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Series of Coal Stratum 60 feet deep under Princeton.
Backbiters are always scorched with their own flames of envy.
British Columbia is the Richest in Minerals of any Province* in British Dominions arid: the Similkameen is the Richest District in the "World
in Variety of Minerals: Gold Platlffam, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Iron, Coal and Fireclay—Great Opportunities for ground-floor Investment.
Vol. vi.   No. 42.
PRINCETON, B.C., SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 1906.
$2 a Year, in Advance
IP Mm?
Five Railways Projected to the
Town—Leaves Rivals
in Shade.
Construction   Work will be Rushed
andv|teel will Follow Without
M Any Delay.
Engineer Turrell, who has charge'of
construction work at Molson on the V.,
V. & E., has received orders to rush the
work with all the forces athis command.
This is interpreted as being a. move to
forestall all competing lines-into the
Si'milkajneen and have its steel laid first
Work has been commenced west of Keremeos on the Bullock-Webster ranch and(
within a month contractors are expected j
■to be grading as far as H'edlev.
That Princeton is a target which all the
jail way companies aim to strike is again
.indicated by the advertisement appearing
below, signed by Tuppef & Griffin. This
makes   the' fiffifi   railway    projected   to
the supply of light, heat and power ;'and
with power to expropriate lands for the
purposes of the Company, and to acquire
lands, money bonuses, privileges or other
aids from any government, municipal
corporation, or other persons or bodies,
and to'levy and collect tolls from all persons using, and on all freight^passing
over any of such roads, railways, ferries,
wharves and vessels built by the Company ; and with power to connect with
and make traffic or other arrangements
with railway, steamboat-or other companies ; and to exercise such j powers as are
granted, by Parts IV. and V. of the
"Water Clauses Consolidation Act ; " and
for all other necessary or incidental
rights, powers and privileges in that
behalf.   ■ ■-...-'...
Dated the5ihday of January, A.D.1906.
Tupper & Gri&pin,
Solicitors foPth'6 applicants.
Princeton which' finalh
TRUSTEES ELECTED.
At the election' of school trustees on
the  nth  inst.,. Thursday, the following
>were chosen i/.V^. C. Lyall, 1 year; H.
Hunter,   2   years,   and   F.   W.-Groves, 3
_years.j<Under the provisions of the new
school act the teacher's salary is fixed by
the ratepayers, a portion of which must
be paid by- them,' as also a surjn for incidental expenses. The ratepayers assembled voted the sum   of $60 for incidental
disposes ot any;i expenses for current year, which with the
suspicion   or dispute  as  to its being the' 1 'j-j * t.    >      1
•I amount to   be , provided fpr teacher s salary, $90, makes a'total 'of$i5Q to be raised
Pol-
■railroad center of the Similkameen.
rowing Is the ad. :
Notice is hereby given that application
will be.made to .the Legislative Assembly
of thfc^provinee of British Columbia, at
its next session, for an Act to incorporate
• a Company with power to construct,
equip, maintain, and operate a line or
lines of railway, of standard or other
gauge, with any kind of motor power
for the conveyance of passengers and
.freight, from some point at or near
Osoyoos on the International Boundarv,
running in a northerly direction along
or near Lake Okanagan to a point at or
near Enderby, thence in a westerly direction to a point at or near kamloops,
thence in a northerly direction following
ItHe'.cpurse■of the North Thompson river,
thence by the. most feasible route to
- Quesnei)e and Fort George ; Also from a
point at or near' Enderby in a northerly:
direction to a point at or near Sicamous
along the course of the' Spallumcheen
river ; Also from a point at or near Kamloops in a southerly, direction.to a point'
at or near Quilchena, thence in a south-
SJBrly direction by a feasible route to a..
point at or near Princeton ; Also from a^
point at or near Quilchena creek in a
northerly direction along-Niaola Lake to
upper Nicola river ; thence northeasterly
along the upper Nicola river to a point at
or near Salmon river, following the course
of that river to a point at or near Salmon
Arm, all in the Province of British Co-,
'lumbia. '/J?S?-'
And with' power to construct, operate
'and maintain'aTl necessary bridges, roads,
'way's and ferries, and to build, acquire,
own and maintain wharves and docks in'
connection therewith, and to build, acquire, own, equip and maintain steam and
other'Jvessfers and boats, and to operate
the same on any navigable waters ; and
with power to .build, equip, operate and
maintain telegraph and telephone lines
in connection with the said railway and
branches, and to transmit messages for
commercial purposes, and to charge tolls
therefor, and  to  generate  electricity for
by the ratepayers of Princeton school
district. The district embraces territory
within a five-mile radius of the school
house residents in which will be assessed
proportionately for the amount named.
