Coal is mined and Sold in Princeton at $3 per ton. Restrain Selfish and Indulge Benevolent Affections. Mails arrive at Princeton Wednesdays, Saturdays; Depart Sundays, Thursdays; Telephone Connection at Kamloops with C.P.R. Telegraphs. Three Thousand Square Miles of Mineral Area in the Similkameen, not One-Tenth of which has been Prospected—Fine Climate, Good Grass, Vol. vi. No. 8. PRINCETON, B.C., SATURDAY, MAY 20, \ 905. $2 a Year, in Advance RAILROAD SIGNALS. Railway Committee Adjourns—C.P.R. Contract Said to be Let. There has been a slump in railway news for the past ten days, in all probability due to the fight now going on before the railway committee. The tension of feeling here is almost at the eruptive point. If President Hill be denied the right of deflecting his line south of the boundary one of the bitterest railway wars known will have begun, in which "Jim," it is .~afe to saj', will again out general his enemies. Duncan Ross, M.P., wires that hearing of amendments before railway commit tee was adjourned to the 30th inst. ard that the C.P.R. is putting up a strong fight. Mr. Ross has won much favorable comment from M.P's and the press for his valiant struggle. Activity in C.P.R. construction circles affords some clue to the report from Ot tawa that the contract had been let from Spence's Bridge to Nicola. Plans and profiles of the line have been fyled with the registrar at Kamloops. It cannot well be anticipated that work on the V.V. & E. will begin before parliament ratifies or annuls Mr. Ross's bill on the 30th. Whatever the fate of that bill may be Mr. Hill has privately intimated that his road will be in Princeton early next year and he -means it. Great Northern engineers are camptd a few miles below Princeton working westward on the final location of the V.V. & E. It is expected they will be at Princeton next week when it is likely terminal facilities, such as yard, switches, depot, roundhouse and the many other requisites for a well conducted railway will be decided upon. Penticton Notes. The Bank of Commerce has opened a branch here with C. W. Hallamore in charge. . C. A. C Stewart, proprietor of the rllotel Penticton, is improving the appear I ance of the house with a fresh coat of I paint and a substantial addition in order I to accommodate the largely increased I business resulting from the division of j the Ellis estate and the development of the Similkameen. A. H. Wade is pushing the construction of his new store on Smith St. R. Hood, representing W. H. Malkin Co. was the guest of Mrs. Hood recently. J. W. S. Logie, of Summerland will soon occupy a store in Gartrell block. A resolution of 61 words was sent by citizens to Duncan Ross, M.P., at Ottawa. It condemned the dog-in-the-manger policy of the C.P.R. and the "loyalty" howl of certain coast papers. The ladies of St. Cuthbert's g uild pro pose holding a dance on the evening of June 8th. Tickets for dance and supper $1.50 a couple. Ice cream extra. AMENDMENTS ASKED TO V.V. & E. CHARTER History Repeats Itself in the Blind Opposition of Monopolists to President Hill's Similkameen Railway* Review of the Railway Question as it Affects Southern B.C. by the Member for Yale-Cariboo—Chartermongers and Political Grafters Build Railways in Their Minds. Thefollowingletterfrom D. Ross, M.P., j is a lucid exposition of the railway ques- j tion now revived by certain amendments sought from the railway committee of the house of commons. Legislation is requested by the owners of the V.V. & E. charter to remove any doubt as to the right carried in said charter to expropriate and thus avoid holdups on right-of-way, to ask permission to deflect the railway south of the international boundary at Anarchist mountain and to build from New Westminster to Olivers on the Fraser river. The right of expropriation is included in Dominion charters, but President Hill foresees stubborn resistance to his road and to make assurance doubly sure and avoid expensive litigation he seeks remedy. His requests are r/either unreasonable nor illogical and should be granted. Mr. Ross says : "In 1898 D. C. Corbin made application to the Dominion parliament for a charter to construct a railway from Marcus on the Spokane Falls & Northern along the Kettle river to the Boundary mining district. The people directly interested in the Boundary were anxious that this charter should be granted as the initial step in securing transportation facilities, without which no further development could be carried out. The application was opposed by the Canadian Pacific railway company and not only was there a strong lobby maintained at Ottawa but the services of newspapers friendly to the Canadian corporation were enlisted. The principle involved in the Corbin application was the right of an important mining district in B.C. to secure the bast transportation facilities. That right has never been denied any other portion of the Dominion. The lobby was too strong and the Corbin charter did not pass. But the road was built. Corbin sold his interests to the Great Northern and that company, after encountering many difficulties, succeeded in constructing a road from Marcus, west through Grand Forks to Phoenix. Today the Great Northern is operating the road Mr. Corbin asked permission to build. Have