k k& The Telephone will make all the World Akin to Princeton* Exaggeration is Common; Truthfulness is Rare. One Barrier to the Progress and Development of the Similkameen Soon to be Removed by the Telephone, Next the Railway. Fine Trout Fishing\ Deer, Bear, Sheep and Grouse make the Similkameen a Sportsman's Elysium—The Mecca of Mineral Prospectors. Vol. v. No. 17. PRINCETON, B.C., SATURDAY, AUGUST 6, 1904. $2 a Year, in Advance. The St. George a Bonanza. C. F. Law went to the coast on Saturday accompanied by Pete Nord and Mat Evenson who are the original owners and discoverers of the St. George on Bear creek. This valuable mineral property is bonded to C. F. Law and associates for $5,000. The bond terminated this week and Mr. Law will pay over the above amount to Messrs. Evenson & Nord. It is considered one of the richest mines in the district. Mr. Law's well known energy will not suffer this property/tb remain long idle. Now is the time a railroad would mightily help in the progress of the country. A dozen mines are ready for machinery in the Bear and Boulder creek districts and other camps are in the same destitute condition. The owners of the St. George have got a bonanza and they are to be congratulated oh their good fortune. Mining Centre Wanted. If the board of trade and business men of Vancouver could only be made to realize it they have a fine opportunity to make that city a centre for mining capital and investors. To do this there would need to be attractions for men who follow mining occupations. As is well known nothing so interests mining men as specimens of ore. The display and arrangement of those specimens should be in such way as to afford the fullest information and description Without a large and permanent exhibit of the country's mineral wealth at Vancouver it would be idle to attempt the formation of a nucleus of mining interests there. The mayor and council of Vancouver should set apart a building for a permanent exhibit and the board of trade and business men should see that it is well supplied with mineral from all parts of the province. The Similkameen could contribute enough specimens to fill a large building alone. Will Vancouver grasp the opportunity and make it a rival of Spokane or will it stick to the old rut and- be beaten in the race ? HEDLEY PARAGRAPHS Water Works Service to be Installed in the Town Very Soon. The New Compressor Will Furnish Power for Mining and Development Work. Long Neglected Road. E. Waterman received word on Wed-/ nesday that the government had been1 pleased to expend the money given them two or three years ago by the V.F.M. & D. Co. through the department of public works for the Copper mountain road. Surely this is a case of bread returning after being many days on the waters. The amount, $1,500, is expected to complete the road beyond Scotty McLeod's ranch, Mr. Voigt having offered to complete it from that point to Copper mountain. Let there be no more delays on thfs long neglected road. The government has derived more revenue from Copper mountain than any other like area in the province, yet there has been no road for all these years. It is a shame and a disgrace the way this end of the Similkameen. is treated after all its loyalty to the member at the polls and since. Even a worm will turn. Hedley, Aug. 2.—We learn that as soon as the pipe arrives a system of water works will be laid throughout the town. This is something much needed and cannot come too quickly as the town now depends almost entirely upon two wells and a water wagon for its supply of water. All the water in the creek is now diverted for mill purposes. In the meantime, until a permanent system is completed, preparations are being made to give a temporary supply- through pipes laid on the surface of the ground. The compressor will be ready to start up this week. Now that they have the power we understand it is the intention of the Daly company to do considerable development work in addition toj working the mine. The stamp mill com tinues to operate steadily from Monday morning to Sunday morning. The latest addition to our town is a black bear's cub. He is domiciled at the Commercial hotel and mine host believes he can give all the boys pointers in the manly art. Don't forget, Mr. Editor, that this town is going to celebrate Labor day. If all the committees discharge their duties as promptly and energetically as the one now collecting funds, a right royal good time may be expected.. Already, with only one day's canvas, nearly $500 hasl been subscribed. Our base ball team has been practising for a few months and hope to induce some really good team to try conclusions with them on Labor day. Skip. / C. E. Barnard, of the United Stated geographical department and chief of staff on the international boundary survey, arrived in Princeton Tuesday accompanied by Mrs. Barnard. He will make his headquarters here until about the 1st of October, thus keeping in