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The Gazette was published by the Hedley Gazette Printing and Publishing Company, and its longest-serving editor was Ainsley Megraw (1905-1914). The Gazette served the communities of Keremos, Olalla, and Hedley. In 1916, the paper was purchased by James W. Grier, who shortened the title to the Hedley Gazette.","@language":"en"}],"DigitalResourceOriginalRecord":[{"@value":"https:\/\/open.library.ubc.ca\/collections\/xhedley\/items\/1.0179695\/source.json","@language":"en"}],"FileFormat":[{"@value":"application\/pdf","@language":"en"}],"FullText":[{"@value":" AND SIMILKAMEEN ADVERTISER.\nVol. III.\nNo. 12.\nHEDLEY, B.C., THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1907.\n$2.00, in Advance.\nTHE CANADIAN BANK\nOF COMMERCE\nHEAP   OFFICE. TORONTO\nESTABLISHED \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd 1867\nB. E. WALKER, President\nALEX. LAIRD, General Manager\nA. H. IRELAND, Superintendent of\nBranches\nPaid-up Capital, $ 10,000,000\nRest, - - - 5,000,000\nTotal Assets, -  113,000,000\nPROVINCIAL\nLEGISLATURE\nThe  Opposition  Appears   to\nbe Mending Their\nWays.\nBranches throughout Canada, and in the United States and England\nBANKING   BY   MAIL 85\nBusiness may be transacted by mail with any branch\nof the Bank. , Accounts may be opened and deposits\nmade or withdrawn by mail. . Every attention is paid\nto out-of-town accounts.\nBETTER TERMS THE MAIN TOPIC\nMacdonald's Difficult Position\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdHaw-\nthornthwaite's Attitude Illogical and\nTrivial\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdThe Member for Similkameen Sawing Wood.\nPenticton Branch  J. M. Christie, Manager.\nWILLIAM E. BURRITT\nBARRISTER,  SOLICITOR,\nNOTARY PUBLIC,  ETC.\nOffices:\n141 Seymour St,\nVANCOUVER,   B. C.\nCHARLES iE. SHAW\nCrvir, Engineer, ,\nDominion   and   Provincial\nLand Surateyor.\nOrders maij be left at, Gazette office.\nttEDLEY,       :       :       :       :       B. G.\nFOSTER'S WEATHER BULLETIN.\nThe Forecast of Weather for the Month\nof April. \" ' ,   '\nR. H. ROGERS,\nM.A., B.C.L.\nSOLICITOR, conveyancer;\nNOTARY PUBLIC, ETC.\nVernon, B. C.\nEdw. G. Warren\nElectrical Engineer and\nContractor\nGREENWOOD,\nB. C.\n(Copyrighted 1907 by W. T. Fester.)    ^\nWashington, D. C, March 30.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdLast\nbulletin gave forecasts of disturbance\nto cross continent 29 to April 2, Avarm\nwave 28 to April 1; cool' Ayave 31 to\nAprir-1. Next disturbance will reach\nPacific coast ahout. April 2, cross, west\nof Rockies country hy close'of 3, great\ncentral valleys 4 to 0, eastern states 7,\nWarm wave will cross west of Rockies about April 2, great central \"valleys -1, eastern states 9.\nApril is usually a quiet weather\nmonth, but it Avill bring frequent and\nradical   weather   changes  this   year.\nEstimates Furnished on any Electrical Project for Poaver or Light\nHORACE F. EVANS\nGEOLOGIST\n(College of Liberal Arts)\nWill' report on geologic conditions in the\nvicinity of Nickel Plate Mine, and Similka-\nmccn country generally. : : Dependable,\nand  disinterested reports furnished.\nHEDLEY,  B, C.\nGrand Union\nHotel .\nHEDLEY, B. C.\nHERRING & WINKLER, Proprietors\nWatchmaker\nHEDLEY, B.C.\nClocks and Watches for Sale.\nA. MEGRAW\nNOTARY   PUBLIC\nConveyancer,   Ileal  Kstnte.\nCrown    Grants   Applied\nUnder   Land  Act\nMineral Act.\nmil\nMines\nFor\nAgent for:\nLondon & Lancashire l<'iro Ins. Co.\nOcean Accident, and Guarantee Co.\nOffice   at   HEDLEY,   B.  C.\nOLIVER & GLADDEN\n-tot-\nCivil & Mining Engineers\n-:o:\nMIINB\ufffd\ufffd eivndL\nREAL,   ESTATE\nHEDLEY. B. C.\naveraging very cold east of the Rockies and Avarmer than usual on Pacific\nslope.\nSecond disturbance of April Avill\nreach Pacific coast ahout 6, cross Avest\nof Rockies country hy close qf 7, great\ncentral valley 8 to 10, eastern states 11.\nWarm Ava,ve will cross Avest of Rockies\ncountry about G, great central valleys\n8, eastern states 9. Cool Avave Avill\ncross Avest of Rockies about 9, great\ncentral valleys 11, eastern states 13.\nWhile temperatures will frequently\nmove up and down they will.average\nunusually cool from about 1 to 8, with\nhigh temperature Avaves not far from\nMarch 31 and April 9. From near 10\nto 17 another long low temperature\nperiod will occur. Near 22 and 23 a\nsevere northern cold Avave may be expected to carry frosts farther south\nthan usual, Avith very cool all over the\neast of Rockies country. These dates\nare for meridian 90. You must count\na day or two earlier for Avest of that\nline and a day or two later for east of\nit. The average temperatures will be\nhigh on Pacific slope Avhile they are\nlow east of Rockies that the month\nAvill average much colder east than\nwest of the Rocky ridge.\nEvery storm wave of April Avill develop unusually great intensities in all\nits Aveather features. Rainfall will be\ndeficient between meridian 00 and the j\nRockies, and east of the Alleghanies,\nIllinois, Indiana, Ohio, and about the\nupper lakes rainfall will be from to\nahoye normal. Altogether April will\nbe a cold backward month east of the\nRockies, and bad for all kinds of crops\nwhile, nearly the reverse will be true,\nfor the Pacific slope.\n1 am giving much time now to preparing to eompete with the U. S. weather bureau both in long range and\nshort range, weather forecasts, and\nwill not, therefore, he able to give my\nmonthly charts to the public through\nnewspapers in time for the incoming\ncrop season.\nThe Smithsonian Aveather records,\nincluding 000 to 1,000 volumes, covering -10 or more years and about 100\nlocalities, lie buried in the weather\nbureau vaults. Joseph Henry, preceded by Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin\nFranklin, the three greatest scientists\nof their times, believed that such records would constitute the true basis\nfor weather research. But a lot of\nmere clerks accidentally got into the\nweather bureau without having any\nscientific preparation and are now\ncontrolling the policies of the weather\nbureau Avhich leave those  valuable re-\nAfter tAVo weeks in session the- Legislature can be reported  to have made\nvery satisfactory progress.   The Opposition  fresh  from the  hands of the\nelectorate Avhen they received intimation in a very practical- Avay that  the\ncarping of the previous  three,years-\nwas  not considered  in  the public interests and  that something different\nwas expected  from  a   self-respecting\nOpposition, has profited by the lesson.\nThere has  been a disposition on the\npart of the leader of the Opposition\nand his followers in the House to avoid\nuseless   criticism   and   to   judge   the\nmeasures  brought down on their merits\/   The result has bee.n that the most\nof the bills-.introduced into the Legislature have received  the practical en-\ndorsation of the Opposition.