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No. 6.\nPRINCETON, MAY 23, 1903.\nPENTICTON  POINTS.\nLate News of  the Town on\nthe Lake.\n[From Star Correspondent ]\nThere is considerable movement in\nreal estate and building activity is\ngreater than for years past, all which is\nonly in keeping with the general advancement and prosperity of the dist:\nat large.\nOne of the latest settlers to arriv\nMr. E. Taylor and his family of South\nAfrica. He has taken a homestead and\nwill erect a dwelling house at once.\nTaylor was attracted to this part of the\ncountry by reason of its healthful climatic conditions and excellent fruitgrowing qualities.\nJ. A. Schubert is erecting a frame\nbuilding to be used as a blacksmith shop,\nbesides making, with his usual enterprise, many improvements in and around\nhis ever-enlarging premises. Mr. Schubert believes in being in the van of progress, hence his expanding mercantile\nbusiness both here and at Hedley City.\nThere are now about 27 children 1\nschool age here, which, when compared\nwith the roll of about a dozen a year ago\nis surely most gratifying and indicative\nof this becoming a populous centre\nwithin the next decade. The teacher,\nMiss Diamond, a deservedly popular\nyoung lady, has given great satisfaction\nto scholar and parent in the pursuit ofl\nher noble profession.\nThe Presbyterians have secured a site\non which will soon be erected a church.\nE. O. Delong has begun a general\nblacksmithing business in the\nbuilding erected by J. A. Schubert. He\nwill give special attention to expert\nhorseshoeing, having had a famous \u00ab\u2022\ncord for this branch of blacksmithing in\nVancouver, Lillooet and Hedley. Mr.\nDelong extends thanks to the people ofl\nHedley for the liberal patronage gi'\nhim while there and hopes to retain tt\ngoodwill and, at least, a portion of their\ncustom in his present location.\nL. C. Barnes is erecting a large stable\nand A. H. Wade is improving his.\nW. E. Welby with his usual forethought\nfor the comfort of patrons of his stage\nline, is adding covered vehicles and\nlinen dusters to his already well equipped\noutfit.\nA number of eligible bachelors have\nmade affirmation that the present year\nwill see them emancipated from the\nthroes of single misery to that of double\nblessedness. Young ladies will, no\ndoubt, accept any reasonable offer.\nWhile trolling recently Miss A. Short\ncaught a trout weighing 14 pounds.\nFine bathing on the south shore of the\nlake is much enjoyed by all the\nfrequenters.\nASPEN GROVE CAMP\nHas   Large Bodies of Good\nCopper Ore.\nMessrs. McFarlane and Campbell returned from Aspen Grove Wednesday,\nand report considerable mining activity\nin that camp.\nWork is being done by S. Bate and\nJos. Armstrong on the Golden Sovereign\nclaim, and number of mining men from\nNew York and Cincinnati are in looking\nover this property and others with a view\nto purchasing.\nWater has stopped work in the Port\nland sheft for the time being. It is likely the Portland Co.will sink a new shaft;\nfrom which their ore can be explored to\nbetter advantage.\nH.H. Schmidt, owner of the Big Sioux,\nis timbering up the shaft on that propei\nty, which is said to be looking richer and\nbetter than ever.\nStarwalt and Murray are doing assessment work on the Buckhorn group on\nBear Mountain, where they have an exceedingly fine showing.\nEastwood and Smith are working on\nclaims adjoining the Copper Standard,\nand Frank Mansfield is busy doing assessment on the Big Kid.\nMessrs. McFarlane, Campbell, Popham\nand Maurer are interested in a group\nnear the Big Sioux, on which they were\ndoing assessment work. The group is\ncomposed of three claims called the Oro,\nLittle Chief and Empress. An open cut\n20 feet long and 12 feet deep\nthe Oro, and some fine yellow copper\nand bornite was encountered.