{"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.14288\/1.0306949":{"https:\/\/open.library.ubc.ca\/terms#identifierAIP":[{"value":"17f50108-90cf-42fa-8386-a05c4f037eec","type":"literal","lang":"en"}],"http:\/\/www.europeana.eu\/schemas\/edm\/dataProvider":[{"value":"CONTENTdm","type":"literal","lang":"en"}],"http:\/\/purl.org\/dc\/terms\/isPartOf":[{"value":"BC Historical Newspapers","type":"literal","lang":"en"}],"http:\/\/purl.org\/dc\/terms\/issued":[{"value":"2011-09-29","type":"literal","lang":"en"},{"value":"1901-02-21","type":"literal","lang":"en"}],"http:\/\/purl.org\/dc\/terms\/description":[{"value":"The Nakusp Ledge was published in Nakusp, in the Central Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia, from October 1893 to December 1894. The paper was subsequently published as the Ledge both in New Denver, from December 1894 to December 1904, and in Fernie, from January to August 1905. The Ledge was published by Robert Thornton Lowery, a prolific newspaper publisher, editor, and printer who was also widely acclaimed for his skill as a writer. After moving to Fernie, the paper continued to be published under variant titles, including the Fernie Ledger and the District Ledger, from August 1905 to August 1919.","type":"literal","lang":"en"},{"value":"","type":"literal","lang":"en"}],"http:\/\/www.europeana.eu\/schemas\/edm\/aggregatedCHO":[{"value":"https:\/\/open.library.ubc.ca\/collections\/xnakledge\/items\/1.0306949\/source.json","type":"literal","lang":"en"}],"http:\/\/purl.org\/dc\/elements\/1.1\/format":[{"value":"application\/pdf","type":"literal","lang":"en"}],"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2009\/08\/skos-reference\/skos.html#note":[{"value":" *5- J-   n tv\n.... ---\u00ab-\u2022_j*\n.%\n.jT'f  d-Y)<fXA^\n\\\ns-\nVolume VIII.\nNEW DENVER, B. C, FEBRUARY 21, 1901.\nPrice, $2.00 Year 'ADVakc_-\nGen^aT NeVfs Float\nIn and About the Slocan and .Neighboring0 Camps\nthat are Talked About.\nliOCAI.   CHIT-CHAT.\nJas. Mlnto returned from his eastern\ntiip Thursday evening.\nSandon is still crying unto Its city\nfathers to lighten its darkness.\nGeorge Wilson is the proud papa of\nanother daughter, born Feb. 15th.\nKamloops iB up to date. A Miners'\nUnion has been organized there.\nHarry Wooley relumed to the Speculator Tuesday morning, his injured\narm having mended..\nHerman Cleyer's new butcher shop in\none of the finest in the Kootenays, and\nis a credit to New Denver.\nProspectors having claims to sell will\nfind something to their advantage by\naddressing Box 50, New Denver.\nBorn.\u2014At the Slocan Hospital, New\nDenver, on Feb. 15th, the wife of R. D.\nKennedy, of Slocan City, of a son.\n-One of .the plate glass Iwindowa in the\nand gave an exhibition game, with a\nteam of Silverton and New Denver\nplayers. A party went down to seethe\ngame, which was a hot one and resulted\nin Sandon's favor by a score of 4 to 8.\nItwaRa tie and overtime had to be\nplayed to get the odd. ;\nMr. and Mrs. John R. Porter left New\nDenver Tuesday morning for New\nYork, where they will take passage on\nthe \"Oceanic, sailing on the 27th, for\nLiverpool. Jack has been a resident of\nthe Lucerne some years, and was joined\nlast July by Mrs. Porter. They have a\nhost of friends here who wish them\nevery success in their new home in the\nold land.\nA cutting affray is reported from\nGreenwood, the result of a drinking\nbout, in which Harry Rowand was stabbed to death by Jas. F. McGill De\nRivier, locally known as \"Frenchy.\"\nBoth men were well educated, and held\ngood positions in earlier life.    Rowand\noffice of Chas. E. Rashdall, In the Wil\nHamson block, fell out Saturday afternoon.\nPeter McVeigh will bulld-he 0. P. R.\nwharf at Lardo. The Lemon Creek\n\u25a0awmill will furnish 150,000 feet of lumber for the purpose,\nJohhCholditch&Co., of Nelson, aro\n|      ,     taking an Inventory of the stock of J. A.\n^   f       McKinnonA Co., Silverton,  and the\natore has boen closed.\nSeveral New Denverites attended the\ndance given at Nakusp Monday night\nby the C. P. R employees. The event\nwaB a most enjoyable one.\nThere was a snow storm on the main\nline last week that badly obstructed\ntravel. At Revelstoke on Saturday thu\nbeautiful was piled shoulder high.\nIf Tiih Lkixik hired a Chinaman to\nfeed its presHOS it might be able to keep\nRome of the Miners' Unions In Kootenay\nfrom sending their job printing to tho\ncoast.\nJudging by our advertising columns\nJohn Williams in about tho only merchant left iu New Denver. He is alive\nand ready for the boom that comeM in\ntho spring.\nR F. Green, M. P. P., was in New\nDenver Saturday. He Is making a trip\nthrough the Slocan to learn the want,\nof the section, io as to better present\nthorn before the Legislature\nA surveying party came In from Nelson last week to retrace the survey linns\nmade by Surveyor Hirsh on tho Lake\nView gronp prior to his leaving for\nSouth Africa, where he took his field\nnotos with him.\nThe Nelson Seniors defeated the\nRossland hockey team by a score of 8 to\n1, and the Rossland Juniors were defeated by the Sandon team 8 to 2. Thus\n\\ . the Rossland boys lost the principal\n<*tl   events of the Carnival.\nL. U. Forbes left Monday morning for\nVictoria. With other members of the\nCanadian contingent, he will set as\nbody guard at the opening of the Legislature, and will be the only member of\nthe Canadian mounted rifles in attend*\nauco.\nConstable Black wat wakened Monday momlnii by a met****.*- from Sllver-\nfwt, p\u00abHtnn. kim tn tf\u00bbr\u00bb wharf to #rri*\u00abt\ntwostowsway* on the \u00ab\u2022. H1nea?i.    Ou\nleaves a mother ancTsisters livnigTn\nToronto. De Rivief is~a man 46 years\nof age, and has a wife and mother living\nin Ottawa and Quebec. The murder is\nclaimed to have been in self defense.\nWord comes from Wallace, Idaho,\nthat on Sunday, Feb. 10th, D. A. Van\nDorn died there, after a protracted illness. Van Dorn was a familiar character in the Slocan, and It waslargely due\nto his tenacity that the Galena Farm\nwas sufficiently developed to attract\ncapital. He was then associated with\nJ. C. Bolander, and drew several thousand dollars out of the sale of the property. Danio Fortune particularly favored Van, but he was indifferent about\nhusbanding his many small fortunes.\nHis heart was too large for his head.\nFor tho benefit of any one who would\nlike to know it might bo stated that the\nrofereiico made in these columns last\nweek to the \"peculiar ideas of fairness\"\ndisplayed by certain Union agents, was\nnot intended to reflect In any way\nwhatever upon the New Denver\nUnion nor any of Us membors, The\nmembers of this Union live up to the\nprinciples of unionism, and stand loyally\nby the business institutions of the town\nand country, and the Union is recognized as one of the most substantial\nand patriotic institutions of the town\u2014\na standing that every Union should\nstrive to attain and hold fast to In the\ncommunity In which It is oiganlied.\nThere are indications of great alarm\nbeing felt in certain quarters at the\npossibility of tbe Great Northern railroad getting a foothold in Canada, thus\nmaking competition in freight rates\npossible. The sams hubbub would be\nraised at the possibility of the Govern*\nment entering into the railroad and\nsmelting businesses. There may be a\ncertain amount of the feeling of joy at\nbeing madoa martyr to a Canadian corporation In preference to allowing a\nforeign corporation to make mnnny out\nof us, but the distinction is only one of\nsentiment. The only way the questions\nof freight and smelting rates ran ever\nhe properly adjured in Csnada Is by\nthe Government Mopping into both\nhUNinc\u00ab\u00abe*.\n800 foot level in down 200 feet, and will\nbe sunk another 100 feet.\nThe Whitewater mine U working full\nhanded, but shipping no ore owing to\nthe smelter difficulty. There is about\n800 tons of ore awaiting shipment.\nThe force at the Hartney has been increased to 80 men. All the tunnels are\nbeing driven on ore. The shipments\nwill be as large as can be brought down\nover the roads.\nC. C. Bennett, representing Vancouver capital, has taken a bond on the\nPrescott. Work will be commenced at\nonce, the bond calling for the expenditure of $10,000 this year.\nReports from the Hartney are of the\nmost encouraging nature. They have\nore in all their workings, and in the\nlower tunnel the shoot has increased in\nwidth and richness. It is high-grade\nsteel galena.\nAs was predicted by experts familiar\nwith the Chapleau ore, it has been\nproven to the satisfaction of the management that the mill recently installed\non the property will not save the values\nin the ore, and, in consequence, the\nproperty has been closed down.\nC. Dempster, of Rossland, last week\nbought the Republic group, situated\nclose to Slocan City, paying cash for the!\nproperty. Five years ago Dave Sutherland and Tom Montgomery staked the\nproperty, and have since put a great\namount of work on it, showing up two\nleads carrying pay ore.\nAt the Pinto, one of the Mollie Hughes\ngroup, work is going Bteadily forward.\nThe tunnel has been driven on the\nlead 50 feet, and ore has been taken out\nmost ot the distance That a deal will\nsoon bo made on the property whereby\neastern Canadian capitnl will be interested is almost a certainty\nWhen the I vaulioe can get a sufficient\nsupply of water, which will be as soon\nas the weather softens, the mill will be\noperated night and day. The class of\nore being shipped down gives a ten per\ncent, feed after the clean ore has been\npicked out on the conveyor belt. The\nloss In the tailings is only 8*10 of one\nper cent, lead aud three ounces silver.\nThe mine managers of Toxeda Island,\nand Mime other sections of tho coast, are\ntaking advantage of tlie opportunity\nmade possible by tho laws of the land.\nIt will be remembered that thousands\nof Japnnese obtained naturalization\npapers last Hussion to enable them to\nsecure fishing license* under the law\nNow these whitewashed Britishers are\nbeing employed in the coast mines, it\nbeing claimed by the managers that\nthey can reduce a t25,00O monthly payroll by half. And they are perfectly\njustified in the eyes of the law!\nHOW   ROOD   IT   W1I.I.   HK.\nWith regard to tbe consolidation of\nthe Guggenheim interest* with the\nAmerican Smelting and Refining Com\npany, which was formally completed\nFeb. 10thf Messrs. Simon and Daniel\nGuggenheim, recently gave out the fol*\nlowing statement: \"Our business has\nnot been absorbed. There has bean a\nmerging of the two Interests and aa ei*\nchange of securities. We had considered for a long time the proposition to\njoin our company with the other and\nfinally decided that we could work out\nbigger problems to better advantage\ndoubly than singly. In the handling of\nmetals, the miner will bn enabled to get\nthe full price* that arc paid, and what\nbenefit* the miner ii of advantage to\nwas not known by any of the sellers\nthat that country was quietly absorbing\nthe product Last year India bought\n60,000,000 oz., and silver was not raised\nin price. The reason for this condition\nof affairs lies in the conflict of interests\nthat have existed heretofore.\n\"The American Smelting Company\nnow controls the silver output of South\nAmerica, Central America, British\nColumbia, Mexico and the United\nStates, which is nearly 80 per cent, of\nthe output ofthe world. We did not\nenter this merger with the other company because we expected an increase\nof profits, but because we are satisfied\nthat this industry can be made one of\nthe best industrials in existence under\nproper and just administrations. We\nare not dependent on the times like\nother industrials; our business goes on\nin poor as well as good times.