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Steaming and Domestic Coal—Princeton Coal is best.
Dig, if you want to tap the fountain of life, happiness.
14th Year   No. 3
PRINCETON, B.C., FRIDAY, JANUARY, 17, 1913.
PER YEAR!: $2, Cash
Single Copy, 5c
Winter Sports and Slimmer Fishing, Bunting; Tourists' Resort
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PROVINCE IS SECOND
WIN BIG MINERAL
OUTPUTJ
UNLIMITED RESOURCES
B.C. Copper Co. Active on the
Mineral  Properties
Bonded...
Willi a total output of some $[03,220,-
994 worth of minerals, B.C. stands second
ani'tig the ire producing provinces of
. an (da for 1911. The output averages
#14 42 per capita pit the year. For 1912
B C Miielter receipts, compiled to Nov
16, show a total of 1 984 376 tons, an increase of 20 per cent, for ilit- same period
in 1911. The 1912 increase over last year
is about 30 per cent. The total value of
all metals .nined in B C to date is
$430,000,000.
The annual special mining number of
t'le Nelson Daily News is a mine of in-
f>rniation. The     review   covers   the
Kootenays, Boundary and Similkameen.
The editing is by L B Reynolds, who is
a careful and well qualified writer on
mining matter. The N.lson. Daily News
has shown commendable public spirit in
thus giving so valuable information in
such, good form.
Advices received   this week   from New
York   by   Sharp   and    Irvine,    who   are
closely   in   touch   with   the  British  Col
umbia  Copper   company   officials,   stal
that the conference between the company
and E. L   Voigt, relative to the confinu
auce of the option   held   by   the   British
Columbia Copper company on  the Voigt
mines,    has   not    \et    been    concluded.
Opinion  is divided  among mining men
familiar   with  ' the    situation    at   Voigt
mines, but  the majority of them are iu
clined to believe that the option will net
be  allowed to lapse  and  that  the bond
eventually   will' be  taken  up—Phoenix
Pio.tieer.
E. Hibbert ,jyho has been superin
tendent of the Mother Lobe mine of the
Lritish Columbia Copper compan3', will
shortly leave for the east to take charge
of a mine at Sudbury, Ontario.
The B.C. Copper Co. is removing
mining and prosp.cting plant from Voigt
camp to bond covered claims on copper
mountain and is employing a force of
about 70 men.
Mining engineer Weekes and wife
arrived last Saturday and went to Voigt
camp, the former tq resume his duties for
the B.C  Copper Co.
The following claims haye been bonded
by the"CB.C. Copper Co., all of which are
' principally held by local parties : Ada B
Ala  B  Fraction, Silver Dollar, Princess
j Maud,   Annie   L    Red   Ea^le, ' Triangle
Friction, Lone Star Fraction.
Flegel v. B.C. Copper Co., is an injunc-
ion  action issued'through the Supreme
court, Vancouver. «_?§.•
Gus Pouwels aud Charlie Bonniver
are down from the Red Star, Roche
river, on which they have been tunnelling and drifting They report the same
good quality of or_e wherever they prospect. The Roche river district will be
tapped by the transp'ovintial .trunk road
and that will give a big impetus to the
mining of that section.
The Princeton Coal and land Co , are
shipping about an average of seven cars
daily, and the coal is giving verv good
satisfaction among many new consumers
at the coast. When there are improve 1
railway facilities the Princeton Coal &
Land Co. will be obliged to increase the
present output immensely.
TRADE   OF CANADA
RUNS TO BILLION
DOLLARS.
COUNTRY PROSPEROUS
Dominion Doubles Business in
Six Years and Still
Agoing.
DEBATING  SOCIETY.
-- There was an highly appreciative and
cultured audience ac the lecture given by
the Rev. R J. McLean, in Oddfellow's
hall, Wednesday evening. The Literary
and Debating Society have begun well.
The subject on the lecture, ' Ireland and
its people' could not have been 111
'.ru-.ted with a better exponent of. Irish
history and milesian character. Humor
pathos and a review of the national life
were blended into a symmetrical whole b\
1 native son. T. J Guinan followed the
lecturer touching on the political and
religious conditions, and comp'imeniing
the speaker for his fair ana unbiassed ex
position of the subject. J. D Audta-
nccupied the chair, introduced the
iecturer and presented him with a vote
thanks.
BASSET BALL GAME
Youth and agihtv had their innings
last night at the basket ball match Boys
v. Boys and Girls v Girls, There was
a good attendance notwithstanding two
other attractions Judging from the
play and lineup there is a lot of good
athletic material in Princeton which
only needs cultivation and practise to
develop into first class players. Following
are the names of those taking part in the
games:—White collars, Misses Edna
Lyall, Evans, Pavey, Burpee, Mrs
Joundry.
All Blues—Misses Millie Schisler, M.
Scott, Knudson, Wilms, Layton. Score,
6 to 4 in favor of all bines.
. Boys v. Boys—O'Brien Legg,Williams,
Waddell, Kirbv, Sheen Hill, Pietrie,
McDougal, McCurdy—the Boys won 19
to 10.
Canada's total trade for the twelve
months of the past year passed the
billion dollar mark by a little over five
and a half million dollars. Final or
detailed figures will not be available for
some weeks yet, bnt the returns received
so far by the Trade and Commerce and
Customs departments show that the
billion dollar mark has been well passed.
