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P. \\VM.\nDAVIDSON.\nThe twenty-second and final day of\ntne sittings of the arbitration oourt\nunder the Lemieux act in the case of\nConsolidated Mining company and Its\nemployees regarding the rate of wages\nto be paid, came to an end yesterday\nafternoon at 4 o'clock. The arbitrators,\nP. E. WHson, J, A. Harvey and S. S.\nTaylor, went over the case with reference to their decision at a later hour\nand think It to be possible that some\nconclusion may be arrived at today.\nWhile the report itself will not be made\npublic, being sent under seal to tbe\nDepartment of Labor at Ottawa, the\nfindings will in all probability be made\nknown as Boon as they are arrived at.\nYesterday was occupied by hearing\nevidence given by tbe retailers and\nwholesalers of Nelson as to prices aud\ntheir increase or decrease during the\npast eight years and by hearing the addresses given by either side in presenting their respective sides of the case,\nit was noticeable that while a leading\nretailer placed the Increase In the price\nof his commodities as averaging 25 per\ncei... yet the wholesalers declared that\nthe rise made by themselves amounted\nto only 10 per cent, coming less than\nthat as a general average.\nThe addresses only occupied a couple of hours .a the afternoon although\nthere were B .yen heard. For the applicants to tn.\/court, who are the employees of t'te St. Eugene mine, T. Kelly, the pr| ijfint secretary of the local\nunion W. J... of M., made a good presentation Ik his case, standing firmly\nby his contentions and placing tueni belore the <ourt in an orderly and convincing tfihnner. He was seconded at\nshorter Vmgth by James Roberts, tha\nformer rftretary, and Anally the case\nwas would up by W. Davidson, who\nspoke aJtfome length and who pointed\nout thu ine matter at issue was not the\nnarrow one nominally presented and\nconcern ..fl not only the whole or the\nKooteiijr but the world generally.\nBroadr\/ the address was shaped so as\nto sho]\/ how the principles of socialism,\nas understood by Mr. Davidson, applied\nto the patter at issue and should, therefore, le considered by the arbitrators in\nmaking their decision. For the other\nBide W. H. Aldridge atone spoke. The\ngeneral manager of tne company contented himself with presenting and\nreading a written exposition of hiB case,\nwhich made the best of the material adduced in the evidence.\nThe flrst witness called at the sitting\nof tbe court, shortly before 10 o'clock\nyesterday morning, was H. Amas, tbe\nmanager of the Bell Trading company\nof this city, dealing ln retail groceries.\nMr. Amas said that since 1904 there had\nbeen a general rise in retail prices iu\nthis city of 26 per cent In some cases\n' the rise had not been as much but ln\n' other cases It went as high, as 40 and\n50 per cent.\nF. A. Starkey, wholesale dealer of\nproduce and president of the Nelson\nboard of trade, called, testified as to Increases. Butter and eggs had advanced\nsince 1900 10 per cent; smoked meat, 6;\nvegetables, the same. He ascribed the\nincrease to tne freight rates. As to the\nretail prices, Mr. Starkey could say\nnothing, although he understood that\nthey were dearer here than elsewhere.\nFreight rates Increased the cost as was\nshown ln the case or tomatoes. Tomatoes were charged 45 cents more a case\nto Nelson- from the east than to Vanoouver, while 30 cents waa a fair profit.\nGenerally speaking, freight rates were\nexorbitant to this part of the country.\nT. D. Stark, wholesale grocer, comparing prices between October, 1904, and\nDecember, 1907, gave the following percentages of increase: rolled oats, 30;\ncanned vegetables, 15; canned fruits, 5\nand less; salmon, steady; cream, steady;\nevaporated fruits, 6; flour, 10 (in the\nlast two years); bacon and ham, ti;\ncoffee and tea, steady. The general Increase was between 6 and 10 per cent.\nRecently his firm had dealt In some\nlines of clothing and within the last\ntwo years the following increase* had\nbeen marked: boots, 12; blankets, 3;\nmacklnawB, 7; overalls, steady; rubbers,\nsteady; shirtB and underwear, steady,\nJ. A. Macdonald, wholesaler lu fruit,\nBald there had been no increase In the\npast four years in fruits,\n1. G. Nelson, president of the wholesalers' association and manager of the\nStandard Furniture company, said that\nthere had been a general raise of about\n' 15 per cent In house furnishings between 1900 and 1907. Carpets had risen\n15 to 18 per cent; common tables and\nchairs, steady; high grade, 20; curtains and all cotton goods, 10; mattresses, 10; Iron beds, 20.\n\u25a0 Blake WUaon, representing p. Burns\nand company for the Interior of the\nprovince, said that tbere had been do\nincrease In the price of meats, except\nin mutton, about 10 per cent. Choicer\ncuts bad risen. On the other hand big\ncontracts were cheaper than tbey were\nln the old days. The same rate was\nmade to all hotels, mining and logging\ncamps and sawmills where halves and\nquarters of animals were bought as a\nminimum quantity. Bacon had risen\nlately one cent a pound, but again this\nwas dropping. Half a cent had beeu\ncut during the current month and a\nfurther drop in prices was to be looked\nfor all round. People during the good\ntimes had been living extravagantly.\nJ W. Holmes, mattress manufacturer,\nsaid that while cheaper goods had gone\nup in price the dearer lines had been\nlowered by substituting interior goods.\nCheap mattresses had gone up 17 per\ncent, higher grades only 10; kitchen\ncabinets, 25; lounges, 10; cots, 25;\nsprings, 16.\nThis ended the evidence and the court\nadjourned shortly after noon to sit\nagain In tbe afternoon at 145 o'clock.\nOn the opening of the afternoon session it was arranged that the applicants in the matter at issue, the employees should speak first, that the company should then reply and the miners\nhave a right to speak to that reply.\n(Continued on Page Three)\nticiElf TENDERS\nWINNIPEG   MORAL   REFORMERS   TO\nTAKE NEW STEP\nWILL   PREVENT    SALE    OF   KNOCK\nOUT DROPS\nWinnipeg, Dec. 20\u2014In consequence of reports that ln certain hotels in the city\nliquor' ls doped and men robbed while\nunder the Influence of \"knock out drops,\"\nIt waa learned today that the provincial\ngovernment had decided to take action\nwhich will have a tendency tft minimize\nsuch dangers In future. It Ih understood\nfrom enquiries made that competent officer-! of the government have arrived at the\nconclusion that the hotelmen are not themselves guilty of such conduct and that if\nlt Is done the fault lies with a few bartenders of a doubtful diameter. Instructions havo been Issued it Is undeistood\nto mako every possible enquiry and if any\ndoped liquor Is found that the license of\nthe hotel be cancelled at once. It ls said\nthat the government, so as to get at the\nbartender difficulty has practically decided to Introduce a measure during the next\nBesslon of the house providing for the licensing ot all bartenders ln the province.\nThe new lay will require all bartenders\nto bo properly licensed and guaranteed as\nto character. A bartender without a license will not be allowed to be employed\nIn Manitoba. It Is thought that, such a\nmeasure will keep out an undesirable\nclass of bartenders and thus prevent doping of liquors, To poison a drink, three\ndrops of dope Is all that la required to\neffectively put a man out ot business for\nsome hours, and so small a quantity can\nvery easily be put ln a glass unnoticed\nby customers.\nTwo meetings were held by the executive of the UcenBed hotel keepers association of Manitoba, At each of these the\ncharges of administrating knockout drops\nmado at a recent board of control conference, were considered. It was the feeling of the meeting that the charges should\nbe Investigated and punishment meted out\nIf adequate proof could be obtained.\nBoth mayor Ashdown and Mrs, Margaret\nScott have been requested to furnish the\nassociation with full details of any cases\nof disreputable practices that have come\nunder their notice and on receipt uf them\nthe association will ask the government\nto take up the matter, Should no definite charges be forthcoming the association will take steps of it own to find out\nwhat truth Is behind the allegations.\nThe \/ii'lc authorities are about to Institute -\/\/determined campaign for the extermination of the smoke nuisance in Winnipeg. (Acting on Instructions from the city\ncoun\/ll the health department will send on\nInpefjor to evt.y firm and Individual\nbun\/ng soft coal ln large quantities. The\nInspector will present each offender with\na c\u00aby of the bylaw and Inform him that\nnegfsct or refusal to comply with the\nmeilure will result In nn Information being! laid agalnBt him, The penalty for infringement of the bylaw la |50 and costs\njot exceeding 21 days In jail.\nFie board of control decided to place\nthj [lamps secured from England for Uie\nPUvobo of destroying sewer gas ln man-\nlit  s, at once.\nHOCKEY  NOTES\n1 Innlpeg, Dec. 20\u2014It ls learned on good\naf ;iority that there  . more than a pos.l-\nily of a motion being brought up at the\nmeeting of the Manitoba hockey league\ntonight barring Joe Hall, the Maple Leaf\nforward from playing In the leageu. This\nIs a result of the _typple Llaf-Winnlpeg\ngamejast night, In which Hnll laid out\nCharlie Tobln. Last season Portage entered a vigorous protest against Hall playing and it Is hinted that Joe haa played\nhis last game In the Manitoba hockey\nleague.\nMontreal, Dec. 20\u2014 Ernie Russell, denies\nthat he will leave the Montreal hockey\nteam to Join the Wanderers In their trip\nto Winnipeg. The Montreal hockey club\nwill attempt to have QIbsb and Johnson\nexpelled from the eastern hockey league.\nGlass and Johnon have left Montreal ne-\nfore the Wanderers so they will not hnve\nto appear at the meeting. It Is also stated that Small will accompany the Wanderers west when they leave tomorrow\nmorning.\nBURNS AND PALMER\nLondon, Dec. 20\u2014February l has heen\nfixed as the date for the fight between\nTomy Burns, the champion heavyweight\npugilist of the world and Jack Palmer of\nNewcastle. The battle will be fought at\nWonderland, Whltcchapcl and besides the\ntitle, lt will be for a Bide bet of $6000.\nflan Francisco, Ij..\\ 20\u2014Squires was\nknocked out ln the sixth round here tonight by Jim Flynn,\nHELD_SECRET\nProceedings   in   Camera\nAgainst Eulenberg\nPRESS IS NOT ADMITTED\nSCANDAL SESSIONS IN THE HAR-\nDEN-VON MOLTKE LIBEL SUIT\nIN BERLIN \u2014 DEFENDANT SO\nFAR HAS HAD NO CHANCE TO\nREHABILITATE  HIMSELF.\nBerlin, Dec. 20\u2014Emperor William who is\nfollowing the evidence taken in the Har-\nden-von Moltke libel suit with the utmost\nattention, today sent to the court house,\nlieutenant Proetnel \"Vonder Hoello of the\nfusiliers, as a special representative, In\norder to secure a full and impartial report\nof the proceedings.\nThe judges decided to permit the lieutenant to remain In court when the remainder of the public was excluded and he\nwas thus enabled to obtain the details of\nthe trying ordeal which Philip Zu Eulenberg underwent during the secret session\nthis afternoon, when he remained three\nhours on the witness Btand. Owing to the\nutter exclusion of the press and the public from the session and the close secrecy\nobserved by all persons connected with\nthe trial, no statements on which reliance can be placed are obtainable, regarding the testimony adduced.\nFrau von Elbe was nlso on the witness\nstand for an hour and a half. When she\nentered the court she was pale and nervous but when she left her face was flushed and she seemed to be excited. It Is understood that she was much more reserved\nln her statement today than at the former trial.\nCount Kuno von Moltke, who was present\nthroughout the session and who ls said\nto have been examined, when he left the\ncourt room looked far more cheerful than\nhitherto had been the case.\nThe reports In circulation that all further proceedings of the suit will be held\nin Camera, have caused general disapproval for the opinion prevails that count\nKuno von Moltke should be given an opportunity Jo rehabilitate himself before\nthe public, which heard the terrible charges\nbrought against him at the previous trial.\nIt Is iposslble that the judges, In whom\nlies the decision to have public or secret\nhearings, may decide nt a later period to\nreopen the court to the public, Tiie case\nIs expected to continue until Dec. 24.\nCLOSED FOR HOLIDAYS\nSCHOOL FIGURES IN DETAIL FOR DECEMBER\nWILSON   BANNER   IS   WON   BY   MISS\nMILLIGAN'S   CLASS\nThe city schools closed at noon yesterday for the Christmas holidays and will\nreopen on Jan. 6.\nAt the public school the class rooms were\ndecorated for the occasion by the pupils\nand during the morning mnny visitors, including the school trustees, were present\nand Inspected the classes. Principal Sullivan was presented with a handsome dressing case by the pupils of his class and\nall the teachers received mementoes ot\nsome sort from the pupils.\nThe Wilson banner for nhe month was\nwon by division 7, Miss C. Mltllgn's class\nThe enrolled attendance far the month\nwas 528, and the actual average attendance\nwas 48G.0S. These figures Include the high\nnnd public schools and Hume school.. The\nfigures for December In detail arc ns follows:\nHIGfl SCHOOL\nEnrol.    Att.       P.C.\nDivision 1    SO        18.30       91.50\nDivision 2     20        18.63        93.15\nTotal , 40 30.93 92.32\n.    PUBLIC SCHOOL\nEnrol..  Att. P.C.\nDivision 1    24 E2.80 95.00\nDivision 2    30 27.20 90.60\nDivision   3     -S 35.17 92.55\nDivision 4    41 39.17 95.53\nDivision 5   52 47,00 90.50\nDivision 6    44 40.97 93.11\nDivision 7   35 33.73 96.37\nDivision 8   51 47.96 0..OJ\nDivision 9   35 29.93 *5.43\nDivision  10    51 47.73 93.59\nTotal  401       371.75 92.70\nHUME SCHOOL\nEnrol.    Att. P.C.\nDivision 1     30        28.00 93.23\nDivision 2     57        49.40 8..M\nTotal     87        77.40       88.96\nThe list of those who attended perfeclly\n,nt the public school throughout December\nIs  as   follows:\nDivision 1 A,. Sullivan, principal\u2014Le ttie\nAnnable, Mnbck Astley, Bertha Barker,\nBeatrice Ebbs, Clyde Emory, Enid Etter,\nErmo Ferguson, Hugh Fletcher, Harry\nGlbbs, Arthur Gilker, Hugh Gunn, Willie\nGunn, David Hardle, Charles Pearcy,\nHarry Pitts, Maud Simons, Mabel Steele,\nBlna Taylor, Camson Waters.\nDivision 2, MIbb K. Scanlan, teacher-\nRuth WilliamB, Paul Bard, Elsie Beck, Ida\nZuehlke, Mnry Donaldson, Marlon Wade,\nAnna Palmqulst, Edna Graves, Mabel\nMahnstrom, Hester Pierre, John FergUBon,\nBert Donnldson, Fred Morlce, Clifford Irving, Frank Pcgue, Francis Garde, Keith\nKettlewt.ll, Francis Garde, Howard Drewry\nDivision 3, Miss Edith S. DeBou, teacher\n\u2014Beatrice Amas, Gertrude Annable, Arthur Alban, Frank Ebbutt, Amy Ebbutt,\nWaldo Ferguson, Ada Helstrom, Elizabeth\nIngram, Louis Johnstone, Alfred Manson.\nArthur Marks, Gladys McDonald, \"ttelcn\nMcArthur, Lula McVicar, George-Norman,\nMilton Newitt, Grace Patrick, Almlda\nPalmqulst, Alice, Swannell, Emma, Svoboda, Clifford Steeper, Edmund Traves,\nMary, Taylor, Rachel Wilson, Edward\nMurphy, Alex Wadsworth, Beulah Thomson,  Lorne McCandllsh.\nDivision 4, Miss Thomas, teacher\u2014Laurence Amas, Esther Bard, Donald Blac.k\nLeila Buggln-, Berenice Cummins, Annie\nDonaldson, Hardlo Francis, Maud Heppell,\nMildred Irvine, Mata Kreyecher, Ruth\nManhart, May Manson, Earle Marks, Vernon Montgomery, Kathleen Montgomery,\nery, Edna Murphy, Rita McCutcheon, Bruce\nMacdonald, Edgar Mltz, Hilda Palmqulst,\nNellie Richardson, Maud Riley, Charlie\nRiley, Edith Ross, Frederlca Starkey, Hazel Thomson, Charlie Traves, Esther Williams,  Louise Waters, Fergus Park.\nDivision 5, Miss L, Wade, teacher\u2014Mabel\nAllen, George Amas, Ray Alban, Eric\nBeeston, Marjorie Black, Helen Boyd,\nCharles Bradshaw, Everett Brusch, John\nCraig, Stella Dynes, Gwenlllan Cummins,\nNorman Hall, Carl Hamilton, Lillian Hamilton, Kathleen Irving, Jack Leslie, Alex.\n(Lldgnte, Charles, iLur.la, Clarence ,Mc-\nKeown, Alice McGregor, Rebecca McDonald, Hazel Newitt, Hilton Nagle, Myrtle\nPalmqulst, Violet Ross, Arthur Simons,\nHelen ,Walker, Nellie Wadsworth, Bertie\nWhitehead, Charljrt .Wilkinson, William\nGouldlng.\nDivision 6, Miss M, L. Moffatt, teacher\n\u2014Fred Burchell, ,Esmer Cavanaugh, Myrtle, Darough, Robert Dinwoodle, Isabel\nDevlin, John Ebbutt, Isabel Forln, Joseph\nGouldlng, Clifton, Hodge Leslie Litchfield\nJohn Lawson Aggie Leslie, Muriel Marks,\nGladys McKeown, Eileen MeKen.ie, Victor\nMastberg, Hamilton Neelands, Esther McCoy, Jeannle Robb, Bernard Schermerhorn,\nFrank Siemens, Isabel Thomson, Lottie\nTaylor, Marion Waldle, John Waldle, Jasper Wolverton.\nDivision 7, Miss C. Mllllgan, teacher-\nChristina Allen, Alexnnder Ballam, Helen\nBalllie, Joy Cummins, Bernlce DeWltt,\nGladys Dinwoodle, Marjorie Ingram, Dan\nJones, Agnes Lawson, Ethel McGregor,\nCharles Middleton, Claude Miller, Lydia\nMurphy, Lillian McPherson, Guy Patrick,\nJoseph Riley, Ruby Richardson, Ruth,\nTaylor Clayton Walley, Arthur Wilkinson.\nCatherine Wallach, Frank Wallace, Rose\nGarde Violet Garde, Lilly Larson, Francis\nWolverton,  Laura MoEachren.\nDivision 8, Miss M. Taylor, teacher-\nViolet Boyes, Gordon Bradshaw, Harry\nBurchell, Edith Cavanaugh, Tony DeFerro,\nAllan Dllle, Earl Hall, Emmet Hamilton\nMargaret Hnmilton, Ethel Hodge, Harold\nHodge, Newton Powell, Herbert Jordon,\nIrene Laughton, Ronald Lldgate, Frank\nLucia, Mary Mills, May Ratcllffe, Mabel\nStevens, Charlie Tidy, Gregg Thomson,\nFrancis Whitehead, Willie Wilson, Gladys\nYoung, Lfllle Devlin, Hannah, Westpath,\nIngold Schermeihorn, Edith McPhee, John\nBallan,   Pauline Devlin.\nDivision 9, Miss McVicar, teacher\u2014Nelson Ball, Jack Dinwoodle, David Douglass,\nCarlton Duck. Douglas Forin, Ira Hall,\nJennette Hnnnnh, iRoy Hodge, Stewart\nHouston, Percy Marks, Lillian McDonald,\nBessie McKenite, Muriel Monroe, Teddy\nThurman, Willie Wallach, Wilfrid Wilde.\nDivision 10, Miss Thorn, teacher\u2014Charlie\nAdes, Chester Bradshow, Hector Blakey,\nIsabel Blackwood, William Craig, Bestjie\nWolverton, Hugh Davidson, Kate Darough\nElla, Donnldson, Howard Duck, Norman\nDouglas, Jack MoPhee, Emll Fletcher,\nReggie Gallagher, Freda Hume, Elsie\nHodge, Fred Irvine, Eva Irwin, Fred Johnson, Constance Joy, Howard Murphy, Edward McGregor, Mary Shaw, Albert Skel-\nton, Leonard Thompson, John Wallach,\nAudrey Moe.\nHUME SCHOOL\nThc following pupils at the Hume school\nwere perfect in attendance during the\nmonth of December:\nDivision 1, Miss Bate, teacher\u2014Freda\nBullock, Helen Balding, John Balding, Roy\njudges, Tony Habegarde, Nelson Jackson,\nArthur Maurer, Murdo McLeod, Rhoda\nMcGregor, Edith Gilchrist, Ruby Gilchrist\nElizabeth Lynch, Bruco Gilchrist, Charlotte Rlngrose, Telesphore Marquis, Thor-\nvald Hansen, Mary Williamson, Leslie\nBealby, Norah Hopkins.\nDivision No. 2, Miss McLennan, teacher\n\u2014.Frank Brldcot, Ella 'Brown, Syd Deslreau, Leo Deslreau, Vera Gilchrist, Esther\nHabegarde, Freddy Hartwlck Doris Hed-\ndie, Farquhar Hodgln, Earl Jackson, Leonard, Jackson, John Jerome, Tommy Jerome, Angus McLeod, Gladys McPhee Myr-\ntle McPhee, Grace Maurer, James Ring-\nrose,, Walter Rynan, Aline Weber, GMdys\nRandall, Willie Reld, Lawrence Hopper.\nStanley St. George. Charlie Peterson Carrie H'.pklns, Florence Hopkins, Lizzie Hopkins.\nHIGH SCHOOL AT HOME\nThe pupils and scholars of the Nelson\nhigh school were At Home to their friends\nlast evening and the reputation of the\nschool for the providing of an entertnlnlng\nevening was certainly upheld at this annual event. The atentdancc was a record of such functions and the program\nwas unprecedenledly varied. Of the daintiness and wealth of the decorations, if\never before equalled, they certainly were\nnever surpassed.