/ tAStS/V/ tyvf "-^"^jrr > Editor anu ^___,^ x \ y ,, Volume XL, Number 34. NEW DENVER, B. C, THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1904. ■ Price. $2 a Year, in Advance _ J^A-J-l^ . ***• . 4-1% ti ■ nr*.e%t*k^t\i-i:nvi.i3im^.*rxt. at Seattle and from tu The water in the lake is receding- and has already dropped -1 inches .the last few days*. The prizes for the sports on Victoria Day will be on exhibition in C.S. Rash- dale's window. The (Ini*? store will be closed at7p m. for the summer ■■months*,.beginning next Monday the 23rd. . Monday May 23rd has been declared a public holiday, It is a pity that slich short notice has been given. Ed Angrignon has repaired and painted hiscanoeahrilliant red. He took it out for a trial trip on the lake Sunday. Mrs. Aylwin gave a party on Saturday to the Baker children, who are leaving for Vernon in. two weeks' time. By an Order in Council a close season for elk in the county! of Kootenay has been declared for three years from May 16th. We have received an addition to our number of citizens ih Mr Simpson turn family who haye but lately arrived from England. w Rev. C. Arthur Mount and Rev Jas. -Galver-t-a conferences, the former the latter at Vancouver. The High School examination for surrounding towns will be held in New Denver on May 20th. It will be conducted by Inspector Wilson. Here can be foiind chickens for the hungry; beer for tho thirsty; ico cream and cake for tho ladies; downy beds for the sleepy—welcome all to the Newmarket. J. T, Black has crone to Nelson to at tend the assizes. From thero he expects to go to New Westminister, and so will not be present at tho Victoria Day celebration. Are you in needfof a substantial dinner? Do you not hear the gong announcing chicken and other good things at the Newmarket Hotel? Come from 11 a mi until next morning. HIb Lordship Bishop Dontenwil, of New Westminster, accompanied by Father Jonnnotte pnid a visit to New D nvor last week On Saturday morn Ing tho Bishop administered tho rite of confirmation to three candidates, Tho Newmarket numbers its friends and patrons among the prospectors, miner**, owners and business men throughout this district and all will lind an old timo welcome nt this woll known hotel. Boys, this is on me—mit. C. F. Nelson and M. McLean have returned from Grand Forks whore they had gone to attond the lifteonth annual convention of the Knights of Pythias, tho former aa Grand Chancellor having opened tho lodgo. Thoy wero banqueted each night they wero there Win Thomlinson haa been engaged by St. Paul capitalist! to open up a group of mining properties situated near the head of tlie North fork of Kettlo river The grounSconeigti of four claims the"Jim UIU", «"lUnder Hill," "East Fork"nnd "First Chance," and aro said to have remarkable surface* showings of high grade ore carrying silvor, lead, gold and copper. During thu coming season the properties will he operated from Fire Valley landing on tho lower Arrow lake but later from one of thn projected railroad! along Kettlo river. (Ie left on Saturday for Nelson to purchaift an out- lit and commence work on tho trail to camp, necessary before development work can bo started on tho properties. THK OKI.KBBATION. ....*-. .'■'■■''■'.. , At a meeting of the Celebration Committee held Tuesday evening it was decided to refund the "entrance fee of 10% to the winners.of first money. '; It was also decided to gives a prize of a handsome office chair to the best dec-' orated building. The various committees reported that all was in readiness for different events. The citizens are requested to co operate with the managing committee with a liberal display of buntine, flags etc , and in entertaining the visiters; if this is done the celebration will be a qualified success. A SENSATIONAL STKIKK. VICTOIIIA BAY srKCIAl.S. uow aimut a nice up-Wv-oato smrl- wait* with stylish hat and collar lo match for Victoria day. I hat« a »tl«- tion that will please you and the in Wen aro right—quality nnu style considers). m,K> \t ttrtiH oi Winning ior Dowrniwn —make your own flaga. Ice cream—Cake—Fruit and Confectionery, in Newmarket with tho »ign, 11 Welcome." Mrs. I. M. Wiuj.am* Gold Hill, May 12.—A sensational strike has been made on Meadow creek, five miles south of this town. A stampede is in progress. Repair work is being done on the gov eminent trail, which when completed will make it one of the finest in the Lardeau, ■ '"' .---.A': A ' Old timers have always maintained thnt this is one of the richest parts of ■tbe-eonnt'i^nd?tiHJ«^*h«^rfi-iindthir courage of their convicsious will now reap a rich harvest. 'A' MeadOw creek is hiue miles from Poplar—Nelson Daily News OL» MOOKK'8 TKOPHESY, The British Columbia Review of London says: "It looks as if Old Moore's prophesy of a gold rush to British Columbia this year is likely to come true. At tho time the almanac was published there,had been some sensational discoveries of gold quartz at Poo I'm creek, in southern British Columbia and the Aleok diggings* near White Horso have for some months past been attracting great nttention locally, but now wo hear of very promising discoveries of alluvial gold in northern British Columbia on one of tho tributaries of the Laird River Already n number of prospectors have left Telegraph creek lur the new diggings, and although nothing definite i* known, minors acquainted with the locality appear to give full credence to the reports.'' f ANOTHKH PAI'ICU FOR VICTORIA. It is announced that James J. Hill of theGreatNorthern Itailwaynnd William Randolph Heaist, candidate of the Dem ocratic nomination for thu United Slates presidency, will start a first class morning daily newspaper In Victoria at nn early date. Mr. Hill is very desirous of extending his railway and steamship business to Vancouver Island and Rrlthdi Columbia ana Mr. Hearst has planned to establish Hearst newspapers nil along the const, lu the principal cities, from Cape Nome to Los Angeles. These are given as tho raison d'etre of tho proposition. II W. C Jackson has an option on Ihe Tribune plant in Nelson. He will put in machines ami run an eight page dally, liberal in politics. He does not state whose money h to lw burnt, but Jackson will certainly run an up-to- date paper. Chilean copper mining hns taken on a moro healthv tone withintho pait few years The early miners, operating during the fourth to thc eighth decades of the pn*t century, skimmed the cream in mo«l case*, taking out tho rich carbonate und oxide oven, but leav- iog thc far larger though less rich »ul- I (XHU-e air, inn,,* » eiitinij t^uim-nl. „*HJtJ i».')U:\ .'.