.. ,."'-," '"V v ti S.J, *1 *fi ."���������*i'J Vol. "'XVIII.'" ��������� V; GREENWOOD, B. C., THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1912. a, j We sell Egg-o Baking Powder BEST O/V TWE MARKET '.,'! 5/pound can, $1,25' 2'1/2 pound can, 75 cents 'No.' 45 linoleum I Around Home r.,,.', ,��������� 16 ounce can, 35 cents Try pur Concentrated Soups ��������� j.: ,t ���������- , All flavors at 5 cents a package 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 line of Kitchen Ware just opened up. Lucy will go north next not receive The Russell-Law-Caulfield Go. HARDWARE! GROCERIES '.MENS* FURNISHINGS A. L WHITE Phone 16 Greenwood, B. C. ^ WV carry a large: Stock ancj n\ Have the variety to please you j W., E. Brown, L. A. Smith & Co. ;, -Russell-Law-Cauirield, Co. and Calces' only at Eholt ��������� Trading Company. '' Orders for any of my specialties given a day jn advance to any of theraboye firms will "be ^promptly and correctly*filled. "' William C. Arthurs THE BREAD & CAKE BAKER Vienna Bakery, Greenwood Gr^enwpbdy' Big Furniture Store J U ST OPENED -��������� ,U P ������ ��������� ���������*>���������-'��������� t Children's GoCarts IN- -VARIOUS* ' NATJY' DESIGNS '���������, We have a bunch of fine large White and Grey }f, Blankets that will go Cheap for Cash.-' T. M GULLEY & Co. Phone 27 Opposite Postoffice." ' GREENWOOD, B. C. r. 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 ;..,/-.-^i..v^ always:on the tables. Agent for Phoenix Laundry. Office of Phoenix & Midway Stages ATTRACTIVE-JEWELRY ' "' has'-seldonrTb'een cath'ered 'in such an extensive display as the one we are now showing. We know you will become interested. Not only'in THE. ODD DESIGNS but with the prices that we have placed upon the articles. ; r If you want to see the prettiest Chains, Lockets, Brooches, Pins and Stone Set Jewelry ever shown in this town, come now. A. LOGAN & Co. GREENWOOD. - B. C. A. WALTER & KENNEDY . ��������� PROPRIETOR St. Jude's Anglican Church Services:- Holy Communion"8 a.m. ist and 3rd Sundays in this -month; Matins, n a.m.; Bven- ' song, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday School, 2:30 p. m. Rev. Franklin Watson, Vicar. .- * ROOMS TO LET - In the Swayno House, Silver Street. Clean, private and comfortable rooms in a quiet locality at reasonable rates. Hot and cold baths free to guests. The Canadian bank OF COMMERCE ���������SIR EDMUND WALKER, C.V.O., LL.D., D.C.L., President ALEXANDER LAIRD, General Manager CAPITAL ��������� $15,000,000 REST ��������� - $12,500,000 MONEY ORDERS The Money Orders of The Canadian Bank of Commerce are a safe, convenient and economical method of remitting small sums of money. They are payable without charge at every branch of a chartered bank in Canada (except iu tbe Yukon Territory) and in the principal cities of the United States. The .Orders aud full information-regarding them may be obtained on application at the Bank, i * -.;���������.'"\-y ������������������' In the event of loss of a Money Order the Bank will, on receipt of a satisfactory guarantee, make arrangements to refund the amount of the lost Order. ; - SAVINGS-BANK DEPARTMENT J. T. BEATTIE, Manager. - Greenwood Branch. WANTS. Etc For Sale,���������A work horse, weight 1,250. drive single or double to be sold cheap, Apply Mark Christensen, Ledge Office, For Sale.���������A Letterpress at a price. Apply at Ledge office. v For Sale.���������Four old Copper Hand Books at 50 cents each. Apply at Ledge office. i.FoR. -Sale. ��������� Piano, Apply at Ledge office. cheap. ^^'���������''S^SSf*'*'-'*^^ ���������I 4 5 & C Dealers in Fresh and Salt Meats, Fish' and Poultry. Shops in nearly all the towns of the Boundary and Kootenay. I COPPER STREET, GREENWOOD, B. C. Farm for Sale.���������A 160 acre farm near Bridesville; 35 acres under cultivation and 20 more about ready for breaking up. 90 acres available for cultivation and the balance good pasture land. For further particulars apply R. T. Lowery, Greenwood. For Sale. 1 pair of young white Homer pigeons, pure bred, apply to Jack Rendell, Eholt. Faith may be able to move mountains, but needs a steam engine as a vehicle of expression. Some people are pious because ib is tho only diversion that their temperaments fit them for. Jack month. Mrs. Shaw will again this season. Mr. Ketchum*bas an up to date garden in Beaverdell. * ������������������ See Brown's line of fishiuo- tackle in Ferry, Wash. ������ Paddy the Priest is spending his-bolidays in'Nelson. ��������� The townsite!at Beaverdell is about two miles in length. J. E- Miller, inspector of excise was in town last Thursday. The Argo Tunnel is now working a full shift of men day and night. E. G. Warren arid Frederic Kiffer are over \at the Voight camp. Go and gambol on the green with Tom Waish in Bridesville tomorrow. . , ���������' . . < Mrs.,Owen Boyer and children are going east this week to spend the summer. ' \ ��������� In Ferry, Wash., Brown has 20 dozen squirreL traps for sale at 10 cents each. * ",' Born���������At Greenwood, on May 19, to'Mr. and< Mrs. Lester McKenzie, a daughter. Doc Goodeye during the*'night is now the knight behind the maghony at the National. Charles Tye,:'wife and daughter are spending* the* summer camping up the .West Fork. G. A, Clark and W. J. Cook of Grand Forks paid a'visit to the local Masonic-lotlge last Thursday. . ��������� ,'. J. P. Forde^ government inspector of roads and bridges spent several'days.around the city this week. " Walter Dewdney has taken up his position in the 'Government office as successor,to W.~ G.1- McMynn. A. Pressing ��������� of Chicago is" in the city looking into-the big tunnel situation with .-Duncan* Mcintosh. ' - "���������"������-':>��������� * * ,. ,.,_ _ Ernest Miller, M.P.P.,'of Grand Forks spent a few "days in the copper metropolis this week on business. Duncan, Mcintosh's oldest girl got' her forehead cut through running into a heavy iron hoop near the school house. G. C. Cotterell of Nelson, relieving W. O. Miller, district superintend of the C.P.R. was in Greenwood on Monday. The Scandinavian Societies of Nelson, Rossland, Grand Forks and Phoenix will celebrate at Christina Lake on June 24. -S. H. Reynolds of Victoria is going over the timber limits in the vicinity of Greenwood with Alex Robinson of Grand Forks, H. H. Laring, a mining engineer from Chicago is looking over several mining properties in the Boundary for Chicago speculators. Service in the Presbyterian church- next Sunday, May 26, 11 a. m. Sunday School, and Bible class at 2:30 p. m. All are welcome. The orchards around Midway- aud Rock Creek are looking fine in their new dress of pink apple blossoms and indications point to a bumper crop. Last Friday James Henderson of Deadwood caught a trout in Boundary creek at the City ranch that measured 22>������ inches and weighed 4 lb 2oz. On Monday the 27th a smoker will be given in the Greenwood Club in honor of W. ,G. McMynn. It is expected that a good company will be present. Provincial Constable Pentecost brought in a man from Rock Creek who is supposed to be suffering from insanity. He will be detained for awhile to watch developments. Ralph Smailes an old-timer here called at the Ledge office this week to say "How do," He spentlast week up the. West Fork on railway business and returned to Seattle on Monday. Gerald Mead^and Archie Gillis brought in nine horses from Oroville on Tuesday. The average weight of the animals is 1,200 pounds. Five of them were taken to the Mother Lode mine the same night. On Monday the horses of the Phoenix stage shyed near McKay's ranch and tipped the stage over the embankment and smashed itupcosiderably. Hugh Lang and the passengers saved themselves by jumping. We have received a copy of Map 36a ' issued by the Department of Mines of thc district of Beaverdell printed from the surveys, taken by L. Reinecke in 1909-10. ,It should-be useful to prospectors and mining men. On Wednesday evening. June 5th, at 8 o'clock, a card party will be held in ihe Hall, Wood's Block, under the auspices of St. Jude's Guild. Lovelv prizes will be awarded, and refreshments given lor the sum of 50. cents All welcome. I Western Float ��������� Last week the two and a half year old sou of Gabriel Eustice was being wheeled around in a baby carriage and left for a while on the high sidewalk near the schoolhouse. By some means the ^ carriage moved away and tipped the child down amongst the bushes and rocks. The child was considerably stunned by the fall and was taken to the hospital where it remained for a few days. The little one is now borne and progressing favorably. On Monday evening a meeting of the stockholders