f r Is^/t^^^t ^7 ;w m: ,���������/���������������������������, THE;" OLDEST , MINING CAMP NEWSPAPER ' IN BRITISH COLUMBIA Voi,. XVIII. GREENWOOD, ,B. C.,.'THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1912. ANOTHER CARLOAD OF. THIS SUPERIOR FLOUR JUST'TO HAND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION [ ' __ _ ��������� The Russell-Law-Caullield Co. HARDWARE GROCERIES " The Thistle Brand is the best .on earth.' New,Import Shipment just received. See the patterns and get my prices before you buy and you will come back. New fine of Kitchen Ware just opened up. ���������;A". La 'WHITE Phone 16 Greenwood, B. C. MEN'S FURNISHINGS | maam r We carty a Large Stock and have the variety to please you THE BASIS OF MY BUSINESS CLEANLINESS QUALITY ATTENTION TO DETAIL William C. Arthurs THE BREAD & CAKE BAKER Vienna Bakery, Greenwood * Around Home' Dr. McLean" has' bought an V# Greenwood's Big Furniture Store .HEAB.aHARTERS FOR ALL KINDS OF-FLOOR COVERINGS 1 T y_WE ARE.SHOWING NEW \ '.,,^,^ \ CARPETS MATTINGS See the line of. Room Size Matting Squares at $2:50 and $3.00 each T. M. GULLE Y & Co. HAVE YOU SEEN IT? Opposite - Postoflice. GREENWOOD, B. C. Phone 27 Showman has gone north take up land, in the Peace -We'have just issued a handsome Illustrated Catalogue ' - " iv - . i'*" '( ���������- - ( that' would do credit to any1 mailorder'house, and which shows at a glance the grip we-have on the better class of trade. We want you to see how fine a jewelry store we have. SEND FOR ONE A. LOGAN & Co GREENWOOD. - B. C. You will find a Welcome at the Club Cigar Store and Pool Room CIGARS, TOBACCOS,, AND SMOKERS' SUPPLIES . FRUIT AND CONFECTIONERY . Coast Calgary and Local Papers and. Magazines always on the tables, Agent for Phoenix Laundry, Office of Phoenix & Midway Stages St. Jude's Anglican Church Services: Holy Communion 8 a.m. ist and 3rd Sundays in this month; Matins, n a.m.;.Evensong, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday School, 2:30 p. m. Rev. Franklin Watson, Vicar. ^ WALTER G. KENNEDY PROPRIETOR J THE CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE SIR EDMUND WALKER, C.V.O., LL.D.; D.C.L., PRESIDENT ALEXANDER LAIRD, GENERAL MANAGER $10,000,000 REST, - $8,000,000 ON CAPITAL, DRAFTS FOREIGN COUNTRIES overy branch of The Canadian Bank of Commerce Is equipped to issue drafts on the principal cities ia the following countries without delay: Africa Crete Greece New Zealand Siberia Arabia * Cuba Holland Norway Soudan Argentine Republic Denmark Iceland Panama South Africa Australia Egypt India Penia Spain Austria-Hungary Faroe Ialandi Ireland Peru Strati Settlement* Belgium Finland Italy Philippine Island* Sweden Brazil Formosa Japan Portugal Switzerland France Jara . Roumania Aur.keJ,��������� Fr'ch Cochin China Malta Russia United States Germany Manchuria Servia Vratuaj China Great Britain s Mexico Siam West Indies, etc. The amount of these drafts is stated in the money of the country where they are payable; that is they are drawn in sterling, francs, marks, lire, kronen, florins, yen,. tacts, roubles, etc., as the case maybe. This ensures that the payee abroad will receive the actual amount intended.' > '���������: .:":;' A233 SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT ROOMS TO LET In the Swayne House, Silver Street. Clean, private and comfortable rooms in a quiet locality at reasonable rates. Hot and cold batliB free to guests. WANTS, Etc For Sale.���������A work horse, weight 1,250, drive single or double to be sold cheap, Apply Mark Christeuseu, Ledge Office. For Salt*.���������A Letterpress at a price. Apply at Ledge office. "Vlgaria paru Tea ��������� J. T. BEATTIE, Manager. Greenwood Branch. P������ B S & C������< i i i! ?! i i Dealers in Fresh and Salt Meats, Fish and Poultry. Shops in nearly all the ' towns of the Boundary and Kootenay. COPPER STREET, GREENWOOD, B. C. ���������������5^5S**-3^*������*S2J55^*-5^ For Sale.���������Four old Copper Hand Books at ������0 cents each. Apply at Ledge office. For Sauc ���������One Incubator and two Brooders, capacity 250 eggs, good as new. Will sell at half cost price. Apply to F. Keffer, Anaconda. r FATAL ACCIDENT " Whilst fastening a bolt in the Gold Drop mine on Tuesday afternoon, the monkey wrench slipped, causing Steve Alleinenti to fall a distance of 20 feet with fatal results. The deceased worked a year a1i the Mother Lode, and had only worked a few shifts in the Gold Drop. He was 37 years old, unmarried, and his relatives live at Red Lodge, Montana. ' Better C.P.R. depot facilities are wanted at Fife,. automobile,--.;. < Harry L,1 Morgan" is in town from Chesaw. .. Dr, Dunbar will leave for the Goast next month./* . ���������' "** i Miss Kate Mulyaney is visiting friends iu the city. . The Te'nnis Club dance last week was'a.social success. The Spring 'Assizes will* be held in Greenwood May 10,' Max Bcrger mingled in the Boundary scenery last week. ��������� Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Beattie are visiting Spokane this week. Dr. Dickson of Phoenix has bought a seven h. p. motor-cycle. Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Warren have returned from a yisit to St. Paul. The Hockey-Club should hold its dance before".the hot weather sets in. Charles Fair is in Victoria, acting as a salesman for the Fit Rite store. W. M. Frith at Keremeos has put his tennis court in order for the summer. Born,���������At the Mother Lode'on April 11, to Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Larson, a son. Mr to River country. ��������� ��������� Tom Fitzgerald will spend the summer at his claims in the Franklin camp. .- Jeff Davis has sold ,his race horse, Dan, Patch,, to. Lofhe Campbell, M P.P. '. ;P. -H. ' McCurrach is now employed as a_ clerk.