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IE SIMILKAMEEN STAR.
Devoted to the Interests of Princeton and the Similkameen  Country.
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Vol. i.   No. 24.
PRINCETON, B. C„ SATURDAY, SEPT., 8th, 1900.
$2.00 Per Year
m
t. BROWN TALKS
President and Manager of the
Sunset in Town.
He Reports Everything Looking Bet-
' ter in the Boundary Country—His'
Views on the Sunset.
On being asked if he intended to
soon, Mr. Campbell replied :
I shall be back soon, and I hope
leasant  ride   over the' Hope
COAL IN ABUNDANCE,
Numerous  Coal  Claims Have   Been
Located Recently.
until the g
to Keremeos.''At th
repair the'present wagon road to Copper
I intend to sink a double
compartment shaft down to the 500-foot
level this winter and crosscut at the 300,
400 and 500-foot levels, and also block
the ore out in 400 or 500 blocks. The
great mineral zone on Copper mountain
I is about 2,000 feet wide and 8,000 feet
I long, besides the mammoth ore bodies
^ from 10 feet to 300 feet wide, breaking
out from this great mother lode, and cutting through the country for miles. I
don't expect anybody in the outside
world will take any stock at present
figures; only experts and mining men
that have actually examined the mountain and surrounding country, and the
most of them dare not tell one-quarter of
what they have seen. In the near future
it will keep more than one transcontinental railway to do the business of Copper mountain and vicinity. -"^A^aQr
'The Sunset is the only prospect or
mine in British Columbia that has stood
up against the hard times and not slumped in price, and when I return to Grand
Forks the Sunset Copper Co. will advance the shares from_i5to2;
Mr. Fred. Howse drove in from Nicola
yesterday.
Mr. J. Charles Mcintosh returned on
Wednesday, from the capital, where he
has been visiting for some weeks.
About this
on the   see
e Mr. J. Wallace appeared
and undertook to take
saying that he
fectly harmless, etc., and induced him to
get 5n his horse and start for home.
Not being satisfied witn the amount of
blaguardism and threats hurled forth,
Asp returned again later in the evening,
this    time   bringing    a long ■ butcher
knife, which he carried up his ' sleeve.
After trying to make trouble again at
French & Day's, he finally left muttering
words of threat and revenge. This is not
the first offence of this kind which
Charlie has been guilty of, and it is
about time some one took such steps to
place him where he will do no harm,
which he certainly will do if left to go
his own way much longer. No one
escapes from his threats, and outside of
being dangerous is. a nuisance to tl
community.
us   pa
■ties'
app
reciating    the
>al in t
he c
evelo
pment of our
ave  fo
r th
e   pa
st  few   weeks
tly sta
kin;
j   out
claims   near
Thet
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s  ne
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a then
tind
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uterested  par-
hat th
ere
were
large   bodies
aiS
the
Th
bimi
lkameen,   but
ubt   was   dis-
ently vi
hen
the
McCrea   Bros.
return
of
60 pe
rcent.  carbon
pnt
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bod
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af the Vermil-
Mr. Campbell said: ,"I a
pressed with the magnitude of the mineral belt of the Similkameen country on
each visit. From Nicola south to the
boundary line extends a mineral country
that in which you find placer gold as
well as lodes of gold, copper, silver, lead,
and extensive beds of first class coal.
Princeton is bound to be a large city, as
it is located in the southern part of the
mineral belt as well as Copper mountain.
Speaking of Copper mountain, I am
pleased exceedingly with the results of
the development going.on. On the Lost
Horse a'one we have a vein nearly eighty
feet wide, with an immense surface showing, the like of which I have never seen
equalled anywhere. Our ore is not
bornite, as many suppose, but chalco-
prites or yellow copper. This is the class
of ore most desired by the smelters.
Very little additional work will bring
the Lost Horse mine to the front rank
among the young properties of the province. No treasury stock has yet been
placed on the market, as the intention of
the company is to bring the mine to a
shipping basis before offering the stock
to the public. Several tempting offers
have been made to the company for -a
sale of the whole or control of the mine,
but we do nOt consider that the development work iS far enough advanced to
justify us making a sale   satisfactory to
the a3stZS5 fSP-his offense, "yumped the fence1'
the "under fixens" and the "side fixens."
happen to take his fancy. It is to be hoped his
"side squints" will be reserved for the brave
officers'who so nobly discharged their duty, as
PURELY  PERSONAL.
Mr. Arthur Francis, representing the
Vancouver News-Advertiser, came in on
Wednesday's stage and   returned yester-
Mr. R. A. Brown, president and manager of the Sunset Copper Mining Co.,
arrived in town this week from Grand
Forks.
Mr. Wm. M. Brewer, of Vancouver, representing the New York Mining Journal, was in town this week, and inspected
the different mines in our locality,
Mr. M. DesBrisay, of Vancouver, in
company with Mr. T. S. McPherson, of
Nelson, arrived in Princeton, by way of
Keremeos, on Monday, and left for the
coast by way of the Hope trail. They
expressed themselves as greatly pleased
with all they saw in and around Prince-
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I News of the Province I
Mr. Martin's  model   railway bill   has
been adopted by the government.
According to the Colonist, the   futi
policy of the Dunsmuir dynasty is one
,j[ big bonuses.
The Granby smejler was "blown in"
the aist ult, niuKthe entire plant is n
running very smoothly.
F. J. Deane, ex-M. P. P., has be
elected a member of the board of din
tors of the Kamloops agricultural assoo
tion, vice Martin Beattie, resigned.
The freight trade through the Croi|
Nest Pass and  over  t$ lake increas
greatly during last month.   The
was largely due to the  starting   of the
smelters.
