THK TRIBUNE IS THB OLDEST NKWSPAPER PR1NTED IN THK KOOTENAYS Saturday, December 1:2, 1903 NELSON IS THE TRADE CENTER OF SOUTHEASTERN BRITISH COLUMBIA Government Insist on Assessment Bill Being Passed, Under Instructions from Banks���Votes of Socialist Members Sustain Them in Office* The government had a scare on Tuesdaj*- afternoon. The Assessment bill was iu committee of the whole liouse, and au amendment-exempting from taxation permanent improvements ou farms to the value of $2500 was offered by Mclnnes of Alberni. The amendment was opposed by finance minister Tatlow, who had charge of the bill, and on a vote being taken the yeas and nays, were a tie,-and the government was. only saved by the vote of chairman Clifford of Skeena. Ellison of Okanagan and Houston of Nelson voted for the amendment. Wright of Ymir voted against the exemption. The two Socialists and Independent Labor member were absent and uot voting. On Monday, the Independent Labor member voted agaiust increasing the license for prospecting for coal -from $50 to $100, and on Tuesday he voted with the government for the increase. Smith Curtis of Rosslaud is the only ex-member of the legislature who appears to be able to get a daily permit to enter the corridors when the assembly is in session, and he seems to niake it his special business to keep the Socialist and Labor members posted as to how they should vote 011 all questions. The government is making a .show of itself in floundering around iu handling the Assessment Bill. Cotton is they only member who comes toTatlow's assistance and were it not for Cotton's explanations the government would be -hopelessly at sea.* The.attorney general sometimes chips in and tries to ex- plainthe law'points raised by the opposition, but he generall}-* winds up by asking for further ;time to look into the'points ���raised. This is i*n strange contrast to the readiness with which D. M. Eberts, when attornej'-general, could meet the points raised by the opposition. . The Assessment Bill was introduced with a flourish, and the government said we are here to do business, and as a proof of it, here is a bill that increases the revenue without unfairly taxing an}' industry or any interest. The government, lias had to take back water on the taxation of mines, of railways, of timber, of incomes, and 611 everything except real estate and coal prospecting: licenses. The oue is raised 50 per cent and the other 100 per cent. Tliere is no end of "jawing" in the government caucuses. =TlJe^iEd'i"vidTrarTi_^ showing that some of the supporters are insisting that a new deal be made ; but all their kicking will end in McBride, Green, Tatlow and Wilson holding the positions of honor and profit. Slocan Prospects Improving Til.^.l. Mcl'liop, a. well known mining; man from Sloenn City, wn.s in Nolson yesterday on business, nnd leaves this morning for homo. In conversation Mr. McPhee sold ho considered tlie outlook for the Sloeuii us most encouraging, more so tliiin til any time in its history. "When J say that, 1 do not mean that conditions arc good now. hut that Ihe mines were never-looking better, and that, sooner' or later means prosperity. There has been a lol of development work at depth done ' there this year, and t.Vo discoveries made have proved beyond a doubt that the leads are not merely surface deposits, and also prove that the richest ore lias yet to be found. This morning- before 1 left for Nelson 1 saw an assayer complete the testing of a piece of rock brought down from the bottom workings of one property, and the result was a solid button of almost pure silver. The returns on that one sample were 14,000 ounces of silver to the ton, and while, of course, that was only an extra good piece.of rock yet the finding of it shows what there is yet to be discovered. Silver is now down to a most discouraging ligure, but we do not expect to see it' go much lower, and when the upward movement commences again you will see returns from some of the Slocan properties that, will surprise almost everybody. Discoveries of high grade ore at depth arc very important to all interested in the district as they go to show that it has a permanent basis for fuluJ-e prosperity. These discoveries have encouraged the mining men of Hie district considerably as is shown by the large number of properties <m which development work i.s now being Mushed. ���'Every day or so sees a pruperty that has been shut down for from one- to four years, loused or bonded under some working arrangement, which revenls that the men who ,'iro taking hold ore sutislicd that tliey have a gocd thing. The toboggan sll.le In thu price of silver during the last month has. of course, been -most depressing to all. but still new properties ore being taken up und got Into shape for working, nnd, ns 1 said before, when the price of silver rises again, it will means more than it ever did to tho Slocati. "At present we are catching It in several directions. The lack of snow prevents a pound of oro being moved from nearly all the properties, as on half the road or trail I here is snow and on tho rest bare ground. A couple of feet of snow would start raw- hiding in earnest from many mines, and if silver would only take a rise the output of ore would jump very rapidly to large proportions. The long spell of low prices and bad times generally that the silver- lend mining industry of the Kootenays has experienced has resulted in the study of more economical methods of mining and has taught many different kinds of lessons, all of which are valuable and .will probably prove to have been even' worth the price." The damage suit of Hosking vs. Le Roi No. 2 has been linally decided by the supreme court of Canada and lAIs. Hosking and her-children will get about ���?���!.01)0 for the death of Charles Hosking. A Nelson jury gave a verdict for $5,000 in this ease, judgment was refused by Mr. Justice Mnr- tin on a question of law. Appeal was then token to the full court of li. (J., which sustained Mr. Justice Martin. The case wus then taken to the supremo court of Canada with Ihe above result. S. S. Taylor. K.C., und J. A. O'Shoa for plaintiffs, and I_. P. Davis. Q.C., C. K. Hamilton, and J. S. Clute for the defendants. Carpenters commenced work this morning on the now loundary. the work will- lie pushed nn as quickly as possible. JOHN HOUSTON SPE-vKSfflS _MJ The Vancouver News-Advertiser gives the following report of the speech de-' livered hy John Houston, member for Nelson, on the address from the throne. The day before it was delivered, Charles Wilson, attorney-general in the Joly- McBride government, in a speech on the address, read Houston out of the Liberal- Conservative party and referred to him as a man of "questionable- reputation." Houston's speech reads as if it was delivered by a man; Wilson's as if it was delivered by a crabbed old cad: THE MEMBER FOR NELSON- Mr. Houston said he was in a position similar to that.of the member for Slocan (Mr. Davidson), who was the lone member of a party. Judging from the remarks of the attorney-general, he (Mr. Houston) was a sort of lone individual also. As the elected leader of the Conservative party, the attorney- general had attempted to "kick him. out" of the party. He was placed, therefore, in an embarrassing position, almost-as embarrassing as that of those- young members who inaugurated their parliamentary labors by joining in the debate on the address. He congratulated some of those members on the improvement they had made since their arrival in Victoria and becoming intimate with the members of the government. During the election they had been accused by their opponents of being unable to enunciate their views clearly from the platform; but they seemed to have had no trouble since coming to Victoria in doing so. There was hope' that they might become speech makers, even as great .'as some of the gentlemen who. sat in the last house and who went down to defeat in the late election, and who are so mourned by the members of the government: The member for Fernie, whose speech he had listened to with pleasure, had received almost as much notoriety as himself in the last sixty days. There was this difference between them, however: The ' Liberals were trying to kick that honorable member.out of the house, while the attorney- general was trying to kick him - (Houston) out of the Conservative party. Had sickness not prevented the member for Fernie from addressing the electors, he believed his. majority, would have been more.secure,-for-his speeches would have* educated the ^ e.lectpi*sj. so., .that none of. ihpnu.would have;- marked their., ballots with the cross in the wrong place. PRE-ELECTION PLEDGES. He had had no intention to speak on address; because in his short political career he had listened to many such addresses, and found that although the address might contain the germs of legislation, as a rule the house paid no attention to the recommendations of his honor the lieutenant-governor, and generally paddled its own canoe. If the present house lasted the session through he doubted' not that it would do tbe same thing. Because while the Conservative party, .of. which he was supposed1' to be a member, returned a majority to the house, on a platform adopted by the party, he judged from the bills brought down that the government had forgotten its declaration of principles, and no government could last, or be stable, unless it kept its pledges to the electorate. A government whicli forgot its pledges was no more to be relied on than an individual who forgot his promises. The one-was=no=more--worthy=of-conudencei- than the other. THE FINANCIAL POSITION. ' The speech from the throne was in the main devoted to the financial condition of the province. Well, seeing by the admissions of the government that the province was now in the hands of the pawnbrokers, it must indeed be in a very bad condition. Once or twice in his career he had been in the hands of the pawnbroker himself, and he knew it was a very difficult position to be placed in. Yet he believed the condition of the province was not so bad as the government, would make it. The province was one of the richest in Canada. All it needed was a government broad enough in its ideas to take advantage of its resources. But: a government whose ideas seemed to centre on a horizontal increase of taxation did not appeal to him lo be broad minded, and he doubted if it so appealed to the electors of the province. One of the greatest financial authorities of the province was a newspaper printed in Vancouver, called the News- Advertiser. It had been a financial authority in the province during the last 18 years, and it had pointed out often how the finances of the province should be conducted in order to bring about prosperity. But apparently, for some reason, none but the editor of that great paper could follow out its reasonings. He would try to illustrate what he meant by that, and in this connection would state that sometimes even the great authority did not state the facts. Within the last month, in an able discourse upon our financial difficulties', that paper attributed almost sole responsibility for our financial difficulties to the Martin, Dunsmuir and Prior, governments. Now he did not believe that the Martin government was ever in a position to bring down a financial statement to the house, and it might have been a gcod thing for the province that it did not have the chance. So the contention that the present financial difficulties were brought, about by the Martin government must be set aside as the vapor- ings of a man "gone mad" on financial conditions. The Prior government wan much in the same position as the Martin government. It had not had a chance to show what it could do. MEMBERS THEMSELVES WERE RESPONSIBLE. The Dunsmuir government could be held responsible to a-certain extent. It was a government which brought down estimates for -three successive sessions, and many members on both sides of the present house supported that government in its extravagance, and no one gave it more hearty support during two sessions than the. men who were now in charge of the present government. One of the greatest, love feasts, as he might call it, occurred in the first session of that government,-when member after member got on his feet and thanked the government lor generous treatment in the way of appropriations for roads, trails, bridges, and other public works. That government was most extravagant in its appropriations, for it expended something like ��� $534,000 that year, and had the government taken the advice of members * of the legislature appropriations would have amounted to three times that amount. This merely went to show that'it-was not the governments wheih were responsible for present financial , conditions, but the members of the legislature! themselves. How many members'of the house were ready to recommend the government to retrench in expenditure affecting their own districts,.however ready they might be to vote for retrenchment in other members' ridings? , Until members could be educated up to, their duty in this respect he did not believe any government would.have the courage to confine expenditures within the limits of the revenues. , ��� . CHEESE-PARING POLICY DENOUNCED. 