/ 1 _. \ a The Eaqle 1 VOL. III. NO. 37. i >��� ���= FERGUSON, BRITISH COLUMBIA, OCTOBER 24. 1901. ��2.00 A YEAR. I Mining Mon Must Exercise Patience and Stick-To-u.Itiveness. Mining Prospects Should Always Be Given Fair and Honest Development. ALL MEN ABE NOT Two of the most unfavorable symptoms in the mining fever are impatlenoe and restlessness���the inordinate desire to hastily convert a promising prospect into a paying mine, and the hallucination that at some remote point or place the mineral conditions are more favorable. The mining interests of the country have suffered a great deal from those clearly definable mental conditions into which mining men are apt to fall. Impatlcneo has IVrocfcod Mora Mim and mining; communities than almost any other cause, says tho Butte Mining World. Hasty development ia likely to prove expensive and unprofitable. The desiro to make a mino before a claim has been properly prospected haa so often resulted disastrously as to give tho mining industry a speculative character to which it is not entitled. Prospectors and miners, like actois, often acquire a faith in a favorable destiny Not Justified ny tho Conclusions of good judgment. Their money is often invested mere on faith thtm on tbo findings upon which the preliminary steps of mino malting arc supposed forest. Even when all the conditions justify the attempt to create a produ clog mine, patience is essential to sue cess. OncOv satisfied that his vein conforms t.o tho ��� proper mineral und geological conditions, thc minor should, in the language of the street, "stay with it." Montana's most conspicuous example of patience and successful mining Is that of Mr. Thomas Cruse, of Helens It is said that for seven long, weary years, despite hardships and discouragements of all kinds, ho worked faithfully on tho Drum Lummon mine, which finally bloBsomod into A Marvelous Unlit Mine and made its owner.a millionaire. Many prospectors have shown just as much ability to find promising leads as did Mr. Cruse, and like' him have lived to see their discoveries developed into paying minos; but unlike bim, and such mon as Mr. Stratton of Colorado, thoy did not possess tho stiek.-to-a-tivo facility and surrendered the advantages acquired by thoir kuowlopgo arid skill. Through Lack of Htitylng Qualities the average prospector wbo enjoys tho distinction of having located a great mining property has his enjoyment badly frilled along tho edges by the faot that tho ontiro product of that property goes Into other pockots than his own. It is related that an Irishman abandoned a mining property, which was subsequently developed into a great mine by sinking au additional ton feet in thc shaft. Wheu hu heard of tbo nows ho registered a vow of patience ia tho following languige; "Bogorra, if Oi Ivor get discouraged agin Oi'll sink tin fate furdor afore 01 quits the diggin's." A fortunate delayed telegram of tho owners ot tho property, directing discontinuation of tho work, prevented the abandonment of what afterwards bocame the famous Granite Mountain mine. Only a fow hours delay, in which A c.ruut Strike Was Registered In the mino, stood between its owners and tho millions that afterward found their way into their pockots. Montana alone could furnish enough illustrations of this type, showing the value of patience, to fill a book. If tho farmer, the merchant, tbe manufacturer, or tho professional man, demanded as quick returns from his investment of labor, capital and brains, as does the ownors of mining propei tin, tha entire system of our olvll life would go to pieces. In nearly ovory vocation of life, patience, extonding through many years, must bo exercised as the price of success, yot In tbo mining industry many Valuable Properties Are Abandoned if tho exploitations of perhaps loss than a twolvo-month fall to reveal tho coveted promise of wealth. If a mining property is worth developing at all, it is worth a patient test of merit, even if years of work are to follow a careful analysis of the mineral and geological conditions that environ the property, before victory is achieved. Impatience is often augmented by its twin symptom of restlessness that sees in tbe glorious and beyond brighter prospects than can bo hoped for in the present surroundings. Men Who Ought to Know Better suffer from this mlneralogical complaint, whioh takes hold of the system whenever a case of Indigestible impatience to get rich impairs the circulation of good impulses and effects the normal conditions of the mind. Thus it happens that so many well-to- do mining men Overlook Home Opportunities for the attractions of the North Pole, as tha csue may be, floundering around ''from post to pillar" in search of tho hiding placo of the fickle goddess of fortune. The dream of some golden Utopia takes possession of tbeir mind and tbo mirage of coming triumphs fills the otbit of their vision. If wealthy, thoy deprive the community or country in which they livo ofthe money, which, If Invested at Home, would double aud treble itself In short order; if poor, thoy transfer themselves as productive factors of labor to tlie tinsel-trimmed elsewhere Thus many prospectively prosperous mining campi aro robbed ot a fair opportunity to demonstrate their worth to the world LARDEAU'S MODERN TOWN Nearly Three Hundred Lights Con traoted For in Ferguson Yesterday. Tho Lardeau Power and Light Co., represented by Mr. Sawyer of Revelstoke, havo decided to install n lighting plant, which is now on tho way, in Ferguson without delay. Tho com pany asked for a guarantee of 225 IGc.p. lamps for a period of six months and yesterday nearly 300 were contracted for by Fergusouites. Besides thn hotels, business bouses and residences thore is to bo six street lights for which the to wnsito ownors have agreed to pay $5.00 a month, while a public committee will arrange for payment of the balance. Mr. Sawyer left for Revelstoke yesterday and will have a stock ot appliances shipped In at once, so tbat the buildings can be wired without delay. Separate contracts will be let, upon Mr Sawyer's return, for the completion' of tho dam, the station, tho poles, and the outsido wiring, so that thoro will bo as littlo delay as possible. If men nro avail able an<< thero is no unlooked delay in tho arrival of tho machinery Ferguson will bo Illuminated by olectricty beforo Christmas. Work hns boon suspended indefinitely on tlio Mountain Lion group. Tho second payment on tho