SIMIIKAM PRINCETON, B. C, SATURDAY, APRIL 14th, 1900. $H.oo PkbVYear. KENNEDY MOUNTAIN A Twin to Copper, Moun- Properties that are Being Worked- The Dewey and Red Buck Have Fine Showings. Nine miles from Princeton, Ight bank of the Similkameen ri lennedy Mountain.' The mound time it would rival its fam| across the river, Coppei Enormous deposits of rict sktast Saturday aft Qt Nicola Lake, J tentionofthe work has beei VaST-i nrittel that development' will take place much larger scale, and a number of c owners are hard at work doing suffi< improvement on their properties prove the extent and richness of the mineral. The Olympia and Dewey owned by the McRae brothers, are show ing up magnificently; on the Dewey especially, the boys have discovered a large body of heavy sulphide ore c; ing rich copper values. On the. Red Buck Chas. Revely and George Allison have run a large open cut, uncovering a deposit of splendid ore assaying well, both in copper and gold. The Kennedy Group, consisting of the Ingersoll Belle, Majestic, Copperania and Bornite'h; all fine surface showings, and with tfKctW more work will prove valuable property. The Copper King, owned by Gus Pow- alls and Chas. Bonivere, is probably , of the most promising claims on mountain. Development work consists of three shafts, the deepest being 21 Rich copper sulphide and borriite show all through the rock.' J.";«fis&^i|i Nest Egg and Copper Cap: Pollock and Freeman have been working the Nest Egg during the. winter with good results. Other promising claims are the Princeton and La Reine, owned by the Vermilion Forks Co.; the Peerless, owned by E Burt Irwin; the Brooklyn, owned by Messrs. Howse, Burr and Jones, and thi Invincible, owned by Win. Knight. Church Services. Rev. T. Neville of Nicola will hold divine services at Hotel Jackson to-morrow morning at 10:30 a. m., and at Granite creek at 7.30 p. m. Everybody Wei- * NICOLA NEWS. About four mi Burt Irwin has Juniper and NJ of Nicola Lak| working on th plairus. Surfac sulphide. Burt intends running a. tu: to tap the lead at a depth of 100 feet. y afternoon court was held Justices Lauder rascha ippa S that . fighti r*C©rbett t Cha with .runkand had be< rother when Corbett interfered and ed the fight. Corbett was attacked and lost four of his eight lower mol- Ones he brought from Scotland. jndiSn was fined jU0.0trand~~E5.5a or one month in the chain gang, ey being asked who supplied the ered, "Gearge sriJth_J:h orge Rushbrooke was in d in. He denied suppl) th the whiskey. Court adjourned until Monday morning to produce witnesses. On Monday at 11 a. m. the case was resumed against Rushbrooke, when on the evidence of Charlie and "Stewart" he was fined foo.oo and $[5.50 costs, or three months at Kamloops. Rushbrooke was given four days to find the money ngCha GRANITE CREEK NEWS. Mr, J. Kennedy is in charge Co.'s store. Judge Tom Murphy met wil accident on Wednesday last. Mr. Murphy was working on his placer claim about two miles from tojya, better known as Murphy's tunnel, when the whole bank above him gave way, hurrying him up to the neck in wash and mud. It takes more than a common slide of a few hundred tons of earth to extinguish our old friend the Judge, however, and keeping his mouth, clear of the debris he coolly directed John' Amberty, who wcrking with him at the time, how to go about digging him out. After two hours imprisonment the Judge was released from his painful p6sition, badly crushed and with two ribs staved in. ' We are glad to be able to report that he'is rapidly recovering and does not anticipate any serious results. H. Howell, late foreman of the Volcanic mine on the North Fork of Kettle :, owned by "Sunset Brown," is ini ELECTION DAY SET Heavy Fighting Reported in South Africa. The Prince of Wales to Visit Canada. —Labor Troubles in Rossland I "Settled: . George C. Tunstall is appointed Sheriff of Yale, vice A. G. Pemberton resign Labor troubles in Rossland are en Queen Victoria is having 1 Ireland and is delightec 1 gay time The Prince of Wales will visit Caj this year. The Kettle River Valley R. R. was defeated in the House of Commons by a vote 39 for and 83 against. Heavy, fighting is reported from the front. The London Daily News received a telegram from Pretoria that a battle has been fought at Brandford, in which 600 British troops were killed and wounded and 800 taken prisoners. April ii—Gen'l Brabants column had an engagement at Wepner, lossing killed and 41 wounded. Heavy fighting taking place today in which British forces are holding their own.' V Fifty more men are wanted for Strath- cona's Horse to go to South Africa Victoria, April 10th—Special—The Legislature was formally dissolved today The elections will be held on June 9th w Legislature is summoned t( July 5th. The liberal Convention in Vancouver resulted in a fizzle although Joe Martin is reported to have had a strong following. A vote was taken as to whether the Cassiar delegation be admited. Result tie, 139 to 139. PURELY PERSONAL Rev. T. Nevrfl&4rove, in from Nicola Gen'l-Manager Brown of the Sunset is expected to arrive today. F. P. Cook of Cook & Co., Granite ;ek and Princeton, is in the city. i. H. Parkinson, P.L.S., left for Fair- :w yesterday. He intends breaking all records for a round trip between that city and Princeton. George W. Corey, a nephew of Chas. Harris, arrived in the city this week. Mr. Corey is from Detroit, Mich., and has followed the mining . business for : years, having had considerable