7 : But he maintained, that cheese-paring, cutting down appropriations for roads, trails and bridges,-and discharging men from official positions, whose long servitude had probably rendered them unfit for any other., occupation, unless it were the'-'old' man's:home at Kamloops, was not wanted by .the people. It was' a poor way to', bring about i reform to discharge the mining' recorders at Bennett, Wells, and Creston, in;order to save a few hundred dollars, and to keep officials in departments at Victoria, at .salaries ranging in. the thousands, who had never done the -province a dollar's yvorXh.,oU^gapA:A;A;^^: *v--���*--;-.--lw-..:-l-~ ; He -did- riot believe(- that: a horizontal- increase of taxation would" bring about prosperity in British .Coltimbia.i A policy could be evolved, if the government was big; enough to evolve it, that would meet the needs of the province without burdening the .people. \ - '���".''..��� TAXATION ON METALLIFEROUS 'MINES..'." ' :'" Seeing that the government was in control of .the Liberal-Conservatives, it was only fitting that it should carry out its party pledges. One of those pledges was to tax the output of metalliferous mines on the basis of the net profits. This plank of the party platform was adopted; at .Revelstoke in September, 1902, and it was the one plank which was endorsed most heartily by the members of that convention.' It even received as hearty approval -and as many cheers as did the declaration of the man who was selected by the convention as leader, when, after shedding tears in reciting the treachery of men ^who-had���knifed���him^iirtormer^yearsr he declared that he had withdrawn his resignation and would accept responsibility as leader of the great Liberal- Conservative: party in British Columbia. But a change seemed to have come over some of these men since the convention. The man who was selected- as'leader had abdicated his office, or allowed another to usurp his place. It was therefore hardly to be expected that a party without leaders could curry out its pledges. The government contended that it was the duty of those who criticised its policy to show wherein it could be bettered- In other words they admitted that the 2 per cent tax on the output of metalliferous mines was ,not' what , it should be, but thnt it was the' duty of those interested in mining to evolve a better method ol" luxation. He maintained it to be tlie duty of the government to remedy wrong, and if the government was not equal to the task it should get out of tlio way and let others try. LAWS SHOULD HE CARRIED OUT. He contended thut the province would not be in such a Lud financial condition today if the: iand iaws had been carried out. Applications liad beeu made for licenses to prospect for coal and oil on lands in East Kooieuayl, Had those applications been considered the treasury would have been recouped to a greater extent almost-: than it Was When the government appealed'; to Ottawa; to.for- ward the Chinese head tax, the receipt of which allowed iliem to issue, cheques for a few weeks longer. Hundreds of applications had been made under the laws of the province for coal and oil lands in south-cnsi Kootenay, and for some reason licenses had not yet been issued. Would tin.' government explain why it had not lal'i'it advantage of this means of replenishing-the treasury? Individual members liad been attempting to get an explanini"ii. Private individuals had also asl"'d the reason why, and had shattered coii-titiitional precedents into siui'l.'i'eens in doing so. They had even appealed to that power whose name th" attorney-general said should not be niniiioned in the house, the lieutenant-guv. :ncir. a,nd he had explained why these roal ahd oil licenses had not been issued. Such methods of carrying on the government surely could not be according to the constitution or precedent, as precedent is understood in British Columbia. Such appeals by private individuals must appear ridiculous tp the giant intellects who were today governing the province. : KOOTENAY'S "GRASPING GREED." The premier had claimed that one reason for present financial straits was to be found in the large expenditures during the last five years for roads, trails, and bridges in Kootenay. He (Mr. Houston) had heard just such statements made in the house before; that is, that the grasping greed of the people bf Kootenay had always demanded something to which they were not entitled, and that that district was always represented by bad men, unfit to associate with men from the lower Fraser river. He had taken the trouble to go into the public accounts for the last five years to find out how the greed of Kootenay had robbed the province. For the five years ending June 30th, 1903, he found that the sum of $77,016.54 had; been expended in East and West Kootenay for these purposes, and it had contributed during the same period ��� .1,911-,-. 126. .Would that appear as' if the people of Kootenay were responsible for the' present financial conditions? The cost of roads, trails, etc., in those districts, as compared.with the amount paid in by them was 37 per cent. The total expenditure throughout the province for roads, trails and bridges during these five years was $2,677,053. The total revenue contributed was $6,938,137, or 38 per cent. So that the expenditures in Kootenay were less by 1 per cent than the expenditures spread over the whole province. It therefore- appeared to him that the Kootenays had not received their share of the money contributed, by' the people. On the other hand, take the section of country from; which the premier came. During the same five years the sum of $855,459 was expended for roads, trails and bridges in New Westminster city and district, and the districts contributed $410,131 in revenue. In other words they contributed 47 per cent of what was spent. If these figures were correct, as lie. believed they were, the premier, to use a common phrase, was ''talking'through his hat," when he said expenditures for public works .in Kobt- -cnayjwere in any way ��� responsible-for- the present financial cohdi{foir*br"the< province. MR. HOUSTON'S GENTLE SARCASM. One of the questions mentioned in the address from the throne was the building of an all-Canadian road to the Yukon. That was a brilliant idea and one that reflected great credit on the government. He had lived on the Pacific coast for 30 years and his experience was that placer countries were short lived; He believed that the Yukon section of Canada was on the decline, and the best evidence of that was the output of the mines there, which had decreased one- half in the last three years. It seemed-| to him that if a government, which admitted that it was in the hands of the pawnbrokers, unable to meet the interest on the public debt, must build railways-or provide funds for doing so, it had better build an all-Canadian road, so that the members for Ymir and Grand Forks could travel from their homes to Victoria, jNvithout_.leaving^-British=Cplr: Government Supporters Are Dissatisfied With the Inefficiency of Some Ministers���Cotton Comes to the Aid of the Finance Minister. -a ��� ai ���' umbia. He believed such a policy would be heartily endorsed by the member for Similkameen. But possibly the reason why the government would undertake the Yukon railway first was because of its great magnitude- This was a government chosen to accomplish great things ,and one of its great schemes was outlined by the attorney-general when he said that he (Mr. Houston) was unworthy to be a member of the party to which he (the attorney-general) belonged. He suggested that the government should outline a policy to enable settlers and prospectors ana capitalists to acquire land easily without appealing to tlie crown represented in the person of the lieutenant-governor. It had been said that prosperity could only be had by establishing stable government, and that the patriotism of members should he given to that object. He believed he was as patriotic as the average member, and would do all he could to bring about stable government but if the government spurned his support he did not know what he could do except resign and let "some other fellow" try it, and perhaps such a course on his part would be most satisfactory to the present government. He believed that each and every member of the legislature was imbued with but one idea, to give Ihe peoplo a good government, but only through the medium of the party to which he for the time belonged. He believed that each individual member was a partisan first (Voices, No, Ko!) and a'patriot afterwards. ���i-HE HOUSTON INCIDENT. In conclusion he would refer to the question that had been called the "Houston incident." The Houston part of it was probably most interesting lo himself. ��� The incident was of interest lo tlie people. He believed that every member of the legislature, notwithstanding the prerogative of the crown, had a right, if through his ability he could win recognition at tlie hands of his party, to enjoy the fruits of thai party's victory. That was Iho position in which he was placed, in what was called tlie "Houston incident." [(Jontlnueil nn Page Two.] Victoria, B.C., December ii.���The Joly-McBride government remains iii ofiice through ,*;he votes' bf Hawthornthwaite, and Williams, the two Socialists: Today an effort was made to' have the government lay over the assessment bill until after the holiday adjournment iu order to allow the people interested a chance to be heard on the measure ; .but the government, know- ing the Socialists could be depended on to vote with them, op-V'" A,'i posed the effort. Yesterday five supporters,-of the government!*'^ �� rebelled, but they were whipped into line with : ".Well, we are ; getting tired of our jobs and we are willing to re'sign. Do }*-ou - want the Liberals in power?" This was enough. The five" ��� bowed their heads and voted against what they knew to be the'" best interests of the country, so that McBride, Green, Wilson;,, and Tatlow should hold office. These five members are sore'' ���...���-<'���.