of the Greenwood Rink was held in the Rink for the purpose of 'considering a proposition made by the' Agricultural Association- with regard to the purchase of the building by the Association. After considerable discussion the following motion was carried unanimously, "That the proposition' of ' the Greenwood Agricultural Association in regard to purchase of rink be accepted, and that this meeting authorize the directors to arrange for transfer of the rink property." The motion was moved by H. McCutcheon aud seconded by T. H. Willcox. Those taking part in the discussion were A. F. H. Meyer, B. de Wiele, L L. Matthews aud-W. B. Fleming, whilst J. T. Beattie was kept busy pouring oil on the troubled waters. J. -L. White was iu the chair. During the has past week Rock Creek has lost two of its oldest inhabitants, Andrew Donohue died in the hospital here aged 86 years and Noel B: Kelsey*died near the home of his daughter, Mrs. T. JR, Hanson of the Rock Creek Hotel. Kelsey . was 68 years old and ,was born in N. Y~. S'tate."'At the age of "16" He "took" part in the civil war. He moved into Nevada in the early days of mining excitement, "and was a resident of Centralia, Wash., for several years. He came to Camp McKinney in 1898 where he conducted the dining room in Cameron's hotel. Later he moved to Oroville where, he took upland and made his home until a short time ago. He was a Mason and" connected with the Centralia Lodge, and a member of the G. A, R. of U. S. He leaves a son, Noel B. Kelsey at Oroville 'and a I daughter, Mrs. T. R. Hanson of Rock Creek. He was buried on Tuesday and the funeral was largely attended. CITY COUNCIL met on Monday The council evening. - Letters were read from the city clerks of Kelson, Eossland and Grand Forks regarding transient real estate agents, and the same ordered fyled. The following accounts were ordered paid: B. C. Gazette, ������5.00; T. McConnell, $20.00; E. W. Halcrow, $2.05; P. Burns & Co., 822.20; Vancouver Rubber Co., 8S7.00 and $330.00. Council then adjourned. ARGO TUNNEL ANNUAL The second annual meeting of the "Argo Mining & Tunnel company, limited, was held in the company's office on Saturday evening. After hearing the report the shareholders expressed themselves satisfied with the progress made during the past year and with the conduct of affairs up to date. The officers were elected as follows: Ola Lofstad, president and managing director; Jas. McOreath, Sr., secretary-treasurer; -B-.'-.M. Floyd, James Russell, Andrew O. .John- son, Charles Hammertadt and John Williamson, directors. ANOTHER KLONDIKE Toronto, May 20,���������Rich prospects of gold, copper and coal on Pesco River, near the Alberta boundary, havo boon bought by Sir William MaoKonzio from C. J. W. Richfort. It is another Klondike. ���������Province Greenwood wants a high school. Burton City has a new school- house. All free miners licenses expire* on May 31. The curfew no longer rings in Grand Forks. The City of Trail will hold a tax sale on July 5. In Alberta many hotel bars' have buttermilk for sale. West of Kaslo the deer are eating up the fruit trees. The new C.P.R. station at Duncan will cost $15,000. Revelstoke will .advertise its attractions for tourists. A baseball team has been organized iu South Fort George. Fred Smyth'says that Moyie is upon the eve of better days. A new Methodist church is be-1 ing built in Port Alberni. Port Alberni will not have a police magistrate this year. Fresh beef was put on the market iu Hazelton this month. ' ' ' There'ia an 'auto stage line between Golden and Cranbrook. The* Tribune1 will be-published daily at Fort George next -month. -A municipal owned street railway is being built ,at Lethbridge. George Yuill has been appointed provincial constable at Silverton. The taxes are 22 mills in Vernon, a reduction of five mills over last year. York Creek is the name of a new town between Coleman and Blairmore. A. S. McAulay has sold the Victoria hotel in Silverton to A. Mun- caster. W. G. Barclay will soon leave Fernie to take up his residence at the coast. Automobiles are now being used to carry freight to the mines from Hazelton. Work will be commenced on the new C.P.R. station at���������Merritt in a short time. J~-7~.*ZJ^^'7.. -,_.J Mail clerkV havejbeen put on the boats running between Arrowhead and Robson. " ' * * * ���������' In a short time 600 men will be' employed in the logging camps at Seymour Arm. .The first "paper made in B. C. was used by the Vancouver Province this month. The . Lindley ranch at Lower Nicola has been sold to Charles Tyner. of Vancouver. The fare on the K. &. S. from Kaslo to Sproule's, a distance of about 15 miles is $1.10. 'The C.P.R. spur from Three Forks to Bear Lake should be in operation early in July.. The grading camps on tbe Grand Trunk Pacific are now within 100 miles east of Fort George. . Prank Provost and Anthony Madden have joined the Conservative association in Slocan City. Pierpont Morgan once pain $15,- 000 for a dog.- He could have got one in Greenwood for a dollar. It recently cost $80 to bring seven tons of potatoes, over the C.P.R. from Notch Hill to Vancouver. Owing to other business James Crossan has resigned as chief of police in Nanaimo. He had held the position for 17 years. W. B. McClure is the new editor of the Creston Review. He comes from the cent belt, where many a great editor has been born. Many temporary towns are springing up along the line of the Grand Trunk Pacific railway, between Dome Creek and Tete Jaune | Cache. Tbe Robinson and Lequimo sawmill near Grand Forks has a capacity of 00,000 feet of lumber daily. The log cut this winter was ten million feet. ��������� ''.������ '_'���������������������������;:;<-\--' Fifty years ago camels were used to pack supplies into the' Cariboo district. They were a failure as their feet were too 'soft for the hard roads. Sunday baseball is causing a commotion in Grand Forks. The players should make less noise, and not wake up the congregations of the various churches. Tbe. Blairmorg Enterprise has bought a safe. The editor announces that other people can put there money in it, as it will not interfere with his diamonds. It will be nineteen years ago next month since John M. Burke's private bank failed in Kaslo. Some of tho depositors are still waiting for their money, not having received a cent up to date. At White's Landing, about 40 miles down the Fraser river from Fort George, the Dnko bf Suther land is having 10,000 acres of land- prepared to receive a number of' colonists, that he will bring from' Scotland. D. R. McLennan' is building a new home in Chilliwack. He recently sold the Empress hotel, hav- ing made a fortune in the business. Years ago in company with Jim Black, Dan ran the Windsor hotol in New Denver. [ The Kootenay Works, Nelson, B. ture all sizes and kinds stones and monuments. Monumental C. manufac- of head- NEWS OF CARMI This is an ideal climate for raising chickens: Mrs. J. W. Nelson has spring birds nearly < three months old, and last week in three days she had twelve hens lay I thirty-one eggs. Mrs. Nelson will [establish a large poultry ranch in the near future. Charles Gilmore has established a dog farm. He will only raise Scotch collies and can find a ready market for them all over the west. The townsite company has * offered to put in with the government and hold au auction sale of lots this summer." E. G. Smith has a ranch upon the east side of Beaver creek, near Beaverdell, upon which he has grown excellent apples and crab apples. This year he has planted several more varieties of apple trees and in time he will have a valuable orchard. At Carmi, Jim Matthewson has forty apple trees that will bear next year. The soil in and around Carmi is excellently adapted to the growing of celery, turnips, onions, potatoes and other vegetables. Last year Billy Nelson.planted one sack of potatoes and dug;up, twenty-eight. ...jThe government-owns six blocks . in the townsite" of Carmi. . The Rev. J." F. ��������� Ferroux is. a~ public-spirited man, and is trying * his best to develope the resources of the district. He owns about 5,000 acres of land in the vicinity" ��������� of Carmi which he expects some day will be under cultivation. ��������� To demonstrate what can be raised in " this section he has cleared twenty- one acres at Carmi and at an ex- penee of $3,000 he is installing Brewer's motor system irrigation. He fully expects that his experiments in this direction will be a complete success, enabling him to plainly demonstrate the agricultural possibilities of the district to all who wish to buy land and settle up the country. His example might well be followed by the government in many parts of the province. ��������� The day is not far distant when the valley of the West Fork of, the Kettle river will be filled with the homes of happy and prosperous farmers. GOOD 'MOTOR ROAD The road from Grand Forks to Greenwood, via Midway, is becoming a popular motor drive away this season. The part of the roadway on the Canadian side is all in splendid shape, but the part across I the line, between Curlew and Mid- I way, is in poor shape. The possibilities of this road for motor traffic should be brought to the attention of Uncle Sam's border-road representative with a yiew to having it put in good shape. With this section fixed up the highway from Cascade to Rock Creek would afford motorists an excellent speedway of nearly a hundred miles, which,would be equally attractive to our American friends as ourselves.