lite^ VOI, III. NO. 52. FERGUSON, RRITISII COLUMBIA, FERRUARY 6, 1902. $���2.00 A YEAR. I Tha ProsrrMs Made in tbe Last , . Ten Years. The Wealth of the Country Per Family Is the Highest in the World. B.C. During the ten years since the Radical party came Into power the population ol New Zealand has increased 1!) ]ier cent., the exports 40 per cent., at d the bank Bcfc&itiJ 00 per cent. The wealth of the country per family has increased from $5,700to$7,400-a figure exceeded nowhere ln the world. Th, increase in tho colony's debt 16 lurt-e (J54.000.000, or $300 per farolly.Kbut tie three quarters of It Invested in rail roads, laud settlement, advances t(, settlers; etc., etc., not only pays interest on tbo bonds issued therefor, but yields a profit of $300,000,a year to help pay tlitf ��� interest on the remaindi'-. Even the I'omaininjr deb'- is directly profitable, ns nearly nil of it was it- creusHtl tor new roads, bridges ant' puhl'c buildings, and forthe purchase of native lnnds. .There Is no war del t ���/whatever tn depress Industry. Tie gains of thn decade have been excel ��� tionally marked during the past five years of international prosperty, am most uiatked nf ull during the yem '.just ended. During this yeur the government, reduced railroad rates 6t pe> cent, in pursuance of its policy to rf dure these rates whenever the rediu- tion could be made and the roads sill net thc government enough to pay .th. Interest nn their bonds, instead of eati" Ing a deficit, this cut In rates was fid lowed hy such an increase in truffle n to yield tho gnvernmeet more than eve before. Further reductions wero mud, in its customs duties, postal rates, etc . but all thesu combined, Instead of cam- ln�� the loss of $!."50,0('0 (which wouh have resulted, had not business In creased), mused���or wero followed by- an increase in the government revenues amounting l�� 88,33,-1,000. The widel circulated report, that the premier hin* confessed that the colony was approaching financial embarrassment had not)* ing hack of it, it ecoms, except hi* statement to a delegation that net- bonds could not no* bo issued for new undertakings except at a higher rale of Intel est, because (and this, of course, was omitted from the Tory reports) the rates of Interest in the Londo ninom y market I ad been advanced by tho loan- . lo curry on the Hoar war.���New Yot Ir Outlook, Nuiitli.r, ���JlnlnK Claim.. What a peculiar and heti-ogonei ua mass of euphont-ous names, and u wot Id of lilatory, I'Oili iiHtlotiul und dtiinesi c. that go Ni make up the title of a large majority of the mining properties. Tbe awi't-llicart loft In tbo eastern states linds her name perpetuated by a large producer of tlio precious gold. A dear old mother's maiden name Is not forgotten. Neither Is tho old village, the sister, tlio pot dog or cat, the little pony that carried tbo prospector lo his childhood days. Incidents of the day, especially those of a local nature, largely enter Into names for the locator to designate his now discovery. The Never Sweat was named after a man who nover worked "an(i therefore, "never sweat." "Wake Up Bill," the prominent Butte mino is another- Bill nnd his companion wore camped on the hillside just north of Butte. They had prospected tho ground the day beforo und tliu companion awoke oarly and continued ii|s search, aud oo being sue ' uessful aroused old Bill with tho words, ���'Wake up, Bill. I h&ve.found II." St, this is thc way Ibis famous Coppermine was named. Hundredsof others found their names under somewhat similar conditions. A good story of the naming of the "Holy Terror," mine of Keystone, S. VI,, tbat has seldom ever found its wat into print comes from an old friend of the discoverer's wife wlio used to enjoy telling it to. her intimate friends, Old man Franklin, as he was familiarly unown, was,especially favored hy fortune and bad made several good sized "raises" before the discovery of the: Holy Terror, and Mre.: Franklin, now also dead, was one of tha rough frontier, but whole-souled good hearted women often met with in the early ���uys, who could handle a brace of six -hooters and call down a rough character as readily as many men. One day she succeeded in gaining a reluctant u-omise from her husband to. accede to her wishes and name a good mine after ier, winding up ner argument with the remark that be had named claims for logs and-cats and everybody else he knew, and was time he named one after her. Soon he approached her witli lapers. pen and Ink, with the statement hat he found the mine of mines, and e was happy to grant her wish, and that the papers Wero ready to sign and *e recorded. After signing the papers she glanced over the title and suggested that tbere had been some mistake, tbat this was not tbo claim he ���m-ant to havo her sign, whereupon be -spiled thAt it certainly was. "No, It Is not, this Is named the Holy Terror." 'Ills brought forth the good natured i "tort that "II you nre not a holy ter- i .there never was one."