\nEven  John Oliver has given little\ntrouble  this  session so far.     He has\neven compliinented the Government\non some of the legislation introduced.\nOn the. amendment to the Assessment\nAct,  hoAvever,  Mr.  Oliver could not\nrestrain himself.   This gaA'e him  an\nopportunity to get off a speech more\nresembling   the  days   gone   by   than\nanything else which had occurred this\nsession.    But even then the member\nfor Delta Avas Aveak.   He could find\nlittle fault Avith the amendments Avhich\nreduced taxation and he could only go\nback to his supposed grievances of 1903.\nThe principal debate for the session\nis expected  to  be on  the subject of\nbetter- terms,  which has from time to\ntime during the past Aveek been stood\nover at the request of the Leader of\nthe Opposition.    The Premier's resolution  is acknowledged to he a. fair presentation of the  situation.    The preamble outlines the main features of the\nconference recently held at Ottawa in\nwhich  the Premier put up such a determined fight for the cause of  the\nproATince   against  the  power  of   the\nFederal Government and other provinces combined. After reviewing these\nthe resolution proper follows, which is\nas follows:\n1. That this House endorses the\ncourse taken In- Honorable Richard\nMcBride, Premier of British Columbia,\nat the said Conference in respect to all\nthe foregoing described actions.\n2. That this House is further of opinion that the proposed additional allowance of ($100,000) one hundred thousand dollars, annually, for ten years,\nas compensation for the recognized\nclaims of British Columbia is inadequate, and cannot be accepted as a\nfinal and unalterable settlement.\n3. That this House is of the opinion\nthat a matter of such a voluminous\nnature as the claims of British Columbia, for special financial recognition by\nthe Dominion was, and is, not of such\na character as can be justly considered\nby a. Conference of the; kind above\nmentioned by reason of the fact that a\npropei investigation would occupy\nmuch more time than would be available at such a conference were the\nclaims of British Columbia only to be\nconsidered : and that a proper im-esti-\ngation of such claims Avould entail\nthose  eha\nto His Excellency the Governor-General, with the request that it be transmitted, through the proper channel,\nto the Right Honorable the Secretary\nof Stace for the Colonies.\n,-' What the course of the Opposition\nAvill be on this resolution is not yet,\nrevealed. It Avould appear, however,\nthat it is giving the leader of the Opposition considerable trouble to find a\nlogical way out of the difficulty into\nwhich.-the.'resolution throws his side.\nHe Avill ,bave no Avish to follow the\nPremier and support the resolution,\nbut how to oppose this and still put\nup a pretence that he is, prepared to\nstand for provincial rights even'in'the\nface-of -the Libera! party at Ottawa\nAvill make it-a hard task for him.\nThe Socialist leader, J.H.Hawthorn-\nthwaite, has given notice of a motion\nthat he will move to strikeout the first\nsection.of the resolution. Making no\nreference to the remaining sections,' it\nwould appear that he is prepared to\nsupport, all that1 the Premier stood for\nbut does not wish to go on record as\nsupporting the Premier m the course\nhe pursued.\nThe result of the debate Avith the\nconsequences which follow it as far as\nthis province .in-'concerned.:is being\nwatched Avith the keenest interest.\nThe desire of the Premier is to keep\nthe. subject above party politics, and\nhis resolution is drawn specially to\navoid anything which might in the\nleast look like demagogism.\nThe bill to provide for an eight hour\nday in smelters in the province has\npassed its third reading. For three\nsessions this bill has come up on the\ninitiative of Mr. Hawthorn thwaite.^ It\nAvas deemed unwise the first year that\nit AA-as introduced to pass the measure\nowing to the fact that it might disastrously affect the smelting and mining\ninterests in the Province. Believing\nin the eight hour principle the Premier\nand his supporters in the House advised the owners of the smelters  to\nPROGRESS ON V. V. & E.\nThe Track-layer Still Working Between\nNighthawk and   Boundary Line\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\nMore Men Are Employed.\nAccording to rumor the end of the\nsteel ou the V. V. & E. has been advancing and receding at intervals, between Nighthawk and the Boundary\nline.-..\nOf   the   latest reports,   the one to\nAvhich the Gazette is inclined to attach\nthe most credence is that given over\nthe phone from Keremeos to the effect\nthat on Saturday, 30th ult., they Avere\nAvorking on a. small, trestle about four\n.miles south-of the boundary line : but,\nthat Avheii this 'Avas, completed better\nprogress was expected,  for, two reasons.    One  reason  Avas that the crew\nhad been augmented by about 100 men\nand was now 145 strong.    The  other\nreason   is  that since  they left Night- ,\nhawk a,succession of trestles was encountered,  every one of which  occasioned delay,   but   that with the completion of the one they had reached,\nno more trestles or bridges intervened\nbetAvee'n that and the next crossing of\nthe Similka nieen river at Armstrong's,\nAvhich   is   about   ten   miles south  of\nKeremeos by the track.\nThere is  nothing definite yet as to\nwhat action may be expected with reference to resuming Avork on the grade -\nto the north  of Jveremeos.   There is\nevidently no spur to force on this piece\nof work such as.exists in  the case of  ;\nprepare for such a bill and arrange the\nAvorks which they controlled so that\nthe eight hour dav could be made commercially possible. The. owners acted\non the hint and the Premier stated on\nthe debate on the bill that after visiting the A-arious parts of the interior he\nhad come to the conclusion that the\ntime Avas ripe for- such an act. The\nbill only awaits the assent of the\nLieut.-GoATernor noAv to become krw.\nThe ability of the Government to\ntake care of the interests of the province in the face of the machinations of\nthe Dominion administration is ably\npi-OA-ed by the papers brought down\nby the GoA-ermiient in connection witli\nthe Indian lands at Prince Rupert\nwhich the Dominion'sought to hand\nover to the G. T. P. while the Liberals\nin the province condemned even the.\nsale of 10,000 acres by the province.\nThe Provincial GoA'ernment on the\n19th of this month passed an order in\ncouncil laying formal claim to the 13,-\n000 acres which the Dominion tried to\nconvey to the'G.T. P.. and the railway\ncompany has been so informed.\nThere   is   an   absence  of   fireworks\ncompleting the track to Keremeos.\nThere is in-the immediate vicinity of\nthe Armstrong bridge, a. stretch\" of\nroad for a mile or two that is down\nfour feet below grade, and that will be\nwashed out with high water if the\ntrack is not completed before then.