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Per Moot! jUC\nV>\nVOL.8\nNELSON   a C  FRIDAY   MORNING,  IANUARY  7,   19(0\nNO 224\nNAVY JVIEN4GE\nNaval Question Now Chief\nIssue of Campaign\nLORD ROSEBfRY PREMIER\nCLUBS   DISCUSS   POSSIBILITY   OF\nLORD ROSEBERY BEING CALLED ON TO FORM A COALITION\n|   MINISTRY \u2014 MOB   STORMS   A\nUNIONIST MEETING\nIjONDON, Jan. 6\u2014The naval menace\nstill holds the Held. Mr. Balfour's\nlead la being eagerly followed hy every\nunionist speaker up and down tbe country and today violent echoes come from\nGermany, France and Austria.\nI inadlng German oapera express\npained surprise that a British ex-premier should tor party ends' turn a Ore-\neater surpassing the wont anti-German agitators and warn, him of the inflammatory effect upon German public\nopinion which is moat peaceably and\nfriendly Inclined towards England.\nThe French view, aa expressed by\nAndre Cberedaoe In Le Petit Journal\nsays tt Is useless for Germany to endeavor to slacken British measures ot\ndefence by fine words designed to\nmask German armaments.\nReginald MoKenna, as Hrst lord of\n* the admiralty, asks in a speech: \"How\ncan we reason with rumor or argue\nwith, a shriek.\"\nMr. Balfour replies: \"The shriek is\nyours, premier Aisqultb's and air Ed*\nward Grey's. Reread your own speech\nin the house ot commons on March 16\nJast. You now, for fear of your social-\n1st and labor allies and peace-at-any-\nprice friends, assure the electorate that\nthey may steep securely o' nights.\nNine months ago you solemnly warned\nus of tne grave situation created by the\nrapid and secretive advance of German\nnaval preparations. You told us we\nmuat rebuild our whole fleet, yet you\nprovided. nothing this year for Dread*\nnoughts. You allow Germany's vote\nfor 1809-10 to exceed ours by \u00a3500,000\nand annually abandon tbe two power\nstandard.' 'Urn tag\u2014to the day' la the\nominous toast ot the Germans at every\npatriotic gathering. The overthrow of\nBritish supremacy la their aim and our\nonly possible reply Is, two British\nkeel, to every German.':   ,-      ,   ,\nIt la most difficult to disentangle die\nexact facts from the mass of conflict.\nIng statements, but quite non-partisan\nnaval authorities In touch with the admiralty declare tbat \u00a340,000,000 muat\nbe spent on the British navy next year,\ntbat la an Increase of \u00a31,1100,000, unless Great Britain la willing to risk her\nexistence as an empire. Anxiety arises\nbecause It la believed tbat Mr. Lloyd-\nGeorge's finance bill will be totally unable to meet the situation, while every\none knows that the powerful radical'\nlabor section would strenuously oppose\nany such vote.\nfitters Is a good deal of club talk\nabout the possiuillty ot the king send-\nIng tor lord Rosebery to form a coalition ministry In the event of the elections giving neither Mr Asqulth nor\nMr. Balfour a working majority. Gossips Co on to say tbat sir Edward Grey,\nMr. Haldane, air. Blrrell, lord Curzon,\nand perhaps also lord Lansdowne and\n. lord Milner would be willing to serve\nunder lord Rosebery. Today's spectacle of lord Rosebery advising Devonshire electors how to vote is not prom-\nlslng for the success ot any such ministry. He condemns the budget as social.\nIstlc, opposes home rule and favors a\nreformed house \u00b0f lords, yet cannot\nbring himself to say: \"Vote against\nthe government.\" It ls more than ever\ntrue as some one said of lord Rosebery\nthat he craves laurels without dust.\nHe has ceased to be a serious party factor.\n'Mr. MoAdams of Sarnla, Ont, was\none of last night's speakers at East\nMarlebone, wbere he defended Canada\ntrom campaign aspirations regarding\ndestitution and corruption in consequence ot her tariff.\nLODON, Jan. 6\u2014i--.e conservatives\nclaim that Mr. Balfour's statement tbat\nGermany ls not prepared to allow\nGreat Britain to adopt protection made\nin bis reference to naval weakness Is\n.worth many votes. The party In fact\nban been greatly heartened toy the reappearance ot tbe leader and his address at Hanley. Liberals on the other\nhand deprecate a man of Jnr. Balfour's\nposition of responsibility dealing with\n- \"such perilous stuff' for, as they allege platform purposes. \"Infinitely\nmore Impressive to Germany than any\nvaliant assertions as to what we are\ngoing to do In the future,\" says one\nof the most responsible liberal organs,\n\"Is the solid fact that our landed\nclasses and rich men are on strike\nagainst tbe expenditures of the present\nmoment Just as Britain ls watching\nGermany for evldenoes that the money\nstrain ls beginning to tell, so Germany\nls similarly watching her and drawing\nencouraging Inferences from tbe rejection of the budget\"\n,\u201e Tbe people, the liberals declare are\n^fusing to be stampeded hy an invasion scare, and tbat tbe majority believed premier Asqulth when he said\ntbe navy was unassailably supreme.\nLord Lansdowne, addressing a great\ngathering at Liverpool last night responded to a demand for a scheme of\nreiorm of the lords by adopting that of\nlord Rosebery of a commission. He\nwas opposed to an elected chamber because It would demand equal powers\nwith the commons. There, however,\nmust be a check upon a raw commons\nand a raw cabinet In order that tbe\nwill of tbe people may prevail. Both\nparties should Join for reform. The\nlords opposed the budget on its own\naccount and also stated that they did\nnot want tbe country to be switched\noff tariff reform and switched on to\nanother policy which, he believed,\nwould >be suicidal to Lancashire. He\nadmitted' that he looked with some\nhesitation upon tariff reform as there\nwere enormous Interests at stake but\nLancashire had nothing to lose trom\na system which would make foreigners\npay for tbe use of their markets, even\nsupposing the prices were to rise a little. They could not rise much because\nnobody talked about anything except a\nmoderate scale ot duties. The country\nwould not have such a bad bargain as\nthe duties would bave the effe'ct of giving the much needed revenue.\nWinston Churchill at Dundee declared for the payment ot -members and\nthe nationalisation of railways.\nSir Edward Grey maintained that the\nnavy had been fully matntaind In a\nposition to protect the country trom\nany probable combination of fleets.\nMr. Lloyd-George has compelled lord.\nSeville to admit itbat he had no proof\nthat tbe chancellor of the exchequer\ncheered the defeats of tbe army In\nSouth Africa trom bis seat in commons.\nIThe fierceness of tbe campaign is\nbecoming - accentuated. At Stafford\n1000 people stormed a unionist meeting, smashing the windows and surging\ninto tbe ball.\nLONDON, Jan. 6.\u2014John Burns, president of the local government board\nand labor leader, In the house of commons had a smart mlx-up with an unidentified man as he was leaving a political meeting last night. The minister was about to enter his motor car\nwhen the man sprang upon him from\nbehind and threw him to the ground.\nThere was a lively struggle and exchanges of blows until the police pulled\nthe assailant away. In the excitement\nthe offender escaped.\n(Canadian Assedalaa Prose.)\nLONDON, Jan. 6.\u2014Sir William James\nBull, a lawyer and Unionist candidate\nlor Hammersmith, was addressing a\ngathering of worklngmen when one of\nthem Insulted his protesslon. Sir William promptly descended from his\nmotor car and squared up to the heckler. Tbe pair had a lively match before the police Intervened, much to the\nregret of the crowd.\nbird Rothschild, who bad Just previously predicted a win tor the Unionists, endeavored to speak at Wolverhampton, but such Uirbuleno. ensued\nthat be had to content himself with an\naddress to tbe reporters. These are\nonly two ot the many Incidents, humorous and otherwise, happening.\n(Canadian Associated  Press.)\nLONDON, Jan. 6.\u2014-Lord Desborough\n.was unable to obtain hearing at Cam-\nberwell last night. To secure a hearing\nfor'Arnold Lupton, Liberal candidate\nfor Sleatord division of Lincolnshire,\nCapt. Waigell, Unionist, had to preside.\nSimilarly a Liberal, Victor Oottenham,\npresided for Capt Morrison Bell, Unionist candidate in the Ashburton division\not Devonshire. Hon. Alfred Littleton\nwas vigorously heckled In even his exclusive constituency of St Georges,\nHanover square. Many other meetings\nof both parties showed the heat engendered among the electors and not in a\nhalf a century has there been a contest so bitter and acrimonious.\nLord Milner, speaking at Wolverhampton, prophesied that tariff reform\nwould grow In popularity until the\ntime came wben It would cease to be a\nparty watchword and the' radicals\nthemselves would somewhat shamefacedly adopt It In the meantime the\nradicals had Introduced a budget containing 20 new items of taxation upon\nthe people In order to escape the terrible disaster of having to impose a\nnew burden on foreign Imports. There\nhad been an acute revival of the dear\nfood fiction, but he had never wavered\nin connection with the question of food\nduties as proposed by Mr. Chamberlain.\nThe Unionist party was for the whole\nof the policy and was not going to\nabandon any part ot ft to meet tbe dear\nfood cry of their opponents. With it\nthey would obtain the respect and votes\nof the people.. Food duties constituted\nthat portion of scheme of tariff reform\nby which they would best be able to\nbring about closer commercial relations\nwith the different parts of the empire,\nand make it in time, as they hoped, a\nself-sufficient empire, containing within its borders all the foodstuffs, all tho\nraw material and all the skilled labor\nneceBsary tor the prosperity and development of the varied forms of In*\ndustry. The dear food bogey posed as\na real.trouble, but the bogey was rap-\nIdly being found out\nWinston Churchill, speaking in his\nown -constituency of Dundee, said tbat\nas a business men he laid down five\nprinciples. He said no substantial\nrevenue could be obtained by taxing\nthe foreigner, that to per cent duty on\nimported manufactured articles would\nnot produce enough revenue to meet\nthe country's needs, that foreign Investments for British capital were not Injurious, that dumping and unfair competition could not be stopped by tariff,\nand that retaliation was ineffective and\nunnecessary.\nJohn BurnB. speaking at Wallsall,\nsaid that the opposition was inviting invasion hy talking about unguarded\nshoreB. Who were these scaremongers?\nThey were the unemployable In commerce, the dullards In finance, and the\ndufferB of trade, who asked .doles to\nmake up for lack of brains, ability and\n('\u2022Ala atea -\"> panunuoo)\nIS GENEROUS\nLord Stralhcona's Gift to\nEmergency Hospital\nFIGHT AGAINST TYPHOID\nTWENTY-FIVE TH0U8AND DOLLARS FOR MONTREAL EMERGENCY H08PITAL \u2014 OFFERS\nHANDSOME ASSISTANCE TO\nFIGHT  PRE8ENT CONDITIONS\nMONTREAL., Jan. ft\u2014Sir Hugh Graham received a cable this afternoon\nfrom lord Strathcona In London, stating that he waa cabling him $26,000\nfor the emergency hospital -which has\nbeen opened in connection with the\ntyphoid fever outbreak, and that he\nwas prepared to subscribe $100,000 towards the eradication of the causes,\nshould a citizens1 fund ibe started. The\nemergency Hospital has so far received\n40 cases and others are being brought\nin hourly. The local subscriptions so\nfar amount to $25,000.\n\u2022 STORM AND COLD PREDICTED \u2022\ne   \u2022\n\u2022 WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.\u2014A spe- \u2022\n\u2022 clal forecast Issued tonight by the \u2022\n\u2022 weather bureau says:     The next \u2022\n\u2022 important  disturbance  will reach \u2022\n\u2022 the Pacific coast Friday, cross the \u2022\n\u2022 Rocky mountains and plains states \u2022\n\u2022 Saturday and Sunday, the central \u2022\n\u2022 valleys and lake regions Sunday \u2022\na and Monday, and reach the Atlan- \u2022\n\u2022 tic coast on   TueBday.   This   dis- \u2022\n\u2022 turbance will be preceded by tem- \u2022\n\u2022 perature about the average for the \u2022\n\u2022 season. The next well-marked cold \u2022\na wave will appear over the extreme \u2022\na northwest also at the beginning of \u2022\na next week and will advance thence a\na eastward and southeastward to a\na the Atlantic coast by about Thurs- a\n\u2022 day. \u2022\nCONFIDENT Of VICTORY\nMEETING     OF    CI.TIMN8,   PARTY\nMELD LAST  NIGHT\nSPEECHES FROM MAYORALTY AND\nALOERMANIC CAND1DATE8\nThe utmost cenfidence that victory would\ncrown their efforts next Thursday was expressed hy all the speakers at the meeting\nof supporters of the Citizens' ticket held\nIn the basement of the K.W. C, block last\nnight,\nThe chair waa taken by J. B. Annable\nwho, in on Introductory speech, declared\nthat the party supporting J. A. Irving was\nin far better shape than at the last meeting. They had three candidates In the\nHeld for aldermen and more in sight. He\nwished to correct a statement made at\nMr. Hale'H committee rooms on the previous night, as reported In The Dally\nNews. It was said that they had put a\ncandidate In the Held as soon as Mr. Hale\nhad announced himself. This was a mistake. Mr. McDermid had been approached\nto become a candidate but no satisfactory\nanswer was obtained from him. It was\nthen understood that Mr. Hale was favorable to a platform similar to that adopted\nby the Citizens' party, and as It was not\nthought advisable to have three candidates\nIn the Held he waa asked hts intentions\nbefore any further action was taken, Mr.\nHale said that he wished to see Mr.\nTaylor before he made up his mind. Mr.\nAnnable then delayed action for ten days.\nThe Impression became general that It was\ntime some definite action was taken, and\nMr. Hale was again approached. He was\ntold that the Citizens' party would support\nhim If he had a satisfactory platform but\nhe was still undecided. Just before the\nmeeting Mr. Annable again asked Mr.\nHale his intentions but he had even then\nnot made up his mind and the meeting\nasked Mr. Irving to be the candidate. They\nfound that they could elect Mr. Irving,\nand next day he consented to become a\ncandidate. Mr. Steed then told him that\nMr. Hale would run, but Mr. Hale afterwards denied in The Dally News that he\nwas In the field. They had put their candidate In the Held when they found that\nAir. Hale had not a mind of his own.\nIn reply to a question why Mr. Hale had\nbeen so anxious to see Mr. Taylor, Mr.\nAnnable said that Mr. Taylor was a former mayor who bad at the last election organized the Selous party. Mr, Irving and\nhis supporters were more than holding\ntheir own. It was against them that the\nshot and shell of the Hale party wan\ndirected and It was them that they were\nafraid of. The Hale party waa a disgruntled wing of the SelouB party. Mr.\nHale had worked for Mr. Selous last year.\nThey were disgruntled politicians trying to\nmake a party of their own, and In his\nexperience such people never met with\nmuch success,\nJ. A, Irving said that It was now time\nfor work and not talk and he believed that\non Thursday there would be a snowstorm\nthat would cover up the Hale and the Selous\nparties alike. Mr. Hale said that experienced men should be In the council. Mr.\nHale was first In the council In 1908 and\nthis year he had had nothing to say, Mr.\nIrving had more experience than Mr. Hale,\nhaving served for five years in the council against the two years of Mr. Hale, in\none of which tlie council had been run by\nthe mayor and an outsider.\nMr. Irving had no fear of the result.\nElectors frequently stopped him In the\nstreet and said they would vote for him.\nMr, Hale had no criticism of bis platform.\nHe was silent on the question of saloons,\ngambling and the liquor traffic. He was\nafraid to attack these evils. Mr. Irving\nintended to ask both Mr. Selous nnd Mr.\nflale where they stood on these questions,\nle was confident that he would be returned. There was no question about It\nmul his opponents knew It. He told citizens to lose sight of tbe candidates\nand vote for the platform. He stood by\nhis platform and if elected would carry ft\nout.\nThomas DesBrisay, nlilermnnlc candidate\nin the east ward, said that he had made\na personal canvass of the lower part of\nthe town. He saw GO to 75 voters and only\nmet with two refusals. He had never yet\ngone Into anything and lost, and he would\nnot lose this time, He would stay with\nthe mayor and his platform If elected.\nThomas Desbrlsay, aldermanlc candidate\nIn the west ward, said that he had been\nin Nelson for three years. He was well\nknown, his record was clean and he would\nnot betray the confidence of his supporters. He thought It was time for younger\nblood to look after the Interests of the\ncity. He believed that tbe candidates of\nthe Citizens' party had as much brains,\nwere as clean and sturdy and had as much\nbackbone as the mayor and aldermen of\nthe present year. He would not sully his\ncharacter by upholding any dirty measure.\nMr. Irving would give his best services to\nthe city. It made his blood boil at tlie\nthought that men should run the city as\nIt had been run In the past year. If the\nmayor had not enougli backbone to make\nup his mind on any question without asking a friend's advice be was not the man\nfor the place. Mr. Selous had shown lack\nof character In consulting Mr. Waterman,\nwhom Mr. DesBrisay believed was an\nAmerican citizen. He would staunchly\nuphold the Irving platform.\nH. MacKenzle, aldermanic candidate in\nthe east ward, Bald that it was hardly his\nown will that he Was a candidate but he\nhad promised to stand by Mr. Irving and\nwould do so. He was only a workiiigmuii\nand he thought' that It did not show the\nbest of spirit when the business men declined to come out. He had lived In Nelaon for 12 or 13 years and this was the\nfirst time that a mayoralty candidate had\nhad a definite platform. He was proud to\nstand on tbe same platform with Mr.\nDesBrisay, who was a successful athlete\nand who would, he believed, be as successful on the council. He was not known\npersonally to 25 per cent of the electorate\nand bad not the time to canvass as he\nwould like but he would do his best to\ncarry out the Irving platform.\nW. Ebbs said that last year W. S.\nDrewry had shown a splendid grasp of\ncity government In the campaign and yet\nwaa not elected. He thpugbt this showed\nthat they were not earnest In the selection\nof the best men. They had started well\nthis year with a good platform but moral\nreform called for the strongest men ana\nthe strongest convictions, and he asked\nwhether they had got the men with the\nnecessary backbone who would stand the\nridicule an.\" abu6e,..of their opponents. The\nspirit of 1. iculn was needed. He approved\nof the stand'taken by Mr. DesBriBay.\nE. B. McDermid said that the Citizens'\nparty had a platform. Mr. Selous' platform was the same as before and Mr. Hale\nhad none at all. Mr, Irving showed that\nbe had backbone. Mr, McDonald was a\nsuccessful business man and would also\nhandle civic affairs successfully. He had\nrespect for Mr. DesBrisay. Mr. Mackenzie\nwas a Scotchman and was the kind or a\nman wanted.\nDr. Wolverton thought that it would be\neasy to Improve upon the present council\nand he had no doubt that Mr. Irving would\nconduct affairs better and more wisely\nthan the present mayor. The city needed\nto be cleaned up, It was never so wide\nopen before. Dr. Wolverton was strongly\nopposed to the liquor traffic. Money went\nover the bnrs that should go to women\nand children. The business could be curtailed. There was no more need for saloons\nIn Nelson than In heaven. It would be\nbetter for business it they were abolished.\nThe condition of the town was such that\npeople were moving to places where they\ncould bring up their children in a better\ninoial atmoBphere. He believed that those\nconcerned in cleaning up the town were\nwith Mr, Irving and personally he would\ndo all he could for his success.\nMr. Annable said that more aldermanlc\ncandidates would probably be placed In\nthe held and If a full slate was not obtained they might select the best men\nfrom the other tickets to complete It.\nThe meeting then resolved Into one for\norganization .lumosea.\nNo Settlement Arranged\nWASHINGTON. Jao, S.\u2014EJftorta to\nsecure an adjustment of the strike ot\nswitchmen on the railroads of the\nnorthwest have been abandoned. Chairman Knapp of the interstate commerce\ncommission and Commissioner of\nLabor Netll, the mediators under the\nErdman act, had a final conference today with H. B. Perham, representing\nthe railroad employees. It was determined that nothing further could be\ndone to effect a settlement.\nDesperadoes Attack Bank\nNEW YORK, Jan. 6.\u2014In a daring at-\ntempt to hold up and rob a private\nbank in the Green Point section of\nBrooklyn this afternoon, four desperate\nmen attacked the clerks in the bank,\nmortally shot one of them and then\ngave battle to a crowd on the street.\nTwo escaped and two were arrested,\nand were identified' by the wounded\nman as members of the gang.\nJimmy Is Chairman\nTORONTO, Jan. 6.\u2014James aimpBon,\nthe socialist, was elected chairman of\nthe Toronto school board, the only Roman Catholic member present. W.\nDineen, voting for him. This is the\nsecond time in which a combination has\nsucceeded in defeating L. S. Levee, who\nis said to be the leader of the ultra\nProtestant members of the board.\nTwo Boatt Misting\nHALIFAX, Jan. 6\u2014'There are now\nonly two boats missing of the 17 from\nitho Canso fleet that were blown out\nto sea in the blizzard of Tuesday, the\nHazei Maud and the Juanlta, on board\nof which are six men. The searching\nfleet and passing steamships have\nbrought in crews one by one until tonight only two are out.\nSir Wilfrid's Busy Day\nTORONTO, Jan. 6\u2014Sir Wilfrid Laur-\nier had a busy day today. He lunched\nwith P. C. Larkin, had tea with\nH. M\". Mowatkie, and dinner tonight at\ngovernment house. He waa also a\nguest at the wedding of Miss Margaret\nHaney .to Dr. Alfred Spohn.\nBattleship Aground\nPHILADELPHIA,   Pa\u201e Jan.  6.\u2014The\nUnited States battleship Idaho, which\nleft the Philadelphia navy yard yesterday for Sandy Hook, is aground in the\nDelaware river about 25 miles below\nthis city.\nICE ISJEEN\nCurling Season Begins Wilh\nTwenty Rinks\nPLAY STARTS   TONIGHT\nDRAWS MADE IN BURNS AND BUN-\nYAN COMPETITIONS\u2014OPENING\nGAMES ARE IN BURNS\u2014MORE\nCOMPETITIONS LATER-GREEN\nCURLERS ARE WELCOME\nCurling is now in full awing at the\nrink and the official opening of the\nseason of the Nelson Curling club takes\nplace tonight, when the first two games\nin .the Burns' competition will be played. The games are called to start at\n8 o'clock, one contest being between\nrinks skipped by A. Carrie and J. G.\nBunyan and the other between rinks\nskipped by W. H, Jones and H. Houston. The ice is keen and in splendid\nshape,\n\u2022Several scratch games were played\nlast night and at a late hour a large\ngeneral meeting of the club was held,\nat which the 80 members thus lar secured were made up into 20 rinks.