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 Coal is mined and Sold in Princeton at $3 per ton.
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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.
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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.
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MINES
Bought &Sold
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Offices: Penticton
and Brinceton,
Correspondence
Solicited.
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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.
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in Canada.   Savings Department.
HEBLEY BRANCH    -    -    G. H. WINTER, Acting Manager.
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May 20, 1905
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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, $2.
PRINCETON,
B. C.
NOTICE.
NOTICE is hereby given that sixty days aftei
date I intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner
of Lands and Works for permission to purchase
640 acres of land situate in the Osoyoos division
of Yale district and described as follows • Commencing at a point 40 chains south of the north-.
west corner of lot 3176 and running 80 chains
south, 80 chains east, 80 chains north, 80 chains
west, back to point of commencement.
F. W. GROVES.
March 24, 1905.
DRIARD HOTEL
NICOLA LAKE     1
The Hotel has been thoroughly renovated and refitted.
Everything First Class.
No pains spared to please the public.
Table supplied with best the market affords.
Fine Wines, Liquors and Cigars.
TELEPHONE* BATH.
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Stage Lines.
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The Electric Process
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May 20, 1905
THE    SIMILKAMEEN    STAR
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SMILES.
Some years ago Ppillips Brooks was
recovering from an illness, and was denying himself to all visitors; when Robert G. Inlgersoll called. The bishop received l$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.
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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
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For the Similkameen JJistricf
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FINE   CLIMATE   AND   PUREST  OF^WATER
Enormous Agricultural Area to Draw from
I LOTS, FOR  SALE *.
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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.)
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