttrhirtf ttwr»fin !««*, «iw.i*r. Irnnl*-, rati, an i • rati* TtW Unit* t«a tm »(f»»«aa.t *■» «lia> mH »a.»k« in nin.ni.t ,iiniMi,m .ni aim'■,«!.( v.ik Hi 1 HAtiio> a in a • It rhanu liri«a,ft . tV,» I'taS, >"»»*.(,. II < < tt.. W f^4.at,W «»»■ ,t..t Mix11 f HiH-t''"*- 8TAHKKT * t«».. ** Mul.R-aal.K lit-AI. trala HaiU-r. ►*»•«. «"V-*. l-fi-liit* .M f ... *.* % ir.,r rr»N, Netentt.il b yKKtn'mx a < *»-. \-*-". oc v.<.-■■■ tai*4Mbft l« Wii»». I.i-,. r» a».,ti,-.n. l-w»'l» •'■* I'Om ><w- For tkket-t, Fin* cla*i or Taniri*! SJeer-tee r^iietrtratkiw*, or fawiher ft*nS* culai*s apply to laKstt a-*ctu* or write l^«.^^***.t t.*a Iw * '*— ' Wla,*''.»k I la.1,1* f t« J,s.C»r«anti,l».A., XMIaaiti, K.J.t*oyU.AUf A. 1»l,' null'* Wholesale IValeraianil f>ir#ft iui|e of VTiM--i, f-ic-tfiipai rtmf f V'tii _ ,— 1 i~..irtai.,t-»«ittir'-aei j ««e«(»ftaV«'itamM>kttkal tbKkr teMrMalna aMI „■ »,^. fllemrt \"l-n\v lnr ,1, mi >l,.i',i,( lllllbllinlth ut Uui KunaUiuy l*«k*a» rarar- i.t »»«->» amtlt .letlta-ra-l I* l'</mmt!t* t'liamiifii'ft'' 1 r"-il *'""" '"'•««* ataiawrl mi.r%a« >»,imti *a\i»i 1, u.lt.:-l». .wha.in»» i* Aka-i h. • J mi**.* I | anal i-cbti..^ i-*er■ 1 ^4|{,«,tja>«M«rMMrta« taa-nk»a*****. *••*»! wM•.««./»,a»4thM««.»mt" ■ * W»tr4ia«ter* *A I*■'* "> **»*»**i**■•»*♦. «r«*k * ♦**•*-#. Mait.cci g*,^ t4rt»*>*»itl 4a* tAihu**t, a *» J»4. I ~~ " I'fctaiafrl't l '-KAfi i/ir»t#,i aMa4etwla*« «**»'*» !f'w»«ii»e, rAniw-m .in. »«.,,- „,.»» ,v«-* itt>4 AI'M»K*». 0«.tV,,|.ia»*i*-e. I »*»**>»,.1 I'.i «*l.tW 1 T. ataRt.I,*, MWtiV.T. »- Ja»a.*-i yW*%a IWi 8 O. I UMttmmaa, Aaeal. ( t»ka*»»a-«#»*r*. !..•• ttwae,»«at-a(i*. \ A. MeIKINAI.ll, frail. If***. »f. CH»n«*ral Sto*»». Jf, KaEi.i'T, un-nair. j"- • t*rj«arr»af, IH| iKau-to, ll*. tit un r THE LEDGE, FERNIE, B.C , DECEMBER 21, 1904 The Canadian Bank of Commerce Paid-up Capital,- -'$8,700,000. .... Head Office Rest TORONTO $3,500,000 This Bank transacts every description of Banking Business, including the issue of Letters of Credit and Drafts on Foreign Countries, and will negotiate or collea-l bills on any place where there is a bank or banker. Interest is added to the deposit twice in each year, at the end of May and November. Savings Bank DEPARTMENT Special Attention is directed to the following Advantages Offered by our Savings Bank. Deposits of One Dollar and upwards received and interest allowed at current rales. We have a nice line of Men's Smoking Jackets Bath Robes and Bedroom Slippers suitable for Xmas presents The Depositor is subject to no' delay whatever in the withdrawal of ihe whole or any portion of the deposit. FERNIE BRANCH : : E. H. BIRD, Manager Our leading Cine ^ Is tlie Slater Shoe JFor Men All kinds of Ties, Handkerchiefs, etc. Call and See Our Stock W. C. Hamilton Co. LIMITED MEN'S OUTFITTERS Fernie Hotel Block ^s Ternie, B.0. I» —— B.E Sflikbic-I The Story of Scissors Years and years ago, in a big mill where shears were the exclusive product, 01m of ihe master-workmen conceived the idea of quietly making a very small—almost tiny—pair of shears, When they were finished he sent'his apprentice for the masters of tbe mill. The boy had simply bidden litem come, and as he led them to the unusual exhibition, lie proudly shouted, upon reaching the spot :— "Sec, Sirs!" Thus il wtis that scissors were named. The scissors and shears that we sell are high grade. We are not ashamed