"20f16732-6bc2-494e-b25c-42d56d5486fd"@en . "CONTENTdm"@en . "2016-01-19"@en . "1909-04-28"@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/nicoheral/items/1.0318283/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " :\nii Jl Legislative Assembly\nTHE NICOLA HERALD\nVol. 5, No. 15.\nMERRITT, B. G, FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1909.\n$2 a Year.\nMINERS ON STRIKE\nMIDDLESBORO WHISTLES SILENT\nTHURSDAY MORNING\nOperators Charged With Breaking the\nAgreement -Prospects Are Bright\nFor Resumption of Work\nat Diamond Vale\nAt a largely attended union meeting\non Wednesday, the miners at Middlesboro collieries decided to go on strike\nthe following morning. Consequently,\nthe mines are now closed down. The\nunion claims that the company has not\nkept faith with the agreement recently\ndrawn up and signed. Several instances\nof discrimination have been shown, and\nthe U. M. W. of A. officials decided it\nwas high time to call a halt. The men\nclaim that trumped up charges are\nmade to displace men who make use of\nthe privilege every citizen should be\nallowed to enjoy\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDfreedom of speech.\nThere seems to be no question that\nthe men have an honest grievance, and\nit is thought terms will be arranged to\nsettle the dispute within a few days.\nUp to Thursday there was no change\nin the strike situation on the Crows\nNest.\nAt Diamond Vale.\nFrom following the Sherlock Holmes\nmethod of deduction and making a cursory, gum-shoe investigation, it strikes\nus that it is safe to predict that operations will be resumed at Diamond Vale\nCollieries very shortly. The company\nseems to be preparing to put on a loicc\nof men at the mines and start digging\nout the black diamonds again. We understand that a cook has ueen hired for\ntne company's boarding house, and\nwhere there is a cook there is usually\nsomeone to feed.\nThe Nicola Development Co., which\nis conducting the diamond drill operations on the Diamond Vale property, is\nbelieved to have been making very successful progress. We are not in a position to say just what has been struck,\nbut is a fact that results so far are\nvery satisfactory, and the ozone around\nthe Vale workings is clarified by cheerful optimism.\nA Drag Emporium\nAnother long felt want among the\nresidents4of Merritt and the valley generally is about to be realized. On or\nabout May 10th, G. M. Uemmill, late of\nPilot Mound, Man., will open up a drug\nand drug sundries store in this city.\nMr. Gemmill, who comes to us highly\nrecommended, has secured temporary\nquarters in the front portion of G. h.\nNash's store, and will shortly erect a\ncommodious building of his own. He\nalready has a stock ordered and will\nsoon be prepared to serve the public in\nevery way.\nThe Herald believes Mr. Gemmill has\nmade no mistake in selecting Merritt as\na town that \"looks good\" for his line\nof business, and wishes him every success in his venture.\nEditor Fined $100\nW. E. Stanley, of the Fernie District\nLedger, must pay a fine of $100 and\npublish an opology in his paper for imputing improper motives towards Judge\nWilson, of Kootenay, in the latter decision of a case before him. Such was\nthe verdict of Justice Irving in Vancouver last Monday.\nGo to Armstrong's for your Boots\nand Shoes\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDa big consignment just to\nhand. Tennis Shoes and Running Shoes\nat extra special prices.\nLOCAL NEWS\nA carload of Hardware just received\nat Armstrong's.\nFrank Mansfield left yesterday with\nhis freight train loaded for Princeton.\nThe new bank will open for business at\n10 o'clock tomorrow (Saturday) morn-\nling.\nT. C. Brooks has purchased the house\nand lot of Charlie Griffiths on Nicola\navenue.\nI have for sale a Heintzman Piano,\nnearly new; also a good Steam Laundry\nplant complete.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDFrank Bailey.\nMrs. C. A. Fisher and H. Stearns of\nColville, Wash., are visiting their sister, Mrs. Fred. Mitchell.\nW. H. Richardson has secured a position as accountant for the Diamond\nVale Collieries. Success, Webbie.\nRev. D. K. Allan will conduct Presbyterian services on Sunday as follows:\nLower Nicola, 11 a.m.; Merritt, 3 p.m.;\nMiddlesboro, 7 p. m.\nBert Goodisson left on Tuesday's\ntrain for Halcyon Hot Springs, where\nhe will slide wet groceries along Harry\nMcintosh's mahogony bar.\nW. E. Fish, of Nicola, spent Sunday\nin town and was much impressed with\nthe growth and evidences of increasing\nprosperity in the coal metropolis.\nSome twelve knights of the grip arrived in the coal metropolis Tuesday.\nThis is a pretty good indication of the\nbu.-iness activity prevailing in Nicola\nvalley.\nWalter Ward, president of the local\nminers' union, leaves tomorrow on atrip\nto England. A big smoker is being held\nat Middlesboro this afternoon in his\nhonor.\nJ. B. Haddad, the Nicola jeweler,\nleft Saturday on a ten days' trip to the\ncoast. Mr. Haddad intends to locate\nhis business at Merritt some time this\nsummer.\nJohn McNeil left Tuesday on a trip\nto the coast and points in the western\nStates. If Jack can stand the pressure\nhe expects to be absent three, or four\nmonths.\nCol. E. G. Prior, head of the E. G.\nPrior Co., of Victoria, has sent in a\npersonal cheque for $10 to swell the\nfund for Merritt's big Victoria Day\ncelebration.\nDr. Harvey, dentist, will be in Merritt on May 12th, prepared to do dental\nwork of any kind. The doctor intends\nto remain in the valley some time and\nwill make Merritt his headquarters.