itcUum ��tribune Saturday Morr\ir\g, September 6, 1902 RULING PRICES OF LIVING IN NELSON THIRTY PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN EAST During the month of July tho department of labor at Ottawa made a sp.eeiul Investigation Into the cost of living in the larger towns and cities ln Canada. The prices quoted are those tharged by retailers in the --luces named for ordinary quantities of the articles In <_ticstlon. No quotations are given for towns in the interior of British Columbia, and the prices quoted for Nelson were obtained by The Tribune. As Nelson is one of the largest towns in the Interior and central for the mining districts, the prices prevailing in Nelson may be accepted as the prices generally ruling in other towns, like Rossland, Kaslo, Sandon, Grand Forks, Phoenix, and Greenwood. The cost of living in Nelson is, on an average, 15 per cent higher than the cost of living at Vancouver, 20 per cent higher than at Winnipeg, and 30 per cent higher than at points In Eastern Canada. The following tables show the cost at different places: FLOUR Price per Sack. Halifax, 25-lb sack U5 Charlottetown, 25-lb sack CO St. John, 23-lb sack 75 Sherbrooke, 25-lb sack l>5@75 Brantford, 25-lb sack 55 Mamilton, 25-lb sack Winnipeg, 25-lb sack 00. Brandon, 25-lb sack Vancouver, -ID-lb sack ....: $150 .NELSON, 50-1 b'sack $1 50 BUTTER Cents per Pound. Halifax, Nova Scotia 22 Charlottetown, P. E. I 1S@20 St. John, New Brunswick 1S@25 Sherbrooke, ftuebee .-..16��25 Brantford, Ontario IS Hamilton, Ontario 20 Winnipeg, Manitoba 20 Brandon, Manitoba IS Vancouver, British Columbia * 30 NELSON .25�� 30 MILK Cents per Quart. Halifax, Nova Scotia * 0 Charlottetown, P. E. I ���5 St. John, New Brunswick 5 Sherbrooke, Quebec .5t_r Brandon, 'Manitoba 171_ Vancouver, British Columbia 1/_ bushel bag) UO Vancouver, (100-lb bag) 110 NELSON, (100-lb bag) 150 -BEANS Cents per Pound. Halifax, Nova Scotia i Charlottetown, P. E. I .' ....��� 3 St. John, New Brunswick .'....4 Sherbrooke, Quebec 4 Brantford, Ontario- .A...... 4 Hamilton, Ontario 5 Winnipeg, Manitoba 5 Brandon, Manitoba Vancouver, British Columbia 5 NELSON .'. 5 SUGAR (Granulated) Cents per Pound. ���Halifax, Nova Scotia 5 Charlottotown, P. E. I 5 St. John, New Brunswick 5 SherbrooV i, Quebec 4%@5 Sherbrooke, Quebec Brantford, Ontario Hamilton, Ontario ............ Winnipeg, Manitoba Brandon, Manitoba Vancouver, British Columbia NELSON ��� .. 13 12V_ ..' 15 15 .. 10 ..12V��@15 .. 12!. Brantford, Ontario Hamilton, Ontario AVinnipeg, Manitoba Brandon, Manitoba Vancouver, British Columbia NELSON (17 pounds for $1) . TEA Halifax, Nova Scotia : Charlottetown, P. E. I St. John, New Brunswick ... Sherbrooke, Quebec Brantford, Ontario Hamilton, Ontario Winnipeg, Manitoba '. Brandon, Manitoba Vancouver, British Columbia NELSON ; Cents per Pound. : 25@40 25 25@40 25@G0 25@40 .25@00 40 ....35@@G0 25@50 25@60 COFFEE Cents per Pound. Halifax, Nova Scotia 30 Charlottetown, P. E. I 3G St. John, New Brunswick .35@40 Sherbrooke, Quebec 30@40 Brantford, Ontario '..30@50 Hamilton, Ontario ,...23@40 AVinnipeg, Manitoba 40 Brandon, Manitoba ...35@40 Vancouver, British Columbia ;.. 40 NELSON 25@50 HAM AND BACON Halifax, Nova Scotia ... Charlottetown, P. E. I... St. John, New Brunswick Sherbrooke, Quebec ;. Brantford, Ontario Hamilton, Ontario ......... Brandon, Manitoba AVinnipeg, Manitoba Cents per Pound. IC 16 "IS 15 16 , IS 1S@20 .'... 18 Vancouver, British Columbia 20@25 NELSON. 19 BREAD " Cents per Loaf. Halifax, iy_lb loaves 5 Charlottetown, 2-lb loaves' 7 St. John, 2-lb loaves ...'... 6 Sherbrooke, 3-lb loaves 9 Brantford, 2-lb loaves, (21 tickets for $1) 5 Hamilton, 2-lb and 4-lb loves 5@10 AVinnipeg, 2-lb loaves 5 AVilliam A. Macdonald, ICC, said that tlio association would be entitled to send seven delegates, on the supposition that the old rail had 120 names oh it, to which should bo added the names of those who joined the association at the present meeting. He said that the number of delegates sent would never be questioned. John Houston claimed the association would be entitled to two delegates, as the association's roll had only 32 names on It; but that If Nelson Wijs to be represented in the convention the number should bo so large that they would count for something on a vote. He therefore moved that "the delegates be not elected now, but that they be elected at a- public meeting, to be called for that purpose by the president and the secretary of jthe association, on Tuesday night next." The motion for the postponement of the election of delegates was supported in a speech by Robert Coleman, and on a standing vote being taken j was carried by is to 14. r; The meeting was then adjourned. CITY COUNCIL SAT IN SPECIAL SESSION TO INVESTIGATE THE HOSPITAL BOARD Brandon, 2-lb loaves ... Vancouved 1% lb loaves NELSON, 1-lb loaves . COAL OIL Halifax, Nova Scotia Charlottetown, P. E. I.... St. John, New Brunswick Sherbrooke, Quebec ". Brantford, Ontario...: Hamilton, Ontario AVinnipeg, Manitoba Brandon, Manitoba Vancouver, British Columbia.. NELSON. \......... 5 5 5 Cents per Gallon. 25 22 .... 22 .... 20*5)25 ,...18@23 ... .17@20 30 ....35@40 35 40 COAL Price per Ton. EGGS Cents per Dozen. Halifax, Nova Scotia ��� IS Chai-lottetown, P. E. 1 13 St. John, New Brunswick ��� ... v IS Sherbrooke, Quebec . .1S@20 Brantford, Ontario .... .. -17 Hamilton, Ontario 20 AVinnipeg, Manitoba .. 20 Brandon, Manitoba 15 Arancouver, British Columbia .. 25(5)35 NE LSON ....*... . .30@50 POTATOES Price per Bag. Halifax, (l'/_ bushel bag) ...$1 25 Charlottetown, (IV. bushel bag) 75 St. John, (IV. bushel bag) ...2 10 Sherbrooke, (1% bushel bag) ... 1 50 prantford, (l'/_ bushel bag) ... 90 Hamilton, (1% bushel bag) ... 1 50 BEEF Cents per .Pound Halifax, Nova Scotia ..'"... .12@14 Charlottetown, P. E. I 10 - St. John, New Brunswick S@20 Hamilton, Ontario ...... S@1S Brantford, Ontario .... ....... ...... 5*5*15 Sherbrooke, Quebec .'. ,5@15 AViiyiipeg, Manitoba IB Brandon, Manitoba ; 12% Arancouver, British Columbia .. ......10@1S NELSON ...... S@20 MUTTON Cents per Pound. Halifax, Nova Scotia ...'-......... 10 Charlottetown,-P. E. I 10�� 12 St. John, Now Brunswick, ........ Sdil5. Sherbrooke, Quebec 10 Brantford, Ontario 11 Hamilton, Ontario 12 AVinnipeg, Manitoba 20 Brandon, Manitoba V 15 A'ancouver, British Columbia .. S@1S NELSON 14@20 PORK 7 Cents per Pound. Halifax, Nova Scotia ..... Charlottetown, P. E. I 12 St. John, New BrunswMc 14 Sherbrooke, Quebec 12% Brantford, Ontario 13 Hamilton, Ontario ^ 12V_@1S AVinnipeg, Manitoba 15 Brandon,"Manitoba 12% Vancouyer, British Columbia .. 12V_@15 NE LSON ...'.���. 11@18 SALT PORK Cents per Pound. Halifax, Nova Scotia 12 Charlottetown, P. E. I 10 St. John, New Brunswick 12@14 Halifax, Nova Scotia $6 01 Charlottetown, P. E. I.. .2 S5@3; 80 St. John, New Brunswick..... . 7 00 Sherbrooke, Quebec....; ��� '��� 6 50 Brantford, Ontario....... ���' 6 50 Hamilton, Ontario.:........".;....... 6 50' WInipeg, Manitoba................. 6 30@10 50 Brandon, Manitoba.; 6 80@11 50 Vancouver, British Columbia...... 6 50@9.50 NELSON................. ............. 6 90@11 25 AVOOD Price per Cord. Halifax, Nova Scotia.... :.v..:'.'.. 7 Charlottetown, P. E. I. '.'...���..-."...$4 00 St. John, New Brunswick " .. 7 00 Sherbrooke, Quebec... 4 25 Brantford, Ontario. ...:.... 7 00 Hamilton, Ontario '.'. .............'6 50 AVinnipeg, Manitoba, 6 00 Brandon; Manitoba...........7.......��� 4 50 Vancouver, British Columbia..... 4 00 NELSON...... ......-.., .......7.... 4 50 THE TRAMWAY QUESTION. TO THE EDITOR C>F THE NELSON TRIBUNE-Sir: In a recent number of.. The Daily News appeared an interesting article giving: reasons why several different ratepayers voted againqt the tramway bylaw. It is a universally acknowledged truism that "there are two sides to a question," but it does not appear to have dawned on the brilliant and imaginative mind of the callow and gullible youth who pushes the reportorial ,!qulH on The News, that the general public is anxious, and would be as equally Interested.in the reasons, why several other diffe~reiit ratepayers voted in favor of the), by-law. aI would therefore request you \\ to draw, on your imagination, Mr. Editor,' with the .view of satisfying the aforesaid curious general public, and tell us why!-'- Of course, we all know the majority of those who voted in favor of the by-law we're imbued -with 'the belief that if the tramway service was suspended the city would j.ertatnly go to the demiiition bow-wows, si�� you do not need to spring that stale motive onus. To fulfil this request should joe an easy matter for one of your ability, itnd lt is something your subscribers expect] and demand. ���STANLEY STREET. 7 Nelson, September 4th. 1902. HOUSES (4 to 6 rooms) Halifax, Nova Scotia Charottetown, P. E. I St. John, New Brunswick Sherbrooke, Quebec. Brantford, Ontario Hamilton,: Ontario.: AVinnipeg, Manitoba. '��� Brandon, Manitoba. Vancouver, British Columbia NELSON Rent per Month. .$ 5 00@10 00 3 00@ 3 50 3 00@ S 00 3 00@10 00 5 50@ 7 50 6 00@10 00 15 00@20 00 6 00@10 00 S 00@15 00 8 00@20 00 , ... TWO CABLEGRAMS. NELSON, August' 2_.~Drummond, Bon- nington House, London:��� Would you eoii- slder ; cash offer from rcity for purchase of tramway system? 