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Forty-five dollars was the sum wanted and nearly $100 was realized. The admission fee was placed at 25 cents, and from this alone a handsome sum was realized, but as the entertainment proceeded the paystreak widened until as high as S3.50 was paid by some of those interested for the privilege of assa3ring the contents of the pretty baskets of viands offered at auction by the manipulators of the affair. The bids ran from SI.50 to $3.50, the average price per basket being S2.00. Nearly $80 was taken in from this item; all of which goes to illustrate the proclivities of the men of the camp. They know from experience that the ladies of New Denver can cook almost, if not quite, as well as mother used to, and they were willing to loosen up to the extent of two and three dollars for a taste of the dainties that would tickle the inner man and carry him back to the good old days of boyhood Avhen mother was on shift, doing development work with the slipper and tapping the paystreak of the boys love through the medium of his stomach. All the seats in the hall were taken and many were forced to stand Following the trite opening remarks by Chairman Fauquier, . Miss Purvianee gave, in her eustomery excellent manner, a recitatiou entitled, : ''Flving, Trapeze Jim.\" Then,Prof. Millward^ rrchestra rendered a selection and following this was given by Mrs. Kirkwood and Messrs. Gibbs and Nesbitt the amusing sketch \"A Cord of Wood.\" Mr. Bolander, accompanied by Messrs. Spaul, Nelson and Robie, made a reputation for himself as a coon in Southern melodies'. The town quartette gave a selection, and the Curbstone Band put up some music that brought down the house. Mr-. Harris amused the audience with a song on Prohibition, and Mr. Kirkwood told of the troubles that. befell him at a district candy pull. The rendition of \"Here She Goes and There She Goes,\" by the Dramatic Company was highly pleasing. There was nothing to man- the evening's enjoyment and each and all had a good time. A financial statement of the exact receipts and disbursements in connection with the entertainment is as follows : Collections at the door S21 75 ; from sale of baskets $72,(35 ; total S94.40. Expenditures, music, $8; incidentals, $1.40, leaving a balance of S85, which was paid over to the trustees. After liquidating, the indebtedness against tiie school property a balance of \ufffd\ufffd40 will yet remain, which will be expended in grading the lots . and otherwise improving them. In connection with the entertainment the board of trustees and all having anything to do with it are desirous of expressing their sincere appreciation of the kindness of Mr. Clever in contribut- hall for the evening. little gate, leading to the garden, when, to her horror, she saw her husband lying at her feet motionless. A closer examination showed \"that he was quite dead. It was found that there was a bullet wound beside the eye, and that the fatal leaden message was lodged in the brain. The weapon he had'been using was an old and rusty one, and it is thought that when he tried to discharge it it did not work properly. He then, it would seem, began to examine it and while he was doing so it went off with the result we have stated. The rock is ver}r hard but men are working steadily. It is not probable that the work ofcross-cutting tne veins will be commenced for 60 or 90 days. The Victory-Triumph is also among the fortunate properties, in that the paystreak of ore has widened to 20 inches, and another body of fine ore has been encountered alongside of it. The tunnel is now 195 feet. ON THE ARLINGTON. Development work ion ithe Arlington has temporarily ceased after continuous working during the'winter months. The property is looking as fine is ever, and it is estimated they have $100,000 worth of ore in sight. Down the incline shaft a drift has been run in a northerly direction to tap the vein. They crosscut the ledge to the footwall, which has been followed 300 feet, the ore averaging from eight to 26 inches in width. The wall is at an angle of about 70 degrees pitch, dipping to the east at a distance of about 275 feet.. They then have crosscut the ledge to the hanging wall, which is also well defined with about the same pitch as the footwall. The ledge is 32 feet wide, containing paystreaks at intervals all the way through it. These streaks combined will average 10 feet of solid, ore. At the footwall they have an upraise to the second level, where they have drifted both ways on the footwall. There is a fine showing of ore all lhe way through it. Then they raise for the second level about (.5 feet, where they also drift both ways on the footwall, and have ore every place they have worked THE TRAIL SMELTER.. Another event of the week was the strike on the Coxey, in which a 15-foot ledge was passed after being in 200 feet. It is thought the main ledge will be reached after about 200 feet more of work* The tunnel is now in 400 feet. The 700-foot level on the Le Roi has been almost reached, and work is continuing on the various levels. During the past week there were 1,157 tons of ore shipped. A few shares of stock were on the market this week at $7.60. On the Sunset No. 2 three eight-hour shifts are at work, and better ore than of the railway along the shore of the lake, to that' point, a distance if 60 miles. The maximum gradients through the Rock and Selkirk ranges of mountains are only 1 foot in 100, or barely one-half the maximum of any other railway crossing either of these ranges. The \"Company also announces that it is necessary to move on westward from the Columbia river at Robson, the western end of the Canadian Pacific Railway line, so as to reach the Boundary Creek district, about 100 miles distant. During the present year, authority will be asked to make this expenditure. The Company also announces the Surchase of the Columbia and Western ^ailwav extending from Robson to Rossland, for the sum of $800,000. Along with this purchase the Company has acquired the smelting works at Trail Creek and about 270,000 acres of land in the vicinity. The Montreal Gazette commenting editorially on the Canadian Pacific Railway Company's annual statement, \ufffd\ufffdast Canadian f^V^s. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd*^x& \/q\\ A NAD A consumes 25,000 tons of lead a year. V j This can all be produced at home without a any extra cost to the consumer. Canada should break away from the short- panted period of its history and foster the lead business with a high tariff. One of the greatest blessings that this Dominion could have is a high tariff on lead. The mining industry of the Slocan is hampered by the U. S. duty on lead. Let the Government lose no time in raising the duty on lead, and by- so doing cause work for thousands in tin's glorious Canada of Mann & McKenzie's. When there is not be dead. money in lead the Slocan will ing- the use of the PROVINCIAL, MINERALOGIST. .., The British Columbia Smelting & Refining company has transferred the smelter at Trail to the C.P.R. company. When the big plant will resume operations cannot be stated. The transfer of the Columbia &\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd .Western railway will follow in a few weeks. Rumors of the expected transfer have been rife, and they were twisted into all sorts of shapes. The Rossland Miner, however, is authority for the official announcement that' the transfer has been made and dates from March 1, and the property has been turned over to W. H. Alld'ridge, acting for the C.P.R. The British Columbia Smelting & Refining Company does not go out of existence. It remains the same, for Mr. Hqinze still retains large holdings in the vicinity, including the big sawmill at Trail, his logging camps up the river, mining properties, townsites and one-half the land grant. AROUND NELSON. Canada wants the same duty on lead that the United States imposes. Every low-grade mine in Kootenay could work if Canada had a prohibitive tariff on lead. Give the home market to the lead miners and smelters of Canada and business would, hum in the Slocan even if silver drops to 40 cents. The mines of the Slocan are paying half a million dollars a year to the United States for duty on ore they ship across the line. If Canada does not foster the lead business by a high tariff she will be mercial light. standing in her own com- When Mr. W. A. Carlyle resigned the position of provincial mineralogist, it was recognized by all familiar with that gentleman and with the able manner in which he has discharged the duties of his office, that the appointment of a successor would be a task involving more than usual difficulty. The news that the position has been offered to and accepted by Mr. R. G. McConnell, of the Geological'Survey, is affording- considerable satisfaction to all who have business relation:-, with the important department presided \"over by the provincial mineralogist. Mr. McConnell, who is a brother of Mr. G. S. McConnell of Vancouver, is a science graduate of McGill University, and has been associated formally years with the Geological Survey, spending a great deal of his time during the last decade.in British Columbia where he has been engaged in all the mining centres, the Kootenays monopolizing most of his attention during the past'three years. Fatal Gun Accident. A. H. Holdich, analytical chemist of Nelson, says that tungsten, a rare mineral, exists in that neighboihood. Work on the J. R. C, located on Toad mountain, is being energetically \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdpushed. A shaft is be'ng sunk and the\" ledge is being opened up. Work on ,the Delight group on Toad mountain is progressing favorably. A force of men is engaged in development work and isidrifting along the ledge with a considerable body of ore in sight. Owing to the difficulty of getting in supplies the force of men will not be increased until spring, but as soon as the snow goes off, the force will be increased, and shipments of ore to the smelter will begin. Young & Townsend are making good headway with their contract for tunneling on the Golden Dale, on Toad mountain. The full breast of the tunnel is in highly mineralized quartz. Two feet of this is charged freely with copper, and galena, and. two feet more almost as much. Specimens of silver glance from the property runs over 300 ounces in the white metal. The Golden Dale has a ledge showing a width of from 40 to 00 feet, KOSSLxVNJ) NUGGKTS. has recently been encountered is showing. They \"are now sinking on the No. 1 shaft. The last three assays showed S36 in gold, while the one of the previous week ran $P>4. All interest in mining circles centered last week in the strike of a fine body of ore from 10 to 12 feet wide, on the Jumbo, and no sooner had the report become current than a notable stiffness in the stock resulted. In fact, some of it was withdrawn from the market alto- g-ether. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd A dispatch from Montreal states that one of the largest mining-deals for some time, has just been consumated by O. G. Laberee, of Rossland, in placing 2,000,000 shares of the Big Three Gold Mining Company's stock in Montreal, thereby giving- the control of the corn- finishes as follows: \"The Canadian Pacific Railway Company is only 18 years old. When its project was \"published, people thought it would never be executed. The System to-day comprizes 7,676 miles of.