"3c0feb8a-6116-4892-9eb4-f7a995c47d55"@en . "CONTENTdm"@en . "BC Historical Newspapers"@en . "2015-11-26"@en . "1898-09-03"@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/brooklynnews/items/1.0066063/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " THE BROOKLYN NE\n>^-2^,\nVOL. i.\nBROOKLYN, B. C, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1898.\nNO. 12.\nTHE\"\n\"ADMIRAL DEMY\"\nCICAQ takes the\nLIUTtlx cake J&>\nCALIFORNIA WINE COMPANY,\nNelson, B. C, agent for British Columbia\nWhen you come to Brooklyn, come\nstraight to the\t\nVarnamo Hotel\nGUS. JACKSON, Prop.\nYou will get good accommodations, and will be pleased.\nFinest Wines, Liquors and Cigars\nBROOKLYN, B. C.\nWhen you strike Brooklyn,\ntake a straight course to the....\nBrooklyn House\nMcDONALD & BOLAN, Props.\nYou'll find Everything Neat and Clean, and the Prices\nare Just Right.\nFinest Wines, Liquors & Cigars.\nFirst Street, BROOKLYN, B. C.\nHotel Stockholm.\nJOHNSON & LOCKHART, Props.\nNew and Up-to-Date in\nEvery particular.\nDon't fail to give the Stockholm a call when you come to Brooklyn.\nFirst Street, BROOKLYN, B. C.\n-^BROOKLYN*\nFurniture Store.\nLverything at Lowest Prices.\nLARGL STOCK.\nPractical Manufacturer and UNDLRTAKLR.\nFurnishing Road Houses and Hotels 1 Specialty.\nD. M. CROWLEY,\nFirst Street, South End. BROOKLYN, B. C.\nTHOMAS St GREIGER\nWines, Liquors # Cigars.\nBrooklyn, B. C.\nLEMP'S ST. LOUIS EXPORT and BLUE RIBBON BEER.\nBLUE RIBBON.\nLABATT'S ALE. LABATT'S STOUT. CALIFORNIA WINES.\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD1 - -Agents for LION \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\"\"\"\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDv m\nCity Drug Store.\n Just received a full line of\t\nDrugs, Patent Medicines and Drug-\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD c..\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDil\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD!\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD We are fully prepared to fill\ngiStS 3UnQrieS. all orders In this line.\nTobacco, Cigars, Stationery, Sponges, Perfumes\nand Toilet Soaps.\nFRED POLLOCK, Prop., BROOKLYN, B. C.\nPrescriptions a Specialty. Mail orders promptly filled\nAT CASCADE CITY.\nSeveral Hotels and Business\nHouses Already There.\nWILL BE A GOOD TOWN.\nAmple Accommodation, on the\nRoute\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDContractors Are Preparing to Open Up.\nAs the work on the. line of construction between Robson and Cascade City gets more thoroughly\nunder way, the contractors, Messrs\nMann, Foley Bros, and Larson, are\ngradually letting contracts further\nout. This is done as fast as the\ntote road is completed from point to\npoint. At the same time it is the\npolicy of the contractors to concentrate as much labor as possible on\nthe part of work already let out.\nNevertheless there seems to be\ngreat attraction to workmen for\nwork far out\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\"distant fields look\ngreen\"\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDand there are many who\nare foolishly tramping to the end of\nthe work and waiting for new outfits to commence, when they might\nbe at work near Brooklyn, where\nworkmen are in demand.\nHowever, interest in likely points\nlocated in the interior continues to\ngrow, and at present many are looking to Cascade City as a place that\nwill be good for some time to come.\nA correspondent of the Brooklyn\nNews writes that there are now two\nhotels running, with five more building. Several general stores and a\ngood dry goods store are among the\nother businesses represented. While\nbusiness generally is none too brisk,\nthere is a good deal of freighting\ngoing on. Two stage lines run\nthrough there and twenty four-horse\nteams pass the city daily. Lots on\nMain street are selling from $800\nup, and on side streets they bring\n$300 and $400. Lots can be rented\nfor $10 to $so per month. Appearances indicate that Cascade City\nwill be overdone.\nThe railway contractors have let\na contract for a warehouse, although\nthe main supply depot will continue\nto be at Brooklyn. They have also\nordered the construction of a hospital. Freighting from Bossburg\ncosts $15 per ton. Donald McLeod,\npurchasing agent for the contractors, started Wednesday evening for\nCascade City, where he will arrange\nmatters for the reception of stores.\nThose who take the overland\nroute to Cascade City will find good\naccommodations along the route for\nstopping over night for both man\nand beast. There are at present\nseven or eight hotels in operation\nand all of them appear to be doing\na good business. A townsite has\nbeen laid out at Gladstone, where\nS. J, Wiseman has a hotel, and\nwhere there will also be a good\ngeneral store. Four miles this side\not Gladstone there will soon be another townsite at the meadows.\nThis is said to be the entrance to\nthe Burnt Basin, a rich mineral district. It is also to be the terminis\nof the proposed extension of the\nSheep Creek trail from Rossland,\nthe building of which is being considered favorably by Gold Commissioner Kirkup of that city.