r £ E£ m mm*. & ai 800,000,000 tons of superior coal in Princeton basin. True greatness consists in being great in little things. Enormous hydro-electric power In the swift running: rivers and streams in and about Princeton—Coal, ore and placer mining: industries, when developed, will require many thousands of working-men—Climate is perfect; doctors' subsidized by provincial government; no graveyard. Vol. Jlii. No. 12. PRINCETON, B.C., SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 1906. $2 a Year, in Advance WHEELS OF PROGRESS Time Revolutionizes all things and Princeton Takes on Renewed Life. Kail way and Station Located in Town and Vermilion Forks Co. will Hake Improvements. in town Tuesday. They ordered a spur line to be sm veyed from near Otter Flat to the Bear creek mines, which is now being done by Mr. Amburn's party. The C.P.R. will open the Nicola branch for traffic on the ist July. A semi-weekly mail to Princeton from Coutlee is being appiied for. Another milestone has been reached in the march of progress which has overtaken Princeton. The final location of the V., V. & E. through the town and extensive improvements planned by the Vermilion Forks Co. are the most important featuies in the struggling life and l^ajstory of the town that have yet been j noted. All development of the town and tributary country hinged upon the railway. And, but for the delay m its construction caused by jockeying politicians and jealous monopolistic influence Princeton is only today where she should have stood five years ago in relation to the j railway. However, the days of repining and oft deferred hope are ended and the rising daystar of prosperity looms brightly on the horizon. Action must now take the place of lethaigy and the hum of business must again echo through the streets of the once deserted village. The line of railway crosses the Similkameen river near the bridge and continues about 200 feet from the bank to near Vermilion avenue and then follows the river more closely to the point where the tunnel through J. Gulliford's farm will connect with the Tulameen river. Four hundred feet wide of right-of-way for side tracks and station were given by the Vermilion Forts Co. The station will likely be located in rear of the school house. The railway bridge will be about the same height as the one now in use. The Vermilion Forks Co. accepted the lowest tender of Snowden & McMullen for a shaft to be sunk back about 500 feet from the present tunnel mouth of their coal mine, near which a railway spur line has been surveyed. The company expects to be in shape to supply the de- 4. mands of the railway when it reaches Princeton. Street improvements are to be carried on vigorously throughout the town, a beginning having been already made on Vermilion avenue. Waterworks will also be begun as soon as definite instructions can be received from the head office of the V.F.M. Co. The contract for building the V.,V. & E. from Keremeos to Princeton has been let to Stewart & Welch who are arranging with sub-contractors to build the lighter portions. A Hogeland, chief engineer of the Great Northern, and J. H. Kennedy were TREASURES OF EARTH Capital and Powder All that is Required to Prove Riches of Similkameen. AN ASSAY OFFICE. The necessity for an assay office in Princeton has been keenly felt since the time when C. B. Harris succumbed to the allurements of the farm and there retired on a life competency after having served the camp well and truly for a couple of years. Now, after a lapse of some years, a thoroughly equipped office will be opened by Llewllyn C. Wynne, of the firm of Claudet & Wynne, Ross land. This firm, formed a year ago, have won the confidence of the mining public in the Kootenays and Boundary and practically, have control of the custom trade in those, districts. In reaching out to Princeton for business they do so be cause of the inviting field which the railroad will soon develop and the real need of an assay office in that development. Mr. Wynne holds a provincial certificate of qualification, besides having been assayer for the Le Roi Mining Co. and two years with the Canadian Ore Concentration Co., (Elmore oil process). He is also a practical miner, having attended mining school in Cornwall, Eng., and in Montana worked underground ; has also had experience cyaniding in South Africa. He will make gold, silver, copper and lead assays at $1 each, giving