���������Grand Forks Gazette. HARD ON B. C. COAL Hon. Wm. R. Ross, provincial Minister of Mines and Forests, was in Ottawa, recently, interviewing several cabinet ministers in regard to British Columbia affiairs. The chief mission of Mr. Ross relates to the new fire regulation which have been promulgated by the Railway Commission. His main objection is to a regulation compelling all railways iu B. C. to use oil aftor December, 1914. He fears that it Will bo a serious blow to tho gro>v- iug coal industries of British Columbia. ' ^; .. I -fit ��������� ,r/*i "4 tfyzt. J������.i5������ir*3^*',y'5iW'^^ '���������.'^������������������^'^^"vis^^'Jr^'ryfiW^ Tfe,������ff^������o!������,,������B5:*-ja ��������� THE LEDGE, GEEENWOOD, BEITISH COLUMBIA:. THE LEDG Is located at Greenwood, B. C, and can be traced to many parts of the earth. It comes to the front every Thursday morning, and believes that hell would close up if love ruled the world. It believes in justice to everyone; from the man who mucks in the mine to the Icing who sits on the cushions of the throue. It believes that advertising is the life of trade; and that one of the noblest works of creation is thc man who always pays thc printer. The Ledge is $2.00 a year in advance, or $2.50 when not so paid. It is postage free to all parts of Canada, Mexico, Great Britain and the county of Bruce. To the United States it is $2.50 a year, always in advance. R. T. LOWERY EDITOR AND FINANCIER. GREENWOOD, MAY 23, 1912. A blue mark hero indicates that your Subscription has becomo deceased, and that tho editor would once more like* to commune with your collateral. Tun west must have lower express and freight rates. It may soon bo Sir Richard. Our Dick haB seen the King. TnE forest fire is already doing business in the same old way. Hath is poor dope. It hurts the the moom if he wants to, and publishers havo a perfect right to print the stuff. All I say is such doings are not go my taste, and such authors don't belong to my church, and hence I have a feeling that they ought to bo trounced. , There's enough woe and drab- ness in actual life withont lugging such things into print, which we ��������� i. pay money for, under the convic- stomach as much or moro than too nu tion that we are to be delighted, or, much booze. We can remember the time when whiskey was 20 cents a gallon in Canada. Tliose good old days are gone forever. Hens to right of us. hens to left of us. hens all around, and not a single egg in the woodshed. Such is life in the far west. Thk French are appreciated in Quebec, judging from tho number that were elected to the legislature in that province last week. The Great Northern railway is not noted for keeping its contracts with the press. It beats the editors when ever the opportunity presents itself. The B. C. Government can do- if hurt, helped. But what any one wants to write or others want to read of moral, physical or spiritual gripes, per se, is beyond me. It is no excuse to say that unmixed wretchedness is real. It may be real, but a miserable, morbid interpretation of it is not real. And what, after all, we want is not facts. "We have too many facts already. We want the interpretation of facts. A true writer is the priest of facts. He is to make common things sacramental. He is to reveal the inner light of things. Dante wrote of unpleasant matters, but even in hell his toul shines for us with a gentle, human light; he could touch nothing that meet the demand for the exit of King Wheat, and all its expansion for years will be required to meet that mighty market eeeking yield. Wheu it is remembered that Saskatchewan with but a small part of its cultivable area is now producing enough to feed Great Britain, and with but two por cent, of Alberta land under plow, tho load of the future on Canada's railway systems will be something terrific, and every avenue of exit will be searched for cheapness and dispatch. Then will come the halcyon day for the navigable river and water systems, even, as now, Eastward Hudson Bay is being searched all along its icy shores for harbors, dockage and channels of commercial use. Why not Westward as well as Eastward? Why not Westward as well as Eastward? Why not the Columbia river to tho Pacific as well as Hudson's Bay to the Atlantic? With that big ditch open to tho Pacific ports, the Atlantic market is as near us as it is to Fort Churchill or Port Nelson. You laugh! Before we were born, this great Columbia was the trade route of thc Interior for the Northwest Fur and Hudson Bay companies, who steamed, and rowed, and portaged, from tho Sea to Boat Encampment, at the mouth of Canoe river, and there made entrepot for their prairie posts, via Athabasca and Yellow Head. You still laugh! Before we were born, mountaiu goats made natural trails up mountain slopes and deer through- forests; and before, and in our time, even velop the country, and make money at the same time, by borrowing money at four per cent., and lending it to fanners at eight per cent. Ihe did not.make glow; for "he believed, and in spite of. all affirmed the high harmony of the world."��������� Dr. Frank Crane. We are still besieged with free publicity schemes. Last week we received a letter from a preacher in Brooklyn telling us what he knew about hell. We are not in need of any further information upon that subject. The Courier has appeared in Coalmont, and is printed on sunburnt paper. It is full of ads, newsy paragraphs, and Bpioy editorials. It has set a terrific pace for a young -journal, which if kept up, will make it a power in the land. In" the west a man can rise if he so wills it and is lucky. In the good old C.P.R. days, east of Revelstoke, Bob Green was a cook, and now he is likely to represent Kootenay at Ottawa. Some other cooks should tear a. leaf out of Bob's book. Last week the Nelson News had a picture of its employees on the front page, and they might easily be taken for a bunch of parsons after a picnic. Not one of them look like a road agent, and the "public are delighted to know that such a pleasant-faced crowd produce Nelson's leading excitement. Tho editor of this excellent paper might further Foster and develop the kindly feeling, towards bis j journal if he would print a picture of all his readers. That would be something new in the newspaper world. The Mighty Columbia The Revelstoke Mail-Herald has the following to say of the openiug of the Columbia river from its mouth to its source to navigation: In September, 1810, an international deputation waited upon Premier Laurier���������the subject, the improvement of the Columbia river; the idea, its navigability from Portland, on the Pacific, to the head of navigation in British Columbia. "United States Senators, and others of that country, told of what had been and was yet to be done, on their side of the line; and the British Columbia delegation asked what could be done on this side. Sir Wilfrid Laurier was not in a position to say then, but, to show his sympathy with the project, he promised an appropriation the trapper, cruiser, miner, logger, road builder and railroader have found these oniraal paths the ones of natural use and scientific gradient. What the fur traders of d>*-vs of yore and the pioneer miners of 'G6 founded as a route for strategic communication between the prairie and the Pacific is still a route, and will, by and bye, be a busy artery of commerce, carrying barges on its bosom���������past Revelstoke door��������� of golden, yellow wheat. Ono has only to study and read the development of the canal and river system of carriage as develop, ed in Germany and Austria, to see its advisability, its future, in such a case as Canada's, in such a case as the Columbia's. Were this river in the East, and all its tributary richness there, they would