:^''-ir~.''' :^',- "���������''.'���������;'������������������*.' .::H<\. ')|--;>?V-n.C!-;:i';-'V'j;'i;: AND SIMILKAMEEN ADVERTISER YOLUME V. HEDLEY, B.C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1909. Nl'MJJEK :}'2. ty Dr. C. A. JACKSON DENTIST ' (18.yours'.practice in'Vancouver.] S. O. L. Co.'s Block PENTICTON, - - B. C. J. W. EDMONDS Insurance and General Agent Agent for Tiik Gkrat West Like I.v- SCHANCE COMPANY. PENTICTON, B. C. ROGERS, M.A., B.C.L. BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, NOTARY/ PUBLIC, ETC. Vernon, B. C HOTEL PENTICTON Headquarters for- Tourist Travel. Kates Moderate. A. Bahnes, Prop. Pknticton, B.C. HOTEL HEDLEY Newly Henoviited Throughout. Accomodation Unsurpassed. Best only in Liquors and Cigar.-.. I). G. Hacknkv. Prop. Hkolky. Grand Union Hotel - HEDLEY, B. C. First Class Accommodation. Bar Stocked with Best Brands of Liquor and Cigars. A. WINKLER, Proprietor A. MEGRAW r 'NOTARY PUBLIC Conveyancer, Real Estate. Mines, -Crown Grants Applied For Under Land Act and Mineral Act. Agent for: Mutual Life of Canada. Hudson Bay Insurance Co. Columbia Kiro Insurance Co. Ciilgury h'irc'Iusurance Co. London & Lancashire Fire Ins. Co. Ocean Accident and Guarantee Co. United Wireless Telegraph Co. Office at HEDLEY, B. C. THK r\ ���������K x K x H x X X X *������ x x X X X X *i * x X a? Oreat -Northern note] Princeton Is noted over tho entire district for excellence of both table : : .- : and bar. : : : : All the -wants of tho travelling public carefully attended to. 5 X S X I X X w. H. T. GAHAN ' Barrister, Solicitor, , ��������� , Notary Public, Etc. Muuic ������������������ PENTICTON, Block - - B. C. NICKEL PLATE CHANGES HANDS British Columbia's Leading Gold Mine No Longer Owned by Daly Estate TO VISIT THE APEX New England Stock-holders in the Colonial Gold Mining Co. Coming- Out This Month. - LE KOI EST MORT VIVE LE ROI Bullion Output About $2,$oo,ooo.oo In Less Than Five Years Operation With Only Forty Stamps. X X Last week was a momentous one for Hedley. An air of expectancy marked the early days.of it, for it was generally known in town th.-it the first payment on the Nickel Plate, bond was to he m.-ide on August 15th and after that date it would be known who should control the future destines of a mine that in so short a period of production has become British Columbia's "greatest producer of gold alone." But with the week end when the rails of the Great Northern were reaching the flat upon which the .works are situated the fiat had gone forth to get ready for taking over the mine and works and a general clean-up was in progress wilh Mr. T. Walter*Beam on' hand to lake it oyer, the exercise of the option to purchase taking effect on Thursday, August 12th About a year ago - M. K. Rodgers made a somewhat hurried but never- the less thorough examination of the mine to ascertain what was left in sight after an interval of some three years extraction of ore without further development having been done since he had given up the management.'in the early autumn of 1905. There is evidence to substantiate the conclusion (although it has been denied) that he then obtained an option on the property on the basis of what he had found in sight. There is also good reason to believe that the option was transferred to Mr. | T, Walter Beam and his associates very shortly afterwards, for it was only a little later, on that Mr. Beam came in and made a brief personal examination of the property. Early last spring, however, the formal option given to the Exploration Syndicate, of New York,, who have now bought the mine was exercised in ear-nest, and if ever a property received a rigid examination and testing at the hands of men who thoroughly understood what they were doing and how to go about it, that property was Camp Hedley's premier mine, the Nickel Plate. " . ��������� ��������� That the' deal has been consummated and the property is again in the hands of thorough mining men, is a matter, for congratulation. What may be the policy of the new "powers that- be" will not likely be known for .sometime, but bit by bit it will unfold and meanwhile the townspeople will await developments with confidence, for thus far, in the new owners they have had evidence of thoroughness and breadth and these are the attributes that are best calculated to inspire confidence. To prevent disappointment, however, it will be as well to recognize the fact that it will riot be run as any. eleemosynary institution, but solely as a business proposition and for what in in it. When level-headed men of affairs buy a business, that is what they buy it for. That they should' have plans matured for-future working is not .to be expected at this early stage and, hence operations are going on for the new owners with the old crew unchanged. At this juncture a little retrospect of the Nickel Plate will be apropos. Only eleven years ago, Wollaston and Arundel staked the ground upon which they gave an option to M. K. A party of a dozen or more New- Englanders who are interested in the Colonial Gold Mining Co. are expected at the Apex about the last week in August. They are taking in the A'. Y. P. and will combine business with pleasure by making an excursion' into British Columbia. ��������� to see their holdings here. - It' is gratifying to all property holders in Camp Hedley to know that outside capital is now looking (airway ; and doubly gratifying to know as well that when these gentlemen come they will sae in the Apex group a-property that they have been most fortunate in getting hold of. AN ACCOMPLISHED FACT AT LAST The Great. Northern Railway Track Now Links Us With Outside World THE FIRE ESCAPE LAW. Some of the Provisions of the Law Which Has Been in Force in B. C. for Fifteen years or More FRIDAY 13th IIOO-DOO iVO MORE C. P. R. AS COLONIZERS Steps Taken to Induce Settlement Southern B. C. in Rodgers two' months later. Mr. Rodgers was employed at that time by the late Marcus Daly to look up properties for him, getting a quarter- in- "gjterest In anything he found good X X X X X agt'Ut****^*.