o m Princeton Coal is high in carbon; low in sulphur. An unprofitable life is known by its meddling with others affairs Government Revenue from Mineral Resources, alone, from this District amounts to $15,000 yearly—Similkameen is believed to'be the greatest undeveloped Coal and Ore district in the world—The Railways now building toward Princeton will begin era of prosperity. Vol. vi. No. 37. IRRINCETON, B.C., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1905. $2 a Year, in Advance LOCAL AND GENERAL. Coal Shares take a Jump—Making Hay in December. C. JE. Shaw, P.L.S., is tieing in the lots to the located line of the V.„V. & E between Princeton and Hedley.; He expects to finish in time to take bis Xmas dinner.in Greenwood. Mr. and Mrs. Turner, of the Surfset camp, Copper mountain, were the guests of Mrs. D Morrison this week. With that enterprise characteristic of the Canadian Bank of Commerce a handv map of Canada and vest pocket, memo book has been presented to patrons for their use and information. . The Bank of Commerce is a welcome boon tovtbis town and district and is a popular institution under the able conduct of the local manager, W. H. Switzer. \ J. Crowley is working on the Combination group,, Copper mountain, driving a tunnel about 160 feet; Vl$. F. Voigt will construct an electric light and power plant on the Similkameen the water for its generation having been acquired 'with a 70 foot head. A tramway will also be operated-.''^ ' Diamond Vale coalshares have recently jumped from 12 to 30 cents owing to the approach of railway construction. The diamond drill at work on the Princess May, one of the Sunset group, is making fair progress. Superintendent Morrison finds some difficulty in procuring water which has to be hauled in a "Black Mariar," a large tank manufactured by Messrs. Murdock'^nd French. Miss Ethel Thynne was a guest of the Misses L3-all recently. The appeal against the judgment given by the British Columbia courts in the Clark vs. Docksteader case has been dismissed from the Supreme Court of Canada, Clark losing on the appeal. Mr. Clark was a visitor to Princeton last summer. GOOD SECTION TO INVEST IN. A. H. Hart, of Portland, Ore., arrived in town last Saturday on a business visit in connection with his mineral interests on Copper mountain. His visit was successful and very satisfactory, not only in )relation to the immediate object of his coming, but also from an investing point of view. He has become interested in coal, acreage and mineral properties in this district and will induce Portland capital to prospect and develop the same. Mr. Hart is enthusiastic over the future I prospects of this section and states that with the approach of the railway there is an increasing interest manifested by capitalists who, as yet, only know the Similkameen by name. Her is a true, friend of this section and believes that judicious investment will result in the accumulation of wealth. He may go to Nelson and the coast before his return to Portland. THIRD RAILWAY LINE Similkameen has Great Attractive Force for Projected Railway Lines. Contractors Move Outfits up the Line to Keremeos—Strike on Vernon and Midway. The advertisement in the Star, signed by Robertson & Robertson, solicitors, of Victoria, in -which notice is given of amendments to existing railway charters and premising a scheme of union of several railways under one company, is of far-reaching interest to the Similkameen. It means that a third railway company is anxious to tap the inexhaustible coal'and ore measujr|jjjg.. of,P(riri@t?.n and the surrounding1 distrjct. The notice states that application will be made to the local legislature for power to acquire the charters and operate the following rairoads: The Vancouver & Coast:Kootenay ; Vernon & Midway : Alberni & Cowichan; Kamloops & Atlin railway companies. The Coast-Kootenay is a charterfheld by McLean Bros of Vancouver,' which runs on a route similar to the V., V. & E. now under construction. The amalgamated lines will be known as the B.C. Central Railway Company, with A. A. Arthur as the present executive head. The Coast- Kootenay line will have connection with Victoria by ferry. It is supposed that the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railway company is behind the big scheme and is entering the field to secure Similkameen ore tonnage and gain a shipping port at the coast. This company will spend fifty million dollars to gain con nections and reach tidewater. The Vernon & Midway people have a strike on their hands, the laborers refusing to.work,until their wages were paid. Twenty-seven contractors' teams arrived at Keremeos this week and more are expeoted daily. The grading from Rich bar, where the big tunnel is, north to the international line, is done. President Hill has recently arrived from Europe and is now at