It is expected this year that Mr.  J.   B.
Graves, of the Douglas Lake   Cattle Co.,
Threshing - operations around Vernon
are about completed, and good crops of
wheat and oats are everywhere reported.
hilxACpn
,r installed a lighting systen
earner which the K. R.   &
disposition, she having become foster
mother to some little pigs whose mother
died a short time ago. The cow at certain
hours each day goes to a yard in which
they are kept to enable them to take
their supply of milk.
A garnishee of £200 was recently served
in New Denver. The net results, amounting to five cent1-., were forwarded by the
court officials to Registrar Simpkins at
Nelson by check. When th/r check was
presented for payment an ^exchange of 15
cents was demanded! ywhereupon Mr.
Simpkins decided to'retain the check
and has posted it in his office at the court
elui
lated
in Greenwood recently, when Mesers.
Blue & Fisher sold out their interest in
the Yale-Columbia Lumber Co. to P.
Genelle & Co. About a year ago the saw
mills of Blue & Fisher and Genelle &
Co., were acquired by the Yale-Columbia
Co., and were  run  since then   by that
mpany
helle i
By
angement
1, but  the
ween Grand Forks and Republic, the
ich gold camp, thirty miles south oj
;he international boundary. The silici-
>us ores of Republic would   mix  adinir-
ibly with the sulphii
of the B
New General
Store
We carry a well assorted stock of Clothing, Gents' Furnishings, Blankets, Boots and Shoes, Stationery, Tinware, etc.
We sell none but the Purest and Best
GROCERIES
Try Our "HONDI  CEYLON"".antl-RAM.LAL'S/v,\
 Indian   Teas	
Just Received
Another Consignment of Boots land Shoes,  Shirts and Underwear
CALL MtU) SEE THEM.
Bridge st. ^'Rennie & Bell
' Kootenay lake.    Th
r^portei
^ tZ^'Si^t^JZ
*t P-pe,
PRINCETON LUfiBER,
SHINGLE ^d PLANING MILLS
A. E. HOWSE, Prop.
Hill and Office
Bridge Street,
PRINCETON. B. C.
^IMILKAMEEM
BUTCHERING QO.
WHOLESALE and RETAIL
Dealers in Heats.
Orders Filled for any Point in the Similkameen Valley.
Cm Summers.
PRINCETON BRANCH. manager.
Footwears
That will Last and at the same
me cost the* least money is what
most people look for but seldom
obtain.
 FOR GOOD HONEST VALUE IN  'Ml
■ BOOTS ^ AND # SHOES 1
That will Wear and Last a visit  to  the  Prospec- |DJ
tors Supply Store should be made.     We have a large
assortment with Prices that are bound to please. P)|
U o. e. thomas, Prop.   Prospectors Supply Store
'V
fgy  subsribe to me star for rc-
*-      liable information oft"    ~
ful Similkameen Coun
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THE .0OLVILLE INDIAN RESERVE
be Opened for Settlement <
Tenth of Next Month.
e   president has, by proclainati
ed for settlement 1,500,000
of
rich farming land in the north half of the
Colville reservation. This reservation
lies in the northeastern part of Washington state, fifty miles north w est of Spokane, one hundred and fifty miles northeast of the capital, Olympia, and one
hundred miles east and north of Seattle.
It borders on the Canadian boundary,
and is about thirty miles from Greenwood, B. C.
In addition this land possessing great
fertility, it is also known that it is rich
in minerals — gold, silver and copper
showing themselves in many parts of the
reservation. The Indians, without exception, make no attempt to take advantage of the underground richness.
influence brought to bear, the  government finally opened the
the whites for the   purposes  of
" mining only    That   was   oflly four
r flocked into the country
succeeded in opening up hundreds of exceptionally rich gold, silver and coppei
mines. Camps sprung up all over the
country. The Republic camp was one of
the first to attract the attention of the ii
vestors and "miners, and the result is that'
t xlay its mines are valued away up ir
the millions. One single claim in this
rich camp is selling on a basis of five
million dollars, and many othersTare
considered of equal value.
At the same time, all of the interest
was not confined to this camp. Toroda,
Myers creek, Baker creek, Yakima and
many other camps proved that the toil
and money spent in the prospecting and
developing of these camps were richly
rewarded.
The American   miner, when   given   a
foothold, insists on everything  between
the boundaries, and by constant   efforts
and great   political   influence, Congi
was finally prevailed upon to  open
purposeg^gg well as mining. The Indians
we're each given a   farm,   or allotment.
This was done before the
to be thrown open.
It seems that this section of the gov
eminent has not been wideljfvfeown out
side the immediate vicinity of the reservation, and it is not attracting the attention of the general public like did that of
the opening of the Cherokee strip, yet it
is well known that in richness of soil
• addition -to the vast amount of precious
metals it contains, it has many times the
value of that country. This seeming
lack of publicity of the opening has been
the fault of those who expected to profit
by it. There is not only ample territory
for all of those who are watching the day
when the proclamation will allow them
to take up farms, but room for thousands
In anticipation of the speedy and and
substantial growth and development of
this reservation, new towns have sprung
up ingif&rcnt -J5arts of the reservation—
some very substantial—and all feeling
the utmost faith in the ultimate success
"of their towns. Shrewd' business men,
bankers and merchants have moved in,
and have imported large stocks of goods,
and it does seem that their foresight will
be rewarded by great financial success.
