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Semi-Bituminous, sootless, clean Princeton coal.
A Happy Christmas to All!
Vol. XIII   No. 51
PRINCETON, B.C, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1912.
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CHRISTMAS CHEER
Stores   Well  Supplied   With
Uptodate  Stocks   of
Xmas Goods.
Superb Weather, Good Sleighing and
Winter Sports—Joyous Season
and Prosperity.
The recurring Christmas season, with
its attendant joys and good cheer, inspires all to generous deeds and little
kindnesses, and to help promote that
peace and good will on which happiness
alone can be founded. Thanks and'good
wishes go a long wav toward lessening
the jars and jolts to which life is subject.
It is in a spirit of thankfulness that Star
extends to ail its patrons genuine gratitude for their continued custom and support Following the general habit of
newspapers to acknowledge the cordial
business relations existing between them
and advertisers who specialize somewhat
f >r the Ch istmas trade Star presents
Inief write up of the mercautile houses,
beginning n alphabetical older. To all
i iiizfiisa very happy Christinas:
P. Burns & Co.
This firm name is familiar to consumers of meat and the food products all over
the west. From abbatoir and cold storage plants immense quantities of beef,
p>rk, muttou. poultry and fish are distributed everywhere to the retail shops.
This company preserves and prepares
meat in its various edible forms and to
s ilisfy the tastes of the human family
The Princeton branch of this great firm
is managed by J. Gellatly, ever obliging
and capable, and who has on sale a large
stock of Christmas meats, etc.
Sid S. Bettman.
Mr. Bettman has only recently opened
his jewelry, optical and watch repairing
business, yet in that short time he has
been favored with a large share of patronage. He has special qualifications as
optician and anyone consulting him will
have the benefit of his practical experi
ience and scientific treatment. Mr. Bettman expects to make Princeton his permanent home, and in due time will carry
a large stock of goods required in the
trade.
F. P. Cook.
In the early pioneer days, when gold
digging was the only industry in the
country, Mr. Cook conducted one general store in Granite Creek, now he has
three. o:ie each at Granite, Coalmont and
Princeton, the last named being man-
agr-d by P Russell, who has by courteous
treatment and fair dealing built up a
large and increasing trade. Mr. Cook is
keeping pace with the evolution 'if time,
his enterprise finding scope in the news
paper field and in a large store building
at Coalmont. Call and inspect his Christmas stock.
Len Huston.
That there is demand for a cigar, book
and news stand is amply demonstrated
by the increasing stock and partronage
which Mr. Huston has. Tobaccos, con
fectionerv, fruit, daily and weekly newspapers, photographic views, books and
magazines appeal to Christmas buyers,
whether for their own use oi as a gift to
friend or relative, near or far away.
Christmas numbers of illustrated papers
and local photographic views are handy
remembrances for sending away. See the
goo Is and make your purchases early
A. E. Howse Co., Ld.
Departmental stores are a great convenience for shoppers and a distinct advantage to the town possessing one. N<>
more need to send to tbe big departmental stores in the ea-. for food, furniture;
wearing apparel and the countless number of things required by citizens. A
glance at the betutiful and artistic display of eatables and wearables behind
the large plate glass front of the A. E.
Howse Co's building will convince one
lie is in touch with the latest and most
uptodate that the genius of man can produce. Clothing for all in metropolitan
styles and guaranteed to fit, groceries
fresh from the fictories and the grower,
and an array of most tempting Christmas
goods are found here in great profusion.
See the goods and be convinced.
L. T. Joudry.
Expert watchmaker and jeweler has
been tn business here for three or four
years, ard at Christmas he has always
made a specially of fine silverware, glassware and jewelry suitable for presentations and ordinary home use. In his
new location on Vermilion avenue he
has ample room for display of his fine
stock. An inspection ot his goods will
repay anyone lockingforseasonablegifts.
Princeton Drug & Book Store.
Christmas goods in great variety and
nicely displayed will attract the attention
of customers of the Princeton Drug &
Book Store. Fancy articles aue observed
in striking array Perfumes, confectionery, cigars, views, books, writing material, toys, Christmas cards, all these and
much more will appeal to the purchaser
who is bent on making gifts to a friend
or sweetheait. The Princeton Drug &
Book Store is an emporium of expanding trade, anil under the new management of Geo. G. Lyall has won an honorable place among tbe business institutions of the town. Go and see the goods
and you are not at all likely to be disappointed in any purchase >on may make.
Thomas  Bros.
This firm'name is familiar to every one
in the Similkameen, and they enjoy a
reputation for reliability which holds customers   and   creates   mutual  good will.
Thev do a large and increasing businesss
and their stock is choice and fresh. A
very select assortment of toys for the
children is given good display in the
windows, and a line of china is shown
which is prety and attractive. Fancy
groceries, men's and women's clothing,
boots and shoes, and a thousand other
necessaries of life are fucnd in this store
of plenty. Call early and secure first
choice of »the many Christmas articles on
sale.
A. L. White.
Some very handsome articles for the
home, including rugs, carpets, tables,
chairs, buffets, dressers, etc., any of
which wonld bean appropriate and seasonable gift, are shown in generous display. In the window a choice of useful
articles may be made, and no oue could
-egret purchase of any of these for wifey
or intended. Manager Heron impresses
customers with a fairness and honesty
that is convincing. If he says that an
article is good, it is so. In making your
shopping rounds for Christmas purchases
you should see White's furniture store.
It will pay yon.
PAN-AMERICAN  MINSTRELSY.
Next Monday night, 23rd inst., at the
Princeton opera house, Buckner's Colored
Male Octette will present a program of
unparalleled musical and humorous entertainment. Old negro plantation songs
full of pathos and spirit, southeru dancing and pastimes reproduced with the
vivacity characteristic of the native negro, instrumental music with vocal accompaniment that charms, the whole being a refined and classy diversion which
is certain to give pleasure. This com
pany is under contract with J. Cosgrove,
the aame as the English Bell Ringers,
recently here, and only the best is staged.
Don't miss it.
MINES AND MINING.
Under the provisions of the Coal Mines
Regulation Act and Amending Acts tbe
following were elected a board ofexam-
iners'last Saturday at Princeton: David
Forsyth; first alternate J. Horrocks; second alternate, W. Forsyth.