\n\"We believe that instead of the smelter company being a menace to the\ncountry it will be an advantage. In\nthe first place the receipts of the, railroads will be increased by an increase\nof freight in and out. To the miner it\nwill mean an enormous advantage. It\nwill increase the product of his ores because under such a large operation as\nthis will be, the smelters can assist the\nminer to mine his low-grade material\nwhich he now oftentimes allows to remain in the mines.\n. \"We believe the smelter is, in a sense,\ntothe-miner-what-the-banker-isr\u2014The\nbanker supplies him when in need of\nActtvfty in otter* Camps\ni Properties Developing Well\u2014Many Big Shippers\nSoon to Enter the List.\nIN   THE   COPPER   CAMPS,\n..'\u25a0'\u25a0 . \u25a0..,\u25a0*'' .\nMuch activity is reported in the Windermere districts, On the Virginia a\nbig showing Of copper-galena ore is being\ndeveloped. On the Lead Queen a tunnel has been driven 165 feet, with a\ndepth of 125 feet,.and 18 inches of clean\nore is showing in the face. On Bugaboo\ncreek is situated the Bear group, the\nbiggest copper proposition in East\nKootenay. TheBhowings are reported\nto be extraordinary. The Richmond\nMining Company of New York has secured three groups comprising nine\nclaims, and are reported to be after\nseveral other properties. It is reported\nthat on the White Cat group there is\na surface showing of five feet of clean\nore. The property is situated on Boulder creek, and has been extensively developed this season. On the Silver\nCrown group there is a surface showing\nof four feet of clean ore, and on the\nBullion group a ledge 20 feet in width\ngiving valees of from *45 to $50 to the\nton. A strong lead carrying free-milling gold ore is being prospected on the\nOyster claim. On the Eclipse a tunnel\nis being driven on a galena bearing\nledge and in now in 100 feet. Several\ntons have been sacked in the course of\nthe work.\nfunds, and the smelter should supply\nhim with low treatment charges. We\nourselves are large mine-owners ahd\nlarge stockholders in the Guggenheim\nExploration Company, which is a mining concern, None of these interests\nwill be merged in the American Smelt\ning Company.\n\"Wo have, been investigating the\nfield as to the men in our employ, as it\nwas intimated that by the new arrangement there would be a surplus of talent.\nThat Is not so. On the contrary, there\nare too few. We have room for all and\nmore. We mean to push our young\nmen to the front and give them a show,\nas this Is a business that will be here\nwhen we are all old and they will eventually have charge of the concorn. Our\nfirm has arrangements with the School\nof Mines of Columbia College, tho Massachusetts Institute of Technology and\nthe School of Mines at Golden, by which\nmany of their young men are sent to us\nat the completion of their courses,\n\"We havo been getting information\nfrom large institutions like the Krupp\nWorks In Germany concerning the\nmethods of caring (or their employees.\nWe Intend to apply the best ofthene\nmethods to the men in our employ. It\nis our Intention to improve the condition of the men and we hope to establish\nlibraries and proper homes for them,\nWe do not claim to be philanthropists,\nhut believe that an improved condition\nof the men in our employ cannot but\nwork an advantage to us.\"\n\u25a0LOOAN   Olt\u00ab  SH1PMKNTH.\nThe total amount of ore shipped from\nths Slocan and Slocan City mining\ndivisions for tht year 1900 was, approximately, 86,000 tons, Since January 1\nto February W, 1001, tho shipments have\nbeen as followss\nW\u00abik\nI'tyno  W\nL_.| CtUMll*    Oil\nMlM\u00bb-nXt\u00abr :...    tt\nRuth    '.ul\nB<\u00abMII.... ,\nHtvttt\t\nAnwriratl Mnv      II\nIvantiftf ,.   in\nTru.tf IHI-r \t\nK iver-lffl!.    ....',.\t\nWimilwfiil\t\nis being opened up carrying\u25a0 galemTand\ncopper-gold ore. The Steele claim is\nanother promising prospect, with three\nfeet of ore showing In the tunnel-at a\ndepth of 60 feet. On the Paradise 22\nmen are employed, 47 horses are raw-\nhiding the ore to the wagon road and\nnine teams are buBy hauling the ore to\nthe river. Three to four thousand tons\nof ore are in the ore house, and another\nbuilding 200x20 feet has been erected to\nreceive the fast increasing output.\nTotal\nm\nit\nIM\n%\u00bb\u25a0>\n,1(\u00abp\nin\n.ri\nHI.OUAN    MINHHAL   PI.OAT\nthe arrival of the boat the\u00abtowawav\u00ab| the Hillside.\nthu Mueller      We  have kept up tht\nprice of lead and we propow to do the! ^JlJI'J^-IJf,;,,,\n  same with silver.   In course ol time wet y.ni-n*j*  \/\"\n' lt,H..\u201e      |.      I       \u201e,\u25a0.\u00ab. ,    tf..-V ....      *.      ..I*!:.,.,,. I,\nA full form of men is being put on at ( \u201e\u201e' ,,\u201e\u201e Jn,,;t,,\/, _\u201e\u201e\u201e.,, ,\u201e\u201e,,\nBOUNDARY   MINKS.\nNo camp in the Province is making\nbetter headway than  the Boundary.\nEverywhere activity is noticeable.   It\nis reported  that the Granby smelter\nproduced 186 tons of 50 per cent, matto\nlast week from 8,460 tons of ore.    The\nDominion Copper Compr.ny is working\n110 men  nn  their  properties in  the\nPhronix  camp.     Tho    Mother   Lode\nsmelter at Greenwood was to blow in\nthis   week.     Tho   Jack-Luey-Jennie1\ngroup, In Deadwood camp, was bonded\nlast week to Harry Shallonbergor.    A\nrailway spur to the Morrison mine is to\nbc built at once, also one to the Marguerite.   The Boundary Falls smelter\nwill blow In about March iHt,   About\n500 tons of ore is already At the stack.\nA 60-horso power horizontal tubular\nboiler, alG-horse power double-cylinder\nlink-motion hoist, cable and other accessories, am being hauled from Mid\nway to the ('stunt mine this week.   Thin\nmine has 1,200 tons of shipping ore on\nthe dumps and a number of teams are\nemployed hauling the ore to Midway.\nIt Is reported that the four separate\ncompanies operating In the  Phmnii\ncamp, known as the Old Ironsides,\nKnob Hill, Grey Ragle and Granby\nConsolidated, are to he tnorged Into one\ncompany.    Tho latter named company\noperates the Granby Mueller, and all of\nthe companies wore under the control\nof thu Miner-Grave* Syndicate.\nIH   THK    K r.HMIOPW    IIISTHII'T.\ni : r.m* *|*_*\nI Mmlix-r.\nI fimnVfiimtrti\nhad become legitimate travelers, having\npaid their fares on the host, and the\nservices of tho Constable were not re*\n*    i\nThe company operating the Halcyon\nHot Springs will install an electric\nlight plant, build a bowling alley, and\nmake other improvements during the\ncoming summer. The meals now\ns\u00abrv\u00abii are flxealtenc.-ind lihern (\u00ab plenty\nor room for all in search of rest or\nUttftlUt. Just tour hours' tut. fiou. lb*.\nStem.\nThe vietoiiwos Junior br-t-key tests\nef Sandon, stoppfdi off\" at Silverton\nMonday en rente home from Ro**lan<t,\n\\\n\u2022'Tedav   silver  \\*  fdcntinealU*\ni HiiiiH ur*t>.t\nand! iti-\nThs Kuth it. I hi- late*t property t'*jt|u,\notop fthlpment* owing to the smelter\nThere I* cntmtilnrahl** activity in Hie\ndevelopment of thin diotrict    The (lien\nInm mint! ii u regular ^hippi'i* or a tint;\nquality of Iron on*. Seven men are em*\nployed at the l.'npper King, which i* \\\n*^j iii\/iking a giMMi \u00abnowti*g.   At tint inui \u25a0\n\u2022->. ..Umk. huuuvfiy,   n-uuciiiuit,  ivuiuii,.\n-i i Lucky .Strike and Noonday work is go- j\n^J, \u00ab\u00ab\u00a3'ahead. Ami ihr pnqwrlie*. uiiCuaI.\niii j Hill are developing well.   Ipllie North j\nABOUT   THE   SIZE   OF   IT.\nBritish Columbia might please note\nthat John Houston, M.P.P., of Nelson,\npauses in his life work of \"cinching\"\nthe C. P. R to warn a trustful country\nthat the projection of a spur line from\nthe Great Northern to the Crow's Nest\nPass coal fields is the first step in Jim\nHill's game to absorb the C. P. R\nThere is reason for Mr. Houston's tear\nthat the Standard Oil crowd\/which has\nabsorbed all the transcontinental lines\nin the United States, will in due time\nabsorb the C.P. R.-Mackenzie-Mann\nsystems.\n*\u2014=l^i.6re=\u00bbs=neivher\"-sense=nor=;-reasoij==\u00bbn\nMr. Houston's declaration that the success or failure of the United States grab\nfor the C.P.R.-Mackenzie-Mann lines\nwill turn on the fate of a proposed\ncharter for a spur line to the Crow's\nNest Pass fields.\nWhen the Rockefeller-Morgan interests, with which James J. Hill is allied,\nwant the C P.R.-Mackenzie-Mann lines\nthey will plan a deal to secure a majority interest in the bonds and stock.\nThere is no patriotism in the ownership\nof either the C.P.R. or Mackenzie-Mann\nsystems. Canada has built one transcontinental line, and is building another,\nwhich will pass into the hands of the\nStandard Oil people just as soon as their\ninterests demand the acquisition of the\nlines now possessed by the C.P.R.-Mac-\nkenzie*Mann crowd.\nIt is a fairy tale for children, which is\ntold in the recital of Mr.HouHton'sdream\nthat the fight over the Crow's Nest Pass\ncharter has any relationship whatever\nto the Standard Oil game for gobbling\nall the Canadian and American transcontinental lines. The game will bo\nworked out by the stern logic of dollars\naud cents applied to the purchase of\nstock, and the Crow's Nest Pass charter\nwill be no item in the vast design of the\nStandard Oil monopolists. \u2014 Toronto\nTelegram.\nHOKItlBtK   MINK   DtNAHTHR.\nSixty four persons lost their lives in\nthe Union coal mine at Cumberland,\nVancouver Island, in an explosion of\nfire damp, last Friday morning. Tbe\nexplosion occurred In shaft No. il, and\nall the men employed therein perished.\nThese consisted of 27 whites, eight of\nwhom were Italians, sli Japs and 28\nChinamen The cause of the explosion\nIs at present unknown and there Is a\nmarked reticence among the mine officials In giving the least particle of Information. Kit pert* say the explosion\nHitiAt have killed them \u00ab\u00ab they were\nworking in a small space. The mine\nt\u00abH>k rlrt- and there was no hope from\nthe firnt of wiving any uf thn entombed.\nThe mine wnt\u00ab flooded nnd the lire extinguished, but it wiil be \u00aboine days bo-\n(ore the bodiexnf lite unfurtuiialCM are\nri'Mi-iieil.\nTottl totii.\nIS\nMl\n\u25a0m! Thompson river aHiveprefMiratinnsarc\nMl\nw\nThe hunset is developing into one of j tlttmW ^^ ,1V (mr hro|fm Jn Un. j *..\u00bb*. ^.\nbest prop\u00abrtie\u00bb in the tamp. , don whr> \u201e,\u201e\u201e,, ,\u201e w\u201eh wh oth\u201er nnA > \u00a3*,,\u00ab,\t\nA shipment of 15 tons of or* was made j 1h(, Vm V(lf    Th(, wHftr ^ h,\u201e pr0(1n~t | nV\u2122M\u00bb\nlast \u00ab'\u00bbo!.' frfitt*   flii> f*l>*iriti\",m > * i*,i.,t,W\n-\u2022\"--I I',*1,   'mi i'irt'1  AHi'i V-  <w   i'ii* WiitJ ivi i Himil'IW\nbroker*.    This eat. and will heS^i^J1*1\nI chanted an soon a* the thing can be\n,r\u2122'We' ironndedtip.   We in*.end pursuing the \u2022\nThe I ayne-Ust Chance andllvaohoe wme nue.r\u00bb| IK,| h-v toward the miners,\nare getting thsir round timber 'rom|th|inh,0llOTtnh#,nr|#b(l1-eptirt||ed jn \u2022 Arorrietn Mthor|,y MCh United States\nMrt n gan , ^ ^|t ^ V*{,tVW nUvvuviS upow the' w,\\t\\,rt Involve* an **peww of *i,SttH a\nThe Red foi is being workel through | merging with the America** poepls a * y#*r, including the cost of pensions, etc. ft\u2122*- company operating\n{the old A..U.Uut U.uim.1     Te,o tutu* \u00bbis| number ot discussions were held in thm- \\ tifrman soldier <*\u00ab*t\u00ab \u00abi?  and  a\nemploye*!.  Ore is being tacked from \\ \u201e.,\u00bb\u201e|    w\u00ab .\u201e, f |^ to leem that this J Frewh aoMler mt.