"120992cb-f6eb-4e88-aaa6-094d39412427"@en . "CONTENTdm"@en . "[Lardeau Eagle]"@en . "BC Historical Newspapers"@en . "2015-11-26"@en . "1900-05-09"@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/ardeau/items/1.0082267/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " i'J\nJ\na \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD - \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD / x^y\nFERGUSON EAGLE\nVOL. II. NO. 13.\nFERGUSON, BRITISH COLUMBIA, MAY 9, 1900.\n$2.00 A YEAR.\n1\nA Number of Noteworthy Properties Near Ferguson.\nMEAT NORTHERN MOUNTAIN\nSufficient Development Already\nDone to Demonstrate Its Value\nAs An Ore Producer When tbe\nRailway or a Smelter is Built in\nthe District\nBehind the town of FerguBon on the\nnorthwest rises what is locally known\n-as the Great Northern mountain, on\nwhieh are located a number of noteworthy properties. The Great Northern group on the south ,Blope of the\nmountain is situated less than five\nmiles from here. On it are located\nover a dozen olaims. The vein is\nquartz oarrying iron, gray copper,\ngalena and yellow copper, and 1b a true\none between slate on 'the hanging and\nserpentine on the foot wall, and the\ncropping can be traced for at least four\nmiles. There is a solid ore body from\n14 inches to five feet thick on the hanging wall. Two of the claims\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDthe\nBroadview and Old Sonoma\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDare' owned by tbe Lillooet, Fraser River and\nCariboo Gold Fields, Limited, which\nhas done considerable exploratory\nwork on them, showing up some extensive bodies of ore, much of whioh is\ngray copper. On the Broadview dump\nthere is probably 800 tons of ore aver-\ning a value of $30 in silver, gold and\nlead, and ore has been taken from the\nOld Sonoma assaying over 100 ounces\nin silver with from 812 to $15 in gold.\nThe Great Northern Is another claim\non which considerable development\nwork has been done by a Montana\ncompany, whioh owns it, under the\ndirection of H. Macpherson, of Trout\n1 Lake City. There is about 200 tons of\nore on the dump averaging 955 per ton\nin silver, gold and copper.\nThe True Fissure, owned by Charles\nBolton, T, Downs andJP._. Wiil.kpr.i- the.\noriginal locators, is another notable\n,{lreat Northern claim. There is an\nImmense body of ore in sight, some of\nvery high grade, but a good deal of it\n.concentrating- Still tbe large quantity of it will, when reduction works\n,are established at Ferguson, make the\nTrue Fissure one of the stand-bys of\nthe camp.\nThe Silver Queen, bonded this year\nhj the owner, J. Stanbert, to a Van-'\n,ecuver syndicate, is an extension of\nthe True Fissure on the north. A\ngood deal of work has been done on\nthe property by the company, which\nhas shown up a splendid body of ore\nin the drifts and crossout.\nThe St, Elmo and Yankee, two\nolaims on the west of and above the\nTrue Fissure and Silver Queen, have\nalso received a good deal of attention\nthis season, The owners are Ben\nBarney and T. Downing, ol Thomson's\nLanding. Considerable ore has been\ntaken out of the St. Elmo, right from\nthe grass roots, and shipments have\nbeen made. The ore has assayed as\nhigh as 210 ounces in silver and 6 dwts,\nof gold.\nTHEY WILL STAND PAT. '\ncountry, to explore it thoroughly. I\nMr. Wilson went over his party's platform clause by clause and explained\nhis idea of keeping Mongolian labor\nout at least of government-aided\nworks, by empowering the lieutonant-\ngovernor-in-council to embody 'in tbe\ncontract between the province and\nany person or persons receiving\nspecial privileges, the straight provision against the employment of thoso\npeople. As a lawyer, he had no doubt\nthat his course would stand the test of\nthe courts. The speaker conoluded\nby aBking his hearers to oarefully go\nover the published platform of his\nparty, and knowing that this platform\nshould be strictly adhered to, asked\nthem to vote the straight Conservative\nticket.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDBevelstoke Herald.\nL\n?\nThe Coming Campaign May Make\nPoliticians Think.\nTHE NEWSPAPER FRATERNITY.\n'The Conservatives Will Rise or SMI\nBy Their Platform.\nSpeaking at New Westminster on\nThursday last Chas. Wilson, Q. p.,\nwho was received with loud applaee,\nsaid that he wished as leader of Ihe\nLiberal-Conservative party, to sate\n. emphatically that they had no\nalliances. They were not connected\nIn any way with the so-called Tuner\nor Cotton parties, but ran flatly on\nthoir platform. \"And,\" said Mr.\" Vll-\naon, \"Messrs. Cotton and Martinjcan\nsettle their domestlo troubles bet\nthemselves.\" He recognized only two\ngreat parties, who frankly took the\n, responsibility for their representat re's\n.actions In the legislature, the Libj-als\n..and the Liberal-Conservatives. 1\nhe returned with his associates\nparty would Bee that he kept tcjtbo\ni published platform. There\nabsolutely no remedy against\nindividual government, such as\nMartin's should the members not\nto keep their promises. A man In\nposition could promise anyt\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDand juggle with mlllians\nrailways to the moon and ojher\nlying places without the slightest\nOf how the n oney wbb to be '\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDid, jind\nonce in power he would fjrgenall\nabout it. Mr. Wilson \jas hn\nfavorable to a polioy of trailbuilfilg\nthrough the mining districts j> em\n. ,the prospector, the plonee! of\nUps and Downs in the Journalistic\nArena.\nR. C. Edwards of Alberta Sun\nfame, has now taken up a strong position in Strathcona, the northern\nterminus of the Calgary & Edmonton\nrailway. He is continuing the light\nwhich the editor of this great mining\njournal left off some five years ago, to\nseek \"taller timber,\" whioh abounds\nto the queen's taste in this land of\nmineral and yellow-loggers. Being\ncontiguous to tbe church fraternity\nand the breweries Is the height of\nBob's ambition. The Eagle would\nstrongly advise editor Edwards to read\nthat noble work \"Fifty-two years without a drink.\" Strathcona i a good\nfield for the Sun. The only jgret is\nthat there will be a funeral soou. And\nBob will be in it.\nThe Independent, the new labor\npaper at Vancouver, edited by Geo.\nBartley, is the best of its kind in\nCanada. Good live well-written\nmatter predominates. The Independent deserves success and if the trades\nunions do their duty it will be a strong\nfactor in bringing about their rights,\nVol. 1 No. 1 of the National Park\nGazette, published by Ike Byers, is to\nhand. It's a 4-page 4-column sheet\ndevotea to advertising the beauties of\nRocky Mountain Park at Banff,\nAlberta. As an old side-kicker, the\nEagle gives ike the irrespressible\nglad band.