. J v -,*. .. ? -. * ■ t ^ , <,'..!S.";*y,. •:.->, . • --, , , ' ■ •" * -""'' • ii ■ -■'..( ; alt V6L.III JV6. 43 '-■£ - FERNIE, Bw-G., June. 20, 1,908 3= '% ittfAH "Hi '.'.'fl-*-*" ,*l„^!- if'ii'ii ¥ '¥., ¥. ¥ ¥'"■ ¥?■ ¥ ¥ ¥ •¥- ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ \¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥, ¥,} ¥ ¥ '¥[ ¥' ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ■ in!. ..-.-idiiJrtA ■■miiu ■■■ iii "Jr*--" *\.J\ \, ■* -V. V^ 4^ -4V' —I II II III I I 1*1 iS'F.A J.-U .,/.,i)'3 i'S-iis <*y?/\ C Cf.. Do you want anything in Furniture? This is the store to strike ,'.we.'"' have the .stock, and 4 4,1 are here with the priqes.too. Don't;:take our word for it but come and see for yourselves. Terms Cash or Credit. J. HL REID CO., LTD., FERNIE Complete House; Furnishers , : *."t *• *v ■' ■'• ." Hi,::.;-.-.' P, S. See our Special Offer this week. Page 8 ■ '»,,-, V'.- •.";*■•» » 'l " , ' ' ■': ■ .1 , • . " -•*■.■ 1 1 ■» • t r I «■ . ■ c ■ . , fl I* .4 4 4 4 4 4 .4 4 \Vho are Coming to ferhie~A V Royal: time in Sight--To btfllerc Jnjy 6th The Board or trade held a largely attended laeeting in the city offices on," Monday evening at which the reception of/, the Spokane Chamber of Commerce was taken up' • " ' *• , , ' * '' ' ■ The Chamber. o£ Commerce will be here on July the 6th, and.it is the intention of,the Fernie people A Silly Canard Reported From Lethbridge—Its Source tp be' Relentlessly Investigated; As official organ of District' No. ' 'IS,' we were much surprised . and pleased to see the following in the , Frank Paper of this^ week. ° -The article is self-, explanatory, and. needs no uirther comment. " - • ' In another column appears a I news article •" from the Lethbridge Herald which, if there were any ■'F^i-jftt'-S.'sJ'i.-JrW .. i«v ' i'"*-t i r >•'*;..i_jh-r ;•. ■.'«- < ■ ■*■.,* y. '-*■- ■■••;- ■ •-.■. >■. - - - ■ . We citer direct for the ">' ' ^ 0 a' '.-,■- - "V • ' -• ■ - r -i ' (■ Workingman's Trade V* 4-iJ ?■•; > -:,. 4* - J ,U 1.'.'. *. * That is-why our trade,has increased,so rapidly., The 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* .-..I.'.'.- 2.50 3 3.50 . Working Shoes.; '...' ... ...2"to . 4 Dress Shoes ... ... ............ 3 to 6' We make a specialty of'working' ■*-., ■■ -« ' i , *■ *. * - • - * r1Tl*Tl-g--ol'QQfla. -*• : ■ ' ' I ,\\'X'^ Lockhart *3tz Gillespie fc /* 4-' *** ,<** - » 3 » / ' I X •.>'." J 1 * ■ 4- ■- ' - ,* , :.•''' % ®®®®®®®SXs)^^ ®®®s®m&i^ You will say. Is it Possible? That I enn buy (rood fruit lands with n good supply wutor within 30 iniles„6t-Fernie, on,tho installment plan .'•■■■ .. ■'!■ J.// .'"'{. $5.00 Down. $5.00 per Month.. No Interest or Taxes For a live aero tract durit.*? life of contract. This offer will not last Ion*;. Write for circular of "Koo-tenia Irrluation" Tract".' Da W. HAltT, Aigt. it. It. Ia. Co., Baynes. B..C, ^-S^®®^^®®(! Additional ■ Locals Eochon's candies are all good. , Sam D'&wsoni and wifo left Tuoa- -day night for Ottawa. ", Who will. be presidont of the "United States ? "God knows." Patronise homo indMfftry.,.smoke Extra and Crow's. Nest Spooial.' Today the Coal Company will pay out tho sum of 9130,235,00; THE KILTIES ARE COMING, PERWIE EINK, JUNE 20. Are you -jupoi'stitiousf Bead the ghost Btory when it utartB. , (lood Tent for Sale, size 10x16. Apply Ledgor ofllce. • tf Get a qiinrt of Eochon's' ice cream i'or dossurt. Tho Sunday Schools of tho city will picnic at Elko August 4th. M. ,.A., Kastnoi* , visited''Sand Point this week. Wall Paper from fie, a roll up, •at Trites Wood. THE KILTIES AltE TEH NIE RINK, JUNE J. W. Amtray, of Victoria, was visiting * with his bt othor this wook, Tho Methodist church services •will be held on Sunday at 11 a. m. and 7 p.m.* preacher Rev. "Mr, Hohhlnn, - « ' A. H. Whltnoy, manap-er of the Soo-Bpokene spent tiuuday with friends In town. , All Accounts owed to the Central hotel must be paid to Jas. Ssv- erns not later than July 1st. COMING, CO. don't you forget it. Good Steal Fishing Rod for salt, Apply Ledger Office, tf The Mrles of teas held by the ladies guild of the Anglican church turned out very satisfactory. John Kennedy, of KalUpel, accompanied by his wife left on W-Mlni-B-lny'n nyer for Toronto, Owing to a mix up in connection -with the mining ctaestiona. we will jn-rblUh the whole lot nejtt week, * THE KILTIES ARC COMING, VERMIS Rime, JUKE SO. For Saturday and Monday we are offering, a number of Special'Lines in Dry Goods that will certainly0 interest you. See below.. t i Double width' " Handsome small check Dress-roods regular price 35c.' per yd. Special 20c . Ladies' Cream;,Undervests. Specia.1 5c Ladies'White Undervests. Special 7 1»2c 1 '" :. .-., - •. ^ ■' ' ,: - :' ..... .. ' ' . .-.. '*-•'. '--•' ■'■ - ..--•.- v- Full width heavy quality, /fast colors* Prints Specia.1 price lOc yd. " Large size good quality Cream striped Bath Towels extra1 good value at 50c Special price 35c Full size White . Honey-comb Fringed Quilts , j i. __ • ■■* * x y ' Special price 95c each * .i - \ _3F Don't,forget;.these prices are, for* only two days Saturday and Monday next -.-■■'[U; £..*•<; ^ \ '■■'.. :i Trites-Wood '.■-•-'■ Limited ' ( r w Just the tliihg f^not days; oil >toves,Vga8olirio, stoves and rofrig-, erators at'Tritos Wood, ' Goo., Podlar, of tho Troe "5|ress, visitod at Frank this week'.'Goorgo went to get some pointers om howling. Kummer Bros, have got tho con tract for fl. • Oldon's cottagos at: Hosmer and also tho new hotel ut Michel, Don't forget that our subscription price is roducod to 91.00 for, a short time. Seizo the opportun ity whilo It lasts. Tho Anglican church services, will ho hold at 7 o'clock during tho summor months instoad ol, 7.30, as in tho past. ' Do not forgot tho Dominion ox* hibition at Calgary. It starts on Monday week, A large number of Furnieltos aro going. In the Cal|»nry Herald voting contest MisH Grace Dudley heads the Fernio lint by 63,730.votes. Mii-M A. D. Skirting has -11,150. , , After a delay of over a month, tho first shipment of brick for the miners' hall nrrived on Friday. Tho brickwork will now bo rushed with, all possible speed. K., Kaetner and Steve Podbiel* fUT-IV ^tf^Vt1* *♦* Pp(a!i*-.*» ff,y> **. $*,*•* •■•-■ a i '^ ** *. ^-■a..---. • \ * «* a days. They both report «. first class time. Automobiling, wau th« specialty, Our subscription list was very mufch lncreasod this week, both, with city and outside subscribers. MM « • ^ i * , . t> ■ Publicity' makes' ■ a product 'not. •od, quality,,brings.,fame.'"Salada" Tea is both' noted''aid' famous. Mount Fernie.lodge I.O.O.F, met last Sunday afternoon and held their- usual decoration day services. Thoy :, marched, proceeded by the band1 of thoS. A., to' St'. Margarets cemetery and laid numerous wreaths on the graves of departed brethren. ' A, meeting was held on Sunday for the purpose , of making arrangements about a monster celebration on' Dominion day here. The arrangements will be published later but.iii tho meantimo do' not mako any arrangements to go elsewhere for that 'day, as. Fernio will celebrate in the way that sho alone can. The Cranbrook baseball tooni will be brought down to play our boys, and othor sports too numerous to mention aro oh the tapes. - , The Ht.' Hbv. Bishop Dootenwill, Catholic bishop of New Wostmin- stor,' visited,our town last Svinday and was present at all tho sorvicos in tho Catholio church last Sunday. A mooting, was held on Tues* day aftorrioon last at which it was decided to build a large new church, Somo ^2,000 was subscribed for tho purpose. • It is con. siderod that sufllcient funds will soon bo forthcoming, and that a building costing somo 930,000 will be Greeted. ;alex. susnar , ." "..••..- ■',','. ■ ''Interpreter-for District'No, ' DOMENICK' NICO'LETTI' ' General Organizer, U;M.\V."of A." "'Denver, Colo. ','•■' 18 PETER , PATTERSON' Internntional -Board., Member .District No. 18,*,,- , , ,-1 i> !W SERIOUS ACCIDENT NARROWLY AVERTED ... .\ nts of the preeiating the good pox Ledger. li Someone who is over zealous to help the label cause Is very foolishly sticking lair-el stickers on work that already bears,ths union label. This Is very much out of place. Keep your stickers for scab work from outside placet*, The train numbers on the C. P. R. have been altered at follows ; Westbound flyer, to No. 7; regular passenger westboiind, No, SI; lo* cal, No. 103; "Gastbound flyer, No. fl: patiftngM-v Wo. 22 and local, Nft. 804. Last Sunday evening while walking througli tho mill yard belonging to tho Elk Lumber Co., Mr. John Howbrook and Mr. Al* frod Sovorns noticed a horse at* tachod to a buggy containing two ladles coming towards them at a terrible rate and hearing the Roreams of Miss Etlinl Kinc and Miss Many Johnson who were in the buggy. Mc, Uowhtxiok auJ Mr. Sovorns at once camo to the conclusion that it was a runaway and decided to stop the same at any risk. Before the horse had George King, the driver, and Miss reached tnem, it load thrown Mr. Johnson who was in the aet of jumping from the buggy was pitched out, and sustained a slightly sprained ankle and a «ev* ere shaking. Miss Ethel King re* mained in the buggy until the horse wm broiipht to a standstill by Mr, Severn and Mr. Howbrook, the former gettinjf hold of the horses head, while the latter grabbed the reins, If it had not been for the two gentlemen Miss King miffht have met with a fearful accident as the "horse was stopped only 60 fe#t from the lone <*am bridge and the old planing mill. ,. . ,*iyr~7ti to show them what thoy can ,do in tho way of entertaining them. The Board of >trade decided., ,to act in conjunction with tlie city council, and .citizens,';and the following executive committee was appointed: Mayor Tuttle, ,W. R. Boss, M.P.It, A. B.' Trites Charles Simistor, R. W. Wood, An entertainment and reception committee of 130 members was selected whilo committees were appointed to look after tho decorations of tho city, tho press work nnd the banquet. The following, program was, approved: Arrival of guosts at 3,85 to be met at station by oity band and reception committee; fruedorn of city presented at. 4,30 at coal company's ofllce; i trip to Coal Croek mines at 5 p.m.; Are equipment display at 0.30; banquet at 7.30.. o - BOWLING GAMES. I - ______ i Owing to the good weathor. the bowling club have boon ablo to play quito a numbor. af the loague games and tho l.iowling green has boen well patronisod, Tho following is a list of games played up to tho proscnt: " Liphardt 10, Blundell 0. Jas, Johnson 13, Liphardt 0, Lawo SI, BlunctitU 0. Lawe 11, G, T, Johnson, 7. Watson 15, Liphardt 13, Gates 14, Blundell ti. Blnckstone 1*4, II, J. Johnson 8, Bluckstono 81, McDonald 11. H. J. Johnson 14, S, Horchmer IS. o • . * POLICE COURT, truth in it, wotild give occasion for fears of a serious disturbance of industrial affairs in the Crow's Nest Pass in the not distant'""future, and would rn..'■.■..•..«■ a deplorable' state of affairs in labor union circles in this; dl.-itrirt, The article more than intimates that some at least ot the dirtrict oflicers of ,'the United Mine Workers' of America have" been"taking bribes from certain companies for "kooping things 'quiet" in'tho Crow's Nest Pass, that is, to keep the men from qunrroling, with their employers and striking. Tho yarn looks to tho Frank Paper lilte ix silly canard probably emanating.from tho mind of somo hair brained imbicile. Wo do not mean to reflect in any way on tho Herald for that worthy paper without a doubt published . the story in good faith presuming its source .of information to, bo reliable, but wo do boliovo the Herald was duped by some designing in opera*cors'have an agreement with the ' union running*a year'and;a half yet. What need then, of'buying off the heads of the union tb keep the, men quiet. And even if you wish to hold that the agreement is worthless, which, it, is not, thoro is the Lemieux act which has proven, a most serviceable instrument, "standing between the companies and..any serious trouble. No, you can write ,it down that this.story is .a canard, pure and simple, and if the truth as to its origin ever becomos known it- will be found that the envelope which convoyed that- information to The Lethbridge Herald was post marked Michel. If that is ever proven the men of the union won't have to bo told who sent it. ■ o . —.. . COAL CREEK Mrs, O'Brion and family will, leave horo on tho 24th, for Boston, ' Mass,, where they will take, up their residence. Tho good wishes of tho citizens of Coal -Crook will go with them. • Mr, Robert Strachan, mino sup* orintondent, loavon on Monday on a week's holiday to tho coaBt cities. Mr, S toons on of tho -U'esbyUu'- ian church, preached a powerful OliU Oi W...C .Ci'.Uiiili, ui" Iho •0- stricted diutrict crime up town the other day and addressed some remarks of a very seasoned character to a friend across the way for which she was brought before the rriagitaihte nm'. m.txi t^'ib ami costs, A couple of drunks were sent to the cells for ten days each for im* bibing too freely oi the Are water. One tempter wit ft sentence, t, fiat* a month in Jail for supplying iquor to Indians, —o' ■■ The Baptist Sunday *ehool will open next Sunday at 8.30. Rev. S, W. Fisher, father of A. X. Fisher, will preach in the Pres* fcyterlan church on Sunday, at 11 and 1, not 7.30, as heretofore. BYEMODN In, No. 2 Mine Friday, Night- 6eo. Nealh Among Victims A terrific bump occurred in the north slant No; 6, wost entry, deeps, No. 2 mino at about seven o'clock last night, by which three mon are dead, and it is thought three , others are entombed.. TJue nainos of tho three, killed) aroi .'" GEORGE NEATH, an Eng* lishman. GUS. RUDOLPH, a.Gorman. STEVE SIEZORD, a Slavonian. Five, bumps occurred at eight o'clock, and iu ono of thuso ono of tho horfios was killod. A party of sixteen ofl.cials and men aro working as hard as pos* wiblo to arrive at tho mon, and at tho hour of writing, eleven o'clock, we could not got any j further particulars, i o dividual who may hope to Tweak ■ Hern,on on gu-nday ]ftSt fr-om tho up the union by■ Hooking to create , toxt ,,ArlM oh Lort, disappoint discord within it. j hi)U( CftSfc h/m down<-! Wo Vndor* If tho tale means anything it I stuud that Mr. Steenson has ac. means that Frank Sherman and i eeptod a call from an eastern j "Johnny Angus" McDonald have j church, and his ministry will end I sold out to tho ooal companies i hero in two months timo. Mr,' and aro ootraying thu union. The j aStcojison is a really able pruachur J __ Ntory does not mention tnem but ■ «»*d his proB'onro will bo missed by i n <. , ,."" it could not refer to anyono else. ; those faithful adherents (all too ! «,,"„„;*?..,, *, , ,4 . a, Wosw-h.. Sheuunn and McDonald . i*-w in number) who lutvo nanistud . IV^t.^ Trt.».a V™Vi t\ h° both havo thoir fauHs like, all hu* ; »>>'" •» 1>I» efforts to ulovato tho :,,, ,°uMiy f,',,u l\mrc}u m* Add»«" msni; Ihcy wouldn't l*.- murh ' moml ton., of this community. ! *nB n ))1ue.ft ,or tw"Peranee among good in their jobs ii thoy hadn't, i Mr. Btoenson will ddivor a series I ^. °'a, K.,1'''11 ol \\iiH f'oUn\\y LETHBRIDGE Rev. G. W. W. but the Frank' Papur does not be-;«»/ Kennons on "God." liove that the-., crime of taking a brlbu to Hell out the union that has intruisti-d them with its'lead- orstiip, i« one of them. Tho Frank Paper haH on numer* ocrunyjni* ' n,,vlnK %nv discourse the wortliy six separate Sunday**, bop-inning I K^Ueinan «tatMl "that if the Junf 2lst. Everybody wol,*omi. ! Al,Fl"f*x0? "},co 0V(Lr j,,ay'd "f- •^ ■ ond Addle to tho Oriental, it \t .*;» w^> .4^,. *..«-'. "...-('., ,4.... a.m^... Rhprmnn nnd bis nRRnfint** ofTlclalR I on tho district board of the mine j workers union on public questions] and for doing no has b««n held by many union men to bo opposed to the union. We have never at* j !".":nf'"l tf rll'nVittn t*hi»'r nt'-irtB i roalising that the fair minded ohoS knew it was not true, and those otherwise minded would not foe convinced by any sort of argument but we want to go on record as expressing a firm belief in the integrity of their district officials as represented by Frank Sherman and J, A, McDonald, and in laying tUia wc arc not making any grand stand play for popularity among them either. Quili' a number of studwntH left hero on Sunday morning to attend tho mining examination l.rld' in F.»rnit. on Tiii'i'lrt'* nr"" lVc'ln.'*-.-,***" of this week.. The local football team have re* ceived an invitation no viKit Nelson on July lst, and piny the Ne.son club. A speilnl effort will be made to maintain the reputation nf the club as the champion* of the Xootenays, Dr. Hunter who has been ill in hospital for two weeks, has gone to the coast to recuperate. His speedy recovery is ardently wished for. Rev. Mr. Bolton occupied the , it in the Methodist church at ernie on Sunday last. The Rev, Mr. McK«w oiIkiati.a£ at Coal Creek in his absence. ! In last week's issue it was »tat- The rase Is not one that needs i ed that the Socialist party would argument, but for argument's sake i hold a concert on Tuesday, June let u« point to two facts which ; 87th. This should read Saturday, {show the idiocy of the charge. The i June 87th. would rte because of their bolng addicted to strong drink. In this country, the Asiatic in supplant* • ■ , I X . * ' ( I - ' * II bo*■*■••* wish**! tr, hire them, biit, they were compelled to do so, but to protect themselves from the drunkenness of the white man.*' The working men of thils country might swnllow that argument If t\l« V^r.n*Pftfl 1(**|-4tl1*1 T\m,W iV,-, P*"? an**,* **,^ .*• white men's wages, and the Orientals would demand the same. Then again drunkenness is not so prevalent among the white men of this country as are greater vices amongst the Asiatics, such as opium smoking, and th* moral vlcei it leads to, thereby oftentimes unfitting them to perform a day's work. Try again Sir. Tor* tune. ■ —.-....'O - TAFT NOMINATED. .,, Wm. It, Taft was nominated for the presidency * of the United States by a large majority. 8 DISTRICT, LEDGER, FERNIE, B. C, JUNE 20, 1908. Will NO! BE .;.■■-« for Ea-st Kooieuay-Davidsoa.the Sodaltst Nominee, Will Not SfcanU Mr. ,J. Shooter, secretary of the Fernie Socialist party No.' 17, received the following letter from Mr. Davidson, which will explain itself. Mr. Davidson's refusal will be felt 'by all the Socialists and labor" -unions throughout this riding as a great loss to them, as they had a sure winner in Mr. Davidson. Douglas, Alaska,'May 29, 1908. J. Shooter, Esq., Fernie, B. C. Dear Comrade—I am in receipt of your letter of the 9th inst, after some delay, caused by my absence from Sandon, and the slow mail service that the people of this part of the world seem willing to put up' with, in which you inform me that a convention composed1 of delegates representing local labor organisations and locals of the Socialist party within the provincial electoral district of Fernie, had been held on the 9th inst;', for the purpose of selecting a candidate to contest the riding in the interest of the working class, in .the event of a bye election being pulled, off in the near future, as expected; and that the convention had decided that I should be the candidate provided that I was in a position to accept the' nomination. In reply will say that while I fully appreciate the honor": and confidence that this implies, and fully realise the responsibility that devolves on me, or any one else, when called upon by his fellows to perform-a' duty of such, great importance to the working class. ' And ' I feel that it is but my duty as one member of the working class, to do all in .my power at all times, to advance the cause of Socialism." Yet I do not feel that I am at liberty to accept this honor at 'the present time, for the, one, and only reason, that I have, as you are awarej already to accepted ' the nomination to contest the Kootenay riding ,in th-e interests of the workers, in the coming Dominion elections, and it does not seem to me to be- at all fair Mr. Tait announced that the matter of joint'trackage in the.town of Foet William with the C.P.B. was discussed with-Mr. Whyte, second vice president, while- passing through ., Winnipeg and an agree-' ment is probable. He also' discus-" sed" the .q-uestioa of a joint station at Portage la Prairie with vice president Farringjton of the Great Northern Railway ii* St. Paul. The steamer Leebro left tonight for Esteva-oa- point, carrying- mi* ■ihinery and lenses for a new nrst- order light to be established there next month; Captain BuckholtzJ & well known sealer, went to take charge as ligfctkeeper. " * The United States cruiser Colorado is reported ashore on Dungen- ess rock, 17 miles due south of Victoria. MINE MANAGERS' ~to—the—party.