AND SIMILKAMEEN ADVERTISER Vol. III. No. 30. HEDLEY, B.C., THTJRSpAY, AUGUST 8, 1907. $2,00, in Advance. OF IIE^D OFFICE, TORONTO ESTABLISHED 1867 B. E. WALKER, President .-,;, . ,��������� ALEX. LAIRD, General Manager.. , A. H. IRELAND, Superintendent of Branches Paid-up Capital, $ 10,000,000 ^Rest, - - - 5,000,000 Total Assets, - 113,000,000 Branches throughout Canada, arid in: the United States and.England A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS TRANSACTED COMMERCIAL, AND FARMERS' PAPER DISCOUNTED! % SAVINGS BANE- DEPARTMENT Deposits of $1 and upwards received, arid interest allowed at current rates. The depositor is subject to no delay whatever in the witlidrawal of the whole or any portion of the deposit. NESif A District of Varied Resources, but Having 1- SPLENDID ill Ilia REC011D What Mining Property is Included in Similkameen Electoral -District���������Not a Category of Prospects,- but Producing Mines and What They Have Done. Penticton Branch, L. M. de Gex, Manager. WILLIAM E. BURRITT BABMS.TJ3B, SOLICITOK, . NOTARY PUBLIC, ETC. '."' rvfj BOARD OF TRADE. Offices: 'jUll Seymour St. VANCOUVER, B. C. CHARLES iE. SHAW .-: " - Civit.'"Enginise'R, ��������� ��������� ���������"���������- doimixiox and provincial Land Surveyor. [{(Orders may be left at Gazette office. ttEDLEYv B. G. Street Improvement, Cemetery and the ���������'<������������������ Mines Report Taken Up. R. H. ROGERS, M.A., B.C.L. BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, NOTARY PUBLIC, ETC. Vernon, B. C. HORACE F. EVANS geologist (College of Liberal Arts) Will report on geologic conditions in the vicinity of Nielccl Plate Mine, and Similkameen country generally. : : Dependable and disinterested reports furnished. HEDLEY, B.'C. Grand Union Hotels _____ HEDLEY, B. C. HERRING & WINKLER, Proprietors f**\r'*\rf\+s'\*r'i JflS.GLftRKE Watchmaker Clocks and Watches Tor Sale. A. MEG RAW NOTARY PUBLIC Conveyancer, Real Estate. Mines. Crown Giants Applied For Under Land Act and Mineral Act. Agent for: London & Lancashire Fire Ins. Co. Ocean Accident and Guai-nntcc Co. Office at HEDLEY, B. C. OLIVER & GLADDEN -:o:- Vf Civil & Mining Engineers :o:- IV milNE������ and {real estate HEDLEY, B. C. ;-T m HOTfeL PENTICTON Headquarters for Tourist Travel. Rates Moderate. A. Baknes, Prop. Penticton, B.C. In young thriving .unincorporated town's' where there is. a blending of pioneer improvisions with metropolitan .conveniences, much-.detail Avork that should fall to the lot of a municipal council is shouldered on to the local board of trade, and it was Avith such work that 'the Sons of Martha in the Hedley -Board of Trade wrestled for over two mortal hours on Monday night, while the Sons of Mary were at home Avith their babes and spouses or doing- the Tam o' Shunter and Soutar Johnny act at their favorite inn. The attendance was not large, but those present Avere good workers and approached the various subjects, with open minds-. A batch of correspondence, relevant and irrelevant, engaged the early part of the meeting. The cost of procuring a mining map of the camp was discussed at length. The matter of a cemetery also came in for consideration and various locations were discussed pro and con. The secretary was instructed to Avrite the government agent in reference thereto. The matter of procuring mineral specimens for display at the Westminster, Victoria and Spokane fairs, as well as permanent collection for the board of trade rooms, came up, and a committee consisting of Messrs. Gladden, Boeing and Oliver A\-as appointed to take the matter iu hand. For street improvement a committee consisting c>f the president, secretary and John Love was appointed to collect funds and undertake the work.' The injustice done the camp and district in the compilation of mining statistics by the provincial mineralogist, and-the use made of it by the editor of the Mining Record, came in for lengthy discussion and strong denunciation. The sorest spot avus the senseless method of grouping mining divisions, merging Osoyoos returns with those of the Boundary divisions and thereby robbing Camp Hedley of due credit for its annual production of gold. The map of mining divisions sent out witli the- report, in which Hedley and Phoenix Avere not to be found, Avas also condemned. As the representative was taking up this matter with the Mines department it was suggested the Board make a strong push to compel reform iu the compilation of statistics as well. The secretary Avas instructed to write the Minister of Mines for the production of the Osoyoos Mining Dt\Tisioii alone, in 1906. The committee to procure rooms AVt-re authorized to lease the shop formerly occupied by H. A. Wright, for six months. An altogether mistaken impression seems to exist in some parts of the province that the Similkameen.distriet is only a pastoral country. It is true that it does coyer large, and,important tracts .of "agricultural, grazing and fruit ���������growing lands, and that Keremeos, Penticton and Osoyoos are localities Avithiri the riding, that have made, ���������names-for themselves sis producers of fruit of various kinds that are unsurpassed for size, flavor and other equalities that go to make up