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Kindness makes sunshine wherever it goes: Try it.
Similkameen Valley has not a peer on all the broad continent for diversity of resource—Mining is the backbone of the district—Immense forest
areas in the foothills of mountain ranges—Grazing land is plentiful and gives forth the famed nutritious bunch grass—Come and see the valley.
Vol. vii.   No. 8.
PRINCETON, B.C., SATURDAY, MAY 19, 1906.
$2 a Year, in Advance
JOBBERS RUN DOWN
Banditti   Nabbed Near Quilchena, Nicola, Now itw<s
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Every Road, Trail and Pass Bristled
with Men Tinder Arms, Made
Escape Improbable.
The sequel to the train robbery of last
week at Ducks may be told in a few sentences and without any pretence of sensationalism. More than usual interest
for citizens of Princeton attaches to the
robbery from the fact that at least two
of the suspected robbers captured are
known to nearly everybody in this section. The third man arrested has not
'been fully identified, but he is also be
lieved to be a resident near Princeton.
Immediately after .the robbery constables and specials were sent to the scene
of the holdup who later were reinforced
by detectives, Indian trackers and a
posse of Northwest mounted police with
bloodhounds. The pursuers were not
long in striking a hot trail and for four
days and nights kept the robbers dodging through a country of difficult passes
and many hiding places. Nearing Douglas lake the fleeing bandits were first
sighted by Constable Fernie who left
their trail and went to Quilchena for
assistance. Having abandoned their
horses the robbers were not long in being
overhauled by the mounted police.
When halted Grell, alias Dunn, emptied his revolver at the police without
effect and in return was shot in the leg.
The others did not resist. Escorted to
Quilchena two of the robbers, Dunn and
Edwards were readily identified by parties who knew them.
Geo-. W. Edwards, the leader of the
gang, is widely known in Princeton,
having been a resident for about two
years on Jack Budd's ranch, four miles
from town. His acquaintance with Budd
dates from Texan schooldays. There was
nothing in his social life here to indicate
that he was a bad man, although there
are those who, since his arrest, with possibly keener perceptions than average,
find outcroppings in his character which,
they say, point t» a well defined lead of
villainy. Edwards had none of the swagger, 'blow' or bluff of the would-be
desperado or tough ; in conversation he
was pleasant and of considerable polish
of manner. He never made any gun play
although he always carried a brace of
shooters, a common thing with men on
the frontier. Tall and straight, grizzled
with more than 50 years of border life, he
looked a typical veteran soldier so often
met in the states. Whatever Edwards'
career may have been there is a certain
mysterious halo about it which would
give rise to suspicion that something was
'wrong. Suddenly he would drop out of
sight and reappear. He always carried a
well filled purse and this in spite of the
fact that he never worked and had no
visible means of a livelihood. A man
would not require to be a Sherlock
Holmes to scent mischief in one whose
tenor of living did not accord with the
pursuits of an upright man. In the last
analysis of him it will probably be found
that he has been implicated in other
train and stage robberies as the methods
are identical in both the Ducks "and Mission holdups with those in the southern
states and Mexico where Edwards lived
before coming to the secluded Similkameen. In any case he was not a miserable, petty, 10-cent thief whom the law
is slow to appiehend. Many here would
be pleased if he could prove an alibi, on
the other hand, if he be guilty no one
would lift a finger td stay the course of
justice. As it now looks Edwards will
in all probability end his declining days
behind the prison bars.
JohnGrell, aliasBilly Dunn, unlike
Edwards, was known here by two names.
He has been in Cariboo and the Similkameen for some years and followed trapping, prospecting and broncho-busting.
He kriew this country like a book and
was able to guide parties to the most remote corners of it- He came originally
from onei of the western states. Nothing
authentic is known of his early career.
He is an expert shot and must have been
rattled when the police corralled the trio.
Dunn is a short, swarthy man with a
trace of Indian blood in his veins and
would likely be a pliant tool in the hands
of a designing person.
The above described men are known to
be on familiar terms with each other,
their last appearance together is said to
have been about a month ago, when they
borrowed horses and left for Aspen Grove.
Their trial will be held in Kamloops.
TRAIN AT COUTLEE.