\nA number of Brooklyn people are\nnoticed in business along the line,\nand our energetic citizens are constantly reaching out for their share\nof the business. For the last ten\ndays the forest fires have been very\ntroublesome, but Monday night's\nrain has put out many of them and\nhas also laid the dust, which was\ngetting to be many inches deep.\nThe News has made arrangements for the sale of the paper in\nCascade City, where its many\nfriends can secure it weekly of C.\nW. Hill, news dealer.\nHAVE A MODEL CAMP.\nJ. 0. McLean ft Bra., Erecting Log\nBuildings.\nOne of the most popular firms of\ncontractors in railroad work in this\nsection is that of J. G. McLean &\nBro. In proof of this is the fact\nthat sub-contractors and individuals are always anxious to secure\nwork under them. As noted in last\nweek's News, this firm secured a\nthree-mile contract about 26 miles\nout, and have been busy for some\ntime in getting established and\nready for business.\nThis contract, like most on this\nline, consists largely of rock work,\nincluding two short tunnels. This\nmeans that there is several month's.\nwork ahead for at least 200 men.\nAccordingly most substantial quarters have been established, the\nbuildings being of logs. Six four-\nhorse teams are kept busy constantly hauling supplies and merchandise for the camp, each team\nmaking two round trips weekly.\nThe outfit of McLean Bros., is one\nof the most complete on the line\nand of itself represents an investment of $8,000. An idea of the expense of maintaining such a camp\nmay be had when it is remembered\nthat hay at that point costs the\ngoodly sum of $60 per ton.\nAnother Road Hotel,\nH. W. Cotton has this week\ncompleted a commodious road house\n18x24 feet, with eight good rooms\nand a kitchen attached. The place\nis located about six miles out, and\nteamsters are glad to rest there after the long up-hill trip. Mr. Cotton's enterprise is the growth of\nhis business originally started a few\nweeks ago under canvas. He reports much trouble of late in fighting forest fires.\nFOREST FIRES OUT.\nThis Week's Rains Were a Great\nBenefit.\nFor the last several days the\nheavens have been open intermittently and welcome rains have fallen, laying the dust in good shape\nand making the roads passable for\nthe long line of teamsters, constantly passing back and forth.\nFor a couple of weeks or more\nthe forest fires in all directions have\nbeen growing more and more troublesome and dangerous, until they\nwere becoming a serious problem to\nfreighters, prospectors and men on\nthe construction. At night Brooklyn was surrounded by a glittering\ncircle of flames which lit up the\nmountain tops on both sides of the\nlake. Far up and down the lake\nthe smoke was so dense that navigation was seriously impeded. Now,\nhowever, much to the relief of all,\nthe fires are all out and everything\nis now plain sailing up and down\nthe line, and out on the construction\nwork.\nPorcupine Hotel.\n' J. H. Bolan returned Thursday\nfrom a trip to his new road house,\nthe Porcupine Hotel, which he has\njust opened with J. Ennis, another\nold hotel keeper. The house is located 12 miles out and is a commodious structure 20x36 feet, with a\nbarn for 16 teams. The license has\nbeen secured, the house opened to\nbusiness, and it is already doing a\ngood trade. Mr. Bolan also states\nthat everything is quite in the\n\"blind pig\" line.\nApplication tor Liquor License,\nWe, the undersigned, King, Mc-\nInnis & Co., intend to apply in 30\ndays' time to the gold commissioner\nfor a liquor license for our hotel,\nlocated 14 miles from Brooklyn, on\nthe wagon road to Christina lake.\nKing, McInnis & Co., Brooklyn, B.\nC, Sept. 3, 1898. 41\nA 500 KEG BLAST.\nLargest Amount Ever Used In\nRailroad Work.\n12,500 LBS. OP POWDER.\nOccurred on Vldeen's Work, 12\nMiles Below Brooklyn, and Displaced 40,000 Yards ot Rook.\nWhat is said to be the largest\nblast ever set off in British Columbia, was exploded Monday of last\nweek on the construction line between Brooklyn and Robson, and\nconsisted of 500 kegs of black powder, each of which weighed 25\npounds. Cases are on record where\n100 or 200 kegs were set off, but\nas far as known Monday's blast\nbroke the record.\n-The blast was exploded on Vi-\ndeen's contract, some five stations\nof which had been sub-let to J. Nelson & Co., men of wide experience in this work. The explosion\ntook place at 9 a. m. and as a result over 40,000 cubic yards of rock\nwere sent hurling down the steep\nmountain side to the lake. It took\n17 men three days time to bring up\nenough soft earth to tamp down the\n500 kegs when they were finally\nplaced in the T in the short tunnel\nprepared for them. This will give\nsome idea of the rocky character of\nthe country. The blast was set off\nby electricity, and the place of operations was about 12 miles from\nBrooklyn and 6 miles from Robson.\nAs the powder was fired, the\nreverberations went echoing back\namong the hills for some minutes,\nand startled even the inhabitants of\nthe ancient berg of Robson. The\nsteamer Trail, which was about\npassing, was held for a few\nmoments as a safety precaution until all danger was over.