of them. The kind we can't guarantee, we don't want to know about. Everything from manicure scissors to x 2-inch shears, and for every use that a woman can conceive of. Out of town customers please remember I Our mail-order department" works while you sleep." A postal does your part—we do the rest. He'd Seen 'Bin. What business is papa in, mama? asked little Robbie. Why, lie's in the hardware business, my boy. And does ho sell cockroaches, mama? W hy, Robbie! What a questlou 1 Of course he doesn't! Weil, he's go*, a sign on»the stcre window which reads: "We sell everything to be found "In the kitchen" Christmas Presents *We cau supply your wants Confectionery : Robertson's, Paulin's and Cadbury's Creams and Chocolates. A nice assortment of Fancy Dishes, Tea Pots, Cheese Dishes. Jardinieres, Watersets, Jugs, etc. Call and See Us. \*990090099990_X g PROMPT § § DELIVERY § *tf0000000000fi* Open until 10 p.m. until Jan. ist. W. J. Blundell The People's Grocer, P. O. Block, Fernie 0000000000000009000000000000000000000999000000090000 -ft a. >4 IXmas Goods] I '..It ie reported that the Magpie claim near Aehcroft has been sold to the Daly Reduction Co. for $75,000. i We have some special lines in ■ embroidery case's, also scissors in cases of three. Take a look in our windows. Sheppard & Elliott Headquarters for Christmas Goods J. D. Quail Is back at the ok' stand with the same line o goods .he has always sold ii Fernie. ■;* VIEWS OF FERNIE Sixteen Souvenir Cards with Eight Views of Fernie. Beautiful work, and the •——Canadian- Coat~of~Arms~off each one. Sent by mail for 25 cents.' A. J. PURDY & OO. UNION RESTAURANT GEO. ICH1KAWA, Proprietor. ■ Gbvi$tma$ Mnnev &Q\_r_=> Oyster, a la Creme FISH Boiled Salmon, Egg Sauce S-A-L-A-D ■ ■' ' ' _ Lobster Salad •ent^-eies Green Apple Roll, Vanilla Sauce BOAST Stuffed Turkey, Cranberry Sauce Domestic Ducks, Jelly Prime Ribs of Beef au Jus VEO-BTABLBS Mashed Potatoes Sugar Com Green Pe«is PASTRY & DEISSBRT . Lemon, Mince, and Green Apple Pie English Plum Pudding, Brandy Sauce Raisins Nuts Fruits ' ; TEA COFFEE 35C« -Served from Noon to 7:30 p.m. 35C« ! il to ft ! «* ! FOR Everybody AT r%t A W_\% Prescription BleasdeH S Drugstore Agenl for—International Stock Food Preparation : Harry Webb's Celebrated Chocolates 000099999999000000090000000000000000009009990000099 Oyster Patties Va^ j THE ESSENTIALS OK GOOD CLOTHES J it*! fur-ret prejudice for a moment ! The essentials for a well litiinj* suit of clothes are proper desij*niii|>—careful cutting expert workmanship—hand tailoring and |»i>oil uiatori'ils. These determine the fit and hanji of ihe -{annum — ihe si\le — the bliape — and the permanent retention of these i|ti.iliiie-< during thu garment's life. I'ceutse you like to lie measured wilh a tape line does ii follow thnt you will obtain tlu- maximum satisfaction on these poinlta from the "little" fellow who tries lo di>ij{i! -a tn—tailor and sew tall hy ll'misi-li? SViiii-tv.idy is the product of specialists assembled in units a master liiilor dtH-'ia the dis'u-ttinw--expert cutters cut ll..' i luili and skilled tailors nuil' on the particular parts in ilk- ni.iiaiii|{ of which ihey v\i a I, I in- results ol in — cxpres- sii") -Jiape and permanent rrtc-ii!, ,| ,.(' (Ih'm- <jti:«lilie* are dm- i,i thi-»i- wlTeats beinn liepl in via vv iu ■.