The Golden Chariot mine, near Oroville, will ship a carload of ore to the
Granby smelter.
W. G. Mitchell, of Voigt Camp, gave a
banquet last week at tbe Hotel Princeton
to a number of employes drilling for the
B. C. Copper Co.
I. H. Hallett, legal adviser for the B.C.
Copper Co., was in town Monday.
T. J. Corwin, placer mining man, is in
town.
The United Empire Co. will ship
about three cars of coal a week, beginning
next week.
C.  L. Tilley, real estate broker is in
town and expects to locate here.
RAILWAYS ARE SLOW
Construction is Difficult on the
Kettle Valley Near
the Lake.
Conference  at  Victoria Between the
Great Northern and Canadian.
Pacific Officials.
Construction work on the K.V railway
from Summerland to the Summit is toak-
ibg good progress Weather conditions
have been favorable, and the only thing
that has militated against rapid advance,
has been the scarcity of labor. In course
of time the road will be finished and a
shorter way to the coast cities will be enjoyed by the long suffering people of the
Okanagan. It is extremely fortunate that
we are a people pre-eminent in the realm
of morality and religion, otherwise the
slow time that will inevitably be made
on this particular line of railway, owing
to uniformly heavy grades and excep-.
tionallv sharp curves, might conduce to
blasphemy and profanity.—Summerland
Review.
E. E. Coley, chief of the K. V. survey,
party, ran a line to the V., V. & E. station, then crossed tp the south side of the
Similkameen, and is pushing on toward
Voigt camp.
What may be termed a peace conference is now being held at Victoria, the
principal signatories being the Canadian
Pacific and the Great Northern railways.
It is reported, unofficiallv, that these big
roads are settling the terms of the Coquihalla pass construction and running
rights over it. Whatever the result, no
time should be lost in parleying—the
people are longing to see this road finished.
Next year onght to be a banner year
around Princeton for railway work, but
the companies are so slow and snailisb
that hope is deferred sometimes and the
heart sickens.
TRANSPROVINCIAL ROAD
W. A. McLean, in charge of the T.P.R.
(transprovincial read) construction, is
having timber hauled on sleighs to Nine-
mile for the bridge he is erecting there.
It is hoped that his camp will continue
all winter, which, of course, largely depends on the weather and snowfall. Not
a day should be lost to insure early completion of this road to Hope. The benefit
to be derived fiomthis great trunk artery,
not only for Princeton district but the
whole country, is of vital importance to
progress.    	
Scholar promotions, exams, and Xmas
tr»e program will be published next
week.
Lost—Dog with whisker,'Tige,'boy's
playmate, wanted for sleigh ; reward here-
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SIMILKAMEEN      STAR
December    2^,    191c
B. C. FORESTRY NOTES.
The chief forester of the province announced recently the earnest desire ot
the forest branch iu Victoria to assist
those who require information on any
phase of the forest industry.
Russia began a forest policy in 1615,
and had forest reserves in 1687. She
possesses today the greatest store of timber in the world.
One forest in France pays over twenty
million dollars annually. Such a thing
as a fire is, of course, unknown.
There is a town in Europe whose citizens receive a dividend over and above
the municipal expenses. Wise use of the
surrounding fores has made it a peuna-
nent and growing revenue producer.
HONORABLE PEACE.
Ambassador Bryce told the committee
for the celehration of the centenary of
peace between the English speaking peoples at a dinner in New York recently
that nearly all wars had been due to human folly or human passion, and dwelt on
how much better it was to celebrate the
wisdom which had ended a war and
avoided any subsequent conflict rather
than the want and skill and wisdom
which made wars possible. Mr. Bryce
described what had been accomplished
during his official stay in Washington to
remove differences between the United
States and Great Britain, and to avoid
differences in the future He reviewed
the three arbitrations and several treaties
leading to a settlement of the Canadian
boundary dispute, the Newfoundland
fisheries question, the matter of the use
of the waters on the boundary and minor
points long at issue, and continued:
'All these treaties furnish an admirable
illustration of the dictum once delivered
by Mr. Root that where two nations and
governments desire to come to a fy.r
agreement it is always possible for them
to do so. With good will anything can
be accomplished.'
D. Q. McCURDY
REAL ESTATE
Fire  and   Lift.   Insurance
 Specialty    	
EAST PRINCETON LOTS
EAST   PRINCETON
B.C.
Court of Revision and Appeal
Assessment Act, 190?.
Notice is hereby given that a Court of
Revision and Appeal under the Assessment Act, 1903, for the* Pr nceton Asssss-
ment District will be held at the
COURT HOUSE,  PRINCETON,
on the
31st day of December, 1912, at 1 p m
.Dated at Kamloops, B C, this i6tb day
of December,  1912.
F. TEMPLE  CORNWALL.
Judge of Court of Revision and Appeal.
Kamloops, Nicola an 1  Princeton
Assessment District.
QUITE RIGHT.
Never find fault because a newspaper
fails to give every scrap of news, if you
are one of the people who never give,
the editpr any information. An editor
ise't a medium or a mind reader, but he
gets the news the same way the milkman gets his milk, by pumping. This is
true especially of that class of items
known a 'local' or 'personal.' Rightly
they are nst 'puffery' or "taffy ' but simply personal mention, given for the benefit of local readers and if you have a
.friend or relative visiting you, let us
know and we will be glad to give the
item proper notice. Pnt any bit of news
worth printing in the way of cur pencil
pushers.—Summerland Review.
Dissolution of Partnership.
Notice is hereby given that the partnership heretofore subsisting between us,
the undersigned, as saddlers and shoemakers, has this day been dissolved by
mutual consent All debts owing to the
said partnership are t<> be paid to C V.
Prosser, at Princeton, B C. and all claims
against the said partnership aie to be
presented to tbe said C.V.Prosser. bv
whom the same will be settled.
Dated at Princeton, B.C., this 141I1 day
of December, A.D 1912.
E  F. Thompson.
C V. Prosser.
Witness:   J. B. Wood.
VIENNA BOARDING HOUSE.
Rooms and firstclass board by the day,
week or month. • S'.reet in rear of court
house. Miss SchoTzko.