liberal discounts for a number of them. The .office will be open in about a month, meanwhile any samples sent to Rossland will receive prompt attention. He left on Thursday for Rossland to ship the plant and will return with his family. Charlie Willarson and Peter Johnson have completed assessment work on the Brooklyn, Lela and Key West on Kennedy mountain, all of which are showing up fine ore. The Brooklyn has a large and well defined lead and will undoubtedly make a winner. C. W. Staples, part owner of the Reco mineral claim in Combination camp, has completed some development work on the property. He ran a crosscut tunnel 35 feet in length and succeeded in showing at least 10 feet of good copper ore, besides considerable ledge matter. He also opened up from 4 to 5 feet of fine ore on the same lead in a different place. The Reco has given gold values as high as J45 and is nndoubtedly a valuable property. E. Barr Hall has ordered instruments for a private telephone line to connect his and Mr. Waterman's residences with a phone on the main government line. When required other phones may be connected with the wire which will be strung shortly. Resources in Frincetton District Unequalled ; Railway will So the Best. in the way of coal measures, fire clays and fruit land within the area roughly statdd that will make this one of the commercial garden spots of the world. [Contributed.] Copper and Kennedy mountains may be considered the heart of what is known as the great Similkameen country. The Similkameen river takes it rise south of the international boundary line, flowing nearly due north a distance of 55 miles to Princeton, where its volume is increased by the Tulameen from the west. Sweeping round past Princeton it bends sonth-easterly till it again crosses the international line not far from where it flows into the Okanagon river in the state of Washington. Within this angle aud within a margin of ten or twelve .miles bordering it on the outside, having as its base the international boundary line, with its apex at Princeton and its sides flanked by the Similkameen river, lies one of the richest mineral areas in British Columbia, if not in the world. Although this marvel of mineral, timber and ideal climatic wealth, vast water power and productive soil is within 200 miles of the Pacific coast it has been less known to the seehers of farms and mines than any other part of the province south of the Canadian Pacific railway line. The chief cause of this lies in the fact that it has until recently been off the beaten route of travel between, the coast and the mining centers af the Koote nays and out of the way of traffic going via the Okanagan waters into the Boundary country, now so rapidly coming into productive importance. But the Similkameen will be no longer isolated—its merits will soon be demonstrated. As a producer of gold and copper British Colnmbia will in a few years surpass Michigan and Montana and this immediate and favored section will be the chief contributor to this vast hoard of future wealth. From Grand Forks to the nearest point of the Fraser river there is a vast copper bearing ground, much of which is scarcely prospected in a productive sense. The actual construction of two great competing lines of railway, made possible by the splendid initiative of the Great Northern ; the low rates thus induced on ore and machinery; the marvellous evolution in the process of extracting values from low grade ore, make this forecast a certainty. And, still the half has not been told. There are many additional factors beside those mentioned THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. Charles Catnsell, of the Dominion geological department, arrived from Ottawa on Wednesday to begin work with a small party along the Similkameen and Roche rivers. He will make a geological examination of the valleys of the rivers named and will also make a sketch map of the country traversed. On these a report will be based which will serve as a guide for future researches to be made by the department. The member for Yale- Cariboo will urge the government to make sufficient appropriations from time to time as will enable a complete detailed geological survey of the Similkameen district to be made as soon as possible. Necessarily the work must be slow to be accurate and it will take two or three years to complete a thoroughly reliable geological survey and topographical