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Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary such as the list of Internet Media Types [MIME]."}],"FullText":[{"label":"Full Text","value":" . \u25a0*:\u25a0\u25a0: i\u00bb##*f*\n1: Subscribe for your ;;;\nI NEWSPAPERS\n*,* MAGAZINES |\n$ ATCANN'S BOOKSTORE. $\n* *\n\u25a0m-k-s ;**\u25a0?\u25a0*; \u25a0-*:\u25a0\u25a0':* .\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0^\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0.\u25a0\u25a0so'S'Ss'X'v*;;\n. \u25a0: .-.\u25a0:\u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0: .\ni\n,*\u25a0 THE PROSPECTOR CON- v\ni TAINS ALL PUBLIC NO-\n:\u25a0\n* TICES AND CIVES THE *\n* LATEST TELEGRAPHIC \u25a0;\n\u25a0'\u25a0 AND LOCAL NEWS,\n* v\n<-.:.-:\u25a0< ,\u25a0\u2022'\u25a0\u25a0.\u25a0;\u25a0\u25a0.\u25a0,\u25a0\u25a0::\u25a0\/;,\u25a0\u25a0:. :\u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u2022\u2022\u25a0;,:\u25a0.\u2022:-;:\u25a0-\u25a0\nVo7. 4.\nPORT STEELE, li. C. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5,1898.\nNow AdvertiBeiuonta To-day.\nNo 6.\nKiiiiiieiiin House. Moylo City\nTEN PERTINENT IlEASONS.\nIthe dislrict ns u producer and\nshipper nf nres.\nThe owners of the Dibble will\ncommence work at un curly duy\nund have nre ready for shipment\njus soon I Iruiispni'liilion is af-\nIhat Will Contribute to the Prosper- forded, The North Star hns\nity of Fort Stoolo. 8,000 Ions nl the landing und cun\nI. Port Steele is lhe head of furnish more than 100 tons per\nnavigation on the Koolenuy;day. The Sl, Eugene has Ify\nliiver. (IIIII tons nn lhe dump awaiting\nIE Port Steele will have rail- shipment,\nway communication as tho Crow's Withina radiusof 12 miles nf\nNest Railway is completed. jForl Steele thero ure at least\n8. fni'l Steele is the cniiiniei'- seven cluims that will become\ncial center of the district. j shippers during the coming sum-\n\u25a0I. Port Steele bus more mines ; mer.\nn its vicinity than any other j Port Steele is the most central\ntown in the district, i point in Eust Kootonay, the head\n5. Wild Horse Creek aud its of navigation on Kootenay River\ntributaries linve mines enough to and will have railway communi-\nmake Porl Steele a large und eationass l as the road rencli-\nllourishing cily. j,,s this point, uni! the outlook ns\nIE Wusu. Lewis, Sheep, Mans, j* now stands would indicate that\nSix-Mile, Pour-Mile and Lost wild Horse Creek and Lost\nCreeks ure all tributary to Porl Creek would have the honor of\nSleele.\n7. Port Steele has thu (Inv\neminent otliccs.\n,-\\ The County Court will si\nal Porl Sleele iliis veal*.\nll. All roads and truils centei\nat Port Sleele.\n10. The only large and le\ntownsite in lhe district is ul F\nSleele.\nFOBT STEELE DISTRICT.\nmaking tlie Brsl\nnre nver the Crnw';\nway.\nNEOSIIA ni;\nhipments of\nXest Rail-\nHming News From All Ov-ji* tlie\nDistrict Development Work Being* Done New Strikes Prediction of General Prosperity for Fort\nSteele.\nll is a sale prediction thai a\nlarge share of the prosperity of\ntho Province will fall to the Fori\nSieeie District, for ii is yel in its\ninfancy of mining develop! it.\nIn IHIIti, 800 mining claims were\n\u25a0)V,'.\nThis property is situated near\n>' the head of Wallinger Creek ami\nis on the same contact as the\n1 Coronado und Dodo groups. The\n\u25a0 development work consists of a\ntunnel which is in 80 feet. The\nlend cl lhis point has a width\nof I\" feet, Aboul 110 feel of the\nlead is uncovered by an open cut\nund uo fool ,,,u!l has been encountered. The assay returns\ngive KI ozs, in silver and \u25a0SE in\nand since Ihal lime has heen developed to considerable extent,\nThe worlt consists of u tunnel\nwhich Is in Iin feet und n shufl\ndown .'111 I'eel. The ore is a free\nmilling quartz und the owners\nhuve some 400 Ions oil Ihe dump.\nThree leads run through lhis\ncluim for the entire distance of\n1,500 feel and can be traced\nthrough the adjoining claims.\nAssay returns give an average of\n$18 in gold to tho ton,\nThe Old Abe is an extension of\nthe Dream on the soutli, and hns\na similar showing on tlm surface.\nA tunnel is in 20 feet and several\nopen cuts have been mado, all of\nwhich ure in ore.\nBeuclor is an extension on the\nnorth. On lhis cluim a shafl has\nbeen sunl; 80 feet, with a good\nshowing of ore.\nParker is on the same lead as\nthe Dream ami has a 30-foot\nledgo thai runs across the claim\nit right angles to the dream\nvein.\nBluebird is the second\nsion Iii the sou\nDream vein Lhroi\nNino is nn the\nthai crosses tho\nCAPITAL AND INVESTORS.\nBest Evidence oi' the Stability of the\nFort Steole District.\nclaims give promise of producing\nmines ni an early date. The\nNorth Star Compauy have a\nThe mines of British Columbia Ishttfl dtwn \"\" ,Ih' Midnight, and\nure now attracting attention of ')V'\"'\\^ lUhnl there is con-\nmining men from all purls of the\nworld, men who would not be attracted were It not true that\nthere is mineral wealth hidden\nin the mountains. This hns been\ndemonstrated by the wonderful\ndevelopment which bus been going on in the Kootenays and\nother districts of British Columbia during the pusi two years\nsiderablo good nre in the bottom\nof lhe shaft. We learn llial\nwork will be commenced on lhe\nLucky Star group about tho Isl\nof February. On the Easl Pork\nof Wild Horse Creek ill least\nthroe groups, numbering 12 or\nll claims, will be extensively\nworked, which will give employment to a large number of men,\nCHUKCH OF ENGLAND.\nbers in Fort Stoele.\n^^ 'Alen\nin*l has lhi\n'lie claim, i\n'ill-fool vein\nWhen capital enters a couutry1\nund the conditions arc I reprc- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^_\nsenleil, il i.s safe to say il is I here j Proceedings of a_ Meeting of Mom-\nfnr investment, if not driven\naway by fabulous prices for undeveloped prospects. The mil\ning investors of today are nol i\nbeguiled, Their agents are all\nover the world, and experts of\ngreat reputation report on mines\nfor Ihi'in. These experts in\nmany instances appear in a camp\nunheralded and unknown, and\nreports have gone back to their\n| principles before the people arc\nwiire who has been wiiil Ihem.\nMoro Klondyke Trouble.\n,S|,e,-i;,l despatch lo TUK l'lt*'si*K,-l,,iM\nMacleod Feb, llrd Major\nSteele nf llie .\\E WE Mnllliled\nPolice, lofl Ma,*],*,,il ai IE hours\nnotice for the Klondyke, ll is\nstaled Ihal there is trouble witli\nthe Americans in regard to\nduties over the Dyeii strip. The\nMounted Police have instructions lo hold themselves in read\nitiess to move ai once,\nWiigon Itoiul First, Then n P.nilwny.\n(Spocliil ,i,s|\u201eu,-i, to Tub Phosi'Kctoiij\nThe contract for building a\nwagon road ami I hen a railway\nfrom Telegraph creek to Toslin\nLake, leading from the head\nwaters of the Stickeen to Daw-\nThe meeting opened with Mr. son City, has been signod by\nTl\n'nrkei\nnul has a goods\nin the surface,\nAnnie is an e\nivest, imi where\n>n the surfiii u\nn \\\\ ho have been sent to\n\"\"jliie Port Steelo district have\nr ciuartz mu(le pavoI.al)le rep01.ts 0f the\nI mineral wealth of the country,\nmil many investments have been\n(!!'l\"-' made during the past year.\nboul two\n'11SI01I on the\ngold.\nBUKTON A.S'I) WYXSTAV.\nSituate in the main range of\ni'n\" Rookie;. on the easl side of\nthe valley aboul three miles\n iii'rlh from where llie idle Kiver\nlocated in the district, ami in leaves the mountains and about\n18'J\" nearly 1,200 claims were re- one mile from the Crow's Nest\ncorded, Not a tithe of ihe min- Railway, are the claims known\nera] wealth lias been either iii- as the Wynstay and Burton\nrated or developed\nOld Baldy, on lhe west, lias a\ngood showing of gold quartz.\nNorn is llu* extension of the!\nI Dream to tho woi t.\nWe learn llial several of liie.se\nproperties will be worked this\n|summer, and it is said thai a mill\nwill be placed on the Dream\npn,p,*r:,t.\nSEW STRIKE,\nA n,*w strike of coppor ore has\nTho\nthat tl\n'\".ie ig year\ni owners of\nshow\nli. L T. Galbraith, Received\n: Lay Reader, in the chair.\nAfler initial statement by the\nI chairman . Messrs. T. McVittie\ninul Wallinger were confirmed\nus church wardens, and Messrs.\nEdwards and Tulloch nominated\nas sidesmen.\nTin* finances were next gone\ninto ami the ways and means of\nsupport and maintenance being\nfully discussed. It was decided\nthul the small outstanding debl\nof 880 should be liquidated by\nsubscription, some $40 being\npromised ul once, tho ladies undertaking to colled the balance,\nIt was proposed ami untini-\nMcK'eiizie and Mann. The road\nwill he started from a point near\n(lleiiorii ami run to Toslin Lake,\nnver a country not difficult for\nrailway construction, The distance is 120 miles. The l Email\ninn Governmenl has agreed to\ngive\nmile\nroad i\nloo\nis a\nnusl\nacres\nsubsidy.\nhe com\nhe rail\nluiul per\nThe wagon\neied in 80\nIV\ni r next\nD. 1). Mann has\n,,* Stickeen I'iv, r to\nthe situnliou, Tom\nWhile will lie chief of construct-\nlion on llu* new road,\ngone\nlook\nhav\nprospects\nof the ueai\nt row's Nesl\ndevoted\nmines und mously agreed to that the parish\nCol.\nPlacer Leo \u25a0\u25a0 Bo id d\nGeorge Dohorty, un old\nshould bo named afler St.' John j l,l!1,,,,r n\"m]' of ,llis dislrict.\nlalceu advantage ^^^^^^\nRailway, ami have The formation of a Ladies'\nmost of their time to I Guild was nexl pro ded with\nappri\nxties, lia> bonded u\nBrewery creel; pine-\n\" T. CE Procter of\nThe lead is well defined and from\nthree to live feet in width, currying malachite, ehulcacite and\n\u25a0upper pyrites with iron oxide\nThe year\n181)8 now comes forward with\nbright promises for the ful ure.\nDevelopment work is beiny rap-\t\nidly pushed on tt large number of and carbonates on both wc\ncluims. tt is the determination An average assay gives *-l iu\nof mine owners, as soon as trans- gold, 8 OZS. ill silver, and 37 per\nportation is afforded, to have nn cent copper. The mine is of easy\niibiindiiiico of ore ready for ship-1 access, being only three-quarters\n tne ,i,ni(\t\nI ii niailf mi the Peacock group coming investor will lind thai\nthe opening up of their prospects,\nhence the coining of capital and\ninvestors will assure ihese owners and prospectors thai their\nlabor has not been in vain. The\nholies of iiie people of the di\ntricl an*\nthei*\nthe\n2nd,\nami discussed, but a fi\nmeeting being uecossarj\nevening of Wednesday, Feb\nwas chosen.\nMr, Galbraith then announced\nhis gii'l to tin* parish of thepres\nsince I\nhalf-mile i\ner ground\nNelson,\nThere!\nihal gold in paying quantitii\nwill bo found ou Brewery croe\n:,,-; soon us bed roi li '\u25a0\u25a0 t '.ichei\nhalls are mnv down in Severn\nim it,ml\nan\nlind\nment. A large number of settlers ure coining into the district\nseeking homes. There is u large\nurea of land in the Kootenay vol-\nley thul muy easily be converted , it i.s reported thut the companj\ninto fruitful fields and pastures will cominonco operations early\nfor cuttle. And he would not be j in the spring.\na too sanguine prophet who, tuk- j shakespeahe claim,\nof a mile up the mountain from\nthe valley. These cluims have\nrecently been bonded to a syndicate for the sum of $15,000, and\ning into view nil the progressive\nThis cluim i.s situated on Perry\nforces in operation m this dis-.,, , ,, ,, , ,\"\n,' ,. ,, , ; ( reek and has several large leads\ntrict, should estimate its probu- ., , ., , ,,\n. ' thut run through Ihe property,\nbe population at least four or ,, . .,.,,. . .,\n'. ' . . . , It is the intention of the owners\nfive times as large as it. is at the\npresent time.\nPort Steele, being a milling, ... . ,, ,,\n, . . , \u201e i proposition and considerable\ncitv, must derive itsgrowlh Irom . . . , , ,\n,'* , ,\u00b0 . velnpinenl work hns been done,\nthe development ol the vast nun-, . ,, , . .,, , ,\n1 . ,.,,,. 'A thorough test will be made ol\nera] resources immediately ndin- ,, ., .,, .\n, ,, . \u201e the ore, as a prospecting mill Is\ncent to it, and llie securing of, ., ,\n., ... , . ' on tlie property,\nthe requisite moans of Iriinspor- j\nlation of mining machinery to1 LIKE CHEEK,\nthe mines and of ores to a\nto work lhe large 80-foot lead\nthis summer, ll is n free gold\nde-\nmarket. This can be done\nthrough the development of the\nWild Horse Creek properties,\nalso Tracy, Lewis, Lost and\nMans Creek claims. We have already the outline of an excellent\nthoroughfare. We have steamboat connection during the slimmer months, and the Crow's Nest\nKailway will be completed to\nlhis point within a short tune.