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Vol. XIII    No. 39
PRINCETON, B.C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1912.
PER YEAR : $2, Cash
Single Copy, 5c
Early Completion of Railways==Contractors on the Ground
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WHIPSAW ORE IS RICH
Princeton Coal  & Land Co.
Requires Wider Field
with Railways.
Whipsaw has Sensational Ore Showings—B.C. Copper Co. Dividends
—Mining Notes.
The Princeton Coal & Land Co., the
pioneer coal producing company of the
Similkameen, will have a wider field for
its output when the Kettle Valley and V.
V. & E railways reach the coast and the
Okanagan district. This company has
invested some $75,000 in au uptodate
plant, with a capacity of 500 tons daily.
Its roal is the best domestic yet produced
in Canada, and is onl\' waiting transport
ation facilities to supply the coast with a
clean, high healing fuel. The company
will undoubtedly make good with such
an excellent fuel, and a large payroll
must result from the demand for increased
output in the immediate future.
The B. C Copper C". is taking advantage of the favorable weather conditions,
and each shining hour adds much to the
general development of the Voigt camp.
Buildings and mining operations are evidence of the good faith   of  the company.
Mr. and Mrs. S Spencer returned from
the S. & M. group, Whipsaw camp,
where they have recently completed a
tunnel 134 feet in length The are gratified with the result of their labors, and
ruly, the samples shown, from 20 feet of
ore in the face, whuld justify a feeling of
se ene satisfaction. In the first 54 feet,
12 feet of ore was struck, which assayed
$60 per ton. At 88 feel from the tunnel
mouth the main ledge was struck and
solid ore marks the character and condition of the body thus far pierced Some
thirty feet yet remain to be driven in order to reach the indicated extent of the
ledge. The development shows 15 feet
of the ledge broken off; farther on, the
solidity of the ore matter unquetsionably
reveals the ledge, and the fonudations of
a mine discovered. The ore shows silver
chloride, of a blue green color, wavy in
appearance, and will readily scale or cut.
This chloro-br_mide form of silver is
found in the rich silver mines of Chili
and Peru. For the present, water in the
tunnel has stopped further work. When
the road which is now building by the
government is completed to Whipsaw
camp the S & M. will begin shipping
and mining ou a progressive scale undertaken.
The Columbia Coal & Coke Co., of
Coalmont, is reported to have sold stock
amounting to #999,000, with which to
push on development work. The immense   strata    ot   excellent   bituminous
coking coal have been photographed by
J. J. Priest, some lorty exposures having
been secured.
Negotiations pending for the sale of
the United Empire mine on Onemile are
moving toward* a conclusion, and active
operations are expected soon.
John Malone and John Lucy were at
Leadville camp last week and speak very
highly of the work in progress aud of
the visible supply of ore.
Kruger mountain properties, near Oroville,   are   being   vigorously developed
The ore will  be  shipped  to  the Granby
smelter.
During July the Granby company pro
duced 1,802.753 pounds of copper, 25,348
ounces of silver.and 3,989 gold.
The B.C. Copper company has declared
a dividend of 15 cents a share, payable
October 15, aggregating $88,726.35. This
is the second dividend year, a similar
amount having been disbursed in Augus',
and makes the total dividends to dale
$526,643.35.
Smelting 27,879 tons of ore last week,
the Granby company established a new
record in the treatment of ores at its big
reduction works in this city, the figures
indicating the smelting of several hundred tons more than that for any previous seven days in the history of Granby.
C. O. Day and H. H. Avery, Jr., have
been at Whipsaw doing assessment work
on the latter's mineral claims.
W. C. McDougall was at Whipsaw last
week obtaining ore samples from the S.
& M. group.
James Gray, manager for the Nicola
Valley Coal & Coke Co., has accepted a
similar position for the North Bull colliery, near Sydney, New South Wales,
Australia.
T. W. 'Powell, mine superintendent for
the Columbia Coal & Coke Co., now developing their large deposits at Coalmont,
has contributed an article to 'Coal Age'
on 'Mining a Thick Vertical Coal Seam,'
in the issue of August 17.
GOOD   FOE  'BULLDOG.'
The mineral exhibit at the Vancouver
exhibition this month, particulars and an
illustration of which are given on another
page, was a marked improvement upon
that of last year, and attracted a great
deal of attention. Much praise for the
good work done in this most important
matter is due to Mr. H. B (Bulldog)
Brown, of Vancouver and the Similkameen, whose untiring efforts in the direction of securing greater publicity for
British Columbia's chief -indnstry have
placed every mining man in the province
in his debt. Mr. Brown will continue
his good work at the forthcoming Nelson
and Spokane exhibitions, and a demand
is being voiced iu the Victoria press for a
similar exhibit to be put on there.—Mining Exchange.