description of the district. When finished iifWill be of inestimable value to all engaged in mining. Mr. Camsell's preliminary report will cover the territory included in the Tulameen, Roche and Similkameen rivers and will be published next year. Weatther conditions being favorable good progress will be made this season. A much earlier start should be made next year. VIEWING THE RESOURCES. A. H. Hart, J. P. Hart and J. Raymond arrived in Princeton early this week from Portland, Ore., and will be here for a few weeks investigating the country. The first named gentleman is already interested in mineral properties on Copper mountain and the other two are mining men who have come here to examine claims for probable investors. Speaking of the prospects of the Similkameen Mr. Hart said the critical point had been passed in its existence now that the railway was so close at hand. A number of Portlandites wonld visit this district as soon as the conveniences of travel were more fully afforded. He says that Portland is progressing rapidly. Many citizens of San Francisco that was are coming to Portland to engage in business, while others are seeking permanent or temporary homes there to avoid the earthquake zone. Jack Graham and Gus Savage are evidently putting themselves into condition for the next Olympian sports. They take early Sunday morning constitutionals around the block to Allison and back, 6 miles, and rest up the remainder of the week and get fat. They will probably compete in the slow events. Not as the gentle dew from above but it pours, down in great showers almost every day. The term "dry belt" has lost. .alii its. significance this year. #; CI ^4#sysiM^^^is .^^■--^v.^- -.■ ■■*-_ isma W^W^^S^^^^^^^^^^Wt^Wf^W^1 &m/mmi THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR June 16, 1906 The Similkameen Star Published Weekly at PRINCETON, B.C •.'-B7- The Princeton Publishing Co. One Year, A. E'. Howse, Manager. SUBSCRIPTION RATE: Payable in Advance. $2.00 Subscribers will confer a favor on this office by promptly reporting any change in .address or irregularity ih receipt of their paper." Advertising rates furnished on application. Legal notices 10 and 5 cents per line. Four weekly insertions constitute one month advertising. All cheques to be made payable to A. E. HOWSE. PAY THE MEN. There is a total of several hundred unpaid laborers, contractors and surveyors who have not got a dollar for a large portion of the work done on the Midway & Vernon railway and who now sorely feel the pinch of being deprived of their money. Storekeepers and -others who had advanced goods on the strength of contractors receiv- ingtheir pay have been put to no end of inconvenience and possible , wreck of business by the delay. ■ And all this trouble is brought about by the mouthings of two members of the provincial cabinet at a banquet in Montreal a few j months ago. They then and~there : stated that the. government of British Columbia would not advance any subsidy to the Midway & Vernon. The immediate effect of this statement was to frighten away capital from further investment in the enterprise, although it was un- ^i^liersf^od from the first that a subsidy would be granted. To evade responsibility for the trouble created by the boosey ministers the government asked the Chief Justice of the province to decide whether the Midway & Vernon was entitled to the subsidy. The decision was for the subsidy being given and against the government. The government is bound morally and legally to pay the amount of the subsidy to the employees and protect them in their rights. But no effort has been made to pay the men who arejiow scattered all over the country in other .employment or idly waiting for the .money due them. Surely the first Conservative government B.C. has - ever had is doomed to be the latt in view of its dishonorable .record with male and female adventurer* .and plots to "do" the /people out of -their land, their «eoal, and their rights generally. I Recent telephone statistics show a remarkable development of this useful article. There are now 4,779,571 miles of telephone line in use in the United States and the number of instruments reach the vast total of 3,400,000 which served five billion telephone calls in the year 1905. NOTES AND COMMENTS. Although-the Similkameen is-the youngest mining district in the province it has all the robust characteristics .which