Three Thousand Square Miles of Mineral Area in the Similkameen, Not One-Tenth of which has been Prospected. Railway Transportation is all that is Required to Make this Country Blossom as the Rose—The Local Government is Pledged to Support It. Vol. v. No. 39. PRINCETON, B.C., SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, J 90 5. $2 a Year, in Advance, 11 01 MINING OF PROVINCE IN HEALTHY STATE Boundary Ore Shipments Show Marked Increase for the Year Both in Value and Tonnage—Transportation is all that is Required to Make the Similkameen Flourish. Capital, Like an Elephant on a Bridge, is Timid nntil Assured of Its Footing, Then Advances with Mighty Momentum—Boundary is Object Lesson for Intending Investors in Similkameen— Mining Paragraphs. 58- fl Boundary ore shipments in 1904 exceeded 818,000 tons. The growth of tonnage in four years was as follows : 1900, 99,730 tons ; iQQi, jwo>Qpo tons ; 1902, 507.545 ton-; 1903, 684,461 tons>-v^^- The large iron deposits in east Kootenay are to be developed by a C.P,R. syndicate. The output of the St. Eugene mine last month was 2i:ooo tons, of which 15,000 tons v ere silver-lead concentrates. According to an official return copper exports from Canada during the past four months were 10,221,951 pounds valued at $1,272,210, exclusive of gold and silver. The November pay roll of the Crow's Nest Pass Coal Co. amounted to $126,842. The Great Northern will not begin hauling ore from Phoenix until about February ist. Ten blast furnaces in three Boundary smelters are now in operation—six at Granby, two at the B.C. Copper and two at the Montreal & Boston. Snowden Bros, and Burr proprietors of the King Solomon on Copper mountain, have recently had assays made from ore taken from a 40-foot cut on their claim. Considering that the ore assayed was surface and unselected the returns are very satisfactory. Assays were made by two men of good repute in thei: profession, C. H. Wolf and J. O'Sullivan. They both gave copper values of over $9 per ton or a total of $10.12 including gold and silver returns. These miners are owners of other properties on Copper mountain which they were fortunate enough to locate during the rush a few years ago Should Copper mountain develop into a low grade camp it is satisfactory to note that an unlimited ore body will more than compensate for any deficiency in ^mde that may occur in the hundreds of 0 ims on the mountain. Mr. Snowden ■^■§■4 g°°d specimen of arsenical iron Ach was taken from the Roche river rtrict. There is a large body of it and ere is little doubt that it contains gold id possibly cobalt and copper although <t (assay has been made to determine its -real value. Some Perinsylvania and New York investors are in correspondence with Prince ton parties concerning coal and other minerals with a view to purchase. An expert will be on the ground in the early spring to investigate and report. A private letter received from an official of the St. Louis exposition, which closed its doors last month, states that it was a "big mistake not to send an ore exhibit to the exposition. I had many enquiries for and about mining properties." It would show Mr. Shatford's good intentions and help to make known the mineral resources of the Similkameen, if, as its representative in the legislature, he would endeavor to have a good ore exhibit at the Lewis and Clark exposition in Portland this year. The people of the Similkameen have so many bur dens to bear through lack of railway communication that their efforts are chiefly directed to fighting the proverbial wolf. Hence the lack of ore exhibits at the various expositions. The value of the Boundary mines output for 1904 is $4,000,000. In another six months it is estimated that fifteen blast furnaces will be treating at least 4.000 tons or more of ore daily from Boundary mines. It is the intention of all the smelters to increase their furnaces. With the recent payment of $25,000 in dividends by the Slocan Star in Slocan over $400,000 have been thus distributed by B.C. mines this year. The Great Northern is after the Slocan zinc output and interesting complications with the C.P.R. may be looked for in the near future. The Arlington, at Erie, has made a net profit over all expenses and development of $14,666. A find of ten feet of clean ore was recently made at the Foghorn mine in Ymir district. The new camp of Goldfields in Nevada lies about 23 miles south of Tonopah.and was located in the spring of 1903. In Jannary and February 1904 rich finds were made in certain spots south of Columbia mountain. The district has now an approximate population of 6,000. The town of Goldfields has sprung up, and a number of smaller adjacent camps have been established. It is estimated that up to the present time about $2,000,000 worth of ore has been shipped from the district, most of which has been made in the last five months. Spain produced 175.109 tons of lead in 1903, exceeding the output of all other countries except the United States. Mexico is the third largest producer, and Australia comes fourth in order. The Scientific American commenting on the lost art of tempering copper for tools and arms, says; "Is any man sighing for a copper razor, or does any boy want a brass jack knife blade ? There is no evidence to prove that the tempered copper tools ot the ancients were