7 r THE CRANBROOK HERALD. VOLUME 1. CHAlVBnOOK, BB1TISH COLUMBIA, THURSDAY, SEPT_MI*I_{ 1, 1808. NUMBER 24. CRANBROOK THE CENTER|| !H«UtUH*M»MMUH«_ A ROUT PFCiPTI** 1 COLONEL BAKER RETURNS He Looks Upon Cranbrook as the Great Distributing; Point for South East Kootenay. The people who know South lC*isl Kootenay the best aud arc I lie most largely interested, fully appreciate the importance ul Cranbrook aa the natural center. W. K. Willi uns was Interviewed last week by the Bpokesuinu'Review, and his sentiments coincide with thu.su expressed by everyone familiar with the conditions iii this district. W. R; Williams, manager of shipments of ore for the North Star mine iu Kast Kootenay, and famous as the tallest man in British Columbia, says the Spokes* man-Review, is lu the city. The North Star has finished its ore shipments fur the season, and Mr. Williams is spending a few dnys wilh friends in Spokane before retiring for the winter to the vicinity of the biggest mine iu Kast Koolcnay. Like nil other North Star officials Mr. Williams is reticent about the property, although admitting that recent developments have been abundantly satisfactory to the owners. When questioned about the recent report that the North Star has encountered an entirely new lead of galena averaging 240 ounces of silver and carrying about eight feet of that grade of ore, he admitted that the jreport was correct. "The Canadian Pacific will build a branch line to the foot of tlie North Star hill,'1 said Mr. Williams "This spur will leave the tun-in line at Cranbrook, and will be about 15 miles long. A tramway will be necessary to take the ore from the mine down to the tracks. When the line is built, which will he at no distant day, Cranbrook, instead of Fort Steele, will become North Star headquarters. "The rails will be laid into Cranbrook within a week or ten days at the farthest. That place is destined to become the distributing point for the richest mines in that part of the country. All the Cana- -1 dian Pacific railway interests are centered there, and as au indication of the future of the place I need only say that the Bank of Montreal nnd the Canadian ' Bank of Commerce are already iu the towtn" Those poweiful institutions do not establish their branches without at least positive assurance that business will come. The town is favored with a beautiful location nnd a special point in its favor is the abundance of pure wnter. There is a spring that will furnish 3,- 000,000 gallons per day- ailil the supply can be multiplied many times by bringing in the waters of surrounding streams. Rapid Work on Crows Nest Road. "Work on the Crows Nest line is progressing as rapidly as possible, but it is difficult to predict the time when the rails will be laid to Kuskonook, at the foot of the take. It is the intention to get there this fall, but the contractors may not succeed as there is a|grent deal of rock work to be done and one Ion-- tunnel to be run." "Where will lhe smelting center of Kast Kootenay be?" "I haven't positive information on the subject, but 1 think il will be at Cranbrook, All the conditions are favorable for building the Smelter there. The finest coke on the continent can bo produced on the line of the rond from Crows Nest coal, lhe needed fluxes aie close ht hand end everything is conducive to n successful smelting busiuess. ll is luiti.ly lo all the best developed districts Of Kast Kootenny, which must be looked to to keep a smelter running in the enrly Stages of the shipping after the toad is in operation. "The road is going to have an abundance of ore to haul ns soon as it is rendy tor the business, I'p our way, the Sulll- vatl group h} in choice ore nnd hns 11 big hoJyoflt. 1 have not seen the strike, but I have infortunium tlmt it is all that the company claims for it, and is most promising, The spur to the North Star Will also reach the Sullivan properties* to Cranbrook id. L SITUATION Thinks Well ol Cranbrook. Alcxnnd Skinner, nfter making a trip •long tbe Crows Nest Pass line, wiitcs Ills Impressions to the Kdmonlott paper as follows: From Klk river to Cranbrook the country resembles a well kept old country park nearer than any other description I could give of it 111 as few words. Cranbrook is to be the new capital of Kast Kootenay, Young men who waul to go west ami grow up with the country might do worse than to locate there or iu thnt neighborhood, and to keep an eye on Craubrook and Moyie City as well. Vancouver World: The Canadian Pacific Railway company reports a heavy sale of townsite properly at Craubrook. All the main business street lots have been taken up and the deiuaud for lots In other parts of the town is beyond expectations. During the last two or three weeks the compaany hns sold $25,000 worth of property at Cranbrook. A branch line of railway, 16 miles in length, is surveyed to the North Star and Sullivan group of mines, which are the principal ore shipping districts. Cranbrook will be the headquarters for lhe company in Kast Kootenay. Large miantitits of land are being taken up along the line, nnd the townsite sales are numerous. ,1 nun 1 AicClurt came up from Wardner Monday. Father Cocolo]h»» gone to Kootenay lake for a fin -might's visit. C. M. lid wards, mining recorder, came ■er from Steele S^urday. T. K. Mahiifly. the Wardner merchant, was u Crouhrook vlpUor Thursday, A. 11. Fenwick was in town Sunday looking for help to harvest bis graio. Solicitor Morley, of Wardner, (is In town taking iu the sights of the metrop-1 olis. Archie Padget, one of the hardest working boys along the line, is now stopping in Cranbrook. Percy Irving, better known as "Lord i Irving," is uow located in Cranbrook1 and drawing his salary. Col. Henderson came up from his Moyie hike home Sunday evening. He was euroute to Fort Steele. V. Y. Norbury has been quite Ut lately at his ranch. Joe Laidlaw remained witb him several days last week. Mr. Savage, who is in charge of Reid & Co.'a store, has been confined to his room the past few days hy illness, Chas, Garden, divisional engineer, with headquarters at Wardner, and his wife were guests of Mr, and Mrs. Pratt this week, Frank McAlpine and William Davis returned Monday fiom the hospital, where they have been staying for medical attendance and care. Peter Woods, of St. Marys Prairie, was in lown Monday with a large load of vegetables, and found that Cranbrook was a most excellent market William Laugtre, chief clerk, assistant manager and confidential adviser of the Fort Steele Mercantile company, came over Saturday to look at the metropolis Kngineer Cranston, one of the best known engineers on the line, and the principal owner in the townsite of Cranston on Saud creek, waa in town Satur- day^ Martin Crahan, of Stephens &Crahan, proprietors of Ihe Wardner hotel, waa in town Tuesday. He says he will close his hotel and take a trip through Weit Kootenay. J. M. Ileadly arrived from Montreal last week to take a position in the Canadian Bank of Commerce. He is well pleased with Cranbrook and thinks it has a great future. Hindston Garhutt arrived Saturday from Owen Sound, Out., and has taken charge of G. II. Miner's tin shop. Mr. Garbutt is a young man and gives every promise of making a good citizen for Cranbrook, lieu Thiel, the tousorial artist of Wardner, was a Cranbrook visitor Tuesday, having come over from Steele where he had been recording his mineral claim. Hen will probably retire to his mining properties this fall and spend the winter digging for the precious metals, Richard Godfrey, Thomas Richards, Thomas Pool, Al Hitchcock, Louts Fran- cio and Captain Dishrowe, alt of Wardner, passed through town Tuesday en- route to the ltoundry country. They were well equipped for camping and will go by the way of Kuskonook aid Nelson. Archie Macleod, mayor of Palmers liar, is iu towu looking up pointers on municipal affairs. He is of the opinion that he will inaugurate a change in police regulations wlien his city gets her boom, nud declares that simply because a man is poor that is uo reasou why he (.honld be abused. The mayor isenttius* lastic ou municipal reform, and holds some strong ideas on the subject. S. K. Oliver, the Warduer postmaster, arrived in town Thursday in search of bis missing trunks. Mr. Oliver recently embarked on the matrimonial sea, and when he and his bride returned to Warduer, they were minus trunks and consequently clothing. He had the satisfaction of learning that the trunks were this side of Macleod. -He said in a confidential wny that he was anxious to change his linen this week ami he wanted to sec those trunks. A POSTOFFICE AT LAST. Kasto Kootetiaiaii: After 18 months lu the hospital at Spokane wi h a frac tuied Hmb which refused to knit, Paul Reidel returned to Kaslo last Monday able to walk with the assistances of Crutches. Inspector Fletcher Instills R. G. Beattie si Postmaster. After months of waiting, with the necessity growing more pressing each day, Cranbrook tins been given a postoffice, and the first regular mail will leave tomorrow by the way of Fort Steele and Goldcu. Inspector Fletcher arrived Saturday and called at once upon R. K. Beattie, Within a short time Mr. Beattie was authorized to write "P. M." after his name. A registry department has been installed, and on September money order department will be added. For the next two or tnree weeks the mail will he sent by the Way of Port Steele and Golden, pending the arrangement that is being made for carrying the mail on the Crow's Nest Pass railway. When this takes*effect Cranbrook will have at least three mails a week, and will become the distributing point for Port Sleele aud other outlying points. Mr. licet lie commenced at once to arrange quarters for the office and will have everything in readiness in a few days. Mr. Clark will officiate as assistant, and has taken his place behind the drug store counter. Are you a subscriber of Tun HKRAU>? If nut, get iu line. Predicts Another General Election but Will Not Be a Candidate Again* The Hon. Col. James Baker returned fiom Victoria last Monday evening having made tbe entire trip by rail by the way of Calgary and Macleod. To one who foe years has beeu compelled to travel many miles overland to reach his home, this trip was one that gave the Colonel no small degree of satisfaction. Years ago, when he had given the country intelligent study aud became convinced that the prairie ou which Cranbrook is now located, was the railway key to the problem of building a line across these mountains, he commenced the work of securing the transportation facilities lhat weie to give the riches of this magnificent valley to the world. Those who have lived in Kast Kootenay know something of the labor performed by the Colonel in that way. Disappointments after disappointments were met with, hut year after year the fight was kept up, and at last success crowned his efforts, and eyeryone who now lives in South Kast Kootenay will be able to enjoy with Colonel Baker the fruits of his victory. Oue can easily imagine the feeling experienced by the Colonel when' the train left the wooded belt northeast of town and disclosed to Lis view a wonderful scene of activity, where a few short weeks ago there was naught but open prairie. For many summers and many winters, in going back nnd forth between his home here and Victoria, he has traveled miles and miles through burning stins or biting winds, to reach the railroad, but this time he came within a few minutes' walk of his own doorstep by rail, aud can now sit on his verandah and watch an army of men engaged in the building of a great city. The Colonel was feeling well when seen by a representative of THK Hbrai.d and expressed his satisfaction over the fact that he was ablo to take a short rest at his home. "What is new in political circles?" "There is very little new," said the Colonel. "Semlin has formed his cabinet and for the present the Opposition is in full charge of the government." "Will the legislature be colled?" "I hardly think so, judging from the statement made to me by Mr. Joseph Martin just before I left Victoria. You see it is a tie now, and they would not risk a vote. They will go to the country again and is is quite probable that a general election will be called early in October.'