Mineral Products of the Similkameen: Gold, Silver, Platinum, Copper, Lead, Iron and Coal. , Vol. iv. No. 18. PRINCETON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 1903. $2 a Year. MORE FREE GOLD FOUND Quartz Brought in hy Prospectors Containing Free Gold. D. O. Day in company with Messrs J. Snowden, Fred. Wampole and Ben Baker returned Thursday from a week's . prospecting on the headwaters of the Nine-Mile. They brought specimens of I rose quartz containing gold easily observed with the naked eye, and which they found in float. They were unab e to locate the ledge but they are confi- • dent that someone will find it. The country in which the quartz was found is covered with a deep wash and innumerable windfalls making it almost impossible to prospect the ground thoroughly. Where the formation is exposed, which is rarely, it is composed of dikes of granite, basalt, schist and diorite, which makes it a very favorable formation which to find gold bearing quartz. Mr. Day while unsuccessful in locating this gold quartz is not discouraged and intends making another effort to find it in the near future. HEDLEY PARAGRAPHED. Plenteous Opportunities There For Labor and Investment. The first police court held in Hedley was on the ioth inst., E. Bullock-Webster presiding. The case was that of a young man disturbing the peace. The prisoner was fined $25 and costs, $38 in all. Neil Huston has sold out his interest in the Commercial hotel to W. A. Mc- A meeting of the Liberal-Conservative association was held in the dining room of the Grand Union hotel on Saturday evening. C. A. Stewart, A. McDermott, R. Boling and N. McFadden were the delegates chosen for the Fairview convention. Messrs. Richter and Huston go to the coast this week taking with them a bunch of horses. Labor and business activity are predominating features here at present. A couple of mischievous youngsters disported themselves the other evening by transposing some sign boards. Boys will be boys even if they have a vote. A. Winkler, one of the proprietors of the Grand Union hotel left for the coast last week on a business visit. Wm. Martin of Princeton was a visitor to Hedley this week. Hugh Hunter, government agent at Princeton, paid Hedley a visit this week. Dr. Whillans paid his weekly professional visit last Monday. W. A. McLean has moved his camp to the flat below the stamp mill. B. Osen, who has been conducting mining operations at Boulder creek is in town for a day or two. He spent last winter in California and noted a great inquisitiveness there about the Similkameen. PROSPERITY REIGNS IN CAMP M'KINNEY Free Milling Gold — Prospecting at the Head of Nine-Mile Creek- Valuable Specimens. Two prospectors, Charles Held H. M. Gibson on their way to Slate creek, Wash., where they intend working mining and prospecting, took a rest for a couple of days at Princeton. Both are very pleased with the topography of the country and its mineral possibilities ; its healthy and pure atmosphere as as a glorious and inexhaustable preserve of scene, fish and game. Both men are union labor and will do all in their sphere of influence to support a Liberal candidate, proviso being made that he be not morally stained or a grafter after the ancient, free and rejected North Ar They are both emphatic in respect of McKinney as a mining camp, saying that there is no better camp in B.C. for dividends or wages. The Cariboo and Waterloo are two historic mines that have never deceived their holders, for since the day of their exploitation neither have ceased to be dividend payers. Both free milling gold. Camp McKinney is five miles from the surveyed route of the V.V. & E. and about 2,000 feet above sea level. Last winter there was an average of ten feet of snow throughout the camp. There are thirty miners employed the Waterloo and twenty-five in the Cari- Both gentlemen will return in time to record their votes on October 31st, and they hope that Liberal principles will predominate on that great day. They are both confident that with J. A. Schubert as the Liberal candidate nothing would stay victory. Messrs. Edmonds and Cawston, late employees of Thos. Ellis, Penticton, have bought out C. Richter's butcher business Hedley. Both gentlemen are well known throughout the district, and as faithful workmen in Mr. Ellis's employ a name for courtesy and sobriety which is sure to be appreciated. mes Hislop, P.L.S., went over to Trout creek to survey a mineral claim for Dune. Woods, on Wednesday last. Mr. Woods is a large holder of mineral properties at Hedley. He has recently sold a block of real estate at Trout creek for an indication of the interest in the construction of a railway