—r /3.s :*ij .;-,• _,.•';•.'. '•" - '-.'i':': ""}''■'■': •?,-',, V -•;' -•■ Industrial Unity !Is: Strength Tho Offli'ial Organ of District No". 18, U. M. W.. of A. ^OL.III NO. 45 Fernie, B. 0.* July-4-,, 1908^; -/.i ft (A Political TJaity^is, Victory .00 a Year ..r* L^ ¥ ¥ I: I I **: 'jf* ■|'.v-,*!iU*.1J.-" s?;. '•^-^-S5?' 1* t t ,VS ' - .. ,, "*■ , . | P. S. See our Special Offer this week. 8 4 .4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 t 4 4 4 .4 4 4 4 4 4 4 ft XSX*^ASX»X»A*WA»A»X^.XiX.X nuwwijMSS o:oox).aox)»x>io:o:o )®®@®®®®®®(j: Wfe cater direct for the Workingman's Trade Tliat is whv our trade lias increased so rapidlv. The i - ■ • . '4, ■■ - ,_^J,■' more business we >do the lower our prices^ will get. ■ '%• Don't fail' to,see, our stock before buying elsewhere. Spring Suits ... ...?8 10 12 15 -Soft Hats ...-..■.*. .'. ... ...2 2.50 3 " Stiff Hats ... ... . . ...2.50 3 3.50 '," Working Shoes ... ... ... ...2 to 4 - Dress Shoes ... ... 3 to 5 We make a specialty of working, men's goods. . '. •St Gillespie ijj;- ;,■' by Siicce^fullytXarrieiOiit Gladstone Local Union ■'"■-} ,..-.. iy ■■ ■ , The Dominion1. Day celebration held under ' the auspices of, Gladstone local Nor '2314 U.M.W. . of A,- was a" great success both' financially and otherwise. Some disappointment was felt owing to. the band hot being present, but .their charge was considered, to be too high and'they split up and ; sent halt' to Moyie arid half to .Crow's Nest. . The various, sports were hotly contested and the program and list of winners as;below -show that it ' was'a good celebration. The miners had-.made previous arrangements with/the weather man. and old sol (beamed forth, with.all his glory and heat, and while the day was very hoi it was an ideal day for' celebrating.- ■ ■ "■ *' The committee ' were "jail kept very busy, and did everything in their,power -to jtdd. to the enjoyment .'of : the larget crowd. Special mention might'be .made of Chris. Dingsd'ale,'- "wh'o-'kindly supplied water' to ' •'the thirsty, and otherwise looked after.'ithe'comforts of the weary. Following, is the programme: - ' . i' • ' ' '-i , - • i> -r -• Race-1 -John.'Guidosh, 2.K.A. MMIY -Boys' Dicken, ' Girls' Finch". - Girls A . Ra'ce-1 oklica'wilde, 2 J- Egg and Spoon-Race--1 Jessie. Dick, 2 S. Wilson -, - Boys' Obstacle ,Race—'- 1 Dave Martin, 2 Clayton,Dubois. -' 'Boys' Sack Race—11:'.'Dudley,' 2 R; Murray. ■"' ■"? , ■ '" , Old Man's Race—1'' Thos. Wake- lem, ■•.-••'; rl,; " -- • , 100 yds. Sprint, .confined to members of U.M.W.,'of-A. — 1 Herbert Cattell; 2 Walt Dick. ." jPony Race,! mile—1 M.;Gorrie." Quoit' Competition—1 Ted Coates. Men's Obstacle' Rac'e,- 1-4 mile—1 Walt,Dick,-2 H.' Cattell. ' 1,-4 mile for Men~l Wm. Barrow, 2 H. Cattell. High Jump—Vern Boynton. —z lining- me-; -•nrT-iseiangerr Appealed from Former trial - With Same Result Kenora, Obit., July 3—Wm. Paul was found guilty before Justice Anglin at' the assises today .for the murder of Henry Schilling, near Pinewood1 on the. Rainy river, and was sentenced, to be aanged on September 18th. . When asked if he had' anything to say, the prisoner' tried to spoak but he could not utter a sound. The'murder for which Paul- was found guilty was" one of tho most cold blooded in the history, of this part of Ontario. Paul and Schilling, both young men, who were apparently, bosom "friends, left' Rainy - River7 on November 30th, 1906, to cut timber in the woods. .They skated up, the river and ,that was the' last seen of Schilling till afterwards, with Paul's blood his body was found: four days stained skates near-by. * ' •' ■' It came out in the evidence that Schilling had been killed in a horrible manner by Paul. Paul was tried and,'found guilty at the assizes' last November, but throu'gh an error in the" judge's charge, he was.-granted a new trial, with' the same result. •/■'\ >, •'// ., - .-■ \y .1/ ' ,,, ,^ I1. > BLOODY FIGHT GOES ON . London, July 1—The situation at Tabriz is said to be very serious. . Private despatches received here, today say the people have erected barricades in the streets and that fighting is going -. on.' day and night. , ' : Tabriz and . the "entire province of Azerbajan are strongholds of the revolutionists'. ." . The arrival there * yesterday of. troops to strengthen the forces of the Shah has increased the danger ,Qf_tha_p.i tn a +.* mis— ' —n =^— -U4.ua44UU7 Ton will say, Is it Possible? . That I can buy crood fruit lands with a good supply water with- . in SO miles of Fernio, on the installment plan ':." , $5.00 Down. $5.00 pr Mon ih. I ( Uiini or Taxes For a five acrti tract during life of contract. This' offer will not last Ion*?.1, Wfflte for circular of "Koo ttenla Irrigation Tract" , D. W. HART, Aflft. K. R. L>. Co;, Baynes, B, C. OUR CRITIC AGAIN SAYS THAT if you want to make a .•man,mad, tell.hitivfnot'tp losie hi^ temper when ho has already lost ,.it. . . „.; -..:-.. 1 • * « 1 THAT,' tho girls who., aro more oc Ins , *; 1 snippy, >,'b«caus«,';: they are; younr and pretty should remember that it will not take long, to' get over -it, A girl passes*from^the .young to tho. old crowd, in '• four years.' How then? ' , -,- •.,• v., .* ■ . THAT it , makes no difference how pretty a girl is,' or "how sweet her disposition, or voice, if , she woars glaenes tbe boys are afraid of her, What about that Holly dear? "• • t ,■ THAT the woman' whose' husband cannot sing, nor act, nor •dance, has a great deal to be Nhankful for. The men with , so Many accomplishments are thle o*nes most likely to go. wrong. THAT he. wonders it you ever noticed that a man will get up in the night and have to tumble all over boforo he can ftnd anything, A burglar never has such trouble. . » •.•■• , IklAX , the oonespoudeat .rom here for tho Kelson Daily News •hould And out facts before fend* ing, his news in. Sunday's paper has a paragraph sayin-fe the provincial -noHcf) have discovered a THAT our esteemed friend Wm. Mclaughlin came Iln with a lettor for publication tyhich we print he- low',reg.ardihg''the "Critics remarks about "a*a'-Agitator";.in the ' row at one of'our hotels on,pay night. -The, letter is a fair'.sample of the writer, and s-..f>aks for ..itself, Tho .writer uses, some very' peppery opi- th&ts both to tho Critic, the hotel proprietor, and the policeman and shows, his' lack,of. knowledge by "butting in" to'things ho knows nothing at all about.. Twenty or thirty • people • who* 'saw the row will) take; their oath .that no ono was kicked at all, and if it had not boen for tho row that the "agitator" made aftor, the crowd would have dispersed at once. The "agitator" was not there at the start, and knew nothing about the first part of the row, if he had he might have tried to use the very small amount of common sekise that is supposed to be given the average man, (but which he seems to be short of. The imbecility of human nature is absolutely beyond comprehension. COMMUNICATIONS Tin K-lltor doe* not I10M lilti-mulf r-,.p'**'- ill.Is fur opinion* expreniert li.v oorromxin- uo'iu In thuiift column*., AN IGNORAMUS' LETTER To the Editor, *ll4 •**..' f1, , M I . I I " *-•* -* WV'444, *«4 »444. 444<4-» **•& — * V 4 tha L«id(*er widen* thr. hnnditii"'nf our critic again Says tbat the agitator who was tryin to raise an extra row on Saturday night came within an aco of getting more thai*, was good for htm an •xte "NT.*.*.* "Mr er'flV »-•■ ***"• '-'•m- these .hired thugs kick him into the condition aforesaid The critic seems to be well informed there is a possibility that the critic ' Was the individual who was going to g,ive the agitaor more than would have been good for him He might have bean close by as it is a dark corner and judgin from the stand the, critic takes in attackin those who aro down and out most fair- minded citizens have'come to the conclusion that the critic is on an equal with the p s and thugs whom ho defends in the interests of his advirtisments. WM McLAUCHLAN •Fornio B O 30, 6, 1908 In. Duplicate, Ed. Note—The editor was too busy , to , bother correcting tho phraseology and spelling of abovo. Maybe you can understand it, „ THAT our friend Wallio Mc Laughlan should, r-en.on.bei' , the time 5 years ago this month, when ho was "butting in" at a bar room scrap, lio got his deserts then, and was glad to quit. "Yo hit,the wrang mon.'.' ho cried, . • *' • THAT tho rink management should have seen that the g.allory was properly supported befoi'o the crowd arrived. The hammering Bpoilod somo of tho music, besides frightening many women who were in tho gallery, • » • THAT • some narrow minded "jack asses" think that the critic snould not evon laugh, let alono play a joke. If they were attending to their trade (if they have any) they would not be so inter* faring, The Critic appreciates a joke as well as most people and better than the average. How now, Jim? . • * * THAT the band 1b soliciting subscriptions from the public, and is therefore a public institution. It should give the public a little more music than at present. It should come out at least twice a week, ■" o "Men's Pdtato\Race---rSid Hunt, 2 H. Cattell.. j. : -.'..•-. 100 yard dash," opcn-1 H. Cattell, 2 R. Barrow.- . Long.Jump--1 H.rCattell. . Wrestling Matchy-1 Tom-Smith., Single"-Ladies' R"a"ce — 1 Harriet Hamilton, 2 Jessie Dick, .Married " Ladies' Race—1 Mrs'. K. Culleton, 2 Mrs. Sarah Gregory. . Horse,Race, open—;1 M. Gorrie, 2 R. Dunlap. , " Tug-of-War—-Won by P: Burns' team, wuEFHTcHa James Ferguson was.instantly killed this forenoon in No. 5 mine, Michel. He was engaged in fitting steam pipes in No. 5 slope,' when some cars loaded with timbers broke loose from the haulage system. They descended the slope with gi-eat rapidity, scattering the timbers as they went, One of tho timbers struck the unfortunate man on,the back of the neck, killing him initantly. " The deceased was nn engineer by trade and a native of Scotland and was 29 years of age, He came from Movie about throe months ago, He leaves n young wife; who bus- the sympathy, ot the entircr community. NEW FREIGHT RATES Special distributing freight rates have been granted to the wholesalers of Fernie to go into cllcct' on July 10. This is one of the most important concessions that the C. P. R, has ever granted, to Fernie aa it will put this town on the same standing as Calgary and other wholesale centres and should increase the . bus!" ncss of local wholesalers at least 50 per cent. Heretofore these houses have been able to get ouudic business only because they were on the spot, but they will now be able to compete In price with any of their western opposition. HICHfLlS'tliTffiffRS The entry of the'troops to the city is opposed by the revolutionary forces. ■ All the bazaars have closed. There has been some looting of the residences, of delegates.,to the assembly and business houses,; ,...,,, Increasing cause for alarm is found in the fact that Tabriz' is surrounded by Hachin Khan and his horsemen, They are supporters of the Shah and utterly,,-without discipline. Shouid these riders be turned loose on the city the lives of oven the foreigners there' would be in danger. No details are given of the recent street fighting, but one of the dispatches . concludes with these words: "A good deal more bloodshed is expected before the trouble is settled." The foreign community residence at Tabriz is small and is compos- ed mostly of Russians. Thero is a small British Colony. A. C. Wratislaw is , tho Russian consul general, M. Pohitonow of the staff of th« Imperial Bank & Telegraph company and a fow engaged in the carpet trado. Tho Russian and British consulates aro guarded by troops. , St, Petersburg, July 1—-News was received here to-day showing that tho situation at Tabriz, Persia, is serious. Mounted followors of Rachin Khan havo been arriv- iniS boforo the city since Thursday. They mot with resistance. This exasporatod thorn and thoy at once frogan committing atrocities in which the mob* joined. Tho excitement is described as intense. The anti-revolutionists, foel themselves on Arm ground, hav|e doclined the proposal of an armistice mado by the Russian consul general. The fighting which took place at Tabrle, Persia, yesterday, according to reports tbat have just come to hand via Baku, approached the dimensions of a real battle, Eighty men were reported killed and many more were wounded. 4> ■; Our House Furnishing Department is now replete with all the staples and the newest novel ies. Lace Curtains Portiere Curtains Lace Bed Setts Bolster Frames Curtain Rods Window Shades Pillows Comforters ° Blankets Carpet Squares and Rugs Floor Oilcloth Hammocks, Tents, Linoleums, Etc., Etc. all on second floor Trites-Wbotf l&imited branch of tbe Black Hand in Tor- ] -nation of your readers the agita nie. Now the Critie would like to | know what the provincial police had to do with it. They had no* thing. The city police did it all, and did it well at that, The member of the provincial police who wai tnnt fcy the direction of the city police to arrest three men on "Monday nlpht's flyer gwt en fnr as talking to the m*n, and then '•very cleverly" let them get away from him. Our city police weald "have captured these men, tor waa not tryin to raise an ex* tra row But simply protested against the action of the hired "Rt»-*iT.i\, !txxx\e SO—Tn-mrrrow *.., the last day the hotel men of the province will enjoy privileges under the pre&ent license law. The most radical chango which takes place is in tho hours ahd startinr* ... TV-......, * * - • ^t* ••--•"••.• will,,have to get in be/lore ten o'elook or go without a night cap. The local option provisions also come into force on Wednesday and KILTIES' BAND CONCERT The Kilties Band played to a large and appreciative audience in tho rink on Monday night. This is tho best we have had' in this line, and tho rink people aro to be congratulated on securing such an aggregation We undersrtand that, financially it was a failure, as the management offered a very large guarantee, and came a little short. This is the fault alono of the Kilties themselves, as last year thoy •wore advertised to appear here, did tho same amount of advertising as this year, and wero to' play in tho opera houso. After tho people paying to got in and hear them it was found that thoy had brought about ono third of tho company here, and tho rest woro playing elsewhere. This of course was a disappointment, and the music thoy rendorod thon was not much better than our own band could have done. The people wero disappointed badly. You cannot fool a Pernio crowd moro than once, and no ono but tho (band managers aro .to blame in this instance. If it had not have been for'this thore would havo been a Mstanding room" audience at the rink on Monday night. The rendering of the familiar pioce "Afraid to go home in the dark" was exceptionally good. The dancing was the best /Itness- od horo, and altogether the concert was a decided nuccess, in all but tho matter of finance, The annual election of officer* was held on Tuesday. The most important feature wa» the election of Charles Gainer for the position of permanent secretary," vacated by Jns, Douglas. The vote for the officers was as follows i President—Frank Campbell 75, Mr, Marsh 86, R, fnnes A9. Permanent .Secretary — Charles Cv.v.a 15?, ,'l, j. Cui'c' v, '1'liQnu. Colqiihoun 2«i, wm. Whltchouse 19, Vincent Frodshan 41. Conductors — Wm. Abraham 132, Clui. Salmo 179, C. Romano 89. Warden--Tho». Haines 119, Wm. **>vt ^.ikUtk i -ahowocks ."U, y,n. Madden <>t>. Rec, Sec—Jai. McLeod 117, IXJ. McDonald HI. '■•O- «o~ FOOTBALL and thugs around the hotel), steps will bo taken immediately and X may state further that had j to have the vote brought on. Now it not been for the agitator the ! the hotel men are considering individual who was kicked uncon-1 raising the prices. They claim •eioua by the hired,thugs around ! they cannot make a living with tlife Ilo tell Auothur hhe-d thug [ thu u»duc«*J ytice* unless there is "RUSSIAN MINE A HOUSE. CHARNEL Commissioned by the Citizens of Fernie to keen law and order would have taken the unfortunate who had no less than three ot an increase in the price of liquors and therre is a fair prospect of a substantial increase in thin line before long. Yusovka, Russia, July 8—Last evening a violent explosion of iras occurred in the Rikavsky mine in which 550 miners were at work. A hundred are reported to have b**n killed. Troops have been sum* moned to preserve order. ARRESTED AS BEING A SPY San Francisco, July S—Passon- g-ers who arrived from southern ports on the steamer City of Sydney yesterday tell of tlio arrest by U444t-4444» Ut *UIS U 4444 41.4444441.44 flO * • ^nTn«kn'f nf T".'*flr,rvl*it*t*in, «Mrt to be an American, am a *p*y- The arrest of Barrington was made at San Jose de Guatemala, when Barrington went ashore in that city from the City of Sydney, J-tsinngtoi*. went irom New York to Central America many months, ago, PauBc-tifj'sr'* who tell of the arrest say that they expect to hear that he has boen put to death, „a thoy claim that the evidence against him wr>H plain, he having pajn-int in his possession when taken that I'lovud Leyo.-d a. doubt that , he was a spy 'rom Salvador. The papers, they say, proved him also 'to be In a conspiracy against pret*id«nt Cabreras. The result of the scheduled football games last Saturday were as follows: Fernie won at Bellevue 1* 0; Coleman played at Coal Creek to a draw, il each; Michel won at Itosmor 2*0, STANDING. nl. ... * „, . ,, 1 -of Jr. ... .-I MINERS LOST FIRST CASE Edmonton! Alta, June 30—The action for $12,000 damages for breach of contract brought by the United Mino Workers of America against:the Strathcona Coal Co., was dismissed by Mr.. Justico Stuart of tho Supreme court. The judgo held that the district of United Mine Workers had no right to sue or be sued as it was unincorporated and unregistered. With regard, to the, eighteen individual miners who were also plaintiffs in tho action the judge dismissed thoir case on, the.grounds.of their claim being different. They had no right to sue collectively, but should bring, action individually. Aside from the technicality on which the case was dismissed the ; judge ' stated , that the plaintiffs could not hope to succeed on tlie merits of the chargo. H. A, Mach- io for the plaintiffs and J. H. La* vello of Strathcona for tho defendant company, The action was in* stituted by tho plaintiffs under the Lomioux act. Tbe judgo, hold that this act can only serbo for tho purpose of keoplntr both parties in" ststus f|Uo until n thorough* invus- tigatlon Ih made of the canes of dispute by a board of arbitration, and does not produce any binding effect on either pnrty. A meetin** of the solicitors of the miners union in" Alberta and British Columbia, and the oflicers of District No. 18, United Miners of America, will be held in Calgary on July 5 and 0 to decide whether this case which is the flrst in Canada under the Lemieux aet, shall ■■e appenled. They shall also de. termine what stand the mine workers will take in future in regard to the Lemieux net, and whether th»>y will tmhmit to th» act at all if shown that minerh must sue individually in order to obtnin damages in cases of a breach of contract, GOTcTonop » '"J *■ - ■Mifhrt a 'A (1 9. '« Fernie ... 4 3 1 O 0 Hosmer .3 2 1 O 4 Coleman .. . .4 1 I I 4 Coal Creek ,,,A O 3 I 1 LOGGER DROWNED. A Russian logger was accidentally drowned at Elk Lumber Co. ; Frank Gotch made short work of B. F, Roller, the great Seat* tie wrestler, la-H night, and won two straight falls iu 15 aud 25 minutes respectively, and for the ci. t 4-. . !.. \.i, *•». .1 , , l n..i tie physician's shoulders were pressed to the mat. Gotch and Roller put up a hard, aggrnrisive contest, but Gotch soon had the advantage by the use of the toe hold quickly tir«d Holler No. 4 camp near Hosmer or.' and Anally secured a crotch and Thursday aiternoon- Thei*. wns a halt Nelnon wh>rh did th* work, Jam in the logs which he had The second fnll, which required a i>.'ok«.v up und wa* tiyiu^ tu Hn-ato. kt.