./': ,s* -xj~i A.- Saturday Afternoon, May 16," 1903 INVESTIGATION BY COLUMBIA & WESTERN COMMITTEE DRAGS ITS WEARY WAY ALONG THE TESTIMONY OF THE CHIEF'COMMISSIONER OF LANDS AND WORKS IS NOT SHAKEN UNDER GROSS-EXAMINATION The Columbia & Western special committee met ou Monday. The morning session was taken up by a discussion as to ���whether B. P. Davis, K. 0. should be permitted to cross examine Mr. Wells, it was decided that ho should. G. McL. Brown, who was formerly the executive agent of tho O. P. R., gave evidence before the commission inquiring into tho East Kootenay land scandal today to the effect that he had pressed W. O. Wells, commissioner of lands and works, for delivery of the grants of land in Southeast Kootenay, as well as Messrs Dunsmuir aud Eberts, but tho grants wero withhold. He considered that the C. P. R. was entitled to the land for building the Columbia & Western. Wells is alone responsible for the uon-de- delivery of the grants, ho said. There was no question whatever but that it was he who stood between the province and the railway company/and prevented the completion of the transaction. While in Montreal he had had a conversation and had been inf orrned by sir Thomas Shaughuessy that Mr. Wells,had delivered the patents for all these lands except blocks 4593 and 4594, which he had consented to have Mr. Wells bring back to Victoria. Mr. McCaul-objected to thc reception of such'secondary evidence. It should not go down in tlie notes, nor go out to tho public. Finally it was put that from the tonor of sir Thomas Shanghnessy's statement he had expected to receive the grants from Mr. Wells. The chief commissioner liad said that "it would-be all right." The same assurance had been recoived from the other members of the government. The government at that day consisted of Messrs. Dunsmuir, Eberts, Prentice aud ��� -Weils.--".- .y-.^' :,-.,.;;,:: "Is that all?'? said Mi-. Helmcken. "We would be inclined to think you were an important member of, the- government. ; He could not say by whom tho bill of 1903 was drafted, he did .not remember giving it to the deputy attorney general or taking it to the king's printer. Wheu pressed by Mr. Duff, Mr. Brown said he had drafted the bill himself. It'was a most important bill removing all difficulties as to these vexatious subsidy matters. He had no explanations to off er as to the varied phraseology.enlarging tho selection powers:and transferring,,them,.from, the company to the government. The best explanation he could give was that lie could remember nothing about the matter. Sir Thomas Shaughnessy, president of the Canadian Pacific railway, wired C. W. D. Clifford, chairman of the committee, that he will be present for examination on Monday next. Oh Tuesday Mr. Brown was again before the committee and after discussion Mr. Duff was allowed to re-examine him. He (Brown) did not remember when he had learned of the determination of the government to withdraw the bill of 1902. He had probably asked for an explanation. He uo doubt haJd asked all. the ministers for reasons for the withdrawal. The general explanation was given, that the hill would not pass the house. He could not recall any circumstances in connection with these interviews* He did not remember any reason being given him by Mr. Wells, or Mr. Eberts, or colonel Prior or Mr. Prentice. Coming back to the recent conversation with Mr. Oliver, wit- ness had no recollection of having given ~"Mrr01iveFany statement a-Wthe'grbunds upon winch the government excused at the time the withdrawal of the bill. He did not remember having said to Mr. Oliver that the bill had been withdrawn "because certain members of the government or the house refused to support it, unless they received somo personal consideration. Nothing of tho land could have been said. If Mr. Oliver stated that witness had said this or something of the kind, Mr. Oliver was mistaken. Such a conversation did not occur at all. He had never spoken to any of the private members of the house in connection with this matter. He dealt with tho government and left all minor matters of detail with the government. He had never told anyone special reasons for tho withdrawal of bill No. 87. Ho had never told sir Thomas Shaughuessy. He had had correspondence with sir Thomas as to the withdrawal of tho bill. This correspondence he had not brought with him. He had not thought it necessary. The correspondence was not hero and could not be got. Mr. Oliver was called to the stand, and examined by Mr. Duff. He had heard the questions put to Mr. Brown and Mi*. Brown's answers. He had had a conversation with Mi*. Brown, on or about the 21st of April ultimo, before he (Brown) was examined before the committee. He had met Mr. Brown at the boat and had walked up with him to the hotel, discussing Columbia & Western matters. He had seen Mr. Brown again before his examination. Brown had made a statement to him in conversation with respect to the withdrawal of bill No. 87. He (Oliver) had asked Mr. Brown the question as to what reason the government had given at the time for the withdrawal-of bill No. 87. In the course of the discussion Mr. Brown had said that several of the supporters of the government had refused to support the bill unless there was something in it for them. This was not Brown's own version of the situation but Brown's statement of tho governments explanation ot why the bill had been withdrawn. Witness was positively clear on tins point. In tho afternoon the Hoh. 0. W. Wells >vas cross-examined by Mi*. Davis. He denied that the grants were actually delivered in Montreal to Oswald, secretary of the Columbia and Western railway, that they were deposited in the vault at C. P. R. headquarters, ahd that they were returned to him the following morning so them to Shaugh- cabinet vacancies to Victoria and return nessy, when certain wero filled. He maintained they had never left the Windsor hotel. :The statement that, they had is wholly false, aud merely an incident in "a great put up job." He certainly had not asked to havo these grants given back, a two year old child would scarcely bo so foolish as to suggest such a thing, if once delivery had been made. Those deeds never left the Windsor hotel, he was quite sure of that. The principal reason for the. cancellation of tho grants was the f allure of the negotiations for the building of tho Midway- Spouse's Bridge line. On Wednesday Mr. Wells was on the stand all day, but the extremely hard cross-examination to which lie was subjected failed to shake his testimony in any particular. He said that D. M. Eberts, the attorney general, had pressed him to deliver the grants for the two blocks of land to the O. P. R; on his return from Montreal. Wells: then said "If the grants were'delivered the government would have togo." Ebertsreplied: ',Let us go then.". Wells' evidence implied that the attorney general was at the bottom of the affair. ' This completed Wells'evidence, y . On Thursday the committee^ had the Hou. D. M. Eberts, attorney general beforo them. He was subjected to a searching examination by Mr. Duff. Mr. Eberts denied that Dunsmuir had said to. him referring to the witness' jenquiry as to why the patehts_ had not been delivered "You know the reason why." He did not remember being referred to Wells for an explanation. He was positivo no such conversation as Dimsmuir had related had ever occurred. Subsequently when Brown was present Dimsmuir had related the Taylor incident, as Wells had described it and asked Brown to deny its truth. He could not explain how Brown was supposed to be able to deny what had transpired between Taylor and Wells iu Montreal. Dunsmuir had uot suggested that he (Eberts) and Brown were mixed up hi the affair. - Witness had not been notified of the meeting*' of the executive held in Wells'office, at which the cancellation order was passed. He had gone to the lands aud works office and found a meeting in progress. Ho at once went in and Dunsnmir turning to Wells said, "Now* tell Eberts what yon told me." The witness was commencing to tell the story, when Helmcken told him he had no right to disclose cabinet secrets. A lengthy ar-^ ��� gun_ent followed..' It finally "autie^'irir that Eberts had told his partner, Taylor,, of the attempted Dribery in Montreal as related by Wells. It came out that Eberts name was on the back of the description of the land, to be embodied .in the since cancelled grants. Eberts' examination was not concluded when the committee rose. On Friday the examination of attorney general Eberts wat continued, he was on the stand all day. He had told Taylor what Wells said at the executive meeting, which was to the effect that Taylor, had offered Wells 80,000 acres in the land company, if he would deliver the grants to the Canadian Pacific railway company. Eberts was cross-examined by Wells' counsel during which it came out that in the opinion of the attorney general the Canadian Pacific railway company had a good case against the province in connection with the non-delivery of the grants, if the courts were appealed to. the subject. So loug as peoplo in this country conduct themselves as reputable citizens it does not niakc any difference where they come from. It is immaterial whether some Englishmen speak with a drawl or whether some of our friends from the United States speak through their noses, or Canadians adopt the middle course and do neither the one nor the other���so we will dismiss the matter from our minds." Judgment was entered for the plaintiff. The celebrated case of Clark vs. Collom was settled this week. Clark asked for 80-000 shares iu tho' Arlington as his payment for assisting in making the sale of the property to the present owners. After being in the courts for nearly throe years the trial was finally set for Tuesday last at Rossland. Before the case came'up, however, the lawyers made a settlement, the defendant paying $2000 covering the plaintiff's costs, defendant paying his own costs. This is tho case that W. McAdams -commented, on iu the Sandon Paystreak, his remarks resulting in his spending a short time in the jail at Victoria for contempt of court. ���'���'���'���'* "'..'.,-��� MET Aimy/*^ The provincial legislature met on Monday last. His honor the lieutenant-governor assented to*the following private bills, which had passed their third readings: An Act to Amend the Vernon & Nolson Telephone Co., 1901. An Act to Incorporate thc Kootenay, Cariboo & Pacific Railway Co. An Act to Incorporate the Adam River Railway Co. Aii Act to Incorporate the" Morrissey, Fernie & Michel Railway Co. An Act to Amend the Pacific Northern & Omineca Railway Act. An Act to Amend the Pacific Northern & Eastern Railway Co. . An Act to Incorporate tho Flathead Valley Railway Co. An Act to Incorporate tho Quatsino Railway Co. ��� An Act to Incorporate the British Columbia Northern- & Mackenzie Valley ���Railroad. ��� Au Act to Amend the Land Act. An Act to Incorporate the Port Simpson General Hospital. Mr. Curtis asked if the government had decided what would- be done regarding prospecting,in block 4593, now that bill. -No: 16" had been assented* to.-~ " , ��� Premier Prior declined to answer the question, and asked for an adjournment until the 20th iust. After questions standing on the order paper liad been answered the house adjourned. ASSIZES AT NELSON, Victoria, Saturday, 12:20p.m.���[Special -to-Tm-TRiBUNE.���Thcinvestigating-coin- mittee resumed its sitting this morning with attorney general Eberts on the witness stand. This is the third day and only one of the four lawyers who will examine hhn is through. The investigation is tiresome and more or less farcical. No more is known now than was known wheu tho legislature adjourned two weeks ago. Shaughuessy will be hereon Monday night. Judging by his utterances whieli are freely distributed by the Associated Press, he will endeavor to make it appear that the crown grants for the two blocks, in Kootenay were actually delivered, and their cancellation afterwards was a gross breach of faith on the part of British Columbia. The general opinion is hero that Wells saved the laud to the provinco and the effort to make him the scapegoat wil fail. It is also the opinion that tho lieutenant governor will dismiss the government immediately the present session is over and dissolve the legislature. JUSTICE MARTIN AT ROSSLAND, Mr. justice Martin held supreme court sittings at Rossland this week. The most interesting case was that of Gerald V. Hopkins against the War Eagle and''Centre Star Co., for wrongful dismissal, Hopkins asking $2000 damages for alleged wrongful dismissal. The defence was that complainant was incompetent and disobedient. There Avere a number of witnesses,- judge Forin being one for the plaintiff and after occupying the time of the court for two days the jury brought in a verdict for the plaintiff. Damages $1600. The chief trouble seoms to have been the plaintiff's English drawl, which prejudiced some of the witnesses and possibly manager Kirby against him. In summing up the case Mr. justice Martin said: "There is a circumstance which is in ouo way a small due, but might be magnified into something greater. It has been spoken of as an onslaught on the plaintiff. I have reference to the remark of one witness that ho could not do justice to Mr. Hopkins' drawl; you were told that there wore a large number of people who wero prejudiced. That is something that you and I will dismiss from our