\"road, owned and operated, and two steamship lines on the Pacific. It has assets representing a value of $245,000,000, earns $24,000,000 a year, and is paying dividends where some thought it would not earn axle grease. Its story is one of the most wonderful in the annals of modern business enterprise. BOUNDARY CREEK. i A force of men will shortly be put to i work on the Last Chance in Smith's I camp. panv to the purchasers, which are com-: posed of some- of the strongest financial ! A big strike is reported on the Jennie men in Montreal. The Big Three corn-! May claim, up the North Fork It ap- pan v owns the Southern Belle and Simw-i pears that last week a vein of quartz shoe on Red Mountain and the Mascot I carrying stringers of gold was struck at on Columbia and Kootenav mountain. ! the bottom of the \"(iO-foot shaft on this \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd property. At noon one day last Aveek W. S. Wiffen of the Land Registry office, Vancouver, went home as usual to lunch. Afterwards he went out in the small kitchen garden, at the rear of his residence, 1672 Haro street, to shoot some rats that had been doing damage. He was out for a long time and Mrs. Wiffen went to see what was detaining him. She had just passed through the The Velvet shaft is down about I lu feet and two cross-cuts are being run. Fred Linberg has IS horses rawl'uding ore. During the past month 330 tons have been ' shipped to the Nelson smelter. On the Cliff the tunnel and shaft have been connected by a 05-foot upraise, and the work of striping into the tunnel will-now begin. The completion of this upraise makes available a good-sized body of shipping- ore. Four tunnels are being run on the 'Good Friday, on different ore veins.. noski.ei;y ni r>r,i:ts. Four men are employed grading the site for the sidetrack and buildings for the sampler. The lumber will be on the ground this week. Mrs. Capt. Seaman has returned to Rosebery after three weeks spent in Nelson. Mrs. Christie has also returned from a visit to the coast. Geo. Rogers, who has been spending some weeks in Nelson, returned to Rosebery this week to take charge of the store of Thos. Struthers, who left on Wednesday forToronto and eastern cities on a five weeks visit on business and pleasure. c. It. ANNUAL REPOKT. Montreal, March 2.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdThe Canadian Pacific Railway Company's Annual Report announces that the Crow's Nest Pass line will be completed to Kootenay lake before the end of August. A temporary connection will be made with Xelson, by means of a train ferry, whereby a through train service may he established, pending the completion ! Work will be commenced on the buildings for the Sunset mine in Dead- | wood camp as soon as the snow leaves. ; After the buildings have been erected a j force of men will be put at work de- j veloping the mine. i The boiler and machinery of the , Golden Crown mine, Wellington camp. j was all in place last week and steam up. J A force of men will be put to work at once in the shaft and development carried on much more rapidly with machinery than could be done heretofore. On\"the tunnel about 2f)0 feet lias been run, and it is expected the lead will be tapped at 300 feet. A hoist, pump, Rand drills and air compressor have been ordered for the Knob Hill, which will be put in place as soon as they arrive. The compressed air will be taken by pipes from the Ironsides, and both properties worked with power furnished by one boiler. Development work wi 11 be pushed on this claim as soon as the machinery is in place. The manager of the Traders' Bank at Glencoe died suddenly of apoplexy on Thursday morning. C. Amey, of Ottawa, claims to have discovered three placer locations in the Michipicoten gold district. The Bank of British North America is to open a branch office at Dawson City to compete with the Bank of Commerce. Baxter, of Wind- seat in the citv Alderman Charles sor, has resigned his council and gone to seek his fortune in the Klondike. Lady Abbott, the wife of the late Prime Minister of Canada, Sir John Abbott', died on Friday at the residence of her son in Montreal. Mrs. Richard Rolley, aged 63 years, committed suicide early Thursday morning by hanging herself with a plough line! The reason is unknown. Roderick McDonald, of Toronto, who has been in the employ of the Grand Trunk Railway for 40 years, was killed by a train on Thursdry morning, while attending to the semaphore at the Humber, where he was section man. The great railway rate war is causing from 50 former to 75 per cent, of the rates, 12nd as a result the fares between certain points in Ontario and Quebec are lower than railway men ever remember them. The Canada Mutual Mining & Development Company, Ltd., which has its headquarters at Toronto, shipped this week its first car load of ore, weighing 25,000 lbs., from the Gladstone galena group, on Silver creek, about seven miles east of Northport. A boy named James Gates, aged 10 years, who was employed in the law office of Ritchie & Co., Toronto, forged his employers' check for $100, cashed it and started for the Klondike. He travelled as far as North-Bay, when he changed his mind and returned home. One of the heaviest snow-storms of many years visited Ontario and Quebec the beginnning of this week, causing traffic to be impeded. In some parts of Quebec city there was absolute suffering as the \"milkmen and bakers could not get around to serve their customers. The amateur highwayman, who has been holding up travellers near Stratford, Ont., the last few weeks, has been captured by the local police. He is a young maii named Thomas Bell. The two youths, who were his companions durr\\g his exploits, have both been arrested. An avalanche of snow destroyed on Tuesday night, two houses at South Quebec, which were situated directly under the cliff, opposite the G.T.R. sheds. Four persons were killed, Emile Angers aged 50, his two little boys ag-ed three and five years respectively, and a little girl named Flossie Kiiig aged ll years. Several others sustained serious injuries. A beautiful service in memory of the late Miss Frances Willard was held in Cooke's church, Toronto, on Tuesday night, under the auspices of the W. C. T. U. A large number of people were iresent, many of whom had met the ate leader of the great temperance movement on the occasion of her last visit to Toronto, some few months ago. Archbishop Cleary, of Kingston, died on Thursday. This\"eminent; divine was born in Dungarvon, Countv Wateiford, Ireland, 1828. In 18SS, he was appointed, by the Holy See, to be Bishop of King-ston, so he was forced to resign his Irishi benefice and come to Canada. His insurance., amounting- to $00,000, is nearly all left to. Regiopolis College. A dreadful fire occurred on Sunday nig-ht in the township of Kama, three miles north of Sebright, in whicli Mrs. .lames Arthurs and her two boys, aged twelve and 9 respectively, were burned to death. A daughter, aired 18 years. will also probably die from hep burns. It is surmised that tin! conflagration had its origin in a fire which was left burning in the stove when the family retired for the night Stanislaus Francis Perry, M.P. for West Prince Fdward Island, died at Ottawa on Thursday. The deceased went to Ottawa some two weeks previous to the recent oiii.'i ling of Parliament, but was taken sick almost of low fever from which covered, in-politics he wa era I nnd, if he had lived, those who know, that he won... soon have been appointed to the Senate. The Government at 'itfawa ha; received a proposition from ihe -Roths childs offering to construct ,i line o narrow guai Harbor over the Dalton trail to Rink Rapids on the Lewes river. They also offer to construct precisely the\" same railway as is called for in the contract with McKenzie & Mann, for a grant of 1,000,000 acres of land, which is only about one-third of what McKenzie _ Mann contracted for. The knell to the hopes of Canadian oilmen has been sounded by the Government at Ottawa, and coal oil is now to be admitted into Canada at certain ports ;in tank ships. This .means that that octopus, the Standard Oil Company, Avill now have everything its own way. By the strict rules that the Government imposes, it is evident that the framers of our laws, recognize the danger attending the bringing- in of such ships. It is too bad that such an important industry should meet with such treatment from the hands of the Government. Another gold field has been discovered in Cape Breton. Investigations have been made during the last few months in new districts, where heretofore no particular interest was taken. The Whycocomah district of Cape Breton was one of the regions visited by an expert, with the result of finding a vein of quartz in Salt Mountain, Inverness county, which is reported to be almost inexhaustible. The vein exposure on the surface is almost 280 feet broad and three miles long. Samples of the ore taken out of the tunnel have been assayed by Mr. Hersey of McGill University and\" run as high as $144 to the ton. The deputation of representatives from commercial bodies, which waited upon the Ottawa Government with reference to the opening-up of a wagon road or pack trail from Edmonton totlm Yukon, did not meet with the success they hoped for. Sir Wilfrid Laurier, in replying to them said that the matter had already been engaging the attention of the House, and the decision had been arrived at that it was advisable to send out an exploration company next summer to ascertain what the country was like and if it was suitable forfarmT ing purposes, so that it would offer inducements for unsuccessful miners to settle there and to farm land. Continuing he said: \"The greater part of those going to the gold fields were doomed to disappointment in advance, but they would be able to compensate themselves for their lack of success in mining-, by turning their attention to agriculture.\" THE PASSENGER WAR. Toronto, Feb. 23.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdTo-day's Evening Telegram says editorially :\"Good luck to the C. P. R. Canada's sympathies will be entirely with the C.P.R. in the fight which it is making to secure a lion's share of the traffic to the Yukon. It is not in the interests either of Canada or of the C.P.R. that a dollar should go to an American line if the C. P. R. can divert the dollar to its own coffers. \"The Grand Trunk has business interests which encourage it to send traffic to the Yukon \"via American routes. These interests are entirely opposed to Canada's interests. It would be unreasonable to expect, the Grand Trunk to be patriotic and to lose money by allowing passengers to travel over the C.P.R. It would be just as unreasonable to expect Canada to take the business view of the question and to therefore withdraw its sympathy and support from the (AP.P., which in the fight has no interests which are not the interests of Canada. '\"Canada for business reasons is the ally of the C. P. R. in this fight just as the Grand Trunk for business reasons is the ally of the American lines. The Grand Trunk's interests are identical with the interests of American roads, and the interest of Canada will be best promoted by a C.P.R. victory over the whole combination.