into the Similkameen it may be stated that the letter of Frank Moberly, C.E., has exhausted the whole edition in which his letter appeared and requests for more copies come th every mail. LOCAL PARAGRAPHS HAYMAKERS SCARCE Items of General Interest and Personal Mention—Princeton is Commercial Centre of District. N. F. Townsend, P.L.S., of Rossland, arrived in Princeton Wednesday and went to Copper mountain the following day on professional business. D. J. Starwalt of Aspen Grove town awaiting the arrival of A. F. Gwin, mine broker. Mr. Starwalt believes that Aspen Grove will be a renowned camj as soon as transportation is procured The road now being built to the camt will be a great boon to miners, as it wil! facilitate the transport of goods very appreciably. Complaint has- reached here of the bad condition of the wagon road between the Wheeler and Bromley ranches down the river. By reason of a moving slide the road is continually out of repair and is a source of danger to the traveling public. The government should attend to this at once. Beneath the shade of the pines, which exhale a wholesome aroma all the year around, was forever laid on Monday last the infant boy of Mr. and Mrs. E. Waterman. No more earnest tribute of the respect in which the bereaved parents held could have been shown than that of | the attendance of all " sorts and conditions of men" at the burial rites. The Church of England service of obedience and reverence to the dead was read by the Presbyterian pastor, Rev. J. Stewart. At the graveside Mr. Waterman acknowledged the manifestations of sympathy in the presence of neighbors and by token of wreaths of pansy, sweet pea and clematis which were tenderly strewn on the little mound. A. Gallinger is in town from Boulder Creek and reports good prospects in the work of development now going on. He has great faith in the future of Boulder creek and is encouraged in this belief as the work progresses. Just now Mr. Gallinger is encountering a little difficulty with gas in the shaft but hopes to over come it with improved ventilation. J. Wallace was chosen a third delegate 1 the Fairview Conservative convention the 15th at the meeting held iday night. There will be five s in all—Judge Murphy from Otter Flat and F. P. Cook from Granite Creek ; as well as Messrs. Goldsborough and Russell make the contingent from this end of the riding. Haymakers are very scarce just now. A few itinerant miners were impressed : service but they are not the kind to cure hay when there is a diift to be made in a rich ore body. Miners and hay are as incongruous as air and NICOLA NOTES. Great Coal Strike on the Coldwater— A Good Place to Invest. Frederick Buscombe, a prominent merchant of Vancouver, is here looking over the various mining camps of this locality. Mr. Buscombe has set a commendable example to others of Vancouver's business men in coming into this important mineral section and making personal acquaintance of both mines and mining men. Few of the merchants in that city' realize the importance of a personal inspection of this mineral and agricultural district which lies so near their doors. As a matter of business it would repay many fold the expense of a visit. The future of this district is very bright. A railroad is an urgent necessity and that cannot be much longer delayed. A great strike of coal has been made on the Coldwater by Messrs. Dell King, J. W. Murray, M. Olsen, J. Murray, J. Chapman, Martin Olsen, J. Shiels and others who have located claims. The strike is about 12 miles from Coutlee. The coal seams are very similar to those found at Anthracite. These immense coal deposits are of the best coking quality and were never believed to be so extensive as are now proven by this recent find. There is now estimated to be about 500,000 acres of coal land in Nicola. The above gentlemen are to be congratulated on their good luck. G. M. Rigden, vice-president and general manager of the Golden Canyon Mining and Milling Co., operating at Granite creek, passed through here recently. He will begin work on the company's properties immediately. LOCAL NEWS NOTES. The organ fund has had a most popular reception by citizens. It is hoped that by next week as subscriptions are honored a statement will be announced of receipts and disbursements. . A. D. Worgan of Allison was in town^^ Monday evening in attendance at the Conservative meeting. Mr. Worgan is of the old type of British soldier whose tactics consisted of " slash and carry," and "no surrender." He followed General (Lord) Roberts to Canda- har and shared with him the glories of the campaign that taught the Burmese submission rather than predatory warfare. Mr. Worgan has served his king id country with a zeal that deserves to be remembered with all the eloquence of libra, solidus, denarius. Messrs. P. Russell, R. O. Cramer and M. K. French went to Copper Mountain yesterday to assist Mr. Townsend with his surveying. C. O. French was down from his claims on Granite Creek several days this week F. W. Groves, P.L.S., has been at Hedley for the past two weeks. THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR August 15, 1903 The Similkameen Star The Princeton Publishing Co. A. E. Howse, Manager. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Domestic^ One Year, - •. $2.00 Foreign, One Year, $3.00 Payable Invariably In Advance. • Subscribers will confer a favor on this office by promptly reporting any change in address or rregularity in receipt of their paper. Advertising rates furnished on application. Four weekly insertions constitute one month THE RAILWAY AGE. The latter half of the nineteenth century and the twentieth thus far, will be historically known as the "railway age" of Canada. For, turn where one will throughout this wide Dominion railways are in process of building or projected. The evolution on the plains from the old shaganappi carts of the Hudson's Bay company to that of the modern steel freight car carrying more than a train of ioo of those primiti%re carts, has been ace plished within a score of years. The Northwest Territories would still have remained the great lone land it formerly was had it not been for the advent of the railroad. The busy towns that now dot the country were but a few years ago isolated outposts on the very fringe of civilization. Where now. the iron horse puffs and blows the red man and the buffalo stalked the breezy steppes never sniffing the danger of annihilation and soon the total decimation of the Indian The transformation from savage to a civilized people, from wild beast to domestic animal, and from knee deep wild grasses to the fields of waving grain and exuberant vegetable has been so rapid that it staggers anyone not accustomed to western development. Thousands of settlers teeming into the hew cc try and other thousands waiting for the railway to push on north west to the gold fields and fertile valleys of the far northland. Without the railway all this development and progress were impracticable. If the young and plethoric Dominion is ever to reach out into the, comparatively, great unknown northern latitudes the time was never more opportune. The pulse beats of the nation are quickening and thanks to a wise Liberal administration the financial condition of the country could not easily be bettered. Standing on the threshold of great opportunities and a vast railway enterprise the people of Canada would be recreant to all sense of duty and gratitude were they to withhold their moral and voting support of the Liberal party. The Grand Trunk Pacific railway will accomplish more for Canada than any other enterprise of a like nature. It is a well known truth that an individual thrown upon his own resources is more susceptible of expansion and development than the coddled, pampered person. So is it with the Grand Trunk Pacific railway company. The company gets no land grant, and is thrown upon its capacity and ability to construct and maintain the road as best it may. Right enough the government loans assistance but stops at that as the principle of remuneration to the people runs through the whole bargain. With the C.P.R. it was different. That company got enough in land and cash to build the transcontinental line, since when this company has stood at the door of the house of commons every session with hand extended for release of taxes, or foreshore privilege, &c, &c. The Similkameen people are quite alert to their needs. All they ask is fair play. If the Dominion government is ready to assist a railroad into an unpeopled country and little explored it certainly ought not to be averse to a railway entering the Similkameen and Nicola districts where explorations and development fully warrant the immediate construction of a railway. There ought not to be any further hindrances by way of legislation or subsidy re the construction of a railway to these districts seeing that they are well settled and contain more mineral to the square mile than any other part of the Domin- EDITORIAL NOTES. 