LOCAL NEWS NOTES.
!    T. Prest  hauled  a  lot of saw mill ma
chinery from   Spence's- Bridge last week
[for F. P. Cook's mill on One-Mile.
S. St. Onge, formerly of Rossland, but
recently-from Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, arrived on Wednesday's stage from
Hedley.. He is a successful mining man
and came to Princeton for the purpose of
engaging in business along that line.
The reputation of this section had long
ago persuaded him that opportunities, for
investment here were excellent and now
that the railway is building he determined to be .early on the ground and
avoid the approaching rush of travel.
C. Chrisfield has started his bakery- in
the new building ou Harold avenue.
J. Swansborough has almost recovered
from his recent illness.
Revely's stage line required two coaches
to handle the traffic on Wednesday.
Gus Hewat wae laid off with twenty
other miners at the Nickel Plate last
Monday and returned to Princeton.
Shortage of water is the cause.
The earthquake last week is said to
have started a smoke out of an extinct
volcano south of Princeton. It may have
been only hot air from the smelter down
below.
Work on the brewery is progressing
rapidly.
Practical Teaching Required to
Enable Young Men to
Advance Properly.
A Resurrection  Day  is Coming and
with it Progressive" Spirits will
be Rewarded.
^Concluded from lastvweek.]
Editor Star—Sir : As much- thought
must be given to a school of .mines as
to that of any other. Above all it must
be kept, out of politics. A politician
would not makea success of a school of
mines. All of us who have arrived at
the age of maturity realize how much we
learned at school that .was useless ; how
nmcluthat was. mere theory ; how little
that could be applied to the practical side
of things and which became obsolete by
the time we desired to use what we had
learned.
Knowledge acquired in the schools of
today must foe stripped of much useless
verbiage before they can bring out the
best that is in a boy and this applies particularly to mining affairs." In this ocoiu
pation, as of all others, itihe main thing is
to teach a young man tg>,think and observe for himself, not for. somebody else
or as some one wants,s.Jiim to think—to
be able to draw a correct conclusion from
a cold fact as he finds it. A boy must
have a love and fitness for his-calling.
It is useless to attempt"to make a miner
out df^d'boy who wants to be a minister.
No school ever did this. You may drive
a boy to college but you cannot make
him think.
Our real education begins after we
leave school and the best men never graduate. We learn- that there is a whole
lot that is-not in the hooks. A mining
school ■ must eliminate theory and be
practical to be of any use. There is one
school of mines being equipped with
every,known process for the extraction
of values and in it ores will be actually;
treated and paid for. Most of the machinery is supplied by the various manufacturing companies as an advertisement.
When a young man leaves this school he.
will know how to do something^ because
he will see things done while he is reading about them—he will learn to apply
his knowledge as he acquires it.
In addition to these advantages the
railroads of Colorado each year take the
students to every mining camp in the
state free of charge, that they may see
all the great mines and mills in actual
operation on an extensive scale. In this
way all factors combine to make it the
best school in the world from a practical
standpoint.
The competitive railroad system now
being   built   will,   with   other   outside
forces, inaugurate a new era in mining
affairs for British Colnmbia. It will
tend to lift this whole section out of the
fossilized rut that the- Canaaian Pacific
railroad has kept it in. Resurrection
day is not far off and it now seems possible that the miraculous influences now at
work may extend, not only to that road,
but to all thedead spirits of the.past that
have fostered, its sluggish and obstructive
existence and, with the new dawn, let us
have a school of mines.
Yours truly,
J. F. LEI.AND.
TOWN BREVITIES.
Fire wardens for Princeton have been \
elected in accordance with the terms of /
;the law, and are as follows : J. R. Camp- S
bell, C. Willerson and C. O. French.
A meeting of the board of trade will
be held next Thursday evening to consider, with' other important matters, the
necessity for better fire protection and
to that end- the formation of a fire brigade Citizens generally are invited to
attend and a full attendance of members
is requested.
Tuesday night the thermometer fell to )
8 degrees below zero, but next day it was \
delightfully balmy with a slight descent j
of the "beautiful."
