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Coal and Copper constitute the Backbone of Princeton
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The tossing of the tempest cannot disturb a man in the right.
A town, community, district or country will die If reforms are not made, so as to keep pace with the progress of neighbors—Without change
there is decay—A dead townsite company is worse than a millstone about the necks of the people : Awake I Awake! Help! Do, or Die!
Vol. yii.   No. 2IS
PRINCETON, B.C., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER J, \906.
$2 a Year, in Advance
SIMILKAMEEN COPPER
Character of Ores and General
Conditions in this Great
Mineral District.
Plausible Prejudices Regarding Copper Carbonates Explained by
Mining Expert.
The following extracts from a long
article in the Boundary Creek Times by
Horace F. Evans, M.E., will be of inter
est to readers of the Star: That valuable
. deposits of copper have been found in
the Similkameen district and that to a
limited extent the conditions of occur
rences are but imperfectly understood,
admit of little doubt. This condition of
mining exploration, however, is not limited to the field under consideration. It
is a condition that belongs to the early
stage of mineral exploration and it disappears as soon as an impetus is given to
the mineral industry by the legitimate
demands of the trade. It is only wben
the "Captains of Industry" determine
that additional territory must be explored
and if found to possess mineral of com
mercial value, that a proper stimulus to
the industry is given.
Therefore, the genuine stimulus to the
mineral industry is not wild speculation
or the gambler's estimate of mining, but
the true progress that is due to legi i-
mate effort which is the' result of the
mentable law that governs supply and
demand.
Among other valuable mineral deposits
in the Similkameen division known to
prospectors, explorers and others, are certain deposits of copper which appear to
possess defined stratigraphical relations
are the copper deposits of Aspen Grove,
those of Five-Mile creek near Princeton,
and those on Copper and Kennedy mountains. There is, I find, a prejudice
against copper carbonates, whether blue
or green, it makes no difference. This
prejudice is shared in by the learned
scientist from the class room as well as
by the rustler from "Khandyohi."
Copper carbonates are designated by
some engineers as stains, as if the rock
in which they are found is cu'ltus, and
should be shunned by the prospector.
This is only another sample of prejudice
that we meet in the mountains and in
great centers of population. Copper carbonates are simply the decomposed
material of former sulphides—the resid
ual of these. They are secondary minerals and result from the decomposition
of the sulphides. They are sometimes
referred to as "stains," and this reference is made as if the " stains " were
very disgraceful. The word stain is objectionable, a8 it leads to misconception.
A carbonate is an oxide—the oxidation
product of a sulphide. It is an ore and
not a stain. Its presence, of course, does
not always indiaate a sulphide zone, but
its presence on great surfaces and
throughout an old senimentary formation is very likely to lead to a "bary-
sphere" or sulphide zone, assumsng that
stratigraphical relations have not been
greatly faulted, interrupted or entirely
destroyed, or unless the sediments are
mere roots in the -first place, resting on
granite or older igneous rocks.
Recent investigations made on Esche-
lon mountain between Five-Mile creek
and the Similkameen river, prove the
occurrence of copper in various forms,
but chiefly as chalcopyrite or some oxidation product thereof, in old calcareous
sediments associated with which are V0I7
canics, both of which are of pre-cetace-
ous date. I am informed by Robert Stevenson that the strike of the rocks on
this mountain is north and south and can
be traced for a number of miles.
MINING NOTES.
The copper market is strong and a good
volume of business is being done. It is
selling at 18% cents. The consumptive
demand is clearly of sufficient volume to
absorb all the present production of the
world's mines at current prices, and the
outlook is favorable that this situation
will continue- for a long time to come,
probably during the greater part of the
year 1907.
Uhler & Cox, are hammering away on
their mineral properties on Five-Mile to
some purpose, for they have showings
that anybody would be proud of. They
are real captains of industry, with their
sinewy arms and stout hearts, and will,
no doubt, reap a generous reward in big
returns when they begin to ship.
Copper shareholders will receive several million dollars in dividends during
the mouths of August and September.