\nA 30 foot cut was also made on the Little Chief, exposing some good gradi\nThe lead on this claim is in the neghbor-\nhood of 40 feet wide, and surface assays\nfrom it ran 5 per cent, copper and $1.50\nto $2.00 in gold. The copper values\nin glance and copper pyrites.\nLowe and Brown are doing\nwork on a property near the Cincinnati,\nbelonging to Messrs. Thynne and Dodds.\nI GETS TEN YEARS.\nWest, the man arrested some wi\nago between Hedley and Keremeos. for\noutraging an aged klootchman, was tried\nat the assize court at Vernon last week,\nand   sentenced   to   ten years   imprison-\nThe sentence is not severe for the punishment of such a fiendish crime. Ir\nmany countries there would have been a\nlynching bee.\nJno. Popham  and Martin  Maure\nSunday for Baker City, Oregon.\nleft\nRODGERS GETS LAND\nSmelter  Will  Be   Built  On\nIndian Reserve.\nWord comes from Hedley that M. K.\nRodgers of the Nickel Plate Co., has at\nlast succeeded in getting hold of 190\nacres of Indian reserve land adjoining\nHedley City, and that a smelter will be\nbuilt on it by the company as soon as\nconditions will justify its erection.\nMagistrate   Lambly of Fairview, and\nIndian Agent Irwin of  Kamloops,\nat Hedley last week   arranging\nRodgers has been after the ground for\na long time, as the land held by him\ninsufficient and unsuitable for smelter\npurposes, but owing to the opposition\nof interested parties he has been unabli\nto secure it until now.\nAn   agreement is  said  to   have been\nmade that the Nickel Plate Co. will not\nuse any of the reserve for a townsite,\nthe transfer is not expected   to endanger\nthe position of Hedley City.\nThe Indians will get in return for their\nreserve a tract of fenced range land, and\nno doubt also a monetary considerati\nRAILWAY RUMOR.\nA report reached here this week to the\neffect that McLean Bros., who 1\ngranted a charter last session for the\nbuilding of the Coast-Kootenay,\nabout to begin work on their line within\na month or two.\nUnless construction is started by September ist of this year the charter will\nbe cancelled, and as it carries a goodly\nsubsidy of $4,000 a mile for one portion,\nand $4,500 for the other, there may be\nsome truth in the rumor.\nThe probability is that Hill or the C.P.\nR. will buy the charter from McLeans,\nwho are not looked upon as strong\nenough to build the line themselves.\nThe C. P. R. might consider it a good\nbuy on account of the change that will\nlikely take place in the personnel of the\nB. C. legislature after the election, which\nmay make it difficult for them to get\nsubsidies from the Province.\nThe Dominion government is expected\nto grant additional aid to the extent ofl\n$6,400 a mile to the builders of the line.\nHOW VERY EASY\nit is to spend small sums of money when\nyou have a large amount about you.\nHow much safer and better it would be\nto keep your spare money in the bank.\nBank of Hamilton, Kamloops, is at youi\nservice.\nLOCAL AND PERSONAL\nBrief News Notes of Princeton\nand   Vicinity.\nJ. A. Schubert of Hedley City and Penticton, is the latest mentioned candidate\nfor political honors in the Similkameen.\nMr. Schubert is widely and favorably\nknown, and if nominated should make a\nR. L. Cawston, Wm. Lowe and Ed.\nRichter came up from Keremeos Tuesday last on their annual spring cattle\ndrive. The green hills of the Upper\nSimilkameen make many dollars for the\nthrifty cattle men.\nF. P. Cook came down from Granite\nCreek on Tuesday.\nW. Knight, Vice-President of the\nPrinceton Mining Association, left\nThursday morning for Highland Valley,\nwhere he will do assessment work on\nsome valuable claims there in which he\nholds a large interest.