���Western Mining World, THE I0LLT OF L C. Unnecessarily Plunging Into Hands of Capitalists Eaoh Year. NDUSTR1AL GOVERNMENT Profits Now Making Millionaires Should Be doing Into the Provincial Treasury. IS SOCIALISM Mr. Taylor Explains. TkoUT Lake. H. C. Jan. 31. 1002.- 'dlttitt Lahdeau Ragle, Dear Sir: In '""king through the columns of your .sup of the 30th Inst., nnd vour report if the publio meeting held in Fercusnn ���n the evening of the 28th inst. an- earing therein I no'ice some state, "ents that are so erroneous nnd en- irely misleading, that I cannot allow hem to pass without oorrectlnn. To- wards the close of lhat very important neetlng I was asked by you as chalr- ���i.in to explain my position and my pt- 'ttide towards the present, adrolnisrra- ion which 1 did, und to jttdire hy the ���eeeptlon my remarks received I would ma pine my pnsitinn was most thor. nghly endorsed by the meeting. T ���**> however, reported by you as follows. ' "Diehard McBride, as Conservative ��ader, has been assured of sufficient tipnort to overthrow the Dunsmuir -ovornment." nnd aguintlist the policy ,f t|ie Conservative opposition under \fr, MeRrlde would soon lie made pith* ���In. I would heg to state that no such tatements were made by me on that ,eenslon. It is plain to he seen on the very slightest investigation, that f ��� '>���M not make ouch statements, aa in tbe first place Mr. McBride is nnt the 'oitfler of the Conservative party In U'*itlsb Coltunliln, and in the second In- -tnnee no person has yet been chosen is far as t am aware to fill the important position as leader of the opnosi. 'Ion, and while I would very much appreciate such a turn of events as would ilsee n Conservative administration In fflee In the province, I certainly madn ���io statement tn that effect at the meet- [ng referred to, nor did I have occasion ���o mention tho name of the Conservative party at all, oxrent in explaining some matters In connection with tn.V Campaign In !f>00. I very much 'luireclate thn kindness shown inn and ���ie enthusiasm of the meeting above referred to tind must thank the people f Fei-ctison for their expression nf "onflrtencB In me.and I may also add. It s at the suggestion of u number nf the '/entlemrn who wero present at. the "leetlni' that. I would ask yon to klqdlv give apace tn this alight correction In your next Issue. I remain ynurs verv truly, Thomas Taylor. The Eaole has appearantly got the Conservatives and the opposition of this province annexed, which, however much Mr. Teylor would like to see, is not tho oase. Mr. Taylor's eulogies of Richard MoBrlde, as the ono man who had aided him (Mr, Taylor) to secure what he did for his riding, must also have confused our muddled brain at that meeting. While Mr. Taylor would like to see It thusly, Mr. McBride la not tho likely leader. All of which is hereby accepted as gospel truth,~-[ED.] It's a luoky thing for the average man tbat he doesn't know some of the things that othor people know about bim. The Eaole Is in receipt of a most interesting pamphlet, written and sent out by F. J. Proctor, under the caption "The Financial Crisis in British Columbia." It is certninly well worth rending;, and is of real interest toJ.be electors of this province. The Eagle's solution nf the question Is given in th*- heading of this article. In his Intro- ductory Mr. Proctor says: "It is a remarkable characteristic of the ordinary elector that tho subject of the finance of his province or country is a matter which he rarely attempts to grasp. Figures nre wearisome to him, the budget a mathematical joggling feat which pusseth understanding, and the statement of public accounts a work of art which muy command his respect hut fails to entice his interest * * ." From different portions of this wholesome and comprehensive resume of the financial position of B. C. the Eaqle takes the following statements: "The Dominion grant per capita, according to tho terms of the union, is fixed at 80 rents pel* head until the population reaches 400,0110, and then lt becomes stationary. We can, therefore, never receivo mine than |.'I20,00II per annum." "During the last fourteen years the totnl expenditure has been more than five million dollars over tho revenue! and this docs not tu'te Into account sinking fund and the other payments not charged to expenditure. This large deficit has been so fur provided for hy various loans, hut when it is considered that year after year our expenditure exceeds our receipts, and tbat It Is necessary tn continue borrowing to keep up thc sinking fund and other payments, it is not c1i.lii-.ult to realize that the province Is drifting into serious financial umhurassment." "During ��lio four ynurs previous to 3lllh June. 1000, thu average annual deficit (not including tiie sinking fund und other accounts not charged to expenditure) wus about $115,(100." "An examination of the Items of expenditure falls to suggest u solution of the problem of making ends meet oy any sulllclent scheme of economy," "With regard to education, the cost for the year ending -Kith, 10(10, was $286,310, und since then it has risen, and will, I believe, show an increase of about $100,001) for I !'