* What will be the issue iu event of another election?" The next contest will without a doubt be on direct party lines, and I am satisfied lhat the C011se1vali.es wilt win." 'Will you be a candidate again?'' 'No. I am through with politics, and am sick and disgusted with the events of the past few weeks. I will step aside and let other men enter the fight, llut, mark you, there will be some interesting reading for tbe public when the full correspondence of the lieutenant-governor, bearing upon his action in dismissing the government and calling for lhe formation of a new one, is published. "Cranbrook will tie my home now. I will remain here about a fortnight, and then leave to sail for England on the Teutonic the 28th of next month. I am going on business connected with the development of Cranbrook, aud hope to have some, very good news on my return Cranbrook is bound to be a great city, and its growth will be steady." A BATTLE ROYAL. LITTLE HAPPENSTANCES That Have Occurred During the Week Past, or Will Take Place Later. Ed Irvine [is building an office building on Armstrong street and will occupy it as a broker. Rev. Minaker will hold services at the building opposite the Bank of Commerce at 3 p. m. Sunday. The rain Monday uight was a beauty. A man can go to his meals now without washing his feet three times a day. G. R. Leask has charge of the completion of the two buildings that are being erected by Messrs. 11 am il ton aud Baker. G. II. -liner has a new machine on one of his counters tbnt is attracting general attention. His a picker and is a patent of Engineer Burrell. The stretch of grade at the south approach to the bridge over the slough is sadly in need of a few loads of dirt. The heavy gravel makes it n most undesirable piece of road, and looks bad as an entrance to the town. Tiik Hbkat,o hoisted a new sign on its building last week. It is painted in an artistic manner and could he read at Fort Steele if lhe people of that town would look toward Cranbrook. C. II. Underbill is tbe artist who did the work. The Rev. C. W. Gordon, of St. Stephens church, Winnipeg, secretary of the British-Canadian Northwest Mission, is on a missionary tour in Kast and West Kootenay, He is coming by the Crows Nest railway, and will preach at Cranbrook in the Bank of Montreal building at 4 P* m. Sabbath first. There should be a large attendance to hear the brilliant lecturer and preacher. In the regular announcement of the Cranbrook townsite company that appears in THS Hurat.d this week, is a map that was supplied hy L. A. Hamilton. The map is in the nature of a puzzle and the people are given the opportunity of finding Fort Steele, the branch road to (hat town and the present abode of the late Mr. Baillie, The contest will be open for several weeks. A Seniatlonol Arrest of tbe Managers of dames it the Commercial. There was plenty of excitement Tuesday night when Constable Barnes and several assistants suddenly appeared in town from Fort Steele and placed the managers of the games at the Commercial hotel .under arrest, aud nlso W. T. Kaake. He failed to show any warrant, and hia authority seemed to he a false beard and a pair, of overalls. His team was called aud he was already to take the party to I'oit Steele when Constable Cole appeared on the scene with warrants fur each individual and mule the second arrest aud took charge of the party. Mr. Barnes relinquished his bold and Constable Cole remained in charge until the uext morning. The hearing was set lor 9o'clock before Justices Laidlaw and Hutchison, but an adjournment was ^tflkcu until 2 o'clock. Solicitor Harvey appeared for the prosecution and Ross & Herchmer for the defense. Mr. Kaake's examination occupied the afternoon end at 7 o'clock the court submitted their decision. The case was dismissed on the ground that it was not proven that Kaake was proprietor or manager of tbe house and that it was not shown tha,t the place was a common gaming house or a public uuisauce. Tbe other parties were fined $20 and costs, and thus was settled a battle royal between opposing factious. The Cranbrook Liquor nml Grocery store la now open to the public where customers can buy goods at prices to defy competition. Ready made clothing, boots, shoes, hats, caps and general stationery, Thomas A. K-.nni-.py. CANADA AND THE UNION. International Arbitration Committee Meets at Quebec, Quebec, Aug. 22: The members of the international arbitration committee devoted the day to getting acquainted aud seeing the sights of picturesque old Quebec. No business of an official character had been attempted. ' T. V. Fowderly, United States commissioner general of immigration, is htrt un<| nllt assl-A. lilt- L'UUItUlMHm lu dealing, with alien-labor laws. ■-,-.. Views of tbe Times. London, Aug. 22.—The Times this morning referring editorially to the approaching international conference at Quebec, says: "lt is possible that future historians will mark August 23, 1898, as a date of considerable importance in the chronicle of the relations between England and the United States. It may be hoped that tbe Quebec conference wilt clear away a number of small, irritating difficulties, and we view the impending peace negotiations and a better understanding between England and the United States as extremely important. The conference has important matters to deal witli, and if any real business is to be done there must he a tendency toward conciliation among the commissioners. We may be sure tlie United States will do their ntmoshto make the conference a success. Telegraphic Intelligence. At a conference of the representatives of the C. P. R. and the transcontinental companies of the United States, held lu Denver, an agreement was signed to the effect that the question of freight and passenger rates should he left lo an arbitration committee, one member to be selecte 1 by tbe C. P. R., one by the United States' companies,'aud the third by these two. It is now stated that the injury to the knee of the Prince of Wales will not be permanent, but that he will be lame for several months, Jamaica wants ]to he annexed to the United States. Lieutenant Hobson has been authorized to raise two of the.sunken vessels of Cevete'B fleet. fj, iit The British government has granted permission to the. United States to have Dewey dock his ships at Hong Kong for cleaning. It is reported that the Cuban insurgents are endeavoring to run things in a high handed manner iu Cuba, wherever they cau exercise any power. New Saw Mill. The J. Schagel Lumber company have installed their mill plant northeast of town, and will soon be ready to deliver lumber. The company has a complete outfit- and say they will be able to get out from 6000 to 8000 feet a day. Religious Services. Rev. R. W. Minaker, of the Baptist church, held services Sunday morning at the store building opposite the Canadian Bank of Commerce. He will be stationed here for come time, aud will continue to hold regular services. Services were held in the evening by Rev. Caltnnach, of the Methodist church and were largely attended. The singing was one of tbe features ot the evening. The roads were never better for driving than at the present lime. The recent rains have had a most betieficinl effect in that direction. A DISASTROUS COLLISION Roadmaster Giles and Two Italians are Killed. THE NELSON AND BEDLINGTON ROAD Line Now Being Located Between Cranbrook and the North Star Mine. Last Monday there was a collision on the line at the loop between two trains, owing lo a mistake in running ordeis. Roadmaster Giles and two Italian employes were killed. It is difficult to ascertain the particulars at this lime, but it is reported Hint Mr, Giles attempted to jump when he saw that a collision was inevitable and fell between the cars and his body was cut in two. Commissioner Armstrong was notified aud left for the loop that evening. MINES AND MINING. Twenty-two years Banking and Mining experience in Colorado, New Mexico, &c. Prospectors outfitted for non-residents. Correspondent: First National Hank, Chicago. Codes, escrows, &c. A. II. RAYNOLDS, Cranbrook, H. C. Tbe Nelson-Bedllngton Road. It begins to look ns if the projected road from Bonners Perry north to Pilot liny ou Kootenay lake, was to be built. A company, headed by Henry Poster, member of the British parliament, nnd George Alexander, owner of the steamer line 011 the lake, will build the road and operate it in conjunction with the Great Northern. The road will start at Bonnets Perry aud follow up the Kootenay river valley, striking the lake at a point uear Pilot Bay. The line will also cross the Crows Nest Pass road near the lake. Boats are to be run on the lake, making connection with the Kaslo & Slocan railway for teaching rich portions of West Kootenay, .Trackage arrangements will be made with the Great Northern, and when this road is completed It will be possible to leave Spokane in the morning anil reach Saudou, Cranbrook and other point*! in East nnd West Kootenay on the evening of the same day. Bids for construe ion arc to be opened soon at Bon tiers Perry or St. Paul. There is a great deal of heavy rock work along I he line and the bridges will take 4,000,000 feet of lumber. J. D. Farrell will be oue of the bidders on the work. Locating the Branch Line. Engineer Richardson, after working for several weeks running trial lines between Cranbrook and the North Star mine, returned lost week with his party and went into camp just north of town. They are now running the location line, and there is little doubt but what a satisfactory route will be determined upon within et very abort time and work be inaugurated on the Cranbrook branch line of railway. Railroad Notes. Auditor Sullivan is iu town today. Train Dispatcher Green expects his family the latter part of the week. Tbe road reached Palmers Bar Wedues and a side track waa put in during the day, Dan McGilvary. of the firm of McGIl- vary & Leeson, was 111 town last evening. •*** E. Kgan has completed his work and brought his outfit to town awaiting shipment east. There are about four miles of track laid in the yards, and two crews handle the work day and night. M. M. McCarthy will not be able to get away for two or three weeks. He is busy closing up his final estimates. George Templeman, the conductor who was badly injured at Wardner by a brakeman assaulting him, has resumed work. A tank has been built out in (he yards and a steam engine installed to supply the engines with water. This will expedite the work to a material extent. J, F. Robillard has beeu appointed C P. R. agent at this point. He was formerly assistant agent at Macleod. He is already winning praise andj friends by bis obliging manners. It has been decided by the railroad authorities to increase the number of stalls iu tbe round house here to 