\nRailroad men generally are talking about this great blest, but they\nwill soon have an opportunity for\ntelling a larger story, as Mr. Nel-\nis preparing to put 700 kegs oi\npowder in another single blast.\nSOME OF OUR MINES.\nAetlve Development on Brooklyn\nMountain.\nA News man, wishing to see for\nhimself what the now well-known\nBrooklyn mine was like, made the\ntrip to the property, which is located over five miles southwest of\nBrooklyn by a passable trail. Arriving at the top of the mountain\nthe camp was found prettily located\non the highest point in a grove of\ntrees. With the owners, W. C.\nToppock and W. S. Bate, a visit\nwas made to the workings on the\nproperty. One shaft is down fifteen feet, and shows a well-mineralized vein of copper and silver with\na lead four feet wide, which is most\npromising. At this point is where\nmost of the work has been done.\nAt the farther end of the claim\nan open cut has been made showing\na strong ledge full ol mineral more\nthan three and one-half feet wide.\nThe values here are both in copper\nand silver, and there is every probability of improvement with depth.\nBoth Coppock and Bate are determined to do sufficient work to\nprove the permanency and size of\nthe vein and are laying their plans\naccordingly.\nAbout two miles east of the\nBrooklyn group is a location called\nthe Mountain Jack, owned by\nGeorge Oleson, which has every\npromise of turning out to be a good\nproperty. Mr. Oleson will do some\nwork on the claim this summer,\nand feels confident that he has a\ngood copper proposition.\nMee\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD&s\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD&%?%3%a\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDa\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD.>M\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDeee\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDs*s\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDssw\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDs\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDfcw\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDw\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD).)*\nThere are now nine good stopping\nplaces between Brooklyn and Christina lake on the tote road.\nJack Hastings started out Monday to inaugurate operations on his\ncontract, some 28 miles out towards\nthe lake.\nOne tie cutter lost a lot of 400\nties last Sunday by fire, and several\nothers had narrow escapes of a similar characier.\nJohn Twohy's camp, two and a\nhalf miles out, is still short of help.\nQuite a number of men can get\nwork there any day.\nContractor Olson has made a\ngood start on the approaches to his\n700 foot tunnel, some 23 miles out\nowards Christina lake.\nFoss & McDonald now have 135\nmen on the pay roll, which is all\nthey need at present. None of\ntheir contract is let out by stations.\nMr. Jordan, of Burns & Jordan,\nwho have a mile and a half of rock\nwork, was in town Tuesday. He\nstated that they now have over 200\nmen at work, but are still needing\nmore. Their tunnel is 330 feet\nlong.\nA. C. McLean & Co. have been\nclearing ground for their second\ncamp this week at Gladstone. They\nare said to have a two and a half\nmile contract there on the right of\nway.\nOn Monday the tote road had\nbeen built about 28 miles, leaving\nfour miles more to reach the lake.\nThe tote road camp was moved a\ncouple of miles further on Thursday.\nThe remains of Andrew Scott,\nknown as \"Scotty,\" who was\ndrowned near Robson some two\nweeks previously, were found there\nast Saturday, and upon authority\nof Coroner Arthur of Nelson, were\nburied at once, being very much\ndecomposed. Scott was an employee of Contractor McHugh,\nwhose men attended to the interment.\nMcPherson Bros. & Stout have\njust compl eted a pole road a mile\nlong to the site of the new mill,\nwhich will soon be running at their\nsecond camp, twenty miles out.\nEvery boat now brings in a large\ncontingent of laborers, who are soon\nabsorbed by the different camps up\nand down the line. Several contractors have regularly employed\nagents in Brooklyn, to secure help.\nSTR. STICKEEN CHIEF SUNK.\nTwo Welt Known Residents ot\nTrAII Are Probably Lost.\nIt is feared that Captain Nesbitt\nand Archie Shiels, formerly of the\nsteamer Kootenay on the Arrow\nlakes, were killed in the wreck of\nthe Stickcen Chief, which occurred\na few days ago in the Yukon traffic.\nCaptain Nesbitt was captain and\nMr. Shiels was purser of the\nsteamer. The wreck is believed to\nhave been caused by an explosion\nof the boilers, for although 4.1 passengers and a large crew were on\nboard none of them have been found\nand the only relic of the disaster so\nfar recovered has been a little flot-\nsom on which floated a dog. Captain Nesbitt was in a number of accidents while he was in the Arrow\nlakes and Columbia river service,\nbut was never hurt, and was classed\nas one of the best steamboat men\nin the northwest. He was in charge\nof both the old Columbia and the\nNakusp when they burned down,\nand was also in charge of the Nakusp when she was stranded, but\nin each case everybody on board\nwas safely landed. His friends are\nhoping that he and Mr. Shiels have\nescaped the present calamity.