{"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.14288\/1.0185640":{"https:\/\/open.library.ubc.ca\/terms#identifierAIP":[{"value":"9410d31a-106b-4dc0-ba21-e0ce1ed49b0c","type":"literal","lang":"en"}],"http:\/\/www.europeana.eu\/schemas\/edm\/dataProvider":[{"value":"CONTENTdm","type":"literal","lang":"en"}],"http:\/\/purl.org\/dc\/terms\/alternative":[{"value":"[The Phoenix Pioneer]","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":"2011-08-22","type":"literal","lang":"en"},{"value":"1912-01-20","type":"literal","lang":"en"}],"http:\/\/purl.org\/dc\/terms\/description":[{"value":"Devoted to the interests of the Boundary Mining District. The Phoenix Pioneer was published in Phoenix, in the Kootenay Boundary region of southern British Columbia, and ran from April 1898 to May 1916. The Pioneer was published by the Pioneer Publishing Company, which was managed by W. B. Wilcox (from 1899-1908) and Thomas Alfred Love (from 1908-1911). On August 12th, 1910, the headquarters of the Pioneer burned down, together with a large portion of the town of Phoenix itself, and the paper consequently suffered serious financial difficulties. On April 11th, 1911, the Pioneer was sold to Gilbert Kay, who published and edited the paper until May 1916. The paper was published under a variant title, the Phoenix Pioneer and Boundary Mining Journal, both from 1903-1910 and from 1911-1912.","type":"literal","lang":"en"},{"value":"","type":"literal","lang":"en"}],"http:\/\/www.europeana.eu\/schemas\/edm\/aggregatedCHO":[{"value":"https:\/\/open.library.ubc.ca\/collections\/xphoenix\/items\/1.0185640\/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":" Si-  W\":  Wiy.  0-%,  ^^w^^^^m^^^^^^^  \"riWiWi\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdim\ufffd\ufffd'JO-JiM'ni.(*  ?*'<&\">  iSSl  mm  '^^mmsm  \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd$\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd  \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdyKyilP^m  \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd-\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd:'^''&m  ;:::;;:;,f||J  AND  BOUNDARY MINING JOURNAL  THIRTEENTH YEAR  PHOENIX, B.C., SATURDAY, JANUARY 20,  1912  m\ufffd\ufffd-  \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdNumber 28  is-  f-  i\\  55 !  s  Si  $\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd  to  Mr  I  yt'tj\".^  l\ufffd\ufffdJy  -i.  Two Big Snaps  NUMBER ONE  BALANCE OF OUR STOCK OF  i ..- \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd..  Ladies' Furs, Stoles,  Muffs and Caperines  in   Black   Sable,   Isabella   Fox,  Mink-Marmot  and German Otter, going at  per cent  Winter Sports of Phoenix  Home Cup  Champions Win Two Hockey Matches\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdA Swift Seven\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdTwenty'  Mile Ski Race for the Boundary Championship\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdStarting Point 4800 Feet  Altitude\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdHalf-way point 2300 Feet\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdFour Completes Course.  NUMBER TWO  25 Costume Lengths  All new Tweeds, in new shades of Greys, Browns  Bronze and Greens, and several Costume  lengths of Satin Cloth.  These Goods are marked from $6.00 to $13;  Going now at 20 per cent discount  You Cannot afford to lose 'these chances\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdS  Look them up.  There was a splendid exhibition  of Canada's national wiuter game  when the teams of Phoenix and  Greenwood met on Friday of last  week in , Greenwood. More than  200 Phoenix supporters' journeyed  down for the event, the Phoenix  brass band accompanying them.  The play was remarkably even  throughout', both teams-appearing  desirous of giving-a clean exposition  of the game. The first goal was  scored by Greenwood, Lynn being-  responsible. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd A few minutes afterwards, Neil of the home team  equalized. Davidson followed suit  soon after and again Ihe puck found  the GreenAiood net, making the  score nt the end of the fir's t twenty  minvtes, 2-1 in favor of the home  seven.  The first to score during- the next  twenty minutes was McDonald of  Greenwood, followed quickly after  some exciting and strenuous play,  by Saunders and Neil with two well-  planted shots. The play during  this term was particularly good,  Neil of the home crowd,giving the  Greenwood bunch considerable trouble. The score now stood at 5-2 in  favor of Phoenix.  testants leaving at intervals of two  or three minutes. Alderman Geo.  Rogers was timekeeper.  None of thc  competitors  had underwent any training for the event,  and taking this   latter facljnto consideration, together with the up and  down   nature    of   the   course,   the  time   results   were very  creditable.  All of thc starters arrived in Greenwood, making good time, hut in the  final lap,  however,   which'was   the  true' test   of   skill   and   endurance,  eight of the   boys fell  out   and only  four  arrived at   the   finishing  line.  The    winner,    Engen,    arrived    al  12.41 p.m., his time  being checked  at 2hrs. 27mins.     G. Anderson took  2hrs!    43^mins:   Al.    Christenseu  finished in 2hrs. 45^mins. and  Ole  Nordin   in   2hrs.    49mins.      There  were four prizes, consisting of $75,  $50, $25 and  a cousolation prize of  five dollars. -  The ski club &ave a' dance on  Wednesday eveniiig, in -the Miners'  Union hall. There was ii Inrge attendance, Werner's ' orchestra contributing an excellent program of  music. \"Dahcinglwasin full swing  until two o'clock.\"   During an inter-  8th Furnace Started  skating never (having been excelled  since hockey was instituted in the  Boundary. Reid of Grand Forks  was the referee.  The first twenty minutes play was  brilliant, both sides exhibiting lots  of dash, Greenwood securing first  honors through the efforts of Lynn.  The score for the first period standing 1-0, with Greenwood on top.  Phoenix opened the second twenty minutes' play in aggressive style,  a well-planted shot from Saunders  equalizing the score. Mercer followed with some artful but unsuccessful work, Greenwood securing  the puck and scoring. Immediately  afterwards some fine combination  followed, Davidson finding the net.  Unfortunately both combinations  got slightly mixed here and Lynn  of Greenwood was requested to line  the fence. Both goal tenders were  tolerably busy during this phase of  the game, but owing to their vigilance the score was kept down. 5-3  in favor of the home team was now  recorded.  The third and last twenty minutes of play Was entirely in favor ot  the Phoenix seven, Phoenix scoring  The Granby Company blew in its  eighth furnace on Wednesday.  This completes the full buttei-y of  Ae,ighWui'iiaceH, till of which are now  iu full lila.st. During tin- last week  the seven furnaces treated ,21,185  tons'of ore and this will now be  cniiBiderubly augmented. Coke from  the Crown' Nest is arriving stead ily  and In large quantities. A steady  run at the mines is confidently  anticipated.  The Yukon Gold Rush  With tbe temperature C>0 below  zero, the stampede to the new gold  d'f?\ufffd\ufffd'\ufffd\ufffdK-s -ll Sixty Mile continues.  Prospectors are getting lo work,  the low temperature being in their  favor, as the wet ground is frozen  down to bedrock, making it easier  to sink shafts.  Machinery-is being taken to the  new camp, roadhouses are being  opened every ten or 20 miles along  the route from Dawson, and one  store has already been established  at Ledge city.  The gold commissioner has  changed the name of the main south  fork of Sixty Mile river, on which  the discovery was made, to Matson  creek, after John Matson, the discoverer, who first prospected the  ground.  Your  Guests  Know  They are getting the Best  Beer brewed when yon  serve  Phoenix  Beer  It is rich but not heavy\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd  and just enough of the delicious appetizing flavor  of hops without the excessive bitter.  ORDER A CASE TODAY  'PHONE   23  PHOENIX BREWING CO.,  LIMITED  Plumbing and  Tinsmith ing  Boundary Ore Tonnages  Following are the  returns of the  val the   hard-won* prizes   for the ski I first and   Da\\idson   perched  on the I output of the mines and smelters of  The play   now became  very even, 1 race  were   presented   by  Alderman I fence.     He however   evened   things) the Boundary  district  for the week  ind both .sides assumed a stubborn I Rogers, who complimented the club la little, for immediately  his penancel ending Jan. 25, and vear to date:  attitude.' the   puck travelling swiftly I and   winners    on    their    successful I expired he   darted out,   collared the! Granby 2-V,t~6    678 711  1 from;qne side to the other.     Neither! achievement. I puck and   shot   a goal.    The homel Mother Lod,e .* 8,832   u433,396  I side  seemed    able    to     score    until!      A. O.'Johnson,   sec. of   the   clubtteam  afterwards buzzed around the! Rawhide      181,405  about three minutes from the finish, I has received a\"communication   from I Greenwood  net  for some   time, but UJack Pot :        374       26,091  Morrin, Thompson & Co  Stoves Made, Reltried  and Repaired.  Don't put off till tomorrow  what you should do today!  We are now in a position,to  turn turn out t  when McDonald of Greenwood  landed' in the Phoenix net. This  was followed by another from Lynn,  which finished the scoring. The  final reckoning being .-Phoenix, 5;  Greenwood,   4.      Referee  Mann,   of  the   Rossland   carnival   \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdcommittee, \\ all   efforts   to   score,  proved   futile, It Athelstan. . ,  with -reference to :the visit of the  club's representatives to that event.  Very little   inducement has been of-  650  172  7,353  3,501  15,5S1  MEAT MARKET SPECIALTIES  \"Empratt\" Creamery Butter, 40c. per lb.  \"EmprMt\" Oreamery Butter, 1*lb. Box, 95.25.  \"Shamrock*1 Brand, Bgga, 1 dozen Cartoon*, 40c.  Pure Leaf Lard, 51b. Pall for S1.0O.  8ugar Cured Hams, 2Sc. per lb.  Choice Breakfast Bacon, 27c. per lb.  8cotch Kippers, 20c. per lb.  Finnan Haddie, 20c. per lb.  Mince Meat, 71b. pail, S1.00  the   referee   taking a  hand   and es-lEmma  corting-Russell   and  Mercer to  the   Others.  fence.       However,  notwithstanding-! s.ueltek to.v.vaces*  fered.afew medals   being-   the sole\/the big-   handicap   the   homa   bunch I Granby ........      oi jsS   668 16?  reward held put.       Surprise was ex- \/'succeeded in    making anothergoal, \/.g   c   Copper Co. .    9.S16    613,475  Greenwood deserved to be cong-ratu-\/ pressed that Rossland  couJd not go \/'The   final   score   was    Phoenix.   \ufffd\ufffd\"\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd   '  luted on the fair and  impartial man- \/ any better   than    this,   as  the   least\/Greenwood, 4.  The   following   was   the   Phoenix  at 'Prices  that' v-iU^smt.-youi:'  FocketbooVe.\"1    Ca\\V\"PnoneulA\\o^.  \" if '  and tett your troubles to  alph E. Pope  'PHONE A10.  \ufffd\ufffd' K.- %*l  P. BURNS & CO., LTD.  Wholesale and Retail Butchers and Produce Merchants  PHOENIX, B.C.       PHONE 2  KKKKMMK><K>OgKXoKKKKKKMKK?<K^  During the month of January we will give  HEAVY DISCOUNTS  on many Odd Pieces of  Jewelry, Silver Plate, China, Brass  Goods, Leather Goods, etc.  China, Plates, Bowls, Wp $1.75 to $2.25  To Clear    -    -    -    -   $1.25 each  Many Bargains in other lines\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd  Equally Attractive.  X  jggSgaoSo^  B. C. Copper Treatment  ner in which he ffoverr-.cd the ffame.\/they    expected   was    travelling-    or\/      The   following   was   the   Phoenix I;    T)]eBC     Columbia    company  hotel expenses.    \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd Mine-up: ^ \/smelter   treated   9,816  tons of  ore  The   Phoenix   ski   club   were   on I  \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd I      Phoe.vix  hand   on   Sunday   morning- last  forf     The victorious career of the Phoe-| Lang-  TRY  **lO  Louder T\"oirVfi  the big: race from Phoenix to Greenwood and back. Owing- to the  heavy state of the snow, the distance was curtailed and instead of  the twenty-five mile course which  had been agreed upon, the distance  was cut down to about twenty.  There were twelve  entries, the con-  mx    hockey   team   was    continued I Fife . .  on  Tuesday,   last,   when  the  swift   Neil  .   