V.V., & E. MOVES ON
Hopes Revive with Arrival of
Contractors, and Dirt
'Will Fly/
Forty-Two Miles Let to Gnthrie, McDougall & Co., to be Finished
July, 1913
The contract for the construction of
about 42 miles of railway between Coal
mont and Coquihalla summit has been
awarded by the Vancouver, Victoria &
Eastern Railwav company to Guthrie,
McDougall & Co. Work, according to
the terms of the contract, must be completed by July, next. The contractors
will get their men and equipment on the
work in the next few days. Wiih this
strip of lailroad completed by Jul}' 1,
1913. early completion of the remainder
of the strip from Coquihalla summit into
Hope is predicted. The latter piece of
road is that which the Great Northern
and Kettle Valley lines wish to build
and which the railway commission now
has before it foi consideration. Until the
railway commissioners act, the completion of the line from the summit to Hope
is a matter of conjecture. It is probable
that with the decision of the railway
commission will come the announcement
from the Canadian Pacific railway as to
where the bridge across the Fraser river,
connecting the main line of the Canadian
Pacific railwav and the Kettle Valley
line, will be built. There are two sites in
mind now, one at Hope and the other at
Ruby creek. In the estimation of engineers who are familiar with the country
in that vicinity, Hope is the logical posi
tion for the bridge. The amount of the
contract just, closed by Guthrie, McDougall & Co., is said to be about $1,500,000.
The Kettle Valley railway construction
graders are within a mile of Osprey lake,
about 20 miles from Princeton.
W. C. J. Seymour, engineer for the K.
V., is camped 19 miles from Hope and
will work in Coquihalla pass all winter.
IN SADDLE 450 MILES.
. F. McHardy, a well known Nelson
sine~s man, and R. C. Waterson, a
Floridian orange grower, arrived in
Princeton Saturday, enroule to Vancouver, traveling the distance on horseback. The hotses were in fair condition
on their arrival here, aud, as there were
no forced marches, the animals should
siand the strain to Chilliwack, where the
gentlemen will dismount and finish the
journey on the electric horse. Both gentlemen are combining business with
pleasure, and on return to their homes
will have a fund of first hand information that will be of use to them aud their
friends.   They   were   both   deeply   im
pressed with the beauty of Princeton and
the   abounding   potentialalities of  thin
whole  district     They   will   make  their
journey in 15 days.   Returning, they will
take in the Lilloet district.
LACROSSE MATCH.
Keremeos v. Princeton, 6 to 4 in Favor
of the Visiting Team.
The interest in lacrosse, and its conse'-v
quent revival among enthusiasts, was
again manifest last Fridav, when Keremeos and Princeton met on the school
grounds, Vermilion av. In the absence
of a proper ground condition and some
of the Princeton stars, the game still incited players and spectators to white heat
at titles. The spouts of dust in a melee
would often exclude combatants from
view, but some ligbtfo&t or strongarm
would emerge bearing, the sphere toward
goal, cheeredKlfi^By Ifmd huzzas from
friendly of_rookers„
These games presage a keener interest
interest in lacrosse for the season of 1913,
and that spirit must be fostered by adequate provision for athletic grounds.
The band was present and kindly discoursed music, inspiring and pleasantly
enjoying the time for the crowd of spectators.
The teams may arrange to meet at Hedley on Thanksgiving day, in the meantime a return match is expected on Oct.
4. A collection of $18.55 was taken up
sn the grounds to defroy expenses of the
visiting team.
Following is the lineup:
Keremeos, Princeton.
Brown  S Goal Smith
Caimi__ael Point J  Waddell
McCurdy Coverpoint Thompson
Hargreaves ist def. M. Waddell
Dinning   ., 2nd def. Henderson
Herald Center Irwin
Webb 2nd Home Anderson
Hunter ist Home Brooks
Etches Out Home .       Lyall
Keeler Iu Home ^Brown
Referee—H. McLean; timekeepers, J. J.
McDonald and J. R. Way; goal umpires,
W. R. Hobe, Keremeos; W. F. Weir,
Princeton.
Score—6-4, in favor of Keremeos.
TOWN AND DISTRICT.
L. W. Shatford, MP.P.. and H A.
Turner, road superintendent, are expected
to arrive tomorrow.
J R. Campbell, director of the Princeton Drug and Book Co., has sold his
business in Fort George and will probably be here shortly.
The Deputy Minister of Lands Robt.
A. Renwick has given notice of reserve
on the following lands in Gionp 1, Similkameen division of Yale district:
Lots 2698, 2699, 2700, 2761, 2702, 2703,
2704, 2705, 2706, 2707, 2708, 2709, 2710,
2711, 3635. 3636, 3637. 363S. 3639. 2712,
2713, 2714, and 3634,
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September 25, 1912
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LOCAL AND GENERAL.
Mrs. E Waterman is on a visit to Mr.
and Mrs. Holmes, Granite creek, where
her daughter, Dolly, has spent vacation
days.
Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Howse are on a
hunting expedition in the hills.
J. A. Brown, customs broker, Kere
meos, was in town Saturday.
The Princeton Ladies' Basket Ball
club will give a grand ball in the
I.O.O.F. hall on Friday, October 4, to
which admission will be, gentlemen,
$1.50; ladies, free. A supper will be
served in the hall, and the music will be
given by the Princeton orchestra. The
young ladies intend making the event
memorable as marking the first of their
social events and the organization of the
club. Don't forget the date, the occasion
and the Basket Ball clul).  See posters.
Advertisers are respectfully requested
tQ have copy for ads in the hands of the
printer not later than Monday.