\nThe material Avhich is to raise, this\ngrade to the proper height is in a huge\ngravel bank at Keremeos, ten miles\ndistant, This ivill have to be loaded\nwith the steam shovels and hauled\nback by train, and after the grade is\nraised to propei- height, it must be rip-\nrapped to Avithstand the water.\nSome of these days, the Gazette will\nhaA-e to lelieve public suspense by going down there and seeing exactly\nAvhere the track-layer is.\nTHE GOOD FRIDAY SHOOT.\nThe First Match of This Year's Series-\nSome   Fair  Scores Made.\nwith\nAvould\nt visiting British\ncords unprepared for use.\nColumbia and examining conditions on\ntlie spot: and that an independent\ntribunal such as suggested in the memoranda mentioned above would be the\nonly just method of arriving at a proper decision as to such claims; and\nthat, particularly, in view of the fact\nthat other provinces of the Dominion\nare making similar claims of a financial\ncharacter there is such a conflict of\ninterest as would militate very strongly against an equitable decision as to\nthe claims of British Columbia being\narrived at by a tribunal composed, in\nits entirety\/of representatives of other\nprovinces.\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd1. That an humble address be presented to His Honor the Lieutenant-\nGovernor, requesting that a copy of\nthis resolution be forwarded to His\nExcellency the Governor-General in\nCouncil for consideration ; and that a\nfurther copy thereof, accompanied by\nwhat documentary evidence His Honor the Lieutenant-Governor in Council\nmay deem expedient,  be transmitted\namong the members for the most part\nthis session.    The  member for Similkameen,   who is now regarded as one\nof the veterans in the House, occupying a seat in the front row of benches\nand close to the members of the  Go\\\"-\nI eminent, is not devoting much time to\ni speeches.    He is actiA'e,\" however, and\ni is regarded with suspicion by some of\nI the other members of the   Legislature\nj who are apprehensive, that he is devot-\n! ing too much time in pouring into the\nears of the  members of  the Government the  needs of his constituency to\nlarge grants in the way of public work.\nSome of the  newer members who are\nnot so well acquainted with the  ways\nof the   House   are anxious to know\nAvhat is keeping the member for Similkameen so busy, but older ones regard\nhis actions Avith suspicion  and warn\nthe uninitiated against the  bringing\ndown of the estimates when an explanation may be forthcoming.\nThe member for Similkameen, moreover, is the youngest member in the\npresent House, although he would\nnever be taken for it to the casual\nobserver.\nHenry Bahrs avIio took a bond on\nthe Oregon returned to Hedley on\nSaturday night, and on Monday Avent\nnp to the claim, accompanied hy Geo.\nBowerman, to Avhoin he let a contract\nfor doing 100 feet of Avork,\nThe Hedley Rifle Association began\nthe season's shooting Avith a match on\nGood Friday in Avhich eight contestants took part. The wind on the\nranges was a little too raAv for comfort and too gusty for the best of\nshooting.\nAt a meeting of the Association\nheld tAvo Aveeks,before the match, the\n.question of affiliation Avith the D. R. A.\nand procuring service rifles was discussed, but the unsettled condition of\naffairs in connection Avith the adoption of the Ross rifle as the arm of the\nCanadian troops caused definite action\nto be deferred, and meanwhile the\nshooting will go on as usual without\nany restriction as to the rifle used insights with which they may be fitted.\nIt is possible, however, that a little\nlater on the 300 and 400 yard ranges\nwill be discarded and 500 and (iOO yds.\ntaken instead so as to conform with\nthe regulations in vogue at Provincial\nand Dominion matches.\nThe cup changed hands again in this\nmatch, the winner being L. C. W.\nRolls Avith a score of 05, out of a possible 75. The medal Avhich av.-is shot\nthis time on the 200 and 400 yard\nranges, was retained by T. D. Pickard\nwho was the Avinner last time.\nBelow is the score:\n200 300\n21     22\n21 10\n20     20\n22 10\n15 10\n13 17\n12 12\n11   5\nL. C. W. Rolls\nT. D. Pickard\nF. H. French\nE. D. Boeing\nA. Megraw\nGeo. Bowerman\nDr. Whillans\nVV. J. Forbes\n400 Total\n22 \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd (55\n20 \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd 03\n20 \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd 00\n20 \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd 5S\nIS \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd -19\nIS \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd 4S\n18 \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd 42\n14 \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd 30\nKootenay papers state that Harry-\nWright has secured Remvick's job as\ngovernment agent at Nelson, but the\nGreenwood Times says he has been\nelected by acclamation to fill Premier\nMcBride's seat in Dewdney. Harry\nalways was a, sort of versatile cuss,\nbut he would lnwe his hands full to\nhold down both those jobs at once. THE   HEDLEY   GAZETT'E,   APRIL   4,   1907.  and  Similkameen Advertiser.  j of   its   issue   unserviceable  from  the  | breaking of  holts and other accidents,  ! and the large,  number of instances of  i miraculous escapes recorded in these  Issued on Thursdays, by the Hi:m.i:v Gazktti-. |  1'hi.vtim; anii lVni.ism.Nis CoMiuxv.       \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd reports  when added to the long.list of  Li.m!ti-:i>.   at  Hedley.  B. C. ;   _ -mishaps   resulting   in '\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd inpirv,    make  Subscriptions in Advance  Per A\" ear   Six Months   .Su'.OC  .  1.IKI  'gruesome reading, and cause wonder  'as to Avhat inotiA'e could haA-e prompt-,  led'the department to rush into tins  contract   without  due; consideration,  Advertising Rates  Measurement. Vi lines to the inch.  Land Notices\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdCoi-tHleittes.bfiiiiiii-oveiiioiit.. etc. I :,jid to persist in caiTviug out the out-  S7.00 for (iO-ilny notices, and $;>.O0 for 30-dny : r \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd    ,\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd  rage in   the  fac-e of such  reports  in  their possession.  Effort,   in  some quarters,  is  being  made to belittle tlie adverse reports on  notices.  Transient Advertisements\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdnot exceeding one  inch. 81.00 for one  insertion, *\"> cents for  each subsequent insertion.   Over one inch,  10 cents iter line for first insertion and :\">  cents per line for each subsequent insertion.  Transients payable in advance.  Contract Advertisements-One inch per month,  SLAV, over 1 itich and up to 1 inches, SI.00  per inch periiiontli. To constant advertisers  taking larger spiu-c than  four inches, on  application, rates will be given of reduced  charges, based on sixc of .