18,140 miles of railway and a population of less than six millions. Not a bad showing for a new country. ' Onward Canada! A railroad to the Peace river country and one to the Similkameen district will give Canada a great boost. No unemployed and ) deficits, prosperity smiles on all. Only 120 miles from tidewater, it seems unpardonable that Princeton should be so neglected—no telephone, no telegraph, no railway ! We might better be in Timbuctoo. When the Canadian Pacific railway was built the croakers said : Two streaks of red rust across the continent" Is there one rusty rail from the Atlantic to the Pacific now ? We trow not. aarft&i When Tarte resigned from the Liberal government the Conservative press predicted all sorts of dire things for the ministry, and now that Blair has resigned the day of retribution is at. hand (sic). It is a matter of fact that the government was never stronger, owing to these resignations. Blair was a burden, by reason of his non-progressive' railway policy—Tarte was a political weathercock and therefore unreliable. CHURCH NOTICE. August 9—Service 7 p.m. in school house NOTICE. A sitting of the County Court of Yale will be held at Princeton on Monday, October 12th, 1903, at 10 o'clock, a.m. By Order, HUGH HUNTER, Registrar County Court. Princeton, July 28th, 1903. NOTICE. Triangle Fraction mineral claim. Situate in the . Similkameen Mining Division of Yale di trict. Where located: On Copper Mou igent for Arthur E. Thomas. freeJttL„ :ate No." B72022, and William H.JThoi niner's certificate No. 872024, intend, si torn the date hereof/to apply to the Mining Re- NOTICE. ling division of Yale < ted: Copper Mountain eNo. that I, Edgar E. Burr, free miner's d<:„(53 acting for self and agent foi icate No. B42433; Le Baron DeVeber, fir's certificate,' ^£56795; Elmer a'. Ralf, fir's certificate No. B75343; and Hannibal i, free miner's certificate, No. B63374. Wtei sixty days from the date hereof, to apply to tl Mining Recorder for a Certificate of Improv tits. for. the purpose of obtaining a Crov tionD37, must be commenced before of such Certificate of Improvement Dated this 2nd day of July, 1903. NOTICE. Mining Division of Yale Dii t I, David O. Day, acting a _ inch, Free Miner's certificate No. B77152. _ _ Miner's certificate ,No. 63369,! in^endj.sixty days from date hereof,to apply to tte-jKiriing Reco j obtaining a Crown Grant of the above claii And further takenotiee'that action/under ion 37, must be commenced before the issu fsuch Certificate of Improvements. , Dated this 30th day of. June, A.D. 1903. NOTICE. rHIRTY days from date I intend to apply the Chief Commissionsr of Lands and Wor__ m- a licence to prospect for coal on the following escribed lands, situated on Lindlay Creek:- Commencing at a post marked J. C. f laker's north-east corner, being the soutli M-ner of J. B. Humphrey's coal -claim, tl } chains west, 80 chains south, 80 chains ea hains north, back to post, containing in all 640 J. C. SCHUMAKER. W. MURRAY, Agent. Located June 23,1903. Commencing at a post marked lames Leserve, thence west 80 chains, thence of A. Reynolds' coalclaii r. MURRAY, Agent. NOTICE. located — On Copper Mountain, Take Notice that we, William Alfred Cooper and Alfred Joseph Cooper, Free Miners' Certificates B54742 and B54743 respectively, intend, sixty days from the date hereof, to apply to the ments, for the purpose of obtaining a Crown Grant of the above claim. And further take notice that action, under sec- of such Certificate of Improvements. Dated this Thirteenth day of May, A.D. 1003. WILLIAM ALFRED COOPER. JOSEPH COOPER. Copper Cliff and Copper Bluff Mineral Claims, Ion of Yale District. Where located:— Copper Mountain. Take notice that I, Peter Edmond Wilson, Free Miner's Certificate No. B51146, intend, sixty days from the date hereof, to apply to the Mining Recorder for a Certificate of Improvements, for the purpuse of obtaining a Crown Grant of the above And further take notice that action, under section 37, must be commenced before the issuance of such Certificates of Improvements. Dated this 29th day of April, A.D. 1903. j 20 NOTICE. MOTICE Is hereby given that sixty days after I ~ date I Intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase 160 acres of mountain pasture land in ^J^L90.'™?????^ Aspen Grove, April A Strong Combination. Manitoba Hard Wheat and the Lake ofu|tlpJ& Woods Milling Co'y, Combine to produce the finest grade of flour on the market. Try Best Patent Brand. JAS. J. LOUTIT, Agent, Box 158 Vancouver, B. C. For Connoisseurs Only. Can be had at all first-class hotels throughout the province. R.P.RITHET&CO.,Ld. VICTORIA, B. C, Sole Agents. TliCMTFS Myrtle Navy Tobacco Largest Sale in Canada J August 15, 1903. THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR PRINCETON PARAGRAPHS J. M. Hitchings is still engaged at prospecting on Granite Creek. Bob Woods, has completed his assess, ment on his Roche River property for this year. He has sunk a 20-foot shaft on a 20-inch lead of quartz carrying