As compared with the Dominion's trade
for 1911 this represents a gain of nearly
$189,000,000 or 23 per cent. Imports for
the past 12 months totalled approximately
$654,000,000, while exports amounted
to nearly $352,000,000. The gain in imports was nearly $140,000,000. while ex
poits increased by nearly $49,000,000.
Only one country in the world rivals
Canada in the percentage of trade growth
during the past few years, namely,
Argentina. By the end of the fiscal vear
it is expected that Canada will have
reached tenth place among the countries
of the world in respect of total trade.
The Dominion's trade has doubled with
in the past six years and trebled within
the past thirteen years.
SNOW AND FUR.
Dick Fitzgerald came down from his
trap line along the Hope summit, and
reports seven feet of snow at the head of
thesouth fork of Granite Creek, and at
' 45 ' about six feet. ' Deer are plentiful
around the Powder camp, an unusually
high altitude for them at this time of the
vear. Trees have broken down in large
numbers obscuring the Hope trail alto
gether in places.« So far this year he has
caught 9 lynx, 3 fisher and I otter
Few coyote are seen.
To  keep salt from caking,  put a few
grains of rice in the salt cellar.
The  widow  who   marries  the   second
lime dosen't deserve to be one.
HOCKEY OFFICERS.
A meeting was held last week when the
following ofi_c_rs of Princeton Hockey
Club were^lecte-d for the season of 1913 :
President, K. C. Brown; 1st vicepresident,
P. Swanson ; 2nd vicepresident, F. A.
Howse; secretary and treasurer, J. C.
Robertson ; manager, J. Kynoch. A
captain will be chosen later. Colors,
blue and white. The first match will be
played today at Tulameen ; the lineup
not yet being selected the sporting
editor will give names later.
BANK OF MONTREAL.
95th Annual General Meeting.
Amongst those present were :—Messrs.
R B. Angus, Sir Thomas Shaughnessv,
Sir W. McDonald, Senator R. Mackay,
D F. Angus, W F. Angus, H. V. Mere-
d'th, J. J. Reid, W. R. Miller, C. R.
Hosmer. Bartlett McLennan, E. B.-
Greftnshields.
The president, R. B. Angus, called upon
Mr. H. V. Meredith, general manager, to
present the Annual Report of the directors
to the shareholders, showing the result of
the bank's business for the \ ear ended
31st October, 1912 :—
Balance bf Profit and Loss Account,
31st October, .1911, $1,855 18536; Proffts
for the year ended 31st October. igiV,
after deducting charges of management,
and making full provison for all had and
doubtful debts, $2.5^.408.76 ; Premiums
on New Stork, $834.32250; Dividends
and Bonuses, $,1,894,101.68; Amount
credited to Rest Account, $r,000.000 00 ;
Amount credited to Contingent account,
$r,000,000.00 ; Amount expended on
Bank Premises during year, $511,000 00 ;
Balance of Profit and Loss carried forward
$802 814 94 ; Total Assets. $236,927,519 37.
Branches have opened at p.'ints in the
following provinces, viz.:—In Ontario,
Widsor; Quebec, Thetford Mines Granby,
Lachine, Magog, St. Lawrence [Montreal], Maisonneuve [Montreal]j North
West. Plum Coulee, Man , Swift
Current, Sask , Red Deer, Alta., Ogden
Shops [Calgary, Alta.], East End [Calgary. Alta ] ; British Columbia—Port
Albernia, Princeton, "North Vancouver,
Sappetton, Iveimere.
At a special meeting of the shareholders, held on the 18th of June, 1912,
an increase of $9,000,000 to the capital
stock of the bank was authorized, making
the total authorized capital $25,000,000.
With deep regret the directors have to
record the death of their esteemed Vice-
president, Sir Edward S. Clouston, Bart.,
who had been a member of the board and
vice president for seven years, and who
had held the position of general manager
for upward of twenty-one years.
LOCAL AND GENERAL-
Warren J Rabourn, a young man of 17
vears, height 5 ft 10 inches, is wanted by
his father Any information will be
gladly received by the Secretary of the
Secretary of tbe local lodge of Oddfellows.
Tell it not in Gath. There is going to
be big things doing in Princeton this
year.
Const  Rogers will take an Austrian, by )
name  Gibbitch,   to the  asylum at Ney
Westminster.
The  Literary   and   Debating   Soci
will hold their next meeting on Wjedtj
day   evening   22nd   inst.,  and   on   e
subsequent Wednesday evening.      *q
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THE     SIMILKAMEEN      ST AH
January 17. 1913
THE WIDE WORLD.
There are 4899 automobiles in use in
British Columbia.
To make a beefsteak beautifully tender
rub a little vinegar well into it half-an-
hour before cooking. No matter how
tough the steak may be, this will make
it tender, and add to the flavor.
Hon. Price Ellison announced at the
irrigation convention at Vancouver, on
Jan. 10, that the government would give
substantial aid to irrigation. He said he
favoured a policy of lending public money
for this purpose.