\nLater\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDReports say that the officers of the ill-fated steamer were\nrescued. THE BROOKLYN NEWS.\nSabscriptloa Rates 131.00 par Yaar\nSU Moatka, ei.00.\nAdvertlala. Hates wade know, npoa\nAppllcattoa.\nOffice at Towaslte Headquarters.\nSATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1898.\nBy W. B. WILLCOX.\n1898 SEPTEMBER 1898\nSUN\n4\nMON!TUB\nWED\n7\n'4\n21\n28\nTHU\nI\n8\n> 5\n22\n29\nFRI\n2\n9\n16\n*3\n3\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nSAT\n...\n5\n12\n'9\n26\n6\n'3\n20\n21\n3\n10\n'7\n24\n11\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD 8\n^5\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD .\nCamp Distances from Brooklyn\nTOWARDS ROBSON.\nMILES\nEricson's camp 21-2\nJohnson's camp 3 1-2\nKoykendall's camp, No. 10 .. 3\nFoss & McDonald's camp \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nNo. 9 5\nBurns & Jordan's camp^-No.8 4\nO'Leary's and Mann's camps,\n(Shield's Landing)\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDN0.7 6\nV. W. Smith's camp\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDNo. E 7\nMcCo'rmack's\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDNo. 6 8\nV. W, Smith's camp\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDNo. 6 8\nRyberg's camp\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDNo, 5 8J^\nSwanson's camp No. D 9\nVideen's camp No. 4 10\nHanson's camp\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDNo.C 11\nJohnson & Anderson's camp\nNo. B 11%\nPat Walsh's camp\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDNo. A... 11\nPat Walsh's camp\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDNo. 3... 13\nGenelle's camp\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDNo. 2 16\nMcHugh's camp\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDNo. 1 17\nRobson 18\nDISTANCES ON TOTE ROAD.\nTwohy's camp 21-2\nNugent's camp 3\nMcLean Bros, camp (tunnel). 4\nMclver& Phillips camp 41-2\nFopte's camp 6\nJohn Martin's camp 7\nMcMartin's camp 8\nWinters, Parsons & Boomer . 10\nMcPherson Bros. & Stout, 1st\ncamp 12\nParr's camp 13\nMcClellan's camp 14\nDivide Hotel 15\nSummit House 17\nAnderson & Applequist's camp 18\nDonaldson's Hotel 9\nMcPherson Bros. & StOut, 2nd\ncamp 20\nAnderson's camp 21\nOleson's Tunnel camp 23\nGladstone Townsite, (S. J.\nWisner) 24\nBurns & Jordan's camp 25\nJ. G, McLean & Co.'s camp., 26\nBROOKLYN TIME TABLES.\nVli Steamers Hoetemy end Rosalind,\nand Columbia 6 Western, and Columbia S Kootenay Ry's. Daily.\nAct,*. m\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Leave BROOKLYN...Arrive i.voa.m\nS.JO \" Arrive Robson Leave JO.OU fi. m\n1040\" \" Nelson \" 6.40 \"\ni.M \" \" Tr.il \" \"jao \"\nl/./i \" \" ....Rosslakd.... \" 6m \"\nW\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Steamer HllcilHwaet\n/\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD>. m.. Lewve..BROOKLYN..Arrivelojm\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD. m\nXoo \" Arrive Robson Leave 6.00 \"\nVia Steata Yrtht oriole,\nLeave Brooklyn/or Robson and way points at 0.00\na. m., daily.\nCZAR'S TEN STRIKE.\nEmperor Nicholas of Russia has\nsurpris/d the entire world by making a proposal looking to the disarming in large part of all the\nnations of Europe, for the purpose,\nhe claims, of making more secure a\nuniversal peace. He thinks the\ntime is propitious for such n move\nand invites the powers to take part\nin an international conference for\nthe purpose of securing the desired\nettd. Coming from such a source\nand with such evident sincerity, the\nproposition of course has the immediate attention of the civilized\nglobe. Especially is this so from\nthe fact that another fearful conflict\nieemed Imminent. The Peace Society, it goes without saying, heartily endorses the proposition, which\nhas been its dream for many years.\nAt first thought there are many\ninsurmountable difficulties in the\nway of the consummation of such an\nidea. While the press of Europe\nand America commend the Czar for\nhis sincere endeavor for the promotion of a lasting peace, there is\nnevertheless, a prevalent idea that\nit is Utopian in the extreme. The\nEnglish press especially doubts the\npracticability of the scheme and\npoints out its several weaknesses.\nWith Russia armed to the teeth,\nand apparently seeking a pretext\nfor war with Great Britain over the\nChinese question, it is no wonder\nthat the proposition is a complete-\nsurprise to all diplomats and politicians. Whether, if prelrhainaries*\ncould be arranged, a treaty would\nbe drawn up arid adhered* to that\"\nwould secure the desired end, is a\ngrave question. History shows\nthat it only needs sufficient so-\ncalled provocation to break any and\nall treaties. Nevertheless, if the\nstep is really taken, it will be a long\none in advance. It is to be hoped\nthat the Czar will give further evidence of his sincerity by making\nadditional advances toward a general treaty of peace among the nations of the earth.