r SIMILKAmi SMITH CURTIS, M.P.P.» PRINCETON, SI MAY 24, 1902. A Short Character Sketch- An Aggressive Fighter in the Interests of the People. ! Manit became in 1885, and remained such nnti I 1891, when ill-health caused his retire I tnent, and for five years prevented his en I gaging iu active business. ■' I' /" When Mr. Joseph Martin resign© LOCAL AND PERSONAL. Mai the :y endorsation of all those who kn best. He has especially earned c tude by his activity in pressi selected by the Liberals as candidate t< succeed Mr. Martin ; but upon the defea of Mr. Martin by Mr. Daly Mr. Curtis re tired from the local contest so as to ens ble Mr. Martin to run, and he was agai: TWO CL^IlS S(p. j The Copper Cliff and Copper Bluff on Copper Mountain—D. R. Young Purchaser. I Van Mills, J. H. Jackson, and Geo. W. ethe ty for ich sec been appointed Minister of Mints in Mr. ievements during his brief tenure of office was the settlement of the Rossland strike by conciliatory measures. 2pe rand. $2.75 nd M. Cruickshank* He Mil Lillv E. IJ . Mills, of ' "The deploi Mr. Curtis lal I "Of doubt; and closing of y, the; erity/- w< of his courage and his sincerit there is little question. Other members are often unable to follow him in his advanced themes of political economy and of government, but they cannot but admire his forcefulness and his untiring zeal in propagating his views. . " Mr. Curtis speaks for Liberalism and forLabor, and nowhere inEiTtish Col- umbia do those great factors in its affairs find an abler exponent and advocate. "He is a native of Qflt^rio, having been born in Leeijg County. At the age of fifteen he began teaching school, eventually obtaining a first-class grade A certificate and the degree of B. A. In 1882 Mr. A. R. Barrow, our local surveyor, kindly gave the Star the following obituary notice which appeared in the London Times of April 25th : " Colonel JohijJlaiahalLXlximt, Royal Engineers, third son of General Duncan Grant, Royal Artillery, died recently at Bourneniojith in his 80th year. He joined the army in 1842, a.n over of the administrati imbia from the Hudsor n the of British Col- y C01 s selec sent out, a company of Royal Sappers and Miners. He carried out the trnnk road from the coast to the Cariboo gold- fields, and was employed for five years in the colony. He was gazetted lieutenant- colonel in 1865 and colonel in 1870, and1 afterwards served on the General Staff of the Army at Headquarters as Deputy- Assistant Quartermaster-General and as Assistant Quartermaster-General, and also as Deputy Adjutant-General of the Corps of Royal Engineers. Colonel Grant leaves tf*jfp_sons, two in the Royal Engineers and one in" the Indian Staff D. R. Young and W. Blakemore, E., left Thursday morning for Nelsc They expect to return in about a mont [ Prospectors killir [at this time of the 3 to select the males. se on the hills >uld be careful y hen killed al M. : ertho :1 Jackson, and Chas. Revel :eremeos Thursday. . We wil irs to doughnuts that Charlie rerything in sight on the 100 . ' . . * A Better Offer. / It is reported that the Olalla Company 'now offer to build the railway to Kootenay with a Dominion subsiS^, commencing work on both ends at/nce, and placing a forfeit of a million dollars in the banks. They also agree to commence construction within a month of being assured ofthe subsidy. The president of the Olalla Company is said to be on his CHURCH NOTICE. Service will be held in Mr. McLean's dining room, Ashnola^at 1:30 p. m., and in Mr. Mason's housed Princeton, at 7:30 p.rn Sunday scho|^l at 6:30 p.m. Everybody heartily invited. *' On the Copper Bluff, a 20 foot cut has been made. The lead on * this claim is between 30 and 40 feet wide. Very rich specimens of bornite were found in running the open cut, some of which gave assays of 56 per cent, copper and £5.00 in gold. Thee opment de*, already ai r 50 feel i the HOTEL ARRIVALS. DRIARD HOTEI,, NICOLA LAKE. John McDonald, J E Bate, D L Munro J B Osen, Aspen Grove ; T Graham, Mrs. Stibbs, Princeton ; J Murchison, Kamloops ; G H Tutill, Montreal, Mrs M Silverthorne, San Francisco ; C W R Thompson, Victoria ; R Pollard Kam- HOTEL TULAMEEN, PRINCETON. C B Harris, One Mile Creek ; D S McPhail, F P Cook, Granite Creek ; Jas. Pollock, \V Blakemore, D R Young, Ash- C H Henning, P Larson, J Holmes, J Clark, Greenwood ; J Holm, Phoenix ; JMcFarlin.JPoppin, A E Hitchcock! .Copper Mountain. HOTEL JACKSON. HEPoulinier, Greenwood ;*Geo McCoskery, Otter Flat; R S Hall, Fairview; L Marks, Victoria; J H Jackson, Otter Flat; W D Young, Allison ; A L Smith Nine Mile ; F Revely, Bromley Creek • Peter Johnson, C Willarson, B Bryant, Copper Mountain. Subscribe for the Star, only $2 per annum. THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR THE SIMILKAMEEN W«|l!l^S!