perfect fruits; and that the ftortile uplands of Rock Creek, Rock Mountain, Sidley Mountain and tlie region about Princeton are the homes of prosperous farmers. But nevertheless, if this district is not entitled to stand in the front row among the mining districts of British Columbia, where is there one that is ? And yet the 'Similkaineen is Avrorig- fully made to appear in the"columns"of a prominent mining magazine published at the Coast as producing only six ounces of bullion in 1900, valued at $12A, and the Minister of Mines' report, compiled by the Provincial Mineralogist, is quoted by the same, magazine to back up the misrepresentation. Bear in mind that Similkameen Electoral district is 90 miles long and will Mr. W. T. Atberton has been appointed fire Avarde-n under the ''Bush Fires Act, and also game warden under the "Game Protection Act". Some were trying to convince him that it was up to him to climb the mountain where that fire Avas raging, bat realizing that the absence of Ava.ter and other obstacles Avould make the task a pretty stilt' one, he concluded that the cost of putting it out would be more than the government Avould stand for. Meanwhile he is ready to receive any information as to who is responsible for starting it. average: more than 40 miles wide. It comprises all of the southern portion of Yale lying east and west between a point on the international boundary south of the confluence of Rock creek Avith the Kettle river, and the 120th meridian. Its width on the eastern end stretches from the international boundary clear north for 60 miles to Cherry Creek and Fire Valley ; Avhile on the west end it extends from the boundary line to Otter Valley, taking in Bear creek. Until less than a year ago Avhen the V. V. & E. began to lay its rails, not a foot of public railway track was to be found in the whole vast territory bounded as aboA-e described, although it is more than forty years ago that the district was a heavy producer of bullion in the form of placer gold and platinum, the Rock Creek placers employing about 2,000 men before Williams Creek was struck, and being continued Avith varying success for many years after. It Avas at White Bar, on the north fork of Rock Creek, that about $60,000 was taken out by a feAv miners as late as the middle seventies, and as the placer period is mostly the fore-runner of the more stable and rc-immevati\*e lode mining, it remained for the Smiilkaniecn Electoral district to give to the province its first producing quartz mine in the Cariboo at Camp McKinney, which without railway transportation and under great disadvantage, turned out $1,700,000 in bullion and paid $559,000 of it in dividends, and is operating to-day. Neither is the mineral bearing portion of the riding confined to any particular locality, but it is to be found from end to end of the riding. The extreme) eastern portion is represented by the West Fork of Kettle River, Avbere the unique spectacle has been witnessed for the past three years of properties shipping ore by wagon in some cases a distance of over 50 miles and paying profits to the oAvners. On the West Fork alone are the Sally, Duncan, Rambler, Bounty and Carmi, all of Avhieh have shipped ore under those disadvantages and paid profits to the owners. Again, in the basin of Rock Creek are the Victoria and the Dayton, Avhich have both shipped, the former teaming to Penticton 56 miles and the latter to Midway about 20 miles. Extensive development is also going on at the Leroi, hoav under bond to a Phoenix syndicate which is counting on shipping ore by teaming it over to the V. V. & E. at Bricleville. Camp McKinney,'near the divide between, the Kettle River and Okanagan,' has already been referred to, and neither is the Cariboo the' only producer there.",. ...-. ' - ; . V \ The, Okanagan is represented by Camp I^airview and Kruger Mountain in both of Ayhich a great deal-of work has been clone. But present production.'from' lode mining in Siniiikameen Electoral district is best represented at Hedley on the Similkameen river' itself, .where for three years, after heavy, expense for i nstalling,plant, forty stainps 11ave been almost constantly at work turning out- bullion from vast ore bodies that are mined by quarrying and by breaking do vvn fro in stopes opened up by- tunnels. It is true, the tonnage mined here does "not compare with tlie tonnage of Boundary mines ; and it is also true that until railway transportation Avas secured and for some time thereafter, none of the Boundary mines that are iioav dividend payers had,.produced', a single ounce, Avhile here for three years, Avithout railway transportation, the Nickel Plate has been'a'big .producer. In fact the wonder is that'the owners of..the Nickel -Plate group faced the enormous outlay of installing plant before a railway came. Tlie only explanation of why they (lid so was that exceptional profits Avere in sight and are being realized, or they would not have-, done.so. Unlike the stock-property mines of the Boundary where:financial statements are .prod need and rate roL dividends declared, the Nickel Plate group is in the. hands of a close corporation and nothing is knoAvn of the percentage of profit