\n4,10ft\nAccording to figure* furnished by an\ngoing on for the building of a gold\ndredger, which will be in operation before many month* aro pant\n!...m>K*t     PKOPKRTtKN.\nHilirKH  wltti  Ih*   ntiw..\"\nThe only American who ever danced\nwith Queen Victoria wa- the Iste\nRichard Vsnx, who wan in  |H\u00bb* \u00bbeere-\ntary to Mr. Stevetmon, United State*\n. - - ...   .i * ,-.   * M\nwas a beau ideal of a court cavalier\nand wait nitigled out by the Queen at a\ncourt bait in Buckingham palac* to become  her partner   in   the   \"Queen's\nthe rjpf*er working*.\npolity fully sccwds wW\u00bb tbmt -views.\nr\n  j cotillion.\"   When young Van* returned\nU. W  Jackson, manager far t.w Ik.-  home.   hU  mother,  in hrr tcood, old\nin tbe Fisih j f\u00bb*l\u00bbt\u00abn\u00ab*<t quaker simplicity and die-\nUeek.oui>Uv.U\u00bbpurcii\u00bbM*4 tin* Atmaj *\u2022*\"** '\u2022\u2022 '\u2022\u25a0>***l>. \u00ab**pie*nwl her seutt-\nproperty, ami will open it up on a large j \"*f?t\u00bb U* these word*^ \u2022\u2022Jlkfcpt4t.l am\n! scale.    This is the l*rge\u00bbt silver-lesd\nThirty -eight men are on the Rambler-     \"Some few year* *g\u00bb Rasula bought j    I .*\u00abH*\u00bb' Jae ket\u00ab, Kur\u00bb and Golf ('a-pee | proposition or. Pool cr#\u00abk, having a four* I\nCarriliort payroll.   The shaft fromtlw 00\/WO.OHi\u00ab_, silver in one year, and It 1 for -ale at coat at Mrs. Merkley's. < foot lead of solid -;aleiia ore es posed,!\ntold the.* bi\u00ab- 'wn denting with the\nQueen Ii|iiIioi\u00ab-, my \u00abon, thee will\nnot uurry out oi meeting.\"\u2014Rufalo\nNew* t ^>^#W-'V-\u00bb-^-*^*\u00bb--*'\u00bb'**'\nTHE LEDGE, NEW DENVER, B. C; FEBRUARY 21, 1901.\nEighth Yeae\nTnis LedokU two dollars a yenr in ndvnnt-o.-S>\\VhBii not so paid it is S-.50 to parties worthy ot credit.sSVTo barbarians east oi Lmke\n>erior it is SI ayear.-SiLegiil aclvertisini* 1\" cents n nonpariel line first insertion, and 5 cents a line each subsequent insertion.   KeadiiiK\nSuperior it is SI a year <SiLeg.  \u201e -\t\nnotices 25 cents a line, and commercial advertising Rraded in prices according to circumstances.\nFELLOW PILGRIMS: Thk Lkdqk Is located at New Denver. B. ft. and caii be traced to many parts of the earth .*\u00a9\u00bbIt comes to the front\nevery Thursday and has never been raided by the sheriff, snowslided by cheap silver, or subdued by the fenr of man. It works for the trail\nblazer as well as the bay-windowed and champaene-flavored capitalist.<S>It aims to be on tho right side of everything and believes that hell\ndhould be administered to the wicked in large doses *S>It has stood the test of time, and an ever-increasing paystreak is proof that it is\nbetter to tell the truth, even if the heavens do occasionally hit our smokcstuck.-^vA. chute of job work is worked occasionally for the ocnont\nof humanity and the rinancicr.iSvComo in and pee us. but do not pat the bull dog on the cranium, or chase the black oow from our water\nbarrel: one is savage and the other a victim of thir-st.-SvOne of the noblest works of creation is the man who always pays the printer; he is\nsure of a bunk in paradise, with thornless roses for a pillow by night, and nothing but gold to look at by day.\nR. T. LOWERY, Editor una rlnaneier.\nThe Ledge.\nA pencil cross in this square\nIndicates that your subscription is due, and that the editor\nwishes once again to look at\npour collateral:\nTHURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1901.\nFROM THE EDITOR'S UPFKK STOPE.\nThe world loves the deed, and\nnot the hero.\nIt is not safe to drink cocktails\nin Kansas. They are liable to contain long hairs or hatchets.\nThe government should do something towards building up the\nsmelting industry in this province.\nAccording to a philosopher, gray\nhairs may be the blossoms of death,\nbut it cuts no sign with a gray wolf.\nJudging from recent newspaper\nreports it is all up with B. C. if\nJim Hill gets his rails up against\nthe coal bins at Fernie.\n_i_fl_AAn.nnfi_\nl\/ft-i-V!-.^'..\ngoing to school in the United States\nand all of them expect some day to\nbe president or his wife.\nIn one part of Western Australia\nit has not rained for two years.\nOut there the cows would find no\ntemptation to trifle with our water\nbarrel.\nA bill to establish a mint in Canada is coining up at Ottawa. Is it\npossible that our dream \"of years is\nabout to become visible to the inhabitants ?\nBeware of the snowslide. Taken\nin large doses it kills quicker than\ntho bubonic plague. Unlike other\ncalamities it embalmn the dead\nwithout extra cost.\nerine of many a hue and odor, as it\nflows through the saloon door. It\nmust be a sad sight to witnesssuch\nawful slaughter of innocent jags,\nslain in their liquid youth, and cut\ndown in the very sight of those\nfond admirers who were helpless to\nrescue them from such an untimely\nend. To think of it is enough to\nshatter the nerves and bring tears\nof aqua pure to the eyes of those\nwho have followed Bacchus from\nthe rose tinted hours of the first\nwine dream down the line to that\nred hell which is only reached by\nthe most devoted and talented booze\nartists. Just think of it. This\nwoman wantonly spills good liquor\nwhile this morning many a poor\ncuss is up against a bar in America\nvainly imploring the fellow with\nthe diamonds to give him just one\ndrink. It is simply awful, and yet\nthis woman wastes while thousands\nare dying of thirst. We must stop.\nThe subject is too painful.\n*Q ~ i,L- -, pJ^hen^nationJadrap-\n* ed in black the foliow-\nti 8 rSn ing article in a Chicago\npaper seems rather harsh, and\nstands out in bold relief to the\ngeneral sameness of the world's\npress. It is bitter and without the\nsweet taste that clings to a pill,\nembedded in sugar:\nhouses closed and will remain closed\n\u2014until after the legislature. The\nMontana Music hall, the New Orleans and the Casino have been\nraided and their ungodly devotees\nand revellers cast into outer darkness. The poor, creatures of the\nbad lands\u2014at least those who do\nnot 'dig up' regularly to the cops\u2014\nwill soon be jumping like rats in a\ncorncrib that has been caught in a\nflood, while it only needssome\nnutty, crack-brained, hysterical old\nhen like Kansas' shemale salvation\nshrieker and saloon smasher, Carrie\nDamnation, to break a few of our\nFrench plate bar fixtures, and we\nwill begin to see the ears of the\nmillenium peeping up over the hill\n\u2014I don't think ! Butte's present\ncrusade makes me sick at the stomach. There is not one Christian\nmotive back of the whole movement. It's all a grand-stand play.\nWhat Butte really needs is a reform\nof its reformers.\n' -Doubtless our barkeepers keep\non hand more sour mash than salvation; very few of the 'girls' that\n'rustle' in our variety theatres for\ntheir $10 a week and percentage of\n20 cents on the dollar can feel angelic pinfeathers sprouting under\ntheir corsets, DuTthese and allTheif\n'secretaries' are paragons of purity\ncompared with certain other char-\nIf a railway from the Coast to\nKootenay will pay it should be\nbuilt and operated by the people.\nIf it will not pay it would bo cruelty\nto allow Mann, Mackenzie or some\nother capitalists to blow in their\nhard-earned money on this charter\nblasted province.\nFor $40 you can ride one month\non the railways of Switzerland. In\nthat advanced republic an editor\ncan get a ticket for 150 that will\nenable him to ride a whole year.\nWhat surcease when a sheriff raids\nit Swiss print shop. The system\ndhould he introduced in America.\nA groat difference is often found\nIn one family. Take Dan Mann\nfor instance. If he owed us a million we probably could get it by\nmaking a sight draft. Take Hugh\nMann for instance, fie owes un\nfltl, and we proliahly could not get\nit, even if we drew a Maxim on\nhim. Hums wa* right when he\nspoke of Man* inhumanity, etc.\nBooze in ij\"-}>:<^\"*>^\u00bb\u00bb\u00bb-\n.. mu  Kunna*.   how\nr\\3nS3S you unif-t miller j\nTorn by <*yclon\u00bb\u00bbH in Mimmer. niul\njmrrtitnj u\\ Mm* >himhi i.hmiiii hi\nwinter. Oli.Miiiri-ritig John \u25a0Tolling\nhow the \\mt\\i\\e in tint >*hivt-r when\nthe dread new* ihrillts the town\nthat- Mr*. Nation Um juxt struck\nihe e-ftiiiji. her mm*\"** tu< ked into\nher boots, and armed u> her outer\n\"As compared to these world-\nbenefactors, Victor Hugo and Gio-\nvano Brune, what is there in the\nlife-work or in the personal example of Victoria Guelph that her\nmortal remains,her memory,should\nbe honored as those of no other\nhuman being have been honored,\nso far as history can show ?\n\"What has she done, said or\nwritten, to better the condition of\nthe poor of London, or of the British empire, that hundreds of these\npoor must be crushed and maimed\nin the vain effort to catch a passing\nglimpse of the funeral procession V\n\"In brief, what aro the ideas,\nprinciples, doctrines, dogmas, with\nwhich the life and death of this\nwoman stand identified, that such\nrecord-breaking honors should lie\npaid to her memory ?\n\"In the sixty-four years during\nwhich this woman of German-English patronage, posed as thc head\nof the most- powerful empire on the\nocean\u2014if not also on the land, that\nnow exists on this planet, what had\nVictoria done to distinguish her\nreign from that of any power-loving\nand wealth-loving monarch ?\n\"Iu sorrow and pity, not in\nanger or malice, but in truth and\nhonesty, let it be said because it\nmust, that (|ueen Victoria lived\nand died the consistent exponent,\nexamplar and personification of\nprivilege for the few,of imperialism,\nof capitalistic greed,of superstitiourt\ndevotion to a barbaric reHgiouH\ncreed, ami especially to a social\nanil marital code that denies to\nwoman the right of self-ownership\nand denies to the child the right to\nU> Imhii well, and the men and\nwomen   who  give  honor  to the\nacters. In all of hell's uuclean\nhierarchy and mighty Milton's\ncatalogue of foul demons there is\nnothing half so damnable as the\nlousy yahoo in the brass buttons\nand blue uniform who yorks out\nthree or four times the salary he\nreceives from the city, from the bad\nlands and its 'grafters,' and then\never and anon being seized with a\nspasmodic attack of purity in order\nto hold his job and to satisfy what\nis known as the 'church people.'\nVerily, the Butte police force spends\nso much of time with its 'hands\nout'behind it that I have often\nwondered wheu and where it finds\ntime to feed itself.\n\"The cumulative wisdom of GO\ncenturies has demonstrated that\nvice cannot be altogether obliterated, but can only be handled best\nby segregating it into as small a\nspace as possible and terrorizing it\ninto a sort of semi-obedience to the\ncanons of respectability. With the\ncomplex and composite population\nof Butte we cannot expect it or any\nother mining camp to possess thc\nfine qualities of a Cambridge or an\nOxford. There Is always such a\nthing as overdoing reformation.\n\"You con confine the rum traffic,\ngambling, the social evil, etc.,within certain reasonable HmitH,but you\ncannot root them out altogether so\nlong as man craves stimulants, is\npruriently eager for gain and the\nfires of passion blaze within the\nblood. And if you could, what?\nWould people not turn to opium\nand other drugs more harmful than\nthe blood of the grape? Forms of\nspeculation more demoralizing than\nfaro bank and stud poker? llnsox\nthemselves with practices mow\ntletrimental to the race than de-\nliaiichery with wantons? Tho experiment of trying to drive people\nto the throne of grace or make them\n'good' by due process of law hardly\never works. There is only one\nremedy, a slow one, and that is to\neternity and the only key that works\nits solution is the bey of death.  