Goal.   Point. ,  . .Cover Pt. .  Greenwood team again went down  to defeat at the hands of the local  champions. The rink was crowded  and enthusiasm reached a high  pitch during the evening, the display   of  stick  work,   checking  and  Saunders   .... Rover.  Davidson . . . .Centre.  Mercer    Right.  Stanaway Left.  Messrs. Manti and Reid of Grand  Forks refereed the games.  Gkee.vwood   Russell  . . C Russell      Cliff  GM'Donald   Lynn  . . Geo Clerf  . .Bloomfiekl  Barber Shop  The City Council  The first meeting of the city  council for the new year took  place on Wednesday evening. The  mayor, J. D. Matheson, presided.  The following aldermen were present: Jas. Marshall, A. D. McKenzie, Geo. Rogers and M. Kane.  An application was read from D.  Oxley for a retail bottle license.  The matter was laid over until the  council was fully represented.  On the motion of Alderman  Rogers, the council agreed to write  off the item $1076.24 due from the  school board to the city, and charge  it to profit and loss.  The auditor's report was received  and ordered to be published in the  Phoenix Pioneer.  The chief of the fire department  was ordered to secure two new  shut-oil'nozzles for  the department.  Aldermen Kane and Mackenzie  were appointed a committee to  make an examination with lire inspector of all ranges and stove pipes  city.  The financial committee recommended the following accounts for  payments, all of which were ordered  to be paid:  Postoflice         3 50  Phoenix Cartage Co          5 00  Phoenix Pioneer       10 00  D J McDonald    10 00  Nelson News      lJ 24  R K Pope      1   50  H C Telephone Co        10 00  II Hartley    10 00  IU! Gazette         2 50  Can Rubber Co        2 03  Isaac Crawford   (i0 '00  11 M Laing      3 00  \\V R Williams v      5 00  New Dominion Clipper Co..     4  50  Jas M'Keown          I   00  Total $137 43  GRANBY CONSOLIDATED  TO BUILD SMELTER  Official Announcement of F. M.  Sylvester to Build at Hidden  Creek\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdCustom Ores  to be Treated.  The official announcement of the  intention of the Granby Consolidated  to begin the erection of a smelter in  connection with its Hidden creek  mines^on Observatory inlet, was  announced recently by M. V. Sylvester, acting general manager,  who has just returned from a dip to  the north.  \".'Construction of the smelter will  be started in the early spring,\" said  Mr. Sylvester. \"The site on title-  water having already been selected  and cleared. The reduction works  will take a year to build and will  have an initial capacity o( 2000 tons  daily, with provision for enlargement at a later date.  '\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdThis proposition, apart from the  development and equipment of the  mine, will involve an expenditure  of from $1,000,000 to $1,250,000.  Surface work, of course, has been  abandoned for the winter months,  but underground development is being carried on extensively. There  is a large ore tonnage in sight and  reserves will be largely increased  long before the smelter is finished.  Nothing has yet been decided about  the purchase of additional mines,  but the consulting engineer of Ihe  company, W. Y. Williams, has  visited ami examined the principal  lode properties in the Portland  canal, southern Yukon and southeastern Alaska districts. The smelter will also be prepared to treat  custom ores.\"  Voight Copper Camp  At the Voight camp, near Copper  mountain, Princeton district, says  Oliphant Bell in the Vancouver  World, the B. C. Copper company  have thirty men working throughout the winter. A strong English  company, it is reported, are coming  in the spring to examine the adjoining properties. The reason that  nothing permanent has been accomplished in this locality before this  date is due to another hoary miners'  superstition which got the idea that  as the high-grade ore in the camp  was not sufficient iu quantity to  make a permanent camp, there was  no use bothering with any other  kind of tonnage. Voight was the  proverbial exception to the general  rule, and he kept plodding along  with the low-grade ore bodies,  which he knew once the means of  handling them were available they  would make a big mine. The showings are said to be on such an enormous scale, that the B.C. Copper  Company believe they can make  copper at seven cents a pound.  What this means with copper at  14 cents per pound can easily be  seen when it is remembered that  the production will run up into the  millions of pounds.  The Kettle Rivet valley are surely making for Princeton, and the  survey parties were at Five-mile  creek last week on the route to  Princeton- When completed, this  will give a direct route to the copper  camps of Five-mile. M. Is. Rogers  holds 320 acres of land at the  mouth of'Five-mile, which it is  generally believed is in tended for a  future smelter site.  this .week, as follows: Mother Lode, .  8,724; Rawhide, 364; Wellington, I por an K;,Sy Shave, Stylish Haircut  444; Athelstan, ...; Emma, 190;\/ Refreshing Massag-e, or .in In vigor-  others, 94. I ating Shampoo.       New  and   Up-to-  \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd , . Date i:-: everv particular.  Iwelve steam shovels are in oper-'  ation on   the C.N.R. grade between  Kamloops and Hope.  , Prop.  EXCELLENT LINE OF  Blue Ser  Suits  worth $30, now selling at  Can You Afford to Overlook This ?  ova  The eight-hour day has been  adoptetl for municipal work by the  Nelson city council.  cotia  at the very lowest Prices. A call  of Inspection Invited. No trouble  to show YOU the goods.  W\ufffd\ufffdivEnna\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdnw\ufffd\ufffdn\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd  iqB3nBiMtKaBfa\ufffd\ufffdW3VpfflEranM^  cnaerasgranMi  ravwncaaffnn THE   PIONEER,   PHOENIX,   BRITISH   COLUMBIA'.  The Fountain Head of Life  Is The Stomach  A man who has n weak and impaired stomach and who docs not  properly digest his. food will soon find thut his blood has become  weak and impoverished, find that his whole body is improperly and  insufficiently nourished. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd  Dr. PIERCE'S GOLDEN MEDHS71I. DISCOVERY  makes tho stomach strong, promotes the flow ot  digestive- tulccs, restores tlio lost appetite, makes  asalmllatlo:i perfect, invigorates tho liver and  purities and enriches the blood. It Is the great blood.makor.  flosh'bulldcr and restorative nerve tonic. It makes men  strong  in  body,  active   In   mind   and  cool in   ludgement.  This \"Discover}'\" is -i pure, glyceric e\\tract of American medical roou,  absolutely free from alcohol and all injurious, habit-forming drugs. All its  ingredients are printed on ita wrappers. It lins no relationship with secret  nostrums. Its every ingredient is endorsed by the leaders in ull the schools of  medicine. Don't accept a secret nostrum us a substitute for this time-proven  remedy op known composition. As*, vuuit 1a1c.1n.011s. They must know of  many cures mnde by it during past '10 yean., ri^ht in jour own neighborhood.  World's Dispensary Medical Association, Dr. Jt.V. I'iitcc, Pros., Buffalo, N. Y,  THE PHOENIX PIONEER  issued weekly  at Phoenix, British Columbia  Subscription, 2.00 per year  2.50 to United States.  \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd   i   '   G. Kay, Publisher.  i Your Milk Supply  Should come from hefilthy and vigorous Slock,  handled in a CLEANLY AND SANITARY  manner. Separated Cream insures purity and  quality. The Dairy produces both.  THE   DAIRY      J. W. Han nam, Prop.  %  .      ADVERTISING SCALE  Application for Liquor Licence (30 day*) v?3.p0  Ceitlflcuto of Improvement notice ((JO days) $7.60  Application to Purchase Land notices (1(0 days)   \ufffd\ufffd7.fi0  Delinquent Co owner notices (90 days) 810.00  Small Witter Notices (.todays)  $7.00  All other lei-til utlvoi Using, 1'2 cents a Hue,  single column, for the ill rut Insertlon:*'aiid 8  cents u line for each subsequent Insertion, nonpareil measurement.  Saturday, Jaiv. 27, 1912  Advance in the West  The growth of the Canadian  middle west, says thc Vancouver  Province, is indicated in the' announcement from Montreal that  during-the year 1911, the Canadian  Pacific railway established 41-new  towns in the three province's of  Manitoba. Saskatchewan arid Alberta. How many more municipalities were created iii''-growing* districts, hot  served as yet at least by  In connection with the latter, action  was taken by Chief Black of Nelson,  on telegraphed instruction from  Supt. Campbell. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd The friends of the  licensee, ,Henry Stage,' are 'novt\/ exerting themselves to the utmost to  obtain reconsideration of the,official  action, alleging that it must have  been b4sed upon incorrect and misleading reports'\/ Furthermore;' to  make strong his hand, Mr. Stage  has secured a petition, signed by  virtually all the active church  workers and temperance champions  of New Denver, attesting his peculiar fitness to enjoy ,'a -licensee's  privileges. \" ''.'$'.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd  Electric SystemsForB.C., \/  Victoria, Jan. 26.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdDuring .jthe  present session application will be  made for a special charter incorporating a company which plans to  electrify the Crows' Nest Pass district, and give its residents the  benefits of cheap transportation ;by  means of a modem tramway system.  The proposed new railway is to  traverse Ihe pass from Cowley on  the eastern side to Crow's Nest lake  on the west. VV. A. Beebe, who is  acting for the promoters, states  that they have-, .sufficient  capital to  Carpet's, Rugs and Mattings  Every home-maker, every   Hotel proprietor,  should promptly take advantage   of  the  great savings.     You are to keep  in mind that  our quotations are on all Fall stock\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdno old goods, no job-  lots   nor   \"auction\"   goods.      Dependability   is   our  watchword  and  in  buying Moor coveiings,   perhaps more than any other dry goods line, it  i\ufffd\ufffd*  necessary  to  have confidence  in  the  quality of the goods   and   in the  seller of the goods.  CALL TODAY AND EXAMINE THESE GOODS.  CET   FrltA\/at-rlc    Furniture Dealer  \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd  r\"  \"-Wwa^aj and Undertaker  this railroad, will no doubt be made \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd..;, ,\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd,\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd        ,   , , \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd  ,\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd .'. .   -., carry their undertaking to a success-  known in government  returns dur-1 r\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd, \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd   ..    '    ,,' .-   ,.       .,   . .  ful issue.     He  says lurther that in  Il^i-.V'1-.*.  QUEEN'S HOTEL  R. V. CHISHOLM, Prop.  ,     '\"\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd'-' ,  DANNY DEANE,'Manager.  .   ;  .'   ;^:r,j    iv.  \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd---'    . This is\\he LargWar\/d Newest Hotel in the city,' (\"railroad building and road construe  ''\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\"' $?%\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd{&'-\"-;;\" ly^'>',\"?\" i',~\"heated by steam,   and well  furnished thoughout  *\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd- .y ^  i       ~~-~  ing the present year.' The growth  arid progress of that great'country,  however, is a matter for. surprise as-  much as it is for gratification, and  its marvellous advance is telling  directly and favorably on the commercial prosperity of the whole  Dominion.  In view of the enormous increase  of population  throughout the whole  west, the country will look  forward  with the strongest   interest   to   the  measure   for   the   redistribution   of  parliamentary constituencies, which'  the   federal    government   will    no  doubt introduce   next session, or at  any rate   not  later than 1913.     On  the basis of the recent census  it is  computed   that   the   Western  provinces  and  the Yukon are  entitled  to at least  56   members   instead of  35, which is the greatest representation,   but   two  years   will   make   a  great change, and the true number  would more likely be 66. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd'   *  With   the  progressive   policy' in  the.event of the government approving the proposals which are. to be  laid before it during the next few  days, construction can be initiated  as soon as spring makes its appearance.  The road is projected to connect  with Cowley and Lundbreck, then  running northerly across the C.P.R.  tracks and west to Burmiss, Pass-  burg, Maple Leaf and Bellevue,  also connecting with Hillcrest,  Frank, Blairmore, Coleman and  Carbondale, then running south,  across the C.P.R. and west to the  lake, a total of 25 miles. The estimated cost is .$250,000. It is proposed to give an hourly service.  Another electric tramway project  which it is expected will be to the  fore during this session is that of  the Western Canada Power .Co's.\"  proposed alternative tram line  through the lower Fraser valley to  Vancouver, which has the support  of the five Vancouver members.  , Gold in Britain  According to a paper, read by J.  MacLaren  before \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd the; Institute  of  Mining and Mechanical Engineers,  native jgold has been '\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd foundi ini most  of rhe -Cornish  tin  streams flowing  tot'the  south.    In  the   county   of  Devon   the existence  of  gold   has  been known. for centuries, the' prin-  cipal   auriferous   locality    being   at  North Molton..   Gold lias also been  found at Goldscope in Cumberland,  and   Whalton .. in   Sumerset.      In  Merionethshire    gold   \"mining    has  been, actively  carried   on 'for many  years, the,,;actual, value of the gold  produced    from      1887     to     1901  amounted   to   nearly   $1,,450,000.  \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd   There are many Scottish gold,localities,, but ;,the  chief, is ..the   district of Leadhills in South Lanarkshire.     The   gold   in  this   area   is  found in   the  streams as fine dust ;  but  small  nuggets  also occur, the  largest on record weighing twenty-  seven ounces.     In Ireland, Wicklow  appears lb be the most notable gold  locality.      A    nugget    found   there  weighed   twenty-two  ounces.     The  total yield of gold   in  Great Britain  and Ireland, with   the   exception  of  the Leadhills area,  is  estimated  at  $2,500,000.'nearly half of which has  been    obtained     during   the ;   past  twenty years.  | Cures Coiigils  \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd.    i.    ',  y. r.^t.      o_ \/--\"i '\/: v*\ufffd\ufffd:i  Mathieu's Syrup'.of'Tar; & Cod Liver Oil  is a great Tonic and not only stops a cough  but enables the system to throw it off.  There should be a bottle of it in every home.  ~f. '*  ' i'~ ,   * for the accommodation of the public.    Everything  -   *\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd Neat,  Clean and Up-to-Date.     Meals served at  all hours.  Bar Stocked with Choicest Liquors and Cigars  CENTRALLY LOCATED ON CORNER  BRIDGE   AND   KNOB   HILL   AVENUE  Steam Heated, Electric  , Lig-hting-.  Telephone 48 and 26  Handsome Overcoats  Taking into consideration that of all garments an Overcoat  is the most conspicuous\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdnot for a week or a month but for  every day throughout the Winter\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdis it not worth while to  select the most distinctive style you can find for your price?  Our Overcoats are essentially garments of quality, and  represent the highest stage of perfection known to the art of  fine tailoring. We show the most tasteful ^weaves and  patterns. In fit and fashion they come in direct competition  with the best made-to-order garments at much higher prices.  ThOSn  BrOWn       Men's Wear Exclusively  tion now being pursued by the gov^  ernrnent   of this   province. v British  Columbia   is  beginning   to   receive  the attention   from homeseekers 'to  No Interest on Pre-emptions  What will undoubtedly prove a  great boon to the holder*- of preemptions is the recent order issued  by the Hon. Robert Rogers to the  various Dominion land officers  throughout the west, not to cancel  pre-emptions for non-payment of  interest. The reason for the 'suspension of the provision allowing  cancellation of the pre-emptions if  interest is not paid is that the settlers have had great difficulty in  marketing their grain.  Large size bottle 35c.  J. T,. MATH1KU CO., Prop.,  Sold everywhere.  .      HIlKltllltOOKK  UlSTRIBUTOHH I'OH WiO.STEltN CANADA ' i  FOLEY BROTHERS, LARSON & COMPANY, Inc.  WINNII-KG, KDjMONTON, VANCOUVKU, SASKATOON. j  Water Notice.  , J. P. Morgan, who recently arrived in Dover, from Frattce, was  accompanied by two French detectives.  THE WARNING G0U6H\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd  THE WEARING ILLNESS  Still Another Railway  A party of eighteen surveyors and  packers, headed by W. G. Pinder,  which she is entitled, and by the! of Victoria, are now surveying the  time another general election is due, J Lake Meziatin region in the upper  her title to double the representation she now has will undoubtedly  be justified. In view of the enormous advance in population and  wealth , being made everywhere in  the west, it is reasonable to snppose  that the government at Ottawa  might consider the propriety of a  new distribution of parliamentary  seats in Canada at the end of every  fivfe years.  Royal  FINEST GRADE OF CIGARS  >\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\"  AGENTS   FOB  THE  CELEBRATED  HAZELWOOD   IOE CREAM  AND, SOFT DRINKS  IN  THE BOUNDARY  Billiard  Parlors  I' *M  v*-\\  Cosgrove &  BvleAstocker, Props.  it  CREAM, FRESH BUTTER AND EGGS ?  Having made the necessary arrangements for Christmas, we will  be ia a position to furnish you with Cream, Fresh Butter  ' and Elg&8.     Send in your order  early, so we  may be able to  supply your wants. PHONE. F 32  The  IX  W. A. McKay & Sons  Proprietors  1*^.  \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\".\ufffd\ufffd  Phoenix- C^^p  J jn|a  Clreenwood w-u&g^ j_*aii*3  Leave Phoenix, upper town, 9.30 a.m. ^  <\ufffd\ufffd N\"       lower town, 10.00 a.m. *-  Standard Time  !$-* *,'\ufffd\ufffd\",  1'y \/   >\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd  r*v<<  i*-?-', '<  I.*',\"', .,  a.;.\\, ,;   -  \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd;rry   '\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd  '  ^ ,r \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd  \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd    3.   \"   I  .   , )' \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffds     ' '  ffiW    \"-  SpffiSfe-tw*' . - '  Leave Greenwood 3.00 p.m. J 4  PROMPT, ATTENTION  TO EXPRESS AND FREIGHT  To Enforce Licensing Laws  Victoria,   Jan.   26.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdThat   Attorney-General  Bowser meant exactly  what he.said a few days ago when  intimating that  a general  reduction  in the number of licensed houses in  thc rural   districts   was <iminent,Vis.  emphasised by the protests coming  in   from    all   quarters,   particularly  from   those   who   are   licensees   no  longer.    The   ministerial  course   is  based, wholly .upon , the   license inspectors'  reports,  the  cancellations  ordered.and contemplated being for  active violations  of the law, or lor  failure on the   part of the  licensees  in   unorganized districts to  comply  with the requirements named in the  act for licensed hotel premises, as in  the   matter   of dining  room,  guest  room,   stabling accommodation and  licensees   living with   their   families  upon the premises, etc.     It  is  also  reported  that   many   road   houses  have taken   long   chances with  the  law   in    selling  during   prohibited  hours, also with  selling intoxicants  to minors, interdicts and*chafTeurs.  Permitting their premises to be\ufffd\ufffdused  for improper purposes has been the  cause of several cancellations.  That  certain ' road   houses   on   highways  radiating from  Victoria have  been  among the  worst  offenders is matter of departmental knowledge, but  instead   of   initiating   prosecutions,  penalty will be imposed by cancellation of the licenses.    Nelson, Rossland,   Phoenix   and   a   number   of  other interior towns  have taken  a  hint from  the course   that   is being  pursued   by   the   department,    and  cancelled  licenses  where the  standard   of hotel   accommodation   has  fallen short.    Other towns will  act  similarly in the public interest.      Of  the well  known  road houses in the  unorganised   districts  which    have  I already been cut off  the license list,  Naas valley. It is authoritatively  stated that the Canadian Northeastern will, early this year, proceed  with the construction of one hundred miles from Stewart easterly, in  connection with the projected new  transcontinental route for summer  traffic primarily, which Sir Donald  Mann is promoting.  \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd The London Standard says that  American agricultural- machinery,  manufactured principally by the International Harvester company, is  being seriously boycotted in south  and southwestern Russia.-  Colds often herald their coming  \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdwith a warning cough.  This warning demands instant  attention. The health is in  danger, the body is attacked, the  risk is terrible.  Act on the first symptoms.  Mathieu's Syrup of Tar   and  j  Cod  Liver  Oil   arre3ts   the   cold  at once.  Tar and Cod Liver Oil are the  great twin agents for cold cures,  the Tar healing the inflamed parts  and the Cod Liver Oil building up  the. whole body.  They are combined in Mathieu s  Syrup to produce marvellous  results.    Large  bottle  35  cents.  At al! dealers.  When headache and fever are present with  t cold take Mathleu'H Nervine Powder* to  (educe the fever nud allay the pai:i. J. I..  Mathlcu Co.. Prop*.. Shcrliroolce. Que.        (Bi  DISTRIBUTORS   FOR WESTERN   CANADA  Foley Bros. Larson & Co.,  (INCORPORATED)  Winnipeg,  Edmonton,   Vancouver,  :        . Saskatoon.      ;  We, Canadian Pacific Itailway company, of Montreal, hy occupation a  common carrier, give notici; that I intend on thu 13th day of l-'obniui-y next,  at eleven o'clock in .the. forenoon, to  apply to the Water Commissioner at  his office tit Fuirview, B.C., for a  licence to take and list- one cubic foot  of water per second from a'.small 1111-  luiined creek, about 0.2 miles south of  Kliolf, to bit ;(liverted at a.poilit about;  \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd100 feet west of water tank, mile 0.2  Phoenix.sub-division. The water will  he used on the C.P.It. right ol\" way for  general railway, purposes.      .  Dated this 4th duy of January, 1912.  E. D. IRELAND, Agent, C.P.R.  CO P F? E R  Tho New- Kdltlnii'or tliu '\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd,..\ufffd\ufffd\":.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd,  COPPER HANDBOOK  SMofr&Ginv  ftTADfi rnilPUfi HEALS THE LUNGS  \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd IllrO vUUmIIS PRICE; 25 CENTS  TUESDAY,  Feb. 13  IS THE DATE SET FOR THE  Shiloh's Cure  QUICKLY   STOPS  COUQHa.   CUIICS   COLDS.  HSAL8 THE THROAT AND MNQ8. 2tJ CENTS  Dr. de Van's Female Pills  A reliable French regulator; never (alls. These  pills are exceedingly powerful In regulating the  generative portion of the female system. Kcfaee  all cheap Imitations.   Dr.de Van's are sold at  \ufffd\ufffd6 a box, or three lor $10.   Mailed to any address.    WINDSOR SUPPLY CO..  IU* Soobelt Drug; Co., at, Catharines, Out. I w'\"d\ufffd\ufffdo\" Ont. c.\"nt  Phoenix  Carnival  Every Woman  is tuterettcd and should know  about the wonderful  MARVEL Whirling Spray  The now Vi-fmai Syring*.    Ilor  \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdMost convenient.   It ct**an\ufffd\ufffd*  Initantly.       **fc y\ufffd\ufffdu\ufffd\ufffd  dru\ufffd\ufffdgiu fofjj ->  If he cannot supply th*  MAKVBL accept no other,  but tend stamp for Uluitr\ufffd\ufffdtod  book\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdtealcd. It tflvei full i-artlc-  I ulars and direction! invaluable to ladlet.  jiiHt publishwl. U Volumo X, for tho yearn llUtf-  11)11, and required Hourly uitfhtoun moiilliie In  .preparation.  IT HAS J,902 PAGES  \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdcoiitaiiilinr lioarly Vine nud11 iiiilfmillion words,  or about twice a.s linuili mutter an the Bible.  