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; 144 Miles to Vancouver. Vol. iv. No. 32. PRINCETON, B.C., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1903. $2 a Year. HEDLEY EA1LWAY MEETING. Resolutions Passed "Urging Immediate Construction of Railway. A well attended public meeting was held at Hedley on the 14th inst. to consider the advisability of presenting a petition to the Dominion House of Commons at its next session for a railway from Vancouver to Midway. W. Rod gers was chairman of the meeting and F. M. Gillespie secretary. The following resolutions, after thorough discussion, were presented and adopted: "Be it resolved that the Hedley, in public meeting assembled, do strongly urge the immediate construction of a railway from Midway to Vancouver, through the Similkameen valley, and would impress upon the Dominion and Provincial governments the urgent j necessity for immediate construction of the same. " It is further resolved that a petition be presented to the Dominion government in connection with the foregoing resolution and that Ernest W authorized to draft such petition and forward to Ottawa." The need of a twice-a-week mail service from Penticton was also discussed, the opinion of the meeting finding unanimous expression in the following resolu- " Resolved : That the citizens of Hedley in public meeting assembled, do nrge npon the postmaster-general th sitv for a twice-a-week mail service from PentictDn to Princeton and ask that this matter be given the immediate attention of the department." Moved by Finlay Fraser seconded by W. A. McLean, that C. E. Oliver and E. Waterman be empowered to select e third member of a committee to draft a petition praying for the immediate construction of a railway into the Similka- And, on motion of E. Waterman, seconded by F. W. Gladdin, the same committee was authorized to deal with the subject of a telephone line. In the discussion on the telephone question M. K. Rodgers stated that he would be willing to furnish the charter for telephone line providing poles and wir were forthcoming. On motion by E. Waterman, F. Bailey seconder, a vote of thanks was tendered the chairman and secretary and the meeting adjourned. Averages Well. Notwithstanding the fact that the year 1903, so far, has been the dulleit ever known in Princeton and vicinity the receipts at the government office here have been quite up to the average of other I years, a comparative statement of which will be furnished at the close of the year. One thing is certain the government has spent very little here so that the receipts are clear gain. The office here is very economically managed. RAILWAY FROM VANCOUVER TO MIDWAY PETITIONS TO PARLIAMENT Public Meetings Held in Princeton and Hedley—People in Last Throes of Existence For Want of Railway—Development of Vast Mineral Resources Impossible Without It. Tnen(efefJg1i« ning in the hotel n;ve lesdaye numbers attending, in spirit and the unanimity of sentiment relating to the construction of a railway from Vancouver through the Similkameen to Midway. C. E Thomas occupied the chair and J M. Wright was appointed tary of_Jhe meeting. ^— The chairman defined the object of the meeting by stating that it was intended to reinforce the representatives of thii riding in any legislation necessary for the construction of a railway by a petition signed by all interested in the Similkameen whether resident or not. The petition would also set forth the need of a Dominion subsidy as well as being proof of the earnestness of the people the matter. He concluded his able marks by saying : "If we do not get a railway soon we will all have to Ernest Waterman, on request, g verbal report of the meeting which he attended at Hedley and stated that the petition should be circulated eighteen different towns throughout the Similkameen and coastwards. He had it on excellent authority that McLean Bros, were actually constructing a portion of the coast to Midway railroad and that they had put up bonds to the amount of $100,000 with the provincial government and that they were already expending $3,000 per month in the field foi engineering purposes. He hoped that the petition would be favorably received by all and that no name would be lacking to help further the project. A. F. Gwin stated that he was wholly in favor of a petition to both local and Dominion governments and believed better evidence of the desire of the people could be obtained than by a strong presentation of our case by members of I parliament and the local