HACK FROM BROOKXYN. Mr. ;A. JB. Fauquier Tells What Think* of the ftew Town. H�� A. E. Fauquier returned Sunday from a trip to the new toAvn Brooklyn, The trip Avas one of business and Mr. Fauquier's observations Avere made solely from a business standpoint. The town is situated on Arrow lake, three miles beloAv Dog- creek. It is the supply point for the construction forces on the Columbia and Western railroad ���extension, It is a typical tent towu, there being- only a few frame building's erected, and has a population of 400 or 500 people There are 36 buildings constructed and in the course of construction. All carpenters are employed, and there are feAv men desiring work who cannot find it. Of the 86 Buildings 14- are saloons. Thirty-six liquor licenses have been applied for. The proprietor ���of the first hotel saloon to open took in ���enough over his bar the first night to pay for the building and stock of liquor. All classes of business enterprises are represented, and every Slocan toAvn has a representative there'but New Denver. The future of the toAvn is yet an unsettled question. The C. "P. R. has bought a toAvnsite a mile or two below Brooklyn and will probably put it on the market. The road does not run into Brooklyn, but runs along the hill side 1,600 feet above the toAvn. It is just back of Brooklyn that the 6,000-foot tunnel is to be cut'through the mountain, and it is here that the most expensive mile of road is to be laid, costing ��126,000. One million dollars will be spent on the road from the starting Eoint at Robson to the tunnel opening ack of Brooklyn, a distance of about 15 miles Three hundred head of horses are already at Brooklvn Avaiting to be employed' on the road, and men are coming- in by the hundreds. It will boa busy toAvii for nine months oi a year at least, and possibly a permanent supply centre. discount to be imposed Avill be hardly sufh'cont to pay for disposing of the currency. Under the hcav revenue law on the other side, an American bank cannot put Canadian money into circulation Avithout a tax of 10 per cent, thereon. This necessitates shipping the bullion, back to the nearest Canadian bank to Imve it exchanged, and the expense connected Avith this is said to amount to nearly two per cent, of the amount inA'olved: It is estimated by a prominent Spokane banker that the Canadian money passing through the Spokane banks amounts to ��350,000 monthlv. DENVERITES AND NEIGHBORS IJKOOKLN BANNOCKS. From the Brooklyn News. When'one goes on the townsite he requires a speaking trumpet. The pounding and sawing is deafening. The number of visitors avIio are interested in the town of Brooklyn is surprising. Every steamer lands a long- list of "passengers. There Avill be more buildings erected, more work of all descriptions done in Brooklyn in the coming 30 or 60 days, than any other toAvn in Kootenay. ., Chas. Dixon has taken the company mess house and Avill furnish meals to every one avIio has the price, 25 cents. Tickets for sale at! the Headquarters building-. Brisbois and Miller have isecured a contract for cutting cordwook. They expect to furnish the town with dry wood this Avinter and are uoav at Work on their contract. ' John McDonald, the Avell-known boat builder from Slocan City, has arrived, bringing Avith him several of his row boats, it is his intention to erect a house near tne foot of Stewart avenue to shelter his boats. Brooklyn has a daily mail, a hcaa's- paper, a beautiful lake front, ten or a dozen hotels, three daily boats, headquarters for construction work of 105 miles of road, and a better prospect for groAving into a city of several thousand people than any town in Kootenay. The sale of lots continues 'unabated, but the trading has been largely confined to private .sales between the merchants avIio are located and. others coining in, each sparring to obtain Avhat seems to him the most adA'antago- ous location for his particular business. Mr. Hunter, of the firm of Wm Hunter & Co., was in town Monday. Her purchased another lot on First street and carpenters haA'e begun the erection of a store building 24x50. He expects to :-.afry a general stock of goods, Avhich Avill lie in charge of .1. A. Kirkpatriek, avIio is an old employee of the com- i pany and has been stationed at Silver-! ton. j Just back of the town, on a gentle I slope OA'erlooking the lake for miles in I each direction, the company hospital is being erected. The plans call for a substantial and comfortable building 24x50, which will be supplied with all modern coiiA'eniences and will lie under the care of Dr. Ewing, qf Toronto, who has charge of this section of the hospital Avork. He is assisted by Dr. Dutton, of Spokane. NeAV Denver needs a fire hall. To Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Henderson, Slocan City, a son. Mr. Green's cause has lost to an enormous extent in this vicinity, and there is now no probability of his being elected. Percy Godenrath has accepted a position with the Spokesman-RcvieAv as travelling mining- correspondent. He Avill visit this section. Divine service will be held in the Methodist church next Sunday, July 10th. Morning at 11, evening "at 7:80. Preacher G. W. Grimmett, ot Sandon. Knox Presbyterian church services next Sunday at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Sunday School'and Bible class at 2:30 p. m. Wednesday ��������� evening prayer meeting at 8. J antes H. Sharpe, Pastor. All Avork has been resumed at the Payne mine and the trannvay is iioav taxed to its full capacity. Three cars of ore Avere sent doAvn Friday, and this Avill be the daily shipment' for some time. ' . Assessment Avork on the SilA'erite, a claim below the Palmira, owned by Cory and Foster, has exposed some fine ore. The owners Avill sink a shaft ai.tl do considerable Avork on the property this summer. There is the possibility of a real live sawdust ring circus coming to New DeiiA'cr for a one night's show. The advance agent was here to look into the matter on Tuedays. New Denver offers the best inducements of any town in Kootenay. Church of England services on Sunday next will be as follows: Holy Communion at 0 a.m. Morning Prayer and sermon at 11 a.m. Evening-Prayer and sermon at 7:30. The Venerable Edwyn S. W. Pentreath. Archdeacon of Columbia, will ofliciate. A force of 20 men is engaged in development Avork on the Enterprise. Ncav tunnel sites are being surveyed and the Avork is being pushed in' all directions. The ore that has long been stored in the ore sheds is being shipped to the smelter, and shipments Avill continue indefinitely. Arrangements are about completed for the proposed Sunday school picnic, taken in hand tAvo Aveeks ago. Sandon and Three Forks will co-operate, Avith Silverton and New DeiiA'er. Special boat and train service is being arranged, posters Avill be printed and the affair made one of the grandest successes of the season. The band will go from New Denver, and everything-'possible done to give the children a big time. Particulars Avill be forthcoming next Aveek. Stockholders HeftiHO f o Let. the Property ' 1511A H I.OCATIOX. The South Half of the Colville Reservation. Indian Our International Difference*. OUR 3IOVBY DISCOUNTED. At a recent meeting- of the Spokane Clearing- House; association at which all the Spokane banks were represented, it Avas decided that on and after July 10 /next, Canadian money would only be iaccepted at a discount of two per cent. 1 The Spokane bankers say they have lost money every time they accepted Canadian monev at par, and that the The Dominion Go\rernmenthas receiA'ed copies of the protocols agreed upon by the governments of the United States and Great Britain for the guidance of the forthcoming international commission at Quebec. The commission is entitled to consider the following subjects, embracing practically all those at which the Dominion I and the United States have been at vari-j ance for years. j The Behring Sea sealing question, re- ! ciprocal mining realizations, the Canada-j Alaska boundary question, restrictive regulations for preserving tlie fisheries on the great lakes, the north Atlantic fisheries question and the bonding question connected 1 herewith, the alien labor law and the reciprocity of trade. From the present appearances the commission will not meet until August. The final meeting will beheld in Ottawa. A JLiittI<.' Plotting and Planning. Mr. Robert Green seems to have secured the nomination of Slocan divison in a mannersimilar to Mr. Deane, Kamloops. However, the popular candidate is bound to win in. both cases. Anyone, with a little plotting and planning can secure the nomination, but it takes tlie nominee of the people to secure the election.���Kamloops Standard. The reason why very tall girls don't get married easily js.- because whenever they try to act like little, helpless, nestling things that want to be taken care of, thev get ridiculous. On July 1st President McKinlcy signed the Indian appropriation bill, which throAvs open to mineral locotion the rich south half of the Colville reservation. Speaking of the proposed opening a feAv days before the bill was signed, the Republic Pioneer says : The south half of the Colville Indian reservation is the objective point of an immense number of people these days. There is a great ��� hegira to that locality, and Republic has furnished seA'eral hundred of the number already there. Every trail leading to the line is dotted with prospectors and their outfits. It would be difficult to make an accurate estimate of the number of people already on the "south half," or camped within convenient distance of the dividing line. They are all waiting for the bill to puss Congress throwing open the "south half" to mineral entry. This momentous event lias been looked and hoped for for many weeks, and it may be the Indian 'appropriation bill will pass without the "south half" being mentioned in it. If such should be the case, a wail will go up that will be painful to listen to. There are at least 3,000 "sooners" on the coveted ground. They are to be found secreted in the timber and along streams. The Indian police find it ini- possiole to drive them off.