It is reported that the C.P.R. will deliver freight over the new branch with
present terminus at Coutlee on Monday
next. Already a train of railway officials
and other notables has arrived there to
inspect the line preparatory to its permanent operation. Ballasting the road is
now proceeding with vigor and the finishing touches to bridges is being given.
A large party of gentlemen drove from
Coutlee to Nicola on arrival of the train,
many of whom will invest in this beautiful townsite and build homes. Nicola,
like Princeton, has been a long time patiently waiting for the turn of the tide
the first ripples of which are now apparent.
SIMISSED VALLEYS
Similkameen   and   Okanagan
have Excellent Climate
and Soil.
Old Country Writer Recommends this
Province to Intending Settler
and Investor.
Major Anderson, V., V. & E. right-of-
way agent, is in town and is negotiating
with land owners along the route up the
Tulameen. Right-of-way is now bought
as far as Allison.
The following extracts from one of a
series of articles appearing in the London (Eng.) Standard gives the old country view of colonial conditions and prospects and extols British Columbia as a
field for intending emigrants :
"The youth or man who contemplates
a colonial life, and is possessed of ^"1000
or more, has before him a very bright
and hopeful prospect; a better prospect,
from the practical standpoint than three
times the capital can buy him in Eng
land. But, as in most other affairs of
life, there are pitfalls to be avoided.
Everyone who has had any experience
of our great colonies has met with glaring examples of the pitfalls. The writer
has seen young men in both hemispheres
attired more gloriously than Solomon,
and employed for the most part in order
ing and paying for liquid refreshment
for bar loafers. Having asked as to the
why and wherefore of the presence at
large of these misguided youths he has
been told, with a shrug of the shoulder
that they were "getting colonial experience."
"The province of British Columbia is
in point of distance more remote from
the old country than any other part of
Canada. But that means no more than
a longer stretch of time spent on the railway in getting there and Canadian trains
are made for living in as well as sitting
in. That wonderful Pacific breeze—the
Chinook—makes a fertile garden of this
province and blesses its people with a
climate which is as near perfection in
very many places as the heart of man
can desire. It is the kindly, invigorating temperateness of the Pacific airs
which render winter, in the Okanagan
valley, for instance, even more enjoyable
than the bright, long summer.
"It is admitted upon all hands that
mining in British Columbia is an industry as yet in swaddling clothes. Miners
are the best buyers in the world where
farm produce is concerned. A mining
community in B.C. is one which earns
very high wages, never touch the earth
for purposes of cultivation, and insist on
having a plentiful variety of every kind
of food. The intending settler on the
land in B.C. need have no fears as to
markets for his produce, even if he takes
no account of the fact that some of the
finest and highest-priced fruit placed on
the English  market last year reached us [
from the sun-bathed heart of the B.C.
lake valleys. The last decade has fully
demonstrated the fact that such valleys
as the Okanagan and the Similkameen
contain the most favorably disposed fruitgrowing locations in North America."
0TTEE VALLEY IN BEIEF.
J. Thynne, of Otter valley, was in
town last Saturday and reports prospects
bright in that section. The crops are
growing nicely and the recent rainfall
gave them a spurt which will add much'
to the harvest tonnage. Mr. Thynne has
been in the valley some sixteen years and
has watched its growth and development
with keen interest. Besides having a
fine, productive and well stocked ranch
he is largely interested in mining and is
one of the first owners of the Cousin
Jack on Boulder creek, which is now
being developed by a company ; recent
assays from it giving $20 in gold. He
is also owner ot high grade mineral
claims on Bear creek, near the Similkameen Mining and Smelting Co*s valua:
ble property. The whole of Otter valley will put on a garb of prosperity with
the welcome toot of the iron horse reverberating throughout the hills of minerals and the green vales. Those who
have proved their confidence in it by persevering endeavor must share in the
good fortune which is dawning.
TRAINS SOON RUNNING.
A semi-official statement is made that
trains will be running out of Midway as
far as Oroville by the first of July. The
grade is in such forward state that i. is
possible to make the announcement with
certainty. Every effort is being made to
procure more laborers, 5000 being re--
quired immediately to cover new work
all along the V., V. & E.