\nThis year the parents of all the pupils\nwere Invited and many of them showed,\ntheir interest In the younger generation\nby attending. The guests began to arrive\nshortly after 8 o'clock and despite the\nJuvenility of the pnrty they had not dona\ncoming at an hour long after ten p.m.\nSeveral literary contests were In full swing\nand the winners, Miss Vera McLeod and\nFrank Nott received great credit as did\nalso the musical contestant.\nPrincipal FraBer gave an illustrated lecture In the upper halls while the lower\nwere filling up with a dancing crowd.\nCards and gamca of chance followed. Refreshments were served shortly after 11\no'clock and at a little after midnight the\nguests departed, the attendance being nearly 200.\nNO COERCION\nRoosevelt Orders Troops\nFrom Goldfields\nW.F.M. WILL KEEP PEACE\nMINERS' ORGANIZATION REPUDIATED BY OPERATORS-ARRIVAL OF NON-UNION MEN IN\nCAMP IS ATTENDED WITH LITTLE TROUBLE\u2014ANXIOUS SITUATION.\nWashington, D, C\u201e Dec. 20.\u2014President\nRoosevelt today directed tbe withdrawal\nof the United States troops stationed at\nGoldfield, Nev., on Monday, December\n30, next\nGoldfield, Dec. 20.\u2014President Roosevelt's order removing the federal troops\nIrom Goldfleld on Decemebr 20 today,\ncaused consternation among the mine-\nowners and residents of Goldfleld. The\nnews was received at noon and during\ntbe afternoon conferences were held by\ncaptain Cox, the representative of governor Sparks in Goldfleld, colonel Reynolds, commanding the federal troops,\nand representatives of the mlneowners.\nThe people of Goldfleld are greatly apprehensive that trouble will come when\nthe troops depart and there will be great\npressure brought to bear on the president to countermand hts order as to at\nleast a portion of the troops.\nThe union leaders Bay thoy will do\ntheir utmost to  maintain peace.\nThe Goldfield mlneowners' association\nrefused today to recognize the Western\nFederation of Miners as a labor organization, or to deal with the local miner-'\nunion as a body.\nFifty strikebreakers arrived frtm California today. They were in charge of\ndetectives and guides, anu were taken to\nthe temporary boarding house which has\nbeen erected at the mine for them. Many\nmembers of the Western Federation of\nMiners were gathered at the station, hut\nbeyond the passage of some uncomplimentary remarks, nothing occurred.\nTRADE FOR THE WEEK\nWHOLESALERS HAVE DONE A GOOD\nBUSINESS\nMONEY SITUATION SHOWS SOME IMPROVEMENT\nMontreal, Dec. 20\u2014Bradstreets tomorrow will say:\nHoliday trade Is now the foiture of all\nretail business and the spirit of thc season ls proving un Importnnt stimulation\nWholesalers of holiday goods have done\na good business nnd are now awaiting\nthe retail distribution. Geneiul wholesale\nbuslnes Is naturally quiet as tho stock\nmarking season approaches. A large trade\nhas been done In grocorlse, which are\nnow quiet. Building Is innctlve and and\nmaterials quiet. The money situation\nshows some easing but there is still great\nroom for Improvement. Collections alBO\nmight be better. Business failures for the\nweek number \u00ab against 60 last week and\n20 ln tills week lost year,\nThe weekly bank cleo-ings for the week\nending Dec. 20 are as follows:\nInc.    Dec.\nMontrenl    t2R,307.OOO     .;..     2..T\nToronto   _3,923,0(\u00bb     ....     13.0\nWnnlpeg    14,133,000     H.0     ....\nVancouver       3,479,000      8.5     ....\nOttawa     3,036,000     ....       7.0\nHalifax       _.00l,0Q0     ....       2.1\nQuebec       2,247,000      2.5     ....\nHamilton       1,680,000     ....     M.8\nSt.   John       1,341,000      8.0     ....\nLondon       1.S48.0M     ...      10.0\nVictoria     1,140,000     ....       1.8\nCalgary      1,297,000     ....     10.6\nEdmonton       887,000     ....       1.8\nMURDER AND SUICIDE\nNEW YORK BROKER KILLED BY A\nCLIENT     .\nASSAILANT     THOUGHT     HIMSELF\nWORTH    MILLIONS\nNew York, Dec. 20.\u2014James H. 01}*-\nphant, Benlor member of the Btock exchange firm of James H. Olyphant and\ncompany, was Hound dying at hts office today from a bullet wound inflicted\nby Charles A Qelger, a customer from\nBeaufort, S. C\u201e who, after tiring upon\nOlyphant, killed himself.\nThe men were closeted In Olyphant'B\nprivate office at the time, and ail tbat\nis known of what immediately preceded the shooting was learned from the\nlips of the dying broker. Olyphant said\nthat his refusal to extend credit tu Gei-\nIger caused the trouble.\nThe reason ls believed, however, that\nGelger had become mentally irresponsible. A note book found upon his person contained computations hy which\nthe writer had apparently figured he\nwould be worth 12,000,000 on January 1,\n1008. He actually possessed, so far as his\npersonal effects showed, less than $U.\nGelger owed the Oiyphanta |5,000 and\nhad been called on for a settlement.\nHe called at their office today and after\nexplaining that he could not meet hi.\nobligations, asked  tnat further credit\nbe extended to him to carry 1,000 shares\nof a certain stock until a rise in the\nprice should yield him a profit. The\nproposition was refused and tbe shooting followed. The offices of James H,\nOlyphant and company are at 20 Broad\nstreet, in the centre of tbe financial district, and the shooting caused a sensation In the street and temporarily interrupted the business of the curb brokers.\nBeaufort, Dec. 20.\u2014C, A. Geiger, who\nshot J. H. Olyphant In New York today,\nlived here for two years. He was uncommunicative, never drank and seemed\nto live an abstemious, simple and regular life. He spent many years abroad\nand on coming back to Beaufort in January, 1906, he told friends here that he\nwas at one time court physician to King\nMenelik of Aosylnnla.\nFOR MUNICIPAL OFFICE\nLABOR  MEN   TO   MEMORALIZE   THE\nPREMIER\nASK THAT CIVIL SERVANTS MAY BE\nCANDIDATES\n(Special to The Daily News.)\nOttawa, Dec. 20\u2014The local Trades and\nLabor council has decided to memorallze\nsir Wilfrid Laurler, askln that no difficulty be placed in the way of government\nemployees running for municipal offices\nand that the heads of departments bo\nallowed to settle all questions which might\narise In the event of civil servant becoming candidate for an office in civic government.\nThe question arises out of the candidacy\nof P. M. Draper, secretary of the Dominion\n(Labor congress, for the controllershtp.\nHe Is employed ln the government printing bureau.\nAFTER MONETARY TIMES\nVANCOUVER CITY COUNCIL WANT A\nRETRACTION\nPLANTERS     REFUSE     TO     'ACCEPT\nHINDU  LABOR\n(Special to The Dally News)\nVancouver, Dec. 20\u2014The city counoll tonight directed tlieir solicitor to immediately demand retraction of the alleged libelous article appearing ln the current issue of the Monetary Times, as well as\npublications copying the same. The article consisted of a leading editorial dealing with the recent sale of Vancouver\ndebentures.\nAlexander and Baldwin, sug.ir planter*,\ncontrolling 20 plantations in Hawaii, have\nnotified local parties, making approaches\nfor shipments of Hindus In the province\nfor plantation work, stating that such\nclass of Inbor would not be acceptable.\nThe low standard of living nnd the uncleanly habits of the Hindus mnde them\ndisliked. The owners will probably replace\nthe Japnnese coming into Canada ths year\nwith Spaniards or Portugese labor.\nGREATEST  DEPOSITORY\nHALDANE REFERS TO THE BANK OF\nENGLAND\nBRITISH FINANCIAL SYSTEM BEST IN\nTHE WORLD\nEdinburgh Dec. 20\u2014In a speech tonight\nMellaril Burden Hntdnne, Secretary of\nstate, compared the British and American\ncredit, having reference to the prophesies\nof il few years back that within measurable time the centers of the money market and the sources of credit would migrate  to New York.\nMr. Haldane snid that the Americans\nhad Just shown an Instinct for hoarding\nwith the result that the banks had no reserves. In Great Britain, on the contrary, all money was placed lu banks and\nthence with thc Bnnk of England, creating a reserve on whleh the credit ot tlie\nwhole world could depend. Tliat was a\nremarkable outcome of a remarkable instinct, In- declared. Perhaps It was just\nheat us _ th. British govt ni ment did not\nsuperintend the country's credit arrangements, that the arrangements were the\nmost successful of any of the nations.\nThc bank of England, the speaker added,\nw.is a private concern, yet it always sue-\nceeded In maintaining Its universal character of being the greatest depository In\nthe   whole   civilized   world.\nBRITISH SQUADRONS\nOld Story About Fleet Coining to  Esqul-\n\u2022 mult Again Revived\nLondon, Dec. 20\u2014According to the Stnn-\ndnrd, the admiralty has decided to establish next May, the Pacific and North Atlantic squadrons, the base of the former\nbeing At  l-x|ii.iiialt.\nCOMING TO B. C.\nPortngc la Piulrie, Doc. 20\u2014John R. McDonald, one of the old timers of the plains\nwho 1\u00ab leaving with Mrs. McDonald to\nreside In Urltlsh Columbia, wns given ft\nbanquet at the Albion hob'1 hy his inflny\nfriends nnd presented with a gold locket\nand chain, accompanied by an address.\nEX-M.P.P. DEAD\nQuebec, Dec. 20\u2014Felix Carbrny, n prominent cltlj.cn nnd consul for Portugal, died\nthis evening, He at one lime represented\nQuebec In the legislature. He wns n harbor commissioner. He leaves three sons\nand  threo daughters.\nDEBENTURES SOLD\nPrince Albert, Dec. 30\u2014The sale of    the\n$100,000 of city debentures to the Imperial\nhank was concluded today at IM 1-2.\nA JAPjAGUE\nMikado Declares Peace With\nall the World\nNEW IMMIGRATION VIEWS\nJAPS MAINTAIN THAT WITH AN\nEXPOSITION IN SIGHT THERE\nCANNOT BB ANY FOUNDATION\nIN THE RUMOR THAT THEY\nARE   DESIRIOUS OF  WAR.\nTokio, Dec. 20\u2014At tho banquet tonight\nof the American Friends' association, of\nwhich count Kaneko Is the head ana which\nleads tho movement for an international\nexposition, to be held here in 1912, count\nKaneko made a declaration of Japan's desire to pursue peace with the Asiatics and\nall countries ln the world. If Japan entertained tho least idea of warlike preparations, the nations would not be invited to-\nparticipate, as preparations for wnr and_\nan International exposition at the same\ntime were incompatible, the one working\nfor the destruction of pence and the other \u25a0\nIn the pursuit thereof. \"President Roosevelt,\" said the count, \"is the warmest and'\ngreatest friend of Japan.\"\nAmbassador OBrlen's reply was interpreted as an important pronouncement:\n\"The United Stntes,\" ho sold \"had nothing\nthat Japan cares to take by force. On\nthe other hand, the United States had no \u25a0\nwish to own any of the fair acres of Japan. The purpose nnd plans of the Japanese people, no one can question and it.\nought not be necessary to continue thft\nrepetition of denials from sources of the\nhighest authorities In both countries lEtat\nnothlng exists between them except harmony and good will.\"\nThe delay In closing the emigration negotiations between Japan and Canada wan-\ndue to the claim of the Canadian governu-\nment through commissioner Lemleux, that\nprior to Canada becoming a party to thc\ntreaty of alliance It wus specifically guaranteed by a representative o fthe Japanese\nthat emigration of laborers to Canada\nshould be limited to 600 yearly. The Japanese government It is satd now repudiates this action.\nDISTRESSING OCCURRENCE\nUpton, Sask., Dec. 20.\u2014A deaf antl\ndumb couple, resident here, are plunged\nIn grief over a most distressing occurrence. They awoke in the morning to\nfind that their infant child had been\nsmothered during the night In some\nmanner. Both parents being deaf, the\nnoise, if any, made by the little victim\ncould not arouse them.\nBRITISH IMMIGRANTS\nOttawa, Dec. 20.\u2014The English immigrant was the subject of a debate by\nthe St. George's society tonlghl. A resolution was parsed and sent to the English papers expressing confidence lu\nBritish immigrants for farm work, but\ndenouncing interested agent's sending\nwinter or fall shipments of unfit newcomers,\nGLACE HAY REFORM '\nSydney, Dec. 20\u2014A report Is current th-'U'\nan Investigation into the financial affairs \u25a0\nof the town of Glace Buy will shortly tako\nplace and that thfl Bnrclilll Conl company,,\nwhich is the largest tax payer In the town\nwlll be the parties who will ask for the enquiry. It Is thought the whole peiiod .tactile town beo&mo Incorporated will bo\ncovered by the pioposcd inquiry.\nBORN ON TRAIN\nToronto!, Dec. 20.\u2014On the train from\nCobalt to Toronto which arrived here\nlitis morning, Mrs. P. H. Fullerton, of\nNew Llskeard, who was coming to the\ncity, gave birth to a child in the stateroom of one of the Pullmans There waa\nn physician on board, and mother and\nchild were doing well when the train\nreached the city.\nSTRIKE OF NITRATE MINERS\nSantiago, Dec. 20.\u2014Thc strike of nitrate workers continues to grow and totlny every another plant is shut down.\nThe nitrate business being one of the\nprincipal resources of the country, serious complications ure likely to follow\nthe paralysis of this Industry.\nFOR LABELLE\nOttawa,   Dec.   'JO\u2014Captain   II.   11.   Cameron, has retired from the nominees Cor\nliberal candidate for Labelle leaving only\nC. B. Major as the definite candidate\nat present. The probability are still unknown In the constituency though the nominations are on Monday. It ls still\nthought Mr. Bourassa may run.\nRECORD TRIP\nSt. John, Dec. 20\u2014The C.P.R. steamer\nt_.ttipreis Of Ireland, broke the record for\nthe trip from Halifax, when she arrived\nhere today, having gone the distance In\n1. 1-2 hours. Forty-nine minutes later,\nthe Overseas train left with the mall, another record.\nTWO-CENT RATE\nOttawa, Dec. 20\u2014 The G. T. P. will\napply to parliament for the repeal ot\nthe penny-n-mile rate between Montreal\nand Toronto, Imposed In the original\ncharter.\nFAMOUS   DRESSMAKER   ni.AD\nrmh,   Dec.   _0\u2014M,   PaqUln, the   ruinous\ndressmaker, is dead.\n PAGE TWO\n*%*x* SoUjj |tew*.\nSATURDAY     DECEMBER 21.\n1 ,<ws\u00bb\u00bb\u00ab\u00bb3s;wssws{sws\u00ab\u00ab8<w\u00ab xs&sssssssssmstsss&st&i-ssmsmss&stna\nTHE HUDSON'S BAY STORES\nHEADQUARTERS EOR\nXMAS CHEER\nFrom the British Isles, from France, Germany, Holland, Spain, Italy\nPortugal, Palestine, Sweden Norway Denmark and Russia, trom Eastern\nCanada and tho United States. .\nWe have imported direct to Nelson\nTheir best products, ln Choice Household Groceries, Provisions and\nWines and Spirits. Nothing required to suit the wants of Bhe daintiest\nappetite, has been omitted. \u2022\nOranges, Smyrna Figs, Seedless\nRaisins, Bananas, Dates, Cleaned\nCurrants, Malaga Grapes, Table Raisins (Royal Buckingham) Choice\nTable Apples, Table Raisins, (Connoisseur) Frenoh Candled Peels.\nTom Smith's Crackers.\nHuntley and  Palmer's Biscuits.\nHuntley and Palmer's Xmas Cakes\nassorted In 1 and 2 lb. tins.\nCodbury's King Edward Chocolates,  assorted sizes.\nRowntree's Emperor Chocolates,\nassorted sizes,\nFry's Alexandra Olaooolates, assorted sizes.\nVarious other English Chocolates.\nDairy Milk Chocolate.\nPaacall's Toffee and other Confectionery.\nCrosse and Biaekwell's Plum Pud-\ndingo, in 1, 2 and a lbs,\nCrosse and Blaokwsll's Soups, Catsups, Sauces, Pickles, and Relishes,\nPotted Meats and Fish, including\nWhole Roast pheasants, Fatted\nLarks, Breast of G-rouse, Game\nPates, Curried Fowl, Curried Lobster, Curried Prawns and Calf\nTongues.\nBottled Fruits and Marmalades,\nExtracts and Spices.\nMince Meats and Jelly powders.\nSpanish Chestnuts.\nFresh Walnuts, whole and shelled,\nJordan Almonds, whole and ehellod\nFilberts. ;\nPeanuts.\nChildren's Xmas Stockings are expected to arrive within a day or two\nWINES and SPIRITS\nThe world's finest Wines and Liquors are contained ln our wine vaults\nright here ln Nelson. Our Own Hudson's Bay Bottling and Our Special\nImportations are celebrated throughout the country.\nQUALITY, PURITY and VALUE is .Our Motto\nMEN'S FURNISHINGS and BOOTS and SHOES\nAll goods in there lines are brond new, having been imported from the\nfactories within tlie last three months. No old styles or \"have beens.\"\nEverything ihlght up to date; nice, neat and natty. Wo buy in immense\nquantities and for spot cash and our customers get the full benefit of\nthese extra large and special discounts, which cosh buying seures. We\ntherefore offer all goods at\nVERY LOW PRICES\nMEN'S AND BOYS CLOTHING\nIn thla we have a very large stock to select from, all of the latest styles\ncuts and patterns. Sootch Worsted, English Tweeds, French Diagonal\nSerges and practically aU known materials are rcprea-ntod.\nWe expect, in a day or two, direct from Europe, one of tho smartest\ncollections of MEN'S FANCY Vests ever shown on tills side of the big\nwater. Men's and boy's Shirts In all materials, colors, styles and tuaUttes;\nMen's Cardigan Jackets, Men's and Boys Underwear, Collars and Neckties,\nGloves, Mitts. Men's Halt Hose, German Socks and everything pertaining\nto Men's Furnishings, wo etter in endless variety.\nBOOTS AND SHOES\nHere we pride ourselves. The quantity of our goods and the prices at\nwhich we are enabled to sell them, readily explains the magnificent success which has crowned our efforts ln these lines. For wont of space\nwe can only state that our stock comprises full lines of MEN'S, WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S BOOTS AND SHOES, SLIPPERS, Etc., and\nthat lt represents tihe best Canadian and American makes.\nWe carry Ranchers' Campers' Miners', Prospectors' and Lumbermen's\nSupplies. Warm clothing for work ln the bush or ranch and suitable footwear are specialties with us. {\nHAY, FLOUR AND FERD\nA visit to our Stores, Baker and Stanley streets, will agreeably surprise\nand please you. We do not advertise any special Bargain Mornings or\nBargain Afternoons, for at this store.\nEvery Day is a Bargain Day, And Every Counter is a Bargain Counter\nA\u00a3SSS__&S\u00ab-3_S_-_S55J$5$SS^\nlj&*FX&&P^^ ^tfffl^fflW>.\nGALBRAITH COAL\nCapital $250,000.00\n1,000,000 25c Shares\nOffers to investors a safe and sure investment. Tbey are shipping 200 tons\nper day at the present time, and will soon join the list ot dividend payers.\nWe have a few thousand shares of this stock for sale, at 27c per share.\nFull   particulars on application.     Correspondence solicited.\nMIGHTON & CAVANAUGH\nDrawer 1D82.\nBROKERS\nNELSON. B. C.\nPhon 111.\n\u00a9he fatly |Uw\u00bb.\nPublished at Nelson Every Morning\nExcept Monday, by\nF. J. D-JANE *\nSUBSCRIPTION RATES\n\u00a9ally, per year, by mall  $5.00\nBally, per month, by carrier 60\nAll Subscriptions Payable ln Advance\nMAKE A STUDY OP MINING\nJ. B, Tyrrell, the well known explorer, in a recent address before the Canadian Institute tn Toronto, put up a\nstrong plea for greater attention being\npaid to tbe mineral resources of the\ncountry. The present United Btatea\nproduction of mineral is about twenty\ntimes greater than that ot Canada, and\nair. Tyrrell hopes to Bee this Inequality overcome before the close of the century if Canadians wake up. In the\n\u25a0course of his remarks Mr. Tyrrell satd\nthat probably one-half of Canada was\nlimited to mineral ores for the po__lble\nproduction of wealth, and consequently\nour national progress depended very\nlargely on their discovery and development, while it became the positive duty\nof all good Canadians to take an Intelligent Interest in mining affairs.\nThose who invested ln mining company shares merely to play the market were not acting as the frlenda of\nthe mining industry, but were simply\nintroducing into what was a very considerable industrial enterprise, the\nworst methods of the real estate agent.