communication with the advance party now clearing the trails for packers and otherwise superintending the important work in hand. Both Mr. and Mrs. Barnard are pleased with the scenery and location of Princeton. It is reported that in a 24-hours run at the Daly Reduction Co's mill of 40 stamps a cleanup of $10,000 was made recently. The thermometer registered 101 deg. fin the shade on Thursday, the hottest of the season by the government meteorological observer. LOCAL AND GENERAL Copper Mountain Road Receives Money Donated by V.F.M. Co. Two Cases of Trespass in Court- Range Cattle are Healthy and Fat. The cases of E. Tremblois and T. Rab- bitt, for trespass, were heard in the hall of justice before J.P.'s Waterman and Thomas on Monday. Both were fined $5 and costs. Provincial constable Haynes came up from Hedley on Monday last in search of an accomplice in a horse "deal" but the predatory bird had flown across the 49th parallel to escape the powerful arm of the law. E. Wilmot, of Idaho, was in Princeton [Monday on his way to Nicola. He is looking over the coal areas. E. Voigt, wife and son Victor with their guests Mr. and Mrs. Cook and H. Kin- near leave on a fishing trip to the headwaters of the Skagit, famous for large rainbow trout and the smaller speckled beauties. They expect to be a week there from whence the Cooks will go out via Hope Pass to Portland, Ore., where they reside. Y Miss M. L. Whillans has accepted the position of teacher for the Ymir school. The round-up of range cattle in this vicinity by William Lowe and his fearless cowboys has been successfully finished. The cattle are all in the finest condition and there were no deaths from herb poison or disease. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Macphail arrived home at Granite from their honeymoon trip last Saturday. Embree McDermott of Hedley was in town Tuesday. Religious service at 11 a.m. tomorrow in the school house. Wesley Rodgers of the Daly Reduction Co. at Hedley, was in town on Tuesday. Geo. R. Philp of the A. E. Howse Co. at Nicola lake, is on a week's business visit to Princeton. Mr. Philp sees a great wave of prosperity advancing toward the Similkameen, and with a keen scent for making the best of opportunities he is making preparation for a boom. He likes Princeton as he does his native heath and would like to settle down here when he chooses a permanent partner. As a warning to persons shooting within the surveyed town area of Princeton it may be mentioned that a bright little girl was lately killed in the outskirts of Calgary by a random bullet from a rifle fired in the suburbs. There is a law prohibiting the discharge of firearms within town limits and magistrates may enforce it with severe penalties upon violation. New Firm of Mining Brokers. W$ Rochussen & Collis is the name of a reliable firm of mining brokers in Victoria whose adv't appears on the 3rd page of this paper. They have, entered the mining field as manufacturer's agents for every class of mining machinery and mine supplies and represent some of the leading manufacturers of these lines. It will be their constant desire to disseminate reliable information about the Nicola and Similkameen. They will be very pleased to, at all times, welcome visitors from those districts, particularly prospectors a'nd mine owners. By this means they hope to keep personally in touch with the requirements of those sections and thus enlighten the public as'to the great and immediate necessity for transportation facilities in these immense mineral districts. Mr. Collis has been a resident of Nicola and is thoroughly conversant with its resources. The firm is well worthy of patronage and correspondence with them will, no doubt, prove beneficial. I Doc." Bonchier's Fast Bide. Doc. Bouchier received two urgent calls from the country the other evening for his celebrated "Never-Say-Die" liniment. One was a mild case of tetanus caused by reading an editorial in the Colonist on the Dundonald incident and the other was paralysis, caused by a mistaken overdraught of Seagram's young rye. The Doc has recently purchased a fine gig and a fast nag for quick travel to distant calls. It was into this gig he sprang on the evening in question after first taking a swallow of 'red eye' in a nearby saloon to pacify the microbes in his larynx and lighting an aromatic Havana. Down the street went Doc in a cloud of smoke and dust, the gig merely touching the high places as it bounded from one crossing to the other. Away he went on his mission of mercy. Everybody rubbered and wondered how he would make the curve onto the old race track at such a terrific gait. In his college days the Doc had made special study of centripetal aud centrifugal forces and now that knowledge came into timely play, for just as the wheel farthest from the axis of the perihelion lifted about two feet from the ground he eased himself in such manner a.2 to preserve perfect equilibrium