Array Vol. 2, No 24 MERRITT^ B. C. JULY,28, 1911 Price 5 Cents Diamond Vale Collieries Ltd. Stock and Bond Holders of Coal Company Express Confidence Ata meeting at which ninety per centof the bondholders and eighty per cent of the shareholders of the Diamond Vale Collieries ; were present in Ottawa on the tweny-fourth ultimo the following resolution was passed. ��� ''Resolved: That this meeting "7 of bond holders in the Diamond 7 Vale Collieries and shareholders ' X in the Diamond Vale Coal Com- 7 pany, held at Ottawa, this twenty ; fourth day of July 1911., having 7 heard the report submitted by Mr. T. J; Smith as to his dealing in connection with those companies, and the report of John Mor- X risson; mining engineer, desires ; to record its satisfaction with the ^explanation given by Mr, Smith, its belief that he has been work- j ihg if or the good of the companies : and its full confidence in his integrity." ' ' ' It will be recalled that some - time ago a firm of solicitors sent out a circular letter to shareholders in the Diamond Vale Coal Company asking for proxies and hinting at maladministration of the company's affairs by Mr. T. J. Smith, and urging an investigation. At the annual meeting which followed a very few of the stock holders were present and no action was taken. After the meeting, however, an indignation r-. meeting was held at; whjchycertain small shareholders expressed indignation and were loud in their cries for an investigation. Messrs. Tupper and Griffin, in an effort to prosecute those responsible for the circular letter issued by the legal firm have tried repeatedly to learn who circulated the libel. So far it is understood that they have failed, ' but they intend that they will get the right person before long. Meanwhile, immediately after the "indignation meeting" had been held, certain of those who had been present and making ; wild accusations began to realise that they might possibly have been misled by other people. =^They&si_nceJiaxe^taken==occasioa to point out to the directors that they are satisfied with the management. The meeting at Ottawa at which eighty per cent, of the tdmreholders of the Diamond Vale Coai Company were present effectually disposes of the charges of mismanagement made against T. J. Smith. Mr. Smith has b. en in England on business.connected with the company for the past two months, and having concluded certain negotiations returned and laid his report before the shareholders and bondholders of the two companies with the result mentioned above. in Greenwood last winter Mr. Strickland took occasion to investigate the rinks there, and found that by adopting the plans used in the construction of the Greenwood rink, such an institution could be made to pay. and pay well, in a city of the size of Merritt. Such a rink could be constructed for the sum of six or seven thousand dollars. Provision is made for a hockey rink and two curling rinks in the one enclosure; and by a simple arrangement the grounds .may be covered with flooring and made suitable for dancing and parties in the summer months. Itis now proposed that a public meeting be called in the near future for the purpose of inviting subscription to stock in this enterprise. The gentlemen mentioned above, to whose initiative 'the. scheme is diiey have I made a choice of a site for a glaciarum, which will provide'anhk about 200 feet square. The owner of the four lots which go to make up this rink is prepared,to take his payment in stock in the company formed by public subscription. The^rink at Greenwood has paid as high as nine per cent. That such an institution would meet with enthusiastic support throughout the district is evident to any who have spent a winter here. The few, clean ice patches on the rivers adjacent to the city have been packed by youngsters and grown-ups every clear day. There are a large, number of hockey and curling-enthusiasts in the valley who would travel a long distance to get into a good game or watch one; and there is no doubt but that such towns aa Spence's Bridge, Lower Nicola; Nicola, Ashcroft, Lytton,- North Bend, Kamloops, Savona, etc.',- would be eager to put their representatives into a league for a hockey or curling championship. Just when the public meeting will be called by the promoters of the enterprise'is not .known' as yet, but it is expected that notice will be given within the next few weeks, y Whisky Costs Hart Much Opening of the Sunshine Theatre LOCAL AND DISTRICT Veteran of Many Bouts Cinched by Local Police This morning in the police court Magistrate Morgan sentenced Frank Hart to two months imprisonment in Kamloops for hayr ing supplied liquor to an Indian named George Gilroy last (Thursday),evenings , When arraigned Hart recognized thefutility of pleading other than guilty, he having.beeh caught in the act by Constable Strang. Hart is a man who has seen many others punished for- Ithe same offence, so no sympathy may be wasted over him. But for his age he might have been given the limit. y "After Hart had been sentenced- George Gilroy was called up and charged with having had liquor in his possession. He staled that Hart had come to him and asked him for the money to buy a bottle- of whisky. He had given the money to him and Hart had got the bottle and just given it to him when the constable came along. He was ordered to pay a fine of twenty-five dollars and costs; in default two months imprison; ment. He paid. j Chris MacDonald has gone Prosecuted by Fire Warden Manager Le Pitre Makes First f?^*0 ^^f.��� Cr?* t0 look Fred Howse came into the city from Princeton during the week. He is combining business with DOMINION RIFLE MEET The Dominion Shooting meet* just completed at Lulu Island,. Vancouver, has been one of the most successful held in years and the scores put up by the various marksmen have caused great surprise on account of the high standard. Kamloops sent a strong complement of marksmen, who did , some remarkable shooting and scored high in the aggregate. The Kamloops contingent consisted of Messrs. Vicars, Clark, Lo Loughton, Lehman' and C. E. Sjoquist. All the members aj> quitted ^themselves splendidly especially Sjoquist, whose aggregate score entitles him to shoot in the Ottawa shoot next month. pleasure. REAL ESTATE ACTIVITY reports the fol- Show on Saturday night Merritt's new theatre, the Sunshine Theatre, on Voght street, will be opened for business tor morrow night. The building is up-to-date in every way* the very latest moving pictures are on hand and will be shown regularly and everything that will make for the comfort of the patrons has been arranged. ! Manager Le Pitre, to whose energetic business methods the rapid completion of this enterprise is due, has made arrangements with the Canadian Film Exchange, the largest film manufacturers on the continent, for the exchange of films between houses in Vancouver and Calgary. Films from: the former city - hieing shown here before being sent on to Calgary. In this way the public is assured that : none but the very best and most novel films will be exhibitied. Shows will be given every evening, with new films three times a week. The new ' heatre has a seating capacity of one hundred and seventy five and is equipped with ' a Number Six Picture Machine, the latest on the market.< Between the exposure of the various films arrangements have have been made for piano recitals, so that a continuous performance-is* assured-from - the^tiThe the show commences, There will be two shows every evening, the first commencing at half past seven and the last at nine o'clock. , - A mistake appeared in the cir- ulars announcing the opening of this theatre, it being stated that the charge for clildren would be fifteen cents, when the charge should have been ten cents.- | into the possibilities of that camp. I o ���-���< See the new line of Hartt shoes for men, just arrived.