consideration in this The following cases are set for trial at the assizes at Nelson commencing on Monday next, which will be presided over ���by Mr. justice Martin. The case against J. Burt Morgan for criminally libelling R. T. Daniels of Rossland will be proceeded with by private prosecution. Criminal list: Wing Wo, D. C. Ray, murder; Walter Willis, wounding with intent to murder; Andrew Baleek Palko, wounding with intent to murder; J. Bur- bridge, fraud; W. Moodie, C. Jagger, stealing; A. Patterson et al, J. T. Davis, nnlawfiilassembly. I'CULTULeu IjU 111111 ion- iuhuwiiik mum-uig bu uvui u.ui uuuisiuuTtluuu xix una matter. I that he might take them back with hhn j feel almost ashamed to have to allude to The list of civil cases to he disposed of by the same judge after the criminal cases are heard includes: Keslervs. Bull River Mining company, motion for judgment and foreclosure; Farrelys. C. P. R. action for trespass aud damage to property; Mageevs. Brock, for profits on sale of stock; Briggs vs. Fleutot, for interests in mineral claims; Kingswell vs C. N. P. C. Co., for damages for injuries received; Balfour vs. Ingram et al, to set aside chat- tie mortgago; Sandberg vs. Ferguson, to adverse mineral claim *, British Lion Gold Mining company vs. Creamer, also Creamer vs. British Lion Gold Mining company, to adverse mineral claims. MINING NOTES, Wild Horso creek placer mining companies aro preparing for extensive operations this year. Tho machinery of the Laborer's Co-Operative Mining Company at Golden is to to be installed at once and a trial ran of tho smelter is expected shortly. T. G. Smith and W. B. Averill of New York are at Slocan crossing examining tho Hungry Man property.. Al. Teeter and his partner struck the ledge on the Combination on Springer creek this week. Thoy have a big ledgo 40 feet in width and havo now got tho ore at tliree levels. Several men are employed at the Ottawa, they are driving No. 4 tunnel and expect to cut the ledge at another 200 feet. The vein will then have 500 feet in depth from the surface. The Royston Gold Mines, Limited aro going to commence ground-sluicing on Monday on their properties on Morning mountain. Superintendent Gracey of the Athabasca-Venus mine has confirmed the report that a good strike has been made at the end of No. 1 tunnel. A rich strike is reported on tlie Josie mine, the rich Anuio vein having been struck in the 700-foot level by the diamond drill. It is now predicted that profitable dividends aro assured tlie LoRoi No. 2 for several years. A strike was made this week on thc Lucky Boy thero is said to be foiu- feet of shippiug ore. G. W. Stead, who is managing the property, has now ready for shipment about 60 tons of ore which will run $200 to the ton, besides a quantity of second class ore which will run about $40 to the ton. The uew strike is grey copper and.carbonates and as high as 1500 ounces silver to the ton has been got. .y V'���';;.". The Ptarmigan mines iu the Winder- mers district havie a double Bleichert tramway on the ground, it is 8000 feet in length, and will be erected as soon as the snow is off the ground. They have worked 30 men all winter, and intend installing an electric plant on Horse Thief creek.;,,;' ������-'���'���-. Work on McCullough creek has been started, J. D. Sibbald of' Revelstoke having gone up this week. The company he represents owns the , Ophir and Last Chance properties.- yVery course gold was got from these claihis and some fail* sized nuggets, which were- exhibited at the World's Fair in Chicago in 1893. The Rev. Canon : Drummond, vicar of Beyhe Hill, Maidenhead, in- his parish magazine for thisy month says: '<The devil seems, to have ibeeh administering doses of sleeping powders to many, ���which produces lethargy,'indifference, procrastination, self-indulgence, numbness and also that peculiar disease', morbus Sabbati- cus, which recurs 'weekly, on Sundays only, and produces an incapacity for worship ahd a weakness of the lower limbs, preventing attendance at church? Beware of these subtle symptoms." NELSON CITY COUNCIL, Tho mayor and all tho aldermen were prosent at the council meeting ou Monday last. The public works committee recommended the laying of sidewalks on Kootenay and Victoria streets, but vetoed the bridge on Mill street. They recommended that uo lease be given O. E. Miller of land on the waterfront between the eity wharf and Astleys boat house, as it would not leave room for the Canadian Pacific boats at high/water. The chief of police irepor ted that 54 persons were residing iri the shacks along the. water front, he also gave the occupation, number of children, i and other informa- tion.abqut.the^hackers,^_._iiw^ ^r A. LaFrance appeared before*the "covin'-' oil, on his own behalf and also at .the request of other shackers. ��� He made an appeal that they should be allowed to stay where they were, on- paying rent to the city, and asked the following questions of the council: Have squatters on govern- ernment land no right to same through priority of possession? 2.���-Has it been satisfactorily established that the welfare of the city, or of the shackers, require that the latter should be summarily removed?. 3.���Is there any possibility of the land occupied by the shackers being required by the city for other purposes for some time to come? The mayor said that the question had been thoroughly discussed on several occasions by the council and they: were unanimously in favor of the squatters being ordered to leave the land in question. He would like the aldermen to again express" themselveToff the'matter, one of the unpleasant duties which aldermen had to put up with. Ho was present at the fire and although he did not pretend to be an expert fireman he thought it was badly managed. The expressions of opinion he heard were very humiliating. Alderman Irving thought that the bystanders had .interfered unnecessarily, all kinds of directions -were shouted to the firemen causing confusion aud mistakes. Alderman Bird thought the fire had been mismanaged. It was a disgrace to the city of Nelson the Way it had been handled and showed nothing but incompetence. He had heard nothing but universal condemnation of the work done at this fire. ..-".-. Alderman Irving thought there should have been extension ladders so that the hien could have got oh the roof. Chief Lillie said, that the building iu question had studding ruuiiiug up froni the ground to, the roof, without stops at any of the floors. Wheu the fire started it had5 immediately burned through the wall from a room, and had been drawn up to the attic. While there was but little flame showing outside there had been several places where it had been spreading rapidly within and which had to be'attended to. Bystanders outside could not see this work in progress aud naturally criticized. The mayor said he had uot seeu thc last two fires but at the sawmill fire he heard nothiug but favorable reports of the firemens' work. Aldermen Selous and Bird both gladly bore testimony to what the mayor had said regarding the firo at the sawmill. Alderman Hamilton said it should be compulsory, to have stops between the studding on each floor. After some discussion, on motion of alderman Hamilton, seconded b}*- alderman Irving, it was decided that ii building bylaw should be brought in. . There was a discussion as to the cost of installing a fire alarm system. Chief Lillie said 10 boxes could be put iu for $2500, which would be sufficient for the whole city. Alderman Irviug thought it could be put iu for less if the firo brigade did the work. He understood Rossland installed their system for about $1500. The special mechanism was very expensive, the boxes costing $75 each aud the mechanism for tlie bell $400. Cheaper arrangements could be got but they were unsatisfactory. Referred to the fire water and light committee. " '-"Alottcr from Hugh'D. Giluiour'of Vancouver, was read and referred to the finance committee. . Bylaw No. 127 to regulate tho early closing of stores in the city was read a first and second time and on motion of alderman Kirkpatriek, seconded by alderman Gilker, comes up for approval at the next meeting. Bylaw No. 128, regulating the citygeometry, was read a first and second time aud ou motion of alderman Hamilton, seconded by alderman Gilker, comes up for final approval at the next meeting of the council. _ workmen. A man named White was arrested on suspicion of having started the blaze. He was seen at the yards just before the fire broke out, having just been released on a ticket-of-leave, he was serving a ten years' sentenco for incendiarism.' ". .'-'..:.:' " An accurate list of the fire loss places the amount at $400,000 with'insurance of $250,000. '."'-''���������' Eight hundred and seventy-five persons were rendered; homeless. A reliof committee was appointed by tho city council. BRIDGE WHIST CONTINUED, m BOARD OF TRADE MEETING, Alderman Hamilton said it had been decided by former councils that it was advisable that the water front bo cleared, and this council was strongly of the same opinion, and action should be taken at once. ' There was nothing to be gained by delay. Alderman Irving said the council liad unanimously decided on the matter, and he saw no reason for opening up the.subject ugain. Alderman Kirkpatriek said he thought it was more a question of public health than any other as ho thought there was danger in using the lake water. Ho was strongly in favor of tho removal. Alderman Selous asked Mr. LaFrance if he used lake water. Mr. LaFrance said no, he used city water whicli ho got . either at Griffin & Co.'s or thc sawmill. Aldermau Selous said both those institutions were liable under the city charter to a fine of $50. When people see they can got everything free by living at the water front, the example of the prosent squatters would be very largely followed, and should we allow them to remain it would be a very unwise proceeding. Alderman Gilker said "I agree with the other aldermen. It is best to deal with the matter now rather than later. Alderman Bird agreed that the removal should take place at once with the exception of the two cases mentioned by the chief of police. The mayor���Mr. LaFrance thc council has decided tho water front shall be cleared. The trustees of St. Paul's church wroto asking that their electric light rates should be reduced. Referred to the fire, water and light committee. A petition for the opening up of a lane from Park to Cedar street was referred to tho board of works. Frank Tamblyn announced the closing of tho Nelson Wine Co. and asked that the balance of his liceuso for the rest of the term be refunded him. After some discussion as to whether this would form a precedent, it was referred to the board of license commissioners. Chief Lillie wroto the council saying thc alarms sent in over tho telephone when there was a fire, wrs most unsatisfactory and recommended a fire alarm system be installed. Referred to the fire, water and light committee. Alderman Selous said he hated to bring this matter forward, but he felt it was The Nelson Board of Trade held the regular monthly meeting on Wednesday evening. President J. M. Lay was in the chair, and there was a good attendance of the members: The minutes of the last meeting were read and adopted. It was proposed by Fj-ed Starkey and seconded "b^TrGT'ProlMrWd'cmTiedW^ "That the Nelson board of. trade unanimously endorse the resolution passed at the citizens meeting on May 4th, regarding a bonus on lead, and that a copy bo forwarded by wire to W. A. Galliher, M. P., and to the minister of finance." E. Ranmielmeyer wrote asking the board to take some action towards inducing tlie Kootenay Lake Telephone Company to extend its lino from Nelson to Ymir, Erie, Salmo and other neighboring camps and mines. After discussion the president and vice-president were appointed a committee to interview the telephone company on the subject. W. A. Galliher, M. P., wrote that the postoffice department had not yet taken any stops towards the establishment of a mail sen-ice between Nelson and tho Lardeau district via Kootenay lake; as soon as action was taken he would communicate with tho board. The secretary was instructed to write Mr. Gallihor asking if anything liad been done towards establishing a daily mail service over tho Crow's Nest, and also to write to the boards of trade of the towns-along tho Crow's Nest road, asking them to take the matter up. The Kootenay River Lumber Company was elected to membership. On motion the Kootenay Lake Telephone Company was asked to place a telephone at the disposal of the board. BAD FIRE IN OTTAWA, The next thing, to bo considered Bridge whist is tho making of the trump. The great-principle to be kept in mind is that the make which will be right in the majority of cases, should be made in all cases. No one can pick out the best make every timo. The element-of passing is the most difficult for tlie beginner,'if he wero compelled to make thc trump from his own hand it would be much easier. It is impossible to lay down rules which will enable a person to select the best make on every hand, but a few general-principles will be founcl_following, which will win if consistently carried out, although dis- nuil failure may result in some cases. Iu considering the make, notice must bo taken of the strength of the hand; thc score aud the honors in one suit. Four aces and three kings make a no rruniper, no matter how the score stands. When it is a question of simply winning or losing the odd trick, the honor column must bo considered, as you can afford to risk losing the odd trick if you arc certain of adding from four to nine times the number of points iu tho honor column. The hand should always bo made a no- trumper* with four aces, no matter how thc score stands. With three aces the hand should be a no-trumper unless very stroug.in the red suits, or when the score stands so that you can certainly make tho game by declaring a trump. It is foolish to risk a no-trumper when-by declaring a trump you are certain of winning the, game. With two aces and protection pi .a'third-suit,, such "as K., Q, aiid" two other,' K., J. and two others, or Q.