��� - * ~ / THE TRIBUNE IS THK OLDKST NEWSI'AI'KR l'RI.NTKD IN THK KOOTENAYS Saturday, July A. 1903 NELSON IS THE TRADE CENTER OF SOUTH- EASTERN BRITISH COLUMBIA MANY THOUSANDS AT NELSON CELEBRATE CANADA'S THIRTY-SEVENTH DOMINION DAY THEY WITNESS HARD-FOUHGT LACROSSE AND BASE BALL GAMES AND RECORD-MAKING FIREMEN'S RACES Nelson celebrated Dominion Day with much of the old-time spirit and enthusiasm. Tho horse racing of tho early-day celebrations were grand events as compared with tho horse racing on Thursday, and the trades procession and water carnival of 1899 may never again be equalled; but taken as a whole the celebration of 1903 was a success, and the general and sub-committees deserve praise for their good work. There was a good attendance from the outside, every town and camp in Southeast Kootenay being represented. For the first timo there was a military parade, four companies of the Rocky Mountain Rifles being iu the line of march, aud they were headed by a number of South African war veterans mounted. The Rossland company of the Rocky Mountain Rifles brought along then-boys'bugle baud, and the youngsters marched like veterans. One of the aniusiug f eatures of the parade was a baud of "early settlers," with secretary Starkey at their head. While secretary Starkey's arrival in Nelson only dates back to 1898, the braves who followed him were in Kootonay long before police commissioner Marks or alderman Selous or warden Lemon or J. Fred Hume or historian "Tom" Collins or Dr. LaBau or Newlin Hoover or "Tom" Ward or any of the other pioneers who came to Kootenay along with the trail-blazers. The braves wero mado up of old and young Indians of both sex, and apparently they appreciated the fact that they were pioneers who had rights that should be respected.: The day opened wet and continued wet until noon, but the parade went on with more than a thousand umbrellas in sight on Baker street when the military passed Ward street. By noon the raiu had stopped, and the crowd that had flowed down to the recreation grounds to hear oratory and music remained to see the ball and lacrosse games. By the time thc ball game was fairly under way nearly 2000 people were packed in the two grand stands or seated on the hillside bleachers. It was the largest crowd ever assembled in Nelson and the most orderly. . The parade was headed by Nelson's fire department, and had Joe Rochon, the driver., heard iho many flattering j.*eniarks passed "regarding the appearance of his team and the decorations of the hose wagon, he would feel like a base ball player who had'batted out a home-run with three men on bases. The only organization in line was the Nelson Miners' Union, which turned out 150 stalwart men. THE LACROSSE GAilES. The Tribune's long-hand journalist although an old man, saw his first game of lacrosse iu Nelson, so it may be said that he knows as little about the game of lacrosse as some of his "particular friends" do. about the game of politics. He witnessed the games placed on Wednesday and Thursday alongside of men who played the game forty years ago, and now he knows even less about the game than ho did when Dannie McNichol shot that shot that won the first goal for Nelson in Wednesday's game. He thought then that the Westminster team was playing "wild hog" with the Nelson team, but the man who played the game forty years _ago^said=the^gaine-was=-on^the=square.- They probably changed their minds in the last quarter when old-man Turnbull of the Westminster team began racing down the centre of the field, scattering players much like a German scatters froth from a beer mug filled with fresh-drawn beer, and when it was all over the result of the game was as below: Nelson���D. McNichol, 10 minutes. Westminster���Lynch, %}& minutes. Westminster���W. Gifford \% minutes. Westminster���DoBeck, % minute. Tho line up was as follows: WESTMINSTER S. Gruy ....A. W.Grny Gnlbriiith T. Gifford l'eel ...A. Ttirnbull Feeney W. Oiffor.1 Lnt hum Lynch Odily Hellenic Cheney On Thnrsday Westminster did not appear to take it as easy as they did on Wednesday, and old-man Turnbull once or twice ran into big Joe Thompson and got jolted of his feet. The result of the second game wns as follows: New Westminster���DeBeck, C minutes. Nelson���McNichol, 7*�� minutes. New Westminster���Latham, IJ^ minutes. New Westminster���Lynch, G>._ minutes. New Westminster���Tumbnll,5 minutes. New Westminster���Lynch, 3% minutes. Nelson���Blackwood, 8*4 minutes. . Nelsbn���Blackwood, 6^ minutes. New Westminster���Turnbull, 9% minutes. New Westminster���Feeney, % minute. New Westminster���Lynch, 12 minutes. The line-up was as follows: NEW WESTMINSTER. NELSON NEW i Goal A.Jeffs Point McCorvie Cover J'oint.. C.Jeffs 1st Defence .. Taylor .... 2nd Defence;.. Williamson... 3rd Defence .. Thompson..:.. Centre 1'crrter 3rd Home.... McNicholl '-tnl Home .... Hluekwpod.... 1st Home Knox Outside Mitchell Inside Hawkins ...Field Captain . NELSON Greycrbiehl A. Jeffs McCorvie... C. Jeffs Tuvlor Williamson. Thompson.. Perrier McNichol... Blackwood. Knox.. Mitchell.... Hawkins .... ..Goal Point.... Cover ..1st defence . .2nd defence . .!lrd defence S. Gray . ..A. W. Gray ....Galbraith T. Gifford Peel .Feeney . .centre Turnbull . ..3rd home . .. .2nd home.. 1st home... outside inside .field captain. .W. Gifford. Latham Lynch Oddy Dellcck ;.Cheney The Westminster team outclassed the Nelson team, not because there are not good players iu the Nelson team, but b 9 cause the Nelson team havo had no opportunity to play as a team under the direction of a field captain. Westminster has been playing as a team for several year.,-' and have played and held their own with the strongest teams in Eastern Canada'. THE BASE BALL GAMES. ���,i The ball game on Thursday resulted in a victory for the Northport team, which ou the previous day had defeated the boys from Rossland. As^a holiday attraction the game was nil right, but there was very little in it to restore that confidence whicli tho people of Nelson had in then* ball team a feAv years ago. This is not so much the fault of the boys, who have been trying to hold together the few players remaining, as it is their misfortune; but the fact remains that confidence is lacking and the general outlook for the game is therefore -rather blue. Although Northport got away with the, game on Thursday, it is more than likely that tho result Of the game could have been reversed if even a small dose of ginger had been administered to the locals. With the exception of McCreary and Mclntyre the Nelson men did not appear to betray more than a passive interest in the game. They averaged up well at the bat, but on both the .infield and outfield, with two exceptions 'noted, they were slow and hits were charged up against Mills which sharp work would have shut off. Another weak spot in the play of the locals was the poor judgment shown in coaching the base- runners. Two men were needlessly sacrificed as a result of this. The Northport men scored the first .ran of the game iii the first half of. the. third innings. After Wilson had been thrown out at first Buckley got in,'a hit to.lef t and at once stole second. He was advanced a station by a sacrifice by R. Travis and crossed the plate on a long drive into, right by H. Travis. A bunching of four hits, together with an error by Houston at third, accounted for three runs in Northport's half of the fourth. Brunei*, the first man up, hit safely to right and travelled to second by reason of the slow handling of the ball by. Giegericliv7 '-Ho,-** was advanced by Newmah'shit' to'riglit,' and scored on the fumble, by Houston, of Nndell's hit to third. Lindsay fanned, after which Wilson advanced the men on the bags with a . sacrifice... Buckley and R. Travis followed with hits and two more of tho Northport men were across the plate. Sharp work on tlie' part"' of" tlie Nelson outfield cut off any run-getting in Northport's halfVof tJie sixth. "After Lindsay liad gone but on a fly to Houston Wilson reached first on a ghastly error by W. Mills, who lobbed the ball short to Whittet after fielding it.. Wilson at once worked his way to second and'was advanced to third on Buckley's long drive to right. The 'throw .made by Giegerich in returning the ball was very-pretty and forced Wilson to crawl back to third. Then followed a clever running catch of a very difficult fly into left by R. Travis. : Northpert added another in the seventh. H.. Travis had drawn the only charity given by Mills and worked his way across the plate on errors made in left field and at secend on balls batted by Bigelow and Brunei*. Things would have been much worse, but for a double, Whittet catching Newman out at first and returning to Mclntyre at second iu time to shut out Brunei*. Three more runs were added by North- port in the eighth, and Nelson's hope of seeing tho locals win a game went down =to=the-zero-poi_it.==-.After-Lindsay���had- been thrown out at first, Mills hit Wilson and sent him to first. Buckley and H. Travis followed with timely hits, and an error by Houston in handling Bigelow's hit to third saw thc third Northport man safely over the plate. Tho Nelson men went the Northport aggregation ono better iu their half of the third inning. Thoy had chances of scoring in both tho first and second innings, but just when hits would havo been timely they were not forthcoming. McCreary opened the game well for Nelson with a nice clean hit to right, but Dad Mills forced him out at second before the fast little player could get down to that bag on his own account. Billy Mills got in a safe hit to left, bringing Dad along a notch, but Whittct's pop fly to short, and a fan by Giegerich, prevented them from figuring in the run column. In their second inning thero was also every prospect of scoring. With Eacritt and Melntyro gone, Malette and Houston both hit safely, and McCreary was up. It looked good from the grand stand for awhile, but the time had come for McCreary to contribute his single strike-out in the game, and the base-runners died where they were. Then came the third inning, tho close of which marked the only stage of the game in which the locals were ahead. Dad Mills opened it with a nice hit to left, and was advanced to second on a short right hit by Whittet, after Billy Mills had fanned. They both moved along on a third strike by Giegerich, which was dropped by Travis. The batter was thrown out at first, but Dad crossed the plate on thc throw thus made necessary. Eacritt then got .in a hit to right, which gave Brunei- a chance to get into the error column, and by the time the ball was returned Whittet had crossed the plate and Eacritt had worked his way around to third. Mclntyre had a chance to add to the score, but Brunei* redeemed himself by gathering in his long drive to right, and the inning closed with a total score of two. Good ball on the part of McCreary netted another run in the fourth, after Mal- lette had contributed a strike-out and Houston had- been caught out on a foul fly. He started out by drawing a basts ou balls from Wilson. He lost no time in stealing second, and travelling to third on an error by Buckley, who endeavored to cut him off. Dad Mills brought him home on along hit to right. Billy Mills followed with a double to left, but, with third and second bags occupied, Whittet sent a fly to Newman who took it in and relieved a rather dangerous condition. A timely hit by McCreary in the sixth brought the score of the Nelson team up to four, and placed them on even terms with the visitors. Mallett had reached first on an error at short, only to be'cut off at second by a short in-field hit by Houston, who replaced him on the iuitial bag. Then McCreary got in a long drive to deep center. In trying to field it Lind: say let the ball get past him, and Houston had romped home before the ball was got back into play. McCreary tried to follow him, but he was cut off at the plate. There was nothing doing in Nelson's half of the seventh. After two men had ; gone Eacritt drew a charity from Wilson, and, assisted by Mclntyre's hit to left had worked his way around to third when . Mallet dribbled an easy one down to Travis and the innings closed. Wilson lost his head in Nelson's half of the eighth, and last inning, and there was ;a chance that the game might have been pulled out of the fire but the locals were ���unable to turn their advantage to account. With Houston out on a short pop to Wilson, McCreary started the f un with a neat double to right, and was sacrificed to 'third by Dad Mills. Billy Mills waited and got a pass to first. Whittet also followed suit and also got a pass, filling the bases. ' Then the Neison rooters began to yell, when they saw the way things were drifting, and the visitors went up in the ah* for a time. But they did not stay there long enough. With the bases full Giegrich hit to short and Buckley fumbled it, McCreary'getting across the plate and the batter to first. Eacritt was then up. It was a time when a hit was wanted but "Short" could not deliver the goods. Ho was trying for a pass, and spoiled no end of good balls, but in the end landed one in fair ground close to third. Nudell fumbled it, but managed to gather it up in time to shut off Whittet, who was forced to get to third, and the game was over. The score in detail is appended: NORTHPORT. A�� R Jl TO A K R.Travis, lb ;.���*> 0 1 7 0 0 H.Travis.c 1 '2 2 8 2 1 Biglow, 2b ..500321 Bruner, rf .5 1110 1 Neuman.lf 4 1110 0 Nudell,3b 4 1 1 1 1,0 Lindsay, cf ' 1 0 0 0 1 1 Wilson, p 3 1 0 1 1 0 Buckley ss 4 2 3 2 1 3 Totals .....38 .8 9 24 9 7 NELSON.' ,AB R Bit PO A E McCrcarv c 4 2 3 7 1 o D. Mills, cf 5 12 0 0 0 W.MIlls.P .4 ,0 2 0' 3 1 Whittett.lb 4;1 1 12 1 0 Giegerich, rf .5 0 12 0 1 Eaerltt,2b 4 0 10 4 1 Mclntyre; ss 4 - ;0 11-2 0 Mallett, If 4 |0 11 0 1 Houston, 3b 4 11113 Totals ..'38 a 13 24 12 7 SCORE BY INNINGS. Northport 0 0 1,3 0013 ���8 Nelson.: 0; 0 210 1 0 1 ���9 Harry Wright umpired both the North- port-Rossland and the Northport-Nelson games. ' ." /T A" ' . FIREMEN'S RACES. If there is one sport at which Nelson takes first rank it is the sport of firemen's races. For six years the firemen of Nelson have met all comers, ahd they have almost an unbroken line of victories to then* credit. Joe Thompson and-'Harry Houston and Jim Chambers have been with the fire department of Nelson for six years or over as firemen who work at fires as well as help win victories iu lmb- and-hub and wet-test races. George Eacritt and Kirby Douglas and chief Lillie have seen three years service or over with the department. The new men nre Messrs.J Dill, Christopher, Leckie, and Brett. The ten are as nice a bunch of sprinters and quick-action firemen as^can be found in Canada. - This year their competitors wero from Rossland and Trail. The hub-and-hub race was contested by two teams only, Trail not entering. The course was on Baker street, the starting point being the west line of Josephine'street and the finish 50 feet west of the west line of Ward street. The course was therefore 25 feet short of 150 yards. The- race was a pretty one, the Rossland team being slightly in the lead when half the distance was covered; but in crossing Ward street, Joe Thompson, who was Nelson's pacemaker, let out a lap or two, and Nelson's cart crossed the line five feet or more ahead of Rossland. A wet-test race is one in which luck largely enters. Water may be turned on too quick- for the two men who break coupling and attach the nozzle, and a "blow-off" is the result. There were three such "blow-offs" on Thursday. Rossland ran first and made quick time; but the hydrantman was too quick for the nozzleman, and there was a "blow-off." Nelson came second and did the trick in 24 seconds, which is record time for contests under Kootenay rales. Last year Nelson and Rossland tied in 20% seconds. Trail had a snap for second place, but the team tried for first, and got a "blow-off." Rossland and Trail had to run over for THE The Dominion government will undoubtedly aid, the silver-lead mining industry- 'of; British Columbia by granting: a bounty of $15 a ton 011 the lead contents of the ore. How the bount}*- is to be paid has not yet been settled. One point, however, should not be lost sight of b}-- the people,of. Kootenay, aiid that is that the bounty to be of any permanent benefit must be a fixed one for a stated number of 3^ears, and not one that will disappear altogether through a sliding scale adjustment. While The Tribune does not counsel a recommencement of public agitation on the question, the delegation at Ottawa and the members in the house from British Columbia should have