Created\nwithout his own consent, coming from\nhe knows not where and bound for he\nknows   not   whither,   man   struggles\nthrough   his little day aud lays him\ndown in the cold embrace of unanswer-\ning forever.   A creature of hope wrestling with a hopeless burden, he sees\ncountless  thousands  pass  before him\nfrom the scenes of time out into the un-\nfathomed eternity, and still he hopes\nthat hie may live to solve what they\nhave never done,   * ;\n.Human nature is an enigma.   Today\nwe are born, tomorrow, we ruu our foolish race arid lose it\u2014always lose it\u2014and\nthe next day we die and become food\nfor the worms.   One man startsoutand\nwins his way to fame.   Long days and\nnights aud weeks and months and years\nhe toils and struggles slowly and painfully, if surely, up the hill that leads\nhim to his .--el f-appoi rated goal.   Then\nwhen time has brought its burdens of\nage, gray hairs, feebleness, pain and\nfame\u2014he stands on the brink of the\ngrave and gazes back across a hard and\npleasureless life, and exclaims in unavailing bitterness: \"I wooed a goddess\narid I clasped a cloud.\"   What to him\nare the plaudits of a hysterical world\nwhose hysteria tomorrow will flow for\nanother quite as generously as for him\ntoday?   What though his name is in\nevery print and his praise on every\ntongue, his eye is too dim to see the one\nand his ear too old to hear the other.\nOne day of the youth that is gone forever, one brief hour of the love which\ncould never crowd its timid way into\nhis busy life, were now worth more to\nhim than all the empty fame which has\nfilled  the histories and  marked  the\nmonuments of all the world,\nAnother man joins in the fevered race\nfor wealth. One by one he piles his\nhard-earned dollars up, day by day he\nsees with anxious eyes the pile grow\nhigher. His back he turns on pleasure,\nhis heart is shut and barred againet the\nbettor things of life. His nature is\nfitted to the mold of loss aud gain and\nall the sunshine that he sees is the sunshine of gold in coin of the realm. His\ndays are spent in scheming, his nights\nin dreaming of stocks and bonds, four\nper cent., market report, financial fluctuations, ledgers and cash books. His\nsoul's dearest hope is held captive with\na time-lock, his heart's highest aim\nrests on the stability of a burglar proof-\nsafe. The music of his life is made by\nthe rattle of the cash drawer, and all\n,tue.pQetry-o\u00a3Jus-.uatU!'e\u2014is\u2014written\u2014oh.\nthe face of a note in hand. But finally\na summons comes foi him aud all his\nhoarded gold will not sullice to delay\nits execution or hire a substitute. Without one good deed to ease his conscience\nor one happy day for memory to feed\nupon in its last hour he goes shirking to\nanother world and leaves hisheaped-up\nmillions for others to right over iu the\ncourts of law, long after one single\nheart has ceasetl to grieve for his absence.\nAnd thuH run our lives away. \"Man\nnever is, but always to bo, blessed.\"\nWe grope blindly after something which\nwo do not understand and waste our\nyears  in chasing a prize that Is not\nworth the vain pursuit. Then, when\nthe clock has ticked around the final\nhour in the last of those years and we\nare called to bid a long farewell to temporal things we look back longingly\nover what we have missed and pass\naway carrying idle regrets for the\nwhole vain and foolish travesty. And\nwhy? Why do we never iearn the\nlesson until it is too late for benefit\neither in this world-or the world to\ncome? After all, is not the real philosopher the one who worries and struggles least and seeks to shun the rough\nplaces and enjoy the sunshine the most\nas he jogs along? Isn't the man who\ngets the most ease, the most leisure, the\nmost pleasure out of life the one who\nlives the least in vain? Suppose he\nnever does get rich or famous, if he\ntakes life easy, g\u00abts enough to eat arid\nwear, does a little good and no harm,\nenjoys today and frets not for what may\nbe or might have been, isn't he doing\nfar better by himself than is the other\nfellow? \"\nThis may be the lazy man's view, but\nisn't it the sensible man's view, as well?\nAt least there is one scribbler who\nthinks so. He may be a dreamer. He\nbelieves the dream !b good.\u2014Rufna M.\nField.       ,.;\"..'   :.' _\nIf anybody has entertained any doubt\nabout the Chinese having good sense,\nlet that doubt be dispelled. When the\n\"peace'' plenipotentaries demanded the\nexecution of the leaders of theoBoxers\nagainst the Christians, the Chinese\ncourt asked permission to allow them\nto commit suicide. Thie was granted,\nand the edict was issued to the offenders\nto go off and die. But they have politely refused to do it. The Government won't kill them, and,,they won't\ndie without being killed; the allies of\nthe world don't know where they are\nand consequently couldn't kill them if\nthey would; and thus the merry farce\ngoes on, while in the name of Christianity the soldiers of the.\"ciyili_ed'vnations\nare subduing the heathen and Acident-\nally, taking whatever they can get their\nhands on. 7   ; .\nMaBiTeJewelers A\nImporters of -Fine Watcocs. Watchmakers and\nOpticians. Send for our tine Watch Catalosrue.\nOLD GOLD _.m> SILVER bougln at the highest\nprice. \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0'.\u25a0\nPATENAUDE BROS.,\nNELSON, B,0.\nFruit and\nOrnamental\nSeeds, Plants, Vines, etc.\nExtra choice stock of Cherry,\nPeach, Apricot, Plum and v\nother fruit trees. Most complete stock in the Province;\n100 page Catalogue free.\nM. J. HENRY,\n30.19 Westminster Road. Vancouver. B. O.\nWHITE LABOR ONLY\nA\nWANTED.\nSituation, by a competent steel sharpener.   Any  camp  in  the Kootenays\nAddress. W. C. L., Ledge Office, New\nDenver.\nIn a double-compartment shaft 900\nfeet deep,with a double cylinder engine,\n60-inch stroke, SO pounds steam, to lift\nsix tons, the steel rope should be 1\\\ninchea_diamfiie..: jtjvyoujd wejglltwo\npounds to the foot, and would coil in\ntwo layers on aii 8-inch drum 80 inches\nlong.\nJOHN WILLIAMS\nDealer in\nIMPORTED\n*ND DOMESTIC CIGARS\nANDTOBACCOES,\nPIPES, &C.\nVan Camp Lunch Goods, Confection-\ncrv and Fruit.\nBATHS IN CONNECTION.\nNewmarket Block,       NewDenver\nP.J.RUSSELL\nBuyer and Export i-r of\nRAW FURS\n-H !(s HE5T-JJRIGE8-\nPR0MPT RETURNS\nFAIR ASSORTMENT\nShip by Express\nNELSON, B.C.\n*      THE PROSPECTORS'\nNO\nEXCHANGE\n4K-W. C. BLOCK, NELSON, B.C.\nIf 500\npeople\nIn the Slocan knew that\nwe wore the best firm\nin Southern British Columbia to send their repairs to we would soon\nhave to engage more\nhelp.\nSend in your repairs\nby express or mall and\nwu will return them\npromptly and satisfactorily.\nIf Brown said so\nit'-s right\nDlU WII Jewelers\ntriurrt-Mrort t\u00bb T. H. Ilmwit. -\nOF NELSON\nGold. Silver-Lead and Copper Mines w mted.at the Exchange.\nFree Milling Gold properties wanted at once tor Eastern\nInvestors.\nParties having mining property for sale are requested to send\nsamples of their ore to the Exchange for exhibition.\nAU samples should be sent by express, prepaid.\nCorrespondence solicited.   Address ail communications to\nANDREW F. ROSENBERGER, Nelson, B.C.  ^\nT\u00abIi'|ilmue No. UH.   P. O. Box TOO, W\nThc Newmarketflotel,\nNEW DENVER,   B. C.\nHas one oi the most beautiful locations In America, and the public are\nassured of pleasant accommodations.\n\".      .      .     .      . Proprietor.\nHENRY STEGE,\nSMOKE\nKELiOWflA\nCIGARS\nUNION MADE\nSt. James\nHOTEL\nNew Denver, B.C.\nA. JACOMON * CO\u201er>rtptP\nBeit meals In the city-Comfortable rooms-Bar replete with the beet of\nMinora and Cigars\u2122-Best service throughout.\t\nmemory of  Victoria (luelph  i>nth\u00bb**ghtei* P\u00bbblic opinion.\"\n\u2666 t..'.,,,.., \\. \u25a0, ,    r..,   w.,.,-,,,1    \u201e_\u201e     \u201e,!..,.,\u201e\u2666,...I -______-_-_____S___5_5\nnm^ **.Mj*.j\u00ab,rt\u00bb'W of Ihwu* h*h-nl? l*iv-\"f'\nprinciple or crow!*.\" |    U(# j* , ,,,,,,\u201e,.   j. \u201e\u00ab* !\u201e.,\u201e \u00bb. rldttiu\nMingU-ri with thu- U'mv of mil-' **'fltwSh*1; *\u00bb\u00bb**!* n-jih<v Mr*! 4*n\u00ab n\u00abww\nliom- tin* above i\u00bb li'ibli- to In- washed, in ni'luini'ir <>v\u00ab*r two hiuiU in tlm fittr-\ntho   \u00ab-?n*i.\u00ab   *tf   \u00abf..it1n*'.nt' !\u2022\u2022\u00ab <\u00bbf K l-\u00bbn,    ll  will   mimm n ri<lilU\u00ab\nunlil llieiiuik u iloom Im- lolled Dm\nsnvtir\nh&ug,   Mh\u00ab w d<t<i*Miim-d for I ho\nnow nil-King through tin. lambo',TI\"\"\"..\"\"\"fn \"PP\"\" .\"\"1 T\"\" \"\"JIU\n...    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Hon. I\/urn Str sTH(X)NAa,id Mount Hor.vi^ G.G.M.Q. President.\nHon. G. A. DRirMMONn, Vice President,\nR a Cloohton, General Mannjrer,\nBranches ut all p\u00abrti* of Canada, Newfoundland, Great Britain, and\nNew Denver branch\nL6 a DE VBBER, Manager\n%^^# \u25a0^^^^^'\"^^^ i^^i-^^^t^^i\nMaHai\u00a3iiaaNM T\nEighth Year.\nTHE LEDGE, NEW DENVER, B. C, FEBRUARY 21. 1901.\nttlbai Direct Legation 1$\nBY J. R. WEIKEKT.\nDirect legislation is simply'.ai^, ex- j\ntension of the right of petition.   At;\npresent a citizen may petition his\nrulers for whatever he may want and\nthey have to receive his humble pe-,\ntition without punishing him tor his\npresumption; what they may choose\nto do with the petition is left for them\nto decide; they may grant it or throw\nit into the waste basket.   One hundred thousand voters petitioned for\nan equal taxation law in Michigan,\nbut 16 senators were able to protect\n\u2022'vested rights\" of corporations, and\nthe petition was denied.   Six thousand legal voters of the city of Detroit\npetitioned for a charter amendment,\nthe council ordered a vote according\nto law, but \"vested rights\" prevailed\non the courts to issue a \"mandamus\"\nforbidding the vote on the proposition.\nThese two instances will show the\nvalue of the present \"right of peti\ntion.\"   Under direct legislation it is\nunderstood that when a certain number or per cent, ot the legal voters of\na district (town, city or state, according as the matter petitioned for concerns them) have signed a petition\nand filed the same with the proper\nofficials it becomes mandatory for\nthese officials to submit the matter\npetitioned for to the voters of .he affected district at the next ensuing\nelection in manner similar to the present way of voticg on constitutional\namendments, issuing of bonds, etc.\nLaws thus enacted by the people\ndirect would occupy the same ground\nas the constitution itself; no legislative body could alter or amend them;\nno executive officer veto them;\" no\ncourt declare them unconstitutional;\nThey could be altered, amended or\nannulled only by the court of last appeal\u2014the sovereign people.    This\ncourt could not be bribed, and mistakes made by it would be rectified\nas soon as discovered.\nThe various problems ot local, state\nand national concern can not be solved\nin job lots. The people most concerned\nwill, under direct legislation, deal\nwith each one separately; they will\ndo it most Intelligently and effectively. As long as these problems are to\nbe dealt with by irresponsible agents\nwe will have the lobbyist, tbe cor\nruptionist, the political boss, and all\nthe tools of corporate interests and\nvested rights in special privileges.\nAs long as political parties and promises of party candidate** must be\ndepended on to decide these issues\n-_K-%-rtf><w.l\u00ab_wiH.hAr\u00abwfcrle88\u00bb, And as\nlong as the people is powerless to enact its will into law, is dependent, on\nthese shortlived autocrats over whom\nit has no control whatever\/present\nconditions, If not worse ones, must\nprevail. The histoty of the world\nabundantly proves that law is but a\nwritu n expression ot the interest of\nthe lawgiver.