"9d15aaf4-d726-4e3d-bfde-ee0cdb87e2bd"@en . "CONTENTdm"@en . "BC Historical Newspapers"@en . "2015-12-10"@en . "1914-01-09"@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/proslill/items/1.0212129/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " THE PROSPECTOR\nVOL. 3, NO. 12\nLILLOOET, B. C\u00E2\u0080\u009E FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 1914.\n$2 PER YEAR\nIN THE BRIDGE RIVER COUNTRY.\nFor this season of the year\nconsiderable work is being done\nin the Bridge river mining district\nAt the Coronation mine there is\na bunch of men sinking on that\nproperty. A little farther down\nthe river Wm. Haylmore is still\npounding away at the \"Why\nNot\" gold ledge, and has a fortune in sight. Below him is C.\nP. Dam with a crew of 9 men\nputting in a dam on the South\nFork. This is a rich placer proposition. Some distance farther on\ndown the river Joe Shuster and\nhis partner are driving a tunnel\ninto a big ledge showing first-\nclass indications of a mine. Not\nfar away, at Sucker creek, the\nFerguson & Walker camp is discovered. These men have done\nsome extensive development work\nthis summer, and the result's\nseem to justify the expenditure.\nTaking a longer stretch down\nthe river we come to the \"farmhouse\" of White & Bell. These\ngentlemen have one of the\nbest-looking mining propositions\nin the Bridge river district, and\nadjoining them is an equally-\ngood property owned by Herbert\nTaylor and partner. Bell &\nWhite are now in a position to\nenjoy life a little better style\nthan they used to, but it will\nnot be long before \"Long Taylor\"\ncan do likewise. Taking leave\nof the farmers we soon found\nourselves before the hotel door of\nW. W. Jones. He was busy\ncounting money an^ sending off\nregistered mail. Prosperity seemed to be very much in evidence\nabout these premises.\nPassing the Big Horn ranch\nwe took a scoot up the hill to\n\"Jack\" Hunt's mine and found\nnine men plugging away on one\nof the tunnels being run on that\nproperty. Twenty dollar ore was\nin sight\u00E2\u0080\u0094abundance of it. This\nmine is one of the biggest propositions ever attempted in Lillooet\ndistrict. If it should prove successful\u00E2\u0080\u0094and at present there is\nevery indication that it will\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nLillooet will be the beneficiary,\nas it is almost at our doors. Jack\nChism was sharpening steel, and\nhad no more time than to say\n\"good-day.\" Tom Alford was\nbusy cooking for the outfit, and\nvery much out of temper,\nSo, down the hill we slid\nAnd once more hit the trail.\nHimbing over Mission Mountain we caught a glimpse of Fred\nKinder with a couple of tons of\nmining supplies, heading for\nCadwallader Creek. He had an\nenergetic move about him, so we\nstepped off the trail to let him\npass. From reports, he will soon\nhave another big mining deal on\nhis hands. Rolling down the\nmountain side we were soon at\nMission Pete's, where we hailed\nthe steamer Britannia and talked\nthe captain out of a free ride\nhome.\nG. M. Downton, provincial land\nsurveyor, is now in the Bridge\nriver district, where he will be\noccupied, for some time, in defining various boundaries for the\nprovincial government. His survey party consists of Messrs.\nSwan, Baulger, Pringle, Ferris\nand Barraclough. Providing there\nbe no insuperable difficulties in\nthe way of weather, Mr. Down-\nton hopes to return to town about\nthe middle of February.\nITEMS ABOUT TOWN.\nMarried.-At Fountain, B. C,\non 2nd inst., Evelyn Otis to B.\nGott, both of Lillooet.\nThere is a lull in the liquefied\nhilarity of the town and a great\nmany men are sawing wood.\nPreliminary work on the bridge\nabout to be constructed a short\ndistance below this town is now\nin full swing.\nIndian Agent Graham came up\nfrom Lytton this week on business connected with his department.\nJack Hunt came in from Bridge\nriver the other day, proceeding to\nVancouver. Upon his return,\na second tunnel will be started on\nthe \"Broken Hill\" mine.\nPassbook No. 38, for the sum\nof $250, was lost in Lillooet on\nWednesday night. Finder will\nplease return same to the postmaster.