- A iew are made to leave, but as soon as the police are out of sight the "sooner" is over the line again. Hundreds of location notices are posted and the date changed daily. It is reported that tlie police are bribed to allow certain individuals to hold claims undisturbed, while others- are forced to leave. Remarked a returning prospector: "I know positively that two men offered an Indian $100 in exchange for his good will, and as the}' are not disturbed I conclude the deal went through. Yes, sir; there is lots of crooked work going on. Why, I saw a company of three six miles over the line with a shaft down 10 feet, and they had good ore. There are dozens of. such oases. I estimate the number of people waiting on the line at 5,000 and the gang is increasing daily. Occasionally some one comes aiong and spreads the report that the bill has lie- come a law. Then there is excitement." There are all sorts of reports concerning the joining possibilities of the "south half." There are those who put little faith in its merit; there are others who predict great strikes. There is mineral belt on the headwaters of Nespelum creek that is liable to bo heard from. There is a big surface showing and the rock gives good assays.' 'There is a chance for a i-amp'there. ahd'a big one, too, if the "south iialf" is ibrown open. The Spaniards opposing- General Lawton's division lost in killed, avouihI- ed or taken prisoners -2,000 men, and the loss on the center and left must be double that number. General LaAvton's division on the extreme rig-ht, supported by Captain Capron's battery, General Kent's division in the centre and General Wheeler's division on the left, supported by Captain Grimes' battery, planted on"a hill, formed a line Avhich stretched across the whole Avidth of the basin in Avhich Santiago lies, a distance of fully five miles. Immediately in front of General LaAvton lay Caney, surrounded by blockhouses and entrenchments, and against this point were the operations directed. Beyond the San Juan ri\rer, 2,000 yards before the center and left, lay a line of entrenchments, a mile west of'the.city. These two divisions Avere covered covered by a heavy ta'rigled undergTOAvth between the San Juan and the Rio Guama. On the extreme left, on the heights beyond Captain Grimes' battery, > behind which, in the shelter of an ofd sugar house, the rear cavalry division was massed, Avere General Dunield's Michigan volunteers, avIio moved out at daylight over the line of railroad from' Siboney. The Americans had the advantage of the sun in the morning, Avhich shone directly in the enemy's face. " The engago'ments opened when the fleet lying outside the harbor entrance began dropping shells into the loAver end of the .'Spanish earthworks. This firing, which Avas entirely by bearings, was not effectiA'e. A later report from Santiago tells of the destruction of the Spanish fort Moro Castle, and the nuking of Admiral Cei'A'era's fleet by Admiral Sampson. Also of tin; capitulation of Santiago by the, Spanish. Nelson is a toAvn that Iciioavs just Iioav to celebrate and has the people and financial backing to do it. This is the opinion of every Netv Denverite that spent the holidays there. About 200 went from the lake towns. The smelter toAvn Avas croAvded Avith visitors and the sporting events Avent off Avith very little hitch. There Avas some trouble,' of course, but this is unavoidable and is to be expected. The band boys and lacrosse team are loud in their praise of the treatment accorded them on all sides. Nelson fully appreciated the Avorth of the band,' and recognized in it the best musical organization of the kind in Kootenay. The lacrosse boys put up as good a game as they could, but were no match for the professional men in the Nelson team. However, they Avant to play a return game and Nelson wtll probably meet them at the Sandon celebration on Labor Day. Nelson's two days celebration Avas tlie best eA'er held in Kootenay. Bears are unusually numerous this year. And ithey are becoming more reconciled to the advances of civilization, for instead of seeking the secluded nooks by the mountain streams, they are coming close into town. Almost any day one or more can be seen in the thicket betAveen toAvn and the railroad station. A NeAV Denver sportsman met one a Aveek ago, and bruin Avas evidently out on a button-holeing expedition for he at once sought a closer acquaintanceship. But Johnny reached a safe position up a tree and then fired tAAro shots at the bear, neither of which took effect. Finally bruin wandered off, and the sportsman made for home. On Monday the mail carrier had an exciting experience. He Avas trudging toivardthe station Avith mail bags on his back, and his thoughts far aAvay from his surroundings. Suddenly oil the trail before him he met a bear as big as a coav, Avith hair standing out, eyes as red as fire and mouth Avide open. Bruin Avas in a hurry, and Jack made all haste to give him a. clear trail. He hadn't lost any bears and didn't Avant to start a menagerie. Dropping his mail bags he ran to the road below and hid! behind a Avoodpile. Bruin had no desire to get into trouble Avith the . Queen so did not temper Avith the mails nor obstruct its passag'e any length of time When the mail carrier recovered from the effects of his hasty retreat, and he Avas sure bruin did not Avant the trail any longer, he gingerly Avent back to his' mail bags and made a sneak for the depot. TROUT LAKE COPPER AM) PAVING. THE FOURTH AT SLOCAX CITY. A large crowd from Sandon and the lake points Avent to Slocan City on the Fourth and spent a very enjoyable day. The celebration Avas not to be compared with that of last 24th of May held there, but considering everything Avas a very creditable one, and Aveiit off well. Several of the sporting eArents did Hot come off, but enough Avasdone to satisfy the visitors. A large croAvd was expected from Nelson, but the management failed to make arrangements Avith the railroad company for a special train, and the croAA'd Avas small from that direction. TRAILS FROM CODY. Trails should be built from Cody up Carpenter and Cody creeks. On the south fork of Carpenter are the Mountain Con, Caustic, Greenhorn, Cody Star, Tip Top, Naoma, Allagash and many other claims lying idle for lack of a trail. The same state of affairs exists on Cody creek, Avhere the Constant. Bolander, Noonday, Cameron and other groups are in the same condition. The building of these trails into the very heart of the Slocan Avould be a paying investment for the Government, as the increased revenue would in a short time more than pay for the expenditure. GRATIFYING KKTURXS. From Sault Ste. Marie Prof. A. P. Coleman of the Provincial Crown Lands Department writes his chief, Director Blue of the Bureau of Mines, as follows: "We have just returned from a ten days' (rip down the St. Mary's River, and along the north shore of Lake Huron, as far as Thessalon. We visited Garden river, Echo lake, Bruce Mines and Thessalon, making a survey of the shores aud pushing a few miles inland at each place. The more important mines alon<; the shore and inland have been visited, with tlie exception of the placers near Thessalon, where we found that no work is at present going on. We hope to see them later in the summer. "The most interesting point was, of course, Bruce Mines. We found the Cleveland Company at work with more than 40 men at the quarry of 'trap' or diabase, for the boulevards of that city. Mr. Spence, who is managing the operations at the quarry, says that these roads cost at present $2" per' square yard, and that the surface, when, complete is far better than asphalt, not having the slippery character of llie latter in i-ainv The returns from the Trail smelter of the shipment recently made from the Mdllie Hughes are A'ery gratifying, corroborating', the sampling at the mine, and the assays made by Howard West. The No. 1 lot gave 551 oz. silver and 810 gold: and the average returns from the whole ore mined by the company gave the satisfactory sum of $U~> per ton nett. .All's. Gladstone'.