\nSEND IT ALONG.\nNearly every man, woman and\nchild in busy Brooklyn has friends\nor relatives back east, on the coast\nor in other climes, who would be\nmore than glad to learn something\nabout this part of British Columbia,\nand especially about this town. To\ndo this properly and satisfactorily\nwould require more time than most\npersons have to devote to such a\npurpose.\nBut the News, always on the\nalett for the best interests of Brooklyn, is willing to lend a hand to\nhelp out in such a worthy cause.\nThose who would like acquaintan-\ntances elsewhere to know in what\nkind of a place they are located,\ncan have the News sent to any address on this continent for 25 cents\nper month. We will attend to all\nthe detail ol addressing, wrapping\nand mailing\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDtaking it all off your\nhands. A month's issues will give\na pretty fair idea of the place. Send\nalong your two-bit pieces and address to match, and we'll do the\nrest. If you think it's a good thing\npush it along.\nUncle Sam could give the Do.\nminion authorities pointers on expedition in establishing much need\ned post offices. An inspector was\nsent up the Yukon and established\nno less than twenty new offices.\nSome of them were completely organized in twenty minutes after the\nboat landed, post master appointed,\ncommission issued, contract let for\ncarrying the mails and all details\ncompleted and settled on the spot.\nII inspector Clum, who attended to\nthe matter, had been as deliberate\nas Inspector Fletcher seems to be in\nregard to Brooklyn's pressing needs\nin this line, the Yukoners would be\nregularly served sometime on the\nnext earth if not on this.\nJ. Fred Hume, our member in\nthe legislature, has been honored\nwith the portfolio ol minister of\nmines by the Hon. Mr. Semlin in\nthe formation of his new cabinet.\nBut the chances now are that a general appeal will be made to the\ncountry within the next two months,\nWhat the result will be when the\ndice box is next shaken up is not\neasy to determine, but that it will\nbe run on Dominion lines goes\nwithout saying.\nGallant old Admiral Schley was\nWashington's favorite last week.\nWhen he passed through the different government departments, there\nwas a great demonstration from the\nmultitudes of clerks, and the ladies\nexpressed their admiration by kissing the old sea dog over and over\nand over again. He probably\nthinks now that it was worth while\nto bottle up Cervera's fleet and then\ndestroy it.\nContractors and others would\ndo well to remember that there is a\nsevere penalty for not putting out\ncamp fires. They are raging on all\nsides of us at this time, on both\nsides of the lake and they cannot be\nfrom burning right of way, as that\nwas finished seme time- since. In\nmany cases, along/, the tote road\nteamsters and travelers have to go\nthrough a gauntlet of fire:\nThe Turner organs on the coast\nhave sent out the rumor that there\nwill be another general election in\nthe province sometime in October.\nThis prompts the Opposition press\nto deny It with considerable vehemence. To a man up a tree, it looks\nas though neither party has enough\nof a majority to work satisfactorily\nin the coming legislature\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDnotwithstanding the claims made.\nDon't you think your friends will\nbe interested in the town, where you\nare located\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDBrooklyn ? If so,\nsend them the News and they'll get\nthe whole story. It will cost only\n25 cents for a month, and we'll attend to wrapping, addressing and\nmailing for you. Bring in your\nquarters, and-we'll do the rest.\nWith silver comfortably above\nthe 60 mark, and still rising, the\nwhole Kootenay should take another start at once and will undoubtedly do so.\nS THE OBSERVATORY. g\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD*aW&*ft&tAA\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDft)&ft^O*S\nAn enterprising youngster was\ndistributing real large, green circus\nbills last Week In town. Of course\nthe show was the \"best on earth\"\nand everything in it was the largest\nof its class, no matter what the\nclass. Nothing was said, however,\nabout the pink lemonade and miscellaneous sideshow trimmings; yet\nit may be safely inferred they are all\non deck, with a few other ingenious\nschemes to attract nimber dimes\nand quarters. The show was advertised to appear at \"Revelstock,\"\nwherever that may be, on the 31st,\nWhether it did or not the Observer\nis uninformed, but it Will wager that\nno one from busy Brooklyn was\ntaken in by this modern imitation of\nP. T. Barnum.\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\n\"Aunty\" Leon was in the city\nthis week, arranging to go out on\nher accustomed work of relieving\ndistress on railway construction,\nAunty is 53 years old, but as spry\nas many a younger woman. More\nthan one laborer on the Crow's Nest\nPass has grateful rememberance of\nher ministrations in one way and\nanother. She is located for the\ntime being at McPherson's saw mill\nand no doubt many a needy man\nwill bless the day that she reached\nthe 'Robson-Penticton construetion\nline.