PRINCETON, MARCH, 16th, 1901. Want the V.V.&E. The Entire District Endorses the Y. Y. ft E— Nicola, Similkameen and Osooyos Valleys Declare in Favor of Re-granting the Suhsidy—Every Town in the District Passes Resolutions at Public Meetings. Nicola Lake—On Monday evening last the citizens of the Nicola district held a public meeting to endorse the resolutions adopted at the meeting of Saturday evening. J. Anderson who had just arrived from the coast addressed the meeting and explained the situation as far as the feeling on the Pacific coast was concerned. He showed strongly the necessity of a competitive line in the province. Messrs. Clapperton, Howse, Carrington and Armstrong endorsed the granting of the subsiby to tbe V. V. & E. line. The delegates appointed were instructed to join those appointed from the Similkameen country in urging the granting of the subsidy to the V. V. & E. The meeting was harmonious, all the resolutions being adopted unanimously. Hedley City—A public meeting was held on Thursday night last to consider the railway situation, strong resolution was passed, asking the government to grant the provincial subsidy to Mann and Mc- Kenzie, Messrs. Arundel and Wollaston, who are now at Victoria were proposed as delegates by Mr. P, Scotf, the meeting unanimously Consenting. A committee was form ed and a copy ofthe resolution was forwarded to the delegates, with the request that they would represent the interests of the district. Keremeos—A public meeting is called today at two o'clock to consider the railroad question. The citizens are strongly in favor of the provincial subsidy being granted to Mann and Mackenzie. All the prominent settlers in the valley have endorsed the opinion. Delegates to 1 interview the government will be appointed at the meeting to join the delegations from the Similkameen and Nicola districts. Fairview—The citizens of Fair- view have called a mass meeting to discuss the railway situation. The | principal merchants and mine owners in the district heartily endorse the granting ofthe provincial' subsidy to the V.V. & E. Ry. Messrs. Shatford, Hall, Parkinson, Russell, Love, Jones, Irwin and others have expressed themselves strongly in favor of competitive roads. Delegates will be appointed at tonights meeting to urge the government to grant the provincial subsidy to the above mentioned company. PURELY PERSONAL. BACK FROM ONTARIO. J. Hislop Returns from an Extended Visit in the East. Mr. James Hislop, P. L. S., returned last Saturday evening from an extended visit to Strasburg, his old home in Ontario, more than ever convinced that British Columbia is the "Coming Land." Just before he started to Princeton he received the sad news, that his brother had been accidently killed in Chicago, 111. The brother, whose home was in Skag- way, Alaska, had also been on a visit to his old home—having been married but a few weeks—going from" there to Eagleston, 111., a suburb of Chicago, to visit his wife's brother, and it was at this place that he met his sad death. It seem: that he was boarding a near-by train going into the city, when in some man ner he was thrown against a bridge tim' ber, meeting almost instant death. He accompanied by bis wife, was preparing to return to Alaska, where Mr. Hislop had accepted a position as Chief engineer of a large syndicate operating there. Mr. Hislop has the sympathy of th< entire community in the untimely tak ing away of a fond brother, when he was just starting to reap the fruits of a life of honest and successful endeavor. The brother has held numerous responsible positions in the engineering line and was mayor of Skagway for two KEREMEOS NEWS. A strong athletic associatioiytoas formed here this week. The obje« of the association is to take charge of the local field day celebrations, holiday amusements, etc., etc. It is expected that a base ball club will be formed as a branch of the "new idea." An amusing sitting of the Justice of the Peace court was held here Thursday. It was a mineral location squabble, Italian vs. Irish. The justices on. the bench, Messrs. Coulthard and /Parkinson promptly found both partie/at fault and dismissed the case. Wh^will eventually get the disputed claim ^s^till a matter of conjecture. v boat F. Bolter was a passenger stage. Jack Cunningham was a passenger on today's stage to Otter Flat. H. Duncan went—and then again h e did'nt—to Penticton this week. Hugh Hunter and R. Stevenson made a trip to Copper mountain one day this Judge Tom Murphy came down from Granite Creek on Wednesday to talk •J. H. Jackson haeilad bis taken to Otter Flatywhere he i means of crossftig-fo his ranch t Debarro's hotel. Clarence Woodward, of Lower Nicola, drove a special rig in from Spence's Bridge on Wednesday with J. Anderson passenger. James Anderson made a trip to Keremeos, Thursday to urge the sending of delegates to Victoria, in thi the Coast-Kootenay railway. Geo. Aldous, left the first of the week for Spence's Bridge for a load of freight, preparatory to opening up the Tulameen hotel on the first of.April. C. O. French now has connection with his ranch across the Simjtttameen river, two mile up from town^>y way of a "flying" ferry, having stretched a cable across the river the fore-part of the week. Tbe stage running between Keremeos and Hedley City on 20 Mile creek ing a rushing business. This week two mid-night trips-were made