^th ut tiiuo, ejiLi*,1 from swim anhoie when he was carried the same hold, nlUioiiRh Boiler down the river. His body hat not \ the fall enme by breaking this been reeoverwl up to the time of * did one good \xiete ot work before writing, hold. / em DISTRICT LEDGES, FERNIE, B.6C. JULY 4, 1908, WOUND ATlEMPTED Latest Mod of Procuring Women Across the line Foreign Chicalgo, July 2—In United States District Attorney Edward Sims' crusade against the traffic in alien women, an "underground" railroad similar to that.used before the civil war in smuggling negroes from the south into the - northern states, has been unearthed by immigration inspectors and secret service men. The system of bringing alien women into the United States by way. of Canada, in spite of the vigilance of theimmi- igration officials is said to have been divulged by' one of the girls examined by one of the board of enquiry. According, to L her story girls^are brought from France and "Russia and other foreign countries to St., John's, Nfld., and to Anti- costi Island, near the mouth of the St. Lawrence ft river. From these places they are taken to Montreal in,private yachts and up the Richelieu river to, Rouse's Point. Both Attorney Sims and Dr. . D. D. Evans, inspector in charge of the immigration bureau, acknowledged that they had learned of this underground railway, and that" steps had been taken to break it up. Near frank-Arrested in Fernie and Taken to COAL AT FALSE CREEK One-Foot Seam 560 Feet Below -\ Surface-Main Body ■ Nearly Reached WHICH WILL CONTROL NOVA SCOTIA MINERS C6nstableJ,Sampson of.the provincial ' police, arrested a man named Jim Sitto in the "ftoma Saturday night. This", man had been badly wanted for the. past two years for an attempted murder at Lille, near Frank: Supt. Primrose/ of the S.N.W.M.P. at Maclepd, was communicated with and1 sent an,officer on, Sunday morning to take charge of the prisoner, who was taken to • Frank last night to await trial. o '.' MEDICINE HAT ORE Medicine Hat, June 30—The plant of the Red Cliff Brick Company was burned last night entailing a loss of sixty, thousand dollars to the company and an indirect loss to the city^of many thousands more as building operations will be stopped for some time ' to come. The plant represented an invesment of $125,000, the stock being held principally by, Min- eapolis and St Paul parties. The works had an output of 30,000 bricks per day. The fire started in overheated dry kiln, which could not be moved but the firemen succeeded in saving the machinery. The company expects to rebuild- at once. This was the'jubilant cry of the workmen during boring operations at the foot of Hawkes avenue last evening when-the drill sank softly into a floor seam of the bituminous article and at once the word was flashed over the wires to all financially interested in the proposition. ; It has been "many weeks since the Members of the false Creek . Coal Syndicate drove in a tallyho over the property while Mr, Bouskill, with ever ready pick chipped away at various spots and, with as little technical, language as possible explained the mysteries of the -earth's surface and pointed out the indications of coal. Then came the right to bore on city property, but .when this was obtained, optimism did not ■ run too high for the expert had chosen a spot where coal was "prob>aibly deeper than in other localities out he had satisfactory reasons.for this,. Then the directors experienced all the sensations of men dabbling with a fluctuating stock Vote in Favor of U.M.W. of A. . ~ Bosses Not in Favor Sydney, N.S., June 30—The referendum vote taken in this province yesterday to decide whether the Provincial Workmen's Associar tion or the United Mine Workers of America would control labor interests in this country, was,decided.in favor.of the U.M.W. of A. by a majority of 465 with (several places to hear from. The total vote in the contest was only about 5,000 and stood P. W. A. 2,36*4 and for the U.M.W. of A. 2,829. The result was a decisive victory for the American union in labor circles .here. It is expected that R. W. A. will be continued by-the minority vote. It is difficult tb say at present what effect this vote will have with the present relations between the men at the collieries, and the commercial .company. Many seem to think that the commercial company will not recognise the U.M.W. of A in connection with labor matters and at tho first interference with ttieir affairs may cancel the present two year contract which has been'recently readjusted by the award of the conciliation board. market, and of indications of the drill broke, depth of over SUCCESSFUL CHURCH SOCIAL ANOTHER MAN BLOWN UP "Winnipeg, June 30—-Another dynamite fatality with probably fatal results occurred on the double track work at Xliddell, -10 mileB east of Kenora yesterday afternoon. The explosion happened under peculiar circumstances. The cut had 'been flooded and work sub* pended for a while. Some dynamite which had been left in the' cut had been washed under a rock and on resuming drilling operations the powder was struck by tho drill, causing tho explosion. The two •drillors, Italians, wero blown 20 feet in the air, one being badly mangled and cannot recover. The other man will probably pull through. 'O ■ • ORCHARD'S SENTENCE, Boise, July 1—-The state board of pardons today commuted the sentence of Harry Orchard who was under sentence to bang next Friday for the r, murder of formor governor Frank Hteuenburg, to imprisonment for life. Mr, Allrt'd I'r.-wn, ol Mrinum, Ont. iayt i—" I'or ilx ye»ti I have not i-n.'wn vvh.t it wm to li« lite f'.iin ■i-iin. N» one ever uifTr-d inure fern, tithing lileedlni* IMr. H than I did swl I tried (.cry'liii'i; 3 10 (t«t ct.r**l hut failed. One day a * frltn*) t,t mint »h« hud U«n f l|,'>l*i*rii*rv»llei i. Ill"" IxMtbi • ftppl*' •*.>• htlot* I ha-l uinl ir (.11 44«i t.i bt >«l**v <"ir*.l." Of »>> tfrcglWil *nA torn, jnr, ■AM-BUK Relieves & cures ikS ___\ ' A very successful basket' social was held on Friday evening, 26th June in aid 6f the general church funds. Despite the inclemency of the weather the attendance was, large and representative. Rev. W. Steenson, minister of the church, after explaining in a few word's the object of the social, called on Rev. W. Boulton, the local Metho- ,dist_miaister4_to_takeJ;hejhairi__ c Mr, Boulton in his remarks expressed his very high appreciation of tlie character and ability of Mr. Steenson, and how much pleasure it gavo him to be present in the capacity of chairman. The chairman then introduced the program which was of an interesting and varied character. Amoner the artisits were: Messrs. R. Samson, Millard, Joy, Thomas, Nicholson,' Hughes, Miss Pearson, Miss Mc Court and others. The chairman, at the conclusion of, tho program, called upon the, efficient auctioneer of the evening, Mr. Thomas Baird, to undertake his duties' Thanks,to the spirit, enthusiasm and generosity of the young mon present, his work was easy. Dollars followed dollars in such rapid succession that one of the baskets realised $19.50; another $16, anothor $11 and other figures which!'were highly satisfactory. , The total amount realised was $114.25, The minister and session of the church wish to tender their vtery best thanks to Mrs. Powell and Miss E. MoCliment, who arranged everything; to the ladies who so kindly sent in such beautiful baskets; to the young men for their generosity, and to the genial auctioneer for Ms valuable services, -. 0—' ■*- * SEIZE CANADIAN WHISKEY Detroit, Mich,, June 30--The fod* eral authorities havo seined a quantity ot Canadian Club whiskey in this city which is valued at $00,000. It was doscovered not to have been labelled in accordance with the requirements of the pure food law, An interesting sitwa- atlon developed' as a result of the action of the authorities, for it is not thought that the whiskey can be redeemed by the distributing firm, and there are many who are willing to "take a chance'1 on the unlabelled article and would like to |oe present when it Is destroyed " a**.. „ TIME "TOR -BNOrtTTNO. "Wives, who from choice footer race suicide, should be held criminally responsible, and the laws hliould be io amended as to per. .ml .tin pumfcnn.t'i.t ol uitht- '*■>• men." This was the sentiment of the American Medical association meeting in Chicago yesterday, and every women who read of it gave a snort. Some women had to •.nort while wiping a baby's r.-t.v>, or putting a baby to sleep, or caring1 for n he.lt don«n babies at once the other women snorted while nursing a P*t child or cat, but-rhlldtHs, or with a houseful, all of them gave a contemptuous snort. course just when coal were struck, But last night at 560 feet, a foot seam of coal was entered and' passed through, and on Tuesday next the main body is expected to be touched*. If the expectations of the promoters are realised, the posssibilities of. the False Creek basin are difficult to imagine. ' Preparations are already being made to form a company to de- - velop. and' operate the property, the present company having been formed merely for ihe purpose of prospecting and boring,—Vancouver world. COMMUNICATIONS • : '. -*• Ti>e Editor does not hold himself responsible for opinions expressed by correspondents in the»e columns. ;;, Editor Fernie" Ledger, - '-.'-■ Sir—Some exceptionally strong statements were made this week at Caxton Hall,'Westminster, regarding the conduct of the Salvation;. Army joinery, works in London.' The' occasion was a meeting1 called by, the London District Comroittee of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters - and Joinets, to protest against the alleged sweating,, which takes place there. Mr; Will7 Thorne, M.P., who wired regretting inability, to preside, said, "Hope Salvation Army will soon be wiped out, and all such sweating organisations." Mr. G. Ke- bell, a London solicitor, wrote : "William Booth is simply and purely a trading philanthropist, and on.a collossal scale.'. Mr; S. Stennet, secretary oi the Carpenters and Joiners society quoted many figures to show that the 'men employed by the Army were paid sweated .wages, and asked if there was any valid reason*3 why the Salvation Army should ask a man, because he was destitute, to make for two shillings that which any other builder would have to pay ten fori. It was simply scandalous that the Army should recruit from poor individuals on the embankment, find out their capacity for work, and then rob "and sweat them. ,-He would give' the Army credit that when they .worked men over time they paid them time and a quarter. They credited the men with 3d an hour; (what a noble wage). That was not all. Three weeks before and two weeks after the Salvation Army's Self- denial week the men did not , receive a penny piece..(Shame.) Yes I think it is shame for the Salva- Black V';; Watch;.' . Chewing Tobacco Rich and satisfying., The big black plug. '2268', W. J; :Wris!esw6rth,,D D. S. ;> ■■ ii'K'jisrTis'p OFfKSS HODKSi-,4 8 SOto 12 a. m. 1 to 5 p. m 8.S0 tos p.m. ' - , „ Office in A ex. L -Jit's bioisu ' overSlirin' tiabei-v. "•/EBNIE, ,t- // B. C ANARCHISTS UNEARTHED Secret Meetings at Night- Mysterious laboratory in Basement of House. M. A. KASTNER Insurance and Customs Broker Crow's Ne6t,Trading Co.. Block, ; Fernie, 33.; C. "V, L. P. Eckstein I Babri8teb-at-Law, Solicitor Kooms 1 & S, Henderson block, Fernie. B. C.r ft; Kerr & Co. Contractors and Builders , Pleas, Specifications ud Eati-- maUs fomi»he*l on appllcatloa.. Ple»tv ol GOOD DBY LITM- 1 ; RBH ON Hi\ND. -.it. t. KEttR. I •> •'' Art-Meet, aad SapeHnUadeni Office r.t-_l«aid««ca. '-_., '^ BAKED. ST. FHaNffi, B. d AMALQAHATED SOCIETY. OF, CARPENTERS AND JOINERS meets in the Miners' Hall every - alternate Thursday at 8 p.m.- . I.. SNOW, Pres: ,, , Ev DICKER, Seo. J. Barbei*. L.D.S., D.D.S. PLAGUE Of POVERTY Interesting Address on --^-^Struggle-^ "I tion Army" to practice self denial on the starvation arniy. A resolution denouncing th« three , fold system of sweating,, truck payment and underselling, practiced by the'Salvation Army at, Hanbury street joinery works, calling for its immediate abolition, and demanding a full and .public inquiry into.the conduct of the institution was1.adopted, and- it was decided to hold an open air demonstration on-the subject. I think it is only fair and just _thatJ^ese_Jagt_slo_UEht to be made widely known-and, that working The Socialist party,, held a propaganda meeting last night in the Labor hall. Comrade;J". Harrison presided, and gave a few introduc tory remarks "and said: "Today we are in the great class "struggle," The , working class versus the capitalist class. t Revolution is inevitable, therefore let us prepare for it—prepare for a- peaceful revolution, Educate and discuss the question of Socialism intelligently and get prepared to take over the reigns of "government. Comrade W. Dreaver then spoko and in the course of his remarks statod: "The reason why pooplo were dissatifted with their lot in life was because of the inequalities of tbe social system.' There was no effect without a cause, The cause was the refusal of the people to study economics, or the system of production under which we are now living, The speaker then illustrated the black plague of London in 1675, aB being overcome (after the purification of the city by tho great Are) by a system of oewerage, and also showed that there wa» another plague at work there, and in' the whole world over —the plague of poverty, which could bo annihilated by the name hand that annihilated the black plague, viz, labor, That the destruction of individuality under Socialism wan eroneoun. Today, if a man asserts his individuality he loses his job, therefore he has to stifle his true self. The spealceir wanted to know how you would loso someshing that was not in your possession? Under Socialism a man would be free, and therefore could assort his individuality. A lively discussion then ensued, and many points were cleared up, and it was shown that the SooIbI* 1st party was to gain control of the means of wealth production, through gaining power of govorn* ment and legislating, for the intor. ests of the worker, and workers alone. !' . m. , . 1 .i i —■ rr _. — .**^m, ."444,4.^ ..444- W.V 44-v4-*4* 4.. -4r Sherman, district president of the United Mine Workers of Amorica, will speak,—Albertan, 'O. The very dangerous practice of agent* throwing sample pills on our steps, and at gates, was evident again last weok and some strenuous means should be taken to stop such a practice. The dan* ger to little children in ^getting surh parkages can better be im* aginia than explained. men should put to themselves this question "How much am I responsible for this work that the Army is; practising,' and how can I prevent it being tried perhaps in Canada if it is not exposed and pro- vented' in tho Old Country.," We who are christians generally blame a person if they do not belieVe as we do; have we ever tried.to find ouft the reason of their unbelief. If wo think for ,a moment we can safely say that.tbe above item is largely responsible for a great deal of unbelief. It is'we, as christian* wh'o ought to ask ourselves, how' much unbelief am I spreading in the sphere where I am living by not being consistent with the teaching of the scriptures. . Don't blame the unbeliever, the agnostic and others because it is because thoy Bee so little of christian actions in us that they aro proof against our preaching. . They know thore is a vast lot of religion and very little Christ. They also blame, and rightly, too that money is the chief object in preaching tho gospel today. They know that many ponsons stay away from church and chapel (because they have nothing to put in the collection and they don't want it to be said Mr, and Mrs, so and so put nothin** in the plate, for such things have been said1 many times. 'Tis proached as a free and full salvation, thank God it 1b, but a porBon rogularly attending oach n.cetin.j-' with flvo dollars in his pocket would havo it proved that in these days it is not (roe by tho end of the wook and tbo contents of his pocket. Such are the causes (and more could be mentioned) that ai'o responsible for ao much unbelief, and not as many christians say, ibecause their hoarts are hard. 'Tin the hearts of christians (many) who aro hard, because they refuse to obey the teachings of the word of God and refuse to obey the dictates of their own hearts, "Behold to obey is hotter than sacriflce and to henrk* on, than the fat of rams," W. SIImHITiI', Aiuicx o—**——**•» BOY'S IJFE SAVED. Seattle,— June 30—A band . of anarchists, whose movements are shrouded in mystery and whose, propaganda deals with the overthrow of all organised government has heem ^unearthed here. The digue" holds secret meetings at nignt and' discusses the matters under consideration in a foreign language. ' *> In thje basement of the house the. anarchists have installed a laboratory. The shelves on the walls of the room are filled with chemicals. People who live in the immediate neighborhood are ■ afraid that this elaborate chemical laboratory contains chemicals for,the manufacture of bombs. ' The boys.who play in the vicinity have been warned by tbe occupants of the building to Iceep away from the basement and not to discharge firecrackers or light matches near by. , ' It has been noticed that the anarchists themselves are particularly careful not to have matches or lamps near the basement., A man, formerly of New York, but who is best known throughout the Northwest as the originator aiid leader of "Freeland," & supposedly , Socialist colonisation scheme in this state, which went1 into the hands ,of, the, court some time ago appears to be the'leader of the crowd. The police are ; investigating. „ It - is generally reported about the „ neighborhood "that-one—of_we~woiiien—beionging" to the organisation,, was the wife of Leon Czolgosz, the anarchist who assassinated President Mc- Kinley in Buffalo, and who was later'executed, ' DENTIST I T. W Block, opposite the Bank Office hours—8 a.m to K p.m. F. 0. LAWE ALEX. I. FISHER, B. A. \ Latoe & Fisher BARRISTERS SOLICITORS, ETC Crow's. Nest Trading Co. Block, Fernie. B. C. W. A. COMELL v Builder and Contractor Estimates cheerfully given and.wirk; promptly executed to the satis- * faction of our customers.. W. E. l-kBS.K.C. J. S. T. ALBXAKDEB Ross & Alexander BARRISTERS. SOLICITORS, ETC ' * . FERNIE. B. C. • -.' : OfUc*. In h. T. >V. Block, Victoria A-ren-ae,'" H. W. HERGHMER BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, ETC. CREE & MOFFAT Real Townsite- Agent* Fernie ar.d Hosmer Fire, Lile & Acci dent Insurance Estate fERNIE EMPLOYMENT OmCE T. A: Henderson Blcck Fernie .What Ails You? ^ Do you fool weak, tlrod, despondent, havo frcquniit headaches, coated tongue,, bitter or bad tasto In morning, "heartburn," belching of gas, acid risings In throat after outing, stomach gnaw or burn, foul breath, dizzy spells, poor or variable' appetite, nausea at times and kindred symptoms? Uf yoTNiftve any considerable number of tho>Jibovesy<-uj)tom8 you aro suffering frontNyMlou-inftfivWpId liver with Indl* gcstlo!l^«|yfl^|w{,s^ pryWrrcj!** Opldci^ Mi-rfUnfll rjlaeoverv Is-made up of the moli i valuable medicinal principles kno\yn te mot-Ural sclnnt'e for the permanent curort yiTcli nlinorrnnl con^ltlnfis^ If 18 a nioSl cfllclcnt liver Invlgorator. stomach tonic, bowel regulator and nerve strongthonor, , Tlio "lloldun Medical Discovery ** Is not a patent medicine or secrot nostrum, a full list nf Its IngrndlontH being printed on Its hottlo-wrappor and attested tinder oath. A glance at Its formula will show that It contains no alcohol, or harmful habit-forming drugs.' \t Is a fluid extract mado with puro, trlplo-relliied glycerine, of proper strength, from thn roots of thn following, natlvo American forest plant*, »lz„ Ooldun Bmil root, Htono root, Black Cherry.tark, Queen's root, 1'loodroot, and Mamlrakoroot. '> The followlnfif londlmr medical authorltlM. imonir a IiohI of oilier-*, oxiul tho foreeolnt* .MARSHALL & ROSS BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS .Plans and Estimates furnished. Jobbing. Sash and Doors. ' Builder's Stairwork a Specialty Successor to J W. H. Terry -. Employment and Real Estate Office All classes , of men Bushmen, Lumbermen & Teamsters' .Satisfaction guaranteed. P. 0. Box 188 Union labor J.TURNER Electrician root* fur tlm euro of JiiHt niu'Ii allmonu m tho ftlHmuynm'oniHliKlli'iUoi rrof.lt. Hrtrtw M, I),, of.hiirui'itoii Med, Colluiro, IMillo-A . .. II.ti Wood, M, U..of Unlv.of I'a.i 1'rof.fedwln ...U WllUII, HI, W..UI U11IV.U1 k' 14* 4 I 1*01 . M. Ilnle, M. I)., of Ilal.nomnm. Mod.Colloao. Ch'i'ni*,.* I'rof, John Klntr, M, J>„ Anther of AmiirU'ni. I'iMiHii.Hi.tom l'rof. ,lno. M. Heud* rtur. M. D„ Aiithorof Hpi'dflc Medlclnom l'rof, l4iiiihw!('o.H)ltiiw>n, M. H„Mt*(l. Dopt,Unlv.of rtur. M. D„ Atithorof Hpi'dflc Medlclnom l'rof. i1!) .lol.i.M.iii M. H„ Med. Dopt, Univ. ot N. Y.i l'rof. rinl..