all the backing possible in the stand they are making for a bounty for a stated term of years. If a bounty of $15 a ton is paid for five years on lead smelted Canada, giving the Canadian lead refiner the privilege of corroding the United States and re-shipping it back to Canada on payment of 5 cost of corroding, it would enccnirage the investment of capital iu silver-lead mining and not discourage the owners of our lead smelters. Under our present tariff laws and regulations, Mexican and Spanish lead is corroded in Germany and admitted into Canada on payment of 5 per cent duty; and lead corroded in Great Baitain is ad- "liiitted^ 111 his per product in cent on the even less,' under the preferential clause of" the tariff. ROSSLAND'S MEMBER THE ONLY HONEST MAN WHO SAT IN THE LAST LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY Smith Curtis made a speech at Rossland on Tuesday night, and the Miner gives a report of it that probably was in type tlie day beforo tlio speech was delivered. Tho speech is one of self-glorification, as aro all Smith Curtis's speeches. He denounced Joseph Martin and W. W. B. Mclnnes, and extolled Smith Curtis and Richard McBride. Tlie two first mentioned, according to Smith Curtis, aro political crooks. Smith Curtis and Richard McBride, according to Smith Curtis, aro honorable and upright and far-seeing statesmen, who alone kept the province from being despoiled of its lands and money. Smith Curtis and Richard McBride were the cables attached to the two sheet- anchors that kept Britisli Columbia from being driven on the Rocks of Spoliation. The following is an extract from the Miner's report of the speech: "Mr. " Curtis then detailed the incident of the " dinner at the Dallas hotel on the night " of prorogation of the second session, " where Martin had endeavored to detain " him at table while a bill was being " railroaded through thc house to grant " the Canadian Pacific 900,000 acres of "land to which they had 110 right, and " which were to be selected anywhere in " the province regardless of the railroad " act. He had got to the house in time to " block the bill, but found that Hon. " Richard McBride, the present premier. " was also prepared to block the bill, and " that it was never introduced." The dinner referred to in the words quoted above was given by Martin to liis followers, one of whom was Smith Curtis. Curtis did not sit with his legs under the mahogany quite ns long a.s the others, and reached thc legislative assembly a short half hour ahead of them; but he had no more to do with preventing the introduction of the bill referred to than had the Sultan of Snlu. The statement that Richard McBride was also prepared to block the passage of the bill, had it been introduced, is simply ridiculous. At that time Richard McBride wns minister of mines in the Dunsmuir government, and had the bill been introduced, it would have been introduced as a government measure. At that time Richard McBride was not "blocking" bills introduced by the government: The people of Britisli Columbia were not despoiled of an acre of land or a dollar of money during the life of tho last legislature, and if there is any credit due any member for preventing such spoliation, thc credit is not due to either Smith Curtis or Richard McBride or any other member who sat on the opposition side of thc house. According to the Rossland Evening World, there was only one honest, upright, fearless, consistent, progressive, and able man in the last legislature, and that man was Smith Curtis of Rossland. If impracticable and self-conscious ranting constitutes the qualities a member of the legislature should have, then Rossland had a "peach" in the last legislature. convention will be about August 17th. held at Colwood on or The Camborne Miner is indignant lie- cause the government lias $-10,000 for a court-house at Nelson and no money for trails in the mining division of which Camborne is the center. Every thing conies to those who have the patience to wait or thc knack of helping themselves. Nelson waited patiently for an appropriation for a court-house, and the prospectors and claini owners in Nelson district are in tin- habit of building thoir own trails when there i.s no government money in sight. The Liberals of Esquimalt have adopted the Conservative party methods of nominating candidates. ami for the purpose of selecting and apportioning delegates, the district was divided and representation allowed for as follows: Esquimalt, 4; Colwood, Coldstream nnd Highland, 2; Metchosin, 2; Sooke and Otter Point, 2, and Port Renfrew '-'��� I'1'1- nominating The Victoria Times says "there is a proposal to transplant D. M. Eberts from his old constituency of Saanich to Cowichnn. In doing so, however, residents of the latter riding who have political aspirations take exception, and protest against their chances being destroyed in this way." It is announced from Revelstoke that "Tom" Taylor of Trout Lake will not contest Revelstoke a.s the standard-bearer of the Conservative party. "Jim" Kellie is likely to bo the Liberal candidate. A. J. McMillan, managing director of the LeRoi mining company of Rossland, may be the Liberal candidate for the City of Rossland. J. A. Macdonald, a lawyer, is also spoken of as a candidate. Mrs. R. F. Green and her son and daughter were in Nelson on Wednesday, and after viewing the celebration went on to Victoria, when; they will reside for a time. Mr. Green, who is minister of mines and provincial secretary in the McBride. government, has gone to Ottawa along with Charles Wilson, president of the council. second place. Rossland was tlie favorite in tho betting, 2 to 1 being the odds; but they had another "blow-off," which put them out of the race. The Trail team ran and took their time, making the run in 37 seconds. Tho course was 100 yards to tho hydrant aud lay 150 feet of hose. The races were free from the "jangling" that so often mars such contests. Nelson's boys took ��250 of the prize money, and Rossland and Trail .$75 each. Earlier in the day there was a handicap race for Nelson firemen, the prize being a gold watch of uncertain value. The distance was 100 yards. Thompson, Houston, and Christopher were on the scratch; Dill and Brett had two yards; Chambers 4 yards; and Leckie, 6 yards. The starter did not know the positions of the different men, and when he gave the word "go," big Joe Thompson may have had a trifle the best of it. Anyway, he won the watch, aud Jim Chambers took second place with all the glory that comes to being so near a winner. DRILLING CONTESTS. The drilling contests were not up to the contests of former years, either in number of contestsug teams or artistic work, Nelson has had contests the equal of any held in America, but those of this year were only interesting from the fact that the drillers were men who had not made records for themselves in previous contests. The rock in which the drilling was done was a fine one, but hard. It was set in the vacant ground east of the Queen's hotel, and.the first team to test it was McLennan and Thomey. They put down a hole 32J^ inches iu 15 minutes, which was good work. Haggarty and Taylor, the next team, merely drilled to prevent a default.- They had no steel, and used that of McLennan and Thomey. When their hole was measured it was down 29 niches. The second day's contests were much the same as those of the first. The prizes were for all-comers. McDonald and Mc- Gillivray, one of whom did his first drilling at Nelson three, years ago, started the contest. Their hole measured 34% inches. The next team was McLennan and Thomey; but then1 steel proved no good and their hole was only in 27.inches-.when measured. The third team, Haggartry and Taylor, drilled with steel used by an opposing team', as ���:��� they did in the first day's contest. iThey -won-.; second'money .by getting*down their hole 81 inches. ' Tlie single-hand drilling came last, and there were two contestants, Kileel of the Athabasca mine and Gallagher a granite quarryman: Kileel had bad luck,' his steel breaking in the hole. Gallagher won with a hole down 6% inches, Kneel having 6J�� inches above the top of the broken'drill-point. Stanley McLellan and Harry Thomey are from thc North Star .mine-in East Kootenay; A. J. McGillivray and J. P. McDonald are from the Union Jack mine at Ymir; B. E. Taylor works at the Venus mine, near Nelson, and H. Haggarty, his partner, arrived from the coast a day or two beforo the celebration. Bruce White, Frank Phillips, Jacob Dover, and John Houston did the judging and timekeeping. EAKLY SETTLEltS' KACE. A special feature was a race for Kootc- uay's early settlers, and it was one of the good minor events of tho celebration. In the first race six braves toed the scratch after divesting their clothes and placing j_h____je_A_2U'^_.in_isaf(__h__ids.__Ife-.was=a= heat race, 2 in 3, and all the heats were ran. The race was for "blood," and an Indian who stood six feet in moccasins and wore a red necktie took lirst money. A race for Indian women followed, with two entries. It was a dead heat and both got first money. These races were followed with races for boys and girls. The first was for boys under four feet, and had a dozen starters. Thero was a tie or two, and in the run-ofl's Audrey Jackson won first, Lloj'd Jackson second, and Charlie Swannell third place. Time M seconds. A race for girls followed, ami the lineup showed about 20 with both feet on (he scratch. They went oil' in a bunch, and were all paid prizes in a bunch. Katie McPhee, the winner, getting five cents more than any Of the others. Little hits of girls then had a nice, and they ran in a ilock. A little girl in a red frock appeared to lead for a time, but she looked back so often to see what the others were doing that sho lost the race. Tliey all got prizes, however, and all went back to their mothers happy. Charlie AVatormaii bossed these races, John Houston did the starting, and Will Irvine judged at the line and kept track of the winners. IIOKSK HACKS. The horse races on Thursday forenoon were witnessed by seven to eight hundred people. It was not possible to stick to the programme, so the races were ruu go-as- you-please, with the result that everybody was more or less pleased. The starting point wa.s at Turner, Beeton & Co."s corner and the finish at Thorpe <& Co."s, 350 yards. The first race wa.s heats, best- 2 in 3, 5 to enter 3 to start. The judges finally got four to enter, two being fill-ins. Bobby Whittet rode Bay Polly and Alec McDonald was astride of Ed Ferguson's chestnut mare. They got off fairly even, jockey McDonald having a shade the best of it. He took the heat. In the second heat, jockey Whittet had a slight advantage in the start, but he didn't keep Ihe advantage, and the winner of the lirst heat won the second, and took $75, first money. Whittet got $25, second money. This was followed by a pony race. There wore only two to start: one a black pony, tlie other a big rawboncd horse. They go I off oven and managed to reach the wire. In thc second heat there Were three to start. This was not in accordance with racing rules, but the people were out to see a race and the starter did not allow technicalities to mar the fun. The new pony was a little buckskin and was ridden by Con Cummins. They, got the word, but the black pony bolted the track at the Lakeview hotel and the rawboned horse took the brush near the Economist office, and the little buckskin went through to the'wire. There 'was no waits between heats, and they lined up for the third- time. The starter got them off with all' three having the best of it in the first" hundred feet; but at the Gluepot their noses were in line. They ran this way ��� for about a hundred yards when the black - pony again bolted. The big horse, however, needed the full width of the street, so the little buckskin won easily the $8 that went to first. Blake Wilson was - judge at the wire and John Houston did the starting. ' - " * ** ��� -.-���'. *- Charles A. Waterman was general director of the celebration, and did much to make it a success: Fred Starkey looked after everything with the assistance of , alderman Irving, and no grumbling was heard. Jacob Dover and James McPhee had charge of the recreation grounds, and there were few hitches or delays. One of tho amusing features was the work of the Coontown Fire Brigade on Wednesday evening. Their uniforms were Nelson's colors, green and white. They -' put out a fire and then were allowed the freedom of Baker street. Fred Bosquet was chief and John Linebaugh first as- * sistant. There were also lawn tennis games, quoit pitching; log chopping, sprinting, nnd ai dozen other sports, besides children's choruses under the direction of W. A. , Jowett. Two of tho amusing incidents of,the : celebration were Fred Starkey leading the'*-;; band of "early settlers" and Jakey Dover ... keeping time at the drilling contest. When the celebration was all over,'-"' everybody appeared satisfied, which' is/-; the best evidence that the affair was well"': managed. - ' f. ., ���,-'���_ RETURNED FROM SOUTH AFRICAi&i . . ,, yy.'V^iCil A. E. Hodgins,' who left' Ne_i-b_t?for��(��-| South Africa in��� 1899 as^' a lieutenaiit^ii^: in the First Canadian Contingent' and-V who has been in that country since his arrival there, returned to Nelson on Wednesday evening on the Crow's Nest boat. Mr. Hodgins was at Paardeburg, where , the Canadians distinguished themselves,' and had hard service in the field. He was < afterwards transferred to the construction department of the Imperial Railway' ,' Service, with the rank of major. When' the war closed he was retained in the same department, and is now in charge of new construction in the crown colonies, the railways of which are still being operated by the imperial government. At present new construction is confined to building short branches as feeders to the main lines. Mr. Hodgins has quite a number of Canadians with him, among others Bland of Hamilton, Armstrong of Montreal, Moody of Kaslo, Coryelle of Greenwood, Walters of Ottawa, Hirsch of Nelson, Grogan of Rossland, White of _Calgary,JV[iddleton_of I_mgston,_Jtewart= of Kaslo, and Campbell of Rossland. All the railways in South Africa are 3 foot 0 inch gango and the heaviest engine used is a 105-tonner. Mr. Hodgins lives at Johannesburg, which is an expensive place, but the only big city in the country. Speaking in a . general way, he says South Africa is no country for a i*oor num. The mines alone keep the country goiup, and were they closed down South Africa would go backward. The ono great question to adjust, * apart from tho political one, is that of labor. Whilo skilled labor is paid good wages, tho common laborer, however, i.s the Kaffir, and white men cannot be induced to do the labor they perform. Since the war, tho Kaffir does not take kindly to working in the mines, and tho big houses, or companies, operating tho mines are trying to induce the government to allow them to import 250,000 Chineso. The mines aro permanent; but the ore is low grade, aud every economy must bo practiced in order to make them pay. Mr. Hodgins say the Boers are fine men pliysicall3', and apparently as siniple- miiidcd as children; but they aw sharp aud shrewd and tricky when it conies to trading. They are divided into three classes. One class is called "rebels," that is, men who were enlisted by the British in the last year of the war to do scouting,' guard stations, and such work. This class is hated by the other Boers. The next class "haud-ups," that is, men who sunvndercd during the war and were sent to St. Heleua, Ceylon, and other out-of- the-way places as" prisoners of war. They have all been returned to their homes aud helped to reestablish themselves as farm- , ers and stockraisers. The third class is made up of the men who fought to the last. They are the men who believed the British would do as they had done so often before, that is, give way to the Boers. They are still irreconcilable and the one element that the government will have difficulty iu dealing with. Mr. Hodgins left his wife and chUdron in England aud will remain here for a week or ten days. Ho looks well, having changed but little. Ho is a trifle more grave than when he was captain of Nelson's company of the Rocky Mountain Rifles, but that would wear off wore he to remain iu Kootenay and take pot luck with men who never expect to be millionaires or who are never contented unless thev me in debt. The Nelson Tribune Bank of Montreal Established 1817. Incorporated by Act of Parliament. CAPITAL (all; paid up)..:: $13,379,240.00 REST 9,000,000.00 UNDIDVIDED PROFITS 724,807.75 UF ���_ 1 Head Office, Montreal KT. HON'. LOUO .STRATHCONA AND MOUNT 110 YAL, G.C.M.C*., J'l-cslilriit. HON*. 