*., J., 10, the make should be no trump, even if the fourth suit is very weak or entirely missing. In making a no-trumper on two aces, it is a safer make if neither of the aces is alone, so _hat the ace cannot bo forced out of your hand the first round. Somotimes it is very important to be able to pass ouo or two rounds of an adverse suit by holding up the ace. Tho principal exeception to making no trump with three aces is, when you have a hand strong enough to make game with a declared trump, and at no trumps have a weak suit you are afraid of. Wanting only eight points to win, and holding seven clubs to the ace, two other aces, and a missing suit, it is foolish to .risk a no-trumper when two tricks in clubs wins the game. To make a no truniper without- an ace, a player should have a phenomenal hand in court cards, and the only time such a marke would be justifiable would be with both black suits long and both red suits protected and the score such that it was "impossible=to'-��'iifthe=game=:with;=a=bhick= trump. The beginner should nevej^^iake it no trump without au ace. Never risk a no-trumper ���with two miss- iug suits, (a missing suit is one iu which you cannot possibly take a trick,) unless you have six or seven tricks in your hand and are trusting your partner to stop one suit out. The following is a {pod no-trumper even with two missing suits: five cards to the A. K. Q. in oue suit, and four.,-to thc A. K. in another, tho longer always being a black suit, and the four card suit either black or red. Unless your, partner has all low cards and cannot win a trick in either of the other suits, you must get in and make all the tricks in your own hand and uny the dummy has got. Without such strength as this, you should never mako it- no .trumps with two missing suits. Perhaps the only when a no-trumpcr is justifiable time with two missing suits is when the enemy are twenty-eight to love, or a "very small score, anel it is the only chance to win the game. NELSON WRITTEN ABOUT. was made, and this was shortly followed by the staking of the Silver.King and other well-known mines. Then followed the usual influx of minors prospectors and storekeepers, and in 1889- the provincial government laid out the present townsite. Iii the following year the Canadian Pacific Railway Company built the branch line to the Columbia river at Robson, and thus opened im easier means of communication ���with their main line at Revelstoke. ������ Banks were established and the Nelson & Fort Sheppard 'railway, connecting this city with Spokane, was completed iu 1892 and Nelson was in direct communication ���with the rest of the world. Then followed a period of building np thc city and of commercial prosperity, to be succeeded, for iv year or two by a time of quietness.. In 189G-7 the excitement arising from the boom, in Rossland, the working of several mines iu thc immediate neighborhood, gave a great impetus to Nelson, and building operations went on rapidly. Stone and brick buildings were erected, which -will compare favorably with those of much larger cities,. and were immediately occupied by merchants and business and professional men, alive to the growing importance of the place. In 1897 Nelson was incorporated, and as a city continued to make substantial pro- ' gress. Its mayors' aud councils .have always recognized the advantage of public control of public utilities, as evidenced in ��� tho waterworks and electric plants, and the charters given for the gas works and tramway system. At the last census Nelson wras given with a population of 5,549, but as this did not include the residents of Fairview and ' , other suburbs outside the city limits, the number would probably be found to bo over 6,000. , Nelson has many important institutions." Four of the principal chartered banks of Canada are represented here. The Bank < of Montreal, tho Canadian Bank of Commerce, the'Imperial Bank and the Royal Bank each has a branch. sf,i No less than seven churches, a splendid-,- ly equipped and well managed hospital, a public library'; the -large convent school ' and the public and high school buildings speak for the religious, philanthropic and * educational advantages that Nelson possesses. With its macadamized streets, its well- paved sidewalks, some 14 miles length'in all, its nearly 12 miles of water-mains, -^ . and its 8 miles of,sewers, its gas and^elec-^-w^^g1 trie, light system, Nelson is a~towntHat~*/:?*tr'_ft has.a-solidity and permanency,about,it.*-;'-;..^ that -strikes the observant strangeris 'J-'-iA.-s glance.- The> large" number of wholesale houses established here and the excellent facilities for transport, both by rail and water to all parts of the Kootenays, assist in maintaining a brisk and increasing wholesale trade. The retail stores of Nelson are many aud well stocked and ho would be fastidious indeed who could uot obtain here almost any thing-hewanted. The Hudson's Bay Company, although this was not one of the trading posts of that "ancient and honorable" company, has one of its modern establishments here. Many of the largest and best known corporations have, their offices for British Columbia in this city, as for instance the London & British Columbia Gold Fields Company, Whitewater Mines Company, Ymir Mining Company, Athabasca Gold Mining Company, Poorman Gold Mining Company, Duncan United Mines and many others. Nelson is also the headquarters of the district for the provincial government. =Here'are,ithc"courirhouserthe registry~bf-~ t ��� On Sunday last about 4 o'clock iu the afternoon a fire started in Booth's lumber yards, Ottawa. It burned until 9 :!J0 p.m. destroying 175 houses nnd 10,000,000 feet of lumber. The break-down in the city pump house, which required 40 minutes to repair, and a heavy wind from tlio south gave the flumes a groat start. Thc blaze worked its way over to Curling avenue and swept up street after street until it reached the high bluff which begius at the foot of Division and Albert streets. The area burned was over 75 acres and comprised much of the same district a.s was destroyed in tho big firo of 1900. At one timo it seemed likely the whole upper portion of the city would burn. Most of the buildings burned were small brick and fraiuo buildings, occupied by The following is part of the description of Nelson taken from tho illustrated pamphlet issued by the Tourist Association of Kootenay and now ready for distribution. There is a mistake in the second paragraph, it was in I8S8 that A. S. Farwsll laid out part of thc townsite of Nelson for the provincial government, and G. M. Sproat held an auction sale of Nelson lots in October, 1888. E. K. Beeston, the secretary, has tho pamphlets for distribution, und they will be placed in the stores and hotels: Nelson, a miniug town in the Kootenays, so says tho directory, and most people at once picture a place black and grimy, and ouo to bo avoided. Not so is Nelson, however, but instead, a beautiful city, pleasantly situated on the west arm of Kootenay lake. Thu ground ou which it is built rises gradually from tho water level. The houses aro well built, with beautiful gardens with magnificent views of mountain rising above mountain, and in the distanco the snow-capped glacier. It Wins only in 1S80 that the first great discovery of minerals in the neighborhood fice.the gold coimnissioncrand'government agent's oflice, tho provincial jail aud provincial police office. It is the judicial centre for the Kootenay district and has a resident local judge of the county court. The Canadian Pacific railway company has a large establishment, and in its yard's arc somo six miles of tracks, often filled to their utmost capacity. It has repairing shops and tho offices of the local superintendent nnd other officials. Thc hotel ^accommodations of Nelson aro excellent; the Hume, tho Phair and the Queen's are first-class hotels, aud there aro a dozen or more others, all good and comfortable, where cheaper rates can lie obtained. In amusements and means of entertainment Nelson is well supplied. A social club with sonic 150 members, nn opera house seating about 700: musical and op-, eratic societies, gun, lawn tennis, cricket, lacrosse and other sporting and athletic associations nre to be found. Last, but not least of these, is thc Nelson Boat Club, a well patronized institution. Its new boat house, just completed . at a cost of $5000, is a favorite rendezvous on the water. The annual regatta of thc Northern Pacific Amateur Oarsmen's Association was held here in 1902, when crews fjoni Portland, Vaucouvor and Victoria competed with Nelson and the opinion expressed-by the visitors was that, the course was the best they had rowed oyer. Tho lake permits of a course of five miles or more. Boating and fisliiug are the most pleasant of Nelson's many advantages, aud many are the gas and steam launches, boats and canoes owned by the citizens and for hire. As a residential city, Nelson offers many attractions, aud in the summer furnished residences can be obtained by those who desire to leave their wives and families to enjoy the glorious climate and health- giving breezes, while they themselves seek the more arduous sport of hunting aud fishing and mountain climbing. It is impossible to say too much in favor of the fishing near Nelson, which extends for 20 miles east and west ou the Kootenay river, and into the smaller streams falling into it. The rainbow trout in tho Kootenay river are said not to be surpassed in game qualities, and fishing with delicate tackle and small flies gives the sportsman all the oxeitenieut he requires. The Nelson Tribune i lie' I'V 1 lit i Bank of Montreal Established 1817. Incorporated by Act of I'lirlluniont. C A PITAL (all paid up) - - $12,000,000.00 REST 8,400,000.00 UN HI VI DE 1) PRO F ITS 35,698.62 Head Office, Montreal RT. HON. LOUD STRATHCONA AND MOUNT ROYAL, (S.C.M.G., President. HON. 0. A. DRUMMOND, Vice-l'resident. **��� S. CLUSTON, General Malinger. NELSON BRANCH S^^^ A. H. BUCHANAN, Manager. IMPERIAL BANK OF CANADA CAPITAL (Authorized) $4,000,000 Head Ofiice- ' CAPITAL (Paid Up) 8.904.7W *r^��i:�� Ont KEST 2,520,070 rorortto, Unt. Brunches in the Northwest Territories, Provinces ol British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec. T. B. MERRITT, President. D. R, WILKIE, Vice-President and General Manager K. HAY, Assistant General Manager. XV. MOFFAT, Chief Inspector INEUSOIN BRANCH A general banking business transacted. Savings Bank Department���Deposits received and interest allowed. Drafts sold, available in all parts of Canada, United States and Europe. Special attention given to collections. <J. M. LAV, Manager. The Canadian Bank of Commerce With which is amalgamated The Bank of British Columbia Head Office: Toronto, Ontario PAID UP CAPITAL...... I 8,000,000 RESERVE FUND 2,500,000 AGGREGATE RESOURCES OVER..;.. 