*,' Killmrwood. M. I>„ Author ..."'/. uii'iio Mnillcr. nnd l'rof. m Honnett Mod] cnl Oolli'iM. Uhlnoiro, • (lend name and nil of Miit'iiiaMiuller.nnd l'rof.m Honnett Mod • cnl OolleiM. Uhlnoiro, • (lend name and ml* druAHtiii PohuI Caul to Dr. It. V. I'leico, Hut* ftilo, N, V„ nnd iweWo frre liookloi trlvhiri oxtrai'tH from wrltlnin* of nil tho (.tyre modi- oil iiullioi'H nn,imi\n.v othersiMHliirKltitf, In tlio Hti'onirimt iHiKHlliln tnriiw, enrh nnd every In* •mwl'i'iit of which "('olden Medical JHkcov " It If IIUIMMIWl, I'li'ivii'H I'lm.Hi.nt, 1'elletH rrixnlatn pnfl er, ■y" In ifini|ioit"il |)r. I'li'ivii'H I'lenxnnt rollout rrtrnlntn ni Invliroiute Hlonmcli, liver nml lwwnlM,„TI]oy **•"'. had lltil, 1.... * . ,... v.f, * v.. nX 4*1 4.-^4., 44WJ, •-. -4 J -44-.. I- • - . severe attack of dysentery. Wo had two physicians; both of thorn ttavo him up., Wo then ravo Mm Chamborlaln'B Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy which cured him and believtd that mvved life.--wmi/im II, Stroll?*,-*, Cnt)aon Hill, Ala. There is no doilbt but thin remedy naves the lives of many children oach year. Give it with castor oil according to the plain printed directions and a cure (s certain. For sale by all druggists. till mi" iw'fi In (finjiini'tlnii with "floldon iry" If Imwiiln nro much coo- Meillnil DU.i'ovi illrul ii«iii(l, "'•ttiy'ri' tin-* and wiirar-coated. o- All'work guaranteed Scwcr -7*^Con triact*ijr^~~^ -'"'.. i ,, y . ■ - , a , Excavations taken out, etc Reasonable Rates. • Street" Phones 94 and 147. F. O, Box 417 Victoria Ave. Fernie, B. C. DO YOU BELIEVE IT Br, Chapman at a recent revival meeting hold in Philadelphia read the following touching letter which made a powerful impression. '•Whll*. « Wf.ll "rrinwn tM**t*"r*r."l,*it wan eonduetinp* a mentinp; on**. morning a tramp came in and said, 'My father and mother used to sit in this pew. It ir the ilret church I ever attended, My fittier ii'nn 1*1 c^cm- in thi" church, Seven boys used to flit in this pew in tlio Sunday school class. We had gxeat love and respect for our Sunday School teacher, Saturday afternoon she invited us to hor home for an entertainment oi music, eatables and to look over a lesson. After a while she was anxious to pleatta us and bold us and she taught un tha names of cards, We became enthusiastic over it, learning different games, We would say, 'do Fit for a King The montu thnt yon buy from us aro lit for n \t\na. Wo soil nothing thnt 1b not tho boat, thnt is why we lmve bo ninny pleased , 1 cufltomors, Lot ob de- monstuto this fact by a trial, Folito attontlon nnd prompt sorvlco, Calgary Cattle Co. FERNIE DAIRY Fresh Milk Delivered to all. parts of the town Gorrie Bros., Props* not give us so much timo to the lesson but let us have more time for playing cards, and show us dome more tricks,' After a while we* were off in the cotton gins playing cards and not going to her home, .Later we tailed to go to Suudaj* ndiool. ' Cards ^ud rij-rnr. ettes wero followed by gambling, Wo all at diftea'ont times left our homea. Two of those boys have boon hung; throe aro in tho stato prison for lifo, and ono a vaga- ■jv>l.U Ui.C UV^itclJ. "O OUC LUw'"-. where he is, and if tho authorities laiew X was here I would be arrested and put behind tho bars. All X wish ia that the teacher had novor taught mo to play cards,' As he stood there broken henrt* td a lady near the pulpit, dressed in mourning, arose, and wont to where tho man was, fell on the l.oor and said 'Oh God, I am the Sunday Sohool Teacher that did it.' She fainted, but revived and was not seen in the meeting any more, fupc Mark* _ rorrtiQNt OowniaHTs Ac* iteu Md dmorliainn raw iplnlrm. f reoj*li»tlior. ia "'J'itmTfiiiken'pMuthVuYn'it''^ tpttw nottte, without oli-we, la tho tree, iVtmorli i\_^t*^SSk owe*. «BBncr.wr>«<1urrj -" —- .Ui " uor.u immunlea* onl>«t«nw ncuriiiirttounti. Scicnlificflmcrlcati. MMdMmolr WuitTttMwMklr. tumoit on-. "««,L»n-*jt/,5»J?,,5M*!fi , leer* potuge prepaid. Bolo tt** State of Ohio, city of Toledo, Lucas County. Frank J. Cheney makes oath. that he is senior partnor of tho ftrm of F, J. Cheney & Co,, doing business in the city ot Tofedo, the county and Htato aioivnuia, and that un Id nvm will pny ihe r.urn of ono hundred dollars for each can* of catarrh that cannot be cured by tlio uso of Hall's Catarrh Cure.—• Frank J, Chonoy, t Sworn to before me and sub* jicnbud in my i-xe&tmce, this titla day of December, A.D., 1880, A, W. OLEASON (Seal) Notary IPlublio Hall's Oatarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts directly on tho bloos and mucous surfaces of tha system. Send for testimonials frce.—F, J, Cheney & Co., Toledo, 0, Sold by * 'fl. Take Hall's Family Fills for constipation. V DISTRICT .LEDGER, FERNIE, B. C. J*ULY 4. .1908. / fi&. •t 45 it • w ,--**V*V%',V'')Mt*'*1V?.i4--*%',JB-/*'^ This corner,, reserved for, discussion of Socialism^5 Be sure and sign name (f AM manuscript must be l\-pe-written ., jv...',. i,and- signed, by .the writer,, not for, --;. Correspond- ■ /■publication, but as a matter of good' -.-J : TT~ faith. .*\11 articles must of course be ence must be left to tlie editor's judgment arid if - sent to this' ;;not.;published will be returned upon , '•.">.., . ■ . _■ * • request. v, Owing, to space,._we must., Q'»ce no later limit articles according to requirement than.noon on — ' Wednesday f ' - '" -., :*V^%f*li^ey%f%>*et^kf*k.'mmf*-J*y*^ THE SOCIALIST PARTY ..All of " the elaborate machinery, f of the Socialist' party—elaborate because conditions demand it—is -here for a purpose distinct from that of acquiring political power, land yet' concurrent with it. The' • Socialist party is also an educative institution, To attain its object, it must propagate its^prin- ciples, it must ever expand, reach- organisation, for through that will come av.greater facility to circulate Socialist literature and to make the* public demonstrations- and meetings successful!, Organisers, not speakers alone, but organisers, are the vital need of the So-. cialist ., party. , Men aad, women who will - direct their attention more and more to increasing the membership of the party, to looking after the many details of paring out into new-territory, mark- ! *y work,- to perfecting the party ing. out new paths,, attracting to machinery so that'it can d'o an, ■ itself new'converts, replenishing ever increasing amount of-the ne- itself with fresh .material, keeping cess0-ry work, of agitation, educa- itself strong- arid ' vigorous and tion-and* political "advancement, ever youthful for the great strug- Through' these means lies, victory .gle.' ,,, f°C the Socialist party. The Socialist party cannot af- -ford to remain iri old ruts, there to become stagnant and moribund. It, must always keep its face to the future, it must always be ad- venturous,' always experimenting,, always attempting new methods to ,get! greater results. Recognising that. society is in a state of flux and that conditions are continual-' ly changing according to the -party .must .be ever ready to adapt itself lVin its methods of agitation as" in ■other things, to the.constantly •changing, conditions. .-.There are two distinct ways * by which agitation and education are 'being coriducted—by th'e distribution of literature and by public .. meetings. Of theses two the first is by far the,most important. E|Hb- lic meetings certainly perform a -useful , function in propaganda. 'They attract attention, they .advertise the'party's existence, they awaken sympathy,' and they bring ■the party workers into personal contact with the multitude,. ' In Campaign , time,' when the people —' Va-WI m-t IT £%.-.** rtll "tj-ll*if*_-'_i*J*l +■ AVAI*(-fl'] 2m—. rtl 4~— tion issues, they are especially valuable. ' , ;But' with'the general advance- ' ment of education "through the .public school system the potency -of the spoken word has decreased relatively. At one time speeches ■formulated policies and , decided •great issues, but that time is almost past. Then it was that by appealing, to the passions and prejudices of men, oratory was the ■supreme factor ,. in turning the scale \ipon grave public questions. ' Now it is merely a means to an •end.' It is the larger audience that reads what the .orator says, that ■weighs his utterances, and, reasons the conclusions from his deductions, that makes the final decision. Nearly everybody can read' •nowadays; not everybody can, or ■would attend public meetings,* Xucky the orator who can havo .his speeches printed in tho daily papers,* even though those who listen to his voice may be but a hiandful, It was tho newspapers, remomber, thnt made Taft's "God knows, I don't! "—unwittingly blurted out to an audience of a , fow thousand—known to tho whole ■world of waiting, anxious labor. In thoso days tho spoakor can only bo an instrument through •which thoughts or ideas are promulgated, tho medium by.whieh the brain cells are stirred and the omotions aroused. It is the paper or leaflet, read at leisure in tho quiot of tho home, or perused •oagorly by tho discontented Booker for light, that shapes tho brain .,' into a new mold and crystallines the emotions into a concrete force. This is rocognised' by tho manag- ors of tho old parties now more than ever before, as witness the growing tendency to concentrato •upon tho distribution of literaturo It, is through the co-operation which organisation brings, that we learn how to do things, how tb accdhyplish our ends along the line of least resistance. Organisation means , economy, directness and solidarity, and 'nothing can, be gained'' without them. To,learn how to do things thoroughly arid well we must be thorough ourselves. ■ - When we' enlist in this movement we must enlist with a' hill heart and with all our soul. So far as the daily grind of oiir existence and the struggle .to survive under present conditions, permits, we must give of our'best to achieve the' best in return. And that, means constant application and devotion to the' work at hand. We Socialists have' only begun, to organise. The' era of Socialist organisation is just opening. We have, just begun to feel our' way, to get our hand's into working condition. The farther we go into' the capitalist wilderness 'the wider becomes our path, the easier it'becomes'for us-to overcome" the ob34,acles—fchat~eonfr"ont~ust1- Every? incident in the march forward is an experience for future guidance. Just how far the workers recruit the Socialist Army, just so far as the workers, through being members of that army, develop the ability to control themselves and to direct their own affairs, just so far as they are willing to learn from experience " and to adapt themselves to the exigencies which continually arise, so far will they fit themselves to conquer their en-, emies and to take control of1 the machinery of civilisation and ad- minister that machinery in, their own- interests and for tho whole social welfare. common good is higher than private greed will be realised.-., v..'■ - • Rome, the crudest expression of ' greed" and ' senselessness of itterly insane ideas of the application of force, took'j,'from the world the 'possibility of the creation- of a Hermes, t a-Venus of Milo,-or an Apollo, Belvedere. ,j ! Rome-.v-created the Middle Ages', the Dark Ages.- - -' ' . -,,- But out'of the blackness of the dark ages; a voice was ..heard here and. there.- Rome", as the'ipe'rsoni- ficatiori:.of greed had broken ,., an- arm of 'the Venus of"Milo.;/ The great;,Hermes had been reducsd to a ,mere "trunk. Even the bow''in' thei-hands of ttie Belvedere had' been,-'broken:. But from beneath the ruined heaps the statues were speaking. ■ They were talking, rumbling,—low, Insistent rumblings they were--—but -they were being, heard; They were still speaking of that,republic of which Plato dreamed, " only the republic was mightier than ,'Plato conceived. They were saying: ''Here, under the rubbish heaps, look, see what is best in man.' Beauty and life are buried there. The true life is buried here. See what was done with human slavery as a basis. Think what may be done with the slavery • of the elements as a basis." , . .- And now, at last, inTpoor, little plaster-cast replicas, the great statues are crying ' aloud to the whole world: "io ok, what , the real . republic,'' the great republic, the republic based upon the enslaved currents of the air may do.. We are little things compared to the great things that areo to be. Our beauty is as dust before the beauty of the future. Our r..aj*.-sty is as a beggar under the feet of kings compared to the majesty that must be." , Yes, to the seeing eye knd the hearing ear, the great Hermes or Praxiteles, the .Venus of Milo and the Apollo Belvedere are preaching Plato's new republic to-day, the republic of Socialism. think that the handling 'of such funds "are„ always • expended'1,-''.-will tend to strengthen the integrity of the labor • niovement and to- at-, tract to its official positions" the sort of irien most needed',there?. - If an | attempt had been made to deliberately work out a plan ' for the:,disruption;.and corruption of the labor, - movement of America, could tbie>;orie which has been.proposed by'.thV executive council of the American Federation of Labor be improved'up'ori?- ' y •''*-'••-'=' -Nor is': this-the- end ,of' th'e story. Those' ".who-;' give ■ this -money -will' control UW expenditure and receive tneir -■--"reward."'-They' do not" give' it, they expend it. They purchase with it'the right to determine! • the acts of those "elected. " So at the last the end of ;the .whole scheme amounts to. this : That'labor shall "work once more for its masters, as it has worked through all the ages," and that n so doing it shall sow dissension in its own. ranks,'corrupt its leaders1 and sink deeper in the slavery froni which it u dreamed of escaping, ' ..""•",. —;—o—. MEN WHO CREATED WEALTH <^XS®®®®(5^^ Club Cigar — Store — the only reliable place-in town when you require anything in Tobaccos, Cigars, or Cigarettes.. , W. A;" INGRAM, Prop. tl UNIFORM KEENNESS NO BOMNG-NQ GRINDING. You want comfort and satisactlon of clean smooth . shaves every morning. ,, *•• The Carbo Magnetic Is the only razor UNCONDITIONALLY nr QUARA.NTEED to give,this. 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X .♦>,'■ ■ • v ■^♦^*!^*J*^^f^^*'i**^^^^^*twJ»'^^,t,*l'*,t* UNCONSCIOUS SOCIALISTS Tho greatest of all statutes that was • ovor carved, the sublimely beautiful Hermes of Praxiteles; the most „ porfoet expression of tho boauty of women--.-that was ever coaxed'from tho unwilling marnle of Faros, tho Venus of Milo; tho most splendid conception of manliness ■ that man ever drew from the, dead rock of tho hills*;'tho Apollo "Belvedere; tho counterfeit representation of these aro still preaching Socialism in thoir plas- tor-cast counterparts in tho art gallory in Chicago, "Still proaohing," is said ad4t. «.«. f.... ?3 4,-^*, « J _*«. 4. . *. Cjf — 4,4443-4, u.444. ^4 rA4.£ll— 4l444VJ.a"7aJ-4,-4rjL44Cl444-- tain the machine can' decide what sort of laws s'hall be made by, those elected. The trade unions are now going into politics. They "are going in to reward their friends and punish their enemies in the"-republican and Democratic parties. When they have decided who are friends and. who are enemies it will be necessary, to organise a campaign'- for tho support of the one and the defeat of the other. Such a campaign will cost a large-.amount of money. Where is the money coming from? Tho American Federation of Labor has no power to tax the unions amliated, with it for political purposes. It ,'has often declared that it could not tax them for evon strike purposes, It is doubtful if the constitutions of most of the international unions will permit them to assess their members directly for' political purpose's. It is not at all certain that a provision permitting them to do so would bo advisable Unless a union is practically unanimous for somo particular form of political action an attempt to force men to contribute funds for purposes to which thoy aro opposed might easily disrupt tho. organisation. This is one of tho many reasons why Socialists insist that tho flrst step toward any intelli- gont political action by tho unions is to educuto the union mom* bora to tho necessity ot unitod class conscious political action, Voluntary contributions for such a program as that proposed by Gompers and his following from union mon have not proven very productive in the past, The sums raised two years ago for this purpose was innigniflcant in comparison with the tasks to be accomplished. Thero remains one source from which plenty of monoy oan be secured, That is directly from the great campaign funds of the Bo- publican and" Democratic parties, which means indirectly from the great capitalists, It the American r<4\le..*.Uou ol Labor aIiouM endorse Bryan it could undoubted* ly receive all the money it wished to, carry on a campaign, If tho IllinoiB state Federation of Labor, or the labor orgtanis-itions of any other "doubtful" state should en* dorao either of the capitalist part* ios in that state there would be no lack of money, Do the unions of this country wish to use such funds"? Do they believe it will assist in buildin** up a strong militant labor movement to have il subsidised by those whom that movement is supposed to be fighting? Do they "., By Robert Hunter. There are at least 200,000 unemployed ' men -in New York city, and most of them have been ' unemployed for three or four months They are facing, staz-vation. They walk the ■ streets ^n despair. They face idle machines and empty factories. The 'mass of them receive wages which are only sufficient to keep them alive while at "work and when work.stops-they arid their families are in distress. The panic .which has paralysed industry has cut off the means of life for these scores of thousands. It is difficult to conceive' ,of ; a brutality, more atrooious than exists in a society which permits these working men to slowly ^starve without making an effort to supply them avith work. During 'the entire winter not a- single con- svtructive thing ha3 been'done to help these workless thousands. Not., a' word has been uttered in the board of aldermen or in the legislature in defense of "their right to life and labor.- The chosen representatives of these "men seem to be utterly callous,.to this misery. All winter they have been discussing at Albany an anti-gambl- 'iug~-Tace_tra"ck~measure_as^f-ttta't_ were the, most important thing under, the heavens. - Legislatures are pulling their political' wires, feathering their political nests and losing no opportunity' to swell their private -purses. The other night Pwent into a black hole of Calcutta, a bowery lodging house, where several hundred working-men were sleeping,,on double deck beds, on canvas stretched between two , bars and on the floors.' They were some of the men who had built the palaces, paved the streets, driven the tunnels, cut the subway, created the material life of New York. They had helped to clothe und feed and shelter tho peoplo. TJieir labor was done. They had roceiv- ,ed"and spent there wages and they were huddled together like lepers and pariahs, waiting for tho call from the Ryalns, and tho Morgans, io dig moro ditches, cut more subways, drive more tunnels, and build moro palaces. T havo recently spent eighteen months in Europe, and nowhere havo I seen such utter disregard for tho misery of tho workloss. En many cities of Franco, Gel- (jium and Germany, the involuntary unemployed are municipally provided with out of work pay. In many of tho big cities of Western Europe thero, are s.chool restaurants, whore tho children aro well fed, and tho weaker ones given cod livor oil and tonics. Tho agod, tho sick and infirm havo pensions, Evon the voigrants and wandoring laborers have lodging houses provided tor thorn as they go about the country Booking work, and the lodging houses are dean and sweet and wholosomo, supplying to th!e needy food to hearten them in tho day'B search for work. The cities are undertaking public works to givo work to tho work* loss. We say the unemployed must stay in their homes and starve in silence, A few weeks ago several thousand assembled in Philadelphia to ask the city to provide them with wo.I4. Thu pi/tlcc biUtull^ in5.J4.uU' f*& thorn, and a riot Pwmod. In Chicago sovural thousand endeavored to march to the eity hall to. demand work, The police clubbed them and ordered them to dis* bura**, In Mew York, Los Angeles and othor cities,the unemployed have been troated in a like man* ner. I think no true American eitisen can regard theso facts without the deepest concern. It reminds one oi Russia. There is no attempt to furnish relief or work on any ad* equate scale. We even refuse the unemployed the privilege of coming before the J. D. QUAIL, Agent, Fernie. SAMUEL MAY&CO BILLIARD TABLE: MANUFACTURERS. fet-ablished ■ Forty Years Send for Qta/qyue 102 &104, S -ADeiAIDE ST..W., TORONTO. THE POLLOCK WINE CO. Ltd. - Wholesale Dealers and Direct Importer., of ' SCOTCH AND IRISH WHISKEY, * LONDON DEY OLD TOM AND HOLLAND GIN. POMMERY .CHAMPAGNE SCHLITZ BEER " ' '' ALB AND STOUT, BURMEISTER , " . 