0. A. I>Rl'MMONt>,'vice-I'resldent. K. S. CI.OU.STOX, '.Viienil .MnliiiBi'r. NELSON BRANCH f'or,,or Bttker M,,rt Kootenay Streets A. H. BUCHANAN, lyidiittKer. The Ganaclian Bank of Commerce ��� '.."���' '��� '���'��� ' - AVith whicli is amalgamated ���<i';" -The .Bank;- of British Columbia MAID. UP'CAPITAL....;..;.: i ���:. ** 8,700,000 I6ESKRVE fuxi)....... ..,v... ���.<.... a.ooo.ooo' Head Office: Toronto, Ontario ACU3RKOATK KESOUKCKS; OVKK.... .��� 7l!,000,000' will poll about . 7000 votes, or more than will be polled on Vancouver Island, and more than will be polled in Vancouver and the five Lower Fraser Valley constituencies. Yet, the politi- ticians ou Vancouver Island and in Vancouver, aud the Lower Fraser Valley all say Kootenay and the Boundary have too large a representation. And there are politicians in Kootenay who agree with them; but the politicians in Kootenay who do so are of tho kind that are never happier than when they are hanging on to someone's'coat-tails. ���--���v., ��� -'"���'"'! ''"' !':]IOX.',(iKQ. A., COX, I'resideiit., B. E.WALKER, Oilcral .Manager-.:, ���������.-:��� -;.-.:>-,:' J'-i.' .'ii- '-- ���-.���.<.������'-.��� ;���-; �����--'.'- ���-���������-' ' ��� ���'-' -'Savings Batik; Depa-rtrrient ''.'",'. . *���'<-.'-��� ���' -i'. :'v."; -' ','[.'. ''Peposlls received nnd interest allowed -.-,-,��� IwigiUSON-iBRANCH.:. ..i ������ ��� ' I' BRUCE HEATHCOTE, Manager1 The Nelson Tribune ���/-.-.'/',....,. -J Founded In. 1892.. ... .,-..,.. % Uv THE "TRIBUNE 'COMPANY, LIMITED, ' 'i:ir.:'..ii ' ���; i-'-'^PROPRIETORS." '.'"��� -'��� '��� '" ' - -f 'Office:'McDonald 'Block,; Bkkcir. Street. ^he Nelsox.Tribuj*** is:sorved^by carrier to subscribers in Nelson or'sent by mail-to any address in Canada or the United States for $1.00 a'vearV'jiHce'to'Great-Britain, postage paid, **1'.50. r-*. No.'subs-riptidn 'taken for ��� less ��� than'k year. /.&ih>.}!r. ,>���:<,< JOHN-,HO.USTON,>Editor.: ��� ;0v SATURDAY,7 JULY 4; 1903" K-'..->j<-'pi-'iCjT.----fu'jii'i,:��'!." ���-'-'��� .���������r'.i.'i "-'<:���'!������������ *.'i-"���������'.. 7 ;[/i(]qiite'd-��it: Rftvelstpke, September 13th, ;1902]. - ' 1. Thattiiisconvention reaffirms tliepolfcy-'o'f the .party in matters of provincial roads and trails; the ownership and control, of railways iand" the development of the agricultural -re- ; sourccs-of the province, as laid down in -the.plat- 1'-foi_i"adopted'In Oetober,' 1899, 'which is as folT -iows:A ^Ai^^A'^A^^''---^ '���'������' :.-.'$ "' ..--���'������'���-���������:'/ S;<'.:.'.'.lT6 actively aid in- the construction' of trails Sr-throughout.the undeveloped portions of thepro- -jrvihee and the building oi provincial trunk roads ?*of public necessity. ..r, ���;,<���.< y.y. :..;.!> '���,,;,,,''���.-/:-. :?' "To'adopt the!principles of government own- "orship of railways in so far as the: cireuin'starices-' "of the province *wlH admit,- and-the* 'adoption of 'the principle that no bonus should be granted to ; "any railway company .which-does not give'the fovcrnment of the province control of rates over ines bonused. together with the-, option o��- purchase:1 **u- /--':������'>--��� - ������>'������ r- .-������*��� ������������<*.; --��� ��� i '-'To actively assist by state aid in thc develop-; ment of t_6 "agricultural-resource's 6f the pro- |l,yiiicc..y'.'.'i.;';',;������/���.���.;'y *'-.;y.:-.-.���'������.���'. ' '.���,'-.' *��� -��� ���' v&:2.. That in tlie meantime and-until tlie rail- 1 wa'ypplicy abore^set;forth*dan be'accomplished, In general railway, act be passed,, giving .freedom | Mo-construct railways-under certain approved '���-��� regulations, analogous to thc system that lias resulted in such extensive railway construction iu 'the United-States," with so 'inuqh advantage., to .tradei*,ndcommerce,* '.-/j.' -.- ��� - Ar - :' :3.'';"That to encourage the mining industry, the ftaxatloh of metalliferous mines _hould be on'tho. ;basis',of a,percentage on the net profits. v'. .-y ;4.:Tliat the, government ownership of telc- J phonb'^systems shbuld bbbrought.about as a first' IfStepinth'e acquisition of public utilities. ;.-.-;. -y 5. :.^)iat;aporti6h of "every coal area hcrealter to be. disposed of should be reserved from sale or ' ;lea'se,,so that st_te, owned mines .may.be easily accessible, iftheiroperation becomes necessary /or (idvisable. '.'��� ..-���'. r ;;.' C.iThaV'la' the: pulp land" leases provision ,sliould be made, for reforesting and-that steps :'should be.taken-for the general preservation of lyforcsts by-guarding against the wasteful destruo- r.tlon'oftimber._.-,,,--. ,-,-��� ' 'j ' ' ": ',. |*/?*r.7��:Tl*_t the legislature and government of the I ^province should persevere in. tne'effort to secure Jlthei-jjcclflsiop .pf, Asiatic labor,, (-,,,;' ���, - -. ;... ��� v.tj,,. (: Ife|i8^vTJlai^.tIien}atter.of:be|tter terms ln -(the wo,y; li'of s'ubsiay'anolj'appropriaticihs for. .the provinco l^hW-ld'be'vigorousIy'pressed'upoh'theDom'inib'h' kgoyiernwietxtifhiUi -.,<������')ii.���'.<������'���'-1 '.V. -.-I-'-.' :-������"���' J ���'��� ��� 9!t(tTh_'t'thffs_lver-_ea6' industries. of the' pro- I.Vvinjpe beio?tered{i*4d encquraged.by the imposi- l;tion*o'i'"ihierease'd '^customs "<Iuties. on lead and 1 lead prod net. iniporte'd i'iito!:Ca'niida,"- and - that Mhe*iOonservat_ve_kitfen*J'er3__of__the_LDomiiiii*iaj "llojise be jurKe-i.-,tor support any -piotion-:iutrfl.- ducea!for;sucn a purpose."" 'T" ",, '..,..,'v -,, ... 10. That as industrial disputes almost invii'rl- ��biyr_es'ult'ilivgreat loss aWd'-'injiii.-'both to-the I parties directly concerned and to the'public.-leg- islatlon, shoKld-bo passed Mo, provide, means for nn iiTmicableadJu^tmentof s'uciidis'p'tftpiO-ctweeu | employers arid'employees.- ' '��� '���' '- ���'���''- ' 11; Thatit'is advisable'to fo_tcr'thc riianu'fac-' i tureof the raw-products>of< theprovince Mlthin��� the province, as far, as practicable by.means of,, I taxation o'ri'th'e said raw, products', subject to rebate of thc'same Itrwlicile or part''When innnu- 1 facturcd liiilltitish Columbia, i ���,��� ��������� K ;���������> C0NSERYATIVE CONVENTIONS. Ata, meeting, o( the executive pfthc I'rovlnolal I Conservative Association, held at Vancouver, the I province wits divided into II ve divisions for origan teat/ion purposes. The Kootenay-Uoundnry Idlvlsioniifmufleiip of,tl'e following provincial Ielec'fion districts: Revelstoke,Columbia,Fernie, IC'rant-fobk, Ymir; Krisloysioeiin,-Orand Forks, ICireenwood, the City of Rossland and the Cftyof I Nelson. ..At.the.samo meqtlng tlie following reso- Ilotions were adopted: [ 1. Tliatconventl'dnsfornonifnatinguahdidates Ifor members of the legislative assembly be made I up of delegates,chosen as follows:,. -,. I (a) In city electoral districts, one delegate for I every fifty- and f raetion of ilfty- votes liolled at Itlie provincial election held ;in 1U0O, and iMhc Iclty.is divided.lnto.wards, the proportion of dele- Igatesfor each 'ward shall' be based on the vote Ipull'cd In fciieli w_rd at the last municipal elec- II Ion. ii :..; ..''.i- t-. :>.���!. ������:< i I (b) In other, electoral,,districts, one delegate ��� for every ilftv or 'fra'efibn of fifty votes polled at Ithc provincial 'election* h'eld'in l'JOO, the delegates Ito be apportfoned. to polling placcx, or as near llliereto as will be fair tf) the.votersof the.iliffei-- lunt neighborhoods. '*" - " ',' I 2. The electlon'of delegates shall be at public ���meetings, -held at ji doslgnated central place in leach polling.division, or in .each ward In. cltv ���electoral districts, if the city is divided. Into Iwards.' At such public meetings only those who ��� pledge themselves, to vote-for-the candidate or ���candidates selected at, the nominating convention ���shall be entitled to a vote for delegates. I 3. Two-weeks"notice shall be'given of the pub- llic meetings at which delegates are to be elected, ���and .nominating,conventions.shall be held in leity electoral districts two days after the day on ���which delegates'are'elected,'and In other elec- Itoral.distriets seven daysaftor.i'.All nominations- Tthrougl(qut theprovince, to be mnde at a desig- biated central place in each electoral district, and Ion the same day. '���'��� ������'-" ������' ���" ��� ���I. Allinotlccs of- the date of public, meetings Ifor the election of delegates to.ijominatlng eon- K-entions, the apportionment''of delegates, and ���(he place'and date of 'nominating conventions Tin thc several electoral districts shall be prepared liy the .member of the.execullve of the division pn which' the.electoral districts are situate, and Bssuedovcr the names'of the president arid secre- inry of the Provinoial .Conservative- Association. ANNOUNCEMENT. I will be a candidate for member of the legislative assembly for the City of. Nelson at the next general election, provided I am nominated by a uly constituted convention of the Liberal-Conservative party. JOHN HOUSTON. . Nelson, June 9th, 1903. I The Liberal newspapers of the province 'are iising as campaign thunder a letter written by James Dunsmuir on the Chinese question; hut these same newspapers fail to explain when James, Dunsmuir' was authorized by the .Conservative party to give expression to its views on tlie Cliinese or any'"other-question;' James Dunsmuir is a large' employer of labor' an'(l .has.some. peculiar notions as to the; rights of .employers. . Hehas just as much right to 'have'these' peculiar notions as'ahy' oth'ermatihas'to have:.peculiar.'notions'-, D., J".: Munn ,ofNew Westminster lis also a: large employer/-of--labor; ^VHe' also has some i!pecnliai* ��� ..notions'* oii7 tho' Chinese questioni^iHas notions',are':hiso,wn, just, as are Ifc:^Dunsmuir's. ��� Mr. ,.Muun is a, Liberal,: bfltdt-wouldbe^unfair'to say, be"-? caTise' he is'in'favOr of Chinese labor, that'' heyoices'theyiews of tiie.^Liheral 'pai*ty:. Oii.that questioit-.iiiMi'-.D'uusmuii* is cred-.-- ited-with being a> Gonsers'ative-;" hut ;the ' Conservative party1 'is 'iii' ho'way'Tj6und to'* accept _iis'yiows ciil'the'Chinese, question. The, firstj candidjate,, that >yas; nominated by the.Liberals to'contesfcaprovincial constituency at the coming election.' has very; - prb'nounce'd views-''oil' the' Chinesei.'ques- tion.' He'("Tom" Patterson7of. Sydney) < is entirely in accord;<with (the' views of James Dunsmuir on that'question,''yet' the Conscn-atives have not", placed ' James Dnnsniuir. in nomination to, contest a con-, s'tituency.': ��� The Liberal party has been in ��� po^Vei- at Ottawa," since -1890.;'; What' has,' it donej-'dimngthe seyen-years it has had'., tihe.pp>yer, to restrict,undesh-able, Asiatic, iinniigi*ation?. That is a question the Liberal newspapers should answer: 1 1 Dominion Day is to Canadians what the Fourth of'July is to the people of tlie Ke- . public of the United. States. It is their : national birthday. On July 4th, 1776, the 1 people of. thirteen British colonies in. America declared themjely es^ tobe free , ancrmdOpendenlofTih'e.: nioth^er5 country,; ��� and,they, gaiiied tlieh* independence on the ^battlefield. On July 'the 1st, 18(17, 'the people of -fom* British colonies, also in Amei-jca, decided, to form a feder- atiou that would give them more freedom, 'in the way of self-govemineut, nnd they obtained what they wanted' from the .mother country by ah act'of parliament. The Republic of thc United, States lias been amation for over a hundred years, and its people believe thouiselves to bo ihe freest and most independent' on earth. The,Dominion of Canada has been a nation for about a third of a century,'and its people are more democratic than those of the Republic. , The people of tho one, country celebrate, their nation's birthday with noise and oratory. Tlie people of the other forego the oratory and have tlie mininium of noise and the maximum of outdoor sport. Both are happy on their birthdays,'and the world-has been benefited through their coming. May both bo celebrated to tho end of time. The'members of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland spent a considerable portion of one of their valuable days valorously pounding away, at the Confession of Faith, and denouncing the spiritual provender of scores of generations Of oiu* forefathers as niere. hell-! broth brewed in the dark ages. . Prmcipal Story has discovered that, instead of being a'Christian minister brought,tip upbh tlie pure milk of the, word of .truth, he is ^a Pagan suckled in a creed outworn:" lAud^i according.-to this reverend Julian, so are we -all- or so-have hiost 'Of: lis' -bdei'i. ��� TWoiighout'' our. deluded': liyes we, have been,. every, Sunday,, by the. mouth of .Dr. : Story,- thanking a - monstrous divinity of the Pagan imagination that .we'were bohi' :ih a land.of iight, the.heirs.'of'-ages.j-if Gospel truth, the, favored,of Heaven, and; not - as > those blind and bigoted Hindus ��� iaild' demOn-worshipers, to'whord' ih'6ur! ���love and piity we have be!en's^hdihg.pioi}_. missionaries to. teach the' sweet' story ,b_' I Divine love' and eternal tbrnieht.'-' How. horribly we have all been deceived!" Yet' not'all -:ofy"us."'* ThO enlightenment that ;has forced itself upOh' principal' Story*j isihee'he solemnly accepted the Con_e'_si6n' ;of Faith as the confession of 'his''faith," and" vowed that to it he��� would cohst_iitiJ*' adhere^-the hoary ree'reaht'!���that'reyera-- tioii \vas clear a_: noonday^niore than a.J century ago to a!'simple'-Ayrsh_re'|)ltthgh-"' man,' who communicated it to hi_ 'cbuii-���'.;' trymen in: imnibrtal words which prihei-' pal:St0ry how ;elaborately^ p'araphKisOs; The' speech of this Reverend Doctor* of', Divinity - in; tho General Assembly' of 'the',' Church of Scotland is but'1 ah expahdod' and diluted version of ..the famous first stanza of Holy Willie's Prayer. Burns jwas a century and a quarter ahead of the Church of Scotland in understanding .of. the truth, and a millennium ahead of i�� in'frank and fearless utterance. ^Burns,. said, the Church, clasping the Confession to its bosom, was a blasphemer; now the blasphemers are the Lectors of Divinity, and the blasphemy is cheered within the walls of the Assembly. '.\ '.-',. ..... I Whether principal:Stery and* an apparently acquiescin-* General Assembly are iight or,wrong in what-they-:how say about the doctrines of the Confession it is hot for us to.deternine; but thig at least;, miist be said: ' If tliey are right then it is,<not disestablishing that.the Church heeds, but7 abolition. Delehdar" est" Car-' thago. It should be swept off the _fair. face of ] creation. ' Not "because it has taught for centm-ies the ''terrific doctrines" which principal Story-- curses'"-by all,Iris modern gods���not because it taught for, ages sa, creed .which it profoundly he-., lieVed���but' because it still, when it ho longer believes thein,. teaches every Sunday, and encourages our schools' to' teach on.week days, that outworn creed and those "terrific doctrines."..- It is'iiot relief to the conscience of ministers that is the j-reiit need of the.tinie; it. is the discontinuance by them of the practice of teach- ing^vhat, it seems, tliey.do not disbelieve but abominate." Thoy may hot all feel quite so strongly as principal. Story; but nothing'was said "Or'done to raise the smallest doubt of their general concurrence in'his opinion. ' Dr. Scott'hoped" few of them held principal Story's view's about the Confession, but he.' did not say. a syllable in defense of the doctrines which the principal condemned: Yet they authorize and even insist upon the teaching of the Shorter Catechism to the ^risinggeneratipJ___f Jhe^people.^^Andihe, "terrific doctrines" are nowhere more nakedly set forth than in that excellent manual of Calvanism. "The axis round which the whole system revolves," says Ha__y H. W_i_<J FIRE, LIFE, ACCIDENT INSURANCE MINES AND REAL ESTATE w WE MANUFACTURE Shirts, Overalls,!' Denim Pants, - Tweed Pants, - Cottonade Pants, : Junipers,". Blouses, I Engineers' Jackets', Walters'Jackets, : Barbers' Jackets, ; Gingham Jackets, Mission Flannel, Underwear, j Cooks' Aprons and Caps, Carpenters' Aprons, Walters' Aprons, Painters' and Plasterers' Overalls, Mackinaw Coats, Mackinaw Pants,' Tarpaulins, Dunnage Bags, Horse Blankets, Tents, Etc., Etc., Etc. TURNER, BEETON & CO. WHOLESALE MERCHANTS Warehouses?, \yhar( Street, , , Factory, 1 Bastion Street -VICTORIA, BC. Trials Triumphs of Workingmen +yrw ���^iT'-T y^r ��� ���"T'* iprincipal Story, "is election!" Let the ipepple":of ��� the Church read what, he says jabout the system and the, axis, and then |cair upon him and his hrethren.tosay the .Church'-hiak'es tlifeir cliil'dffen feet.liy he&rt' such''stat_inerits':as"''God, hiivirigr out1 -_'''��� ���His mere good pleasure from all .eternity elected some" to everlasting life," and so on, We pass no judgment on the theol- ���pgy. ^ .But,,|he._p,ublic ig ,houndy���tofc,pass "judgment On a' body of men who, thinking ^.as.prinpipgl. St.pry thinfesjconceiaiiyg ihat theology, permit and even enjoin the teaching*0f itiu"the homes and the schools of the people. When the Assembly.issues an instruction that' the; Shorter Catechism shall no longer be. taught to children we} may begin to believO in ;the: bonscientioiis difficulties of ministers about, the formula, of subscriptions - ;> ,- -.