\nClaude Snowden has gone to Otter\nCreek to do work on a claim there which\nhe intends having surveyed and crown\ngranted this season. Work in the past\nhas been done on a large showing of\nhematite, carrying values in gold and\ncopper.\nT. A. Rogers of Mountain View, Cal.,\nmanager of the Mira Monte Mining Co.,\ncame in as far as Aspen Grove last week.\nJ. B. Silverthorne, who is a shareholder\nin the company accompanied him.\nA. Gallinger of Oshkosh, Wis., who\nhad charge of the work on the Cousin\nJack group in Boulder camp last season,\nreturned to the district last wees, and\nwill start operations on the Cousin Jack\nshortly.\nThe debate held on the evening of the\n15th, in the dining room of the Tulameen, passed off very successfully. The\ndecision was won by the affirmative\nspeakers who contended that marriage\nwas a failure. A. E. Howse acted as\nchairman in a most acceptable   manner.\nEx-Gov. Dewdney, H. Keith, Robt.\nStevenson and Jno. Dalby, are said to be\non their way in from Vancouver.\nBert. Thomas is doing assessment\nwork on the Diamond Dot claim on Copper Mountain. He is running an open\ncut on a body of fine looking ore.\nJas. Pollock is leaving for Boulder\nCreek, where he intends prospecting for\na few weeks.\nJ. Beaver killed two small cubs near\nhis place on Wolf Creek Mountain last\nSaturday. Bear have been unusually\nplentiful there this spring, Mr. Beaver\nhaving seen seven altogether.\n THE    SIMILKAMEEN    STAR\nMay 23,1903\nTHE SIMILKAMEEN STAR\nPRINCETON,  B.  C,\nTHE  PRINCETON  PUBLISHING CQ.\nA. E. HOWSE,      -     Manager\nSUBSCRIPTION RATES\n:tic, One Year,    -    -    \u25a0\nn, One Year,   -    -    -\nPayable Invariably It\nwill'confer a favor on this office by\nAdvertising rates furnished on application.\nLegal notices 10 and 5 cents per line.\nCertificates of Improvement notices, $5 to $n\nfor legal life of notice.\nAll cheques to be made payable ti\nA. E. HOWSE.\nBAD ROADS.\nA \" good roads \" society, such as\nexists in some parts of the United\nStates, for the purpose of improving the roads of the country, is badly needed in this section. There\nhas been difficulty all winter in getting over the road between this J\nplace and Nicola Lake, causing\nmuch loss and inconvenience to\nfreighters, travellers, and the people\nof the district generally.\nThe means provided by the government to remedy matters seem\neither inadequate or else poorly\nhandled, and it is high time a more\nup-to-date system was adopted.\nIt seems foolish, for instance.that\nthe road superintendent should reside so far away, and his expenses\nin and out every time he inspects\nthe roads will amount to considerable in a year\u2014an outlay i that\nwould be saved by having a local\nsuperintendent. A man residing in\nthe district would also be, able to di:\nrect the work of the road men to\nbetter advantage and concentrate'\nthem more quickly in. particularly\nbad places, such as Otter Canyon\nfor example, which has been a\nsource of much trouble this season.\nAt present there seems a great laxity in this direction, the bad places\nnot receiving the prompt attention\nnecessary to make travel as easy as\npossible.\nC. & W. INQUIRY.\nAs the C. & W_ land   grant inquiry progresses   some   highly in\nstructive evidence is brought out,\nshowing the criminal alliance existing between members of the government and the C. P. R. for the\nspoilation of the province. If the\npresent case were an exceptional\none it would not be so bad, but\nwhen we reflect that such deals are\nof common occurrence, the wonder\ngrows that we continue in power\nsuch a set of rascals.\nIs it not nearly time that B. C.\nelectors took a tumble to themselves and demanded clean honest representatives ? We will get them\nwhen we really want them\u2014not before.\nEXCHANGE  COMMENTS.