\" is not .-v v.vian LOCATION. immediately lie never re- i stiff Lib- is said bv ...*i.i Judgement in a peculiar mining case was given Saturday by .Justice W'alkem in the supreme court. In August. 1S07, the Sheep Creek Star claim was located in the West Kootenay district by a man named .Madden. In staking it 'out he, unknowingly, placed his initial post in United States territory, the claim lying right at the boundary line. In June. \"l.S.,5, Council staked out Boundary No. 2, covering nearly the same ground. Madden applying for a certificate of improvements, Council filled an adverse claim. .Justice Walkem to-day held in Council's favor on the ground that as by t'ue mineral acta surveyor has to begin not a '-oiui'lary post of (he 'mineral act. railwav from Pvramid l taken. post. Xo. 1. the Sheep Creek Star is i a valid loeation.as its initial post was foreign territory and therefore was wit Inn An ai the meaiii peal will lg >e THE LEDOE, NEW DENVER, B.C., MARCH 10, 1898. Fifth Year \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd-\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd \"\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd'' \" \"' I i \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd m \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd !\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd I.M. HI! The Ledge. Published every Thursday. R. T. LOWERY, Editor and Financier. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Three months \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd? .7.') Six \" l.in Tawelve \" 2.00 Three years a.oo Transient Advertising-, 25 cents per line first in sertion, 10 cents i>er line subsequent insertions nonpareil measurement. TO-CONTRIBUTORS. Correspondence from every part of the Kootenay District and communications upon live topics always acceptable. Write on both sides of the paj>er if you wish. Always send something-good no matter how crude. Get your copy in while it is hot, and we will do the rest A pencil cross in this square indicates that your subscription is clue, and that the editor wishes once again to look at your collateral. THURSDAY, MARCH 10. 1898. U'KKNZIE \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd MANX'S SNAP. small creeks and side-hill claims, another $500,000. He reports that every dollar thus far extracted from the Klondike has cost one dollar. More than one-half of the men who went to Klondike last year must year must be written down as failures. They are poorer than when they went in. , THE MANNER OF MANN DAN IS. THAT Commenting on the McKenzie & Mann Yukon railroad deal the Edmonton Bulletin says: \"By the bargain with McKenzie & Mann those gentlemen get the selection of 85 blocks of land of six by twenty-four miles in the Yukon district and six years in which to make their selection. British Columbia is of much larger area than the Yukon, has been a field for prospectors for nearly forty years, and included richer mines than any of the Klondike, and yet 85 locations of the size mentioned could be so located as to cover every mine of gold or silver in British Columbia that is paying or that ever paid for working. Although the area of the Yukon district is very large, unless its rich gold deposits are very much more widely distributed than anything the world has yet seen, Messrs. McKenzie & Mann's 85 locations can cover every paying prospect found in that district during the next six years. This being the case what is there left to offer for the further extension of the proposed railway northward to the northern end of Teslin lake, or southward to the British Columbia coast, (both of which extensions are necessary if the line is to be a success in reducing the cost of working and living in the Yukon to a reasonable basis) to say nothing of the aid necessary to induce the building of the only all-Canadian route for the sole advantage of Canadian trade. People will naturally be anxious to hear how further railway construction in or towards the Yukon is to be provided for before granting practically all value in the gold fields to the present enterprise, which, however argent it may be, is, to say the least, incomplete.\" (From the Ottawa Citizen.; The largest-sized pebble to-dav on the beach Is that \"Road to the Klondike\"\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdaway out of reach. And all of the women and many a man Will be glad to shake hands with a fellow named Dan. But Dan will be haughty\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdhis head in the air\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd \"For you see. Mack, my boy, I'm a sure millionaire ; . \"Me. too,\"says Mack, \"Go and bury your phiz !\" i on_ But that's not the manner of Mann that Dan is. ' Have ye ever read \"The Seven Ages of Man ?\" If not go and read, if you possibly can : Then there's \"Adam the First Man,7' without anv brothers, \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd'The Man iu the Moon\" and one or two others. But every man that we speak of looks pale Beside of the Mann on the great Golden Trail : A pet of Dame Fortune. Oh, Golly !! Gee Whiz !! For thai is the ninnner of man that Dan is. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdR. B. H. Ottawa, Feb. 2. 1808. ONTARIO ELECTIONS. The recent Ontario elections resulted in a general Conservative victory, al though the Liberals, who have held power for so many years, will still have a majority of two. The great successes which the Conservatives met with are claimed to be due to the inactivity, if not apathy of the Liberal leaders, they being ever so 'confident of victory. Ontario now stands, Liberals, 46; Conservatives, 44; Patrons, 1; Algoma's two constituencies are doubtful; Russel election is later: total, 91. THE VALUE OV KLONDIKE MINING CLAIMS. THE EDITOR'S SPARE FOMENTS. Astronomers say that there is no water on the planet Mars. Must be a poor place to run a milk ranch. Canada wants a mint and should have it this year. Will the people please aslc Mann & McKenzie to get it for them. One or the noblest works of creation is that divine individual who pays for his paper without being dunned. All our subscribers are not divine. What does the Government think now of their division of the Slocan last year? Must be profitable running so many record offices in dull times. A dollar is 100 cents all in one piece of coin or paper. It is rarely seen in the Slocan just now, although at one time it became so common as to cause scarcely a passing notice. FACTS THAT WON'T BE CONSIDERED E. J. Livernish and Dr. Wills are in Ottawa talking with the Government about the wants of the Klondike. Livernish believes that the suffering from lack of provisions will not be very great this spring. The government is called upon to see that plenty of provisions are on hand for next winter, as it is then that the pinch may come for the enormous population. He believes if the simple truth were brought home to many a poor fellow now preparing for a trip to the Yukon, much suffering would be spared. The truth is that the output and probable wealth of the Yukon is vastly exaggerated. It is safe to say that up to last summer the country had not yielded more than $2,500,000. Last year's gold output is well within $1,500,000. The winter work for the present winter will not bring more than $6,000,000. The largest estimate offered by any responsible party is $10,000,000 as follows: Bonanza creek, $4,000,000; El Dorado creek, $4,000,000; Hunker creek, $400,000; Bear,, Dominion, Sulphur and other creeks, $1,000,000, and In his latest letter from Dawson City, which is dated December 15, Mr. John D. McGillivray, correspondent of the New York .Herald, says: \"While, no doubt, the gravel deposits of this country are as extensive as any that have been discovered, in the world, they cannot, so as has been proven, be said to be of high grade. No such diggings as those in the best gulches of California in early days, and in Australia, Montana, Idaho and Colorado, have been discovered,although hundreds of creeks have been prospected and probably not less than 10,000 claims have been located in Alaska and the North-West. \"There is nothing so remarkable in the pay found in Eldorado, the richest of all the creeks so far discovered. The best pans found there do not compare with many that were found in California and elsewhere. It is true that the pay is more evenly distributed than was usually the case in California and otbei diggings in the Western States, and this makes the whole creek rather remarkable for the total amount of gold contained in its deposits. But in all of Eldorado there are not over three, or at most four, miles of rich ground, and some of this will probably not come up to the general reports of the richness of the creek. \"On Bonanza, the second richest creek in the Klondike district, a few claims have proved rich enough to drift. It is now claimed here by men in the best position to know that at most more than 100 claims on Bonanza have been shown to be valuable. Those would cover a length of a little less than ten miles of the creek. \"During the last few weeks the North American\" Transportation and Trading Company has purchased for the Cudahy- Haley Klondike Mining Company, of Chicago, 12 claims on Bonanza for $865,- 000. All of these have been proved of value, and six are reported as among the richest on the creek. At this rate the whole 100 claims could be purchased for about $7,000,000. \"Aside from these claims on Eldorado and Bonanza creeks, there are none in the Klondike district in the many creeks which have been located which are claimed to be as good as the average of Bonanza. There are any number of surface prospects that give promise of good mines, particularly on Hunker and two of the branches of India Eiver, but the fact that the most promising claims in these creeks don't command more than a few thousand dollars shows that their value is at best only prospective. \"Yet in all this Klondike district, on every creek, that has been prospected, there has been proved to be large quantities of ground that will in time pay to work and will yield large sums in gold. Some of these creeks may prove to be as rich as Bonanza or even Eldorado, but so far there is no proof of that. \"There have been located up to the present time some 3,000 claims, about 2,500 of which are 500 ft. long, and the others 100 ft. This means that between 250 and 300 miles in length of creeks have been located. \"Within the same district are other creeks which will doubtless in time be taken up, and it is safe to say that when the cost of working has been considerably reduced and improved methods introduced a large part will pay and pay well. \"Estimates as to the amount of gold contained in Eldorado and Bonanza creeks may be pretty accurately made when nearly all the mines shall have been prospected next spring, So far as is now known the only mines of proved value on Eldorado are about 30 of the first 47 mines, which extend up to the forks of Chief Eldorado. Above that but few good claims have been found. A large part of the mines in Bonanza from No. 43 above to No. 70 below discovery, or 114 in all, have been proved of value.