American group is past due. The local saw mill is running full blast and Mr. Anderson may find it necossary to run a night and day shift to koop up with the orders. ��� Development work is progressing nicely at the Horsoshoo on Trout creek. Mr. Hillman hopes to make a small shipment next month. Work will bo continued all wlntor. Messrs. Beaton and Kinman have completed tbeir contracts on the Landing-Camborne road. This shortens the route from the, northeast Arm to Camborne by two and a half miles. Will some kind person Inform us the difference between buying scab-made goods from eastern sweat-shops and scab-made goods in western retail stores? If the purchaser demanded the union ltbel from both lt would be a ���top ia tbe right dlraotlon. Mining Stook Quotations are Only Useful to Manipulators. Use Your Own Judgment and Don't Swallow all That is Told You of Stook Values. The Eagle has often been asked by outsido correspondents why it never published mining stock quotations. We have good reasons for not doing so, and, as the Mining World says, "while it is customary to embellish the columns of a newspaper with voluminous quotations as to the market valuos of mining stock, probably nothing is more unreliable in the whole range of commercial literature than such quotations. Aside from a few regular dividend paying mines, where tho output of oi e varies but little, stocks aro so sensitive to every rumor that the quotations of one day may bo unsafe to prodict their valuo on tbo following day. Not only the rumored condition of tho property itself, but tho interest manifested In adjoining properties, the prospective developments to be made In the district, the riso or fall of in tho prloe of machinery likely to bo needed; and a thousand and one other conditions affect the selling values of non-dividend paying stock. Thus it happens that quotations The Lardeau District as a profitable field for tlio judicious advertiser is unexcelled in tin.-, provinco. THE LARDEAU EAGLE Is the only medium actually covering the district, An ad, ir the EAQLE will roaota more people in F��rgU8on( Trout Luke City, Thomson's Landing, Coma, pllx, t'amborne, Arrowbeiul, Ten Mile, Circle (lily and every KolHury iniiie in the distriot, than any other paper publishod. N'o other district In Canada orfers Buob splendid opportunities for Knod, wide-awake advertisers, Do you want more business? Then write nt once for our advertising rates and plane your patronage iu the only medium that actually covers the ftold-THE LARDEAU EAQLE Job Printing The EAGLE is tho only printing oftlre ill North Kootenay which can furnish tho Typographical t'nton Label .upon your printed mutter. This (ilono is a guarantee of fair wage conditions and best workmanship. .Mail orders tilled promptly. Let the EAGLE print your printing; always neat, clean and attractive. are, in tho nature of tilings, misleading. They servo a purposo only in showing tho general trend of values in a certain property, in which thu estimates may be overdrawn. An element of guesswork necessarily enters into the stock market. This is peculiarly truo of mining stocks. It may be said that tbey aro worth what they will command in the market, but ignorance of rumors or facts affecting tho condition of tho property must bo largely depended upon to give stability to market values. Many classes of stocks aro bulled or boared by extraneous conditions thnt havo littlo to do with tho actual productive valno of tbo proporty represented. Thoy have a speculative feature ontiroly distinct from their absolute value. Thus roil- road stocks, representing linos whose business will vary but fow points year in und yoar out, will riso nnd fall re- sponslvo to their speculative values. Mining stocks however, fluctuate in response to a bolief that tho mining proporty is growing bettor or worse as a prospective producer of ore. This belief may bo based on facts or rumors utterly without foundation���the selling value of tbo stock is affected for better or worso. In view of these facts the habit ot publishing mining stock quotations serves no publio purpose and is of little practical value to the man who is looking for investments in that direction." NOW WOBTHV OP PATRONAGE. Under date of Sept. 28, the Boot and Shoe Worker's Union auuounoes that the Ames Holden oompaoy ot Montreal) Ltd., has permitted thoni to organize their factory in every department, and havo signed an arbitration contract with thu union datod Sept. 17th, 11)01, In which it la agreed tbat all disputes between tho firm and tho various unions in the shoe trade, whioh cannot bo settled by mutual agreement, shall be submitted toil board of arbitration composed of ono person to represent thc firm, one to represent tho union, and tho two thus chosen to select a third. Under this agreement the International Union bas issued Union Stamp No. 114 to tho Ames, Holden company, and their boots and shoes will In tho futuro bear an impression of Union Stamp No. 114. McKinnon & Sutherland handle their product in Ferguson. I.X.L. BOND TtlKOWN IIP. M. B. Wobber and associates have, at tho instance of their representatives here, thrown up thoir $30,000 bond on the I.X.L. group at the head of Brown creek, after spendiug $3,000 in development. A fino chuto of ore was run through while, drifting in on the ledgo when only ten foet underground, but further development was deemed un warrantable by tho bond holders. The men employed on tho property came down tho bill on Saturday, and the supplies have been packed over to the Black Warrior, where tho same syndicate will now seol: fortune. ' FLANS CHANGED The C. P, R. Will not try Winter Navigation on Trout lake. THAT'S OUIl Hl'SlNKSS. Kvory mail brings lettei'3 to this office asking for "confidential" Information concerning this or that mining property. A $2.00 bill will secure all we know of them throughout a wholo year. Jar loose, and "ive us a chance to live ou something' other than tho climate. BONDED THISTIME FOR$6O,0OO M. B. Webbor and Associates Secure the Black Warrior Group. An agreement of bond was signed in Revelstoke on Monday last between M. B. Webber et al of Winona, Minn., and Thos. Horn and TI. N. Coursier, owners of the Black Warrior group, a well known MuDnnald creek basin property, upon which considerable work has beon done. Tho price Is $60,000) the payments extending over a period of two years. S. Shannon will represent thc new syndicate hero and superintend