the prophecies of the C.P.R. Co. been fulfilled ? Instead of draining the wealth of Canada into the United States the Corbin road is draining the wealth of the United States into Canada. Not a pound of Boundary creek ore is treated in U.S. smelters ; the ore of Republic, Wash., is being treated at the smelters of Grand Forks and Greenwood ! When the C.P.R. b-gan hauling ores from the Boundary mines to the smelters the rate on ore from the Granby mines at Phoe nix to the smelter at Grand Forks was 75 cents a ton. With the advent of the Great Northern into the diatrict this rate was reduced from time to time, until today the rate is less than 25 cents a ton. On a daily output of 3000 tons, which the Granby mines has now, or will soon reach, this will mean a direct saving of $1500 a day to that company alone. A saving of 50 cents a ton ! The politicians and the charter mongrels built many railways on paper into the Similkameen. The Great Northern is now prepared to build a bona fide railway from the Boundary to the coast. Contracts will be let in a few days to construct the road to Princeton and later on this road will be continued to the coast. The railway will be built under the V.V. & E charter. There is a possibility that this charter is defective in minor details. A measure was recently introduced in the Dominion parliament to cure these defects. No sooner was this done than the same old flag waved; the same old newspapers are publishing the same old arguments and the same old bogie man is masquerading in the same old clothes. In no other portion of the Dominion would the suggestion that trade is to be regulated by destroying railway competition be tolerated for a single moment. Surely it is not unreasonable to demand for the district most directly interested the same freedom accorded other portions of the Dominion in the development of a railway policy. We must not try to ship low grade ore on high grade railways. The construction of a railway from Robson to Midway by the C P.R. shows great pluck and enterprise in railway building, but it is not the way to:earry ore. It is a high grade road of 2 per cent for large portion of its distance. On a grade of )4 per cent an ordinary locomotive can easily haul 40 cars of ore. On a grade of 1 per cent this is reduced to 20 cars and on a grade of 2 per cent to 10 cars. One C.P.R. engine can haul fiotn Fernie to the Boundary smelters about 10 cars of coke; a Great Northern engine of the same power hauls from Fernie to the Boundary smelters 30 cars. This difference in grades is responsible for the reduced price paid by the Granby smelting company today. Mr. Hill asks for neither subsidy nor favor of any kind; all he asks is to be left free to give southern B.C., the Similkameen, the best lines on the lowest grades and thus insure low transportation charges. The Dominion government heavily subsidized Mackenzie & Mann's railway in the Rainy river district. This railway runs in and out along the international boundary line to avoid difficulties of construction and parliament and the country endorsed it. The fight of today is the Corbin fight of 1898 over again. It is a fight for that railway competition which is not denied other portions of the Dominion and it is a fight in which it is not unreasonable to expect all good British Columbians and all good newspapers to unite. DUNCAN ROSS." Ottawa, May 12, 1905." Copper Mountain Mining Deal. It may be taken as fact that the negotiations now pending for the Ada B, Silver Dollar, Centre Star Fraction, Diamond Dot and Orinoco will be completed in due time. It is known that purchaser and vendors are all agreed the only remaining link to complete the transaction being the report of expert Williams. He is expected on the ground shortly to make a thorough investigation which, it is not likely, will reverse the verdict of many competent mining men who have already favorably pronounced upon these properties. With the completion of this deal Copper mountain will have acquired the distinction of enticing rival capital from all over the continent and the prospect of three smelters being supplied from its immeasurable ore deposits. Winkler & Mohr, real estate and mining brokers, have opened an office in the Silverson block and are now ready for business. Parties having town or farm property for sale should call and list. * W. E. Thompson, capitalist, is in town for a few days and may possibly invest befori leaving. He was here last year and a fondness for the place has developed within him which may result in permanent residence. He is now making rapid recovery from an accident which lamed him about a year ago. Wm. Bryant of Hedley has taken a land j location adjoining the old Wheeler ranch at Five-Mile and will undertake, on a| large scale, the propagation of hen fruit \ and other vegetables. THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR May 20, 1905 The Similkameen Star Published Weekly at PRINCETON, B.C. —BY— The Princeton Publishing Co. A. B. Howse, Manager. One Year, SUBSCRIPTION RATE: Payable in Advance. $2.00 Subscribers will confer a favor on this office by promptly reporting any change in address or irregularity in receipt of 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. BLIND OPPOSITION TO RAILWAY