\nHewitt Bostock has been given some\nstraight pointers by his Liberal\nfriends. The result will likely be that\nhis organs, the Vancouver Province,\nKamloops Sentinel and the little\nrooter, the Golden Era will be whipped\ninto line.\nThe. editor of the Innis fail Free\nLance is surely in love\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDthe news\ncolumns of his paper is positive proof.\nSpring poetry and love's dreams are\nall very well Orville, but wait till\nthere's a Mrs. Fleming.\nThe Rossland Record is a recognized\nanti-eight-hour sheet and supports\nHon. C. B. Macintosh. No one need\nworry about what the \"governor\"\nwould do. He will not be elected.\nT. L. Grahame, a well-known newspaper man at the Coast, is now\nmanaging editor of the Vancouver\nWorld.\nThe Kaslo Kootenain says a park is\nwanted in that town. A newspaper\nwith unpaid opinions is also needed,\nThe Nelson Miner is the organ of\nthe mine owner's association and anti-\nHouston. Houston will be elected.\nThe Eagle's Tab on Lardeau Mining\nOperations.\nBy the time the government at\nOttawa gets around to the anti-Chinese\nlegislation British Columbia will be so\nfull of Orientals that Canadians will\nbe driven out of their own country and\nthe usefulness of the law will have\npassed Into ancient history,\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDSandon\nPaystreak.\nJ. M. Kellie stated positively to the\nEAOLE on Sunday last in Revelstoke\nthat be was out of the political contest\nand also had quit politics. He is an\nopponent of Jos. Martin. Mi1. Kelly\nthinks the Dominion government\nshould take tbe initiatory move in the\ngovernment ownership of railways\nquestion. Perhaps Mr. Kellie Is\nright.\nRalph Smith, an ardent worker in\nthe interests of the masses says of Hon,\nJob. Martin: \"His principles are first\nclass. If Joe Martin gets Into power\nand brings forward the principles he\nhaa laid down I will support him.\nBut I don't think he will get the\npower, and If he gets the power I don't\nthink he will bring them forward.\nTo say that I would not support the\nprinciples would be a misstatement,\nfor if he brings forward a good\nprinoiple I will certainly support it.\"\nBoth the Federal Parties Will Find\nReal Issues Before Them.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDUnited\nAction Will Be Taken by the\nTrades' Unions and 'Government Ownership \" Advooates.\nNever before in the history of the\nworld was there such a struggle to\nobtain better conditions for the masses\nof the people, than we find at the present time.\nNever before were the conditions of\nthe masses exactly the same as they\nare to-day. On one side we find a\nsmall minority of persons using every\neffort to centralize capital, to corner\ncommodities of every description, and\nform a system of gigantic trusts and\ncombines, such as was never before\nheard of or expected.\nOn this same side we find tbe advocates of imperialism, militarism, gold\nstandardism, monopoly, and every\nform of selfish greed and unbridled\nambition. This small minority of\ncapitalistic chess-players are cute\nenough to blind the eyes of a large\nmajority of the masBes to the real\nissues of the struggle, by substituting\na number of straw-men, and getting\ntheir dupes to fight these straw-men\nwhile they (the capitalists) are plundering tbem on every hand. One of\nthese straw-men is called the tariff,\nand this badly battered and bruised\nscarecrow is every once in a while\nbrought out and pounded over, aud\nknocked around by the dupes in order\nto distract attention from tbe real\nscheme of the leading chess-players.\nAnother of the leading straw-men\nwhieh is brought out without fail on\nall occasions, and paraded before the\neyes of the masses with all the necessary accompaniments of kettle-drums\nand martial music is\"oalled \"Patriotism.\"\nStill another straw man has appeared in the last few years, and has\nsucceeded In drawing the attention of\nthe masses away from the real issue,\nand given the capitalistic chessplayers an awful good chance to get\nin some of their plundering schemes,\nand this one has a high sounding\nname, which consists of sound more\nthan anything else, this straw-man\nenjoys the euphonious name of \"Prosperity.\"\nThere are a number of other straw-\nmen who serve the purpose they are\nintended for, to take: the attention of\nthe masses from the real question at\nissue. The real question, which is\ndaily growing into greater prominence\nin this and all the leading commercial\ncountries is this: Shall the masses\nwho create wealth by the sweat of\ntheir brow, the work of their intellect\nand the labor of their hands, have the\nbenefits acoruing from such wealth (?\nor shall it be used for the aggrandizement of a few individuals, and make\nslaves of the many? The present\nindications are that the present age of\nunbridled ambition to gain commercial\nadvantages by subjugating weaker\npeople, is drawing to a close, and a\ngrander era of co-operative endeavor\nto benefit the whole human family Is\ngradually coming In. The rallying\ncry of every true social reformer at the\npresent day should be: \"Public\nownership of all industries controlled\nby monopolies, trusts and combines.\"\nThe Monitor, Mogul. Lade Group,\nSilver Belt, Big Five Group, Mabel\nGroup, Richmond, Morning Star,\nLodestar Group, Clipper, Black\nDiamond, Morning Glory, Etc.\nThu Monitor und Mogul.\nThese claims are situated between\nFerguson and Circle City on the north\nfork of the Lardeau river. The\nproperties cover a surface area of over\none hundred acres, having a frontage\non*ho Lardeau river of 1,500 feet, with\na depth of 3,000 feet along the course\nof tho leads. They are also well\ntimbered. There are evidences of\nfour separate and distinct loads on the\nproperty. Of these only two have\nbeen prospected to any extent, but the\nwork done has shown good ore, and\ndepth will no doubt produce it in paying quantities. Two assays made by\nDr. F. T. Harrison, government\nanalyst and assayer, gave returns of\n$136.00 and $182.00 to the ton, respectively. The development work already\ndone consists principally of some 65\nfeet of tunnel, the larger or No. 1 being in some 50 feet, the second about\n15 feet. The ore showings in the\ntunnels are particularly good. At the\nsurface of the larger or No. 1 tunnel\nthe ore showings are but a few inches\nwido, but widen out at the crosscut\n(some 30 feet or so in) to over 3 feet in\nwidth. These tunnels will be continued as soon as men can be got to\nwork, the intention of the management being to turn the property into a\nshipper as soon as possible, and every\nenergy will be bent in that direction.\nAs it is a first-class tunnelling proposition, and will be worked assuch. The\nproperty can be operated at very much\nless expense 'than if shafting and\nmachinery was necessary.