■*< t-v. * ,«;h ,i\"uh^y. 7; giving Ihe Chilian euj |>cr Indus- tr? a oad nethai.k The mineral re*mir* t*a of the eonntry are very great, but will not warrant wasteful methols of otT'ir-fInn iiiiilnr t ,./\t, . TOO TLOSK TO RK GOOD. A taie is told of a rich irnld mine in Idaho with a ledge Of ore which once extended above the * surface.'of the ground in a clear solid ridge several feet high and entirely distinct from the the surrounding formation. This 1-dge was long and unbroken and directly across the course which hundreds of prospectors took every year to reach other gold fields. This obstruction of rock, the great value of'which was long unknown, was too .high to be surmounted by pack animals'*, so the "prospectors cut a" trail directly through it For several years 'these eager gold seekers passed backward'and forwara over this trail in search of gold mines One night a prospector camping near tliis ledge of* rock picked upa'bitof it and from fqree. of hrtbit took it to a creek hear'by and washed it. Then he examined the stone, and, to his great astonishment, he found "colors" in it—bits, of sparkling gold. The prospector docs not mistake gold when lie sees it. He is not deluded by iron/crystals, or bits of mica, as the " tenderfoot "''frequently is. The gold is clearer and brighter than that of aiiy other mineral, and it is the same in sunshine and shadow. Thii-'.prospector, tremendously excited, broke off more pieces of tbe ledge and found more of it bearing free gold. Then 'he-located his claim, and that was lh"Jj0^ilinjl,g ul a ylfli injiiij Vet for years tiie sagest of prospectors had passed over this trail through the ent.in tliis ledge, never suspecting its value, although by its vt«ry prominence it seemed to invite inspection, DKNTISTICY JX THE IlLONDYKE High prices often prevail in frontier towns, and those who live iu new settlements become accustomed to the charges and think little about them. A prospector who resently returned from the Klondyke tells a good story. "People get used fo paying big money for trifles," he said, " and 52 (or a box of sardines or $5 a pound of bad coffee came to bo regarded an reasonable prices. But once.I had tho surprise of hearing an unexpectedly low price named. It was like this: I had a jumping toothache—was nearly wild with it —and went to a shanty whore I wns told thero was a dentist A rouirh looking fellow told me that he wns the dentist, aud I asked him to draw my tooth. He looked mo over, got his for cops fastened ou my tooth and yanked it out, after n couple of hard twists, u ' How much V 1 asked " •Well, *2,1 guess,' said tho dentist. "I pnid him, although mw jaw still ached badly " 'That's iho cheapest thing I've seen round here,' I remarked, as I gave him the tnonev. " 'Well,' he said, 'I thought id make it low, becauso on account of the bad light I pulled out the wrong tooth ' "I had to go the next day, end have the bad tooth out, and he made matters square by charging §10 Sandon Pat Hayes is now a resident of Poplar. Weary Willie has returned to S>andon. There are four patients in the hospital-this week. A sawmill is being put in at the Cork mine on Kaslo creek. Murat Seccol was injured on Sunday by a fall of rock in the Ivanhoe John Lang and Clarence Harmon are in the hospital; both have rheumatism Joe Moret has gone to Ferguson, where he will develop some of his claims. The stock of H. Byers & Co is being removed to Nelson by the company that has bought it. ■ .The Standard states that New Denver and Slocan City is to be worked by one Methodist parson. The heaviest brakesman in America runs on tho (^ P.R. express out of this city. He weighs 28S pounds. , The shoes made hy Purley Ward are becoming famous all over Kootenay, and he'finds it necessary to increase his forfce. AC Garde has gone_to_JVInntrejil_tn attend the Payne annual meeting:. He will gaze at the St. Louis fair before returning. y Many mine owners are not in favor of paying a bonus on lead shipped out of Canada. That course will not help build up tho smelting industry. The K. & S. railway has rebuilt all of the bridges which \vi;ut out .with the slides a few weeks since. Trains are uow running regularly again between Kuslo and Sandon During tho past week there has been quite a number of newcomeis iu Three 1« orks. Three gentlemen from England and three ladiea from the east have ar rived and moro are expected. Say, why go thirsty? Thero is an ocean of tho beer that made London famous and willing hands to serve all our customers. Tho Newmarket Bar is noted for pure goods. Have a cigar? At a largo and enthusiastic meeting iu the City Hull, Tuesday evening, it was decided to lorm n Board of 1 rade for the entiro Slocan district. Many speeches were made upon the needs of the district, although tiie mailer is being pushed more by merchants than mining men Charles Dickson was elected ■secretary, and au advisory board appointed consisting of M. L. Gruminutt, John Gusty and S. J.Twogood. It is the intention to procure a chnrter and matin Mui organization permanent. The HloCMii Hhould have had a live Board of Trade years ago. A l'UF.fUH'M STONK MINK. HII.VEU-t.KAl) QU DTATIONM. Silver. Lead. May 12 -m JCJ1 17s (kl „ i a 6»I jCM18M)d 1. " 55? „ 1(1 55i I'll 17h(1i1 M " ofijl CM 17H«d ,, 18 A5f I'll lttx.'M NOTICE. ditiomof tin' present age. There are certain other drawback* that operate to restrict the growth of Chilean copper production, but these will doubtless he overcome in time. \TOTirK 1* HKHKIIV OIV K ihtf *. «l»v* 1^1 »f»<»it«t« we Inn-mi tt.applf toih* VtAtt Ct,im,tit*l.rtitr of taiKt* am) W ma* hit a »p« i ul lliveiieetomt an«l < rtrrjr nw.y ilnsln r ff*>m tin; fnlluwinu ii'WilUi'il traitu of lUuiil,iltuittud h* Wetl k(M>tM>*v tllrtrtft: VUtmt LOCATION'. ft******** ft** t*1**<* *** *» tii.* *1rt*f *.'■ ,1 r... ttit ,n«^ .-. I I mt.i fork nl V, Umm ere*-* aint *i«>ui l onlm i rum ,i :.:iA..i .v.,,.,1, ■ , J,*:**1,". A ':' ... !, , :.,\ .*,* * \ wwt 4't-rhntn* ibtitt *n».rtli im eltfthn iltttu't tail «<«eh*in«. ihetitf mmth l*» rh«ln*mr»»lnt *t <• »yi» i.'-x'atiov. Dumtneiii'lutr *t » j^**l jii^nlutlim the *eei*utt wtH fork «»* WI lion *ft«*k m*tke*i JJ.i..'-,, »,*W.€.. tbea*v* north *» rhai-fl*, U.«nc«- .**« in than.*, tb*ni«> *xitb t"thilm, tlt«iit« «< >t ..Wiuli.i to ftmJnt of e«imm#'n*r*ffl*fit J 3, fUXAHAX. I^eitot tbt mh Aay oi April. Km. While cleaning a well on his ranch a short distance north of ShMin; Cal, a few days aijo I'. A. McBride mado a dUcowry that promise* to create an excitement iu that section. He eucouii* t-civd a deposit of dinmond'i and euu-r- nnU, uiiA in of the opinion that he bun found a precious Mont* mine. While pumping out the well la* pump became do„'g hi* fallwr, %!io held it to the win, when it emitted » ft range opalohcettt ilieom like tlmt t*maiiNtiiig Irom (lie heart of an emerald. Further «<«/iich brought to light many other tsbme* ot a THK SLOCAN MINKS Italian miners are becoming numerous around Sandon.':*, ■"".*■ The old force has returned to work at the Slocan Star. A car,tof'" ore was shipped .from the Whitewiiter'iast week. The Alamo shipped 20 tons of concentrates to Trail on Monday. 