-.pace and length  of time.  .  Advertisements will be changed once every  month if advertiser desires, without any extra  charge. For changes oftencr than once a month  the   price nf composition   will  bo charged at  regular rates.  BANK OF  B. N. A.   REPORT.  The report of the above bank, submitted to the general annual meeting  of the shareholders in London, Eng.,  on March. 5th, shows a very satisfactory year's business, giving evidence  that the general prosperity prevailing  throughout the country is shared hy  the leading monetary institutions. In  addition to the usual dividends of (1 %  Avhich Ava's declared, there is a bonus  of one percent., making 7 % in all for  shareholders during the. year. To the  staff of the bank has also been given a  bonus'of 5 % of their salaries. There  was written off bank premises account  the sum of $07,333,  and  this amount  the- ground that those 'responsible for j titled  to  the reserve   which   is now  them had not the 'necessary   technical j $2,238,000.    The  deposits arc; $23,091,-  be  -       -      .  attention for that week's issue  A   MEGRAAV,  Managing lid I tor  Full Moon  isth  N'eiv Moon  '   'iL'th  'iist ciiiar.  \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd20th.  1907  1907  Sim. Won. Tiies. Wed. Tim. Fri. Sat.  i  14  21.  2S  1  8  15  22  29  9  10  23  30  10  17  21  4  11  18  12  10  26  (i  13  20  27  '     LOOKS LIKE  HUGE  BUNGLE.  The Department of Militia and Defence appear to have got matters into  a lamentable iness in .connection with  the new rifle with which they have  arranged to arm the militia and permanent forces of this country. The  arm selected is the Ross rifle, for which  the government have entered into a  contract with the \"Ross Rifle Co.. of  Quebec, to supply the Canadian troops  with 40,000 rifles, and of these, 20,000  have alreadvbeen delivered and $  000,000 have been paid over.  During the past year articles were  appearing in the newspapers from  , time to time in wirious quarters to the  effect that the. weapon was dangerous  to those who used it, and that most  serious casualties, which were attended  in some cases with loss of life, had occurred from accidents that in a sense  could not lie really classed as accidents  inasmuch as they were wholly duo to  defects in the rifle from fan It a- construction.  The dissatisfaction  appears to haA'e  passed the newspaper stage and during  the  present   parliamentary  session at  Ottawa-, it has been made  the subject  of inquiry  both in the  Senate and in  the Commons.    In the Senate the rifle  is championed by  Sir  Richard   Cart-  wright,   whose   son,   Col.   Bob   Cart-  wright, is inspector of musketry,  and  in all probability has given it unqualified indorsation or the Militia Department would  not  have  dared to   take  the   serious  step of  adopting it as the  arm of the Canadian troops and entering into a hard and fast contract with  tho manufacturers for the supply of.so  largo a number of these rifles.     In the  Commons   the attack   upon   the  rifle  was led by  Col. Worthinsrton and the  most damaging information   has been  brought out,   for  it has  been shown  that   the government  weie in possession of reports from  tlie  officers of almost every corps supplied with them,  and these reports one and all mentioned the unsafe character of tho. weapon,  some of them telling of serious mishap  resulting   from   the  use  of  the rifle.  The N. W. M. P., the Royal Canadian  Dragoons and the Third Regiment of  Canadian Artillery at St. John, N. B.,  Avhich are, all permanent corps,  or regulars,  are on  record in the shape of  government  reports,   in   terms   that  make any further issue of this rifle to  the Canadian citizen soldiers criminal,  until the defects are remedied.    One  of these corps reports twenty per cent.  knowledge of rifles to enable them to  judge : .but the question arises that if  this be'so why do these men continue  to  occupy  their present   positions as  Changes for contract advertisements should I officers in the  permanent corps?    Vn-  i in the office by noon on Tuesday to secure .  fortunately,  it does not, appear ahat  the reports were accompanied by findings on the part of militia boards of  inquiry in the various corps reporting.,  The King's regulations make ample  j provision for the holding of such in-  j quiries without the'cost of a'cent to  ! the country, in connection with them.  And worse still; it does not appear  that the Militia Department took any  step to appoint a. commission of experts to make thorough examination j  of the rifle before it Avas adopted',- into make due inspection of the rifles  delivered, before they were accepted  and paid for.  Neither are the Dominion Rifle Association wholly blameless in tlie matter : for while a good deal of credit is  due them for looking askance at the  Ross rifle and resisting the attempt  made in the summer of 1900 by the  Militia Department to compel the use  of the Ross rifle in the D. R. A. and  Bisley competitions, they should have  gone a step further and put into some,  concrete form the objections Avhich led  them to turn it down for the Bisley  and other competitions. It is to them  that the public look for technical  counsel and advice in matters of this  kind and there is .disappointment that  in this particular case they have failed  to give that advice in the clear definite  manner that they were led to expect.  At present, it Avould appear that the  only ones who speak well of it are the  manufacturers, the Militia Department, the Carfwrights and Colonel  Hughes. The descriptive catalogue issued by the manufacturers make the  weapon the acme of perfection, and  the compiler, designer and printer of  the catalogue have certainly done their  part to make it a model arm for the  Canadian troops; but the-public will  demand some further assurance before  they cease to be anxious for \" the man  behind the gun,\" and especially so  when among Canada's citizen soldiers  are their own friends and relatiA-es.  The most rigid inquiry should now be  made to place the blame Avhere it belongs, and to clean up this Avhole mess.  115 and the note circulation $3,510,593.  The bank has 51 branches in Canada,  of Avhich 10 are., in British Columbia.  METEOROLOGICAL.  BANK OF  BRITISH NORTH AMERICA  Capital\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd$4,866,660.  HEAD OFFICE IN CANADA.  H. STIKKMA.V. General Malinger  Reserve-^ $2,238,666.  MONTREAL  .1. ICbMSLV, .Supt. of Brunches  BANKING BY MAIL\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdAccounts'of narties. living at a distance receive our  special attention. Deposits can beimulc through the mail, and sums added  thereto unci withdrawn at any dme. A General Hanking Business Transacted.   