The Confederation Life Association has
the thanks of many persons here who
have received one of the handsome and
handy calendars sent them.
;,)Finlay Fraser, one of Hedley's pro- \
gressive and esteemed citizens, is en- j
gaged on the new brewery and will be a j
resident here for several months.
Ryder & McDermott are down about
25 feet on the big coal shaft they are
"sinking for W. C. McDougall near town
and have struck the sandstone overlying
the coal.. 'jjjipi
■J. Gladden, of Hedley, came in on
Wednesday's stage on a combined business and social visit. He received a
Marconigram from C. E. Oliver, his
partner, now on a visit to the Old Country. It is the- first to be received in the
Similkameen ,and contained those old
and ever full of meaning words : "Make
hay while the sun shines." Lest any of
his friends should feel anxious the Star
canJsay that Mr. Gladden is ' 'doing nicely,
thank you."
Pete Marquette and Tink French drove
in from Nicola on Thursday.
C. Stoess, P.L.S., came up from Keremeos last Saturday where he has been
surveying acreage property for fruit
growing. He. states that he saw a tree
last fall which bore 65 bushels of fine
apples, and that it was not phenomenal
for that locality. Mr. Stoess returned to
Keremeos on Thursday. He much prefers Princeton with its cloak of fleecy
white to a certain uncanniness of dull
atmosphere and dusty roads at Keremeos.
Eventually he will locate at Princeton
and make it his permanent address.
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THE    SIMILKAMEEN    STAR
January 13,1906
The Similkameen Star
Published Weekly at
PRINCETON,  B.C
—BV—
The Princeton Publishing Co.
A. B. Howse, Manager.
SUBSCRIPTION RATE:
One Year,   --    -------
Payable in Advance.
-  -   $2.00
Subscribers will confer a favor on this office by
promptly rewirting 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. ■ ^SSJi
All cheques to be made payable to
A. E. HOWSE.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
Boards of trade throughout the
province are making effort with the
beginning of the year to advertise
the natural resources of .their particular district on a scale hitherto
not excelled by them. The Nelson
board of trade has recently gone
into the matter thoroughly and it
has transpired that the tourist associations have done a great service in
conjunction with the various'boards
in advertising the country* A big
influx of. miners and settlers are
expected in the; province this year
and every locality will need to be
alive to get its share. The Princeton board of trade can do a great
service by advertising the advantages of this locality in ever5r possible way. At its next meeting the
board will consider a letter from
the Vancouver tourist association
asking for information of this section. ' Every member ot the board
should be present to assist in the
matter o@idvertising this section. .
The Manitoba Free Press, with
its accustomed enterprise and forethought has sent to all its patrons
a New. Year memento consisting of
a bit of steel, a flint and a piece of
'punk or lightwood. Before matches
were invented these were the primi-
t.ve implements used in making
.fires. They recall to mind an obsolete practice and the booklet accompanying adds a tinge of romance
gathered from a Cree legend as to
the origin of fire. The Free Press
is pumished in Winnipeg, a city cf
nearly 100,00,0 souls, which last
year had over ten and a half million dollars worth of buildings
added to it, not the least'Jimposing
business structure being the fine
new home of the Free Press. This
newspaper is without a peer in the
west and is One of the best conducted in Canada.
A copy of " Mother Earth's
Treasure Vaults," from the well
known pen of Percy Godenrath,
and is a welcome addition to the
.Star's bureau of mineral information. The work is largely historical, interspersed with reminiscences
and biographical sketcnfes of jhq--
neers and their day. Some interesting information of the horticul-
the province is also given. There
is nothing to be desired in the space
or beyond what the bcfi3k was designed to be by the author. But,
we could wish Mr. Godenrath, with
his wealth of resource and versatile
talent as writer, would collate his
wide knowledge of this province
into a work much less ephemeral
than the one under review. British Columbia has reached that stage
where a history, political, social and
descriptive is an urgent need. A
standard work of this kind with
maps would have ready demand
among financiers,-- investors and
settlers and could be kept up-to-
date by yearly editions. Pictorially
and typographically-r^^" Mother
^firth's Treasure Vaults" is perfect and for the small price, 25
cents, ought to run into several editions.   • "&£%
Replying to the toast of "The
Press" Senator Davis of Illinois
made some appreciative remarks
which are worthy of record and
which will find responsive echo
among intelligent readers the world
over. He said : "During the year
every local newspaper gives from
500 to 5000 free lines for the benefit of the community in which it is
located. No other agency can do
yais. The editor, in proportion to
his means, does more for his own
town 'than any other man. He
ought to be supported ; not because
you are friendly with him or admire his writing, but because a local
paper is the best investment a community can make. It may not be
ca^wded with great thought, but
financially it is of more benefit than
both preacher and teacher. Today
editors do more for less pay than
any other class of men on earth.