4 Last week the Hewitt, shipped 2 cars of ore; the Lorna'Doone 1 car. Some remarkable'ore is being taken out of the Empress at Bear lake." A small force is working on the Jo Jo on the north fork of Carpenter creek. Rich strikes are being made iu the Queen Ress and other Slocan properties. There are 275 miners working in the St. Eugene, near Moyie. Many of them are from the Slocan. All Free Miners Certificates expire at midnight on May 31 and must be renewed on or before that date. The Rambler has shipped 300 tons -sinco-the-l^of January—The-mill-wilI- commence grinding early in .I'liiie The case of J. K. Clark against A. K. Finjiland for a commission on the sale sale of tiie Monitor has been postponed for a year. Tired? Well, go and enjoy a rustic bench in front of the Newmarket and just call-on. .Mrs. Williams for order of delicious ice cream and cake—always lirst class. The Neepawa ou Ten Mile shipped a carload of ore last week to the Nelson smelter. The ore, which will yield good profits, was taken from the upper levels of thu mine, and is the lirst carload to he sent by tlm lessees Whal is that gaily decorated craft? Oh, that Is the private yacht "Lucerne" Cspt. Stege in commanii with royal iars in attendance All patrons are invited for a trio If row bonis are desired, call at the NewmarkU oflice. A portion of the machinery for the •/ine plant at Roseberry has been purchased in New York, and Vancouver, and some will be shinped from Kng- hind It will be tho lst of July before the ground will be broken for the buildings. The Monitoi- mine will not^hip any ore until the plant is in operation. HI»KI«TKU I»ltO!»Ut!TION. Thn total production of spelter in the world at the ptoseut time U a little more than iKk),y, howi»vi«r, although n gmxl Ae>H>h»'r j»r'-du«*»b.n i«d<»fiviNl fr<*m ore mitie«J in the province of Upper Siletda. , ANOTlir.lt I.Ui.l* ItltltK. 9* J» *.*«# 9 tt. 9* ,** ■*•<*, ( i rillv tame over from Cam b-.no* on Sunday night htingiug with luivn a gi>ld hifKk worth over *|'2,i»nv which I*** #»n»ri"*«»»Hi( to ll»»lend. Motit. tt t* ,4,4,4.1,^ . llu% N ,,„, r,^uu fJj n,,, in-fiiitaittilv i.>*i.iuu^.U tot' umu'i tiiic'intii Ff(Miit ita ha*Ml«i^m# mmmA, i u>,ui ufi ,u vin' vivnu'i viinium l>V*»p" 1 vtiy ul the iiirAt .Noflio ro Mit.i « l.tlili- *r(tf,***»»,' Hjih.|' Mr VtrHtv *<*<** the ore l»»i>«ly It fc«* cAmpiled and pnbli-»hi»d bv H T* ] proving both In <»ize and values. Thc Lowery. It contain* much that *>avorn| mill hns now Vmi in operation about ,.t**,t. f, .* . ,, * i • • • • • ' ,*. , ■ * ,'.....' Many d the arltclea are aingly worth (only l-wivn »hnt «lown (or five hoora. An the price ofthe hook, ft indent to anv tether ten »t^m|« *ii! \mi adoed in a * addre*» unon n-ci-ipt ot 2«j eenta HenA ] ordi'rt t«» it. T. Lowery, New Denver •orNeh^n. nhort time. This* can be done at a very ■light eu*t a* at tha lioo- *A iMtallatin'n it wa» proTided (or.—Trout IJike Topic. MRMni THE LEDGE, NEW DENVER, B.C., MAY 19, 1904. Eleventh Year THE BIG TRIP TO ST. LOUIS THE QUEEN CIGAR STORE NELSON, B.C. is offering with everv purchase of The Ledge. With which Is amalpainated the SAVDON PAYSTRKAK; lJunlished every Thursday in the richest silver- lead-zinc camp on earth. Leqal advertising 10 cent* a nonpariel line lirst Insertion, and 5 cents a line nach subsequent insertion. Reading notices 25 cents a line, and commercial advertising graded in prices accord- ins; to circumstances. Subscription. .i a year in advance or $2 50 if not so paid. Certiticate of Improvement notices 87. Delinquent Co-owner notices #10. Fellow Pilgrims: Thk Ledgk is located at Sew Denver, B. 0., and is traced to many parts of thb earth It has never been raided by the nherlff. snowslided by cheap silver, or subdued by thc fear of man It works for the trail blazer a< well as the bav-windowed. champagne-flavored capitalist, It alms to be on the right side of everything, and believes that hell should be administered to the wicked in large doses. It has stiod the test of time, and an ever-Increasing paystreak is proof that it is better to tell tho truth, even if the heavens do occasionally hit .our smokestack. One of the noblest works of creation is tht man who always pays the printer; ho is sure of a bunk in paradise, witn thornless roses for a pil- lo.vbv night, and nothing but gold to look at by day. Address all communications to— THE LEDGE, New Denver, B. C v pencil cross in this square i titrates that your subscrip / tl •! Is due, and that the editor wants -»nce tioraiu to look at yoar collateral LIKE OLO WINK. lur, the future when the world has learned about the Slocan the district will become one of the most Ktrait Settlements silver is not legal tender in Canada, and should only be worked off by paying whiskey bills or delinquent subscriptions. It is a safe proposition to avoid the man who does not advertise. If he is not progressive in advertising you may be sure he is not up to date in what he sells. In Kootenay the banks and railroads should reduce their rates. Four cents a mile for riding on the C.P.R., and one per cent a month for money is playing it a little strong on a young country. Jn the United States there are 53 ordained female parsons. All but eight are married, but the report does not say how that many escaped. The married ladies must receive good salaries in order to keep a hired girl to look after their children and husbands while they are parading the parish in search of lost souls. \ For ten years the Government of B. C. has done nearly everything to ruin New Denver, It buncoed the crowd years ago into buying real estate, and acted worse than a Shy lock towards those who attempted to build up the town in a real manner. For a dcaLrjght off the JUST GAZE AM) GAZ C Nell—How is Mr. Huggard ? Belle—01 we don't have much to say to each other any more. Nell—0! you sly boots ! You're engaged'to him. Belle—Well, engaged people do not have to .say' much to each other. —Catholic Standard and Times. famous health and tourist resorts in America. There are many reasons for making this statement, a few of which we will mention. Within its confines are many mines and mills busily engaged in mining and milling lead, zinc and silver, without saying anything about gold and copper, which will come when Red mountain is developed. To go down shafts and into tunnels is an attraction that tourists cannot havo in but few places in Canada. A few days spent amid the mines and camps of the Slocan will show a phase of life that cannot be seen in any bottled up city ou earth. To take a look at Sandon after dark will make any tourist think he has stepped into a new world. The scenery of the Slocan is simply nature piled in beautiful heaps. The poet and artist can lind'moro inBpithtion around these parCs in one day than he would find in a century around Paris, New York or Pasco, The climate is superb. In summer the heat iB never oppressive, and in winter zero is seldom in camp while the fteambonts run every day of the year on Slocan lako. The air is like old wine. When you lirst breathe it you feel the saute us if you had a few jolts of extra dry. After you have filled up on it for a few weeks you will grow indifferent to life aud drift along like a Mexican, hajipy In a dreamy existence that make." worry a myth and ambition obsolete. The air is so intoxicating that to thoroughly enjoy it, it is necessary to bob in nud nut like a drummer cha«i;ig fat order**. ice Prior's administration carried away all the prises. Merchants in the Slocan have no easy time. They have to compete with the cheap stores of tho east who have built up their business by advertising, and with excessive competition when times are £00(1. In dull times their sleep is broken thinking of slow debtors and the exorbitant rate of interest charged by the bank. The empire would go to pieces, and America become the greatest power on earth if Canada took a notion to absorb the United States. We are gradually doing it, aud like the mixing of acids and glycerine it may uot be long before wo are the nitro-glycerine. As time goes on it becomes more plain that we need the States in our.business. BACKED A HORSE AND WON, "Did yiz iver make iny money backih' horses, Mulligan?" ''Sure, Oi made a hundred dollars wance." "How did yez do ut?" "Oi backed him down a cillar awn thin sued th' mon for lavin' th'door open."