ex- Mr. Ernes Wate the Princeton Townsite has returned from California. Mr. Waterman intends-open- ing the townsite office on Monday next, and will become a resident of Princeton from that date, as he intends furnishing a comfortable living room for himself in the building until he can complete the building of his residence on Vermilion Messrs. Burr, Jones, Johnson and Wil- \ lerson returned to Princeton yesterday from the Kootenays. Messrs. Burr and Jones are part owners of the Sunrise adjoining the Sunset on Copper mountain, and also own a number of other properties on Kennedy mountain and the adjoining district. Mr. Johnson has interests in this section, while Mr. Willerson is taking his initial trip through the Similkameen. The boys will make headquarters in Princeton this si Jack and the Bear. Mr. Dan McKay of Granite creek sends us the following blood curdling story of Jack Thynne's escape from a ferocious grizzly: . Jack had left the Debarro Hotel at Otter City, intending to stroll quietly down to Granite Creek to attend a political convention that was taking place in the city. He had only got a mile from town, however, when he found the right of-way disputed by a huge she bear with two cubs. Jack was never known to ask for more than half the road, but unfortunately in attempting to pass her bear- ship he inadvertantly stepped on one of the cubs. This aroused the wrath of the mother, who at once started after Jack with open jaws. It was a bad position for our worthy friend to be placed in, but he was equal to the occasion. He, in his early college days had held more than one championship for long distance running, flew for his life down the road to Granite. It was a terrible race. Sometimes Jack was ahead, sometimes the the bear. But five miles of a hilly road proved a little too much for Jack, and just as he reached the Tulameen bridge his wind deserted him, but not his presence of mind. A friendly tree stood by and catching an overhanging limb, with a supreme effort he swung himself into comparitive safety. The best efforts the bear could make to reach him with her claws resulted in the loss of one of Jack's moccassins. After being treed for two hours his continual shouting brought Dan McKay to rescue, whe wrenching a pole from the bridge drove the bear away and released the grateful Jack from his uncomfortable position. Mr. Thynne immedi- ttely borrowed Judge Murphy's elephant fun and started after the bear to recover lis lost moccasin. THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR. "TOM" ORAHAN'S LATEST. I An American who proposes to have a ovel exhibition at the Paris :Exposition! jiis yeat is -"Tom" Crahan, one time ambler,and .-saloon keejier .of Helena, llqiit. 'ITojU" run his course ihi Helena, fcttttfor^goldjin the .Klondike country, |W dually concluded that there could lot be a better moneymaker than a movri Lg-pictitrc exUlbition.;'of a Klondiker's] Ixperlenees from start to,:nhish, to^be| presented at the Paris .^Exposition. He; Lad $10,000 when everything was cleaned up, and he proposed to risk this In the" venture, says the New York Herald. I He had little education, no experience In the work, and no acquaintance in the East The first man he thought of was Edison, and he went straight .from the Klondike to Menlo Park. There he was admitted, and fearful that Mr. Edison would pass out without his recognising him, he asked who owued ;i coat lying Ion a chair near him. He was told that: it was Mr. Edison's. After a long time a man came from an inner room and pickled up the coat. +*Are you Mr. Edison ?" inquired Cra- ihan, not knowing of Mr. Edison's deaf- I No answer from the man putting on' I the coat. I "Are you Mr. Edison?" Crahan in- I quired again. | The man was into the coat without answering, and Crahan became angry and desperate. Catching him by the arm he almost shouted at him; '!If you are Mr. Edison, I've come seven thousand miles to see you, and I want to see you." This vigorous appeal brought a response, and Crahan hauled a lot of nug-' gets out of his pockets and began to ask questions. Mr. Edison at once became interested. Crahan unfolded his scheme. Mr. Edison promptly "turned it down," because, as he said, there were already too many moving-picture shows and the Edison people had quit making kineto- scopes. But Crahan was not to be turned from his purpose, and he forthwith I told Mr. Edison that he wanted twoj machines, and he would pay the money I for them himself. Mr. Edison was will- iug to make them on such terms, and he not only agreed to do so, but he went a little further and took stock in the enterprise. This was an endorsement good enough for anybody, and Crahan went to New York and Chicago, and before many weeks he had pledges for subscriptions enough to warrant him in pushing his plan for all it was worth, and getting ready for actual business. The American preliminaries being completed, he went to Paris, where he metl Director General Peck, of the American exhibit, to whom he stated his case, and he was sent to see the French authorities. They asked $60,000 for the privilege he j sought; but Crahan was not giving upj every thing, .and he got them down to $30,000, at which figure he closed with them, putting up a part of the money in cash on the spot. The Paris business concluded, he returned to New York, employed a photographer, and, beginning in that city, be went to the Pacific, taking pictures all along the route of important and notable