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We are trying to d'o an utterly imp o ssiblTT__thTiTg^Tc^igir7c^re 'tlie- starving, and at the same time-to force them to remain silent and content. o- NO REMEDY In the June number of "Everybody's Magazine," Lincoln SteC- fens showed that neither' Taft nor Roosevelt had any consistent understanding of "what is the matter with society." In the current issue he takes up Bryan and Johnson and weighing them by the same standards ' finds them equally wanting. Of Bryan he says, "What 'I wanted to know was what we all were to do about this great struggle of Labor and Capital, each for a groater share of the profits of production. Ho said it was a struggle that would never be sot- tlod, 'We shall gradually approximate to justice.'" Lincoln StelTens justly says ■ of this roply, "Certainly this is as bad as Taft's roply, 'God knows,' when the voice in Cooper union asked what ho proposed to do about tho unemployed." John Johlnson's statements were equally unsatisfactory. To quote from tho samo article: He wasn't vivid on cities and labor, "What is tho matter?" I rocallod again, and he answerod: "I do not know!" What are we to do about it?" "I don't know," he said, A little further on in the conversation Johnson bocame a little more deflnito and gave us his conclusion, "We must got back to Jefferson, Jackson, Adams, oven Hamiltonl" Very just and suggestive is the comment of fhe author oh this reactionary cry to the past s "So says Mr, Johnson; and no say all of them. Our leaders are all looking backwards for our fu* turo. They aro striving to return to something tbat has tileen; or, worse cull, to uouiotui..*^ Muloh they tlUtik him, U-*-'... Tor when did we ever have Democracy?1 Or even a truly representative demo* cracy? Not in Jefferson's day, nor in Jackson's, Tho democratic leaders looked down to democracy as an ideal of the furture; that i* the way to look, And yet our pre. sent day Jeffersons and Jackson* are all looking behind thorn," Thore is one body of men and women that,is not looking to the past, that have brought to bear the heat knowledge of the ages in all countries to solve the problems which Steffeni propounded to the presidential candidates of the re* publican and democratic parties, and that has an, answer to those problems^ which has withstood the fiercest—criticisms"" tha"t~could b*e brought against it. This body, is the Socialist party. It is the only party., that doesn't dodge, equivocate,. appeal to providence, or hark back to the past when faced with present problems. Will Everybody's Magazine dare to permit the candidates of this party to answer through its 0-mns the questions which others have failed to meet? X * v X Y X- Fernie Lumber ♦ Co., Ltd. §; ALEX. McDOUGALl, Pres. & Gen. Mgr. ;^ !* % ManuUcturersofand y Dealers in v *:* ♦ Roush & Dressed Lumber ♦ Dimension & Bridge Timber X Piling, Moulding-, Laths, *:* Shingles and Ties. | Telephone Poles a Specialty I All Orders Promptly Attended, to v Tel. 3 Fernie. B. C. *J col- th'e •4>.:..;.»h..>.:..h..:,.x..:.44.:.,*m*.^.^ r \J - ■ '-.. ." ..".. THE ALMOND-EYED MAN i The recent commission of Mackenzie King in Vancouver" having brought out some startling'1 facts about the interest of the Dominion •government (not the present any more than the former Dominion governments) in the opium traffic, attention is now being called to the prevalence of double and triple marriages among the Chinese residents of that city. ,lt is asserted that many Chinese are living their in polygamy, the number of their wives being dictated solely by their personal preferences and the extent of their wealth. In view of the fervid discussion stirred up in.Toronto some time ago concerning the Mormon settlement in -Alberta, an inqufiry into the statements made regarding the Oriental inhabitants of the terminal city would seem ■ unreasonable. Their offence, if proved, should, be , punished, and -their practices -stamped out'. . ' > ° The trouble in such an„in-v*estiga-' tion lies in the mystery with which these people are surrounded. Planted amid a strange population, far from their own soil, they yet retain all the thoughts, characteristics and customs of their nation. To assimilate with their new surroundings is, of course, impossible They are forever bn the defensive against the curiosity of the whites, and to all investigators, alike they turn their bland, impassive faces —those inscrutable,eyes which look so childlike and can yet conceal so much. , ' •• Opiutm; • gambling,, polygamy— i ^tHese_are_threp_fea.tui'es_Qf_oripJita.l« immigration that certainly do not- tend to elevate the Asiatic" in the eyes of the average Canadian. And beyond them is the. barrier; as potent as it is intangible which hides from all outsiders the secrets of the eastern mind. ■> * Some white men think they know the Chinese and the Jap. As well might a swimmer in the ocean imagine that the depth of his dive gave him to know the secrets of its dark unfathomed caves. Tho real' crux of - the yellow problem lies far from the realm of trades union discussions' or political debates. It is hidden behind tho alruond eyes of tho man himself, —Calgary Herald. call* a socialist on trial for his life an • "undesirable citizen" might be legitimate in the interests of justice. It would depend'upon the point of view of the postmaster. FOR CAMPERS .'-.r. , 1 Don't, when in the woods, throw"." down a lighted match^ -■iigar stub or other -flaming object; make sure' that ? the' flame .has" been thorouighly ektingiui^hed] ."before throwing it away." - "' 2 Dori't build your camp . ,fire/ larger than is necessary. . _. ... • • 3 Don't, under any" clrcumstan- ces, leave your ' fire unguarded', even for a comparatively short time; see that it is dead out before you go. away. , . '/, 4 Don't build your fire in leaves', rotten wood, or ether inflammable material. -• . 5 Don't build your fire against a large or hollow log,, where it is hard to be sure when it is entirely, put out. To these "Don'ts" it may be added that in windy weather, or in a dangerous placo, it is well to confine the fire in a hole dug clean down to the mineral soil. A fire may smoulder in the humus, or "duff" for days, only waiting.for a strong breeze to fan it into a flame that may burn over miles of timber. Summer tourists and campers unfortunately have a bad.reputation among the owners of timber limits as, being a frequent cause of fires. . Such fires could be' prevented1, almost'without exception, by a little extra care on .the, part of ths campers, who have been tha unintentional cause of much forest destruction, and who have just as real an interest in - the preservation of the forests as the owners of the timber themselves. The rules given above are the result of "long experience and observation on the part of many woodsmen and lumbermen as to the origin of fires from this caiise, and are earnestly commended to . the attention of campers, sportsmen and,others. The-'need for observing them is emphasised by the occurrence a ifew-1 days-ago of serious fires'in the Lake St. John district in Quebec, one village being wiped ■ out; the fires are thought to have originated from 'fires left by fishermen. ' - PRESS CENSORSHIP The longest stride in the direction of a pross censorship, in tho United States, of tho most autocratic and irresponsible typo, was taken last week by the postmastor general, Ho- acts under a law passed with hardly a protest at the recent session of congress. Senator Halo did give notice upon its passing that it was a censoring law, but it went through the legislative mill without a jar, Under this law tho postmastor general has just issued a notico to postmaster1, to exclude from tho mail all publications which in thoir respective opinions contain "matter tending to incito to arson, murder or assassination." If tho publication is in a foroign langiiogo, and tho postmaster has reason to bo* lievo" that it contains "matter tonding to incite to arson, murdor or assassination," ho may withhold its transmission through tho mails until n cortiflud translation is filed, aud continue to do bo until the dopartmont rules,if ho asks a ruling, If tho local post* master is "in doubt" in any case ho must submit tho quostion to tho department, and pondlnft its decision, must exclude tho matter from the mails. This in a terrific nowiir t*i pirn*'* tn thn \\end". nf •postmaatorr*.. Scor*,* of thounnr-.d-* of censors ore th-eroby established, contralisod justices of the peace, eaeh with his own teat of what constitutes a pHiHcation "tendinf* 4 , J.. »l*„ 4. ...,..,. „-1. ■■ V ***--->. -.^ w,- ,4',, ..4.4V4 ....I. W- 4ft-« sassination," and each beyond the reach of the courts, But postmasters are expected to aet with wise discretion and conservatism, in order that no innocent publisher may ttxitfer inJii.iH*.e." Ah ! Publication* that are "right" must not be disturbed. To call & •Republican Sfreildent a despot might subject a socialist publication to "suppression ai tending to incite to assassination. But to FORCE OF HABST The barrooms in Cranbrook are open all day Sunday, contrary' to the provincial* statutes. The clergy of the town have undertaken to see that the law is enforced, .The attorney general's department puts the responsibility for enforcement on the municipal authorities but the mayor refuses to take any action. The excuse offered is that all the hotels in the neighboring towns are open on Sunday. Under the circumstances Rev. Robert Hughes of the Methodists and Rev. Chas. 0. Main of the I fcesby- terians ha.vo issued a joint circu-r lar calling upon all the best elements to inr..st. on the enforcement of tho law,—Globe. The law has been a life long preferment with him. Those who have heard his arguments in labor disputes realise that Tom, Lewis possessed a mind of.analytic calibre . which would give him • high place in the profession. And a lasting ' regret 'with him is' the fact that his duties take him frequently from an interesting 'family "and wife and two children who live in a .modest home in Bridgeport, The_home_instinct_of_thejXLother, STRANGER THAN FICTION A preacher at tho conclusion of his sermon Raid, "let all in tho houso who are paying their debts stand up," Instantly evoryn man, woman and child, with ono exception, arose to thoir feet. Tho preacher seated them " and said: "Now ovary man not paying his debts stand up." The exception noted, a careworn, hungry looking individual, clothed in his last summer's suit, slowly assumed a perpondicular position, "How is this, my friond?" asked tho minister, "that you are tho only man not to meet his obliga* tions?" "I run a newspaper," ho meekly answored, "and tho broth, ren horo who have stood up aro my fmbscribora, and"-— "Let us pray!" oxclaimod tho preacher— PRESIDENT T. L. LEWIS Speaking of the international president's visit to tho anthracite fluid, Mr. E. 0, Smith of tho TimoK-Loador, has the following to : >itty.' In the . early nineties Tom L. Lewis moved with hin family to Bridgeport, Ohio, where be continued working.in the mines until 1802, when he accepted the position of mine statistic!nr. durim* the term of his brother as com* mitwioner. Returning to work after the eapiration of his term of office he was shortly elected secretary 0r the Ohio minora and late vice president of the national organisation. Store aud moit*, iu hia time became occupied in the broader scope of the labor movement, hae he sacrificed bii earlier ambition* for the cause. Which enabled her to keep her' boys together in the trying "times of the earlier period, is strong .today in each of her children. For her, each son holds an unusual share of gentle" devotion and' unaffected esteem. Within two miles of Tom's home she lives and about her are two other sons, Llewellyn who has ascended the ' ladder of prominence in the Amalgamated Association of Iron and" Steel workers movement, and Ike, the older brothers have in the mine' workers movement, and Ike, .the present mayor of his home town of Martin's Ferry. And perhaps but few American mothers have more justification for the pride she take's in her,four sturdy sons.. Each has obtained unusual prominence in a field whore unselfish devotion to duty has measured the honors received rather than wealth attained or political power used for self gratification, Throughout the history of the present generation of tho Ikwis family success, aside from a studied fitness for tlio task in hand, seems to lie in the perfect confidence onch membor placos in tho judgment of others, No important stop is undertaken and no ofllce' accoptod by any ono member without a family conference. "I'll talk it over with Tom," you hear tho youngor brothers say in answer to a question of important, Tho Ouggonhoim family, which has bocomo tho royal houso of mining and smelting in tho fnr west, attributes its goldon success to this same cause of community interest, As with tho Guggoh* hoims, the succors of ono Lewis brothor has boon an aim of all and no stop. Ih projoctod without tho xanction of tho family. Llewelyn Lowis, vico president of thu Amalgyiiuntod Association nnd, president of tho Ohio Federation of,,Labor, shares the broad views of his brothers on tho relations of capital and labor, I talked with him on the train ...1 ( 1 t 1 4 1 V " P .4*...v.. ,^u„ 4rf44.*.4. 4/4 44-> — ** 4*Jr 44*4/44. the' hoiiiP town.' Up wnr. then bound' for tho annual, convention of the iron workers at Youngs- town, Ohio, and one of the innovations he favored introducing iu4\> vLui vou1.cation '«&» Xun Msi- tlement of all local wage or tonnage disputes at the different mills of the association by direct adjustment between a committee of the men there employed and the ma.nn.ger ot the plant. Heretofore these adjustments required the pieuttuce of & national board member to be sanctioned by the association and the advocacy of a complete change of methods re* quired courage and conviction on the part of a high official, the importance of whose very . ojSice would be somewhat lessened by the change. - * A point about these oLewis boys which • will be appreciated later when Tom L. Lewis is better known in the anthracite field is an unfaltering courage. . • They are mortal, hence not ^infallible, but if convinced that thfey are .right in anypropjositionthey sticli to conviction through' good report and ..ill. - "" ^ - Tom L. Lewis will,shortly make his first visit to the anthracite, section in the capacity of president *of the mine workers. He-realises tho disturbing influences which almost six years of peace and prosperity havo wrought upon both the me'mbership^and the spirit' . of organisation, His" first task will be to quicken' interest in the locals-and to revive lasped memberships. Being a far seeing general, Tom 'realises tho importance not of the numerical strength of AN ATTRACItVE RtSORT army, field. but. ' Co!' r only the its 'fitness for the And what President Lewis undertakes, ho will accomplish, That much, I can say of Tom- Lewis, basing tho claim uvpon porsonal knowledge of tho man and the progressive family of.which ho is now the most prominent representative.. He will be found a man pleasant to moot, fairly easy to become acquainted with, and of pleasing manner and address, He thinks before ho talkB and then frequently talks to himself. And when ho comes hero ho will bo "on tho job" day and night. Unconcerned with trifles ho gets down to business with about as tow preliminaries as anyono you meet iu a wook's observation. Tho operators, I feel vory sure, find him a buslnossliko, keen and conservative man and ono splendidly posted upon any matter which may como up for discussion, His fellow members of tho .union will find an official who looks thorn in tho eyes as he talks, one who has nothing to conceal and one unafraid to oxprefla what he thinks is right, He is tho typo of man ono might oxpoct to And at the hoad of the greatest labor organisation in the world. Clear eyed, clear brained, and unaffeoted, Tom Lewis will leave his Impress on thts teeming, industrial community which delves into mother earth for its liveli* hood.—Mine Workers Journal. BRITISH SUFFRAGISTS London, July 1—The two suffragists who broke the windows in the residence of premier Asquith last night were to-day sentenced in the bow street police court to two months at hard labor. They were not allowed the op- tiou of & flue. Mary Leigh, one of the prison* ers, admitted her guilt, ssylng. at the time she was arrested that "it would be bombs next time." Andy Good, proprietor ofthe Summit hotel at Crow's Nest was down Monday to look at the metropolis-and pick up a few-city ideas. "He explained",that he had been up on top of -the mountain so long he' thought ha would like to see the street cars and the autos so he took a run down \to -Frank. If'you will'believe Andy's story for it, Alberta'may soon^oe -, ex- ■pected^to-becoii"ie~a"7winter*T'esoTir and. he claims to have the goods to show- for it. "The latter is no- thHng, less than , a 'real live alligator about six feet long which he insists he. caught- in the lake a fev/ days ago.' He. says the crea- .ture'was lying on a sandy beach near the hotel when he came'upon it .and as it happened to be asleep he.just caught it by the tail. That naturally woke it up'and being a strong man, when it started to crawl he was able to steer it so successfully that, it' crawled right up to the hotel where he chucked it in a tank and added it to-his menagerie. Speaking of the menagerie, Andy has quite a zoo for the benefit of hia guests. , He says he has, besides the alligator, a bear, a badger, two lynx, threo owls, an eagle and Scotty Hume, Speaking seriously, Mr.. Good said the lake is an especially fine place to go this summer. The finning, is fine, and he has consid- erably improved his place,by providing a sports field and a danc- ing pavilion and partios can spend a most enjoyable day thoro, Mr, Good has a great scheme for further improving tho lako as a te- soi't and if he carries it out there will be no finer place for a ■'u.1i* mor outing anywhere in thn country, His plan is to organise n stock company, bu41d a palaco of a hotel, dig a cunnl between tho hotel and tho lowor end of the big lake. There ho will havo a stopping placo' and provision made for curing for toams so thnt visitors from towns of tho Pass can drive to the lake, leave their teams and tako the boat for the hotol, giv* in;" them a ilvn mile ride'that would bo dolitrhtful , beyond do* scription, If ho carrion out tho schemo it will certainly mako the lako a great resort—Frank Paper, ■ Mr. Maloney, who for the past seventeen years has been' the "legal adviser of, the Tread well Co. .says that the strike of the Western Federation ,o£ Miners on Douglas Is-" land is a failure.' The fact is they are stronger today Than' ever before and they are determined to ■hold out to the last ditch or until a complete victory is won.' Mr. Maloney says.that the Slavonians places have been filled or taken by English, speaking American citizens,' which means that the Anglo Saxon race is scabbing on the Slavs, This is a bold and -harsh statement,, for " it is well known that a-.true American citizen will not do anything of-the kind under any-'condition or circumstances. In fact, the English speaking American citizens whom Mr. Maloney mentions, consist of ^Greeks and Italians sentjiere under mis- xeDresjnta.tiAn^£r_oni_S_eatil^ other' places' to work on a rail- roa'd; and-arriving at the Tread- well- they find that -there is no railroad work and tli.ey._are forced into the dangerous mines. These green, men are actually "Shanghaied" .as the Treadwell property is' fenced in and guarded by gun men' in the employ of the company;' The troops were aent immediately, without the' slightest investigation, but, however, on .their arrival here it was plainly seen , that they were not needed, as there had been no trouble or disorder of any description on the part of tho striking miners. Later upon investigation the troops were withdrawn. In. speaking of Slavonians, I, myself, have worked along side of them in the mines' and have found - them to be good fellow- workmen. They are, as a rule,'-" a law abiding class and tiuite as superior as any class o;E foreigners, or any of Mr. Malbney's immigrants coming to tho United States. I will say onco again squarely that the striko is still on against the Treadwell Gold Mining Company, Douglas Island, Alaska, and the miners are determined to win, All workmen are• requested to stay away from the Treadwell- mines until the present trouble is settled. SAM PHILLIPS, Miner. ^•:4*:«X**>»H^*H'*>'>*>'KMH**K*>* Hotel PERINIE The Hotel of Fernie Y X ♦I* The centre of Commercial arid Tourist Trade " . Cuisine Unexcelled t- X X X i I I ♦ S. F. Wallace * Prop. £ ♦♦:..:..x..K4.x*.:..:..:..:..:.4:..x.,>jm.x»* ♦♦^•♦^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^•♦♦♦•'X^X'l A i ■ *v , w - .