—New-Yorker. KILLBK-CUKKE. A Rossland merchant hasx>ffered $10 a week to the Christian Science people if he is cured and nothing if he is not. Up to the present his glittering offer has not been closed- with. This reminds one of the story of the Chinese who offered a European doctor $100 for the treatment of his wife, the money to be paid "killee-curee" in the Chinaman's vernacular. The doctor closed. After Datient treatment the JWi)man_die(L^nd_the_nliCTician da;. 25 cts* one chance on a ticket to the World's Fair. v The tickets have a coupon attached, which is placed in a sealed box until the loth of July, 1904, when the drawing takes place. The manner of drawing shall be decided by a committee. . The chance of a lifetime for a cheap trip. People at a distance can send orders by mall They count Just the same. Address alt letters to IlcNICHOLL & SMYTH, NELSON. SMOKE Blue Prize, Henry Vane, Columbus and Havana Whip Cigars. Union Goods, made by W..P. KI1B0UME & CO. Winnipeg, Man. Represented by GEORGE HORTON, P. BURNS & CO. Have fresh meat every day at Sandon, and in all the shops operated by them in British' Columbia. No contract too large for this firm. Armies and railroads supplied on short notice. HOTEL "SLOGAN ., Is the Leading Hotel of THREE FORKS. DRINKS ALWAYS READY HUGH NIVEN, Proprietor GET YOUR SHOES FOR St. JAMES HOTEL, A. JACOBSON, Proprietor When you are seeking flrst-clnss hotel accommodations you will tind tbem at thto house. * NEW DENVER. B. C. THE NUGGET Is a weekly paper published at POPLAR, JB. 0. It gives all the news of that great gold.6amp» It costs $2 a year to any address. Send your money to— FROM PURLEY WARD, sandon THE NUGGET POPLAR, B.C In Butte, Montana, Rev. C. K. Henderson lost his pulpit and became desperate. He only had a dollar left. He put it ou roulette and won $1,800 in a few days. He expressed the belief that Qod had directed him to play, and he took the hunch. Aa a rule you can only beat roulette with an "axe, Imt this Methodist parson -seems to have inaugurated a system never before iu use. THK Uliri.HT ftltlR. A disposition to look always on the bright side of things spares its possessor much iinhappiuess, but when the cheerfulness rvsts upon reasoning so unbound as Mr. iJolnn's thero must some time como an When weiiave i awakening. Mr. Dul.u, had lo*>t become satiated with Hioean oiono 1 ^ ?»w»» **l,lJ """ uwin«»» W* wedrop down to Ihe lower levelsof pcrsiatcntjutb t of tardiness, and in some fish town like Vancouver, and Ifn^juenee hia wife was low in allow our feet to once more touch ^ 'JT'1 Bl,t ,£0,fln ™ ?" th* mud of mntoritil exhUoieo | cheerful as ever. «,\ow don't be mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm , iomii joiir»ii«itiii"«, *ioi«iii, uanmi , die paid utaxiugiy, ihm out o THE HON SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT NELSON BRANCH. patent cont than an early mom manded payment. "What" said the Chinaman "you curee he? ' "No," admitted the doctor. "You killee he?" went on the Celestial. "Oh no," declared the medico with the fear of the law before his eyes. . "What for you wantchee money then?" triumphantly ended the wily heathen^ REAL HARD LUCK. "You fellows never saw any hard luck," said a commercial traveller to a group of his fellows. "I began my career in a small country store, and finally bought out the business. But times got dull and I failed. Then I moved to Missouri, and with a few dollars saved from the wreck, established myself in the fur business. I started to raise cats aud sell their fur. I stocked a pond with German carp, which made fine food for the cats. Whenever I skinned a cat I threw tho body into the pond and dead cats, you know, make fine food for carp. By feeding the carp to the cats and thc cuts to the carp, I established a sort of endl-ei-H hid I. arrangement th tt promised perpetual motion, with ever increasing profits. But the second iiiiiniipr my pond dried up in the drought, tho carp all died and the cat* starved to death." After a liquid manifestation of sympathy, tho group permitted the "drummer" to proceed. "All I had left," he proceeded, "was an old grey mure. I started in the popcorn business liecauso popcorn j --. at***** ir\**,h* was* high, and used thc old grey w* fKOrgC f>larKt manv to plough with. Wdl, gentlemen, I raised the finest crop of' po)H!oru ever seen in the went. Late in September I had it all harvested and in the crib, ready to be hauled * * .*■». .... •■» . , s tttUittiHill*. Um: iiignt t»< *.* ititAauftii* SmOtflE : : MAINLANDand BRITISH LION CIGARS ^ The air of B.C. isper~ fumed by their aroma -^ -<***- «a* ' ATLANTIC Steamship Tickets - _iTn_nnd.fr/>Tn-igiii,*nn«a.n..nnlrita_V!|n P-annrllftn and American lines. 'Apply for sailing dates, rateB, tickets and full information to any C. P. Ry. agent or— G. B. GARRETT, 0. P. R. Agent, New Denver. W. P. P. CummlngB, G. S. S. Aut., Winnipeg. 0t*9**t***Wfi+a***S*-m ^^^^^^/Srf^^N^S^-VN^N^N^^-^V^^^^^i^****,^^*^^**.^^^*^***^*^^.^^*^^'*^'^'* THE CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE With which is Amalgamated BANK OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. HEAD OFFICE-TORONTO Paid up Capital, $8,700,000. Reserve Fund, $3,000,000. Aggregate Resources Exceeding 883,000,000. GEO. A. COX, President B. E. WALKER, General Manager. Deposit* Received and Interest Allowed BRUCE HEATHCOTE, Manager. Job Printing * That assays high in artistic merit, quickly done at New Denver's printing emporium- Ad dress THE LEDGE Ib one of the Hotels in these mountains where the stranger feels at home, Tho landlord has a smile for every guest, and the creature comforts of the Hotel aro unsur- passcd in the Silver City. Tho meals aro free from lead, the beds from bugs, while the fluids on the bar produce a reasonable amount of exhilaration without a disastrous result in the morning. <*•< Sandon. medicines, w.trrk, to be sure, but 'twa« only a that corn. There - wa« popcorn nil > Bkwahk of Moat of them contain imm* booze] dollar a day Oi got. H Ot'd been tover the plantation two foul deep. ling cocktail in **<.... kthtkifij fmoitid, darhti*> and not he •t,iit'9't, Wri , ft"'•*■-,') ,1 1, *.