things. Thence from Seattle he proceeded up the famous! inside scenic passage to Skagway, the White Pass to the Yukon, and down the river to Dawson and into the mi getting pictures of all the phases miner's life and the route leading to it This work being finished, the indefatigable Crahan returned to New York and set his men to work on the final preparation of tbe pictures for exhibition. He is flying back and forth between the two oceans, with occasional trips to Paris, Not the Example He Wanted. A builder in Glasgow, hearing that his] employes did not begin work at the prop- me, came to the yard one morning half an hour late and saw a carpenter standing with his hands in his pockets and a pipe in his mouth. Simply asking his name, which he found to be Malcolm Campbell, he called him into the office and, handing him four days pay, told him to leave at once. After having seen the man clear out of the yard he went up to the foreman and told him he had made an example ofl Malcolm Campbell by paying him off for not starting at the proper time. 'Great Scott!" exclaimed the foreman, "that chap was only looking for a job." and when the Exposition opens in the French capital "Torn" Crahan will be Boers May Save Her Trouble. A firm in Liverpool, being delighted at the Idea that one of its employes called upon to join the mcrvta, at < volunteered to pay half his wages to his wife in bis absence, says the Post At the end of the month the woman appeared, and the money was at once given her. * "What.?" she said. "Four pound?" "Yes." replied the senior partner, "that! is exactly half; sorry you are not satisfied." "It isn't that I'm not satisfied. Why, for years he has told me he only got 16 shillings altogether, and—and—if the Boers don't kill him I will." Had Enough. The Rev. Alexander MacColl, of Brair- cliffe Manor, N. Y., a young Scotch preacher, told a story in reference to a en of his native town at a dinner at the Marlborough the other night, says the New York Times, which shows that contentment is a virtue really existent, in lejarSes. One of the inhabitants of Glasgow, where I was born," said he, "was making his way homeward on a certain evening, and taking a good deal more than his share of the pavement, when he encountered a Glasgow Town Councilman walking along in a respectable fashion. The Councilman, noticing our friends unbalanced condition, stopped and shouted with rathful dignity: "> -What df ye want ?' 'To this his fellow-townsman blithly " 'I want—naething! I'm as fu' 's I Blacksmithing and Horseshoeing Wagon Repairing a Specialty. Shop on Harold Avenue. PRINCETON, B. C G. Tlurdoch TAX NOTICES. Similkameen Division op Yale District. NOTICE is hereby given, in accordance with th Statutes, that Provincial Revenue Tar and a taxes levied under the Assessment Act, are no* e Similkameen Division ol ' my office, Princeton. e collectible at the ft If paid on or before June 30th, (900: Three-fifths of one per Two and one half per c ent. on assessed value of One-half of one per cer On so much of the ineo t. on personal property. me, of any person as ex- "ncc-mef when't W*£i s over ten thousand dol- lars, and not more than wenty thousand dollars. one and one-quarter of one percent*; wl en such excess is over twenty th< isand dollars, 1 ne and one-half of one per cent. If paid on or after xst' Four-fifths of one per cent, on real pro] erty. Three-fourths of one per cent, on 1 ersonal property. s, the following rates, viz,; Upon such excess, when the sami: is not more than ten thousand dollars, one a id one- twenty thousand dollars one and one-ha r of one and dollars, one and th ee-quarters of one per Provincial Revenue Ta ;h hunter, Princeton, March jtst, 1900. i-i£ CLARHS STAGE UNE leaves Kamloops for Quilchena and Nicola Lake every Monday. Leaves Nicola Lake for Kamloops every Friday at 6 a. m. PRINCETON ROUTE. Leaves Spences Bridge for Nicola, 1 Coutlees, Nicola Lake, Granite Creek and Princeton every Thursday at 6 a. m. Leaves Princeton for Spences Bridge I and intermediate points every Sunday at 7 a. m. Carry flail and Express. SMOKE Tueketts TOBACCOS, CIGARS and ^CIGARETTES. "They are the Purest ^certainly the Dest in the market. Geo.LTucheti&SonCo. HAMILTON, ONT. SIMILKAMEEN BUTCHERING QO* WHOLESALE and RETAIL Dealers in Heats. Orders Filled for any Point in the Similkameen Valley. Princeton Branch Cm Summers, A. t HOWSE, General Merchandise The Largest and Best Stock of General Merchandise in the Similkameen. Agent For The Sherwin William's Co., PAINTS, OILS and LEADS. There are none better. Mining Supplies a Specialty A Complete Line of Hardware Builders' Supplies and Tools of Every Description. Just Arrived A Carload of Nails. Mining outfits can be furnished on the shortest notice. Parties coming to Princeton-. having Baggage, H. H, Goods, or Freight of any description CAN ADDRESS same in my care to Spences Bridge on the Canadian Pacific Railway, where my Freight teams load regularly for Princeton. Freight of this description is always ^jiven the preference and will be rushed through to destination. Stores at Princeton and Nicola* THE SIMILKAMEEN STAB. i COOK & CO. Princeton's Pioneer Store. AGRfCllLTlBU NOTES. How to Break a Colt The first thing to do when breaking L colt is to teach it to stand haltered, an I then to lead. This should be done whe | the colt is six or eight weeks old. g would then place it in a pasture near railroad if possible, so it would get a« customed to the cars. When