The principal towns which have been
started since the reservation was thrown
open for mining will be found in the
northern part of the reservation. On
that part, close to the eastern line, where
the principal part of the Indian allotA
ments have been made, will be found   in
the northern part of the reservation. On
that part, close to the eastern line, where
the principal part of the Indian allotments have been made, will be found the
thriving towns of Bolster, Chesaw and
Toroda. To the west of this is Baker
creek, which has also proven itself to be
both rich in minerals, as well as admirably adapted for farming and stock raising. In the midst of this country is
built the town of Molson, which, only a
few months ago, was an expanse of
prairie, and is now by far the largest and
most solid town of the reservation, with
the exception of the town of Republic,
which is located in the midst of Republic
camp. The town of Molson being the
most accessible to the people coming in
from the north, for the purpose of acquiring farms, and on acoount of its promising mines, is destined to become the city
of the reservation, though in a new country like this, other new towns might
spring up, which might be backed by
rich mines, which would outstrip this or
any other town in the reservation.
This, at least, is the view of the Col-
ville Reservation Syndicate, of which
Canadians are at the head. The president is John W. Molson,"*Montreal; vice-
president, E. B. Greenshields Montreal;
and secretary-treasurer, D. E. Cameron,
Montreal. The opening of the reservation
is to be made on   the   10th   of  October
Princeton   merchants  all   carry  Blue
Ribbon Extracts. .
Prospectors
....STOPI
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
French & Day
TINSMITHS
PLUilBERS 1
GUNSniTHS
..PUMP DRIVING DONE..
Our Camp  Stove is the Boss for
Prospectors.
Repair work of Every Description.
Hotel Princeton
JAMES WALLACE, Proprietor.
PRINCETON'S PIONEER
<& & HOTEL •# «#
The Resort
For Prospectors and Mining Men.
First Class Dining Room and Bar.
No trouble to talk to guests. Political
matters laid over for the present. The
Chinese Question the Important topic of
the day.
Mongolian Sympathisers Excluded.
Riveted Steel Pipe.
All size, of Steal Water Pipe for City and 1
and Quarte Mining, made up complete, or we will
We make a specialty o£all kinds of HEAVY SHEET IRON and STEEL WORK •
and furnish estimates cheerfully.' HYDRAULIC GIANTS also one of our special-
ARMSTRONG &MORRISON1
COOK & CO.
Princeton's
Pioneer Store.
 STORES  AT	
PRINCETON   and GRANITE CREEK.
S. A. HARTMAN
ROSSLAND, B. C.
MINING AND MINES
PROMOTER OF STOCK COMPANIES.
We have first class connections and can find the necessary capital to
work and develop meritorious copper propositions in the Similkameen
country. If you have a good claim with a fine showing we will find
you a buyer.    We cordially invite your correspondence.
Respectfully,
Office: 43 Columbia Ave. S. A. HARTMAN.
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PR IMC ETON,  B. B.
THE PRINCETON   PUBLISHING €0,
'•Certificate of Improvement'! notice*, $5.00 to
$10.00 for legal lifc of notice.
advertising.
Agricultural  Exhibitions.
THE   SNARLING     OF     THE
NATIONS.
The following very apt article,
relating to the present crisis in
Chit a, appears in a late issue of
Collier's Weekly, and is well worth
reprinting:
Never, since he wrote it, perhaps,
has one poignant line of Tennyson
seemed more pertinent than now.
That line from "Locksley Hall"—
"And the nations do but murmur,
snarling at each other's heels." It
is imperatively needful that all the
great powers should unite in a
sane and expeditious plan of rescue
and pacification. But if they only
murmur, only snarl at each other's
heels, the spectacle will prove shabby and disgraceful indeed. For
that matter, not a few clear-thinking Englishmen are convinced that
it may bring about a big, calamitous European war. Japan is the
one country so positioned that she
can act with promptitude in this
bitter crisis. But Japan hates Russia for having appropriated the
spoils of her recent successful contest with China. On the other
hand Germany desires, above all
things, to conciliate the Slav. So,
of course, does France, as she incessantly shows. The reasons of
this double genuflection are obvious. But of late France has exhibited such hate of England that
it would really appear (ever since
the so-called "settlement" of the
FashgdflLiiQuJjle) as if the new antipathy were not threatening to
diminish the old. Indeed, a Conservative London journal recently
made the startling announcement
that France^durinp the pqst few
months, has beensteadily preparing
for a-naval war wit'' TMiftl'U]r1 She
has expended~£2,4oo,ooo, it is affirmed, upon special and 'extraordinary armaments, the provision   of
spare ammunition, the remodelling
of -her coast defences. Thus, in
good truth, do the nations keep up
their mutual snarlings. And in
the end, if China be invaded and
punishment dealt, one shudders to
think what turmoil of wrangling
greeds may make her the vast fresh
battlefield of our new century.
LAW AND ORDER WANTED,
Wherever the British flag floats
law and order are supposed to prevail, affording protection to those
living under it. We are sorry to
say that such is, apparently, not
the case in Princeton, as was apparent to all those who witnessed
the attempted shooting affair on
Thursday evening. A man, crazed
with liquor, draws a gun on an
other, only being prevented from
carrying out his fiendish intention
by the timely action of bystanders,
who immediately disarmed him. at
great personal risk. He is then allowed to parade the street making
all kinds of evil threats. Not satisfied with bis first murderous attempts, he returns later in the night
armed with a knife, threatening to
kill. And where is the strong arm
of the law all this time. Echo
answers where. Surely it is high
time the citizens were rising up and
demanding proper protection from
such aces as these. If our present
constable is incapable of performing
his duty, let us have one that is,
and that without delay.