^ ™&2T mrES8,0NAl CARDS c- outhett,a.rvc.,sc., Provincial Assayer, Analytical Chemist. Published Wfekly at PRINCETON, B. C, of this kind. Take McKenzie and | a p UApnfjW Mann, for instance. They last year I /V» K- D/VKK^W, | acquired pr HE PRINCETON PUBLISHING CO. . A. B. HOWSE, - v, Manager. ^^^^^^^^^^^ govern ment, and were this year desirous of lidding the Dominion government to the list of trophi :s. Ttey were not altogether successful, "but the reason might have been that another railroad was there first. Yes, the railroads believe in government ownership." gal fife of notice. it* weekly inscrtioi: A STATESMANLIKE STAND. of c Government for the telling.him to sup- th :lfish . plea was advanced ailway would help Victoria, and therefore must be supported even if the terms on which it was to be built were detrimental to the best interests of the province as a whole. This is the style of argument that has tended in the past to create and keep alive the fires of sectional prejudice, and to make discord between the Island and the Mainland. All praise is due Mr. McPhillips for his ability to rise above such narrow considerations and to view the matter in its true light. He recognises that the interests of the province are above that of any particular city or section, and we believe the best people of Victoria will emphatically endorse the stand EDITORIAL NOTES. We cannot help expressing surprise that the Inland Sentinel of Kamloops, the great champion of labor and all things good, has not a word to say in praise of Smith Curtis, the truest friend of labor, and the masses, in all Canada. One in four is fair fishing. That is the phrase Victorians can use when they talk of honesty among their representatives in the local house. McPhillips stands alone for Victoria and the province. .^ArM. I., C. E^ PROVINCIAL LAND SURVEYOR. Steam Plants Indicated and Fuel Consumption Tested. PRINCETON1, B. C. Control Assays; Complete Anal Ores, Coal, &c; Concentration ana Amalgamation Tests. Results vernment, NOTICE. JAMES HISLOP MINING ANDJCIVH, ENGINEER INCIAL LAND SURVEYOR. ..Princeton,B. C War,'* ALL WORK aM L Promptly Bxecu Your We can save you mo ! Watch on your Repairing. Repairing. W. J. KERR. Kamloops. B. C. G. riURDOCH Blachsmffliing & Horseshoeing Shop on cor. Bridge and Angelxa Avenue. PRI NCETON, B. C. NOTICE. THE CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE WITH WHICH IS AMALGAMATED THE BANK OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. HEAD OFFICE—TORONTO. PAID UP CAPITAL, - - - - $8,200,000 RESERVE FUND, 2,000,000 Aggregate Resources over $65,000,000. B. E. WALKER, I HON. GEO. A. COX—President. ;erai. Manager. J. H. PLUMMER, Asst.Gen. Mai JLONDON 0FFICE-60 LOMBARD STREET, E. C. The Bank has 68 Branches extending throughout Canada and elsewhi luding the following in British Columbia and the Yukon District: New ft'ESTJ IINSTER Vancouver. ROSSL AND, Victoria, White Horse. BRANCHES IN THE UNITED STATES: :, San Francisco, Seattle, Portland, Ska* b. c*tfoVathlr|rection of a doubif atoiiSwiu1' J' Savings Bank Department. Interest at 3 per cent, per annum will be al- M-Jta^'trfU?