FOR SALE.
LIVERY STABLE at   Tulameen City.
A fine opportunity for a live man
Apply DOMINION HOTEL.
Ti-.larneen, B.C.
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Come and make your choice now.
Lots selling from $25.00 to $100.00
Fire,   Life  and  Accident
Insurance
McLean & Russell
Real Estate
Princeton
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 withou.'
delay:
Africa
Cuba
Macedonia
Russia
Arabia
Denmark
Malta
Servia
Argentine
Republic
Egypt
Manchuria
Siam
-Armenia
Finland
Mexico
Siberia
Australia
Formosa
New Zealand
South Africa
Austria-H
ungary
France
Norway
Spain
Belgium
Germany
Panama
Straits Settlements
Brazil
Greece
Persia
Sweden
Bulgaria
Holland
Peru
Switzerland
Ceylon
Iceland
Philippine Islands
Syria
Chili
India
Poland
Turkey                  8.7
China
Italy
Portugal
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.
THE ROYAL BAN
OF CANADA
Incorporated in 1869
Head Office—Montreal, Que.
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CAPITAL   PAID   UP—$11,500,000.
Reserve-! 12,500,000 Total Assets-$ 1 75,000,000
A General Banking Business Transacted.   Savings Department
in Connection.   Accounts of Out of Town Customers
HHl Receive Careful Attention.
J. C. ROBERTSON, Manager Princeton Branch
P. Burns c. Co., Ltd.
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Extend Christmas and New
Kgwfeasia.
Year Greetings to all
The inner man has been well provided
 for during the holidays———
| Turkeys, Geese, Chickens, Oysters, Prime Beef,
Jhitton, &e.
Order earlu    II.
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XriAS GOODS
Xmas will soon be jjefg
and we are ready for it.
the   last   of   our   good-
having arrived a few days ago.      We are showing a nice line of
Rockers, centre Tables, Jardiniere stands, Desks, Rugs,
r><» Pictures, China, Glassware, cutlery, etc. **>>**
All very suitable for pre. ents
We will be pleased to  have yon  look  at  these goods and  any
selection you may make we will ke.p for you until. Christmas,
Now is the time to buy while the stock is at its best.
A. L. Wife's Finilirc Store
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THE    SIMILKAMEEN   STAR
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
The Chribtmas Tree held last night was
.1 huge success.
Star thanks for two beautiful calendars
from A. E Howse & Co. and Max S.
Wilson.
Shortest day tomonow.
Ten above zero is the coldest yet. Beau
tifnl weather aud fairly good sleighing.
Gordon Bros., trappers and hunter.,
Report light snow in the mountains and
'predict an open winter. At the headwa
lers of the rivers there is less snow than
in several years,   Fur is fairly plentiful.
Dull care cannot exist when you hear
the Pan-American songs and humor.
Fun ahead at the Princeton opera
house Monday evening.
Subscribers to Star will kindly renew
expiring subscriptions at the end of the
>ear, and save any interuption in the delivery of it.    Do it now.
B. A. Yandall. student engineer and
land surveyor with P.W.Gregory, P.L S ,
left Tuesday for Vancouver and will
spend the Christmas holidays at home.
During his stay in Princeton Mr. Yandall
has made many friends who will be glad
to welcome him back again.
Oh, yes! The masquerade ball on
New Year's eve for benefit of hospital.
I'll be there and my partner also. 'Ladies, join your lily white hands; gents,
your black and tans; swing 'em as herd
as ye can.'
The grand annual ball of the local Orange lodge takes place tonight, and a
good "time is promised._
Winter sports are in full swing, with
hockey ane basket ball as popular as
ever.
Miss Burpee, principal of public school,
expects to spend Christmas at Penticton,
and Miss Scott will visit friends at Enderby.
Dignan Bros, are fitting up the basement of the mo ing picture theater and
will probably open a pool room.
McLean & Russell had an incipient
fire in their offices yesterday, which gave
the firemen some practice and bestirred
quite a crowd. The damage was slight
and it is supposed was caused by defective insulation of a stove pipe.
LINING CONGRESS AT SPOKANE
The delegates will lung remember the
treatment they received at the hands of
the mining and business interests of the
city of Spokane. After enjoying five
days of hospitality in the city as guests
of the local mining men and the chamber of commerce, a two days' excursion
wa made to the silver lead camp of the
Co;nr d'Alenes. At Harrison, Kellogg
aud Wallace receptions were given in
true western style. But this social side
did not prevent the inspection of the
great properties that have produced
1250,000,000 (figures by Wallace board
of trrde), and are paying out half a million per month for labor, and there is no
sign of a curtailment of output.
E P. Wheeler of Friday Creek was
with the writer on the streets of Wallace
after visiting the Bunker Hill mill, one
of the finest plants in the world of its
kind, at Kellogg, the Hecla mine at
Burke, where there is the largest electric
hoist in the world, that takes a loaded
skip .of 15 tons balanced and raises'it
1200 feet to ihe surface and returns the
empty skip in one minute. The Hecla is
following an ore body that varies from
one inch to 18 feet i.i width, hoisting 400
tons per day and clearing a profit of $6o,-
000 per month.
At the Morning mine one of the basest
ores known to the mining world, silver,
zinc and lead so blended a- to make con
centration by water a failure, now with
tube mill grinding and oil flotatation a
98 per cent is made and a profit of $10,
000 per month comes from the refuse
that was turned down the creek. No
one can doubt who has seen the showing at Whipsaw, and then viewed this
camp as we have, that there are not
mines the equal of any we  have  viewed
Princeton will be to that camp and
those others that come into being what
Wallace is to the Coeur d'Alenes, the
meeting place of all the miners of the
Coeur d'Alenes who make use of their
own villages to supply their staple wants
The writer was in these camps twenty-
five years ago and saw the rivalry of the
then straggling settlements for place, and
with the object lesson before him of the
supremacy of Wallace, the central town,
cau say, as he hasoften in print, 'Princeton is to be the hub of mining in the
Similkamten.'