Drafts issued, payable ut all points in Canada, and abroad.  Hedley Branch,  L. G. TlacHAFFIE, Manager  iofiseosoooososooosooc  The following are tlie readings shewing temperature, etc., for the week  ending Mar. 30th :  Mar 24  25  20  27  2S  29  30  AT THE MINK.  Maximum  '\"..' '      27  .. 34       .  .., r     42  36  33        .  34  38  Minimum  13  '   10  2  13  9  10  17  Average maximum temperature 37.85  AA'erage minimum do 10.57  Mean temperature 24.21  SnoAvfall for the \\A-eek     4.    inches  cokkksi-o.ndi.no avkeic ok last veak  Highest .maximum temperature 49  HOTEL SIMILKAMEEN    flEDb&y, B. 6.    Average maximum  Lowest minimum  Average minimum  Mean  do'  do  do  do  45.  24.  30.2S  37.04  Mar 24  25  26  27  2S  29  30  AT THE MILL.  Maximum  46  49        .  50  50  --..-     -40       -.-  40  50  Minimum  25  15  15  26  23  27  29  A Average maximum temperature 46.42  Average minimum do 22.S5  Mean do 34.63  Snowfall for Aveek    .9    ins., rain  .03  cokkesi'Oxding avkkk ot-- last yeak  Highest maximum temperature 62  Average?            do  do  59.71  LoAvest minimum  do  28.  Average          do  do  26.57  Mean  do  43.14  * . j*1*****-*   *\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdjri  THE, LEADING  HOTEL OP  THE SlWlLKflMEEN VALLEY  This house is new and stiidtly first class  in every respect, being equipped Avith all  modern conveniences\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdelectiic light, telephone, baths, etc.       : :       Rates moderate.  A. McDERMOTT,  Proprietor.  Keremeos New Townsite  Now On the Market. =====  The V. V. <fc E. Railway Station will be in the  centre  of the town.  Now is the time to get your lots,  before the first  train   comes up  the Aralley.  Choice 1, 2 and 3 acre lots all around  town site.  The 10 acre Fruit lots are going fast,   'Just a feAV  left.    Noav is the time to double your money..  For  Full Particulars Apply to  Keremeos Land Co., Keremeos, B.C.  J. J. Armstrong, Manager  Town Lots  $100, $200  and $250  t, 2 and 3 Acre  Lots $300 Acre  10 Acre Lots  $200 per Acre  Terms Easy  GENERAL  Fernie is going in for a. sewerage  system.  A coal strike is still imminent at the  Crowsnest collieries.  Track-laying is going on vigorously  uj) the North Fork of Kettle River.  Granby smelter is treating 2010 tons  of ore per day.  The Provincial Teachers' Association  is now in session at   Nelson.  Various Greenwoodites are going to  Bnlkley A-alley this spring.  Late assays from the Duncan mine.  West Fork, give $202 and $174 in silver, being from heaA-y zinc ore.  Grand Forks is becoming so homespun that they are beginning to grow  their own tobacco.  During last Aveek snow-falls in the  Boundary were so heavy that the G.  N. Phoenix train Avas blocked.  R. A. Renwick. formerly of Nelson  and. Rossland, has been appointed  Deputy Commissioner of Lands and  Works at Victoria.  Rossland is still trying to secure a  portion of the two per cent, mineral  tax levied on the products of mines  within the city limits, and with prospects of some success.  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ADDRESS  THE   SPOKESMAN-REVIEW,  Spokane, Wash.  Write your adv. plainly, enclosing amount  In stamps or money order tor number of  Insertions desired, and state whether you  wish    adr.    Inserted   In   Daily,    Sunday     or  T%.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\"B-a-AV\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdlc.  OITTINfiS of the County Court of Yale will  *^ be hold as follows, viz: At the Court  House. Princeton, H. C, on Friday, April \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdilh.  1IHJ7; unci ufc Fraternity Hull, Hedley, on Monday, April Ullth, lit II o'clock in the forenoon of  each day.   By command,  hcgii HUNTER,  fl-td Registrar County Court.  HOTEL PENTICTON  Headquarters for Tourist Travel.  Rates Moderate.  A. Hak.vks, Prop.        Pkntictox, B.C.  Mrawt^^^feft<\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd^featfi<tfiitftatii?tat  County Court of Yale.  A SITTING of tho County Court of Yale will  bo held at Fnirview, B.C.. on AVcdncailiiy,  the hit day of May, 1!X)7, at the hour of 11 o'clock  in the forenoon.   By command,  J AS. R. BROAVN,  11-td Registrar County Court.  FOR SALE.  A QUANTITY of good hay;   also about 10  tons of choice potatoes of the Carman &  Rochester Rose vai-icty.  JOHN M. THOMAS,  10-3 Okanagan Falls.  X  X  X  X  X  X  K  X  X  X  X  X  X  x  *:  X  *  X  X  X  *  X  X  X  X  K  X  K  at  THE  Great. Northern  Hotel  Princeton  Is noted over the entire district for excellence of both tabic  -.:-.:      and bar.       :   :   -.   :  All the wants of tho travelling  public   carefully   attended   to.  I  8?J?l\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd?\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd?\"?\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd5*?'?*?\"5\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd?'t\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdiS\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd?\"\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdfc?\"yW\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdl{l\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd*y\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdW5 THE   HEDLEY   GAZETTE,   APRIL 4,   1907.  REVELY'S  ST A B L E  Headquarters for all Stage Lines  Express Office in Connection  IL  Your wants for Livery or Team  AVork will be attended to  by calling Phone 12.  W.   F.   REVELY,   Proprietor  CLAUDET & WYNNE  ASSAYERS  METALLURGISTS and  niNING ENGINEERS  MINES and STILLS EXAMINED  SAMPLED and REPORTED ON.  Samples   by  mail  receive  prompt  attention. Correspondence solicited.  PRINCETON and   ROSSLAND  H. H. Cr.ACDKT, Assoc. Inst. M.M.,  Member Am. Inst. M.E., Rossland.  L. C. Wvnnk, Assoc. Inst. M. M.,  Late Assayci- LeRoi.      Princeton*.  8F  g  i  \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd  X  X  X  5?  I  \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd  i  I  I  I  I  HOTEL  HEDLEY  Under   New   Management  THE BEST PROVIDED  IN KITCHEN AND BAR  A X D EVE R Y CAKK  TAKEN EOR THE COA1-  FOR.T OF P A T R O N S.  GIBBON   and  Mcdonald  \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd i   Proprietors  X  X  X  X  %  X  X  X  X  X  X  i  s  X  i  I?  i  i  X  i  I  ^?^t^?^*^^0^^^^^^'S^\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd^t^*\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd-^^B^^^'o^*^  Town and District;  T. L; Deardorif went over to Fairyiew  on. Sunday. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd ,  Y. C. Kitley. had the misfortune to  lose his barn by fire about ten days  ago.' :    '-.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd,'  Robins and bluebirds have put in  their appearance, and butter-cups are  plentiful on the hill-sides.  