��� Bennett & Reid. Reverend T; Walker is paying a visit to the Episcopal Bishop, Rev. A. du Pencier, at New Westminster. Rev. C. F. Connor, the local Methodist minister, is shortly to have a new home. At present he is occupying the residence of Dr. Tutill. The managers of the church have called for tender's for the erection of a yresbytery in which the minister will make his home. 7. Mr. and Mrs: H. Greig, accompanied by H.W. Sutcliffe, made a flying trip to Kamloops in, his 40 h. -p.; car, leaving here at: six p. m. on Tuesday and returning Thursday afternoon. It was a business trip, Mr. Greig having sold two acres of Merritt realty to a Kamloops citizen. A Shortage of Labor For C. N. R. Construction .May Cause Delay ��� After' covering over'a hundred miles'of * the'. Canadian "Northern" m Skating Rink Is Proposed * . ��� ��� Public Meeting Will Shortly Be Called for Subcribers 'At a meeting between A. W. Strickland, M. L. Grimmett, G, F< Ransom and B. Bewley lust evening, the question of providing some sort of winter amusement was gone into, and it was decid-d that the siz ��� of the city now warrants people in erecting an ice hockey and curling rinks here for winter sports. It will be recalled that when TAY PAY AND DICK And as I neared the. pier at which the steamer was to stop, in one of the winter: months of last year, I saw there for the first time for several years the remarkable man who is the ruler of this mighty country. At once and as my first impression there came the idea that there was something singularly appropriate in the man and the country he rules. Like the country itself, Mr. McBride is massive. I should say he is over six feet high; he has shoulders so broad that even a professional athlete might envy them���a chest of great breadth and depth, and a physique altogether that is striking and imposing���I might say dominating. From any crowd of men, however, big, this figure would stand forth in conspicuous and haunting relief; you would find it difficult; to keep your eyes off him. And the face nn<I hejid are as striking as the splendjdly and broadly proportioned body. The face is'vma's- sive but. sh��Vrt;v:ind round. It^is typically Irish in its features, but instead of t.h'�� typically rubicund complexion of* i he.mVm'an'd women of -the -Emer-idd Isle, it has the pallor���healthy but pallid all the same���of thus" who liveyn the Continued on last page. Harold Greig lowing sales : =^JameB"Beirar"Kr6"irTEsr8rBlocir3]T William Service, Lot 3 in Lot 3, Block 31. John Service, Lot 2 in Lot 3, Block 31. Fred Matthews two acres in D. L. 123. Harold Greig, Lot 19, Block 5. ' John Fortune," Lot 10, Block 32. CHURCH NOTICES ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH Services for Sunday, July 30th. 11 a. m., Morning Prayer and Holy Communion. ST. JOHN BAPTIST, NICOLA 8 p. m... Evening Prayer. The services will be conducted by the Rev. J. Thompson. MERRITT WON For a purse of fifty dollars, provided by the generosity of William Mclntyre, the . popular proprietor of the Coldwater hotel, ,MeErJtt.battled=with5,Middlesboro on the baseball diamondlastSunday afternoon. Victory rested with the city. Things looked rather blue for Merritt at the close of the first innings for the coal heavers had gained a lead of four runs and looked as though they could hold their advantage until the end of the game. A rally in the fifth sent the miners into the air and when time was called the stakeholder owed each member of the city team five dollars. Next Sunday at Middlesboro the Cup games wiil be renewed. A good guesser might be able to pick the winner. right of way between Hope and -Kamloops, Pat Welch* of Foley, Welch and Stewart, Martin Welch and. A. E. Griffin returned to Vancouver on Monday. Pat Welch stated to a reporter that the road would run through the most difficult district on the face of the earth. There are places where it seems, Mr. Welch said,'the road 'can only be built over an aerial highway. At Yale, the plans decided upon by Canadian Northern call for a system of some seven tunnels right through the butts of mountains. ThiB work lieV'on that section which has been contracted for. by Martin Welch, Burns and Nicola Valley Meat Market's siock being fj.tt'ned at Coutlee. "Jordan^ *'���'.-. --. 7 Mr. Welch announced that the preliminary survey over this portion will have to be changed, and engineers are now busy at the point striving to contrive some easier method of progress. Here a delay will come in which will cause a considerable loss of time and money to the contractors, who had hoped to make an immediate start on construction. Seven thousand men will be re- qired on the Hope-Kamloops division, Mr. Welch states.. Agents have reported to him that there are not one thousand men in Vancouver, or British Columbia, who have the inclination or capability for railroad work. Construction has already begun on portions of the contract and the railroad men declare themselves to be in a quandary over the labor situation. NEW DAILY PAPER Articles of incorporation were* filed at Victoria on Tuesday, preliminary, to the launching of a new daily in Vancouver which will espouse the Liberal interests,; Messrs; Russell, Sencltler, S. Sj Taylor, Robt. KHIy and other prominent Liberals are under-; stood to be sponsors of the new" venture. The application for a; franchise h��s' been' made to the: 'Canadian 'Press (Ltd.) by Hon.' '|Wil:i:,m' Tom'ple'man, William Lane Fined for Failing to Extinguish Fire. Before Magistrate Morgan this morning M. A. Allen . provincial government inspector of the fire wardens in; the district from the Arrow Lakes weslyto Hope, and one hundred and fifty.miles north of the C. P. R. mainline south of the Boundary, prosecuted Wm. Lane, an Indian, for neglecting to extinguish a camp fire up the Coldwater, near Camp One, of Bright and McDonald, which spread until it burned quite a large strip of country. The matter was first reported to Fire Warden Duncan. McPhail by W. E. Towers; accountant for Bright and MacDonald. Constable- Vachon served ?he summons a few days ago. ��� ; According to the evidence, Lane and Phillip Sampson, another Indian, camped overnight between Camps One and "Two. and lit a fire for - the purpose, presumably, of cooking. They failed to extinguish the fire next day, but left it smouldering. The matter was reported to Mr. McDonald, and he put a gang of men to work to put it out. This they succeeded in doing after a "con-, siderable amount of timber "and grass had been destroyed. r, ��� Sampson, as a witness"for Lane, put upTa~ weird" tale"~bf a white, man. having, started the fere and���gone -away-andJeft-it...- He and Lane, he said, did not use the fire; but though he saidithat they were in the habit of eating their meals on the road he was unable to state what they used to heat their food Jon* the" night of July 5th. - ..-. Lane was fined fifty dollars and costs with an alternative of three months in Kamloops. The other Indians affected will-Hbe tried tomorrow morning. - ��� ���' -o Conservative Association Quarterly Meeting Held in Men- =^^^zi��S"dHaI!-Lsst-EveniBsg At the quarterly .meeting of the Merritt Middlesboro and district Conservative Association in Menzies' Hall Thursday evening Frank M. Coffee tendered his resignation of. the secretaryship. He is leaving .the valley in a few weeks and is unable to continue his connection. John Hutchison was the unanimous choice of the members present for the secretaryship, ard when elected, announced that he would follow a vigorous policy against the proposed reciprocal tariff agreement. The next meeting of the association will be held in thirty days' time, when an amendment to the constitution will be brought in for discussion. William McNeill went Jback j to Aspen Grove d u ri n g the week; U GUN CtUB NOTICE" f A meeting of members of /the Merritt Gun Club is called for next Tuesday evening at eight o'clock in Stephenson's; tailor shop. The meet ing is called for the purpose of electing officers and transacting general businctes, All members please attend, yj " G. B. Phillips, secretary; BC. HORSE ?i G. H Lewis has been appointed a superriumary lieutenant in the B. C. Horse "P" Squadron, f THE NICOLA VALLEY NEWS" Friday. July 28, 1911 Jr. .