by the company between Hedley and Keremeos. The stage is called the V. V. & E. Flyer. Our old friend Capt W. Holmes at Granite Creek, is walking round on his tiptoes this week. It happened last Saturday afternoon. A girl. Mother and baby both doing well and "Cap." is expected to reach his normal condition shortly. A public subscription was taken up to assist in defraying the expenses of the delegates W. J. JWaterman headed the list with $25 and other citizens made a generous response. The delegates leave tomorrow morning for Victoria and will join the other delegates appointed from Nicola, Similkameen and Osooyos districts. Fred Gunter, returned to Princeton on Wednesday, from Boundary points where he has been spending the wintex. Fred says he has been the "rounds" and and knows of no country which shows better chances than this same Similkameen, and that as soon as the Keremeos road is finished we could look for a big influx of people. Mr. Gunter has some promising claims on One-Mile which he expects to develop this summer. Princeton Decides Enthusiastic Meeting Decides Unanimously in Favor of the Y. Y. ft E. Ry.—Strong Resolutions Passed.— Public Subscription Collected to Help Defray Expenses of Delegates At the public meeting held today in tbe Harris Hall, the citizens of' Princeton and district decided unanimously in favour of the government granting a subsidy to the V. V. & E. Ry, and appointed delegates to carry the resolution to Victoria, and present it to the member for West Yale. Mr. Denis Murphy, and to the executive council. ' Judge T. Murphy was appointed chairman with Mr. H. Webb as acting secretary of the meeting. Messrs. Murphy, Anderson, Waterman, Hall, Thomas and others addressed the audience. Mr. Hall proposed that a letter should be written to Denis Murphy Esq., M. L. A., for this district asking him to support Mackenzie & Mann, as the entire community were in favor of their line, seconded by Wm. Wilson and carried unan-"" imously. The following resolution was then passed without a dissenting voice: Moved by W. J. Waterman and Jas. Anderson and seconded by J. H: Jackson and B. Hall: Whereas the Similkameen district of West Yale has fully demonstrated that immense coal, copper and other mineral resources exist in this section, besides a wealth of wonderful rich grazing, timber and agricultural land, and that without railroad facilities the country cannot be developed, and these resources made a marketable commodity, therefore be it resolved, That the citizens of Princeton and district strongly urge that the Provincial government re-grant the subsidy of $4000 a mile to the V. V. & E. Ry. Co., with the following testrictions, viz: That the Government take control of the freight and passenger rates, and ask the V.V.&E. Co. to furnish bonds for the immediate construction and completion of the road. The delegates appointed were Messrs. T. Murphy, C. Thomas, J. Anderson, Geo. Aldous, C. B. Harris and Wm. Knight. THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR. March i6th, 1901 Bad Mining Laws British Colombia Jockeying Drives Investors Away-So Says E.L. Brown of the Sunset. R. L. Brown, who has recently returned from a trip tl rough tbe east, stated in an interview with a Grand Forks Gazette reporter the other day tbat it was practically impossibly to interest capital in any mining project in British Columbia at present. "I talked with over twenty millionaires while in the east" said Mr. Brown, "and every one of them, th able ig in mining y the uncer- Mineral Act, ness of some of c •'I was not aware of the two., per cent tax-upon the gross output of British Columbia mines until I went east, and when the proposition was first flashed On me I gave it the laugh. The man to whom I was talking, simply, reached up to a pigeon hole of his desk and taking of B. C. mil laws, pointed out the clause in black and white. I was dumb-founded. "I noticed all through the east that the moneyed fiien were as well or better posted upon our mining laws than I was, and after this one experience when any thing unusual in the mining laws was quoted to me I simply kept still and con- ceeded the point. "These people were almost without exception anxious to invest in our great mining properties,, but under the existing mining laws and considering the unreasonable manner in which they are tinkered at every session ofthe provincial leg- is lature they did not .care to run concurrent upon such an investment at least as long as there were equally good fields where the law would protect them instead of making them simply a source of revenue to the country." FEARS C. P. R. METHODS. A Chilliwack Writer Wants a Few Safe-guards. A correspondent writing in the Chilliwack Progress evidently realizes how cruel the C. P. R. can be to those whom they would now bring over their way of thinking, when they once have them in their grasp. As soon as they have .worked upon the sympathies of the public, notice what importance and command they assume, even down to the official who has charge of nothing better than an Irishman's car. Immediately they secure a favor from the people they started out on a game of sinch as a reward. Towns and cities which do not meet their every demand for free right- of-way are completely side-tracked and another C. P. R. town is started in opposition. Mileage for months after the road is built is charged at 