until the danger was past. It was a pretty bit of skilled driving and well worthy of being classed with the daring feats of the ancient Roman charioteers. Both patients have been fully restored under the magic influence of "Never-Say-Die." It is one of those things that no fellow can fully account for, but, can anyone give a good guess why the tories do not erect a decent government building at Nicola lake ? The revenue from that section amounted to over $16,000 last year, yet the public buildings there would disgrace the 'midnight of the dark ages.' ; I THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR August 6, 1904 The Similkameen Star Published Weekly at PRINCETON, B.C —BY— The Princeton Publishing Co. A. E. Howse, Manager. One Year, SUBSCRIPTION RATE: Payable in Advance. $2.00 Subscribers will confer a favor on this office by promptly reporting any change in address or irregularity in receipt of their paper. Advertising rates furnished on application. Legal notices io and 5 cents per line. Four weekly insertions constitute one month advertising. All cheques to be made payable to A. E. HOWSE. THE TELEPHONE LINE. No such acceptable news has ever been received in Princeton as that which the newspapers announced in last Saturday's mail as to the construction of a telephone line to ■ connect the Similkameen with the outside world. No news could have a more gladdening effect upon an isolated community. It was as welcome as the pardon that sets the •prisoner free, for, in many respects •people here were captives of circumstances which bound more firmly than the shackles on a criminal. .Deliverance, though tardy, is none the less-appreciated and a due meed of gratitude wells up in every one's heart towards those whose efforts secured the appropriation. Without a railway or wire the speediest transit is on the back of thcuncertain cay use which requires the greater part of two days to put Princeton in touch with the great throbbing world. Now, all is to be changed and the simple "hello" will put citizens on immediate speaking terms with the nethermost cities of this mundane sphere. Wall street and the London stock exchange or the Parisian bourse will be reached by message in just half the time it now takes to reach camp Hedley, 25 miles distant. And, it will be possible to startle these great centres of capital with the latest rich mineral strike in the Similkameen before the nearest post office at Granite (12 miles) could now be reached on swiftest steed. Situated over a hundred miles from a railroad there are persons in the Similkameen who have never seen nor heard a telephone and who have been so long out of sight of a railway that they forget just how it is. In all probability they will have to be lassooed ere they take to the mountains in fear when those modern accessories of civilization reach Princeton. But the aborigine, the knocker and pristine man must succumb to the all-conquering power of progress and invention. There is nothing to prevent immediate construction of the line and the next thirty days will probably -see the work begun. The superintendence of construction will, no doubt, be entrusted to some one having interests in the district, who will thus have an incentive to per form his duties faithfully and receive the benefits of early completion. Exclusive of wire and instruments the total appropriation of $13,500 will be expended in the district. The Princeton board of trade having taken the first steps in securing the appropriation by resolution to Mr. Galliher, M.P., is deserving of particular credit, and the hearty co-operation of the Nicola mining association and influential intercession of Mr. Ross, the Liberal candidate, are gratefully recognized. GOLD COINAGE. The presence of an unusual amount of gold coin (never at any time too much these quiet da}'s) in Princeton is a humiliating reminder that there is no Canadian gold coinage. Ranking fourth in gold production and seventh in commercial importance, with trade increases exceeding those of all other countries, Canada merits a gold coinage of its own. Uncle Sam's gold coin now circulating here is not bad stuff to have in the house in case of sickness or distress, but no Canadian takes pride in fumbling or jingling U. S's alluring coin. As gold is the standard of worth in a monetary sense so is it the standard by which one estimates the soundness of a nation's currency. It would be one of the best advertising mediums Canada could have besides giving a polish and certain stability which mere silver or paper cannot impart. Of course the banks will oppose gold coinage as it will curtail their circulation and possibly lessen profits, but the people as a whole would welcome its introduction. Sir Wilfrid Laurier, now nearing man's allotted span in life, could not more fittingly mark the consummation of his golden political career than by the establishment of a Dominion mint for the coinage of gold and