East of Cloverdale camps are being
constructed and contracts are let as far
as Sumas. This portion of the road is
easy to construct and no serious engineering difficulties are met until Hope mountains are reached. Construction from
the west will be pushed with vigor and
the rails will follow the graders closely.
Wm. Murray of Nicola was in Princeton Wednesday last returning on Thursday.
L. Thomson has been engaged as manager of Cook & Co's business at Princeton.
Rev. E. D. Smith arrived in Princeton
last Saturday and went to Hedley on Sunday, where he preached his first sermon
in the Similkameen. He will make
Princeton his headquarters. Services
will be held tomorrow in the court house
at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.
A baseball game has been arranged to
take place on the 24th, next Thursday,
at Princeton between Hedley and Princeton clubs-
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THE    SIMILKAMEEN    STAR
May 19, 1906
May 19, 1906
THE    SIMILKAMEEN    STAR
The Similkameen Star
Published Weekly at
PRINCETON,  B.C.
—BY—
The Princeton Publishing Co.
A. E.  Howse, Manager.
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One Year,
Payable in Advance.
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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.
HYDROELECTRIC POWER.
The growing demand for electric
and water power in mining, milling,
smelting, lighting and manufacturing purposes is causing inquiries to
be made for available water'power
as a generating force. In recent
years great strides have been made
in harnessing rivers, streams and
falls with the cheapest power yet
known: Hydro-electric power has
been a leading factor in the successful treatment of low grade ores
and is still a stimulus to the discovery and production of that class
of ores. In the Similkameen,
where it is difficult to find a piece
of rock not mineralized, nature
has placed cheap power alongside
of cheap ores, thus compensating
for deficiency in values. And the
day is soon coming when all the
ores, high and low grade, in this
district will be treated with the
cheap hydro-electric power which
abounds everywhere and only re
quires capital to instal the necessary machinery for its application
to the production of metals.
In a recent article in the Star
which was copied in the Spokane
Review a serious error occurred
in giving the average fall of the
Similkameen and Tulameen rivers
west of Princeton. It was there
stated that the average was "20
feet" when it should have been
40 feet. The latter figures would
give a head of ioo feet in 2^ miles
of distance, a force sufficient for all
ordinary purposes. No accurate
figures are available for the volume"
of water in either of the. rivers,
which has been variously estimated
at from 2000 to 5000 miner's inches.
INVITES THE KING TO CANADA.
The house of commons at Ottawa
recently sent an address to King
Edward inviting him, accompanied
by Queen Alexandra, to visit Canada at as early a date as may be
agreeable to them. Should their
majesties consent the occasion would
undoubtedly be marked by demonstrations from the Atlantic to the
Pacific of loyalty and delight for
the privilege of seeing them face to
face. King Edward has won a
place in the hearts of all his subjects by being one of the people
himself;   entering   into   their   re
joicings  with  a   heartiness  which
has   made  him   very   popular, and
joining in'their sorrows with a true
sympathy which has made him beloved.    He has been a kingly king
and a manly man.    The son of an
illustrious mother, who had not an
enemy   in    the    wide   world, and
whose  humble  piety attributed all
of Britain's greatness  to the Bible,
he has followed in her footsteps by
making  his   throne  one  of righteous  rule.     His  visit   to Canada
would tend to knit more closely together   the    British,   French  and
other foreign races now rapidly peopling this country while the political effect would be felt  in lessening
any barriers  to  commercial union
with the  motherland.    If the Star
may  be permitted to suggest, the
visit of His Majesty  should be extended to  the other  great dominions beyond the seas which form a
part of the  vast empire  on  which
the sun  never sets,   thus welding
into a compact whole  the scattered
colonies.    The  experiment  is well
worth trying.    The King is tactful,
a born peacemaker and the greatest
diplomat of the  day.     He  could
well  pave  the  way  to  an   united
empire with one central parliament.
The British   constitution  is  more
elastic and democratic than that of
the United States in that it permits
the head of the nation   to leave his
country and go abroad.
HCENSE NOTICE.