*• . ;♦. ' / ! ai. •_4*"tl ,£, Fernie, B. C. V X X Bar supplied.-with choicest of .*♦ T Wines, Liquors and Cigara, Dining* Rocm in connection JOHN FODBIF4LANCIK Proprietor *X**X44X4^^#£^£^^*^#^^**^*X* •i- Y BATTLE STILL ON Tho following lettor was pub* .iRhod in the Soattlo Times in its issue of May 30th, relative to the strike on Douglas Islnnd: Douglas, Alaska, May 20, 1008, To the editor of the Times: On May 17th you published an intorview with John F. Maloney, a\ corporation lawyer of Juneau, Alaska, who said that the la|fror troubles'at tho Treadwell mines, Douglas Island, Alaska, are over and the striko broken. I wish to my u.iu iii.*, iunioucy » aiauuiwn whether told intention!, My or otherwise, in absolutely falso and utterly lacking; In truth. In the first place he saya that tho Slavonian miners have been scattered' to the four points of the ■4^4441*««>',» in uio^i*, t,ut tae iaci ife that 00 per «nt. of the Slavonians are still lure on Douglas Is* lnnd. Mr. Maloney seems to for* got that not only tho Slavonians, but all the miners, English speak* ing and others, are on strike ftfjainst the Treadwell Mining Co. and they are all confident of a complete victory. The Treadwell mines when running full capacity, employ some HOO men, but at the present time there is only a handful of men working—and not a single experienced miner in tb* bunch. NOTrOF, OF DISSOLUTION. Tako notico that Iho imrtnoraltlp hero* to'oio oxlHtlnir botweon tlio undorilitno'l undor tho Arm uamo nl McKwon k Shea nn hotol kvopora of lOIko, ]|, a,, proprlo- tors of tha Hoffman houso, In horoby lllllHOlvCd, Tho bun'iioHH will be carried on by Wllllnm M. McF.wen who will pay all llnbllltloN and roiled nil lU'countH, III,tort nt l'lko, Tl, C„ this 37th day of Mny, 100R. "WM. 8. Mor.wnN." "M. M. SURA.'* "W. P. aURD,"-Wlln«iR, 4te NAPA NEE' H 0 IE L Fenilc'fl most Hotel popular Every attention to tho travelling public Rooms reserved by wire H. Whelan Manogar mo or tiit.m,Ui*,* HYNU'Sm OV CANADIAN NOIITIUWRWI MIN1NO IlKCH'I.ATIONt*. Ooai, —Conl mlnln** rishti m.y he le-unii for » jmrlucl nl twnnty.oiio v««r» Hi Mil Niimml rentnl nf *1 nnr tic**,, Not, mnro tlmn t.m mere* nlmll ba Imutiil to one Inillvliluitl n- comptiny A royally ttt. tbe rut* of live ewU r»r ton Hhnll Im oollr.at»l on the mornlmnlHlil- eoiil mlnot. QD,\nTi,*»A,*t«r«on •lolitetn , •.nn* of Ul%>,. „l».4 44,4. M.--4 44 4 4,j4>4i .4,41,4} I*', 444 *lil*l I on*, to a atalm J JKn x 1,400 f«tt. Thr. ft* for reoArdins ■» otaltn i» *«. At l»»«t,#l(V)m,utb»i»xt»nil*iion thtr-lr.lm ••rh v««* or p»M la lh* mlnln* rtryin'*,* In Hen thrranf, Wh»n *ho he* ee*n •xtunib^l n? l»I.J '* m»da qtt.wmtnU, the |wt4*nt ii-fti'liiM* fer the p-tyrm-nt ol e, roy»ltyoff|p*rtifnton lh»Ml«*, . Puck* mlnlni cUlmi vintrelly ere lrv> tot •tqiur*' entry ft* ♦*»r«n»w»bUyMrly. two Imhi lo ROYAL Hotel Fernio I, tho locator may, u-mhi having a tur'^v la, r.ml upon romplylns with' nt.hir rit> r»mtnU,t>iiMhMe tht land at 41 otterr*. r% 11 **_r wr- ' - — —" ar«(l«f fur eol tt»»ntT v»»r*i, flvf'mllf'.fftch for* t*rm ol ntwabti.at tbe dUorttlon ol ipplloant may cbtaln fur eolil of fl v* mil** nt» v»»rii, nntwamt at tbaUinWUr of the Interior Tt\« l4)«4ji)« tliatt hav* a 'Ire.JiM In ODitatlon wlttiln ene iMaton fr«im tlxiUU of th* 1mm fer i*4*h five diIIm. Rental tin i«r annum for ••Ah mil* fit rl,*r 1****4, nny*lt*>et, th* r»t*«f |i|wr4*4*nt#«tl*4*t4T»l«n MMatitf-at »f- Urft»ieMdit)tvu>. W.W.Ortty. r**j*ty II tnUt*r er thi Int-trlor K. H.-UnantborlMiI pullloatlon of IhU ad- •/■t-rtittfa-nt will net be e»W fer. aejtloHm Everything UpC :'"W-?- i- ■ c. ■*': ■ ^f-' -■';.: "-•C --St- ,-7 :'■ i'it..«-,W^-^; Fernie, b.X3j,/;July 4th, 1908 HOSMER , ^.-f,.. "Fin-V JLoiderson, "the "ever" genial "Fin"*;'has arrived'here from ..a trip around the^Kaptena^.xbunr try. nWhy,'we h~eard-you were ""in jail "j'in." '. -----y" ---■"■- ■■■-> Tom:-; Conplin and Missouri Bill are.ndted "grizzly hunters." While packing grub and' supplies to Elk No. 4?. the small dog they., biad. •with -them betgah-to look .suspicious. *". Seeing something move in the- bush Missouri began to unload his rifle., Nothing daunted, Jdr. Grizzly began- to investigate the -strange sound when.the,gallant man fro'nx Missouri and Mr.: Conplin got up a tree.1" It is said the sei&e lasted five hours. ',-.' Talking about bears in fly time, i have "you seen those lovely pelts at the. mine. '- There are three of them. =-.:', - Mr. McFarlane is the nimrod. Constable Bulger, arrested a nian named Wilson at Olsen Monday, night. Wilson was trying his hand as a cheque expert. Constable Bulger took him to Fernie on Tuesday where he v ill have plenty' o£ time to repent.' Mr. Gusty will shortly open up a cigar and .tobacco business in the Carosella block. . We see that Pat Burns is sporting a new wagon lately, at, • the Hosmer branch. Mr. McDonald, tha popular man- aeer, -says the meat -will havej a new flavor this week. Mrs.. A. .Matheson .went to Cal- •gary this week. She is accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Digby. The Bank of Montreal is now. located in Hosmer. The "store boys are now. taking, the spiKes out o£ their .boots and are ,. taking their place amongst, the white vest brigade:'"." .-• '- ■The .stumps are now off the main street and .the boys can now wear "real store clothes." Hosmer guarantees the jumbo trade mark. Billy Ridley, the famous rooter from .-Michel entirely, outclassed our Sir "Henry McDonald at, the football game. Hector can't talk fast enough, for <.Billy. „• / ■ George Matheson, of Coal Creek, and Sam,, the Chink of the Kootenai, fought.' a draw; the other' day. George ' being."'from Coal ; Creek had an empty stomach and 0pocket. The Chink looking ' like fair game'George placed his order- but when the tinaecame to ," pay' he forgot. So Hosmer saw the finish on the street and', the Chink really' kicked George--' The attend- -""affce~wa^~iirrge"r—-—*-——-"—'—-——- The "Carosella" business in Hosmer will,change hands, and Abe Gendron will, steer it on, to'fortune. ■ ■"•'.,' '■' ',' .Finley R. 'Anderson and Martin' '" McCune returned from an extended trip to the lower country. Finley does some beautiful language pictures about" it, but agrees that Hosmer is the place for the dough.' Mr. L. J, Smith, an old timer in the Pass, spent a few days in Hosmer looking up old, friends. Mr. Smith is located in-Calgary. .Quite a bunch of good' Hosmer money went down to Fernie on the lst. - , bridge over the creek on street is now getting into The front shape ■ We again K sec Mrs.. Wallace around She was unfortunate' en- oiierh to sprain hor ankle a couple of weeks ago. The government, aro to, make a start in about ten days with a ■ new bridge across the Elk at,Hosmer to replace the' ono washed away by the spring freshets. We believe it will be a" big improve-' ment on the old-one. Somo of tho Fernie vjnderwoi'ld came to Hosmer to celobrato. One of thorn was heard to remark that sho felt as tough as she looked. Sho must havo„,felt bad. J. W. Street (and Tommy Seward spent tlio m'st in Fernie, Old country papors please tako note, Got wise to tho Library scheme , now in oporation at tho Elk Drug and Book Store, Buy the Artisan working shoe* for men at Mathioson's, .Union made and guaranteed,by tho manufacturer. Hosmor boys are letting their whitiitors grow, and the bald bonds are envying thomsolvos in their pocket mirrors. You know wo are to have some lady barbers shortly, Noxt please CF.lt, work in all its branches is progressing (ant, Bob .'.IcLag- gnrt's men closed up tho gap in tho trostlo and tho air line Irom the mino to tho town is nc-w c m* pleted. The large addition to the Royal in completed and up to ilutf in overy respect, The ground floor is occupied by the new brunch ot the Imperial Bank. The Royal would bo a credit to a much older town than Hosmer, and, Mr. Jarvis, tlie proprietor, in to bo commended for, his enterprise. Fresh fruits arriving daily ut Mathieaon's. Xkti Ci.eni&u h&ivhull ivum v'M play the Hosmer boys on the Hornier ground on Sunday. "Whoop" em up Gordon." ,^ Constable Bulger was in Fernie on Tu-Mtdnv. He was accompanied by a candidate for the chain gang. Come ' to the Hosmer tobacco store for fresh chewing toba«»o. A good assortment kept. Miss Lillian Cameron has gone to Calgary for a few days. What wav nro*-av*l,"lb*. the best gam* of football in the Crow's Nest league was played on js-JAUr- day on fche , Hosmer fro-ind by Hosmer and Michel. There was a InTtre attendants; and even vir-itors say, doesn't. Bosimer #•?*#•*' . Hosmer team were:1 Goal, Thompson;' . sacks, v-AUern', McFegan;'' half -baiiks, Mcjirl^e,^ Taylor.; Watson; forwards,"'' Seward, Watchem, Ryder; and they had the blind' xe- ioxf^zi^mi.:*90^S'^^^\y'i^:.v.'?.:iK -:. Hosmer.-pressed.Jox:. .th£ jjr^t.fi..-. teen minutes; then Michel -,'1 with its strong forward line broke away, and. were awarded' the' first goal, the ball being;two feet over the bar; but when they say its a goal its a goal. Hosmer bucked up a bit and Tommy Seward gpt in a, fine'kick cm a Michel sternpost, which caused . quite a pow wow; and pretty soon Michel scored a fair. -goal. Our, men now seemed to be defeated, and while -they pressed hard1, several good chances of scoring were lost, and the game ended Michel 2, Hosmer 0. Hosmer were fairly outclassed, and those. husky men from Michel seemed1 to scare our boys ih ; any mix up. ■ y BANKHEAD The Bankhead Mines Co., Ltd., are still working slack time; only working four days last .week, The pillars-iu No. 5 seam will "go oh contract on the .first of July. This will,, improve conditions' quite a lot in this camp;' ■■ " •There., are quite a lot of unemployed" in this camp at present and there is- very little' hopes of them getting work,* things are so slack. Therefore,' the management are not able to put on the force they would like to do. The^ Souvenir Briquette Ilant which -has been installed at-the Calgary exhibition by the Bank- head firm will be run by, Mr.-Jas. —'■ , of Bankhead. ' " The Bankhead school ,b°ard met on Wednesday, night, June,24 and several items of importance were transacted.' Mr. L. Stockett, general manager of the,, Bankhead,Mines Co., Ltd., ^ was-- in town last-week on business.. Mr. Stockett gives ,- a good account of' Hosmer. He thinks it will be one of the finest towns in the pass.in a.year.or so. from now. _ :■ Mr.. and ■ -Mrs., Dunsmore\ have been to Edmonton and Calgary on business during,the week. .. . ' • "A small party '■ from Bankhead drove, out' to Banff, on Wednesday night to a benefit dance. They enjoyed themselves fine' and returned home early on, Thursday morning. There were • two separate picnic parties. from'Bankhead out at ■ the Devil lake oil "Sunday."One'was a musical.party;' the other were gentlemen only, four of the boys belonging to the gentltmen/'s party were out rowing in a small boat. One' of the four went'to stand, up in ,_ the .boat and- by so doing he lost his balance and fell *into the water. In his excitement he grabbed the. side of the. boat and capsized it, putting the other three in the water. All four of them clung;on ro 'the boat. Three of the four were* awfully excited, wanting to climb on top of the boat, and by so doing the boat,would roll and they all would go under water, There was one level headed fellow in the four by the name 'of Alex. .Watson who no,doi'tat was the means of'saving the other three. He .jot them persuaded, after a lot of pleading,- to keep quiet and hold on to the boat, and-, wait till, assistance came from th'e shore. By accident, their distress was noticed.from the shore. Two mon got a boat and rowed out'to them, and arrived just in timo to savo one of them from a watery grave. His heart failed him, nnd ho wns sinking fast, when they got hold of him and pivlled him into the boat. All four woro brought safely back to shore.' Bankhead' will bo well v 'p'teuent- od at tho Calgary exhibition. Thore aro quite a crowd going down for the flrst of July; also for the fourth. league, because'neither of "the two. teams ^ felt that they were strong enpugjh:.jto_g6 into the". Meague siiigle Handed. This is their first league matQh;v.The.National Park Cricket Club will go to Calgaryin the' near^ future • to -play all the rest' of the teams in' the league .at Calgary. ■' .-)... ■ ■ ; ■, .,, -. ' •->'.".-;■ ..^FOOTBALL.'' A team,.t composed', of Bankhead and Banff:players will go to Calgary this week. to play the semifinal in the Alberta football league. . TJje.-.. tjeam will be fairly strong faiid, is likely to be successful in the semi-final; but there is very little *• hope of rhem making any show,in the finals. , Banff vs., the Caledonians played oh the Banff grounds on.Saturday. It was the game of the season: It was an easy victory for the champions, of, Canada. One of the Calgary players collided with one of the Banff boys; both boys trying tb.'head the ball at the same time. The Calgary main got a, nasty cut on the forehead, which was the means of him leaving the field, but after medicat assistance he took his place again. , ,- '-,. BASEBALL. Bankhead played Canmore at* Canmore on Wednesday, Jvtne ,24. The Bankhead boys drove to Can- more in .'rigs. * The play for the first two ' or three innings, was fairly even, but before the finish Canmore put in a score,of 11 to 4.s Bankhead "lost, the game through overthrows. .- ■ LETHBRIDGE Dominion.day passed very, quietly in Lethbridge. The only event of interest was a salute of'13 guns, fired at midday by the battery of volunteer artillery..' ,; " " - The 'officers and men are to be complimented .on'the showing they made, considering the fact that they are newly organised, and have had very little training. ■■.While complimenting ,the officers and men, it is to be regretted that conditions in this country' necessitate the training of young men to-the trade' of slaughtering!)their fellow men. If .young men would ask themselves "who, is going to 'gain by it, and whatris the cause that makes armies a necessity?'* I. think there would be less of them join. ,In the "first place, nine times out of ten it is money, "aTna/Eion" acquires territory, by force. . of arms, and the capitalist exploits' •:• ..*■-, - -, .•. :.: Do You Owe for :*: ;*:,'" ■ - y :*: Your Paper J ■■? t X X- V i ' £ .t. '' Look ;it the dale on iultlivss -. *$' 1 V V ol your pnpor. ■ If it has oxpiivcl A Y -soiul us a ronowjil .'it onco and V *.* 4 4 ♦j,* jfot the bonolit of the rcduci'd ,♦, rate.. J ^t*^»*4t*4»^4j«»*4«''«»Jt»*4»{t4*«»*«4'J44*t.*<4*|«.*«,»,<*.«*«,';, CRICKET. National Park Club vs. Calgary. These two teams met on Saturday on the Bankhend grounds. The weather was not very favorable in the morning for tho match. Cal- gnry was tho flrst-to bat, Tho flrst throe wickets (ell vory cheap, but after this things changed, Tho Calgary bat mon punished thd Bankhead bowling soverely and at two o'clock they had a score of ninoty runs for'eight wicUots, Thoy then "adjourned for lunch. 'Bank- head boys had proparotl a good snread for tho visiting team at Soc, Higgins' houso, All tho players did justice to tho well laid table. Tho health of the two teams was drank, after which thoy returned baok to the field- of play; and it was not until Calgary had reached a score of 100 that the last miin'n wicket fell. The Park Club went on to ba*A next, but made a very poor show in the start, their best batsman's' wiekets frolnr down for tin" score.- The National Park Club played a vary poor game at the.bat, their total score only being 85. The park club played at a disadvan*. tage owing.to. three of their men not being able to play, one of these beinor C. Hull, one of the best players in Canada. - Mr. Hull has played cricket all over the world where they play the game. He has beaten the champions of the east at tingle wicket, and has al* ways been ton scorer for all the teams he has played for in this country. The National Park Club is com* ■.■UK**-.! uf Bankhead and T^etxrl plavers as was reported in this baner a abort while aro. The two teams became one for the puroote of joining tne Alberta crlekst nerve in good shape; for the fall trade. • He has experimented by cutting-, the ;.:bot_tom.>in his rooms and mining the coal'before shoot? ing.' This h'as'.several advantages; viz: making'bettef' cdol;~also using less exjflosive'sV" 'f'«3id'' being; more, convenient * for-lofsS'WB the cars'/ ' '-'•• ■ '- >l.*'t.1i/tt ''t'f ' , '*--..,4% The shaft bting^sunk on Mr. .J. Marsh's, coal^^t-j^.'is at a stand still- at present.^a^.-fD. Gunn.;Bas gonetdown •abV'UMeVenty, feet "and- struck one .ssafea^oJL' coal one foot t-hick. There"'is^uite a-lot,/: of-' .water in at present*;.;whicfi .is" "certainly handicapping 'them. , '. Mr. S. ShawcrossVeturned from Field, B. C. where he has been working ih the rock cutting. The climate up in that country did. not suit him and1 the doctor ordered him away. He was very sick for. three weeks but no^ doubt he will recuperate now tjhat he has returned to sunny southern Alberta.' -The boys of Woodpecker are busy at present putting in some practice at football for the forthcoming match on July 1 ,with our local rivals,' Taber,' The rivalry fietween us last year (was very keen; some very exciting games being played amidst "a most' enthusiastic crowd of spectators.' Seme new ' blood , has" been introduced from the old sod, and under ' the able management'of.-Louis' Oliver they are* making,""gfeat\strides. ' A good ' game should be. expected. Let whoever wins "play up Woodpecker." '• . ' -:;.:. Mr. John Howell's :s. engaged in his spare moments "sinking, a well on one of his lots. He expects to strike water at a depth of thirty feet. He has already sunk down 21 feet.'- ' ■ • - Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Irvine drove over to "Raymond t,o take in the celebration of Dominion day. There is every promise of it being, a gloriously fine day. There is still another mine to be opened in the coolie here.. Dr. Lang, of Taber was out with a party on Tuesday prospecting for coal.. If developed this will make nine mines, all operating, within a radius of- three quarters of a mile. - Mr. John Carr was down from' Lethbridge this'week visiting his people who have just 4 con.' out from England. . He had a lively, time on Tuesday going into' Taber to bring out a cow which " they" had purchased. He had brought it out about three miles when the mosquitoes .caused it to stampede and it ..made tracks for home.' John, though a .good runner,-was, not-a-bl-Tto keep up with "her. 'He came back and a'further .contingent went out to seek the strav one and their search proved successful, the'erring , one bein" led home'as, quiet as a. lamb. that territory for his own personal gain, and tho poor fool who fought to gain that1 country has tho pleasure of seeing tho capitalists import Chinese labor, while' he, the soldier,, can go tb the workhouse or starve; tako South Africa for an example, .The Bangers football team left for Calgary on Monday to play in tho semi final for tho Bennet shield and quite-a number of football on- thusiasts accompanied them, to vendor oncouragomont. 