16, making it large enough to accommodate the many engines that will be centered here. Saturday evening the work of track- laying was resumed and Monday forenoon two miles and 1560 feet were laid. There will be little delay from now until the work Is completed to the lake. W.J. Weller, superintendent of bridges and buildings, will make his headquarters at Cranbrook for some time while lhe work of constructing the various railroad buildings in this place is it) progress. A train went off tbe track on the loop last Sunday, ar d two cars wilh outfits belonging to Dm,on & McRea and Contractor Wilson were thrown down the embankment A number of the animals were so badly, injured that they had to be killed. Contractor Reid is preparing to move his outfit back east, and will probably go to the Rat Portage district. Mr. Reid, during the brief time he made Cranbrook his headquarters, formed many friendships with people who will regret his departure. One of the important improvements that will be made by the C. P. R. company as soon as the necessary material can be secured, is the construction of a water tank that wilt hold 40,000 gallons. This will be built near the round house, and will be used to supply the many engines that will be centered al this point. C. N. Green, who was temporarily stationed of Wardner as operator, is uow duly installed here as train dispatcher, He will have charge of the train service west of Cranbrook. All trains between Cranbrook and Lelhbridge are bandied fiom Ihe Macleod office. For the present the telegraph office is in a car brought here for that purpose, but will be moved iu a few dajs to the section house. All commercial busiuess will also be handled there. The Piospector snys in its last issue with apparent joy that wben steel was laid to the siding between Wardner and Craubrook, Manager Haney telegraphed the Prospector that steel was laid es far as Fort Steele Junction, The 1'rospector wus right so far as it went, but it forgot to add that Mr. Haney also said thai that was as near as Fort Steele would ever have a railroad. CREItiltTON'S CROW. II Had Fun Witb Tom Rooks, of Fort Steele, the Other Day. Creighton's crow is making trouble for the town. It has arrived at that stage of its training where it can utter a few- words combined into sentences. Some one taught it to say "To Hell With Spain," nnd the other day when Mr Rooks, the telegraph operator nt Port Sleele, stopped in front of lhe building, the crow began at once to display his accomplishments, but got the words a Utile mixed and cried out, "To Hell With Steele." Rooks looked across the street rst lo see if it was Kaake, and then up toward the Miner building to see il Hyde Baker was iu sight. He was puzzled and started for Ryan's hotel at a rapid gait, vowing vengeance ou the person who would revile his home in the public streets, just then he heard a violent Caw, Caw," and looking back saw tbe crow sitting on a box, innocently blinking in the altemoon sun. OPENING THE LANDS. The C. P. R. are Doing This Work 11 Rapidly as Possible. The Canadian Pacific railway has had a party of examiners working upon their hinds in the valleys of the Columbia and Kootenay rivers since the 24th of May, last. They are now camped upou Sheep Creek, The nature of the work in which the examiners are engaged is going over the blocks of laud; making a topographical sketch of each one, rating the land; and putting the values for sale purposes, and finding out the most suitable way in which the large area may be laid out into farms. In the case of (he blocks already gone over the com puny has placed them upon the market and is disposing of them. The prices are the same as what are asked for lands of the same nature by tbe provincial government, namely, J1.f2.50 and $$, and the terms of purchase are very liberal. The property ex'ends from Spillinia- chine, 42 miles south of Golden, along the rivers mentioned, to lhe international boundary line. It is generally laid off in blocks of two miles square containing in the neighborhood of 2560 acres each. There is a great deal of bench land fit for farming along the valley, and in some instances they are valuable for the amount of wild hay tbat can be cut each year. Timber suitable for building purposes is lo lie found upon all of these lands. MINING KOTE3. BEST IN THE KOOTENAYS Cranbrook's Depot Building Will Lead Them All. THIS IS TO BE THE RAILROAD TOWN Commissioner Hamilton Outlines * List of Improvements for the Metropolis. Cranbrook islo enjoy the distinction of having the largest and fiuest depot in the Kootenay s. The plans that have been prepared and now in charge of Kn- giueer Pratt, show a building that will be a beauty In every way. It will be two stoties high, gable roof, dormer windows, finished in artistic style and moo*. conveniently an.-ngtd._ On the _ftt floor will be tlie baggage 00m, so by OA, ladies' waiting room, 24 by id, gentleman's wailing room, 24 by iS, lunch room, 24 by t8, kitchen, 16 by 18, and a living room adjoining the kitchen. The second story will have the train dispatch- ei's ollice and seven other rooms that may be used for either office or bed rooms. On the front of the building, facing the track, will be a platform joo feet long. Already lumber is being placed on the ground lor the building, and work will be Inaugurated just as soon as there Is an assurance lhat there will be no delay 011 account of a lack of material. Tba building will be located on the cast sid* of the Irack and west of the section house. C. P. R. Working for Cranbrook. L. A. Hamilton, land commissioner for the C. P. R. with headquarters at Winnipeg, has been in towu tbe past week looking after matters pertaining to the advancement of Cranbrook. Mr. Hamilton wa? feeling quite jubilant over the rapid ailvanci.ni-.-nt already made by the town that i*> being promoted by himself as a representative of the C. P. it., and said that there were many good things in store for Cranbrook. While here Mr. Hamilton let the contract for lhe digging of large trenches to drain both of the sloughs that cut through the town and also arranged to have the rest of the timber and brush cut away from the low land north of Baker street He mode the necessary arrangements for work to commence on a fine building to be erected at the comer of Baker and Cranbrook streets, tbat is to be built by a Winnipeg syndicate. The buildii g will be 30 by So feet, two stor- ie« -villi a heavy tower on one corner. The first story will be fitted up for light business ard the second stoiy (or office*. Speaking of ibe 40,00a gallon water tank to be put iu by the C. P. R., Mf. Hamilton said that be wanted to lay a pipe line from the tank, up Baker street, and have a few street hydrants put in for fire protection. With the hydrants and a volunteer fire company and hose cart, any ordinary nre could be easily handled and with little loss to property. , Mr. Hamilton went on west but expects to return to Craubrook in a few weeks to look after other improvements now in contemplation for the town. The great Center Star mine was recently sold, and it brought the largest price ever paid for a mining property in the Kootenays, says the Rossland Record. The price was $2,ooo,coo, and it is a cash transaction. The purchasers are the Gooderham-Blackstock syndicate of Toronto, which owns the controlling interest in the War Eagle Consolidated Mining & Development company. The deal for the acquiring of the Centre Star has been in progress for half a year, and in tbe interests of the parties who purchased it the property has been careful- ly examined by some of tiie most eminent miniug experts in tbe country. Among these were Captain James Mor- rish, the superintendent of the Velvet, and Mr. Parker of California. The reports tl these experts were unanimously favorable, as they all told the same story of the great extent and permanence of the ore deposits, and tbe large quantities of pay ore in the mine. (i. W. Pearson, who has been working on the Imperial group near Cranbrook, left this week for his home at Rathdrum, Idaho, Mr. Pearson will return early next spring and resume work. Tbe Dibble Miniug company has sent out several tons of ore to secure a test run. The Robert E. Lee Mining company has been changed from a foreign to a provincial company, and the shares made assessable to the extent of five cents. Nearly 150 men are doing development work on the Le Roi. New loading chutes are being built which will be used in connection with the self dumping cars. The shaft is being sunk to the 800-foot level. Through Judge Hutchison a ao-ycar lease on 320 acres of placer property st Palmers liar has been bonded to a syndicate at Butte, Mont., for $10,000, It. W. Melton is playing in luck, The railway company built three cabins on his property about five miles west of town, and now that they are to be vacated by llie contractor, Mr. Melton is preparing to fix one of them up for the winter, and the others he will keep in good repair for use when his property is further developed. Do you read your own IIkk.m.h, or your neighbors? A Urje Freight Shed. The material is now on the ground for a lar^e freight house, 70 by 30 feet, that will I>e built about one block below the site selected for the depot. ■-. i Olber Improvements. The C. P. R. will build a large powder - house a little more than a mile east of town. The Hanson building is reciiving it first coat of paint. Tiie Hamilton building is in the hands of the painters. R. K. Beattie is refilling a portion of the building be occupies to make room for the postoffice. Work is being pushed on the two buildings that are being erected ny Messrs, Hamilton at:d Baker. The Port Steele Mercantile company have the cellar for their store building excavated and the fiame work started. Good progress is l>eiiig made on tbe Sherlock & Higginbotham building on Baker street. Everything wil] l>e ready for the frame work on the wholesale liquor house on Durick avenue by the first of (he week. Thos. A. Kennedy has about completed his store building. The C. P. R. will build a 40,000 gallon water tank on a 60 foot tower, just as soon as the material cau be secured. A LUCKY BABY. Tbe Infant Daughter of Mr. aid Mrs. Torn- bull Presented a Lot. Last Saturday morning a girl baby was born to Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Turnbull, in their car stationed in the yards in the nortli part of town. The mother and child are doing well. Mr. Turnbull, as superintendent of construction, mnst necessarily follow up the end of steel very closely, and he has his family with him all the time, comfortably domiciled in two cars built for the purpose. Their little girl baby enjoys the distinction nf being the first child born in Cranbrook, and in commemoration of this fact I,. A. Hamilton and Col. Baker presented the mother a deer) for a lot as a gift for the little one who first saw the light of dny lu this town. Oats and potatoes for sale, apply to PliNWICK & DKROSIHR jj Port Sleele. CRANBROOK HERALD, THURSDAY. SEPT. I TK11MS Of SUllSOltUTlON: AN UNWARRANTED ACT. Lieutenant Governor Melnnis does not seem to have added any gems to his crown of fame by his recent action in dismissing the Turner government and calling for the formation of a new cabinet. Mauy papers, irrespective of party, nre censuring him severely and characterizing his position as unwarranted in every way aud a political outrage of lhe worst stamp. The Nelson Economist, commenting upon tbe matter, deuls frankly with the lie ileuaiil-gover ior ns follows: -5l.il u -Co er nir Mclll its wlillo a seiiitor wa* s'.niiuy one in a 1 mil wliiis.