^ifttI~"vver6T"tor"'v'accept- another nomination for, the provincial house; and therefore I must decline with thanks. And permit me to say that I am confident that there are a number of- the comrades ' in the - Fernie district that are .quite able and capable to represent the district in the local legislature to a far greater advantage to the working class than does tho present member, and who could do equally as much, and as much as I, or anyone else could do if elected, and I would advise the working men of the Fernie -district to select a man from their midst, and support him to a man; vote for Socialism, the only solution to the problem that is confronting the workers of all the world, I am sorry that it was impossible for me to be with you in convention on the 24th inst., and hope that much good was accomplished for. the movement. I will not be able to spend much time in the district until after tho month of July unless the Dominion election should be fixed to take place earlier than usual. With best wishes to all tho boys, yourself not forgotten, I am yours for Socialism, WM.-DAVIDSON. NOT ALLOWED TO LAND lap Student at Vancouver in a Dilemma-first Case Under New Regulations Victoria, Juno 18—For the first time since tho regulation made about tho beginning of thu year that no Japanese would be pvrmlt- tod to land, whose passportR wero taken out more than nix months prior to the date of thoir t, ;>val in Canada, a Japanese youth, who states that he is a student, waa refused a landing on arrival of the steamer Kumoric tonight from Manilla and way ports. The Kumeric brought news that Hovoral cities having fallen into move northward. General Wang ised by Sun Yet Sun was growing, soveral citioa having fallen into tho hands of the rebels, t'elegrams f - - - "*"* <- — 4.1-.- -.* .* A ., •f.-'.i.r.^r v- rt 4. W..4 --*.._■ . .. t . .. V ^ .. pern speak of the prepress northward of the rebels, who are meeting greater opposition as they move borthw&rd. General Wang who headed the imperial troops has been defeated and killed. Yun* «"tn e\ty •«■« V.fMrir* Yiee\frrf,r\ wlicti the steamer sailed. A Japanese merchant from the affected district who arrived, at Nagasaki was in* terviewed by the local papers, and stated that the rebels had been working with great secrecy and had secured a large amount of war munitions. Foreigners are being treated with respect by the Insur' gents, proclamation*) being inmx*A stating they, are warring against the dynasty, not foreigners. D'Arey Tait, assistant solicitor of th* O.T.P., arrived in th* city to-day, brtoring tb* plans for th* Prince Rupert township to submit to tbe provi«**ial fottramimt. COMMUNICATIONS The Editor does not. hold himself rei>p»n- .-.Uile for opinions expressed by oorre»pou. dents in these column... To the editor of Fernie Ledger, Sir,—-I read in an old country paper under the above heading about a protest meeting to be held in Caxton Hall, Westminster, to protest against the sweating sys-'1 tern of the Salvation Army. Mr. Henderson, M.P., chairman of the Labor paty wrote that, "where it can be clearly demonstrated that either religious or philanthropic organisations carry on their operations in such a .way as to be a menace to the economic position of the workers it should be pro- tasted against, and if possible pref vented Mr. J. Ramsey Maodonald, M.P. in a letter'also added it must not be allowed to undercut employers work ng under, ordinary conditions. Resolutions denouncing the - system at the Army's Hanbury "street joinery works and demanding a public enquiry, were adopted. 200 men wanted for work on farms and railroad, construction in Canada—good wages —work guaranteed—conducted parties now being' arraigned by the Salvation Army. Apply at once to Colonel D. C. Lamb, 122 Queen Victoria street, London, E.C. We hear much of the good ' the Army does but do we sit down* and seriously consider the great harm' they are doing. If the Army-, wanted, to help people in distress why not have tried to get employment for many who,walked the streets last winter. I can only sum it up one way.and that is, love for the dollars, not,love for the men. It, strikes me that-if they had'found employment for the uSiemployed' here in Canada they would have missed the dollars given? for shipping men over. We are face to face with one~great~ menace" to working'men; viz:'Ihe Salvation Army as an Employer, aad more than that—as a cutter down, of* prices, in other words, a sweater. It is hard on firms in the old country who pay men (well, not quite, I dare say, a rr°- per living wage,) to be undersold by a professing christian organisation who get their work done for next to nothing in their Homes arid Shelters. I have asked myself a few times,this question, "Do I bind any fetters on the working men when I give to .such an organ* isatioin and I am forced to day "yes." I have before me a letter taken from an old country newspaper, which reads, "Sir—Instead of certain charities starting fund's for starving Chinese and Indians thoy might do something for the thousands of starving English in Canada, the victims of agencies and the Salvation Army. , Anyone coming out with the Salvation Army might as well throw thoir introduction card overboard as it is useless. Plenty are sent from Quebec to situations which do not exist,. I have just returned from Ontario and work is worse than in England. I went to the Salvation Army headquarters the other day to see if thoy knew where1 there* was work, but you cannot got a civil answor now. If you are in want of 20,000 men they are here, wanting to get back all willing to work, but cannot get it.—One of the Salvation Army victims, Montreal. A big public speakor who lives in Toronto said in a speech defiv- ored a week or so ago in the old country "There are more unemployed in Toronto than over I have known during tho last 20 years. Never mind what tho agencies say or the Salvation Army says, for thoy would not be in thnt trade but for tho dollars, And I think that I, may add that many there are who believo that to be true, However much I would like to shield the army, I cannot wlthold the truth, especially when it would bo harmful to tho work- er. I think that if tho army had tho interest of the welfare of men's souls at stake, they would not be guilty of such dishonorable prnc- tices, for if they had they would know that to a great extent a man's soul can be reached through his body. Christ fed, and then preached, but tho ordor is revorsod to-day. Men being down trodden nv.'t *tr,f\ iii'M*, fiNtti.T*'* w'tb tbnne who ought to bo tho means of luting them up, and then they expect tin*, masses to bellevo what they know so little of "Freely ye have received, freely give. WILLIAM STIRRUP, MINING ACT AND RULES. Third Class Candidates. Tuesday, June 18th, 1908. Time, 9 a.m. to ,12.30 p.m. 65 per cent, required. Note. The candidate -n-ist sign each sheet ' with' his-.usual signature. ' 1. What are the duties of the fireman as set forth in the tspecial rules? * - '■ „'' '■' •' 2. What ire the requirements of the act as to the use of explosives and blasting? 3. In your examination ycu find it necessary to work a working place with safety lamp-., what other precautions are required by the act in this case? 5 ■• 4. How would you prossed to' make an examination o! your district? Make an '.i-jm :•* if.pcrt mentioning some defect found during your examination. 5. What does ihe a*t stipulate with regard to .man h-»!et,? 6. What are he p.ovis-.-ins oi the act with regard to *he v,'th- drawal of the workman i:. case of danger. - 7. What are the riqui? • a -.veil of the act,with regard to br'c tl'cing and fencing in the mine? 8. What are the rfquirim'snts ot the general rules crith d-;ird to ventilation? 9. What are the requirements of the act with regard to locked safety lamps? 10. What' is stipulated in the act as to fireman's stations? •k ht-tm. . aa> , TO, ASSIST UNITES STATES CRUISER. Victoria, "fl. C, .Tun* 17—If her services are required the R, C. Sal- vnge Co.'s well equipped salvage boat Balor, will be sent to the assistance of the United States erui- t*r Colorado, reported ashore on Dungeness spit. Sine* the stranding no reports hav* b**n received at th* wireless telegraph stavtloa. 3. What" is meant by the diffusion of gases? Explain Graham's law of diffusion. 10 4. State .what experience you have had with any or. all of the dangerous gases met.with in coal mines, giving an instance at, the method employed' in removing the same, if in your experience, and if not,,, state v,jwhat methods you would employ in rerkoving a large body of gas? | " 15 5. Explain'-the principle of the safety lamp; Describe one representative safety lamp with which you are familiar,' making sketches if necessary?".' " "?'Vt • '10 6. How would you remove a large body of .fire damp from.; a section of the mine where the ventilating current is - insufficient, without unduly reducing the quantity of ventilation in other.sections of the mine? t 10 7. To whsjt causes are explosions in coal, mines due? Describe the various conditions which may cause or contribute to an explosion, and what precautions would you take to prevent them? '■.' 15 8. In spontaneous {combustion in a coal mine, what gases are produced? What are the probable causes of spontaneous' combustion and what general ,j precautions would you take to prevent it? 12 9. What would be the danger resulting from a blown out shot upon a mine? atmosphere charged without coal dust arid a small percentage of fire damp? 12 10. Is it possible that an , explosion of fire damp *'n a safety lamp would be of sufficient foice to pass the name through the gauze? Explain fully. 10 Black Watch Black Pino The ChewingTobacco I' of Qgauty. ; W.;J, WrigleswVrthy D 0. S. Office Houbbc .,-'8 **itb li *,: va. t to 5 \>. m ../6.soto«-c.m; - Office in A «x. L *ik't> Oi",*.k ,' overSlmn' Bafenrv. lfEBNIE, -■ - - - »'. C "^I> •fflv AT WORK M. A. KASTNER; Insurance and Customs Broker Crow's' Neet, Trading Co. Block. Fernie, B. C. .. 11. Kerr & Co. Contractors and Builders; Pie/ex, Spec)ficatio*4* e»i E«*u- araaiu farai*Md on. appl t'cat 100. .' ., Pleatr ci GOOD DRY tr*l- bwton hand:; -,;■""; - • • ?\::'.'".. --, R.' ir KWUl; . ''■■- , ,. Arcftitect aai SsperintcBdcki . O-fiea at rtaaMnce BAKEtt ST. * FERNIE, B C MINE GASES AND GENERAL - WORK. , Third Class Candidates. Tuesday, June 16th, 1908. Time, 2 p.m., to 5.30 p.m. 50 per°cent. required, and-an average percentage' of not less than 65 per cent. on the whole. Note. The candidate ..lust sign each sheet with his'J usual signature. • , 1. Name and describe tlie various -gases found in coal mines, where : found and how defected, and give specific gravities? • 20 2.' How. would you proceed to examine the various workings assuming ' that i-you are fireboss? Make an imaginary report of your examination? - ... 12 3. 'Describe the precautions.- necessary in general, shot firing,. a,nd "name some, of the, conditions under which you would refuse-to fire a shot,, or shots. . 10 4. 'Explain the advantages due to splitting the__air current;. . ,'and'. under what conditions would it be;advisable ,to further split-;-the .airLcurrents'iLj ■ " '-1'"- ■'-'' '"--2' 5.- Describe the various: means,, appliances • and fixtures riece^ary to! properly conduct" the. air. ci iy rent to various parts, of therrnine? l„8« ' '■ -": " :■-.'-■ >■ " 6. Describe the various instruments which you as- a fire boss would "use to determine the condition of the mine atmosphere;' The ■quantity of the ventilation and the general condition. of the air courses? 10 7. Sketch a compound set of timbers" for level where" the pressure is equal on roofs and sides, show notch which would admit of least amount of splitting? 10 8., Describe , some system of working coal with which you are acquainted? Givjo sketches if necessary? .,, ■ 12 9. How would you remove a body of gas from a pair of , rise headings? " n'i0 10. Ventilate the plan given, using the conventional si-rn shown? 20 MINING ACT AND SPECIAL RULES. Second Class Candidates. Tuesday, June 16th, 1908, Time, 9 a.m., to 1.30 p.m. 70 per cent, required. Note. The candidate must sign each sheet with his usual signature. 1. What aro the,'duties of the overmen under the special rules? 2. What supplies are necessary to be on hand at the mino for tho safe and economical operation of the same, and what does the net require in this respect? 3. What do the general rules require as to ventilation? ,- 4. What are tho regulations os to the use of lights and tobacco where safety lamps are required,to bo usodP 5. What aro the requirements of the act as to the uso of explosivos in mines in which inflammable gas has been found within tho precod- ing three months? 8. What examinations aro required by tho act by tho various mine officials? 7. What are the requirements of the act aR to tlio thawing of <«x* plosives'? 8. Make out an imaginary report covering an examination made under the requirements* of Rule 30? 0. What aro the provisions of the act under rulo 0 ,« to tho tosting of safety lamps and fl'ato exceptions, if any? 10, What ore the re^Uavnents n I MINE GASES. Second Class Candidates. T'W^sy, 7'ir.r 10 3nO*7. T!»xn 2. p.m., to 5.30 p.m. 70 per cent, required. Note. The candidate must sign each sheet with his usual signa* ture. 1. Name tho various gases met with In coal minoti. Describe their various properties and rive speei- fie gravities and symbol*, Where are (.Ucw gaiiea found aud how detected? CO 8. How many cubic feet of marsh gas will be required to be generated in a mine per minute to render dangerous a current of 4S,. 000 cubic feet of, air per it Vite ? 80 VENTILATION. Second Class Candidates. Wednesday, June 17, 1908, Tirhe, 9 a.m. to 12.30„p.m. 70, per cent. required. ' ' Note. The candidate' must sign each sheet with his usual signature. . , 1. State fully what experience you have had in the ventilation of coal mines, giving, a description of •' some system of ventilation which may have occurred in yo inexperience? ,..'., 10 2. State the pririciples upon which * ventilation in mines depends., What"is the cause of the air's motion in mines and what are the resistances to be overcome? ' . , .-" .12 .3.--- The quantity of air passing in an airway is 140,000 cubic feet per minute and tbe^water guage is 2 inches, . whatsis the horsepower producing the.\ventilation? „ 12 -.4."" In an' '.airway: measuring '7 feet 6 inches ihigh, 8 feet wide at the top, and! 9 feet.6 inches at the bottomj' and the anemometer reads SSO^revolutions per minute, what is theqaantity pf air7 passing? 12 5., The.total rubbing surface of a square' airwaj* is 150,000 square -feet^andfthe.^lengthrof-the-airway- 4,5000~l feet," the.' quantity. cf air passing is 75,000 „cubic -feet per minute,- what is the'velocity . of tlie air current in feet' per minute? 15'. ' ' i ■'■ ■■'-.•■ '-- 6. What is the object of' splitting, an air current and what,are the , advantages to * be : derived therefrom. What conditions would govern you in limiting the extent to which' you' would split the air,current? 10 7. Describe the various means used for conducting and regulating1 the air current in mines? „ 10 I. Does a high water guage always indicate a'large quantity of air passing? What does a low water guago with a large quantity, of air passing indicate? 12 THE WHOL^ 1RUVH By Robert Hunter. , One,day I sat with half a dozen of the best writers in this country, One of them earns a salary as large as that of the president of the 'United States. Anothor eaniB more than $50,000 a year. The other three or four oarn no loss than 1120,000 a year. You can hardly pick up a magazine without seeing their,names. What one of them writes, ton million persons read, , Hundreds of thousands wad eagerly every word written by tine others, But there is no single one of thoso wage earners who is not heartily sick of his job. ' Not ono of them will write lies, but not one of them can write the whole truth. One evening one of these writers said to me, "I've got to quit it. I can stand it no longer, I spont all day yostoiday with tho proprietor of a great magazine. I had to fight for overy line and evory word I wrote," Anothor Raid to mo "Do you suppose if I came into tho Socialist and labor movement I could make a living? I want a baro living and a chance to Bay the wholo truth." T-ho wholo truth—.for these men are Socialists. Not a single magazine or newspaper will permit them to preach that truth. That lu not strangej and tho men who blame tho editors and proprietors of the great magazines and newspaper-* ir-j o*'ii'n *heni. selves the very onos most to blnmo. A dollar a year from overy mem* *"•*".• of ■.', "h'rv'." v.rvior. "'rv.!:*! *.:-.,-•>.-.- a tremendous and powerful labor press. It would mean a free press own* ed and controlled by the workers, to tell the truth, the wholo truth. It would mean that the loftor mfivement. ir,vork without rest, labor without re* veerd, mtf*r periwuMon without praise, and sometimes martyrdom without honor. A dollar from each man. Do vou know what that would mean. That w« may have th» truth—that eye* mitv be opened and minds made freel !n Revelstoke-Prominent Citizen Receives Letter Demanding One Thousand Dollars Revelstoke, B. C. June 17—The Black,«Hand, that secret and drea"ded .society of Italian anarchists, has again appeared in British Columbia, selecting " this city and one of its .most prominent .citizens for its latest dire threats. The citizen is Mr. C. B. Hume of C. B. Hume & Co. Had Mr. Hume remairied here instead of accompanying ,the delegation' to Victoria to urge the government to build a wagon road into the Big Bend country, there might have been startling .results following the Black Hand's threatened aim at him, and which went the length of threatened murder. The day after Mr. Hume left for. Victoria a letter was received at the office of his firm. The" clerk, who opened it, was shocked to see that it was from the Black Hand society. The effect of the letter was a •'. premptory notification to Mr'.'Hume "to place one thousand dollars at the west pier of the C. P. R. bridge over the Columbia River" at this place. .. - To this demand was added a threat to killMr; Hume if he did riot'comply;with' the.terms.(,of the, letter: • \ * - . - There have been no further developments to date. Mr. Hume Has been notified .by wire of .the receipt of the letter-and is expected to return- to the city in a few days.' Neither .the-firm,nor any.of Mr. Hume's friends here can account for this appearance of the Black Hand, particularly in a let- "ter—to sucli*^p^p"uiarTcitiiwnT—7- : L. P. Eckstein '. Babbibtkb-at-Law, Solicitor \ Rooms 1 & S, Henderson blook. Fernto. B. C. J. Barber.'l.d.s., d.d.s., DENTIST l T.,W Block, opposite the Bank Office hours—6 a.m to 8 p.m, 0 ,'. F. 0. LA WE ALEX. I. FISHER,B. A. Laice & Fisher BARRISTERS SOLICITORS, ETC. Crow's Nest Trading Co.' Block, ' Fernie. B. C._ AMALQAHATED SOCIETY OF CARPENTERS AND , JOINERS meets in the.Miners' Hall-every ' alternate Thursday at 8 p.m. 1. SNOW, Pres; E. DICKER, t»eo. „ yti.A. CONNELL ' Builder and Contractor Estimates cheerfully given snd work promptly executed to the satisfaction of our customers. CREE & MOFFAT W, R. UC 88, K. C. J. S. T.ALKIANDES Ross & Alexander BARRISTERS. SOLICITORS, ETC - FERNIE. B. C. Office ln.L. T. W. Block, Victoria Avenue. Real Townsite Ai-rentf* Fernie ai.d Hosbier FireLile.