\nWild Horse Creek has several\nLate last fall the Carbonate\nand Robin claims wero discovered on Luke Creek, a four-foot\nlead of galena assaying -to ozs,\nin silver and 11 per cent lead.\nWork on the property has developed the fact that as depth is\nobtained the formation changes,\nConsiderable quartz is now encountered carrying copper and\ngold, which assays $18 in gold to\nthe ton.\nm'ckay ohoup.\noi' mines. These claims are situate on ilihlile (.'reek and tho\ngroup consists of live cluims.\nThey are owned by VV. A. Wells\nand .lohn Parnsworth. Mr.\nFurnsworth returned from the\nclaims last Tuesday witli some\ntine specimens of copper ore\nwhicli assayed $18 in gold and 22\nper cent copper.\nMOYIE PLACER MINKS.\nThis proporty, which is situated on Nigger Creek, is considered one of the most valuable\nplacer grounds in the district.\nLust yeur tlie ground was prospected to a great extent and rich\ngravel was found that justified\nthe forming of a company, which\nis known as the Moyio Placer\nMiniug Co., Ltd. The capital\nstock of the company is $100,-\niioii. Last season 10,000 shares\nwere sold for 12 cents and the\nmoney received wus used in prospecting lhe ground. A block of\n25,000 shnres has been sold ul 85\ncenls, which will be used to\nequip the mine with machinery\nnecessary for hydraulic mining.\nQuartz mining, also, will be\npushed us rapidly as possible.\nThe Coronado, Dodo, Cornucopia, Bald Mountain, Dardenelles,\nTop Hand, Jack Pot, Empress\nand many otlier properties will\nbe developed, a force of men being on the first three of the above\n\"ist of claims ut this time. Over\nJim feet of tunnel bus been run\nduring the past Iwo months, Tlu\ndevelopment of these claims wi\nminos in this district are rapidly\nbeing put in a condition to show\nthe exact value in mineral\nwealth.\nid the lent building and two lots in a plncus to a dojith \u00abf ^-1 feet, and\nE...:...i i ^^^ no heil nnii. lhe gravel al this\nliepih pans ,iiuiiii ii cents in th,*\npun. There has boon aboul three\nsuitable location,\nii reservation of\nfor tho iiiiriios,\nam ^^^^\nwo moro lol\nof buildin\nWILD HORSE CREEK.\nOoranado, Doelo, and Cornucopia\nGroups ou the East Fork.\nOu the Coranado the tunnel is\nnow in 22 feel, and lhe showing\nof grey Copper is much better\nIhan was found nn the surface.\nThe owners intend to fully develop this property this summer.\nOu the Dodo group u kvge\nmachinery plant will be placed\nus soon as possible. The owners\nure now in tho oast purchasing\nair compressors and other machinery necessary to the successful development of the property.\nTho Colassal tunnel is now in\nMO feet and it is reported that\nthere is a good showing of grey\ncopper in llie face of the tunnel,\nWork will be continued on this\nproperty until the main lead is\nencountered.\nA Year of Promise.\nThis promises to lie u great\nyear in the Fort Steele District\nin the active search for the yellow metal, as well as the output\nof gal'\"ia, copper and other met-\n\u25a0ils, Lia ,he Indications are that\nit will not be long before Ibis district will give West Kootenay\nand the other producing districts\nof the Province a lively race for\nsuprcmiii'y.\nTlie silver-load camps of the\nmiles of the crook located sine,\n WmW,\nColl\nanother church when necessarj\nand also a rectory. This gift is I1,1'0 discovery of\nof immense value to lho parish\nand elicited great enthusiasm.\nThe meeting was a great success, the following ladies and\ngentlemen being presenl:\nMesdames Armstrong, Bleasdell, Edwards, Huckle, Levett,\nNelson, Smith und Wallinger.\nMisses Bailey and Watson,\nMessrs. Armstrong, Bleasdell,\nEdwards, Galbraith, Tulloch and\nWallinger.\nMaroh of Progress.\ni (wing to the increase in their\nbusiness, Carlin & Durick are\nobliged lo enlarge their presenl\nstore building over I11 feel in\nlength. The contract has been\nlet tn Messrs. Grassiek * Doinp-\nsey, and construction will commence immediately,\nproperties under the various \u201e \u201e ,. ,, , ,\n, ,, , i ..I Donald McKay on Monday las\nstages ol development awaiting . \u00ab , \u25a0 ,, , . ,\n,, , , , ,, ., h started Inr Lows Crook wtha\nthe advent ol the railwuy us a , .. , .,, \"\n,. , . , . i number ol i i who wi run a\nmoans ol supplying machinery ,,\u201e,,\u25a0 . . ,,,.,,\n, i \" 00-foot tunnel, tie \u25a0.how inr\nIn complete Hie progress of de-' ,, , . mm ing, .. __ , ,\u201e- ,\u201e\u201e\u201e,.\u201e\nvoloping these claims It is only completion ol this work anco within tt short distance of year there will bo n largo num.\nouestion of lime when our hvftrrant8 il' *' -'\" stamp miil will; lhe town, uud there is nothing lo, l\"'r \u00ab\u00bbr producing mines seallereil\n1 ... . ; be lilneetl on lit,. ,,,,,, . ,, ,, , nil .,>-,,\u201e 11... .!:.....:...\nprevent Fort Stoolo being the\nmetropolis of this dislrict in the\n. ,,<- .suv,-t -it-iiu e.itit\ngive lo the town of Fori Steolo district are making showingsof\nan era of prosperity seldom soon deposits of galonn thai will rival\nexcept in thc st favoured min- anything yol found in thu Proving districts. Thore is gold, sil |,lco, 'nM, indications are thai\nvor, coppor and lead In abund-1 before H ml of the presenl\na question of time when our it , , .,\n,,, , ,, . , . bo placed on the property.\nmines will be aide to ship to a ' '\nmarket all the ore they can pro-! WI3AVEH CHEEK.\ndiice, und Wild Horse Creek will |' The Prospector's Dream was\ntake a place second to none in | located some three years ago.\nfuture, as il has been in the past,\nand as it is now,\nall over the dislrict'^^^^^^\u2014\nThe placer mines in the dis-\ntrict will be much more extensively worked I Inin in former\nyears. Prospecting on new\nMoyie City.\nThe visitors from Nelson, composed of a number of solid business men, have purchased a\nlarge number of lots in Moyie\nCity. It is the intention of some\nof them to erect buildings at an\nearly date.\nA Browory.\nFritz Seik, of Trail, B. (.'., is\not Fort Steele, und has selected\na site for the erection of a brewery. Mr. Seik will commence\noperations in regard to the erection of a brewery in a few days,\nhe is an experienced brewer.\nhaving been In the business for\nmany years.\nHUDSON BAY COMPANY.\nWill Opon a Store lit Fort Stoiilo.\nMessrs (iigot ami McDonald of\nMueleod arrived at Fort Steele\non VVeiluesdny. Mr. (iigot represents the Hudson Buy Company lit Mueleod. and has been\nin iiie service of tho company\nfor many years, ho is looking\nover the dislrict for the most\nPresbyterian Church.\nA general committee meeting\nof the adherents of the Presbyterian church in this pluee was\nheld at Mrs. Mathers on Tuesday\nevening. January 25th, at which\nvarious topics of interest to the\nchurch were discussed, resolutions passed and committees\nformed? Among other things it\nwns decided that the envelope\nsystem of contribution towards\nthe ministers salary should be\nadopted and a committee was ap-\npointed to take charge of this\npart of the work. A choir was\nformed with Mrs. Frizzell as\nleader, and it was decided to\nadopt the new hymnal. The\nquestion of erection of a church\nbuilding being introduced a com\ninitiee was appointed to look Into tho circumstances nnd decide\nhow uud when to proceed,\nRev, Mr. Duncan has decided\nlo open a sal iiuiiii school iu connection with tin'church hero as\nsoon ns possible,\nTlie ladies of lhe church are\ngoing lo give a social In Mrs,\nMullier's Hull the week alter\nnexl. Full particulars will be\nFavorable site to open np a\nbl'ftllcl1 \u25a0sl\"n' fl\"' lh pany. Ipublished in tioxt weok'sissue of\nWe learn Hint lhe gentle this pnpoi\nwere very favorably impressed\nui,h l'''\"'1 *'\"\"\"\/\u2022 a\u00abd that the A. J. Hopkins, who was form-\n'3I,,V w i\"\" ftl \"'^ei'l.v connected with H.G, Par-\n;\"\"\" ' son's linsiness at (loldenund Fort\nSteele, has .joined the linn of\nBaker Bros. &C'o., Vancouver.\nREAD.\nTHE PROSPECTOR. THE PROSPECTOR, PORT STEELE, li. ('., I-'EHIIUARY 5, 1898.\nU< ; Nil'. AUTHORISING A.N EX\nTll '-PROVINCIAL COMPANY\nTO CARRY ON BUSINESS,\n\"COMPANIES All. IW*.\"\nI'll,,vim l: ,,l- Ituriisii I'ul.rMHlA\nNO, 17. 'UT.\nTliis is to certify tliat\nnml to lulu' such othor Btcps ns may be\nnccessury lo givo bIio Company, bo fur\nus, may li,'. tho sunn' i-iu'lits inul privileges in Buch forolgn country or state\ni us are poBBesseil by Infill or other companies or partnership of a like character theroln:\n! (14.) To form, constitute, or register\n| in any foreign country, state or territory or elsewhere, any company or\nn which the liability nf the\nThe Perth\nSyndicate, Limitetf.'MBauthorised and m0Iupbei.88h\u201e:! ,\u201e. , ;:, \u201e ,. ,\u201e,\u25a0,\t\nlu'onsi'il tn uarrv \"ti business within the\n.,,\u25a0\u25a0*, ,* i, l of thoir stoi'k (M* Hlmrrrt. tnul litti'iiiisfi\n'\u2022'\"'*\"'\" '\u25a0\"\"\u25a0'-' Columbia,.and to ,\u201e\u201e,. Vl,st \u2022\u201e ,\u201e.,,,\u201e\nto or vested\ncarry out or effect nil or uny of the ob-\n\u25a0 lo bo '.ruiisfc\nuiicli company\n , , ., \u25a0\nlegislative authority ol tli\nof Hriiish Columbia extends.\nThe head olliee of the Company ls Bituate in England,\nThe amount ol the capital of tho\nCompany is \u00a310,000; divided into 10,000\nshares n( i'l each,\nThe head office \"I the Company in\nthis Province Is Bituate at Wild Horse tenclos calculated to benclil u\ncreek, Kust Kootenay, and James W, employed by the Company, or bavin\nIt. Young, mining engineer, whose ml- dealings with thc Company, and tostib-\nsci'lbu ur guarantee mono) foi' charitable or bcnovoionl objects, or for tin)\nexhibition, or for puolte, general, or\njects hereinafter set forth l\u00b0 *h.!S?tu~ I companiesln trust (or or on behalf of tho\nb .uun (jompanj, nnj, t!lll(th, mines and mineral\n' properties, rights or cluims olthoCom-\npuny, and to take ull Btops rcmiisito to\nrender such trnnsfor or vesting valid\nand effectual:\n(1,1.) To establish and support or to\naid in the establishment and Bupporl of\nassociations, Institutions, ami convon-\nuseful objects, uml to make doimtl\t\nto such p, rsons uml In such cases as\nmuy Beeiu expedient:\nlli, To sell the undertaking \"I thi\ndress is Wild Horse creek, i:.i.-t Koot-\nenuy. is the attorney tor the Company.\nThe objects for which the Companj\nhas been established are:\nil.i To pureliuse. take or leuse. or\nunderlease or acquire by concession,\nlicence, selection, location, or otherwise, anj public or other lands suitablo ' ompany, or anj pari thereof, to\n(or building, for agricultural, or othei \"deration us thc (.ompany maj\nnurposes, or any water, or other rights, :illllk \"'* 1\"\"1 '\u2022\" particular lor any\nand any mines, mineral properl ies, con- -'\"'\"'\" *\u2022 Jebo\u00bb* '\"''\"\u25a0 '\"' securities ot anj\ncessions, claims, grants, rights, or other company having objec\nother Interests in lands, mines, waters, uethar or lu part similar to those ol\nand mineral properties, in any eun of this Lompany, and m case of shares\nthe worldi also buildings, plant, ma- either wholly or In part paid up. lo\nchinery, stores, tools, and other effects promote anj other companj lor the\nwhich may be deemed necessary or ad- Pirposi ol icquiring all or unj\nvisable for the purposes o( tneCom- property, rights and liabilitii f this\npanv Lompany. or for any other\n'\u2022'.,. , , . whicn mav seem directly or indirectli\nl\"-*\"*ar,*hf\u201e:*.pr\u201es| i.exan tie, _ ^ ,(, ,\u201e .\n\u25a0. or subscribe the cap-\n* . or pun of the ., ta anj such\nCoumbia,andtoe ploy a p ( d in ,..\npedltlons, explorers, experts, and ot\nand explore uny territories and \u25a0\nin any part of the Province of ilritish\nsi\nV\nagenti\n3, To work \u25a0 levelor, , mv among the iu,\nmaintain the sold a ther i es, ' \u2022\nmineral and otier rights,-lands .\nperties, and works ol\nto carry on and con, \u25a0 - 5\u00ab,h securities\nraising, ishmg. washn\n... . , \u00bb :, *\u25a0\nul:-. Ill ', ::. '.' Iv -l.v -\nand to render I* t\nUM-iH'.- * : *\u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0 ... * -\noesandi.roduasth( - , -* - ,,...\u25a0- a\nstoned lohaobtainedl o. _ ,\nprofurtU* of the ( uinpany , . \u00a3 . :, .\n:\" \u25a0 distribute anj property of\nparties-\n-\nore.-, und to -m-n. wtti*h, smelt, ri duee,\nm \u25a0: hi alffai ati, the prod\nmines, wheth r I \u25a0\u25a0 oui ii o this i om-\nI an;. ur m I. und i ei Li\nIin-ii;i'- tit tnftiei f .'