* l- Ihiroeawn* never conspicuous, Imt when l>> chniloo llio man hu- 0111110 Uout-tiovcrnor ot British Columbia lie gained a promlnenco to whioh lio li not fair y en* titled. Mr. Molnnls maj bo a very good average cltlxcu, and no iloulit K but whea he Is elo- vated in the position ot lieutenant governor it Is altogether too 111111-11 for hlm• i.<- i-tinu >i niAltitalii tha ilit-iil y ul tin- oRloo, tin tin1 n st available occasion Mr. Melnnis displays a weakness and partially wliloll stamp iilin as the wrung man lu the wrong place. Beforo tba returns from the country wore Intliepmn with llioMilo-whlskcra i>\urciseil tbo ll lie al tliority ncf|lllrcr pllbllc sen iineiit. \liiet_eii con- stltnoneles declared in tnvor ot the 'I iirucr rule, nml nlnetocn avowed tliemsolvesas fur n change Wo are thoroughly convinced tbai hail tlio battle tu be foilgllt over ngain tbe party wlllol) lias lirouglit this province to Its present pro-po by would lie reinstated. Slanders ot llie vilest character were hurled against tbe premie and ins followers, and beforo thoso could be refilled tlio contest was forced. Hu fm as tbu Meat* Hovernor's oltlelsl knowledge was concerned, it was confined to the slniole tact lu nccordntieo with the proclamation an election bud been held. What llm remit of tbat el ettoii bad l»on blent-Clovenior Molnuti Imd nooltlcial notlll- cation. He therefore ignored tbe trust reposed In him i>y assuming the role ot politician and thrusting niit tin: 'Junior government it will now remain with .Joseph Mar lu to unearth tho misdeeds of Mr Turner ami Ills colleHguo'**. ami thus repay tlie debt of gratlimli: he uwesto Iho man who has made It puMlblo fur him 10 h id ollice. Iii tbu meantime thu world stands aghast nt tlio notion of Ueut-Oovornnr Mclrmh In set in; nil known piueedents at naught ami trampling tlio constitution in the dust. I BRITISH COLUMBIA, J Work ou the Kaslo city hall is progressing favorably. Unwn parties are the proper thing In New Denver these days. Several brick and stone buildings aie being erected ut Nelson. Dave King, of the Kaslo Kootenaiati, has fallen into poetry. Poor King! Rosslaud claims n population of 7500, and this number Includes Kenneth fl" I lk-llairs. RESIDENCES NEEDED. The permanent papulation of Cranbrook will rapidly increase from this time forward. Theie will be many men employed iu this town in various capacities, who will arrange at once to bring their families here. This will mean nn increased demnud for dwellings, and today there is no better field for investment than the building of comfortable cottages for rental purposes. There will be no difficulty In renting houses at $12 to $16 a mouth, and there would be still belter chances to sell residences commanding this rental, on monthly payments nt n good profit. At this time suitable lots can be purchased at prices that will make either plan a revenue producer. A PATRIOT AND A MAN. Commodore Schley has endeared himself to the American peop'e by his marvelous work at the battle off Santiago, and the following, written in a private letter to a friend will command respect from every lover of a patriot and a man, in any country and under any sun: I am much touched by f c universal exprrs sions reaching niu hy every nml'. I ihlnk I am fn'rly well halum-i'd, hut I shall have to Keep my "lifts and braces" |i oily B'lplOW or run some risk of being spoiled by ibis genornl acclaim of "praise. I felt lion red hy any place lu tho Hns that morning whom I i-ntitd bestVrve my pen pie aud my country, for I have loved litem with mirlty and Intensity all my He, ami may Hod bless thom, As long us I am given strength 10 net for them, anyhow or any where, no matter at what sarrlllei'. I s and ready fur their service or defence. Thanking yon, my dear friend, I nut, very sincerely yours, Wi H. 8CHI.KV, EDITORIAL NOTES. The Kamloops .Standard, iu a twocol- iiiiiu article, reviews the rise of Mr. I'.os tock us a political power iu British Columbia, and characterises his reign as "Hostocrucy." The Standard handles the subject without gloves, nnd places Mr. liostock in anything but nu enviable light. Afler many months, during which time small settlements throughout Canada were being favored wilh postal facilities, while Cranbiook wns laboring along with an immense amount of mail each week and no poftoffice, the Dominion government has at last named a postmaster for this (own. They were tardy iu recognizing the pressing necessities of Cranbrook to such a degree that it became Iinally au imposition upon the people. It was carrying political rancor and prejudice to the limit. * J. Pred Huine, of Nelson, has been named by Mr. Semlin ns provincial secretary aud minister of mines. This appointment must surely come as a surprise to Mr. Hume's closest fiiends. Colonel Hay, American minister at the Court of St. James, seems to have been a great favorite in both social and political circles in London, and his departure lo assume the duties of secretary ofstntehas given rise to n deep feeling of regret throughout Kngland. Mr. Turner's cabinet had 19 supporters. The Opposition had 19, In mathematics, both ancient aud modern, 19 equals 19. Yet, the lieutenant-governor takes the position that the first 19 denotes a lack of confidence in the Government, and the second 19 is positive evidence of the people's confidence iu the Opposition. He maintains that there is a difference between tlle two tiineteens, and he will also learn to his sorrow (hat there is u difference between honest fame aud disgrncclul no'.eriety. |li looks as if another general election would be held, und that it will be fought out on party lines. If such should prove to he the case, ihcrc will be some striking changes in political comrades as they are now lined up 1 Trail enjoys the reputation of having the best sidewalks of any Interior city in British Columbia. Tbe Kaslo board of trade will send a collection of ore lo the .Sew WestmiiiS' ter exhibition. The C. P. R, have discontinued their steamer service between Arrow Heud and Thompsons I/iuding. The Kossland Club will build n $6a o club house. Kvidetilly the Kossland bloods are feeling prosperous. New Westminster has raised f.p*oo to provide amusements ut the provincial celebration to be held at that place. Vancouver is uvcrrtri by turnips, and the Vuncouver World characterizes them ns the "Genus hobo trampieusis." The New Westminster Sun Is mnking a fight on the prices charged by the electric light company of that city. There was a balloon ascension at Golden on the .villi. They must be looking for the lvru's air line route to the Kb 11- dike. The New Denver band is a creditable organization, hut owing to a deplorable lack of interest on the part of the eiti/.ens it is forced to exist chiefly 011 wind. R. T. Lowery ii shying a few rocks nt Kossland through tbe columns of his paper, the Denver I.edge. And. ns a rule, Lowery throws hard and straight, Samuel 10. DeRackin, for some time editor of the Kaslo News, has gone lo Puerto Rico to establish a newspaper. That is a case of genuine journalistic enterprise. Nelson Economist; Among other important questions to come before the Anglican synod which opens at Vancouver today, is one in favor of creating a new diocese for the Kootetiays with Nelson as the See city. Under existing arrangements this section of the province is, invariable, very poorly represented a I the church synod, because of the distance and expense which delegates are put to. The Kootetiays are now fast filling up, and their strength in church matters entitles them to more satisfactory facilities of management than those nt present enjoyed. A numerously signed petition will be presented iu favor of the change, and it is confidently expected that the prayer of the petitioners will be acceded to. Canadian Pacific Railway -AND- SOO PACIFIC LINK The Cheapest, Quickest and Best Route —-TO Toronto, Boston. Montreal, New York, Halifax, Philadelphia, Chicago, St. Paul ...AND ALL... Eastern and European Points. 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Attractive tours during llienpunon of mv ijj-niion on (Jri'iit l.akrM via Diilutli hi eon- niftlun wlih tint tnagnlltiTiit iiussenger ■teiiniers Nottlmest nnd NoriliUnu. form p*. tickets and complete Inform*- llun enn mi 01* uddruw H. P. A N, lty.ugiwta, C. G. DIXON, (lennrnl Agent, Spokane) Wash. F. I. WHITNEY, (1 P. Jt T. A., St. Paul. Minn. The Herald Has the best equipped office in the Kootcnays. Its facilities for turning out first-class Job Printing are complete. Send in an order and become convinced of the fact. THE HUMAN HEAD. ProflToes In Knowledge Increasing Its Size. ('om-pnratlr* IH men.--Ions of C'r»- nlumi nt Ftiimni Mea of AiH'lt-at and Modern Time*. According to Prof, John H. Franc!*, of New Kutflund Terrace, Orange, N*. J ethnological statistician, nn the world progresaoa in knowledge ilu* human grows larger and larger. An a conse- quence tho won ot to-doy carry on their ahouldcrs .. "dome vl thought" beside which the occiput.-- of the ancient he- roes wero small almost to inslgnltt- ounce In a, recent Intel view hoanldi "Aa civilization Increases education booome-B mora nnd more general among men. The brain hvgina its training nt an earlier age than ovor before, and na our modern Intelligence is subjected tb greater activity the brain develops accordingly. Consequently tin* size of the head expands. This is thoroughly consistent with Darwin's theory of evolution, IIS well aa wilh every principle of science that 1 know of. "Such men na Caesar and Bliakcs- pearo wwe prpdtglos, and must be considered apart by iheir very gonitis. While admitting that the. size of tli bruin among ancients must hnve been much less than that of a man living to-day, I am forced to this double c elusion with' respect to Mich 11 man us Caesar—namely, that what brain he had musl have been of the highi'ast possible quality, and moreover, that if lie lived to-day, with a brain of such rare quality added to tho enlarged sltie of It, such as nature equips men with now, his genius would ha TO been proportionately magnified. "Julius Caesar wus 11 mighty man— for his limes. If Ire lived liKlny I doubt if In* would he much Inrger than Tom Thumb. By a cure ful system of calculation I flguru out that the great Caesar would have worn 11 ft1/,, hat, nnd as for Shakespeare, colossal, figuratively speaking, as was his bruin, 1 have not the slightest doubt that he curried it nlbotll without, crowding in ufi'/i hat— and that's figuring on liim generously, too, "I have been told that Napoleon won; 11 (1% hat iu the Inneryearra of his life, and from one to two sizes smaller when 1h» wns simply nn cfllcer iu the army If Napoleon Bonaparte had ever been able to put 011 the hat of lien. Grunt it would huve hidden him from sight from the crown to the shoulders, "Washington was a good-sized man, yet he wore U hat '2y_ sizes smaller thai*. McKltiley'H, WllOKQ Immediate predecessors, Presidents Harrison nnd Cleveland, wore ullll larger lints—7%. U't me give you a further illustration. A census of the United States congress, taken in the time of President Taylor, sn years ago, shows that our legislators of lhat time only wore on the average a 0% hat. I doubt if there in 1. single man in either house to-day who wears SO small a si/e. • "Webster, of course, had a phenomenally big heud. Of his colleagues nnd predecessors, however, there was not one who wore 11 size ns large as that of the present secretary of state. .John Sherman wears 11 7% hat. Poster wore 11. 