Bring up a child to observe the or
dinary usages of good society, to be
careful of the feelings and rights of
others, never to intrude, never to listen
to tackle, always to consider others
before itsetf, and show it by unfailing
example that such behaviour is expected
The Royal Bank of Canada has estab
lished a branch at Fort George.
The American Can Company has leased
land from the C.P.R., and is arranging to
establish a can factory in Vancouver at
once. The investment will total $750,000,
• The P. Burns & Co.'s packing plant
was burnt to the ground last Sunday
night, at Calgary. There were 20 000
carcases in storaee, and their los.'hvill
cause shortage in meat. Total loss will
pt-obably exceed $2.000,000.
The British Isles have been swept with
heavy   gales    and    blizzards. Many
shipping accidents are reported.
Miss Louise Callard. Calgary, a pretty
school teacher, was awarded by a jurv,
$20,000 in a breach oc promise case
against, M J. Armstrong.
A Welsh Presbyterian church has been
organized in Vancouver, with an initial
membership of nearly 200.
There are 4896 automobiles in use in
British Columbia.
flesh ;     happiness   is    the   offspring   of
eternal spirit—God.
Cheer up ! hell is your own making,
and heaven is yours for the seeking. Fatalism is a myth.
It would give our pride and self conceit
■a bad jolt to know the reason why people
pity us.
Good manners are based on the as
sumption that all men are created equal
—any boor may eat correctly but have an
offensive manner.
PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE.
Money and social position count for
nothing if thev are not accompanied by
those qualities which command respect
and friendship.
.The person who tries to please everybody is on the same plane with one who
does not care to please anybody—they do
not enter into the true philosophy of life
and hence are unhappy.
No one can withdraw from the various
activites of life without injury to himself.
To be miserly is to be miserably.
It is easv to accuse and find fault and it
is only the guilty who do it. Before
sweeping your neighbor's doorstep make
sure there is not a speck on yours.
Pleasure   is   born   of   the senses,  the
J. W. KANSKY
Carpenter and Builder,
Jobbing and Shop worh.
Store  Fronts,  Doors, Windows,
Furniture  repaired and made,
Upholstering Work.
Bridge S_. & Halliford Av
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Dignan Bros.
THE CANADIAN BANK
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CAPITAL, $15,000,000 REST, $12,500,000
MONEY  ORDERS    |
Issued by The Canadian Bank of Commerce, are a safe, convenient and
inexpensive method of remitting small sums of money. These Orders,
payable without charge at any bank in Canada (except in the Yukon
Territory) and in the principal cities of the United States, are issued at
the following1 rates:
$5 and under     3 cents
Over     5 and not exceeding $10     6     "
"      10       " " 30 10     "
"     30       " " 50 15     "'
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REMITTANCES   ABROAD
should be made by means of our SPECIAL FOREIGN DRAFTS and MONEY
ORDERS.    Issued without delay at reasonable rates.
J. D. ANDRAS,   Manager, PRINCETON BRANCH
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Complete change of program Mon
day,   Wednesday,   Friday.    Good,    £
Clean Entertainment     Nothing to
offend.
I( onr show pleases vou, tell others; If not, quietly tell us.
Cor. Bridge and Angela Street.
Prices:
Children 15c. Adults 25c
$M$. Bel-nan
Graduate Optician
Watches,  Clocks
Jewelry
Fine Watch Repairing
a Specialty.
Op. Similkameen Hotel
PRINCETON     -     -    -     -
B C.
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Ashnola liiisli
Come and make your choice now.
Lots selling from $25.00 to $100.00
Fire,   Life   and  Accident
Insurance
McLean St
Meal Estate
Princeton
OF CANADA
Incorporated in  1869
Head Office— Montreal, One.
CAPITAL   PAID   UP-$11,500,000.
Reserye-$ 12,500,000 Total Asset_-$ .75,000,000
A General Banking Business Transacted.    Savings Department
in Connection.    Accounts of Out of Town Customers
Receive Careful Attention.
J. C. ROBERTSON, Manager Princeton Branch
| Fresh Beef, Pork, Mutton, Fish and
1 Cured Pork and Fish
IN LARGE VARIETY
BEST   HAMS   and   BACON
I P.   BURNS  & Co.,  Ltd.
General Meat Dealers.
BARGAINS IN SLEIGHS   ance^ouVsrock'of 'sleighs,
we are now offering  them  at
very low prices.
BABY SLEIGHS, regular $7.50 to $12.00, now $5.75 to £9.00
HAND SLEIGHS, regular $1.50 to $2.60, now $1.15 to 1.75
DOLL SLEIGHS   regular $1.75 and $2.00 now $1.25 and $1.50
Don't miss this chance to get a cheap sleigh.
A. L Willie's Ftirittire Store
Subscription for Star $2 a Year
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THE     SIMILKAMEEN    STAR
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
Eric Anderson has gone to Chesaw,
Wash., and may reside there for some
considerable   time. Personally   and
socially a good fellow Eric, will be much
missed in musical and fraternal circles.
The Owl Skating rink is well patronized this year, and the ice is kept in
good condition by Manager Coutlthard.
Chief Constable Dinsmore was in town
Tuesday on official business.
Burns [Rabbie], the immortal bard of
Scotland, born Saturday, 25th January,
I759- The day is usually observed by
admirers of nature's poet in a feast of
heggis and flow of soul.