capable of holding a keen edge like steel; on the contrary they were probably very crude and unsatisfactory substitutes for what we now have. Copper and its al. loys are more costly than the ordinary grades of tool steel, and the only appar ent advantage possessed is that they are not subject to rust. Pennsylvania, which makes more than half the iron produced in the United States, produces less .than 2 per cent of the iron ore mined. Ohio mines less than 0.1 per cent of the total. In both cases the ore is brought to the fuel. In the Similkameen and Nicola districts iron ore and coal are found together, which would cheapen the cost of smelting and give these districts an immense advantage over less favored districts. The New Westminster Columbian in a monster special edition has the following in regard to the resources of this country : "Lying between, in fact surrounded by those sections of southern British Columbia which have acquired railway communication, the rich and attractive Similkameen and Nicola valleys are still waiting the advent of railway construction to give that impetus to settlement and development of the resources which wiil result in bringing the district into the prominent place it is well fitted by nature to occupy. There has been much said and a great deal written of the need of the district for immediate railway communication with the rest of the province. But the Moses who is to bring the land out of its isolation has not yet arisen. The Hope mountains on the western border form the great natural barrier be tween the district and the coast or Westminster district, while on the eastern side it is separated from the Okanagan district by another range. The district includes the valley of Nicola lake, near Spence's Bridge, which is the nearest point of access on the main line of the C.P.R.; the Nicola and Coldwater rivers, the Similkameen and Tuiameen rivers, the latter in the southwestern portion of the district. Settlement has been retarded in the district, for the reasons indicated, in referring to the lack of means of communication with the other portions of the province. The principal settlements are at Princeton, Keremeos, Hedley City and Nicola in the upper por tion of the district. Mining may be said to be the most important of the various possibilities of the district, both copper and gold, as well as very valuable coal deposits being located and in many cases developed in the district. No part of the province is better adapted for the production of fruits of all kinds in the greatest perfection. Peaches and grapes produced at Keremeos are as fine as produced in any part of the world while the apples are certainly unexcelled both for quality and size. No part of the proviuce has attracted more attention to the country for many years than the Similkameen and only lack of railway facilities, which have been tantalizingly in sight, has prevented very active development—the one need of the district, above all others, is railway communication." It is a matter for the earnest consideration of the provincial and Dominion authorities to establish a school of mines in this province. British Columbia is essentially a mineral country and its future is almost wholly dependent upon the development of its mining areas. To properly conduct explorations and make known the hidden wealth of the country technical training is required and this can only be obtained through a mining education on the spot. Personal contact with the mineral formations and deposits enables the student to form a practical foundation for research which mere theory cannot afford. Mineralogists and geologists delve in the earth as well as in books. The Similkameen offers every advantage for the establishment of a mining school and an appropriation ought to be secured at the coming sessions of the federal and provincial houses for one. Compared with any other mi neral district in the province the Similkameen is immeasurably superior in variety, richness and ease of access. At the very gateway to seaports and centrally situated in the interior its shipping position could hardly be more advantageous. Its location makes it possible to lay coal down at the coast in favorable competition with any other section. Now for the railway. At present three coal drills are working in the Nicola district: One at the Diamond Vale Co's property, and one each at Lumbum lake and the Coldwater. These properties are all believed to contain a large area of coal and the drilling is to ascertain the extent and quality of it. First class coking coal is known to be in the Nicola but its extent has never been defined some of the strata being at great depth. A letter addressed to the Star inquires for platinum property, the writer evidently being desirous to purchase. He also states that he is in touch with California people who want to get about twenty mineral claims on Copper mountain. If any inducement be offered to purchase they would look the country, and the properties over. Address m? be had at this office. v V W m m 4^^222 W \ - t-tt-—: T /E SIMILKAMEEN STA ! R The Similkameen Star Si^*«^™>amo^ its Man>'and pushed weekly at vast natural resources possesses PRINCETON B.C. great stretches of upland pasturage —sy— on which wild horses now feed that The Princeton Publishing Co. could be turned to much.better pur- A. E. Howse. M»n»or«r pose f^ jimb an(j |ung. power "J3.00I °^ norses could have no better place for development than among the hills of this district and the grass is most nutritious. January 7, 1905. A. E. Howse, Manager. SUBSCRIPTION RATE: One Year, - - - - % - - ... Payable in Advance. Subscribers wilficonfer a favor on this office by promptly reporting, any change in address or irregularity in receipt of their pape r. Advertising rates furnished on application. Legal notices io and 5 centsA>erlme. . 