usually indicate longevity. What, for instance, could give greater stability and permanency to a district than vast coal measures ? Not even wheat can compare with coal as a staple, as it is so subject to the vagaries of climate that failure is almost periodic in occurrence. What combination of natural resources could ensure continuance of prosperity and development of industry' with greater certainty than those known to exist here? With the "goods" here all that is required is to make the fact known to the investing world. Capital says.: "Show me—here are barrels of money waiting for investment." NOTICE. Sivty days after date I intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase 200 acres of mountain pasture land, situated in Yale division of Yale district and described as follows: Commencing at a post on west line of lot 709, thence 80 chains south to lot 157, thence west 60 chains to lot 239, thence north 80 chains to lot 243, thence east 60 chains back to lot 709. iSiS- T. E. COLLIER. Locator. C. O. French, Agent. Princeton, May 28,1006 NOTICE. NOTICE. Sixty days after date I intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase 640 acres of mountain pasture land situate in the Nicola division of Yale district and described as follows: Commencing at post No. 1 thence 20 chains south, "thence 80 chains west, thence 20 chains north, thence 80 chains west, thence 40 chains north, thence 80 chains east, thence 20 chains south, thence 80 chains east, thence 20 chains to point of commencement. Located about 2 miles from the wagon road on the west-fork of Otter creek. PAUL LAPLANTE. Witness: John Riddell. ,- ; April 16, 1906. NOTICE. Sixty days after date T intend to apply to the i Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works to purchase 160 acres of mountain pasture land situ- " ate in Nicola division of Yale district, described as follows : Commencing at the N.E. corner of lot 1039, thence not th 20 chains, thence west 80 chains, thence "south 20 chains, thence east 80 chains to the point of commencement. JAMES SNOWDEN. Dated May 2, 1906. G. MURDOCH BLACKSMITH —AGENT FOR . Cockshutt Plows, peering Mowers & Rakes, Arm= strong Buggies, Wagonsr Orders Promptly Attended to. prim|eton. - iH ■ B.C. Booster clubs are all the fashion now. Big and little towns and cities throughout the province are either organized or organizing for the purpose of inducing population and capital to come their way: The only classes of citizens debarred membership in these clubs are the knocker and pessimist. Enthusir asm and energy are the necessary qualifications for a Booster member. Would it be possible to induce a few boosters to organize in Princeton and thus keep pace with other progressive communities ? The budget speech delivered by Finance Minister Fielding last week gives a surplus for this year of $12,500,000, or an average annual surplus of $7,000,000 for the nine years of Liberal rule. The most gratifying portion of the speech, which was received with ringing cheers by the house, was the announcement of a profit of $900,000 in the post office department. It will be remembered that the Liberals inherited from their predecessors an annual deficit of over half a million dollars which is now turned into a healthy profit by a sound business policy and economic administration. Notice is hereby given that sixty days from date I intend to apply to the Honorable Chief Commissioner of Lands and WorksljSfpr permission to purchase 40 acres of land situate in Similkameen division of Yale. district and described as follows : Commencing at a post about 200 yards east of the S.W. corner of lot 281,thence 20 chains south, 20 chains east, 20 chains north, 20 chains west, to point of commencement. -• I ALICE TAMES. Granite Creek, May 2. NOTICE. Sixty days after date I intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works to purchase 320 acres of land, described as follows Commencing at a post marked G.W.A. and running west 80 chains to the northwest corner of block 42, thence south 40 chains, thence east 80 chains, thence north 40 chains to point of commencement. Situated in Kamloops division of Yale district. GEO. W. ALDOUS. Princeton, May 20, 1906. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. In the matter of Matt Evenson. DECEASED. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that by an order made by His "Honor, Alexander Henderson, local judge of this Honorable Court and dated the ist day of May, A.D. $906. the undersigned was appointed Administrator of all and singular the estate of the above named Matt iEvenson, late of Otter Flat, in the District of Yale, in the Province of British Columbia, who died intestate on or about the 7th day of April, A.D 1905. All persors having claims against the estate of the said deceased are required to send the same with the particulars thereof duly verified to the undersigned on or before the ist day of July, '^Tfl-igoS and all persons indebted- to the said deceased are required to pay the amount of such indebtedness to the undersigned forthwith. Dated this 4th day of May, A.D. 1906. .ALEC.'d. MaCINTYRE, Official Administrator for the County Court District of Yale Kamloops, B.C. .There is a growing demand with legislators in Britain that they should receive pay for their services. In all the British colonies paid members of parliament is the rule. Up to the sixteenth century England paid her members of parliament but since then, as a writer ironically expresses it, the job has not been worth pay. Knocking is the weapon of the man who has not the ambition to go and do likewise, who has not the brains or the ability to emulate the other fellow who is making things go.—Free Press. That fine female hand that figured in the Kaien scandal is now observed in the Pendray purchase. CERTIFICATE OF THE REGISTRATION OF AN EXTRA-PROVINCIAL COMPANY. "Companies Act, 1897." I HEREBY CERTIFY that the "Holland Gold-Copper Mining Company" has this day been registered as an Extra Provincial Company under the "Companies Act, 1897," to carry out or effect all or any of the objects of the Company to which the legislative authority of the Legislature of British Columbia extends. The head office of the Company is situate at Spokane, Spokane County, State of Washington. The amount of the capital of the Company is one million dollars, divided into one million shares of one dollar each. The head office of the Companj* in this province is situate at Princeton, and W. C. Lyall, Merchant, whose address is Princeton, is the attorney for the Company. The time of the existence of the Company is fifty years from the 27th day of November, 1905. Given under my hand and seal of office at Victoria, Province of British Columbia, this 23rd day of April, one thousand nine hundred and six. [L.s.] S. Y. WOOTTON, Registrar of Joint Stock Companies. The objects for which the company has been established and registered are, for the purpose of locating, purchasing, developing, and trading in mining claims containing valuabie mineral deposits, and doing each and every act and thing in anywise connected with, or pertaining to, mining operations. Synopsis of ^Canadian Homestead Regulations. - Any available Dominion Lands within the Railway Belt in British Columbia, may be homesteaded by any person who.- is the sole head of a family, or any mile over 18 years of age, to the extent of one- quarter section of 160 acres, more or less. Entry may be made personally at the local laud office for the district in which the land is situate, or if the homesteader desires, he may, on application to the Minister of the Interior, Ottawa, the Commissioner of Immigration, Winnipeg, or the local agent receive authority tor some one to make entry" for him. The homesteader is required to perform the conditions connected therewith under one of the following plans: 1. At Jeast six months'residence upon and culfivation of the land in each year for three years. 2 Entry must be made personally atthe local land office for the district in which the land is situate. 3'. If the settler has his permanent residence upon farming land owned by him in the vicinity of his homestead, the requirements as to residence mav be satisfied by residence upon the said land. Six months'notice in writing should be given to the Commissioner of Dominion Lands at Ottawa of intention to apply for .patent. Coal lands may be purchased at $10 per acre for soft coal and. $20 for anthracite. Not more than 320 acres can be acquired by one individual or company. Royalty at the rate of ten cents per ton of 2 000 pounds shall be collected on the gross output. W. W. CORY, Deputy of the Minister of the Interior.. N.B.