10 cents per mile, just as a reminder of what is to come. Well may the above mentioned writer say that: "We trust that whether the Coast to Kootenay be built by the Government and by them leased, by the C. P. R., by the V. V. & E., or by any other person or body, the Government will reserve to itself the right to regulate both passenger and ■ freight raffic and also reserve power to itself to acquire the same at an ascertainable price. We urge upon the government also to make such stipulations or regulations, so that the builders of this road will not be enabled to pass fixed and settled points like Chilliwack, without having station facilities within at least One-half mile of such points. If the road is built by other than the C. P. R. we have little fear on this point, for with that company now in control of the C. P. N. boats an outside company would naturally (if practicable) build the line between the river and the settlers." WANTED to purchase fanning land in ■ Keremeos Valley Similkameen Valley or thereabouts. Apply to B. H. Hurst & Co., 35 Fort Street. Victoria, B. C. New York Stocks. Quotations from New "York Every few Minutes... Telephone 239. p o. Box 98 E. GARDINER-JONES STOCK AND SHARE BROKER Mackinnon Building VANCOUVER, B. C Prospectors ....STOPi If you want to Outfit cheaply and quickly, do so at the KEREMEOS STORE WM. HINE & Co., make money by buying your Outfit at the point' you start prospecting. Mining Supplies of Every LEADING HOTEL IN PRINCETON The James Robertson Co. Ltd. VANCOUVER, B. C. Manufacturers of Lead Pipe, Shot, Traps, White LEAD PAINTS, Etc Jobbers in Wrought, Cast or Steel Pipe and Fittings, Metals and Steam Fittings. Write for Quotations. mo3?reaCcW. THE JAMES ROBERTSON CO., LTD, into, St. John, Winnipeg and VANCOUVER. BOOIS AND Shoes Now is the time to secure your Winters Supply of Foot Apparel. Avoid sickness by having your Feet properly dressed with the BEST Boot and Shoes, Rubber Goods, Etc. In the Market. We have a large and well assorted stock which we are selling as Cheaply as yon would have to pay for an Inferior Article. PROSPECTOR'S SUPPLY STORE. . E. THOMAS, Prop. Similkameen Butcher- ing Co., Princeton, B. C. WHOLESALE and RETAIL Dealers in Heats. Orders Filled for any point in the Similkameen galley. C. SUMMERS, Manager Princeton Branch _J_ March i6th, 1901 THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR. Canadian Pacific Navigation Co. Time Table No. 55 Taking Effect, Nov. 15th. VER ROUTE m TO VJ P^I p siHi; S3? »a *:s sissr? :is §T=" at 12 p.m. HNSTER ROUTE. i-si •P* jfs-js^ 3ES S EW WI ss^ssSd. EMfc Colemai this Company leave from Evans, e ports, every Monday at 2 p. m. ALASKA ROUTE. Steamships of this Company leave from Evans, and Skagway. BARCLAY SOUND ROUTE. on ist, 7th, 14th and 20th of each he Company reserves the righto. C. 8. Baxter, CANADIAN PACIFIC -ABB SOO LINE. DAILY TOURIST CARS ST. PAUL TUESDAY and SATURDAY. TORONTO WEDNESDAY Montreal and Boston. Trains pass Spences Bridge as follows: West Bound East Bound 4:05 32:03 raphle J. E. BOYLE, W. MAXWELL, A. G. P. A. AGENT VANCOUVER, B.C. Spencks Bridge ClARKS STAGE LINE Leaves Kamloops for Quilchena and Nicola Lake every Monday. Leaves Nicola Lake for Kamloops every Friday at 6 a. m. Carry flail and Express. Leaves Spences Bridge for Nicola, Coutlees, Nicola Lake, Granite Creek and Princeton every Thursday at 6 a. m. Leaves Princeton for Spences Bridge and intermediate points every Sunday at 8 a. m. FRENCH & DAY Tinsmiths, Gunsmiths, and Plumbers Boat mud Shaa Repairing. Repair work of Every Description. Railway Talk. V. V. & E. Reported to Have Started Work Near Grand Forks—Great Northern Rumors. Word comes from Grand Forks, to the effect, that a party of surveyors presumably in the joint__em- ploy .of Mackenzie & Mann and the Greql_N_orthern. arrived in that city and at once commenced arrangements for getting in the field. This party has commenced work at a point on the international boundary line below Cascade and are working up the river toward Grand Forks. They will run the line from Grand Forks to Midway, where the survey will be taken up by another gang who will be in the field within a few days and it will be taken from there to Fairview, thence to Keremeos, thence up the Similkameen to Princeton, from there to Otter Flat, thence westerly to the Fraser river and down to Vancouver. As to how soon construction will commence, we have it on first-class authority that the grading of the road and the laying of the track will be started by the first day of | next May. It is also stated that that the work of building the Great Northern from a point on the Spokane Northern to the international boundary line near Cascade will be begun at the same time, or to use his exact words, "Dirt will be flying by the first of May." Jim Hill's surveyors have already surveyed a line from Marcus, point on the Spokane Falls Northern, up the Kettle river through the polville reservation to Nelson, Wash,, a point four and one half miles from Grand Forks. The survey touches a point on the frontier twelve miles east, at Cascade. B. C. If Jim Hill does not build further west than Cascade or Nelson the Mackenzie & Mann people will have to cross the divide between Boundary creek and Fourth of July creek, a feat that cannot be accomplished without the expenditure of a large sum of money. Hill, however, would have