\ntended to nearly 10 feet. Mr. Irwin\nloaves this weektoarrange, if possible,\nfor work to commence on June 1st.\nThe shaft will bo continued to a 50 ft.\nlovel, then tho owners will drift un the\nlend and tako out enough oro for a tost\nshipment. The Mubol group is said\nby those who should know, to bo a very\npromising property. Tho EAOLE will\nlly that way in July.\nSllvnr Bolt.\nOn this property a great deal of\nwork has beon done, consisting\nprincipally of a shaft and a tunnel.\nOn the large stringer which traverses\nthe claim, a shaft has beon sunk 55 ft.\nin depth, and driven towards this\nshaft, with the double purposo of cross-\ncutting the lead and tapping said\nshaft, was a tunnel of 200 ft. This\ntunnol tapped the shaft at a distance\nof 00 ft., aftor which it was continued\non the main ledge, exposing a cloarly\ndefined vein lying between walls and\nslate. The vein is heavily imprograted\nwith galena, and it is expocted that 50\nor 60 feet more will bring thu drift\ndirectly under the big surface shewing\nto the north east of tho shaft. Very\nrich ore was encountered while sinking\nthe shaft, samples from which ran\nfrom $500 to $600 to the ton.\nThe Lade Group.\nOn the north side of the properties\nworked is a large area of limestone,\nlying on the south are a series of foliated rocks consisting of argellites,\nslaty and schistose distinctly micacious\nin places. Throughout the argellite\nquartz veins, bands and seams are\nin evidence, some having a northwest\nand southeast trend, whilst the greater\nnumber are running diagonally across\nthe formation until they junction with\nthe lime. In the latter or cross veins\ntbe native gold and telluridcs are met\nwith, varying in width from one to\ntwelve or more inches and exceedingly\nrich in places. Looking at these veins\nnnd seams from a miner's point of view\nthe natural conclusion is that they are\nshoots or feeders to a main or true\nlisBuro vein whioh requires timo and\nmoney to demonstrate. At tho present\ncapital is needed to carry out a system\nof exploratory work. The first would\nbo to follow the larger ore seams to\ntlie true vein. When this is reached\nthe mines could bo at once systematically laid out, quickly opened and dev\nelopment pushed ahead, so that largo\nbodies of ore could be easily handled\nand economically marketed. Returns\nfrom work already done speaks volumes\nfor the future of the Lade group as a\ngold producer and it will be at no distant day when this property will bo\ncontributing its golden share to the\n6tores of the world's wealth.\nBig Fivo Oroup.\nThis well known groupbn tho north\nfork will be tlie scene of considerable\ndevelopment work this season, as soon\nas pack horses can go up-over the at\npresent snowbound trails, it being'at\nmuch higher latitude than hero.\nThere are three leads running through\na group of four of the claims which\nextend into tho glacier, one of which\nis well worth devoloping, as oro can bo\ntaken out from the first shot In.\nTransportation facilities is all that\nprevents more work being done.\nCapital is needed to handle this, as\nnearly every other proposition in the\ncamp. There are a few grass-root\nshippers, but everybody can't own\nthem. The Big Five is well worth a\nvisit from anyono looking for a legitimate investment. It will stand\ninvestigation.\nThe Richmond.\nThis prospect is located three-quarters of a mile from Circlo City, about\nseven miles from Ferguson, on Galena\ncreek, which empties into the north\nfork of the Lardeau at Circle City.\nThe Richmond is a galena-copper\nproposition being a sideline extension\nof the Rob Roy and Highland Chief.\nAssays $15 in copper, 30 per cent, silver and 50 per cent, lead have been\nreceived by tbe owners, L, Thompson\nand J. C. Kirkpatrick. Assessment\nwork will be done in June.\nThe Lodestar Group.\nThe steamer Marion, a bandy little\nstern-wheeler will run between Kaslo\nand the Duncan this season. She is 72\nfeet keel by 134 beam and is owned by\nthe Lodestar Gold Mining and Developing Co., who havo a number of claims\nin the Carrol basin, Hall crook, which\nthe company intend working during\nthe coining summer. This group comprises the Lodestar, Silver Bowl, Silver Spray, Mountain View and Royal\nClipper.\nS PUBLICITY\nLack of Advertising Keenly Felt\nin the Lardeau.\nLOTS OB LUMBER SOON.\nMessrs. Davis & Footo of Revelstoke\nhave purchased the Ferguson saw mill\nand timber limit. They will return\nhere next week with additional\nnecessaries for the mill, horses, etc.,\nand start the mill a humming. They\nwere here last Friday and Saturday\nand gave the plant a trial 'which\nproved satisfactory. The townsite\ncompany alone has arranged .for a lot\nDf lumber for sidewalk purposes,\nSeveral buildings will be erected here\nas Boon as the lumber Is cut.\nWhiskey Point Gold Proposition.\nJ. A. Magoe Is doing assessment\nwork on his claim on Whiskoy point\nnear Comaplix. Assays received from\nthis claim run from $16 to $100 In gold.\nMorning Glory.\nJas. H. Diinmlck is busy representing tho Morning Glory mineral claim\nabovo and an oxtension of the Sultana\nnear Comaplix.\nThe Mabel Group.\nThis well known group consisting of\nfive claims, the Mabol, Virginia,\nBlack Eagle, Rainy Lake and Nora\nLee, is located at the hoad of 8-mile\ncreek right on the divide, only a short\nwalk from the Silver Cup. The group\nis owned by C. A. Irwin, E. M. Morgan and Frank Levitt. The Virginia,\nit should be understood is an\nextension of the Lucky Jim, the\nfamous gold property, a small\ninterest in which Orange Hamilton\nsold for $500 cash a few weeks ago to a\npartner. It gives good average values,\n$10 in gold, 80 ounces silver and 83 per\ncent. lead. The development work is\nnow being concentrated upon this\nclaim. On the others very little work\nhas yot been done. The work on the\nVirginia consists of a 30-foot inoline\nshaft sunk on tho lead. Oro taken\nfrom the Mabel runs from $18.60 to\n$35 in gold, (HJ ounces In silver and 65\nper eont. load. The lodge mutter on\nthe Virginia at'the surface ,waB four\nfoet wide und has now, at 30 feet, ex-\nThe K. G. und J. T.\nWork was commenced on tho abovo\nclaims with five men last week. This\npromising group is located seven miles\ndown Trout lako. A $50,000 option\nexpiring Juno 1st has been given on\nthis property, tho owners having\nreceived $500 down. Mr. Lauthers\nsays they expect to drive a 60 foot tunnel this month.\nMorning Star.\nH. Carter and L. Thompson camo in\nfrom their ranch on the north fork,\nCirclo City, on Wednesday last and\nwont up the south fork the same evening to represent the Morning Star, a\nprospect on 5-mile creek owned by\nthemselves and J. C. Kirkpatrick.\nIB WML KNOWN\nA Splendid Opportunity For Concerted Action by Those Already\nin the District to Make Known\nTho Wonderful Mineral Resources of the Lardeau District.