Take notice that I, Mrs. Alice James of. the
Granite Cieekhotel, intend to make application
to the License Commissioners for Nicola district
for permission to transfer her hotel license of
the said hotel at Granite Creek to Chas. DeBarro>
MRS. ALICE JAMES.
Dated Granite Creek, May 10,1906.
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF
BRITISH COLUMBIA.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
The recent train robbery at
Ducks and the capture of the
bandits has shown how favorable
the lay of the country is for hiding
refugees. Innumerable passes and
trails would puzzle the best detective to follow a fleeing criminal. In
view of this 'every town in the interior should be provided with at
least a pair of bloodhounds for
tracking felons. The hounds are
not ferocious as a rule. Their keen
scent has often been the means of
recovering stolen cattle and horses
and in southern slavery days were
very effective in tracking fugitive
slaves.
The Mining Standard says that
the Nelson Daily News is protesting against the lack of support accorded the paper by the business
interests of the town. The expense of operation is great, and the
profit realized is little—if any. The
News is about to suspend because
editor Deane has been giving his
time, talent and money for the benefit of a non-enterprising, dead-in-
the-shell community, which has not
the decency to recognize his  effort.
A knocker is a sour-faced vine-
gar-souled detriment to the human
race. He is a gap in the building,
a hole in the ^wall, a crevice in the
foundation. Be a builder. Do
something. Be somebody. Don't
knock.
In the matter of Matt Evenson.
  DECEASED.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that by an
order made by His Honor, Alexander Henderson, local judge of this Honorable Court and
dated the 1st day of May, A.D. $906. the undersigned was appointed Administrator of all and
singular the estate of the above named Matt
Evenson, late of Otter Flat, in the District oi
Yale, in the Province- of British Columbia, who
died intestate on or about the 7th day of April,
A.D. 1905.
All persons having claims against the estate of
the said deceased are required to send the.same
with the particulars thereof duly verified to the
undersigned on or before the 1st day of July,
A.D. 1906. and all persons indebted to the said
deceased are required to pay the amount of such
indebtedness to the undersigned forthwith.
Dated this 4th day of May, a.T>, 1906.
ALEC. D. MaCINTYRE,
Official Administrator for the County Court District of Yale Kamloops, B.C. .
CERTIFICATE OF Tfl^REGISTRA-
TION OF AN EXTRA-PROVINCIAL
COMPANY.
"Companies Act, 1897."
-N03SICE.
Sixty days after date Iintend to apply to the
Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works, to purchase 160 acres of mountain pasture land situate in Nicola division of Yale district, described
as follows : Commencing at the N.E. corner of
lot 1039, thence noi th 20 chafris; thence west 80
chains, thence south 20 chains, thence east So
chains to the point of commencement,
JAMES SNOWDEN.
Dated May 2, 1906.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the "Holland Gold-Copper Mining Company" has
this daA* been registered as an Extra
ProvinRal Company under the "Companies Act, 1897," to carry out or effect all
or any of the objects of the Company to
which the legislative authority of the
Legislature of British Columbia extends.
The head office of the Company is situate at Spokane, Spokane County, State
of Washington.
The amount of the capital of the Com
pany is one million  dollars, divided into
one million shares of one dollar each.
The bead office of the Company in this
province is situate  at Princeton, and W
C    Lyall,   Merchant,   whose   address? is
Princeton, is the "attorney  for the Company.
The time of the existence-of the Company is fifty years from the 27th day of
November, 1905.
Given under my hand and seal of office
at Victoria, Province of British Columbia, this 23rd day of April, one thousand
nine hundred and six.
[LS.]        S. Y. WOOTTON,.
Registrar of Joint Stock Companies.
The objects for which the company has
been established and registered^are, for
the purpose of locating, purchasing, developing, and trading in mining claims
containing valuabie mineral deposits, and
doing each and every act and thing in
anywise connected with, or pertaining
to, mining operations.
WARNING - GLANDERS.
In districts where the existence of
Glanders is suspected and especially in
neighborhoods where actual outbreaks
have occurred the adoption of the fol
lowing precautions by owners of horses
and others interested will do much to
prevent the spread of the disease and the
establishment of fresh centres of infection.