be making Wellands and Wellands of it. But it would only develop American port and vessel traffic, it is argued. Doubtful but suppose so. We use and profit by, their canal, and, if they toll not their own keels passing through it, is there not some advantage to our cargoes if carried by them? With all'the cities of the coast straining after the trade advantages of the Panama canal, is it not possible too, for Revelstoke, Nelson Rossland and Trail, and all the ports and places on this great water system of the Interior to press its claims before our governments livelihood; (6) right effort; ,(7) right thoughts; and (8) the right state of a peaceful mind*" This is the dharma. This is the truth. , This is religion. And the Enlightened One uttered this stanza: Long havo I.wandered; Long Bound by the chains of desire Through many births, Seeking thus long in vain. Whence comes this restlessness in man? ' "Whence his egotism, his anguish? And hard to bear is samsara When pain and death encompass us. Found! it is found. Tho cause of self hood. No longer shalt thou build a house for me. Broken aro tho beams of sin; The ridge-pole of care is shattered; Into Nirvana my mind has passed; The end of cravings has been reached at last. There is self and thero is truth. Where self is, truth is not. Where truth is, self is not. Self is the fleeting error of samsara; it is individual separateness, and that egotism that begets envy and hatred. Self is the yearning for pleasure and the lust after vanity. Truth is the correct comprehension of- things; it is permanent and everlasting, the real iu all existence, the bliss of righteousness. in the coming estimates for the with energy and united effort? Thinking Themes I have no objection to people writing books, stories and essays in which they exhibit to us a mysterious world; I can even stand for bloodshed and heart break and all the pitiful detail of unsuccessful lives;provided always that the author believes, and makes me see he believes, that there is a clew to the mystery, that somehow, somewhere all will bo well. purpose of surveying the river to discover the feasibility, as far'as Canada was concerned of the suggestions made. Though Sir "Wilfrid was defeated at the polls, the idea has had the endorsement of his-successor, Rt, Hon. R. L. Borden, and the estimates again carry the vote for this work. The start is small, but sensible, and from smaller starts than this even bigger things have grown. ��������� All the world is talking of that big ditch���������the Panama Canal���������and of it all, the West sees in it the greatest blessing. By its cutting, the Great Divide of Canada has been pushed Eastwards as far, almost as Regina, tho capital of wheat-growing Saskatchewan; and within a few years, the golden grain harvest of our ilimit,ible prairies will be largely carried So many places, so many interests, so many men so many minds. This is . the drawback. The places and the men are so separated and apart, and all have so many varied interests to push forward, that concerted action in some big project like this is hard to secure. There is only ono body in this country, this interior, that can successfully take such a matter up���������The Associated Boards of Trade of Eastern British Columbia. Under their aegis the matter would be shorn of all political purpose, and be regarded as the approved project of keen bueinesa men of long vision. Gospel of Buddha "The eightfold path is (1) right comprehension; (2) right resolutions; (3.) right speech; (4): right doleful tale and howl like a dog at'in Canada has, so far, failed to1 acts; (5) right way of earning a It's a free country, of course, aud anybody has the right to tell a I Westward. All railroad expansion Old Senators Take Sir Richard Cartright, for example, seventy-seven years old and gouty, but there's fight in the old hero yet. Prop him up against a wall, put a red sash round his middle, stick a couple of silver mounted, muzzle-loading horse- pistols in his belt, and a pirate of the Spanish Main would have nothing on him for ferociousness. Or take Colonel the Honorable Sir Mackenzie Bowell. He has had rebellions of his own to ,handle���������if yon don't believe it, ask Foster. At the prospect of a real fight, Sir MacKenzie's eighty-nine years would roll off him as lightly'as a fur-lined overcoat, and he would be the young captain again who served in the Fenian troubles in 18G6. Then there's Charles Eugene Boucher de Boucherville, sole survivor of thc old noblesse in Quebec, ninety years old, with a strain of fighting blood that goes back to 1653, and Lientenant-General Pierre Boucher, Sieur de Grosbois and Governor of Three Rivers. Tho Hon. Charles Eugene has had a stormy time of his own. More than once he haa- been at close grips. His breath with Letellier is a page of history. ��������� This old war- horse, handsome, distinguished, very patrician, is still much alive and might be depended on to do something more than sniff the battle. Sir Richard Scott* must not be overlooked. His father was an officer under Wellington. The Scott family has served Canada ever since in one well-paid berth or another. Sir Richard's eighty- seven years could still be valorous on stewed chicken, fish and a generous diet of vegetables. And don't forget Lt-Col. James Danville, son of an English general, and himself a dashing cavalry officer, a Prince Rupert of debate, a very devil of a fellow. The Colonel has seen more active service in more parts of the Globe than any other militia colonel in Canada, and his regiment has a silver trumpet to say so.���������H. F. G., in Toronto "Star." and this led one of the commentators -to relate a little incident that the judge himself is said too have taken much delight in telling. Inasmuch as the judge enjoys a certain amount of physical exercise in attending to the outward appearance of his home, he waB out in the early hours of a summer's morning raking up his garden, when a hobo came along the road, and, steering in toward the tence whore the judge was working quietly inhishabilement d'onvrage asked: "Hae ye got a fill o' tobacca?" - The judge dug a hand into one of his pockets and .handed the cheerful traveler some, whereupon the latter put it in his pipe, struck a match, and after two or three preliminary puffs in which ho snift- ed the flavor of his gift, looked blandly at the judge and by way of thanks remarked: '���������Say, pal, your boss smokes d d fine tobacca, lot mo toll yo." It was a hard dig, but the judge enjoyed the ingratitude immensely. H. W. Farmer & Co., REAL, ESTATE/ Rock Creek, B. O; Send for a catalogue of headstones and monuments, made by the Kootenay Monumental Works, Nelson, B. C. stststststststststststststssstsuP **> ��������������������� % <*i .** .lyeaves Mother I^ode- . #,30 a. mv *��������� * i 6:30 p. m. ��������� leaves Greenwood " 2:00 p. m. ' .''_ 8:30 p. m. . Saturday' last stage leaves Mother Ix-:":-:~X"X������:-x-x������:-:-:< W. F. E Greenwood Miners Union, No. 22, W. F M., meets every Saturday evening in Union Hall, Copper Btreet, Greenwood, at 7. Also in hall at Mother Lode mine Friday evenings at 7. BERT de, WIELE, Seoty GREENWOOD and MIDWAY STAGE Leaves Greenwood for Spokane at 7 a. m., and for Oroville at 2:30 p. m. Charles Russell. About Float. Float is not a periodical. It is a book containing 86 illustrations all told, and . is filled with sketches and ' stories of western life. It. tells how a gambler cashed . in after the.flush day's of *' Sandon ; how it rained in -. New Denver, long after ���������' Noah was .dead ;, how a parson took' a drink ' at \ Bear Lake 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 '���������" editor among the tender- feet in the cent belt. It ' - contains the early history of Nelson and a romance of the,Silver King mine. '' In it, are printed; three ~ western poems, and'doz-' ��������� " ens of articles too "nurner- '"' ous to mention. Send for .'���������'". one before it is too late/ . '.��������� The ,p'rice; is" 25 cents,- : " , postpaid to any part of.the ���������". , . world. Address all ��������� letters to ' /���������-' -i R.^T-Lowery : . GREENWOOD, B. C ���������" Don't Be HOODWINKED WE NEVER CHANGE BRANDS ������������������UVMUVf-l/II ARE A 1 QUALITY TheBRILLIANTES Are the Best Clear Havanas in Canada Made by Union Labor in.the best Hy--' glenlc Factory iii the country. Call for them and get value for your money in-' stead of rope *. ��������� *":, WILBERG & WOLZ, Pros. B.C. Cigar/ /Factory, New ���������Vestmlnster.'B" C. , Greenwood City Waterworks' Company jxstststststststststststststststst It. THOMAS' <* ��������� ���������% CLOTHES CLEANED ���������"���������*") PRESSED AND REPAIRED i TAILOR - GREENWOOD I f. tf tf tf tf aP tf tf tf tf tf tf.tf tf tf jp tf tf CITY ���������.