Included in the amounts will be $2,680,-
000 from Amalgamated, $2,000,000 from
Calumet & Hecla, $800,000 from North
Butte, and $400,000 from Granby Consolidated. The influence of such dividend payments can hardly fail to make
the stock market active.
The Nickel Plate mine at Hedley has
now in its employ about 70 men.
Geo. Aldous and Joe Marshall were in
town this week from Aspen Grove. Mr.
Bell, a mining expert, accompanied them
and the party went to Copper mountain
to inspect some mining claims there.
They report considerable development
work going on in Aspeu Grove and the
camp has a very encouraging outlook.
The' Stemwinder at Fairview is now
in process of extensive development.
A gang of men are layjng the foundation
alongside the 46-stamp mill for a large
air compressor. The mine has been shut
down for a year and reopens with good
prospects ahead.
TOWN AND DISTRICT
Waifs and Strays put into Sentences and Paragraphs
for Readers.
In Comparative Sense Princeton Mineral District is High Grade.
Thanksgiving Day.
Thanksgiving Day falls on the 18th
of October, the third Thursday in the
month.
Chas. Camsell, Dominioi**-geologist,
passed through town this week en route
to Bear creek. Mr. Camsell has been
obliged to suspend topographical work
on account of dense smoke. His impressions thus far are that this district is
of higher grade in ore than the Boundary country.
Revely's special stage will leave here
for the Labor Day celebration at Hedley
on Sunday afternoon, returning Wednesday.   Fare for round trip, $5.
The drouth, now covering a period of
eight weeks, is the longest known here.
The earth is dry as powder and the heat
oppressive Fires are raging on One and
Five-Mile creeks which ranchers had to
fight. To the southwest of Princeton
a large scope of country is in flames.
Feed is becoming very scarce.
Wm. Lowe, one of the cattle kings of
the Similkameen, has recently rounded
up a hundred head of prime beef cattle
which he will drive to Greenwood
maiket.
Dr. Mathison, dentist, leaves for Nicola
tomorrow where he expects to practice
for about ten days.
Don't forget Labor Day celebration at
Hedley beginning next Monday. A good
programme of sports and events has been
arranged.
Religious worship tomorrow in the
court house at usual honrs conducted by
Rev. E. H. Bartlett.
C. E. Thomas and J. R Campbell leave
today for the coast, going via Hope Pass.
A school house, a lock-up and a road
up Twenty-Mile are government works
to be carried out at Hedley immediately.
It looks like election time. What about
the school house at Princeton ?
The game season opens today and local
Nimrods have their shooting irons all
furbished and ready for action. Grouse
and duck are sure to receive particular
attention, while deer, goat and sheep will
have to lie low or lose their skins.
Killing rattlesnakes seems to be quite
a diversion in the lower Similkameen
where they are quite plentiful this year.
No rattlesnakes have ever been observed
within ten miles of Princeton. It is supposed that the soil aud the winter frosts
are not favorable to their habits in this
section, hence they give it a wide berth.
There are several cases of typhoid at
Keremeos. H. Webb, of Princeton, is
a patient there with the disease, but. at
last report he was improving.
The Star has received an unsigned article on the '' Cemetery Site." It is a legal
requirement, generally enforced in newspaper offices, that communications must
be accompanied by the signature of the
author, otherwise it goes to the waste
basket. The article in question will be
printed, gladly, when signed.
School opened on Monday last with
a good attendance iof scholars. The hot
weather, with the crowded condition of
the school, makes the small room more
like an oven than an apartment in which
children should live. After the health
of the children has been impaired the
government may wake up to the necessity of a new school house and build
one.
The Victoria Colonist has evidently
waged its pro-Chinese agitation to some
purpose. It appears that a controlling
interest in it has been procured bv some
wealthy Chinamen who will make use of
it to advocate reduction of the poll tax,
which is now prohibitive of any influx
of Mongolians.
Dan Morrison, foreman for the B.C.