There is evidently some in this
community who make light of such
violations of the law, and do not
think there is any harm in attempting a man's life, even going so far as
preventing an officer discharging
his duty in such a case. The sooner
such ideas are dispelled the better,
for British law we must have, and
have it respected, too.
Emperor Willie refuses to be
bluffed by the Bear, and in turn orders him out of China.
The Local Legislature adjourned
l   Tuesday  last.    The   members
will no doubt enjoy a much needed
rest.
Mayor Van Wyck, of New York,
has got the frost from the people of
that city, so it is said. No wonder ;
he tried to get a corner on the ice
trust. 	
The sum voted by the Imperial
Government to carry on the war in
South Africa is something over
seventy-five million pounds. A
pretty costly business, outside of
the lives that it has cost.
Mr^Wm^Sloan, of Nanaimo, has
been asked to run as an independent candidate at the approaching
federal election for the seat   lately
occupied by Mr. W. B. Mclnnes.
Mr. Sloan would make an exceptionally good member, though
probably not so windy as "My boy
Willie." 	
The U. S. postoffice department
has decided to maintain the mail
communication between the United
States and Nome city throughout
the winter by the overland route,
This will be some satisfaction to
the many unfortunates who were
led to seek their fortunes in the
brightly painted gold fields of No
The Dawson Daily News hits it
abo"uf light, w lieu it says that one
the principal reasons English companies have not made a financial
success of mining in the Klondike,
particularly, is because they send
out as managers men who
totally incompetent to conduct the
business, whose only qualificati
are that they have the pull.
The . passing by the Provincial
Legislature, of the bill to enable
the construction of the Grand Forks
& Kettle rivertraikeSd, is regarded
with the greatest satisfaction in
Grand Forks. It is there expected
that the railroad   now   authorized
ill be built speedily and on being
connected with a line running south
to the mining country, in which
are the Republic and other mines,
se large shipments of Washington ores, useful for fluxes, to be
made "to the Granby smelter.
The resolution declaring that, in
the opinion of the House, the salaries of the Supreme and County
Court judges should be placed on
an equality with those of the Ontario judges, is a very reasonable
one. We are aware that some
grounds can be given why judges
in certain provinces should receive
higher salaries than in others. In
order to secure the services of leading members of the bar, the salaries
in the larger provinces must necessarily be somewhat higher than in
the smaller provinces. But British
Columbia is a province where all
the conditions are such that the
salaries here should be put at as
high a figure as in any part of Canada. The amounts involved in litigation here are frequently very
large; the questions are important;
the earnings of leading members of
the bar are very considerable, and
the expenses of living here are
great. We think the case made
out for the increase of pay is unanswerable.—Colonist.
^        NOTICE, /fay ?
Sixty days after date I intend to  apply to  the
Chief Commissioner of Lands and  Works for
ission to purchase 340 acres  of land, as fol-
 :   Starting from a post planted on the south
bank of the Similkameen river, joining the west
iary line of Indian reserve, and following
rarseof the  said  river  100  chains  west;
of Indian reserve;   thence30 chains  north  to
more or less.
s notice was posted up on the  20th  day of
COUNTY   COURT.
Honor Judge Spinks
JOHN W. PECK & CO.
Wholesale Clothing
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Mens* Furnishings.
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Correspondence Solicited from the Trade.
Careful   and   Prompt   Atention   to all
LETTER ORDERS.
Parkinson &
Femerstonhaugh
FAIRVIEW, B. C.
PRINCETON, B. C.
PROVINCIAL LAND SURVEYORS
CIVIL ENGINEER
and NOTARY PUBLIC.
Surveys on the Similkameen  Promptly
Attended to.
H. A. WMLLANS, M. D.
PHYSICIAN
and
SURGEON.
MiGill Graduate. Prlnemton, B. B
W. J. WATER/IAN, M. E.
F. a. S. M. A, I, n. E., Etc.
Examination, Development and Management of Prospects, Claims
and Mines Undertaken.
P. O. Address, PRINCETON, R C
J. CHARLES McINTOSH,
BARRISTER, SOLICITOR
AND
 NOTARY PUBLIC	
PRINCETON, B. C.
.. JAMES HISLOP	
c
MINING AND CIVIL ENGINEEB.
PROVINCIAL UND SURVEYOR.
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9fc.
BRITAIN'S   ENEMIES
In South Africa and China are
Being Brought to Time.
Kruger  Takes to   the   Mountains-
Serious International Complications
Likely to Occur in China.
General Baden-Powell, a few days ago,
attacked Gen. Grobelaar, near Warnj
Baths, and then prepared to bivouac a
night. As soon as it was dark, Baden
Powell's whole force made a detour anc
at down was sixteen miles in Grobeh
Baden-Powell tapped the Boer line to
Petersburg, and sent an urgent request
for reinforcements. The Boer commandant wired that a train would leave immediately. Thereupon Baden - Powel 1
prepared to waylay the train, but the
Boers learned of his presence. Baden-
Powell then summoned Grobelaar's force
to surrender. The negotiations were
ceeding when the British commander
was last heard from.
Reports are received  at Vlackfonti
that the Boers are disheartened.
General  Botha, before  his   flight,,
plied to the burghers, reminding them of
their promise to make   a   last  stand   at
Machadodorp, but they would not   fight
again, running away out of shame.
Late despatches from Lord Roberts
show that the British are getting a firm
hold on the Delagoa bay railway. Sir
Redvers Buller's mounted troops have
reached Nooit Gdacht, where nearly
3,000 British prisoners, who were confinec
by the Boers, have been released.
It is uncertain whether the main body
of General Botha's army is retiring east
or north toward Lydenburg. In the former case the end of the campaign shoulc.
be close at hand; otherwise guerrilla
operations may be further prolonged.
