mm:. Similkarfteen has best quaSty Coal for heat and gas. — ^^ MmiiKameen nas nest quality coai lor neai ana gi It is not luck, but pluck and industry, which mak$ fortunes. There is nothing uncertain or problematical about the Similkameen; the last doubt has been removed by the railway committee, its vast mineral resources will do the rest—Having energy and small capital the door is now open to an independent livelihood or affluence. Vol. vi. No. 14, PRINCETON, BMu, SATURDAY, JULY J, 1905. $2 a Year, in Advance ! RAILWAY SIGNALS.! The most important railway news re ceived this week was the victory in the railway committee for the passage of the amendments to the V. V. & E. charter and the fact that rails.are now being laid frpm Curlew to Midway, a distance of 12 miles. This stretch was graded about a year ago. Midway has been enlivened lately by the arrival of contractors and the construction of a hospital building for the use of. laborers and others engaged in railroad work. Pat Welch and J; W. Stewart have the contracts from Midway : west; Just now there is considerable specula tion as to whicbV route the V.V. & E. will take over the Hope-mountains. There are two, one via the Tuiameen aud the other up the Similkameen. The Tuiameen is the shortest by about 23 miles. 'There is tonnage on both routes, it is 'believed that the Tuiameen will be the main line with a branch, from Princeton -tq Roche river. There are three known practicable passes overthe Hope summit: Allison^ Skaist and: Coquihalla of which "the^ Skaist is- shortest. It is thought a lower pass than any of these exists and explorers are now looking for it. The .post per mile over the summit will average about $35,000 per mile. Jas. Hislop, P.L.S., came up from Hedley recently on business. He is probably the bqst informed man in the country on available railway routes through it and has often been engaged as engineer in running preliminary lines and reconnai- sanpe work. j President Hill's motto is "Low grades aqd big loads." It will take a lot of exploratory work to secure the lowest grade over the Hope mountains, meantime the road will be built rapidly to Princetpn on easy grades. W. Aj Davis arrived in Princeton on Wednesday from Vancouver, coming via the Hope trail. _He met two parties ot men and women travellers on the route outward bound. He was informed at Hope that a party of V.V. & E. railway surveyors under guidance of an old trapper and mountaineer were exploring a pass from the. head of Chilliwack river eastwards through the Hope mountains. ''Podunk" says that many people whom' he met at the coast are casting wistful eyes toward the Similkameem and are onlyawaitiflg the commencement of railway construction. Peter Sherwood, who is working on the 20-mile survey of the railway belt, arrived in Granite City (creek) from the summit this week. He says the survey party is now camped at the head of Bear creek and will work south to Chilliwack this summer. MllS AND MINING. Frank BaHe'yi M.E.'.'Wal in town yesterday .having returned from sampling Ten Mile creek copper camp. Aspen Grove. A. Roberts has made a rich strike on the Parrot and also on the Iron King in both of which-Mr. Bailey is interested. He will take in the sports at Hedley and theh return. The Windsor group in the Lardeau has been sold for $50,000. Ore averaged $50. Frederic Keffer, manager of the B.- C. Copper Co., has been summoned to New York to consult with the directors. It is reported his mission is for the purpose of making plans to increase the smelter capacity of the company. B..A. Brisco, M.E., of San Francisco, has recently examined Aspen Grove camp for California capitalists. He stated the formation was identically the same as that of the celebrated Copper River district, Alaska, and was very much impressed with the camp. The Dominion Copper Co. has taken over the properties of the Montreal & Boston Consolidated in the Boundary and D. D. Mann is president of the combined companies. Written tenders are invited until 15th July for the purchase of 20,000 shares of the capital stock in the Sunset Copper Co. Applicationjs to be made to W. B. Bower, liquidator of the Sunset' Copper Co., Grand Forks. Charlie" Willerson and Pete Johnson are doing assessment work on Copper mountain, -run v • ; Bill Scruby has some good samples of ma'nganese which he found near town. Placer Mining on the Tuiameen. W. J. Macgregor and brother are placer