\nIt must bo apparent to the most\nsuperficial observer that the prosperity\nof any soction deponds upon its re-\nresources. No town can have a permanent and steady growth unless there\nis something behind it to give confidence. Largo towus spring up in\nagricultural communities, and in\nplaces where large capital is oiiiploycd\nin manufacturing. Mining has been\nthe cause of building up large towns,\nas Denver, Leadville, Rossland, etc.,\nbut these towns were tho result of\nlegitimate and profitable mining. Had\nthe mines in the vicinity of those towna\nbeen allowod to remain undeveloped,\nnothing would have been heard of\nthem, but now they are known all over\nthe world. The conditions of affairs\nin tho Lardeau is this: No organized\neffort has ever boon made to let the\noutsido world know what wo have in\nthe shape of mineral. Tho people\nhave been and are apathetic and have\nnot taken advantage of the many\nopportunities which have been offered\nto advertise the country and its\nresources. A few years ago a small\nexhibit was sent to tho Spokane fruit\nfair, and it attracted more attention\nthan any other mineral display. Visitors were astonished at the variety\nand character of the minerals, but\nthere was comparatively no advertising matter on hand to give people\nwho were anxious to know more of a\ncountry which could produce such\nminerals, The result was not\nsatisfactory to the exhibitors or the\ngeneral public. Since that time but\none exhibit has been sent down to tbe\nfair. This also attracted attention,\nbut the expense of the exhibit bore so\nhard upon two or three people that for\ntbe past two years no exhibit has been\nmade. Thero are many ways of making the Lardeau known and it is a\nwonder that something has not been\ndone befoi'e to attract capital.\nIt is sure that men with money are\nnot roaming about the country seeking\ninvestment in localities of which they\nhave no knowledge. The question of\nadvertising the country is one that\nshould be properly takon hold of by a\ngood strong committee of those\ndirectly interested. That is tho only\nway it can be done effectively.\nIndividual effort is very well, but\nconcerted action is much better.\nThere are several methods which can\nbe oraployed but which is the best is\nfor tho cotumitteo to determine. This\nmuch is sure, Ferguson will not enjoy\na soason of prosperity unless the mineB\nare dovelopod, but it tho outsido world\nis to bo kept Ignorant of tho fact that\nwe have mineral in the mountains in\nthis vicinity, why, wo can be unpro-\ngressivo and lot other more enterprising districts got ahead of us in tho\nrace for supremacy.\nTho remedy is in our own hands, and\nif we negleci tlio opportunities offered\nus wo must take the oonsequonoes. It\nis with communities as with individuals, .and as Cassias says go\nBrutus, \"The fault, dear Brutus, is\nnot in our stars, that wo aro underlings,\nbut in ourselves.\"\nTho abovo suggestion Is due the Fort\nStoele Prospector. The subject matter\nhas been applied by tho Eagle to the\nLardoau.\nTho Clipper.\nC. A. Irwin arrived in Forguson on\nFriday last. Ho has finished assessment work on tho Clipper, about four\nmiles from Comaplix on Great\nWestorn mountain. Mr. Irwin exbi-\nted somo fair surfacu samples taken\nfrom tho Clipper.\nTho Sliver Tip Co.\nThis company will start\nwork on\ntheir property just us soon as circumstances and snow permit. They intend\nto push development and make a\nshipper if possiblo in timo to givo tho\nnew railroad tonnage.\nMAIL SERVICE IMPROVEMENT.\nJohn R. Greenfield, postofflco inspector, was in Ferguson on official\nbusinoss on Friday last. Mr. Greenfield, aftor inquiring into tho inefficiency of tho mail service, intends to\nlay a report boforo tho postal\nauthorities which will largely remedy\nthe present outrageous delays and layovers of mail for and from this point.\nArrangements will bo made to have\nthe mail reach hore and Trout Lake\nCity tho same day as it loaves Arrowhead, returning tho sumo night, thus\noatchingtbe outgoing boat for Arrowhead which will thon arrive in timo to\nmake connections with the Revelstoke\ntrain tho came afternoon, The south\ngoing mail loaving the following\nmorning instead of a 24-hour layover\nas at prosont.\n~..--m\": THE FERGUSON EAGLE, FERGUSON, B. C, MAT 9, 1900.\nTHE FERGUSON EAGLE\nPuhHlhed everv Wednesday mornluK at 1\noffice of publication, Ferguson. B. C., by\nn. p. rarriFiaoai.\nAdvertising Katet: Display ads, sl.fi.) jper\neolamn Inch. Legal ads, lite per tuoiiiiRiiel) line\nfor Hrst Insertion: 8c for each Additional insertion.\nReading notices 10c per line eai-b Issue. Birth,\nMarriage and Death notices free.\nSubscription Hates: By mail or carrier. 12.00\nper annum; M.oo for six months. Stopped ut\nexpiration.\nJob Department: The Rauut Juli Department\nIs well equipped, and is prepared to execute all\nkinds of printing at honest prices. Mail orders\npromptly attended to. GWe us a trial on your\nnext order.\nAddress all communications lo\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nTHE FERGUSON EAOLE,\nFerguson, B. 1\nWEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 1900.\nLEANING UN OTIIKKS.\nMany people are continually\nIxmsting about their relations,\nseeming to think that this\nwill reflect credit upon themselves and cause the community to\nworship them move or less. One\nman will tell you that his ancestor\nplayed poker with King Billy just\nbefore the battle of the Boyne.\nAnother says that his brother once\nlooked at the Queen. A nother had\na distant relative who lent Napoleon\na pair of snowshoes upon the retreat from Moscow. Another's\ngreat ancestor stole the axe with\nwhich George Washington assassinated the cherry tree. And thus\nwearisome people bore a community\nwith tales of other's deeds, vainly\nthinking that some of the glory\ncasts a halo of merit or romance\nover their own common lives. We\nsaw this mania strikingly illustrated in Petrolia about 20 years\nago. Archibald Forbes, the well-\nknown war correspondent delivered\na lecture one evening in that oily\ntown. After it was over many of\nthe citizens were introduced to the\nfamous writer. Among those present was a very pompous individual,\naccompanied by his wife and sister-\nin-law. As he shook hands with\nForbes he stammered, ''You know.\na-w, Mr. Forbes, that my wife and\nher sister are, a-w, related to the\nPrince Imperial of France.\"\n\"Indeed!\" said Forbes, ''and by\nwhat line?''\nThe ancestral line was given, and\nsilence fell over the crowd. We\nwere all standing in the presence of\nroyalty, tilled with two much awe\nfor utterance. Later in the night\nForbes said as he emptied a tankard\nof ale with a few of us over at\nCharley Errington's. 