\" WAITING FOR LEGISLATION. The Noble Five to Resume. Within a week a force of 30 men will be put to work on the Noble Nive. \"For the next year at least,\" said Manager McGuigan of the mine, \"we will confine work exclusively to development. The lower tunnel will be driven ahead and a number of cross cuts made. Next summer we will probably begin work on the Surprise side of the mountain. If there should be a demand for it we may put in some branch trams and-run the mill on custom ore, but will make no attempt to run on our own ores. What shipping ore is taken out in the course of development will be held and the concentrating will be stored in the stopes and chutes, which have a capacity of about 35,000 tons. All work is to be directed toward development.\" Chief Justice Davie Dead. Chief Justice Davie died at 11 :15 a.m. on Monday. In the reign of Edward III. there were at Bristol, Ens?*, three brothers, who were eminent clothcirs and woolen weavers, and whose family name was Blanket. They were the iirsfc persons who manufactured that comfortable material which has ever since been called by their name, and which was then used for peasant's clothing-. BUSINESS CHANCE FOR HOTEL MAN. The Newmarket, of New Denver, is now open for lease \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd8 large rooms, 28 bedrooms, kitchen and laundry. Most popular hotel in the most prosperous town in the Slocan. Apply to Thompson, Mitchell & Co., Com. Agts, New Denver. NOTICE. Mr. H. L. Nicholson is no longer in our employ Bourne Bros. Nakusp, 12th Feb., 1898. amk of Montreal. Established 1817. Capital (all paid up) $12,000,000.00 Reserved fund : : 6,000,000.00 Undivided profits : : 896,850.04 HEAD OFFICE, MONTREAL. Hon. Lord StrATHCONA and Mount Rotal, G.C.M.G. President. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd ' Hon. G. A. Drummond, Vice President, E. S. Clouston, General Manager, Branches ia all parts ol Canada, Newfoundland, Great Britain, and the United States. New Denver branch F.J. FINUCANE, Manager. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd<_-L. Dentist. Kaslo, B C Graduate of American College of Dental Surgery Chicago SELKIRK HOTEL SILVERTON, B.C. Is a new three-story hotel situated near the wharf. The house is plastered and the rooms are furnished in a manner calculated to make travelers call again. Mining and Commercial men will appreciate the home comforts of this hotel. BRANDON * BARRETT Brandon, B. C, Assay Price List: Gold, Silver, or Lead.each 81.50 Gold, Silver and Lead, combined 3 00 Gold and Silver 2 00 Silver and Lead 2 00 Copper (by Electrolysis). 2 00 Gold, Silver, Copper and Lead i 00 Gold and Copper 2 50 Silver and Copper 2 50 Gold, Silver and Copper 3 00 Platinum 5 00 Mercury 2 00 Iron or Manganese 2 00 Lime, Magnesium, Barium, Silica, Sulphur, each..,. 2 00 Bismuth, Tin, Cobalt, Nickel, Antimony, Zinc, and Arsenic, each 4 00 Coal (Fixed Carbon, Volatile Matter, Ash, and percentage of Coke, if Coking Coal) 0 Terms: '.Cash With Sample. June20tli. lfi!>5. FRANK DIOK, Anuaycr and Analyst WANTED \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdTeachers, Barristers, Physicians and others of similar training for high class soliciting. Will pay forty dollars weekly on domonstration of necessary abilitv. BRADLEY-G ARRETSON COMPANY, Limited TOHOKTO. Fifth Year. THE LEDttE, NEW. DENVER, B.C., MARCH 10, 1898. MAY. May wuz fifteen when 'er daddy Sent 'er to a city school, Tf we all rode to th' landm', Me upon the old grey mule. When the rest'ad 'ugged an'kissed 'er, I jert whispered. fierce an' low, \"Swar you'll stick to me forever,\" An'she sobbed, \"Forever, JJoe.\" In the lonesome time to follow, Life waru't wuth the livin' fer, An' there wasn't nothin' 'cepn' Jest to work an' think of 'er. Spec'I did some growin', maybe. Whilst.the days was draggin' by, 'N I know VI it when my breeches Got to era wlin' up so high. When they told ine she was finished, Gradiated, so they said, 'N was comln' iiome\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdjeminy I was sho' upon my head. 'N we all rode to th' landin'; Gee! But when I heard the boat All my knees wuz weak as water, An' my heart wuz in my throat. Then it stopped an' cross the gangway Come a flirty city miss, In 'er man's straw hat an' spenders, 'N men's cuffs around her waist. But I ken' on lookin', hopin', Could May disappoint us so. When the ladv stepped up, laughin' Sayin', \"Don t you know me, Joe ?\" Well, at home it warn't no better, All 'er clothes an' ways were strange, Yet I kuow'd 'twas May, an' couldn't Pint the reason of th' change. 'N I moved around in misery Till that cloudy summer day Bv the creek I burst out, \"Tell me. \"What's you (lone wid little May?\" \"Stay right here,\" sho kinder'panted, An1 a wonderin' thar I stood, Till I seen my sweetheart comin'. Comin' barefoot through the wood ; Cotton dress nn' pink siinbonnet, Hair a-stre.iiiilii', wild an' free, 'N she, whispered as I grabbed her, \"Now, do yon believe it's me V\" \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd Mary McNeil Scott. SOME UTE ELOOUENOE. you'll be sure to get the coveted seat at the head of the table near the old fashioned fireplace, labeled in brass tablet as Samuel Johnson's favorite corner. Here, on the straight-backed, hard wooden settee, in the sawdust and sand amid smoke and dirt and smell of cookery sat Johnson, with pipe and bowl holding- fortli to the clever g-entlemen of his day and association. Even the sight of the brass tablet and the big- grease spot on the wall that still bears the impress of his learned head do not inspire me as I ought to be inspired,- for 1 cannot appreciate this fad for dirty surroundingr. in which to eat. Perhaps Johnson had no better place to go in his time, but we certainly havej The cheese, however, is apparently typical of all of the historic inns of the older civilization, and one wonders why the exquisites and learned of that time should have preferred such environment to the elegant clubs and general decency of life. Was good wine, cookery and personal freedom known only to those public, hostelries\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd the tap l-oo'ni of the sanded Moor:'' Yet all English literature, from Shakspeare down to Dickens, reeks with the odor of the pot-house.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdPittsburg Dispatch. A STRONG DUNNING I.J5TTEK. 3? preens5 Fj-orP tfft W \/Wot^f Lode oF V\/rt gg Who is that military-looking chap ? That sir, is the hero\" of a rumored war. Reggy\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdMiss Guace, youali always in my mind, duteher know. Miss Grace\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdGoodness ! that is worse than living in a flat. Warriors and country men. We are congregated to-day in our new corral. The pale face has rounded us up once more and led us one notch nearer the setting sun. We are the courageous fragment of what was once the mighty Ute nation. Now we are cut out and herded on a new reservation like a bunch of Texas steers for the Chicago market. Warriors. I glory in your powers, your valor, 'your wild, untamed thirst for gore and \"rest; 1 see before ine the most ferocious band. of beefsteak destroyers that the world has ever seen. 1 an'i proud of your record. You weretofd by the white father at Washington to pack your shawl straps and move to the new' ranch in the far west, so that Colorado white bean cultivators could have the graves of our ancestors to raise corky radishes and water melons on. He told us that we might go to the new reservation and die of ennui if we chose, while the average Colorado granger dug up the bones oFour people regardless of expense. Then did you dig up the tomahawk and bury the pipe of peace ? Did j'ou brandish your meat axe and plunge it into the liver of vour pale face foe? Not that I remember of. Did you sound the war cry of the nation and warn the American people to stand back or you would jar tne entire national fabric? Not if my memory still continues to wag. You did not paralyze the pale face. You didn't walk over him and tramp him into the dirt very much. At least if you did! the facts have not been correctly brought to my notice. Instead of piling up a lot of ghastly fragments of busted Caucassians, you simply packed your night shirts and your tooth brushes and lit out for the new range. I gaze upon you with singular pride. The chunk of swelling pride that is at this moment agitating my igizzard and striving for utterance is fully as big as <-* cook stove. If I had a son seven years old who hadn't more nerve and more sand than this feeble relic of the Ute nation has to-day, I would take him out behind the straw pile and brain him with a boiled rutabaga. Do you call to mind the days when we used to go over into North part and surprise a convey of prospectors and scoot them up the\" golden stairs before breakfast? Have you forgotten the time when Ave stole enough grub to keep house and then sold our rations to the paleface for the latest style of firearms ? I don't think 1 have ever saw such a change. It breaks me up and saddens me. We are settled here now 500 miles from anvwhere and among total strangers. We'are at least MOO miles from telegraphic and whisky facilities,and in the midst of the Morm'an church. Our squaws may have crude and at times erroneous notions about the social relations, and they may hare been more or less extemporaneous and impromptu, as it were, in relation to the matter of marriage, still they have never fallen into the grovelling customs of the oleaginous Mormon. We mav have led a crooked and peculiar life in some respects, but we nave never been Mormons. As I said before, we have come here without a murmur. We just picked up the rosewood piano and the household collection of insects that had become attached to us, and moved like a lot of sore eyed emigrants. I see about mo warriors who might be powerful chiefs of a great nation, but instead of that vou stand around here with your shirt tails sticking through little rustic apertures in your overalls. Children of the forest, your race is nearly run. You will scatter a few pol- ished'soup bones and bacon rines over this reservation and then die. You >viJl probably die of gvnit. If some good, able-bodied pilgrim would make a drainage tube out of a length of gas pipe and tap the whole tribe, for laudable pus, he would win my undying esteem. I am done. You have heard me cackle. You have listened to my melodies toot. I will now dry up and simmer down.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdBill Nye. THE CHESHIRE CHEESE. The following was sent by a contemporary upon a'postal card to a delinquent subscriber : No draft yet \"What saitli the Scriptures?\"\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdRom. iv. 3 \"Time to\" receive ' monev.\"\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd Kings, V*, 20. , '-Promise to give money.