-; Oiw Divinity. ill in ! Mrs.! the At a reception held in a great h England sometime ago Mr. and Gladstone, were guests. During evening it happened that Mr. Gladstone was in the gallery directly above the (dace in the parquet,Avhere .Mrs. Gladstone was chatting with some ladies. In the course of their conversation a question arose Avhich the ladies could not settle satisfactorily. Finally one said : "Well, there is One above who knows all things, and *ome day He will make all things plain to us." "Yes, yc^." replied Mrs. Gladstone, "William will be down in a minute and be will tell us all about it." Some wonderful strikes are being made at the foot of Trout Lake. Among those which have shown up richer than most of the strikes made in this district dur-. ing the last few years, and this is saying a good deal, is the Pedro and Lulus groups. The former of these properties is situated up Canyon creek and comprises three claims, the Pedro, Black Jack and Solo. This property has two veins running through it and as the result of development operations some very fine ore Avas exposed which gave returns, Avhen subjected to a test, of 2,100 ounces silver, $5 gold and 17 per cent, copper, giving a total value of ��1,221.70 per ton. "Then there were other assays, one from the upper and the other from the lower A-ein Avhich gave returns, from the former 2,021.44 ounces sih'er and the latter 1,233.74 ounces silver. These last samples were not tested for gold or copper so it is not known what the A-alues in these minerals would have been. Both of these veins are strong and well defined, being traceable for a considerable distance. The upper vein is from two and a half to three feet Avide and the loAver about two feet and the character of the ore is a galena heavily impregnated with grey copper. The owners of this property, the Sandin brothers and P. A. Lindgren, intend after the trail up Canyon creek is completed to go in for a thorough development of these ore bodies, and they confidently expect that before next fall the property will be in a fair way towards making a shipment of ore. , Then further down on Tenderfoot creek, a tributary of the Lardo river, about three miles below the foot of the lake, the Lulus claim has been showing up remarkably well. The lead on this property is exposed for over 000 feet and throughout that distance averages from four, to twelve inches of solid galena and grey copper. Numerous assays have been taken of the ore along the surface and they run all the way from SO to 400 ounces of silver and 72 per cent. lead. Since early spring work has been going on on this property and the 50-foot tunnel which is being run to tap the lead at a depth of 70 feet, is now drawing near its completion. When the vein is encountered it is expected that some very rich ore will be struck. The Lulus is owned by a company known as the Gold Mining and hevclopment Co., and its headquarters are at Spokane. Another claim on the same creek located last fall by P. L. Huffman, is the Silver Queen. This property has excellent prospects as assays from the lead on the surface give from 00 to JlOounces silver, $5 to $S gold and 72 percent, lead. The vein is about live feet wide and well defined, and Mr. Huffman has been busy all spring driving a tunnel to tap the ore body at a greater depth. This tunnel is in 35 feet, and it is expected that in 20 feet further the lead will be encountered. Two men are working on this claim.��� Tonic. The average woman begins to hint around to her husband that he ought to get his life insured long before she can say she only wants it for the sake of the cbil Iren. IJOSUN DKVULOI'i.VC TOHIL.Y, SATISFAC- The, Bosun continues to develop satisfactorily aud will he taken up by the company at the expiration of the option. Mr. Sandiford is determined that the Northwest Mining Syndicate shall have a section of properties that can bo. easily and cheaply handled, and at the same time ii'ive good results. -.I-} THE LEDGE, NEW DJ^VER, B.C., JULY 7, 1898. Fifth Yeah The Ledge. Published eA'ery Thursday. R. T. LOWERY, Editor and Financier. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Three months * .7:> Six " 1.25 Twelve " 2.00 Three years 5.00 Transient Advertising, 25 cents per line first in sertion, 10 cents per line subsequent insertions nonpareil measurement. TO CONTRIBUTORS. Correspondence from every part of the Kootenay District and communications upon live topics always acceptable. "Write on both sides of the paper if you wish. Ahvays send something good no matter how crude. Get your copy in while it is hot, and we will do the rest A pencil cross in this square indicates that your subscription is due, and that the editor wishesonce again to look at your collateral. efforts he has made a fortune in the Slocan and no one can truthfully say that he is not honest or short of ability. He is just the kind of a man the Slocan needs at Victoria, and if he is not elected next Saturdav the country will quit loser. TBUKSDAr, JULY 7. 1898. What does Mr. Green promise to do if elected? Tack himself as a tail to the opposition kite, that is all. Some people will be Green enough to vote against Retallack on Saturday, but, as a rule the majority of the intelligent voters will mark their ballots for John L. Under the guidance ol such men as Cotton and Martin how the ship of state would drift? We trust that this glorious Province Avill never suffer from such a curse. It was a hot night in Hades, and Ananias had crawled out on the roof to cool his heated imagination. One of Bob Green's political meetings was going on in Kaslo, and as old. Ananias cocked his ear he caught onto all the speeches. Later in the evening he was heard to murmur, as he fanned himself with a coal shovel. "Bless you, my children. The old man is proud of you. You beat his record all hollow." A "GOOD XATITKED SQUIB. Mr. Green is a Aveak advocate of a poor cause, and it is not surprising that he should have fallen down so hard in presenting his case before a New Denver audience. "Sir," dramatically exclaimed Mr. Kellie to Mr. Retallack, in his talk Wednesday night, "I will be elected by as big a majority as you will." Don't believe it. Mr. Kellie. If all of Mr. Green's meetings in this campaign turn as many oppositionists as did his Mew Denver,meeting Mr. Retallack will go in with a greater majority than was ever given to any man of this riding. We would not sav a Avord to dissuade Mr. Kellie in his vain efforts to aid Mr. Green in his campaign, but he ought to know that he was a great disappointment to the Oppositionists of New Denver. Mr. Green's cause suffered immensely at his hands. No doubt Green has had designs upon the B. C. Legislature for many years, and has worked the glad hand and Avinning smile whenever the opportunity presented itself, thereby hoping to win votes when the time arrived. His plan of action has been fairly successful and many men will vote for him from personal friendship, Voters of this kind do not study the interest of the district in whieh they live. They Avould vote for Bob if he was deaf and dumb, by allowing their heart to rule their brains. This paper was the first to advocate the establishing of a mint in Canada. A campaign sheet at Kaslo states that R. P. Green was the first man to bring the matter co public notice. No doubt he has done so, but it was a long time after we had written up the matter. We have also been the first paper in B. C. to advance nearly all the reforms that have taken place in the country, and it affords us much pleasure to see others get the credit for original ideas. It is customary for gold standard organs to speak sarcastically of any enterprise that a man of pronounced double standard views may enter into. The Engineer and Mining Journal of New York is no exception, and when it learned that A, J. Warner, probably the ablest exponent of the double standard alive today, had entered into a gold mining enterprise, it assailed the scheme. General Warner replied to the article, and to show its insincerity the E. & M. J. refers to its article as "a good natured squib."- In his reply Gen, Warner states some sound truths that the gold organ does not attempt to reply j to. Says he: "'"he Engineering & Mining Journal is supposed to be a scientific jour nal, or at any rate to be conducted on scientific lines. Does the editor think that conclusions from scientific data must necessarily conform always to personal interests? Is that the principle upon which the paper is conducted? The Journal refers to me as an 'opponent ot the yellow metal." Does the editor know of any bimetallism who opposes, or ever did oppose, the use of gold as money? They do oppose limiting money supply to gold alone, and contend that the result of that policy, so far as it has been carried, has resulted in 30 years in more than Mwfcfcfclfclh-toTftTfft Bank of # Established 1817. Capital (all paid up) $12,000,000.00 Reserved fund : : 6,000,000.00 Undivided profits : : 896,850.04 HEAD OFFICE, MONTEEAL. Rt. Hon. Lord Strathcona and Mount Roval, G.C.M.G. President. Hon. G. A. Drummond, Vice President, E. S. Clouston, General Manager, Branches ia all parts of Canada, Newfoundland, Great Britain, and the United States. . ��� ' New Denver branch F. jr FINUCANE, Manager: I Bob Green is a first-rate fellow to sit on a pickle barrel in his OAvn grocery and tell the boys fish stories, but when it comes to being a legislator for the great Slocan he becomes like his name and would wither away under the strain of public life. What is the use of electing a weak man who promises nothing if elected? A man without a party, without a policy, without force and legislative ability to carry forward the banner ot the rich Slocan, can do nothing but obstruct legislation and retard progress in the district he represents. Every Slocan miner knoAvs what a scab is, and the trouble they have caused the working miners of the West. Every Slocan miner should know that there are two scab newspapers in this district and they are both asking that R. P. Green be elected for the local legislature. Some men in the Slocan do not want to vote for Retallack because they have heard that some of the Government people Avere Catholics in religion. Men of this stripe belong to another age and should go back to the grave of superstition and stay there. They are sadly out of place in this age of freedom and advanced ideas. It having been reported that the editor of this paper had money to burn in the Government cause, Ave would like to remark that such is not the case. We have never received a dollar from the Government. J. L. Retallack or any of his friends to be used in influencing votes. People who OUK DISTRICT FIRST. Reproductions have been made by Mr. Green's organs of criticisms taken from this paper denouncing the government for certain bad pieces of legislation passed by the last legislature. We are pleased to see that the weight of these criticisms is recognized. Our position then on these questions is our position today. The senseless pieces of legislation criticised by us then deserve no better criticism today. The fault