"0524b16e-6201-4027-9625-1875a8d214de"@en . "CONTENTdm"@en . "BC Historical Newspapers"@en . "2016-06-27"@en . "1899-04-01"@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/columbiarev/items/1.0228280/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " THE REVIEW\nVOL. 1\nCOLUMBIA. B. C, APRIL 1, 1899\nK0.12\nA\nMl?\nSiiiiDiil Gold and Copper Mining Cwnpany\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nDirectors Elected,\nThe first meeting of the directors of\nthe Summit Gold and Copper Mining\ncompany, limited, was held Tuesday\nevening. The directors of this company are, Wm. C. Fox, Toronto; E. L.\nHeer, A. W. Ross, S. L. Graham and W.\nC. McDougail of Columbia. Messrs.\nMcDougall and Ross were appointed\npresident and vice-president respectively,\nand John D. Spence, secretary-treasurer.\nThe head office of the company is at\nColumbia, and the development of the\ncompany's properties will be prosecuted\nvigorously. It was decided by the directors to offer a block of the company's\ntreasury stock for sale at an early date,\nand the secretary was authorized to obtain certificates, and such office fiitures\nas the company mav require.\nThis company owns six mineral claims\ntwo the \"Main\" and \"Vanguard\" in\nSummit camp, the \"Athol No. i\" and\n\"Murphy\" in Wellington camp, andthe\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2'Canada\" and \"Swan\" on Sophie mountain in the Rossland district.\nWork is at present in progress on the\n\"Mala\" in Summit camp. A shaft jo\nfeet has been sunk near the north east\ncorner ol the claim, all in highly mineralized vein matter which assays from\n$3 to ?6. The lead upon which this\nshaft was sunk was cut about 4\u00C2\u00B0\u00C2\u00B0 feet\nfarther north along its sUike by a cutting on the C. & W. railway, which\ncrosses the \"Main\". In this cutting,\nwhere the Summit Gold and Copper\ncompany have also done some work, the\nlead shows up for a width of about loo\nfeet, all heavily mineralized, and carrying gold, silver and copper. Two\nhundred feet farther west, on the \"Main\"'\nground, another huge ledge has also\nbeen disclosed by the railway work.\nThis lead is seventy feet between walls,\nthe formation being diorite and porphyry.\nThe men employed by the Summit\nGold and Copper company are now at\nwork on this lead, as it has been deemed\nadvisable to ascertain the most suitable\npoint at which to commence development .work on the property before heavy\npermanent work is undertaken. As soon\nas this has been satisfactorily determined,\na permanent working shaft will be sunk\nand the property put into shape to commence shipping with the least possible\ndelay.\nThe Athol and Murphy claims in\nWellington camp are properties of great\nmerit. Considerable exploratory work\nhas been done, and assays as high as\n$65 oo per ton obtained. A wagon road\nhas been almost completed to these claims\nand when finished a carriage can be\ndriven to the ground from Columbia in\none hour. There is no reasonable doubt\nthat the Athol and the Murphy will\nrank among the great mineral properties\nof the Boundary country.\nThe company also owns the Canada\nand the Swan on Sophie mountain,in the\nRossland district. These- claims are\nexcellently situated, near the line of the\nBed Mountain railway, and are in the\nvicinity of a number of properties that\nhave already shown up Satisfactorily.\nThe Velvet, Victory-Triumph, Umatilla and other well Known properties are\nalso located on Sophia mountain.\nThe capital stock of the company is\none million dollars, in OHe dollar shares.\nPour hundred thousand shares are in the\nRathmQlleD Stock Sold ii London at Nine and\na Half Cents\u00E2\u0080\u0094The New School\nMr. H. T. Bragdo n has been unwell but\nhas almost entirely recovered.\nMr. and Mrs. J. K. Dunlop, Jr. have\ntaken up their residence permanently in\nColumbia.\nWork was begun on Thursday on the\nNorfolk claim two miles up the valley\nfrom this town.\nEverybody ia sorry to learn that Mr.\nA. W. Fraser is leaving Columbia, bis\ntreasury, to provide a fund for develop- ,eMe \u00C2\u00B0e. and must\nnecessarily form one of the best and safest\nstock investments ever given to the\npublic.\nThe promoters stock is pooled, and can\nonly be freed from the pool when in the\ndiscretion of the directors it is deemed\npassed through Columbia this week\nwith tbe new hoist and boilers for tbe\nB. C. mine.\nWastell Bros , announce the arrival of\na fine stock of hardware, which has been\nsafe to do so. This will not be until ihe delayed considerably by the congestion\ncompany's property is on a paying basis. | in the freight traffic.\nIt will beaeen from the foregoing that the j Mr E s t ^ ,et, ^ fo\nSummit Gold and Copper Company com- \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 ,,\nmences business under most ,8VoraW^ Disney lor the budding of a neat cot-\ncircumstances. That the'\"oompaiiy'wTll \"\"\"a* at the corner of Hill avenue and\nsoon rank among the foremost in the Vancouver street.\nNorthwest is a foregone conclusion. W. j mu \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 r . \u00E2\u0080\u009E ... , ,, ...\n^ .. r. .. r \u00C2\u00AB \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 L The infant Son of Mr. and Mrs. Hod-\nC McDougall of Columbia is Managing\nDirector. s0\" was dangerously \"' tnis week, but\n ! under Dr vVestwood's skillful treatment\nhe is now recovering.\nThe Telephone station has been removed from beneath the Review office,\nto its new location in the stage company's building next to the post office.\nNow we can scrub.\nA number of the young people of\nColumbia attended a taffy pull given by\nthe Misses McLaren at Carson, Wednes-\nA pleasant time was\nP. T. McCallum, in addition to supplying timber for the big bridge over the\nKettle river here, has also received a\ncontract for furnishing the piles for the\nbridge at the lower crossing two miles\neast.\nThe change of name ol the postoffice\nhere to Columbia, authorised 7th January\nlast, has now been notified to all offices\nin Canada under the department, and\nsupplies have been received here bearing\nthe new designation. The reason for tlie\nlong delay in notification, is that the;\nofficial post office directory is issued\nonly every three months, and the last\ndirectory had just been sent out when\nthe change of name was made. The\nofficial stamps and other supplies are now\nbrought up to date.\nTHE PRESBYTERIAN CONCERT.\nt WasalirandSucceiiFruai Start to Finish\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nTalent and Audience Largely Columbian.\nTbe concert given in Knight's ball\nlast night in aid of the Presbyterian\nchurch was a success from start to finish. Columbia turi.ed out en masse\naud supplied most of tbe talent. The\nconcert was opened with a neat little\nspeech by the Rav. Wallace, after whiob\nIhe different special lies followed in\nquick succession without the proverbial day evening last,\nwaits. Miss Kiss acomoanied on the, spent with music and games,\npiano throughout the whole entertain\nment. Tbe first on the program was\nMessrs. Wun Lung, Pan Tan, Josh An\nMiss McLean who sang \"Annie Lhu rie' a\"d Ki sil 8 wcre atoutour streets a great\nThe old Ming was will rendered and part of the week looking for a washee-\nwae loudly applauded. The club swing, j washee location. They bad better stay\ning by Miss Richards of Columbia, was j wne\u00E2\u0080\u009E there is more water.