G. H. Whiteman, of the Piinceton Coal
& Land Co , has gone to Vancouver, and
will probably remain there as agent for
the company.
Miss Shepherd, the courteous and ever
obliging deputy postmistress, is leaving
for her home in Saskatchewan in a day
or two. She is succeeded by R. J. O
Day, a bright young man from Nottingham, England.
Rev. \. H. Cameron, of Keremeos, will
preach in the Presbyterian pulpit Sunday, exchanging with R G.Stewart, missionary, who will preach at Hedley, Sunday next.
Rev. A. T. Osborne arrived today after
two weeks' absence on church matters.
R G. Stewart expects to leave shortly
for Malacca, a mission station near Sica-
mous. Who will succeed him here is
not yet known. Mr. Stewart has proven
a very earnest and devoted preacher of
the gospel, commanding the esteem and
high respect of all.
T. J. McAlpine is the guest of Mr. and
Mrs. W. D. Young, Billiter av., arriving
from St. Paul, Minn., Tuesday.
Rev. Mark Jukes writes that he has
been benefited by the waters of Soap
lake, Wash., and expects to be here on
Sunday, 29th inst., to conduct the usual
services.
Paul Laplante, Tuck French, W. Green,
Pat Kennedy, W. J. Kirkpatrick and J.D.
McDonald were a prospecting and fishing party, heading for Osprey lake and
F . .1 lake, near Peachland. They caught
'all kinds' of fish and saw a large animal
which answers the description of a bova-
lapsus. The lakes teem with the toothsome trout, and some of the party got
'stalled' on the finay diet These lakes
will be a great attraction for touris's
when the Kettle Valley is running train?.
THE CANADIAN BANK
OF COMMERCE
CAPITAL, $15,000,000 REST, $12,500,000
DRAFTS ON FOREIGN COUNTRIES
Drafts on the principal cities in the following countries issued without
delay:
Africa
Cuba
Macedonia
Russia
Arabia
Denmark
Malta
Servia
Argentine
Republic
Egypt
Manchuria
Si am
Armenia
Finland
Mexico
Siberia
Australia
Formosa
New Zealand
South Africa
Austria-H
angary
France
Norway
Spain
Belgium
Germany
Panama
Straits Settlements
Brazil
Greece
Persia
Sweden
Bulgaria
Holland
Peru
Switzerland
Ceylon
Iceland
Philippine Islands
Syria
Chili
India
Foland
Turkey                  -3.7
China
Italy
Fortugal
United States
Crete
Japan
Roumania
'West Indies, etc.
These drafts can be drawn in sterling, francs, marks, lire, kronen, yen,
taels, roubles, etc., according to the money of the country in which they
are payable. This enables the payee to obtain the exact amount intended.
J. D. ANDRAS,  Manager, PRINCETON BRANCH
Come and make your choice now.
Lots selling from $25.00 to $100.00
Fire,   Life   and   Accident
Insurance
Real Estate
Russell
Princeton
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Incorporated in 1869
With which is united
THE   TRADERS    BANK   OF   CANADA
Head Office—Montreal, Que.
Capital Authorized $ 25.000.000
Capital Paid Up     II 500,000
Reserve Funds     12.500.000
Aggregate Assets   175 000,000
A General  Banking Business Transacted
Princeton Branch:
W. W. READ, Manager
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juicy j and tender. Steak 'melts in your
mouth.' Fresh Eggs and Butter, Fish, Pork
and Veal.    Pigs feet, Sausage, etc.
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make preparations for winter. One of the chief necessities to ensure comfort during the cold weather is a good heating stove, one
that is neat in appearance and that will give plenty of heat without
using too much fuel. We believe we have a stove that fills these
requirements and will be pleased to show them to anyone interested..
If you are not already supplied see ours before purchasing elsewhere.
We also have a nice line of Ranges and Cook Stoves
A.' L. WHITE'S Furniture Store.
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Sir EDWARD CLOUSTON, Bart , Vice-President
H. V. MEREDITH, Esq., General Manager
Capital - - -       $16,000,000.00
Reserve and Undivided Profits   -  $16,000,000.00
SAVINGS   BANK DEPARTiTENT
Deposits received from $l upwards.    Ranching and  Mining Business
given every attention
BANKING    BY    MAIL
Deposits may be made and withdrawn by mail.   Out of town accounts
receive every attention.   A General Banking Business Transacted
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Wall Papers, Burlaps, House
Lining, Etc*
Paints, Oils, Varnishes and Stains
Brushes of all kinds. Hearth Rugs
and Decorative Brass Goods.
Try our flaple Leaf Paints and
you will be convinced that they are
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General Blacksmithing.
Carriage Building and  Repairs
All Work Neatly & Promptly
Phone 28. Executed. •
T. CLARK KING
Architect
Graduate of the Art and Science Department
Kensington, London, Eng:.
Member of the Alberta Architectural Association.
Plans and   Specifications  of Buildings   furnished  at reasonable rates.
Office : KING & GIBSON
Vermilion Av. Princeton, B.C., Phone 18
NOTICE
TO DELINQUENT CO-OWNER.