a good per cent, of copper glance as well containing quantities of free gold. He reports everything looking fine and thinks the future of the camp is assured. Dan Ross, of Granite. Creek, visited Princeton last week. The municipal tramways of Sheffield, England, show a profit for the past 12 months of over ^"28,000, a large proportion of which will be devoted to the relief of rates. The recent find on the Helen H. Gardner, of which mention was made last week, is still causing no little talk. The claim is owned by Chas. Saunders and Jesse Miller, of Grand Forks, in stead ofl Greenwood parties as stated. School is expected to re-open or 23rd, when Miss M. L. Whillans will resume her duties as tutor to the youth of Princeton and vicinity. Prospector's Remarks. Editor. Star:—Dear Sir:—Since I left Princeton, I have seen a little of the Tulameen country, one of the ma: arteries of your town, and will now sj that the Similkameen mining district one of the most promising mining belts that I have ever seen. Of course development, as is well known, is in the embryonic stage but I presume, judging from immediate surface and shallow digging showings that are in a radius of 25 miles of Princeton there are dozens of mines just awaiting the necessary capital to make them large producers. In brief there are prospectors here from all parts of the globe, and they have got all si: all kinds and all values of ore. I find that the country is well supplied with timber, water and feed for stock, also an occasional good ranch, very good roads, but no trails into the hills except what the prospectors cut out themselves. I was under the impression that the country was all staked, such is not the case, there are good prospects to be located yet within a mile or two of the rivers, as proof of this statement, I, myself, found and located ore one-half mile | north of the north end of Otter Flat. Otter Flat, Aug. 10 1903. J. J. Markes and Mike Brodager have decided to prospect their Big Zone mine, about 8 miles up Twenty-Mile creek from Hedley City. Such obscure things as this one year ago, is not seen and understood in a minute. An apprehension ofl this import comes only of study and detailed observation, which, after all would amount to little without a liberal e tance of the prospector's guide, the pick and shovel. By such work the ow of the Zone mine have demonstrated the probability of it being one of the A i's of the Yale mining district. There is laying on the south side and running parallel with the. quartz a zone of arsenical iron 30 to 50 feet in width. Averages from a 5x7 shaft gave $22.60 at 4 feet and $60 at 7 feet depth. The quartz lead cuts like a true fissure through different formations from granite on the west to andesite on the east where the ore zone widens to a great width. Owing to the fact of its being covered it is in fact hard to tell the real width, one cut of 75 feet shows ore all along and pans gold. After a careful and detailed examination of the property I have come to the same conclusion, as other men of experience who have seen it, that it has all the ear marks of a mine. Prospector. | Notice of Forfeiture. To McNeil, Barry and Clabon, of Rossland, Take notice that after the publication hereof I once each week for ninety days, j ou fail or refuse to contribute your portion of the expenditure required by section 24 of the " Mineral Act," being chapter 133, Revised Statutes of British Columbia, 1897, in respect of th* Copperania the Similkameen Mining Division of- Yale Dist- :r jjugh^ennedy, of ie by you in respect of said min- eluding costs, is $io< HUGH KENNBDY. mm SS- ; Located 28th Jnly. 1903. Sr2 E* J* DUNSMOOR Phm.B. Chemist Druggist Stationer] Hedley City* - B*C. A Freah Stock of Drug* « Chamloala All the Lata Magazine* Mali Ordara Promptly and Carefully Attended to ' PELLEW-HARVEY, BRYANT & GILMAN, M PROVINCIAL C| THE VANCOUVER ASSAY OFFICE, ESTABLISHED 1890. Analysis of Coal and Fireclay a'Specialty. Complete Coking Quality Tests. Beliable PLATINUM Assays. VANCOlSiER. B. C. 