no difficulty in extending his line further west from Nelson by following the water grade of the main Kettle river entirely through American territory to Midway, bTc^—If*Hill comes as far as JNelson, a point west of Cascade, it is evident that he will also extend south to Republic and other camps on the reservation, thus cutting off another great field over which the C. P. has long been gloating as a source of revenue which could be squeezed with rich results. The people of Nelson, Wash., are jubilant over the activity being shown by the V. V. & E. and Great Northern forces and the early prospect of a railway from there to Republic, for no one doubts that the movement of the surveyors now under way is the forerunner of such a line. As a result a much firmer tone prevails and great activity is expected there this summer. JOHN LOVE & CO. DRUGGISTS AND STATIONERS. P McK3NNEY.v A full line of Drugs, Stationery, Drug- ists Sundries. Piesriptions^CarefulIy^ Compounded. Orders by mail or stage promptly Attended to. Granite Creekmm a a .Hotel MRS. JAMES, Proprietor. This Hotel has always been Famous For the Excellence ' of its table. The nearest point to the ' richest Silver Lead mines < in B. C, 'Summit City.' There is more gold in j- Granite Creek than, has m yet been taken out. h lis©!! 5 Stopping Point for A Princeton stages. h G. LALLAN WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Boots and ^SHOES^ VANCOUVER, B. C. Try Our Own Mining Boot. It is just right. THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR. March i6th, 1901 THE .# SIMILKAMEEN •j*$TAR 1 Published Ii He interest oi Princeton and tne 1 | Similkameen Country. JAMBS ANDERSON, Manager. Published Every Saturday by the PRINCETON PUBLISHING COMPANY. PRINCETON, BRITISH MARCH 16TH, 1901. Domestic; One Year, $2.00. Foreign, One Year, $3.00. Payable Invariably In Advance. Sul scribcrs will confer a favor on this office by promptly report lug any change in address or irregularity in receipt of the paper i Rates furnished on application. I.cpal notion is advertising EDITORIAL The railway fight at Victoria is now takii place. Our legislators are being asked wheth the C. P. R. or the V. V. & E. Ry. shall ha^ the preference in constructing a short line railway from the Coast to Kootenay. T] country wants competitive railroads and tl Nicola and Similkameen valleys strongly favoj the granting of the provincial subsidy to tl V. V. 6k E. Ry. Co. The voice of the peop the pr. ict whi nts fthe 1 the pro . railway will traverse, lblic meeting have been held and without one :igle dissenting voice the people have declared r the restoring of the subsidy to the last named a-lo< .ct th the who r thei id title* ivhii afte the iterests, Let the government therefore restore the subsidy, with certain restrictions, such as control of freight and passenger rates and provision for immediate construction and completion of road. We have watched and waited long for transportation facilities to open up the immense resources of our district. We have carefully studied the railway question from every possible view and we have decided that it is in the best interests of the Nicola and Similkameen country that the subsidy of $4000. a mile shall at once be restored to the V. V. & E. railway. The people living in the district have emphatically endorsed that opinion and are doing everything in their power to show their Strength and unanimity on the subject. The government should respect that opinion. • • • The leading article in the current number of the Engineering Magazine, published in New York and London, is "The Coming Industrial Empire of Puget Sound," by D. B. Bogle. While almost immeasurably enthusiastic over the prospects which lie Before the cities of the Pacific Northwest, Mr. Bogle's idea is that the industrial possibilities are those of the greatest importance, and the commerce which alone is worth looking forward to at present is that which will result from the sale of our own immediate local products. He takes pains to point out that the mere passage of commodities through a port does not of itself build up wealth or population at that point; a fact of which there is a familiar instance near at hand in this state. The trade of which a seaport is but the depot and entrepot is of relatively small value to that port under modern conditions, because modern commercial methods prevent such ports from being the sellers, purchasers aud changers of this commerce. Not until the Pacific cities attain a commanding position in other directions can they look forward to being the actual distributing centers of tbe imports from Asia, or the actual marts of sale of the exports to these countries. The commanding position can, however, be obtained, in Mr. Bogle's opinion, by developing to tbe utmost the industrial resources which lie at our door in an extent and profusion not to be found elsewhere in the world. This is the basis upon which the industrial empire of Puget sound must rest. It is in the enumeration of these resources that the writer becomes most enthusiastic: pointing out, for example, that with the exception of nickel and tin, every metal in commercial use is found in.almost inexhaustible quantities in the country bordering upon Puget sound, and our coal measures are among the greatest in the world. Even more important than this is the fact that the requisites for