\nA complete program of events for the\nVictoria Day celebration will be ready\nfor the next meeting of the M. A. C. on\nTuesday evening at 8 o'clock sharp. A\nbumper attendance is requested.\nJ. P. Boyd, manager of the Diamond\nVale Supply Co., has rented the cottage\nof J. A. Menzies being vacated by A. S.\nHowes. Mrs. Boyd is expected to arrive from Golden in a few days.\nA. S. Howes, who has been chief engineer at Diamond Vale for the past\ntwo years, leaves for Vancouver Saturday, accompanied by his wife and child.\nSid. has been offered a good position on\nQueen Charlotte Islands.\nThe new gaol will be completed by\nfirst of the month. The painters are\nnow at work on the building. A new\ncontract has been let to Thomas & Mitchell for erecting a stable and two outbuildings and fencing in the skookum-\nhouse property.\nThe erecting of a new store building\nfor the Diamond Vale Supply Co. is ex\npected to start shortly. The plans have\nbeen out for some time and the site selected. On the arrival of T. J. Smith\nfrom the coast early next week the\nmatter will be definitely settled.\n\"HELLO CENTRAL\"\nLATEST BOOST FOR MERRITT TO BE\nTELEPHONE EXCHANGE\nCitizens Will Shortly Be Able to Call\nDown the Batcher and the Baker\nat Long Range \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDVisit of O.\nS. Stevens\nFrom present indications it looks as\nif the people of the coal metropolis will\nshortly be able to talk by wire as much\nas they please. This will be good tidings to the citizens of Merritt and vicinity, as the need of a decent telephone\nservice has been felt keenly here for\nsome time.\nC. S. Stevens, superintendent of the\ngovernment telephone system for the\ndistrict, was in town Wednesday and,\naccompanied by line foreman Wood-\nburn, went over the ground and sized\nup the situation.\nThere is an appropriation before the\nDominion House now for installing a\nservice at Merritt. As soon as this is\nput through, Mr. Stevens will establish\nan exchange here, which will also take\nin Middlesboro, Coutlee and Lower Nicola, and the trunk line will be cut out\nat this end. The exchange at Nicola\nwill still remain.\nIn Merritt section between twenty\nand thirty 'phones would be subscribed\nfor at once, and the demand will be\nconstantly increasing. Mr. Stevens\nsays that the rate'will be $2.50 per\nmonth for business houses and $2.00 per\nmonth for private residences.\nAn appropriation is also before, the\nHouse for an exchange at Princeton.\nConcert and Dance\nThe promoters of the concert and\ndance in Menzies' hall on Friday night\nin aid of the Shulus Indian mission have\nevery reason to feel gratified at the\nsuccess which attended their efforts.\nThe program, which, with the exception\nof one or two numbers, was the same\nas the one published in our last issue,\nwas well rendered and proved immensely enjoyable to the large audience pres\nent.\nDr. Hone outlined the progress of the\nwork at Shulus mission. The old building in which the school was started last\nyear was put in weather-proof condition\nby the concert in October, and the proceeds from the present concert would,\nhe believed, be sufficient to finish up\nthe building inside to a degree of respectability. Dr. Hone spoke of the\nbig improvement in the manners and\nhabits of the Indian children attending\nthe school. There has been no government grant for this school and the brunt\nof carrying on the good work has fallen\nalmost entirely upon Archdeacon Small\nand Dr. Hone. The Herald is pleased\nthat tha citizens responded to the call\nso unanimously and made the concert\nsuch a success.\nThe office of chairman was gracefully\nfilled by Dr. Tutill, whose comic songs\nbrought down the house. The happy\nevening was concluded with refreshments and a few hours tripping the\nlight fantastic.\nWanted\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDA Station\nWork on the fine new C.P.R. station\npromised for Merritt was to have been\nstarted this month, but through the\nvariegated intricaces of official red tape\nit now looks as though this sunny month\nof April will not see the excavation\nwork begun. The way passengers are\ninconvenienced and the way freight is\njumbled up in the ramshackle box cars\nthat are the present poor excuse for a\nstation is a disgrace to our rapidly\ngrowing town. We trust the railway\nofficials will see their way clear to send\nalong their building gangs at a very\nearly date.\nNIOOLA NOTES.\nR. H. Winny is fencing in all his land\nalong the Nicola road.\nMrs. Lapworth, who has been visiting\nwith Mrs W. E. Potter, left Saturday\nfor her home at Hope.\nMrs. Pooley, of Tamerton ranch, visited friends at Merritt for a few days\nthis week.\nW. E. Potter, C.P.R. townsite agent,\nhas sold the following lots in Merritt\nlast week: Lot 11 in block 28, to James\nWarren; lot 20 in block 10, to Andrew\nKallin.\nThe telephone linemen are repairing\nthe system from Nicola to Quiichena.\nRev. O. M. Sanford gave another of\nhis popular lectures last week. Dickens\nwas the subject, and he delighted his\naudience with selections from the writer. He also showed his profound acquaintance with Dickens by revealing\nmany of the treasures to be found in\nhis writings.\nMr. Stewart, of Vancouver, has returned to that city with a number of\ngovernment horses, which have been\nwintering on Robt. Clark's ranch.\nMr. and Mrs. Knight have returned\nto their home in Kamloops after a short\nvisit to this health resort.