^K^****^tto������'&*'& enough to buy. Development work began in January 1899 and before the bond had expired all the money (.$('(),0f)0) was paid down which was evidence that the merits of the property and of the camp appealed to Mr. Daly who was a thorough mining man. It has deen claimed that Mr. Concluded on Page Four. (Green wood Times.) The Canadian Pacific Railway company are offering land for sale in Southern' British Columbia for the low price of $5.0f) per acre and to induce settlement in this section of our- great province, of hardy, thrifty pioneers, they have made the purchase' price payable in eight yearly installments, thus giving the settler time to improve his land and make it pay for itself. The Company have recently issued two books of very complete information regarding Southern British Columbia, and British ''.Columbia generally���������its history, climate, resources, industries, etc. Maps on which are shown in pink the lands for sale by this department, and copies of this r-agulation governing the sale of land in the Columbia and Western and Columbia and Koot- | enay Land Grant with application [forms���������agricultural and timber,���������for these railways and the B. C. Southern. It will be noticed from the regulations that "First-Class Lands, suitable for agricultural purposes in their present condition or which are capable of being brought under- cultivation profitably by clearing or which are wild hay meadows" are offered in. quarter sections (1(50 acre tracts) for $5.00 per acre, payable One-eight down and the 'balance in seven (7) equal annual installments. That is 62A cents per acre .each year or $100.00 down find $100.00 per year for seven years for 100 acres��������� total $800.00. Should the settler select land with timber on ic (no part with an ayerage extent of more than 3000 feet board measure per acre for C. & YV. lands, or 5000 feet per acre for B. C. S. & C. & K. lands is classed as agricultural land) he would be, required to pay .only $2.00 per thousand feet for the merchantable timber on the land. All the remainder that he uses on the place���������for houses, barns, fences, fuel, etc. is free. These lands in varying localities are ideal for- general, mixed truck, fruit dairy or stock farming as the case may be. The development of .Southern British Columbia has been very rapid during the last few years, and the settlers in this country to-day can no longer properly be termed pioneer, good towns and cities are now'frequent along the lines of the Canadian Paciiic Railway, and the land offered for sale is much of it near these towns, where good schools, churches, banks, and all kinds of stores have been established. The simple f-.icts are that the pur-suit of agriculture in Southern .British Columbia is favored beyond many other sections of Canada and the United States by the natural conditions which exist. And when the price at which the Canadian Pacific Railway is willing to sell these lands is taken into consideration, there is small chance of any other lands yielding a better return on the investment. What the Canadian Pacific Railway desires to olfcr is land so Jow in cost compared with its yielding capacity that those who investigate carefully cannot but decide in favor of Southern British Columbia. The railway is in a position to sell land at a nominal price for the reason that it is primarily a transportation company and relies for- profit from the sale of the land mainly on the transportation of the products raised on the land. Work Trains Tooting Daily on Smelter Flat-Bridge Gangs at Work on Twenty-Mile Trestle���������Railway Freight Teams Now Load on Smelter Flat. . Contractor D. M. Stewart, chief of the steel and bridge crews, is evidently lxjund to carry out his programme. He was due to reach Twenty-mile ticstleon August 15th and in spite of many drawbacks was there ahead of time. In last week's issue it was announced that the track would be on Smelter flat that night, ft reached the grade opposite the saw-mill that evening when they ran out of rails and the train had to go back to, Keremeos for more. They were also laboring under the disadvantage of shortage of men. The crew has never been fully manned since the work started up in June, and last week about a dozen men quit- work, and thus weakened they didn't manage to lay rails on the flat that day, but did so-early in the forenoon of Friday 13th. Majuba Day was for twenty years a day of ill-omen in the history of the British Colonial office, but it was made to mark an event of greatest triumph when Cronje was crushed on the anniversary of Majuba and the light of Krugerlsm and misrule began to wane in South Africa the land of gold and diamonds and a better- day came