-���������.'���- i ' but the Joiy-McBrideites know these men have no-backbone and - that they will always vote right in a pinch. The Kootenay' members who voted to postpone the passage of the bill were1: Houston of Nelson ; Davidson of Slocan.; King of Cranbrook j/ Wells of Columbia, and Macdonald of Rosslaud���five. ���. Those - who voted for its passage were: Wright of Ymir; Green/o_,; Kaslo; Taylor of Revelstoke, and �� Ross of Fernie���four.!' Houston leaves for home tonight. Ull the banks insisted that the bill should sbe passed3beforer't_.evf st_if#fl This raised a bitter storm amongst the opposition.4 "^T*_^gov|>fy 0| ^r-fmeT-F'wa^ of a*** prr-^" vate institution. This also explains the reason why< banks1- are-' exempted, from the taxation whicli is applied to individuals.L The bill passed the report stage at 12:30, the Socialist and La-,', bor members voting for it. ."-���..-- Electrical Smelting of Copper The Engineering Magazine, New . York, gives in its November number an intei-St- ing synopsis of a paper recently presented before the Society of Civil __ngineers of France; arid published In tlie Momolres of that society, in which M. Ch. Vattler gives an account or tlie work which lias been done at Grenoble with the Keller and Ue- leux furnace for the* electrical smelting of copper. ^"IvfT^attieFTelafes How, ln the course of a visit to CJ1II1, lie obtained a quantity'of ores of copper, Iron and mangenese, for purposes or experiment. These he orouglit to France, and after some preliminary trials at the works at J_a _-Tn_, he made a careful trial witli the furnace at J-ivet, near Grenoble. The result of these trials wus so encouraging mat proper modifications in tlie furnaces were made and plans for the further reduction of copper ores by electricity were arranged. M. Vattler gives In ,.hJs paper a report ol a test made In the presence of a number of ���mlnent Kngllsli and French metallurgists, showing that .,000 kilogrammes, or S metric tons, of ore were treated in tlie electric lVriiaci- and fully reduced to a matte in .���iglil hours by the expenditure of 600 l_>lo- wutts of electrical euei'W. This ore contained about 7 pur cent of metallic copper, and the resulting matte showed 4'i per cent of metallic copper, while but 0.1 per cent .tt mutalllc copper was found In the shig. I'lie consumption of the carbon electrodes (liring the operation amounted to 0 to 7 kilogrammes per ton of ore treated, but by the use of electrodes of artillelal grap- .iito tills consumption may be reduced lo 5 kilogrammes per ton. The furnace used Is of a double type, there being an upper crucible in which the ore is fused in the are formed between u'lectrodes, and a lower portion Into whleli ihe fused material Hows, this latter being provided with moveable carbon electrodes which may be plunged Into- the molten l-.atli or raised above the surface, liy this arrangement the fusion Is fully elleeted in the'first crucible, and the reduction linally effected in tlio second portion, tlie latter operation being capable of close regulation, the slag being drawn off above and the fused matte by separate openings lower down. The results ol numerous experiments with this apparatus have shown that 100 tons of ore can bo treated In -I hours by the expenditure of -,000 horse-power, so that the cost of the operation may be determined by Uu coat of power in the locality where the work is done. M. Vattler goes somewhat into detail In the matter of cost of smelting the same ores iu Chill, and shows that the question of the economical employment of elecln- enl energy for smelling over the use of ci lie furnaces Is worthy of consideration .n that locality. Thus, at tho loot of the ordliU'ias, where Is sltimt-e tile "Volcau" mhio Irom which the ores above leferred to were, taken, cuke costs at least 100 francs per metric ton. while anip.'e and uniform hydraulic power is readily and cheaply obtainable. The coke furnaces tliere In use consume :J,li00 kilogrammes of coke per ton of copper, produced In the; form*��� of;' matte, so there is a cost of 320 .francs per; ton on tlie fuel account." The cos��-'0_-feliec- * trical energy Is estimated by M-.: Vattler as- ��� 30 francs per kilowatt year, or.'at''i:_5:'-klio-, watt per ton of copper produced, "grfv'es' 3S- francs for the c��st of ���"the': current* The ' cc-stof electrodes Is put at 45 Jrancs, or, a ^ total of S3 francs as against 3_0 francs for J_ie__PlilQr���.Ero_ce��s,^iall^.o.therilcharg-S^be!ngx assumed to remain unchanged, i The .ad-. vu^nges of electrical smelting appear,.but in a'lesser degree/for poorer ores, and In ; any case the cost should'-be- worked (out according to the quantity of ore to be treated and the local conditions under which the work is done. ,' *'������' - MINING NEWS, ; The 1,01'don directorate of the Velvet mine near Kossland, have decided. It Is said li. put I i..i r- i itic smelter of 100 Ioiih capacity to treat the ore on the ki'oiii)<1, and to amalgamate the Velvet 'uiiil' Portland properties already connected by"'iYn"- dergrouiid workings. The 'per"cen(aso;.'or iron In the ore from the Velvet..witH ion heavy for the adoption of the . Hendryx process, the haul by wagon too long ��� to admit of ordinary shipment to outlying smelters, and the pyritic smelting Is therefore considered to be the only process practical ���������*��� under tho circumstances. Fyrltle smelting w..i produce a matte concentrating _0 ton.-i iiv I lie i en bouts Into one, and tho valii'i of that matte will probably lw; about $.;> to the ton. if the. grade shipped this ye-ir I e kepi. A lower grade, opening up raoi'.> iioiiies. will, of course, be practicable under tli"'"* circumstances. The plant Is t�� be sit iiji In thc spring. Mr. J. F. Wardner is still in St. Paul, where lie successfully floated the company. The board of directors consists of Frank Miias, Charles F. I-let her and Hon. Chas. 13. Hamilton, of St. Paul;'J. F. Wardner, of Chicago; J. ' Fred Hume, It. J. Hawkey, and P. I_. Wilson, Nelson. The Lightning Peak Mines., Ltd., acquired this week the Thunder Hill group of mines, situate on the. North Fork of the Kettle River. The property is very rich. It is gnlena carrying srflver, said to average $230 fc.) the ton The Groat Northern. Co. are pushing (ie- velopmeni work on the Lucky Jack and, Swede groups. Shipments will be made to th; mill at Camborne until a mill Is In- >-1 * 11 el .il I -���I'plnr. Assays from the Swede groi.p "'.*". e over jaw per ton.- The I wer tunnel at the Paradise mine Is now i'; fc\cr PHXi feet, the contract to drive -��M leet was let about'ayear ago. Thirty men are employed at the North Star mine doing development 'work, no shipments are being made at present. There are ISO coke ovens In operation at Morrissey mines, another 100 are to be erected as soon as possible. The Nelson Tribune f I'xf in Iir' I life 111 .1 'm Bank of Montreal Established 1817. Incorporated by Act of Parliament. 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'Legal advertisements will be inserted at the rate of Ten Cents a line for the flrst insertion and Five Cents a line for each additional insertion. SUBSCRIPTION RATES.���The Nelson Tribune will be mailed for *1 a year, payable in advance, and no subscription will be taken for less than one year. Address all com munications��� THE TRIBUNE, Nelson. B.C. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1903 It appears that up to the present time only about a dozen citizens have thought fit to register their names so as to be entitled to vote at the civic elections on January 15th, 1904. All house holders and license holders who wish to vote at that election are - required to register their names at the city" hall on or before December 31st, 1903. ^Property owners are not required to -register annually but must in order to be entitled to vote* pay up all taxes, except; those chargeable on the property. ; ���The. new electric fire alarm system is now being installed by the city. The fire insurance companies'. will shortly have the opportunity of reducing the cost of; insurance, which was promised . when the present improvements to the ire protection of the city was completed. ���The machines are beautiful pieces of , mechanism, with all the latest improvements, and will cost the city about ?3,000. A substantial reduction in fire insurance rates should be the result of this action on the part of the city council. The new assessment act of the government is being very severely criticized by-the various people interested in railways, lumber, farming, etc., who will come within the scope of its operation. Whatever may be the result of the num- . erous amendments proposed it is to be hoped that some method will be evolved * of making collections, so that in the future, all those who should contribute to the maintenance of government in the province, be made pay their quota, be made pay in a reasonable time, and that the provincial taxes should not be allowed to accumulate. to have at least a fair share of those endowments. But judged by the results,, the government was made -rip of people who had but a simple idea, namely, the simple idea of keeping all the offices for themselves. He also quoted from Todd's Parliamentary Practice in England, a country, he remarked, without a written (constitution,, an which constitutional government had been carried on for a great many years, as follows: We have already seen that it has of late years become a settled principle that the political chiefs to whom the sovereign may confide the task of forming a ministry are at liberty to select the individuals to compose the same, and to submit their names for the royal approval. This privilege is indispensable to the successful working of our parliamentary , system, amd, after a long struggle, it has been conceded to every political party which may, in turn, acquire the pre-eminence. It is a constitutional necessity that the" first minister of the crown should be able to assume full personal responsibility before parliament for the appointment of every member of the administration. This he can only do when he has been empowered to advise .the crown in regard to the selection of the persons who are to be associated with him in the functions of government. The sovereign has/indeed, an undoubted right to express his wishes in favor of the, introduction or exclusion of particular persons, but by modern constitutional usage he has no authoritative voice in the selection of any one but the prime minister. It is true that, in this as in other matters, the expression of a strong personal feeling on the part of the^ crown may have great weight in excluding a person from office, or including him, at least for a time; but even this consideration must ultimately yield to a regard for the public interests, and the sovereign must be prepared to accept as his advisers and officers of state those who have been chosen for such functions by the premier." He believed what he had quoted from Todd was a fair exposition of constitutional government as it was understood in England, and he hoped the day was not far distant when it would be so understood in British Columbia. During the delivery of the above speech not a smile was seen on the faces of any of the members of the government, and they were evidently uneasy, fearing Houston would launch out in bitter invective and denunciation. HOUSTON'S SPEECH, (Continued from First Page.) So far as he was individually concerned he did not care that much (a snap of the finger) whether he was a member of this or any other government, but if the people whom he represented, and he represented one of the most independent constituencies in British Columbia, not a pocket borough, but a city that ranks third in commercial importance in the province, if these people had seen fit to elect him, and they had elected him repeatedly to offlce, It wa_t only fair that they should know the reasons why the member to whom they had given their confidence was deprived of the right to represent them in the government. Mr. Houston here quoted from a work by Michael A. Lane, . the author of "Great Philosophers," as follows: "It is clear that the activities of a great and complex group of men are directly the result of the. thought-life of its individuals. Governments are held together by the thoughts���the ideas���of their peoples. The life of any nation merely reflects the mental energies of its individual, members. If the individuals of a group have many and varied desires, the activities of the whole group wiH .be manifold and various in just fnat., propor'tipn. If the desires of the individuals, he. simple, the group-life 'Will ��� bei simple. The group-life of the more energetic will be more productive of wealth, than that of.,the individuals who have comparatlvely.few wants." Now, he represented.a group with man ifold and various desires, one of the most active groups in the province, and they had waited to'.be represented in the government,' which showed that they wanted to; give the people of the ���province the ben-fits of the mental energies of a man who was supposed HOPPER VS. DUNSMUIR. Tho famous will case ol" Hopper vs. Dunsmuir is now before the court at Victoria. Mr.