\nIf they wished to be true friends of\nthla great Industry, they should give a\nreasonable amount of time to the careful study of the subject iby reading\nstandard works and magazines on mining. The readers ln the public schools\nshould Also contain authoritative descriptive articles, in order that the children might learn something of the great\nheritage of mineral wealth awaiting\nthem for development. Lectures on mining should be regularly delivered In\nthe cities and towns, and ln the university summer schoolB.\nIgnorance of the first principles of\nmining made possible the sale of worth*\nless mining stocks, and enough had\nbeen lost ln this manner In the laat\n: INSURANCE\nFire, Life, Employers' Liability, Accident and\nHealth Policies\nCITY PROPERTY & FRUIT LANDS A SPECIALTY\nPROCTER & BLACKWOOD, Agents, Nelson\nYEAR-END SALE\nEvery Item a Bargain\n2 Handsome Brocaded Silk Smoking Jackets\u2014 Cost f 12.00.... Sale Price I6.0O\nFancy Vests, worth 15.00 to 17.00  Sale Price J2.00 each\nA 115.00 Bath Robe for only  J5.00\nOVERCOATS AWAY, BELOW COST.\nDon't miss the opportunity ot gettlnng a Genuine Scotch Tweed $35.00 Suit\nIor 120.00; they are selling fast.\nTwenty Suits sold last week\u2014still a splendid assortment.\nTaylor <8b McQuarrie SS'tSB.\n1 HAMILTON\nWINNIPEG\nChristmas Presents\nWE HAVE A SPLKNDID SELECTION OF CASE CUTLERY, CARVERS,\nSKATES,   SAFETY  RAZORS,  ETC.\nLOOK AT OUR BAKBR STREET\nWINDOWS FOR SUGGESTIONS.\nWood-Vallance Hardware Co., Limited\nTORONTO\nNELSON, B. C.\nVANCOUVER\nBeautiful Holiday\nStationery\nIN BOXES EXQUISITELY\nDECORATED IN HOLLY\nAND FLORAL DESIGNS\nWo are showing a very large and\nbeautiful assortment ot holiday boxed\nStationery this year.\nYou don't have to pay a big price for\nit either.\nWe nave a box with very nretty Holly\nDeooration, tilled with fabric finish note\nand envelopes, at 35c a box.\nWe have others ln large assortment\nat 45c, 50c, 60c, and up to J2.50 a box.\nSEE THEM IN OUR WINDOW.\nW. G. THOMSON *&ggjsi *\u25a0&??\nI waa cured of terrible lumbago by MINARD'S LINIMENT.\nREV.  WM.  BROWN.\nI was cured of a bod casa of earache by\nMINARD'S   LINIMENT.\nMRS.  S.   KAULBACK.\nI was cured of sensitive lungs by MINARD'S LINIMBNT.\nMRS. S. MASTERS.\n12 months to pay for such educational\ncourses during tbe next 20 years. Both\ntbe Dominion and tne province should\nestablish information bureaus, where\nthe general public could freely obtain\nreliable Information regarding the character of our mineral wealth, while the\ngovernment should arrange for low\nrailway fares for both students and\nprospectors; ln this way prospecting\nmight be even made fashionable and popular among those who were taking their\nholidays.\nIf prizes were offered for the best\ncollection of minerals, many new localities might he made known. To make\na beginning Mr. Tyrrell offered HOC- as\na prize for the best collection of Ontario's minerals obtained next summer,\naud a gentleman of his acquaintance,\nwhose name he could not yet give, was\nprepared to offer as much in connection\nwith the mineral development of northern Ontario. He hoped before the end\nof the year to hear of three or four more\nsimilar offers.\nEDITORIAL NOTES\nWhat Is the meaning of the persistent aet which the liberal associations\nand the liberal newspapers are making\nagainst the lieutenant-governor? A_ks\nthe Victoria Colonist. We have not noticed any very persistent eet agalnBt tbe\nlieutenant-governor on the part of el-\nthelr liberal associations or liberal papers, at any rate nothing like as persistent an attack as the case against him\nwarrants. The Colonist knows that lieutenant-governor Dunsmuir Is the active\npresident of the Wellington Colliery\ncompany and that in that capacity he\nentered Into a contract to import by\nwholesale Japanese to supplant white\nmen ln his employ, well knowing that\nin so doing he was acting ln defiance\nof the will of the people of British Columbia and the recognised policy of the\ngovernment that appointed him to of\nfice and of the government whose advice he continues to accept. Knowing\nthese facts, the Colonist should be In\nno doubt as to the cause of liberal opposition to his retention In office. We\nfrankly concede the Colonist's point\nthat he ought never to have been appointed to office. But the Colonist\nknows as well aB we do how his appointment came about. The job had\ngone begging for months, no one competent to till lt properly wanted lt as\nthe expense connected therewith entailed\ntoo heavy a financial burden, especially\nif much entertaining had to be done.\nIt, was known that the governor-general was to visit the province and that\nhis entertainment would Involve very\nheavy outlays. Dunsmuir wanted the\njob, or, rather, was persuaded by his\nfamily that he did, and he had the\nmoney to spend on entertaining visiting\ncelebrities, hence his appointment.\nSPECIAL TIMBER LICENCES.\nPetition for Renewals to be Presented to\nthe Provincial Government.\nAt the meeting of the British Columbia\nTimber and Forestry Chamber of Commerce held in Vancouver recently. It waB\ndecided to present the following petition\nto the provincial government:\n\"To the honorable the speaker and members of the legislative assembly of\nBritish Columbia\u2014\nThe humble petition of the undersigned\nslioweth as follows:\nWhereas under sub-section 3, section 53,\nof chapter 113 of the Consolidated Land\nAct of British Columbia, 1006, special timber HcenccB are annually renewable for\ntwenty-one successive years only.\nAnd whereas a very large proportion of\ntho merchantable timber of the province\nof British Columbia\u2014variously estimated\nat from 70 million to 140 billion feet and\nwithout doubt constituting the most valuable timber asset of tho pro.'lncc\u2014bas\nalready been placed under special Umber\nlicence,\nAnd whereaB under present legislation\nHhe \"holders of special timber licences\nmust log their lands within twenty-one\nyears (and ln many cases much earlier)\non pain of losing title to the timber.\nAnd whereas the forced logging of this\ntimber within the present time limit for\nrenewal would bo exceedingly detrimental\n(a) to the revenue* of the government;\n(b) to the prosperity of the logging and\nsaw-mllllng lndustl.es, and (c> to the beat\nInterests of every ettlsen as a consumer\nof wood, and of every Industry which requires wood for Its continued development.\nIn particular:' (a) The annual licence\nfees which now constitute a very large\nproportion of the timber revenue* would\ncease to be paid as rapidly as the limits\nwere culled and abandoned. The government would also lose half its equity In the\nroyaWy by the destruction by flre of the\nlower grades of timber left standing on\nthe hastily culled lands.   These losses to\nImperial Bank of Canada\nHEAD  OFFICE, TOBONTO\nCAPITAL AUTHORIZED \u00bb10,000,000.\nCapital Paid up  Sl._-,0-\nD. B. WII\/KIE, President.\nHest   n,m,m\nHON.   ROBT,   JAFPRAT,   Vlce.-PreB.\nBranches in British Columbia\nARROWHEAD, GOLDEN, NELSON, REVELSTOKE,\ni CRANBROOK,  VANCOUVER, VICTORIA.\nSAVINGS DEPARTMENT\nInterest allowed on deposits from date of deposit and   credited   quarterly.\nNelson Branoh J. M. Lav, Manager\nThe Canadian Bank\nof Commerce\nhave removed tp their new premises\non the north side of Baker Street,\nbetween Ward and Stanley Streets.\nBAIN K of MONTREAL\nESTABLISHED 1817.\nREST     \u00bb_,0-,-0 CAPITAL, ALL PAID UP-....114,-3,000\nHEAD OFFICE.  MONTREAL\nRt. Hon. Lord Strathcona ancj .Mount Royal, G. C. M. O, Hon. President.\nHon. Sir George Drummond, K.C.M.G., Prosidont.\nE. 3. Clouston, Vice-President and General Manager.\nBranches in British Columbia\nArmstrong,   Enderby,   Greenwood,   Kelowna,   Nelson,   New   Denver,   Nicola,   Now\nWestminster,   Rossland,    Summerland, Vancouver, Vernon, Victoria, Chllllwack.\nKelson Branch:   L.B DeVeber, Manager\ntlie provlncal revenue would undoubtedly\namount In the aggregate to many millions\nof dollars.\n(b) The operators\u2014loggers and millmen\nalike\u2014would be forced into the keenest\npossible competition in the disposal of\ntheir products. Thero would be a twenty-\nyear struggle with over-production in all\nlines, greatly to the detriment of legitimate profits on the Invested capital.\n(c) The spoliation of moro than half of\nthe provincial forest assets within two decades would bo nothing short of a provincial and even a national calamity. The\ntwenty-year period of timber slaughter\nwould bo followed by a much longer period\nof timber scarcity nnd famine prices, with\nno prospect of relief by timber Importations,\nAnd whereas there is some doubt as to\nwhether the present rato of annual dues\non speclnl timber licences Is statutory for\nthe present renewal term of twenty-one\nyears.\nYour petitioners therefor humbly pray:\n1. That at the expiration of the present\nrenewal period or twenty-one years special\ntimber licences be made annually renewable for a further period of twenty-one\nyears,\n2. That the present rate of annunl rental\nfor special timber licences bo declared to\nbe statutory for the present renewal term\nof twenty-one years.\nAnd your petitioners will every pray, etc.\nThe annual Christmas entertainment of\nthe Baptist church Sunday school will be\nTHE UP-TO-DATE\nWAY\nWhen you make your gift In\nthe shape of a pockethook or In\nleather goodB, how muoh nicer It\nls to have the recipient's name\nstamped on lt\nThe Dally News ls prepared to\ndo all kinds of\nGold Stamping on\nLeather Goods\nName\u2014One Une  60o\n\u2014Two Une J6o\nThe Daily News\n50314 BAKBR ST.        NSLSON.\nCHEF\nLunch Counter\nCorner Hall and Veron Street,\nOpposite Lakevlew Hotel\nA specialty ot\nCold Meats and\nLunches\nand\nFANCY DISHES\nSANDWICHES\nLunch counter ln connection. Lunches\nCor travellers on shortest notice.\nEmile Maccagno\nProprietor\nWIVES\nDOES YOUR HUSBAND WEAR THB\nPANTS?\nIf  he does make him a Christmas\npresent ot a pair of\nMy Celebrated Pants\nThis would be a simple way ot recognition.\nJOHN T. PKRJUt\nMERCHANT TAILOR,\nBaker Street    Opposite Queens Hotel.\ngiven next Monday evening at 8 o'clock:.\nA collection will be taken up for the en*\nlargement of the library.\n{All Christmas Questions\nMust Be Settled\nQuickly Now\n5 THOSE WHO ARE WISE WILL ROUND OUT THEIR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING TOUR AT ONCE. THOSE\n: WHO WAIT TILL THE DAY BEFORE CHRISTMAS WILL *E CAUOHT IN THE WORRY AND HURRY\n;   THAT SPOILS THB FULLEST ENJOYMENT OF THE CHRISTMAS SEASON. ,\nAdvice to Diamond Buyers\n= IWHEN  PURCHASING  DIAMONDS DON'T CONFINE YOUR ATTENTION  TO SIZE ONLY    (MIGHT   AS\n_ WELL BUY A HOUSE WITHOUT A ROOF). A PERFECT DIAMOND OF CORRECT BRILLIANCY, COLOR AND\n; CUTTING, IS WORTH MUCH MORE THAN A LARGER DIAMOND WITHOUT THESE GOOD POINTS-PUR-\n: CHASE ONLY SUCH.   DIAMONDS THAT WILL BEAR THE MOST MINUTE    INSPECTION \u2014THEREIN   IS\n\u2022 WHERE OUR DIAMONDS PREDOMINATE.   WB HANDLE, SELL AND ADVISE ONLY FIRST QUALITY DI-\nI OMONDS,  GBMS OF INTRINSIC VALUE, GEMS THAT GIVE TO WEARER AND GIVER AN EVERLASTING\n: PLEASURE.\nDiamond\nEar\nRings\n$25 to $1100\nDiamond and\nPearl Brooches\n$5 to $350\nDiamond\nRings\n$25 to $550\nDiamand (# JL\nand\nPearl\nNecklace\n$16 to $550\nDiamond and Pearl\nStick-Pins\nManicure and Toilet Sets from $2.55 to $50\nJ. J. WALKER 1\nE JEWELER AND OPTICIAN 401 BAKER ST., WEST f\niiUiuiuuiiuuuu... uiiMkiiiUiuiuiiiiiuuiuiUiuiumiUiUiuiitiuuiiuiuuiitt-UiUiUiU-UiUitiR;\n \\<M\nSATURDAY   DECEMBER 21.\n\u00a9he \u00a7ail# |Un\u00bb0.\nPAGE THRBB\nWhy the Slater Shoe\nis Cheaper for You 7\nAdvertising has lessened the cost of the Slater\nShoe to you.   How?\nIn five years it so increased the volume of business\nin the Slater stores and at the factory that the Company were able to make better shoes for less money.\nThere was a new system of making by the\nGoodyear Process\u2014and a new system of selling\nand price marking\u2014and these two systems required\na larger volume of business to make them\npracticable.\nAgain, fewer clerks are required in a Slater Shoe\nStore\u2014for the customer does not have to ask nor\nquarrel with the price. It's plainly marked, and\nit's never changed.\nSales are made with confidence on both sides.\nFewer travellers are required tb sell the Slater Shoe\nto merchants. They are sold on contract, and the\nmerchant knows just how many thousand pairs he\ncan sell. True, he has to sell them at very\nsmall profits, but the people want the Slater Shoe.\n< It is the demand for a good shoe that sells the\nSlater Shoe. Then again the greater volume of\nbusiness makes it profitable for the Slater Shoe\nStore.\nThe $5 Slater Shoe is worth $5.00.\nFor men, and women, too.\nThe Slater Shoe\n\u2022The Sign of lhe Slate.1\nSole Local Agents, The Royal Shoe Store\nYOUR XMAS DINNER\nwill not be complete unless you have a supply of the famous homebrewed\nBOHEMIAN\nBEER\nThe Celebrated RED RIBBON Brand\nA beer that contains all the nutritious and digestive quality of the\nbops, and will help you enjoy your meal.\nORDER BY PHONE\u201424\nNELSON BREWING CO.\nWM. GOSNELL, MANAGER.\nBrewers of\nFine Lager Beer, Ales and Porter\nJOHN BURNS\nCONTRACTOR AND BUILDER\nCabinet and Turned Work,  Office Fittings, Sash and\nDoors.   BRICK AND LIME FOR SALE\nEstimates Cheerfully Given\nOffice and Factory: Carbonate Street, Nelson, B. C\nJUST RECEIVED\nONB CARLOAD Of\nTURKEYS AND CHICKENS\nDI-BCT PROM ONTARIO.     \u00ab\nThese are fresh-killed and will give excellent satisfaction.\nORDBR NOW;  MORE COMING FOR CHRISTMAS.\nP. BURNS to CO., Limited\nN-L-ON.    KASLO,    ROWLAND *_* BOUNDARY.\nROUGH   LUMBER  DRBSSED\nDmn, Wru-OWi,  Mould-no, IMtfngJw,  rurned Vfofkt and Bracket*.\n> te late eUMik always on hand.   Hall <\u00ab**.. ntwnpttr attended t*.\nA. Q. LAMBERT & CO.\nCASE ARGUED\n(Continued From Flrat Page)\nT, MCelly opened for the miners by\nstating that It had evidently been the\ntrend of the whole Investigation to take\nthe old schedule of wages as a basis\nfrom which to work. This Mr. Kelly\nthought was not just, as the old scale\nwas merely a living wage and had been\nprotested again and again; the wage\nwag only a starvation wage. Hence lt\ncould not well be taken as a basis upon\nwhich to arrive at any conclusion. Mr.\nKelly made a special point ln that regard as to the hammermen. These\nwere only getting $3.26 under the old\nscale white the machine men got $3.50.\nThe hammermen had practically been\nforced into accepting this Injustice. The\nold rate was |3.b0 a day for machine or\nhand miners alike. At Moyie the rate\nfor muckers had been Increased to $3\nbut for a long time the rate had been\nbut $2.76. This was not a living wage.\nNo man could take a risk and try to\nbring up a family on any such pay.\nAs to the contention that the eight-\nhour law had Increased wages, Mr. Kelly asserted tbat its operation should not\nbe taken into consideration, Inasmuch\nas tbe competitors of the employers had\nto meet exactly the same conditions.\nThere had, therefore, been an Increase\nin the cost of living but none in wages.\nYet the old schedule was based on the\ncoat of living. If then, the cost of living was to be the basis of a wage, taking the argument of the employers, and\nif the old schedule was the cost of living, if the cost of living had Increased\ning, If the coat of living had gone up\nthen should also the wage scale. That\nthe cost of Hiring had Increased was\nshown in the figures published ln the\nLabor Gazette in August last. Tnis\nshowed that in Ontario there had been\nan increase of 34 1-3 per cent. The\nSpokane Evening Chronicle of Nov. 13,\nlast, Quoting Bradstreet, tban whom\nthere does not exist a more reliable authority, said there had been an increase\nin the cost of living since 1896 of 541-8\nl>er cent. The case was the same in\nthts province. The hotel men at Moyie\nhad raised the cost of board $5 a month.\nH. Ama^, of Nelson, had said that there\nhad been an increase of 25 per cent\nsince 1904 and there had been Increases\nbefore that. Now Amas had given some\nvery valuable figures and evidently knew\nwhat he was talking about, a most reliable witness. (>voyie merchartfs' admitted that they had paid more proportionately for their goods in the early\ndays than they did at present.\nThe men wbo bad to face an Increase\nof 25 per cent in the cost\"of living were\njustified In asking for a similar increase in their old \u00ab*te of pay, which\nwas based on the cost of supporting\nlire. They had, however, only aaked for\nan increase which amounted to about\n12 per cent, taken all round.\n' There was the question of the ability\nof the mines to pay the addition asked.\nThey were guaranteed by the lead bounty.   They were the most favored indl-\nMOTHER\nSeigels\nSyrup\nCures all stomach troubles\nand makes you strong\nand fit, because it strengthens stomach, liver and\nBowels, cleanses your\nsystem and\nPurifies\nYour Blood\nThere's no reason why yon\nshould buy 'cheap* imported Salt.\nWINDSOR SALT costs no\nmore \u2014 is absolutely pure\u2014and\ngoes farther. Gel WINDSOR,\nnaw\nALICE ROLLER RINK\nAND\nBOWLING ALLEY\nCarnival Dec. 25th\nPrizes donated by Poole Drug Co.\nChildren's Carnival\nAfternoon of Deo. 21st.\nBAND\nTuesday,     Thursday,     Saturday\n.    Evenings\nADMISSION\nMornings,  afternoons   and, evenings, without band, Children 15c,\nAdults 25c, iiwludng skates.\nEvenings with band, except Saturday evenings, Admission 40c, including skates.\nSaturday Evening, band and special attractions, to 11 P. M.,\nAdmission SOc, including skates.\nSpectators 25c,\nPERFECT TEA\nMUST BB USED POR A PERFECTLY\nSATISFACTORY INFUSION\n\"SALADA\"\nTEA\nIS THE ACME OR PERFECTION, BEING ALL\nPURE, DELICIOUS TEA\nBlack\u2014Mixed\u2014Green,\nLEAD PACKETS ONLY __X __&_& mil50c AT ALL GROCERS\nA Sure Income of $3000\nto $4000 Per Year\nRight Away\nFor Sale an Improved Fruit and Dairy Farm containing 372 acres, 0 mites\nnorth from Burton City on the Arrow Lakes,\n60 acres cleared, 320 apple trees and 60 trees in pears, plums and cherries.\n300 trees aro bearing, thc rest of the land Is all good fruit land and easily\ncleared.\nBULDINGS\u2014A nice warm dwelling houae; cow stable 30x.O; horse stable\n25x30; barn 30x30; chicken-house 20x30; pig pen 25 square yards; good root\nhouse.\nWith the property goes 25 head of cattle, of whleh 12 are milch cows and\none thoroughbred Shorthorn bull; 2 good horses; 6 pigs and 125 chickens;\nwagon, plow mower, harrow, rake, incubator, brooder, seed drill, shack, barn\nand hay enough for cattle till spring.\nPrice $22,320\nTERMS\u2014ONE-THIItD   CASH;   BALANCE  IN  TWO   YEARS\"   TIME.\nThi- Is certainly a Snap aud no time should   be    lost    in    securing    this\nproperty.\nFor  particulars  apply  to\u2014\nP. 0. Box 912, Nelson, B. C.\nviduals on the whole continent. They\nhad cheaper power and more efficient\nmachinery than In 1899.\nSchedules had been produced by the\ncompany as to the rate of wages elsewhere, but such schedules had little to\ndo with the matter Inasmuch as ln\nthose other places the cost of living was\nless.\nJ. Roberts supplemented Mr. Kelly's\narguments by pointing out that the\nmuckers' wages had been reduced to\n75 cents below that of the miner when\nthe schedule now sought to be reinstated was Imposed, whereas before that\ntime the\\difference In wageB had been\nonly 50 cents. There waa no distinction at alt In the Coeur d'Alene districts, which had been quoted as a model\nfor this province. The Labor Gazette\nof August last showed that during the\nlast ten years Industries everywhere had\nraised wages. The only Industry lagging behind was that of the miners.\nButte had risen in figures and so had\nthe Boundary, the St. Eugene was the\none mine that was b.Jilnd at the time\nof application.