* lif THE CITY QUILCHENA AVENUE Newly established throughout. Best of Furnishings. Spacious Rooms, yExcellent accommodation. Well lighted throughout. Choice Liquors and Cigars. Special attention to commercial trade. Rates $1.50 per day. Special Rates by the month Andrew Hogan Proprietor. Plumbing and Steamfitting FIRST CLASS TIN- SHOP��� Repairing of all kinds done. SECOND HAND FURNITURE AND STOVES We by anything you wish to sell and sell anyfhing' you wish to buy. ^ Kennedy Cunningham VOGHT STREET A. B. KENNEDY �� ��� ' ������' . ' . ' ' ELECTRICAL... CONTRACTOR DeaBer in Electrical Supplies FIXTURErSHOWROOMS:-CORNER ' "'.VOGHT ST. and COUTLIE AVE. Geo. Mc Donald BOOT AND SHOE MAKER Repair Work a Specialty ..v*Let me fit you out with a pair of Superfine Rubber Heels , oth for Ladies and Gentlemen. VOGHT STREET NEAR DEPOT Harness and Saddlery Harness, Robes, Blankets, ' Trunks, Valises, etc. always in stock. , Poultry and Stock Foods. Best of satisfaction in all departments. Prices are right. Agent ' for Mendelsolm and Heintzman Pianos. N. J. BARWICK Nicola Merritt Trade I Mark Asaya-NeuraH THE NEVA/ REMEDY F" O ** Nervous Exhaustion Indigestion, Heartburn, Dyspepsia and Constipation result more often' from' nervous exhaustion than from food. Dieting or pills will not avail. The only remedy is nerve repair. "Asaya-Neu- ram," is and makes possible this cure. It feeds the nerves, induce sleep, quickens the appetite and digestion, and these disorders disappear. $1.50 per bottle. Obtain from, the local agent. GEO. M. GBMMILZ��, Merritt, B.C. ELECTION RUMORS The Dominion Parliament has resumed work after the adjournment taken to enable Sir Wilfrid Laurier to attend the Imperial Conference and Coronation ceremonies. The belief is expressed in both parties that a general election is probable within six weeks at the latest after the session opened. Sir Wilfrid Laurier states that he would welcome an appeal to the people on the reciprocity pact and is sure that it will pass. The imprestion is that the general elections will be held during the last week in September. Parliament will sit for three or four weeks, dissolving about the middle of August. The date of voting will then be fixed for the interval between the end of harvest and the arrival of the Duke of Connaught as governor- general. His Royal Highness will reach Montreal on October 12th and the government wants to have the business well over and things running smoothly by that time. The signing of the dissolution order is likely to be Earl Grey's last important official act in Canada. AN IMPRESSION OF PARIS Vance Thompson, the Paris journalist, sat in the Grand Cafe. He wore a pale grey suit and yel- ow spats, and, though he was eating an omelette aux mines her- bes with gusto, his monocle balanced itself firmly on his left eye. \ "An impression of Paris?" said Mr. Thompson, looking up in his quick brusque way from Le Gaul- pis^; "You want- an impression of Paris? Wei], take the claquer. He is, a Paris type. "The claquer, you know, sits in the topi gallery, in the front row, and ranged on either side of him area dozen underlings. The vunderlings; clap when; he does--and hs keeps them busy, I assure you. It is the worst annoyance of a Paris theatre, that eternal clapping of the claque. "But it is the claquer's enormous handsII wished to speak bf. You know how a waiter's feet enlarge���like Bastien's there ? Well, so it is with the hands of the claquer. From continually bepting together in applause they swell; and lengthen , and widen beyond belief. A claquer must have his gloves made to order, and when he buys a suit of clothes at 'Old England V or 'Uncle Sam's House ' the pockets must be enlarged to admit hisatrophied nawa." . Mr. Thompson took carefully from the divan at his side a telescope hat of dove grey. "The claquer," he continued, "gets certain diseases of the hands from his continual clapping, and a three-hour lecture at the Sorbonne last week was devoted to the treatment of claque maladies. " An impression of Paris ? It is the claquer. His hands, vast and sore, are thrust far forward over the rail of the top gallery. He claps with the noise of a machine gun. And all the while the po~r fellow's face is distorted with a look of atrocious suffering. There is an' impression of Paris for you." And Mr. Thompson, putting on his delicate-hat "college style," hurried from theGrand Cafe with short, quick steps to interview Alfred Vanderbilt on his latest flirtation. DROVE SCOURGES FROM NAVY Capt. James Cook, the famous English adventurer, who was killed by the natives of Hawaii, on his third voyage. 1776-79, did more important charting than any seaman of his time. Strangely enough, however, he took.no credit for having done it and done it so well. The achievement on which he prided himself was the very great one of having banished from the British navy the two scourges of scurvy and typhus. When he first went to sea these two diseases made the sea service as deadly as it had been 150 years before, when they killed their 2,000 a year in the navy alone. In the first years of Cook's apprenticeship fever, scurvy and vermin destroyed some twelve- thirteenths of the men in Anson's squadron. In the years of voyage in the Endeavour, scurvy almost destroyed the whole crew of Philip Carteret. With those two records before him the reader will be able to realize how great an achievement the following record seemed to those who presented Cook with the Copley medal:. Under the divine favor, Capt. Cook, with a company of 118 men, performed a voyage of three years and eighteen days, throughout all the climates from 52 degrees north to 71 degrees south, with the loss of only man by disease. The only man lost was a consumptive whose lungs were affected before he went on board. The means used by Cook to preserve his crew were twofold. He issued anti-scorbutics and kept the ship sweet. The antiscorbutics issued by him were malt from which was made sweetwort, the extract of lemons and oranges and sowens, or half fermented oatmeal. Sauerkraut and portable soup, that is, meat jelly, were issued as ordinary rations to give a variety to the men's diet. The men were very carefully looked after. They were put on three watches, so that they had eight hours below after four on deck, instead of the usual "four on and four off. "In hot weather they were protected from the sun by awnings. In cold and wet weather they were given hooded "Magellan jackets," which kept them warm and dry. By an edict of revolutionary tyranny they were made to wash both themselves and their linen. Fresh water was issued liberally at all times so that they might do this. Off the Horn large blocks of fresh glacial ice were brought on board from the bergs and floes ane melted for this purpose. The decks and bedding were often ventilated. The ship was frequently washed and scraped, dried by portable stoves and fumigated with gunpowder. The well was frequently flushed and dried. After great exertions the men were given comforting drams and made to ehange their clothes. and Smadame seats herself in a cab every time she starts out for a walk. That is why her boots are always new. Some one has discovered that there is a close relation between the heels and the wit. The conversation of the walker in low heels is trite and flat���bromidic, so to speak���but she who tripsin high ones will soar to unexpected altitudes of epigram and paradox. We know that great wit and insanity are near neigbors and the Germans, putting the principle in practice, are treating madness with a barefoot regime. The contact of the bare flat foot with mother earth is expected to bring back wandering minds to an everyday plane, and experiment is naturally.interesting. ���London Standard. M. L. (jRIMMETT, LL.B. Barrister and Solicitor Notary Public Solicitor for the Bank of Montreal A.F.&A.M. Nicola Lodge No. 53 meetsjn Reid's Hall the second Tuesday of each month at 8 p- m. Sojourney. ng brothers cordially invited. M. L. Grimmett, Fred S. Gay W. M. Secretary. PHONE 24 Nicola Valley Transfer Company TRUCKING AND DRAYING A SPECIALTY . . . DEALER IN . . . Lumber, Lath, Lime, Cement Hay, Grain and Peed Every healthy sailor now alive at sea is in a sense a memorial to Cook's fruitful hygienic activities, ���Manchester Guardian. GEORGE RICHES Rear Diamond Vale Store Coutlee Ave. Merritt Commercial Hotel NICOLA for e good square meal. Best accomodation and com lor? of HIGH HEELS AND WIT If anything could bs higher than the Parisienne's hat it i; her heels. The low English heel has once or twice enjoyed a brief season's favor in Paris, but at heart the Parisienne dearly loves to add a cubit or so to her stature and she achieves it, of course, with her beloved Louis XV. heel. Perched thus on stilts, with the foot at an impossible angle the "footing" becomes impossible, Kale il.SO per day A. W. McVittie DOMINION & PROVINCIAL SURVEYOR Subdivision Work a Specialty. Offices with John Hutchison Co. MERRITT, B. C. The flies that are now in your kitchen and dining room Were yioJitbly 'easting on some indescribable nastiness less than an hour ago, and as a* single fly often carries many thousands of disease germs attached to its hairy body, it is the duty of every housekeeper to assist in