.iid melallur^lbis:\n\u25a0 4 Toplant.farm,! tock.o iltivate.en ei\nhoHfieH, !aj oul lam - for build\nims.--. and othonvifedeul with anj ai i\nand otlier properly of the Companj,\nand to ilovoh \\i tlu* rosouroe*- thereof,\ntomanufaelure and *>ell.or sell in an unmanufactured state. Umber and other\nproducts, and to propped for minerals\nIn and develop any properties submitted to or proposed to be acquired by\ntho (lompany; and to collect, Btore,\nand to supply water for Irrigation, min-1 person\nIng, or other purposes:\n(fi.) To buy, sell, refine, and deal in\nbullion, specie, ruin, and precious\nstones, and metals:\niii.) To carry on business as merchants, bankers, store keepers, miners,\nfarmers, stockmen, graziers, carriers,\nbuilders Hnd contractors, hrlck-n lakers,\nand all kinds of agency business, ami\nany other kind of business which seems\ncalculated, dh Lly or indirectly, t<\n\u25a0 - \u25a0 - ,.* ig lea .-_-*\u2022* thi\n.\n\u25a0 .. . \u25a0 .,-,- ire\n..;. in su rnannei\nan : '.-\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 tei ins as * ...;. -\nar by the issue oi\n\u25a0 \u25a0 -. oi di : '.I\" .' stock, perpetual or oth \u25a0\ncharged, upon the wholi \u25a0\u25a0 m; pai of\nthe property of * * pany both\npresenl nt tl ful ire, iding itu un-\ncalh \u25a0 upltal:\n21. To draw, accept. Indorse, ai J\nIssue negotiable instruments of all\nkinds;\n22. To remunerate any per\nNOTICE.\nNOTICK Is hereby givon thin implication will\nhomatlo to the Le-slslmivo Assomblj of\ntlio Froviru'o of Hrltlsh Columbia, tit lis next\n.session, ror nn Acl to Incorporato tt Company\n; and empower It loconRtruct, equip, operate and\n, malnlaln \u00bbstandard nr narrow kuhko railway\nfrom some polnl al or near Uoldon, In East\nj Kootenay District; tlience in u Rotuhorly direction up tho valley ot tho Columbia Itlvor on\n\u25a0 either the east or wont slfloof the salt! Columbia\nRlvertoorueariolheCanal Rat, at tho toot ot\n: the UpperColumblo Luke by the most feasible\nroute; thenee in n southerly direction down the\ni valley ot the Kootenaj Rivor tilhor the earn\n] nr west sldu ol the saUl Kootcnoy River, hy the\nmost feaslblo routo ton polnl on tho Tobacco\n, Plains, in or near whore the International\n| l ton Hilary Mno intoraccts the suid Koolenuy\nItlvor; with the further power to construct,\nequip, operate and maintain \u00bbwtuiulard tu nar\nrowKtia e railwuy from some point nl or nenr\nHoldon, in Kant Kootenaj District,oi fromu\npoint nt or near Golden on the lino of rnllwaj\ni il, to be Inttli Houthi rl\\ trom tlolden\nthence tn it northerly direction by lhe mosl\ntetiHtblc rout* throuKb thc vallej tol thc t'olutn\ninoo, Knui r and Parsnip Rivers, on el\niiii-i' thc cusitor wesl sltloa thereof,piituttn non\nr* rl M,'i. od on McLeod Lnlio; thenceeontin\n| nine nloiiu the villi*) nf the Parsnip River In a\nnot thei 1) 'i \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0' tl 'i ta the Wilt parallel i( latl\n\u25a0 tudo ihcnc \u25a0 nurthei lj In the Mth, Wlh\n|wthnudA9thili ;:* \u25a0 iif I itltiulc i\". th.- mosl\nfeasible route to tho vallej ol the 1 lard Itlvoi\nwithintheWth and 80th denrces of latllmlo,\n, ' \u25a0\u25a0'.\u25a0\u25a0-! of the r.'iiii decree i; lounltudu and\nihenci-t>\\ thi- most mi i-liher up or\nv ie va f of the I nl ittvi i lo the north\nerlj bi ttndar) i or westerly by\nlho musi fen .ible rt uti to n po ttt al \"i n 'ur\n, uki hi the in dur) i>! the\nProviuce; with power loci ustruet branch lines,\ni i . p< wi r lo hu il ind opi rate branch\nllnea from time to iim* to yroups of mines\nfrom nnj poll l on the main line or\n,ni> of Its branches; with lho power lu\nthc i rt \u25a0\u25a0 and lis branches to use\nsteam electricity or other motive power; with\npowi to build telegraph and telephone lines\nicr ilu purposes nf the Compuny and for trans-\n\"; iiie public und com-\np ii with power to build all ne-\nh roadwu) s whut'ves nud docks,\nand own aud opi rati\n\u25a0 : \u25a0 iin tali\n,'. ' tli KOI\n. \u25a0 \u25a0\n\u25a0 ,.- ;,,. \"i tn ai i\n, '..;,.,\n,:i m rait\n.'. , \u25a0 tni my oi ts bi s cud .* rttie\n. lUd \u2022 : iwi r: anil Willi\n[Mnver I spi pr m p .ii'1**-' \u25a0 of\n' , . ' ....IIS. il lis s.\n- \u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0 - , . ; .*. riiiui it.\n\u25a0;.,':-. \u2022 ,, \u25a0 ll! rll-.(liij, i'*'i-\n*.,:,: ,...-,.',,.*\u25a0. pi I'\nll - ,-,:.,- \u201e\u25a0. . . ..:.,.,...,;..\nuf such road* errl - n iii w \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0 si \u25a0 \u25a0-.\n\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0-\u25a0\u25a0 \u2022 imil l.\n ind win \u25a0\n\u25a0 i . , :\n\u25a0 : \u25a0\u25a0;..' r i umpnnn -\u25a0. ,-\ni., cessary oi ue.i\nprh iii -\u25a0' - i:i any wu,*\n... ut of tin- al\n.\u25a0\u25a0.'..\nMcWtlLLU - \u25a0\nLund Purchase.\nNOTICE.\nSixty days nftnr duto I Intend lo apply to the\nCommissioner of Lands and Wnrlis. Victoria,\nror permission to pnrchnso IW acres of unsurvoyod luml, situated on Murlt i Ircok, corameuco-\nlitK nt an Initial postal tho N.W. cornor of lol\niSlfi. Theucu wesi to ohuins; thence north 40\nchains; theneo oast 40 chains; thonco Houth 40\nchains; to point nf com ncumoiil\nR. O, J1GNNINOS.\nl-'ort -Stoolo, Iti-cH. I80T. il-i\nNOTICE.\nNotice is horoby nlvuti thul I I. it. Hanbuni\nsixty days aftor -lair Intend to apply to tho\nChief Commissioner of Uittdsuml Worka, Vle-\nlorlu, it. i'., for put'inlsion to purchase UM) ncros\n\"i land described as follows; C noncltiK ut\niim \u25a0\u2022\"\u25a0uii west corner posl sltuuled on tho wosl\n1 shoro ol the Moylu Lake, the n Um forty\nj chains em-Hi. ihuttcc ensl to ilu- Moylo Lnko\nroil) i'hiilns rooi less, lltcncu followltm tho\nMoyle Lake \u25a0 Umrlj lu thu polttl or eom-\n: tucuccmenl\nI It SANHURN.\nDated .Inn. 1','th. isiis. ;i-ii\nNOTICE.\nSixty days ulior dale I shall npply to the\ni hii l CotnmlNHloucr of Lands and Works for\npoi inlsslun to purchuso the followhiH described\nimul siiiiaiui In Kuhl Kootenay, it. C. Com-\n| meueitiK nl a posl pltuiled ui tho mouth of lho\nKusi t-'orkoi Wild llofsocrcok, tlience Norlli\nforty chains, ihonee east forty chains, thonco\n; soutli forty chains, thonco wosl forty ehuins to\npoint of commonoomunt. Contain I un lOOacroH.\nWALT15K VANAUSDALKN\nDated this Doc. IftUi, 1807. 8-11\nLiquor License.\n- ii with power to\n: other vessels.\n\u25a0 , icetion wiih lho\n) n.iv '.:,iinr\n\u25a0 inn ,\u25a0; railwuy and\nwi r to aequin wtitJ r\nL'B-ieli) fori [>\u25a0 milnj*\nNOTICE.\nTuke notice Hint thirty days after date I Intend lo apply to tlm ('old Commissioner of\nSouthern Kast Kootenay tor a license to sell\nliquor nl llie premises known tls the Wilson\nhnii.se. at Wilsonville. ou tlie line of the Crow's\nNi hi Hallway, In Lust Kootenay.\nP.J. McNAMARA.\nPort Steele, Dec. 23,1897. lift-H\nNOTICE.\nNotice is hereby given thai thirty days\nafler duto l Intond applying to lhe Hold Commissioner of this dtsirful for a license lo sell\nliquor by retail in premises to bu known ns lho\nCud Creek Hotel, sltunlo;! ul the mouth of\nCoal Crook, in this district.\nP. H. SMITH.\nroal Urease, Kust Koolenuy. it. C.Jun. it. iww\nNOTICE.\nNnliee is hereby given, thnt thirty days\nafter dato I hhull apply to the Gold Commissioner for a liceuse lo sell liquor ul retail on\nthe premise,! known us the Michell Prairie\n. --I 1.\nK, ll. BHAULT.\nMichell \"i-iiirii-, Jan. I.'uh. 1KIIS, 4-8\nMouie note\nMo llfi Citlj, B. C.\nl''li'Bl ulasx accommodation forEtravol\nling pulilio. A \u00ab,>11 Hinckcil bar.\nilimil Htabllng*.\nC. CAMPBELL, TROPRIBTOR.\nTennis leave Port Steele Tncs\ndays l''riil!iys and Saturdays at\n7 a.m. Iur Elliott's Landing, connecting wilh boats Cor Moyie\nCity,\nlimns can lm Inul any ilu.v at IClliott'B.\nCrow'a Nest\nHOTEL\nKlk River, on the line of\nthe new raihvay.\nGOOD AeeOMMOBATIOII FSR\nTRAVELLERS.\nSteele House.\nF. A. SHIP\nHas loused the Diiiing Room and Bed\nItixims of the Steele House, und begs\nto solieii a share of tho patronage of\nthe public.\nDINING ROOM OPEN FROM\n6 A.M. TO 8 P. M,\nBREAKFAST ti to ll a.m.\nDINNER ll! to 2 p.m.\nSUPPER li In ,1 p.m.\nShort orders will bo served only be-\nuv,,'ii regular meal hours.\nAKE MONEY.\nfor services rendered or to be\nrendered in underwriting, or placing\nor assisting to place any shares in thc\nCompany's t'apiiul or nny debentures,\ndebenture stock, or other securties <>f\nthe i 'ompany, it In or about the formation or promotion of the Company or\nthe conduct of Its business:\n(211. To do all or any of thc aforesaid\nthings in auy pun of the world, and\ncither as principals, agents, contracted either\nfurther tho working and development in conjunction with others, and either\nnf tiny concessions, right*\ntif the Company, nr oilier\ntho Company, and to mul\neeuto any iriisln Ilic\niperty\nw\u00ab- tohenelil\nHake and cx-\ntmdertuking\nirop-\nthc\nwhereof limy seem desirable, and either\ngratuitously ur otherwise:\ni\".| To purchase orothorwisoaequiro\nand undertttko all or any part of tho\nbusiness, property, and liabilities of\nany person or company carrying on any\nbusiness which this Company Is authorized io carry on, or pi\nerty suitable for the\nCompany:\n(H.) To purchase, construct, carry\nout, maintain, improve, manage, work.\ncontrol and superintend any hotels,\nshops, stores, saw-mills, roads, ways,\ntramways, railways, branches or sidings, bridges, reservoirs, canals, docks,\nwharves, water-courses, water and\nother mains, hydraulic works, electric\nworks for lighting power or otherwise,\n& tamps, crushing works, factories, dwellings for workpeople, warehouses and\notherworks, transports, postal arrangements, and other conveniences which\nmay seem directly or Indirectly conducive lo anv of the Company's ob cots,\nto ereel and maintain u fine or lini sol\ntelegraphs or telephones, and to contribute to, subsidis ol \u25a0 \u25a0 ls< assist\nor take part in any such operations,\nand to carrj oi : common\ncarriers:\nI), T ',, tire ai i di u .. il h patents.\npatenl rights, ot\nsuch patenl \u25a0 V\nIiy or through or in tin1 names of\nagents, sub-con tractors, trustees or\notherwise:\ni2-l.i To sell, improve, manage, develop, lease, mortgage, disposo of, turn\nto accotinl or otherwise deal with al! or\nany of Hi\n('oinpanv\n(25.) Tt\nCompany\ntlie Issue\nproperty and rights of th*\nCertificate oi Ei i\nPyramltl uucl ; rji mi nil i in \u25a0-\u25a0\nuate in tho Fort \u2022\u25a0 ' i\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 \u2022\u2022 \u25a0>\u2022\u25a0\u25a0 i r\nKootenuy IHstrlcl,\nWhero located: i'n . ,\\- ;n i n i li.\nMury's Rlvi r. uboul i *,-;. . v.-, -a ,-.\nSt.-.-li.\nTake iiotlce thul I, A- s. n -,*, . m ,,\nilu- Pyramid Kootonuy Mlninp ' ,. lini\n(ForolRii), l-'n i- Miner's (i rtillutitt No. I\"\nIntend, sixty days from ih\u00bb -iui-j tui'ini. tm\nply in tlio Mining Uei>ord< i for ti t.'i riilh'ttl<\nImprovements, for tin- pnrpOKe ot obuilntn\nCrown Grunt ot ihoabuvi clulm.\nAnd farther tnko notice Umi aclluu. uu\nsection 'ii. musi i'i- commpnetd beforu Hit1 Is\nnncoof sueh Certificate of impniveiuciiiR\nA. S. KAUWi ..i\n. I Dated this ilth day of October, I8HT. 8-l-t\nNOTICE.\nThirty duys after the publication or this\nnutlet' l will apply to the Cold Commissioner\n;> r i-astKoiHinay for a llcenso to null liquor\ni>. i\" ..'ill at iny i oti'lal Mlchull Prairto iu the\n* ih.t .oi- nuj district.\nai d in dlfhell Prairie this lOthdayof\nJanuury. IWis, 3-7\n.1AMKS C, BURGESS.\nNOTICE.\nThirty days after the dato of the lirst ap\npcaranee of ihls aotlei 1 will apply to lhe Gold\njVininissiiiii. r for the Distriot of East Kootenuy for a llteti.se lo sell liquor by retail nt my\nli l ai Hull Head Prairie iu tin- Uisiri-.'t or\nLast Koolenuy.\nI'lin-d ;it i-'nrt Sici-lc this I'Jtli iluy of Janti-\ng\u00bbV L0TS\nIN\nM0V,E G,TY\nAND\nl\/IMBERLY.\nD. A. MelNTOSH,\nSole Agent.\n- Fort Steelo.\t\n. IW\nALKX. HAMILTON'.\npity 'in! of tlu-funds of thc\nnil the expenses attending\nif any circular or notice, or\ntho printing, stamping, and circulating\nof proxies or forms to he tilled up by\nthe shareholders:\n20. To do all sin-It other things as\nore incidental or conducive to the attainment of the obove objects, and so\nthat the word \"Company\" in thisclauso\nshall In- deemed to Include any partnership or other hody of persons,whether\nincorporated or not incorporated, nnd\nwhether domiciled in tho Province of\nBritish Columbiu or elsewhere:\n(liven under my hand and seal nf\noil at Victoria. Province of Ilritish\nColumbia, this 20th dny of November,\non\" thousand eight hundred nnd ninety-\nNOT1CE.