mining on a flat about six miles up the Tuiameen river with encouraging results. The gold is flaky as a rule although coarse gold is present. There is no doubt that with a dredge the placer gold deposits of the Similkameen and Tuiameen rivers would.give highly profitable results. The recovery of gold; along these rivers in the early days brought wealth to some by the primitive and j^jo'w process of washing in rOckers. The benches have not been worked and it remains for some enterprising miners to construct a conduit for water and thus recover the gold by ordinary sluicing. Hydraulic mining will probably be an important industry here as there is known to be in the auriferoiiiP;areas platinum and large quantities of black sand. By the experience Macgregor Bros, are now acquiring the "foundation for extensive operations may be laid and it is hoped they will be amply rewarded for their labor and enterprise. BLACK DIAMONDS. The area of the Princeton coal basin is 19,200 acresi with a proven depth of over 60 feet of coal, made up. of strata var3'ing from 2^to 18,feet in thickness.j All coking coals are bituminous, 3nd those containing a small percentage of water. Why some soft coals will coke and others not is yet undetermined. The crown coals or. lignites .are not coking coals, these - coals invariably leaving behind after the bituminous volatile matter has been driven off a powder and not coke. A coking coal will give from 45 to 85 per cent, of c'oke, considerable depending upon the method, of coking. Those coals richest in carbon aqd poor in gas give the greater./ percentage of .cokeJ Silica, clay and iron in coal hinders coking, while lime, by increasing the fusi-' bility, facilitates it. Princeton coal is most cleanly for domestic purposes, having small ash, no clinker to hurt, and gives ;off a tbinv translucent smoke. Analyses for, ash run from 3 90 to 5.70 and for fixed carbon from 54.07 to y^S. For naval purposes a fleet would be almost trackless- with this cpal. Its steaming qualities are the best by actual test. i*'&&t::\ ^ No doubt the Pacific steamers of the Great Northern will use this coal when the V.V. & F. is constructed to Vancouver. President Hill had two experts here last year, Messrs. Stockett and Reisinger, who measured this Jaasin and made tests of the coal. The "black diamonds" of Princeton are bound to be a great source of wealth to those who are fortunate enougtyto secure ground now. Married at Toronto. f The home of Mr. andMrs. D. J. Campbell, TorontB^wastjie, scene of a pretty June wedding on the 14th ult., when their daughter Lillie was united in marriage to Frederick A. Howse, eldest son Of A. E. Howse, manager of the Princeton Publishing Co. and head of the well known mercantile company at Princeton and Nicola Lake. The bride was given away by her father and wore a lace gown with court train of heavy brocade, orange blossoms fastening the venf 2She carried white roses showered with lilies and wore a diamond crescent, the gift of the groom. The bridesmaids were Miss Tena Campbell and Miss Lina Biggar, and D. B. Gillies was groomsman. The groom has a wide circle of friends throughout the province who will extend their hearty congratulations to the happy couple. One and all of the Star staff join in sincerest wish that the lives of both may have' all the sunshine of happiness that earth can afford. Mr. and Mrs. Howse left for the west on an extensive honeymoon trip which will include the Portland exposition. [HERyNDTOERE. Today is Canada's natal day. It is not owing to any lack of-loyalty or enthusiasm that there is no celebration this year in Princeton ; it is the absence of a railway, no doubt. Next Dominion Day, however, will be an earthshaker. By reference to the advertisement of the bank of Hamilton on an inside page it.will be noted that the reserve fund of this institution is exactly equal to its capital, $2,235,000. This is unique in banking. It is doubtful if there is another bank in existence with such a showing of financial stability. This feature must prove a bulwark of confidence in the minds of depositors and shareholders. Engineer Tracv of the V.V. & E. struck camp at Allison Monday morning and moved up the Similkameen to Ashnola. He" is nbw running a preliminary line -toward Princeton. Engineer Bassett is locating on the Wolf creek spur, the main line being finished as far as Prince- t >n. D. C. McRae & Bro., stationers and