economical reduction of iron and steel could not be improved upon. The enormous extent of water power available all along the western slope of the Cascade mountains in the country pordei )fvas upon uget s ldustrial eloi Taking these resources and their splendid availability into consideration, his conclusion is that in manufacturing for the Asiatic market the Puget sound region stands beyond all other portions of the world, and will be in a position to defy absolutely all competition. The sum and substance of his argument is that, "if the Pacific coast, centralized in the Pacific Northwest, is by position, internal resources and the character of its people, fitted to become the industrial and commercial centre of this empire, then an industrial development, an accumulation of wealth, alphase of culture, a breadth and intensity of all the activities of human life, which will be the final consummation of the great wave of migatory impulse which has peopled the North American continent, may be expected to be built up upon these shores." His final prediction is that the day will come when the ports ofthe North Pacific coast "will not only be engaged in a great trade in the export of all classes of manufactures, but form a reservoir into which the untold wealth of Oriental nations is poured, there to be manufactured and transferred and adapted to the needs of a great and rich population. . Here, indeed, will the impulse of Western civilization be realized in the most glorious, perhaps its final consummation. Here in this imperial situation, holding in one hand the keys of all Europe and America, and with the other embracing the commercial destinies of all Asia and Oceanica, Western civilization, in its peculiar industrial features, will attain a magnitude and a character of domination superior to every phase of it which has gone before, as each of these has been superior to precedent variations."—P. I. • • • When the war between the blue and the gray in the United States commenced the North felt confident that it would be ended in three months. It took four years to make the South throw up the ramrod. The South African one was to have been settled more than a year ago. It is still smoking. This shows how easy egotistical" nations can make wrong calculations.—Ledge. BUSINESS and PROFESSIONAL CARDS W. J. WATERHAN, M. E. ., I, n. E.r Etc. Examination, Development and Management of Prospects, Claims and Mines Undertaken. P. O. Address, PRINCETON, B. C J. CHARLES McINTOSH, BARRISTER, SOLICITOR 'AND NOTARY PUBLIC PRINCETON, B. C. RICHARD H.PARKINSON Provincial Land Surveyor, and Notary Publics. JAMES HISLOP MINING AND CIVIL ENGINEER PROVINCIAL LAND SURVEYOR. •Princeton,B. C... PRINCETON ASSAY OFFICE, C. B. HARRIS, Assayer and Chemist. . Will Guarantee Accuracy and Return Report of Bridge Street., PRINCETON, B. C. LINDLEY & FOSTER, Taxidermists and Furriers. VICTORIA, B. C. ASSAY OFFICE AND ORE TESTING WORKS W. PELLEW-HARVEY, / Assaying and Complete Mining Smelting Tests Made from Small Samples up to Ton Lots. VANCOUVER, B JOHN W. PECK & CO., Wholesale Clothing Mens' Furnishings. VANCOUVER, B. C. Correspondence Solicited from the Trade. Careful and Prompt Attention to all LETTER ORDERS. Your We can save you money Watch on your Repairing. Repairing. A full Line of Watches and the Latest Styles of W. J. KERR, Kamloops, B. C. March i6th, 1901 THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR. At Twenty=Mile Mr. J. H. Yates of Spokane Gives His Views Twenty-Mile Properties- Thinks Well of Hedley City. A correspondent from Loomis, Wash, sends the following account of Twenty Mile camp to the Spokesman-Review: John H. Yates of Spokane came in a few days ago from Hedley City, a promising little burg situated on Twenty MilC*creek, at its confluence with the Similkameen river, about 70 miles north of| Loomis. Some of the best showings in the Similkameen country are located on Nickle Plate mountain, at the base of which is located Hedly City The ore is exactly like that of thi Rossland district, but it is said to be much richer. Telling ol con ditions Mr. Yates said: "One ofthe leading mines ofthe district; is the Nickle1 Mate, located at an elev'a'tiOn' t>f 6650 feet on the mountain of the same name. This property is operated by a Mr. Rogers, who, it is generally-tipaei^trJcw is in the employ of the Marcus Daly estate. Fdrty men are jployed, and an air compressor plant Is in course of installation. Work on the mine has been in pro< off and on for the past three years, and there areseveral hundred thousand tons of ore on the dump, every pound of which can be shipped soon transportation is available. I "The same people who own the Nicle Plate also control the Bull Dog, Sunnyside and several other Claims of more or less note. I "The Horsefly, owned by Wollaston & Bendell? is ope of the promising mines in the camp. Twenty tthousand douars will"be spent in development work this summer. Considerable work has already been done and a great dea' of ore blocked out. "The Princeton, at an elevation of 5200 feet, is owned by a Mr. Bowen, and is under bond to L. L. Patrick for a large figure. The showing on this property is among the best on the mountain. • "The Rolla and King claims are owned by Johnson and Hedley, and have excellent showings. They are already well developed; in fact they may be already called mines, the amount of ore in