made. True, the law requires a report to be made of the tonnage mined, and from the report of J. R. Brown, gold commissioner, it is seen that the Nickel Plate and Sunnysides, claims of the Nickel Plate, group, turned out 35,- 000 tons iu 1906, and but for the disgracefully jumbled-up state in which mining statistics are presented by the provincial mineralogist for the Minister of Mines' report, the Similkameen would get some credit for its production, instead of being misrepresented as producing only 6 ounces, valued at $12-1. Knockers may ask why there are no more mines than the Nickel Plate producing in Camp Hedley, but Avhy do they not give those other properties the same time after transportation that Boundary properties took before they became producers, and this applies also to Olalla and Keremeos Camps as Avell as Camp Hedley and the wonderful showings on Bear- Creek up the Tulameen. There the Granby have a property that W. Y. Williams places before their Boundary holdings. But enough has been stated to sIioav that Siinilkameen's claim to rate with the best mining districts in the province is Avell-foundecl. PHCEN1X SPUR FINISHED. Contractor Gallagher Now Free to Dig North of Keremeos. The visit'of Contractor T. .1. Gallagher to licrUey a short time ago, and the object of his mission hither,' has awakened a frosh interest in him and his doings, lor people in similkameen. Concerning his latest Avork at Phoenix in., putting in a spur for the Great Northern to. the Gran by's Victoria shaft, the Phoenix Pioneer has the folloAving: ' "Last Tuesday T. J. Gallagher, having completed his work of grading "on the hew Great Northern spur to the Granny's Victoria shaft, paid oft'the men, some 91) in number, and they departed for other fields. . "The new spur is about a mile and a half long, not including a side track at the end for a Avarehouse, and a second track at the end of the switchback for the new powder magazine. Some of theWork avus exceedingly heavy, and '.\vhile,a.ll of it ovi-rlooks the. city, making it bad for blasting, it is to Mr. Gallagher's credit- that not a man Avas seriously hurt on the job, and the damage, done from blasting would be coA-ered by a $50 bill. Some idea of the importance of this spur may be had when it is remembered that the cost to the railAvny company, Avhen the spur is finally ready to haul ore, Avill be not far from $100,000. '^As soon as the graders were done, the steel gang Avas on hand and has already begun the work of putting doAvn the rails, which Avill be pushed forward as rapidly-as- possible. There is one trestle, over a fork of Twin creek, near tlie. Granby stables, which will be constructed by Porter Bros. This trestle is to be 532 feet long and from 30 to 50 feet.in height. As soon as the steel reaches the site of the trestle, the timbers Avill be hauled in and put together in a short time. Ample, provision is made for sidings on the spur at the ore bins for the facilitating of handling the ore clumps. "Near the upper end of this spur the Great Northern and C. P, R. tracks are so close that if Uncle Jim Hill Avas on his private car there, and Sir Thomas Shauglmessy Avas also on his oAvn track at that point, they could shake hands and congratulate each other on the immense ore tonnage that they Avould each get from that Victoria shaft in the future." ADJOURNED SCHOOL MEETING. BUSH FIRES COMMENCING. Mountain Tops East of Sterling Creek are Ablaze, and Air Full of Smoke. This year we hiwe been congratulating ourselves on the clearness of the atmosphere and immunity from bush (ires, but last week shewed that a great change in this respect can come A'ery suddenly, for the air had become epiite smoky from a bush fire, that started up on Thursday last on the. mountains to the east of Sterling cree;k. After nightfall the. blaze is distinctly visible from the streets. While it is reported that some campers had been up there ( although nothing definite has yet been learned concerning them ) it appeared very much as if lightning had been the cause, for the fire Avas first noticed on Thursday forenoon a few minutes after a sharp thunder-clap, and avms confined to a small spot, the smoke resembling somewhat that from a vigorous camp fire. No heed Avas paid to it at the time but by the next morning the whole mountain top appeared to be covered. Even had a sufficient force been on hand the first day, to get it under control, the absence of water Avould have made it a difficult task. If the. fire was the result of carelessness on the part of campers, no effort should be spared to find out Avho were the guilty parties and deal Avith them as the law provides. OAving to insufficient attendance the annual school meeting for the LoAver Similkameen school district was not held on the date specified by the Act, but an adjourned meeting was held on Saturday evening, July 27th. The trustees elected were Wr. J. Manery, D. McOnrdy and E. H. Coult- hiird. A great hardship has been experienced by the people in that section avIio have children e^f school age, and who, OAving to there be.