77 LONDON, August 30��� Houston, Nelson, B. C: "Willing to consider city's offer to purchase tramway. Please send details. BOARD AND ROOM Halifax, Nova Scotia. Charlottetown, P. E. I St. John, New Brunswick Sherbrooke, Quebec * Brantford, Ontario...;. ��� Hamilton, Ontario AVinnipeg, Manitoba. Brandon, Manitoba. Vancouver, British Columbia... NELSON Rate per Month. $14@18 10@11 ... 12@16 ... 12@20 ... 12@13 ....146*18 ... 18@25 ... 14,1)11 ... 20@25 ... 22@30 NELSON CONSERVATIVES HOLD MEETING ANDELECT'OFFICERSFOR ANOTHER YEAR "Pursuant to a notice published by Fred Irvine, president of the Nelson Liberal- Conservative Association," thirty-two men who claim allegiance to the party, that lield office at Ottawa for a quarter of a century, and who only lost power because "Moo" Martin had the foresight to hit on nn issue that divided the party, mot at the board of trade room on Tuesday night. At S:30 o'clock president Irvine called the mooting to order, and explained tho object for which it was called. Chris Morrison was' elected secretary. At this stage it was discovered that- the Iiooks of the association were not In evidence, and that no one present knew any- filing of their whereabouts. Some one stated that the old membership roll had 120 odd names on it, but as the last name had been signed in the full of IS90, the roll would, at best, contain many names of men not now in the country. It was decided lo begin over again and require all present to allix their signatures to a new roll, which was done. The llrst business transacted was the -election of officers for the year. There was only one contest, that for vice-president. The nominess for that office were John J. Malone and AVilliam A. Macdonald, K. C. A standing vote was taken, and the count showed 20 for Malone and 12 for Macdonald. Fred Starkey was elected president by acclamation, as, were Chris Morrison for secretary and Jacob Dover for treasurer. The election of an executive committee, to be composed of the four officers elected and five others, was next in order. Eight ��� nominations were made, namely, David McBeath, John A. Irving, Fred Irvine, AA'illiam McNabb, J. E. Annable, AVilliam A. Macdonald, K. C, T. F. Procter, Frank Fletcher, and D. A:' McFarland. The count of the ballots resulted: McBeath 2fi, Annable 25, Irvine 24, Macdonald 20, McNabb 17, Irving 16, Procter 14, Fletcher 10, and McFarland 6. Messrs. McBeath, Annable. Irvine, Macdonald, and McNabb were declared elected. A committee, composed of Messrs. Fletcher, Houston, and Irvine, was appointed to draft a constitution and bylaws. ��� AV. A. Macdonald, K. C, proposed a res olution that the association place itself on record as being in favor of conducting the* next provincial election on party lines, and that delegates to the Revelstoke convention be instructed to vote ln accordance therewith. On suggestion of John Houston, the tall end of the resolution wa.s struck out, and tlie resolution thus curtailed was passed unanimously. The following resolutions were then offered by John Houston: Whereas, an organization named "The Llberal-Consorvativo Union of British Columbia" has called a convention to be held at Revelstoko on tho 12th and 13th Instants, without stating tho purpose for which the convention Is called, and Whereas, we believe that said convention will bo used to frame a platform of principles and select tho party loader for the next provincial election; and Whereas, the method of selecting delegates to the convention Is such as to give the populous cities of 1I10 coast a number of delegates out of all proportion to their representation in the present or the next legislative assembly. Therefore be it resolved, that we do not deem it either wise or fair to the Conservatives of this section of Kootenay to select delegates to attend the said Revelstoke cons'ention or to attend any other convention until all sections of the province are accorded representation on a fair and equitable basis so that the pronouncements of such convention would be accepted as made by and in the interests of the mon who are expected to do the voting on election day. In supporting the resolutions, Mr. Houston said his only object was to call attention to the unfair basis of representation in the convention accorded different sections of the province. The convention wns called, so it is rumored, to elect a leader for the party and to frame a platform of principles on which to conduct the next provincial election. If such is the work cut out for the convention, the unfairness of representation In the convention is most manifest. The new redistribution of seats gives Kootenay nine members in the provincial legislature, the sanie. number allotted to the cities of Alctoria and A'ancouver combined, therefore Kootenay should have the same representation in the convention us Victoria and Vancouver combined; but it would not have any such fair treatment on the busls of representation on which delegates were to be elected to tho Revelstoke convention. Delegates to that convention would be elected from Vuncouver and Victoria on the basis of the names on the roll or the local Liberal- Conservative Associations. Tho association at Vancouver is reported as having over 1100 names on the roll, which would entitle A'ancouver to have over 70 delegates In the convention, three times the number to which the whole of Kootenay would be entitled. Continuing Mr. Houston said, the only way the interior can gain the political power to which her people are entitled Is for her people to light for their rights at every stage, for the coast politicians have long had all four feet In the political trough, and they would not willingly remove them. The first, to oppose the resolutions was a Mr. Gordon. The next speaker was AA'illiam A. Macdonald, K. C. He was also opposed to the resolutions. He had attended the Liberal-Conservative convention In 1S98, and had found all the coast politicians amiable and willing to concede the interior anything within reason. He had introduced a resolution at that convention pledging the party to work to secure an Increase in the duty on load and lead products, and the resolution was passed without a dissenting voice. As there were several present whom he had never before seen at a Conservative meeting in Nelson, he wanted these new converts to the grand old party to stand by the traditions of the party, and always vote in accordance with the wishes of its leaders. Frank Fletcher followed, and also spoke in opposition to tho resolutions. A standing vote was taken, and resulted in a tie, 15 to 15. President Starkey declared that another vote should be taken, as the secretary had not voted. This resulted in 16 to 15 against the resolutions. and.it was then decided that delegates be sent to the convention. Those ,who voted for "the tramway by- .law no doubt were actuated by the best of motives, but the by-law-.was defeated,; and the result has" been.jusl��twhat-'-would have occurred had the by-law been.carried, that is, the street cars have stopped running. But there is a difference in another way, that is, the city is now perfectly, free to take up the question of operating the street cars as a public utility. The tramway company has forfeited Its franchise, and it is willing to sell' its t tracic and. other equipment. It is. true, there is-an element, or a faction, in Nelson utterly opposed to municipal ownership of any utility, but the wishes of this element, which is a minority element, should not be allowed to prevail. It is the duty of the city council to take the matter up promptly and dispose of it in accordance with the wishes .of the people. It is said the tramway company can sell the cars at a fair price, and as they are not suited to operate a street car system In Nelson to the best advantage, nothing would be gained by their purchase by the city, even if they could be purchasel at a low figure. They could be replaced by smaller cars, which would not be so expensive to operate. The question of power is one that con- ifronts=the-cityr"aild"it=isione=that=the=city= must dispose of. The AA'est Kootenay Power & Light Company, for reasons best known to the law department of the provincial government, appears to be able to acquire title to all the land along both banks of Kootenay river at points suitable for sites for power stations. This may be in the public interest, but it would not be tolerated .In any other province in the Dominion ol Canada. If Nelson with its largo expenditures on water and light systems, has no rights that are to be respected, It Is time the people knew it, so that the blume can be placed where It belongs. A special meeting of the city council was held yesterday to inquire into the affairs of the Kootenay Lake General Hospital Society, which is applying to the city for a grant of money. There were present: Mayor Fletcher, and aldermen Selous, Irving, Morrison, and Hamilton. Hospital directors Byers, Swannell, Lay, Dover, Quinlan, and Johnstone. Doctors Hall, Hawkey, and McLennan. In opening the session mayor Fletcher stated the meeting was called to investigate the present condition of the Kootenay Lake General Hospital Society. 