Copper. Co., is laid np at Greenwood with
a mild type of typhoid.
THAT CEMETERY SITE.
The intimation made in last week's
Star that a cemetery site was proposed
on the banks of the Similkameen lias
raised many vigorous protests • from people interested. The very suggestion of
putting a graveyard on a low bank of the
river seems so absurd and unreasonable
that some have thought the fathers of
the idea did not, in reality, have that
object in view, but the selfish one of acquiring it for themselves or a friend.
Be that as it may, the party or parties
having land adjoining the proposed burial plot were justified by every legal,
legitimate and moral right to protect
themselves from a nuisance which would
depreciate the value of land there and
endanger health, and that protection was.
obtained by staking the land.
RAILWAY RUMBLINGS.
Steel has now been laid over the big
Myers creek trestle wbe^re there was a
long delay and the track is expected to
be at Molson today. Molson is 27 miles
from Oro. Much better time is expected
to be made on this stretch.
J. H. Kennedy, chief engineer, was at
Keremeos this week, returning to Midway.
Surveys in Hope mountains are making good progress. The trail cutters have
finished and returned.
V
 THE    SIMILKAMEEN    STAR
September i, 1906
The Similkameen Sta*
Published Weekly at
PRINCETON, B.C.
—BY—
The Princeton Publishing Co.
A. E. Howse, Manager.
SUBSCRIPTION RATE:
One Year,    -    $2.00
-Payable in Advance.
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.
I.egal notices 10 and 5 ceuts per line.
Four weekly insertions constitute one month
advertisinc
All cheques to be made payable to
A. E. HOWSE.
AU REVOIR.
Following an old custom respecting a change in personnel on the
staff of newspapers, the retiring
editor of the Star offers a brief
valedictory/ Journalists, as a rule,
are very sensitive of allusion to self
knowing well the glare of the.pub-
• lie eye and the cold criticism which
' a personal review would evoke from
jealous-minded contemporaries.    It
: will be enough to say that the writer
landed in Princeton first in the fall
of 1902 while on a tour of the
world with a partner who had tender feet."    A pair of blankets, a gun1
. nysaek and a tomato can was all
our possessions. So favorable were-
my impressions of the place that
-decision was made then and there
that if an abiding place was ever
to bq.made in this world ifewould
be in Princeton. Another year or,
so of wandering, working as cook,
..fisherman,', .cowboy, ;.&c, then my;
loadstone drew me back to this
town where I hope to remain a loyal'
and respectable ^citizen^ - As to.tbe;
cause of'tery separation from the'
Star it is fully and correctly .set:
forth ©n.: page-6i;.^ •'^■4.
. ;,Xhe difficulties-of running a one-
man' '"'newspaper in an' outpost "of
•c|vili^.aLtion,, where .editor, printer
and•■'"devil"- form the trinity in
one which performs all- the work
and- takes all the" kicks, cannot be
appreciated until tried, j Any independence of writing is sure to incur
the hostility of the toadies and the
old grannies.. In their opinion nothing should enter the columns of
the paper unless their fogey views
are, pandered to. Well, the Star
nor any other paper willuot accomplish much for the public good if it
is not perfectly free to express its
•opinion about any company, corporation, politician or party. Because a company or individual advertises in a newspaper that is no
reason why a club should be held
oxer.the head of the editor. AJive
afir3»QQ3QScientious edit'i>* studies the
good of the people • generally as
opposed to that of one man or one
company.
In taking leave of the Star it"
is due to say 'that I have- never
received better all round treatment
from an employer than'from'Mr*.
Howse, the manager. Were half
his enterprise and energy emulated
Princeton would be in a much better condition today and its people
contented and prosperous. In the
heat of controversy with some of,
our confreres of the press, especially our nearest neighbor, the
ungenerous word has been . said,
for which' pardon" is now sought.,
The sword has been sheathed, coffee
and ...pistols are no longer. »on the
weekly menu and the;offending quill
has been destroyed.-
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
Hon. Mr. Templeman, Minister
of Mines, has vigorously begun the
work of organization and enlarging
the scope and usefulness of this
recently created distinct depart-
•ment. In the matter of geological
surveys a much larger expenditure
than heretofore ' is contemplated'^
TIat;'-policy- will have the endor'sa-
tfdn^^^veryone desiring p.r.o<fress.