—Unauthorized publication of this advertisement will njit be paid for. NOTICE. N OTICE is hereby given that sixty days after - - date I intend to apply to the Chief CommiS"- sioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase 640 acres of mountain pasture land situate in the Nicola division of Yale^district anddescrited as follows: Commencing at post No. 1 on east line of J. P Frame's preemptionr No. 617, and running north about 60 chains to N.E. corner lot No. 617, thence west 20 chains, thence north 20 chains, thence east 20 chains,, thence north 20 chains, thence east 60 chains', thence south too chains, thence west 60 chains to initial post of Nora Laplante. PAUL LAPLANTE, Agent. Witnass : J. P. Frame. April 24th, 1906. NOTICE. May Bell mineral claim. Situate in the Similkameen mining division of Yale district. Where . located : In Aspen Grove camp. Take notice that I, F. W. Groves, aciinj.Qvu'^ agent -foji.'W. A. Dodds free_miner's certificate No. B76997 intend sixty days from date hereof, to apply to the mining recorder for a certificate" of improvements, for the purpose of obtaining a crown grant of the above claim. And further take notice that action, under section 37 must be commenced before the issuance of such certificate of improvements. Dated this 22nd day of March, 1906. NOTICE. Advertise in the Star. Notice is hereby given that sixtj days after date I intend to apply to the Hon. the Chief commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase 160 acres more or less of pasture land, described as follows : Commencing at the N.W. corner of lot 1156 and running east 40 chains more or lesstojthe N.W. cornerof lot 1193.thence 40 chains south to the S.W. corner of lot 1193, thence west 40 chains more or less to lot 43G2, thence north 40 chains to point ol commencement. Situate in Kamloops division of Yale district. § R. W. ALLISON. I April 6th, 1906. X n O June 16, 1906 THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR Jg~ LOCAL AND GENERAL. In a few seconds of time recently a matter of sixty dollars changed hands over a foot race between J. C. Campbell and J. McAdam, the Chilliwack "swift." Mr.-Campbell was a neck ahead, which he could easily have made two, at the finish £||Siijg, Cramer & Crowley have gone to Aspen Grove to do their assessment work.. E. F. Voigf is expected back in a few days from . Portland, where he has been on mining business. F. W. Groves is surveying coal claims on Nine Mile. Mrs. (Dr.)'Whillans, of Hedley, is visiting friends and relatives in Princeton this week. A. Murchie, photographer, is expected 'to arrive from Penticton in a few days. Mr. Gulliford, of Aspen Grove, is visiting relatives here for a few days. Public worship conducted by Rev. D F. Smith, tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. That good old sport, fox ' hunting,- has been" revived by J. McDonald, of the Hedley Lumber Co. CLMMT & mm HSSAYEKS' MINING ENGINEERS IM NTERS GOOD RIGS ED & UVERYWwre Thos. Hunter, Proprietor. WML Offices: Penticton and Princeton. Correspondence Solicited. REAL ESTATE and MINES Bought &Sold F. W. GROVES A. R. COLL., SC. D., Civil and Mining Engineer PROVINCIAL LAND SURVEYOR. Map of Surveyed Claims on Copper and Kennedy Mts. and Surveyed Lands around Princeton: Price, $2. PRINCETON, - - B. C. Corbould & Grant Barristers, Solicitors, &c. New Westminster, B.C. G. E. CORBOUED, K.C. J. R. GRANT. Fancy H,H. CLAUDET Assoc. Inst. M M., Mem. Am. Inst. M.6. jdi-Si • ROSSLAND, B.C. L. C. WYNNE Assoc. Inst'. M.M. Late Assayer LeRoi. PRINCETON, B.J. Mines arid Mills Examined, Sampled and Reported on. Samples by Mail Receive Prompt Attention—Correspondence Solicited. PRINCETON and ROSSLAND, B.C. NOTICE. NOTICE is hereby given that, 60 days after date, I intend to apply to the Hon. Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works to purchase 160 acres, more or less, of mountain pasture land situate in the Yale division of Yale district and described as follows: Commencing at a post marked S.W. corner at the S.E. corner of lot 300, thence north 40 chains, thence east 40 chains more or less to the west bank of Similkameen river, thence south 40 chains to the N.E. corner • of lot 407, thence 40 chains west to point of commencement: N. J. LINDSAY. June 8th, 1906. J. G. McDonald. accos Lovers of the Weed You cannot miss it when you select from; Our Fine Assortment. We have them in all kinds and at very reasonable prices. The City Drug store J. R. CAMPBELL. PRINCETON - 1111 - B.C. rv NOTICE. NOTICE is hereby given that sixty days after . date I intend to apply,to