^ Gol<1 dust Purchased, and every description of acceptST- ' "^Tll^TlT"'' C. W. HALLAMORE. - Manager Kamloops Branch*. THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR A Bad Mix Up. oke is related at the ex- simply credited to is to the effect th: pusher of >rt a party worth King DRIARD HOTEL, NICOLA LAKE, best girl he met the hostess at the door, and after the usual salutation ; from the grippe, thought he s asking about her cold and told 11 though she had one every win- this-was the woret juejsk, ever i ; it kept her awake at night a xl deal at first and confined her a depth of 400 feet' How Fortunes Are Made- JOS. R 1 ago the On- ilcl to William ibout babies. Give Them Fair Exploitation. ,m j was Si,800. Mackay then took off ■er square timber to the value of S3,- 1U* ooo,ooo, and subsequently sol 1 the "8 limits for $655,000, thus realizing ich id Si An uere drop in the bucket of tli I terrible recklessness with which th " It is never safe to condemn a resources of'the nation have bee ning prospect without fairexplor- squandered. Then when we poii rand exploitation.. And noth- to the enormous wealth of y but intelligent development men as the Millionaire Mack >rk will determine whether or not are told ofthe thrift of his yc e prospect can be made into a the survival of the fittest. uch At the foot of Nicola Lake. Best Summer Resort in the Province. Good Rooms, Good Table, Good Liquors. Headquarters for Princeton, Spence's Bridge and Kamloops Stage' L,ines. lpr Congress mine, the deepest zona, was accounted a ' wildcat' at a depth of 150 feet ; at the depth of at $3,000,000. The Fort Take tbe | A Kent The great est in Ari- aorse race, and the chnrchsfit<3& lim. Then he got a job preaching n Chicago for $15,000. a year, which leads us to believe&that the wicked sometimes prosper or else it is no I Doering & Marstrand's Brewing Co'y, LIMITED LIABILITY. VANCOUVER, B. C, BREWERS & BOTTLERS, EXPORT BEER, ALEXANDRA LAGER, ALEXANDRA PORTER, VANCOUVER ALE. -r FOR m i tvegeiacj Lumber of all kinds. Windows, Doors, Shingles. C Furniture, Wool and Wire Mattresses, Pillows, Chairs, Lounges. £ Weber Wagons, Buggies, Spring Wagons, Plows and Harrows. t Hardware, Stoves and Fittings. Barbed Wire and Fence Wire, Harne« S Saddlery, Etc., Etc. C DRY GOODS, BOOTS & SHOES, ^ OVERSHOES AND RUBBERS IN ALL SIZES ^ C GO TO $ £ JmAmSchubert's Gash Store, \ I Penticton, B. C. J ifi^iiiliHill %liil^ir MM! II. WE, post master. Niftri Public. YOU CAN SAVE MONEY BY BUYING Groceries, Hardware, Boots and Shoes, doming, feed and ©ais, AT LOWEST PRICES FORCASH. Agent for Okanagan Flour Hills Co. Nothing but the Best on hand. Estimates Furnished. MURALO WALL FINISH. This finish is more popular this year than ever, and has won its popularity by its dura= bility, pretty tints, and the easy mode of mix= ing and applying. Put up in 23 beautiful shades and white. As your dealer for a color card or send direct to Mclennan, mcFEEly & Co., Ltd., Wholesale and Retail Hardware Merchants, VANCOUVER, B. C. THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR Hon. Sra the Rossljjii i British Columbia give freejjausporta- limits of the prov- tss passengers, on all carrying passengers. ; persons :—To ev- province to whom during the preceding year a railway pass or free transportation was given, stating also the reason in each case why such pass or transportation was giv en. Failure upon request to issue or give the aforesaid transportation 5 mentioned, or o the provincial r the company to a penalty of ible under the act respecting to any of the to make the Mr. Cu itroduc ing one who wa of dissolutio railway con controls ste: plying with Columbia, c to, it shall g of theafor on such ves thereafter, to every this act is to make law what has i member at the time long been a custom, and thereby do to every judge of the away with the evil of placing legis- county courts of the lators under obligation to the trans- be surveyor of taxes portation companies, who in^return venue, and to the for the courtesy extended expect of the province, legislators to look favorably upon es that where a any bills coming before the house wns, operates or that are beneficial to them. There i or steamships, is little doubt but the giving o£ raters of British these passes has in the past had evij. s adjacent there- effects, and if the act introduced be: isportation to all adopted, those entitled to such free, asses of persons transportation will assume no obligations and will therefore feel more free and get mly $2.00 Nature of Wyoming Platinum Ores. The finding of platinum in the copper ores of the Rambler Mine, about 50 miles southwest of Laramie, Wyo., caused considerable comment in the mining world a few months ago, and there was considerable speculation as to how the metal occurred. In a recent