1 : Four weekly insertions constitute one month advertising. J NOTICE. All cheques to be made payable to .'/ A. E. HOWSE. RH NgTES AND COMMENTS. .^9.05-looks like- an epochal year in the KTstory of theVSimilkameen. The Socialist legislators can cause : dissolution - of'-the" local house or . they can ie&teh63ts life the allotted sparfl*^>Pheyalcan cause the" imrae- . diate construction of a railway into ...the. ^Similkameen- or they maybe susceptible to the hypnotic influence of the great railway monopoly 'and thus delay .building.....^They 'can force the government to give railway subsidies or withhold, them,: ;in fact.. they- can take Richard's ■head off and leave his bones, of office to be picked by the vultures which infest James' bay. What is demanded by the ! people of the Similkameen is a reilway. It is their right. They cafe not who builds it. If the Socialists are the friends ofr4the.:peoplev; they ought to mark the next session of the legislature- with'*'a' progressive railway policy. ;''Premier" Hawthorn- t'hwaite may foegijn an epoch in the history ,1; of t&e Similkameen in which, railway transportation will be the initial event! Is he likely to do it? .In 1901 Canada possessed'^ according to the census returns of that year, nearly ij5oo,ooo horses, a . much larger. proportion to population tbarbttthat of any other country. Britain requires some educa- tionAegafding the Dominion's pos- slBilitiesn'and actualities as a horse v-^ureeding countr); and a:-fuller recpg.| nition of this on the part of the imperial government would be a small return for the prefer entail tariff Premier i,aunjir; has accapred he. old country. Canada, and especially the dry belt- OfirBfitish Columbia, is a field%econ<rol^dne for the production of the7 firiestran.d hardiest horses suitable for miJitar^ purposes. After. South Africarifex.1 perieri.ces army officials have been- cast ing about Jbrifni 0iraTy.' '^nrosiSs and havSs.Concluded fait". Canagg has inexhaustible resourees-fof the raising of theov-ihe..only difficulty'! being.- the procuring of the^ro^g quality. Experimental horse breeding stations should be established in B.C. for the purpose of eliminating the underbred .cayuse and the production of a serviceable military and. general purpose norse.' The l|Be seedless orange has now been j followed by the coreless and seedless apple, which is the result of twelve years of experiment. frfis latest triumph in' horticulture has been -'achieved {in^.England. -and is named after its discoverer, or inventor—or, perhaps, breeder would be the fittest word—the:.Spencer apple. There are now 2,000 of these coreless apple trees available for 'prbpogation to supply the orchards of the world. .,Sampson Morgan, who -has;been associated with "Mr.' Spencer in the work of experiment,,which»>has*at last ended in siich Success; estimates in an article which he contributes to the Century that in two how 2,500,000 of these trees will have been put upon the market. The stock'"of 2,000 trees now in the hands of Mf. Spencer were obtained froth five*.trees that bore fruit practically seedless. The tree is described as blossom less, the only thing resembling a blossom being a small cluster of tin.3' green leaves, which grow around the newly formed apple and shelter if. There is nothing in the way of perfume to attract the codlin moth. Already there is the seedless plum, orange, grape, cherry but the seedless apple .will be irost. welcome by the' housewives of the land. I.X.L- mineral claim, situate in the Similkameen mining division of Yale district. . Where located: On Copper, mountain, --^ji&ffl Take notice that I, H, H. Thomas, free miner's certificate No. B72190, formygejf and as agentfor W. H. Thomas, free miner's certificate No. B72i8gand S. L. Allison, free miner's certificate No. B79914, intend, sixty days fgpm the date hereof to apply to the Mining Recorder for a certificate ofognSrovements, for the purpose of Obtaining:' a crown gratasBfithOTlioye claim. And further take notic&tnat action, under sec- i tion 37, must be commenced before the issuance |pf such certificate of improvements.' -Dated this 28th day of November, A.D. 1904. NOTICE. NOTICE. Princeton mineral claim, situate in the Similkameen mining division'^f Yale district. . .Where locateaTTtennedymouatafe. M Take notice that I, Ernest Waterman, agent for the -Vermilion' Forks Mining and Development Company, Limited, free miner's .certificaie No. B72U74, ihterfa; - sixty days from the'date hereof, to apply to the mining recorder for a certificate of-tmprovements, for'the]purpose of obtaining crown grants of. the above claims. And further take rotice that action, under section 37, must be commenced before the issuance of suco>&rtificate of Improvements. Dateathis 21st day of November;.A.jP._ 1904. .. NOTICE; NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Vancouver and Coast-Kootenay Railway Company will apply to the parliamectol Canada, at its next session, for an ActJjSSlSSJifase its capital stock, build branch lifieS^and to extend the time in JEji|c|fit'may constra§tSfs-works; D. G. MACDeSTEri,. : JSolicitor for Applicants. Dated at Vancouver, B.C , this 19th day of November, 1904. NOTICE. 