There are ffii chapters, and the book covers the  Copper Industry of World  Tho book covers Copper Illttlorj', aeolofrT,  Oeosniphy, .Chemistry. Mineralogy, Mining;,  MUlinir. Tjeiiclilinf. Kiiioltinir, Refining, Brands,  Gradex, ImptirilieH, Alloy*. UseH, Substitutes,  Teiirilnology, Deposltx hy T'lHtricts, Statsis,  Countries and ContincntK: Mines In Detail,  StatlHticH of Production, Consumption, Imports  Exports, Fimuieen. DtviilundH, etc  Vul.'X of tho Copper Ilaiulboolc lints and  dcseribcH  8,130 Mines ? Companies  these descriptions ranging; from '.' to 3 lines, in  the cu.se of a dead company, in whioh oas*  roforencu Ik uiado to a preceding edition giving  it fuller ilcHcrlption, up to '21 psgen in tbe ease  of the Anaconda, which produces^one-eighth of  the copiwr supply of the world. The chapter  giving mine descriptions, which lisU the largest  number of mines and companies ever given iu  any work of reference 011 mines or mining investments, has been \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd   \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd,,',-.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd  y FullyIRevised^v  The now edition of the Copper Handbook Is a  do^uu books in one. covering ull .phases of ttxo  copper Industry of the entire world. It Is used  as the  World's Standard Reference Book on Copper  by the muuaKcrs of the minus that make ninety-  odd per cent, of the world's output of copper,  and is used In every civilised country of Uis  Klobe. It is filled, with FACTd of viul lin-  IKirtitneo to  THE IXVKSTOI?.    \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd'   '   ' '  THB SPKCUIiATOlt    '  THE MIN'KU  THK CONSUMKK  THE METALLURQIST  PRICK Is %\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd> in buckram.with gilt top, or \ufffd\ufffd7.Su  in genuine full library morocco. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd  TKHJ1S are the most liberal. 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DOWNBYTHE  RiO GRANDE  The Braveryof iaWoman and  \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd; the Saving of a Life.  By CURRAN   R.   GREENLEY.  Tlio long gray udobe wulls of the  hacienda Jay' bat bed In'the quiver ol  .yellow light. Alleyne winched Margaret's face for u sign of truce, but the  shadows came and. went between the  vines tbnt draped the ptitlo us the In  terminable Subbu th afternoon dragged  away ubd: Margaret remained burled  In tier book. \"And: all about a beggarly horse tblef.\" be murmuredU  himself ns be sat \"up straight und sent  tlie pile of magazines crushing to tbe  floor. \"    \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd  There was a look of consciousness  about tbe..back of that shapely brown  head trior. : held Itself so pen-latently  averted, but Alleyne- deemed It wIhoi  not to reo|>en the subject of Miguel.  Over In the corral thing!- wore a deserted illr. Two or three men lounged  In tbe alinde of the high wall. Alleyne  yawned uud looked ut bis watch and  at a'faint movement of the figure Id  the rocker. \"Margaret, I\"- Crack  ack-ackl Somewhere away to the wesl  three shots rang but In rapid succes  \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdIda, a pause and then three more. .  Over In the corral the lounging fig-  area sprung to life, and an Instnnl  later three ponies were galloping In tbr  direction of tbe shots. Alleyne dashed  Into the bouse, reappearing with tbe  Beldgiasses. \"They've got him!\" '.. He  was peering at a collection of black  dots on the edge of the horizon.  \"Got who?\" Margaret laid her hand  upon his arm.  \"The mischief!\" Alleyne jerked tbt  glasses down. \"I forgot yon were  here.\" Dnder her steady gaze bis color changed. \"Yes. If you will have the  whole ghostly truth and cannot be per  suuded to stay out of It, It's thai  scoundrel Miguel.\"  Margaret shrank away from him  with a low cry of distress. Tbe look  Id her eyes went stralgbt to Alleyne';  henrt. ond bis voice softened to n ten  feer pleading as he tried to draw her  to him: \"Little woman; you cannot be\"  the Judge of these ran Iters, and you  cannot shield n horse thief. I could  have told you this.morning, but I preferred to let you think me a bit hard  on Miguel than to shock yon wlrtrtne  truth. There hnve been some queer happenings lately both here nt tbe Alabc  and at Jose's. Last night n hunch ol.  Jose's best ponies came up mlsslog  and tbe boys have beeD. trailing biro  \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdln?e sunrise.\"  ..\"John Alleyne. do you mean lo lei  those savages of yours murder a man  here on the AlnhoJust \"for the'sake-of  m few bronchos?\" Margaret faced him  sternly, hnd Alleyne lost his hard kepi  patience.  \"You forget that there are men's  laws to be considered as well as Cod's  and out hereon j he fringe of the world  tbe code.knows no greater, crime than,  lifting a broncho, and the lifting of  many, bronchos 'aggravates the case It  fs not n question m which my wife  may meddle\" And AMe.vne strode toward the corral, while Margaret picked  up the glasses.  The wind blown stretch of hnre  brown mesa told her nothing of the  tragedy brewing behind its crest. She  watched Alleyne until her eyes ached  A clatfpr of hoofs nnd n voice calling  her name brought her to the door,  where a hnlf. broken cayuse snorted  and pawed Astride of hlm.sur Bright  Eyes. Mlirnel's Indian wife. Ihe brown  biiby swung to her back. There wni\"  n queer ashen pallor on the woman's  stolid face as she slid from the pony's  hack, one hand clutching nt the deerskin thong that held the papoose  \"White man got Miguel. 'Miguel- he  die\" Here she pointed to her throat  and made n gasping sound. \"White  sr-unw much hurree. Miguel he no die.  Sabe?\" '  Margaret cowered before the awful  pleading In those savage eyes \"Not  a question In whlcb my wife may med  die.\" John hnd said, but there was no  time to weigh scruples, and five minutes Inter a strangely assorted pair  rode into the face of tbe setting sun.  nnd the rough little cayuse strove to  keep pace with the swinging-stride of  the Hindu mnre Far abend a black  dot moved against the sky that Mnrgn  ret knew to be Alleyne. A glimmer of  consequences flushed across her mind,  but the sweet young mouth only grew  a little firmer as sbe struck the trail of  many horses and knew the goal to be  in sight  On aud on. sagebrush and prickly  pear, the yellow snnd beneath, nnd  overhead the blue melting into the  evening's violet Grown, nature's own  smile upon the scene that swept Into  view, where men nnd horses were  grouped around the impassive figure  wrapped In the ragged poncho ilia*,  lounged In careless grace against the  white scarred trunk of n large mes-  quite. Margaret's eyes went Itistlnc  tlvely to the Inrlat knotted about the  bronze throat It was not the first time  that Miguel had felt It there, hill Itusty  Pete himself held the end of this one.  The voices hushed Instantly, and too  man the wide sombreros were lifted as  Margaret slipped from the saddle and  stood looking from one dark face to  another An nwfnl sense of self en  gulfed her. nnd In nnotlier moment Ml  guel's cause would have been lost Rut  the grim set or Alley tie's mouth as he  started toward her gave her the emir  age that Is born of cowardice Before  he could reach her she had broken  It.rough tt\ufffd\ufffd- \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\"\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd*\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\"* to M\ufffd\ufffdIW\ufffd\ufffd-'\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd*\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd*\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\"\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd-\ufffd\ufffdud  Ihesun struck along the barrel of a revolver leveled straight at (lusty I ete  \"Drop thai  rope!'   she cried.  Pete let go as If the larliit were red-  hot Iron; then she wheeled io face the  ring of Miguel's accusers \"Men of the  Aluho. yon are many This ....in to but  one. bound and helpless. I...I in- Ont  man thai moves ...ward him does so at  bis peril     If yoi rslst In taking him  It will be over my  body!  Allevne's eves were blazing, but not  a man stirred for .. long \"\ufffd\ufffd\"-\"\ufffd\ufffd\"\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd \"\ufffd\ufffd  interminable time It seemed tv the wo-  tnun  who, stood between that ring or  tierce faces and their prey   '\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd.,\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\/'.%:!'  \"(Jod In heaven, will It lastforever?'*  Her brain was reeling, and the black  figures danced l\ufffd\ufffd a blood red mist as  earth rose in wnves. beneath ber.'.The  silent buttle wiis- almost,done when a  wild yell from the darkening;: mesa  scattered the circle:to-;right, arid i.left  ns the men from Jose's galloped\" In.  \"Cut that rope!\" yelled tdfcvlender as  be bore down upon the group uuder  the rnesquiru.  Margaret staggered blindly Into Al-  leyne's urttis, seeing, nothing but-the  flush of Pete-* knife iis be cut the  thongs, then utter blackness utlrll she  awoke to the white walls of her own  room.'  Alleyne wns he\/irtlnc: over her. There  was something distinctly apologetic In  his uttltude. Mnrgurer grasped ner'nd-  vantage. \"Well?\" Her tone wns tentative. Alleyne settled himself on the  side of tho bed. laughing a bit uneasily. . y  \"I suppose you have the best of me,  little woman. Your dramatic entrance  upon the scene saved the day or we  would have sent Miguel on tbe .l<ms  ride on another man's count. Jose's  men would nave come too lute.\"  \"Who did Itr , -  \"One of the greasers. Miguel; hnd  been over,'to the post loading up on  Ore water, as usual, and the greaser  ran across him Just about tbe time he  discovered thai ihe boys were close  on bis trull Things were getting pretty warm for him when he persuaded  Miguel to take charge of the ponies  while be skipped out.' Naturally the  boys did ant stop to question Miguel  when they found him beading away  from the ranch and the proof trotrlns  alongside. It would have been all over  for Miguel but for the fact that the  greaser met a man who'hnd good reasons for wanting to And him\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdand  found him. Explanations came later,  and when the greaser realized that s  few bronchos more or, less couldn't  count against a man who bad only  about twenry minutes to live be sel  things In motion to reach Miguel. That  Is all the story \"  The south wind rustled tbe vines In  tbe patio. Margaret looked down to  the grove of mesqulte Just beyond tbe  big corral, where a brown baby rolled  In the dust at tbe door of Miguel's  tepee. Alleyne's eyes followed hers.  He understood.  WATERING  THE STOCK.  Nat  In   Wall   Street,  but   In  the   Bla  Cattle Markets. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd'.-.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd  Water la the only thing In the marketing of live stock that figures clear  profit Feed corn at $1 per bushel, hay  $20 a ton, the charges made by stockyards companies for yardage; and the  charge for selling made by commission  companies tend io reduce the shipper's  profit, but-when be sees bis bunch of  cattle properly yarded, fed arid quiet-!  ly drinking ut tbe water troughs be  knows tbe amount of water the cattle  drink will \"cost Mini nothing and will  sell at as much per pound us the  weight gained by .expensive feeding.'  If curtle ut the big markets^ were  yarded and sold without a 'chance to  get wuter It Would mean a large loss  to shippers; yearly  The average steer or cow will drink  twenty to fifty pounds of water at., the  marketing point, according to the dis  tnnce it has been hauled and the  length of time without water' The  bog being much smaller and capacity  for drink limited, the wnier till seldom exceeds live pounds per bend  Sheep drink little water at markets  but to-get the proper MM due, them the  big sheepmen who cover severul bun  dred miles with shipments bill their  sheep to some feeding station near the  market, hold them on feed and water  several dnys and at the proper time re  sume the Journey  Dealers In live stock at the Knn<*ns  City yards say that weight gained by  the use of water at the Kansas City  stockynrds In l!H0 amounted to $5\/  OOO.OOO.-Konsus City Star.  PLAYING  SAFE.  The Opsn Mind In Travel.  