-'in the-local' government buildings. Charles* Henderson went*, to Halcyon on Monday. He was accompanied by his mother. The country is safe. Come on, boys! Jim McCreath got a carload of whiskey yesterday. "Tom Walsh came up from Bridesville on Tuesday, and disposed of several Irish stories. Miss Brady of Westbridge is suffering from appendicitis, and went to Spokane on Monday. Early next month Archie Burnett will go east. He expects to locate at Cobalt or Porcupine. Tames McCreath owing to an attack of rheumatism was unable to visit Phoenix until the 15th. ��������� A blazing chimney at Alex McDonald's residence gave the brigade a short run on Monday. The Union hotel at Eholt has been thoroughly renovated, and is one of the best hotels in the mountains. Jimmy Britt has gone ou the road to drum up a few fights. He might'do better twisting brakes on a freight train. Francis Burd, Grand Master of the Masons in B. C. was here on Monday. He was accompanied by Messrs. Rich and Rudd, Billy Nelson took a carload ol furniture to Carmi last week. He is kept so busy in that town that' he has no time to gather eggs. Service ing in theculinary department of the Windsor and occasionally firing the range. IJaddy has been marooned on top1 of the water wagon for'nearly three years, and he would be a saint'entirely, if he did not occasionally throw a stack of chips at the fickle goddess. - At a meeting of the Greenwood Agricultural Association on Monday it was decided to hold the next fair in this city upon September 30, and October 1st. A committee of ten was appointed to - solicit .subscriptions. The next meeting of thc Association will be held next Wednesday for the purpose of electing officers and other business. I Western Float GREATEST MARINE DISASTER KNOWN The Titanic steamship struck an iceberg off the Sable Islands in the Atlantic ocean on Sunday night and over 1,200 were drowned including some of the richest men in America. The Titanic was the largest and most luxurious steamship, in the world. The boat cost about ten millions and was making its maiden trip.' The craze for speed was probably the cause of the-disaster, the greatest in the history of the sea. There were a few Canadians on board, but none from Greenwood as far as can be learned. The list of third-class passengers wa3 not published in the daily papers. THE ROUTE CHANGED in the Presbyterian church next Sunday, April 21th, 7:30 p. m. Sunday School, and Bible class at 2:30 p. m. All are welcome. It is reported that A. E. Watts and other capitalists will put $50,000 into the Midway Coal company, and diamond drill the property. . While at Castlegat the other day, McCannell, who travels for a Winnipeg house '��������� dropped a wallet out of his pocket containing $118. , He failed to find it. Near the C.P.R. station, Grand Forks, Charles Petersen is adding 12 rooms to the Pacific hotel. Adjoining his hotel Robert Scott is putting up a building that will be used as a cigar store, and pool room, ��������� Paddy the Pries* is now placer- It is officially announced that the route of the Kettle Valley line now under construction has been changed in order to tap Princeton with the main instead of with the branch line. The terminals ' will, be at Midway in the Boundary district and Hope in the Lower Fraser Valley. The Fraser River will be bridged at Hope and connection made with the main line of the C. P. R. Construction is in progress west of Midway near the summit of the west fork of the Kettle River and west of Penticton on Okanagan Lake. A branch line has already been built from Merritt in Nicola Valley to the headquarters of' the Coldwater River. From Osprey Lake, sixty miles west of Penticton, the revised line will follow Five Mile Creek" and Similkameen River to Princeton and thence up the same river to the Tulameen River and thence up that stream to the west fork of Otter Creek to a point two miles from the place where the Merritt branch will tap the main line. A survoy party will be placed in the field shortly to revise thc location between the junction point and the summit of the Hope mountains at the headwaters of the Coquahalla River which flows down the Fraser slope. A contract for the construction of tho line for that portion of tho road lying between the junction and the summit will be let within a month or two as it is intended to start grading work long before July 1st, the date fixed under the agreement with the Provincial Government. No action will be taken in regard to the section between the summit and Hope until the Railway Commission decides as to the merits of the applications of the Kettle Valley and tho Great Northern Railway for the approval of their respective location surveys. The main line of the Kettle Valley system will tap all the coal and metaliforous campB in tho vicinity of Princeton. Blue grouse are plentiful in the Nicola Valley. , , > ,< There are, 12 nurses in ,the Vernon hospital. In New Denver macaroni is GO cents a box. There are 27 automobiles in Grand Forks. The Oddfellows will build a hall in Now Michel. Keremeos Centre will celebrate the 24th of May. A large opera house is being built in McLeod. A lacrosse team is being organized in Blairmore. A. Bridgman' has opened a law office in En derby. Penticton wants a daily mail service to Keremeos. An hotel in Hazelton has safety deposit boxes to rent. Last week in Chesaw fresh eggs were 20 cents a, dozen. Beaver were plenty around Orangeville this winter. : A cobbler has opened a shop in a tent at New Hazelton. The Hudson Bay Co., is closing its store at Port Simpson." A Chinaman has bought the Royal Cafe in Armstrong. The City of Merritt will borrow $73,000 for improvements. The Bank of Commerce has reopened its branch in Keremeos. Chilliwack wants a fast train between that city and Vancouver. John Neston & Co. are building a sawmill at North .Francis lake. Automobiles will be introduced to the-Bulkley valley this summer. This winter Dick Fitzgerald made $600 trapping along Granite creek. Recently in one day 1,800 pounds of seeds went to Hazelton by mail. The first Boat of the season will pull into Hazelton, about 'the first of May. .At Merritt Tex'Elliotb* was sent pp- jail-for-selling" firewater*, to Indians. .\ -,..,.._,���������. .'.AnJhotelandoO'dwelling houses J *fl.ey could-have .sold.-the' animals will be erected at Grinrod,in the J alive to the Stock Aassociation" at Okanagan. Tl" Between.l Hazelton and Burns Lake all the .main" railway camps are now established!' Foley, Welch & Stewart have 75 four-horse teams hauling in supplies. The ats is dey, vild or tame?" ''Tame, ofconrse," replied the farmer wonderingly. ���������'Veil, replied Oie," don't, you think I could sneak up on them by daylight."