7, Blaine ">/, lurge size, and Bayard 7l/t close. "Let me conclude with a further Illustration of my theory. Old Commodore Vamlcrbllt wore 6%, His son, William II., took n hat a shade larger, which the hatters mark ul ii% and Mfi. Willie IC. Vunderbllt and hia brother Cornelius we.nr 71,;, and one of thelioys of the fourth generation takes a hat still larger than liis father, uncle, grand* father or great-grandfather — which doesn't necessarily prove thut the youngest acton is the brainiest. ."It is lhe same way with the Goulds. Joy Gould wore a *•% hat, while his aons, George and lOddle, each require 11 11%. The probability is tbnt the next generation of boys will go their illustrious progenitor nt least three full sizes belter."—N. Y. Journal. THE FRENCH PRESIDENT. He -Mail Surround lllmrtrlf with (iriuideur tu l'lc*»**i* HU l'enplc. The French people Une show, nnd they expect their president to mir* round himself wilh ns much grnudeur as the potentate!- of other Kuropenu nations, lie is, therefore, pitted against Emperor William, who, from all sources, has $5,000,000 a year; the czar Of Itus- siu, who has treble that amount, and Emperor Franz Joseph, who Ims $5,- 000,000. The French president muat give 11 certain number of receptions, balls uud dinner parties, and whenever a visiting monarch comes to Paris he must entertain him and his suite with the same outward dignity and state that owe sovereign shows another. In theory the president is maintained by the government, That is, he Is lodged, rent free in the Klysee; he enjoys the prodttr* of the splendid kitchen gnrdons nnd conservatories at Versailles und Fontnlnehlcuii' he hus the right to shoot and hunt in hhe rtate forests, nnd these also supply the palace with wood and charcoal; the palace Is lighted by the stale, and a'laundry Is maintained irrespective of the president's Income. The state allows him three horses, but there ure never less than I-' In the stables. The palace servants are paid by the state, but they ure only equal to earing for the wants of the regular household. Whenever a ball or banquet is given from .10 to 40 extra helpers are hired, nud this all comes out of the presidential puree. Mine. Mini re, It is said, spends every cent of her husband'* salary during the Paris season of Six months on matters pertnlningtothehotiselioUI. The butcher's bill alone amounts to $2110, or 1,000 francs, a week, and the other expenses are proportionately great.-—New Haven iteglster. TOM'S WIDOW. & 1IY A SNA SHIELDS. "Ye-es," suid Mrs. Craige, ns we sal- sewing iu her cozy sewlug-room, "most folks uotlce thut tidy." The tidy in question was a night- mure vision, 11 comhlnat Ion of gaudy colors never to be found excepting In those horrors devised by the economical to use up "odds und ends." It was made of canvas, und bits of zephyr wool, left from more ambitious pieces.of work, were'sewed in pell-mell, without reguird to i-olor, in n set black thut wus enough to net anybody's teeth on edge. "Do—do you admire it?" I asked, fearful of giving offense by plain speaking. The old ludy took off her spectacles, wiped thejn, put Ihem ou ugnln, leaned her head on one side, und said, slowly and gently, in 0 voice mild aa new milk: "My deer, I think it's tharmost unutterably hideous object 1 ever beheld in the whole. 70 years of my life. No- body could have mude that tidy but Tom's widow." "Oh!" I suid, not knowing exactly how to answer, foa* Mrs. Cralgn was almost a stranger to me. My husband, whu was u.missionary preacher, was making a lecturing tour und Mrs. Craige, an influential member of the Kvanstown congregation, had invited me to stay with her and rest from much weary travel. I was soon made lo feel at home in the dear ohl lady's motherly cure, hut it. is easily understood that 1 could know nothing of herself or her neighbors and family excepting what she chose to tell me. "Vou do not know who Tom's widow was, my dear," sbe said, presently, as I stiiched In respectful silence; "how should you? Tom was my son; one of my noii*., 1 should say, for 1 had nine, and four daughters, though you find me alone. Some are dead, some ure married, but all who are living have their own homes aud families. Toui went to California and started a business; he married there, and when he died it wns natural for me to suppose that his widow would remain in her own home, among her own people. Tom was not 80 when he died, and I knew she was very much younger. But one day when I wus grieving, as mothers will, my dear, for my son, there walked in a little mite of a ligiire that I should hnve taken for a child but for the heavy widow's drajK-rios. She en me straight lo me, lifted her veil, aud, looking out of n pair of baby blue eyes straight inlo my face, saldi '"I nm Daisy, dear mother, Tom's widow. 1 am nil alone in the world, but Tom snid he wns sure if I come to you, you would be good to me,' "i totm ner strnight into my henrt, the littlg, winsome darling, and I loved her ns my own. So. my dear, if I lell you of my trinls with her, do not think It was from waul of love." 1 was sure It was not, for the dear old lady's voice wns full of tenderness. "It w is lonely for her for one thing," said Mrs. Craige, "for her mourning, nnd it was 11 dccp-hcnrled sorrow, kepi her sootlidcd; and aa there was no need for her to employ herself usefully, she begun to plan delightful surprises for mc. She hus possessed by a very demon for fancy work. While she exercised it upon sofa cushions and footstools with distorted dogs and dislocated cuts embroidered in Berlin wool upon thom, I endured in patience, although my old-fashioned ideas were certainly amazed ai the sums Jhilsy Hpent on materials. Tom hud left her well provided for, and ns she hnd no expense here, her pocket-money wns n vory handsome income. As I said, 1 did not object to lhe jwor little lonely child taklug all th** pleasure she could find in embroidering hideous designs on eanviiM, and putting the results in tlie most conspicuous places in the house, but this mild form of her mania BOOU gave pluee to the desire to ix- eel in every species of work Hint eame up to waste tlie money and time of idle women. Thin old bouse, which wns in my husband's family liefore the revolution, is full of treasures endeared tn by age and association, and our sailors anil trnreleni hove added mnny a relic to the ornaments and furniture. 'I lie first pfeee of vnudulisru thut I wns expected to admire, uml secretly groaned over, was the potiehomunle transformation of a jiair of Venetian glnss vases that my won Henry brought from Europe for me. They stood III the spare room, nud never was n servant allowed to touch them, the exquisite, fragile beauties I Imagine my horror when Daisy exultantly led me to the room ami displayed her handiwork. My lovely vases! Inside of eneh one was pasted a colored landscape cut from paper, over which n garland of leaves wns varied by bunches of grapes,1 currants, cherries, flowers, birds and butterflies. Then ihe inside was plastered with blue paint, What was on my tongue was never spoken, for the blue oyes dnnced with delight at my'supposed pleasure, and bow could I be cross to Tom's widow?" "Could you never get It off?" I naked, pitifully. "Never. My vases were ruined. The next really d-rendfnl deed, varied by atrocities of minor Importance, wiih Daisy's discovery of my great-grandmother's wedding-dress, u whlte-broeuded satin that we cherished far more lhan any old gold, hut which Daisy ruthlessly cut into pincushions, embroidering each one nnd producing them triumphantly for a Christmas surprise. The girls were here—my glrls-and my whin uud their wives, and there arose Such n howl ns sent the woe blue-eyed mite to my arms in slieer terror. II wns nt thai party that Willie Normal), whose brother is my Kate's husband, flrst huw Daisy, Ixuig nfter the others had forgotten the pincushion*, 1 snw Willie in n comer with Daisy, evidently consoling her. Two babies, together, my dear, though Willie Is the dearest fellow I Be came over qillle often afler that, (they live at Feriiwood, too mile** from hers), and was kind enough to discover oil sorts of latent talent in Daisy fur decorating everything wilhin reach, Whnt I suffered from the dccalcomnnln fever inner can be described. * * * "I can imagine it. ' I had five slBtcrs, and we werciilLsinitleu," I snid. "What started na a beauty to cover unsightly spots soon became a frenzy! My mother came to the. rescue * at last and scrubbed nwny every inch." "Willie brought, her all the designs to Im* found, and carried the china she decorated (?) to bo baked 1 Oh, my dear! The ten set. made in Canton for" Mr. Cratge's grandmother's wedding present, with gilt moiuogrnbt-s und quaint handles tot he cups, all different, was decorated, carried Oil by Willie, 1 he horrible pictures all baked th and (hen presented to me for 0. birthday gi/l. 1 could not tell you half, no, not tli twentieth part of the dreadful destruction. Yon can see, dear, that the house is finished inside, wifb oak, to whioh uot a brush had ever been touched, but years of nibbing, waxing and polishing have made like glass. We pride ourselves, I assure you, upon our ou-k finish." "And well you moy," I said. "I have admired It more t.ian I can tell you." "Then yon can imagine my consternation whon 1 come home, ufter a fortnight's visit to my daughter, Marian to find Daisy was painting tlie. door*- nf tho dining-i-oom In* panels. Will's had put on the flrst coat all over two doors—white paint, my dear! The panels were in red, blue, grecn.yellov* —eneh u different color-—and upon euch a different design. Such spiky grass! bueh stiff leaves, that looked as if they were cutout of tin! such wooden birds, that looked as if their wings were held apart wlthaskewer! such staring roses, fluringwitji rod paint—" " 'Such an altogether!' " I quoted, ns tho dear old lady paused. "I groaned in spirit, but consoled myself by hoping thnt some new fancy would spare my grand old oaken doors. And my hopes were verified. Daisy tired of panel painting when the dining-room was finished, and last spring 1 hud the doors planed down. They nre, iv little thinner, but will polish up to the old tone in lime. • ■ "But after that dny Willie was more cautious about her undertakings, though more devoted to her. Rhe had been with me then nearly three years, and sho had recovered from her first grief. She was very young,-', not when Tom died, and looking like alit- tlc girl. So when sbe shyly ventured upon a white dress and some blue rib- bon's, nnd eame down to tea looking frightened at her own temerity, I said, lovingly: - "".viioi ..iir---n-rareE3, and how pretty my Daisy looks in It.' "■you don't think It Is forgetting Tom, do you?' she asked, with quivering lips. " 'I nm quite sure you will never forget Tom,' I said, kindly, for she wm trembling all over,'but I um as sure.that Tom loved you ton well to wish your young life spent in mourning, even for hlm. It is natural for you to be joyous, denr, and nothing gives me so much pleasure aa to hear you sing or see you smile.' "She had been wearing her blue ribbons for some months when the sorap- picture nnd curd-collecting lunacy started. 