the chief commissioner of lands and works for permission to purchase 320 acres, more or less, of mountaiErpasture land situate in the Yale division of Yale district .and described as follows : Commencing at a post -marked S.W.'corner-post, at the # post on the east line of lot 300, thence 80chains north, thence 40 chains;more or less to the west bank.of the Similkameen river, thence 80 chains south, thence 40'chains west to point" of commencement. M. K. FRENCH, June 7th, iqo6. ANK t OF COMMERCE Paid-up Capital, $10,000,000. Reserve Fund, $4,500,000 HEAD OFFICE, TORONTO B. E. WALKER, General Manag-er ALEX. LAIRD, Asst. Gen'l Manage! BRANCHES THROUGHOUT CANADA, AND IN ' THE UNITED STATES AND ENGLAND A general Banking business transacted. Accounts may be opened and conducted by mail with all branches of this Bank. SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT Deposits of $1 and upwards received, and interest allowed at current rates. The depositor is subject to no delay whatever in the withdrawal of the whole or any portion of the deposit PRINCETON BRANCH—A. E. JACKSON, Acting Manager. The People's Choice >i by reason of its : . purity and flavor M ' : - ■'■8 . •' : ''''It WATSON'S Celebrated Scotch ; |wmsHEY" J;- SOLD BY ALL DEALERS ASK FOR IT , Hudson's Bay Company SOLE AGENTS THE Bank of Montreal Capital all paid up, $14,400,000. Rest, $10,000,000. Balance to Profit and Lobs Account, $801,855—Total Assets, $158,232,409. HONORARY PRESIDENT, Rt. Hon. Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal, G.C.M.G. ipf!^ PRESIDENT, Sir Geo. A. Drummond, K.CvM.G. VICE PRESIDENT and GENERAL MANAGER, E. S. Clouston.- ma% HEAD OFFICE—MONTREAL. Savings Bank Department £r5^ <££» credited twice a year. Withdrawals without delay. Banking business of every description undertaken. RottHt-irr K-»r 7Vl»iIl Deposits may be made and withdrawn by mail. Out of town ac DcUliVlil^ Uy ITldll counts receive every attention. The Nicola Branch Is now Open. A. W. STRICKLAND, - - - - Manager. BANK OF jtmcA CAPITAL—$4,8W6,666 RESERVE—$2,141,333 HEAD OFFICE IN CANADA - - MONTREAL Banking by Man™ Accounts of parties living at a distance receive our special attention. Deposits can be made through the mail, and sums added thereto and withdrawn at any time. Drafts issued payable at all points in Canada and abroad. HEDLEY BRANCH L. G. MacHAFFIE, Acting Manager. A. MURCHIE U^„TS PHOTOGRAPHER w"*.Sc Photos of Families taken at their Homes—Views of Princeton and Surrounding Camps. Addf ess - PRIN CETON, B. C. Otter Flat Hotel CHARLES DEBARRO, Prop. TULAMEEN CITY, B. C. Headquarters for Summit, Rabbitt moun- ' tain, Tulameen river, Boulder, Bear and Kelly creek camps. Good Fishing and Boating E..O. Address, ASPEN GROVE. jP^S&^&S^GZ!^ gPSsfPWS WM* -.. iHWOijiMijm ai^jiwuwtHy^p 4 THE SIMILKAMEEN STA R June 16, 1906 j|| Has now in stock and is con- H stantly receiving large shipments of General Merchandise and is prepared to supply al(p kinds of goods at lowest prices Mall orders Promptly Filled j STORES AT ; > 1J' PENTICTON and HEDLEY Jl L SCIiHIEKT wood Vallance & teggat, HEADQUARTERS FOR Sherwln-Wiiiioms' Paints MURALO'S 1st quality Limited.; Cold Water Sanitary Calcimo 811 iS VANCOUVER, B. C. Oplvicsl J Household DRIARD [HOTEL . NICOLA LAKEf 1 BEST IN THE WORLD! H Milt The Electric Process The Hotel has been thoroughly renovated and refitted. Everything First Class. No pains spared to please the public. Table supplied with best the market affords. Fine Wines, Liquors and Cigars. TELEPHONE' §, BATa^^M Headquarters for Princeton, Spence's Bridge and Kamloops Stage Lines. TUCMTTS ■: Myniefi Tobacco Largest Sale in Canada 50 YEARS' EXPERIENCE Trade Marks Designs Copyrights &c. Anyone sending a sketch and description-may quickly ascertain our opinion^free whether an invention is probably patentable. Communica- Jpn1}8!?™i0n^n-fl(lent&,^HflNDBOOK onPatent* sent free. Oldest agency forseenrlng patents. • = .-Patentsi taken through Munn & Co. receive special notice, without charge, in the eiemific American. A.honasomcly illustrated weekly. I.nrgest cir- cuIaftoi» of any scientific Journal. Terms, $3 a ■unniaiiii rPonths- *L Sold by all news'dealers. MUNN &Co.3etBf°ad^. New Yoit Branch Office; 625 V St- Washington. D. 5 DRINCEflPON BOARD OF TRADE—Rooms 1 centrally located. Membershi solicited. E. Waterman, * President. Secretary H. Cowan, Treasurer. ,-. .