\nMr. Joseph Martin's declaration\nthat he did not examine bill 87\nwhen it came before the house, nor\nnotice that it magnificently enlarged the selection powers of the company, is very skeptically received\nby the politicians. The subject\nwas one that Mr. Martin debated\nperhaps at greater length and in\ngreater detail than any other member of the house. The fatal \" error \" of the bill, if such it may in\nkindness be called, was noted by\nsuch inexperienced parliamentarians as Mr. E. C. Smith, John Oliver and others. It is rather hard to\nbelieve that it could have escaped\nthe eagle eye of Joseph Martin.\u2014\nVancouver World.\nBritish Columbia mining inter:\nests have had many vicisitudes during the last decade. Idiotic legislation, stupid management, foolish\nstrikes and wild-cat operaters have\nall combined to mar its development, but in spite of all, it has gone\nahead, and at no distant day it will\nrank among the world's greatest\ning regions.\u2014Trail News.\nThe ' cost of administration in\nBritish Columbia per head of the\npopulation is $11.62, compared\nwith.$4.00 in Manitoba, $1.85 in\nOntario, $2.70 in Quebec, $2.40 in\nNew Brunswick, $2.04 in i Nova\nScotia and $3.00 in Prince Edward\nIsland.\u2014Phoenix Pioneer.\n; Say& the Toronto Telegram:\n\" Politicians stay apart and hit each\nother pretty hard. They also get\ntogether and hit the country a good\ndeal harder.\" British Columbians know this only too well.\nTHE PRICE  OF COPPER.\nAccording to the Wall Street\nJournal, leading copper trade authorities say that the 4-cent per\npound advance in copper from its\nlow figure has not yet interfered\nwith consumption, as the largest\nconsumers are^ all rushed with orders, and these interests cannot afford to risk   buying   from hand to\nmouth, owing to the scarcity of the\nspot metal.\nA consumer of about 40,000,000\nlbs. of copper says : \"I have looked over the copper situation very\ncarefully. I have found that consumption is something extraordinary, and should continue not only\nthis year, but next year. Power\ndevelopments of 100 to 250 miles\nhave been found just as practicable\nas were five miles formerly, and the\nconsumption of copper in this development is enormous.\"\nThe leading producers have no\ndesire to see copper sell much above\n15 cents per pound, but they believe that it will be forced to 16\ncents by July ist.\nCHURCH   NOTICE.\nMay 3. Nickel Plate mine\u2014Service 2:30\np. m.; Healey City 7 p. m.\n:  \" 10. Princeton\u2014Service  11 a. m    S.\n\"       Granite Creek\u2014Service 7:30 p.m.\n\" 17. Princeton\u2014Service 7:30 p. m.; S.\nSchool 3:30 p.m.\n\" 24. Princeton\u2014Service 11  a. m.   S.\nSchool 10 a. m.;   Granite   Creek\n3:30 p.m.\nNOTICE.\nA sitting of the Countv Court will be\nheld at  Princeton on   Tuesday, June 9,\nBy Order,\nHUGH HUNTER,\nRegistrar County Court.\nPrinceton, May 16th, 1903.\nJ. PIERCY&Co,,\nWHOLESALE\nDRY GOODS\nVICTORIA, B. G\nMANUFACTURERS OF\nClothing, Top Shirts and\nUnderwear.\nRW. GROVES,\nA. R. COLL., SC. D.,\nCivil and Mining Engineer\nPROVINCIAL LAND SURVEYOR.\nUNDERGROUND SURVEYS.\n; PRINCETON.     -   -     B. C.\nFOUND\nshoulder.   Owner can  have same by   paying\nuses and costs of advertising.\nC SCHISLER.\nFOUND\nWolf Creek Ranch in 2 starving condition\nto buckskin gelding branded with a squar<\nan the left shouider.   Owner can have sam<\nby proving property and  paying  for  winter's\nkiep and Hosts of advertising within thirty days\nv G. P. McALPIN.\nMay ist, 1903. m-3<\nNOTICE.\nhereof, to apply to the Mining Recorder  for a\nCertificate of Improvement, for the purpose of\nobtaining a Crown Grant of the above claim.\n' And further take notice that action, under sec-\nDated this 28th day of March, 1003. m-23\nNOTICE.