assembly backed by a large petition signed by all the peo- He would favor a subscription to defray expenses in connection with the :ircnlation of the petition. A. Bell thought there would be no difficulty in getting signatures to the pe- prosperity of every man in the country depended on the speedy construction of the railway. He would suggest further consideration of the whole question on Fridaj/evening, meanwhile a petition could be drafted and made ready for the next outgoing mail The following resolution introduced by E. Waterman was unanimously carried "Resolved, that a petition be presented to the Dominion government pointinj out the great uecessity of immediate rail way construction between Midway and Vancouver via Hope mountains and praying them to deal liberally matter of a subsidy to aid the sami Barr Hall was of opinion that live man in each locality should be entrusted with the work of securing si natures, and that the boards of trade Rossland, Grand Forks, Greenwood, New Westminster, Vancouver and Victoria be asked to endorse the petition by resolutions and also by signature J. M. Wright suggested that meetings be held regularly every fortnight until the railway from the coast to Midway via Chilliwack and Hope mountains wai an accomplished fact. This, he main tained, was the shortest route to th< coast by about one hundred miles and the only one that would prove satisfactory. No spasmodic efforts would attain any enduring results and he hoped to see permanent organizations throughout the district—all working in harmony and. with vigor to secure immediate construction of the railway. On motion of Messrs. Gwin and Hewat the permanent organization of a railway discussion club was proceeded with: E. Thomas was elected president, J. Wright, vice-president; E. Waterman, secretary; executive committee, B. Hall, A. Bell and A. F. Gwin. Messrs. Waterman, Thomas and Wright were appointed a committee to draft petitions to be forwarded to both the Do- house of commons and the provincial legislative assembly both of which are subject to amendment at the next meeting Following is the substance of the petitions: "Petition—The petition of the undersigned residents of the electoral riding of Similkameen and of others interested in the mineral and other resources of this district, humbly sheweth: That, for the better development of the agricultural, coal, placer and metal liferous ore resources, a railway ftom Vancouver to Midway through the Similkameen district, via Hope mountains, is an urgent necessity. We humbly beg, therefore, that the honorable members of the government of the Dominion of Canada together with the honorable the private members of the house of commons, will at their earliest convenience grant a subsidy in proportion to that given to other mountainous sections of railway to the end that immediate construction of the Vancouver- Midway railway may be hastened, and your petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray." "Petition—To the honorable the members of the Provincial government of British Columbia and members of the Provincial legislature in session assembled. The petition of the undersigned humbly sheweth; That immediate construction of a railway through the Similkameen district is of the utmost necessity. That your petitioners are about to present a petition to the Dominion government praying for a subsidy for the early construction of a railroad from the coast to Midway; Your petitioners, therefore, pray that your honorable body may be pleased to support our petition to the parliament of Canada by every means in your power and also enact such legislation as will remove obstacles, if any, in the way of immediate construction of a coast to Midway railway. And your petitioners as in duty bound, will ever pray." / A motion favoring a twice-a-week mail between Penticton and Princeton was adopted. The question of a telephone service was reserved for future discussion. The cooperation of all the towns and mining camps in the Similkameen as well as the agricultural portions, is invited for the purpose of presenting a solid, inflexible front in the struggle for a rail- A vote of thanks to G. Aldous-of the hoiel Tulameen for the use of premises was tendered and adjournment to Friday evening brought one of the most successful meetings ever held in Princeton a close. ''Christmas Is Coming." There is to be a Christmas tree and entertainment in connection with the holiday closing exercises of the public school on Wednesday evening, Dec. 