of such legislation was quite as much that of the opposition members as of the government supporters. What some of the government members lacked in brains and legislative ability the opposition failed to supply. The opposition members acted like so many sheep without a bell-wether. Their principle seemed to be "every man for himself and may the devil take the hindmost." Asa result they accomplished absolutely nothing for their constituencies. The government members have some pieces of good legislation to their credit, and while they passed some measures that will never receive our endorsement, they acted wisely in many matters affecting the Kootenay, and have done much to regain the confidence of the electors of this riding. It is to avoid so far as in our power the possibility of sending another do-nothing member from the Slocan that we oppose the . election of Mr. Green. However faulty the party in power may have been in the past in its policy towards the mining section of Kootenay, it is infinitely better than no party at all. Four years ago the opposition could claim a leader whose principles were sufficiently known to at least command a hearing. In the last house that party flew to pieces and today there is nothing left of it but a handful of "independents," whose principle seems to be for self- aggrandizement and personal gain, with little or no regard for the sec tions thev represent. Through the election of such men nothing can be gained. They have value of gold, carrying along with it all the world's debt's. They contend further that if the policy is persisted in, of extending the single gold standard to all nations, in spite of anv probable increased production, gold will, in time, double again, and that while that is going on the essential elements of justice in the dealings of men are wanting. "The Journal says further that there are rumors that I have repudiated metallic money altogether, and have become an advocate of "fiat paper, pure and simple." I believe in the quantitative theory of money, that value in money depends upon the number of money units as compared with their use or the demand for them, and not upon color, specific gravity or fiber, whether metallic or vegetable, of the material used for money. Does the editor of the Journal hold to a different theory? If so it would be interesting to have such a theory scientifically defined." PROVINCIAL SECRETARY'S OFFICE. HIS HONOUR the Lieutenant-Governor has been pleased to make the following appointment: Ai.kxanueh Si-hoat, of the town of New Denver, Esquire, to be n Gold Commissioner at New De.iver, a Stipendiary Magistrate within and for the County of Kootenay. ealers mid Kepairers Denver's Undertakers and Kmbalmers. N . B.���\A*e have the only practical Undertaker and Embalmer doing business in the Slocan. New Spring Goods, Of whatsoe'er may spoil or speed, leip me to need no aid from men That I may help such men as need ! Help me to need no ; help s Wm. Brydson, Victoria, B.C. BAD GREEN CAMPAIGNING. Latest novelties in Dress Goods for Spring and Summer wear; ready- made Clothing, Neck wear, Hats, and Caps, Boots and Shoes ��� the most complete stock in the lake section���at prices as Ioav as it is possible to make them. We invite your inspection. Look into our show- window. vVe are displaying a fine line of novelties. McLachlan & McKay, New Denver. OTEL SANDON, ^ ^ ^"^"WW Sandon, B.C; F. G. FAUQUIER, NOTARY PUBLIC. Nakusp. B.C. yHIS NEW HOUSE, with the old name, is well equipped to aceommodate a large number of Guests. The building is plastered and the rooms are unsurpassed for comfort in the-Slocan, while in the Dining Room can be found the best food in the market. Robert Cunning, Proprietor. The Clifton House, Sandon. Has ample accommodations for a large number of people. The rooms are large and airy, and the Dining Room is provided with everything in the market Sample Rooms for Commercial Travelers. John Buckley, Prop. FOR THE MINERS EXCHANGE. Three Forks, E. C. Weaver AsSflVE^S OF B. G. under a delusion. In a decidedly disjointed address last Wednesday evening Mr. Kellie said for the opposition that the Slocan had never been represented by a government man, an opposition man, for government revenue, patronage or anything else. Mr. Kellie once misrepresented this riding at Victoria and he ough*; to knoAv. An honest confession is good for the soul. believe anything else are laboring j tailed in the past and will do nothing in the future. It is to get a man >vho has the ability and force to do something for the riding that Ave support Mr. Retallack. Not because he is a government man, but because he is a Slocan man; because he is a man of influence, of force and poAver; a man who is public spirited enough to devote his time as a legislator to the advancement of the interests of his constituency, and not in senseless haranguing and Avild gesticulation to the edification of our alien population. Because Mr. Retallack is such a man he will be elected to represent the Slocan riding at Victoria. In his speech at NeAV Denver last Aveek Mr. Green endeavored to make capital for himself by producing affidavits from two Kaslo Avorkmen, claiming- that Mr. Retallack or his agents had endeavored to coerce them into A'oting for Retallack. The improbability of such a thing was proven ;tt the meeting, a"d little attention Avas paid to the slander. The folloAving letter proves tlie affidavits 10 have been absolutely groundless and made by irresponsible parties: " ! Silverton "Kaslo, Juno HO.���To the Editor. I am informed that a letter purported to have been Avritten by A. Carney Avas read by R. F. Green at a meeting in your city on Tuesday last, and stating that I tried to debase said Carneys manhood by offering him a foremanship j on a $60,000 Government job. Now as J-JOWARD WEST, Assoc. R S M, London, Eng MINING ENGINEER, ANALYTICAL CHEMIST, ot ASSAYER. Properties examined and reported un for in tending purchasers. Assay office and Chemical Laboratory. Belle vue ave. New Denver. BC. J. M. M. RENEDUM, Choice Groceries & Provisions &^��/CALL ON/Q/Q/Q HAM & CRAWFORD. SIXTH STREET, - - - - - - NEW DENVER. ;75��"Prices are right and Goods Ahvays Fresh. Travelers Will find the W S. DltKlVKY Kaslo. B.C. H.T. Twin New Denver. B.C. For years we have been desirous or seeing the silvery Slocan represented at Victoria by a man AA'ith force and brains enough to see that we received all that was due. The opportunity has at last presented it- -self by John L. Retallack becoming a, candidate for the local legislature. He has been a soldier, packer, banker and miner. By his own to my haAMiig made him such an offer I | Avislfto say that such a statement on \ the part of Carney or any one. else is a ! lie made out of Avhole cloth. ! "1 have not had any conversation ! Avith Carney since his Hop from tlie | DREWRY & TWIGG Dominion and Provincial Land Surveyor- Civil and Mining Engineers. Bedford, McNeil Code. itizTRashdall & Fauquier, Agents. NOTICE OF APPLICATION T.IQUOll T.1CKNSK. FO K Arlington Hotel a pleasant place to slop at when in Slocan City. ���GETHING & HENDERSON. Proprietors. Goods called for & Delivered For Assay Supplies of all kinds, call on write. ()TICE is hereby iriven that:���('> da vs from date Government side nor since the time the i ,LV. hcT?ofJ "jiytpply to the stipendiary Magis N Mr. Green is a weak man. His abandonment of his set purpose to make this race as an independent upon an independent convention nomination, puts him down as a bantam.���Kootenain, Green crowd endorsed his note, neither is it possible for myself or anyone else to debase the manhood of one Avho, Avhile professing friendship,would vrrite such a falsehood. As you are aAvare, an appropriation of S24,000 Avas made for the Slocan riding, and that in itself is a refutation of the statement. But will Mr. Green read some of these funny things in Kaslo where he and Carney are both so well known. "I am yours respectfully, "F. E. Archer.'' trate of. AA'est Kootenay for a liceuxe to soil liquor at retail at my hotel in Three Forks, AA'est Kootenav, B. C. ARTHUR MULLEN. Three Forks, B. C, .June -J. I8ii8. MLANTIC STEAMSHIP TICKETS. To and from European points via Canadian and American lines. Apply for sailing dates., rates, tickets and full information to any C. P Ry agent or��� G. B. GARRETT, C. P. R. Agent. New Denver. AVM. STITT, Sen. S. S. Agt... Winnipeg. W.F Jeetzel & Co, D" A. S. MARS DRUGGISTS. Nelson. B.C. ',.^L. Dentist. Kaslo, B C Graduate of American College of Dental Surgery Chicago G AVILLIM & JOHNSON. (MeGill) Mining Engineers & Analy-Chemists. Slocan City, B (��� AUNDRY We, are now in a position to give thoroughly satisfactory service and solicit your patronage. We make a specialty of the finer lines of Cambrics and Linens, etc. All business cash on delivery. Work Done on Short Notice. C. i\J. NESBITT, Prop. y^Rates furnished Hotels, Steamboat Companies, etc, on application. El Dorada Ave. y[t L. GRIMMETT, L.L.B. BARRISTER, Solicitor, Notary Public, Etc. Sandon, B. C. Fifth Yeah. THE LEDUE, NEW DENVER, B.C., JULY 7-, I8y8. homesick. Just feel sorter queer to night; You don't believe it ? A blamed cow bell, too, t'was caused it, A tinkle-tinkle; An' some pink clovers��� The first I seen since I left home��� Made my eves twinkle; Not that I grieved it. 