number of the American Journal of Science, H. L. Wells and S. L. Pen- field state that by alternate treatment of covellite ore from the mine with strong boiling nitric acid and caustic soda solution, a concentrate was obtained from which a few glittering, highly modified crystals were isolated, weighing approximately 0.00004 gram. These fused on heating gave a sublimate of Crystalline arsenious oxide, and the residue when dissolved in aqua re- gia gave, on evaporation with ammonium chloride, yellow octahedral crystals of ammonium platinic chloride. The crystals, therefore, were doubtless sperrylite, PtAs2, but the authors do not assert that platinum may not occur in some other form in the ore. Professor Wilbur C. Knight has published in the Engineering and Mining Jour- that the Rambler ore is generally platiuiferous, running from 0.06 ounce to 1.4 ounces per ton (0.0002 May 24,1902. to 0.0048 per cent), and that it may prove of commercial importance. The authors express the hope that copper ores will hereafter be carefully examined for platinum, siuce the occurrences of sperrylite seem to show its association chiefly with ores of copper.—Engineering and Mining Journal. Want the Earth. Below is a rough calculation of what the present provincial govern- meut intend giving away to the promoters of the Canadian Northern railway : Land at 20,000 acres per mile, (900 miles) acres 18,000,000 Land at$3 per acre (18,- 000,000 acres) $54,000,000 Bonus of$4,800 per mile, (50 miles) 240,000 Bonus of $4,000 per mile, [550 miles] 2,200,000 Bonus of $4,500 per mile, [300 miles] 1,350,000 Total for 900 miles....$57,790,000 Princeton Coat The Vermilion Forks Mining Company ARE NOW PREPARED TO SELL COAL AT $6 per Ton at the Pit, or 50c. per Sack j^-ffflffiiW^ Now is ihe time to PAINT. We carry a full line of Paints, Stains, Varnishes, Oils, Brushes, Etc., Etc. The Right Goods at the Lowest Prices. A. E. HOWSE, PRINCETON. Lake of the Woods Flour Always in Stock. &&itMl&&&&&^ THE S I M IL K AME E N STAR ^ Coal Location Notices. NOTICE. NOTICE. Imp, "Sentinel" No. English Stud Book, Don't Blame the Cook | Mg^MM If the Bread is Bad To insure good bread buy t cut Brand made of Mani Wheat, b> the Lake Woods Milling Co ;I RemarhaDle for strength and Purity g JAS. j. LOUTIT, Agent. M Prospectors ....STOP! If you want to Outfit cheaply and quickly, do so at the KEREMEOS STORE WM. HINE & Co:, Mining Supplies of Every Similkameen Meat Market, CMr,t8MS. S Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Heats. 1 Livery, Feed Stable & Pasture. ~ £,£ Saddle Horses to All Points in the Similkameen. Hotel Tulameen The La Most Ho i like Hotel in Princeton is now ! open for the travelling public. • I Our bar is stocked with the I \ Best of Wines, Liquors and ' \ Cigars. Special efforts will be ( i made in the Cullinary Depart- • ' ment, and tables will be furn- ' ! ished with the best the market j : affords. PRINCETON, B. C. GEO. W. ALDOUS, Prop. Wholesale Merchants &Traders Victoria, Vancouver, Nelson and Kamloops, Now is the Time to Advertise in the SUNIUAMEBN 66 SBR," SI The Only Advertising Medium in this Great Similkameen District, and the only means of placing your goods before the PEOPLE, J* PSfllMl WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED A LARGE ***** CONSIGNMENT OF ***** Which we are prepared to Furnish in Good Style on Short Notice. THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR The Town of -: Princeton i British Columb' , 1 \ S !j 5 9 it>i>i>i;i>t>ui; a^ ■ucccccutccccc 1 Lots for • • •c-fc^ditiW • • • PRESENT PRICES OF LOTS From $2.00 to $10. Per Front Foot. *&<& Size of Lots 50x100 Ft. and 33x100 Ft. Terms: 1-3 Cash; Bal. 3 and 6 months, with interest at 6 per cent, per annum. «£ Government (lead- quarters ror the Similkameen District. BEAUTIFULLY SITUATED at the Forks of .the Similkameen and Tulameen Rivers. The BUSINESS CENTRE for the following Mining Camps:— Copper Mountain Kennedy Mountain, Friday, Boulder and Granite Creeks, Summit, Roche" River, JJpper Tulameen and Aspen Grovej FINE CLIMATE and PURE WATER ENORMOUS AGRICULTURAL AREA TO DRAW FROM Send for Map and Price List to «£ <£ &■ *£<£ ERNEST WATERMAN, Resident Manager VERMILION FORKS MINING AND DEVELOPMENT CO.