���������Ex. The Kootenay Monumental Works, Nelson, B. 0., manufacture all sizes and kinds of headstones and nionuments. VICARAGE FOR ST. JUDES At a largely attended meeting of the - members and congregation of St. Jude's, held in the church on Monday evening it was decided, after considerable discussion, to purchase a house on Kimberly Avenue for a vicarage, and the following were appointed a committee to see the matter through: Messrs. R. Wood, J. T. Beattie, R. G. Hargreaves, E. R. Redpath, and E. F. Smith. THE CARMI ROAD The Penticton Board of Trade is using every effort to have a wagon road built from-that city to Carmi. The executive committee of the Board says: ' "We went thoroughly into this matter with Mr. Shatford. We urged the necessity for the immediate construction of this road, on the grounds that it would open up some thousands of,acres of good hay growing lands, 5,000 acres, of which had already been purchased; also that in all probability the first three or four miles could immediately bo put to use in hauling a large tonnage of machinery and supplies for the Penticton power plant; and finally, that the Carmi end of tho road would pass through a richly mineralized country, awl (Continued on Inst piiyu) .vi!'S������ i .-.*��������� *��������� '-V ���������Vj!- ' - tJv |jv fjm t_5* O* w* *5* w* t9* ������?* id* i5* *r��������� *5* w* w* id* Leaves Mother'Lode 9.30 a. in. 6:30 p. m. Leaves Greenwood- '2:00' p., m.: 8:30 p.' m." ��������� Saturday last stage . leaves 9& Mother Lode 6 p. m. Returning', ^ leaves Greenwood 10 p. m. *> ��������� ' ^ Greenwood Office NORDEN HOTEL ALL RED POULTRY YARD MYNCASTISR, 11. C. EXCLUSIVELY Pen i.���������Headed by "Vic," an ideal bird, winning ist at Seattle, Belling- ham and' Vancouver, and special by R. I. Red Club of America for best colored male at Seattle. Mated to him are twelve fine pullets. Pen 2.���������Pleaded by "Tim," a grand cockerel, from winning stock at Trail and Nelson, with whom is mated twelve good colored pullets. Pen 3.���������Is made up of good utility birds, all thorobreds. EGGS- Pens 1 and 2 - -' $5 per 15 Pen 3 - -''-'��������� $3 Per l5 A prize of $5 will be given at the next Greenwood Fair for the best bird raised from my eggs. Leave orders at the store of Russell-Law-Caulfield, Co. Frank Fletcher PBOVTNorAL Land Surveyok, Nelson, B. O. J. R CAMERON, Leading Tailor of the Kootenays. KASLO, B.C I HAVE YOUR PHOTO TAKEN ���������: BY: : 1. , J. H. JAMES of Greenwood. STARKEY & CO. nelson, b.c. '* wholesale *'" dealers in Produce ahd Provisions About Float Float,is not a periodical. It is a book containing' &6~ ���������_, illustrations all told,, and ,' is filled with sketches and. . stories of western life. It tells how a gambler cashed ��������� ' in after the flush days of ,. ���������' Sandon ; how-it rained in ;,������������������ New", Denver long. after - ��������� ,Noah was* dead;" how a. - parson took a" drink at ��������� Bear4Lake in early days ; ' how, justice was' dealt'in Kaslo 'in '93 ; /how 'the' > , ' saloon man outprayed.the women in Kalamazoo."and ' graphically" depicts .-the -roamings of .'a western v . . ��������� editor among the tondor- feet in tho cent bolt. It . contains the early history";' of Nelson and a romance of tho .Silver King mino. . . In it are printed threo . western poems, and doz- * ons of articles too numerous to mention. Send for -ono before it is too late. ��������� The price ' is 25 cents,/ postpaid to any part of ^tho " - world. Address' all. let- . ���������*,.. ters to '��������� - R. T. Lowery , GREENWOOD, B. O. Don't Be HOODWINKED WE NEVER CHANGE BRANDS r 11 ARE A 1 QUALITY- TO HORSEMEN ��������� "REVEUR,".a Pedigreed Per- cheron Stallion, imported from France, weight 2,000 pounds, will stand from May ist, as follows:��������� Mondays and Tuesdays, S. T. Lar- sen's, Rock Creek; Wednesdays and Thursdays, Lancashire Barn, Midway ; rest of week at Stooke's ranch. Rates, ������10; by the week, $15; to insure foal, $20. C. P. C. Rock, owner and manager. TheBRILLIANTES Are tbe Best Clear Havanas In Canada Made by Union Labor In tlie best Hygienic Factory in the country. Call for ; them and get value for your money iu- * stead of rope WILBERG.& WOLZ, Prop. B.C. Clear" ' Factory," New Westminster, B. C Greenwood City Waterworks Company JX JX JX JX JX JX JX JX JX JX JX JX JX JX JX JX JX 5t. THOMAS 9j CLOTHES CLEANED *s PRESSED AND REPAIRED * 5 TAILOR - GREENWOOD jr������?. & JP jP jf ������r up & je> j? jf jf jp $��������� jp j? CITY SMOKE Mountaineer and" Kootenay Standard Cigars. Made by J. C. THELIN & CO., NELSON. Baggage transferred to any part of the City. Furniture moved to any part of the District. General Dray- ing of all kinds. * " SIDNEY OLIVER. LOWERY'S CLAIM During the 87 months that Lowery's Claim was on earth it did business all over the. world. It ' was the * most unique, independentTond. fearless journal ever produced in Canada. Political and theological enemies pursued it with the venom of a rattlesnake until the government shut it out of the mails, and its editor ceasad to publish it, pa'tly on account "of a lazy liver and partly because it- takes a pile of money to run a paper that is outlawed. Qhere are still 20 different edition's of this condemned journal in print. Send 10 cents and got one or |2 and get the bunch. .'.-'. R. T. LOWERY, ' Greenwood, B. C ARMI is situated on, thc West Fork of the Kettle river, at its junction with Wilkinson creek. It is 57 miles from Greenwood and 75 miles from Grand Forks, It is located on a large plateau on the west bank of the Kettle river and will be the central town for a dozen smaller mining camps. For the next two. years it will be the supply point for the Kettle Valley rail/ . way during the construction of that road to Penticx ton, 87 miles, ��������� CARMI has mining, timber and agricultural resources of great value, It has gold mines right at the townsite, and is a good smelter site, Lots are being sold at from $50 to $250 each, Invest your money at home, For further particulars apply to in-law. Only he is deserving of freedom and life who is over ready to struggle aud light for it. CARMI TOWNSITE CO., CARMI, B. O. timmsamimammmiimBm^i [���������BgeBBMLuUiltW������mmm bnimmmaSu 1 THE LEDGE, GREENWOOD, BRITISH COLUMBIA. ������-- .