\nMr. and Mrs. A. E. Howse are taking\nin the big horse show at Vancouver.\nThe Commercial hotel expects to\nopen next week.\nR. J. McGregor, of Merritt, has completed his contract of painting and decorating the government office at Nicola\ninside and out. The work is skillfully\ndone and is a great improvement to the\nbuildings.\nQTJILOHENA NOTES\nMay Moore, of Beaver ranch, left on\nSaturday on a trip to Victoria.\nWilliam Cooper is busily engaged in\nplastering and other improvement work\nfor Jos. Guichon.\nJohn Collett, of Merritt, was in this\nsection during the past week buying\nup chickens.\nMr.. and Miss Whittaker and Mrs.\nIrvin, of Victoria, are visiting Mr. and\nMrs. J. N. Moore at Beaver ranch.\nJack Stevenson, who was laid up\nhere seriously ill for a few days, has\nbeen taken to the Kamloops hospital.\nDrs. Curtin and Macphail have been\nin close attendance upon the ten-year-\nold daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Johnston,\nof Vancouver, who are guests at the\nQuiichena hotel. The little girl is down\nwith pneumonia, and fears are entertained for her recovery. Nurse McLean, of Kamloops, is also in attendance.\nThe following have registered at the\npopular Quiichena hotel during the past\nweek: T. Smith and wife, W. Wood,\nA. Nelson, K. Croft, Miss McLean, J.\nS. Brown and W. Judge, of Kamloops;\nJ. W. Witton, C. Rolstone, R. Wright\nand L. Jamieson, of Vancouver; A.\nSmith, W. Martin, A. Jasper and C.\nO'Brien, of Douglas Lake; F. W. Au-\nvache, of Phoenix; J. E. McNeil and\nMiss Lilian Freeman, of Merritt; Dr.\nCurtin, Joe Smollett and D. Macphail,\nNicola; H. J. Woodburn and Roy Stevens, Summerland; Otis C. Swart, Lytton; Norman Woodward, Lower Nicola.\nAN ORANGE NIGHT\nTHE BASKET SOCIAL WAS A HOWLING SDOOESS\nAll kinds of Paints and sundries may\nbe had at Armstrong's Big Store.\nThe Middlesboro soccer team suffered\nits first defeat of the season at the\nhands of Merritt on Saturday evening,\nby a score of 1-0. It was a good exhibition, but would have been much more\ninteresting on better grounds. There\nis entirely too much pitch to the Middlesboro field for good football.\nFollowers of King Billy Score Big Hit\nin the First Bntertalement to Be\nGiven By Newly Organized\nMerritt Lodge\nOne of the most successful entertainments ever given in Merritt was\nheld Monday evening under the auspices\nof the Merritt Loyal Orange Lodge. It\ntook the form of a basket social and\ndance, which proved an extremely happy combination. Menzies' hall was almost packed to standing room and\neveryone entered into the joyous spirit\nof the occasion. P. McLean occupied\nthe chair and called upon the various\ncleyer participants in a well arranged\nprogram as follows:\nDuet \"Larboard Watch\"\nWatkin Williams and John Higgins\nMusical Selection Mr. Grotman\nSong.... \"The Boys of the Old Brigade\"\nAlex. Strang\nRecitation...' %ady Lu\"... Wm. Murray\nSong \"Killarney\" Mrs. Bills\nSong.. \"Love Meand the World is Mine\"\nThomas Smith\nSong Mrs. Fred Gay\nSketch \"Smarty\"\nHelen Hyland and Kathleen Bills\nSong John Higgins\nSong 'Mary\" John Smith\nSong (with autoharp). .Mrs. (Dr.) Tutill\nRecitation.. \"TheProspector\". .F.Bailey\nSong. William Evanson\nSong Selected Miss Thompson\nSong.. \"Irish Courtship\". .Ted Mayhew\nRecitation ;.. \"Twenty Years Ago\"\nHelen Hyland\nComic Song John Tanner\nSong.. \"Old Rustic Bridge By the Mill\"\nJohn Smith\nThe program throughout displayed\nexceptionally good talent, which was\nappreciated accordingly by the large\naudience. Many of the numbers were\nvociferously encored.\nAll the ladies present had brought\nalong prettily decorated baskets containing a various assortment of palatable dainties. At the conclusion of the\nintellectual feast they were put up at\nauction. Isaac Eastwood mounted a\nmeat block and called for bids. They\ncame fast and furious from all sections\nof the hall and at good prices. Soon all\nthe bidders\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDgiddy bachelors and bald-\nheaded married men\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDwere in possession of a grub stake and a female partner for the evening. After the pleasantries attending the disposal of the\nrefreshments, the orchestra struck up\nand soon the past and the future was\nforgotten by all in the supreme enjoyment of the mazy whirl.\nThe brethren of the Orange order desire to express through the Herald their\nsincerest thanks to all those who took\npart in the program or in other ways\nassisted in making the social such a\npronounced success.\nThe proceeds of the evening totalled\n$113.25.\nW. O. Millar, divisional superintendent, and W. B. Harris, fuel agent, of\nthe C. P. R., arrived today in their\nprivate car, which was shunted over to\nthe mines. The officials, who are evidently here to look into matters concerning the coal supply, will remain until tomorrow afternoon.\nThe citizens of Merritt, the growing\ntown of the Nicola Valley are advertising quite a race meet and athletic\nsports to take place on Victoria Day.\nPrizes to the amount of $1200.00, as\nwell as trophies for baseball matches,\nare hung up as attractions.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDAshcroft\nJournal.\nIn the supreme court chambers at\nVancouver this week Mrs. MacAuley,\nof Merritt, was granted letters of administration in order that she could\ntake advantage of the government\ngrant of 320 acres to her son, Peter\nHendrix, who was a Canadian volunteer who went to South Africa, remained there after the war, and has\nsince died. THE NICOLA HERALD\nTHE NICOLA HERALD\nL. G. LOBSINGER, Publisher.