&Acci. pcf«*J*^ dent Insurance* • L-*E* Ld. tv FERNIE EMPLOYMENT OfFICE H. W. HERCHMER BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, ETC. Henderson Block Fernie". IRES A FORTUNE: WHILEWINGTIME Pardoned Convict Gets One Hundred Thousand Dollars for Valuable Invention . San Francisco, June 18—Nearly half, a century ago Calvin P. Graves of North Hancock, Me., began, to work out the idea of Improving* his mother's sewing machine, says a special dispatch to the Chronicle (rom Boston. While working, on his invention he was convicted of the murder of two mien and received d life sentence. Dufring the 19 years he served before being pardoned, he perfected the device, At the age of 64 ho started to New York to collect $100,000 offered him for his invention by a combination of sewing machine companies. The invention is not only an improvement, but a revolution in sewing machine construction, It is an attachment that can be placed on any machine, whether for factory uso on heavy material or for tho houewife in the home. It abolishes the bobbin and takes tho thread right from the spool and makes a lock stitch. It is so arranged that from a row of spools of different colorede silk or throad and ono can bo used at will by moving small levers. . The invention also abolishes many of the dovicos on the pre- nys ■ ■ 0 INTERNATIONAL WESSMEN. Mobile, Juno 17—Tho second day of tho convention of International ProsBmoi. and.. Assistants' union brought forth a big fight in t'ho orodential committor*. Contest*, wero mado on soven Canadian unions, ono each in New York and Dallas, and three in Boston, All were behind in thoir cIuoh to the international organisation. The New York, Dallas and Boston delegates wore finally Boated under a guarantee that tho lU'roars will ULUM* Cv*. Ok £*J. *U.wi post of present C.P.B. rnirvey adjoining block 4503 on the west, and being, the N. W, corner post of Fred E. Oood'oll's claim, thenc« south 80 chains; thence east 80 chains; thence north 80 chains; to point of commencement making 040 acres more or less, Located this 3rd day of December, 1B07. Harry Couillard, Witness W, If. Coates, Jr. Agent Fred E. Qoodall, Locator. Commuting at a post planted at er near 6 miles east of 86 mile pest of present C.P.fi. lurrey ad» T. A. AMBROSE Succesf-or to J W. H.,'; errv '1 ' v. **■ Employment and Real Estate Office ..All classes of. men . *•-.---' k Bushmen. Lumbermen &» Teamsters, Sewer Contractor Excavations . taken out, etc. Reasonable Rates- Cox" Street ," Phones 94 and 147/ P. O. Box 417- FERNIE DAIRY Fresh Milk Delivered to all parts of the town Gorrle Bros., Props. 00 WAR! EXPERIENCE i'fttfttiw tiVen-thMuih ilumi *x •p«taiiwt("«4wltliou'iolinrHo, liit'io SClCUtiNC fllMi..,.,. A *i»n(l*oniolr Uluitntod muMy. fari-oat in* tnilai.onor.iinr •otantinoiaanmi.. Toi-mi", fur O'imiU, (f 1.7*) r. *-o*r, potuitt prupuld. Hold 0- MUNN ft Co.*B",M**,«"' New York LI,1..1 JSLiS.'. liiiiL, . ■"■"■'II. J—a joining block 4503 on the west, and being the S. W. corner post of Mrs. Mary E, Goodall claim; thence north 80 chains; thence east 80 chains; thence south 80 chains; thonce west 80 chains; to a point ot commtmcemiun, waking C-10 ftrrffl mo'rp or lr-r.r.. Located this 3rd day of December, X007. Harry Gouillard.Witnoss , W, E. Coates, Jr. Agent Mrs. Mary E. Goodall, Locator, Commencing at a post planted at or near a point 1 mile east of the 25 mile post of present CF, R. txirvttty Adjoining tiloftk 4503 on the west, and beining the S, E. comer post of Leonard W, Baker claim; thence north 80 chains j thence west 80 chains; thence south 80 chains; thence east 80 chains to a point of commencement making 040 itcres more or less. Located this 13th day ef No* rember. 1007. G. C. Tt. Coleman, Witness W. E, Coates, Jr. Agent Leonard W, Baker, Locator A ,, Ma.4*«H-a4Cg, a,*.,-. .' UiJi,,iii.J..>it:M&l!sti.il,imm\i* «S1S^. ■ ■ '.-aiffi, '■»"'•■ -" ■^a-M..- .-am-u. . ....^....^.vi^,.,,..^^^ ^■.-niimmmmm DISTRICT LEDGER, FERNIE, B. C, JUNE 20, 1908. r- *lV%/%'*'*'»/****»-*%''*>V'**^^ *iH%U%1 1 This corner reserved for. t t disciisslon of Socialism, Be sure and sign- name *f" All manuscript must be type-written.': and signed by the writer, not for •■ publication, but as a matter of good _faith,, 4 All. article's, must of tcourse,be_ ~left*tb*'the''''edit6i'*'s'4judgnieri't-an'd'iir; 'not published' will* be returned upon - request. Owing to space we must , limit articles according to requirement Correspond-: ence must be this • sent*to office lio later than noon on Wednesday HM^%1r%%%-*i^V%%%i%^V'«^k^%%«'«%%^^ i it SOCIALISM k •"God! What a world! If men - in street and mart ( Felt, that same kinship of the hu- - man heart "Which makes them, in the face of flame' and flood. Jtise to the meaning of true brotherhood." The better nature, of mankind revolts against our present iniquitous social and economic system. The question arises why should ■the many toil in squalor and ptov- •erty .that the few may* riot in opulence? Why are the many denied a decent livelihood to afford the few the, privilege -' of exploiting their own degeneracy? The more •that useless wealth is flaunted, in .•the faces'of the ■ struggling poor, "the sooner will come the deluge that will wipe, dollarism off,., the face of the earth. r It' is the historic' mission.of Socialism to "over- ,-throw this .. brutal system..', -The ."time is gone by-when the man who ■steals a railroad will receive an ■ovation, while the man who steals •a ' loaf of bread will.go to the penitentiary. Justice . demands ."that punishment be in proportion to the crime. The arrogant', inso-, lent corporation thieves ' are even now being ."swept from their moorings. ' It is a strange' "anomaly of •out -" times that men (and women •as well) go into the arena of public life in business and politics, and. there fight.like savages for dollars, and on Sundays walk down' the aisles of costly .churches which, their ungodly strife for mon- *y has helped to erect. * . -, ■ '/ "-•'- "-.'--"'■ ''•* .-•" ' These million dollars structures, •called "houses of God," are an in- _sult_to_Deity.,^hen_in_the_shadojWL -of these immense churches walk bldj hungry, homeless-men, wb- ,. men and children.'-" *It, is a strange! strange! phenomenon, that side by •side with these, "houses of God" •stand prisons, penitentiaries and! -reformatories, where children * of God are herded like- wild beasts oi the field. Strange, is it not, -that humanity should be so blind through all the centuries? . Strange tbat we live in times that boast of enlightenment, education and •Christianity^ and yet permit these "things..' Strange, too, that we should, put millions of dollars into perishable structures and blasphemously call them "Temples, of •the Most High,", when through tho •whole country many are starving to death in a world of plenty and suffer for lack (of those things that dollars alono can buy, when,, the cry of over-production is heard throughout the whole commercial world,, ' We ought' to be able to recognise the swiftest revolution in history while it is going on. Evolution that haB no sense of propriety and -cares not a whit for theories, or school dogmas, or university professors, is likely to put an end to our present economic,.industrial syetem. Tho world has never be- form. The humble origin of Socialism ' makes it hard1 for' the educated; classes to grasp its meaning ' and its, ... intellectual worthiness and the seeming fact that the financial interests of the monied class makes it hard • Icj' them to see its moral worth. Hence only a courageous few 6f the monied aristocracy are rallying around the standard of Socialism. But we Socialists, never faltering, believe ,with the rising storm of human thought,' victory is assxired for the toiling masses of the world.- •" - , ' To the superficial thinker- it seems as if, some tremendous pow- er, pitiless and merciless, working out,a law of its own, had the entire race in its grasp; Little, in the smug literature of the humanities, the poets, or the bookmakers at large, bring us help. Sometimes, we think 'things might .be set, right by. bringing back Ho the sheer beauty of human relations. The satisfying philosophy of Socialism, is the brotherhood of man and' Humanity's Rights,'the wonder is that everyone does not embrace its-comforting teaching; it is simply another name for practical brotherhood. Jesus, the Master0 Teacher, was a toiler and a carpenter's ' son," who left his.tools to speak for a new. hope and a new faith for. the toiling, and sorrowing ones, of earth.. If-the world is to-be saved from chaos; from universal disorder and misery,, it must be , by the " union of .the workers of all nations'. It is the first time in the evolution of the world-that the mind of man has ever been directed toward the conscious organisation , of society. - The Social- ists . are the only compact body that know what they' are resolved on, with only one door to pass, that of a.triumphant national election. ., • -,- - ,,. . ...... The Socialistic program is not a theory' imposed upon society for its acceptance or rejection. It is evolution interpreting itself in our social fabric. In the strain and crisis of our disordered civilisation, it is the only saving and conservative force that- offers itself to bring order' out of chaos, It' . means that, all those things upon which the people in common depend shall by the -■ people/ in common be owned and distributed. It means that.the tools of employment shall , belong to .their creators and users and that all products shall be for the direct use of the producer thereof. That the making of , goods for profit shall come to an end and that we shall all be workers together and that opportunities shall foe open and equal to all'. „ Man has wrested knowledge from the secret places of the universe, Socialism says let every human being enjoy this knowledge, for it is, the heritage of the race. In the midst of our present dis* prosperity there is always- a vast mass of poverty, want and degre- d'ation; whilst during the periodic depressions of trade multitudes are forced to the verge of starvation. Now it'is obvious.to'everyone that ,!.- ■ those who take upon themselves the responsibility to, manage. and control industries should possess a capacity for the office, but a glance around proves to us that the capitalists have', np - true comprehension of,, the'social functions which'o-^ht'''.rightlyf, to pertain to true captains of industry.'" Does anyone'know^a11 solitary, instance where' they'.hove'"come together to yrork 'out™ -Vplan for making production and' distribution continuous so that-*&* stop may be, put to these recurring panics .with all the untold suffering that follow in their wake. Why they ..have never even thought of such a thing, They have no instinct or care for general trusteeship, and none for cohesion. Thftir minds are schooled for the sole purpose of "making profits and their maxim is "no profit, no -production." ■ Do the capitalists feel any collective responsibility in seeing that the conditions of their employees are good—that their labor is carried oii in a healthful way and^that they are healthfully. housed. ,,A glance at some of the homes of the-producers*prove that, they do not care how their em-„ ployees are boused, and we .know as,a class they have steadfastly- opposed every movement, for safeguarding the health and lives of the workers in their employment. Look at the casualities on the railways, in the mines and factories,' yet. every effort that has-been made to lesson these'casualities so long as it involves expense, is resisted. , The safety appliance act of 1893 was bitterly opposed by this class, and it was not until it had been' modified that the railroad magnates' would permit- of its passage.' "The1 same resistance is shown in the various legislative houses"' when it comes to the guarding of dangerous machinery and the regulating, of'other con- tions of employment which affects the, profits of this "class. Life is but a bagatelle when it stands ih the. way- of profits., Now^ if anything could awaken in the ■ capitalist class a1- .sense of guardianship'of the interests of the people, one' would .think that the sight, "of helpless children being dragged.in- _to_the^_quagmire of commercialism ■'Suppose our political'institutions -were corrupted, and all political life at the mercy or preda-v tory and corrupt machines^ Suppose humanity were at the mercy of private^ property',,- without rights, ruled and misruled by political' machines. Suppose Senator Piatt were a; Socialist" ^wallowing in "hasv cesspool of immorality. --.''..-• "•' Suppose Thaw and,Alfred Vanderbilt ,were "parlor Socialists.''.** '-'• >>,.■' ■ ■ • . - " What-'then would bethe attitude of the'press?^ . .,, •- • ■'■<-.,-v-S-.-' ' - I wonder-'if our opponents -would be jas mild, as temperate,. as -self- possessed as the Soc-ialists are today. ,'.'•• - ., ' I wonder if they'.would be inclined to" violence.. I wonder if preachers, editors" and politicians would harangue the multitude, call meetings of unemployed, shout "free love" to the old senator, • and expose the im-. morality of "parlor- Socialists." I venture to think there would be much shrieking, much gnashing of teeth, much sweating of blood. There" would be talk of revolution, and'the' Democrats and Republicans would be trying to - inflame the multitude against Socialist misrule, Socialist machines and Socialist immorality, But all these conditions exist under Republican rule—all this poverty, all this corruption; all this immorality. ;, .And how calmly-and philosophically preachers, press' and politicians look upon it'all." i V * How they'dread Socialist agitation! How' they! dread Socialist intemperance.;"." , ,. • How blind they'are-to the evils of their own rule.—Daily Socialist. Club Cigar — Store — the only reliable place in town when you require anything in Tobaccos, Cigars, or Cigarettes. W. A. INGRAM, Prop. I ® THIRTY ! CENTS fore soon anything like the present turbed and corrupt system,, with , uprising of the working class* it lt8 moral quagmires and political has never imagined or. dreamed of rotten-wee, Wa awful crimes and the stupendous results that are to ^^fi*10,/015^'^ So^"!m °°m; be.secured by.it. " "" ' * " '■#• Somo roluotanco is obsorvable in calling things by their proper name. Tho word ''Socialism," awakes 'a oortain amount of prejudice. In the long run it matters little by what name industrial freedom comes. es with its messago of hopo and its claim that the whole race have rights to the' "oarth and fullnesB thereof." A few more unjust and tyrannical laws and violence will stalk abroad in defence of humanity's rights, There are signs en* ough "on earth to-day to wake tho doad, The end of man's haphazard methods and systems has come.—The Swastika, Denver, THK >AILURH9 OF THR ITALI8T OLA8B OAP. Bourgoois sooioty will , havo to swallow the Socialistic pill. Already Socialistic ideas have fjeen the means of overthrowing corrupt laws. Some ot our corrupt institutions are now tottering' to their ruin. The observant mind sees the changing order which results in Thft capitalist class for nearly chaos, unless "Justice to all" be thrM nyxt_vt()rn of a century hftVo •the shibboleth. Wo one can deny v„lM1 ^ vi0»rr* nt tv» m**-''-*a*1 that the working olass movement worM ^ tlli|r mftM.ir# 6\ VaV!W is planned with amaeing skill and j nt fha prmnt tlme ia pr(wt{eftiiy with a knowledge of the world's wlthout llmltl( ^^ they Uve •conditions both accurate and far J -^ the Cftptfiln, of this world's reaching. Socialists do not believe j afralr(l g0 lonf.( lt •„ not an lm. in order for profit, ..would do so, yet from the beginning of the regime of.the, capitalists, children have -been sacrificed for profit and. nearly every-.effort to shield them has;-'*been'i* resisted by ■■ this class. Children are made articles of commerce and' instruments' ,of "production and are exploited just .'as heartlessly„-, as men and women. As a result' they grow .up illiterate dwarfed physically and mentally, and as such become easy victims of * vile and crime;» The sight of old' men who have toiled all their lives for the profit'of others and are in their age left helpless and destitute ought to .prove to the capitalist class , what a colossal failure they have been and yet they are the first to resist old age pensions. Such schemes as old age pensions do not make for profit and are not to bo considered.. In pointing out the failures of, this class; it is hot necessary' to denounce the individual trader. There are good and bad amongst them like every other class, but whatovor thoir individual virtuos or defects may be, as a class they have failed to administer tho the world's affairs and this failure is becoming obvious to great numbers of men' and they are threatening the capitalists domain. It is a union of men, forced to like action in the assertion o( their oconomic claims through the pressure of the capitalist regime, its baso and center is tho class of wage earning producors who aro fully conscious of thoir interests and noeds, know how to attain the same, and know how to administer tho same when attained. It is believed thoy will bo successful in controlling the affairs of the people, whore tho capitalist class hav<» been Buch a dismal failure, J, SHOOTER. im ■ o- ■■■ By Lewis' G.' De Hart, in Chicago Daily Socialist. ' ■ "Cramped ' in a .coffin and the clods falling—falling!" The blind man spoke to the empty air. The room was- always empty except at, night when Maggie was home; all day. she was a-way working .or looking for work. •' ■/[_' . - •.■ . ■ Today she was Jaunting for work. It' was . the fourteenth day since she had; started dut in, the morn- -irigp-full-of-hope-or-apparently-so7 UNIFORM KEENNESS NO BONINfi-KO GRINDING. You want comfort and satisaction of clean smooth shaves every morning. - The Carbo Magnetic is the only razor UNCONDITIONALLY rK~ QUARANTEED to give this. Thesecret Electric Tempering positively merges every particle of carbon (the life of steel) in+o tho metal—giving diamond-Ilka hardness throughout the blade—-something absolutely impossible with fire tempered steel used in making all other razors. But test this razor in your own home—., Ik 1) ♦H*MIrX^K,*J«<,*'>',X'*H-<">*'>>*'XS-'.'' Y Y a. . Hotel A> Y The best dollar a day house in the city ! *•*->. • •J. Liquors, nnd Cigari of the best qunltity "J* *•* Well stocked bar • *:* *•* V A Uining loom in charge of P. P. Miller .J. *.* Only white help em\'loy»J • V ♦ *•• ♦ ROSS BROS. PROPS. •> .♦ " .»'.' ,:..:..:..;..;..:..:..x..x**:«*:**:**:'^'.«*>''X**:**:« SAMUEL MAY&CO BILLIARD TABLE MANUFACTURERS. jfefdblished *" . Forh) Years Send for Qtalogue 102 & 104, •AD€IA1DEST.,W., TORONTO. Dry Goods; Groceries. Boots and Shoes Gent's; Furnishings BAKER AVENUE BRANCH AT HOSMER. B. C. ORIGINAL CHARTER 1854 THE ome Bank OF CANADA Open a hank ac-counl iviili tlie first dollar-you have to spare. Do not say you will wait until you have five or ten—come with what you . have to-day. This Bank, like every other Chartered Bank of.Canada, laues a pride in encouraging,the saving habit, and pays tiie highest rate ot" interest that may he equitably allowed. .As a further inducement metal pocket and home savings banks are-1 loaned ,free to facilitate the saving of small change and bills until il is.convenient to bring' them io tlie Bunk for deposit. ^ - i ■ ' Head Office TORONTO 8 Kins St. W. 3 Fernie Brandt W.C.B. MANSON Manager SUPPOSE In "•If-Hri-** et enne dieenmtin- tha noAdtatnle tbaorlu of government, •nor tha (Uric aaerata of political ••eccmomy, nor in making philosophical mud plaa, They have dia* ■tlnetlly abandoned tha Jocalled «lasaie aehoola of political economy, and adopted tha evolutionary theory of nodal condition*. Xt ia- not to the credit of tha re.ee that tha poor and Ignorant •are tha pioneers in economic re-' pji-Uriiut ^uistlcu lg ir.