'THIRTY days after date I intend to apply to the * Chief Commissioner .of Lands and Works-, for ajjjcense to prospect for coal on the'following 'descHhed lands: Commencing at a point' south of B. ^White's claim, J5J And running nWtix 80 chains, west 80 chains, south 80 chains, east 80 chains to- point of commencement, containing 640 acres. SfiRsas '" W. J7WILSON," L'cfcator. Princeton, 28th Nov., 1904. Commencing at a post.near W. J..Wilson's cHim, ..- - ■ . - . • And running 80 chains south, 80 chains west, 80 chains north, 80 chains east, to point of commencement, containing 646acres. . **■•.. P. BURNS, Locator, ,■ W. J. Wilson, Agent. ;'■ Princeton, 28th Nov., 1904. ■"- Nineteenth years from Shamrock and Billy Goat minejal claims, situate jJLthe Osoyoos 'jnintng'SJdi^sion of Yale TpdfetMct.,: Where locateH : On Riordan moun- I tain. *$r*i Take notice that I, R. H. Rogers, as agent for RoberftGaede'jKree miner's certificate*N6.'B7882§. and James Riordan, free miner's certificate No. B78824, intend sixty days' from the date herejH", tj>: 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 of such certificates of-ylgjrovements.'1 -.«■** l,'% Dated this'is't day of December, 1904. , Sglgs Reginald h. Rogers. NOTICE. Commencing at a-point near west end of Wilson's claim,. . -- - * • "*"' " And rflf&njE.ng 80 chains north;* 80 chains west, 80 chains south, 80 chains east, to point of com- mencement,-c(bffifaining 640 acres. GEORGiC URQUHART, Locator. W. J. Wilson, Agent. Princeton, 28th Nov,, 1904. Commencing at hart's claim, . ;:„ ._,. . And fefiSfning 80 chains south, 80 chains west, 80 chains north, 80 chains east, to point of com- mentenlejtit, containing 640 acres. - - •- ALEX. SHARP, Locator, • t W. J. Wilson, Agent. Princetcn, 28th Nov., 1904. point near George Urqu- TpHIRTY days after date I intend.to.apply to.the * Chief,Comniis9S)fi^t-Sbf Lands 'and .Works for a license-to prospect for coal 'on the following described lands : Commencing at a point on the west line of lot 300, 2c-!Chains"'south of the north-west corner of lot 300 ; And running north 80 chains, west 80 chains, south 80 chains, east 80. chains to poiut of commencement, containing 640 acres. F. W. GROVES, Locator. Princeton, 7th Nov. 1904. I Commencing at a point on the west line of lo. 300, 20 chains south of the north-west^cbrner of lot 300;! * '"■■-" And running south 80 chains, west 80 chains iiorth 80. chains, east So-chains to point of commencement, containing 640 acres. T. H. PARR, Locator. Per F. W. Groves. Princeton, 7th Nov. 1904. NOTICE. 'T'HIRTY days from date I intend to apply to the * Chief Cfttnmissfoner "of Lands and Wcrks for a licen.se to -prospect for coal on the following descrijbeiirfands;— Commencing at the S.W. corner of lot 300. thence east 40 chains, south 80 chains, west 20 '(mains north 40 chains, west no chains along .the north line lot 230, north 52 chains along-the east' line'lOt 71, west 20 chains to the S E. corner of lot 75,jiorth 125 chains along the east line of lots 75 and 74, east 19 chains along south line of lot 246, south 160 chains along the west line of F. W. Groves'and T. H. Parr's coal claims, east 80 chains along'the south line'of T. H. Parr's coal claim, north 20 chains to. point of commencement and containing 640 acres ''•VfeSW^ C. H. TY2, Locator. per F. W. Groves, ■ 7th November, 1904. NOTICE. TTHIRTY days after date I * the Chief Commissioner o It has been definijte.ly decided to make Port Simpson the Pacific terminus of the Grand Trunk Pacific. The'land required by tbe railway company for terminal, and other purposes belongsto the Indians and will-have to be secured through ue- hgot?iations with the depart ment. of rhe' interior;" Some of the speculators who expected .tomake a big winning on real estate ' Will- find they're in- the "soup" when the town'M located a miljStor two from their'holdings!.' NOTICE. NOTICE. '. .JTbttce is herety given that sixty days from ;da(e.I intend-Aorfl-pply to. the Honorable Chief Conj|mti§jbner of Lands and Work#Jfor per- &i^£sion far purchase i6o-acres of mountain pas |Ejir,e| land. The described land is a'l" follows SGominie"ficirig' at a%ost planted at the {northeast corJiEr pS W,J^UThba&&$pre-eruption and about ffiree miles from Princeton, and running -feifth ■|^lte)nsj thenea<iks*t 26 chains;' thence north 80 [chains;.thence west 2ochains,' to. place of com- mehceltHeiit''and cbntafeung' 160 acres more..or less, j-;««.*?. Jf',J^.'r, AM*Y A. WOKGANi ' Dated Decenttjer.23ra^, 1904... NQTlQp NOTie^ys. .tareb^gtyen that sixty days after date x ^Jend to applyitp.tHe Chief Commissioner of Lands and WofESffoi' permission to purcjiajse 80 acres of mountain pasture land,' described as follows : Commencing at a post marked W. D. Y. iind.running-20 chains: north, 40 chains east 20 chainjstsputh, 40 chains ,we^|jt; back to poiriflSf comme^einent,containing80acresinore or tess. Situated about 8 miles, from, Princeton on Wolf creek-jfi?'' W. Dv^Qp3*GJI*i Princeton, Nov. 11, 11504. ' -~.iii Silvei sides and Ironsides mineral claims, situate in the-Osoyoos mining division of Yale district. Where locate^ : Camp J&edley. Take notice that I, J. Fraser Campbell, agent for Sydney M. Johnson,- free miner's certificate No B4i75i;H. W. Yates free miner's certificate No. B78808 and- J.