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C MANTJFACTUBEBS OF Clothing, Top Shirts and Underwear. If you want First Class Footwear Insist upon ------- J. D. KING CO'S BOOTS & SHOES Nothing equals them for Style, Fit, Finish and Wear. riaple Leaf and King Quality Rubbers. WHOLESALE ONLY. Vancouver, B. C. J. LECKIE CO., Limited. The Vancouver Breweries, lm. BREWERS OF THE FAMOUS Cascade Beer Ginger Beer a* Alexandra Stout H Alexandra Ale For sale throughout British Columbia in all the first- class Hotels, Liquor Stores and Saloons. The Amalgamated D0EWNG& MARSTRAND & RED CROSS BREWERIES VANCOUVER, B.' C THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR August 15, 1903 Gold in Trees. The item in last week's Star referring to the copper-stained tree seemed to be almost incredible to some. The following taken .from the American Inventor, {would seem to substantiate the fact that copper has liquefying properties as well as gold: "Chemists have long suspected that gold might slowly dissolve in surface water. Dr. Lungewitz came to the con | elusion that if the surface water concained dissolved gold at all, however small the quantity, it should naturally be drawn up by the roots of trees in the near vicinity, and would there appear in more " substantial form. Accordingly he selected a number of trees growing in the neighborhood of lodes and placers, had them ^-felled and cut them into pieces of convenient size. After the bark had been removed with about one inch of the outside wood, the pieces were placed upon a clean sheet of corrugated iron and fired. The ashes, which yet contained grains ofl charcoal, .weie then collected and as- The experiment was not a distinct success. While gold was undoubtedly present, its quantity was so infinitely small that an accurate estimation of its amount .. of "fineness. woar out of the question. As these trees were of the soft wood variety - it was decided to. try the hard wood. The ;: ashes of some so called iron-wood trees yielded between io cents and 40 cents worth of gold to the tori. The branches proved to. be richer in gold than in any other part of the tree heretofore tested. In one instance the ashes yielded no less than $1.17 worth ofl gold to the ton, while in many cases the assay showed a return of over $1 per ton. Metal Product of Canada. The value of minerals, metals, produced in Canada during 1902 was as follows: Copper, $4,553,695 ; gold, $20 741.- 245 ; iron ore, $1,065,019 ; lead, $935)870; uickel, $5,025,903 ; silver, $3,280 957 ; pig iron from Canadian ore, $1,043,011 ; other metals. $1,068 ; total value, $35,- 653.768. Natural Compass. In the tropical northern territory of] South Australia travellers need not carry a compass. Nature has provided a living compass for them. The district abounds with the nests of the .magnetic or meridian ant. The longer axis of these nests, or mounds, is always in a perfect line with the parallel of latitude, pointing due north and south. Scientists cannot plain this peculiar orientation. A General Banking Business A general banking business transacted by the Bank of Hamilton. Capital $2,000,000. Reserve ' Fund $1,700,000 Interest allowed on Savings Bank deposits of one dollar and upwards from date of deposit to date of withdrawal. A. H. SKEY, Agent, Kamloops, B. C. Hotel Tulameen The Largest and Most Homelike Hotel in Princeton is now open for the travelling public. Our bar is stocked witb the Best of Wines, Liquors and Cigars. Special.efforts will be made in the Cullinary Depart-. A(tn"e"ntV and tables will be furnished with the best the market affords. §J*^j~^»5 PRINCETON, B. C. GEO. W. ALDOUS, Prop. Hotel 1 Jackson ^/w^The Leading :'HciiS^ This Hotel, Jiaving passed into new management, will be found first class in every department. ■ ■ ■ ** «* Hot and Cold Water Baths. «* ** Good Stables HotelI Jackson Princeton, B*C. vyyvwvwwvwvy^^^^ww^^v^^Wi^w Just Opened COMMHiCIAl HOTflF hpsi Class juntos Room Newii fined nediey Good Beds *Mo Chinese Employed.. l*8SSJ§#3,KAiroS, LIQUORS AND CIGARS ALWAYS IN STOCK 'T'®&«*Si|if&SPECIAL.'ATTENTION PAID TO TRAVELLERS.! ?<e^ssHJJSfFaiK § McLEAN, Proprietors PUBLIC TASTE rilflW MERE) HOTEL i Nicola lake The Hotel has been ^thoroughly renovated and refitted. Eyerything .pirst rClass. 4N6 pains spared to please the public." Table-supplied with best the market affords. Fine Wines, Liquors and^Cigars. TELEPHONE- BATH. Headquartersifor Princeton, Spence's Bridge and Kamloops .. it- gjjj • Stage Tines. August 15, 1903. THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR THE FERTILE SIMILKAMEEN. How This District Impressed an Observant Editor. The Boundary Creek Times, published | at Greenwood, in its issue of July 31st devotes nearly all of its front page to a very flattering, nevertheless true, account ' of the resources and possibilities of this district. The editor, Duncan Ross, recently made a trip through the whole district and he has embodied his impressions in a descriptive article which faithfully depicts the wealth and beauty ofl the country visited. Only space forbids reproduction of the article in full in these columns. " From Hedley City the country changes. The Similkameen river comes down at a rapid rate from the quickly ascending country until when Princeton is reached the precipitous mountains