Snow blockades and blizzards with 40
deg. below zero on the praries. Compare
that with the calm bracing atmosphere of
the Similkameen.
The 'Hard Times' ball last Friday
night, in Irwin hall, was well attended
and all enjoyed the fun. The grotesque
clothes worn fully demonstraied the hard
times nature of the ball.
J. D. Lumsden. a former esteemed
citizen of Princeton, has established in
Vancouverr a large business in wholesale
lime, cement, &c , keeping six teams and
a large four ton auto delivering. Mr.
Lumsden, many friends will be pleased
to learn, has prospered also in his speculations and is making good generally.
Hockey match at Tulameen and dance
tonight at Motel Otter Flat belong to the
day's doings.
The ice crop is looking good, and the
harvest promises to be sufficient for the
thirsty outs during the heated term next
summer.
Tobogganing and ski jumping, skating
and sleighing are popular pastimes now.
There is usually little to complain
about meetings clashing as to dales. It
is well always to «nuounce dates at Ifca'St
two weeks in advance and then only after
consultation with as many citizens as
possible. A small town has difficulty in
producing one audience a night. This
has no reference to fixed dates of permanent exhibitions.
Mrs B.Wilcx, has been visiting her
brothers, Dr. and Thos. Lavalley in Pott-
land, Ore. The weather was mild but
very wet while she was there.
A bird, left over from last summer, has
been roosting all winter around the old
S;ar building It proves the mildness
of this climate when a summer bird stays
here and is quite chirpy even when tie
thermometer is dangling around freezo.
WOOD FOR SALE.
Dry or green wood  in  cord or carload
lots.    Orders left ct Len Huston's.
Perkins & Allison.
The
SPECIALS.
agency  of the   Kootenay  Steam
Laundry has been transferred from the
A. E. Howse Co. to Len Huston. Laundry basket will leave Princeton Mondays.
Anyone wishing to send laundry kindly
leave at Len Huston's, Cigars & News.   *
WEIR, THE TAILOR—-Metropolitan
styles, Ai goods. Weir 'builds' clothes to
fit 3-our form. To be well dressed and
clean are mighty factors of comfort and
success. Weir cleans clothes. In the
building next the Royal 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.
SALESMEN WANTED, calling at
country points to sell the Wonder
Burner. Hustlers < an make $10 a day.
Address J. M. KAINS & CO., 1100 Hamilton Street, Vancouver, B C.
Dissolution of Partnership.
HOTEL ARRIVALS.
Hote . Princeton.
C. J. Wilson, Vernon ; B. F. Tilsley,
M.J. H. Whitehouse, C. Kouniz, E. W.
Cundy, Spokane ; A. Frembd, R. D.
Brug.C. W. Werenhoff, Tulameen; Thos.
R. Williams, J. T. Rvan, R. J. Hill,
Coalmont ; B. M. Ouimette, Voigt camp ;
I. A. Dinsmore, Geeenwood ; J. P.
Watson, Nelson ; Robt. Strachan, Merritt ; T. J. Duncan, Passburg, Alta. ; Mrs.
Allice, Vancouver; .W.J. Budd, Calgary.
Tulameen Hotei,
J. McNeil, Granite Creek; T. Reese,
One Mile ; G. Ellis, Swift Current ; Mrs-
Catlett, H. Bailey, Coalmont; Paul
Boyne, John'Danahue, Copper Mountain ;
Dick Fitzgerald, Twelvemile; Walter
McDonald, G. A. Riddell, Hedle\ ;
Evan Thomas, Tulameen.
Similkameen Hotel.
C. W. Anderson, Oroville ; A. T. Ligra-
ham, Frank Barber, Road camp; A. D.
Wargon, W. M. Sloan, Coalmomt; John
Lodge. Hedley ; M Spangler, D. Tiffany,
K. V. Survey ; W. A. McLean, T PR.
road; Gus Pouwels, Chas. Bonniver,
Roche river; W. H. Webster, Nelson ;
Geo  McLeod, Tulameen.
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 tht
said partnership are to be paid to C V.
Prosser, at Priuceton, B C, and all claims
against the said parlut-rstiip ate to be
presented -to the said C V.Prosser, by
whom the same will-be settled.
Dated at Piinceton, B.C., this 14th da\
of December, A.D 191 2
E  F Thompson,
C  V  Prosser.
Witness:    J. B   Wood.
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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 Profits   -   $16,000,000.00
SAVINGS   BANK DEPART/TENT
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
PRINCETON BRANCH
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LEAVES MERRITT Monday,   Wednesday   and   Friday   on   arrival  of
Tiain from Vancouver.
FOR SPECIAL RATES AND APPOINTMENTS APPLY
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PROMPT ATTENTION GIVEN.
NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that on and
after January ist, 1913, the following
Water Rate will come into effect:
All  Private   Dwelling  Houses $1.50
per month.
Baths   (private)   25   cents  each   per
month.
Other  Rates will   remain   as   before,  a
schedule   of which   may be seen at any
time at the office.
PRINCETON WATER WORKS Co.' j
Ltd.,
Stephen Freeman,
Secretary. •
Princeton, B.C.,
December 20th, 1912.
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 THE     SIMILKAMEEN     STAR
January 17. 1913
THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR
(j. n. wrioht)
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
At PRINCETON, B.C., by
Princeton  Printing and Publishing Co.
