Mineral Products of the Similkameen and Nicola Districts are Gold, Platinum, Silver, Copper, Lead, Iron and Coal. Twice-a-Week Mail; Agricultural and Timber Lands; Water Power; Splendid Fishing; All Kinds of Game; J 44 Miles to Vancouver. Vol. iv. No. 25. PRINCETON, B.C., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1903. $2 a Year. SOME PARTING SHOT CAMPAIGN CLOSED Liberal Meeting Addressed by the Candidate—Attentive Audience -- A Rousing Appeal to Reason. Ou Wednesday evening a liberal meeting was held in the Tulameen hotel, George Aldous in the chair. ' There was good attendance and the audience, was attentive and respectful throughout. A number of the candidate's ardent supporters from Ashnola and vicinity were present. In striking contrast to some of the speakers at the Conservative meeting the night previous, Mr. McLean refrained from personal allusions or abuse, speech throughout was genteel in tone and appealed to the intelligence and son of the electors with a force that cc not fail of conviction. It was a surprise to many who had heard Mr. McLean for the first time, know that he could speak with such fluency and earnestness and withal present sensible and comprehensive views of the political situation. He won votes by his manly denunciation of political evils and the persons guilty of them, Mr. McLean will be able to advocate the rights of his constituents on the floor ot the legislative assembly in a manner that will command attention, whereas his opponent is very deficient in public speaking and would have to depend on another member to put forth his arguments. Mr. McLean in the course of his speech referred to the tactics of the Consei tive speakers in trying to villify him by stating that he was so poor he would be able to put up the election deposit of #200 and also that his personal belongings were very limited. It was only the words of a sentence the speaker required to brush away this slanderous personal abuse. "Pocr but honest," he hoped never to make money by employing the dubious business methods of his Conservative opponent. He eulogized the Liberal party for having selected men of clean record to bear the banner of the party and compared them with the Davie-Turner- Dunsmuir- McBride Conservative premiers who had well nigh ruined the province with their squandering business habits and political corruption. Mr. McLean favors a road up One-mile to Aspen Grove thus saving about twenty miles to Nicola, and he is also in hearty sympathy with the aims of the Provincial Mining Association. , The meeting Thursday night at Otter Flat was very satisfactory to Liberals. POLITICAL PARAGRAPHS. Last night the Liberal candidate for the Similkameen, and in all probability its future representative for the next four years held a grand rally at Hedley. was the last parting shot fired during the campaign, the Conservative candidate having retired from the stump the night previous.. This has been a busy week for W.'A McLean. He has been in the saddh night and day and has covered every incfc of the riding. If earnest, hard work counts for anything in a campaign then Mr. McLean is entitled to and worthy of The declared determination of the Provincial Mining Association to eliminate politics from the scope of its efforts and yet to obtain the position of each candidate for the legislature upon th( vexed questions of the mining industry will command respect. Business is best politics for British Columbia a present time. The manifesto of Liberals show how they stand on mining question. A correspondent at the coast writes that Westminster. Delta, Chilliwack and Richmond will turn down the McBride candidates. It appears that the man who carrie purse for the Conservative candidate 'touched' to the tune of #310 in a Hedley hotel on Tuesday night. There is food in this bit of news for reflection. Snrely half that amount would cover the penses of the travellers. Was the other half a boodle fund ? W. C. McLean, of Nelson, was i Princeton a few days this week lookin over his interests here and at Ashnoli He reports the political outlook at Ne son as decidedly in favor of the Liberal candidate, Mr. Taylor, and that Huston has lost ground through the errors of his party and his own domineering spirit. John L. Retallack, Liberal candidate for Kaslo, in opposition to the Hon. Bob Green, has had a very successful candidature thus far and it is beyond doubt that he will be elected. Placing the lowest conservative estimate on the Liberal majority in the next house there will be twenty-six Liberals and sixteen Conservatives. Princeton