1. Horses or mules having a nasal discharge or other suspicio >s symptoms
should not be admitted to livery or feed
stables or yards, blacksmith shops,
church or school sheds, railway stock
yards, private stables or other places
where tbey are likely to come into direct
or indirect contact with animals of the
equine species.
2. All stables, yards or sheds used for
the accommodation of horses or mules
should be regularly and frequently
cleansed and disinfected in the manner
prescribed below.
3. After cleansing the premises thoroughly, and burning all debris, the in
terior should be well gone over with hot
steam, or boiling water, adding to the
latter at least one quart of crude carbolic
acid to each five gallons after which the
entire surface should be thickly coated
with a hot solution of fresh lime wash,
to which crude-carbolic acid has been
added in the above mentioned proportion.
Outbuildings, fences, and tying posts
with which infected animals have been in
contact, should also, when possible, be
thoroughly treated in a similar manner. ■
Advertise in the Stan
G. MURDOCH
BLACKSMITH
 AGENT FOR	
Cockshutt Plows, Deering
Mowers & Rakes, Arm=
strong Buggies, Wa|^ns.
Orders Promptly Attended to.
PRINCETON.      -   '■  - '■    -      B. C.
Synopsis of .Canadian Homestead
Regulations.
- Any available Dominion Lands within
the Railway Belt in British Columbia,
may be.homesteaded by any person who
is the sole head of a family, or any male
over 18 years of age, to the extent of one-
quarter section of 160 acres, more or less.'
Entry may be made personally at the
local land office for the district in which
the land is situate, or if the homesteader
desires, he may, on application to the
Minister of the Inferior, Ottawa, the
Commissioner of^Jmmigration, Winnipeg, or the local agent receive authority
lor some one to make entry for him.
The-homesteader 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
for three years.
2 Entry must be made personally at
the local land office for the district in
which the land is situate. Mpj
3. If the settler has his permanent residence upon farming land owned by him
in the vicinity of his homestead, the requirements as to residence mav be satisfied by residence upon the said land.
Six months' notice in writing should
be given to the Commissioner of Dominion Lands at Ottawa of intention to apply
for patent.
Coal lands may be purchased at $10 per
acre for soft coal and $20 for anthracite.
Not more than 320 acres can be acquired
by one individual or company. Royalty
at the rate of ten cents per ton of 2 000
pounds shall be collected on the gross
output. W. W: CORY,
Deputy of the Minister of the Interior.
N.B.—Unauthorized publication of this
advertisement will not be paid for.
NOTICE.
1VOTICE is hereby given that sixty days after
1 ' date I intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to
purchase 640 acres of mountain pasture land
Situate in the Nicola division of Yale district
and descril ed as follows: Commencing at post
No. 1 on east line of J. P. Frame's preemption,
No. 617, and running north about 60 chains to
N.E. corner lot No. 617, thence west 20 chains,
thence north 20 chains, thence east 20 chains,
thence north 20 chains, thence east 60 chains,
thence south 100 cha'ns, thence west 60 chains to
initial post of Nora Laplante.
PAUL LAPLANTE, Agent.
Witnass : J. P. Frame.
April 24th, 1906.
NOTICE.
May Bell mineral claim.   Situate in the Similkameen mining division of Yale district.   Where
located : In Aspen Grove camp.
Take notice that I, F. W. Groves, acting  as .
agent for W.  A. Dodds   free miner's certificate
No. B76997.  intend sixty days frcm 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.
.ind further take notice that action, under section 37 must be commenced before the issuance,
of such certificate of improvements.
- Dated this 22nd day of March, 1906.
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 160 acres more or less of pasture land,
described as follows : Commencing at the N.W.
corner of lot 115S and running east 40 chains
more or less to theN.W. corner of lot 1193.thence
40 chains south to the S.W. corner of lotii93,
thence west 40 chains more or less to lot 43G2,
thence north 40 chains to point ot commencement. Situate in Kamloops division of Yale dis-.
trict. R. W. ALLISON.
April 6th, 1906.
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LOCAL AND GENERAL.
Hon. Edgar Dewdney arrived in town
last Wednesday on a business visit in
"connection with the Allison lumber mill,
which will cut this summer.