exterminating this worst enemy of the human race. WILSON'S Kill flies in such immense quantities as cannot be\approached by .any other fly killer; _'. i THE COLDSTRE VERNON, *��� NURSERIES VERNON, B.C. have a very fine assortment of FRUIT TREES ORNAMENTAL AND SHADE TREES AND SHRUBS. BUDDED STOCK A SPECIALTY All trees offered for sale are grown in our own nurseries on the Coldstream Estate. General Agent, V. D. CURRY, Vernon, B. C. El0n Watches ^TTs^y^- SEE OUR NEW LINE OP ELGIN WATCHES RAILROAD GRADES A SPECIALTY n *f 10, ^^^ REPAIRS GUARANTEED RadwadStandard one year. All the latest in Fobs, Chains, Jewelry of every Description SIMPSON & CRANNA, JEWELERS. Voght Street, Merritt. The place where you get just what you want, and] just the way you want it, at any time you want it. Have you tried the Star Yet ? STEEL & FALCONER Proprietors. Phone 37 P. O. Box 7 Smith & Clarke Bakers and Confectioners. MANUFACTURERS OF All kinds of Chocolates and General Candy. AH Goods Made at Kamloops and Merritt Factories. erritt Under new management and many improved facilities. More accommodation and of the best. In every department we aim to please, and we generally succeed. COMMERCIAL TRADE A SPECIALTY. Best of Wines and Liquors Always in Stock. GEO. McGRUTHER, Prop. Merritt, JB/C. OLDWATER THE FINEST HOSTELRY IN THE UPPER COUNTRY-JUST OPENED. LUXURIOUSLY FURNISHED WITH BEST CUISINE AND ACCOMMODATION. FINEST BRANDS OF WINES AND LIQUORS Wm. McInTYRE, Prop. MERRITT, B.C. Friday. July 28 1911 *�� THE NICOLA VALLEY NEWS ki I Beautifully situated on the Tulameen River 14 miles west of Princeton, B. G, in the Similkameen District. The main line of the V. V. & E. Ry. runs through the town. Track laying will be completed in 60 days. At present a daily stage connects Coalmont with the town of Princeton. > THE COLUMBIA COAL & COKE CO.. LTD. now engaged in opening up their property have over 10 square miles of coal lands. The coal is of the highest Bituminous type, and is the largest body of coal yet discovered in the North American Continent. The workable seams are Six in number, varying from 4 to 60 feet each. 300,000,000 Tons of Coal can be Extracted A plant of the latest type with a 2000 ton per day capacity is under construction. s are now on sale prices Terms: Quarter Cash, balance over 15 months. Reservations will be made in the order in which deposits are received. Address all Communications to Via Princeton. Sole Selling Agents COALMONT, B. C. ^ THE NICOLA VALLEY NEWS THE NICOLA VALLEY NEWS PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY Subscription $2.00 a year in advance Six months $1.00 FRANK M. COFFEE J. W. ELLIS Editor Manager 0��e dollar per inch per month far regular advertising. Land and water notices $7.50 for 60 days. $5.00 for 30 days. Classified advertising 10 words for 25 cents, extra words 2 cents. Special rates furnished for large contract advertising. Address THE NICOLA VALLEY NEWS PO. Box 20 Merritt. B.C Phone 25. Friday July 28, 1911 RESURRECTION OF ROSS Gently at first, but becoming more emphatic and insistent every; day, until now it becomes almost a reality, the proposed candidacy of the genial Dune, ;' otherwise Duncan Ross, is arresting public attention. It is stated that he will venture into the political wilds���with emphasis on the **;wilds "���of Comox-Atlin, famed as the last hunting-ground of the Grits of B.C. What will his platform be ? . Will he urge the that pc opie of this province hearken to the cry of President Hays ? Will the full rich notes of Freedom in Trade resound among; the pines and frowning crags of the Northland collauding the dawn of a new era of cheaper material for the people- who purchase supplies in Seattle ? Will the clarion call of Cheaper Labour,''. - resound through j the valleys, to hasten the building off the G. T. P.? Shades of Gotoh ! Perish the thought! ..Will; his be the Liberalism of ye olden times, when men argued on the merits of parties, and when personalities were taboo ? Will it be the Liberalism inculcated into his youthful mind at the knees of his Scotch parents in ancient Bruce? Shall his politics be pervaded with that divinely altruistic spirit which saturated his soul in those happy days at school in Victoria ? Or will his be the Liberalism of the Laurier school, the opportune and adventitious ? Comox-Atlin ! What memories it conjures up ! Is it possible that Duncan must seek fresh fields to perpetrate himself upon an unsuspecting constituency ? For ten long years he reigned in Greenwood. Three years ago came Armageddon. Did his followers betray him?, Dust and Ashes! In every town one Burrell snowed him under. Stay though ! In Keefers he had a majority���of two ! and the total voters aggregated six ! When he was first elected in obscurity which prevails in the distinction between morality and legality. It is one of the most curious aspects of life on the North American continent, being more particularly observable, perhaps, in the United States than in Canada ; though we are afraid that this insidious evolution ���for it really is an evolutionary tendency���is becoming more and more manifest in the Dominion social and business world every day. The News has always held to the belief that the ethical code of the western world is in its fundamentals neither more nor less than an expansion of the Decalogue. So far the sophistry of religious and other apologisls for present-day practices has not been able to convince us that a better code of honor than that nineteen-foiir the voting was in supplied by the Decalogue is to the Fall. And Duncan thought that therein lay an omen which augured well for a new political star, in the British Columbian cosmos. And he shone brightly, scintillating shafts of political brilliancy, climbing to his zenith. Suddenly, in the distance he discerned a planet approaching, accompanied by a satellite. The astronomers hailed it with delight and called it " Richard," and the satellite they called "Bowser," Then the planet dimmed the Ross star, and three years ago it disappeared beneath the horizon. It cropped up again for a flash in 1909, then dropped again out of sight. It is resurrected in Comox- Atlin. But it does not shine so brightly now. It radiates no confidence. The bleak hills are hard to conquer, and the electors are haunted by the shadow of Sloan. Duncan is honorary president of the political down-and- out club. MORALS AND THE LAW We have often thought that one of the strangest tendencies of modern times is the increasing be found in strict observance of the Rules and Regulations formulated by those who are constituted leaders and moulders of public opinion. There is, for example, nothing in religion which teaches us that to shoot a deer in the month of May is an offence against the Omnipotent. Yet the Law, or Society, says that whosoever shall kill a deer in the month of May is guilty of an offence against Society; and, as a consequenc?, must expiate the offence either by a term in gaol or by payment of a fine. What is a deer ? The dictionary describes it as a quadruped having solid, branching horns. Its meat is good to eat. Its pelt makes an excellent ornament for the home, and the exhibition of it gives further pleasure as a proof of skill. Yet if 1 should kill a deer out of season, for my pleasure, or for food, in case I cannot afford to buy meat, that hypocritical organization of humans arrests me, casts me into gaol; and when I come out points to the brand on me and cries "Unclean ! " Society makes me a moral outcast, a leper. Is it wrong to kill a deer ? Have I sinned against the Almighty ? I have satisfied my hunger, and its meat has preserved my health. It is the highest justice that ten guilty men should be suffered to go free rather than that one innocent man should suffer. Yet Society says that because one man in two hundred may have a passion for killing, everyone else must pay the cost provided to curb the lust of that one. So much for the laws of laymen and for the social effects of offences against the laws of laymen. A few weeks ago a man by the name of Brown was arrested in Toronto, or just outside Toronto, for digging a well upon his property. He was brought before a magistrate and fined. Now anyone who has a grudge against him may point to him as a convicted man. This Brown's water supply was running low during the hot weather. He only spent Sundays at home ; the rest of the week he was working in the city. Therefore Sunday was the only