To OREN B. SMITH—Take notice that unless
you do pay, within 91 da\ s from the date hereof,
the sum of $123, being your proportion of the
expenditure required for the years iqii, and 1912
by Section 24 of the Mineral Act, upon tbe Morning Glory group of mineral claims situated on
Bear Creek in the Similkameen mining division,
together with interest and all costs of this notice,
to the undersigned, your co-partner in the said
mineral claims, your interest in the said claims
shall become vested in the undersigned who has
made the required expenditure.
CARL H. HENNING.
Dated this 4th day of September, 1912.
MISS IRWIN
j Authorized Teacher of Myers' Music
Method for children, also advanced
pupils prepared for the Toronto Conservatory of Music.
Res. Kenley Av.
Born—On Monday, the wife of M.
Lundin, of a son.
Born—On 19th inst., the wife of W J.
Kirkpatrick, of a son.
LOCAL AND GENEKAL.
Indian summer weather, with the beautiful tints o. autumn on tree and shrub,
make the landscape a picture worthy of
the most faithful and skilled artist
Chas. McGrath, miner and prospector,
Looniis, Wash., is a visitor here.
W.   C. McLean   and   family have re
turned  to  town  for  the   winter   school
privileges afforded children.
Rev. G. A. Wilson, of Coalmont, is
taking leave of the Presbyterian ministry
at the end of this month, preaching his
farewell sermon Sunday next. Where
his future will be cast, and in what capa
city, are undecided; but that he leaves
the ministry, is certain.
St. Paul is to give a civic banquet of
1,200 plates to James J Hill in a few
days,- on his seventy-fourth birthday.
James J. Hill is one of those Canadian
boys who made good in the United
States, he first seeing the light near the
city of Guelph, Ontario. For every I
Shaughnessy we of Canada imported from
the United States, we have sent a Hill lo
balance.—Ottawa Free Press.   .
Picture Show
Dignan Bros.
Complete change of program Mon
day,   Wednesday,   Friday.    Good,
Clean Entertainment. . Nothing to
offend.
If onr show pleases you, tell others; If not, quietly tell us.
Cor. Bridge and Angela Street. -
Prices:
Children 15c. Adults 25c
The Brooke strii
Of Single Comb, White Leghorns
for  beauty and utilitj'.    Address
Princeton Poultry Farm
PRINCETON,   B. C.
FOR   SALE
SPECIALS.
Blue print maps by F. W. Groves, P.
L. S.. showing mineral claims on Copper
and Kennedy mountains and Voigt camp.
Price $2     Apply at Star onace.
FOR SALE—Eighty acres of land,
good title, nine miles from town on One-
mile road.- Price, $500; one half cash;
balance one year. Cabin, surveyed. Ap
ply to John Carlson.
W. F. Weir has opened a tailoring and
clothes cleaning shop in the building opposite the Similkameen hotel, on Vermilion avenue. Work promptly and well
done.   Give us a trial.
SALESMEN WANTED, calling at
country points to sell the Wonder
Burner. Hustlers can make $10 a dav.
Address J. M. KAINS & OO., 1100 Hamilton Street, Vancouver, B.C.
$1000 each will buy three of the best
business lots in Tulameen, B C. Act
quickly, Applv 'Opportunity' Similkameen Star, Princetou, B.C.
TENDERS WANTED.
For Sale or Exchange.
An imported Suffolk stallion, weight
1900 pounds, an exceptionally sure foal-
getter. I have 4-year-olds from this horse
weighing up to 1500 pounds. Haye used
this horse for five years, hence my desire
to install fresfc blood. Will sell very
cheap for cash, or will trade for cattle or
good young horses.   Apply to
 JOHN M. THOMAS,
Okanogan Falls, B.C.
Tenders will be received up to Oct 5th next
for the construction of a mining tunnel 4 feet
in the clear,1-.ft 3 in. high, 600 feet long-, more or
less, to be timbered where necessary—limestone
formation.
Outfit will be furnished to responsible parties
who can give bonds.
Distance from Tulameen City. 21 miles. ]
The company reserves the right to reject any
and all bids.
Further information may be obtained from W.
B. Dornberg-, Tulameen.
Address tenders to
J, D. NEWMAN. Spokane, Wash..
(Care.of M. A. Gunst Co.)
Treasure Mountain Silver Lead Co.
Tulameen, B.C., Aug. 28, 1912.
DOMINION HOTEL
D. McSAE, Proprietor
TULAMEEN,  B. C.
LIVERY IN CONNECTION
Miners',   Prospectors'   arid Travelers' Home
RATES : $i to $2.50 per Day
THE GATEWAY TO THE
tulameen Gold and Platinum Mines.
2 SUhameen Hotel
School Books
School Supplies
Erasers
Scribblers
Set Squares
Rulers
Pencils
Pens
Inks, Etc.
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Large and New building, well Furnished and Plastered ; Comfortable ; Quietude.
Sample   Rooms, spacious, in hotel.
Hotel is situated near Great North- ■
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Vermilion Avenue,
Princeton, B.C.
HOTEL TULAMEEN
KIRKPATRICK & MALONE j
PROPRIETORS
Modern in Equipment and
In All Its Appointments!!