-"7 ���<���- '..*'������ P 1IAKKK STREET iXELSOX/ H.C. Second Hand Store ������. :., (..,.-,, and !.,, ,. ....:...Jt China Hall The thirty-fifth annual co-opeiiitivo congress at Doncast'er was attended by 1500 delegates: representing societies throughout tlie United Kingdom. They wero able to congratuhito themselves upon a year of wonderful progress. The returns made -by 344 societies showed* that houses built and owned by the.socjet.ie,s.nuui,bered>'247, houses built and sold numbered0 5080, houses built by members on advances made by the societies...numbered 28,940, while the.-.expenditure in -this..direction totalled ��8,127,155. Tho number, of cooperative societies at the end of 1902 was IG'38,. an .increase of 104 societies on ten year}-, ago. The .number,of members��� of co-operative societies today is 2,022,208, a gain, of 788,445 or, 68.2 per cent on 1892. Share, capital, stood ten years ago ati-618,- 999,601,, today it .amounts, to ��25,904,113, an increase of ��ll,904,012,or 85 per, cent.: Sales in,1892 were, ��50,484,709, in 1902 ��85,586,70.8, an increase, of ��35,101,939,,or, 95.5 per. cent. Profits for-1892 wero ��4,r 787,027, for. 1902 ��9,594,853, an .increase of; ��4,8p,7,3?6,,or 100,4 per cent.-;,: ������>.���-��� ..., .Organizer, Canieron ���of the American , Labor Union, ,of Denver, Colorado, held- a ' meeting.of the.ne^ysboys of Victoria ,last iweefe'* for the 'purpose lof.'. organizing .'.a, ^eSV'sboys' union under the, political-in- di*ist_ial orjjanizatioh, '.Half a dozehjlittle ! cli'aps ranging' from, ,8' to, 14 years '\yefe, ;present. rThe, little "fellows aye .making : eiiijuiries of:; what ;is' meant by ' 'class-. '. conscious,'' ��� 'full i*fddnct of, their labor,'' i "publici ownership of the]means of^.'pro-, jductibh',: "and';; distribution.'',' ^ ���",Because.', |of, .their !'ten(leir' years;', the '''newsies" j are ."unable ���; .to':'grasp.' the .'.hieahihg ' oi', jphrdses such &s these; but;'u'nlilceso]ine of iriper years; "'shbw^. more, wisdom',by' ac-'; ikhowledgfhg.theuv'i'gnorahce and asking' 'fOf more light."" . "" " ;..,. -.'..'"'.'....'t j ' The ''International'Min'.i*s'-' tsCongre_sJ Iwhich was held-at Brussels" recently' was' attended by 41 British delegates, 9 German. '6''frenchmen, l'Austritin, and 14;Bel-. giaiis.- It was announced that the Anieri:' can rederatioh 0faMhi'ers Svill be repre-! sen ted at the next congress1.'''"'.' n '' :;~ ' . The London, England, Trades' Council has just issued the report of a useful ���yearns.work., A number of societies have.i beei*TaSdeS to the council duiing the yeai',; and, at^the end of 1902 it consisted of so-.i cieiies*aiici "Branches representing 107 sep-'*; Silver King Hotel; ���'���'���'">:' ' yHAKERrSTR]_ET, NEI_30N ;" -, i ���-,-.) !J :' D_,*nEl. OLD '"MANAG���_��__!���_T .., RATES $1.00 PER DAY arato industries, with a membership of 59,050. The council's" income was ��1279. The council has, adopted a scheme; for securing trade union representation on pub-, lie bodies, and by declaring that candidates for parliamentary, and county council elections must be members of a trade union, the council hopes, "to avoid the capture of the movement by political adventurers who occasionally claim and obtain the sufferages of the workers." The delegate,to the trades and, labor council is supposed to represent the union sending him. If he is a faithful. representative he will.endeavor to voice the wishes, views and sentiments of his union rather than those stared by himself. Trade unionism and socialism are two entirely different matters, and the delegate who, unknown to his union, takes advantage of his position to endeavor, to advance the Socialist political party is unfaithful to his union, to say the least....: ^,,The action a few weeks ago,"of the. GhiT, cago Federation of Labor in regard to' the endorsement of hasty and ill-cohsid:. ered strikes, wherein it declared that.it, would, not .endorse.^ajstrike unless.'.the grievance had first b^'en.. si^laected to its7 executiye' connnitteei and it giyeu a chance. to .bring about, a, ^ett'ement, had', tfi^ effect of making, the Chicago Federation of. Labor' a"conciliation ,committee, and,,it, . has.-proved one^of the most potential fac-, I to**-, in securing peace in Ohicagp..,-, ,. ,.' ; i,There are few men who cadibeat the: record. of Thomas. Green, of' Westwood, ��� England, who,has,just completed seventy 'years', work as a miner. lie commenced workuWheu he.was scarcely eight- years old.. He has .never- lost.a.day's work, through illness- and. during ��� his' many- yearsi of labor ihe has been fortunate��� enough- to escape accident.- He has been; imarried itwice, has 12 children, 66 grand-! children,.and 88 great-grandchildren. - i At a meeting of the 'Brotherhood-'of ;RaUway7Tra_nnieh! in'Deliver a few days ago, grand master Morrissey declared that'1 the time would-soon come in' the world of organized labor when the .'���contract' breaker?' 'would be' as detestable as the i"scab."'' ���" ��� i ������*���'���'��� ���- .:-���'������������������'��� ;-'-' -"--; ; ji ..-: .ny.-.-.-.i-. -j rr r-?'.-.--!.' ������������ /-������������ ������ i- .Thererballotiug in Germany leave the standing iof. the,. principal parties as follows: Socialists, 79, seats; ���Conservatives 'and.. .-Free Conservatives, ��� 69>; ' National' i Liberals, 49; Richter Radicals, 44: Borth Radicals, 9; German Radicals, 14; Centre Party, 99. The Poles, Alsatians, Hanoverians, Danes; and auti->Seihities have gained 26, making their combined strength 56. There are yet two districts to hear from. ��� "Tho case oi''SuTali vs. tho Federation of Musicians of Toronto is to go to a higher court. Mr. Small was given leave at Osgoode hall a few days ago to appeal from the judgment of Mr. justice McLennan, which set forth that the Federation could not be properly served, and the members thereof rendered liable in an action where the writ was only served on tlie officers of the local union. John Dixon, a carriage manufacturer of Toronto, has taken action against the Globe newspaper for publishing an advertisement which read: "Carriage and wagon workers' strike on in Toronto. H. Thompson." ^^^___ Tho issuance of a charter by thc Ameri- : can FedOratiou of Labor to a recently or- : gauized Los Angeles, California, union of \ Japanese laborers is fetching forth favor- ; able"and unfavorable criticism. The Retail. Clerks' International Pro- itective Association now has..a member- : ship of 60,000 in good standing, and- has recently been increasing, at. ..the rate of 4000 per month. ',.���. | The industrial school in Ontario is self- : supporting. Last year it cost $28,080.76, i while the receipts, were $27,824.88, the | products of the boys'work, ' | Seattle. horseshoers are on strike, for, an, increase from $8,and ,$8.50 to.$3.50 and $4 |per.day.i- Three, of..the ibig shops have jgranted 0ie deniand.. u -r v, >.>..-. ,-, ���." | ...,ii -..* 's ��� >. ' -.. ../::/'<��� <\.\\ny ,.���������.-<���: j- At ;Troy a ilinen-shirt.-is��� made;in6><i j minutes;, the working of the button-holes- ;Occupies one-quarter;of a minute.,,. \ The average: farm i laborer.?s. family in iEnglaud lives qn $185 a year,; the average 'mechanic's family spends $14500.: -i .',- ..;n .��� I : The'linemen's strike in uSeattle, iuaug- jurated nine months, ago, is likely to.be i ;settled within -a few days., ��� ��� t ..��� ...j ���. ���;; Y I jjohnMitchell, of,coal,stri]*;eiianie has. -been asked to become, orator at ^Montreal > 'on.LaborDay.-,) :.- ;v.; v- '���-:'-7>' '-'���" .a-:i|.;.'-...vi-.irx':i ...rl ;>��� ii .'.'-'I' it. ,i_;i ^;Ti^ckett Gigar Co^^^j'^-MMpj^am;.' ���U -.'V:'<- V'< ) I :.-t ji . '���J- J ��� u;Gfeby^:;.K::Ttfct-ett-,s:^ ;; t% iiUi ,'i ��i -.'������j-:- - .y t <:��� Ii-- 'Only'(Jnion-Made'Cliiare-te ln Cannda'i f ������"������Ti'-.ok ,:B�� -'��� !'>' ^j.'i.i. ���.':<���.':���;".'/.���'. i .'���* <?..-.'; .*'. :,!.',,' ';'' ' '_������' i ;,-,..,..i.^n ;-;i,' >,.- ,���(:;���������'. r. '���.., J-il'V, .���)!:-_=.,.j.,i;. -:;.'.'. ;'>'.--.' - ���<> -'��� :>��� : <:'.<��� /.-.I ������ l.:-',-A>-.T7-r,���'."-.-.'-'���.���''. . .in. ,'..'. ...i'.)^:.K !i:Ay' AnC '.t,<i:\ ,-.a;,./r:y:iii:tj;ji�� .-. .,:> : /alA'Ai-Af'.- A'VA.-A ' j"cii;i.ii i->>..: '!/��� :-ij'*:._ v i: j-*j 11 - x-i-i "*:vti New ahd Second Hand Goods ol every descrip- tipn.bouglit and sold. Call in.and look over tlieJ s't'oc.k before" sending 'east" for a n y tli in'g. ������������>_������> Goods Rented' ' Pirst-Class Warehouse , ..For, Storage^ ..,- - WESTERN CANADIAN EMPLOYMENT :.. -. "-..������, /-AGENCY" '���'���''���' '" - - . Baker Street, West, .y_L_..:_Next:t*6*:c_l_JLjriclc.e.iafflGe_=-l^ Thone 201A P.O. Box 588 Drink ZtHOMPFS LITHIA WATER iii; .ii. Every small,bottle contains, five grains '���'of Lithia Carbonate " ���'.-������ h ..-, 'm ."; i: - ���". - i .i -V. j1 :��� -'">... . -, . Thc Dining Ro(jm is unsurpassed and the 'Bedrooms '��� are 'the 'best in NelsonT The Bar Is, stocked with good Wines, Liquors and Cigars. * ..,. WNDEp NEW, MANAGEMENT B. TOMKIJNS ' 'MANAGER* The Leading Hotel of tlie Kootenays Good Sample Eooms ,. = ���' Spdclal Rates lo 'Coirimdrcial "Men Corner Stanley and Victoria Streets, Nelson, B.C. Queen's Hotel ',- ' j -*' .' , .- ��� . 5- Jl ' J) ��� " ���'-' Baker Street, Nelson. B. C. ���'"'' - ' Lighted by'Electiicity and Heated by Hot Air WW ^dwii__��_yv & G�� ���j'..i.i..' ,.n: ,.J i;-*i-.'. :WimXJBSA^\ft*ROCE^ Agents for B.C. '���'' * Vancouver.y'BiC Cash Advanced on Cbrisljinments ;. . ���-. {-��������� -! M, y.'.l '. I'd-! :��� '-' ���������'���' ��� '������-:������' "��� ! iim.-.; '.f -n: ,:.. ^i .\i Auctioneers. Appiraisers, Valtiators J "- . -r'ii*.'.-,���)���.:.--::- i':r-__-".-'.*Vr>:- j f,.y .;,-.*' , <������ ..-.;. .n, i, ���>-;... ^ General Commission Agents ���-,*���': ;*v,",<:.'! ,..'{ _ _ r t , ;i-t f;!*. Corner of Baker and Josephine Street. NEJJSDN, Bi & !',- i .'Il 1 Large and Comfortable Bedrooms nnd First- class Dining Room. Sample Rooms for Commercial Men. KATES *2 PER DAY i���r~ri <~ A meeting.of-the provinuial oxccntive will.be lield at Vun<!ouvijr. ,witl)in,a mouth, and the da,te, lor holdlng'district hominatihg conventions will [hen be llxe.l. JOHN HOUSTON, ' ' President of the Provincial Conservative Association, fulson, June 8th, 1003. There will be a smaller vote polled in East and West Kootenay at the coming election than was polled at the election in 1900. Tlio country now embraced iu the Ymir riding and the two city ridings of Nelson and Rossland polled 3000 votes in 1900'.' ;This year the vote in'Nelson will bo about 750, and tlie vote in Rossland will bo about the same. The vote in Ymir riding will not exceed 800. Four hundred votes will elect in either of these ridings. The vote in Kaslo riding .will be about 500, in,Revelstoke riding about 000, and in the'Slocan about 700. Cranbrook riding willpollabout 600. There will be a larger vote in fernie than iu any of the other ridings in Kootenay. The vote will be in the neighborhood'of 1000.' Columbia riding will poll a. small vote; not to excee(l:400.. The ridings of Grand Forks and Greenwood will each poll about 500 votes. The eleven constituencies in tho southeastern part of the province Frank Fletcher ���PROVINCIAL LAND SURVEYOR Lands and Mineral Claims Surveyed. . and Crown "Granted ' P.O. Box 503 ; ,; Office: Kootenay St.,.Nolson, REISTERER _t G_�� , LAGER.- BEER AND PORTER Brydges, Blakemore & Cameron, Ltil, I-^eal EJstate and General Agents JOSEPH INI* ST. NELSON, B.C. JOHN HEPBURN BUILDER AIND CONTRACTOR Jobbing work done1 Estimates given SHOP RESIDKNCK Behind new postolllee' Cor. Front und Willow Ni-XSON Kootenay Wire Works Co, Manufacturers of Mattresses, Springs, Pillows, Bed Lounges, Couches, Upholstering, Turning, Bandsawliig, Grill Work and other novelties. Our No. -I Spring is the best on the market. Ask for it anil take no oilier. FRONT STRKKT NELSON, li. (*. Put up;in-Paekages to-Suii;|.hc Trade.:-.-;;, Brewery and Office: Latimer Street, Nelson, BiCi Corporation of the City of Nelson, , Electric UgUT Rates Electric-��� light���; rates...for the month: 6f. June are due; and* payable at tlie''City-'Smce on Wednesday,' July ist.- If paid oh or before July i5thra,rebat.e,of 10, per cent will be allowed. If not' paid '.'pii.pr before' July. .31st, the service will be discontinued. By drd,er,'|', - ' '.."���'.'.,.,-..,. ,��� ..',." D. C. McMORRIS, Nelson,.lune 27th, 191)3. ^���''���y ^ICl'K. MRS. K, C. CLARKE, Proprietress Tremont House European and American Plan Meals '25 els. Rooms .fr6nT25 cis. to ?1. Only White Help Employed. MALONE & TREGILLUS 'Baker St., Nelson Proprietors ]���;-t . I, 77-11; .-*���"-:. I ~ -T^^TT^^^^'^^'^' i u- >; Wc carry a very large .StOCklOl i li.,,1 ':. !,- Tlie Jf test Patterns. " Come and make yoiir choice Before House Cleaning' ���--��� ��� , , SEE OUR OO-CARTS,, , , . < . ... , ,,-,-: i.,, I'.- .,f,AU,prices. -.AVe can suit you. : ,- ,i .,..!.,.:., ������������������, ��� , ��....���;.,,- :;t\ - .. 'l -.!.:��� ,,-' . : ' -11 .-.'-. "I ,il'"l A,... .'. ,-��� -������'.-:������. JPuirnitur�� Dealersi and , Undertakers ., Wholesale Provisions i Produce ad Fruits :���! , .���: ' ��� 1I.1 . ���': I '. I ' - '��� -'I-'- j . ,, ��������� . ! , ..,-.. i C R�� A. Rogers & Co., L,d.�� Winnipeg? Representlni. )..JN. K. Palrbank Co;, ���:-��������� Montreal t .:. .-ii .. ( Simcoe Canning Co.,>, ��� Simcoe 'ii.- I .;.'i;:-;'! Office and Warehouse, (Josephine Street INelso n,' ,';B. ���" C Madden Optise THOMAS MADDEN PBOPRIETOK Cen trally Located IIEAWIUAKTERS FOR TOURISTS AND ' ���i "��� ��� '' ' OLC: TIMERS BakcJ and Ward Streets Bartlett House Josephine St., Nelson, B. <;. Electric Lighto White IIelj> Only Employed The Best Dollar-a-Uay House ' In Nelson The Bar is tlie Finest (IKO. W. BARTLETT, Proprietor I .FOR RENT,and FOR SALE,,. , Old Cariosity Shop, .'������. $Tl Scotcti Tweeds, -.Laudslide, Stratlicoua aud Belwarp Seriges. A fine line . of Pautiiigs of the latest styles .-,-.. i. Prices,to suit the times. . ��� Call and sec them. ! Jofin SmaQwood Ward Street MERCHANT TAILOR O^p. M. Ounri , : Maker of first-class hand-made Boots and Shoos. Repairing neatly and promptly done. Satisfaction guaranteed in all work j Ward St. next new postolllee bid "Nelson IflFieT^soSlfnl)^ , The marked success thnt lias attended the horticultural,iudus.try of the,Okunii- giin vulloy should act as a stimulus to liit interested in tho material -advnitao'of' this district, outside of mining and luin- b6riug.' T_iVj'ohrs',i'iK��J"(liiiOkufjtgaii wifs very little know to even residents of this Ijroviuce and its name was associated with largo cattle ranches and vast ureas of what was thought to be arid lands, particularly between Vernon aud Kolowua. The sale of \ the celebrated Coldstream ranch to lord Aberdeen by the then Hon. Charles F. Vernon marked the ''beginning of'the fruit gi-owiug iudnpigry j^thj^ -jv^s quickly followed by a fruit tree planting bo6m, the result of which is uow being evidenced by the largo fruit crop of that district. Tlio' construction of the Shu- shwap & Okaiiagan line from Sicamous to Okanagan Lauding together with that of 41'ie C. P. R. steamer Aberdeen oii Okana- la-ke, completed the link as far as- Peutic- top aud aroused the few'old-timers 'down that way to a more up-to-date view of things local and to the latent possibilities of-ytheir heritage. As a result, the old Mission, where for many years a mere hajhdful of French and French Canadians had lived and;moved and had their being, was parcelled put in f rait f arms and found many buyers eager to settle down permanently to this; ideal life; more developed sySiems of irrigation came as a result and When it was found that tobacco could be g-owu there, the Rip Van Winkles awoke and began to yonder what was coming n^xt. Following this came further devel- op,ements along the lake at Trout creek aiid vicinity, now known as Peachlahd. Hfe-e the frnitFpossibilities are considered byjsomo to be j even better, than at "Kel- o\-rua and Wliite valley. Many have gpne there and taken up laud and it is further giyen out that! the 0. P. R. is about to erect a hotel for tourists near by. With tKe'tourist comes the laud seeker, so that iiRthe next ten years we may expect to so^>a large papulation, engaged in the fr-aj,t growing J)usiness in this charming valley. i 5-'^. - ^ -, It has got abroad that the Kootenays are>nothing but a sea of nioiintains, lakes, and, rapid rivers; very riice__ to look at, hunt omand'iisli in, but of no value except for mining and lumbering. Nor has any^great effort been made to disabuse the s outside miiid as to this with the result thfifc theisdttleinent of large tracts of laudv located along .the Kooteuay and Arrow lakes andj river, eminently adapted fori horticulture^ lias not progressed with a vim, andWsuap that should. characterize all|propositidns in these days appealing to tlieypublic 011 the grounds that they .are valuable and worthy of investigation.' Mitch of this has arisen through an erron- ecrasimprei''*5io_",^hTtt^^ is essential to _success._. Particularlx. is. this'so"SvitTT"people"cbmiiig"from" the' Npi;fh. West,- where,,-tbe. eye. .feasts...on. thousands of.acres,at.,a -sweep, andithe mind is daj-zled,with,the idea.of- the own-:, orship of lfiO or more acres.; ,,A-iyone_vvliai ha&liYP.d,,iu the, prairie..country.,knows; that not a few failures have been due,, not sq much-to too little land-as to too much-; settlers havo overreached themselves and, either through vfarfibof capital or execu- - tive ability, have���run ashore. Even over: there where fruit^Sdsing is uot consid-; . aiid the small patches are walled ���,- ���_��� ~ ���-.