* Justice Drake presiding: The action Is brought l>y_Eflna_Wallace,Jloppeiv___e_- "actress, to have the will of the late Alexander Dun.smulr set aside. Alexander Dunsmuir married Mrs. Josephine Wallace the mother of the plaintiff on December 21st. 1899, in California. On the same day Alexander Dunsmuir made a will leaving- all his property to his brother, James Dunsmuir, the estate comprising interests In R. Dunsmuir & Sons, San Francisco, and >share*s in the railway and coal land* of the immense business on Vancouver islam", aggregating' jn the neighborhood of a million -inilnm Airs. Alexander Dunsmuir wns given the ma.gni/Jcent property ut San i.eivndi"o, fri-iu if a ten county, California, by her huslmnii, but It Is urged knew nothing of the will leaving the rest or the estate to her husband's brother. Prom San Francisco Mr. and Mrs. Dunsmuir left for New Vork nlmost at once nl'ter thc marriage, and Alexander Dunsmuir died there on January Hist, VM>. Mrs. Dunsmuir took her husband's body to Snn Francisco for burial, and In December, lllill), she made an agreement through her own- solicitors with James Dunsmuir giving up all claim to her late husband's property Tor a consideration of 525.000 a year for life, and retaining the San Leundro property. Mrs. Alexander Dunsmuir died in June, 1901, and now her daughter Kklna Wallace Hopper asks that the will of Alexander Dunsmuir made in December be set aside owing to the testator's mental Incapacity. She also nsks that the agreement made by her mother with James Dunsmuir be set aside owing to undue Influence being exercised by her mother's lawyers, also acting for James Dun.smulr. She asks that James Dunsmuir be restrained from disposing of the property, and that a receiver be appointed. Miss Hopper and her New Vork counsel, Judge Coyne, were in. court when the case was called, the lair plaintiff's counsel being H. Dallas Helmcken. K.C. and E. V. Bodwell, K.C, while the defendant's counsel is E. P. Davis, K. C. and A.. P. L-uxon. Mr. Bodwell opened the case nn behalf of the plaintiff, fie said that the Into Alexander Dunsmuir wns ��<> addicted tn drink that his mind wan affected, and his death was caused by alcoholic dementia, and that at the time the will was made, December, 1899. he was not In a fit state tn do business or make a will. The reading nf the evidence taken on commission was then commenced by Mr. Helmcken. Dr. li. Marshall, of New Vork. said he knew Alexander Dunsmuir In San Francisco in IKHI. and treated him nt various times until 1897. and again -aw him atoiii. eight months be- ��� ��� ! ��������������������������������������������������� HORN BRAND union Overalls, ���* Shirts^ WE MANU Shirts Overalls Denim I'ants Tweed I'ants Cottonude Pants Jumpers Blouses .Engineers' Jackets Waiters' Jackets Barbers' Jackets Gingham Jackets Mission Flannel Underwear FACTURE. Cooks' Aprons and Cups Carpenters' Aprons Waiters' Aprons Painters' and Plasters' Overalls Mackinaw Coats Mackinaw I'ants Tarpaulins Dunnage Bags Horse Blankets Tents Etc., Etc., Etc. Turner. Beeton & Co. I.IMITKD, Wholesale Merchants Warehouses, Wharf Street, Factory, Bastion Street VICTORIA, B.C ��� ����������������������������������������������������������������������������� fore his death, when he was in a very bad way; he was afraid he was going to be poisoned by cooks, and .would not take liquor from any bottle he did not see opened, he, was always very fond of Mrs. Dunsmuir. '" Witness did not consider him of sound mind the last time he saw him. The evidence of Edward A. Crowinshield of New York, a AVall street broker, was then read, it was to much the same effect The evidence from San Francisco followed and was to the same effect. On Tuesday Mr. C. A. i-'iir; and Air. D. M. Rogers applied to the court asking that Mrs. Joan Dunsmuir mother of James Dunsmuir and of the late Alexander Dunsmuir. should be added as partv (plaintiff.) After considerable, argument Mr. Justice Drake said he saw no objection to Mrs. Dunsmuir being added as plaintiff and he decided that two days should be allowed for pleadings to be put in, the question of costs* being -'left in abeyance. The evidence of Lewis '(-Inter, of San Francisco, was to the effect that Alexander Dunsmuir drank heavily in 1895 and 1S9U and gave the witness *5 gold pieces to purchase a bottle .of whiskey and declined to, accept the change. The case is likely to be a very long one. eitv n every resi-ii. Vet there is not one licensed house of assignation in the city. Nor is there a place "f this nature at all so far as is known to tIio nolice. '���')ne iliing I I uve noticed since coming west, though, is that ihe men I have met nre, without exception interested in the work of reform which the institution I represent is carrying mi. They seem to have adhered to moral principles, notwithstanding the unconventional .life they have led. 1 do not believe I have seen a man iu the west that would live off the earnings of an immoral woman. One of the fundamental principles of our organization is to remove girls from immoral home inlluenees ami enable them to get started right In life again. For this reason when it girl is taken from evil surroundings iu one city wo endeavor lo place her in one of our homes in another city. This has been found railier dilltctill, partly fro": the win' ie involved and partly from reasons which manifest themselves In Individual eases. We have got the scheme In fairly good running order now, though, and hope to keep It that way." THE GRANBY CO'S NEW PL,AN. The Oranby company has for some time considered the project of driving a tunnel from the valley of Boundary creek that would tap their great ore bodies on the Phoenix hill at an immense depth. .Lately more definite form appears to have been taken by the scheme, for a notice of application for necessary powers has appeared in the B. C. Gazette, part of which reads: "Notice is hereby giveii that application will be made lo the legislative assembly of the province of British Columbia, at the present session thereof, by the Granby Consolidated Mining. Smelting & Power Company, Limited, for an act to amend the said company's special act of incorporation, being chapter 75 of the acts of the said legislative assembly, __><>_. so as to empower the said company to drive or construct a tunnel or tunnels under, through or in the mountain on which the mines of the said company at Phoenix, in the Greenwood mining division of Yale district, are located. The portal or portals of said tunnel or tunnels to Ue at some point or points on the side or base of said mountain, to be selected by said company, from which point or points, the said tunnel may be driven or constructed through any crown lands, or any occupied or unoccupied lands, pre-emptions or mineral claims of any person or persons, company or companies situate on or in said mountain, to and into the mines or mineral claims of said company." The company are arranging to drive a two track tunnel through which ordinary trains could be taken, drawing; the ore on the level almost to thc treatment works. It Is thought that the necessary work will take about live years, the tunnel will be about two miles long and the ore bodies will be tapped at a depth of 2,000 feet. The great advantage to these mines will be that the whole mountain will be thoroughly drained, so that no pumps would he required, and a most expensive part of the work in mining done away with. The ore from the whole upper workings would be deihered on the cars at the least jiosslhle exr.eiise. and n'Jii.ugh the cost of the work will he enormous it is expected that resulting extra prolit, from the cheap method of handling will pay interest on the money expended many times over. TORONTO, A STRIKING EXAMPLE Mrs. Kate Waller Barrett, vice-president and general superintendent of the Florence Crittenten rescu" homes, was in Spokane lately. She said: "The Florence Critten-; ten rescue homes were started in the United States 20 years ago, by Charles N. Crittenten in memory of his daughter, by special act of congress it became a national institution eight years ago and $-,000'a year was appropriated for its use. "This Is one of the greatest child saving institutions in the world," she continued. "There are from 600 to ��00 children born in our home*- every year. We keep all the mothers for at least six months, and many of them for over three years. "Do not ask me what I think of the moral condition of your city," said Mrs. Barrett. "I have not been here long enough to learn anything nbout It. I am not an ordinary reformer. It Is fibsuro for me, having only been in your city for a I'ow hours, to think that I know what Is best for It when those who govern It mny be of a different opinion. "However, I do not believe In the legal recognition nf the social evil, or of vice of any kind. I am violently opposed to the French system, no matter how It Is moderated. Any legal recognition of this evil jiiustJogic-.illy^endJn^the^French-system.