Meanwhile a little more fighting, probably on a small scale, is reported from
the Orange river colony, near the Basuto
frontier, which shows that resistance is
not entirely stamped out, even in that
quarter.
President Kruger,  with   some   of his
chief officials, is at Pilgrim's Rest, i
wild, mountainous district   northeast  of
Lydenburg.       	
THE CHINESE MIX-UP.
A special London despatch from Berlin
says it is rumored fWmany has rejected
the Russian proposal for the withdrawal
of thetroops. and has made a counter
proposal that Russia shall retire, leaving
the other nations  to~Tollow   their   own
Shanghai reports are to the effect that
heavy French reinforcements are landing
at Taku. Li Hung Chang, it is stated,
has told a diplomatist that Russia, considering the mission to Peking accomplished, has agreed to request the powers
to follow her example and withdraw her
ministers and troops. The French <
sul, however, declares that such a request
to France is entirely improbable.
According to a news agency's reports,
there is not much doubt in London official circles as to the attitude of Great
Britain. It is pointed out that the withdrawal from Peking at the present moment without a definite understanding
with the Chinese government, would be
simply courting a recurrence of recent
events. No understanding by Li Hung
would compensate for the difficulties of
further negotiations.   Until the powers
receive a direct assurance from the Chi
nese government, England is not prepar
ed to withdraw her troops.
The course of the British government
is being awaited with keen interest, no
only for its effect upon the present question, but because of the pait it will have
in maintaining the accord between the
powers. There is a noticeable feeling
among some of the foreign representa
tives at Washington that Great Britain
will decline to accept the plan and wil
thereby become isolated from the rest of
the powers. '
The Czarjias ordered Gen. Linevitch,
the entire Russian forces, m. De Giers
and legation staff, to leave Peking . im
mediately, and go to Tientsin.
Upon the receipt of the first news from
China, Emperor William wrote to the
officer commanding the German navy in
the far east, that   he   must   bombard   a
The foreign officer prevented the cabling
message.
oftne"
Business with the stage lines  rum
nto Phoenix has been   better   the   laft
NOTICE.
iven that  thirty days  afte
>tice is hereby given that thirty days after
I intend to apply on behalf of the Dominion
solidated Mines Company, Limited, of Fair-
r, to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and
ks for a special license to cut and carry away
>er  from   the  following described  tract of
r. B. C„ this 23rd day of July,
, PARKINSON, P. L. S.,
ar the Dominion Consolidated
Certificate of Improvement.
FRISCO MINERAL CLAIM, situate in the Si
kameen   Mining Division of Yale Dist
Where Located:—On Copper mountain
TAKE NOTICE that I, J. D. Anderson, P. ]
of Trail, B. C, acting as agent for David A. S
 _.e No. B7446, intend, sixty-days fror
date hereof, to apply to the Mining Recorder fo
a certificate of Improvements, for the purpose 0
obtaining a Crown Grant of the above claim.
And further take notice that action, under sec
tion 37, must be commenced before the issuanc
of such Certificate of Improvements.
NOTICB.
Certificate of Improvements.
MANTON FRACTIONAL   MINERAL C
Osoyoos  Mining  Divii
pFairviei
Yale District.
Where	
TAKE NOTICE that I, R. H. rarmnson, r.
C. No. B5822, as agent for the Dominion C
solidated Mines Co.,Ltd, Free Miner's Certifl<
No. B5622, intend, sixty days from the date hi
of, to apply to the Mining Recorder for a Create of Improvements, for the purpose of ol
And further take notice thatactior
must be commenced before t
Certil
tion 37, must be comm<
of such Certificate of Is
RICH.iRD H. PARKINSON,!
ADMESTISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
In the matter of the estate of Hugh Mc-
Diarmid, the younger, lately   of the
village of Princeton in   the   County of
Yale in the Province of British Columbia, miner, deceased.
Notice is hereby given  pursuant to the
Trustees   and  Executors  Act,  of the  Revised
Statutes of the  Province  of British Columbia.
1897, that ail creditors end others  having claims
against the estate of the said Hugh McDiarmid,
junior, who died on or about the 25th day of May,
1899, are required, on or before  the  15th  day of
to John'A. Kirfcpatr*-*- J
; of the persanal effects of the said de-
, the full particulars of their
cuum, tne statement of their accounts and the
nature of the securities, if any, held by them.
And further take notice that after such last
mentioned date, the said Administrator will proceed to distribute the assets of the deceased
among the parties entitled thereto, having regard
only to the claims of which he shall then have
notice, and the said Administrator will not be
liable tor the said assets or any part thereof to
any person or persons, of whose ciaims notice
shall not have been received by him at the time
I  i  I i  I i  I
*   &   *   M    M   M   M
THE   HOTEL
TULAMEEN
GEO. W. ALDOUS
=PROPRIETOR=
PRINCETON,   B. C
*
to
M. P.Gordon,
MANUFACTURERS   OF   AND
DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF
FURNITURE, CARPETS, OILCLOTHS, WINDOW SHADES, CURTAINS, CAMP BEDS,
CORNICE POLES, PICTURE FRAMING.****
ESTIMATES FOR HOTEL, OFFICE
AND ALL OTHER FURNITURE
FURNISHED   ON   APPLICATION.
Kamloops, B.C.
The James Robertson Co. Ltd.
VANCOUVER, B. C.
Manufacturers of Lead Pipe, Shot, Traps, White
 LEAD  PAINTS,   Etc	
Jobbers In Wrought, Cast or Steel  Pipe   and Fittings, Metals  and Steam
Fittings.   Write for Quotations.