development work. A cabin was built, and provisions packed iu some weeKs ago whilo lhe property was held by Chas. W. McCrossan wlio afterwards decided not to accept the bond. This supply bas been supplemented, aud n forco of men, with Tom Horn as foreman, lonvu for tlio Warrior today to commence work for the winter. They will sack ore as encountered and shipments will bo mado regularly as soon as tbey can get over the summit witb tlio ore next season. A GOAT lltKHK PRODUCER. Work on tbo Beatrice mino in tho Lardeau, tho two-thirds Interest in whicli was bonded recently from the Boucher Brothers, is now well undor way. A force of ton men aro now at work driving a 500 foot tunnel which is calculated to tap the lodge at that depth. Tho lesses of the property expect to ship 600 tons of ore this winter. Tbis oro will bo shipped in tho name of the bank, as undor tbe terms of tho bond ���tho proceeds from all shipments ovor the cost of mining, freight and treatment are to bo applied upon tho purchase prico 850,000 for the Boucher interest. The first payment on this amounted to $1000. The frame work of G.B. Batho's new building is up. It will be utilized as a drug store by A, F. Rankine when completed. Robert Gunn's building on Victoria avenue is almost completed. Wm. Schnell w ill oconpy the first floor with an uptodate barber shop and bath rooms, I k ID. The new Route Taps More Mines, And Gives More Tonnage With Less Mileage. DIRECT TO FERGUSON Following closo upon the newsol the early establishment of a smelter plant in Ferguson by Chas. W. McCrossan, and tbe opening of a branch of the Imperial bank here, comes the welcome intelligence from a C.P.R. official, whose name is witheld on that account, tbat the railway company have altered their plans with regard to whero the railway will be built. Thn road will bo completed to the foot of Trout lako this winter all right, but no slip or wharf is to be built at eithc:' Twin Falls or Trout Lake. Thc com pany have decided to utilize the old survey of tho Kaslo and Lardo-Duncan railway, which started to build to this place in '07, but was afterwards bought off by the C. P. R This means that tl,c present branoh will como direct to Ferguson on the eastern slope of Trout lake, thus solving the question of winter navigation on the lake. It will also tap more mines witti less mileage than by the old plans. The C. i\ R. people are business men, ami for this reason alone tbeir present move io easily understood. They want the most tonnage for tho least mileage, and hy carrying out tbe above plans they will attain tlieir object. We neod not be surprised to see the iron horsi rounding the curve at til is end of Silver Cup mountain, across tlie valley from Ferguson, by this time next year. Others that wo know of may hear tho whistle, but they will hardly seo tho smoke. A RIVAL FOR CAMBORNE. One result, of townsite owners not advertising is now to bo seen in the Fish creek eamp. Tbo Camborno pooplo imagined tbey had a cinch, but never announced it In a newspaper. Now comes (1. F. Goldsmith with a rival foi" Camborno. The new townsite is Goldfiolds, and if we mistake not the-o will bo moro paid publicity than heretofore concerning Camborne. Mr. Goldsmith recently purchased from Roger E. Perry an interest in this townsite, and with Mr. Perry will proeeed'to slash the timber and lay out streets, survoy and plot the ground at. once. Messrs. Goldsmith and Perrj jave tbo making of a splendid town- site in Goldfiolds, adjoining as it does tho famous Camborno group, which comes right down to the townslto limits. A SELF HADE TOWN AND CAMP. Ferguson is growing. It is equipped witb private waterworks,; has it bank, and an electric light system is boing installed; tho railway is making direct for Ferguson mines, and a smelter plant on tbe townsite is among the. probabilities for this winter. Tho mines aro gradually increasing their working force and Ferguson's pay roll. Business is improving, there aro few idle men, tho standard wage is paid, thoro are no labor troubles, the oro output is increasing, and tho camp generally is prosperous. This happy state of affairs was brought about by tho residents tbemselvos who aro not waiting for outsido capital but creating their own wealth from our rich mineral resources. A HIGH-GRADE SHIPMENT. Andrew Ferguson is away to tbe Trail smelter with the last shipment of Triune ore for this season. According fo check assays made here tho returns will he highor than over before. T &��ft Advertising Ratos r otiiin l��r(:. 10 o li|uirlolj Im. act, ntt.lit ,1 aa per lino ei ! Display ���mli. Logi ads., ��i.oo per i'ii mis rtion; Hcenli lading Qotlooi Ninety day 1 fiiiys. ���>;..,il: lliiri Nn ads. accepted ul lesa than full rates. Subscription nates: By mull or carrlor,|2.00 per annual; 11,00 fur six months. To lorolgn addresses ?2.5U. Stoppvil Ht expiration. Job PilnUng i Tin' Eagle job department is the boat oqurppod OflloO 111 North Kimli'lliiv. and in prepared to oxooute all kinds of printing at bonost prlooB, Address all oommunloattons to THE LARDEAU EAGLE, FERGUSON, B. C. THURSDAY, OCTOBER il, 1901. The problem of temperance reform can be best dealt with at the present lime by the elimination ot private profit from the sale of intoxicants. salmon eggs are in process of development at the Tappen Siding hatchery, which will in due course find tbeir way into the river to ultimately provide material for the Fraser river canneries. A number of men are employed at this hatchery, whicli is a Dominion government establishment. But oh dear no, the government couldn't employ a few more men and operate the rest of the Industry. As Puck well says, what fools we mortals be. The pessimists who look wise and tell you that Ferguson's progress was on paper only should start a little Knockersville ol their own. They are out of their element in the pay roll.centre. The C. P. R. has apparently made up its mind to go after the output of tbe Slocan and Lardeau mines, almost the entire product from which is now being treated at the Trail smelter, and there is also an unconfirmed report that the great corporation intend taking immediate steps for the establishment of a re fining plant, in time to claim the bonus of $5 per ton granted hy the Dominion government lor lead refined in Canada before July, icjos. The opening months ot 1902 are likely to see the output of silver-lead ores substantially increased and the production for the entire country