'Twas in the -woods ; it iirst felt queer��� I mean the lump That jest riz up an' felt like to choke me, Big blubberii/ idgit! I herd thi in bells afar-offringin'; Made me lu.iko' the kid at he An' kinder ndgit. Say, I'm a chump ! What's she doin' now, I wonder? The kid's in \,��l; Blest ef she haven't got out her needles knittin', knittin' For her ole man : An' she's thinkin'���'bout me now���and then the kid- Her thoughts flittin'��� iome,���an' Nan, )f ow the last star's out! An' my prayer's said, -M. Tisdale. FORTUNES IN SILVElt. Outcropping; of Cities District. in si Mining to. keep pace with cities in a mining a city will haA'e a S. T. Wood in Toronto Globe. From Kaslo the independent narrow- gauge climbs up .the mountains beside the continuous cascade of Kaslo creek, and the road shows the futility of map- inakers attempting the outcropping of district. < Somtimes factory-cotton roof and split-cedar walls, but the rule is greater permanence and a tendency to congregate. WhiteAvater is not yet on the maps, but it has all the elements of furture cityhood. It is three or four miles from Sandon, "the \Aray the crow liies," proA'ided he Hies higher than the mountain tops, but the distance by rail is about, 13 miles. The town provides for primitive Avants Avith a bakery, a saw mill, a bath house, laundry and general store. It has a good hotel and a growing assortment of houses and shacks. WhiteAvater is a result of the mine from Avhich it gets its name and ite trade, a mine claiming priority in deep development Avork in Slocan district. It is claimed that the Whitewater mine has demonstrated the wealth of the Slocan. Even such mines as the Payne at Sandon, Avhich is suspected of having paid more in dividends than the Le Roi, the Slocan Star with announced^ disbursements of $400,000, the Reco, the' Idaho and others, are virtually "grass- root" Avorkings, stoping ores from tunnels driven on the veins. They have not yet proA'ed the depth of the veins along which they haAre been Avorking, but the WhiteAvater has sunk a shaft sufficiently deep to prove the existence of a true fissure vein. This result of the first experiment in depth has naturally fortified the hopes of all mine and claim owners in the Slocan, and every one is confident that these veins which have already yielded Avell are deep and in a mining sense permanent. Writing Avhere the booming instinct is as inflammable as giant powder, Avhere the mildest suspicion of a rich strike is sufficient to cause a rush and the sale of two or three town sites, one hesitates about pronuncing" in favor of the claims of any mine or district. It must be depressing to go through the world weighted swith tlie remorse of having contributed in any way toward a boom. To see a family walking behind and scattered over the top of a freight wagon containing their doors, windows, chairs, bedsteads and other temporal possessions, to hear the comments of the driver when one of the leaders or Avheelers breaks a tug-chain or whifiietree climbing a mountain ledge, to know that what is left of family and furniture will be carted away again after the boom subsides, is sufficiently distressing Avithout the added consciousness of personal responsibility. The present confidence of the Slocan district is due to the deep development of the WhiteAvater mine and the restoration of the price of sih'er. There is also a favorable reaction OAving to the fact that the drain of the Klondike rush seems to have spent itself. j creek into a square wooden flume, con- | fining it to a width of about 20 feet | through the business part of the atten- ! uated municipality. The flume is cross- {ed by timbers, which will be planked to j form the roadbed of Second avenue. j Some day Sandon may have a Third avenue, for a few yellow cedar houses looking like pigeon-coops away up on the mountain side show it to be by no m^ans impossible. The city has a good electric light service, once interrupted temporarily by a land slide, and a waterworks system, with pipes and hydrants j capable of throwing five streams over its I tallest building. The work now in progress converting Carpenter creek into a street will cost $15,000, but the taxpayers do not murmur. The greater part of the city is owned by Mr. J. M. Harris, president and manager of the Reco Mining Co., and his policy is to rent, and not sell, he has evidently an unshaken faith in the city's future. It may not be out of place to remark that every city in British Columbia has a future of some kind. Among the novel enterprises Avith which he is connected is the supplying of steam for heating purposes, but the supply is restricted to the leading buildings owned by himself, including the Reco Hotel. The system adopted is to include the heating service in the property leased. The electric .light is run by Avater-power, and the stream down the gulch will be used next year to perfect the seAverage saystem. Sandon has a perpetual variety performance of *he style familiar in mining camps, and seA'eral gambling establishments open to the public. These, according to the local school of economic, philosophy, are "good for the city, as they keep money in circulation." This theory, everywhere encountered in the west, has no discoverable connection with the "balance of trade" idea, and seems to be of local origin. No doubt it is founded on a modified form of the French monarchical theory, and the man who holds that an institution is ''good for the city" adds, unconsciously, "The city, that is I." Sandon has no Chinamen, and the few Avho have camped there have found it advisable to act on a plain notice to quit. In that there is consisteno.}', for if the gambler, who does little and gets much, should be encouraged, the Chinaman, who does much and gets'little, should be excluded from the camp. In most abnormal theories there is a substratum of truth, and no doubt the gambler, by keeping the miner poor, holds him in the camp and provides a steady trade for all lines depending on his custom. In the group of mines around Sandon the Payne is the chief shipper, and though its owners are reticent as to results, there are good grounds for the claim that it has yielded profits greater than the Le Roi. There is a crusher at the mine, and the ore is brought down a three-rail gravity long, Avith a vertical A car Avith five tons trip, or rather the drop, in eight minutes. The track is built on trestles for much of the way, but there are several snow sheds through which a visitor ascending in an empty car must keep in his head, as there.is a danger of losing it. The Slocan Star mine, up the gulch within sight of the city, has a concentrator running perpetually, with a capacity of 200 tons a day. It has four sets of grinding rollers and an intricate succession of sluices, grates, screens and elevators, all black and greasy with lead. The concentrator is a big aggregation of machinery and is run by water piped from the mountain almost overhead. Up to last January this mine had paid in dividends $400,000. The Reco mine is about two miles from Sandon, but the trail leading' to it is more than four miles long", or would be so if straightened out. It has several tunnels, some PROCLAMATION. Provincial Electors Act. NOTICE OF POLLING PLACES. Slocan Riding of west Kootenay Electoral Dis triet. to-wit: PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given to the Elec- 1 tors of the Slocan Riding of west Kootenay Electoral District that a Poll has become necessary at an election now pending for the same and chat such polling will be open from 8 am. until 4 p. m. on Saturday, the ninth (9th) day of July, A. D 1898, at the following places: Polling Place. Deputy Returning Officer. City offices. Kaslo w. J. Twiss Government Building, Ainsworth.... Smith due form, for calling a new Legislative Ars��mbiy for Our said Province, t hich Writs are to bear date on the seventh day of June, instant, and to be returnable on or before the thirty-first dav of August next. Ix Testjmoxv Whkkkoh We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent, and the Public Seal of the said Province to be hereunto affixed: Witness, the Honourable Thos. R.'McIxnes, Lieutenant-Governor of Our said Province of British Columbia, in Our City of Victoria, in Our said Province, this seventh day of June, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, and in the sixty- first year of Our Reign. By Command. B. H. TYRAVHITT DRAKE, Registrar of the Supreme Court. ARIADEAN P ACIFIC Pilot Bay Slocan Ci'O'Sing , Robson Deer Park Slocan City Ten Mile Silverton New Denver Three Forks Sandon Whitewater... Argenta Jubilee Point Given under my hand day of June, A. D. 1898. .waiter A. Merklev Robt. A. Bradshaw F. R. C. Beer H. K. Livingstone John L. white Joseph Gibbs. M. D. ...LA. McKinnon Henri R. Jorand JErnest Hurrop ..S. A. Mighton J. A. w. Bell F. w. Pettit Sinclair at Kaslo, B. C, this 25th F. S. ANDREWS. Returning Officer, Slocan Riding, west Kootenay [L.S.] THOS. R. McINNES. CANADA. PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. VICTORIA, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom ol Great Britain and Ireland, Quick*. Defender of the faith, &c, &c, &c. these presents shall come,��� NOTICE. THOS. R. McTNNES. To all to whom Gkkkting. A PROCLAMATION. D. M. Eiiekts, Attorney-General. YyHEREAS, We are desirous and resolved, as ��i soon as may be, to meet Our people of Our Province of British Columbia, and to have their advice in Our Legislature. AVe do make known uur Royal Will and Pleasure to call a new Legislative Assembly of our said Pro\'ince; and do further declare that, by the advice of Our Executive Council of British Columbia, We have this day given orders for issuing Our AVrits in [U.S.] VICTORIA, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom oi Great Britain and Ireland, Queex, Defender of the Faith, &c, &c, &e. To the Returning Officer of the Slocan Riding of West Kootenay Electoral District: WHEREAS. His Honour the Lieutenant-Gov- H ernor of British Columbia has, by a Proclamation bearing date the 7th day of June, 18!)8, lieen pleased to dissolve the Legislative Assembly of the said Province; and whereas it is necessary to hold Elections throughout the said Province to till the A-acancies