Duncan Ross, M.P., contributes an interesting and instructive article to the Vancouver World dealing with the V.V. & K. charter and tbe railway problem generally. He derides the fanatical opposition to .President Hill's railway into the Similkameen and characterizes it as an insult to the intelligence of British Columbians. He points to the Canadian railways reaching out to Spokane, Seattle, Duluth, Chicago and St. Paul and nobody complains. But when the Great Northern trys to gain admittance to the Similkameen a wail goes up that trade will be diverted and alien towns built •up. Inconsistency to the death ! The member for Yale-Cariboo is a patriot in the true sense of the word when he advocates the admission of a foreign competing line of railway into the Similkameen. Waving the old flag and shouting "Canada for the Canadians" is an emotional and frothy patriotism which has often been employed when some sinister purpose was to be served. But Mr. Ross advocates the open door for railways because he loves his country and would free it from the blighting domination of a gigantic monopoly. He presents incontestable figures to show that the Boundary would still have been undeveloped but for the competition of the Great Northern and the consequent reduction of tonnage rates on low grade ore. Compare his practical patriotism with that of a former member for Yale-Cariboo, J. A. Mara, (Conservative) who recently at a board of trade meeting in Victoria trotted out the old bugaboo that President Hill wanted to build up American towns at the expense of the Similkameen. Everyone knows that President Hill's patriotism begins and ends in business, caring nothing for nationality or towns. Mr. Mara cares nothing about the Similkameen or the province so long as his own narrow, selfish ends and those of his pet ally—monopoly—are served. Mr. Ross says of the Similkameen: "A greater Boundary district is anxiously waiting for a railway and the day is not far distant when Similkameen will be the banner mining district of British Columbia." NOTES AND COMMENTS. The action of the board of trade relative to the appointment of a resident constable 'in Princeton has been heartily approved by many law abiding citizens. Usually Princeton is one of the best behaved towns to be found on any frontier, but there have been occasions when the need of a resident constable was keenly felt. Frequently the present occupant of tbe position is absent for days and is not a resident within the town limits at any time excepting government office hours. As a justice of the peace remarked, the best time to check lawlessness is in the bud and thus save the town an unsavory reputation which might deter many respectable people from coming here. The appointment of a thoroughly capable and dutiful man will repress the menacing attitude of the bully or desperado as he may crop up, besides causing a healthy respect for laws generally. 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: Bounded on the north by B. Baker's location and running 80 chains south, 80 chains east, 80 chains north. 80 chains west, back to post, in all 640 acres. JOHN LONG Located May 13th, 1905. I. Lougheed, agent. NOTICE. Sixty days after date I intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase 320 acres of mountain pasture land situated on One-Mile creek north of lot 819: Commencing at S W. corner and running '80 chains east 40 chains north. 80 chains west, 40 chains south to point of commencement. JENS TANGEN, Located May 9, 1905. S. Spencer, agent. And east of Hagerman's location, commencing at S W. corner and running 80 chains east, 40 chains north, 80 chains west, 40 chains south to point of commencement, in all 320 acre-.. T. K. CHRISTOFFKRSON, Located May 9, 1905. S. Spencer, agent. NOTICE. THIRTY days after date I intend to apply to * the Ch ief Commissioner of Lands and Works for a license to pro.- pect for coal on the following described lands situated ou Summers creek : Commencing at a post and running north 80 chains, west 80 chains, south 80 chains, east 80 chains, back to post, in all 640 acres. B BAKER. Locator. Located May 5, 1905. Bounded on the west by B. Baker's claim and running 80 chains north, 80 chains east, 80 chains south, 80 chains west, back to post, in all 640 acres. I. LOUGHEED, Locator. Located May 5, 1905. NOMCE. Sixty days from date I intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase twenty acres of mountain land situate in the Osoycos division of Yale district and described as follows : Commencing at the northwest corner of Lot No. 1973, thence north 10 chains, cast 20 chains, south 10 chains, west 20 chains to point of commencement. May 9,1905. M. K. BROMLEY. NOTICE. Sixty days after date I intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works to purchase 100 acres of mouutain pasture land situate in the Yale division of Yale district and described as follows: Commencing at a post marked N.E. corner of Lot 257 and running 50 chains' south to N.W. corner of Asp's pre-emption, thence 50 chains east, 50 chains northwest to point of commencement, containing 100 acres more or less. W. J. MACGREGOR, Locator. May 10,1005. NOTICE. Diamond Dot mineral claim, situate in the Simil-. kameen mining division of Yale district. Where