\nPublished Every Friday\nSubscription, in Advance. $2 a Year\nMerritt, B. C, April 23, 1909.\nINADEQUATE SCHOOL GROUNDS\nThe tenders for Merritt's new\nschool-house are to be opened on\nMonday next, and the erection of\nthe building will, we suppose, be\nstarted very shortly.\nNow, there is only one solitary\nacre set aside as grounds for this\ninstitution of learning. One acre\nis scarcely sufficient for the smallest country school, and utterly inadequate for a growing centre like\nMerritt, where there are already\nnearly seventy children on the roll.\nThe acre in question was very\ngenerously donated by Wm. Voght,\nthe townsite owner, and when the\nquestion of a new school was under\ndiscussion last summer, we understood that the government would\naid in furnishing more ground.\nSince then the matter has apparently rested indifferently.\nHowever, we do not believe it is\ntoo late yet to take the matter up.\nIt is one of vital importance to the\ncommunity, and the teacher and\ntrustees, backed up by the citizens\ngenerally, may be able to accomplish much.\nWe must not think that in securing a teacher and a two-roomed\nbuilding we have done all that is\nnecessary to set the feet of the\nyoung on the pathway to knowledge ; we must not be too prone\nto follow precedents of the school\ndays some of us knew years ago.\nSmall and bare school grounds are\na bad start. They do not appeal\nto the best in a child's nature and\nplace certain limitations on his\nearly educational career.\nWhen completed the new Merritt\nschool ground should have its flower\nbeds or borders, so that the children\nmay become familiar with and learn\nto love those beautiful forms which\nhelp so much to make school and\nhome surroundings bright and\ncheerful. The tree gospel can be\npreached most eloquently by school\ngrounds arboreally adorned, and\nthe lesson will be an abiding one.\nSufficient room for the various\nkinds of sport are also most essential. The day of \"all work and no\nplay\" is long since past, and if we\nare to educate our children along\nmodern lines with a love for energy\nand beauty we must furnish them\nwith a school home where their\nsurroundings will he so congenial\nas to command the respect of the\ndullest-witted child.\nAn attractive school and grounds\nis a perpetual invitation to others\nto come and settle in the district;\nit shows that a higher than the average intelligence obtains and that\nit is consequently a desirable community in which to live, establish a\nhome and bring up a family. Let\nthe school and grounds be a nursery for real education\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDa fountain\nof learning from which will flow\nelevating tendencies and beautifying influences.\nHe probably expired while engaged\nin the hopeless task of endeavoring\nto open one of those convenient car\nwindows.\nThe Observer says that Salmon\nArm is already beginning to feel\nthe benefits to be derived from their\nnewly organized board of trade.\nCitizens of Merritt, read, learn and\nlet it take root.\nThe big iron dollars keep coming-\nin for Merritt's big Victoria Day\ncelebration. Let everyone help !\nIt's going to be the best two days'\nsport this far north and a big boost\nfor the black diamond metropolis.\nAt Manifold, Pa., a riot took\nplace over a girl, says a press dispatch. That's nothing; since Eve\nkicked up the first rumpus a woman has been found at the bottom\nof nearly every disturbance except\nearthquakes.\nA young woman at San Rafel,\nCal., beat a grocer into insensibility\nbecause he sent her a bill she claimed she did not owe. This female\nSaudow should be subsidized by the\nwomen suffragettes who are trying\nto exterminate the authorities in\nEngland.\nJapanese in Vancouver fired a\nbullet through the window of a car\nfilled with passengers while the\ntrain was in motion. Of course it\nwill be alright since the bullet did\nnor kill anyone and probably the\nJap consul is ' 'sorry a la extreme.''\nMERRITT\nBREWERY\nils now ready to supply your\nwants with the best on the\nmarket.\nDrink the Beer that is going\nto help make the coal metropolis famous, grow fat and LIVE till you die.\nPatronize Home Industry\nL. FORSCHNER, Proprietor\nWM. COOPER\nGENERAL CONTRACTOR\nPlastering, Brick, Stone,\nCement Floors, Sidewalks, Foundations, etc.\nWork promptly and neatly executed.\nMERRITT,\nB.C.\nNOTICE.\nIs hereby given that thirty days after\ndate I intend In apply to the superinten\ndent of provincial police, Victoria, B.C.,\nfor a retail liquor licence for tho Aspen\nGrove Hotel, at Anpeo Grove, B.C.\nG. R. Bates.\nApril 1st, 1909. Aspen Grove, B.C.\nHERNY'S NURSERIES\nFOR THE SPRING TRADE:\nTested Stock\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDSeeds for Farm, Garden\nor Conservatory\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDfrom the best growers\nin England, Frauce, Holland, United\nStates and Canada.\nHOME GROWN\nFruit and Ornamental Trees, Small Fruits\nFertilizers, Bee Supplies, Spray Pumps,\nSpraying Materials, Wire fencing and\ngates, Cut Flowers.\n140 Page Catalogue Free\nOFFICE, GREENHOUSES &SEEDHW,\n3010 WESTMINSTER ROAD,\nVANCOUVER, - B.C.\nTENDERS WANTED .\nBe Victoria Day Privileges\nTenders will be received by the undersigned on behalf of the Merritt Athletic\nClub for the following privileges in connection with the Victoria day celebration\non May 24th and 25th, on the grounds\ncontracted for by the said Club:\nTender No. 1\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDPrivilege for serving\nmeals in pavilion to be built by Club.