1 bore my portion of the martyrdom ns valiantly ns I could. I saw a priceless old Chinese jar that was Un heirloom plastered over with butterflies nnd grotesque heads, und varnished, und did not faint; 1 endured patiently when a costly Japanese vase, a present from a dear old friend, shared the same fate; bnt at Inst the tradition-, nt straw was laid upon the camel's buck." I looked at the denr gld face, lighted by a half-coroienl twinkle of the eyes, nud wondered where snch angelic patience eould have given way, "One of my boys," snid the old lady, "my Paul, was a surgeon in the navy, and from every voyage he brought me treasures that became suered when he sailed away and never returned. Amongst these doubly precious possessions wns a sandal-wood table, a masterpiece of curving, with a top polished like marble. The heavy center-leg branched off into feet of enrved loaves, mpportlug the center, which was enrved Into exquisite garlands of flowers, twisted round a tree trunk. But the beauty of the wood itself was the only ornament of the tint top. "The (able sfood in n small room off the parlor, that was seldom used, unless' we had company, and I never imagined it In nny danger until, coming rather unexpectedly from a walk, I saw Willie's head nnd Daisy's bent over it. I hurried into the robot. Oh.'mydenrl the whole beautiful top was covered with hideous advertising-cards nailed on with brass-headed tVteks. 'Oh, mother,, Daisy cried, 'don't come In! It Is not finished.' "'How dare you touch that?' T cried, nnd then cried like a baby. 'Pnitl's table!' I sobbed. 'Vou huve ruined It*' 'It was the first lime I hud ever spoken harshly to her, und sho wns like n child. 'Oh, Willie.' she said, 'she is angry, und I thought she would be so pleased,' Willie was equal lo lhe emergency. lie took her in hte arms, and cried, in great Indignationt "'ICb a shume! Don't cry, Dnisy! Oh, Daisy, be my wife, and yon may nail scrap pictures on every table in my house.1 "Did you ever hear of such a pro- |kwii1? Two babies, my dear. Dnt tbey hnve 1)0011 very happy, and there is (tot any aesthetic horror wonting in their home Storks on one leg, reeds, BlinflovVCMj Hlies, dadoes and friezes. But Ihere Is a third baby now', nearly a year old. I expect lo hear of lhat infant In classic eosflime. wilh a lyre in her bunds, some day; but I can 'bear it. My responsibilities came to nn end when Daisy coated to be Tom's widow." -N. Y. Ledger. Fort Steele Brewing Co. ....FORT STEELE, B. C..„ Manufacturers and Brewers^of CA 1 KA rllNL NHlKMIfllMlllHMIttlt Beer and porter tttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt* Sold by the Barrel, Keg or Bottled. Bottled Beer for Family use a Specialty OUTSIDE ORDHRS GIVEN STRICT AND PROMPT ATTENTION SATISFACTION OUARANTERI). P. II. IIIIX Ml. Telephone No I. KAISER & SICK, Prop's. Royal Cafe and Bakery Meals Served at all hours. F. P. VAN DECAR, Prop. Regular Meals, ')**'- The Best the Market Affords OOL. Fhte Une of Cigars and Tobaccos, Canned Goods, Confectionary and Soft Drinks. CRANBROOK STREET. |(ea(J j|,e gjg gigfl. "ELKO" The New Townsite of East Kootenay. tv*-*^ r^'riltiB CK NT I. II Ol? ONE Ol? THK lil CHEST MININd IHSTRIOTS IS I1KIT- 'XL X Isli Ciiliimliln. sitiiiite mi the Main l.luenf llm < mm Nest Push linllwiiy, only 12 ' ■T- mill's i'1-.ini ilu- hirp'il Cnnl Mini's In tlio cmintry, llnest Water I'nwer in H.ust -k Kootonny, tllO initliml mlvjiit i-jes of iho -l'-n-i- ar.' sin* 1 tint nil win tiike iho truiilile tn l Y Inv stiuiiii- have im ilimiit nl de' great iiinisihtUv an I g.-itwiti that must eventually -k itninr tn t)iln place. "Klku" Is sit*. In ly ami ln-a-iUfiil. situate on all |*ti anil level plateau. * V Ti...r-(. are h*hi|m here, ami tlim* In tlio world wlumi the vyet of thu* stranger liifot twit- \'l ■k 1 rise ami level In Duality, ivliere tin* smil in i-hai'iui'il ami the im-iru.-'sliJiii recelvi'il ion-; V rei nr In the int'innry with dehulit One ot tiles-' .spots is "KKKll," thoimh a very small ', portion of the pi'inile Ilvinu In Kootenay kniw ot Its real hoau y. Some wnnt nolil. *• Some wnnl silver, I'.iit almost everjlmily will wnnl lots In the New Town ol "Klku," }(k be ausu ihey mc ami alwayi will be a sinple com mini ity. nn 1 are prollt yielding. «).»-»■»•-♦■♦■»■> a • • • •*•■*"•***> *> •• * Choice Business and Residence Lots. 30x100 feet, with 20 foot Alley, $50.00 to $200.00 Each. -__-_-»*_*(((( Easy Payments Title Guaranteed ] l-'or Maps and further -ui'Mciit-U's apply to ; HEAD OFFICE ■ ■ ■ NELSON, B. C. f. Q. PROCTER r.rnncli OfllacBj Muifcr , B,-B0* 0SS.,rS'ii;S:--"""-' The Kootenay Valleys Co.. Ltd. 8~" O. A..J1URGK. *♦-* 0............ FRANK MCQUISTON. East Kootenay Hotel CRANBROOK, B. C. McQuiston & Burge, Proprietors. Enlarged, Refitted and Furnished. Best of accommodations for Travelers. thi* «m oi Wines, Liquors and Cigars A,'^1,^,gffiUK Feed and Livery Stables in connection with the Hotel. .-•♦♦■ .-j) J. J. I.AMONT. J.'GRI'SR LAMONT & GRIER Contractors and Builders ut dt dt Plans arid Specifications Furnished. Estimates Hade on all classes of Work. Jt Jt GENERAL JOB WORK Jt jt PROMPTLY AND S.VTISPACTORII.Y ATri*NI>ISD TO. CRANBROOK, B. C SM®l®l®l®!®l®l®l®l®l®l®l®|®l®|®|®|®|®|®|®|®|®|(t)|ffl|®|Q ® I ® @ a* Jt Up-to-date Ranges and Cook Stoves 1 Pioneer Hardware Store. {g In lnrge variety at prices Hint nre sure to please. — Call and see tliem before they nre none, I BUILDINd HARDWARE Jt Jt ® ® ® is ® «* as* AND niNERS* SUPPLIES I NEW GOODS ARRIVING DAILY. (3. H. MINER. ®l®l®l®l®l®l®l®l®l®l®l®IOI®i®l®l®l®l®l®|®|iS|®|®'|®|®| Fort Steele Mercantile Co, [MMITBD LIABILITY.] 3 FORT STEELE AND WARDNER JUST RECEIVED, A LARGE SHIPMENT OF Sash, Doors and Shingles. 0 gg g JWIfWIffWIflMflfflfflfK Timely Topics. 3 Licking stamps helps to lick Spain. When that volunteer shot Blanco low In tbe leg, he may hare thought his heart was In his boots. The "worst town on earth" has been discovered In Italy, In which 2 per cent. of the deaths are murders. All's fair In lovo and war. If a ship's of the female gender why shouldn't a man of war have a stout armor round her waist? -That „f,xv Hniitihh exuloslva Is called toxpyre, and about tbo only thing It can't shatter Is general Incredulity concerning it. ' A fellow who shot off bis thumb (o escape going tu war hus tui-iieil up. The usual mini hrr continue lo merely shoot off their mouths, The Vesuvius acts like lightning In some ways. It didn't slrlko twice lu the same spolj chiefly for tbe reason that the spot wasn't there, Tbe cable Informs tis that "lljoruu BJorusou, KJonistJorne UJorusou's ■on, has been appointed director of a new theater at Chrlstlniila." Good bjoyl The flrst troops were landed lu Cuba to band music which announced that "There'll Bo a Hot Timo In the old Town To-night." That bandmaster evidently grasped the situation, A Chicago woman has patented a hairbrush thut carries with It a strong electric shock. Was It necessary thus to accentuate the terrors which this useful toilet article already possesses for the youthful evil doerl An Oklahoma minister married twelve couples In sixty minutes the other day. Twelve knots an hour may not be able to bold a tallow dip to ocean greyhound speed, but It Is pretty good time on the troubled matrimonial sea, This Is a talkative age, and we are a talkative people; but we get many reminders that quality outranks Quantity. Ten men speak volubly lu advocacy of a proposition; then one man, who knowB more about the matter than all the ten, utters a few reasonable words In good temper, and carries the meeting with him. Fair-minded judges say, "The others had the weight of the discussion, but he had the weight of the argument." Moral: Be maBter of tbe subject, and you will be master of the audience. "After-care" Is a phrase which came Into use at the last International Conference of Charities. .It was used to express the need of following up with due attention a class of persons discharged oh "cured" from tlie hospitals for the insane, but whose men lui soundness Is not firmly established, so thai there Is still danger of relapse. As a similar need exists lu the cuse of many convalescents, reformed per3ous, discharged prisoners, religious converts nnd growing children, we arc likely to find this phrase *'after-cnre" very convenient as well as suggestive. Nobody will wonder at the bitterness of Aguhutldo and bis Philippine Insurgents after reading the report made by Consul Williams regarding the Spanish methods of luxation in tbo Philippines. Hecretary Gage, at President McKIn- ley's re<|uesf, has drawn up a tentative plan of taxation under American methods, and he calculates that under a just •ystem the Philippines will pay an nn nual revenue of f_.000.000. Place this aide by side with the fact lhat Spain has wrung an annual revenue of $20,* 000,000 from these Islands, and there Is no longer any cause to wonder at the fierceness of the present revolt. The wonder Is, rather, that Ihe natives did not rise up long ago en masse. Tlie Spaniards have mnlntnlned one tnx collector for every forty Inhabitants. A poll tax of from $.1 to JlKt on every man, and from $2.50 to tli on every woman, waa assessed annually, Then everything Inside and outside tbeir huts was taxed. A man was taxed for permission to plant his crops, and he was taxed for the privilege of picking even the «x*oanuts from the trees in bis door- yard. _ Feminine fashion as an effective ele- nieut lu warfare is one of tbe unique tunes that have come lo lhe front in these history-making days. The worn en of Washington, It seems, have resolved themselves Into s patrotlc league for the purpose of Inducing their fair fashlouiible friends all pver the country not to buy French millinery. This belli cose boycott of the much adored Parisian Ikhiiici Is Intended as International retaliation, liuisinuch as France assumed a friendly attitude toward Spain lu thu present' unpleasantness. It will mean, say these self-sacrlilclng sisters, an annual loss of $uO.IXK),000 to French Importers, But they-the women—love (heir country more than the coveted pieces of headgear, and so ihls mid undertaking of the fair patriots progresses with a loug list of prestiged patronesses In the national capital. No matter how this return charge of the fair 400 may end, this is not the first time feminine headgear has played a part In history. Not only the big hat 1ms been a vexation to the modern theater-goer aud tbe Insplrer of new municipal laws for Its suppression, but ns far back as 600 years ago It was a constant worry to the mandate-making sterner sei. One conspicuous Instance la the royal decree of Iiouls XI., who excluded the monstrous hat of fair faddists from both church aud court. Woman's headgear Is, without doubt, a powerful piece of human Ingenuity, and this neoteric movement, as an Interesting demonstration of the relative influence of the bonnet and the bullet, mny commend Itself to the llberty-luvhig ladles of the land. Rowton House, a great hotel for the London homeless, in Which a tnun can lodge at tbe cost of sixpence a day. Handsomely equipped nod generously managed, the house returned 5 per cent, on the capital Invested. The result warranted other houses. Tho third was opened a few weeks ngo, uud two more are building, lu New York the same plan tins been successfully applied of late by Mr. I). Ogdeu Mills. The Rowton Houses offer home comforts and something like club luxuries to the poor man who has known nothing better than the cheap lodging house und the saloon. His sleeping-room is ull his own; he hns a right to tlie kitchen, the bath-room and the library; he enn smoke aud talk, write or read. The price lie pays Is within Ids menus, but the fact tbat in* does pay preserves him from the feeling of pauperism. He Ib proud lhat lie has a home Iu the house. iY* t]"-t- *..'