\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nRecently a self-advertised, \"financier\" in the British Columbia\nnewspaper world, so the observer is\ninformed, has been soliciting business in Brooklyn, for his idle\npresses. Still another gentleman\nin the same precarious line of trade\nhas visited this busy berg on the\nsame sort of a mission; but as far\nas can be learned, in neither case\ndid the paj streak pan out to any\nappreciable extent. In fact, in one\ncase, things were so \"windy that\nresults were in accordance. No\ndoubt one reason for this failure to\nlure away trade from this city was\nthe fact that Brooklyn's business\nmen are well aware that anything\nin the line of Printing or office\nstationery can be supplied right here\nby the News. And this is where\nBrooklyn's business men may be\ncalled level-headed. The more cash\nsent out of town for goods that can\nbe had here, the less will there be\nspent right here. The News man,\nin this connection, wishes the Observer to once more call the attention of our live business men to the\nfact, that he can supply anything\nneeded in the printing line, no matter how large or small: And it will\nbe the best printing ever turned out\nsince the world began.\nThb Observer.\nSteamer Chances.\nThe Lytton has been taken off\nthe regular run between Brooklyn\nand Robson, in order to haul some\n40,000 cords of wood to the Trail\nsmelter, and do other general work.\nCaptain Fossland of the Rossland,\nwho is thoroughly familiar with the\nlower rive, now handles the Lytton,\nCaptain Short of the Kootenay is\nnow on the Rossland, and Captain\nWhitmore of the Lytton presides in\nthe pilot house of the Kootenay.\nThe Illicilliwaet has taken the run\nof the Lytton and stops at all intermediate landings between Robson\nand Brooklyn. For several days\nthe Myrtle B has not been on her\nregular run, and may be transported to Christina lake.\nit\nSTEAM LAUNCH\nORIOLE\"\nMakes Daily trips between\nBrooklyn and Robson\ntouching at all intermediate\npoints.\nThe Oriole oan be hired for pleasure excursionists. Orders taken for Supplies,\nOutfits, Bio.\nApply RUMBALLfiBULLEN\nBROOKLYN, B. C.\nTHE KOOTENAY\nL.UMBE.R\nCOMPANY. S. OLIVBR. AGENT.\nFull stock of Good Dry\nLumber on hand.\nBROOKLYN, B. C.\nS. H. BROWN,\nBROOKLYN,\nCONTRACTOR\n..AND*.\nBUILDLR.\nLstimates Made.\nPlans Furnished.\nJames Gill & 6.\nClothing.\n6ent's\nFurnishings,\nBoots,\nShoes,\nBlankets,\nPillows, Etc.\nWindow Shades,\nCurtains,\nCarpets, Rugs.\nAll our goods have been shipped\ndirect from eastern manufacturers\nand will be sold here at prices\nthat are sure to satisfy you.\nBrooklyn, . - B. C.\nKaslo & Slocan R'y\nTIML CARD.\nSubject to change without notice. Trains run on\nPacific Standard time.\nGoing West. Going Bast\nfaave &00 a.m Kaslo Arrive3:50}. m\n\" \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDjrj \" ....SouthFori.... \" 3:13 \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD'\n\" W6 \" .....Sproule's '* a:i$ \"\n\" 9iSi \" ....Whitewater. .. \" tvoo \"\n\" iovoj \" ....BearLake.... \" 1148 \"\n\" lottB \" ....McGuigan.,.. \" \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD<7J \"\n\" to^jS \" .. Cody Junction... \" /.'/* \"\nArr 1030 \" Sandon......Leave i.vo \"\nCODY LINE\nLee II.IO \" Sandon Arrii.-fta.m\nArr //.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD *' Cody Lve 11:2s \"\nXe*t. Irving, Geo. F. Cafetand,\nG. F, 6* P, A. Superintendent,\nFOR THE BEST MEAL IN\nTOWN, GO TO THE-\nQueen Restaurant.\nOPEN NIGHT AND DAY.\nTry our Evening Dinner, 5:30 to\n8:30, for 23 cents.\nHyde & Whines, Props.\nBrooklyn, B. C.\nDivide Hotel.\n GRAHAM & SPARKS, Props.\nLocated 15 miles from Brooklyn on the main tote road,, about\nhalf way to Christina take,\nFINE WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS.\nA Good, Comfortable 2-story House, with the\nBest of accommodations. Give us a call when\nyou come out on the line\t\nSummit House.\nCUMMINGS & JACKSON, Props.\nLocated 11 miles from Brooklyn on the road to\nChristina Lake.\nGood Accommodations for Man and Beast\nHalf way to the Lake, and a Comfortable place to stop.\nParson's Produce Co*\nWinnipeg, Man. * Vancouver, B. C. # Nelson, B. C.\nWHOLESALE ONLY.\nThe Largest dealers in Western Canada.\nCreamery and Dairy Butter, Eg\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDs\nCheese, and Cured Meats.\nSpecialties\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDCreamery Butter In Hermetically Sealed Tlnsi lib, 21k, Sib. iri\n101b. CreaMry Butter In I wtimd bricks.\nMail and Telegraph orders promptly shipped from our Cold Storage\n... 1 warehouse, Nelson. Write or Wire , .\nAll Warehouses under perfect p. J, RUSSELL,\nsystem of Cold Storage. Manager Nelson branch, NELSON, B.C.\nThe only Strictly Wholesale House in Kootenay.\nK. NACDOMLD & CO.,\nWholesale Merchants\nNELSON, B. C.\nFancy and Staple Groceries,\nTobaccos and Miner's Supplies,\nCall or Write ior Prices.\nThomas Wilson.\nGENERftL MERCHANT\nGroceries, Provisions, Clothing,\nBoots and Shoes, Campers Outfits, Etc.\n...ft Good Stock, ot Everything-\nBROOKLYN,\t\nB.C.