*J ' -!,t ^U* ,-?,' f WESTERN -- HOTELS. THE KOOTENAY SAtOON ' Sandon, B. C, has a line'of nerve .1 bracers unsurpassed in any moun- " ' tain town,oi the Great West. A glass of aqua pura given free with '-, spirits menti. NKWMAKKKT HOTEL Is the home ,for all tourist's .ind , ' millionaires visiting New Denver, British Columbia. ^ < . '. -4 i, , Henry Stegc. Propi-. THE PROVINCE HOTEL ��������� ' V Grand Forks.,is a large tnree- story brick hotel that provides ' *. -" tho public with good meals and " ' pleasant rooms. .A new building but the same old rates. , i ; ,. -i _, ��������� , i ' i 11 '* ' _ Emil Larson, Proprietor, Brldesvillo, B. 0. Provide) excellent accommodation for tourists and travel lers.. Fies.h Egg3 and Butter. Special Irish Whiskey always on hand TnOMAS WALSH*,' Proprietor. LAKEVIEW ,HOTEL ,_' ... " in Nelsou,' B.. C, employs _ all - - white help-and isa home for the . world at jl.00 a day. Nap. Mullutto, Proprietor. TOO MUCH MELON THE KASLO HOTEL' , " Kaslo, B*. C��������� is n 'comfortable home for ali who travel to that , .city; ..''..> ' '. r, ��������� -- , .Cocklo & Pnpwortn. BUKRRTtOOKK IfOUHIS ��������� ' "[ Nel8on;BC." One minute's walk from'C. P. R station. Cuisine ; unexcelled; Well heated and ventilated. ', _ - ' - LAV'NCE & DUNK, Propilctors. HOTEL CASTLEGAR, Castlegar June- tion. ' All modern. Excellent accomodations' for tourists and drummers.'Boundary train leaves here at 9.10a.m. ". . ' I ' ���������' " i'-w. H.'.'GAGE, Proprietor GRANITE CREEK HOTEL ���������*��������� t Granite Creek] B." C, Headquarters for miners, prospectors and railroadmen. Gcod stabling in "' '���������' connection. * Tasty , meals and , f pleasant rooms. ... ,, * ' H, G00D1SS0N, Proprietor.' GRAND UNION HOTEL ^ Hedley, B. C. American plan and moderate rates. First-class mineral display from all sections and will exchange for, specimens. ��������� from any part of the world, Re- liable^informatidn^will.be given ' investors and working men. ANTON WINKLER, Proprietor. TREMONT (HOUSE; . ' 1 Nelson, B. fi., is run on the American and European plan. Steam heated rooms.-All, white labor.' Special attention paid lo diiiiri"- room. ������������������-.'���������. k Kimsomo & Cinnplicll, Props. TULAMEEN HOTEL . <-'��������� -.Princeton."B. C, is the head-' quarters for miners, investors ']* ancl railroad men. A fine location and everything first class K1RKPATRICK'& MAL0NE, Proprietors. HOTEL KEREMEOS ' Opposite depot. Extensive alterations have recently ��������� been made rendering this holel one of the most comfoi table in lhe interior. " A choice selection of liquors and cigars. New pool room and sample ' rooms in connection. \ ' _ . Mrs. A. F. K1RBY. ALGOMA HOTEL _. -Deadwood, B." C. This hotel is. ''" " within ,'casy distance of Greenwood : and provides a comfortable home for travellers.. The bar has the best of wines, liquors aud cigars. ' JAMES HENDERSON, Proprietor Bank of Montreal ' - ESTABLISHED 1817 ^Capital, all paid up, $15,413,000. Rest, $15,000,000. UNDIVIDED PROFITS, 81,855,185 3G Hon. President: Lord StraThcona and Mount Royai,. G. C. M. G. President: R. B. Angus,.Esq. - . , - Vice-President: Sir E.'S. Cwuston, Bart. General Manager: H. V. Mi*RBDiTH,-ESQ. <*��������� . BranchesinLondon,Eng.{&^ New York, Chicago '.Buy and Sell Sterling Exchange and 'Cable Transfers. Grant Commercial and ' Travellers' Credits, available in any part of the world. : SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT n^tSS.at Greenwood Branch - C. B. Winter, Mgr. 71 WHOLESALE GROCERS Corner Smythe and Beattie St's, VANCOUVER, B. C Agents for STIRT0N & DYER Cigars The. Best Value of-any Cigar made in Canada Brands;: SALOME. SAVANNAH. SMART SET. CARIBOO. UTOPIA. ��������� - r ������*:":������> the yard-master up at the junction discovers he's'shy one carload of melons, invoiced, an' one large, amiable gent, uninvoiced,' accordin' to specifications. 1 "Meantime, I'm busy plckin' melons out of my .system, tryin' to get room to bat" myi eyes an' draw my breath just once more-for luck. Most of the crates had busted, an' every move I made, more" melons would" come slldin' on to me.' I wasn't broke anywhere, but mashed to a pulp, an' it seemed several years before I got one arm free, dug myself out, an Inch at a time, an,' got a few lungfuls of*a!r.' The car was lyln' on its side .considerably lower at one end thaa the' other, an' up under the" peak of the' upper corner' I had plenty of room. I ate* a few melons an' made'myself comfortable. The car didn't seem to be hurt none, but I wasn't worryin'. I figured there had been a wreck an* pretty soon some hero'd come along an' dig me out with an ax. "Nobody, did.. By an' by it got daylight. I could see it perkllatln' through the ventlator slits; but there wasn't any welcome sound to mar the holy peace an' solitude of that ravine' except me hollerin' through the slitB. I burrowed down to the door -that was top-side," but-It was locked fast. Did you ever .try to carve yourself cut of an ' iron-bound * fruit-car, reenforced' with, two-by-fours, with a jack-knife? ���������Mebbe It can be done, but towards evenln' my knife'broke an'-1 hadn't made no headway. "I ate some more melons, but I hadn't no enthusiasm for 'em. I was beginnin' to sort o' founder on a melon diet. A lot of 'em had got all squashed an' mushy in the melly an', lyin' there in a heap with the hot sun beatln' on the car, it wasn't long before they began to bubble an' ferment, an' by the end of the second day the atmosphere of that car was somethin' stupenjus. After that I spent most of my time with my nose at a ventilator slit, gettin' all the outside air-1 could. "Pardner, not to harrow up your feelin's further, I was in that car eight days! I'd got Into a sort of catamose condition, full of nightmares of melons, when all at once I heard a long "snif-f-f!' at one of the cracks, an' the idea of any one or anything' wantin' to sniff at the flavor of that car pulled- me wide awake with a jump. 'Sufferin' catsl* I yelled, 'lomine out o' this!' But my voice was smothered like a man shoutln* into a pillow. "It got an answer, though, for I heard the sound of a horse, a man called through tho cracks, and then: 'Look out!' says he, 'I'm goin' to shoot!' Then bang! bang! bang! the door splintered, an' the staple busted. The door was shoved open, I crawled out, took a long whiff of pure, clear, melonless air, an' collapsed. "I come to with the whisky an* there was a man an' a pony an* a dog, with long whiskers ��������� the man, I mean. He was one of theso hollow- cheeked, long-nosed fellers that allers seem to be on the verge of grnspln* an idea an' never connectln' up. "Ho gave me more whisky an* got me on my foot. There was a kind of halo of molon-amell all around that car. 