-ing an insufficient number of children of school age to keep up the necessary attendance, have been deprived of the advantages of a school. Last year special effort in their behalf Avas made liy the representative, Mr. Sliatford, and as a result the school Avas re-opened. If the section men on the V. V. &��������� E. are stationed at Dehnar, and any of them have families, it A\rill help out the situation. It is unfortunate that residents avIio have no children should be indifferent about the maintenance of a school. A MEAN ADVANTAGE. The miners in Cobalt don't think they got a square deal during the recent strike. While negotiations were pending for a, settlement, the. good people of Cobalt, fearing tumult and rioting, appealed to the local government to shut off the booze. The provincial secretary, W, J. Hanna, accordingly took steps by issuing orders to all and sundry including theraihvay and express companies, Avhich were prohibited from taking any liquor in. In this Avay the men got awfully dry, and Avhen they were told that things would be no wetter until the strike was settled, they settled. ���������THE HEDLEY GAZETTE, AUGUST 8, 1907. Wto iKdky ly that the Similkameen, Nicola and Vernon mining divisions produced in 1906 only 6 ounces of lode gold valued and Similkameen Advertiser. . ^ nl,,, . ., ��������� . ,, . I ut $12-1-, ignoring the fact that on i- i ' -T-.i Thursdays, by the Hkblev (I azkttk , ..-rise; and I'cr.i.isiuxo Co.au-ax v. page 166 of the same report it is shown Li.MiTKi). at Kodlcy. ll. C. , , ���������, . : j that the Nickel Plate group m Camp Subscriptions in Advancs : Hedley iii tlie very heart of the Sim- V-cr Year. ...... $2.00 ' ilUameen, mined and milled, in 1906, Six Months 1.00 |.,_ i.ill _ ��������� T .. 4. _.. i 3o,0U0 tons ol: ore. In tact the more Advertising Rates Measurement, 12 linos to the inch. Land Notices���������C'ertilieates of improvement, <-rc. ������7.00 for.CO-day notices, and $5.00 for 30-day ' notices. Transient Advertisements���������not exceeding: oiie inch. ������1.00 for one insertion, '25' cents for each subsequent insertion. Over one inch, 10 cents per line for lirst insertion anel 5 cents per line for each subsequent insertion. Transients payable in advance. Contract Advertisements���������Cue inch per month ������1._5; over 1 inch and up to .1 inches, ������1.00 per inch per month. To constant advertisers taking larger space than four inches, on application, rates will be given of reduced charges, based on size of space and length of time,' , A. MEGRAW, Managing b'ditor. Full Moon 23rd Last, tuiar. 30th. 1907 Mew Moon 'Mi ���������'irst qnar. Kith. AUGUST 1907 Sun. Mon. Tiies. Weil. Tlui. Fri. Sat. 1 2 3 ���������t 5 6 7 8 9 3.0 11 12 13 14 35 16 17 IS 19 20 21 22 23 2-1 25 20 27 28 29 30 31 SOME NOMENCLATURE. "The evil that men do lives after them, the good is ' ol'fr interred Avith their bones; so let it he Avith" the. Semlin-Ootton-Martin administration of nearly a decade ago. With the best of intentions to promote the interests"of"the" province, they Avent to Avork to"do things according to their lights, and the fanatics of the French revolution whose mania for change led them to alter the calendar and the names of the months, Avere scarcely more absurd in some of their acts, than AA'ere the legislators in this province avIio succeeded the Turner g'ov- ernineiit. Mining divisions and their boundaries Avere changed, by them right nod left on the plea of greater public convenience, which in many instances turned out to he the A'ery opposite. Hut a. species of almost van- dalistic wantonness that has wrought no end of mischief was the senseless mg with geugi-.-i]ihic-al names, that compilation of statistics in tables V and IX is viewed it takes on an uglier look and almost seems as if the effort'at mystification had been successful because of its deliberateness; for Avhy could not the production of each mining division have been given separately and, with it, an enumeration of the mines that contributed to that production. Another feature of this mines report that shows remissness on the part of the compiler is the map purporting to show the mining divisions and tOAvns which they contain. The Osoyoos mining division in which Camp Hedley is located shoAVS ranching centres like Osoyoos, Okanagan Falls and Keremeos where never an ounce of lode gold, (or any other mineral for that part although that is not saying that there Avill riot be) has ever been produced, and Hedley which produced all the lode, gold that was produced in the Osoyoos mining division in 1906 (probably half a million) is not tr r������ CALL UP PHONE No. S AND TELL YOUR WANTS TO HL- Jo EBMOKD, 23-10 W. A. BURR, per K. 1C. Burnt, Agent. NOTICE. NOTICK is hereby given that, 00 clays after elate, I intend to apply the Chief Commissioner of Lands and AVorks for permission to alter the place of diversion of Water Record No. 120, issued to W, H. Armstrong on January 20, lilOO, to where the Vancouver, victoria and Kastcrn Railway and Navigation Company's railway line crosses the Ashnola River; also to alter the direction of the ditch line in order to run through the following lands:��������� Indian Reserve No. 10, Lots 3202, 233 s.; Indian Reserve No. SI; Crown land east of Indian Reserve No. il. Lots 057. (15(1. 277; Crown land north of Lot 277, Lots _82l. Ul, 71!). 