7' Alderman Hamilton���As the mayor is also president of the hospital board and mayor of the city I move that while investigating this matter that alderman Selous take the chair. Mayor Fletcher���Quite satisfactory to me.' City Clerk Strachan���Unless you go into committee of the whole you cannot leave the chair. Alderman Hamilton���This is really-a committee meeting. City Clerk���A special meeting of the council. Of course, the council can resolve itself into committee. Alderman Morrison���The meeting was called for such an unreasonable hour, and as we have not got a full meeting of the council, I move that we adjourn to some other time. Alderman Irving���I second the motion. Mayor Fletcher���As-we are here now we- might as well hear- what the hospital directors have to say. If we find itOis lengthy we can have the meeting adjourned. If not through by 12 o'clock we can adjourn the meeting. It is inconvenient for some of the members to be present at some hours and others at other hours. Alderman Morrison-r-The last meeting was called for Saturday afternoon when most of us were busy, and now this one has been called for eleven o'clock. I was not consulted as to the time. . Mayor Fletcher���Well, ^we are here now, and" there are a lot of other gentlemen present. If a probability of its going to .devolve into a long meeting wo can adjourn at 1 o'clock. Let us hear what the directors have, to say. Alderman Irving���I would like to see alderman Scanlan and Drew here. Alderman Hamilton���I would like to hear :the Hospital side of ifahd if an adjournment is taken, adjourn the meeting 10 a certain time, and then have the others notified to be here, that is Scanlan and Drew. They can be advised what time the adjourned meeting takes place and can arrange to-be here. Mayor Fletcher ��� Both _ (Scanlan and Drew): are. directors on .r.he.hospita^ board, and supposed to be here representing the council on the hospital board. Alderman Irving���Representing the council? 7 ���������!>��� Mayor Fletcher���Yes. - Alderman Irving���Who is holding this investigation? Mayor Fletcher���You four there. I. am simply as mayor, presiding at the proceedings. Alderman Irving���I did not come prepared' to ask questions. Merely give *us a statement of the directors, if we have that we can then take it up. Mayor Fletcher���There may be nothing to investigate. A Veil, what do ������you . wish done? Do, you wish to-go on with tlie investigation of the matter before the board? Alderman Irving���I move we adjourn to next AVednesday afternoon, if satisfactory. Alderman Selous���There are a good many gentlemen here actually at inconvenience to themselves. Let us hear what they have to say. Personally I have been here since 11 o'clock, and a good many other gentlemen too. Mayor Fletcher���I don't see much use LABOR DAY AT SLOCAN. Labor Day was duly observed in all the towns in Kootenay, but Slocan City was the only place at which there Avas any elaborate attempts at celebrating- The people of the town, subscribed money for sports, and they succeeded in bringing about 1,000 people Irom other places. Rossland sent the largest delegation, Nelson coming next, the two delegations aggregatlngv 050 people. Silverton, Sandon and New Denver also sent good crowds. The main features were a drilling contest for boys and a baseball game between Rossland and Northport. The flrst prize in the drilling contest was won by H. Yorke and J. Terry. They got doAvn a 9 1-2 inches in 10 minutes. The second team (E. Lavell and Joe Terry) got the hole down 9 inches, and did very neiat work. W. Foley and P. Lavell came third with an 8-inch hole. The score in the ball game was 5 to 4 in favor of Northport. Kirby Douglas, of Nelson, won the 100- yard foot race, and Rabe, of Rossland, came in first in the 220-yard race. Speeches were made by James Wilks, of Nelson, and Smith Curtis, M.P.P., of Rossland. The Canadian Pacific handled the croAvds satisfactorily, considering the rolling stock available, and the company's employees did everything possible to make the excursion a pleasant one to all who went on it. The Nelson people speak highly of the way they were used by the Slocan people, and many of thein. who visited Slocan for the first time speak of it as an ideal location for a town, *acOl!nTi-nlng"nW and if we find it is going to be lengthy then adjourn. These ntl.br gentlemon have come here at their own personal inconvenience. Aldcrmun Hamilton���Belter hear their side of it. As far as I can recollect there has been no statement of the hospital affairs published during tlie last hospital year, aud I am considerably at sua in regard to what their actual position is. That is, I think, one of tho reasons flu- council in Justice to the citizens should Investigate and see what they (ire doing and have 11 complete statement of the hospital affairs published. Mayor Fletcher���The .secretary might hand us a statement of the hospital, and you can go on with that. Alderman Irving���I am satisfied with n statement. Mayor Fletcher���Mr. Johnstone, will you give us a statement? Mr. Johnstone���1 do not know what kind of a statement they want. ' I think It is conceded that the city Is under obligation to the hospital to give It an annual grant, and in consideration of that it lias couced- or them two members on the board. Those two members ol* the council are put on the board to keep the council Informed what the board are doing. The hospital have two classes of patients to ileal with; those who pay, and those who don't. AVo aro treating them (the charity patients) at a loss, and unless we get a considerable grant from the council, we can't treat charity patients. At the last meeting it wus shown that it cost us $1.75 per day per patient. The amount available from the government up to GOO (patients) i.s on a basis of $1.00 per day. Above that, up to 750, a sliding scale of 7.r> cents, and then down to 55 cents. If it costs us $1.75 per day to charity patients, and ihe government only grant us a dollar per capita, where are we going to get the difference? 1 don't think the city of Kelson can expect ��� hoard to treat their indigent sick free. 1 think it fair for the council to stand their share. It is .simply a question if the government ami Ihe city don't come up with their share that w<; will have to refuse those patients. Mayor Fletcher���Uo you wish fo ask Mr. Johnstone any questions? Allderman Selous���As far as the hospital and the city are concerned I think the hospital should furnish the council with a statement of how many city indigent sick have been treated. I think if *the city sends charitable patients to the hospital, the patients should be paid for by the' city. That Is simply and practically a matter of business. The council of the city sends patients to the hospital, and the council should pay. The hospital Is largely an institution drawing its funds from charitable people. The council recognizes that and they are going to grant them not only for patients .they send but for the hospital generealiy. But certainly 1 shoidd like to hear some account of the business relations between the city and the hospital the number of.patients and their treatment. Mr. Johnstone���At the last meeting I gave-a statement. Practically all the patients are admitted on the order of the mayor. Seventeen ifundred and eighteen days treatment were charged down for the last six months. Practically all the patients were axTmitted'on the order of the mayor. The city is properly chargeable with them. I ask that the hospital be supported by the city. The private donations do not amount to anything. Alderman Hamilton���I quite agree with what Mr. Johnstone has said. I know he gave us a statement of their pecuniary affairs. I think in duty bound to the citizens as-a whole, the council should know the amounts received from all sources; amounts received from paying patients, and the amounts due from paying patients; a complete statement of the affairs of��� the hospital should be laid before the council. Then we will have something to go on. Here we get a statement verbatim that certain amounts are due the hospital, and after treating a. certain number of paying patients are losing money on contract patients. That is something we never heard of in the,past. Give us a statement, a complete statement of the affairs of the hospital. 'Something for us to go on. I think the directors of the hospital should furnish us this statement. Mr. Johnstone���The board will furnish any statement the council ask, if the council will furnish the board with a blank statement form, like the government does, showing what .information they want. - Unless we know what the council want it is impossible for the board to prepare a statement. If the council will simply state what they want il can be prepared in a very short time. Mr. Lay���It is the custom of the hospital to publish their statement annually.. That was done last year in the papers. If the city would like another statement now we will havo the same prepared. 1 think alderman Hamilton has made a mistake in saying that no statement was published. ' Alderman Hamilton���1'have no recollection of any statement of the hospital being published for the last hospital year. J may be mistaken. 