in. Thus also for'.Hedley the leading gold camp of British Columbia, the fated Friday 18th, saw the accomplishment of an event for which everybody has waited long, and with it in time will come the greater Hedley. Last week all the bridge gangs working farther south finished up their work- and were concentrated on the Twenty-mile trestle which was expected to keep them engaged for ten days. The timber in it will require 43 carloads and it will take some time to, handle all that. Work trains have, been busy bringing up loads of bridge timber and piling which is being unloaded at the lower end of Smelter Flat where the siding will go in from which the spur- to the mill will run. This lower siding will be used until the track can be laid across Twenty-mile into the station yard and after that the side-tracks in the station yard will be used. The boarding cars were moved up on Saturday from Bradshaws to the sid ing on the lower end of smelter flat. In order that the public may understand what is now required for the protection of guests in hotels, rooming houses or other ' public buildings, the following clauses in the Fire Escape Act are reproduced: 4.���������(1.) The keeper of every hotel shall, where the same is more than two stories in height, provide and keep in each of the sleeping apartments orbed-rooms which are situated above tlie ground floor, a fire escape for the use of guests occupying tlie same. (2.) Such fire escape shall lie .sufficient within the meaning of this Act if it consists of a rope not lees ,than fhree-quarteis of an inch in thickness. aiid of sufficient length to reach from the room of apartment in which it is kept to the ground below, and of sufficient strength to sustain a weight .of five hundred pounds, and is kept in a coil or other convenient position in each of the said bed-rooms or sleeping apartments, and if the outside window or opening of such sleeping apartment- or bed-room is provided with proper, secure and convenient fastenings or appliances to which one end of the rope may be safely secured or fastened. 7. In case the owner, lessee, or proprietor of any hotel or public building, shall neglect to observe any of the provisions of this Act, he shall be liable on summary conviction to fine for each o(fence of not less than twenty dollars and costs, nor more .than two hundred dollars and costs; and iir default of payment of such fine and costs to imprisonment, ' with or without hard labor, for any term not exceeding three months and not less than one month, rind such conviction shall not be a bar to a prosecution for any continuance of such neglect subsequent to such conviction, but such-con-- tinued neglect shall from time to time constitute a new offence. 8. In all cases where the hotel, or public building, is situated within the limits of a municipality, it shall be the duty of the, chief officer of the fire department for the municipality, or, if there be no such officer, then for the chief of police or head constable for the municipality, to take all necessary proceedingsto compel compliance with the provisions of this Act; and in all other parts of .the Province the like duty is hereby imposed upon all Provincial police constables. 9. The officer requhed by this Act to see that the provisions of this Act are complied with is hereby empowered from' time to time, at any time between the hours of ten a. m. and four p. in. orr any day except Saturday or Sunday, or,any holiday, to enter into and inspect any occupied hotel <>r public building within the purview of this Act, and shall have access to all parts thereof; and any person who shall wilfully obstruct such officer in the performance of his duty hereunder shall be liable, under .summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars and costs, and not less than twenty dollars and costs, and in default of payment of such fine and costs to imprisonment, with or without hard labor, for any term not exceeding three mouths and not- less than one month. FOR IMPERIAL DEFENCE FORT WILLIAM STRIKE Bullets Were Flying in Collision Between Strikers and Special Constables. On August 12th a. battle'royal occurred between the Canadian Pacific special constables and the strikers. Shots Hew thick and fast and eight men were wounded. The trouble arose when the special constables tried to return to their work after lunch, the. strikers refusing to let them go back to their posts. One of the constables pulled a gun and then the trouble started and guns appeared as if by magic. The police fired and a man drapped. In a second men appeared from every doorway and a.fusilade of J revolver shots was directed at the Canadian Pacific, police. As far as can be ascertained, eight of the 0. P. R. police were wounded, three of them fatally, while at least- three of the strikers were- hit by the bullets of the police. The wounded were, as far as can be ascertained : Sergt. Taylor, city police force, slight; C. M. Dickenson, Daily Times Journal, slight; Chief of Canadian Pacific Police Ball, seriously in the abdomen; C. Carpenter, knee broken; Jack Lane, slight. Dickenson is a well known newspaper man. The militia was called out to suppress the trouble. Uniform Training For All Troops���������Military Colleges to Be Established in the Dominions���������General French Coming to Canada. London, Aug 13���������A great homogeneous imperial British army, uniformly trained and