'What kind\nof a man is that gentleman who\nsaid his wife was related to the\nPrince Imperial of France.\" We\nassured him that he was one of our\nmost honored and respected citizens. \"Cannot help saying he is\nsomewhat foolish in claiming relationship by the line he does. The\nhead of that line was a gambler in\nParis and had his head cut off by\nthe authorities, while his wife was\nmore or less prominent in maison\nde joie circles.\"\nThus it will be seen that it does\nnot, always pay to blow about our\nancestors, especially to people who\nare posted. Better let dead relations alone. Some of them may\nhave been noble and great, but.\nthen, again, many of them may\nhave been horse thieves and left\nthis earth for lack of support for\ntheir feet.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDThe Ledge.\nequal rights to all soldiers, whether\nborn in a plebeian hut or some old\nruined castle. There lias been too\nmuch titled gold lace and not enough of brains among the officers of\nEngland's army, with the result\nthat much blood and treasure has\nbeen wasted, even in South Africa.\nThe business men of Spokane are\nno better than a band of robbers.\nThey seem to have formed a union\nfor the purpose of getting exorbitant prices for everything they have\nto sell. This may do for a time,\nbut eventually the masses will\navoid a city in which they are\ncinched by ft greedy lot of dollar\nworshipers,\nMatrimony is easy of acquirement in Burniah. When a girl\nwants to many a man she offers\nhim ft piece of candy. If he eats it\nshe is his'n, and no further ceremony is necessary. In Canada,\nyoung men often try to win girls\nby giving them candy. They seldom succeed with one piece, and\neven when they do it requires a\nparson to bind the bargain by a\nlegal flow of words which are supposed to hold good until death\nreaches out for either party.\nTBT SULPHIJK.\nHave you tried sulphur in your\nsocks, as a preventive against Grippe.\nIt you have not, then try it for\nit cannot burn you, even if it does\nno good.\nPersons subject to colds have tried\nit and secured freedom from any approach to a cold.\nIt is a fact when a few years ago\nGrippe prevailed in Boston that ot 43\npersons employed in Byam's Match\nFactory not one waB attacked.\nIt has been proved at Memphis, as\na preventive of yellow fever\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDalso on\nthe evidence of a German medical\nwriter that it has proved a complete\nprotection against cholera and other\nepidemic diseases\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDalso that those\nworking the sulphur mines of Italy\nescape the malaria which prevails\nall about them\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDalso that sulphur in\nthe shoes has cured various cases of\nrheumatism\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDalso sulphur taken internally or worn in the shoes has suff\nicient power to pass through the body,\nthe clothing and the pocket-book,\nblackening the silver there,\nIt is also a fact that on California\nranches where walnuts are prepared\nfor tho market the shells are bleached by the uss oi brimstone tomes,\nand that the men baring charge of\nthat work are never touched by the\ngrippe, influenza or other epidemics\nwhioh attack their fellow-lalorers on\nthe same estates\nPut a half teaspoonful of powdered\nsulphur in each sock, about twice a\nweek.\nChryeoprase is a rare variety of chal\ncedony, is of value. It is found in limited quantities in Tulare connty, Cal.,\nin Jackson county, Ore., near Rutland,\nV ermont, and lower Sileiiia.\nIn Russia women are employed aa\napothecaries. In tho State and municipal dispensaries women prescription\nclerks stand nn tho same footing as\nmen, while in the lartre cities like St.\nPetersburg, Moscow and Kiew there\nare pharmacies in which the business\nis conducted entirely by women.\nOrdinary yellow bar soap rubbed well\ninto the tlireadB of a pipe (the grease\nbeing thoroughly removed) will make a\nprotrnleum-tight joint\nffl The Calgary M\nH Brewing & Malting Go., Ltd. H\nM Calgary, Alberta DC\nffl Calgary Lager j?\nH XXX ALBS XXXSTOCT }J\nII BUFFALO BRAND AERATED WATERS M\nW*J ALL LEADING HOTELS HANDLE OCR fiOODS. \f\i\nFIIIS I.OWKRVS UPPER STUPE.\nNew Denver Ledge\nBilly Tiehitter: \"Here I am in\nthe Slocan with no money, reputation or clothes. What will I do?\"\nJohnny Handout: \"Run for the\nlegislature. It, is the latest graft\nout.\" \t\nThe Japs are pouring into Can\nada and we cannot stop them for\nImperial reasons. When they and\nthe yellow scum of China ruin the\nlabor market of this glorious coun\ntry of Imperial reasons we suppose\nour kind-hearted and considerate\nFederal government will provide\nfor a white nation of paupers.\nThe British army needs repairing, and an antidote for blue blood\ncommissions. In the past birth has\nhad more to do with becoming an\nofficer than merit. A man born\noutside the charmed circle of titles\nhas never had a chance to rise in\nthe British army. This should be\ndone away with right, quick and a\nstandard of merit adopted, giving\nA Rich, Safe,\nInvestment\nValues Exposed Prove It\nSILVER BELT GROUP (3 CLAIMS)\nThis property, already developed to the extent of 270\nfeec, and now fully recognized in this wonderfully rich\ndistrict, as one of the best, having large outcropping of\nhigh grade concentrating ore and ample water power to\nmill it cheaply, and solid galena assaying $100 to $532\nper ton, is about to be incorporated for $250,000, in 25c\nshares. Some promoters' shares are dow offered for Syndicate's purposes at 10c, which will be taken up by Treasury shares after incorporation, that are expected to sell at\npar at least, as the capitalization is small. Investigation\nrequested, and can be quickly made, as the property is\nloeally so well known; or further information will be\nfurnished on request.\nGEO. H. NORTON,\nST. THOMAS, ONTARIO.\nOne of thel three Trustees holding title, Treasurer of\nSyndicate, Private Banker, etc.\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD'\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDy\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD>%%'i\nSmoke\nRoyal Seal,\nKootcRay Belle,\nLittle Gem Cigars\nUNION MADE\n-?aa-By tbe>*a\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDt~-\nKOOTENAY CIGAf* WFO CO.\nNelson, B. G.\nSee that the Blue Label is en eash box\neW******************\nFERGUSON\nIa the Natural and Commercial Centre\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nTHE PAYROLL TOWN\nOver one hundred and fifty men now working in the\nWonderful\nmew mimes\nNow being developed by strong, practical companies.\nHOTEL FERGUSON\nTHE PIONEER HOTEL.\nOF THE LARDEAU\nThe Bar is supplied with the best brands of Wines. Liquors and Cigars.\nHeadquarters for Mining and Commercial Men.