sight making it. perfectly justificable. These properties are also under bond to Mr. Patrick. "The Kingston and War Horse are two famous properties of the district and have been bonded for a very large sum. The best ore in camp is being taken out of these claims, and one crosscut is in ore 30 feet, the ore assaying from 40 to 60 per cent, copper and pot less than $50 in gold. "Two very promising claims are the Sacramento and Morning Star. They have large ledges and I, am told the ore averages $27 in gold, besides carrying good copper values. "I have carefully examined: the district. I have no interest whatever, but I am strongly of the opinion that Hedley City, on Twenty Mile creek, is the natural point for a town, and is the only possible supply center for Nickle Plate mountain. I firmly believe that this place will be one of the greatest mining camps in British Columbia. I talked to several mining men there and they pronounced the Nickle Plate the greatest prospect they know of in Canada, and many consider the Kingston equally good. "Comparatively speaking, the country has been very lime prospected and might be said to be virgin field. With the coming of the railroad, which will pass directly at the base ofthe Niclke Plate mountain and through the town of Hedley City, the growth of the country will undoubtedly be phenomenal." FOR SALE. S'5oBCT«S'N^ola Valley. Crown Grant Price 11350. Apply E. A. Harris, ' 35 Fort Street Victoria, -Or at Star Office, Princeton. The Nearest Point to the 10 Mile Creek Mines. woodward's ...HOTEL j LOWER NICOLA. The shortest route by 10 Mile to | •Princeton from Spence's Bridge Via Lower Nicola. The table, is supplied with pro- f duce from our own gardens. COMFORTABLE ROOMS. Headquarters for Smith's Stage ■ SMOKE Tucket ts TOBACCOS, CIGARS and CIGARETTES. 'T'hey are the Purest J^ certainly the Rest in the market. Geo.LTucKeit«sonCo. HAMILTON, ONT. THE V.V.&E. and C. PR. MM" /I^HBrUff* the Government for a subsidy to rlKL Hujllll ill build a railroad through Princeton while this week WE ARE ASKING the Public to call and inspect Our New and Complete Stock of Spring Goods, which we are receiving daily, consisting of Ladies Blouses, Wrappers, Shirts, Etc* Gent's Spring* and Summer Suits in all sizes, colors, and prices and made to FIT. Shirts and Ties and in fact everything in Gents Furnishing cannot be excelled. Mining Supplies a Specialty. Largest Stock in the Yale District. No trouble to show Goods. 4» Em Howse, General Merchant Princeton and Nicola Lake. —When you are figuring on a HYDRAULIC MINING OUTFIT la-^where can you do the BEST? r^BESJT includes all the conditions—price, quality of materials, and workmanship, knowledge of mining re- quirements, closest proximity to seat of mining, promptness and absolute reliability manufacturers. There are other conditions- r them all. What You Want To Know %¥£££*£&**. ARMSTRONG & MORRISON, ,ra«V . IRON AND STEEL WORKS. Uncouver, B.C. M{e'TS&o^Thr^c^%^ea^Js0t1t and Monitors. *> S. A. HARTMAN, Mines and Mining ROSSLAND B. C. Jan. 4, 1901. We have first class connections and can find the necessary capital to work and develop meritorious copper propositions in the Similkameen country. If you have a good claim with a fine showing we will find you a buyer. We cordially invite your correspondence. Respectfully, Office: 43 Columbia Ave. S. A. HARTMAN. THE DRIARD HOTEL JOB RICHARDS, Manager NICOLA LAKE. Headquarters for Mining Men and .Prospectors. An Ideal Summer Resort. Dining Room Service Unsurpassed. Only the Choicest Brands of Liquors at THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR. March i6th, 1901 GRAND PACIFIC HOTEL kamloops, b. c. The nearest hotel to the Railway Station. Headquarters for all people coming from Nicola and the Similkameen. Good Rooms. Good Table Good Liquors, P. A. BARNUART, Prop. B. C. POTTERY CO. Manufacturers of CHIMNEY PIPES, SEWER PIPES, ETC. "We Invite Correspondence." VICTORIA, B. C. Rennie &Bell FOR Men's Clothing: OR Anything in the line of flen'sWear Through the Week. - It should be indelibly impressed upon the minds of those who have the granting of the subsidy, at Victoria, to the V. V. & E. Ry, that a competitive railway would be the crowning salvation of our province, and that the destiny of our province should not be crucified by the arms of a railway octopus. This octopus has been weighed and is found wanting, so gentlemen look well to your ballots. There are a few people in this part of the country who do not know 'the meaning of the word "hustle". According to Webster it means, to shake, to shove or push. That is the very thing which parties who should be on their mettle for the towns best welfare, sadly lack. They ask, "Tell me what to do 'and I will think it over." That is the trouble, they want two much time to think. It should not take a ten year old boy boy half an hour to see the needs of this immediate community. Don't require somebody to push you but go into the pushing business yourself. If you don't like a secondary position do something to entitle you to the first. ' Fortunately there are a goodly number of people around here who are embued with the spirit of enterprise, and are not waiting for the boom to strike before putting on their hustling clothes. This is evinced by the numerous small improvements that are going on in town, and although they are not so noticeable to one