located: On Copper mountain. Take notice that I, H. H. Thomas, free miner's certificate No. B72190, intend sixty days from the date hereof, to apply to the Mining Recorder for Certificate of Improvements, for the purpose of obtaining a Crown Grant of the above claim. And further take notiee that action, under section 37, must be commenced before the issuance ofsuch certificate of improvements. Dated this 10th day of May, A.D. 1905. H. H. THOMAS. NOTICE. Sailor Jack mineral claim. Situate in the Similkameen mining division of Yale district. Where located : Ou Roche river. Take notice that I, F. W. Groves, acting as agent for J. B. Wood, free miner's certificate No. B80546, intend, sixty days from the date hereof, to apply to the mining recorder for a certificate of improvements, for the purpose of obtaining crown grant of the above claim. And further take 1 otice that action, under section 37, must be commenced before the issuance of such Certificate of Improvements. Dated this 6th day of May, A.D. 1905. NOTICE. Sixty days after date I intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase 640 acres of mountain pasture land, situated in theFifer Valley, 2 miles east of J. Burns' One-mile preemption, and running 80 chains north, 80 chains east, 80 chains south and 80 chains west. £jftj. J. TANGEN, Located 24th April, 1905. S. Spencer. Ag't. Also 640 acres, running 80 chains north, 80 chains west, 80 chains south and 80 chains east. Located 24th April, 1905. ANDRIA BJERKNESS, S. Spencer, Agent. NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that 60 days from date I intend making application to the chief commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase 160 acres, more or less, of mountain pasture land in the Nicola division of Yale dis trict, situated at Aspen Grove, as follows : Commencing at a stake at the northwest corner of lot 1174, thence south 80 chains, thence west 20 chains to boundary of lots 907 and 720, thence north 80 chains, thence east 20 chains to point of commencement. M. DODDS. Aspen Grove, April 28, 1905. NOTICE. NOTICE is hereby given that sixty days after date I intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase 80 acres of land situate in the Osoyoos division of Yale district and more particularly described as follows : Commencing at a post marked S.W. corner of Burr's preemption and running 20 chains west 20 chains north, 20chains east and 20 chains south back to point of commencement, and running 20 chains south, 20 chains east, 20 chains north, 20 chains west back to point of commencement. E. E BURR. April 10,1905. a22 NOTICE. Happy Jack and Little Lottie mineral claims, situate in the Similkameen mining division of Yale district. Wheie located: In Aspen Grove Camp. Take notice that I, F, W. Groves, acting as agent for A. E. Howse, free miner's certificate No. B76940, E. P. Lowe, free miner's certificate No 876921, and James Brown, free miner's certificate No. B76920 intend, sixty days from the date hereof, to apply to the mining recorder for certificates of improvements, for the purpose- of obtaining crown grants of the above claims And further take notice that action, under section 37, must be commenced before the issuance ofsuch Certificates of Improvements. Dated this 6th day of April, A.D. 1905. NOTICE. Notice is herely given that sixty days from date I intend to apply to the Honorable Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase the following described lands, situate in the Yale division of Yale dis trict. Commencing at a point on the west fork of the Similkameen river, about 20 chains south of the mouth of Bromley creek, thence west 50 chains more or less to the east boundary of lot 299, thence north 40 chains, thence east 50 chains more or less to the west fork of the Similkameen river, thence south 40 chains along the west fork of the Similkameen river to point of commencement and containing 200 acres more or less. JAMES CAMPBELL. February 10, 1905. NOTldll Invincible mineral claim situate in the Similkameen mining division of Yale district. Where located : On Kennedy mountain. Take notice that I, F. W. Groves, acting as agent for William Knight, free miner's certificate No. B78902 and Thomas H Reed, free miner's certificate No.B7578i,intend 60 days from date hereof to apply to the mining recorder for certificates of improvements, for the purpose of obtaining 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 12th day of April, 1905. NOTICE. Verde, United, Number 2, New York, Oregon, J. W. Hill, Smelter, No. 14, No. 21, No. 33, No. 35, No. 39, No. 37 fraction, No. 41 fraction, No. 47 fraction No. 48 fraction, No. 49 fraction mineral claims, situate in the Similkameen mining division of Yale district. Where located: In Voigt's camp. Take notice that I, C. JB. Shaw, acting as agent for M. A. Voigt, free miner's certificate No. £72128, intend, sixty days from the date hereof, to apply to the mining recorder for certificates of improvements, for the purpose of obtaining crown grants of the above claims. And further take notice that action, under section 37, must be commenced before the issuance ofsuch Certificates of Improvements. Dated this 5th day of April, A.D. 1905. C. JB. SHAW, P. L. S. Advertise in the Star. NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that sixtj days after date I intend to apply to the Hon. the Chief commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase 80 acres of mountain pasture land described as follows: CommEncing at a point 40 chains north of the south-east corner of James D'Arcy's preemption, lot No. 3527, thence 40 chains south, 20 chains east, 40 chains north, 20 chains west to point of commencement, in aU 80 acres. J.