\nWhere located:\u2014On K<\ne notice that I, -Ernest\ne Vermilion Forks  Mtn\nhereof to apply to.the Mining Recorder for acer-\ntificate of Improvements, for the purpose of ob-\nof such certificate of improvements.\nDated this 28th day of March, 1903.\nNOTICE.\nr, Home Rule and Jubilee No. 2 Mineri\ncate\nd:\u2014Copper Mountain.\notice  that  I, Ernest Wat\ntheV\u00ab\nnd  Dev\ner's  C\n-rt^-\npany. Limited, Free' Mi\n: No. B56486, intend, sixty day\nfrom\napply fo the  Mining  Rei\neclain\nnd fnr\nher take notice that actio\n1, unde\nofs\n37, m\nichCe\nust be commenced before\nrtificate of Improvements.\nhe isst\nance\natedt\nis 28th day of March, A. D\n1903.\nm-23\nNOTICE.\nCopper Cliff and Coppef  ^ljiff Mini\nn the Similkameen   Miring Divis-\nTake notii e that I, Peter Edmond Wilson, Ere\nirfiher's Certificate-No. 851146, intend, sixty day\nfrom the date hereof, to apply to the Mining R<\ncbrder for a Certificate of Improvements\/ for th\npurpose of obtaining a Crown Grant of the abov\nAnd further-take notice that action, under se<\ntion 37, must be commenced before the issuanc\nof such.Certificafes of Improvements.\nDated this 29th day of April, A.D. 1903.        j 2\nNOTICE.\nNOTICE is hereby given that sixty days after\ndate I intend to apply to the Chief Commis-\n\u25a0\nFor   Connoisseurs   Only.\nCan be had at all first-class hotels throughout the province.\nR.P.RITHET&CO.,Ld.\nVICTORIA, B. C,\nSole Agents*\n May 23   1903.\nTHE    SIMILKAMEEN     STAR\nThe Gold Outlook in British Columbia\nAlthough the Province of British\nColumbia is one of the most highly\nmineralized in the world, it has had\nthe misfortune to acquire a bad\nname amongst British investors,\nand to fall a victim to the wiles of a\nvery sinister class of financial promoters, whose methods fail to in-'\nsure public confidence, and whose\nresults lead invariably in the direction of compulsory liquidation and\nconsequent loss of money. Nor has\nthat market support, professional\nprivate, been extended to British\nColumbian ventures which has en\nabled other mining centres to tri\numph over such adverse circum\nstances as dishonest flotations or in\ncompetent management. It i\nhard, perhaps, that a contributor of\n,\u00a325,000,000 sterling to the world's\ngold supply should have to pay the\npenalty that British Columbia has\nhad to bear in relation to English\npublic opinion, although we are, of\ncourse, aware that much assistai\nand capital have been forthcoming\nfrom the United States when the\nMother Country was unwillinj\nprovide the means for the .effective\nexploitation of her own colony.\nYet the experience, painful as it has\nbeen for both, has exercised a much\nneeded influence, and the home\npublic is beginning to realize that it\nis a mistake to deduce from the ex\naggerations of prospectus-compilers\nthat the mineral resources of the\ncoujjtfcy are inconsiderable, or stand\nin need of bolstering up. Thus, if,\non the one hand, British Columbia\nhas had reason to complain of ne\ngleet, British investors, on the other hand, have experienced the mortification of seeing such admittedly\nrich districts as the Boundary and\nthe Nelson pass under the control\nof American capitalists, and the\nwealth that is being deprived from\n%them.distributed ...outside the Em-\nI pire. There are reasons, however,\n\u25a0 why this process should come to an\n* end, especially as the vigorous de-\nI velopment of the hitherto unexplor-\nt ed regions of the Province is about\n<l to be commenced in real earnest,\nunder capable supervision, and by\nI the right class of prospectors. The\nr government has .j|US{:(r announced\n\u00bb that the   obnoxious   two per cent.\ning tax is to be removed, the\nMining and Assessment Acts are to\nbe amended, the question of pioneers' claims is to be settled on ver$\nfavorable, terms, labor disputes s&k\nto be decided   by official   concilia-\n1, and several new lines of railway are to be laid down in the gold\nbearing districts.