brought nearer to the normal stage than has been tbe case for the last half, if not the whole, of 1901. None of the much advertiesd bonanza lands ot the country or the world offers greater and richer opportunities to enterprising prospectors and miners than this camp, of which Ferguson is the centre and metropolis. Judging from the silly questions the EAOLE is asked by easterners every week by letter, some of them are innocent enough to believe that every mining claim blocked out on a map is a mine. Some people acquire their experience, others buy it. But it all goes to make up life. The development in the Lardeau mining district during the past year has been phenomenal. The rich strikes this season, the steady and permanent showing where work has been done and the actual production of ore have ail aided in stimulating mining and no camp in B, C. basal present greater activity. It will be quite within the truth to estimate that the merchants of Forguson have turned over more goods in the last three months than tbe merchants of all ihe other towns in the district combined. A growing mining camp such ns this is a large consumer, while it produces nothing but natural wealth and wiser men. Now that a bank is being established in the commercial centre of the Lardeau and Trout Lake mining district the postal authorities should see that we are given a mail service throughout the winter equal lo that provided during the summer season, lixtra caution should also be exercised in delivery, since the mail bags may be worth "looking into" from time to time. In these modern days of mining the investor is not bound to put his money into' a proposition simply because he has "faith" in it, probably not justified by good judgment. How many mining companies in the Lardeau have had their properties examined by a competent mining engineer? The average stock company will not pay enough to get a thoroughly reliable mining man on tlieir ground, in fact they don't want him there. The usual "report" is settled for on the basis of its value to the promoter. The greedy promoter will not pay enough tor a good property. All he wants is a piece of ground, a miningengineerV'report," flashey lithographed certificates of slock and his nerve. The rest comes easy. Ask a man to put his money into anything else, but mining stock, on earth without him knowing something about it and he would think you were crazy. But he buys mining stock just the same. Why ? Because lie either expects to get something for nothing or locate the sucker born the following minute. There is good and bad in all flotations of companies, but surely the mining industry gets more than its share of the latter. "If the Western federation of miners would invest the same amount of capital on a few j good milles, as tlioy are spending; to protect] their Interests, they could readily provide cm- ployment for their entire membership, and all would be equally Intorostod in the welfare and proliis ol the undertaking."���Lardoau Eagle. If the Eagle and other papers who seem to be in the confidence of the people who direct the miners' unions could induce their Iriencls to change their policy as indicated in lhe above paragraph, there would he no more complaint about hard times in British Columbia. The advice of the EAGLE to its friends, the union miners, is sound and sensible advice, and if carried into effect would not only put money into their own pockets, but benefit the country at large. In the present strike at Rossland and North- port, union miners have lost and spent more money than would buy, develop, equip and operate several lirst class mines. They have also lost and spent more money during this strike than they will get back in increase of wages in thc next ten years.���Calgary Herald. While the Eagle agrees with the Herald that a policy such as outlined above would result in good to all, we can not for one minute admit that the miners would be justified in throwing their principles to the four winds. To begin with, tbe Rossland strike has not cost the miners a hundredth part of what the Herald estimates. Were the miners and other trade unions to kneel nnd cringe to the whims of every foreign mine manager who happens to be temporarily at the helm the whole community would scon be reduced to the level of the low-wage camera coal mining districts. A standard wage-scale has been adopted in B. C. for miners, and outside of Rossland it is paid without a murmur. But if Rossland was reduced to a low-wage camp, others would soon follow. Hence the necessity of winning the present fight. The miners cannot afford to lose it, and they will not lose it. Once this fight is over, however, the miners should jointly go into business for themselves, as a side investment. fill ordets for V ��� quantity of - r Sash and Doors James Anderson Ferguson Saw Mill I an: prepared to any description 0 Lumber on the shortest notice. I am agentTor Sawyer Bros.' * Sash and Door ���Factory and will bo pleased to fill orders. * ***r www**r ***rw *r**��rw*s��:w1 Ed. Bell's Pack Train Rawhiding Contracts ==zSolicited= STABLES: TROUT LAKE AND FERGUSON ri a The pay roll centre and tlio plnce w I f\4T*-���-4rs /\+\ I mlnoB itru located, is situntvil i>0 miles HfJrf Till fill I From Revelstoko to Arrowhead w ra lllVIINIIII * l��oad to Thomson's Landing by boat, 12 1 \JL WllOU 11 I toFEUOUaON.by borso or Btaue, 1(1 uiquvuu ��� -porgU8tm investigationcourtflay The pay roll centre and tho plnce where Lardeau's shipping mines are located, is situated t>G miles southeast of Kevelstoke! rail, 28 miles; from Arrow- . 