BATH ROOriS, ETC.
Commercial *£ Sample •** Room
GOOD ATTENTIVE SERVICE
Headquarters for Mining Men
 THE     SIMILKAMEEN     STAR
September 25, 19*2
THE SHKAMEEN STAR
(J. n. WRldHT)
PUBLISHER every Wednesday
At i*KINCET&N, B.C., by
Princeton   Printing and  Publishing  Co.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES :
British Empire, One Year -   - $2.00
Foretgn, One Year-
Payable in Advauce
$2.50
ADVERTISING RATES :
Land Notices, 60 days, $7.50 each.
Coal Notices, 30 days, $5 each
Reading Notices, 20 cents per line each insertion.
Legal Advertising, 12cents per line, 1st insertion,
S ceuts per line each subsequent insertion.
Liquor Licenses, $5 each.
Advertisements by contract, $1 per in. per month
A  GLEAM OF HOPE.
The daily press have beeu_ handing around an encouraging item of
railway construction news, which,
if entirely correct, or three-fourths
correct, will help the Similkameen
out of the slough of stagnation and
disappointment into which it has
dropped during the past summer.
The railway situation in the Similkameen during the past eight or
nine years has hung as a pall over
the district, blighting tne hopes,
prospects and ambitions of the
sturdiest of the baud of investors
who carae here to make a home and
lay the foundations of a livelihood
Disappointtrent and delay havedeci
mated the ranks of the pioneers,
many leaving.-the district in disgust
never to return. In all these years
of exasperating detention about 15b
"miles of the V. V. & E. railway
have been built between Midway
and Coalmont. From--Coalmont to
Hope is the last gap of- 71 miles to
link this district up east and west.
If estimate is made on past performances there will be another four or
five years wasted before this distance
can be covered with steel. It must
not be. No more looking backward
will be tolerated by the people or
the government. The railway companies must no longer trifle with
the rights of the people, hampering
progress and deadening any spirit
of enterprise in those who long to
see capital and industry, hand in
hand, developing the vast resources
of this district. Nothing short Of
a crime has, been committed in
wasting _h_r time of investors and
workers during the past years, and
the guilty procrastinators can, if
they will, redeem someof that valuable time by building the remaining
portions of both the V. V. & E-
and the K. V. with reasonable
speed and contjnuous construction.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
The quegtjon of Indian reserves
in proximity to towns and cities has
long been proven a serfdi^ hindrance to the growth and develop
ment of the place, as well as a
menace to the morality of the community *__S_.ri occupied by the Indians Both the Dominion and provincial governments arc interested
«iti the matter, and the latter's reversionary right in these reserves
being no longer in dispute, an early
settlement  of the question may be
expected.
That man of many political opportunities and meteoric career, who
may be described as two Teddys
boiled down to one, is at Vancouver
again. Reference is madcto 'Fighting Joe' Martin, M.P. for St. Pancakes, London, England. When he
and other M.P. come to Canada,
much good taste and wisdom would
be shown if they would leave their
politics behind. Why should Canadians be regaled with Irish affairs,
war scare and naval mania, the
lords and other questions? We have
troubles of our own and problems
by the hundred. Go away back,
Joe!	
Bright's disease and organic heaft
trouble are said to be killing off1 the
rich people of New Ybrk, Chicago
and other large,, cities. In New
York the deatfas.from these troubles
were, in 1871, at the rate of 17.68
persons in every 1,000 of population; in 1881 the rate had increased
to 21.91; in 1911 it was 33.17. It
is not the high cost of living that
is sending these people to their long
homes in such numbers.
From whatever'point one views
Teddy's presidential aspirations
there is a certain 'comedy of errors'
connected with'his campaign . dnd
his nomination. Now, it is Well
known that a bull moose, the emblem of Teddy's party, is about as
cantankerous and scrappy an animal
as ever-chewed a cud. H_ will paw
air, throw dust in the eyes of his
band, snort, bellow and roar, just
as if be were the only bull in creation. Is the likeness not striking
enough? Then add the characteristic of both to run a bluff on all
and sundry that are weak kneed
and bull headed. The end of Teddy
is in sight. Wilson and wisdom
will triumph.
The fire loss of the United States
and Canada for the month of July,
1912, as compiled trom the carefully
kept records of the New York Journal of Commerce, shows a total of
jj. 15,219,100. The losses by fire
since the first of this year now total
$149,581,850, as compared with
$154,992,900 for the first seven
months of 1911. How much of this
loss was preventable? Cigar stubs,
children with matches, defective
flues, rats, and so on, no doubt contributed their share to the general
holocaust.
The empty life is neither good
nor bad—just simply a lukewarm,
listless existence, priding yourself
on your own goodness, without an
effort to better and help others.
Whether in the village or crowded
city opportunities are plenty to raise
the helping hand and sound the
cheering word. In the final summing up the nonentities are spewed
out of the mouth. Be somebody,
something.
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Shepherd's plaid usual price 50c. Sale
price 35c.
White serge usual price 65c. Sale price
50c.
A few pieces of dress-lengths at cost
price.
Ladies' blouses at cost price.
All summer goods at cost price.
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PRINCETON, B. C.