day on which he could accomplish his work. It was fair and reasonable in the eyes of God and sane men that he should dig his well on that day. God didn't mind his working. Yet the instrument of the people said that he was a criminal for trying to secure water for his family on Sundays. And what was the instrument in this case ? It was the instrument framed by those Godly men who constitute the Lord's Day Alliance. ��� More than one smug-faced hypocrite praised the Lord for this upholding of the Lord's Day Act���and thanked Him for not permitting the policeman to catch him picking the weeds from his garden. It was telegraphed over the country. This Brown was pil loried by the public, to gratify the white-blooded, anaemic enthusiasm of a few pious prigs. It may be argued that he had just cause for his work and that, therefore, the magistrate should not have fined him. Friends! The Act for the preservation of the Lord's peace takes no heed to reason in such cases! The Lord would, but not his guardians here on earth, and in Toronto. It is a weird and wonderful tendency ; but it is an ever-growing one. More and more the laws of man are being substituted for the laws of the Supieme Being. More and more, every day, is the legal criminal being regarded with tolerance, and Morality and Legality becoming synonymous. Vox Populi, Vox Dei, forsooth. The Merritt and District Industrial o- ��� .- ��� ��� Co-operative Society, Ltd. Incorporated, July 18th, 191.1. A general meeting of the shareholders of the above Society will be held on Monday, July 31st in the hall adjoining the Merritt Hotel. BUSINESS : Taking of Committees report. Election of officers. Admission of new members. Any other business that may be necessary, and to receive any subscriptions offered. Present and intending shareholders are earnestly invited to attend as the business is important. THE COMMITTEE. ank of Montreal Established 1817. Head Office: Montreal Capital (all paid up) - - $14,400,000.00 Cash and Undivided Profits - $12,961,789.11 Total Assets - - - - $240,000,000.00 Savings Bank Department (Interest allowed at current rates.) GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS TRANSACTED Branches in the Nicola Valley MERRITT: NICOLA; A. W. STRICKLAND, Manager. J. F.S. GILLUM, Acting Sub-Agent A Joe Restaurant FORMERLY ELITE RESTAURANT ~' Will open for business on Tuesday, August 1st. Two Dining Rooms. First Class Meals Served. Commutation Meal Tickets $6.00. 21 Meals for $5.00. JOE TOP Proprietor Grand Opening of Merritt's New Show House Everything new and up-to-the-minute. Come and enjoy yourself and bring the family along. Programme changed Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. TWO PERFORMANCES DAILY: 7:30 TILL 9, AND TILL 10:30 9 VOGHT STREET, MERRITT, "Moonshine and Love" and 'The Brass Button" 1000 Feet of Film. "Loss of the Pearl Necklace" and "Discovered" 1000 Feet of Film. "Adrift" and "A Child's Shawl" 1000 Feet of Film. Friday, July 28 1911 THE NIGOLA VALLEY NEWS "Gemmill & Rankine Have It" Webb's and Lowney's We are specialists in high grade confectionery. As a result of such specializing we have gotten together the nicest stock of goods ever shown here. The stock is fresh, well chosen, and is kept clean. The price will suit your pocket Gemmill & Rankine Druggists. MERRITT, B. C. L_ LOCAL AND DISTRICT Rev. T. Walker left last Tuesday on a week's visit to the coast. Percy Ransom will leave for either New Westminster or Kamloops to attend High School in the next few weeks. Archie Lilt le has returned from a'fortnight's'jaunt, through the Similkameen and Okanagan valleys. IiV.nl so p:ihl a brief visit to. Kamloops, v. here he stayed for a few days. Haying on the Garcia home farm commenced early this week. E. L. Darrah has purchased a lot in the new townsite at Coalmont. : ��~~ .- Sharp razors, and Clean Towel. -W. E. Brown. 52tf It is understood that Francois Roy will shortly take a position in this city. :���: o���:���~-~~ John Collett has been busy during the week gathering his crop of bay. o ' Mr. and Mrs. A. Rear, of Kamloops, were in town on a visit during the week. William Cooper has been inspecting the site of the school at Cloverdale, for the construction of which he has the contract. -o- Mrs. J. A. McDonald and Mrs. Ruark are visiting friends at Lytton for a few days. Jack Riddle, the Nimrod of Otter Valley, has been in the city this week on business. "*" Lucky T6dd~6hce~mo"re"gFaces the local landscape. He pulled into town on Monday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Smith have returned from Vancouver, where they have been,spending a holiday. William Schmock has returned from a prospecting trip to the Tulameen and Aspen Grove section. ' Mr. Rawlings, formerly of Vancouver anld'FdrFGeorg^haa taken a position with G. B. Armstrong, as head of the furniture department. The PALACE BAKERY Having added an Ice Cream Parlor in connection with our bakery we are now in a position to serve the public daily with ICE CREAM Different Flavor*. ALSO Different Flavor*. rfL- Remember also that we make a specialty of all classes of pastry work, and our bread when once used always, brings a new customer. E. L DARRAH Proprietor. Next door to J. S. Morgan Quilchena Avenue, Merritt Best Electric Massage always on tap at Brown & Durham's barber shop. 25tf Frank Mansfield, one of the genial hosts of 'the'Granite Creek hotel, arrived in the city on Tuesday evening. He reports business brisk in that vicinity. Mr. McAnulty, of Middlesboro, was joined by his wife and family and sister, who arrived here from the old country last Friday. The Bank of Toronto have decided to open from 7 to 9 on Saturday evenings for the accommodation of its customers, commencing in August."':-. Mrs. Watt and her four children joined her husband at Collettville on Wednesday night. They came direct from Durham, Eng. Mrs. Watt is a sister of George JamiesonV ~ *: ���.*--.-<������*.-<..��� O'Zachai-iah MeChamller, the well-known millionaire lumberman and coal mine operator, lias been in the. city for some time visiting his old friend Thomas O'Behan, engiruer and- philanthropist.. Having seen their friends they decided upon a course of vocal calisthenics, under the tutelage oi: MeWeamans O'Reid. Some suspect, a fourth party is responsible for this Sudden devotion to the Muses, and the usual question today "0 Edgar Howe did you do it ?" The Henry Green, of Puyallup, Washington, .stepfather of Geo. McGruther, arrived in town on Tuesday evening from Tacoma to join his wife, who has been staying here for some weeks. Max Eckar returned.on Tuesday from Aspen Grove. He complains of the myriads of flies in that section, which spoiled the temper of Admiral Togo. William Mclntyre went down to Vancouver on.business on Saturday last. Since he sold the lot opposite his hotel site Mac is a "walking grin." For the next few weeks G. B. Armstrong will act as host to a housep'arty of Vancouver ladies, who arrived in town last evening. They are Mr. Armstrong's sister- in-law, Mrs. E. Foster, oiVVancouver, and her two children ; Miss Snider ; Mrs. William Waul and two sons ; and May and Vera Armstrong, his daughters, who. since the commencement of the vacation at All Hallows school at Yale, have been staying with their .aunt,--Mrs. Foster. Mrs. Ward's husband, a member of the General Agency Corporation, of Vancouver, and a ��� brother of Frank Ward, manager of the Douglas Lake Cattle Company, will in all probability join the party in few weeks.: W. E. Green, of Vancouver, is also expected in the city shortly. -o TENDERS WANTED Tenders will be received up .to Saturday, August 5th, at two o'clock, by the Building; Com- ittee of the Methodist Church, for the erection of a Parsonage at Merritt. Plans and specifications can he seen at N. J, Barwick's Harness Shop, Merritt. (Signed) N.J. Barwick, Chairman of Building Committee. _ TO OEEN AT COALMONT;���.