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later than Wednesday.
LEGISLATION NEEDED.
The provincial legislature began
its labors yesterday for the year
1913. There is a lot of legislation
that is important and therefore necessary for the advancement of tbe
iuterests of tbe province. No more
weighty matter will raquire deliberation than that of redistribution.
The increase of population «s revealed by the last census demands
increased representation. Some
constituencies have outgrown the
principle of rep. by pop. to snch
proportions as to force a readjustment. Constitutional government,
as it is in Canada, equalizes the
rights and burdens of the people,
giving them a fair and proportional voice in the government of the
country. Some constituencies are
as they now stand unwieldy, and
at much comparative disadvantage
in this respect. In regard to the
Similkameen it could easily be laid
out to conform to symmetrical lines
and include within its boundaries
all the towns at present contained
in this electoral district. In the readjustment of boundaries it would
be well to follow the county system
prevalent in the east. A county
town in a central location with all
the offices for the conduct of public
business would be a great convenience. As it is now Kamloops,
Fairview, Nicola, Ashcroft and
Princeton all share in the business
connected with land, public works,
mining, &c. One is often puzzled
to know at which place his special
business can be transacted. With
Princeton, say, as the county town
legistration and all other business
could be done under one roof
uickly, simply and without loss of
time or expense running from one
oflice to another as at present.
The administration of justice is in
need of regulation and should be
brought uptodate as compared with
otl.er provinces. The care of
prisoners, travelling expenses in
connection thereof, labors of same,
and jail accommodation are all
matters for remedy. Magisterial
I trials entail a large amount of labor
and time without remuneration to
those performing the duty To
relieve    magistrates    ol    onerous
services and unsatisfactory conditions resulting from lack of systematic regulation, some provision
should be made for frequent courts
presided over by a stipendiary
magistrate. Justice, sure and
swift, is the best help that can be
given toward contentment and
business stability of the people.
Once let cofidence be shaken in our
judical system tbe whole commercial and social fabric will totter.
Slow, expensive, wearying justice
breeds contempt if not anarchist
sentiments. The fugitive debtor
and the common deadbeat who are
always fortified with a hard luck
story ought to have justice handed
them quickly, protecting the person
who honestly conducts a rredit
business. Small debts are the curse
of any occupation, owing to tbe
expense of collecting. Some legislation is necessary to redress tbe
wrong inflicted by expensive justice.
NOTES  AND  COMMENTS.
The middleman toils not nor
spins—except yarns. Eliminate
the non-producing middleman and
the high cost  of living  must  drop
some.
Winter sports will he a great
attraction for visitors when there is
a railway connection with the big
coast cities. What could be more
invigorating to those living in a
dull climate than a sojourn in a
clear, bracing atmosphere with
snow and ice for rigorous pastime ?
Among our exchanges the other
day one boiler plate newspaper
prints a cut ot General Kooth, to
which is appended these words:
'Whose chances of regaining his
eyesight are rapidly diminishing/
Our keen-eyed scribe looked twice
at the words, wondering if the
old General bad recrossed the
' great divide.' The mystery was
solved when it. was seen to be
boiler plate, such has the defunct
Courier used to print. A boiler
plate newspaper cannot be uptodate because the plate is often
delayed a month or two by snow-
slides and mudslides. Who wants
boiler plate news?
Britain and Germany are now
working hand in hand to maintain
the peace of Europe at the conference in London. If the jingoes
will only keep quiet now, permanent
resules may be obtained, and Europe
once more restored to normal conditions. And who shall say the
dawn of universal peace is not at
hand.
According to the treasury department at Washington, DC, the
population of the United States
at New Year was 96,496,000. Tbe
law requires currency in circulation
at the rate of $34.76 per head. It
takes coin to run a populous
country.
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TULAMEEN,  B.C.
LIVERY IN CONNECTION
'Miners',   Prospectors'   and Travelers' Home
RATES : $1 to $2.50 per Day
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A fine opportunity for a live man.
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VIENNA BOARDING HOUSE.
Room? and firstclass board by the day,
week or month. Street in rear of court
house. MISS  SCHOTZKO.
CEMENT PEODUCTION.
The production of cement in Canala
during the past few years though all
classed as Portland, has included and output of Puzzolan cement, made from the
blast furnace slag at Sydney, N.S., and a
small production of " natural Portland "
made at Babcock, Manitoba, 75 Imiles
southwest of Winnepeg ou the Canadian
Northern Railway. The total quantity
of cement made in Canada during 1911,
as per reports received frcm the manufacturers, was 5 677 539 barrels of 350 pounds
net each, or 993,569 tons as compared
with 4,396,282 barrel., or 769.349 tons,
made iu 1910—an increase of 128,125
barrels or over 29 per cent, states the
report of Mr. J. McLeish, B. A, chief of
the division of mineral resources and
statistics.