�����." "Thi* province bas an area of nearly 400.000 square miles, and only tt fraction of it is at present opened up With Its limited sources of revenue and dilllcult physical conditions, it occupies���from u (Inunclal standpoint-- a unique position in thc Dominion." "It Is a thankless tusk collecting figures so condemnatory to our province's financial position, but it Is assuredly better to look the trouble squarely in tbe face than to stumble blindly on from bad to worse. J f there is a remedy, let us look for It nor,*, und put it into operation wltbout delay." "There Is no originality in tho suggestion that the final solution of our financial problem lies tn tho alteration if the terms of union." "It Is vital, however, that tho bus's of re-adjustment he one which will place a certain portion of tho permanent receipts which at, present go to tho Dominion government at the disposal of the provincial government��� a promise on tho part ol the former to expend more money In this province can only bo of temporary benefit to lis." "We bear a great deal in these days of Conservative meetings and Liberal conventions. Thoy are no doubt exceedingly interesting to those who attend them, but their utility at the moment is very questionable. What we want to-day is union, [Socialism��� RD-!. not division; unanimity of opinion and action concerning tho interests of the province, and not blind antagonism on issues which do not concern ns." ���'Our duty in British Columbia today seems plain enough. We have one issue standing out.clear and defined: an issuo involving the financial life of our province It remains with lhe people of British Columbia to tell their representatives to take up their cause with 'he Dominion government., to ask foi i'tsticu. und to work with unweurHl natience until they obtain it. To-day we must stand together for tho needs of the province." Our only regret is that we have not tlie space to reproduce the contents of the entire pamphlet. SYSTEM AT FAULT Commercial Competition Bncou* ages Men to Do Wrong. Canada to be UurgBiilsnd. New York Interests, allied with capitalists in Chicagound Boston, havo pur- rhased a controtiing Interest in th'e Sovereign Bank of Canada, now being organized with a capital of $2,000,000. New Yorkers who have stock in tlie 'tow bunk are J. Plerpont Morgan. Tlio standard Trust Company will act ns agents. Mr. Morgan's firm will tils,, represent tho bank In London and Purls 'ays a special in the Chicago Chronicle The head offices in Canada will bo in Toronto and tbo executive officers in Montreal, while a chain of brunches will be established throughout Canada. Even the II tile bankers of Canada will look like a stack (if whites ere long. Oh no, Canada is tint being commercially annexed to Uncle Sinn's captains of indu-*trv! The True Gospel of Humanity an-i Brotherhood is Lost in the Mad Bush of Profit-Making'. THE PRESS MUST DO ITS DUT^ Tlie ttoverninent should ItetiifnThem, As long as the Dominion government retains possession of it0 00.POO s'-ro re- sflrve of conl land in south east Kootenay, the British Columbia smelting business will have a kind of a show*. The very day that the government parts with it to the (!, P. K. or any other ptirchnseabld corporation it places the smelting business at the mercy of Jim Him. Thia coal land in the hands of the Biivernment affords a club with which to keep Jim Hill and the C. P. It. In line. Leased on a title in usufruct basis or worked ns a government concern it could supply all the eoul needed in tha Kootenay at the right price.��� Paystreak. Let (upllHll-.u lie Their Own right lw.-. Tho man whoshnuts for wae (s either nn ignorant loo! or a mad man; thu man who condemns any other man hecuuse that man's voice is raised for peaco has many of tho essentials of the criminal in his nature. Tho soldiers homo from Africa do nnt clamor for "war, iflore war," as do the phthisical Boanerri of I he editorial sanctum-who would he thc first to run at ping of bullet ���r gleam of steel. War Is hell. Lot us havo peace.��� Ladysmith Leader. Nuvlftttlnn CliMt.fl Teiniinrni'llv on Arm, The s. s. Archer haa been frozen in on tho Arm at Whiskey Kolntslnc lust Saturday. The winter mail serviee, as a consequence, la now In vogue. Mai's will only arrive here twice a week, Tuesdays and Fridays, leaving tlio foi- lowing mornings, until navigation is I'e-oponed, which may Iio any day as tne soft weather -now prevalent will aid the crew In cutting thru the Ice. In this day and generation a ma- does not need to know everything to mako money, if be has money. He call ire the brains, und the men who ea successfully conduct his business, th same as the "owners"of the C. P. Ii. do, who live in foreign lands and neve see the holdings from which they winr and dine, and further debauch and de grade snobaoracy. a condition which ���*��� only made possible by a privato'owne*- ship system of government. If tho government operated thei own