In Wallace, Idaho, I met a reader of
the Star, and after looking at the ores I
was showing, said, "Are you the Bulldog
Brown I hive seen mentioned in the
Star in relation to exhibits of ore fir the
Vancouver exhibition? Those Princeton
ores are going to make a good camp. I
know the Leadville ores, and these others
are a great addition. Princeton is to be
a mining center, and that is the place of
residence for you.' H B. BROWN.
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RECOMMENDED.
To whom it may c ncern: This is to
certify that the Pan-American Octette and
Double Male Quartette pla}'ed my house
the 3rd day of December, 1912, at Lethbridge, and I take great pleasure in
recommending them to anyone as one of
the be*t, if not the very best, I have ever
had the pleasuie of hearing. Their
blending, harmony and shading is away
above the average, aud I feel safe in saying that thev will draw capacity business
anywhere.—Signed: Morris Theater, per
A. E. Morris.
SPECIALS.
Happy hours with the Musical Minstrels Mond iy night at the Princeton
opera house.
There is lo be a Tmkey Shoot at
Coalfont, on Monday. Dee. 73rd, and a
special prize of $26 00 in gold will be
given to the lucky individual who shoots
S. R. Tilson's piize turkey. All are extended an invitation to come, and a large
crowd is expected as the committee in
charge have gone to considerable expense
in securing S. R Tils"n's prize turkey,
which is estimated to be worth $50.00
with the cash prize. Farther particulars
can be had at the Coalmont hotel,
Coalmont, B.C.
The grand animal bdl yiven by the
Loyal Orange lodge on the 2olh, next
Friday evening, will be held in the
Princeton opera house, Tl.omas block."
See the large posters and be on hand
early for the grand march.    Free supper.
WEIR, THE TAILOR—Metropolitan
styles, Ai goods. Weir'builds' clothes to
fit your form. To be well dressed and
clean are mighty factors of comfort and
success. Weir cleans clothes. In the
building next the Ruval bank, Bridge st.
FOR SALE, CHEAP—Easy terms, a
number of good, second hand safes.
Write Vancouver Safe Works, Ltd., Vancouver, B.C., for list.
The agency of the Kootenay Steam
Laundry has been transferred from the
A E. Howse Co. to Len Huston. Laun-
dr}' basket will leave Princeton Mondays.
Anyone wishing to send laundry kindly
leave at Len Huston's, Cigars & News    *
SALESMEN WANTED, calling at
country points to sell the Wonder
Burner. Hustlers can make $10 a day.
Address J. M. KAINS & CO., 1100 Hamilton Street, Vancouver, B C.
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R. B. ANGUS, Esq., President
Sir EDWARD CLOUSTON, Bart , Vice-President
H. V. MEREDITH, Esq., General Manager
Capital - - -       $16,000,000.00
Reserve and Undivided Profit*   -  $16,000,000.00
SAVINGS   BANK DEPARTHENT
Deposits received from $i 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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Holiday Stock.
Ink Stands. Writing Desks. Writing Portfolios Toilet Cases. Manicure Sets,
Shaving Sets, Leather Collar Boxes, Atomizers, Perfumes, Books for All Ages,
Linen Picture Books. Poets in Padded Binding, Holiday Papeteries, Framed
Pictures. Smoking Cabinets, Photo Frames, Jewel Cases, Military Hair Brushes,
Ebony Goods. Purses, Bridge Sets, Cigar Cases, Cigarette Cases, Tobacco
Pouches, Pipes, Photo Albums. Post Ga:d Albums, Cameras. A New Line of
Brass and Copper Ware, Artificial Flowers, Holly, Vines, etc.; Garlands, Tinsel
Decorations,    Christmas   Tree   Ornaments,     Holly   Tissue   for   Wrapping   Gifts.
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AMERICAN RAW   FURS   BRING
HIGHEST PRICES IN HISTORY.
A. B. Shubert, Inc., Chicaeo, U.S.A.,
the largest house in the world dealing
exclusively in American' raw furs, in a
letter to the editor, says in part as follows:
'Raw furs are bringing extremely high
prices. Why not? Boom times are on.
Bumper crops have been harvested. Men
are employed everywhere at good wages.
Never in history was a dollar wor h so
little. Raw furs are bringing the high
est prices eyer known, and any trapper
with a few traps can surely make good
wages—because ther consumer is buying
furs, for the simple reason that they are
more fashionable this season than ever
before.
THE WIDE WORLD
The export trade of the United States
with Canada now averages one million
dollars a day; three years ago the average
was five hundred thousand dollars per
day.
A ton of gold, worth approximately
four hundred thousand dollars, was recently received from Dawson, Yukon, by
steamship.
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December   20,   191:
THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR
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GREETING.
Before another issue of the Star,
Christmas, 1912, will have passed
into history. The day is so time-
honored, and revered as marking
the greatest event of all ages in the
birth of the Saviour of the world,
that brief reference is only here
made. From this momentous event
all time is reckoned by the significant letters ' B.C.' and 'A.D.' ' To
readers of Star, to all patrons,
and everybody, 'A very happy
Christmas.'
PEACE OR WAR?
[Continued from last week.]
mends him for his forethought in
this respect. But no amount of
diplomatic strategy will offset the
warlike attitude and principle involved in the proposed contribution
°f $35,000,000 toward a navy:
Knowing that Canada was and is
perfectly safe from outside attack,
so long as she preserves a peaceful,
friendly and courteous bearing toward the nations, the government
should have hesitated, balked before
taking a leap in the dark, The
-.political exigencies of the home
government ought not to be allowed
any weight in a matter of this kind.
Britain is the moneylender of the
-world and she has some four
hundred millions of subjects to draw
from. Emergency, there is none.
A madness seems to have seized
statesmen and warriors the world
over. An epidemic war scare is shaking the'. with fear until their very
knees rattle together. An old man
like Sir Wilfrid Laurier shaking his
fist and beating the air at some
suppositional enemy is not a spectacle worthy of one who makes
some song of his peacemaking
desires. Canada   has   no   more
need of an army and navy than
a canine has need of two tails.