\nW. Davidson, ex-M. P. P., for the Slocan, a working miner, said that the two\nparties before the board were not merely the Moyie union and the Consolidated Mining company but were really the\nclasses, that old struggle which had\nfought its way down through the ages\nin one form or another. On the one\nside was the class owning the machinery of production and of distribution\nand on the other side was arrayed the\ngreat working class. The history of society showed that the social institutions,\nthe press, all were on the side of the\ncapitalist class and against the men on\nwhose exploitation the capitalist class\nexisted. The company had gone all over\nthe continent to auuuce arguments in\nsupport of their side of the case. The\nmen had followed He would follow:\nat Goldflelds today the United States\narmy was assisting the capitalist class\nto force the workers to take a lower\nwage That was not peculiar to the United States. It had been seen In Russia,\nnay, it had been seen in Canada Itself.\nThe mailed hand of the government was\nuplifted to force the labor class to take\na lower wage.\nDescending to the facts of the case Mr.\nDavidson said that it was admitted that\nprices of commodities had increased and\nthen, it was only fair, that wages should\nalso go up. Now the oniy fair wage for\nthe working man, the only wage the\nworklngman would really accept, although he might take something loss\u2014\nunder protest\u2014was the full value of that\nwhich he produced and not allow four\nfifth, to be filched from him by the\nexploiting class. Of course, Mr. Aldridge\nwas a good man, and was entitled to\nhis share, but to no more.   In this connection the speaker asserted that the\nj wltnessees for the  company were the\ncompany's  employee  and Jiad ,to  >bv|\nposted as to their evidence openly from\nthe floor of the court room.\nI    Mining in this province, Mr. Davidson\nwent on lo assert, wns a profitable ven-\nI ture, but the higher the profit the less\nthe workingnmn gets.    That was why\nhe had asked for the books of the St,\nEugene mine to be produced, so that the\nreal figures could be got at.   If one be-\n[ Heved   what (the  company  said there\nj was no profit in mining In British Co-\ni lumbla.   British Columbia was a good\nHeld  for capital to invest ln.    If the\nNursing Mothers rind\nI Over-burden, d Women\n: In all stations of life, whosa vigor and\nvitality may have been undermined and\nbroken-down by over-work, exacting\nj social duties, the too frequent bearing of\nchildren, or other causes, will find In Dr.\nPierco's Favorite Prescription the most\nI potent, invigorating restorative strength-\ngiver ever devised for their special benefit. Nurslngjrnothore wltUind It especially valuable Ik sustaining ihclr strength\n> and promotlng\\n abundant   \t\nfor the child.   T-xpt\nI will find It a priceless1\n1 system for baby's coi__    \t\n: the ordeal comparatively palnlessTJi\n\"\"fi'lftj1\" hiirnl 'P .*\u00bb state-or condition\n. __ . . 'fruftre the\ncoming and rehdJjjlnR\nDelicate, hefvouflT weak women, who\nsuffer from frequent headaches, backache, drsgglng-down distress low down\nln the abdomen, or from painful or irregular monthly periods, gnawing or distressed sensation In stomach, diuy or\nfaint spells, see Imaginary spocks or spots\nfloating before eyes, have disagreeable,\npelvic catarrhal drain, prolapsus, anto>\nversion or retro-version or other displacement, of womanly organs from weakness\nof parts will, whether they experience\nmany or only a few of the above symptoms, find relief and a permanent cure by\nusing faithfully and fairly persistently\nDr. Pierco's Favorite Prescription.\nTbls world-famed speclllc for woman's\nweaknesses and  peculiar aliments is *\nfiuro glyceric extract of tho choicest naive, medicinal roots without a drop of\nalcohol ln its make-up. All Its ingredients printed in plain Engl Ish on Its bottle-\nwrapper and attested under oath. Dr,\nPierce thus Invites tho fullest Investigation of his formula knowing that it will\nbe found to contain only tho best agents\nknown to tin. most advanced medical\nscience of all the different schools of practice for tho cure of woman's peculiar\nweaknesses and ailments.\nIf you want to know moro about tho\ncomposition and professional endorsement of tho \"Favorite Prescription,\" send\npostal card request to Dr. It, V. Pierce,\nBuffalo, N, V., for his free booklet treating of same,\nTou can't afford to accept as a substitute for this remedy of fc\u00bb-oirrioompo\u00ablHoT-\na secret nostrum qf unkntwn comport*\ntion.  Don't do lt\nbooks were produced that would be\nshown. But the board In its good judgment had not thought flt to order their\nappearance.\n<In conclusion, Mr. Davidson eald that\nthe Slocan scale of wages, the scale\nwhich was ln operation up till quite\nrecently, had been forced npon the men\nby unlawful Importations of labor irom\nthe United States. The men had to go\nwork or leave the country. R. C. Clute\nhad come here as a royal commissioner\nand had enquired into the matter and\nfound that carloads of men had been\nbrought into the province in contravention of the Alien Labor act. The government bad afterwards amended that\nact making lt any or everybody's business to see that it was enforced but in\ntbe meantime the mischief had been\ndone. The men had been forced to accept a starvation wage and so could\nsave no money. Now a period of depression had come when it was more\nprofitable to close tbe mines than to\nkeep them open. What were the men\nto do? What was to become of the\ngreat mass of unemployed?\nThis ended the addresses for the men,\nand berore replying W. H. Alrridge put\nin as a witness In rebuttal on the point\nof the importation of alien labor during the Slocan strike, S. A. Blaylock,\nwho had recently perused the blue book\non the subject, containing the report\nof R. C. Clute. Mr. Blaylock stated that\naccording to this report there were few\nmen brought fn, certainly not carloads.\nTwelve was the greatest number In any\none party and of these two had been\nemployed in the Slocan.\nBlack Watch\nBlack Ping\nTheChewinsTobacco\nof Qyality.\n2271\nMr. Davidson retorted that tbe carloads had been brought in just as soon\nas the commission had risen and two\ncarloads of men had Deen put to work\non the Payne mine.\nMr. Blaylock said, \"Two men, not\ntwo carloads,\" and then referred the\nboard to the blue book, a copy of which\nis in the city.\nW. H. Aldridge, speaking on behalf\nof the company, of which he is general\nmanager, prefaced his remarks by referring to the manner ln which u_e\ncase was opened. On Juiy 9, 1907, the\nsecretary of the Moyie union had wrIU\nten to the superintendent of the St. Eugene mine, saying: \"I have been instructed to inform you that our board\nInslts upon this union demanding the\nBoundary scale of wages, feeling that\nMOET & CHANDON CHAMPAGNE\nIS\nInvariably the Selection of the Connoisseur\nAg-nU: JOHN ROBERTSON   6* SON, LIMITED.    '-    MONTREAL\nTHE WORKWOMAN'S\nSTORE\nHAVING  DECIDED  TO TAKE   UP   REAL ESTATE   IN CONNECTION WITH MY EMPLOYMENT BUSINESS I WILL\nClose Out All Merchandise\nEXCEPT BLANKETS AND OVERALLS AT ABOUT\n25 Per Cent Discount\nSTOCK CONSISTS OF GERMAN MACKINAW GOODS. SOCKS, MITTS\nRUBBERS, MINERS' RUBBERS, SWEATERS, UNDERWEAR, PINE\nRAZORS, RAZOR STROPS, AND SMALL WARES. A FEW NEO-\nPHONES LEFT\nAt Rock Bottom Prices\nNICE ASSORTMENT OF PURSES, MOUTH ORGANS, AND MIRRORS.\nJUST THE THING FOR XMAS.\nW. PARKER KJSP\nR. W. HINTON\nI. A. IS.AC\nNELSON IRON WORKS\nEngineers and  Contractors,\nFounders and Machinists\nOorntr ot Hall tnd Front Street*\nThe following material always In eteclc:\nPUMPS\n\/ALVK8 fl. to ! In.)\nBR.-TINft   (Orlpoll)\nP. O. Box 1059.\nSTDEL\nSHAFT-NO\nSHOES AND DIES\nNELSON   B. O.\nWTLFLEY TABLE*\nSPROCKET CHAINS\nDRY RATTERIBS\nTelephone 59.\nSchool of Mining\nA Collrijc of Applied Sclrnre\nAfliliaU'd lo Queen's University\nKINGSTON,    ONT.\nFor Calendar o( tho School ar.d fnrlhor\nInfo matlon. apply In tlio Hecrota.y, School\nof Mining, Klt.gston, Ontario.\nTHE FOLLOWING  COURSES AKS)\nOFPERED\nI\u2014Pour Years' Cou-.c forD-irco of B.9o\n11\u2014Tnroq ^ ears' Conine fur Diplomat\nmi\u2014Mh it;.: Engineering,\niM-r emi-t y ii il Mineralogy,\n(.1\u2014Mlnoralogi and Geology,\nId.\u2014O i____c.il Rnglnooi ing.\n(el-Civil Kngii cerlng.\n10--Mechanic'1 KtiKineer'ng,\nlirl\u2014Kieci rlcal Engineering,\ntii)   Hi,...ir) and 1'ubllc Health.\nA\nS\nX\nM\nA\nS\nP\nR\n\u00a3\nS\nE\nN\nT\nS\nP. O. BOX 527\nNELSON, B. C.\nCANADIAN SUBSCRIPTION AGENCY\nCosmopolitan 11.6. )\nWoman's Home Companion  1.6\nHcClure's 2.0\n11.60 -I\n1.60\n.. 2.03  *\n16.00 J\nYouth's  Companion   ...\n\u2022\nIMO J    ;\n s\nWe   havo   made   arrangements   whe'eby\ncitizens of Nelson may leave their orders\nwith the\nOUR\nPRICE\n$3.60\nOUR\nPRICE\n$4.60\n..$2.25\nFor those giving magazines a** Xmas\ngifts wo will supply a mat Utile ca d on\nVhloli wll appear tho donor's nam l and\nthat of tho magazine. These will be mulled\nso that they will be received on Chilst-\nmaa day.\nREMEMBER thnt these magailaes may\nbe aent to different addresses.\nAsk for prices of others not listed here.\nSuccess    $1.60\nAmerican      1.50\nLlpplncott's  3.0C\nReview of Reviews  S.S) I\nOuting  :t.w>\nReader    3.50 }\nLadles'   Home   Journal\nOUR\nPRICE\n$4.90\nOUR\nPRICE\n$5.90\n$2,00\nTHOMAS DRUG CO., LIMITED\n(REP CROSS PHARMACY)\nwhere we n. sure you every attention will\nbo given to the smallest order.\n PAGE FOUR\n<Wie \u00a7alljj gteuw*\nSATURDAY    DECEMBER 21.\nChristmas Bells will soon be ringing and the old problem ot \"What\nshall I give Him l'or Christmas,\"will once more confront you.\nWe have made a few suggestions above and, should you fall to find\na suitable Item on the list, we would be pleased to have you call and\nwe'll do all in our power to assist you.\nA good rule to follow in selecting gifts for a Man is to buy what\nbe would be apt to buy for himself.\nAll our prices are moderate, and we are always at your service.\nEMORY & WALLEY\n(The Hub)\n3\nShopping Days\nTill Christmas\n\u2022 t\nThere are Just 3 shopping days to\nChristmas. Don't delay or wait until\nthe last minute when the stores will be\nthronged.\nFor Christmas suggestions turn to the\nadvertising columns of The Daily News\nyour company is ln a position to pay\nthe samo equally as well aa the companies In the Boundary country and also\nlhe Sullivan mine.\" On April 6, the\nminers o[ the Snowshoe, in the Boundary, asked the superintendent ot that\nmine tor an Increase of wage on the\nground ot \"the general prosperity of the\ncountry, the increase in the cost ot\nliving, the high price ot copper,\" aud\nthe further fact that wages ot mine\n\u2022workers have not been Increased. It\nfollowed from these facts that the demand made at Moyle was based on the\nassertions made in this letter of April\n6. Mr. Aldridge went on to deal with\nthese assertions seriatim:\nAs to the assertion that the St. Eugene was In a position to pay equally\nFellows'Leeming's\nEssence\nBnt don't wait until an anlnut U\ninjured. GET IT NOW\u2014and you\nhave the remedy that CURES all\nlameness In horses.\nIf your dealer doea not _-______\u2022\nit, send 60c. to\nNational Drug It Ch\u00abmleal CO-, Umlt-1,\nMONTHIAt- It.\nPLANNING\nTO BUILD,\nI want you to write tor\nImy new Book.\"CWKTIT\nAND SUBURBAN HOMES.\" H\n\u25a0ttt c-|x>< .Mlly |>ri.i-t--<l\nifor nrotipc_tlVf. borne\nih-i-M_.i_i nnd Id full of\n>..iUH_le. |irtctl--l \u25a0nd uneful informal.Inn\non the Midjcrt. Each re-fdonce In il1u\u201etrat-<_\nl.v l_u_(-t.___e plnirn nf the original. Allowing\nex--tl]. how the building will limit when _nm-\nlilcled. There aro complete dc-urlptlona of\ni'nrti hrm.> find a-curate entlmatea of eo.t.\nThi. >rfmk will. o\u00bbt you nothing, but will be\nwnrlii a groat deal of money to you. Write\nin diiy I prepare at law coat apiclal dr\n\u2022tent and plana for new work or lor remodelling old bulldlnga.\nH. STANLEY MinOH\/,a% i. c.\nwell with the mines of the Boundary\nthe speaker pointed out that the mines\nof the latter had large ore bodies, involving low mining costs. A miner tn\nthe Boundary averaged Trom three to\nlive tons a day to one or one and a half\ntons In,the St. Eugene. There was lit-\nI He Umbering ln the Boundary and the\ndevelopment was principally In ore\nbodies instead ot being country rock,\nas at the St. Eugene. Moreover, the\ngross value ot the ore at the St. Eu-\ngen, after consldrlng the losses in concentration, was very little more than\nthat of the Boundary. Hence It was\n1 plain that the St. Eugene was not equally able, with the Boundary mines, to\npay the same scale of wages.\nTaking the next point, that of the\ngeneral prosperity of the country, Mr.\nAldridge submitted that he \"nad proved\nthis did not exist but that on the contrary a very acuta general business depression had followed, the wave of prosperity In tha mining and smelting Indus-\ntrice. Tho Boundary country which has\nbeen mining and smelting from 6000 to\n7000 tons of ore a day, was entirely closed\ndown. The 10,000 ton plrtnt nt Anaconda\nof the Amalgamated Copper company was\nalso closed. All the mines of that company at Butte with the exception of the\nBoBton and Montana had closed and there\nwere only 2 per cent of thc men usunlly\nemployed working there. Here again tho\nspeaker held that he had established Ills\nipolnt and that there waa not that general\nprosperity on which the miners had advanced  their claim for higher  wages.\nAs to the third point, that of the price\nof copper, It was claimed that it had already been shown the bonrd tliat the price\nhad dropped from 2. cents to 13 cents n\npound, that a large accumulation existed\nin consequence of whleh many heavy pro*\nducera had either closed down or curtailed operations. Sliver had fallen from\n71 to 52 3-8 cents an ounce and lead trom\n\u00a321 Cs. to \u00a313 17s. 6d. a ton. Copper could\nnot well bo marketed under 13 cents a\nDOL..- and the flt. Eug.no could n.\u00bb\nmako any material profit, If worked under\npresent conditions, with London lead at\n\u00a310. Tho profits therefore would ba in\ndirect proportion to tho excess of the\nmarket price above 12 cent copper in the\ncase of the Boundary and other copper\norea and \u00a316 lead ln the caso of the St.\nEugene. During the high price of metals\nthe producing companies naturally tried\nto produce as largely as possible ln order\nto tako advantage of the market. Hence\nthey were willing to pay high wages.\nReferring to tbo next point mad. by the\nminers, namely, the Increase In the cost\nof living, Mr. Aldridge claimed that lt had\nbeen shown that tho cost of living had\nnot materially Incroased. He referred to\nthe evidence tendered by many of the\nwitness to elaborate thla point. The cost\nof board for single men at Moyle had\nnot varied except In one or two of the\nsmaller hotels, the othor\u00ab declaring that\nthey had not altorcd their ohargos for a\\x\nyears.    With   reference   to  married  men\nsome articles had shown an increase, and\nothers no change and \"till others a decrease. The following items, probably constituted 86 per cent of the cost of living\nof both single and married men, had either\nnot varied, or decreased; Board, rentals,\nbeef, flour, pork, sugar, eggs, butter, potatoes coal oil, canned milk, canned vegetables, coffee tea underclothing, rubbers\nand many other minor articles. Of the\nother 15 per cent the Increase, according\nto the Moyle merchants, substantiated thut\nmorning by the Nelson men, did not\namount to 15 per' cent. Fifteen per cent\nof fifteen per cent would be 3 1-4 per cent\nan increase quite accounted for by the increase in the standard of living.\nOn the other hand the evidence of several witnesses showed that there had heen\nno increase In wages. It was self evident\nwithin certain limits, that the work performed by a machine man ls proportional\nto the number of hours worked. This in\nItself is a 25 per cent Increase. Wages\nwere also shown to have increased in other\nInstances, amounting to as much as GO\nper cent, particularly nt the St. Eugene.\nThen tlie speaker dealt with the contention that other Industries in the same\ndistrict pay less than the company was\nasking its men to accept. He showed thts\nto be the case in the coalfields where the\nmen, except under contract, did not earn\nanything like as much as did thc metal\nworkers. Evidence had alBO been tendered to show that the wage paid on the\nC.P.R. was less than the miners were\nasked to accept. Metal miners in other\nand enormously profitable districts where\nthe cost of living waa approximately the\nsame as at Moyle, were paid the scale of\nwages he was recommending to the board.\nAt Butte, tho richest mining camp in\nthe world, the Western Federation of Miners had accepted the scale of $3.50 a day\nand at Anaconda mills the scale was only\n13 a day, 50 cents less than the company\nwas asking Its mill men at the St. Eugene\nto accept. Great Falls mill had the (tame\nstandard as the Anaconda. Mr. Aldridge\nhere referred In the highest terms lu the\nmen of Rossland and Trail who had voluntarily returned to the old wage scale\nwhich Is practically tho same as tho company wishes to reinstate at Moyle. Again,\nthe wage of the Kootenay had been largely\ngoverned by that paid in Butte and in the\nCoeur d'Alenes. There the mine owner got\na larger return for his lead than did the\nCanadian and yet the employees of the\nSt. Eugene were asking for a higher wage\nthan that paid In the Coeur d'Alenes. The\nUnited States producer was able to market his product in his own country whereas Canada had lo market half of Its product In the orient ln competition with lead\nproduced In Europe where the wages were\nmuch lower than here. Again, the United\nStates was protected by a duty of J12.50\nper short ton, while the duty In Canada\nonly amounted to 17 or J3.\nAs to the hammersmen, Mr. Aldridge\nexplained that tho reason they received\n25 cents less than did the muchlnetnen, was\nbecause If they misdirected their efforts\nthe company was at the loss of their labor\nwhereas, if tho machlnemen did the samo\nthe company lost the labor and thc powder\nthe company last the labor and the powder\nIn conclusion Mr. Aldrdge pointed out\nthnt the decision might mean tho working or non-working of many properties.\nMr. Kelly had placed a fair wage at SI a\nday. If such were a fair wage then thero\nwould bc no mines working here. It would\nbe far bettor for the country If it were\ndeveloped rather than that one or two\nrich properties should be worked while\ntho rest remained idle with thousands of\nmen out of work.\nT. Kelly, in reply, stated that he did\nnot think there were any large stocks of\ncopper and that the panic was merely\na gamble of some Wall Street speculatota.\nAs to the recent drop In the price of metals\nhe wished to remind the board that the\napplication bad been made In July, last\nwhen prices were high and that ought to\nbe tuken Into consideration by tlie board\nin making a decision. As to the Increase\nin the cost of living Mr. Kelly maintained that he had shown this to be an undoubted fact. Mr. Amas had conclusively\nproved thts, Where prices had been shown\nto decrease or to remain the flame it was\nby decreasing the value of the mat. rial\nused. The prise of shoes might have remained tho same, but If three palm were\nnow wanted where two had sufficed before there had been really an Increase in\ntho cost. As to the contention that the\nSt. Eugene cost more to work than did\nthe Boundary mines, the nrgument proved\ntoo much because If there were another\nmine with worse conditions than the St.\nEugene, did the board expect the miners\nto work for a dollar a day. As for himself, he had never dared to marry, tho\nwage scale being too near the lino. Ho\nwould not take tho risk.\nJ. Roberts declined to use his right to\nreply, thinking that Mr. Kelly had sufficiently  covered  the ground.