Perley Russell has been made deputy
mining recorder for a few days in the
absence of ,H. Hunter.
The baseball match at Hedley last Sunday between Princeton and Hedley resulted in victory for the home team the
score being 17 to 7. The visiting team
received a cordial welcome at the hands
of the victors and will endeavor to reciprocate when a game is played here.
Engineer Amburn is surveying about
5 miles up the Similkameen and will
soon move .camp.
C. Bonniver and W. Fearless have
gone to Roche river to work on their
mineral claims.
A dance will be given on the evening
of May 24th by the ladies of St. Cuth-
bert's guild.   See posters.
O'Lynn v. Clay was the only case heard
by Judge Clement at the county court
sittings on Thursday. Tha action' was
for settlement of account and was decided in plaintiff's favor.
C. O. French has completed assessment
work on the Polo mineral claim at the
mouth of One-Mile creek near Granite.
A. F. McDonald arrived in town last
Saturday from Grand Forks and left on
Monday- for Midway where he is interested in railway work.
J. Tannahili was in this district last
week buying pack horses for the Dotnip-
iofi government. He purchased a bunch
from L. Gibson and took them out via
Hope pass.
S. R. Gibson, of Gold Bank dairy,
Five-Mile, has a registered Clyde stallion
Rob Roy, which he procured in Chilliwack for service in this section. The
horse is 1800 lbs. weight, of powerful
build, good action and is most favorably
spoken of by horsemen generally. Farm
ers who desire to improve their stock
have an opportunity now which is rare
in the Similkameen. Rob Roy will be
in Princeton Saturdays and at home other
days I
Hughie Campbell and Frank Bailey
arrived in town last Saturday from Hedley and will prospect and do assessment
work in this vicinity and Aspen Grove.,
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V. St. George, of Hope, was in town
this week on a visit.
I F. W. Groves, P.L.S., returned from
Hedley last week where he had been sur
veying.
Work on the new Tulameen hotel is
making good progress.
Brewery apparatus is now being placed
in position by the brewer, Mr. Rauch.   5
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PROVINCIAL LAND SURVEYOR.
Map of" Surveyed Claims on Copper
and Kennedy Mts. and Surveyed
Lands aijjfund Princeton: Price, $2.
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SOLE AGENTS
THE
Bank of Montreal
Capital all paid up, $14,400,000.     Rest, $10,000,000.
Balance to Profit and Loss Recount, $801,855—Total Assets, $158,232,409.
HONORARY PRESIDENT, Rt. Hon. Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal, G.C.M.G.
PRESIDENT. Sir Geo. A. Drummond, K.C.M.G.
VICE PRESIDENT and GENERAL MANAGER, E. S. Clouston.
HEAD OFFICE—MONTREAL.
Savings Bank Department %r%Z£* M
credited twice a year.    Withdrawals without delay.
Banking business of every description undertaken.
Danl/inn* V\-%.r  Moil  Deposits may be. made and withdrawn by mail.   Out of town ac
DallKin^   Uy   iYla.11 COuuts receive every attention.
The Nicola Branch is now Open.
A. W. STRICKLAND, ....       Manager.
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THE CANADIAN BANK
OF COMMERCE
Paid-up Capital, $10,000,000.    Reserve Fund,_$4,500,000
HEAD OFFICE,   TORONTO
B. E. WALKER, General Manager ALEX. LAIRD, Asst. Gen'l Manager
BANK MONEY ORDERS
ISSUED AT THE FOLLOWING RATES:
$5 and under     3 cents
Over $5 and not exceeding $10     6 cents
"    $10        " " $30    10 cents
"    $30       " " $50    15 cents
These Orders are Payable at Par at any office in Canada of a Chartered Bank
(Yukon excepted), and at the principal banking points in. the United States.
NEGOTIABLE AT A FIXED RATE AT
THE CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE, LONDON, ENG.
They form an excellent method of remitting small sums of money with safety
and at small cost.
PRINCETON BRANCH—A. E. JACKSON, Acting Manager.
BANK OF
HtfllSI NORTH AMERICA
CAPITAL—$4,866,666
RESERVE—$2,141,333
HEAD OFFICE IN CANADA   -   -    MONTREAL
Banning by Mail—
tendon.      Deposits  can  be  made
thereto and withdrawn at any time,
in Canada and abroad.