'Friend,' says I; 'lead mo hencet I'm weak art a kltton an' I can't look at that enr without emotions rlsin' la my bossorn. Now,' I Bays, whon he'd helped me out o' sight an' smell of the car, 'now, friend, you've saved my Ilfo. There's only ono more thing I'll ask of you.' "'What air that?' says ho. "'Why,' says I, 'I want you to lot mo take a bite out o' that boss of yours. Just a mouthful somewheres where it won't show. I need a change of diet,' I says, 'to get rid of the taste of melons.' "Well, the old buck sat'an' cackled for fifteen minutes. He actually thought I was foolin'. Finally, seein I was really done up, he got me on his horse, took mo to-his ranch, fed me for a. week, an 'said my story paid him for It all. He was mighty good to me an' I hated to leave. I haven't beenable to look a molon In tho faco C*KXOOCK30CXX)OOC)OOOOaD^5iSo^ 8 WHO'S WHO ��������� " . o * -;'IN CANADA" , CXXOCOOOOOOC>OOOCCOOOODOC)OC ' MRS. FLOEENCE' OTJEST0N Toronto. Canadian women > have shown a genius for 'estaWdBihlng national societies. ' They' have organized nationally so much ae a matter of course fand so quietly that hardly anyone has ' noticed as 'yet. this unusual ability i of Canadian women. - Thoy do not i seem to. bo awtare'of it themselves, 1 wMch, perhaps, ,1a, just as well. Women -In - Great' Britain aren oted i outside oi home life "for their activity las political canvassers. It would be l difficult to ' estimate 'the extensive 1 work carried on by political orgaiiiza- j tlons of women In England and Scot- I land. Women in the United States ' have ^made a name for olubs to per- j suade culture' to' come and live wtiih 1 them. Browning clubs, Mondelsohn ! clubs, Sorosis clubs, May-flower clubs, 'Daughters of the Revolution clubs, are k means by which women in the United States are fitting the women of the past and'present to be women of the future. But the Canadian woman,*, as it seems almost unconsciously, has- measured the distance between Halifax and .Victoria, and has said to herself: "We must Chid some way b'y which the word of tlie woman In the West may reach the woman In the East and_the word of. the woman of raid-Canada musit come to both East and West." Not only national canrntdeshiip, but national betterment-and help are the aims of these societies formed by Canadian women. ��������� If- it is asked how Canadian women first. learned ,to organize nationally. WHY MALACHI-NOLAN STEPPED .. DOWN. MKS. FLORENCE HUEST0N the most reasonable answer is that thirty years ago a woman's movement for foreign missions .began among .Canadian women. There are great missionary societies to-day among the 'women of all the-Canadian churches. These leading women of twenty-five ���������years ago learned how to extend their missionary societies nationally. They .said: "The world for Christ," and ,along with that softly-spoken wo- ���������men's battle-cry there came, without ���������any special summons, the soundest aspirations towards Canadian 'nation- 'ojlism. The boys of the women who ^egan the Canadian women's missionary -societies are ,the, originators of ���������the Laymen's Missionary -movement. Their daughters are still interested |ln missionary societies. They have [added to their responsibilities other inatlonal woraens' societies as well. ���������It should be noted that the National ���������Council of the Women of Canada, the "Victorian Order of Nurses, the Women's Canadian Clubs, the Independent Order of the Daughters of tho Empire, the Aberdeen Society, Women's University clubs, Women's Institutes and Women's Historical are not political organizations, nor societies for acquiring -culture. And no woman has done more to help in the many movements for the better- ,ment of her sex than Mrs. Florence Hueston -of Toronto. She has given much of her time and her money to the different causes. ' She holds amongst other posts, a prominent place on the National" Council for Women in Canada. SIR THOMAS SHAUGHNESSY Binoe." Like most of the men who have carved out a.career for themselves and become famous at it Sir Thomas Shaijghnessy is a hard worker. He Jlkes workers about him and has no UBe for the idler. His salary as head of a wealthy and appreciative cor- 'iporatlon, combined with successful Investments from his savings, have made his future comforts assured in this world but he does not work for the mere sake of earning money or piling it up. PIo works with a purpose in view and that purpose is the carrying out of the groat plans of the road. He does not believe in riches. "I believe the day Is coming," he is credited wtih saying, "whon it will bo considered vulgar for a man to have more than a million dollars. I do not believe in tlio aristocracy of dollars. If there must be an aristocracy, let it bo of brain, refinement and work. Let it be above all else, an aristocracy of well directed, useful, conscientious 'work.' He was born In Milwaukee in 1S53, as the name impljos, of Irish ancestry. At the ago of 1G" on graduating from a business college, he jolnc-d tho staff of the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul railway and got along so well im bis work that in 1879 he was appointed genoral store-keeper. Sir William Van Home wanted a good man, In that department and-in 1822 asked Mr. Shauglinessy to take the Job which he did. His work was not a bed of .rosea but he did what was expected of.'him so well that inside of a couple of years he was mado asal5>ftt to the genoral manager and taioved up step by step until he be- ������ame president and only recently chairman of the board of directors Srom which Sir William Van Home ���������retired. As Alderman Malachi Nolan sat and smoked' and sipped, he thought again of -Limeriok ��������� the breath of spring blows the fragrance of the hawthorn, white upon the bough; he hears, the song of the mavis; he is walking homeward 'along- the black path through 'the bog, ancl ud the green boreen, and there beforo him Is the little cottage, its thatch held down by sticks and stones, a long ash pole propping