equipped, is to be the outcome of the imperial conference on the naval and military defences of the empire held at the foreign office dining the latter part of July. In general terms the plan provides that all troops of self governing colonies shall undergo precisely the same training as the home regulars in order to he ready to take their places beside the latter whenever and wherever necessity may arise. Military training at colleges, along the lines of'the stall: college at Oambcrley are to be established in the overseas dominions and there is to be a continuous interchange of officers from all parts of the empire so as to insure absolute uniformity of organization and training. In a recent speech outlining the probable strength of the army of the empire, war secretary Haldane estimated that the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South. Africa could furnish a total of -16 divisions. This is equivalent to 23 army corps, which is the '.strength of the 1 German army. THE HEDLEY GAZETTE, AUGUST 19, 1900. Cite tfetlle?. Gazette and - Similkameen-Advertiser. , ssuert on Thursdays, hy the Heoj.kv 'Gazk'jtk I'KIX'ITNG AND I'eill.lSIII.Vri COMI-A.NV, Li.mitkij. at Hedlev. 11. (.'. Subscriptions in Advance Per Year. 82.00 " ( t'nitccl .States). .^.50 Advertising Rates Measurement. 12 lines to the inch. " Land Notices���������Certificates of improvement, etc. ������7.(H) for W-ihiy notices, and $5.00 for 30-day notices. ���������. Transient Advertisements���������not exceeding one inch. $1.00 for one insertion, .25 cents for each subsequent insertion. Over one inch, 10 cents per line for first insertion and 5 cents nor- line for each subsequent insertion. Transients payable in advance. ������������������ Contract'Advertisements���������One inch per month ������1.-J;'i: over 1 inch and up to 1 inches. Si.00 . per inch per mouth. To constant ad vertisors ' raking larger space' than four inches, on application, rates will be given of reduced charges, based on size of space and length of time. Advertisements will be changed once every month.if adveitiser desires,- without any extra charge. For .changes oftener than once n month the price of composition will, be charged at regular rates. Changes for contract advertisements should be in the office by noon on Tuesday to secure attention for that week's issue. . A. MEGRAW, Managing fa'ditor. J Full Moon jSfifl 1 31 -APp-Rj Last quar. J&ar-vS New Moon 15 First quar. 23. " 1901 AUG. ..'���������.;��������� 1009.; Sun. Mon. Tiies. Wed Thu. Fri. Sat. .' * : ��������� -. i 2 3 4 5 7 1 s 9 10 .11 12 13 14 15 16 17 IS 19 20 21 22 23 21 25 26 27 2S 29 30 31. ' j the proprietor for. iioncom- plitince'Xyiis th������,t the bedrooms had been thus provided, but tlie j ropes"' hud afterwards been stolen to be used:; as picket ropes. Should sueh a flimsy excuse be allowed to go for, a a minute ? But which after all was the more 'culpable���������.-the hotel-keeper who disobeyed the law or the constable and inspector who neglected their duty in ������������������ the premises ? What is needed in civil life is a little more pi the precision of the military machine with its chain of responsibility which when the facts are known will show at a glance, where the blame *| lies and deal with it according- ly.-v, ':������������������ No amendineut to the present Fire Escape Act should be nec- essary to secure its enforcement unless it be that the penal clauses should be made to extend to officers who neglect to enforce as well as to owners of public buildings who fail to comply with its provisions. METEOROLOGICAL. J The following are the readings showing temperature, etc., for .the week ending Aug. 11: AT THE. MINK. Maximum Minimum 1836 THE BANK OF EDITORIAL COMMENTS THE LESSON OF THE FIRE Tlie 'Vernon fire with its lamentable loss of life is another reminder of the necessity ,of paying more attention to the matter of fire escapes. The Fairview fire of seven years ago and the number of lives sacrificed therein pointed out very; plainly that it is one thing to have a law on the statutes looking to the protection of the ,; public, and quite another thing to have it enforced. At the inquest held in Fairview after the burning of the hotel there, the corners jury added a rider to their verdict in which they pointed out that the law governing the.use of fire escapes should be amended so as to provide for inspection of hotels and enforcement . of the fire escape law, and yet there was at that time a liquor license act in force which provided a license inspector whose duty it was to inspect all licensed houses, and the "Fire Escape Act" itself stated as plain as words could say that all provincial constables were inspectors under the law and responsible that its provisions were carried out. "Quis custodiet custodes" was a sage bon mot of the old Romans, but anyone Avho will read the Fire Escape Act" in existence in British Columbia to-day and then look .about him to note the manner in which it is carried out, will perceive that the irony of that old latin proverb is as applicable with us to-day as it was in Italy over 1900 years ago. Our fire escape law requires that a stout rope securely fastened at one end to the window or wall and long enough to reach the ground be kept in each bedroom; but how many of our worst fire traps to-day have them? When the Fair- view hotel was burnt and six lives were lost, many of the guests had to choose that night whether they should run the risk of being killed by jumping from upstair windows or remain where they were to be burned to death, and all the excuse that could be offered by Tlie Glasgow free traders are objecting to the Canadian bounties on the manufacture of iron and steel. These bounties cut no harder against Great Britain than any other country in the world. And yet Great Britain o'rjens its markets as freely to every country in the world as it does to Canada. 