\nTender No. 2\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDPrivilege for refreshment booth.\nTender No. 3\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDPrivilege for refreshment booth.\nTenders will be received for any or all\nof the above privileges. Tenders must\nbe sealed and received by the undersigned by 12 o'clock noon on May 1st.\nLowest or any tender not necessarily\naccepted.\nFurther particulars may be had on ap-\nlication to\nG. B. ARMSTRONG,\nPresident M. A. C.\nMerritt, April 15th, 1909.\n$1000\nBUYS\nA well built new frame house\ncontaining 4 Rood rooms, barn,\nwoodshed, about 1 acre of land.\nQuarter of a mile from railroad\nstation, near to stores, post-\noffice, church and school.\nAPPLY\nNicola Valley Land Co.,\nCOUTLEE, B.O.\nCOUTLEE HOTEL\nCOUTLEE, B. C.\nr^\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD<\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nThe Gateway to the Nicola Valley Coal Fields\nSTRICTLY FIRST CLASS\nDining Room Unexcelled\nTRY OUR DINING ROOM am SATISFY YOURSELF\nThe Bar is Stocked with the Highest Grade Goods and we Make a\nSpecialty of Fancy Mixed Drinks.\nML~\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD7VL-\n-]vr\nMETROPOLITAN\nMEAT MARKET\nNICOLA, B. C.\nSQUIBOGBAPHS\nYou need no ticket to butt in to\nthe booster club.\nBranch Nursery,\nS. Vancouver\nWatch Merritt grow ! A drug\nand book store will be a going concern shortly.\nWe wonder if the editor of the\nSaturday Sunset will offer to speak\nthe speech of welcome to the Japanese squadron. What?\nA Japanese squadron is to visit\nBritish Columbia ports this year.\nIn some quarters alarm is expressed\nthat the little brown fighters may\ntake Peruna.\t\nA settler coming west was suffocated in his car at Banff, Alta.\nGrand Central Hotel\nAshcroft, B.C.\nEverything up to date. Best cuisine in\ntown. Bar supplied with the best wines,\nliquors and cigars. When in Ashcroft\nstop at the Grand Central.\nThe choicest of Beef, Mutton, etc.,\nalways on hand.\nFresh Fish, Eggs and Vegetables.\nT.HESLOP, - - PROP\nGEO. WARD,\nPROP\nFor sale or to let\n800 acres of mountain pasture land.\nApply, M. Adams, Merritt, B. C.\n240 acre hay ranch for sale\nComprising 15 head of stock, farming\nimplements, household goods, 80 acres\nin timothy, 40 acres in hay meadow,\nbalance easily cleared. Located in Otter valley. For further particulars apply to M. Adams, Merritt, B. C.\nThe Nicola Herald, Two Dollars.\nGRAND HOTEL\n(Cor. Nicola Ave. & Garcia St.)\n0PEN~~F0R\nBOARDERS\nFirst-Class Accommodation.\nI\ewly Furnished.\nMRS. C. HOGGAN,\nProprietress.\nCOLDWATER HOTEL\nWM. McINTYRE, Proprietor\nFirst-class Accommodation. Best of Cuisine.\nWines, Liquors and Cigars.\nMERRITT, B. C.\nNICOLA VALLEY MEAT MARKET\nMERRITT, B\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD O.\nDEALERS IN\nPrime Beef. Mutton, Lamb, Veal, Pork and Ssusage,\nPoultry, Hams and Bacon, Fresh Fish\nCATTLE BOUGHT AND SOLD BY THE CARLOAD\nI. EASTWOOD, Mgr\nMERRITT\nFOR LOTS AND ACREAGE IN THIS, THE\nCOMING TOWN OF THE INTERIOR SEE\nH. S. Cleasby, d Coutlee\nor at Nicola Valley Meat Market, Merritt,\nevery Wednesday & Saturday afternoon\nW. H. GRAY\n(R. M. Woodward's Sawmill.)\nBUILDER and\nCONTRACTOR\nROUGH & DRESSED LUMBER\nSASHES DOORS\nSHINGLES MOULDINGS\nLOWER NICOLA, - B. C.\nDRIARD\nHOTEL\nNICOLA, B. C.\nS. KIRBY, - Prop.\nUnder new management and personally\nsupervised.\nCuisine unexcelled.\nHot and cold baths.\nEvery accommodation for tourists and\nthose desiring to spend\na week-end in Nicola.\nFinest hunting and\nfishing; guides, horses,\netc., always on hand. THE NICOLA HERALD\n[i\n)\nCHIPS FROM THE BLOCK\nA Line-up on What Is Doing In Near-by\nDistricts and Throughout British\nColumbia Generally\nCranbrook has acquired the baseball\nfever.\nThe Penticton Press complains of a\nshortage of laborers in that locality.\nBlue papers have been distributed\namong the parasitic gentry of Hedley.\nA wagon road is to be built over Hope\nmountain by the provincial government.\nPenticton merchants have adopted the\nweekly half-holiday for the summer\nmonths. ,\nA bunch of fakirs in Vancouver are\nworking the old endless chain coupon\nscheme.\nE. F. Voigt has uncovered some very\nrich copper ore on Copper mountain, in\nthe Similkameen.\nBob Edwards and his paper, the Eye-\nOpener, will probably remove from\nCalgary to Toronto.\nA rich strike of silver-lead ore has\nbeen struck on the Lucky Jim, of the\nSummitt group on Sheep creek.\nHill's control of Crows Nest is admitted from Toronto. He has representatives on new board of directors.\nA baker at Nelson is making special\nloaves about a yard long. These will\nprobably be used for club sandwiches.\nW. J. Walker was killed at Greenwood last week by falling off an ore\ntrain. Seven loaded cars ran over him.\nA convict in Edmonton penitentiary\nkilled Warden Steadman last week by\nstriking him over the head with an axe.\nMiss E. Pauline Johnson, \"Tekahwn-\nwake,\" the famous Indian poetess, is\nentertaining Victoria society with recitals.\nA Penticton man had a close shave\nthe other day when his whiskers were\nburned off by the explosion of an alcohol lamp.\nCranbrook is the only electoral district in British Columbia, which has\na voting list to which no objections\nhave been made.\nBirthday parties\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDone guest for each\nyear\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDare popular among Penticton ladies. None of the old maids ever have\nmore than twenty guests.