-'it-tlrj **..nt*ing at «. post altuat. ad at tha north aaat corner of lot 1008, tjfroup 1, thence east 80 chains, thence north 80 chains, thance waat 80 chains, thiurs south 90 cb«?n?, to tha place of commencement, containing 040 acres mora or lass. Dated this 15th day of April, 1008 Gus Beeton, Locator. 9. A. Gate, witness U, McGregor, Agent, S CommanefaiB; at a post situated at or near tha south east cor* ner ef lot 1008, group I, thence eaat 80 chains, thence north 80 chains, thence wast 80 ehains, thence south 80 chains, West by H. Hughe's claim, on the south by Neil McQUarrle claim. containing 640 aores more or lass. Bated this 16th day of April, 1008 B. K, Bullock, Locator. D, A, Gate, Agent. R. McGregor, Witness 6 Commencing at a post situated one mile south of the southeast corner of lot 8363 and at the south east corner of R. McGregor claim, It being bounded on the east by Katherine Good's claim, thence south 80 chains, thence west 80 chains, thonce north 80 chains, thence oast 80 chains, to tha place of commencement, containing 040 acres moro or less, Dated this 16th day of April, 1008 J, Cramp, Locator. D, A, Cate, Agent, R, McGregor, Witness 7 Commencing at a post situated two miles aouth of the south east corner of lot 8303 and at the south east corner of J. (.ramp's claim, thence south 80 chains, thence west 80 chains, thanca north 80 chains, ♦h***!"** **■*.••* of\ tbein*; to the place of commencement, containing 640 acres mora or lass. Dated this 16th day of April, 1008 D. V. Hughes, Locator, D, A. Cata, Agent, 31, McGregor, Witness G Cuinii'<.iii.-ilii.£ a,'* 4 p-1-.t. *lt'>i*t. ed two mile* south and one mile aast of tha south aaat corner of tha Xatherlna Good claim, thanca south 80 chains, thanca aast 80 ichaina, thance north 80 chains, thence west 80 chains, to tha place of commencement, containing 640 aores mora or lass. Dated thin 16th day of April, 1008 Geo. Halford, Locator. St. McGregor, Witness V. A. Cate, Agent CANMORE, 1387-Pras. A. J, Thomas; See. Jamas Clynar, BANKHEAD, 29-Pras,, Wm. Fisher; Sec, F. Dyson. TABER, 10S—Pres,, T. Boyla; Sec, wm, Murdoek. LETHBRIDGE, 574—Pres, B. G. Sec, Charles Pea- Hamilton; cock. TABER, i;r)5U-Fras,, Alt. Roberts; Sec, Robert Doodson. CITY MINES, 3240, Edmonton— Pres., T, James;. STRATHCONA, 2248-Pres., Joha Saint; Sac, Jas. Poole. WHITE STAR MINES, 861B, Strathcona—Pros., Jas. Cherl* er; Soc, Nail Mo Cormiok. BUSH MINES, 8055, Edmonton— Pres., Chas. L. Bryee; Sac, Harper. MERRITT-Pras. Frank Steal, Beo. Thomaa Calvert. EDMONTON, 0540-Pr.B,, J, W. Edmondion; Vice Pr«a.» Aobaci Brown;- Fin. Be*., Thas. BiMk; Baeording Wee, J, JtaoUantt. Presidents and aaarataHaa whtaa names do not appear em thla lis* are raoutMited ta far-war* tkasra U this omaa for lnaertla». Ooatlnuad Inquiries, raaah tu (m the feregolng lntennaUaa. NOTICE 30 days after data X intend to apply to the superintendent of provincial police for a retail liquor license at Michel. Dated this SUi day ot June, 1008. GEO. K0METZ. !i Michel. ' •*-KL*--61vtj,-M>^i, „,,_•• ■US~i DISTRICT LEDGER, FERNIE, B. C, JUNE 20, 1908 ©be Mzlxitt tiMtv •* -V-"..,?',, .1-' • ■ *..: ■" ' /' %\ a Year in Advance „ Issued every Snturiay .from the office of .Publication', Feilatt Ave.,-Femiei B. C. Changeit'of advertisernent-a mu'sV.be in us follows:—Pages x, 3,6, ana 7, We.mesdtty at 10 a m. Pages 1,4, a and t>, Friday utlo a.'m. ■ Legal advertising li cents per nonpanel hnejirst insert ion, a cents per line each subse- fluent; insertion. ■ , • Rates for'(jonrract advertising on .ipplica tion at office of publication, Pelmt'Ave Address all communications to the Manager, bistrict Ledger. ■■ > . ,W. S. STANLEY, Mgr. SATURDAY, JUNE 20,-1908. ' SUCCESS \ OF THE LOCAL the three, and persists in holding aloof from the othersyat election time. ■*• * ... If the intelligent men in.the Canadian labor movement are satisfied with the state o£ *i- iairs, then they have got just about all the..reward and success which they merit. If; on . the other hand,"the majority of them,- and we-believe tha very large majority of them are of this opinion, are, prepared, to start a real movement for unity this is just about the - right time to do it. A few of > the unreasonable . ones or the*-- apathetic will have be be sup->' pressed or brushed' aside, and a- really inclusive Canadian pact formed. The "way for -his ought to be all the .-more easy, for the result of the elestlons- in Ontario., - • "THE MAN WITH THE HOLD" ALBERTA SCHOOL BOOK DEAL Upon the success >of the local unions depends largely the success of the parent body. If.the locals generally are a compact, harmonious, loyal working body, all' working together for the success of all, there need, be no fear of the results being of incalculable benefit. If, on the contrary, they divide up into factions, each being envious and jealous of the other, and each pulling iu a .different direction, the result of their labor is apparent" in the evil consequences it brings, the end being that only a few members are found at the meeting, and discouragement to all, and. -a'failure to accomplish the good that would otherwise accrue." The success of any undertaking depends not so much on the manner in' which business is conducted at the headojuarters, but upon the unanimity of that organisation and the* support accorded the officers.'. The'- one is a, reflex of the other. Show me the' organisation composed .. of real, active, up to date, hard working members and- I will show you an-' organisation that has oflicers tha't reflect that condition at the head of ,it. ,, Show „ me an organisation that is the reverse of this, that has no harmony, no enthusiasm, nothing but factions, and'I will sh'ow you officers that have doubts," that sometimes despair, that are halting before they take another step to see where' they are going to •alight; ', .' ' ' An officer with a nohipxct, ha'd working organisation, has nr har of the results, goes ahead.and does his business confident of, the loyal support ,of every member.- , Life is a. pleasure to-him. ,Re "Aorkc ,for results and generally gets *■ ,them, but let that same officer Jonce feel that lack of enthusias-.i, a perceptible .falling off of confi- ,"dence; then the buoyancy of his -official step "droop's, and'he fails to be. as efficient as he was with Jthejnanjmbus _craft behind him. -' The local union is the power behind the throne. It is the man behind." the. gun and the members of it .should not-forget that on. the action of that local' depends the efficiency of the gun. Conduct your,locals;so that the guns of your organisation are all the time trained on th/e right place and the oflicers do not have to be looking around . to ' see in what shape t, they have the crew, but „can devote their entire time levelling the gun on the enemies , of.,the organisation. , Tho- above- which wo clipped from the United ' Mine .Workers' Journal, deals with a subject,that , is an all important one in' every district at present. , .. It is impossible for tho district "•officers, as individuals or as representatives of tho various locals to cope with thevory hard problems that thoy are meeting every day unless they feel assured of the loyalty and,support of tho locals, , and of tho majority of tho members of tho organisation which thoy represent, UNITED WE STAND The following, which is taken from tho Winnipeg Voice is a very sensible article, and one that wo have written on on moro than one occasion in the paBt. Tho workers should stand together as a man, even if thoy havo two or three different ideas, (which aro all' is somo way heading for the betturment o£ their, cause,) Thoy should not bring thoir petty jeai* ouflios out in the timo of battle. Thoy should koop thoir differencou until aftor thoy have won a victory ovor tho prcoont killing system of capitalism. If thiey thon have any material differences thoy Bhould moot, and givo and take enough on each side to still maintain thoir solidity ns a clans, United wo amount to nome- thing* scrapping among our* solved, wo make fooln of ourselves and give a fine exhibition of tho procos*. at election timo. That Jh tho story which is told in the return** from Ontario, Thoro aroi obviously throo contingents' which must ho considered in Canada as available for the political lnbor movement. If thoy can bo brought tof-elher they will he a force in themsolvos from Hnl- iUx to Vancou**3(, but they will get moro support from other nources. These are the Trades UnioniBW, tho Canadian Labor party and the Socialist party of Canada. Tho Socialist party rlemoun- con tho Labor party nnd t df» for tho support of tho Trades Unionist!), which it does not •get. The tabor party it rot forth to oxproflfi the political aims of tho working clana. un* ion and non-union, and claims to be larrely compoe(>d of men of RoHaniM.* tendi>nfl»t, but who are- not prrp/ir«i for the dogmatism of the Socialist ■narty. The trade unionist 1» the mo»t numerous specie of That celebrated newspaper man Bob Edwards is getting, after the Alberta -government for giving a ten year contract for school books to the American Book Co., of New York.' .The contract was supposed to have been given to Kiorang, of Toronto, but it transpires that it was switched to New York, In substantiation of his charge Edwards has the following, in the Eye Opener of Saturday, the 13th. It is. certainly * an outrageous thing to send to the States for books,; wheks, when firms, in the province could do the work, and do it equally as good as the States. ' " <• In British Columbia we print our own books in .the government printing office. >The idea to us, as labor people, of sending all that money to' the 'States is outrageous, and we sincerely' hope, that the Trades . Unionists wilf take this matter, up, and' follow it up, right to,the limit. Whoever is to blame for this shameless state of affairs in Alberta should be handed his "ticket of leave" and handed it quickly too, before he has another .chance. to, hoodwinck the public, and spend their money in a way that shows that-there is a big graft game somewhere. The following is Edward's side of the question: "We invite the public to judge between the Morang-Calder gang and the" Eye"Opener, as to which of us is the liar in the present' .case., ' One 0ot us is, the biggest liar going', at large, to-day with his, sternum obsquatulum unkicked.' "It .may be us but. we don't think so. _ _ - ■ ,' j ■ 0>". A couple of issues back the Eye Opener, stated that- although ,the great big '.fat . ten year contract for the pitjolication ., of the new school books for Alberta and Saskatchewan had__been_giy_en_to_a, Toronto firm ostensibly, yet in reality • the. deal had , been made , on behalf, of the most unscupulous publishing comjbine on- the face of the earth, the American Book Co., of New York. This statement was emphatical-, ly denied at the time ,by the Mor- aaid-Calder gang, by Calder in the house at Regina and by Morahg in an open letter. ■ ■ ; , . Their, denial was to fool the public, as usual. The poor public! But it didn't"fool the Eye Opener to any alarming extent. They are such a bunch of liars and it' has 'become such a ikbit with them to Buffalo-chip the public right and left that perhaps they will have' the gall to deny the authenticity of the following startling piece of private information presented thin week by the Eye Opener to its readers—especially tho Alberta ones—-to - make thorn sick. '' , " ' On May 19th part of tho Alberta School Book Contract, which for this year amounts to about two cars,.loft Now ■ York, S. Y,., in C. V. Car 60,- 404, routed via N.D. G. E. Line to Sarnia; thenco Northern Navigation Co, to Tort Arthur; thonco by C.N.R,, consigned to tho dopartmont of Education,'Edmonton, and tho Hegina contract will or has al- ■ roady movod by tho samo route, . Incidentally, might wo venture to ask the citizens of Alberta how- they llko sending thoir good olo- gant money over into the States for work that could Just as oasily he done within tho province it- nelf, let alone even sending it to Toronto? And whnt do our Trades Unions think about it?" *V -',■ Sec about those Creston Fruit -Ca-rads For Stale sit -very reasonable -prices and terms at F. J. Watson's joM'-WAT /FTCR ,TKAT. CASTING INDEPENDENCE Of THE SMALL FARMER OUR CRITIC AGAIN SAYS TRADE UNIONISM Shorten hours and lengthen life, liaise wages and lowor usury, Incroaso indopondenco and do- ercn.No depondoneo. Dovolopo manhood and bnlk tyranny. Establish fraternity and diw- couratvu selfishness. Reduce prejudice and induce liberality. Enlargo ftociety and eliminate classes. Croato rights and abolish wrong. Lighten toil "and brighten mon, Choor tho homo and fireside and malco tho homo bettor. All ai-nn-r. wnrlMTyn i-linuM tin 11T*)- I ion mon." Thoir pro prosit ia limit* od only by tho»e who hold aiooi, Got together, agitato, educate and do. Don't wait until to-morrow; tomorrow never comes. Don't. wnH, for f«omn one-* e\ne. to Ht«rt; start it youself. Don't hearken to the' indifferent; wnlte them up. Don't weaken; porsitttenee wins. JUSTICE IttVWQ'S CONDITION CHITICAt. Vlrtorlft, .Tun.* 17—Wr. Jimtirc Trvlng'a malady it diagtio***-! n» enneer of the atamaeh and hin condition it reported ai crlHenl thin afternoon. The wage,earners are propertyless in the means uf wealth production. In order . to,, get access, to the means ■. .of - life -they, must pay.ito the capitalist a tribute. That tribute is everything they produce. The small farmers, it would appear, do not work for wages'."' They *own7-(or-think~they~own—usually- the latter,).a small piece,of private property. But, their- product, beef, wheat, etc'.', must have access to private property-elevators, '■ railways, steamships, mills, ■ packing houses, tramways, etc., so they too, must pay a tribute; That tribute is everything tliey produce On pay day, one, two, four, or six or more weeks.-ns the case may be,'the wage earners receive in .exchange, for choir power to labor or labor-power, (which they have already deliver ed,) on an averas"? -, . moagh to purchase food, clothing ai.d slel- ter to enable them to. work until next pay day. Generally their wages are mortgaged in advance. The small farmers have no regular pay day, but they ivnd their wives and children receive in exchange for the product .vhich is the result of the nxpenditv.ro of their labor-power, just,what the wage earners receive—on tho aver- ago just enough to enable them, to get food, clothing and pholter . to produce again next year. Usually tho farmer's -rop is mortgaged in advance. " i Wage earners only work for small farmers "as a last rffiort, in preference to starvation, b*cause with small ' farmers thoy havo to work harder, longer hours and for smallor pay ,than is customary among wage oarners. "Further- moro, the grub and othor accommodations are usually tho worst that is going, and thoro is loss chance for amusement and entertainment than at any othor kind of work, But almost any small farmer will tell you that his wage camera live bottor and havo moro than ho and his wife and children. Tho few wooks or, months that tho small farmers havo a wago oarnor or two with them is whon thoy usually livo tho best, and havo tho most amusement, dancoH, partios, otc. Furthermore, oiit of shame's Hako, tho small farniors, thoir wives and children, do not work so hard nor nuch long hours during tho timo thoy have wngo cam* orn with thorn. So, if possible, tho condition of tho small (armor under tlio rulo of capital Ih worse than that of tho very poo-rust puid wago earner. True, lie lias an advantage over that largo an incroatiing army of wago earners whom capital cannot omploy,—tho unemployed. . Tho so-called ownership by tho small farmers of a little private proporty in tho moans of wealth I'lMliuCUOl'. i"» frUliJ'iV il Wllip liiUi. IfH'rK*'* them tn von* hnrtlr-r nr*,'!' longer hours nnd live more utint- Mly than tha capitalists can got wage earners to submit to. They struggle harder to retain what thoy believe to bo thoir ownership .,,,,,-,, i , It ... I* XX 1 were they proportyleus. They nnd their holdings, iningln ary or otherwise, uro liKo the rest of the wealth producing class, wholly at tho mercy of tho proper* ty which in essential to lifo at this «***\ but Is jitit now endowed with tho character of capital, and property under the rule of capital do* minntr-s modern civilisation. Nf xt wi>ek we will deal with pro* perty under th* nil* of capital— C, M. O'Brltn, Westorn Clarion, THAT' if every Canadian elector would think' ior- himself, there .would be a 'mighty change in the political,atmosphere of Canada.'1 •' ! « < a> * THAT in! connection with the •qiuestion. of "children coming ' in .contact. with',, the "women t of the red light-district"' Critic •-! thinks that while the!authorities, are doing, what they can" in the matter, it is also- the-duty of the parents to .keep the yoirngboys and- girls from .""going to tne~rrdistri"ct""~t"o"' begi" for clothes', sell flower's, and solicit contributions':" It';is a vtell known fact that dozens of children are. sent there for such purposes, as well as with messages'.' This should be very strictly enfoiced'.., * * . * ' ''- THAT in' connection! with the band concert difficulty the Critic thinks that the matter could be arranged by ' holding church services-earlier, to start at six thirty, and be out at about seven thirty. This would1 enable everybody to hear the music. The band might also be1, good enough to withold their music till say eight o'clock. It is hardly possible that tho management will be so selfish as not to arrango that ' much for a large ■number of the' supporters of the band. ' * * *, THAT the critic appreciates the humor of tho people who wore m so considerate as to threaten him this week. When anyone, has to stoop to threats, either personally delivered, or otherwise, it shows that there is something they aro afraid of. If the Critic was wrong thoy would have no nood of threats. If thoy aro wrong, they think that throats will cover it up and stop the writing. But they aro vory much astray. What is wrong will bo. criticised and only tho "extremely ignorant" will stoop so low and forgot themselves so much as to offer either bribes or threats for silence. • • * THAT ho thinks it would1, bo a good plan to arrange to have ono or two of our policemen to par* ado around tho park during and aftor a band concort, to try and mako all tho young couples go homo aftor the band concort is ovor. This of course only applieu to tho young people who have a habit (and an extremely bad one) of loitering nftor others havo re- tirod. * * ♦ THAT tho write up of tho Minors' Hall of Colemnn, which ap* poarod in tho Pincher City News is very amusing. Thoy want to como up here and got some lessons about writing and building. They say that tho hall will bo tho host in tho Pass, nnd will cost five or Hix thousand dollnrs, That would hardly pay for tho foundation of our hall horo, If you do not be,, lieve that nsk "Biggs." • • • THAT he hopes that the author, itios-will take up immediately the !>uggttay- ini* what 1» not true about cert air. representRtiv-? r-eonlt' of our rity he is very much *mistak*n. The neople consider where it came* from, Soft said. THAT drivers should be "areful in. going over' crossings' not „ to drive 'close to the edge' of- the sidewalks and/'chip the walks off. .Several .. places have been destroyed through careless driving. ' WRECKED COAL PLANT AyAy^OyAyAy^AyA^AyA^A^ <$><$>$xe>$>^^ Butler,, Pa.,-. June • 17—The plant,of.the. Royal coal mines, at Argentine, near here,; was destroyed by, dynamite ,to-day., The. loss will exceed,' $20,000.-- In addition "tb~th?*pi"antTtho~coai*'-tippie"T,~Twas" wrecked and ■ a large section of railroad track torn up. Windows in 46 residences were*1 shattered. •> For "some-time past' labor troubles have been-experienced at the mines and it was recently believed that' the differences had been adjusted.' ■*,-,; An investigation is being made and arrests are expected. The foreign miners have refused to return to work sinoe the explosion. . • . 