'Under the circumstances there does not seem "to be any ground for the grumble froin Glasgow.-Citi'/.en. Aug 8 . ��������� ....... .-- 9 ... .��������� ��������� ��������� ... ���������-. ���������, 10 -..��������� ��������� -^- ���������.-. ��������� ��������� ��������� 11 . . ... ������������������ ���������. .. ... ��������� . -���������'. 12 .-:';'-'��������� .; ��������� !'��������� .'--. ��������� ' 13 .. ��������� .. ��������� 14 ';;..\ -'"���������"' .. v ��������� Average.'maximum temperature ���������.��������� Average minimum do ��������� .��������� Mean' temperature* ��������� " ' ���������.��������� Rainfall for the week . inches. Snowfall' " " ���������'..���������'' COHKESrONDING WEEK OK LAST YEAH Highest maximum temperature 80. Now tlnit the Hon. Charles Murphy has returned to Ottawa after his trip through Western Canada it is interesting for westerners to note some of the impressions which he formed, or at all events which he gave out to easterners, on his return. One or two things stand out in bold relief. He claims to have found that the west is apathetic on the question of Imperial defence and as incontrovertible evidence to this effect he had heard a 'man say that they "want box cars, not dreadnoughts." It is often said that a man usually finds what he starts out to discover, and evidently Mr. Murphy was anxiously in quest of some of that commodity. It is not possible that what he really did discover may have been only a reflection of some of his own apathy or antagonism ? As a pedlar of hot air his statement that Port Arthur and Fort William combined is shortly to develop into tlie largest city on the American continent, is a pretty good sample. It is questionable whether Hedley's most optimistic romancer could do much better than that. Houses to Let. 4 Koomed House, Furnished, witli good garden ���������������15.00 per month; i Koomed Cottage���������������10.00 per mouth. 3 Koomed Cottage���������98.00 per month. APPLY TO F. H. FRENCH. County Court of Yale SITTINGS of the County Court of Vale will *-' be held as follows, viz: At Fraternity Hall. Hedley, on Thursday Oct. 7th, liXXIiand at the Court House' Princeton, on Saturday Oct. 9th, 1009 at the hour of 11 o'clock in the forenoon of each day. ��������� Hy command. HUGH HUNTER, 31-10 Registrar County Court. NOTICE VTOTICE is hereby given that the Colonial ���������"���������' Gold Mining Company alone, is responsible for all debts contracted by it in its present development work of tho Apex Group of Mineral Claims. W. D. McMillan. Average maximum do 72.85 Lowest minimum do 40 Average minimum do 44.71 Mean do 58.78 AT THE MILL., Maximum M inimum Aug 8 90 54 9.' .. 84 48 10 7S . 47 11 S3 ,. 51 12 80 .. 57 ,13 02 54 14 02 54 Average maximum tempera tin ���������e 86.42 Average minimum do 52.14 Mean do 09.28 Rainfall for the week inc les Snowfall a . a COimESl'OXDING WEEK OK LAST VEAK Highest maximum temperatui e 89 Average do do 86.42 Lowest minimum do 54. Average do do. 55.71 Mean do 71.06 1909 ��������� 73 Years in^Businesr Capital and Reserve Over $7,000,000 Have Yon a Bank Account? The, money is safer in the Btink than in your house ; or pocket. A CHECKING ACCOUNT provides a safe and convenient wav of. paying your bills, as each* check issued ��������� - returns to you as a receipt. A SAVINGS ACCOUNT keeps growing all the time, with Interest compounding at highest current rates, tf.l Hedley Branch, L. G. MacHaffie, Manager PflLfl6fc Livery, Feed & Sale, Stables HEDLlSY, Tl. C. If A good stock of Horses-and Rigs on Hand. IT Orders for Teaming promptly attended to. STAGE LINE Stage aily, leaving Hedley 8 a. m. and arriving at Keremeos at 11 a. in. connecting with Penticton stage and Great Northern Railway. Office of Dominion Express Company. WOOD FOR SALE! Phone 14. - INNIS BROS. Proprietors. fa OF CANADA (1). Liberal' Policy Conditions- Generous Cash and Paid-up Values. . Automatically Extended Insurance. (2). Progressive and Efficient Management��������� Low Expenses and Growing . Business. Well and Profitably. Invested Funds. Favorable Mortality Experience. Expanding Profits to Policyholders. A POLICY IN TH15 COfl- PANY PAYS You are invited to join its ever-expanding household, to become a partner in its evergrowing business, and to share equitably in all its benefits. Full Information from Head Office, Waterloo, Out., or from : William J. Twiss MANAGER. Fee Block, - 570 Granville St. VANCOUVER, B. C. A. flEQRAW, Local Agent. ���������- . ��������� f $1,500 - in Prizes - $1,500 ��������� , :���������;���������: ��������� t ��������� ��������� ��������� ��������� ��������� ��������� ��������� ��������� ��������� ��������� ��������� t ��������� ��������� ���������- ��������� ��������� ��������� ��������� ��������� ��������� ��������� ��������� ��������� ��������� ��������� MONDAY & TUESDAY t .���������-;.