news dealers at Greenwood, have been so thoroughly imbued with the natnral proclivities of Princeton and the rich mineral endowment of it and the surrounding camps that they will probably engage in business here. The A. E Howse Co., Ld., has received a consignment of the celebrated McCormick self-binders which they are in a position to supply on short order. Trout are now plentiful in river, lake and stream. Some disciples of Izaak, The Walton, return with full baskets every day, then with beaming facer and Slowing souls they tell nice fish stories to their neighbor's and parting dispense toothsome sweevles to them. 1 It will be observed- by advertisement on the third page of this paper that the bank of Commerce has established a branch at" Penticton. This bank has in a few years by its energetic business methods built up a large commercial patronage in the west extending from the Yukon to the international boundary. It is one of the safest institutions in the Dominion and probably has the largest number of agencies of any similar financial concern in the world. Its total resources reach the enormous sum of $91,- 000,000; capital, $8,000,000. Miss Dalby left on last Sunday's stage for, Victoria where she will spend her vacation. As teacher here she gave very general satisfaction and waa|slTcially esteemed and popular. As to her engagement for another term she did not definitely state whether she would return as teacher or not. j,. Jim Snowden is packing material up to pnday creek for the construction of quarters for miners at the Gladstone mine. Hi THE SIMILKAMEEN STA R July i, 1905 The Similkameen Star Published Weekly at PRINCETON, B.C. —BY— The Princeton Publishing Co. A. B. Howse, Manager. tamiuating vices will then have been removed. One Year, - SUBSCRIPTION RATE: Payable in Advance. $3.00 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. NOTES AND COMMENTS. . The brief announcement over the wire on Tuesday last that the amendments to the V. V. & E. charter had been carried iu railway committee was welcome, indeed. Virtually, the bill embodying the amendments may be considered passed, its second and third readings in the house being assured by the substantial majority of 18 in committee. Furthermore, as the war waged over the amendments a certain political hue was given to it by Liberals and Conservatives voting solidly in most of the divisions—the former for the bill and the latter against. . The house .is strongly Liberal and it may be reasonably inferred the bill will not suffer there. The consent of the senate is required to the,bill before it becomes law, but oniy a freak in legislation would cause it to miscarry in that body after the commons and the committee had ratified it. Everything considered the prospect is very bright for an early start in July on construction in the Similkameen. The St. Eugene mine in Kootenay will declare a dividend of $70,000 today for the benefit of the shareholders. It is now earning profits for its owners at the rate of about a million dollars yearly. It is a fair sample of what may be expected in the Similkameen when facilities for development have been afforded. The reports of mining experts who have visited this district are most favorable and the opinions of thousands of laymen is not less so—may there not be other St. Eugenes right here ? jNDTICE. International and Constitution mineral claims, situate in the Similkameen mining division of Yale district. Where located: On Boulder creek. ...Take notice that I, F. W. Groves, acting as agent for Albert Klockmann, tree miner's certificate No. B86564 intend 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 6th day of July, 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, 20 chains 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 io, 1905. <*•"> NOTielv The great trek of cousins from Uncle Sam's country to the wheat belt in the Canadian Northwest is Ottawa and Calgary have decided to embark in municipal ownership of electric lighting and Toronto has the same thing under consideration. The success which has attended public ownership of public utilities in other places has given the cities mentioned a cue for betterment of their condmons.' It would be a welcome day when the people own the minor utilities and thus pave the way to the larger undertakings. But, first of all, it will be necessary to install machinery which will free public ownership from any