A few thousand of mounted police,
and some swift gunboats to catch
smugglers and fish poachers are all
that are required. Britain knew
this years ago and withdrew every
soldier and warship from Canada,
leaving her to protect her own
interests as best she could, and in
her   own   way.        Now,   however,
aided and abetted by the gun-
makers and some obsolete officers,
want a lift over their muddy ditch,
they find many plausible reasons for
Canada arming to the teeth and
participating with them. in the
naval extravaganza. They say they
want our moral support, and they
do not refuse financial assistance.
We borrow the money from them
to give it back, and with interest.
Canada is so poor and proud that
she must borrow from the very
people she makes her ostentatious
gifts to. Better wait until she can
pay her accumulating debts before
making presents costing many
millions.
The proposed huge contribution
would be much better employed in
opening up an immense hinterland,
building     trans-continental    highways,     developing    vast     natural
resources, peopling the great   lone
land   and   cultivating   the  arts  of
peace rather than war.    From non-
political and impartial standpoints,
naval or military establishment has
no justification   in   Canada.     Our
destiny    lies     along    commercial,
educational and religious paths.    If
we are to be great, and there is no
reason why we shonld not with a
soil begging for a hundred million
settlers, it will not come about by
uncivilized,   cruel   and   barbarous
war.      The sword must disappear
in  the  ploughshare.    This  is the
dictum of a great statesman, scientific christian and   the  prophet   of
all  ages.       Social   and   economic
questions demand our thought and
treasure   if we   are   to   make   real
progress.     Humanity   must   keep
pace with the spiritual promptings
toward betterment, otherwise physical   and    moral    decadence   will
come, and tbe nation crumble as old
Greece and Rome.    Peace hath her
victories   greater   than  war.—Pax
vobiscum.
CHRISTMAS  FRUIT  MAGAZINE
The 1912 Christmas number of The
Fruit Magazine, Scientific Farmer and
Canadian Citizen, is a handsome and
valuable production just to hand.
The editorial work is strong and crisp,
covering such subjects as 'Reflection,' on
present day condition; 'SoldierNarmers,'
the 'B.C.F.G. Association,' 'Winnipeg
Parks,' and 'Census and Statistics.'
Other important articles are, 'The Use
of Fertilizers,' 'B. C. Fruit Packing
Schools,' 'The Voice of the Croaker,'
'The Dream of the Fruit Grower,' 'San
Jose Scale and Mushroom Root Rot,' and
the usual monthly features of interest,
A large number of fine halftones of
Winnipeg parks is a special feature of the
illustrated sections, and there are splendid portraits of Admiral Lord Nelson and
Admiral Lord Collinwood. The poetical
selections are numerous and well chosen.
The Irish^ home rule bill has passed
the committee of the British house of
commons and is now ready for the  lords.
The debate in the Dominion house of
commons on thecontriburion of $35,000,-
000  to  the  British navy has begun, and
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THE     SIMILKAMEEN    STAR
THOMAS 1
Once again 'tis merry Xmastide,
When Santa Claus takes his annual ride
With Toys
For Girls and Boys.
MORNING  THOUGHTS.
] When this good day is done, oh, may
I to myself in candor say—
In counting up it, loss and gain—
"It was not lived in vain."
Somewhere between the rosy flower
Of dawn and evening's twilight hour,
From some one's long, long'path.oh, may
I roll a stone away.
May I, in kindly word or deed.
Bring solace to some one's deep need;
Make some one's sense of right more true.
His sky a fairer blue.
This day—it cannot come again;
Therefore, all I would do for men
Let me do now, in Heaven's smile,"
That Life may be worth while
—Christian Science Monitor.
See our
Large  Assortment of Toys |
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
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THE  PHILOSOPHY  OF  LIFE.
If a child does not know submission
and obedience at six years of age, the
reformatory door is already ajar for hitii.
Never withhold the well  chosen   word
of praise—it will encourage to  better  effort; besides, it is good   for the giver as
[ well as the receiver. •
Cheer up! Cultivate the cheerful mood.
I Sing; 01, if you cannot rto that, 'whustle.'
! Miserable or happy, every person h^s
j it in their power to be either.
Beware of backbiting; for the accuser
is precisely the image of the thoughts he
utter.
Optimism prolongs one's days and
makes life enjoyable; pessimism souts
and wizens the soul and body. Boost,
don't knock.
Glory in your neighbor's prosperity
a.id you will prosper with him.
War is hell—the result of envy, hatred,
jealousy, lying, doubt, fear and greed.
In all the human family the character
which i_ smooth in jour presence and behind your back draws the stilefcto of malice, none is more despicable or objec
tionable. Judas is the most spurned, and
yet pitiable, character in all scriptural
history
It is possible now by the revelations of
chrisii.iii science to trace disease and
diaguo. e it from the standpoint of sin
The g eat Physician said to the healed
one 'sin no more, lest a worse thing befall thee.'
(iiving is getting.
Priest
Photographer
Prinoeton
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Estimates Furnished—Cement, Wood
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SIMILKAMEEN GUIDES™* ™en;Tour'
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P  O   Box 17. Princeton,-B. C
FOR   SALE
$1000 each will buy three of the be<
business lots in Tulameen. B C. Act
buicklv, Applv 'Opportunity' Sitnilka-
meen Star, Princetou, B C.
IlilWlSN IITE1
D. McRAE, Proprietor
TULAMEEN,   B.C.
LIVERY IN CONNECTION
i Miners',   Prospectors'   and Travelers' Home
RATES : $1 to $2.50 per Day
THE GATEWAY TO THE
Tulameen Gold and Platinum Mines.
NEW BARBER SHOP
MRS. GERSING
Located    Between   the   Court
House and Post Office
FIRST-CLASS   WORK  GUARANTEED
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Over C. Willarson  & Co.'s store
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Watchmaker
1   Watch, Clock and   Jewelry repairing
promptly and neatly executed.
All Work Guaranteed.
Satisfaction given or money
refunded.
Careful attention given co   all
Mail   Orders.
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 fresh blood. Will sell very
cheap for cash, or will trade for cattle or
good young horses.   Apply to
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Okanagan Falls, B.C.
The Place to Meet
The Man You Know
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Horses for hire, single or double. Wood
or coal delivered on shortest notice.
Draying in all its branches. Prices right..
Satisfaction guaranteed.
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December   20.   19*5
FREE
Fine   Engraving
in   Sepia   of   the
Borden Cabinet for Readers
it of  the   "News=Advertiser."