„,1 not be com Snow me a town that doc* not J plainin'.' advertise, and I will «diow you a» town almost as quiet as a country J Some men, like razor*, may be too graveyard at 1 a.m. f sharp for their own good. it, and, thinking it was a snowstorm, lay down in the middle of the field and froze to death. Aud here I am travelling for a living. No, boys, vou don't know what hard luck is." THE AUDITORIUM Ul the Miner s Union block Ii Iht m>\y litill Im llw elly faltaUlo for Tbfc- •trtatt lVrfrtnwin-fw. C«ne*rti, l ar.et* and oihet |»al»M<" ttilpmlntn-Mitn. Vor iMtokliiif*, writ* or wlrtt— -ANTHONY SHILLAND B*rretary Sandon Mlnerf Union SANDON, B. C, "*y% Interior view. K<»Mlng*-r*f»eltjr M0; mod mt rittt- a>t\,ltatite*', furnace bt*lt*i tbronghoat: papulation to draw from, 1 Mo. Eleventh Year THE LEDQE, NEW DENVER, B.C., MAY 19, 1904. Olhcrc the money 60 The Dominion Government, as elsewhere stated, collected §49,000,000 from the people -of Canada last year in Customs and excise taxation. . That is where it came from. Where did the money go to? How was this enormous sum applied?. Over eleven and a half millions were required tc meet the interest charge and cost ol managing the enormous national debt. That is, nearly one dollar in every four received in taxation was paid out in interest charges on obligations piled up in the past. What would you think of a farmer paying out one-fourth of his income in interest on a mortgage? Over two and a half millions was spent on the militia force, and nearly a million on the Mounted Police, whicn ip a semi-military organization.. For immigration we spent $842,000; for civil government about one and a half millions ; for legislation, $800,000; tor superannuations, $350,000 ; aqd for salaries of the Governor-General, various Lieutenant Governors, Hiifh Commissioner at London, and the members, of the Laurier Government, very nearly a quarter of a million dollars. Interesting details under some of these heads will be found further on 'Two items, and rather lar^e items, are the direct result of our craze over militarism and ImtiorialHin To maintain a Canadian garrison at Halifax, and so release the British forcfc stationed there for service in South Africa,-cost 8131,250. ; The sending1 of a contingent to join in the coronation celebration cost $152,630. Included in this total-was $569.40, paid Hamburger & Rogers for supplies without a voucher It would he interesting to get at 'the details covered by/The miss ing voucher, In ihe items for which vouchers are given we find Col. D A MacDonald down for 79 days'living allowance at $10 per day ; $13 87 for 57 pugarees, and $18 for 2,000 copies of hymo8.> • The total of some $800,000 nut down as the cost of the Senate ana House'of Commons—with salaries of officers and contingencies attached—might pass without much comment if the Auditor- General had not furnished us with some details connected with the total outgo. In the contingencies for the Commons we find $14 73 for a copy of-the "Law Relating to Railway and Canal Traffic," and $7.20 for a copy of the "Statesman's Year Book." These items are all right Possibly there would not be serious question over such items aB 288 fountain pens at $2 each, and 300 silver pencils at $689 85, Even 8,000 black bordered cards, $29.55, might pass without more thau; a second look . But something more than curiosity is aroused when we ZINC RESOURCES OF BUTTE. =j-!____:_ ^=—x were bought at $1.25 each, five dozen doylies at $1.80., HERE IS^ WHERE THEY DO BLOW THEMSELVES. The Commoners are not in it, however," with the lords of the Senate. It is when you get into the expenditure under the expansive head of contingencies for the Senate that you begin to learn what the term high iiving means Here are a few cullings from a statement covering pages: Glass drainer, $2 50; shades and rollers with lace cord pulls, at $1.25; two mugs at 51; six -Lairscrubbing brushes at 55c; three dozen hath mats at $9 65; two dozen bath soap at $1.20; half dozen finger bowls at $3 50; mirror in gold, $25; garbage pail for restaurant, §2.50: official .suit,''$50; re- lining MMM0BttMmiHHHmM88MmtlHj a TOMPKINS, kanager. aaiai iwmtiawti T T, Q. PROCTER REAL ESTATE, MINING AND INSURANCE A,GENT. Corner Ward and Baker streets. NELSON, B.C. "are~i7oiu~inair*93~wa8~spein<~ior"inTee"aB^ odorizors, $2.50 for four disinfectants, ' $2.30 for two and a half poundB carbolic acid, $9 for as many boxes of French soap, and $125*- for two nickel soap holders. It is possible there may be some connection between the items just enumerated and five dozen sherry glasses at 81.75; five dozen claret ditto at $2; two champagne coolers at $10. and twelve . cuspldores at 20 cents each Since liquid refreshments are considered a necessary aid to legislation, it is gratifying to learn that the more substantial portions of the repast are uot forgotten Thus we find seven sets of of pastry molds at $1.10; one soup ladle at $3 50, and five dozen porridge plates at $1 each. ' Even aesthetic aids to the work of law-making are not overlooked, There ts an item in tho Commons contingencies at $4 for a rone bowl, nine art o ishions poimerriTi~aoinflf~T;n'e"nfniug'~ap~in^royni style. He drew $2 200 in salary, $808 for board and lodging, $6 95 for laundry, $11.75 for li verv, #25 for insurance, $37 55 for bus, $65 40"for cabs, and $444.10 for Pullmans. Mr White must have spent most of his nights in Pullman ears and have taken the bulk oi his meals in dining cars on the European plan. Then we come to W. i' R. Preston, who runs tho English end of the department. He has quarters in London which must surely be Oriental in magnificence. A daisy heater cost $102.27; eight chairs one desk, one sofa, one table, six mats lettered " Canada,'' and eighteen yards carpet, cost $619,78; hampers cost $111.08, and preparing lease $197.10 Truly the Canadian taxpayer is a patient beast of burden. Possibly ho would not be so docile under the load if the report of tho Auditor General could be found in all the public libraries in tho country —Weekly Sun TO RANCHERS AND FRUIT GROWERS.—I have for sale several hundred acres of-the finest fruit and ranch lands in the Kootenay, situated at the head of Crawford Bay, subdivided into 40 and 80 acre lots; also an Improved Ranch. Laud can be cleared for $15 per acre. There is a good hotel, steamboat lauding and wagon road through the property. Price from $7.00 to 12.00 per acre. Easy terms. Room for twenty or more settlers. Also good Grazing and mixed Farming Lands, belongihg to the nAt-an-oAT VallAw'a Hnmnnnv Limited, Situated, in East K*r*if»*Afm.w Kootenay Valley's Company, Prices from $3.00 to 7.00 per acre. Terms 5 years, 1-6 cash. ^otenay. &£S% 38? 256 SS % £$££& Order your Spring Suit now. Natty Suitings npw arriving. F. F. Liebscher. Sllvertoa's Boss Tailor A SHAVE, SHAMPOO OR BATH ALWAYS READY AT WZ_Jfcw laaiXTM ba\CX>ai a^Z_^dmL7l^ld\*^^j4*ai)a9l£_y2ad $THE NEWMARKET HOTEL® *C~ X >C~>« K~X KTX X~X K">*X~>* Charley Gale's, sandon. South Warns Chinese. / Now that the exclusion of Chinese labor has again become a question, the South is taking a hand against the Paciiic Coast. The cotton planters and cauo growers say thoy must havo cheap labor to replace tho negroes who aro drifting away from tho farms into th" cities. Instead of having lo impress upon a rather Indifferent East the urgency of our noed, wo must now face tho very active opposition of a very Uijluuutial .section of country which demands at any expense tho right to cheap contract labor. "North Carolina has lost ft hundred thousand workers from tho fields," says D. A. Tompkins, of Charlotte, and Mig* goats diverting tho fido of Kuropoan immigration to the South. But tho Huggo** tion of Mr. Tompkins finds no echo among his fellow-planters Thoy noo the short and oasy way to wealth. Says one in the Atlanta " Constitution "; "1 have long been convinced thtt If It were pohfelblfl for us in tho South to secure Chinese labor for our fields we would, through our cotton and other money crops, bring into thn South at least ten dollar* for every ono that cornea to us under the present conditions. Experience haa shown that tlm Chiuuao aro the most tireless workers ou tho (ace of the globe and the best." Later, this name gentleman touches the nub of his argument: " ine preaoni immigration i&Wft, ftU lAf A* UlWJI H-l*i* IU fiAitltiA.