\nVf. Davidson made three points In his reply. Machines occasionally wasted powder, any man could make a mistake, but\nthis waa the exception and not the rule.\nMr. Aldridge had not even guaranteed he\nwould keep his mine open If the award\nwere In hia favor. Mr. Davidson presently ndmltted, however, that such a guarantee could not be expected, especially if\nsilver wero to keep on falling. The third\nipoint was addressed to the board, Mr.\nDavidson reminding the chairman that It\nwould bo on his shoulders that the decision\nwould rest as the other arbitrators would\nnaturally lean to tho aide which appointed  them.\nThis closed tho proceedings at a little\naftor 4 o'clock, the chairman announcing\nthat the arlbtrators would sift the evidence and come to a conclusion as rapidly\nas they could, possibly within tho next\ntwo or three days. Whether that decision\nwould or would not bo made public ludge\nWilson did not feel Inclined to say Just\nat present.\nabbzsied a arm OU) BOY.\nPittsburg, Pa.\u2014George Shaffer, -\nyears old, wm arrested on a warrant\nand charged with trespassing. A\nneighbor iwora that George tore up\nhis lawn and flower beds. But the\nCourt declined to hear the ease. Tbe\nlittle son of Mrs. John Cllne of Aylmer, Ont., wa. only a year older\nthan baby Shatter when his mother\nnoticed that he suffered wtth severe\nattacks of Biliousness. She tried\neverything the could think of, but the\nboy grew steadily worse. *1 cannot\npraise Frult-a-tlves too highly,\"\nwrites Mrs. Cllne, \"I have tried so\nmany different kinds of medicine for\nmy ton. He hu had bilious attacks\never since he was three years old,\nand alnce he began to take \"Fruit-ft-\ntlTea \" he has been so welL\" M Frult-a-\ntlves \" are the Ideal medicine for children, aa well as grown folk. They are\npleasant to take and mild In action-\nbeing made of fruit Juices and tonics.\nBOc a, box.    At all dealers.\nto relieve the worst cases of rheumatism\nbecause of its direct action upon the blood\nand kidneys, relieving, too, the most severe forms of bladder and urinary trouble:\nFluid Extract Dandelion, one half ounce-\nCompound Kargon, one ounce; Compound\nSyrup of Sarsaparilla, three ounces. Mix\nby shaking well In a bottle and take in\nteaspoonful doses after each meat and at\nbedtime. The ingredients can be had from\nany first class prescription pharmacy and\nare absolutely harmless and safe to use at\nany time.\nAUJE-VTA'S NEW PARTY\nFOR WINDOW DISPLAYS\nTHE DAILY NEWS OFFERS THREE\nFRIZES\nCONTEST  WILL  CLOSE  ON   NEXT\nTUESDAY\n\u2666 *****4**4*4.************ 4\n4 4\n4 Nelson merchants have tn the \u2666\n4 past been highly complimented, \u2666\n\u2666 not only by residents but by visl- \u2666\n\u2666 tors from outside points, 4n the \u2666\n\u2666 matter of up-to-date window \u2666\n4 dressing  for the  holidays,  and \u2666\n\u2666 many beautiful and artistic dls- \u2666\n\u2666 plays have been made. \u2666\n\u2666 This year The Daily News will \u2666\n4 give prizes for the best three dls- \u2666\n9 play windows, as follows: *\n4 1st Prize: $10 in Advertising. \u2666\n\u2666 2nd Prize: $7.50 ln Advertising. \u2666\n\u2666 3rd Prize: |5.00 in Advertising. \u2666\n4 The judges will be three promt- \u2666\n\u2666 nent citizens, whose names will 4\n4 be announced ln the Issue of The \u2666\n\u2666 Daily News for December 25, to- \u2666\n4 gether with the names of the 4\n4 prize winners. \u2666\n\u2666 The judges will make their de- 4\n4 clslons, quietly and unknown to \u2666\n\u2666 any of the merchants, on Satur- \u2666\n\u2666 day, Monday and Tuesday, 21st, \u2666\n4 23rd and 24th. One judge will not \u2666\n4 know who his associates are, and 4\n4 e&ch will reduce his decision to 4\n4 writing and send It to this office 4\n4 in time for publication tn the Is- \u2666\n4 sue of December 25th. \u2666\n4 Mention will be made tn thts \u2666\n\u2666 paper of creditable holiday dls- \u2666\n4 play windows which do not win a \u2666\n\u2666 prize. . \u2666\n4 Photos wlH be taken of tne \u2666\n4 window receiving first prize and a \u2666\n4 cut will be published sometime \u2666\n4 In January. Prize winners must 4\n4 have been advertisers ln The \u2666\n4 Dally News some time during No- 4\n4 vember or December, 1907. \u2666\n4 The management will have no \u2666\n4 hand ln the decisions or awards 4\n4 further than stated above. \u2666\n4 \"Get Busy\"\u2014fix up a nice win- \u2666\n4 dow and win a prize. 4\n4 9\n4********4**t**4*********4\nTo Put Candidates Up In Several Domln-\noln Constituencies.\nThe new political party for the province\nof Alberta ls now well under way. The\nformal organization Is completed and an\norganizer appointed and preparations Inaugurated for the coming dominion election.\nThe new organizer Is J. Lehaney, of\nColeman. To the Albertan he stated that\ncandidates would assuredly be placed ln\nthe field in tho ridings of Calgary, Edmonton, Macleod, and Medicine Hat. He\nwas not certain about the other three, but\nwill make a study of conditions.\nThe meeting for organization was hold\nlast week. Delegates were present from\nthe Society of Equity, Trades and Labor\nUnions, and other labor organizations in\nthe province.\nAfter some discussion the platform of\nthe soclnllst party was adopted. The vote\nupon this was 37 to 9.\nThe leading planks are as follows:\n1, The transformation, as rapidly as\npossible, of capitalist property in the\nmeans ot wealth production (natural resources, factories, mills, railways, etc.)\ninto the collective property of the working class.\n2. Thorough and democratic organization and management of industry by tho\nworkers.\nfl, The establishment, as speedily as\npossible, of production for use Instead of\nproduction for profit.\nThere were 35 resolutions passed, tho\nmost   Important  being   those   favored   by\nTHE BUffAL0\nONE OP THESE WELL KNOWN AND\nSTRICTLY FIRST CLASS MARINE\nMOTORS WILL BE ON VIEW AT\nJACK MATHESON'S SHOP ON DEC.\n23 AND 24; ALL MOTOR BOATMEN\nARE INVITED TO CALL AND SEE IT\nIN OPERATION.\nYours Truly,\nThe Vancouver Ship\nYard. Lt'd\nMinard's liniment Gifts Dislempe.\nHOW MFH-HBMA 18 CONTRACT-D\nOn\u00ab o.t-i be*** the emnwlon \"my child\ncaught x \u00bbv\u00abre cold whloh developed Into\ndiphtheria,\" when the truth WM that the\ncold had lett the little one particularly aua.\noeptlble to the wanderlMr diphtheria t.rm.\nWhen Chambi-^aln'a Ooufh Bemedy la\nliven ll quickly ourao Uie cold and leaaena\nthe danter of diphtheria or aa yotlw\nterm dlaeaae heln\u00ab contracted. Por aale\nhy all drufglata aai dealer*\n\/\nMANY CASES HERE NOW\nTHIS CITY HAS ITS SHARE OP RHEUMATISM ,\n________ 1\nSIMPLE   HOME  TREATMENT   WHICH\nGIVES PROMPT RELIEF*     \/\nThousands of men and women who have\nfelt the sting and torture of this dread\ndisease, which is no respecter of age, persons, sex, color or rank, will bo Interested\nto know that while for many years rheumatism was considered an incurable disease, now it Is one of tho easiest afflictions of the human body to conquer. Medical science has proven It not a distinct\ndisease In Itself, but a symptom caused by\nInactive kidneys. Rheumatism or uric acid\nin the blood and other waste products of\nthe system which should be filtered and\nstrained out In form of urine. The functions of the kidneys Is to sift these poisons\nand uclds out nnd keep the blood clean\nand Pure, The kidneys aro, however, of\nBponge like substance the holes or pores\nof which will sometimes, either from overwork, cold or exposure, become clogged\nand Inactive and falling ln their function\nof eliminating these poisons from the blood\nthey remain In the veins, decompose and\nsettling about tho Joints and muscles,\ncause the untold suffering and pain of\nrheumatism and backache, often producing\ncomplaints of the bladder and urlnfiry disease,  weaknes,  etc.\nThe following Blmple prescription is said\nCut Flowers\nCHRYSANTHEMUMS\nNose better In Canada.    We  hare\nthem in thouMnds at  11.00 to 13.00\nper doien.\nALSO\nCARNATIONS, NARCISSUS,\nDAFFODILS,\nAND GREENHOUSE LETTUCE.\nE. GR1ZZELLE, Florist\nNELSON, a 0.\nCHRYSANTHEMUMS\nPWJMOStJS STRINGS,\nCARNATIONS, PALMS, FERNS  AND\nHOUSBPLANTS AT\nfRACHE BROS,\nTel B-20. Grind Forin. a 0.\n************************\nWORTH TAKING\nOn* cranot Flatd Extract D\u00bbn_elion|\nOn* oano* Compound Balaton* 1\n_     Four  ounce*   Compound   Syrup\n1 ' Samp-till*;\nMixed \u00bbnd token in tewpoonful\n' doact \u00bbfter each me\u00bbl and \u00bbt bedtime,\n\\ ', is pronounced by * prominent pbysl-\n. . olan to bo tho beit mixtur* for tin\n1 ' euro of tho kidney, bladder, wd *U\n' | urinary troubles.\n\u2022     This say* the doctor, 1* the most\n! \\ simple though remarkable preeorip*\n\u2022 > tion ever written to oleanse the\n' ay-tern   of   impurltie*   and   waste\n\u2022 matter.   It acts aa a powerful tonio\n\u2022 to the kidneys, forcing them to filter\n' out the acid* and poisons, overcom-\n; ing rheumatism, lame back, sciatica\n. , and other afflictions arising from\n' ' tour, impure blood.\n! ', The Ingredient* oan b- procured *t\n' > any good drug store, and being purely\n' ' vegetable and entirely hum!***, can\n', ', easily be mixed at home.\nIf you have a lufTering friend *how\n; this to him, ** he will undoubtedly\n. , be pleased to learn of so limpl* and\n1 ' highly reoommeuded a remedy.\nthe miners, Including the eight hour day.,\ncompensation to miners for injuries. The\nSociety of Equity also brought forward\nsome Important resolutions.\nAn organization was effected taking the\nform of an executive of seven members,\nA local quorum of four Includes Messrs.\nHenderson, Harrison, Howell and Brown.\nThe other three are Messrs. Bprlngford of\nEdmonton, MoCormack of Lethbrldge, and\nEvans of Tabor.\nof Frank, Morgan of Bankhead, and Smith\nof Coleman.\nMr.  Lehaney  was appointed organizer.\nMinard's Liniment Cures Garget In\nCows\n\"WHEN TO GO HOME\nFrom the Bluffton, Ind., Banner* \"When\ntired out go home.   When you want consolation, go home.   When you want fun,\ngo home.   When you want to show others\nHay, Wheat and Oats\nI have choice upland prairie hay to\noffer ln carload lota, also choice Alberta feed and Wheat and Oata. I will\ngladly give delivered pricea whenever\nrequested, either hy telegram or mall.\nD. C. HOFFMAN\nCALGARY. ALTA.\nNelson Steam Laundry\nP. O. Box 48.   Telephone 1.1.\nAll kinds and all colors of Ladles  and\nQents' Clothing\nCLEANED AND DYED\nFlannels, Blankets,  Curtains, Silks,  etc,\na specialty.\nGloves renovated to look like new.\nSteam Carpet Cleaning\nYour patronage solicited.\nPAUL NIPOU. Pros.\nMADAM W.H.TATE\nHAIRDRESSER\nElectric Face and Scalp Massage.\nHeir Restored to Its Natural Color.\nRemoving ot Superfluous Hair.\nAberdeen Block, Nelson. Over Wood-\nVallance Hardware Co.\t\nMALCOLM & BUT0HAR1\nGENERAL  BLACKSMITHS\nAND WH-BLWRIO-TS\nenj-n-AKHR  wagons  and  all\nKINDS OF SLEIGHS FOIt BALE\nHall St., Nelion, B. C.\nPhone aa. P. O. Box 161,\nWe Sell\nYuTol\non the positive guarantee\nthat if it does not give satisfaction we will return the\nentire amount of money paid\nus for it. We mean this\u2014\nand ask all those who are\nsick and need strength to try\nit with this understanding.\nWM. RUTHERFORD.\nNELSON,  B.C.\nCOAL 1 WQQDl\nWe now have a stock\nof GALT COAL\nand COKE\nPhone 265\nKOOTENAY ICE & fDEL CO.,\nLIMITED\nOUmi K.a. Dm. Saur * War* Am.\nENROL- NOW FOR THB\nSUMMER CLASSES OF THE\nSprott-Shaw Be\nVANCOUVER, B. C.\nTho best of teachers, tho hest\nof equipment and the very best\nresults.   Write for catalogue.\nIt.  J. SPItOTT,  B.A.,  Principal.\nSherman's Opera House\nTHB\nSANFORD OOME CO'Y\nIN CLASSICAL PRODUCTION\nMATINEE\nTODAY\nAT 2:30\ningomar\"\nTO-NIGHT\n\"Romeo and Juliet\"\nPrtceB\u201460c, 16c and 11.00.\nShilohsUseShi'oh'8Cura\nCure\nCures\nCoughs\nand Colds\nQUICKLY\n'for the worst cold,\nthesharpest cough\n\u2014try it on a guarantee of yonr\nmoney back if it\ndoesn't actually\nCURE quicker\nthan anything you\never tried. Safe to\ntake,\u2014nothing in\nit to hurt even a\nbaby. 34 years of\nsuccess commend\nShiloh's Cure\u2014\n25c., 60c., SI.    319\nthat you have reformed, go home and 1st\nyour family get acquainted with the fact.\nWhen you want to show yourself at your\nbeet, go home and do the aot tbere. When\nyou feel like being extra liberal, go home\nand practice on your wife and children\nfirst When you want to shine with ex-\ntra brilliancy, go home and llffht up the\nwhole household.\" To which we add,\nwhen you have a bad oold go home and\ntake Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and a\nquick euro la certain. For sale by a'l drug,\ngists and dealers.\nMinard's Liniment Cures Garget in\nCows\nColumbian College\nNEW WESTMINSTER, B. C.\nFounded 1892 Incorporated 1808\nProvides a home for students of both\nsexes at moderate rates. Has a preparatory class for junior students taking public\nschool work. Docs high school work and\nprepares for provincial teachers' examlnfl-\ntlons. Teaches all branohes of a practical\nbusiness course, and confers diplomas.\nImparts a liberal education In its collegiate courso and Is the ladles' couifte for\nM.E.L. and M.L.A. In theology confers\nthe degree of B.D. In university work\ncan take students through tho complete\nArts courso, for the B.A. degree of\u00bb_[o-\nronto unlvorslty, with whloh the college\nis ln full affiliation. In science teaches\nthe first year of Toronto School of Science\nand has a special engineering course\nadapted to practical engineering work ln\nthis province. In music, a complete course\nln theory, voice culture, and piano and\norgan ln conjunction with the Toronto\nCollege of Music. Special instructions tn\nart and elocution, while all students are\nrequired to take physical training with\nall tlie privileges of a well equipped gymnasium. For calendar address Columbia\nCollage.\nTwo Nights Only\nCommencing\nWednesday, Bee. 25th\nTHE GREAT\nMcEWEN\nAND HIS CLEVER COMPANY\nUUGHTER'-d BEWILDERMENT\n'      WORLD'S   FOREMOST\nHYPNOTIST\nRECOGNIZED   MASTER\nriAGICIAN\nHIGH-CLASS VAUDEVILLE\nPrices\u201476c, BOc, and 26c\nScale on sale ftt Rutherfords Tuesday.\nSynopsis ot Canadian\nHomestead Peculation\nANT available Dominion Lands within the\nRailway Belt of British Colubtnla may be\nhomesteaded by any persons who ls the\nsole head of .a family, or any male over\n18 years of age, to the extent of one-quarter section of 1G0 acres, more or less.\nEntry must be made personally at the\nlocal land office for the dlBtrlct In which\nthe land ls ltuate. Entry by proxy may.\nhowever, be made on certain condltlona\nby the fiather, mother, son, daughter,\nbrother, or sister of an Intending horat-\nsteader.\nTho homesteader Is required to perform\nthe conditions connected therewith under\none of the following plans:\n1. At least six months' reldenoe upon\nand cultivation of the land tn eaoh year\nfor three years.\n2. If the father (or mother, if the father\nls deceased) of the homesteader resides\nupon a farm in the vicinity of the land\nentered for, the requirements as to rest-\ndence may be satisfied by such person\nresiding with the father or mother.\n3. If the settler has his permanent residence upon farming land owned by him In\nthe vicinity ot his homestead, the requirements as to residence may be satisfied by\nresidence upon the said land.\nSix months* notice In writing should bo\ngiven to the Commissioner of Dominion\nLands at Ottawa of intention to apply for\npatent\nOOAL\u2014Coal mining rights may bs leflsed\nfor a period of twenty-one years at on\nannual rental of Jl per acre. Not more\nthan 2560 acres shall be leased to one individual or company, A royalty at the\nrate of five cents per ton shall be collected on the merchantable coal mined.\nvr. vr. cory,\nDeputy Minister of the Interior.\nN.B.\u2014Unauthorised publication  of  this\nadvertisement will not bo paid for,\nporta, mul  ..\nEHPRESSCS\ntV*\u2014 DATS OCBAK PA8-AOB.\nTh. \"B-npt\u00ab-\u00ab-\" an _\u00bb l\u00bbrr*t ft**\ntlie SxHett ateunen between Centtx \u00abM\nI_v\u00abvool. m\nBT. JCHDf, N.B. TO LIVERPOOL \u2022\nFriday, Deo. J7  Empreii ot Ireland\n_H.urt\u00aby, Jan. \u00ab  Lal\u00bb Ohamplajn\nmday, Jan. 10 ......Bmwew ot Brltgn\nrrl___y, Jan. M Conloan\nSaturday. P*. I  \u2014*\u00bb_*_\nFriday, Feb. 7 Bmpr\u2014a of Iwand\nIt Ton An (Mai ta STOOPS B-ri.\nApplication  for Both If RmmmiT\nVer tntthtr tnfor___-on apply to\nJ. MOB, B J. OOYIA\nD.P.A., -\u00ab_\u00ab_.   A.O.P.A., VM-ew*.\n 16.*'\nSATURDAY   DECEMBER 21.\n\u00a9he gMtl-. Itewe.\nPAOEOTI\n\u2014THE--\nROYAL\n\u2022 \u2022\nTHERE is nothing\nmakes a more sensible Xmas Gift\nthan FOOTWEAR. It\ngoes straight to the\nheart of the person who\nreceives it\u2014it's always\nappreciated\nGentlemen's Slippers\nIn Gents' House Slippers we are showing a great variety\u2014brown kid,\nblack kid, brown seal, brown undressed leather, red kid\nPrices, $1.75 to $3\nLadies' Felt\nSlippers\nJuliets in Brown, Green, Black,\nand Red\n75c to $2.25\nBEDROOM SUPPERS,\n75c to $1.50\nCHILDREN'S and MISSES' FELT\nJULIETS and BEDROOM\nSUPPERS\n50c to $1.25\nSkating Shoes\nFor Men Wonien and Children\nLeggings and Overgaiters\nfor Women and Children\nR. ANDREW\n&C0.\nExclusive Shoe Dealers\nNOT All IN THE\nSHOW WINDOW\nEvery department of our large store is filled\nwith Suitable Gifts for all.\nHere are a Few Suggestions\nEDISON PHONOGRAPHS.\nBERLINER AND VICTOR GRAMOPHONES.\nBANJOS, GUITARS, VIOLINS.\nMANDOLINS, ZITHERS.\nKodaks and Cameras from $1 to $50\nBrioa-Brack and Ohinaware\nIN B.DLCSS VARIETY\nPURSES, WALLETS, CARD CASES, HAND BAGS.\nPHOTO FRAMES.    FRAMED PICTURES 50c TO \u00bb16.00; UNFRAMBD\nPICTURES, 10c TO   ,.\u00bb6.50.\nXMAS STATIONERY, XMAS CARDS AND   CALENDARS,   DOLLS,\nTOYS, GAMES, ETO.\nBOOKS BOOKS. BOOKS.\nCOMB IN AND DO YOUR SHOPPING  WHERE  YOU HAVE  THB\nBEST VARIETY TO CHOOSE FROM.\nCanada Drug & Book Co.\nRop-Montlng Santo Clam In Helm.\nBBB OUR ADS. ON PAGE EIGHT.\nTimber Limits\nWanted\nI am In a position to handle your Umber limits.\nOall In and give or write tall particulars to\nR. J. STEEL\nHudson's Bay Block,\nNelson, B. C.\n1 .Threat Northern\n(ihristmas Holiday\nExcursions\nTo\nEastern Canada\nOX SALB DECEMBBR 1st to Silt.\nLimit 90 days\nTO\nToronto, Montreal and\nPoints in Ontario\n$78.25\nLOW RATES TO MARITIME PROVINCES\nCOAST EXCURSIONS\nON SALE DEC. Slat TO 26th, ud\nDEC. 28th TO JAN. 1st\nLIMIT JANUARY 8r&\nNBW WESTMINSTER  $28.00\nVANCOUVER     \u00bb28.96\nVICTORIA   \u00bb31.96\nFor berth reservations and other information apply to\nH. & DOUGLAS, O.P.A., Olty.\nW. A. ROSS, A.G.P.A., Seattle.\nNELSON NEWS OF THE DAY\nBorn In this city on December 18, to the\nwife of Arthur Randall, Victoria atreet, a\ndaughter.\nMrs. C. H. Allison will receive on tho\nfirst and second Monday of .each month\nat 714 Carbonate street.\nVf. McCarter, a prominent real-estate\ndealer, and building contractor of Victoria,\nIs spending a few daya In the city on'business.\nTomorrow being the festival of St.\nThomas, the Apostle, there will be n celebration of tho holy communion ln St. Saviour's church at 10:30 a.m.\nThe Sandford Dodge company will present Ingomnr at the matinee today and\nwill conclude their engagement this evening  with Borneo  and  Juliet.\nSeveral Baker street merchants are Industriously setting to work to capture Tha\nDally News first prize for the beat dressed\nwindow during the next four days, the particulars ot the contest are set out In another column of this issue.\nThe public is notified that two money\norder books have been stolen In Seattle,\nThe numbers are 35,033 to 35,200 and 20,106\nto 20,009\/ Merchants are specially cautioned In the matter aa some of these orders have been fraudulently filled out and\ncashed.