possible taint of political control or iobbery. Perhaps it could be done by commissions. What would happen if the present provincial government had control of railways, telephone lines, &c, and Mr. Hawthorn- thwaite demanded;! the removal of some, personally offensive officials ? Why, even to the parting with half his perquisites Richard would have to comply or vacateV Public ownership must be far removed from political \ injfuence. The man \ or the party to 1.devise the method and put it into practice will reap the people's gratitude. The curse "Of incorporate monopoly with all its con causing anxiety to some American newspapers. It is not so long ago that the United States swallowed up the flower of Canadian young men and women wh6 filled the western prairies and* eastern cities with an enormous industrial class. Many of that class with their offspring are now returning accompanied by a first class type of real American, a number of Whom are in the Similkameen and Okanagan. The following skit fi®m an U.S. exchange as to the lack of vegetables and fruit north of the international boundary is so highly exaggerated that it would be laughable were it not intended to convey damaging impressions : "It is noted that there are no tornadoes or. cyclones north of the forty-ninth'parallel. When you get around Canada and Nova Scotia there is not enough hot air to mix with the cold air to make a decent whirlwind in the road. But don't jump at the superficial conclusion that it would be grand to live in a country where the wind never goes waltzing around in the form of a funnel. There are plenty of other things besides wind funnels • that are not found up there. No cantaloupes and water melons, mind you, gladden the bleak hearts of the Canadians ; no green corn on the cob.; no i pawpaws ; mighty few, if any, fresh cherry pies ; riot nearly enough spring lamb and new peas to ' go around. Just dig up a cyclone cellar or a cave and stay with the melons and the green corn and .the pawpaws and the other good things in | God's country.' " The American people cannot long be 'kept in ignorance of. the facts that B.C- grows as good quality of fruit as any in the world ; .thejfinest wheat that soilean produce is grown jn "Canadtf%fid" the greatest variety of'miril;fals?ffiL''one: district: is found jnjjffig ^im^am|en. . Morally and spqiajly considered,.the climate of ^armda|is,aecid^edly unfavorable, for JJd^limgs apddi,vpi:ces and there/is; j^T/disnQcj}ori made in race, color oir'.dgee^^all are.equfal^with the possiofe^except ion ''pi -t ge^ohgol, who willf^t^G^iatize;! ^OTICE is hereby given that 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 described as follows : Commencing at a post marked southwest corner of Henry T. Thrift's purchase, thence north 80 chains, east 40 chains, south .80 chains, west 40 chains to point- of commencement. ^Situated on Moody's prairie on Five-Mile creek and adjoining Hugh Finnegan's preemption on the north. June 7,1005. HENRY T. THRIFT. Also, commencing at a post marked southeast corner of C. J. Major's purchase, thence north 80 chains, east 40 chains, south 80 chains, west 40 chains to point of commencement, in all 320 acres, adjoining Henry T. Thrift's purchase on the north. C. J. MAJOR. June 7, 1905. H. T. Thrift, agent. Also, commencing at a post marked southeast corner of R. I.. Reid's purchase, thence north 40 chains, east 80 chains, south 44 chains, west 80 chains to point of commencement, in all 320 acres, adjoining C. J. Major's purchase on the north. R. L.jREID. June 7, 1905. ^M% U. T. Thrift, agent. NOTICE. Notice is hereby 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 pasture land : Commencing at the S.W. corner of Hardwick's pre emption and running thence 40 chains south to S.E. corner of Dickson's preemption, thence 20 chains.east, thence 40 chains north, thence 20 chains west to point of commencement, containing 8d acres more or less. ROB'T B. DICKSON, Applicant. May 20, 1905. NOTICE. NOTICE. ff|I|P NOTICE is hereby given that, 6o_ days after date, I intend to apply to the "Hon. Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works to purchase r6o acres of pasture land, situate in the Kamloops division of Yale district and described as follows: Commencing at the S.E. corner of lot 1155. thence east 80 chains, north 20 chains west 80 chains, south 20 chains to point of commencement. June 2, 1905. WESLEY C. GIBSON. 