*&>. Messrs. Horswell and Abson, who have been for some months in the employ, of the G. B. Armstrong stores, .will .shortly sever their connection with that concern to embark in business for themselves at Coalmont. They have made arrangements to go into the grocery business there. Both are experienced business men, and. judging by the popularity which they have earned while in this city, should meet with a large measure of success in their new venture. A f.REDITABLE^NUMBER is a splendid range of Hartt Shoes for men. This shoe contains all that you would expect to find in a good shoe. Style, fit and wearing qualities make this shoe a top notcher in shoedom. We have them in button or lace, black or tans. Last but by no means least these shoes are union made. We will be pleased to show you this line. You will be delighted with the new and nifty lasts. The One Price Store Men's Outfitters Mcdonald block Ladies Shoes. QUILCHENA AVENUE Canadian Wins King's Prize "The Kid" has arrived in town. Guess again, it's not a girl! It's a dog and it belongs to a Benedict, yclept Thomas, with a "Royal" prefix to his name. Mrs. Frank Slough has returned to the city after a month's vacation, during which time she spent about a fortnight in Vancouver and the balance of the time at Salmon Arm as the guest of her husband's parents, who have a large fruit ranch in that vicinity. o Word has been received from Frank Stokes and G. S. iVieikle- john, both formerly compacted with our contemporary. They are in Vancouver, the latter being engaged in real estate hrok-rago. J. P. Boyd, manager of the Diamond Val Supply Company, went up to Golden last Saiutdav to visit his wife's family. Mrs. Boyd preceded him about a week and will remain ih.ro until '!'����� hot spell is owe, We are in receipt of the third issue of the New Empire magazine, published in Vernon by S. N. Dancey, and a perusal of it has led us to write a few wcrds in commendation. When we received the first number we were pleased with the idea embodied in its pages and gratified to observe that the publishers were not going to spare expense in making a production that would be a credit to the inland press of the province, and compiled, at the same time, in such a manner to compare favourably with like productions in the east and to rank with any publicity magazine which the prospective investor in the, old country might have on his table. The second issue of the magazine was an improvement upon the first; and the third, in our opinion, is all that could possible be desired. A few may believe that the fact that it is not printed on a highly calendai ed paper prevents the illustiaihi s ben g shown to the. very best advantage. But the paper used is most suitable for a nicely finislu d product ami at; the same ie<!uo s the weight of the issue so that even a haphazard purcha.-. r n ay not hesitate to mail a copy l0:; t''il'"d mi account, "f poMagi' chaig< s. The magazine is a cr- dit t<> the press of the province. Private Clifford Secures Coveted Honor at Bisley Bisley Camp, July 24. ���Private Clifford, of the Royal Grenadiers, Toronto, won the King's Prize, the greatest event of the Bisley meet. Clifford, a few days ago, won the Prince of Wales Prize. Sergt. Martin, of the Highland Light Infantry, won the grand aggregate, consisting of the challenge trophy, the N.-R. A. gold cross and ��10, ��%e trophy being presented by the council of the Dominion Rifle Association of Canada. This prize goes to the highest aggregate in the first stages of the King's Prize, and the St. George's Vase, and in several other events of the service rifle type. Sergt. Ommund- sen. of the Royal Scottish, was second and won the silver cross and ��5; Sergt. Russel was third and won the bronze cross and ��5: as did the following Canadians, Lieut. E. H. Morris. 12th; Pte. .Cliff ord. ^Qth^and_Pte.3ibbjy 30th. The following won ��2 : Corp. Trainor, 72nd, and Lieut. Clark, 73rd. Incorporated THE 1855. STRENGTH OF THE Toronto lies in its proportionately large Reserve Funds, . its long experience and steady growth, the ability and high standing of those who conduct its affairs, the soundness of its loans and investments, and its large resources. The Managers of the Bank are pleased to offer the up-to- date facilities of this well known institution to all. who have banking business to transact. Paid-up apital - . - - - $4,000,000 Reserve Fund - $4,944,777 ANDREWS & SMITH, Proprietors. SITUATE BETWEEN COLDWATER HOTEL THE BANK OF MONTREAL. NOW THE MOST UP-TO-DATE POOL ROOM IN THE INTERIOR. ���A Complete Stock of High-class Tobaccos, Cigars, Pipes, etc., always on hand. A car of Split Cedar Posts just arrived. Another coming. Also of Fir Pickets. Prices ca rload reasonable, at rritt Lumber Yard ANDREW McGORAN, - PROPRIETOR��� . THE NICOLA VALLEY NEWS' POTATO DISPLAY Carload of British Columbia Tubers To Be Shown at New York Arrangements are being made by the department of agriculture for a thoroughly comprehensive and representative collection of potatoes from the various farming districts of this province, to be sent for exhibition at the American Land and Irrigation Ex-, position at Madison Square Gar-1 dens, New York, from the 3rd to the 12th of November next, where the collection will also be entered in competion for the Stillwell trophy and $1.000 prize. It is expected that this potato display, if it can be arranged for, will comprise a full carload of superlatively excellent tubers, the exhibit being taken to New York under the personal charge of an official of the department, most probably Exhibition Commissioner Branrith. In addition to this proapective provincial representation in the competition for the Stillwell trophy and prize money, British Columbia will also be given desirable publicity by a number of individual entries, chiefly from the Delta and Ashcroft districts. providing for eight fleet units, eight battle squadrons, to be built within twenty-two years, with the necessary cruisers, destroyers and submarines for each unit. The Commonwealth is now spending two million pounds a year in its naval requirements. "Of course it is in the Pacific that Canada requires its navy most. I can't quite see what your advisers have in view. They (have the Niobe and Rainbow, 'bought from the admiralty, and I am told that another cruiser, an old vessel, is to be bought at scrap price for use as a training vessel. Admiral Kingsmill was in England when I left, I presume arranging for the invitation to shipbuilders to prepare plants in Canada foj the construction oi" the vessels decided upon. Friday. July 28, 19H malt in the evacuation of San Juan island after His Majesty Emperor \Vi:iiam, of Germany, had made boundard award in favor of the United States after the joint occupation of the island for eleven years by British and United States troops following the dispute w hich bi gan over the killing of a Hudson's Bi y pig, and at one time threatened war. Cod Liver Oil With the Oil Taken Out CANADA'S NAVY $��*.: -That Canada compares most disadvantageous^ with Australia in its beginnings of a naval policy "was the statement made by Ad- . miral William Hannam Henderson, R.N., who left for Australia on the R.M.S. Makura last week. Admiral Henderson, chatting Vwith a Colonist representative on the deck of the Makura, said : "Australia is a long way in advance of other parts of the Empire in its preparations for a navy, and while Canada is playing at the business Australia has 'gone about the formation of a navy in a business-like way. It is not because my brother is planning the Commonwealth - navy that I say this. It is well known CANADA'S QUIESENCE 'Canada does not seem to have the same amount of fear of strife in the Pacific as that which pro- prevails in Australia, and personally I am not alarmed as to any grave danger in the position, at least from Japan. Japan could not possibly take any steps in the Pacific without the consent of Great Britain and the Em] i e, and also of the United States. I am a great friend of the Japanese, and I do not think that the rulers of Japan have any such intentions as many credit them with in the Pacific. Japan has made great advances, going from the feudal system to a place as a world power within my lifetime, and there is no doubt but that the nation will become more powerful, out I do not anticipate danger to Canada or Australia from Japan." Admiral Henderson is no stranger to Victoria; in fact he is an old-timer of this city. He made his first visit to Canada in 1860, when he was a midshipman attached to one of the vessels of the squadron, which accompanied fie late King Edward when Prince of Wales on his visit to Canada, and in 1870 he came to Esquimalt on the frigate Liverpool, one of the vessels of the THE GERMAN MENACE Addressing a banquet given by the bankers of London last week David Lloyd George, chancellor of the exchequer, referred to Great Britain's continually growing prosperity, which he said could only be arrested by a disturbance of the world's peace. Therefore