1 have the statement published for the year before. I looked up the papers covering that. It gives the receipts of tho hospital showing puying patients, receipts from the C. P. R. men, government grant, cityt- grant, also public donations. It also shows disbursements, cost of operating, furnishing, etc. Mr. Johnstone���What date will that be? Alderman Hamilton���The paper is dated March 13th, 1901. Mr. Johnstone���A similar statement wus published tills year. Alderman Hamilton��� I have no recollection of seeing it. . ��� Mr, Johnstone���Jlr. Swannell was the secretary on both occasions. He might have furnished the statement to the papers and they have not published it. Alderman Hamilton���Last year Mr. SwanneJl furnished us witn a statement of the hospital affairs giving us those particulars. Mr. Johnstone���The hospital year ends In ^Marclir'M'if^SwaTviW*!^!^^^^ ment up to then. Alderman Hamilton���If we had that statement to compare with the statements for previous years, we coulil see what the hospital is doing. Mr. Johnstone���1 can get you that statement In five minutes. Alayor Fletcher���It was published In the papers with the report of the directors, exactly the same as last year. A Merman Irving���According to your report, Air. Johnstone, you are going behind on your paying patients? Mr. Johnstone.���We would not if we could collect. Alderman Irving���If you have a certain amount outstanding do you write It oil* as bad debts, or do you count it In tis assets? Air. Johnstone���Generally write It off. Alderman Hamilton���Who I.s responsible for tire- collection of paying patients? Air. Johnstone���No one can he. We don't know how long a patient Is going to .be in the hospital. The case might last a good deal longer than expected. There are two cases in the hospital now that have been In six months, and there are not many persons in this town able to pay for that length ot time. They pay as long as their money lasts. We can't . then turn them out in the streets. AVe have two paying patients in the hospital under those conditions, and have had them for five months. Alderman Selous���Would not the best way be to transfer them into the charity wards and have the government pay for them. Air. Johnstone���The goernment grant has been a lump sum. There is practically very little difference between pay and charity patients. The food and attendance i.s just the same. Alayor Fletcher���A full report, Mr. Swannell. of the hospital was published iu March, 1002? Air. Swannell���Yes. Reports have been published for the last three or four years. I have copies nf most of them. Alderman Morrison���I would like a financial statement of tho hospital up to the end of August, to be submitted to the council, showing in detail the number of patients treated, and tho number of charge patients, and a full statement of the affairs of the hospital. Alderman Hamilton���I second that motion. Alderman Morrison���If a full investiga tion is made in this way, we will know where to start at, and can make the Investigation Intelligently. Alderman Hamilton���You mean all arrears due the hospital? Alderman Morrison���Yes, as they stand today. Alderman Hamilton���I second that motion. Alayor Fletcher���You heard the motion by alderman Morrison and seconded by alderman Hamilton. All in favor signify by saying "Aye." Motion carried. Alderman Irving���It seems not a matter of much consequence in. regard to disbursements, but a matter of running the hospital. As far as I. can���: learn the directors want to run ther, hospital a certain way and the doctors another. There they clash. That Is what is the cause, not a matter of handling the finances. " , Alderman Hamilton���If we have that statement we can go Into other matters as well. I have every respect for the directors on the board, but the hospital is not in as good standing 'with, the majority of the 'people as it was a�� year ago, and that is one reason why I should like to see this matter .brought up, and I think it will bo to the benefit of the directors that the matter should be brought-up and investigated. I have heard 7 a -great deal said against;;the management of the hospital; that the directors are not really running the hospital; that Dr. LaBau is the directors. I am not going behind the doctors'faces at ali, but am making tho statement I have heard. I say it here before their faces. It is current in the town thatcthey never made any kick about contract patients as long as Dr. LaBau had the contract. Immediately he was not In it there was a kick that the,contract patients were not paying. There arc a good many things in collection with this hospital matter that need inquiring into, and 1 think it better to have a thorough investigation of the whole affair. As far as 1 know the hospital was running and doing good work here up to 1901, and beyond that. .AVe'knew that the hospital waa '' running Iiere, but heard very little about it. People had a great deal of confidence in il, but I regret to say they have not the same confidence now. Alderman Selous���If we are here to investigate let us investigate. It seems to mo that alderman Hamilton has the nucleus of a tangible thing to investigate. Let us take up that. Mayor Fletcher���Alderman Hamilton 1ms made some sharges. Let us hear what tho , directors have to say. Alderman Hamilton���I am .simply making, a statement of .what I hear I* the our- ' rent talk of the town. 1 make it here be- * fore the directors and the aldermen. Mr. Johnstone���I don't think you should ask us to investigate the tittle-tattle around town. If alderman Hamilton will mako some specific statement, sSme substantial sjatement, then let those who make tho ' statement come forward and back tho charge up, and bg. responsible for it. That is the manly way and the business way. It is simply childish to listen to town talk. Alderman Hamilton���AVhat I want to get ���at is, If we get this statement up to- August 31st, w-e can see how the hospital is doing. If the hospital is going behind there is some reason for it. The hospital was not going behind before that. *I ask , Air. Swannell if my statement Is not correct. Air. Swannell���The hospital was doing 1 well before. Air. Johnstone���The hospital had a liability of *J_,100. Alderman Hamilton���Not according to the statement of Mr. Swannell; $2,000 was the liability. Mr. Swannell���A liability of $1,000 was ^TOt=iiTCiudcd=Tli^rorai7iiaT5i11ty"wa"s~$3"ioo. The new board, gutting the fresh incomo in each year, has to pay the previous February's bills. Alayor Fletcher���Practically speaking Mr. Johnstone's statement is correct. Mr. Swannell���$:J,]00 at the end of last year. Alderman Irving���Would not the financial statement show lt up right or wrong? Air. Byers���It Is true that $a,100 liability was handed over to the new board. Tho bills for the months of January and February were not paid. Alderman Selous���Do you expect the hospital can do it without the grant? Mr. Swannell���The board did it last year, and paid *2,Si)0 debts. Mr. Lay���That is not a fair comparison. Air. .Swannell���I eliminate the building from the operations altogether. They had to pay fur it out of the grant. The previous board was earning money on tho operation of the Institution nnd paying for the building out of earnings. Air Uyers-Along In *!J7, '98 ahd '99 tho hospital was lull all the time; railroads were building and so on. . 7 Mr. Swannell���There were more patients treated in 1901 than in 1900, but the per capita cost of handling them was something like 20 per cent, increase per day. Air. Ityers���Will you make up a statement showing that? Air. Swannell���1 did to the board Inst year. Alderman Selous���Tho secretary of, tho hospital's report for last year would show if a loss had been made on contract patients. Wo can have the figures before us. The secretary showed no loss on contract patients. It* there i.s a loss now bn tho contract patients, change the terms of tho contract If possible. I would like to know, what the director's views are on that subject, and bow the loss occurred . That is a point the public would like to be enlightened on. Air. Johnstone���As I understand the circumstances, these contracts originally wero a fiat rate of $12 per head. Air. Swannell���ln fact we did not havo contract patients until this arrangement was made. Air. Johnstone���We had a flat rate made, and then a sliding scale, and this sliding scale was adopted about three years ago. A'ou made 11 per capita cost per patient (Continued on Fourth Page.' 2 The Nelson Tribune of Montreal Established 1S17. Incorporated by Act of Rti liamout. CAPITAL (all paid up) $12,000,000.00 REST . -��� 8,000,000 00 UNDIVIDED PROFITS 165,856.00 HEAD OFFICE, MONTREAL Rt. Hon. Lord Strathcona aud Mount Royal, G/0. M. G, President. Hon. G. A. Drummond, Vice President. E. S. Clouston, General Manager. NELSON BRANCH, %^$t!<��? A. H. BUCHANAN, Manager. TRAINS AND STEAMERS Leave and Arrive at Nelson as Below. CANADIAN PACIFIC SYSTEM 6:00 a. m. Doily. CROW'S NEST RAILWAY Kuskonook, Creston, Movie, Cranbrook, "Marysville. fort Steele, Klko, Femio. Michel, I'lairmorc, Frank, Macleod, Lethbridge, Winnipeg, and all EaBtcrn points. ��� LEAVE 8 a. m. 8 a. m. 0:40 p. m. 