EVERYONE wants a picture   of the   members  of the  Government of
Canada.   The "News-Advertiser" has had prepared forthe exclusive
use of its readers in this province a large engraved plate ot the Rt.
Hon. R. L. Borden aud his Misusers.
The group is redrawn from the latest photographs of the eighteen
Ministers, who compose the advisers of His Royal Highness the Governor
General It is printed in sepia on heaw hoard ready for framing, and
will be of the greatest educational value in the home, the school and
the library.
The Prime Minister, HON. R. L. BORDEN, occupies a central position,
and is shown standing at head of t_fe Council Table. Seated about him are
his colleagues.
Dimly in the background the features of Sir John Macdonald look down
on his successors.
How to Obtain the Picture
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Applications and remittances (cash must accompany order), must be
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.FAITH-
Fain would I hold my lamp of life aloft.
Like yonder tower built high above the
reef;
Steadfast,  though tempests rave or wind
blow soft;
•Clear, though the sky dissolve  in tears
of grief.
For darkness   passes,  storms   shall   not
abide;
A little patience and the fog is past.
After the sorrow of the ebbing tide,
The singing flood returns in joy at lasi
—Celia Thaxter.
SMILES-
*Yes, ma'am,' said Harry, the Hobo; 'I
know I look like a strong man, but out
of my fifty years of life I've spent over
sixty years in bed.'
'Why, you poor man,' replied the lady,
sympa hetically handing him a quarter;
What has been the trouble—pirahsi.?'
'No, ma'am,' said Harry, 'just a regular habit of sleeping eight hours a day,
ma'am.'
Though steel and gas and iron must
Divide the world.in parts,
Yet love controls the strongest trust—
The syndicate ot hearts.
'I presume you saw many interesting
si«hts while you were in the far east?'
'Oh, yes ' 'What do you lemember most
vivividly of all you saw?' 'Standard Oil
tanks.
'How old are \ou, Ethel?" 'I'm five,
n' mamma says if I'm good an' eats lots
ji oatmeal I 11 be six next birthday.
NOTICE.
The Kettle Valley Railway company
will apply to the Parliament of Canada
at its next session for an act:
1. Authorizing it to en.er into an
agreement with the Canadian Pacific
Railway company for any of the purposes
specified in Section 361 of the Railway
Act, and to lease its railway to the said
■company.
2. Authorizing it to lay out, construct
■and operate the following lines of railway:
(a) From a point on its present au
thorized line at or near Summers Creek
by the most feasible route to the Copper
Mountain and Voigt mining camps, situ
ate about 15 mile's southwest of Prince
ton, British Columbia.
(b) From a point at or near Vernon
in a southerly or southeasterly direction
by way of Kelowna and by the most feas
ible route to a point at or near Pentictou,
British Columbia.
(c) From the terminus of the branch
authorized by Section 2 (b) of Chapter
101 of the Statutes of 1911 in a northerly
and northwesterly direction, by the most
feasible route to the Otter Summit ahout
thirtv miles sou.h of Merritt, Briish Columbia.
(d) From   a   point   on   the   line de
scribed in  paragraph   2   (c) hereof, at or
near Tulameen westerly up the Tulameen
river; a distance ; f about 50  miles.   Brit
ish Columbia.
3. Extending the time within which
it may construct the railway .authorized
by Section 2 of Chapter 101 of the Statutes of 1911.
4. Authorizing it to issue houds in respect of the railways above mentioned.
And for other purposes.
Dated at Penlicton, B C, this 8lh day
of November, 1912
C   B  Gordon, Secretary.
Pringle. Thompson   & Burgess,   Ottawa,
Agents
The Brooke strain
Of Single Comb, White Leghorns
for  beauty and utility.    Address
Princeton Poultry Form
PRINCETON, B.C.
WATER NOTICE.
For a licence to store or pen back water.
-Noiice is,hereby given that The Tulameen
Gold & Platinum Ltd of 536 Hastings St. W. Vancouver, will apply for a licence to store cr pen
back 2500 acre-feet of water from Whipsaw
Creek, a stream flowing in a Kasterly direction
and emptying into the Similkameen River, near
Princeton, The Water willbe stored in a reservoir of required capacity built or to be built ^
mile from junction of creek and river and willbe
used for power purposes as authorised under a
notice of application for a licence to take and use
water ported herewith, on the land dt-s.ribed as
within a radius of 100 miles of Priucetoi.
This notice was posted on the ground on tht*
8th day of October, 1912. The application will be
filed in the office of the Wa.er Recorder at Ashcroft.
Objections may be filed with the said Water
Recorder or with the Comptroller of Water Rights
Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B. C.
THE TUT AMEEN GOLD & PLATINUM LTD.
Applicant
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RE 'OKANAGAN TELEPHONE COMPANY'S
ACT.
Notice is Hereby given that application will be
made to the legislative assembly of the province
of British Columbia at its next session for an a_:t'
to amend the Okanagan Telephone Company's;
Act,' being Chapter 55 of the Statutes of Hrilish
Columbia. 1907. in manner following:
1. By inserting after the word 'telephone' in
the second line of subsection (b"* of section 7 ofr
the said act, the words 'and telegraph;' and by
inserting before the word 'line,' in the fifth line
of said subsection (b) the words 'and telegrabh;'.
and by inserting between the word 'line' in the
fi^h line of said subsection (b), the woads'and
telegraph.'and by inserting between the words
,line' and 'along' in the said fifth line of said subsection (b), the words 'or lines.*
2. By amending subsection (d) of subsection
(4) of subsection (b) of section 7 of the sa'd act by
adding at the end thereof the words, 'or telegraph.'
3. By amending subclause (e) of subsection (4)
of subsection (b) of section 7tof the said act by
inserting between the Word 'telephone, and the
word 'system'the words 'or telegraph.*
4. By providing that section 98 of the 'Companies Clauses Act' be modified so that the 'ordinary meetings' of the company shall be held yearly instead oJ half-yearly.
5- By providing that section 104 of the 'Company Clauses Act' be modsfied so that seven members actually present and representing in person
or by proxy six-tenths of the subscribed capital of
the company shall constitutsa quorum.