'The boys will need a littlo moro encouragement to enable thorn to land that- trophy, but it. ia to bo hoped that thoy. make a good showing. Tho Lethbridgo city band has loft for Calgary whore thoy will take part, in the 'oand contest to bo hold during tho fair, The Benny brothers leave hero on the 4th for Scotland, Thoy aro undecided as to whother thoy will roturn'or not. It deponds on the decision of their bottor halves who are in Scotland, Tho mino hero is now working three days ft week, that being a slight improvement on tho one and two dayF ciiui)'- April and May and the flrst part of June. I stated some timo ago that ono section of No. 3 mine had been flooded, and that the company ox* pected to get it pumped dry in a short while, Although throo large pumps have been workinn* on It over sinco, the water has not prono down one inch;*it seems to como in as fast as it is pumped out. It will be quite a loss to the com. "• • * .., •< ', -> * • 1 f'4444j 44 4.44*4^ 4444,. il **f 4.4.. 4*14 4.44-*. 4> 4. n« thero ere n. rr,n""irt*rnW<» num. ber of pumps, as well as rails, pipes and miners' tools Iir' the flooded area. HXKOT Mr. Anderson's family have all '/ccovjared from the diptheria and the quarantine has been raised, The mines in this district are still very slsrk. Mr. Marsh loaded two ears last week, and Thos It- vine loaded one ear and hauled about six tons to Taber. John How-ells is keeping himself busy by "supplying; eoal to a steam plowing outfit and getting his MERRITT Mr. B. P. Littlo, ,M.E., C.E., of the Diamond Vale Co., is "'visiting at the coast. Alex, Hogan is making' steady progress on his new, hotel. Bert Irwin has nearly completed Alex. Gorden's fine new house.- Billy and Marie Sherrah, the colored minstrels,., gave two concerts in Merritt' hall this week, Monday and Wednt'sday, , Aftor each show and" dance was held, which was enjoyed by everybody present. The celobration committee Held a final_ meeting to settle all reports of different committees and report ?100""to'the good. Dell King is getting ready for a big round up, ■ -shipping his fat steers and branding calvos. Del says the feed is the best ho has ever socn on the range. Sid Thomas reports things look good round town and Sid ought to know, Sam Highland is building a flno new home for J, Monzio on Nicola avonuo, ' • ' ■ E, Lbwo and M. Loudon loft this wook for tho coast. The Diamond Vale Co, have fin* ishod their second drive of logs down the Coldwater, and the sawmill is running full strength. They have eight teams and about thirty mon getting out logs. Thoy intend to run tho Bawmill all summer and wintor, Mr, Priest, tho photographer re. ports business good, T. J. Smith of tho Diamond Vale Coal Co., arrived' on Wednesday's train from Vancouver, Ho was accompanied by E, S, IMohards of Cardiff, and John Drlnnan, of Sheffield, Eng. After looking over the company s property they r»- turnod on to-day's train. —« o— ■ '—■ BAYNES Judge H. R. Smith o( Moscow, and J. A. Tormey of Spokane arrived in iiaynett ....u.it-u&y, 00144 jitp ciWirrn* In the Tt'ofttenny "River Land Co. The Adolph Lumber Co will re* build their sawmill on a more extensive scale at onco, U. Adolph arrived in Baynes on Sunday from Brandon. Th«| Kootonia club house will be ooened with a dance on Friday night, the 3rd inat. A good time is expected, Mr. Felding the photographer for.tha Kootenay River Land Co., vifited Fernie in the interest;} of Kootonia during the week, Mrs, Mull.*., of Suokaue, and Miss Anna Hubbard of Cheney, Wash., are guests at the clot)* house this week. f *' f * f i *• I a* # ¥ *.*» ¥ Merchants of Pass Cf We beg. to inform you that we have opened a ' Wholesale Fruit and Produce Warehouse at Fernie, from which pointy we are prepared to cater to your wants>-> and will give immediate attention" to all orders either by mail or wire. C]f Thanking you for your liberal patronage' iiv the past, we are at your'service. PLUNKETT & SAVAGE P. 0. Box 477 Fernie, B. C. ¥ ¥ ¥ * * ¥ ¥ el* ¥ 1 "PH- •«♦.?.* & ¥ ■ & ANADlAN/-\-4 'WificKyJ SUMMER EXCURSIONS ■ EAST ■•" $60*00 From. Fernie to Wlnnlpear, Duluth, Fort" WiUiam, And St. Paul * Chicago , 72 50 New York 108 50 Montreal... 105 00 St. John, N.B 120 00 St. Louis 67 50 Toronto 94 40 Ottawa 105 00 Halifax 131 20 Sydney, C. B 136 90 Tickets on sale. May 4 and 18; June 5, 6, 19 and 20 ; July 6, 7, 22 and 23, August 6, 7, 21 and1 22, 1908. First class round trip, nine* ty day limit. Koutes—Tickets are good via any recogmised routes In one or both directions. To destinations east of Chicago are good via the Great Lakes For Ratea, Reservations nnd nny in- formntion *«*»i»i»a*^f^^ Kef bury Bros. Save your (dollars by dealing-; witl-a. us Specials men's Baltorig-g-an Underwear $1.00 per suit or 50c per gfarmerit Men's Bla.ck Sateen Shirts - - - ' 60c Men's Tweed Pants - - - ». $1.25 8 oz. Overalls ■■=■".■. - " ■ „ ,.■ ,80c "M"en's~Braces s s " s"—. -ii—— a 25c Gent's Furnishings, Boots and Shoes Dry Goods, Etc. 146 Victoria Ave. " 77 Baker Ave. GO TO Hammond & Mcintosh -For Electrical Contracting: of Every Description Box 348 Fernie, B. C. lW. S. KEAY Customs House Broker Fire Insurance Agent P.O. Block Phone 143 FERNIE ,, <§<3><'*'-k3x$>«-^ I Seeds, Trees, and | | Bulbs (oi* y all plnntlng & ® Cntnloi;uo Vmx ]*nrgtM X\\m\- g 0 rleo on tlio I'lidflc SIopo , ® «M, J. HENRY Vanoouviri 0,0. © g 'Win Wuittmlimtur lto,nl 0 Buy Your Furniture from us. If you are leaving town we will Buy it Back Cheapest house in town B. C. FURNITURE STORE 1 II. H. TERKV. Proprietor Noxt lo ImporUl llntnl W llnltur Ave Go to The Rinman Kaminski Co. —For— Groceries, Dry Goods Boots and Shoes West of Queen's Hotel HOSMER, B. C. Ay<§A)*$A>AyAyAyA>AyA^^ |-The;Elk^allcy-tivery-| | Dray & Transfer Co. | All kinds of $ Drying) |- Teaming and I Transfer Work | i " $ I Clapp & Letcher, Props. | A Off. Tol. 6 Residence Tel. 149 4 I'. O. Uox ^2() •» <§- 4> AyAyAyAyAyAyA>A)A>AyAyAyA)A¥>AyA^^ SULLIVAN IS OUT VOU KID SCALER, Ocno Sullivan had a Ant ftght with Kid Sealer .ant night and Ihcie 'v>)»4 .4*v .ci,. ti 4.4 4..C .-.-tJ Sow GuJlhviai wMir-. n hleeV o*fi**t<* and is looking for revenge. He tays he will meet Sealer on hin own terms, SulHvan eay*: "I will box Scaler for charity, or on any jtrojiohilion »»**. 'h.*!**..*.. A*l I want to do is to meet him and I will do anything; to find him in front of me in ths ring. I will fight him 20 round* At any weight he ■ayi, at any time and at any place. He can name the r*leree, and if he wiihra can Ltmt Jack K**rn«, There -will not be U.«. reed of any referee (n this f 0. All I want to do it to m*«t Sealer." Fernie Cartage Company Dealers in Wa^oiim, hleii'tis nml Dump Cnrlo AU kind*, of Kprlni; Wgn niul UittncHH ILL.ll J,'.' I I »lllf*4*-***l»f***»l*l»l»llll'UIIMU** Office Waldorf Block rhotuHt Ken. Phone 76 McEwing's " Table Queen Macliinc-miule Bread Is the kind you can enjoy three times :. day and seven days in the week. Don't deny il lo the L-hildren, between meals, lliey are growioi,'' " Onr cakes and paslry are of the finest iiimlily. Ice Cream, Fruits, etc. J. R. McCWING mm The,handsome new bind jjitru incuts wcic presented to the Galva- J tion .Army Uit night, in the midit of a very JaiTge crowd. Phone 138 lies, yi I'ellm Ave WM. SCOTT Pioneer ( Undertaker and Embalmcr of the city (Cluirler Memhcr ol Miinltotm nnd 1 .. .. , . , 1 q i* I, t .. . ' 4\.44\ « 4... W ,4,AIUJ44,> 4,. 44'., ,,..,,.. Atttvialion) Satiif-ution Warranted . Picture Framing; and Fitraitnre Repairing; In connection Office & Parlors 2W Victoria Ave. / ■DISTRICT " LEDGER, FER1TIE, B. C. jrjLY 4, 1908. < >K~H«K**H**.»^ y v ♦i* y V .♦♦ .- THE HU DtSON BAY RAILWAY •x*»K«*:"X'-''X^ Mo second proposal, .would mean the making, of an arrang-e- If, : as "the western members are a^.uriit-,in-declaring,..the time has., come* to give the' Northwest an out- ment similar to that'which was le't';,to'Great' Britain- via;the Hud-?; made, with the Grand'Trunk Paci-4 son Bay, ,Churchill, at Ithemouth 'fie in regard to ,the line from Win." of the Churchill river,' would make I nipeg\ to IMoncton..' The Canadian, a. gojsd.' port, and as .the nearest KNorther-n has a charter to build to railway is only 500 mile away, | the Bay and is nearest to it*,, and there is no question, as to who I'if this proposal were adopted,;'the will' build.' the. "connecting ... link. I arrangement no doubt would' *' be There are three proposals—1 That j made with the Canadian" Northern DOES NOT fAVOR TAFT ** .• * * Opinions of a few Labor Men ' _:;: Ite^i^^riftie' - :NomiiKe7:.. for D.S. President- .- New, York;\Juhe 30—The .mm- j bers, of the" Gentral. Federated' TJn- yesterday "< discussed ' Taft's the company should build an'd,op- !-railway. The government would . erate'. g That' the government: under such nn'a-jreenient Imild "the should build and lease to a com- ] line, pay interest on the cost for a pany.„ 3 That the government i fixed period, and then the Cana- should aid a-company to" build,, dian Northern wovild pay the in- and for such a.id have the right to i terest. In this way the" govem- control the rates and intervene ', ment would guard against over generally'for the protection ,of the [capitalisation. But, in such a shipping public. '' ! short stretch of railway, this The west would favor the first.■{ wou^ be scarcely an equivalent But the East with its knowledge I advantage. The government would of government owned railways i have built, the line, and the corn- would probably not. The only, 1 pany would, to all intents and i, government railway in Canada has j purposes own it. not been financially successful. It ' . was built under circumstances t The third proposal is' to offer i tha Canadian Northern Railway ion nomination and the ,labor plank adopted by the Republican partyv "Rudolph Mo-Jest, delegate of .the cigar. .inak'ers—Taft. is the representative of the money'bags and trusts and he won't get many* la-; j bor votes. The workers won't be able to got their just rights from; a man, who,awhen jvdgej granted th? first injunction against ' labor organisation. No, Taft will not do. - ■ ' * l ' William A-.* Coakley, delegate to the Lithographic Apprentices— Taft's.past record against labor would have'been overlooked had the convention adopted the labor plank as adopted by Samuel Gompers. Albert Abrahams of the Pressman's union—The so-called labor likely to lead to success. The route | "" XT R »°™ * ™™W ™n's union-The so-called labor of the Intercolonial is round I T^ fln"C'lal ald *<> »• 8 plank is n° plank at "J1'-'«'is not of the Intercolonial is round i ■'j about, and at first it ran only from Halifax, to Levis. Later it was, built on to Montreal, so as to get. into touch with the railways and waterways of the east to pioneer the route. The guaran tee. of bonds has been enough to induce the construction of the prairie system of the Grand Tr-cUk and Canadian Northern railways. It would, however, not be enough em interior. But owing to the j , . , ' '/ ,. . ,, :m _„__,•,,-i,-* .- & ± ! to md'-ce the construction of the impossibility of-a government en- | ,, ., ,, .,„ , _.. °' ! Hudson Bay railroad. The prairie gave an' immediate prospect-' "of tering into business 'compacts, and for other reasons, the railway management has not been able to obtain a fair share ^ of the traffic. It has been' unable to push its business, as other railways have been able to and find it necessary to do. , Almost corresponding difficulties would arise in the case of government ownership and operation of the Hudson Bay road. If it rested at the 500 mile stretch it would only be in touch with the Canadian Northern Railway system, and accordingly at' the' business mercy of _ that system. The-government would therefore have "'to' continue its railway »50 miles fur- " the'r, so as to have connection with the Grand Trunk and Canadian Pacific systems, making 750 miles in all," in order to bring it —in—touch—with—th"e~b""usiness~^"T;KeH_and arrange-for~a—line"ot^team prairie west. It would have a fur- j ships and bear the cost of estab ther ' disadvantage - as compared lishing trade by that route, with the Intercolonial. The Intercolonial runs to Halifax and St. John, both old established and traffic along the line ofrailway. The - Hudson ' Bay road does "not. The through trade to Great Britain is the,only traffic upon which it could rely; and the company would have to arrange for'it to be" efficiently handled on the ocean. It would be a big undertaking, and upon the rapidity with which the company could' turn traffic in its direction, would depend the immediacy or profitable return. It might suicceed from the start or it might hang fire for a few years, " The company would, therefore, expect something more than a guarantee of its bonds. It would want .that to be supplemented by direct cash assistance. For it would not only have to bujild the railroad, but to erect elevators well known warm water spots, to which ships have free access . all the year round. The Hudson Bay railroad would run to a bay, the entrance to which is not safe for navigation for more than four or five or possibly more-than.three months „of the year, and would have to tako the chances of success or' failure , of a newly tried rou^e-of ocean transit. „The government would have to make satisfactory' arrangements for tlie handling of freight during.. the comparatively short opon season. This would mean exceptional business activity and the assembling of an enormous amount of rolling stock and locomotiv-e equipment. For it .would be, in every sonse of the word, a "rush,". Then, again thoro would havo to be large storage elevators at the port and a line of steamships cap* able of carrying away tho freight as it '' was offered. The railroad, without the elevators and the steamships, would be useless; and in order that tho whole routo of transit might, bo porfoctly organised, the owners of tho railroad should also bo tho ownors of the elevators and tho steamship lino. A fleet would havo to bo assembled eaoh June in Liverpool, and on roceiving news that navigation waB open, it would movo westward to the bay. Tho elovatoru should havo boon filled in readi ness; and tho ships, aB thoy arrived, should boar away thoir contents, fresh produce coming forth —-.-- — .--...,,. ....... from the prairies oach day to keep ' has to 'bo ioM> ftt t,,,J •nomwit, is *.» * a m .. - . - , t.A ifrnfr Until ftAtt jk 4"#* /tmn AMnl'i4ing wheat to Great Britain. The I CIIAMBEEJL'AIN'S COLIC CHOL eial system organised. All this i distance to Europe would be aotu* I ERA AND DIARRHOEA RE- or--ani»ation and business enter- * *Uy shortened, and the cost of i ME3Y WOUtP HAVE SAV* prise would be entirely outside the | handling lessened. In the East, I ed HIM 8100.00, FARM HAND!) SCARCE IN WALK Farm laborers are becoming very scarce in Wales, This" fact was manifested at Carnarvon at the May hiring fair. Farmers from various parts of the county, who attended the fair in order to engage servants, had to roturn homo having boon unable to secure tho services of competent farm hands. •'I wanted to engage five men," Bald ono farmor, "but I was unable to securo the sorvicos of ono. Ono person whom I interviewed was a doctor who'had fallen on.ovil days, and anothor was a tailor. Neither had had any ex- pe-Wenco of farming," Another farmer declarod that farm servants had drifted into othor occupations and many had onterod tlio quar- rlos, where thoy could got better wages, -0' ... — When Like, y Cures Like* "By TROY ALI.1SOS. ,./' C'opyilglit, 1907, by,,P.0. Eastm'ent. =z=i>\ Minna Reed almost ran down the ■iteps from the house bearing tlie sign -Mine. Ynirsl. Clairvoyant.".' Thelad.y's comniiiuicatioiis bad: upset all {her.preconceived pin lis mid ideas. Her mother had'always opposed her trying anything of the kind'.';hi)t when* she saw the sign nnoverwlH-Mining desire to in-, quire into things 'unknown had beset her. The ,i*est ol tlip party bad gone down to the, luwh.' nnd after staying In lier voDiir at the simimer'.liott'l for an hour with "a headache sue had slip ped out to buy ai rii^cluating "kimono she had seen in' a Japanese store tlie day before. The I'lnli'voya'nt's f-ijaiti had caiiKht her eye. nnd for a.whole iionr she had sat in tiie darkened, stuffy little room with lier nprves all nt strained'attention. She went hack to her room, and. walking st might to the dresser, "looked regretfully tit tho picture,or a frium ''oyish face, siirrimiiilPii by a.little plain itold frame, ": '' "I never would have, thought- lt." she whispered, „ "I thonirlit you wore the truest, noblest thing on earth" -And she said the man' with blaekeyes. now nne of my circle of acquaintances, was tleccitful to ihu't'ore and'that If l.dld not separate'his path from ,mine lie would prove "'tho blighting sorrow of my life,- Jimmy, dear, it seems impossible to .believe yon could bring sorrow into nny one's life, but It must have been you she meant, for yoii are tho only man of,my acquaintance who has h-hlack eyes." And. being only nineteen nmi believing she had conie.faoo lo face with tho big sorrow of her life.' Prompt rellsf. I consider it kind in the world, and had I used ftne of the best medicines of its it in 1002 believe it would have saved me a hundred dollar doctor bill." Sold by all druggists. northward tendency in the Wost. ] Subscribe for the District Ledger, lainTpetu 1 ami y. ■ ' ~ Jimmy opened the offending- orbs very wide In'bis surprise. "By, Jove, you are .1 queer one. Miuna! You told mo yesterday down od llio beach that I had (he most beautiful oyes you over saw, . Positively made me blush to know I was so beautiful. 'Frnld to sloop In tlieni last night lest I should spoil 'om. And now-.Minna. you haven't met any follow with gray eyes, hnvo you?" lie nsked suspiciously. "No, I' haven't," Indignantly,' .""but black oyes are treacherous—and—I nev- ?r could trust them." Whether thoy wore treacherous or not was loft nii' open question, but Ihoy certainly,proved persuasive, nnd Unally Jimmy was'In possession of the wholo story, ,. "Minna Rood, you. ought to be nslinm- ?d of yourself! Do I look llko a blight- Ini! sorrow?" mimicking her forlorn tone. "I might bp nilsUikonfor a prize llghti'i'." ■ exhibiting his muscular arm wltli prlilP, "but I'm blamed if I'd know how to start'out In the blighting sorrow biislnpsR," ' ' • Minna, anxious to believe, still look* ?d dubious, "If your eyes only weren't black!" •iho RlgllOll. "Now, look hero, my child. I'd not ii special net of eon gross to change Ibom to suit you If I could, You know I've dono pvorylhlng tn ploaRo you nil my life, Why will yon believe that nt* lor rot? Old she tell yim anything tangible Hint yon iib'snlnloly know was true?" Jimmy was In,training for n laivyor nnd wanted to coniost all ovl* loncp In Hie caBo, "Kin' told mo my nanio and itge," triumphantly, "Didn't you havo to write It on a piece of paper Urn'.?" suspiciously, "Y-yoH, but she didn't son It-lion* ostly she didn't, I folded It tightly nnd put It on Iho tabic, and sho sat and toyed wllh It .while she tulkcd." "Tho iiilHclilcf Hho didn't wa It!" ttTowtnil Jimmy, "Anything else?" "Sho mild I had nn Aunt Mnry In tho spirit In ml that wns trying to guldo mo," hoHltntlngly, "floo tlicro! You never had an Aunt Mnry In your lifo! It's nil plain hum* hug," Jimmy spoko with the mitlMfnc* Hon of one willing to leave lilt* t-nso In tho liiindR of an Intelligent Jury. "No, I never hnd, hut mnnnnii had, nml thu clairvoyant snld mints nnd urcat'iinnls were nil tho snmo In tho ■spirit world." Jimmy posltlvoly groaned wlfb ills* Bust. "8I10 might safely lilt on nn Aunt Mnry. Nearly everybody living has nn mint- or ••rent nmit or |»roiit-[»ro"f( ("rnflt oV-nunt Mnry, nut she hnd no business fooling with my oyes." lie sat sulkily silent, tbcu icrlnnod with a thought Hist made blni wonder If he would not some dny hnir tn the H'rtliiiK nf the nipthphyslonl tbe snme •••'""■•■■ .'!.*.:' .•:■■■•■.•■■ .V.*,:*s tt th'.v.xi iv-I *■•!. *.i,ii- •••.■•'•in, I would not Inko H •lopoless verdict upon my eyes from my ono octillMt. ".cither will I have them condemned hy nny ono clnlrvoy* int. I demand n consultation. If I Vt the party together, will yon go to toother clairvoyant tills ovenlng?" lie Iciiinmlr-d. "I would be so gliul to tlnd that the Irst ono wns tnlstnkon." sho mild fervently. It was n very busy evening for Mr. Kent finally ho found n scores! nuf* Icicntly good nnturcd and pliable to (lit his r-Jo.utrcuu.uU. -iteuiember, yon, a re to entirely free her mind .from the idea. I'll send, her in third. You couldn't fall'to know her anywny.k She's tlie prettiest one hi the buiich.-' It's cheap at $10. and if she gets over ber-„fenr of black eyes," by Jove.' I'll send.you another tenner tomorrow." "And Mme.