\nvery gracefully done and wo.i tbe ad-\nmiration of tbe whole house. Therecit-; Neil McCallun> disappointed his\nation ot \"A Scotchman's Experience in friends yesterday by alighting from the\nLiudon\" by A. W. Ross fairly brought Bossburg stage accompanied only by a\ndown the house and he had to re-pond walki\u00E2\u0080\u009Eg stick. He says tbe bride is\nto the encore and gave Col. Hay's\"Little\nfollowing on foot, but Columbia's faith\nLeather Breeches\". The next on the\nprogram was the \"Pirate K.ng\" oy '\" uim has been rude'y \u00C2\u00BBh*ken-\nMr. Whittaker. The piece was sung j The Hotel Columbia is to be open for\nwith great expression and would bave business a week from today, according to\ndone credit to Salvioi. The recitation .. ... , \u00E2\u0080\u009E \u00E2\u0080\u009E \u00E2\u0080\u009E\nn\u00C2\u00ABui.n...i.u).u 1 l\u00C2\u00BB-j r.. ,. tne expectations of Messrs. Guse &\nof \"An Euginednver's Hide on a Piino\"\nby tbe Rev. Bradshaw was very amus- Brown'the lessee8, u wi\" te the m08t\ning and caused roars of laughter. Miss commodious and best appointed hostelry\nRoss alsasang very sweetly and gave a in tbe Boundary country,\nrecitation entitled \"The Bachelors: \u00E2\u0080\u009E \u00E2\u0080\u009E ... . . . .\nAuction\". The ladle* who had charge1 Mr. Hanscom and his ass.sUnt have\nof the affair have every reason to be been KePl P**\u00E2\u0084\u00A2^ busy at black-\nproud of their efforts in bringing so ,u,ithinK tnis *\u00C2\u00AB*. sometimes having to\nmuch fine talent together. Financially j w0|,k night and day owing to the bad\nit was a success and musically it could state of the roads and the damage result-\nit could not be beaten in a large city. iDg t0 vehicleg on that account.\nRathmullen Said In Lou j m a t o l -a Cent \u00E2\u0080\u00A2.\nWord has been received here that\n100,000 treasury shares of Rathmullen\nhave been sold in London at 9% cents.\nThis is good news for the money thus\nrealized *ill provide funds for rigorous\nwork on the mine. A hoist will at once\nbe put in place and deep development\nproceeded with.\nBawl*** Rumour*.\nInterested parties have succeeded in\nmaking a few citizens of the lower town\nbelieve that negotiations are seriously\nproposed for some sort of a partnership\narrangement between Columbia and\nGrand Forks.\nThe statement is absolutely and willfully false. It is circulated fora purpose.\nNo one who has any knowledge of the\nsituation can credit it for a moment.\nColumbia has no grudge against Grand\nForks and wishes that town no harm\nwhatever. But our people are bent on\nmanaging their own affair*, bearing their\nown burdens aud developing the resources of their own town.\nThe New School.\nMr. Burns. School Inspector for this\ndistrict, wa.4 here on Friday, on an\nofficial visit. He expressed surprise at\nthe substantial progress made by Co'urn-\nbia since his last trip through the Boundary, and we are glad to say he quite\nagrees with our citizens, as to the bright\nprospects for this place. He is strongly\nof opinion that the provincial grant for\nthe purpose of putting up a new school\nshould he used iu providing a two-storey\nbuilding, of which only tbe lower storey\nneed be finished at present, the upper to\nbe completed later on. Mr. Burns bad\nno doubt that two storeys would he\nabsolutely necessary very soon, and the\nplan he proposes will likely be adop'ed,\nas it provides for enlargement to accommodate a school of eight or ten rooms,\nwhich will without question be required\nhere within a very short time. Anderson's Store\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2upm*-\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nr\nS\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u00A2it\nCrockery and Glassware\nConsisting of plain, white and figured Toilet Sets, teacups and\nsaucers, plates, soup bowls, individual side dishes and platters.\nglass water pitchers, su\u00C2\u00A7a,r bowls, four piece glass sets, also a,\nlarge assortment of hanging, bracket and stand lamps. Call\nand see them.\nSpring Dry Goods\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Have just arrived and I can now show you a nice line of the latest gjods in\nHummer Silks, Cashmeres. Sateens. Mu-lini. Liwns, Prims. Embroidery and lanes\t\n(1ROCPPIFS \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 l Hm \"P\"\"''1* \"Pnit;e ,rP8n swdaevery week and am pre-\nIYV/W1-\u00C2\u00BBIV e.7 * P\u00C2\u00AB\"'l to fu-nish Hotels, Restaurants, Mining Camps, and\njSZfi^**** no,i\"e Ht Mail Orders Receive Special Attention\nC\nThe best India and Ceylon Teas in the market.\nChoice Mocha & Java Coffee. Sulvadore & Ceylon\ntoffees. Ask for samples\nand prices.\nSSP'gs\nJ. ANDERSON,\nCOLUHBIA, B. C.\nCOLUMBIA FLOAT.\nMrs. Fred Whittaker and son arrived\nfrem Ropeland Sunday and will reside\nhere permanently.\n'1 he Buckam brothers of Brampton,\nOnt., arrived here Monday. They are\nlooking over the district with a viewnf\nloaating.\nThe only Percy Godenrath, correspon\ndent of tb9Review reported here -this\nweek on bis return from Camp McKinney.\nA pair of genuine old lime prairie\nschooners parsed through Columbia\nThursday,!bound for the reservation.\nThey contained two large families with\nall their bouseho'd effects.\nMiss Louise Potter who has been employed at the Pacific hotel for several\nmonths at the Pacific hotel here, left\nSunday for her home at Usk, Wash.\nLouise leaves several broken hearts in\nColumbia.\nMr. Alex. Dick, M. K., the well known\nRossland mining man, is among the\nrecent of Columbia's visitors. He is\ninterested in the Noifolk claim, almost\nwithin the town, and there is more than\na possibility that we may befi re long\nnumber him among our permanent*.\nMr. John Donald manager of the new\ntelephone system about to be put in\nhere, was feen Wednesday by a Review\nrepor'er and informed him that tbe\nline would be in working order by tbe\nbeginning of May. He guarantees a\nbetter system and a great deal cheaper\nrate than tbe present line,\nHe criticised her pudding, ar.d be\ndidn't like her cake; she hadn't made\ntbe biscuits like his mother used to\nmake. She didn't wash the dishes and\nshe make tbe stew; and she didn't mend\nbis stocking like his mother used to\ndo. Oo, well, she wasn't perfect but\nshe tried to do her best, until at length\ntbe time had come to have a little rust;\nand so when one day he growled and\nwhined the whole day through and\nthrough, she turned him up and fanned\nhis pants as his mother used to do,\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nComposed in Bruce.\nHay, ricCaPum & Wright\nHININQ AND\nREAL ESTATE DEALERS\n1\nFinancial andpnsurance Agents\nCOLUMBIA, B. C.\nROUGH and DRESSED\nLumber\nAll Kinds of Hou,se Finish, Sash Factory, Store\nFronts and Saloon fixtures a Specialty.\nFurniture Made to Order\nE. Spraggett - - - grand forks 1\nrm rpnn\niiiih:!)' r'miiliiifis Are Eswniitl in Progressive\nTowns.\nSIM mm W THKIK INKLUENCK.\n4\u00E2\u0080\u0094THE STOKY QK GRAND VAI,i,EV.\nPerhaps you have never heard of\nGrand Valley. Yon cannot find it on\nany map, and only a stray westerner\nhere and there remember that it ever\nexisted. That is tbe most telling comment on its history.\nBut back in 1880, Grand Valley pios-\npects were of tbe best. It was in Manitoba, on the Assiniboine river, and was\nthe principal point between Portage\nLa Prairie and Port Ellice Steamboats\nplied on the river and landed goods and\npassengers at Grand Valley, making it\nthe point of supply and disturbutiou for\nall the settlements in a wide stretch of\ncountry. Its population was not large,\nthere was no, boom 110 excitement.\nGrind Vi ley was toitentto handle the\ntrade of all the surrounding district, ana\nto grow up with the country.