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Making through connections at Spokane to liv juth, east and wt ���'.. ARRIVE Mount'in 7:13 p.m. Depot. .8 p. m. DaUy LEAVE Nelson 6-00 a.m. ICaslo S:ri5 p.m. Daily ���KOOTENAY' LAKE - STEAMBOATS Balfour, Pilot Bay, Ainsworth Kaslo and all Way Landings. ARRIVE Kaalo 8:10 a. m. Nelson 7:15 p. m. DaUy LEAVE Daily t>:00 a. m 1:00 p. m. KASLO & SLnCAN Railway Kas'o Saudon ARRIVE Daily 3:15 p.m. 11:25 a m. of the failure of sawmill owners to mako expenses when operating their plants. The 2 per cent tax on the value of ore at the mine is in lieu of all other taxation. No producing mine pays taxes on personal property or on real estate or on improvements- If a mine is not shipping ore, it is not paying taxes. This is an exemption that owners of other kinds of property would he pleased to have extended them. The men who howl the loudest for the repeal of the, 2 per cent tax-are men who pay no taxes of any kind. If the people of the mining sections of the province would only follow the example set by the mining committee of the present legislative assembly there would be no changes in the mining laws of the province during the present century; hut the trouble is that the people and some of the newspapers in one breath howl for a repeal of the 2 per cent tax and in the next breath yell themselves hoarse in opposition to making changes in the mining laws. As a matter of fact, there have been no changes in the mining laws for two years; but the men who have prevented the introduction of amendments to the several acts that affect the metalliferous mining industry are berated and lambasted by newspapers and individuals niuh the same as if they had been endeavoring to make changes in the mining laws aa often as they are required to change their socks. THE NELSON TRIBUNE . Founded ln 1SD2. JOHN HOUSTON, Proprietor Editorial and Business Office Room 9, Madden" Block. The Nelson Tribune ia served by carrier to subscribers in Nolson or sent by mail to any address in Canada or the United States, for one dollar a year; price to Great Britain, postage paid, 51.50. No subscription taken for less than a year. - SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER G, 1002. According to a construction placed on the Provincial Elections Act, the pro- ^>van_ial~voters=lists^bave=all--been^can- celled. If this construction holds good, and it will hold good unless the courts < decide otherwise, no time should be lost by those qualified to vote, in making new applications. Forms can be had at the offices of mining recorders. Applications must be subscribed and sworn to before some one qualified to take oaths. Under no circumstances should aDDli- cants sign forms presented them by men who are not qualified to take declarations under the Provincial Elections Act, as such applications will bo reject- . the collector of voters. The Liberal-Conservative convention at:Revelstoke next week cannot well' result in benefit to the party, for rep-. resentation in it is not on a fair basis. The coast cities will have undue representation, and as their politicians are 5 intensely narrow and selfish, continually scheming for advancing their respective towns as against the province, and acr tion the convention may take will probably be undone before a provincial election is won. The 2 per cent tax, which is levied on the value of ore at the mine, and not on the gross value of the ore, is considered an unfair impost, and those who ask for its repeal claim that the only fair method of taxing mines is to fix a rate on the net proceeds, that is, that the mining, transportation, treating and operating expenses be first deducted from the value of the ore. Were this system of taxation made to include all business ventures, it would be fair, but no one' industry should be singled out for special favors- Mining is not the only industry that, at times, results in failure. Printing offices have been operated in. British Columbia at considerable loss to the men who furnished the capital; yet, although printing is an Industry that gives employment at good wages to a considerable number of people, no one is ever heard asking that it be given special privileges in the way of exemption from taxes because the expenditures are often much larger than the receipts. Another industry is lumbering. It is an industry that gives employment to many men in different sections of the province, and it is an industry that has not always paid dividends, 'ft pays taxes, however; and timber dues are never remitted because The attempts that have been made and are yet being made to belittle the efforts that pur representatives in parliament are making to bring about an increase in the duties on lead and lead products are discreditable. The member for Yale-Kootenay in the Dominion house has worked zealously to effect such a result, but his efforts have been frequently handicapped by men in Nelson envious of the position he occupies. Every, member, from Kootenay in the Provincial house is on record on the question. The Tribune was for several years the only newspaper .in the province that stood straight on that issue, and never at any time has it wandered off on side issues, such as bonuses for "smel terj-r^aiftT"?efiifer igs="and=f ecijpidM r tariff arrangements with the United States. It always contended that lead and its products should be treated on the same basis as other Canadian products and manufactures. Equal treatment cannot well be unfair, and all our producers of lead ask for is the same treatment as is accorded the producers of wheat and pork and fruit in other portions of Canada. tive assembly, but in political conventions that frame platforms on which candidates must go before the people for election to the legislative assembly. The Redistribution Act passed at the last session of the legislative assembly, did away with many of the inequalities in representation that have existed for years in this province, and it is now the duty of the people who made the fight for fair representation in the legislative assembly to fight for fair representation in party conventions. The political party that is unwilling to be fairly represented in its conventions is likely to be unwilling to treat all parts of the province fairly in the legislative assembly, should it be in a position to control legislation. Kootenay and Yale and Lillooet and Cariboo, with almost identical interests, will have 18 members in the next legislative assembly. The districts from which these 18 members will be elected -.nould have the same representation in party conventions as the districts of other sections of the province electing a like number of members- This is fair play and it is right, and the men in Kootenay who are opposing it are not to be trusted. Complaint has and is being made that foremen on road and trail work in Nelson riding employ aliens, to the exclusion of resident citizens. This practice should be stopped. Residents should in all cases be given the preference, but should not be kept at work if found to be unable or unwilling to earn the wages paid, which in all cases, in Nelson riding, is the rate prevailing in the neighborhood in which the work is done- The ��� question of rapid transit of mails is one that has been discussed in Kootenay since the earliest days, and it is one that is likely to be discussed as long as people live in Kootenay. For some unexplained reason, the postoffice department cannot be made understand that Kootenay is in any respect unlike the old settled' sections of Ontario and Quebec and Nova Scotia. Its heads, cannot be made understand that the mail route of yesterday is not at all suitable for the mail route of today. Two .things alone are considered in the dispatch of mails; one is the cost of railway or steamboat transportation, and the other,the cost of carrying the mails between railway depots and steamboat docks' and the postoffices. Often this latter cost is more than the cost of running the postoffice- At places like Nelson and Rossland the cost of carrying mails to, and from the postoffices to railway depots and steamboat landings is no small.item, and no matter what the. recommendations of the postoffice inspectors may be, the recommendations are invariably (turned down if a change of mail routing necessitates an increase in the cost of either transportation or . delivery. There are five inward and six outward deliveries at the Nelson postoffice! on week days, and the cost of making these deliveries aggregates a large sum annually. It is this cost that prevents changes being made in routing mails as the public necessities require. The difficulties at present existing can best be remedied by the government adopting the system in Nelson and Rossland that is in use by both the Dominion and Great Northern Express companies, that is, by put- .ting^on^a_.go.v_ernment__deliy_ery__wagpn!i This systeij is in use in all the larser cities, and its adoption here and at Rossland would go a long way towards remedying existing shortcomings. One of the issues that the people of British Columbia are interested in is an adjustment of the protective duties on lead and lead products, so that tho mine owners of Kootenay will be placed on the same footing as the producers of raw material in other sections of Canada, Another issue is the fostering of an industry that is interwoven to a great extent with every other industry in the province. The 150,000 