;TheVmini^'jer^attention is.xespe,ct-
'fujiy directed to the necessity,: for a
mining school in this pro'v^ificeJ
Without a school of'mjnes^i'ri'B.C.
the mining industry is''serib'usi'ys
hampered for Want of nfen with'
scientific training. A better loca-i
tion for^the, school could.hajdjy-.be
suggested than at Princet©ft-where
there is such diversity of-'Minerals
and opportunities for practical demonstration and fe'search.
The electric process* of smelting
magnetic iron ores at Sault Ste.
Mane has ,. attracted considerable
attention by reason of its success.
The enterprise of the Dominion
government in making a thorough
test of the process has elicited much
favorable comment." Projects are
already begun for "establishing the
electric smelting industry in Canada by Pittsburg capitalists.
J. H. Hawthornthwaite, M.P.P.,
fully intended to visit the Similkameen and deliver himself of Socialistic views and explanation of his
strange anti-Social practices in the
legislative assembly, but his comrades turned him back. Well done,
comrades ! It is such men as Hawthornthwaite that ruin political
parties and it is well to send them
away to an early doom.
The Railway Commission has
ordered that the C.P.R. shall no
longer be allowed to discriminate
against coast cities in favor of eastern points. The rope of monopoly
which nearly strangled people of B.
C. to death, is breaking. '
NOTICE.
Sixty days after date I intend.tcapply to the
Chief Commissioner of Lands arid Wor^s to purchase 120 acres of land, more or Jess; and de^
scribed a"s follows: Commencing at a postatAtHe'
N.W. corner of R. J. Wynne's preemption and
running east on his north line 60 chains? thence,
north 20 chains, thence west 60 chain's, therice
south 20 chains along the east line of iJurr's preemption to point of ccmmencement.
'July 14.1906. ..■ e;. E. BURR.
NOTICE.
Sixty days after' date I intend to apply to tli'e
Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works to purchase roo acres of pasture land situate in the
Yale division of Yale district, described as follows : Commencing at the S.E. corner of lot
257> thence north 36 chains to lot 969, thence east
18 chains more or less to China creek, thence
south 40 chains more or less following China
creek to the north line of C. Asp's preemption'
thence west 40 chains more or less to point of
commencement. 'E.I, GROVES, '•
Princeton, July 14, 1906.        per F. W. Groves.
notice:
Notice is herety given that sixty days from
datel intend to apply to the Honorable Chief
Commissioner of Lands and Works' for permission to purchase 60 acres,--more or less, of
land situate in Kamloops division of Yale dis
trict. and described as follows : Commencing at
the N.E. corner of lot 1192 and running along
survey .line 60 chains south to the1 N.W. corner
oiUot 940, thence east 20 chains,- thence north 60
chains, thence west 2oj'chains: to point of commencement. H. H. THOMAS.
. 26th July, 1906.       •   Wj£(
NOTICE.
NOTICE:
Sixty days after date I intend to apply to the
Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for per-,
mission to purchase 240 acres,'more or less,of
pasture land situate in the Nicola division qf
Yale district and described as follows: Commencing at a point about 1% miles N. of lot 1155
at the S.E. corner of land sought to be acquired
and running 80 chains north, thence-30 chains
west, thence 80 chains south thence 30 chains
cast to point of commencement,"
:.: n,.    ',.„ ,JOJHN:LIN,pELL. '■
July 7th, 1906. '■••',"   ' \ 'h'^fiy
NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that sixty daj*s after
date  I   intend   to   apply .to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and  Works-for permission to
purchase 320 acres, more or less, of mountain
pastare^a,nd in the  Nicola divisron of Yale district, described as. follows:  Commencing at post
located near.$,W'. c'onier of John  Lindell's purchase, and  running  40 chains south,  thence 40
chains west,'thc-nce 80 chains north; thence 40
chains east, thence 46 chains south to point of
commencement. ...        .. A. M. PHBLAN.