\nThe draws were then made for two of\nthe club competitions, the Burns and\nthe Bunyan. If more players join\nrinks will be made for them and provision will be made for them in the\ncompetitions. An effort will be made\nto get these two competitions well under way before the bonspiel. After\nthat the other club competitions will\nbe commenced and will go on all win-\nter.New members will be extended a\nhearty wilcome and will ibe given\nevery encouragement If they are green\ncurlers.\nThe following is the composition of\nthe rinks thus far formed and the way\nthey line up in the Burns competition\nthe last named in each case being tbe\nBklp:\nW. Waldle W.   McLean\nG. Steel J.   A.   Irving\nR.  Sharp P.   Hunden\nJ.   Forin H.   H.  Pitts\nNoted Banker Dead\nNEW YORK, Jan. 6.\u2014Cable advices\nreport that Mr. William Seligman, head\nof the Paris banking firm of Seligman,\nFreres et Cle and also dean of the\nAmerican chamber of commerce at\nParis, died there today in his eighty-\neighth year.\nWill Give No Information\nOTTAWA, Jan. 6.\u2014The Bell Telephone company here will instruct its\noperators in the future to decline to\ngive out Information to the public on\nsporting or other events because of the\nexpense in the employment of extra\ngirls for which there were no returns.\nA.   B.   Netherby\nV. Irvine\nInspector Deane\njr. L. Stocks\nDr. Frank\nA. Gibson\nU., Jimlth,\nDr.\" Guthrie\nA. Sutherland\nT. G, Procter\nW. Thurman ,\nCupt,   Robertson\nRev. F. H. Graham\nG. Douglas\nF. Deacon\nH. Bird\nW. Gosnell\nT. D. Stark\n\\V.  Choaw\nC. D. Blackwood\nRoberts\nGi.   C.  Mackey\nW.   B.   Farris\nJ. Q. Bunyan.\nA. McDonald\nRev.  R.  N.  Powell\nA.   Per rler\nE.  Q. Smyth\nD. Proudfoot\nW. R. JarvU\nG. Thurman\nW. Richardson\nA. Treglllus D. H. Evans\nF:   Seaman C. Braidwood\nJ. M. Armstrong      J. Thompson\nW. H. Jones H.  Houston\nThe following Is the draw in the rtunyan\ncompetition;\nBlackwood\nWallev\nRobe'rtson\nFox\nRichardson\nBunyan\nFraser\nForin\nCarrie\nWells\nStocks\nGuthrie\nHolmes\nArchibald\nSmyths\nBird\nPitts\nJones ! '.i.,\nHouston\nWallace\nW. A. Anstie\nJ. C. Gore\nF. A. Starkey\nG. P. Wells\nG.   B.   Revet\nP. Gleazer\nOr;  Sued\nC. McL. Fraser\nR.   Grubb\nF. W. Cerdno\nJ. M.  Holding\nJ. Holmes\nW. G, Gillett\nA. D. Emory\nA.  Bunker\nC. 1. Archibald\nM. F, Shaw\nC. Clark\nW.   Pearcy\nA. Carrie\nC. Swanriell\nW. Swannell\nR. M. Bird\nJ. H. Wallace\nRobb\nT.  M. Bowman\nA. E. Marks\nA. T. walley\nCreston Board of Trade Banquet\n(Special  to The  Daily News.)\nCRESTON, Jan. 6\u2014'The first annual\nbanquet of the Creston board of trade\nwas held in the Creston hotel on Wednesday evening last. It was regret-\nable that J. H. Schofield, M.P.P., Harry\nWright, M.P.P., and Fred Starkey, being among the guests invited were unable to attend Those present on this\noccasion were: C. O. Rodgers, R. O. B.\nFitzgerald, P. B. Fowler, George Young,\nO. J. WIgen, A. Okell, C. Cherrington,\nGeorge Nunn, C. P. Reii, A. S. Fitzgerald, C Huggins, B. C. Wilson, J.\nB. Moran, E. Jensen, J. K. Johnson,\nP. R Godfrey, N Brown, J. C. Skinner,\nDick Bevan, R. M. Reld, Sam Hatfield,\n8. A, Speers, Fred Little, R. J. Long,\nH. McCreath, J. Compton. George\nBenny, G. Lowenberg, George Huscnoft,\nCharles Sutcltfte and Thomas Blrt.\nAfter the tables had been cleared\nthe following toasts were proposed:\nThe vice-president of the Creston iboard\nof trade, proposed by R. S. Bevan.\nVice-president C. A. Rodgers replied.\nGeorge A. M. Young proposed jl toast\nto the town of Creston coupled with\nthe name of F. G, Little. A toast was\nthen proposed to Mr. Wigen as representing the fruit industry, to which a\nmost appropriate reply was made by\nMr. Wigen, Songs were interspersed\nduring the evening by J. C. Skinner,\nJ, J, Atherton and R. O. B. Fitzgerald.\nE.    Jensen  being called  upon for    a\nspeech said that he would prefer making a few remarks on the good shipping\nfacl'ities over the C.P.R. at Creston\nand of the good work done by the local agent, R. m. Reld. Mr. Jensen then\nproposed a toast to Mr. Reld which was\nreplied to by the station agent The\nfollowing votes of thanks were then\nmoved: To the president, vice-president and honorary secretary of the\nCreston board of trade; to Messrs. Moran and Mead, proprietors of. the Creston hotel for the excellent manner in\nwhich they had prepared the banquet,\nand to Mrs. George Mead and her hotel help for their good work in making\nthe ibanquet such a success.\n\u2022 PRINCES MAY TOUR WORLD    \u2022\n\u2022   \u2022\n\u2022 MELBOURNE, Jan. 6.\u2014The Ar- \u2022\n\u2022 gus states that a private letter re- \u2022\n\u2022 ceived here   indicates    that the \u2022\n\u2022 Princes Edward and Albert  will \u2022\n\u2022 tour the empire in 1911 and will \u2022\n\u2022 probably   be   accompanied   by a \u2022\n\u2022 fleet of warships. \u2022\nELEVEN YEAR'S INCREASE\nGROWTH OF THE SMELTERY BUSINESS AT TRAIL\nLAST   YEAR'S   FIGURES  ARE   THE\nLARGEST ON RECORD\nFollowing is a statement showing the\ntonnages of ore smelted at Trail since\n1899. This gives a fair Illustration of\ntbe expansion of both the lead and silver business at this important smeltery\nduring the past 11 years:\nYear. Tons.\n1899          55,702\n1!)00\u2014Copper      91,194\nLead     13,615\n104,809\n143,771\n72,332\n1'JOl\u2014Copper    122,036\nLead     21,736\n1902\u2014Copper    56,793\nLead      15,530\n1903\u2014Copper   152,914\nLead     16,892\n1904\u2014Copper    139,760\nLead     18,197\n1905\u2014Copper    214,969\nbead    25,347\n1906\u2014Copper   238,983\nLead     18,102\n1907\u2014Copper    263,910\nLead  \u25a0  35,021\n1908\u2014Copper    266,579\nLead     51,895\n    318,474\n1909\u2014Copper    374,069\nLead     56,507\n    429,676\nThe figures for 1909 contain an estimate not the actual flgureB for the closing month of the year.\n298,931\nNation or Colony -\nMONTREAL, Jan. 6\u2014Judge Matblou,\nthe noted French Canadian jurist in\nan address delivered tonight before*\ntbe St, James literary society took objection to the claim constantly made\nthat Canada was a nation. \"We are\nonly a colony,\" said judge Mathieu,\n\"but our constitution is as liberal as\ncan be made in view ot the fact that\nwe are a colony and therefore a dependency.\" Judgo Mathieu made the\nrather peculiar remark that in styling\nhimself \"king by the grace of God,\"\nking Edward has apparently forgotten\nthe act of settlement and forgotten to\nadd \"and by the will of the people.\"\nLiberal Primaries\nOT*lV..A, Jan. 6-^Thft liberal primaries preparatory to tomorrow's convention for the choice of a liberal candidate for tlie Ottawa by-election were\nheld tonight. They were well attended\nIn all wards. The three candidates all\nhad their supporters. Auguste Lemleux,\nbrother o\u00a3 the postmaster general, Oscar Forest and Dr. R. Chevrier are the\ncandidates. The real fight tomorrow\nwill probably be between the two former. The conservatives will hold a\nconvention next Monday.\nWill Stop Rough Work\nTORONTO, Jan, 6 \u2014 The O.H.A.\nexecutive committee announces that\nthey Intend to nip rough work in the\nbud, and players that go to the fence\noften w\u201ei ,b\u00a9 suspended without further notice. Therefore the reports will\nbe closely scanned and players that\nhave unsavory reputations in so far\nas rough work is concerned will suffer the extreme penalty. There will be\nno half way measures.\nThese Soldiers Not Mercenaries\nNEW ORLEANS, Jan. 6.\u2014Gen.\nEstrada, leader of the revolutionary\nforces in Nicaragua, has adopted what\nIs termed a \"level rate\" of payment of\nhis soldiers, according to advices received by ihe acting consul of the insurgent government. A general receives no more pay than a private.\nTwenty cents, gold, a day, it is stated,\nis the indivlual stipend, regardless of\nrank.\nComplains of Irregularities\nTOROn i 0, Jan. 6\u2014A letter has been\nreceived by the city council from J.\nM. Commeford, one of the defeated aldermanic candidates in ward 4, asking\nfor a recount of the ballots. Mr, Com-\nmeford complains that among the other\nirregularities, a number of Jewish voters were compelled by the returning officers to vote for three candidates.\nGRAVEGHARGE\nMilitia Officer Charged Wilh\nSerious fraud\nFELLOW Of FICERS ACCUSE\nMAJOR DE LA RONDE, OTTAWA\nCHIEF OF POLICE, CHARGED\nWITH FALSIFICATION OF ACCOUNTS \u2014MANY INSTANCES\nCITED\u2014OLD DIFFERENCES\nOTTAWA, Jan. 6\u2014Information was\nsworn out this afternoon charging\nmajor S, E, de la Ronde, chief of tlie\nOttawa city police, and commanding officer of No. 5 Co. army service corps,\nwith misappropriation of funds alleged\nto have taken place in 1908 daring tbe\nvirit of No. 5 company to the Quebec\ntercentenary. Lieutenants Plnard and\nSpittal, two officers of tlie company,\nwere t!ie men who laid the infoTmatlon.\nThe summons was issued immediately\nand will probably he returnable in the\npolice court on Wednesday moraine.\nTSw action ls the result of long standing differences between major de la\nRonde and lieutenants Pinard and Spit-\ntai. It is understood that they bave\na large number of charges which they\nmake against major de la Ronde and\nit was with a view to bringing the matter to a head that several specific ones\nwere laid. Major de la Ronde asked\nlieutenants Plnard and Spittal for their\nresignations as officers of his corps,\nbut both ofiicers it is undestood have\nrefused to resign and have taken this\nmeans to justify their action. Lieut.\nChurch also was asked to resign but\nhe ha\u00ab refused and will be a witness\nfor the prosecution in their case.\nThe charges were some months ago\nthe subject of a court martial inquiry\nas a result of which major de la Ronde\nwas reprimanded. It was then sent to\nthe justice department but no action\nwas taken. The charges are laid under\n112 and 113 of the Militia act. Tho\nfirst charge laid by lieutenants Pinard\nand Spittal in their information allege that the pay sheet for tbe company's time at the Quebec tercentenary\nsigned- by major de la Roade, is falsified in certain respects which are Indictable under the clauses of the\nMilitia act. \u25a0-\nIThe other charge relates to the\ncharging of lieutenants Church and\nBernard as each having a horse at\nQuebec, the amount against their\nnames on the pay sheet being $32 in\neach case, This the officers deny and\nallege this $32 was not accounted for\nto either of them, although major de\nla Ronde drew a check to cover the\nfull amount.\n<They also state In their information\nthat there were 13 teamsters for whom\nmajor de la Ronde drew amounts averaging $5.40 a day, the full allowance\nfor man, team of horses and wagon,\nand that be paid these three men only\n$3.50 per day each.\nLimps into Port\nHALIFAX, Jan. 6 \u2014 Incased in ice\nfrom stem to stem with life boats and\nparts of her rail swept away, the cable\nsteamer Mina limped Into port la-be\ntonight from a repairing trip on the\nGrand Banks of Newfoundland. The\nMina sailed from here on New Tear's\nday and located the break of* Burin on\nMonday night. As soon as tbe cable\nwas dropped into the ocean and the\nMina shaped her course for Halifax\nbut the storm was raging so fiercely\nthat progress was slow.\nClaims Diplomatic Exemption ..\nPARIS, Jan. 6\u2014CV)ilowlng a controversy over a bill for $1800 for curtains\nfurnished the residence in the avenue\ndu Bois de Bolougne for Mrs. Leishman\nwife of the American ambassador to\nItaly, a tradesman today attempted a\nseizure which was resisted. Subsequently tho case was brought into court\nwhere the Question of diplomatic exemption from the usual course of law\nwas raised. The case was adjourned\nuntil Jan. 20.\nStove Causes Death\nBOSTON, 'Mass., Jan. 6.\u2014The fumes\nof coal gas escaping from a small stove\nin a sleeping room of a Roxbury boarding house occupied by three men\ncaused the death of Daniel O'Conner,\naged 60. Tbe others, Patrick Rafferty\nand Martin Galyear, are not expected\nto recover.\nMrs. Darling Dead\nNEW YORK, Jon. \u00ab.\u2014Mrs. flora\nAdams Darling, founder of the Daughters of the Revolution and United\nStates Daughters of 1812, died suddenly here today of apoplexy at the home\nof her brother, John Quincy Adams.\nToronto's Assessment\nTORONTO, Jan. 6.\u2014The county\njudge has finally fixed the assessable\nvalues of Toronto at $267,932,164, which\nis $1,705,783 less than the figures ot\nassessors.\nAeroplane Ruined\nCANNES, irance, Jan. 6\u2014An Englishman named Neil, who was operating an aeroplane of the Bleriot type\nfell with hiB machine from a height\nof 30 feet today. Neil was seriously injured and the aeroplane ruined.\n MGI TWt\n\u00abhe \u00a7afia penw.\nFRIDAY\nJANUARY 7\nThe Nimble Penny Beats the Slow Shilling\nHere Is a list of investments requiring small capital which we consider gilt edged,\nworking now and reap the benefits accruing from the coming boom.\nGet your money\nFRUIT LANDS\nS acres good, productive soil, 300 yards from station; lots of water, good\nneighbors, splendid transportation, house 12x16; one acre cleared, wood on\nthe balance will fetch $2.25 a cord right on the ground, and a good man\ncan make $4.50 a day for the rest of the winter cutting it. Price $800, 9100\ncash, balance $15 a month without Interest. You will never get a piece of\nland on easier terms than this.\n22 acres partly cleared, with house and stable, good creek, splendid locality, dally trains stopping within 400 yards, every convenience. Owner\ngoing east and must sell before January 1. Price, $1000, $100 cash balance\n$30 a month.\n160 acres Immediately adjoining Edgewopd townslte, close to good wharf,\nstore, postoffice, sawmill and hotel, over a quarter mile of lake frontage, less\nthan half a mile from land selling at $150 an acre. Owner in the east and offers it at only $12 an-acre.   Easy terms.\nWe have a good quarter section of prairie land, fenced, cross fenced,\nhouse, Btabie, granaries and outbuildings, near High River, 35 acres broken,\nall level, no waste, to exchange for Improved or unimproved fruit land, or\ncity property. If you'd like to own a quarter section in sunny southern' Alberta, here's your chance.\nA house and 2 large lots in Calgary, right on the carline, water, sewer,\nelectric light, three minutes from the post office, to exchange for property\nhere.\nFive lots In Lethbrldge, close in absolutely level, near the new car line\nfor sale on easy terms or to exchange for property here.\nNOW IS THE TIME\nGore Street\u2014Cosey three roomed house with hath, city water, electrl|c\nlight, 1 lot   Price I960,   Terms one quarter cash, balance arrranged.\nStanley street\u201411500 for a 6-roomed, 2-storey frame, city water, electric\nlight, 1 corner lot, large woodshed and workshop.   Very easy terms.\nVictoria, Street\u2014No. 707, 1 lot, frame house, 6 rooms, bath and conservatory.   Price J1700, terms arranged.\nFive Eagle Debentures for $47.50; par value $50, with Interest at 8 per\ncent from March 1, 1909, payable March 1, 1910.\nWestern Canada Investment Co,\n507 1-2 Baker Street\nR. BRUCE SCOTT.\nJ. E. TAYLOR\nNelson, B. C.\nDrawer  1042..  Phone 254.\nGo to Brown & Co.'s\nThe Store Where \"People Who Know\" Boy Goods\nPrices That Will Tell        .'.        Quality the Very Best\nDo not miss the opportunity for saving money on the best quality goods.   You pay less here.\nChristmas shopping made easy at Brown and Co.'s.   We invite you to our store where your dollars bring\ntheir value.\nA Sale of Christmas Ties\nA nice lot just arrived, usually\nsold at 75c. and $1, our price 50c.\nA big range of choice ties worth\n35c. to 50c, for 25c.\nInitial Handkerchiefs, 25c\nFine quality handkerchiefs,\nvalue 25c., reduced to 15c, 2 for\n25c.\nSilk handkerchiefs, value 75c,\nfor 50c.\nBraces, 35c, 50c, 75c, $1.\nBoy's underwear at 35c, 50c,\nand 75c, extra good value.\nMen'8 all wool underwear worth\n$2.50 per suit for $1.25.\nExtra high grade underwear at\n$2.50, $3, $4, and $5 per suit.\nSweater coats, $1.50 to $4.\nMufflers, knit and fancy silk.\n50c. to $2.\nMen's Hats Take Lower Prices\nThe Stetson hat usually sold for\n$5, reduced to $3.75.\nThe Barrington hat, soft or stiff\nvalue $3 for $2.\nAbout 100 hats, all good styles,\nworth up to $3 for $1.\nMen's hose, black and fancy\ncashmere, 25c to 75c\n<   Shoe News\nA splendid line of men's shoes,\n$5 value for $3.75.\nShoes worth $3.50 and $4 for\n$2.50.\nChoice Shoes for Ladies\nA   splendid  shoe,   worth $3.50,\nreduced to $2.50.\nA choice line of ladies' men's\nand    children's slippers at, very\nlow prices,        *\nWe promise you by all odds the\ngreatest suit and overcoat values\nthat will he offered in Nelson this\nseason.\nSuits valued at $20 to 22.50 for\n$15.\nSuits valued at $15 for $9.75.\nSuits valued at $10 and $12, for\n$9.75.\nMens' high grade trousers, $7.50\nfor $5.50.\nMen's tweed and worsted trousers, $4 value, for $3.\nBoy's clothing at greatly reduced prices,\nMens overcoats at gie'atly reduced prices.\nVancouver the Gateway of a Nation\nA Nation Small As Yet In Population, But Mighty\nIn Extent and Illimitable In Possibilities . . . . ,\nGreater in extent than the United States, richer in fertile land, in timber and minerals. Ready for the\nwonderful touch of capital and population.\nProfessor Dawson and other noted geologists show that wheat and other cereals Teach the highest per-'\nlection near the northern limit ot growth. Splendid samples of wheat have just been received by the do*\nminion government from Fort Laird, 1500 miles northwest of Edmonton.\nAll animals fatten better In northern latitudes. i\nOne hundred years ago Dr. 'Samuel Johnson, one of the closest observers and most philosophic thinkers\nof the English race, wrote as follows:\n\"Agriculture alone can support us without the help of others in a certain plenty and genuine dignity.\nWhatever we buy from without the seller may refuse, whatever we sell manufactured by art the purchaser may reject, but while our ground is covered with corn and cattle we can want nothing. There ia\nnothing that corn and cattle will not buy.\nCorn and cattle; millions of acres of fertile land. Add to that gold and silver, copper, lead, coal, Iron,\noil, timber, thousands of power plants, scenery, game and a fine healthful climate.\nGreat as has heen the development of the United States, It will prove slow compared with Canada from\nthis time forward. This is the twentieth century. With higher education, improved machinery and equipment   No nation in the world's history has bad such an opportunity..\nThe class of people now pouring into the west are the world's best citizens. They are bringing with\nthem wealth of alt kinds and invincible energy. The result during the next ten years will be almost in*\ncredtWe. \u2022\nAa New York on the Atlantic Is to the United States, so will Vancouver on tbe Pacific be to Canada.\nTheir position is almost similar, both surrounded by water, salt on o\u00abe side and fresh on the other. New\nYork claims to have 400 miles of docks in actual use, and Is spending nine million dollars in more foreshore. Her business area la quoted at 325 square miles. Seattle has 40 miles of harbor front and her\narea within the city limits ls 54 square miles. The total area of the peninsula on which Vancouver and\nNew Westminster stand is only 60 square miles. Every foot of ground will be of immense value, every\nfoot of water front will be needed.\nNow is the golden opportunity of every man who labors. Put a few dollars every month into some of\nthiB ground and lay the foundation for a competence in later years.\nOur new addition between the cities is Belling fast. The price Is only $i50 for big lots, $20 down and\n$10 per month.   No interest\nOur January report shows the wonderful growth of Vancouver during the paBt year. Be sure and get It\nThe Wright Investment Co.\nBaker Street\nNeb on, B. C.\nSHOOTS MOUNTAIN GOAT\nSPOKANE    MAN    PAYS     FINE    OF\nOVER HUNDRED DOLLARS\nGAME   13   INCREASING   IN   CRANBROOK DISTRICT\n(Special to The Dally News.)\nCRANBROOK, Jan. 6.\u2014It cost Garrett Warson of Spokane $105 to kill a\nmountain goat without having first\nprocured a game license entitling him\nto do so, he being a non-resident of\nthe province,\nWarson appears to be interested in\nmining and prospecting, and took out\na free miner's certificate for the Cranbrook mining district. He seemed to\nthink that as a prospector he could kill\nall the game he had a fancy for along\nthe high range bordering the valley of\nthe St. Marys river, East Kootenay.\nProspectors, who are residents of the\nprovince, can as such, kilt game for\nfood, but as the law stands non-residents in an organized district such as\nthe Cranbrook electoral district now is,\npositively cannot kill game on a free\nminer's certificate unless they have a\ngame license also, which license costs\n$100. In unorganized districts those\nholding a miner's certificate can kill\ngame when necessary whether they be\nresident or not.\nJames BateB, the deputy game warden of the Cranbrook district, came by\na knowledge of Warson's doings and,\nthinking that this was an unusual time\nof year for prospecting on the high\ntops, made a trip.up the St. Mary's\nvalley for about 40 miles, the latter\npart of which he completed on snow\nshoes. In Warson's shack he found all\nthe evidence necessary for prosecuting, but waited there until the man returned. He then took him to Cranbrook and charged him with the offense of killing a mountain goat without having a game licence, he being a\nresident of the state of Washington.\nJ. F. Armstrong, the stipendiary magistrate for the district, heard the case\nand convicted Warson, with the result\nthat between the fine and expenses It\ncost him $106. It is hoped in tbe interests of sport that this may prove a\nbeneficial warning to those who are inclined to take liberties with the game\nlaws of the province, which are now\nbeing rigidly enforced by Mr. BateB to\nthe very great betterment of legitimate hunting.\nGame of all kinds is rapidly on the\nincrease In the neighborhood of Cranbrook, though deer are being severely\nharassed and extensively killed by\ncougars. The Indians are now turning\ntheir attention to the destruction of\nthose brutes for whose killing, either\nyoung or old, the provincial government gives a bounty of $15 a head. A\nfew days ago the Indians killed seven\nof those big cats along the headwaters\nof Coal creek, near Fernie. it ls\nthought they used strychnine for the\npurpose, but though the means may not\nseem quite sportsmanlike, It is effective under certain circumstances, as\nwhere game is scarce the animals are\non sbort allowance and likely to return to old \"kills'.'1. Cougars are highly\ndestructive to deer and mountain sheep,\nbut owing to their cunning, skulking\nand nocturnal habits they are seldom\nseen. On this account lb-is falsely concluded that they are scarce in this\ncountry. On the contrary, they are\nvastly more numerous than people suspect.\nMass Meeting  at Creston\nfSneelBl   tn  The   Dally  News.)\nCRESTON, Jan. 6\u2014There has been\nconsiderable consternation in Creston\nthe past few days over certain charge*\nmade by CharleB Moore, P. L. S.,\nagainst Principal King of the Creston\npublic school. The charges were discussed at a mass meeting of citizens\non Tuesday, when the following resolution was passed:\n\"That this meeting of the ratepayers\nof the Qreston school district regrets\nthat one of our citizens has, by an ill-\nadvised action, placed in ignomy Mr.