and odd people of the province consume more of the products of the farm and the orchard than they produce. This should be changed, and if a comprehensive system of irrigation was carried out by the province, it would not be long before the district of Yale alone would produce breadstuffs ia such quantities that importations from the United States would cease altogether. Millions in bonuses are voted to aid the construction of railways that when built have little or nothing to haul. If these millions were spent in purchasing the land holdings of some of the cattle barons of Yale district and afterwards making them fit for small farms and orchards by a system of irrigation, railroads would be built without bonuses and have something to haul after they wero built. Men who are ambitious to lead political parties should welcome, and not repel, the assistance of the rank and file on all occasions. There are men in all parties whose .only use for the rank and file is on election day. contended that the subject of extra- lateral rights had been discussed tor years, and it had been fruitful of litigation. He had hard of experts who had been unable to determine the true apexes of ledges. The presnt location area is GOO by 1,500 feet, and the proposed amendment provided for a location of 1,500 by 1,500 feet. Mr. Neill, of Utah, -.aid that at present a locator ,to have, a valid claim, must have mineral in place. A series of claims would entirely cover the apex and a person trying to make a location below, in direction of the depth, could not make a valid location on the vein that apexed in the original claim, and in its dip entered beneath the surface of the second claim, for the reason that the mineral could not be found in place. He said that if the Kearns bill was adopted it would require marked changes in the mining laws relative to location of claims. Delegate Joseph, of Utah, was unalterably opposed to the resolution. He said it gave the prospector 52 1-2 acres and it did not limit his possession in a mining camp and would shut out a great deal Of prospecting. The. evident purpose o fthe bill, he declared, was to throttle prospecting and gi veevery- thing to the capitalist. Mr. Dignowity, the author of the resolution said that he could not see where the proposed law could injure the miner or locator. They could take up 1,500 feet square and locate a smany claims as they liked- Under the existing law, he said, they could escape the work of the following year and afterward relocate in another name, and nothing was done to the property. He said the abuses benefited the lawyers and not the miners. The present law originated with the millionaires, and he referred to the owners of the Comstock who, he said, located the apexes and drove anyone else out. The quesitno of the apex has been the bone of contention in the endless litigation in which the big mines of Butte have been involved, and is one of the principal subjects for consideration by the mining congress. SIFTON AGAINST TARTE. According to a special from Ottawa to the Victoria Times, which is the personal organ of senator Templeman, Clifford Sifton, minister of.the interior, is in accord with J. Israel Tarte, minister of public works, on the tariff question,. The special to the Times says: "Siftpn was ��� interviewed re Tarte's recent speeches on the tariff, and said that if Tarte favored an increase of the tariff he expressed his own views and not those of the government or of the Liberal party. He says any such' increase ��� will meet with the .strenuous opposition of every Liberal west of the Great' Lakes. Regarding Ross', candidature in Yukon, he says he'will" surely be elected, and adds that had it not been, for Ross' illness he would have expected him. to be summoned to the cabinet to represent the west ,along with himself and Templeman." ���;-���'���' IF THE CONSERVATIVES WANT POWER PUT THE MACHINERY IN PROPER HANDS In commenting on tho visit to British Columbia of the Borden party of Conservatives, the Free Press of Fernie says: "Xi. L. Borden, leader of the Conservative party in the house of commons, has mado arrangements to visit British Columbia next week, in company with a number of silver-tongued orators. Tho Conservative chieftains will probably bo disappointed with the party muster, ln British Columbia, tlio corporation counsel, who invariably come to the front to do the talking on held days, has practically put the grand old party out of business. In British Columbia the growth of the party has stopped. The young men of the province now hesitate to cast in their lots with It. This is especially so in the mining centers. "There was a time when the Conservative party united the manufacturers and wage-earners, lt can now claim but a remnant of either party in their allegiance to it. A considerable portion of the manufacturers was won over by the Liberals in exchange for tariff considerations, and so far as the wage-earning portion of the party's following is concerned it has been alienated by the utter Indifference of the loaders at Ottawa, and by Ihe open hostility in many cases of tlie self constituted leaders in local centers. "if tlie leaders of the Conservative party in the house of commons arc anxious to recover the ground the parly has lost iu British Columbia during the last few years, and to stop the dry rot which is gradually consuming it, they must give a little more attention to the needs of the province. In the lirst place they must do something to secure for British Columbia the same measure of protection upon what It produces as they have insisted the province shall pay upon wnat it consumes. This means a duty upon lead and its manufacturers which will secure to the lead producers of the province the market of tho Dominion. This is one issue upon which the Conservative leader would be able to unite almost the entire people of the province. "Having done this steps should be taken to put the machinery of the party throughout the province in proper hands. AVhat is wanted is men in the little positions who will do what they can to advance the interests of the party. In the past the sole aim appears lo have boon tho advancement of the individual at the expense of the party. It is hardly likely that any disinterested member of mo Conservative party would for tlio moment agree dial tho party welfare would bo promoted by an alliance lith the rciniianl uf the family compact al Victoria, known throughout the province as "Turneriles." Yet this is just what some reputed Conservative leaders are endeavoring lo bring aboul in order that they may be permitted to remain in ollice for a little longer lime. "That some such alliance might bo patched up is very probable. It would most certainly result for a time in giving the province a nominally Conservative-government, and the party leader might go back cast and with truth s.iy that ho had swung British Columbia back into the Conservative column; but the Conservative party would never get through paying die price for such folly. To root out Turnerism the electors of all shades of politics joined hands. They won't stand for anything that j savors of its restoration, and Conservatives will do Borden a kindness to tell him so." RICH HAVE HARD TIME ENJOYING LIFE TOO MUCH LIKE WORK, SAYS DOOLEY1 ���t ���_��� ���I* -i- ���I* ���I- A ���_��� ���_��� ���I* It Is worth something to buy your stationery where the styles are correct. The Tribune represents the idea that every section of the province should be on an equality, not only in the legisla-I linos extended vertically downward. He THE CHANGE WORKED WELL HERE. A congress of mining men is in session at Butte, Montana. One of the questions up for discusion is a quesitno that was settled in British Columbia ten years ago. It is the question of extra- lateral right, which means that the owner of a mineral claim has the right t ofollow all veins that have their apex within his side lines. Mineral claims are GOO by 1,500 feet in the United States, the same as they were in British Columbia before the square location became a law- There is no end of litigation resulting from disputes over extra-lateral rights, and an effort is bein gmade in congress to change the law so as to make it the same as it is in British Columbia. The arguments, for and against, used at Butte are identical with those used in British Columbia when the change was first made, and they are reproduced below merely to allow prospectors and mine-owners a chance to compare the relative advantages of the two systems, now that they have had ten years' practical experience wih the square locations: At Butte, the committee on resolutions recommended the adoption of the resolution introduced by S. L. Dignowity, of Utah, indorsing the Kearns bill, providing for the amendment of section 2322 of tho revised statutes of the United States to do away with extra lateral rights. Delegate Martin, of South Dakota explained tha tthe idea of the bill was to change the law of the apex so that a locaor would own tho surface of the claim and all within the end and side "We buy direct from' the maker. No middleman to work off his dead stock on us as "the latest thing." We keep abreast of the times. We know what's right. Our prices are as right as our styles. Prices all the way from, ten cents to a dollar per box. Pound packages at ounce prices. <���?