\nIn 1881, there came a change. The\nCanadian Pacific was laying out its route\nthrough Manitoba westward and. the\nsurvey line passed through Grand\nValley. The importance of this fact to\nthe little town was so obvious that it\nfprang into sudden activity. . Its people\nwere jubilant Buildings began to spring\nup here and there and people looked forward to a time when the fine land of\nwestern Manitoba should be occupied by\nan energetic farming population and all\nthat r.cb agricultural district should\nhok to Grand Valley as its commercial\ncentre. Later events proved abundantly\nthat the wealth and future prosper ity of\ntlie neighborhood had not been in the\nleast exaggerated; an important town did\nindeed spring into being, having that\nwealth and prosperity as its chief sup port\nThat Grand Valley is not known today\nas the second city in Manitoba is due to\none drawback, and one only. But\", that,\none made its success impossible.\nThe site of the town was flat and low,\non the banks of the Assiniboine river.\nIts position exposed it to periodical overflow. The railway company rightly regarded this as a fatal objection. It reconsidered its original plans, refused to\nlocate iu buildings on the site first proposed, carried its line through the town\nand placed its station on a higher\nplateau, just a mile and a half to the\nwest, and named it Brandon.\nGrand Valley's disappointment was\nvery bitter. Deputations failed to convince the company that it should disregard all considerations of natural advantage, convenience and expense; and\nin the end the settlement had to submit.\nFor a time the steamers still ran there,\nand it seemed that the old town might\nretain a portion of its trade. But with\nthe first train that ran to the new station,\nthat vain hope died forever, and soon\nGrand Valley passed out ol existence.\nIt was in the fall of 1881 that the first\npassenger train ran into Brandon station.\nMay of that year had seen the first tent\nput upon the site of the new town. N\u00C2\u00AB t\na house, not a building of any kind, was I\nthen in existence there. Torday. Bran-1\ndon has a population of about 4,000 aT.d\nis thriving and prosperous\u00E2\u0080\u0094second ofify j\nto Winnipeg in importance aiming the\ntowns of Manitoba, Grand Valley,\nwhich she so mercilessly supplanted,\ndoes not exist stall, even as a village.\nIts site is now a.farm.\nEven if the railway had placed its\nstation in Grane Valley, there niight\nhave been a question as to the town's\nfuture, on account of the physical disadvantages of the site. But given a\nlow lying flat subject 10 overflow as\nagainst u higher plateau, the railway's\nchoice seemed inevitable. And when\nthat choice was once made, Ihe result\nwas not for a moment in doubt.\nIn such cases, one is compelled to\nrecognize the operations of natural lawn.\nOne cannot ignore them. To attempt to\ndisregard them results invariably in\nfinancial disaster.\nMr Mcintosh stated that tbo new compressor plant recently purchased from\nF. R Mi-ndenesll will not be hauled to\ntlie mil\"! until the roads improve.\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nBoundary Creok times.\niN SUMMIT CAMP.\nThe Graphic Claim Sold to a Wall Known Spokane Company.\nC. L. Hoffman, the Spokane mining\nbroker, closed a deal for the purchase of\nthe Graphic claim, in Summit camp,\nfrom E. A. Bielenlurg -of Greenwood.\nsays the Spokesman Review. The consideration is $5000 cash and a block of\nssock in a company to be formed. This\nclaim lies in the heart of Summit camp\nand is bounded on the west by the Sum\nmit mine, one of the principal properties\nin camp, and on the east are the Oro\nDenero and Emma mines, also well\nknown properties.\nAs far as prospected.by surface open\ncuts, there have been proved to exist two\nwell defined ledges. Tbe No. 1, traced\nfrom the Little Giant claim, lias been\nprospected on the Graphic ground for\n800 feet. It isan eight-toot ledge, carrying quartz with iron sulphurets and\noxidized iron and copper stain. The ore\nfrom this ledge gives values on the surface of Sio in gold, copper and silver.\nThe No. 2 vein comes out of the Summit ground, running east through the\nGraphic. This ledge is 20 feet iu width\nand one of the strongest in camp. It is\na quartz and iron lead, and on the \u00E2\u0080\u00A2Summit claim free gold was often found in\nthe workings near Ihe side lines of the\nSummit and Graphic. This ledge is\nsaid to assay as high as $70 in gold and\ncopper These two leads lie parallel to\neach other and about 600 feet apart\nMi'. Hoffman informed the correspondent that his associates will immediately\nlet a contract for a crosscut tututei which\nw.ll give a depth of 200 feet on the No. 1\nvein where there is an excellent tunnel\nsite.\nIf we are of so little importance why\ndo the Grand Porks board of trade\nlose so much sleep over our application\nfor incorporation? And why are they so\nanxious for us to go under their sheltering wing? Oh no Grand Forks, you are\na little too slow for a live energetic town\nlike Columbia to associate herself with.\nThe Grand Forks Board of Trade and\nCity Council are the most inconsistent\noutfit we ever ran across. In their organ they laugh at the audacity of Columbia doing a metropolis.such as they claim\nto be with their waterworks, churches,\nbanking facilities, $300,000 assessment\nroll and a big debt, any damage. But in the next breath they beg\nand pray the lieutenant-governor-incoun\ncil not to grant our application for incor-\nas it will greatly injure the credit of the\nCity of Grand Forks. What very funny\nfolks there are in this world.\nLatest From the Winnipeg\nMr. D. F. Mcintosh, the manager of\nthe Winnipeg Gold Mining company,\nwas in the city this week. He brought\nwith him samples of ores from tbe drift\non the ore chute recently discovered on\nthe 300-foot level. It will be remembered that a few weeks ago a blind lead\nwas encountered at the 300-foot level.\nDrifting was continued on this ledge.\nAt60 feet the character ot the,ore\nchanged considerably. The new ore-\nsamples of which were left at the Bank\not Commerce\u00E2\u0080\u0094is much richer than that\ntaken from the ledge. The gold and\ncopper values are mutually increased.\nASSESSMENT ACT AM) \"PROVINCIAL\n. IIEVENl'E TAX ACT.\nRock Ckkek Division, Yaws District\nIV TOTICFi IS HEREBY GIVEN IN\nr^y accordance with tin.' statutes that\n- Provincial Revenue 'lux and all\ntaxes levied titular the Assessment Act,\nand now due fur tlie v-ar 1899. All the\nabove named t\u00C2\u00BBX\"S collectible within\nIhe Ruck Creek D.visi-in of Yale District ar* payable at my office at Osoyoos,\nYale Dislt let. Assessed taxeB are collectible at the full 1 vin{ ritm. viz:\nIf paid on or befoie June 30th, 1899.\nThree fifths of one per cent on real\nproperty.\nTwo and one half per lent on assessed\nvalue of wild land.\nOne-half of one per cent on personal\nproper y.\nOn so much of tbe income of any person as txceeds one thousand dollars the\nfollowing rales camely :--Up m such\nexcess of income when tbe same is not\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2Lore than ten thousand dollars, one per\nc lit, when such excess is over ten\nthousand dollars and not rr-ore than\ntwenty thousanu dollars, one and one\nquarter of one per cent, when such\nexcess is over tv enty thousand dollars\none end one half of one per cent.\nIf paid after lit July, 1899.\nFonr fifths of one per cent on real\nproperly.\nThree per cent on the assessed value\nof wild land.\nThree four!hsof one per cent on per\nsoiial pioperly.\nOn so much of the income of any\npersi n as excedsone thousand dollars;\nthe following rates namely .-\u00E2\u0080\u0094Upon\nsuch excess, when the same is not more\nthan ten thousand dollars, one and one\nquarter per cent, when such excess is\nover ten thuusanJ dollars and\nless than twenty thousand dollars, one\nand one-half of one percent, when such\nexcess is over twenty thousand dollars\none and three quarters ot one per cent.