silver. NOTES AND COMMENTS. There is nothing which will rouse a man's ire quicker than to have his claim jumped. Happily, instances of it are rare in the Similkameen. In some parts of the wild and woolly west vigilantes used to deal peremptorily with a jumper. It is hoped the day is far distant when their methods will be adopted here. Now that Dundonald has left by command of the War office what will the mud-throwing press do without some thing to inspire them to further effort ? It will be a wise move to fill the vacancy with some native DeWet and trust to his resourcefulness than to have some long-titled militarist general making political capital out of the militia. Lord Dundonald might do to run a Conservative campaign but he is certainly unfit to command the militia. Good-bye, me lud ! NOTICE. Copper Glance, Azurite and Alpine mineral claims, 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 John R. McRae, free miner's certificate No. B72143, and Hugh McRae, free miner's certificate No. B62053, intend, sixty days from 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. And further take i otice that action, under section 37, must be commenced before the issuance of such Certificate of Improvements. Dated this gth day of J;ily, A.D. 1904. . NOTICE. ''PHIRTY days from date I intend to apply to * the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for a license to prospect for coal on the following described lands:— Commencing at a post marked A. Green's J^-S. 3, and %-S. 4, placed on east side of Cold- water river, al out 3 miles south of Coutlee. And running 40 chains west, 80 chains south, 80 chains east, 80 chains north, and then 40 chains west to point of commencement, containing 640 acres. William Rice, Locator. - Charles Stirling, Agent. Nicola, May 20, 1904. 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 160 acres of mountain pasture land, described as follows Commencing at a post situated on the south side of Similkameen river, about 8 miles from Princeton and opposite the mouth of Whip-i saw creek marked T.C.R's S.W. corner, thence! north 80 chains following the meander cf Similkameen river, thenee 20 chains east, thence 80 chains south, thence 20 chains west to initial post. T. C. RKVELY, W. F. RF.VFLY, Agent. Princeton, B.C., April 21st, 1904. NOTICE. Kenley mineral claim, situate in the Similkameen Mining Division of Yale district. Where located : Copper mountain. Take notice that I, Frnest Waterman, free miner's certificate No. B72039 for myself and for Edwin Barr Hall, free miner's certificate No. B72040, intend sixty days from 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. .And further take notice that action, under section 37, must be commenced before the issuance of such certificate of improvements. Dated this 9th day of April, 1904. NOTICE. Olympian 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 Joseph Wright, free miner's certificate No. B75373; J. S. C. Fraser, free miner's certificate No. B42433 and L. G. Barron, free miner's certificate No. B57500, intend, sixty days from the date hereof, to apply to the'Mining Recorder for a certificaie 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 Certificate of Improvements Dated this 25th day of April, A.D. 1904. NOTICE. Great Republic mineral claim, situate in the Similkameen mining division of Yale district. Where located: Copper mountain. Take notice that I, John P. McLeod. free miner's certificate No. B80240, for myself and as agent for Charles H. Bonter, free miner's certificate No. B755ro, intend, sixty days from 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. And further take notice that action, under section 37, must be commenced before the issuance of such certificate of improvements. Dated this 18th day of April, A.D. 1904. J. P. MCLEOD. 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 eighty acres of second class land, situated in Osoyoos district: Commencing at a post marked J.L. situated about forty chains north of northeast corner of John Reams', preemption lot 3098, thence 20 chains east, thence forty chains south, thence 20 chains west, thence forty chains north to point cf commencement, containing 80 acres more or less. JOHN LOVE. Fairview, B.C., April 13, 1904. NOlICE. Ada B., Ada B. Fractional and Centre Star Fractional mineral claims, situate in the Similkameen mining division of Yale district. Where located : On Copper mountain. Take notice that I, Charles Willarson, free miner's certificate No. B63394, acting for myself and Peter Johnson, free miner's certificate No. B63393. and Robert O. Cramer, free miner's certificate No. 63382, and William H. Morrison, free miner's certificate No. 75486, and Furman R. Whitwell, free miner's certificate No. 72045,intend sixty days from the date hereof, to abply to the mining recorder for certificates of improvements, for the purpose of obtaining crown grants of the above claims. .ind further take notice