up its crumbling gable; there lsrthe mud shed with the thills of the'old cart sticking out of it; the donkey, is standing by, sad as ever; and up,the muddy lane little Annie in,her bare feet Is driving the cows to the byre; and then he sees his mother sitting-in .the'low doorway, all at once he catches his first whiff of the peat smoke, and, with the strange spell that, odors work upon the memory,' it makes' him a boy again; again.he "is sheltered on a rainy day in the mud shed, playing shoot-marbles with Andy Corrigan and Jerry O'Brien; again he is In the little chapel with the leaky roof; he sees all the boys and girls ��������� Mary Cassidy among them ��������� standing on the bare clay floor; he brings his bit of stone to kneel on during mass, he even runs out for"a piece of slate to give to Mary, who lays it 'n the puddle at her feet and spreads her handkerchief over it before she kneels. And when the mass is over, ho will take little Nora ��������� little Nora? Ho placed his hand to his forehead in confusion, and then in a gasp it all comes over him ��������� Mary Is old, Andy and .Terry are old, little -nnie is old, and- he is old ��������� they are all gone away. He bowed his head. And yet Nora yearned'to go. Should ho turn the ward over to Brennan and take her this spring? He could run for the legislature when ho came back In the fall; a senator would be elected by the next General Assembly, and the graft would bo very good then. The compromise attracted Malachi, for at once it acquitted him of indecision, a quality of statesmanship ho hated, and kept for him the life of power that had become as the very breath of his nostrils. .The long day was done, and Malachi, in shirt-sleeves "and stockinged, feet, sat in his big plush rocking- chair, his .legs Btretched out bofore him, taking his ease at his own hearth. When he had come home at midnight, Nora, who always sat up for him, had Insisted upon brewing him a cup of tea, under the, impression, common to a certain class of women, that it has great medicinal qualities. Malachi had sipped it obediently, though he had not cared for it after all the mineral waters ho had drunk that day, and had enjoyed far more than the tea the freckled Irish face of his daughter, as he gravely goggled at her over the rim of the saucer into which he had. poured the beverage to cool it. "Nora, child, do ye sing now ��������� p'hat was that? ��������� it wint hummin' t'rough me head th' daay. Well, well, well, let me see, now ��������� hum-m-m-m ��������� it goes something like " And he hummed a quavering old tune: "I saw the Shannon's purple flood Flow by the Irish town." * "But it's forbidden in the lease after ten o'clock," the girl protested, leafing over her music. "What If the landlord^���������" "It's time enough to saay good marnin' to th' divil, Nora,- whin ye meet 'im."~ . Nora fixed herself- on the stool fingered the keys, finding a soft minor chord. The old man closed his eyes, slid farther down in his plush chair, and, just as he was prepared to listen, she suddenly stopped in the provoking way amateur musioians cultivate, to say: "But, father, that's such an old song; wouldn't you rather I'd sing the Intermezzo from 'Cavalleria'?" Malachi opened his eyes with a start and sat bolt upright. "Naw," he said, "none o' thim fur'n op'res ��������� p'hat's the use of yer goin' to th' convlnt all those years?" But his voice quickly softened. "Do ye go on.now, Nora, darlin', there's a good gur-rl." And so she sang, and the alderman sank in his ohair, with his big arms in their shirt-leeves thrown over his head, closed his eyes again, stretched out his stockinged feet. The smoke from his cigar ascended to the chandelier, and now and then, when he remembered the words of a line, he hummed them behind closed lips, in unison with his daughter. When the song was done Nora whirled around, clasped her hands In a schoolgirl's ecstasy, and said: "Oh, father, that song makes me homesick ��������� homesick for a place I never saw. You won't run again, will you, father, will you? And we'll go to Ireland in the spring, won't we? Tell me, in the spring?" A pain struck through Malachi Nolan's heart, a pain that was made only more poignant when, with her American fear of the sentimental, Nora Joked: "I must see our ancestral cabin." Malachi could not open his eyes. For once he was afraid. He did not move for a long time. But at Inst he sighed and set his jaw, and said: "Well, Nora ��������� If ye saay so ��������� in the spring." And that was why Malachi Nolan stepped 'down. " Unequalled for Domestic Use." STAine f*nnr*12, ftt eleven o'clock in thefoionoon. Hy order, W. G. McMYNN, Registrar C. C. or Y. ARNOTT & HINE Proprietors Synopsis of Coal Mining Regulations. COAL uiininp rights of the Dominion, iu Manitoba, Saskatcliew.ui and Alberta, the Yukon Territory, the Northwest Territories and iii a portion of British Columbia, may be leased for a term of twenty-one years at an annual rental of $i an'acre. Not more than 2,560 acres will be leased to one applicant. Application for a lease must be made by the applicant in person to the Agent or Sub-Agent of the district in which the rights applied for nre situated. In surveyed territory the land must be described by sections, or'legal sub-divisions of sections, and' in unsurveyed territory the tract applied for shall be staked out by the applicant himself. Each application must be accompanied by a fee of #5 which will be refunded if thc rights applied for are not available, but not otherwise. A royalty shall be paid on the merchantable output of the mine at the rate of five cents per ton. The person operating the mine shall furnish the Agent with sworn returns accounting for the full quantity of merchantable coal mined and pay the royalty thereon: If the coal mining rights are not being operated, such returns should be furnished at least once a year. The lease will include the coal mining rights only, but the lessee may be permitted to purchase whatever available surface rights may be considered neces- sa'ry for the working of the mine at the rate of #10.00 an acre. For full information application should be i\indc lo the Secretary of thc Department of the Interior, Ottawa, or to any Agent or Sub-Agent of Dominion Lands. W. W. CORY, Deputy Minister of thc Interior. N.B.