72,000,000 HON. GEO. A. COX, President(X, B. E. WALKER, General Manager ISEL.SOIV BRANCH Savings Bank Department Deposits received and interest allowed BRUCE HEATHCOTE, Manager The Nelson Tribune Founded in 1892. THE TRIBUNE COMPANY, LIMITED, PROPRIETORS. Office: McDonald Block, Baker Street. The Nelson Tribune is served by carrier to subscribers in Nelson or sent by mail to any address in Canada or the United States for ?1.00 a year; nrice to Great Britain, postage paid, tl.50. No subscription taken for less than a year. JOHN HOUSTON, Editor. SATURDAY, MAY 16, 1903 The investigation of the Columbia & Western deal has dragged along all the week at Victoria without any new facts being elicited. It has been apparent from the start that Wells was to be made the scapegoat. The Eberts, Canadian Pacific Railway crowd have no use for him; the McBride opposition have less, and premier Prior by getting rid of him, would be able to strengthen his hands for the leadership of the Provincial Conservative party. Yet Wells is the only one of the whole bunch, "with the exception of Prentice, who has stood for the people's interests against the interests of the Canadia Pacific and its friends in the legislature. His motives for doing so may have been for his worldly advantage, but, if so, it is strange that when the members of the government, even Dunsmuir himself, were willing to turn the crown grants over in order to save the government from threat- ened-defeat, Wells sidefefacKed-themT Anyone who knows Wells, and who is at all posted on the way things are and have been managed in the lands and works department, knows that he has been badly handicapped in the management of his department. This is not because he is lacking in business training, but because he is lacking in force. Tho department has for chiefs, men who stand in with the Victoria ring, and any effort Wells might make to bring about the conduct of business on business lines, would be met with an " Oh! such is not usual in tlie department " or "Oh! such action would bo contrary to precedents set by former governments," and the department's chiefs could always depend on tho attorney general's department for an opinion backing them up. An attempt was made to reform during the Semlin government, but Cotton was the stumbling block. He wanted to be the whole shooting match himself, and being au Englishman, he could not see his way clear to do anything contrary to the way it is done in the old country. It is not likely that there would be any change for the better as long as anyone from Victoria is premier, or as long as orders-in-council sidetrack laws. Victoria has no man strong enough to break away from present methods, and broad enough to see the whole of the province when the legislature is in session. Prior is the best of the lot, but he would no more cut off the head of a useless official in any of the departments at Victoria than lie would cut off his right hand because of a felon on one of his fingers. Wells could not fire any of the barnacles in his department, and he embittered the barnacles and their friends, by creating ���two places for two of his friends, and these two men not being to the manner born, are cordially hated by the barnacles. Wells will be made to go, but the people of Northeast Kootenay will return him to the legislature by an overwhelming ma jority, merely to show that they believe in fair play, and have utter contempt for the Victoria and coast cowards, and that feeling is not confined to Northeast Kootenay. It is just possible that party lines may be swept aside in Kootenay, and the Boundary, and men elected, pledged to support no man for premier who lives in either Vancouver or Victoria. Apart from the Columbia & Western investigation and its probable results, there is not much openly said in a political way. The premier, as is well known, is strongly opposed to an election this fall. In fact, Prior is a Victorian first, last and all the time, and has tho faults and prejudices that are laid to the door of the average resident of the capital. Were he able he would repeal the redistribution act passed at the last session, and he hopes to form a combination with McBride and Tatlow to bring this about. The redistribution act increases the membership of the house from thirty-eight to forty-two, wipes out some of the old districts "and cuts down the representation of others. Kootenay and the Boundary get the full benefit of the changes, and.noless than six of the changes go to these two sections of the province, Vancouver getting the other one. This increased power to Kootenay and Boundary is not at all to the liking of Victoria, and is not to the liking of .the Cotton-Tatlow element in Vancouver. Another grievance the1 coast men have against the redistribution act is that it gives too much power to what they TstylfTttfe^'labW^tlT' '^TlleyTSeTp^ tremely hostile to the labor element just now, taking their cue from the Canadian Pacific Railway and Dunsmuir. As Kootenay and the Boundary is made up largely of laboring men, the political aristocrats of the coast believe that these two sections -will, if the redistribution bill is not repealed or amended, have altogether too much power and influence iu the next legislature,. AND PRIOR IS MAKING EVERY EFFORT TO HOLD ON TO OFFICE FOR ANOTHER YEAR OR TWO TO BRING ABOUT A REPEAL OF THE REDISTRIBUTION BILL. Will he succeed? Kootenay and Boundary should be on their guard. Thoy have secured equality of representation in past legislative assemblies, and if thoy aro true to thomselves they will have equal representation in future governments. The Dominion Day celebration committee struck the right note when they arranged to gather the children of Nelson together to sing patriotic songs and listen to patriotic speeches on the first of Jnly. The complaint of fire chief Lillie, made to the city council on Monday night, that the alarms sent in by telephone were unsatisfactory, should havo attention from the Tolephonc Company at once. Under any circumstance it will be a considerable time before a fire alarm system can be installed, and in the meantime the best possible service by the Telephone Company should be insisted upon. The redistribution of seats bill passed at tho last session of tho house is what hurts Victoria politicians. They aro hoping that something will turn up that will smash it. This feeling is strong alike among Liberals and Conservatives. The Liberals of Kootenay and Boundary ridings, took thc right action at..their recent convention. Tho upper country will get what they sire entitled to only by voting as a unit. Already Wilson and Houston are being sneered at as having no influence or following among the better classes; that all their influence is for the laboring laboring classes. The coast people speak of Prior Conservatives, Wilson Conservatives and McBride Conservatives, but cannot be made to understand that tho rank aud file of the conservative party do not wear collars marked either "Prior," "Wilson" or "McBride." Tho proposal of the city clerk, referred to the finance committee, which will come up for discussion on Monday next is an important one, in that, if adopted, it will save the city quite a respectable sum in the coiu*se of time. Most business men would jump at the chance of saving seventy per cent of their expenses. It is refreshing to find we have now city officials who are trying to reduce the expenses aud are not afraid of offering suggestions to that end. Bylaw No. 128, which is for the better regulation of the cemetery, is a very proper measure. The fact that people who shoidd know better pluck flowers from the graves, and otherwise misconduct themselves shows its necessity. The charges mentioned for taking care of the graves appears to be excessive, but no doubt when the matter is discussed hy the council, they Will -bo reduced to a reasonable amount. The examination of the chief commissioner of lands and works, before the Columbia & Western Committee, was concluded on Wednesday. He has made the very plain statement that the patents for blocks No. 4593 and 459,_ never were out of his possession in Montreal, whilst he was trying to arrange better terms with sir Thomas Shaughuessy. This statement is contradicted by telegraph. If, however, it is not proved to be false, it conclusively shows that Mr. Wells had the interests of the province in view throughout the negotiations he was conducting. GATHERED BY THE ROADSIDE. I do not think that any systematic effort has ever been made by the celebration committees of past years to secure a large attendance from Spokane. By that I mean sufficient numbers to warrant a special train being run. Thero are over 50,000 people in that city and they ore' practically our neighbors and although on the pther side of the line have much in common with us. Among that population it ought to be possible to get a couple of hundred or more to join the crowd here for at any rate one day and the railway company may be relied upon to make-it a tempting trip. By running a night train through, *with Pullmans, the excursionists would be able to have the whole of Dominion Day with us and be back in timo for business Thursday. The matter -should be taken up and someone, sent down later on to work up the, scheme; meanwhile considerable work.might be done.by correspondence. These are the days when the "��� 'man who knows all about geological formations, landslides, avalanches, etc." will entice you into the deep recesses of the garden or some dark corner of the attic to tell you in lodge room whispers that there is a possibility of Granite mountain. opposite the city falling on us and raising the river to the level of the brewery. Incidentally the danger of living below Latimer street is pointed out, while the early advent of seismic disturbances is positively stated. After all we are surrounded by forces of which we have very little knowledge. Scientific men who have studied the earthquake question say that the city of San Francisco is located just nicely to be wipedontof existence next time there js*a a big disturbance in that line along the California coast. Anyone who has been there can readily imagine the peninsula gone and the Pacific waves washing at the foot of the Contra Costa hills. The idea of a sham fight at the Dominion Day celebration is an excellent one and I hope that no false passimony will stand in the way of its materializing. The city council, should occasion arise, might profitably strain a point in order to secure the attendance of tho Rossland, Kamloops, Revelstoke and Kaslo companies; expense is the question that will be raised and it may be necessary with tho present state of affairs, not to be too much circumscribed in treating tho matter by the light of precedent. The affair will bo both instructing and amusing; it is well that we should know how to defend the town in case of an outbreak of hostilities, and spectators will bo regaled with the usual amotmt of genuine fun, inseperable from this playful warfare and due to the inability to distinguish between friend or foe. The idea is quite original and that is what is sadly needed in the metropolis if we are to get a large crowd together on the two days celebration. They tell a good yarn over one of the local livery's bronchos. This occurred some three years ago when the Morning mountain trail had no grass on it and Athabasca shares were round about half a dollar. Afternoon shifts at the mine would sometimes take a trip down the hill, returning in time for their places at the early morn. While iu town many of them were accustomed to patronize not wisely but too well, bars at which something more interesting than, law was dispensed. The result of this was that a ride home wns both restful and safe. This particular steed was in the habit of carrying his fare a trifle beyond tho Cottonwood creek bridge and there deposit him by the roadside, returning at full gait to the stable. This performance was repeated to all who wero weak on the bridle question. Meanwhile the shaking incidental to the dumping, usually aroused the traveller and he instinctively crawled back to town. That horse was worth money; just three half dollars a trip. Parents will be looked to to testify as to the practical working of tho Curfew which is tolled every evening. I think Iobservo less noiso on the streets since its inception and on the whole the city fathers. will have no cause to apologize for having introduced the innovation. But after all parents should see to it that children be not allowed to float around after dark. His Satanic majesty is always around the corner ready to assist idle hands and what is worse���idle minds���and thus it comes that objectionable precociousness in the youth seem to flourish even as a bay tree. The problem that the various churches might profitably set to work to solve is how to direct the young mind into channels where it will be entertained (not bored) and thus encourage inclinations to- wards more manly and womanly occupations during the hours that are now devoted to idleness. At the recent national convention of municipal ownership and public franchises held in New York in February, professor Parsons, the great economist well said: " Too much attention is given to the financial side of the question. The fundamental test of any institution, method or service is its effect on the public good���its relations to morals, manhood, government, industry, civilization and progress; and in applying this vital test the principal emphasis must be placed, not on financial results, but on human rights. Character and human development, happy homes and noble lives are the real ends for which telephones and street railways and all other institutions��� industrial, political and social���exist; and only so far as they conduce to thoso ends is their existence justified. FIRE, LIFE, ACCIDENT INSURANCE MINES AND REAL ESTATE BAKER STREET NELSON, B. C. Brydges. Blakemore & Cameron, Ltd. Real Estate ana Qeneral Agents JOSEPHINE ST. NELSON, B.C. Frank Fletcher PROVINCIAL LAND SURVEYOR . Lands and Mineral Claims Surveyed nnd Crown (.'runted P.O. Box 5G3 Office: Kootenay St., Nelson Geo. M. Gunn c Milker of first-class hand-made Boots and Shoes. Repairing neatly and promptly ��� done. Satisfaction guaranteed in all work Ward St. next ncw.postoflicc hid INelson JOHN HEPBURN BUIL.DERAND CONTRACTOR , Jobbing work done Estimates given SHOP RESIDENCE Behind new postoffice : Cor. Front and Willow NELSON (Arthur Gee ^Merchant Tailor Tremont Block Baker Street CHOICE SPRING and -^SUMMEPrGOODS^���~ Latest Cut Latest Styles JUST ARRIVED Niew Spring Goods OF THE LATEST FASHIONS Scotch Tweeds, Landslide, Strathcona and Belwarp Serges. A fine line of Pantings of the latest styles Prices tn suit thc times. Call and sec them. John SmaHwood Ward Street MERCHANT TAILOR Drink THORPE'S LITHIA WATER E<vety small bottle contains five grains of Lithia Carbonate REISTERER & C2 BREWERS OF LAGER BEER AND PORTER I'lll up in Packages to Suit tlio Trade Brewery and Office: Latimer Street, Nelson, B.C. J -^-^-^-^-*^- ^ .fr -��� <- <-.