\nProvincial Revenue tax $3.00 per\ncapita,\nC. A. R. Lambly,\nOsoyoot, B. C. Assessor and Collector.\nFebruary 24 th, 1899.\nThe\nPacific\nHote1\nColumbia\nHeadquarters for commercial and mining\nmen. All stages running into the Boundary\nstop at this hotel.\nXXWXWtMXXXX*\nNewly\nFurnished\nDecorated\nThroughout\nHeating and lighting\nsystem perfect. Most\ncomfortable house in\nthe Boundary. Strictly\nfirst-class. Cuisine unexcelled.\n464041449046441\nThe\nBar\nis supplied with the\nchoicest\prands of wines\nliquors and cigars\\nstarkTTraser\nPROPRIETORS\nQueen's\nHotel\nPublic patronage respectfully solicited\nCOMFORTABLE ROOMS. GOOD\nCUISINE, AND UPIODATE\nBAR.\nDuford & Cusson, Props.\nCOLUMBIA\n\ I\nThe Review\nPublished Every Saturday\nW. C. McDOUGALL.\nR. M. NISBBT, , \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\n- Editor.\nManager.\nSUBSCRIPTION RATES'\nThree months $ 75\nSix \" - I 25\nTwelve \" a 00\nTransient advertising 25 cents per line\nfirst insertion., ten cents per line each\nsubsequent insertion, nonpareil measure\nCorrespondence from every part of Newfoundland and its people prosperous\nYale district, and communications on\nabused as a grasping monopolist, and bis\nconcessions from the Government of\nNewfoundland are so vast that tbey have\nalarmed the islanders, have caused an\nappeal for Imperial interference, and |\nhave been the text of a careful re-statement by the Hon. Joseph Chamberlain of j\nthe doctrine of the absolute right ofj\nBritish colonies to mismanage their own\naffairs. Reid made what seemed to some\nI All of the unsold portion of Lot 382 as follows:\na \"foolish investment.\" He practically j j. Twenty-seven lots in a beautiful level p ateau situate in that portion of\npurchased the resources of the bankrupt j Oniaa Forks known as the\nisland government. The effect is already i\nLOTS FOR SALE\nOne of the Moat Desirable Properties\nin the Kettle River Valley.\nWsVWWWt\i\i\WWiVlrYaVWWaYiVstft\"ft\nmarvellous. His millions are making\nlive topics always acceptable.\n40ffB44tt4^WttlOI4MC4UttttffffttBJ9l(lfl\nft Thk Columbia Review has the\ng best subscription list of all papers\n\u00C2\u00A7 published in the interior of British\nColumbia.\n\u00C2\u00AB This is not a foolish boast; it is\nX an unquestionable fact.\nJ By special arrangement, we\n4 reach:\nJ All the best mining brokers,\n4 All the wide awake capitalists,\n\u00C2\u00AB All the foremost men of brains, g\nft means and enterprise in Eastern \u00C2\u00AB\n8 Canada, who are interested, or 4\n\u00C2\u00A3 likely to become interested in J\nby developing its latent wealth; and both\nhe and the islanders will reap a golden\nharvest.\nVan Ness Addition\nWanted.\u00E2\u0080\u0094A body guard for\neditor of the Boundary Creek Times\n< Must not be fastidious about his opponents.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Boundary Creek Times\nI We would imagine the editor of the\nj Times had enough germs of the Klon-\n' dyke fever still left to form a guard for\n1\n! the whole town.\n2. Forty acres lying south and east of the main Kettle River.\n3. One Hundred and Thirty Five acres lying west of the main Kettle River.\n4. Ten acres lying alonK the Northern Boundary ot said Lot 382, and\ntie north of the Main Kettle River, on which there is an abundance of go id spring\nwater.\nThis is a very desirable property lying between the business portion of Grand\nForks ar.d the thriving town of COLUMBIA which in tbe near future is destined\nto become the LEADING CUT in the intetior\nWill sell altogether or ir seperate parcels.\nFor further information apply to\nCorbins charter is now a sure thing\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nthe Grand Porks council and board of\ntrade have petitioned the government to\nMt Boundary mines, Boundarv stocks, $ !\n* Boundary commerce. Boundary ft \ grant it why didn't Corbin think of\n$ transportation, Boundary develop- ** '\nft ment in every line.\nft One thousand cepies go every 4\n5 week direct to the head centres of S\nEastern enterprise. JS\nYou can help us, and we can 4\nhelp you. 4\nWe want reliable news. If you 8\nhave it, send it along. 3\nFacts about, the mines and other 4\nresources of Southern British 8\n''olumbiaare what we want. a\nWhat does this mean to you ? 4\nDon't subscribe for the Review X\ngetting the aid of those influential bodies\nlast year, if be had he would now have\ntrains running into Republic. But\nsome peopls are so thoughtless.\nThe easiest solution of the Phillipiite\nquestion would be to send out about\n10,000 cans of Evan's roast beef that was\nserved to tro >ps in Cuba.\nThe slaughter of iegro;s in the south\nPETER T. McCALLUM\nJustice and Notary Public\nCOLUMBIA, B. C.\nW. H. DINSMORE\nft unless you want lo read it. Don't 2\n9. u.., .1 ..\u00E2\u0080\u009E,... \u00E2\u0080\u009E.\u00C2\u00BB,\u00C2\u00BB\u00E2\u0080\u00A2,.\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00AB i\u00E2\u0080\u009E nnt nlurprt ft i wav towards convincing the Cubans and-\nBut if your property is not placed 5 I way towards convincing\nasit8houldbebeforeth0inveEting*iFni , th t the 0 ,te, Sute( u\npublic, it is your own fault. Give \u00E2\u0096\u00A0. -r\nus honest, up-to-date facts, and 8 i humane aid generous nation to rule\nwe will see that they reach the 2 | ,. \u00E2\u0080\u009E\nright people. \u00C2\u00AB 1 ln*ul\nRemember. The Columbia *\nREVIEW goes direct to One Thous- $ '\n\u00E2\u0080\u009E and of the foremost investors and 5\n* brokers of Toronto, Montieal and *\nft all the business centres of the g\n\u00C2\u00A7 East. \u00C2\u00AB\n*\u00C2\u00AB*\u00C2\u00ABe;\u00C2\u00AB*\u00C2\u00BB**\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00AB**\u00C2\u00AB0t\u00C2\u00AB9t*fl\u00C2\u00AB**\u00C2\u00AB* '\nA PETITION.\nLieutenant\nTHE BOUNDARY'S OPPORTUNITY.\nFate seems bent on making all things\ntend to the prnsperity of the Boundary\ncountry- Just when the mines of this\ndistrict have caught the attention of the\nin vesting world, and are daily proving\ntheir immense variety, extent and value,\nthere comes a great boom in copper, in\nwhich useful metal Southern British\nColumbia is exceedingly rich. Copper is\nrising rapidly, copper properties are in\ndemand and the Boundary is the lucky\npossessor of perlnps the greatest copper\nregion in the world, VW printed last\nweek an article from a recent issue of the\nEngineering and Mining Journal which\nshows how matters stand in the Eui lidi' ra's-\ncopper market, and no doubt will in- psiiits,\ncrease the interest of eastern capitalists J gondolas, debts and taxes, and\nin the many valuable properties in this\nsection.\nTo The Ho.ourable The\nGovernor in Council.\nWhereas the credit of Ski>okum Flats\nis so high that nothing can hurt it, as\nshown by the fact that its bonds sell at\nthe enviable figure ot 95c, and\nWhereas the credit of Skookum Flats\nis so low that it has to pay on the said\nbonds 7 per cent interest and 5 per\ncent commission, and tlie incorporation\not a few neighboring shacks and' out-\nbouses would deal it a deadly blow,\nand\nWhereas bonds have never been floated by any similar city, for tht unique\nreason that under the sun no similar city\nexists, and\nWhereas Skookum Flats has everything under heaven except a railway\nstation, including a large number of\nschools, academies, churches, cuthed\nBrighaniists. banks, loan com\npiggeries, electric tights, rafts,\nNerve and capital have made a quiet\nSco'chman, slender in build and delicate\nin health, one of the most striking figures\nin Britain's \"vaster empire.