Public School. The monthly report of the Princeton public school is gratifying to all cerned. The attendance is increasing steadily and the progress of the scholars is particularly marked. Following is the honor roll for September: Fourth reader, Janet Findlay; third reader, 1 Ralph Murdoch, 2 Marie Murdoch ; 2nd reader, I Ruby McMullen, 2 Myrtle Schishler, 3 Lilly Gulliford ; ist reader, George Gulliford; 2nd primer, Qharlie Murdoch ; ist primer, 1 Fred. ' Schisler, 2 Dewey McMullen. LOCAL PARAGRAPHS THANKSGIVING DAY Brief News Notes and Personal Mention—Robbery at Hedley—The Chinese Head Tax- Vote Early. Vote early and vote for the Liberal- Labor candidate, W. A. McLean. Workingmen should recollect that if they vote Conservative today they vote for a party, whose policy is to increase the poll tax from $3 to $5. Voting by ballot is strictly secret and no man can tell how his neighbor votes. A party of friends of the Rev. Mr. Stewart and G. L. Mason, missionaries, assembled at the residence of Gordon Murdoch recently to mark their esteem of and regret for the departure of both gentlemen. Rev. Mr. Stewart left Wednesday for Fairview where he will in future labor. Mr. Mason left for Gli emma in the Fnderby district, where he has been assigned by the mission board. Alex. Bell is erecting an annex to his cottage on Vermilion avenue. Al Johnson has moved his family into C. Barber's house for the winter. A. Gallinger was in town on Tuesday returning to Boulder creek the day following. Mr. Gallinger is keeping a force of men steadily at work on the Cousin Jack. The shares of the Cousin Jack are in demand and are considered a good investment. T. J. Armstrong, sheriff, of New Westminster, was in Princeton in connection with the duties of his office on Thursday. He had a judgment issued at the instance of Cook & Co., Bobert Stevenson and J. W. Dryden against the Boston and B.C. Mining Co., which was served. A sale in satisfaction of claims of the above parties against said mining company will be effected in due course. Proclamation issued by the Dominion of Canada has made Thursday, Octobei 15, Thanksgiving Day. F. W. Groves, P.L.S., has recently surveyed townsite property on the north bank of the Tulameen river just oppo- te the town. Miss M. L. Whillans, teacher here for the past nine months, went to Hedley on Thursday where she has been appointed teacher to the school recently begun there. A gentleman in town has received a letter from a relative stating that a for. tune of $100,000 is about to be allocated to the heirs in proportions of one-sixth. Owing to the gentlemen's extreme reti- name is withheld for the pres-1 ent. I The Chinese Head Tax. It was the Liberals that put up the head tax on the Chinese to $100 soon after taking office in 1896, and now they have raised it to #500. Uunder Conservative government the head tax was only $50. In eighteen long years of Conservative government the tax did not get beyond #50, and even now the Liberals have imposed the $500 head tax against the determined opposition of these' Chinese sympathizers at Ottawa. Does this look as if the Conservatives were at all favorable to the protection of white labor as against the cheap, degraded Oriental ? The Chinaman .comes into competition with nearly every phase of industry in the province, but more particularly with farmers, gardeners, miners and laborers. If you want that competition continued Investigating Mineral Resources. J. Redman, mining engineer and geologist, arrived in Princeton last week arid has been busy making examination of the mining camps in the vicinity and collecting ores with a view to determine their characteristics and values. There is no doubt, in his opinion, that Copper mountain and Aspen Grove will be great copper producing camps. . He has been a resident of Kamloops for the past five years at one time being in the assay business there. Mr. Redman is here in the interests of British capital and it will largely depend on his investigations and the consequent report as to values and quantity whether investment be made. A General Banking Business A general banking business transacted by the Bank of Hamilton. Capital $2,000,600. Reserve Fund fi.