^- WE MANUFACTURE Shirts, Overalls, Denim Pants, Tweed Pants, Cottonadc Pants, Jumpers, Blouses, Engineers' Jackets, Waiters' Jackets, Barbers' Jackets, Gingham Jackets, Mission Flannel Underwear, Cooks' Aprons and Caps, Carpenters" Aprons, Waiters' Aprons, Painters' and Plasterers' Overalls, Mackinaw Coats, Mackinaw Pants, Tarpaulins, Dunnage Bags, Horse Blankets, Tents, Etc., Etc., Etc. TURNER, BEETON & GO. LIMITED, WHOLESALE MERCHANTS Warehouses, Wharf Street Factory, 1 Bastion Street -VICTORIA, B.C. ������������������^ ��������������������� UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT Hotel Phair B. TOMK1NS MANAGER The Leading Hotel of the Kootenays Good Sample Rooms Special Rates to Commercial Men Corner Stanley and Victoria Streets, Nelson, B.C. Queen's Hotel Baker Street, Nelson. B. C. Lighted by Electricity and Heated by Hot Air Large and Comfortable Bedrooms and First- class Dining Room. Sample Rooms for Commercial Men. RATES $2 PER DAY MRS. E. C. CLARKE, Proprietress T*emont House European and American Plan Meals 25 cts. Rooms from 25 cts. to $1. Only 'Whito Help Employed. MALONE & TREGILLUS Baker St., Nelson Proprietors madaen House THOMAS MADDEN PROPRIETOR Centrally Located Electric Lighte HEADQUARTERS FOR TOURISTS AND OLD TIMERS Baker and Ward Streets Nelson, B. C. Silver King Hotel RAKER STREET, NELSON UNDER OLD MANAGEMENT RATES $1.00 PER DAY The Dining Room is unsurpassed and the Bedrooms arc tho best in Nelson. The Bar is stocked wilh good Wines, Liquors and Cigars. Bartlett House Josephine St., Nelson, B. C. White Help Only Employed The Best Dollar-a-Day House in Nelson The Bur is the Finest GEO. W. BARTLETT, Proprietor Kootenay Wire Works Co* Manufacturers of Mattresses, Springs, Pillows, Bed Lounges, Conches, Upholstering, Turning, Bandsawing, Grill Work and other novelties. Our No. 4 Spring is the best on the market. Ask for it and take no other. FRONT STREET NELSON, B. C. Sewing Machines/Pianos FOR RENT and FOR SALE Old Curiosity Shop, Josephine Street Nelson, B.C. Okanagan Lands 4000 ACRES Or' CHOICE UAPSD FOR SALE, in blocks from 10 acres to 80 acres. Suitable for fruit growing, dairying and mixed farming. Now open for public inspection. Only three miles from a shipping point on the C.P.R. Good roads all through tlie property and lake frontage to many of the lots. Excellent boating and fishing. An ideal spot for it home. A portion oi the above property will be put up for sale at public auction on . riday, May 8th. Full particulars, maps, etc., may be hud on application to C. B- L*. LEFROY Real Estate Agent Vernon, B. C. CITY OF? NELSON. Notice is hereby given that the first sittings of the Court of Revision, for the purpose of hearing all complaints against the assessment for thc year 11*03, as made by the assessor of the City of Nelson, will be held at the city offices, Nelson, B. C, on Thursday, the llth day of June, 1903, at two o'clock p.m. D. C. McMORRIS, Nelson, B.C., May 8,1903. City Clerk. Notice of Application to Transfer Liquor License. Notice is hereby given that I, A. K. Vaughan, intend to apply at the next sittings of the Board of LtcenselCominissioners for the City of Nelson for a transferor the liquor license now held in my name for the premises situate on lot 10 in block 1 of the City of Nelson, known as the Nelson Hotel, to Charles A. Barclay. Dated this Cth day of Mav, 1903. Witness: A. K. VAUGHAN. A. M. JOHNSON. MELSON MINERS' UNION, No. 90, XV. F. M.��� 1,1 Meets every Saturday evening at 7:30 o'clock, in Miners' Union Hall, northwest corner Baker and Stanley streets. Wage scale for Nelson district: Machine miners, $3.50; hammersmen, $3.25; mine laborers, $3. J. W. Sinclair, president; Frank Phillips, secretary. Visiting brethorn cordially invited. FOR SALE. AT a genuine bargain, a 27-ft. gasoline launch, with simplest and most reliable engine on the market, excellent speed; also a number of row boats and canoes. For particulars write or come and see boats at H. L. LINDSAY'S BOAT LIVERY, Kaslo, B.C. Corporation of the City of Nelson. NOTICE. ���KTOTICE is hereby given that under tho pro- J-v visions of By-law No. 80, "Pound and Dog Tax By-law," it is unlawful for any person to suffer any horse, mule, bull or cow, shcop, goat, pig or other cattle, or poultry to run at large within the limits of the City of Nelson. Every owner of a dog in the City of Nelson is required to pay annually a tax of two dollars for each dog owned by him. . No person shall suffer or permit his dog to run at large in the City of Nelson for which such person has not paid the tax required of him and unless such dog shall have around his neck a collar or strap to which shall he attached a metallic plate to be supplied by tho city on payment of the said tax. Warning is hereby given that any person guilty of an infraction or-violation of any of the provisions of the above named by-law Is, ln addition to the fees and charges set forth therein, liable upon summary conviction to a penalty of One Hundred Dollars and the costs of prosecution, and In default of payment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two months. By order. ��� D. C. MCMORRIS^ -~s._. .���...._ :��� City Clerk. Nelson, B.C., Aprirstli" I903r~*������-���-r���- NOTICE. Respecting Timber Licences. ���VTOTICE is hereby given, pursuant to the provi- ���*���? sion of Section 50 oi the? 'Land Act," that in future no special licences to cut timber on Crown lands will' be granted or renewed until after the applicants have had the limits surveyed by a duly qualified Provincial Land Surveyor to the satisfaction of the Lands and Works Department. W. C. WELL'S, Chief Commissioner of Lands nnd Works, Lands arid Works Department, Victoria, B.C., ��6th March, igo> NOTICE is hereby given that 60 days after date I intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase tho following described lands in South East Kootenay: Commencing at a post marked "\V. F. Teetzel's southeast corner," planted at D. LaBau's northwest corner pojt.tlience north 80 chains, thence east 80 chains^ tK"ence_s"6QtK"8^cKairisrthence_west8o"chS to thc place of beginning, containing 640 acres more or less. Dated the 7th day of March, 1903. VV T. TEETZEL. NOTICE is hereby given that 60 days after date I intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works tor permission to purchase tho following described lands in South East Kootenay: Commencing at a post marked "J. A. Skene's north, cast corner, planted on the east bank of the Flat, head River, about twenty miles north of the International Boundary line, thence south 80 chains, thence west 80 chains, thence north 80 chains, thence cast 80 chains to thc place of beginning, containing 640 acres moro or less. Dated the 7th day of March, 1903. J. A. SKENE. NOTICE is hereby given that 60 days after date I .intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase tha following described lands in South East Kootenaj-i Commencing at a post marked "D. LaBaut northeast corner," planted on the east bank of Flathead River, almost it miles north of the International boundary line, thence south 80 chains, thence cast 80 chains, thence north 80 chains, thence west 80 chains to thc place of beginning, containing 640 acres more or less. Dated the 7th day of March, J903. D. LaBAW. NOTICE is hereby given that 60 days after date I intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase the following described lands in South East Kootenay: Commencing- atapost marked "J. O. Patenaudes southwest corner," planted at F. C. Elliott's south, cast corner post, thence north 80 chains, thence cast 80 chains, thence south 80 chains, thence west 80 chains to the place of beginning, containing 640 acres more or less. Dated the 7th day of March, 1903. . J. O. PATENAUDE.. Notico Is hereby given that 60 days after date I intend to apply to tho chief commissioner of lands and works for permission to purchase the following lands ln Southeast Kootenay, described as follows: Commencing at a post marked "F. C. Elliott's southeast corner," planted on the north bank of the Flathead river, about 80 miles from the international boundary line, thence north 80 chains; thence west 80chains; thenco south 80 chains; thoiicc east 80 chains to the place of beginning, containing 640 acres more or less. Dated the 7th day of March, 1903.^ ELLI0TT Notico is hereby given that 60 days after date I intend to apply to the chief commissioner of lands and works for permission to purchase the following described lands in Southeast Kootenay: Commencing at a post marked. "H. Sturgeon's northwest corner,1' planted on tho east Bank of the Flathead river, almost 21 miles from the international boundary line, thence south 80 chains, thence east 80 chains, thence north 80 chains, thence west 80 chains to the place of beginning, containing 640 acres more or few. Dated the 7th day of March, 1903. 11. STURGEON. TIMBER NOTICE. Notico is hereby given that thirty days after date 1 intend to apply to thc honorable the chief commissioner of lands land works for a special license to cut mid carry away Umber from the following described tract of land: Commencing at a post marked "A.R.F. S.E. Cor." and planted near Pass creek, about four miles from Robson, thence north 160 chains, thence west 10 chains, thence south 160 chains, thonce cast 10 chains to point of commencement. A. It. FINQLAND. Dated nt Robson, May 2nd, 11KI.I. TIMBER NOTICE. Notice is hereby given thnt thirty days after date I intend to apply to the honorable tho chief commissioner of lands and works for a special license to cut and carry away timber form the following described lauds situate in West Kootenay district, British Columbia. Commencing at a post planted on the East bank of Fyfe creek about one mile north of thu north end of Cariboo lake being J.'JI. Christie's northwest corner; thenco south - HO chains, thence cast 80 chains; theuce north 80 chains; thence west 80 chains to the place of beginning and containing 6-10 acres. J. H. CHRISTIE, Locator. Dated 2nd May, 1903. TIMBER NOTICE. Notico is hereby given that thirty days after date I intend to apply to thc honorable the chief commissioner of lands and works for a special license to cut and carry away timber from the following described land situate in West Kootenay district, British Columbia: Commencing nt a post planted oh the cast bank of Fyfe ercck about one mile north of the north end of Cariboo lake, adjacent to thc northwest corner of J. II. Christie's claim; being William Kirby's northeast corner; thence south 80 chains; thenco west 80 ehains; tlience north SOchuins; thenco east 80 chains, to the place of beginning, and containing 0-10 acres. WILLIAM KIRBY, Locator. J. H. CHRISTIE, Agent. Dated 2nd May, 1903. TIMBER NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that thirty days after date I intend to apply to tho honorable chief commissioner of lands and works for a special license to cut and carry away timber from the following described land, situate ln West Kootenay district, British Columbia. Commencing at a post planted on the east bank of Fyfe creek about two miles north of thc north end of Cariboo lako adjacent to the northwest corner of John Fyfe's claini being Ross Thompson's southeast corner; thenco north 80 chains; thence cast 80 chains; thence south 80 chains; thenco west 80 chains to the place of beginning and containing WO acres. ROSS THOMPSON, Locator. J. II. CHRISTIE, Agent. Dated 2nd May, 1903. TIMBER NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that thirty days nfteV date 1 intend to apply to the honorable tho chief commissioner of lands and works for a special license to cut and carry away timber from tho following described land sltnate In West Kootenay district, British Columbia: Commencing at a post planted on the oast bank of Fyfe creek about ono mllo north of the north end of Cariboo lake, adjacent to the northwest corner of J; H. Christie's claim, being John Fyfe's southwest corner; thenco north 80 chains; tlience east 80 chains; tlience south 80 chains; thence west 80 chains, to tho place of beginning, and containing G40 acres. . JOHN FYFE, Locator. J. II. CHRISTIE, Agent. Dated 2nd May, 1903. TIMBER NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that thirty days after ate I intend to apply to thc honorable the chief commissioner of lands and works for a special license to cut and carry away timber from tho following described land, situate in West Kootenay district, British Columbia: Commencing at a post planted on the east bank of Fyfe creek about one mile north of the north end of Cariboo lake, adjacent to the northwest corner of J. H.' Christie's claim, being J. Fred Ritchie's southeast corner; thenco north 80 chains; thenco. west 80 chains; thence south 80 chains; thence cast 80 chains, to the place of beginning, nnd containing (MO acres. J. FRED RITCHIE, Locator. J. H. CHRISTIE, Agent. Dated 2nd May, 1903. TIMBER NOTICE. Notice is horeby given that thirty days after date I intend to apply to the honorable chief commissioner of lands and works fora special license to cut and-carry away timber from the following described land, situate in West Kootenay district, Britisli Columbia. Commencing at a post planted on the north end of Cariboo lake being J. S. C. Fraser's northeast corner; thence east 80 chains; thence south 80 chains; thenco west 80 chains; to the east bank of Cariboo lake; thence north 80 chains; following the east bank of Cariboo lake .to the place of beginning and containing 640 acres more or less. J. S. C. FRASER, Locator. J. H. CHRISTIE, Agent. Dated 2nd May, 1903. TIMBER NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that thirty days after date I intend to apply to the honorable the chief commissioner of lands and works for a