The total production of Portland cement in 1911 was 5,692.915 barrels, or
831.946 tons, in 1910, an increase of
938.940 barrels, or nearlv 28 percent
The   total   production of Portland cement  in  1910, including Canadian  and
imported  cement,   was 6,354,831  barrels
I of 350 pounds net, or  1,112,095 tons, as
i compared with 5,103.285 barrels, or tons
in   1910—or   an    increase    of   1,251,546
j barrels or nearly 25 per cent.
i     The cement industrv has been radidly
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is now exceeded  in value amongst  non
mettallic   pioducts    by   coal   and   clay
products onlv,
An average of 3 010 men were em
ployed in 1911, the total wages paid
being reported as $2,103,838.
The increase in annual production
since 1905 has been nearly four-fold.
The production per capita in 1911 was
about 278 pounds, as against onlv 79
pounds in 1905. The approximate consumption per capita has increased during
the same period from 115 pounds to 310
ponnds.
A similar rapid increase both in consumption has taken place in the United
States, where the annual productu n now
exceeds 75,000,000 barrels.
The production per capita in the
United States was in 1910 about 332"
pounds, as against 204 pounds in 1905.
•The production of cement in 1911 was
derived from 24 operating plants having
a total daily cap;icitj' of $28,281, the operating plants being distributed as follows:
one in Nova Scotia, using blast furnace
slag ; one in Manitoba making a natural
Portland cement ; one in British Columbia ; three in Alberta ; three in Quebec,
using limestone and clay ; and fifteen
in Ontar o, of which twelve use marl and
three limestone.
Of the total quantity of cement made
in 1911, 1,626,857 barrels were made
from marl and 4.050.6S2 barrels from
limestone and slag. Iu 1910 there were
1,214,479 barrels made from marl and
3,881,803 barrels from limestone and slag.
Practical^ all the newer plants erected
during the last few years have been
limestone plants. The proportion of
cement made from marl in 1908 was
about 45 per cent, of the total output, as
compared with about 28 per cent in
1911.
PERCY W, GREGORY
Assoc. Mem. Can. Soc. C.B.
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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Photographer
Princeton
J. KNUDSON
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promptly and neatly executed.
All Work Guaranteed.
Satisfaction given or money
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Careful attention given co   all
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General Livery business carried on
Horses for hire, single or double. Wood
or coal delivered on shortest notice.
Draying in all its branches. Prices right
Satisfaction guaranteed.
FOR   SALE
$1000 each will buy three of the bes
business lots in Tulameen, B C. Act
buicklv, Applv 'Opportunity' Similka-
tneen Star, Princetou, B.C.
PRINCETON   LODGE
I.O.O.F. No. 5a.
Regular meetings. 8 p
m., Thursdays,
Sojourning brethren welcome.    Hall situate in
Howse Bldgs cor. Bridge St. and Vermilion Ave.
P. Russell, I,. Marston,
Noble Grand Secretary.
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 THE     SIMILKAMEEN
FREE
Fine   Engraving
in   Sepia   of   the
Borden Cabinet for Readers
of  the   "News=Advertiser."
EVERYONE wants a  picture   of the   members   of the   Government of
Canada.   The "News-Advertiser" has had prepared for the exclu-ive
use of its readers in this province a large engraved plate ot the Rt.
Hon. R. L. Borden aud his Ministeis.
The group is redrawn from the latest photographs of the eighteeu
Ministers, who compose the advisers of His Royal Higune.s the Governor-
General. It is printed in sepia on heavy board ready for liaming, and
will be of the greatest educational value iu the home, the school ami
the libiary.
The Prime Minister, HON. R. L. BORDEN, occupies a central position,
and is shown standing at head of the Council Table. Seated ai>_ul him ate
his colleagues.
Dimly in the background the features of Sir John Macdonald look down
on his successors.
How to Obtain ihe Picture
This fine engraving, cf which a limited number have been prepared,
will be sent
FREE OF CHARGE
to new subscribers, or to old subscribers who renew their sup.crij tions for
one year (3.00).
For out of town subcnbers the picture will be tubed and postage prepaid.
Non-subscribers may obtain copies on pav ment of 50 cents. If mail.d,
ten cents extra fcr tubing and postage.
Applicatious and remittances (cash must accompany order), must be
tnade to
The Circulation flanager
I News=Advertiser," Vancouver, B.C.
NOTICE.
The Kettle Valley Railway company
will apply 10 the Parliament of Canada
al us next session for an act:
1. Authorizing it to einer 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 rail
way:
(a) From a point on its present authorized line al or near Summers Creek
by the most feasible route ro the CoppV.
Mountain and Voigt mining camps, situ
ate about 15 miles southwest of Prince
ion, British Columbia.
' (h) From a poiut at or near Vernon
in a southerly or southeasterly direction
by way of Kelowna and by the most fe'as
lble route to a point at or near Peutictou,
British Columbia
le) From the terminus of the branch
authorized by Section 2 lb) of Chapter
loi of the Statutes of ion in a northerly
i .id northwesterly direction, by the most
easible route to the Otter Summit about
h 1 rly miles sou.h of Merritt, British Columbia.
(A)    From   a   point   on   the  line described in  paragraph   2  (c) hereof, at or
near Tulameen westerly up the Tulameen
ver, a distance of about 50  miles,   Brit-
h Columbia.
3. Extending the time within  which
may construct the  railway  authorized
y Section 2 of Chapter 101 of the  States of 1911.
4. Authorizing it to issue bonds in res'; ect of the railways above mentioned.
And for other purposes.