To leave oneself behind Is perhaps tbe flrst and best Initiation fot  travel. As one steps on tbe train ot  goes up the gangplank one'says'farewell to that wearing and aggravating  personality who tins lived so close to  us for months, demanding., exacting,  questioning, .exhausting us with anxieties and brooding troubles, i-.lt requires no entire essay of Montaigne's  to prove to us how \"that the spirit  often blnderetb Itself.\" Fresb fields  nnd pastures new abend and the hour  to throw aside the old and put tbe best  foot foremost bring \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd new bran as  readily o\ufffd\ufffd conversion Care Is.shifted  from the shoulders; the hack Is turned  upon teasing.'' reiterated ohrlgntlons,'  nnd adventures and srrangeuess. so  exhilarating after a long siege of the  accustomed round, are abend Montaigne ways that some one reported to  Socrates tbnt n ecrtiiln mini tvas In nowise Improved by Tils travels, and be  replied. \"I can well., tiellew \\u more he  took himself along\" Ixiulse Collier  Willcox  In   Harper's   KHZar.  The Rest North Pole.  The popular idea ot the compass Is  that It Is an instrnmetil ouvlrig \ufffd\ufffd tree-  ly moving needle which polnrs 10. tbe  north pole. But the needle points to tne  north pole when the compass is situated on the meridian ot longitude that  runs through tbe north magnetic |>ole.  The reul ior geographic) north pole  and tbe magnetic north |>ole are not In  Ihe same place. Tbe magnetic north  pole, toward which the compass needle  really points, ts situated In the northern part of Canada in northern latitude 70 degrees 5 minutes and longitude \ufffd\ufffd(5 degrees 43 minutes west from  Greenwich. It was first visited fn  1831 by Sir James Koss. The'southern magnetic |H\ufffd\ufffdle ts in a corresponding position in the nntan-tlc region it  was discovered by Sir. lirnest Shnckle-  ton's expedition to he latitude 72 degrees 2f> minutes south and longitude  154 degrees east.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdSt. Nicholas.  THE  STOLID   BELGIANS.  Aviator Sopwith Thought  He'd  Startle  the  Peasants, but  He  Didn't.  Aviator Sopwlrb describes In the Lon  don Times bow ,be landed In.Belgium  after flying across the Kngitsb chan  nel In twenryrwo minutes:  \"Making an aerial detour to avoid  some hills. I endeavored to steer toward Cholons by the aid of a compass I carried with me, but I soon  lost my way. Just as I was flying  over a village about fino feet high a  very ugly gust caught my machine on  one side nnd tilted It partly over. To  my consternnrlon the aeroplane refused to regain Its normal position  even when I exerterj rhe full pressure  of the small balancing planes fixed ro  the rear ends of rhe rnnln planes. Just  when I thought | shnnld slide helplessly down through the nir a field nenr a  village presented Itself I planed down  and sat still,  quite exhausted.  \"A Belgian peasant was working on  the road near by His nonchalance  was amazing. He merely stopped his  .work In a leisurely way and gazed at  me stolidly for several minutes. The  apathy of.the villagers, alrhongb they  had never seen nn aeroplane before,  was Indeed  remarkable. ' Two old  wo  JTBEP your expense down below  \"\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd**\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd    Your    Income,    though    It    may   tx  \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdmall:.  .Your hard earned dollars do not hlow    '\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd  Nor for h bauble spend your oil, :  And when It comes to sllnirlng cash  Let both ends very nicely meet.  You may not cut u dizzy dash  But you will live on Kany street.  No use to whine or sulk or pout  Because you are not setting more.  Your Income win not lengthen out  'Twill stick Juat where It waa before.  So you must work tlie other end  Although It is a little alow,-  And do not every pay day spend  \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdMore than your envelope will show.  The ones who do not trim their walls  Ajid k*ep their outgo well In hand  Tell roughly tough und tearful taloa  To any person who will stand.  Up to their very ears In debt.  They scrape and dodge and'scheme nnd  plan  And live a life of fusa and fret  Through fear of tho collector man.  It's safer, saner and. Indeed, .  All round a more delightful way  To only buy tho thinsa you need  And able are the price io pay.  Keep out of debt and shun distress.  The other method Is a crime.  I'm almost tempted, more or less.  To do that way myself some tlmo.  Hats  For the  Small  Girl.  Millinery for the small girl this season Is very like thai of her mother.  Indeed, many of tbe shapes are dei-ld  edly old for childish faces, but the  smart little hat pictured Is uu exc-ep  tion ir\ufffd\ufffd this rule.  It Is Just the thing for the fotir-yuur  old girl.    Tbe sharply  pointed crown  .     WINTER  MODEL OF VELVET AND PUIS.  is covered smoothly with black velvet,  nnd placed flatly, against it is a ions  looped bow of black sutin rllibou  The brim of shirred velvet is partially  covered with a Huffy baud ot black  and white marabou.  Trie   HoopsVcirt   Is   Here.  WISDOM'S^COMPROMISE.  Wear Good Clothes and Laugh at the  World's Folly.  \"O sage.\" said rhe young man, \"1  am surprised, almost grieved, to find  'but one who bus such a reputation for  wisdom as you should pay so much attention to bis clothes. You are as lm-  waculuie aud as nobby us a young  lover.\"  '  \"And why not?\" asked the elder man  \"Why not. Indeed'\/\" rejoined the  young moh. \"I am afraid I cannot explain. Many people have told me It Is  foolish to pay so\".much attention to  clothes.   That's all 1 know.\"  \"It Is a common error,\" spoke the  eage, \"but It Is nevertheless nn error  and one which once possessed me.  When I was young as you-arel was  attracted by the external things only;  and of these p external things clothes  were by far the most. Important. When  I was a little older I underwent a re  action. I bud a revulsion of feeling  Somehow I gained the Idea that clothes  were an absurdity In toto. I thought  that the Inner spiritual man wns ev  erythlng. According ns my, thoughts  became Introspective I neglected my  external appearance nnd 'went'.'about  unkempt and slovenly.\"  \"Tho two extremes,\" suggested thc  young man discerningly.  \"Yes. the two extremes, but with  neither alone wns I happy. Without  clothes 1 found I could not go among  my fellows In comfort, nnd thus the  social side of me became atrophied.  Without knowledge aud an Inward ap  preclarlon of the Important fundamen  tnls.nf life 1 could not be happy In my  own company.\"  \"Wherefore.\" observed the young  man. \"you struck a happy medtum'by  compromising on both.\"  \"Yes. Now 1 pay strict attention to  my external appearance.while Inwardly I laugh at the folly of the world  which makes It necessary:\"\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdLife.  V^-:,^^ijTWO'(-MEM.;v:?;v-!:i,':  Bill Brown Is dead!   Upstairs In Brief  Hla widow weeps, while down below  The neighbors now in charge of things  Are softly moving to. and tro.  And now and then come men to rpeaU  Their word of sympathy and cheer.  To sound the prafsea of poor Brown   -  And place their rosea on hi* bier  Across the street Tom U\ufffd\ufffdeen filorta on.  Alone, unaided In his fight  To keep his Wife and children clothed  .    He. has to hustle day and nlghi  A word of praise would do liiui good.  Ho's hungry for a bit of cheer.  But all his neighbors take their flowers  To decorate a dead man's bier.  Brown doesn't  Know what's going on.  But poor Tom Green across the way  Turns to his wife and aadly guys;  \"I'll have a lot of friends some day.  Borne day you'll hear my pralFea aung, .  And men will bring me rose* red.  They'll all rush up to boost poo.  me  The minute that they hear I'm dead.\"  \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdDetroit Free frees.  Ever Been There?  Brand Wkitleck's Story.  \"Civil service reform bus given us a  splendid army of civil servants. 11  wasn't always so.\"  The 8->eaker. Mayor Whltlock of To  ledo. smiled.  \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd \"When I was writing my flrst short  stories.\" he resumed, \"we had civil  servants of.a different stamp. An eld  erly resident of my native Urbanu  sought out. back In those days, his  congressman.  \" 'Congressman.' he said. 'I support  ed you at tbe polls, and now 1 expect.  you to get my boy a good civil serv  Ice Job.'   .''\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd''.'  \" 'All right.\" friend.' the'congressman  answered.    'What can your boy do?'  \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\"'\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdDo?* snorted the other. -What can  he do? By crinus. man. If ht could  do nnythlng do you think I'd be both  erlng you?' \"\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdNew  York Tribune.  Humor and  Philosophy  \ufffd\ufffdr \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdDX\/jtCAJ* M. SMITH  REFORMED.  TN years thai  have flitted  + ' I've trleo to reform  And  good  resolutions.  Both eurnest and warm.  Have:patiently written.  Believe me. but. say.  They seldom have lasted '  To see the neat day.  When 1 was a lunlor  A  notion  I  had  That 1 could put railings  That way to the bad.  But. trying M  often       ,  As New year's came round.  It wrought me no wonders,  1 speedily found.  It's not In the thinking  Of what yoo win do  Nor yet In the writing  That pulls the thing through,  Mot backed up by action  Nor won In a fight.  The Bood resolutions  Won't last overnight.  \"I saw you ut the play last night.  Enjoy It?\" '-' . '  \"No. Woman In front wore a cbhn  tlcleer hue Muo next seat kept time  with his feet.\"  Household Economics.  To make biscuits light\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd-drench with  gasoline uud  Ignite before serving.  To keep servants\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdchloroform and  lock in the cellar.  To get. rid of peddlers\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdbuy ail they  have. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd''\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd'\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\".-\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd'     \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd.-.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd....-.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd  To remove fruit stains from linen-  use tbe scissors.  To keep rats out of the pantry\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdput  all the food In the cellar.  .'. To    entertain     women     visitors\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdlet  them read ull your prlvure papers.  To entertain men visitors\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdfeed the  brutes.  , So when this year started  I thought  I would try  -Without resolutions  My faults to put  by.  And I marked down In writing  The same as before  But one\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\"1 .evolve I'll  Resolve netcrmorel\"  ,-V  I.  Mora Than Their 8hare.  \"It Is suid that every one has a  streak of Insanity.\"  \"What's that? An Insane streak for  every one\"\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd  \"Yes.\"  \"I think there must be some people  who buve none.\"  \"Why?\"  \"Because 1 know several people who  have at least forty streaks apiece.\"  . 8oon Be Due.  \"Why. what's' the matter? Yon look  as If an accident bad happened to  you.\".,-..'.  \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdThat's rlgbt.\"  \"Serious?\"  \"Not so very\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdonly uncomfortable.\"  \"What was Iff\"  \"Stumbled over a broken resolution,  took a header and bad a bad fall.\"  Ing in coal?'  Wrong End.  Did I bear you say you were deal-  \"Every  Didn't H\ufffd\ufffdve To.  man    In    my    congregation  In the garret  To keep hubby a' home-lock up all  bis clothes.  To prevenr a'ccld -nrs In 'the klrchen-  flll the kerosene can with water  To stop leak's in pipes\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdsend a burry-  up for tlie nearest  plumber.  To   economize   on   coul\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdget    a   ga*  range-  To   test   freshness  of   ej-gs\ufffd\ufffd\ufffddrop on  hard surface. i  To   propitiate  the  Janitor\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdyou  can't |  do It\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdI.lpplncott'sk.  