-very a»pt-ration of tin iiiakiiii'. Semi-Ready TAILORING ®m\® THE Waldorf Hotel . _*^tsl FERNIE AVill be ready for business) next month. It will bo up to date in everything, nnd will be a home for commercial men. is id I I I AUj hound thk round of limcloui roiut Iwel the «ppetlxln-*o<lori i'sciii i« Hint tlio rlrh drown imivy tilckkc tempt- lnnly lo t i- iltall. That Ik the kind ot 'ftatti our IimI |irmlui><>ii, Tender, juicy, iiouiUhlnK. It will make you brainy mid I'rswuy Of r.iur-io are mil the i-h<i|r««t cut* of vol, Itanili. pork, etc, m«o. lint Jtint now w« »r» tull,iiiB Uif. Ilt'cftvarc of our offerim**, CALGARY CATTLE CO., LTD. Additional Locals Webb's Chocolates at Bleasdell's. S. Slitin has 475 boxes of apples in tis cellar. Xmas presents for everybody al lleasdell's. A Slop at the Queen's Hotel when in Trout Lake City. Sewing machines to rent at the B. C. Furniture Company. Slinn has a line of toys lliat will suit every child in the cily. „ H. A. Senkhiel has the finest display j*fJMOts.ahd.shoes-!!UiUe-citvvji During the honeymoon a woman wears morning gowns, later she wears old wrappers. We buy, sell or exchange new or second hand furniture. The B. C. Furniture Company. If you arc troubled with 'rheumatism you will find tne Pool of Siloam nt Halycon. Write for particulars lo Sanitarium, Halycon, B. C. Masterson, Grillith ' & Co., Trout Lake, have nil the supplies needed by lumber camps and mines. At the Kootenay Saloon in Sandon you do not need nn introduction to get a drink, Put the price on the bar nnd the mixer will do the rest. Travelers to Fernie in or out of the oliday season should'stop at the King Hdward hotel They will find it a quiet home and the table one of the best in the city. Have you seen S. Slinn's stock of Xmas goods? If not, Uo nol delay for he has the finest stock of dolls and loas of nil kinds in the city. Orders taken fur all kin Je of cakes. The Club Cigar Store Xmas Presents Meerschaum and Brier Pipes that are pipes. Cigar and Cigarette Cases. Tobacco Jars that wont jar ' you« Pouches to,fit the pocket and the price wont empty your pocket. We are here with the goods OGILVIE'S Royal Household FLOUR Is Purified by ELECTRICITY Chas. RICHARDS -"pHE LADIES-of Fernie will find an Excellent Stock of jf o# I infant's Wear, including Cloaks, Drews, Beautiful Cream Silk Robes, etc. at my store in the Todd Block What Is It? Why ItV McFadden The Painter | ••w-% p BURNS & CO. «w%,» JL « 1/(JX\1vl7 XjL \j\j9 j RETAIL & WHOLESALE HEAT DEALERS Havo ono of their largest stores in Fernie. Iamb, Veal, Fresh ami Smoked Fish. Bulk Oysters. Try a gallon, (f: For Sale South African War Land Scrip Apply P.O. Box 341, Fernie, B.C. FERNIE BUSINESS - SCHOOL Day and Eoening Bookkeeping, Shorthand, Writing, Arithmetic, Spelling, Correspondence, English Branches, Etc. Correspondence Pupils Coached Low prices i-i)J individual instruction make it the fl %/t fir>irrti_o rliHiii*of u lifetime. n- •■*•>• UnilltSO F. J, MITCHELL J. F, SPALDING !,.«« f.Ufatv.a*t.li fioi's niutugrdUfiic 5tuuio ,aj>n,>K(«|. Mi'ttt.a-IUl (ilUfi'la, ,|!lj i« ll-m' ia{*a-n i-.if Nlafrlf Si rum wlyi l.v ■ J Mrs. M. Raney D Si-!U in* ('<»•* cria, hou*e pl.ini», * ifii-*.!-i,\f •.!>'!■,•;..]!'» 1 .tn.ir'w*, t.ulir* t^iifnh, ' mAj.Ui^ I, ■■' -ll.-. ol M'rflfatftK *taj- unJifr -.t'ar<■». •.•.t-.fvnJi-r*, ha».alth comtt*. I *»"'«■ wWiT "f.iii'a iic.J . !