Dated at Penticton, B C, this 8th day
ol November, 1912
C. B. Gordon, Secretary.
Pringle, Thompson   &  Burgess,   Ottawa,
Agents.
The Bpoohe strain
Of Single Comb, White Leghorns
for  beauty and utility.    Address
Princeton Poultry form
PRINCETON,   B. C.
WATER NOT.CE.
For a licence to store or pen  back water.
Notice is hereby given that The Tulameen
Gold & Platinum Ltd of 536 Hastings St W Vancouver, will apply for a licence to store or pei:
back 2500 acic-fe.t of w.iur irom Whipsaw
Creek, a stream flowing in a Kastei ly direct.oi
and emptying iut._ tht- Siniilkameen Kiver, uca
Princeton, The Water will be s'"rtd tu a rer>ei
voir of required capacity built or to be built %
mile from junction of creek aud river and willbe
used for power purposes as authorised under a
notice of application foi a licence to take and 11st
water posted herewith, ou tne laud dts.ribtd as
wiihin a radius of 100 miles of P; luceton
l'nis notice was posted on the ground on the
JHh day of October, 1912. The application will be
filed in the oiiice of the Water Recorder at Ashcroft.
Objections may be filed with the said Water
Recorder or with the Comptroller of Water Rights
Parliament Buildings, Victoria, tf. C.
TH. TUI AMBUN GOLD & PLATINUM LTD.
Applicant.
BE '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 act
to amend the Okanagan Telephone Company's
Act/being-Chapter 55 of the Statutes of British
Columbia. 1907. in manner following:
1. By inserting after the word 'telephone' in
the second line of subsection (b) of section 7 of
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 infiertihg 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 said act by
adding at the end thereof the words, 'or telegraph.'
3. By amending subclause (e) of subsection (4)
of subsection (b) of section 7 of 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
r by proxy six-tenths of the subscribed capital of
othe company shall constitute a 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.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
The following officers of L.O L 2102,
were elected and installed at the last
session :—Rev. T. A. Osborne, W. Master ;
J. A. Knudson, Deputv Master; Geo. M.
Bennett, Chaplain ; H. H. Avery, R. and
F. Secretary ; P. Russell, Treasurer ;
W. J Kirkpatrick, D. of C.; Lowell
Petrie, Lecturer ; C. A. Wood, ist Com
tnilteeman ; John Mitchell, 2nd Committeeman.
Scarjet Chapter— H. H. Avery, Jr.,
W. Companion in Command ; W.J. Kirkpatrick, E. Companion iu Command;
Rev. T. A. Osborne, Chaplain ; P.
Russell, Scribe; G. Bennett, Treasurer;
J. Mitchell, Herald at Arms ; F. Sherman,
ist Lecturer; J. B. Mitchell, 2nd
Lecturer ; N. Henderson, ist Conductor ;
F. Wampole, 2nd Conductor; H. Meausette, I. Herald ; Wes By id, O. Herald.
H H. Avery, Jr. was elected delegate to
represent the three Orange Lodges at t! e
Grand Lodge Meeting, in February, at
Vancouver ; Supper was served after the
election of officers, !>v F. L. Darrah.
' Royal Black Knights—J. Knudson,
W. Preceptor ; W. Byrd, D. Preceptor ;
Rev. T. A. Osborne, Chaplain ; P. Russell,
Registrar; W.J. Kiikpatrick, Treasurer;
J. Mitchell, ist Lecturer ; L. E, Marston,
2nd Lecturer; H. H. Averv, Jr., 1st
Censor; F. Turner, 2nd Censor; A. C-1
Wood, ist Standard Bearer; T. M.
Bennett, 2nd Standard Bearer; N. B.
Meausette, Pursuvian,.; N. Allison,
Tyler; R. Martin; E. Henderson, F.
Sherman, E. Hembree, B. Barlow, C. V.
Semerad, Committeemen.
siinii_.aii.een n
SIMMERS & W_K.lt
PROPRIETORS
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OUR BULL PINE.
Investigations recently conducted in
t e south-western United States go to
show that the bull pine, Pinus ponderosa,
such as grows ,in the Similkameen and
Central British Columbia will give an
abundant supply of resin which can be
use . in distillation of turpentine H S.
Hells, in a Forest Product Laboratory
Bulletin, entitled 'Possibilities of West-
rrn Pines as a source of Naval Sto-e.,'
<le.< libes a series of experiments carried
011 iu Ari_on . Colorado and O' .furnia,
in which tbe trees tapped for re. in under
ihe ordinal y cup-aud-gutter system
vielded twoihinls the amount obtain.d
from the pines of Ge rgia and Florida,
where turpentine is an old and established
industry. The    weather     conditions
naturally retarded the flow of gum, but
Forester Betts believes that in time it is
possible that the West will produce a
large amount of turpentine from the roots
and trunks of hull pine.
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 __ile Creek).
Take Notice that E. E. Coley—(The
Inland Development Co., Ltd., holding
F.M.C. No. 53722B)—Free Miner's Certificate No. 60858B; intend .ixty days
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
imDrovements.
Dated this 14th day of November, 1912
SIMILKAMEEN GUIDI. ==M:nin* Ien;Tour
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• 'Are you the leader of this brass band ? '
' No,' replied the distressed man with the
baton.    ' Every man in this band thinks
he's a soloist.    I'm the umpire.'