Patronize your home paper, not as
a charity, but as an investment."
The Daily News of Nelson issued a 20-page;; mining number on
New Year's day which contains
much valuable information about
the mining industry. The Similkameen comes in for extended notice
of its great mineral deposits and
the whole province is treated in the
same exhaustive manner. The
News is one of the most progressive
newspapers in the interior.
The holiday number of the Phoenix Pioneer is always a welcome
visitor on every editor's desk. It
is an edition de luxe with its fine
paper and exquisite letterpress.
As a comprehensive publication of
Boundary mining it could not well
be surpassed. Its handy form and
artistic makeup create a favorable
impression the moment it is taken
in hand.
$1 E Special
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15 ,,Ry™
Thisi5-jewel""Ryrie"
movement is fully guars' anteed and good enough
for a solid gold covering.
But we have widened its
- opportunities for "serving mankind^jby offering-
, it for just $15.00 in a 25-
year gold filled case—:
ladies': or-  nrenrS'   size.
Diamond Hall's recent
enlargement means increased values to customers.
BYRIE BROS.
- LIMITED-	
134-138 YONOE ST.
TORONTO    -    ONT.
NOTICE.
Highland, Bachelor, Nicola and Triangle, Fiaction mineral claims. Situate in the Similkameen Mining Division of Yale district.
Where located : In Aspen Grove camp.
Take notice that I, E, W. Groves, acting as
agent for A. E. Howse, free miner's certihcate
No.. B87544; F. Howse, free miner's certificate No.
B87545, and G. Philp free miner's certificate No.
B87546 intend, sixty days from the date
hereof, to apply to ttieV mining recorder for
certificates of improvements, for the purpose oi
Obtaining crown grants of the above claims.
And further take i ottce that action, under section 37, must be commenced before the issuance
of such Certificates of Improvements. --V
Dated this 2SU1 day of December, A.D/igos.
NOTICE.
Duke of York and Blue  Bird mineral claims,
j   ■ 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 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 1st day of December, 1905.
G.-JE. SHiW, P.L.S.
NOTICE.
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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.
>Vbigt'. free miner's certificate No*^B79944,
intend sixty, days from the date hereof, to
apply to the Mining Recorder for certificates
of improvementsjifor. the purpose! of obtaining
Crown grants of the above claims.
And further take notice that action; under sec
tion 37, must be commenced before the issuance
of such certificates of improvements.
Dated this 30th day of. November. 190s;
C.^E. SHAW, P.L.S.,
NOTICE.
mt^'Wi
Senator Templeman is now be-
fp^e'cttbbe the Only logical selection   for the    new  department   of
mines about   to   be . formed.     No
tural and agricultural  industries of | better appointment could be made.
No. 2, J.  W.   Hill, United and Verde mineral
claims, situate in Siinilkameen mining.diyis--
ion 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'dftthe above claims.
And further take notice that action, undet section 37, must be commenced before the issuance
of such Certificates of Improvements.
Dated this 15th day of November, A .D. 1905.
36 C. JE. SHAW, P.L.S.
NOTICE.
Sixty days after date I intend to apply to the
Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for
permission.^.purchase 640 acres, more^r less,
of pasture land in the Nicola division of Yaip
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.
GOOD
RIGS
HUNTER'S
FEED S LiVERvP-SS
Thos. Hunter, Proprietor.
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NOTICE is hereby given that sixty days aftei
date I itrfelid to apply to the Chief^pmiHissioher
of Lauds and Works for permission to purcjhase
400 acres of mountain pastuie land, described as
follows : Commencing atthe north-east corner of
lot 1192 thence north 60 chains, thencewest6o
chains, thence south 80 chains to north line of
lot 1402, thence east 20 chains to the east line of
lot 1192, thence north 20 chains to the north-west
corner of lot 1192, thence east 40 chains to point
of commencement Said land is situated in
the Nicola division of Yale district.