. July 7 iqo6.   •
NOTICE.
NOTICE is.hereby given^that sixty days after
date I intend to apply to* the chief commissioner of .lands andw.orks for permission to. purl
chase 320 acres, more or less, of mountain pasture
laud siuiate in the- Yale division'of Ya<ie district
and described as fb.llows : Commencing at a post
marked S.Wi corner" post, at the' ^pos^-?6n-the
east line of lot 300, Uience 80 chains'nortlr, thence)
40 chains more' or "les^ to thV'west bank pf,the
Similkameen river, ' thence ■ 86 .'c'n-'&ins -south;
thence 40 chains west^fto. point of commencement. '"'[../'M. iC. FRENCH, ■■■
June 7th'  "9p6_;/-VV.\;; ~ -^'SVr 3 .'*>-
N©«E?f
Notice is hereby given ^tfrst^gs&to^iSa^ve-.a'ften
datel iu'teifdtd'apply to thTeBC^^tWCMWcom-
mipsi.o.ner, of Lands and Wor'ksjfejjiperinissioii to
purchase '320 acres of mountain ^pasture land,'
situated-in Yale division of Yale'BfSJtript a'djoiii-
ing lot 230, and described-as follows,: fjOBlnjenc-i
ing at the S.E. corner post arid'ruflhing west So
chains, north 40 chains, east,80.chains, south'40
chains back to point of commencement.
June 27, 1906. WILLIAM S. WiXSON.
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NOTICE.
NOTICE is .hereby .given that, 66 days after
date, I intend to apply to the H|dn. Chief
Commissioner of Lands and Works to purchase
160 acres^ mo.E£,or less, of mountain pasture land
situate in' the Yale division of Yale district and
described as follows: Commencing at- a post
marked S.W- corner at the S.E. corner of, lot 300,
thence 'north 40 chains, thence east 40 chains
more ■ or less , to the west bank of Similkameen
river, thence south 40 chains to the N.E.' corner,
pf lot 407, thence 40 chains west to point of commencement. N. J. LINDSAY.
June 8th, 1906. J. G. McDonald.
NOTICE.
THIRTY days from date I interidtd apply to the
Chief Commissioner of Lands and Wcrks
for a license to prospect for coal on the following
described lands :— ■•■   v
Commencing at post S.E. corner of lot 299 and
running north 80 chains to lot 242, thence 80
chains east more or less to lot 1838, thence south
80 chains to S.W. corner of lot 3180, thence west
back to post, in all 640 acres more-or less..
Located July 9, 1906. ' C. O. FRENCH, Locator.
Commencing at post S.E- corner of lot 299 and
running south 80 chains to N.W. corner of lot
407, thence east 80 chains more or less.to lot 3181,
thence north 80 chains to S.W. corner of lot.3180,
thence west back to post, in all 640 acres more or
[less.- W-. H. NORTH, Locator.
Located Jji^t'9, .1906.      ,C.G..French, Agent.
Anaconda mineral claim,.situa£e in the Similkameen mining division of Yafe'district.   Where
located: On Elliott creek. ■
Take notice' that I, F. W.  Groves, acting  as
agents for, J., Fitzh,arris   free miner's certificate
No."B92757,  intend sixty days from 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 8th day.of August, J906	
NOTICE.
NOTICE is hereby given that sixty days aftei
date we intend to apply to Chief Commissionei
of Lands and Works for permission to purchase
40 acres of pasture )a.nd in the Yale division of
Yale ^district, -described ^as follows: C'oriimeric-
lng at a post marked N.E. corner then.pe.40
chains-west, thence 4o}charas feQiith-east d'6wn
the Tulameen fiver to the'mouth of Otter creek,
thence north 20 chains along the Otter to point of
ccmmencement. J. A. LDNDY.   •
Dated July'ir, 1906   '.. JOHN RIDD.ELL
NOTICE.