\" forty\nyears ago Robert Gillespie Reid was\nwithout means. To-day, he is being\nWherea. the said collection of shacks\nand outhouses has nothing- and yet we\nwant it.\nTherefore we humbly pray that the sa'd\nshacks and outhouses be accorded the\nprivilege of paying our debts mid sharing our misgovernment or be denied the\nright of municipal government at all.\nAnd your petitioners will ever pray.\nj\u00C2\u00BB j\u00C2\u00BB MERCHANT TAILOR\nHas just opened up a Tailoring Establishment opposite\nthe Queen's Hotel\nHe wilt carry a first class stock of Tweeds and Worsteds.\nWorkmanship Guaranteed\n0 \u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00BB \u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00ABe-0e.\u00C2\u00AB6o0.\nOpposite Queens Hotel\nolumbia.\nContractor &\nBuilder\nPlans and Specifications Furnished and\nEstimates /V 21 on all Classes of W ork\nA. Iv. McDonald,\nColumbia\n'WASTELL, BROS\nWe Carry a Large Stock ,\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00C2\u00BB\n,t* of Stoves and Tinware.\nColumbia Ave. Columbia\nGeo, E. Massie\ntMM\njnMg^fJfclMIStBl can (MtAAJb i\u00C2\u00A32\u00C2\u00B1 am oa&\u00C2\u00BB *\u00C2\u00AB*. m\nSuperior Workmanship, Perfect Fit\nGuaranteed.\nxm*xx#xxx*\u00C2\u00BBw*xm\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00BBx*\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00BBxx\nCleaning and Repairing\nGrand Forks (HHHHaHLMaVaniHMlHMBaaanaaMaa..\nft\nI j I can be sent where they will make the\n'i | most advantageous mixtures, and also\n| that the smelters will not have to carry\n | such heavy stocks of ore as they now do.\nI No doubt the combination will be able to\nThtfC Will lie DO AdMOCe ill Tbe Smelting i get special low freight rates from the\nChattel). ' I ra''r\u00C2\u00B0ads, which will not be accorded in\ndependent smelters.\nThe Engineering and Mining Journal\nof March n says concerning Ihe formation of the lead smelter trust.\n\" This momentous event, of the realization of which we have been somewhat\nincredulous, has nevertheless materialized, as we are informed by the chief\nparties in it. Tbe consolidation of the\nADDITIONAL TELEPHONE SYSTEM.\ni The Boundary Ciuntry to be Conncclrd With\nDdublc Wirea.\nj W. H. Kent, general superintendent\nj of the Vernon & Nelson Telephone com-\n! pany, and of the New Westminster &\nsmelters has been effected by a purchase _ \"-..,.\u00C2\u00AB,,,. ....\nJ r I Burrard Inlet Telephone company, ltmit-\nfor cash of the several works mentioned! , . . ., .. .. \u00E2\u0080\u009E ...'.. .\n] ed, is in the city. Mr. Kent states that\nin the subscription contract given on!... . . . , . , ,\n1 \u00C2\u00B0 | the service is to be improved at once, and\nanother page, the consideration being\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 L. . r \u00E2\u0080\u00A2,..\u00E2\u0080\u00A2. ._ a- i j i\n*^t* b j that every facility is to be afforded for\n$19,000,000. Most of the companies\nhave taken preference stock at par |with\na bonus of common stock amounting to\n70 per cent of the preferred stock.\n\"In addition to this issue of stock for\ncash wherewith to buy the properties,the\nnew company is also to lie provided in\nthe same manner with 97,500,000 of\nimmediate connection with all points.\nThe company now has ample funds to\nconduct all its \u00E2\u0080\u00A2Derations, and while the\noutside towns are now connected with\nbut a single wire, there will lies double\ncopper wire service from here into the\nBoundary district in addition to the\nj double wire service to Spokane,\ncash working capital, and to this is to tie \ Heretofore the company tiasbeeii ham\nadded about $2,000,000 of securities ac-1 pered by lack of funds, but the uecessi-\nquired from some of the companies pur-' ties of the country and the splendid show-\nchased, thus bringing the working capit-, ing made by the company buve induced\nal up to about 89.500,000. The property j British capitalists to put in sufficient\npurchased is said to include also the! money to establish a really first class\nMexican mines of the Kansas City com- j service. It must not be understood that\npany, but not the Mexican smelters.: this will be what is known as an express\nNeither are the Guggenheim works at! service, because the cost would be too\nPueblo. Colo., and Perth Aniboy, N J, or great, but it will be a genuinely first\nthe Balbach works'at Newark, N. J., class service, equally to that of any dis-\nin hided; nor are eny of the si f lead ' trict of the same population and of\nsmelters of eastern Missouri in the com-1 smaller area or. the continent of America,\nbination. The works included are said! Mr. Kent says that the old instruments\nto have earned about $3,000,000 last year,! now in use will be replaced with more\nand with the improve J prices for lead and j modern ones as fast as possible, and\nsilver which it is believed will be realiz- j that the new company is prepared to\ned this year, the net earnings are expect- ] afford such facilities as will satisfy the\ned, according to come of those in in-1 public. He, moreover, said that the\nterest, to amount to $4,000,000; which j prosperity of the country meant the pros-\nwould not only provide the 7 per cent on j perity of the company, and that the\nthe preferred stock, but would also pay a j directors of the British Columbia tele-\nlarge dividend on the common stock, j phones recognized the uec?s.-it'<8 of a\nIt is, however, possible that these ex-! new country, and were prepared to back\npectations may not be realized. j him up in making such a service as\n\"W* are assured by those in control of j would be acceptible to all the people of\nthe consolidation that it is clearly understood that there shall be no advance in\nsmelting charges. The probability, how\never,\nseems to us to be that large\nquantities of low grade ores which have j a week or two, or perhaps a little longer,\nheretofore been unmarketable will be j to get the lines and instruments in bet-\nthe Kootenays and of the whole province.\nHereafter, he said, there would be no\nexcuse for kicks. Of course it may take\nJO\nColumbia\nStage\nLines\nxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxm*****\nStages leave Botnhurg and Marcus\ndaiiy on arrival of trains, for Columbia,\nconnecting with the Williams Line tor\nRepublic and the Suodgrass line for\nGreenwood and Penticton.\nG.W. WILLIAMS\nManager.\nCOLUMBIA, B. C.\nNew\nGoods\nArriving\nDailv\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2aW\nHe carry everything\nto be found in an up\nto date Grocery Store\nCrockery\nand\nGlassware\nter shape, but the work was progressing\nso rapidly that it was only a question of\na very short time before every department of tbe work would lie in first class\nshape.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Rossland Miner.\nutilized by reducing the smelting charges\nor the freights to the smelters on them\nand the high grade ores will, in some\nmeasure, have to pay for this. This can\nnot be complained of, for it will benefit\nmany mines, while it may make the few j\nhigh grade mines a little less remmiei-\nativc.\n\"It is claimed with reason that the\ncombination will place the technical\nknowledge and skill of the managers of\nall works at the command of each, and\nthis should effec'. substantial reductions\nhi cost and at the same time render it\nmore difficult for outside works to compete. Another advantage claimed is\nthat which was claimed also in the old\nclearing house scheme-whichneverthe-: F0R SALE.-A new set of single\nless did not prevent a very substantial in- Harness for sale cheap apply to J, Ander-\ncrease in smelting charges -that the ores 1 son.\nNOTICE.