he was ready to make great sacrifices to preserve peace. Therefore he was ready to make great sacrifices to preserve peace and would rejoice at the- success of the arbitration negotiations with the United States. But, he added, it was essential that Great Britain at all hazards should maintain her place and prestige among the great powers. The Liberal morning -papers, which refer to the fact that Chancellor Lloyd George in his address read the important passages slowly and carefully from a prepared manuscript, regard his utterances as an embodiment of the cabinet's views, and it is not doubted that it was a hint to Germany with regard to Morocco. that when Australia determined to have a naval unit, "**it*"consulted the admiralty and I Flying Squadron, -which came"to ascertained the best plan to fol- Esquimalt .in that year. He was ?tow. An admiralty was then on the Esquimalt station again rformed. Canada has not even from 1872 to 1876, when he was :an admiralty. Then my brother, Admiral Henderson, was called, and he has sketched a programme on the sloop-of-war Petrel, and i i 1873 he took part with the British naval forces from Esqui- This Little Crank In Your KAtQhen NEW PACIFIC BOATS A fortnightly service to the Orient will be maintained by the C. P. R. on thearrivel of the two new 15,000-ton steamers on the Pacific coast, according to advices received from Montreal. The report states that the vessels, orders for which have been placed with the Fairfield Ship': building company of Glasgow, will not be ready till the spring of 1913, instead of Christmas of next year, as stated by W. T. Payne, manager of the company in China, during his visit to Vancouver last week. One of the Pacific Empresses now in service will be withdrawn from the present run, on which they have been for twenty years, but she will remain on the Pacific coast on another route. A Triumph for Chemical Science and Pharmaceutical Skill Oil from the liver of the cod-fish has been used as a preventative of disease and a restorative for ages. For a long time it has been the general opinion that the medicinal value of Cod Liwr Oil was the greasy, oily part itself ���its only drawback being the unpalatable, fishy taste of the oil. From the first experts have been trying to find means to make it more palatable. They used to "cut" it "with whiskey���take it in wine���flavor it with lemon juice���anything to get away from that abominable fishy taste and smell. Lots of people still take it in Emulsion form, which is nothing more than "churned" oil���broken up���but still greasy, oily and a strain on the digestion. Doctors used to think it was the oil itself that built up the system���they were slow to find out that the oil was a distinct drawback to the medicinal principles contained in it. Crude oil is quite indigestible, and will, in time, put the strongest stomach out of order. A way has now been discovered to do away with the grease and the smell, and yet retain all the medicinal properties of the liver. This is done by removing the fresh oil from the new livers. The liver pulp is then reduced to the form of an extract like beef extract. Nyal's Cod Liver Compound is simply this liver extract combined with an extract of malt and healing wild cherry. It also contains the true hypophosphites. This combination makes Nyal's Cod Liver Compound a delicious tonic- builds up the system, and makes you strong. Take it when you feel yourself losing your grip. It's a pleasure to take��� even the children like it. Get a bottle to-day and ward off disease. $1.00 for a large bottle. Your druggist will cheerfully recommend it beenuM he knows all about it. Sold and Guaranteed by Gemmill & Rankine Merritt. Nicola Valley rke -Dealers in; Prime Beef, Mutton Lamb Veal and Pork. Poultry, Ham and Bacon. -Manufacture! s of- Strictly High Grade Delicious SAUSAGES Fresh Fish always on hand. Orders receive prompt attention. Cattle bought and sold by the carload. I. Eastwood Manager Y WATER NOTICE I, Frank Porter Patterson, of Vancouver, B.C., physician, give notice that on the 17th day of August, 1911, I intend to apply to the Water Commissioner at Nicola, in his office, for a license to take and ;use fifteen cubic feet of water per second from Canyon Creek, a tributary of Trout Creek, in Nicola Division of Kamloops District. The water is to be taken from the stream about five miles above the mouth, and is to be used on lots 1151, 1150, 1149 and 3755, and pre-emption records number 5434, 6093 and 5867 in Osoyoos District. v '. FRANK PORTER PATTERSON By his agent J. D. Anderson, of. Trail, B. C. FOWLER & LARSON Contractors an d Builders MERRITT, B. C. PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS FURNISHED. ALL WORK GUARANTEED FIRST-CLASS. With many years of practical experience, we are prepared to handle any kind of Building or Construction Work aves 20 % on Coa! It U a, wonderful patent f!cv!ce, the Oxford E f r use only on conomizer, nr.j ;; licensed STOVES 'and RANGES i <. s��s hn-J ma7e,l0U3 insulator keeps tho oven at a e'ven temperature. No TN 7 V/.=5,tc'f7"ot:il"e C3C3 up tlie flue but baj o:\jvs, steam and smoke. ���n i nV- , r hour3 W'tho':t a-ention-rcaJy f jr immediate use- nnd all tins labor, tim3 and fuel savcj by si.npiy tarni.:g ti.3 crank. With the Divided Oven F!u, Strip you have even baking, because of tie perfect distribution of heat, secured by this expert arrangement. The Reversible Grate <C3tHB is provided with strong, interlocking teeth that reduce coals to ashes by a single turn. In appearance, in details of finish and design the Chancellor is an ornament as well as a necessity in any kitchen.�� The Range here represented and other Gur- ney-Oxfords of every sort .for every purpose, dis- f played on our floor. SPECIAL DEMONSTRATION NOW MERRITT MERCANTILE COMPANY CANADA AND JAPAN The Canadian government has been advised by the Colonial Office that notwithstanding the abrogation of Japan's commer- cial treaty with Great Britain, to which Canada became a party a Se w=y ears=agoyJaparrwil lyjoW tinue to treat Canadian products under the' 'most favored nations." terms. Accordingly the govern, ment has pioclaimed the act passed in May last, empowering the Canadian government to improve the existing scales of duty on Japanese products pending the conclusion of a new commercial treaty. W. A. BARNE Contractor for Painting, Paper Hanging and Kolsomining. All Work Guaranteed Pirst-class. MERRITT, B. .C PUBLIC HIGHWAYS. PROVINCE of BRITISH COLUMA NOTICE is hereby given that all Public Highways in unorganized Districts, and all main Trunk Roads in organized Districts are sixty-six feet wide, and have a width of thirty-three feet on each side of the mean straight centre^line^of^the^travelled-road G.R. Hankey &Co, LIMITED. Real Estate and Insurance Okanagan Lands All Classes of Investments Placed. Head Offices: - - Vernon, B. C THOMAS TAYLOR, Minister of Public Works. Department of Public Works, Victoria, B. C, July 7th, 1911. -35 AN IRRITATING MALE FAILING Mrs. William Leeds, who took Mrs. George Keppel's house in London for the Coronation season, came from New York with forty huge trunks, all the same size, all mounted with shining brass, all claret-colored, and all as lustr us as the body of a motor car. Mrs. Leeds, as her forty trunks imply dresses very beautifully. She spends a large amount upon her wardrobe, and at a dinner at the Plaza discussing the fact that woman's dress is so much more expensive and so much less durable than mans', she once said: "We women dress foolishly, and we will continue to do so till men dissaprove; but"��� She smiled upon the men seated at the table. "No man in the world ever disapproved of dres extravagance in a woman unless she happened to be his wife." CANADIAN lal Train leaves 12.35 daily for all points East and West. Returning, leaves 18.40. itt-l-IVPiyi/lflriH-E^^H-Slt^ihl^ Saddle Horses, and Single and Double Drivers on Shortest Notice. Good accomodation for horses. Express meets all trains. Buggies for hire. A. J. COUTEE, Prop., Merritt, B.X Tickets on sale to all points Canada and United States. Accommodation r e s e rved and complete passage booked to any part of Great Britain. For rates and sail- I ings apply to P. H. PUFFER Agent - Merritt, B. C. Or write to H. W. BRODIE General Passenger Agent Vancouver, B.C. WM. COOPER General Contractor of Plastering BRICK, STONE, CEMENT BLOCKS AND GENERAL CEMENT WORK. ALL WORK NEATLY AND PROMPTLY EXECUTED! PRESSED CEMENT STEPSy GRAVE STONES^ FENCE POSTS, ETC. Metropolitan MEAT MARKET NICOLA, B.C. The choicest of Beef, Mutton, etc., always on hand Fresh Fish, Eggs and Vegetables. T. HESLOP, Prop. Friday, July 28 1911 THRN1CTLA VALLEY NEWS The "Carhartt ���� Not Like Other Gioves Sewed with Wax Thread HEAT water rmi If so be sure and get a pair of No Outseams To Rip Good as the Carhartt Overall They are the best. Patented Reinforced Where the Wear Comes. The Service of Two Pair for the Price of ONE. We have just received another large shipment of Men's Summer Suits, Coats, Trousers and Shirts. You will find it no trick to keep cool if you let us fit you out with our goods. Every garment guaranteed. LADIES! We are sole agents for THE DOROTHY DODD SHOE We invite you to call and see the goods. Just what you want���solid comfort. AGS AND SUIT CAS1 We_have^received���a all sizes and prices : 1 zwctG* ehirtm**nf ^f TVggi ehinmont e\t- . I *�������*�� ire ^4- to $12. Suit Cases in great variety, in linen and leather lined. 