23rd. Everybody is invited and anyone is at liberty to put articles on the tree for the scholars or for wives, sweethearts or friends. Talent from the Jolly Glee Club will provide mental refreshments and toothsome knick-knacks for the youth and beauty assembled will not be lacking. En passant, it may be mentioned that the weekly rehearsals of the glee club are. very enjoyable and well attended.. THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR November 21, 1903 The Similkameen Star - - Published Weekly at — Princeton, B. C. — The Princeton Publishing Co. A. E. Howse, Manager. Payable Invariably In Advance, scrlbcrs will confer vertislng rates furnished on application. ?nl notices 10 and 5 cents per line. or weekly Insertions constitute one mon All cheques to be made payable ti A. E. HOWSE. PETITION FOR RAILWAY. If any evidence were wanting of the urgency of the people in the Similkameen as to their need for a railway it may be found in the petition now being circulated far and near for presentation to the Dominion and Provincial governments. All other means having failed to get the ear of governments or rouse the lifeless figures who are supposed to represent the people, as a last resort the power of prayer in a humble petition is applied. Its efficacy will be tested at the approaching sessions of two houses. Humiliating and exasperating as it is for taxpayers to have to beg and pray for what is so clearly their right it is as nothing compared with the sting inflicted by the utter indifference with which their ordinary appeals have been treated by the governments at Ottawa and Victoria and by the very men who were elected to safeguard their interests. Had there been due attention given to the welfare of the Similkameen, railways and public highways would have been built long since. As an instance of the halting, hesitating manner of doing things the Unfinished Hope road is a notable example of government ineptitude and procrastination. The public meetings recently held in Hedley and' Princeton are an earnest of the people's intention to prevent, if possible, the practice of a deception worse than a lie by inveigling politicians in the guise of senatorial robe or in the soft raiment of the member of parliament. Why the senator from Victoria should heap difficulties in the way of a scheme for a railway into, the Similkameen is past man's comprehension or why the member for Yale-Cariboo should persist in his supine attitude when a inighty wail is being made here for transportation facilities. Either of these men or both together could have used their power to such good effect as to have secured a subsidy for a coast to Midway line. Never a word had they to utter for the proposed line, on the contrary the senator is unfavorable to a firm already .at work on the construction of the road and who have engineers in the field. No one cares, except some truck ling politicians, who builds the road, The necessity for it outweighs any consideration of the builder. The rational demands of the people here ought to harmonize with the declared policy of the Conservative government at Victoria or the Liberal government at Ottawa, since both preach the doctrine of progress and development. Both have appealed to the country flaunting the popular breeze the high- sounding phrase: "Immediate construction of Railways." The fulfilment of ante-tlection promises should be as binding as the pledge of any honorable man could be and the electorate having done all they agreed to do now await the completion of the other half of the bar- ;ain by our legislators. The wave of agitation now begun must sweep on without cessation until there is a favorable answer to the petition presented. No great achievements can be effected without persevering endeavor and unity of purpose. The cities of Vancou- and Victoria and the various boards of trade throughout the country should be enlisted in the cause and every available resource mpressed for service in this supreme effort to have a coast to Similkameen railway. 