about two years old I wonld break it to ride. After it is broken to ride I would break it £ work to a wagon. It should be worked I with an old horse that will not get excited. When breaking a colt to drive, cart should be used, and if the colt kicks use a kicking strap. ... The harness should fit a horse comfortably, and when broken should be repaired and not tied up with old strings or wire. A horse will work better if the harness fits him well. Each work horse should have a collar of his own that fits 'him, and not be obliged to wear "any old thing." When I buy a collar I always get one large enough to wear over a pad. I like the hame hook one-third of the way from the bottom of the hame. —Correspondent Indiana Farmer. Horses Becoming Scarcer. Farmers are beginning to realize that there is a great scarcity of horseflesh everywhere. There has been an unusual demand for good farm teams, for the cropping season now at hand. During the past five or six years one could drive all through the country and scarcely ever see a colt, and this short supply is beginning to be feit in the market. There is yibt one stallion to be found now where fix or eight years ago there were a dozen. The old teams are about worn out on many farms, and this makes an increased demand on a short supply. Two years ago what was generally called a plug could hardly be sold for anything, if cold cash was to be the consideration, but now they are in demand, for anything is bet- than nothing. It was the wise farmer who kept right along breeding good ■ animals in spite of the discouraging outlook of three or four years ago, for he now has on hand some thing that will bring him a profit and he need not look up a buyer. In fact, buyers seem to be more numerous than horses. Good brood mares are especially in I good demand now that the horse's future begins to be bright again. In fact, the owner of a large, trim, clean-built mare can get bis own price, if he is willing to Bfrt with the animal at all. It is to be hoped that this increased demand will »6t cause farmers to so far forget them-. selves that they will start in again breeding scrubs, as a great many were doing when the price of horses went down below cost of production. If the owner of a plug mare feels that he is bound to go into the breeding business, he had bettei keep along in the mule line and in this way allow the inferior stock of the country gradually to run out. A small mule will sell more readily and bring more money than a small horse colt any time or any where. It will not be long until good horses will be selling at old time prices, and those who go into the business now and breed with a definite object in view will be in the best shape to realize good profits when they have a surplus ready for the market.—Pacific Homestead. ' ' Hunters' Saw and Planing Located 3 Miles from Princeton. A fall stock.,... Of Rough and Dressed Lumber. The Driest and Clearest in the country. POST OFFICE ....STORE C. E. THOHAS, Prop. A full line of Groceries Hardware Boots and Shoes. Post Office boxes for rent, Blue Ribbon Tea IS THE Most Delicious in the Market. When a prospector returns to camp after a long day in the mountains, there is nothing he looks forward to more than a cup of <**# BLUE RIBBON TEA. THE. HOTEL JACKSON, PRINCETON, B. C. JOHN HARRY JACKSON, Proprietor. All stage lines arrive at, and start from, the Hotel Jackson. Everyone recommends the HOTEL JACKSON as Headquarters when visiting the Similkameen Mining District. The Hotel Jackson is the place to start from for Copper and Kennedy Mountain, Friday Creek, Roach River, Summit, Boulder Greek, Big Sue, 20 Mile, and all other mining camps. If you want Good Meals, Good Liquors and Good Beds, You can be Supplied at the Hotel Jackson Hotel Princeton JAMES WALLACE, Proprietor. PRINCETONS PIONEER *» «* HOTEL a* <* The Resort For Prospectors and Mining Men. Hrsi Class Dining Room and Bar. No trouble to talk to guests. The Boer War and Fighting Joe's campaign discussed every evening. Come and hear the Phonograph. Seeds and Drugs FRESH, NEW and GOOD. The Largest Garden Seed Dealers in the PROVINCE. send for THe Nelson Drag mil seed Co* Catalogue. -100 Cordova St., VANCOUVER, B. C. TBI SIMILKAMEEN STAB. 8 n y Sid P THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR PRIKOETOM, B. O. THE PRINCETON PUBLISHING CO J- ANE ERSON - ' Manager. D reign «K tlFTION RATES. ..*oo i variably n Advance. Advertising rates furnished on application. • Legal notices 10 and 5 cents per line. ( "Certificates of Improvement'! notices, $5.001 $10.00 for legal life of notice.* Four weekly insertion* constitute one month The government of the province of. Ontario *irevidently alive to the necessity of fostering -the growth of her mining interests by introducing a progressive mineral policy. Such an example should be followed by the government of British Colunjbia on very much larger and broader lines;'for the future of our province lies in the development* of I her mineral resources. There are several districts in British Columbia where the mining interests have been sadly neglected. In our immediate neighborhood there are several rich mineral belts which, if | the country had adequate transportation facilities, would be extensively worked. The Similkameen mining division haa-contributed .over $30,000 to the revenue of the province during the past three years, and so' far has practically received nothing in return. With the construction of roads, trails