\nFrom the office of the Montreal Family\nHernia and Weekly Star comes Vol. 1 of\nthe Canadian Red Book, a handbook of\nthe dominion of Canada, A very careful\ncompilation of facts of interest to every\nCanadian and a veritable mine of useful\nInformation for non-residents who may bo\nanxious to know something of the dominion, Its laws, government resources and\npotentialities. A particularly useful little\npublication to send to friends abroad.\nThe manager or the senior hockey team-\nM. R. McQuarrle, would like to have thc\nnames of all tho hockey players handed It\nto him before Christmas ,so that two teamt\ncan be picked out for a gome on Christmas day between the hours of 2:30 and\n3:30. After the game tho names ot thc\nplayers to represent Nelson for the coming\nseason will be given out. The management\nof tho team has had an unofficial offer\nfor a series of games at Edmonton nnd\nStrathcona with a guarantee of at least\n9600, They are also trying to arrange n\nnumber of games In the following towns:\nFernle .Lethbrldge, Pincher Creek, Coleman, Medicine Hat, Calgary, Wetasklwln\nand Reglna.\nFor prompt delivery of your Christmas\nand New Year's presents ring up phone 4.\nor any messenger eall box in the city.\nFull staff of boys on hand. Office open\nday and night Christmas week.\nThe Poole-Longhurst company will have\nIce cream for sale for holiday parties from\nnow until Christmas. Get your orders In\nearly.\nThere will be a turkey raffle at tho bar\nof the Queen's hotel on Christmas eve.\nThere are 30 live turkeys In stock.\nLook them up now. Tou save money,\nget comfort and convenience by having\nyour boots repaired by W. 3. Habgood,\nnear postofflce. Oood material, neatness,\nsecurity. Terms cash. 187-26\nGenuine English Holly for sale at Joy's\nOnsh Grocery, I0>-1\nMATERNITY HOME\nMra. Harris is prepared to reoeive maternity cases at lier home 1115 Water\nstreet. 181-26\nC. P. R.\nChristmas\nExcursions\nEAST\n$7825\nTO MONTREAL\nTORONTO\nAnd all points west thereot in\nOntario and Quebec\nQuebec, St John, Halifax.\nMaritime Province ratea on application\nTickets on sale dally\u2014\nDECEMBER 1st to DECEMBER 3Ut\nRound trip, First Class.\n80 day limit.\nOLD COUNTRY\nRATES\nHALIFAX, BT. JOHN or PORTLAND\nand return\nReturn Ocean Farm.\nSaloon\u2014 second\u2014 Steer\u00ab\u00abs\n1104.60. $78.26. fG6.00.\nand up according to steamer.\nFor   detailed   Information   sailings\nocean steamers, flnt class or   tourist\nsleeper reservations   apply   to   local\nagent or\nFOR FULL PARTICULARS ADDRESS\nJ. MOB, D.P.A.        B. J. COYLE,\nNelson.        A.Q.P.A.. Vancouver\nAN ELECTRIC RANCH\nSomething Decidedly\nNew and Novel\n*\nWE HAVE JUST PLACED ON OUR\nLIST A NOVELTY IN THE FRUIT\nRANCH LINE. THIS ONE CONTAINS\n12 ACRES ON KOOTENAY LAKE,\nCONVENIENT TO GOOD DAILY\nTRANSPORTATION AND CLOSE TO\nNELSON.\nWHERE THE NOVELTY COMES IN\nIS FROM THE FACT THAT THIS\nFARM IS RUN BY ELECTRICITY.\nTHREE AND ONE HALF ACRES ARE\nCLEARED AND PARTLY PLANTED.\nTHIS PLACE IS OWNED BY A GENIUS, WHO HAS SOLVED BY PRACTICAL DEMONSTRATION THE USE\nOF ELECTRICITY AS A MEANS OF\nPRODUCING A LIGHTNING GROWTH\nIN VEGETABLES AND FRUITS. A\nCOMPLETE SYSTEM OF ELECTRIC\nWIRES ARE INSTALLED UNDER\nTHE SURFACE OF ALL THE LAND\nCLEARED.\nCOME IN AND LET US SHOW YOU\nHOW RADISHES FOR EARLY MARKET CAN BE GROWN IN SEVEN\nDAYS.\nWE HAVE A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION OF THE PLACE IN OUR OFFICE.\nYOU WILL FIND IT INTERESTING.\nGOOD COMFORTABLE DWELLING.\nEVERYTHING COMPLETE.\nPrice $1200\nONE HALF CASH, THE BALANCE\nARRANGED.\ntiitii\ntiitii\ntiitii\nihtii\nihtii\ntiitii\niftili\nihtii\nihtii\ntiiih\ntiitii\ntiitii\nihih\ntiitii\nTOYE \u00ae> CO'Y\nREAL ESTATE\nP. O. BOX 51      -     NELSON. BRITISH COLUMBIA\nnm\nnm\nnm\n9-9 _\u00a3-'2'B:.B.-B?'-B_~.\nThcEarlyBuycrgcts\nthe Choice\nApples at 12.00, {2.25, $2.50 and $2.65.\nOranges at 25c, 36c, 40c, and 50c per\ndozen.\nAlso   a   nice   assortment   ot   Nuts,\nXmas Stockings and Candy.\nSave your Xmas order lor the Little\nStore with the\nBIG   STOCK\nJoy's Cash firoeefy\nCerner Josephine and Ward Stroeta\nJoy Will Meet You at the Door.\nCITY OF SLOCAN\nCOURT OF REVISION.\nNotice ta heroby given that a Omrt of\nRevision will bo held in the City Hall,\nShwiii. n. C\u201e at 10 a.m. on tho 21st day\nof December for tho purpose of revising\nthe Voters' List of tho Municipality of the\nCity of Slocan.\nDecember 12, 1907.\nN, MORRISON,\nC. M. C.\nCITY OF CRANBROOK\nNOTICE OF COURT OF REVISION\nCorporation of the City\nof Greenwood\nNOTICE\nFOR SALE\nOne of the choice lots on the West\nArm, near Procter, 18 acres, 3 acres\ncleared, 100 trees planted. No waste\nland.   Good water supply.\n$2000\nVERY  EASY  TERMS.\nGEO. G. McLARFN\nOpposite Queen's Hotel, Baker St.\nNOTICE\nPubllo notice la hereby given that a\nCourt of Revision for the purpose of correcting and revising the Voter's List \"for\nthe year 1906 will be held in the Council\nChambers, City of Grand Forks, B. C, on\nSaturday, December Slst, at 2 o'clock p.m.\nOrand Forks, B. C-, December 10th, 1907.\nJ. A. MoCALLUM,\n _?l____c,erk:-\nMUNjCtPALITT  -OP   TBB   OORPORA-\nWON OV THB CITY OF PHOENIX\nNolle* is hereby given that the annual\n\u25a0ittlng of the Oourt of Revision for revising an* connecting tbe Voters' List for\nIMS, will be held In the City Offloe, Do*\nminion avenue , on Saturday, the B_t day\nof December, INT. at t o'olock p.m.\nM. M. STEPHENS, City Clerk.\nDated at Phoenix, B.C., thla fith Aay of\nDecember, 1907.\nTAKB NOTICE that tho Court of Revision of the City of Oranbrook, will sit\nat -lie Council Chambers In tho City of\nCranbrook on the 21st day of December,\n1907, at the hour of 0 a.m. In the forenoon,\nlegal time, (10 o'clock local time) and will\ncontinue to n't if requisite from day to\nday at the Bald place and hour, to receive and determine aU applications to\nBtrlke out the name of any person whioh\nhas been Improperly placed on Uho Voters'\nList of the said City of Cranbrook,- or to\nplace on euch list, tho name of any person Improperly omitted from such list,\npursuant to the provisions of the Municipal\nElections Act and Amending Acts.\nDated this Oth day of December, lfiOT.\nT. M. ItOBERTS,\nClerk of the Council of tho Municipality.\nCITY OF SANDON\nTake Notice that a Court of Revision\nwill bo held on Saturday evening, December 21st. 1907, at 8 p.m., In tho City Hall.\nSandon. for the Revision of Voters' List\nfor the Municipality of City of Sandon for\nthe year 1906.\nW. F. LAWSON,\n      _ City Clork.\nNOTICE\nNotice Is hereby given that the first sitting of tho Annual Court of Revision, to\nrevise and correct the Municipal Voters'\nList for 1906, of the corporation of tihe\ncity of Rossland, will sit tn the Council\nChamber at the City Hall, at 10 o'clook\na.m. on the Slst day of December, 1907.\nOf which all petsone are hereby required\nto take notice and to govern themselves\naccordingly.\nRossland,   B.  C,   December  llth.  INT.\nJ. P. COLLINS.\nClerk of the Munlrtpa lty of   tha Cltr of\nRossland.\nNotice ls hereby given that a Court of\nRevision will sit at the City Hall, Greenwood, B. C\u201e on Saturday, 21st day of\nDecember Instant at the hour of 10 a. m.,\nfor the purpose of correcting and revising\nthe Voters' List and hearing any application that may bo made relating thereto.\nDated this Oth day of December, 1907.\nO. B. TAYLOR,\nClork Municipal Council.\nMunicipality of Trail\nCOURT OF REVISION.\nThe Municipal Court of Revision of the\nVoters' List of the Municipality of the\nCity of Trail, for tho year 1908, A.D.. will\nbe held In the City Offices, Helena Street,\non\nDECEMBBR 31, 1007.\nThe Court of Revision Shall correct and\nrevise the said Voters' List and shall hoar\nand determine any application to strike\nout tho name of any person which has\nbeen Improperly placed thereon,\nH. DES BAI-RES.\nCity Clerk.\nAtlantic S. S. Sailings\nALLAN LINE\u2014PROM ST. JOHN, N. B.\nCorstcan .... Dec. 30 Tunisian .... Jan. 3\nDOMINION   LINE\u2014FROM   PORTLAND.\nCanada   \u2022 Jan. 4\nCAN. PAC. R'Y\u2014FROM ST. JOHN, N. B.\nEmp. Ireland Dec. 27 Luke Champ.. Jan. 4\nRED STAR LINE\u2014FROM NEW YORK.\nSamland ....Dec. 18 Kroonland ..Dec. 25\nAMERICAN LINE\u2014FROM NEW YORK.\nSt. Paul ....Dec. 31 New Pork ...Dec. 28\nWHITE STAR LINE\u2014From NEW YORK\nOceania  Dec. 1} Arablo    Dec. 18\nCUNARD LINE\u2014FROM NBW YORK.\nLusitania ...Dec. 21 Mauretania Dec. 28\nATLANTIC LINE\u2014FROM NBW YORK.\nMlnnetonka  Dec.   23   Mesaba    Dec.   28\nIf you are going to Europe call or write\nus for particulars,\nAll continental rates and sailings on application. It you aro contemplating taking an ocean voyage drop us a line and\nwe will be pleased to furnish you with\nfull  Information promptly.\nJ. MOB, W. P. F. CUMM1NOS\nD.P.A, Nelson.      Gen. Agt., Winnipeg.\n (-JOB BOC\n\u00a9he flattj- llew*.\nDECEMBBR 21.\n$15 Overcoats\nWLWM^MXk\nVf* are not half as proud of our\nDrew Suits at $40\u2014as we are of\nFit-Reform $15 Overcoats. It takes\nmonths of planning and testing, and\ntwo trips a year to England\u2014to get\ncloth worthy of bearing the Fit-Reform\nlabel and yet reasonable in price.\nIt takes careful business management to enable the finest\ntailoring corps in Canada to make these Overcoats, and still\nlet us sell them for $15. 282\nEvery good style and dozens of handsome patterns, at $15.\nEMORY  &  WALLEY\nNelson, B.C\nYOUR WINTER SUIT\nGentlemen's suits thla year are semi-form fitting, the coat being\na little shorter than last year, and showing the lines ot the body.\nThey have the \"French\" hack so much In favor with particular\ndressers.\nSuperior\nMaterials\nSkillfully\nMade\n\/9r        jjtwid\n*\nThe W. E. Sanford Mfg. Co.. Ltd.\nHAMILTON, ONT.\nWINNIPEG. MAN.\nSinger Sewing Machine Co.\nOn Tuesday, Dec. 17, we will commence\nour Annual Clearance Sale of Damaged and\nSlightly used Sewing Machines at Less than\nHalf Price; also a quantity of Second-hand\nMachines from $5 up.\nSinger Sewing Machine Go., Ward St.\nThe pastor and officials of the Methodist Church wish their fellow citizens\nA Merry Christmas\nand\nHappy New Year\nand beg to announce that special Xmas services will be held In the church on\nSunday, December, 22, morning and evening, for which special music has been\nprepared hy the choir.\nLook out for the entertainment to be given on Friday evening, December 27,\nby the Sunday School.\nPAUPERISM IN ENGLAND\nTHE AG1.ICLTURAL COUNTIES MAKE\nWORST SHOWING.\nA   TREMENDOUS   GROWTH  IN   PAST\nFEW YEARS.\nAn exhaustive report has juat been Issued by .he local government board of\nEngland, dealing mainly with pauperism\nand publlo health, but also touching other\nsubjects, such as education, wliich bave\ngradually come within its jurisdiction. The\nlocal government board, presided over by\nJohn Burns, hnu become, as the London\nTimes say_, tho ministry of the Interior\nIn all but Judicial matters. It comes ln\ncontact with the people at more points\nthan any other branch of tho government\nand Is therefore of great Importance from\na political point of vltiw. A bad local\ngovernment board can wreck an administration, just us a good board may rescue\nan   otherwise   unpopular   government.\nTbo present board appear to be a good\nboard in that It has resisted socialist pressure. At the samo time, Its statistics\nshow a very unsatisfactory condition as regards pauperism, due, not so much to\ntrade depression, na to tho greater readiness with which hundreds of local guardians pi_.iilt their constituents to live on\ntlie rate-. In one case, for example, a\nguardian assorted to his board that he\nwoe elected to give out relief to his friends\nand relatives. Others are known to bave\nexchanged promises of relief for votes.\nThe Poplar scundals are still fresh In the\npublic mind. For these the local government board Is In a sense tr-sponsible; but\non tho whole It seems to be making a\ncourageous, If unpopular, stand against\nthe tendency of guardians to load down\nthe rates with friends who desire to be\nsupported   without  work.\nAlthough trade lias been flourishing and\nthe necessaries of life extraordinarily\ncheap in England, and not a really hard\nwinter for ten or twelve years, tlie number of paupers, while slightly less than\nIn 1805 and 1806, is enormously greater than\nln any one of the previous thirty years.\nBetween 1901 and 1907 the total pauperism\nha_ Increased by nearly 120,000, or tn.ie\nthan one-seventh. Until about lii years\nago London's average of pauperism was\nalways below the averago of the whole\ncountry; but since then it has been ju.t\nas markedly above It. Defoe's description\nof the elty as \"the needy villain's general\nhome\" haa come true; but It ls rather the\nexcellencies tf Londun than Us defects\nthat gives it audi bad eminence. Its hospitals and its dimities dmiw to lt the\nunfit from all porta of the British Isles.\nMaking this allowance, the statistics of\nthe bourd go to show that Uie agricultural\ncounties have most pauperism and manufacturing counties the least. In Dorset\n\u25a0U persons out of 1,000 ure supported by\nthe other 900; and In Norfolk and Hereford the condition Is almost tw bad. Tlie\nWest Riding shows only IS per thousand,\nand some other have\" less than half the\npauperism of Norfolk. The difference is\npartly explained by the fact tliat life is\nmuch longer in tiie agricultural counties,\nand that tho young and active habitually\nmigrate to the towns, leaving behind them\nthose past work. Moreover, the wages\npaid ln manufacturing districts are larger\nthan thos. paid elsewhere; so that, on the\nwhole, the unfavorable showing made by\ntho agricultural counties ls  Inevitable.\nIn Cornwall pauperism la on tho wane\nowing to the recent revival of tin mining,\nit being now profitable to mine tlie tin\nthat for a geneiution lina been permitted\nto lie ln the ground. In Leicester, on the\ncontrary, In the boot and shoe trade,\nAmerican machinery has been driving\nthousands of workers out of on.ploym.nt.\nTbe process has been going on for some\nyears, and matters have not yet been ad-\nJusted. In five years poor relief there has\ndoubled, so that the people who profit by\nthe labor-saving devices have to support\nmany of the families at whose expense\nthe saving is effected. The report indicates thnt the workhouse school has almost disappeared, for the number of\npauper children has greatly fallen off.\nThe public health grows steadily b.tter,\nand not only ate such diseases aa smallpox and Bcurlet fe%-er more uncommon\nthan formerly, but less virulent. Closer\nsupervision Is exercised over the milk\nsupply; and as for tlie utilization of\npokonous chemicals in tbe adulteration of\nthc food. It has been discontinued. Equally dishonest, but less dangerous, adulteration continues to flourish. The sale\nof margarine for butter appears to be almost irrepressible; but the swindle la not\noften carried on in such an elaborate\nfashion as In an Instance reported by the\npublic analyst   for  Birmingham:\n\"The vendor lived ln a a-nall house In\nthe city, bul dressed ns a farmer's wife\nand carried round butter aud egg\u201e picked\nIn hay In a fanner's basket; occasionally\nshe asked lor orders for pork from hei|\n\u25a0\u2022own pig..\" She bought margarine nt\nC'\/jd. per pound., mnde It up In Imitation\nof farmer's butter, and sold lt as la 2d\nper pound. From enquiries made it appeared probable that the defendant had\nbeen   practising   this   fraud   for   years.\"\n1'nluchily all this Ingenuity was, wasted,\nfor the sham rustic was fined 10 pound*:\nand costs, und In default of payment was\nImprisoned for two months with hard\nlabor.\nThe Store of Quality\nIs wide open for business with lots of good staple\nfancy groceries at right prices, such as\u2014\nHeinz Sweet Gherkins ln Bulk, per qt 50\nHeinz Sweet Mixed Pick leu. In bulk, per qt 50\nHeinz Sour Cucumbers, ln bulk, per qt W\nForce, at 3 pkgs. for 25\nFoley's Biscuits, 10c pkgs. at 3   for      ii\nEvaporated Apples, not new but good, per tb 10\nA Fresh Stock of Table and Cooking  Raisins,  Currants,   Figs,  Peel,\nDates, Candy, Nuis, Fruit, etc., on band for your Xmas dinner.\nIf Prompt Delivery, Oood Qoods and Right Prices please you, I will\nbe pleased to wait on you and guarantee satisfaction.\n, Respectfully yours,\nISJS.54 A. S. Horswill\nCANADIAN   FU-UITS.\nMr. Vf. T, Macoun, horticulturist of the\nCentral Experimental Farm,. Ottawa, has\nsent the following circular letter to the\nofficers of Horticultural Societies and\nFarmers'   Institute-   throughout   Canada:\nDuring the past three hundred years\nmany varieties of fruits have originated In\nCanada, some of which are of great merit.\nThe dominion and provincial governments\nthrough their official publications have\nrecorded a large number of those originated, but up to the present i*mc no com\"\nplete list of Canadian fruits has been published.\nIn view of tho fact that many new varieties aro being originated every year, it\nRoams desirable, before the task becomes\ntoo great, to prepare as complete a list\nas possible so that in future all that It\nwill be necessary to do will be to add to\nit the new ones.\nThe Horticulturist of the Centml Experimental Farm would, therefore, be\ngrateful if you would, either personally or\nthrough tbe , Horticultural Society or\nFnrmcrs* Institute you may represent,\nnssist in pprcparing this list by sending to\nhim the names of any seedling or crossbred fruits of Cnnadian origin which you\nthink should be recorded. It ls especially\ndesired to bet Information regarding local\nor unnamed seedlings of merit. Please\nsend, If possible, the originator's name,\nthe date of origin, the name of the place\nwhere originated, a description of thc\nfruit, and any other information regarding it. Any or nil of these particulars\nwould be appreciated. Even if the name\nand address only of the originator were\nsent it would enable us to correspond with\nhim und get further Infcrmntloh.\nThe  Horticulturist   will be  glnd to ex-\nKELSON GAFE\nIn connection.   Open day nnd night.\nFirst Class Meals.   Fu.nlshed rooms\nFirst-Glass Lui\\ch\nFiom 13 noon\nto S p m.\n8PE0IAL\nSunday Dinner from 5 to S p.m.\nBaker St.\nPhone 275\nA. AUDET, Prop.\nHOTEL DIRECTORY\nNelson Hotel .Bar\nBAKER  ST.,   NELSON.\nBest appointed in the City.\nFINEST OLYMPIA OYSTER COCKTAILS\nINK & WARD, props.\nSilver King Hotel\nBAKER ST., NBLSON.\nD. DALZIEL, PROP.\nSituated ln most central part of Baker St.\nRooma and dining room under superv aion\nof proprietor.   Bar _s one of the best ap*\npointed ln the city.\nBAETLETT  HOUSE\nQ. W. BARTLETT, PROP.\nThe best $1 a day house ln\ntown.      A     Miner's   Home.\nKOOTENAY HOTEL\nMRS. MALLETTE, Proprietress.\nA home for everybody.    Every convenience given to the travelling public.   Electric Piano.    Cuisine  unexcelled.   Rates Jl\nper day.\nSherbrooke House\nNELSON, B. C.\nOne minute's walk from C. P. R. station.\nCuslslne unexcelled; well heated and ventilated.\nBOYER BROS., Proprietors.\nLAKEVIEW HOTEL\nCOR.   HALL  AND  VERNON  STS.\nW, CAMPBELL, Proprietor.\nTwo blocks from City Wharf.   The beBt\ndollar a day house In Nelson.\nNO CHINESE EMP.'-OYED.\nYMIR.\nWA LnoitF HOTEL, YMIR, B. C\u2014\nHeadquarters for Mining and Commercial men. Most comfortable hotel In the\ndistrict. Sample rooms In connection.\nGeorge ,fCol man,  proprietor.\nPHOENIX.\nHOTEL BALMORAL, PHOENIX, B. C\u2014\nThe leading hotel of Boundary's leading\nmining camp. Strictly first class, centrally located. John A. McMoster, proprietor.\nHOTEL BROOKLYN, PHOENIX, B. C\u2014\nThe only up to date hotel in Phoenix.\nNew from cellar to roof. Best sample\nrooms In the Boundary. Bath 100m in\nconnection. Steam heat. Opposite Great\nNorthern depot.   Jas. Marshall, prop.\nARROWHELU>.\nTHE UNION HOTEL, ARROWHEAD\u2014\nSpecial attention given to commercial\nmen and t.uirl-ts, First class sample\nrooms. FlneBt scenery In British Columbia, overlooking Upper Arrow lake. W.