\nGuggenheims and Morgan have a 20\nmillion syndicate, to take up enterprises\nin the West and North with Puget\nSound as outpost.\nW. W. B. Mclnnes, Vancouver's new\njudge, was born in Dresden, Ont. He\nis 38 years of age and was admitted to\nthe B.C. bar in 1893.\nEnderby is to have an Arbor Day,\nMay 3rd being the date set. The council will purchase trees for setting out\non the streets and in the public park.\nThe Cranbrook Prospector is advertising for a game warden whom it believes has been lost in that district.\nProbably he is \"out of season.\"\nThe Hedley Gazette and the Penticton\nPress are in a squabble on the local option question. Hoist a couple of mugs\nof peace, gentlemen, and drown the\nquarrel.\nT. Murato, a Japanese knife-wielder\nwith an international reputation, will\nserve three years in the penitentiary\nfor his latest offence, that of slashing a\nVancouver sailor with a knife.\nIf the wicked Kootenay country remains unsaved it will not be for lack of\nenterprise on the part of evangelists.\nEvery city in the district is being taken\nby storm by exponents of the method\nof coming to God in a roar of thunder.\nHarold, the young son of Thos. Stephens, North Vancouver, was shot\nthrough the heart and instantly killed\nby the accidental discharge of a rifle in\nthe hands of another boy. A party of\nboys were out executing the rifle drill\nas taught in school.\nIn the midst of a revival meeting in\nFernie a man, who looked rather dry,\narose to leave the church,, when the\nevangelist called out: \"Hold on there\nfriend, an aunt of mine went to hell by\nleaving a gospel meeting.\" The man\nlooked at the speaker and quietly replied\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\"Have you any message you\nwould like to send her?\"\nThe remains of a man named Charles\nGreenwood were found near Cranbrook\nlast week. Greenwood was last seen\non the night of January 4th, when the\nthermometer registered 44 below. He\nhad been imbribing deeply, and evidently stopped to rest on his road home,\nnever to awake again.\nA man named Rose, who had an imaginary grievance against Constable\nSproule, of Hedley, took a punch at\nthat officer the other day. The result\nproved the unwisdom of inciting the\narm of the law. Rose came out a bad\nsecond in the scrap, was locked up and\nfined $100 and costs.\nJ. Peck MacSwain is holding down a\ndesk in the cicy clerk's office at present.\nPeck is the most versatile cuss living.\nLast week he was bossing a shift in the\nconverter room at the smelter, this\nweek he is assistant to the city clerk,\nnext week he may be supe at the tunnel\nor conducting an evangelical campaign,\nand the next\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDbut that is too far ahead.\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDGreenwood Ledge.\nThree drummers after being on an\nup-country trip lasting several weeks,\nwere \"chewing the rag\" in the smoker\non their way home to the coast. At\nSpences Bridge two of them hustled\nout for a few moments, and on returning informed their elder companion that\nthey had just telegraphed their wives\nof the time they would arrive. \"Say,\"\nremarked this grizzled veteran of the\ngrip, \"you guys are easy. Now, when\nI come off a trip I just hike straight\nfor the house without saying a word.\nAt the front door I give the bell a strong\npull, and then, armed with a good-sized\nclub, make a race around to the rear;\nand say, do you know, I havn't missed\none in years.\"\nGRAND PACIFIC HOTEL\nKAMLOOPS\nThe nearest hotel to the railway station\nThe only convenient hotel for travelers.\nGood rooms, good table, good liquors.\nTwo large sample rooms. Good stabling\nin connection.\nT*7\". DOBSON\nPROPRIETOR\nt*,,irt;-\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDS,\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDB|--,W\nThe Way to Save Money\nWHEN BUYING IS TO\nS Purchase Good Goods\nWe can supply your wants in all lines\nand guarantee satisfaction\nFOR GROCERIES come to us. Our stock is new and fresh\nand our prices are the best\nWhen our driver calls give us a trial and be convinced\nFlour and Feed Groceries Hardware Dry Goods\nMen's Furnishings Furniture\nREX FLINTKOTE ROOFING\nMakes an inexpensive and satisfactory roofing for use on light\nstructures, farm buildings, barns, etc., where a waterproof\ncovering is desired. Keeps hens and stock warm and dry; is\nbest for lining feed boxes, poultry houses, etc; vermin avoid it.\nAlso MIKADO RUBBER ROOFING for use on light buildings where ch^ap roof is required. Better than tar. Excellent\nfor use on sides of poultry houses.\nNEXT DOOR TO COUTLEE'S BARN SEE THE BIG SIGN\nDiamond Vale Supply Co.\nMerritt General\n:Store:=\nf \" ' \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 -I.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDi\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD- \"!\nBICYCLE TIME\nHAS ARRIVED\nNow is the time to enjoy a healthful\nspin around the country on a good\nbike. Gill and inspect our fine line\nof wheels at close prices.\nWe handle the\n\"CLEVELAND\"\n\"PERFECT\"\nand other celebrated makes\nBuy now and buy from us\nJ. A. MENZIES, Prop.\nMerritt, B.C.\n3ank of flontreal\nCapital, $14,400,000. Rest, $12,000,000 Head Office: Montreal.\nSir Edward Clouston, Bart. Vice-President & General Manager.\nSavings Bank Department. jg^SSWSSS\nBANK MONEY ORDERS ISSUED AT THE FOLLOWING RATES:\n$5.00 and under 3c.