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 district, situated at Aspen Grove, as follows: Commencing at a stake at the northwest cornerfqf*' 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. N01ICE. 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 lot 1825, and west 40 chains to point of commencement. Situate in, Osoyoos division at Wolf creek. W. D. YOUNG. May 5, 1905. Sixty days after date I intend- to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase 640 acres, more or less, of pasture land in the Nicola division of,Yale district and described as follows : Commencing at a post at S.W. corner of lot 1234 thence east 80 chains, north 80 chains, west 80 chains, south 80 chains to point of commencement. A. E. HOWSE. May 25,1905. Also 320 acres more or less of pasture land in the Nicola division of Yale^jBfifict, described as follows : Commencing at a post at the S.E. cor-*; ner of lot 1232 thence north 40 chains east 80 chains, south 40 chains west 80 chains io point of commencement. I FRED. A. HOWSE. May 25,1905. NOTICE. NOTICE. Sailor Jack mineral claim Situate in the Similkameen mining division of Yale district. Where located: On 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. Sivty 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, described as follows: Commencing at Stuart's S.E. corner and running 80 chains east to survey post of lot 1402, thence 49 chains south, 40 chains east, 80 chains north, 120 chains west, 40 chains south to point of commencement, 640 acres more or' less. , M. SPENCER, June 6th 1905. Locator, '"Phirty days after date I intend to apply to the I Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for a license to prospect for coal on the following described lands situate in the Osoyoos division of Yale district: Commencing at a post marked S.E. corner of lot 2040 and running south 80 chains, east 80 chains, north 80 chains to point of commencement, containing 640 acres. M. L. WRIGHT, Located 3rd June, 1905. j; M. Wright, Ag't. NOTICE. Diamond Dot mineral claim, situate in the Simil- ; kameen mining division of Yale- district. Where located: On Cppper mountain. Take notice that I, JH. 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]8miist be commenced before the issuance ofsuch certificate of improvements..!:,; Dated this 10th day of May, A.D. 1905. "&$$ H.Hi THOMAS. NOTICE. Sixty days after date I intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works to purchase i6oiacres of mountain "land situate in Yale district and Yale division about 1% miles north of Tuiameen river, 14 miles rilorth west of Princeton, 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. GUINEY, Locator. May 5, 1905. NOTICE. Tinhorn "Fractional mineTal' 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. ^^d&^fl^S'' Dated this 20th day of April, 1905. NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that sixts days after date I intend to apply IWthe Hon. the Chief commissioner of-Lands and Wofks 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 J^SfeS 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 all 80 acres. JaMES D'ARCY. May 8,1905. NOTICE. NOTICE. Sixty days after date I intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works to pur- chase 100 acres of mouutain pasture • land situate in the Yale division of Yale districtfand 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.^feW. J. MACGREGOR, Locator. May 10, 1905. NOTICE is hereby given that sixty days aftei date I intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner^ Spj^Lands and Works for permissiofittp purchase 160 acres of mountain land, situate and adjoining J. M. Wright's purchase on the east, and running east 40 chains, north 40 chains, west 40 chains, south 40 chains to post. Tuiameen river meandering line on the south. About ten miles west of Princeton. SJ28] J. C. S. CHENHaSx, locator, :, C. O. French, agent. Located May 18,1905. 