St. Paul. LAND OF PLENTY. Cutting hay in December is an in- fstance of the illimitable possibilities of this district in climate and agricultural production. "One-Mile" Martin and Ben Baker were haymaking this week on an ice covered lake, the hay being cut off level with the ice and pitched ashore. It makes good fodder for cattle. Underneath the ice thousands of toothsome white fish feed on the living organisms and vegetable matter with which this lake abounds. Thus, the haymakers had two crops—hay above and fish below th e ice. Truly, this is a great country. WHY TOWNS GROW Princeton has Remarkable Natural Advantages for a Great City. Energy and United Effort is Necessary—Excellent Mining Opportunities Here. [Concluded from last week.] Editor Star—Sir: The contrast "between the spirits that lead to growth and progress, and to retrogression and decay are numerous, whether in district, city, or town. All the natural advantages in the world will not overcome the lack of intelligent effort. We often see one place stand still or retrograde, while another close by, with only half the resources of the former, forge ahead. From a commercial standpoint we cannot close our eyes to this lesson. All results have a cause. The great unseen laws that act upon us will not allow, us to stand still. We .are forced to act, good or bad—act -we must—go backward or forward, anj3 this applies to cities and towns as well as man. San Diego has the-finest natural harbor in the world and the best site for a city, but Los Angeles, less favored in all ways, has far outstripped her. Portland was called a city When Seattle hardly made a mark on the map—the one had millions of money where the other did not have a dollar. Portland boasts of millions of money in its banks, but Seattle's money is not in banks, it is in circulation doing business and making,the.big city of the coast. Tw0 able men found an early grave trying to instill enterprise into the wealthy mossbacks of Portland. They tried to resurrect a corpse and became one themselves in the attempt. San Francisco is afflicted with a surplus of Jews-and dry rot and stands still. Salt Lake should be the largest inland city in in the west, but it is not. Twenty-five years ago Denver was a little town on Cherry creek, surrounded by sage brush, the size of Princeton. By next census it will have 500,000 people. It did not possess half the resources that Princeton now has, but from the beginning every citizen, from a bootblack to a banker, had his hand in his pocket for Denver. The same grand fact can be accomplished here if the public spirit exists to take advantage of the splendid situation. What the Canadian Northwest is doing can be done here, as elsewhere. It is simply a conflict between the living and the dead, between a live man and a fossil, liberality and greed. Some towns are allowed to lapse into a cemetery. There are localities where they bury people when they die ; there are other places where men are allowed to walk around twenty years after they are dead. The one thing to do is to overcome a sluggish spirit of indifference and the inevitable law of environment of this climate will do the rest. • There is another type of man in all mining districts- whose /methods a.re equally baneful in retarding.the develqp- ment of mines. They claim to be prospectors, but as a rule they cannot distinguish ore from stale bread. They are often termed "location fiends." They toil not, neitherdo they spin anything— except yarns. But their success is often complete in retarding and sorely hampering the true prospector, and placing the camp or district beyond the1 hope of commercial resurrection, and -it often requires the combined efforts of a whole community to offset the results of one or tw*o such characters. Their foolish misrepresentations make it difficult, if not impossible to obtain financial aid for prospects of actual and known merit-for they haVe left the trail of-the serpent on their route. The mining industry .here, as elsewhere, is destined. to be the great circulator of money if properly enxfouraged and if investors are indnded tocomeh.eVe. to" test these great bodies of ore, erect plants and extract -the rvalues. 