special license.to cut and carry away timber from the following.described land, situate In West Kootenay district-, British Columbia:' Commencing at a post planted on the shore of lower Cariboo lake, being. J, S. C Fraser's southeast corner post*; thence 80 chains west; thence 80 chains north*, thence 80 chains east, to shore of lake; thence- south along shore of lake to place of beginning, and containing 640 acres more or less. J. S. C. FEASER, Locator. J. H. CHRISTIE, Agent. Dated 2nd May, 1903. TIMBER NOTICE. =^Notice-ls.hereby^glven=that=:thlrty=days=after,r- date I intend to apply to the honorable chief commissioner of lands and works for a special license to cut and carry away timber from the following described land, Bituate in West Kootenay district, British Columbia. Commencing at a post planted on Rocky Bluff east side of lower Cariboo lake being E. E- L. Dewdney's southwest corner post; tlience 80 chains east; thence 80 chains south; thence 80 chains west; thenco 80 chains north to place of beginning. E. E. L. DEWDNEY, Locator. J. H. CHRISTIE, Agent. _ Also commencing at a post planted on the east bank of Watchand river about half a mile from lako being E. E. L. Dewdney's northwest corner post; thence 40 chains cast; thence 160 chains south; thence 40 chains west; thenco 160 chains north to place of beginning. E. 15. L. DEWDNEY, Locator. J. H. CHRISTIE, Agent. Dated 2nd May, 1903. o TIMBER NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that thirty days after date I Intend to apply to the honorable thc chief commissioner of lands and works for a special license to out and carry away timber from tho following described land, sltuato in West Kootenay district, British Columbia: Commencing at a post planted on the cast side of Fyfe creek being J. H. Christie's southeast corner post: thenco 80 chains west; thenco 80 chains.north; thence 80 chains cast; thence' 80 chains south to place of beginning. .J. H. CHRISTIE, Locator. Dated 2nd May, 1903. TIMBER NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that thirty days after date I intend to apply to the honorablo chief commissioner of lands and works for a special license to cut and carry away timber from the following described land, situate and being in West Kootenay district, British Columbia. Commencing at a post planted on the cast side of upper Cariboo lake being J. Fyfe's northwest corner post; thence 80 chains east; thence 80 chains south; thenco 80 chains west to shore of lake thence north along shoro of lake to place of beginning. J. FYFE, Locator. J. H. CHRISTIE, Agent. Dated 2nd May, 1903. TIMBER NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that thirty days after date I intend to apply to thc honorable chief commissioner of lands ond works for a special license to cut and carry away timber from the following described land, situate in West Kootenay district, British Columbia. Commencing at a post planted on the cast side of Barnes creek being W. XX. G. Phipps southwest corner; thenco 80 chains north; thence east 80 chains; thence 80 chainssouth; thence80chains west to place of beginning. VV. II. G. PHIPPS, Locator. J. H. CHRISTIE, Agent. Also commencing at a post planted on tho bench east side of Barnes creek being VV. H. O. Phipps southwest corner; tlience80chains north; thence 80 chains cast; thenco 80 chains south; thenco 80 chains west to place of beginning. VV. II. G. PHIPPS, Locator. J. H. CHRISTIE, Agent. Dated 2nd May, 1903. The Nelson Tribune ���3 THE ROMANTIC STORY OF A LOST CONTINENT SUBMERGENCE OF THE ISLAND OF ATLANTIS Tho recent slide at Frank lends interest to the interesting question of changes in the configuration of the earth's surface. Atlantis is referred to in the Oentmy Cyclopedia as "a mythical or legendary island mentioned by Plato and other ancient writers, said to have existed off the northwest coast of Africa." With this vague and unsatisfactory definition, tho subject is passed over with that sp-rit of lofty condescension characteristic of the age, when dealing with times and peoples that are long past, and about which the world at present knows very little. To the enquiring mind, however, the fact that so great a man. as Plato, mentions Atlantis, is conclusive that ho was not at all likely to have been misled as to its existence, and therefore there are good grounds for be- lioving in its existence at some very remote period. Tho story of Atlantis is at once the most fascinating and thrilling of all antiquarian research. Compared with it the efforts of modorn antiquarian societies are like children playing with sand on the sea shore. Tho bare thought that far back in tho night of time an immense continent was in a single night wiped off the map of tho earth's surface carrying with it millions of human beings who had attained to a high civilization, finds no parallel in the historic records of the world, and is of suflicient interest to arouse curiosity sind provokes inquiry aniong a few on the greater and lasting problems of human life. It is one of the paradoxes of science that while geology demonstrates au immense antiquity to this earth, represented by figures so gigantic that they become almost meaningless, while this is posited beyond a question, two other sciences; ethnology (the study of races) and'philology (tho study of tho history and construction of language) stand paralyzed as it were in the presence of these immense figures. Thoy are apparently unable to grasp tlio bare possibility that man may as a civilized being, have existed far beyond the commonly accepted historical data, aiid refuse to' accept any evidence bearing thereon if not of the orthodox kind. .The late Canon Rnwlinson, conceded to bo the greatest Egyptiologist of the day, in his great work on the history of the Egytian people hesitated to go much beyond ten thousand years as the limit when civilization began on this earth. He therefore built up the Egyptian dynasties on the basis of that figure and while his record of that peoplo is veiy exhaustive, there can bo lio doubt that his mind was circumscribed by reason, of a fear that any indulgence in the larger antiquity might conflict with the literal interpretation of the Mosaic account of the Creation, a fear that has undoubtedly de- pi*ived the world of much that would havo been valuable to it from allbeit orthodox minds. ' About a million years ago there existed where the billows of the Atlantic ocean now foam and over which the combined fleets of the world "Dance in triumph., o'er the waters wide," an immense continent, by name Atlantis, which is really the origin of the name "Atlantic." This great land spread from Scotland on the north taking in the British Islands, France, Spain and Brazil and was separated from the northwest coast of what is now Africa by a narrow strait. The eastern part of this continent did not then exist and there was consequently no ocean to the Atlantis. On this continent there flourished for a long time a mighty civilization made up of nations speaking various tongues and having various national characteristics as in Europe at the present day. Vast geological upheavals changed the aspect of this continent and by. reason of this process it was reduced to an island which was located between the coast of Brazil and Africa and of- which the islands of Madeira, Teneriffe, Azores and Canary are the mountain tops. The last remnant of the mighty Atlantean- race was located here, but in common with all things around it had passed the apex of its glory and was on the down grade to decay. At this period, stated to be about 11,500 years ago, the great island was completely submerged by a great catacyl- ism and sunk beneath the waves -with millions of people in the twinkling of an eye. The oral record of this catastrophe gave rise to the various accounts found in the sacred books of all religions of a mighty flood which took place in the distant past, the reason given being in all cases attributed to the wickedness of the people and which, if accounts of. the moral state of Atlantis be true, must be reluctently accepted. . Long, however, previous. to the final obliteration of the island of Atlantis,, colonies of the Atlanteans had migrated to Egypt on the east and to what is now Mexico in tho west. They founded in both cases great civilizations which in the case of Egypt had long* since ��� passed away at tho time that the Egypt of Egyptologists started on its ascendency. The great Toltec nation of Mexico and its offshoot the Aztec, the former nations of Mexico and traces of which are apparent on all sides in that country today, were both the outcome of this immense immigration from old Atlantis. Interesting is it to note that the pyramids which; are in a vague way credited-to the later Egyptian civilizalion, really were built ages before it came on the scene, a fact-that is largely corroborated by the evidence of similar monuments in Yucatan and Gua- ��� tauaola. ���v' The remorkablo results obtained from the deep sea surveys made from H. M. S. Challenger some twenty years ago at the instance of thc British government went very for towards giving confirmation of the Atlantis hypothesis in a manner suitable to the age. The map of the bed of the Atlantic together with the deposits brought to the smrface seemed*, to show that the typography of the! Atlantic bed is exactly the same kind: as that of the earth; in the case of the great depth of tlio bontor of that oopau we nave probably vast plains, while off Newfoimdland soundings go to show a vast table land and as previously stated the few islands now existing are the mountain tops. It is further stated, and there would ap pear to be evidence to show <:froin a geological point of view, that lower Egypt after the first great civilization, was under water for a decade and that the pyramids suffered a like fate; at that time the Sahara desert was an inland sea ond the present Red sea did not exist. In the light of this it may * bo that after all Egyptiologists are merely amusing themselves with the apex of a pyramid whose base may go earthwards to an inconceivable depth. In support of all the above statements from a geological standpoint there is abundant evidence. The changes that have taken place in the configuration of the earth have left traces like an open book; we find sea shells and fossils of -marine plants hundreds of miles from the ocean. The geologist can trace the previous configuration of the earth's surface with marvellous preciseness and make it read as a fairy tale. There is no hostility to his statements as to the immense atiq- uity of the earth; only when tho statement is made on the question of tho antiquity of man is there likely to be a wide divergence of opinion. Yet it would appear common sense, if nothing else, that if the earth in its present state had existed millions of years, there must have been something more on it than the mineral and vegetable world and perhaps a .few uncanny reptiles usually associated with what is called the antedeluvian times. We now come to testimony bearing on this interesting subject which is as fascinating as a fairy talc and goes to show the earth's surface has barely been scratched for evidences bearing on its immense antiquity. In the almost impenetrable forests of the provinco of Yucatan, Mexico, there exists ruins which are buried beneath a mass of forest growth. Theso ruins wore once great cities and give un- mistakeoble evidence of having been tho r homes of a civilized people. A French traveller, Dr. LePlongeon, spent twelve years in that land and brought back remarkable evidenco on the question of At- tautis in addition toother of a -valuable-nature on problems of ethnology. Among this was the existence of an old road or causeway, similar-to the old Roman roads in Britain; this was traced from the interior, to the seaboard at the extreme point of the Yucatan peninsula. It was then seen to disappear in the water and was traced some distance from the shore, than again to an island, across this island to disappear and beyond further to another island. The whole going to prove the existence in a remote past of a main road leading from the interior to.'; some great city beyond a doubt located on the island of Atlantis aud probably the one referred to by Plato, and which was not .'far-: from Morocco across the strait. Still another LePlongeon evidence is in the shape of a manuscript referring in uu- mistakeable language to the final catastrophe of Atlantis and which it states as haying .'occurred 8060 years before the document was written. This document if genuine (and there is no reason to think that Dr. LePlongeon and his gallant wife spent .twelve years in that deadly "climate" with the avowed intention of putting up a job on tlie public) practically settles the question of the existence of Atlantis even though the figures be open to debate. At all events the conclusions to be drawn from all this evidence is of such a*' nature as to be more consistent then the present We have purchased the entire Dover stock .at=a=greatly=reduced^price_frotti=th��_niort^_ gagees month atid' will offer for .the balance of this at and below wholesale cost. . . . . . 49 �� 49 49 49 49 49 49 '3 49 49 49 -49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 Here is a chance for the people of Nelson to get Diamonds Watches Art Goods Sterling Silverware Carvers Fancy China Jewelry Clocks Fancy Bronze Lamps Plated Silverware Cut Glass Umbrellas Etc., Etc. All at prices never before offered in the Kootenay. 