\nWolmcr. Warren. Brooks, and Mi.chief Mineral Claims slinan- in thc Korl Steolo Mining\nDivision of Bast Kootenay Dislrict.\nWhen.! located:\u2014On Pyramid Creek. St.\nMary's River, about forty miles west of l-'ort\nStoele.\nTake nollco that 1. A, S, Parwell, agent for\nthe Pyramid Kootonay Mining Co., Limited\n(Foreign), Freo Miner's Certltlcate No, 1081A\nintenil. slxiy days from lho dute hereof, toapply to thc Mining RicordorforuCurtiftentoof\nImprovements, lor tho purpose of obtaining a\nCrown Cram of the nbovo claim.\nAnd further take Bctteo that action, under\nsection :tr. must bo commenced boforo tho Issu-\nauce of such Certlllcato ol Improvements.\nA. S, FAUWKI.I,.\nDated this83d day of September, IW. '.'i-tf\nNOTICE.\nThe Hrilisli Columbia Southorn Railway\nCompany wlll apply to the Parliament ot\n: Canada at Itsni xt Session for nn ActconUrming\n|a lease to tho Canadian Pacific RailwayCom-\n1 puny.witli the privilege of purchase of that portion of ibe Company's railway between thocast-\n, era boundaryof Brilisli Columbia and Nelson ou\niho terms ami conditions set out in the said\nlease and amending lho Acl respecting the\nCompany (M-01 Victoria, Chapter UB) by lasert-\n' ing the words \"either with or without an option\nof purchase\" next aftor tho word \"Company\" in\ntho second line of the Fourth Clause of that\n: Act.\nII. CAMPMKI.l. OSWALD.\nSec rotary.\nDatotUt Montreal, November23rd 1811*. 'J:i-7\n\u2022:i-l ttcyisti\nY. WOOTTON\".\nof Jnint Stock < V\nNOTICE.\nNi 'Tli'IE is hen by given thnl application will\nin- made i\" the Legislature of the Province \"i\n.i imb ii >\u2022 is nexl session for a pi-i-\n\u25a0. \u25a0 ;; to Incorporate u Company t\" build,\ni i i at'.:. and operate \u25a0! line or lines of\nKail a;i\\ from ;\u25a0 point near Fori Steele, thene\nany machine or op\u00ab ral onus ,,\u25a0;\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0- \u00bbvherc lhe Kootenay River\nnection with n \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0*. i ,,- \u25a0 \u00abthe International Roundnrj Line with\noperations can ; t'onstruct. ond maintain branch\ncarried on. by thi\n\u25a0jTunr licences for the\nsueh rights or any of *\n10. To enter into any\nwith any governmenl oi thoi \u25a0 \u25a0 h,\nBupreme municipal, local oi otherw ise,\nanil to ohtain from any - ich -ju\\ \u2022\u25a0ui.-\ntneni or authority all I'oncessions,\nrights, conveniences and privilege*\nwhich may rtcem conducive \\<> the < om-\npany's objects or anj ol them:\n' II. To enter inti\nanv arrangemeni for -i.uni._- profits,\nunion of Interest, reciprocal concession\nor co-operation witli any person or com*\npany carrj Ing on or aboul to carrj on\nany business which this ' ompanj i-\nauthori\/ed to carrj nn. or anj tjusiness\nor transaction capable of Ixjiny conduc*\nled so as directly or indlrectlj to hd,.-\nlit this \u2022 ompany, ami to take or otherwise acquire and hold shares, or HtOCk\nin or securities \"f. and '\" Hubsidl \u25a0\u2022\u25a0 or\notherwise assist any such company, and\nlo HOll, hold, rolsHUO will, ur without\nguarantoo, or ntherwlso dual with sueh\nshares or socuritlesi\n(ll!.i (Jonorally U) purchase, take on\nlease or exchange, hire or otherwise\nacquIro any real or personal property,\nitnu any rights or privileges which the\nCompany may think nccessarj or con-\nvi'tiicnt wiih rofcronco to any' of these\nobjucts ami capahte of holny prolltahlj\ndeali with iu connection with any of\nthe Company's property Of rights for\nthe lime iH'itijr:\nILL) To register ihe Company if n-\nqilh'titl, in nny forolgl untry iir Slate,\nmild own >ir maintain wharves and\nlock\u00bb .i. connt'i tlon therewith, and with power\n: \u2022 quip inul maintain steam and\ncli und boats .m>i operate the sume\n,:,!,.'\u25a0 wniers within the Province\nind wli power to build equip operate uml\nmu in tain releirrnpn und telephone lines in connection with no- sniil ruilwuy nnd branches and\nto BeneratfU electrlcltj for Hie supply of IIrIiI,\n\u25a0,,;,' ,,i power ami with powor to expropriate\nlands for the purposes of the Company and to\ni, |ii h lat : \u25a0 onu '\u25a0 prlviluKcs antl other\naids from unj Koveriimoni, municipal, corpora\ntlon ot nthet pen on oi bodlOH uml to levy und\n. oi ,, \u25a0 from ,ni parties usinti the said\ntiranoheN und with power to nmlto\nirutllcarrBnKementK wnli unv railway,sleuin*\nboal ot other company and for all other rltttits\npuwei .n>'i prlvllotfi i llml non he incidental\ntherein\nDated ai Victoria ihli Bib day of Ueormbor,\nIWI ll l. a ROIIISRTHON\n>i i Solicitor lor Appllennts,\nI'L'Hl.lc NOTICK\nt theundofMifnod'Pai vm.. who have iietetl\n',<,riiel inn\", ie ' lnti'-.e Inlorproler In the courts\niii Tort Hioalo, wish '\" make it public Hint\nwhile i nm alwnyii wiiiiok to acl in friendly\ncmoh I do not want bo ait when tho ease Is\nlikely io mako onomlos tor me among my own\ni pRi i none ].. porl Steele Home yarn ago,\nmoi I have no rolatlom bore; 1 sm all alons,\nsome Clilnamcn make troubli nnd wnnl to\nlake mo to court hull win noi ko, for I um\nnol i oncorncd in ihelr iroublo and do not want\nto mako enemies I mm io take enro of myself\nIn my tHMt)i\",s\n'iai vi:i;\nI'orl Steele, [lee. 7l1i ICW. W-S\nNOTICE.\nGranite. Stille, Milton, und Albert Mineral\nClaims itllunlo in Ibb Fort Steele Mining 1)1-\nvbdonof Kust Kiiotenuy District.\nWhero located; On Pyramid Creek, St.\nMarys liiver, about forty miles west of Port\nSleele.\nTake notieo thut I. a, s. Parwell, UKent for\nthe Pyramid Kootenay Minim.- Co., Limited\n(Foreign), Pree Miners Cerlilleate No. ids\\A\nIntend, sixty . \\w.\n(IKMMU.I, A MAV A. Sl. li IIAMKUSI.KY\nl-e Ottnwti Agcnta. Solicitor foroppllcnnu,\nNOTICE.\nNotice Is hereby given that application will\nbe mude lo Die Legislative Assembly of lhe\nProvince of Hrltlsh Columbia at lis noxl session for an A-i io Incorporate the Mountain\nTramway uml liloctrle Company, with powor\nto construct, ncriutre and operate, ropeways and\ntramways rot- intnRporlation of freight from\npoints on or netir llio Nakusp ,*v slocan Hallway nnd branches llioroof to mines and mineral\nclaims In Die McOulgun Camp and Whitewater\nbasin and elsewhere iti the District llirougli\nwhich wild Itnilway and branches pass or will\npnss ami from points on tin- Colnmbln & Koolenuy Hallway, Crow's Nest Kim-, constructed\nor to be constructed, and branches theroof in\nthe milling UUlrlelsOf P.ast ami West Kooli-n\nay. lo mini's iiiiii minerul claims ia lhe districts\ntht'oiiu'li which sniil Railways and brunches respectively ]*ass or will pass; anil to construct,\nacquire mid operate works ami plant lo gooor-\nate ami supply heat, light ami electricity lu the\nsaid districts and elsewhere In tho Province.\nand to dispose of such hint, llchi and electricity; and to ucqulro and hold nil kinds or real\nami personal property, together with the\npower to expropriate lauds ami all other\npowors and privileges that may be necessary,\nIncidental or advanltigonus to the rn11 exercise\nuf tho powers herein before mentioned,\nDated this Ilth day of Dccombor, 1807.\nDAVIS, MARSHALL, MACNElkL&ABUOTT\n'St-7 Solicitors for applicants.\njonn w. won.\nBoots 40 Shoes\nRepairing done in a workmanlike\nmanner.\nDAVID GOLDBURG\nKALISPELL, MONTANA,\nWholesale dealer in Confectionery, Fruit, Nuts. &c., &c.\nCigars & Tobacco.\nJ, j. Lamont\nContractor and Builder\nFort Steele, fi. O,\np BOESEN,\nCONTRACTOR\nAND IIWIIjOKU\nPorl Steel\nIt. C,\nNOTICE.\nTho Dorvul Mineral Claim, Kltuated bi the\nPOM Steele Mlliim,' Division nf Kust Kooletm\nDlstricl.\nWhero located: On llticliloborry mil. near\nMurkCroolt.\nTuke notice ihm 1. Nell McLeotlCttrrnn.Preo\nMiners Corllllento No. 00007, ucent for D. D.\nMatin, of Mon troul, Quebec, Preo Mi -s Corllllcnlo No. WOOO Inloml nlxty iluys from flato\nhereof, to apply to lho Minim* Heconler forn\nCoriltlcuto of improvomontH for the purpottoof\nobiiilnitu; ii Crown (irunt of Die utiove i-liiim.\nAmi further take notice that action muter\nsection Iff, must bo commenced before tho issuance of such cerl llleiile of Improvements.\nNKlli MoLEOD CUKHAN.\nDated this :tmh day of Ootobor, 18DT.\nNOTICE.\nTht1 Maverick mineral clulm. situated iu thu\nl-'ort Steele Mining Division of Kust Kooteiiay\nDlstrlet.\nWhere loaned: -o\u00bb Huckloborry lllll. near\nMark Creek,\nTake notieo thnt I. Noll McLeod Cumin, of\nFort Steele, Hrltlsh Columbiii, Freo Miner's\nCcrtiiicutc No. 00,007, Intend, slxLy days from\nthe dute horoof, to apply to the Mining*Recorder for a certificate of ImprovomontH, for\nthe purpose of obtulnlnd a Crown grunt of the\nnbove elnlm.\nAnd further take notice thut uctlon, under\nsection ;i7, must be commenced before the Issu-\nitnoo of such certificate nf Improvement*\nNEIL McLROD t'lMtHAN.\nDated this ROltl day uf October, 1W7-\nNOTICE.\nTin-1 io.ni Knck Mineral Claim situated in thu\nFort. Steele Minim- Division of KiihL K'uoteuay\nDlmrlut,\nWhere Located: On Huckleberry Mill near\nMark Crook.\nTake notice that I. Nell MoLcodCurran, Free\nMiner's CortlllCatfl Nu. WVHI7, ngflOt for P. O.\nAndrowH ol Toronio, tiniario.i-'ree Mlner'aCor-\nllllrate No, WM7I. Intend sixty days from the\ndate hereof, to apply to the Minim- llecordor\nfor a Certificate of Improvement* for the p\u00bbr-\niume of obtaining a crown Grant or tho above\ni'iai m.\nAnd further take notice that action under\nseelloii :I7 must be commenced before tho Issuance of such Certllieute of Improvements,\nNKIL MoLEOD CURRAN,\nDaied this BOtll Uty of October, thlt\".\nFORT STEELE MINING\nASSOCIATION.\nThomnH MeVittlo.\na S, FrlMoll.\nN. A. Wulllnp'r.\nK. ('. Smith.\nWilliam Butllle.\nSci-rt'tnry\nTlie rrnular meotlup ot tlm nutoiilnUo'i\nwlll lir ImlU on lhu 1st mill Urt Siilurilny In\nevery niomh.\nAll poBBlblo Information will ho furnlsh-\n(iil by lho AKSoclutlon, upon uppllcntlon tu\nWilllnm Halllli', Sec. Port Steele, O, 0,\nProfessional.\nHugh Watt,M.D.,CM.\n'V. *'. P. S., Ontario and British\nColumbia.\nLATE OF Till: KOV.W. CARIBOO\nHOSPITAL.\nFokt Steele, B. C.\nTHOMAS McVITTIE.\nP.L.S. & C.E.\nFort Steelo B.C.\n11. L. CUMMINS.\nP. L. S. & C.E.\nFort Steele B.C.\n\"* \"* K\"SS* H. W. IIKUOHMKR.\nROSS & HERCHMER.\nBarristers - \u25a0 Solicitors\nNOTARIES PUBLIC\nCONVEYANCERS. . .\nFort Steele, R. 0.\nT. EDE.\nCustoms and Mining Broker\nCONVEYANCER,\nMining Properties Bought and Sold.\nJ. A, Harvey\nNOTARY PUBLIC AND\nMining Broker.\nPort Steele, B, C.\nJohnson & Robinson\nMINING BROKERS.\nFokt Steele, B. 0,\nCorrespondence Solicited.\nCHAS. ESTIYIERE,\nDraughtsman and\nBlue Printer.\nIn Moyie Townsite Company\nOffice.\nD, M, McMillan,\nMining Propositions,\nMining Shares,\nFarm Lands and\nHeal Estate.\nCORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED.\nI). M. McMillan, Brandon, Man.\n\u00ab\u00ab\u2666 THE HH\nEXCHANGEE SAFE DEPOSIT CO.\nTransacts u gonoral collootlng uml ox-\noliungo ImsincHH.\nDRAFTS, CHECKS, TIME CHECKS AND\nACCOUNTS CASHED,\nDrafts Usuoil payable in Canada and\ntlm United Statos.\nFort Steele Assay\nOffice,\nRON AN & LEACH,\nASSAYERS AND CHEMISTS.\nPURS****\nThe Providenoo Pur Company,\nPravHonso, It. I., wunlM ull kl,\u201ei\u00bb \u201ef \u2022\u25a0\u201e\u201e.\nPurs, .skins, oiiiwiik. Sonooo, Kn-. nri'r \"*\n(ikouhi for iii-xi .iny ,tnj.B \u201er\u201e ,lK (oils;,;\nBJlSP' \"\"* \u2022!\u00bb IM Ul IIM IKI\n\"r MM tn MM\ngap' iiKim mv\nBS}\u00bbf' aooto iimii,\nf*\"\"1\" uiKito om\nM'i, I \"'Ul 2IM\n' ' ,'\"1 I \"I tii 100\n-\u2022}\"\"\"!, m to i iki\n\"'\u25a0\"'\"* MUI Tli\n11,11 Mm a\nHT.'I'rli'i* l.lslnnall ntlior turn nml si,|i\u201e \u201e\u201e\nnpullontton. PulliirloosKuiiraniocli, Corotul\n\u2022-iii-iiiim, raru'uus in-iitiiii-iii mm Immodlato\n(iimltlnnri' on till i-iinslyiimi-iim. \"\"...'if\" THE PROSPECTOR, FORT STEELE, B. <\\. FEBRUARY 5, L89S\nDISTANCES\nOn Crow's Nost Railway Main Lino\nand Fort Stoelo Branch.\nMAIN LINK.\nMilrs\nUllibrldRo to Muelood 3fl\nMaoleod to Crow'H Nest Uke \u00ab7\nCrow'H Nost Lake to Coul Cretan nn\nCoal Creek to Elk Rivor Ci-oksIub in\nKlk UWor CroHHlnK to Warduor \"'i\nWardnor to Fort Stoolo Junction mi\nFOKT HTKKI.K I1RANOII.\nFort Stoole Juncl Ion to Port Steolo 7\nFort Stoolo to Nortli Star Mine :w\nMAIN LINK.