^ "Toronto. (Jul nda. Is a striking example of the fact that a large city can be run on strictly moral lines and still be a linancial and educational success. It Is one of the finest cities I have ever been in, In this respect. The moral tone of all the cities of Canada that I have visited is higher than those of the United States. I ha.ve visited most of them, too. This Is duo not so much to the natives of either country as to the different class of emigrants that each gets. In Toronto tliey have line educational Institutions and an up to date Job Printing We Use Gumption as well as the best papers and inks iu the execution of your orders��� they will not be misunderstood. Quick dis- + patch given out-of-towu work. W. H. JONES Madden Building NELSON, B.C. GOLDFINCH CLEANUP. Gold Brick Worth $2,500, After Seven-day Run of the Stamp Mill. As a result of a cleanup at the Northwestern stamp mill on Monday, a gold brick valued at $2,500 was turned out, being the fourtr. brick turned out by this mill, says, the Camborne Miner. The amount of ore run through was* 175 tons and seven days was the actual time' the mill was in commission. The ore treated being that which was In the ore bunkers at the time of the close down last summer. The mill is a ten stamp, driven by electricity. Much satisfaction is evinced locally at FOR SALE Improved Ranch in Lardo Valley for sale. Address E. R. Vipond, Trout Lake, B. C. ^HrFl___PBURN E-UIUDER AMD CONTRACTOR Jobbing work done Estimates given SHOP RESIDENCE Behind new postofllce Cor. Front and Willow NELSON Geo. M. Ounn Maker of first-class hand-made Boots and Shoes. Repairing neatly and promptly done. Satisfaction guaranteed in ull work Ward St. next newpostofllce bid Xelson Brydges, Blakemore & Cameron. Ltd. Real Estate ����<* General Agents Houston ftloek, Josephine Street, NELSON, B. C. Kootenay Wire Works Co* JJuHiiflieturers of Mattresses, Springs, Pillows, Bed Lounges, Couches, Uphol- Ktering, Turning, Bundsawlng, drill Work mid olhor novelties. Our No. 4 Spring Is the best on the market. Ask for it and take no other. FRONT STREET NELSON, M. C Fancy DINNER SETS China GLASSWARE REISTERER & C2 BREWERS OF LAGER BEER AND PORTER Old Curiosity Shop, Josephine Street Nelson, B. C. PROSSER'S Second Hand Store and China Hall New and Second Hand Goods of every description bought and sold. See our Crockery-und Glassware, WESTERN CANADIAN EMPLOYMENT AGENCY Goods Rented Pli-st-Cluss Warehouse For Storage Put up In Packages to Suit the Trade Brewery and Ollice: Latimer Street, Nelson, B.C, Phone 2G1A Baker Street, West, Next to C.P.K. Ticket Ollice the cleanup, as it proves that the Goldfinch, from which the ore was taken, is a splendid property and It is hoped that after the development drafted out by the new management is completed, the Goldfinch will again commence sending ore to the mill and take its place with the Eva and Oyster-Criterion at the task of turning out a gold brick every month. George Young and John Powers have been awarded a contract this week to drive 5. feet of tunnel on the Goldfinch. The tunnel will be driven on the lead, and will be a continuation of tlie work started by ex- munager Blackwell shortly beforo the pro- lierty closed down. The lead that is to be drifted on is of' rich free gold quartz, and measures eight feet across. The letting of this contract Is a sign that active operations will be resumed in the near future and the property under the mnnnpemont of A. T. Vogler, thoroughly exploited and developed, so that when the stamp mill is again put Into commission it will continue running instead of at Intervals, as was the case under the tor- mer management. $2,000.00 WANTED���To borrow $2000 for two years on Nelson real estate as security. Address or apply to John Houston, Nelson, B.C. Timothy Hay First-class Timothy Hav, baled, per ton &1 A f.o.b. Colville ij>>'_: F. BARMAN, Colville, Wash. FOR RI_NT Well furnished room, comfortably heated and -electric light, with private familv. Apply P.O. box 8-1, Nelson. STite trathcona (formerly Holel Phitir) B. TOMKINS MANAGER Starkey & Co* Wholesale Provisions Produce and Fruits ( R. A. Rogers ��Sr Co., l_,cl-, Wlnr-ipejc ���Represent!ns j IN. K. Rail-bank: Co., - Montreal (Simcoe Canning Co., - Simcoe Office and Warehouse, Josephine Street INelson, B. C Cash Advanced on Consignments Jacob Green & Ca Auctioneers, Appraisers, Valuators <-. General Commission Agents Corner of Baker and Josephine Street. NELSON, B.C. P. Burns & Co Wholesale and Retail Meat Merchants Head Office and Cold Storage Riant at Nelson. BRANCH MARKETS ut Kaslo, Ymlr, Sandon, Silverton, Revelstoke, New Denver, Cascade, Trail, ������ Grand Porks, Greenwood, Midway, Phoenix, Kossland. Slocan City, Moyie, Cranbrook. Fernie und Macleod. " ' - ,"' NELSON BRANCH MARKET, BURNS BLOCK, BAKER STKEET Orders by mail lo any Hraneh will receive promot und careful attention. ' The Leading Hotel of thc Kootenays Good Sumple Rooms Special Kates to Commercial Men Stanley and Victoria Streets. NELSON Lakeview Hotel Corner Vernon and Hall Streets, NELSON, B.C. BEST DOLLAR-A-DAY HOUSE IN NELSON NO CHINESE EMPLOYED Atfgost Thomas, Proprietor Silver King Hotel BAKER STREET, NELSON; West Kootenay Butcher Company Fresh and Salted Meats. Fish and Poultry in Season. ORDERS DY. MAIL lcceivc prompt and careful attention. E_. C. TRAVES, Manager, K.W.C. Block, Nelson S-O Water St. Telephone 146' NELSON STEAM LAUNDRY Work done by bund or machine, arid on short notice. Delivery wagon calls for and delivers work every day in Ihe week. UNDER OLD MANAGEMENT BATES $1.00 PER DAY The Dining Room is unsurpassed and the Bedrooms are the best in Nelson. The Bar is stocked with good Wines,' Liquors and Cigars. Queen's Hotel Baker Street, Nelsou. B. C. Lighted by Electricity aud Heated by Hot Air ���Large and Comfortable Bedrooms and First- class Dining Room. Sample Rooms for Commercial Men. RATES $2 PER DAY MRS. E. C. CLARKE, Proprietress Madden House THOMAS MADDEN PBOralBTOK Centrally Located Electric Llglite HEADQUARTERS TOR TOURISTS AND OLD TIMERS linker and Ward Streels Nelson B. C, Tremont House Blankets, .Flannels, Curtains, etc., a specialty. Dyeing and Cleaning also done. Outside orders promptly attended to.' PAUL INIPOU, Proprielor. P.O. Box 48 Drink THORPES LITHIA WATER Every small bott- contains five grains of Lithia Carbonate ~^i : NELSON LICENSE DISTRICT. Notice is hereby giveii that thc undermentioned person's have made application under the provisions of the "Liquor License Act, l'K." for hotel licenses at the places set opposite their respective names: Joseph Walker, Russell llotel, Kitchener. John Marshall, Marshall llotel, Kitchener. Owen Boyer, Vancouver llotel, Ymir. Mitchell Tuit, Palace Hotel, Ymlr. J. W. Masterson, Ymlr Hotel, Ymir. C. B. Archibald, Ross House, Ymir. ==Ef-IrPefersfStrT3liSrlf'S"!16tel, Ymir. , Finlay McLeod, McLeod Hotel, Ymlr. John Breau, Cosmopolitan Hotel, Ymlr. <!. S. Coleman, Waldorf Hotel, Ymir. Fred Adlc, Fort Sheppard llotel, Waneta. William Gray, Salino Hotel, Salmo. Joseph Blanclniril, Northern Hotel, Sulino. George McHean, Mersey llotel, Erie. Louis Noll, Porto Rico llotel, Porto Rico. D. McLaughlin, Hull Hold, Hall. William Roberts, Florence Park llotel, near Nelson. Joseph Boyer, Valley Hotel, near Ymir, transfer to Fred Allaire. Robert Wood, Thistle Hotel, Wnodsvllle, T. CI. Procter, Outlet Hotel, Procter. George Barlletl, Sirdar Hotel, Sirdar. George .Munro, Miinrn Hold, Creston. A iiicdliig of the Hoard of License Commissioners of the Nelson License District will be held lo consider such applications ul (he Court House al the City of Nelson on Tuesday the fifteenth day of December, llKKI, al the lumr of ten o'clock-In the forenoon. W. II. Hl'LLOCK-WEBSTKR, Chief License Inspector Chief Constable's Ollice, Nelson, JJ. C, 7 th Novcm Iier, l'.WI. Europcnn and American Plan Meals 25 cts. Rooms from'25 cts. to |1. Only White Help Employed. MALONE & TREGILLUS Baker St., Nelson Proprietors Bartlett House Josephine St., Nelson, B.C. White Help Only Employed The Best Dollar-a-Day House in Nelson Tlie Bar is the Finest GEO. W. BARTLETT, Proprietor NOTICE. P.O. Ilox 8 In the matter of an application for a duplicate of a Certilicale of Title to the South 7f> feet of lot 10, block US, in the town of Nelson and part (ii feet iron luge on Latimer street) of lot 7, block 0, Nelson city (map -Wil.) Notice is liereby given Unit it is my intention to issue at the expiration of one month from the llrst publication hereof a duplicate of the Certilicate of Title to the above mentioned land in the nume of Annie Liestcr, which certilicate is dated the 8lh duy of September, 181W, and numbered -SMlK. 11. F. MACLEOD, Land Registry Office, Di.nrlctRegistrar Nelson, B.C., 13th November, liHKI. Nol lire Is hereby given Unit the undermentioned persons have made application under Ihe provisions of the "Ll<|nor License Act, 1!MI" for liotel licenses ut (he places set opposlle their respective names: Ole I'lvin, Brillnniu Hotel, Lardo. .I.J. Cameron, Commercial Hotel, Lardo. Leander Hanna, Lardo Hold, Lardo. J. A. Mclsaiie, Victoria Hotel, Whitewater. C. I'". Oleson, Hot Springs Hotel, Ainsworth. Ole Ulvin, Miners' Holel, (loldhill. Arthur lirunelle, Crawford Bay Hotel, Crawford Hay. .... A. W. Goodenough, King Hotel, Ainsworth. A meeting of the Bonn! of License Commissioners of the Ainsworth License District will be held to consider such applications at the Court House ut the Cilv of Kaslo on Tuesday, the fifteenth dav of December, 1!i;8 ut Ihe hour of eleven o'clock in the forenoon. W. II. BULLOCK-WEBSTER, Chief License Inspector. Chief Constables Ollice, Nelson, B. C, 7th November, l-OS. Application to Transfer Liquor License. Notice is herebv given that I intend to apply at the next sitting of the Board of License Commissioners of the City of Nel��oii for eave to transfer the retail liquor license now held by mc for the Nelson Hotel, situate on Baker street, on lot In, block 1, Nelson, British Columbia, lo Ink ,fc Boyd. .. , .,, , ������, Dated, Kelson, B.C., November ;th, lsi j.. Witness: CHARLES A. BARCLAY, (IKIMUiK BACON'. NEARING HIS FINISH Aguinaldo is right now. He has got enough! There arc many people In this town that know when tliey have hud enough of poor laundry work on their linen, and they turn lo us for relief. It is u pleasure to a nun to see the'exquisite color und finish.that we have put on.his shirt collurs and cuffs when sent out from tills laundry. Kootenay Steam Laundry SHERIFF'S SALE. By virtue of a writ of Fieri Facias issued out of the Supreme Court of hritish Columbia, at the suit of the Woodbury Mines', Limited, non-personal liability, plain tiff against James A. Poyntz, defendant, and to mc directed and delivered, uguinsl the goods and chattels of the said plaintiff, The Woodburv Mints, Limited, non-personal llubility, I huve.seized and taken in execution all the right, title and interest of the said plaintiff In the mineral claims, "Mayflower," "Sim- set," and "Number Five," situate on Woodbury Creek, und recorded In the ollice of tbe mining recorder at Kaslo, B. C, and also in u quantity of mining tools and machinery all of which I shall sell to satisfy said judgment debt and costs at my oflice, next to the Conn IJ<m��!