that action, under section 37 must be commenced before the issuance of such certificates of improvements. Dated this 14th day of May, 1904. NOTICE of FORFEITURE To JAMES F. DICKSON, or to any person or persons to whom he mry have transferred his interest in the High Ore and Margarett mineral claims, situate one mile north of Similkameen City, in Camp Hedley, in the Similkameen mining division of Yale district, British Columbia. You are hereby notified that I have expended the sum of $200 for work on the above mentioned claims and $5 for recording the same for assessments, such being required and neces sary to hold the said claims for the year ending July 3rd and 27th June, 1904, respectively, under the provisions of the Mineral Act and Amending Acts; and if at the expiration of ninety days from the date of the first publication of this notice in the Similkameen Star, you fail oWefnse to contribute your portion of such expenditure, namely, $102.50, together with all costs of advertising, your interest in said mineral claims will become vested in me, (your co-owner) upon filing in the proper office in that behalf the affidavit required by Section 4 of the Mineral Act Amendment Act, 1900. Dated this nth day ofJTuly, 1904. HENRY A. WILLIAMS.' NOTICE of FORFEITURE To ARCHIBALD GRANT or whomsoever he may have transferred his interest in Klon- dyke mineral claim, situate on Copper Mountain, and about ten miles from Princeton, in the Similkameen mining division of Yale district. 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 ActV'J being chapter 135, Revised Statutes of British Columbia. 1897, in respect of the Klondyke mineral claim, situate on Copper mountain in the Osoyoos 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, Thomas F. McAlpin, of Princeton, Free Miner, who has made the required expenditure. The amount due by you in respect of each of the said mineral claims, not including costs, is $25.62^. Dated this4th day of June, 1904. THOS. J. MCALPIN. NOTICE of FORFEITURE To W. E. WELBY and any person or persons to whom he may have transferred his interests in the Elbe, Sunset, Maid of the Mist and War Cloud mineral claims situate at Camp Hedley in the Osoyoos mining division of Yale district: You are hereby required to take notice that we have for the last two years done the whole of the assessment work on the above mentioned mineral claims as required by section 24 of the mineral act and have paid for recording the several certificates of such work, and you are hereby required to contribute your proportion of such work and expenditure together with all costs of advertising, your said proportion amounting to One Huudred and Fifty Nine Dollars ($159.00), exclusive cf costs. If you fail or refuse to contribute your said proportion and all costs of advertising within, ninety days from the date of the first publication of this notice in the Similkameen Star, which date is hereunder written, your interests in said mineral claims will become vested in us, your co-owners, under the provisions of the Mineral Act and Amending Acts. Dated this 4th day of June, A.D. 1904. H. W. YATES. J. F. CAMPBELL. NOTICE of FORFEITURE To PETER SCOTT and any person or persons to whom he may have transferred his interest in. the Sacramento mineral claim situate at Camp Hedley—20-Mile Creek—acjoining the Oro Plato in the Osoyoos mining division of Yale district. You are hereby required to take-notice that I have, for the last four .years caused to be done the whole of the assessment work on the above mentioned mineral claim as required by section 24 of the Mineral Act and have paid for recording the several certificates of such work, and you are herety required to contribute vour proportion of such work and expenditure, together with all costs of advertising, your said proportion amounting to two hundred and five dollars, ($205) exclusive of costs. If you fail or refuse to contribute your said proportion and all costs of advertising within ninety days from the date of the first publication of this notice in the Similkameen Star, which date is hereunder written, your interest in said mineral claim will become vested in me, your co-owner, under the provisions of the Mineral Act and Amending Acts. Dated this 30th day of April, A.D. 1904. DANIEL BRAITHWAITE. NOTICE. ymKE NOTICE that sixty days after date I intend to apply to the Hon. the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to 'purchase 320 acres of Crown lands for pasturing purposes: Commencing at a post marked T. M. W.'s S.W. corner: Thence running 80 chains west, 40 chains north, 80 chains east, 40 chains south, back to point cf commencement, in all 320 acres, more or less. This land is situate about 10 miles west of Princetcn and is bounded on the south side by the meandering.line of the Tuiameen river. J. M. WRIGHT, C. O. FRENCH, Agent. Dated this nth day of July, 1904. DOCTOR WANTED. For Princeton and vicinity. Government