and bridges giving easy access to the different mining camps, the government would be more than repaid for any expenditure by the greatly i increased revenue the dismct would return. ; The following is taken from a late editorial in the Toronto Globe. . The British Columbia grovernment would do well to follow such , a policy: "The Ontario Government realizes that the development of,the mineral wealth of the province is fraught with great importance for the commercial, financial' and agricultural interests of Ontario. The indications point to the probability of this industry becoming in Ontario second only to that of agriculture. The necessity, therefore, of I having a sound business policy touching mineral development is obvious. The Mining Bureau ofl the government has been brought into close touch with the Commissioner of Crown Lands, and the Hon. Mr. Davis, as well as the Ministers, are taking an active and intelligent interest in the mining industry of the province. The establishment of mining schools has done much to promote a knowledge of mining and minerals, and the intimation given by the Prem^tow deputation from the university the other day, that consideration would be* given next year to the needs ofl the Provincial University in j nection with the departments ofl mineralogy and geology, is further proof of the importance which the government attaches to the mineral policy of Ontario. Inadequate Postal Facilities! The same old cry that has arisen from every new town in British Columbia. Princeton-at the present time jis suffering from the want of a post] master-general at Ottawa, who can ppreciate the conditions.in. a growing mining camp. Although strong representations have been made to Mr. Mulock, both by the postoffice- inspector at Vancouver and Mr. Hewitt Bostock M. P., asking for an increased mail service, he has 1 fit to ignore the request. One mail a week from Spences Bridge, 20 miles distant, constitutes the mail service to a point where over 300 people receive mail. The small of $400 per year was asked for to run a twice-a-week service,' and for some unaccountable reason has not yet been granted. Mr. Bostock has been asked to again press upon the post office department the necessity of attending to this matter at once, and it is to be hoped the extra, service will be granted without further delay. The citizens of Princeton should heartily co-operate with one another in endeavoring to make the celebration of Her.Majesty's birthday the most successful ever held in the Similkameen. Last year the 24th of May was the occasion of a rery large gathering and a splendid programme of sports was provided. Princeton has grown considerably since then, the population has more than doubled, the city is now firmly established as the metropolis of the district and it is most fitting that the celebration of the 'Queen's Birthday' should be held in Prince- TOWN. A large number of prospectors, mining men and capitalists will be here during the month of May; let the people get together and show them what a live community can do towards fittingly celebrating the 81st anniversary of the birth of .the best and greatest Queen the world has ever known.1 Denis Murphy of Ashcroft and George Washington Beebe of Agas- sizare the two gentlemen in the field desiring to represent West Yale in the provincial parliament. Mr. Murphy comes out as an independent enndidate, while Mr. Beebe is a memberj%1$Le Hon. Joe Martin's cabinet. THgy*citizens of| Princeton have not the honor of the acquaintance of either gentlemen, DUrulare to extend to both a hearty invitation to visit the city, and will guarantee to give to them ample oppertunity of explaining their views on the present political perplexity. BOER AND BRITISH TRAITS. led in Cape C Pilgrim Father! buth Rock, and have been first party of Dutch fa now Cape Colony. So in this fateful year Dutch are completing the third century oft] sojourn in South Africa. It was not howe . till 1651 that they erected a fort on the present site at Cape Town.—New York Sun. We are informed and .believe upon the authority of some comic publication, whose name we now disremember, that the following classroom colloquy once took place between a schoolma'am and s New York boy: iffWhen was Philadelphia founded?" "In 168a.". "What happen] then?". "Nothing.!' Ji The Dutch have had the run of South Africa for three hundred years. The1 visible works of their genius and their energy are these: They have founded two States, the Transvaal Republic and the Orange Free State. With 120,000 square miles of territory the Transvaal Republic has a population of 350,000 It has a public revenue of about $20,006,- 000, and spends it. Its people have put only 50,000 acres of its soil under cultivation—less than a tenth of one per cent, of the total area. It does not produce food' enough to support its people. Its exports, except of gold are inconsiderable. The Orange Free State has an area of nearly 50,000 square miles, and a white population of less than- 100,000. The annual revenue of the State is $2,000 000, and its expenditures less. About 250,000 "of its soil are under cultivation. Its total foreign .trade, exports and imports combined, amounts to a little over $15,000,000 annually. Men of the English race have had the in of North America not quite so long! i the' Hollanders have had the run of South Africa. In 1620 some dissatisfied Englishmen settled in Massachusetts. Other Englishmen had already