become low rolling hills. Princeton which is 25 miles from Hedley City, is easily the most picturesque spot in south eastern British Columbia. Splendidly situated at the confluence of the Tula meen and Similkameen rivers, it has sur rounding it a mining and agricultural district that will make it the metropolis of the country. But Princeton feels governmental neglect more than any other of the towns. It was a growing town three years ago. Mine owners on Cop per and Kennedy mountains went vigorously to work, confident that it was only a question of a short time until the railway would be built. Discourager by hope deferred many left the district and Princeton suffered. The big bodies of copper-gold ores are there ; the agricultural-grazing possibilities are there and when the railway does come Prince ton will be a busy, bustling town and a delightful place to live in. Its citizens are now living a strenuous life, manfully facing adverse conditions, but nothing can destroy the bright future in store for their town. Twelve miles farther on is Granite Creek, of early day placer fame, and which is again coming to the front on account of the recent discoveries of rich The trip along the Similkameen cannot be surpassed anywhere in this province for its scenic grandeur. The Iu dian reservations, it is true, comprise the best of the agricultural lands, but occasional farms cultivated by white men demonstrate the possibilities of this beau tiful valley." Of Hedley City Mr. Ross has only ex pressed the verdict of all who have seen this promising camp—it will rank with the best and be a permanent industry in the country. In brief are Mr. Ross's remarks regarding the camp, as follows " Hedley city is the only really busy town- in the Similkameen. The owners and management of the Nickel Plate are not doing much talking. Three years of development work has demonstrated that they have a mine of sufficient merit to justify an expenditure of over a million dollars in the construction of a tramway to Hedley City, in the erection of a mammoth mill at this point, in the construction of a flume from Twenty-Mile creek for water power with which they intent generating sufficient electricity to mill, tramway and mine ; and later to treat concentrates and refractory ore, There are excellent stores, good hotels and comfortable residences. Hedley a good town and is sure to grow. Of the Similkameen district, its mineral richness has so often been described in these col umns and the outrageous treatment accorded it has been so often criticizec that there can be little added now. This article is already too long and it is closec with the prophecy that as the Similka meen is sure to join other interior dis tricts in securing for this province a Lib eral government—a government which will encourage the miner and the farmer in fact will encourage all industry—a government which believes in free trade in railways and who believes no ol cles should be placed in the way of the development of a district rich in natura resources; a government for the peopli and not for corporations—with such i government the Similkameen distric; will soon take first rank as a producer < mineral wealth and as the home of numerous, contented and prosperous people." In Britain's 7100 factories there i some 976,000 employees. Subscribe for the Star, only $2 per annum., ,, j, *^?-;J|><j#< GQGQQQGQQGGQOGGQQQQGGQGGQQ Straight Party Limes. WE ARE EXCLUSIVELY SHOEMAKERS AND CAN GUARANTEE Style, Comfort and Durability IN FOOTWEAR MANUFACTURED BY US. T!^AMES\ HOLBEN Company OF .MONTREAL, LTD VANCOUVER B.C. •OOOOOOOOOQOOQOOOOOQOQOooo 1 MURALO WALL FINISH. This finish is more popular this year than ever, and has won its popularity by its dura= ^> bility, prettyftints, and the easy mode of mix= ing and applying. Put up in 23 beautiful shades and white. As your dealer for a color card or send direct to McLENNAN, McFEELY & Co., Ltd., Wholesale and Retail Hardware Merchants, VANCOUVER, B. C. LIBERAL PLATFORM 12 Sound Planks Upon Which Lib erals Will Rally for Victory. The Liberal platform, as adopted at the Provincial Liberal Convention held a; Vancouver, is as follows 1. The immediate redistribution of the constituencies of the province basis of population, but allowinga smaller unit of population per seat for the out lying districts. 2. Government ownership, Dominion provincial and municipal, of public vices of utilities is sound and should be carried out in British Columbia. 