/;t.J>•»'«'at »'i»(*»». j i'lira^-fa, m.iaJc ia> aWvJaf. LtJcarti at ere* f •r JiS'lA 1;* a'.iJS *-*) I *4<e fi\A%. l!.>.TW"! WValrii-vf 1% - .•*«af H.»ft*nJ.i*:* ntnltitrt'i f.VlilfS^. BeautiFullij Bound Boohs We have the poets in padded leather binding and the standard works of I he world's host authors. Vou can't go astray in giving a good book. Select Your Christmas Presents Now Now is the best time to select your Xmas Gifts. At your leisure look over our large and Varied stock of thingssuitable for Xmas presents and I am sure you will be able to make a selection to your liking. Boxed Stationery A special line of fine .stationery in dainty boxes, specially gotten up for the holiday trade, Choice Perfumes We have a large-and varied assortment of the very finest imported perfumes, both in bulk and faucy boltles. Mo nicer thing to give a lady, T> ' ' 75c io <»i ,ou jxrr tu. lilWJ UaJU.'Ci) 10c to $5.00 ,1 . a itvv-.l ill l< Hot© About a Kodak? There is more genuine satisfaction nud pleasure to be got out of a good camera than almost anything. Wc have a fine stock of Kodaks and cameras, also keep a full line of ■•m-.t.£i.«|>,,ic Mi.itci-i.ii.-a, eo it you would dice to go into plioio- Naaipfty we can lit you out complete. J. E. Rogers SKI.f.S 10 Cigars in a Box Especially put up for Holiday Gifts. Confectionery, nicely packed for Santa Claus to carry on his back. Delicious Fruit for Christmas Dinners n % rv » iii Art frames From 75c to $0.00 A COHPLETE LINE OF FANCY GOODS An Inoitation is extended to all. N. E. Suddaby The Fernie Drug Store c\nm'Kr.scni)cor.\Ti:s. TOYS FANCY GOODS BOOKS Endless Varielv at Cann's Bookstore L.T.W. Block. GRAND CENTRAL HOTEL Xf!1.«V>M oppotjit.* Court Wtmm •»! rum Pmt- attic*. Rmt 'l\r t*ittl tn u.tv*. |j»f., iiturn **>d Aunm km a pU*. tmlv «l,nc (AtKHr aamployt-al. FiraK tiAttt h«t. THOMAS tt EMCRA04C, Vttf.
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Title | The Ledge |
Publisher | Fernie, B.C. : R. T. Lowery |
Date Issued | 1904-12-21 |
Description | The Nakusp Ledge was published in Nakusp, in the Central Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia, from October 1893 to December 1894. The paper was subsequently published as the Ledge both in New Denver, from December 1894 to December 1904, and in Fernie, from January to August 1905. The Ledge was published by Robert Thornton Lowery, a prolific newspaper publisher, editor, and printer who was also widely acclaimed for his skill as a writer. After moving to Fernie, the paper continued to be published under variant titles, including the Fernie Ledger and the District Ledger, from August 1905 to August 1919. |
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Fernie (B.C.) |
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FileFormat | application/pdf |
Language | English |
Notes | Preceding Title: The Nakusp Ledge Succeeding Title: The Fernie Ledger Frequency: Weekly |
Identifier | The_Ledge_Fernie_1904_12_21 |
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BC Historical Newspapers |
Source | Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives. |
Date Available | 2016-07-29 |
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 | 3707e3bc-9885-4038-9cc2-99d86aa21a42 |
DOI | 10.14288/1.0310418 |
Latitude | 49.504167 |
Longitude | -115.062778 |
AggregatedSourceRepository | CONTENTdm |
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