HEDLEY BRANCH | G.
Accounts   of   parties livings at   a
distance   receive our   special at-
through  the mail, and sums added
Drafts issued payable at all points
MacHAFFIE, Acting Manager.
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PHOTOGRAPHER »»"'»«*'«
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
May 19, 1906
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Has now in stock and is constantly receiving large shipments of
General Merchandise
and is prepared to supply all
kinds ot goods at lowest prices
Nan orders Promptly Filled
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PENTICTON and HEDLEY
Wood,
Vallance &
Leggat,
Limited.!
'HEADQUARTERS POR
Sherwin-Williams'
Paints
MURALO'S 1st quality
Cold Water Sanitary Calcimo
VANCOUVER, B. C.
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DRIARD HOTEL
■ NICOLA LAKE
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BEST IN THE W0RLD|
The Electric Process
TICM1TS
Myrtle
Navyf
Tobacco
Largest Sale in Canada
SO   YEARS*
RIENCE
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 Munu & Co. receive
special notice, without charge, in the
Scientific flifle*
Ahan6soTno!y illustrated weekly. T.nrerest circulation of ntiy scientific journa'. Terms, $3 a
year ;_four months, $L Sold'by all newsdealers.
g Oo.G6,Broad^- New York
branch Offloo, 625 F St  Wnnh'ncrfon. D. r*
DRINCETON   BOARD    OF   TRADE—Rooms
*     centrally located.    Membershi     solicited.
E Waterman,
President. Secretary.
H. Cowan Treasurer.
The Hotel has been thoroughly renovated and refitted
Everything First Class.
No pains spared to please the public.
Table supplied with best*he market affords.
Fine Wines, Liquors and Cigars.
TELEPHONE- BATH.
Headquarters for Princeton, Spence's Bridge and Kamloops
Stage I/ines.
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May 19, 1906
THE    SIMILKAMEEN    STAR
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SMILES.
Mike—Th' rich livemy robbin' th'
poor. Pat—Yis ; 'tis a mystery phwere
th' poor git all th' money they are robbed
of. H
Pease—How do you like that new
beauty doctor ? Mrs. De Velop—He's
perfectly horrid. I asked him what I
N could do to enlarge my arms and he said
I'd better go home and knead my own
bread.
- Meekly—Yes, we're going to move to
Swamphurst. Doctor—But the climate
there may disagree with your wife:
Meekly—It wouldn't dare !
"I see Jack Ketcham has been married
to Miss Roxley." "Yes, and I was sorry
to see it." "Sorry? For her sake or
his?"    "For mine.   I wanted her."
Hicks—My hair comes out in handsful.
If it keeps on I'll soon be bald. Wicks
—Nonsense, if it keeps on you can never
be bald.
A new use has been found for breakfast foods. During the recent baseball
series between the Washington team and
the New Yorks rain began falling about
the fifth inning. "Spit-ball" Chesbro
was pitching. The ball was wet and he
could not handle it, and the batters were
falling on him like a ton of brick.
"Bring some sawdust!" yelled the pitcher. The groundkeeper skirmished for
aome and finding none came out with a
number of packages under his arm. He
handed Chesbro a package of puffed rice.
The pitcher rubbed the ball in it and
struck out the batter. "Here's another
package," the groundkeeper said, tossing
over one. This time it wa*? fretted wheat.
Chesbro used a package of breakfast food
. with every ball until he had consumed
all the samples of breakfast foods which
the groundkeeper had collected during
the winter. "I think that puffed rice
and fretted wheat are superior to sawdust"
said Chesbro when he finished his game.
NOTICE.
Sixty days after date I intend to apply to the
Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase 640 acres of mountain
pasture land situate in the Nicola division of
Yale district' and described as follows: Commencing at post No. 1 thence 20 chains south,
thence 8o- chains west, thence 20 chains north,
thence 80 chains west, thence 40 chains north,
tKenoe 80 chains east thence 20 chains south,
thehce 80 chains east, thence 20 chains to.point
of commencement, located about 2 miles from
the wagon road on the west fork of Otter creek.