12 miles; from tho Landing l(i miles. Come straight to REVELSTOKE WINE & SPIRIT CO., LTD. Wholesale Liquor Dealersi^llanufacliirers of Aerated Water Address: Revelstoke, British Col nubia, i Everybody s mokes Our Special ���; AND The Union CIGAR They arc all Union made nnd of lhe bast Havana Tobacco money can buy. Try ono ami satisfy yourself as to their cjnality. Union Cigar Manufacturing Co., Revelstoke, The place where the mines are is the place whore the towns are Ferguson receives the pay roll benefit from all the shipping mines A. F. RANKINE With the Coast to Kootenay railway the C. P, R. will have no need of connecting Revelstoke with the Crow's Nest as a through line. Hence the change in the company's construction plans in this district means that our branch will be cxpressely for local traffic. This is ono reason why they want to tap the most mines and get the most tonnage with the least mileage. It is unfair enough to the public of Canada to let a few money- grabbers corral all the salmon in our rivers, but when the Dominion government continues to run hatcheries to further the selfish interests ofthe private opcralor it is well nigh time the elector went to sleep for good. At present 8,000,000 Constant contact with the miners and laborers of this province has impressed the writer with the heroism and self-sacrifice that goes to make up the working classes. When one ol their number is injured by a premature blast, a falling rock, or the thousand and one mishaps which may occur in a mining camp, how willingly do we sec them come to their injured brothers assistance with money and sympathy. The workers may lack polish, but they are genuine. Among them the real heart-throb of humanity is felt. They have faults, and grievous ones, but their virtues are sufficient for us to have no fear of the co operative commonwealth wrought out of such material. It is true that they appear to be slow in wakening, but they are wakening, no doubt of that. Sooner or later they will free themselves. And when they do such shocking scenes as have been witnessed in this province, on the Fraser, at Rossland and on every hand in a daily struggle for existence, will vanish once and for all. If ever there was a time when these men should join forces and unitedly demand fair representation, and with the ballot secure what is their own, it is now. Organization and education is the present need. Let us have lots ot it DruggistAND Stationer FERGUSON, B.O. 1 I 1 "~ I IIP DIAN u?fPi m$k i I 1 1 i SMOKE UNION- MAKE CIGARS. There are Cheap and Good Union-Made Cigars, but the SMOKE UNION- MAKE CIGARS. SMOKE UNION- MAKE CIGARS. Enterprise and Selkirk Brands, manufactured hy the Enterprise t Cigar Co., Revelstoke, are unequalled in tho provinco , For sale by Ferguson's Loading Hotels. Ask lor them, SMOKE UNION- ADE CIGARS. 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. Scenic Line ofthe World EFFECTIVE OCTOBER ill. Kootenay Lake Service. Leaves. Tucs., Trior., Sat. 22.00 Arrives Lardo T��c��.,Thur���sat��� Arrow Lake Service lfT Arrowhead Arrives 14,60 Arrow Lake Branch. Leaves Jo.10 Arrowhead Arrfvc3 n.Jto TbrnuKli tickets issued to mid Irom all points in Canada and tlie United hihIoh. WtenniBhip service from Vancouver to China, Japan, Australia and Alaska. General AgdntB tor all Atlantic s. s. Lines. For time inblcs, rates and full Information call on or address neiirust local ajjent. i Hotel Ferguson 1 THE PIONEER HOTEL OF THE LAIIDEAF, Jft The bar is supplied with the best brands 0/ | /Pines, Liquors and Cigars. I Headquarters for Mining and Commercial I Men. Tender feet comforted, | S.no a rtuy and ���ijnv.ud--. <& Ferguson Bros., Proprietors. | The King's Hotel * Newly Built Newlv Furnished Three Storeys High !st and Biggest Slock of Wines, Liquors nnd Union-Made Cigars in the Lardeau Well Lighted, Furnace Heated. t JAMES CUMMINGS, rHOPHIETOB. Victoria Avenue, East, Ferguson, B. C. ^M&^ttffiW^ * _, I i J. S. CARTER, E. J. COYLK, D. P. A., Nelson. A.U.P.A.. Vancouver. J, DONOVAN, Agent, Arrowhead. 1 * 1IF.ST WINES. LIQUORS AND CIGARS. BEST CUISINE SFKVlf F FINELY EQUIPPED UAH. REFITTED AND REFURNISHED.' I1EST S2.00 A DAY HOUSE ; IN THIS LARDEAU DISTRICT. Hotel Lardeau J. laughton, Proprietor. FERGUSON, B. C. HEADQUARTERS FOR MINERS AND MINING MEN..... NEATLY FURNISHED, WELL LISIITED AND HEATED ROOMS, CONVENIENTLY SITUATED ON VICTORIA AVE. fcsHHSHSHj*: _c it SCREAMLETS Tho ignorant are always tlio most deeply impressed with thoso things whioh tiro farthest from thoir comprehension. Fred C. Elliott, The bite of a mosquito is annoying, and tlie Into of a su:t!:n Is dreadful, but lb makes one fool soro all ovor to be bitten in Ibe back by a friend. BARRISTER, NOTARY PUBLIC, ETC., TROUT LAKE CITY B. C, AND Ferguson, B, C. Blindou" by present nocosslty, deceived by capitalist cajolery, tho small trador trucklos servilely to his enemy and furthers bis own destruction. No less than 110,000 person" bad warrants served upon ilium last yoar lu Now York alonu because tbey wore unable lo pay tbeir ront. And still tlioy vote in their landlord's interests. Human society can rid Itself of assnssliij only by ceasing to produce them. Private murder cannot be stamped out by public murder. No life will be snored until all life is sacred. The man who owns the tools may go to Europe every year to bonollt his health. The man who works tho tools must stay at homo all tbe time, and dostroy his health.���Citizen anil Country. In tho so-called republic of France, the common people aro considered and treated as mere cattle. The French ''republic" is not tbo French people; it is the French capitalists and their protecting military. As soon as yon hear a man knocking or maligning a newspaper or nows- paper manager you can bet with safety that thoro has boen somo truth-telling done. Unvarnished truth is bad medicine for tho knocker. To the prosperity-howlers who con tend tbat thore Is no d iscontent in Uncle Sam's domain, we respectfully submit tlio following press despatch: "Assassin Czolgosss is boing sent thousands of lottors and fruit and flowers by morbid people. Nono of it reaches him. He is kept shut out from the world." How does this strike you, Mr. White Wage Earner? Here is what tho selnsb socialist organs say: Eight hundred Japanese will be takon to Dawson to work in tho placer diggings this coming winter. It is believed that tho employment of Japanese at low wages will enable the minos to be worked much more economically. If Christ woro to como on earlh today Ho would lind a wholo lot of money-mad, grasping looters wlio be. long to and constitute the self-styled upper classes, who have forgotten all about His teachings and who knoe to idols ol gold and have nothing but curses for tho children of poverty mado such by thoir grasping greed,- Cigiirinakers' Journal. You cannot pacify all hungry men by telling them that Heaven is for them. It is no good trying to tell a joke to a man in agony. Human lifo can only be sustained upon tlio earth. If society therefore Is organized as to mako all the material resources of the earth tlio private property of less than all tbo people:���if a single man is left outsido,���then this man becomes an enemy to society, llonco the oxistonco of anarchists. Socialism will obliterate anarchy. Labor organizations aro truly tho poor man's churi'li. They aro for the social, moral, Intellectual and linnm eial elevation of mankind. Thoy bind men closer together in friendship, ae sist ouch other In attaining a highc ollicieney in tlio various pursuits of tho trade upon whlcii depends thoir daily bread, assist a brother whon out of employment. When sickness and doiith visit a member's family the society furnishes to tho boreaved both moral and financial support.