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. Mrs. Fred. Frendt and child came up * from Hedley on their way to Otter Flat, remaining here for a day or two to catch the stage. C. DeBarro of the Otter Flat hotel was in town on business on Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Marshall of Nicola Lake came in on last Saturday's stage, going on to Hedley on Monday. C. O. French and F. R. Whitwell returned Thursday from a coal prospecting irip to Nicola and are well pleased with McLean Bros., who hold a railway; charter via the Similkameen district from the coast to the Kootenays have begun actual construction between Vancouver and New Westminster. The contractors expect to build as far as Hope by next spring. McLean Bros, expect to get a subsidy for their line from the Dominion government. They had to begin construction to hold their charter. S\j THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR October 3, 1903 The Similkameen Star The Princeton Publishing Co. A. B. Howse, Manager. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Domestic, One Tear, ....... $3.00 Foreign, One Year, ....... S3.00 Payable Invariably in Advance. 8ubscribe«fe will confer a favor ok this office by • promptly reporting any change in address or rregularity in receipt or their paper. Advertising rates furnished on application. Legal notices 10 and 5 cents per line. Four weekly Insertions constitute one month advertising. All cheques to be made payable to A. E. HOWSE. THE FUTURE OUTLOOK. Whatever the result of the elections today may be so far as the victory of either side is concerned, one thing is certain that the future outlook of the province was never more hopeful. With party government after today there will be given" a stability to public and individual affairs that has never been known in British Columbia. The province may be said to have put off its swaddling clothes and donned the full garb of statehood. There are added responsibilities to be shouldered with the increase in party power and development. Formerly, under non-party government, the poor old provincial cow was milked dry oy the sucklings of each successive administration. To make ends meet was all that the politicians aimed at. Statesmen, there were none. Now there is scope for statecraft of the highest order and party lines tightly drawn will serve to help draw out the best in legislators. The one party will vie with the other in a healthy rivalry to make as good showing as possible. The responsibility of developing the great natural resources of the country can be placed where it belongs on either of the parties at the helm. No government can longer afford to shirk its duty. There is an immense amount of road building to be done throughout the province and especially here in the Similkameen district where there will be a hundred large mining camps to connect with the centers. There are river banks to be protected, logjams to be removed and streets to be graded in the towns where there is no municipal organization, all ...these and many other necessary works of a local nature must be undertaken if there is to be progress. Princeton has never been fairly treated by any of the governments in the matter of money appropriations and now that there is an opportunity to secure a representative from this end of the riding who will see that justice is done, electors should not neglect their interests by voting for the Fairview candidate. "IK It is a notorious fact that nearly all government officials and those receipt of government patronage, are working incessantly for Conservative candidates. The govern* ment subsidized ^Esculaps at Fair- v is an instance of zeal outrunning good sense in the political race. He is a living exposition of the parable of the unjust steward. Verily, he shall have his reward. EDITORIAL NOTES. The Conservatives are conducting a campaign of personal abuse. The electors want business, not slander. Mr. McLean talks business from start to finish. T. G. McManamon, an employee of the C.P.R., is the Conservative nominee in Yale. The C.P.R. will use him in the house, if be is elected, to delay the building of any railway into the Similkameen. Vote for McBride and the C.P.R. if you want to delay building the Coast-Kootenay railway. The C. P.R. has opposed all railway propositions coming to the Similkameen and it will continue to do so as long as it has a willing tool in the legislature like McBride or his supporting candidates. NOTICE. THIRTY days from date I intend to apply to th 1 Chief Commissioner of Lands and Work for a license to prospect for coal on the followin described lands :— Commencing at a post marked E. O'Rourke1 N.E. corner of section 33, township 91, district < Yale, E. O'Rourke, Locator, H. W. Elliott, Agent. Dated Nicola Lake, Aug. 12,1903. The Conservatives must be put to great straits since they have got real belted knight stumping the Kootenays for them. No less a personage