6. By changing the name of the company from
"Okanrgan Telephone Company' to 'Okanagan
Telephone and Telegraph Company.
Generally, by making such further amendments
to the said act, in addition to those above set
forth as may be nccessaey to enable the Company
to construct, maintain and operate a line or lines
of telegraph as well as a telephone line or lines. -
Dated at New Westminster, B.C., this 12th day
of November. A.D. 1912.
WHITESIDE   &   EDMONDS.
Solicitors for the Okanagan Telephone Company.
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PROPRIETORS
Large and New buildin   , well Furnished and  Plastered ; Com-
fortable ; Quietude.
Sample   Rooms, spacious, in  hoteL
Hotel is situated near Great Northern Railway station
Vermilion Avenue,
Princeton, B.C.
D. M. FRENCH
Undertaker and
Funeral Director
All kinds of Coffins and Caskets on hand
Shop, Bridge St.. Princeton
WATER NOTICE.
For a licence to store or pen back   waitr-
Noti.e is hereby given that The Tulanuc-i
Gold & Platinum Ltd. of 536 Hastings Street W
\ ancouver. will apply for a licence to .tore < r
j.en back250,000 acre-fe. t of water from Similkameen River flowing in a northerly direcMon ainj
. mptyiug into the Okanogan 1 ivet near Oroville
The water will he stored in areservoii of required
capacity, built or to be built about J^ milt S <1
the junction of Copper Creek said river, and will
be used fo. power purposes as authorised under
a notice of application for a licence to take ar.d
use water, posted herewith, ou the laud descril*-
ed as within a radius of 100 miles of Princeton
This not'ee was posted on the ground on the
8th day cf October, 1012. The application will r»e
filed in the office of the Water Recorder at Ashcroft.
Objections may be filed  with  the sad Vater
Recorder   or   with    the Comptroller < f w at.T
Rights, Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B. C
THK TULAMJrCKN GOI.D & PLATINUM  LTD
Applicant
Bv K  E  Kmmons Agent
WATER NOTICE.
For a licence to take and use   water.
Notice is hereby given that The Tulaint-en
Gold & Platinum Ltd. of 536 Hasting's Strett W
Vancouver will apply for _ licence to lake and
use 300 cubic feet per second t f water out * f
Similkameen River which flows in a northerly
direction through The Similkameen and empties
into Okanogan River near Oroville.
The water will be diverted about one mile
North of the mouth of Copper Creek and will bt
used tor Power purposes on the land described
within a radius of 100 miles of Princetou
This notice was posted on the ground on the
8th day of October, iq_2. The application will be
filed iu the office of the Water Recorder at Ashcroft
Objections may be filed with  the said Water
Recorder or  wUh    the   Comptroller   of  Water
Rights, Parliament Buildings, Victoria  B   C
THE TULAMEEN GOLD &   PLATINM   LLU.
Applicant.
By E. E. Emmons, Agent.
WATER NOTICE.
For a licence to take and use water.
Notice is hereby given that The Tulameen
Gold & Platinum Ltd. of 535 Hasting's Street. W.
Vancouver will apply for a licence to take and
use 5 cubic feet per second of watt-r out of Copper Creek, which flows in an easterly direction
through Similkameen and empties into Similkameen River near Princeton.
The water will be diverted about 5^ mile fr< m
mouth <f Copper Cretk aud will be ustd lor
Mi.ncipal purposes on the land described as nn
application to Purchase 160 acres uf land at
mouth of Copper Creek.
This notice was posted on the ground on the
8th day of October, 1Q12. The application will I e
filed in the office of the Water Recorder at Ashcroft.
objections may be filed with  the said Water
Recorder   or with    the   Comptroller of Watt-r
Rights, Parliament Buildings, Victoria B  C
THE TULAMEEN GOLD & PLATINUM    Ltd.
Applicant
By E. E. Emmons Agent
NOTICE.
Mineral Act 1896—Form F
Certificate of Improvements.
Fissure Maiden, fractional mineral
claim. Situate in the Similkameen Mining Division of Yale District.
Where Located : On Siwash Creek,
(Five Mile Creek).
Take Notice that E. E. Coley—(The
Inland Development Co., Ltd., holding
F.M C. No. 53722BI—Free Miner's Certificate No 60858B; intend sixty day::
from the 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.
And   further take  notice  that action
under section   37,   must be commenced
before the issuance  of such certificate of
improvements.
Dated this 14th day of November, 1912.
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Can   You Guess 7
Of course, you can. But if you guess right, ornearlv so, a
handsome Christmas gift awaits you at our store.
We have placed iu our show window a sealed glass jar filled
with white navy beans. Nobody knows the exact number of beans
in the jar, but tbe person who guesses the exact number of beans
in the jar or a number nearest to the exact number will receive free
of charge:     One green plush upholstered bed lounge,  worth
$30 dollars.    The next nearest guess will receive: Oneplush covered
Morris chair, worth $14.00.    And the third nearest guess : One Big
Ben alarm clock, worth #3 00.
The  conditions of the  contest  are as follows:
1. The contest opens at 8 o'clock a.m. of December 14th   and  lasts
for ten days, until December 24th, inclusive.
2. The  contest   is   open to everybody except thniemployes of the
A. E. Howse Company.
3. Each dollar s   worth  of cash  purchase at our store   during  the
ten days of the contest entitles the customer to one guess ;
two dollars' worth, to two guesses ; three dollars' wurth to three
gusses; and so forth—or, jn other words, you can make as
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5 The contest will be closed at 10 o'clock p.m. of December
24th and right thereafter the beans in the glass jar will
lie counted and the prizes awarded to the winners.
A Merry Christmas and good will to all.
TheAE. HOWSE Co., Ltd.
PRINCETON.
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TWELVE YEABS AGO.
(From The Star, 1900.)
Luke Gibson and Charlie Richter were
hunting sheep, and each brought down a
big horn.
J. Charles Mcintosh, legal genius, and
James Anderson, of the Star, left on
Wednesday for Victoria.
Ice is in fine condition for skating on
Swan Lake.
Look out for the grand Christmas tree
entertainment to be held in the Harri_-
Mclntosh hall.