-iMES D'ARCY. May 8, 1905. NOTICE. Sixty days after date I intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase 240 acres mountain pasture land, described as follows: Commencing at S.W. corner of lot 1825 thence south 80 chains, east 20 chains, north 40 chains, east 20 chains, north 40 chains to the S.E. corner of lof 1825, and west 40 chains to point of commencement. Situate in Osoyoos division at Wolf creek. W. D. YOUNG. May 5,1905. NOTICE. l^OTICE is hereby given that sixty days after 1 ~ date I intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase 200 acres of land situated in the Kamloops division of Yale district and descriledas follows : Commencing at the southwest corner of lot 11Q2, thence 50 chains more or less to the west line of lot 43, thence north 40 chains, thence east 50 chains more or less to the north west corner of lot 1192 thence south 40 chains to the point of commencement, and containing 200 acres more or less. C. H. TYE, March 30, 1905. per F. W. Groves. NOTICE. Sixty days after date I intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase 200 acres more or less of mountain land situate in the Yale division of Yale district. Commencing at a point 20 chains west of the south-west corner of lot 249. thence south 80 chains, east 20 chains more or less to west line of lot 125, thence following the west and north boundaries of said iot 125, to its intersection with the west line of lot 136, to the west bank of the Similkameen river, thence northerly along the west bank of the Similkameen river to the south east corner of lot 249, thenee w:st along the south line of lot 249, 43 chains more or less to the point of commencement. April 18, 1905. JAMES SNOWDEN. NOTICE. In the matter of the Companies Winding Up act, i8q8, and amending acts, and in the matter op the sunset copper co., l'd.non personal liability. The Sunset Copper Company, Limited, non- personal liability has gone into voluntary liquidation under the above act and has appointed William B. Bower of the city of Grand Forks, County of Yale, clerk, its liquidator, for the purposes of such winding up. The creditors of the above company, which has its head office in said city of Grand Forks, and all others having any claims against said company, are required on or before the 1st day of June, 1905. to send to H. C. Hanington, solicitor for said liquidator, at his offices, First street, Grand Forks, B.C., their names and addresses and descriptions, and the full particulars of their debts or claims verified by oath, and the nature and amount of the securities, if any, held by them and the specified value of s-ch securities, and if so required by notice in writing from said liquidator or his solicitor, to come in and prove their said debts or claims in the usual way, at such time and place as shall be specified in such notice. After the said first day of June, 1905, the said liquidator will proceed to distribute the assets of the company amongst the parties entitled thereto having regard only to the claims of which he then has had notice, and the liquidator will not then be liable for the assets or any part thereof so distributed to any person of whose claim he had not notice at the time of the distribution thereof. Dated this Seventeenth day of April, 1905, at the city of Grand Forks, British Columbia. WM. B. BOWER, Lipuidator. NOTICE. NOTICE is hereby given that 60 days after date I intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase 40 acres of mountain pasture land described as follows : Commencing at a post marked A. Mc- Phaul's N.E. corner thence south 10 chains, west 40 chains, north 10 chains, east 40chains to initial post and adjoining my preemption on south side. Otter Valley, March 24, 1905. A.McPHAUL. NOTICE. Thirty days after date I intend to apply to the * Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for a license to prospect for coal 011 the following described lands situate in the Osoyoos division of Yale district: Commencing at a post marked S.E. corner of lot 2049 and running south 80 chains, east 80 chains, north 80 chains to point of commencement, containing 640 acres. M. L. WRIGHT. Located 3rd May, 1905. J. M. Wright, Ag't. BlIrncE. Tinhorn Fractional mineral-claim, situate in the Similkameen mining division of Yale district. Where located : On Copper mountain. Take notice that I, F. W. Groves acting as agent for E.E. Burr, free miner's certificate No. B75931, intend sixty days from the date hereof, to apply to the Mining Recorder for certificates of improvements, for the purpose of obtaining Crown grant of the above claim. And further take notice that action, under section 37, must be commenced before the issuance of such certificates of improvements; Dated this 20th day of April, 1905. r May 20, 1905 THE SIMILKAM K^STAR LOCAL NEWS NOTES. The Granite