than Sir Charles Hibbert Tupper, K.C., Knight, N.G., one of the most talkative political sprigs in the Dominion, is on the warpath for Richard the "faint-hearted." It was "Hibby" who talked the Commons empty and put the speaker into coma on the Yukon charges. Nice man to send out to talk christians to death. NOTICE. ueen Alexandria and Marquis of Lome mineral claims, situate in the Similkameen mining division of Yale district. Where located: Copper mountain. tificate of improvements, for the purpose of obtaining a crown grant of the above claim. And further take notice that action, under sec- *" " e the issuance STEVENSON. NOTICE. •D-C" mineral claim,! McPhail's ranch. te in the Similkam 'ale district. WI :k, west of and r Take notice that I, Sydney R. Almond, acting as agent for the other owners and myself: i. e., John A. Cairns, free miner's certificate No. B 56324! James Snowden, free miner's certificate No. B72028 and Sydney R. Almond, free miner's certificate No. B74427, intend, sixty days from the date hereof, to apply to the Mining Recorder for "ijflcate of improvements, for theJporpose cif ining a crown grant of the above clar id further take notice that action- mi 37, must be commenced befor< S. R. ALMOND. TO THE PUBLIC ' authorized agent. HILTON KEITH, The Similkameen Co.-L't'b. " . Secretary. NOTICE. THIRTY days from date I intend to apply to * the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for a license to prospect for coal on the following described lands:— And running 80 chains south, 80 chains east, 80 chains north, 80 chains west, back to post, in all 640 acres. A. E. Howse, Locator, H. W. Elliott, Agent. Dated Nicola Lake, Aug. 11,1903. NOTICE. THIRTY days from date I intend to apply the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works license to prospect forcoal on the following described landsaS">*■-" * Commencing at a post marked P. Buscombe's N.E. corner of section 35, township 91, district of Yale, And running 80 chains south, 80 chains west lains north, 80 chains east, back to post, all 640 acres. P. Buscombb, Locator, H. W. Ell: otx,-Agent. — Dated Nicola Lake, August 11,1903. NOTICE. Thirty days after date I intend to apply to the * Chief Commissioner of lands and Works for "cense to prospect for coal on the following de- fomencing at a post marked P. A. Howse's S. tion 34, township 91, district of Yale, And running 80 chains north, 80 chains east,'8a chains south, 80 chains west, to point of starting, NOTICE. rHIRTY days from date I intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works ir a license tc prospect for coal on the following Dated Nicola Lake, Aug. 1 NOTICE. ise to prospect for coal on the following described lands:— Commencing at a post marked Louis Quin- ville's S.E. corner, adjoining I. Graham's section on. the: north, mencement, and containing 640 acres more or " ess. Louis Quinville, Locator, J. E Shivels, Agent. Dated Nicola Lake, Aug. 4,1903. NOTICE. n date I intend apply i prospect for coal 1 described lands :— Commencing at a post marked H. W. Elliott's v". corner, situated at the N.W. corner ofsec- n 36, township 91, district of Yale, ind running 80 chains north, 80 chains east, south, 89 chains west, to point of com- r. Elliott, Locator. a ning 40 ac Dated Nicola Lake, Aug. 5, it NOTICE. THIRTY days after date I intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for a license to prospect for coal on the following described lands:— Commencing at a post marked J. S.E. corner, situated at the N.E. — ining 80 ...rtofY- NOTICE. •s from date I intend to apply lommissioner of Lands and Wor»o ,„, a u>ui>. ...J prospect for coal on the following described lands:— * ig at a post marked W. C. Nichol of section 34, township 91, district < ig south 80 chains, east 80 chain containing 640 acres. W. C. Nichol, Locator, • H. W. Elliott, Agent. *.W corn. Subscribe for the Star, only $2 per annum. NOTICE. J> prospect for coal on the following described lands: Commencing at a post marked Geo. R. Philp's S.W. corner, adjoining F. A. Howse's section on the north, And running 80 chains north, 80 chains east, 80 chains south, 80 chains west, back to post, in all 640 acres. Geo. R. Philp, Locator, H. W. Elliott, Agent. Dated Nicola Lake, August 12,1903. NOTICE. THIRTY days from date I * the Chief Commissioner 1 aencement, contain Dated Nicola Lak< g 640 acres. :. P. Davis, Locator, '.. W. Elliott, Agent. NOTICE. THIRTY days after date I intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of " -■ Ing described la Commencing K>mbe'sS.B.co :laim on the no And running north 80 chains, west 80 chains, mencement, containing 640 acres. L. R. Buscombe, Locator, H. W. Elliott, Agent. Dated Nicola Lake, Aug. 12,1903. NOTICE. THIRTY days after date I intend to apply to the 1 Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for a license to prospect for coal on the following described ?