-J*faser Campbell, free miner's certificate No. B.78807, intend,-; sixty ' .days from the date hereof, to apply to the Mining recorder for a'certiflcate of improvements for the purpose of obtaining .a crown grant of the above 'claim.. Aud further take notice that action, under section 37, must be commenced before the issuance -of such Certificate of Improvements. •*,."". Dated this first day of November. A.D. 1904. NOTICE of FORFEITURE To STEVE MANGOT or whomsoever he may have transferred his interest in the Gold: Platinum mineral-claimrsituate on Champion, creek, a tributary of the Tuiameen river, in the Similkameen mining division of Yale district. ?!££f Take notice that after the publication hereof once each week for ninety days, 3 ou fail or refuse'to contribute your portion of the expenditure required by section 24 of the " Mineral Act," being chapter 135, Revised Statutes of British Columbia, 1897, in respect of the Gold-Platinum mineral claim, situate on Champion creek, in the Similkameen Mining Division of Yale District, British Columbia, together with all costs of advertising, your interest in said claim shall become vested in your co-owner, Daniel Coute- nay, free miner, who has made the required expenditure. ■ The amount' due by you in respect of the said mineral claim, not including costs, is $33-33-" Dated this 24th day of October, 1904 DANIEL COUTENAY. intend to apply to ~. wV4UiuiBaiviicr of Lands and Works for a license to prospect for coal on the following described lands:— Commencing at a post marked E.S.N's southwest corner, And running 80 chains, north, 80 chains "east, 80 chains south, 80 chains west, to point of commencement,. containing 640 acres,'and adjoining J. Lang's locations on the east bovndary. E. S. NEAVE.'Locator. Ernest Waterman, Agent. Princeton, October 10, 1904. NOTICE. Northern 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 J. S. C. Fraser, free miner's certificate No. B42433, Jose?>h Wright, free miner's certificate No. B75373, and L. G. Barron; free miner's celtificate No. B57500, intend sixty days. ir<fm «the date .hereof, to apply to the mining recorder for a certificate of improvements, for the- •purpose of obtaining a crown grant of the above claim^ Aud further take notice that action, under section 37, must be commenced before the issuance of such certificate cf improvements. „■ [fSfelsSp! Dated this 13th day of October, 1904. NOTICE. NOTICE. nrJHIRTY d$9s from date I intend to apply to * th'ejgfaief Cornmissiosper of Lands and Works for a license to prospect for coal on the following .described lands:— Situated on Nine-Mile creek, Yale district, about 9 mileV'south-west from Princeton, B.C., commencing at a post marked D.L.H's north west corner post and running 80 chains east, 80 chains south, 80 chains west, 80 chains north back to post, containing 640.acres, and adjoining! L- E. Hanley's south boundary line. D. L. HOPKINS, Locator. C. O. French, Agent. Dec.aoth, 1904. Honeysuckle mineral claim, situate in the Similkameen mining division of. Yale district. Wheie located: On Copper mountain. Take notice that I, F, W. Groves, free miner's Certificate No. B72155, acting for selfand as agent fiff*Tliomas Day, free miner's certificate No. .B72123, intend, sixty days from the date, hereof, to ap!ply to the mining recorder for a certificate of improvements, for the purpose of obtaining a crown grant of the above claim. And further take notice that action, under section 37, must be commenced before the issuance '. ■ofsuch Certiflcatee of Improvements. Dated thlSjijsth day of November, A.D. 1904. NOTICE. Peerless, fractional, mineral claim, situate in the Similkameen mining division of Yale district. Where located; On Kennedy mountain. ' ;)lt'gif["i Take notice that I, F. W. Groves, acting as agent for A. E. Irvine, free miner's certificate No. B76870, intend sixty days from the date hereof, to apply to the .Milling 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 15th day of November, A.D.. 1904. \ \^ 4 l^tc i9'Mfccu#' 1c' j a( / _ JANUARY 7^1905 MATS 14HHMA2Jr JtHE SIMILKAMEEN STAR Marriage. At Princeton, on the 31st December, 1904, by the Rev. A. J. Fowlie, (Presbyterian) J. M. Wright, of the Star, to Miss M. h. Whillans. Both formerly of Ottawa. LOCAL AND GENERAL. At the board of trade meeting held on Thursday evening it was ordered that the rooms of the board be opened Wednesdays and Saturdays for the use of out of town persons. The secretary was advised by the board to provide a box with lock for safe deposit of board documents and minute book. The hearty congratulations cf the board were tendered the vice-president upon his recent marriage. Board adjourned till the 19th instant. The telephone wire stringers reached Princeton on Tiiursday from Nicola and immediately set up communication with that point. Foreman Kelly with his gang of men has made an excellent job of the line, the insulation being perfect and every word spoken is distinctly audible. There being a shortage of wire Mr. Kelly took his gang to Keremeos on Friday and will work toward Penticton. He expects to have the line completed in three weeks. 