0" RAIDED A , DEN. A SOCIALIST PLANK , .The National platform of the Socialist party contains- the' following plank: "1—The immediate government relief for the unemployed workers by building'schools, by reforesting of cut over and wate lands,' by, reclamation of arid- tracts, and the :buildiiig of canals," and by' ex- ' tending all • other useful? public works. ,:A11 persons-employed ' on such works shall be employed' directly, " by the government' under an eight hour work day and 'at the prevailing'union wages.. - The government ■ shall also Joan' money- to states and ■ municipalities without interestfor the purpose .of . carrying oh public, works. It shall »>*t«I»*>*X,»t'>^^^*>^,^'.^*t**t«^**^" Motel * FERNIE The Hotel of-> Fernie The centre of Commercial .■ and Tourist Trade Cuisine Unexcelled T * ♦ X X ♦;♦, ♦ X- '— ■- —— -■? ♦:• S. F.Wallace Prop. <► ♦>. • *:♦ '♦*Ja»JaaJa*'*;»aJaaJaa'*H>aJaaJa.JaaJa«^ contribute -„to the funds' oTlabor organisation's for the purpose of assisting., their unemployed members, ;and, shall take such other measures within its power as will lesson"the widespread' misery of the workers caused by the misrule of the capitalist class.'' AN INVITATION-. New York, Juno 17—Three thou- sand persons gathered along west 43rd street near Broadway tonight and watched the police making a spectacular raid on a gambling houso said to be patronised by guests of several of the up town hotels. The police forced their way into a.room.were several persons were found around gaming tables. —— o " WOMAN LAWYER. Detroit, June 17—Mrs. .Mary Stewart Coffin, who was tho only woman attorney in Detroit, died in St. Mary's hospital this afternoon from tho effects of laudanum taken, it is .thought,'with suicidal intent. - Sho was the .wife of Philip M. Coffin, with whom.sho practiced in partnership, until sho secured a divorce about a year ago. Sho was of a melancholy temperament and was despondent over her troubles, o— HEARST'S RECOUNT. ,i Now York, Juno 17—In the examination of 155 ballot boxes today W, R, Hearst mado a gain of 100 votes in tho recount of tho disputed mayoralty election of 1005, now goinj; on boforo Justice Lambert, Nino hundred and thirty-six ballot boxes havo been recounted ho far and Hearst has gained 337 votes, There are 1012 boxes yot to be counted. ■-o TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. To all whom it may concorn, tho attention of tho Gladstone local union is called on account of many persons employing nonunion men to do work, when they are themselves dependent on the wages of union men for n living; Tlierofore, It behooves them to em* plov union men where and when* ever it it possible to do so. He il if-ni.-'i-J, TJj^i G.W.UU-.M'.' .£>*•-* union intends watching the actions of said persons and call on all unions to,make it possible that the persons . who employ nonunion labor be made live on tho Wtt-jCa 01 Tltt.V'u.i.0.. .l.ti., i* J)U'« want any work done you can get union labor of all classes in town. ' . .. , ,•!> Mr. F. G. Garbutt, principal'of the Garbutt' Business College of Calgary,, invites all young people and parents interested in a stenographic, business or telegraphic training, to call and see the attractive Garbutt school exhibit at tho Dominion exhibition and witness illustrationo of the students' work in speedy touch typewriting. Tenders Wanted Tenders for tho erection of the Kootenay hotel, at Michel' town- site.. Flans end specifications can be obtained by application to J. S. Lauraison, Michel, or A. Watson, Fernie," A*."tt',AA'».*A,*tKr''»i,*,M Iking'S hotel! -^t-^7 : ; . ■ *- ♦ Fernie, B. C. X X X X **> "•*!• Bar supplied with choicest of *\ *:* . Wines, Liquors and Cigars *t* Dining Room in .connection j JOHN PODBIELANCIK ♦> ' Proprietor »** ♦J«aJaaJaaJa*J«Ja*JaaJaaJaaJaaJaaJ*aJaaJaaJaaJaaJaaJaaJa^^^ X Y- X X" X X ♦> NOTICE OP DISSOLUTION. Take notice thnt ths pnrtnerahfp We- tofore exl-atlng betwoon tho -indorilgnad under the firm ntmo of McEwen k Shea as hotel koopor*. of Elko, 11, C, proprietors ol tho llofTninn home, is hereby (llDflOlVWl, Tho hUHlnusit will bo carried on by William ». Mcfiwon who will pay nil HnkllltloN nnd collect nil iiixounlii, .Ontod nt JUko, 1J. 0„ this 87th dny of Mny, 100R. "WM. S. MORW0N." "M. B, RTIRA." o "W. V. aU!»D."-WUnr,i«. •itt NAPANEE HOTEL Fcrn.o'8 most popular - Hotel Every attention to tho' travelling publio Rooms reserved by wire JBfJf T. H. Whelan Mnnenor HER BEVEMOE. Toronto, June 10—On the charge ol throwing c.r.r*noUc acid In the face of Edward Chandler while on lib way from wovk icccutly, Mrs. Eliza Taylor has been committed •for trial. Chandler admitted having been intirnete with the woman for a long time. HVNCi-SlS 01* CANADIAN NOHTI'-WKMl MlNINfl RKOUUTinNtf " &)»i..-Co«l Tnltilntr rtsMt rn%j 1-e Ittmd for a iwtrlfid.tif fA-mtv-mif* vciira Nt an mm mil rontnl of *1 in»r nne, Not more tlmn iM> Hcre« almll In I«h»i»1 to onv inillvlilii*,) or oompHiiy A rnv«ltv«t lltiiroto (if flv*> etin«« •wr ton almll ho colleaturi nn thttinernhnniittilo conl mlmi'I. QiiAliTK.—A fira-nii flit-liU'tui, eer* of nun or over, hnvlnu ilNcnvnroit mlnornt In pl'irn, mny locnto ii olnlm l,f» tr.ii fnr ri>r>»,*'t'n!T fl r>lq1r» in ", At tantit. MrmmHrtt h* •.fOMiile.t nn th* Hr.tm ■aiu'i'i vvur or \>iiiii tn tli* iitimfitt r.cKuVr hi IImj thereof, When tfrmiin*nr-nn •«'i»nri','l nr fid lii, the. locMtor mny. noon having a «nr"i'V marl*, end nixm complvln/*/ with othtr r#. qnlromtwu, Dnreha** 11>* land at ft ixir am,, Tha patent provide* for th* paymimt «r a royitlty pi V*. tier cent nn thu tale*, i,l,Kt,>,(l1fit(rj|ii<-',»»,'4.>i*«i.,«H.,4;| *!* ali^tf/l M)iiar«: entry fee *•*> renewable yearly. An ajiplleant may cMeln two l»a*«« in drwlrre fi>rr*ciH«ftlvemlleaeeilifor h term of twvntvvrar.D, ranewat'laat the itlnoratlon ef th* Mlnlaifr of th* Interior The )*•.•*• eh-ll haveadri-dteln nnaratlen within on* i«H»on from the dat* of th* loace for each'iv* mllea. Ren**" eifh md'i nf rli'iir , ret* of mp*»->«-,i i.Wi"«*«IB!i3££;ic. i.*m~^t-~. XL: -*.m^M~—wimm**—***.l#Mm^——m.*T.jir*^xmi-mr ■-- -rf-«.-",; 'iti ;i vf Official. Orgran of District No. 18, U. M. W. of A. Fernie, B. *0., 'June 20th, 1908 :;^';■/;,.; TABER--1 -i:*.-:- " 'We received a big "batch'of news just as • we vrcic going, to press, and-had- to leave.it out;;This news should reach our office not' later than a Thursday to be in time.for, ■the issue.—Ed. "-* . *' , There>.was no work,in' any-of the mines last week, " Ex-councillbr W. M. Dugigan-was elected mayor on Monday last. He received 69 of acmajority. , „ .; , Several changes have been made ih the Dugg-an and Huntred mine. ' Mr. and Mrs. Mc-Faden lost their little .daughter,,'.aged 4 years on Thursday evening. The child was was buried on Friday. The ^ child died of scarlet fever. They have •one little-boy still down with the (trouble in the wording, of his0 gas- fever but we are glad to report ! oline plowing' engine.' He has had the boy is getting along well. ,an expert sent up to overhaul it. ■ The nominations for mayor and I The machine ran satisfactorily for councillor took place at the town' him> but proceeded to balk again hall last Monday. - * I after,he had left. However, they Mr. Woods,' b! the Smith and*.*""*3 B?* « *° run again and he Woods store was nominated for'15 . f?inS aftead to make UP for councillor noid elected by acclama-! * tlme' tion. Ex-councillor ")-.uglans andj- Mr* Anderson, a farmer, ,from J.' J. Walton were nominated for Perth, Ont," has, purchased' a half mayor. The election will take section or ■ land four miles south place next Monday. The polling booth will be at the Town Hall. ; Messrs.. Demmon Bros." of Coal City, have'- been very , lucky in 'striking-.-water in the basement of their hotel: They dug down three feet and struct a fine flow of water..;which .they,'believe, will be adequate for all their wants." Their work is all completed and they intend to apply for a.license at once. This shot-id prove a great booh,to the miners in this district for they are as a rule very thirsty mortals. ' Messrs. Bullock are getting ' on1' apace with their plowing. ,*, They will have about 700 acres ready for seeding this fall. They do' not intend "'to be left standing-if t,the coal trade is" slack.,. It pays sometimes to have more than one iron in the fire rat the same time. Mr. Elder has,been having' some Election of 'oflicers will take of Woodpecker. He has farmed I very successfully' in the east and intends to have a good try-at it place on the 20th for local union ' |"r,e* He -speaks very highly oi 1959, Taber; also, for the -Aeck'J^f0™^"0™*-1,^"[__** ln; 'weighman. " °« = ~ -.«„ , .,« .. „„ Since I last wrote about Taber we have had a great downfall of ploUghSa outfit and also a thresh, rain. I see _by the paper that Jest f^ sem ^ tMs q£ ^ tends to break up 160 acres at oace. He brought up- a steam ing outfit. -His horses are the fin- ' many towns' in" southern Alberta /have, had. a good' deal of_,trouble part of the country, though looking rather •4.1. i.v. 4.- ■ /• • • poor, having just been unloaded with the water as far -as our. fc^' ^ fco:/oars< ,He t t town is concerned we are safe here "do lot f threshi la t£is dis. from any such a thing as over- w «. this faU d ,E h flow. Several ot our town's people appe£Urance of the crop! at present ww*nSU w r y- a°°x\ ; he will, be ke-ot very,busy. ' McMuler lost his ice and ice house | •' - •" J ,-■ . - at a loss of about §600. Mr. Hob- ■ son lost, $5,000 worth of lumber and bricks from his brick works. , Mr. Shirt's mine1 got flooded and caused several* oaves in in the • mine. Nearly all' the lumber belonging . to the bridge men was . washed away; also the ferry1 is '.looking for a new home. The Can- ■ ada West pump •" house down at ! •the river was.more.-.than.^half full 1 advertisine1 of water. The C.P.E., pump house : ° was covered.- We are glad-to , report the water is going down fast !-„and as soon as they"can'^clean the, engine; house out and also the " wells everything will'- be alright again.' J * '• - i -' - ; •' Rain fell here this evening for I one hour. The crops and gardens, • look fine. " - -, .- --. . r-rr-O' -.--- --„ ... .,' BAYNES MINOT Mr. W. Feldmaun of Spokane arrived at Kootonia Tuesday. - Mr, - Feldmaun- is a commercial photographer and' illustrator and will putt in the summer getting out the Kootenay Hi ver and Co.'s The company has - a big thing *and they do not believe in ' hiding' their light "under'a bushel., .,..,. ., _ t; , Mrs. Tormey; wife of secretary of Kootenay River Land Co'., and1 children ' arrived at -Baynes arid will-spend1-' summer'"in" Kootonia. She expresses herself delighted with beautiful Kootonia. - • Miss Klem, of Preston, Minnesota, will spend-the summerv'at'Koo- -■—4 ..i tonia.^---*. .-*-■'.' -*"i —4 o ' &e_jCpotenaYJrRiyer Land Mr. John Howell, Hopeful mine, ■ was up at Raymond this week and taking in the sights of the sugar town. Incidentally he was on the look -out for a stray heifer',- He was vtery pleased with the place. Gardener, whoni we mentioned in our last correspondence, was brought up before Judge Winter at Lethbridge on the charge of defacing brands and stealing! cattle. He was given time to secure legal advice as to which* court he would be tried by. •** -.--.,•, Tho Belly river, by its appearance this week seems to be, rightly named. Tho vory heavy and consistent rains recently^ have caused it to overflow its banks, a'ld in ' its swollen state it has caused considerable damage, A party of us went down," to see it. At the point which we approached its . normal width is one hundred yards, but was more than four hundrods yards across. Plenty of timber was being, carried down and I noticed the carcase of a horse boing .borne rapidly . down tho middle of the river, ■ While we woro down tli • u ' i rattlers •.*• ere - killed, one lady almost Btopping on the top of one. Tho ferry be- ., tween' here and Taber, has boon - washed away, , which has caused considerable inconvenience to the farmors on the north side of the ■■-•iver. "One man who was in town r- at tho time had to drlvo up to Lethbridge before he could cross. The brldgeworlc close to the ferry haB teen interfered with to a great extent, and some of tho timbers . having been washed away. A coal mine ndlacont to the river, vhleh was 15 feet afcove the water at its normal hniiiht, was flooded; and two mon who were t-loopln*--* in the buhUhoune at the time, were awak. , ed at 3 a, m.t by the Bound of water in tho room. They found tho chairs, Ate, floating- around in about throo feet of water, and thoy had to do a ono sharp remove to got out themselves, Tho pumnhouset* of the O.P.R, and tho Canada Went Co., wore flooded, which ii» certiinly making tli'npt** awkward. T ,m,ve not heard of anv easualitfi'R, though some r>eo* •pie ui the river had, to ho taken to their homes on horsebnek, Mr. and Mrs, John Dunn and family moved up to Kimball, Al* herta, on Friday last for the summer. The pravioui evening a far*. well nnrty waa Riven as a .send off. The evoninp" TmsBad nwny tuo3t enjoyably in slnghn* ..nnd dancing. , ,.. tO IVa'Oaa, Co. inn is nearing sold tracts, to Mr. Merreweather/ of Portland, Ore., and Rev. Smith,' of Canton, Ohina, H. Lamb, of' Montreal, and A. R. Segar of Baynes this week. There . will be a fast game of baseball between the Elko and Krag teams at." Elko Sunday. <■ Mr. Lamb, is an expert harness maker and is a valuable acquisition to Baynes. He is building ,a home at Kootonia now. The Kootonia completion. i). W. Hart and Mrs. J, D. Aye spent Monday and Tuesday in Fernie purchasing the furnishings. The inn will be the home of many Fernie people .who will spend their' outings at Baynes Lake, Mr. and Mrs. Sinclair were visiting friends on the Kootonia tracts Sunday. The local nimrods relieved Rofjk Creek of some fine trout Sunday. _ o—: - HOSMER The teamsters held a meeting .in the Burns block on Monday. The lacrosse boys expect to,even up the honors when the visit" .Fernie on July lst. * -l 7,- - - - ' ! ; Mr. McNiam&fa of the'Canada Western Wholesale Co. was in Hosmer Wednesday. , ; : ."Harvey Thompson is our famous exponent of the art of Isaak Walton—having caught a beauty of a speckled trout weighing 14 pounds. It took Harvey a good'hour to land<. him. ,-■ . -. -' •".., °: ' Duncan Livingstone left for his home" in Springhiil, Nova Scotia, on Wednesday. Dune will be away for a month. Mr. F. W.* McDonald was the g-uest of Mrs. R. Gourlay on Sunday. -• ' ' ' , - ; Dr, Higgins of Fernie. was taking in the sights in Hosmer on the 15th. „ ' - A social, dance was attended by a crowd of young people on Monday night at the Queons. Mr. and Mrs. Gourlay are ever excellent hosts. J. I(. Mcintosh is cleaning up his lots on the front street, •■ *•• Mr.' and Mrs. Tuttle were in Hosmer renewing old acquaintances. ;, The C.P.R. people are quite^ busy, the foundation of the power house being pretty well excavated. George returned to Hosmer on Tuesday followed by a box car on Wednesday! Lucky George,, , E. C.- McKinney, of Calgary, a picture grafter, of the enlargement class furnished Hosmer withs * its opera Bonffe on Tuesday. He figured as the, leading character in a hand to hand with a swapping Slavonian lady, , ' , Next day his honor fined him $5 and costs. ' ' ♦♦♦♦•:-:**:**:**:**>.«x**:*a:*.:a«:.;":*v*>vva;ava:*v*:*v'X..x*' On Tuosday night, tho 16th, a meeting of somo of the influential people of Hosmer was hefd with the object of forming a board of trade. Tho meeting waB held in Carosella's hall. The genial Abe Gondrew having fitted up the place, with chairs, tablo and othor necessaries. Mr, -Nickorson was appointed preHido.it; A. Matheaon, vice president; E, H, Bennett, Becretary- troasuror, Mayor Tuttle', of Fernie, was a most welcome acquisition as the exponent of tho value of a board of trado and gave the boys somo valuable pointers in the workings of such a body and how Home much needed improvements could bo obtained with concerted action. The flrot Monday of each month was sot for mooting night. A commlttoo of Mr, Nickorson, Mr, Bonnet, Mr. Fletcher and Abo Gen- drew was appointod to see Mr. Stockett in regard to tho water supply, The secretary was in* utruotod to writo Nelson board ot trade,for a copy of ioye laws, and . was also instructed to procure the! necessary stationary. Tho member* I ship fee was sottled and a hearty I vote of thankn was accorded j Mayor Tuttle for his good advice, and the meeting was adjourned, i The Hosmer team that ia chosen ! to play football, at Coleman on I Saturday, COth, will consist of I Wfl.ai«.,.]!iCft*M?u to ic,4-o.l ;««L . i..- J., VT. Tl.. ■...;:•■..;; r.-.'.l l.;-!--*; TT ' Mr. ' TcWTI.-W-*" rWlflr5»n:*«who » Al!#-n-*«*t*tf''W.' VfeVe^M; lmW*-*h,a«ks I have been down with diptherin, I Tommy Howard, W. Taylor, Jim*! are rrotfresilnn' favorably. The my >Martin; forwards, Watchtm, fiickrim spread through the whole . Tlwlor McDonald, Byd«r, A, H. family. Davis and HartwMl. There may In coatr uenc.V of tlie above V°% *,0mT ■Un*1' alteration, Mf'HTlhfcR t'tld WflDO. hafc Xit>e.H tito'a-fAt. in* iiOfcTfafcl XiO'ift, \>0 \U turn,.tojra1b«r hy a circultdua riittfl vfi fYalpanr" end Tn'nn'lrln* Hat owin*,^;the railway »trvie«j belnfr dUiofuled between Maeleod ' 'T. Wonttrommery goes to Spokane ar.d Lethbrldj-e. lor a week. are sure the Coleman boys will bite the grit as usual. - In baseball circles they are get* ttnir in one r>rnetiee. Bert Swan- son's eye collided with the ball on W-*dn*J»day. Bert feels sore about It. Mrs. Oldlands went to Fernie on Wednesday; •• ■' • ■ ■ Our lively constable has cut out the poker rooms. - ■- „ ,L, Kumber'has the contract for plastering Carosella's hall. Bishop" Hynds.and D,' S, Ward are here from Fernie-to. spread the mud at Carosella's. ; . A. Cameron, who is well known at Fernie and Coal Creek, is building a cottage on his lot at Hosmer. Alex. * continues to do well in his blacksmithing business and has now in his employ a skilled meohanic named T. Carter, from Duluth. 1 Mr. Carter is the horoo shoeing expert in Hosmer. On the 15th Mr. Roger's horse took a playful bolt; wrocked the wagon, broke up the harness and worked out an offensive monument against Matheson's sidowalk. H. K. Whimster of Fo'rnio, was in Hosmer on business on the 17th. Joe Jaokson, of the Koot • lay, was in a peck of troublo, I-^o was found guilty of harborlnr a «■ ap woman. Jackson is a Oalmc by the way, and ho was fined1 -SiJh nud Nellie Okwa ?50. Joe Jackson , figured nir&in, in the police court on Tuoodiy. He was found guilty of frequenting a house kept by-Nellio Okwa and although Joe had a Femle lawyer down to expound tho law to us ignoramuses in-Hos aor yet the littlo old ?20 and oo-ks came just the same, Tho Okwa woman was likewise fined for keeping a how of ill fame and four inmates were alto fined, The government ,, at last are starting in with a bi'ldgo across tho croek on front street! Fornio and Hosmer played a friendly game of laoroiBO last Friday evening on Hosmer recreation grounds, 'iho game was very exciting at times caused by un occasional mix up. Altogether the game was vory clean. Tlio gate receipts were exceptionally large, which boch to show that the Hosmer people thoroughly appreciated tho game and will give it their hearty support here, The teams lined up as follows: Hosmer~Ooal, F. Thompson, point, Macdonald; cover point, Spoars; lst defence, Campbell; 2nd defence, Kenny, 3rd d.'enco, Bru- chett; centre, McKellar; 2nd home, loaaunU'i; int iaoiat*, Goimw, <•*- r.lflr hom*', 1Tr.1V. oulr.Mi* hn*m<», Morrison, Fernie—Goal, Miller; point, H. Brown; cover point, Kasiner; 1st defence, Doyle; 2nd defence, Keely; 3rd defence, Fyfe; centre, I^cnny j ty-nCt bO'llltB, "UiTJtU', itlo't, il(j4li* , Wink...