\"\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdMark, xiv., 11. \"I called upon him, but there was no answer.\"\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdCant., v., 0. \"What wait 1 for ?\"= Psalms, xxxix,7. \"The money was not brought.\"\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd2 Kings, xviii*. 16. \"There was no voice, nor any that answered.\"\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd1 Kings, xviii., 177. \"Either he is talking, or he is persuing-, or he is on a journey.,.or'Peradventure, he sleepeth and must be awakened.\"\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd-! Kings, xviii., 27. \"We groan within ourselves, waiting.\"\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdRom. vii., 38. \"All 1113' days will I wait till my change come.\"\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdJob, xiv., 14. \ufffd\ufffd \"Have not read Scripture?\"\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdMark, xii:, 16 \"Now therefore send quicklv.\"\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdMark xii.. 16. \"Now therefore send quickly.\"\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd2 Sam. xvii., 16. This appeal brought the money. The FirstKailroail to the Arctic Sen. The first railroad running to a port on the Artie Sea is the continuation of the Vologda railway, in Russia, which is now finished to the port of Archangel on the southeastern corner of the White Sea, and at the mouth of the river Divina. This new line, which was opened some weeks ago, is nearly 400 miles in length. The Vologda-Archangel Railway passes for the most part through deserted or sparsely populated regions, or across \"tundras\" and marshes, which are sometimes 50 feet in depth. The whole nature of the country through which the new line passes was unfavorable to its construction. Marshes and patches of bog and swamp had to be filled in; the newly made embankments were continually giving away, and had again to be built up until the necessary stability had been obtained. Six iron bridges and numerous bridges of wood were required. The wooden bridges are built upon piles driven in some cases to a great depth beneath the surface. The new line is I of military as well as commercial importance, for it must play a leading part in the opening of the northern provinces of Russia. It will furnish an outlet, for instance for the deposits of petroleum which exist in Northern Russia, but have not been worked on account of the lack of transportation. A BEADY EXPLANATION. Tommy\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdA lighthouse is a sign of rocks isn't it, paw? Mr. Figg\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdIt depends on whether you are referring to the seashore or the drama. <%> Tommy, a_ed 4, had been taken with a slight attack of prevarication, and his father, wishing to impress upon his infantile mind the sin he had committed, related the story of George Washington and the cherry\" u-ee, concluding with the remark that little George was a good boy and never told a. lie. Tommy sat in deep thought for a few moments, and then said: '\"Say, pa, toodn't 'ittle George, talk?'' . come Canada. The charge was preferred by Mr. Harris Cohen, who had taken out a policy for \ufffd\ufffd1,200. If Mr. Cohen's premises had been burned, the polic}' was of questionable value, as the company had not a license for Canada. The Judge said it was a very serious case, but as the accused had apparently acted in good faith, he would reduce the fine. After this public warning, there will no longer be any excuse for this class of law-ireakers,\" and we shall expect the full penalty to be imposed. The Judge said 'it was a serious case.' It is certainly very serious for foreigners to be setting the law of Canada at defiance- It is also very serious for some of our citizens to be\" running the risk of being unable to collect their insurance in the event of a fire. The old saying, 'Penny wise and pound foolish,'\"applies with especial force to a man who, in order to save a feA\\r cents in the cost of his \/ire insurance, buys a policy which is absolutely worthless\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdexcept as an exhibit of foolishness and a warning to others.\" .' A Gru.l) Famine Threatened. CERTIFICATE OF IMPROVEMENTS Kaslo Mineral Claim. Rosebery The northern connecting point of the C. P. R. on Slocan Lake. Eosebery jHas the only [Slocan City.' safe harbor north of Situate in the Slogan Minins Division uf West Kootenay District. Where located: About one mile eas of Cody on the .\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdsouth fork of Carpenter Creek. TAKE NOTICE that 1, W. D. McKay, acting J as agent for D. _. Sprague, free miner's certificate No. 97.131 and John S. Parker, free miner's certificate No. 7773!\ufffd\ufffd, intend sixty days from the date hereof to apply to the Mining Be-. j corder for a certificare of improvements for the puriwse of obtaining a Crown grant of the above claim. And further take notice that action under see-, tion 37 must be commenced before the issuance of I It 13 at Rosebery where the beaUti- SUDa,ed'S |fol Slocan steamer ties up over night \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd I ancj where the employees can bring Oro Mineral Claim. fcheir fami]ies_ Eosebery Dick what Teacher\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdCome comes after ten? Dick\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdEight, nine, ten\ufffd\ufffd\ufffder\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdI dunno. Teacher\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdBobby, can you tell Dick what conies after ten ? Bobby\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdYes'm, jack, queen and king. \"Mamma, have I any children?\" asked little 5-year-old Ella upon her return home froni Sunday school. \"Why, no, iof course not? What put that idea into your head ?\" replied the surprised mother. \"Because,' answered the little lady, \"our lesson to-day was.about people's children and their children's children.\" \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\"^' \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd '\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd ' A clergyman was in his library one day preparing his sabbath discourse. He paused frequently to review what he had written and would often erase a word or sentence and substitute anther, and his 5-year-old son, who was watching him asked : \"Papa, does God tell .you what to preach?' \"Certainly, my son,\" was the reply. \"'Then why do you scratch it put?\" queried the littte observer. The recent blockade on the Kaslo and Slocan railway proves to have been a more serious affair than was generally thought. The line was practically tied up for some ten days, and the rotary snow plow broke dmvn, necessitating the use of the ordinary pick, and shovel to. clear the road of* the impediments caused by snow slides. Along the line a \"grub\" famine was threatened. At Whitewater there was nothing left. The Whitewater mine was forced to lay off 50 men on account of the shortage of supplies. The Charleston was on the point of closing while'at Bear Lake and McGuigan the situation was serious. Railway business in the mountain is not all that\" it is cracked Economist. Situated in the Sloenn Mining Division of-1 West Kootenay District. Where located: | About one mile east of Cody on the south) fork of Carpenter Creek * i 'PAKE NOTICE that I. \\V. D MeKav. acting I 1 as agent for D. E. Spratrue, free miner's cer j .ioatc No. 07.131. and John S. Parker, fvea miner's .certificate Xo. 77,73.1. intend sixty davs from the J date hereof to apply to the M ining Recorder for ;i | certificate of improvements, for the purpose of I obtaining a Crown grant of the above claim. j And further take notice, thai action under sec- tion 37. must be commenced before the issuance J of such certificate of improvements. i Dated this 13th day ol .January, 1898. j Alma No. ;i Mineral Claim. up to-be.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdNelson UJJWCENSKD INSURANCE COMPANIES. A Washington man is accustomed to using what he considers a very choice product of the distiller's art. His preference for the liquor in question has been approved by a number of connoisseurs in such matters, and he began to suspect that a colored man in his employ had added his indorsement in a manner tacit, but sincere. The compliment was a hi|jh one, for the colored man has long been employed in the culinary department, and he had a sense of smell and a keenness of taste which manyg gourment mightenvy. The demijohn which contained the liquor em- pied with such surprising rapidity that its proprietor concluded to adopt radical measures. In the absence of direct proof, he decided to try strategy. He allowed the demijohn to become empty, and, instead of filling it again, put the liquor in bottles in a cupboard and labelled them \"poison.\" The word was printed in heavy black letters, and a skull and crossbones were added, of a size calculated to make an impression on the most stolid. lie kept an eye on the cupboard, too, and one night, as he came home from the theater, he caught the colored servant just in the act. Seizing the bottle in mock terror, the employer exclaimed : \"Great heaven ! Do you know what you are doing? Don't you see that what the bottle contains is marked poison?\" The colored man held it off and looked at it. Then he smolled it, and, with a look of melancholy replied: \" 'Taint poison, suh. I's done been fooled ag'in'.\" \"How dared you tamper with it, whether you knew it was poison or not?\" \"Boss, it was dis-a-way. F'um de way you acted about dat demijohn in de cellar, I done thought yoh had yoh 'spisions ob me, an' it made me melancholy, for sho'. r now ter bottle!\" There has 'ong been complaint among Canadian lire insurance agents that bnsiness is being taken away from them by the representatives of American companies that are not licensed to do business in the Dominion. These companies have not made the deposit at Ottawa that is required by law, and yet they have men in Canada \"pilfering\" business, as one agent in Vancouver said yesterday. In the Kootenay this \"pilfering\" is\" marked. There is one American company especially that has no license to do business in the Dominion which is complained of. It has agents in Spokane, who go into the Kootenay7 and get good risks by quoting a lower rate than licensed companies. These agents are not local men, and, as they live in a foreign town, it is difficult to reach them throug-h the law. The Insurance and Finance Chronicle, of Montreal, referring to this matter in its last issue says: \"The open defiance of the law of Canada by a certain disreputable class of American fire insurance companies calls for imore severe measures being taken to suppress this evil. A case was recently heard by Judge Desnoyers, presiding- at the Special Sessions in this city, which will serve to make the law better known to the public. It is fully known to those companies, by whom the law of Canada is audaciously set at naught. The case was reported as follows : Wm Labrecque l was fined $25 and costs for delivering fire insurance policies of an unlicensed insurance company. It appears that Labrecque represented an American insurance company which had not made a deposit with the Canadian Government in order to be allowed to carry on such a business in Just received, a large consignment of Men's, Youth's and Boys'Ready Made Clothing. Prices compatible with the present financial depression. BOUUXE B.50S. Situate in the Slocan Minim? Division of West Kootenay District. Where located: About one mile east of Cody on the south fork of Cat-pan ter Creek. 