171, 101), 222, 323, 31!), 110. C. A. STOKSS. Agent for Keremeos Laud Co. Keremeos, B.C., June 8, 1!)07. 22-10 When in Keremeos STOP AT The C TWEDDLE (Sb REITH, Proprietors. Notice to the Public ! Good Accommodation and Strict Attention to the Wants of the Public. Livery Barn in Connection. ���������^_-^������--*-~-*-������W-^M---������---W-------������_MW-_M~-������--������--l������������---^ 1 ���������I��������� 1)111 II II m ������������������-_���������-���������__W_W--������^_-���������i���������-���������������������������-��������������������������� r=_=_ TO Tfl&. Traveirmo PoDliG: If you want a good stable and prime feed for your horse : : call on : : SAM'L D. HINE Livery & Feed Stable FAIRVIEW, - - B. C. 2!)-tf by F. A. Ross, Manager. Si ._ ������ ������ II you want to enjoy yourself, you must De cool! f Mortgage Sale. UNDKR and by virtue of the power of .Sale contained in a certain Mortgage bearing o tgage bearing date the llistdny of April, A.D. I'.lOo. and made by AVestloy Harvey to me, the undersigned, there will be sold by I'ublic Auction on SATURDAY, the 31st Day of AUGUST, A. D. 1907, at the hour of two o'clock in the afternoon, at the Central Hotel, in the town of Korouioos, B. C, the following described lands, namely:��������� All that certain parcel or tract of land and premises situate, lying and being in the Townsite of Olalla, in the Osoyoos Division of Yale District, and being composed of Lot Number Ten (10) in Block Number Twelve (121 in said Town- site according to registered plan numbered 8a, registered in the Land Registry Ollicoat Kamloops, and being a sub-division of a part of Lot .170 in Group I in said district. Terms���������Cash. Further terms and conditions of sale will be made known at. the time of sale, and may be had in tho meantime on application to FRANK RICIITICU, 20-3 Keremeos, U. C. 1������ ������ ������ ������ We call your attention tijls wi-i_ic to our ranok of Men's Sujimkh and Holiday Goods 51 en's 2-i������nsc:K Suits " LUSTRK CcjATH WlUTK VlCSTS .. Wuitk Fklt Hats from $0.50 to $1-1,00 from $2.25 to $:?.25 from $2.00 to $1.50 $1.50 & La in iow' Outing Hats (mottled colors) $1.00 ifc Boys' Linen m ������ m m _3_ THE HEDLEY GAZETTE, AUGUST 8, 1907. (t T REV ELY'S STAB L E Headquarters for all Stage Lines Express Office in Connection Y/our wants for LiA-ery or Team Work will be attended to by calling Phone 12. W. F. REVELY, Proprietor Sfcr ___ _____ ��������� )j I I I HOTEL HEDLEY Established 1000 Quiet and Convenient. SpeciaL Attention Gia'en ; to the t.uayeu.ing public. jt2?' Rates Moderate. '_������ D. G. HACKNEY Prop, and Manager I ���������K x "_ x K I t ���������*_ i 1 i SEEDS, THEES, for the farm, garden, lawn, boulevard or conservatory. Acclimated stock. Oldest established nursery on the Mainland. NO Seedless Apples NO Pitless Plums NO Cobless Corn Just old, reliable and approved varieties at reasonable prices. We do not even snpply any kings or presidents just the common British Columbian is good enough for our trade. Bee Supplies, Spray Pumps, Spraying Material, Greenhouse Plants, Cut Floayers. We do business on our OAvn grounds���������have no rent to pay��������� and are prepared to meet all competition. Let me price your list before you place your order. Catalogue free. M. J. HENRY, 3010 Westminster, Road, Vancouver. NOTICE. To Tin'. Chirk Licence Ixsi-ectok, Similkameen- Licensing District:��������� TAKE NOTICK that I intend to apply to the Board of Licence Commissioners for the .Similkaineen Licensing District, for permission to transfer the licence of the Hotel Hedley to D. G. Ifackney. 27-1 .T. K. GIBBON. > X X X I X X K K K K x x X X X X X X X & X X X X X *; K x x X K % x t K x X X X X < ������������������.<>>v������."> Vtf' fcaspssw 'K'fsS*-?!-'.-)^.-. ***TO^^ Great Northern Hotel A now house containing moro bed room accommodation than any other hotel in town. Table and bar (Irst-class. Rates moderate. I'KTKRSON BROS & LIND, Proprietors. il X X 3 X X X X X X & S SI X X X X 3 X X X s X X g V^WB������^^P>���������l%t_l-������^ni������^*>^^*.>������t.t.������.B. Town and District. F. H.French Avent over to Penticton on Sunday. Mrs. Godsoe and child, of Princeton, came down on Tuesday's stage Avith Mrs. Wynne. Neil McFadden, who has been Avbrk- ing most of the summer oyer at Penticton, is hi toAvn this Aveek. Miss BroAvn, of Westminster, avIio has been visiting her sister, Mrs. J. J. Marks, since last fall, left for hen; home this Aveek. Mr. F. A. Ross, general manager of the Daly Reduction Co., is in Spokane this week, having gone there on Thursday last, "������������������'/������������������ Members of Hedley Rifle Association shouldn't forget that the monthly, match for August comes off at the end of this week. , Constable Spvoule sold his grey charger last Aveek to a stranger passing through town on his A\*ay to the coast, realizing a good figure for him. Mr. E. D, Boeing has improved his residence on Kingston avenue: Avith a neat fence, and laid out a huvn Avhich should be in good shape next summer. The Government have set a good example to house-holders in the matter of fencing by putting fences around the school and lock-up. The contractors put up the