« ';S ( ) IF YOU GET f* A CIGAR ONE HALF V AS GOOD AS THE v> H /^NT^ALjll •TtmtVvm June 16, 1906 THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR SMILES. "What is your favorite play?" asked the girl who quotes Shakespeare. 'Well," answered the youth with long Ifehjiir, "I believe I like to see a rnan-stfal - second as well as anything." "They've started a queer restaurant down town ; no tables, no chairs, no "food, no waiters." "What are they run ning it on—air. or water?" "Neither; Christian Science. You think you eat; so much a think." Willie—Papa, if I was twins would you buy the other boy a banana, too ? Papa —Certainly, my son.' Willie—Well, papa, you surely ain't going to cheat me out of another banana just 'cause I'm all in one piece. Assistant—What shall I put under the bride's picture ? She's horridy as a mud f^nce. Editor—In that case we always say "accomplished." Scott—He is almost entirely a self made man. Mott—What do you mean by almost entirely ? Scott—Well, you see that bare spot on his head ? That, they say,-is the work of his wife. A story of Keir Hardie, the Labor member of Parliament, is recalled in England. He went into the Library of the House of Commons where he was intercepted by a policeman. "Are you Tyjrking here, mate?" asked the officer. 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C, Sole Agents* — NOTICE. ~~~" Sixty days after date I intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works to purchase 320 acres of land situate .in the Yale division of Yale district and described as follows: Commencing at a post at S.E corner of lot 246 and western boundary of lot 299, running 80 chains south, 40 chains west, 80 chains north and 40 chains east, back to initial post. RICHARD NAGLE. Princeton, April 28th. NOTICE. Sixty days after date I intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase 200 acres of land in the Nicola division of Yale district and described as follows : Commencing at the N E. corner of lot 936 thence south 6cu chains, east 20 chains", north :o chains, east 20 chains, north 40 chains, west 40 chains to point of commencement. H,T. THRIFT, ' C. M. Snowden, Agent. April 2nd, 1906. NOTICE. NOTICE is hereby given that sixty days aftei date I intend to apply to the Chief Commissions of Lands and Works for permission to purchase 80 acres of land in the Yale division of Yale district, more particularly described as follows: Commencing at the S.W. corner of lot No. 68, thence south 40 chains more or less to the northwest corner of lot No. 60, thence east 20 chains, thence north 40 chains, more or less, to the south line of lot 68, thence west 20 chains to point of commencement. EDGAR B. TINGLEY. Otter Valley, 26th April, 1906. NOTICE. Red Buck and Boanite mineral claims, situate in ' the Similkameen mining division of Yale dsstrict. Where located : on Kennedy mountain. Take notice that I, T. C. Revely, free miner's certificate No. B79999, acting for myself and G. W. Allison, free miner's certificate No. B78864, intend, sixty days from the date hereof to apply to the Mining Recorder for a certificate of. improvements, for the purpose of obtaining crown grants of the above claims. And further take notice that action, under section 37, must be commenced before the issuance of such certificates of improvements. Dated this 23rd day of January, 1906. THE: L l lowse Co. :LIMITED NICOLA and PRINCETON SPRING 1906JI Everything lor Spring Trade Our Stocks were never larger or better assorted than at present. f§':'■■ j -v"\." We are showing extra good values in Men's, Boy's and Youth's Suits, Ladies' and Children's Hats. We offer everything in the grocery line at honest prices and guarantee every article to be perfectly fresh and of the very best quality. THE: L B Howse €0 :UMITED NICOLA and PRINCETON aiifrrfci ■MtiaH tmi&Hem 'mm^^M^iM MWfl-g aatgL*i"fj»"M!i" \ML THE SIMILK AMEENifSTAR June 16, 1906 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. Government Headquarters 1 For the Similkameen District FINE CLIMATE AND PUREST Of|l WATER |||; % Enormous Agricultural Area to Draw from* - I LOTS FOR SALE PRESENT PRICES OF LOTS===From $3.00 to $10 Per Front Foot. Size of Lots 50x100 Feet and 33x100 Feet. Terms=-=One=Third Cash; Balance Three and Six ITonths with Interest at Six Per Cent Per Annum. w Send for Map and Price List to ] & ERNEST WATERMAN, I S> Resident Manager VERMILIONI FORKS! 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