—J- • aencement, containing 640 acres. - D. G. Marshall, Locator, H. W. Elliott, Agent. Dated Nicola Lake, Aug. 12, 1903. NOTICE. the following described lands: Commencing at a post marked R. Quinville's N.E. corner of section 28, township 91, district of Yalt,i^t,J And running south 80 chains, west 80 chains, north 80 chains, east 80 chains to point of commencement, containing 640 acres. R. Quinville, Locator, J. E. Shivels, Agent. Dated Nicola Lake, Aug. 12,1903. NOTICE. coal on the ft [escribed lands: Commencing at a post marked Geo. Buscombe's I.E. corner, adjoining L. Quinville's section on Aains north, 80 chains wesl ining 640 acres. Geo. Buscombe, Locator, H. W. Elliott, Agent. NOTICE. THIRTY days after date I intend to appiy to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for a license to prospect for coal on the following And running 80 chains north, 80 chains east, chains south, 80 chains west, back to post, cc taining in all 640 acres. Geo. I. Wilson, Locator, H. W. Elliott, Agent. Dated Nicola Lake, August 12th, 1903. NOTICE. Humbolt Mineral Claim, situate in the Similkameen Mining-Division of Yale District. Where located —On Copper Mountain, about 600 feet south -bT-the Helen Gardner Mineral Claim.' va Take Notice that wt, 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 Mining Recorder for a Certificate of Improvements, for the purpose of obtaining a Crown Grant of the above claim. And further take notice that action, under section 37, must be commenced before the issuance' of such Certificate of Improvements. Dated this Thirteenth day of May, A.D. 1903. M atWlELIAM ALFRED COOPER. ALFRED JOSEPH COOPER. Dissolution of Partnership NOTICE is hereby given that the partnership 1 ~ heretofore1 subsisting between us, the undersigned, as hotelkeepers in the town of Hedley city, in the Similkameen Riding, has been dis- W. 4, MCLEAN. \r r October 3, 1903. THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR LOCAL AND PERSONAL J. A. Paterson, of. Ladner, accompanied Sheriff Armstrong here on Wednesday evening and took in the political meeting. They were both favorably-impressed with the address by Mr. McLean, L. W Shatford, the Conservative candidate for the riding of Similkameen, was in town Tuesday and addressed a meeting in the Princeton hotel. Judge Murphy also addressed the meeting. C. Thomas occupied the chair. Mr. Shatford_and the Judge went on to Granite Creek, Wednesday, where they addressed a meeting that night, proceeding to Otter Valley the following day^ I Heavy frosts and bright, warm day have taken the place of the dull, wet weather of the past few months. G. A. Bigelow of I^^ey was in f for a day or two this week sizing up the political situation and incidentally doing some missionary work for his party. J. Stott has gone to the coast on a holiday via Hope. He expects to be back in time to vote and may possibly bring one or two more with him. J. Redman, M.E., returned from Hedley yesterday where he had been collecting ore specimens. He thinks that the Nickel Plate is a great mine. J. Stewart came up from Fairviei Thursday to distribute the ballot boxes for the election. The V.F.M.D. Co's coal drill operating on the Similkameen about five miles up river, is doing some record boring there. NOTICE. hirty days after date I intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for icense to prospect for coal on the following NOTICE. Thirty days after date I Chief Commissioner o a licence to prospect for Joining J. A. Mohr's clai mencing at a post on the S back to inilial post, in afll: Located Sept. ioth 1903. NOTICE. Thirty days 1 ChiefCoi apply to th( nd Works foi he followinj ■d Sept. 1 lohr, Agt. .-.