-t, havo been made at tho dictation of poll tlflan* awi the Padfle shape. Whether wo will ever be able to secure their repeal it la impossible to sav. They i ". »ir. -,.-i, 1 :.... ,* , 1, • &.*'^i*.:*, W*. l.,i.i,iii,*9V'*t.i. ti... I,.,,* ',..,„ ofthe agricultural resources tire couotry." A Urge planter of Atlanta, J. B S Holmes, is widely quoted in Southern paper* aa staying: ' I think the time has now arrived when a uqlted effort should be mado by every ouo, iu tho South particularly, where wa aro on tlrely dependent on negro labor, to get Congress to admit the Clitncso." Another Goorgia planter averts that th* importation of oun hundred thousand Chinese coolios into his Stato "would be ot the greatest possible benefit." Thu* tho Pacific Coast mu«*it fight two parties hereafter: tho eld ono which desires caster regulation,* which will admit freely the merchant and the clerk: thn new on<* which demands that tho fence come down entirely. As to making tho laws less stringent, fraud is rifa now, nnd tt takes all the Ingenuity of the government ollicers to niakocx elusion effective Thc Chinese) is wily, and he can get through a verv simdl crack. As to lotting down the oar* to tho hordew— well, tho South has had a devil of a timo with the ueurooH, and "race war " Is a favor Uo theme What, with tho unruly negro, the Mily Chine*), and tho degenerate offspring of their inevitable uiteimlngllng, the South fa looking for trouble with a big spoon in the right not. Within a very few years tho Gulf Sutes would have an enormous population of negroid Asiatic*, tho vilest hybrid that nature allows. And thc H Argonaut" believe* that this Coast*, which Is the first to suffer, should still dictate tne policy ot trie umtcNiautiw stand ou n-oHd fact*, and tho South, lo make an *x<*«dfoety portion* wrp#ri- raent, haa no right" to overturn the achievement of the yeart of dogged GET YOUR SUMMER SHAVES From ED ANGRIGNON'S Brick Block New Denver Manager of HOSUN HALL. SANDON CHOP HOUSE* Meals at all hours. Manilla and Kamloops Cigars for sale, G. H. MURHAKD. THE Commercial Hotel LARDO Is the home of nil Slocan people traveling to and from Poplar. Heals always Ready McLachlan Bros., Props, A pleasant substitute for home to those who travel. It is situated on the shore of Lake Slocan, the most beautiful lake in all America. From its balconies and windows can bo seen the grandest scenery on this continent. Tlie internal arrangements of the hotel are the reverse to telephone, all the rooms being plastered, and electric bells at the head of every bed make it easy for the dry moments in tho morning. The best and cheapest meals in the country nre to be found in the (lining room. The houso is run on cosmopolitan principles, and the prospector with his pack on his back is just as welcome as the millionaire with his roll in tho bank. Every guest receives the best care and protection. The liquors are the best in the Sloean, and the hotel has long been noted for its fish and game dinners. This is the only first-class house in the Lucerne of North America. One look at the landlord will convince any stranger that the viands aro of first-class quality. Rooms reserved by telegraph. Henry Stege, Proprietor New Denver, B.C. ;ra$5SS%^s%^s*s5£K f PILGRIMS TO DRY PEOPLE efti mu i9\\.ii*9U^i: Jtut-vi iu t\*mi*j m like an oasis in an Egyptian desert. Slocan folks flock to Some months ago I tautd a publication called "FLOAT" at the greatest eipeitfto'evcr incurred for the single issue of any publication in Kootenay. The work contain*, in addition to over r»o illustration*, full pago aud otherwise, several stories by different writers, and sketches of my own upon things that have occurred in the various camps of the Sloean. Life in the cent belt is depicted in all the sombre shade of the effete but Sunday School east. Taken altogether a $1 would not bo too much to charge for such a work, but I shipped *everal carload* at vt*, i * ,*** t* a ,i . * * * "- */*J Lt Ult, M4IU Hi*.I .1999* •»•*»*»• 9 . .:°t.r . 9 . .99. 1 ,1 •Minis* A ml: //n 'J .1 I, t. ▼,. ■9,,1rt lOlll I v']), tr** i Ht e en- Tbe Kootenay Saloon in Sandon in never fmownlided by cheap beer, or whiskey that has loat it** vigor. tftiwAnti until further notice, mjII "FLOAT" at S3 centa, tlii*e oupiftt for 50 it like bem cent*, or mum r,iir nrtitit93 ll* tht* Tmr»«t pr»TI- ^..' -•. **.,., *tltt... 14 *.*...*-*■* * * * ' j| # ' * venient collateral and aildrw* them— ALLEN 8l PALMER DISPENSERS n«* °""" R. T. LOWERY N"»"- *c- THE LEDGE, NEW DENVER, B.C., MAY 19, 1904. Eleventh Year mj%t FOR SALE "5 10,000 500 1,000 American Boy 2J Slocan Star 85 St. Eugene' 50 We will buy t South African War Scrip, $200.00 , McDermid & ncHardy, nelson, bc. , n MY VALET >> SQUIRE THE TAILOR Over Wallace-Miller block, Baker St., Nelson. Special yearly contracts for Pressing, Repairing and Cleaning. Goods called for and delivered weekly. Tents and awnings made to orders THE KING'S HOTKL iif Ferguson is a cheerful home for all travelers to the Lardeau. F iANK BARBER. Proprietor. TREMONT HOUSK, NEJLSON European and American plan. Meals, 25 cents. Rooms from 2"c up to il. Only white help employed. Nothing yellow about the place except the cold In the safe. MALONE & TREGILLUS. THE ROVAIi'HOTEI., Nelson, is noted for the excellence of its cuisine. SOL JOHNS, proprietor. ___,. BARTLETT HOUSE, formerly the Clark is the best $1 a day hotel in Nelson. Only white help employed. G. W. BAKTLETT proprietor. THE SILVER KING HOTEL, Baker St., near W ard St., Nelson. B U TUB nei,- A BUY SUMMER DOL LAR A DAY HOUSE. 'PHK HOTEL FERGUSON is the home of JL Slocan people when they are in Ferguson. MCDONNEL & BLACK, Proprietors. THE BRITTANNIA est and the best in the Lardo always welcome* HOTEL is the old- Gold seekers ULVINUROS. WATCHES. r G. MELVIN, Manufacturing Jeweller. •J, Expert Watch Repairer, Diamond Setter, and Engraver. Manufactures Chains, Lockets and Rings Workmanship guaranteed equal to any inCanadit. Order.-i.by mail solicited. Box 240, Sandon. ■Wholesale M©roiiian.ts. (JTAKKKY & CO., WHOLESALE DEAL- ers hi Butter. Eggs, Cheese, Produce and Fruit, Xelson, B. C. 3L.E3GKA.1j. ML. GRIMMETT, L. L. B., Barrister, . Solicitor, Notarv Public. Sandon. B, C Branch Office at New Denver every Saturday. Ixisviratioe Sa Real instate rinOMI'SON, MITCHELL & CO. Fire I Insurance Agents. Dealers In Real Estate Mining Properties. Houses to rent and Town Lots for Sale. UIT OF CLOTHES FROM J. R.Cameron Oldest Tailor in the Slocan OUR STOCK OF DRY 000 Is the largest in the Slocan. Ladies out town should wr?te for samples or prices. W. R. MEG AW. SANDON B.C. HENRY'S NURSERIES New Crop Home Grown and Imported Garden, Field and Flower Seeds, FRUIT & ORNAMENTAL TREES ROSES, RHODODENDRONS, BULBS FOR SPUING PLANTING. BEE HIVES AND SUPPLIES FERTILIZERS, FRUIT PACKAGES, GOLD DREDGING IN BOUNDARY. The news of the successful operations conducted on the bars of the Fraser river oua;ht to b« of more than ordinary interest to the Boundary Jn view of the fact that the Kettle river is known to be rich in placer gold. Away back in thelsixties large amounts of jrold were taken from IheBoundary and Rock creeks, and eveu yet the latter creek is mined for placer at various places extending from its June tion with the Kettle to pomta up near Camp McKinney. All along the Kettle from Rock Creek to Cascade City values can be obtained from any of the"numerous bars on the river; and at different points, particularly near tlie mouth of Rock creek, gold is found in sufficient quantities to warrant some efforts being made to recover it. There is a chance here for local enterprise to show itself, as it is more than likeiy that the success attendiug the dredging on the Fraser will sooner or later lead to the extension of the industry to other parts of the Province where placer gold is known to exist.