\nRATES, $2 A DAY AND UPWARDS\nFERGUSON BROS., Proprietors.\nMSniirag Companies'\nHeadoffJiGes\nAre being located in Ferguson. Stores and Stocks are\nbeing enlarged. Properties are changing hands.\nCapitalists are appearing on the scene.\nSmelter men are on the Ground.\nRailway Construction has practically\nbegun, and the entire district is\ncoming rapidly to the front.\nGome straight to\nFERGUSON\nThe Rossland-Nelsonofthe Lardeau\nFor farther information, write or\nW. N. BAAYTON,\n0*MralA|tat.\nHENRY FLOYD, THE FERGUSON EAGLE, FERGUSON, B. C, MAY 9, 1900.\nTHE LOCAL FIELD\nKeep your eye on Ferguson.\n* Buy your writing pails at tho\nEagle oflieo.\nTCalpli Smith and John Houston,\nare opposed to Joseph* Martin.\n* liurdoek and Sarsaparilla Compound, the beBt spring rnedieine, \"Gets.\na bottle at Abey's.\n.Tdhn Bull, dealer in lino tailor-made\nclothing, of Slocan, li. 0\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD was in town\non Friday soliciting orders.\n* if y.ou want all the mining news of\ntho Lardoau all the timo become a\npaid-up reader of tho EAGLE.\nlion. Smith Curtis is tho Liberal\nCandidate in the Rossland riding. He\nis also spoken of as a Martin candidate\nIn this riding;\nA. McPherson, a Nettie L. miner,\nleft for Revelstoko on Friday, until.the\nmine is rid of snow and surfaco water,\npossibly a couple of weeks yet.\n\"Dad\" Block, of tlio firm of McKinnon\n& Sutherland, is taking a week's holiday renewing old acquaintances in tho\nSlocan, and also looking after his\nmining interests there.\nA. W. Siegol, a prominent mining\nman in Spokane, in sending along the\nprice for having the' Eagle -fly his\n.way, says: \"You aro undoubtedly doing good work for your section here.\"\n\"iff. M. Lawrence, a hardware man\nat Revelstoke, was the choice of the\nMartin-Liberal convention on Saturday. H. A. Brown, L. Lewis, F.\nLewis, etc., were other names mentioned.\nTho townsite company intend to\nclear and grade Walker avenue as soon\nas possible. A sidewalk will be laid\non the north side from one end to tbe\nother, over half a mile. A number of\n\"business houses will be erected on tbo\navenue shortly.\n.1. J. Langstaff of the Trout Lake\nTopic, went out to Revelstoke on Sunday. He will possibly act as a guide\nfor W. M. Lawrence, his candidate,\nMr. Lawrence never having been in\nthis district or any other portion of\nthe riding except the town of Revelstoke, in his life.\nFerguson is possessed of all tho\nnecessaries for completely outfitting\nall the prospectors. It has four good\nhotels, three general stores, a good\nsawmill, and is the headquarters for\na transportation company. Tho mail\narrives three times a week in the\ndistrict. And there's plenty of country\nto prospect.\nMessrs. Kinman of Trout Lake City,\nwith three proxies from that place,\nand Loverlng of Arrowhead with no\nproxies, wore, the EAGLE is informed,\nthe only outside delegates that\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD..attcnd-\ned the Martin-Liberal convention at\nRevelstoke on Saturday. Ferguson\nsent none.\nThat irrepressible journalist, Parin.\nPettipieee, remembered by many old\nfriends in Strathcona, is dishing up\nevery week one of the brightest papers\nin British Columbia. His publication,\nthe Ferguson Eagle, is certainly\nadvertising that Lardeau country as\nno country ever was advertised before.\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDThe Alberta Sun.\nThe C. P. R. now issues return\ntickets good for 30. days all the year\nround between the undermentioned\npoints in WeBt Kootenay and tho\nHalcyon Hot Springs, at tho following\nreduced rates: From Revelstoke,\n$2.25; Sandon, $3.85 ; Robson,' .$6.72 ;\nNelson, $7.00; Sloean , City $4.35;\nTrail, 87.00; Rossland, $S.2u; Kaslo,\n$9.75; Ainsworth, $8.20; New' Denver,\n$3.35.\nHenry Floyd, Ferguson's local town-\nsite agent, roturned from California,\nwhere with his family 'he spent tho\nwinter, on Wednfaday eyoning last.\nHo has opened up his olllco and is hard\nat work catching up with unfinished\nbusiness. He reports sales vory good,\nThe townsite company intond to do\nconsiderable clearing, additional sur\nveying, laying out streets and make\nother improvements at once.\nThe citizens of Ferguson and district\nare circulating a petition this week\nasking that Mr. Bostock use his\ninfluence in getting a dally mail ser\nvice, in view of the increasing\nImportance of this camp as a labor\nemployer and ore shipper. The\ncircumstances are hard enough, lack\nof railway transportation, etc' for the\npresent, without having to bear with a\nbackwoods mail service. There is\nevery likelihood that Mr, Bostock will\nsecure the daily mail service all right.\nA. G. Fraser, a business man from\nfire sti'icken Kuskonook, who lost\neverything, was in town on Thursday\nand Friday. He purchased tho old\nbrewery building and tho two. Jots\nunder it, and will .remodel and finish\nthe building as soon as lumber is\navailable. This will probably bo one\nof the first stores on Walker avonuo,\nas Mr. Fraser Intends to put in a com<\nplete stock of goods just as soon as the\ntownsite company complete .clearing\nWalker avenue'and finish tho sidewalk.\nA. C. Cummins is in Trout Lake City.\n11. Carter is suffering from a\nsprained ankle.\nArthur Evans came in from Revelstoke on Sunday cvoning.\nComaplix and Ferguson need and are\nentitled to a public school.\nChas. Wilson will bo here about the\n20th to address tho electors.\nJ. W. Westfall and J. Smith went up\nto pay tho Silver Cup a visit yesterday.\nA train load of lumber will be ship-\nlied from Kaslo to Sandon at once.\nSandon will lie rebuilt with all hasto.\nIf you havo any mining news send it\nto tho Eagle without delay. Tho\nEagle helps those whohelpthemselves.\nA collection in aid of tho Sandon firo\nSufferers was taken up In the Methodist\nchurch at Revelstoko on Sunday oven-\ning.\nThe editor of the Topic has written\nanother bombastic letter to himsolf.\nHis Ferguson correspondent still hides\nin shame.\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD * H. L. Loverlng will bo in tho Lardeau in a fow weeks with a fine line of\nwall paper. Watch for his announcement late''.\n. J. Mesley is still at the Halcyon Hot\nSprings, but is improving slowly.\nThere aro a number of rheumatism\npatients at the Springs now.\nCJhas. F. Lindmark, of the firm of C.\nB. Hume & Co., general merchants at\nTrout Lake, City and Revelstoke,\nreturned from a live months' visit in\nS.vedon on Sunday evening last.\nFred. Desjardine has opened the\nblacksmith shop vacated by H. Jackson, who enlisted with Strathcona's\nHorse, and intends to carry on an\nextensive business in his line.\nAsk yourself this question. \"Is my\nsubscription paid?\" \"If not a subscriber why not?