��������������� S MOKE Mountaineer, and Kootenay Standard Cigars. 'Made by *fv- J. C.' THELIN & Co., NELSON. Baggage transferred to any part of the City! Furniture moved to any part of the District. " General Praying of all kinds. - ... SIDNEY OLIVER. i-OWERY'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, independent and fearless journal over produced in Canada. ..Political' and theological enemieB pursued it'wiih the venom of a rattlesnake until tho government, shut it rout of the mails, and its editor ceasad to publish it, partly - on account of a lazy liver and partly because it takes a pile of money to run a paper that is outlawed..Ihero are still 20 different editions of this con-' demned journal in print. Send 10 cents and got ono or $2 and get the. bunch. - ' "' It. T." LOWERY, Greenwood, B. C . Mistaken Identity When Judge Charborineau was np in Hull hearing Superior Court cases during tbe illness of the late Judge Rochon, some comment was passed about so plain and unassuming a man displaying such judicial wisdom as he did on that occasion, j IAFMI is situated on the West Fork of the Kettle fiver, 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 raik way during the construction of that road to Pentkv ton, 87 miles, CAKMI 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 CARMI TOWNSITE CARMI, B. O. w^L/������fi BlWI'HIIM'J'fllWtf r'fJ ������35 &&������ THE LEDGE, GREENWOOD, BRITISH COLUMBIA1. WESTERN'-> HOTELS. THIS KOOTEXAX SALOON i ' Sandon.B. 0.,~ha's a line of nerve - _, bracers unsurpassed' in any mountain town ot the Great West. A glass of aqua pura given free with '��������� ' spirits menti. ' , ' - NEWMAKKKT, HOTISI. , , , , , Is the home for all tourists and millionaires'visiting- New Denver, British Columbia.,! '' ��������� A. JACOBSON, Proprietor. UKIDESVIltE HOTJ-I.. '��������� Bridesville, B. 0. Provides 1 'oicollont accommodation for tourists and travellers. Fiesh Eggs and Butter. Special ���������'J' Irish Whiskey always on'hahd.' THOMAS TVAI.SH, . Proprietor. liAKKVIKTV BOTEL ������in Nelson, B." C, employs all white help and is a home for the world at JU.OO a day. Nap. Mullette, l'roprlotor. SOMETHING ABOUT HELL THIS PROVINCE HOTEL Grand'Forks; is a largo tnree- st'ory' brick hotel that provides the public with good, meals and pleasant rooms. A-new building; but tho same oldrates. ���������' '��������� '��������� '- Kmll'Lai-Bon, Proprietor, THE EASLO:.nOTEL Kaslo, B ��������� , home for . city.' , C��������� is a comfortable ali who travel to that HOTEL CASTLEGAR, Castlegar Junction. 'All modern. Excellent accomodations for tourists and drummers. Boundarytrain leaves here at 9.10 a.m.' W. II. CAGE, Proprietor GRANITE CREEK HOTEL Granite Creek, B. C. Headquarters for miners, prospectors and 1 ��������� ' railroad' men. Good stabling in ' connection. Tasty "meals and pleasant rooms. - ��������� . - H. G00DISS0N, Proprietor. 'Cockle & Pnpwortn. SHEBHKOOKE IIOUSK ���������Nelson; B C. Ono minute's walk from C. P. II station. CuiBine unexcelled; .Well heated and ventilated. '* *��������� '.-'<���������',. -��������� j' LAVINGE & DUNK, Propilctors., .TRICMONT nOUSB * ' " NelsonTB/C, is run on the Amr erican and'Europoan plan., Steam heated rooms. All .white labor. Special, attention paid-to dining room. '��������� - Itanaomo & Campbell, Props. 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, Reliable information "will be given investors and working men. ANTON WINKLER,' Proprietor. HOTEL KEREMEOS , Opposite depot. Extensive alterations have recently been made ��������� ,"'. rendering this hotel -one of the '",'mpst comfortable in,the interior. ���������..���������-A choice selection' of liquors and . cigars. .New pool room and sample rooms in connection.' .. Mrs. A. F. K1RBY. TULAMEEN.HOTEL. ,*- .-_ ... ! , Princeton,' B. C , is the- head- : ' quarters for miners, investors 7 and railroad men. A fine loca- -: , tion and everything first class KIRKPATRICK & MALONE, Proprietors. ALG0MA HOTEL : 'Deadwood, B. C." This hotel is * - within easy distance of Greenwood and provides a comfortable home for travellers. The bar has the best of wines, liquors and cigars. * JAMES HENDERSON, Proprietor Bank' of- Montreal ' * -ESTABLISHED 1817 ��������� *' Capital/all paid up, $15,413,000. Rest, $15,000,000. .' UNDIVIDED PROFITS, S1,8S5,**.85 30 -Hon. President: Lord.Straxhcona and Mount Royai,, G. C. M.G. President: R. B. Angus, Esq. ' , , ' Vice-President: Sir E...S.'Houston, BarT. .���������'-., - General Manager: "H. V. MUrbdith, Esq. ' ' Branches in London, Eng.{ffleiif rc���������SK} 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 '"Sji'K ������t Greenwood Branch -' Q. B. Winter, Mgr.������ We ate the only manufacturers of wire wound wooden pipes between the Atlantic and Pacific, These pipes will stand any reasonable pressure, and when filled with water and covered with earth they will last over a thousand years. They will not break even .when water in them is'frozen solid, Cheap pipes for irrigation purposes and a higher priced pipe that will stand any pressure. ** WATTSBURG LUMBER CO. WATTSBURG, B, C. . , . PROCTOR, B, C. *d* TEMPERANCE is all right if shorn of humbuggery. "��������� Too much water drinking is just as injurious as too much liquor or . anything else. OUR PURE WINES AND LIQUORS are medicinal if not abused. Every * household should have a moderate . supply of pure wines or liquors in the closet for emergency���������either . unexpected visitors or sudden illness, when a drop of pure liquor .in time may forestall all necessity ' for drugs. Greenwood Liquor gotttpany, Importers, Greenwood, B. & Alfred I Ritchie, a Bible student of wide reputation iu the United States'and Canada, declares, that everyone goes to Hell. - Mr.' Ritchie has some interpretations on'the Bible that appear sensational and along a new line.* Jn an interview he gave out some interesting information regarding various prominent. Bible subjects that require more than ordinary consideration to obtain theirfull meaning. "I have a new cure for infidelity," declared Mr. Ritchie. "To prescribe the remedy we must find the cause, * which I believe is the inability of the people to understand how a God of all love and wisdom aud justice, and having all power, could permit present conditions and conduct human affairs as proclaimed by the dominant creeds, of Christendom. Unbelievers choke at the idea of the great Creator providing an eternity of any kind of torture for His own ' creatures, especially if he was gifted with theforeknow- ledge that most of the human family go there and that He had all wisdom to plan otherwise and all power to do as He pleased. , Truly the general religeous teaching along this line is a foe to reason and the mother of doubt. " "The Bible, taken as a whole, presents no such idea of our blessed Heavenly Father, but praises, glorifies and exalts His holy character. And so, when understood, it will be as natural for average human*beings to emulate, love and praise God as it has been in all human history for them to worship as leaders and heroes those who have shown greatness of character, either in power or wisdom or benevolence. When rightly shown the character of our God will compel the admiration and loyalty of the masses infinitely more than the character of Caesar, or a Napoleon, or an Edison, or a Bryan or a Roosevelt. What is thc reason that the character of God is so little reverent ed, that the holy names ol Himself aud the'Saviour are made the commonest "cuss" words? . .We answer that it is because His character is blasphemed by the erroneous "Hell" teaching of deceived Christianity. * "Well did Pastor Russell, ol the Brooklyn, N.Y., Tabernacle, say, 'If the Bible does teach that eternal torture is the fate of all except the saints, it > should be preached, yes, thundered, weekly, daily hourly! If It does not so teach, the fac' should be made known, and the foul stain dishonoring God's 'holy name removed! " I understand a' free copy of his pamphlet, "Food lor Thinking Christians," , which examines every mention of Hell in the Bible, can be hacl by addressing him. "Everybody goes to Hell. Why? Because Hell is the grave, or death condition to which good and bad alike go to remain until the blessed time of resurrection, judgment- and restoration to perfection of 'all "the. obedient. The Hebrew word "sheol".is positively the only "hell word" in the<01d Testament. Its Hebrew definition is, the unseen state or the place of the dead. It occurs sixty-five'times, and nowhere is the word fire associated with it. "Solomon said, 'There is no work, nor device, nor knowledge in sheol,' .and he adds,'whither thou goest' Why? Because all m Hell are dead.. Referring to the resurrection, the Revelator says 'Death aud Hell (marginal reference reads 'or the grave') -delivered up the dead- (not the living)- which were in them.' "Sheol is translated twenty-nine times as 'hell,' three times as 'pit,' and thirty- three times as 'grave.' In the revised ..verison, 'sheol' is translated as 'hell' only about twenty times out of the sixty- five times, and 'its Greek equivalent 'hades,1' occurring eleven times in the New-Testament, is not translated as 'hell' at all,' but is left untranslated because the Bible revisers knew it 'did not mean eternal torment. - "Only sixteen out of the sixty-six Bible books use the word hell iu 'the" English translation.