\nJames King, the principal of the Creston public school.   Therefore, be it\n' Resolved, that this meeting expresses its sympathy to Mr. King and\nexpresses its utmost confidence in him.\nit is also\n\"Resolved, that the parties responsible for this meeting be herewith censured.\"\nBall at Creston\n(Special to The Dally News.)\nCRESTON, B. C. Jan. 6.\u2014The ball\ngiven on New Year's eve under the\nauspices of tbe Creston Dancing club\nwas another social. victory for Creston.\nThe music furnished by Mrs. A. Miller\nand Mr. Darbeyshire gave general\nsatisfaction. At midnight refreshments\nwere served and the new year was\nwelcomed by the dancers singing appropriate songs.\nAmong the notable visitors to Creston the last few days was R. J. Bodkin, claim agent for tbe C. P. R. His\nbusiness at Creston was for the pur*\npose of adjusting the claim for the\nburning out of the flume at tbe concentrator at the Alice mine last August\nand the claims of various ranchers who\nlost their cabins and other property by\nlire at Wendell.\nRemembered Hit Housekeeper\nMEW YORK, Jan. 6\u2014Ida Beach Stuart or Mineola, Long Island, who was\nhousekeeper for the late Stephen Mott\nWright, received a legacy of. $158,200\nas a reward for her many years of\nfaithful service when the executors of\nhis win completed their work. Mr.\nWright who was an aged bachelor left\nan estate valued at $383,850. The house\nkeeper is preferred to his relatives In\nthe bequest.\nArrow Park News\n(Special to The Dally News.)\nARROW PARK, Jan. 6.\u2014On New\nYear's eve the residents of Arrow Park\nresponded to an Invitation from Bourne\n& Ion's logging camp, in Grand valley,\nto enjoy, a social evening. Through\ntheir courtesy arrangements were made\nby- which all the friends were taken out\nBe Wise in Time \u2014\u2014\nYou cannot keep well unless the bowels are regular.\nNeglect of this rule of health invites half the sicknesses\nfrom which we suffer. Keep the bowels right; otherwise\nwaste matter and poisons which should pass out of the\nbody,'find their way into the blood and sicken the whole\nsystem. Don't wait until the bowels are constipated; take\nBEECHAM'S PILLS\nThey are the finest natural laxative in the world\u2014gentle,\nsafe, prompt and thorough. They strengthen the stomach\nmuscles, and will not injure the delicate mucous lining of\nthe bowels. Beecham's Pills have a constitutional action.\nThat is, the longer you take them, the less frequently you\nneed them.  They help Nature help herself and\nKeep the Bowels Healthy\nBile Active&Stomach Well\nPrepared only by Ttiomai Beecham, St. Helena, Lancashire, England.\nSoldby all Druf-ifista in Canada and U.S. America,   In boxes 2S cent*.\nMilk Chocolate Stick,  Medallions.  Croquettes. Cream Bars etc are truly delicious.\nFor sale by all dealers from Coast to Coast\nTHE COWAN CO. LIMITED, TORONTO.\nto the camps In sleighs. Various games\nand dancing were indulged in; also a\nsubstantial sup'per provided, after\nwhich they were taken home again\nwith the accompaniment of merry\nsleighbells, a very enjoyable evening\nhaving been spent.\nD. McLean spent a few days In Revel-\nstoke,\n\u2022Miss Reece, from Dumbarton, Scotland, has arrived and is staying at the\nhome of Mrs. McLean.\nMr. A. Bourne had the serious misfortune on an accident on Monday.\nWhen on the way to town, driving\nalongside his team up a rather steep\ngrade, one of his horses slipped and\nfell over upon him, crushing his ankle,\nwhich is likely to invalid him for a\ntime.\nMr. and Mtito A. 'B.j\/Webb have gone\nto their old home at Richardson, N. D.,\nwhere they intend to stay the balance\nof the winter. .\nDRILLING With bamboo rods\nSimple Method for Prospecting and\nObtaining Water\nIn the north of China the Japanese\nsystem of using bamboo rods is still\nused largely in drilling holes of moderate deptii for prospecting work and for\nwater supply. Because of ita great simplicity, the native laborer of average\nintelligence Is able to carry on the\nwork of boring without any. immediate\nsupervision and its initial cost Is very'\nlow.\nThe rods are strips of bamboo -about\n1 inch wide and %-inch thick, one bamboo of 3 or 4-lnch diameter being made\ninto Bix or eight rods by slitting it\ndown the middle. The thickness of\nthe rod is the natural'thickness of the\nbamboo shell, and the length Is from\n15 to 20 fetet. The rods are connected\nby making a scarf just below the natural ring of the bamboo and clamping\nit together with two brass or galvan-\nized-iron sleeves. The tools used are\na combination drill and sludge pump\nfor sands, silts, line gravels-and. soft\nshales; ordinary chisel for shales,\nsandstones, grits and limestones, and\nan ordinary sludge pump for cleaning\nthe hole after the chute*.\nThe drilling is accomplished by attaching a wooden handle to the bamboo\nrods about 2% feet above, the hole,\nwith a man at each end of the handle\nto raise and lower the rods and gradually turn them by walking round the\nhole. The headgear above the hole\nconsists of two poles about 18 feet\nhigh with guy ropes, leaving sufficient\nhead room for the snatch blocks (for\nthe sludge pump and chisel rope) to be\nbung. The combined chisel and sludge\npump is made of a piece of piping 10\nfeet long, the top being fitted with a\nconical cap' and shaped with a scarf\nend, which nfed the corresponding\nend ot the bamboo,\nHoles drilled in this way averaged\nfrom 2 to 3 feet per day, and cost from\n36 to 60 cents per foot, including the\nlabor ot setting up and taking down,\ndrill sharpening, etc. A hole was\ndrilled in Shanghai, through clays,\nsilts, sands and gravels, to a depth of\n420 feet in 22 days by a Japanese contractor, the price being 58 cents per\nfoot up to the first 500 feet, with the\noption of continuing to a depth of 700\nfeet at 96 cents per foot. Several holes\nfrom 200 to 400 feet deep were drilled\nby the engineers of the Imperial railways of North China, tn search of\nwater, the average rate of progress In\nthese holes through sands, clays and\ngravels being from 3 to 6 feet per day,\nand the cost from 20 to 40 cents per\nfoot.\n, \u2022  t\nYale Professor Dead\nNEW YORK, Jan. 6.\u2014Prof. Samuel\nSanford, long the bead of the music\ndepartment of Yale university, died today at his home here. Prof. Sanford\nwas the son of Henry Sanford, founder\nand largest stockholder of the Adams\nExpress company. He . Inherited a\nlarge fortune from his father and de\nvoted much of his time to travel and\nliterary and artistic research.\nBurton City News Notes\n(Special to The Dally News.)\nBURTON CITY, Jan. 6.\u2014During holiday week everyone here seemed to be\nenjoying themselves thoroughly. Sleigh\nriding and the usual festivities were indulged in, and now that the new year is\nwith us everything is moving along in\nthe usual way.'\nSchool opened today.\nRev. Bell, Presbyterian minister\nfrom Nakusp, held services here on\nTuesday evening of last week. There\nwas a large attendance.\nJoe Grafton has a gang of men cutting stone for a commodious residence,\nto be built on his fruit ranch about a\nmile from town. This will be the first\nstone building to be built in this local;\nIty, but many more are contemplated'.\nAn \"old timers\" lodge is being\nformed here and a grand reunion of\n\"old timers\" will be held here at some\nconvenient time in the near future.\nThe badges of this .order are a work of\nart. A large list of members are expected to enroll.\nSeveral visitors are here from the\nprairie country, looking over the valley,-with a view to purchasing fruit\nland.\nMrs. W. Robson is visiting at Lethbrldge, her former home.\nJames G. Reveler has returned from\na visit to Edgwood and vicinity.\nMiss E. McDougald is viBtting friends\nat Nakusp.\nM. McLean, government road superintendent, spent a day in the valley last\nweek.-\nMiles Yingling and family are visiting his old home In Pennsylvania.\nPower Company Extends\nALBANY, Jan. 6\u2014Application has\nbeen made to the public service commission by the Niagara Falls Power\ncompany for permission to issue its refunding and general mortgage and gold\nbond, secured by its mortgage or deed\nof trust, securing an authorized issue\nof such bonds not to exceed $10,101,000.\nThe proceeds of the bond are to be\nused for refunding of obligations\namounting to $9,076,000 and the balance\nfor extensions and improvements of its\npresent plant.\nGit Oven Explodes\nJAMESTOWN, N.Y., Jan.  6\u2014By the\nexplosion of a gag oven in the enamelling department of the Daiilstrom Metal\nDoor company's plant in this city early\nCELERY!   CEtERY!\nWe have secured a fine lot of the\nabove table vegetable, grown hy a local white rancher. All lovers of good\ncelery should try some from tbe little\nstore with the big stock.\nJoy's Cash Grocery\nCorner of Jeatphla* aid Mill Street*\nP. O. Box 637 Telepnone II\nW\"iliamKilbey&Son\nPiano and Organ Tuners, Repalrera\nand Regulators, late of Mason & Rlsch\nOa\u201e Ltd., Gerhard, Hetntsman, R. 8.\nWilliams A Sons, and Gourley, winter & Leeming, Toronto.\nThe only authorised tuners for the\nMason k Rlsch Co., Ltd., for the Kootenay and Okanagan districts. Address\n806 Stanley street or Mason & Rlsch\nagents, the Standard Furniture Co.\nCLEANING AND PRESSING\n\u25a0alts called (or and dell-erei.    \u25a0\u2022\nA. J. DRISCOLL\n\"some IM\u2014Baker street, opposite tkr\nQueen's Hotel\n\u00ab5SSt..J?9yIPPED    UNDERTAKING\nKOOTENAY        N\u00b0 PABL0RS  IN  THB\n\u00ab.1-.SiuBRfeBJ!TON. UNDERTAKER.\nNight Phone 262, Day Phone 85.\nStandard Tinltiire Co.\nNELSON, B.C.\nCarpet Cleaning\nrMS*i,a\/-CMpetoa *\u00bb\u25a0 Bmnd \u25a0\u00bb\u00bb\u00ab\u25a0' \u00ab-\u2022\u2022 texture and docd not remove the dirt\nOur up-to-date Steam Cleaning ProceM\nremoves all the Impurities and restore* tho\nfoods to original colon.\nw       Mo PER BOUARB YARD.\nWork called for and delivered promptly.\nClothes of all kinds cleaned, renovated.\ntyed and repaired.\nJ&nt? Bu-lS cleaned and pressed, 75c to\nO.00; dyed, $8.00.\nLadles' Skirts cleaned, $1.00; dyed, $100.\nGloves cleaned,' 26c to 60c.\nSpecial Rates for Hotels. Restaurants\nvon Steamers.\nNelson Steam Laundry\n\u2022B-M   VERNON   STREET,\nr.lephone !\u00ab. P. NIPOU, Prop,\nWEST KOOTENAY BUTCHER CO.\nFresh Meats, Fresh and Cured Fish\nYou can always depend on a tasty\ndinner when you buy from us.      j\nPhone! Q. Q.PETERS, Manager\nJOHN  BURNS\nCONTRACTOR AND BUILDER\n\u2022ash, Deer and Office   Fitting\nFactory.   Brick and Lima tar tale\nOffice and Factory\nCarbcnato Street      Nelaon, B. 0.\nLarge    quantltl.e   ef   shavings,\nsuitable fer stable bedding can be\nhad fer hauling away.\nKootenay lake General Hospital\nMsternlty Branch\nPatients are now reeetred at the fol.\nowing rates:\nPrlrate ward patients, week ....120.00\ngeml-prrrate ward patients, week 115.00\nAddress   applications   to   matron at\neoenltal.\nCorporation of tiie City of Nelson\nNOTICE.\nPublic notice la hereby given to the\nelectors or the Municipality of the City\n?' Nel\u00bb\u00b0\". that I require the presence of\nthe &aid electors at the City Hall, on\nMonday, the l\u00abh day of January, W10 at\n12 o clock noon, for the purpoBe of electing\nP-nn^n t0 rfigreaent them In the Municipal\nHMJL.\" SfyoT \u00a3nd Aldermen and on\nthe Public School Board as Trustees.\n,\u201e;.m can<]ldl-tes shall be nominated In\nwriting; the writing shall be subscribed\nby two voters of the Municipality as proposer and seconder, and shall be delivered\nto the Returning Officer any time between\nthe date of this notice and 2 p.m. of the\nday of nomination, and In the event of a\npoll being necessary such poll will be\"\nopened on Thursday, the thirteenth day\nof January, 1910, between the hours of a\n?*t.loc!t. ?.''\"\u2022 una 7 \u00b0'cl\u00b0ck p.m., In the\nUty Hail for tlie East Ward, and at m\nKootenay street (the City band room) for\ntlie west ward, of which every person is\nhereby required to take notice and govern\ntnemealyes accordingly.\nThe persons qualified to be nominated\nfor and- elcted as mayor of such city shall\nbe such persons aa are male British subjects, and the full age of twenty-one years,\nand are not disqualified under any law and\nnave been for the six months preceding\nthe day of nomination the registered owner in the land reglBtry office of land or\nreal property In the city of the assessed\nvalue, on the last municipal assessment\nroll of one thousand dollars or more, over\nand above any registered judgment or\ncharge, and who are otherwise duly quail-\nlied as municipal voters.\nThe persons qualified to be nominated\nfor and elected as aldermen of such city\nshall be auch persons aa are male British\nsubjects of the full age of twenty-one\nyears, and are not disqualified under any\nlaw and have been for the six months next\npreceding the day of nomination the registered owner In the land registry office of\nland or real property In the city of the\nassessed value on the laat municipal\nassessment roll of Ave hundred dollars, or\nmore, over and above any registered judgment or charge, and who are otherwise\nqualified as municipal voters.\nThe persons eligible to be nominated for\nand elected as school trustees of such city\nshall be any person being a. householder\nin the School District, and being a British\nsubject of the full age of twenty-one\nyears, . and otherwise -qualified by the\nPublic School Act to vote at an election\nof School Trustees in the said School District.     \u25a0\nGiven under my hand at the City of\nKelson aforesaid, the 3rd day of January,\nm\u00b0' W.'B. -WABSON,\n221-6 -      Returning Officer.\nNOTICE.\nProvincial i-eglslatlve Assembly.\nPrivate Bills.\nCopies of Bills, Petitions, and notices aa\nKubllshed must be deposited with, and alt\n>es paid to, the Clerk of the House, not\nlated than 12 January, 1910.\nPetitions for Bills will not be received .\nby th* House after Slat January. 1010.\nBills must be presented to the House\nnot later than 10th February, 1*10.\nReports from Standing Committee on\nBills will not be received by the House\nafter Mth February, 1910.\nTHORNTON FELL,\nClerk, Legislative Assembly.\nVictoria 1st November. UflCv lW-tf.\ntoaay a large section of the plant waa\nwrecked. The night foreman was killed and two other employees were fatally injured. The explosion was caused by the collecting ot gag in one of\nthe ovens which was maintained at an\nunusual degree of'heat for enamelling\nmetal. m\nA sprained ankle will usually disable the\nInjured person for three or four weeus.\nThla la due to lack of proper treatment.\nWhen Chamberlain's Liniment Is applied\na cure may be effected In three or four\ndays. This liniment le one of the best tC*l\nmost remarkable preparations in uae. Sold\nby all druggists and dealers.\nMlnard's Liniment Curea Colds, Etc.\n FRIDAY  JANUARY 7\n\u20ac*w flatly Slews\n&^ ODPV\nPAGE THREE\nit\nThe Successful Investor is a Student of\nConditions and Values\n\u2022 It he has not autflcient capital or is not in a position to conduct money making enterprises he Joins\nforces \u25a0with Companies under the management of a board of directors whose combined Judgment ensures\nsseoess.   Ho buys at the beginning of an enterprise before the advance In stock takes place.\ni The safest and most profitable Investment to be found In a new country is land, because as population lactases the demand for land Increases and values are ibound to advance rapidly.\nIt IB a well known fact that land bought around Kootenay lake a tew yeaTs ago at from $1 to |5 per\naero has sold as high as |M0 per acre. There are many thousands of acres of good land in West Kootenay\nfor sale at the present time at from \u00ab12 to |25 per acre In large tracts.\nIf land has been sold at \u00bb100 per acre in small tracts it will still sell at that figure. The value of good\nland has not decreased.      '.%\u2022'\u25a0 '\nThe only reason why buyers are not pouring Into the Kootenays (the choicest and most desirable\npart of British Columbia for fruit growing) ia because there ls no systematic e.lort being made to go to\nEngland and other places to deal directly with the people who wish to buy, as Is being done by firms in the\nOkanagan, Salmon Arm, Vancouver Island and other places.\nThe Colonial Trust Company propose to remedy this. They propose to buy the best land after having\nhad a report from fruit experts as to what the soil is adapted for, and then sell to people who desire to\ngrow and who understand growing the particular fruit for which the soil Is adapted. If desired the company will clear and plant some ol the land before the purchasers arrive and build homes as directed.\nThat there Is absolutely no risk In buying good land at the lowest possible prloe for cash, must be apparent\nWhile enquiries are pouring In, the interest is growing dally and the first issue of stock will soon be\nall taken up, there la still a ohanoe for Investors In the Kootenays large or small. We would like this to\nbe a home company 1\u00ab possible, we want to lay a broad and solid foundation and have everyone working\nfor the company's sucobbb.  The dividends should remain here.\nOur booklet on Trust Companies and the source of their great earning power Is Just out.   Bend for it. \u2022\nThe Colonial Trust Company, lid.\n411 BAKER STREET\nNELSON, B.C.\nPreserved fruits\nfor\nConnoisseurs\nTlie Kootenay Jam Co., limited\nhave earned an enviable repirta-\ntiop for their canned and preserved ffutts during the past\ntwo years\nFirst Car of Fruit Shipped From Nelson Factory.\nWTfie full flavour of the world famous Kootenay\n. ....'. r-.L.J !_ ,LA K-.iL.     II -. Ik.\nssag 4) aa     ine lull uavuur vi ms  vronu \u25a0\u25a0minis rannomi\nThst>fsO IC 21  fsPfl^nn       fruits are retained in Ihtir entirety, as well as the\nI llCIt* IJ U \u25a0 ^MJVii      fruit being unbroken in the preserving.\nOur method of preserving\nproduces absolutely the finest quality Jams to be ob-\ntained on the market today\n,E*Milt a*n*laan(Fruit Fair, 1Mb.\n\u25a0as <\n.'If .n<i\u00abi\u00abl\u00bb beliuttia \u25a0'.'\nKOfiJENAY JAM Co., Ltd.,\nTfUPlinifl Purwyr\" *\u00b0 H- E-> the Gom\u212201- Oeneral.\n\u201eJBartftt\ntory\u2014FRONT STREET, NELSON, B. C\nWith half the labor, and at\nhalf the cost of,other soap,\nSunlight does the whole\nwashing In half the time,\nyet   without Injuring the\nmost delicate fabric.\nUse It the Sunlight way.\nFollow the directions.\nWS Of THE DOMINION\n:3viNNIPEG, Jan. 6\u2014Tlraotll|S|0W\nan excursionist from Lucan, Out., while\nSalting an old schoolmate, Paddy Ben-\nnjtt at No. 2 fire hall yesterday after-\nnoon stepped backwards through the\nslide pole aperture on the top floor\nid turning in mld-alr struck hla head\nthe pavement below and was in-\ntly killed.\nthere may be no loss of life among the\nfishermen carried to sea on Tuesday\niby the gale, as several missing boats\nmade shore last night and report having .sighted others making for shore.\nHALIFAX, Jan. 6\u2014It is now thought      TORONTO, Jan. 6\u2014The Boston shoe\nstore here was gutted to the extent of\n\u202220,000 by fire last night.\nRBGINA, Jan. 6\u2014Bank clearings for\nthe week ending today were $932,834.\nEDMONTON, Jan. 6\u2014Bank clearings\ntor the week ending today were $1,208,-\nCALGARY, Jan. 6 \u2014 Bank clearings\nfor the week ending today were 12,.\n910,949.\nOUEl\/rH, JIan. 6 \u2014 ATA. George\nSmith, 60 years old, waa drowned last\nnight by falling Into the cistern at\nher home.\nOTTAWA, Jan. 6\u2014In militia orders Capt. O. T. Partington, 102nd Rocky\nMountain Rangers, Ib transferred to\nthe reserve of otfficers.\nOTTAWA, Jan. 6\u2014Col. Sam Hughes,\nM.P., ls chairman of the board of visitors of, the Royal Military college at\nKingston and Col. F. W. Rutherford is\nadded to th^. board.\nWINNIPEG, Jan. 6\u2014Liberal conventions to nominate candidates for the\nprovincial legislature were held In\nDauphin and Beautiful Plains yesterday. In the former Robert Cruse, tiie\npresident of the liberal association was\nthe choice and In the latter E. L. Davis.\nTORONTO, Jan. 6\u2014The board of\neducation, which first ordered flags to\nbe flown on schools on certain anniversaries, then ordered them to be\nflown dally, and next not to be flown\non Sundays, decided at the. final meeting of the board last night not to fly\nthem at all.\nTORONTO, Jan. 6 \u2014 The coroner's\nJury says there was no evidence of\nfoul play In the case of Thomas Hamilton, who died as was alleged from the\nefrects of ft blow received In a bar\nroom row on Dec. 9 last. Deceased's'\n*raln showed that) he was liable to have\ndied at any moment.\nTORONTO, Jan. 6\u2014The train board\nat the Union station showed that the\noHlclals were having trouble handling\ntrains in northern Ontario despite the\nfact that snow plows had been working\nall night. The Owen Sound and Teeswater trains were reported five hours\nlate, stalled^ snow banks and tho Indications were that they would be five\nhours more.\nOTTAWA, Jan. 6\u2014According to the\nfigures compiled by the census department the population ot British Columbia for the fiscal year was 289,616; Alberta, 273,869; Saskatchewan, 341,621;\nManitoba, 446,262; Ontario, 2.269,026,\nand of Quebec 2,088.466, and of the\nunorganized territories 68,309. Since\nMarch 31 Immigration has totalled\n150,000 and of this 100,000 have gone\nto western Canada. The population of\nthe dominion is now about 7,350,000.\nSTOMACHS FEEL FINE\nINDIGESTION,     HEARTBURN,     GAS\nAND   DYSPEPSIA  VANISH\nDIAPEPSIN    ENDS    MISERY    FROM\nSTOMACH  IN  FIVE  MINUTES\nAs there Is often some one In your family who sutlers un attack ot indigestion\nor some form of stomach trouble, why\ndon't yoq keep some DiapeDslu in the\nhouse   handy?\nThla harmless blessing will digest anything you can eat without the slightest\ndiscomfort, and overcome a sour, gassy\nstomach five minutes after.-\nTell your pharmacist to let you rend the\nformula plainly printed on* these G0-cent\ncases of Pape's Dlnpepsln, then you will\nreadily see why It makes Indigestion, sour\nstomach, heartburn and other distress go\nIn five minutes and relieves at once such\nmiseries us belching of gas, eructations\nof sour undigested food, nausea, headaches, dizziness, constipation and other\nstomach disorders,\nSome folks \u2022 have tried ao long to find\nrelief from Indigestion and dyspepsia or an\nout-of-order stomach with the common\nevery-day cures advertised that they have\nabout made- up their minds that they\nhave something olse wrong, or believe\ntheirs ls a case of nervousness, gastritis,\ncatarrh of the stomach or cancer.\nThis, no doubt, Is a serious mistake.\nYour real trouble Is, what you eat does\nnot digest; Instead, It ferments and sours,\nturns to ncld, gas and stomach poison,\nwhich putrlfy in the digestive track and\nIntestines, and, besides, polaon the breath\nwith  nauseous Odors.\nA hearty appetite, with thorough digestion, and- without the slightest discomfort\nor misery of the stomach. Is waiting for\nyou as soon as you decide to try Pape's\nDlapepsin.\nVeteran Railway Man Dead\nROCHESTER, N. Y., Jan. 6.\u2014Edward P. Shatter, lor 40 years a New\nYork Central railroad engineer, and\nwho, 40 years ago, aided In founding\nthe Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, is dead here, aged 81 years. A\nshort time ago he retired from service.