smelters, refineries, mines, etc.. and caused crown granting our nuturs ourcos to private individuals, ther- would be no room or orcasion for any ol corruption incident to private pro!'', making. Take away the profit, and preachers' and merchants ulike will call in tbe "big-ni.lt" feature. Competition drives men tu thou things. After all is said and done It's not tht individuals u-ho are to blame���our commercial competition demands It���bni the system of private-ownership, rather than collective ownership, whieh is r(- spnnsihle for the perpetuation and Increase "f all sorts of robbery, gol-i bricks, adulteration, shody goods, anri the many many "monoy" ovils wo scon evory hand. But there is this satisfaction. People aro heginning to arouse from their slumber. The big trusts aro perfecting the new co-opei-ativo system, ani: the Socialists are organizing and mas ing ready for the near-by tluys of collective ownership and management CENTS. Simply enclose 25 cents, in one or two cent stamps." Tho Phoenix Socialist Club Is growing In numbers. At tlio tneoting last Sunday afternoon an Interesting debate wus bold., tho subject being '���Direct Legislation." A delegation from from the Phoenix branch visited the mooting of tho Greenwood club last uiglit.���l'hocuix Pioneer. l'ubliihed every Tlmra- day at Ferguson, I!. C, by B. P. PKTTIPIKCJB to whom all correspondence ��houli] lie ndtliensed. ' AdvertliinK Baton: Display ad��., iJl.UO per llni-le column inch per mouth. .... ...... . Legal lulu., 12 ���nt" per ���nonparlel] lino for (tnt inaerUon| �� o��nt�� per line [or each ��������<"����� nserHon. iM.dlnR notlco. 10 rentr, per line oaoh issuo. JUMgW legal notloei, (10.; sixty dav��,|7,M| thirty days.lB, No ad*, uoceptoa ,il Ion llian these rates. No room foi quaok BOS. America* Subscription Ratos: |2.00 per annum, to any n.Ulrysstii A ��, ��1.00 ior six'months; KJOtt year tolorelsn itddtwc" .\o*,n>. o pai��r. Job I'rlntlnc; Tlie BaglO Job department is tho best equlppodI offlOB and the only oflice which can furnish the lypographicu union label In :.orth Kootenay; a guarantee In Itself of good wort and promptnosa. ���'liRGUSON, B. Or, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY During the ambitious period of a.man's life to-day his energies are sapped by a system which throws him away like a limp rag as soon as the sap is wrung out of bim; or awakening intelligence provokes a nornVal dte- satisfaction, says the Socialist Spirit. Thousands and thousands and thousands are thus ground through the capitalist mill, the mere dry grist of profit-malfing civilization which haa no use for the thing which life is meant for���the human soul. Life is a progression; an unfoldment; a spiritual development. When your soul stops reaching out for higher things; when your hope is gone, and your ambition is gone; you may be walking about the streets, and riding on trains, but you are a dead man. Your ljfe is behind you. A society which reduces human beings to the dead level ot a machine like routine; which kills the creative instinct;, Which extinguishes hope before mid-life in reached; ti only a form of organized death. And yet it is this vast horde of patient, plodding slaves, dulled by routine and soul-quenched by years of exploitation who are keeping their fellows in slavery. (Life is one: We rise or we sink together.) _ f You may'hear them to-day vacuously echoing their master's declarations against Socialism; because, they say, Socialism would reduce all men to a dead level I They do not really think that tht eqaality of opportunity Socialists ar* striving for would harm them. They do not think it would benefit them. They do not think at all. Dead men do not think. A clerk who has worked ten hours a day for twenty years without a day's vacation looks at a caged canary and exclaims; . "Poor imprisoned little thing!" Is it sympathy; (jr self-pjty, think you? There fs never" to sorry a slave as the slave who imagines he is (ree. And day by day; step by step, age is creeping on, It is a sad thing, this realization that the world has no place for the old. The little children still love grandfather and grandmother. But their place by the fire-side is gone. The fire-s.i.de itself is gone. Hurry into yeur grave, old ment You have worked hard it is true. You have been making things for other's comfort all your life. But this is a busy world. There are profits to make. And you are in the way. and Humanity at a premium, and all the forms of evil at a discount, the chtirch would.try to save a drowning man and leave him in tha Water at the same time. The Socialist would pull the drowning man out of the water and get him on dry land before talking to him about his soul.