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 the Fifer 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. J. J. TANGEN, P&tfcated 24th April, 1905. S. Spencer Ag't.: Also 640 acresSrunning 80 chains north, 80 chains west, 80 chains south and 80 chains east. "Located 24th April, 1905. ANDRIA BJERKNESS, WB& - • • s* sPencer> Agent. <5> * IV »•%■'»>£ 0 11 m July i, 1905 THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR MARRIED. HOWSE—CAMPBELL — On Wednesday, June 14th, 1905, at Ardriehaig, Kew Beach, Toronto* by Rev. Dr. B. D. Thomas, Lillie, youngest daughter of D. J. Campbell, to Frederick Armstrong Howse, of Nicola Lake, B.C. LOCAL NEWS NOTES. At the election of school trustees last week the members of the new board were elected by acclamation and are as follows : F. W. Groves, E. Waterman and F. M. McLeod, secretary. Word has been received that Mickey Foy, a well known miner of this camp two or three years ago, was accidentally killed in a mine in Mexico recently. Fifteen bronze monuments for the international boundary will shortly arrive and be packed to their destination on the Skagit. Potatoes now retail at 5c. per lb. and new ones will not be in the market in considerable quantities for about three weeks. Strawberries are 20c. per quart, rhubarb 5c per lb. Wild strawberries are very scarce, so are mushrooms, due to the damp, cool weather. Butter 40c. per lb., fresh ranch eggs, 50c. per dozen. Public worship in the court house tomorrow evening at 7:30 p.m. J. E. McCauley and Pete Hooston- boozem arrived from Spokane this week and went to Copper monntain where they have mining interests. The following was received from Otter Flat yesterday : " Ed Tennyson was thrown from a horse near Otter Flat last Tuesday and leceived some very severe bruises. No bones were broken, however, as Ed saved himself in a great measure, by falling on his head." Some fellows take an unusual interest in the stage when a particular friend is about to travel on it. Here are some of the questions asked the driver: "Are your horses skittish ?" "What size is the axle ?" "Got a cover on your stage ?" "No highwaymen along the route," &c. After a man is married a few years such questions- are uncalled for. The Canadian general service and colonization company is aboiit to establish an agency in New York to induce immigrants to come to B.C. The Crow's Nest Pass Coal Co's payroll, for May amounted to $123,053 Wanted—Waiter and assistant house keeper at HOTEL JACKSON. REAL ESTATE and MINES Bought &Sold WINKLER &MOHR Offices: Penticton and Princeton. Correspondence Solicited C. M. BRYANT & CO'Y ASSAYERS THE VANCOUVER ASSAY OFFICE. ESTABLISHED 1890. Analysis of Coal and Fireclay a Specialty. Complete Coking Quality Tests. Reliable PLATINUM Assays. VANCOUVER, B. C. 4. ral TEAS ARE THE TEAS TO PLEASE. They assure you of a DELICIOUS CLP OF TEA EVERY TIJT1E. <C « fi fi P r ■ >* m & \* Pw m Sold [in neat leaden packets of half and one pound each or in bulk* They're a choice India and Ceylon blend. Oue trial; makes a lasting friend. All Grocers Sell It. A General Banking Business A general banking business transacted by the Bank of Hamilton. Capital all paid-up, $2,235,000. Reserve fund and surplus profits, $2,235,000. Interest allowed on Savings bank deposits of one dollar and upwards from date of deposit to date of withdrawal. A. H. SKEY, Agent, Kamloops, B.C. NOTICE. Sixty days after date I intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase 160 acres of mountain pasture land situate on Five-Mile creek, about 5 miles from Princeton, described as follows: Commencing at post S.W. corner of Gordon E. Corbould's purchase and running 40 chains north 40 chains east, 40 chains south, 40 chains wesipo point of commencement and adjoining R. I.. Reid's purchase on the north. GORDON E. CORBOULD. June, 23,1905. C. M. Snowden^agent. Also, commencing at post S.W. corner of Thos. R. Pearson's purchase and running 40 chains north, 40 chains east, 40 chains south, 40 chains west to point of commencement, in all 160 acres and adjoining Gordon E. Corbould's purchase on the north. THOS. R. PEARSON. June 27,1905. C. M, Snowden, agent. JOHN LOVE Druggist and Stationer HEDLEY, B.C. tt Drugs, Medicines, Books, M Stationery and Fancy Goods, Cigars, Pipes and Confectionery. Mail Orders Promptly Attended to. Also at FAIRVIEW, B.C- HUNTER'Sp FEED & UVERY&S Thos.Hunter, Prop., at Hotel Jackson. Hudson's Bay Company Sole Agents for British Columbia. BANK OF CAPITAL—$4,866,666 RESERVE—$2,043,997 HEAD OFFICE IN CANADA - - MONTREAL Banhing by lljilgil HHHI tention. Deposits can be made through the mail, and sums added thereto and withdrawn at any time. Drafts issued payable at all points in Canada and abroad. HEDLEY BRANCH L. G. MacHAFFIE, Acting Manager. NOTICE. Sixty days from date I intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase' twenty acre's of moun-' tain land situate in the Osoyoos division of Yale district and described as follows : Commencing at the northwest corner of Lot No. 1973, thence north 10 chains, east 20 chains, south 10 chains, west 20 chains to point of commencement. May 9,1905. M. K. BROMLEY. 