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. NOTICE. ind Princeton following | of the Similkameen rive r the International Bout 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: • > at a stake (situate, lying and ifty chains south from the Tula- 1 on east bank of Cedar creek, in Yale-district) marked Andn i.. S. Jac Dated Otter Flat, Oct. 4U1,1903. NOTICE. Tphirty days after date I intend to apply to the 1 ChiefCommissioner of Lands audWorks for a licence to prospect for coal on the following described lands: Situated on the south bank of the Sin meen river, commencing at the 8.K. con Marstrand's coal claim, And running 80 chains west, So chains si --r 1o chains north, back to initial C O. FRENCH, 1 Dissolution of Partnership The partnership heretofore existin a Thynne & DeBarro is this day di ccouTits are made payable to me e lotel. CHARLES Dated Otter Flat, Sept. 29th, 1903. NOTICE. Queen Alexandria and Marquis of Lome mining division of Yale district. Where located; pply to the mining flcate of improvements, for the purpose of ob- And further take notice that action, under section 37, must be commenced before the issuanc- of such certificate of improvements. Dated this 1st day of October, a.d. 1903. - °*"EVENSON. NOTICE. for the othe John A. Cairns, free miner's certificate No. 1 56324, James Snowden, free miner's certificati No. H7202S and Sydney R. Almond, free miner'i certificate No. B74427, intend, sixty days from th. NOTICE. NOTICE. er's certificate No. B72016, the date hereof, to apt :r for a Certificate of Ii n 37, must be commenced before Jated this 26th day of September it of the above inder sec- NOTICE. NOTICE is hereby given that sixty days from date I will make application to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for per ' ine of Lot 148 with south bank of Whipsaw Vermilion Forks Mining & Devei Co'y, Limited. E. Waterman, Dated Princeton, Oct. 27,1903. Agent. Sale of Lands for Unpaid Delinquent Taxes in the Princeton Assessment District, Province of British Columbia. ■day of December, ber, A.D. 1903, at the hour of paid by said persons on the 31 $100.62 I $11.30 I 270.001 30-38 $100.62! $11.30 HUGH HUNTER, Assessor Prii NOTICE. Thirty days after date I intend to apply to th Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works fo a license to prospect for coal on the followin; CO. FRENCH, A NOTICE. I'HIRTY days after date I intend to apply to for a license to prospect forcoal on the following described lands :— Commencing at an initial post planted at the N. W. comer of J. H. Jackson's coal claim (L 239) thence west 70 chains, thence north 60 chains, thence east 70 chains, thence south 60 chains to S. A. PARR, Locator. NOTICE. THIRTY days after date I intend to appiy to 1 the ChiefCommissioner of Lands and Works for a license to prospect for coal on the following described lands: Commencing at an initial post planted at Bromley's S.E. comer, [L 406] thence south 40 chains! thence east no chains' to the place of THOMAS H. PARR, Loc 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 Commencing at the N.W. corner post of Princeton townsite, situated about a half mile from Princeton on the south side of the Tulameen NOTICE. THIRTY days from date I intend to apply to the ChiefCommissioner of Lands and Works license to prospect forcoal on the following coal claim. NOTICE. 'THIRTY days from date I intend to apply to the ' 1 license to prospect for coal on the following ribed lands :— immencing at a post on the west bank of e-mile creek, one mile from the mouth of ning8c chain less. To be known as the J. a. Gibson coal claim. W. C. McLean, Locator, Dated Princeton, Sept. 29,1003. NOTICE. ilkameen mining division of Yale district. Where located: On Kennedy mountain. Take notice that I, F. W. Groves,, free miner's ertificate No. B72044 acting for myself and John IcLean, free miner's certificate No. B61810, in- end sixty days from the date hereof, to abply to he mining recorder for a certificate of lmprove- tients, for the purpose of obtaining a crown rant of the above claim. .ind further take notice that action, under sec- NOTICE. mit No. 2 mineral claim, situate in the Sim- kameen mining division of Yale district. ke notice that Frank Lambert, free miner's ___ jicate No. B77121, intend, sixty days from the date hereof, to apply to the mining recorder for certificate of improvements, for the purpose of btaining a crown grant of the above claim. And further take rotice that action, under sec- f such'Certific'ate of Improvements. Dated this 26th day of September, A.D. 1903. A sitting of the County Court of Yale will be held at Princeton on Monday, Januarv nth, 1904, at 10 o'clock, a.m. By Order, HUGH HUNTER, Registrar County Court. Princeton, Nov. 7, 1903. THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR m LOCAL AND PERSONAL Mr. Shatford, M.L.A., is expected to be the guest of the Railway Discussion Club at an early date. It is reported that work on the flume and tramway for the Nickel Plate at Hedley