\" Praise and\ncommendation is cheap. But it takes\ncart wheels to buy whis\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDrun a newspaper. Savee.\nOn June 1st tho Imperial Limited\ntime table will go into effect. Ferguson mail will then arrive about noon\nthe same day as it roaches Arrowhead.\nA dally mail service will also be in\nvogue in the Lardeau by that time if\nthe postal department grants us our\nrights as expected.\nThe Rossland Miner of the 5th says:\nTho Lardeau section (whioh includes\nTrout Lake division) will come more\nprominontly to the front this year than\never before, and is certain to have\nsome surprises for those who invest in\nshares of companies owning properties\nthere, as it is a region of rich and\neasily developed ledges.\nFred. Roth, tho well known representative of tho Inland Cigar Mfg.\nCompany of B. C, Kamloops, has\nsevered his connection with that firm\nand his noxt visit to the Lardeau will\nbe in the interests of Kelly, Dougla3 &\nCo., wholesale grocers, etc., Vancouver. Mr. Roth has charge of tho cigar\nand tobacco department.\nIt is the intention of the Halcyon\nHot Springs management to hold a\nregatta at that point the latter end of\nAugust. Prizes. and excursion rates\nare now being arranged for. A four\noar, two-ore, canoe, ladies', sailing and\nother races are on the program. More\nparticulars will be made known In a\nweek or two.\nA business man of Trout Lake City\nin writing tho Eagle refers to the\nnomination of Martin delegates In this\nway: \"At the meetlnghere there were\nprobably twenty-five' or thirty present.\nAll were Taylor men with tho excep'\ntion of six or sevon. Wheu a vote was\ncalled for only six held their hands up\nat any time.\" Comment is quite\nunnecessary.\nCapt. Ida Gain and Cadet Duncan\nMonroe of the Salvation Army at\nRevelstoke, were in Forguson on Monday .and last evening and held successful meetings in tho interests of the\nBelf-denial fund. Yesterday thoy\nvisited the Nettie L. mino, Tho\nSalvation Army croated more stir hero\nthan all the politicians in the provinco\ncould hope to.\nThe Fred Robinson Lumber Co.,\nlimited, is the name of the new firm at\nComaplix and* Revelstoke, beinp- a\nconsolidation of the Revelstoke Saw\nMills and the Kootenay Lumber Co.\nFred. Robinson is the new manager.\nHis experience as a lumber and mill\nman iB sufficient to assure the new\ncompany of success. The mills will be\nin full swing in a few days^ There is a\nbig cut on hand.\nThe s. s. Lardeau had to wait just\nexactly thirty-two minutes after her\nschedulod time on Monday mornin:\nlast at Arrowhead for the Larder i\nmoil. The train arrived at Arrowhead\nat 9:35. Tho boat should leave at 10\no'clock In order to give Craig & Hillman, tho mail carriers, a chance to\narrive here early in the afternoon.\nEither Postmaster Newman needs help\nor a mall clerk should bo put on tho\nArrowhead branch. This dilly-dallying business must lease.\nSCREAMLETS.\nAll eyes aro fixed on tbe Lardeau.\nThore aro t.hroo rapid means of\nspreading nows; telephone, telegraph\naud toll a woman.\nThe Eagle understands that tho\nLiberals of Revelstoke are going to\nmake that place a Beaport town.\nIf the govornmont controlled railroads the Lardeau would havo ii,\nrailway as quickly us it could be built.\nAnd a smelter too.\nPolitics is not bothoring the Lardeau\npeople very much. The development\nof mining properties is receiving thoir\nundivided utteution.\nBob. Green is a Conservative and\ncandidate in the Slocan. Mr. Groen,\nliko Mr. Taylor is solid on the two\nvital questions at issue\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDthe government ownership of railways and the\neight-hour law. Both are certain of\neloction.\nHanging would be too good for the\nchinamen who so outrageously\nbutchered chief Main at Steveston.\nTouch tho home wreckers and red\nlight fraternity makers a lesson.\nEvery Chinaman in the province\nshould witness the execution. And no\none will need to bo paid to cut the\nMongolian loose.\nT. A. Wilson, M. D.\nPHYSICIAN AND SOBOEONi\nFerguson, B. C.\nFred C. Elliott,\nBARRISTER, NOTARY PUBLIC, ETC.,\nTROUT LAKE CITY B. C, AND\nFerguson, B, C.\nHarvey, McCarter tf Pinkham\nBARRISTERS, SOLICITORS, ETC.\nOFFICE8 : REVELSTOKE AND GOLDEN.\nSolicitors lor Imperial Bank of Canada,\nGoo. S. McCarter. J. A. Harvey.\nA. M. Pinkham.\nWhite, Gwillim tf Scott,\nBARRISTERS, SOLICITORS, ETC.\nOFFICES: McKENZIE AVENUE,\nRevelstoke, B. C.\nA.H. Holdich, M.C.M.I.,\nASSAYER AND ANALYTICAL CHEMIST,\nRevelstoke, B. C.\nThere is some talk here of running\nin tho gold brick proposition on the\noccasion of Mr. Lawrence's first and\nlast visit to the Lardeau. Mr.\nLawrence lacks J. M. Kellie's initiatory ability in the knowledge of wildcats. Here's a chance for a \"sluff\"\nboys. Mr. Lawrence should be dead\neasy.\nThe loudest kickers against Thos.\nTaylor are those whom Tom has assisted in times gohe by. Mr. Taylor is a\npoor man, but the Eagle will venture\nto say that ho still has a few unpaid\nminer's license accounts in his possession. If those who are trying to pick\nflaws in his career would reflect over\ntho good turns Tom has done them\nfrom time to time, their opinion would\nbe much Improved.\nThe EaglE has oft times noticed\nthat the man who 'backcaps his local\nnewspaper, (but never contributes a\ncent towards its support), does not advertise ;in it, but away from home, is\nfond of rushing into print (so long as\nit costs nit and identity is unknown (?)\nand attends to other people's business\nbetter than his own, is gonerally the\nman who does not succeed in business.\nHistory repeats itself.\nTho Eagle always welcomes intelligent and honest discussion of the\nprinciples that it advocates, from\nwhatever source it may come. It has\nno time to waste on tho punny liars\nwho seek for notoriety by ascribing to\nit positions that it does not hold and\nattributing to it utterances that it has\nnot made. Therefore it pays little\nattention to the malicious and mendacious ravings of a fow soreheads who\nfear a working man will soon assumo\nthe dignity of M. P. P.\nThere is no valid reason why the\npostal department of Canada could not\nbe doing more than half the \"express\"\nbusiness now carried by private companies. The government should fix\nreasonable rates for this class of\nmatter. It could bo done cheaper and\nbetter than it is at present, and there\nwould then be no deficit. Post office\nemployees could bo paid a fair wage\nwith an ,eight-hour day. If Mr. Mul-\nock washes to do something that will\nwin him the confidence of the whole\npeople of Canada let him branch oat in\nthis direction.\nThe practical ethics of socialism are\nmaking groat headway in the west.