���Independent. As long as thousands or men and women do not lind lifo worth living, somo of them will bo willing to give up that lifo for what they mistakenly consldor the good of their follows. The ultimate roraedy is justice, to make lifo worth living for all. Whon all the resources of civilization aro used for tho benollt of all, and not lor the benefit of a fow as at present, thon lifo will bo, worth living for all. When un injiify to one is tho concern of all, when tho social organism ia tho servant of the lowliest as woll as of tho highest then lifo will be worth living for all then assassination neod never be feared.���Socialist Spirit, auout tho death of McKlnoly. Harvey, McCarter 4! Pinkham BARRISTERS, SOLICITORS, ETC. OFFICES: REVELSTOKE AND GOLDEN. Solicitors for Imperial Hank ol Canada, Goo. s. McCarter. J. A. Harvey. A. 5f. Pliikbarfl. J.M.Scott, B.A.,L.L.B. barrister, solicitor, etc. offices: Mckenzie avenue, Revelstoke, B. C. (Ieo. W, 'Joroy, It. Lytnan.Jr., U.S., E.M., Mining Engineer. Memh. A. I. M. E. Corey 6} Lyman, Mining Engineers. Lardeau properties managed- SSS&t wt Ferguson, B. C. nMT>aawiy,.ivvvvmmvmBBBam&iai'aa!>&r EThe Townsite of_ ���r*j lis Now on the Market: Methodist Church Ferguson : Service fn Eaglo hall every .Sunday at 8 p.m Sunday school at'J p.m. Trout Lake Clt" . Services iu Forrester's hall every Sunday ftt 7;S0 p.m. Sunday school utii.'oOp.m, REV. B. J, GREEN. Pastor. S. Shannon, Assayer and Analytical Chemist, OFFICE: VICTORIA AVE., FERGUSON, B, C. 'G/STERfc? THIS IS TII E UNION LABEL of the United Hatters of North Amoriea. When vou aro buv- j iiiK a FUR HAT, either soft or stiff, see to it tluii tho genuine U N1 0 N Label is Bfwed in it. If a retailer hos loose labels in his possession ami offers to put ono in a hut for you, do not patronize him. Ho has not any right to have loose labels. Loose labels in retail stores are counterfeits. Do not listen to any explanation as to why tho bin has no label. Tho Genuine Union Label is perforated on the four edges exactly the same as a postage stamp. Counterfeits aro some* times perforated on three of the edgos, and sometimes only on two. Keep a sharp lookout for tho counterfeits. Unprincipled manufacturers are using them in order to got rid of their Kcab-mn.lo hats. The John it. Stetson Co. and Henry H. Roelofs _��� Co.- both of Philadelphia. Pa., aro non-union concerns, JOHN A. MOPFITT, President, Orange, N. J. JOHN PHILLIPS, Secretary, 14 797 Bedford Are., Brooklyn, N Y. TWO HUNDRED LOTS ON SALE NOW PRESENT PRICES : Corner Lots, $115.00. Inside Lots, $100.00. TERMS: ^ CASH; Bal., 3 and 6 months. BUY BEFORE YOU SLEEP Circle City is the future terminus of the proposed railway, already .surveyed via the Lardeau creek north fork to thai point. Circle City is beautifully located at the base of thc Lardeau, Pass, Galena and Surprise creeks. (Sec map of the Lardeau.) Circle Citv is absolutely surrounded by mining properties now under development. Circle City affords splendid water power which will be utilized next season for concentrating purposes. Circle City presents business openings. Send for full particulars to the General Agent Packing and Freighting Ferguson Packing and Transfer Outfit. Halcyon Hot Springs Sanitarium . . . ARROW LAKES, B.C. Tho most complete resort on tho continent of North America. Situated midsi scenery unrivalled for grarfdeur, Boating, fishing nnd excursions. Resident physician and nurse. In telegraphic ootamunlcation .villi all parts of tlie world. Two mails arrive and depart every day. Its baths cure nil nervous1 and muscular diseases Its waters heal all kidney, liver and stomach ailments. Its baths and waters arc ft sure remedy against all argentiferous poisons, TERMS: ?16 to ?i8perweek,acoardingtoresidenco in hotel Headquarters at Ferguson, B.C. ^p^ S. Daney, Propnctc Contracts entered into for paaking of Mining Supplies, etc., to any point in tho district, Good, prompt service, and any work undertaken guaranteed. Freighting from Thomson's Landing to Ferguson a specialty. t^^^m^iMmm^^Mim^m mmmmM?MZ. Y Is the Coming Solid Town of the Lardeau and Trout Lake District Because of its unique geographical position; nature having provided as pretty a flat flench, at the junction of the north and south forks of Lardeau creek, as ever a town was built up on in British Columbia. Because lhe wonderful mineral developments during thc past season have been a marvel to outsiders seeking investment. Not only have thc old stand-by properties improved with depth, but thc new finds and many test ore shipments are exceedingly gratifying, and attention must surely be attracted this way. /_/ *W Because the shipping mines are located on Nettie L. hill, between tlie two creek forks; on tlie Great Northern hill just north of the town itself: and on the south fork and its tributaries, for all of which Ferguson is thc supply point. Because mine owners hire their crews in Ferguson and pay them oft in Ferguson. Bec wist the offices of many of the companies operating in the camp are located here. Because Ferguson receives the pay roll benefit from theso. working1 mines. Because this is the point whei mining men coming into the dii trict make their headquarters; t they can walk or ride and retur from most oi' the properties :, one day or less. ��� ��� Because ever) pound of ore from these mines coming down the bill lands firsl in Ferguson. From here il will be teamed to transportation on the lake, a distance of four miles. Because when the railway reaches the place where thc mines are will reach Ferguson. Because there is every natural ae vantage for the building up of a, great mining center. I1 i i ������.