'PAKE XOTICE that I. W. D. .McKay, acting 1 as agent for D. K. Sprague, Iree miner's certificate NO. .17531, and John S '.Parker, free miner's certificate Xc. 7773ft, intend sixty days from the date hereof to apply to the Mining Recorder for n. certificate of improvements for the purpose of obtaining' a Crown grant of the above claim. And further take notice that action under sec- . tion 37 must he commenced before the issuance of such certificate of improvements. ,.- Dated this 13th day of January, lf\ufffd\ufffd*S. Comiskny Mineral Claim.. Start from VANCOUVER Because 1. VANCOUVER is the best outfitting point on the Coast; goods considerably cheaper than in the United States. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd>. VANCOUVER is the nearestfport of departure to the Yukon District. 3. VAXCODVERis the terminus of the C. P. Railway, whose steamers will start from Vancouver this spring-. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdI.\" All north-bound steamers call nt VAX COUVER. . \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd , ,1. Direct steamers to Yukon ports have now commenced to run from VANCOUVER. U, VANCOUVER is the only Canadian port where passengers transfer direct from train to steamer. 7. KLONDIKE is in Canada. Outfit in VANCOUVER and save 30 per cent. Customs Duty. W. GODFREY, President. Board of Trade, Vancouver,\"B. C* Situate in the Slocan Mining: Division of West Kootenay District. Where located: On the Galena Farm, adjoining' the Peerless mineral claim op the north. ''PAKE XOTICE that I. Francis J. O'Reilly of 1, Silverton, B. C., as agent for the Galena Miiies Ld, (Foreign) Free Miner's Certificate Xo. 7-JU't A., intend, sixty days from the date hereof, to apply-to the Mining- Recorder for a certificate of improvements, for the purpose of obtaining a Crown grant of the above claim. And further take notice that action, under section 37, must be commenced before the issuance of such certificate of improvements. Dated this 1st day of February. 1898. * FRANCIS 7. O'REILLY. Humbnlt Mineral Claim. Eosebery Lots were put on the market June 28 and are selling fast. You cannot afford to wait if 3rou want a lot. They are going- up. Eosebery Men are now grading and clearing \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd: the townsite, and several buildings are about; to be erected. Eosebery Is destined to be the distributing centre for the Slocan. Eosebery Will become the great Concentrating City of the Slocan, having abundance of water and being easv of access to the Mining Centre. Watch this. Eosebery Terms, J cash; balance three and six months. For full particulars'apply to A. M. BEATTIE, G-eneral Agen SI.OCAN CITV TOWNSITE T-AKE NOTICE that Messrs. Suckling Brothers' X Agency has expired, and that no person other than the undersigned, has authority to make contracts, receive payments, etc. All communications and payments, with reference to the Townsite should be forwarded to the Trustee, who will sign all agreements and deeds. FRANK FLETCHER, Trustee. Situate in the Slocan Alining Division of West Kootenay district. Where located: On Four Mile Creek, an extension of the Vancouver No. 2. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\"PAKE XOTICE that I, F. S. Andrews, agent 1 for W. HA Hellyar.Free Miner's Certificate Xo. 4158 A, intend sixty days from the date hereof, to apply to the Mining Recorder for a certificate of improvements, for the purpose of obtaining a crown grant of the above claim. And further take notice that action under Sec. 37 must l)e commenced before the issuance of such certificate of improvements. Dated this oth dav of November. 1897. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd \" F. S. ANDREWS, Agent for W. H. Hellyar. Mammoth Mineral Claim. NOTICE. \"VTOTICE is hereby given that 9.) days after date ll I intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase the following parcel of land situated on the east side of Slocan Lake, Slocan Mining Division, West Kootenay District, commencing at the southwest post of A. M. Wilson's pre-emption, thence running north 40 chains, thence running west to the Nakusp & Slocan Railway right of way, thence running south along the line of the Nakusp & Slocan Railway right of way to the northwest corner of the townsite of Rosebery, thence east to the point of commencement, containing 80acres, more or less. Dated, Nov. 28th, 1887. A. M. BEATTIE. NOTICE. AS we will go out of business in the Windsor Restaurant on the 15th of April, all accounts due the firm must be paid at once. All the restaurant and hotel furniture will be offered for sale. JACOBSON & CO. New Denver, B.C., March 10,1898. 1 11 I 1 III 1 1 J 1 III ill 1 1 II IIMI 1 's been tryin' foh mos' two weeks commit suicide out'n dat dar ! The Famous Old-Time taurant. T.ondon Ren- Of course, everybody who does London g-oes to the famous Cheshire Cheese in First street for luncheon. It is one of the show places\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdan ancient tavern that has retained all its early characteristics, from the plain furniture of its stuffy, little crowded coffee room to the rough pewter mugs in which is served vour ale or \"bitter.\" If you are in luck Prospect Wasn't Pleasing. An aged citizen of a rural neighborhood who could never rid himself of chills and fever, but went shivering through the hottest days of summer, came at last to his deathbed. He did not seem particularly pleased as to the prospect of relief, and to comfort him his good wife said : \"John, you've been a-shakin' an' a shivering' all your life but you'll warm there.\" \"For the Lord's sake, Mary,\" said the shivering man, \"don't talk so. \"Which way does yer think I'm a-goin'?\" git Wtad RESTAURANT In NEW DENVER is always ready to do business. It has never closed its doors on account of the little financial breezes that blow adversely occasionally in the Silvery Slocan. The weary and hungry pilgrim has always been able to get his wants, and in consequence they call again when in town. Keep your eye on the Sunday dinners. JACOBSON & CO. Situate in the Slocan Mining Division of West Kootenay District. Where located: Adjoining the Mountain Chief, Carpenter Creek. 'PAKE NOTICE that I, Herbert T. Twigg, agent L for John A. Finch, Free Miner's Certificate No. 1674 A., Alfred W. McCune, Free Miner's Certificate No. 61727 and George W. Hughes, Free Miner's Certificate No. G-I975, intend sixty days from the date hereof, to apply to the Mining Recorder for a certificate of improvements, for the purpose of obtaining a Crown grant of the above claim. And further take notice that action, under section 37, must be commenced before the issuance of such certificate of improvements Dated this 13th day of January, 1898. HERBERT T. TWIGG. PACIFIC ^RAILWAY. The Quickest and Cheapest Route East or West. Steamer leaves Nakusp every morning, making close connection at Revelstoke with trains or all points East or TV est. Badger State Mineral Claim. Situated in the Slocan Mining Division of West Kootenay District. Where located: Near the town of Sandon. TAKE NOTICE That I, George Alexander, free miner's certificate No. 74000, intend 60 days from tbe date hereof to apply to the Mining Recorder for a Certificate of Improvements, for the purpose of obtaining a Crown grant of the above claim. And further take notice that action under section 37 must be commenced before the issuance of such Certificate of Improvements. Dated this 4th day of January. 1898. NOTICE PITTS BROS., of Silverton, Three Forks and Sondon, having assigned for the benefit of their credit ors, all accounts due the estate and not paid forthwith will be proceeded against in the courts fo \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd recovery of same. Signed\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd TOWARD CHAPMAN, Assignee. INTERNATIONAL NAVIGATION &TRADINGCO., LTD. ta On Kootenay Lake and R'ver. Time Card in Effect Oct. 1st. 1897. Daily Except Sunday. Subject to Change without notice Close connection at Five Mile' Point with all n.isse.'gei trains of theN. & F.S.R.R. to and from Northport, Rossland and Spokane. Thrjugh tickets sold at Lowest Rates anrl Baggage checked to all United States Points. Lv l.v . Kaslo for Nelson and way point*!. W5 \ufffd\ufffd.m Ar. Northport li:la p.m.: Rossland 3:40 p in.: Spokane, 6 p.m. . Nelson for Kaslo and way points, 4.45 p.m. Lv. Spokane 8 a.m ; Rossland, l\":-'0 a.m.; Northport. I:o0 a.m. .Before you travel get information from C.P.R. Agents as to time and rates. It will save you money Apply to nearest Railway Agent or to H. DOUGLAS, Agent. H. M. MacGregor, Trar. Pass Agt, Nelson, or to E. J. Coyle, Disk Pass. Agt, Vancouver, B. C. k BONNER'S KERRY A.M) KOOTENAY RIVER SERVICE. The Alberta awaits the arrival of tbe International before leaving for Bonner's Ferry. Lv. Kaslo. Sat.. I.IXI j). m; Ar. Boundary, Sun. midnight; Ai. Bonner's Ferry. Sun.. 10.30 a.m. Lv Bonner's Ferry. Sun., lp.m.: Ar. Boundary. Sun.. .*> p.m.: Ar. Kaslo, Sun.. 10 p.m. ' Close connecton at Bonner's Ferry with trains East bound, leaving Spokane 7.40 a.m., and West bound, arriving Spokane 7 p.m. The last trip this season on the Bonner's Ferry route will be on the 6th and 7th November after which date the Bonner's Ferry service will be discontinued. GEORGE ALKXANDER,Gen'l Mgr Head Office at Kaslo, B.C. Kaslo. B.C.. Oct. 1,1897 Kaslo&Slocan Ry TIME CARD Subject to change without notice Trains run on Pacific Standard Time. A.M. ,eave 8 On \" S 86 \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd !i .16 \" U al \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdin 03 \" 10 18 10 38 10 50 ROBT. IRVING, Traffic Mngr GEO Arr. Kaslo South Fork Sproule's ' Whitewater \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd' Bear Lake \" McGuigan ' Cody Junction \" Sandon Leave Arrive, 3 *\">0 3 15 \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdj. if. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd -J CO 1 4\ufffd\ufffd 1 33 1 12 1 OO P.M F. COPELAND, Siiix>rintendent For cheap railroad and steamship tickets tc and from all points, apply to S. CAMPBELL, Agent, Sandon. Nelson & Ft. Sheppard Red Mountain RAILWAYS The only all rail route without change fears between Nelson and Rossland nd Spokane and Rossland. Only Route to Trail Creek and Mineral District of the Colville Reservation, Nelson, Kaslo, Kootenay Lake and Slocan Points. Daily, Except Sunday. Leave. Arrive. 9:20 a.m. NELSON 5:35 p.m 11:45 \" ROSSLAND 2:55 \" 8:00 a. ra. SPOKANE 6:40 p. m Close connection with Steamers for Kaslo and all Kootenay lake points. Passengers for Kettle Kiver and Boundary Creek connect at Marcus with stage daily. \"Atlantic SteM Lines. From Montreal California, Allan Line Parisian, \" Carthaginian \" Labrador,Doniinion Line Vancouver. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd'' From New Y\ufffd\ufffdrk Umbrin.Cun.-ird. Line Etruria \" Campania, \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd' Majestic, White Star Line Teutonic '\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd St. Paul. American Line St. Louis, \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd State of Nebraska, Allan State Line Southwark, Red Star Line Xoordland. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd' Cabin *45, S5t), **60, 70 sSO and upwards. Intermediate .-^W and upwards. Steerage \ufffd\ufffd25..50 and upwards. Passengers Ticketed through to all (whits in Great Britain or Ireland, and at Specially low rates to all parts of the European Continent. Prepaid Passages arranged from all points. Apply to A. 0. McARTHUR, C.P.R. Agent Sandon. or WILLIAM STITT, General Agent, <:. P. R. Offices, Winnipeg COLUMBIA & WESTEM Ry SCHEDULE. Effective Nov, 2-i, 1897. WESTBOUNH. KASTBOUNI\"). I'.M. P.M. l'.M. l'.M. V.U. P.M. Xo.y No.3 No.l No.2 No.4 NTo.6 .'.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd15 9:00.... ROBSON ....8:00 2-.H0 .1:00 ..'.00 10:00 TRAIL 7:00 \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd:55 1:15 .1:1.1 11:15..ROSSLAND... 6:00 12:00m Nos. 1 and 2 connect with C.P.R. main line steamers, and trains to and from Nelson at Robson . Nos. 3 and 4 are local trains between Trail and Rossland. Nos. .1 and 6 are local trains between Trail and Robsoa. No. r, connects with train No. \\ from Rossland. All trains daily. K. P. GUTELIUS, Gen. Supt. THE LEDGE, NEW DENVER', B.C., MARCH 10, 1898. Fifth Year MINING RB0ORDS. j Messrs. Kneobone & Co., who leased j the Fidelity and have been pushing the ,.'-,. | work of drifting across the swamp to the The following is a complete list of the j mouutiun beyond, have thrown up the mining transactions recorded curing the j \\eilS(ij owing, to the difficulties experienc- week in the several mining divisions of a e(j jn'the work. The ore showing is as ABOl'N'D GUANO FORKS. the Slocan. aB follows :- Those of New Derive\" were ASSESSMENTS. Mahch 4\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdFawn, Mountain Uoy. Maw.'I! ,1.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdO K Fraction. TKAXSFEKS. March *\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd*.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdHell View No 2, Henry E Sharpe to Otto Breiiiner, Jan \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd>\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd:>. .rl,5('K\ufffd\ufffd. Sandon, Lone Star all interest. The Dominion Developing & Mining Co to The British Columbia Gold Trust. Jan 17. MARCH 7\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdOro 1\/ii, Kaslo 1\/0, Alma No i 1\/G. Mono Fraction 1\/0. J S Parke to DE Sprague, Feb li. Kewatis \\, Alfred Lemieux to Geo Raker. Feb 7. Joseph.., Little Ben.., Queen Ann J, Sir Frederick- J, Frank Jobson to Geo Baker, Oct 25. AINSWORTH DIVISION MXkch 1- Johnson * -OK, LOCATIONS. Joe Blanchard. C&S, Mike ASSESSMENTS. Feb 28\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdLast Chance. March l\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdIndication. 'rilANSFEltS. Feb 19\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdGlobe. D Graham to .1 McPhee. Agreement of C H Green to pay J McPhee $850 if he succeeds in disposing of Eureka, Yosemite, Homestake, Scottish Chief, Echo and Parrot claims for slS.OOO. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd m Agree 3 cut of J M McPhee to nay to E H Tom- linsoit S585 in event of disposal of Victoria, Globe, Eureka, Yosmite, Homestake, Echo, Scottish Chief and Parrot claims. Klondyke, WW Harris to Jennie Harris. Copper Star, D W Harris to same. Feb28\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdHewitta, Agnes and Lulu J, B F Shields to Mrs M L Martin, $1,200. Last Chance i, Angus Beaton to Andrew Thlsted. Power of attorney from Barbara H Kerr to Thos Harris. March 2\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdLast Chance J, Jacob Kelson to Andrew Thisted. .575. Total Wreck 1\/G, Wm Anderson to Frank Alstrom Grey Copper, Thos Harris for B H Kerr to Jennie Harris. March 3\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdHenrv Chas Fowler to H Williams, $500. m Hazel, declaration of H Williams, of Toronto, that he holds the above claim in trust for the subscribers until such time as a company is formed. March *i\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdHillhurst J, Ronald McLachlan to Alexander McFadden. Power of attorney from C Aspland to Alfred Stfl.ll)Grcr Ainsworth 1\/6, Jacob Kelson to Thos Hulsizer. Spokane Kaslo, Spokane Kaslo No 2, Acme and American all int (under Execution Act), Sheriff Robinson to H Giegrich. iniiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiniiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiinmiint^ 1 NEWS IN PLACE 1 Jacobson & Co. will close the Windsor Restaurant on and after April 15th. Cashier Beer of the Bank of Montreal iB spending a few days on the coast. The force on the Emily Edith has been increased to 30, with no Sunday work. Mrs. Hill, of Los Angeles, Cal., is visiting her brothers, the Messrs. Aylwin. Work on the Wakefield was renewed last Friday, and will be pushed as fast as possible. ,. J. C. Bolander is putting in a variety of fruit trees and berry bushes on his residence property. Wharton's sawmill is to be Irefftted with modern machinery and its capacity increased to 20,000 feet a day. A. W. Bowlby, formerly of Alvinston, Ontario, will hear of something- by writing to Box 20, New Denver. Palm a* Angrignon will turn on the electric light some night this week, A good service can now. be .depended upon. Patrick Gallagher has sold his outfit for .bridge and railroad building to the C.P.R* and contemplates leaving for the north. The face of the lower tunnel on the Ruth is full of ore. It was struck last Monday and is pleasant news for the owners. Pete. Linquist and -Danny McCuaig are doing work on the Woodstock, Black Eagle, Mayflower and Sabbath, all Ten Mile claims. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd Services will be held in the Methodist church next Sunday, as follows: Morning- at 11 and evening 7:15. Preacher Rl* N. Powell. Bourne Bros, have a larg-e stock of fresh butter. Their stock of provisions never pinches out, and is constantly being- added to. Divine service in the Presbyterian church on Sunday, March 13, at 11 a.m. and 7:15 p.m. All are invited to attend W. J. Booth, preacher. The Newmarket hotel will be reopened on the First of April by H. Stege and Thos. Avison, who have leased the building for a period of two years. J. A. Miller, of the firm of Miller & Jefferys, tinsmiths, arrived from New- Westminster this week, and will assist in the business of the firm here. Extensive preparations are beingmade by the Athletic Club to make the coming entertainment on St. Patrick's day a success. Bills are out and are circulated in all the neighboring towns. The Ottawa group, on Springer creek, owned by T. Mulvey and partners, has been bonded to nn eastern syndicate for a good figure. A force of men has been employed to develop the group. Miss .Mary McQueen, after a few mouths absence, has returned to Xew Denver and will take charge of the C. P. U. telegraph instrument here. Her many friends gladly welcome her return to New Denver. The Payne mine commenced loading ore on the C.P.R. over its new tram last week, and henceforth one-half of its output will go over that road, while the balance will lie shipped by the Kaslo & Slocan railway. Fire Warden Aylwin proving his premised on The ; house is b'-ing set street, the whale property will be fenced and a trrent windy of fruit trees, berry bushes, tui'i Mowers nlantc-d. good us usual and it is probable the owners will continue the work. Policeman Mountain, who has been identified with the Slocan since its inception as a mining-'section, has been appointed chief constable for the Koot- enays tinder Inspector Hussey. Policeman Jarvis, for many years on the Mounted Police force in the Territories, will take his place at Three Forks. Win. Tomlinson, who has been taking a few lessons at the School of Mines in Kingston this winter, will return to New Denver about the end of March. Billy, who is one of the Slocan's best friends has allowed his hair to grow lengthy since he went east, and he now resembles very much a Professor in any of the arts. A yietition praying for a protective tariff on lead is in thehandsiof Messrs. Rashdall & Fauquier, and is at their office, where it can be seen by all miners who desire to sign the same. This is a matter that should receive the attention of every man of the Slocan, and ought to be signed by everyone having the interests of the section at heart. Messrs. Colter, Ash and Brown left New Denver Monday morning for Edmonton, en route for Peace river coun- trv. They will be followed by Messrs. Kirkwood and Gibbs who leave next Monday. The party will explore country that has not been touched or thought of in the wild Klondike stampede, and all expect to return to civilization in the fall iwith well filled sacks of the dust that glitters. Since the matter has been more liberally considered the general expression of opinion in New Denver is that the celebration proposed for May 24th ought to be called off to allow Silverton to do the right thing. It is .now proposed that New Denver assist in every way possible to make the Silverton celebration a thorough success. This is in consideration of the fact that Silverton has ever been so liberal in its patronage of any event held in New Denver. It is suggested that the celebration be held here on the First of July. Four men have been added to the force at the Excelsior, making altogether 15 men at work on that property. They are stoping, sorting ore, searching for new ore bodies and prospecting the group in a thorough manner. They expect shortly to make two car load shipments, one composed of high grade and the other lower grade ore. A recent assay of average rock taken from the upraise showed 277 ounces silver and $39 gold; a second gave 155 ounces silver and $18 gold, and'a third went 150 ounces silver and $16 gold. A petition is in- circulation and is liberally signed, asking the minister of education to authorize the increasing of the salary of the school teacher in New Denver to $65 per month. Heretofore the salary has been $50 per month, which is entirely too small for the number of children in attendance at the school. Mr. Strickland, who has so successfully taught the school the past few months, contemplates leaving and it is the desire of the school board and patrons to offer this special inducement to secure his services. The petition will probably be favorably considered and Mr. Strickland persuaded to continue in the good work here. Monday an election was held in New Denver, and it was a lively affair. True, it was only for fire wardens, but the interest was quite as great as if the offices to be filled were those of big salary and long pull. Six candidates were placed in the field and 65 votes were cast. In \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdprevious years it has been difficult to get 10 men out to vote, and considerable pressure had to be brought to bear on three citizens to persuade them to stand as candidates. The candidates nominated on Monday, and the votes received were as follows: IT. T. Brag- don, 45; C. W. Aylwin, 44; J. Millward, 28; Amos Thompson, 27; T. HA Hoben, 127; H. Clever, 15. Messrs. Bragdon, I Aylwin and Millward receiving the highest number of votes, were declared elected for the ensuing vear. A>* AMERICAN'S VIEW. Canada Justified in Prohibiting Alienes From Locating Claims. S.nidou has ing o!' Mi'ns \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdlit a delegation coiisist- -.rs. Harris. < 'riuiiuett. Christie. Hunter and Mayor Atherton to Victoria lo interview the legislature regarding Sandon's wa'.ts. It would be' profitable, for New 'DtMivcr to do likewise. A well attended and successful missionary meeting was held in the Methodist church last Tuesday evening. The Rev. J. Woodsworth, Superintendent of Methodist Missions in British Columbia and the Xorth-'AAst T-.