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THE     SIMILKAMEEN    STAR
NEW WESTMINSTER FALR.
New Westminster,Sept. 24—The world's
lacrrsse  championship for 1912, will l>e
decided  at  the  provincial exhibition in
New   Westminster  on   October 1 and 5.
when the New Westminster team, chain
pions  of the  B   C. Lacrosse association,
and the Cornwall club, champions of the
N. L. U , battle lor possession of the Min
to  cup, which  carries with it the title <>1
world  champions.    The cup was held by
New Westminster for thiee years, going
10 Vancouver in 1911.    The 'Salmonbel
lies' regained   possession  of the  tropin
this summer, and the Cornwalls, by virtue  of their victories   in the   east  have
It was first arranged to play, the Minto
cup games in this city during the week
preceding the big fair. The exhibition
management, however, scented a big attraction, and an offer to the clubs 01
$7,000 for the two games was accepted.
Joe Lally, the big lacrosse stick manufacturer, represented the Cornwall clubs in
the transactions. The games will be
plaved on the opening and closing days
of the fair, the first contest being staged
on Tuesday afternoon, October 1, and the
second on Sa'.urdav, October 5
The management of the fair feel par
ticularly   pleased at   securing this  addi
tional  attraction for   the exhibition,   a.,
besides all of the many other acts, exhibits and   concessions, the   visitors to   the
fair will now hive an opportunity to set
the  fastest   teams  of the east  and west
play the national game of the Dominion
for the historic Minto cup, possession of
which is the final goal of every senior la
crosse organization in the countrv.
Bv a slight change in the itinerary of
__.R.H.,th_ Duke of Connaught,Governor
General oe Canada, arrangements have
been made whereby the Duke wi 1 form
allv open the piovincial exhibition at
New Westminster on October 3. The
bid; fair will be open Tuesday, but it will
not be given its official and formal dedi
cation until Thursday afternoon, when
the royal partv will be here. The par!\
will leave Victoria on Thursday morning
and will arrive heie by steamer at abou
2:30. After the opening ceremonies a
few hours will be spent in viewing tht
exhibits and the grounds, when the\
will entrain for Vernon,
Coincident   with   this   announcement
comes word -from Sir Richard McBride
Premier of British   Columbia,   who was
expected to open the exhibition,   that In
will be unable to accept the  invitation
While   it   was   first   announced   that    he
would be glad to come to New West min
ster,   his native city,   he decided that his
presence in Victoria during the stay there
of the  Governor   General   was required
and for this  reason would be unable to
come  to  the   fair on  Tuesday.    He will
doubtless accompany the Duke on Thurs
day,  as  will   also  Lieutenant  Governor
Patterson.
CARLE
Headquarters for Groceries, Vege=
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Fruits, Oranges, Lemons, Bananas, Cranberries
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purchases==No reason now to send away.
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TULAMEEN, B.C.
Good Fishing, Boating
Mining Cntr
mps. E. J. Henderson
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British Columbia Copper Co.. Ltd.
Emil F. Voigt.
PERCY W. GREGORY
Assoc. Mem. Can. Soc. CE.
CIVIL ENGINEER
AND BRITISH COLUMBIA
LAND SURVEYOR
Star Building, PRINCETON, B.C.
K. C. BROWN
Barrister and Solicitor
Notary Public, Etc.
PRINCETON,   -    B.C.
BRITTON  BLOCK
PHest I
Photographer
J. KNUDSON      ,
Contractor    and   Builder
Estimates Furnished—Cement, Wood
Fibre Plaster and Lumber-.
L. T. JOUDRY
EXPERT
Watchmaker
Watch, Clock  and   Jewelry repairing
promptly and neatly executed.
All Work Guaranteed.
Satisfaction given or money
refunded.
Careful attention given co   all
Mail   Orders.
D. M. FRENCH
Undertaker and
Funeral Director
All kinds of Coffins and Caskets on hand
Shop, Bridge St.. Princeton
The Princeton
Livery l Feed
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General  Livery  business   carried om
Horses for hire, single or double.-   Wood1
or   coal--delivered   -o_^-*hortest " notice.
Draying in all its branches.   Prices'right.-
Satisfaction guaranteed.
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September 25* .912
SHEEP RAISING
Tbe committee of the Dominion Sheep
Breeders' association, appointed by Hon.
Martin Burrell, to investigate the state of
the sheep industry in the various prov
inces of the Dominion, and to report on
ways and means of encouraging it, are
said to be particularly-enthusiastic over
the prospects for the industry in British
Columbia. The commissioners found
great stretches of country in this province
ideally located for sheet) raising. They
found also that the local market was unlimited and price high. New Zealand
mutton has to be imported in large quan
tities to supply the local demand and the
incieasing needs of the prairie country.
With the abundance of grass, the equi
table climate and the enlarging market,
sheep raising should thrive he.e. It will
be the work of the commission and the
Dominion department of agriculture to
revive an industry which possesses such
splendid possibilities in this province.
After years of almost complete paralysis, Joseph Chamberlain, whose mind remained alert until now, is sinking fast,
and the end may come any day. During
the last five weeks he has ceased to take
any interest in political events, lying in
bed mentally and physically helpless.