caused by such dissolution, We command you that, notice of the time and place of Election being duly given, you do cause Election to be made, according to law, of One Member to serve in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia for the Slocan Riding of West Kootenay Electoral District, and thaiyou do cause the nomination of Candidates at such Election to be held on the 25th day of June. 1S!)8. and do cause the name of such Member, when so elected, whether he be present or absent, to be certified to Our Supreme'Court, at the City of Victoria , on or before the 31st day of August next, tho Election so made, distinctly and opcnlv under Our Seal duly endorsed upon this Our AVrit. Ix Tkstimonv AVuKHEor, We have caused there Our .Letters to be made Patent under the Client Seal of Our said Province of British Columbia: Witness, the Honourable Thomas R. McIxnes. at Our Govern- inent House, at Victoria, this .seventh day of June, in ths year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight. By Command. B. H. TYRAVHITT DRAKE, Registrar of the Supreme Court. proclamations: [L.S.] THOS. R. M<:INNES. CANADA. PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. VICTORIA, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queex, Defender of the Faith, &c, &c, &c. To Our faithful the Members elected to serve in the Legislative Assembly of Our Province of British'Columbia, and to all whom it may concern���Greeting. A PROCLAMATION. D. M. Eiikkts. Attorney-General. WHEREAS, We have thought tit. by and with ��t the advice and consent of Our Executive Council of Our Province of British Columbia, to dissolve the present Legislative Assembly of Our said Province, which stands prorogued until summoned for dispatch of business. NOW KNOW YE that We do. fortius end, publish this Our Royal Proclamation, and do hereby dissolve the Legislative Assembly accordingly, and the members thereof are discharged from further attendance on same. Ix Testimony AVhkueok, AVe have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent, and the Great Seal of British Columbia to be hereunto affixed: Witness, the Honourable Thos. K. McIxxes, Lieutenant-Governor of Our said Province of British Columbia, in Our City of Victoria, in Our said Province, tbisseventh day of June, in the year or Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, and in the sixty-first year of.Our Reign. By Command. B. H. TYRWH1TT DRAKE, Registrar of the Supreme Court. AILWAY AND SOO-PACIFIC LINE. TO ALL EASTERN AND EUROPEAN POINTS. TO PACIFIC COAST, JAPAN, CHINA AND AUSTRALIA. TO THE RICH and ACTIVE MINIXG DISTRICTS OF SHORTEST AND QUICKEST ROUTE Klondike and the yUKoNf.- Close connections and no trouble. Through tickets issued and Baggage checked to destination. NEW TOURIST CAR SERVICE DAILY TO ST. PAUL. DAILY (EXCEPT TUESDAY) TO EASTERN CANADIAN and U. S. POINTS. Train leaves New Denver Canyon Siding daily at 8:45 a.m. Traill arrives at New Denver Canyon Siding at 3:30 p m. Boat connection daily (except Sunday j via Rosebery: Leaves New Denver at 8.35 a. m: arrives at New Denver at 1 p. m. Ascertain present REDUCED RATES and full information by addressing nearest local agent or��� G. B. GARRETT, Agent New Denver. AV. F. Anderson, Trav. Pass. Agt., Nelson. E. J. Coyle, Disl. Pass. Agt., Vancouver. jt2TA.ll sensible people travel via C. P. Rv and Soo line. AGENTS���Never before has the death of any man caused such profound sensation throughout the world aB that of Mr. Gladstone. It is there- tore a real luxury to canvass tor tlie memorial edition of the "Life and AVork of Mr. Gladstone," because the public is ripe for it, and the work will sell on sight. Big book; low prices: liberal terms; freight paid. Send 75 cents for Prospectus, which we return with first order. BRADLEY-G ARRETSON COMPANY.Limited , Toronto. ELECTION REGULATION ACT. Notice of Poll being Granted Candidates Nominated. and tha mountain by tramway 6,000 feet drop of 2,500 feet, of ore makes the Slocan Riding of West Kootenay Electoral District, To-wit��� PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given to the Electors of the Electoral District aforesaid, that a Poll has become necessary at the Election now pending for the same, and that I have granted such Poll; and further, that the persons duly nominated as candidates at the said Election, and for whom only votes will be received, are: A CKOAVDKD CITV. From Whitewater the narrow-gauge climbs over the divide, where the dense cedars coating the mountains are still deep in snow, and clambers cautiously down the gulch to Sandon, a city wedged into the bottom of a funnel formed by surrounding mountain peaks. These peaks are from 9,000 to 7,000 feet high, all comfortable clad in cedar and with a marked regularity in the conical outlines. Though nature has been generous in the diffusion of mineral wealth she has dealt unkindly by Sandon in the matter of a townsite. The city has no choice but to follow the tortuous gulch already preempted by the waters of Carpenter creek. The mountains rise almost perpendicularly, and crowd in on the crooked street that constitutes the city,forcing the opposite sides together till the projecting sign-boards interfere. What would happen if two wagons should meet in Sandon is a problem which has, no doubt, engaged the attention of many reflective minds. To find a niche for a shack in the rear of either side would necessitate a climb of about 300 feet, and a life of uneasiness lest the first snow or land slide should carry the shack through the roof of a residence on the lower level. These perpendicular suburbs have many disadvantages. It would be most embarrassing to have somebody's summer residence with lawn, arbor and well of good, pure water dropping through the roof without premonitory warning. Blackstone says that a land title conveys a pyramid of space with its apex at the centre of the earth, but if he had lived in Sandon lie would have found it convenient to draw his lines with a clip into the mountain side. Each spring freshet, which, bythe- way, occurs late in June, washes out the sand and throws about the trees, stumps and branches that have slipped into the gulch with tlie earlier thaws, and many shackers are located, peaceful, confident and apparently happy, on the bars and tangled heaps of driftwood left by the last flood. But these are Sandon's peculiarities, and tend to give an unfair impression of a city which has defied the crowding mountains and noisy floods. The crooked street along the gulch has about 2,000 population, and theyjiave just been assessed for taxes on $350,000 worth of property. Where Slocan Star Gulch rises from the main gulch there is a partly level spot on which stands a first-class hotel, and there is plenty of accommodation for transients. The city has determined to build a second street, and to that end has walled Carpenter extending SU0 feet along the lead of ore. It began shipping in 1894 and has smelted 1,(590 tons of ore, paying dividends aggregating ��287,500. This mine has been ' rawhiding' its ore over the snow, but proposes building an aerial tram to the Sandon station during the summer. The Idaho will soon start up its concentrator again. Its record in dividend-paying has reached S'220,000. There are several other big mines in the immediate vicinity of the city, employing from SO to 125 men, and about a score of prospects being- developed with from 10 to 15 hands. Here as elsewhere are found the ups and downs of mining and the endless story of too much capital on paper and not"enough in cash. Sandon has a working- brewery, and away down the o'ttlch, where the straggling shacks grow smaller and finally disappear, a neat, comfortable and" unpretentious jail. This city is {midway between Kootenay Lake" and Slocan Lake, two long mountain fissures of navigable water. It is connected with the former by the Kaslo & Slocan narrow-gauge, and with the Slocan and Arrow lakes' by a link of the Canadian Pacific, having thus a choice of routes between the Canadian and American systems. This is here regarded as an advantage worth retaining. At New Denver, on Slocan lake, there is a revival of mining activity. The Molly Hughes mine, long famous for the patient, lonely industry of its owner, who used to threaten all inquisitive visitors, is being developed under bond by an English company, and about IS men are at work. This company operates in Europe also, and is working in Servia a silver-lead mine opened and worked in the days of the Roman occn- )ation. Experiments witli tlie tailings lave shown that the ancient miners were able to extract tlie small proportion of go'd carried by the ore. r\7ew Uenver lias room to .spread and has done so. The luxury of a level space is rare in Kootenay, but here there is no uncomfortable crowding. The mountains have retreated away from the lake, leaving an ideal townsite, but even with a central location in tlie Slocan it;', growth has not come within the usual distance of expections. Tlie town is widely known through the medium of The Lel��;k, owned and edited by Mr. ]l. T. Lowery, who has established its reputation for originality and local color. SPKC1AL SUNDAY RATE. SURNAME. OTHER NAMES ABODE RANK, PROFESSION OR OCCUPATION. Green Retallack Robert Francis John Ley Kaslo Kaslo Merchant Miner [L. S.j THOS. R. McINNES, CANADA. PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. VICTORIA, by the Grace of God, of the Unite Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Queen, Defender of the Faith, &c, &c, &e To whom these Presents shall come.