• Sixty days after--date I intend to apply to the
Chief Commissioner of Lands-and Works for
permission to purchase 140 acres, more or less,
of mountain pasture land situated in the Similkameen mining'division of Yale district and de
scribedas follows: Commencing at the N'W.
corner of lot 1828. thence, west 20, chains to. the
east line of lot 3536, thence south 6ochainS;,to tie
north line of lot 1396 thence east about 15 chains
to the: N.E corner of lot' 1936. thence south 20
chains to the N.W. corner of .lot 1026, thence east
about 5 chains to the SjW ;corner of lot 1828,
thence north 8b chains to the point of commencement. ■ ■ ,.. . G. B. TUCKER, Locator.
Princeton, June 30, 1906. ^ft-'&its
NOTICE.
• Sivty days after date I intend to a'pply to the
Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission'to purchase 200 acres of pasture land,
situated, in the Yaje and Similkameen division's'
of Yale district aiid described as follows : Ccm-
nreucing at''the S.W. coiner'of lot 243 thence
south 40 chains tothe,"north liue.o£ lot 157,thence
east 25 chains to the'riorth-east corner of lot 157,
thence; southerly along the Similkameen river to
the north-west corner of lot 1838, thence easj 40
chains'to the west- line of lot 3531, thence north
alpiig,the west .line, .of lot 3531 40 chainstothe
south line? of lot 709;thence west 10 chains to the
south-west,corner of lot 709, thence northerly 30
chains along the Similkameen- river tc the south
line of lot 243', thence west 26 chains to the point
of commencement,. X^ .^^SS^v^f'^^*'
--.i^-,1;?! .;i;/-»;; T.'E."COLLIER. -Locator. .
•C. O. French, Agent';'-
Princeton, May 28, iqo6.       ^^S^'^l "   ' "■
NOTICE.
'T'HIRTY days after date I intend to apply to
* the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works
for a license to prospect for coal on the following
described lands;       - 4.■?£&& ■• -■■■'• -;'5S^
Commencing at a post placed about one-third
of a.mile.N.E-of D. McKay's ranch Otter,"vaf-
ley, thence south 86 chains, west 80 chains, north
80 chains, east 80 chains, containing. 640 acres.
W. H. NORTH, ,
August 1, 1906. E. B. Tingley, agt.
Commencing at a post placed at the N.E corner of W. H. North's application, thence south
80 chains, east 80 chains, north 80 chains, west
So chains, containing 640 acres
ALEX. LAMB,
August 1, 1906.        . E. B. Tingley, agt.  .
NOTICE.
In the nia€Eer'?6*f*tiie • "Land" Registry Act" and
in the niatter.pf the Title-to LotS'2o, 21 and 22,
Block i£, Map 55, town of Princeton, in the
Province of (British Columbia;-
Whereas certificate of title' of Herbert Dent,
No. 3760a, to the above'hereditaments has been
lost or destroyed/and application has been made'
to me for a duplicate thereof:   .
Notice is her'eby'^i'ven that a duplicate certificate of title to, the above hereditaments will be
issued at the expiration of one month from the
date hereof, nnless.in';«th"e meantime: valid objection to the contrary be made to me in writing.
W. H   EDMONDS,
jv'jj •■•';.. Distriet'Registrar.
i Land Registry Office,
Kamloops, B.C., June 2oth,:f§06.
Commencing at a post placed one mile north
of-the N.E- corner of W. H. North's application,
thence 80 chains south. 80 chains west, 80 chains
north, 80 chains east, containing 64oacres.
E. B. TINGLEY.  .
August 1,1906. . , ■
Commencing at a post placed at the N.E. corner of E' B. Tingley's application, thence south'
80 chains, east 80 chains, north 80 chains; west
80 chains, containing 640 acres. -'-
W. C. McDOUGALL.   j
August 1,1906.  $$|»K        !:^S»'v£
Commencing at a post placed at the N.E. corner of E- B. Tingley's application, thence north
80 chains, west 80 chains, south 80 chains, east
80 chains, containing 640 acres.