\nCOLD   AND   BLIZZARD\nEIGHTEEN   BELOW ZERO  AT  KANSAS CITY\nVILLAGE    WIPED   OUT    BY   FLOOD\nAND  FIRE\nKANSAS CITY, Jan. 6\u2014Eighteen degrees below zero was recorded unofficially in Kansas City today. It was\nthe lowest temperature in this part of\nthe soutnwest in 12 years.\nLOUISVILLE, Jan. 6\u2014Snow today\ncovers the greater portion of Kentucky\n-ennessee and Arkansas with traces as\nfar south as northern Mississippi and\nAlabama. In Louisville the snow Is a\nfoot deep.\nSOUTH PORK, Pa., Jan. 6\u2014The village of Gilestown' across the Cone-\nmaugh river from here has been practically wiped out -by flood and fire. No\nCasualties of any kind occurred but the\ndamage I3 upwards of $50,000. Last\nnight two bridges .connecting Giles-\ntown and South, ork were carried\naway by the Ice and high water of the\nriver and early today fire broke out\ndestroying a church, school and several\nstores,\nNEW YORK, Jan. 6\u2014Three deaths,\nand injuries to more than 300 persons\nwere reported today as the result of\nfalls during the night and early morning on the slippery walks and pavements, coated from building line to\nbuilding line with ice from a quarter to\nan inch thick. Ambulances were on\nthe jump continuously through the\nmorning, the roil of the injured growing hourly. Rain that turned to ice as\nsoon as it hit the ground was responsible for these conditions. Service was\nfairly regular on the car lines which\nhad been kept open through the night,\nbut vehicle traffic was practically at a\nstandstill, except where the chain\ntired automobiles proved their ability\nto navigate the treacherous surfaces.\nSYRACUSE, Jan. 6\u2014In the face of ii\nblizzard yesterday Michael Murphy, 65\nyears of age, with his wife and two\ngrand children, started to drive from\nManllus to his home. The sleigh broke\ndown and Murphy wrapping up his wife\nand the children started for home for\nanother sleigh. Becoming impatient\nover her husband's long absence, Mrs.\nMurphy and the children walked home\nwhere they found the horse but no\ntrace of Murphy. Parties searched all\nnight for him and today his body was\nfound frozen in a snow drift a short\ndistance from his home.\nHAVRE, Jan. G\u2014The Hamburg-American line freight steamer Fttrst Bis-\nmar, from Havana Dec. 21, for Hamburg went ashore during a fog, near\nOcteville, a mile southwest of Cherbourg today. The weather continues\nthick.\nHAVRE, Jan. 6\u2014The passengers of\nthe Furst Bismar were safely landed at\nOcteville and the cargo has been partially jettisoned.\nDropped from Own Club\nNEW YORK, Jan. 6\u2014The Arctic\nclub of America,- founded by Dr. Frederick A. Cook, and his strong supporter\nin the north pole controversy, through\nits board of directors has dropped the\nname of the Arctic explorer from the\nrolls of the club. The action of the\ndirectors was unanimous and follows\nhard on the explorer's summary dismissal from the council of the Brooklyn institute of arts and science two\ndays ago. The crossing of Dr. Cook's\nname from the membership roll of the\nArctic club of America, whose president admiral Schley, is Cook's staunch\nsupporter, strips, from the explorer almost the last vestige of scientific honors, only the degree of doctor of philosophy conferred by the university of\nCopenhagen remains.\nCarry Fight to President\nWASHINGTON, Jan. 6.\u2014The American Federation of Labor, through a\ncommittee headed by Samuel Gompers,\nJames O'Connell and other union leud-\ners, today curried its tight against the\nUnited States Steel corporation to\nPresident Tart.\nTlie committee presented to the president a formal paper in which they set\nforth 14 different charges or illegality\nagainst the steel corporations and\nasked for an immediate investigation\nof the so-called trust, which they claim\nIs operating in defiance of the United\nStates statutes. The president promised to take tbe matter up witli the secretary of commerce and labor and\nLabor Commissioner Neil.\nGeneral Manager Resigns\nWASHINGTON, Jan. 6.\u2014u H. Ack-\nert, vice president and general manager of the Southern railway, today\ntendered his resignation, to take effect\non Jan. 15, in order to accept an official position with another railroad company. It has been reported, but Mr.\nAckert denied, that he was to succeed\nT. P. Shontz as president of the Inter-\nborough Rapid Transit company of New\nYork.\nBlack Hand Murder\nCHICAGO, Jan. 6\u2014Failing to comply\nwith a demand for 1500 contained in\nletters signed \"the Black Hand,\"\nwhich he received through the mail a\nfew days ago, B. Sinene, 60 years old,\nan Italian merchant, was shot and Instantly killed by three men this morning while he lay asleep In the rear of\nthe store. The assailants escaped before the notice arrived and no clues\nhave 'been obtained.\nWorks of Fiction\nBOSTON, Jan. G\u2014The workg. of Dr.\niFrederlck A, Cook, the Arctic explorer,\ninstead of being removed from the Boston 'public library, as has been suggested, are designed for a novel honor.\nWhile thejibrary authorities will make\nno special classification of them, the\nspread on brown bread makes the\nmost delicious sandwiches. A tea-\nspoonful of OXO to a cup of hot\nwater makes an appetizing, nourishing drink.   Children love OXO.      22\nAgency for British Columbia\u2014Little Bros., 24\nCordova St, Vancouver\nTHIRD   ANNUAL   INLAND   EMPIRE SPECIAL TRAIN\nEXCURSION\nTo Los Angeles, Cal.\nVia O. R. a. N.-Southsm Pacific\nLeaving Spokane Jan. 17\nThe $99 rate from Spokane includes railroad ticket for the round\ntrip, which is limited to three months, with stop over privileges returning. Also berth in Pullman car, meals in diner and hotels, side trips\nand every expense of the going trip of six days. Two tickets entitle\nholder to a full section and there positively will be no crowding.\nA special train baggageman will be In charge of all baggage so\nthat members of the party may have access thereto at their pleasure.\nMake your reservations as Boon as possible, as only a limited number\ncan be accommodated.\nW. R. SKEY, Travelling Passenger Agent O.  R. & N., Spokane, Wash.\nScotch Whisky\nA Genuine Highland Whisky.\nThere are hundreds of brands of so-called\n\u2022\u2022Scotch Whisky.\"\nMany of these are not genuine.\nFor your Health's sake, confine your choice\nto standard brands; use a whisky of recognized\nmerit.\nWatson's Whisky is one of these; distilled\nin the Highlands of Scotland\u2014the district\nacknowledged to be the best in the world for\nwhisky distilling.\nWe age our Whisky in Sherry wood, and,\nafter careful blending, it is bottled in our warehouse and sealed with an adhesive capsule\nbearing our name.\nEvery such bottle carries with it our unqualified guarantee of purity and quality.\nInsist     on\nWatson's\n\"THREE STAR\"\u2014A mild, tfloraugUy matured Scotch.\n\"NO. 10\"\u2014A lull-boditd. richly flavored Scotch.\nJAMES WATSON & CO., Limited - Dundee.\nexplorer's books may be placed in the\ncategory with literary works.\nGOVERNMENT GIVES GRANT\nScott South Polar Expedition is Now\nAssured\nLONDON, Jan, 6\u2014The Scott expedition in search of the south pole is now\nassured, the government having granted $100,000 towards the $200,000 which\nis in the estimated expenses. The public subscriptions have hung fire, a total only of between $5S,000 and $60,000\nhaving been raised hut there will be\nno difficulty now in procuring the small\nbalance required. The expedition will\nset forth in July.\nA  HINT TO   LADIES   WHEN  SHOPPING\nIf you wanted anything badly1, mid when\nvoii got to tho store were persuaded to\ntake something else lustful, when ydu\ncame away wouldn't you feel a little disappointed Am If somebody bud \"got one\nover you\"\u2014and not for your benefit, mind,\nbut foi; their own  profit.\nAnd when you proved that the something which was represented as being\n\"Just as good\" as what you asked for was\nnot as good-was not to be compared with\nthe    real    thing,   wouldn't  you   feel still\nWThls Is just the case about Zam-Buk.\nLike all good things It has many imitations. When buying It juBt ask for Zam-\nBuk, and see that you get it The name\n5 protected by law, and Ib clearly seen\non each packet. Don't have anything else!\nThen you won't feel that somebody has\nmade a few extra cents out of your lack\nof firmness.\nHospital on Fire\nRICHMOND, Va., Jan. 6\u2014The University college of medicine waa destroyed by fire here this morning. The\ntire was discovered at 4 o'clock by a\nnurse in the Virginia hospital to which\nthe college is an annex. All tbe patients in the hospital were saved. The\nloss is estimated at $150,Mt.\nMurder and Suicide\nREADING, Pa., Jan. 6.\u2014In a dispute\nover wages Frederick Neudorfer, timekeeper for the Toledo Construction\ncompany, which is doing some local\ncontract work, was shot and killed\nhere today by W. H. Brooks, a negro\nemployee. The murderer committed\nsuicide.\nGets Six Months\nLONDON, Jan. 6.\u2014Herbert Tatlow\nwas sentenced to six months' hard\nlabor for defrauding Miss Laura S.\nLibbey of New Haven, Conn., of various sums of money.\nThe peculiar properties of Chamberlain'a\nCough Remedy have been thoroughly teat-\nen during epidemics of Influenza, and when\nIt was taken In time we have not heard\nof a single case of pneumonia. Sold by all\ndruggists and dealers.\nMinard'i Liniment Cures Diphtheria.\n MQ-. FOUR\n\u00abhe ihtttB pctt>\u00bb.\nFRIDAY  JANUARY 7\n\u00bb\u00bb\u00bb\u00bb,\u00ab> Mtl'WMIIIttIM \u00bbtl1111 l**\u00bbtt\u00bb\u00abM*\u00bb\u00bb\u00ab\u00ab*M\u00ab\nSeasonable Goods\nBovrll\n2-os. bottles  , $.35\n4-oz.  bottles    65\n8-oz. bottles  110\nlB-oi bottles  1.75\nJohnston's  Fluid  Beef\n2-oz. Una  ? .30\n4-oz. tins  '15\n8-oz. tins     85\n16-os. botUes   1.00\nNutri-Ox Tomato Bullion\n20-oz. bottles  ' 11.00\nBovrll Cordial\n20-oz. bottles  $1.00\nNutrl-Ox Tomato Bullion and Bovrll\nCordial are specially .put up for hotel\nand restaurant trade,\nArmour's Beef Tubes\n12 dozen In ease  $5.50\nThe Hudson's Bay Stores jj\n****t*i************************************************i\nImperial Bank of Canada\n\u00a3>>, HEAD OFFICE, TORONTO\nCapital Authorized   $10,000,000\nCaplUI  Fald  Up   15,000,000     Reserve Fund  15,000,000\nD. R. WILKIE,  President HON. ROBT. JAFFRAY, Vlce-Pras.\nBRANCHE8 IN BRITISH COLUMBIA:\nArrowhead,  Cranbrook,  Fernle, Golden, Kamloopi, Michel, New Michel,\n^ Moyie,  Nelson,  Revelstoke, Vancouver and Victoria,\n8AVINGS DEPARTMENT 1\nInterest allowed on deposits at current rata from date of deposit\nNELSON  BRANCH J. M. LAY, Manager.\nCanadian Bank of Commerce\nHEAD OFFICE, TORONTO ESTABLISHED 1867\nB.  E. WALKER, President. Reserve Fund      6,000,000\nALEXANDER LAIRD, Oen. Man,      Paid-up Capital   $10,000,000\nTRAVELLERS' CHEQUES\nThe new Travellers' Cheques recently issued by this Bank are a\nmost convenient way in which to carry money when travelling. They\nare issued in denominations of $10, $20, $50, $100 and $200 and the exact\namount payable in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Great\nBritain, Holland, Italy, Norway,.Russia, Sweden and Switzerland is stated on the face of each cheque, while In other countries they are payable\nat current rates.\nThe cheques and all Information regarding them may be obtained\nat every office .of the bank,      ,    ^\nNELSON BRANCH J. L. BUCHAN, Manager\nBANK OP MONTREAL\nEstablished 1817\nCapital All Paid Up  ..$14,400,000   Rest    $12,000,000\nHEAD OFFICE: MONTREAL\nRt Hon. Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal, O.C.M.G., Hon. President.\nHon. Sir George Drummond, K.C.M.G., President\nSir Edward 8. Clouston, Bart, Vice-President and Gen. Manager.\nBRANCHE8   IN   BRITISH  COLUMBIA'\nArmstrong, Enderby, Greenwood,   Kelowna,   Nelson,   New  Denver,\nNicola, New Westminster, Rossland, Summerland, Vancouver, Vernon,\nVictoria, Chllllwack,  Hosmer.... Z j[i\n' NELSON BRANCH L. B. DEVEBER, Manager.\nThe Royal Bank of Canada\nINCORPORATED IWt.\nCaplUI    14,800,000      Reserve    15,500,000\nTotal Assets  $58,000,000\nA general banking business transacted.   Savings Bank Department\nat all offices.\nSavings Bank Department at all\noffices. Interest allowed on deposits of one dollar and upwards\nat highest current rates, compounded half yearly. Money may\nbe withdrawn without delay.\nNelson Branch\nWe receive Accounts of Corporations, firms and Individuals on favorable terms and shall be pleased\nto meet or correspond with those\nwho contemplate making change*\nor opening new accounts,\nA. a NETHERBY, Manager\nANNOUNCEMENT\nDear Sir:\nWe have disposed of our Nelaon business and good will to Mr. E. B. McDermid of Nelson who has been In the brokerage business here for the past\nten years. The actual transfer takes place on the, 10th of January, 1910, on\nand after which date Messrs. Mlghton & Oavanaugh will open an office in\nthe Dominion Trust building, Vancouver, B.C., doing a general brokerage\niHwineu,\n- The growth of Vancouver as a financial and stock centre has bees pile-\nnominal. We feel, therefore, that we, as members of the Vancouver Stock\nExchange, can give our many clients more prompt and .better service than has\nbeen possible in the past We will make a specialty of the stock business,\nand any orders entrusted to our care will receive our prompt and careful attention.\nSoliciting your esteemed patronage in our new home and predicting for *\nour successor a brilliant carrer, we are, yours truly,\nMIGHTON & CAVANAUGH\nBROKERS\nColonial Trust Company, Limited\nNELSON, B. C.\nIncorporated Under the Laws of British Columbia.\nAuthorised CaplUI, $500,000.\nBOARD OF DIRECTORS.\nA. W. WRIGHT, President\nW. F. ROBERTS, Vice President\nB. S.  LENNIE. 8. M. BRYDGE8.\nE. B. MCDERMID. W. O. McMORRIS,\nJ. D. ANDERSON. k B, BORDEN.\nT. D. STARK.\nA. W. WRIGHT, Manager.\nW. R, ALLEN, Secretary W. N. POOLE, Treasurer\nThe Company acts as Agents 'or clients residing elsewhere, In the\nInvestment of moneys, care of securities, loans, mortgages, etc.\nOffice, 410 Baker St., Nelson, B. C.\nTally Cards\nWhen you plan your card parties you will think of Tally cards.\nWhen you think of Tally cards think of Thomson's.\nWe have a very large assortment of Tally cards at 16c. and 20c.\na dozen.\nWe have also a large assortment at from 25c, to 50c. a dozen.\nWe show the very latest things in Tally cards and every number\nIs neat and artistic In design.\nIf you want something that Is distinctive see us.\nW.  a.  THOMSONS,34-,\nBook*MMli\u00bbr and Stationer\n\u00a9he \u00a9\u00ab% $Un>**\nPublished at Nelaon Every Horning\nExcept Monday, by\nNewt Publishing Company, Limited\nIT. G. McMORRIS   Manager\nA DISTORTED VIEW\nThe discussion of the navy question\nwhich is In progress throughout Canada Is bringing forth a variety of views\nIn regard to what our relations to the\nmother country should he in regard\nto this matter as well as generally.\nAmong those who have expressed themselves In connection with these matters is Mr. C. A. Dansereau, editor of\none of the leading papers of Hlontreal\nand a well-known figure In the affairs\nof that city, who takes a position which\nwill cause a great deal of surprise and\nwith which he will find few supporters\namong Canadians. His view, as given\nin an interview published in the New\nYork Herald, is that Canada should not\ncontribute to imperial defense and that\nthis country would be better off were\nIt freed of its connection with the\nmother country.\nMr. Dansereau's reasons why Canada\nshould not contribute to imperial defense are as follows: \"Down to the\npresent time English conquests have\nbrought nothing to Canada, and the\nmore Great Britain acquires new territories the more she will expose herself to warB which will not interest us\nin the slightest degree.\"\nHe then goes on to say that these extensions of territory are of benefit only\nto British merchants and refers to the\nresult of Canada's British connection as\nfollows: \"And let us not forget this\ngrave matter, that If Canada ls today\npowerful It is not to Great Britain that\nshe owes it. It Is entirely to herself.\nIn proportion as she snatches a fragment of autonomy from the often ill-\ntempered and retrograde mother country In that proportion does she grow.\nOur prosperity has not cost England 25\ncents. We have made ourselves, and\nIf the mother country had given us 60\nyears ago the elbow room we enjoy\ntoday we should have been able to follow more closely the progress of our\nneighbors, the United States, who had\nbecome their own masters before ub.\"\nMr. Dansereau loses sight of several\nfacts in reaching bis conclusions. In\nthe first place he neglects to take Into\nconsideration the fact that the British\narmy and tbe British navy are protect*\nIng Canada just as much as any other\nportion of the empire. This being bo,\nwhat argument can Mr. Dansereau, as\na self-respecting . Canadian, advance\nagainst Canada' contributing her fair\nshare toward the maintenance of that\narmy and that navy? How also can he\nsay that the British territorial extension is undertaken for - the benefit of\nBritish merchants alone? Have not\nCanadian merchants the same opportunities in any new markets opened\nup by Great Britain as have those of\nthe old country? In line with his stand\non these matters are his remarks about\nCanada's progress having been deterred\nthrough her British connection. Mr.\nDansereau forgets for the moment that\nhad it not been for British pluck and\nBritish valor Canada, or part of it, at\nleast, would still, in aU likelihood, be\na colonial possession of France or it\nwould years ago have become part ot\nthe United States. In 1759 Wolfe\nwrested Canada from the control of the\nFrench and in 1812 British troops and\nBritish ships helped defend the country from the attacks of the Americans.\nHad it not been for the assistance of\nthe British army and the British navy\non that occasion what might have been\nthe ending of the contest? Let Mr.\nDansereau ask himself what greater\nliberty Canadians would have today if\nthe country were still a vassalage of\nFrance or had become a part of the\nUnited States. And In thiB connection\nit would be well for him to remember\nthat every measure of liberty which\nCanadians enjoy today, and no people\non earth enjoy more, has been freely\nand cheerfully accorded them by the\nmother country.\nMr. Dansereau has a perfect right to\nhold and to express what views he\nlikes In regard to these matters, but it\nis to be hoped that they will not any-\nwnere be taken as those of Canadians\ngenerally, for they are not.\nEDITORIAL NOTES\nJudging by cable dispatches the British elections are developing Into a real\nlively scrap.\nThe two royal princes, Edward and\nAlbert, will receive a heartyi welcome\nIn all parts of the empire if they make\na trip around the world next year as\ndispatches say they are likely to, and\nnowhere more so than in Canada.\nGreat Britain's naval expenditure for\nnext year, it Is said, will require to be\n\u00a340,000,000 if the two-power standard\nis to be maintained, for the protection\nnot only of the mother country Itself,\nbut also of the overseas dominions.\nAnd there are those in Canada who say\nthat the people of the old country\nshould bear this burden without any\nassistance from the treasury of this Dominion, whether in the way of money\ndr ships.\nWinter Carnival for Fernle\n(Special to The Daily News.)\nFERNIE, B. C., Jan. 6.\u2014The Ladles\nBenevolent society, held their first\ndance of the season in Bruce's hall\nlast night, and a large number of citizens were present to show their appreciation of the good work being accomplished hy this excellent organization. As the floor of the ball room was\ntn perfect condition and the music all\nthat could be desired the whole affair\nwas a grand success.\nFernie is going to hold a winter carnival next month If the plans that are\nnow under consideration meet with the\nsupport from the business men of the\ncity, which it is expected they will. It\nis proposed to have horse and dog\nraces, hockey matches, bonspiel, snow-\nshoe races, tobogganing, and many\nother sports. An energetic committee\nof prominent citizens ls now working\non tbe proposition and there is little\ndoubt but that It will be a splendid success.\nJ, R. Pollock, president of the Pollock\nWine company, returned from Sopkane\nlast night after a short business trip In\nthe interests of bis company.\nLashes for Assault\nWINNIPEG, Jan. 6 \u2014 William F. T.\nHowell, a young Englishman, was today sentenced to two years in the\npenitentiary and 15 lashes for forcing\nhis way into a house representing him*\nself as a health officer and attempting\nan assault on tbe landlady.\nKing Alfonso Returns\nMADRID, Jan. 8\u2014King Alfonso returned to Madrid today from Andalusia, where he went ostensibly to hunt,\nthough it was reported at the time of\nbis departure from there tbat he was\nabout to undergo an operation for the\nrelief ofi trouble of the ear and nose.\nROWING AT THE COAST\nVANCOUVER   AND   SEATTLE   WILL\nHAVE SUMMER RACE8\nCANADIANS  WILL COMPETE  WITH\nUNIVERSITY MEN\nManager Victor Zednick of the university of Washington at Seattle, and\nJ. Fyfe Smith, an official of the Vancouver rowing club, bave arranged for\na couple of races next summer between\nthe Vancouver and Washington crews,\nsays  the Vancouver News-Advertiser.\nThe eight oared shell ordered a few\nweekB ago by the Vancouver club will\nbe here in April and this will enable\nlocal oarsmen to have a crew ready\nabout the second week in June, when\nthe international eight-oared race will\nbe rowed on Lake Washington. Earlier\nIn the season the college will send a\nfour-oared crew to Vancouver.   .\nIntercollegiate rowing between the\ncolleges of the Pacific coast will probably be abandoned, owing to the fact\nthat rowing is now on the wane in\nCalifornia and the university of Washington will likely arrange for races\nevery year with Vancouver and Victoria\ncrews. It will be Vancouver's first at-\n\u25a0tempt to produce a champion eight oar\ncrew. But as the majority of the men\nhave at some time or another held'a\nseat in an eight-oared shell It ls expected that a strong crew can be turned\nout. In the fours Vancouver leads the\nway, having won the championship for\nthe last two years and this year they\nwill go out to win the Buchanan cup\nfor all time.\nThe N.P.A.A.O. regatta will be held\nin local waters this year and it ls expected that the university of Washington will enter several crews in the\nvarious events.\nFootball Star Punished\nANN HARBOR, Mich., Jan. 5\u2014At a\nmeeting of the engineering faculty this\nafternoon to consider the case of J.\n3. Miller of Detroit, the university of\nMichigan football star, who waa recently declared to have been Ineligible to\na position on the 1909 team, a letter\nwas drafted to Miller citing him to appear -before the faculty tomorrow. He\nwill be asked to show cause why\nhe should not receive such discipline\nand punishment as the faculty has decided to inflict upon him. No member of the faculty will say what the\npunishment will be but it is said that\nMiller will face absolute dismissal or\nsuspension.