former, and constable Sproule looked after fencing the latter. John Lind has bought out ChaS; Peterson's interest in the Great Northern Hotel, but John Peterson still retains his interest and the firm -name will new be knoA\uv as Peterson and Lind instead of Peterson Bros, and Lind as formerly. Messrs Harry and Burns Bowerman and Ross Allen started for Medical Lake, Wash., on. Tuesday morning. They had t\yo saddle horses and one pack animal, and Avould adopt the utilitarian, "one horse shy" or ride- and-tie method Avith variations, Avhich is so often found a convenient Avay of getting over the country. Mr. A. N, S. Mildmay, representing the Vancouver Province, came in on Saturday's stage. On Sunday he visited the mine and interviewed various residents, going on to Princeton by stage on Monday. Mr. Mild- may is a gentleman of fine literary tastes, and enjoyed thoroughly this his first visit to the Similkaineen. J. J. Marks is moving with his family and effects out to the Golden Zone this Aveek. Lumber is being taken in to floor the cabins .and make them more habitable. The lumber will be teamed in from Penticton and about five, miles of road will be made from TAventy-mile Lake to the claims. Mr. L. C. Wynne, of Claudet & Wynne, assayers, Princeton is moving to Hedley this Aveek, having obtained considerable work from the Golden Zone and the Kingston. These Avith custom assaying should keep him busy. Mr. Wynne is a competent metallurgist and can be counted on to give thoroughly reliable returns for all ores sent him. Last Aveek's heat in Hedley knocked out anything in that line that has been experienced here for some years, giving an average maximum for the Aveek of 93.71. In 1906 there Avere three different weeks Avhen the average maximum for the Aveek Avent to 90 or over. These Avere the Aveek ending July 7, Avhen the average Avas 91, the Aveek ending July 21 Avith an average of 90; and the Aveek ending August 11 Avith an average of 91. The Daly Reduction Co. found last Aveek's excessive heat very troublesome in many ways. The Avater in the creek fell rapidly, effecting the power, and the heat expanded the rails of the traniAvay and the pipe line to the mine to such an extent that buckling occurred in several places. What Avith the diamond drills, machine drills and the numerous pumps and hoists about the Avorks, all of Avhich are driven by compressed air, the large air compressor has had much severer Avork than ever before, and as a result, the generator has not been running in the daytime for the past ten days. Last Aveek Avhen the creek dried up opposite the camp of the Geological Survey on Twenty Mile, it became necessary to move. This duty fell upon Messrs Allen and Hayes, assisted by Harry Robinson, Messrs Fraser Campbell and Westwood, having gone to the summit on the Hope trail to meet Mr. Camsell on his return from the coast and assist him in some Avork that he hod to do there and on Whip- saw creek. It was expected that two or three days avouUI suffice to do it Avhen they return to Hedley. The new camp is on the bench above the tipple, a. short-distance from the Hume. See R. G-. Shter's stock of men's one and two-piece bathing suits. D. H. McDiarmid, employed on the big Blake crusher at foot of upper grizzly at the stamp mill lost a little finger on Monday night, being caught between two big lumps of ore. Dr 0. W. Cross, veterinary dentist, of Asheroft, is making a tour through the Similkameen and Okanagan. It will he well--for owners of horses to meet the doctor and hear his explanation of the necessity of equine dentistry, and see the instruments Avhich he has Avith him for Avork in that line. The Sharpless tubular cream separator, one of the most iinproA'ed and up to date separators on the market, is also handled by the doctor and will be- on exhibition at the Central Hotel, in Kerenieos until further notice. liY . .���������; 1 Now is tlie Time You Require PENTICTON NOTES Mrs Wilmot and,daughters of Vernon are visiting Miss A. Smith. Miss Carrie Phelps of Fairvic-Av is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Henry Main. E. Claughton is building a bake-shop and boAvling alley on Smith street. E. Ives is building a large cottage on Winnipeg St. Mr. Derrick has the .work in charge. The Penticton Football Club is giving a concert and social on Thursday night in C. A. C. Steward's Hall. Jas. Affleck drove, over to Kerenieos last Aveek. He was favorably impressed Avitli the country, but he likes Penticton better. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Gi-ier returned to toAvn on Wednesday from FairvieA\r Avhere they had been enjoying' ranch life for the past three months. While in bathing recently, Master Carman Gardner got beyond his depth and if it hadn't been for the timely aid of DolphGalaranean the boy would have been drowned. Messrs Hatch and Winkler paid a visit'-:to their coal locations up the lake on Monday. They also stopped at Kelowna and made arrangements Avith their backers to start a drill as soon as their applications are granted. The Penticton Gun Club sent a team up to Snmmei-land on Thm-sdav to shoot against- the Summer-land team for a cup. It was the old, old story��������� Penticton got ��������� it in the neck ! The score Avas 47���������57 in favor of the Suni- nierland boys. Gordon Harris Avon the sAveepstakes, and L. Rathvon a box of cigars, but still they AA-ere up against that score. u A REFRIGERATOR, an ICE CREAM FREEZER F.R.U IT JARS and PRESERVING KETTLES , ___ The BEST place to get them is at ��������� The Big Store" We have just received a new stock of the above goods. Also ENAMELED WARE of All Kinds. = gHATFORDS, ]^IMITED t ��������� METEOROLOGICAL. FA I R'V I E'.W and <^-++<&&&+'+^++>-+++++>+i HEDLEY. 