has been shut down for the Gus. Spearing, Charlie Asp and "Sailor Jack" have gone on a deer-stalking ex- , pedition. • They took some of Gooder- ham's nerve tonic along with them in case they should run against a grizzly. Since railway construction into Nicola and the Similkameen seems not far distant coal claims are "looking up." John Budd, Geo. Cook and W. Clements went to Vancouver over the Hope pass last Sunday. They went prepared to encounter about five feet of snov Tillman's saw mill is cutting full to fill a contract of 300,000 feet at Hedley before the end of the year. It is stated Messrs. Stuart and Schisler are 1 ting for the purchase of the mill. The report of the meeting to discuss railway matters last night will appear is next issue of this paper. F. W. Groves, P.L.S., went to Greenwood this week, and will return in about . a month's time with his family and will in future reside here. Mowitch are not former years and big horn are a rarity. Venison this year is of fine quality hard to distinguish from lamb. Another day or two of balmy weather and the snow will have disappeared. Thus far the thermometer has not read Two Swedes left for the coast on Friday going over the trail. These are probably the last going over the summit as the snow is getting very deep there, Henry Madden and Tom Gaines ha returned to Greenwood after spending a month prospecting in the district. The agitation for a railway is fairly < Fven ladies are discussing the questi and promising every assistance that lies in their power. Why not send a deputa- . tion of them to present the petition to the local legislature ? NOTICE of FORFEITURE after the publics ty-Mile Creek,. Free Miner, wh equlred expenditure. due by you in respect of each < st day of November NOTICE of FORFEITURE To GEORGE H. SPROULE or whomsoevi may have transferred his interest in w. Temple mineral claim, situate on R Mountain on the Tulameen river and 1 Yale mining district in the province of B Columbia. You are hereby notified that I have ex; d payable, togethe g, your interest ii e property of the 1 in 4 of the Miner .-.-.RUBBER STATIPS. Seals, Stencils, Price Markers, Printing Wheels, Numbering Machines, Band Dating and Numbering Stamps, Check Perforators, Bubber Type, Printing Presses, &c, &c. " FRANKLIN STATU* WORKS, Vancouver, B. C. R. H. ROGERS SOLICITOR CONVEYANCER NOTARY PUBLIC, Etc. Hedley, B.C. Also ml FAIRVIEW, B.C. F. W. GROVES, A. R. COLL.) SC. D., Civil and Mining Engineer PROVINCIAL IAND SURVEYOR. UNDERGROUND SURVEYS. PRINCETON. - - B. C. J.PIERCY&Co„ WHOLESALE DRY GOODS VICTORIA, B. C. MANUFACTURERS OF Clothing, Top Shirts and Underwear. A Strong Combination. Manitoba Hard Wheat and the Lake of the Woods Milling Co'y, Try Best Patent Brand. JAS. J. LOUTIT, Agent, Box 158 Vancouver, ] TlClffTTS Myrtle Navy Tobacco Largest Sale in Canada Subscribe for the Star, only $2 per annum. \ Hedley City Stored 7 A Complete New Stock of General flerchan- A Complete New Stock of General flerchan- dise always on hand, CONSISTING OF A FULL LINE OF Groceries, Dry Goods, Men's Furnishings, Boots and Shoes; also 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 J. A. SCHUBERT. Wood, Vallance & Leggat, Ltd., HEADQUARTERS FOR Miners', Logging and Mill supplies WIRE ROPE A SPECIALTY. B.C. Agents for the Canadian Steel and Wire Co., Field Fence—=Prices on application VANCOUVER, B. C. MURALO WALL FINISH. This finish is more popular this year than ever, and has won its popularity by its durability, pretty|tints, and the easy mode of mixing 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. The Vancouver Breweries, Ltd. BREWERS OF THE FAMOUS Cascade Beer Ginger Beer «£ Alexandra Stout & Alexandra Ale For sale throughout British Columbia in all the first- class Hotels, Liquor Stores and Saloons. The Amalgamated D0ERING& MARSTRAND & RED CROSS BREWERIES, VANCOUVER, 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£2 LECKIE CO., Limited. THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR November 21, 1903 TWO NEW ORE TREATMENTS. Hendryx Cyanide and Elmore Oil Process Both Tried Successfully. There are great expectations from the experiments now being conducted with the two new modes of treating ore—the Elmore oil process and the Hendryx .improved method of cyanide treatment. It is believed that both of these processes will eventually become successful so as to make them of general use in the Similkameen and the Kootcnays. Low grade ores can be treated, it is asserted, with a good profit by either process which