\nPort Steele Junction to Cranbrook 7\nCranbrook m Swansea 1-\nSwanKOu to Muyiu city 7\nMoylo City to Goat Itlvor Summit 2tl\nG. u. Summit toQ. R. Landing 411\n\u00aehe $K0#ptrt0V,\nSATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 181)8.\nNOIF. AND COMMENT.\nIt is said that Edison has accidentally discovered what he\nbelieves to bo a now metal whicli\nwill do away with the slow and\ncostly process of making malleable iron. Exhaustive experiments will bu made, and if they\nare successful it is promised that\nfull details will be given to the\npublic.\nLord Aberdeen approved of an\norder-in-council on Friday last\nappointing Francois Langelier a\nJudge of the Superior Court in\nQuebec, in place of Judge Jette,\nwho becomes Lieut.-Governor of\nthe Province of Quebec.\nThat Winnipeg banquet to Sir\nCharles Tupper must have heen\nquite a cheerful gathering, when\nthe vocalist of the evening chased\nlhe graves, worms and epitaphs\nout of the parly's future with the\nhilarious strains of \"The Death\nof Nelson.\"\noperation again in a few days.\nThe new roaster and reverbora-\ntory furnace will probably be\nlired during tho early purl of\nFebruary.\nGreat activity in mining operations at present exists in 1 lardy\nMountain camp. Some half a\ndozen properties are working all\nwinter iu this cam]), the opera-\nlions being chiolly underground\nwork.\nBet ween December Island 15th\nthe Whitewater, in the Slocan\ncountry, shipped L'll curs of ore.\nThe monthly payroll is about\n$1,200,\nThe Paget Sound press are\nnot agreed upon the superiority\nof ice locomotives over reindeer\ncould not tell, he pulled the life\nline three times the signal that\nhis life was in peril. Ile felt himself risinga few foet: then all the\nwreckage fell in on him, pinning\nhim more securely than before.\nWorse still, when he tried to\nfree himself ho found that the\nair pipe had encountered some\nunseen obstruction and that to\nattempt to move about would\nshut olf his supply of air, The\nperil was one that made each\nmoment seem like an eternity.\nMeanwhile the diver's assistants were trying to iind out whut\nhad happened to him. It seemed\nto them that the signal to haul\nas a means of conveying unneces-1 bad been instantly followed\nsary relict to the Klondike, re- , , , ,, ,\nmarks the Victoria Colonist. '^ one to lower !lud thon \"V onQ\nTliere i.s this to be said, that | *\" stop. The man at the life line,\nlocomotives are more indigestible than reindeer.\nA London dispatch from Cairo\nsays: A party of friendly natives\nhas captured the Dervish post of\nSarfich, taking 10 prisoners and\nobtaining possession of quantities of supplies.\nThe Whitewater mine has declared a January dividend of $1)0,-\n000, bringing the total to date to\n\u00a51*1-1,001'.\nForty persons were killed and\nIH injured by an explosion of gas\nin ono of the mines of the Donet-\nzer Company, in the Tagenrog\ndistrict, on the north shore of\nthe Sea of Azov.\nTlie torpedo boats dishing and\nEricsson have left Key West,\nKla., for Tampa, The Dupont\nleaves tonight, The Porter will\nremain at Key West as a dispatch boat. The Maine, Montgomery anu Detroit will leave\nport tomorrow to join the squad\nron for Tortiiiras.\nWIKDEEMEKE.\nWork i.-i tho Mines A Prosperous\nUenscn School Matters.\n(I'linvsrioinlrm't- of THE I'ltiisPKCTWl.)\nWindermere, Jan. l-l.\u2014Thislit-\nlie cily has had a prosperous\nseason. Thero has heen a good\ndeal of development work done\non the mining claims on Toby\nand Duck creeks, and the prospects are very promising, Last\n.slimmer a large number of claims\nwere located, and when spring\nopens many of them will be\nworked.\nRecently there has been a number of enquiries for land, audits\nsoon as the C. P. K. gels its\nacres on the market, a good deal\nof it will be bought up by farmers.\nA public school has recently\nbeen established here, the Pros-\nFort Steele\nMercantile Co.\nILIMITED LIABILITY,\nFOTLSteeie and wardner\nWHOLESALE j&\nRETAIL\nDeaJers\n3W\nconfused by these apparently\ncontradictory commands, order- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^\ned the derricks to haul on the 'byterians having given the use\nblocks. Nothing yielded to thc (of thoir church building for that\npurpose. Miss Gibbons, of Port\nMoody, is in charge, and there\nare 11 pupils. This year an effort will be made to have a school\nhouse built. R. L. T. Galbraith,\nof the townsite, has donated two\nbuilding lots.\nTho whole district hereabout\nis enjoying prosperity. Tho\nprices of live stock uud farm\nproduce have been high and tliere\nhas been it ready market. This\nIt seemed!has been a greal boon to the Indian farmers, numbers of whom\nown and cultivate tine places,\n.lames Stoddard is about lo en-\nlargo his hotel building.\nM. Mclnuisrecently purchased\nin this neighborhood one htm-\nstrain, and the mon at the pumps\nlabored until they were exhausted and they had to givo way to\nothers, with still no signs of release. Iu 'the meantime a new\ndanger threatened the imprisoned man below. In catching hold\nof some iron bolts he hnd cut a\nsmall hole in the valve of one of\nhis rubber gloves, and water, filling the glove, was always oozing\npast the clamps at Ihe wrist and\ncreeping up lhe arm\nto the helpless diver, held fast iu\nthe wave-swept mass, that he\nwould soon he strangled or cush-\ned to death. Confused hy the\ngreat air pressure in his helmet,\nGeneral Merchandise\nHardware, Groceries. Clothing,\nBoots and Shoes. Rubber Boots.\nhe had about concluded lhat his\nend had come, when unlooked I dred prime beef cattle, and drove\nPho bill introduced by theFi-1for relief\u2014the wreckage gave a; them south to supply the Crow s\nlurch and he soon found that hQ|Nest Railway camps, Stock has]\ning I'm* lhe issue ol\nnoles in India against\nbeen adopted,\nA Berlin dispatch says: Considerable surprise has been\ncaused here by a dispatch fnun rapidly, caivyh\ncould climb up to one of the deck! wintered well.\nEdison believes lhat ihe future nance Minister of ihe Council ul\nof lhe iron and steel trade be- Calcutta on January 24, pvovld-\nlongs to America, tt is a matter lug for the issue of currency\nof economic conditions, lie says, notes hi India against gold, has\nand in the industrial battle iu\nlhis greal trade England will\nsoon be too seriously handicap-\nped to maintain ils present position.\nAn eastern exchange notes that\nihe annual passes ol the Canadian Pacilic Railway have in the\npast, when issued, '-''-''''^rUt^MtUSUWMWMWMWt^.^\n, ,, ., . ... W!1\u201e ,,',, A petition is benn:numerously\t\nbv Presuen Sir \\\\ illiam l. \\ an .;..,, , , ,, \u2022 * \"u i***,,!*,,,,,, ,,i ,,,.,..,,.,,,,,, ,-\u201e.,,.< \\,\nsigned by the mineownors, pros- a tiienmu oi two scoieyeais. At\nHome, and countersigned by Ins pectors and business men of Nol- lirsl his comrades ('ailed to dis-\nprivate secretary, A, R. C.Hew- son asking for lhe construction cover him in the mass of tangled\nai'd, 'I his year the name of Vice-: of a wagon road from Kootoiiay i ,\u201e\u201e,,,\u201e\u2022\u201e,, ,\u201e \u25a0 ,i, \u2022\u201e\nPresident T. G. Shaughnessy up-! Lake up \"*~ \"\" \" ' ' imateu.il and tlien\nCroek.-ry, Lamps, Glassware, Hams, Bacon and Salt Sides,\nMen and Women's Overshoes, Dry Goods, Macanaws, Blankets.\nCOAL OIL. OATS. BRAN AND SHORTS\nCAELIN & DUKICK\nMERCHANTS\nEast\nKootenay.\ntimbers. He grasped his ax and Indian Agent Galbraith visited\nwas hewing desperately for free- the Indians in this vicinity lasl\ndolii when suddenly the whole week. Tl'jI-Tr.M.\nmass gave way and began lo rise\ne diver, now == \"\"*\"\"\" \u2014~\nSole Agents for tin\nCanton Steel GoniDa-iu\nns Steel is guaranteed to be equal in Jessop's or\nEIakd Rock Wohk.\nFirths in all\nI St. Petersburg to the Cologne * dyad\nGazette announcing that Russia Lueel\nlias formed two new army corps\non lhe German and Austrian\nfrontiers at Vilna and KietT.\nSOLE AGENTS\ndownward, wiih il. His\nascent did not consume\nmore than ten seconds, bul it\nwas long enough for him to live\n,j ! over in memory all the events of\nSix Mile Creek, and!\nsurprise can\npears instead of the president, cross through the Kootenay Pass Ibe imilSim*itl \"'\u25a0\u25a0\u2022'\u2022' he *slll,t \"I1\nand they nre all countersigned: to the Second North Fork of through the wreckage feet lirsl.\nby Mi'. Howard. This change is * Lemon Creek, a total distance of j Captain Smith described this as\nliis closest call to death's door,\ncausing considerable talk among! 18 miles. The road will open up\nrailway officials, lhe general' a country which has heretofore\nspeculation\nbeing that nt the\nnext meeting of tlie Hoard of Directors Sir William will retire\nand that Mr. Shaughnessy will\nbecome president.\nA Manchester, England, publication gives to Americans the\ncredit of being fur ahead of\nthe mechanics of Great Britain\nin the invention of labor-saving\nmachinery, and attributes it lo\ntbe higher cost of hand labor in\nthe United States, to the absence\nof trades union restriction on the\nuse of such devices and to tho\nencouragement given to tho\nworkman to do all ho can to\neconomize and increase production. \t\nThe following simple and practical rule to tin ' tho exact value\nof tine gold por ounce will be\nuseful and instructive to many of\nour readers: $20 in gold weighs\nfivli grains; $100 in gold therefore\nweighs 2,.riH0 grains. Reduce\nthat number of grains to Troy\nounces (4H0 grains equals one\nTroy ounce), which gives 5,875\nTroy ounces. Coin is .1)00 fine,\ntherefore, .1100 times 5.375 equals\n4.81175 equals $20.6718, which is\nthe value of 1000 fine.\nbeen held back on account of the\ndifficulty in getting in and out\nof it.\nAt the annual meeting of the\nBoston, Mass.. Chamber of Commerce, resolutions favoring reciprocity with Canada were unanimously adopted. .\nTho condition of the health of\nEmpress Augusta Victoria excites comment, She will go in\nthe spring to some southern air\ncure. Her physicians still forbid her leaving her rooms.\nMr. T. G. Proctor, of Nolson,\nB. C, is the general manager of\ntho Kootenay Valleys Company,\nLimited, of London, England.\nHis company is offering lands for\nagricultural and stock-raising\npurposes along the line of the\nCrow's Nest Pass Railway in\nEast Kootenay.\n\"and,\" he added, \"I have peeped\nthrough the keyhole pretty\noften.\"\nREAD.\nTHE PROSPECTOR.\nTHE PIONEER TIN SHOP.\nPersonal attention paid to all kinds\nof Job work,\nSheet Iron Stoves made to order,\nHot Air Drums a Specialty,\nGi\nsole Agents\n's Nest Goal Company.\nGiant Powder company.\nMining Supplies a Specialty.\nGEORGE GEARY.\nLiVtTtJ\nT. C. ARMSTRONG.\nD. L. 5ETTCHEN\n0 The Jeweller #\nWatches\nrepaired and\nGuaranteed.\nFokt Steele,\nsatisfaction\nB. C.\nVV\nE\nNOTES OF THE LATEST NEWS.\nBy Win and Poit From all Parti of\nthe World.\nThe Goldie-Ueno group on\nRook Creek noar the Columbia\nhas been bonded to an English\nsyndicate) which undertakes to\nprovide 1(176,000 working capital.\nAbout $2,000 has been expended\non the property.\nThe stringers of quart!! and\niron which have been encountered for some time iu the Iron (kilt,\nnear Rossland, have given away\nto what is apparently a solid\nbody of ore, and il is believed\nlhat the second lodge, toward\nwhich lhe tunnel was being\ndriven, has been met.\nThe Hall mines smelter has\nshut down for a lew days, so as\nto permit of an overhauling of\nthe plant. It will probably be in\nTHE DIVER HAD A OLOSE CALL\nImprisoned in a Wreck and His Supply of Air Threatened.\nTo his training as a sailor Captain Charles Smith, a well-known\nBoston diver, probably owed his\ntruly marvelous escape from\ndeath when overtaken by accident while at work on the sunken hull of the Clara Post in the\nharbor of Bridgeport, Conn., a\nyear or so ago, says tbe Brooklyn Eagle. The wreck lay Ki\nfathoms deep, and when Captain\nSmith descended to examine it\nhe found that the masts had gone\nby the board and that the deck\nhad been torn olf Iiy the waves,\nwhile lhe cross timbers, strewed\nwith lhe wreckage, hung over\nthe decks and into the holds.\nCaptain Smith began to ou\nIhem away, when suddenly lh\ntangled muss shifted and tell\npart way in the hold, ditching\nliiui with ii, Imprisoning him ns\nin a vise. The diver could no' ,\nsee far in the deep water in\nwhich he was ut work, and, lind- j\ning himself pinned in, how he I\nGREAT\nNorthern\nRailway.\nTHE SURVEYOR'S CHAIN MADE IT THE SHORTEST\nTRANSCONTINENTAL ROUTE.