_lnJ___Cltv_ -orNelsbhroirTuesilify, the lii'tli iluy of December, 11103, at the hour of eleven o'clock In the forenoon. " . "��� (�� An Inventory of the mining tools and machinery may be seen at ihy oflice. Notk���Intending purchasers will satisfy themselves as to title und interest oLthesiiid plaintiff. Dated at Nelson, B. C, uth December, IWI. S. P. TUCK, Sheriff of South Kootenav. of Improvements. NOTICE. Certificate The Alhambra Fractional Mineral Claim, situate in the Nelson Mining Division of Wesl Kootenay District. Where located: On the west slope of Gold Hill, ou Euulu creek. Take notice, thai I, Peler Edmond Wilson, Free Miner's Certilicate No. ItSO'oT, as agent for John F. Swedberg, Free Miner's Certilicale No. S6'i��i, intend, sixty days from the dale hereof, to imply to the milling recorder for a certilicate of Improvement, for the purpose of obtaining a crown grunt of the abovo claim. And further take notice thnt action, under section 37, must be commenced before the Issuance of such certilicates of improvements. Dated this P.lth day of September, A.D. 1903. P. E. WILSON. FOR SALE For Sale���Two teams of heavy draft horses. Applv to W. c. McLean, northwest corner Ward and Silica streets, Nelson. Certificate of Improvements. NOTICE. R and Land Corinthian mineral claims, situate in the Gout River mining division of West Kootenav district. Where located : On the east side of Kootenay lake, at the mouth of Crawford buv. Take Notieclthiit I, John McLatchie, acting us agent for C. G. Major, official administrator (trustee of the estate of R. D. Munro), Luzetla Field, free miner's certificate No. BJ8247, und Charles M. Field, free miner's certilicate No. !"48"-lli, intend, sixty days from the date hereof, to apply to the mining recorder for certificates of improvements, for the purpose of obtaining crown grants to the above claims. And further take notice that action, under section 37, must be commenced before the issuance of such certificates of improvements. Dated this Itli dav of September, A.D. 1903. JOHN McLATCHIE. Certificate of Improvements. NOTICE. "Agness" mineral claim, situate in the Nelson mining division of West Kootenay district. Where located : Near the Arlington Mine, Erie. Take Notice that I, John I). Anderson, I'. L. S., of Trail, B.C., ugent for Willium Connolly, free miner's certilicate No. Bfl-512, and Edward Walshe, free miner's certilicate No. B754tl9, intend, sixty days from the date hereof, to apply- to the mining recorder for a certificate of Improvements, for the purpose of obtaining a crown grunt to the above claim. And further take notice that action, under section 37, must be commenced before the issuance of sueli certificate of improvements. Diited this 2nd day of September, A.D. 1U03. J. D. ANDERSON. The Nelson Tribune ���m ���w ���an* The Great Northern Mines, Ltd. A Consolidation of the Following Gold Properties: The L-cky Jack Group: Poplar Creek Thc Swede Group : Poplar Creek The Oyster-Criterion Group: Fish River and Pool Creek The Imperial Group: Fish River aad Pool Creek The Lade Group: Gainer Creek The Strathcona Group: Silver Cup Mountain -*��-��� ���IM? ���&��- ���IM? ���IM? ���1M? ���&<�������� 1M? -$& ���IM? ?H* ���IM? ������$&��� ���IM? ���JM* ���1M?. ���JMfc*'' .-IM?- 4M.-- ���IM? ���IM? =*<*��� -IM? ���IM* - ���$>�����'- ���#l?v ������$&��� ���1M? ���IM? Twenty-One Claims of Valuable Gold Mining Property. CAPITAL: $1,500,000 In Shares of the Par Valce of One Dollar DIRECTORS W. B. POOL, President of the Ophir-Lad e Mining Syndicate, Limited, Ferguson. W. P. COCHRANE, The Cochrane Ranc he Co., Ld��� Macleod, Alberta. F. W. GODSAL, Ranche Owner, Cowley, Alberta. J. J. YOUNG, M.L.A., President, The Herald Co., Ld., Calgary, Alberta. T. KILPATRICK, Superintendent, C. P. R., Revelstoke, B. C. . E. M. MORGAN, Locator of the Lucky J ack Mine, Poplar, B. C. JAMES LADE, Mine Superintendent, Camborne, B. C. B. CRILLEY, Assitant Manager Ophir-Lade Mining Syndicate, Ld., Ferguson. HEAD OFFICE FERGUSON, B. C. BRANCH OFFICES ..Poplar Creek, B. C, Camborne, B. C. BANKERS Imperial Bank of Canada, Ferguson, SOLICITOR AND SECRETARY .Robert Hodge, Ferguson, B. C. The promoters of the Great. Northe feel that they are presenting a proposit of mining, and one in which the few w allotted to them may well feel that the est gold mines ever discovered.' Every man who reads has heard of of the Lucky Jack, at Poplar Creek. T should have lain for years on a well-kn d reds of prospectors���even having a rai at last by the men from whom this Co It is a case of truth being stranger tha '. The Company's second acquisition, t smith and Gold Hill claims, (over 100 a -bigger and richer property. It is an accepted fact among minin .duce more than two or three great min three great gold properties, and the Gr of them. rn Mines, Limited, have every reason to ion which stands unique in the history ho are fortunate enough to have shares y have an'interest in some of the rich- the sensation created by the discovery hat a claim of such unheard of richness own line of travel, passed over by hun- lroad built through it���to be discovered- mpany bought it, is almost incredible, n Action. he Swede Group, comprising, the Gold- cres), is, in the opinion of. many,'an even g men that a camp does not usually pro- es. In the Poplar Creek camp there are eat Northern Mines, Limited, owns two A. COINSOUIDATIOIN The promoters of this Company ha famous Nettie L. and Silver Cup mines experience of nearly ten years mining a which time they have organized several able properties, in each case with marke Having acquired several of the mos British Columbia, the promoters decid organized company, and place on the m block of the stock at par. Hence this The consolidation includes the folio described in another part of this pros ve in the past successfully operated the in the Lardeau. They can point to an nd prospecting in this district, during companies, and developed many valu- d success. t notable free milling gold groups in ed to consolidate them in one big, solidly arket, for a limited time only, a small prospectus. wing properties, which are more fully pectus :- Gainer Creek Property ���&����� s9w �������- *M? ���1M? ���IM? =JW? ���IK* ���IM? ���IM? ���IM? -����- .-IM? ���1M? ���iW? ���$&���$& ���IMfc-IH!-5 No. 1.���OLIVE MABEL GOLDENVILLE -FOUNDATION AiNNIE L. OPHIR TWO-AND-A-HALF. ���=F A MOUS= ���- Crown granted; partially developed; contain rich, free milling and telluride ore. Pish Creek: No. 2.���OYSTER CRITERION MASCOT GOLD BUG No. 3.���ROSSLAND IMPERIAL BALFOUR Surveyed for Crown Grant. Properties Claims all Crown Granted; developed, and stamp mill, etc., erected, ready to mine and pay dividends this year. Crown Granted and partially developed; adjoining above group and Eva mine. Ferguson Property No. 4. -STRATHCONA. TRIUNE FRACTION Assessments completed to dnlo. Poplar Creek Properties No. 5.���LUCKY JACK LUCKY THREE LITTLE PHIL No. 6.���GOLDSMITH GOLD HILL Surveyed, and Crown Grants applied for. Will be Crown Granted as soon as possible. THE COMPANY'S POLICY It is the intention of the Company to actively develop all these valuable properties and sell such of them as they do not wish to mine themselves, either to outside capitalists or to subsidiary companies to be formed by the parent Company, the proceeds going to the shareholders of the Great Northern Mines, Limited. Description of Property No. I, embracing seven claims (a claim is about 52 acres) r.nd well known throughout the province as the Lade Group, i.s situated on Gainer Creek, 14 miles above Ferguson. A tunnel 112 feet long has been run and a shaft sunk on the ore. Five tons of the ore shipped to the smelter gave returns of $1,100 to the ton, in free gold. Frequent assays of ore from other par ts of the claims have more than confirmed this high value, running from $200 to ip-,200, and from picked samples as. high as $11,340 to the ton. The property is traversed by a main ledge, eight to twelve feet wide, and several smaller veins carrying high values in free gold and telluride, similar to the rich ores of Cripple Creek, Colorado. In the Lade Group the present promoters were satisfied from assays, development work and thorough investigation, that they had a property as rich as any in British Columbia; but on account of the distance from transpor tation, and the altitude (over 8,000 feet) they decided to let it lie until a more convenient season, and in the meantime acquired other gold claims from which quicker returns could be obtained. A Complete Mine No. 2, consisting of seven claims, has been purchased from the Ophir-Lade Mining Syndicate, and is a gold mine in full working order. It is situated on Fish River and Pool Creek, 1500 feet above Camborne, and only six miles from a daily steamboat landing at the head of Arrow Lake. ^On this property, the Ophir-Lade Syndicate has completed, at a cost of about $24,000, 1500 feet of tunnels, cross cuts and other development work. It has also, at an approximate cost of $35,000, installed one of the most complete and best constructed outfits of machinery in the province, including a 10-stamp Fraser & Chalmers' quart- mill, rock crusher, Frue vanners, air ,co mpressor and drills, aerial tramway, two Pelton water wheels (300 horse power), assay office, and all necessary buildings. For a description of this property,.the.Directors have pleasure in referring to the report of Mr. A. H. Gracey, mini ng engineer of Nelson, made in 1901. Ait that time Mr. Gracey was Manager of the Eva mine. Space does not allow the reproduction of his report in full, but the following extracts will give a fair idea of this property: GEOLOGY. "The country rock of the neighborhood is metamorphic in character, but may be called in general a talc schist-/ withprobably some chlorite present. A belt of this formation extends many miles in an East and West direction, and, so far, the free'gold discoveries,in this district are mostly confined to this belt. VEINS AND CHARACTERISTICS. Exposed on the property at the present time are two well defined veins of free gold bearing quartz, which have been opened up on the surface by cuts, etc., for considerable distances. The Oyster.vein (on the Oyster claim) strikes N. 60 degrees W. and pitches into the'mountain at an angle of 57 degrees from the horizontal. It has a width, where exposed, of from 8 to 25 feet, a large portion of which is solid quartz. "The Criterion vein (on the Criter ion claim) has been exposed by open cuts for a distance of about 400 feet. The strike is due East and West (magnetic), and the surface cuts show a width of vein of from 3 to 17 feet. The vein is composed of solid quartz, carrying its chief values in free gold, associated at some points with a little iron pyrites and galena. The following assays are of samples carefully taken from this vein by myself: "1. Average chipped across both ends at collar of shaft, $18 gold per ton. "2. Average ore from bottom of shaft, $21.60. "3. Average chipped across big cu t, 17 feet wide, $4.50 per ton. "4. Average chipped across cut No. 3, 4 feet wide, solid quartz, $3.20 per ton. There are in this cut some rich seams showing free gold, which are not included in sample. �� "Selected samples from these cuts gave assays running from $478.20 to $2,601.40 per ton. "A large amount of exceedingly rich ore has been found, especially at the point where the shaft is being sunk. :^^i"Intersecting"this"gold-bearinga-quartz"vein-is-ai-smaller"vein-of"galena"andi iron from 12 inches to 24 inches wide. This has been stripped for over 60 feet and is particularly well defined and regular. Average samples of this vein give values as follows: Gold $22.80 Silver 25.2 oz. Lead 27.6 per cent. "Although these veins are not developed to any extent, they are all exceptionally promising, especially the Criterion vein. They are all well defined and with every appearance of permanency, and warrant a thorough development. "The facilities for cheap mining nnd milling are excellent. The veins can be worked to depths of hundreds of feet from tunnel levels. There is an abundance of timber suitable for all mining purposes on the properly, while for power purposes a record for 300 miners' inches of water has been secured in Pool Creek at the foot of the mountain." Immediate Returns Expected In the course of a few days it. is expected that, the stamp mill at this mine will be producing bullion in ���������.ifficient (|iiantity to pay immediate dividends. Another Good Property- No. 3. The Imperial, Balfour and Rossland claims, lying on Lexington mountain, immediately between throe working mines, the Eva, the Cbolla, the Oyster-Criterion. There are on the property three well defined quartz ledges, showing free gold on the surface. A 50-foot tunnel has been run on the Imperial. It is run on the ledge and free gold was encountered throughout tis entire length. The large amount of development work done both on the Eva and Oyster- Criterion had proved that the rich gold values on this mountain continue and even improve with depth. At the 700-foot level on the Eva, close to the line of this group, some of the richest ore on the mountain has been struck. The workings of both of these well known mines arc close to the property of the Great