\nThe Columbia and Western Railway\nCompany will apply to the Parliament\nof Canada at its next session for an Act\ngiving to the Company authority to issue\nfirst mortgage bonds to be a charge on\nits railway, including its main line and\nbranches, not exceeding thirty-five\nthousand dollars per mile thereof, and\nfor other purposes.\nH; CAMPBELL OSWALD,\nMontreal, March 7th, 1899. Secretary.\nHi. HUM I CO\nGRAND FORKS\nJ. H\nPRACTICAL WATCHMAKER\nAND JEWELER.\nAll work guaranteed first class in\nevery respect.\nfu'l line ot stationery kept in stock.\nPOST OFFICE BLOX\nJOHN McEWING\nHAS A COMPLE TE OUTFIT\nFOR MOVING BUILDINGS.\nTWELVE YEARS EXPER\nIENCE. SATISFACTION\nGUARANTEED.\nCOLUMBIA,\nB.C.\nf\nWe Do\nThe Best\nPrinting\nSend us an order for any kind\not Art or Commercial printing\nand we turn it ojt in short\norder\nWe have the only l.itho-\nGraving outfit east of the\nCoast.\nIn the\nBoundary\nCountry\nDon't send out of town for\nwork just because it costs a\nfew cents lesa, but be up to\ndate and don't be cheap.\nX*.***XM#*?***\u00C2\u00BB*#*#V.\nThe\nReview\nN\n^\n\u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00AB.\u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00AB08\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00ABK\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00AB*\u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00AB\nA valuable Medium to Mining\nMen, as it read by a large\nnumber of prospective buyers\nthroughout tbe East.\nxxxxxxxxxxxmxx\nSubscription\n$2 Per Year\nM6fl909d60G08D6090fld606sW89C6D(\nAdvertising Rates on\nApplication at this Offic\n] A. F, DMdnu'i Seheiii to Build a Road\nFrom Edmonton Through The Peace\nRiver Conolry.\nThe projected road commences at\nEdmonton,'and runs north to Athabasca\nLanding. Thence it follows Athabasca\nand Little Slave rivers, skirts the south\nDeechmac party found Indian ponies\nfat and sleek, which hud wintered out,\nwith nothing to euttair, life, but the\nsucculent bunch grass. These lands are\nmuch more subject to tbe visitation of\ntbe tropical Chinook wind than are\nthoso farther south at Calgary and the\nbalmv temperature which obtains even\nin early spring is proven by the fact\nthat travellers plucked wild fl.iw-is\nat Fort .St. John in Ap.il. At Fort\nGraham, far north of the line of the\nrailroad, potatoes, beets, turnips an 1\not Little Slave lake to Peace river |'\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00AB\"> \"th.-r vegetables are gr ,wn. while\nHere a bridge would have to j an un,im,,ed oumber of at',3k c ,ul(1 b'\nfed upon these plains. Between F.u-t\ncrossing,\nbe built to enable the promoters to take\nadvantage of the valley on the ncrth\nside ot Peace river. The road then\ncontinues to follow the northern bank\nof tbe river, passing through Dunegan\nand Fort St. John until it reaches Hud\neon's Hope, at the foothills of the\nRockies. Hitherto the line passes\nthrough prairie country, but at Hudson's H >pa the entrance of the Peace\nriver puss is encountered. Strange as\nit Kay appear, however, this fa-'t doss\nnot involve the tunnelling, rock cutting,\nswitch backs, loops and other devices\nwhich are found necessary in climbing\nthe range farther s.nith. Tie pa-s is\nnot a very long one, and after careful\nobservation Mr. Deeclimtn wai able to\ndiscover only two points where rock\ncutting would be necessary. In one or\ntwo places sno.v ahed-i would hav\u00C2\u00AB to\nbe built, but not a single tunnel would\nhave to be made. Bridging would be\nthe heaviest item of expense on this\nSt. John and Dunnegan, a distance of\nISO miles, the country is oue grand undulating plateau, where rank bun..b\ngrw, ulo, t three fewt hiah, was grow\ning in May. At Dunnegan, under the\ninstruction of the R iman Catholic missionaries, good wheat, outs anil other\ngrass aro irrown by the Indians. At I be\nPhiladelphia exposition wheat grown\nin tbe Peace river belt was award-id the\nhighest place.\nOf the mineral wealth of the districts\nthis sidenf the Rockies, considerable is\nknown by British \u00E2\u0080\u00A2'olmnbians. Tbe\nplacersofthe Omineca hav>i baen explored for many years, but Mr. Dapch-\nman says that boitij ot the richest\nquartz propositions he has ever known\nare to be found there, but with no\navenue of transportation hav.i bien entirely neglected.\nB. L. BEER\nJ. K. DUNLOP.JR.\nBEER & DUNLOP\nMINING AND REAL ESTATE BROKERS\nNrtnon'3 Pint Chief ot Police\nSenecan G Ketcbum, an ex-hobo\nsection of the road, lowing to the fact j printer, but now tbe biggest man in\nthat the river would have to be crossed ! Skagit County tells how he and jack\nand recrossed a number ot times to tbe\nmarine end of tbe enterprise.\nThe questions at once arise, what is\nthe character ot the districts it is pro-\nHouston ran Kootenay's chappie town,\nmore especially-.thejuicy end of it:\nA year ago Seneca Ketcbum was a\nmodest printer working on the New\nWest Trade in Spokane says tbe Spoli-\ntbe\nM T BRAGDON\n* COLUMBIA, B.C. .\nHardware, Mine and Mill Machinery and Supplies.\n^SPECIALTIES^\nCanton andje^sop Pressed Steel Octagon and Grooved.\nTrusx Ore Cars Spectacles and Eye Glasses\nP. BURNS & Co.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Wholesale and Retail Dealers in.\nFresh and Cured Meats, Fish and Oysters, Live and\nDressed Poultry.\nFrom now on we will supply Meats daily both in- Columbii and Grand Forks\nMeats delivered to mines free of charge. Mail Orders receive prompt atte'ntio .\npised to tap and would they be suffi- j ane Chronicle. Now as editor of\nciently wealthy to warrant the exp\u00C2\u00ABndi | on,y S*\"1*'1 Countv Times.be is not only\nthe wise men ot tli- aspirin' town of\nP. BURNS,\nCo'utubia, Cascade, Grand\nF irks,-Midway, Gre \u00C2\u00ABwo > I.\nture which the building of such a road\nwould involve ? The country itself is,\nin Mr. Deechmah's opinion, the bast\nanswer to the question. 11 the first\np'aca, tbe finest spruce timber and\nwhitewood in the world can hi obtained in the bills between the Rockies and\nLittle Slave lake, through which the\nLittle Smoky, Pdtnbina. Smoky and\nSedro-Wo >lley but is fast becoming one\nof the noted men west of the Cascades.\nNo small part of the reputation conceded to Seneca is due to the fame of his\ntales of achievements during a term of\nChief of Police of Nelson, B. C It was\nin June of 1897 while he was Chief that\nseveral holidays came in quick succession, says the veracious P.-I. They included tlie.Qieeu^H Jubilee and the\nMcLeod rivers find their way down to j Fourth ^^ They were ce,ehrate<1 \u00C2\u00BB'\nwild western fashion. In fact the cele-\nAthabasca river and Slave lake. Spruce\ntwo feet In diameter, and lifting clean\ntrunks one hundred feet without a limb,\nflourish along these streams.* In fact\nthis wood, in which Canada now enjoys\na monopoly and which is becoming\nmore and more valuable every year,\nbeing the finest pulp wood known, there\nare millions of square feet in the district indicated which have never baen\ntouched. Large pulp works at Atbab\nasca Landing, to whicn all this timber\ncan be floated down by tbe streams\nnamed, are among the schemes which\nMr. Deechman has in contemplation.\nThese works would be a valuable asset\nof the railroad company, who would\ncertainly ask as a bonus a portion of\nthe forests which the construction of\nthe road would render eo valuable.\nThe marvellous fertillity ot the prairie\nIan :1s which extend on both sides of the\nPeace river have already been demonstrated by many travellers, Here the\nbration became so intense that the\nwhole City Government was incapacit-\ned from business for a week.