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. Canadian Bank of Commerce CAPITAL—$8,700,000. REST—$3,500,000 Total Resources (Nov. 30, 1904)—$91,000,000. PRINCETON. B. C. NOTICE. A Branch of the Bank is now open at Penticton, B. C. . Savings Bank Department—Interest allowed on deposits of $1.00 and upwards Banking by Mall—Deposits may be made and withdrawn by mail. Special attention given to this class of business. Drafts and Money Orders issued on all points. A General Banking Business transacted. J. M. CHRISTIE, Manager. 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, 4ochains south to point of commencement. JENS TANGEN,* Princeton ^Located. May 9,1905. S.Spencer, ag't. Ra H. ROGERS M.A., B.C.L. SOLICITOR NOTARY PUBLIC, Etc. VERNON, B.C. P.O. box 44. Otter Flat Hotel CHARLES DEBARRO, Prop. TULAMEEN CITY, B. C. Headquarters for Summit, Rabbitt mountain, Tuiameen river, Boulder, Bear and Kelly creek camps. Good Fishing and Boating P. O. Address, ASPEN GROVE. r r THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR July i, 1905 Wood, VallanceS teggat, HEADQUARTERS FOR }minis Limited. MURALO'S 1st quality Id Water Sanitary Calcimo VANCOUVER, B. C. BREWERS OF THE FAMOUS - Cascade Beer & Alexandra Stout K| Queen Beer ^ Alexandra Ale For sale throug hout British Columbia in all thefirst= class Hotels, Liquor Stores and Saloons. The Amalgamated I DOERING& MARSTRAND & RED CROSS BREWERIES, fS VANCOUVEP, B. C. Largest Sale in Canada a>^/\s~\j -The only Reliable Standard Brand made from the highest grade of Manitoba hard wheat, LAKE OF THE MILLING CO.ff> guarantee that no bleaching : either by CHEMICALS or' ELECTRICITY is used in its j manufacture. Accept no Substitute. "notice! Sixty days after date I intend to apply to the LMet Commissioner of Lands and Works to purchase 160 acres of mountain land, situate I mile north of the Tuiameen river, 14 miles' north west of Princeton, in Yale dsstrict and Kale division,- described as follows: Commencing at a post and running 20 chains south, 80 chains east 20 chains north, 80 chains west, back to post Mays, 1905. ' C. O. FRENCH, Locator. *"*; >3v NICOLA LAK] ^^S^^pgS^^fteMWBMsrftssCT -.-: '& pS~Tit':~ iEST IN II The Hotel has been thoroughly renovated and refitted. Everything First Class. No pains spared to please the public. Table supplied with be'st the market affords. Fine Wines, Liquors and Cigars. TELEPHONE* BATH. 2ft| Headquarters for Princeton, Spence's Bridge and Kamloops Stage Lines. \m Subscribe for the M "■>";Si' i y>\ r*<. J./i/Rsc/i 5ons 6 C°- Mms. Montreal o July i, 1905 THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR \ SMILES. A weather-beaten tombstone in an old Virginia cemetery bears this inscription : I await my husband. May 26, 1840. Here I am. December 14, 1871. A wag passing by added, "Late as usual." "Well, my friend, I never pay my old debts. I forget them." "And your new ones?" "Oh, I let them get old." Bride—Here's a telegram from papa ! Bridegroom (eagerly)—What does he say? Bride (reading)—Do not come home, and all will be forgiven. A well known Episcopal bishop of high church tendencies was giving a dinner to a number of his clergy not long ago. In arranging for it with his English butler he was surprised to have the man ask, "Is they 'igh church or low church, sir?" "Why, what possible difference does that make?" the bishop inquired. "A great deal of difference, sir," the man replied. "The low church, they eats the most, and the 'igh church they drinks the most, sir!" There is a certain lawyer of this town who is very fond of elaborate and solemn jokes. He was in Vancouver last summer, and one morning he went into a restaurant with his most dignified air to order breakfast. "I want two eggs," said he to the waiter. "I want one frier] on one side, and the other fried on the other." The waiter bowed obsequiousl) and withdrew. A little later he returnee1, "Beg pardon, sir," said he, "but I am afraid I didn't quite catch your order Would you mind repeating it?" "Not at all," said the Rossland man, solemnly "I want two eggs, one of them fried on one side and the other on the other.' "Thank vou, sir," said the waiter. "I thought that was what you said, but 1 wasn't quite sure, sir." Five minutes later an apologetic waiter returned to tht lawyer's elbow. "I beg pardon, sir,' said he again, "but the cook and I havt had some words. Would you mind having those, eggs scrambled?" Daisy—Did Henry kneel when he pre - posed to you ? Nellie—No, he made me a standing offer. For CONNOISSEURS Only. Can be had at all first-class hotels through- • out the province. R.P.RITHET&CO.,Ld. VICTORIA, B. C, f|||' Sole Agents* 4%gZ& Synopsis of Regulations Governing the Disposal of Dominion Lands within the Railway Belt in the Province of British Columbia. Advertise in the Star. 