settled in Virginia. In numbers and cash they feeble folk, but they and their de- cendants and those who came after them have cleared the country up a bit. A republic of about 75,000,000 people has grown up. These people do not import much foodstuffs. Sometimes they export 150,000,000 bushels of wheat in a year-; they also have other things to sell, including manufactures, until other na- up a bill of more than a billion dollars every year for their goods. They have tamed a country of 3,000,- 10 square miles, and they are now, as a favor, taking care of some outlying dis- By the way, the Dutch had a chance to do these things. One of them discovered the North River and this island. They settled here in New York some years before the Puritans landed at Plymouth, (J^Tney governed this town until the English took charge of it in 1664. Convinced that it was hot going to be much of a place, the Dutchmen swapped it for Dutch Guiana, or Surinam, down 1 South America. We have no doubt that the two states 1 South Africa will be a good deal more heard of in the coming century if British civilization becomes the dominant force than would be the case if the northward progress of that conquering and produc- race should continue to be barred by the tranquil and contented Boer farmers. The decendants of King Philip would be smoking their pipes in Eastern Massachusetts today if Englishmen had not robbed the red men of their right to hold and occupy about 3,000 acres per capita which to fight and loaf. The Mata- beles would be fighting and loafing in their country a hundred years from today, other force that that of Boer civilization were set at work to make history South Africa.—New York Times. J. CHARLES MCINTOSH, BARRISTER, SOLICITOR AND -^"filOTARY^ PUBLIC .RRINCBTON.B.C. W.J. WATERMAN, N. I. p. a. s; m. a.'i, n. e„ Etc. Examination, Development and Management of Prospects, Claims and Mines Undertaken. P. O. Address, PRINCETON, B. C H. A. WHJJLLANS, M. D. PHYSICIAN and SURGEON. McGill Graduate. Princeton, B. C. ...JAMES HISLOP.... MIKING AND CIVIL ENGINEER. PROVINCIAL I.AND SURVEYOR. ... Princeton, B. C... PRINCETON ASSAY OFFICE. C.B.HABBIS. Assayer and Chemist* Accurate results Guaranteed. Reports will be returned on stage bringing samples. Correspondence Solicited. Regarding Mining Properties in the simlikamecB District. Properties Carefully Sampled and Assayed. R.H.PARKINSON FAIRVIEW, B. C. PRINCETON, B. C. PROVINCIAL LAND SURVEYOR, CIVIL ENGINEER and NOTARY PUBLIC. Surveys on the Similkameen Promptly Attended to. r '% M THE SIMILKAMEEN STAB. TOWN TOPICS. j t For High Class Groceries go to A. j I Howse. I If you want a good mixed drink go to I the Hotel Jackson. I A new supply of Jessop steel has arm I ed at the Howse store. I For the best Paint, Oils and Leads i i; the market go to the Howse store. I The finest and best fitted Bar in th Similkameen is at the Hotel Princeton. H 30 Mile' Creek. Two y$ interests for Sale. Apply, Cook & Co., Princeton. I For RbnT—Blacksmith shop and ^stable. Apply, Cook & Co., Princeton. H For Sai,B or Rent—-Stevensons' Hay Mdeadows. Apply, Cook & Co., Prince- Hon. I J A. E. Howse can supply you with the Hrery latest in shirts and gent's furnish flings. ■ Bennet's Patent Fuse, the best in the ■ world Can be purchased at the Howse I If you want to go prospecting, the P.O. lajtore can fit you out with everything you require. Yesterday being Good Friday and a holiday the government assay office, lawyers, doctors, surveyors, and real estate > offices were closed. Mr. Hunter made a trip to his oiAyJiome at Granite Creek, while the*^|£D_professional gentlemen I spent a qtn^raay-in the city. I ' xfle Princeton sawmill started cutting lumber again today. The building boom which is now on made it necessary for Mr. Howse to add to his already large stock of rough and dressed lumber. Harry Richardson is in charge and has a force of five men at work. Two nack tpins from Keremeos came to Princwon this week bringing baggage and light freight. One was from the Palace Livery stable at Keremeos in charge of D. J. Innis, while our old friend Wild Bill piloted the other safely over the trail. Bill is expert packer and has the record of rawhiding the first ore shipped from the Slocan mines. .. PERSONALS. Ex-Gov. Bewdney returned from the coast on the last stage. Bob Cramer is home again. Bob is ii terested in several good properties in tl district, notably the Ada B. on Copp< Capt. W. Holmes and Mr. J. W. Dryden drove in from Granite Creek on Thursday. The Capt. is manager of the Granite Creek Gold Mines Co., while Mr. Dryden fills the same position for the Boston and British Columbia Mining Co. Both companies intend working their extensive placer properties on Granite Creek this season. FROM THE RECORDS. MIN1NO. LOCATION5. CHRISTINA!