- ster, outside home, Garrett, inside homo, Wright. -The Bankjiead ! Mines, Ltd., worked four 'days last week. ™^Tie«managemenfc-«j_Gf_the—Bank-, head mines have installed a. large quantity^ of inflamable tamping, for blasting purposes in the mines. The Briquette plant, which has been,- closed down for several weeks started up again this week. The . Bankhead firm are installing souvenir briquette plants at the Calgary exhibition. The bri- •ojuette "is practically a new thing in this country, but the souvitir briquette will have a tendency towards making them more popular. You can't beat them for domestic purposes. The National Park Cricket Club held their- first dance on June the 10th at Banff, at Brewster's hall. The music was furnished by the string band from the sanitor- ium" hotel, under the leadership of Prof. Merrick. Tho dance was not a success from every standpoint. The refreshment part1 was very badly conducted. It was through no fault of the Bankhead boys, however, who are mombers of the club. Mr. Baktr, the Bankhead representative, fell sick on the night of the dance, and it was through this that the affair was not up to what it otherwise would have been. • ■ • BASEBALL, Banff and' Bankhead played a match on the Banff grounds on Wednesday the 10th. A large number attended. The two toams were very strong. The Bankhead (boys however wero too strong for the Banff players. ■ Bankhead made 11 homo runs in one innings. The final score being 17 to 15 in favor of Bankhoad, I. 0. 0. F. Anniversary will bo colobratod by a moonlight trip on Devil lake on Monday night, June 16th. Mr. .Stanley has his launch nicely fitted out for a crowd of this kind. i The third class accommodation is good on the Stanley line. ^ * ■ ... -' - -■.'■■►$* w *■ .* "a*-*** <•*•* *-.*J* *■/.•* f *.*> a*-**- «-.V *!>. *-a"» \X* »••* **v Hi - «•*.» ■>-a«M & Hi fl>> «4 'P Hi *■»■» y* •j;-? Hi '!•» W *..-4. '*•• f ; pi. To Merchants of Crow's Nest L , hi -, Pass Cjf We beg* to inform you ''that we have opened a Wholesale Fruit and Produce Warehouse at Fernie, from which point we are prepared'to cater to your wants and will give immediate attention to all orders either by 'mail - or' wire. , Cf Thanking- you* for your, liberal, patron- the past, we are at your service. ag-e m PLUNKETT & SAVAGE P. 0. Box 477 Fernie, B. C. :*■ * * *.•» ;? *.v Hi 'tv \t> 04*^ 'I* •*»v M», -. «•»*♦ i Hi , *-«v I m ♦v. , a.l> ' '? ! *a--I-«l f % .* .* *•»■» ViV »-Iv *?iV a-J-a «-lV ViV Vl>» »-l> »-iV »-iV »-t> T-JV •»•.> a'i'a a*i> *l\ ^1*» «•»> ^iV •*,*» *i\ *?, *i* efoury Bros Save your dolla.*rs toy dea.list*g; -witK its Specials Plen's Balbriggan.Underwcar' $1.00 per suit or 50c per garment Hen's Black\Sateen Shirts - •' - > 60c Men's Tweed Pants * ■ -. ii 8 oz. Overalls ■ Men's Braces - $1.25 80c 25c Gent's FurnisfaLitigSj Boots -and. Shoes' , Dry Goods, Etc. 146 Victoria Ave.' * . „ ' .77 Baker Ave. Phone 138 , Res. 92 Pellat Ave WM. SCOTT Pioneer Undertaker and Embalmer of the city (Charter Mumbi'i* ol Manitoba and Allx'i-la UiHlerlnUorh' k Kinhalmers' Association) Satisfaction Warranted Picture Framing and Furniture Repairing in connection Office & Parlors 209 Victoria 'Ave. Minftrd'u liniment U th* only Liniment ntVeA for nt my store end tho only one wa Vtojt lor tele. All the people u«* lt, HAltLlW FULTOrf, FlvHiiaut Eay, C. 0. LETHBRIDGE Mrs. R. A. WriRht, wife of R. A, Wright, one of our prominent bun* ine«is men, left on Saturday for Barnia, Ont., havin-j rocelved news of the sorlouH illm'su of her father, Mr. Wright acrompanied her as far as Medicine Hut. I The Lethbririgo It an gem had a ! prlro package handed to them on Saturday, when they played the Maeleod club what was to have ibe«n the Anal tor the Btnnet shield. The rnnp-eis were over con* naent 01 vtctoiy, una u.wat> on»y hi i-v ln-'ji tiui .ilnut[••> c.1 jnixi-t ! that they suer-edod In ef;uaH«ing, 'making, the ncorc 1—1, The game {will have to be teplaycd at lilac* j leod, the winning toam qualifying I to play In tho ■•(■ml final at Cnl- I Detective Seargnnt Eagan ar* rived from Spok&ne on Saturday morning. Accompanying him wa« J. B. Fauehf-n-nive, alias Jack Miller, who escaped from Btony Mountain two ytert ago, where ha '»*x\ serving & rint-m-re of t-in, years for horse stealing, Fauehen- civ* f«! ft helf Yrr'd with n v««rv bad record' for so young a man having served ilvo years for cattle stealing previously, Tho prisoner Is only twenty-five years of age. On Saturday evening in the pas* tor's study of the Baptist ohurch, Chris, S, Donaldson of Lethbridge and Miss K. J. Wilson, of Dum- fermline, Scotland, who has lust arrived, wtro united in marriage by tho Rev. Mr. Rold, After the ceremony tho 1 happy couple retired to the residence of Mr, L, Moore, where ciulte a number of friends had gathered to wish them joy, and a very enjoyable night was spent with singing and dancing, the party breaking, up in the "«ma oors 0' the morn." The hardest fought wrestling match thnt hus been seen in the west, to.ok placo here on Wednes* j day evening when George F. Mc- I Donald and George the Greek, of I Cnlgary, struf>K*«*u io* «... -*/-* und ft h{M, ii'lthrtiit •.•"•Mrlnj- ti fall; . Both men showed signs.of a severe gruelling at the conclusion of the bout, a-... ' »■ - ' Tr4*T.r.*ffTA*WV captttut:. Vancouver, June, 18—-The police have arrested Jas. Moore, a negro accurately answering the descrlp* I tion of the man suspected of the ' double murder committed here on 1 Saturday. The man denies his ' t-n-flf-, but a search in hU shack [ resulted in finding blood stained ' clothtni*. Fernie Cartage Company ■Dealers in Wagons, Slofohs, and Dump Carts All kinds of Spring Rigs and I Iarncss Office Waldorf Block Phone 41 Km. Phono 76 ANA0IAN/-V* SUMMER EXCURSIONS EAST $60.00 From Fernie to Winnipesr, Dulutb, Fort VfiUlam, 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. 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If you arc leaving town wc will Buy it Back Cheapest house in town 6. C. rURU STORE U.«. IfW, rrttraltf Nnjit to JmixirUl Hotel ijm lUkir Jive Go to The Rinman Kaminski Co. -For~- Grocctries, Ovy Goods , Boots and Shoes •West of Quccn'M Hotel HOSMER. B. C McEwing's Table Queen Mnchinc-mndc Bread Is tlio kind you can enjoy three times a duy und mcvch dnys in the week, Don't, deny it to the children butucun meal*-,-, they nro {{rowing. Our cnUoi and pnstry nre of the finest quality. Ice Cream, Trull*, Etc. J. R. McCWING 4

H>^MH>^-t4 I Ihe Elk Valley Livery I Dray & Transfer Co. All kimiti of 't Braying, NOTICE -^|i"i/ Teimingf and t Transfer Work Tha Koimer Opera Co., cf Hot* mar, B. C, ar« optn for bidj on fttttngt, chair*, tablti -ilansi, #u. For partieulari apply to I Clapp & letdicr, Props. ^> Off. Tel. 6 Residence Tel. 149 «!> P.O. 1101316 A. CAMPBELL, 8to ! t' ' Box S^fi 4r4&MrbQ*}*)*MW F i^3&SBSSSSBsss^j«ssgeaMiisa ■a**.*-*. DISTRICT, LEDGEE, FEENIE,, B„C., JUNE 20, 1908. *.' ■i\ power to re-sell him. Mr. Cowans should not attem.pt to call j .the ' men of.Nova Scotia as "My .men", but rather should he desire .to be'. ' fair, to'be; -honest, "to be reason- go to the the dis- he refused a similar test at a previous time." That is only an idea in the writers brain, it does not exist outside. 4th, "That Pioneers Committee suggested to graiid jsi- ficers' just such a test." No,.; the \ able, , and "he should committee never did' suggest, "just j committee! in. charge of such, attest"' as' that 'sprang' on'pute with'-'the olive branch of j cunningly by the general manager.' • peace extended and say unto them 5th, "That the grand officers' ac.t- j Men and brethren/come-let-us reason together, and if there'is" aiiy tiling that '. ■ justice, that ..mercyj committee;have not'said anything to the'* contrary. ''6th,rV.'That. the " a ed disinterestedly and honorably in the proceedings." ."The , press System of Docking is Unfair- Men Complained of Being * Soaked [very Time To the editor of the Chronicle. . Sir:—.After our letter of May 5th was mailed, the Loc'ige's managing committee visited the company's offices, taking the properly drawn up and- signed agreement with them. / We are" referring to the agreement entered into a'couple of years ago, which provides for an additional 4 cents per box in spe- , cified double shifted places. The business of the committee, was to remind the manager of this agreement and ascertain whether he intended to carry it out as in the past. In answer to - the question,' the manager said "No, the ..company cannot afford to pay it.^He did not intend to pay it again. He never intended to-abide by _that_agreAmjint._„He_di company decided not to '"dock'" for largt. •tone, 10 pound! or over, It being accepted that no reasonable man would wilfully load up f»uch piece* ■ Now, in these long chutes, where the miner deposits his coal, there is continually- falling quantities of stone, caused by natural pressure,- frequently large quantities are stowed in recesses for that purpose while constructing; the chute. In time the down rus-hing of the minor's coal, and pressure, destroys the support and the stone gradually becomes dislodged and go to bank in the boxes. • , " Again there is ■ constantly shiftmen repairing these S'chutes,1' and almost invariably the stone"' removed in the work is allowed to go down, which just as invariably means a long list of "docked boxes" for the miners in that "chute" the next day. The company .know all this but take no" notice,, because the "docks" they make next day pays for the labor in the repairs. It was shown before the board .inoJanuary last how many thousands of boxes of coal this company get every year for nothing fay means of their iniquitous docking system .- __F_rom_Nov lst^l907,_to_ApriL 30th, ,1908, the C.E. & C.'Co. have Press committee's suspicions ,,of plot, are unworthy and baseless!" -The committee have nothing to withdraw,- apparently the Record choose to take some meaning out o*ytn *;nd .tsa^u sm 'spjo/n. jno jo them. It is well known where the' Mining Eecord stands in Nova Scotia,.and the why; and wherefore of it all. We are not oblivious to its great energy in industrial matters in this province, nor to the busy pulling of strings going on behind the scenes, and the nature • of the • prompter. The Springhiil . men will accept facts, bring them out and prove them to the world if. you can.- It is more 3iianly than crouching liehind boulders on the. wayside throwing mud at honest travellers as they pass you. ■ ' „ ■ ■ PEESS COMMITTEE Pioneer Lodge No. 1, P.W.A. Springhiil, °May 18th..- that love.and *' fair play ,can'.accomplishr'l.et'- us- try xo work it" out. , The.'iews would then.be waf- tod, from Springhiil to allparts'of. the world .- something like this': '.'Manager |- Cowans of Springbili submits- to arbitration! and "is willing to' be guarded by reason and fair play." The factithat Mr. Cowans .is "a rich man,''and is opposed to a fair -. i • . arbitration, makes him come in for a good deal of criticism, and according jto reports which reach this office\ from Spiirighill the Criticism of I Mr. CowanHs well de- servied. I ' ■ ! IN FAVOR Of UNfON MEN * ' " C - . .. Important Ruling ia favor of :.,,'. Striking T Moulders at I : 1 Brantford, Ont. ' ' ■ -; THE CANADIAN BANK OF M „ HEAD OFFICE, TORONTO ESTABLISHED 1807 B. E. WALKES^Presiaent -. ALEX. LAIRD, General Manager A. B. IRELAND, Superintendent of Branches .: ■ ' * Paid-up Capital, $10,000,000: Rest, - - - 5i000,000 Total Assets, - 113,00Q,00*> Branches throughout Canada, and In the Ifhited States and England. :: A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS TRANSACTED ■' •,-\- . COMMERCIAL AND. FARMERS' PAPER DISCOUNTED! . DEATH OF LORD) DEKBY-ONCE GOVERNOR GENERAL. London, June 16—Frederick Ar- Earl' of Derby, died i THI: SPR1NGH1LL MINING MB4 They are not unreasonable men but the management is both ' unreasonable, autocratic, ■ and opr pressive, and the men who * have reason in their demands are not willing to lie down to the tyrannical treatment of Mr, Cowans ai^d: a few of his official henchmen. In an interview with . a St. John newspaper. man not long ago, Mr. Cowans said* "My men with few exceptions are satisfied." My men! says Mr. Cowans. Is he (Mr. Cowans) the owner of "the ' men who operate the.mines, and who give their blood, their.sweat, and their muscles of their body for a paltry wage? We are told that labor is, a "commodity" and that it is sold in the markets. as such. But never before in the'history of Canada have we read of any man reducing, the great cause'of labor to that of a "commodity" as was taken seven thousand six hundred and sixty-four boxes of coal, without paying the miner anything for them, simply'because 60 pounds of. stone ,was found in each box, and the company has, fined* two thousand five hundred boxes 20 cents, each, because 40 pounds of, stone was found. That . means the Springhiil miners have produced their employers, in the six,months something over' nine thousand tons of coal for which they have received no pay. Mr. Cowans told Pioneer Lodge in a letter that it was tho "Most liberal docking system in the province," We do not dispute him in that. But it is "liberal" for the company—robbery to the,men, Formerly it was possible to get allowance sometimes whore it could be shown such allowance was fair,r. Now, tho officials' hands are- tied; thoy daro not, Tho general manager has closed his mind to all reason. We believe in a docking system, it 1b necessary, but it should be one that would pay the miner for the coal sent out, but not for stone, which, as we have shown finds its way into boxes in many ways the minor has nothing to do with. Another little trick is done which Ih unfair. If a box on being weighed is found to contain 1800 pounds, and lt is docked, does the company take that 1800 pounds? No, a cross is marked for overy dock during the fortnight, and thon take off the miners total as many times ,1080 pounds or as many times 1007 pounds as there aro docks. In this way they not only tako your box of coal at 1800 pounds because it contained «tono, but thoy tako an additional 180 pounds oft boxes with no stone in them, through the operation of tho Cowans standard. Certainly this rule works tho other way also hut so seldom that it in the men who get Boakod overy time, Just a short,, reference to the Maritime Mining Record • note-, iu the ietxie o( *.*ay 1311*. SU-tihe that every one of our critics for the past year profess to be able to pull our arguments to bits, yet every time fail to prooMd, or give some paltry excuse for not doing so. The "Record" says, 1st,— that the grand officers test was free, „falr, full and above board." The Record has based Its conclusions on ••statements" not facts. 2nd, "That Mr. Cowans gave the officers' and convenor of commit- tee, carte.Wnnche." Porbaps to, but what about manufactured circumstances? 3rd, "That Kr. Cowans had been sneered at because thur Stanley, here today. The Earl of jDerby was born v January 15th, 1IJ41., He was lord of the admiralty ih 1863, financial secretary of yar, and later secretary of wai\ He held the office of secretary of the colonies and president of the board of trade; ■ '• As Lord Stanley he was governor general of Canada in 1888-93. ' '• r o—:—■ On Construction Work Near Kenofo-Ierrible Havoc d'one by Mr. Cowans .in speaking of "My men" to the representative of a daily newspaper. The great lexicographer no where says that "labor is a commodity," nor has any. English or American aiiithor'philogist • ever, intimated that "labor1 is' a commodity" to be -bought and"'sold into slavery, to be badgered and bluffed,' and cheated, to be traded in the market places, like hides and hair "and hemp and bacon and beef and codfish, like timber and tar, pig iron and junk. There was a time in the dark days when there were slaves and a slave market, slave auctioneers and slave drivers, and slave dealers, but thank God that day is past and the slave is a free man, the-slave market is out of business, the chattel slave of the olden times is how promoted to good citizenship and freedom, aJnd the new era.is at hand and Mr. Cowans is on trial for tho base In- suit of referring to the miners of Springhiil as "My men". A new state of affairs has been ushorod in, and to-day labor is the fashioning, the building, the enriching, and this preserving force ot the world, and its voice is being, heard whoro groat men deliberate for the welfare and glory of our country, and tho time is near at hand when labor will have its equitable share of what labor creates, and hovolH will give place to beautiful homes, and men will coas«. t.j bo ovorworkod and under- pnld, and society will ho FO?uro and the nation will bo prosperous. Worleimg men aro not the property of an individual as in the olden i days whon a '"in bought a negro and got a title with him, and has Kenora, Cnt , ■• jne 15—The-dynamite.- - Bxplosion at Chamber's camp on the National transcontinental I' construction, resulted in the death of nine men and injuries to several.others. '., The names pf.the dead are: G. Roberts, F. Trimbuti, Luzi Buiibi, C. Wayetem, D. Jehemai, Harvey Bradley,.Geo.\ Munser," Tom Eur- mm1 "RrtViovf ftrn*,)- '"- . • An inquest will oe held tomorrow at 9 a.m., but' little ii*urination' can be learned for some time, as all who'know anything about the accident are in the hospital. , Brantford,. Ont., J.uhe. 18—The union moulders "who'are on strike at Buck Stove Works in this city have established their right,.to do picket duty. " The, strike opened early in April'. The latter part of the month' the police'at the request of the firm interfered with picketing' done by the union, in the vicinity of the works where the nonunion men who' had taken , the places of the strikers were quartered. The union men ,were sum- i-.ioned for besetting the woi-ks and as a result one hundred >l them' were committed for trial' waving hearing before the police ningis- trate. At the trial yesterday before Judge'Hardy, two cases.were taken up.- Evidence showed that 'the men had maintained pickets in the vicinity of the works but had not compelled anyone -to cease working. The crown contended the case was difficult to prove, but held that by their act' in besetting- the works the men showed motive or' desire to interfere with the - strike' breakers. The defense claimed the,picket,nc- was only for the purpose, of getting.and giving information regarding the;* strike. Judge" Hardy held that picketing was not illegal provided the men did not beset the works from <*_ a. view to compelling others from abstaining from .'doing lawful, work. Xhere was no • evidence of restraint, he said, nor of compulsion. There are authorities to support' this action and according-' ly.he dismissed the-two cases in .question and the remainder of thej hundred were dropped. The strike is still on. o- A Square Deal Is assured you when you buy Dr. Pierce's family medicines—for all th«- ingredi-, ents.entering Into them' are prlntod. en tho bottle-wrapper- and their forc.ulas are attested under oath as betntj c. mplote * and correct. You know just what jrpu are paying for and that tho lngridhnts are gathered from Nature's laboratory, bolng.. .■oialQrt'+;pH_f a^^m_+.Virt^**-rtAc+^*irQltia H1a_nfi Hv.f\_ medicinal roots,found growing,in our. American fore^CSTmdjvhlle potent to euro are perfCTt^harmlefis^]|**anto the most delicate woi*n^a*i»at^no>r^n^ Not a drop into their cctxnxicY?