And now the farm laborers su-e finding $15,(KK) diamonds in the rough in  the. lower Okanagan.  It is hoped that the water may gain  sufficiently in quantity to permit running at least part of the machinery  by next week.  Dr. Higginbotham, dentist has resumed Avork after his illness, and is  now engaged in ministering to*patients  who require, dental  Avork done.  Royer's stage has been coming in  regularly tor the last feAV trips,aiid it  is said that the intention is to continue  to run regularly to Hedley.  L. W. Shatford. M. P. P., returned  to Victoria, on Friday morning, taking  along with him Mrs. Shatford, the  baby and Vera. Master Reggie is left  as man of the house.  Those Avho Avant dental work, done  shouldn't lose any time in -'making.'appointments. Dr. Higginbotham is  trying to get through Avith his Avork  here as quickly as he can.  Work has started on the Oregon.  The contract covers 400 feet of Avork  ivnich- will be done by mostly the  same parties Avlio enlarged the flume  tunnels for the Daly Reduction Co.  T. Morrison, a machinist Avho has  beenworking for the Daly Reduction  Co. was taken ill last week, and is at  present in the emergency hospital,  Avhei-e Miss Elliott is officiating as  nurse. ..,.''  .^'\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd'\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd'' . '\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd;\/-''  Miss Dorothy Schon of Spokane  came in on Friday night on her way  to Princeton to visit her parents, Dr.  and Mrs. Schon. She Avas met in  Hedley by Miss Violet Schon who accompanied her sister back to Prince-  SEEDS,  PLANTS  for the farm, garden, lawn, boulevard or conservatory. Acclimated  stock. Oldest established nursery  on the Mainland.  NO Seedless Apples  NO Pitless Plums  NO Cobless Corn  Just old, reliable, approved varieties at reasonable prices. We do  do not even supply any kings or  presidents just    the     common  British Columbian is good enough  for our trade.  Bee Supplies, Spray Pumps,  Spraying Material, Greenhouse Plants,  Cut Floavers.  We do business on our oavii  grounds\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdhave no rent to pay, and  and are prepared to meet all competition.  Let me price your list before you  place your order. Catalogue free.  M. J. HENRY,  3010 Westminster Road, Vancouver.  Tenders Wanted.  THE UNDERSIGNED will receive tenders  up to April 27th for cleaning up and \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd fencing the grounds at the new schBol-housc; and  also digging ditch for the water pipe,  S. L. SMITH,  12-td Secy.-School Board.  ton'on Monday morning.  Mr. F. H. French, local manager for  Shatfords Limited, Avent out by stage  on Wednesday morning,- bound for  the. coast, and expects to be gone about  a month. This is Frank's first holiday  for a number of years. On his Avay out  he will spend a feAV days at his home  in Vernon, but most of the holiday  will be spent  at the coast.  The first instalment of Aveather  forecasts promised our readers three  Aveeks ago appears in this issue. In  addition to the general bulletin a local  crop forecast for the season for this  portion of the province gives April a  little warmer than usual and precipitation normal. The general bulletin  indicates that the first tAvo weeks of  April may be cooler than usual Avith  the warmest spell between the 18th  and 22nd.  The new electrician Avho has taken  Mr. Cootes' place Avith the Daly Reduction Company is S. C Anderson  from Greeirwood. He has been busy  for a couple of Aveeks shaping up the  season's Avork. He had made a. redistribution of the Avires from the powerhouse and has been losing no time in  getting all such re-arrangement completed before the power is turned cm  again.  John Gladden returned last week  from Spokane where he had spent a  couple of months, and reports great  activity in mining circles. One. thing  lie remarked particularly Avas the  number of Boundary people to be met  Avith in Spokane Avho Avere there for a  clay or tAvo, but more often completing their business in one day and getting back home again, doing the Avhole  in the same length of time, that it now  takes to get to the coast.  On Monday evening, April 1st, Mr.  and Mrs. W. J. Forbes entertained a  number of their friends to an \"April  fool\" pic-nic, the arrangements being  most unique in their originality and  aptness. The drawing-room Avas made  to represent a camp, and the camp-  fire idea Avas maintained throughout,  both in the entertainment and the  serving of the refreshments, Avhile the  April fools Avere sprung in the most  unlooked-for quarters. A most enjoyable evening Avas spent by all.  Mr. J. A. Mohr, of Enderby, was in  toAvn yesterday. He has been timber-  cruising on the Tulameen for the past  month, in the inerests of Minneapolis  capitalists who own mills at Enderby,  Kamloops and Arrovvhead. Mr. Mohr  has picked quite a feAV limits for them  on the Tulameen, and has secured options on tAvo coal properties at Princeton. It is the intention of his principals to to erect a large mill on the  Similkameen at some point yet to be  decided upon.  Trains, are running regularly to Nicola, and and C. P. R. surveyors are  still at work between there and,Aspen  Gi-OA-e'.'' \" \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd[.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd'''   ,' '\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd   '.'        '  The'C. Pi R.'s new. steamer for Okanagan lake- traffic is to be launched oh  the llchi The name suggested for  the boat is the Okanagan.  Geo.,0. Cawston left on Wednesday  morning for Seattle. He has disposed  of his interest in tlie butcher business to his partner, R. .7. Edmond.  Keremeos has a good live fruit  growers'association that is bound to  accomplish good work both tor the  fruit growing industry and for the  town.  T. D. Pickard avIio has had the oversight of the roads, is taking a trip up  north and left for. the coast this week.  It is understood that Mr. Deardorff is  taking over the duties temporarily.  The V. V. & E. is suing the 0. P. R.  for $10,000 damages in connection with  the Myer's Creek fracas in the fall of  1905. Chief-Engineer'J.:H. Kennedy  was in Vancouver last Aveek as a wit-  ness 011 the case.  Possibly it was after serious contemplation of the Lord's Day Act the  Phoenix Pioneer came to the conclusion that '\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdthe.way sonic; people .have',  of being good is-worse'''than the way  others have of being bad.\" \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd  Dave Wade,'-of Keremeos Avas in  town on Monday Avith samples from'  the Crown Tailoring Co., of Torento, j  and Avas intent upon arraying the  youth of Hedley out. in' new spring  suits. Dave is fluent, argumentative  and convincing, and makes out a very  good case, for the house he represents.  