���-Greeting. A PROCLAMATION. D. M. EiiEirrs, Attorney-General. uriiEREAS, it is advisable to establish the fol- \ \ lowing polling plaees in the .several and re spi ctive Electoral Districts hereinafter named. NOW KNOW YE that, by virtue of the authority contained in the ������Provincial Election! Act," the Lieutenant-Governor in Council de dares that the following polling places shall be and they are hereby, established for the several Electoral Districts, the names of which are set opposite such polling places, respectively, that i; to say:��� Kaslo Ainsworth Pilot Bay.. Argenta Sandon New Denver Silverton Slocan City Robson...".... Jubilee Point, Houser Lake Whitewater Station Three Forks i eer Park Slocan Junction, C. & K k Nelson & Ft. Sheppard Red Mountain RAILWAYS The only all rail route without change fears between Nelson and Rossland nd Spokane and Rossland. Direct Route to the Mineral District of the Col- vilb Reservation, Nelson, Kaslo, Kootenay Lake and Slocan Points. Daily, Except Sunday. i west Kootenay '"Slocan Riding R'y. ; Of which all persons are hereby required to take notice and to govern themselves accordingly. Given under ra\ hand at Kaslo, B. C, this 25th day of June, in the year 1898. Fletcher S. Andreavs, Returning1 Officer. NOTICE. The following persons have been continuance of the present election: appointed Election Agents during the I.\ Testimony whekeok we have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent and the Great Seal of British Columbia to be hereunto affixed: witness, the Honourable Taos. R. AIcInnks, Lieutenant-Governor of Our said Province of British Columbia, in OurCitjKof Victoria, in Our said Province, this fifteenth dav of June, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, and in the sixty-first year of Our Reign. By Command. A. CAMPBELL REDDIE, Deputy Provincial Secretary. Leave. 6:20 a.m. 12:05 " 8:30 a.m. NELSON ROSSLAND SPOKANE Arrive. 5:35 p.m 11:20a.m. 3:10 p.m. Train leaving Nelson at 8:30 a. m. make close" connections at Spokane with trains for all Pacific Coast Points. Close connection with Steamers for Kaslo and all Kootenay lake points. Passengers for Kettle River and Boundarv Creek connect at Marcus with stage daily. INTERNATIONAL NAVIGATION &TRADINCM., LTD. Summer Time Card effective June 20; 18DS. Subject to change without notice. NOTICE. hj NAME OF CANDIDATE. Green, Robert Francis Retallack, John Ley NAME OF AGENT. Geo. Stott, Merchant, Kaslo, B. C. 0. T. Stone, General Aarent, Kaslo, Dated at Kaslo, B. C, 25th June, 1898. Fletcher S. Andrews, Returning1 Officer. PROVINCIAL SECRETARY'S OFFICE. ���Sth June. 1898. IS HONOUR the Lieutenant-Governor Juts been pleased to appoint. Fletcher.S.Andrews, Esquire, to be Returning Officer for the Slocan Riding of West Kootenay Electoral District; and His Honour the Lieutenant-Governor has been pleased to appo.'jitaud declare the Government Office, Kaslo. to l>e the place for ihe nomination of candidates l'oi election to the Legislative Assembly in the Slocan Riding of West Kootenay Electoral District. CERTIFICATE OF IMPROVEMENTS Cinderella, Mcrtftml and KeyserFraction Mineral Claims. SS. INTERNATIONAL. Scutli Bound North Bound Read down. Read up. SANDON Train lvs Dally. 1.00 pm Train ar daily 10.S0 am KASLO '��� ar -; it.45 pm Train lv ' 8.00 am ���Boat lv :i.30 am ���Kaslo��� Boat ar 8.HO pm w S. " 1.3o am Ainsworth " 7.3n pm g Cr " n.onam Pilot Bay " 0.15 pms re ���' 5.30 am Balfour " 0.101 *Boat ar6.4(> am. Five Mile Pt " 5.23 [ * " 7.15 arn Nelson "lvl.l5pm�� c Train ar 10.05 am Northport Train lvl.55 pm_>-. 5 " 1120 am Rossland " 12.05 pirn: ���< '��� 3 10 pm Spokane " 8.3(i amQ pm-" ping NEW DENVER. Provides ample and pleasant accommodation for the traveling" public. Telegrams for rooms promptlv attended to. STEGE & AVISON, - -���-.'- '. . Proprietors. a/^/il/��/'��/��/��/��/��/��./��/�� Situate in the Slocan Mining Division of West Kootenay District. Where located: On the. South Fork of Car|ienter Creek about one mile and a half east of Three Forks. riiAKE NOTICE that I, George B.'Dean. acting J. as ag nt for Leonard B. Keyser.free miners' certificate No. 0910A, intend sixty davs 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 claims. And further take notice, that action under section 37. must be commenced before the issuance of such certificate of improvements. Dated this 0th dav of June. 1R08 GEORGE B. DEAN. SS. ALBERTA. Read up. Sandon Daily train lv l.uo pm Daily train ario.50 am Kaslo ;' ar 3.45 pm ���' lv 8.00 am # Boat lv 5.00 pm Mo&T Boat ar 1.00 pm 0.20 pm Ainsworth Boat ar 11.40 pm^- 7.00 pm Pilot Bay " 11 00 pm�� 10.(X) pm Kuskonook " ������ 12.00 pm Goat River =3 " 1.00 am Boundary '' 5= " ar 8.00 am Bonner's F'ry ' lv >kTrain lv 11.40 am " Train ar ���" " ar 2.45 pm Spokane " lv Read down. 3��J s.oo pm? 0.00 pm.8 5.00 pm >> 2.00 pnro 1.15 pm g 7..50 amto Apex Mineral Claim. Situate in the Slocan Mining Division of West Kootenay District. Where located: North of the Mountain Chief. 'PAKE NOTICE that I, Herbert T. Twigg, agent 1 lor George W. Hughes, free miner's certificate No. 04.97.5. intend, sixty days from the date hereof lo apply to the Mining Recorder for a certificate of improvements for the purpose of obtaining a Crown Grant of the above claim. And further take notice that action under section 37 must be commenced before the issuance of such certificate of improvements. Dated this 2nd day of June, 1898. HERBERT T. TWIGG. Sl'ECIAL KOOTENA V LAKE SERVICE, Commencing June 20,1898. On Monday, Thursday and Friday ss Alberta will leave Kaslo 5 p. m. for Ainsworth, Pilot Bay, and Nelson. Leaving Nelson at 8 a. m., Tuesday, Friday and Saturday, calling at Pilot Bay, Ainsworth "and Kaslo, and all way points. GEORGE ALEXANDER, Gen'l Mgr P.O. Box 122, Kaslo, B.C. Kaslo & slogan rv TIME CARD Subject to change without notice Trains run on Pacific Standard Time. Convention Fractional Mineral Claim. AlT, Leave 8 (XI A.M. ��� " S 30 " " !) SB " " SI 51 " '��� 10 03 ���' " 10 18 " 10 38 " 10 50 " Kaslo South Fork Sproule's Whitewater Bear Lake MeGuigan Codv Junction A rrive . 3 50 P.M 3 15 " 2 15 " 2 CO " 1 4S ���' 1 ."IS " 1 12 " Sandon CODV LINE. Leave 1 00 The ame5 The C.P.R. Company has put in a rate of 50c. from Three Forks and 75c. from Sandon to Rosebery and return, o-ood g-oing1 Saturday and Sunday, returning- until Monda\'. This will be of great advantag-e to" our Sandon and Three Forks neighbors who would enjoy a weekly trip to the lake. The latest novelties in Millinery and Dress Goods, etc., just received at Mrs. Merklev's. New Denver, lias been re-opened under new management. Thp Dining Room will ahvays be up to the market, while the bar will contain liquors and cigars that cannot be surpassed for quality and flavor in the Slocan. Old and new patrons will find this hotel just like home. JACOBSON & CO. Lot 22K��. Situate in the Slrcan Mining Division of West Kootenay Di-trict. Where located: About l�� miles east of New Denver, and adjoining tlie Marion and Clipper mineral claims. 'PAKE NOTICE Hint I. Robr. E. Palmer, as 1 jiirenl for Albert Belme, of New Denver. B. C, free miner's eeriiticale No. *l!ilo. intend, sixty days from the date hereof to a|ipl\ to the Mining Recorder for a certificate ol improvements for the purpose of obtaining a Crown grant of tin.' above claim. And further take notice that action under section -'17 must be commenced before the issuance of Mich certificate of improvements. Dated this ltitli day of Mav. isns. R. El PALMER, I'.L.S. Willa Mineral Claim. ll.oo a.in , 11.20 - Leave, Arrive ROBT. IRVING, Traffic Mng GEO Sainton ��� Arrive, 11.45 a.m Codv ��� Leave, 11.25 a.m F. For cheap and from all s. railroad and points, apply CAMPBELL, COPELAND, Siiperinteudeiit. steamship tickets tc to Agent, Sandon. tors' Ice Biandon, B. C, Division of West ere located: Joins 1 creek. Geni'Ke Ludlow Esta- Sifuatc in tlie Slocan Minim. Kootcnav district. Whr Little Daisy, on Eight. Mil TAKE NOTICE that I. I brooks, as agent for The Willow Gold Minim Company. Foreign, free miner's certificate No. M.SS2. intend, sixty days Irom the date hereof, to apply to the Mining Recorder lor u certificate of improvement.*; for the purpose of obtaining a | Crown grant of the above claim. i And further take notice that action, under sec- j tinn 37. must be commenced before the issuance of such certificate of improvements. Dated this 18th dav of Anril, is'**. G. L. EST A BROOKS. Assay Price List STRAYED. AN JUNE 7TH, U mane and tail. a bay saddle horse, black Finder will 1m- rewarded bv applying to��� PALMA ANGRIGNON, New Denver. B. C. Gold, Silver, or Lead, each Gold, Silver and Lead, combined Gold and Silver Silver and Lead Conner (by Electrolysis) Gold, Silver. Copper and Lead Gold and Copi>er Silver and Copper Gold. Silver and Copper Platinum Mercury Iron or"Manganese Lime, Magnesium, Barium, Silica, Sulphur, each Bismuth, Tin. Cobalt. Nickel. Antimony. Zinc, and Arsenic, each Coal (Fixed Carbon, Volatile Matter. Ash. and jie'rcentage of Coke, if Coking Coal) Terms: '.Cash With Sample. June 20th. lKtft. $1.50 3 00 -i Oil 2 00 2 00 4 00 2 .50 2 50 3 00 5 00 2 00 2 on 2 00 ���I no FRANK DICK, Assaycr and Ana I vat KHssjssses?1 tw; *iS3j X&i WfflffiA THE LEDGE, NEW DENVER, B.C., JU^Y 7, 1898. Fifth Year MINING RB0OROS The following is a complete list of the mining transactions recorded curing the week in the several mining divisions of the Slocan. Those of New Denve ��� were as follows :��� LOCATIONS. -Stanhope, Carpenter Mile, Jos Brandon. Ed Sisson. re-location of Junk 2S Manilla. Four Camden, near Eight Mile creek the Highgrade.jA R Fingland. Harlem, same, re-loeaiion of Golden Eagle, A L Fingland. Ji;xE2'.i���Duke, north fork Carpenter., John Middleton. Junk20���Starlight, Galena Farm. John Ste- wal. Sunrise and Cloudike. third east fork Wilson,C F Nolle. ��� Mountain Queen. Three Forks,Carl C Steiu. Alice, on .Mount Mablc, Martin Schwieg. Payne Fraction, Payne mountain Sidney Nor- mam Jui.Y 4-Ontario, Cody creek, Archie A McDonald. Nephi, same, E U McCunce. Burligton Fraction. MeGuigan, Ro3inia, Sintz- birger, P A McDougall. Gleng.try, Sandon creek, Archie A McDonald. .Mablc W. north fork Carpenter, Wm H Gumming. Ada F, same, J Fyfe. New Castle, south fork Car'ienter, Mike Syner. Santiago Fraction. Cody, Daniel M Bongaru. July a���Lost Lead, third east fork Wilson creek, Jas Martin. Magnolia, same, Win Martin. Lone Star, same, John Martin. Rod Mountain,.same. Win Martin. Big Jim. same, A L Rogers. ASSESSMENTS. Juxe 29���Revelstoks, Vermillion. June 30���Mountain Chief No 8, Simula broke, Early Bird. July 4���Last Chance, Helena Fraction, Alice Fraction, Morning Star. Shogo No rroit, Mary Durham, Empress, Minniehaha, Wild Fox, Cuba. Miner Boy, Silver Bell, Hustler, Clarence, High Ore, Littie Joint, Freddie Lee Fraction, Sarah Jane, New London, July 5���No 3 Fraction, Fisher Maiden, Silver- ton No 2, Linnet. Wonderful Fraction, Ruby, Perseverance. Wonderful Bird. PEKTIFICATE OK 1MTK0VEMEXTS. July 4���Mammoth. Pom- Cable, Di THAN SEEKS. John Stewart to Henry June 30���Starlight, Stege, June 30. Phoenix, Alhanibria, Libby R, Stephen Redgrave/sheriff, to Frank L Christie, all interest of the Phoenix Consolidated Mining Co, .