\n\"The Mayor began the celebration,\"\nsaid Editor Ketcham I f'o.ind him around\none evening celebrating iu a fashion that\nwas altogether to wild and western even\nfor Nelson so I arrested him.\n\"What!' said he,'you arrest me? I'm\nMayor of Net ion and you're only the\nChief of Police. I discharge you. ''Oh,\nno! don't do that now' I said 'I won't be\nd schargeil. I refuse. Co ne along.'\nCi\"Well, 1 took him around for a time\nuntil his ardor wore off somewhat. Then\nwe went into a refectory and squared our\ndifferences.\nWe concluded that we would celebrate\ntogether. The City Clerk couldn't do\nanything without the Mayor, so he\nplayed poker; the police nen couldn't\nget along without me, so they quit work.\nThe machinery of the Government was\nstopped. I think if the Queen had known\nwhat was going to happen she would\nhave postponed the Juoilee. \"I have\nhad some pretty wild experiences, but\nnone of them beat my career as Chief of\nNEW\nSTORE\n^Tt\"\"^.^.^at\u00C2\u00ABPrjV*.^^\"FV^Pta^ *J1. \u00E2\u0096\u00A0AaH^vnr\^\n*>*K aji .T.fla;\nGents Furnishings\nHats, Caps, Boots,\nReady Made Clothing,\nBlankets, Etc.\nxxxHXH#>**x*x*x%m#xM\nI beg to himounce to tbe public\nthat I Liuv < opened up a carefully\nselected and complete stock in\nall the above lines and that my\nprices are right.\nMy stock is new, and was bought\nunder rr.y personal supervision\nand will be found A 1 i.i every particular.\nFRANK GUSE,\nColumbia\nIS\nPolice. Here I had been for years a I \"TPIJIJ\nman trying to dolge policemen, and I '\nbecame one of tbe most important of\ntbem. It gives yon a retnamable feeling\nto be the Chief of such a town. You\ncan imagine yourself a king for you come\nvery near being boss of all you survey.\nWORLD\nFULL , . .\nof newspapers. The Rkvikw is ful\nof up to date news abou* the mines\nthe smelter, the prospector, and the\nresources of Yale.\nSEND THE\nREVIEW\nto your friends in the east. It wil-\nsave the trouble of writing letters\nThe poor as well as the rich can\nenjoy it. Only\nTWO DOLLARS A YEAR\nNOTICE is hereby given that after the\nexpiration of one month from this date\nthe undersigned and others will apply to\nthe Lieutenant-Governor-iu-Council foi\nthe incorporation into a city municipality under the name of The Corporation\nof the City of Columbia of that certain\nlocality in the province of British Columbia being all the land included within\nthe limits of Lots 380, 520 and 533,Grou(\u00C2\u00BB\nOne, Osoyoos Division of Yale District, in\nsaid province.\nDated this9th day of March, 1899.\nCHARLES HAY,\nFor the petitioners, Ti REPUBLIC CJMP.\nJ\" '. ' v'' -' ' \u00E2\u0080\u00A2' '\nS. P. Doomer, general manager of the\nHen Hur, stated to (he correspondent\n<>f The Spokesman-Review Friday that\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0tJI arrangements had been perfected for\nsinking a three compartment shaft on\nthe Ben 'Hur, and that the wbrk tbereou\nbegan yesterday afternoon. The. shaft\n114 being suuk 465 feet north of thesn^th\nline of the claim. Two of the compartment will be four feet by four feet\n'dgbt inches in the clear and the other\nfour feet by five in the clear. It will\nbe timbered in the best and most sub\nntantial manner as it is .intended as a\npermanent working shaft. A winze has\nlinen ordered and will be on the gronnd\nby the time one becomes necessary,. If\nthe inflow of water becomes too great to\nhandle with, a bucket a steam hoist will\nbe put on and also a pump. Tbe property is certainly one of the best in the\ncamp, but heretofore the management\nlias been content to |do prospecting.\nThic change of program means mining\niu earnest. Had the claim been operated on mining principles in tbe past, it\nwould have sK'od as higb in public\nesteem as the Nan I'oil. It is on the\nsame ledge aud the ore is as rich as in\nthe former. It has been developed by\nabout 57 feet of tunnel and and 360 feet\nof drift along the ledge. There is exposed iu the drift, about 100 feel of high\ngtade ore Surface developments in\nconnection with tha drift has shown\nthat there is a pay chute exaeeding 400\nle-s acted as a safely va'ive tocom\nnitit'ce.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u00A2Wh-ieHt\", A nilway knowi. as the\nKettle River rail may, is projected -from\nNorth port, in Ihe slate of Wasbiigton,\nlo BoJndnry urort i, in British Odlumbia,\nand application is now being made to\nthe damiiiion parliament for acbarterj\nami\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Whereas1, It is essential to tbe pro*\ngress of the Boundary creek country\nthat it should have the benefits of connection with tbo transcontinental railways to the south as well aato the\nnorth; and\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0080\u00A2Whereas, iheabove named railway\nwould be of very material benefit to tbe\n.mast citiee, tie it iftfflt!\n\"Resolved, I'hat this board of Irade\nurge upon the dominion government the\nnecessity of granting a ^charter to the\nKettle Riyw.ra.lway, and^thai^a coP(V of\nthisaWlutioV' be .forwarded to -Sir\nWilfridI*2&r\u00C2\u00BBa@- A.JBJWr, niii.\nof railways; the chairman of tha raii-\nway committee of tha hous of commons;\nthe senators and members for British\nColumbia no* at Ottawa.\"\ntl *l V '} AT.*/. -\n.i \u00C2\u00BB.: | i .i .H'\nReasons Why This Site was Chosen by Our Syndicate.\ni TUB CANADIAN P.VCIFI RAILWAY .OUPANY CHOSE THIS SITE *OR THEl I Sl'VlTOU\nAFfER CAREFULLY EXAMINING ADJOINING SUES AND THE COMPANY IS LARGELY INTMRBSTBOI\nCOLUMBIA.\nIt is one ol\"tlie most perfect uatur.il inland townsites on this continent, being a level pnirie\n- surrounded., by-beautiful mountains rich iu gold and copper. ...<\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\nlu its neighborhood there is a large extent of fertile agricultural land on which grain and fruits can \u00E2\u0096\u00A0*\ngrown in abundance, superior in this respect to any town in the Kootenays or in the Southern Vi.le\nDistrict.\nThere are no low flats on our townsite annually subject to overflow.\nMehind it am, large mining camps traversed by enormous bodies of mineral, wonderful in their size and\ncontaining high percentages of copper with appreciable gold values,\nExperienced prospectors and miners predict these various camps will inside of three years develop into\nthe most phenomenal iu tbe world's history,\nThe camps directly tributary lo this town are WHITE'S or CENTRAL, WELLINGTON, SUMMIT\nBROWN'S, EVA XS, GREENWOOD,KNIGHT'S, PASS CREEK, HARDY MOUNTAIN and SEATTLE\nuaiup.i, enough according to present prospects to make twenty Kosslunds.\nAdjoining tbe town there i\u00C2\u00BB a large supply of timber, such as ne, fir, ta naraek and cedar continuing\nmi the North Fork.\nIn the neighborhoo'i are superior clay beds suitable for brick and tile making, as well as good lime and\nother stone quarries useful for building purposes.\nIt. is rie lined tp bo the wholesale centre of the whole Boundary country.\nKor two years at least it will lie th^ transfer point for those going to or leaving\nTHE WONDERFUL REPUBLIC\nand other camps in the State ol Washington. ,\nIt will lie the great residential centre for Kooteitay and Yale districts, as there is room for expansion\nand with good schools ami oilier adjuncts of civilization established the men who make theirmoney in the\nvarious surrounding mining vamp- will erect their homes here.\nWe already have embryo water works fed by a beautiful sprinj eapahle of amply supplying a city of\n20,000 people, after which wc buve a large spring lake on an adjoining mountain,as a further unlimited\nsource of supply.\nIn two mouths we will\u00E2\u0096\u00A0;\u00E2\u0080\u00A2,\u00C2\u00BB\u00E2\u0080\u00A2, e a complete system of electric lighting established.