All are waiting patiently lor the'  sound of the stamps, but still the water  is woefully deficient in quantity. In  former years the .middle of March  generally wiped out all difficulties in  water shortage, but here we are in the  first Aveek of April, with scarcely  enough to tone down the whiskey,  and the .'milkman has to go short.  These ever-lasting night frosts are  making a mess of the whole thing.  Richter's townsite at Keremeos  Centre is now on the market. Good  openings for all kinds of business. T.  W. Coleman, Agent.  E. G. Prior <fc Co., Vernon, have just  received a car of the celebrated American Bain Wagons and Trucks, all  sizes.    Write them for prices. 9-12  A limited number of lots in Richter's  townsite at Keremeos Centre are hoav  on the market. Corner lots, $100; inside lots,  MAN,  44  \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd1\"' A comfortable,  easy,  good-wearing  Shoe-'means satisfaction to the wearer.  *l That's what you get when you buy   , .;__,: tlie '---\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd   WALK-OVER  n  \"The  Perfect  Shoe  for  Men  and  Women.\"  i  $125.    Terms.   T. W. Cole-  Agent.  KEREMEOS  NEWS.  ITJR SHOE BUSINESS has  been steadily growing since we  commenced to sell \"Walk-.  Overs\" for men, and we have  now added a few lines of AVomeh's \"Walk-  :: :: :: Ovkrs.\" :: :: ::  Our  Spring  Stock Has Just*  Arrived.  SHATFORDS LIMITED  Stores at FAJRV1EW and HEDLEY  Messrs. Buillard and Leyner, representing the Oregon Nursery Co., are  giving their attention to Keremeos.  They have leased four -1-acre lots from  J. Ehnhirst and intend going into the  nursery business here.  J. McDonald, of Moosejaw, has been  in town for a- few. days looking for investments and has made several land  purchases. He is not averse to taking  to land lying np on the benches, not  included in any of the irrigation  schemes in sight.  Mr. SteA-ens, avIio has the bond on  the Dolphin group, has been in Keremeos during the past week. They are  Avorking two shifts on the Dolphin,  and more men are being put on, which  is evidence that the property is developing satisfactorily.  Rheumatic sufferers can have, a free  sample of Dr. .Slump's Rheumatic  Remedy with book on Rheumatism,  by simply writing Dr. Shoop, Racine,  Wis. This book will explain how Dr.  Slioop's Rheumatic Remedy successfully drives Rheumatism out of the  blood. This remedy is not a relief  only. It aims to clear the blood entirely of rheumatic poisons, and then  Rheumatism must die a natural death.  Sold by JOHN LOVE, Hedlev.  When in Keremeos  STOP AT  The Central Hotel  TWEDDLE <& REITH. Proprietors.  Good Accommodation and Strict Attention to the  Wants of the Public.    Livery Barn in Connection.  THE  NEW  ZEALAND  HOTEL  *      *     *      *      *  JOHN JACKSON, Proprietor  kverijthlng New and  First-Class  Bar supplied Avith the Choicest  Liquors and Cigars, and Special  Attention   paid   to   the   Table.  Stilenfit  TAILOR-MADE  Clothing  4&  WE have just received our Spring  samples of special ordered suitings. *T We can give you just AAiiat  you Avant to suit the hot Aveather and  dust of this country, in a nice light or  medium Dai-k Grey AH-avooI Flannel,  Fancy Grey Worsted, Scotch Tweeds,  Blue and Black Serge suitings\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdAve  can give you a nice suit for $25.00.  GUARANTEED TAILOR \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd MADE.  ^r Call and inspect our samples  at the Men's Furnishings Store !  R.. G. SHIER - The Clothier  m  98?  \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd  @ THE  HEDLEY   GAZETTE,   APRIL  4,   1907.  THE  UPPER   SIMILKAMEEN.  (Continued from lust week.I  Charles Camsell's Report.  Among the  most promising claims  in the district -are  the  St. Lawrence  group,   owned   by   the   .Similkameen  Mining it Smelting Company, of Vancouver.     These  were  first   located in  the fall of 1000 by ii   party of Swedes,  and are situated on the western side of  Bear creek,  and on the contact of the  granite   with   the   schists   and   limestones.    Tlie' schists are mica  schists,  and   they   enclose   narrow   hands   of  Avhite crystalline limestone.    They dip  at about.05s towards the granite,  and  are cut by some large and highly mineralized .dikes  of   granite   porphyiy,  which have a north  and  south  trend  approximately parallel to the.trend of  'the granite.-    The ore is always found  associated with the limestone, aiid frequently replaces the lime bands entirely. The granite, porphyry dikes appear  to be tho source of the ore.    The limestone bands,  being  the  most soluble  rocks, have acted as channels for mineralized solutions emanating from the  .    dikes,  and they haA'e become at times-  entirely replaced by -sulphides.'  These  solutions  ascending from below,  and  following the lime bands have deposited  their sulphides against   the  mica  schists, which always act as a hanging  wall to tlie vein.    Two veins have been  opened up on this group, each of them  from seven to eight feet wide.- and the I  ore in them appears to be almost pure  pyrrhotite.     The  values  are  high  in  copper, gold and silver, and altogether  the  property  has  the  ear marks of a  permanent producing mine.  Another important group of chum's  is the  Independent group,  owned by  Messrs. .Johnson, Holmes \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdfc Heiming,  and situated on the summit of the divide between Bear creek and the Cold-  water river.    This group is also on the  contact of the'granite body \\vith mica  schists.    Here the ore body is a highly  .mineralized  zone \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd of   rock   extending  from  the  edge  of the   schists   about,  ''.: 1,000 feet westward into   the granite.  Two   thousand   feet   away   from  the  schists the granite  becomes  gneissic,  though still  holding inclusions of the  mica schists.    No sharp line of contact  could  be discovered   between the ore  bodv and the unaltered  granite, only  that  the  mineralization   of sulphides  appears to gradually  decrease until at  1,200 feet away from the schist it disappears.    The  ore   bodv  is  highly altered and kaolinized, where mineralization is greatest, and it appears to be  of the nature of a dike of granite porphyry   intruded  between   the schists  and the granite,   though it is possible  it may only be a  mineralization and  alteration of the same granite at and  near the contact with the schists.    Inclusions of mica  schist occur in   the  unaltered granite as well as in the ore:  body.  The greatest alteration is about,  the centre  of  the   mineralized  zone,  Avhere a small A'ein of pine  iron and  copper sulphides cuts the porphyry at  an angle of 45 degrees.    