-���������"���������'��������������������������������������������������� SEPTEMBER 6 & 7,1909 f -���������-��������� :���������- ������������������: : ~ ���������- Horse Racing- f Base Ball f Roek iDrlllin^ t And t)tlier Athletic Sports SEE SMALL BILLS FOR PROGRAMME! Grand Ball on Monday Evening EVERYBODY WELCOME COMMITTEE E. A. H0LBR0OK, Chairman. S. F. CHAMBERLAIN, Sec-Treas. NOTICE "WATER ACT, KXK)." ATTENTION is culled to section 1M of the ���������*���������*��������� "Water Act, 1909," which requires any person to whom any power or authority has been granted, pursuant to the "River and Streams Act." to surrender such authority within one year of the passage of said "Water- Act." and receive a licence for same thereunder. RED. J. FULTON. Chief Commissioner of Lands. Lands Department, Victoria, 19th .luly, 1909. 29-4 Try ..vv������\\\V\\\Vk Victoria CEYLON TEA. Pure and Invigorating. NOTICE SIMILKAMEEN LAND DISTRICT. DlSTKICT OV YA LK. XAKIV NOT ICE that Henry Lee, of Fairview * li. C, secretary, intend to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands;��������� Commencing at a post planted at the northeast corner of Lob 010, thence south-westerly and hounded by said Lot (ilil to Lot 27S, thence rn a,������������"fc������-e"stcl'1y direction and bounded by .2,tzi.��������������� to L������fc7'*3. thence north-east to Lot i V)o'JC0 n.01'tli-west bounded by Lots 443, 573 unci 41^ to point of commencement, containing: 40 acres more or less. HENRY LEE Dated at Fairview, May 28th 190!l. 21-10 i! J h THE HEDLEY GAZETTE, AUGUST 10, 1909. fl. J. KING ft GO. Town and District. MEDLEY'S NEW BUTCHERS The undersigned have opened a Shop in the commodious, .building, formerly occupied by H. H. Messenger and have on hand-a supply of all kinds of Meat and Vetegables. fl. J. KING # GO. JL A. F. & A. M. *%KlVr REGULAR monthly meetings of /\y\ Hedley Lodge No. 43, A. F. & A. M.,' are held on the second Friday in each month in Fraternity hall, Hedley. Visiting brethren are cordially in vited to attend. ARTHUR CLARE H. D.BARNES, W. M. Secretary X *t ��������� .���������> '��������� "Si-,,-!-'- *-iaraari Ptpyfsa^^J'S' 1 Great Northern Hotel A new house containing more bed room accommodation than- any other hotel in town. Table and bar- first - class. Rates moderate. JOHN LIND, Proprietor ������W������?������MW������e������W������������?*W<������>?>E������WW?������?������Mt������Wt>W To Buy Cheap, Pay Cash. Family Groceries * Gov't agent Hunter, of-Princeton, was in town last week. ' ������������������' . '..��������� ��������� , Ore has been struck in the . Argo' tunnel at Greenwood. The ,Bruce mine at Midway is shipping ore to the smelter. Miss Keefe, of Nelson, is visiting her sister, Mrs. T. H. Kothcrham. Labor Day celebration promises to be a hummer. Everything looks that way now. . . f -. . ."--"���������- Hedley's colored population increased three hundred per cent,in one day, this'week. Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Boeing returned on "Tuesday from a visit to Mr. and Mis. Bawerinan at Osoyoos Lake. -Accompany has been incorporated with capital of $100,000 to put in water supply in Penticton. ���������' H. R. Bobbins, M. E. and W. J. Forbes came in from the Apex.on Friday last, returning Saturday morning. Mrs. S. P. French, who has been visiting her son in Hedley for the past mouth, left yesterday for her home in Vernon. - - Mrs. Jackson started for Spokane last week accompanied by her daughters, Eniily'and Annie and her son Gus. Messrfc. Brass and Boeing finished up their contract on the Keremeos school.on Saturday and have turned out a tidy job. The lateness of the Penticton stage in reaching Keremeos lias resulted in delaying the marl stage in Hedley for several'nights past., Mr. A. J. Werner, of Butte, Mon- tatia, came in ��������� last week to wisrt his half-brother, Paul Bordhagen, whom he had not seen for 28 years. The rails being laid by the Great Northern on the V. V. ������fc E. are direct from the rolling mills at the Canadian Soo, and are a .heavy, substantial- looking commodity. Mrs. H. B. Brown has the Gazette's thanks for handsome bouquets of sweet peas, poppies, nasturtiums pick- Fresh and Seasonable at the Cheap Cash Store MRS. O. B. LYONS. THE NEW ZEALAND HOTEL # # ��������� * * JOHN JACKSON, Proprietor Everything New and First-Class Bar supplied with the Choicest Liquors and Cigars, arrd Special Attention paid to the Table. PLUMBING AND TINSMITHING. H. B. MAUSETTE Is Prepared to Attend to any in the Above Lines, Work Eave Trougfaing a Specialty H. B. MAUSETTE Keremeos Station. ed-froin her garden across the river from Mr. Lyon's place. Mr. Hunter representing the Vancouver World arrived in town on Monday. He had a scheme on hand to give the Similkameen a four-page write-up in a special issue of the World. School will re-open on Monday next with Miss Macpherson of Vancouver in charge., Miss Macpherson has had considerable experience in good schools, and should make a. success in Hedley as well.. . A. K. Anderson was among the lucky pullers at the Couer d' Alehe land drawing last week. His chance was No. 489 which '.was considered to be easily worth over $5000. Paul Brodgagen also had a look in on No. .2100." ',. ._*...; ���������'.���������'"���������'.'.. '. ':'\ ..