\nIt is the most modern in equipment; it is tho heaviest railed line;\nil has a rook-ballast roadbed; it crosses no sand deserts; it was built\nwithout a land grant or government aid: it is noted for courtesy of its\nemployes; it is the only line serving meals on the a la carte plan.\nTHROUGH THE GRANDEST SCENERY IN AMERICA\nBY DAYLIGHT.\nPol' PORT BTEELE and the EAST KOOTENAY MINES, Weekly\nStago from Kalispell, Steamboat communications from Jennings\nduring Summer. Quickest and Rest route to all parts of the United\nStates, Eastern Canada and Europe,\nFor maps, tickets and complete Information call or address\nnearest agent or\nC.G.DlXON.Genera! Agent, F.I.WHITNEY. G. P. and T. A\nSjiokanc Wash. St. Paul, Minn.\nFort stee\nand Kalispell\nSTAGE LINE.\nD. W, WOODBURY, MANAGER.\nOn and alter August 2?th, 181)7, weekly\nBtitges will leavo Fnrt Sleele mi Friday mornings at 7 o'clock, Returning leave Kalispell\nTuesday mornings at\n7 o'clock.\nKalispell and Port Steele offices\nat the stores of\nH.E.KING &CO.\nCanadian Pacific Railway.\nFROM OCEAN TO OCEAN.\nWhen going Mast this line affords excellent accommodation for the traveller. Splendid\nDining Car Service, Palace Sleeping Cars, Through Tourist\nCar Service.\nv Lake Steamers leave Ft. William, ont\nAlberta for Owen .Sound every Tuesday\nAthabasca \" \" \" \" Thursday\nManitoba \" \" \" \" Sunday\nFOR INFORMATION AND FULL PARTICULARS APPLY TO\n(E I'E WELLS, Agent, Golden, 13. C,\nROBERT KERR, Traffic Manager, Winnipeg, Man.\nFORT STEELE\nAND\nMOYIE LAKE\nSTAGE LINE.\nA bi-weekly stage will leave Steele\nevery Tuesday and Friday at\n7:80 A M\nCommencing; Friday, July Iflth, for\nCranbrook, Sifton, and .Moyie City,\nReturning will leave Moyie on\nWednesdays and Saturdays at\n8:80 P M\nReaching Steele the day following\nat noon.\nTickets may lie procured from C. ,\\I.\nKeep, Safe Deposit Co., Steele, and\nand at the Hotel, Moyle City.\nFeed & Sale Stable\nFort Steolo B.C,\nSADDLE & PACK HORSES.\nII.AMIMi III All. KIM)\n\u00bb -i'i i ti.n\nJOHN WEIGHTMflN\nLIUEY.\nFEED, AND\nSALE STABLES.\nKalispel Mont.\nParties to and from Fnrt Steele\nwill find thai this la the licit place to\nleave their stuck, anil Obtain convey-\nGRASSICK & DEMPSEY.\nMoyie 0 Steele\nFREIGHT\nLINE.\nProlght will lie carried botwoon Port\nStoolo, Crunbrook, Sifton, and Moyle\nCity, at the following rules:\n(Over .'ill lbs. bolng ill IIHIllis. rate.)\nBolwoen Stoole and Cranbrook\nSO |iiiiinils If li\",\n100 pounds M\nBotween Sleele uml Sifton\n.'ill pounds 7,'i\nIIHI pounds 1,00\nBetween Steele nnd Moyle\n.Mi pounds ' 1.00\nlim pounds 1,60\nSpecial rules nu largo lots may I\"'\narranged by applying to C, M. Koop,\nSafe Deposit building, Fort Steele,\nAlso a stage line twice n week between Moyle Lake and Steele,\nFort Steele, B, (.,'., July 13,1807.\nCONTRACTORS\nAND\nBUILDERS.\nPort Steele B.C.\nSMITHI& LINDSAY,\nTobacco Plains,\nHighest Price\nPaid for\nFurs.\nMontana,\n**\nMrs, SPRAGUE\nFruit $ Confectionery\n0 Notions of all kinds.\nCIGARS and TOBACCO. ft\nKalispell Hospital\nKAMSPBLLi MONTANA.\n\/\nii, James inulm\n\" .1, li. Ilodgen\n\" VV, A, Conrad \\\nMiis. I*:, it. vvkiiiikr\nDlRRCTORB.\n^^^^^^^^^^^ Manager.\nPatients from Port Steele, uml the\n\u25a0\"\u25a0\u25a0\"'\u2022\u25a0'\u2022 w\"l '\"' ri ived at reasonable\nterms, Pm ratosapply to;\nMrs. E. R. Webber, Manager.\nKALISPELL, MONTANA. Tii.*; PROSPECTOR, FORT STEELE, B.C., FEBRUARY 5, 1P98\nTHI' PROSPECTOR, every constituency on the Island savor of injustice. the wages increased.\n_ returned a Government support-\n,\u201e\u2022 ,,,\u201e| iw\u201e \u201ei,,,,i\u201e\u201e.,\u201ei ,\u201e\u25a0,, Canada's Leading Newspaper Finds Muiiwil. jilM, :;|. (S-pociul) Crow's Nesl mud is now \u00a31.75\n cious promises: one, the building -ei,., t,,,-,,,,,,, t *i,,i, , , r :llU* u\"' uipilul ol the against Hewitt Bosloclf, M. I' may proceed \u2022() rapidly The\n ^TndvUJrsinfraeuhiin.t is un- Pl'oviuce 01' rh\" Island: und tho f0r criminal libel, savors of in first III) miles huve lie\ni.iuiTiin.\nHEAD OFFICE, LONDON, ENGLAND\nB. C, BRANCH OFFICES,... .NELSON and FORT STEELE\nother wus the promise to build\njustice, Mr. Bostock wus iu To- plated nud lhe contractors have\nDovcted to tho upbuilding oi Port Steele, mo or largely aid ill building the mnto when the article c Inin moved their rumps to this side ol'\ndevelopment ol tho vast mlnoral resources of I !,.ji'K], I',,,;,!,, Rnilwnv u-lii.-h , ,, , '\nthe Bast Koounaymimnii district '\"\" \" ' '\" 1,u \u2122}\u2122ai< \u00abmt11 ml ol appeared. Ii was well tlie mountains und 1 mncod\nsubscriptions (2.00 per year. was *\" traverse Vancouver Is- known that his connection uiili work ou the second section ol'\nAdvertlsmi! rates mode known on application, laud north WUl'd Illld crossing to , |,\u201e | >,.,,, ;,,,.,, ;_ \u201e\u201e\u201e,\u201e|., ,i,.,, ,,\u25a0 11 11 1*1 1\n1 ne 1 ii'\\ nu ,' is nit'ieu llial nt 110 mile-.. 1 he ruiini;in\\' huve\nContributions arc solicited from all parts of be tlu, nin.ilxluHd Ut SevillOltr mil' .,\u201e*\u201e,,\u201e , \u201e. ,\u201e\u201e| , 1, ,, 1 \u201e,,, \u25a0\u201e,,, . ' '.\ndistrict but all matter intended tor publication llll 1U\\ CalOl. llllll tllel't'ls 110 pre ,WleilUIS ellgllged III gutting ill\n\u25a0\u00ab\"\u00bb >-\u25a0\u2022\u2022\u2022\u25a0* '*owsto wid eastward und form tence that ho was the writer of! supplies through lho puss from\n \"ventuallj a new trauscouti the articlos. T 'onduct of ihej the eust, Inking u.lvuutug : the\nTHIS PAPER ; > ' nental line. These were mosl\nT. C. PROCTOR, - Gen'l Manager\nROSS & UI-KCIIMl'lK, - Agents, Fort Steele\n, ,\u201e, ,. , ,,. ,\u201e , FARM LANDS\n I'lKlrilii' I ll,' lli'ltl llli' |i|*,'lllll '\u201e'ootl i-olldlllnll ol III,' I,, li' I'llllll, !\n*4\"!mt^ iilluniivi baits to the people ol imiry investigation wassuch thai us il is expected Ihal whon the In nroidniltj' to CROW'S NEST RAILWAY in East Kootenay, within onsy\nVancouver Island, and [lurticti \\|, [iosiock's counsel, Mr Vrch frost leaves Hie ground the rond roach of tlio boBt miirkot on onrtli for Stoolt and Farm Probuco bolng the i\nF.. l'n-: S'atlo'nttl Bank Hulldln\nSpokan, Wash ttb\n'' ?7*iiiniit iai*K llulrew from the! will bo impassable. It is report-1\"' \"\"PI'1*\" l'oint ,or the rai\"0B \u00b0r Ellst and We8tKootenay. Vou can purchase\n, ,, ., Hi \".ii hii\u00abinn\u00ab\u00ab ilnnrfuwimi Irnl ciinseil ,., 1.1 < 1 *n nuy ainoiint you wish, from 20 awes upwards. Stock ranches up to 5000 acres.\nA blue ii**.*-: 17 X ousmess uepn bsion 11,111 1 ausi it rlM, ,, ls ,.,,,,,,,1^ ussered in ed llinl work will eoiuiiieiuv 1111 ,. .. . . , , \u201e, , ,\n,. \" ,-, Five years timo and easy payments for bona lide settlers,\norosfini - : ,* * an unusual condition of despoil 0H. object of ilio proceedings is!tho approaches lo thu bridge \u2022\ninmates that your,* * deucy. The Parliament build U, prevent eril so he govern across the Kooteiiay Itlvor at an |PriceS Range from $2.50 Upwards peracre.\nni\u201ei;,,,. ,.. ,i i....\n^\"n\": m\\ t ings have been built, bul not so \u201e\u201e.;\u201e from ulltuliim lo the con- eurlyday.\t\n\u25a0V*K**\u00ab*i*ithe raihvaJ'' i\"' Eitluiv i\"*:i,i: nevlioii of its memhers witli mill- Fort Steole.\nCORRESPt INDENCE SOLICITED.\n------ i,\u201e] other speculative con It would I.,, ililii,-,ih i,, ndi : *Sf\"*-'oivnsite properties are now being laid off, Keep your eyes on Elk\nafl.. 3t..,w.*\u00bb\u00ab.*..+ .\u00bb\u00ab* hlo ,,i,,-,i,s .\u2022,,\u201el,l tb., !',\u25a0,\u201e in,-,, ,. 'onituii iii osii River Crossing and Crow's Nest Landing,\n(Pt\u00a3 lirO^iU'ltCH . ' *\"\"'- \"\"ll1 \u2122 tiouiui m,ls aurm- the upprouching mate tho minimal wealth contahi-\n' have .... ,nu \u25a0\u25a0 .....\n= \u2014 \u2014 \u2014\u2014 ed in ilu' moiiuiuiiis in ihe vit'in ennmrnr '0i\",tinnnnvinnniTnffiTniTnnnnn\"\"n''nni!nnr7miiT!Tm!nnit\u00bbi\nc.-rrunvv fv\u00bbu -- '''''-'\u25a0 \u25a0,.- ,,\u25a0 . -,, *,,\u25a0 r ii' ,i u, i c ,1 !*[--\u2122iwro\u00ab'nn,\nres as the up- the International I on lhe tt *m\u00bb*a*-~\/ ASSA Y ()rM(,K\ndition und prospects ,. . ., ,,,,,, .,,,,, .. .,; ,. ,- .,..llE w^^^^ 'lu,jn ' \\jl l sWjis,\n^^^^^^^^^^^m^^^^^^^mu for lhe soulh and a distunce l\"itl miles tt ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^mmmm^a*\ning miniii-* properties ol Easl \u25a0-> s iiiv fa ed ,\u201e' . . .it Ar> rroD-r c-tdcc-t- \\,,r~r-rsn, - rs n 51\nKi . . ., ' \u25a0 :-\"E. There are, however, to the north thero is no portion K 43 FORT STREET. VICTORIA. B. C. ||\n\".\"'\"\"V But these two disi \u25a0- some palpable errors. The Press k this vast district where min- Eg W. J. R. COWELL, B. A., F. G, S., MINING ENGINEER. ||\nE\"' est savs oral has nol heen found. At 11 sole proprietor and manager. ||\nyear there will a great deal o . . tc 32\n'..,., .\u25a0,,,.. ., Wn\u201etii e is I - s to a Washington: present ull this gnat stretch of || GOLD ASSAY, $1.00, GOLD AND SILVER, $1 50. II\nmining actum mtUeroi a ., ,, te cll ,.,,., .., ,\u201e, ^\"*\ndei - * spateh. the Director of the; country is tributary to Fort Rt silvlh, 8,1.00,\ndistrict the coming -. In ,, , ..... ,, \u2022 tt I i-'mi \u00abi iiii\n... .. , .'Island - : . ., '; ' - substantial evidenco .Steelo- Willi uulimited water Eg i. ,.m..i. . J______^_\nSILVER AND LEAD, $1.50,\nGOLD, SILVER AND COPPER, M.\ns thos \u25a0 the world's product of void power in close proximitj to llie tt\nthe calendar vear 18S17 will town, Furl Steele Ims natural tc\nnew popu\nin begin. , iiir merchants shi\nMILL TESTS:\n^^^^^.^^^^^ approximate, if not exceed,!advantages which cannot be|E| The Stamp Mill has a capacity of 20 Tons a day,\nl,e prepared for double the biisi- ,,,, , _. ._ mo an increase of n - i overlooked. From the present I fl \"ie Chlormution Plant 2 Tons a day.\n\u201ei mt^^^^H^^^^^^^^H^^',-HV iBMi''^l,i'1^HB tt mm^ g_\n\u25a0 \u2022 \u25a0 Uventv tier cent over 18(1(1 outlook of mining affairs, Wild lil\nthan that their stocks ol ?enerul *,,.,.\u25a0 .... , E , n ,, , ,\u25a0,\u2022,, , tt\n. , \"*** i any- flic go I product oi the QuitedI Horse Creek, which is the south-1if\ne\nte\nBusiness Mgr\naa\nI\naa\nI\n, i\u25a0 , ii, , 11 ,*.*,v.,,,,,,,,,, i i,i iit,,\nShOUllI lie I'l,llllilete ,, \u2022 Wm,^\u2014^^^m\u2014,^\u2014m,^^\u2014^m^^^^^^mmmm^\n'i\u00bb Sl *\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 [or ispij was srill.l 100: ern boundary oi the town, will t*= \t\nwith everything needed ina mm- th \u201et .,..\u201e.\u201e,,, *|*i\u201e...,..;.,,, ,_..,. .'-.., , n \" ,- , EBuU'i'Ji'i'i'ilfMUU'iW'iU'iMM'JUUUimuuuuui'U\n,,., - . ,. . , im-tasea piesen '''' \u2022''''''i\u00bb :,,r I*-'.,, r, will iippri,x:iii;ii,,s:',|,- be the set'ne til exlensivt'inining '\"-iiiuuuuu'jimiiu^^\nAAU. i'llllll'. I HIS bOUnOu -''I III'1 ,,i' tl*,-, I),. . ', ' | i \u25a0 . .,\n. ' ,. ,. ... '\" ll\" i *\u25a0 \u25a0 , i- 'eiai Loii- -.,,, The product of Africn operations. Recent discoveries r\nll'S lllll' ill' 1111*1*1* lllll S ll lis ,. \u201e,;,\u201e.,, V ... ir ,,,;,. . . \u25a0 . ' .\nlention at >ew Westminster las for 1MH1 was-14.400.0ilO; returns of gold on Brewery Greek and\nIIS 1*11* Wl ee he roinpe I loll ,\u25a0,,], ;\u201e ;, ,.,,.;\u201e,, ,,,. ,,\u201ek\u201e , . .\n. ... ' llUI \u25a0\" declaring uuqmi ed ,.,.-,,,, up ti|] Deeembor 1, the forming of five companies to\n\" ''.' ' ,! \"-\"\"-1\"'' \"\"'\"\"\" \"giiinst th.* administration aud i*s(ir. indicate thnt the gold pro work two and u half miles of the\not west Kooionay. ,\\i .*i tne throwing iu ils |ot wilh tho op. duceof that coulltry fol. the yoiu, C1.eeki will give some idea of the\nsoft weather of the spimg has position iu the Provincittl House wil] ,\u201e, s>. .oui,. Australia, extent of thut class of mining.\nbeen got over, the railway tote ,\u201e,\u201e,,\u201e,,,,v lnelml death \u201e, ,h\u201e ^,200,000; for IW the Brewery Crook is u tributary of\nriinil s nniiii lunn n e-uiiil eiuiimh i \u25a0,\u201e\u25a0 \u201e.,,,,,.\u201e,, ti, , i ;i\u201e\u201e.\u201ei ,i,,\u201e . ,,..,,,,\n, I, ,* I I* ^'Heinment. lhe Liberals dur-, indieatious ure thul il will he Wild Horse. On the main creek\nWttgouroaci louuow o laming in\u201e. ,,\u201e, 1;lM rjomin{on campajgn ^ fiQ[) Mox]c()i ,\u25a0\u201e. im> hydraulic mining has been car-\n\"\",'\"'' \u2122\".TT\",'1' '\"\"';' ln,ettythoroughly\u00b0l*gim- ^8,330,000; for 18(17, estimated nl riod on for yeurs, and lhis vein*\nt't^o oVthomui-('lmuso\"&ist l\/,'',i';\"\"' lh.ey havG 1;\"1\" \"\"'\"'' *l\"-< *,:\"!'