Creek Bedrock Gold Saving and Development Co. has closed down owing to high water. A wag suggests that the Daly Reduction Co. should substitute "Production" for Reduction since fruit trees have been planted on the smelter site. F. M. McLeod, lawyer, of Greenwood, came in last Saturday, and intends to practice in the district. A. B. Cook, of Cook's Business Agency, Vancouver, is in town. C. F. Law arrived at Otter Flat on last Saturday's stage and has begun road construction to his valuable Bear creek mining properties. He has a large force of graders at work and the job will be prosecuted with vigor until completed. Road Superintendent Bates has gone to Otter Flat to lay out the road to Bear creek mining camp for which the government has appropriated the sum of $4,000 toward construction. Willerson & Johnson are at work on Kennedy mountain on the Brooklyn, Lela and Mogul mineral claims. L. McMullen and J. Crowley are at Friday creek working for Spath and Wheeler on their mineral properties. Advice received from C. E. Barnard of the U.S. boundary survey, at St. Paul, stated that he would be here in July and Mrs. Barnard would probably come too. The international boundary surveyors are expected soon to complete the work of marking out the line by placing monuments in position. Most of the material will go through Princeton. Barr Hall will erect a dwelling on Fen- church avenue shortly. Recent showers and warm nights have given the grass and all vegetable growth a healthy impetus. Flower and blossom, bird and butterfly, all are in their loveliest array and gentle spring fills man with gratitude and hope as he beholds her resplendent garb. SEAL ESTATE and MINES Bought &Sold WMLER &M0HR Offices: Penticton and Brinceton, Correspondence Solicited. S IBS R. Ha ROGERS M.A., B.C.L. SOLICITOR NOTARY PUBLIC, Etc. VERNON, B.C. P.O. box 44. Guides for the Similkameen. For competent guides to any part of the Similkameen call at the HOTEL JACKSON, Princeton. A General Banking Business A general banking business transacted by the Bank of Hamilton. Capital all paid up, $2,235,280.00. Reserve fund and surplus profits, $2,140,176. 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. JOHN LOVE Druggist and Stationer HEDLEY, B.C. Drugs, Medicines, Books, Stationery and Fancy Goods, Cigars, Pipes and Confectionery. Mail Orders Promptly Attended to. Also at FAIEVIEW, B.C ARE THE TEAS TO PLEASE. They assure you of a DELICIOUS CUP OF TEA EVERY TlflE. Sold in neat leaden packets of half and one pound each I or in bulk. FIVE ROSES FLOUR The only Reliable Standard Brand made from the highest grade of Manitoba hard wheat, LAKE OF THE WOODS MILLING CO. guarantee that no bleaching either bv CHEMICALS or ELECTRICITY is used in its manufacture. Accept no Substitute. GOOD RIQ5 They're a choice India and Ceylon blend. Oue trial makes a lasting friend. All Grocers Sell It Hudson's Bay Company Sole Agents for British Columbia. HUNTER'S FEED S LIVERVfcwS Thos. Hunter, Prop., at Hotel Jackson. DISSOLUTION OF PABTNEBSHIP. We, the undersigned do hereby mutually agree that the partnership heretofore subsisting between us be, and the same is, hereby dissolved. In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands this 22ndjday of April, A.D. 1905. GEO. W. ALDOUS, Witness: J. C. BUDD. H. Webb, Clerk. Princeton, April 25,1905. BANK OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA CAPITAL—$4,866,666 RESERVE—$2 f 043,99 7 HEAD OFFICE IN CANADA - - MONTREAL H. Stikeman, General Manager. J. Elmsly, Superint'dt ot Branches. A General Banking Business Transacted. Drafts issued on New York, San Francisco and all points in Canada. Savings Department. HEBLEY BRANCH - - G. H. WINTER, Acting Manager. For CONNOISSEURS Only. Can be had at all(|rst-class hotels through- . out the province. R.P.RITHET&CO.,Ld. VICTORIA, B. C, Sole Agents* Wood, Vallance & Leggat, Limited. HEADQTJARTEKS FOB Sherwin-Williams' Paints MURALO'S 1st quality Cold Water Sanitary Calcimo VANCOUVER, B. C. |2 Subscribe for the STIR THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR May 20, 1905 ■n NOTICE. Sixty days after date I intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of I<ands and Works to purchase 160 acres of mountain land situate in Yale district and Yale division about ij£ miles north of Tuiameen river, i4>,miles north west of Prince- tori, described as follows : Commencing at a post and running 20 chains north. 80 chains east, 20 chains south, 80 chains West to point of commencement. W. J. GTJINEY, locator. May 5,1905. NOTICE. NOTICE) is hereby given that, 60 days after date, I intend to apply to the Hon. Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works to purchase 320 acres of mountain land, situate on Wolf lake mountain, ij4 miles northwest of Voigt's camp: Commencing at M. A. Voigt's initial or S. E. corner; thence west 40 chains; thence north 80 chains; thence east 40 chains; thence south 80 chains to place of beginning. Dated Voigt's Camp, Jan. 2nd, 1005. apl-8 M. A. VOIGT. 