HBAD OFFICE
MONTREAL,  QUE.
Branches Toronto, St. John, T
THE JAMES ROBERTSON CO., LTD,
I Princeton Meat Market f
< WARDLE & THOMAS V
I Ordars for Mining Camps promptly attended   to <
f and delivered.
 THE   SIMILKAMEEN  STAR.
Give Us Chilliwack.
.," he said, as he walked into t
(its', "where is your long distaij
Canadian Pacific
Navigation CO.
"ir/flie   Table   No.   SI
nd i
id:
the
And then he calmly an)
ped off to sleep.
When he wokeupheo
phone company $16,90.
large farm |
and who rais
the best phei
■11 recently, says the Van-
Mr. Weaver expressed
f forcibly ami contended'
d like to
irds dead
VICTORIA  TO  VANCOUVER  da)
Monday, at 7  o'clock  a.  m.   Regul
steamer will leave Victoria at midnight w n
day and Thursday and Vancouver at midnighl
Wednesday and Friday.
VANCOUVER TO vl
arrival of C. P. Raiiwt
freight steamers will leave vice
Tuesday and Thursday and Vai
011 Wedneadr- -~
&
■ 111- -il.iy and lr"|.l.i>
fSTER ROUTE.
LEAVE NEW WESTMINSTER FOR VICTORIA and way porta—Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday at 7 o'clock a. in.
Steamer Beaver leaves NEW WESTMINSTER
for chilliwack and way landings, Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday at 8 a. m., connecting at
Minion City with C. F. R. from Vancouver.
Returning, leaves Chilliwack for New Westminster, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday at. 7 a.
111., connecting with boat for Victoria.
Pa ace Livery
<£ STABLES <£
KFREMEOS, B. C.
D. J. DNTN1S, Prop.
Travellers   from   the Boundary
District     can    secure     horses
Run in Connection with Keremeos Hotel
Special Stage
A Special Stage will leave
Spences Bridge for Princeton and way points every
Monday morning at 6 a. m.
arriving at Princeton Wed-
iesda'
'ictoria for Alberni, Ahouset
st, 7th, 14th and zoth of each
: later trips  to Quatsino and
Company reserves the right   of
Returning:    Leaves Princeton Friday   morning   at 6-
Bridge on Sunday.
JAS. SMITH, Propr
JOHN LOVE £ CO.
DRUGGISTS AND
STATIONERS.
Presriptions .^Carefully.* Compounded.
Orders by mail or stage promptly
CLAIMS STAGE
UNE
Leaves Kamloops for Quilchena and
Nicola Lake every Monday.
Leaves Nicola Lake for Kamloop,
every Friday at 6 a. m.
PRINCETON ROUTE.
Leaves Spences Bridge for Nicolas
. Coutlees, Nicola Lake, Granite
Creek and . Princeton every
Thursday at 6 a. m.
Leaves Princeton for Spences Bridge
and intermediate points every
Sunday at 7 a. m.
Carry flail and   Express.
me Sunset Copper Mining Co., m.
%y^^C Owning and Operating
The SUNSET Minem
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
0 /line.   It is an investment!  No Speculation !   Ore
.enough in sight to return 100 percent, on amount
invested.   BUY TODAY before advance in price.
APPLY TO
Rm Am BROWN,
President and Oen'l Manager
Sunset Shares Will Make You Rich.
Princeton or Grand Fonts.
I
Ri
 THE   5IMILKAMEEN  STAR.
j Mining News \
In Boundary Mines.
Last week the Sunset in Deadwood
camp, sent out another car of ore. I
Over 2,000 tons of ore have been shipped from the Golden Crown.
Business with the stage lines running
into Phoenix has been better the lai t
two weeks.
The raise in the east drift of the War
Eagle is through to the surface.
Reports from the Mountain View, in
Summit camp, are to the effect that the
drift is coming into good ores.
The crosscut in the railway tunnel in
the Snowshoe is in ore 45 feet. The new
70 horsepower boiler is now all bricked
in and steam all ready to get up.
Four cars of Brooklyn ore were sent
out up to Thursday, and two more are
expected to be shipped to the Trail
smelter today. With an average of 27
tons each, the shipmant  represents   162
Ore is being hauled . from the Athel-
stan by Docksteader Bros., for shipment.
David Oxley now devotes all his time to
superintending development, and is putting up a boarding house at the mine.
Up to last night the shipments from
Old Ironsides and Knob Hill aggregate
225 cars, or about 6,700 tons of ore. The
amount will grow much faster next
week, when the output is expected to
double up ten cars daily. — Phoenix
Pioneer.
Slocan News.
S. Norman, of Spokane, paid another
visit to the St. Keverne last week, and
has evidently changed his plans, for the
property was shut down after a short
spell of work upon it.
The Silver Bell, near McGuigan, is
once more at work. Manager Leete returned from Spokane last week and put
four men to work.
A quick shipper is the Mascot, which
the Ruth company bought a short time
since from Mike Kerliu after he made the
sensational find thereon. Clean ore has
already been sacked.
The Minnesosa concentrator is almost
finished and the tram is now being rapidly constructed. The cable is 16,000 feet
long.
After'shipping twelve tons of ore last
week from the Omega, near Sandon,
Beatty and Dockstader, of Cody, have
thrown up their lease.
M. Gintzberger has returned to the
Slocan, bringing the news that work on
the Ajax fraction is to be pushed vigorously throughout the winter.
It is reported from Slocan city that J.
Frank Collom has bonded the Spiculitor I
g.oup on
fco.ooo.