—Onion Creek—Andrew and Christina Johnsonand E. Todd. Lucky Todd—Same. |§j|3Hfe| Manitoba—Copper Mountain—M. A. Voigt. Ibex—Copper Mountain-^. C. Voigt. ASSESSMENTS. Union Jack Fraction and Shamrock —Five Mile—Luke Gibson. Oriole—Copper Mountain—Jas. Snow- don. Muldoon—Friday Creek—Mira Monte Co. Ltd. Sun DOG—rCopper Mountain—A. E- transfers. I Royaw, Monarchy and SociETY-Ken- nedy Mountain1—Samuel Spencer to T. R. Hardiman. Keremeos—Skaist Mountain—David James to A. M. Coulthard. Boer—Hope Summit—Chas. Richter tc A. M. Coulthard. "Summit"—Hope Summit—David James to A. M. Coulthard. Similkameen—Hope Summit—C. Summers to A. H. Coulthard. OTTER FLAT HOTEL THYNNE& DEBARRO. PROPRIETORS. City Baths n Y anc* Saving Parlor P. V. HEATH, Prop. SHAVING, HAIRCUTTING, SHAMPOOING, SINGEING... Two large bath rooms are being fitted up and will be ready for use in a few days. PRINCETON, B. C. ■HI RafhAi* H m uarucr|j|||] Shopf HUGH COWAN, Prop. The First Barber Shop Established in the Similkameen. STYLES IN HAIRCUTTING. Opposite Post Office. Princeton, B. C Hotel Driard NICOLA LAKE. JOHN CLARK, Propr. Headquarters for Mining Men and Prospectors. An Ideal Summer Resort. JOB RICHARDS, The Sunset Copper Mining Co., LM. Owning and Operating The SUNSET Mine. On Copper Mountain, Similkameen Mining District. Everyone who has seen the property renders a unanimous verdict* The Biggest and Best»Mine in British Columbia* Now is the TIME to BUY Stock in this Wonderful iline. It is an investment! No Speculation! Ore enough in sight to return ioo per cent, on amount invested. BUY TODAY before advance in price. APPLY TO Rm Am BROWN, President and Gen'l Manager Sunse%,Shares Will Make You Rich. B PRINCETON or Grand Fonts. THE SIMILKAMEEN STAB. ■ TWENTY MILE GREEK,) II Or the Golden Belt of the Famous Similkameen. lis In the heart of the Similkameen coun- 9 try about 25 miles below Princeton, a j B stream, small in summer but a raging 4) torent in the spring, finds' its, tumultu- H ous way to the river Similakameeu. 0t Four years ago outside of the abori- ,,g gines the stream in question was seldom Ijij thought of; now mention its name—ears U3 are alert—attention is secured. To be H brief the stream is the famous Twenty ypj Mile. Commonplace the name may be, ■ yet wonderful is the mineral belt that Twenty-Mile long has drained and divid- H ed, for the ore laden gneiss extends H across the Twenty Mile until cut off by 3, the granite. So steep are the walls of | B* Twenty Mile creek that to prospect them H thoroughly it would take a balloon. But L it is suprising how the persistent pros- H pec tor has worked his way over slides H and precipices in the cliff that would H dazzle a mountain goat. Two well-known a residents of Princeton attempted to de- ithe all of Twenty Mil' good progress, when suddenly a sheer, drop of 50 feet lay below them. They were non-plussed for a moment, but on consultation decided to cut a nearby tree, stand it on its head and shin down the butt end. The scheme worked like a charm, but after shinning down past the first 50 foot drop and proceeding a | short distance, another drop suddenly] confronted them. This time no succoring tree stood by to lend its grateful help. So up the tree and cliff they had to climb, over slides and treacherous places. They were a tired pair when they reached camp on Twenty Mile. The mineral belt of Twenty Mile is a hard one to prospect. Beside the precipe itous walls the summit is strewn with fallen timber, often five to six feet deep, j WHAT THE BOYS ARE DOING. Tommy Gorman and Jimmie Marks were doing an assessment on Lookout mountain. They were working on a small, but promising, lead of arsenical Geo. Cahill was over at Fairview for a short trip. Mr. Yates, a Twenty-Mile multi-claim holder, left on Friday morning for Kruger mountain. Mr. Yates is reported to have made several sales lately. Peter Scott,*the father of Camp Hedley, is busy proving up on his promising property. Goo. Aldous and Jim Slater are up Twenty Mile working on the No. 1 mineral claim. The No.. 1 is situated about two miles from the mouth of Twenty mile. It lies on a contact of stratified porphyry and granite. Solid arsenical iron ore caps the exposure which lies at a pitch of about 45 degrees, being well defined on the face of the cliff. A body of ore tapped at where they propose driving a tunnel would give a depth of about 1000 feet, making a remarkable tunnel and dump site. Geo. Aldous left ] for Princeton on Saturday and returned on Tuesday to Twenty Mile. Messrs. Coyle and Murphy arrived on •Thursday and proceeded to camp on Twenty Mile creek. They propose doing . considerable work on Red Mountain. Messrs. Todd, Johnson of Nelson, Wm. Wilson and Ole Olson returned from West Twenty Mile on Tuesday. They report their claims showing up well with a remarkable ore body. Todd and Johnson have gone up to Todd's Boulder | creek strike. Ole Olson is going to prospect for Ole. ON YOUR WAY TO PRINCETONU You will Find a Comfortable Resting Place at the 15 Mile House 'BRADSHAWS' Well Stocked Bar and Excellent Dining Room* HEADQUARTERS FOR 20 MILE CREEK MINING CAMP. KEREMEOS, B. C. D.J.INNIS,Prop. Saddle Horses to All Points in the Similkameen District. Travellers from the Boundary District can secure horses through to Princeton. Ran in Connection with Keremeos Hotel &M Stable in Connection Princeton Feed stables BUDD & CO., Proprietors. Cay uses or High Priced Race Horses Equally Well Cared lor. THE MOST COMMODIOUS HORSE Opposite Hotel Jackson. HOTEL IN THE SIMILKAMEEN o» j» New General mmmStOre We are just opening our new store and have received a large consignment of Gothing, Gents' Furnishings, Blankets, Stationery, etc* We Have a well assorted stock of NEW GOODS and are in a position to attend to your wants. We shall also carry a full line of First-Class Groceries which are expected to arrive in a few days. Bridge St. Rennie & Belli Princeton Meat Market WARDLE & THOMAS Orders for Mining Camps promptly attended to and delivered. Palace Livery I STABLES <£ Granite creeh Hotel D. McKAY This Hotel has always been Famous For the Excellence of its table. The nearest point'^rWhe richest Silver I*ead mines a in B. C, '.Summit City." There is more gold in Granite Creek than has yet been taken out. Princeton Lumber... SHINGLE and PLANING MILLS A. E. HOWSE, Prop. m H Hill and Office Bridge Street, PRINCETON.. Day & French TINSMITHS |t: PLUflBERS GUNSfllTHS Our Camp .Stoiye is the Boss Prospectors. ( Repair work of Every Descrip- \ ". 