5 This is the one great complex and rapidly growing industry of which it can be said yearly adds to the wealth of the world and the community without taking anything from it. It is often stated that every dollar taken from the ground costs a dollar. Admitting this, there is still one dollar more,in. th? world. If there •is only one dollar in a community today and that dollar is used to dig another dut of the ground there "are two dollars;in that town where' there .was only, one before. Even |f it costs two <follars.jtp get it the. fact remains in -favor of the mine with the additional advantage that it forces hoarded money into circulation in two ways, from the banks and from the ground. As yet, most of the ore exposed in the mines here is,; comparatively, low grade as a whole, which will require the best of experienced management and methods to handle and treat, which demands- treatment on an extensive scale andin large quantities, and which mean great fortunes to some for many years, to v come, but man j- of these properties now held are worthless in their present Unproductive state. The owners cannot even develop the claims themselves and the question that) confronts them : will they allow anyone else to operate them, which they must do, if they ever exppct to sell them. Most of the claim owners here are reasonable in this respect, but one man as an owner, acting as a doe in &$ the manger, wiy»prohibit investors from entering this field and has already done this. Only recently some of- the best ' men connected with mining affairs stood [Continued on page 3.] f8i! ,';rl\'frfi 3 vfoij-e vj;[ \ -r^p- THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR DECEMDER 9, 1905 The Similkameen Star Published Weekly at PRINCETON, B.C. —BY— The Princeton Publishing Co. A. E. Howie, Manager. SUBSCRIPTION RATH: One Year, Payable in Advance. $2.00 Subscribers will confer a favor on this office by promptly reporting any change in address or irregularity in receipt of their paper. Advertising rates furnished on application. Legal notices 10 and 5 cents per line. Four weekly insertions constitute one month advertising. All cheques to be made payable to A. E. HOWSE. PROVINCIAL MINING SCHOOL.! In the usual course of development and progress a mining school will have to be established in this province and the least delay in its accomplishment so much better for the mining industry. Theory and practice must go hand in hand in the progress of any industrial, resource and that combination can nowhere be better obtained than in the natural surroundings of that which is desired to be developed or produced. Scientific mining in this province will never be as thorough as if hoT'e produced, where a study of natural conditions blended with technical and practical demonstra- I tions may be had. No two mining countries are alike and special application and study is required to understand their peculiarities. For that reason the mining states of ,-\jifestern America have their distinctive schools of mines. Owing -sito-' the existence of coal f&nd a wide range oDore deposits in $|ne"tPrinceton district a more haply ;^16jtjai|Mlplace for a mining school /could^scarcely be desired. This is said in no spirit of selfishness—the walls'' strongly reinforce the statement. Perhaps the first thing to do is to awaken the legislators to a sense of the necessity of a mining school if they are not already-apprised of the need of one. Such questions as the probable number of students, the money required for small beginning, comparative estimate of cost, location, all these and more, will have to be considered. The representative of Similkameen has an opportunity of raising a monument ,to his name in the establishment of a school of mines in the province. He, or any man who advocates this school must expect crass opposition to the proposal, but that only proves its worth and the mettle he is made bfoj%^|^: The province of British Columbia has always been a laggard in the matter of educational facilities when compared with the other provinces. Premier Rutherford of.the. three-months' - old province of -Alberta has already taken steps to . establish a. university for that province. If Alberta in its short ll|l cdn afford the luxury'of aTihiver- sity surely British Columbia ought to provide a most useful institution such as a mining school. Premier McBride, as minister of mines, can undertake the matter in full assurance of the support of the mining interests generally backed by a strong progressive public sentiment. NOTES AND COMMENTS. Vancouver, Winnipeg aad Ed monton are the three most talked of towns in the west. Soon, Princeton will be added to this list. . The series of letters now running in the Star, written by Mr. Leland, cannot fail in being instructive and helpful, coming as they do from a gentleman who has gained a long experience on the western mining frontier. His profession of mining engineer enables him to present ati unusually luminous resume of men and things as he observes them in mining camps, and towns in mineral districts. He touches a sym*- pathetic chord in the hearts of those who have met the early day pror spector and goldhunter. Their sterling worth, honesty and courage along with hardship endured while penetrating the far interior in advance of civilization makes a basis for well merited eulogy. The hints of the writer on the better mode .of developing the mineral resources of this country and of building up towns should make