Northern. The main ledges on the property run into the Oyster-Criterion ground. The tramway and air pipe of the Oyster-Criterion run over the property, and the Eva tramway cuts across one corner. The whole of Lexington Mountain is a mass of ledges of free milling quartz, and the Great Northern Company have every reason to believe they own one of the richest portions of the hill. A meeting of the shareholders of the Ophir-Lade Syndicate is being called, to formally ratify the sale of that company's property to the Great Northern. Two, Potential Olaims No. 4 property consists of the Strathcona full claim, and the Triune fraction, lying on Silver Cup Mountain, near Ferguson, between the Triune and the Cromwell, both of which have been proved by extensive work to be rich in gold. The Triune has shipped a large amount of ore, averaging about $240 to the ton. The Cromwell has made a shipment to the Trail smelter, representing 13 days' work for two men, and yielding as follows: Gold, 5.76 oz per ton. Total value (after deducting 5 per cent.) $722.53 Silver, 18.1 oz. per ton. Total value, (after deducting 5 per cent) 71.24 $793.97 Smelting charges 79.22 Net Proceeds $714.55 The Great Lucky Jack . No. 5. The Lucky Jack has been so much talked of since its discovery, and has created such a sensation in mining circles, being described in all the leading mining journals, that the directors feel it almost unnecessary to say much further. The group comprises three claims, situated at the mouth of Poplar Creek, and with the Lardeau branch of the Canadian Pacific Railway running through it. No less than seven ledges have bee n discovered on it,, all carrying free gold. * The main ledge, containing.ythe phe nomenal-showing which has astonished the world, cuts the mountain vertically, and is"from 18 inches to 6 feet'wide.'A tunnel is now being run at the lowest workable point on the ledge. On September 12th it was in 50 feet, and the ore has been, found to retain its sensational values throughout. Timber, water power, tunnelling sites; and every natural advantage for economical mining are at hand. It is interesting to note that the mouth of Poplar Creek was mined for placer gold in the sixties and from the amount of work done, it is evident that a large quantity of gold was taken ou t, but it remained for the present owners to locate the source of the gold. The company has already taken steps to instal a stamp mill and,all necessary machinery for quickly mining out the wealth of the Lucky Jack and converting it into dividends for the shareholders. Last But Best No. 6. Though enough has been said in the foregoing to satisfy even the most sceptical, there is still better to follow. Words fail to describe the phenome nal richness of the "Swede" group. Briefly, however, it may be stated; that it consists of two full claims, the Goldsmith and Gold Hill, being a continuation of the Lucky Jack and lying higher up on the mountain, thus furnishing better tunnelling sites and enabling the ledges to be mined to a depth of nearly 2000 feet, without sinking. There are, as far as known to date, nearly a dozen ledges on the claims, carrying from an ounce to over a hundred thousand dollars per ton in free gold and besides this, there are rich deposits of galena and telluride on the claims, as indicated_J*j__the_tolIowing_ce_tificate._g.iYe__=by=Mc=J.^McLel 1 an,=assayer,- of - Poplar and Trout Lake City, after testing the ore: Gold ozs. Silver, ozs. Total value per ton. Value. per ton. Value. per ton. Galena, etc 24.02 $480.40 90.70 $50.79 $531.19 Telluride ore from the Lucky Jack and Swede groups, assayed by Mr. McKillop, assayer, of Nelson, gave returns of from $1700 to $6540. Statements Accurate The promoters of this company are men well known in Western Canada, and occupying such positions that they cannot afford to connect their names with any other than legitimate mining ventures. Every statement in this prospectus is made advisedly, with a full knowledge of their responsibility as directors. The promoters have engaged in active and legitimate mining for many years. They are not here today arid gone tomorrow. They expect to stay with mining, and assist in making British Columbia what she is destined to be���one of the greatest mining countries of the world. In the expectation of making the Great Northern one of the strongest mining companies on thc continent, they have thrown all their gold properties into this consolidation. Not a single claim or interest has been held back. The expense of operating and management will be comparatively small, especially as thc same economical methods will prevail which have characterized the promoters of the Ophir-Lade and Nettie L., and which have enabled them to achieve signal success in the past. Strictly Limited The company will under no consideration sell more than one hundred thousand shares, and the proceeds will be used strictly for development purposes and paying for plant and machinery. The shares are of the par value of one dollar, and are offered for a , limited time only at that figure. They are fully paid, non-assessable, and carry no further liability whatever. The directors reserve the right to allot shares according to priority of application, or in the event of the shares being over subscribed, to allot them pro rata. .-��=*-'' APPLICATION FOR SHARES Application for shares, accompanied by payment in full, should be made to the Imperial Bank of Canada, or the Secretary of the Company, Ferguson, B.C. FERGUSON, B.C., September 21, 1903. '' \ 4 The Nelson Tribune The J. H. Ashdown Hardware Co., Ltd. Importers and Dealers in Shelf and Heavy HARDWARE Tinware and Granite ware Stoves and Ranges BAKER ST. Fire Brick, Fire Clay, Portland Cement, T-Rails, Ore Cars, Sheet Steel, Crescent, Canton and Jessop's Drill Steel : : : :_: INEjUSOIN .--I tt ,'l Bf: l*>"Ts_ i$k. m *�������� ��� ��� ������ ������ ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������^ .��� : : ��� ��� ��� ' ��� ��� ��� : ��� J. Y. Griffin & Co., Limited, j -: Wholesale Only - ������ -- $ ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Washington Navel Oranges and California Lemons, Jersey Cranberries, Figs, Dates, Nuts, Honey, Malaga Grapes, Spanish Onions ^^if? 8��!_ S?S!P SSfg _Ss> S^K^k ^^^-^^^x^S^S^S^S^S^S We have just received two large consignments of oiiet Soaps Domestic and of C- f Q <C f Perfumed and S v Imported * ~~R^r Undented ^ y^yThe best in assortment and quality ever brought into |p Itliei Kootenays. We have a few sample cakes of ."In- fff gilt's Delight''left, to be given away. The only soap f|f feforlthe baby. '" M mm---1' SEE OUR WINDOW M ���'��� '- ��� ���''-" .'I;-.'-"' ��� ' - " 5S8�� V-.���";���',, ;"f ^' . ���.-.��� --..-��� (fWO If A. Kirkpatriek & Co., Ltd. �� Ck^v'&ff7;- , . ��� . ��� ��� Wholesale and Retail . gSg C;��(lf. ' Groceries, Crockery and Glassware j -P.b; Box 495 Aberdeen Block, Nelson Telephone 8 j|| ^^>&&m^A^:::. '-xAb, ee Dealers ln Coffee, Teas, Spices, taking, Powder, and Flavoring Extracts. 1-^A'OUR GOODS aTe pure ^nd selected from the best in the various ���AAA '-'== lines. In order to get the best, please buy from us V^Aitirect, and Ive guarantee satisfaction. cAddress, Kootenay Coffee Co. Nelson, 'B.C. ^'Telephone 177 P. O. Box 182 _' # Tocfcett Cigar Go's j Monogram '*'-' ��� Union Label Cigars \ Marguerite George E. Tackett's Cigarettes ( Karnack Only Unlon-ivfade Cigarette in Canada ( T. OC B. w. j. McMillan & co. WHOLESALE GROCERS Agenta for British Columbia. Vancouver, E3.C* Santa Clause is Thinking 0�� BUYING YOU A NICE PIECE OF FURNITURE Why not select it now? Wo curry a,largo, up-to-date stock of all kinds Chairs, Children's Hookers, Oak Upholstered Rockers, Rattan, Sofas, Couches, Davenports, Ladies' Writing Desks, BookCases, Etc. Pictures in Variety to select from. OUR PRICES ARE RIGHT D. Mc ARTHUR & CO. Furniture Dealers and Undertakers cArthur Ge�� cNLercharit Tailor-������<���������'-" HAS ON HAND HIS STOCK OK Fail and Winter Goods c4s heretofore they are of the best quality and latest designs,. Tremont Block Baker Street JUST ARKIVBD :New Fall Goods OF TIIK LATKST FASHIONS Scotch Tweeds, Landslide, Strathcona aud Bel-warp Series. A fine line of Panting- of the latest styles Prices to suit the times. Call and see them. John Smai-woodl VVard Street MKKCI1ANT TAILOR MORLEY & CO. Wholesale and Kelail Booksellers and Stationers (Artists' Materials Engineering and Mining Books Typewriters cMimeograpbs ^Photographic Supplies cMusical Instruments Morley & Co, Nelson, B.C THE TOWN AND THE DISTRICT. Alderman Irvintf on Tuesday received tlio sud news ol* Hie ilentli of his mother, at tlio advanced :\ne ol" nearly SO years, at I'oueks Hill, Uiindas county, Ontario. (jovernnient Ajjeut H. A. Renwick held a lirovineial lax s-ile on -Monday, about ?S(X) was collected for the grovernnieiit. tnnny ol" the lobs .sold weni for from JP!W to $fl��� aliove the amount ]"ci|iiii'c<l by the government. Miss Merrill who was well known In some church circles in Nelson nnd who left here for the coast a lew months ago, is said to have eloped with l_i-nest Burns, the treasurer of the Socialist party in Vancouver. Tlie liroktiii Hill block was sold this week to J. V. Urillin. of the linn of -J. Y. Griilin it Co. A snort price Was paid for the property and extensive improvements are to lie made at once. Thos. Murphy and Miss May Ferry, both of Nelson wore married on Sunday last at the home of Mr. and Mrs. .1. llarKreaves by the Rev. 15. II. H. Holman. Richard Peachey was best man, and Miss Laura I_ast wa.s bridesmaid. J. B. McArthur. Q.C.. who was a leading: lawyer in Winnipeg' 20 years ago, and during: the last 10 years operated as a. promoter in British Columbia, died at Toronto on Monday last. Mr. McArthur was well known in Kaslo, Rossland and Nelson. Services will be held in St. Paul's Presbyterian church at the regular hours tomorrow, Rev. Joseph McNeill ollioiating. Special music by the choir under the charge of Mrs. Melville Parry. Mr. McNeill will supply St. Paul's pulpit for the balance of this year.- A newspaper manager who was sleeping in church during the services was suddenly awakened by the following words uttered in.a loud voice by the preacher: . "Why stand ye here all the day idle," and immediately answered, "because they don't advertise." .James Alexander Carley, brother of D. M. Carley, died on Monday hist in Nelson ���fiom iin aculfi i-.ltacl. of bronchitis, he was prominent in Masonic circles, and had resided in Winnipeg- for "id years, where he was an insurance adjuster. Tlio body was sent to Winnipeg for interment. K-wir. I I'.itm o" Kossiand, was in the city this week. .Mr. Durant is interested in the Giant mine which is at present partially closed down, owing to the smelters in British Columbia hot being able to save th.j cioalt and m *���'���.'r:< iium In the oro Samples are on the way to Swansea to test. A club for ladies is being started in Toronto, similar to the Empress club of J.,on- don, England. The objects of the club are to have a convenient place where ladies can meet for the discussion of questions of social and public interest, etc. There is some talk of having a similar Institution in. Nelson.. ��The Nelson Brewery has been transferred to the- Nelson Brewing and Ice Company, a local concern, the oilicers of which are: J. P, Hume, president; W. P. Tierney. vice-president; J. jj'. R. Rpwley, George Bartlett, T. Madden and W. R. Thomson, directors; J, A. Turner, treasurer; A. G. Gamble, secretary, and P, K. 