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 $��99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999% Special prices on all SEWING MACHINES and Supplies in order to close out this line of our goods at once. Out-of-town orders will receive our very best attention. Nelson, Rossland, Trail EwCft JBrOS*. Jewelers and Engravers to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to^ to to to to to to to to K to to to .�� -��* to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to b* to to to to to to to to to to to B day manner of explaining away matters that are not understood as " curious coincidence." The flat denial given by ethnology and philology to the question of immense antiquity, not alone to man as a being, but to mighty civilizations equal in many respects to the one we are now enjoying and over which we are so delightfully conceited, is due to the fact that so many have arisen in the past, grown to maturity in great splendor and finally passed away without apparently leaving: the slightest trace. We have only quite recently come across the remains of ancient Nippur in the; Euphrates valley. From reports received from travellers into the remote recesses of western Asian empire, there would appear to be a well grounded belief that whole cities lie buried beneath the shifting sands of the deserts of that region. Therefore it is unwise to scout the idea of any revelations of a startling nature being made in these clays, for we live in an age where the dream of today- becomes the reality of tomorrow and he is wise who jeers at nothing as being absolutely impossible. An acceptance of the Atlantean hypothesis, if considered no more than that, will go far to explain problems still seeking solution. The remarkable similarity in the monuments aud dialects of the Oriental and Occidental worlds, also between the myths of the Incas of Peru and of the Toltecs of Mexico, with those familiar to us aniong the European nations, point nnmistakeably to a common origin and are something more than "strange coinci-' deuces." We havo in these days enlarged views on a great many-things of a mundane character. It is passing strange therefore that tho world should cling to cramped ideas regarding the history of man on this globe. After all this world is a very small unit in the solar system and to the whole less than a grain of sand to the desert or a speck of protoplasm to the Infinite life.���F. W. Pettit, Nelson, B. 0. REFLECTIONS ON CEREAL FOOD, I drifted into the realms of cranks on the white bread question. We are looked upon as quite harmless albeit mentally unbalanced���"not well poised"��� as the cyclopedia has it; and all this because we have taken the trouble to investigate for ourselves matters we conceive of considerable moment to our well being���the question of proper food. Yet the world applauds today what it "jeered at a few months [back. Less than ten years ago Marconi would have been ridiculed and quite possibly thought a fit subject for a medical enquiry; today he is bracketed with Edison. A man was laughed at only eight years ago at Battle Creek for suggesting that cereal coffee and precli- digested wheat might be profitably marketed. He had tenacity of purpose and was absolutely indifferent to the jeers of the crowd, ran an advertising bill for $40,- 000 and was on the verge of ruin, when finally he succeeded and is now cleaning ulTISOOOTTaay.---Still "another -within the last year or so thought rolled wheat flakes malted a good thing, took it up with freo advertising and has already, it is reported made a million for his company. So much for cranks. There has been a war on between the Minneapolis millers of white flour on the ono hand, and the Battle Oreek manufacturers of cereal foods on the other. It was started by the Milwaukee Sentinel stating that the reason of such a tremendous increase in the consumption of packet breakfast foods was on account of tho nourishing poverty of white bread. It accused the new roller process of robbing the wheat berry of its brain and muscle giving properties in order to pander to the craze of tho day for the white appearance of the loaf. In doing this the amazing statement was made that the real strengthening portion of tlie wheat berry is handed over to the stable in the shape of bran and shorts. The fact that the great millers ore offering then* patrons, in these days^wholo wheat flour, graham flour and a variety of cereal foods is evidence that they are alive to the situation, and while white flour will continue for somo long time to hold the market, there can be no doubt that quite a number of people will quietly sympathize with the crank and silently buy the true fiom* iu place of starch. For white flour is after all nothing but starch, an article used extensively at the laundries. When associated with phosphates of the wheat it forms a nourishing food but when standing alone it is only fit to stiffen a shirt bosom. Children, if left to their natural inclinations, which unfortunately they are not in these days, gravitate towards natural foods. Since I became a crank I have noticed how a loaf of bread having an extra portion of gluten has been seized on with avidity by the children. The whole wheat crank lias tremendous evidence in his favor in the older lands for he can point to thc wonderful sustaining power of the black rye bread used by the Russian Moujik who is acknowledged as a soldier to be able to endure more hardships than any other nationality. The same applies to the German races, while the Scandinavians turn out splendid physiques on a diet of barley bread made from the berry merely crushed, not rolled to death as in a modern mill. Even in older Britain the taste of the loaf is the first thing considered and not the appearance. Yet out here it is not an uncommon thing to see people deliberately choose the doughy interior of tlio loaf and discard the crust. To the crank on this question this is amazing for if the crust of one of these five cent squeezers is not over digestable what shall bo said of the inside? A good name would bo "Thc doctor's joy." There never was such a boom as now in cereal foods���principally along predigestcd lines. The stores are full of an almost endless array of these goods which is perfectly bewildering to buyers as it is the despair of grocers'. All this, although it- called a fad, is educating people on the white flour question. Every package that- goes out is an instrument calculated to arouse enquiry along tlie dietetic lines and to force even the busy man of the day to realize that after all a little attention to the cause may be wiser than thc attempt- to remove the effect of gastronomical troubles with tho assistance of tho apothecary. ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ X X ANNOUNCEMENT Borden's Condensed Originators of Condensed Milk���Established 1857. PROPRIETORS OF THE CELEBRATED PEERLESS BRAND EAGLE BRAND ��� of-fiP���Poei^^_SKS^^'',' i*Slfh"- y ^"*il ��fildl- <*_ ����� pro*eeHen_>4��"* s �� ."-CONDENSED. | Evaporated Cream Condensed Milk Having established a BRANCH FcACTORY in Canada, are now prepared to supply customers throughout the trade with their brands. SOLD BY ALL GROCERS AND BY A. Macdonald & Co. Nelson - -Wholesale The 'BORDEN BRANDS" represent the highest possible standard. Leaders for ot>er 40 years. Retail by T. S. McPherson, MorrisonJ& Caldwell, J. A. Irving, T. J. Scanlan. X X X ��� X ��� ��� ��� ��� X % : x X X ,*Os| t if ' Si "I I Meanwhile, the crank is enjoying himself even if he is jeered at for refusing to sit at the feet of the modern white flour miller. He is more disposed to pay adulation to the grit and energy put up by the cereal food manufacturers of Battle Creek wlio are fighting tho great millers over this question. Tho fact tliat they are turning out traiiiloads of these foodsevery =weT5lipae'Sti"Md"��diMflr^ is evidence that they are by nojmeans talcing back seat. * Of course it's all a "fad" someone says and the cry is taken up until it is echoed far and wide. But fads live oil pi spito of the jeers of the populace, jeers which eventually crystallize into cheers. * pROSSER'S Second Hand Store nnd China Hall New nnd Second Itnnd Goods of every description bought and sold. Cull in nnd look over the stock 1-cforc sending enst for anything. Goods Rented I-lt-st-Gluas Warehouse for Storuue WESTERN CANADIAN EMPLOYMENT AGENCY linker Street, West, Next to C.P.R. Ticket Olllee Phone 2G1A P.O. llox SMS If you want good Bock Beef Call in nnd get a drink of Roisterer's best nt tlie BARTLETT HOUSE Kootenay Coffee Co. Dealers in CoffeeT^eas^Spices^-<Baking,~Powderr~and- ��� ��� Flavoring Extracts. OUR GOODS are Pure an^ se^ec^ from the best in the 'various = lines. In order to get the best, please buy from us direct, and tt>e guarantee satisfaction. cAddress, Kootenay Coffee Co. Telephone 17 Nelson, "B.C. P. O. Box 182 S-V-^VVVVWWVS^VS-VVSiN-^^ P. Burns & Co. Wholesale and Retail Meat Merchants Head Office and Cold Storage Plant at Nelson. BRANCH MARKETS nt Knslo, Ymir, Snndon, Silverton, Revelstoke, Neiv Denver, Cnscnde, Trail, Grand Forks, Greenwood, Midway, Phoenix, Kosslnnd, Slocan City, Movie, Cranbrook, Fernie nnd Macleod. . NELSON BRANCH MARKET, BURNS BLOCK, RAKER STREET Orders by mail to nny Branch will receive prompt nnd careful attention. West Kootenay Butcher Company Fresh and Salted Meats. Fish and Poultry in Season. ORDERS BY MAIL receive prompt and careful nttention. e. c. TRAVES, Manager, K.W.C. Block, Nelson GELIGNITE The strongest and best Explosive on the Market Hamilton Powder Company Mimufactured Hy the GEO. C. TUNSTALL, JR. District Mgr., Nelson, B.C. Manufacturers of High Grade Explosives, Sporting, Mining and Blasting Powder Ri The Nelson Tribune The ]��� EL Ashdown Hardware Co., Ltd* Importers and Dealers in Shelf and Heavy HARDWARE '������������ .v' ii ?.A I Tinware and Graniteware. Stoves and Ranges. BAKER ST. Fire Brick, Fire Clay, Portland Cement, T-Rails, Ore Cars, Sheet Steel, Crescent, Canton and Jessop's Drill Steel. : : : : : INEUSOIV -I- s*. _r Use an inferior grade of flour when you can get the best at the same price? Just unloaded a car of Five Roses - - $1,50 Per Sack MORLEY & CO. Wholesale and Retail Booksellers and Stationers (Artists' Materials ��� Engineering and Mining Books 'Typewriters SMimeographs Photographic Supplies cMusical Instruments J. A. IRVING & CO. Groceries and Provisions Houston Block, Nelson. We carry a very largo I Stock of ��<J The Latest Patterns. Come and make your choice Before House Cleaning Linoleums SEE OUR GO-CARTS All prices. We can suit you. D. Mo ARTHUR <& CO. Furniture Dealers and Undertakers Starkey & Co, Wholesale Provisions Produce and Fruits R.. A. Rogers ��& Co., K_d.9 Winnipeg Representing J x. K. Fair-bank: Co., - Montreal Simcoe Canning Co., - Simcoe Office and Warehouse, ���Josephine Street: Nelson, B. C�� ClOTTYf?!? * ��� Tttckett Cigar Co's ( Monogram OIYlV-/l*..E__ 5 5 Union Labcj QgafS j Margaeritc George E. Tgcfcett's Cigarettes { Karnack Only Union-Made Cigarette In Canada ( T. & B. w. j. McMillan & co. WHOLESALE GROCERS Agents for B.C. Vancouver, B.C. Cash Advanced on Consignments Jacob Green & Co* Acctioneer s,���Appraisers^-V afaators��� General Commission Agents Corner of Baker and Josephine Street. NELSON, B.C. *&L+ NOTICE ��Sf i���������������� We have secured the services of R. W. RUSSELL EXPERT OPTICIAN And we have the latest appliances for testing Eyes, and we solicit your patronage. '9^. Special Sale Will continue until the 31st of this month. . . We are offering better bargains than ever In Watches Clocks Jewelry Silver Novelties Silver Plated Ware gsVYfo are giving special values iu the LATEST LADIES' CHATELAINE BAGS. J. J. WALKER NELSON. B. C. ��� ��� THE ��� �� LEADING JEWELER WANTED. /^. ARDENEU, to work on shares two acres *-" first-class land; has been worked for five years; two blocks from the tramway line, Fair- view. Address P.O. Box 119, Nelson, B.C. WANTED. A LIKE INSURANCE CANVASSSR FOR THE ���"��� Nelson District. Good lndu<��n\ents, Apply GEO. D. BCOTT, Vancouver -.C. Morley &Co+ Nelson, B*C LOCAL NEWS NOTES, Mrs. E. B. McDermid left for a visit to Spokane on Wednesday. .Taylor Ss O'Shea, barristers, are'now located in tlio Houston block. Tlio Nelson Boat Club held a very successful dance yesterday evening. To the wife of James Williams, foreman of the Poorman mine, a son was born on Tuesday morning. Ohas. A. Waterman, accompanied by his mother, returned to Nelson from California on Wednesday. W. F. Teetzel and David McBeath havo been in Victoria this week. Mr. Teetzel left on the boat last night for Nelson. G. O. Buchanan of Kaslo was in Nelson yesterday. He left on the evening train for Vancouver on a private business trip. P. B. Wilson of Galliher & Wilson lias been appointed crown prosecutor for the assizes which commence on Monday at Nelson. Ex-alderman Chris Morrison .returned to Nelson yesterday. He has been visiting relatives at Sunset, iu tho Palouse district, Washington. A. G. Thyme of Vancouver is spendiiig a few days in Nelson. He came to have some good fishing, and loft for Slocan Crossing this morning. Mayor Eose, Rev. F. H. Graham and principal Sullivan have been appointed a committee to look after the children's portion of the Dominion Day celebration. W. S. Dreweiy of New Denver is said to have political aspirations, and will probably be a Conservative candidate for the