- St. "Paul wrote fourteen books of the New Testament, but never mentioned hell fire. John never mentioned it iu his Gospel nor in his three Epistles; nor did Peter in his two Epistles, nor Ruth, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Jeremiah, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Obadiah. Micah, Nahuni, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zachariah or Malachi. Strange that all these holy apostles and prophets did not harp upon the danger of falling into that 'lake of fire' which is supposed to be the doom of billions of humanity! "No wonder that men turn away iu disgust, full of fear aud doubt! No won- Does he fear'that "upon familiar ity -will grow ' more contempt?' There are exceptions to this rule, hut' the average man is willing, yes, eager8,/ to have hia fellows know him better. ,It has beeu said that a "cat can look at a kine" and as far as is known the kingly dignity does not suffer seriously because of grimalkin's presumption. Kings are but human. A.11 the world lias smiled at Home Tooke's satirical answer to George III. "Do you play cards?" asked the monarch. "No,-your majesty," replied Tooke, "I, cannot tell a kiug from a knave." Even a king when made the subject of such witticism must have unbent sufficiently to apprcci.ito'its cleverness. Edward Everett was entertained at.a public dinner before leaving Boston for England to assume the duties of minister at the court of 8t. James. The celebrated Judge Story gave as,a sentiment: "Ge- nius is sure to be recognized where Ever-ett goes." Everett gracefully responded with another sentiment ''.'Law, equity and jurisprudence; no efforts can raise them above ono Story." History is illumined with the bright sayings of bright men who had tlie happy grace of hu- mor, and who ou occasion have added to" tense and serious'epochs in the lives of people the leaven of a bit of Jevicy. -Fortunate is that household that has ��������� in its family circle a member whose presence and whose trend of thought serves to brighten and to bless every condition that may arise. It is as Shakespeare says: "A merry heart goes all the day, Your sad tires in a mile-a" ���������Christian Monitor. ���������- children. ,.' The sea was calm and the the ship was surrounded by. a large number of sharks. Suddenly she struck on some hidden rocks. N'o need to tell again of the high courage and discipline shown by officers,.and men. Orders were issued with the most perfect composure and oboyed with alacrity and without a murmur. The boats were lowered and room found for the women and children, who were nearly all safely'landed. The 500 men, the soldiers and crew, who had hastily rushed on deck in answer to the drum, calmly awaited their fate, when they saw ��������� the women and children out of danger. In half an hour the ship went down,' the men beiug flung into the water amongst the sharks. Few of these bravo fellows ever reached the land which was'only a short distance away. : Sorrow is good for nothing but sin. To Whom It May Concern Bluevale, Ont., May i, 1910���������"I was sick for two years with chronic bron. chilis and a consequent run-down condition. I received no benefit from doctors or from a trip which I took for my health, and I had to give up work. Vinol was recommended, and from the second bottle I commenced, to Improve. I gained in weight and strength, my bronchial trouble disappeared, and I am at work' again. ' ���������'It is the combined action of the curative elements of the cods' livers, aided by the blood-making ��������� and strength-creating properties of tonic iron contained in Vinol which makes it so successful in curing bronchitis. Vinol is a constitutional remedy for chronic coughs, colds, bronchitis and pulmonary troubles���������not a palliative like cough syrups, Try Vinol. If you don't think it helps you, we will return your money. John L. While, Druggist, Greenwoo d.B.C. ' MINERAL ACT. Certificate of Improvements ' ' NOTICE ' ��������� ' r .': VOhio" Mineral Claim, situate in the' Greenwood Mining "Division of Yale District. , ", . ', Where located: In Boomeiang Camp, adjoining the L. Fraction. , . TAKE NOTICE that I, 'Sydney- Mi Johnson, acting as agent for P. B, S. Stan- ho'pe, Free Miners' Certificate, , No. B29324, and R. 'f. Nicholson, Free Miners' Certificate, No. B29044, intend, sixty days from the date hereof, to apply to the Mining Recorder for a Certificate of Improvements, for the purpose of obtaining a Crown Grant of the above claim. And further take notice that action, ' under section 37, must be commenced> before tlie issue of such Certificate lof - Improvements. , ., Dated this ist day of May, A.D. 1912. - Mm 1 kj\ ' (vV-* j 's^J-ffl B 1.-" '1 .,.*~w;L . ' 1 '���������, ��������� .Stfs&trp ��������� .-.... ���������wv-'Ytfl *������������������!;. j ' "* r *-*������ 1 -.Vi'.ici'!, '-'7-.n > y,"'\ 'A' -I ;.v| ASS/VVE R R.. W. WIDDOWSON, Assayer and Chemist, r Box B1108, Nelson, B. C. Charges:���������Gold, Silver, Lead or Copper, $i each. Gold-Silver, or Silver-Lead, gr.50. Prices for other metals: Coal, Cement, Fireclay analyses on application. The largest custom assay office in British Columbia. LETTERS TO EDITOR MRKTS OLD FRIENDS Some Great i Wrecks " The nineteenth century opened with a shipping catastrophe which of its kind has hardly been equalr led since. When the.,British-flagship of the Mediterranean squad- roD, the Queen Charlotte, was,-on< March 17, 1800, passing Leghorn, a match which had been lighted ready to fire a signal gun, fell upon some hay which had been stored upon the gun deck. Before an alarm could be raised the ship was blazing from stem to stern the flames bursting through the portholes and hatches and ultimately firing tho rigging. It was futile to der" that church pews are empty and no I think of launching thes boats, and one seems to care! No wonder that huu- j dreds of thousands are infidels, or are fast becoming such! The sure cure, the only cure, is to get a knowledge of God's true character, for to know Him is to love Him. With present day bibles, bible helps, concordances, bible dictionaries and studies in the Scriptures, no one need be in the dark." ���������Mmtiiimitmmn'tnmimifflnnmmmmnnntnmmmmK I Greenwood to Phoenix Stage 1 ������S Leaves Greenwood Daily at 3 p. m. 3 S Arrives Greenwood Daily at 10 a. m. ~s ST GREENWOOD OFFICE CLUB CIGAR STORE ^ gH. M. LAING, PROPRIETOR g iaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiUiiiiiiaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiii WINDSOR HOTEL The Windsor Hotel is one of the best furnished hotels in the West. It is located in the heart of Greenwood aud withiu easy reach of all the financial and commercial institutions of the Copper Metropolis. Heated with steam and lit by electricity. Commodious sain- pje rooms. The bar. is replete iKflth all modern beverages aud tlie cafe never closes. Rooms reserved by telegraph. The Windsor Hotel Co J. E Cartier, Mgr. OKANOGAN FALLS This hotel is situated in one of the most delightful sections of the Okanogan and provides ample and pleasant . accommodation for the tourist, sportsman and farmer. Information about the district cheerfully furnished. Stage line to Oroville, and steamer on thc lake. ARN0TT & JUNE Proprietors Look Pleasant . Anyone who feels disposed to take a cheerful view of things and to wear a pleasant .face can find among the recorded words of the best men' of all times ample encouragement for so "doing. Emerson tells us that "A cheerful, intelligent face is the end of culture, and success enough," while Johnson says: "A habit'of looking on the bright side of every event is better than a thousand pounds a year." Somewhere some writer has set it down that he would rather