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 situated on the One-Mile creek, Pridceton, north of McDougall's location. And running 80 chains north, 80 chains east, 80 chains south, 80 chains west, back to point of ' commencement, in all 640 acres. Located 5th April iqos. S. SPENCER. , And adjoining above running 80 chains south, 80 chains east, 80 chains north 80 chains west, back to post, in all 640 acres. Located 5th April, 1005. M. SPENCER. NOTICE. THIRTY days from date I intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for a license tc prospect for coal on the following described lands situated on One-Mile creek west of S and M Spencer's location: Afiq running north 80 chains, west 80 chains, south 80 chains, east 80 chains to point of commencement, containing 640 acres. F. WEBB, April 17, 1905. H. Webb, agent. And running south 80 chains, west 80 chains, nftrth 80 chains, east 80 chains back to post, in all 640 acres. H. WEBB. April 17,1905. NOTICE. NOTICE is hereby given that sixty days after date I intend to apply to the chief commissioner of lands and works for permission to purchase 80 acres of mountain land as follows: Commencing at the W. P. of lot 1968, corner 1; ihence north 20 chains; thence east 40 chains: thence south 20 chains to the southeast corner of lot iq68; thence 40 chains to point of commencement, and containing 80 acres more or less. Dated March gth, 1905. aph5 FRANK BaILEY. Applicant. TficTaScoiivcr breweries, Lid. ..BREWERS OF THE FAMOUS Cascade Beer || Alexandra Stout Queen Beer £ Alexandra Ale if..- For sale throu£ hout British Columbia in all the first- class Hotels, Liquor Stores and Saloons. The Amalgamated DOERINfiS MARSTRAND & RED CROSS BREWERIES, VANCOUVEP, B. C. TUCIffTTO Myrtle! Navy Tobacco Largest Sale in Canada F. W. GROVES A. R. COLL., SC. D., Civil and Mining Engineer PROVINCIAL UNO SURVEYOR. Map of Surveyed Claims on Copper and Kennedy Mts.: Price, $2. PRINCETON, B. C. NOTICE. NOTICE is hereby given that sixty days aftei date I intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase 640 acres of land situate in the Osoyoos division of Yale district and described as follows • Commencing at a point 40 chains south of the north-. west corner of lot 3176 and running 80 chains south, 80 chains east, 80 chains north, 80 chains west, back to point of commencement. F. W. GROVES. March 24, 1905. DRIARD HOTEL NICOLA LAKE 1 The Hotel has been thoroughly renovated and refitted. Everything First Class. No pains spared to please the public. Table supplied with best the market affords. Fine Wines, Liquors and Cigars. TELEPHONE* BATH. Headquarters for Princeton, Spence's Bridge and Kamloops Stage Lines. BEST IN THE WORLD The Electric Process j.HirschSohsEO May 20, 1905 THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR :> SMILES. Some years ago Ppillips Brooks was recovering from an illness, and was denying himself to all visitors; when Robert G. Inlgersoll called. The bishop received l$m at once "I appreciate this very inu£h," said Mr. Ingersoll; but why do you see me when you deny yourself to your friends?" "It is this way," said the bishop: "I feel confident of seeing my friends in the next world, but this may be my last chance of seeing you." Jack Huggin—Won't you give me a kiss, Dollie ? Dollie Duggan—Would it be good taste? Jack Huggin—Don't know. I can tell better after you give it to me. Before he was raised to the peerage Lord Kelvin was one day discovered by a friend experimenting with a long coil of wire. He was making deep sea soundings. His friend immediately became interested in watching the great scientist at work, says a biographer, and asked : "What is that for?" "Oh," answered Lord Kelvin, "this is for making soundings." "Ah," said the other, with the evident intention of cracking a joke at the scientist's expense, "what sort of a note does it give off?" "The deep C of course,"answeted Lord Kelvin,promptly. "Tell me, Harry," said May Bright ley's admirer to her young brother, "who is this other fellow that's been calling on your sister?" "I don't know his name,'' replied Harry, "I used to call him 'April showers.' 'What for?' Because he brings May flowers." Superintendent Foster of the New Orleans Street railway compan-, formerly with the Boston & Northern at Sale.n, tells the following story of the days when "spotters" were much in evidence on the cars : A young fellow who had c'largt o one of the Salem Willows cars during the rush season was suspected of more than the ordinary "knocking down." He turned in his trips at the Salem office ai d the cashier, who was aware of what was going on, said : "Thank you." The next trip he turned in still less, and the polite cashier thanked him again. The next trip he turned in still less, and the polite cashier thanked him again The next trip he turned in still less money, but the cashier was there with his smiling ' thank you." "What the deuce are you thank ing me for?" asked the conductor. "For bringing in the car," replied the cashier. W'illie—Yes, uncle, she is beautiful, and we should have been married but for one unhappy circumstance. Uncle— Poor fellow ! What was it ? Willie— She refused me. ASSAYER JjfljjE VANCOUVER ASSAY OFFICE, ESTABLISHED 1890. Analysis of Coal and Fireclay a Specialty. Complete Coking Quality Tests. Reliable PLATINUM Assays. VANCOUVER, B. C. Qfter Flat Hotel i V CHARGES DgBARRO, Prop. TULAMEEN CITY, B. C Headquarters for Summit, Rabbitt moun- tainf Tuiameen river, Boulder, Bear and /.Kelly creek camps. Good I Fishing anci Boating ,WP. O. Address, ASPEN GROVE}. 