^^^ '.SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT * Deposits'of $1 and upwards received, and interest allowed current rate's." The depositor is subject to no delay whatovir the -withdrawal of the' whole ,or any portion of the deposit. Fernie Branch H. L. Edmonds." Manager ♦ ♦ *> ♦ ♦ Have You Connected with, the Sewer? Kenora, Ont., June 15—Three Italians, two 'Galicians, two Canadians, ' one Scotchman and one Englishman were the ;yictims of an explosion at Chambers' camp on the National Transcontinental railway. Reports to hand state that thley were ' all muckers and were working in the bottom of the rock cut when a blast unexptj.it.ed- ly went off above them.' Toronto, June 1—-A premature explosion of dynamite killed nine men and injured two others yesterday at Simmons' sub contract under J. D..,'McArthur, 20 miles oast of Winnipeg River crossing. The names of the dead are not available. The injured ■ are: ■ P. Shorten and A. McDonald, who ^jvere loading a hole at the top of a big cut, while , the other men were mucking at the bottom. The hole was only partly loaded when the explosion occurred, hurling a mass of rock upon the nine men in tho cut, killing and mangling them in an awful manner. Foreman Simmons had gone for another box of dynamite. The wives of the two Englishmen killed are on tho ocean coming to join their husbands, The others were Swedes. w*^'i*ii»T7aiiagp^--'iTn*iTfli Intrinsic meaicmui properties of" Its own. being a most valuablo antiseptic and anti- ferment, nutritive and soothing doraul* cent. Glycerine plays an important part In Dr. Pierco's Golden Medical Discovory In tho euro of 4lndlgcstion, dyspepsia and weak stomach, attended by sour risings, heart-burn, foul breath, coated tongue, I»or appetite, gnawing feeling In stomach, biliousness and kindred derangements of tho stomach, llvor and bowels. Besides curing all tho abovo distressing aliments, tho"Goldcn Medical Discovery7' Is a specific for all diseases of,tho mucous membranes, as catarrh, whether of tho nasal passages or of tho stomach, bowols or pelvic organs. Even In its ulcerative stages It will yiold to this soverolgn remedy If Its uso bo persevered In, In Chronic Catarrh of tho Nasal passages, it Is well, whilo taking tho "Golden Medical Discovery " for tho necessary constitutional treatment, to cloanso tho passages freely two or throo tlmos a day with Dr, Sago's Catarrh Remedy. This thorough course of treatment generally euros tbo worst eases. In coughs and hoaraonoss caused by bronchial, throat and hin? affections, except, con* Sumption In IU wlvancod stones, tho "Golden ledlcfal Discovory'' Is a most odlclont,remedy, especially In thoso obstinate, hanrr-on coushs caused by Irritation and congestion of tho bronchial mucous membranes. Tho n Dla* eovory" Is not so (rood for acute couuhs aria* Ins from sudden colds, nor must It be ex* poctod to cure consumption In Its advanced ■.twos-no medicino will do that—but for all tlio obstinate,, chronic couirhs, which, If net** lectod, or badly treated, lead up to consump" Con, It is tho bost medicine that can bo take* (;«idlt iwJ. m GURED^ilPILES Mr. C. V. MuUrt It • Cmmt-ptfker and iMiiranc Agent sit Bt. Cathtrlaw, Ont HI* wrl»M thr* Zim*B«k .Co. - as foihvtn i '• I here been ■ luflerrr (or yeen with iicfaiflt plUi, I have iMnl many HolUn nn advenlwil ftmttll'ifor nlet hut got nn relief. A friend of mine arlvited me io rry 7,$&a&m&i** . .-a-aWWaV-t^tti-l*-.?'*- .>£,>«*'*" .jr^**"***-*^^ m_m DISTRICT LEDGER, FERNIE, B. C, JUNE 20, 1908. * of wmtJt to nis I V X (MANAGEMENT OF A COAL MINE .The managementand engdneering of a-coal mine call tor an unusual combination of technical '.kill and of business and executive, acumen. The success or failure of ann ore mine, depends very largely . upon ■whether or' not the ore body is continuous, and especially if the deposit is rich,,the working of tlie mine frequently displays a lack rather than a knowledge of economical engineering. . Coal however, is a bulky product, and one that is comparatively cheap, hence the success or failure of a mine depends very often upon the ability of the superintendent. Take for instance a mino with s.n output of 3,000 tons per day. This means not only sending, out each day sixty 50-ton railroad cars of coal, but the handling of a large amount of material required in the operation of the mine in the way of timber and other supplies. There are many miles of underground track to,be looked after and constantly repaired and extended. Iiower, must be provided for hauling, hoisting, ventilating, coal cutting, pumping, etc. All of this requires for its proper accomplishment a knowledge of'electrical, mechanical, and civil engineering of no mean degree, and' requires executive ability if economic results are to be obtained. The problem is usually, a maximum output with a minimum expense and frequently with minimum^, facilities 'and under conditions far from favorable, - while . the con-" sumption is,frequently'keen. For Instance, the man who must mine a seam of anthracite 20 inches • thick and ___sell it in competition with the man who mines the same ' -or a better grade of coal occurring in seams from 6 to 60 feet thick has no mean problem before him. , The men to cut* and mine the coal are often incompetent and new to , the business and must'ibe instructed in the very rudiments., ' Then, this same foreign population must ', be "Americanised '/;and controlled both ih' the mine and^outside, so walled . off area, under sufficient pressure to enable it to find its way all over the fire area, but at "a _ > * i» * ■ . t - such a pressure' that no .appreciable,, p.ortvon of it will, be forced out through "the brickwork uselessly. This may be accomplished' In many, different ways, but probably, the simplest arrangement woy-ld be to use liquid carbon dioxide,' as provided for the cold storage and other industries that have beenr mentioned, in which the - dioxide is stored in steel bottles' specially constructed for the purpose. These steel bottles are made to contain 26 pounds, and in some cases 40 pounds of the substance in a liquid condition, under pressure of 800 pounds or thereabouts, to the" square inch. Certain precautions are Inecessary in handling the cylinders of liquid. As explained, the press-are insi-V ' i-nder in creases very rapidly with the temperature; at 32 degrees Fahrenheit it is 5,10' pounds per square inch guage pressure; at 50 degrees Fahrenheit, it is 665 pounds; at 68 degrees Fahrenheit it, is 849 pounds, and at 86 degrees Fahrenheit it-is,, 1,065 pounds. After. 88 degrees Fahrenheit carbon dioxide declines to remain a liquid, and its pressure goes up very- rapidly indeed'.with increased temperatures.—From article by Sydney F. Walker, in Mines and Minerals for June. „ - o- Fine Carey Fine Hair It's fine care that makes fine hair! Use Ayer's Hair Vigor, new improved formula, syt- tematically, conscientiously, and you will get results. v We know it stops falling hair, cures dandruff, and is a most elegant dressing. Entirely hew. ,New bottle! NewV contents. i De**'loi change th* color of the heir. p^ftMtf&i The Time is at Hand The is FOR formula -arltti «ah boOJ* ' • Show It to **•«* aVik Mm stoat M, thraatouh* ■*.*/• AVer's Hair Vigor, as now made from our new improved formula, is tbe latest, most scientific, and in every way tbe very best hair preparation ever placed- upon the market. For falling hair and dandruff it is the one great medicine. -—***** by th* 3. O. a*« 0»H I-t-wtall, Screen Doors, lee Cream Freezers, Boys* and Girls' Wagons, Garden Hose and Fishing Ta.cJclc • "-v? .,.'■■' ■-1" • ,'. . ■ "■ . ,. ■ - - ; •■ And as usual we are. right on-deck with the' most complete and', \aried assortment:'of these lines carried in ihe cmy. Our policy is fairness to every one and our ''congenial clerks only live for the pleasure of showing and demonstrating the merits of our various,lines. , Call and see us when in need, ■ '■* aOj -: -^ ii OPPORTUNITIES- IN COAL MINING quired to pass a state examination. In addition' to these there are hundreds of company inspectors ': of various kinds. The exact number of those occ-.ip.ying engineering positions is not available, but it "will undoubtedly amount to several thousand,- so that it' would probably.be safe to say that there are probably 10,000 positions of greater or less" official responsibility about the coal -.-..ines-of -Pen- nsylvania'i The holding of these positions'depends to r. certain .extent upon an educational test, while the salaries connected" with them and'the opportunities they offer for,-advancement are such as should appeal to any young man and should act as an incentive for him' to better, his condition; through study. ' the Whimster St Co. Headquarters"'■ for Hardware in, East Kootenay Every Treasurer of Church, Lodge or Association Funds' 'should at onct open a SAVINGS ACCOUNT tor these; trust Funds. --./•. We sp«5cialiy incite this; class of Accounts and pay highest current interest. Total Assets, Thirty-three Million Dollars. . „ J. R, LAWRY, AGENT 1 l Fernie Branch THE CLERK'S as brhe following;is tie story he told me, as nearl-r'as I can remember it: STORY ONCE IN --"■AU ■a ••V%/'11*>''1'V*V%-''*^^ ^EaTThTstudent of sociology^nas' ample range for his abilities. There are iW . positions which call for more varied and technical and bus- siness attainments than a mine su- perintendency.—From mines \ aiid r Minerals for June. ' ' ", A'short time ago the editor of Mines,'and Minerals'was asked |ay a visiting English mining engineer and ' educator where he cov^l'd „examine special" courses-in coal mining,J naturally, assuming that in the country producing the greatest output of coal in.the world opportunities for-extended research and for specialisation1 in such> „ study would "be .offered. • The reply had to be made that' while there- .were schools which are giving excellent general courses in1 mining engineering, and'eertain schools which, by veasoirio£-»their^environnient_J_andj equipment, - are equipped to specialise in copper, iron,, gold and silver, there.was at that.time no place where specialisation to the same extent was possible , in coal -miming.-,, ,-. .' . ~, . ... ., • ,■ A prominent educator at ■ the ' "I was' brought u]*:to-have a little regard for th* Lord's Day. Soon alter marriage I came tb the city and began work as a v■ clerk' seven days every we|k. When we discussed the need oj Sunday clos-, i'ing in the labor uni-jn,1 I began,to' ■ . .. . .,,,- .,! realise that I needed Sunday rest." anthracite region, alone I ;. . „J„„„. +-, .inM " * We'induced-o-ur employer to close Sundays. . r greatly [enjoyed being at'home Sunday „witk my wife and babe. I-found it was ' a "feat thing for myhealth.l'oie Sunday, when my, wife "as usual, brought in some stew from theimeat market, I set to thinking of\ something I had not thought of before. I said: "My dear -.wife, those men'-in the meat -market, need '[Sunday - resvt and home 'just as-much'as I'do EXTINGUISHING, MINE FIRES In there are 21 companies each producing over 2,000,000 tons per year In .the bituminous region, there are 38 companies j, each producing over 500,000 tons per* year.' -It is fair to-assume that ths average salaries.of the general superintendents of these companies' is not less<.than •S&.OOp per year, and1 many ' of - thein .receive muo-x more. The * salaries of the presidents and ^.executive'officials' '--of these companies compare favorabV. ly-' with' those of ■ other minini?, companies, ; and the■> salaries ' of similar ' o/fEcials ", in- other' indus-; 3 The use of carbon dioxide, upon which the distinction of fires depends, has been known for a grea,t nun-tjoer of years, almost as long as the, gas itself, and it has been applied at various times for the extinction of fires at mines, but at ' the present day the,majority of mining engineers are terribly -afraid of-it. It is largely used in the coal storage industry, and in particular, is much preferred for use upon board ship, on account of its comparative harmlessness as compared with ammonia, A leak from a carbon dioxido plant -fives no one any trouble whatever. "Freezers" engineers, as thoBe who look after the refrigerator apparatus on board ship are called, have told the writer various tales, going to bUow that carbon diox* ide is a comparatively harmless substance. One has mentioned , that ho has taken" the full blast from a blown out valve; another that , ho has been sitting at his breakfast in the mess, close to the refrigerating! engine room, whoro the stopper of a carbon dioxido bottio has been blown out, tho gas coming away freely Into the mess, and it haB not evon intorferod with his appetite, " A striking featuto in the controversy as to tho uso of carbon dioxide and tho objection of older mino managorB to its uso, Is tho fact that tho practico almost uni* vorsally adopted, whero underground fires oxist, it to u'tilise tho automatic production of carbon dioxido, to koup tho flro under, t The practice, it is woll known, consists in walling off tho district in which tho firo is burning, and if the walling is porfect, if there • 11 rill 1. 41. , ill l,U tli — t*t*_it V* 4*4* »,.,•• .4-»-4j** '"» mac Miry, thr firo in.ir.1 die* out, Vocalise the whole of tho oxygon pro- sent in the space walled off, would gradually bo converted into car- bon dioxido, and tho flro would bo UXUXlgUabbtid, ill lilC'l, UUUe*glOUt*..i fires that are walled off, are really maintained alive by the Irak* age of air through the mafconry. But having tbo fire area walled ' off, the complete extinction of tho fire, by the aid of <*arbou dioxide, ** should be a very simple und a very te.1* proceeding. Attiuutlug tbat the brick work is veauonably air tight. All that is necessary is to provide a supply of carbon dioxide, and to forced it into the head of, one of our. very best mining schools was recently asked why so many of his graduates preferred metalliferous work" to coal mine engineering. His reply was that the coal companies offer too small salaries to young graduates and tbat the opportunities for advancement are not as good in the field of coal mining as in the metalliferous field. The policy of the coal companies has, undoubtedly, in tOo many cases, been to offer such low salar* ies that there has been little 'inducement for men to take up the work or to remain at it even when they have been brought up about the mines. This we believe to be the flrst problem tho companies must solve in connection with their present trouble in securing competent officials. Oto tho other hand, what are -the business," technical, and scientific opportunities in connoction with coal mining1? Is there any probability of a glut in tho market for specially trained coal men? Tho coal output of the United States increases 10 per cent, each yoar, or 100 per cent, for oach docado, and this increase has been practically steady for many decades past, When it is considered that the output of coal is at present approximately 500,* 000,000 tons por year, a yearly increase of 10 per cent,, or 50,000* 000 tonB, means two things; first, that thoro must bo a groat In* creaso in tho number of mines and consequently in tho number of mino officials, and socondly, thoro muBt bo a hotter and more efficient class of miners and mine officials to moot tho increasing pro* blems a«d tlio increasing competition. The groat cry of tho coal companies at tho prosont timo is' for competent oillcials, and tl^o mipplv doos not seom to koop pace with the demand, In Pennsylvania alone thoro are about 1 ,000 flro bosses and assistant firo bosses receiving salar* ies probably ranging from fJ76 to PlOO TC-r riC""^, wr] t*nr.r«. nri» about 3,£00 mine foremen and assistant mine foremen who probab* receive salaried from 9100 to 9125 per month. There are also 40 inspectors, oach receiving a salary of 83,000 n year. There are thus over 4,000 certificated hien direct* ing; tho mint*'*', Then, there are in Pennsylvania alone, according to the report for 1000, 807 superintendents and OSS outside foremen who are not re* tries. The conditions in the coal' industry are just as they are in all other lilies in America,'-' i. 'e.',' they are such that a man from the lowest rung of the ladder may aspire to 'and attain the,highest rung. We do not believe that any other industry can show a greater if as large a number "of official or executive positions open to the man with ambition and who is willing to qualify himself to hold those positions.—From Mines and Minerals for June. lening." , ■ She Please, hereafter, get "our Sunday meat .Saturday ■gladly consented. ,'.'But; the, next Power Plants at Niagara falls Take a Holiday for Inspection. ■ Niagara Falls," June 16—For five full hours to-day the American Niagara piled over, the 'cataract as free and unharnessed' as it did the day it was discovered. „ The power house on the American side of the river capped their wheel pits and the. mile and a half, tunnel that carries the bolt of water after it has turned the turbines and' 'generators, .ran dry. The plants were closed down to allow divers,, to" inspect' the' American C.E* LYONS Auditor, Accountant, General Agent Life, Accident und Employer's1 Liability insurance , Books opened,, closed, audited, and accounts kept in the most up-to-date miinner. , , " Office, Burns' Block. Fernie, B. O. ^'••y**%'%'%'*'%'**fc'Vv1^ .. Saturday .she A COAL-DUST PHENOMENON , At a recent meeting of the Midland Institute of Mining, Civil and Mechanical Engineers, held at Doncaster, England, Mr. J. Neal road a paper describing the ignition of coal dust, in the Eeeston seam at the Middleton colliery. Tho seam was a very dry one, and dust accummulated vory rapidly, Early in September last a deputy had opened a safety lamp at the lamp station. A train of full tubs drawn by a pony was passing, and raised a considerable quantity of dust. Just before the train reached the lamp station the deputy removed part of the burning snuff from tho wick of tho lamp, and it fell harmlessly to the floor. As soon as the train had passed ho knockod away the remaining portion of the snuff, and as this (ell to tho floor there was an ignition of tho coal dust. The flame rose to a height ot 2J feet, and spreading over a width of 3 feet, followed tho train with a peculiar rolling motion, apparently corros* ponding with tho successive clouds of dust raised, making a poculiar hissing sound, Tho train stopped about 45 foet below the lamp sta* tion, and when the flamo reached tlio last tub it ascended to the roof, roturnod along tho upper portion of the roadway, and Anally extinguished itself within throo foot or so from tlio point of ip-ni- tion. The color of tho flamo waB described as being similar to that ..P .i *nv,A,Xfi rif *t\ \n.\^r\ TiT*** KTpnl 1 ohni-rvod thet mlnlnj* *n**in*>,>'rt' had thought that nothing "short of an ignition or an explosion of gas, or pas and dust, could cause a coal dust explosion, and* that 1 • . ,. I. I ,.. ,-|ll 1.1. I,- - -4.J dent occurred.—From Mines and Minerals for June. saiar~JohnTTetTus" |^f*>morro'«r and. get baby's picture taken. I .said, "All right." But I set. -to thinking. again. After a\ while I asked iter, . 'Don't that photographer , need rest and home Sunday just as well as I? This Sunday rest does me much good. It does you good.' It makes our home happier. I will get off some week day to get baby's picture taken." .."We had been in the habit of going to father's frequently on the j Sunday train, but one day I did some pretty hard thinking and said, 'Mary, I have been, thinking a great, deal about the men that run the Sunday train. That engineer works under such heavy strain that ho needs Sunday rest much more than I do. His wife and ' children need him at home Sunday. It sefems to me that when we ride on a Sunday train we are responsible for all tbe serious damage that comes to the lives and homes of those railroad men. I can not ride on a Sunday train again." "A few weeks later I said: Sunday has brought us such blessings that it seems as though1 wc ought to go to church nnd thank God for Hia gift of one day in seven for homo and rest. Truly it is a love gift. So wo becamo regular church goers, and lator active workers in the church. "-Solectod. *-■■■■ o- ■■' ■, abutment' of the upper steel arch brfdge at the mouth of the tunnel. In~tlTe~last+?'' Phone No. 52 House No. 174 GEEMAN NAVY LEAGUE, Danaig, June lft-Tho eighth an. nual convention of tlio Gorman Navy Loaguo opened horo to-day. Tho provincial pvosident in behalf of tho government, emphanisod the government's wish that tho longuo preserve an Independent oitlstence. It must express tho wish of tlio Gorman pooplo, not thoHO of tho government, A telegram of horn- ago «ont to tho Emperor said that the loaguo would follow unswervingly tho aim of furnishing tho fatherlnnd with a iloot which would bo ablo to juaranteo its needs. Prince Zu Snlmhorts- , *.