._ !:'...'!'".',, r Kot at preaenti |wrllttps, for an Into a thin sheet, which wns so deftly j Amerlcaa artist, but at any time wheu Joined to the main body of the ..est tint ■ .h( or R_ftl M„gM d_ pm, turns, as the Spaniards call it. if I were , not (jiiiie ready to believe as they do it grew perceptibly under .be »«>U'? lthatHl8 the finest gallery in the world, efforts b. those Uttle builders. ; , ffM re_dy t_ My ^ J _,.g ^.^ Length or Thought. , a l»J2fl?r' Tlie bulIl--»* ffM feCted How long do Hit taken man to tblukV ■» 1,s<' -V Chart* UL. as a Museum Prof. Klcliet, at the recent meeting of N Natural History, aud after Wing the British association; gave the result, i l-8t'1- " a barrack, became q gallery of painting lu 1S10 wlih 311 pictures on brook, aud while each addition t structure wns only the tin lhe of his 'investigations Into this subject, He found.that by nieutally running up : the notes of the musical scale for one ur more octaves nnd then dividing the I total time by the number of notes ' thought of, the time 'taken for each notO j was one-eleventh of a second. There are various wnys of arriving at conclusions ns to the amount of time necessary for realizing any physical sensation or mental Impression. If tbe skin be touched repeatedly with light blows from a small hummer, oue may, fu-uriling lo Prof. Richet, distinguish the fact that the blows ure separate and uot continuous pressure wheu tbey follow one another ns frequently ns 1,000 a exhibition. There are now over 'J.immi pictures In the collection, and while it is not a chronological series of the schools of painting. It Is a collection of gems that Uncle Sam uilght almost be warranted lu Invading Spain to possess for distribution among ihe American galleries that are at present doing what they can to compete with European exhibitions of pictures, and not making much of a show lu doing. To go Into details, let me s:ty that ou lis walls are 02 Rult'ns, B3 Tenters, 10 Raphaels, 40 Murlllos, 0-t Velasquez. 23 Van i>ykes, 4.1 Tltlans. 81 Tlntoettos, 30 Veroneses, W Breugbels, -3 Snyders, coud. The smallest Intervals of sound 19 PottMlng, io Wouvermaus, 59 Dior* can be much better distinguished with one ear than with both. Thus the sop- aruteness of the clicks of a revolving- toothed wheel was noted by one observer when they did not exceed sixty to the second, but, using both ears, he could not distinguish them when they occurred oftener ihan tlfteen times a danos, SS ttlberas, 10 Claudes ami a lot more, Including tihlrlnndajos, Sassa* farettos, WatteaUB, Guides and plenty of others which If not In such superior company would be held to be very superior themselves. Now If any of you know of any other gallery thai cau show such a list of winners :\< tills oue The Papermakers. One morning In early summer, while standing beside an old rail fence watching some cows thnt were cropping the grass, ray attention was attracted by the peculiar movements of a wasp that bad settled on tbe rail beside me. says Our Animal Friends. The rail was covered with a light-gray fuzr. of woody liber, beaten up from the decaying wood by the excessive soaklngs it had received from the long spring rains, and when the wasp had gathered as much of this as be could carry lie flew slowly away. In a short time there were a dozen or more of those Industrious pulp -gatherers at work on the old rolL ami as fast us each of them obtained a load away he flew In the direction of a clump of bushes that grew beside a small stream. My curiosity wns aroused, and 1 determined to find oul If possible what second. The sharp sound of au elee- Iln sP-*iu ,h«t doesn't have half as many trie spark of an Induction coil was ills- | visitors and art students In a year as tlugulshed with one ear when the rate \ Dresden or Florence Ims In a month, wus us high ns ;.iKj to the second. Sight rtl ,iki' ,rt kl,mv !,s address. Is much less keeu than hearing In dis- i "This Is n collection of gentiiues, too. tlngulshlng differences. If a disc half ,nB moM of them are from the palaces wlilte uud half black be revolved. It i of Madrid, the Bscarlsl, El Pnrdo and will appear gray when Its revolutions U Granja and were painted to order exceed twenty-four per second. It Ims ' With a guarantee going with each one. been found that we can hear far more : It is the crown's property, and can only rapidly thnn we can count, bo thut If a | be seen free ou Sunday, the one day tn clock-clicking movement runs faster , America when pictures In all the gallium ten to the second we can count : terles I know of, but one, cannot b* four dicks, while with twenty to the wen at all." second we can count two of them.- r,_n_t___ __■• *_»_ .., ■ i u i ,i.t ii . i • - wAUSt Ur. rAiLUHt. Mining and Scientific Praas. „ , _ T ~~ 7TT~ ! Good Clerk* Are Not Al**tiM Good llooki of the Oil. _ _ It Is absolutely untrue thnt aurjnan ! _ - - . ., *■ ',,_... of pure Celtic blood has ever product ifm* 3*Jj »"■« tef«4 f«** „ masterpiece of the highest order in Mj ■«»"■„«-- «** and Indus- English literature; whatevi-r .he Celt I™* b"' «• _*£* ,D ^wutlve may have done he has not written our fc^ "-1 *■*■ «*?*** **"?** for best books, snys Literature. 'The fan ^_?ST___3v__^^^ "?'fW terbury Tales." "Hamlet." "LycldaB," "J "W**"WJ*** >0me ""• t0 **** "Paradise Lost." Hacon's "Basaji," ; :hp ****_** They can theu carry It Boswell's "Johnson;" "Gullh.r's Trav «•*• *» \h^ «/* entirel-v at 9(,:| when els," "Tristram Shandy." "Tom Jones." spelled to depend upon their own "Pickwick'! ami "Vanliy Fair" were ! f"0"rces. all Invented and fashioned by English ; I**?™" cmwm many a man to miss ...en. hvSnxon nnd Norman, nnd Dam-. :hat I"***" *W<* he nitPht ol,tafn If mnv be, but not by duel nor Cymry. I*"? !lP B,erL MjlD-v ,nwi st-'■^,- we« We'have on.ttied Spenser and Be,. "d matp s,"nP Prhgreas. bul as they Jouaon, lM'vden and Pope, Seott and !w ,hi,lc* *°,n« n-r"1* ^">oibIy they ; think they can now "take It easy." ind so leave the management of their (tores to irresponsible clerks while they go on a bunting or a fishing trip, >r spend many hours loafing around bIiowb conclusively how |hotels when they should be behind their own counters. A man car.no! make a business sue Wordsworth. Keats and Tennyson. Coleridge, the king of "glamour" (sometimes spoken of as though ll were n Celtic Invention), and hosts oCpthers; it Is a mere skeleton list, ehosi.'»*,i haphazard, but small a debt We owe to Ireland, to tlle Scotch highlands ..r to Wales. And If j we come to the might v second best, tolce-M ln ,,lls wn-T* aml be win •» sur- whom .sometimes We give a greater love i *"-rlsed i0 sw bow hl* ,ra,je ■-■ drifting than to the highest immortals, the re- 'awa-T from bim. suit will be pretty much Ihe same. I-et ! A nian t0 *ncceed In these days of the billnicu put their llerrlck on lhejltmiest competition must work hard, bonrd. How many of the HlwiWthan |He must bave a constant oversight up- poets were Celts; where Is the Erse I011 the minutest details of the bus]- PepysV And what a woefully shabby \a*sn- and though he may not perform figure Tom Moore appears when on* ""W task blmwlf, he should kuow compares hlm with Bums: that It has been done properly by his Bubo rdl nates. Extravagance ruins many a man who otherwise might have achieved fortune. 'Young men on a salary are contented and save a portion of It. But when these same men start In business they are not content with their former pny. They fall to realize that In Its Initial stages every dollar left ln the business is worth more than two dollars when a business Is fully •fsfabllsned.—Hardware. Serpent's Venom. Prof. T. It. Fraser, of Edinburgh, who has made n study of serpent's venom, nml hns suggested tueutis for rendering It Inert by "Autlvenine," has recently called attention to the circumstance that serpent's venom when Introduced Into the stomach of an animal will produce no Injurious effect although the amount of poison swallowed would lie sufficient- If Introduced beneath the skin to kill i.imni animals of the same species and weight. He attributes this Immunity from harm to the action of the bile. He has further ascertained that the bile of serpents when mixed with venom will prevent it from producing dentil, even when lt Is present lu very small quantity. The bile of some other animals also possesses this antidotal quality, but not to the same extent as the bile of snakes. A Hunter's Trick. John Hook, a veteran huntsman of Hampshire County,West Virginia.hasa novel case that Is puzzling a Justice of the peace- While hunting Hook could not resist the temptation to kill a deer that Crossed his path. He then went to the nearest magistrate und Informed Ot) himself, who Imposed a line of .-*_■• for violating the game law, which Implicitly Implies that no deer shall lie killed In that State until Oct. 1">, 1001, Hook's object In Informing on himself was to save half the tine, which the Justice re Has No Faith In Horseshoes. There is a truck driver on Oreenwi.-h street; In this city, who stands ready to demolish any man who attempts to persuade him that horseshoes are lucky. He started up the street the other day with a load of discarded horseshoes, which were to be delivered to a Junk Bhop In the neighborhood. He was hardly under wny when the tall board of his wagon fell out and nlrout a bushel of shoes were scattered on the pavement, nnd in picking these up one of them fell upou his fool and Injured bim so tbat he limped for a week. While he was reloading, h rapidly driven car en me down the street nml struck the rim of his wheel, demolishing two spokes, nnd he had hardly unloaded and started for home before bli horse took fright and ran nwny, de* mollshltig his wngon ami neatly killing hlm in tlie bargain by ihrowlng him Sgalnst a pillar Of the elevated road. , , . ii ,, „. On reaching home he found three of thi fused to allow. He Is now suing the i ,... , , ,., ., , . rm.„ _.,..„. . i i iv_ i Children sick with tie meases. squire. The deer weighed 2*4 pounds, | I BogUH Electric flelM. An exchange reports that In nn examination that was made of some "eleo trie belts" sold by a street fakir It wai found that beneath a .--trip of gauze was a layer of dry mustard. When the and Hook thought It would be cheap meat If be could get half the fine, as the law states that half tbe flue shall go to the Informer.—New York Journal, niKuovfry ofa Prehlsrorlo Road. A corduroy road made of small cedai trees, which were In a perfect state ol | nearer perspired a^ little the mustard preservation, "wns unearthed recentll thirty-eight feet below the surface oi tbe earth) seven miles east of Ashtn bulu, Ohio. Prof. Carl Wright, lenchet of geology In Oberlln College, who lint visited tbe spat and examined the wood gave It as his opinion that the wood hm been where It wns found since the gin clal epoch. Canine ProTrndon*. In Paris you find dog doctors, dog dentists, dog barbers, and dog dress makers advertised In (he newspaper* and they seem to be well patronised. Remember that people nro not ao anxious for visitors as they pretend. We rati tell whether a man Is lazy by thu way he leans ou a counter or table. wns moistened and set up a burning sensation, and the deluded victim lie- lleved a current of electricity was passing through hlm. . . Steak lor Breakfast* Our ancestors ate much more meat than wd do. In Queen Elizabeth's ilmi her inA-Ids of honor were allowed threw rump steaks for breakfast. Mutton was not so much uso*} as beef, bein-) looked upon as diet rather for a fastld Ions appetite than for a woman In good health. Tbere Is usually more danger In an elopement than uny other kind of run* away. ' A man's life Is always In danger while the doctor continues his visits. CRANBROOK : : : British Columbia. .»»ih» )immim«)iH))miifHK»;«iK:inn((KHt»iHa The TERfllNUS of the Crows Nest Pass Ry. Is now at Cranbrook- S The Construction Headquarters Will be in Cranbrook until the road 1 ,, is completed to Kootenay Lake, the § .,,..