-.RUBBER STAriPS.w Seals, Stencils, Price Markers, Printing Wheels, Numbering Machines, Band Dating and Numbering Stamps, Check Perforators, Rubber Type, Printing Presses, &c, &c. FRANKLIN STAHP WORKS, Vancouver, B. C. NOTICE. described lands :■ Located 8th September, 1963:" ie following 1 J. A. Administrator's Notice. ted the 15th day of (d all f 4S0 :he unders: em, late of O :, dnlyverified, to the undersigned, ie ist day of November, A.D. 1903, is indebted tfc the said deceased are eiiirthelamount of such indebted- NOTICE. HERBKRT H. THOMAS. i Hedley City Stored J A Complete New Stock of General flerchan- 7 dise always on hand, * CONSISTING OF A FULL LINE OF P Groceries, Dry Goods, Men's Furnishings, Boots and Shoes; also P Builder's Supplies, Shingles, Doors, Windows, Paints, Wall • Paper, Hardware, Stoves, Nails, Drill Steel, ^ Harness and Saddlery. ^ Headquarters for Enderby Hungarian Flour, Northwest Oats, &c i J. A. SCHUBERT. Weoi Vallance & Leggat, Ltd., HEADQUARTERS FOR Miners', Logging and Mill Supplies WIRE ROPE A SPECIALTY. B+G Agents for the Canadian Steel and Wire I Co*, Field Fence--=Prices on application VANCOUVER, B. C. ilURALO 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. Ask your dealer for a color card or send direct to McLENNAN, McFEELY & Co., Ltd., Wholesale and Retail Hardware Merchants, VANCOUVER, B. C.) J.PIERCY&Co., WHOLESALE DRY GO'OT&M VICTORIA, Bf. C. MANUFACTURERS OF Clothing, Top Shirts and Underwear. A Strong Combination. Manitoba Hard Wheat and the Lake of the 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. Tire Vancouver Breweries, lm. BREWERS OP THE FAMOUS -Cascade Beer Ginger Beer S> Alexandra Stout <& Alexandra Ale ,, Fofsale throughout British Columbia in all thefirst= class Hotels, Liquor Stores and Saloons. The Amalgamated D0ERING& MARSTRAND & RED CROSS BREWERIES, VANCOUVEP, B. C If you want First Class Footwear Insist upon = = = = = = = J. D. KING CO'S BOOTS & SHOES Nothing equals them for Style, Fit, Finish and Wear, flaple Leaf and King Quality Rubbers. WHOLESALE ONLY. Vancouver, B. C. J. LECKIE CO., Limited. THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR RAILWAY RUMBLINGS. Coast-Kootenay Road Under Construction by McLean Bros. Construction work on the proposed Coast-Kootenay line, eastward from Vancouver will be commenced in two weeks, according to an announcement made by McLean Brothers this morning. Surveyors have been in the field for some days between Vancouver and Westminster making a detailed survey of a line previously decided upon. The promoters say that finally located actual construction on right-of-way will begin. "We have had a party of surveyors working for some time," said Mr. McLean, "locating a route between this city and Westminster. We propose to start from somewhere near the centre of the city, going eastward from Westminster e along the northern shore line of the city's False Creek mud flats, then around the eastern end, crossing the Great Northern extension at the south< of False Creek. From there a dist£ several blocks, then strikes south, passing the western side of Clark's park, and will cross the main wagon road to Westminster at or near Cedar Cottage. Leaving False creek the grade may be a little heavier than that of the Great Northern, but this route has other advantages, besides being a little shorter, to counter balance any loss in grade. Whether in the east end we come around the edge of the tideflats on piles, the same as the Great Northern is doing, or build higher up on property now privately owned, is a matter for the city council to aid us in deciding. ' The total length of the Coast- Kootenay line, as, now proposed, is 37c miles. It will run eastward from Vancouver, crossing the river at Westminster, through Chilliwack and the other districts to Hope, from there to Nicola and thence through to Midway. This will give connection both with the C.P.R. and the Great Northern at the point last mentioned. In a week or two actual struction from Hope towards Vi will be beguu, It is idle to talk of building from Hope eastward through the , for that cannot be done in As has already been stated there is no connection between our T and the C.P.R., or the Great North y other road." Just Opened COMMERCIAL HOTEL First Class Dining Room October 3, 1903 Newly Fitted Hedley Good Beds No Chinese Employed. rBEST BRANDS LIQUORS AND CIGARS ALWAYS IN STOCK SPECIAL ATTENTION PAID TO TRAVELLERS JBtg HUSTON & McLEAN, Proprietors Hotel - Jackson Princeton, B.C. jj ^VVWWW^^^^AM^AAAMMMAAMAA^M^^^ SC October 3, 1903. THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR LIBERAL PLATFORM 12 Sound Planks Upon Which Liberals Will Rally for Victory. The Liberal platform, as adopted at the Provincial Liberal Convention held at Vancouver, is as follows: 1. The immediate redistribution of the constituencies of the province on the basis of population, but allowing a smaller unit of population per seat for the lying districts. 