'I'm delighted to hear of jour success
on the school baseball team, Harold, but
you must remember that there are other
things in life besides baseball.'
' Yes, aunt, I know,' said the boy, ' but
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football or rowing.'
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' Why don't papa ever tell me fairy
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Mrs. L J. Henderson
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PRORIETOR
HOTEL TULAMEEN
KIRKPATRICK & MALONE
PROPRIETORS
' RELIGIOUS SERVICES
Presbvteiian church services.—Sunday
January 191I1, services will be held in the
Court house : Sunday school 2 30 p.m.,
evening 7 30, subject: The Law of
Gravitation "
Methodist services—East Princeton, 3
p.m.;   parsonage,   Piinceton,   7:30   p.m.
Anglican church services will be held
in the English church at 11 o'clock a m.
and 7 30 p.m.
Christian Science lesson sermon subject next Sunday : ' Life ' ' Whosoever
will, let him take the water of 1-fc.freelyfl
—Revelation 22, 17.
Modern in Equipment and
In All Its Appointments !!
BATH ROOHS, ETC.
Commercial ^ Sample <£• Room
GOOD ATTENTIVE SERVICE
Headquarters for Mining Men
Hotel Princeton
P. SWANSON, Prop.
Now corvpleted   on  site of the old
Great   Northern.     Only   Iritk
hotel in Sitnilkameen.    A
first class house.
First Class room and board
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Board of Examiners.
Notice is hereby given that the following constitute   the   Board  of Examiners
for the  Princeton   Collieries during the
year 1913 : —
Appointed  by owners—Robert Gourley.
Alternates—Andrew  McKindrie,   Robert
Brown.
Appointed   by   Lieutenant-Governor   in
Council—P G. Wright
Elected by the miners—David Forsyth.
Alternates—John Horrocks, William
Forsyth.
All persons interested may obtain full
information by applying to the Secretary
of the Board, Mr. P. G Wright, Prince
ton, B C
Note—Alternates act as members of
the Board in the absence of those regularly
appointed or elected to act threon.
Dated the 23rd day of December, 1912^
Richard McBride,
ROD AND GUN-
Rod and Gun [published bv W. J
Taylor, Limited, Woodstock. Out.] fo
January has a somewhat striking cover
cut, being a reproduction of a lady fox
farmer. The same issue contains an
article on the Culture of Black and Silverl
Foxes under the heading 'Value.' In
addition, there are stories of outdoor life
and sport lepresentative >if both eastern
and   western     provinces 'Along   the
mighty Mackenzie to the Arctic Ocean,'1
descriptive of a trip from Edmonton to
the last post on the Mackenzie River ;
A Wild Goat Hunt in the Rockies"; T-he
Bear that Kept an Appointment ; Filling
a Big Game License in New Brunswick ;
Mink Trapping ; Good Luck at the Kil-
marnoc k Hunting Camns ; and other
stories in prose and rhyme, combine to
make an interesting issue of this Canadian
spottman's magazine. An illustrated
write up of the St. Thomas Tournament,
held December 2nd and 6th, is lo be
found in the trap department along with
other notes of trap-shooting.
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NOTICE.
Estate Fritz Paulson, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that al persons
having claims again.t the said deceased,
must, on or before the 3rd day of
February, 1913, piesent the same to the
undersigned, verified by affidavit, and all
persons indebted to the said deceased are
required 'o pay the amount of such indebtedness to the undersigned on or
before said date, as the undersigned will
then proceed to distribute said estate with
regard to claims properly before him at
that time
H. H. Avery, Executor.
December 30th, 1912.
Synopsis of Coal Mining Regulations.
COAI, mining rights of tlie Dominion, in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, the Yukon
Territory, the North-west Territories and in a
portlcu of the Province of British Columbia, may
be leased for a term of twenty-one years at an
annual rental of $i. an acre. Not more than
2,560 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 the rights applied for
are situated.
Iu surveyed territory the land must be described by sections, or legal sub-division of
sections,and in unsurveyed territory the tiact
applied for shall be staked out by the applicant
himself
Each application must be accompanied by b
fee of $5 which wtll be rtfuuded if the rights
applied.for are not available, but not otherwise..
A royal.y shall be paid on the merchantabfe
output of the mineat the rate of five per cent per
ton
The peison operating the mine shall furnish
the Agent with sworn rei urns accounting for
the full quanity of merchantabl e coal mined
and piy the rojalty (hereon If the coal
mining rights are not btiug operated, such
returns should be furni>hed at least once a
year.
The lease will include the coal mining rights
onlv, but the lease maj' be permitted tr» purchase whatever available surface rights may
be considered necessary for the working of the
mine at the rale 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 or Sub-
Agent of Dominion Lands
W. W. CORY
Deputy Minister of the Interior.
N. B.—Unauthorized publication of this ad-
vertisraent will not be paid for.
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THE     SIMILKAMEEN     STAK
January 17,  i£H3
Princeton G@m§ ami Land Co*
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PRINCETON
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 atmospheres.
Scenery, fishing, hunting and shooting unex=
celled for the painter and sportsman.
The future of PRINCETON is assured. The ri_e
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 Maniger.
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