'Phonetics'—Port Arthur garrison capitulated and brave Gen. Stoessel held a prisoner of war by the Japanese.—Urqu- hart, Liberal candidate for north Toronto in the Dominion elections, elected mayor of that city by over 2,500 majority.—S. B. Eiggar, brother-in-law of A. E. Howse has been elected mayor of Hamilton by a large majority. Baled Hay For Sale—Apply at Central stables. * 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 FAIRVIEW, B.C. A General Banking Business A general banking business transacted by the Bank of Hamilton. Capital all paid up, $-2,229,-280.00. Reserve fund and surplus profits, $2,067,080.95. 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. F. W. GROVES A. R. COLL., SC. D., Civil and Mining Engineer PROVINCIAL LAND SURVEYOR. Map of Surveyed Claims on Copper and Kennedy Mts.: Price, $2. PRINCETON. - B. C. Wood, VallanceS Leggat, Limited. ■ -M^lft tilO -SIB230 30^^jf^t'^0^^ HEADQUARTERS FOR Sherwin-Williams'j^ Paints ^m MURALO'S 1st qualftjrjg Cold Water Sanilry Calcimo VANCOUVER, B. C. Jquioitfis R. H. ROGERS M.A., B.C.I,. SOLICITOR CONVEYANCER NOTARY POBLIC, Etc. OLALLA P.O. Simikameen, B.C. e Vancouver Breweries, lid. BREWERS OF THE FAMOUS Cascade Beer *& Alexandra Stout Queen Beer *& Alexandra Ale For sale throughout British Columbia in all the first■ class Hotels, Liquor Stores and Saloons. The Amalgamated DOERING & MARS & RED CROSS BREWERIES, VANCOUVEP, B. C NOTICE-. Take notice that sixty days after date I intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works f r permission to purchase the following descriDed lands, viz : Commencing at a pes: placed at the north-west cor ner of lot 1825, thence west 40 chains, south 80 chains, east 40 chains, north 80 chains along the western boundary of lot 1825 to point of commencement, containing 320 acres more or less. JOHN M. MURRAY, per W. C. McDougall. Jan. 7,1905. NOTICE. NOTICE is hereby given that sixty days after date I intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of T.ands and Works for permission to purchase the following described land, viz: Commencing at a post placed 40 chains southeast of the north-east corner of lot 1825, thence 40 chains west, thence 80 chains north, thence 80 chains east, thence 40 chains south, thence 40 chains west, thence 40 chains! south to point of commencement, containing 480 acres more or less. JOHN M. SMITH. per W. C. McDougall. Jan. 7, 1005. NOTICE. H. ft COOPER larness, Saddles, ^^^B MANUFACTURER AND DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF Harness of any Description and any Price Made to Order—Send for Prices. [Established 12 years in Vernon.] KELOWNA, B.G gjW~ Freight Prepaid to Penticton on all Orders from Princeton and Vicinity. NICOLA NOTICE is hereby given that sixty days after date I intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of I.ands and Works for permission to purchase 80 acres of mountain pasture land, situated-and commencing at the southwest corner of lot number 1937 and running south 40 chains, east 20 chains to lot No. 1037, thence north 40 chains,- west 20 chains to point of commencement. THOS. J. McALPIN. December 6,1904. THE VANCOUVER ASSAY OFFICE, ESTABLISHED 1890. Analysis of Coal and Fireclay a Specialty. Complete Coking Quality Tests. Reliable PLATINUM Assays. VANCOUVER, B. C. 1 .... ■_.J]"M STRAYED. Came to my ranch on the Similkameen river in the winter of 1903 4, One Roan Yearling Steer, no brand. The owner of the above an'»mal may obtain the same by paying expense of keep and cost of advertisement. If not claimed within 30 days from this date and charges paid, the animal will be sold. E. BUCLOCK-WEBSTER", J.P. Keremeos, ist Dec., 1904. ROCHUSSEN & COLLIS Yates St., Victoria, B.C. MANUFACTURER'S AGENTS FOR Mining Machinery and Supplies Tenders on Engineering Contracts MINING BROKERS Quotations on all kinds of machinery WRITE US FOR PRICES is situated at the foot of Nicola Lake, which is one of the most beautiful lakes in the Province, and from which flows the Nicola River, which is noted for its excellent trout fishing. NICOLA is also the key to the great Similkameen, Granite Creek, and Aspen Grove Mining Camps, and is the nearest point to LllC ^a/» MT m *v* *^ *^ c?S ^* *^* *^* **^* *^ ^^ *r **^* &^* 50 YEARS' EXPERIENCE NOTICE. Trade: Marks Designs Copyrights &c. Anyone sending a sketch and description may quickly ascertain our opinion free whether an invention1 is probably patentable. Communications strictly confidential. HANDBOOK on Patents sent free. Oldest acency for securing patents. Patents taken through Munn & Co. receive special notice, without charge, in the Scientific American, A handsomely illuatrated weekly. T^nrcrest circulation of niiy scientific journal. Terms, $3 a year; four months* $L Sold by all newsdealers. i$UNN & Co.36,Broadway- New York Branch Office. 