be marooned on some lone island of the sea with a cheerful companion than make a sightseeing tour of the world with the serious visaged person, who, for he might be lacking in dignity, refuses to see and to laugh at the funny side of thing3. Shakespeare asks: "Why should a man whose blood is warm within sit like his grandsire cut in alabaster?" and no one has seen fit to try aud find a reason for such a procedure. ��������� Frank, free and open natures almost come to suspect the real purposes of tho grave, dignified, mysterious man who insists on keeping every one at some distance from him. lie who writes, "Positively no admittance," on his door makes known his wishes no moro clearly than does ho who writes a similar notice acrops hifl features. the Queen Charlotte bnrned to the water's edge. The magazines blew up, sending 700 of her crew of 850 men to their last muster. Perhaps the year 1811 has never been equalled for losses in the British navy. In December*; a British cruiser, the Saldanha, was off the west coast of Ireland, with a crew of 500. men and officers. Late one -evening a fearful gale swept across the Atlantic and in the pitch darkness some fishermen declared they saw flashing lights travelling up Lough Swilly at a tremendous pace. These lights, it is suggested, belonged to' the Saldanha, but what really became of her, where and how she sank, was never known for not a man of her 500 odd who composed her ciew survived that storm. A few nights Inter three more ships of the British navy went to the bottom. The St. George, 74-guu vessel; the Defence, a G4-gun and the Hero, were wrecked off the Danish coast, resulting in the loss of over 2,000 men. Only 18 managed to reach tbe shore. Among the ships that went down during the nineteenth century, with many of their crews and passengers was tho Birkenhead of England, the loss of which will never bo forgotten. She was a transport and omigrant ship, sailing from Queenstown and the Cape, with detachments of the ]2oh Lancers, Second, Sixth, Twelfth, Forty third, Forty-fifth and Sixtieth Rifles, Seventy-third, Seventy- fonrth.and Ninty-firet Regiments, and a largo numboi* of women and Deaj Colonel,��������� Ever since I returned from the Hast, which was three weeks ago, I have been telling myself that "when I got time" i would write you a few notes concerning the good folk I met during my ratnblings who at oue time .or another lived in or about Greenwood. Well, I haven't got time yet, but I am going to get this business off my hands, time or no time, so here goes: The first man I will mention is H. Mortimer-Lamb, one of the fathers of the Boundary Creek Times, and its editor until the advent of Duncan Ross iu the first half of 1897. Mr. Lamb is now one'of the pillars of the Canadian Mining Institute, of which he has been secretary for seven years. I saw a deal of him at the annual meeting of the Institute, which I went to Toronto to attend, and afterward during an excursion to Porcupine and Cobalt of the small party (about eighteen in a special car) making which I was lucky .enough to, be one. Lamb has done much good work as secretary of the Institute aud has aided considerably in making it the fast growing and useful institution it has become. Another of the early residents on Boundary Creek whom I met in Toronto was George A. Guess, now professor of metallurgy at Toronto University, aftera varied experience in metallurgy at Trail, in Tennessee and at Cerro de Peru . (where A. B. Hodges and P. S. Couldrey are). Mention of Mr. Guess recalls W.'E. Segs- worth, who was also assaying in Greenwood, after Mr. Guess departed therefrom, and who went from thence to Houghton, Michigan, and there" took the "usual course in mining engineering, following which he hung out his shingle in Toronto as M.E. W. H. Jeffrey, who opened one or two of Green wood's high-grade properties, and went thence to Cobalt, was also iu Toronto. Roland Harris was another old Greenwood man in attendance at the Institute meeting, having returned from Soutli Africa some time since. J. W. Astley, formerly manager of the Snow- shoe, Phoenix, now a Toronto mining engineer, I saw much of. I regret that he did not appear to stand the Toronto winter as well as could be wished, but with the spring coming on he was looking for better health. Of all the mining men I formerly knew in connection with operations about Greenwood, W. H. Thomas was the one who seemed to have been most severely tried by the Fates, and he has for years been practically confined to his home, unable to walk farther than just outside, and that only with much difficulty. Those who knew him as a sturdy active man, closely associated for several years with the development of the Mother Lode mine aud the expansion of the smelter at Greenwood, could not but feel regret that he has long been unable to continue doing such useful and effective work in connection with the development of mines as was his wont when he was a frequent visitor to the Boundary district. I had several hours' talk with him, and he was greatly interested in the people and mines he had known and seen when closely connected with the advancement of mining and smelting thereabouts. I was sorry that I could not visit him again before leaving New York, as he asked me to, but he lives a few miles out and my time was fully taken up otherwise. I cannot recall all those of whom he enquired, but all his old friends in and about Greenwood may take it for granted that he remembered them and asked how they had been getting along. From either Mr. Thomas or Mr. Eggleston, secretary of the B. C." Copper company, I learned that J. E. McAllister had left New York for England a short time before I reached there. . Many will remember \V. H. Chesterton of the Bank of Montreal, whom I found to be accountant of the bank's Toronto branch. We dined together at the Kiug Edward hotel and then went to thc Gay- ety theatre. No, I am not going to tell you what we saw there, but, honest, we didn't have to blush, even though the audience was composed of men only. Still, I remember having lead iu the newspapers of "Toronto the Good," but then newspapers sometimes have u blind eye when things are not as bad as they might easily be. Now, I don't intend to fill up all your space, so I must begin to think of "lastly." I must tell you, though, that the geological survey men, from the director (Dr. Brock) all through the list of those I had al one time or another met out west, did their best to make things pleasant for me at Ottawa, so that I should much have liked to stay longer, but I had already been away from my post hix weeks aud I thought perhaps thc miniug industry of British Columbia would meet with dire disaster (?) if I did not soon get back to help it along, so I tore myself away and returned west. Just a line or two about those I saw today in Victoria. First I hacl the pleasure of a chat over a cup of afternoon tea at the Alexandra club with Mrs. Hugh McCut- chcou. Then, as I passed thence down the streets, I saw Messrs. Bayly, Caul- field, Gauncc, Lawder, Randolph Stuart, and sundry others. Yes, sir, a Greenwood man can't got lost in Victoria, for he won't get far without running ngainst some one or more who knew him "away beyaut" in the Boundary, to my many friends in which country I send greetings and hearty good wishes. ��������� Subscribers are reminded that The Ledge is S2 a year when paid,in advance. "When not paid it is S2.S0 a year. NEW ADVERTISING SCALE. so EHOLT, B, G HE Proprietor. The newspapers in Greenwood, Phoenix and Grand Forks have adopted the following scale for legal advertising: Application for Liquor Licence '(���������jo days) ,$S.oo. Certificate of Improvement Notice , (60 days) {7.5o Application to Purchase Laud Notices (60 days) $7.50 Delinquent Co-owner Notices ($0 days) $10.00 Water Notices (small) $7.50 All other legal advertising,' 12 cents a line, single column, for the first insertion; and 8 cents a line for each subsequent insertion. Nonpariel measurement MINERAL ACT." Certificate of Improvements. NOTICE "Lily" Mineral Claim, situate in the Greenwood Mining Division of Yale District. Where located:���������In Carmi camp. TAKE NOTICE that I, J. S. Harrison, as agent for J. O. Thompson, Free Miner's Certificate No. B29934, and W. D. Morton, Free Miner's Certificate, No.- BI4345, lawful holders of the said Lily mineral claim, intend, sixty days from the date hereof, to apply to the Mining Recorder for Cerificate of Improvements, for the purpose of obtaining a Crown Grant of the above claim. -And further take notice that action, under section 85 of the Mineral Act must be commenced before the issue of such Certificates of Improvements., . Dated at Midway, B. C, this 17th day of April, A. D., 1912. J. S. HARRISON. l5eJ$M, J3. 