'■'•    R. L. REID.   I
August 1,1906.      «j5j
. Commencing at a post placed at the N.E. cor-!
ner of E. B. Tingley's application, thence north'
80 chains, east 80 chains, south 80 chains, west 80.
chains, containing 640 acres.
<        M. L; McDOUGALL.
August 1, 1906.  . %m$0
Commencing at a post placed at the N.E- corner of R. L. Reid's application, thence north 80
chains, west 80 chains, south 80 chains, east 80 .
chains, containing 640 acres.
I ,, JOHN M. SMITH.
August 1, 1906.    	
Commfncingat a post placed at the S.E. cor-.
ner of J. M. Smith's application,  thence, north
80 chains, east 80 chains, south 80 chains,.west 80
chains, containing 640 acres. 5%2fc&'*$■!
$mffi$ &M       J-M- MURRAY.
August 1,1906. fiiH-
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THE    SIMILKAMEEN    STAR
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
F. W. Groves, P.L.S., and family, are
camped at Stenenson meadows while survey of the Wills coal claims is being
made.
E. B. Hall is moving his house off the
V.,V. & E. right-of-way to a fine location
on the bank of the Similkameen, nearly
opposite the former position.
•'Arabella," called the father from the
head of the stairs, "is that young mau
gone?"    "Yes, father, completely."
"By the way, old man, could you let
me have a fiver till tomorrow night ?"
"Sorry, but I haven't a thing but the
five I just borrowed from Bilkins." "Well
that will do. Source never cuts any figure with me."
CLAUDET & WYNNE
ASSAYERS
MINING ENGINEERS and
H,H.CLAUDET
Assoc. Inst. M. M., Mem.
Am. Inst. M.E-
ROSSLAND, B.C.
L. C. WYNNE
Assoc. Inst. M.M.
Late Assayer LeRoi.
PRINCETON, B.C.
NOTICE.
NOTICE is hereby given that sixty days after
date I intend to apply to the chief commissioner of lands and works for permission to purchase 320 acres, more or less, of mountain pasture
land situate in the Yale division of Yale district
lauds on the Klesilkwa creek in the west Yale
district: Cammencing at Railroad Boundary Survey at a post marked XV.IIXXV, thence south So
chains, east 40 chains,, north 80 chains, west 40
chains, 320 acres.
A. H. FEATHERSTONE.
August 5, 1906. C. O. French, agent.
Commencing at the N.E- corner of A. H. Fea-
therstone's application thence south 80 chains,
east 40 chains, ncrth 80 chains, west 40 chains,
320 acres. WM. FEATHERSTONE,
Aug. 5, 1906. C. O. French, agent.
Commencing at the N.E. corner of W. Feather-
stone's application thence running south 80
chains, east 40 chains, north 80 chains, west 40
chains, 320 acres.    W.J. FEATHERSTONE.
.-iug. 5, 1906. »C. O. French, agent.
Commencing at the N.E- corner of W. I. Fea-
therstone's application therce south 80 chains,
east 40 chains, north 80 chains, west 40 chains,
320 acres. O. M. FEATHERSTONE.
Aug. 5, 1906. C. O. French, agent.
Mines and Mills Examined, Sampled
and Reported on.
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F. W. GROVES
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PROVINCIAL LAN» SUBWYOR.
Map of Surveyed Claims on  Copper
and Kennedy  Mts.  and   Surveyed
Lands around Princeton: Price, $2.
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IS
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SOLE AGENTS
FHE CANADIAN BANK
NOTICE.
Sixty days after date I intend to apply to the
Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for
permission to purchase the fo'lowiug described
land, situated "in the Skagit valley, in the Yale
division of Yale district and containing 320
acres: Commencing at the north-east
corner of lot 36S thence north 40 chains, west 80
chains, south 40 chnins, east 80 chains to point of
commencement.   For agricultural purposes.