*(WS.90.' Alice i, M Schwieg to W G Ternan. Fidelity, agreement covering promissory note dated Jail 2,5, made by Frank L Byron, Luther F Holt/, and A S Williamson 'iv favor'of Win Hunter and Thos H Wilson, SI,780. Black Hawk, Sebastian Haas, Henry Callahan, Eugene Denzel to American Boy M & M Co, June 30. Payne Fractional, Sidney Norman to St Kev- erne Mining Co, June 28. Black Knat, Naoma ��, Alligash 3, Naoma Fraction, The Domini 11 Mines, Ltd, to The British Columbia Gold Trust, Ltd, June 25. and torpedo boats, the. constant coolness of guns in action, the triumph of the submarine boat, the safety of troops in fever-ridden countries, a new curative agent in medicine, and the. abolition of excessive heat. As it runs from the faucet liquid air looks like pure water. A cubic foot of liquid air represents S00 feet of ordinary air. Just as ice in melting, produces a greater degree of cold than that which produced it, so liquid air, in returning to its atmospheric shape, produces a degree of cold so intense as to be practically immeasurable. Approximately, it is 300 degrees below zero. If it were possible to keep the liquid air cold, Mr. Tripler says it would be possible to keep indefinitely. He has succeed in shipping the product as far as Washington and Boston, but 36 hours is about as long as the air will remain liquid. Mr. Tripler took a piece of heavy iron gas pipe 10 inches long. Drawing a single thread of cotton from a mass of waste Mr. Tripler dipped the thread in turpentine and then poured a little of the liquid air over the saturated thread. Instantly the thread became a rigid bar, heavily coated with frost. He placed the frozen thread inside the gas pipe, and applied a fuse. The ends of both tubes were open and there was nothing to prevent the free escape of the force developed, but the explosion which ensued splintered the gas pipe into needle like pieces, pulverized the inch-thick iron of the waterpipe, broke the laboratory windows, and shook the ground like a blast. Mr. Tripler said: "Liquid air furnishes the overthrow of all the present standards of force and the introduction of a new power of boundless possibilities. If one of our battleships installed the small plant necessary for the manufacture of liquid air and used the resultant compressed air in conjunction with steam the ship would be 'able to keep away from the collier for the part of a year, and its speed would be increased by at least eight knots. It is for ordnance experts to utilize it in projectiles and in guns. Much of the time which elapses between the shots of a great gun has to be consumed iu cooling the piece. Liquid air turns into an intensely cold, dry air. A current of this driven by its own force and delivered at any temperature could be used instead, and" the gun cooled at once." EAST CANADIAN NEWS. need during* containing- D AINSWORTH DIVISION. LOCATIONS. June ll���Lion Fraction. J R Hardie; Pearl, F Strobeck; Rosebud, W Walton. June 13���Big Four. W B Conroy; Two Mile Creek, J Graves',- Kootenay, same; Primrose, A E Noren; Sundown, Geo Wooster; Evening Star, J Graves; Black Diamond, Jas Hanson; Silver King, Silver Dollar, J Graves; Columbia, A Noren; Great Western, by J Hanson^ Polar Fraction. VV R Winstead and H Williams; Forest Queen Fraction, W R Winstead; Ozone Fraction, H Williams; Shanghigh, R J Stenson, June 15��� Snowslide, R Buhofeind; Surprise, Henry Lossman; Dewey, D W Clark and R T Martin; Admiral Dewey, Iron Cap, John Hastie; Wasco, LCKnaggs; Badshot, Jas MeCulloch; Delphine, VV E Dumas and W B Dmrninond. June 10���Gladstone, A B Anderson; Olympia, A J Gerrard; Austie, W Blanchlield; 'Alameda, Walter Hughes; Cecil L, D A Cameron; Josie M, D A McKunzie; Conqueror Dewey, A L Lawrie; Dewey, John Munro: Emerald, Emmulen, E V Bvrne; Do Do, M M Grothe: Hamilton, C H Bighaiii; Simr.se, Alex McKenzie; Snow Top, O . II Burden. June 17���Dewey, S P Jobe; Hobson, J II Jackson; If and I, Homer Draper. June 25���Mariou, Jas Anderson; Gelcr, S C Richards; Hattie May, D L Sutton and A J Mc- Leary; Hattie, W L McLaughlan; Emma, John Clinton; Jersey Lily, Walter Olougli; Koran. Robert Foran, June -27���Climax, E M Harris: Ciscey Fraction, B Flaherty and D Cosgrirt"; Morning Rose, W VV Beaton: Raven. W T Douglas; Black Bear, F McLeod. Junk 28���Alliance, D Borradaile; Chilcoot, Frank Clapp; Minnie. R W Mcintosh; Flo. T Jackson: Mamie, W E Murray: Maud, Minnie Mcintosh. June 28���Midsummer, J R Hardies; Had Star, C H Cameron: Director, S Faweett; Yucanana, J A Miller and Gus Schilling; Violet Fraction, Gus Schilling; Africa, Pietro Cresci; Centaur, R S Gallop; Kootnev, G O Buchanan; Monarch Fraction, R W Mcintosh. June SO���Max, J M Harris; Oregon, E B Harding; Seranton. S J Harding; Equator, G D Reid. ASSESSMENTS. June 11���Minnie D, Montana, Hardio, North Branch, Lake View, Virginia, Black Bear, Hazel. Junk 13���Silver Queen, Susie B, Yubadam, Mc- Nabb, Red Prince, Reno. Odin. June ll���Scovall, Congress, Lennett, Clearwater, President, Two Brothers.Hauser Fraction, P L S. June 15���Leroy, Bannockburn, First Chance, Herling, Combination, Koitanec. June 10���Tyrone, By Chance Fraction. Ju.me 17���Aspha, Ferox, iThree Brothers, Victoria, Victoria, Alberto, Lost Mountain, N��water, Last Chance. Grand Republic, iDora, Fourth of j July. ��� ' June 20���Icicle. U 0 Fraction. June 27���Georgia Fraction, Salem, San Antonio, Zuni. Alice No 2, Mountain Con, Costick, Something Good. June 28���Bit: Four, Deer Park, Manxuam, Black Fox, Daisy, California, William John, Norfolk, S and N Fraction, Green Crown, Sim- coe. Zone, Acme, Fairbanks, Birthday. Junk 20���Jubilee, Big Annie, Midnight, Grey Eagle. Canada, Gecko, North Star. .Icne30���Mountain Rat, Theresa M Bunker Hill, Zulu King. M P, Jubilee. Buckingham, Gatineau, Metis, Ivanhoe. THA.MSFEItS. June 11���Agreement between M A Stephenson, W A Frazer land ;Henry Croasdalo in trust for Hall Mines, Ltd, re True Blue. Peacock, conditions ?05. ��� GROCERS Agents for B. C. Sugar Refinery and Royal , City Planing Mills. Dealers in Hardware, Miners' Supplies, Tin and Graniteware, Paints, Oils, Glass and Putty, Doors & Windows. B.C ocan Kellections of 11 Bachelor. livery rose has a few thorns and every woman has a lot of pins stuck in her. It is what we don't think that makes us innocent, keeps us ho. Nothing spoils a woman so for the men as to get the reputation of bein formed." and what we don't do that 'well in- Specials in newSuitings ho of many r.iorri) air. Policeman Frank London, Out., police (Icavoriiiir 1:0 arrest a niirlit. was shot and -In a little laboratory at ���hty-ninth street, a new harnessed and added to command of Chailes E. patient research has de- Xew York.��� 12.1 West Eiy force has been those at the Tripler, whose veloped this revolunary force, disclaims i the laurel:; of the inventor, for he says I that in producing liquid air���the newest' wonder of science���he has only put into j practice that which scientists long agV declared to In; possible in theoiy. I'ut into every day life, the utilization i of steam engine, the attainment of ���'!���") and 40 knots in the speed of battleships ;: The murderer of his bejnir !e^\ ni-ina.u-i and no trace of liis Toohey. of the for^o. while en- tramp on Friday instantlv killed, the fact encumbered with a wooden d to make u can do EVEY finish tin.' ei'S. for plum Veil- ladics Dining Room and Bar. First- class in every respect. Rooms well furnished. Trail open to Ten and Twelve Mile creeks. Pack and Saddle Animals to hire. ALLEN & CORY, Proprietors. Vevey, Slocan Lake, B.C. TWO months after date I intend to make application to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and work, Victoria. B.C., for permission to purchase the following described lands. Commencing at a post pliin'ted about .1110 feet north of Kuskanook creek and about eight miles Irom the miiuth of said creek, in West Kootenay district, said slake bcimr marked G.L.. N.NV. corner. April -ifith, lsiis. running ���lOchains east, thence -10 chains south, thence Id chains west, thence-in chains north to point of commencement and containing lij'i acres of land more or less. GEORGE LESTER. Nakusp, B.C., April -.'8th, 18!iS. ASLO HOTEL Family & Commercial. arge And Comfortable Rooms Fitted with every modern convenience. Special protection against fire. Rates $2.50 and $3 per day. COCKLE & PAPWORTH, Proprietors. The Nakusp, a comfortable hotel for travellers to ship at. Mrs. McDougald. BRICK FOR SALE. JOHN GOETTSCHE, NEW DENVER. .��� jlu.j.iujj.ux.1 w wim Insurance aml General Commissson ���Agents. ; XJSW DKNVJCIl. i;. c.