025 F St.. Washington, D. C. NOTICE is hereby given that thirty days after date I intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of I,ands and Works for a license to cut and tarry away timber from the following described lands, situated on the east side of the Tuiameen river, commencing at a post by the N.W. corner post of lot 252, running east 20 chains, north 120 chains, west 140 chains more or less, to a point on river, thence following the line of river to point of commencement. ANGUS STEWART. Princeton, Nov. iq, 1904. *w NOTICE. William A. McLean, of the Commercial Hotel, Hedley, intends to apply to the License Commissioners for the Nicola district for permission to transfer his hotel license to William J. Henderson. Signed, William a. Mclean. Dated at Hedley, Dec. 6th, 1904. Advertise in the Star. ■as;-^-'~" ■ ->- - THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR January 7 t / Humorous. '!And is that the ocean out there?" asked the visitor from the interior, who had just arrived at Atlantic City. "Yes, the Atlantic ocean," replied the native I proudly, "named after our city, you Ypow." I "Do you mean to tell me that you "ever drink water?" "Yes," answered Bronco Bob. "I come from a part of the west where water is too much needed for irrigation to be wasted." A teacher was doing some home geography work with her primary class. "Now, Ella," she said in review, "can you tell me what an isthmus is?" "It's a little path across the water," replied Ella promptly. Mrs. Potts was filled with nervous alarms whenever she travelled, and Mr. Potts always had his hands full in trying to quiet and reassure her. "Algernon," said Mrs. Potts, wakening her husband from a sound sleep in a southern railway car. "Algernon ! I want you to find out why we are going at this fearful speed. The car is bumping and swaying till I can scarcely see out of my eyes." Mr. Potts sat up and looked out of the window at the moonlit landscape. "See that bridge ahead on the curve ?" he asked sleepily. "Well, we have to go over that in a minute, and probably it isn't very strong, and they want to go over it with as little strain and as quickly as possible. Now go to sleep." Mrs. Chatterson—It was such a relief fo have my husband fail. Mrs. Chipway ■How so? "Oh, I was so afraid we -ffl \uld have to pay all those bills." 5^>drick—So Freddy is after the rich Gotrox girl,; How in the world did he make such a favorable impression with the mother? Van Albert—Oh, that was easy. When he saw the mother and daughter together for the first time he asked if they were sisters. Guest—Two eggs—and boil them in five minutes. Waiter—Yas, sah. Give 'em to yo' in a minute, sah. First Burglar — Get anything when you broke into the Hide and Seek Bank ? Second Burglar—No, the cashier h; d preceded me. Fiw© Flour Whitest Strongest Best LAKE OF THE WOODS Milling Company JAS. I. LOTJTIT. Agent. P.O. Box 158 Vancouver, B.G. NOTICE. THIRTY days from date I intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for a license to prospect for coal and petroleum on the following described lands : Commencing at a post marked "James Hay's north-west corner," and running 80 chains south ^ajong east side of H. Rockett's location, thence 80 chains east, 80 chains north, 80 chains west to place of commencement, containing 640 acres JAMES HAY, Locator. W. a. Davis, Agent. Located June 22nd, 1004. NOTICE. Ufe 'T'hirty days afterdate I intend to apply to the * Chief Commissioner of I ands and Works for a license to prospect for coal and petroleum on the following described land :— Commencing at a post marked "M. P.ockett's northwest corner," running 80 chains west, 80 ■chains south alorg east side of J. "V. MacAdams' location, thence east 80 chains, north 80 chains to place of commencement, containing 640 acres in aU. M. ROCKETT, Locator.^ W. A. Davis, Agent. Located June 22nd, 1904. DRINCETON BOARD OF TRADE—Rooms centraUy located. Membership solicited. E. W. Groves, E. Waterman, President. £ Secretary. H. Cowan, Treasurer. moors Largest Sale in Canada Just Opened COMMERCIAL HOTEL first Class Dining Room Hedley City Good Beds Newly Fined H A No Chinese Employed......... BEST BRANDS LIQUORS AND CIGARS ALWAYS IN STOCK SPECIAL ATTENTION PAID TO TRAVELLERS jffiB HUSTON & McLEAN, Proprietors I Straight Party |f Lines . DRIARD HOTEL I NICOLA LAKE WE ARE EXCLUSIVELY SHOEMAKERS AND CAN GUARANTEE Style, Comfort and Durability IN FOOTWEAR MANUFACTURED BY US. ™e AMES HOLDEN Company OF MONTREAL, LTD. 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* E|pg&j „- - — - — mM .,., 5^wsw;^^ffl(^«t«^5Kg;wgw™™»s »;'■■* 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- ; IfeATH. Headquarters for Princeton, Spence's Bridge and Kamloops Stage Lines. 1 Subscribe For the STAR *A Sisn of thguTimes" 1 v> Items of Interest. In a paper read at a meeting of a society of dyers in Manchester, titanic acid (the oxide of titanium) was claimed to possess remarkable fireproofing properties, and 1 evidence was produced in 'the shape of ■experiments by the reader of the paper. He took, for instance, some pieces of flannelette which had been treated with titanic acid, and put a match to them. The incipient fire in the material smoldered and went out, refusing ,to burst into a flame. It would seem almost incredible that there should"exist in nature a soap lake, since soap is an artificial man-made pro duct. Yet such a curiosity exists in California, not far from the famous Death Valley, and for souie four or five years a large number of men have been at work digging it out. The explanation of the phenomenon is as follows". The lake bed originally held, not soap, but water, said water, however, contained