\nHow enormous are the potentialities of these mineralized areas may\nbe estimated by comparing the present output, and the relatively small\ndistrict from which it is produced,\nwith the 1,000,000 square miles of\nterritory which are known to con\ntain valuable ore deposits, that are\nbelieved to be payable tb'\"w6rk\n\" from the grass roots.\" British\nColumbia possesses practically all\nsorts of mineral wealth. The total\ngold   yield,   placer   and   lode, for\n1899 was valued at $4,203,473 ; in\n1900 $4,732,105 worth was produc-\ned, in 1901 the output had advanc\ned to $5,318,703 (chiefly owing to\nthe opening up of the Boundary\ndistrict), and last year will, it is reported,, show a still greater rate of\nprogression. The gold, too, does\nnot all come from one or two min\ning centres, but is distributed ov'ei\nnearly the whole of the Province,in\nlarge areas and in small, in contin^\nuous stretches and in isolated patch\nes, as at Mount Selwyn and Bark'\nerville. Every day brings some\nnew discovery of greater or less im\nportance, and a continuous expansion is going on in the limits of the\ngold bearing districts under exploitation. Nor is that all ; for this\nmonth witnesses the introuction of j\ncertain local changes in regard to\nmining which cannot fail to have a\nvery beneficial effect upon the fu\nture of the industry, latterly much\nclouded by the labor strikes. The\nproblem of the supply of electrical\npower by long distance transmission has been solved. In a country\nwhich is intersected by great rivers\nand abounds with vast lakes, this is\nof the very highest importance, and\nadds immensely to the steady reduction in working costs that has\nbeen taking place for some time\npast. Coupled with increased faci!\nities for local treatment of the ore\nand extensive additions to the num\nber of smelters at work in the\nProvince   itself, the saving   in ex\n(Continued on page 4.) '\nThe Vancouver Breweries, LM.\nBREWERS OF THE FAMOUS\nCascade Beer\nGinger Beer\n\u00ab# Alexandra Stout\n\u00ab# Alexandra Ale   I\nFor sale throughout British Columbia in all the first-\nclass Hotels, Liquor Stores and Saloons.\nThe Amalgamated\nD0ERING& MARSTRAND & RED CROSS BREWERIES,\nVANCOUVER, B. C\nDRIARD HOTEL,\nNICOLA LAKE,\nThe Hotel has been thoroughly renovated and refitted.\nEverything- First Class.\nNo pains spared to please the public.\nTable supplied with best the market affords.\nFine Wines, Liquors and Cigars.\nTELEPHONE' BATH.\nHeadquarters for Princeton, Spence's Bridge and Kamloops\nStage Lines.\nSubscribe for the STAR,ani-get the\u25a0Latert\nnining News.\nMURALO WALL FINISH.\nThis finish is more popular this year than\never, and has won its popularity by its durability, prettyjtints, and the easy mode of mixing and applying. Put up in 23 beautiful\nshades and white.it As your dealer for a\ncolor card or send direct to\nMcLENNAN, McFEELY & Co., Ltd.,\n|Wholesale and Retail Hardware. Merchants,\nVANCOUVER, B. C.\n THE    SIMILKAMEEN    STAR\nMay 23,1903\nThe Gold Outlook in British Columbia\n(Continued from page 3.)\npenses\u2014especially with the reduced\nsmelting charges and freights that\ncame into operation on January 1\u2014\nwill be a not insignificant item in\nmining economies, and a great assistance to the market appreciation\nin the values of shares. We can\nhardly wonder that these last stand\nlow in puDlic estimation when we\nreflect upon the numerous scandals\niu the way of financial mismanagement that have characterized the\nBritish Columbia market, although\nother markets which feel inclined\nto puff themselves out would do\nwell to remember the proverb about\nglass houses. The opportunities of\namassing wealth presented by British Columbia are not to be flouted.