1 The folloAving are the read ings sIioav- mg ton pei ature, etc., for the Aveek ending An g. 3rd AT THE MINE. M vxinumi Minimum July 2S . . 77 50 29 70 .. 54. 30 75 50 31 7S 56 Aug 1 7S 00 2 3 75 02 52 -10 1,500 - PHIZES - $1300 Average m.-rximum temperature 7-1.42 Average, minimum do 52.71 Mean temperature 03.56 Rainfall for the Aveek .0 inches. COTmUSrONDING AVEEIC 01-' LAST A'EAU Highest maximum temperature SI. Averag s maximum do 0S.57 Lowest minimum do 37 Averag _ minimum do -J1.71 Mean do 33. U AT THE MILL. Maximum Minimum July 28 . , 92 , . 5S 29 t , 95 . . 00 30 . . 97 , . 0-1: 31 95 . . 02 Aug 1 95 . . 00 2 3 93 so (51 5-1 Average maximum temperature 93.71 Average mininuun do 59.85 Mean do 70.7S Rainfall for the Aveek .2 inches couhesi-ondixg aveek ok r���������\S'i- vkau Highest maximum tempera.ture 92. Average do do S3.S5 Lowest minimum elo -II. AA-erago do, do 50.57 Mean do 07.21 Stray Horse. MONDAY and TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 and 3, 1907 PRINCIPAL EVENTS: Horse Racing ase Ball Rifle Shooting Drilling Contest Trap Shooting Athletic Sports CAM10 on the premises of the uiidcrsiKiied, about two years apo, a brown horse, ay;ed aboul- i> years, branded ?? on left. hip. Owner will prove property, pay expenses and remove him. _!)-) CHARL1K SQUAKUl. NOTICE NOTICK is hereby g-iven that a e-ortilied copy of the plan, profile and book of reference of tlie amended location of the line of railway of the Vancouver, Vicroria and lOastern Railway and Navigation OompaiiA', between I Iodic v', B. (���������'.. and Lob-.G30, (iroup 1, Yale District, sn'nctioned by order of the Board of Railway Commissioners for Canada under section 1H7 of the Railway Acton the _0th day of .Mine, HI07, was, on the 27th day of .Inly, 1007. deposited iu the Land Registry Ollice for the District of Yale at Kamloops, B. O. Dated this 3rd day of August, I1ICI7. A. H. MacNKTLL, Solicitor for the Vancouver. Victoria & .���������(>-_ Kastcrn Railway and Navigation Co. SEE SMALL BILLS FOR PROGRAMME Orand Ball on Monday Evening EVERYBODY WELCOME awm-M������_____a-__n_______--______-___----^ COMMITTEE: E, A. Holrrook, Chairman. W. F. Revely, Sec.-Treas. THE HEDLEY GAZETTE, AUGUST S, 1907. A CAUSE FOR PERPLEXITY. Now. Who Really. Saw that Blooming Order-in-Council ? Two Av.eeks ago the Gazette said on its first page: "The .Vernon Ncavs states that an order-in-council has been passed preventing' the shooting of prairie chicken, blue and willow gi-ouse and pheasants for a period of three years." Last week's Star seeks to convey the idea that the Gazette has been guilty of inventing a canard, and its reason for thinking the .story a canard is that Constable ' Hewatt had been asked if he had any intimation and he. replied that "lie knew nothing of it and could not believe "the story correct." The Gazette had some, doubt on first reading the Vernon News item and was careful to giA*o the Vernon NeAVs as authority when reproducing it. for the 13. C. Gazette hadn't come to hand. As A\-e were not aAv'a.i e that the Lieutenant governor, in council took all provincial constables into their confidence before any orders-in-- council Avere passed, it didn't occur to us '.'that constables should, be sought in order to verify, but avo did' watch iforth e official Gazette and in what- numbers have yet, c.-onu- to hand, all Ave can find bearing on the subject is that in the municipality of Chill'uvack grouse shooting is not.to begin this year until the 15 of October. But that does not necessarily imply that, the- Vernon News has made any mistake, for it is quite possible that a Gazel;te extra may have been issued"-containing the order-in-coiincil, although'this is hardly likely for there Avould be no need for such haste. On the principle that "misery loves company" it is not to.he Avondered at that the verdant editor of the Star, whose self-sufficiency, bumptiousness and proimness to blunder makes him the epitomo'-of erring humanity, should be eager to note lapses in others. But still it /wouldn't hurt him to try to be a little bit fair once in a Avhile. ��������� -,'i And !*$I__.������f _C__/ .'s.k"������ 'SI,PP'.Y point for the Nickel -Plate momi- _SraV������-aBSJ'_y tain, on Avhich is situated the famous "Nickel Plate"���������the richest gold mine in Canada���������and many other Xironiising mines and. prospects. It-is the mining and business centre of the ...PRICE OF LOTS... the nc-AV mining district which has already been proven, by a small amount of development Avork, to.be one of the richest gold, copper and coal mining sections of Scott Ave. (main st.) . ..'���������.' ,.,.'.-. . : . . . ���������''.''.. . .