���������Unauthorized publication of this advertisement will nol be paid.for. QUEEN'S HOTEL, PHOENIX B. O. The Newest and Largest Hotel in the City. Everything neat, clean and comfortable. Steam heat and electric light. Meals and drinks at all hours. R. V. CHISHOLM, Proprietor DANNY DEANE, Manager. THE RUSSELL HOTEL Is pleasantly situated in the heart of Grand Forks, and is convenient to all the leading financial and commercial institutinns of the city. Travelers will find it a comfortable place to sojourn when in the city. FRED RUSSELL BULL CREEK HOTEL One ot the oldest stopping places on tbe West Fork. Good accommodation and plenty���������to eat. Fish and game dinners in season. blooms reserved by telegraph. GORMAN WEST Prop. ON. PARLE FRANCAIS NATIONAL HOTEL GREENWOOD, B. C. The Reallv Best House '���������<_" in the Boundary. Recently JRemodelled aud Strictly Up-to-Uate. Restaurant in connection ROY oV BO YER PROPS. THE ROYAL HOTEL Stanley Street/Nelson, B. C, Pleasant location. Best- _' Family Hotel in the City. American and European . Plan. Good Homo for Steady Boarders. Rates: $1.00 to'.,$1.50 per day. J. S. BARRATT - Proprietor '���������VI ' '��������� 1; I J'- QUICKLY STOPS COUQHS, CURES CCLOO, HEALS THE THROAT AND LUNQ6. SO CtNTti MKflSS ������������s THE LEDGE, GREENWOOD, BRITISH COLUMBIA. CKK>OCK>0000<>OOOC<>0000<>CK>0 l BOUNDARY MINES f OOO OO O O 0-C-C>C<>CK50CK>0<)00-C>0 Last week tho Kawhide shipped ��������� 3,GS2 tons of ore. Last week the Granby smelter treated 22,655 tons of ore. Last week the* Mother. Lode rainp shipped 7,524 tons of oro. Last week tho Greenwood smelter treated 13,141 tons of ore. Last week tho Granby mine shipped 2<>0<><><><>0CKKX*K>CKKK> | B. -C. MINING NEWS f OCOOC^>C^>000(K>00000000 The Omineca Herald calls some from the canp, "and of its mining news, "Hazelton Mining Dope." Perhaps by reading it yon can get golden dreams. Conditions in Atlin are especially satisfactory and encouraging," says Hon. Dr. Young, who recently returned the gold output for the season promises to eclipse that of any 3*ear since the birth of the district as a placer field. Last season the gold commissioner's statement approximately 8300,000 to have been the gold yield of the district, but as the offiicial record takes cognizance only of that portion of tho output upon which royalty is collectable, exempting ������2,000 in each case, this is considerably under the actual production total. Probably the trne total exceeding half a million, and this season it will well over-run ������750,000, and may reach a million." It is announced that tho Royal Standard Investment Co., of Vancouver, has acquired leases covering several miles of placer ground Six feet of high grade ore has been struck in the Bluebird at Rossland at a depth of 190 feet. Tho shaft will be sunk to the 31G foot level, and then cross-cutting will begin. At Sandon the deep level tunnel on the Star is in SOO feet. Construction of a smelter with a treatment capacity of 2,000 tons daily at Granby Bay, Portland Canal district, for the, Granby Consolidated Mining and Smelting company, involving an expenditure of $1,000,000, will be started in May. During the present year an equal amount will also be devoted to the development and equipment of the Hidden Creek mines at Granby Bay. A large force of miners will be put to work this suinmer at the Surprise mine in the Hazeltondis- trict. - Mr. Northey is a pioneer of the Similkameen section, and has devoted his time for the past 12 years to jthe development of mining properties in which he is interested. He spent the winter in Spokane, and is returning to Olalla to look after, his mining interests. The Apex company, he says, has bonded the King Arthur, one of his properties for a good sum, and the entire purchase price is to be paid on the 1st of July. He says that while the Bullion at Olalla is not being operated at present, it thereby bo of very great service to tlio mining industry 'of the Carmi district. Mr. Shatford promised that he would lay the- matter before the Hon., the ��������� Minister of Public Work?, on his return to Victoria, and recommend that a survey be made,- in order to determine the best route to be followed, aud an estimate of tho probable expenditure. - Mr. Shatford hoped that the district road ' superintendent would be instructed to proceed at once with this survey, and that a start could be made on the work this year. Mr. Shatford was of the opinion that it would be better to build a good road in the first place, even if it took three or four years to complete it, than - to try and rush the' construction at the expense of good workmanship and easy grades. "An estimate made a few years ago placed the length of this road at'35 miles, and the cost at $70,000." Mathieu's Syrup ai Tar ana Cod Uver Oil aot only stops a cough but cures it. Its tonic and restorative properties enable the system to permanently throw off a'cold 35c for large bottle. ' Sold eveiywherc J. L. MAXBJKU CO, Jta*. ���������miliLE DE FOIEDEMORUE DtoMATHEED s MATHIEirs Syrup of Tar COD UVER OILfi XLKATHrm tmnu,ma.iLt Residence Lots in North Kamloops from $210.00 to $30,0.00 Next ito Site of C. N. R. Depot.' $3-5.66 Cash and . $15.00 a month for balance, without interest. , ���������We have several good properties that will'turn you ", over quick profit. This is no wilderness, but a built; up close in suburb.of Kamloops. This property- is fully guaranteed to be an ' absolutely good buy and-a money maker, and is selling fast to residents of Kamloops. "In- * formation, maps and photographs furnished free. Ka'm-,- ioops lots that sold three years ago for $100.00 ,are ,now bringing up to.$2,000.00. You.have a little money,'you -' do not want to risk 'it, but you,would like to-make a sure profit with it.' Remember Kamloops is not aboomtbwrv. but is rapidly growing to her position as the largest city * in the interior of British Columbia. You can make a lot. of money this summer if you take advantage of the pros-, perous condition' of British Columbia. The ��������� longer'you ' wait the more you will have to pay for property that is really worth while. Sit down now and write to us."