Yes.'  \"Well, I will have to take off my bat  to you. 1 didn't know you were In  tbe coal business.\"  \"I suppose you might call it that  1 buy a load once a week now.\"  men  to whose cottace I  went did not        Hoops are  iK-tuiitl.v  seen   in  ihe cos      should   pray   to   be   kept   bumble  aud  appear at all astonished that  I should     tnme-'   'his  Tall  after  years.or  predtc       poor!\" thundered the minister,  have   descended' out   of   the   atr      Alj I tion. and that at a time \\vtieusti-ulgbr. I \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd,\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd!; don't  need  to.\"   piped up a  little  they   wanted   to  know   wn\ufffd\ufffd   what  the    silhouettes are at  their,slenderest     It   1 man In a trout pew  thai I  Hope.  Welcome, llttfe new yearl  We in you believe.  Still  we can  I ot   wonder  What is uw >i)ur sleeve.  If you're liv>e the old one.  We will cull \ufffd\ufffdi  v.'ute.  It you treat us i,j-n...-.  That will toe all iljht  weather waa like In England '  Thw Kaiser's Palaces.  The number of the Kaisers palaces  Is largely due to the fm-; that the  Prussian monarchy has absorbed many  minor (Jermiin states, including the  kingdom or Ho..over, the duchy of  Nassau and the electorate of Hesse-  Cnssel. All the palaces and castles of  the rulers of these states thus passed  Into Ihe possession of .be reigning  bouse of Prussia, as It was considered  Injudicious elt'her to destroy or to sell  them for fear of Impairing the popularity of Holienzollern rule. Thus It  Is that the emperor is burdened wlrh  Ihe possession of more t tin tl threescore  residence!. si\ufffd\ufffdme ot which he nils nev  er seen and ninny of which are totally  .insulted tor royal habitation. Al  though their maintenance entails n  heavy drain upon his exchei|iier. they  \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdnnnot for politirn reasons lie either  sold or leused._-Muiisey-s MiLguzlue.  Saw an Opening.  \"Have you  been over   Hajiker  Ora's  new  house J\"  \"Well,  partly \"  \"Personally   conducted   by   httn?\"  \"Well, be showed   ene the disir.\"  Essential.  \"What  Is the tirst   thing to be done  in order to lean! to save money?\"  \"The very   ttrsl  thing?\"  \"Yes.\"  \"Kam  it.\"  A Hero of the Charity Bazaar Fire,  .lean tJeorges. n   Parisian cnb driver  who    received    the    T-eglon    of    Honor  medal   for  his   heroism  al   rhe charity  bnznnr Ore on. Mny IS.   IW'7.   when  he  saved   rhe lives of   flffeen   women,  losf  his    life    hy    drowning    rererifl.v    nenr  Bordeaux.      Knr   some   years   after   his  exploit   he   nnd   his   cnrrlnire   were   In  consrnnr demand  In  rhe boulevards of  Paris, especially by  English and Araer  lean   tourists,   bur   the   advent   of   the  automobile ultimately   forced  him  onr.  He rben cume to this eonnlry   ro seek  his forrune;  but   failed   utterly,  his  re  turn  home being paid  for film  hy  pri  vate   subscription       (Jeorges   took    up  his old   trade   Iu   Bordeuus   after   that  and   liecnme   lost   to   slgbr    until    his  tragic  death,   which   was purely  accidental.  Subsidized Theaters.  Tn Oermany there are twenty subsidized court theaters and nearly a  hundred theaters subsidized by municipalities In many cases the theater Is granted to Its director rent  free; In others u subsidy Is also trlven  In some cases the cost of tbe on'hestra.  the scenery, costumes nnd the heating  and llirhtlng Is Isirne by the town  There Is great variety In method and  In decree, hut the result Is that  throughout r'ermany the net of rhe  drnmn Is officially recor-iizcd. and the  theater Is regarded ns nn essential factor in the town's life, resulting In  splendid theaters giving varied clas  slcol and modern plays thromrbii.it the  f'erman ejnplre.-Consulur  Reports.  The  Deadly   Bsked  Potato.  Against Knink Smith, cook at the  I.nsulle street railroad station, nls assistant. Aniiii .nygslck. made the foi  lowing complaint:  \"Knink Stnllh. late of the city of  Chicago, did on J an *M. H'll. at the  city of Chicago, county ot Cook, state  of Illinois, aforesaid, then and there  being, did then and there with a <-er  tnln Instrument commonly railed hot  baked potato, said hot linked potato  being a dangerous nnd deadly weapon,  without nny considerable provocation  whatever and under circumstances  showing nn abandoned and malignant  heart, did assault said Anna Hycslck  wlrh Inteof to do great bodily Injury.\"  -Chicago Inter Ocean.  is not the.old ho\/ipsltlrt, that ,ls!tuiekr  far from it\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdfor the new skirts bang In  as   close   around    the    feet    as   ever  though they may be a trirle wider.    It  Is a hoop\ufffd\ufffd\ufffda  thlu.  pliable  wire usually  \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdAround   the   bottom   of  \ufffd\ufffd   runic   rhai  keeps the gauze of rhe overdress slluhr-  ly out  from   rhe .foundation slip  under  lr.   or  It   Is  a   feiitherlxine   lit   Ihe   bottom    of. rhe    nbbrevlnred    sleeve    rliar  hangs   above   n   \/on\ufffd\ufffder   lace   or   jr.-iuze  one.     These,  of course,  are   mere  fun  (lets ot the' hour,   which   might,   to   be  sure,  develop  into something  more ns   j  tlie season advances If they happen ro  strike the fancy of sryle creators     But  Jnst   now   the   wire   and   the   feather-  bone in these connections are ultra and  extreme,    and    no    little    dressmaker  around  the corner is going us yet to  have any dealings wltb them.  And why 1b It. unnecessary tor yon  to pray to be kept humble and poor?\"  shouted the minister.  \"1 live with my wife's folks,\"\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdHous  ton PosL  Rational.  It was not for nothing, however,  Fiitima had \ufffd\ufffdi>ent \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd> iuiii-h nf tier utui- I\"' Nothina to Lose.  reading  oete-ctiv* *iorie\ufffd\ufffd ot   tliv  mod \\    \"Did jroia count the cost before going  ern schooL \\imo-tt\ufffd\ufffdta T\ufffd\ufffdentur\ufffd\ufffdr,t \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd   .     ..,- ,   -.  Accordingly    when    she   opened    the \\     \"1 cau't saj that I did.\"  door of-the forbidden chamlier nnu l>e  \\    \"Would   you   call   that   good   bust-  held   the several  bends of   Bluebeard's  former  wives she   was able  to draw a  j  rational  j\ufffd\ufffd\/'e'reD<-e.  The   Brute. j      \"KT-ldeor\/.*-.\"*    she ,  f-em\/jrlzi-fl.     \"rhese  \"Mary.   J   think   our   danc-hrer   \"Cuey \/ indie* mude Mdm nnk r\/ie \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd#\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd \ufffd\ufffdrw*or  oapht ro rake up caUsr\/ienics.\"        .\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd__\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\/ somirnftiir ud  lb c-tiou kiiusiik.i1  tltrlt  \"So   do  'I.    John        It    would   do   so \/ heads off.'\"  naoch for hor.     Wb\/ir sort\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd^Oelsarre?\"    \/      Qr  rourse  -she   To^k   proper   w-Brn.'u;  \"No:    domesrlc-\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdrwlrlfng    a    dishrag.  i ro  (jer  herself  rlius   to avoid  a  similar  hnsrling    n     dlsbpan.    Jugg-ling    dirty \/ jjumillutJon.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdI'uck.  dishes and  propelling a  broomV'\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdBur  llngron   News.  ness?\"  \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd'What is the difference? I didn't  have any money to pay them wltb  anyway.\"  How  Could  Jackson  TelIT  Master-.Incksou, fetch  my  umbrella  case.  Valet\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdHere It Is. sir.  Master longrlly)\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdFool!    That Is my  wife's new tailored suit:  A Chinese Axiom.  A   good   man   obeys   his   wife.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdWu  Tina Fans.  PERT   PARAGRAPHS.  Minding   one's   own    business  trade   I but   few   people   serve   a  enough   apprenticeship  at  to be  thoroughly proficient in.  is   a  long  Of  Course.  \"Why do you scorn rhat young  man?\"  \"Because he talks only of love in a  cottage.\"  \"And he has the right Idea. What  yon save on the house you can put  Into the automobile.\" \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd Washington  Herald.  Where They Will Catch On.  Saved   Hia   Fuel.  \"How did you like Alaska?\"  \"It has some good points.\"  \"But Isn't the scenery grand?\"  \"To   tell   the  truth.   I   never   noticei i  It.\" -  \"But how could you  help seeing It?\"  \"Easy   enough.    You    have   to   thaw  out most of the scenery before you cat  look ut It. und we were shy uu fuel.\"  Corkscrew    gowns    are    the    latest  i fashion conceits  for women.\"  \"They ought to be popular with Keu  tueky gentlemen.\"  Himself,  of  Courso.  \"Fie Is the  most conceited  t-nlng.\"  \"Is he?\"  \"Yes. and he talks nil the time.\"  \"About what?\"  \"Nothing.\"  Marvelous.  \"He con  turn out   more  work   thnn  t wo men \"  \"What  two?\"  \"Any two who ore not  working.\"  The Question.  Well,  how  ahoul  the pole  by  nnwT  iloea  Rnyhody  rare?  And wax Ihe ilnrinr * inle cooked up.  Or waa ne.reully  there?  Books of Nickel.  One of Edison's latest suggestions Is  the use of thin sheets of nickel In the  place of paper for books He says he  can make by an nuti..natlc process  plates of nickel one twenty-thousandth  of an Inch thick, tough and flexible,  nt a cost of $1.'ir> a pound The nickel  plntes are perfect for printing purposes  and  are. practically   lndestmctl-  KU> _  There may be people who are entirely unselfish, but they dou't go In our  set  .Instlce may have n pair of scales,  but clever Individuals have learned  how toopernte then, themselves.  A woman doesn't throw n hint the  way she throws a stone\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdnot by any  means.  The only thing that troubles some  of us Is that our income can't in nny  manner be coaxed to contain our expenses.  Had  Met   THem.  \"John. I  want yon  to take me to tin  lecture \"  \"Will It  be nny good?\"  \"It   will   he a   feast of reason \"  \"Better take some cheese and rrnefe  ers along.    I  have beeu to these feasts  of reasou  before \"  Helpless.  We Iook upon the imRdlnK years  With Mime retcreis. 'tis true.  But mill we |p| them run along.  That'a all that  we can do.  What Sne Expects.  \"Women have siuipiy uo understanding ot business.\"  \"No?\"  \"Not at all. Take my wife, for example. What'do you tniim sne looks  to me for?\"  \"Give it up.\"  \"To be u savings hank on my own  account.\"  \"That's not a bad idea.\"  A New Order.  Local Clerical \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdMay I usk to whlct  religious denomination you subscribe?  Newcomer\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdI'm   an   Ashestologlst  Local Clerical \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdAnd what. pray. d<  they believe?  Newi-iutiiT-That If one sins oftct  enough the soul becomes fireproof.-  Life.  Merely   a   Hint.  \"I  can't  no calling on  you.  ns  I   In  tended.\"    apologized    -Mrs      fTddyhode  \"The dentist   is   going   to   work   on   in-  teeth all  this afternoon \"  '\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdCouldn't .voh come anyhow, dc-ir'\/'  cooed .Mrs. Furdrlve. -You could wi-.-n  n veil mid not talk much.\"\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdc'lurug--  Kecord-lleruld.  Secrots. \ufffd\ufffd  First   Financier    I   made   my  succes-  by   putting   my   money   wii-re   I   >\ufffd\ufffd: '\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd  get my bands on It easily.  Second    Ditto\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdAnd   I    \ufffd\ufffd\"'    mine   b-  putting   other   people's   where   I   couli  get my hands ou it easily.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd Puck.  Often the  Way.  \"The boss lias his troubles\"  \"How In particular?\"  \"When lie stretches a point to hold  n man through a dull season, that's  the time lie gets struck r\ufffd\ufffd>r u salary  raise.