subsidy $300 per annum. Exceptionally bright fu • ture for capable man. Town is on proposed coast to Kootenay railway. Address MEDICAL COMMITTEE, August 6, 1904 THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR MARRIED. At Granite creek, on July 12th, by the Rev. Geo. Mason, Nicola, Donald Macphail to Belle Louise, daughter of David P. Terrill of Denver, Colorado, U.S.A. { LOCAL AND GENERAL. Values amounting to $20 per ton have been obtained from the United Empire how being developed by Dan Coutenay. What the provincial government failed in doing for years is now being done by the U S. boundary survey party, viz: • Making a trail to Roche river. In the name of the prospectors and citizens generally we thank you, Uncle Sam. Jack McFarlane and Bob Cramer have recently staked a fraction near the now famous St. George mineral claim on Bear creek. The lead on the St. George can be traced through several claims, which with its high assays and extent make it exceedingly valuable. May fortune and good luck attend all the claim holders on Bear creek. The Misses Olive and Edna Lyall are visiting with friends in the country. The Vernon News has issued a special number which is brimfulwf just such information as the bomeseeker or investor requires. The Okanagan valley, with which the number deals, is world famed for its beauty and healthfulness, and for its fruit and grain growing qualities. The News is to be complimented on the mechanical skill of its printers as well as giving the editor due credit for having condensed so much valuable information into such compass. 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. ROCHUSSEN & COLLIS Yates St., Victoria, B.C. MANUFACTURER'S AGENTS FOR Mining Machinery wA supplies Tenders on Engineering Contracts MINING BROKERS Quotations ou all kinds of machinery WRITE US FOR PRICES 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 640 acres of crown lands for pasturing purposes, commencing at a post marked S.W. corner of lot 1091, thence running 80 chains east, 80 chains south, 80 chains west, 80 chains north, back to post, in all 640 acres more or less. C. M. KINGSTON, C. O. FRENCH, Agent. Dated this 19th day'of.'July, 1904. LOT WANTED. A well situated vacant lot on Vermilion avenue or Bridge Street. State lowest price for cash. Give number of lot and block. Address I. NICHOLSON, P.O. Box 460, Victoria, B C. 50 YEARS* EXPERIENCE Trade Marks Designs Copyrights &c. Anyone sending a sketch and description may quleEly.ascertain our opinion free whether an invention is probably patentable. Communications strictly confidential. HANDBOOK on Patents sent free. Oldest agency for securing patents. Patents taken through Munn & Co. receive special notice, without charge, in the A handsomely Illustrated weekly. Largest circulation of any scientific journal. Terms, $3 a year; four months, $L Sold by all newsdealers. MUNN & Co.36,Broadwa^ Hew York Branch Ofiice, 625 F St., Washington, D. C. R. H. ROGERS M.A., B.C.L. SOLICITOR NOTARY PUBLIC, Etc. OLALLA P.O. Simikameen, B.G. 1 ■ WtW4 (? Ik <l\J^ ■ Q? A* VSrS. Wf r^ (I H. C COOPER Harness, Saddles, HB|| MANUFACTTJRER-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.C. | §0-Freight Prepaid to Penticton on all Orders from Princeton and Vicinity. A. R. COLL., SC. D., and Mining Engineer PROVINCIAL WND SURVEYOR. UNDERGROUND SURVEYS. PRINCETON, - - B. C. t §T« & A Complete New Stock of General flerchan= dise always on hand, CONSISTING OF A FULL LINE OF Groceries, Dry Goods, Men's Furnishings, Boots and Shoes; also Builder's Supplies, Shingles, Doors, Windows, Paints, Wall Paper, Hardware, Stoves, Nails, Drill Steel, Harness and Saddlery. Headquarters for Enderby Hungarian Flour, Northwest Oats, &c J. A. SCHUBERT. i 1 i I 1 Wood, PELLEW=HARVEY, BRYANT & GILMAN, THE VANCOUVER ASSAY OFFICE, ESTABLISHED 1890. Analysis of Coal and Fireclay a Specialty. Complete Coking Quality Tests. Reliable PLATINUM Assays. VANCOUVER, B. C. J. T7- WHOLESALE DRY GOODS VICTORIA, B. C. MANUFACTURERS OF Clothing, Top Shirts and Underwear. allance HEADQUARTERS FOR herwln-WHlfams9 Paints ' MURALO'S 1st quality Cold Water Sanitary Calcimo VANCOUVER, B. C. fli^|^ WMLL WIOT TSaftO WMLL FINISH JAS. CLARK WATCHMAKER ALL WORK WARRANTED Hedley and Princeton Combination. Manitoba Hard Wheat and the Lake of the Woods Milling Co'y* Combine to produce the finest grade of flour on the market. Try Best Patent Brand. JAS. J. LOUTIT, Agent, Box 158 Vancouver, B. C. This finish is more popular this year than ever, and has won its popularity by its dui?a= bility, pretty tints, and the easy mode of mix= ing and applying. Put up in 23 beautiful shades and white. Ask your dealer for a color card or send direct to Mclennan, McFEELY & Co., Ltd., Wholesale and Retail Hardware Merchants, VANCOUVER, B. C. he Vancouver Breweries, Ltd. 