\nThe era of scientific mining may be\nsaid to be now only commencing\nthere. Great progress is being\nmade, in regard to metallurgical science, so that ores worth only $3 per\nton can now be treated at a profit.\nThis is an improvement upon the 7\ndwt. per ton minimum that prevails\n\u2014or perhaps it would be wiser to\nsay that used to prevail\u2014in the\nTransvaal. Railway and tramway\ndevelopment are to be pushed ahead\nmost energetically, and the opening of 1903 saw many invaluable\nadditional links tacked on to the\nchain of internal communications.\nProspecting, too, is receiving\nmuch attention, as some mining experts believe that there is a larger\nand more promising undeveloped\nmineral area than in any other\ncountry in the world. Whilst it\ncannot be denied that the success of\nthe members of the government\nsurvey in locating payable auriferous reefs and lodes has been very\nremarkable, it is, nevertheless, no\nmere commonplace to say that up to\nthe present the surface has only\nbeen scratched\u2014and not much of\nthat, either. Without indulging in\nextravagant optimism, it may be\nconceded that there is now ground\nfor revising former estimates as to\nthe outlook in \u2022 British Columbia,\nand that the discovery of payable\ngold is no longer almost as difficult\na task as that which Hercules experienced in procuring the Golden\nApples   from the   Gardens of  the\nHesperides.\nNews.\n- London     Financial\nNot in the Trust.\n\" What's that ? \" queried the old\nhen as she observed a strange plant\nin the garden.\n\" That,\" replied the gray goose,\n\" is what they call an eggplant.\"\n\"An eggplant, eh? \"observed\nthe old hen. \" Well, they say that\ncompetition is the life of trade, but\nI'm getting too old to take any\nchances, so I'll nip this in the bud.\"\n\u2014Chicago Post.\nPositively True.\nSeeing an advertisement in an\neastern paper offering to send for\n10 cents a sure remedy for sugar-\nbeet worms, a farmer sent along a\ndime and received in reply a postal\ncard bearing the following legend\n'' Catch the worm firmly by the\ntail, place it on a flat stone and hit\nit over the head 16 times with a\nbrick.\"\nWillie (at his lessons)\u2014I say, pa,\nhat's a fortification ?\nPa\u2014A fortification, my son, is a\nlarge fort.\nWillie\u2014Then a ratification is a\nlarge rat.\nSubscribe for the Star.\n.RUBBER STAflPS -.-.\nSeals, Stencils, Price Markers, Printing Wheels, Numbering Machines,\nBand Bating and Numbering Stamps,\nCheck Perforators, Rubber Type, Printing Presses, &c, &c.\nFRANKLIN STANP WORKS\nVancouver, B. C.\nIf you want First Class Footwear\nInsist upon   -------\nJ. D.  KING CO'S\nBOOTS &   SHOES\nNothing equals them for Style, Fit, Finish and Wear.\nriaple Leaf and King Quality Rubbers.\nWHOLESALE   ONLY.\nVancouver, B. C. J. LECKIE CO., Limited.\nTlCttEm\nMyrtle\nNavy\nTobacco\nLargest Sale in Canada'\nA Strong\nCombination.\nManitoba Hard Wheat\nand the Lake of the\nWoods   Milling  Co'y,\nCombine to produce the finest grade\nof flour on the market.\nTry Best Patent Brand.\nJAS. J. LOUTIT,   Agent,\nBox 158 Vancouver, B. C.\nHedley Meat Market,\nCHAS. RICHTER, Manager.\nWholesale and Retail Dealers in\n\u2014HEATS\u2014\nSaddle Horses to All Points in the Similkameen.\nWood, Vallance & Leggat, Ltd.,\nHEADQUARTERS FOR\nMiners', lumber and Mill Supplies.\nWIRE ROPE A SPECIALTY.\nB.  C*   Agents  for   Black  Diamond  Files*\nSend us your orders by Mail, and they will receive Prompt and Careful Attention.\nVANCOUVER, B. C.\nHedley City Stored\nA Complete New Stock of General Herchan-\ndise always on hand,\nCONSISTING OF A FULL LINE OF\nGroceries,.Dry Goods, Men's Furnishings, Boots and Shoes; also\nBuilder's  Supplies, Shingles, Doors, Windows, Paints, Wall\nPaper, Hardware, Stoves, Nails, Drill Steel,\nHarness and Saddlery.