* But why give other reasons: We have the mines, thc pay roll, thc natural geo> graphical location, unlimited water power, etc., and thc right kind of people to make a town. The ore shipments, increasing business, and money and enterprise will doth: rest. Come and see for yourself. L 0 T S Business: From $150 up Residential: From $75 up L 0 T S FOR FURTHER PARTICULARS WRITE Henry Floyd ',m.' A, GENERAL AGENT, REVELSTOKE, B. C. i I On the Wing Items PAJD BUSINESS LOCALS. E. M. Allum a Revelstoko jeweler, was in town on Saturday last. Tho provincial legislature will probably not convene until February or March. Chas. F. Landmark ot the firm.of C. 1!. Hume & Co., was in town on Saturday cnrouto to tho Nottio L. mine. Al. Stewart of tho Enterprise Cigar Co., Hevel8toko, spent a fow days ' drumming up cigar orders in the ctnup during the week. A. A. Clark is to be postmaster at Camborne. Cory Menhenick has offor- od to carry tho mail from the Landing to Camborne at $2,50 for the round trip. E. A. Bradley, manager of the Dequcsno Mining Company, has made the third payment ($4,500) on the bond on tho Blue Jay placer lease on Smith creek, in the Big Bend. The provincial government supporting press declare thoro is no general election in sight, but somo how or other they aro all urging electors to get their names on thc voters list. Bernard McDonald and Bela Kadish of tho Le Roi mino and Northport smelter, bare got their marching ordors from MivBratnober. A settlement of tbe strike is likely to follow. The Westminster lacrosse team would like a round at the Montreal Shamrocks. They fool confident that they can do up the Vancouver Y. M. C. A. toam and give the champions a hard chaso for the Minto cup. Tho Lardeau Valley Mines, operating tho John L. group on Tendorfoot eroek, aro meeting with such success that they intend, if tho railway is coiu- pletod to tho foot of tho lake, to make an initial shipment yet this year. The direct route to all mining men, mining companies and miners in tho Lardeau district ii through the columns of tho Eaolk. If you want to reach tho people placo your advertising in the Eagle. It fills tbo bill. Tho Eagle is in receipt of a ther mometer and barometer, which tbe Manitoba Froe Press is giving to its subscribers as a premium this year, The instrument is thoroughly reliablo and well worth the subscription price ���$1.00���in itsolf. Dennis Matheson, a track-layer on the A. & K, branch, had his right arm broken in five places last week while at work. Ho was takon to Kaslo where the arm was amputated above the elbow. Ho is recovering nicely, but of course Is loft a cripple for life, with no provision for him. It has been officially announced that all the mines of the Amalgamated company, Montana, in tho future will not be worked on Sundays. The miners of of Butto will, therefore havo to work only six days in the weok. Tho six- day weok has been in vogue in several of tho mines for somo timo past, but now it will beeoino goneral as far as the Amalgamated properties aro concerned. A. E, Phipps, manager of tho Inr perial bank at Rovolstoke, informs tho Eagle that tho machinery for the s, s. ItevolBtoke has arrived at Nakusp and is being hastily put in placo. Rovolstoke pooplo still entertain hopo of earning tho $2,500 govornmont sub sidy by making a trip up the Columbia river, though all tho freight has gone up already. Hotol men in Buffalo aro rapacious animals. Their rates are something fierce and tho unemotional manner in whicli they jar tho stranger loose from his long green would make a Sandon black jack dealer greon with envy. Some of them have built very nice hotels and their tariff indicates that they are doing their best to pay for them, which is, of course, commendable thrift���providing you don't get up against it.���Wm. Mac Adams, in Sandon Paystreak. W. Macdonald, manager of the Imperial bank here, arrived In town with A. E. Phipps of Revelstoke on Saturday last, atad Is now making ready for the reception of the safe and interior fixtures of the bank in the Nettie L. block. Mi. Macdonald hopes to be ready for business by tho first of the month. The staff will consist of threo men besides himself. Mr. Macdonald paid the Nettle L. mine a visit on Sunday lilt. * Don't wait; but telophono at once. Always in order now. Ferguson office at Cummins & Co.'s storo. * Special attontion is directed to Andrew F. Royenborgor's advt. in this issuo. No stock to soil; straight legitimate mining properties placed. * When you want a new book, a magazino or reading matter of any description, order it from the Canada Drug & Book Co., Revelstoko, B. C. * Send in your orders for tho "Union" and "Our Special" cigars to tho Union Cigar Factory, Revolstoko. Stoclc and workmanship guaranteed. Imperial Bank *-_*____ of Canada CAPITAL ��� REST *2,,TO,000.00. ?1,850,000.00. General BanM.in, Business Transacted Interest allowed on deposits In 8avings Department at current rates. a. eTfhipps, MANAGER REVELSTOKE BRANCH. K.S. WILSON Tho Imperial bank's safe for tho Ferguson branch, weighing ovor four tons, will keep.the freighters guessing before it is landed hore, Godsoe���Jowett.���At Trout Lako on Saturday, October 10, 1901. by the Rev. S. J. Green, H. L. Godsoe to Miss Edith lowett, both of Trout Lake. HOUSE TO RENT. Partly furnished, two bed-rooms, sitting room, and kitcben. Water In house. Cellar. Large wood shed. Also a four-roomed shack. ,-A.pply to: '.R, LECKIE-EWING, Ferguson. KINGS LOST. On Monday, Sept. 30th, between Trout Lake aud Forguson; one plain fiold wedding ring, and one small ring with a pearl and ruby setting land one stone missing]. Finder will be suitably rowarded hy leaving same at thc Eagle office. TO RENT. The store occupied at present by A. F. Ran klne, dniuj-tst. Possession after December 1st. For particulars apply or write to R, P. PETTIPIECE, Ferguson. \ T. P. YOUNG PAINTER House, Sign, Graining, Decorating, Paper-Hanging, Etc. FERGUSON HIGH CLASS TAILORING atul (JESTS' Fl'KXIDIIER. REVELSTOKE MINERAL ACT, 1898. [Form F.] OERTIHOATE OP IMPROVEMENT NOTICE. MOUNTAIN HOY mineral claim, BlttialO in tho Lardeau Mining Division of West Kootonay District. Where located: Mohawk ereek, n tributary of Pool ereek. TAKE NOTIOB thai I, William A. Bauer, act Ing as agent for .lames A. IMagee, Free Miner's ''I'rtillciito Nn. I). 