\nExperience demonstrates that a\nform of government where all power\n'f is placed in the hands of irresponsible\nagents, who are not t.\u00bb be controlled\nIn its use, but who are prone to obey\nthe dictates of self-interest, to be a bad\none.\nIf a machine or a system is correct\nin principle ite efficacy will be increased by development through use.\nThe pressure of steam on a movable\npiston-head in a cylinder moves the\npiston on thc same principle today as\nwhen first Invented, yet what a differ\nence between the machines ot today\nand those of a hundred years ago.\nThe development of the initiative\nand referendum system in Switzer\nland and its remarkable effect on the\nSwiss people is another instance. But\nthe representative system in actual\nuse in the United States (or more than\nai hundred years shows no develop\nment whatever. It is neither more\neconomical nor more beneficial and\nresponsive to tho people today than\nwhen first applied, and there Is more\nthan a suspicion that it has actually\ndeteriorated, The only development\nattained has been in party management. Political parties have become\nvast and intricate machines for the\npurpose of obtaining control of the\ngovernment\u2014not to benefit the people, but to distribute the spoils and\nserve tbe wealth owners. The do\nmlnant one rules the people, and is in\nits turn ruled by a majority faction\nobedient to the dictates ot the bosses.\nEven when tho people obtain control\nof a party and, perhaps, thereby of\ngovernment, its object Is only too apt\nt to be frustrated.Its will defied by one\n*^. ortheotherofthecoordinttebranches\n^ of government beyond its control.\nSuch occurrences have become only\ntoo common m all parts ol the system,\nfrom the 16 senator* of the eitra set-\nslon ofthe Michigan legislature to the\nincome tax decision of the United\nBute* Supreme Court\u2014the wealth\nowners' interests aro protected Hgaiust\nthe interests of the people.\nKarl Bui'kli said: \"Experience has\nelitssea the\ntunn-hr the mllnjr eiitsaes tne \u00ab?reati\u00bb*vt*-n**\u00ab *r\u00ab- own\nadvantage they derive froni put meal; Sixteen dollars a year\nloruv* lavorab.c to u.vui*jfc.\\.*, hi-.a t service was fount, to ia* too tugn\nthey will, surely, do all they can\nwrtVent the rtw_\u00abifo>o ol \u00ab form\ndemocracy, must be as good as the\npeople; it can not be otherwise; but a\ngovernment by unchecked represent\natives is only as good as the .politicians who govern; or does the past\nhistory of legislatures, whether city\ncouncils or Congress, show in them\nany divine eift or superior wisdom V\nThomas Jefferson said: \"Sometimes\nit is said that man can not be trusted\nwith the government of himself. Can\nhe then be trusted with the government of others? Or have we found\nangels in the forms of kings to govern\nhim?   Let history answer.\"\nSir Wm. Blackstone,the great commentator on English law, said: \"In a\ndemocracy, where the right of making laws resides,in the people at large,\npublic virtue or goodness of intention\nis more likely to be found than in\nany other   form   of   government.\"\nDirect legislation, by means of the |\ninitiative and referendum, is the only\nfeasible step towards pure democracy;\nand it is the only means of reforming\nthe otherwise utterly bankrupt representative  system;  it is the only\nmeans at hand of procuring the exercise of an intelligent, free and honest\nballot, and it is upon these qualities\nof the ballot, after all, that represent\native government is based; for when\ncitizens are too ignorant to exercise\nan intelligent ballot, too dependent\nto exercise a free ballot, or too corrupt\nto exercise an honest ballot, representative government itself is impossible.   It is for this reason, it for no\nother, that supporters of the representative form of government should\nseek the adoption of this reform.   It\nis nothing new in principle.   It is\nnot a stranger in this country, where\nthe \"town meeting\" system has been\nin vogue ever since the advent of the\n\"Pilgrim Fathers.\"   It is a reform\nwhich makes that system applicable\nto the governmenl not only of towns,\nbut to municipality, state and nation\nas well.\nGovernment by the people direct\nby means ot the initiative and referendum, has been on trial in Switzerland for about fifty years. Arising\nfrom the town meeting plan, it has\nspread from town to town, from city\nto city, from canton to canton, until,\n25 years ago, it was adopted by the\nnational government. It has been a\nblessing wherever introduced, and in\nno instance have the people ever surrendered it again, but have used it\nsuccessfully in solving every problem\n.oWmix>rtonc^Jn~wwnf^Mtys^.cantoiL\nand nation,\nIt is known that,singly and collect\nively, the governments in Switzerland are today the most popular,\neconomic, simple and honeBt on the\nearth; that previous lo the adoption\nof this system all those cantons that\nwere governed, as we are today, by\nirresponsible agents or representatives, were suffering from similar\nconfusion of laws, clashing of authorities, public extravagance and corruption, partisan prejudice and personal campaigns, from which this\ncountry is suffering under today; and\nit is a known, and by the class ot\nwealth owners, well recognized fact,\nthat, the people ruling, Switzerland\nis singularly free from trusts, syndicates and corporations.\nLike most people attending strlctl v\nto their own business, but little is\ngenerally said and thought of the\nSw.'bs by others except that they form\nan insignificant nationality. ' It is\nknown that two-thirds of the small\ncountry is uninhabitable, consisting\nof bleak rocks and Icefields, and the\nprevailing impression in this country,\ntherefore, Is that the Swiss are poverty-struck, ignorant, and not to be\ncompared with tho \"enlightened\"\ncitizens of tbe United States. This\nwas true until tho inauguration of the\nsystem of direct legislation. The\nSwiss were too poor to make a living\nat home, however much they loved\ntheir home, nnd were compelled to\nemigrates they were found In all\ncountries; every petty tyrant had his\n\"Swiss Guard.\" But since the introduction of direct legislation a tremendous change has taken place For\nseveral decades now al) emigration\nfrom Switzerland has not only ceased,\nbut quite to the contrary, now the\nGermans, French, Italians and Slavonians are flocking ihto Switzerland\nbecause of Its better economic conditions. The three million Swiss consume more commodities iodav than\nthe 15 millions of Italians, although\nthe natural productiveness of tbe two\ncountries cannot be compared. Thoro\nis no country, no nation on the globe,\nthat can compare In quality sndnnm-\nbut et educational institute* with\ntho\u00abe of Switzerland, according to the\npercentage of inhabitants. It has the\nbest and the costliest highways in the\nworld, and not a tollgate in its boundaries The highways, as well as\ntlwv telephone, tclcgr.*.ph, mail and\nen bv th* nenrtle\nfor telephone\nand\nbusiness was rejected by pa referendum vote of 194,465 against 244,219,\nor by a majority of 49,754 out of a\ntotal of 438,684 But the friends of\nthe proposition, claiming that the\neducation brought about by the discussion of the proposition has altered\nnot only the faults of the bill but also\nchanged the views of a greater number of electors than required, have\nagain begun the' circulation of another initiative list.\nThis is the way the Swiss people\neducate themselvesnn practical politics by means of the initiative and\nreferendum; it also shows the conservative feature of the system. The\npeople are slow to adopt new ideas,\nprone to move in the accustomed\nbeaten track, but are open to conviction where their interests are concerned.\nThe railroad fares in Switzerland are\ntoday the cheapest in the world on the\nhighest priced roadB. The farmer markets hie Droduce, the manufacturer or\nmerchant moves his commodities at cost\nof service rendered    This explains the\nEresent welfare of the Swiss. They\nave emancipated themselves from\nEolitical slavery and are now gradually\nettering their economic condition.\nTheir taxes are direct and what they\nwant them to be and are applied for the\npurposes they want them applied to.\nThey have not one cent for a hireling\nsoldiery, but pay more, per capita, for\neducational and industrial institutions\nthan auy other nation. They do not\nwaste their money and energy in conquering other people, but apply it at\nhome for their own benefit. Muchmore\ncould be said of them that would cause\nAmerican to blush with shame; but as\nthat is not the purpose of this treatise, a\nshort description of how the Swiss apply\nthe system of direct legislation will\nsuffice. '      H\nSwitzerland is a federation of twenty-\ntwo cantons or states, and what is said\nof one will apply to all For example:\nThe canton ol Zurich has 350,000 inhabitants, of whom 80,000 are voters The\nlegislature consists of but one house,\nhaving 100 members, ft prints no\nrecords, rarely listens to set speeches,\nknows nothing of bribery or lobbyists,\nholds two or three short sessions annually, at which it passes\u2014on an average\u2014less than four laws per year.\nEvery member must have an absolute\nmajority, good ones are generally reelected, some have served for more\nthan 20 years. Every law is worded so\nsimple and plain that everybody understands it Every law or measure\nadopted by them has to go to the referendum. All the various local legislative bodies in the canton comely to the\nsame rules, and each town or municipality decides all questions relating to\nits own affairs exclusively. Five per\ncent ave required to apply' the initiative; this means that in measures affecting the whole canton 4,000 voters have\nto sign the initiative list or petition before the measure is submitted to the\nreferendum of all the voters at the ballot\nvQTr.\u2014j.~he~T6ferenduin\u2014is\u2014obligatory^\nthis means that every law or measure\nwhether adopted by the legislature or\ninitiated by list, has to be approved by\na majority \"of the people at the ballot\nbox before its enactment. -Voting Ms\nobligatory on every citizen, and neglect\non every citizen several days previously. As thu people direct control everything, lobbying, corruption and violent\npartisanship have disappeared as being\nuseless. But little interest is developed\nfor candidates for office, and all interest\ncenters on the principles or measures\nthemselves. Lawmaking is localized,\nnot centralized; each city or county\n(commune) asserts its right to self-government\u2014home rule being a corollary\nto direct, legislation\u2014hence each lawgiving body makes only such laws as\nare within its proper scope; in the 20\nyears from 1869 to 1889, inclueive, there\nwere but 68 laws passed hy the legislature, 50 being accepted and 18 rejected\nby the people at the polls The people,\nand the, people only, have the veto\npower, and they have it on all enactments\nThere is a majority of the people behind every law in \"Switzerland Who\nknows what is the case in this country?\nThere no danger exists from violent\nagitators, as the exact position of the\npeople to every measure is well known\nby everybody; here the din, noise and\nuproar of\u2014often paid\u2014agitators, seems\nto be the only criterion of a movement.