—Boundary Creek Times. THK MAGIO YELLOW METAL. A doctor at Butte, Mont., indorses the assertion made by many miners thereabouts that a peculiar ore found in zinc blende and emitting a violet light possesses remarkable curative qualities wlien carried by them in their pockets The new mineral, for want of a better name, is called "radiumite." The Butte doctor has made an astonishing report to the Butte Medical society, confirming the stories of the miners in' cases ot rheumatism, stomach ailments, nervous and kindred disorders. Forages'the philosophers and alchemists sought for a general cureall ina stone. Later science has laughed at them. From the stone to the ore is but a Bhort step. But, when all is said, the thing in the pocket that cures the most ills is gold. It is not the possession of gold; but the longing for it, that has filled the world with the sv.eet, hum of industry; not the storing of it, but the striving for it that has brought to mankind the blessings of resolve, effort, health, content. Eastern Prices or loss. P.ntali)*Tim Vrrtu White" Labor. M. J. HENRY, 8009 Westminster Road. , Vancouver, B. C WHITE LABOR ONLY CANADIAN NOTARY PXTBIjIO. p 8. RASHDALL, Naw Denver, B. 0„ NOTARV PUBLIC, GENERAL AGENT Real Eutftto ami Mluernl Claims for Sale CNIms reptwontcd and Crown Granted. World's Fair Excursion Rates Nelson Rossland Trail $60 $65 HUNTING GOLD IN AN AUTO. Two Denver men have set out in an autoriiobile on a six month's trip to prospect for gold and other mineral deposits in their own state and in Arizona and New Mexico. They are B. F. Kelly and Smith McKay, both mining men. They and other Coloradoans have satisfied themselves by experience that autos are serviceable in the mountain districts, and they decided to introduce them in prospecting ( They ca*ry a full camping outfit, mining tools, a repair kit, and urovisioiis for one.week. Thev think that with the ST. LOUIS CHICAGO DRAYINQ. ]) HLM A ANORIONON, New Donvor G««n- I end Drayman and dealer In coal, wood and water. DHJNTISTR.Y. ROSSLAND, DR. MILLOY. »o. mado to the Slocan rflpularly Qenoral Store. f T. KKLLV, • I, Orieerlea, AND RETURN l»0 DAYS' LIMIT DATE? OF SALE .May 11, 12, IS, Juno 10, 17, 18. July 1, tf, 3. AuRU't 8. 0( 10, September 6, (J, 7, October 3, 4, l>, wuiOTn^yrwin-mways-ue~wixmirreacii of a nlnce where they can replenish their larder, so have given up to camp comforts part of the space they might have devoted to provisions ET EGO IN ARCADIA. Where are the loves of yesterday? Sad and sweet is the old refrain; Horace sanp of it half In play. Villion. iii measures that throb with pain Life at the bent U a t .n^lcd skein. We nre the tools of time and chance, Yet oncoon a time we lived in Spain, And every heart had its old romance. Where are the loves of yesterday ? Ah I for an hour of that youth aoraln— Youth that was short as a month of May, Youth with Its pulsing blood and bruin; Too soon came the autumn with mist and rain Too brief tho dream, too short the dance, Yet once on a time we lived in Spaih, And everylicart had its old romance. Whore aro the loves of yesterday ? Hero Is a note with a vellow slain; And here in a book a withered sprav GOLD MINING IN NOVA SCOTIA. Since gold was first discovered in the province, in 1861—2, the output of gold has been, up to September 30th, 1903, $15,292,581 from 1,555,308 tons of rock crushed, and for several years the production has been fairly regular at about S600,C00 in gold per year, and this, with one or two exceptions, from verv shallow mining. The two districts sh'owing the largest production are Sherebrooke and Stormot, in the eastern part of the province, the former showing a production of nearly $3,000,000 and the latter oyer $1,500,000 in gold, and it is in these districts that the largest development is being made to-day. flere are found large saddle veins overlying each other with considerable regularity, but only open at ithis time in comparatively shallow depths, 300 to -100 feet. / The Legislature last winter passed a law authorizing the Governor-in-Coun- cil, in connection with the mining department, to assist iii defraying the expense of sinking three shafts in the province, paying one half of the cost from 500 to 1,000 feet No better selection could have been made than leaving the matter largely in the hands of Mr E.lt. Faribault, B.Sc , of the Dominion Geographical Survey^ for he has thoroughly examined these gold deposits, and was the first to map out these anticlinal folds for saddle veins. His familiarity with them, if his ideas are carried out, will lead to the rapid development of the mines of the province, and open up a large field for the use of mining capital where it carl be made very productive. The two most prominent mines ofthe province showing fissure veins are those at North Brookfield, where the Brook- field Gold MiningCompahv have worked a fissure 1,758 feet on the Incline and to a vertical depth of 975 feet. The other is that of the Baltimore Nova Scotia Mining Company, .where a fissure haa been worked to a depth of 700 feet, and large amounts of ore have been developed at the different levels readvfor stoping In the Stormot district the largest producer has been the Richardson mine, which has had a regular production everv month for ten years up to March, 1903. At that time the mine waB shut down to make largo improvements, which are now well under way. Over $500,000has been taken from this mine, working the fold on the incline 797 feet, but vertically only 321 feet. A large vertical shaft fs now being put down'on this prooertv 6 feet by 18 feet, with three compartments, and all arrangements are being made to sink 2,000 feet: While this is being done a new mill is nearly completed, with 60 stamps of the best modern construction, and mine and mill will have a capacity of 200 tons of ore per day. The present management made a thorough testjof the pioperty before taking it over, milling over 3,000 tons of ore from all parts of the mine, and got over $3 per ton in CERTIFICATE OF IMPROVEMENTS ISIS Mineral Claim. Division of West 'here located: Near the Snap mineral Situate in the Slocan Minin Kootenay District. 1 Bear Lake, adjoining claim. 