*.*« ** .4-4 * -- V.v- - t - ' " 'ten^e,a?S~triconcrete" wall two "and a half feet thick has been battered down and attempts to; replace n retaining walls have been ,; frustrated by the current. Tjfae divers to-day found the abutments of the bridge solid, and safe in every way, with the exception that the guarding wall of one of the piers had been undermined. It will probably be rebuilt, although the bridge is in no danger. Engineers of the United States government, under the direction of Major Kutz of the Taft commission, took measurements of the rivier while the water was unhlar- nessed, and the test showed that not enough water was diverted from the American cataract to make it noticeable. A rise of one- tenth of an inch was notod. While the American plants were closed 175,000 horse power was shifted to the Canadian plants. Thle machinery of tho power plants will probably not be stopped again in the noxt generation. • -o- - BREVITIES. A wife either makes or breaks a man. The owner of a good restaurant eats in it. Whon trusts fall out the public get wise, A chockorod career ofton ends in stripes. An ounco of holp is worth a pound of advice, If flguros ovor Ho, it Is not tho droso maker's fault. Evon a postage stamp is no good if stuck on itself. Tho mosnongor boy novor exceeds tho spend limit, Whon you would hurt a woman worst aim at hor prido, Tlui folly of yontordny cannot bo curod by tho tears of today. Always ask for tho union label. o — Fernte's Most Home-Like House Edward Hotel „__ j^L^Gates.-Prbprleton Centrally Located "*■ \ your By Power and I save money Cost of operating!, very trifling Cordwood :; Circular Saw Frames Draff Saw Machines WRITE US |Stationary and Portable Sawing Outfits FOR 0A1ALOG Canadian Fairbanks Co., Ltd., Vancouver, B. C. Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg, Calgary. I CATARRH CANNOT DE CURED —o EARTHQUAKE IN MONTREAL. Montreal, Que., June IS—A very slight earthquake -.hock wax f*H here at three o'clock this morning1. Those wbo heard it describe it as more of a rumble than a real ■hock, BORN IN,IOWA, Our family were all horn and rnlsed in Iowa, and have used Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarhoea remedy (made at Des Moines) for years, We know how good it io from long experience in the use of it. Zb fact, when in El Paso, Texas, the writer'i life wa* saved by tha prompt uie of thla r«medy. Wai are now engaged In tha mercantile huiimii at Nar- cooskm, Fla., and have Introdue-1 ed. the remedy h»r«. It hat been proven very sueemful nnd is eon* •tantly growing In fnvor.—Ennls Bi'Ofl. Thla remedy ia for sale by jail druggists. FISHING ! t i Everything in the trade now in stock, Examine before purchasing. Also Lacrosse, Baseball and other Sporl* ing Goods. PALACE DRUG STORE Phone No. 12 «••'***. lnr-!,* r^tiUcntlnni, en thev cannot roach the eeat of the din* earni, Catarrh it a blood o> cou* atitutional difleaee, and in order to cure it you must tnke internal remedies, HallR* Catarrh Cure \t not a -quack medicine. It wai del* rrlbftd fcv one of the bent phyei- cians in iWa ccontry (or year* and is a regular proicrlption. It Is composed of the best tonics known, combined with the best blood purifiers, acting directly on the mucous surfaces. The perfect combination of the two ingre* dlentn it what produces tuth, wonderful results in eurln-f catarrh. Send tor testimonials free. T. 3. Cheney *• Co., "Props,, Toledo, O. Sold by druggists, price 75e. Take Hall's Family 7111a for constipation. JUST A LITTLE GOOD ADVICE •*a--*"4t4***MI bay J Why not nave your plumbing done now before the big rush. We have the largest staff of experienced plumbers, steam fitters and tinsmiths in the city. Prompt and efficient. tttWlR GOMMlOTIOMft * tPtGULTY / A. T. Hamilton, Preprlotor Telephone I Ne«t King Edward Hotel -ri-^'yj*KAjyixvr.,tmVrs1 a*,.. (7 ■.'ii ■■- ^»—-^—b-'1 ■"■Vr, .■*-t*_1js*'gl ■"*■ . DISTRICT LEDGER, l rERNIE,, B. C,*, JUNE 20, 1908. News o£ tlielCity Family'- dwelling house for "salej 8*room's; Good -well .-of water,'.4nice gardenv ''-"-Will be sold .""cheap.--"on easy-feterius.'.' Apply;-Manager, ;.Dis- .trict-jL>dger. » '• ,;-, \W- ^V,=V " Wani^—A-^gdod'^liy e;' sulsscrip-; ' tionfc&vasser, 'tTery'libl-'ral^cbrn-:" ' mission paid.- Anyone who is willing; can make a good salary. Apply-'-'manager'-'District-Ledger. "1 r-,-:'. .-v..;-.. ... ..■:. .-rs2t Chiclcens for sate^j—20; "Vhite Wyr. ando'ttes and'' "'Barred' Plymouth- Rocks;'.. ?1.50 each.* A .'sns.p,-as' I wantj-;| to make room fur j'oung stock* I, Apply P. 0. Box .-JO. ]IC\ . ' ^W, MCLACHLAN *" . iy* . '•;■ ,•'.-•«-Island'.;Iv6ad-, . Wanted—Good general' servario. "Wages1-* satisfactory . Apply Mrs. (Dr.) Higgins. ' ■'} :—o— • Rochon makes his own candies. J.' Fleishman was in .town Tues- - day.' Andy Good of Crow's Nest was in town over Thursday. ' Jim Burrows from Coleman was in the-city during the week. THE KILTIES ARE COMING; FERNIE RINK, JUNE 29. * 'See Trites Wood for stoves, the cheapest and best in the land. 0. L. Boynton left Monday night on the flyer for Winnipeg. Rochon's ice cream, best-in the world. Mrs. J. H. McMullen is visiting in Cranbrook this week. -Messrs. A. . Farquharson and Boynton left for Ashcroft Thursday. THE KILTIES ARE. COMING, FERNIE RINK, JUNE 29. '" For*a free 'and-easy smoke" try, an Extra or Crow's Nest-Special.' <■ - . - . " "-it-"-.- " • - The new. sidewalk on Baker aTe> is *v quite an improvement and .- a great' inducement ~ to ^odest'rians.V, <. TIT-Jeiara ^Ta-*c*-.\T >l*B*,li«l|'li'a'fi' Miss -Messie'*. been ;!visiting;,h'er Murray, -■.'who'.'has' sister Mrs. 'Boul- t A> *> VALUE AND, QlJ&-l,ITTr ■ Pure Gold Creamery Butter, 35c vper pound I ton,*- left;ioV -North- Bay Wednesday,; eveninVf.-''''-!-'-^^ «?.•• Several " reports of Mountain?] % Lions being seen in the vicinity fit*. West-, Fernie have reached us thisj week-, ,, ' -;. - ■> , SATURDAY SPECIALS 'Orangres, regular price -10u per oo/.eii, .j.ecial price Rhubarb, • re; lbs.;-for • ■ - ■ , - " . " '.•"'"' *'". •' .'. ' 1 •;) "*. *- '-•V -—, 25c 25e. ,.. .'j.'f>k ■a" M. • Saturday and Monday The above is an asQriment of . ■ ?s :;V':^ •'" ■■*■ -FaheyJc^RoGkers. =Cotn£Biflpa»ff secure wthe^best value ever ioffer- editi Fernie.! i J.HL Rcid Co., Ltd. Coaplete *' Hottte' Furnishers .' v Big,;, values,. ■, in ■ baby carriages,*,': g'o-carts"," steel, folding..g,o-car,tsjJ dollt carriages, - .-etc,,., at ■ -Trites- j Wood Co.' *"'' "". ' -: .-!./..„ ,!. ■ ,; '"i'i ■Mrs.' R. ,W.,.Cr *lth,ard and little son arrived * home/after a two- months ."visit -'with !,relatives in Winnipeg. ' - ' Mr. D. W. Hart, of Baynes, visited our city on Monday returning Tuesday. Mr Hart' reports the ■'club house" nearly ready to re'-', ceive visitors. '•'■ ■' J. F.1 Mclntyre is now comfortably ensconced in his new quarter in the hotel Northern with-all the paraphernalia incidental to a first class barber shop. - ... , A big snap in furniture, dresser and-wash stand. The dresser nas three drawers and is fitted 'with British beveled ' mirror. All for $12.25 at Trites Wood Co, r Messrs. ' Berrigan and Heddle who opened out a blacksmith shop on Baker Avenue report business good. .; The schools will close on Tuesday, June ' 30th i'or the summer holidays., They will be reopened again on August 24th. "Paddy" Hughes,' well known in football-circles, throughout „ the, Pass, is,now the "man behind"at the King" Edward. • " Miss Eva Severn gave a birthday party last Monday, there, were a large number of her friends present and a jolly time spent by all. • Mr. Tait, of Messrs. Clark Bros., of Winnipeg, visited our city last Saturday; he' remained over till Monday. He reports business good in the Pass. , v ■ Mr. Rainford', of Messrs. Plunk'et and Savage, wholesafe fruit and produce merchants of this city, returned from'' a ' journey with, a large amount'of "orders-to be filled from this branch., . -' Organiser T. E. James writes us from' Cardiff, Alta., that 'he has formed- a new- local there. v Judging from the list of new subscribers that he sent the Leffder, he has been -quite successful." Frank C. Denison, has been ap-- pointed' as V. S.* consul''for ' Fernie. J.''-"B,.- Pollock was the American^c^ns^arjtgejjt Jb-ot^the_ jiew^ $ Pay Cash .-..V,- . W. J. . BLUNDELL"! Prompt Delivery A |> * -*-'.* ;..-'•-.-----*■■- ?•,.-..-- \ '•• <-.,'.....,-. .>,!-)«>,..-.. •;,,-. -.. ,:'.•£. ,>*.?.. .& ■$$&M><$>4Q&a>®®^ ^AyAyQ&yAyAyAyAtAyAyAyAyAyAyty^^ ^'^Be'catise-we seU;for* "ca-Srli Vnd thus avoid 'the ustfal credit .expanses -and losses, \ye. I 0 afe'able' t'o'offer Vo'ii:siitH'!"vaiUes'as":t:o 'make it" worth ;, liileVdurtradinff/here. „VD,oes ' M Ltne>sa,ving/'of the-dollars,interest, you.? . ;,, ,t" --. ^ - - '•■■•.■ -• ."Umnu !-■• m®®mm$&$m®^$®®^$®$®® Special Stock Taking Redaction on iReg'ular'^.ob-^SpVaai^'"™^ |^Regular;'$1.75,. SRecial-^,^ V-,,'.'.'..', '.iii 1 "Regular ^ 1.50/iSpecial. A-., - -.,,.1.' Tine^eglig^-:;sffi&; 1.50 .35 10 Regular .Si.iX, ^ Regular^ $ 1 .'00,- -Special..'. Special *- 95c 65c Garharatt Overalls'for'Engineers, Fire- irien.^etc. .•y nn $1.40 per pa.ir Save your money by taking advantage of our Halt Reductions ?"-t- 40c "Writing Pads 20c it. it, lOc ■..5c'' Beautiful Assortment of *. v English Hymnals ■ .:, y, - \-a"'.. ■ • ■ •» ■- - .., (absolutely undamaged) "; King of the Road; Union. Made Overalls 9 07.. 80c per pair Campbell's Clothing for Particular Dressers Our showing of ; ' What*/is \ a ghost? Bead the story when it r starts.'" -You "Wiir bnow. '-'-,',':'.', ' Watch for'tne'"fitart of the serial: story, "The '* Ghost of Lochrain Gastle," Follow the crowd and Buy your furniture at the Tritos Wood Co. Every day is bargain day there. Mr. D. Burgess, of Seattle, the lecturer on industrial unionism' arrived in Fernie on Thursday. ♦♦*.♦♦>♦•>♦! ;♦♦;♦♦;•♦;«;••;'♦;•♦;•»:•>•;••;••;";»;•»:••:• ? ? V X X X X X X X J. C. KENNY t '"! i.l„ IJ1. I J-»'a,»!llll.'!8.»J.iBJ*a"ajU! High Class Merchant Tailor Y X ? : V ? Y y x*v*v*.«.^ *auv. y X X •;♦ ';• .:..;,.:.,^.:.,>;..;.,;M2„<;MX*a>*:' ® ft ® appointment places Fernie on 8one more step in the ladder of progress. We now have a consul here. The first sitting of the annual court of revision of the municipality of the city of Fernie for the year 1908, will be held in the city hall on the 22nd day of June at eight o'clock, p.m. - The Fernie Messenger Service has opened an office at, 121 Victoria Avenue,ftPhone 32b. They'solicit your patronage for, the; delivery of messages, parcels,'etc..'"_ ,-'• • The local osangemen intend to institute a scarlet'charter here on the 14th of July next, all scarlet companions are requested to attend and help their brethren to start the chapter. A high school class will be commenced in the schools here as soon as the schools reopen. The" principal desires^'all who intend attending this class to notify'him , as soon as possfole. On Saturday, June 13, a, marriage, was consummated by, tho Bev, B. S. Wilkinson, botween Andrew Jacob McFarlane, station agent on the O.N.B. at Michel, to Clara Catherino'. Brady,, of Penn., U.S.A.. Peter Patterson, recolvod a letter frohi Board Member Lawson, Dis-1 trict No, 15 . last.week, in which Lawson states that District 15 has not yot been ablo to got a settlement, as thoy anticipated. ■ "Our • own" Bill Connoll is not to be denied',' amongst other things when it comes to putting down good sidewalks. Ho and his partner, Billy Boss, have tho contract for this season and aro doin*- tho work well, Havo a look nl tho diamond's you aro wearing nnd rce if they nro secure A. C, Liphardt can I'pfiount thorn for you either by -or•• tint- on now eliiws or ran mako up any style sotting you wish tho ••nnif day you U-nve it, Considerable improvements are under way at tho King Edward Half Price The Elk Drug & Book Stores Limited ... (Successors to The Fernie Drug Store) duplicates., the work of the highest priced custom tailors in ' Style, Cut,.* Appearance and Wear., We are offering many - lines at greatly reduced prices to clear before stock taking. If your- thoughts are-inclined..towards, summer clothing, examine our showing. It is all-you- could desire,' and .guaranteed on, the..point's, of fit. and wear. ." ,. '" .{\ 'lY-ch's Suits $4.95 to $25 A Few Everyday Prices That Mean An Everyday Saving to You Fresh Alberta Creamery Butter, per lb"., .r. 25c St. Charles Family Cream, 9 tin8 $i.OO LnrnsBB.&^lack-flLelL'a-Yi^ • ■ •'• 25c GkQC:iERIES- CJf You can val ways get the choicest and freshest groceries here at a lower price than elsewhere. We sell the best quality groceries for the'least money, and, guarantee your trading here will, save 7011 .money. '■*'■ .■;'-«"' ■-'.- t-, -- ';., - . "SPECIAL, Quauer Preserved.Fruits".....:... 17Kc to^ 22K© FOR SATURDAY „ Sunlight and Lifebuoy Soap, 6 bars 25c. Blue Label Catsup, regular 85c, special.......,.25c 1 lb. tinLipton's Coffee FREE with 8 lbs. Lipton's Ceylon Tea. ' Price per lb. .40c and 45c Hood River, Strawberries Bananas Gooseberries, Cherries California Apricots Peaches Plums Oranges Rhubarb New Potatoes Asparagus .Tomatoes .Green Peas M MISSIS IAVV5.0N & lOfSTROM I.ADY ..Wim-,--.* ."•.tvpn'imroii to imIit in *h'H'*ix' irniii1 ii« •.'•••Il us u'l'tiHt'iiii'iiV, I.ihIIi'm' Iwiii'iuiil Ih*'<'* hvii'imI niiv ilny 1'iit Smuni/iv, ||Ilie Garbutt Business College I titt'nhjerv. Im'* iiKHli'tii (''Miiwi't. in Tele- !«rii|i!iv. •*!hii-Mii|"tin*.' 11 ■ >• • 1111 • fnr litili'i"'"'!!'1 ''•' ""il Hiuri'm \\'r\e fin* |.ii*H'''i,ti*« "I..'' Iv*ti5)^ Better See our New I*ine of UJOrtCDIt &HL\* for men at $4.50 a pair They are equal to the best $5.00 shoes W. R. NcDOUGALL »'«»*; hotel, including the raising up tho house to the street level. Painters and others are busy at work and the changes are signs of pros* perity, With ' tho ad-vent of the long summer evenings the park is very much the centre of attraction. The addition of the many seats throughout gives it an air of a real city park and' the benefactors are to be applauded. How about a fountain? Tho C.P.R. announce cheap rates to tho Calgary exhibition, on sale June 26th to July 7th, good to return lo July 13th, at a fare of 85.70 for return. In addition thov offer tickets at a single fare rate on Juno 20th to Jxme 20th, good to return up to July 13th. . A grand party under the auspices of the Socialist party of Can* ada will bo hold at Coal Crook on Saturday, June 27th, An excellent program is being prepared aiid ns tho 'Creek" Iwih a reputation for (jood entertainments it is no<.',.'.k-.'-.f. to say this will be no exemption. Tho regular monthly tea given by tho Ladies Aid of tho Baptist ohureh lust wook at tho homo of • TtlrrJ. W. W. Tuttlo was well nt- j tended and a good bum ftddod to I tho trpas.iry of this useful organ- ' isntion of church work. Tho affair was in charge of Mm. Tuttle nnd Mrs. P. Wcylat. The hwrvjco in the Baptist fhurch will be held on flvuidny rvrniriR nt j the usual time 7.30 and not at i7 o'clock. Mr. Williamson will ; preach on. tho c.iie.stion, "Whom I shall wo follow," nnd after the ! Herviro tho ordinance of r.hristlan I baptism will b« aclminlsterpd. 1 * -h-iii 1 « T , .UttHillO. A- *** m»***l* •-">* •*■ V.rntlT *nr.***'f Mr,,<"f*,d e rtx^eeene'er sfirvlre in the city. We neli»ve that this will be a good enterprise und convenlencp, a* they ar* pr** paved to deliver messages, pa"*)1", etc., anywhere in the city, Give i. , ,ii •».,..--.... ~t.r.„t*'r, ^rt*r. '"-'•"" — •»*,»► 44...... J, 4 - - » « thing in that line. Phone 32b. A dance will be held in the Alexandra hotel', MorrUM*/, on the 24th day of June, In order to e*»l* •brat* the silver wedding of Mr. and Mrs. J. Hewitt, when all frfMirl*. «r# rorrHnllv Invited. The Hallladay ooys will meet passenger and local for the purpos* of 1 conveying vinitor* to the hotel > 1 With the swollen state nf the : rivers and manv bridges out of j order over tho Crow's Went line of the C P.ft. our main aetviee with '■/>oth *x*t -r.d v««ft fe»« been badly ! out of joint, while the ineonyen- j ienee in olt^n v*ry nerre raekine;, of life hat b-wn reported frora ae* we should be thankful that no loss cid'ents to the "trains, .though serious ones have been narrowly averted. . - The reign of prosperity that pervades Pemie at present is much' in ovidomco. Go in any direction you will, and you hear the saw and carpenter's hammer busy at work making new homes for those already hero and preparing for those that are coming, Very noticeable is this in the annex, which is fast Ibecoming the favorite residential section. Just take a walk over on Sunday. The lacrosse boys are rounding into good shape and should be ablo to repeat tho trick of boating Hosmer whon thoy play here next week. Hosmor team is not sleeping by any moons nnd say thoy will bo down to win. A good grim..' 1b looked for and we trust all lovorp of good sport will bo out to witness tho Arst game on local grounds this Hoason. Wo havo ordorod1 a Berial story callnd <t Residence Phono 28 Depot Restaurant .I.J'*., UOUKIK 1'roi.rleliir Open Night and Day Whim 1» Mhi'Ico'I »t«|i«t tliu ].|.|IOt HvatHlirilllt Maeleod Alta. ! A. Rizzuto- J. Crawford The Fernie Livery, Dray & Transfer Go. ICE FOR SALE Now, is the time to make arrangements for your summer ice. See us Contracts Taken Including Stump Pulling, Land Clearing,and Ploughing. • Let us figure on your, next job Rubber Tired Buggies, New Turnouts RIZZUTO 110NHH 7 tic 64 „ &. CRAWFORD OIWICK AT STA1I1.I5 i I 1 'S^^^^Vi-^^^UaU.^^^^^U'^t^U.^^^^^d •$>'M>*M,'-$<^<$>'$<£<$>^^ <•> Ay Ay K, A. KI'MMIIK t„ O, KI'MMHU I Kummer Bros, f Builders and Contractors <*~>AyAyAyAyAy§ A?Ay<^AyAyAyAyAyAyAyA>AyAyAy # I'iulnmtcH Kurniahetl and Sutlflfnctjon QuiirnntPcrt Plaster kept in slock ilos 3%j '*/ P. 0

f- Lctlgcr for News conprntulft'-Mnn w»r« ma which the crowd dioporsod homes, Hr, ITtniy Lamb, Iftte from Montreal, where hu wan engaged in the harness uunineBs, nnd form* ,»1,4 I*..-,., T».. .*».. J l.fi ,.. T..-.- ••* o"» » * •• - -•- *■»■- day for Bayne* where he has pur- chaMd ten acre* of fi«it land from Mr. Hart'n company. One of Us brothers in nlready there working for the Lumber Co. HU mother and younger brother will join bint ai noon a a he hat a dwelling eree. ted. Ho report* hlmitell no well pleated with tha land nnd climate at Eayiwii. The Ant league football match of the tteaton on local grounda will be played this ev*ning (Sat* urday at 7.15 between Coal Creek and Fernie. and promise* to be a rattling good game. In order for Coal Ciwk. U U lu the race for th* championship they will make tin"""after I every effort to win tho match, and id to their i'ern.e, wlio -*% no.. tii« lex-Um 10 10 xneir ^ ^^ league, win do their utmost to retain tboir present po»ltion, The price of admission is only 25 cents and a good crowd 1* bound to witness the struggle. Thu second game of football in tbe local series between the business mei-a's team and the Fernie league team was played Wednesday evening and both *Ide* show* ed considerable improvement since last week. The business , men's team were somewhat handicapped owing to some of their players not -mowing up In. time neceoflitat- ing picking up enough to play the match. As lt wa* they gave the r«rnl* regulars a scare by scoring the flrst goal in lees than three minutes. Fernie braced up and played a good game for the re- nin.fn'f'ir of ihe t.tnxe end tvon ont handily by a score of 4 to 1. .:a,;..:,,:.,;.,;,,;,.;,.;,.;,,«,,j,,.,..„j,.;„;,,.,,a¥,j % Causes of Scariei Fever ?. tf Tlicru li. no wonder alien you send jour .itunuf) *vM»f«. \a U'ic ucii** xA tin- wfis.m.* tary Chinks 10 be laundried cauning the •preaJIng of thu dreadful disease. (f Why not pntronlzu the Steam Laundry where nil Roods nre anti-septic and disinfected receiving, thorn back nice, fresh and sweet. Cf Gel the Chink smell off you by calling up IJ5. Our plant U idw/iy* open for In••ppr*Inn * J THE FERNIE STEAM LAUNDRY W*-#*W*««<^$*$**->-X'$ ♦•^♦♦•^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•w****** \ I *fe*C*s' m*?~- K«. mm mmmm^_i^ _tm__m__mm__m_w_*_m_m__^^