\nOver $5 and not exceeding $10 5c.\nOver $10 and not exceeding $30.. 10c.\n\" $30 \" \" \" $50..15c.\nThese ORDERS aro PAYABLE AT PAR at any office in Canada of a chartered\nBank (Yukon excepted).\nThey form an excellent method of remitting small sums, of money with safety and at\nsmall cost.\nNICOLA BRANCH\nA W. STRICKLAND,\nManager.\nN. PETERSON\nGENERAL BLACKSMITH\nHere's where you get First-Class work done at\nModerate Prices.\nhorseshoeing\"! specialty.\nAll kinds of Carriage work and Wheel-Wrighting promptly executed.\nMEEEITT, IB. O.\nVictor Safes,\nBEST ON s *\nTHE MARKET\nGuaranteed Absolutely Fire-Proof.\nIf you are in need of the best, write to E. G. PARNELI,,\nagent, P. O. Box, 880, Vancouver, B.C.\nMERRITT LIVERY AND FEED STABLES\nA. J. COUTLIE, Proprietor.\nSaddle Horses, Single and Double Drivers\nsupplied on short notice.\nFirst Class accommodation for Horses. Everything New\nand First Class. Express meets all trains.\nBUGGIES FOR HIRE. THE NICOLA HERALD\nSALE OF\nHOUSEHOLD GOODS\nTAKES PLACE\nFRIDAY EVENING\nand SATURDAY FORENOON\n(April 23rd and 24th.)\nAt A. S. Howes' residence\nNOTIOE TO CREDITORS\nBORN.\nClark.-At Nicola, B.C., on Monday,\nApril 19th, 1909, to Mr. and Mrs.\nWalter Clark, a daughter.\nLOCAL NOTES\nJim Barker has pulled out.\nB. P. Little returned to the coast\nTuesday.\nPeter Senit left on Saturday for\nAgassiz.\nRobt. Hunter left for a trip to the\ncoast on Saturday.\nP. Thibodeau is around again after\nhis recent serious illness.\nFrank Jackson was a visitor from\nQuiichena last Friday.\nWm. Mclntyre has started excavation\nwork for his big, new hotel.\nMat. Ovington and family left yesterday for Vancouver Island, where they\nwill make their home.\nA number of prospective settlers were\nin town this week looking over the district in search of farm lands.\nSixty-six cars of coal are being shipped from the Middlesboro mines each\nweek, or close to 3000 tons. '\nBoost for the Victoria day celebration. Two days of it \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Monday and\nTuesday, May 24th and 25th.\nDon't forget the Jeweller at Nicola.\nYour repairs will be promptly attended\nto at coast prices. J. B. Haddad, Nicola, B. C.\nM. N. Adams has a hay ranch in Otter valley and 800 acres mountain pasture for sale. See ads. in another column.\nWanted\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDA steady, competent foreman for a stock, ranch. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Apply to\nMrs. Pooley, Tamerton ranch, Nicola, B. C. 2-15\nW. E. Dodds, engineer on the local,\nleft for Yale this week to attend the\nfuneral of his mother, Mrs. Wm. Dodds,\nwife of the government agent at that\nplace. Engineer Wilcox is taking Mr.\nDodds' place at the throttle.\nThe storekeeper who does not advertise and who does not systematize his\nbusiness might as well put up his\nshutters. Judicious advertising means\nfinancial success. Never in the history\nof the commercial world has advertising\noccupied so dominant a place as it does\ntoday.\nF. W. Auvache> of Grand Forks, who\nwas here with the telephone linemen,\npaid the Herald a fraternal visit Wednesday. Fred, is a member of the \"art\npreservative of arts,\" having learned\nhis trade under \"Old Man\" Simpson of\nthe Cranbrook Herald. He is doing\noutdoor work for awhile for the benefit\nof his health.\nWhen you hear a man sneering at\nthe local paper because it is not as big,\ncheap and newsy as the city papers,\nyou can safely bet that he does not\nsquander any of his wealth in assisting\nto make it better, and that generally\nthe paper has done more for him than\nhe has for it. The man who cannot sec\nthe benefits arising from a local newspaper is about as much value to a town\nas a delinquent tax list.\nThe following registered at Hotej\n'Merritt during the past week:\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDH. It.\nEagleson, J. Irvine, H. Wright, R. Sargent, Robt. Hood, J. W. Witton, A.\nGougales, C. T. Rolston, E. W. Raw-\nson, R. L. Phelps, A. H. Donahue. M.\nMorrison, J. Powers, R. F. Wright, E.\nClement and H. Chatterson, of Vancouver; Andrew McGoram Canford; J. S.\nBrown and Arch. Irwin, of Kamloops;\nJ. Smollett, of Nicola; C. S. Stevens,\nRoy Stevens and A. J. Woodburn, of\nSummerland; F. W. Auvache, of Grand\nForks.\nI\nIn the Estate of Narvisistkin (Peter),\nChief of Shulus Indian Res\nervation. Deceased.\nNOTICE is hereby given that all persons having any claims against the late\nNarvisistkin, who died on the 7th day of\nApril, 1909, at Shulus Indian Reservation, B.C., are required to send by post\nprepaid or deliver to the undersigned\nexecutors of the will of the deceased,\ntheir names and addr< sses and full particulars in writing of their claims, nnd the\nnature of the securities, if any, held by\nby them.\nAnd take notice that after the 15th day\nof June, 1909, the said executors will proceed to distribute the assets of the deceased among the persons entitled thereto, having regard only to the claims of\nwhich they shall then have had notice.\nJOHN II. COLLKTT, \Execuiors\nPETER THIBODEAU, jL^ec^OY>'-\nDated Merritt, B.C., 15th April, 1909.\nBUSINESS & PROFESSIONAL CARDS\nM. L. GRIMMETT, LL. B.\nBARRISTER, SOLICITOR,\nNOTARY PUBLIC, ETC.\nSolicitor for the Bank of Montreal.\nNICOLA,\nB. C.\nr '\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 / ;M> ,\nIX. g*\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nNotice to Contractors\nOEALED TENDERS, superscribed\nN \"Tenders for School-house,\" will\n*\"\"' be received by the Hon. the Minister of Public Works, up to noon of Monday, the 26th April, 1909, for the erection\nand completion of a two-room frame\nSchool-house at Merritt, Kamloops Electoral District.