���[J. K. T.., in Los Angeles Socialist. Letters of inquiry from stock buyers in the United States concerning a couple of mining companies operating in the United Sta���we mean the Lardeau���still continue to pour in at the Eagle office. The editor who reads them with an indescribable feeling, in which surprise, hilarity and contempt battle with one another for supremacy, mechanically turns the letter around, searches tbe envelope in vain for something palpable, and finally realizes the "naked" fact���parasiticis! Then he seizes his pen with a grin and writes: "My Dear Sir���My time is money, and so is pre* sumably yours. I cannot afford to work for nothing, and do not think that you can. You are number 1,356. Upon receipt of your check for $25 we will answer all questions asked and satisfy you in every respect, etc." As an invariable rule, the recipient of this missive recovers from his distemper spontaneously, and becomes silent as a clam. Thc Eagle may at times give peblicity to facts, concerning the methods ot certain mining stock companies, which contain too much truth to encourage the flotation and ready sale of capital stock, rather than treasury stock, but we may say right here, that the Eagle will fulfill what it believes to be its duty as a public press. Ihdignants may wax eloquent, but the Eagle has sufficient faith in thc beautiful mineral resources of this district to believe that it can best be brought to the front rank by unquestionable methods of flotation. The United States government has enacted a law to suppress anarchists, with a death penalty. This is the beginning of anarchism in that domain,, for in only such countries as these laws are already in force does anarchism thrive. To stamp" Out anarchism the conditions which create anarchy must be abolished. It all depends on how much money and power a man or corporation has as to what degree of an anarchist he or they may be termed, by the government officials. The methods of the honest and fakir mining broker are so near alike that it is hard to discriminate. But it is best to make your inquiries���not by asking for cheap advice from the local editor���before you buy. Figure the capitalization of the company, then the price asked for shares. Multiply these figures, and ask yourself a, plain question. The Eagle is in receipt of a signed letter from W. J. Landon of Winona, Minn., relating to his connection with the Metropolitan Gold and Silver Mining. Co. _ As the manager of that company will be in Ferguson in a few'days, the Eaole will then make inquiries, which, if not satisfactorily explained, will receive attention in a later issue. > Will the Greenwood Times aad other patriotic howlers of "spend your money in your own town" kindly tell the Eagle the difference between buying scab-made and sweat-shop goods in Toronto or at 'home." Who enjoys the "prosperity" derived from the additional profits made at "home?" If you are building or contemplate building we will be ple& sed to quote you estimates on anything made in our Stfsh and Door Factory and we feel confident that we can give you satisfaction in every pa rticular. Write: Sawyer Bros., Revelstoke, B. C. PL Ft ir the next month I Intend to make= ] Mail Order Watch Repairing A. Special! Feature. Having a first class mechanic at the head of this department, Mr, lt. N. Doylo, Lardeai dtes need not hesitate In sending their watches to me for repair. All work guaranteed at prices consistent with the lead market. I have the finest steek of Jewelry, Watches, Clocks, etc, in Nort h Kootenay. Call or write at onee. Will mall you a box to set id watches to me for repair upon application. J ft 11V Hnifhei* ne Hvvelattkt Jtweler, ��� UU/ AJtllWGl Rtvtlstoke, British Columbl: Everybody smokes A Our Special -AND- The Union CIGAR ���fhejp an al il Union m>d< and of tht fcest Hate aa Tobacco sioatr can bar* Try , toe and wUlify "������until U to their 1 lualttj. % Union Cigar Factory, H.A. Brown, Prop;, SMOKE UNION- MAKE cigars. There are Cheap and'Good Union-Mad e Cigars, but the SMOKE UNION- MAKE CIGARS. ' - Enterprise and Selkirk Brills, muufatt ��r��i ��r tha Eattrprlu ����������������������� ��f Oliar Co., Kivtli-toko, wouieo.u>lltdla +��*. ��� tfeiprovltMO I SMOKE UNION- T i ' ' SI MM.MHH SMOKE U^ON- T ������ . ���,������ ������,���,,. ���*, MAKE CIGAR*. I ��r lalo ty ��0|j�� ..a'^Uadl,,**, HoWU. || MAD1 C,0AM< ;; iiiiiiiotniniiniiiii iMimi��iii(}iinMinni! ��� Oh yes, this is a free country! But the men who have a cinch on another's bread and butter NMie pretty near engineering his destinies. If you've got the dust you have freedom���but not otherwise. To get ALL the Lardeau news read the Eagle. "Truth is stranger than fiction." M INK' ONION HILL ^f ^^Ferguson B. C. The big trusts have begun a systematic and specific war on the co-operative trusts that have been springing up. The big trust will eat up the little ones. But if the government were to go into business and establish a co-operative plant with all the people in it as co-operators, and should produce products without interest, rent or profit, and the private trust were to fail, which it would, that would be confiscation, we suppose? But it is not confiscation tor the big plants to ruin the little ones! No, that is simply the modern business methods. The trusts believe in confiscation when it applies to their little neighbors, but not when it applies