\nOld Curiosity Shop.\nOpp. Clark Hotel, Josephine Street, Nelson, B. C.\nNew and Second Hand Ms*\nWe buy ANYTHING and sell EVERYTHING.\nCall or drop us a line\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDwe can fit you out. Money made by dealing\n with us 1\t\nMIKADOIqAUNDRY.\nGEORGE MOTOSAWA.\nAdjoining Boat House, Lake Front, : : : : Brooklyn, B. C.\nGoods called for and delivered.\nWork done on short notice.\nGive us* Trial. White Shirts done up equal, to Steam Laundry ^work. i\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDf**1a^1^'!\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDr^***%*M**%^'*%*%**V%/\n) f BROOKLYN BUDGET 1\nWa\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDa>aata\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDa\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDaaVaVaVaVaVaVaVaV> av.jAaav.sS'\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD%\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD>\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD%\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDVi%%a\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD^%^\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD>r%*\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD{%%\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD%\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD%% %%%%%%*\nRobert;Me,han now has charge\nof the.dintng.roon) in the. Columbia,\nhotel.\nConstable DesBrisay, of Robson,\nspent several days in the city this\nweek pn official business.\nAnother carload of No, i timothy\nhay has beep received by Shaw &\nShaw, from Shuswap.\nSeveral new buildings are under\ncourse, of construction, at the extreme southern end of town.\nLast Sunday the town was filled\nwith, men and. every general store\nthat was open did a good business.\nThe Alliance Laundry will give\nyou satisfaction every time, tf\nJ. W. .Manuel, the cigar man, enjoys the unique distinction of having\nimported the first cat ever seen in\nBrooklyn.\nPatronize the , Alliance Laundry.\nSatisfaction guaranteed, tf\nBrooklyn's Sunday school now\nmeets every Sunday afternoon at 3\no'clock, in the opera house on the\nlake front.\nShort order lunch counter, open\nday,and night. Call on the Central! tf\nF. W. Crocker's city waters system is becoming more popular every\nweek. It is now extended to the\neastern limits of the city.\nGo to Manuel's for freshest fruits\nand choice imported and domestic\ncigars. ft\nWilliam Parker, our local volunteer postmaster general, has made\nseveral improvements in his headquarters. The soap box, however,\nstill does good duty as of yore.\nEverything neat and clean. Open\nnight and day at the Central lunch\ncounter, tf\nLast Sunday's down trip of the\nIllicilliwaet was a record breaker,\nthere being 161 passengers aboard\nwhen sh? pulled out into the foaming billows.\nOnly the best work done at the\nAlliance Laundry. Satisfaction\nguaranteed, tf\nThe editor of The News has received the sad intelligence of the\ndeajdj of his mother, Mrs. Gertrude\nK. WHlcox, which occurred recently at the family residence at Northampton, Miss.\nTry the Central short order lunch\ncounter. Open night and day. Just\nwhat you want, tf\nConstable Forrester took Dan\nMcVeigh to Nelson on Monday's\nboat to serve out a $35 fine imposed\nby Justice McGregor. Mac's trouble was superinduced by too much\npoor boozerino.\nReniember the Brooklyn News\nwhen, you want printing. Letterheads, bill-heads, envelopes, cards\nand all classes of printing promptly\nexecuted.\nW. J. Williams started out on\nMonday to do assessment work on\nthe,,Coco, Excelsior and Golden\nChance, promising gold and silver\nproperties near Fire Valley. There\nwill be a half a dozen men at work\non thetproperty.\nThe cheapest and best place in\ntown to have your watch cleaned\nand regulated. John Leighton,\nFirst .street, opposite Alliance hotel, tf\nAn unfortunate but inebriated in\ndividual,had an .unpleasant experience in the rear of the Park hotel\non Tuesday. He fell in, and when\nhelped out by Proprietor Peterson,\npresented a sorry sight, being sonie-\nwhat unsavory as well.\nFor Sale\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDCheap, quarter interest in a promising mining claim,\nInquire at Brooklyn News office\nif you,want a snap. tf\nJ as. Gill & Co., the local merch\nants, state that because they buy\ntheir clothing for cash direct front\nthe makers they can sell better\ngoods for less money than any firm\nin the Koote.nays. You can get a\ngood suit from $5 up.\n. The Brooklyn News is prepared\nto furnish the best in the world-\nbar none\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDin. the line of job printing\nand general office stationery, Bring\nin your orders for envelopes, letter\nheads, cards, tags, and in fact,\nanything made with ink and paper.\nTom King, one of the best known\nmen on the road, was in town\nThursday getting supplies for his\nnew hotel, the 14-Mile House. His\nhotel,is a 30x35 building with a\nbunk house adjoining, In addition\nthere is a barn 72 feet long. Tom\nsays it is just a day's drive to bis\nplace.