Springer creek, adjoining
1.   Ttebondis for one yea
NOTICE.
heretj given that  thirty days a
me McCoskery, intend to apply to
nissioierof  Lands and Works   fo
31-cspect for coal, on the  following
d: Commencing at initial Post, th
Dated August 27th, 1900.
GEORGE MCC<
VIRGINIA, ALABAMA aND NOONDAY  Mil
TAKE NOTICE that I, John D. Audersoi
P. L. S. ofTitil, JB. C, Free Miner's Certifical
No. B39356, for myself and as agent for John !
Clute, Free Miner's Certificate No. 33677x1, (Tru
apply to the Mining Recorder for Certificates 1
Improvemei t*. for the purpose of obtninin
Crown Gratis cfthe above claims.
And further take notice that action, under se
tion 37, must le commenced before the kwuan<
of such Certificc tes of Improvements.
J. D. ANDERSON,
Dated this 1: th day of June, A. D. 1900.
NOTICB.
Ctiiicate of   Improvements.
MaFEKING   and kimbkrley
MINERAL CLAIMS, situate in
Where Located:—Camp Hedley.
TAKE NOTICE, that I, R. H. Parkinson (Free
Miner's Certificate No. B58865) intend, sixty dayi
rom the date hereof, to apply to the Mining Re
if such certificate of improve:
Dated this 5 :st day of July, 1900.
17-26 R. H. P
PARKINSON.
NOTICE.
Notice is he: eby given that thirty days a:
date I intend to apply on behalf of the Domin
Consolidated Mines Company, Limited, of Fi
la 23rd day of July,
Dated at Fairvii
Pa ace Livery
<& STABLES ^
KEREMEOS, B. C.
D. J. INNIS, Prop.
Saddle Hoses to All Points in the Similkameen District.
Travellers from the Boundary
District can secure horses
through to Princeton.
Run in Connection with Keremeos Hotel
(JtA/  4*A/ Aft-*/
Granite
Creek..
...Hotel
1        MRS. james, Proprietor.        T
m This Hotel has always been
V Famous For the Excellence
C of its table.
The nearest point to the '
richest Silver Lead mines
in B. C, 'Summit City.'
There is more gold in
Granite Creek than has
yet been taken out.
Stopping Point for
Princeton stages.
HOTEL
HEMMEOS..
JONH NEIL.
Proprietor.
Stables   in Connetion.
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.
1  The Nearest Point to the 10 Mile
fiaSf Creek Mines.
Woodward's
...HOTEL
LOWER NICOLA.
The shortest route by 10 Miles to  I
Princeton from Spences Bridge is ]
Via Lower Nicola.
The table is supplied   with pro-  1
duce from our own gardens.
COMFORTABLE ROOMS.
Headquarters for Smith's Stage
Pioneer
i Barber
\ Shop t£-
f
HUGH COWAN, Prop. h
The First Barber Sho~
Established in the .Sin
Flie..Jaii...Ro«ii
IN HAUtCUTTINi
Opposite Post Office.
Princeton, B. C.
PRINCETON
ASSAY OFFICE.
 C. B. HARRIS
Assaycr
and
Chemist*
Accurate results Guaranteed. Re
ports will be returned on stage bringing samples.
Correspondence Solicited.
Regarding    Mining   Properties   in   the I
Sinllkamcei District.
'ropertlea   Carefully  Sampled  and  Assayed.
For the Best —™r
Table
Board
In Princeton try
MRS. WH. HAEGERMAN'S
NEW BOARDING HOUSE.
>n the table.
Board By The
I Olir We can save yOU
Wsitrh   money on yo«r
TV aiVU REPAIRING
Repairing
A full line of Watches and the
Latest Styles of Jewelery always
on hand.
W.J.KERR,
<•<_Kamloops, B. C.
 THE   SIMILKAMEEN   STAR.
A PROSPEROUS CO'Y. Hotel Driard
Big Syndicate at Phoenix are
Ail Hustle.
NICOLA LAKE.
JOHN CLARK, Propr.
Mining Met
One Hundred Cottages to be Put Up-- An ,deal Summer Resort.
Streets Graded and Plot for a big
ScbOOl House Donated. I Dining Room Service Unsurpassed.    On
JOB RICHARDS,
tten the
smelter into good run
r, after 1
nany delays, would no
attentic
n  more  energetically
oenixe
id of the busi ness.
as has b
cen intimated before, i
ention t
o erect a   large   devel
ml   her
j,- capable   of  product
m the p
roperties of the syndi
t quant
ties. ■ This is to be prep
xt sprin
z. and .electricaL-cnera
«*" R™"'ll?Y smeljier—rii
GRAND PACIFIC
.... HOTEL....
KAMLOOPS. B. C.
The nearest hotel to the Railway Station. •. Headquarters for
all people coming from Nicola
and the Similkameen.
Good Rooms. Good Table
Good Liquors, Good Sta-
«.•* bling in Connection. •*
P. A. BARNHART, Prop.
short" time  SMOKE
eSSe Tucketts
The World
May be Divided on the Questions of the
Day, but the People of Princeton are
UNITED in their Opinion -as to the
BEST PLACE to do their TRADING.
The   res
ults   c
btained by  buyers
over the
entire
Similkameen coun-
try have
made
eyes to tl
le poss
bilities of increased
Big Store
Investigate !
Some the
re are
still guided by  the
old ruts a
nd fals
e ideas.    To these
we say es
rnestlj
Investigate !
He stated th
even now
TOBACCOS, 1/1UAK5   and
CIGARETTES.
ges, which
be started
nphey are the Purest
&certai„lythe
Dest in the market.
hat it was
to   grade
end, and
Geo.LTuckeit&soiiCo.