cannot now be handled without loss. The following from the Vancouver World will be of interest to all engaged in min- "If the report from Rossland be authentic, that the claims advanced for the Elmore process of metal extraction have been made good, and treatment of tl e refractory ores of British Columbia made possible at $2 per ton, it means that this far western province must speedily become the greatest mining region of the entire continent. When ore so low grade ire boundless—so great in is not easy to grasp at first e successful treatment of $3 The Treadwell mine, for the biggest free milling proposition in the world. Fifteen hundred stamps are dropping' at the one mine on rock running $1.64 a ton. There are four- mines in Rossland which can produce as much ore every day as the Alaska Treadwell providing $3 is pay rock. The big reefs of the Rand are known all over the world as mining propositions that are-worked cheaply. Yet with Kaffir labor and all the labor-saving contrivances that the science of mining has produced, the great Robinson mine pays a bare profit on $8 rock. With $8 rock the Le Roi, by the Elmore process, would pay #30,000 a week profit or thereabouts on its present production. The Granby mine in the Boundary is producing, approximately, 10,000 tons a week. In the Knob Hill and Ironsides mines there are 20,000,000 tons of ore broken out. The only reason 100,000 tons a week are not mined is because the Granby company has not the smelter capacity to handle that much ore. The Elmore process would put 33 tons of Granby rock into one ton of concentrates. With the assistance of an oil concentra tor of sufficient capacity built at the mine the Granby Co, with its present smelter capacity could mine 330,000 tons a week. The freight rate from the mines at Phoenix to the smelter'at Grand Forks is. 25 cents a ton. On 97 tons out of every hundred this 25 cents would be Thei mines using the Hen :ss, viz: The Republu , the Kendall mine Just Opened COMMERCIAL HOTEL First Class Dining Room Newly filled Hedley city Good Beds No Chinese Employed gSTBEST BRANDS LIQUORS AND CIGARS ALWAYS IN STOCK SPECIAL ATTENTION PAID TO TRAVELLERS J0T HUSTON & McLEAN, Proprietors DRIARD HOTEL NICOLA LAKE Hotel Tulameen The Largest and Most Homelike Hotel in Princeton is now open for the travelling public. Our bar is stocked with the Best of Wines, Liquors and Cigars. Special efforts will be made in the Cullinary Department, and tables will be furnished with the best the market affords. PRINCETON, B. C. GEO. W. ALDOUS, Prop. The Hotel has been thoroughly renovated and refitted. Everything First Class. No pains spared to please the public. Table supplied with best the market affords. Fine Wines, Liquors andOgars. TELEPHONE- BATH. Headquarters ifor Princeton, Spence's Bridge and Kamloops Stage Lines. Hotel * Jackson -~wN^The Leading Hotel^-^wv- This Hotel, having passed into new manage- ment, will be found first . class in every depart=. ment. *^ c* v Hot and Cold Water Baths. ** «g Good Stables Hotel - Jackson Princeton, B*C. Vv^\W/^^VW^V>^vvVWWWVVVW^VWiWVAi>»vVvVV J\_ November 21, 1903. THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR r*- RAILWAY JOTTIHGS. Nicola, Kamloops and Similkameen Railroad Project Still Lives. The Kamloops Sentinel has the following in a recent issue regarding the Nicola, Kamloops & Similkameen railway: "The charter for that much needed railroad has been acquired by a syndicate of energetic Ontario business men, who mean to push the project to a successful conclusion as rapidly as possible. The chief men concerned in the undertaking have arrived in Kamloops. Since their arrival here they have been busy gathering information and in completing the organization of their company. The party consists of G. A. Begy, contractor; H. H. Collier, K.C.; E. A. Jukes, G. P. Harman, F. A. Fleming, C.E., W. H. Merritt, M.E.; C. H. Keefer, C.E., the company's consulting engineer. Mr. Keefer was engaged on the first snrvey of the C.P.R. Mr. Begy stated that he and his associates had acquired the charter from the original promoters of the Nicola, Kamloops and Similkameen Coal & Railway Co. It was the intention of these gentlemen to go ahead actively with the building of the railway from Spence's I Bridge south provided that the project should receive the assistance that such an undertaking deserves. The prov cial government will, no doubt, be called upon for aid of some kind. Further assistance will be looked for from tin owners of the land through which the