-, Ardetta, en-. tbiisiastic linder'the'powerful stimulus," promised to do her best ,, " . -..'■_ That night when the moon, cast a long path of light! over the waves a • on pie sat "far down., the''.beach in a, spot removed from tbe crowd. . . '.. „. "She told me my ii«me without my writing itr^Xliniia said in awed .tones. "She is simply wonderful! Snld. for ine never to have any confidence in fakes that made mo write questions liml fold them on a table; that they had blanks papers ' folded.' Just - like them..aud-when they were toying with the ones'! wrote that,they would substitute tho'-blank one and leave it on -tho inble.aud take initio lit their hand under the edgt* of the table and read it. That's exact iy what that lirst wo- .man must have done.' I've, lost faith In her entirely, and.. Jimmy, boy.' she said that tlie only person I iieod nvoid und be suspicion!? of, was n blond-tunn with a Vandyke beard." Young Mr.' Kent stroked his i.eard- les's <*hln ' "Thank heaven I haven't a blond'Vainly la*-." ho said piously. "Did she tell yon anything about—or—me?" he asked cnutluusiv. "Not exactly, but she said that my real affinity wns-was 11 man 1 had known since childhood." - "Now. that." said .Mr. Kent, with great gratification,,, "suits me exactly. I'd rather be called an aliinlty any day .than a blighting sorrow " He joyfully possessed Himself of the girl's hands, and she'had evidently, lost nil fear of treachery * *■ Afterward, with her ■ bead resting ?oinforrnbly ngnlnst his tweed shoulder,, she spoke musingly. "She snld that the greatest trial of her life was that there were so many fakes that brought discredit, upon her glorious profession.", _"Never yon ' tnind.'t little,.girl: I'm dot so easily imposed upon, and you'll have nie with yon nil through life to help pick out the real article.!' and the treacherous Mr. Kent lifted her face nutll^be could look adoringly into lt. „ The. moon, as if by, special, contract, :ame Irom under a cloud at just the right moment, and sbe saw his expression. , ' »' •' , • . "Jimmy, I don't believe any one else jver had such wonderfully honest ayes," she said happily. •■ THE NIGHTINGALE. Coleridge's Defense of the Songster as Not a Melancholy. Bird.' The traditional view of the-nightingale's song is supremely, given iu the fnmllini'. lyric by. Richard BnnieBeld. Here the poet, finds the forlorn bird, with "her breast up-till 0 thorn," ear-, nestly pouring forth her melodious sorrow.. Milton" in. his" juvenile "sonnet U I'lnt't H4OI1I11 *Jili> Mi j} t i^n*>'n Kl/*. nliinAH net. —ri|i-.3^-li -4iji.3i**.t;o—xntr—iiiCu i\ ui-c~oiiJ'faCi~7 ti.T giving forth notes that portend success in love, and- when ho comes to;describe sober pleasures "In "II Pense- roso'" be appropriately finds the same 'trains "most musical, most melancholy.", A'gainst this Coleridge, enters ■1 vigorous protest in "The Nightingale; i Conversation Poem," characterlstic- .My advancing In the following passage a general truth and a ..specific 'Criticism: A melancholy bird? Oh, Idle thought! In natnro there Is nothing melancholy. But snmo night wandering man whoae . heart waa pierced vVith the remembrance of n grievous , wrnriR Dr slow distemper or neglected'lovo lAnd so, pour wretch, filled all things with ■ himself And mnile all gontlo sounds tell back tha talo' .. - .. Ot his own sorrow), lie, nnd such ns ho, first. named thoso notes a melancholy strain. Annotating,this, the poet further Illustrates bis philosophic ucutonoss nnd takes tho opportunity of expressing bis loyalty to his eminent pootlcnl prod- ?cos8or. "This passage iu Milton," tho note rnns, "possusHus nu excellence far ■uiporlor to thnt of mere description. It Is spoken In tho character of tho melancholy man and has thoreforo n Iramatlc propriety. Tlio author makes this romaiit. to roue 10 himself from the Bliurgo of hnvlng alluded with levity to n line In Milton, a charge than which none could he mors painful to him except perhaps that of having ridiculed his Bible," ' lu n letter to Christopher North, WordBworth refers to tho "fnlno no- Nous" regarding tho iilgbtlngnlo's song nud Pxpi'OHnes his boiler thnt Coleridge's poem, wltli Its theory thnt "lu nature thoro is nothing melancholy," will In nil likelihood "contrluuto gront* ly to rectify tliuso." In bis,own poom "IOntorprlfio" ho touchos on the same point mid alludes to tho nlghtlngnlo ar, "tbe sweet bird, mlsnnmcd, tlin tuolau* 2holy," It Is hnrdly necessary to ndd that Konts In bis gront ode "To n Nlghtlngnlo" rises to oxqulsltu rapture ovor the Impplness nmnlfostod In tlu< tlUKliiB of the "light winged dryad of tho trees."--London Notes and Queries THE CANADIAN BANK OF '.COMMERCE * HEAD OFFICE. TOROXTO ESTjUILISUED 1867 B. K ."MLKER, President •ilEJ.I^LlED, General Manager A. H, IRELAMD, Superintendent of • • branches \ ■-' . ' * : Paid-up Capital, $10,000,000 Rest, -W-6; 5,000,000 Total Assets, - 113,000,000 Brandies throughout Canada, and in the.United States and England, , A GENERAL BANKIN^ BUSINESS TRANSACTED. J. COMMERCIAL AND FARMERS' PAPER DISCOUNTED' v SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT •.&■> Deposits of $1 and upwards received, and interest allowed «• current rates. The depositor is subject to no delay whatever l» the withdrawal of the whole or any portion of the deposit* Fernio Branch . H. L. Edmonds, Mnnng-er. ♦♦•»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦*>»»♦♦♦■» •»*»♦♦*»» ■ ■ ' ■ - - -- o What Hs Had to Lsarn. Pnter-My wlfe'H lenrnlnu tho piano my dn null tor's Ictirnlnn the violin nut. my son's iMirnliifj tho hunjo. fator- And you nro lonmlng nothing? Pate: -Oh, ves: I'm lenrulnir to hnnr it Built In ths Qravsyard, The ttlrkynrd wns full, niul n brand now comotory wiih In Id out. finndy Me- Tnvlnli. looklnji over It with Andrew Ttrtlon, j>rntnotoi*| t|>ot It "'n*1 "tn« con tlnoutnl" In stylo, "I'd rntlior dee thnn bo burled In hIp n xitnt," lu» iloclnrod. Androw wns less dlllleult to plonso. nVeel, It's th.> vorm r^vemewl' me," he snld, 'Tor I'll be burled naowhore else If I'm Hpnred." Eiementery Arlthmttle. Judpe-Whnt iiRe nr<» you? rnt- ICIulit nnd foiirxciii-e my lord. •Induc- And why not founicoro nnd olshlT rat-HeciuiBo, my lord, I was olicht before I wns fourHioio.-I.ondon An •worn. Drllliant ld»». "1 rnn't nndi'mtnud," until Ihe Rtrnn- Ror, "sluco tlu» iiiittmini'nt Is porfertly r.vlliulrtf.il In form, why tbey \xn\ In siiuii'.'t' r.'illltijx iinc'ii'l It." "IV'rliii|.*," riM-li,. | tlit> imtive. "tlicj dldu'i li.jve fiii'i'^'j rui'lii; to •,"• rniniff" wit-h thic Sewer? Two Cars of Sew* X '• . ^ ex* Soil Pipe and Plumbing Supplies Please call and get prices : J. D. QUAIL Hardware and Furniture . tt ♦*»♦#♦♦♦♦♦*>*»♦♦ »•»♦•»♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦«»♦»♦ tt- f. LIMITED ''-' )• lWholcsalc&.Rctail & CO., NEAT MERCHANTS "Always a choice* supply of Beef, Pork, Veal, Mutton, and Lamb on hand. Hams' Bacon, Lard, Butter and Eggs. Our Specialties Fresh, Smoked and Salted Fish, , always a good assortment. Try our,Mince Meat,-Saurkraut and Oysters. FOR A SWEET TOOTH All the leading lines of high class Chocolates and Confectionery TOM BECK Jc ERNIE**, B« C* The Time is at Hand The Season is Here FOR Screen Doors, Ice Cream Freezers* | Boys* and Girls* Wagons, Garden Hose and Fishing Tackle And as usual we are right on deck with the most complete and ^ varied assortment of these line!! carried in the city. Our policy is fairness to every one and our congenial clerks only live for the pleasure of showing and demonstrating the merits ot" our various lines. Call and sec us when in need. Wliimster 8c Co. Headquarters for Hardware in East Kootenay i Subscribe for The Ledger s DISTP.ICT ' LEDGER,'! FERNIE,' B. C. J'JLY 4, 1908. INB to aosE In lllinois-itchel law Was : Bungled in Execution • Chicago, June 30—Through oversights in the fr-aming; of the .new ^mining law for Illinois, which goes- into effect July 1,.every coal mine , in the state will be compelled to close down. The length of the suspension will depend '' on ,-; the promptness with which1 the exara- . ination boards can be obtained 'and issue certificates to qualify ' miners.' '" ">■ • -' The law, which is known as the Mitchell law, provides that. after July i ■ "no person shall be em- . ployed or engaiged as a miner in any coal mine in the state without '"' having obtained a ' certificate of competency and qualification from ai' miners' examining board in some county in this "state." Another section of the law provides that the , examining boards "shall be composed of three miners, who are, to be appointed by,, the circuit Judges of the judicial district in which the, counties are locatod, and' one of the oversights is that the law requires the boards to - be- appointed "immediately after this act goes into effect." " The. penalties 'for violation of '"'. ttie law 'arc positive and manda- vtory on both operators and min-', "ers. Any miner wbo works after •July 1 without a certificate, or any opelrator or agent who allows a miner to work, shall be guilty of *a misdemeanor and punishable by, ' ;va fine of from $100 to* $500, or imprisonment in , the county jail for a* period of from one to six • months, or both, at* the discretion -.of the court." There are approximately 60,000 ."men employed in the coal mines of the state. ° * ' ." 1—I—o HCAD1SJUT0FF New York, Juno 30----Witb.in view minion.. Mr. Trotter's work was not against emigration on the whole, * biit more especially • to show' the . real class of emigrant that would be more desirable '-.as the future citizen of this great Dominion. ' On his journey to Halifax,^ Mr. Trotter stopiped- off in Moncton and held a "very successful, meeting tjhere last Tuesday, which, resulted in a strong committee being formed comprising members of all organised, bodies in the railroad centre to bring about the' organisation-of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada which will be held in Halifax on the 21st of September next,1 and the. magnitude of the gathering. The congress represents over 150,000 traidn unionists who will .send , to the convention ,' about 150 delegates, and the importance of* holding the convention , in the great eastern port of. Canada cannot be too strongly impressed on the citizens.—Voice. FIVE COACHES ; JXIOJ FOOT Embankment and No Person is > fatally Injured FEDERAL LABOR AGENCY —. — £ ..ftt-ftwi*.! ;Kii**rtjHTf*-aW Ttviavt ilTAtVi Afl_ ->*Ol 3C VCl fm*-X XX\A.A_\*-*-\mM—Mr. W*-. J ■» V +--—-- — " and children, near the entrance to ,:Prospect park, Brother, Casimier, ofthe order of1 St. Francis, and principal- 'of. St. ..Ann's school, Brooklyn, was beheaded yesterday .afternoon as he bent from the seat ,of a Brighton Beach car to get-his- hat 'brushed off by a woman. Tho -hat had fallen into the'slip of,the "partly raised running board of the .car, and,as the Franciscan brother*, bent down to get it, he slipped ■,and his head fell under the car. ; • The front wheel passed over his neck and his headless body was .left lying in the street while ' the car went ahead for almost a block. . Brother Casimier's name was originally Stephen Mooi'o , He was born in Dublin, where lie was edu- - cated by the Jesuits and thon joined the Franciscans. ■ - " '""O '■ TRADES CONGRESS Organizer Trotter at Work in Eastern Provinces Washington, D. C, June 30—A unique plan of service designed to relieve' farmers and others in this country from future embarrassment in the matter of procuring adequate help ha.s been inaugurated by the^ department of commerce and labor, through the division of information of the bureau, of immigration and neutralisation and tha,postofnce department through, ■the rural delivery service. The scheme contemplates a general distribution of admitted aliens aad other persons seeking work. There are being, forwarded to. postmasters iii/.this country, packages of cards, with return attachments, for distribution' to farmers and others needing the service of'laborers or mechanics and who may- obtain the kind of help needed by mailing' the return information card1 without. payment of postage. ' , For thisfservice no charge is to- be made. or v fee accepted,' either from employer or employee, and the-experts designated -by, the department „ of commerce and labor for this -work will exercise every precaution.in selecting the men and directing them to the proper destination.' - Tottenham, July 1—The western train carrying two" hundred passengers, was derailed about two miles north of Tottenham at midnight Saturday. i , Five coaches were .thrown down an embankment' between fifteen and twenty feet, turning completely over'.- ' ,. , " The tender and baggage car remained , on the track. There were none killed but two elderly women are seriously if not fatally injured.' . About ' ten others were hurt, their injuries consisting of broken arms, legs, and in all about twenty-five were injured/* The rolling stock and road appeared to be in good order and the'train was running about usual speed. The auxiliary from Toronto, with hospital cars,* in which were nurses and1 medical men, came for the wounded. . The passengers were taken to Toronto early this morning, ' where they were gliven every possible.comfort, and at one o'clock this afternoon were conveyed back tp the scene * of, the wreck, and .p&ssengers and baggage transferred to * a special, which took them on their journey. ^♦♦♦♦♦♦•.•*>*^4**:"!^^,'>*.'<"."t*,i''**> I SALVrVTION ARMY I I AND SWEATING :| R. R. Gamey, > of the textile trades makes this.a national and not a political issue, says tho journal. Canada continues the appeal, cannot permit its industries to be thrown oxit of balance by the destruction of the woollen and the allied branches of the textile trades. The reason that specified .duties are necessary to rescue these industries is to bo made clear * in ' future bulletins. It will bo sufficient,now for tho Canadian consumer to realise that whilo the present tariff has not given him any roduction in the cost of his clothing, as he expected, it has given the poor man a much infer, ior article for actual wear than in the days when Canadian goods were the common clothing of tho people. Give the Canadian manu. faoturer the chance again to produce our staple goods and the poor as well as the rich man now will get a better article as cheap, or cheaper, than now, and a groat industry will bo dovolopod that will mean millions of fresh capital invested in Canada and the employment of hundreds of thousands who will bo othorwiso idlo in our aities and towns,—Nelson News, "■■"■." 0-" * •• HACKENSCHMIDT DEAD, IS NOT London, June 30,—"Thoro's no* thing to it, I am not dead." This is the way that George Haokenschmldt, the Russian Lion, treated tho report that he had succumbed after an operation, A correspondent found the famous wrostler at the Kaiser hotel at Aix la Chappollo last-night and found him rather under the wea* ther, necessarily, but vary much TTnckrn.irhmidt declared that thn operation ho had undergone was continue carrying on tho campaign j not ft Bel.,0U8 ont and that he Wft„ of enlightenment among the work- j romuUng lnto bwlth ..ftp,dl ""* -* "—*■ ■»-"•-• '--'- thoy _ ers of Great Britain so will h«iw thn «fti,.-.l J*. that ,4»f« *|,ftf4444f4 making up their minds to adopt a new country. ! During his travels Mr. Trotter frequently discovered that' tho manufacturers and their friends wi*ri» jutlll bxtny drawfnp; glowing pictures of prosperity that await* ed the incoming emigrant Into Canada in spite of the fact of destitution and actaual want prevail* ing amongst certain classes in the chief industrial centres of the Do* A western papoi* mourns tho loss ot its editor who died recently and) whoso estate was appraised at 9100,000. The paper states that the editor started in lifo with 80 cents and that the balance of his fortune was won by thrift and Indus* try nnd th** k'*nr.n■*.•*■■•• of rh xxneie who died bequeathing him $00,- 008.50. O' ... Subscribe for tbe District Ledger. Poughkeepsie, June .30—Harry Thaw was delighted this morning with the turn affairs have I taken. He made the following statement: " "I cannot bear the/thought of .returning to Matteawan on account of being obliged to associate there with insane people, I have thouglht all along, especiallv since Justice Morschauser handed down his decision that if I could get my case to a jury I would be able to convince 12 mon of my " present sanity, and secure thereby my liberty. Having been in the Poughkeepsie jail about three weeks I have frequently hoard of Mr. Chas.' Morschauser as a successful trial lawyer and asked him to call on me. He told me that ho could not take any action' u*ntil the judge, lils brother, had finally disposed of my case, Now he is in charge of my interests and will if possible procure for me a trial by' jury. I am anxious to take the stand and be examined as to my mental condition, feeling content that a jury will agree that I am not insane." PRINCIPIE Of PROTECTION "The true principle of protection is bost maintained," says the Republican platform, (,by the impo. sltion of such duties as will oqual tho difference between the cost of production at home and abroad, togothor with a roasonable profit to Amorican industries." Since lt is now well established as a fact that' tho cost of production in American industries is less than abroad in the same Industrie's, there can be no real difference in cost of production to protect by tariff. All that is left therefore, of the "true principle of protection" the requirement that there be added to tho difference in labor cost "a reasonable profit to American industries," Now to whom is 1.4I-.1 ^4 0HI lo _*>7 Who in thin fellow culled "Aisierlcun Jj.duilrJe.i-' into whoso pockets our generous friends of tho Republican party want to logifllate "a reasonable profit?" " 0 -' The following! letter appeared in ' the 'Clarion^ London, England. Dear . Sir—Commissioner .- Nicol states that the men are "physically deficient," and "that it takes three or four.of them to' do * the work of -one well conditioned, workman." "Besides being " quite incorrect this has nothing to do with thie' case, seeing that "the prices, marked on the Army's tabs are for piecework. /The Army gets the finished article from the man. The time he takes to do the work does not enter into the question of payment. • • I give one example out of dozens in my possession, showing what the Army pays its piece hands for specific work, compared with what an ordinary competitive builder would^. have to pay 'his workmen for the same work under similar conditions: . Making 12 front doors, three each of different elaborate patterns,' 7 feet high by 3 feet wide, ,2 inches thick; raised panels, the moulding ' stuck. on solid'on both sides. The lot, Army's price for labor, . £1 4s 6d ; builder's. price for labor, £6. ' Nothing Commissioner Nicol or any - other Army official has said, can possibly • justify this amazing scale of payment, ' \ Commissioner Nicoi's statement as to the physical deficiency of the men is flatly contradicted by, the Army itself. The "Salvation Army Year Book" for 1908 states on.page 43 that the majority of the Hanbury street, men are "Accomplished hands," and are able to do any kind of work usually carried on in the trade. From the price for lrib'or ■ I have quoted above, " it,-is evident the Army must get 'very good .valvje, not only out of the majority, but out of every one of the men.- employed. Commissioner - Nicol says: "We are perfectly satisfied the charges are Unfounded.'.' Does General Booth', ,in face1 of the definite1 evidence produced at Caxtoh Hall, expect my society and'the public "tonaccep~t""the—denials ~of~the~a,ccus-~ ed iri "this matter without some impartial and independent tribunal to fiudge betweenvthem and; us? If, as is constantly asserted, the Army does.not^undersell, then the wretched prices which it pays,its workmen become all the more unjustifiable. In • addition' -the loss of £1,304 on the year's working of the Hanbury street joinery works is utterly incomprehensible. Tho Army usually has a number of men working outside for builders and' private firms. It pays these men, on an average of 12s. per week (less than 2-}d, per'hour) from which 9s. is deducted for food and lodging, What doos the Army charge for these, men's work? If it does not undersoil it must charge,; Is. per hour, or la, 3d. when overtime is worked, making a profit of 9$d.