^ ��^-v,- -__ ����� -���-. ,���. -,*. ,,.>,. -��> .-..��� -^*'''cu3tf?a{eft'*;?Mft^^ ercd a factor, there is mafiy a honib time would Juive fared., bettor if the energy spread over acres liri'd be'en cbnceiitnited on a few, and these we,ll attended to. TJ10 snmb fiile conies- froin nil over the west,* in California hundreds of thousands of doHars haxe'beeir frittered away thitntgir tlie craze for holding moro land than can bo properly attended to; experts say that in the case of lemons, a 5-acre farm well cultivated, each tree studied nnd looked after as one does blooded stock, will bring far greater results than tho largo groves left to themselves. A thousand a year net has been made off an acre of lemons looked after in this way, while others in- differeiitlyiattended to yield only a quarter of'thnt'amonnt, albeit they pay at_tha't.- -It's the-,okr'keynote dfj,,sncc_ss in.aSvery- lield of human activity���concentration. There is any amount of laud along tho lakes and river in this district admirable adapted for horticulture but as before stated thc outside world has very little knowledge about it and will remain more or less in ignorance of it,, until some tan- ������gible-btisluessliko'-'nietliod is adopfe'd to bring it to the front. The Tourist Association ���, of the, .Kootenay, .has vi*eceutl"y brdugh- but a' pamphlet which makes a strong appeal to the lovers of scenery and sport; the writer-soars in ".literary'- effort- with "Glorious Kootenay" as the theme. We read of magnificent mountains, peaceful valleys, rapid rivers, and placid lakes, and incidentally of unrivalled accommodations for travellers; we pause to inwardly digest the following: "That rushing stream, with foam covered torrents,. dashing over precipitous rocks, i^s ^vhiiipools^and whirls of spi*ay,, it! pools-suggestive of trout, was grand * and beautiful then, as for millions of ages it has been, but to the wearied traveller it offered few attractions, and he was only too eager to reach his goal and start in the race for wealth, that as everywhere induces men to go into a new and unex- plored couutiy. His plank bed, his coarse food, his hotel accommodations often the wide canopy of heaven, iiad not giv.en him the'desiro to llng-ef-aud'enjoy-fchesceheiyv nor was he tempted to stop even for the fsake pCagort,'exefept a_,a,:chaiice to obtain a delicious change from the limited bill of fare of bacon and beans." Not one word in the whole of this pamphlet about the horticultural possibilities of the district. Yet, the tourist sportsman very often becomes the settler and fruit is always an interesting subject as much to the prospector as to the millionaire who cames among us in his private car. It was an unfortunate oversight that the advantages of the district as a field for fruit raising'was not touched _jjpou for population is ysvhat is wantgd and a thousand settlers located between ^Robson and Balfour engaged in horticul- * tare would be a betteig-proposition than 4_r2iuy round the corner mining yarns iwe '���are' regaled -svithjfrom tiuie'to-finieijf |S ' iWe are amtto fcfe too much carried faw'iy by wna.J ciiu ��bo accomplished in a comparatively small area. Anyone who. has seen .the Rhine and Moselle knows to what an enormous extent grape growing is.carried on along their banks. . Hardly a foot of soil but what is utilized, "* up and here_laQki__ slightly ,.9y.exdpue_._A_ll..jthe_. same the finest wines come from the grapesfigrown.'on-these! sidehills and the> return for labor expended-must-be..pror portionate. No practical tests-have as yet been made in grape .growing here, although the climatic conditions would appear to be quite. afK-gppd'.'Kero as along German rivers, .and most certainly, compare favorably with the Niagara peninsula of our ow~n land. It is true nevertheless' that;,, the grape flourishes iu flavor in certain7, avoidable 'districts where the soil, it said, carries cerlaiu percentages of chemicals. ...The Lbest eating graiie grown iu the open in' Kurope comes from just, belojv Paris and the area of its growth is very liniited-und tlie price is consequently high. This locality is only some UO miles south "of* tho northern'limit of favorable 'grape culture iu tho open in Kurope. Mention need scarcely be made of tlio other sniiill and largo fruits; there i.s overwhelming evidence of the climatic conditions being unusually favorable, and iu the case of tlio Boundary, the Covert ranch lias been drying prunes for some time past. Hero is' a great industry with splendid possibilities ; even in California, in the face of low prices, the;prune growers of the great ^Sauta Clara valley make good money. 'Dryers pay'all the way from ��18 to $25, a ton for the fruit, nnd three tons to the acre is a fair average crop. The results therefore are very satisfactory, even where land is expensive. How much more so should the proposition be up here, with equal, possibly heavier, crops, and better.- prices? . Bee culture is intimately associated'with'-horticulture; it should receive large attention, for with the enormous growtjh of clover"incidental to'civili_ation'; 'there is in" addition to the multitude of" wild flowers a never failing, increasing, foodfor the'-beo to feed on and, as is well known, it makes excellent honey. "''���'' The questioiyippermost in the minds of, all figuring on any new venture is���the market. Iu this respect no liew location1' could be more favorably situated. The., local demand' will be of necessity quite large, for notwithstanding thecarnivoroiis'" tendencies of the age, people cry for fruit,,, and it is good they do. But the solution 'to the problem is found in theiNorthwest;'' It may be that certain hardy fruits can be, grown there, but even if they are, there will still be a large demand for the more' delicate, and with the increasing popula^; tion, this will increase year by year!' When one thinks of the immense districts' that are filling up with settlers between.;. Edmonton, Calgary and Winnipeg, and the- further immense extent *of country? north "of Kt^e" "Saskatchewan, I which, by; virtue of the new transcontinental lines,- wil ft draw atteut. ou -and maybe becomV the homrs of tens of thousands within the;! next decade, the question of 'i market for. fruit passes beyond the possibility stagev? After all, only a few years ago the whole,-- country comprised within the states of Minnesota, Dakota, Montana,' Idaho au'd7* Washington was looked upon as being top> far north for agriculture, let alone horti|; culture. What do we see today? Agriif culture and horticulture carried beyond> the dreams of the wildest imagination of; a few years ago. Still later Manitoba anilf the_. Northwest were placed iii the same* position; yet today Manitoba has become! a factor in the world's^food supply; Wh5f caufsay that the limit of successfuljagiirj, culture has been reached1 on l.tliis' conti-?. neiit? , The ; latitude of-i even, jsputherii?' AthabaSca isljoelow that of parts of ^Russia;. andsSca'iHlauaviaywbere people^ have tilled; the soil for ages. So it is not'wise fo re'-i:'" gard any proposition as to tho settlement-; of lands in the far north as impossible,'; and .the Peace river may yet support Uf. population which will look upon the C. Pc; R. lnaiu line as. beiugjiown south, We' and. meaiis of arousing, enquiry along the lines above indicated., -There is, a-large immigration .cpming into the Northwest, and while a number of tlie crowd is doubt-, less in poor finaueiul condition, there must be a number who have from a few-hun:, dred to a few, thousand dollars. Mauy of. these, if they knew, might very easily be, persuaded tp settle in a milder climate and take up horticulture instead of farming, for which, it, may ..ho. said ineiden-, tally, too many aro unfitted. The hortir'. cultural society might proliably take up the matter and a feasible scheme in the, advertising line evolved to lie circulated where-iit- will do tho'-inost-gooil. The agent general's oflice iu London is a good .place to catch enquirers, better than the C. P. 11., inasmuch ns it is confined to this province, and those who go there have an inclination to coiuo this way. Like other problems, the solution can only come by discussion and some thought. That it is worth the while will be clear to all who are interested, in seeing this district, go ahead. Quite a number of people who have gone into this horticulture business have come from towns in British Columbia ���: where they have made a little, .money and are satisfied to settle down to the quieter and surer way of obtaining a livelihood ' than business centers afford. In this way the,,congested.better class; of the lab.or market has been.helped., There nre still many, far too 'many, striving to make a living in business in the 'towns and cities iaroundi and who have the means to start in this line of business, who; would be far better off building up a jicrmahency in. Itho shape of a fruit farm. J It Cannot be [ said that farm life iii the Kcptenays brings' i that'loneliness which'is no doubt a curse ; with .too. many settlexs:in the; Northwest* r, iHere the . settlements, are: .comparatively i ;near to each other, while jno.'great-dis itance separatesithb business centers;>. ..���- >: 1 i The false -glamor of Itownjlife. blinds too j 'many to,the attractions-offered by:horti-i pulture. as.aiiueans of v subsistence.' znFor. those who have some meansland a natural- linclinatiou-.towards. 1 a.-.couatryjlife^fruit; raising :offers .splendid.;returnsi��or ithe; 'moderatecapital and.interestingjlaborsiairi volvedj aud the outlook for this,particular- industry is nowhere; brighter .thau along the rivers andlalies .iof-; this oiir, aidopted: land..-;.-:��� - ���<: >:-:..i.i,cF. W.:PETTIT.- : -Nelson.rJB.C, July ltlr, .1908;.-..->v .k-kw a*' post;' lit"' tlie."-'north-rist'- <iorh6r' nwrfe'ed'' fr.vSproat'svNiK'corner post, ilicncel-80 .hiiins- soutli;.Uienee -80 .ejiain'si westj..thence gO-flitiing; north; thenee So chains-east, to the post 6f;coia- niencement. These lands iiTe- situated qh'* the" Flathead river,','Uiree'rinflcs from- internatiohal boundary, about -12 miles in;a, southei>st(!tly,-di-!: ruction,from Elko, U.C., 011 or near, the,Elii'tlieau rivoK' {���������:������-���->��� -:-Ji ���-���;-'.-��� '-T. SPROAT. !��� Dated JIay.23rd,_903.-*Al;rvj;i hjjv,-. x-.JHMiJjOu ��� possibilities for smaIL.fruits.from the fact that Winnipeg will take thousands of cases of ? strawberries, and .raspberries at veiy faii*figures;.as a result large,shipments, will be made.; ::The.bulk.of the'fruit crop iu the Okanagam last .'.year went .to. the: Northwest, .and-tlie output ;of. large.-areas has already ..-been, contracted: for:: ���< It -is ��� Svell known, .whatever may. besaidyithat the very best Ontario apples go to Europe.,. : The result.of. this is., that the'shipments to the west are invariably of a poor grade.- ������ j GpinipnSiWill differ as. to the best.ways ee Dealers; In-. Coffee, Teas, Spices, faking, .Powder, 'k 'anil, ���T Flavoring, Extracts.,.; ,r j OUR GOODS are Pure &n<* selected from ,the best in the various- =?��� lines. In ordet to get the best;: please buy from us direct, and tt>e guarantee satisfaction. '��� c4ddre'ss,-':>." 'y '.'' ' " ' Kootenay Coffee��Go. Nelson, 'B.C.' y\ Telephone 177 i l��; 0. Hox 18'.'' Meat Merchants Head Office and Cold -Storage Plant at "Nelson. BRANCH MARKETS at Kaslo, Ymlr, Sandon, Silverton, Revelstoke, New Denver, Cascade, Trail, \i Grand Forks, Greenwood, Midway, Phoenix, Rossland, Slocan City, Moyie, Cranbrook, .; Fernie and.Macleod. *_ v., ^. *., NELSON BRANCH "SIARKET) BURNS BLOCK, BAKER STREET Orders by null to any Branch will receive prompt and careful attention. West Kootenay Butcher Fresh and Salted Meats. Fish and Poultry in Season. ny ORDERS BY MAIIv receive prompt ' and careful attention. E... O. .TRAVES, TVlunuttt K.W.C. Block, Nelson GELIGNITE The strongest and.best Explosive on the! Market Hamilton Powder Company Manufacturers of High Grade Explosives, Sporting, Mining and Blasting Powder Manufactured liy the'.'..'.'...���' GEO. C. TUNSTALL, .IR. District Mgr., Nelson, H.C . 'VV^A^D...notice^.,,:,,: , * Notice.is liereby gi\;6n that I,. J.' II.. .'Matheson, Intendwithin the tlmepres-ribedby law 'to apply to the chief eominissloner oflands and works -,of4he-provinceio��J3rit_sli-Columbia,.forTa-lice.nse= to prospect for voal and petroleum upon the lands hcrcinaftcr'dcscriued'and 'cbirimeiicing' at ii post at tlie-,northwest corner marked' Ji It. Majtheso|i>'s.n. w. corner postj,,thence 80 .chains east; tlience SO chains, south,*, thenco 80 chains west'; thence 80 chains north to the.dstbf coni- niencement. These lands: are-situated on "the Flathead ..river.-. an,d, international ��� boundary, about-15 miles in a southeasterly direction from Elko, B. C, on'or ndartlie Flatheiid'rivor. -' "' Dated May 23rd, 1SI03." J.' H. MATHESON. I : Notice isiiereby.given th'ut T, Fred ,11, Sniitli, Infcnd'wltliin'tlie time prescribed by'Iaw to ap- plyto the chief commissioner oflandsand-works of the province (if British Columbia, for a license, to nr.ospcct, for coal and petroleum upon the lanus liereiiiftftor described and comincnc'liifr at a post at the northeast corner marked Fred II. Smith's ik e. corner post, thence 80,chains west; thence 80 chains south; thence 80 chains east; thence 80 chains north to ihe postof commencement.-'Thusu lands hid situated on the Flathead river and international boundary lluc,al>oiil 4~> miles In a, southeasterly direction from Elko, H. C, on or near the Flatheild river. Bated May '_Jrd,' IUO'1. ' FltEI* If. SMITH. Notice is hereby given, that 1, C. Wilson, intend within the time prescribed bylaw to apply to tho chief commissioner of lands and works1 of the.province of British Colnmbia,'for a license to prospect for coal ami jietroleum upon the lands hereinafter described hnd commencing at a post at the northwest corner marked C. Wilson's n.w. corner post, thence 80 chains south; thunce 80 chains east; thence 80 chains north; ihence 80 chains west to the post of commencement-.These lands are'sltuiited on'tho Flathead 'river,-three miles from the international boundary, about l'2 miles in' a southeasterly direction from. Klko, B. C, on or near the Flathead river. . Dated May SUrd, 1903. C. *>VILSON. Notice is hereby given that 1, A.'G. Nelson, intend within the lime prescribed by law to apply to the chief commissioner of lands and works of thc province of British Columbia, for u license lo prospect for coal anil petroleum upon the lands hereinafter described and commencing al a post ut the southwest corner marked A. (J. Nelson's s. -iv*. corner post, theuce SO chains north; thence 80 chains east; thence 80 chains south; thence 80 chains west lo the post of commencement. Theselands are situated on the Flathead river, foiir miles from the international boundary, about 41 miles in a southeasterly direclion from Elko, B. C, on or near the Flathead river. Dated May 23rd, 1003. A. <i. NELSON. Noticels hereby given that I, J. E. Annable, intend williin the time prescribed by law to apply to tlie chlefc'ommissioner of lands nnd works of theprovince or British Columbia, for a license to prospect for coal aud. petroleum, upon the lands hereinafter described,and commencing at a post at the sou Iheast corner'marked .1. E. An- nable's s. e.corner post, thence80 chains north ; thence 80 chains west; thence, 80 chains soutli; thence SO chaiiis east to the post of commencement; These lands are sltuii'lod nn'lhc'Flathead river, one mile from the international boundarv, about.ll miles in a,southcasterlv direction froin Elko, I). (!., on or near the Flathead river. Dated May ami, WWI. ' .1'. K'.'ANNAIILE. Notice is hereby giveii that I, T. Sproat, intend williin the time prescribed .by,lnw t<,i apply t,o the chief commissioner of lands and works of tin' province of llritish < oluinl-la f���r u license to prospect for coal and petroleum upon the lands hereinafter described and commencing at '������j -. .