* tail terminus for ayear or more. ■smia-smsm-msmmummiinnntnttsttstststttrintttttttt! Engineers are now at work locating a branch line from Cranbrook to the North Star mines. Completion of this line will enable the mine owners in the North Star and Sullivan groups to lay down their ores cheaply at Cranbrook, the Divis- \ ional Point on the C. N. P. Ry. Prices on company lots have not been advanced, although sales from second and third hands have been made at an increase of ioo per cent. Work on C. N. P. round house, repair and machine shops will be started in a few | days. For further information, maps and prices of lots apply to B. C. UND INVESTHENT AGENCY, Victoria and Vancouver. 1Vt*I-?> *•' "•' '• ' -I'■■• L'■JL'i-I'l-L'-l'"I <'k>'I'•■'X•■'I'■'I"'l,'i-J.'vI!i-;'J -'I'-'X'-'A-'J'•'I'■ X"x~"x'x"i'M^'i'-l*l-'l-M.-'1*I*I*I*I«i*I»J>l5l*iWa!>I*T L. A. HAMILTON, C. P. R. Land Commissioner, Winnipeg, Man. V. HYDE BAKER, Local Agent, Cranbrook, B. C. | Correspondence iff tc. * __ _ m News From 5! Neighborhood* ^ J *•*»*_**«*«*««»*■««•■ *«*-l*-i««-5-l-3-J*i-Jrl*i_-l-J-|-_-J»* the feat of swimming across the lake, jnst above town. The lake at this point is about three quarter*-' °f » mile wide, the distance was covered in eighteen ai:d one-half minutes. Ties from the saw njill are being distributed along.the grade in Trout of town, Everything is now ready for the laying of the Iract. , There in quite a stir in real estate in Moyie, many properties changing bauds and plans being drawn up for buildings. J. M. Pyn-Smilh and Saucroff Baker returned to town ouPiiday last from the west, having spent a few days In Nelson aud Rossland. WARDNER. Willinm Dulton apd Jack Wilson loaded their outfits hen*, last Friday, and left Saturday for the east. The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Fink waB ch-riatened last Wednesday evening. Hev. Oliver performed the ceremony and thqre was quite a party present. ;■; ■ •■ It has been rather quiet during the past week, but the. people here feel se reneand happy in the knowledge and confidence lhat the future of Warduer is all right, and that it is bound to make a good camp. The Clementine hotel has closed for the present. D. V. Simpson left-wn the Star this week for his home in Illinois lie will probably reUrn in a few months. Richard Gudfrey leaves this week for the Boundary country. Mr. and Mrs. Chas, Garden visited Craubrook Monday. There is a large force of men at work on the bridge at this point. Miss Mbbater, of Victoria, arrived last week and will open the Warduer school next Monday. The new school house will be ready for use by that time. Mrs. McCall left last week for her home in Washington. The captain is istill at his old quarters, the Wardner hotel. Messrs. Ripstein and Berkman, of the Central hotel, will leave next week for a brief visit to their old borne iu Winnipeg. Max RipMein will have charge of the hotel during their absence. Jake Fink rame down from Cranbrook Saturday to visit over Sunday with his family. William Langtre was a Cranbrook visitor Sunday. MOYIE CITY. Though the time Ims been short since work was commenceil on the Moyie and Queen of the Mills mines, a considerable difference has been made in tbe appea*- aucc of the property. In the upper tunnel of the north ledge, a cross cut has been commenced, tbe result of which is a showing of twelve feet of ore. The greater portion of this Is concentrating. In the lower tunnel the show ot ore has been increased to four feet, while on the until ledge from three to four feet have been uncovered in an open cut. Considering the short lime that work has been in progress, and the small number band- ling the steel, the results prove far above expectations. Contractor J. Ha skins has returned to Moyie. His work is completed and he is now looking after the shekels. A man named William Harris, while under the influence of liquor, was robbed to the extent of somewhere.*!-out $60 by Peter Barrie. It happened that Barrie was observed taking tlm money and was promptly charged wiih the offence. When brought before Judges Cranston and Hutchison he pleaded guilty and was lent to jail for six*iiionlh-t at hard labor. Al Richardson, while working at the Park Mitchell & Co.'a saw mill, received a severe cut on the wrist hy a saw. One of the cords was partially cut. The wound is doing well. "Sporting" A. T Chirk scroll) pi i shed Wben the sun broke through the clouds this morning clearing away the mist, the mountain tops were disclosed to view covered with snow. It looked very much like winter and called to mind summer wages and last winter's overcoat. W. B. ItOSS. H. W. HKUCliMKIt, ROSS & HERCHMER Barristers, Solicitors, Notaries Public, Conveyancers. Fort STKICI.K, ; Britisli Cohiinbin. ■■TIIE- CRANBROOK PHARMACY, Bflilevlntf in tlio are'flt'futtiro of Crnnlirnnk lm.1 (i|n-iii'.i aIhi'K'* iiml Wt-ll ii-isoiu-it Mm-k nf ....dim <;s.... Patent Medicines, Stationery and Pipes, Toilet Articles. Special attention given Lo mail aud out of town orders. R. K. BEATTIE. C. L. HILLIARD, General Blacksmith CRANBROOK, B. C. HORSESHOEING, MINING WOR K AND GENERAL REPAIRING. WAGON WOOD-WORK Promptly Attended tc. NOTICE. ClMMftWlOIC, -.Mill AtlgllBt, ItflK. I hi'ipliy al vt* imi lie tlmt silly days nficr iluti* I Intend l.i-i-ip]) in tln> riil-f i uninii-sl ncr of l,:iii(lN anil Wiir-iK, YJct'H'la. Un liciinlssliui lu jiiiicIiiim- the fill 1 "-.vliii*; ilpsi-rllii'il inu-L-of luiul, Situated In the fruit he n IHvlsluii i.f I nxi K'l'H- onny- (•oiiiliifiK-iIlK Ht U I'usl |l:inte<( Ht til inu-rs i-tlnri nt llie enst biiiiuitiiry uf l.ut .'lan witli I lu- nm tlm n nlmn-of lT--iiiii*r Ijiki1, lliciin- uortli forty ill)) clialns, tlience ciist furtv i-ioi I'lmins, tlit'ti-H suiiih forty i+im-Iuiiiib, 'I-piio west flirty -Wi i'lmins to tli*- -mint of I'l'iuinwi-'c iii(*tit, ciiiitiiliilii,,' out* IhiiiiIitiI nml sixty aetctt. T. W. HT|!lrHKN\ NOTICE. I, the undersigned, J, MeKenzie, horebyjtlvp tm l'-i> lliut I iii'einl In iiiiiily ti-tlin Chief Cinii- iiiissliHUTiif Utiilsiiml Works fur •mi-nii'.slon iiilitiri'linsi- :WD ii'-ri-s of Ijin-l In Kuuih Kurt Knriieiiiif, di'imlln'il :tH follows; Ciuilliiciii'llij* itt UiBHimiliwi'Sl (■iii'iicr nf WIIIIiiii* Mi-iiui'i*''i |.n*-i*tni*tli>n claim, lliertOB rant tn clialns to H-Hitliiasi eorncrnf sniii claim; iiii-nro snnih bi I'lniltii; tlii'ii-jn went iii etniln-i; llirneti mnlliM i'lmins In |mliil or i>oiiinii'iiccmi'iit. .1. MflKKKXIK. Dali-'l i i.uil'Miii],, II. I'., Joint 19, I mis. N. L. Cummins, C. E. PROVINCIAL LAND SURVEYOR 1-OItT STEELE, : : Bll'lTIBIl COLUMBIA. GEO. R. LEASK,. il.:iloof Toronto* Builder and Contractor, CRANBROOK, B. C. AH kin-It or .lohliin;: proifiiitly nttcntleil to. Es* Umatos fnniUlii'il JULilpulteatlpn, The Imperial Fire Insurance Co. OF LONDON, ENOLAND. JOHN HUTCHISON, Agt., Cranbrook, B. C. Now is the time to Insure. Rates Moderate. Protection Sure. The Palace MttMtttlMttKt Livery, Feed and Sale Stables ... XOUlirUV AVKXIMl. Nfiir Kootoniiy.lliitcl, CRANBROOK, B. C. Qood Double and Single Turnouts and Saddle Horses. I'l'iimi.l atti'ii pitlil tn tintlslL-Ilt trrvel. Geo. Qeary, Proprietor TIIK POPtfLAIt ROUTE TO EAST KOOTENAY! The Inr^e anil conunodJotiB Steamers ;•)♦•■ * iiiih » • •> mg» • » • • m ♦-*>*> •**•♦(■) NORTH STAR J. D. FARRELL (•)•-♦ »-»-♦■♦-♦-»♦-»--*-♦■♦♦•• • ♦_-♦♦- CAPACITY : : One hundred passengers and one hundred nud fifty tons freight each Will opr-ii tlm nnvi-jiitlim sc-isim on the Konti-ntiy Itlvcr from JENNINGS, MONTANA, - OX T1IK- GRIiAT NORTIIKRN RAILWAY For n'.l point. In Knst Knotuimy About : April 20th. for MHspnijer nml tri-lglit rntos ndilrcss tli. ootllllltMIM1 nitttnt nt .Iciiiiiiii:.. .Mnntunn, or 111.1 I'ORT STEELE MERCANTILE CO., I'ort Steele or Wardner, B. C. INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORTATION CO, KOOTfNAY RIVER TRANSPORTATION CO. The Canadian Bank of Commerce. Hon. Grto. A. Cox, President. B. IS. Wai.kBR, Gen. Man. PAID-UP CAPITAL, $6,000,000.00. o~ Accounts of Corporations, Merchants and Individuals received on favorable terms. SAVIN(Sa"Dfil?ARTMENT—Deposits of $1.00 and upward received and current rates of interest allowed. Drafts and credits issued, payable at all points. Kaohoog. " purcl„8ea"' ,... . J. W. H. SMYTHE, Manager. I I The E. J. Schagel Lumber Co. g s ©@ja©@@@O@©_OG0OOGOOOOO CUANIUIOOK,. n, c. Manufacturers of and Dealers in all kinds of Rough and Dressed Lumber, Moulding and Building Material. CALL FOR PHICKS. Piper & Curry dt Painters, Paper Hangers and Decorators dt dt Sign Writing a Specialty. I satisfaction Estimates given on all work. ; guaranteed CRANBROOK, : : . BRITISH COLUMBIA. The Cranbrook Will be open to the public in a few days where you will find first-class goods at prices to make all customers happy. Creamery Butter • 35c. Eggs - 32c per doz. THOS. A. KENNEDY. Divisional Headquarters Livery and Feed Stables CRANBROOK, - - - J. II. McMUM.IN, BRITISH COLUMBIA i : rROPRIETOR. TEAMS AND SADDLE HORSES FOR HIRE. The best possible attention given to care ot animals while in my clinrge. WnnH VflrH""1 *riave on hand a supply of seasoned wood. TT UUU I al U Cllt t0 stove lengths, which will be delivered on order at reasonable price. The Herald Office for Job Printing. ♦•»»♦<< i T. A. Creighton, & GROCER Is too busy to write an ad, but?--*' will have something to tell you later on. jt ji jt jt . jr.„ .': A complete nnd well selected stock of Family Groceries, Winers'Supplies, etc., now arriving. .;' I The Cranbrook Lumber Co. ■& s I Saw and Planing Mills I :-:AT I CRANBROOK, B. C. -ALL KINliS OF- ROUGH AND DRESSED LUMBER, DIMENSION TIMBER, SHINGLES AND MOULDINGS. IN STOCK OR MAD_ TO ORDER. PRICE LIST: Dimension Timber, 2x4 to 12x12 up to 20 feet long.. fi6 00 per M " " over 2u feet long up to 30 ft. add 50c. per M for each .-uldiiionul 2 feet. " " over 30 ft. long—prices on application. Rough Lumber, 12, 14, 16 ft. lengths 16 oo per M Surfaced " 12, 14, 16 ft. '• 20 00 per M 6 inch T. nml ft. Mooring-—No. 1 ;.•;. 26 00 per M 6 inch " *' V 2 ai ob per M 4 inch " " " 1 28 00 per M 4 inch " " " 2 24 00 per M 6 inch Rustic " 1 36 uo per M 6 inch " " 2 22 no per M 4 iucli V joint or beaded ceiling—No. 1 ad 00 per M 4 inch V " " " " " 2 24 00 per M Ship I/ip—nl) widths 22 00 per M Mouldings and finishing lumber, casing*, &c, prkea on application. , ARCH'd LEITCH, Manager. . a-m •-• *® (tra nn >■♦■» •■• • •■• <_>■»■♦■» • • ♦ • • •(?) Cranbrook Hotel s s (lucsls Comfort 1 Specialty Qood Slabllni In Connection Non rest to railiond and depet. Has accommodations for the public unequalled in Cranbrook. RYAN & MORRISON Proprietors £y..^i.i-. ..... in-a-i+im • . a®(f}a-a4 ..................... Commercial Hotel, CRANBROOK, B. C. Jt j> Jt New, Neat and Roomy. This house has just been completed and is one of the largest in Southeast Kootenay. Ollice and bar room tbe most commodious to be found in this region. Dining room large and appointments complete. Transients will Gnd this home will meet every requirement. W. T. KAAKE, r>roprletor. Jt jt j. j» ji