HAMILTON, ONT.
eet. Tend-
thorough-
hortly and
CAN AID AN
PACIFIC
-th side all
"Imperial
board on
Limited"
wo of the
DAILY TOURIST CARS
ST. PAUL
toadvanp
TUESDAY and SATURDAY.
TORONTO        :&$j
'oHfC
•     WEDNESDAY
e the sea ;' the summit of
t it is 3,100 feet, then it drops
; at Greenwood, and 2,000 at
Montreal and Boston.
Trains pass Spences  Bridge as follows:
5:51-—IMPERIAL LIMITED 20:16
10:45 KAMLOOPS   LOCAL 17:4
E. J. DOYLE, W. MAXWELL,
Am Em Howse,
GENERAL MERCHANT.
PRINCETON and NICOLA.
Otter Flat Hotel
DEBARRO & THYNNE
PROPRIETORS.
FISHING AND HUNTING RESORT. BO-TS KEPT
boats kkpt FINE BOATING ON OTTER LAKE.
Nearest Stopping Place and Supply Point for Boulder Creek, Kelly Creek, Slate
Creek, and Summit  Mining Camps Mining Men and Prospectors can outfit at
Store in connection with hotel.
Hotel Jackson
J. Hi JACKSON, Sole Proprietor.
^PRINCETON
H DINING ROOM UNDER PERSONAL SUPERVISION.
if ONLY THE FINEST BRANDS OF LIQUORS AND
P CIGARS AT THE BAR FIRST-CLASS STABLE IN
M CONNECTION.
jfxf JFJi^Patrons of the Hotel Jackson can keep posted on the mining   |
III Development of the entire Similkameen.
"Oi
 m
JLpj*u<
THE   SIMILKAMEEN   STAR.
A Public Benefactress.
Editor Star—Sir: I cannot commend
too highly the public-spirited action of
Mrs. Allison in opening a school for the
teaching of her own children and those
of other residents of the immediate district. The pity is that she had not done
so long ago. It would have been of value
to herself and others in many ways. The
people of the district have long recognized and fully appreciated the energv
and self-reliance of this  lady, and  her
her actions in the past. The estimable
Mrs. Allison, during her nSw somewhat
lengthened life, has had the charge of
bringing up some sfV",fpfii rhilflrrn of
what may be taken as her own household, and who shall say that   with   this
appreciate fully the losses that have occurred through the educational deficiencies of the past. I have to regret; however, that the lesson of the past had not
impressed on Mrs. Allison one true thing.
Shall I say that the glamour of a towi -
site, named after her own estimable self,
has perverted her judgment as to the location of the school ?   In the office of a
fcouldthe
poriirt-iffHrT in flip district—that is Prince-
ton—where at least 12 pupils of school
on of judgment that has   thus   div
the instrument from   its   purpose.
I fori
, but
ild h
• of
Mrs. Allison's graces of conduct and virtues of womanhood, I could have added
the further eulogy of complete emancipation from personal   feeling   in   the   be-
Yoi
WM. BEAVIS,
......GENERAL BLACKSMITH
Expert Horse-shoer.     Wagons and Agricultural Implements Carefully Repaired
ALE WORK GUARANTEED.
J°b Printing
>
of any descriptic
just call and get •
prices and see Our
Samples.
THE STARf
Job Department
COUNTY   COURT.
Ed LALLAN |
Boots and
<$ SHOES ^
VANCOUVER, B- C.
Try Our Own Mining Boot.    9
C It is just right. 1
I.  \
Quick Returns
FROM
MALLE RY'S
Drug Store
We carry a full stock of Drugs
Proprietory Medicines, Toilet Preparations, etc. In fact everything
that an Up-to-date Drug Store
ough  to have.
Blacksmithing
and
Horseshoeing
Shop on Harold Avenue.
PRINCETON, B. C.
G. flurdoch
KEREMEOS
lie   Centre   of   the   Lower j
imilkameen Valley, 45 miles j
Lfrom Princeton.      A Mining
f and Agricultural Centre, m* <& \
LOTS NOW ON...
§f  .. .THE MARKET
BUSINESS STREETS.
THIRD AVE., 100 Feet Wide, Lots 30x120.
CORNER LOTS   $150; Inside   Lots $100.
OTHER STREETS.
CORNER LOTS $100.00.    INSIDE $75.00.
TERMS:
Terms: One-Third Cash; Balance Three and Six
Months Time.
For Further Information Apply to
R. H. PARKINSON, Fairview,
jpjpjpjpjp'E. BULLOCK WEBSTER, Keremeos.
BEALEY INVESTMENT & TRUST CO.
LIMITED.
General Agent.   GrGGnWOOd,   B.   C.
Local Agents:
The Princeton Real Estate,
Mining and Assaying Office.
JHEiEOS.
 THE   SIMILKAMEEN   STAR.
THE VERMILION FORKS MINING
AND DEVELOPMENT CO., Ltd.
OWNERS OFWHE 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 Mt., Kennedy Mt., Friday, Boulder, Granite and 20 Mile Creeks, Summit,
Roche River, Upper Tulameen and Aspen Grove.
Splendid Climate and Pure water
Enormous Agricultural Area to Draw From
Government Headquarters for Similkameen District.
"=—^-?=»»=»==========Present Prices of Lots;*=«g='= a°^^°^
from $2.00 lo $10. per from loot.
*£ *£ *&    Size of Lots 50 x ^00 Feet and 33 x 100 Feet,    m <£ *£
Send for map to
W. J. WATERMAN,
Resident Manager V. F. M. & D. Co.
m