\nSubscribe to the Brooklyn News\nand get all the news of the Magic\nCity and of the construction camps\nalong the line. Send a copy to\nyour friends back east, and let them\nsee what a progressive city is like.\nOnly $2 per year or $1 for 6 mos.\nWednesday afternoon while Officer DesBrisay was on duty and\nOfficers Forrester and Humphrey\nwere absent, an incipient riot was\npromptly quelled by Mr. DesBrisay\ntaking a hand and promptly arresting D. Cuerietli, an Italian, the\nchief instigator of the trouble. He\nwas tried before Justice Cooper the\nsame day and got off with the light\nfine of $15 and costs.\nKootenay Laundry will call at the\nhotels for washing every Monday,\nWednesday and Friday. Nothing\nbut first class work done. Work\nJust as we go to press an interesting case is being tried before\nJustices Cooper and McGregor, in\nwhich Richard Crozier, who has\nbeen working for the contractors,\nis suing Mann, Foley Bros. & Larson for cash payment of $71.35 for\nwages, refusing to accept a time\ncheck. The outcome of the case\nwill be of much interest to laborers\nand contractors generally, as it is\none of the first to be tested under\nthe \"Keilie Truck Act.\"\n2 COMING AND GOING. 8\nMMstftftKSRftAftK&Raaaa^MS)\nA. J. Smith, of Kaslo, was doing\nbusiness in town this week.\nHenry, M. Boss, who hss been on\na prospecting trip, returned to\nBrooklyn Sunday.\nGus Jackson, proprietor of the\nHotel Varnamo, took in the sights\nat Rossland early in the week.\nMrs, S. E. Manuel, who has been\nin the city for some weeks, left for\nher home at Burton City last Monday.\nE. Johnson, one of the proprietors\npf the Hotel Stockholm, made a\nbusiness trip to Goat River Crossing this week.\nFred Pqllock, the genial proprietor of the City Drug Store, returned from a business trip to Nelson\nearly in the week.\nHorace W. Buck, a leading attorney of Kaslo, who was in town.\nyesterday, stated that the \"City of\nEnergy\" is looking up in a business\nway.\nDr. Armstrong, provincial veterinary surgeon at Nelson, was examining horses in Brooklyn last\nMonday but found none afflicted\nwith disease.\nMrs. Fred Myer, sister of Mrs.\nMary Anderson, of the Anderson\nhotel, is spending a few weeks at\nBrooklyn-on-the-lake, enjoying the\ncool breezes.\nWin. Hunter, of the well-known\nmercantile firm of the same name,\nhaving stores in Rossland, Silver-\nton and .Brooklyn, made a flying\nvisit to.his local store last Tnesday\nHugh Lumsden, inspecting engineer for the C. P. R., spent several days in the city last week and\nmade a short trip out on the line.\nHe was surprised at the size of the\ncity.\nDan Stevens, son of Engineer\nJohn F. Stevens, who has been out\nhere for a month,.or two, left for\nhis St. Paul home on Sunday's boat.\nHe acted as time-keeper at Shield's\nLanding forborne time.\nL. M. LIVINGSTON\n6 COMPANY.\nGeneral\nMerchandise\nGroceries,\nProvisions,\nGent's\nFurnishings,\nHardware.\nBrooklyn and Deer?ark, B. C.\nBROOKLYN\nBOAT HOUSE.\nMcDonald as Pariaar, Props.\nBest of Row Bolts to Rent it all\nHours.\ninGive us \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Call:::\nBOATS MADE TO ORDER.\nAgents for P. Genelle\nLumber Co.\nLake Front, Brooklyn, B. C.\nInterests in Promising\nPROSPECTS\nFor sale at Reasonable\nFigures.\nFor further information apply to\nW.B.WILLCOX,\nBrooklyn, B. C.\nF. L. BONNEY\nArtistic\nPhotographer\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDH\nHOTEL\n**\nVIEWS A SPECIALTY.\nLake Front, - - - Brooklyn, B, C.\nMITCHELL BROS,\nMERCHANT\nTAILORING.\nGENT'S\nFURNISHINGS.\nNow open for business\nBrooklyn, B. C.\nPark rtotel.\nFrederick & Peterson, Props.\nNearest Hotel to the\nDock,\n6ood Clean Rooms,\nEverything First-class,\nBrooklyn, B. C\nQUASS & BERG.\nThe Brooklyn\nTruck and Dray\nLine.\nBaggage Promptly Transferred.\nFull line of Scandinavian\nPapers and Periodicals.\nLarson Street, - Brooklyn, B. C.\nSHAW St SHAW,\nOaalara I.\nHay, Feed,\nProduce St\nVegetables\nHnr|che\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD at Belrnon. Rfn\ aqt> 8f|ti\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDiVap. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD. O.\nBrooklyn, B. C.\nC. E. MALLETTE & CO.\nWholesale dealers in\nFruits, Vegetables, Feed, and\nProduce, !*\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD. Fresh Fruits\nReceived Daily.\nMAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO.\nBaker Street, - - - Nelson, B. C.\nP. Burns Si Co.,\nWHOLESALE\nMEATS\nBROOKLYN, - - - - B. 0.\n Is the Gateway to the\nMidway Mines.\n|brooklyn$\n_ Forty Miles ot Wagon Road Leading to the Richest ^\nmSV Mineral section In rltish Columbia, "Newspapers"@en . "Brooklyn (B.C.)"@en . "Brooklyn"@en . "Brooklyn_News_1898-09-03"@en . "10.14288/1.0066063"@en . "English"@en . "49.400585"@en . "-118.055062"@en . "Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library"@en . "Brooklyn, B.C. : News Publishing and Printing Co."@en . "Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from the Digitization Centre: http://digitize.library.ubc.ca/"@en . "Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives."@en . "Brooklyn News"@en . "Text"@en . ""@en .