��� A A A A A ��J�� A A A Canada Drug & Book Company, Ltd. . "Hard time th' rich have injyin' life," said Mr. Dooley. "I'd thrade with thim," said Mr. Hin- nessy. "I wud not," said Mr. Dooley. "'Fis too much like hard wurruk. If I iver got hold iv a little mound iv th' money, divvle th' bit iv hardship wud I inflict on mesilf. I'd set on a large Turkish sofa an' have danc- in' girls dancin' an' a mandolin orches- three playin' to me. I wudden't move a step .without bein' carrid. I'd go to bed with th' lark an' get up with th' night watchman. If annywan suggested physical exercise to me, I'd give him forty dollar sto g'o away. . I'd hire a prize lighter to do me figlitin' f'r. me, a pedesthreen to do.me'walkin', a jockey to do me ridln', an' a colledge pro-lissor to do me thinkin*. Here I'd -set vJith a naygur fannin' me with, osterich feathers, lookin' ca'mly out through me stained glass windies on th' rollin'; millse, smokin' .no good live cint seegar an' rejiciiv' to know how bad ye mus' be feelin' ivry time ye think iv* me hoorded wealth. "But htat ain't th' way it comes out, Plinnissy. Higgins, th' millyionaire, had th' same idee as me whin he was beginnin' to breed money with a dollar he< owned an !a dollar he took'fr'm some wan that wasn't there at th' time. While he was hammerin' hoops on a bar'l or dhrivin' pegs into a shoe, he'd stop wanst in a while to wipe th' sweat off his brow whin th' boss wasn't lookin' an' he'd ��� say to Jiimsilf: 'If I iver get it, I'll have a man wheel me around on a chair. But as his stable grows an' he herds large dhroves down to th' bank ivry" week, he changes his mind, an' whin he's got enough to injye life, as they say, he finds he's up against it. His throubles has just begun. I know in- his heart Higgins' ideel iv luxury is enough buckwheat "cakes an' a cozy corner in a .Turkish bath, but he can't injye it. He mus,' be up an' doin'. An' th' only things annywan arount* him is up an' doin' is th' things he used to get paid f'r doin' whin he was a young man, "Arly in th' mornin' .Higgins has got to be out exercisin' a horse to keep th' horse in good health. Higgins has no business on a horse an' he knows it. He was built an' idycated f ra cooper an' th' horse don't fit him. Th' nachral way f'r Higgins to ride a horse is to set well aft an' hang onto th' ears. But he's tol' that's wrong, an' he's made to 'set up sthraight an be a good fellow an meet th' horse half way. An' if th' horse don't run away with Higgins an' kill him, he's to! it's not a good horse an' he ought to sell it. An', mind ye, he pays f'r that, though he can't help ray- mimberin' th' man nex' dure fr'm im used to get tin dollars'a week f'r th' same job. "Whin he was a young man Higgins knowed a fellow that dhruv four horses f'r a brewery. They paid him well, but he hated his job. He used to come in at night an' wish his parents had made him a cooper, an' Higgins pitied im, knowin' he cud- den't get out a life insurance policy, an' his wife was sared to death aii th' time. Now that Higgins has got th' money,' bo's took 111' brewery man's job with worse horses an' him barred fr'm dhrivin' with more thin wan hand. An' does he got an- nything f'r it? On th' conth'ry, Hinnissy, it sets him back a large forchune. An' he says he's bavin' a good time, an' if th' brewery man comealong an' felt sorry f'r him Higgins wuddent exactly know why. "Higgins has to sail a. yacht, raymimber- in' how he despised th' Swede sailors that used to loaf in th' saloon near his houso durin'. th' winter; he has to run an auty- mobill, which is th' same thing as dhrivin' a throlleycar on a windy day without pay; he has to play golf, which is th' same thing as bein' a postman without a dacint uniform; he has to play tennis, which is another wurrud f'r batih' a carpet; ho has to race horses, which is th' same thing as bein' a bookmaker with th' chances again' ye; he has td go abroad, which is th' same thing as bein' an immigrant; he has to set up late, which is th' same thing as bein' a dhrug clerk; an' he has to play cards with a man that knows how, whicli is th' same thing as bein' a sucker. "He takes his good times hard, Hinnissy. A rich man at spoort is a kind iv non-union laborer. He don't get wages f'r it an' he don't dhrive as well as a milkman, ride as well as a stable boy, shoot as well as a polisman, or autymbbill as well as th'' man that runs th' steam roller. It's tough life. They'se jio rest f'r th' rich an' weary. We'll be readin' in th' pa-apers wan iv these days 'Alonzo Higgins, th' runner up in la' year's champeenship, showed/gr-reat improvement in this brick layin' tournament at Newport an' won handily with about tin square feet to spare. He was, nobly assisted be Regynald Van Stinyvant, who acted as his hod carryer an' displayed all the agility which won him so much ap-j plause arlier in th' year. " 'Th' Pickaways carried off th' honors! 'in th' sewor-diggin' contest yesterdah, do-J" featin' th' Spadewells bo live holes to wan.l Th, shovel wurruk iv Cassidy, th' banker] was spicially noticeable. Th' colors iv Ih'j Pickaways was red llanncl undershirts an'| dark, brown trousers. " '.Raycrealions iv rich men: J.iwn AVl Gates an' J. Pierpont Morgan ar-ro to havil a live days' shiiiglin' contest at Narraganf sett Pier, George Gold is thrainin' f'r th| Autumn plumbin' jimlc-mny. Mitehign, avnoo is tore up fr'm Van Buron sthreel to th' belt lino in priparation f'r th' con<| test in sthreet layin" between mimbers i\ th' Assocyation iv More-Thin-Hich Spoortsl Th' sledge teams is completed, but a fevj good tampers, an' wathcr men is needed.' "An' why not, Hinnissy? If 'tis fun tl wurruk, why not do some rale wurruk? 31 'tis spoort to run an autymobill, why nij run a locymotive? If dhrivin' a horse il a cart is a game, why not dhrivo a deliver) wagon an' carry things around? Sure, s'pose th' raisoii a rich man can't under] stand why wages shud go higher is be] cause th' rich can't sec why annyl-odj shud be paid f'r unnything so amusin* wurruk. I bet- ye Higgins is wondhcriiJ at this moment why lie was paid so muc( f'r putting rings around abar'l. "No, sir, what's a rich man's raycra&tiol is a poor man's wurruk. Th' poor ar-r| th' only people that know how to injjj wealth. Moidee iv setting things sthraigll is to have th' rich who' wurruk becausl they like it do th' wurruk.fr the p'oi^ who wud rather rest. I'll bo happy Vn day I see wan iv th' Hankerbilts pusliiil ye-or little go-cart up th' platform whif ye set in th' shade of a tree an' cheil him on his way. I'm sure he'd do it if jl called it spoort an' told him th' first mat to th' dump wud be entitled to do it ovil again against' sthronger men nex' weeif AVud ye give him a tin cup that ho cud pi! his name on? AVud ye, Hinnissy? I'm sui| ye wud." "Why do they do it?" asked Hi*. Hei< nessy. "I dinnaw," said Mr. Dooley, "onloss is that th' wan great object iv ivory manj life is to got tired enough to sleep. Ivrj| thing seems to. be some kind iv wurruij Wurruk is wurruk if yo're paid to do an' it's pleasure if ye pay to be allowed to do it." HOME THE GREAT SCHOOL OF THE WO RED SET A GOOD EXAMPLE TO THE CHILDREN Tis a Little More Trouble . But will repay you to go to east end of Baker street, Tremont block, and leave your orders for suits, etc., with A, GEE, Merchant Tailor- He has on hand a large assortment of choice imported fall and winter goods that will please you. His reputation for stylishly cut, well made garments is fully established and well known. His Prices Are KeasoDable GEO. M. GUNN Maker of Pirst-class Hand-made Boots and Shoes. Ward Street, next new Postofllce Building, Nelson, B. C. Repairing Neatly and Promptly Done Satisfaction Guaranteed in all Work The home is the great school of the world. By the father and mother the child's education is really controlled. A boy may study mathematics with one teacher, languages with another, history with a third, and so on Indefinitely. But education means only the means of developing innate mental power. Tho father and mother determine the use to which that power shall be put. A "famous" man of tho United States has just publicly proclaimed his views on education. He is a very rich, successful and daring man. Ho Is a speculator and stock gambler. One of those who in our civilization take tho place of the pirate in old days. The man's name Is not mentioned, a.s he cannot be spoken of kindly. Here are some of his views: "I believe in-letting my son see tho world and know it. If he wants lo play poker, I play with him, and for high stakes, if he wants to gamble publicly, I gamble with him." Thus calmly and self-approvlngly his father talks of sharing and encouraging his son's vicious inclinations. How horrid a picture is brought to the mind! We see the father and son together at the gambling table. The older man callous, indifferent, because even high stakes are small to one who gambles with railroads, and because his nerves have no longer acute sensations to offer. The son begins his career���the career that makes one man "famous," as our civilization cails it, and sends 999 men to prison, to the insane asylum, or the home for inebriates. The son "tries to affect his