��� -v,..--.}*���.:��� . 1..',. .'.'.-���rt.iL'.j,���.. . , .: ...tu..,j- i Notice Is hereby given .that,!,.Dave,B. Dover,: int'end-'witliih*tlie'-tirrie pr-se'riBed by-law'10*1(14-' ply-ito th'e'chlcfJcOmmis'sionerdf laiids and works? of,thepro,vim;eiOf Britisli:Ciilunibiafor,-aJlcei|s^,- to. prospeet for.cpal aiid.peti-oleum"ujp'oii*the lands," hereinafter deseribcd'-'and'eonimcricl'hg af'a rib'st tit'tlic1 sou'tlieast-corrier marked���Daveii..DOTer's'. S.E. (jprnerijiostji.thence.Sp chains iiiorjhl.thepce 80 cliuinsiiu'cst; tn'eiic~e'80.cliaitif-s"ojitli;, tlience 80. chains east', to the postof cOinmeneemeilt: These'���- lands-are situated '011'the-Fliith-aJdi'river,'-four; iniles.from international boundary,', about)-II -. miles in a sotithdiis'tcrly' direction frpm,Elko,",!!".'.' C'oii br nelirthoFlathead river. ������' ������ ' >.-���:- , Dated May 23rd, 1003. ( DAVE L.: DOVER;o:-��� ; Noilco''is'liereby,BiV-ii*-l_in��-I-I'K,.;- AV>"'Drew,��-lri,-, tend within the time prescribed by lawj'to apply to the chief commissioner,oflands'-andl works* of the proyln-je of British Columbia, fo*--alii4{ii^ Jo t lirospeet'Ior.coiil and'petroleum upon tlie; laud; nereiniifteT described aiid-cominenciiig'iit a p_st' at tlie northwest corner marked.' iR. M'.:'Drew's"' h. w. corner post, thonce 80 chainssouth;, thepce,, 80 chains,east; thence 8)".cliaihs ;iorth"; tlieh'ee80" chains west;-to- the post of commencement:- These lands arelsituated ohdheStarvatioii Creek', three-'- inil,es froiiiiithclntcrnatijiual boui)dary���about 64; miles ina southeasterly direction frdiu Elko, li.. C.-Omilesea'st of tli'eFliitlieiidrive'r.' : -' "'''���:-'-' Datediilii-yasth, VMS. Ku:AV'.,DKEW. : Notice is hereby given, tliiitf, A-.'T^ Walley ii.C-" tend williin tho-' rime iitesefibed by laV to ap'ply to the chief commissioner of lands andworks-ofi the p.royjnoij/if British Oolunibia.for a liconsc: lo prospect for. cb'arand'petroleum.,upon the lands licrefnafti*r'd'escrib'ed-i\iid "commeii.ing''at apost a t. the soutli west corner marked/ A: ��J1\ ,AVul lev's S.W. fiorn/if. post, .thence 80.chains Jiorth; theiice 80 chaiiiijeasC;, fheiice'80chaiiis soutli;- tlieiice'80 chiiiiis Wcs't;- to' tlie-post 'of't'om'rri*uncemeiit. These lands! are situated.on the'Flatheild1 river,-' one mile from international Boundary, fibouM-t. iniles in a southeasterly directum from Elko, B. C, on or near the Flatliead' river''���' Dated May 23rd,'1003:. ��� > A. _-.. WALLEY. Notice is hereby given ,that I, W. A. Mcl'liee, intend witliln'thc tiinc'presc'ribc'd byliuv to apply to the chief commissioner of lands and works of the province of British Columbia, for. a license to prospect for coal and petioleum upon -the-lands1*iiereinaftcr~ddscribed-iand-icoinmoh.;i Ing at a post at the southwest eorner marked W. A. Mcl'hee's s. w. corner post; thence 80. chains east; thence80 chains nortli; thence 80 chains west; thence 80 chains soutli, to the post of commencenient. These lands are situated on Ihe .Starvation creek, one mile from international boundary, abbut'SGmiles in a southeasterly direction from Elko, 11. C, seven miles east of Ihe Flathead river. Dated May 18th,!1003. W. A. McI'IIEE. Notice is liereby giveii that 1, Fred'Starkey, In to rid within Ihe time-prescribed by law to apply to the chief coramissloner of lands and works of the province of British Columbiafor a license to prospect for coal anil -petroleum upon the lands hereinafter described, and commencing at a post al the southcust.cornor marked Fred Starkey's s. e. corner post, thence 80 chains north; tlience 80 , chains Oast; tlience 80 ehains south; thence 80 chains west, to the post nfeominericomelil. These lands are,situated.on llieKtarvalioii creek,'about three.mlies froju the international boundary, about .VI iniles ln ii southeasterly direction from Elko, II. C:, on or near the I'lathfiul river.1 Dated MayJSth, 1003. .- FltEI) KTAKKEV: Tom Joiies, the' tbii'dei-foot and remittance nnin, wandered down the- windswept nuiiu street; of Caspar on tlie lookout for a job. Ho had been working all summer nt the niiige with the "Pick" outfit, and liad since blown every dollar lie possessed playing, poker with tlio boys. Tom got on well ..enough ���M'.ith tlie cow- punchers, and liad learned to ride a bronco I with tho best of them, while his superior educjitiou and business knowledge, ac- j quired in liis eastern city home, had arousQd thejrv_myy..aud.,ndi-uru^ ^gambling was his bane. 2<7o��gnnie of ;poker seemed"-'complete without him; Ihence his present iuipecnuipsity.,, i It was, 'tliereforc,' obviously opportune jtha,t at this, stage he should run against j Jack Earnest and Will' ��� Savage,' - as' tliey ���were, .entering Casey's, corner, saloon to set |iip the drinks. Jack and Will were two six-foot, Westerners, with chequered cu- jreers. Tliey'had been- iii turii 'trappers, jlmnters, scouts, cow-hands, and:..n_u_ing prospectors; had-assisted; but not as prin- Icipals, in one or two lynching caser; had jreceutly emerged triumphant from Caspar jcourfc house; where Western', justice of "a ! sort was annually dispensed, acquitted iii ;face of th'e clearest evidence',1 "and to the 'immense' joy of the" male ��� population'of. !Caspar, of a charge of mistaking the.owu- ersnip of a _ steer; and were iiow on the 'point of starting for Grand Encampment,, Jon the Maii-i Divide^Wiherpainimngboom iwas at.its. height, and. where they, had,a claim or two'-to'sell:-'"���'' j :The:re-*nlt;of;acpuple.ofdrinlisandhalf an hour's conversation with these Western heroes was that Tom' Jones, whilom cowboy, found himself some' two; weeks later' Slief de cuisine'aiid genera!fa^tpltuiii ;to the Eai-nest-Savage'minihgo*!tt_ti;';''U'ith' a ininor share-*iii-prospectr\'e."'profits, if bnadvaiitageoussalebe' effected.y Grand'-. iEncanipinentxonsistedof *a selection of wooden shanties, including ..one, or two 'sa-lobir,;''' ah '.atingliouse'and ^blaclfemlth Shop, situatedsbirie 6000"feet.above sea- leveT,rahd!ab6ut,"100 'niiles':fui-t_i.erl'sb_tli , aritt higher-up the^Noifth-Platte fiver than,'' ithg^own'ot Gaspar.':'; West'pf 'Gra-Qd:':'En-,' bai*_pi_i'e'*_t':'gfaai_lly as'c*ehddcl tlie. follihg? pine-clad ridges-of the Main-Dividey whose ' fastness wefe a-fe^--years' before'' known ' bnly-to fcM'trappers0and :huhter_ !bf * the" West.7'1--- .���'������-_..->'i��.-'.-j ..:���- **���'!���-���-��������� .^-" ;������:������ :;i-i.i'i* j 3Por some iiiiies north -aiid.'weit''bf En-; campinent rich 'gold- 'and -Opper 'bearing'' veins of ore had here and there beeir ^ti*uck.r Some of the copper properties,, iii . particular, .had . already.become: largely: -6apita^ed;ijand,',pi-oductiye,- niiixes. ���_ A'- smelter tacl f ej^ently" been erected between;- Eiictjiiipment and, Saratoga,;,-the mining, metropolis of.the7cUsfcrict^.tp,^v;hiclia newi stage. line, ran,~figin Rawdins.,. on the.iU.P.,, R. B,r, now, w;uveying mining experts .and; capitalists-frc-m Denver and, other :large.i mining centres. ' Mien who had claims, ��� of: fabulous richness to sell were not uncom- moiiin Saratoga, and iocal mining circles generally were beginning to hmn. j A feSvmCe_'west of'Encampment;' oil phe/'of1-the''rocky-' ridges'Of ' the' eastofii' slbp'e,' ai-'roiigli'-log sliahtyj-'d.-^priniitivb' wbbdcii' h3ist, iiiid '"appurtenaiiccS '\\niV soniev20 feet of Shaft','.'comprised tlie build-' ingSi plmitriand-develpnlent work f!6f *'-'tliS:' euteiiirising Etu'iiest-Sftvage-Jones Syridi-' bate, ,who owned two claims pn^yhat; Was thought to be an extension of the'cele- braited Gold Hill yeim-,,;Iu,the,.gulch be'T ' low .on,,,the, adjoining ijroperty .was the. mouth',pf tihe.i-anne.i lintp ,the Gold 1-Hill,, pr'operfy; itself, recently ,des-cri,bed in the. local press as.a f^niouutain of gold,',' ��i from which,'It was.* coiuinonly rep^rtedy fi-ee-niilliug quartz 5re, mnufaig 10 oufices or more to tho ton, was daily being extracted. However this might be, old Ike Irving, who ran tlie Gold Hill outfit, guarded its secret jealously, and no outsider knew to 11 certainty what the ore-bin at the mouth of the tunnel actually contained. Will Savage \>ossed the mining operations of tlie Enrnest-Savrige- Jones partner-', ship, superintending the four men who' were sinking'the* shaft; aiid panned the ore. Tom Jones' practical knowledge of mining wa.s small, but he was quick of observation and had some mining philosophy of his own. He constantly watched the delicate operation of washing and sifting in the pah the crushed samples of tho ore as performed -by-Will's "experienced hands for the final residuum of gold or "color.". By this process..the value of the I ore vein was constantly and roughly as- [ certained. , ��� ' f-k-- ; "Guess we'll have tni.4 property in shape to sell pretty soon now," remarke4 Savage to Tom one ' evening between' shifts. "We've got as pretty a ..quartz, vein at the bottom of the 'Golden Turkey' shaft as you'd want to see; and-1 chir-pan-.' ..cblbr most of the time." \ ."I've seen you fail to show gold once or ;twice," remarked Tom. : ; Will looked at Tom sharply. "Wal, it don't always pan even, of course," was all he said. y; i ; A; day or two later Jack drove up ito the shanty with news from Saratoga.,! Yef?, ' ;he!d got a deal on hand. J. B. Hart, min- ingbxpert, representing Eastern parties of fabulous wealth, was coming up next jwebk to examine the "Golden Turkey" claims, with a view to purchase, (guessed lie meant' businessi-ito'd' thought heAknew-- aiquartz vein when he saw one. ! cThat'iiight JaWan^Wm-iieldkboun^l bil, to wMch Tom was,not admitted, with the .Jsonibwhat: surprising' result -'thatHh'e four.' working miners were .disniissed,. wliile rii'-* two 'senior partners :-supe_in--'- tended some mysterious operations at the .shait involving 'a^'coi-ferehbe *tiath*6ld:-![ke' Irviiig^of the "Golden Hill," aud a night jqui-nejrof the' syndica'tex-Wagon and' team," for which. Tom's .sen-ices were not required^- The day before-'the expert's'ar-' ^"You ��^n ffaieet"^me in Saratoga in a week;" said Mr. Hart. "������If-'the samples assay good, the property's mine." And he drove away. �� "Wal, I'm darned," observed Will. The rapidity and magnitude of the deal ap- peared to stagger the impecunious old- time miner. _,D^.-':'-"' "He tumbled easy," was all Jack said.' A ;few days later the scene ohanged to7 a rbom in the Grand hotel of Saratoga,-, where. Mr., Hart and a local' ;lawyer xweX' the three owners, and concluded.-, with;/. characteristic lightning promptness : the details of tho purchase of the. Goldehw Turkey claims. The assay of his samples' had been satisfactory. Shortly, after the.,: Earnest-Savage-Joneffsyn_i-btS5vve-e*BeaP!V.'"������ ed alone round the table intent on the^C -division* of-* $15,000"' of '"(Sn^TnewTgreen". V7 backs.-' .. .-.--J:-./-;-?Xjj��&Si "See, here.^Toro-V^bserved jlaok^lke!^��*! in this deal. Your share comes to |2000;$j* <!$#' and he handed b^e^apile of*greenrpap^fe^i"; * Toin, who lboketTiftile _Jia'deter___aeaM^7;,;��s itpQ^i few.0 fifty-dollar bills from th-e pUefp-s^. reti^rned the rest, and walked to the doOTi^L'Syj7?! The/t?two Westerners l gazed at lmn witfijT?7*il some surprise. Turning, he said, "I tak_f7�� *H30'forlmy work, but I'll have no sliarei-yy in the price of a salted mine; I l_aye;|y; taken my own samples and had them a^4; -? sayed, and I know where that dump card'^l-ft; from." . :..r " , <$>-K-y. ir::.0��:>.A The next moment he was looking do-v^n^ %: the barrel /Jf Will's gun.> ^C_��TObugiitj|7^ it was time to interfere.^ ���"> a&'A I;; ^S7 J UUe_!v_he--lad al&^'^Md^aCl^ashMgS struck up the muzzle of the revolver, "He^liy,. don't know what he's talking aAMut/^S^'l Then, turning to Tom, "See here, young^^fil man, J reckon this place is unhealthy f-^;$:igg| yon. Get, and-eet auick. or ther_'U be'sfe?7 funeral t in^aratpga again. _, f icukuu huh pmce is unneaiiny it^rgsw^* . Get, and-get tmick, or there'll,l)e^Ms|i eral to pay':for. ���'���" Don't' -let us seeyolo%:^ Saratpga again.'' SMfefil WiiSm rival Tom strolled up to the shaft, .after jtlie^dinner hour,1 and noticed-' that the' clump in the shaft liouse looked larger than before. Fresh wagon tracks coming from Ike living's ore bin were also plainly visible., He 'then descended the rough ladders to the bottom pf tho shaft, and idlyopicked a piece of ore from the well- defined vein. At his feet he noticed other loosb pieces of quartz, and a thought oc- curied to him. A little later he strolled back- to the cabin with three small sample bags,,,of,. ore,,pne,;frQn_ tbesvein,-one from- the loose ore in the shaft, and one from the dump in the shaf tho use. He-did not think* it necessary to show these samples to Jack and ^ill. ; -y,-., i Next day J.VB. Hart, mining exnert of Cleveland, Ohio, a smart, dap*_er\ little ���* nian?ira_>id,fin'is'pee_h' ailtl raovement, ap-�� peared on the scene. He examined the vein- in the shaft and the outcrop which- ran clear through the property, and which had also been opened up here and. there, interviewed" Ike, of the Golden'Hill, who appeared interested in a prospective deal, took general samples from the vein'-and* tho dump, and then descended to the cabin for his dinner. At length Mr. Hart entered his buckboard to drive .away w\th his samples 'of ore under his seat. , "What's., your price for ��ho prope_ty, Mr. Earnest'-"'* he asked, as he gathered tlie reins.., ...... ^, v...w���. ,_:.,_...v., ; Jack did the talking for the syndicate. He had just enjoyed a square meal and was feeling good. . . ��� ' ^Thirty* ?t Kbustuia'dbTiais f r figlf" "VSSHT down, balance on time," was the prompt ���������j:���.;. -.-.-, . .- 1".1 ii'. .v-Ti.. Some1 _e*v months later-Tom, who l*_tdl#f7SS| obtained work in Denver, there by clu_noe%^^| ran against Mr.' J.-B. Hai,; of Cleveland;��al looking spruce and cheerful as ever, ^witi-ttsMgl a general air ^bf prospei^fty, and innifeifegSl necktie a diamond pin. Tom tried ;/tois-'��|fP avoid linn, but the-effdrt was iinavai_tog|||y@| Mr. Hart insisted prx supplying refre��h^-Myy| -mentsat-' the nearest Hotel:1 Tom accorMaSi'Sii panied hhn with a dazed feeling. flfiftf '������-" "Great' propertyHl__t'J'*y*ou and those^jfi'l other fellows sold me. Yes, sir, that-mWMM '*so.^ T6m avbs _tieeohless[ He had "ofk-^l late carefully avoided reading Sarato^i&JXli'jl mining news. - . m0m "Curious thing was," continued the _p|&'8efr| repressible Hart, "that the Golden TurkeyMilff vein;I bought it on didn't pay worth .j**|it|il cent after another ten feet. Values"r__i��l����S| down to nothing at all. But we <ax��s-cnfipf��ip and found a parallel vein that "don't crofr^s; out on the surface, either. I guess vther^ip; was a break in the formation you didn'tMl ��� ^P-SLSl ���,- .--���??.������� .^ ��� vre&e- IWS^_ife3ar#fe|| to a Denver crowd for a $500,000 capital^ and I'm now on to_��-Qripple Greek pror_|. erty that looks^eqjuill^well. -Say, mfe-ppfl tre," he went ,Qn, handing Tom his card^fe^ ^' "you look a bit dpwnj on your lpck.v ^a|M i '*"" -- ��� ��� I'm ���you^maplv-ya loan ofcllOOO 4s any ���use, "v?ell,^)long.V 5. *" Tom walked down the street in a para-7 lyzed condition. -I-t was-iarue, no doubt;; that Jack and Will had known, that the,' .original Golden Turkey vein :was.^orth^|'7i''sl less "thirty feet: down ;;___d, inikmcertS-S with Ike Irving, salted the shaft:and7the?7 dump with rich ore from the -'adjoining;'.