\nShrubb Quit During Race\nTORONTO, Jan. 6\u2014A little over five\nmiles was as far as Alf. Shrubb could\ngo in his race last night against Meadows at the Excelsior rink. The boy\nfrom Guelph finished bis ten miles in\n85:31 1-4, very fast time if the track\nmeasurements. were correct. Meadows\nled In tbe first mile and Shrubb in the\nsecond and third. Meadows took command again in the fourth and- Shrubb\nin the fifth; MeadoWB was leading by\nabout a lap when Shrubb quit.\nAmateur hockey In the East\nMONTREAL, Jan. 6\u2014The opening\ngame In the interprovlnclal amateur\nhockey league was played off on the\nice tonight between Victorias and the\nM.A.A.A., both local teams. The score\nin the first half was 13 to 3 In favor of\nVictorias. The second half was more\neven when the M.A.A.A. scored' two\ngoals.   The final score was 13 to 5.\n\"Kid\" Gleason Released\nPHILADELPHIA, Jan. 6\u2014The Philadelphia National league baseball club\nhas decided to release \"Kid\" Gleason,\nits former Becond baseman. The club\nwill make an effort to secure him a\nFred Irvine & Co.\nWe Extend to All Our\nFriends and Patrons..\nA Happy and Prosperous\nNew Year\nWe are starting the new year with a clearance ot all winter lines\nwhich we will sell at prices much less than cost rather than carry over\ninto stock.\nSpecial Bargains in Ladies' Coats, Suits, Furs,\nSkirts and Waists.'. Evening Dresses and\nWraps at Special Discount to Clear\nLadies' 6loves, Hose, Neckwear and Belts at\nReduced Prices .'. Bargains in Wool\nBlankets, Wool Comforters and\nEider Down Quilts\nFred Irvine & Co.\nposition  as   manager  of  some minor\nleague team.\nMcFarland After Welch\nCHICAGO, Jan. 5 \u2014 Packey McFarland, Chicago's lightweight fighter, left\ntoday for New York from where he will\ntake steamer for England. Packey\ngoes tor the express purpose of forcing\nFreddie Welch to meet him on tbe\noLiier side. He says be has given up all\nhope of securing a match with Battling Nelson. '\nFirst In National League\nMONTREAL, Jan.  6\u2014.The new Na\ntional hockey league made ith bow\nlast night with a game (between tbe\nCobalt team and Les Canadiens of\nMontreal In the Jubilee rink. It was\na red hot affair, the Montreal team winning out by a great rush at the end\nwhen they tied Cobalt's lead of two\ngoals and then went one better. The\nfinal score was 7*6.\nIf you want a delightful mid-winter trip\nwhy not go on the third annual Los\nAngeles excursion via the O. R. & N. from\nSpokane on January 17. See advertisement on another page. 210-11\nMlnard's Liniment Cures Garget In\nCows.\nGive Your Wife a Diamond\nYou know she has always wanted one. You know of nothing that would\nplease her more. Why not get her one!? She certainly deserves to have one.\nAnd you can afford It at our prices. Come in and Investigate; you won't be\nurged to buy.' ....\nIn the purchase of no other article can the average buyer be so misled,\nand for your own good you ought to look carefully when buying diamonds.\nWe handle only the best quality and guarantee them to be perfect.\nWatch repairing a specialty.\nChildren's Eyes\nneed the most careful and persistent attention. Early headaches and other\ntroubles frequently emanate from defective eyesight, which, in Itself, may\nhave originated In early neglect of the eyes. Too much sunlight is not good\nfor weak eyes, ibut the trouble ls that parents seldom know their child.\n, eren's eyes are weak until It is too late.   We make a specialty ot examining\nthe eyes of the young and fitting them with correctly adjusted glaises. We\nwill examine your child's eyes free ofcharge,\nJ. J. Walker \u00ab\" \u25a0**\u00bb\nGraduate Optician and Jeweler\n)<ll!flMrlMm!^\n FRIDAY     .... JANUARY 7\nShe &cMQ iJettw-\nHOTEL ARRIVALS OF A DAY\n^\u2666\u00bb|H\u00ab>Tllllllllti'IH*\u00ab\u00ab'\nil  The Hume\nHUME\u2014W. H. Ptychbeck. C. P. Mc-\nHardy, Slocan; G. Weaver Loper, Spokane\nA. J. Becker, Kaslo; T. H. Crump. Grand\nForks: J. A. Kenney. Rossland; J. Dona-all, Blafrmore; E. C. Hent and wife,\nIColonlal Tourists company; W. A. Anfltie,\n.city; Mr. and Mrs. Roberston, Miss Robertson.  I\nBTRATHCONA-B.\nB. H. WalBh, Kaslo\nwife, Duntulm; O.\nBrandon; H. T.-Bl\nParrish, Plncher C\nRossland; J. B. M\nWilson. Vancouver.\nB.   Scott,    Victoria;\nL J. J. Campbell and\nP.  James  and wife,\nSeattle; J. P.\ni.  A.   McLeod,\n, W. J. Blake\nQueen's Hotel\nBakei  Stmt\nA.  LAPOINTI, Proprlstor        i\nRates: $1.50\nBpecla rates\nto $2.00 per day.\n10 City Boarders.\n!\u2666\u00bb\u2666\u00bb\u2666\u2666\u00bb\u2666\u2666\u2666\u2666\u00ab\u00bb\u2666\u2666\u2666\u2666\u00bb\u00bb\u00bb*\u00ab***!\u25a0\nQUEENS\u2014H.\nCrockett, Resins:\nvllle; D. McLean,\nBosBland.\nCranbrook; T. M.\nk. J. Clayton. MaryH-\nWlnnlpeg; V. Anderson,\n;\u00bb\u2666\u2666\u2666\u2666 w*w*\u00bb'H\u00abwwt*\u00bb;\n6rand Central Hotel\ntrroirn ran tmct\nAfMrieii n< Einiwii T\\tu ;:\nJ. A. IIICUM\nGRAND CE..--.t\nJDousall, Wlnlaw:<W\nton; W. C. Lewie,\n\u25a0wood: Madge Suit,\nMinnie Smith, Chart is\n.Snyder. E. Rosfl, T,\nTourist Comnany.\n************'++**\u2022\nM\u00ab. L. V.\nCor. Stanley\nFree carrlagi)\nboats and train,.\nRates. $1\nRemember\ndinner every\n. and\noir\nROYAL-T\nIngB, Toronto; B. ,\nD. Brabant, Kaslo;\n***********'*\u25a0\n+*************************<\u25a0\nMadden House\nThai. Madden, Prop.   Baker St.\nWell furnished rooms with bath\nBest Board In the City\nA Comfortable Horns\n\u2014j. Nelson, P. Mc;\nH. CouKlna. Edmon-\n3. Ferguson, Greeners, Ruth Albright,\nlbs Rice, P. Coufer. * \u25a0\n'.  C. Waters,  Colonial\n**********$\nThe Rcjyal Hotel\nRoberts, Proprletre*i\nitey and Silica SU.\nElectro Piano\nor bus from all .\ni \u25a0\u2666\u2666\u2666*\u00bb\u2666\u2666\u2666*\u2666\u2666\u2666\u2666\u2666\u00bb\u00bb\u2666\u2666\u2666\u00bb\u2666*\u2666\u00bb\u2666\nMADDEN\u2014R. A, McKlnnon, D. W. Mc-\nArthur; E. Arbeau. Slocan; R. J. Laurie,\nTrout Lake; G. B. Campbell, J. .Bush,\nTrail; E. Matthew, E. Lodleln, J, Lutt.\nNELSON\u2014M. Ramsay and wife, Salmo;\nA. S. Clute, Marcus.\nDIVISIONAL   BUILDINGS\nNEW REPAIR SHOP WILL BE COMMENCED NEXT WEEK\nGRADING .HALF  DONE  ON  ATHEL-\n8TAN BRANCH\nWork will be commenced next week\non the new C.P.R. oar repair shop,\nwhich will replace that destroyed by\nfire. The bul'dlng will be 200 feet\nlong and 40 feet wide and will stand\nupon the earth fill with which the site\nof the yards extension to the east of\nthe round house has been built up.\nAbout 20.000 cubic yards ot earth has\ngone Into the flu and the repair shop\nwill rest upon piles driven through the\nfill. The half mile of new track has\nalready been laid.\nSouth of the new repair shop will ibe\nthe store house for car supplies, 60 by\n30 feet long and the lumber shed, 100\nby 20 feet long. The three buildings\n-will cost from $3000 to $3500.\nThe grading of the new line from\nHartford Junction, near Phoenix, toward the Athelstan group of mines. Is\nabout naif done, the contractors being\nW. P. Tlerney & Co.\nROYAL PALACE BURNS\nXMA8    FESTIVITIES    AT   ATHENS\nEND DISASTROUSLY\nKING   AND    FAMILY   FORCED   TO\nMAKE HASTY ESCAPE\nATHENS, Jan. 6.\u2014The royal palace.\nat Tatoi caught fire at 10 o'clock this\nevening, while the .royal family were\ngathered around a Christmas tree. The\nflames spread rapidly and Boon the\nright wing of the palace waa practically destroyed. The fire is believed to\nhave been due to Illuminations on the\ntree. The royal family made a basts\nescape and so far as known no one was\nInjured.\nA large force of firemen were soon\non the scene and they were assisted by\nthe sailors from the English and Russian warships, but at a late hour it was\nfeared that the whole edifice would be\ndestroyed. The palace was the king's\nsummer residence.\n$1.60 oer day\n25 cent Turkey i\nS inday.\nW***^:!?***^^\"^.\ntn, Butte; A. Hast;\n. Moyer, Crow's Nest;\nH. Hewitt, Revelstoke.\n.\u00bb\u2666\u2666\u2666\u2666\u2666\u25a0\u00bb\u00bb\u00ab\u2666'*\u00ab*:\nTremont House   ::\nBaker 8t, Nelson\nHelens IB TresiUoi. Props,\n\u25a0anpm Plan, He. \u2022*\nAnurlcu P1\u00abn.|l.\u00bb\u00bbo* W\nBPIOLUifUTlSPra MONTH\n: :\u00bb\u00bb\u2666\u2666\u00bb\u2666\u00bb\u2666\u2666\u2666\u00bb>\u2666\u00ab\u00ab\u2666*********:'\n*\"T*'...    .t sr l\u201eJ.Hnn        ir.iiriitrn\nTREMONT-H\nmine; W. Munch,\n.Slocan; W. Barton\nYmir; F. H. Altie^,\nA. crlllln.\ny. Anderson. Eureka\n<och Siding; T. Reeve,\n\u2022. Sulmo; A. Thompson,\n, Seven Persons, Alta.;\nLtkeview Hotel\nCo-\n.r Ball\nB. L. OR\n. wo block.\nThe best\niS-lson.\nAll Whits\nt dollar\nand Vernon\nFFITH, Prop,\nfrom city\na day\"\ntoo+m \u2666\u2666\u2666<<\u2666\u00ab\u2666\u2666 **********\nLAKEVIEW-8.  r ......\nMalcolm, Moyle; A.\nThomas, Poplar; J.  H.\nh. Hamilton,\n************\n. The Klondyke Hotel  j\n\u2666\u00bb\u2666\u00bb\u2666\u00bb\u00bb\u00bb\u00bb\u00bb\u2666\u2666\u2666\u2666\nVernon Street\n\u201e |    Headquarters\n- .    termen, loggers, railroad men.    . ,\nRates: $1\n1     NELSON 4*\nKW3NDYKE-B.\n.j. Hoole, Summit\nBay; A.  Stolpe, c\nKdoTENAY-Mr\nj, N. Altklns and\nSufforn. Reglna; I.\nHeap, Vancouver:\n<3.  Meklaat. Calgary.\nSHERBROOKE-F.\n-way;  A. J. Douglas,\nMislCOW.\nBABTLETT-H.\n-ter, \"WeBt Robson\nBasis.\n, CLUB-T. p'Oor...\nSalmo; K. Upperdlk .\nO.   N.   Boyne. Slo;an,\nSILVERKING-W\ntlon; M. Wood. Tci\ncouver; R. WllBon,\nS'ubbs.\nfor miners, smel*\n.00 per day up.\nJOHNSON. Props.\n\u25a0 ^.4-4 I \u00bb!*\u25a0)\u00bb<<<\u00bb0I*\u00bb*>I>\u00bb*)\u2666\u2666\u2666 \u2022\nManchurian Railways\nLONDON, Jan. 6\u2014Great Britain has\nnot returned a formal reply to the proposal of the United States for the neutralization of the Manchurian railway,\nthough it has not been received un-\nsympathetically. It had been felt\nhere for some time that tlie railroad\nsituation In Manchuria was one of the\nmost dangerous elements of far eastern policies and In common with the\nUnited States, Great Britain would be\nglad to see the question settled.\n\u00bb\u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0\u2014\u2014\nBlow for Compulsory Vaccination\nLONDON, Jan. 6\u2014Compulsory vaccination, in force heie for years, received\nIts death blow In the municipal elections, for tonight at the first meeting of\nthe new board of education, the rule\nwas suspended and when it conies up\nagain will be killed. A hot campaign\nwas waged at the end of the year as\na result of deaths following vaccination here and elsewhere.\nAdds Fuel to Fire\nWASHINGTON, Jan. 6\u2014'The Balling-\ner-Plnchot controversy was made more\nIntense today by the reading in the\nsenate of a letter addressed by Mr.\nPlncbot to senator DoUiver la which\nthe course adopted by L. R. Gravis,\nwith assistance of Messrs. Price Shaw\nof the bureau of forestry, was warmly\napproved.\nVessel In Danger\n.ICTORIA, Jan. 6\u2014Estevan wireless\nstation reports a two masted schooner\nseen off there, first at 10:35 a.m.; has\nbeen dangerously manoeuverJng near\nthe shore, four miles from Hesquoit.\nTbe vessel was close to shore, the reason being unknown. She was later\nobscured by fog and has shown no signals. \u2022\nDies of Blood Poisoning\nOTTAWA, Jan. 6.\u2014L. A. E. St.\nPierre, accountant of tbe National bank\nhere, and well known in financial and\nfraternal circles, died suddenly here\nthis morning, of blood poisoning following an operation.\nWallbam. Granite mine\nJ. Hanson. Crawford\nty.\n1. Rogerson, Wadena;\nwife. Lewlnon. B.D.; J.\n1. Cattorn, Spokane; O.\nA.  Mason,  Lethbrldge;\nM. Stevenson, Mid-\nJ. Butler, city; J.\nQunnt Tarrys; W. Cot-\nA.  Brit net,  Carlovale,\n_j, Victoria; H. Qrelg,\n:e, Gravesend, England\nDick, Slocan Junc-\nctnto; F. Johnson, Van-\ncity: A, McDonald, M.\nAgree to Arbitrate\nCINCINNATI, O., Jan. 6.\u2014Danger of\na strike of telegraph operators on the\nBig Four railroad passed today when\na committee ot telegraphers and officials of the company agreed to arbitrate and to abide by the decision of\nthe arbitrators..\nWinnipeg Bank Clearings\nWINNIPEG, Jan. 6.\u2014The bank clearings tor the week ending today were\n$19,286,320.\nThe Standard Furniture company bave\nbeen so fortunate aa to secure the services of Mr. R. S. Brereton In connection\nwith the undertaking establishment. Mr.\nBrereton has been with the leading house\nat Victoria and Is a fully licensed and competent undertaker and embalmer. 223-4\nNAVY MENACE\n(Continued from First Page.)\nadaptibllity and by taxing our best customers and the food of their fellow\ncitizens were trying to impose on the\ncountry a fiscal disability which all\nought to regret.\nLord Crewe, speaking at Hyde, said\nhe had been called to account for making a statement that the colonies were\nastounded at the action of the lords.\nIt was true that in certain of the overseas dominions there were second\nchambers which could deal with\nfinance, but there was no anology between the second chambers of many of\nthe colonies and the action of the\nhouse of lords. If the electors agreed\nto that action they would become serfs\nof the lords. A verbatim report of\nLord Lansdowne's speech shows that\nhis lordship said in part: \"I wonder\nhow much longer we shall he content\nwith a waiting policy with regard- to\nthe colonies. They are stretching out\ntheir hands to us. How long are we going to be foolish enough not to grasp\nthem while yet there is time? I remember two years ago a discussion in\nthe house of lords when some of us\ncalled attention to a treaty which was\nbeing negotiated between Canada and\nPrance. We pointed out that the effect of that treaty Would be to deprive\nub of part of that preference which\nCanada generously from her heart had\ngiven us. Our warning has come true.\"\nAfter quoting a recent speech of Hon.\nW. S. Fielding and Hon. George Foster\nin reference to similar treaties with\nother countries, Lord Lansdowne\nasked, \"How long do you think Canada\nwill wait and abstain from entangling\nalliances if we keep ber at arm's length\nas we have during the past few years?\nThat Is tbe question you have to look\nIn the face.\" x\nLord Roseberry Informs the correspondent of the Canadian Associated\nPress that he is against the government on three out of four issues before\nthe country.\nLONDON, Jan, 6.\u2014Premier Asqulth,\nDavid Lloyd-George, John Burns and\nother members of the government occupied tonight In denouncing A. J. Balfour's alarmist references to Germany\nand refuting hts accusations of the un-\npreparedness of the navy.\nMr. Lloyd-George, who received an\novation at Peckham, a London district,\ndescribed Mr. Balfour's speech as the\nlast resort of a thoroughly desperate\nman, who saw that his cause was lost.\nMr. Balfour had indulged tn plucking\nthe German eagle's tall feathers, and\ntall-twisting had become a discreditable\npractice, he said, even in America. He\nwas sorry to see the leader of a great\nparty and an ex-premier reduced to the\nextremity of following In the footsteps\nof the most discredited type of politicians in the United States. Such talk\nwas dangerous to the world's peace and\na disgrace to British politics. Great\nBritain, the chancellor went on, in her\ntime had warred with almost every\ncountry, but never with Germany. On\nthe contrary, she generally had Germany fighting with her. During the\npast decade Great Britain had built\nnearly double the number of battleships\nconstructed by Germany, but if the\nratio was inverted he would not he\nafraid, because Great Britain had the\nmen behind the gun. \"But,\" he added,\n\"we will continue to build warships\nfaster than Germany.\"\n(Canadian   Associated   Freda,.\nLONDON, Jan. 6.\u2014Mr. Lloyd-George\nclaimed exports had increased \u00a34,H59,-\n000 for December, beating the record\nestablished in 1907 by over \u00a31,000,000,\nwhile imports and exports together increased to \u00a35,000,000. He prophesied\n1910 would be another record ,\"*n\" #(ir\ntrade.\nAt Ipswich Mr. Baltour again emphasized the gravity ot the issues.\nThose who opposed tariff reform were\nhonest, benighted but antiquated.\nGreat Britain had now to face tariffs deliberately built for attracting to communities skill and energy. Great Britain is the object of assault by all the\ngreatest Industrial countries of the\nworld. Mr. Balfour added there was no\ngreater historical error than to imagine\nthe house of lords unchanged. Its glory\nwas it had seen its way to adapt Itself\nto the needs of growing democracy. The\nhouse of lords could be improved and\nhe wanted to see it improved, but he\nwished to see the question undertaken\nby both parties conjointly. Nobody who\nunderstood the house really believed it\nout of harmony with the sentiment of\nthe people. He said with confidence\nthat Its actions in recent years would\nhave been followed by any second\nchamber, however constituted.\nReginald McKenna dealt exhaustively with the naval question. He declared\nGermany could now build as fast as\nGreat Britain, and declared that the\nnavy was not 16,000 men short of complement nor were the naval stores\ndepleted. Great Britain had 12 docks\ncapable ot caring for dreadnoughts, not\nthree, and In 1912 would have 16 to\nGermany's nine. It was grossly untrue\nto say that Germany had more *ast destroyers. The navy Is unassailable,\nand for the sake of the decencies ot\npublic life he demanded that his opponents should prove their words with\nfacts and figures or cease using them.\nNo fewer than 47 important meetings\nwere held tonight; ten cabinet ministers, five ex-ministers and 22 peers\nwere among the speakers.\nEDINBURGH, Jan. 6.\u2014Arthur Dewar,\nM. P. for South Edinburgh, has been\ncampaigning for the last ten years tor\nthe taxation of land values and the\nbreaking up of estates. In an Interview\nyesterday he said that people are \u25a0 intensely aroused. \"No matter what the\nresult ot election is,\" he said, \"things\ncan never again be as they have been.\"\nMr. Dewar, who recently visited Canada, said that If he could take people\not Great Britain up to Queen's park,\nToronto, and show them Ontario's\nlocal self-government machinery at\nwork, all opposition to the application\nWHAT YOU NEED IN NELSON\nOur Celebrated\n'DBrand' Grained Leather Clogs\nNicely   lined with felt   inside,\nden's or women's, youth's or girl's\n'\u2022'   PRICE $1.25 PER PAIR\nStores supplied In quantity at\nwholesale rates.\nEveryone about Nelson ought to\nhave the \"G. Brand\" Clogs. Until you try them you don't know\nwhat you are missing. Customers\nmore than pleased.\nAgent;\nW. J. BARTRAM\n2316 Sixth Ave., Vancouver\nMINARD'S LINIMENT Co., LIMITED.\nSirs'\u2014I have used your MINARD'S\nLINIMENT for the past 26 years and\nwhilst I have occasionally used other liniments I can safely say that I have never\nused any equal  to yours.\nIf rubbed between the hands and inhaled\nfrequently. It will never fall to cure cold\nin the head In twenty-four hours.\nIt Is also the best for bruises, sprains,\netc. Tours truly,\nJ.  Q.  LESLIE.\nDartmouth.\nof a similar system would vanish. A\nmajority of the Scotch and Irish favored it, but in England people were\nstill suspicious that it would be derogatory to the dignity of the imperial\nparliament.\nThe peculiar properties of Chamberlain's\nCough Remedy have been thoroughly tested during epidemics of Influenia, and when\nit waa taken In time we have not heard\nof a Blngle case of pneumonia. Sold by alt\ndruggists and dealers.\nCERTIFICATE   OF   IMPROVEMENTS\nClarendon and Clarendon Fraction Mineral\nTAKE   NOTICE  that  I,   F.   C.   Groen,\nClaims   \u2022 situate   in   the   Nelson   Mining\nDivision of West Kootenay district.\nWhere located: On Whiskey creek, about\ntwo miles north of Erie. B. C.\nTAKE NOTICE  that  I, John  Drummond\nAnderson,  surveyor,  of Trail,  B.C., acting as agent for C. C. Ladd, Free Mlner'B\nCertificate No.  B15957,  intend, sixty days\nfrom   the   date  hereof,   to   apply   to   the\nMining recorder  for a Certificate  of Improvements,  for  the  purpose of obtaining\na Crown Grant of the above claims.\nAnd further take notice that action, under section 37, must be commenced before\nthe issuance of such Certificate of Improvements.\nDated this 14th day of September, A.D.\n1W9.\nJOHN DRUMMOND ANDERSON.\n25-9-OMw.\nTAKE NOTICE that I, R. Ryley, of Rob-\nson, B.C., occupation rancher,  intend to\napply for permission  to purchase the following described lands:\nCommencing at a post planted at the\nnorthwest corner of lot L 81)70, thence 20\nchains north, thence 20 chains east, thence\n20 chains south, thence 20 chains west,\ncomprising *> ncres more or less.\n\u00bb.  RYLEY.\nNov.   10,   1909. 11-11-09-8\nNELSON   LAND   DISTRICT,   DISTRICT\nOF WEST  KOOTENAY.\nTake notice that C. P. Ryan of Rossland, B. C, occupation cleric, intends to\napply for permission to purchase the following described  lands:\nCommencing at a post planted at the\nN. E. corner of Lot 8141, thence west SO\nchains, thence north 40 chains, thence east\n80 chains, thence south 40 chains more or\nless on lake shore to point of commencement, containing 320 acres more or less.\nC. P. RYAN.\nJ.  H.  FEENEY,  Agent.\nNov. 23, 1909.       4-12-09-8W.\nNELSON   LAND   DISTRICT,   DISTRICT\nOF WEST KOOTENAY.\nTAKE NOTICE that  I, O. A.  Konnlnjj-\nton, of Salmo, B. C, occupation, blacksmith, Intend to apply for permission to\npurchase the following described lands:\nCommencing at a post planted about 14\nchains north of tbe S. W. corner of R.\nNo. 927. thence south 20 chains, thence\nwest 80 chains more or less thence north\n20 chains, thence east 80 chains more or\nleas, to point of commencement, containing 160 acres more or less.\nQl. A. KENNINGTON.\nOct. 12, 1909. 10-U-09-8\nTake notice that I, Angus MaeNeEsh, of\nMontreal, P. Q., occupation solicitor. Intend to apply for permission to purchase\nthe following described lands:\nCommencing at a post planted about ft\nchains east of the N. W. corner of T. L.\nNo. 30062, thence north 40 chains, thence\neast 80 chains, thence south 40 chains,\nthence west SO chains to point of commencement, containing 320 acres more or\nless.\nAugust 31, 1909.\nANGUS MACNEI8H,\nMO-09-Sw. P. U. SIEMENS, Agent.\nNELSON   LAND   DISTRICT,   DISTRICT\nOF WEST KOOTENAY.\nTake notice that I, Charles Maseralls, of\nSalmo, B. C, occupation sawyer, intend\nto apply for permission to purcnase the\nfollowing described lands:\nCommencing at a post planted at the S.\nW. corner of P-R. No. 905, thence south 20\nchains, thence east 20 chains, thence north\n20 chains, thence west 20 chains to point\nof commencement, containing 40 acres\nmore or leas.\nNovember 30, 1909.\n942-09-Sw CHARLES MASERALLS.\nNELSON   LAND   DISTRICT,   DISTRICT\nOF WEST   KOOTENAY.\nTAKE NOTICE that I, C. Clark, of Nelson,  B. C, occupation grocer,  Intend to\napply for permission to purchase the following described lands:\nCommencing at a post planted at the\nB. E. corner of Lot 9763, thence east 40\nchains, thence north 40 chains, thence west\n40 chains, thence south 40 chains to point\nof commencement, containing 160 acres\nmora or less.\nC.  CLARK.