to themselves. There is only one way to control trusts��� that is for the people to vote for Socialists for office and have the nation engage in the production and distribution of goods. It can't be done by co-operative plants nor by competition among the big ones. Friday, Feb. 14, 1902 FUENITUBE Carpets. Floor Oils, Linoleum, Wall jfcC Paper, Blinds, Etc. Agents for Pianos, Sewing Machines, Etc. '- " " ���- EMAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY ATTJtMDED TO= R. HOWSO^, FURHITUBE DEALER AND UNDERTAKER. ���KEVELSTOKE, B. (5. REVELSTOKE WINE & SPIRIT CO., LTD. le Liquor Dealers*^! Address: Revelstoke, British Columbia. The right ot a stockholder to inspect a mine of which he is part'.owner is recognized in New Zealand more fully than in this country, or indeed in any other mining country of which we are aware. The mining law of 1898 provides that any person owning a share or interest in any mine is entitled to enter and inspect that mine, with or without an attendant expert, on nny working day between the hours of no.on and 1 o'clock; and for nny manager or director to obstruct such Inspection is to commit an offense against the law, which is punishable by serious penalties. Even this is not considered sufficient, and a bill is now pending in the New Zealand Parliament to increase the time allowed and otherwise enlarge the stockholder's right to inspect his property.���The Engineering aud Mining Journal. The Socialist wants to change the conditions that influence the sinner for the six Hays. The Socialist promises to furnish a system of society that will offer an inducement for men to be good instead of bad, honest instead of dishonest, just instead of unjust. The Socialist would furnish conditions that would place Justice .Ferguson DANDY MINSTRELS You caw n't see them, you know. Whj? Uecause They are out of sight, unloss you whack down the dust at tbo Miners' Union Hall, Fereuaon, Friday Feb, 14th, 1902. Pyritic Joks, Vulcanised Riddles, High Grade legalisms* AQpodTime! Great Dojn'sl! Refined NippinslH To Conclude with a QRAND BALL. Packing and i-t^r^v"-* ._. . _ .*-? Transfer Outfit. Freighting ������ Contracts entered into for paoklng of Mining Supplies, etc., to any point ln the district. Good, prompt service, and any work undertaken guaranteed. Freighting from Thomson's Landing to Ferguson a specialty. Headquarters at Ferguson, B.C. "^ff S. Daney, Proprietor. I**************************.**** ******** Hotel Ferguson THE PIONEER HOTEL OF THB LARDEAU, The bar is supplied with the best brands 0/ (Pines, Liquors and Cigars. Headquarters for Mining and Commercial Men. Tenderfeet comforted, ' Rate, sa.otrn day and npwardi. Ferguson Bros,, Proprietors. nt*t**tt***i*****tt**$*n��***********Mi*tit**m ft ����������� When you reach Trout Lake City put up the Queens..Good accommodation ..Best of service,. Choicest wines, liquors and cigars,.Fire proof safe.. Abrahamson Brothers, Proprietors. Prices; Minstrel Show 60c. The whole cheese (show and ���" ball) 11.00, Commencing ��t 8 p. m. sharp, BEBT WINES, LIQUORS AND CI0AB8. BEST CUISINE SERVICE FINELY EQUIPPED BAR, REFITTED AND REFURNISHED BEST 13.00 A' DAT HOUSE . IR THE LARDEAU DISTRICT, Hotel L,a.rdeau J. Laughton, Proprietor. FERGUSON, B. C. HEADQUARTERS FOR MINIM AND MINING MEN., NEATLY FURNISHED, WELL LIOHTED AND HEATED ROOMS, SITUATED ON VICTORIA A* CONVENIENTLY " if,. &^ttjkM&&$&&& Tlie Socialist Movement in British Columbia Contributed by Member! ot tbo Socialist Party of B. C. r.t.f .......4 Official List of B. C. local). Executive Sec: Itrnojt Burns, ISO Powell St., Vancouver, B. C. Vniicouver.... ...... ,.,.*.,.jobmDodil, Sec. i ii-Wii..... .(I. LOS Charlton, 61 John St., See. MnilinO Geo. Kirby, Kee. 'ortMoody r* John Walton,See. l.cvolntoko c. W. Mitchell, Sec. Ferguson R. p. Pettiplece, See. Slocau H.J. Lipsott, Sec. silverton Walter Smith, See. New Dcnvor Duncan weir, 800, sandon James McDonald, Sec. Kulo ..Geo. T. k'auo, 80c. kelson: John Roberts, box M7, Hec. Kossland W. B. Baker, Sec. Trail Alfred Benkctt, 80c. l-raud Forks...-......-. J. A. McLeod,See. -in.'cnwOod J. 0- ���*> ,'���*-���> ���* ���>-����� *��� ��� ���*>*������> 5 ��� ������������-���-f On thi Items Wing I.Alt li I'AU OKI! SHIPMENTS, Tbe followini* id a list of Lardeau ore pro- ducers, amount ahipped and tbe gross returns, reiHirm of which have to be furnished monthly by mine owners to tbe provineial government John MeOullough, a good Socialist, fame down from tbe Cup on .Sunday. TI.e rawhldera from the Cup are bringing down about five tons of ore a day lo Eight Mile. "Tne old country subscriber I send .you wants Information more than I can write bim and the Kaolk will Oil the hill."