0. VT. V. ���������tVJSLI.S, Proprietor. First-class in everything. Steam heat,' electric - light, private baths. Telephone in every room. First-class bar and barber"'shop. 'Bus meets all trains. GRAND CENTRAL HOTEL . Opposite Postoffice,'^NELSON, B. C, American aud European Plans. H. H. PITTS, Prop. WATER NOTICE I, Harry Marrioii Welstead, of Rock Creek, B. C, by occupation a rancher, give notice that I intend on the ist day of June next, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, to apply to the Water Commissioner at his office at Fairview for a licence to take and use ten cubic inches of water per second from a spring which sinks about a quarter of a mile from 4 mile post on Nicholson Creek, a tributary of Kettle River. The water to be used on Lot 311 for irrigation purposes. . H. M. WELSTEAD, Major. Dated this 15th day of April, 1912. S HOTEL PHOENIX, a c. This hotel is now under new management, and has been improved in every respect. Pleasant rooms and up-to- date mealsf Large and convenient sample rooms. The headquarters for mining and commercial men. This hotel's in. the heart of the ���������city, and close to all the local commercial and financial institutions. COUNTY COURT YALE. j. e. Mcdonald Proprietor CENTRAL HOTEL PHOENIX. ��������� Oue of the largest hotels iu the city. Beautiful location, I fine rooms and tasty meals. A. O. JOHNSON PROP. A SITTING Of the County Conrt of Yale will be Iinldcn nt tlie Court House, Greenwood, on Tuesdny the 2Stli diy of June, 1912, nt eleven o'clock in tlie forenoon. By order, \V. G. McMYlW, - Reglstrnr C. C. of Y. I?. JACOHS Victoria, B.C., May lo, 1912, Synopsis of Coal Mining Regulations. /~*OAL mining rights of the Dominion, v-*"' in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, the Yukon Territory, the Northwest "Territories and in a portion of British Columbia, may be leased for a term of twenty-one years at an annual rental of #1 a 11 acre. Not more thnn 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-A*gent of the district in which the rights applied for are situated. In surveyed territory the land must be described by sections, or legal sub-divisions of sections, nud iu imsurveyed territory thc tract applied for shall be staked out by thc applicant himself. Kach application must be accompanied by a fee of $5 which will be refunded if the rights applied for are not available! but uot otherwise. ' A royalty shall be paid ou the merchantable output of the mine at the rate of five cents per ton. The person operating thc 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 thc coal mining rights only, but the lessee may be permitted to purchase whatever .available surface rights may be considered necessary for thc working of thc mine at the rate of jfto.oo an acre. For full information application should be made to the Secietary of tlie Department of thc Interior, Ottawa, Or Lo any Agent or Sub-Agent of Dominion Lands. W. W. CORY, Deputy Minister of the Interior. N.B.���������Unauthorized public'aUoii of this advertisement will not he paid for. QUEEN'S HOTEL, PHOENIX B. C. The Newest and Largesti Hotel in the City. Everything neat, clean and comfortable. Steam heat and electric light. Meals and drinks at all hours. R. V. CHISHOLM, Pbopkietor. DANNY DEANE, Manager. BULL CREEK HOTEL One ol the oldest stopping places on the West Fork. Good accommodation and plenty to eat. Fish and game dinners - in season. Rooms reserved by telegraph. GORMAN WEST - Prop. ON PARLE FRANCAIS NATIOML HOTEL GREENWOOD, B. C. The Really Best House in the Boundary. Recently Remodelled and Strictly Up-to-Date. Restaurant in connection ROY & BOYER PROPS. THE ROYAL HOTEL Stanley Street, Nelson. B. C, Ploasant location. Best Family Hotel in tho City. American and European Plan. Good Homo for Steady Boarders. Ratef*: $1.00 to $1. IJ. S. BARRATT 30 per day. Proprietor THE LEDGE, GREENWOOD, BRITISH COLUMBIA. CH><*H>CK>0000<><>CK)0<:<>0<>0000<>00 I BOUNDARY MINES | OCKKKXXJOOOOOOO OOOOOOCVOOOO O Last week the Rawhide shipped 7,9S3 tons of ore. Last week tho Granby smelter treated 2-1,130 tons of ore. Last week the Mother Lode mine shipped 0,436 tons of ore. Last week the Greenwood smelter treated 14,$90 tons of ore. Last week tho Granby mine shipped 20,305 tons of oro. Last week the Jackpot mine shipped 307 tons of ore. Two seams of coal wero recently uncovered on the wagon road west of "Midway. This week the Elkhorn mine is shipping a carload of ore to tlie Trail smelter. Last week Charles Camsoll and Mr. Roso began a walk of 000 miles through tlio country west of Midway. Thoy aro preparing a guide book for ,tho use of geologists from all parts of tho world who will meet in a convention at Toronto next year. About 2,000 geologists will attend. They will be tho guests of the .Dominion government, and will bo taken all over Canada. In making geological reports last year Mr. Camsell walked a distance of 2,000 miles. Experts are of tho opinion that there nre eleven seams of coal underlying each other in the coal properties near Midway. On the property of tlio Boundary Mining & Exploration Co.,'4,000 feet of !-liaft and tunnol work has already been done. Work is to be resumed at once on tho sinking of one of the shafts, and it is expected that at a further depth of 100 feet thc first of the eleven underlying seams will bo tapped. If the company uncovers plenty of good coal this mine will be a five million dollar proposition, only 12 miles from Greenwood. Shipments of blister copper from tho Granby company's smelter at Grand Forks for the past week amounted to 528,000 pounds, bringing the total shipped for the year to S,33S,500 pounds. OCK>00<>OOb<>00000<>0000000 ! B. C, MIKING NEWS ! 9 O oooooooooooc-oooooooooooc-oo The Rossland Miner says this about the Trail smelter: -'Tho load refinery was next visited, and from J. E. Miller, the affable superintendent, tho following was gleaned: Tlio plant is now being enlarged by, the addition of S4 tanks, and along with these sump tanks and pump tanks for 94 additional tanks are boing mado, so that at any time 94 tanks can be added to tho equipment without much trouble or expense. When the 84 tanks now being constructed aro in position, ou a pinch 100 tons of lead por day could bo turned out, which would bean incroasc of 25 tons a day over tho present capacity of 75 tons por day. "When tiie S4 tanks now boing built are in place, the total number will bo 324. , A number of men with a power saw, planer aud boring apparatus are now being engaged in building tho tanks, and they certainly are making them at a rapid rate. The tanks are lined with asphaltum to a depth of a quarter of an inch, as the fluosilsc acid in which the bullion is immersed, aud which will lill the tanks, will make its way through iron, wood or any other material except asphaltum or para- lline. The asphaltum hardens under pressure of the water and will hold the acid for years. Mr. Miller states that the Canadian market has, for tho past two and a half years, absorbed all of the,lead that the refinery produces, and at present the output is about 00 tons a day. Demand for lead is increasing. Formerly tho surplus was shipped to tho Orient, but none has gone there from Trail for the past two and a half years. The larger portion of the lead goes to Ontario and Montreal. In tho latter place there are two corroding plants, where tho lead is turned into white lead, which is so much used by painters. A great deal of the lead is consumed in Winnipeg, Lethbridge, Calgary, Saskatoon and other places on the prairies, on public works, such as the.putting in of water and gas pipes and for soldering up their joints. At tho lead refinery one of the bye-products is sulphate of copper, and about 200 tons a year is turned oiit. It is used to a largo extent in the batteries for telegraph nnd telephone lines. It is .also consumed by fruit and grain growers to kill germs and other pests that arc found on fruit trees tand in wheat. Besides this 200,000 ounces of silver and about $60,000 in gold is turned out at the refinery per month. The lead refinery is one of the largest buildings in the Kootenays so far as floor space is concerned. It is 050 feet in length and has a width of 50 feet, or a floor space of 32,500 square feet, < The refinery is an instance of a large result from a small beginning. It started in 1902 with 28 tanks and a capacity of six tons of lead a MANUFACTURING JEWELER The Only Up-to-Date Optical M^IL^ R p Department in the Interior. NdS-OIl, D.