L. GIBSON, Applicant,
per Luke Gibson, Agent.
16th December, 1005.
NOTICE.
Buller.i Colorado, Edward 7th, No. 6, No. 7, No.
24, No. 26, No. 27, No. 43 Fr., No. 44 Fr , No.
45 Fr.-andNo. 46 Fr. mineral claims, situate
in the Similkameen mining division of Yale
district. Wherjp'jjocated : 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 Jglfore the issuance
of such Certificates of Improvements.
Dated this 16th day of November, A.D. 1905.
L-TtS.tEVERT BAKER.
NOTICE.
Notice is herely given that sixty days from
date I-intend to apply . to the Honorable Chief
Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase 160 acres <->f mountain land
situated in the Similkameen land d}y||ion of
Yale district. Commencing at a pest 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 commencement. J D. YOUNG, Locator,
per W. D. Young.
Dated 8th November, 1905.      Sttfji
'        i      NOTICE. I
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an
application will be made to the Legislative Assembly of t,he 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 anq;A'flin'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
Company.; and to exchange the stock or
other bonds, debentures or other secuti
ties of the Company to be incorporated
for the shares, stock, debentures, bonds
or other securities of any other Railway
Companv; 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 poweffito promote any
Railway 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 wh^ich the
Vancouver and Coast Kootenay Railway
Company has to complete its line of railway, and empowering the said Railway
Company 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. ■~'-9egtM       »«fWp
'Robertson &,robertson,
■ .   Solicitorsffir, the Applicants.	
Advertise in the Star.
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January 13, 1906
THE    SIMILKAMEEN    STAR
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
Tuck French arrived in from Nicola
last Saturday and intends making a fortune here.
Dr. Whillans, of Hedley, visited Princeton last Sunday.
Charlie Willerson is making an addition to his house, which fact, in itself,
is not unusual these growing times, but,
taken in conjunction with that other fact
that he was seen pushing a dandy baby
carriage toward his bachelor home, then
suspicion is aroused. Is he thinking of
embarking on that sea, ah, he' knows
not whither ? But marriage is contagious
they say and the esteemed Mr. Willerson
may have been infected from seeing a
popular young couple now on the shore
preparing for a lifelong voyage across the
deep, deep sea of wedded happiness. The
Star beckons them all to come and may
the voyage be calm and happy all the
way.
Jim and Claude Snowden have got a
contract for cutting a half million feet of
logs for the A. E. Howse Co. and are now
busy laying the monarchs of the forest
at their feet.
Perley Russell was down from Granite
creek this week enjoying some city life.
The diamond drill working for the
B.C. Copper Co. on the Sunset group has
been set at the first hole sunk and will
go down 200 feet more, making a total of
700 feet.
SUMMERS & WARDLE
BUTCHERS
WINKLER
Offices: Penticton
and Princeton.
Correspondence
Solicited
REAL
ESTATE and
MINES
Bought &Sold
&M0HR
F. W. GROVES
A. R. COLL., SC. D.,
Civil and Mining Engineer
PROVINCIAL LAND SURVEYOR.
Map of Surveyed Claims on  Copper
and Kennedy Mts.: Price, $2.
PRINCETON.     -    -      B. C.
WANTED.
3,000   shares  Diamond   Vale   Coal   Stock
Write stating lowest price.
J. G. CHALMERS,
Hub Clothing Store, Vancouver, B.C.
Corbould & Grant
Barristers, Solicitors, &c.
New Westminster, B.C.
G. E. CORBOULD, K.C.
J. R. GRANT.
Princeton
Meal m
Market
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Wholesale and Retail Dealers in all
Kinds of Meat.
FISH AND GAME IN SEASON.
Christmas
Perfumes
The Standard (lift
You cannot miss it when you select
from Our Fine Assortment.- We
have them in all styles and sizes at
very reasonable prices.
The City Drug Store
J. R. CAMPBELL.
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Colony, Ontario,
The Garden
of the Bay of Quinte District
celebrated for growing
the finest flavored fruits
and vegetables
1111        in the world.
All reliable grocers sell them,   ask for them,
and take no substitute,
for there's none just as good*
 THE	
Bank of Montreal
Capital all paid up, $14,000,000.    Rest, $10,000,000.   Balance to Profit and
Loss Account, $373,988.       Total Assets, $135,624,452.