NEW BARBER SHOP
MRS. GERSING
Located    Between   the   Court
House and Post Office
FIRST-CLASS   WORK   GUARANTEED
ROOMS TO RENT
Fnrnished rooms to rent in Howse
Block. Central location. Steam heat.
Hot and cold water—Baths. Rates 50c.
and up.    Entrance on Harold ay.
Apply to MRS. R. O. NELSON.
NOTICE.
Yale land district. District of Yale
TAKE notice that Marv E. Bl} the of
Rossland, B. C occupation wife, intends
to apply for permission to purchase the
following described lands: Commencing
at a post planted about 40 chains south
and 20 chains west of the confluence of
Eagle Creek with the Tulameen River,
Thence west 20 chains, Thence south 40
chains, Thence east 20 chains. Thence
norih 40 chains to point of commencement.
MARY E. BLYTHE
By 1. R. Cranston
her agent.
Juue 21st 1912.
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The Range is the Soul of the Kitchen
The modern housewife knows the important
part the range plays in the household economy. She
knows how vitally important it is to eliminate from
the kitchen all possible work, worry and waste.
j*JI_ And the range is the soul of the kitchen. Its
influence is felt every day and all day by the entire
family.
The Gurney-Oxford Range is a strong advocate
of modern household economy. Not only does it
cook and bake without disappointment or failure,
but it is a positive influence for economy. It burns
less coal—it requires less attention—it conserves
time.
Modern woman demands in her work modern
time and labor saving ideas, and modern woman is
right The Gurney-Oxford Range is the fruit of
constant effort, research and experiment to make
and keep abreast of modern ideas of efficiency. The
Gurney-Economizer (which is licensed for use only
on the Gurney-Oxford range) for regulating the
drafts by one action: the Gurney method of distributing heat to all sides and corners of the oven:
the improved Gurney grates, combine to make the
Gurney-Oxford range the standard of efficiency and
the foremost exponent of modern household
economy.
Sold by
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SMALL  DEBTS.
Every honest man is supposed to pay
his debts, if he is able to do so, and yet
there would seem to be not a few who,
■for some reason or other, while claiming
to be honest men, do not show any very
great anxiety 10 pay their small debts,
says the Christian Guardian. They probably intend to pay, but they see no reason why their creditors should be in a
hurry, and possibly in the end they forget to pay.
It was reported, not loug ago, that a
large catering firm in New York had been
forced into bankruptcv by reason of its
failure to collect small sums due it by an
army of rich people; and the North Carolina Christian Advocate, iu commenting
upcn this, declares that during the past
ten yerrs the Advocate itself has lost
enough on subscriptions of good church
people to pay off every dollar of indebt
edness on building and printing plant.
And, no doubt, many a retail merchant
and poor man and woman reflects bitterly upon the fact that,they find it hard,
and in many cases impossible to collec,
small debts owing them by, presumably,
honest people
RELIGIOUS SERVICES.
Anglican church services next Sunday
in the English church at 11 o'clock a.m.
and 7:30 p.m.
Presbyterian church services.—Sunday
school and bible class, 11 a.m. Evening
service in the court  house at 7:30.
Christian Science lesson-sermon subject for next Sunday: Reality' 'The
Lord on high is mightier than the noise
of many waters, yea, than the mighty
waves of the sea. Thy testimonies are
very sure '—Psalms 93: 4. 5
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LEN HUSTON'S
Cigar & News Stand
TOBACCOS, CIGARS   PIPES
Agent for Nelson Club and Kusko-
nook Cigars, made by
NELSON CLUB C.GAR CO.
Ice Cream, Sodas, Confectionery
IRWIN BLOCK    .
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Great Northern Hotel
P. SWANSON, Prop.
Nearing completion, on  site of old
Great   Northern.    Only   brick
hotel in Similkameen.    A
first class house.
First Class room and board
Wines, Liquors, Cigars
PRINCETON,
B.C.
COUNTY COURT of YALE
.1 sitting of the County Court of Yale will be
held at the Court House, Princeton, Wednesday,
9th day cf October, iqi 2 at the hour of 2 o'clock in
the atteruoon.   By command
HUGH   HUNTBR,
Kc-gistiar County Court.
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The promptness with which you have accepted the
advertised values in Our Big Sale is not only extremely gratifying to us but a positive proof that the
essence of commercial health and growth is fair
dealing.
The principles upon which this store h'is been reared
and nourished, which have given it its present stand-
. ing in this community, are straightforward dealing,
fairest prices, best goo .s and a civil and obliging
store service, backed by alert enterprise and intelligent direction and management.
We realize that to be truly helpful, which after all
means our own success, the values we give must be
of a superior order of merit—they must impress
you so strongly that closer relations will be established between this store and those that come to
buy
And we believe we are on the right track.
YOURS FOR SERVICE
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General Merchant
Miners' Outfitter
Princeton,   Granite Creek
OLDEST ESTABLISHED
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PRINCETON, B. C.
General Freight Delivery—Contracts
Taken—Coal hauled promptly.
Variety   of   Rigs—Good   Roadsters—
Big Stables—Courteous Attention
to all Customers.