15700, unit \V. li. Uinird. Free Minor's Certificate No. B. 15680, Intend, sixty days from the date hereof, to apply to the Milling unorder for a certificate of Improvements, for the purpose of obtaining a Crown grant of the above Olalm. And further.take notice that action, under sei'i'on :(7, must be commenced beforo the issuance of such Certificate of Improvements. Dated this 10th day of October, 1901, OCtmm WILLIAM A. BAUER, P.L.S. MINERAL ACT, 189G. (Form F.) CERTIFICATE OF IMPROVEMENT NOTICE CANADIAN GIRL mineral claim, situate in tho Trout Lake Mining Division of West Kootenay District. Where located : On the cast side of tho north fork of Lardeau river and being a south easterly extension of the Iron Horse. TAKE NOTICE that I.O. U. N. Wilkie, acting as agent for It. \V. Northey, F. M. 0. B40200, F. McOirtv.F. M. c. Bi7%:i, Andrew <'Mig, F.M.C, B82010, intend, sixty days from thc date hereof, to apply to the Mining Recorder for a certificate of Improvements, for the purpose of obtaining a Crown grunt of ihe above claim. And further take notice that action, under section H7, must he commenced before the Issuance ofauch certificate of Improvements, Dated this 29th day of August, im. at)_292m o, fl. N. WILKIE. MINERAL ACT, (Form F.) CERTIFICATE OF IMPROVEMENT notice! HORSESHOE mineral claim, situate In the Trout Lako Mining Division of West Kootc nay District. Where located: on Trout creek. TAKE NOTICE that I, Edwin Hillman, Free Miner's Certificate No It. 82609? intend, sixty days from tho date hereof, to apply to the Mining Recorder for a Certificate or improvements, for the purpose of obtaining a Crown Grant of the above claim. And further tako "notice that action, under section 37, must be commenced before tho Issuance of suoh Certificate of Improvements. Dated this 3rd day of September, A. D. 1901. sept 5 2m EDWIN HILLMAN. NOTICE TO DELINQUENT GO-OWNER. To C. J, Smith and F. W. Hinsdale, or to any person or porsonBto whom thoy may have transferred their interests. TAKE NOTICE that we, the undersigned, co- owners with you in the Copper Key mineral group, situated on Short ereek, south of Pass creek, in tho Trout Lake mining division of West Kootenay, in the Province of British Columbia, have expended, eight hundred ((WOO) dollars in labor and improvement upon tho above mentioned mineral group in order to hold said group under Section 24 of the Mineral Act, and If within"*ninety days from the first publication hereof,'you fail or refuse to contribute your portion of such expenditure, to* gcthcr with the cost of advertising, for 1900 and 1901 respecttyffy your Interests in the said group wlU �����' .ie the property ofthe suo- !___'���!ba,lficc the M,newi Act- H. Edwardsj^ TAXIDERMIST Door Heads, Birds, Etc. Mounted. Furs and Skins Tanned and Dressed. Third Street ^Revelstoke BVBRYTHINQ FOR THE MINER Our store room capacity has been almost doubled-*M-Our stock was never so largo and well r.sst)rted.-*��Uccognizing thc Increased number of men employed Iu the mines wo have especially prepared to supply their every need.���-���Experience bas taught us thc kind of goods to buy���tho best���and our stock ot Men's Clothing, from head to foot, was never so large and assorted as now.���-���Any order, from two bits to a carload, is filled promptly and with a deslrp.to please our constantly increasing number1 of customers*.������Ii pays to deal with LARDEAU'S LEADING STORE 1 New Fall Goods The question of clothes is one that should interest any man. High-class tailoring insures perfectly fitting garments. It increases the life of the clothes, too. You will hear our work highly commended by those wbo know good clothing whon they see it. Our suits Will please you, Tweed Suits $16, $18, $20 Tweed Trouserings: $4.00, $4:50, $5.00. T odies' high class custom tailoring. ���*-*' Ladies'and Gentlemen's Rain Coats made from the very best waterproofed worsteds, to order. These coats serve thc double purpose Of a rain coat as well as a spring or fall overcoat. Ladles' and gentlemen's fur-lined coats and jackets, to order. fl. CRESSMAN, the Art Tailor, Revelstoke, B. C. Dated sty noo, B. IJ., I his 5th d��y of August, ���*���' ��� \ ISInnoili H8NHY SANK, ,ug��� ,,. l��'��"89> joSMORBTT. J THE NEW AND ONLY MAP OFTHIS DISTRICT Including Fish Creek and Upper Duncan River, compiled by S. Shannon, B.A , and A. P. Cummins, P. L. S., is to hand, and nil orders will be filled by the Eagle promptly, The map is certainly the best thing ever attempted in this line which has come to our notice. The Trout Lake divi. sion is shown in black, the Lardeau in red, and the Alnsworth in blue. A tenderfoot could take a copy of this map and find any claim in the three divisions. The mountains, creeks, wagon roads, trails, railway routes, and the location and name (by a unique index) of every mineral claim in the district is shown. Next to visiting the country in person this map takes first place. In fact every geographical feature is so well defined that one can see at a glance the nature ol our country, and the trend of the claim locations gives an intelligible idea of the mineral belts running through the camp. It is certainly the BEST WORTH FOR ONE DOLLAR ever offered in the map line of a mining camp. It is the first complete map of the district and should sell like tickets to the Pan. Address your order, with an enclosure of a one dollar bill, (nocheques, orders, etc.) to THE LARDEAU EAGLE, Ferguson, B.C. JI*** j McKinnon c& Sutherland ^j^m^^^U POST OFFICE'STORE O. B. BATHO & CO. As the prosperity of Ferguson and vicinity increases so does our stock of supplies for the miner. We can outfit you from head to foot, and as far as possible with Union-Made Goods. You will always-find our prices consistent with the quality of goods we handle. The next time you are needing anything in the line of wearing apparel try us. Try our U. and I. union-made chewing tobacco. O. B. BATHO & CO. POST OFFICE STORE POST OFFICE STORE CUMMINS tf CO. Established 1896 General Merchants THE PKOSPECTORS' EXCHANGE NO. i K. AV. C. BLOCK, NELSON, B. C. Cold, Silver-Lead and Copper Mines wanted fit the EXCHANGE, FREE MILLING GOLD properties wanted at onee for Eastern investors. Parties having mining property For Sale are requested to send samples of their ore to the EXCH ANQ E for exhibition. All samples should he sent by express prepaid, solicited. Address all communication to Correspondence ANDREW P. R0SENBERGER. P. O Box 700, NELSON, I). 0. C. B. Hume & Co. L Wholesale and Retail General Merchants The largest Importers In North Kootonay. Stores at Revelstoke and Trout Lake City, B. C. ***$*$$***$<*��**��~~ KEVELSTOKE, II. C. Citizens of the LardeauJDistrict When you come to Revelstoke to do your shopping, remember that j > Bourne Bros. havo tlifi largest and best assorted stock In North Kootenay. < > Compare our prices and seo our goods before purchasing olsowhero. ' ' Mail Orders Promptly Filled j