\nHeadquarters for Enderby Hungarian Flour, Northwest Oats, &c\nJ. A. SCHUBERT.\nAdvertise in the \" STAR.\"\nHotel Tulameen\nThe Largest and Most Homelike Hotel in Princeton is now\nopen for the travelling public.\nOur bar is stocked with the\nBest of Wines, Liquors and\nCigars. Special efforts will be\nmade in the Cullinary Department, and tables will be furnished with the best the market\naffords.\nPRINCETON,  B. C.\nGEO. W. ALDOUS, Prop.\n May 23   1903.\nMining Experts.\nThe average mining engineer\nought to understand that his diploma possesses only contingent value,\nand is a credit or injury to him in\nthe exact ratio that his practice demonstrates the correctness of the\ntheories he has imbibed from his\nalma mater. If his scholastic\ntraining has simply saturated hiru\nwith an infusion of laboratory wisdom and failed to stimulate his humility, hg will not attack the problems presented in practical mining\nalong independent lines of investr\ngation, and hence will be classed a:\na \" yellow-legged expert,\" rather\nthan as a wide-awake, well informed, practical man, who is ready to\nlearn from the smallest object lesson, if necessary.\u2014The Mining\nWorld.\n' TJps and Downs.\nSome girls are like sugar\u2014sweet\nand full of grit.\nThe man who marries for money\ncertainly earns it.\nThe woman in the case never observes how awkward a man is when\nin love\nSuccessful experiments have been\nmade for obtaining alcohol and sugar from, pine and birch sawdust.\nThere is no fixed standard of\nbeauty. This enables every man to\nhave a better looking wife than his\nneighbor.\nWear gloves when putting up\nstove pipes, otherwise your hands\nwill acquire more polish than your\nmanners.\nA boy isn't half as flustered when\nhe goes to ask her father as he\nthe first time he told the barber to\nshave him.\nW. J. Bryan was not far from the\ntruth when, speaking of the United\nStates, he said: \" He is of the\nhighest service to his fellows who\ncan give the highest ideals. There\nhas been a lowering of ideals in this\ncountry. Money is talked about\nmorning, noon and night. Com\nmercialism is the curse of the country today, and it has debauched our\ncountry.\" This language is hardly less applicable to us than it is to\nour neighbors.\u2014Toronto Globe.\nMedium\u2014\" I can tell you about\na buried treasure.\"\nPatron\u2014\" Please don't! my husband is always tooting that in mj\nears.\"\nMedium\u2014\" Does he know anything about a buried treasure? \"\nPatron\u2014\"Yes, his first wife.\"\nSubscribe for the Star and get\nthe latest mining news\u2014only $2.00\nper annum.\nTHE    SIMILKAMEEN     STAR\n$2.00\nANNUM\nu\n\u00a9\n0)\nE\n+\u25a0\u00bb\n*C\no\nz\nma.      r^\n% HI\nx> ,3 s\n\u00a9 +* m\n-H \u00a38    K\n4)\nto u\n\u25a0c\n1\n<\nm\nJ5\nO\nit\nc\nfee\nc\n$2.00\nANNUM\nPrinceton's\nLEADING  STORE!\nA Large and Complete Stock of\nGENERAL\nMERCHANDISE\nALWAYS   ON HAND.\nHERE IS THE PLACE TO BUY\nGroceries, Hardware, Clothing, Furnishings, Boots and Shoes, Hats and\nCaps,  Flour  and Feed.\nA Specialty is Made ol catering\n[to the Prospectors wants.\nLake   of   the Woods\u2122The Best\nFlour in the World, always\ncarried   in    stock*\nTHE A. E. HOWSE CO.,\nLimited.\n THE    SIMILKAMEEN    STAR\n-: PRINCETON I:-\nBritish Columbia.\n&              &\nLots f o\nr\n\u00bb\u2022\nPRESENT PRICES\nLOTS\nFrom $2.00 to $1\nPer Front Foot.^\nSize of Lots 50x1'\nFt. and 33x100 f\nTerms:   1-3 Cas\nBal. 3 and 6 montl;\nwith interest at 6 j\ncent, per annum.\nOF\n0.\n)0\n7t.\n1\nis,\n>er\n^\nW\nGovernment Head-\nquarters fop the Similkameen District.\nBEAUTIFULLY SITUATED at the Forks of the Similkameen and Tulameen Rivers. 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