7th July, 1906. F. W. GROVES.
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They form an excellent method of remitting small sums of money with  safety
and at small cost.
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Synopsis of Canadian Homestead
Regulations.
Any available Dominion Lands within
the Railway  Belt  in   British Columbia,
may be bomesteaded 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   Interior,   Ottawa, the
Commissioner  of  Immigration,   Winnipeg, or the local agent  receive authority
tor 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
j for three years.
2 Entry must be made personally at
the local land office for the district in
which the land is situate.
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 $ioper
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.
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advertisement will not be paid for.
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Sole Agents*
 {NOTICE;
IVTOTICE is hereby given that sixty days after
* ^ date I intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to
purchase 320 acres, more or less, of pasture land
situate in the .Nicola division of Yale district
and descrit ed as follows: Commencing at post
marked Tohn T. O'Neil's S.E. corner and running 80 chains north, 40 chains west, 80 chains
south, 40 chains east to point of commencement.
:>-«■■: JOHN T. O'NEIL.
August 16th, 1006
(NONE BETTER, MADE IN CANADA)
Which is being sold
at very Close Figures,
Take notice that within two months I intend
to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands
and Works for a timber license on 640 acres of
land situated on the Similkameen river between
Friday creek and Saturday creek, on the west
bank of Similkameen river, Similkameen district, described as follows:
No. 55—Commencing at a post on west bank of
said river, marked Smith Curtis's Timber Claim-,
S.E. angle, thence west 80 chains, north So
chains, east 80 chains to said river, south 80
chains to point of commencement
SMITH CURTIS, Locator.
Located Aug. 19,1906.      H. Kennedy, Agent.
No. 2.—Situated on the Similkameen river on
Sunday creek on the west bank of Similkameen
river, Similkameen district,described as follows
Commencing at a post on the Roche river trail,
marked Smith Curtis's timber claim, N.W. angle,
thence east 8g chains, south 80 chains, west 80
chains, north 80 chains to point of commencement. SMITH CURTIS, Locator.
August 19, 1906. H. Kennedy, Agent.
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invited to see our stock.
UCENSE NOTICE.
TAKE NOTICE that I, W. C. McLean, intend
to make application to the License Commissioners for Nicola district for permission to trans-,
fer my hotel license of the Ashnola hotel, at
Ashnola, to Hugh Campbell.
W. C. MCLEAN.
Ashnola, Aug. 25,1906.
A.E.HOW;
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The Reason Why
To Readers oe the Star :
In a personal altercation over his pro-
. posed location of a graveyard next to
some property which I hold by lease, the
resident manager of the Vermilion Forks
Mining and Development Co. of 7, Great
Saint Helens Street, London, East Central, England, made use of the threat J
" I'll get even with yon." Suiting action
to those words, the advertisement of the
.V.F.M. Co., which' usually occupies this
page, was ordered out of the Star on
the following day. That is not the first
time Mr. Waterman has ordered an advertisement out of the Star with even less
provocation or reason.
There is much that ought to be said in
honest criticism of the management of
the V.F.M. Co., if possible, by that means
instilling new life and energy into the
purely " ornamental" dignitaries who
draw pay from it; but neither the time
nor the opportunity is ripe for me.
Since I am the object of the V.F.M.
manager's particular revenge by ordering out the advertisement, and, in .
view of the pecuniary loss to the Star, I
have tendered my resignation to Mr.
Howse, who is yet to be heard from. I
do not desire to, even if I could,
stand in the way of any patronage to it
for it is certainly in need of all it can
get. The vindictive manager is welcome
to all the revenge he can get out of the
contretemps. I learned years ago, ■ as an
itinerant printer, to take the loss of a job
as foreboding something better. That
happy mood has grown with the increase 1
of years. As we printers say, 130 is
in," "the jig is up." So far as I am now'
personally concerned the printer-scribbler
has crossed the bar of journalistic fate
and will try his luck at something else.
Yours hopefnllyt
J. M. WriohT.
Princeton, Aug. 31,1906.
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