* Tl\"' Dominion of will see al least ten large placer\n'\"','','!,\"\",'.. \"',\"\"'\" ',-' ' V \u00bb \"T l,mvinK t'10\"' organization ever j Canada ,18(10. \u00a3> houoiki; eslim- companies operating on Wild\nand Wesl Kootenuy lot the .rude uim, so thil, theil, action ;\u201e \u201e\u201e. ^ ^ %7rmm !ll(li;iV Hor^ ,',\u201e\u201e,,'\nof the mining cumps in this dis* ,,..,..\u201e.,,;,.\u201e, .\u201e, ,i. .,,|,|*,i,\u201e, ,,r ' , . ,. ,',-'- ' ..' ,\ni loineiiiion iiie.iiu tne .iiiuiiionin 1)n\u201e|||,.| |oi' i-!i, is estimated iu\n11'lt't Will be kepi up sl lliv nil- ., ,-, -... | ,\u201e,,.;,\u201e, ,,,* ,rl ,,\u201e,,,\u25a0..,. -., - ,, ,, ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^_\ni \u25a0 tt political engine ot giem powei si..,oii. mu. Russia s cold pro- ,, . .,. , , , ,, \u2022\nli lie em hi he veur. when ihe .,ii i,, ,*,,*i,ihi,,ss i* ii,,,, i ',..- thai this mu.-li hivored Province\n.III 111 le.lllllli'ss ,ill .llllllll tO , |](.| ,,]\u25a0 s|| wns Sl* ,:,.,ii,|l,|i|: . i ,1 ii ii r\niililiill\n\u2014ttmt t'H'lllli\nEVERYTHING\nIN\nDrugs '\/ Patent Medicines.\nFine TOILET SOAPS,\nl-'lno l.Ml'OUTKII I'KUICMKS.\nFine MAIK. TOOTH nml N.Mi. HRUSHES\nEverything seems to indieate\nI\nrnilwnv will be linislietl uud lhe\nHi,\nwhole condition of things v.m.-m] wilh *lK ,,'\u201e', m, ,!(nllll\not'wsol the opposition, li ,,\u201e. |fto7] estimated to upproxii\nule SEE.000,0110. Wilh ihe excel)-\nis on tho tlireshhold of a new\nera, With the opening spring\nchanged. Wesl Kootenay i* i,imti,.ocis 0f votes of I ibenls \".\"\"\u25a0'-\"\u25a0\"'',\"'\"'\"'\u2022 \"\"\" \"\"','-,\".'!'' the new order of things will\n.,,.,, . .. iiiiiitin us 01 \\oi,s iii i.i lis ||,,u ,,| tll(, Soulh Appnlui'liiiiu , ,, \u2022 , i i , -i\nchttiitswilllgh hnrd for ti per- who hl\u201e, |llul u0 well.llelilled ^ge, the Director beliovos thai ^o tairly begun, and by mid-\n'\"-\"\"\"'.''I \"\"this district viewsonPl.ovint,inl politics, bu. rustics will show an increase *~' \" nle\u00a3 M^ '\"\nuii'l 't will only be by equal j who would g0 with the party i\" \u2022 \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u2022 \u2014 British Columbia will be bouud-\n\u25a0''\"''\u2022-\u25a0\u25a0v* ('(l,llll|y '* pi'ohonsivo local us well us I),\n\/JI rfi i)\\ i\\\\ n\\ ff\\\nA. W. BLEASDELL,\nPioneer Drug Hall\nFort Steele, B. C.\n(Iriuliiati' OuUii'lo College tit' Pharmacy.\nminion affairs goid product over thai of 1-mi.\ning along wilh a rnpidily of pro-\ngress such us she has never pre- 2*y#iMii'Sa;i:i3**Mai\nwm\n\u00bb\u00bbsi larationof policy bv tlie party Demanded All Over the Dominion. I viously experienced lowurds the K [j jNn.pprsM\nK ;, , , ' ' , . ' I- ii ,i i> \u2022 prom iiosiiion winch she will ,, lilullLAINlJ EvhLAlVI,\n\u00ab \" leaders or delegates had been From all over the Province I,,,,,,,,,,,1,,, ,.,,,, Al aboul \u201e\u201e, l^^\nmade, With all their forces ar- there come demands for aids lo | Slima tiino will come n yoneral '\"\":' \"\"'\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0'\u25a0' nave been ex- make a cureful exiiininution, and more vigorous jieople. Mr.\n s lniss* Probably not a Tlie resident Engineer of the Turner und his co tgue are\n, . _ third oi the names of thoso en- Public Works Department has politically rheumatic ami docre-\nsio.uhn twee ' tG \"'\">\"\u25a0\"\"\u00bb the voters'iaiSo 1 i looking into the claims 1^' 1 bo province lu its later\nKiviifi-.lv *oiviliin\" so fnv f r i ti career needs fresher blood, ami\n*\"l\"1> '\"l>\"\"\"- ,'N .'\" \"' kiVsl0' n\"' ! I'1\" \u25a0'>'\u2022'\u2022\": im.iv Vigorous huinllillg ol' lhe\nwas: -:*.*\u25a0 [i as been d to obtain n full list want the Duncan River improv- ribbons. Kaslo Kmitenaian.\n.\"' L'rs' und nothing ninth- 0d. and Mr. Roy has made an ex-1== *\u25a0 -= =\n\u25a0 - '.'\u25a0\"uiiiiiu \u00bbf oner- amination to detorraino the most port Steele Wood Yard\nen '-'ns should be -ol I,,- advantageous munnor of expend-1\n.gethenil once, and by systematic ing the *3,00n appr *iai,,l by\n\u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0 Governmenl ' \u25a0'\"\"Ul ~\"] '\"\">'>' l*\u00b0'ss|blo tho Dominion Governmenl Insl\nitself to I ..* safe najoi ty ol \"l\"1 '\"- ''\"\"\"l T '\"I\"1\"\"\"\"- session for improving the navi-\nv-otes, were give) pre are those of being a male British Ration of tho rivor. As a resull\n,n;.lh,in ,i,,i,. the : . . subject um having lived iiitho|0f ihal oxainination, Mr, Roy\nt-i i ts f i i tt fes *ftt*f-.\nni\nm\nHighland Crej\n5 2*J3ii\u00abii4i\u00ab:!5\u00ab\u00ab\u00ab'''\nOF WORLD WIDE FAME.\nrmm?rnmm?ni7nTnmwmTn\nEACHER'S\ntrii'tsof Ibe mainland were gi eu l'r\" \"\"'\" '\" \"mnths 1\"\"1 b) the j will take su])plies uni n up to\n;i\u201e |lt||,. representation Thei '''strict two months, Tliere are the Duncan River late In l.-1obni\nH,.h,,n\u201e, had its cilci: 'h, \u2022!,,,\u25a0. \u25a0''\u25a0:'\"\"'<\u2022\u25a0'-'-'\u00ab:\u25a0 citizens wh,, cm ary, and thinks Ihey should bo\nl(,\u201el was enabled lo gel u in i;'\"'' .v,';\"' ''''\"' lmvo \"\"' ,vul* | able lo clear tho river of obstruc\n,* anitivelv lurge majority in bi-un li-re long enough to entillo\nUn* House, while in 'ounlry !ll\",n b'register, bul who probu\nlil \u25a0, ,,. ill be before Ihn election\ncine ou. Lists ol ihese also\nshould be iiiad,*. and a - i une goes\nou llu'it name! should be added\nlo lhe Voids' Iisi IIS l lll'.V become\nthe voles easl for il were Very\nslighl Iv if ul all more nuiner\nous than lliose (riven lo I he op\np,,sii um. Thul lhe i lovernmi'iil\nwill altcinpi io repeal the man\n,,-lIVi'l* ill lhe bill lo lie bl'Ollghl 'I\"\"-1'1'\"'!\ndown nexl moulli i.s lo I \\\nlions, ami mav be able lo do\nlunch lowill'ds improving Hie\ndepth ol ihe water in ihe i-hiin\nnei. lie believes il will be quite\nfeasible lo make lhe i'i vol' lllivi\ngable for live or sis months of\nthe Vi'lll*.\nIii Knsl Kiiolonny Ihere is also\nii cry for Dominion iippropriu\nlions for river purposes, The\nWOOD\nI'Eirnislit'd Promptly, all lengths\n\/., ,n*, Orders wilii Gilpin if Lindsay, or\nwith tin Willi r llrlietii.l Mini. '\n0. J, CROFT, Proprietor.\n;, ,\\| I' I is phi! people ihere desiru to see Hi.,\nI Il\"1 UlU llli'.V 'Mie mi ,M |(| .... M|| ,M |,,,,\u201e,\u201e\u201e,\u201e kooleiinv l.'ivci* improved be\nMirei'ssful lhis Iiuu' .: ni *:,;,! ihe Koolenuy Iwenn Fort Steele iiiiiI I he bound\nKiver he improw'd it lhu ary line, al least. Neics-Advcr\nAl ihe lasl L'l'iieriil eleclioii liouiidiiry lo Koi't Sleele, \\liscr.\nKdlliiliO House\nMOYIE CITY, EAST KOOTENAY. B.C.\nThe above Hotel bus been re\nccnll.v erected, and neatly fur\nnisbeil throughout.\nCosy and Comfortable Rooms\nTin* llm- ,.ii|,|,li,*,l will, ih,, UKST\nI,minis uf l,i,|in,rs and Cii'iirs.\nHEADQUARTERS I'OU MININO MKN,\nma\ny,U\\itW\\lJ^ii!\\lt\\ilMI'\\,>\\U,i,\\ii\\l<\\i:\\l<\\ii'in'l\\l,\\tA,.s'{l\\ii'j.\nI AS SUPPLIED TO I\n| II. II, The Sultan of Zanzibar. |\nHrilisli Central African\nCommission;\nSir 11. II. Johnston. II. C. 13.\nwm\n?i<,,.i,i,\\t,,n\\i,,i,,tt,i\\,'io,,t,itnii,t,\\,r,i,\\n\\i,,i\\,i,,m,tet,,vi,i$\nEIGHLAND CBEAM Is especially suited on account of Its\nABSOLUTE PURITY for use iii hot climates. It enjoys the largest\nsiiln of uny Scotch Whiskey In India, Mexico, Central Africa\nund Soutli America,\n\u2014\u2014H. G. PARSON,\nSOLE ACiENT,\nGolden find Fort Steele, B. C,\n1 r a\n^^ :kshani<;\nPorl Steeie, B.C.\nGeneral Blacksmith,\nHORSE SHOEING,\nAND JOBBING.\nMining Work a Specialty.\nGERMAN BAKERY\nAND\nCOFFEE HOUSE.\nHomo iniitlo Broad and frosh\nCoffee al ull hours.\nPRANK PE0KSTEIN. THE PROSPECTOR, FORT STEELE, li. ('.. FEBRUARY 5, 1898\njfeiV.\nw \u2022\u2022\u25a0\n..(.. .\u00bb- .9. D.;u-ij**u**iruTnnnnjyi'yuiJwiJyir^^\nTi* \u2122 *(?duij-iKji!rijiKjLrtj^uiruTJir^^\nu\nfl 8 I\nv . \u25a0;...- ... j ti) ! . * -.-\u25a0..- \u25a0 \u25a0...-\u25a0.. \u25a0\nI * ' ' * . \u2022\n\u25a0 \u25a0,\n*\n\/ * ' \/\n.-\u25a0:\u25a0\u25a0\n\u25a0 . tun\n\u25a0\n\u25a0:.\u25a0-..'\n:\n\u25a0!\u25a0\u00bb\u00ab\n* .-\n\u25a0\u25a0 . k\nSS*\n**#\n^asMff-fga^ljs*^^\niffli\n|!*H\nNow open and ready for guests,\nEverything new and first-class,\nChoicest liquors and cigars.\nSpecial Agent for\n* **% \u25a0\u25a0'\u2022# s# m m -W **\nAttheuser\u00bb\nBi\nBeer\niV-'\n*\u00ab <* \u00a3& gjtgA ,5*r .;;* *& -3* ** \u00bb* ** ** \u00a3& <* 0'* 0*\nRestaurant open\nday and night\nmm\ne\niehca-\nI\nI\ncies of the season \\\n(9fiSfiSSSSSii9SSS9SSS9SSS9SSS898S8SeSS9SSS9SSSi>iS9 SSS9SSSS69SJ (tS*S\nShe tyzQ&wc\\0\\*\nSATURDAY, PKUKUARY 5, 18118.\nTrncy Items.\nTracy is to have 11 sawmill. X.\nHanson, the enterprising merchant and sawmill man of Wasa,\nis going In imi in a mill with a\ncapacity of cutting 1,500 feet per\nday. He is also talking of put\nting in a stove.\nWork is being pushed rapidly\non the Little Horn, owned by\nGrundy Aarkes, Thoy have uncovered a largo ledgo of high-\ngrado oro, principally carrying\ngold and copper.\nF. II. Shoppard, bookkeeper of\ntho Aini'i'icaii store of Fori\nSteel'', has bough! two lots and\nwill hnprovo them, A. I'E Clark,\nof Liverpool, Faigland, has also\nbough! two Eds and will build al\ninn'1'.\nLevi l\u00bb. Kean, llie townsite\nllgi'lll. is ill Fori Sleele to UlCQt\nsome Colorado capitalists who\nare negotiating for tho erection\nof a largo concentrating plant at\nTraey.\nOn thn Crow's Nest Pubs.\n(CorrcMpondonco nf Tin: PiiosPKcroii.)\nThe bridge at the South Fork\nis rapidly being completed and\nwill soon be ready for laying the\nsteel. Tho bridge will bo tho\nhighest on the line, being MO\n[eel above the river. Over two-\nthirds of il is completed.\nTlie tote road is ill excellent\ncondition, and nearly 1)00 loams\nare engaged In hauling supplies\nall along the lino.\nThe new lown al Coal Creek\nwill be called \"Pernio,\" named\nafler Mr. William Pernio, tho\ndiscoverer of coal in Ihe I'nss.\nWork al lho mines is rapidly\nprogressing. About 2i> men are\nni work gelling tho tunnels and\napproaches ready for track* laying, Thu company will pui in u\nlui'go electric plant, llghl tho\nnm, by electricity, tako tho coal\nfrom the mine and run the drills\nand oilier machinery by that\npower. Fifty large coko ovens\nwill also bo constructed. This)\n.would give an output of \"'1 tons1\n'\u2022 of coke per day. The company\nare working three shifts of eight\nhours each, and it is reported\nthat an additional force will bo\nemployed at an early day.\nTho opening up of these coul\ntields will givo prosperity to both\nEast and West Kooleuay. East\nKootenay, and more particularly\nibis district, will derive the most\nbenefit, ii will assist in tho\nopening of our mines: il will\ncause tho erection of Sllloltoi'S ill\nthe district, thereby making a\nmarket for ores mined in Southern Kootonay.\nWilli llie completion of the\nCrow's Nest Railway, combined\nWith lhe opening np of lhis immense area of coal, tho Fori\nSteele districi will rapidly surge\nto the front as 11 mining region,\nand the bonolits lhat will accrue\nwill make this tho banner district\nof lhe Province.\nC. N. P. KAILWAY ENG.UIK7.\nCommissioners Judge Dugas and F.\nPauley in tho City They Oo\nWest Today.\nAmong tho arrivals in the city\nMonday wore Judge Dugas and\nMr. Frank Pedley, who, with\nMr. Applelon, of this city, have\nbeen appointed commissioners by\nthe Dominion government to Investigate the charges of ill-treatment preferred by lho laborers\nagainst the contractors building\nthe Crow's N'esl I'nss Railway.\nJudge Dugas and Mr. I'edley do\ncidod lo remain a day in tho city\naud are guests al lho Hotel Mani\nlobii. They proceeded wesl\nTuesday to Macleod, where Ihej\nwill organize lo tako evidonco,\nNaturally their course ol procotl\nure will be determined on their\narrival ill lho scone of operations.\nKm it is probable thai Judge\nDugas will bo chairman and Mr.\nPedley secretary. From. Macleod they will proceed along the\nline of railway and take evidence\nfrom lhe men, the understanding\nbeing that the laborers will come\nforward and willingly supply\nwhatever Ihey deem is necessary\nin support of thoir case. The\ncommissioners will proceed right\nthrough to Ilritish Columbia,\nJudge Dugas is well Known in\nMontreal. He was born at St.\nUeini, Xupiervillc county, in\nlK.