\nPlans, specifications, contract and\nforms of tender may be seen on and after\nthe 10th day of April, 1909, at the offices\nof the Government Agent, Kamloops; of\nH. S. Cleasby, Esq., Secretary of the\nSchool Board, Coutlee; and at the Public\nWorks Department, Victoria, B. C.\nEach proposal must be accompanied by\nan accepted bank cheque or certificate of\ndeposit on a chartered bank of Canada,\nmade payable to the Hon. the Minister of\nPublic Works, for a sum' equivalent to ten\nper cent of the amount of the tender,\nwhich shall be fo-feited if the party tendering decline to enter into contract\nwhen called upon to do so, or if he fail\nto complete the work contracted for.\nThe cheques or certificates of the unsuccessful tenderers will be returned to them\nupon the execution of the contract.\nTenders will not be considered unless\nmade out on the forms supplied, signed\nwith the actual signature of the tenderer,\nand enclosed in the envelopes furnished.\nThe lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted.\nEDWARD MOHUN,\nAssistant Engineer.\nPublic Works Department,\nVictoria, B.C., 6th April, 1909. 2\nWM. RILEY\nGeneral Blacksmith\nHorse Shoeing a npecinlty.\nNICOLA, B. C.\nJ\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD. O. IE\\nC^OUllT NICOLA, No. 8911, A. O. F., meets\nJ second and tin Thursday ill each mouth\nat 8 p. in., in 1'ooley'n Hall. Visiting brethren\ncordially invited.\nIt. Hazlkhuust, O. R.\nRev. D. K. Allan, Sec.\nUNDERTAKING\nCaskets and Coffins of all Sizes\non Hand.\nN. J. Barwick,\nBEAN BROS.\nDEALERS IN\nHIDES & FURS\nOffice at A. Jackson's Store\nIMIIEliRIRITT, - IB. O-\nGeneral &\nBlacksmith\n-AGENT FOR-\nSharles Tubular\nCreamSeparator\nICE CREAil\nParlors are now open for the summer\nmonths. Best Ice Cream and\nIce Cream Soda in B.C.\nG. H. NASH - QUILCHENA AVENUE\nH. PRIEST,\nPhotographer\nand Sign Writer\nMERRITT, - - B.O.\nALSO FOR\nThe famous John Deere\nand Fleury Plows\nand all classes of Farm Implements\nMERRITT, B. 0.\nDAN. FRASER\nBOOT AND SHOE\nREPAIRER\nWork promptly and neatly executed.\nNicola Ave. MERRITT, B. C.\nTHE OOUTLEE STORE\nWe beg to announce that we have opened a\nGeneral Store Business in the premises just\nvacated by the Diamond Vale Supply Co.'y.\nWe have opened a brand new and complete\nstock of DRY-GOOi)S, GROCERIES,\nBOOTS AND SHOES, CROCKERY,\nHARDWARE, Etc. We are in the field\nto stay, and by honest methods and honest\ngoods, believe we can command a fair share\nof your patronage. Place a trial order with\nusj and we are confident you will be anxious\nto continue the experiment. Our motto is :\nA SQUARE DEAL TO ONE & ALL\nr\nHotel Merritt\nRATES $2 A DAY.\nMERRITT, B.C.\nFINE ROOMS \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD&~3\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD FINER TABLE\nFINEST WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS\nFINE LARGE SAMPLE ROOMS\nHEADQUARTERS FOR COMMERCIAL TRAVELERS\nG. E. HYGH\nProprietor\nt\nCONTRACTS UNDERTAKEN FOR\nSINKING AND CRIBBING WELIS\nTo any depth. Pumps installed, either\nhand, steam or wind-mill.\nUp\nEXCAVATIONS AND CELLAR WORK\"\nAssesments, development work and\nmining contracts taken.\nBuildings erected on the instalment\nplan. 20 per cent, of cost of building,\nbalance on easy terms. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Examinations\nand reports. Ten years experience in\nYale District.\nSurvey made, mining maps compiled,\ncoal and fruit lands, farms and cattle\nranches for sale.\nFRANK BAILEY & CO.\nMining Engineers, - Merritt, B.C.\nThe Right Place to Buy\nFor the Right Goods\nat the Right Prices\nall the time\nYou cannot do better than leave your orders with\nH E. FORSYTH\nGeneral Merchant\nMiddlesboro\nThe only way to save is to deal with\nthe Premier store of the Nicola valley\nBARGAINS IN ALL LINES\nSpring house cleaning. I am headquarters for\nLinoleums, Carpet Squares, Mats, Jap Matting, Wall Papers, Burlaps, etc.\nI am opening a ladies' ready-to-wear department to my store and can supply waists, skirts,\ncoats and everything that a lady may desire.\nGents' furnishings at startling reductions.\nLook the problem square in the face and\nSAVE\nC, B. ARI18TOflfe\nI, MERRITT\nA good place to patronize\nAshcroft Hotel\nNewly renovated. Headquarters for\nmining men.. Klectric Lighted, Hot\nand Cold Baths, Cozy Rooms. Best\nTable in Town. Fine Bar. Commodious Sample Rooms.\nMcGillivray & Veasey, Props,\nLAND ACT.\nTake notice, that I, Mary T. Hardiman,\nof Canford, B.C. intend to apply to the\nChief Commissioner of Lands for permission to purchase 40 aores of land,\nsituated on the north of the Nicola river,\nand adjoining lot 137, commencing at a\npost placed at N. W. corner, thence east\nten chains; south, forty chains; west,\nten chains; thence forty chains to point\nof commencement.\nMARY T. HARDIMAN.\nMarch 8lh, 1909. 9-8\nA.re YOU on The Herald roll?"@en . "Newspapers"@en . "Merritt (B.C.)"@en . "The_Nicola_Herald_Merritt_1909_04_28"@en . "10.14288/1.0318283"@en . "English"@en . "50.1125000"@en . "-120.7883330"@en . "Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library"@en . "Merritt, B.C. : L. G. Lobsinger"@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 . "BC Historical Newspapers"@en . "Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives."@en . "The Nicola Herald"@en . "Text"@en . ""@en .