\"\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdKansas City Journal.  Warning  Him.  \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd1   want  to  marry  your  daughter\"  \"It Is very foolish of you.\"  \"Why?\"  \"1 cannot begin to support yon in the  style to which you have been accus  tomed.\"-Houston  Post  Trouble With   Muggsby.  Askltt-Hy the way. what kind ol  chap Is  Muggsby?  Noitt\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdOil. he Is sort of bumnn miner  pie.  Askitt\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdReg pnt-don.  Noitt \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd He seldom . agrees with any  body\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdChicago News.  Self   Decsption.  \"Rllgglns   is   always   afraid   he   will  not  get  his money's  worth\"  \"Yes fie even waited .null a warn  day to buy a thermometer so that the  mercury would look larger.\"\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd Wash  Ington Star  \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd' *\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd  fl             Expiminod.  P^>~^\\  1          \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdWhat       t\ufffd\ufffd      <r  ma^fOAf*  O   grai rynrd.    pa 7*  \ufffd\ufffd          \"A ffniveyardr^  T         \"Yes.\"  i         \"Well     It     Is-*  f    now. how shnll I  wWmi  eipla in     It    to  ^MilB  you?\"  \"Oh.    1    know:  r\\  I     have    Just  \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd*- rBl  thought.\"  1 \\VrffiWb  \"U a v e   you?  What  Is It?\"  n it. ^, *.&  \"It   is   a   place  where  dead   peo  -*-*'} K^,  V  ple live.\"  No  Wholesale Criminal.  \"Are you guilty as charged?\" asked  tbe judge.  *'As charged?\"  \"Yes: In the indictment.\"  \"Well, judge. I stole the ham all  right, but I never did commit them  other big words Iu that there paper.\"  Why They Scared Him.  \"1 never see him out with anybody.\"  \"lie tights shy or the girls.\"  \"A   woman  hater?\"  :\\lusi  a  tight  wad.1'  A   Busy   Woman.  \"Have you ever wondered about  your husband's past 7\"  \"Dear me. no! I have nil I can do In  taking care of bis present and worry  Ing about Ills future.\"-Judge.  Natural Mode of Complaint.  \"What   is  Jones  Imrkiug  about?\"  \"Says   his   wife   treats   him   like  dog.\"  Wants Confirmation.  Though signs Directing him about  Are clearly on display.  It's just e.Nuotly  like a man  To slop anil usk the way.  Tho   Scapegoat  The hlKh cost of llvlns. she claimed,  wai  to blame  8he   sotiKhl   a   divorce,   and   she   oornerer  the same.  Tel   renlly   her  reason   would  seem  like a  f rec. k.  Klse why did \"he marry attain In n week.  '\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd--   '\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdid Plain Dealer.  Approoriate.  \"1 want to embroider a cushion for  a friend who Is nn aviator What kinu  would you select?\"  \"Why. an air cushion, of course.\"-  Bnltitnore American.  Jost a Way They   Have.  Jack Sprat,  was very fat:  Mis brother Tom  wns  lean.  Jnck  rode In  n tourinir car,  Tom In a tlylnn machine  \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdChicago News.  \"But. In addition, sue expects me to   ^lon!  Method In It.  \"How carefully  I'rown avoids temp-  Clever,  know   how-  to   manage   a  be a bank of issue tor oer.'  Her Evidence.  \"Why did Mrs. brown iook so downcast und aisneurtetiea':\"  \"She said ner nusDund never thinks  about her any niore.\"  \"lndeed:\"  \"Yes: just regards ber as a port of  the unregarded uotiseboid furniture.\"  \"Whut manes oei thir.K \ufffd\ufffdnr\"  \"He never asks ner to have her photograph taken.''  \"Yes. of n certain kind.\"  \"He keeps clear over on the other  side of the street from it. doesn't he?\"  \"Yes; the more tempting things are  that way.\"          Cautious.  \"Jones has never spoken an  unkind  word to his wife.\"  \"He must be a model husband.\"  \"Well, lie found out the day after he  -was  married that she had taken boxing lessons.\"  'Do   you  woman?\"  \"Surf.\"  \"How?\"  \"First titid out just what she Is bent  mi doing.\"  \"Well?\"  \"Then enter into on elaborate explanation of how to do Just that thing  and Insist on Her doing it.\"  \"Then what?\"  \"Then want? Why. man. she will  be so mad that she will do something  slsc, but you never etui teli Just whuu\"  tt Is hard to be  optimistic when  bad luck Is birring you oue every  whipstitch., hut it  Is suId lUut there  are people who  really succeed li>  being so.  A ready laugh  is money in a  man's pocket provided be knows  enough to use It  judiciously and  not abuse b t s  friends with it.  When Hying is perfected it will be  harder tbun tver to keep a good man  down.  It takes a vast amount of patience  to iiiiiUl' us endure some of out owu  kind  of  people.  If some of us could draw a salary  for giving advice we would be so rich  that wc could qualify for membership  iu the millionaires' club.  It tukes a whole lot of will power  to make us really  like to do wliul. wo  ;i5ii! THE   PIONEER,    PHOENIX,   BRITISH   COLUMBIA.  r    \"~\"   UUU+m***.  CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PHOENIX  ;\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd BALANCE  SHEET  1 For Year Ending December 31st, 1911.  ASSETS  Cash on hand und in Bank  Fire Department equipment  Police Department equipment  City Building  Sidewalks  Streets  School Building und\" equipment  Bridges  Due from School Boaid  City Cemetery  Furniture and Fixtures  $1144 54  3808 00  145 -15  S978 42  4752 55  10,717 40  10,311 93  1043 30  1070 24:  012 40  443 13  UNPAID SCHOOL. TAXES  1900  1907  1908  1909 . .  1910 ...  1911 . .  1907  1909 . .  1910 ...  1911 ...  Real Estate-  Due from B.  7 50  8 25  7 50  174 75  255 51  358 23  -44,993 42  UNPAID REAL ESTATE TAXES  5 05  289 42  517 21  004 ?5  O. Government  810 70  1170 83  055 !10  423 75  LIABILITIES  Surplus from Tax Stile  Debentures  Surplus Assets over Liabilities  48,000 00  257 02  0000 00  42,402 4-1  -18,000 00  1 hereby certify this to be a true statement of the Assets and Liabilities of  thC Sii-fS c'bCr 31St ]\ufffd\ufffd\"' *SAAO CRAWFORD.  Phoenix, Ji.C, . ,.,  Jan. 18th, 1912. . Auditor.  Receipts and Expenditures \"for the Year  Ending December 31st, 1911  -\ufffd\ufffd<-\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd'  IMS  RECEIPTS  Cash on hand, January 1st   . . -  Cash in Bank, January 1st  Transferred from Savings Bank  Police Court Fines  Licenses  Balance Govprtment Grant  School Grant, nine months   ._  Interest . ,\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd  Cemetery Lots  School Taxes  Real Estate Taxes  Dog Taxes,   \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd.. *       ..,.--  Government Two Per Cent Grant  Sale of Old Fire Wagon .    .  Rent of Hall far Polling Station  B.\" Cj Government for RoadAVork    ...  , Hydrant Rent.,, -    ...... .  t   \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd-\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd  $   11 91  6493 31  1000 00  899 00  5020 00  7025 00  1271 25  63 13  30 00  1999 83  3984 15  56 00  1000 00  60 00  20 00  0 00  22 35  >.\"\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd#  J\\  yi> \"i,  S&SKSaS  'SSsrWftter'anaiight it'  .,\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd.<\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd. a,,   EXPENDITURES  -$28,951 93  -VW'  >'JV  sTDepai'  . ...Jail Expense  .  . -Street.Maintenance .,.  r- 'Streets \"Wages'  *** Salaries  i Printing and Stationery  insurance > \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd ...  \"   Charity \\      .. .'-'  Office Expense  \/\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd General Expense       . .  Dog Tax Comm ission  Fire Department Equipment  Police Department Equipment  City Building ...     ,    ...  Sidewalks  New School Building  Bridges  School Board . . . .  Interest  Furniture and Fixtuies  \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdRedemption Debentures  Cash, in Bank  Cash on hand    , \/$1350 50  839 45  300 00  2100 00  \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd1 80  ai2 17  kio oo  085 (X)  1G3 02  237 00  130 (X)  08 45  279 65  5 60    7800 54  604 02  (59 00  10 50  90-  13,232 13  108 33  4575 70  381 89  18 30 \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd  1000 00  1139 16  5 38 21,151 39  -$28,951 93  IS*  -1 hereby certify this to be a correct statement of Receipts and Expenditures for year ending December 31st, 1911.  %\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\"' - - ISAAC ORAWB-ORD, Auditor.  Fifteenth Annual Winter Carnival  ROSSLAND  February 6 to 1 Of 1 91 2  OLD TIMERS' RE-UNION, FEBRUARY NINTH  Grand Program from Tuesday Night to Saturday Night  H-O-C-K-E-Y  CHAMPIONSHIP BRITISH COLUMBIA  Ski-Jumping:  CHAMPIONSHIP OF  BRITISH COLUMBIA  v  Skating  frKh  mSSf.) r-t  Championship  of  British Columbia  Masquerade and Dance, Tobogganing  Curling Bonspiel        Horse Races  \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd Boxing Contest      Children's Sports  TWO LARGE BANDS  Handsome Trophies and Prizes  REDUCED TRANSPORTATION RATES  ,' A. M. BETTS, Pres.  iFor further information, write R. E. PLEWMAN, Secy.  Local and General    I  Child's buggy ion wile, cheap  ply Mrs. J. Pipe.  Ap-   * t'ttun inuum.  Dry wood in car lots for wile.  Apply  Emergent meetings as called; Mtisomc  Hall, MoHiilts Block.  W. J. PjiUN'OEKOAHT  J. T. HAWTEOKSi W.M.  Secy.  J. Trombli-y, Phoenix  Mrs. W. D. Wilson is visiting  her parents in Nelson.  Miss Jane McKenzie is paying ;  two weeks' visit to Grand Forks.  Judge   Hood,   police   magistrate  was  a visitor   to   the Forks during  the week.  Presbyterian service in the K. P  Hull, tomorrow, Sunday, at 11 a.m  Rev. J. R. Munro, B.D.  Page Boyles, of the firm of Boyles  Bros., diamond drill contractors,  came in on Wed. from Spokane.  Eric Jackson, who has been prospecting in the north for some  months, returned to town this week.  W. H. M. May, inspector of  schools, was in town dining the  week and paid a visit to the public  schools.  Archie McCalister, formerly of  Phoenix, was killed a few days ago  at the Nickel Plate mine, Medley.  Wm. Coward, his partner, was also  killed  The services on Sunday in St. John's  Church are: Morning Prayer at 10.30,  Holy Communion at 11 u.iii., Sunday  School at 3, Evening Prayer at 7..T0.  Rev. L. B. Lee, Rector.  The stated services in the Catholic  church are as follows: First and thud  Sundays in the month. Mass at 10  a.m., Sunday School at 2.30 pm.;  Evening Service at 7.30 p.m. Rev.  Father Choinel, pastor.  The challenge thrown out by the  local lodge of Oddfellows for a  hockey match on the 31st, has been  accepted by the Knights of Pythias.  There will also be 'a match with  brooms and football. Arkansaw  will referee the latter match. Admission 25 cents.    Don't miss it.  W. A. Carter, an old resident of  the camp, passed away on Sunday  last iu the general hospital. The  deceased, who was 62 years of age,  had been ailing for some months,  heart  and  lung  trouble * being the  KingEdwardLodge  No. 38, A.F. and A.M.  Regulur communication at 8  p.m.   Second Thuisday ot  Provincial Items,,  I. O. O. F.  Snowshoe Lodge  No, 46  Meets i-vi-iy Monday Kveiiing ut  Mineis' Hall. Visiting brcthieu cordially Invited.  Samuel McLeod, Noble Grand.  Dan Paterson, Pin. Secy.  A. L. McKhmon, Rec. Secy.  Daughters of Rebekah  Phoenix Lodge No. 17  Moflh In   tho   Minor*'   Union   Loilffo  Hull Kh-Ht und Tldiil WodnuHdajH.  MIhh M. Mm-ken\/le. Noblo ChAnd.  Mr*. Kfllo MuibhiiU, Scciotiiry.  FRATERNAL ORDER  OF EAGLES  Phoenix Aerie No. 1B8  Meets in Union Hall, Friday Evening*-*.  Visiting brothers are always welcome.  John Lovij, \"VV. P.  T. Ii. Cohbmovk, W. Secy.  K. of P. Lodge,  No. 28  Phoenix,  B.C.  Meets Tuesday Kvknino at 7.30.  Sojourning brothers cordially welcomed.  J. E. Cabtkk, K. of It. S.  H. M. L.unci, C. O.  PYTHIAN SISTERS  Mountain Temple Lodge No. 17  Meets in Pjthian Hall, Lower Town  First nnd Third Thursdays  Mrs H Reed Mrs. A. D. MoKcnzio  M K.C. M.R C  DRAYING  Of all kinds promptly attended  lo. Rapid Express and Baggage Tsansfer. Careful attention to all orders.      Phone A65  James G. McKeown  primary cause of death. The funeral  took place on Tuesday  at the local!  cemetery, preceded  by a  service inl I  St. John's church,  the rector, Rev.l ^    <C\ufffd\ufffd^    HOOD  11. Lee, officiating.'  