\nJ. Llghtbume, proprietor.\nGRAND FORKS.\nHOTEL PROVINCE, ORAND FORKS\u2014\nThe headquarters for tourists.   Satlsfac-\n*t. (Ion guaranteed.   Emll   Larson (late   of\n*n Nelson) proprietor.\namine and report on the merits of any\nnew fruits whicli may be sent to him.\nLetters and mall parcels under five pounds\nln weight may bc sent free of postage.\nA   METHODIST    MINISTER    RECOMMENDS CHAMBERLAIN'S COUGH\nREMEDY.\nWe bave usde Chamberlain's Cough Remedy in our home for seven years and lt haa\nalways proved to be a reliable remedy. Wa\nhave found that it would do more than the\nmanufacturers claim for il   It is especially\ngood for croup and whooping cough,\nRev. James A. Lewis,\nPastor Milaoa, Minn., M. E. Ohurch.\nChamborlain's Cough Remedy Is sold by\naU druggists and dealers.\nA HOME MADE HAPPY BY CHAMBERLAIN'S COUGH REMEDY\nAbout two months ago our baby girl had\nmeasles which setttled on her lungs and\nat laat resulted In a severe atttack of\nbronchils. We had two doctors but no\nrelief was obtained. Everybody thought\nshe would die. I went to eight different\nstores to find a certain remedy which had\nbeen recommended to me and failed to get\nIt, when one of the storekeoprs Insisted\nthat I should try Chamber ain's Cough\nRemedy. I did so, and our baby ia alive\nand well today.\u2014George Spence, Holly\nSprings, N.C. For sale by all druggists\nand dealers.\nWe have some offices for rent in the\nAberdeen block.    Beer Bros. 188-tf\nPROFESSIONAL CARDS\nMURPHY & FISHER\nOTTAWA\nBarristers, Solicitors, eto.\nParliamentary, Departmental and Patent\nOffice Agent practice betor* Railway Commission.\nCHARLES MURPHY HAROLD FISHER\nA. L. McCULLOCH\nHYDRAULIC  ENGINEER\nfROVINCIAL LAND SURVEYOR\nP. O. Box 41\nOffice Phone B86      Resldenc* Phone B74\nOffice: Over McDermld and MeHardy\nBaker Street Nelson, B.C.\nF. C. Green   F. P. Burden   A. H. Oreen\nGreen Brothers & Burden\nCIVIL   ENGINEERS\nDominion and British Columbia lAnd\nSurveyors\nP.O. Box 146 Phone KM\nCor.  Victoria and Kootenay  Sts,\nNELSON, B.C.\nW. J. H. HOLMES\nCIVIL ENGINE!-- _ MINE SUBVEYOK\nPROVINCIAL. LAND SURVEYOR\nKABLO. B.C.\nTen jears experience ln tbe Kootenay,.\nHonor graduate. 1891. Royat Military College ot Canada, Kingeion.\nS. S. FOWLER\nMINING ENGINEER\nKMJBOY, B. O.\nF. S. CLEMENTS\nCIVIL ENGINEER\nDOMINION   AND  PROVINCIAL   LAND\nBURVEYOR\nAgent for obtaining Crown Grante. mine\nsurveying, eto.\nRoom A., K.W.C. Blook\nResidence Phono 303\nP.O. Box 1 Neleon, B.C.\nGEORGE P. PLAYER\nACCOUNTANT\nLate Accountant at Hall Mining and\nSmelting Co.\nOFFICE:    BOOM 2, ELLIOT BLOCK.\nGEORGE 0. EGG\nARCHITECT\nAND    BUILDING    SUPERINTENDENT\nMontreal, Boston and Toronto B-Cferleaee.\nOffice: Room 9, Tramway Blook\nP.O. Box 111 Neleon, B.C.\nTRACING AND  BLUB   PRINTING   AT\nSHORT NOTIOB\nDrawings and Specifications\nPrepared (or Patent), Etc, and Patent\nrights secured.   Aply to\nO .0. MACKAT,\nP. O. Box 876, Nelson.\nMechanical ud Structural Work Designed and Supervised.\nH. 0. BUCK\n>. C. LAND SURVEYOR\nOFFII-t-OVBB ROYAL BANK .\nP. a Box Ul Nelson, B^3.\nONE\nInsertion\nOF A\nWant\nAd\nDOES NOT ALWAYS CONSTITUTE A COMPLETE\nCLASSIFIED ADVERTISING\nCAMPAIGN \u2014 ALTHOUGH\nSOMETIMES IT DOES!\nThe Iflrst \"try,\" In any line\not effort, ls sot usually enough.\n\"Try again\" ts a slogan as old\na>\u2014experience ot human attain.\nnet* la probably nothing\nelsg In which the first \"try\"\nIb so often rewarded as ln\nWANT ADVERTISING. I\nAnd there is surely\nnothing else in\nwhich reasonable\npersistence is so\ncertain of a reward 1\nWHOLESALE HOUSES\nPRODUCE.\nSTARKEY & CO., WHOLESALE DEAL-\ners In Butter, Eggs, Cheese, Produce and\nFruit. Houston Block, Josephine street,\nNelaon, B. C.\nGROCERIES.\nA. MACDONALD & CO.\u2014WHOLESALE\nGrocers ond Provision Merchants\u2014Importers of Teas, Coffees, Spices, Dried\nFruits, Staple and Fancy Groceries, Tobaccos, Cigars, Butter Eggs, cti-.se und\nPacking House Products. Office and\n\u25a0warehouse, corner of Front and Hall\nStreets.    P. O.  Box 1096.   Telephone 28.\nLIQUORS.\nE. FERGUSON & CO.\u2014WHOLESALE\nand Commission Merchants\u2014Importers\nand Wholesale Dealers in Wines, Liquors\nand Cigars. Kootenny agenta for Pabst\nMilwaukee Beer. Agents for the Bruns-\nwlck-Balke-Collender Co., Billiard and\nPoole Tables and Supplies, Bar Fixtures,\nCigar Counters, Bowling Alleys, etc.\nPrices ^and specifications on application.\nOffice and retail department, Vernon\nSt., Nelson, two doors cast of postofflce.\nTelephone 260.  P. 0. Box 1020.\nCAMP   AND   MINERS'   FURNISHINGS.\nA. MACDONALD & COi\u2014WHOLESALE\nJobbers in Blankets, Underwt\u00abr, Mitts,\nGloves, Boots, Rubbers, Overalls, Jumpers, Mackinaws and Oilskin Clothing,\nCamp and Miners' Sundries. Office and\nWarehouse corne*1 of Front and Half\nstreets.   P. O. Box 1095.   Telephone 28.\nMININO   AND   MILLING MACHINERY.\nWASHINGTON MACHINERY & SUPPLY\nCo.\u2014Dealers In Engines, Band and Circular Sawmills, Atkins* Saws, Wood and\nIron Pulleys, Leyner Compressors and\nDrills, Pumps and Hoists. Prompt attention. Reasonable prices. Courteous\ntreatment.    Spokane, Wash.\t\nA83AYER3\nE. W. WIDDOWSON, CHEMIST AND\nAssayer, Nelson, B. C\u2014Gold, Silver,\nLead or Copper, \u00bb1 e\u00abch; Qold-Sllver,\nH.60; Silver-Lead, 11,60; zinc, $3; Gold-\nSilver, with Lead or Copper, $2.60. Samples arriving by express or mall will receive prompt attention. P. O. D.uwer,\n1108.   Plione AOT.\nASSAYERS' SUPPLIES.  .\nTHE B. C. ASSAY & CHEMICAL SUP-\nrply Co., Ltd., Vancouver, B. C\u2014Importers and Dealers in Assayers' Supplies.\nSole agents in British Columbia for the\ncelebrated Buttcrsea Crucible, Scorlfiera\nand Muffles and Wm. Ainwcrth ft Co.'s\nfine Efllanc.s, Chemical and physical\nApparatus, C. P. Acids and Chemical\nPlatinum, Sodium and Potassium Cyanide, QuiokBllver, Carbonate and Bicarbonate of Soda, Borax, Borax Glass,\nSilver, Free Lead and Litharge.\t\nA. J. DRISCOLL\nGentlemen's Clothing, Ladies Skirts Cleaned, Repaired and Pressed.\nAgents for the Crown Tailoring Co., of\nToronto, Canada; Suits (15 to $30.\nBaker St., Opposite Queen's Hotel,\nNELBON. B. C.\t\nWest Transfer Co.\nPHONE 33.\nGeneral Teamsters and Dealers   ln   Coal\nand Wood.\n.Distributing  and  Forwarding  Agents.\nOffice\u2014Baker Street, Corner of Josephine.\nHELP WANTED\nNELSON EMPLOYMENT AGENCY\nJ. H. I\/OVE,  Manager.\nV7A-_T__ \u2014 Tlemakers, bushmen, waitresses, girls for housework.\nWest Kootenay Butcher Co.\nWholesale and Retail Dealers In\nFRESH AMD SALTED MEATS.\nNothing tout fresh and wholesome mt\u2014ti\nsind supplies kept In stock.\nMail orders receive careful  attention.\nE. C. TilAVES, Manager.\nWESTERN CANADIAN BMPLOYMBNT\nAQENCY-SEMI-FREE\nTo ths employers of labor. We supply\nall kinds of labor suoh as miners, lumber*\nmen, ranch help, cooks, waiters, etc Address all communications to Box 663, Nelaoa. B. C\nWORKWOMAN- BMPLOTMENT\nAOBNCY.\nWANTED\u2014One woman cook, |\u00bb; one wo.\nman cook, JG0; waitress,  |30;  girls for\nfamily places, 120 to ts, tie makers.\nW. Parker, p.p. tM 823; phono a_,\nWANTED- MISCELLANEOUS\nWANTED-Old rags at The Dally Mswl\nat onoe.\nWANTED-Men and women to learn Barber trade In eight weeks; tools fire. On.\nduates earn lis to J2S weekly; help secure\npositions; secured over 10,000 last year for\nour graduates In U.S. Catalogue free.\nHoler System Colleges, 401, Front nanus.\nSpokane, Wash. m*\nFIRST C-ASS dressmaking.   Mlsa Pheup,\nRoom 2, Victoria block. m-\\t\nWANTBD\u2014Three experienced woodsmen,\nto swamp; do not come lo learn.   J. B\nWlnlaw, Wlnlaw, B.C. a,.t(\nAGENTS WANTED\u2014To Sell our high-\ngrade trees, shrubs, etc.; outfit _urn.al.i_l\nfree; commlBslon advanced each week;\ngood territory open. Albany Nurseries,\nAlbany, Oregon. HU _st\nWANTE__-Partner to take half Interest\nln 100 acrea first class land, one mile ef\nwater frontage; part caBh, balance oft\neasy terms. Thla offer ls open for one\nweek only. For full particulars apply B.,\nDally News.   . _g.jp\nWANTED\u2014A teacher for William's siding school. Apply, J. Boyd, secretory,\nWilliam's Siding. 2_-12t\nWANTED\u2014Housekeeper, must bo a good\ncook and thoroughly competent t4> take\nfull charge of the house.    Apply to the\nSalmo Trading Co., Salmo, B. C.      20C-tf\nWANTED\u2014Teacher    for   Granite   Siding\nschool.   Apply   to   Secretary,   Box   .17,\nNelson, B. C. 207-121\nWANTED\u2014Second band sawmill cut from\n25 to 50 thousand feet a day.   In wrltlrtg\nstnte cnpaclty, orlee, teims, etc.   Address\nW. Porker, P.O. Box C23, Nelson.     211-I\nWjVNTED\u2014Position as .cook In hotel, restaurant, boarding house or camp, wife\nas .assistant cook if required. Kootenay\ndistrict preferred. Richards, 88 Adelaide\nSt., Winnipeg. 206-4\nAVANTED\u2014Two smart boys for the holidays.  Apply Mcssonger office. __\u2022_\nFOR RENT\nPOR RENT\u2014Furnished.  rooms,    suitable\nfor housekeeping.   Apply at Daily News.\nHH-fit\nFOR RENT\u2014Large furnslhed bedroom In\nprivate   family;   modern   house.    Apply\nX.Y.Z.,   Dally  News. 2J8-8\nFOR 8ALE\nFOR SALB\u2014One thoroughbred Water\nSpaniel bitch pup, six -months old.\nApply T.C., Daily News. 181-tf\nFOR SALO\u2014Horse, weigh, about 1200 lbs.,\nsound, quiet.    Address,   J.   B.   Hooper,\nHotc: Allan, Rossland. 200-10t\nHORSE. FOR SAI_i_ \u2014 Chestnut gelding,\nabout 1200 lbs. Broken to saddle and\nharness. Can be Been at smelter stable\non and after Monday, 16th. Dec, Hall Mining and Smelting Co. 200-tf\nFOR SALE\u2014Thoroughbred pedigreed Collie pups, ten weeks old.   Understand both\nGaelic and English.   Apply to 3,J?,, McLeod, opposite Falrvlew school. WO-6\nEDUCATION\nBOA-DING AND DAY SCHOOL\nAND\nKindergarten for boys and girls; mental and. bodily training, elementary tot\nadvanced education, Christian home Influence.   Fourteen years' experience.\nMusic, languages, practical needle\nwork. Evening classes. Principals, Hr.\nand Mrs. Frank J. Field, 620 Silica St,\nNelson, B.O.\nMISCELLANEOUS\nCASH advanced on consignments   Jacob\nQreen and Co., auctioneers .appraises*,\nvaluators, general commission agents. P.O.\nbox 233, Nelson Ul-If\nMcEAT & RAHAL\nHorse Shoeing, Carriage Work and General  Blackamlthlng.\nP. O. Box 193. Telephone AIM,\nWard Street, Nelson B. C.\nM. J. HENRY\nBulbs (or fall planting. \u00abeedi, tnas,\ngreenhouse and hardy plants. Bee aif\nplies, etc  Catalogue tn*\nWl Westminster too*. Vsnooivar. BO.\nTIMOTHY   I\nand Prairie\nHAY        |\nAlso\nOATS\nIN CARLOAD LOTS\nFor Sale by\nHembling & Ruby\nDUX-WRY, A-8--TA     \\\n \u25a0*.    \u2022\np\\\\\u00bb\nSATURDAY   DECEMBBR SI.\n\u00a9h* faUjj $ten\u00bbs.\npjun\nHoliday Goods\nWhy not save your friend some money\nby giving a useful present?\nWe have some very nice goods that\nwill please your friend as well as your\npocket.\nToilet Sets: Ebony, Silver-Mounted;\nMilitary Hair Brushes, Plate Hand Mirrors,\nSingle Hair Brushes\nFINE LM STATIONERY\nThe latest style in Paper\nNew York Goods\nIn fancy or plain packages, any odor, 50c to $1\nNew bulk Perfumes, in plain bottles or atomizers, 50c to $2.00 ounce.\nOPTICAL GOODS\nWe will fit any lenses in new frames; Rimless\n^Spectacle or Shur-oh Noseglass.  Eyeglass Chains or Cords.\nGuitars, Mandolins, Banjos, Violins, Autoharps,\nand Accordions; Victor Talking Machines and\nRecords.\nWe sell everything published in music.   With\nthe long winter evenings here, your home or\nyour friend's home will be more home-like by\nthe addition of a little music.\nTHOMAS DRUG CO.\n^-_===s(LIMlTED):\t\nRed Cross Pharmacy\nHOTEL ARRIVALS OF A DAY\nTremont House\nBaker St., Nelson\nMalone A Tr\u00abgllli_, -To_L\nEuropean Plan, Mc OP\nAmerican Plan, |l._ and 11 JO\nMeals, SSo.\nBPBCIAL RATES PEB MONTH\nTREMONT\u2014A. B. Carr, Sllverton; J.\nMcDonald, Qoldhlll; W. Morrison, Shields;\nW. P. Waters, Aberdeen, 0. P. Palmer,\nGreenwood. I_>   i\nTHE QUEENS\nMill STRUT\nMRS,I.C.CURK,ta*-l-M\ntins e*i CMtarMM Mn ns na\nttm e_M lata. MM IMO tet In\nQUEBNS-J. MoRao and son, Miss Moms, Slocan; I. Riper, S. In. is, H. 1.\nbills, s-Mlle; W. Simpson, Howser; A. E.\n__**\u00bb Ud Witt, Lethbrldge; J. Chcrrlnj-\nton snd wife, Resins,\nMadden House\nThos. Madden, Prop,\nB-urn.\nW 11 mralsatd Rooms With Balk\nBsst Board In ths Cltr\n4 -OMFOBTABL- HOHB\nMADDEN\u2014A. Munro, Tagham; E. A.\nUlnk, Broadview; W. McCosh, Colllngwood\nV. Bright, A, Thbmson, Slocan'; J, Lor-\nrettl, J. WOngton, Moyle; J. Morrison,\n.England; J. Smeaton, t. Wllllngham, Trail.\nThe Royal Hotel\nMra. Wm. Roberta, Propriet-Wi\nCor. Stanley ud 8111o Streeta\nMeala cooked under supervision of\nbeat caterer In Koototuy\nBatea, $1.00 and $1.50 per day\nHOYAL\u2014S. Stantelgh, Kansas; J. Slier-\ner, Beasley; W. H. Sharp, Pincher; S.\nLancaster, Col-man.\nThe Klondyke Hotel\nVERNON S-K__T\nBand Quarters tar mlmrs, saw\ntsnusn, loners snd railroad bhs\nRatss: n.m per day up\nNELSON A   JOUNBUN,   RafS\nKLONDTKE\u2014I. Oaten, C. Johnson, Granite, S. Mason, H. B. May and wife, Wetasklwln.\nGrand Central Hotel\norrostn post omci\nAncrlcai ind Eiropean Nan\nl k* f RICKS0N\nGRAND CENTRAL\u2014__. 3, Lormer,, Bonnlngton; C. Bower. Chicago; J, T, Freeman, Erio; F. M. Grant Tmlr; R, E. McMillan, J. Terry, Slooan; R. A. McBhee,\nCreaton; P. J. Schwarti, Altona; H. W.\nGerman, Calgary; Vf. h. Wettterher, J,\nW. Roberta, Areola; W. R. Fox, Castlegar; Mra, E. A. Davies, Mlas E. Danes,\n(Rossland;  O.  A.   Ftnlan,  Pernio.\nSHERBROOKE\u2014L. M. Webster, Ci>in-\nbroolt; tl. Eymonda, B. Thelh, Fernle; T.\nNoodt, R.   B.  Stanley,  Sllverton; a. A,|\nWe Again Desire to\nEmphasize\nthe fact that we want your mall orders. .We make ordering by mall as\neasy as a personal visit to our stores. Let us suggest that before you begin your Holiday purchasing, you write to us for prices, or you order\nwhat you want on approval. OUR MAIL ORDER SERVICE ts of much\nimportance to our customers, especially when some of the \"scarce\"\narticles is wanted, which Is not In the usual local stocks. We make it a\npoint to fill these special orders If what Is wanted is to be found\nanywhere.\nSo many customers have been successful with the aid of our mall order\nsystem, that there is eo earthly reason why you should not be among them.\nR. H. Ewert\nJeweler\nEngraver\n\u2022Manly, Rossland; Q. Herbert, Grand\nForks; H*.K. Berrow, T. Lucca, Bonnlngton.\nHUME\u2014Vf. N. Secale, O. h. Maklln,\nW. McLaughlin, Calgary; A. Lucas, A.\nCarney, H. Carney, Kaslo; R. Armstrong,\nChicago; W. A. Cameron, Montreal; D. C.\nCaldwell, P. E Wilson, Cranbrook; R. P.\nWilliams, A. S. Macdonald, Roasland;. S.\nF. Tolmle, Victoria; W. D. William, Greenwood.\nSTRATHCONA\u2014B. (Falconer, .Denver;\nMlsa Mjhcpherson, 'Vancouver; Miss J.\nStuart, J. Edwards, Trail.\nBARTLETT\u2014H. Davis, T. Cunningham,\nTrail; B. R. Wheatley, Nakusp; G. H.\nWilliams,   Trail.\nKOOTENAY\u2014A. Grangotto, La Plata;\nM. Murray, D. Petrascar, Lethbrldge; G.\nBush, Frultvale; G, A. Johnson, Fernle;\nJ.  Luskey, Trail.\nLAtKEVIEW\u2014J. R. Galbraith, J. McDonald, Calgary; J. K. Billings, Ymlr; H.\nR. Delton, Rossland.\nSILVER KING\u2014J. Carter, W. Bailey,\n'Rossland; W. Ward, J. Reveck, Ymlr;\nR. A. Fletcher, Michigan.\nRURAL MAIL DELIVERY\nINCONSISTENT   ATTITUDE OF  TORY\nOPPOSITION.\nFREE    DELIVERY     WOULD     PROVE\nENORMOUSLY COSTLY.\n(Winnipeg Free Press.)\nAs long as our British parliamentary\nsystem of government endures, bo long\u2014\nunless a marvellous metamorphosis takes\nplace In political human nature in this\ncountry\u2014will the opposition be found\nthundering against th% bulk sum of the\ngovernment's expenditures, and taking\ngood care not to vote against the Individual expenditures when they are before\nparliament to be passed item by Item. A\nstriking Illustration of this Is furnished\nby the present declarations of the opposition at Ottawa ln favor of the establishment of rural mall delivery routes\nthroughout the dominion. The first opposition amendment moved In the budget\ndebate was Mr. Cockshutt's, In which ho\ndeplored the dominion expenditures. In\nhis speech In support of tliat resolution\nhe rioted in dismal forebadlngs of national\nbankruptcy and ruin; and in tones of loud\nalarm called a halt, and implored the\ngovernment In the sacred name of patriotism and by every consideration of the nation's welfare to reduce the annual outlay. The thing of most vitally essential\nImportance, he declared, transcending\neverything else, was that the expenditures should be cut down. And tbe opposition applauded vehemently these utterances of Mr. Cockshutt; and voted like\none man for the amendment embodying\nhis views.\nBefore the echoes of that applause\nceased reverberating under the roof of\nthe commons chamber, fresh outbursts of\nopposition applause punctuated the speech\nof Mr. J. E. Armstrong, conservative\nmember for East Lambton, Ontario, ln\nsupport of his resolution declaring that\nrural mail delivery systems should be\nestablished. Rural mall delivery systems\nwould cost many millions of dollars. But\nwhat ot that\nAs it happens, the annual report of\nfourth assistant postmaster-general De\nGrow, who is at the head of the rural\nmall delivery system of the United States,\nwas laid before congress a few days ago.\nIt summarises as follows, the mass of Information which lt presents: \"At the\nclose of the fiscal year 1907 rural delivery\nwas In operation on 37,7:'- routes served\nby 37,6_2 carriers, On tfcfl of these routes\nservice is peiformed trl-weekly. On nearly\nall of the remainder the service Is daily.\nIt Is contrary to the policy of the department to establish rural delivery with\nmore frequent service than once a duy.\nDuring the year 2,313 new routes were\nestablished and 350 routes were discontinued, leaving the net Increasu ln the\nnumber of routes In operation 1,962. The\nnumber of petitions pending June _0, 1907,\nwas 1,401. Since thut date 652 petitions\nhave been accepted and 571 routes established or ordered established. Tliere were\non hand October 1, 19OT, 602 cases luvor-\nnbly reported awaiting action, leaving the\nnet number of petitions pending on that\nI date SSO.\"\nThese figures are highly Instructive In\n1 connection with the declaration of the\nATmetrong resolution ln favor of rural\n- mall deliveries throughout the dominion\u2014\na proposition which no dominion government in its senses could, with the present population of the dominion, think of\ncarrying into operation, but which the\npresent opposition seems to regard as\ngood bait ior votes In the rural dlstilcts.\nTerritorially there ls no such difference\nbetween the dominion and the United\nStates as there is In population. Thero ure\n80,000,000 people in the United States and\n6,000,000 in Canada; whereas a glance at\nthe map will show that the comparison\nof the areas over which rural mall delivery would operate In Canada, If such\na system were to be established, with the\nlike areas in the United States is a, vastly\ndifferent comparison, The areas are very\nmuch more nearly of a parity than the\npopulations. For thc current year the pay\nof tlie rural mall carriers in the United\nStates amounts to $31,000,000, and for next\nyear 136,000,000 will bo required. It Is\nwithin the murk to say that If the dominion were to establish rural mail delivery,  $10,000,000 would be  tho  figure.\nWithout saying anything of tho Immense\npatronage possibilities this would provide\nfor politicians In' power who considered\ntheir political necessities first and the\npublic service second, it Is to be pointed\nout that the establishment of rural mall\ndeliveries Would have to proceed upon the\nprinciple of density of population, as in\nthe case of city deliveries. This would\nmean that the old and thickly settled portions of eastern Canada\u2014like Mr. Armstrong's constituency of East Lambton\u2014\nwhich, already,' have conveniences that we\ncannot have in the west for some time\nto come, would enjoy another convenience,\nthe cost of supplying them with which\nwould soon turn the post office surplus\ninto a huge deficit; and when requests\neame from the west for postal extensions\nand improvements the reply would be thnt\nthere was no money. The Inevitable\nnecessity, no matter what government was\nln power, would be that the west's postal\nservice would bo starved, while an enormous addition would be made to the taxation of the whole dominion.