'Wilson, solicitor. Thc Nelson Carpenters" union at their meeting on Wednesday night, elected tne following oilicers for Ihe ensuing six months: Hector McKenzie, president; Scott Thompson, vice-president; J_. Kllby. secretary; Jos. Voting, treasurer; G. Daggett, conductor; J. I.aidlaw, warden. Hector McKenzie. W. J-f. Ha or.' and E. Kilby were chosen toj"eia,esont^ejnHonji__t___!l_aiil.e^ 11&~]5TlJSi"fT5otfncfl_:meetings. Nelson lodge, A. I<\ & A.M., No. 23, met on Wednesday evening last when the following oilicers were chosen for the ensuing year: John A. Dewar, W.M.; C. II. Crandon, I. P.M.; T. S. McPherson. S.W.; ���I. H. Nolan, J.W.; S. P. Shaw, P. M.. treasurer; George Johnstone, P.M., secretary; SS, A. Crease. P.M.. chaplain: Chas. Mnltby. tyler. Auditors, T. Morley and W. II. Sentle. The installation will take place on December L'Tth, St. John's day. On Sunday evening the Lord Bishop of New Weslmlnsler and Koolenay held a confirmation service In St. Saviour's church and n private conlirinallon service for adults was hold on Tuesday evening. On Wednesday morning the llisliop ordained the Rev. A-krny-J SJ/inoy and tlie Rev. II. G. Solly to the priesthood. The Holy Communion wa.s administered, the miilcul portion of the ceremony belli;,' Dykes Iu !���'.. which wns well rendered by Ihe choir. Iu the afternoon n mooting of the Diocesan executive was held. Bishop Dart left I'm- Kamloops and from Ihence homo via Ihe C. P. R. on Wednesday evening. The licensing board met on Wednesday December llth, all members being prosent. Application from J. V. o J_ouglilin. for liiiuor license for premises on Vernon street known as Rossland hotel was laid over for a month. Applications for transfer of liquor licenses for Nelson, hotel Irom Barclay to Ink and Boyd and for Manhattan saloon from Ink & Boyd tn Rankin ��� Pitts wero granted. The board adjourned till Wednesday January l.'lth. 11)01. when applications for liquor licenses and transfers for the ensuing six months will bo heard, iittpittion only being given to those applications in the hands of tho city clerk before 1_ o'clock noon on tho 1'lth January, accompanied by cash or certified cheque to the amount of the license lee. ���������������* ������������������������������ ISrPANTS AT }. k. Gilker s! ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������� summons all persons who had not paid the tax. Mr. H. Dunncll asked the mayor ar.d aldermen to be present at an exhibition of work produced by the pupils of the manual training class on Saturday;.the invitation was accented. The following- resolution was unanimously passed: Whereas the municipalities and hospitals are constantly hampered by the maintenance of ; indigent incurable cases, oftentimes coming from outside the corporate limits, therefore, in the opinion of the council it is desirable that the provincial government should establish in some part of the province a home for incurables where such .cases can be properly accommodated. ��� ��� ���. .'���'.. ������-, An application from the order of Eagles for. a plot In the .cemetery,,.to be used by them for the burial of their 'members was received, and the city clerk authorized to notify them that it would be granted for ?175. y ' ���-'���'_.- ',';,' , .''.���'��� The council adjourned liiitii December 21. GENERAL NEWS. Hon. Clifford! Sifton. speafking-'at tlie. Canadian club dinner, said'Canada and Great Britain would have to medtJ on-equal terms. Canada would adopt a preferential tariff as soon as Great ��� Britain ,vj��is. ready for it, but Canada woilld nevei*'!_Tve up her manufactures to obtain it. lie was opposed to Canada contributing to the. Imperial.navy, favored making: bettor provision for th protection of her own land. McGill university is to establish a department of railroading.^Principal Peterson had an interview - with president- Shaughnessy. of tlie C. P. K. this week, with the result, that practical assurance wns, given that the projoat will be carried out. The course will probably be much'the same as that of Perdue university, which has brought about very good results. a ' ; The British government have purchased two lirst class battle ships from the Chilian government. The Mljerttid and Constitution are among the fastest battleship in tlio world, and maintained a speed of 17 1-- knots for 'Si hours continuously, and both are among the fastest battleships in tho meats.and large coal -capacity . John Alexander Dowie has satisfied tlio judge that '/Aon City is solvent,^and tlio lrcceiveiishjp--|vas^bee:n'^issoiv_d, the bankruptcy proceeding will be dismissed as soon, as the creditors' committee have reported on Dowie's offer of settlement. ���'' ' Wilmcr will havo a' sawmill as soon ns there is sullielent snow for sleighing:. The machinery is for the present stored at Golden. ... Twenty.additional linotype machines have been started at work on .tlie Dominion voters' lists. Pin'Slt'I'l-* OF TfTK HIIITIST- CITV COUNCIL MEE TIN (.5. There wero present at the city council meeting held on Monday, mayor Rose, and aldermen Irving. Kirkpatriek, Selous. linker and Hamilton. The mutter of the removing of the sunken crib was left |n Ihe bands el' tlie mayor and city engineer to deal with. Mayor Rnso asked for the opinion of tlie council regarding the collection of tlie road lax. On motion of alderman Selous. seconded by alderman Hamilton the police were Instructed to Tliey nre the Finest in Development of European Peoples. A writer in the Manchester Dally Despatch points out that the recruiting returns afford no criterion as to the physique of the nation. The British army Is led from the poorest and most physically inolllclent section of the community. On the other hand continental armies arc recruited from the whole of the national manhood, and consequently represent a better class of men. It ia unly* by comparing the whole of the British nation with;, the whole of oilier nations that the truth,pf the matter can possibly bfi arrived at. ��� Statistics prnv> that the British are the finest in development of l_ui-pean peoples. Here are some national average standards: Scotch, 5 feet 30 in.; frlsh. 5 feet 9 in.; Welsh. 5 leet 7 In.. Average about f> feet S 3-4 inches. Norwegians and Swedes, 5 feet. S in.; Germans, S feet (J 1-2 in.; Dutch and Belgians. 5 foot 7 in.; French. 5 feet C 1-4 in.; Italians. 5 feet 4 in.: Spaniards and Portuguese. �� reet 3 3-1 in; Swiss and Austriaiis, 5 feet S 1-2 in. In brain weight we also head the list. The figures are as follows:,, Scotch, 50 oz.; English, 49 oz.; Germans.'4S oz.; and so on. And moreover, no nation is increasing in height and weight so rapidly as the British nation. - ' Application for a Liquor License* NOTICR |S IIERRHV GIVKN Hint at the next meeting: of the Board of Licensing Commissioners for the City of Nelson, held ���TI days ali.-r flu. date hereof, that I intend lo ii-ady <o the said Hoard for a retail lli|iii>r lienii-ie for an hotel, for the premises khnwi. .is Iho Victoria Hotel, situate on Lot-- seven Oi and eight (S). Block fifteen (11). Nelson. I". <". Pa("d this Dtli dav of December. 1:111:1. W.* _*, McCANDLlSH. Christmas Necessities J. A. Irving- & Co. have every necessary article that must be in a household in order that Christmas shall be a day of feasting* and pleasant memories. Among other articles, they have Cleaned Currants, Seeded Raisins, Orange Peel, Citron Peel, Lemon Peel, Figs, Dates, Walnuts, Almonds (sheiied and unsheiied), and Filberts. J. A. IRVING & CO. Groceries and Provisions Phone Al6t Hotfston Block, Nelson Tt e Cabinet ��� 4} Importer of G.B.D Pipes, A.O.C. and Meerschaums Cigar Tubes, Cigarette Tubes J Tobacco Pouches. Send photo and have your image carved on a Meerschaum Pipe. J Domestic Cigars Cigar Store Plrone 114 P.O. Box 3S G. B. MATTHEW ��� PROPRIETOR Baker St., Nelson, B.C. ��� ��� ��� ��� ��� X ^ Cigarettes ��� ��� .-.25 to $8i5 per 1000. Milligan's Arabela Kooteuay Standard Royal Seal , Mainland Tnckett's Marguerite Monagram Garautizndos Interior La Moreua Manrico La Senorita Boston Phone 279 General Arthur Rose Bads Bahamas Flora de Perez Safety Brand Imported Cigars $00 to $500 per 1000. B.B.B Pipes L. & Co. J.R.C. N. & Co. A.L Star Peterson Henry Clay Bock Manuel Garcia Flora de J Otero La Carolina Las de Lucias Ben Franklin Longfellow La Crenui Manilas La Constancia Londres, Perfectos ; Tobaccos Ogdens Wills Players Tliree Castles Melachinos Nestors Murattis Dina Wills . , Players Yale Mixture Craven's Mixture Sir Phillip's Mixture Student's. Mixture,-; Turkish Lndikia West Over Quesnel, grown in'.Quebec Pace's Twist Boot Jack Piper Heidsick Star Climax Pioneer . ��� ��� I X t ��� BICYCLE CARDS ^Se^OuT^Wirrdows G.B.D. Companions and Meerschaums The Cabinet Mail Orders given prompt attention. Wholesale and Retail. Write for Prices. : ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ On Tuesday a daughter wa.s born to the wife of A. P. Hebden, Dolbruek street. The Nelson Boat Club nre giving a dance at tlie opera house on Friday next. A meeting of tlie hockey players and their friends i.s called for Monday night at the Hume hotel. t Tho shareholders of the Royston Gold Mines, Limited hold their annual general meeting on Tuesday. On Wednesday next the Success Club will give a concert at which Mrs. M. S. Davys, Mrs. E. McLeud, Mrs. Goeptl, Edgar Mason, and others will assist. T. G. Procter's many friends in Nelson are glad to know that his hard work in connection with his coal properties al, Blairmore has resulted iu their sale to a French syndicare rei*reseuted by Mr Fleutot. The price paid was -175,000. SAA*. <>/ Qedt Coat And Wood of All Kinds Terms Spot Cash / XV. P. TIERNEY Telephone 2U5 Buker Street Corporation of the City of Nelson. Electric Light Rates Electric light rates for the mouth of November are now due and payable at the Cit}' Office. If paid ou or before the 15th instant, a rebate of 10 per cent will be allowed. By order, D. C. McMORRIS, llcnomherU'lli, 1��03. City Clerk. ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������� ! SUNDAY HOURS ��� ��� AINSWORTH LICENSE DISTRICT .'otlcu is liei-el-y giveii that Edward Mnblis lias mado application under tlie provisions oi tlie -���i.ioiKir License Acl, 1IHIU," for an hotel license for Ihe prciiilsoK descrihed ns the osworth hotel al lloldhill, and thai a meeting of the hoard of license com missioned of Ihe Aliiswurlli license district will he held lo consider such application al, the court house al the (.'Hy of ICaslo on Tuesday, the-".llh day ol* Ueeemher, l'.HKl, al the hour of II o'clock In the forenoon. w. jr. ub'U_)c:K-WEHSTKi{, ' r Chief License Inspector. Chief Constable's Oflice. j,.- Nelson, . C llth December, IIKKJ. t ��� ��� ��� ��� X Our store (corner of Baker i X and Josephine streets) will X X be open every Sunday for X X dispensing purposes:��� X X 9:30 to 12 o'clock X X 2:00 to 5 o'clock i X 7:00 to 9 o'clock . �� I Canada Drug and Book* X Company, Limited f ��� ��� ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������� LABOR UNIONS. NKLSON MINERS' UNION, No. <J0, W. F. M._ Meets every Saturday evening at 7:30 o'clock, in Miners' Union Hall, northwest eorner JJaker and Stanley streets. ' Wage scale for Nelson district: Machine miners, f_.SU; liamniersmen, }3.".if>; mine laborers, $_. U. A. J'arton, president; Frank I'liillips, secretary. Visiting brctli-. reu cordially invited.
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Title | The Nelson Tribune |
Publisher | Nelson, B.C. : Tribune Publishing Company |
Date Issued | 1903-12-12 |
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_12_12 |
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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 | 10.14288/1.0189306 |
Latitude | 49.5000000 |
Longitude | -117.2832999 |
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