2. Government ownership, Dominion, provincial and municipal, of publi 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 no bonus of any kind shall be given without definite and effective means being taken to safeguard the interests of the province in the management of the road, control of the freight and passenger rates 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 iailway 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 an 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 possibleand secure prompt payments of assessments when due. 7. That the government should keep in touch with the conditions in connection with mining, protecting said industry against combines and trusts and if | necessary for the purpose build and operate smelters and refineries. No reasonable change should be made in the mining laws without full notice to all parties interested, giving full opportunity for 8. As the province can by the settlement within thrifty and prosperous j Orientals never become proper sense of the word, to be the duty of the government to discourage Oriental immigration and employment by every means within it; power, and we appeal to our fellow Liberals throughout the Dominion to aid us in our efforts to protect ourselves against the ruinous competition of men having standard of decency and comfort in mensely below that of civilized peopli , and who shirk every duty and obligation of citizenship which the law will allow them to escape. 9. The government ought to prevent the waste and suffering caused by strikes and lockouts, and an earnest effort ought to be made to provide some means of preventing such strikes and lockouts, and we approve the adoption of compulsory arbitration. 10. The fiscal system of the province is in need of revision. Taxation should bear upon privilege rather than upon industry, and no addition should be made to the debt of the province except for public works properly chargeable to capital. 11. The retaining of the resources of the province as an asset for the benefit of j the people and taking effective measure to prevent the alienation of the publi domain except to actual, bona fide bus ness or industrial purposes, putting a end to the practice of speculation in cot ■- 1 with the same. 17. H* ROGERS SOLICITOR CONVEYANCER NOTARY PUBLIC, Etc. Hedley, B.C* Also at FAIRVIEW, B.C. FOR SALE* NOTICE. A sitting of the County Court ot 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. JOTICE is hereby given that sixty days afte M j-x. T --tend to apply to the Chief Commii date I ■ inerof Lands rchase 640 acr< chains, thence NOTICE VTOTICE is hereby given that sixty days afte ■ ^ date I intend to apply to the Chief Commii ioner of Lands and Works for permission t OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Straight Party Lines WE ARE EXCLUSIVELY SHOEMAKERS AND CAN GUARANTEE Style, Comfort and Durability IN FOOTWEAR MANUFACTURED BY US. inly advance ts borders of 12. The construction and maintenance of roads throughout the province to aid in the development of the mining and agricultural districts. VHAMES HOLBEN Company OF MONTREAL, LTD. VANCOUVER B*C* •ooooooooooooqgooooooooooo Tieiifm Myrtle Navy Tobacco Largest Sale in Canada' For Connoisseurs Only. Can be had at all first-class hotels through out the province. R.P.RITHET&CO.,ld. VICTORIA; B. C, Sole Agents* ipii] The Leading store in Princeton 4 i*©©«# ii Thing Deserves Helping j 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 Certainly Make Them Go Quickly. Take a look at These Snaps. THE A.E. HOWSE COY LIMITED THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR October 3, 1903 ■: PRINCETON I :■ British Columbia, &l & Lots for • • • aaLjtlilC • • • PRESENT PRICES OF LOTS From $2.00 to $10. Per Front Foot.^^ She of Lots 50x100 Ft. and 33x100 Ft. Terms: 1-3 Cash; Bal. 3 and 6 months, with interest at 6 per cent, per annum. *£ i i 1 Government Head- quarters FOr the Similkameen 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 ^mwwww M WWWWWW Send for Map and Price List to «£ <£ *& *& «£ ERNEST WATERMAN, Resident Manager VERMILION FORKS MINING AND DEVELOPMENT CO. m I .££.
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Title | Similkameen Star |
Contributor |
Howse, A.E. |
Publisher | Princeton : The Princeton Publishing Company |
Date Issued | 1903-10-03 |
Geographic Location |
Princeton (B.C.) Princeton |
Genre |
Newspapers |
Type |
Text |
FileFormat | application/pdf |
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_10_03 |
Collection |
BC Historical Newspapers |
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 | 10.14288/1.0365488 |
Latitude | 49.460278 |
Longitude | -120.507778 |
AggregatedSourceRepository | CONTENTdm |
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