3. Should it be advisable at any time to grant aid to a railway company such shall be in cash and not in land and nc bonus of any kind shall be given with out definite and effective means being taken to safeguard the interests of the province in the management of the road control of the freight and passengei and provision made against such railway having any liability against it except for actual cost. 4. Immediate construction of the Coast Kooteuay railway, the Cariboo railway the extension of the island railway, a lailway from Alberni to a point on the east coast of the island, a road in the northern part of the province from the coast to the eastern boundary with extension to the northern boundary, the railway from Vernon to Midway by north fork of Kettle river, with necessary branch lines, ferries and connections. 5. The enforcement of the act now in force compelling the scaling of logs by government scalers. 6. That such legislation should be enacted as will result in making the lands included in the various dyking areas available for cultivation as quickly as possible and secure prompt payments of assessments when due. 7. That the government should keep in touch with the conditions in conne( tion with mining, protecting said indu; try against combines and trusts and if necessary for the purpose build and ope rite smelters and refineries. No rea«on able change should be made in the min ing laws without full notice to all partie* interested, giving full opportunity for discussion and criticism. 8. As the province can only ad- by the settlement within its borders ofl thrifty and prosperous < Orientals never become proper sense of the word, we declare it to be the duty of the government to d: courage Oriental immigration and et ployment by every means within its power, and we appeal to our fellow Lib erals throughout the Dominion to aid in our efforts to protect ourselves against the ruinous competition of men having standard of decency and comfort im mensely below that of civilized people and who shirk every duty and obliga tion of citizenship which the law wil allow them to escape. 9. The government ought to preven; the waste and suffering caused by strikes and lockouts, and an earnest effort ough to be made to provide some means o preventing .such strikes and lockouts, anc we.APProve.'the adoption of compulsory arbitration. 10. The fiscal system of the province is in need of revision. Taxation shoulc bear upon privilege rather than upon dustry, and no addition should be made to the debt of the province except for public works properly chargeable to capi tal. • 11. The retaining of the resources o the province as an asset for the benefit of the people and taking effective measures to prevent the alienation of the public domain except to actual, bona fide busi ness or industrial purposes, putting ar end to the practice of speculation in con nection with the same. 12. The construction and maintenance of roads throughout the province to aic in the development of the mining anc agricultural districts. The Leading store In Princeton \a m Good Thing Deserves Helping along Especially when its Money in Your Pocket to do so. We have placed several Lines on our Bargain Counter and put Prices on them that will Cer= tainly Make Them Go Quickly. Take a look at These Snaps. THE ■Il HOWSE COY LIMITED THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR August 15, 1903 ■: PRINCETON I:- British Columbia. i K & L • • <ots f 0 .Sale., r ». PR] Frc Pei Siz Ft. Te Ba wit cen ESENT PRICES LOTS )m$2,00to$J • Front Foot^ e of Lots 50x11 and33xJ00f rms: 1-3 Cas ♦ 3and6montl h interest at 6 f t* per annum* OF 0* 5 30 7t, 1 I >er if I Government Head- quarters For the Sindlkameen District. BEAUTIFULLY SITUATED at the Forks of the Similkameen and Tulameen Rivers. The BUSINESS CENTRE for the following Mining Camps:— Copper Mountain Kennedy Mountain, Friday, Boulder and Granite Creeks, Summit, Roche River, Upper Tulameen and Aspen Grove FINE CLIMATE and pure WATER ENORMOUS AGRICULTURAL AREA TO DRAW FROM WWWWWW w wwwwww Send for Map and Price List to <£ <& *& *& *& ERNEST WATERMAN, Resident Manager VERMILION FORKS MINING AND DEVELOPMENT CO.
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Title | Similkameen Star |
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Howse, A.E. |
Publisher | Princeton : The Princeton Publishing Company |
Date Issued | 1903-08-15 |
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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_1903_08_15 |
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Source | Original Format: Princeton and District Museum and Archives |
Date Available | 2018-03-23 |
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 | 10.14288/1.0365462 |
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Longitude | -120.507778 |
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