1 TAKE NOTICE, That I, Wm. S. Drewry, F. M. C. No. B 64471, for myself and acting as agent for Minna Boetcher F. M. C. i\'o. B 649U7, Hugh B Fletcher F. M, C. No. B:69833, John V. \iclntosh, F. M. C. No. B 69355, Oliver T. Stone, F. M. C, No. B. 64V-16, Robt. Williams No F. M. C. B 61380, Jas. Black, F. M.C. No. B. 6167l,and Her ert T. Twipg, F. M. C. No, B. G4S92, 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 the issuance of such Certificate of Improvements Dated this 17th day of March, A. D. 1904 W. S. DREWRY. CERTIFICATE OF IMPROVEMENTS SATISFACTION Mineral Claim. Situate in the Sloean Mining Division of West Kootenay District. Where located: On Sliver nountaiii near the Hartney mine. TAKE NOTICE That I, Wm. S. Drewery, acting as agent for Alfred J. Marks, Free Miner's Certificate No. B. 80,609, intend, sixty days from the dato hereof, apply to the Mining Recorder for A Improvements, for the purpose a Crown Grant of thc above claim. And further take notice that action, under section 37, must be commenced before the issuance of such Certificate of Improvements. Dated this 21st day of April. 19M. to a Certificate NOTICE. N< OTICE is hereby given that, sixty after date I intend to apply to the Honorable the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for pcrmlssidn to pUfcchase for agricultural purposes the following described tract of land: Commencing at a post marked "A. R. F„ S. W, corner" and situated about 800 feet northerly from the shipyard at Rosebery and adjoining R. N. Cook's pre-emption thence north 40 chains, thence east 40 chains, thenoe south 40 chains, thence west 40 chains to point of commencement; containing 160 acres. A. R. FINGLAND. Dated April 5th, 1904. NOTICE. TO DELINQUENT CO-OWNERS. To G. F. COPELAND, deceased, or to whom his interest has been transferred in the Morning Star mineral claim, situated on Goa,t mountain,Slocan Mining Division, West Koofenay. YOU are hereby notified that I have expended £710.00 in labor aud improvements on the above mentioned mineral claim under the provisions of the Mineral Act, and if, within 90 days from the date of this notice you fail or refuse to contribute your proportion of tho above mentioned sum, which is now due, together with all costs of advertising, your interest in the said clahn will become the property of the undersigned under Section-4 of the "Mineial Act Amendment Act li)u0." JOHN CAROLAN. New Denver, B. C, April 7, 1904. Of sweet aly wum for years hns lain; But\i{hv regret? All 'hings must wain Life's sw«'o:c8t note, love's fondest glance; THREE KOUKH. dealer In f firv flnutU. V.te. RETURN TICKETS TO EASTERN CANADA BKOFUBIT SOCIETIES OII.VKII «ITY IX1IHIENO. !W. I.W.O.K. n Hand'Ui, II.C. M«.tlnB» In Ihe Union Hall uteri- Friday eveiitwi at "■*> Vlrtilmr brftbrtn cordially lnvli.il t«> Hit tut J K l^vtiiitxu, V.il.U'Hranil: A. L.Ckaki, Viiedrand; W ..I. (i.viiitirrr, K.wtary. LjVHiiax t.otmK sa nt, K. of r. O Meet**v<*ry \VVVI»<-k in the I'vthlnn Vmh- Hull, Mnndon Snjoiirtitnu hn-thiVM will r«M»>lv*j« a I'ylMim wi>li-i>mi>. S. l*t,v,u.*<-.x.«:.e. Ai.mm J. Um.\. K l{ * M. Al corresponding rules on nn mo date* F«>r fnll )>-.\r-H<-nlim apply to lx-al ng<*ist« or write — J, S. CARTER li. I'. A , N«l«nn. K. J.COYLK. ll. U. I*. A., Vmirouvi-r SURVEYOR. IOII* Mrl.ATCIIIK, »1 vim Ul Lund Survey i.-r* I*, .mi ti lou *nA XH-u.n C I'n*- A. It HEVLANI), F.mnotur nnd Provincial Uml Survey ui. KAWLO SANITARIUM. m * , * -I' , VM . TV mtuti f^m^ lift) ft! m th*Coril»n«i>t»» North Atmti- fl L tt L I II KOOTBNAY RAILWAY & NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED. OI'BUATINO INTEKNA'l IONAL NAVIGATION & * TRADING COMPANY LIMITED KASLO A SLOCAN RAILWAY. K. & H. Ry. Lv 8:W)n.m.-Srtndon-Ar 1:25 p.m. Ar 10:45 a.nt.-Knf)lo-Lv 2:00 p.m. *itf»fiTn*'r KfioVi. HituiUst mt m^iU lirrt*** fund d<»p*H »,,.«.. A.,, It* *.*t**ii.* „n» t'l t,fr*tt:r,l it.A moat'olarAl*'***!"*! It* wnter* heM nil Klilimv, Llv«r mv4 Ht<»m»eli Ailmtnu ut tvtty mmt. Tht arte* ut * rwuntf-trtp iklun ta-twmw K*w Dtuvtr »nd Halcyon. ohUinahle all Ihe ytarr*mindii«<1«wi«f ♦or*»*l«3ri, I* W». Hal- syon Hprtflf*. Arrow Lik», B C. Yet once on a time we lived in Spiiin, And every heart lmd its old romance. Rochost.r Post-ExproM, Smoltinjr and mining: plnnts npi/reyat- injr in cost 82,000,000 to ^,000,000 me contemplwteri for Utnh this year, *ome of this total heiiiir for Iiicrcnnc or en- Inrgemont of oxiHting' plnnts. Early mail iuIvIcoh from tho north indicate that tho sprinir Hean-up from the now Tftiinnn diHtrict will ho fiomowhoro ivpbt fl,000,000 None of tho yold hau b.'jrun to arrive yet, and this informa tion may he the veriest rumor. Minfne nxen of AH/.ona feel no AowlA that a railway will ho constructed thiH vear from Doutrlas to Yuma, cnnnoif ing with tho San Diogo Si Yuma lino. Other rail work in tlio territory is«xt J RnMvnTonv & On r»f Wol- 'pn'n nre n\\vo tn what the people nee<1 in the wny of Furniture. 1 Writ-e them. ireirfora. ~ATtirriiTBr"ieveTincTiie^ow shaft, at 369 feet, there will be above and blocked out 400,000 tons of ore, or sufficient to* run the new mill for five years. With the now equipment it can be mined and milled for Si 50-per ton or less, andthiscan.be done whiletheBhaft sinking: is kept up and other levels run for future use. Thus far in the province little has been done towards saving the sulphides and arsenides found in most of the low grade ores, and at the Richardson there is probably 200,000 tons of tailings which will run $8 to tho ton or better, only awaiting: separation, which can be done by methods now being: successfully used at the Consolidated Mercur, of Utah, ftMd other mineB in the west. With im* proved methods now being: introduced, there is no reason why this, as well as othor.Nova Scotia properties, should not reach a production that will place thorn among: the big: mines of tho world. Ktop at Tho Queen's Hotel in Trout Lake City. Always have a bottle of Sandon beer in your pocket when you go fishing. Write to the New York Brewery and get a case. &1.OT-LC.E. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That, 30 days af tor date I intend to apply to the Hon. The Chief Commissioner ol Land* and Works for a special licence to cut aud carry awav tlmher from the-following described land, cuuunenc- hiK at a post planted at tho Worth Eaat corner of \V. H. i udliope Timber Limit on the south side of Bonanza on ek and about BJ miles from Slocan lake in West Kootenay District, Thence west m chains, thence north 80 chains, thence east 80 chains, thence south 80 chains to place of commencement. _ LONZO OX LEY, Locator. Dated this 4th day of April WM. 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FRANK FLETCHER TlclM»tfi wid tofalt jmrtu of the XhAteA j Every foot in this country needs| itiilO. li'&Fcom^ny'* W'"'"'" -'» »>wt <>rHtH*' Hu! ^'«' »»«» For further particular c*H on or nd ■Arm*. | ^ back 1 ** numbers .Of LOVVEHY'S CLAI51 (each one different) aro son* to tmv nddi^Rft for Provincial Land Surveyor Lands and Mineral ClaimiSurveycd and Crown Granted. PO. !lox ti'tt, aitiet", Kootitiar Hi., Nelson KOOTENAY ENGINEERING WORKS founders & Machinists. —»N ISON.B.C— ROBERT IRVIKO, Min»g*r, Kaslo, that in required. I j Store, on Baker street, in Nelson, can furnish any kind of footwear R. T. Lowery $» Mill and Mining Machinery. Complete Stock of Shafting, Fitting*, etc., always on hand Estimate furriihlKul, Scrap Iron bought by thu carload. Uepakiug mnA Aobbtntt B C. Travis, *.**,**,. ™ ■ -P Pi il^^i f^™1 *^^* *i^^ iF^i l^^» w^w wr 5 PHOTOGRAPHERS $ t VANCOUVER ... NELSON, B.6. -t