\nThe farmers of western Canada will\nsize up for themselves tho entire signlfl-\noai.ee of this rural mull delivery cry ot\nthe opposition. They do not expect any\nInternment to do the Impossible. They\nwould be well content to wait for rural\nmail deliveries until Canada. Is a little\nnearer the position the United States was\nln before rural deliveries were Inaugurated by the Washington government, If tho\ndominion government would, as the Free\nPress has repeatedly pointed out tho need\nof Its doing, show greater promptness In\nextending the postal service in accordance with the requirements of the west,\nand keep that service throughout the\nwhole of the west up to tho highest possible standard of efficiency. It Ib particularly important that tho extension of tho\npostal service should keep pace with railway extension, and the anomaly of mails\ncarried by stages In a district with a train\nservice should not bo ln evidence. From\nthe first day of train service on a new\nline, the train should carry the malls.\nBetter salaries, too, should be paid to the\nmen In the postal service; that Is the way\nto seeure tho best men and the best service to the public. These are the respects\nin which tho people of western Canada\ndemand Improved postal service. If the\ndominion government will give its attention to providing theso necessary improvements, the peoplo of western Canada will\nbo content for the present. It would be\na poor compliment to their Intelligence to\nImagine that they could fall to estimate\nthe free delivery buncombe at its real\nvalue.\n&&&&\u00a3&&-l&_\u00a3:\u00a3:-L___:&_l&___;&\n^\u2022^\u2022^^ v&wT* WC tt? 9\\r^wT* -wTwT^a*\nw\ntit      9t Sell the Suae Goods (or Lm Montr Ou Price for Everybody ud Thlt the Lowest\ntit\ntil\ntit\ntil\ntii\ntii\nih\ntii\ntii\ntii\ntit\nih\nvh\nih\n\\te\n9)\nto\nto\nto\nto\ni_\\\nStore\nopens daily\nat 8 a.it|.\nMEAGHER'S\nStore\nolosei at\n6 p.m.\nOPEN EVERY EVENING UNTIL AFTER CHRISTMAS\nKid Gloves Make a Suitable\nChristmas Gift\nWhen Buying your Gloves here you may feel quite certain that they'll he the right thing.     We\nhandle Perrlns Glovea only and every pair ls guaranteed.\nLadles' Black, Tan and Grey Kid and Suede Gloves, 2-button length at |1.75 the pair.\nLadles' Tan and Black Kid Gloves, 2-button length, finished with pearl buttons, at the pair $2.01.\nLadles' Long Kid and Suede Gloves; Colors Black and white, at the pair, 12.25 and 03.00.\nChristmas Novelties\nCHOOSE ONE OP THE  FOLLOWING FOR XMAS GIFTS\nLADIES'   EMBROIDERED  HDKFS.\nLADIES' PLAIN LINEN HDKFS.\nMEN'S PLAIN LINEN HDKFS.\nLADIES' PARASOLS\nLADIES'  SILK  BLOUSES\nLADIES' HEAD SHAWLS\nLADIES' FANCY COLLARS\nEMBD.   LINEN   TABLE  COVERS\nEMBROIDERED  LINEN  DOYLIES\nLADIES' HAND BAGS\nTHE BEST SHOPPING TIME IS IN THE MORNING.\nMEAGHER & CO.\n%\ntii\ntit\ntii\ntit\ntii\ntii\ntii\ntii\ni\ntii\ntit\ntit\ntit\ntit\ntii\ntii\n\\h\nih\nik\ntit\ntii\ntit\ntit\nnm\n$&\nnm\n^^\nnm\nnm-\n\u25a0nmnmnmnm-nmnm-nm-n^^\nNecklets f\nGold, set with diamonds      $350.00 .   _!\nPlatinum set with diamonds and pearls    L'.r.O.OO 'Wtat'.\nGold with fancy pearl settings   30.00, 'HM, 18.00, 15.00 ^9*9r-\nGold with lancv pearl and omethystseltlngs                                           191. _^dfc\nGold with fancy pearl and opal settings   40.00, 18.00. 16.50, 12.00 _fl>\nGold filled, with coral pendants    19.00, 12.00, 11.00 ._k__t.\nCold rilled, with enamel flower pendants   15.00, 12.00, 11.00. 8.75 -*Sp_tr\n(iold lined, with fancy pearl and amethyst settings    12.00 ____*>\nGold filled, with fancy pearl settings  8.00 'f!f~*t\nGold tilled, rose finish, with fancy Jade and baroque settings   10.00 ___!__\nSterling silver, with tourmaline ami baroque pearl settings   12.00 J0K,'\nSolid gold beads      29.00 A__h\nGold filled beads     5.50 ^Y*-'\nCut emerald and amethyst beads    75c _ a'j\nCoral   beads       1.00, 1.50 jgU;\n*ft\nnm\n8\nft\nm\n*ft\nnm\nft\nSolid Gold\nBROOCHES\nDlnmond         66.00\nPearl ..35.W, 29.75, 28.00, 27.50, 25.00, 21.50, 20.00, 18.00, 10.00, 14.00, 12.00,\n9.00, 7.00, 6.00, 5.00, 4.50, 3.25\nPearl  and  amethyst   26.50, 25.00, 18.00, 14.00, 10.00, 8.00, 3.50\nOpnl      95.00, 65.00, 25.00\nAmethyst and diamond     65.00\nQuartz       25.00, 19.00\nPearl and coral     12.00\npearl and turquoise  ,      14.00\nRuby, pearl and diamond       55.00\nEnamel Pansles, Butterflies, Files :. 14.00, 12.50, 10.00, 9.00 .8.00, 7.00, 1.50\nSolid Gold Safety\nPins\nFancy pearl settings, 5.50, 5.00, 4.75,4.50, 3.50, 300, 2.75, 2.60, 2.25, 2.00, 1.76,1.50\nPlain     ;  2.50, 1.60, 1.26,1.00, 60c.\n*ft\nnm\nnm-\nm\naft\nnm\n*ft\n-*ft\nnm\n$ft-\nnm\nm\ni\nJ. 0. Patenaude i\nManufacturing Jeweler, Watchmaker\nand Optician\n*t'-'pm mm*#$m nmnm-n^\nn\n PAGB BIGHT\n\u00a9he \u00a7attjj |Uw*.\nSATURDAY     DECEMBER 21.\nTwo Bargains!\n19 acres of first-class level fruit land\nIn good settlement'; good water and\nMay of access\nPrice $600\n80 acres one-quarter mile from lake\n100,000 feet milling timber and about 15\naores of good land.\nPrice $i ooo\nTerms\nH. L Groasdaile & Co.\nNext Door Canadian Buk ot Commuea\nBum MT.    Baker Bt,    N.lson. B.C.\nGait Coal\nMined tt\nLETHBRIDGE, ALTA.\n\u25a0Vr. ~*. TI_E3_B3_T-BTT\n\u25a0Mural Mm A*_it Boi m.  NettM. B.a\nChristmas\nConfectionery\n\"\\Ve have placed in stock one of\nthe best assortments of Xmas Chocolates that has ever heen brought\ninto the Kootenays.\nWEBB'S.\nLOWNEY'S.\nMcCOKMAOK'S.\nMcDOXALD'S.\nBAMSAY'S.\nCOWAN'S,\nand innumerable other brands, put\nup in neatly designed packufres and\nin bulk.\nFrom 10c to $10 Package\nChoquette Bros.\nBaker Street.\nphone 258.\nNotice to Subscribers\nCommencing January 1, 1908. The Daily\nNews will be delivered or mailed only to\nfully paid up aubscriebrs Heretofore this\nrule hafl not been strictly enforced but\nwith the new year, consequent upon increased cost of paper and labor, It ia imperative that the rule bo strictly adhered\nto.\nSi-becribers In arrears will please take\nheed! of th's notice and remit any money\ndue on their subicriptlona before January 1, 1908.\nPRIOB OF METAL8\nNew Tork, Dec. 20\u2014Silver, S3; elec\nlytic copper, 1- and 13 l-_.\nLondon, Dec. 20\u2014Lend, \u00a313 17-. Od.;\nver, IH 9-16.\nNELSON NEWS OF THE DAY\nMrs.\nronto.\nClove Hall left yesterday  for To-\nD.   Glllis   left\nInspector   of   schools   J.\nfor the coast last night.\nH. C. Hall ls leaving for the coast this\nevening for the holidays\nMra. Melville Parry will go to thc coast\ntomorrow evening to rejoin her husband.\nBorn, in this city on Dec. 30, to the wife\nof August Flett, cemetery rond, a daughter\nS. J. Gorman came In from Spokane last\nnight and is leaving thla morning for Edmonton.\nIn the absence of the police la. t night\nthe audience at tlie theatre was reduced to\nhissing to stop the constant Interruptions\nfrom the gallery.\nThe temperature yesterday was milder,\nthe thermometer ranging between 30 and\n25 degree\u00ab. The day was overcast and\nsnow began to fall at S o'clock in the evening, there being an Inch registered at midnight,\nThe Ited and Blue banquet last night In\nthe Baptist church WM ti signal success,\nover 300 sitting down to well laden tables.\nAfter the RUppfcr a short program was\ngiven and Bevcral addresses were made by\nthe teachers who outlined the work for tho\ncoming year. Mrs, Ireland and Mr. Stocks\nrendered a couple of solos each and were\nheartily   encored.    Tlie   Individual   prize\nMerry\nChristmas\nHERE YOU ARE!\nTURKMS\nGBANBEBBIES\nMALAGA GRAPES\nBANANAS\n.    TABLE RAISINS\nFIGS, NUTS\nA BIG ASSORTMENT OP XMAS CANDIES\nFRESH LETTUCE\nHOLLY\nC. A. BENEDICT\nOor, Josephine and fHHoa Bta,\nOorner Grocery Phone 1\nFOR RENT\nA SIX-ROOMBD HOUSB IN A FIRST-\nCLASS RESIDENTIAL POSITION,\nCONTAINING 3 BEDROOMS, DINING\nROOM, PARLOR, KITCHEN, PANTRY,\nBATHROOM, STONE BASEMENT AND\nELECTRIC LIGHT. IMMEDIATE OCCUPATION.\n$25 Per Month\nH.&M.BIKD\nAgents for the Innes estate.\n-BLBON. RO.\n**************************** ***************************\nI Remember Xmas is Coming j\nIt la not wise to delay purchaa! ng your Christmas presents till the last *\nmoment, as the asaortment Is then not complete. We would invite you to I\ninspect our window of useful gifts for your friends, j\nCarvers, 3 and 5 Piece Sets. t\nLadies' Companions. [\nCutlery of all kinds. j\nSalad Bowls, etc., etc., etc. 1\nThe quality ot these goods 'a uneurpaassed. f\ni\ntThe Jt H. Ashdown Hardware Co., Ltd.\nNBLBON BRANOH\nwinners were, 1st, F. Hopkins; Snd, Belle\nNewcombe. The gathering broke up with\nthc flinging ot the National Anthem.\nYesterday there were four cn_e_ of tuberculosis in the general hospital, showing\nth. necessity of some nctlon being tnken\nby tl-   citizens in the matter.\nThe chocolnte set, donnted by the Canada\nDrug and Book company for tho benefit\nof the antituberculosis society, will be\nTaffled during Chrl-tmna week, the proceeds going to thc society.\nOwing to want of space in this liBUfl\nfrom holiday advertising and some special\narticles, letters from Silverton business\nmen and W. M. Chalmers, concerning the\nBlocan license question, are held over and\nwill appear tomorrow.\nThe civic flre, water and light committee\nmet at the city hall yeaterday, there being\npresent the mayor and aldermen Seloua\nand McMorrla. The committee instructed\nengineer Brown to cut off all conaumer in\narrears forthwith, written notices having\nalready been sent out. Power consumers\nwill be given until Dec. 24 to pay up.\nJ. R. Davis of Frultvale while taking a\nlond of ties down a steep grade at Beaver\nyeaterday afternoon, lost his balance and\nfell among the horsea, breaking his right\narm nnd Injuring his cliest. He was taken\nto the Ymlr hospital on the 6. F. and N.\ntrain last night.\nThe Hume hotel has substitute-, a system\nof telephones In each room to the exclusion of the old bell service. Guests in the\nhotel may now telephone each other from\nroom to room, or telephone to any person\non the exchange, no matter how far distant, without leaving their apartment.\nAt lhe general hospital yesterday looming William Bleemnn, a miner of Ymir,\ndied from consumption. Deceaaed was 45\nyear of age and a Cornishmnn by birth.\nThe remains were removed to the undertaking parlors of D. J. Robertson and\ncompany. A funeral notice will be given\nlater.\nIt Is not often thnt Nelson Is tr<vUcd to\na Shakespearian play und although Judged\nfrom a London standpoint scenes from\nthe Merchant of Venice, as presented last\nFor Presentation\nWe havo everything for the man who\nsmokes This may give you a few suggestions:\nMeerschaum, also gold and silver mounted\nPipes; solid 9k. gold mounted and plain\namber Cigar holdera *\nBest grade of Rubber Pouches made,\ncovered with Beaver-Calf, Antelopo and\nBuckskin\nTobacco Jarg, Pipe Racks, also Peterson\nPatent and Loewc Briar Pipes.\nE. SUTCLIFFE,\nTobacconist\n411 Baker street, Nelson, next to new\nbank building.\t\nnight by the Sandford Dodge company to\na sparse Nelson audience were lacking in\nmany particulars, yet taking the average\nof the plays lighting tho theatre here, the\nMerchant of Venice was above the average. As far as bucIi a thing can be, the\nrendition was original. Dodge as fihylock\nhad a reminiscence of Sadler Wells, and\nPortia, In a crimson gown, was not new\nbut thc more In character with a supposed\nD.C.L. Miss Louise Marshall has fault!\nas Portia, who would not with such precedents to overcome, but she ls worth seeing.\nFox as Baasanlo did exceptionally well\nand Jessica was portrayed by no mere novice. This afternoon will be given In-\ngomar and In the evening Romeo and Juliet. Good plays aro worth encouraging\nand a visit to the theatre thts afternoon\nor evening will not be regretted.\nWhat is more seasonable as\na Xmas gift than a nice piece\nof\nfurniture\nor one of our celebrated\nOstermoor Mattrasses\nLarge assortment Ladies'\nDesks, Olobc-Wernicke Book\ncases.\nAOKNTfl: MASON &\nRISCH- PIANOS AMI\nBUCK'S! CKI.EBU'TKI.\nBANORS ANIl 8T0VK8.\nStandard Furniture Co.\nComplete House Furnishers ud\nFuneral Directors\nJUDGE   NELSON   DEAD\nWell Known Rossland Bnrrlster Passed\nAway Yesterday\nW. J. Nelson, the well known Rossland\nbarrister, died at his resldenco in Rosland early yesterday morning, the cause\nof death being heart failure. The deceased\nwns about ... years of age and leaves no\nrelatives ln Kootenay. Mr. Nelson was\nborn ln Ontario and ,\\n. called to the bar\nof that province over 20 years ago. He\ncamo to Rowland early in 1896 and was\ncnlled to thc bar of this province the Bame\nyear and practised hiB profession in the\ncity of his adoption up to the time of his\ndeath. He ably filled tho positions of city\nsolicitor, police magistrate and Judge of\nthe small debts court.\nA man of marked ability and of unusual\nkindness of heart, Mr. NelBon made many\nwarm friends all over western Canada\nand he was always a conspicuous figure\nIn every public and patriotic movement.\nThe deceased was the author of several\nshort poems of merit and was noted for\nhis muical and dramatic criticisms, many\nof which appeared In the columns of the\nMiner. Mr. Nelson was a well known member of the Queen's Own Rifles of Toronto\nand served with the regiment through the\nlRIcI rebellion In 1885. It will be difficult\nto think of RoBBland without the familiar\nkindly face and burly foim of the \"old\nJudge,\" aa the deceased was univernally\nknown.\nWICKED POST CAJIDS\nWinnipeg, Dec. 20\u2014Tho case agnlnst\nIsrael Meyers, charged with selling ob>\neoene postcards In his store on J-G-tn street\nwas taken up In the police court today.\nThe crown finished Its case with tho evU\ndence of sergeant Newton, who stated ht<\nfound Eeveral post cards of \u00ab suggestive\nTHREE LINES\nTbat are dectdely favored  over alt our favored lines,\nRings-Bracelets\nNecklets\nA NBW LINE OP ANTAGLIO CUT GLASS HAS JUST COME IN,\nAND ObR DELAYED SHIPMENT OF CUT GLASS KNIFE RESTS\nAND OPEN SALT CELLARS. ,THE PRICES' WILL1 SPEAK FOR\nTHEMSELVES. \\\nBB\nJ.O.PATENAUDE\nManufacturing Jeweler, \"Watchmaker and Optican.\nSee our large ad. on reverse page, It will help you.\nSEE US ABOUT OUR\nSLOCAN PARK\nSUB-DIVISION\nWOLVERTON & CO.\nBAKER\nSTREET\nfor a Ghristmas Gift\nNothing can be more acceptable than a\nFountain Pen\nAll makes nnd styles from the regular\nJ1.00 pen to tlie (10.00 Gold Mounted\nOne.\nAsk to see our Silver pencils ln Holly\nGift Boxes..\nCANADA BOOK & DRUG\nCompany\nCUT GLASS\nDINNER SETS\nTEA SETS\nJARDINIERES\nCUPS, PLATES\nAND\nSAUCERS\nAnd thousands of other gift-articles at\nprices which will allow you to please\nyour friends and leave a balance ln your\nCaBh Account.\nOLD CURIOSITY SHOP\nJosephine Street\nChristmas Bargains\nChina Hall\nWe are overcrowded with China and\nare going to get rid of it at any price.\nFancy China of every description, 10\ncents up.\nGlassware, Lamp Goods, Toilet Ware,\nJardineres, etc, etc.\nBest Quality, Biggest Snaps, ever offered in Nelson.\nGet in while there is plenty to choose\nfrom.\nMunro & Nelson\nPhone A261. P. O. Box 588.\nPIPES\nis\nBRIAR\nMEERSCHAUM\nAND\nCALABASH\nTHE CABINET CIGAR STORE\na. B. Matthew, Prop.,        Baker Btrwt\nnature in the Btore and ho produced the\ncards In court. Magistrate Daly atatcd\nthat there wan not sufficient evidence to\nfi.nd Myers up fop trial but he ruled that\nthe defendant should go on trial nt the\nnext sitting of the court of assizes.\nSAD Df ATH AT KASLO\n(Special to The Dally News)\nK-i-Io, Dec. 20\u2014The little daughter, Kathleen, of Mr. and Mrs. flam. Bruce of this\ncity, died today, after a brief Illness of\nrheumatic fever, aged 11 years.   Mr. Bruce\nIs one of the oldest residents here nnd ls\ngreatly respected; the loss he nnd hla wife\nhuve sustained is very sincerely regretted\nby this community.\nMinard's liniment Cures Distemper\nBeautify Your\nHomes for\nthe Holidays\nLet Us Furnish\nYOU WITH SILVER TINSEL, GOLD\nTINSEL BANGLES, STAINED GLASS\nDANGLERS AND ORNAMENTS, TREE\nCANDLES AND CANDLE HOLDERS,\nCHRISTMAS CRACKERS, CONTAINING HEADDRESS; LUGGAGE, MOTTOES, CRYSTAL FIREWORKS, FIRE\nBALLOONS, AND A VARIETY OF UP\nTO DATE NOVELTIES.\nS. H. SEANEY\n200\nfANCY BOXES\nCANDY\nReceived\nToday\nYou need not be In doubt as to a nice\ngift tor Xmas\nA BOX OF GOOD CANDY\nIs Always Appreciated\nSEE OUR WINDOW\nDisplay (or a Couple of Days\nNOTHINQ TO EQUAL IT\nALSO\nTOILET GOODS\nOf All Descriptions\nYou Can't make better selections\nYou Can't get better prices\nYou Can't get tbe service elsewhere\ntbat you do at\nTHB  POPULAR  STORE\nPoole-Longhurst Co., Ltd.\nNight ud day phone 21.\nAT YOUR SERVICE DAY OR NIGHT.\n- .0. Box Ht\nil immtlt. MU.\nTimothy Hay ^\nMixed Timothy &\nRed Top\nGreen Oat Hay\nPrairie Hay\nWe Have Them All\nfflt\nTbe BrtBtanu-Ker Milling Co., Ltd\nChristmas\nCandy\nFancy and Staple Grocers\n416 Baker Street.\nAsk for Our Special\nXmas Mixtures\n15c, 25c and 35c per lbJ\nCHOCOLATES\n25c, 35c and 50c\nEancy Boxes, 25c, 35c, 50c\n7. c, $1.00 and $1. .5\nTHE BELL TRADING GO,\nIt Pays to Deal With\nRutherford\nWHETHER FOR DOCTORS' PRESCRIPTIONS OR FAMILY RECIPES\nOR FOR CHRISTMAS GIFTS IN PERFUMES, BRUSHES OR TOILET ARTICLES.\nMAIL  ORDERS  FILLED  PROMPTLY\nWm. Rutherford\nThe Boys*\nDelight\nIS A GOOD 22-CAL RIFLE\nWE HAVE THE\nWinchester   Single   Shot, 22 CaL.Our Price  *\u00bb 5.00\nStevens   Crack Shot, 22 Cal., Our Price   -BO\nStevens  Favorite,  22 Cal., Our Price   8.00\nStevens   Repeater, 22 Cal., Our Price     14.00\nD. B. Shotguns at 110.00 to >20,00 each.\nNELSON HARDWARE Co. \u00a7\nEast Baker St., NELSON, B.C.\nfewWW8WWWW\u00abt^\u00bb\u00ab\u00ab8^WWWW\u00abWWWW\u00bbW\u00abWW\u00abWW\u00bbiW\u00ab\u00ab^\u00bbW\u00bb\u00abi\u00bbW<\nGood Grapes Come from Good Vines. \\\nGo^d Clothes Come from a Good Store?\nthat Sells Good Clothes\nIf you want one of our suits or overcoats you will have one that\nwill please you every minute you are wearing it, because the styla\nwill be right, the fabrics all wool and the workmanship perfect.\nPrice Ranges from\n$15 to $20\nDrop in and see. You will not be urged to buy.\nJ. A. GILKER, - Baker St., Nelson\nFRUITTREES\nWeb Crown Stock\nLarge quantities ot apple trees (or sale; only few choice varieties grown; also small Mock of ornamental trees. Apply (or varieties and price to manager.\nColdstream Estate Co., Ltd., Vernon, B.C.\nor to Agent, W. B. Higglns,  Nelson.\nDRAWING NEAR!\nA  FEW DAYS  MORE TILL XMAS AND HAVE YOU MADE YOUR QIFT\nSELECTIONS YETJ\nOur Prices and Goods Speak\nfor Themselves\nMILITARY BRUSHES WITH STERLING SILVER MOUNTINGS, |U0 TO\n18.00 A PAIR. i     I\nMILITARY BRUSHES AND CLOTHES BRUSH, SOLID BACK WITH SILVER\nAND PEARL MOUNTINGS IN SETS IN FANCY BOXES, 16.00.\nWE HAVB STILL A FEW CHOICE MANICURE SETS IN STERLING SILVER ON REAL BBONY; ALSO SOME VERY PRETTY TRAVELLING\nSETS CONTAINING A COMPLETE TOILET OUTFIT IN HANDSOMB\nLEATHER CASSES. .\nCanada Drug& Book Co.\n","attrs":{"lang":"en","ns":"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2009\/08\/skos-reference\/skos.html#note","classmap":"oc:AnnotationContainer"},"iri":"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2009\/08\/skos-reference\/skos.html#note","explain":"Simple Knowledge Organisation System; Notes are used to provide information relating to SKOS concepts. 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