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 DOERINQ & MARSTRAND & RED CROSS BREWERIES, VANCOUVEP, B. C I "" - I? m THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR August 6, 1904 SCIENCE JOTTINGS. A new local anaesthetic of the cocaine order has been discovered. It is called "eucaine," and the advantage of the drug will enable the Carrying out of those operations otherwise impossible with chloroform, owing to heart weakness of the patient. It will also enable the surgeon to take more time over his work. Although scarcely adapted for amputations, it will be useful for treatment of the thyroid glands. The eucaine is injected by means of a hypodermic needle under the skin at the place where the incision is to be made. After a few moments the skin may be cut without the patient feeling anything. As different and independent parts are exposed, the drug is dropped at intervals of a few minutes. A highly successful operation with this anaesthetic was recently carried out in a London hospital, the operation lasting one-and a half hours. A new record in railroad travelling has been established by the Great Western railroad of Britain. On July I a regular non-stop daily train service was established between the London terminus at Paildington and Plymouth. The distance is 246 miles, and the "Cornishman Limited Express" is scheduled to cover the joimiey in each direction in 265 minutes without a single stop. This supplies an average speed of 55.69 miles for the jour- ne*. This, therefore, constitutes the lorfeest non-stop railroad world. run in the 7t~ queer order has been placed with a firm of Sheffield manufacturers bv an Oriental potentate for the suppl}' of a bedroom suite made throughout of solid silv^,. The suite comprises a bedstead, cabinet, dressing table, one dozen chairs, three footbaths, and three hot water can;:. Radium is now worth $1,000,000 an ounce but an electro-chemist in New York says he can produce it for $31,250 an ounce. Humorous. Pere Monsabre, the.celebrated Dominir caifl|J|i)pst, may appropriately be called the Father Burke of France. He is just as fond of a joke as was his famous Irish brother. A itory of him is that one day as he was going to preach, a message came to him that a lady wanted to see him. She was worrying about an affair of con- sciwjg&j^phe felt she'd like to see him, etc.«Hln% was given up lo vanity. That vefiy§Eip&ning she confessed she had lool^wr rr? her looking glass and yielded to the temptation of thinking herself pretty. Pere Monsabre looked at her and said=qu*et1y: 'Is that all ? Well, my chilcL-you can go away in peace, for to make ^mistake is not a sin." Mrs. Backlotz—So your servant girl has left yori again. Mrs. Subbubs—Yes. Mrs. Backlotz—What was the matter ? Mrs. Subbubs—She didn't like the way I did B^r-jpork. Young Mrs. Hubbard Went, to the cupboard To ge± her-pug dog somefromage debrie; •^BttWione found she there— ■ ■ Her husband—the bear— Had eaten it all with his dinner, you see. RcfjiAJ ]$kckay-Smith, told a story recently? ffiekiner, which was to the effect that a young Scotch minister, having married the daughter of the wealthiest member of his . church -was obliged to apologise puDncfy tot arrerror in the report of the weddHpg\ lihejreporter had asked where the pastor and his bride intended to.Jivej_&ndrhad; been-told "At the dicF manse. As * this sjatement appeared in prirrr/Mt-'' read "Ar*the old For CONNOISSEURS Only. Can be had at all first-class hotels through out the province. F. P. FITHET & CO., Ld. VICTORIA, B. C, Sole Agents* Largest Sale in Canada WE ARE EXCLUSIVELY SHOEMAKERS AND CAN GUARANTEE Style, Comfort and Durability IN FOOTWEAR MANUFACTURED BY US. HOLDEM Company OF MONTREAL, LTD. VANCOUVER B.C. Just Qpened COMMERCIAL HOTEL First Class Dining Room Newly fined liedley City Good Beds > No Chinese Employed. BEST BRANDS LIQUORS AND CIGARS ALWAYS IN STOCK SPECIAL ATTENTION PAID TO TRAVELLERSjJ0f HUSTON & McLEAN, Proprietors DHOTEL NICOLA LAKE m m&$m&?v$&v&$ The Hotel has been thoroughly renovated and refitted. Everything First Class. No pains spared to please the public. Table supplied with best the market affords. Fine Wines, Liquors and Cigars. TELEPHONE' BATH. Headquarters for Princeton, Spence's Bridge and Kamloops Stage Lines. For the STA >r the t B ■"■*■l 1 .DriB .it/ .Jti'jgA ,Tli\_ .0 .3. ,19vuooubV 8g,i xo8. August 6, 1904. THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR HYPOCRITICAL FEAR. The C.P.R. and Its Newspapers have an Unholy Dread of "Jim" Hill. The Times of Greenwood has a plain spoken editorial, full of sound practical judgment, on the railway question as it affects the Similkameen. The Times is a staunch friend of this district and loses no opportunity to wallop the local government for its neglect of it. Following is the article : " The C.P.R. is worried ; so is the daily Province of Vancouver. That awfal bogle man, J. J. Hill, has invaded the Canadian Pacific preserve and according • to the officials of the Canadian road and its newspayer organ, the Dominion of Canada