'tB*. i THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR. KEREMEOS! The Centre of the Similkameen District. A Mining and Agricultural Centre. . . . ...LOTSNOW ON THE MARKET... BUSINESS STREET THIRD AVE., 100 Feet Wide, Lots 30x120: CORNER LOTS $150; Inside Lots $100. /'YnoiTD CTTDTTCHTC corner lots $100.00. KJ1 rlcK o 1 Knn 1 o inside lots $75.oo. TERMS: 1-3 Cash, Balance in Three and Six Months. I BEALEY INVESTMENT & TRUST CO. For Further Information Apply to: R. H. PARKINSON, Fairview. ^jc^^E. BULLOCK WEBSTER, Keremeos, LIMITED. em^iAgmntm Greenwood, B. C. LocaiAgents: Tftc Princeton Real Estate, Mining and Assaying Office. IMINING NEWS., Aspen Grove District. The "Cincinnati" group is situated qHlree miles north-east of Dodd's ranch on \SHPper Butte mountain. It is without djfcbt the most promising property in tMdistrict. J. and S. Bate and J. Armstrong, who own the group, deserve grea credit for the manner in which they haVeMeveloped the claims. The boys started work early last fall and have kept hard at it ever since. On the Cincinnati claim a series of open cuts have been run in on the ore body, the largest being over 15 feet long. •A smft 20 feet deep has been sunk on the'upper end of the claim, the bottom 0/ ^hich was in rich ore, when it had to be discontinued owing to the surface water preventing further sinking. A tunnel was then started which has now been driven over 80 feet Work of this sort jcertainly merits success and there is no doubt that the boys will realize a ^handsome sum for their property, as assay values from different portions of the ore body show from 8 to 16 per cent, copper and $12 to $24 in gold and silver. H. Schmidt has returned from Dakota and has started work on the "Big Sue" |claim, probably the most remarkable outcrop in the country. An immense boil of, rich grey copper assaying as high as 22 per cent, cropping out on a bunch- (j^rass hill, rewarded Mr. Schmidt after six week's careful search. Evidently such a showing was known - to exist, as Mr. Schmidt had a knowledge of the country he was looking for, that could have been obtained only from some per- son who had an intimate acquaintance with it. Development on the Big Sue will be watched with great interest bids fair to be one of the richest copper lodes ever discovered, Job Printing Of Every Description at the STAR office, PRINCETON, 6. C. KEREMEOS LIVERY ...STABLE, W. HINE & CO., Props. First-Class Saddle and Pack Horses. Feed and Livery Stables. Stage Line to Fairview. We take the Best of Care of Transient Trade. Bring; Xpur.:i horses to Us. We guarantee prompt attention. ...Branch at Fairview... Prospectors ....STOP! If you want to Outfit cheaply and quickly, do so at the ...KEREMEOS STORE., WM. HINE & Co., You can save time and make money by buying your outfit at the point you start prospecting. Mining Supplies of Every DESCRIPTION KEPT IM STOCK. JOBN EOVE SCO. DRUGGISTS AND STATIONERS. F.URVIEW and CAMP McKINNEY. A. full line of Drugs, Stationery, Drug- ists Sundries. Presriptions ^Carefully.** Compounded. HOTEL KEREMEOS.. JONH NEIL, Proprietor. Stables in Connection. This hotel is Situated at the Gateway to the Similkameen valley, jt Well Furnished Rooms. -Bar and Dining Room Service First-Class. w We Cater Specially to Mining Men and Prospectors. WM. GUTTBIME PROSPECTOR and GUIDE.... Has a thorough knowledge of the entire Similkameen Country. Address Princeton, B. C. 'zibjUami THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR. THE VERMILION FORKS MINING AND DEVELOPMENT CO., Ltd. .# OWNERS OF Jt The TOWNSITE | of PRINCETON. ••.Lots for Sale— BEAUTIFULLY SITUATED at the Forks of the Similkameen and Tulameen Rivers* The business centre for the following mining camps:- Copper Mi, Kennedy Mt** Friday* Boulder* Granite and 20 Mile Creeks* Summit* Roche River, Upper Tulameen and Aspen Grove* Enormous Agricultural Area to Draw from. Splendid Climate Pure waler Government Headquarters for <& Similkameen District* «£ PRESENT PRICES OF LOTS FROM $2.00 TO $10.00 PER FRONT FOOT. SIZE OF LOTS 50x100 FEET AND 33-100 FEET. Prices Will be Advanced! 1st May, Send for map to W. J. WATERMAN, Resident Manager V. F. M. & D. Co.
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Title | Similkameen Star |
Contributor |
Anderson, James |
Publisher | Princeton : The Princeton Publishing Company |
Date Issued | 1900-04-14 |
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Princeton (B.C.) Princeton |
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Language | English |
Notes | Title changes in chronological order: Similkameen Star (1900-03-31 to 1900-07-28), The Similkameen Star (1900-08-04 to 1900-10-20), Similkameen Star (1900-10-27 to 1903-12-26). |
Identifier | Similkameen_Star_1900_04_14 |
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Source | Original Format: Princeton and District Museum and Archives |
Date Available | 2018-03-02 |
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/ |
DOI | 10.14288/1.0365383 |
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Longitude | -120.507778 |
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