^..... Golden Hill tunnel, and had then sold they 'yyy| property on false samples. It was true, ;: ^dou^t.vth^tTom, haying in his own<;���:) way discovered the facts of the case,, had 7 d_��lined to share in what he believed to * be robbery. But it was true that th'e Gol- V den-jTurkey claims had,developed into ;a?- valuable mine after all, and/that, Tom's7 ��� virtue had,-to some extent -atvail- events;^ beea.^isplaj ieliext day i Notice Is heroby given that I, J. AV. Iloliiies.ln- , lend witliiirilie time proscribed-by law-to ripply' (<i Ihe chief coni 111 issloner ol lands and .works of the provinec/u*llrilia Culuiiil-lii for a licniisu, to iirospect for coal'aiid petroleum ujinn tlie hinds lierehiafter described and comineiiciiiir nt a ]lost at the northwest corner uiarj-ud J.,\\. Holmes' 11. w. corjier, post, thence 81)..chains east; tlience, 80 chains south; thence Hi) chaiiis west; thenec M0 chaiiis north/to the post'of coinniencenient; These lands are situated on tho Starvation creek and international boundary, about uii,miles in a southeasterly direction from Klko, J). C, six miles east of the Flutheud river. Dated May 18th, 1U0;I. J- W. HOLMES..- Notice is.hcjreby.fiiven tliat 1,,, Jesgtc, CI. Kirk; Patrick, intend' within the time prescribed by law to apply to the chief commissioner of lunds and works of the province of llritish Columbia for a license to prospect for coal and petroleum upon the hinds hereinafter described and commencing at the -northeast corner at a post inarked .lessleG. Kirkpatrick's n. e. corner post, thence 80 chains west; tlience 80 chains south; tlience 80 chains east; thence 80 chains north, to the post of commencement. These lands are situated on the Kishenena creek tliree miles from the International boundary, about -U> miles in a southeasterly directinn from Klko, II. C\, on or near the Flathead river. Un led May 13th, lUOil. JKSSlr* G. KIRKl'ATIlICK. Iierelnafterdescrlbed'anff commencingat'a'po'st at the southeast corner marked J K. Dbuglas' ' S. K. coringpost^ thence $U_ chains w'est;jhenco^ 80 chains nrirtli; tlfeii'Ce 80 chains east"; thonce 80 chains south, to the post of commencement. These lands arc situated,011 the Starvation creek, one inile from'-international boundary, about 55 mllos'ini a southeasterly direction froin Klko, H. C, sis miles east of the r'lathead river. :...,������������ ' Dated May 18t.li, 191*3. ...i/'.l _J, K. DOUGLAS. , herebv given that I, AV. K. McCand- in the tin Notice is herebv given that 1, Lizzie Gilker, intend within the time pre.-uribed by law to apply, to the chief commissioner of lands and works of the province of Hritish I'liliimbin, for alicense to prospect for coal and petroleum upoil.the lands hereinafter described mid lommenciui* at a post at the northwest corner marked Lizzie Gilker's n. w. corner post, thenee si chains east J tlience 80 chains south; them-e sj chains west; thence 80 ehains north to the l"st of, commenequijuit. 'I'liese binds are sltiiaie'l on tho Klslieiie'na creek, three miles from die international' boundary, about 50aniles in a Milithoasterly direction from Klko, H'.'C!.. on or mjr the Klathead river. Dated May l.'Uli, 190::. LlZZIK GILKKK:' ' Xoticc is hereby given ^"a '��� J* -K. Douglas, Intend within the time pi,-' ribed by law to apply to the chief comi-ilKsinin-r of lands and works of the province of British Culiimblu for a license to prospect for coal and peinileum upon the lands 1 Nol ice is lishi.intend within the time prescribed by law to apply to the chief commissioner of lands anil works of the province of llritish Columbia for a license to prospect for coal aiid.petrolenm upon the lands hereinafter described and cominc'iclng at a post at'thc southwest corner marked AV. K. MefJaiiilllsh'a S.W. corner-post, thence 80 chains north; thence 80 chains, east; Ihciieo: 8U, chains south; thence80 chains west, to Ihe post of commencement, These 'binds are situated on the Starvatloncreek, three miles from International boundary, about 01 miles In a southeasterly direclion from Klko;-H.C;; six 'miles 'east ilf-lhe Klalhead rlvo,r. , W. K..McCANDLlSH. UaledMay 18th, IW.C .,-���-. Notice Is liereby given that I, I). McArlhiir, Intend within Ihe time prescribed bylaw to apply to the chief commissioner of lands and works of the-{province of Hritish Columbia for a HCi'nse to prospect forcoal and petroleum,upon the lands hereinafter described mid cominenelng at a posl at the northeast comer inarked I). McArthur's 'N.I-:, corner posl, theiice 80 chains south; thence 80 chains west; thence SO chains north; thunce 80 chains cast, to the post of commencement. These 'lands aro situated on the'Slarvarion-cr'i.'ck, three miles from International boundary, about .*>' miles in a southeasterly direction from Klko, H. C, six miles east of'the Flathead river. Dated -May ISth, I003. 1). McAKTHL'K. Notico i.s hereby-given that 1-, John J. Malone, intend within the time proscribed bylaw tp apply to thochief com'm issloner oflands and works of the province of Hrilish 'Columbia for a'license to prospect forcoaland petroleum upon tliolnnds liereinafli'r dyscribed and commencing at a post at thendrtlU'ii'st corner marked John J. Malonc's N.K. corner post, thence 80 chains west;' theiice SO ehains fopth; tlience 80 chains east; thence 80 nortli,. .to'the post of ..'commencement. These, lands are s'itu'uteil on the'Starvation creek iind International' liouridiiry- about .*V> miles 'in a southeasterly riij-qqlioii 'from,Klko, Ii.C-, six miles wist of the Flathead river. Dated,May 181 h, 1IKW. JOHN J. MALONE. ' 80 chaiiis south, to the1 po'st of commencement.' These lands are situated on the Kishenena creek,, ^tl^rce miles from-internatlonal boundrtnv. ahnut' ���17 miles in a southeasterly direction from Klko, B. C, on or near the Flathead river. Dated May 13th, 1!K)3. J. A. IRVING. TIMBER NOTICED. Noticels hereby given that I', William O. Hose, intend within the ,111110 prescribed by law.to apply"fo the chief commissioner of.lands aud works of Hie-province of Hritish Columbia for a license to prospect for coal and petroleum upon the lands , hereinafter described and commencing ata post at the'southwest corner marked Win. O. Hose's S.W. corner post, thence 80 chains east; theiice SO chains: north; thence SO Chains west; thence 80 chains south, to the posl of commencement. These lands are situated on the Kishenenacrcek, three miles' from International Tibundary, about: ���17 mllcM.-in a s'liuthcastcrly direction from Elko, H.C, on or near Ihe Flathead river. ., Haled Mav 13th,' l'J03. WILLIAM O. KOSE, Notice Ishcieby given that l; J. A. Irving, In- tcndiW.ithin the tiipe prescribed by law to apply. to the chief commissioner, of lands and works of the provlh'-e of llritish Columbia, for a license to' prospect for coal and petroleum upon the hinds hereinafter described and commencing at a post at the southeast corner marked J. A. living's s. o. corner post, thence 80 chains west; thenec 80 ehains north; thence Sii ehains ea*i; thenee Notice is heroby given that thirt>* (30) davs after dale I intend to apply to the honorable chief commissioner of lands i\ud works fora special license to cut and cifrry aWnV-timber from the following described land, situate in AVest Kootenay district, llritish Columbia. Commencing at a post planted on thc soutli bank of the Little Slocan river one hundred and llfty (150) yards above Its mouth, tlience west .one hundred and sixty (100) chains; thence south forty MO) chains; thenee cast one hundred jimUilxly (100) chains; thence nortli forty (-10) chains to tlio place of beginning. Titers. M. WAKD, Locator. HAA'11) HOOTII, Agent. Nels H. C, June Dili, 1003. .._.'v ^ ��___[_- ��� Notice Is hereby glveu'thatt|ilrtv (30) dnys after date I in tend, to npply-ito tife-hoiiorablo chief eominissloner of lands and works fora special license 10 cut and carry .away timber from the following described*h*nitl',*8ltha'n! in West Kootenay district, llritish Columbia. Cominencing at a post planted on the cast bank, at the mouth of a creek about four miles up the Little Slocan river on its smith bank, thence east one hundred and sixty (H10) chains; tlience south forty (10) chains; thonce west one hundred and sixty (100) chains; thence north fortv chains to the place of beginning. DAVln HOOTII, Locator. Nelson, II. C, Junq lot li, I'm. Notico is hereby giveii that sixty (GO) days after dare I Intend to apply to the honorable the chief commissioner of lands and works for the right to purchase the following described lands, for agricultural purposes, situate In West Kootenay district, H.C. Commencing at a post planted on the north bank of the Little Slocan rivcrat itsmouth, known as David "Hnotli's southeast corner post, tlience west 80 chains, thonce north'JO chains, ��� thence east 80 chains, thence south 20 chains, to place of beginning. DAVID HOOTII, Nelson, H.C, April 21th, 1003. Locator. Xoticc is hereby given ���|ii!l.sixtyi(G0),_fiys after date I intend lo apply to the honorable the chief commissioner of lands and. works, for. tho right to purchase the following described lands for agricultural purposes, situate in AVest Kootenay district, H.C. Commencing at a post planted on the west bank of the Slocan river, 20 chains more or less nortli of the Little Slocan river at or near Its mouth, known as T. M. Ward's southeast corner post, thence west 80 chains, thence north 20 chains, thence east 80 chains, thence south 20 chains to place ofbcgiituihg. * .A' Nelson, H.C, '* -'IVM. WARD, tocator. April 2-1 th,19f)3v .. DAVID HOOTII, Agent. Notice is hereby given that thirty (30) days after date I intc.nd..to apply, to. the honorable chief 'commissioner of .laiids and .works font special license to cut and carry away limber from the following described land, situate In West Kootenay district, Hritish Columbia. Commencing at a post planted on the west hank at the mouth of a creek about four miles up the Little Slocan river, on its south bank, tlience west one- hundred and sixty (ICO) chains; thence south forty (lo) chains; thence east one hundred and sixty (100) chains; thence north forty (10) chains, to place of beginning. K. A. KOLK, Locator. DAVID HOOTII Agent. Nelson, H.C, June 10th, 11H13. MryHart. i^$!T*fob6 from: _ 9 Corporation of M Ciif of^Nelsbn.; Water Rates Notice. Water rates fort.the quarter! ending Septemben.30,1903, are! due and payable ,at the. City* Office on Wednesday, juiy^ist.^ If paid on or Hefore ttie^tli July, a discount" of 10 per cent ! will be allowed.-* If not paftd o^nV or before July 3istr��Ke.is��r*v;ice will be discontinued. ^ By ,qrder, % J j f J D-^.^MdMeRRI-: G-ity*-���lerk. . Nelson, June '.TfliVlOOST- ~ Corporation of the City of Nelson, Notice is hereby given thatthe first sitting? of the Court of Revision, for the purpose of hearing all complaints against the assessment for the year 1903, as made, by the assessor of'the City of Nelson, will be held at t1ie'eit'y'offlces"~Nelsoii, B. O, on Thursday, the ,11th. day of June, 1903, at two o'clock p.m.' �������� '���'��� ' ' 0. V. Mc.MORRlS, Nelson, B.C., May 8, 1903. City Clerk. NOTICE- ������,.' ��� -i'j The time of the llrst sittings of the Court of Revision has been extended to Thursday, July 9th, 1903, at the same hour and' place. H.C. -M.CMORRIS, Nelson, June 2nd, 1903.' '"���' ���'���* 'Chief Clerk. Certificate oi Improvemerits. ; '': notice! ' '*' ' v :'' Mahfitav., AN'dlf, Par iTnxl Mifl 'rtifferal'"cfa*Ims,J situate in the Nelson.mining division of AVest Kootenay distrrct. AVhcre located: Near junction of Wolf and Sheep creeks. Take notice.that.we,. The ..Yellowstone-Mines, Limited, free miner's certificate No. B80.801, intend, sixty days from the date hereof, to apply to the-mining recorder for Cffrriftcfttcs* tff Improve-" inents, for thc purpose of obtaining crown grants . of thc above-claims.'v -��������,���%-,���*.-- r �������� Aiid further take notice that action, under section: 37,*nui8t be comnferfced befot* the ls'sliaTiee of such ccjUficates of lmurovemontv ��� a Dated this 3r<. daf 8tMilne, 190X " Application For Liquor License* Notice is hereby given that I, Edward O'Sulli- van, Intend to-iipnly to the board _f liCch*tse commissioners of the City of Nelson at the next meeting, held thirty -lays after date, for'-H llcehse io sell liquor by retail on the premises known as the Sunuvside hotel, situate on lot 11, block 87, Nelson, H. C. EDAVARD O'SULUVAN. Nelsoll, B. C, June 13tll, 1903. 4 The Nelson Tribune ____________ ���T.i mr~T^Mn SI ai 11 ���v. A. I Con 1 proi I _f,l,l! Jdlvl I clec* I Oral ICJret I NcW | In til l.�� I fori J up o OH lever I the,-; I city Ijiolh li Ion; ��� f (b) Ifor e ���the] Ito bi |ther,i Sent i I o, ���meet leach ���elect Iwarc I pled, Icand Ishall 3. f. llicni land! Icltyi ���whits it oral throi biatei; |on til ���1. Ifor t! venti ���the p Jn th Biy th an wi DSSU6 fury < An Jield,' :ir hi I hen The J* H. Ashdown Hardware Co., Ltd. Importers an(l;Deulers In ShelCondlHeavy HARDWARE Tinware and Graniteware Stoves and Ranges BAKER ST. Fire Brick, Fire Clay, Portland Ceuient, T-Rails, Ore Cars, Sheet Steel, Crescent, Canton and Jessop's Drill Steel : : : : : INBL.SOIN ?>-*.<_ _s_ IP _*s* ������ Saw Stag __-5> g��0 J, A. Kirkpatriek & Co., Ltd. ' - AVholesnlc and Retail Groceries, Crockery and Glassware Aberdeen Block, Nelson Fruit Season Is now in full, swing, and preserving will be general in a few da3**s. We have contracted to handle the entire output of strawberries from one of the best ranches iii the district, and will receive large consignments fresh each morning. Our prices will be right, and our fruit the best on the market. We have just received a large consignment of Self-Sealers iu all sizes, .which will go at low prices. _2'_ nog dog o)o(�� 6}o(b q)o(5 B)��<__ _?3s3 o)o(o o)o(o o)o(o _)��<o J, A. KIRKPATRICK & CO.. Ld, 5p ���!"_> %*yp *^5*^P '^'P9^r_R^'^_fwwf^R(_ _A_w_!fzS._fy K*?S9 !<pi_sm m< Vii ' 2 AVO, l J'8' " I,tores . *HUl . tht* tra 3 tai bai ' 9 |. ste 5, tog lea ace ort' (i ..she .she . Ion tio) >"'7t .'pro I'the" ' - v>, ��� ���;. a:.. off ��� I shd' \S��t . 9* .* viifc tiol ' I'leirt, the*5 I JIo'i dii(! , M "hi! par isla an-1 I cm) 11 I tun I the' j taxi rehi 1 fact Thrum's %anch The Finest in the Market Fruit Preserving JarS Carload Unloading Today. All Sizes. J. A. IRVING & CO. Houston Block, Nelson. Groceries and Provisions ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������_ Now is the time to purchase stock for Dominion Day Celebrations. Can fill all sized orders promptly. ��� f LEMONS J. Y. Griffin & Co., Ltd. I TO THE TRADE ONLY NELSON, B. C. 1 and Summer Spring Millinery AVe are showing the most beautiful assortment of Newest Millinery Styles evey exhibited In the vicinity. The Latest Styles in Trimmed and Ready-to-Wear Hats For AVomen, 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 percent 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. COSTUMERS AND MILLINERS Baker Street, next door to the Hudson Bay Stores Tie Palm Fruit and Vegetables of all Kind Fresh Trout and flu lined Hoods Soda Fountain Ice Cream Parlor COLD MEATS AND COOKKI* HAM If you aie going fishing or plunlr.Iug call on us for a lunch. Bunyan & Longhurst K.AV.C. Block, AVard St., Nelson. B20 AA'ater St. Telephone 146 NELSON STEAM LAUNDRY Work done by hand or machine, and on short notice. Delivery wagon calls for and delivers work every day in the week. Blankets, Flannels, Curtains, etc., 11 specialty. Dyeing and Cleaning also done. Outside orders promptly attended to. PAUL INIF>OU, Proprietor. P.O. Box 48 MORLEY & CO. AVholesnlc and Retail Booksellers and Stationers cdrtists' Materials Engineering and Mining Books Typewriters cMimeographs Photographic Supplies cMusical Instruments Morley & Co, Nelson, B.C HOTEL PERSONALS, B. H. Moss of the Roderick Dim mine is at the Bartlett hotel. William Jay of Soo St. Marie, Ontario, is a guest at the Silver King. A.'J. Rninvilie of Windermere and Nick O'Brien of Pilot Bay are at the Tremont. J. Brady and John Bergman of Spokane were at the Klondyke during the celebration. J. Reardou of NeAV Westminster and Frank Rossatan of Grand Forks are at the Sherbrooke. W. F. Alton of Kaslo andR. Buffington of Grass Valley, California, are registered at tlie Lakeview. *��� W. S. McOlean of Toronto and A. H. Reader and wife of Easton, Pennsylvania, are at the Hume. H. Clark of Cranbrook, N*. Cleland of Fernie, and J. S. McCaslin of Pilot Bay are stopping at the Grand Central. A. J. Stone of Spokane, Dan 'Munroe of Phoenix, and H. Nevin and wife of Grand Forks were registered at the Madden this morning. L. O.'