$400 tO $600 Other Streets.. -...-.......... .$200 to $400. irlthh Columbia. ...TERMS.... HEDLEY is the chief town.on the route of the proposed Coast-Kootenay Raihvay; and with the advent of this road, Avhich is assured in the near future, it Avill unquestionably become a large and important city, and town lots Avill bring big returns on- money iirvested at the present time. 1-3 Cash; balance in 3 and 6 months, with interest at the rate of 6 per cent. ���������:PiirGhas& ������ few lots; before'-, the Haslway Comes For F"ull .-Particulars, Nleifps Etc., -flPPLYTO- A SAD OCCURRENCE. Unfortunate Woman Loses Her 3 Waters of the Similkameen. .ife in During all of last- Aveek Constable Sproule kept up dilligent search for Mrs. Nicholson, an unfortunate Avoman who has been domiciled here for tAVO years past, coming here from Fairview. The last definite word heard of her was Avhen she called at the hotel Similkameen, acting and talking as if she was demented, and evidently shenving effects of a prolonged debauch. During the afternoon she \yas seen on Pinto's flat, acting strangely, and to- Avards evening Avhen she had not returned to her cabin a, search Avas made for her, but Avith no success, and the search was maintained during the entire week by the constable and others. The first word heard Avas from Mr. BradshaAV at Fifteen Mile, avIio sent up letters by Saturday eA'ening's stage to Constable Sproule and the Gazette stating that Ashnola John (Indian) had come to his place that day to inform him that on the evening previous bis wife, avIio was Avashing clothes at the river, had seen the body of a Avhite person floating slowly past. The information was acted on and in the morning a boat crew manned by Tom Gorman, Tom Guiney, Louis Marcott, .7. Crosby and Ed.Wheedon Avent clown the river, patrolling carefully the shores and sand bars, Avhile Constable Sproule drove down in a rig. A little below Ashnola John's upper ranch across from Brushy Bottom they came upon the both' moored against a rock, Avherc it Avas made fast until a collin could be procured and arrangements made for burial, while Avoid Avas sent to relatives in the east end of the; riding, Avith whom she. had had no intercourse for years, although they had contributed materially at times towards her support. It is tlie old story of Iioav a thirst for the demon drink with its concomitants Avrecked her life and her home. (^instable Sproule deserves oredit for his unceasing efforts to find the poor unfortunate. L. W. 5HATFORD, Secretary and flanager, y HEDL.EV, ������_>��������� w������ x ��������� a X X X K x X X K X X X X K X X X X X K X X X X X K K X K a? THE Great Northern Hotel Princeton Is noted over the entire district for excellence of both table : : : : and bar. : : : : All the wants of the travelling public carefully attended to. X X X 3 X X X X X % X X ������ X X X $ X >?>_t?*?>_*?*?*5*������l^8|o>?8_*S*S*_*?*_>M������l_>?*&>?*_*_ THE NEW ZEALAND HOTEL * * ' * * X JOHN JACKSON, Proprietor Everiitliing New and First-Class Bar supplied Avith the Choicest Liquors and Cigars, and Special Attention paid to the Table. X . . X x ������������������"-..,*��������� I X X X X X X X X X X X K X X X X X X ������"<: X X X The Commercial Hotel Hedley, B.C. X ���������X i HEADQUARTERS FOR MINING MEN. TABLE and BAR FIRST-CLASS. RATES MODERATE. X X X % X X Jf Frank B.McArthur, - - Manager $ Keremeos New Townsite ^ Now On the Market. The V. V. & E. Raihvay Station Avill be in the centre of the town. Now is the time to get your lots, before the first train comes up the valley. Choice 1, 2 and 3 acre lots, all around toAvn site. The 10 acre Fruit lots are going fast, Just a foAV left. Noav is the time to double your nioiiey. For Full Particular* Apply to Keremeos Land Co., Keremeos, B.C. .). .7. Armstrong, Manager Town Lots $ioo, $200 and $250 i, 2 and 3 Acre Lots $300 Acre 10 Acre Lots $200 per Acre Terms Easy X X Hotel Keremeos GEO. KIRBY, flanager. L.L,&E T fi Try _WV\.Y4\\.V*VVS_ CEYLON TEA. Pure and Invigorating. When writing Advertisers, Please Mention the Gazette. f the Oriental Lim and Fast Mail THE SHORT WAY LEAVES OROVILLE DAILY 5:00 A. M.; ARRIVES 10:15 P. M. Comfortable and Fast Service to Seattle, Vancouver, Vic= & Eastern Points First Class in Every Kespect. Commercial, and Mining Headquarters of the Kerenieos and Lower Similkameen Valleys. Post House on Penticton- Princeton Stage Line. KEREMEOS, B.C. M. COSTELLO, - Agent, - Oroville, Wash, P. H. BURNHAfl, D. F. & P. A., Grand Forks, B. C. DIRECT CONNECTIONS AT SPOKANE WITH EAST AND WESTBOUND OVERLAND TRAINS PENTICTON LIVERY FEED and STAGE STABLE From March 1st, 1007, W. E. Welby's Stage Avill have connection with the Great Northern RailAvay at Oroville. Leave Hedley at- (5.80 n. 111. Return Tuesdays and Saturdays. " Kerenieos 11.80 a.m. " White Lake 2.00 p. 111, Leave Oroville at 5.80 a. in. " Fail-view -1.00 p. 111. " FairvieAV S.00 a. m. Arrive atOroville 0.00 p. 111. Arrive at Hedley 0.80 p. 111. Fare from Hedley to Oroville $8.00 Fare from Hedley to FairvieAV $0.00 W. E. WELBY, Proprietor A Ijuautiful drive over the best of roads. Express i cents per lb. to Oroville. Fast Stock and the best of Drivers. Express 2 cents per lb. to FairvieAV.