���James Z. Hall, Vancouver. Programs for the "Dandy Minstrel" hIiow on St. Valentine's day nre now In tbo bands of tho printer. Keen your eye on their advt. in tbo Eaole next iosito. Some little difficulty bus been experienced, owing to the recent cold spell, with the local waterworks svs- tem. Looks good to Mr. Perry who is doing thc local plumbing. Smelter pay-day lust Saturday, Nettle L. and Double Ragle pay-day on Tuesday, and SllverCuppav-day whenever a mini comes down the hill. Verily Is Fersuson the pay-roll centre. There am two shipping mines in tbe Lardeau this winter, the Nettie L. and Silver Cup. The Triune, FSlnolt Warrior and Beatrice- will probably be among the main shippers next slimmer. The Western Mining World of Butte, Montana, Isdointrinod work for British Columbia, and the Lardeau receives no small share of the attention, tbo clipped from tbo Eaole oft times without cvedit. James Comorford, owner of th Mountain View group at the head of MoDunald creek, came down from tho Cup on Monday, wher,< he has beon nutting in shifts for the past three months. David Ferguson ho8 returned from a pleasant trip throughout Uncle Sum's domain and Ontario Peti-r Feriruson went on ti�� the Const where he win look'after some interests the Ferguson bl-othnrs havo over there Tbe remains of J. Roderick Robert- -*>n, who was Instantly killed last week "ny an explosion near a New York hotel, have been cromntod, that mode of disposal being known to be in nivordnnce witb the wishes of the deceased. Canadian 1'sellic stock Is purchase* able. Thero is every reason to believe that a control of it is already In tbe hands nf the friends of the North- lirn Securities Companv. with which ,11m Hill is soqlosejy identlfleil.���Paystreak. Tho subj'-ct for dabato nt. the lltt-rury society meet Ing tomorrow (Frldity) ove- ijlngli: '-Which his th������ greater; in- dueni-i' In tl"' wm Id, the writer or the sprakc"." Dr. W. E. Newnomho will captain the sido of the spoaknr, while It. P. Petti niece will ilefond the writers. Musical and vocal attractions will be provided. C. A. Hooper, of London, Enir., Interested In the Nittie L. mine, arrived In town on Sunday, and tvent tin the hill on Monday, leavlnd for the old countrv ncaln vi'stordtiy. He Is well pleased with theprogresnanld prospects of the banner mine, Mr. Hooper l->a truo type of an Km dish.mm. There i< nothing "chappy" about him. Tho state of Idaho for tho departed year is given credit for having produced precious nnd commercial metal-i lo the gross value of sis.nnn.nno. "f which ffrnnd total tl"- mines ,.f ti.,, Coeurd'Alenes iiiinlrthuted j(l.60l.,0p0, op an even half million dollars more than the value of the combined min cral outnut o( the, balance nf the state Tho Ferguson brunch of the Socialist Party of B, C, met us usual last Monday evening Five now memhefrs ivorp enrolled. The momhe-'s are look Ing for men who <-,,ri nut no an aryu- went niiiilnst Socialism, and Invit." i-vcrvhoily, Including Ibe ladles, to their moetlo-'*.. The mnvenirnt Is growing nml Is liolnr* organItsod Into a united liody in tliis distriot. A party of 12 (liver and copper mln. nrs, nine from Butte, Mont., n' d threi from Salt l.-ilte City, i *hcd San Francisco on route to Pern, says the Sun Francisco Examiner. All are skilled miners and on reaching the South American republic will mii-l In to Intend nee modern methods at. a mine near tbo vlllnee Hnnamtco, whore thoy will make their home. "We old timers," says Ferguson's lepal luminary, In the course of an artlclo lo the Eaole. Holv smok , ���ays n grlsaled prospector who i�� sa! ti have been a native or Lardeau an- ���orlor to the flood, why that man wasn't hore ten minutes before ho hnd to take off his shoes and run from Lau hton's hotol ti, Mrs. O'Connor's in order to work up a callous sufficient to qualify bim to pass an Inspection prior to admission to tho Tnnderfoot's club, soys tho Trout Lake Topic. Name. Pounds. -liver Tun 2,4i.ii,(HH) Nettio L Ueo.iKlO Triune 61!l.77il ItOHtrlco 44-t.isiO Greftl Northern 5n.imil Hrnadvlcw GSUMO Mlicl 34.000 Cromwell 23.2S9 t Uphir-Ude 12,000 Ml tetropolitau 11,974 St. Klwo 12.000 .... Ruffled Grouse 11,770 .... Unson View 80S.... < Old Gold V Horseshoe ��� t Black Warrior t Retarns and corrections aued for. Gross Val. 1180.000.00 KvMI.WI 82.S70.27 82,Mmi.UB 1.II44.IS) 1,1164.00 1.696 00 1.2H6.79 1,320.00 72600 610.00 607.19 6U7 Fred C. Elliott, BARRISTER, NOTARY PUBLIC, ETC., TROUT LAKE CITY B. C, AND ~ Ferguson, B. C. PAID BUSINESS LOCALS. * For anything* In the book or stationery line send to the Canada Drug & Book Co.. Revelstoke, B. C. Mail orders receive prompt attention. * The Revelstoke, Trout Lake & Big Bend Telephone Co., limited, has offices at Arrowhead, Comaplix, Thomson, Camborno, Trout Lake and Ferguson. Reliable service.' * The Feriiuson quadrille club gives a dance every Thursday evening in Miners' Union ball. Secure a membership ticket from the secretary, B. U. Smith $2 a month. * Smoker-!: If you want the GENU INE "Union" and "Our Special" CIOAR sec that "Union Cigar Factory" ie stamped in trilt letters on every box. ���H. A. Brown. Revelstoke, B. C. Harvey, McCarter $ Pinkham BARRISTERS, SOLICITORS. ETC. Offices: Revelstoke, Golden, and Ferguson. Solicitors for Imperial Bank of Canada. Geo. 8. McCarter. 