PAUL LAPLANTE.
Witness: John Riddell.
April 16, 1906.
FIVE ROSES FLOUR
The only Reliable Standard Brand made from the
highest grade of Manitoba
hard wheat,
LAKE OF THE WOODS
MILLING CO.
guarantee that no bleaching
either bv CHEMICALS or
ELECTRICITY is used in its
manufacture.
Accept no Substitute.
SUMMERS & WARDLE
BUTCHERS
Princeton
Meal
Market
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in all
Kinds of Meat.
FISH AND GAME IN SEASON.
Advertise in the Star.
C. M. BRYANT & CO'V
PROVINCIAL
ASSAYERS
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THE  VANCOUVER  ASSAY   OFFICE,
ESTABLISHED 1890.
Analysis of Coal and Fife-
clay a Specialty*
Complete Coking Quality Tests.
Reliable PLATINUM Assays.
VANCOUVER, B. C.
-i^aasfiailCTISES?^
For  CONNOISSEURS Only.
Can be had at all first-class hotels throughout the province.
R.P.RITHET&CO.,Ld.
VICTORIA, B. C,
Sole Agents*
NOTICED
Sixty days after date I intend to apply to the
Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works to purchase 320 acres of land situate in the Yale
division of Yale district and described as
follows: Commencing at a post at S.K corner of
lot 246 and western boundary of lot 299, running
80 chains south, 40 chains west, 80 chains north
and 40 chains east, back 10 initial post.
RICHARD NAGLE.
Princeton, April 28th.
NOTICE.
Sixty days after date I intend to apply to the
Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for
permission to purchase 200 acres of land in
the Nicola division of Yale district and described
as follows: Commencing at the N E. corner of
lot 936 thence south 60 chains, east 20 chains,
north :o chains, east 20 chains, north 40 chains,
west 40 chains to point of commencement.
H, T. THRIFT,
C. M. Snowden, Agent.  '
April 2nd, 1906.
NOTICE.
NOTICE is hereby given that sixty days aftei
date I intend to apply to the Chief Commissionei
of Lands and Works for permission to purchase
80 acres of land in the Yale division of Yale district, more particularly described as follows:
Commencing at the S.W. corner of lot No. 68,
thence south 40 chains more or less to the northwest corner of lot No. 69, thence east 20 chains,
thence north 40 chains, more or less, to the south
line of lot 68, thence west 20 chains to point of
com mencement.
EDGAR B. TINGLEY.
Otter Valley, 26th April, 1006.
NOTICE.
Red Buck and Boanite mineral claims, situate in
the Similkameen mining division of Yale
dsstrict. Where located : on Kennedy mountain.
Take notice that I, T. C. Revely, free miner's
certificate No. B79999, acting for myself and G.
W. Allison, free miner's certificate No. B78864,
intend, sixty days from the date hereof
to apply to the Mining Recorder for a
certificate of improvements, for the purpose of
obtaining crows 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 23rd day of January, 1906.
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NICOLA and PRINCETON
SPRING 1906I
Everything lor spring trnfle
Our Stocks were never
larger or better assorted than
at present I '
We are showing extra good
values in Men's, Boy's and Youth's
Suits, Ladies' and Children's Hats.
We offer everything in the grocery line at
honest prices and guarantee every article to be
perfectly fresh and of the very best quality.
THE:
A. I nawse Co.
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.
11 Government   Headquarters i i
-    For the Similkameen District   IflflSlM
FINE   CLIMATE   ANI>| PUREST  OF   WATER
Enormous Agricultural Area to Draw from
LOTS  FOR SALE
PRESENT PRICES OF LOTS—-From $3.00 to $10 Per Front Foot. Size of Lots
50 x 100 Feet and 33 x 100 Feet. Terms===One=Third Cash; Balance Three and Six Honths
with Interest at Six Per Cent Per Annum.
Send for Map and Price List to
;    * * ERNEST   WATERMAN, * S
Resident  Manager
VERMILION    FORKS   MINING   AND   DEVELOPMENT   CO'Y
Agents for the CANADIAN ORE CONCENTRATION, LIMITED (Elmore Oil Process.)
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