|f>, and received his education\nin .Montreal college. He began\nthe study of law in the office of\nthe late Chief Justico, Sir I'E A,\nDnriou. Subsoipiontly be became\nassociated with Lorungor & Lor-\nauger, and lieforecompleting his\ncourse he studied with the lato\nSir,lulm Abbott, After admission to lho bar Ah*. Dugas enjoyed lhe rich inspiration of the hue\nMr. Edward Carter, an erudite\nlawyer. Then be became a partner, in 1870, of lion. I), t'irou-\nard, al present a judge of the\nSupremo Court. In 187-1 Mr,\nDugas became associated with\nMr. A. IE Longpre,subsequently\ntho prothonotary of tho Superior\nCourt, Four years later ho cumo\nwithin a few voles of defeating\nlion. Louis Boaubien for a seat\nin the Legislature for lloche\nlagii. The presenl Judgo's popularity was not in question because Sir Henry July and oilier\nLiberals fell in that memorable\ncampaign. His appointment us\na Judge of Sessions, with the\ntitle of \"I'res'ulenl of the Court,\"\nfollowed llll months Inter,\nHow well he bus discharged his\nduties the public call judge. Ml*.\nDugas, who is popular with nil\nclasses except criminals, joined\nlhe With battalion lu I8\"li, lie\nserved dul'illg thu NorfllWOSl rebellion and participated in the\n'\u25a0ii\" i* 'Ill III l-'li-lli'lllllltIt's\nlliitte. lie retired, I'otnining\nrank as Lieutenant Col I, four\nyearn ago, Winnipeg Fm Pn \u2022-.\nWE GHftRGE NO COMMISSION. HIE BUY RIGHT OUT\nItuncs iiiiiI Tn\nHides, Pelts, Wool, BAgnj\nTR! I Mil \u25a0\"Mllprun rruriK ' \u25a0IK^lilBW'W,\"jSJE\nTALLOW, GINSENG. SENECA.\nTHE BEAR \u25a0 , yfjfa {\u25a0\u201e,. {\\\\ml\\w gjvjng [^jf JJ^jJ. prjoeg|\nIMMEDIATE REMITTANCES. N0 cOMSiTssioS s..,..,:oe u\nJflS. MCMILLAN & GO.\nSTAGE LINES.\nI* '. 'v. \u25a0 Israelii! , I llu su lines nlll In*\n miln -.\"\"\u25a0\u25a0'\u25a0\u25a0( purl of this paper.\nFort Steele mul Moyie Lake.\nDepart*,! Korl Sleele, Tuesdays and Fridays,\n111 In. ni.\nArrives, l-'orl Steele. Thursdays in\u201el Sundays,\nat 11:110 p. in.\nFort Steele to Kulispell.\nLeaves t'on Steele I-'ri.luv mornings al I\no'clock.\nReturning, loaves Knlispull Titus-Jay mornings\nnt; o'clock.\nUpper Columbia Navigation Co.\nSlav-,* leaves Fori Slei h Tui sdny und Friday\nmornings, connecting Willi steamers in\nCutnil .\".in lorllolden.\nInc. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.\nFort Steele Meat Company.\nFresh and Salt Meats always\non hand.\nRobson tii Rotifers, Prop's.\nRiverside Avenue,\nFort Steele, H. C.\n^^\u2022^\u2022^^^^^\u2022^\u2022\u2022^\u2022\u2022\u2022^^\u2666\u2022^'\u2022^\"\u2022'\u00bbtt\u00abo\u00ab\u00bb^\u00ab.\u00abtt\u00ab^'\u00bb\u00bb\u00abo\u00ab,\u00ab<,\u00abj('\u00bb,.*iA\u00ab^%,\u00ab.\n{ -J %\n'\"\n'is\n8 O\nA.\nw*\ni-l ?\nr,:\nI\nNuirm.\nAdHniHH\nAddress, THK PROSPECTOR CO., Fart Steele, B, C.\n:'; I I\n\\\nKill In lilunli line . imil Inrwiml to tillsollli'ti,\n'ii\". I'\u00abr Annum, M.OU, In Months, THE PROSPECTOR, PORT STEELE, B. C, FEBRUARY 5, 18118.\nTF.LKGr.'APH RATES.\nFi 111 Fl, Steel to linn\nMAIL ROUTE TO THE SOUTH.\n[Oil , 11\nSpoki .\nSennle....\nVlotu'la...\nSTanconvcr\n.8 if\n. l.lfi\n. I.3S\n 1,05\nMonition points .'.,'-\nEasl nf Minnesota I.M)\nEastern Canada 1.50\nManitoba 1.1)0\nCalgary 2.05\nGoldon 2,05\nMcLeod 1.90\ni i.'.H Fort Steele, Wardner, Eik, River, To- \u00a3l\n\u2022Stl bucco, Mont,, Mnrston and Kalis- a^,\n*,,[j pell, Mont, on tho new route. '',\nl.'.io \\V. II. Griffin, Mayor of Ka1 \"'\nz z-*:i**\u25a0 z: -a;.im mm$. \u00ab CT\u00ab MARY'S INN\n'<\u201e: ispell, writes to IE I.. T. Oal\nl.lu braith, asking if a mail ronto had ....\n1.25 , ._.,,, ,..., , \u201e .., ^tj\n*\nbeen established botwoon Port\niii'i Steole ami Kalispoll, We tako\n1.(15 , . 1 ... il\nI \u2022, pleasure in making tho announ- ,\n_\u201e I'i'iiii'iii, timi llie |>nstnl authoril-1\n\u00a9he IJ-wrspcctov\nSATURDAY, KKIIIit'AKY 5, H\nii's completed all tho arrangements for the service, and lhe\ninitial trip was mado lasl Tues-\n day. Tin' contract mils for a\nZH A. 7ZZZZZZZZZZZZA round trip weekly between Porl\nFOB MURDER IN AUSTRALIA. , ' ,\u201e *\nSteele and I obacco, Mont, I he\nDr. Arthur Herbert Orpeti Arrested m.-ui leaves Poi'l Sli'i'li'nil TtlOS\nin San Francisco. cjHyS| ,.oaching Tobacco Oil VVod\nDr. Arthur R. Herbert Orpen, nesday night, returning leaves1**\n*.\nTHB\nQueen's Hotel.\nTwo Commodious Sample Rooms tor Commercial Men\nBACGAGK TH VNSPRRHED PRICl'l\nHOT if cnl.li BATHS\nRATES Si PER DAY.\nalias Arthur Herbet, was arresl Tobacco on Thursdays reaching\nini at San Francisco by Deputy Port Steele Friday evening, \\V.\nUnited States Marshal Gallingher ,\\ White Prasior has the con\nin the steerage of the steo r i fa *\nAustralia upon her arrival fi i\nHonolulu upon a warrant chai-g-\nJ. G, Greene. Proprietor.\nGOLDEN, li. C.\ni\n*\ni\ni\ni\n#\ni\ni\ni\ni\n*\nl\ni\n*\ni\nE,',^***.A***iV:-..*ir. v**w^^\n FORT STEELE, B. C.\nBest Accommodations in Fort Steele now\nm ready for guests. Wi\nARRANGEMENTS CAN BE MADE POR ROOMS\nFURNISHED OR UNFURNISHED. . . .\nPRICES REASONABLE.\nA good Restaurant man can learn of a fine business opportunity in connection with the above.\n*\nTALK OF A TALL HAT. .>\u25a0\ninghitnwitl the murder of S latl How a Scotch Bridegroom Turned n ^ft*^^*^# ^fc * }fc ^ W *K( I^W*W**WWfHS^Pi^ g\nHarriet Campbell in tin Wok on One of the Guests. \\~\nAuckland, X. '\/.., on December At Scotch wodd oa - \"TTU p\n15, 1897. Orpen s allege I to '\u25a0'-'' * '\"\nhave performed a c a ia * a1 ' \" !l\"' llaI \"\u2022' !l\"' ll|'i*1*- '\nuiin.i ni'\"!, tl \u2022* woman. \";i->' in VV\ntook place,\nInvesting in Koot \u25a0\u25a0 Ihese Oi as Ol -. says\nTheK \u25a0: ut has ,'n R. Ci. SHIER,\nfailed to divi 't the e (relative*- I'lioi'KIKTOH.\ntl tsterti and British investing\nimblicfromK - \u25a0 W^^r!rTtJ'Rrt-er'*G4^\u00abw*^\nto increase il Represi - etter. The bride- \u25a0 JvuUljMCM \u00ab-***\"\u2022 I a ^THr-Sit\nol B '* . les i have g ...\nnternationa\nFort Steele. I\nA few Offices and Stores to rent in the building.\nThe Mountainl\nHOUSE I\n*\n*\n*\n*\n*\n1\n*\n*\n*\n*\n1\n\u25a0\u25a0*\nPor Travellers and Mining Men\nHsrdEciKeiy erd Expensively Fur\n- nished. \u2014\nEverything new, First Class and\n\u2022Striotly Modern in every par-\n- tioular,\nHome Comforts.\nample means behind . . . \u2022\nnow in th' . lei isenji\nreport s of their invos - ..... it soi\ni about Ross .\nver ley \u25a0 \" -\u25a0\nboen aln ly publishe ....\nSpol.'isiua llicieic The in , *. _\n, -,11- thai Inn '\u25a0 \u25a0'** \u2022 '\" d h; , .. .-.. :*..-..\nmines'iu both these districts, , .\nwhen bro n tu tlio attention of ouslj ss n \u25a0\u25a0- * \u25a0\ncapil <\" ii to seeli in . , ,.,;. ||,. ,\\*alki I oul ol tin\nvi stmenl i ini Iiei I \u25a0.,, |ir ising*. . .. :. . .:.-, . ,\nThe capital now ug into tlie \u25a0 . , \u2022 .,;,..-. ,.*,., en I ho v.-\n... the imi ered ^\u00abnT?iTT?fTTTTTTTT?T??mt!TnT?T?TTf%ffTmr?T????yT??mT??T'fTTfnT???r?)^\u00a3\nof an era o in stment anil ile hat from his head, he threw il K zs\nvolci] ml beside which tho lusl into the hands o its pr own- ji~\n\"li i\" sinks inlo isignilic v. er, exclaiming: \"Hey, Mr. Don- jj~\nWhen the looiling ol Hie mar gall, there's your hat,\" and tlon- \u00a3;\nkets of ii;,* west and eastern nud his own, amid the cheers of jE\nCanada witli ulioupstock brought all present. Mr. Dougall wasifc\nin dollars lo llie promoters, tho the uuhappiesl looking man g:\nrush of capital, of which the be- iu .Scotland for somo time after \u00a3?;\nginning is al liainl, will bring in (hat. *E\nthousands lo the legitimate miners and those who have had\nunough faith in the country to\nImlil uu 1)|;||] |h|U h\u201e wJ\u201e |lu,M m)\ngreat promise to the m rain ,ongel, complaiu of rateB] or\nsources of this State. I he com- \u201etha| there ,g nothlng jn u;. bu|\nmunitj has suffered an irreparu w||] ||(, ;||| \u201e1||h,|sias|i,, ,ln(, thor.\nhie loss in the death of one nf its\nablest mon and mosl highly es-\nWi-stt-i-n. Mining\noughly convinced advocate of lln\nefficacy of printer's ink,\nNo 1 ii inch flooring ..\nNn 1 4 inch flooring ..\nNo 1\u20144 inch flooring ..\n,,..$20.00, 4 inch Boadodcelling No 1 ..\n.., .$24.01) Finishing lumber No 2\t\n... .$28.00. Finishing lumbor No 1\t\n\u00bb2S.(Hl.\n$22,110.\n$211.1X1.\nThe Largest Stook of Dry Lumber in East Kootenay.\nALL KINDS OF MOULDING AND BUILDING MATERIAL.\nL\nPORT STEELE B.C.\nNow under the management of\nR. D. MATHER.\nIs a large and attractive Hotel\nof quiet elegance in all its\nappointments, with a\ncusine of superior\nexcellence.\nSpecial rates by tho month.\nk\u00ab\u00abS\nliorotoforc HiilmlittltiK liolwcon us llio iiniln*-\nKlKllod us llnllwuy l'i,ntriit*l\u201ei*s in llie North\nWest 'i'ei-i'iliii-les uml Hrilisli t'nttiinliiii Ims\nheen litis iluy ilissulveil l,y lllllllllll collNOIlt: nil\n,lrl,ts owtnK I\" tin* Klltd |,iii*lii,*i*shl|i im-1\u201e bo\nIllllll to tho iiiiiliTslfciiftl A. C. Sniilli hy whom\nthe minio wlll ho sotllcil.\nWllness I A. ('.SMITH.\n, It, McKENSSlK.\nIlllletl lit l-'iirllSleele. II. !'. this -Jilll iluy ill\n.lulliliny, IHUH. \u2022.,-:\nTwo loams enino in from Kalis- We lenrn that ll\"* Kaiiffmaii\n,,,,| loatloil vvilhgonoral men Imn-I House al Movie City is open for\n'lis,.. ' | business.\nImportant news regarding tlie\nlownsite is expected on the next\nmail.\n11 is reported thai thu manager\nof Ibe Hudson Buy Co. bus an\noption oil two lots on Riverside\nAvenue.\nA new lown lias been laid oul\nui Palmer's Bar called Palmors-\nIon.\nEnough snow fell on Thursday\nIn Improve llie sleighing, llolb\nlhe Coition anil Kalispell roads\nme in line condition I'm' li'ivvol,\nThree tenuis eaiiie ill Irom\nKalispoll during the week.\nTHE WHITE-FRASER\nSTAGE COMPANY , \u00ab\niSueeessers to ItoultM Urns. I\nAifoert J. Grez.\nBARBER,\nNext Door to International Hotel.\nPOUT STEELE, li. (.'.\nA large experience in leading\nbarber shops of American cities\nand foreign countries.\nJAMES HIGHWARDEN & SON\nPIONEER BARBER SHOP\nEverything Strictly First Class.\nNexl door to the Prospeotor,\nLivery, Feed,\n\"\"\" Sale Stables,\nAt All Principal Points,\nHon. Joseph Chamberlain\nspoke al Liverpool of the importance to tbe Empire of the Canadian Pacilic Railway, which, he\nsaid, was a magnificent enterprise, and oni' whicli provides\nBritain for lhe flrsl lime with a\nstrong trump card in lhe interesting game of nations, now bolng played iu llie fnr I'lasl.\nArchie Campbell, working on\niiie Crow's Nesl Pass Railway as\nlime keeper, a short lime ago,\nnot leering well, look nine nun*\nphine pills whicli liiili'il him,\n('apt. Armstrong and lhe lirsl\nbatch of his party of men for Hie\nYukon lel'l (ioldi'it on Saturday,\nThree hearty cboorsand lho best\nwishes of many friends nccoin*\npaiiii'tl the parly as N'o. I moved\nout of llu; station,\nStage to Fort Steele\nand Westward. * \u00ab\nAll Inqllll'loBat,Ollloo Next\nin Witi'thitT Utilise\t\nHundquartora:\nWardnor, B. 0.\nWANTED.\nA iiiiiii in pui m a Sash and\nDoor Factory al Swansea.\n(Iood hiducoinonlH will boofTorod\nt<\u00bb ;i capable and responsible\nman.\nUrow's Nest Land and\nDevelopment Company,\n2041 SWANSEA, B.C,\nNOTICE.\nNul li'K is litTCliy kIvi'ii I It'll sixty days alii-r\niIhic I shnll upply ti> the I'lili'l''\u25a0'imiiilsshiw . nr\nLunds uml Work** for permission t<> purflhiwo\niiir following pirot1 nf Iftnd,flturilngRl\u00bb pom\n\u25a0niH'ili wi'si nirnrr)ut\u00bb)ut throo Hilton mirth \u00ab>r\nrail wny oroKtdnx nf sumi Creek nml uloso to lhu\nEmpire mlnornl elnlin, Ihenoc kmn) etiulnn\nsouth, thoneo -10.00 elmins <*Hst. thoneo 40.00\nnorth, thonco -10.00 chalnn went to initlnl post.\nbelntf IflOaoroH moro or less.\nA. M. J A It VIS.\nDnteil IStll (liuiliiiry, 1H9K l-l-J\nNOTICE.\nIiiike Shore Mineral Claim, siimiu-ti in thc\nl-'nrt Steele MttllllK Division of Kast Koounay\nDistrict.\nWhere located:- -On lower Moylo Luke, adjoint R(f tin- Moyle Minerul Claim-\nTake notice thut 1. Chas. t\\ Farroll, Froo\nMinor's Cortlflcoto No. *7:M. *mm for Martin\nPoloy, \\\\ M. C. No. Wl.SW: Tho-i. Itn-llr. F. M. (*.\nNn. 0fl,844i .lulm Day, P, M. C, Nn. S0.W1O; t. n.\nMurphy, P. M. (;. No. BflJiM: chiiH. C. Farroll.\nF. M. c Nn. h7,'.m;i. Free Minor's Cortllleato Nu.\n87,848, Intend, ilxty tlayN from tin- dato hereof,\nto apply to tho Mining Recorder for a cortllleato of Improvements, for tliopurposoofoh\ntalnlnif a Crown Brant nf tho ahovo claim.\nAntl further tako notieo thai action unilor\nkoo tlon 8T, musi lie commenoctl before the Issu-\nunco nf sueh certificate of Improvements'\n('HAS. ('. 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