PRESIDENT, Rt. Hon. Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal, G.C.M.G.
VICE-PRESIDENT. Sir Geo. A. Drummond, K.C.M.G.
GENERAL MANAGER. E. S Clouston.
HEAD OFFICE—MONTREAL.
Savings Bank DeplrtaienT^rtwt.^ K
credited twice a year.    Withdrawals without delay.
Banking business of every description undertaken.
Rafllfftlff Vw   Mnil   Deposits may be made andwithdrawn by mail.   Out of town ac
^receive every attention.
The Nicola Branch Is now Open.
A. W. STRICKLAND, -
Manager.
Tfe Canadian Bank of Commerce
CAPITAL==$io,ooo,ooo    -    -   REST=-$4,soo,ooo
TOTAL RESOURCES [Nov. 30, 1905] $98,000,000.
PRINCETON BRANCH—W. H. SWITZER, Acting Manager.
Sz^winn** Bs%tth lnterest allowed on deposits of $1 and
"*",r'"   mF^*   **■""* upwards.     Depositors subject to
no unnecessary delay in withdrawing funds.
RnnLf no* \i\s  1W Jill Deposits may be made and withdrawn
DdUIUIlg  V)   ITldll ^ mail. Special attention given to this
class of business.    Drafts and Money Orders issued on all points.
A General Banking Business transacted.
A branch of this Bank is now open at Penticton.
BANK OF
BRITISH NORTH AMERICA
CAPITAL—$4,866,666
RESERVE—$2,043,997
HEAD OFFICE IN CANADA    -   -    MONTREAL
Runllillil     till     ll/iil—^LCCOUI11:s    °^   Part*es living   at   a
iPUllllllltJ     Ify      IfiUll 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.
HEDLEY BRANCH L. G. MacHAFFIE, Acting Manager.
A. MURCME VES"
PHOTOGRAPHER ****"*•se
Photos of Families taken at their
Homes—Views of Princeton
and Surrounding Camps.
Address   -    PRINCETON, B.C.
Otter Flat Hotel
.  CHARLES DEBARRO, Prop.
TULAMEEN CITY, B. C.
Headquarters for Summit, Rabbitt mountain, Tulameen river, Boulder, Bear and
Kelly creek camps.
Good   Fishing   and   Boating
P. O. Address, ASPEN GROVE;
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THE    SIMILKAMEEN-   STAR
January, j 3. 1906
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J. A. SCHUBERT
Has now in stock and is con-
M     st^ritly   receiving  large  shipments of
General Merchandise
and is prepared to supply all
kinds oi goods at lowest prices
Wood, f§
Vallance &
Leggat,!
HEADQUARTERS FOB,
Sherwin-Williams'
Paints
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Limited.!
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Mall orders Promptly Filled
■        STORES AT 'M     W
' PENTICTON and HEDLEY
MURALO'S 1st quality
Cold Water Sanitary Calcimo
VANCOUVER, B. C.
Household
Flour
BEST IN THE WORLD
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The Electric Process
NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that sixtj days after
date I intend to apply to the Hon. the Chief commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to
purchase 120 acres more or less of pasture land,
described as follows: CommEncing at a post
marked "Angus Lamont's N.W. corner," at the
S.W. corner of A. Tremblay's preemption and
running south 30 chains, thence 60 chains east,
thence 20 chains north, thence 60 chains west to
point of commencement.
ANGUS LAMONT.
J. G. McDonald, Agent.
Bated Dec. 2nd, 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'i theSfcagtt and running south
40 chains, east 40 chains,, north 40 chains, west
40 chains to point of commencement.
<       Ki-rt -#*JJ< LINDSAY,
J -It j. g. McDonald, agt.
-Dated Oct.^ x<ps..
SO   YEARS'
EXPERIENCE
Trade Marks
Designs
Copyrights &c.
Anyone sending a sketch and description may
quickly 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
Scientific Jftnerican.
A handsomely Illustrated weekly. T.nreest circulation of any scientific journal. Terms, $3 a
year; four months, $1.  Sold by all newsdealers.
Sl/!Ora^Co.36iBfoa^. New York
, Branch Office. 625 F St.- Washington, D. C
DRIARDIHOTEL
i;    NICOLA LAKE I
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.