\nROBERT THOMPSON,  Agent,\nOct. 2, 1909. g*10-0M\nNBLSON LAND DISTRICT DIBTRICT\nOF WEST KOOTENAY\nTake notice that L T. O. Ollls, of Rossland, B.C., occupation clerk, intena to\napply for permission to purchase the fol<\nlowing described lands:\nCommencing at a post slanted t,t the\nS. W. corner ot Lot 9881, thence east. 60\nchains, thence south 20 chains, thence west\n60 chains, thence north SO chains to point\not commencement, containing 120 acres\nmore or 1.... -  y\nT. H.  OLMS.\nNov. 24. MM. 4-lS-M-Hr\nX\nPAor -i v\u00ab i\nOur January\nClearance Sale\nGrows Greater As It Goes On.   To-Day\nWe Bring Forward More Sale Offerings\nThe one dominating purpose now Is to clear counters, shelves and stock rooms or winter goods. Clearance and price cutting here go hand in hand. To move out goods we mark down prices. And as they must\ngo quickly we cut costs deeply.   The clearance shall be speedy and complete.\nValues veer to heretofore unreached heights as prices reach heretofore unrecorded low levels. Dally\nIs demonstrated In new offerings the clear fact that this event Is our greatest value giving effort. We\nsearch the stock for surpluses and laggards and these immediately get greater price reductions. Every\npurchase brings you a great profit, alone possible at this sale.\nDon't miss sharing In under-priced offerings like these.\nLadles, Cashmere Hose, regular 35c,\nfor 22c.\n10 doz. Vests and Drawers, odd lines,\nregular up to $1.50 each, at exactly half\nprice.\n|1.50 Wrappers, made ot heavy qual\nity printed Flannelette, for 95c.\n$2.25 Wrappers, fancy trimmed, for\n$1.54).\nWhite Vesting Blouses, regular up to\n$2.25, for $1.50.\nChildren's $5.00 coats for $2.50.\nChildren's $6.50 Coats for $3.25.\nChildren's $7.50 Coats for $3.75.\nChildren's $9.00 Coats for $4.50.\n20 doz. Ladies' Handkerchiefs in\nIrish Lawn for 25c. a dozen.\nFleece lined underwear for 20c, a\ngarment.\nBlack Sateen Blouses, regular $1.25.\n$1.50, $1.75 values for 95c.\n1000 yards Taffeta Silk, all colors,\nregular price $1 yard, for 75c.\n500 yards Wool Dress Goods in plain\nand fancy Panama, Serges and Cashmere, regular 65c. and 75c, for 49c.\nBargains in Blankets, Comforters.\nFlannelettes, Gloves, Linen. Towelling.\nCurtains, Furs, Coats and Suits.\nMEAGHER & CO.\nMerely turn two\niron buttons, then\ndraw out grates\nwith your hands, as\nshown. Easy, quick,-\nsimple to remove J\nthe  strong      y\nDuplex grates and     f\nchange to wood grates.   J\n. No plumber required. ^--^\n\/ BooKlet on request.      \\\nf ^m*~s\u2014sms\u2014mws\u2014smsms\u2014essesasemsmsmms\u2014mmsMsmslsmsmmmmesm^\nMCCLARYS\nNELSON    LAND   DISTRICT.    DISTRICT\nOP WEST KOOTENAY.\nTake notice that I, Mary K. Siemens, of\nDeer Park, B. C, occupation married woman, Intend to apply for permission to\npurchase tbe following described lands:\nCommencing at a poBt planted about 20\nchains east of the N. W. corner uf Annie\nBuhler's application to purchase, thence\nnorth 60 chains, thence east 80 chains,\nthenoe south 60 chains, thence west 80\nchains to point of commencement, containing 640 acres more or less,\nAugust 81. 1909.\nMART K. SIEMENS.\n4-10-09-Sw. P. H. SIEMENS. Agent.\nCERTIFICATE  OP   IMPROVEMENTS\nAlexandra, Edward VII., and Placer Fraction Mineral Claims, situate in the Nelson Mining Division of West Kootenay\ndistrict. \u201e   ,    \u00ab_   ,\nWhere  located:    On   Wolf   Creek,   near\nQueen mine.\nTAKE NOTICE that I, P. C. Oreen. acting as agent for Charles Lewiston, Free\nMiner's Cerltflcate No. B. 16066, Intend, 60\ndays from the dat\u00ab hereof, to apply to\nthe Mining Recorder for Certificates of\nimprovements, for the purpose of obtaining Crown Grants of the above claims.\nAnd further take notice that action, under section 87, must be commenced before\nthe Issuance of such Certificates of Improvements.\nDated this 8th day of December, A.D.\n1909.\nP. C.  GREEN,\n9-12-09-Sw. Nelson. B.C.\nNELSON    LAND   DISTRICT.    DISTRICT\nOF WEST  KOOTENAY.\nTAKE NOTICE tnat I, Lome Thompson,\nof Salmo, B. C, occupation, teamster, Intend to apply for permission to purchase\nthe  following described  lands:\nCommencing at a post planted at the\nS.  E.   corner   of *P.  B.  No.  817,  thence\nsouth 40 chains, thence west 20 chain**\nthence north 40 chains, thence east 20)\nchains to point of commencement, containing 80 acres mor\u00ab nr lem\nLORNE THOMPSON.\nBERNARD FEENEY, Agent.\nOct. 13, 1909. 6-ll-0B-tW.\nNELSON    LAND   DISTRICT.    DISTRICT\nOF WEST KOOTENAY.\nTake notice that I, M. A. MoKllllcan, ot\nMontreal, P.Q., occupation married woman, intend to apply for permission to\npurchase the folowlng described lands:\nCommencing at a post planted about So\nchains east of the N.W. corner of Lot;\n8318, thence north 80 chains, thence east 80\nchains, thence south 80 chains, thence wast\n80 chains to point of commencement, containing 640 acres more or less.\nAugust 30, 1909.\nM. A. McKILLICAN,\n4-10-09-Sw, P.  H. SIEMENS, Agent. ]\n ma pais stew*\nFRIDAY       JANUARY 7\nIS BY FAR THE BEST STRENGTHENING TONIC.\nWe will supply it to any one with the understanding that if it does\nI not do what we claim we will refund the money paid us for it\nWin. RUTHERFORD, Druggist,  -  Nelson, B.C. |\nTONIGHT\u2014FRIDAY\nOverture\u2014La Traviata\nGem Orchestra.\ne. A. MELANCON. Director\nMoving Pictures:\nA Nugget of Gold.\nEzra Kendall's. Halfway House.\nA one act farce by\nDANIELS AND MACK\nComedy Sketch Artists\nIllustrated \u00bbong \"Will the Angels Let\nMe Play?\" by Frank Daniels.\nED FINLAY\nVentriloquist and Entertainer\nMoving Pictures;\nSaving the Tidal.\nTho Blind Pilgrim.\nDoors Open at 7:15;  Show starts\nat 7:30\nAdmission:  Children  15c;  Adults, 25c.\nBy Special Appointment Purveyors to  H.E. the  Governor General.\nHere We Are Again With\nSomething New\nJams of exquisite flavor made   by    combining    the    following\nfruits:\nStrawberries and Plums. Strawberries   and   Apples.\nPlums and Apples.\nAll  are  guaranteed to be of the finest and purest quality. Put\nup in 5 lb. pall8 only hy\nKootenay Jam Co., Ltd. Nehon,B.c.\ni WESTERN CANADA'S GREATEST SCHOOL\nSprott-Shaw\nBusiness Institute\nBest equipped school west of Toronto.   New Year's term opens\nf;^^;^j^^WjffffmfW?\u00bbWW^\u00abt^M*M''\u00abMMeMMMMtMM\u00b0**\u00ab\nVancouver, B.C.\nR. J. SPROTT, B.A., Mgr.\nSend for catalogue\n_ Jan. 3.    i\nROUGH and\nDRESSED\nLUMBER\nDoorii Windows, Mouldings. Shingles, Turned Works sad Brackets.   Consists and up to date stock always on hand.   Mcil orders promptly attested to.\nA. Q. LAMBERT & CO.\nGOVERNMENT ELEVATOR\nMANITOBA   GRAIN   GROWERS  ARE\nPRESSING FOR THEM\nREPRESENTATIVE      OF      MILLING\nCONCERN   EXPLAINS  POSITION\nWINNIPEG, Man., Jan. 0.\u2014It was\ndecided at a meeting of the Manitoba\nGrain Growers* association last night\nto send a delegation to Ottawa during\nthe last week in January to urge upon\nthe Dominion government the necessity of taking over and operating the\nterminal elevators.\nThe Alberta and Saskatchewan Grain\nGrowers' association, tbe Dominion\ngrange and Dominion Millers' associations will be invited to send along delegates on tbe occasion. Representations\nwill also be made to have tbe Grain act\nof this province amended.\nThe Saskatchewan legislature has\npassed a memorandum requesting the\nDominion government to take over the\nterminal elevators and the directors or\nthe association will ask that the Manitoba government assist them in securing this concession from the Dominion\ngovernment.\nW*. A. Black, general manager of the\nOgilvie Flour Mill company for the\nwest, was interviewed today with respect to the proposed government\nownership of elevators and stated:\n\"The policy of our company has always\nfavored the greatest possible freedom\nto farmers in the marketing and disposal of their products, and in so far\nas the present proposal that the government should operate a line of elevators Is concerned, we have no objection\nto offer whatever so long as they are\nconducted on a business basis. The\nrates, in my opinion, should be made\nso as to not to exceed the actual cost\nwith due regard to the matter of depreciation, the necessary interest on\nthe investment and some reasonable\namount towards a sinking fund.\n\"Country elevators generally are not\nnow, and never have been In our experience, a commercial proposition by\nthemselves, but rather a means of\nhandling from the fanner to the cars\nIn order to facilitate more rapid transportation, thus obviating blockades\nand the provision of necessary storage.\n\"Our company, however, is not interested to same extent as the elevator\ncompanies whose business is confined\nto the handling of grain for others and\nbuying and selling grain, whereas the\nmatter of selection and accumulation\nfor future UBe of grain of suitable quality for our milling requirements makes\na line of Interior elevators of our own\na necessary adjunct to our business.\"\nEnd of Musical War\nPARIS, Jan. 6\u2014Andre Messagre>\njoint director of the Paris opera house,\nstated today that an agreement between the Metropolitan and the Manhattan opera companies was foreshadowed in an interview with Oscar Ham*\nmersteln cabled here. Director Mes-\nsagre thought that such an unuerstand-\ning would restore the equilibrium of\nthe operatic world. He declared that\nthe extreme competition in New York\nresulting in the ridiculously high prices\npaid there had thoroughly demoralized\nthe artists of Europe. The ending of\nthe musical war in iSew York would\nhe believed be followed hy a return\nto normal conditions on both sides of\nthe Atlantic.\nMinard's Liniment Cures Distemper.\nBUILDING ACTIVITIES\nMARCH   OF   PROGRESS   STILL   REMAINS UNCHECKED\nONLY THREE DECREASES IN LONG\nLIST OF CITIES\nAs yet the lateness of the season has,\nseemingly, had no deterring effect upon\nuperutlons In the building line. The sound\not tho hammer and the metallic ring of\nthe trowel resounds throughout the land,\nand even the section where the severity\nor the north winds usually lessens the\nforce of activity, the march of progress\nstill remains hut little checked. While the\nmildness of the weather has been instrumental In giving a furthering impetus to\nlate fall developments, yet the needs of\na great growing country and heavy demand for new accommodations are, in the\nmain, the real motive factors in tne great\nii'ilmlldlng which lit taking place.\nThe returns for November show a\nhealthy proportionate increase in all the\nprovinces of the Dominion. Permits were\nissued for new work representing an aggregate value practically doubling that of\nthe same period of lust year, and the comparative amounts, as supplied Construction, places the average gain for the\nmonth ut 57 per cent! a must remarkable\nadvance for this time of year.\nOut of the list of 18 cities reporting, only\nthree decreases are noted, and these are\nso widely divergent In location as to only\nserve to emphasize the sound situation\nwhich still obtains in general. The three\nplaces affected were: Victoria, which suffered a decline of 46 per cent, the first\nloss registered this year; Edmonton, which\nfails to equal last year's figures for the\nmonth by 21 per cent, and London, which\nfell behind on the month's work to the\nextent of 27 per cent.\nAsllle from these three places, the month\nwhs characterized by a series of gains.\nThe largest increase registered was In the\ncase of Reglna, which made a phenomenal\nadvance of 430 per cent. Halifax, which Is\napparently recovering from her slump of\nthe past few months with a vengeance,\nnotes the second highest gain, that of 403\nper cent, and Fort William stands the\nnext in order with a substantial increase\nof 278 per   cent.\nThe gains In general are of the most\ngratifying proportions, and only two cities\nreporting increases, have failed to double\ntheir figures by ut least one half. Toronto,\nas iimial, looms up with the largest\nvolume of work, having issued permits\naggregating in value $1,940,650, as against\n$1,379,749 In November, 1908, which gives the\ncity an Increase of 40 per cent. Ontario,\nIn fact, with the exception of London,\nforged ahead substantially. Berlin registers a 200 per cent gain; Brantford one of\nill per cent, and Hamilton an advance of\n56 per cent. Port Arthur fulled to submit\ncomparative figures, and the amount noted\nonly refers to work undertaken in the\nlire limits; and as regards London, it\nmight be mentioned, that while the city\nhas experienced a slight depression for\nthe month, It has so far this season undertaken new work amounting to $818,129,\nas against a total of $441,800 for the entire\nyear of 1908.\nMontreal's increase of 73 t>er cent reflected fultv the pronounced activity In\nUnit city; while further east, in addition\nto the splendid headway made in Halifax,\nCMS per cent). Sydney's big advance, (235\nper centl. and St. John's gain of 86 per\ncent shows conclusively that the forward\nmovement in that direction la quite general.\nAs regards the west, the month witnessed the undertaking of an unusually large\namount of work. Besides Reglna's great\ngains, as previously mentioned, Calgary\nannexed another enormous Increase (242\nper cent), while Vancouver over-reached\nher last year's llgtires for the month to the\nextent of 77 per cent. Winnipeg, too, managed to top the amount for November,\n1938, by IB per cent, while Lethbrldge, although not submitting comparative figures,\nshows by her amount of KW.lio that she\nis well on the safe side of the game.\nPermits Permits    Inc.     Dec\nNov. '09 Nov. '08    P.C.     P.C\nBerlin    $    6,0001     2,000  200.00   \t\nBrantford        36.750       22,790    61.25   \t\nCalgarv        211,550       61,700   242.86   \t\nEdmonton        63,365       80,505       21.29\nFort William  ..   138,365       30,575   278.30   \t\nHalifax       104,575       20,750   403.97   \t\nHamilton      Ifi5,850     165,850    56.15   \t\nLethbrldge   .. ..    98,17*       \t\nLondon       37,475       51,700   \t\nMontreal     4S2.940     279,008    73.05   \t\nPort Arthur ...    13,350       \t\nReglna       49,205        9,276   430.45   \t\nSt. John       33,900       18,200    86.26   \t\nSydney       10,070        3,000  235.66   \t\nToronto    1,940,650  1,379,749    40.65   \t\nVancouver      615,829     346,800    77.57   \t\nVictoria        55,585     104,710       46.91\nWinnipeg      291,900     244,600    19.33   \t\n$4,353,534  $2,767,498    57.\nNew Brigade Major\nOTTAWA, Jan. 6\u2014Lieut.-Col. Brown\nof the reserve officers is the new brigade major of the Second cavalry brigade of eastern Ontario.\nThere are still a few good warm rooms\nat the Royal hotel for $6 per week (Including first class board) to regular board-\nPROFESSIONAL CARDS\nS.S.EWLER\nMINING ENGINEER\nNBLSON, B. 0.\nWM. S. DREARY\nA. M. Can. Soc. O. E.\nDOMINION AND BRITISH COLUMBIA\nLAND SURVEYOR\nMining'Work a Specialty\nOffice: Room 10, K. W. C. Biock.\nP. O. Bra 434.\nBaksr 8t, Nelson. B. 0.\nHOTEL DIRECTORY\n[he\nAffiro   Wad Street\nUlTICe   Nelson, B.C\nDrop in and sample the newest Importation.\nKing William IV.\n(v. o. p.) Scotch Whiskey\nThis whiskey is guaranteed 50 years\nold before bottled at Leith, Scotland.\nRemember we serve nothing but the\nbest llquers, wines, whiskeys, beers,\nand cigars on' the market\nYOUNQ A BOYD, Proprietors.\nW. J. fl. HOLMES\nCIVIL ENGINEER AND   MINE    SURVEYOR, PROVINCIAL LAND\nSURVEYOR, KASLO, B. C.\nTen years' experience In   the Kootenays.  Honor graduate 1891, Roial MI).\nItary College ot Canada, Kingston.\nA. L. MoOULLOOH\nHYDRAULIC ENGINEER\nPROVINCIAL LAND SURVEYOR\nP. O. Box 41.\nOffice Phone B86; Residence Phone B74\nOffice: Over McDermid t McHardr\nBaker Street     Nelson, B. O.\nPublic Stenographer\nsoa Baker at.. Nelson. BO. Phone 171\nF. C. Green.    F. P. Burden,   A. H. Green\nGreen Brothers & Burden\nCIVIL ENGINEERS\nDominion and British Columbia Leal\n8urreyor\u00bb\nF. O. Box 146 Phone BM1\nCor. Victoria and Kootenaj 3U.\nNELSON. B. C.\nSilver King Hotel\nBaker Street, Nelson, B.C.\nRegular Boarders, $6.00 per week\nRates:  $1.25 per day\nBest 25 Cent Meal in the City\nWM. NEUENDORF, Prop.\nBUSINESS DIRECTORY\nTHOMPSON & DOUULAM-tiouse AND\nSign Painters, Paper Hansen and Decorators. Shop 614 Ward Street, Nelaon. B.C.\nNelson Hotel Bar\nBaker Street, Nelson, B.C.\nINK o  WARD, Props.\nTry a \"GIN RICKEY\"\nMade from California Limes, specially\nImported\nFor a cool, satisfying smoke\nTry a Savannah Cigar\nBartlett House\nO, W. Bartlttt, Prop\nThe best 11.00 a da; house in town.\nA Miner's Home\nKootenay Hotel\nMRS. MALLETTE, Proprietress\nA home lor everybody.   Erery con*\nvenlence given to the travelling public\nElectric   piano.     Cuisine   unexcelled.\nRates tl per day.\nSherbrooke House\nNelson, B.C.\nOne minute's walk from C.P.R. station. Cuisine unexcelled; well heated\nand ventilated.\nBOYER BROS., Proprietors\nEmpire Hotel\n(Late 'Sunnyslde.)\nBaker'Street, Nelson, B.C.\nThe house is thoroughly remodelled\nthroughout.    Clean  rooms.\nWeekly boarders, $6.00.\nRates $1.00 per day up.\nTemberance house!  home comforts;\nbest cook in the city.\nMRS. J. E. HARRIS, Proprietress.\nAthabasca Saloon\nCor. Baker and Kootenay Sts,\nNoted    house    for Big Beer.    Best\nbrands of Wines and Liquors and Union\nCigars in stock.\nIVENS &  PHILBERT,  Props.\nCLUB HOTEL\nCor. Stanley and Kootenay Sts.\nNewly furnished, renovated throughout. The best dollar a day house west\nof Winnipeg. Big schooner Beer or\nHalf and Half 10c. Special rates to\nsteady boarders. All white help employed,\nJOHN GRANT, Prop.\nHotel Castlegar\nCASTLEGAR JUNCTION\njVil modern.   Best accommodation for\ntravellers.\nNtLSON CAPE\nLarge, Commodious Dining Room,\nPrompt and Courteous Service.\nMeals Served at all Hours.\nElegantly  furnished   rooms  It\nconnection.\nA. AUDET, Proprietor.\nPhone 275.\nROSSLAND\nTHE HOFFMAN ANNEX. ROSSLAND,\nB. C\u2014Green & Smith, Props. Centrally\nlocated. European and American plan.\nCommercial travellers will nnd light,\ncomfortable sample rooms, a special dining room and excellent accommodations\nat the Hoffman. Baths, bowling alley,\nsteam laundry.\nPHOENIX\nHOTEL BROOKLYN, PHOENIX B. C.-\nThe only up-to-date hotel In Phoenix.\nNew from cellar to roof. Best sample\nrooms In the Boundary. Bath room In\nconnection. Steam heat. Opposite Great\nNorthern repot.    James Marshall, Prop.\nAUCTIONEERS\nCHAS. A. \\v^TERMANTcb.-P.O. Bn\u00bb\nPUBLISHERS AND  PRINTERS\nNEw1PpljBljJH\u00abi^\nPublishers ot The Dally News; subscrlc-\ntlon $6.00 per year by carrier; $5.00 per year\nby mail. Commercial Job Printing of a'l\nkinds neatly and promptly executed. 216\nBaker street, Nelson, B. C, Phone 144.\nARROWHEAD\nTHE UNION HOTEL, ARROWHEAD-\nSpeclal attention given to commercial\nmen and tourists. First class sample\nrooms. Finest scenery in British Columbia, overlooking Upper Arrow lake. W.\nJ.  Llghtburne, proprietor.\nGRAND FORKS, B.C.\nPROVINCE HOTEL, GRAND FORKS,\nB. C\u2014Is the newest and best appointed\nhotel In the interior of British Columbia,\nand offers to the travelling public the\nbest accommodation obtainable. The\nbuilding is all newly furnished throughout and Ib the only Are proof hotel In\nthe city.    E.  Larson, proprietor.\nCOMAPLIX\nQUEEN'S HOTEL, COMAPLIX, B. C-\n\u25a0Chlef Young, Prop. Best of wines, liquors\nand cigars. Travellers to Fish Creek will\nfind excellent accommodation at this\nhotel. Sample room for commercial\ntravellers Is 16 x 66, one of the largest in\nthe Kootenays.\nYMIR\nYMIR HOTEL, YMIR,' B.C.\u2014Most modern\nand up-to-date hotel- In Ymir\u2014located\ndirectly opposite depot\u2014Best accommodation possible\u2014Dining room in connection.   J. B. Bremner, Proprietor.\nHAIRDRES8ING   AND   MANICURING\naHiiETTtAl'H^\nIng and manicuring pallors.    Room  38,\nW. W. C. block.\nCOLLECTION   AGENCIES.\nW. CUTLER-COLLECTIONS OF ALL\nkinds. Returns promptly made. References given. Office aia Batter street,\nNelson, B. C.\nBOOKBINDING AND RULING\nNEWS PUBLISHING COMPANY, LTD.-\nAll kinds of office forms ruled and punched for loose leaf binders. The most complete book binding equipment in the in\nterlor of British Columbia. 216 Baker St.,\nNelson, B.C., p. o. drawer 1119, Phone 144.\nRead Daily News Want Ads\nA88AYERS\nE.   W.   WJDDOWSON.  ASSAYER   (PRO-\nvlnclal) Metalluglcal Chemist. Charges,\nGold, Silver, Copper or Lead, It each;'\nGold-Silver, $1.60; Silver-Lead, 11.59; Zinc,\n$2; Sllver-Lead-Zlnc, $3; Gold, Silver-Copper or Lead, 12.50. Accurate assays; careful sampling, and prompt attention. P.O.\nBox Alius, Nelson, B.C.\nASSAYERS' SUPPLIES\nTUG B. C. ASSAY AND CHEMICAL\nSUPPLY COMPANY, LIMITED, Vancouver, B. C\u201e Assayers* Supplies,\nChemical and Physical Apparatus. Balances and Weights of precision, etc.,\nSole Agents in British Columbia for the\nMorgan Crucible Company, London, England; F. W. Braun, Los Angeles; the\nBraun-Knecht-Heimann Company, San\nFrancisco; the J. T. Baker Chemical company's Analysed C.P. Acids and Chemicals; Way's Pocket Smelters; write for\npamphlet describing these smelters. Complete assay outfits furnished at abort\nnotice.\nPRIVATE  MATERNITY HOME\nNICE LOCALITY AND HOME COM.\nforts. For terms and particulars write\nP. O. Box 763, Nelson, B. C.\nHOUSE AND SIGN  PAINTERS.\nHARTMAN & BENNETT, house' and sign\npainters, paper hangers and decorators.\nShop, Stanley St., next door to B. C.\nTelephone office, Nelson. B. C.\nGRAFTING\u2014PRUNING.\nBY DAY OR CONTRACT BY PRACTICAL\ngardner. W. H. Thorp, Chatham street,\nFair view, Nelson, B. C. 217-26\nPRODUCE\nSTARKEY & CO., WHOLESALE DEAL-\ners In Butter, Eggs, Cheese, Produce and\nFruit. Houston Block, Josephine street,\nNelson, B. C.\nGROCERIES\nA- MACDONALD & CO.-WHOLESALE\nGrocers and Provision Merchants\u2014Importers of Teus, Coffees, Spi:es, Dried\nFruits, Staple and Fancy Groceries, Tobaccos, Cigars, Butter, Eggs, Cheese and\nPacking House Products. Office and\nwarehouse, corner of Front and Hall\nStreets.   P. u. Box 1096.    Telephone 28.\nLIQUORS\nBJ. FERGUSON & CO.-WHOLESALE\nand Commission Merchants\u2014Importers\nand Wholesale Dealers In Wines, Liquors\nand Cigars, Kootenay agents for Paust\nMilwaukee Beer. Agents for the Bruna-\nwick-Balke-Collender Co., Billiards and\nPool Tables and Supplies, Bar Fixtures,\nCigar Counters, Bowling Alleys, etc.\nPrices and specifications on application.\nOff-ce and retail department, Vernon\nSt., Nelson, two doors east of post office.\nTelephone 260.   P. O. Box '\"\"\nMINERS' FURNISHINGS\nA. MACDONALD & CO.-WHOLESALE\nJobbers tn Blankets, Underwear, Mitts,\nGloves, Boots, Rubbers, Overalls, Jumpers, Macklnaws and Oilskin Clothing,\nCamp and Miners' Sundries, Office and\nWarehouse, corner nt Front and Hall\nstreets.    P. O. Box 1095.    Telephone 28.\nMINING MACHINERY\nWASHINGTON MACHINERY & SUPPLY\nCo.\u2014Dealers in Engines, Band and Circular sawmills, Atkins' Saws, Wood and\n\u2022 Iron Pulleys, Leyner Compressors and\nDrills, Pumps and Hoists, prompt attention. Reasonable prices. Courteous\ntreatment.   Spokane, Wash.\nNOTICE.\nIn the Matter of an Application for the\nIssue of Duplicate Ceitiflcates of Title\nto the following lands;\nLot 5, Block 24, town of Nelson, Certificate of Title No. 5723A, dated the 4th day\nof June, 1906, In the name of Robert G.\nLot 6, Block 41, town of Nelson, Certificate of Title No. 5497A, dated the 18th day\nof \/ prll, 1906, in the name of Robert G.\nJoy.