The feldspar  here is kaolinized,   though the quartz  is unaltered, and some secondary cal-  cite has  been  developed.    Mineralization throughout the body of  the  porphyry is usually by individual crystals  of iron and copper pyrites, more rarely  by veins and bunches of these  minerals.    Only in the  highly altered zone  does oxidation extend  to  a depth  of  twenty feet from the surface.    Some  molybdenite occurs in thin   seams and  flake-s near the  contact with the mica  schist.    The values are entirely in copper, and are low,   but the ore  body is  an enormous one.    The group consists  of ten  claims,   which   have  all   been  staked on the same  contact,   running  down into the Coldwatev river.  Numerous other claims were visited  in this section of the  countrw   among  PROPERTY  A  BEDIEY  I n vestment  And  Will  Make  Money  Hedley  is the supply point for the Nickel Plate mountain, on which is situated the famous ..\"Nickel  Plate\"\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdthe richest gold mine in Canada\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdand many .other  promising mines and prospects. It is the mining and business  centre' of the  Similkameen  the new mining district which has already been proven, by a  small amount of development .work, to be one of the richest  gold, copper and coal mining sections of  British Columbia.  HEDLEY is the chief toAvn on the route of the proposed  Con.st-Kootena.y- Railway;   and Avith the advent of this road;  which is assured in  the near future,   it will unquestionably  become a large and important' city,- and toAvn lots will.bring  big returns on money invested at the present, time.        .  - maag\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdaagaa\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdTiiiiimi'iiiirH  ...PRICE OF LOTS...  Scott Ave. (main st.)  ......... .$400 to $600  Other Streets...    .$200 to $400.  .... 1 Cfvi'ld....  1-3 Cash; balance in 3 and  6 months, with interest at  the rate of 6 pier cent.  For Those Who  Invest Now.  s^=^Purchase a few Lots before the Railway C\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdmes=s=  For Full Particulars, Maps Etc.,  \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd rtF.F-1-V   TO-  The Hedley City Townsite Go'y, Ltd.  L. W. SHATFORD, = = HPHI   P\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd     R I\"  Secretary and flanager, I ll-^l^l^t^ 1 ^    L>\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd w\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd  them being the Keruna group on Bear  creek, and the? Boulder creek camp  east of Bear creek. The former lies in  the same series of altered sedimentary  rocks as were described on the St.  Lawrence! group. These are cut by  dikes of a porphyritic character which  strike about 380\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd. The ore occurs as  little veins or bunches in the sediments  at and near the contact of the; dikes.  The minerals found are pyrite, chal-  c.-opyrite and pyrrhotite, and the values  are in gold and silver.  At Boulder creek the claims are located in a soft green serpentine, which  often has a schistose structure developed in it, and which appears to be an  altered volcanic rock. The ore bodies  are in blanket veins interbedded with  the country rock, and the. minerals  occurring are pyrite, chalcopyrite and  some galena. The values are in gold  or copper, or both.,.the one increasing  as the other decreases.  Owing to the enormous rise in the  price of.platinum in the last year, and  to the. fact that the basin of the- Tulameen  riA'er   once   produced   a  larger  amount of platinum than any other  part of North America, it is altogether  probable that attempts will again-he  made by interested parties in the near  future to locate the source of the metal  in this district, or to work some of the  higher bench deposits of gravel which  are known to carry platinum, but  which formerly necessitated too large  an outlay of capital to work: Prof. J.  F. Kemp spent about three months of  the summer of 1900 in investigating  the geology of the platinum, and  though he avus noc successful to the  extent of finding any large bodies of  rock which could be profitably mined  for platinum, he was able to throw a  great deal of light on the origin and  occurrence of the metal. His results  are embodied in Bulletin 193, of the  United States Geological Survey.  The Tulameen section of the country  presents a great many more difficulties  to the prospector than the Similkameen country. The former is very  heavily timbered, and trails are few  aiid rough. Rock exposures, howeA'er,  are more common, except where the  country is underlaid by the schists and  limestones, as in the upper parts of  Bear creek. Here the growth of timber is heavier than usual, and the  country is so heavily covered with  drift that rock exposures very rarely  occur, and it has only been by much  labor that ore bodies have been located. Tt is here though that conditions  for the formation of ore bodies are so  favorable that other important discoveries are to be expected.  In conclusion, my acknowledgments  are due to many of the prospectors in  the country for their courtesy and  readiness to assist, and particularly to  Mr. C, F. Law for a history of mining  and prospecting in the region and for  much other useful information.  (Tlie Knd.l  Try  \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdn\\\\V\\\\\\\\\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\\%  Vktoria  Cross  CEYLON TEA.  Pure  and   Invigorating.  NOTICE.  The Commercial Hotel  if      \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd Jr  x  X  HEADQUARTERS   FOR   MINING   MEN. $  TABLE and BAR FIRST-CLASS. ,   \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd J  RATES MODERATE. X  Hedley,   B.C.  SIXTY DAYS after date. I intend to apply  to apply the Chief 'Commissioner of Lands  & Works for permission to purchase the following described piece of land, situated on the  west bunk of the Similkaineen river. Starting  from the S. K. corner of lot 24(5(5, thence running south 20 chains, thence west 20 chains,  thence north 20 chains, thence east 20 chains to  point of commencement, containing forty  acres more or less.  C. 1C. BAILEY.  Dated March ISth, '07. i 10-18  NOTICE.  SIXTY DAYS AFTER DATK I intend to  apply to the Hon. Chief Cominissisioner of  Lands & Works to purchase 80 acres of grazing  land situated on the east or left bank of the  Siinilkivmeen River, beginning at a post north  of Sixteen Mile Creek, running south 40 chains  to Indian Reserve post, marked S.41, S. E. No.  1. thence east 20 chains, thence north 40 chains,  thence west 20 chains to point of commencement.  JOHN GILLIS.  Dated at HctUey. B.C.. Fob. 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