-Teeple of Spokane, Fred Lynch of New Westminster, F. E. Cooper of Grand Forks, and John Gillies of Salmo registered at the Queen's today. THE TOWN AND THE DISTRICT. "Tom" Collins, who went to Bonner's Ferry with the Knights of the Golden Horseshoes, and thence on to Montana to,see relatives, returned to Nelson on Tuesday. When in Montana he visited Mr. and Mrs. Will Hanks, at their ranch on Lion's creek, near Helena. Mrs. Hanks is a sister of Charles H. Ink, one of Nelson's old-timers, and Mr. Hanks was a resident of Kaslo and New Denver for a short time, in 1894. The times and the fishing are both fairly good on Lion's creek. . y ���.,.:...-., ' ��� :���' , There will be the usual monthly service of song in the Congregational church, entitled "The Three Ascencions���Enoch, Elijah and Christ." The following is the musical programme: Duet, "Evening Blessing," Messrs Brown and Hardie; anthem, "One SAveetly Solemn Thought," choir; solo, "Oh, Face Divine," Mr. Boddy; solo and chorus, "Beyond the Smiling," choir. . In the Methodist church tomorrow the evening sermon will be on "Patriotism," and.the musical portion of the service in harmony with the patriotic spirit of the address. In the morning the pastor will preach on "The King's Call, or Go Up Higher,'' Fitting reference to the proper celebration of patriotic seasons will be made at both services. E.^V. Thomson, who is now a cattle raiser in Alberta, having a ranch about 80 miles north of Cochrane, a station on the C. P. R. west of Calgary, took in the celebration, and the boys have been trying to persuade him to stay over and row with Nelson's four in the North Pacific Coast regatta, which takes place at Vancouver this month. . St. Saviour's Church.���Fourth jjnndayy after Trinity?5^-t7mTTHoly"C6mn_unibn. 9:45 a. m., Sunday school. 11 a. m., Matins aud Holy Communion. 7:80 p. m., Evensong. The preacher at the evening service Avill be the Rev. C. W. Hedley, M. A. W. C. Wells of Palliser took in the celebration. Since became an ex-chief commissioner of lands and works, Mr. Wells has been looking after his sawmill interests, and his hair is not getting any greyer because of the change in occupation. Tho only Kootenay stock that sells readily at par is that of The Tribune Company, Limited. The company pays two dividends every Aveek; one to its printers, the other to its crcditoi*s. L. Ernst left Nelson ou Tuesday for London, England, where ho goes to close a deal for coal lands in Alberta. He expects to be gone tAvo months. SLOCAN MINING NEWS. Frank Wells is reported to have cut into a line bunch of ore on the Hydrabad, situated on the south side of Ten-Mile creek, on whicli lie has been working for some time. When first discovered a big Moav out of ore was found, but dug out by subservient bonders. It is evident Frank has hit on a permanent chute beloAV. Pete Swan and W. Clough, owners of the Highland Light, on Ten-Mile creek, came down this week to Slocan City, says the Slocan Drill, bringing with them some magnificent samples of ore. They had cut into a healthy bunch of it in the drift, taking out enough to fill twenty sacks. Tlie ore is of the dry character, carrying much grey copper and sulphides, and giving very high assays. The OAvners were so encouraged that they secured more supplies and went up again Tuesday, determined to open up the property and prove it a mine. The Ernest Mansfield outfit is in luck, an exceptionally promising strike having been made on the Black Hawk and Daisy claims, situated in tho same vicinity as the Highland Light. W. E. Boie and Martin Isaacson were doing assessment nnd ran onto a new ledge in the face of a precipitous bluff. In fact, there are two ledges, but the lower reveals no pay values. Both are lying somewhat flat and with the usual northeast t_e_td. The upper ledge has been traced 500 feet and is six feet wide, carrying tt quartz seam 10 to 14 inches 111 width, and which is heavily splashed with ore. The ore is also of the dry variety, bnt is richer than the average, ruby silver being plainly discernible. A number of shots were put into the ledge where traced and revealed ore in each case, making it one of the best things on the creek. Samples of the new find have been sent to the company in Europe and if they decide to open up the claims they will have a paying proposition. How a Stolen Picture Was Recovered. The boldest and best knoAvn professional sporting man iu the world sat in the lobby of a Chicago hotel recently, a big, pleasant-looking man, with an air about him of quiet dignity and force of character. The big man was none other than Pat Sheedy, Irish-born, American reared, and if over the narrative of his life is written in full it will be of rare interest, for he has been in many lands and many curious episodes have developed under his eyes. "In 1880," said Mr. Sheedy, "I was playing against; a faro bank in Chicago. Luck was running against me hard, and I was just getting ready to leave after having parted i with $8000. I acknowledged myself broke, Avhereupon an ordinary-looking felloAv, a total stranger, and under the influence someAvhat of the ardent, Avho had been playing with a drunken man's luck, tlirew me over $2000 in big bills, telling me to go on, and if I lost that I could conic to him for more. I told him I did! not want his money, that I did not accept help from people I did not know. He jbold me that was all right and begged as a favor I should play half of it for him. So persistent was he, that I finally took th'e money and began again. You know what happens to a man AA'hen he is up against an adverse streak. To cut it short, I lost the $2000, and declining peremptorily to go further, went out accompanied by the stranger. "We went and had a bite to oat. 'I owe you $2000,'j said 1 to the man, whereupon he laughed. 'Rest easy about that,' he said, 'you will have money when I am broke, and some of these days yon may do something for me.' He gave 1110 no address and left me wondering greatly as to his identity. Certainly he was a singular individual. . "In 1898, just eighteen years after that incident, I was operating a place in Constantinople, where gentlemen of sporting proclivities, mostly well-fixed English and American tourists, could get diversion at baccarat or the wheel. One day a Turk in my employ told me that a countryman of mine, who claimed to know me, was lying in prison for some sharp trick and might call on me for aid. The next day the man brought me a card on which Avere scribbled the words: 'Chicago, 1880, faro, $2000.' There was no signature, but I knew in a second who tho fellow Avas. Sure enough, it was my 'turn. to. do the friendly act. "Well, I saw the*.prisoner and recognized him, as my creditor. It took more than $1000 to square the authorities, but never mind that. The man was the personification of gratitude. It would be too long a story to tell all the details, but before I got him out of the country I knew his entire record. The man Avas Adam Worth, the greatest criminal in his line of the century, and had during a career of rascality covering a period of fifty years stole not less than $2,000,000, or probably tAvice that. ! "Here comes the next extraordinary part of the affair. Worth confessed tome that it was he who had stolen the famous duchess of Devonshire portrait from Ag- neAv's gallery in London 22 years before. Hoav, in association with the Pinkerton's, I got him to restore it to the son of the owner would take too long to tell, and besides that is another story." Drowned in Slocan River. Slocan Drill: "NeAVS was brought to town on Wednesday evening of a sad fatality near Winlaw, {whereby Miss A. yWatsonlostherlife.^^Qn^Tuesdayi^e.ven- ing she and her young' brother Walter��� they having been delivering some stow- berries���a lad named Jamieson, and a man got into a boat to cross to their homes on the west bank of Slocan river. When close to the other shore the boat got caught in a heavy swirl of the current, and became unmanageable. The Jamieson lad grabbed an overhanging branch and escaped and ran for help. The others were thrown into tho water, the man and young Watson f etching up against a log, from which they Avere subsequently rescued. Young Watson had a narrow escape, a favoring knot catching him by the waist band and holding him, with his head partly in tlie Avater. The swift current carried tho bout and Miss Watson down against a log jam, and despite every effort to save her, she was sucked under, where the body is now supposed to bo, all efforts to grapple with it being unsuccessful, owing to the high water and sAvift current. Deceased Avas about 20 years of age and well known, being highly esteemed and popular among her acquaintances." Most Stand For The Common Good. Clarence S. DarroAV of Chicago is probably the most prominent advocate of union labor among the laAA'yers of America. He was chief counsel for the anthracite miners in their hearing before the arbitration commission, and has been a spokesman for union labor during all his professional career. Deliberately choosing his position Avhen it meant a sacrifice of professional opportunity, he cannot be suspected of interested motives in his utterances; on the contrary his opinion carries weight wherever ho is known. In a speech made recently in Chicago, Mr. DaiTOAV made these telling points: "Trade unionism cannot afford to arouse the hostility of the public. "Trade unionism in its last analysis is really the monopoly of tbe labor market, and in most of its methods follows in the footsteps of capital. "In the ranks of trades unionism there are tens of thousands of men unacquainted ttSss .'i^ft-vYiy^.Kiv^^ X ��� FRED IRVINE & CO. =======.^BURNS BIUOCK, BAK12R ST., NELSON, B. C. Dry Goods, Millinery, House ��Sb Men's Hurnishings Holiday Consisting of Ladies' Muslin and Silk Blouses, Shirt Waists and Ready-to- Wear Costumes, you will find our prices extremely low. LADIES' WASH GLOVES AND NECK RIBBON * ____________ __ .-������������. f ��� ��� x ��� ������������ ��� .���������- t ��� ��� ;������' ���**��� .���#������ ��� Ladies'. Sailor Hats 25c up. All trimmed and pattern Hats at bargain prices. New Sunshades. Fred Irvine & Co. with its principals and out of harmony with its purposes. "When the common people imagine that the trades unions are making unreasonable demands their hostility Avill be turned against corporate control. "The public will not long be willing to be ground to pieces by the monopolies on one hand aud the trade union on the other. "In order to achieve anything permanent trade unionism must stand for the permanent elevation of the common man. "The energy uoav directed towards organizing men and raising wages must be more largely turned toAA'ards the political and economic questions of the day upon which labor, capital and wages depend." Mr. DarroAv's outline of the danger ahead of trade uiiionismjs only^a^i-ecog^ "nitiofirof "the trend of public thought 011 the question. There can be no question but that public sympathy was with the coal miners of Pennsylvania, and that this public support enabled them to win. It is equally certain that some of the recent labor disturbances have alarmed the public because strikes have been inaugurated Avithout just cause and without consideration of the public, which suffered as a result. This Avas particularly true in Bridgeport, in the subway trouble in New York, and in somo of the Omaha strikes. This very large element which sympathizes with labor but is not directly attached to the union cause can be A'ery readily turned iu its sympathies. It may not have very much use for organized capital as represented by monopolies; but it has less use for any effort to disrupt society and endanger the prosperity of the country without some strong justification and after every .effort has been made to reach an agreement by conciliation. Mining Operations at Camborne. At the Eva mine, says the Camborne Miner, work on Nos. !1 and 7 tunnels is proceeding steadily. Building of the tramline started this Aveek at the upper terminal. A force is at work on the flume line, while at the stampmill site a creAV of carpenters is erecting the frame work of the second story. The week's Avork has shown good progress at the Ophir- Lade stamp mill site. The retaining wall has been completed, and raising of the stamp mill frame Avill be started on Monday. The concrete bed for the compressor plant is finished and the last tower of the tramline is in place, while grading of the flume line is about done. Some exceptionally fine samples of gold ore from the Criterion tunnel are on exhibition. One piece about eight inches long had so much visible gold in it that it was well worth stealing. Tho NortliAvestcrn stamp mill is again running, repairs to the dynamo having been successfully installed a feAV days since. Tlio fourth gold brick from this property may soon be looked for. A specimen of ore from the recent strike on the Gold Finch hangs in the window of the townsite company's office, and groups of miners and visitors to the Camborne camp may be seen at intervals during the day peering at the sample which is almost a nugget of pure gold. The Candidate. Behold the candidate! He Cometh up like a flower and retireth from the race busted. His friends fill him with false hopes and atmosphere. He SAvelleth like a toad and calleth the earth his'n. He He smileth upon all mankind and slopeth OArer with good humor. He kisseth the children and scatters his microbes among the innocent babes. He privily cheAveth a clover when he ineeteth a .preacherj.and.as.he.converseth^-withJiim. in pious tones he standetli to leeAvard and curbeth his breath with a strong bit. He goeth home late at night to his weaiy wife with a beery breath and cold feet. He riseth betimes and hiketh forth without his breakfast, saying, "I go to see a man." The deadbeat, who lieth around in wait, then pulleth his leg to a queen's taste. He "naileth a lie," but before election day conieth he runneth short of hails. He giAreth liberally to the church; he subscribeth a goodly sum for the band; he contributeth to the man whose barn was burned; he bestOAveth alms; he sign- eth his friend's note; he sendeth a small keg hither and a large keg thither; he yieldeth up his substance with apparent alacrity. After the election he goeth out back of tho barn and kicketh himself and teareth his hair and calleth himself a Rotterdam fool. He returneth to tho house and addresseth himself to the wife of his bosom: "Behold a driveling idiot; look now upon a dodrotted fool; gaze upon Spring Medicine Our Compound Extract of a dodgasted simpleton; cast your eye upon a beetle-headed dunce, Avho hath not sense enough to carry entrails to a bear." Then his Avife replieth: "I told you so," Avhich causeth him to go forth and drown his sorrow in drink. ������������������������������������������������������-������������������������ Sarsaparilla Cleans out the System, tones up thc Digestive Organs, makes a Good Appetite, regulates the Bowels, and is wonderfully beneficial in all rundown conditions. Mad��e Stfits! I.ARGK HOTTLKS (regular $1 size) eucli 78c SIX BOTTLES for ��4.00 Canada Drug and Book Co's Stores L.ABOR UNIOrVS. NELSON MINERS' UNION, No. Meets every Suturday evening nt Miners' Union Hall, northwest and Stanley streets. AVage scale trict: Machine miners, ?3.f>0; is.'lTi; mine laborers, ��1. J. AV dent; Frank Phillips, secretary ren cordially Invited. 00, AV. F. M ��� 7:30 o'clock, in corner Baker- for Nelson dis- lnimmersmen, Sinclair, presi- Visiting-reth- AT I). A. Gilker s| Certificate of Improvements* NOTICE. Malwaaz, AVolf, Pat and Mat mineral claims, situate in the Nelson mining division of West Kootenay district. AVhere located: Near junction of AVolf and Sheep creeks. Take notice that wc, The Yellowstone Mines, Limited, free miner's eertillcatc No. B80,8(i], intend, sixty days from the date hereof, to apply lo the mining recorder for certificates of improvements, for the purpose of obtaining crown grants of the above claims. And further take notice thnt action, under section 37, must be commenced before the .issuance of such certificates of improvements. Dated this :trd day of June, l!K):i. felsb iv V.
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Title | The Nelson Tribune |
Publisher | Nelson, B.C. : Tribune Publishing Company |
Date Issued | 1903-07-04 |
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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Nelson (B.C.) |
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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_07_04 |
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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 | 10.14288/1.0189280 |
Latitude | 49.5000000 |
Longitude | -117.2832999 |
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