\nOur streets can be easily graded and all other city improvements can be made at little cost.\nWe will shortly lie incorporated a.s a city when streets will tie graded, sidewalks built'and public buildings erected.\nA smelter will be biiilf at a convenient point tributary lo our city.\nThis week all stages going from or to Bossburg and Marcus will connect at Columbia with\nthose going to or \u00E2\u0080\u00A2from Republic, Greenwood and all westerly or south-westerly points,so that all\npassengers will stop over at least one night. '\nTh$ CIa5ses of Citizens we Want.\nMen sober, steady and industrious, men with energy, quick to think and act\naccordingly, some capital (either in pocket, brain or muscle), men with faith in\nthe future and prepared to work for it. To such men we extend a welcome and\nthey ivill find employment in the variousu/alk* of life\nThose Immediately Wanted\n\u00C2\u00BB . . i t, * \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 r} ' i '\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 V \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nWholesale and retail grocers, dry goods and hardware men, wholesale liquor,\na druggist, a doctor,a dentist, and a furniture dealer. The first who comes will\nbe the one we will patronize.,\nCop\u00E2\u0096\u00A0espond&ice'wlwitetl and all information readily given.\nA. yy. R6SS, Manager. COLUMBIA\nw ' ., \u00E2\u0096\u00A0;-,- \"\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u00A2', Uf : tl H J ..,' r\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00BB: \u00E2\u0096\u00A0al\". i v\" <<\"\u00E2\u0096\u00A0< \": \u00E2\u0080\u00A2' \u00E2\u0096\u00A0' '\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\"\u00E2\u0096\u00A0' -'';-\nI\n,^ta-\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n_*\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nBBSBaa\nat-taa \u00E2\u0084\u00A2\n8\t\nWILL GO COBOOTS ON TUNNELS.\nThe Laat Chance awl NoWa Five WUI U\u00C2\u00BBa\nBack Other's Tuneela.\nArrangements have been eutered into (\nby the Last Chance and Noble Five\ncompanies in the Slocan, whereby they\nhave agreed to allow each other the use\nof their tu\u00C2\u00BBnels as soon as they reach\nthe boundary line of the adjoining property. The Noble Five will accordingly\ncarry on tunnels No. a, 3 and 4 of the\nLast Chance from the points where they\nreach the end line of the Last Chance\nwhere the claims abut\u00C2\u00BBthe World's Fair.\nThe Last Chance will have the use of\nthe long crosscut in No. 4 tunnel of the\nNoble Five, where it cut9 the vein at a\nvertical depth of 900 leet. The Last\nChance will also have the crosscut in A\ntunnel, where it strikes the Little Widow\nground at a depth of 600 feet, and will\nhave the use ot all intermediate drifts.\nThis news will come as a pleasant surprise to the stockholders of both properties, as it will result in th_\" speedy and\nthorough exploiting of the Last Chauce\nveiu, which has already proved itself to\nbe one of the richest iu the Slocan. As\nboth mines are equipped with excellent\ntramways, mutual arrangements as to\ntransportation of the ore will also be\nmade.\nWhs Loaded But She Didn't Know It\nMrs. F, L. < haplin. whose husband is\nbookeeper for a firm doing business at\nthe mouth of Curlew creek, accidentally shot herself at her home Wednes\nday. She was handling a Winchester,\nwhich was accidentally discharged, the\nbullet entering ber foot. Dr. Jakes\nwent down to Curlew Thursday morning to attend the eutferer.\nA Naval Contract\nThe Crow's Nest Coal company has\nsecured tbe contract to supply the British fleet at Etquimalt with coal for tlie\npresent year. Tbe amount cf consumption is not less than 3000 tons per\nmonth, and some of tbe vessels when\nleaving the station carry away with\nthem more than that for one trip.\npresent. This claim was recently purchased by a Spokane syndicate consisting of Charles L. Hoffman, Charles\nSweeny, E. J. Dyer, W. J. C. Waaefield,\nGeorge R.. Dodson and A. E. Palmer,\nwho intend to expend a considerable sum\nbefore incorporating a company and\noffering it to the public.\nSo far little development has been\ndone on the claim, but it is said that the\nlime and diorite ci ntact doubt do well iu this country.\nThe Graves Smelter.\nThe statement is made on tbe most\nreliable authority that work on the\nGraves smelter will begin on the 20th\ninstant. The site is two miles up the\nvalley ftom Columbia and is fortuoately\n\u00C2\u00ABo placed that tbe trade of the town will\nbenefit to the full, and yet our people\nwill not experience any unpleasant\neffects from the operation of the works.\nThe Big Bridge.\nWork has been begun on the new\nbridge and has already brought a considerable number of men to take up\ntheir quarters in Columbia hotels. Tbe\nforce will be largely increased very\nshortly and the work will be pushed\nvigorously.\nWork on The St. Lawrence.\nThe St. Lawrence iu the Deadwood\ncamp, is to be worked by contract for the\nMINING RECORDS.\nMar. 10\u00E2\u0080\u0094Libert>, Wellington eimp, Al.\nLyr.ch.\nMar. 11\u00E2\u0080\u0094Blue Bell, Seuttln camp, C. W.\nDavey. Mary MelleHh.fraction.ijum\nmit camp, W. Bower.\nMar. I3\u00E2\u0080\u0094Queen, fraction. Wellington\n1 amp, R. J. Wasson.\nMar, 16\u00E2\u0080\u0094Lookout, Brown's camp, H. A.\nHenderson. Keystone fraction,\nBrown's camp. S. F. Ra\u00C2\u00BBton.\nMar. 16\u00E2\u0080\u0094Eagle fraction, Hardy mount-\nair, Dan Bresnahan.\nMar. 17\u00E2\u0080\u0094Mary, Summit canip, Felix\nMareoniller, Silver Bail, Golden\nSpoon. Josh creek. J. T. Mugnev and\nG. Olson. New List Chance,Brown's\ncamp. Lew Neff.\nMar. 18- Kitty fraction, Brown's camp,\nMex. Kuntz. Ennnro,Volcanic mountain, Geo. lltcken. Gold ' Nugget,\nVolcanic mountain, II. Waltin.\nTRANSFERS.\nMar.7-Grand Foiks No. 2, X int..\nJas. Davidson to J. II. Smith.\nMar. 8\u00E2\u0080\u0094ivose Bud, Moonlight, Canyon,\nAlaska and Emma, % int., Mrs. Emma Bentlv to H. A. Huntly. Gertrude\nH int., W. B. Bower to F. O. Clark.\nMonitor, all int., H. A. Huntley to\nJos. Poundee. Lore Star, % int., J.\nC. Williams to G. W. Williams.\nMar. 9-Niagara, ^ int., Robt. Clark Jr.\nto J. S. C Frase r Manatchin, all\nint., M. F. Folger to Aitbur Mar.\nshall.\nMar. 10\u00E2\u0080\u0094Clendike, all int., Jes. Pounder\nto Wm. Pounder anp W, B. Davey.\nMontreal, % int., Cbas Stewart to Joe\nGelinas. Tiger, 9-128 int, Alex Darias\nand Thos Legacy to G J Goodhue.\nMar 11-Celumbia, 112 int, V W Smith\nto W G Merryweather. Crowu, all\nall int, Robt Petrie to F II Oliver.\nBadger, 1-3 int, R B Lee to Cbas Hatt\nwell. Hiram. Klondyka. Silver Bell\nand William, power ot attorney. Wm\nPounder to W B Davey.\nMarl3 -Boulder, 1-3, J 8 Miller to Geo\nL Wolfe.\nMar 14\u00E2\u0080\u0094Kuffman. %, F B Foejter to B\nJ Averill. Aigton, %, W DJGermaiue\nto Cbas Van Ness\nMar 15\u00E2\u0080\u0094fammy, Rosslaud and Lawless, >,, F H Rea to J P Paxton\nJ. B. McARTHUR\nP. C. McARTHUR\nHcARTHUR,SON&Co.\nSTOCKS, MINES AND REAL ESTATE.\nCOMPANIES ORUANIZKD AND PROMOTED.\nCablt Addresses, 'jMcARTHUR,\" Columbii, B. C.\nCodti, \"BEDFORD MbNEILL'S,\" .'CLOUGH'S.\"\nColumbia, B. C.\nT\nEastern _\n1\nCanadian\u00C2\u00A9 -\nLf Who are Interested in British Columbia\nimc Mining should :....\t\n..Subscribe For..\nThe Review\nIt ia the only Paper in\nTHAT GIVES THE MININGNE W8 JUST ASIT IS,\nIN THE BOUNDARY COUNTRY.\nWe Will Keep You Posted on the Properties You are\nInterested In\nWe have real iable Correspondents\nin every camp.\nWe Play no Favorites, and will not be a party in any\nWildcatting Scheme.\nOnly $2 Year"@en . "Newspapers"@en . "Columbia (B.C.)"@en . "Columbia"@en . 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