profitable reading for all interested in the Princeton district. Impressed with the vast mineral deposits of this section and the field for legitimate speculation, Mr. Iceland is in a position to render valuable service to this district and, already, his letters have evoked thankful appreciation from many readers. That he may still be a contributor to these pages is the earnest wish ;.qf readers and editor. The increased price of lead in London has necessitated the reduction of the bounty given by the Dominion government to-Kootenay lead mines. When talking to strangers or visitors it is well for a knocker to keep his hammer out of sight and speak well of all, no matter how small he" may know himself to be. The matt, of average intelligence knows that a knocker despises himself because he is despised by others, and betrays it in his looks. No man ever got rich by knocking other people. Success can't come that wayv? He will die unregretted and be buried in a shroud of mortgages. Whatever fault you have to findvwith your fellow townsman do it to his face like a man but don't roar like^a coward behind his back.—Alberta Bulletin. (F J5SK Solid Gold I Cuff Links |j =^=$5.50= Strength, quite as much as tasteful design, is required of one's cuff links. U Those from Diamond Hall possess both qualities. In solid gold, the prices run from $4 to $60. One of the most noteworthy; _ pairs sells for $5.50. These are of a dumb bell pattern that permits the engraving of monogram —for which no extra charge is made. Diamond Hall's full catalogue is gladly sent on request. ^ RYRIE BROS. LIMITED — 134-138 YOMOE ST. TOBOMTO - OMT. NOTICE. Duke of York and Blue Bird mineral claims, situate in the Similkameen mining division of Yale district. Where located : On Copper mountain. .Take.notice that I, M. A. Voigt, free miner's certificate No. B79944, intend sixty days from date hereof to apply 10 the mining recorder for certificates of improvements, for the purpose of obtaining crown grants of the above claims. And further take notice that actionv un'der section 37, must be commenced before the issuance of such certificates of improvements. Dated this 1st day of December, 1905. C. JE. SHdW, P.I..S. NOTICE. No. 38 Fr., No.- 40 Fr,, No. 54, No. 55, No. 56, No. 57, No. 58, No. 59, No. 61, No. 62, No. 63. mineral claims,- situate in the Similkameen mining division of Yale district. Where located: In Voigt's camp. Take notice that I, C. je. Shaw, agent for M. A. Voigt free miner's certificate No 879944, intend sixty days from the date hereof, ' to apply to the Mining Recorder for certificates' of improvements, for the purpose of obtaining Crown grants of the above claims. And further take notice that action, under see tion 37, must be commenced before the issuance of such certificates of improvements. Dated this 30th day of November. 1905. C. 2B- SHAW, PX.S. NOTICE. No. 2, J. W. Hill, United and Verde mineral claims, situate in Similkameen mining division of Yale district. Where located : In Voigt's camp Take notice that I, C. JE. Shaw, acting as agent for M. A. Voigt, free miner's certificate No. B79944, intend, sixty days from the date hereof, to apply to the mining recorder for certificates of improvements, for the purpose of obtaining crown grants of the above claims. And further take notice that action, under section 37, must be commenced before the issuance of such Certificates of Improvements. Dated this 15th day of November, A.D. 1905. 36 C. M. SHAW, P.L.S. NOTICE. The mining industry in the Similkameen never had a more hopeful outlook—the railway does it. TMaple Leaf, Pine Knot Martin, Daisy and Minnehaha mineral claims, situate in the Similkameen mining division of Yale district. Where located : On Henry.creek. Take .notice that I, H. S. Cayley. acting as agent for John Gladden, free miner's certificate No. B79071 : Edward A. C. Studd, free minerfs certificate No. B79016 and Chas. E. Oliver F.M.O. No. B79072, intend, sixty days from the date hereof, to apply to the mining recorder for certificates of improvements, for the purpose of obtaining crown grants of the above claims. And further take 1 otice that action, under section 37, must be commenced before the issuance of such Certificates of Improvements. Dated this 2nd day of October, A.D. 1905. NOTICE. Sixty days after date I intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works to purchase 160 acres of land, described as follows • Commencing at a post on Skaist creek about 1 mile from the Skagit and running south 40 chains',' east 40 chains, north 40 chains, west 40 chains to point of commencement. N. J. LINDSAY, ' ' J. G. McDonald, agt. Dated Oct. 25, 1005. Wanted to Purchase FARM IN SIMILKAMEEN VALLEY, bottom lands preferred Owners only reply. Give full particulars of location. Price for cash and price for part cash with terms, improved or unimproved. Address T. CRAVEN, 378 Arnold Ave., Fort Rouge Winnipeg, Man. Court of Revision and Appeal. "Assessment Act I903." NOTICE is hereby given that sittings of the Coutt of Revision and Appeal under the "assessment Act, 1903," for the Kamloops, Nicola and Princeton Assessment districts, will be held at the Court House, Kamloops, Monday, Dec. 18th, 1905, at 11 a.m. Court House, Nicola, Wednesday, Dec. 27th, 1905, at 11 a m. Couit House, Princeton, Saturday, Dec. 30th, 1905, at 11 a.m. Dated at Kamloops, Nov. 15th, A.D., 1905. ALEC. D. MACINTYRE, Judge of the said Court. NOTICE. 