-.vMake '. your money work. What is a salary anyhow? ���������'���������������������������,��������� ' ! ' . ������������������*.,'������ Perry, Hog & Bunbury P. 0. BOX 121, KAMLOOPS, B. C. ]\ REAL ESTATE INSURANCE COMMISSIONS BUUUIWWir.i> ARG������ TUNNEL COD LIVER OIL Distributors for Western Canada: FOLEY BROS.,-LARSON & COMPANY,' INC., Winnipeg, Edmonton, Vancouver, Saskatoon. ing Conservatives in Kootenay who would demand particulars before supporting him.���������Slocan Record. A VIOLENT STORM THE DEADLY DUST Miss Eva Campbell received a telegram last week telling of the death of her father, James Campbell, which took place in the hospital at Kamloops of miner's consumption. It is claimed that the old-Cariboo mine in Camp McKinney is responsible for the commencement of his trouble for he worked for a while in the Cariboo at the same time as many of the others who have since fallen victims. He was also for some time foreman in the Stem- winder property at Fairview where almost similar conditions prevailed. The working of machine drills in a dry quartz vein fills the air with fine silicious dust that is most destructive to lung tissue especially when breathed through the mouth. Those who worked in tho wetter portions of tho Cariboo escaped injury but there has been a heavy death toll among those who worked for long periods in tho dry stopes. ���������Hedley Gazocte. I Apure,Cream of Tartar | Powder || Made from Grapes BOB GREEN A. dispatch quotes Hon. R. F. Green as saying: "Should I be the choice of the convention I would gladly accept," in reference to the vacancy for Kootenay in the federal houso. It appears that "prominent" Conservatives have been persistently importuning Mr. Green to go before the convention. A list of the "prominent" ones would doubtless be edifying to the Conservatives who are not prominent. Before an appeal to the electorate it would be necessary for Mr. Green to give a satisfactory I needs. At noon yesterday a terrific storm of short duration passed over Greenwood. There was only ono flash of lightning, but it raised havoc with lights, telephones and motors, and delayed the "publication of The Ledge. Fritz Haus- sener's team became alarmed and ran home without a driver. In Anaconda several windows were broken in the Vendome hotel. Windows were broken in Smith's store and the current bored several holes through the roof. The door of the meat refrigerator was smashed, and that department generally mussed up. In her residence close to Smith's store, Mrs. Brown was ironing at the time, and was 6truck by the lightning in the lower limbs aud back. Sho was taken to the hospital and was some bettor last night, although sho is still in a serious condition. The lightning wrecked tho interior of tho house, and burrowed a furrow under tho building. It played strange freaks in Smith's store, broke water mains in tho street, knocked down some trees and poles, and broke windows in a dozen houses in the vicinity. It was a bolt from tho sky that caused a great sensation, and it is fortunate that several more people wero not injured. QUICKLY STOPS COUGHS. CURES COLDS, HEALS THE THROAT AND LUNGS. 25 CCNT8 Empires may rise. and, ifallK ships may sink or swim ;"but; the Argo Tunnel goes pri forever. The conflict.between steel, powder and hard rock never ceases, and.some day the people of Greenwood wiir wake up and-find a great mine just over their garden wall. ��������� J;.t< isfactory-as the grades obtained' by the.Canadian Northern'. Wherever possible the existing grade will be used, but where improved grades can be obtained the old track will be used only until the new one is finished. *","'- There will be an .enormous amount of rock work, involving the building of- double' compartment tunnels, particularly along the shore of Kamloops lake and the Fraser canyon. Several engineers will be sent out as soon as they can get their men and outfits together, to mark out the grades. Notch Hill will be done away with, and the line will follow the shore of Shuswap lake. This will lengthen the'mileage, but will cut off one of tho heaviest gradents on the Pacific division. _ ��������� OLA- LOFSTAD, President. Judge Williams, the highest judge of B. C._ is in a hospital at Torou to getting his leg fixed. He will be there five or six months, and writes that he had an invitation to visit the Duke at Ottawa, but cannot go, because he is strapped down. ^mmitHinmiHmiimmtnnjimnnmimmmmiiimm'niK' I Plumbing and Tinsmithing 1? ������������ Our complete stock of Plumbing and Tinsmith/ H 2������ ing mate-rial has.arrived and we are now in a position :~3 sr to do all kinds of job work at greatly reduced prices ~������ S~ in any part of the city or district. .3 | PT2NE JVfcArthur & Clerf I ^iuiiiiiiiUiiiUiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiaiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiUiiiiaiiiiiiiii A Double Track Writing from Kamloops a correspondent of the Vancouver���������Sun says: .'���������F. F. Busteed, who has been appointod chief engineer in charge of the double tracking of the C.P. R. from Calgary to the coast, has rented a suite of offices here and- they are now being adapted to his Sometimes the saving habit is carried too far. A young man, for instance, resolved to place-in the bank every coin or bill ho picked up in tho street. After a time he found the system very 'slow'and took to picking up bills in tills and other places. He now has free board and lodging, but little oppor-' tunity to increase his bank account! TUTE would be an odd sort of man, indeed, who did not enjoy a good report from his mirror. life explanation of the cause of his retirement from the provincial cabinet. The convention may bo manipulated, probably will bo, but there are hundreds of eelf-rospect- He states that the work will take fully three years to complete and practically tho entire line will be rebuilt. Grades will be cut down and the result will be as ant- Subscribers ."are'reminded, that The Ledge is $2 a year when paid iu advance. When not so paid it is $2.50 a year. Missionaries are sincere, self- deceived persons suffering from meddlers itch. STOPS COUGHS BSffigBSS Good Clothes��������� like Fit-Reform Spring Suits���������enable your mirror's daily report to be always good. It helps you Immensely to be able to see all the new spring Styles grouped together as they are here. Gome and look them over; W. ELSON. Greenwood, B.C. I ���������O'W I j*Uan