father's indifference. Meanwhile his nerves and brain and conscience are going through a drill that will make him as worthless as the father beside him, or as one of the white- faced, cold-fingered professional gamblers who watch the death of character and virtue as vultures watch the death of a horse. This father helps his son on the road to destruction. He has no virtues, no aspirations, to share with the boy for whose existence he is responsible. He divides with that boy his accumulations of money and vice���then proudly says: "I don't want my boy to be a hypocrite." It is depressing to study such a picture��� an older man leader of a younger on the road to disillusion, coldness, selfishness and vice. But fortunately the other father, the real father, is more common. That other father, and tho mother who Inspires and shares his hopes and ideas, are the hope, the educators, improvers of the world. When a good man becomes the father of a child, he is Impressed with his responsibility, and with his insufficient equipment. Every day he strives to lead a better life and set a better example Ho is anxious that his son shall escape his errors and follies. Ho knows that his child loves him and will try to do as tho father does. Thus divine wisdom is most beautifully revealed. For if it is.true that the father educates the son, It Is just as true that the son educates tho father. How many men change their habits for their children's sake? "I would not have my son see me drink. I would not have my son see me smoke. I don't care so much for myself, but I can't ask my child to avoid what he sees me do." How many fathers have industriously added to their own knowledge, because: "I want to be able to answer my children's questions as they grow up." How many careless men are transformed into industrious, frugal useful fathers btj cause: "I want my children to be provided foil to have a good education, and a reasonabij start in life." Men, and women too, mend thoir wa>l of speaking, avoid all quarrels and scrupif lously avoid untruth: "To set a good example to the childrenj In the rcvalafion of tho moral law whiJ governs the universe there is nothing mof impressive than this fact, that the effort do good to others 'does good llrst of all ourselvos. The father seeks to educate a'J improve his children. His love for them educates and improvj him. The great educators aro the parents children. These give to the young mind first bent. Their example and early ptj ccpts decide the Influence and the resuf of all future teaching. Happy the child who can look upon (| memory of a good father and mother. Happy tho son whose memory of il father alone suffices to keep him in a gc **>* ��� *������������������<������������������������������������*���> ������������������������ COAST FLOORING AND CEILING KEPT IN STOCK PROSSER'S SECOND HAND ��� STORE AND CHINA HALL, COMBINED Is the place to "rubber" before sending back East for anything. "We buy, sell, or rent, or store anything from a safety pin to a beef trust. AVestern Canadian Employment Agency in connection. Baker street, west, next door to C. P. R. Ticket Office. P. O. Box 5SS. Phone 2G1A. SEWING MACHINES AND PIANOS FOR RENT AND FOR SALE Old Curiosity Shop, tlosephir-e St., Nelson UNION MEETINGS. NELSON "MIN'KltS' UNION, NO. 90. W. F. M.���Meets every Saturday evening at 7.30 o'clock. Wage scale for Nelson district: Machine miners, $3.50; hammersmen, $.*!.2.r>; mine laborers, $3. Samuel L. Peacock, president; James Wilks, secretary. Visiting brctlicrn cordially Invited. E. FERGUSON & CO. THE LARGEST EXCLUSIVE WHOLESALE Solo H. C. A genu for DEALERS IN WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS IN SOUTHEASTERN BRITISH COLUMBIA VERNON ST. BEGG'S ROYAL LOCHNAGAR SCOTCH WHISKY The Whisky Without a 1 Icn.flii.chc. llf'Kf.s is Distiller to H.H.lt. King Ivhvard VII Hy Hojal Warrant. NELSON, B.C. I ��� TREMONT HOUSE Kuropcin and Airerlcnn I'inn. Meulu -'j ct��. Koouio from 25 ct*. to SI. Only White Help '���'mployrd, MALONK & TUEGILU'S, HakerSt., Nol'on. I'rop'iotors. MADDEN HOUSE BAKER AND WARD STREETS, NELSON, B.C. Centrally Located. Electric Lighted. HEADQUARTERS FOR TOURISTS AND OLD TIMERS. THOMAS MADDEN, Proprietor. BARTLETT HOUSE Josephine Street, Nelson. The best $1 per day house in Nelson. None but white help employed. The bar the best. G*. W- Bartlett - - Proprietor Queen's Hotel BAKER STREET, NELSON. Lighted by Elcerlclty and Heated with Hot Air. Large and comfortable bedrooms and first class dining room. Sample rooma for commercial men. RATES $2 PER DAY IVrs. E. 0. Clarke, ��� Proprietress 4 The Nelson Tribune The J. H. Ashdown Hardware Go. LIMITED IMPORTERS AND DEALERS SHELF AND HEAVY IN HARDWARE Fire Brick, Fire Clay, Portland Cement, T-Rails, Ore Cars, Sheet Steel, Crescent, Canton and Jessop's Drill Steel. Tinware and Graniteware. Stoves and Ranges. BAKER ST. NELSON B.O. r * * * * * F. Teetzel & 60. DEALERS IN DRUGS AND TOILET ARTICL: PATENT MEDICINES, SPONGES, PERFUMERY, ETC. S. , A .J. .J. .J. .J. A A A A A .J. A .J. .{. .J. A A A A A A A .J. .J. .J. A .J, .J. .J. -J. A A A .*. .J. A.[. ���J* ���I- * * * * * * * * * * * * A , rj�� ��j. ������� �������� �����*. .j. .j* �������� ��j�� -j* *j��i �������� *j�� ���$��� ��j�� ��j�� ���!��� ��j�� ��J�� ��J* Co. ESTABLISHED IN NELSON 1901 Jacob Dover, The Jeweller, Nelson, B. C. I am tho leader wherever diamonds and watches are sold in this country. My name is a synonym of prompt service, fair treatment and honest goods. ��� My stock for the fall and holiday trade is such as suits, all the patronage of this character. All ray lines have been selected with the utmost care. Tho wants of all customers, large and small, have been carefully considered. '���.*������ Customers always receive tho maxi-.., mum value for their money. My diamond and watcli stock never was larger or so attractive as this season. All mail, orders receive prompt and special attention. JACOB Baker Street DOVER Nelson, B. O. ��� ���' ���' ���' .- ���' ���' ������ ������ HOUSTON BLOCK. Wholesale and Retail Meat MCrChatltS Head Office and Cold Storage Plant at Nelson. Branch Markets at Kaslo, Ymir, Sandon, Silverton, Revelstoke, New Denver Cascade, Trail, Grand Forks, Greenwood, Midway, Phoenix, Rossland, Slocan City, Moyie, Cranbrooke, Fernie and Macleod. Nelson Branch Market, Burns Block, Baker Street. Orders by mail to any Branch will receive prompt and careful attention. .Cttfettt ********************* *���**w******************^ f tpan vnn CA.N ATTEND THE S CAN YOU 9th ANNUAL No Housekeeper Can flFFORD TO OVERLOOK THE PRICES we are offering on Groceries, Crockery, and G-lassware for tlie week"commencing September: 8th.,_W(^^ve_ane.:jDf_tli.eJ).est-. NOTICE. Kathleene mineral claim, situate In the Nelson Mining Division of West Kootenay District. Where located���Between Forty-nine and Eagle creeks, Nelson. Take notice that AVilliam N. Kolfe and Arthur E. Hodgins, Free Miners' Certi- Recorder shrtllu etaoin shrdlu cmfwypdrw ficate No. 500W, A. E. Hodgins, exempt, intend, sixty days from tho dale 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 .'!7, must bo commenced before the issuance of such CortillwUo of Improvement!*. Dated this 5th day of September, A. D. 1902. MARRIED. BENNY-CARMAN���At Sirdar, on thfi 3rd instant, by Rev. Dr. Wright of Nelson, at the residence of the bride's parents, George Bonny to Laura, eldest daughter of 1��. is. Carman, agent of the C. P. R. at Slnlar. Hi Hi Hi Qi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi id t_f Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi w Hi >�� 4. SPOKANE INTERSTATE FAIR Spokane, Wash. October 6th to 14th 1902, Inclusive. FINE EXHIBITS IN HORSES. HOGS. OATTLfi". SFIKKP Stock Fine Arts Exhibit Fruit Exhibits Eight Day Racing Agricultural Exhibits MINERAL EXHIBITS BIGGEST IN THK NORTHWEST BIG EVENT EACH DAY kIOU HURi-ES ENTfflllflD FARM PRODUCTS OE ALL KINDS $25,000 IN PREMIUMS Concession privileges of all kinds for sale, GEO. II. MARTIN, Mgr. and See'y. ���% ****** ********* ********* *** *** *** *** ****** ********* .** HlfST MUSIC���Amu'cmo-it Extraordinary Wriio for cntnio'iie. FRANK I.KMCR, Advertising Agent. m m f * m m m m * m m m m m-- m m m w * m m m m m fir &tocks in the Kootenay to choose from, and our prices will not "be equalled in this city for many moons. . It is a pleasure to us to show our goods, and we invite inspection. Remember our entire stock must go. See us before buying and our prices and goods will make you buy from us. Wiliiarn Hunter & Go. Aberdeen Block, Kelson. Open on Saturday U.til lOo'clocKpm. Ladies' Day Every Fay We Can Save You Money Byi TO RENT. FIVE-ROOM, house; electric lifjliled; all conveniences. Apply to Mrs. W. P. Robinson, Carbonate street, west. A AVEUj Furnished house of six rooms, for three months; piano; electric lights; all conveniences. Apply to Mrs. W. P. Robinson, Carbonate street, west. FURNISHED Rooms; from $5 to $7.50 per month. Apply to Mrs. Elizabeth Morice, Lake street, east of Cedar street. Purchasing Now PARLOR SUITES BRASS BEDSTEADS IRON BEDSTEADS ��� HALL RACKS MUSIC CABINETS WOMEN'S DESKS .tOCKERS AND CHAIRS SIDEBOARDS CHINA CLOSETS BUFFETS BOOK CASES PARLOR CABINETS CARPETS LINOLEUMS. D. McARTHUR & GO. % Baker and Ward Streets, Nelson, B. C. AAfVVVWWVVV'r