*��������� John Love received a wire pri Monday to the effect that a man named Maguire, whom he had employed in his drug store in Phoenix, had been, drowned on Sunday in Loon Lake. No particulars* were to hand as to how it occurred.. i Prof. W. C. Butler, tonsorial artist, opened up a ��������� barber shop in E. D. Boeing's building two doors north of the Bank of'B.N./A. The shop is equipped with good bath-room, and the barber comes with a reputation of being a skilful workman. . Mr. Bradshaw has a fine bunch of 2 year old peach trees that are in splendid condition and not one of them injured by the severe frost of last winter which proved so destructive to peach trees all through the Okanagan and lower Similkameen. Jas. Keith's Hedley friends were pleased to meet him on Monday last when he came to town in company with his son, Bert. He has gained 20 pounds since he got back to the Similkameen, but he has room yet to take on some more tissue before he is back to his old form. From all reports to bandit begins to look as if the $150.00 prize for rock drilling is going to bring out a number of good teams. There is talk of Boss- land, Greenwood and Nighthawk all being represented, and the Nickel Plate and Kingston of Hedley Camp will each have teams. Unlimited power is always dangerous when held by one or a few men. Crazed with power a capitalist will crush labor into the mud. Crazed with power labor wall harass and cinch capital until it drives it off the earth. Few men can handle power without getting nutty in the upper stope.���������Ledge. The big Greenwood-Phoenix tunnel is in 210' .feet, and work has been suspended until machine drills can be installed. The foundation for the compressor building was lajd this week and when ii in finished and the machinery" pntln the superintendent expects to progress towards Phoenix at the rate of 15 feet a day.���������Ledge. The Harris Bros. Minstrel Co.. gave a nigger show in an old" time circus tent for two nights last week. Their admission fee of $1.00 for the first night whs' laughed at', afterwards as a cheerful piece of neck. They took in Princeton on Friday night and passed through again on Saturday on their way to the Okanagan. , ' Mr". W. C. McDougall, of Princeton, was in towrr on Monday night on his way to Keremeos and . made the Gazette a pleasant call. Mr. McDougall has extensive mining interests in the Siinilkanieen both in coal and metalliferous mines and the coining of the rails means a great- de.il to him. If all owners of mining property in the district were- as enterprising and persevering it would bear fruit in gaining for the district the attention from capital which it deseives. The Princeton SLar complains of some knocking of Copper mountain which has recently been done in a Colorado publication. " The knocker, like the poor- we have always with us. Hedley had the same thing to contend with and but for the fact that there is two million and a half of bullion output tf������ give the lie to pessimistic howls, the knocking might have done serious injury. A������ it is, however, all the knocking that has been done has served only to establish a reputation for mendacity on the part of the knocker. THE BEST IS 1 * 2 NONE TOO GOOD FOROURCUSTOMERS . We endeavour to keep a STOCK of GROCERIES that cannot be excelled by buying the best t;hat can be procured and keeping them always Clean and Fresh. If you are riot already buying your Groceries from us it will pay you to give us a trial. Local New Laid Eggs and Fresh Princeton Butter Always on hand. Shatfords Ltd. ��������� On Monday's round of the golf links S. F. Chamberlain chopped 4 points off the former record of 62"for the 12 holes which has been equalled by four others, but never beaten until now. This score is 2(to the good ,on an.av- erage of five shots per hole, which in view of the fact that no work whatever in the way of levelling or.sodding has been done Timber Lands of the highest character, situated in these Grants, are offered for sale in blocks of from 640 acres upwards. Shlpplno Facilities Unsurpassed Easy Transportation A Hungry Lot. (Ledge) Five seconds after the bell rings all the seats are taken in the dining room of the Hotel Lady-smith. Apply to the address as shown on the attached coupon for Maps, Application Forms, Regulations and Literature. t^S aOtv y> tfvo ������ta THE HEDLEY GAZETTE, AUGUST 10. 19(H). NICKEL PLATE CHANGES HANDS Continued fron I'aye One. Daly's plan for reduction Vi was by means of a smelter. As to the truth of this we are not prepared to say, and neither do we know whether it was before or- after his death, that a mill was decided upon. One thing, '���������however, may be stated, (but not necessarily in disparagement of anyone else), that with the going out of his life there went out also the genius for mining and that grasp of mining affairs so essential to success on the part of those who supply the sinews of war for the carrying on of great , mining enterprises. It is true his . estate continued to supply the money necessary to develop the mine and equip a reduction plant and there is no wish to detract in the slightest degree from those responsible for its management the. credit that is justly due them for sticking to the enterprise in the heavy expenditures made before it was brought to the producing point. '-.