1 Synopsis of Regulations Governing the Disposal of Dominion Lands within the Railway Belt in the Province of British Columbia. A LICENSE to cut timber can be acquired only at public competition. A rental of $5 per square mile is charged for all timber berths excepting those situated west of Yale for which the rental is at the rate of 5 cents per acre per annum. In additiou to the rental dues at the following rates are charged: Sawn ium ber, 50 cents per thousand feet B.M. Rai way ties, eight and nine feet long. 1^4 and 1% cents each. Shingle bolts, 25 cents a cord. All other products,'5 per cent on the sales. A license is issued so soon as a berth is granted, but in unsurveyed territory no timber can be cut on a berth until the licensee has made a survey thereof Permits to cut timber are also granted at public competition, except in the cast of actual settlers who require the timbei for their own use. Settlers and others may also obtain per mits to cut up to 100 cords of wood fo; sale without competition The dues payable under a permit art- $1.50 per thousand feet B.M., for square timber and saw logs of any wood except oak; from ^ to 1 y2 cents per lineal fool ror '-milding logs; from I2j4 to 25 cents per cord for wood; 1 cent for fence poste; 3 cents for railway ties; and 50 cents per cord on shingle bolts. Leases for grazing purposes are issued for a term of twenty one years at a renta of two cents an acre per annum Coal lands mar be purchased at $10 pei acre for soft coal and $20 for anthracite. Not nnre than 320 acres may be acquired by one individual or companv. . Royalty at the rate of 10 cents per toi of 2,000 pounds is collected on the gros.' output. Entries for land for agricultural pur poses may lie made per-onallv at the loo land office for the district in which tin land to be taken is situated, or if tlii homesteader desires, he rnav, on applies lion to the minister of the interior a' Ottawa, the commissioner of injm'gra tion at Winnipeg, or the local agent fo the distfic t within which the land is situ ated, reieive authoril3' for stmeone ti make entrv* tor him. A fee ot $10 is charged for for a home stead entry. A settler who has received an entry foi a homestead is required to perform tlu conditions connected therewith unde; one of the following"plans : 1. At least six months' residence upoi and cultivation of the land in each yeai during the term of three years. It is tin practice of the department to require settlor to bring 15 acres under cultiva tion, but if he prefers, he may substitute stock; and 20 head of cattle, to be actu ally his own property, with buildings for their occupation, will be accepted instead of the cultivation. 2. If the father (or mother, if the f; ther is deceased) of any person who B eligible to make a homestead entry under the provisions of the act, resides upon | farm in the vicinity of the land entered for by such person as a homestead, the requirements of the Act as to residence prior to obtaining patent may be satisfied by such person residing with the father or mother. 3. If the settler has his permanent resi dence upon farming land owned by him in the vicinity cf his homestead, the re quirements of. the Act as to residence may be satisfied by residence upon the said land. Application for a patent should be made at the end of three years before the local agent, sub agent or a homestead inspector. Before making an application for a patent the settler must give six months' notice in writing to the commissioner of Dominion lands at Ottawa, of his intention to do so. W. W. CORY, Deputy of the Minister of the Interior. Ottawa, Feb. 4, 1905. 3RINCET.ON BOARD uF TRADE—Rooms centrally located. Membership solicited. F. W. Groves E. Waterman, President. Secretary. H. Cowan, Treasurer. "0 f THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR May 20, 1905 I a I 1 c c i i ri^a Town of INCETON British Columbia* 5 2 9 BEAUTIFULLY SITUATED at the Forks of the Similkameen and Tuiameen Rivers. The BUSINESS CENTRE for the following Mining Camps:— Copper Mountain , Kennedy Mountain, Friday, Boulder and Granite Creeks, Summit, Roche River, Upper Tuiameen and Aspen Grove. Government Headquarters I r%. For the Similkameen JJistricf * ft? V §S£ FINE CLIMATE AND PUREST OF^WATER Enormous Agricultural Area to Draw from I LOTS, FOR SALE *. t ^v PRESENT PRICES OF LOTS===From $3.00 to $10 Per Front Foot. Size of Lots 50x100 Feet and 33x100 Feet. Terms===One=Third Cash; Balance Three and Six Honths with Interest at Six Per Cent Per Annum. Send for Map and Price List to S. S ERNEST WATERMAN, .* A Resident Manager VERMILION FORKS MINING AND DEVELOPMENT- CO'Y Agents for the CANADIAN ORE CONCENTRATION, LIMITED (Elmore Oil Process.) Sfc IkL
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Title | Similkameen Star |
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Howse, A.E. |
Publisher | Princeton : The Princeton Publishing Company |
Date Issued | 1905-05-20 |
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Date Available | 2018-10-31 |
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DOI | 10.14288/1.0373241 |
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Longitude | -120.507778 |
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