and particularly the city of Van- couve: is threatened with disaster. Smelters are going to be built at Spokane, Seattle and at other American points to treat Canadian ore, and the trade of the interior will be permanently lost to Vancouver. §Mi " It is now some eight years since the ,C.P.;R. attempted by argument of this ■ sort to keep an American road out of southern British Columbia. When D. C. Corbin first made an application for a charter to build a railway into the Boundary, similar arguments were then advanced against the project by the C.P.R. and its newspaper organs. They were sufficiently strong in those days to defe t • the application and Mr. Corbin was : forced to abandon the project. " Had the Canadian road made any special effort to give southern British Columbia adequate railway facilities, the • rather threadbare argument might prove effective again, but Similkameen and Nicola have been crying for years and the C.P R. did not hear nor heed the ; voice. The dog-in-the-manger begins to yelp as soon as an enterprising railway man makes arrangements to build a road that will not be a drainer but a developer The Province newspaper needn't worry about where Canadian ores will be treated. These ores will not be treated at Spokane or Seattle but will be treated on the Canadian side in Canadian smelters and as near the point of production as it is possible to secure the necessary facilities for cheap and economical smelt ing. Everyone acquainted with the mining industry recognizes this fact. "Vancouver cannot expect to secure trade in a district that has no trade to give. The opening up of the Similkameen and Nicola by a railway, it matters not whence it comes nor by whom built, should benefit Vancouver more than any other city on the continent, unless all of Vancouver's business men have developed into mossbacksand can see no trade beyond the line of the C.P.R. S If this province is going to be opened up and developed it is surely time to look at matters from a broad standpoint. The province of British Columbia, as well as every other part of the Dominion, should not be compelled to take what one railway corporation likes to give. There is no good reason why the C.P.R. should not build through the Similkameen and Nicola and on to the coast; there is no apparent reason why this road was not built years ago and" there is less reason , for offering opposition to the construction of a railway that will give these promising districts a chance to develop and prosper." He was the rawest of recruits, and the drill sergeant, who could not do anything with him, was driven out of all patience. At last the angry sergeant shouted : •'Man, what is your head on for?" " Why. to keep my collar from slipping off," was the ready retort. Of excellence which characterize the Mccormick LINE OF MOWERS are symetrical and staunch main frame, simple and powerful gears, perfect and frictionless bushings, direct stroke pitman, and long steel wearing plates for the knife. The McCormick line of mowers embraces the Vertical Lift, New 4, j New Big 4, and Little Vertical. These machines are illustrated and described in detail In the McCormick book for 1904, "It Takes the Palm," which will be supplied free upon request. Sold by THE A. E. BOWSE CO'Y THE •W8E C01PANY NICOLA LAKE AND PRINCETON LIMITED —— THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR August 6, 1904 ^3 -j U 4^4>-<^X^t^<^<^<^<^<j<j<^^i^<j|<^<£*<^<j^9QC>'C^C^*^€«>'3^*>^ 1 I i <a i 1 i I 1 1 i Tho Town of PRINCETON Lots for PRESENT PRICES OF LOTS From $2.00 to $10. Per Front Foot.^*£ Size of Lots 50x100 Ft. and 33x100 Ft. Terms: 1-3 Cash; Bal. 3 and 6 months, with interest at 6 per cent, per annum. W W w British ColumMa* Government Head- parlers FOr the Shnilkaineen District. 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. FINE CLIMATE and pure WATER ENORMOUS AGRICULTURAL AREA TO DRAW FROM JfWKfWWW W WfFWWWW Send for Map and Price List to &&■&&& ERNEST WATERMAN, Resident Manager VERMILION FORKS MINING AND DEVELOPMENT CO. \ I i 5 1 ./•
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Title | Similkameen Star |
Contributor |
Howse, A.E. |
Publisher | Princeton : The Princeton Publishing Company |
Date Issued | 1904-08-06 |
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Princeton (B.C.) Princeton |
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Language | English |
Identifier | Similkameen_Star_1904_08_06 |
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BC Historical Newspapers |
Source | Original Format: Princeton and District Museum and Archives |
Date Available | 2018-10-31 |
Provider | Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library |
Rights | Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from the Digitization Centre: http://digitize.library.ubc.ca/ |
DOI | 10.14288/1.0373292 |
Latitude | 49.460278 |
Longitude | -120.507778 |
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