living here, give the place a very good appearance to outsiders. The town—pump in front of Freach_&--©a^'s is the latest proveinent to meet the eye on Bridge street. It was placed there by the above enterprising firm, and will be a great boon to the weary and thirsty passer-by. Just ac the street Luke Gibson has been putting on some fancy touches by way of a new picket fence. A new cross-walk is still another improvement, being built by the townsite company. We are glad to note that the spirit of enterprise is becoming contageous, and we only hope it will continue so. The following riddles by Billy Knight, were too deep for ye quill driver so we pass them on: "A school-boy ate its head off, then wrote on its tail; Mama says she likes you whole, when watered t pail." Young men most admire me, when I'm prominent I own; But if you kick my center out, I become a general boom. THE SUNSET COPPER MINING COMPANY UMITfD. Owning and Operating The SUNSET Mine On Copper Mountain, Similkameen Mining District. Everyone who has seen the property RENDERS A UNANIMOUS VERDICT The Biggest and Best Mine in British Columbia. NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY STOCK IN This Wonderful Mine. "It is an investment ! No Speculation ! Ore enough in sight to return 100 per cent, on amount invested. BUY TO-DAY before advance in price. Sunset Shares Will Make You Rich. FOR FURTHER MFORMATION APPLY TO R. A. BROWN, PRINCETON or Grand Forks, B. C. J March i6th, 1901 THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR. G.nURDOCH Blacksmithing and Horseshoeing Shop on Harold Avenue. PRINCETON, B. C. LATEST MINING MAP OF THE LOWER SIM- ILKAMEEN WITH ASPECIALLY PREPARED REPORT OF ITS DIFFERENT MINING CAMPS; AND A COM- PLETETRAVEIAER'S GUIDE ■ COMPETED AND DRAWN BY *S JS /SjFRANK BAILEY. FOR SALE AT THE STAR OFFICE. PRICE $2.o\o PER COPY. Palace Livery Stable. i KEREMEO Saddle Horses to al Similkameen Distri ers from the Bou :an secure horse "rinceton. m iun in Connectk the Ker S, B. C. Points in the :t. isS?rTravel- ndary District s through to >n with :meos Hotel. WANTED to purchase farming land Keremeos Valley Similkameen Valley ■ or thereabouts. Apply to B. H. HURST & Co:, 35 Fort Street. Victoria, B. 1 Coal Licence Application. THIRTY days after date I intend to aj the Chief Commissioner of Lands and ing north 80 chaii Located March 1: COAL LICENCE APPLICATIONS. THIRTY days after date we the undersigned intend toapply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for a license to prospect for coal on lands situated on the West side of One Mile creek, about two miles from the Similka- Commencing at a post marked J. R. Hunter S. F. TUNSTALL. i J. R. Hunte —•lMSiW.C io chains Commencing at a post marked M. L. Tunstall N.W.C., placed alongside of J. R. Hunter S.W.C Dated February 22nd, 1901. M. L. TUNSTALL- Commencing' at a post marked T. H. Murphy N.E.C placed along side of S. J. Tuiistall's 8.E.C. and {running south 80 chains, thence west 80 chains; thence north 80 chains, thence east 80 Dated February 22nd, loot. T. H. MURPHY. end to apply within 30 days to the Chie ~a ""wte for a Licen s< lowing describee Of Similkameei iver and joining Wampoles on North side, beiuj ne ofthe Spenccr-Wampole group, Commencing at notice post running north & hains, east 80 chains, south 80 chains and wes a chains back to starting point. In all 640 acres Located Febuary 5th 1901. H. J. CAMBIE, S. Spencer, Aot. scribed lands situated on South bank of Similkameen river opposite Scotstou .joining Wampole's on south side and being one of Spencer- Wampole group- .... j §S ,. Commencing at notice post north side crossing east, So chains north and 80 chains west, back to starting point. In all 640 acres. Locatea February sth, 1901. E. M. TATtOW. S. Spencer, Agt. Within 30 days I intend to apply to Chief Com- prospect for coal on following described lands: Situated on north side Similkameen river, and joining S. Spencers on north side being one of the Spencer-Wampole group. —■" running north 1 chain iochal arting point M. SPENCER. follows: Brick coal claim. About % mile south'of th' chains; thence west 80 chains; thence nortr chains to place of commencement. Contain 640 acres M. A. BRICK, Locatoi Dated RI 12th 11 _t a stake on the east side of cedar creek about % mile from the Tulameen river and marked SE corner Harris coal claim, thence running west along the Richter claim 80 chains: thence north 80 chains; thence east 80 chains; thence south 80 chains to point of com- C. B. HARRIS, Locator. Dated March 12th, 1901. Commencing at a stake on the east bank of Cedar creek about K mile from the Tulameen river and marked N E corner Richter coal claim, thence running south along the Brick coal claim 80 chains: thence west 80 chains; thence north 80 taining 640 acres. C. RICHTER, Locator. Tulameen river, about mouth ofthe mouth of C Dated March 14th ic >ated March 14th ic claim, thence thence east 80 chains; thence south 80 chains .. point of commencement. Containing 640 acres. JNO. aMBERTY, Local Dated March 13th 1901. apply 1 of Landsand Works ._. rospect for coal on the following land: Con: lencing at the Initial Post, north of Scotsto: n the north bank of the "-'— unning north 80 chain :h day of December, 1900. THIRTY days afterdate I Chief Commissioner of described land: D Located March 14,1901. Thirty days after date I intend to apply t icense.to