railway will be built. The company has secured very valuable coal lands Nicola valley and along the projected line of railway, and it is their intention to operate them on an extensive scale. The road is already subsidized by thi Dominion for 45 miles from Spence' Bridge to Nicola." A fight for the possession of Skagit pass through the Cascade mountains is said to be on between the Bellinght Bay & British Columbia railway and the Great Northern. The former desires to count ct with the Union Pacific at Spokane and the latter declares it intends using it for a second line from Eastern Washington to Pnget Sound and Van- NOTICE. ir a license to prospect for C Commencing at a (take '. C. Lyall's coal claim n the followit it 80 chain* ti NOTICE. Lrlington, Canadian Belle, Canadian Boy Fraction, mineral claims, situate in the Similka- of Yale district. meen mining Where located: Wolf creek. Take notice that I, N. P. Towntend, acting as agent for Richard Seeman free miner's certificate No. B75477, Intend, sixty days from the date hereof, to apply to the Mining Recorder for a And farther take notice that action, undet ion 37, must be commenced before the issi )f such Certificates of Improvements. Dated this 21st day of August, A.D, 1903. Just at present there is a revival in railway circles in British Columbia, the great objective points being the Similkameen and Nicola districts and the Klondike or Yukon country. It is difficult to say which will "get there" first If one may judge by the newspapers of Vancouver there is nothing so much needed as a railway to connect Dawson with Vancouver. With their usually blind impetuosity they have forgotten all about the Similkameen, which is not a twentieth of the distance to the Yukon, and have overlooked the fact that with a railroad to the Similkameen the wholesale merchants and manufacturers of Vancouver would have the whole of the trade of the district whereas the Klondike trade will always be split up with other large coast cities and eastern centres. The Grand Trunk Pacific will, no doubt, tap the Yukon, which would put the V. W. & Y. road out of bnsiness altogether. The Vancouver newspapers are like children with new toys, immensely pleased with a wildcat project, but anything that posseses real merit and of permanent benefit they either ignore altogether or are very indifferent about it. The Yukon railway bnbble will burst and the Vancouver newspapers will lapse into their usual lethargy. There is not a live paper in the whole bunch or there would be persistent aud consistent agitation for a coast to Similkameen railway which is far more practicable than a coast to Yukon scheme. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Straight Party Lines WE ARE EXCLUSIVELY SHOEMAKERS AND CAN GUARANTEE Style, Comfort and Durability IN FOOTWEAR MANUFACTURED BY US. V^AMES HOLDEN Company OF MONTREAL, LTD. VANCOUVER B.C. •0000000000000000000000000 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* THE- A. L HOWSE COY ^LIMITED PRINCETON Fan & winter GOODS A FULL STOCK OF Blankets Flannelette Sheets Wool and Fleece=lined Underwear Tweed and Wool Overshirts Socks, Mitts and Gloves Our Stock of Staple and Fancy Groceries is Complete m Stf.S. Mme <&, S'J JV THE SIMULKAMEEN STAR November 21, 1903 PRINCETON British Columbia. Lots for • • •a^cIIC • • • PRESENT PRICES OF LOTS From $2.00 to $10, Per Front Foot.<^^ Size of Lots50xJ00 Ft. and 33x100 Ft. Terms: 1-3 Cash; BaL 3 and 6 moiliflis, \ with interest at 6 per cent, per annurriJJ* Government Head- quarters for the Similkameen District. BEAUTIFULLY SITUATED at the Forks of the Similkameen and Tulameen Rivers. The BUSINESS CENTRE for th^ 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^I^^ Resident Manager VE^ILl^ JORKS MIN1M$4nD DEVELfeifeNT CO. m ji
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Title | Similkameen Star |
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Howse, A.E. |
Publisher | Princeton : The Princeton Publishing Company |
Date Issued | 1903-11-21 |
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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). |
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BC Historical Newspapers |
Source | Original Format: Princeton and District Museum and Archives |
Date Available | 2018-03-28 |
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 | 10.14288/1.0365515 |
Latitude | 49.460278 |
Longitude | -120.507778 |
AggregatedSourceRepository | CONTENTdm |
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