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. Nov. 23rd, 1905. NOTICE. Notice is herety given that sixty days from date I intend to apply to the Honorable Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase 160 acres of mountain land situated in the Similkameen land division of Yale district. Commencing at a post 40 chains east of C. C. Clay's S.W. corner, thence south 40 chains, thence west 40 chains, thence north 40 chains, thence east 40 chains to point of-com- mencement. J. D. YOUNG, Locator, per W. D. Young. Dated 8th November, 1005. NOTICE. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an application . wiil be made to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, at its next session, for an Act to incorporate a company with power to acquire, purchase, construct and operate the undertakings of the Vancouver and Coast Kootenay Railway Company ; the Alberni and Cowichan Railway Company ; the Kamloops and Atlin Railway Company, and the Midway and Vernon Railway Company ; and to acquire all the rights, powers and privileges of the said companies; and with power to exercise all the powers contained in the Acts of Incorporation of the said companies ; and with - power to acquire, purchase, construct and operate the undertaking of any other Railway Company or Companies ; and with power to subscribe for and purchase the stock, bonds, debentures or other securities of any Railway Companv ; and to exchange the stock or other bonds, debentures or other secuii ties of the Company to be incorporated for the shares, stock, debentures, bonds or other securities of any other Railway Company ; and with power to increase the capital of the Company to be incorporated ; and with power to issue shares as fully paid up ; and to borrow money on the Company's assets by anv form of security ; and with power to promote any Railway Company or Companies, or to amalgamate, with any Company or Companies ; or to amalgamate with any Company or Companies; and with all the other and necessary powers conducive to the carrying out of the Company's undertaking. Dated at Victoria,. B.C., this 22nd day of November, 1905. ROBERTSON & ROBERTSON, Solicitors for the Applicants. '"" NOTICE. ~~™~ NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an application will be made to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia at its next session for an Act extending the time within which the Vancouver and Coast Kootenay Railway Company has to complete its line of railway, arid empowering the said Railway Companv to build from some point on its line of: railway to Kamloops in the Province of British Columbia. . Dated at Victoria, B.C., this 22nd day of November, 1905. ROBERTSON & ROBERTSON, Solicitors for the Applicants. December 9, 1905 THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR 1 WHY TOWNS GROW [Concluded from page i.] ready to spend $10,000 or more, if needed, to merely test one of these large ore bodies, but the deal was called off owing to the fact that one of the owners refused to sign the bond at the last moment, nor could he give any intelligent reason for so doing. A few of these men siftid through a mining community or identified with a company will keep money out of circulation and out of the camp and virtually prohibit investors from coming here, thus working a hardship on the more liberal owners and make what should be a productive camp look like a graveyard on a moonlight night in January in one short year. There are indications that rich spots of high grade shipping ore will be found, but, as yet, all operations must be based upon certain average values of low grade ores, and it is no small task to accomplish this, as there are few, if any, claim owners who can state the average values of their ore tested in quantities, which is the only true basis to mine ore. Mining men meet and confer often, and letters travel if men do not, and an unreasonable attitude of mine owners soon becomes known and the camp takes another long nap—then some one wonders what is the matter. Yours truly, J. F. Leland. Assay Office. ASSAY OFFICE at Sunset mine is now open for custom work. Prices on application. REAL ESTATE and MINES Bought &Sold Offices: Penticton and Princeton. Correspondence