a strong solution of borax and soda. In the water a certain species of grub bred by millions. These grubs went through their various transformations, and finally emerged as short winged, heavy-bodied flies, very fat and oily. They lived but a few days, dying*and falling back into the lake in innumerable multitudes. The oily substances of the dead flies • " blended, with the alkali of the borax and soda, and the result was a layer of pure soap, corresponding in thickness- to the drift strata of the dead flies, a foot deep j ' of'the flies making a lair of soap nearly an inch thick. These strata, repeated year after year, gradually replace'd the water, so that where it had once been . was nothing but soap of infinite purity and of almost the consistency and color of honey. This is not theory, but fact, for a similar process is even now silting up the bed of Owen's lake, some 40 miles distant as the crow flies. Most remarkable of all, however, among recent geological discoveries, is t le 1 eating of the veritable "Home of Gold," the existence of which has been a legend among the Atzecs in Mexico for more than six centuries. Somewhere— so ran the story—among the a tnesses ot the Seirra Madre is a wonderful Valley. Small, enclosed in high rocky walls, it - can be? reached by but a single subter ranean passage, the entrance to which h.is ofcen been sought but never found. It is watered by a broad-river, and in it are thousands ox birds of the most beautiful plumage, exquisite.-flovyers and stately trees. A ledge of pure gold 30 feet wide crosses it and glisten^jjetthe sun like a great golden belt. The stream runs over . this ledge, swirling over and murmuring round ' blocks of "the precious yellow metal as others do among pebbles. All this has long been- believed to be an Indian legend pure and simple. In the early part of last summer, however, a party of gold seekers stumbled accident- . ally upon the valley in question. There could be no doubt about it. There was the subterranean passage, the lofty precipices, the river and the broad ledge of glistening metal; only, unfortunately for the adventurers, the latter proved to be, not gold at all, but iron pyrites. HOWSE NEW Tickle Your Palate I and your economical buj HH^'- at the same: time with ;■ -^^^::; J goods and prices.'W :' If s not necessary to try us more than once. S By closely watching the market and discriminating in d chases our stock is made up of just such goods as please i particular* Here are a few random items picked out from dred others for the holiday trade: a Fresh Muscatel Raisins PI Valencia I rialaga fi Currants Candied Peel Figs Dates Oranges Lemons Apples -:o:- A fine assortment of Toys and Fancy Suitable for Presents -:o:- ^Have a Look at our Windows -:o:- J.tf/RSCH 5on3 6 G>. Alms. Montreal Dividend No 1 A, Dividend Fraction, Mammoth, Iron Mask, Dividend A, Dividend No. 2 A and Dividend No. 3 A Fractional mineral claims, situate in the Osoyoos mining division of "Yale district. Where located: On Dividend mountain. Take notice that I, Reginald H. Rogers, as agent for Robeit Gaede, free miner's certificate l -N0JB78828 and Jamefe Riordan free miner's certificate No. &78§24,*fntend, -sixty-days from 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 of such certificate of improvements. Dated this 7th day of December, a.D. 1904.. R H. Rogers. ft. howse comH NICOLA LAKE, & PRINCETON, IT-1 tlL mrrfflto* m&& wm '«*.- "^S- ■s—-^f- ■*" ti. <ii i^ -f^%>%- 'i^i- :W$*M'. 4"if.^ yfyi January 7, 1905. KMH^4H^>i^VfO^C>V' O Ci C> C>«^'C>C>'<i',<i',4*,<*^<* TAa Town of m* m ~2*&jSz&*<^g*~M, British**Golumbia£ 5 I 2 5 9 :'^**w\yvi» &)UUbB* mm'jsu. I B Jt5 <A*Mi*A^E^^^AAAAAAAAAA*AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA**AAAAAAAAAAAA« ^Ji*;^f$lt %SPfe 1 ^Etf®OTHfl3gy SITUATED at the Forif of the Similkameen and Tuiameen Rivers. The BUSINESS CEN- fo^* the following |^ni^ ^mps:-—? Gosper Mountain, Kennedy Mountain, Friday, Boulder ana fcrranite Creeks, Summit; Raaie-River, Tapper Tuiameen an<£ Aspen Grove. : f-'H - «®&.«&. I Government Headquarters M I^^Etfcjfl **. f||§ :--'r'^ iwt i^^f* For the Similkameen District i£S~S--*-^-t- FINE CLIMATE AND PUREST 0F| ABATER Enormous Agricultural Area1 to> Draw from:^ 'I '-'»'. a% ■&'■& T» t rjfif^j^l**- 'ft'' 1M v.m i.075 FOR SALE i sift PRESENT PRICES OF LOTS—From $2.00 to $10 Per Front r^oot Size of Lots 50*100 Feet and 3^*^00 Feet. Terms—One-Third Cash; Balance Three anafSix Months1 with Interest at Six Per Cent Per Annum. Send JM£M&p^ and Price List to i£0M m M ERNEST"'WATERMANjSt .* Resident Manager ./*= ■■■W ^RMILIC^fcFQiiCS MINING AND DEVEIXMiiT CO'Y Agents for the CANADIAN ORE CONCENTRATION, I3l$$ED (Elmore Oil Pro^lfe /* 1
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Title | Similkameen Star |
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Howse, A.E. |
Publisher | Princeton : The Princeton Publishing Company |
Date Issued | 1905-01-16 |
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Language | English |
Notes | first page of physical edition darker in colour |
Identifier | Similkameen_Star_1905_01_16 |
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Date Available | 2018-10-31 |
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DOI | 10.14288/1.0373272 |
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