3. A. Haivoy. A. M. Plnkbaa. J.M.Scott, B.A.,L.L.B. BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, KTC, OFFICES: McKIiN/.IKAVENUE, jievelstoke, B. C. S. Shannon, Assayer and Analytical Chemist. OFFICE: VICTORIA AVE., FERGUSON, B, C. IVATBK RIGHT NOTICE. WATER CLAUSES CONSOLIDATION, ACT 'W. '.' Thirty day* from date I, Charles W. Mc- Crosslin, Froe Miner's Certificate No. R.MU2, :ui owner of Und, Intend *$i> apply to the Gold commissioner for the light tii divert bv dam, Hume, ditch, pipe or otherwise fifty miner's inches of water from ll alter creek, tying to the vest of the North Fork of the Lardeau river, in the Trout Lake Miaing Division of British Columbia. The point of diversion of said water will be about l.r>iN} feet from where said creek falls into tho .North Fork of the Lardeau river, and said water ivill dc returned into the Lardeau river about 1.000 feet from tbe mouth of aaid Walker creek. The difference in altitude between th* point of diversion nnd exit willb��oJ5 feet or there* ti ho tiis. The purposes for which said water ii required are general, mechanical and industrial pur- pime**, ruch as Mmeltiny. (and all purposes loci- denial thereto), refining, crushing aud treating ore.* uf gold, silver, lead, copper and other minerals at the Mueller premise* now being creeled at or In the town or townsite of Fermi- mjii. H. (!., audou the site und .lands therewith connected, and for thc operation of a sufficient fire protection equipment for said plant, premise* nnd works, and for domes tic and sanitary pun nses. batcu nt Fergiuou, B. C, Sth dav of January, J9JJ. M. CHARLES W. McCROSBAN. NO! ILK TO DELINQUENT CO-OWNERS To Z.Gordon Ooldburg or L. Ooldberg.or to nny persou or per-on- to whom they may have i rant-, fcr red their hiterei-ts in tha Litile Hubert and Little Robert No. 2 mineral elaiiim sitimti* -tihe head c , ....., ���--fj. - iihcr soft or stiff, see to it that the ?unufne l* N I 0 N lUhel Im sewed in it. If u retailer linn looflo labels In bli bOKHc-sHion and * of* fi.TH to put one in a luit for you, do not i.atronizo Iii tn. lie _ itose labelH. Loom labela In retail 31urea uro counterfeltn. Do not linten to nny oxnlanatiiHi hh lo why the hat iiax no label. The Uenufnc Union Label Is 'Crforatc'l on the four edgea exeutljr tho Name us a ptmUge Rtautp, CouiitcrfuitH ur�� homo- times iterlorritcd on ilneo of tho (.due.), und Hinnt'tira-fsonly on two. Keep a sharp lookout for the counterfeits. Unprincipled fiiiiiiufm-- tureraAreuaint; them in order to pet rid nf tneir scab-made huts. Tho John H Ktetflon Vo. uinl lleury II. Itoelofn & t'.a,, both of 1'lilla* ilelphla, l'u.. are non-union uoncorns, JOHN a. MOFF1TT, President, OrtitiKU, N. J. JOHN' PHILUlUHcrretarv. VI 7��7 Itcdfnid Arc, Brooklyn, N.Y. CUMMINS & CO. Established 1896 General Merchants Ferguson Meat Market E. G. WOODWARD. j Fine stock nl ihe 1 I'Kf.SH liKI1.!*, I'OlfK, MX- I | hest AH-erm J TOjN, KOlXTKY, I'.lc, BtC. 1 P n i r Prices c, Mi,ie ordev" *,VM1?] ,, '��� I'rompt Dcllvcrv '"-'-' Shop Ope door east of Hnlel La'tli'aii. '_ -. tVVNADl^N; WORLD'S SCENIC ROUTE. Drugs and Stationery Prescriptions Carefully liiid AcourfttolyOottlpoUtidetl. A. F. RANKINE P. t). BL^CK', '"-"*-""!������"������ ���. ���'' ' ���-^ttwriitcnv, n, c. IDIRECTLINE LOWEST RATES EAST, Wfnnlpeg Toronto ��� Ottawa Mimiri'iii Now York WK8T, Vancouver Vli-toila Kuatile Pur Hand Man Krmnieeo VIA. 800 LINK St. Paul, Chicago and all V. 8. points TOURIST KLEliPEP. 8BRVI0E KuHt-Lenvft Itevelntoke Wod., Prf. mid sun. Leave Dtinninpre ���lunctlon Mon., Thur. ainl hat. Leave Kooien��y Lainiiut; Triday, Ht, Piuil, Toi-ento, Motitieal, Huh- ton. V'eM-LoaVe Kevelstoke Mon.. Wed. and Ki,-!. Vancouver. -Seattle. Cttaet Kteenifihin bcrvleo. From \ancjuver to AlftflJH.Ila* wall, China, Japan, AuKtralla. Through lloobinga to Europe via. all Atlnntle Lines. Prepaid Tickets from all Points at L-owext Kates. J. S. CARTER, E. J. COYLK, D. P. A., Nelson. A.G.P.A., Vaneouvor. J, DONOVAN, Acent. Arrowhead. * Until Mui'oh Ht tbo Kaulk will be nulled to clubs of twenty Hubf-ci-ibbra atGOouycar. Tbis ahould double tho in-esoni.oir-julation in ono mouth. Molp the Eagle u> holp yourself by rustling i club of twenty. C. B. Hume & Co. | Wholesale and Retail I General .Merchants | Tho Inrgoat Importers in North Kootenay. ' Stores at Revelstoke and Ti*out Lake City, B. C. | i*******fa&^t��>&ti9$0&W**t <*******Q*$*M>******M* You Can Always Depend Upon (,'etiinK the Best Workman: ship anil the Best Material!) for your money, when you buy yogr clothes ftom Sc Wilcn n merchant tailor, -f;*0. K.m ..BARBER SHOP.. All branch es of the Tonsorial Art (������{.Tilted wtthiimliidextriitiinti-xt-ril'.'. ... HOT C )R COLD1 BATHS... 'Wm, Schnell, Prop. I Tht/ jiay roll wntrc u ao tl!'-* (>lui:t? K.mro ].anti*au^ H-uJ|��Ltlnist niliii'sare loouitfil, lutii- .uutetl <*.i unie.i '���ouli:i'u.��t. oi Itevelittokc. From Kevoltttoku io A rr-owlinad by roil.'-M mik"-; (roin Arrmv- lit'.td to 'I'iifiiiiKon'ii l.,ai- diU[( by i o*,, 12 iuIIch; from t��0 I.iiii-lin*: . to KEUtiUSON, hy hor io or Htajie, U mtleit. Come fttruigUt t�� Petguiou. (nve��tlf[atU iu��iurt*U.