aasaa-saaaa-ssai?  Vancouver Eisteddfodd  The   list   of competitive   subjects  Fire, Life and Accident Insurance.   ' General Agents.  Issuer of Marriage Licences  Repudiated .  The following letter, with a  local interest, appeared in thc Salmon Arm Observer, a week ago:  Sir.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\"The statement in last  week's paper rather suggests that  the credit for the formation ofthe  Conservative association at Notch  Hill is largely due to C. Greer.  Such is resented by the Conservatives, for it is anything but flattering  to them, especially when it is known  here that at the last and previo. s  elections, so long as the Liberals  were in power, Mr. Greer was an  active woiker for them.\"  Old Time Conservative  Notch Hill, Jan. 10, 1912.    '  As a result of the visit here, says  the Kootenain (Kaslo) of French  capitalists heavily interested in the  big Bluebell mine, at Riondel, that  noted property will resume operations tomorrow with a considerable  force of men.  WOOD  First-class -Fir and Tam-  arac Wood, $5.00 per- cord  Pine Wood,  $4.50 per cord.  Fir and Tamarac, double cut,  per cord, $6.50.  WOOD   DELIVERED  NOTICE.  ON   SHORT  'Phone B32  Gust Johnson  for Vancouver's first eisteddfodd has  now been issued and copies are now\/Bank Block, Phoenix, B.C.  being  sent to   all parts   of the province and the   Pacific  coast states.  The eisteddfodd, which is to include  competitions  in singing and instrumental   music,   is   being  organized  by    the    Vancouver    Cymrodorion  society.      Additional     competitions  will   include   essay   writing,   poetic  compositions and  ladies'  art work.  The  competitions  will   be  open  to  people   of any   descent,   a   special  challenge  solo   and   two  or   three  translations  being the only restrictive preserve  of the Welsh.    Good  cash prizes are being offered,   and  it   is    expected    that  soloists   and  choirs will .come from a  long  distance to participate.    The  event is  to  take  place   in   May.     The   two  principal  competitions   will   be  for  the   mixed  choruses,   the -prize   in  each   case  being   $300.    The   test  piece for the mixed  chorus, will  be  -\"O     Father     Whose      Almighty  Power\"    from   Judas   Maccabeus,  and ** O Gladsome Light,\" unaccompanied.      The   test, piece   for   the  male chorus  will   be   Dr.    Parry's  \"The Pilgrims.\"   Each chorus must  be composed of no less than 35 and  not more than  50 voices.    There is  also a prize of $50 for an essay on  the \" Pioneer.\"     Copies of the program can be obtained from Messrs.  W. F. Evans, 526, Hastings-street,  Vancouver.  Shi\/ohsGure  STOPS COUGHS PRICE. 25 CSNXS  Hockey Schedule  The  following are   the  dates for  the Boundary League series:  Jan 1    Grand Forks, .at Greenwood  Jan 5    Greenwood ..at Grand Forks  Jan 10 Grand Forks.. . .at Phoenix  Jan 15 Phoenix...   at Grand Forks  Jan 19 Phoenix   ....at Greenwood  Jan 23 Greenwood   ... .at Phoenix  Jan 26 Grand Forks, .atGreenwood  Jan 29 Phoenix ... .at Grand Forks  Feb 2   Greenwood   .... at Phoenix  Feb 6  Phoenix ......at Greenwood  Feb 12 Greenwood .at Grand Forks  Feb 16 Grand Fork:. Phoenix  Peruna Secrets  You Should Know]  Golden Seal, tho root of tho above  plant, la a very nsefnl medicine. Many  people gather It in onr rich woodlands  durln\ufffd\ufffd tlio Bummer. J'ow pooploknow  how valuable It la In dyspepsia, catarrh,  and ns a general tonic.  Many thousand pounds of this root are  used each year in the famous catarrh  remedy, Peruna. TliKfaet explains why  everybody men Peruna for caiurrh  Electric Restorer for Men  PhOSDhOtlOl restores every nerve In the body  r ..to lt\ufffd\ufffd proper tension; restores  Tim and vitality. Premature decay nnd all sexual  weakness averted at once. Pliosphonot will  make you a now man. Frlco \ufffd\ufffd8 * box. or two for  VS. Mailed to.my address. TheHcoboli Drug;  Co., St. Cailiarlnes, Ont.  Vancouver's fire loss for 1911  amounted to $300,000.  An English syndicate has asked  the city of Nanaimo for an option on  a franchise for a tramway service  for that city and Ladysmith.  A report is current that the C. P. R.  will this year erect a new steel  bridge, 350 feet long, on mammoth  concrete piers over thc north fork  of the Rettle rivei.  Charles Ashworth lecently examined coal deposits in the Okanagan.  He lonnd the geological maps of  that section requiring revision if  they are to be of much use to prospectors.  Port Alberni- has been incor-  poiated as a city. Apait from the  many valuable lesources of that  district, which alone suffice to make  it a busy city, Port Alberni aspires  to become one of the important seaports of the Noith Pacific seaboard.  Inconsequence ofthe late fire at  the provincial jail in Victoria, the  old naval prison at Esquimault has  been pressed into service to accommodate some of the prisoners,  thirty-seven of whom aie alieadyin  the old prison.  A convention of British Columbia  Liberals has been called for Thuisday, Feb. 29th, at two o'clock, in  the O'Brien hall, Vancouver. Tlie  call has been issued by John  Oliver, of Delta, president of the  British Columbia Liberal association.  General-superintendent Mehan, ot  theG.T.P., has moved his track-  laying machine through the tunnel  at Kitselas, and is ready to scart  laying steel on the graded way to  the Skeena crossing. He has everything ready and will rush all work  to completion, thus assisting to get  supplies in for thc rush work this  coming summer.  Replying to a deputation from the  British Columbia Conservative association, which lecently waited upon  him, Premier McBride said that the  suggestion that the provincial government should. confer with the  Dominion government regarding the  advisability of establishing government telephones, was a wise one,  and he would act upon it.  B. Reed, of the Victoria meteoro-  } logical office has been notified by  B. G. Hamilton, that on Saturday  the 13th inst., at VVilmcr, B.C., on  the Columbia river, a most brilliant  meteor passed south across the  zenith. The light was so intense  that it enabled those in the open to  see every object within the range of  vision. It was similar in effect to a  flash of light of incomparable size  and brightness.  An historical treasure has just  been added to the collection of the  Provincial Archives department, in  the shape ofthe original old-fashioned pair of scales brought out by the  Royal Engineers, who laid the  foundation of the City of New Westminster. Thc scales originally were  part of the medical equipment  brought out from the old land in  the sailing ship Thames City in  1858.  The Trail board of trade has recently brought forward a resolution  that in order that Canadian gold  and silver may be used for coining  purposes, the Dominion government be requested to purchase gold  and silver at Trail, B.C., on thc  same basis as the United States  government purchases metals from  its assay offices in Helena, Seattle  and other places, and thereby preventing the exportation of Canadian  gold and silver to the United States.  President Falconer of Toronto  University, had an interview with  Hon. K. Rogers, last week, as representing the Toronto association  which is championing the claims  ofthe Hindoos in British Columbia  He figured that on the ground of  common humanity, thc Hindoos  should he allowed to bring their  wives into the country. He also  laid stress on the argument that  imperial interests were concerned,  and their exclusion might create  trouble in India. II. II. Stevens,  M.P. for Vancouver, is stiongly opposing the relaxation ofthe regulations governing Oriental immigration.  I  More  Home Baking,  Better every way  than the ready  made foods  Dr PRICES  CREAM  Baking Powder  A pure,Cream of Tartar  pOW(Jer  Made fronx Grapes  ssssssssssssssss  No Alum  No  Lime Phosphate  S&iSSKiSBSiSSSi  Hotel Brooklyn  The Only First-CIass and Up-To-Date  Hotel in Phoenix. New from cellar  to roof. Best Sample Rooms in the  Boundary, Opposite Great Northern  ' Depot.      V   V      Modern Bathrooms.  STEAM HEATED.  James Marshall, Prop.  ELECTRIC LIGHTED  Phoenix, B.C.  Stationery and Confectionery  Fancy Goods. Dolls and Toys, Books,  Magazines and Periodicals. Kod.ajcs,  Films and Supplies, Musical Instruments and Supplies.    School Sundries.  WALL PAPER AND DECORATIVE PICTURES;  GLASSWARE   AND   CHINA. *?~  Cigars, Tobacco, Pipes and Smokers' Sundries.  AL. ALMSTROM  Writing: Paper in Latest  Shapes and Tints  EASTERN TOWNSHIPS   BANK  Capital and   Reserve,   95,260,000  Head Office -  Established 1859   -   SHERBROOKE, QUE.  Wm. F-Aliwi-f.f, President.   S. II f. Jlivm, Vice I'icalclciit.   J. Mackiv.non, dciipnil Manager  82 BRANCHES IN   PROVINCE OF QUEBEC  AND AT  WINNIPEG. .MAN. VANCOUVKK, B. C.  COLEMAN. ALTA. GRAND FORKS, B. C.  LETHBRIDGE, ALTA. PHOENIX.  B. C.  TABKIt, ALTA.  * PRINCETON, B. C.  VICTORIA, B.C.        QUEBEC, QUE.  Savings  Department at all  Offices.  CORRESPONDENTS   ALL    OVER    THE   WORLD  Phoenix Cartage Co.  If you require any Heavy Teaming- or Hauling- done,  let us do it for you. That is our business, and we  have the equipment to execute all orders satisfactory.  First-Class Wood  We also have a supply of first-class Cord wood, short  or long-, and can deliver it on short notice.  McEiroy & Thompson, Props.  Lumber, Lath and Shingles. PHOENIX, B.C.  D. J. MATHESON   Insurance Agent  FIDELITY BONDS, PLATE GLASS.  COMMISSIONER FOR TAKING  AFFIDAVITS  FIRE-.LIFE AND  ACCIDENT  PHOENIX,   B. C.  MADAM  LAVAL'S  Cotton Root Compound Tablets  A BBLIAIH.K KKGPl.ATOtt  Theso tills are compounded with tlie greatest  car* Irom tlio most reliable remedies kuuwn to  science; such as are being used with much success  by tho most celebrated physicians known.  They aro a ipeclhc for the distressing disorders  to which the female constitution Is liable  Price t'~ a box ...   ...  box.  sold nt all drujf stores, or by mall iroruTbc  Laval Dmg Co., at. Catharines, Oat.  Mineral Act.  Form   F  Ci'RnncATh or Impuovcmi-nms.  NOTICE  \"June \" mineral claim, situate in  tlie Grand Forks mining- division of  Yale district.  Where located: Wellington camp,  Take notice that J, Donald J.  Matheson, ngfent forAngelo Luciani,  fiee miner's ccitificate No. B29.293.  and Luig-'i Gri, free niinci's ceitifi  ate B29.280, and Anloni Copicetti,  tree miner's certificate No. 1129,292,  intend 60 days from date hereof,  to apply to thc mining recorder for  a certificate ot improvements for  the pin pose of obtaining a crown  grant of thc above claim  And further take notice thai action, under section 37, must be commenced befoie the issuance of such  certificate of impiovenu-nts.  Dated this 25th day of Jan. 1911.  The most important feature of  the opening sitting- of the commission of conservation on Jan. \\7,  was the'report of the committee on  mines and minerals. After quoting  figures [already made public, and  whichj'show that there are more  accidents in thc mines of Canada  than in those of any other country,  the committee lecommended thc  appointment of a royal commission  to enquire into thc matter.  The Canadian asbestos output  has increased from 380 tons in 1880  to 63,300 tons in 1909. The quarries and factories are capitalized at  $24,290,000. In the Black lake  quarries, in the province of Quebec,  theie are 45,000,000 tons in sight.  Canada produces 7C>..-> pei cent of  the world's output, Russia coming  next with 17.7 per cent.  t h.  4 \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd*-  \ufffd\ufffd\/,  I  m  Ifev,--*;  \"^Ik&'r I- {*  T^B'Vi'v.l'*  r- WrtU**- *ci W t   ^^It^klJWf  .i -r  o \ufffd\ufffdi\/h-v *et t ns \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdjCTirtnwww'w \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd*\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd*,  \ufffd\ufffd*~S\ufffd\ufffd  iWMlM-fJM","type":"literal","lang":"en"},{"value":"Print Run: 1900-1916<br><br>Frequency: Weekly<br><br>Titled \"The Phoenix Pioneer\" from 1900-01-06 to 1903-06-20, 1910-09-10 to 1911-10-14, and from 1912-03-30 to 1916-05-27. Titled \"The Phoenix Pioneer and Boundary Mining Journal\" from 1903-06-27 to 1910-08-06 and from 1911-10-21 to 1912-03-25. Published by Pioneer Publishing Co. from 1900-01-06 to 1910-08-06, by T. Alfred Love from 1910-09-10 to 1911-03-25, by Kay and Conway from 1911-04-01 to 1911-06-17, and by G. 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