Slocan riding at the next provincial election. At the Watkin Mills concert on Thursday the ��� usual disturbance began in tho gallery during the singing of a song. Mr. Mills varied the proceedings by asking the disturbers either to keep quiet or leave the building. It would pay the management of the opera liouse to have someone in the gallery able and willing to keep order. Chief justice Hunter has decided that any witness, either union or non-union men may testify privately before the labor commission, rf they were afraid of intimidation. Shackleton <fc Simpson of the Nelson Marble works, have shipped the memorial fountain to "Father Pat" made by them, to Rossland, where it will be erected on Columbia avenue. Blake Wilson left the city on yesterday evening's train to look after tho heavy meat contracts which the firm of P. Burns & Co. have for supplying the Great Northern railway company. J. Poupore, of the firm of Poupore & McVeigh, who had such a heavy loss in the Frank disaster, is home. All the horses except one were out on the range, and so were saved. Mr. Poupore thinks the slide was started by an explosion. An interesting lecture, illustrated with lime light views, was given by D. M. Crowley in the Congregational church on Wednesday night, for the benefit of Thomas Lewis. . Over $40.was cleared, for which Mr. Lewis is very thankful. E. J. Wilson of Greenwood has' been appointed manager of the Northport smelter. He was f omierly with the Grand Forks smelter, manager of the Boundary Falls smelter, and latterly has been looking after the interests of Price brothers in the Boundary district. Fire chief Lillie has imported two pairs of California mountain quail. He expects to raise some young ones this season and intends turning them out on the north side of the river next spring. They are hardy-birds and it is expected will do well with a little attention from the ranchers. Dr. A. G. Hopkins, Dominion veterinary inspector was in town on Wednesday. He lias been appointed veterinary inspector for British Columbia with headquarters at Vancouver. On his way to the coast he will visit all tho ports of entry for horses and cattle from the United States to Canada. E. E. Chipnion, grand master of the Grand Lodge of British Columbia, A. F. and A. M., paid an official .visit to Nelson Lodge No.23 on Wednesday last. E. W. Bro. Chipman was accompanied by V. W. district deputy grand master George Johnstone. There was a largo attendance of members of the lodge and visiting brethren and after the business' of the evening was concluded, refreshments, songs and speeches provided a pleasant evening. ��� The smoker held on Saturday last in the' opera house for the benefit of the U. B. R. E. was a great success. Fred Star- key made an admirable chairman and tho entertainment was enjoyed from start to finish. The performance of E. Mason, formerly of the Livennore Minstrels, Eng land, in character songs and on the bones was much enjoyed, he received several encores. The boxing of the man from Kuskonook and chief Lillie was one of the features of the evening. GENERAL NEWS, The inaugural dinner of the Canadian Society in London will be held on May 25th at tho Trocodero. Lord Strathcona will preside. Shamrock HI has been repaired and is again doing good work. The English papers still think that sir Thomas Lip- ton's chances are good for taking the cup back this year. A Vancouver Chinaman had noticed that lady callers left cards when they found no one at the house. So he had cards printed which read: "Please stay home tomorrow. You buy vegetables." The steam launch Beryl built by the Victoria Machinery Depot, for the Imperial war department, and costing about $60,00C1was launched at Victoria last Monday. It will be used for laying submarine mines, in connection with the defenses at Esquimau and will be in charge of the Royal Engineers. King Edward and queen 'Alexandra, paid their first ceremonial visit to Scotland on Monday. On thoir arrival at Edinburgh they were enthusiastically welcomed. The keys of the city were presented to the.king, who returned them to the lord mayor. After the ceremony their majesties were driven to Dalkeith castle. A report has reached England that sir Hector Macdonald was the victim of a blackmailing conspiracy. He is stated not to have been popular in Colombo society, and of this native blaclnnailers are said to have taken advantage and so raised a scandal. The report admits that sir Hector had not sufficient funds to meet the conspiracy. The strike of the longshoremen at Montreal was settled on Monday last, and the union men went to work amongst the non-union men, who have been working during the strike. The strikers get an increase of wages amounting to about 20 per cent and other concessions, union men or non-union men are not to be discriminated against, and union leaders aro not to be permitted to visit the men whilst working. The city's bill for guarding the docks is about $18,000, but as the government owns the docks, the mayor thinks it should foot the bill. EOOSEVELT AT SAN FRANCISCO. President Roosevelt is having a enthusiastic reception, wherever he stops on his trip through the western states. At San Francisco over two hundred thousand people lined the streets. A military escort was waiting at the station to receive the presidential party, consisting of United States troops from Presidio, marines and sailors, and a largo detachment of California national gaurdsmen. Children's WhiteandCol; .'ored Dresseir ���gfc.-^^.^^.gfc.^-^.'Sfc.-^.-Sfc.-^.-'S..--*. AI._*V|._*K.__-'__>..^.-_-��.-^.-^��*fr, ���2jr>^-i *mm^mmm^*mm^*^^*mw^*mw^*mm^*mm^*mW^^mmr'm^^"mw^^mr'mm^Y%^m\^\\^mW*^m FRED IRVINE & CO. Ladies' French Wash Kid Gloves. *|J Is now complete in every Department, consisting of a Magnificent Assortment. L ��� Dry Goods, Men's Furnishings, Millinery, Carpets and House Furnishings. QBLSpring_jnd Suminei Stock 9 I Ladies' White and Colored Blouses * and Shirt Waists, each from 75c. up Ladies' Silk Waists $3.50 Ladies'Linen and Lawn Skirts .... 1.50 Ladies' Rainy-Day and Dress Skirts 2.00 Ladies' Tailor-Made Suits Ladies'Silk Monte Carlo Coats Ladies' Silk Dress Skirts 18.00 Ladies' Silk Underskirts 5.00 Ladies' and Children's White Wear. Ladies' White Underskirts 75c. up Ladies' White Corset Covers .... 25c. up Ladies' White Muslin Nightgowns 75c. up. Ladies' White Muslin Drawers... 25c. up Children's White and Colored Dresses. i Men's White and Colored Shirts. ���*** Men's Balbriggan Shirts and Drawers 50c. Men's Natural Wool Summer Shirts and Drawers ..... Men's White Night Shirts 75c. Latest Styles in Collars and Cuffs, Scarfs, Ties and Neckwear. MILLINERY. Ladies' Straw Sailor Hats, each 25c. Ladies' Ready-to-Wear and Pattern Hats in the latest styles, and Novelties from some of the leading designers. ^^A^^^^^^A^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ����� ���� �����? ���M ��K ���f? 41 41 41 4R *���? �� 41 41 41 '�� �� ���-K ��? 40. 41 4? tt 49 49 4? 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 Special Cash Prices FOR ONE WEEK 3 lbs. Ram Lai's 60c. Tea $1.00 3 lbs. Monsoon 60c. Tea -. 1.00 3 lbs. Blue Ribbon 60c. Tea-- 1.00 4 cans Gallon Rhubarb - 1.00 12 cans 3-lb. tins Rhubarb -- 1.00 12 cans Smoked Salmon . l .00 6 cans Strawberries------- 1.00 �� 6 cans Raspberries ..--. ��� . 1._. 1.00 6 cans Peaches - - - - 1.00 6 cans Pears.-----. ���-.-....._ 1.00 10 lbs. Jam or Jelly- .-- ���-_ 1.00 12 cans Assorted Spices ----- 1.00 J. A. Kirkpatriek & Co. LIMITED Aberdeen Block P. 0. Box 577 NELSON, B. C. A'9999��999999%99999999��999999999?99��% to to to to to to to to to to to to �� to �� to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to. to �� to to to to to to to to Stylish Spring Overcoats The Finest Ever Brought to Nelson. Prices to Suit the Buyer. AfjrA. filLKER'S NELSON NOTICE. / Notice is hereby given thnt sixty (001 days after date I intend to apply to the honorable the chief Dress Goods in all the Latest Materials and Shades. Summer Lawns, Muslins,'Dimities, Organdies, Batistes, Linens, Ginghams at all prices and qualities. commissioner of lands and works for tho right to purchase the following described lands, for agricultural purposes, situate in West Kootenay district, B.C. Commencing at a post planted on tho north bank of thc Little Slocan river at its mouth, known as David Booth's southeast corner post, thence west 80 chains, thenec north 20 chains, thence east 80 chains, tlience south 20 chains, to place of beginning. DAVID BOOTH, Nelson, B.C., April 21th, 1903. Locator. SHERIFFS SALE. BY��� Carpets, Linoleums, Oil Cloths, Rugs, Blinds, Curtains, Portieres, Etc. AT PRICES AWAY DOWN. FRED IRVINE & CO. All Carpets and Oil Cloths Made and Laid FREE OF CHARGE. Sole Agents for Butterick Patterns. 2-&-&^*&-&-&^^^^^^^.__-__^-__-^;-_^l_]|^___:___i-fi-&^^^^*&��-fi*&*��^d__:d__:^ Province of British Columbia,) Nelson, West Kootenay. > To Wit: ) virtue of a Writ of Fieri Facias issued out of the Supreine'Court of British Columbia at tho suit of ELMER J. FELT, Plaintiff, and PERCY DICKINSON, WABNEIt MILLER, \V; E. SPIER, THE SLOCAN-KILO MINING COMPANY. LIMITED, and R. WILSON SMITH, in his own right and as trustee for F. L. BEIQUE. ANDKEW Q. BLAIR, and WILLIAM STRACHAN, Defendants, And to mo directed against tha goods and chattels of the said defendant; Percy Dickinson, I have Beized and taken in execution all the right, title and interest of the said defendant, Percy Dickinson, in the mineral claims known as and called "Slocan Chief, "Kootenay Queen," "Canney," "Canney Fraction," "Hudson," "Syndicate," "Slocan," "Cliff Fraction," "Dau- son," "Lake Shore," "Lone Pine," "Atlin" and ��� "Relief" all situate near the head waters of Kaslo creek, and recorded in the office of thc Mining Recorder for the Ainsworth Mining Division of thc West Kootenay District; to recover tho sum of 1628.80, and also interest on $624.80 at 5 per centum per annum from the 17th day of May, 1902, until payment, besides sheriff's poundage, officer's fees, and all other legal incidental expenses; all of which I Bhall expose for sale, or sufficient thoreof to satisfy said judgment debt and costs, at my ofiice next to the Court House, ln the. City of Nelson, B. C, on Saturday, the 30th*. day of May, 1003vat the hour of eleven o'clock in the forenoon. NOTE. ��� Intending purchasers will satisfy themselves as to interest and title of the said defendant, Percy Dickinson. Dated at Nelson, B. C, 16th of May, 1903. S. P. TUCK, Sheriff of South Kootenay, Spring Medicine Our Compound Extract of Sarsaparilla .Cleans .out. tho Systom, tones up the Digestive Organs, makes a Good Appetite, regulates the Bowels,.and is wonderfully beneficial m all rundown conditions. LARGE BOMTLES (regular *1 size) each *7��c SIX BOTTLES for ��4.00 Canada Drug and Book Co's Stores Take Advantage Of This Offer 5Ah Tin of Fresh Jam for 50 Cents See Our Window. Morrison & Caldwell Springs Summer linery *tt e aro showing tho most beautiful assortment of Newest Millinery Styles evey exhibited in the vicinity. The Latest Styles in Trimmed and Ready-to-Wear Hats For Women, Misses and Children. Wo exhibit Millinery that is correct in Style and appropriate for Spring and Summer wear, at The Lowest Prices ever Quoted in this vicinity Actually 50 per cent lower than you can buy elsewhere. Call and see us���you will be cordially welcome. You will undoubtedly see something to please you at A VERY LOW PRICE. THE ENFIELD CO/ COST0MERS AND MILLINERS Baker Street, next door to the Hudson Bay Stores
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Title | The Nelson Tribune |
Publisher | Nelson, B.C. : Tribune Publishing Company |
Date Issued | 1903-05-16 |
Description | The Tribune was published in Nelson, in the Central Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia, and ran from November 1892 to November 1905. The Tribune was published and edited by John Houston, an outspoken journalist who would later embark on a successful political career, which included four terms as the mayor of Nelson and two terms in the provincial legislature. Houston had established the Miner in Nelson in 1890, and, after leaving the Miner in the summer of 1892, he established the Tribune to compete with his former paper. In August 1901, the title of the paper was changed to the Nelson Tribune. |
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Language | English |
Notes | No paper 1895-1896, 1897-1905 Frequency: Weekly Titled The Tribune from 1892-12-01 to 1901-08-14. Titled The Nelson Tribune from 1901-08-15 to 1903-12-19. Published by John Houston & Co. from 1892-12-01 to 1894-12-29; The Tribune Publishing Company from 1897-01-02 to 1898-12-31; an unidentified party from 1899-01-07 to 1901-08-31 and from 1902-08-30 to 1903-02-07; The Tribune Association from 1901-09-02 to 1902-02-25; and The Tribune Company from 1903-02-14 to 1903-12-19. |
Identifier | The_Tribune_1903_05_16 |
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BC Historical Newspapers Collection |
Source | Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives. |
Date Available | 2012-12-21 |
Provider | Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library |
Rights | Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from the Digitization Centre: http://digitize.library.ubc.ca/ |
AIPUUID | 1f02f6c3-7544-4883-8bc9-2b02713b0417 |
DOI | 10.14288/1.0189277 |
Latitude | 49.5000000 |
Longitude | -117.2832999 |
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