\nThere, trades unions ask no favor of\nany political party, make no bargain\nwith any office seeker, as they have\ntheir own organization to make proper\nuse of the initiative and dare not ask\nimproper or unjust measures for fear of\nthe referendum; here, professional politicians, so-called labor leaders\u2014often\nmere agents of political parties\u2014carry\ndissension into the unions and cast disgrace on them in the eyes of other people.\nThere, partisanship always signifies\nprinciples; here, mostly prejudice, spoils\nor the choice between evils.\nThere, pure democracy rules\u2014justly,\nwisely, progressively; here, the people,\nasserting its sovereignty, is tricked,\ncajoled, betrayed by its representatives:\nuntil popular government has become a\njest and the idea of a true democracy\nprovokes a sneer.\nIt is high time to reconstruct the legislative mechanism now in use in our\ntowns, cities and state. Improve it,\nreform it, simplify it by direct legisla\ntion.\nAll rights carry with them certain\nobligations; if these are not performed,\nthe corresponding right ceases. If\nrights are inalienable, their obligations\nare not transferable; each individual\nmust in its own person exercise these\nduties. Here no division of labor is\nadmissible, no substitution of another\nperson possible without also delegating\nthe right. The individual shirking a\nduty deprives itself of its complement\nright and, in that far, becomes a serf or\nslave.\nWoe to the people who delegate their\ndefense to a class specially trained and\nkept for this purpose; it creates a standing army, the most terrible tool in the\nscended down to us. The militia, the\ntown meeting, the jury, are the mainstays of the rights of the people. Let\nus make them serviceable for our changed conditions but never renounce their\nprinciples of Liberty and Justice for all\nalike\nSouth Dakota already has a referendum law, and in many states' the agitation for it must'soon hear fruit. Write\nto your Missouri legislators and senator\ntoday to push the bill to this end to be\nintroduced this session.\nhands of the governing class.and inevitably used by them to control the people.\nIii fares the people who delegate the\nenacting of laws to others, Tho law\nwill be written in the interest of those\nenacting it. As well expect slaveholders to enact laws in the interest of their\nslaves as to expect the privileged class\nto make laws in the interest of the toil-\niug masses.\nUtter,ruin and death will befall the\npeople who delegate the administration\nof justice The self-interest or bias of\nmind of the delegate will dictate the\ndecisions affecting the life, liberty and\nhappiness of the people.\nThe popular jury is the only guardian\nof the temple ot justice: this guardian\nonce removed corruption will enter and\ncast down the people's highest ideals\nand substitute its own idols for the people to worship. With the removal, of\nthat guardian might will take the place\nof right, justice will become a farce,\ntrials a mockery; the people, bereft of\nfaith, a prey to corruption. Such a\nnation must inevitably sink down into\nits grave.     A    ,     *  \u25a0\nHistory,the tombstone of such nations,\nin recording their rise and decline, does\nnot cite a single instance of the destruction or death of a nation where rights\nwere inalienable and exercised as duties,\nbut proves conclusively that in every\ninstance the decay and\" death was due j\nto the parting of these rights from their j\nduties.   The gathering or aggregating!\nof the privileges increased the power of ;ToF a.__vkr_UX,c._., tue owner of un\nH. GIEGERICH\nStaple and Fancy\nGROCERIES\n( Agent for\nGOODWIN   CANDLES\nGIANT POWMR\nKASLO\nAINSWORTH\nSANDON\nNOTICE.\nwithout sufficient reason punishable by\nfine. Elections are held Sundays, and\nblank ballots and information' Berved\nTHE\nm STORE\nSANDON.\nCall and see the largest\nstock of Dry Goods, Carpets,\nBoots, Shoos, Hats and Gents'\nFurnishings in the Slocnn.\nJAMES J. GODFREY\na continuously decreasing number of\nrulers, while at the same time but in a\nfar greater ratio, the performing of\nduties without rights increased the poverty, ignorance and wretchedness of the\nruled.\nThe power of Home, which bowed all\nother nations under its yoke, was shattered when hurled against the,German\ntribes, simply because these\u2014though\nnever united and far inferior in civilization\u2014never delegated their rights or\nused substitutes for performing their\nduties. Each member of a tribe was\nsoldier, legislator and judge, servant\nand sovereign, in his own person.\nThrough th-\"* long vista of a hundred\ngenerations these principles have de\nBRICK\nMARBLE\nLIME\nTHE MANSFIELD MANUFACTURING COMPANY are now prepared\nto supply builders and contractors\nwith all the above building materials.\nOur products received First Prizes\nand Medals the last two years at the\n_MT.Kf.TMl_\nINVESTMENTS\nand INSURANCE\/^\/*\nGrimmett Block, Reco Ave.\nSandon, B. C.\nRents Collected.   District agent for\nTlie Great West Life Assurance Co., Winnipeg, Man.\nAfjent Norwich Union Fire Insurance Company.\nConnecticut Fire Insurance Co., of Hartford\nMtm Flr\u00ab Insurance Company.\nPho-nlx, of Hartford. Conn..\nPacific Coast Fire Insurance Company,\nImperial Registry Company,\nTbe Dominion of d-muiii Guarantee and\nA evident Insurance Company,\nThe Hunter-Kendrick Co.\nA Testimonial\nof Special Value\nSaiulm.Juii, ut, 1801.\nO. \\V, (Jrlmrm-.t,\nSandon, B.C.\nDkak Mm.\u2014It irive* to*  areat pleuure to\nteMlfy lothe \u00bbucc*>\\\u00bb wnk-li iu* attended your\nlyatcm of tt-aUng and prtacrlblni* for defactlve\n\u2022yn ulirljt In mv t>tiM> nnd tn Mi* mint I h.i,va old-\ntalned nine* uitnir tbe fflaaaai which vou %w\\>\npiled.  The particular trouble with my ey\u00bb wa*\ncontldered Mriou* by an eminent eye *p\u00abetali*t\nfu Turuuio, Un with Hu nid of your \u00ab)\u25a0**_\u2022 I am\nenabled to attend to rb-rleal work, nnd nadlnt*\nfor three and four hour, at a Mretrh without tlie\n\u2022tlflhtert Ineonvenlinoe   In my opinion It I*\nunneratMry fi>r anyon* to no to \/>utiM\u00ab- pcinu i,\nIn order to awure a thorough and n-Untlnc t\u00ab\u00ab ' *\nf>ir dafwtlvi- vltluii.\n( am very truly y<\nPIcANK C.\nJ. E. Angrignon\nThe Leading\nHairdresser\nFinest Shop In the Slocan.\nBrick Block,   Bcllevue Ave.,\nDenver, B. C,\nNew\nEpoTtane^Ex^itioir rne~i_i\"i_ielliar\nwe are now manufacturing is not\nexcelled.; Special quotations to contractor?* on application.\nTHE MANSFIELD\nMANUFACTURING\nCOMPANY\nNE.SON, B.C. P.O. BOX 688\nundivided one-eighth interest In each of the\nmineral claims, '\u2022 Pansy,\" \"VloletFfl.ct.lon,\"\n\"May,\"*'Flower'}and \"Rosedale,\" situated\non tne Seaton Creek slope of Payne Mountain, In the Slocan Mining Division of West\nKootenay Dlstrtct, British Columbia.\nTAKE NOTICE that I, Daniel E. Sprague, the\nowner of an undivided three-fouiths Interest\nin each-of the above named mineral claims,\nhave expended the sum of t'102.50 in doing the\nannual assessment work required by section 24 of\nthe Mineral Act on the said mineral claim\n\"Pansy,\" and far recording the certificate of\nwork issued therefor for the year ending the 29th\nJuly, 1300; and the sum of *-lu..5o for doing such\nwork on the said mineral claim \"Violet Fraction \" and recording the certificate of work issued\ntherefor for the year ending the 9th August, 1900;\nand the sum of >>i 02.50 for doing such work on\nthe said mineral claim \"Flower and recordlng\nthe certificate of work Issued therefor for the\nyear ending thc 12th August. 1900, and the sum\nof 8102.S0 for doing such work on the said mineral claim \"May\" and recording thc certificate\nof work issued therefor for the year ending the\n12th August, 1900, and the sum of #1(8.S0 ior doing such work on the said mineral claim \"Rose-\nj dale\" and recording the certificate of work\nissued therefor for the year ending the 23rd October, 1900.\nAnd, take notiee further, that I, the said Daniel E. Sprague, require you to contribute and\npay your proportion of such expenditure, beiug\none-eighth ofthe amount expended In respect of\neach of the said mineral claims, together with*\nthe costs of this advertisement, and that if you\nfailor refuse to contribute your said proportion\nof such expenditure, together with the costs of\nthis advertisement, within ninety days from the-\ndatc of the first publication of this notice, I will\nat the expiration of tnid ninety days claim to-\nhave vested in me, as your co-owner, your inter--\nest iu such of the said mineral claims, as yon;\nshall have failed or refused to coutribute your\nsaid jiroiiortlon of the said expenditure in con\nnectlon therewith, together with the costs of thU\nadvertisement, pursuant to section . of the\n\"Mineral Act Amendment Act, 1900.\"\nThe address of me, the said Daniel E. Sprague. \u25a0\nfor the purposes of payment hereunder, is care of\nMcAnn & Mackav, Barristers. Kaslo. B. C.\nDated thc 27th day of November, 1900.\nDANIEL E. SPRAGUE.\nCERTIFICAIf.flF-IMRRdV\u00a3IHIEIII-\nTHE MINERS'\nEXCHANGE,\nThree Forks\nB. C.\nProvides accommodation for\nthe travelling public... . ..\nPleftsnnt rooms, and good\nmeals. Tho bar is stocked\nwith wines, liquors Bnd\ncigars.\nHUGH M\\EN, Proprietor.\n\u25a0OKA   CiKANDA   Mineral Claim.\nSituate in the Arrow Lake Mining Division of\nWest Kootenay District. Whete located:-\nOn Mineral Creek, about thne mile* from Its\njunction with Cariboo Creek.\n'PAKE NOTICE That I, F. C. Ureen.of Nelson ,\n1 B. C. acting as agent for William II. Hunt,\nF.-M. C. 82,470. George H. D err, F. M. C.32.4W,\nand George M. Annis. F. M, C. No. B 30,919,\nintend, sixty days from the date hereof, to\napply to the Mining Recorder for a Certificate of\nImprovement, for the pur|-o*if of obtaining a\nCrown Grant ofthe above claini.\nAnd further take notice that action, under see.\ntion 37,must be commenced before the Nuance\nof such Certilieate of Improvements.\nDated this jNKh day of October, llton\n2-7 K.C. UKKEN, IM..8,\nttll.VKK   .(KICK  Mineral Claim.\nHltuaii-In the Sloomi. Mining DivKiou of West\nKooteimy district. Wheie located: On\nPayne Mountain.\n'PAKE NOTlCK that I, Arthur S. Farwell\n1 acting us agent fur M, C. MoimghHii, So. M.\n30279, us to line-half: II. W. Peel, No. 2510, u to\none-quarter, and Li-M\u00abr II.Snyder, No. !!_<_(*',\niu to one-quarter, undivided liiten-itj, Intend.60\n(lays from the date hereof to ii'wily to tl*e\nMinlnx Recorder fur a cert Went.- uf Improvements for (he purine i.f obtaining a Crown\ngrant of the above claim.\nAnd further tuki- notice thut action under *ec-\ntIon .'17 must be commenced iH-foru tholMuawe\nnl such i-iTtitU-atcof Improvement*.\nDated this \u00bb-th dav of l>ee.mher, A II.. W\u00bbi,\n12-rO-ui AS, FAR WELL.\nMiners, Attention! i\nBEWARE OF IMITATIONS\n:< '\nii'\nli>\nthey reduced it.   And all till* only\nIw-sns rulers\nVi'ir iinAii irti.w^ai\nfur them Mi long as the\nt a* a eottM-qneiiicc c-f i internment by\njn j'ji* i- y\nSocialism, oven of! direct legislation.\ngovernment abolishing their prM- \\ the people,\" for tha people, through\nAs showing the\niki.,'U,.i*i*< .-.\u2022<* -wM.ta.wi-*! | wUw.a-'tfi.i;\u00bb 'ir.'\/itonfn vh vmtt h'\\ tii.t.m vi. cifci\nfol J proper her*\u00ab\u00ab nut* that the prepaid- j\ntion to huv the Central Hallrwd, the I\nmost Important one of the Swlw rail >\nroad*, \u00abra\u00ab defeated in the referendum i\nvote of 1801 by a majority of lMsfiil.'\nItot Ave years later, on rictober  Ub.'\nIK-K   Jinothfr  national referendum\nvet-*,* decided bv 2*21.222 atri\\\u00bbn**t 171\n\u2022wi vn\u00bb.-\u00ab t<i i\u00bb'iy up !'\u2022<\u2022 Use jTinfipnl\nrailroad line* including the Central.\n5. JKWEl.t..