WATER NOTICE
For a license to store or pen back  water
Notice is hereby given that Similkameen
Power Company, Limited, of Vancouver, will
apply for a license to store or pen back twelve
hundred acre feet of water from Ked Creek, a
stream flowing in a westerly and southerly di
rection and emptying into Fivemile creek, rear
Similkameen river. The water will be stored in
two reservoirs of 200 acre feet and 1000 acre feet
capacity, respectively, to be built at the falls of
the creek and at a joint approximately one mile
up ere* k from the falls, and will be used for
power purposes as authorized under a notice ol
application for a license to take aud u.e water,
posted herewith, on the land described as crown'
lands at the mouth of Red creek; the power to bt
sold within a radius of thirty miles thereof.
This notice was posted 012 the ground on tht
4th day of May, 1912. The application will be
filed in the office of the Water Recorder at Nicola
Objections may be .filed with tht* said Water'
Recorder or with the. Compti oiler of Watei
.Rights. Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B  C.
The term for filing objections with the Water
Recorder has been extended by the Comptroller
of Water Rights to the 20th day of August. iqi2
SIMILKAMEEN POWER COMPANY, Limited
Applicants
By E. A. Cleveland Agent.
WATER NOIICE.
For a license to take and use water.
Notice is hereby given that Similkameen
Powtr Company, limited, uf Vaucom er, w;lt
apply fcr a license to take and u.e twenty cubic
f« et per second of water out of Red creek, ..hi. h
flows in a westerly and s ulherl\ d:recti* n
through crowu lands and <mpti.sinto Fivemi'e
ere* k, 11 tar Similkameen river. The wattr v- ill
he diverted at the falls about two miles from the
junction of Red cretk with Fivemile creek and
willbe used for power purposes on the land at
the mcuth of Red creek and to be sold within a
radius of thirty miles thereof
This notice was posted on the ground on the
ith day of May 1912. The application will be
filed in the office of the Water Recorder at Nicola.
Oljections may be filed with the said Water
R. cc rder or with ihe Comptroller of Water
Rights, Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B. C
The term for filing objections with the Water
Recorder has been extended by the Comptroller
of Water Rights to the 20th day of August, 1912.
SIMILKAMEEN POWER COMPANY   Limited,
Applicants.
By H. V Cleveland  Ageut.
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DO YOU WANT-
Letterheads
Billheads
Meal Tickets-
Milk Tickets
Printed Envelopes
Visiting Cards
Ladies', Gent's, Misses'
Business Cards
Posters
Dodgers, Dates
Statements
Invitations
Wedding and Ball
Ball Programs
Bills of Fare
Butter Wrappers
Letter Circulars
Memos.
Cotton Signs
PATRONIZE HOME INDUSTRY!
STAR QUICK PRINT
Sojourning brethren welcome.     Hall situate' i
Thomas Block.   ■' Oddfellows Hall."
P. Russell, L. Marston,
Noble Grand. Secretary
Synopsis of Coal Mining Regulations.
COAI. mining rights of the Dominion, in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, the Yukon
Territory, the North-west Territories and in a
portion of the Province of British Columbia, may
be leased for a term of twenty-one years at an
annual rental of Si. an acre. Not more thaiu
2,56o acr _>s will be leased to one applirant.
Application for a lease must be irade by the-
applitcant in person to the __gent or Sub-Agent
of the district in which the rights applied for
are situated.
In surveyed territory the land must be described by sections, cr legal sub-division of
sections,and in uususveyed territory the tract
applied for shall be staked out by the applicant
himself.
Each application must be accompanied by b
tee of $5. which will be rtfuuded if the rights
applied for are not available, but not otherwise.
A royally shall be paid on the merchantabfe-
output of the mine at the rate of five per cent per
ton.
The person operating the mint shall furnish
the Agent with sworn re: urns accounting for
the full quaufty of merchant&bl e toal mined
and pay the royally thereon If the coal
mining rights are not btine operated, such.
returns should be furni. hed __! least once a
year.
The lease will include  the coal miuing rights^
onlv,  but the  lease may be permitt- d  in. pur-$
chase whatever available* suiface   rights   may
be-considered necessary  for the working of the
mine at the rat** ol $to 00 an acre.
Ifor full information application should be
made to the Secrstaiy cf ihe Departm. ut of
the Interior, Ottawa, or to any Agent cr Sub-
_geut of Dominion Lands
W   W. CORY
Deputy Mini. t. t <,f tut Interior.
N. B —Unauthorized publication of this ad—
vertismeut will not be paid for.
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Princeton Ceai and Land
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In the center of a coal and ore producing district, situated at the junction of the Tulameen and
Similkameen rivers.
Agricultural and grazing lands, suitable for
sheep, cattle and horse raising, poultry farming, etc.
Climate is dry and healthful, an agreeable
change for those living at the coast, or in humid at=
mospheres.
Scenery, fishing, hunting and shooting unex=
celled for the painter and sportsman.
The future of PRINCETON is assured. The rise
in real estate and farm land values will be repeated
here as in other centers.
Railroad connection with the coast and the
Okanogan will give impetus to development and
production.
For maps and information apply
1 WATERMAN, Resident Manager.
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