4.50 to $12 es from 75c to $1.50 DRY GOODS GROCERIES BOOTS AND SHOES MEN'S FURNISHINGS HARDWARE 8 THE NICOLA VALLEY NEWS * Friday. July 28, 1911 I I That I have for sale, city LOT 19 in BlockS, on situated between the Merritt Hotel and" Bank of Montreal for This is the best snap in Merritt today and that has been of fer- ed for months/ adjoining property holders are asking $450 for their lots, and some paid $350 a year ago. the values of lots in the city have comment- "eci pon my price of $210 for this lot and say there is something wrong. The only thing I wrong is that I am selling this lot for 1Q0 per ct. lessthanad- | joining property holders and can give a clear title. ACT QUICK I Real Estate and Financial Broker. MERRITT, B. C I ��* TAY PAY AND DICK Continued from page one. severer climate of the New World The head is again massive and, surmounted by a mane of thick, snow-white hair, it makes even more striking the personal appearance. There is at first a curious resemblance to the head of Sir Wilfrid Laurier���the same complex- Iion, the same massiveness of head the same mane of white hair, but the resemblance is not as great when you examine the two men more closely. Sir Wilfrid Laurier has the long thin face of the typical Frenchman���indeed the Dominion Premier always looks to rrie as it he walked out of a portrait of the noblesse of France in the days before the Revolution. Mr. McBride has the short face, massive head and the thick hair of the Celt of the West. Analyzing still further the face and features of the figure of the great British Columbian, you see curious contradictions with the impression of athletic massiveness. The mouth is small, the deep-set eyes are soft brown, the feet and hands are small���there are delicacy, sensitiveness, a certain artistic element in this big, massive man as well as strength. And, above all. the dominating impression is of strength that is at the same time the simplicity, the geniality, and the comradship of that true democratic sentiment you find in these new countries, where men all start from small beginnings before they reach to wealth and power. GREAT RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE The ancestry of the man will supply you with the explanation of the apparent contradictions in his physique, and the different factors that make up the powerful and attrartive personality. Asked once by an importunate elector as to his special religious views for they have some faint echoes even in far British Columbia of the racial and religious feuds of our Old World, and especially of that part of it which lies within the frontiers of Ireland ���Mr. McBride described with i great humor how his father was an orahgeman from the north, and his mother a Catholic from the south of Ireland, and how as July 12th approached every year the father bought and the mother tore down from the wall the picture of William of Orange, and how, on the other hand, the father treated in like fashion the chromotype of the Pope which the mother thought the fittest ornament of the home. The elector was silenced amid the genial laughter^ofthe^crowd.���And=Mr.- McBride is the perfect amalgam of these two contradictory types of Irish life. He has abounding toleration for men of all creeds, recognizes no political distinction because of differences in religious faith, and with equal grace and general acceptance attends the bazaar for the Catholic Church and the opening of the Baptist chapel. And in his character there are blended the stern strength of the Ulster Orangeman and the genial softness of the Catholic mother from Mun- ster. It is one of the secrets of Mr. M"Bride's unique hold over his people that he belongs to them in every nerve of his being. He was born in British Columbia and though he went to the law school at Halifax, in Nova Scotia, to get his professional training, he has lived almost every hour of his life in his own province and amonghis own people. And he is never out of touch with them or with their outlook on things. Any day you can see him in Victoria, moving easily among the people, saluting every man he meets, for he knows them all, or seated in the vestibule in the beautiful Canadian Pacific hotel over a cup of tea, talking easily and familiarly to everyone who comes J to join the circle. He is the ruler with something of the Cadi in his methods and manners. Some nine or ten years ago Mr. McBride was leader of the Opposition, resisting a great Railway Bill. At the end of a teriffic figh t extending over months, the ministry was defeated, and Mr. Mc- bride was called by the whole voice of the country to take up its government. He started with what was a surprising and in many quarters an unwelcome transformation of the political life of the country. Hitherto ministries had been a collection of men of different parties���a personal rather than a political combination. Mr. McBride resolved that this was an unhealthy method of governing representative institutions, and he substituted party for personal government; or, in other words, government by party instead of government by faction. EMPIRE'S YOUNGEST PREMIER He was was just a little over 30 years of age when he reached this great position���the youngest Prime Minister in the whole British Empire. He has held office for nine years since. The exteot of his power is best realized when it is said that of the 42 members of the legislature 38 are his supporters. Of the remaining four two are Liberals and two are Labor men, and the Labor men are found in his lobby at least as often as in the opposite. In these years he has achieved wonders for his Province. Looked at with suspicion when he started, he appealed in vain to financiers and bankers for assistance in financing the Province; now he is independent of them all. The Province has made such progress that today it stands in as high a financial position as any country in the Empire. .. Everywhere you see manifestations of the indomitable energy of the man. The illimitable resources of the vast country are being developed with feverish energy and under the guidance of a man who knows by personal travel almost every inch of the vast tesritory. His last and most ambitious project is the foundation of a British Columbia University, which he means to make as to endowment and as to professorship the equal of any univei' sity in the world. Again and again the Conservative party of the Dominion have asked him to leave his Province and take his place on the greater stage of the Dominion in the Parliament House at Ottawa. But he has steadily resisted all such appeals up to the present. His heart and h i s=w ork=a re=s ti I ha mrorfgrlTiFBWTT people. ���Daily Chronicle, Lun- don, Eng. 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Title | The Nicola Valley News |
Publisher | Merritt, B.C. : Edward C. Bell |
Date Issued | 1911-07-28 |
Geographic Location | Merritt (B.C.) |
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Language | English |
Notes | Print Run: 1910-1916 Frequency: Weekly |
Identifier | The_Nicola_Valley_News_1911_07_28 |
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Source | Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives. |
Date Available | 2013-01-02 |
Provider | Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library |
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DOI | 10.14288/1.0184925 |
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