Jim D'Arcy and Bob Cramer are working steadily ou Tom Cole mountain on
the D'Arcy group.
The Christmas tree entertainment was
a grand success, the program being as
follows: Opening address, Dr. Whillans;
song, cOoir and audience, 'O, Come All
Ye Faithful; recitation, Miss M. Hager
man, 'Christmzs in the Antipodes;' duet,
Misses Hagerman, 'Merry Christmas
Bells;; recitation, Albert Irwin, 'Dead
Horse 011 the Tulameen;' recitation, Miss
Angela Allison, 'Lord TJllin's Daughter;'
duet, Mrs. and Miss Hagerman, 'Merry
Christmas;' recitation, Jas. Hislop; duet,
Mrs. Hagerman and Mrs. Gulliford,
'Write Me a Letter From Home;' song,
D. O. Day, 'A Soldier's Sweetheart;'
duet, Misses Hagerman, 'O Beautiful
Star;, recitation, James Hislop; address,
Judge Murphy; recitation, Miss Alice Allison, 'The Similkameen;' recitation,
Bilh Knight; song, Billy Knight, 'He
Never Come Back.'
DEALERS IN
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Lumber, Shingles, Lath, Builders'
I Hardware, Paints & Oils
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I     Plans and Estimates Furnished to Builders
.\ OFFICE: Vermilion Ave., near Station
'!• PRINCETON,  B.C.
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C        O       (~*00 Rf F0R   BENEF,T  0F  HOSPITAL
General MereSiam
Miners' Ouifiiter
Princeton, Granite Creek,
Coalmont
OLDEST ESTABUSHKD , ^   ^   ^   ^   ^
IN  THE
PRINCETON OPERA HOUSE
BE LIGIOUS SEBVICES.
Presbvle.ian church services.—Sunday
school and bible class, 2.30 p m. Evening
service in the court house at 7 30 "..Subject
Christmas service, 'Peace on Earth.'
Methodist services—East Princeton,  3
p.m.;  parsonage,   Piinceton,   7:30   p.m
Anglican church services  next Sunday
in the English Church at 11 o'clock a.m.
an 1 7.30 pin.    Next Wednesday, Christ
mis day, service will be   held  at II a.m
Christian   Science   lesson-sermon  sub-
j ject next Sunday:    Ts the Universe,   In
clii'ling Man, Evolved bv Atomic Force?'
I have made the earth, and created   man
upon it:  I. even my hands have stretched
I out the heavens,, and all thtir  host have
J I commanded.—Isaiah 45: I2-
"MODEL"
PRINCETON, B. C.
General Freight Delivers—Cunlraits
T*il.-n—Cud hauled prouipilv.
Variety   of   Rigs—Good   Roadsters—
Big Stables—Courteous Attention
to all Customers.
BKOOMFEflMGHRRESON
Grand Annual
Masquerade Ball
.lure Sliow
Dignan Bros.
Complete change of program Monday, Wednesday, Frida}-. Good,
Clean Entertainment. Nothing to
offend.
II our .-how pleases you, tell others; If not, quietly tell us.
Cor. Bridge and Angela Street.
Prices:
Children 15c. Adults 25c
Tickets,  $1.00  admitting   one   person
only. Children   50c. ;    no   children
masked. Comtneuce 9 pm.
Supper  at the   Hotel Princetou. $1.00
each.
Tickets on sale at all the stores.
M S. BCttBBai
Graduate Optician
Watches,  Clocks
Jewelry
Fine Watch Repairing
a Specialty.
Op. Similkameen Hotel
►PRINCETON    -*•---    B.C.
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Oiler
TULAMEEN, B. C.
Good Fishing, Boating
Mining Center
Mrs. L J. Henderson
PRORIETOR
HOTEL TULAMEEN
KIRKPATRICK & MALONK
propr'ieto-s
Modern in Equipment and
In All Its Appointments!!
BATH ROOflS, ETC.
Commercial.* Sample _* Rocm
GOOD ATTENTIVE SERVICE
Headquarters for Mining Men
Hotel Princeton
P. SWANSON, Prop.
Now completed   on   site  of the old
Great   Northern.    Only   brick
hotel iti Siuuilkameen.     A
first class house.
First Class room and board
Wines, Liquors, Cig'._s
PRINCETON,
B.C.
NOTICE
TO DELINQUENT CO-OWNER.
To ORKN B. SMITH—Take notice that unless
you do pay, within 91 da\ s from the date hereof,
the sum of $3^3. being your proportion, cf the
expenditure required for the years igii. and 1912
by Section 34 of the Mineral Act. upon the Iude-
ntMidence group of min-ral claims, Bute, Boston
Bank, Redwing, Buckhoru, Copper, Eureka.
Nickle, Independence, situate at the head of
Bear Creek in the Similkameen mining division,
together with interest and all costs of this notice,
to the undersiscm-d, your co-partner in the paid
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 20th day of December, 1912.
Synopsis of Coal Mining Regulations.
COAIy 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 $1, an acre. Not more than
2,66o acres will be leased to one applicant.
Application for a lease must be made by the
applitcant in person to the Agent or Sub-Agent
of the district in which tl e rights applied for
are situated.
In surveyed territory the land must be described by sections, cr legal sub-division of
sections,and in unsurveytd territory the tiact
applit-d for shall be staked out by the applicant
himself
Each application must be accompanied by «
fee of $5. which wtll be refuuded 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 rei urns accounting for
the full, quanity of merchantabl e coal mined
and pay the royalty therecn. If the ccal
mining rights are not being operated, such
returns should be furni.hed at least once a
year.
The lease will include the coal mining rights
onlv, but the lease may be permitted t^ purchase whatever available surface tights may
be considt red necessary for the working of the
mine at the rat** of $10.00 an acre.
For full information application should be
made to the Secrstary of the Departmeut of
the Interior, Ottawa, or to any Agent cr Sub-
Agent of Dominion Linds
W   W.CORY
Deputy Minister of the Interior.
N. B.—Unauthorized publication    of   this ad-
vertisment will not be paid for.
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December   20,   wic
Princeton Coal and Land
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In the center of a coal and ore producing dis=
trict, 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
E. WATERMAN, Resident Manager.
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