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 iuin- ber, 50 cents perjthousand feet B.M. Railway ties, eight and nine feet long, i]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 case of actual settlers who require the timber for their own use. Settlers and others may also obtain permits to cut up to 100 cords of wood for sale without competition. The dues payable under a permit are $1.50 per thousand feet B.M., for square timber and saw logs of any wood except oak; from l/z to iy2 cents per lineal foot for building logs ; from 12*4 to 25 cents per cord for wood; 1 cent for fence post?; 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 rental of two cents an acre per annum. Coal lands may be purchased at $10 per acre for soft coal and $20. for anthracite. Not more than 320 acres may be acquired by one individual or company. Royalty at the rate of 10 cents per tor of 2,000 pounds is collected on the gross output. Entries for land for agricultural pur poses may be made personally at the local land office for the district in which the land to be taken is situated, or if the homesteader desires, he may, on applica Hon to the minister of the interior at Ottawa, the commissioner of immigration at Winnipeg, or the local agent for the district within which the land is situated, receive authority for some one to make entry for him. A fee of $10 is charged for for a home stead entry. A settler who has received an entry for a homestead is required to perform the conditions connected therewith under one of the following plans : 1. At least six months' residence upon and cultivation of the land in each year during the term of three years. It is the practice of the department to require a settler 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 father is deceased) of any person who is eligible to make a homestead entry under the provisions of the act, resides upon a 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 residence upon farming land owned by him in the vicinity of 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. PRINCETON BOARD OF TRADE—Rooms centrally located. Membership solicited. F. W. Groves E. Waterman, President. Secretary. H. Cowan, Treasurer. THE: \ :LIM1TED NICOLAP LAKE, & INCETON, net The A. E. HOWSE CO. L'd r y% THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR July i, 1905 6 I i c t I I i i i (a c *sv^l#c|. ^J&rii i 2 2 9- ;,::.:>.: ' »■;. tektil ^41 i^^rfSi % nW:U^r &8tf£ *<>»; of: ; % : * CJP f^ * *f-f>' 1 |P|PFI^^^^^ATED at the Forks of the Similkameen and Mulameen Rivers. The BUSINESS CEN- p^^^pMe fol^wing Mining Camps:— Copper Mountain t rj^nneo^;^folintaint: Fridayt Boulder and Granite Creeks,; Summit. Roche River, Upper' Tuiameen and Aspen Grove. For -fit© Similkameen District FINE CLIMATE ^t.M'tsm^i^. ? '«« ... ' _ fPURpST OIF fWATER; rieultural Area to Draw from HI mm.. m Sfev&^'^'.J-y? PRESENT PRICES OF LOTS===From $3.00 to $10 Per Front? Foot. Size of Lots J 50x100 Feet and 33x100 Feet. Terms===One=Third Cash; Balance Three and Six flonths with Interest at Six Per Cent Per Annum. i Send for Map and Price List to I 4 * ERNEST I WATERMAN/ s ■ 80!|-M,;^3|,i!f.^{ Resident Manager ?f§l?t1s?Pfffi» ;■■ IStl w& VERMIIION FORKS MINING AND DEVELOPMENT CO'Y Agents foi the'CANADIAN ORB CONCKf TRATION, (||||§|J§ .'(Elmore Oil Proce^^ -*» X*t H i :a& $&£ & n. j
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Title | Similkameen Star |
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Howse, A.E. |
Publisher | Princeton : The Princeton Publishing Company |
Date Issued | 1905-07-01 |
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Date Available | 2018-10-31 |
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DOI | 10.14288/1.0373276 |
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