-por hour in, the flrst case, and Is. per hour in the second. If the Army makes this profit, what must we say of its philanthropy? If it does not maka this profit it undersells, Commissioner Nicol's denial' that the Army underbids the ordinary chargtes for labor, would therefore, be extremely serious even if it were woll founded, General Booth can have no possible reason for declining sucfh an inquiry, or for permitting his subordinates to continue to resist it. He is responsible for the Hanbury , street workshop, and also for the ' extraordinary "replies" of his of- 1 ficials regarding it. I trust, there- ! fore, that '-he will yet see the ne-' cessity of taking "this important question more seriously than he has hitherto done.» „ . . - S. Stennett, 93-4 Chancery Lane. OVER THIRTY-FIVE YEARS. In 1872 there was a great deal of diarrhoea,-dysentery-and cholera infantum. It was at this time that Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy was first brought into use. It proved more successful than any other remedy or- treatment, and has for thirty- five years maintained that record. From a- small beginning its sale and use has, extended to every part of the United . States and many foreign countries. Nine druggists o\it of ten will recommend it when their opinion is ask- hough they have other medi- cines that pay them a greater pro-' fit. It can always be depend&d upon, even in the, most severe and danjTerous cases. For sale by, all druggists. EYESIGHT RESTORED New York, June 30—Jas. Cantil. lion of Marinette, who was total ly, blind, regained his sight at Bellevue hospital.yesterday during a fit, of. hysterics which followed the surgeon's announcement to him that his case was considered hopeless and that he would probably remain blind the remainder of his life. -**- , 4 Cantillion, who is a'professional baseball player, a member of the, Des Moines, Iowa, team, and . a brother of Joseph Cantillion, the manager of the Washington American leay-ue team, had to .have jhiis, left eye removed as the result of an accident in Chicago several months ago. -,The .sight of "the other eye failed from, sympathetic affection. He came to the Cornell university medical college here for treatment and was residing in Bellevue' for operation. Yesterday the physicians' decided that an operation would be useless and so in-. .formed Cantillion, who thereupon became hysterical. ^Suddenly -he cried out that he could see and *.- i / I s C. E. LYONS Auditor. Accountant, General Ajrent Lite* Accident nnd Employer's .Linbilit-y Insurance Books opened, closed, , audited, and accounts most up-to-date manner, Office, Burns' Block. .-%4^^^4*-i. ''fully answered after careful inquiry." In this matter we shall not be satisfied with any inquiries conducted by tho orgauiEiation and the officials responsible for this systom and interested in its maintenance. I am not surprised that Mr, Dram- well Booth has announced that "It is not intended to maka any replyi,to statements.'• The resolution unanimously passed at the Caxton Hall meeting shows that we do not want any more ovasive official replies, but an Independent public inquiry. In this demand we confidently hope for the sup* port of the public and the press. WHAT IS AN EDITOR ? A schooVooy's composition on "The Editor," was as follows : "The editor is tho happiest begg-ar in the world. Ho can go to the circus in the afternoon and even* ing without paying a fartMng, also inquests and hangings, He haB free tickets to theatres, gets wedding cake (?) sent to him, and sometimes gets licked, but not often, as ho can take it back in the next issue, which he generally doos. Whilo othor people have to gc to bed early, tho editor can sit up ovbry night and see' what is going, on."—Cardinal Scntinal, AyAyAyApAyQ^AyAyAyA^A^^ Saw your tordwood By Power and save money Cost,of operating? very trifling Circular Saw Prames Stationary and Portable DruB Saw Machines Sawing Outfits WRTTE US FOR CATALOG Canadian Fairbanks Co., Ltd., Vancouver, B. C. Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg, Calgary. £ <£N*'-m*-*M*+**H'*>**m+--m4^^ ^ffcit^^^^ft^ttifciitt^^^ttit^^^fiitit^^ "It is a dull, gloomy day, ond I fool like knocking, so hero goes," writos "Gallant Man" to Tho Globe, "I often road criticisms of young men of Achoson who rldo around town alono, and (.rldon. tako tho girls, and being a man who does it, I wish to givo my de* fonho, My hours out of the ofneo aro limited, and I began my drlv- ing career by taking some girl overy night. If I asked hor to go and said £ would be at hor house at 6.45, I found when I got there 1 had to sit out in front till 7.30, and' sometimes longer. The n* lgh* bors on thoir porohos watched mo, and I could soo ,them laughing;. If I waited a long time I felt that thi»y YPirnrdM' me ns n patir-nt. chump, and it' I drovo olT without the girl as an ill naturcd bear. In tho meantime, the daytime, so pre* clous to a man shut up in an office all day, was fleeing. This ox- plains why I now go alone, or take a man with me. A man does not keep me waiting while he powders his nose, or puts new laces in his shoes," I FISHING TACKLE Everything in the trade now in stock. Examine before purchasing, Also Lacrosse, Baseball and other Sport- s» ** ing Goods. PALACE DRUG STORE Phone No* 12 ! 5 ***U.*^*-fefe*%**Wfc*-*-*«.*.**-U****- JUST A LITTLE GOOD ADVICE Say J Why not have your plumbing done now before the big rush. Wc have the largest staff of. experienced plumbers, steam fitters and tinsmiths in the city. Prompt and efficient. tEWIR 00NNK0TI0NS A 1PE0ULTY Subscribe for tho District Ledger. h* Ti Hamilton* Proprietor Telephone 1 nm king ..dwrd Hotel , , o DISTRICT LEDGEE, . FERNIE, B. C. J'JLY 4, 1908. News of the City Family dwelling house for sale, 8 rooms. Good,well of water, nice garden. ... Will be sold cheap on easy terms.. Apply Manager, Dis- trict. Ledger. . - For Sale—3 good milch cows ; also one fine 3 year,old bull, Hol- stein; one shorthorn, cross.. Apply S. Harrison. Wardn8r,B.' C-. , It Wanted—A good live subscription "canvasser. Very liberal commission paid. Anyone who is •willing can make a good salary. Apply manager District Ledger. f\.. •-<-.■. .,8?^ Good Steel Fishing "Rod for sale.' Apply Ledger Office. --.-■* ..--'■--■•-. tf ' "•**' '*—: *■*•>—: Eochon's candies are all good/ :Wail Paper from 5ci a roll up; at Trites Wood. •' Who said ghosts. Bead our serial when it starts. - ' "' - Mrs. Fred Johnson left bn,Wednesday for Vancouver. -Fat Miller gave another enjoyable dance on Monday night. * ' See Trites Wood for stoves, the cheapest and best in the land. .A large number of Fernie people j visited Elko on Dominion Day. Bert Whimster left, for the Dominion fair on Thursday evening. Bert expects to "be away aboift ten days. ."- The CV-xanagan Flour,,Mills Co.; Armstrong, have been succeeded by the Okanagan Flour" & Feed Co., Ltd., ., i , Big values.,, in. baby .carriages, go-carts,* "steel' "folding go-carts, doll carriages, "etc., at "Trites- Wood Co. -": '"' ' * - ■- Messrs. E. S. Garrett and W." S. Stanley'visited Cranbrook as delegates , to the y Typographical ~ Union last Sunday. ' , "<" ' ..'.. j Members of the Spokane' Chamber of Commerce went through;bn. ■the-flyer-last night to visit the fair-at Calgary. » .''..,'•: ^ ,-The Italian Band to the number of. twelver pieces went to Moyie for the first of July celebration, and report a good time j Don't forget the'"reception of the , Chamber . of Commerce on Mon- j day night. Turn. out.and boost for your city on Monday. * ' ' | Messrs. Todd and Wriglesworth, > proprietors of the Fernie Brick Co! I wish to thank all who helped «- to fight the fire near- their premises [last week. v , , There was an attempted burg- on at bn <$> ...... .'.-■ ,-- Bkmdell's Saturday Rhubarb, regular price 5c J per It)., special; 7 lbs. for/,25c, Coffee,^reffular priee soe.|.er lh., specially', lbs., for $1.00 . • * ■ - i, •» ■ y - - -'■*.-' '-"* Pumpkin,'1 regular price 15c. per 8 lh. tin, special 10c PayCash W. J. BLUNDELL Prompt Delivery 're Now Aiid shrewd and careful housewives .ire preparing to do battle I -- -> I I11 - with these dangerous pests. Thore hus been so * <■ much written of late of the Baby Carriages and Go-Carts at Cost Saturday and Monday Come Early r J.H.RcidCo,,Ltd. FERNIE, B. C. Complete House Furnishers Fly Patronise home industry, smoke Extra a'nd Crow's Nest, Special. Mr. Palmer, school teacher; went to Victoria to spend his holiday. Eochon's ice cream, best in the world. A small bush fire has been burning near West Fernie the last'two weeks, ,The school buildings' are to be renovated and. enlarged- during the holidays. ' . Watch for the serial story "Tho Ghost of Lochrain." It will start soon now. - ,, Miss Jean McClymont returned on Wednesday from n three week's visit to Winnipeg. Just tho'tiling'for hot days; oil stoves, gasoline stoves and refrigerators at Trites Wood, . Subscribo now for tho Ledger and do not'miss tho serial story, Subscription only !j>1.00 a year. G, F, Johnson, . clothier and men's furnisher, Fomie, has" boon succeeded by Johnson & Waggett, Mrs, Proudfoot returned last week from hor visit .to Winnipeg) and brought hor mother with hor. Mr, D. W. Hart, of Baynes, waa a visitor in our town Thursday, Ho roports fruit lots at Baynos selling vory fast. Tbe greatest selection in tlie Kootenay, 50,000 fishing flies just arrived. Elk Drug &, Book Store. 1-7 •C**^ *J**J* •!>»'i>*t'1 •t* ►?■• *t« "-t* ♦!*♦'.♦ »J* »t« *j* < j«»;*»t-«*t« »j« .**» X X \ % T ¥ ? **■*> J. C. KENNY '***»*****«»'**»***t*«»T*»**^ " jmm i nm High Class Merchant Tailor * X X X X X X X Y Y Y i lary at Mr. Liphavdt's store . I Monday night ; also one j Messrs. Johnson &' Waggett's I Tuesday nipht. ' * " '--'Follow the crowd and buy your furniture at the Trites Wood Co. Every day is bargain day there. Get a quart of Rochon's ice cream for dessert. • J. H". Wallace and A. J. Burn- aide liave been selected to 'go to Quebec as representatives of com- pant A and'.B to the celebrations. , Mrs. and, Mrs. Hugh McKenna, of Collingwood, Ont., are the guests of their.daughter, j.Irs. ,A. T. Hamilton. ;The monthly'Ladies Aid tea of the Methodist church will be held on Tuesday, July 7th, from 3 to 6 o'clock, p.m., at the home of Mrs'. M-ankwitz, West ".Fernie. A big, snap in'furniture, dresser arid wash stand. The dresser nas three' drawers and is fitted with British beveled mirror.. -- All for 912.25 at Trites Wood Co. It is the tea grown on the hillsides of .the world famous Nuwara Eliya district in Ceylon,' used in "Salada." Tea'that gives it that rich, uniform, delicious flavor. . Miss Perkins left for Bed Deer, Miss- McKenzie for ^Edmonton, Miss I/awson for Vancouver, and Miss Robertson'for New Westminster, to* visit friends during the holidays. On Tuesday last, the,30th, the schools werei.closed for summer vacation. Rev. R. S3. Wilkinson presented the winning scholars , with the certificates of honor, in an appropriate manner..., ,". . Rev. I. W.-Williamson went - to "Sp^kan^'TuWdayTv^m^^taking" charge of Mrs. King, who has'been very ill,for some time. It is hoped that the change of air and scene will improve her health. Por a free and easy smoke try an Extra or Crow's Nest Special. . L. P. Eckstein, barrister, "of this city, visited Grand Porks,' B. C., last week,, where he formerly held the position of legal adviser for the Kettle Valloy Lines. Mrs. Eckstein and daughter accompanied him. , ■ • A large number of townspeople went to take in Calgary fair, and amongst others wero Mr. and Mrs. Digby and daughter, Miss Sheld- ing, Miss Shaw, Mrs, La/wton, Mrs, Simister, Miss Reading, Miss M. Brown. Have a,, look at the diamond's you are .wearing,and sob if thoy are secure;.'. A'j's C, Liphardt can remount them for you either by putting on new claws or can make up,any.style setting you wish the same day you leave iti A notablo feature' in the first of July celebration in Fornio this year was the absence, of fireworks, 'tho authorities * having forbidden their-uso inside the city limits, as in,times past so many'llros have been startod from that source. We think that other and. larger t*,wns wo\Ud do well.to follow the example of Pernio in this respect. A rocont issue of tho Carloton Sontinal says, "Hon, F, ;C. Deni- mon, American consul, has received official notification that the local consulate is to< bo closed the laHt day of this month, and the following day he is ordorcd , to leave for Fornio, B, C. Hon. Mr. DoniRon nnd his estimable family will be groatly missod in Woodstock," Rochon's frosh candy is freBh, as an agent in spreading Typhoi*! Fever ana. other diseases that people realize the necessity of quickly destroying .' ' ( any that find an entrance ■ , ' We have the hesl destroyers in the marUet ., Specially" Fine Insect Powder, 100 per cent., pure Wilson's Fly,5Pads, 16c per package Tanglefoot, 3 „ double sheets 10c The Elk Drug & Book Stores , Limited ' ' .." )®^®®®-S*S*S®S^®®®®*$®$^ The Dominion Neat Co. Saturday Specials Choice Dairy Butter, per. lb.. '..2,5c •■ Strictly New Laid Eggs, per dozen . 30c Beef,.' Mutton,,, Pork and Veal at. the, lowest / \ possible. prices.";, .*. ' ' ,, '."-; Chickens killed to order lX ORDER Photie 4 - ■ ■ EARXY i Victoria. Ave.. ®®SX9®®®®®<^ ®®SXsXs>®®^^ ^♦♦♦•♦•^♦•♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•v***.^.:' Eochon makes his own. candies. D. V. Mott visited at Cranbrook during the week.- Mr. R. Smith was in town from Cranbrook on Wednesday. President F. H. , Sherman has been appoint©*!- ViceA President of the Trades and. Lajbor Congress of Canada. ; Mr. Arthur Edward Huntley and Miss Annie Brown woro united in the marriage bonds "on 'Chursday last .by the Rev. Mr. Wilkinson of the English church^ Michel Football team playi.d an exhibition game with the strong Nelson-team at' tho latter- piece j on Dominion Day, which ' ended in ' a draw, tho score standing ono , all. The 'Baseball- match at Elko laBt Sunday was a decided win' for the . Jntend tJ don't you forget it, The Garbutt Business College of Cnltrnry, linn moili'rn (innrwr-H In Tnl«- irrniiliy, Slinrilmiiil iitnl Hinthii't'Hi m\- i»Io.vh i»xin*rt tcnrhiirH* pr-npnn*« ytumr porlpjii fnr linlnftnii(l«ni'i» nml miicuphi* Wrlio for pHiHiK-cniH "]„" Kutcr nnv time. V, M. 'Jnrlmtt, I'rlm'lpnl The Slioc -Ssilc still continues $s.oo shoes db^at , Selling for H^w1 % % W. R. McDOUGALL ™ y^^ Fomie team, the score being 9 to 6. A large number of the I^nio supporters went to Elko I o noss the game. I The Fernie boys report a most onjbyablo timo at Bellevue last week, and say that . thoy were' used very woll. They will be sure and, return tho good time to tho Bollovuo boys at their return trip horo. | MrB, H, W. Terry received a wir» Thursday evening to procood to Calgary at once whore hor husband had just undergone an oporation to ono of his oyes, Wo trust that nothing serious may result, and hope to soo Mr. Torry back fully recovored. j A game of baseball will be pJny* ' ed this afternoon on tho local grounds botwoon the "Leans and FatH," and promlsos to surpasH anything of its kind over attempted heretofore., All tlio j layers aro well known in town und some hot plays may be lookod for, Tho Socinlifit party at Coal Creek gave a conceit .'a«t Saturday) which is ropoilud' to havo been attended with mtccr.-.fl in overy way, A number from Feuiie were up to tnlto pare 'n .ho pro. grammo. On Sunday night in tho BaptUt church Pastor Williamwon will commence a apodal nerien of sermons on the goneral topic "For home and country." Next Sunday night the tint of thn series will he yiviwlit:*, on t.-i- ovcitblou <-•' the visit of tho Orangemen and the subject will bo "Tho religion we need,in this country," Other «er*. mons will denl witl. "Girls," "Boys," "BtminoBB Men," "Folltl- tjinisv, inn tittivice in Vufe idap* tint church is still held at 7.30 p. m. , On Sunday evening noxt ths lo* tnl lodgo of Orangemen will hold their annual church parade. This year the service will bo held in tlm naptftst church and the upecfal sermon will be preached by Bro. I. W. Wllllnnison. The 1.r«thr*»n will vxeet in the lodge room at 1 o'clock and will proceed, to the church in rc-gulcr procession. All vlnltlng brothers are cordially Invited to join and attend the mer* vice. We regret ■ that*, scarlet fever has broken out 'in the home- of Mr, Rizzuto on Victoria ave, The prisoners charged with complicity in connection with the Black Hand., have been remanded for another week. The moving pictures at the big black tent this week are of an exceptionally high character, and should not be missed. The tent is near the school"ground. President F, H. Sherman was in town on Friday.' Ho left in the evening again for Calgary to attend the joint meeting..,Frank , is is, a yery busy man those days. Richard Mills and Wm. Alder have obtained rights of a ?°al j mine in Gras'sy Lako. i -This mine has put coal out for steam plough and tho 'gentlemen o develop this- claim, half those section of coal lands, Both w*jt" ! gentlemen are well known. During tho month of June goods to tho value of $30,886 wero jass- od through -.the customs house, hore, paying duty to the amount of §8,00'1.9r -.\ ; , . - .:-:**-)--j ".-•.-' ;'•; : .-\v:v: - To reciiice'our'stock, of ' : - • :i Campbell & Faultless Clothing we are. making special'reductions prior to semi, annual'stock taking." Our "range is made up of the most exclusive patterns.' and designs, while our guarantee of satisfaction in both fit and .wear goes with each, garment. "'.,', Men's Suits - $4.95 to $25.00 SUMMER UNDERWEAR ! In light weight .wools'and'merinos,'" warranted unshrinkable and to give satisfaction. ■''. ' * , ", -. ; ■*.•■•.,,,-, $1.35 to $2.25 per suit King of the Road Union Made,Overalls 80c per pa.ir, We are sole agents for The Artisan Working Boot for Men .; ■ ■ GROCERIES Cjf. True1 economy should prompt you to let us fill.your .grocery wants, for not only is the quality,of our table supplies a little better than the rest,.but pur prices in almost every instance are ..lower. ' .''.', .,•••• Fancy Alberta'Creamery Butter - 25c per lb Strictly Fresh Eggs' 25c per dozen/ FRUIT SEALERS We ^have the Mason ^ Patent Sealer, acknowledged the best in the market, and our prices are the Jowest., • / Pints* 85c per doz. Quarts, $1.00 ,Half-Gallon/ $ 1.35 FLOUR ■We liave just placed ,jn stock car of the. famous Washburn Crosby "Gold Medal Flour," considered the highest grade .Flour on the American Continent for family use.- T?o introduce this we are making an exceptionally low price, and in addition guarantee complete satisfaction, or youru money refunded. 501b Sack 1001b Sack $1.65 3.25 One tin GROCERY each Quaker Tomatoes, Corn, (or Beans), 35c SPECIALS Peas, FOR SATURDAY Sheriff's Jelly Powders, 4- packages 25c Charles Family Cream, l"Oc. per tin < | Fancy Limoneria Lemons, 20c per doz. ,W Studio Now Open For good Photos go to the Advance Studio , 122 Victoria Ave; - Near Steam Laundry - * - 11 'j j A. W. Courtney Fertile, B.C. R. ADDISON Blairmore,"Alti*," Funeral Director and Embalmer 4 Ollko Victoria Slrcut Phone 63 Kosidonco I'lione 38 Depot Restaurant J. K. HOOKIW, 1'roprlKtor Open Night ind Day Wliun in Mniilenit »to|mt thu Itiiput Hontuiiritnt Maeleod Aid. A. Rizzuto J. Crawford The Fernie Livery, Dray & Transfer Co. 4 i i 4 4 4 4 4 1 I'C-E" FOR SALE Now is the time to make arrangement.1, for your summer ice. See lis Contracts Taken Including* Stump Pulling, Land Clearing and Ploughing. Let us figure: cm your next job* ' Rubber Tired Buggies, New, Turnouts.... RIZZUTO & CRAWFORD ¥ ¥ ¥ \ I ¥ ¥ ' ! ■ *a\ IIO.NKS 7 & 64 Ol'FICI! AT HTAIU4E I'., A, KUMMI'.H L, O, KUMMKR Kummer Bros, Builders and Contractors MEW SKY SCHAPER IN NEW YOBK. , Now York, Juno 30—Plans for ti new «ky Hrrnri«r to Vifl thf* hirhest struct tiro in tho world, wero officially fllod today |by architect** ftlr the Equltablo Life Assurance So* ciety. Tho projected building will be a fiixty*tw0 utoiey one, 000 feet (rom tho curb to the tip of the tower, above which will be step* pod a flan; ataJT"l50 feet in hclp-la, Tho ball on the flag staff will bo 74 V(*t hlj-hor ihtxt ihe 0B.1 teet fitef.1 structure of thu EifTfl tower in Paris. The building1 will occupy th* Bite of the piesrnt structure of the company *on lower broadwny, eoverlnff an entire block and trill tost 110,000,000. *{t^.*4^**<|^'*^{«.!«<^^.^lSM^*^<(*Mg4«}HSl.it«{l Lumber Dealer Retail Doiilerin Kou-^li nnd Dressed Lumber MouUl'mgH, ShinglcN, Lntlt Snsli find Door* Oflloet vtotorln Avo. ^uklltuf \V«4tuiu Cuuutlti WUutiti.nU V 4*