-rrilories. was .the ureal attnici inti. The choir and New Denver orAi-iA.. ;i lendere-! spi-ria! music. Wm. H. Heath, who returned from the'frozen north by the steamship Cleveland, reports that the steamer had a veryr rough time of it on her trip. More than two days were lost in snow storms, and on Thursday at Seymour narrows, the vessel for an hour and a half was almost stationary trying to make headway against the tremendous tide. Indeed, Mr. Heath states that the steamer was gradually being carried back little by little towards the rocks by the tide until it was decided to turn her round and wait until the tide changed. Mr. Heath predicts some terrible disaster yet owing to the fact that all sorts and conditions of vessels are going up from the United States ports, some of which are utterly unfitted for standing the least rough weather. \"It looks,\" he said, -l'as if any who chose to attach a tow of wash tubs to a tug could get them all filled with passengers, so eager are people to try their luck after gold.\" However a little experience of the trail has had the effect of curing-the gold fever in a great many instances, for on the Cleveland alone were 40 men who had sold their outfits for what they could get and abandoned all idea of i getting over the trail, owing to the is greatly im- j enormous number of people, who were Slocan Avenue. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd trying to get through. There is a great back from the ' deal of sickness at Skagway, Mr. Heath reports, and numerous deaths, for on the same, night that younii' Grant died there were, eight deaths reported, one of these only a few tents away from Heath's camp. The trouble is that men who do not understand cold weather go there, with an enormous amount of warm clothing, and when toiling along the trail the. exertion causes chein to prcspire so freely that when they stop to rest a chill sets in and sickness results. Though tin American, Mr. Heath says that the unneighborly. restrictions whicli the United States have put in force, should be met by Canada's simply refusing to allow aliens to take up mininir claims until the Americans come to terms and give Canada fair treatment. The Mcintosh syndicate have secured options on several well-known North Fork properties. Jacob Paulsen and'others have crosscut the lead on the Old Faithful which lies near the Surprise on Lone Ranch creek on the Reservation. The English syndicate, which had an option on the Grand Forks townsite holdings in this city which expired on Feb. 2tid. have paid SI,000 for an extension of time until March 5th. A representative of the company was expected to be in Rossland on the 24th inst. A big strike is reported on the Jeannie May claim up the North Fork. It appears that last week a vein of quartz carrying stringers of gold was struck at the bottom of the GO-foot shaft on this property. The Jeannie May is one of a group of three claims owned by John Joyeaux and the Shannon Bros. J. F. Hemenway, manager of the Old Ironside mine in Greenwood camp, reports everything running smoothly at the Old Ironside, and the result of the crosscut which was commenced some- time.since is proving very satisfactory, having struck the ore chute again which they have been out of for some time. The lead is five feet across and covers the entire breast of the crosscut. ALMOST A KIIXION. Collector of Customs Johnstone reports the following exports and imports in the Nelson district for the month of February. The exports are not up to the million and a third mark of January, but it is claimed that they would have equalled that sum were it not for the blockade occasioned by snow on the Kaslo-Slocan railway, which prevented the marketing of considerable ore: Exports\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdThe mine, ore 8,001 tons, $370,925; matte, 667 tons, $578,213; total, $949,138. Animals and other produce, $310; manufactures, $6,558; total exports, $956,006. Exports from the mines were divided as follows: Gold, $489,450; copper, $109,879; lead. $65,531; silver, $284,278; total, $949,138. Imports\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdDutiable goods, $60,635; free goods, $4,751; total, :?65,386. Duty collected, $17,422.41. The duty was collected at the following .places: Nelson, $7,317.77; . Rossland, $5,191.39; Kaslo, \ufffd\ufffd3,161.38; Trail, $891.89; Nakusp, $430.52; Waneta, $412.91; Sheep Creek, $16.55. Go to Bourne Bros, for fresh butter, eggs, ham, bacon and fish of all kind. A Word to the Wise. PIMPLES arc-a sure siffn that the blood is in an impoverished and unhealthy condition and are, as it were, a danger signal showing- trouble ahead. When PIMPLES appear it is hig-h time to start on a thorough renovation of the system, otherwise worse may he expected. When the locomotive engineer sees the red light in front of him he immediately shuts off steam: so you, when PIMPLES begin to appear, should immediately call a halt and remedy matters. As-a pimple eradicator and a general blood purifier there is no medicine known as efficacious as FAX'S SARSAPARILLA. Tt is never known to fail. Try it and you will not be \"Seein' things at night.\" C..F. NELSON, Druggist. Asrenl. for Canada. New Denver. Increase Your Business and Make Money Full Prices. Correct Selection HANDLING Ropes and Tags Furnished Free -HidesyPelts^Wool, TALLOW, GINSENG, SENECA. J Write ^r Circular giving Latest Market Prices IMMEDIATE REMITTANCES. NO COMMISSION CH ARGED 200-212 FIRST AVE. NORTH. jas. McMillan & co.,Ine. min^ea^olis^minn! That they will send no more to the T. Eaton Co for Dry Goods and Furnishings; as the goods cost much more when landed in New Denver; besides, they are often old and shelf- worn and they seldom get: what they order. But\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd , Different Here Our Roods are new and of the best quality, the patterns are of the latest designs, and, above all, Our Prices are Right. N. B\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdWe are offering a fine line of Ladies' Jackets. Boys' and Men's Overcoats and Pea- Jack'ets. below anything ever before offered in the Slocan. Call and examine our goods and satis! y yourselves, McLachlan & McKay, New Denver. Tu 9 Hi B Has an Immense Stock, of ...... RE^DY-IVIADE BOOTS & SHOES No necessity for freezitiff to death if you have a few dollars to invest in this kind of stock. Call in. The prices will astonish you. Goods called for & Delivered AUNDRY We are now in a position to give thoroughly satisfactory service and solicit your patronage. We make a specialty of the finer lines of Cambrics and Linens, etc. All business cash on delivery. Work Done on Short Notice. C. M. NESBITT, Prop. ,*\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd'\"rRates furnished Hotels, Steamboat Companies, etc, on application. El Dorada Ave. AGENTS.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd -'NVnman'' is the title of our great new book. Discusses all -phases f one per cent;, on real property. Three per cent, on the assessed value of wild land. Three-fourths of one per cent, on personal prop- arty, di so much of the income ol any person as exceeds one thousand dollars, the loilowuig rates, namely: Upon such excess when the same is not more than ten thousand dollars, one and one-quarter of one per cent.; when such excess is over ten thousand dollars and bass than twentv thousand dollars, one and i me-half of one'per cent.: when such excess is over twenty thousand dollars, one and tliree-quartcrs'of one percent. Provincial Revenue Tax, S3.(K. per capita JOHN KEEN, Assessor and Collector. Kaslo, Veb. Mh.lKiis. WANTED \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdFanner'? sons or oilier iuilu-tri- ous persons of fair education to whom *\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd',!> a month would be an-ii.idueemciit. ..I could also en \"aw a few ladies at their own homes. \" \" T. H. LINSCOTT. TulP.iXTO. Port of Nakusp. THOS. ABRIEL CUSTOflS BROKER, Real Estate, Mines & Insurance. Nakusp, B. C. J.R.&D.GaraeroR Formerly-of Winnipeg. Furnish Clothing* \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd: in the:\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd - Latest Style \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd: of the :\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd Tailofs ftt*t. SANDON, B. (J itch & Co. WHOLESALE GROCERS Agents for B. C. Sugar Refinery and Royal City Planing Mills.\" Dealers in Hardware, Tin and Graniteware Miners'Supplies, Paints, Oils, Glass and Patty, Doors tt Windows. SLOGAN CITY, B.C. ilverton rug Drugs and Stationery, Toilet Articles, Sundries, Trail Blazer Cigars. R.O Matheson, Proprietor, Silverton, 431ili\/Clll NEW DENVER, B.C. Offered to the public of New Denver are to be found in the Colnmbia House Warm, quiet, and hard-tinished throughout. Board by the day, week or month, Xo.Uar in connection. Sixth St., Xew Denver. X. C. DING MAX. An office of the Slocan Hospital has been opened at Sandon under the medical superintendence of DR. P. H. POWERS. Subscribers on presentation of their orders or tickets at the Sandon office will receive medical or surgical treatment and the necessary medicines free of charge. All serious cases will be admitted to the Hospital for treatment. Miners in regular employ, subscribing through their payroll, can secure all the privileges of theabove. For further information apply to\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd J. E. Brouse, M.D., New Denver, B.C. ASLO MOTEL Family & Commercial. Large And Comfortable AMOS THOMl'SOX, W. D. MITCHELL Manager. Secretary. r. b. Thompson, .Notary Public. Tl011IIS01,I(;llBlltTll01Il5S011 XEW DENVER, B.C. Mines and Mining Properties for sale. Abstracts, &c. Correspondence solicited. Agents Cor Phcenix Insurance Co. of London, Eng. j^: Rooms Fitted with every modern convenience. Special protection against fire. Rates $2.50 and $3- per day. COCKLE & PAPWORTH, Proprietors. The Nakusp, Im a comfortable hotel for travellers to stop at. 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