> 1    TELEPHONE- J. '    I BATH.      >81|
Headquarters for Princeton, Spence's Bridge and Kamloops
Stage Lines.
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THE    SIMILKAMEEN    STAR
SMILES.
"I thought," said her mother, "that I
heard you and Mr. Rockingham quarrelling down in the parlor last night."
"Ye-es ; but we made up before he went
away" "What was the matter?" "He
said when he was holding my hand it was
like a little bird fluttering in a cage, and
I insisted that it was like a little mouse
in a trap. We just had an awful time for
a while."
Teacher—Can you tell me the difference between "like" and "love?" Small
Boy—Yes ma'am. I like my father and
mother, but I love pie.
A teacher wished to bring home the
lesson of the fate that befell idle people.
He asked the class who were the people
who got all they could and did nothing
in return. There was silence, but at last
a little girl, mindful of her home, said :
"Please, sir, it's babies !"
Magistrate—What have you to say to
the charge of assault ? Defendant—Well
sir, he called me an ass. Magistrate—
Ah ! And, naturally, you kicked!
"How magnificently your daughter
sweeps into a room !" "Yes. If she
could sweep out a room that well, she'd
be some use to her mother."
"Your wife tells me that you had nothing to do with the building of your
new house. She and the architect, she
says, are entitled to all the credit." "Yes,
all I did was to pay for the thing,"
FIVE ROSES FLOW
The only Reliable Standard Brand made from the
highest grade of Manitoba
hard wheat,
LAKE OF THE WOODS
MILLING GO.
guarantee that no bleaching
either bv CHEMICALS or
ELECTRICITY is used in its
manufacture.
Accept no Substitute.
C. M. BRYANT & COT
THE  VANCOUVER  ASSAY   OFFICE,
ESTABLISHED 1890.
Analysis of Coal and Fireclay a Specialty.
Complete Coking Quality Tests.
Reliable PLATINUM Assays.
VANCOUVER, B. C.
JOHN LOVE |§
Druggist and Stationer
HEDLEY, B.C.
Drugs, Medicines,
Books,
Stationery and
Fancy Goods,
Cigars, Pipes and
Confectionery.
Mail Orders Promptly Attended to.
Also at FAIRVIEW, B.C.
Synopsis  of Regulations   Governing
the Disposal of Dominion Lands
within the Railway Belt in
the Province of British Columbia.
A LICENSE to cut timber can be acquired only at public competition. A
rental of $5 per square mile is charged
for all timber berths excepting those situated west of Yale for which the rental is
at the rate of 5 cents per acre per annum.
In addition 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, i}i
and i}i 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 berthuntil 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 per
mits 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 V2 to 1 y2 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 applica
tion   to  the   minister  of   the   interior at
Ottawa,   the  commissioner  of immigra
tion   at   Winnipeg, or the local agent for
the district within which the landissitu
ated,  receive authority  for some one to
make entry for him.
A fee of $ 10 is charged for for a homestead entry.
i.r| W. W. CORY,
Deputv' of the Minister of the Interior
Ottawa, Feb. 4,1905.:-'"
For  CONNOISSEURS Only.
Can be had at all first-class hotels throughout the province.
R.P.RITHET&CO.,ld.
VICTORIA, B. C,
Sole Agents*
THE
LIMITED
INICOLA and PRINCETON
Prices are the
I Second Consideration
I in our Grocery Trade
oily is j First Always.
You miss many good things—you
don't have as much as you might-=
when you fail to send us your gro=
eery order* J|
Just now we have lots of
good things coming Sin for
Xmas trade.     iM.. .   M
THE
LIMITED
NICOLA and PRINCETON
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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.
* I Government   Headquarters 11
For the Similkameen District
FINE   CLIMATE   AND   PUREST  OF   WATER
Enormous Agricultural Area to Draw from
LOTS  FOR  SALE p; f    -;
PRESENT PRICES OF LOTS—From $3.00 to $10 Per iFront Foot. Size of Lots
50 x 100 Feet and 33 x 100 Feet. Terms===One=Third Cash; Balance Three and Six iTonths
with Interest at Six Per Cent Per Annum.
Send for Map and Price List  to
S S ERNEST   WATERMAN, IB '
Resident  Manager
VERMILION    FORKS § MINING   AND § DEVELOPMENT   CO'Y
Agents for the CANADIAN ORE CONCENTRATION, LIMITED (Elmore Oil Process.)
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