prospect for coal in and on the mencement. Containing in all 640 acres moi less. PERLY RUSSEL Dated at Princeton, February 4th 1901. THIRTY days after date I intend to apply tc Chief Commissioner of Lands and Work lowing described li TAMES A y 3rd, 1901. d the iefCon D thai prospect fo ing described lands: Commencing at a post placed on bank ofthe Similkameen river i& mil Princeton, running thence south 80 chair ' of commencemei d to apply and Works the follow- CO., Thirty days after date I intend toapply tothe Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works, for a license to prospect for coal in and on the land here described: On the north bank of the Similkameen river, on the north . side Spencer's chains east; 80 chains south; 80 chains west to starting point. In all 640 acres. F. W. WAMPOLE. Dated this 16th day of January 1901. LAND LEASE. ipply to the Chief Comi of Lands and Works at Victoria, B. C. for permission to lease the following described land as ted on Darcy moun- in about three miles s ebruary 9th, 1901, mce 40 chains north, thence. >int of commencement and co: 1 mere or less. JAMES DARCY. CERTIFICATES OP IMPROVEMENTS. ROANY MINERAL CLAIM, situal Similkameen Mining Division of Yale : Where Locatei.:—On the Tulame ibout nine miles from its junction witl Take Notice tl igent for J. O. Coulthi I, F. 1 r, toapply And further take noti e of Imr. dayofji ixty days from the date then fining Recorder for a Certil ts, for the purpose of obtaii groves, red e-igle mineral claim. Situate in the Similkameen Mining Division op Yale E Copper Mount 'OTIC days from the date hereof, to apply to the Gold for the purpose of obtaining a Croi And further take notice, that ad must be sent to the Gold Commissio tificate of in Ds ted this NOTICE OF FORFEITURE. To William H. Morrison, Rossland, British Columbia. You are hereby notified that I have expended "-"--ie Hundred and thirteen dollars ir cent, ($313.74) i« labor and im- followirg mineral claims situated in the Similkameen mining division of Yale district: The Ada B, Combination, Ruby Day, Yellow Jacket, You and I, and Center Star Fraction on Copper mountain; Copper Butte and Golden Eagle on Kennedy mountain; _ and the Coppe: The above three hundred and thirteen dollars ■enty-four cents is your proportion ofthe xpense : Mini and if within ninety days from the date of tl notice you fail or refuse to contribute the abc will become the property of the subscriber, v der Section Four of an act entitled, "An Act amend the Mineral Act 1900. ROBERT O. CRAMER, Dated at Princeton this 19th day of January, 19 NOTICE. NOTICE is hereby given that after the ist day of December, 1900, a bounty of two dollars ($2,00) will be paid for every coyote killed in a settled district of the Province, subject to the conditions of a notice dated the 22nd of August, 1894. By Command. J. D. PRENTICE, TAX NOTICE. ASSESSMENT ACT AND PROVINCIAL REVENUE TAX. Similkameen Division op Yale District. Notice is hereby given that in accord- Tax and all ts Alltheabov named taxes collectible witl _ Division of Yale District are payable at my office, Princeton, Assessed taxes are collectible at the following rates, viz:— If paid on or before June 30th, 1901. Three-fifths of one per cent, on real property. Two and one-half per cent, on assessed value One-haif of one per cent, on personal property. On so much ofthe income, of any person as exceeds one thousand dollars, the following rates, viz: Upon such excess of Income, when the same land dollars, c it July, 1901. exceeds one thousand dollars, the following rates, viz.: Upon such excess, when the same is not more than ten thousand dollars, one and one- thousand dollars, one and one-half of one per cent.; when such excess is over twenty thousand dollars, one and three-quarters of one per cent. Provincial Revenue Tax, $3.00 per capita. < HUGH HUNTER, Princeton, January 12th, 1901. 1-5 UNDER authority of Order in Council, passed December 30th, 1899, the Honourable tbe Minister of Mines has been pleased to sanction, and I do hereby give notice that I have appointed George Murray, of Nicola, a Deputy Mining Recorder of and for the District known as the neighborhood of Nicola in the Kamloops and Similkameen Mining Division, with Sub-Recording Office at Nicola. G. C. TUNSTALL, Gold Commissioner for District. KAMLOOPS, ASHCROFT, YALE AND SIMILKAMEEN MINING DIVISIONS OF YALE DISTRICT. T^TOTICE is hereby given that all placer •^ claims legally held in Kamloops, Ashcroft, Yale and Similkameen Mining Divisions of Yale District, will be laid over from the ist day of November ensuing, to the ist day of May, 1901.' G. C. TUNSTALL, Gold Commissioner. Kamloop. Oct. 28th, 1900. THE SIMILKAMEEjP STAR. March ;6th, 1901 The Townsite of PRfiMCI -TON British Columbian & H L • 4 ^ots for P« Fr Pe St Ft a Lc T( Ba wi cer ESENT PRICES OF LOTS om$2,00to$J0, t Front Footed* 5c of Lots 50x100 .and 33x^00 Ft ie acre Residential >tS.«J^ *& *£ *& *& *& ams: 1-3 Cash; L 3 and 6 months, th interest at 6 per it* per annum* <&> F W Government Head- quarters f op the Similkameen Msirlei. 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, Upper Tulameen and Aspen Grove. FINE CLIMATE and PURE WATER ENORMOUS AGRICULTURAL AREA TO DRAW FROM. wwwifww w wmmww Send for Map and Price List to <£-«£ o£ *& *£ W. J. WATERMAN, Resident Manager VERMILION FORKS MINING AND DEVELOPMENT CO.