Solicited. F. W. GROVES A. R. COLL., SC. D., Civil and Mining Engineer *i*^iii£ ~~> are grown and packed Map of Surveyed Claims on Copper and Kennedy Mts.: Price, $2. PRINCETON. - - B. C. Corbould & Grant Barristers, Solicitors, &c. New Westminster, B. C. G. E. CORBOULD, K.C. J. R. GRANT. A9&$\ —: — ^^01 among the Quaker comma- nity of Prince Edward Colony, Ontario, £-<; F. W. Groves, P.L.S., with assistants D ly and Johnson, returned from survey of coal claims up the Tulameen and report considerable snow there. Gordon Murdock and Hugh Hunter were elected to the vacant school trusteeship made so by the resignation of Messrs. McLe'od and Waterman. A new board will be elected on January nth in accordance with the terms of the new school law. Two weeks and two days to Xmas. Three inches more of snow would make good sleighing, as it is now there is neither, wheeling nor slipping. All indications point to an open winter, and the little snow may disappear any day. RIGS Horses ¥Hi Ac I IVURlV>on f,jre Thos. Hunter, Proprietor. NOTICE. Buller, Colorado, Edward 7th, No. 6. No. 7, No. 24, No. 26, No. 27, No. 43 Fr., No 44 Fr , No. 45 Fr. and No. 46 Fr. mineral claims, situate in the Similkameen mining division of Yale district. Where located : On the northerly slope of Copper mountain. Take notice that I, G. Evert Baker, free miner's certificate No. B80091, intend. 60 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 Certificates of Improvements. Dated this 16th day of November, A.D. IQ05. G. EVERT BAKER. • waiae ^^W^-'-SJ^'/im of the Bay of Quinte District ||J^fe^^^^^§4p^i celebrated for growing I S~P ^Nigf?^|j :j the finest flavored fruits H PS AT® E|y. an<i vegetables t^^^^^^^^^.fig1: in the world. reliable grocers sell them, ask for and take no substitute, for there's none just as good* sap: -THE Capital all paid up, $14,000,000. Rest, $10,000,000. Balance to Profit and " Loss Account, $373,988. Total Assets, $135,624,452. PRESIDENT, Rt. Hon. Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal, G.C.M.G. VICE-PRESIDENT. Sir Geo. A. Drummond, K.C.M.G. GENERAL MANAGER. E. S Clouston. • HEAD OFFICE—MONTREAL. Savings Bank Department ®T%™td Itfj credited twice a year. Withdrawals without delay. Banking business of every description undertaken. RanlciflO" hv IVl^Bll r,eP°sits raay be made and withdrawn by mail. Out of town ac ive every attention. The fflicoia Branch is now Open. A. W. STRICKLAND, - Manager. BANK OF HEAD OFFICE IN CANADA MONTREAL PRINCETON, B.C. CAPITAL==$8,70o,ooo REST==$3,5<>o,ooo Total Resources (Nov. 30, 1904) $91,000,000 Interest allowed on deposits of $1 and upwards. Depositors subject to no unnecessary delay in withdrawing funds. Banking by Mail ?epositfs cay 1 niade/nd withdrawn o J x,Jlfc**i by mail, special attention given to this class of business. Drafts and Money Orders issued on all points. A General Banking Business transacted. OTWp™Si«rH- SWITz3R> - - Acting Manager. VhN IICT0N BRANCH-A Branch of this Bank is now open at Penticton, B.C. BiiliM In Mail—Accounts of parties living at a 'HiKaEaEll Rl?ag lTi*aM distance receive our special at 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. L. G. MacHAFFIE, Acting Manager. A "'IWIIKCHIF escapes- in trai Photos of Families taken at their Homes—Views of Princeton and Surrounding Camps. Address - PRINCETON, B.C. Otter Flat Hotel CHARLES DEBARRO, Prop. TULAMEEN oAt B. C Headquarters for Summit, Rabbitt mountain, Tulameen river, Boulder, Bear and iai Kelly creek camps. Good Fishing and. Boating 5 P.O. Address, ASPEN GROVE. A i>l H H M A 2 J1MI 2 HH1 THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR — ■■^i.f.M I II December 9, 1905 J. A. Has now in stock and is constantly receiving large shipments of and is prepared to supply all kinds ot goods at lowest prices Man Orfers STORES AT PENTICTON and HEDLEY December 9, 1905 t-tnaM&± HEADQUARTERS FOR Slierwffl-Wfifii MURALO'S 1st quality Limited.! Cold Water Sanitary Calcimo VANCOUVER, B. C. vtL ^^^^^^^^S^^?^^^^^^^^^^^^^^!^^' mm "gmms&mic The Hotel has been thoroughly renovated and ref tted Everything First Class. No pains spared to please the public. Table supplied with best the market affords. Fine Wines, Liquors and Cigars. TELEPHONE* BATH. A—- V The only Reliable Standard Brand made from the highest grade of Manitoba hard wheat, LAKE OF THE Wl MILLING CO. j guarantee that no bleaching either bv CHEMICALS or ELECTRICITY is used in its manufacture. Accept no Substitute. I WANTED. 