\nHugh John Macdonald is spreading\nits tenets, porhaps unconsciously, in\nManitoba, and every platform in sight\nin our own provincial political lumber\nyard is full charged with tho same\ncommendable material. Our politi\nclans are imbibing the socialistic\nozone in large doses, for they know it\nis the elixir of life to this and coming\ngenerations. Public franchises for\nthe public and froedon for all are\npowerful lovers with the masses.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDSlo\ncan Drill.\nCash In Your\nCheque\nBut hold out enough to get a SUIT from\nthe best tailoring establishment in North\nKootenay. Many miners and others In the\nLardeau district tiro already my regular\ncustomers. But with more and BUTTER\nLINKS OF STOCK I want new trade.\nTry mc once. I'll take chances on your\nnext order.\nR. S. Wilson, Revelstoke.\nFayette Bilker,\nMining and Real Estate\nBroker.\nMining Properties Listed,\nREVELSTOKE, B. C.\nS. Shannon,\nAssayer and Analytical\nChemist.\nOFFICE: VICTORIA AVE., FERGUSON, B, C.\nFerguson Shaving\nParlor\t\nWm. Snell,\nTONSORIAL, ARTIST\nAll branches of the tonsorial art executed with\narabidexterlous dexterity.\nBATH ROOM IN CONNECTION.\nThe Lardeau Laundry\nFerguson, B. C.\nLaundry work ol all kinds promptly\nattended to on shortest notice at prices\nconsistent with the silver market and\nonly one kind of work\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDTHE BEST.\nMiners' work especially solicited.\nLaundry 1 door cast of Hotel Lardeau.\nB. U. SMITH, PROPRIETOR.\nNOTIOB.\n\TOTICE 18 HEREBY GIVEN that sixty (60)\nil days after date, I, the undersigned, Intend\nto make application to the (;hief Commissioner\nof Lands and Works to purchase the following\ndescribed preemption, situate In the Trout\nLake mining division: Commencing at No. 1\ninitial post, at a given point on the cast side of\nthe north fork of Lardeau creek, about seven\nmiles from Ferguson, marked \" L, Thompson's\npreemption post\" ; thmiec 80 chains south;\nthence 40 chains east; thence 80 chains north;\nthence 40 chains west to point of commencement, containing 320 acres more or less.\nL. THOMPSON.\nDated at Ferguson, B. Ci, April 24,1900.\nNotice.\nNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that at the next\nsession of the Legislative Assembly of tho\nProvinceof British Columbia application will\nbo made for an Act to incorporate a company\nwith power to establish waterworks and\n^upply water for mining, domestic, manufacturing, fire and other purposes to tho inhabitants, corporations, mines, mills, manufactories and all other works of the towns of Trout\nLake City aud Ferguson In tlie district of West\nKootenay and of the surrounding district\nwithin a radius of ten miles from tbe present\npost office at Ferguson, B, C, and to lay pipes\nand erect flumes for tho conveyance and supply of water to the said towns and radius; and\nalso to supply, transmit and distribute power,\nlight and neat by-compressed air and electricity to the inhabitants, corporations, mines,\nmills, manufactories and all other works of the\nBald towns and radius; and also to construct\nand maintain tramway ami telephone systems\nIn the said radius and to extend tlie said ays-\nterns to other dislnctB contiguous thereto; and\nalso to erect, lay, construct and maintain all\nsuch works, bridges, tracks, roads, subways,\nbuildings, flumes, dams, raceways, poles, pipes,\nwires, cables, structures and appliances as may\nbe necessary to fully and completely carry out\nthe purposes of the company; and also to have\nthe right to enter and to expropriate lands for\nsites for power houses, stations, tramway lines\nand other necessary works, and to appropriate,\nuse and divert so muelTof tlie waters of Lardeau\ncreek at a point about one und a quarter miles\nfrom the school house at Trout Lake City and\nany oilier creek, lake or stream which may bo\nfound most convenient and advantageous\nwithin tho said radius as may be necessary for\nthe purposes of the company in order to supply\nwater, neat, power and light to the inhabitants, corporations, mines, mills, manufactories and other works within tlie said radius,\nand to do all such other things as are incidental or conducive to the attainment of the abovo\nobjects or any of them.\nBated thin 1st March, A. I). 1000.\nGEO. 8. McCAUTER,\n5\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDtf Solicitor for Applicants.\nA Refreshing Bath\nWhenever you feel that way, try my\nBATH ROOM. Hot or cold water.\nTurkish towels, etc. One door east of\nLardeau hotel.\nIt. IT. SMITH. Proprietor.\nTlie Liberal-Conservative Platform\n1. To revise the voters'lists.\n2. To actively aid in the construction of\ntrails throughout the undeveloped portions of\nthe provinco, and the building of provincial\ntrunk roads of public necessity.\n8. To provide for the oillcial Inspection of\nelevators and hoisting gear.\n4. To improve the administration of justice\nand secure the speedy disposition of legal disputes.\n5. To provide an effective system for the\nsettlement of disputes between capital and\nlabor.\n6. To adopt the principle of government\nownership of rail ways in so far as tho circumstances of tho provinco will admit, and the\nadoption of the principle that no bonus should\nbe granted to any railway company which does\nnot give tbe government of the province the\ncontrol of rates over lines bonuscd together\nwith the option of purchase.\n7. To assume control and administration of\nthe fisheries within the boundaries of the province,\n8. To actively assist by stato aid in the development of the agricultural resources of the\nprovince.\n9. To make tho London agency of British\nColumbia effective In proclaiming the natural\nwealth of tho provinco and as a placo for profitable investment of capital.\n10. In tbe intercrest of labor tbe Liberal-\nConservative party sympathizes with and endorses the principal of an eight-hour law.\n11. To provide an improved system of education,\n12. To recognize and reform the system of\nprovincial aid to medical men and hospitals In\noutlying parts of the province,\n18. To actively support the advancement of\nthe mining intorests of British Columbia.\n14. To aid in tho immigration of female\ndomestic servants.\nMcKinnon <\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Sutherland\nMiners'\nOutfitters\nFergUSOtl, The Mining Centre.\nThe Post Olce Store\nFEHGUSON, B. C.\nWe aim to give full value for your money in\nGroceries, Provisions, Dry Goods,\nTools. Boots and Shoes, Clothing,\nCrockery, Steel, Powder; all kinds\nof Miners' Supplies\nCall and see our stock and get quotations.\nBATHO & CO.,\nGeneral Merchants and Outfitters for. the Lardeau.\nSAVAGE BROS.,\nWholesale and Retail dealers in Farm Produce,.\nHay and Feed, Cured Meats, Fish, etc.\nWrite for quotations In any quantity. Prompt shipments.\nRevelstoke, B.C.\nImperial Brewing Co., Limited, i\nKAMLOOPS, B. 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