\nLots 16 and 17, Block 26, town of Nelson,\nCertificate of Title No. 7374A dated 12th\nAugust, 1907, in the name of Robert Wet-\nmore Hannington.\nLot 6 and the east % of Lot 6, Block 39,\ntown of Nelson, Certificate of Title No.\n6360A, dated the 30th October, 1906, In the\nname of Jessie Emma Francis.\nSubdivisions 1 and 16 of Lot 306, Group 1,\nKootenay district (Map 731), Certificate of\nTitle No. 6360A, dated 8th December, 1906,\nIn the name of James Wharton Ford.\nNotice Is hereby given that It Is my Intention to issue, at the expiration of one\nmonth after the first publication hereof,\nduplicates of the Certificates of Title to\nthe above mentioned lands.\nT. M. BOWMAN,\nDeputy District Registrar.\nLand Registry Office, NelBon, B.C.\nDecemoer, 15, 1909.\nPLUMBING AND HEATING\nCopp's stores and ranges.   Tile and\nsoil pipe always on hand.\nE. K. Strachan\nPlumber Etc.\n313 Baker St.\" Nelson, B.C.\nS. 0- BLACK\nB. 0. LAND SURVEYOR\nOBIce:   OT\u00abr Bojsl Bank\nP. O. Bex 147 Nelson, B. C.\nTips\n\u2014On Getting a Servant Girl\nor a Position at Servant Girl\nSuppose you lose your Servant Girl\n\"In the twinkling of an eyel\" Don't\nlet it worry you. Ton can hare another\nIn a few hours try using or reading our\nlittle Want Ads. And you\u2014who are a\nServing Maid\u2014maybe someone wants\nyou today. Look and see on our Classified page. If not. ask for That yon\nwant thru a little Want Ad. Works\nboth ways\u2014you see. And at a cost no\ngreater than a few car rides. Here's\natip\u2014   :\nRead and Answer\ntoday's Want Ads.\nTOR HINT\nFOR RENT-Smail cottage.    Apply Wm.\nGosnell, Nelson brewry. 158-tf.\nFOR RENT-Nice large warm front room\nin private family, all modern conveniences,   centrally  located.    No  children.   $8\nper month.   Apply P. O. box 4G&       166-tf.\nFURNISHED  ROOMS-For   rent.    Anply\n411 Silica St. 198-26\nFOR RENT-A comfortable house, corner\nMill and Stanley.   Apply to Mrs. Hlpper-\nson, corner Hoover and Stanley.        aiB-U.\nFOR RENT-Nlcely furnished rooms, with\nevery    convenience;    board   if   required.\nVery central.   614 Victoria St. 224-6\nFOR RENT-Board and lodging in comfortable home. Terms moderate. Close In.\nApply 616 Victoria St. 222-6\nFOR RENT\u2014Furnished room, to lady or\ngentleman.   Apply  Mrs. Barlo,  opposite\nClub hotel. 222-B\nFOR RENT\u2014Four roomed furnished house.\n318,    near   corner    Robson and Stanley\nstreets,   Apply to John Scoley. 223-3\nFOR RENT-A furnished    flat    of   three\nspacious   rooma.     Electric   light.    City\nwater.   (12 per month.   216 Houston St.\n224-6\nFOR SALE\u2014Al chicken dog. ont year old;\n$10.    R.  H. Ross,  Sirdar. 19516\nFOR SALE\u2014New Magoon and Glvons late\nstrawberry plants, Apply Boswclt Ranch,\nBoswell, B.C. 200-tf.\nFOR SALE\u2014A sub-division of excellent\nfruit land In the famous Kaslo district,\nIn 6 or 10 acre blocks. Abundance of\nwater, close to railroad and steamboat\nlanding, navigation the entire year. Fine\nhunting, fishing and wonderful scenery.\nDirect from locator to purchaser. See or\nwrite H. L. Llndsey, Llndsey Boat House,\nNelson, B. C. 206-tf.\nBARGAINS   FOR   IMMEDIATE   SALE\u2014\nPriscllla, 30 ft. No. \u00ab Kootenay Flyer,\nchampion motor boat of British Columbia,\nbest built and most up-to-date motor boat\nin the west. Planking Cedar, all fastenings wood plugged. Finish In Bird's Eye\nMaple and Mahogany, natural wood. Complete equipment including 930 c.p. search\nlight, separate generator, 24-29 h.p. Smalley\nengine, full automobile control, leather\nKenyan top, life preserver cushions, wicker chairs, plate glass wind shield, cowl\nventilator, self starting magneto. The\nonly boat in the country that does not use\nbatteries. Cost lust summer 11750. First\ncomer with $1400 gets her,\nMETEOR, 22 ft. Mulllns Steel Launch.\n17 h.p. Ferro engine. Automobile control.\nMagneto. Search light. Generator. Cushions. Hood. 14 honest miles per hour.\nCost $1051).   Now $550.\nBoat house and space for launch up to\n24 ft. long. In good shape. Same new\nwould cost at least $200.   Now $100.\nNew boat house and space for boat up\nto 33 ft. long. The berth on the water.\nSpeak quick for 1225.\nOwner leaving town, and needs the\nmoney.\nAll kinds of new motor boats in stock.\nPriceB that will surprise you. Complete\nwith the best engines that can be bought,\nor will sell hulls complete and will install\nyour old engine'If you like. We build all\nclasses of motor boats up to a 60-foot\ncruiser. Send for our up-to-date catalogue.\nThe Kootenay Motor Boat Co., Limited,\nNelaon, B.C. 219-tf.\nFOR SALE-Some pure bred White Leghorn chickens,   will   lay   soon.   Apply.\nRancher, Dally News. 221-6\nFOR SALE\u2014A young cow, to freshen this\nmonth.   100 Black Minorca pullets, laying.   Apply, Poultry, Dally News.        221-6\nFOR SALE-Short wood, $4 and, $5 per\ncord.     Apply    T.    McCormlck,  foot  of\nCedar street, or McFee, expressman.   221-6\nFOR SALE-Set steel sleigh runners for\nBuggie or Democrat; V* axle; new, cheap.\nF. J. Sammons, Proctor. 222-3\nMISCELLANEOUS\nMRS. J. P. WINTER, TEACHER OF\nMusic, Certificated. R.A.M. and L.C.M.\nfor Singing; T.C.L., and Honors for\nTheory, and R.A.M. and L.C.M. for\nPianoforte Playing.   615 Mill street.\nMOTOR BOAT SUPPLIES-E. D. Messen-\nger Co.   P. O. Box 172, Nelson. B. C.\nFOR LEASE-Concrete store, 16x60; $35\nmonth.   Apply Cree & Moffatt, Fernle,\nB. O. 192-26\nA RARE INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY.\n\u2014For a short time only we are offering a\nlimited amount of our shares at 10 cents,\nlBsued fully paid and non-assessable, par\nvalue $1, and no more will be sold after\nthis Issue at less than 26 cents, Payments\nmay be made one-third cash, balance one\nand two months. Remitances may be made\ndirect to undersigned or money may be\ndeposited to our credit with the Bank or\nMontreat at Nelson, and certificates for\namounts so deposited will be mailed on\nreceipt of notice of deposit; or In case of\npartial payments held until final payment.\nThe Lucky Boy Mining & Development\nCo., Limited, by S. L. Myers, President\nand Manager. 221-12\nOBSTETRICS.\nMRS. KENNY will be pleased to receive\nmaternity patients at her home.   Exvel-\nlent testimonials.    224 Observatory street.\nP. O. Box 178, telephone A64.\nNOTICE\nThe annual meeting df\\the Nelson Brewing Company, Ltd., will1 be held at the\ncompany's office on January 19th, ot 3.30\n\"'\"\u2022      \u25a0 :   J. M. LAY.\n221-11. Secretary.\nR. T.. GEORGE\nTEACHER OP MUSIC\nThorough Instruction given on violin\nand cornet,   Phone 217.\nHELP WANTED\nNELSON EMPLOYMENT AGENCY\nC. F. Hutton, Manager\n(Successor to J. H. Love.)\nWANTED-Englneer for sawmill,  men to-\ncut logs by contract, axemen, blacksmith,\nbolt and post cutters,  waitress, girls for\nhousework.\nTHE WORKWOMEN'S EMPLOYMENT\nAND  REAL  ESTATE AGENCY.\nWANTED-Young man (married preferred)'\nfor position of trust, where promotions:\nwill be In order; make written application.\nWoman for hotol work, out of town, $40\nper month; woman for good family place\nin Trail, also one for Rossland, three for\ncity.\nThese want positions:   First class waitress, in or out city; woman cooks In hotels\nor camps.\nW.  Parker,   312 Baker  Street,   phone 283..\nWANTED\u2014MISCELLANEOUS\nWANTED\u2014Men and women to learn barber trade fn eight weeks; tools free;\nsecured over 10,000 positions for graduates\nlast year; unable to supply the demand!\ngraduates earn $16 to $25 weekly; Catalogue free. Moler System Colleges, \u00ab3\nFront Ave-, Spokane. Wash,\nWANTED-Ladles to do plain and light)\nsewing at home, whole or spare time;\ngood pay; work sent any distance; charges-\npaid; send stamp for full particulars. National Manufacturing company,  Montreal,\nQuebec. 1B7-6W,\nWANTED-Teacher for Trail school; duties\nto commence next term.   Salary $65 per\nmonth.    Apply to secretary school board.\nTrail, B. C.\nWANTED-Logs and logging contractors,\nwill purchase   cottonwood,   larch,   pine\nSgty '\u00b08S-  A- E- \u2122i%\nWANTED-Invoice clerk, typist with stenography preferred. Must be accurate'iS\ngood penman.   Box 891. 110-ttV\nWANTED-Teacher   for   junior   division.\nSlocan   public   school.     Duties to commence Jan. 3.   Salary $55 per month.   *L\n&JbotOM   McNel8h.   secretary   \u00abhoo\u00bb\nWANTLD-Chef seeks  engagement,  hotel\nor restaurant; good allrouiid man.   Rc-\nPiles, P. Q. box 1153, Calgary, Alta.    2,7-lfr\n*v?$8%\u00a3Al\u00a3$iRa AND TYPEWRITERS\nWANTED-There is a steady demand\neverywhere for stenographers and type-\n^rS- stenography is* many times a\nshort cut to high confidential positions,\nl teach stenography and typewriting\nthoroughly and practically. For further\nparticulars apply or address to Mrs DP\nPatenaude, 302 Carbonate St., Nelson, Be\"\n2J8-&\nTENDERS WANTED-For hauling or*\nfrom Lucky Boy mine, 12 miles from\nErie, adjoining Second Relief mine, six to-\nten tonB daily. Ore taken from shute, no\nshovelling except to car, tonnage as returned from smelter. The lowest or anV\ntender not necessarily accepted. For particulars address or see S. L. Myers man-\nager, Erie, B.C., or at mine. 221-6\nWANTED-Bookkeeper, experienced, would\nkeep books In spare time, and do clerical\nwork for professional man or small store\nModerate terms. Apply Miss Houston,\ncare Dally News. 221-tf.\nWANTED-Swampers,    $2.75,    board    75c;\nteamsters, $50 per month and board. Apply Trail Lumber company, Paulson, B.C..\n  ai-ft.\nPOSITION   WANTED-Flrst    class    lady'\ncook, and second cook, seeks position in.\nhotel or restaurant, town or country, long\nexperience.   Apply Box M.M., Daily News.\nWANTED-Glrl   as   general   help.    Apply\n312 Silica Btreet. 223-tf.\nWANTED\u2014Capable salesman, salary guaranteed to right man. Apply Colonial Trust\ncompany, 419 Baker St.,  Nelson B.C.\n     223-tf\nWANTED\u2014By carpenter, work in town, or\ncounty,   day  or contract.    H.   Bromley.,\ngeneral delivery post office.   Phone 102..\nROOK MINERS WANTED at once, standard wages or contract.  Hill Crest Coal\n& Coke Co., Ltd., Hill Crest, Alta,      223-0\nWANTED\u2014A nurse, middle aged' woman\npreferred.    Chinese   servant   kept.    Ad-\ndiess P. O. Box 1088, Nelson, B.C.\nWANTED-Glrl   for   general   hotel   work.\nApply   by    letter   or    personally to R.\nMadden, Trout Lake, B.C. 221-tf..\nAPPLICATION  FOR WATER\nLICENSE.\nNotice ls hereby given that thirty days,\nfrom the date hereof we, Lionel Arthur\nBennett, of Nelson, B.C., rancher, and:\nClaude H. Philpot, of Fort William, Ont.,.\naccountant; Intend to apply to the Gold\nCommissioner at Nelson, B.C., for the\nright to take from Cariboo Creek half a.\ncubic foot of water per second for Irrigation purposes on sub-lot 8 of lot 7099. group \u25a0\n1,  Kootenay district.\nDated at Nelson, B.C., this 13th day of'\nDecember, 1900.\nLIONEL  A.  BENNETT.\n14-12-09-4 CLAUDE  H.   PHILPOT.\nAn Exceptional Offer In\nCity Property\nA 7-roomed house and one lot on\nOedar street, closo to Baker street.\nNo hills to climb. Modern and thoroughly renovated inside this tali.\nPrice only $2,000. Terms can be arranged.   Full particulars ot\nR. J. STEEL\nHudson's Bay Block\ntmmm\n FRIDAY  JANUARY 7\nOtis gatlg gletm\n3b\nMM ICVf.1\nTO THE ELECTORS OF THE CITY\nOF NELSON\n' I beg to otter myselt for re-election\nas mayor ot tne city tor the ensuing\nyear.\nIt I am elected I snail endeavor to\ncarry on tbe affairs of tbe city on practically the same limes aa have obtained\nduring tbe past year.\nIn asking for your support I stand\non my record ot tbe past, and pledge\nmyself to conduct tbe business of tbe\ncity with, economy, efficiency and moderation.\nHAROLD SELOUS.\nNelson, Nor. 27, 1909 191-tt\nVote for Aldermen In the West ward\nD. C. McMORRIS\nI R. A. PEEBLES\nGEO. P. WELLS\nSupporting Harold Selous for Mayor\nyote for aldermen In the Bast ward\n.    W. f. MAWDSLEY\nARTHUR A. PERRIER\nSupporting Harold Selous for Mayor\nTO  THE  ELECTORS  OF THE  CITY\nOF NELSON .\nAt the request ot a large number ot\nratepayers I have decided to offer my-\neelt as candidate for mayor for tbe city\nof Nelson for the year 1910.\nEDWARD KERR.\nTO THE ELECTORS OF THE CITY\nOF NELSON\nAt the request of a large number of\nratepayers I have decided to otter myself as a candidate for Mayor for the\nOlty bf Nelson for the year 1910, representing the Citizens' party.\nJ. A. IRVING.\n1 December 16th, 1909.\nMY PLATFORM IS A8 FOLLOWS\n1. Abolition of saloons by amending\nthe Trade License Bylaw.\n2. Preventing tbe Illegal sale of in-\ntoxtcatlng liquors, and enforcement of\ntbe existing laws fixing the hours ot\nsale ot sucb liquors.\n8. Encouraging the early construction and early operation of the street\nrailway by improvements to the streets\nand city park.\n4. An eight hour day tor all city\nemployees.\n5. Prevention ot public gambling.\n1   6.   Improvement of the water system\n7. Encouragement ot manufactories\nin legitimate ways, subject to ratification of the ratepayers.\n8. Extension of the city limits to\nInclude Falrvlew, and the extension of\npublic utilities to serve the additional\narea.\n9. Ae funds permit, to Improve the\nstreets and sidewalks.\n10. Immediate completion of the\npower plant, and Its utilization for ad-\nvertislng purposes.\nTO THE ELECTORS OF THE WEST\nWARD\nI hereby otter myself as an aldermanlc candidate on the Citizen's ticket\nIn support of Mr. J. A. Irving and bis\nplatform In the forthcoming election\nand respecttully solicit your vote and\nInfluence.\nTHOS. DESBRISAY.\nTO THE  ELECTORS OF THE EAST\nWARD\nWe the undersigned hereby offer ourselves as aldermanlc candidates on the\nCitizen's ticket In support of Mr. J. A.\nIrving and his platform In the forthcoming e'ectlon and respectfully solicit\nyour vote and Influence.\nJ.  A.   MACDONALD.\nH. MACKENZIE.\nTO THE ELECTORS OF THE CITY\nOF NELSON\nAt the request of a large number of\nthe electors, I beg to offer myself bs\na candidate for mayor for the City of\nNelson tor the year 1910.\nDated at Nelson this 31st of December, 1909.\nGEO. W. HALE.\nTO  THE   ELECTOR8  OF THE CITY\nOF NELSON\nAt the request ot a large number of\nelectors, I beg to offer myselt as\na candidate for alderman for the East\nWard, City of Nelson, for Hie year 1910.\nDated at Nelson this 31st of December, 1909.\nW. 8HACKLETON.\nTO  THE  ELECT0R8 OF THE CITY\nOF NELSON\nAt the request of a large number ot\n-electors,   I  beg   to  offer   myself  as\na candidate for alderman for the Bast\nWard, City of Nelson, for the year 1910.\nDated at Nelson this 31st of December, 1909.\nO. B. MATTHEW.\nTO  THE  ELECTORS OF  THE CITY\nOF NEL80N\nAt the request ot a large number of\nelectors, I beg to offer myself as\na candidate for alderman of tne West\nWard, City of Nelson, for the year 1910.\nDated at Nelson this 31st of Decern-\nber, 1909. -\n  OEO. 8TEED.\nTO THE  ELECTOR8 OF THE CITY\nOF NEL80N\nAt the request of 'a large number ot\nelectors,  I  beg  to  offer  myselt  as\na candidate for alderman ot the West\nWard, City ot Nelson, for the year 1910.\nDated at Nelson this 31st of December, 1909.\nJ. F. KILBY.\nTO THE ELECTORS OF THE EAST\nWARD\nI beg to offer myselt as a candidate\n(or alderman at the coming municipal\nelection.   I am running independently\nof any mayoralty candidate or ot any\nticket, and It elected will do myi utmost to promote the general welfare\n, ALEX. CARRIE.\nOrchestra Orchestra\nMr. Irvln Johnson of the Arcade, ls\nprepared to supply an orchestra to any\nnumber of pieces for dances, socials\nor parties. Tne best of compositions\nplayed. Reasonable terms. Apply box\n34B, or \u00ab15 Victoria street.\nStop It!\nDoes that cough annoy you?\nOur Wild Cherry, Spruce\nand Tar Syrup\n(IT CONTAINS NO MORPHINE)\nStops that Hacking Cough\nOld-Fashioned\nHorehound Twist\n200 Just Received 200\n25c. per Pound\nAn endless assortment of R owntree's  Gums,   medicated  and  fruit\nflavors. . _     .\nCough Drops\u2014-All Combinations\nSEE NELSON'S LEADING DRUGGISTS\nYOU 8AVE MONEY, TIME AND WORRY\nWe Always Lead\nWe Never Sleep\nPoole Drug Co. Ltd.\nNelson's Leading Druggists\nBaker Street       :-:       Phone 25 Day and Night,\n*\u00bb\u25a0 \u25a0 \"ii '   i i wsmtmmtsmvemm\nTEA\nIs Most Carefully Selected\nOf all the countries in the world, Ceylon and India have proved\nthe best adapted for producing good tea. So Indian and Ceylon teat\nare exclusively used for Blue Ribbon.\nAnd as hill-grown leal is superior to the coarse, rank growth of the\nlowlands, only \"hill\" tea la allowed in Blue Ribbon.\nOf the hill plantations, a certain number of estates are especially\nnoted for the unusual and uniform excellence of their product\nFrom these celebrated hill estates,' the very choicest of the crop is\nselected and reserved for blending Blue Ribbon Tea. So it is unusually\ndelicious and fragrant, with none of the woodiness or bitterness that\n\u25a0polls so many teas.\nJust get a pound of Blue Rib\nbon Tea and see for yourself\nhow good It ts.\nLead Packets\nDon't accept anything else.\nRICH,   STRONG,   FRAGRANT\nBLUB RIBBON TEA  CO.,\nVANCOUVER.\n\u25ba\u2666\u2666\u2022\u2666\u2666\u2666\u2666>\u00bb>t\u00bbe\u00ab>IM\u00bb>M>M\u00bbIMM\u00bb*\u00bb\u00abM\u00bb\u00bb4MM\u00ab*\u00bb\u00bbM\u00abM\u00ab<\nAfter the Christmas Season\nand having had your fill ot Turkey and other'delicacies, there is nothing one enjoys so much as a slice of a good roast or a juicy steak or\nchop. We are now cutting our large supply of Special Christmas Beef,\nFork and Mutton, which has been on display and so much admired during Christmas week. If you want a cut of the finest meat that Canada produces we can fill your order,\nP. BURNS <& CO., Ltd.\nPHONE 32\nSUN FIRE\nThe oldest Insurance Office In the world\nrollNDID A.D. 1710, BI-CENTENAIY 1910\nHome Office, London, England ,\nCuwdlM Braach. Suit BntUlaf, Toronto. U. H. Blackburn, Maaafar\nBRYDQES, BLAKEMORE * C AMERON, NEL80N AGENTS\nMETALS\nNEW YORK. Jan, 6.-Silver, 52%; standard copper, 13,26 to 13.55; quiet.\nLONDON, Jan. 6.\u2014Silver, 24 3-16; lead,\n\u00a313 12a fid.\nNELSON NEWS OF THE DAY\nIt. A. Bronson of West Robson Is paying\na visit to H. O. Higbee, Associate Press\noperator in Nelson.\nTbe West Arm froze over yesterday\nmorning und the previous night, and the\nsteamers had a little difficulty in making\ntheir way out und In.\nThe weekly meeting of the Mysterious\nS.S.S. will be held at the home of the\ntady commander tomorrow afternoon at\n2.30 o'clock.\nThe Western Canada Investment company, has sold a partially Improved\ntract of fruit land in Bruce Gardens\nto Henry Davenport and A. p. Oldlleld.\nThe purchasers will get work under way\nat once,     , \t\nAt the annuat meeting of the Ladies',\nHospital Aid society an Tuesday afternoon, votes of thanks were extended to\nW. G. Thomson, stationer, for loan of\ngramophone, to Mr. Steeper, for curtlng\nthe organ from St. Saviour's mission room,\nand to the Misses Patrick and Amiable\nfor the concert given on Christmas after-\nnoon.   The dunce expenses were $GT.\nW. R. Jarvts, warden of the provincial\njail, was interested In the following Item,\nwhich he clipped from u newspaper: \"A\npost card addressed in shorthand was duly\ndelivered recently to the right address by\nthe New \"York postal authorities. On the\nreverse side was written: 'Here Is a test\nfor the post office employees of New York.\nHow will they set about to read this address? Congratulations to you and them\nif this ' Is delivered,' \" Wurden Jarvis\nstates that one of his prisoners recently\nwrote to his daughter In England, addressing the letter In shorthand, and that\nthe young woman acknowledged receipt\nof It,\nThe first big carnival of the season will\nbe held at the skating rink on Friday, Jan.\n14. Prizes will be awarded for the best\ncostumes, skaters, etc.\nGOVERNMENT ELEVATOR\nGRAIN   GROWERS   LAY   PROPOSAL\nBEFORE  GOVERNMENT\nMANITOBA    CABINET    TO      DEAL\nWITH SCHEME\nWINNIPEG, Jan. 6.\u2014The committee of\nthe Manitoua Grain Growers\" association\nappointed to co-operate with the government In drawing up a plan of government\nownership of Interior elevators, piesented\na memoranda to the cabinet yesterduy\nof their recommendations. The provinclul\ngovernment, it waa proposed, would as-\nHiime the responsibility of providing tor\nthe finances to either puichuse the existing elevators or lo build a. new system.\nThe cost, either wuy, was placed ut %%-\n000.000.\nThe elevators, It was proposed, should\nhe made self-siistulnlng. The following\ncharges, the grain growers llgure, would\nprovide sufficient revenue: One and three-\nquarter cents per bushel for receiving,\ncleaning und storing wheut; one cent for\noats, and one und a half cents for barley,\ntwo cents for tlux, fur the lirst 15 days\nwith an additional churge of one-thirtieth\nof a cent per day afterwards.\nThe committee in their memoranda recommended that there be an elevator commission In charge, consisting of three members' to be appointed by the Manitoba\nGrain Growers' association and the government. Their terms of ofllee woulu be\nfor lire consistent with efficient administration and wood conduct. Suggestions are\nmade as tu the methods of dismissal, if\nnecessury. The work of the commission\nls also outlined. If the elevators of the\nprovince can be bought, a method ot valuation Is suggested. If the present owners\nrefuse to sell, then tlie commission should\nproceed to build a new system. Elaborate\nrecommendations arc made as to the\nmethod of handling the grain after the\ngovernment elevalu. system is established\nand methods of securing samples und of\ncontrolling weights are suggested. A plan\nof providing for what Is known us street\ngrain is also outlined. It Is ulwo suggested\nthat there he a number of havelling Inspectors appointed Iiv the commission lo\nsupervise the working of the elevators.\nDully reports from ihe operators of each\nelevator would he sent to the head office\nof tlie commission. The memorandum also\nsuggests the iiuuiguraiiun of u system of\npromotion for employees and the establishment of a pension fund.\nThe memorandum was gone into In detail '\u25a0'by tlie members of the cabinet and\nthe different points were expluined by\nPresident McCuaig. who acted us spokesman for the grain growers' dommittee.\nAt the conclusion of the conference, I'resi-\nMcCualg and R. MoKenzle, secretury-\ntreasurer of the association, expressed satisfaction at the manner In which their\nproposals hnd been received by tlie\npremier and the members of his cabinet.\nThe premier, they stated, assured them\nthat the government would take the mutter into serious consideration and would\ncall on the executive of the Grain Growers' association to consider the situation.\nAlthough the matter will not be gone Into\nthis week, the premier assured them that\nIt would be taken up In ample time for\nthe plan to be in shape for consideration\nhy'ttte leglsluture this spring.\nHOLIDAY AT CASTLEGAR\nChristmas   Tree    and    Entertainment\nProvides Fun for All\nCASTLEGAR,  Jan.  li.\u2014Again the school\nIt's Our Business\nTo Have the Right Suit\nFor the Right Man\nWe give to every man his unalienable right to think for himself\nand choose for himself. We have\nbuilt up this business on the theory\nthat most men know exactly what\nthey do want\u2014-and that it is our\nduty to have it.