\nMy <-i\u00bbt leal department U now right np-to-iUv-.\nItMt iiwht or d\u00bby. Oomeln on the train and\nIw flited the uim< evening.  My -lock U \u00bb1mi\nvtty eoMplttt.\nO.  W. ORIIIMEnT, Oraduate Ot.ti-tan\n\u2022nd Jeweler\nSAM M.S. H. <*. i\n  \u25a0    \u25a0 \u25a0 -  i\nWhen in NELSON see our\n$25 Suits,\nFi. flKWNIW, T*11nr '0\nFred. J. Squire, \\\ni\n\u2666\n9^^ Hi>\u00bbu_yniuitpi\nCltllV   FRACTION  and   .I4IKKH Fit AC-\nTION Mineral Claim..\n, Mining DivUfon\nKootenajr DiMrirt.    Where located\not\nWilliam Murray   llotaford. frt*\nI) IWi, and John Mae-\nKltuate   In  tie-   Klocitn\nWent Koou-najr Dm  _.\nOn the Freddy Leu Mountain near Uiu Freddy\nLe* MInnalClaim, about \u2022 mile from Ondy\nTAKB.KoTICr. Thm I. W. A. Oilmour, aa\nI   agent for Wllllai\nminer . c-citifU-ato No\nQulllan   free mlnir'\u00ab  c\u00abrUltiat<-   So. B ITOftl,\nIntend rtOdajn from the da l* l*r\u00ab>f to aiiuly to tha\nI Mlnliiv fte'-ordrr for a rertllk-alr of lm|*ov\u00bb.\n| menu for the wir-ma*' of oMalnlnc frown granta\nji-f lh\u00bb above tlalnu.\nAr._f_rtb\u00abT Uk\u00bb ti'..<k.i th*. *<U \u25a0;, mhW Julian IT mu*t I*romnii'iii'.il liefor*' the l\u00abiuan<\u00abo<\n\u00abuch certlneaten of Improv-meuU.\nftatitl thla fin! <Uv nt Januarv. VH\nW. A.fllLMOL'K\nCROWN \u25a0RANO<\n*\nCanadian\nV*    _\u00bb\"*  _-_\nTRADE\nManneer,\npolitical\netum i* miM-iiiR on the social lever.\nSoclnl reform is condemned to remain\nin \u00ab Mate of theory until the right\nmeans arc found to put It into pmc\nlice; nnd these meant can be no other\nthan, above *H. to brinj{ about a\neovermnentnl reform \u00ab>f \u00abne.h * nature\nmat the lawi *hall henceforth be\nmade by the voice of all the citisen*\n<\u00abn'l n<\u00bb longer in .aew-ndlaoc* to the\nwlaln-8 of a privileged few.**\nA i-op-alur form of ttovtjrnment, a\nfor WI,\u00bbl \"m franc* A lew .im** u*\nlater, on the 28th of February, iml,\nthe natfonalliaitlon of the  bunkine\nWhose?\nPlace *\nTJ1WI. KV.-.NS'\n(IBM CHOP HOirSK. KASfA\nFrenh Ft*b all the time,     \u2022Jt^LS\nFbaltry mmt thc time. 25   UP\nJ\n0\n0\n0\n0\ni*\n0\n0\n0\nJ\nt\nUn    \u25a0,!!   \u00bbr\u00bblft\u00ab\nAND 800 LINE.\nFIRST-OLASS\nSLEEPERS\nttut H,T..i^t>t.f\nI.Hl'lllllf\nMARK\nTOURIST OA   S\n'llHi, Illllllll.il'll ,'llllrlllli  fill' SI   I'illlnll Sl|l,.1,1 ('\u2022\nT*K-\u00abtij-\u00bb. Th\u00ab,r\u00abIaj-\u00ab *m! Frtd\u00bbj *;   T*>r<*<t >\nni.il U-i4\"-.\u00bbi mi TitiiMn*.\nninf  e*r*    *\u00bb\u2022\u2022\u00bb   H*r*l\u00abl.ikr\n;m iUt \u00bb\u00bbtlk*.\n\u2022tn.-r\nII, III I'\n'\" i f\u00bbi   MiMiMi .\nit? \u00ab!-\u25a0'\nl-iifi\n(lutUx Porchn Wat\u00ab*r-pr<iof Fuse has\nbeen prove*! and not found wanting\nXo nilKK-ludos.  Xo ritniiiiur.\n\u00ab.. \u00ab, iJAHNKir. A*v,.t y. . \u2022!,\u201e\u201e,  \u00bb\nK. J.Oi.k, I\nii.V.Agt,.\n.l,S.t\"*l\u00bb-i\nt\u00bb r t   \\\nATUKT1C STEAMSHIP TICKETS\nAGESTS:\nBOURNE BROS.  W. HUNTER CO\nNtWOtN   tR,D. C. SU-\u00a5f\u00bbTO.M, \u00bb C.\n\u2022i%%%%%%%^^^%%%^%%%%\u00ab%%%%%*%%%%%%%%*t\nto \u00bbt\u00bbd frnwi f!nn-if\u00bb\naivd lawu-it tts.*\u00bb *\u2022\nr.i\u00bb ti'krt. ir.4 full --.\n\u00bb r* r\nCii-w.'Mil-' ri\nIf. %.\n> \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0   *\u25a0> ai.\u00bb \u2022\n\u2022%HHhtT,\n*. v\u00bb t\u00bbp*H,-i\nn. - , \u2022\u00ab***\nI'ye \/\nTHE LEDGE, NEtf DENVER, B.C., FEBRUARY 21, 1901.\nEighth. Yeab\nMINING   RECORDS\nThe following is a complete list of the\nmining transactions recorded during the\nweek in the several mining divisions of\nthe Slocan. Those of New Derive* weie\n\u00abb follows:\u2014\nASSESSMENTS.\nFeb. 4-Little Ruth. 15-R D Fr, Snowbird\nFr.\nTRANSFERS.\nJan 31\u2014Josephine, Pollard. Star Spangle Banner, Balmoral, Richmond, K P, 1-5. in each J T\nFoley to Antone Flaher, Jan 28.\nBrlstol.J, Snowdon. \\, Lawrence Doolan to\nThos M Duffy, Jan 28. s\nFeb 4\u2014Queen City, Rockingham. Capital, J in\neach, \\V S Taylor to Wm Barker, Jan 19. $38.\nLina, Lolo. Jessie, i iii each, R K Cook to DM\nMeLachlan, Feb 2, *100.\nBroncho, Southern Girl, Alex Sproat to F L\nChiistie, Jau 22.\nFeb 5\u2014Heather Bell. North Star, Atlanta, J in\neach, Angus McDougald to N C Dingman, Jan 84.\nHeather Bell, North Star No 2, Atlanta No 8, J\nin each, Angus McDougald to F E Dingman,\nJan 24.\n-Uncon, Rlncon Fr, Hewett Fr. h iu each,\nPercy Altaffer to R Insinger, Deo 27.\nFeb 6-Crow Fr, E F Lloyd to R Insinger,\nJan 81.\nHeather Bell, North Star, Atlanta, . Iu eaoh,\nAngusD MeDougaldtoChasASandlf-rd, Jan 24\nFob 12\u2014Cody and Joker Frs. 1-16, M S Bentley\nto S L Williams, Jan 28, *.*>.\nHewett, all interest held. L M Yates, A S\nReed. Robt S Tatlow, Hector McKenzie, R Eden\nWalker and Chas A Stoess to R Insinger, Aug I,\n1899,\nHewett. 21*40, F MacNaughteu, H McKenzie,\nKobt G> Tatlow, C A Stoess and RE Walker to\nR Insinger, Feb 1.\nHewett, i.JH Bowes to R Insinger, Dec 12,\n1800.\nFeb 18\u2014Ogema, }, Jaa Nicholson to WJ Tre-\ntheway, Jan 81.\nFeb 15\u2014Silver Leaf, i, T Lonergan to Joshua\nFletcher. Feb 15.\nMorning Star, ft, Lawrence Doolan to G F\nCopeland. Jan 29.\nSLOOAN   OITY   DIVISION.\nLOCATIONS.\nJan 2fl\u2014Maud D, Lemon ck, Jos Dealing.\nFeb 1\u2014Ottawa fr, Springer ck, Tom Mulvey.\nFeb 8-Cowblne, Springer ok, Geo Nloholt.\nTOAN8FKBS.\nJan24-Hyderabad,l-S, PJ\" Sheran to Mrs P\nC Werel\u00aby,*40.\nBonnie Doon, Ml, F L Christie to J H Bowes.\nJan 25\u2014Two Friends, i, Sheriff Tuck to A\nYork, 18,000,' \u201e\nWhite Pine, 1, C W Greenlee to Jaa Malley.\nDuplex, 1-6 to each, Geo Soucey to J T Beau-\nehesne and Jaa Livingstone.\nOttawa, 1-12, W R Clement to W E Worden.\nJan 28-Two Friends,., A York to WTShat*\nford.\n30\u2014Premier, LTD Tobin to D H Gibson.\nFeb 1\u2014Black Prince, notice of agreement.be\ntween Geo Gormley and James C Shook re . interest.\nFeb 7\u2014Junibe and Lake View, i each, Jas\nMalley to C W U-reenlee.\nAINBWOBTH   DIVISION.\nof the Prince of Peace, become so besotted by patriotism that they dare to\nglorify aggressive war and call down\nthe blessing of Almighty God on plunder and slaughter. Judges and lawyers, whose especial business it is to\nmaintain the rights of men to their\nproperty and their liberty, are shamefully silent or eloquent in approbation.\nWhen the nation launches out on a\ncareer of tyranny and plunder, professors in colleges and teachers in\nschools, to their everlasting blame, join\nin the cry\u2014blind leaders of the blind,\nwho should have taught men the truth\nso well that never more would they\ndesolate the earth with war. Day by\nday unscrupulous journalists stir up the\npeople to frenzy till the whole nation,\nlike the fiend-possessed swine of Galilee,\nrun down a steep place into the sea ot\nnational disgrace and ruin.\nFor in the long run nations reap what\nthey have sown. If they sow the wind\n'hey must reap the whirlwind. There\nis no escape from the eternal decree.\nThere is a power that makes the righteousness in the affairs of men,it matters\nnot whether wecall it Destiny or Deity.\nThey that take the sword must perish\nwith the sword. It may take a long\ntime to work out. But though the mills\nof God grind slowly yet they grind exceedingly small, and sooner or later\nnations meet the due reward of their\ndeeds. Where now are Assyria, and\nPersia, and Macedonia, and Rome?\nNebuchadnezzar, and Darius, and Alexander the Great, and Augustus Caesar,\nall had a vaster empire than had been,\nthey all declared with vain-glorious\narrogance that what they had they\nwould hold. Bat now their palaces and\ntheir empires are alike in ruins, the\nglorv of their boastings is a tale that\nhas been told, there was no soundness\nin them. What has been will be.\nBritain will find, as these nations found,\nand she is finding already, that size of\narmy and volume of trade are no guarantee of national stability and permanence. It is only righteousness that\nexalteth a nation \u2014A. G. S.\nLOCATIOKS.\nJau fi\u2014Florence, Whitewater, F H Banting,\n12-Kltchener, whltawater, Wm Moulse.\n21\u2014Black Jack Fr, Ainsworth, E D Dumas.\nBuckeye, Ainsworth, F B Townaend.\n31\u2014White Line. Kootenay Lake. F P Marquis.\nFeb 1\u2014Moonlight, Shroeder ck, A Johnson,\na\u2014American Fly, Crawford Bay, W N and W\nRakln. :\u25a0-\u25a0.\u25a0\nASBE88MBMT8.\nJan n\u2014Province (3 yrs) J P, Miller. 24 -Fair\nPlay.  Fab 5\u2014Korea.\nCEBTiriCATBB OF IMPROVKMRNr.\nJan li-Zuni and Alloe Roe, te Silver Crown\nMining Co.\nGray Eagle and Granite King, to G B McDonald, *' C Baker, J F Mcintosh and T Stone\nTRANBFBBS.\nJau 11-Vlctor. J A Carter to W H Wetmore.\n15-Mamle Fr, J, J Harris to W E Hodder.\nPower of Attorney, R Shclll to W F Tsetzel re\nCo raan.\nCorean, j, R Shelll to L B Ruby.\nPorcupine, |, R Shelll to TG Proctor.\n.1-Blaok Warrior, Eva Mav aud White Star, 1\nIn each, T E Home to Bella Coursier. .,\n84-Kitchener, Wm Moulse to C Borene.\nCanuck, X-ray and Big Fr, E E Coy, Dave\nClark, Arabella Coy and F VV Burn to H M\nRumball, \u00ab,\u00ab\u00ab).\nPretoria, L 8 M Brydgesto W F Luuon.\nRddystone, i, O Ulyln to It Billings.\nTennessee, Consolidated. Mollie Marsh, Mayflower, Naney Hanks. No 1, Sunflower, Tiger,\nCampbell Creek, Vanderbllt, and Sandon, The\nLivlathan Group M & MCo, to Globe Mining Co,\n\u00ab1,*00.\n.5\u2014Brltlon, J, J W Smith to J H Vanstone.\n,- SO-Imperlal, J W Weatfall to J M Miller.\nSi-Power of Attorney, J Doras to 8 News-\nwander.\nRow, J Doras to J J Fleutot,\nFab l-Copper Star, Rodney, Delhi, Mollie and\nDrlamar, John Turner to Ellen Turner.\n4-Uphir, }, O Anderson to J H Wereley.\nBorer, L A Jaeoliaoii to J H Wereley.\nNOT   PATRIOTISM,   BUT   TOOTH.\nTHE   USB   OV   OPIATKS.\nOpiates as an alleviator of every-day\ncares and tribulations and a stimulant\nto jaded and oft tardily rewarded am\nbitions, are unfortunately becoming\nmore and more in demand by members\nof the hard-working theatrical profession, it does not seem to matter\n_whetheir__the_victiin hides behind the\nmountain on which the village of miners\nwas located, and men, woiflSt- and children were blown into small pieces.\nAmong those who were killed was Herman Lustman, the superintendent of\nthe mine, and all the mergers of his\nfamily. But few of the inangled remains were recognisable. Summonses\nwere sent to neighboring ct*n-ps for surgeons to attend the injured, ^nd it was\nsome time before this aid arrived. The\nSan Andre mine is the most celebrated\nsilver mine in Mexico. It iB valued at\n$20,000,000, and has produced many\nmillions of dollars'worth of \u00b0re.\nPRECIOUS JEWELS AT (\/APfi  NqSIK\nAlthough the hope of getting gold at\nCape Nome has started a r**8h for that\npart of Alaska, few have known that\ndiamonds and rubles are heing found\nin that region. Yet Mr. I* L. Osgood,\nof Cape Nome, who has b.e*i visiting in\nthe East, says that these precious stones\nhave been found in the 8*nd on the\ncoast, and that a careful search will\nbring to light many of the-11-   He says:\n\u2022'I do not say that di'Mnonds and\nrubies are to be found by the bushel at\nCape Nome, but scientific men have\ndiscovered that the sand hears every\nindication of possessing tljQse precious\ngems. A search for these stones never\nhas been carefully made, D\u00abt a few of\nus have made a superficial -examination\nof the-ground, and the result of our investigations has been placed in the\nhands of men familiar with such work,\nand they tell us that there to every indication that the sand at Cape Nome\ncontains these precious Stones. Very\nfew can tell a diamond in the rough,\nbut when we go back to We Nome this\nsummer we shall take a diftl*iond expert\nwith us, and pay as much attention to\nthe diamond and ruby 8tjflrch as we do\nto finding gold.