-"' As it was Mr. Rodgers who first spied out the land for his principal, so also it was upon him the. task fell of taking nature in the rough, and employing, where he could, nature's laws to fit in for a system of economical winning of values from the ore. Whether that work was done to the best advantage in every particular, let those judge who are capable of judging. There is an old motto which says "L'Art est difficile; la critique est aisee." So it Avould seem in Mr. Rodgers' case, and there are'those coining after him who find their time and energy so much taken up in criticism of his work that they have had none left to alter it, but keep on using the equipment pretty much as he left it, and have not done so badly with it either, when we consider this total output which it has accomplished to date, viz: $2,500,000 in bullion. That the plant is considerably short of what it would have been both in extent and efficiency had Mr..Rodgers' plans for betterment been carried out, there is good and sufficient evidence. That evidence, moreover is official, in- BUY HEDLEY PROPERTY NOW We still hold a few lots on the Business Streets which we are offering at the old prices $300 to $450 per lot, and we have good Residential lots in nearly every part of the town at prices ranging from $50 up to $250 per lot. With the railroad rapidly approaching and new mines being opened all around us you cannot expect to buy lots at these prices much longer. Better Secure Some Right Now, Before the Price Goes Up. Call or Write, and get full particulars. We will be pleased to show you around. The Hedley City Townsite Ce'y, Ltd. FH. FRENCH _ = HPDI FY R C Secretary and flanager, IIL^>^^������D^^ ^^^^^^wJ^^^d^^^o^^^P^^^B^* ���������^W******P^B"B^*B"P"6*B*B*"B*^^^*B^^ ^^1 ^^^B^V^*P' THE ROYAL MEDICATED STOCK FOOD CO. Vancouver :-: B. C. The following is a list of our remedies and cures, prepared by Dr. Moody i i i I I x S X I i X I X X X X ���������*��������� X X i i I K x X X % X X X X X K x X X $ STOCK FOOD POULTRY FOOD CONDITION POWDERS HOOF OINTMENT SALVE (Healing) LINIMENT for Stock LINIMENT for home use WASH HEAVE REMEDY CORN CURE GALL CURE COLIC CURE COUGH andCOLD. CURE BLISTER FINISH DR. MOODY'S GREAT DISCOVERY SPAVIN CURE Hotel Keremeos GEO. KIRBY, Hanager. First Class in Every Respect. Commercial and Headquarters of the Keremeos and Lower Similka meen Valleys. Post House oh Penticton- Princetpn Stage Line. Mining KEREflEOS, B. C. Agent for Hedley and District, Shatford's Limited. THE ROYAL MEDICATED STOCK FOOD CO. Vancouver :-: B. C. i . .* X i If X X allowini them all to escape be forever lost, practice now for between the town company have stead of v into the river and which has been the nearly four years. That the relations and the old not always been as cordial as they might have been was regretahle, and no one felt it worse than the Gazette which was compelled to occupy the uncomfortable position of buffer between the two. There were faults on both sides, for often the townspeople or at all events a section thereof, were at times unreasonable, while tactless managers on the other hand seemed to delight in maintaining a policy of pin-pricks, preferring to irritate when it would have cost no more and been quite as easy to placate. The most fertile source of irritation was the practice of knocking other interests in the camp, and this was unfortunately done in season and out of season, and often with absolutely no knowledge of the interests that were beinglcnockecl. Let us hope therefore that this sort of thing is past and that henceforth the relations between the town and the new company will be characterized by good-will', amity and mutual helpfulness. X X X K x x X X * X K x X X X X X X X X X X X X X s J. A. SCHUBERT Some of the tilings we are handling "at tlie J. A. Schubert's General Store in Hedley and which we will be pleased to have'you try if you have not already done so. We recommend these good.s to be the very Best on the market and the prices are right. We handle PURITY FLOUR RIDGWAY'S TEAS&COFFEES CURLEWCREAflERY BUTUER* FRESH PRINCETON DAIRY BUTTER CHRISTIE'S BISCUITS ncLAREN'S CHEESE We handle nothing but the best Canned Goods, Bacon, Hams, Evaporated Fruits, Etc. We have a full line of Hardware, Stoves, Etc. Our Ladies' and Gents' Flushings are new and Up-to-Date. Our Dressmaking and Dry Goods Department, under the management of Miss Forbes leaves nothing to be desired. CALL IN AND SEE FOR YOURSELF. "She Is My One of Lauder's Best Then there is' 'TheWedding Of Lauchie McGraw" and "Mister John Mackay", which were seldom sung by Mr. Lauder during his recent Canadian tour. But these songs are simply immense��������� and, of course, sung as only Harry Lauder can sing them. We have seven new Lauder Disc Records ��������� each one a delight to all who enjoy this artist's inimitable style. 99 x-M SCHUBERT J ��������� J^ HEDLEY, - - B. C. g to Inch���������75c. Each X 52310���������The Safest Of The Family X 52311���������Mister John Mackay X 52312���������Wearing Kilts X 52913���������She Is My Daisy X 52514-Rlsinj Early In The Morninfj X 52315���������A Trip To Inverary X 52316���������Wedding Of Lanchie McGraw Eight more of Lauder's songs to be had of any Victor Dealer. Write for latest catalogue of over 3,000 Records���������sent free on request "Sassi $A THE BERLINER GRAM-O-PHONE CO. of Canada Limited, - - - Montreal. .67, ...... SUBSCRIBE FOR THE GAZETTE! We are the Western Distributors for B.C. ��������� OF VICTOR TALKING MACHINES, BERLINER GRAMOPHONES & RECORDS DYKE, EVANS & CALLAGHAN 526 HASTING STREET, VANCOUVER L. C. ROLLS & CO. Agents for KEREMEOS, HEDLEY and PRINCETON.