3,000 shares Diamond Vale Coal Stock. •Wiite stating lowest price. J. G. CHALMERS, Hub Clothing Store, Vancouver, B.C. THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR SMILES. A Baltimore Irishman was sent to Philadelphia by his backers to box with an athlete of the Quaker city. He was getting the worst of the contest. "Brace up !" cautioned one of his friends. "Stop more of his blows." "Stopthitn!" exclaimed the unfortunate. "Do you see anny av thim getting by me?" A man wrote to a Similkameen lawyer for information in regard to a person who had owed him a considerable sum of money for a long time. "What property has he which I could attach?" he asked. The lawyer's reply was brief and to the point: "The man died six months ago. He has left nothing subject to attachment save a widow." Pat—I'm afther bidding you good-bye, Moike. It's to Panima for me. Shure, $4. a day workin' on the canal looks loike a gold mine beside the $1.20 in Ameriky. Mike—But, Pat, do you mind that Pani ma is one of the hottest places in the world ? It's 120 in the shade most every day. Pat—You don't suppose that I am such a blamed fool as to stay in the shade all the time, do 37ou ? Synopsis of Regulations Governing the Disposal of Dominion Lands within the Railway Belt in the Province of British Columbia. LIMITED "I love you devotedly, madly !" exclaimed the ardent swain. "To be your companion through life, darling, I would gladly sacrifice everything: friends, relations, ambition, honor, fortune '' "Didn't know you had all those nice things!" HEDLEY, B.C. Drugs, Medicines, / Goods, a Mail Orders Promptly Attended to. Also at FAIRVIEW, B.C ~^l£wi|Mii>, ua ft)'jj For CONNOISSEURS Only. Can Complete Coking Quality Tests. Reliable PLATINUM Assays. VANCOUVER, B. C. be had at all first-class hotels throughout the province. P.FITflET&CO.,Ld. VICTORIA, B. C, Sole Agents* A LICENSE to cut timber can be acquired only at public competition. A rental of $5 per square mile is charged for all timber berths excepting those situated west of Yale for which the rental is at the rate of 5 cents per acre per annum. In additiou to the rental dues at the following rates are charged : Sawn ium- ber, 50 cents per thousand feet B.M. Railway ties, eight and nine feet long, 1)4 and 1% cents each. Shingle bolts, 25 cents a cord. All other products, 5 per cent on the sales. A license is issued so soon as a berth is granted, but in unsurveyed territory n© 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 lA to 1)4 cents per lineal foot for building logs ; from 12^ to 25 cents per cord for wood; 1 cent for fence posts; 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 ton of 2,000 pounds is collected on the gross output. Entries for land for agricultural purposes 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 application 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 tor him. A fee of $10 is charged for for a homestead 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 cultivation, but if he prefers he may substitute stock; and 20 head of cattle, to be actually 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 requirements 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. QRINCETON BOARD OF TRADE—Rooms » centrally located. Membership solicited. E. Waterman, .W H. Switzer, President. Secretary. H. Cowan, Treasurer. NICOLA and PRINCETON Wees are the You miss many good things—you don't have as much as you might-= when you fail to send us your gro= eery order* — / Just now we have lots of good things coming in for Xnias trade. LIMITED Advertise in the Star. NICOLA and PRINCETON THE SIMILKAMJ.EN. STAR December 9. 1905 Vlt mBBkesmmw 6 V t JS23B27 • JfRt Town of frith imbiati BEAUTIFULLY SITUATED at the Forks of the Similkameen and Tulameen Rivers. The BUSINESS CENTRE for the following Mining Camps:— Copper Mountain, Kennedy Mountain, Friday, Boulder and Granite Creeks, Summit, Roche River, Upper Tulameen and Aspen Grove. §1§M 'A s »■«>• V w M • ai **» pm TP Agriciili -ys^gg^asitjjcr.i.-^jr't'^txc.jjeaw 'lft&t®%£ lend for Map and Price List to >sic Lanager PRESENT PRICES OF LOTS—-From $3.00 to $10 Per [Front Foot. Size of Lots g 50x100 Feet and 33x100 Feet. Terms===One=Third Cash; Balance Three and Six flonths with Interest at Six Per Cent Per Annum. VERMILION FORKS MINING AND DEVELC Agents for the CANADIAN ORE CONCENTRATION, LIMITED (Elmore Oil Process.) 8& CO'Y 1L I .4jgp-< m
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Title | Similkameen Star |
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Howse, A.E. |
Publisher | Princeton : The Princeton Publishing Company |
Date Issued | 1905-12-09 |
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Princeton (B.C.) Princeton |
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Language | English |
Identifier | Similkameen_Star_1905_12_09 |
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BC Historical Newspapers |
Source | Original Format: Princeton and District Museum and Archives |
Date Available | 2018-11-07 |
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 | 10.14288/1.0373503 |
Latitude | 49.460278 |
Longitude | -120.507778 |
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