\nAs far as a great organization\nlike Fit-Reform can cater to every\ntaste, we do it. We make it our\nbusiness to have styles and patterns in so wide a range that every\nman will find his favorite fashion\nand effect in Fit-Retorm hand\ntailored garments. A visit to the\nFit-Reform wardrobe will probably save you a lot of \"looking\naround\" elsewhere.\nEMORY  k   WALLEY\nNelson.  B.C.\nbell summons the children lo their labors\nafter the season of sport nnd pleasure.\nSkating purtles huve tRken full advantage\nof the line weather und enjoyed llieni-\nselves with that best of outdoor sports,\nbut the climax was reached on the night\nof Jan. 3 with'a Christmas tree and entertainment at the schoolhouse, commencing with gumes and u romp for the little\nones, followed by tea; and such u tea, the\nold Imckneved expression of the table\ngroaning with the weight of good things\nbeing literally true In this instance, for\nthe table was not of mahogany or walnut,\nthat would not groan under any circumstances, but of good British Columbia\nfir boards. Whether the power of groaning was transferred to the children or not\nis not fully settled yet. However, the\ndoctor has not so far been called. However, judging from the hearty manner In\nwhich the children joined In singing the\nChristmas carol of \"Tho First Nowell,\"\nthey were not quite too full for utterance.\nThe parents and visitors then sat down\nto do their share of relieving the table of\nIts contents. After the table had been\nreleguted to Us native woods, the prizes\ngiven by the trustees and teachers were\npresented  to   those  children   who   had  by\nthe practice of those virtues of good conduct, regular attendance, good reading.\netc., been awarded tlie same. The following were the prize winners:\nReading, senior grade, -Muriel ' Hirst;\nleading, junior grade, May Page; writing.\nV. Lommcl; regular attendance, IVivy\nHlnniner.; best kept scribbler, A. Lommel;\nconduct, Clara Bloomer; best home work,\nMuriel  Hirst;   progress,   Muriel   Hirst.\nThen came Santa Claus, that good old\nfriend of the children, who soon had all\nhis little friends 'loaded with toys and\ncandles. To one little chap was he so\nrealistic that he asked him lo bring his\nreindeer into the hall. The same little hid\nalso reminded Suniu that he was leaving\nhis mitts behind when, after lliree hearty\ncheers from the little ones, he was about\nto' leave the halt. A bran pie was then\nbrought out and after the young folks had\nall had a dip the older folk had u turn.\nSome laughable finds were made, one of\nthe niosl noticuble being that of the\ngenial bachelor secretary of the school\nboard who secured a Daisy Dimple pastry\nset. When all had had a dip. a llsh pond\nwas started by Miss Clara Uloomer. at\nwhich a small charge wus made, for the\npurpose of raising a fund for the purchase\nARCADE\nSteady, FlfckerleBB Pictures\nThe best and most reasonable\nshow In town.\nAdults 10c, Children 5c\nFor Friday and Saturday's program see boards.\nOpen every afternoon and evening, 2:30 and 7 p. m.\n -\/\nTo All Our Friends\nand Patrons\nA Merry Xmas  and  Happy  New Year\nis the wish of\nE. E. ROBINSON\nWatchmaker and Jeweler\n417 1-2 Baker Street.     NELSON. H.C\nOpposite Silver King Hotel\nPalms, Perns and\nChrysanthemums\nNone better in Canada.    Also Narcissus, Carnations and Violets.\nED. QRIZZELLE\nFlorist Nelson, B.C.\nWe can attend to your\nPUUMB1NQ\npromptly- and well\nfl. C. Plumbi g & Heating lio.\nVictoria street, near Opera house.\nTelephone  181\nof hymn hooks for use at the church services. Games then followed, then a t.red\nbut happy throng of children made for\nhome and bed.\nA dunce anil card party was then held bv\nthe seniors. The ladles in charge of tlie entertainment were Mesdaines W. J.J-urmer,\nJ. T. Lawrle, G. B. King and T. L..\nUloomer, und the principal of the school.\nMiss J. Gibson, who wus presented with\na set of silver mounted brushes hy the\ntrustees, who also sent a pleasunl reminder to Miss A. Clyde, the teacher for\nHie summer term.\nClutch of England services are now being held bi-weekly at Castlegar by Rev, K.\nA. St. George Smythe of Trail. A Christinas Service was held on Dec. JH, Ihe full\nevening service being rendered. It is* Mi'.\nSmytlie's Intention to hold service every\nsecond Weduesdav, the next one being on\n.Ian. la at 3,80 p.m.\nWANTS  NEWS  OF  HUSBAND\nThomas Stretton Was Last Heard of in\nVicinity of Nelson\n\u25a0 i i I >\nnt  Nelson, and\nTh..\ncite\nold\n111\nfor\nthe\n\"Chief of Police, Nelson, near Cranbrook,\"\nand is In pari as follows:\n\u2022'Dear Sir.\u2014About live years ago my\nhusband, Thomas Stretton, went out to\nCitmulii. Cranbrook, and finally settled at\nNelson   on   a   forest   farm,   and   lo:\nha\nhei\n<.tiif\nnld\nlp tne to know If he 's still\nin Nelson, or line] out if he is s'-ill living.\nHe left me here in England with four\nchildren, imt olio bringing any money at\nthe time, and he promised to'remit legti-\nlarlv, ami I am In debt with the landlord\nand others through his neglect. My friends\nand relations have done all they could, and\nwish me to write this to see If you could\npossibly lind the man and tell him lo send\nmoney home at once, li mav be possible\nthat he would .follow the name of\nAvres. . . , I sincerely hone to hear\nfrom von, as I do not know what other\nsleps  to  lake, Ellen  Stretton.\n\"P.S.\u2014All the time be has heen abroad\n( have onlv received about \u00a35 In all. The\nlast remlttunce was .CI Us lid In English\nmonev, to support a wife and family, and\nhe promised to send a good amount In a\nfew days later, but it never came. tg\nThis letter was written from Arthur\nstreet, Caerleon, Newport, Mom. Lnglftml,\non Dec. 17, 1909.   .\nSnaps\n$800 WU1 Buy\nTwo lots near corner of Stanley and\nBaker streets. Terms to suit, This is\nan excellent location and a. Wg snap\nat the price.\n$6000 WU1 any\nFifty feet on Baker street, near\nStanley. This is well worth looking\ninto. \u2022\n$1500 Will Bay\nTwo lots with- small house and store\nbuilding on High street, overlooking\nthe city park, A beautiful home location, i\n\u00a3. B. McDERMID\nWe Will Buy\n100 B. C. Copper SS.30\n1000 McGUUviay Coal   Quote\n2000 Kootenay Ice & Fuel Quote\nWe Will Sell\n2000 B. C. Araal. Coal   t   .03%\n1400 Rambler    08%\n2000 Alberta Coal & Coke 05\n600 Nugget    61%\n2 S. A. Warrants  700.00\n100 Kootenay Jam     1.00\n1000 International Coal    79\n5000  Uariboo-McKinney    01%\n1000 Canadian N.W. Oil 22\n500 Yukon Basin 10\n5.   Great WeBt   Permanent,\nfully paid  117.00\n2  Imperial  Development   ..100.00\nU800 paid up)\nChartered Accountant\nand  Financial Agent\nNelson, B. C.\n MOE tlQHT\n\u2022She \u00a70*15 Sim**\nFRIDAY      JANUARY 7\nBuy What You\nCan See\n|10 cash and $10 a month will\nbuy acreage lots at Lakeside\u20141-4,\n1-2 and one acre blocks.\n-\u25a0lis is not a coast speculation,\nbut a sound investment which\nyou can inspect. Call and see\nmaps and plans.\nW. F. Mawdsley\nH. E. Crosidalle A Co.\nSlocan River Land\nFour 20-acre blocks, water, near\nschool, quarter'mile from station,\npostoffice and sawmill. Adjoins\na bearing orchard. Easy terms to\nactual settlers.\nAlso small plots of .and within\nshort distance of Nelson.\nHouses for Bale or rent. City\nand suburban lots.\nF. B. L.YS\nRsal Estate Agent..315 Baker St.\n\"Unequalled *\u00bbr Gsnarai Ut\u00ab\"\nW. p. TIERNEY, General Sals, Agent.\nCars shaped to all railway points.\nCrow's Nest Coal\nMore heat, less asll than any\ncoal on tbe market\nFurniture Moving Is a specialty\nwith us.\nCity Transfer Co.\nPhone 179 P.O. Box 94\nSave 25 per Cent.\nOn the Doctor\n1908 was good.\n1909 was better.\nNow we want to make 1910\nthe best.\nWe want you to know that\nour prices for family recipes\nand doctor's prescriptions are\nlower than any store In the\nKootenays, that our drugs are\npure, that we guarantee satisfaction. No need to have sttch\n\u25a0big drug bills. Have the doctor send your medicine from\nRutherford's.\nMail orders filled promptly.\nW. RUTHERFORD\nDruggist\nNdson, B. C.\nTHE\nEMPIRE\nTONIGHT\nThe Somnambulist.\nUncle Heubens Courtship.\nReforming a Husband.\nPretty Girl o( Nice.\nCopg on Strike.\n7:00 open every evening 7:00\n***************************\nNelson Opera House\nFriday and Saturday, Jan. 7-8\nThe Colonial Tourists\nIn a magnificent scenic production\n\"THE RAJAH\"\nThe best and funniest musical\ncomedy in years.\n20   PEOPLE   20\nMonday and Tuesday, Jan. 10 & 11.\n\"ACADEMY GIRLS\"\nPrices: 50c., 75c, $1.00\nSale at Eoole Drug Co.   jAu,\nNELSON NEWSOF THE DAY\nJR. A. Peebles In a candidate for one of\nthe aldermanlc seats in the vent ward,\nsjupnortlng- Mayor Selous.\n\"There U an almost unlimited demand\nfor qualified lumber-Jacks,\" said O. F.\n-Mutton   manager of the Nelson Employ-\nNew Year's\nI; Photos\nCampbell's Art Gallery wishes\nall a\nHAPPY  NEW  YEAR\nAlso wishes to have the pleasure of taking the family\ngroup, as a remembrance, not\nonly of their new studio, but\nto the dear friends far away.\nMake an appointment today.\nWe will be open on New\nYear's day.\nCampbell's\nArt Gallery\n716 Baker St\nPHONE 46\n**************************\n\u25a0 \u00ab\u00bbM\u00aba\u00abm\u00abm.,su.M.n.\u00bbsn\u00bbB\u00bbi\u00bb\nStores for Rent\nWe have for rent two stores\nin tbe WeBt block on the corner of Hall and Baker streets.\nEach store is 32x19 feet, and\nhas a stone basement. These\nstores are in a brick block and\nthe insurance rate is very low.\nFor full particulars apply to\nH. & M. BIRD\nFMlOfa\u00ab B\u00ab C\u00ab\nFor 1910\nWith the new year we have made one firm resolve. It Is this:That\nthe patronage extended to us shall receive our best care and attention.\nWe have Just completed stock taking and our buyer is now in the east\nnnd with new stock arriving dally we are prepared to Bj) all orders\npromptly,\nThe J. H. Ashdown Hardware\nCo., Ltd.\nNelson Branch      .*.      Nelson, B. C.\nWHOLESALE\niii3C9CTtas\u00bbt^fcSMS^\u00bbfe\u00a7ca\u00ab\u00bb\u00bbss\nment Agency.    \"There ls no difficulty in\niilai'liiu uualttled men.\"\nMrs. F. S. W. Weir will not receive this\nafternoon.\nHis honor. Judge Forin, returned yeBter-\nday from holding county court at Rossland.\nTickets for the Hospital aid hockey\nmatch may be obtained from the ladles of\nthat society or from the hockey boys.\nTlie number of recorded births In the\nNelson registration district, which includes\nthe Nelson and Ymir ridings, during 1909,\nwas 206. There were 1T4 marriages, and 172\ndeaths.\nThe Graduate Nurses' association held a\nbrief session last night and adjourned to\nmeet In full session at 8 o'clock tonight at\nthe residence of Mrs. H. Byers, Vernon\nslices.\nW. Fotlierlngham underwent an operation for appendicitis at the Kootenay Lake\nGeneral hospital yesterday, and is making\nfavorable progress. Dr. Borden performed\nthe operation.\nDuring the year 1909, H80 mineral locations were taken out In the Nelson mining\ndivision. During the Bame period statutory\nwork was done upon 603 un-crown granted\nmineral claims.\nA practice will be held tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock In St. Saviour's miusion\nhall, for children who are going to attend\nthe fancy dress dance given by the Ladles\nHospital Aid society.\nTwo speedy trials win be held by his\nhonor, Judge Forin, on Monday, preceding\nthe session of the county court. The\ncases are Rex vs. Dykes, a charge of assault and robbery, and Rex. vs. Bishop, a\ncharge of theft.\nA deputation from Crawford Bay, In re-\nBard to steamboat service, is expected to\naddress the Nelson board of trade at its\nannual session next Thursday night. The\ndeputation will meet the C.P.Il, officials\nthe following morning.\nAT THE THEATRES\nThe Colonial Tourists open their engagement of four nights at the opera house\nthis evening by presenting \"The Rajah,\na musical comedy.\nThe new bill ut the Gem theatre for today and tomorrow haB as a leader Daniels\nand Mack in a comedy entitled \"Kendell s\nHalfway House. DanlelB will also sing the\nIllustrated song \"Will the Angels Let Me\nPlay.\" Ed Inluy, the star ventriloquist,\nand his dummies, will give a new monologue. The moving picture subjects will\nbe \"Saving the Idol.\" \"The Blind Pilgrim\nand \"A Nugget of Gold,\" the last being a\nBlograph Aim. Next week the Gem will\npresent the Carr Trio, singer*, dancers\nand entertainers, coming from Spokane,\nwhere they have been playing the Webster\ncircuit, and Sid deClalrvllle, novelty gymnast Last night's bill waa very popular,\nsome of the numbers drawing especial applause being Daniels and Mack in \"A\nwife's Jealousy,\" Inlay and his dummies,\nDaniels in the illustrated song \"San Antonio,\" and the dim \"Its an 111 Wind That\nblows No Good.\"\n\"The Somnambulist\" is an Interesting\npicture at the Empire, In which one sees\nthe possibilities of one being afflicted with\nSomnambulism. \"Uncle Reuben's Courtship\" Is a screamingly funny picture of a\nfarmer answering a widow's advertisement\nfor a husband. \"Reforming a Husband\"\nshows that It is best for a wife not to\nmake too radical changes, \"The Pretty\nGirl of Nice\" Is a handsome colored Pathe\n111m In which some beautiful scenery and\ncoloring are seen. \"Cops On Strike\" Ib a\nvery humorous picture, affording much\namusement,\nThe price for family washing\u2014Hut or\nmangle work\u2014lias been reduced from 35\ncents to 25 cents per dozen at the Nelson\nLaundry. Let us have your work. P.\nNlpou, proprietor. 224-6\nThe Illustrations in the New Year edition of The Dally News were made from\nQueen Studio photographs. 223-1\nThe Cabinet\nCigar Store\nWholesale\nand   Retail\na. MATTHBW8\nPropt\nFresh killed spring chickens, 27 cents per\npound, dressed ready for the table. Bell\nTrading Company, 224-2\nGreenwood Wins\n(Special to The Dally News.)\nPHOENIX, Jan. 6.\u2014In a very hotly contested hockey match at Greenwood last\nnight, the Grand Forks team and last\nyear's champions and Boundary cup holders, went down to defeat at the hands of\nthe Greenwood team, The game wus fast\nand exciting throughout, and considerable\nroughness wus indulged In.~ In the lirst\nhalf no goals were scored, but in the second half one goal was scored by each team,\nwhich left the score a tie when time was\ncalled. It was decided to play five minutes\neach way to break the tie, and Greenwood\nlanded the puck In the nets once in each\nof the live-minute plays, the final score\nbeing 3 goals to 1 in favor of Greenwood.\nThis gives Greenwood a big start In the\nBoundary competition, two wins against\na loss to each of the other towns. There\nWill be some lively hockey In the Boundary\nlater In the season when the prospects for\nthe cup may change.\nMarie Charlotte la Well\nBRUSSELS, Jan. 6.~The recent alarming reports concerning the health of\nMarie Charlotte, widow of the late Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, were authoritatively denied today. The condition of\nthe ex-enipieas, who has been mentally\nIncompetent for many years, Ib stated to\nremain the same. She Inquires freauent-\nIv for her brother, the late King Leopold,\nof whose death she haB not been informed.\nShe is 74 years old.\nWill Chang* Date\nWINNIPEG, Jan. 7.\u2014The statement ls\ngiven out that the exhibition management\nhas practically reBoved to change the date\nEyestrain Drains\nVitality\nEyestrain uses up the nerves and drains vitality. It is dangerous\nto health and life. We save vitality and health, removing eyestrain by\nbeneficial glasses, suited particularly to your own case. We study that\n.exquisite something called style. Patrons to our optical department\nare assured of fashionable spectacle ware, perfect In fit and finish.\nOur methods are absolutely perfect |\u201e     $\nTwo experts at your disposal.\niry our repair department Bo not wait four days to have a new\nlense to replace your broken one.  We give It back to you the same day.\nJ. O. PATENAUPE\nssANWAcrunim mmn, watchmaker an* optician.\nMtWSw\nEvery Lady\nlikes her table decorated with nice\nChina and everybody likes to see a\nlady have her table nicely decorated.\nThat is what we are here tor. We\nhave the finest line ot China ever\nshown In our city. We ar\u00bb rare yon\nwill be suited.\nWe haye, \u00bb!\u2022 kinds ot China.\nWe have all shapes or China.\nWe have all decorations of China.\nWe bave all grades of China.\nWe have a few sets of the celebrated\nGrendley Dlnnerware of the latest decoration, which are going fast Don't\nfail to see them.\nOld Curiosity Shop\nS13, 516, 617 Josephine Str-et\nSale of\nFelt\nFootwear\nWe are now offering all Felt\ngoods  at\n^f\\ Per Cent. Off\n\u00bbU Regular Prices\nFelt Romeos\nFelt Bedroom Slippers.\nCozy Slippers\nFelt Boots\nIhe ROYAL\nShoe Store\nR. ANDREWS, Prop.\nStrict attention  to mail  orders.\nof the Selkirk Centennial to 1913. A considerable number of the exhibition executive has maintained from the start that\n1912 would be too soon to prepare an exhibition of the size and scope that should\nbe held for all Canada. The force of this\nargument has become so clear to the majority of those upon whom consideration\nof such matteis has devolved that the decision to change the date Is now agreed\nupon.\nThe greatest danger from influenia la ot\nits resulting In pneumonia. This can be\nobviated by using Chamberlain's Cough\nRemedy, as it not only cures Influenia, but\ncounteracts any tendency of the disease\ntowards pneumonia. Sold by all druggists\nand dealeie. \t\nA Baker Street Investment\nNOW   18  THE TIME\nWe offer 60 feet of tie best property on Baker street which will\npay 10 per cent clear of taxes and assessments.\nThere Is a two story modern brick building covering the whole\nground which brings In a yearly rental of over 13600.\nWe have a client willing to go into a small syndicate to purchase\nthis property and would like to hear from yon if you have any money to\ninvest.\n$30,000 Is the price, on very good terms, and the larger the cash\npayment the better the prloe.\nWe consider now is the time to get busy on Investments of this\ndescription. There will certainly be considerable movement In Nelson\nbusiness property in the near futnre when the tramway is again In op.\neratlon and the erection of the C.P.R. tourist hotel ls commenced.\nFor full particulars and figures see.\nMcQuarrie <fe Robertson\n41* Ward ttreM. HtHm, B.\u00ab.\nYou Wffl\nFind\neverything In the way ot candy,\nnuts, raisins, fruits, etc. at our\nstore.\nNew Laid Eggs\nPHONi 223.\nStewart <3B> Co.\nH It's from Stewart's It's \u2022\nChina Hall\nis now well stocked with glassware, China Lamp Goods, Toiletware and Crockery of every description. We are offering special BARGAINS In Dlnnerware.\nSee our open stock patterns,\nwhere you can get any number\nof pieces you require.\n8econd  .Hand   Goods\nof every description.    We might\nhave   the very thing you   want.\nGood warehouse for storage.\nMUNRO & NELSON\n321 Baker St. P.O. Box 688\nFROM   DURUM  WHEAT\nBRITISH  MILLERS LIKE THE NEW\nPRODUCT OF FARM\nPROMISE8  REVOLUTIONIZE  GRAIN\nGROWING IN THIS COUNTRY\nLONDON, Jan. S.\u2014British millers are taking a keen interest In the expected great\nexpansion of growth of Durum wheat\nwhich, many believe, is destined to revolutionize western civilisation.\nThe propaganda of Mr. Wilson, secretary\nof Agriculture at Washington, Is being\nfollowed with close attention especially\nseeing there was a crop of tio.uuo.ouo bushels\nof it last year, the yield being twice as\ngreat as moat other wheats and the profit\n1U0 per cent at present, prices,\nSeeing the great Importance of the question to the Canadian wtsst, Mr. Griffith,\nsecretary of the high commissioner's ofllee, acting on behalf of Lord Strathcona,\nhas circularized the wheat and flour trade\nassociations of this country with remarkable results. Tlie London association says\nthat former objections to Durum have been\nminimized by improvements In the equipment of British mills. Some other associations continue to condemn Durum, but\nreplies generally show that most progressive British millers refuse to follow American miller In .condemning Durum. They\nreport a large and Increasing demand for\nDurum which Ib now fetching 3 to 3H\nshillings per quarter lesa than No. 1 Northern, but greatly increased supply Ib ex-\nFiected. Commenting on Lord Htrathoona's\nnquhies the Miller, which Is the leading\norgan of the milling trade, says: \"Durum\nonly requires proper handling to become\none of the most priced wheats. It Ib destined to rival the beat Manitoba wheat in\nvalue,\"\nTo Sell Thaw's Effects\nPITTSBURG, Jan. 6.\u2014Referee In bankruptcy Batlr haB set Jan. 13 for a hearing\non a petition for an order to dispose of\nthe personal property of Harry K. Thaw,\nnow confined In the Mattewan hospital.\nRoger O'Mara, trustee for the estate of\nThaw, presented the petition today. Thaw'B\ninterests In several pieces of real estate\nIn this city will be sold, and among other\narticles his rugs, carpets, chairs, tapestry,\nbooks and pictures. The whole property\nIs said to be worth In the neighborhood\nof j:n<i,0DU\nMoroccan Jewen Redeemed\nPARIS, Jan. 6\u2014The\"-, jewels which\nAbdul abIz, the former sultan of Morocco, pawned here for 93,000,000 have\nbeen redeemed by the Moroccan gov-\neminent\nMany persons nnd themselves affected\nwith a persistent cough after an attack\n\u25a0tit lirtluemfa.     As   (h\u00bb   cough _ can^ he\n{>romptly\naln'r    \"\u25a0\nlowet. ._   \t\nSold by all druggists and dealers.\nlh\u00ab\nthe\nmptly curtd by the use of Chamber-\ni's Cough Remedy, It should not be sled to run until it Womei troublesome,\nChicken Feed\nWe Save No. 1 Wheat, Feed Barter,\nOats, Groats, Bran, Shorts, feed Hoar,\nCrushed Bone, Crushed Shell, Beef\nScraps, Myers' Spice and Pratt's Remedies.\nBaled oat straw for litter.\nThe Brackman-Ker\nMilling Co., Ltd.\nOur January\nGun Fires\nIts First\nShot\nCrosse & BlackwelTs Jams.\n1 lb. glass, 20c, 3 tor  ..60c.\n5 lh. tins  60c.\n7 lb. tins 86c.\nNew Laid Eggt are down to 60c.\nBELL TRADING CO.\nThe Husband\nfully realizes the intrinsic Talue of a\nBissell Carpet Sweeper as a strength\n\u2022aver to his wife. No home is complete without a Blssel. It more than\npays the cost In one year by earing\nthe carpet*.\nIt keeps the home free from dust and\ndirt and so not only lightens the house\nwife's work, but adds to th* comfort\nof the home and make* the entire\nhousehold happier. Don't delay. Buy\na Bissell today,\nOUR PROCE8\n, 14.00\nCyco Bearing, American Queen 4.16\nCyco Bearing Boudoir    8.76\nCyco Ball Bearing, Grand Rapid    8,76\nCyoo Ball Bearing, Grand Rapids, Nic 8.16\nCyco Bearing, Graad Rapids, Jap    8.00\nemm* Nelson Hardware Co. Baker st\nCyco Bearing, Parwr Queen.,\nI tUHItTOH 1=\nWINN IKS\nJust the thing for these cold morn*\nings\nBuy a \"Perfection\" Oil Heater\nHeat when you want It and where\nyou want it. No odor, and costs but\nfour cents per hour.\nWMd-Val.ance Hardware Co., Limited\nNEL80N, a C.\nWholesale\nTOIONTt 1=\nYAHCOUTB\nThe Store of Quality\nWishes to extend thanks for the liberal patronage given us during the\npast year and respectfully ask for your patronage during 1010. 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