\"\nPiano For Sal**\nGrand square piauo, better.than any\nHeintzman, for sale, che&p for cash.\nApply at once to J. F; D^anby, New\nDenver.    '_  ^\nThere is nothing statutory to prevent\nanyone writing \"M.E.\" after his name,\nand claiming to be a mining engineer,\nthough those who have a fast claim to\nthat title are often rightl\/ indignant at\nits gross misuse.\nAfter Stock\nTaking\n1\n?100\/o off each Dollar\nMy goods are fresh and neat ana I want\nyou all to come and help me get\nrid of them.\nI find I have a large stock on hand, therefore offer to j ou all\nPIANOS\nONYX TABLES\nJARDINEERS\nCARVERS\nCLOCKS\nUMBRELLAS\nMANICURE SETS\nFISH SETS\nOUT GLASS\nCHILD'S SETS\nOAK WARE\nBISQUE WARE\nROGERS \"1&47\" FLAT WARE SEWING MACHINES SILVER NOVELTIES STERLING SILVER\nPIANO AND TABLE LAMPS PLATED SILVER AUSTRIAN ART WARE\nALSO ALL THE LATEST & MOST UNIQUE PATTERNS IN SOLID GOLD JEWELERY, WITH & WITHOUT SETTINGS\nnelson,bc At Jacob Dover's, \"The Jeweler\nIt yoar watch is not rapping right, send it down and we will repair It, with a guarantee to ran right\n8\n\u25a0_\n8\nHill Bros.\nManufacturers ol\ntrade\ngrinning mask of comedy or the sotu-\nber-visaged symbol of tragic endeavor,\nOne of the most popular farcical comedians now in vogue is a confirmed\ncocaine fiend, and there is a fervid and\nforceful tragic actor of even greater re-\nnoun who cannot screw his courage to\nthe acting point until he has toyed with\ntho baneful hypodermic and jabbed his\narm full of morphine. As for the confirmed chloral drinkers, the consumers\nof strychnine tablets and smokers of\ngreen pills and pellets, they are legion,\nirrespective of sex or professional status.\nOne of the prettiest and most extensively photographed chorus girl divinities\nIs a mass of hypodermic scars, and another, whose pictures are sold in London\nand Paris as well as on Broadway, is as\npallid as a corpse from the habitual use\nof opiates. Unnatural nerve tension,\nirregular hours and erratic modes of life\nare chiefly responsible for tho steady\ngrowth of this wretched course. Collapse comes quickly when nature has\nbeeu abused beyond a certain limit, but\nthe real cause is seldom disclosed.\nNervous prostration and overwork arc\nhackneyed terms that cloak a multitude\nof grosser evils.\nTOI'   OP   MOUNTAIN   ULKW  OFF.\nChihuahua.Mexico.\u2014Word hai reached here of one of tho most terrible mining disasters that ever occurred to\nMexico. An explosion in the San Andre\nmine, In the locality ol Sierra Madre.,\nIn the western part of the State of Dur*\nanjjo, caused the death of 87 men, women and children and injured many\nother*. The catastrophe was due to the\nexplotton of several hundred caset of\ndynamite utored in an underground\nchamber of the mine. Electric wires\nconnecting with tho hoisting machinery\npained through the room In which the\ndynamite wm utoreti and it it snppoied\nthat thoic wires became cro-msd cauiing\na tire, which set off the dynamite All\nof the killed and injured were on the\nmirfaee, mont of them occupying retrt*\ndonee* immediately \u00abhov\u00ab the underground workings of the mine The ex\nploKion torn away thu whotu top of the\nMark\nThis\nMark\nstamped <\"- every\ngarment\u00bb insures |\n*\u25a0 W     , you ge\u00ab-ntoe\nHealth\nUNDERWEAR\nthe most perfect, most healUuul.\nmost delightfully con-fortable\nunderwear made.  Endorsed\nby physicUw\nr\u00bbr Man. Waaat* a~a*\n>1-_vC'hlMrM,#__.\n|All Arstclau Oryfloodi\n\u2122-   SwreakeaptttlL\nrange.\nand\nShingles\nOrders shipped to all parts of the\nCountry.     Mill at head of\n\u2014Sloean Lake.\u2014\nPostofflce address, Rosebery.\nIn his recent lecture on history in\nToronto University, Professor Wrong\ndeclared that it was not the function of\nthe historian to teach patriotism, but to\nteach the truth. The professor has\nhere all unwittingly given us an exceedingly instructive description of\npatriotism\u2014at least of thou* phases of\nit which are most conspicuous today,\ngnch patriotism is contrary to truth, In\nfact, It Is indeed a lie, nothing more\nnor less. It is a crime against human*\nUy, against civilisation, against Chris*\ntlanlty, against the Deity Himself, who\nmade of one blood all nations upon the\nearth to dwell therein,who forbade men\nto think more highly of themselves than\nthey ought to think, to kill or to steal,\nto bear false wlin\u00ab\u00abw againut their neigh\nbur, or to rov\u00ab't anything that li hix.\nl'strlotlum in the ordinary sense\n.\u2022aciinit iiii-ii i\" d\u00ab K-Mti.v nil tin-Mi\nfnrliiiliii-ii itiiuif*. It it-Hilii'M mtfii to he\narrngsnt, mid boastful, sttd vain glor-\nious nlxiut whiit tlii'y --all their country,\nwhich in reality mean* only thi-tiiM\u00ablves.\nit U'\u00bbc^\u00ab*\u00bb iwn to nk.nU'v most nutragu\nAtialv nnv f\u00bbfhi*r nsiinti with whom their\nriilwr* mnv lisve dinagraftment It)\ntearhcs them to<\u00bbvet thu territories of |\nother iiatiiii.-., to take these territories j GCDCral Draylllg: Milling Slip\nami kill the former tiihahiianu for re-t pJ|CS and Heavy TraDSpOlt-\nsinting   The wii>ketlne*'s of thi\u00bb process I attOD 3 SCCCiiltY\nIng, and killinsf, it tri\u00ab\u00ab\u00bb tn \u00abwv*r up by.\nvari'nix  fin\u00ab* w.iiinliug uaiiiRS such as\n-\u2022\u2022rving our country, itefending our empire, upholding the dignity \u00abf our nation,  developing   thc   ritunirces   of  a\ncountry j r*vfe*nrffn*r tin* nren r>f Hvlflts*\ntiett atnl Chriftisnity. ami v\u00abr|on\u00ab othsr j\n|.l\u00abatMui |.Iuj..>4j.-. uiucii .ur made to do,\nthe devil's  worrk  in i-orifonnding the\nUKwtghta \u00abf r\u00ab* w ; a toll line o# Silverwif* tod choice\nPatriotism blind* the judgment while \\ Cbnlectlonerv At\nIt debases the morat4   Clergy men, thej \u00bb. ,   -- --. .        f\nprofwiien.il  \u00abdv\u00ab:\u00abe* of truth   and, J ITS*J.n.WerCley S\n\u2022rtghteeusw**, \u00bbh\u00ab* j.f.\u00bbi#\u00ab-i\u00ab*\u00abk inUower\u00ab[ J\u00ab<Mttow>M .s\u00bb-w _\u25a0\u00ab\u25a0\u00ab*\u2022\u00bb.\nGONDKNSEP ADS.\nICoiideunod advertUemeuu, M^\\\\ an For Salu,\nWanted,Lou,.Strayed, Stolei'' Births, Deatha,\nMariiaRwi, I'oraonal, Hotels, WRal, Modlcal,<'tc\u201e\nare Inaerted when not exc\u00ab9(Jl_g W \u00bbord\u00bb for\n.5 conU each Inaertloii. RacH.pva worda or leas\nover.' word* are live i-enta atl(1|Uonal.]\nIDIDNTIST.\nDR. MORRlSON,bKNT,gT\nNELSON, U. C     Cor. \\VAl\u00bb*i * BAKBR8w.\nSATNITARltJM.\nrTAI.OYOJf HOT SPItfr-OR SANITAR-\n11   IWH    ~\nBCtontl\nSituate\nled for 0\nKl\u00abhln-f and Kxeunlani.\nIOM.  Them<MitcotM)l\u00ab*\u00ab|JCj\n1.      jntof North Airi^1'11 tl\nHlteated mkUt seenery un* n f (\non the Contlniint of North Ann\nca. Hlteated mkUt scenery i\nrivalled for Oraudcur.   Uoatlii*\nIIP\\\n \u201e    .     jnTPtifjlclaij\nand Nurse. Telegraphic eomrflunieatlon with all\nparte of lbs world! two main *>i1ve and depart\neveryday. If a batbea cuie Ml neryouaand\nmweulajr dtoesseat lu, watarC h\u00ab\u00abl sll KWney-\nLiver and Htomaeh Allrmntii-. Term\u00bb! \u00bblftto#ts\nper weak, aceordliif to rtil|_m(w in houil or\nVHIm. The price ot a round'-ft* ticket between\nNew Denver and Halcyon, obUlualUe \u00abH, \u00bb\u00bb\u00bb*\nyear toend snd B\u00bbod for *t A$T*, l\u00bb Wja, Hal\neyon Hprlim. Arrow Lake, It. *-.\n$16\u00ab\u00bb$10\nI have a number of Suits\nfor Men and Boys that\nare Al in every respect,\nwhich I will sell at actual cost. Regular price\n814 and $16; bargain\nprice $10 and $12, No\ncatch; straight bargains\n-for-vou,-\u2014\u2014-lake\u2014one-?-\nat  DAN\nBrewers of Fine Lager Beer and Porter-the best in the land.   Correspondence solicited.   Address\u2014\nd     pr. ;: R. REISTERER & CO., Nelson, B.C.\nH      BYPRR    JL    f_n HEAVY   AND  SHELF '\nM. HVERS & CO., HARDWARE\nCoal, Iron,\nSteel, Blowers,\nWater Motors,\nTruax Ore Cars,\nOre Buckets,\nRails, Belting,\nPacking, Wire Rope.\nTin and Sheet\nIron Workers\nNELSON, B.C.\nKASLO, B.C.\nSANDON, B. C.\nflcLACH LAN'S\nNew Denver.\nJAMES   CROFT,\nDRAY ING\nHauling and Packing to Mlnes,\nand general local business.\nWOOD   AND   COAL    FOR    SALE\nNew Denver, H. C.\nNOTICE TO\nFIENDS!\nanytMnrvonwarit\nI will now nell\nHollo,      Fllma,\nKodak* at\nSend for prices on\nAmerican prices.\nfttATHBARN, Kaalo, B. C\nSXJR.VH3YOR,\nAH HBYLANI), Kuini^'r ami I'n.vliiclal\n,  Land Survayor.  8an*J<n*-\nDRUO0-\n\\ir   W. TKKT7.KI, * HO.,  Nelion. H.O.,\nfV \u00bb   Dfulern in all l\u00bbmir\u00bb <\u00ab,\u00bbd A\u00ab*yem,Rafi-\nTAJLiOftS.\nI    n.   CAMKUOK,\nel.   CMhliig t\u00ab\u00abi\u00bbrd'*r:\nIwm all cla\u00ab\u00abM\n^td't*.. VUi-,\u201ef_\u00bb*\u2666\u00ab*\/\u2666\u2022\nAtttf *-.|l<-|tl  |inlMII\u00bblrt'\nW-Violeanlo  M***oha,ntsi.\nPAIMA ANGRIGNON\nT\nUKNKH,   HKKTOK   *   CO., WMwiale\n_   Ueveltanlwami. liiipni'iur*-'  Lliimii^A-lsrin**\nand Ilnr fiw-wl*.    H*\u00bbm, V*\u00bbw\u00bb<_v<>r, VM\u00ab\u00bbrl*,\nRELIABLE ASSAYS\nGold. \u00ab .KOI Gold and Silver..! ,7ft\nUad BolOold.illvY.copp'r IM\nSample* by mall receive prompt attention,\nRich Ores and Bullion Bought.\n0QDENA98AYC0\nUK ISth fit.. Denver. Colo.\nJ. W.BALMAIN\nCIVIL ENGINEER,\nAROHITEOT, ETO.\nTETave ^opHnneaflyall^ thelbamp^iilclaties\nof Kootenay and Boundary. They sell the\nbest meat obtainable and aim to give satisfaction to everyjsustoiner, J\"ry_a line ofjheir\nsteal\nP.   BURNS  &  CO.\nCalifornia\nWine Co.,\n\u2022\u2014 NELSON, B.C.\nWholeaale dealers In\nChoice Wines\nand Fragrant\nCigars\"\"\"^**\nAgents for Calgary Beer.\n. WADD8 BROS \"\n_        PHOTOGRAPHERS\nf VANCOUVER \u00ab\u2022 NCLBON,\n4% *%%%%^%4%^%4\n!\nTHE\nK\nASLO HOTEL\nFamily A Commercial.\n\u00abV\nL\narge\nAnd\nComfortable\nRooms\n\u2022 Fitted with every modern\nconvenience. Special protection against fire. Rates $2.60\nand $3 per day.\nCOCKLE & PAPWORTH,\nProprietor*.\nI1, o. Box ltd.\nHANDOX, B. C.\nJ. K. CLARK,\nMINES\nANDMINING\nReporta, Examinations and Management.\nNEW DENVER.  -  B. O.\nDENTISTRY.\nDR. MILLOY\nROSSLAND\nHost complete Dental Office In B.C\nOllll CORKKT DKPART-\nMKNT IS UP-TO-DATE\nIN AM, STVLI-IS AND\nPRICKS.\ni\nFred. Irvine & Co.,\nNELSON, B. C-\nt\nMILLINERY-ALL THE\nLATEST   STYLES AT\nLOWEST PRIORS.\ni:ui?).t.*i,yi,it  \u25a0*'   i'<.\u25a0\u25a0,\nAA:.\n\u00bbf   Imjwutor*. Whrtli*Ml<- on'H-rtHti-l pmvtilon\ni\nMeretianta.\nT\nOar ltkgg*g\u00ab wagons me\u00abi all Sunday train*.\nSaddle Horses and Pack *.: .ui$.\nPuj-yf fl\u00abaW\u00abi ut W<*w Dativttr.\nSILVERWARE\nI!.\nX-iBOrA^---\nHARRIHTK.M 4 ^tl.K IT\u00ablt\nNoTAKV I'tlHLlt\nHIifati.B.C-\nL. CI1HIHTIK, \u00ab. v-\n.  IW-ltor. Sotarf Pulilir\nvery WtUUy at Hllverlo.*,\n1.1,< ft., IUrrl\u00ab*r.\nHandle, B.\n\u00a5\u2022\nKvti\n___^^_\u201e\u201e^       ^    ^ B^rrfafc.r,\nHranr% (Me* at Me* vtnirf \u2022**!> Hat*raa}'\n-Ta\nHOTBU>13\n<9K _*I.Ajio HOCil?.   NiVqJ.\" \u00bb, C-\nt>rovtdM to\"* \u00bb\u00ab--''in.iii--*'M'-t.\u00ab f.iriravehra.\naa Kcfh:\u00ab\u00abak\u00bb,\n, .wiiOi;-\nI i!,MiivirU\nI    Hhf^\u2014ntntaryHnlf *.\u2022\n*Hmnaw * .u\u00bb\u00bbi*a*''*\nteet*.\n^M____a  m m%    H  AtmJmm\nNow In\n'Pr>w*\u00bbl\u00abt\npi'OglOHH.\nMIHtnfrv\nHosiery. Dross Goods, Silks, Table Linens,\nMuntlw-t. Furs. Oarnora CurtainH. Remnants\nfrom all do|Nirtment\u00bb at BARGAIN PRICES. Dross Goods\nand Silks\u2014anything in this department at 20 per cent, discount,\nFurs\u2014balance of our stock\u2014 at 25 per cent, discount. Mantles-\nLadies' Jackets, Coats and Golf Capes at less than cost. Skirts:\nLadies' ready made from $2 upwards. Men's Wear: Fleece lined\nUnderwear from 60e each up.   Bargains in Men's Ties, etc.\nFred. Irvine & Co\nNELSON, B. 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