\nGeo. Bell is again on his own\n\"illahie\" atTyauchton, where he\nwill remain until ,the toot of the\nP. G.E. passenger train is first\nheard at Mission mountain. In\ncompany with Hamilton, he will\nthen make a trip to the coast.\nC. E, Walker, after spending\nabout 5 months in the vicinity of\nSucker creek, developing some\nmineral claims, passed through\nLillooet this week on his way to\nVictoria, where he will remain\nfor the winter months.\nIf you are bothered with headaches, squint or cross-eye, or the\nglasses you now wear are unsatisfactory, consult Dr. Kilburger,\nspecialist, who will be at the Excelsior Hotel on the 19th and 20th\ninst.\nMr. and Mrs. John Hargreaves\nwith their two children, arrived\nfrom Soda Creek on Wednesday\nevening. After a short visit at\nthe home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm,\nAdams, they will take a three\nmonths' trip'to England, leaving\nthe children with their grandparents.\nThe Clinton annual dance takes\nplace this evening, and, with a\nslight intermission, will be kept\nup until the morning of the 11th.\nNothing unusual this. For over\nforty years Clinton has been noted\nfor the entertaining and prolonged nature of its holiday celebrations.\nHeavy rains of the early part\nof this week did considerable\ndamage to the cribbing at the\nBig Slide, making that point\ndangerous for heavy freighters.\nSupt. Bell was soon on the spot\nwith a gang of men and repaired\ndamages.\nAccording to old-timers, both\nIndian and white\u00E2\u0080\u0094Lillooet has\nnever experienced a winter like\nthe present one. Up to the present time the coldest night experienced was 8 degrees of frost,\nwith practically no snowfall, and\nwarm, spring-like weather\u00E2\u0080\u0094so\nmuch so that vegetation in some\ngardens is almost bursting into\nleaf.\nWord reaches town that C. P.\nDam has almost completed his\nwing-dam on the South Fork of\nBridge river, and that it will be\na solid piece of work and able\nto turn any freshet on that\nstream. Placer ground on the\nSouth Fork is rich, and this dam\nshould enable the owners to make\na big clean-up in the spring.\nANOTHER PIONEER GONE.\nOldtimers of the interior of B.\nC. are steadily passing into the\nbeyond, Cole McDonald, of the\n12-Mile House, being the last to\ndisappear, death claiming him on\nthe morning of 7th inst.\nMr. McDonald was a prominent\nand widely-known man throughout the upper country, and particularly so in the Cariboo district,\nwhere he had long been in business. Coming to B. C. from the\nMaritime Provinces in 1887, he\nsettled between Ashcroft and\nHat Creek, and lived there almost\ncontinuously. Besides his widow\n(formerly Miss Veasey) there\nis a family of nine to mourn his\ndeparture.\nThe immediate cause of Mr.\nMcDonald's death was heart failure, having been ill about a week.\nHe was fifty years of age.\nON THE LYTTON ROAD.\nMarried\u00E2\u0080\u0094At the Presbyterian\nManse at Ashcroft, on the 2nd\ninst., Arthur Read, of Seattle, to\nMiss Mary Fraser, of Yorkshire,\nEng. Miss Fraser has been staying with Mrs. Lochore at Rosebank since she came to B. C,\nthree months ago.\nFrank Glover made a visit to\nfriends in Vancouver during the\nholidays,\nF. C. Jones, of the Half-way\nHouse, is spending the holidays\nwith his family on Vancouver\nIsland.\nThe recent heavy rains have\nmade teaming a hard task on the\nLytton road. Drivers are using\nlanguage commensurate with the\nsituation.\nOur old friend Arthur Martley\nis rushing freight through in his\n\"all-red\" caravans. In future,\nred will be the color of the poetic\nfreighter's wagons. It helps to\nbrighten a cold and lonely perch\non the long haul between here\nand Lytton, if nothing else.\nThere is an indication of immediate work on a mining project near the Half-way House.\nPlacer is the nature of the work\nprojected, and there is good reason to believe that the venture\nwill meet with success.\nAnother station has been added\nto the Bridge river telephone system\u00E2\u0080\u0094that of Elliott Hanson, just\nthe other side of Mission summit.\nHanson, with his feet cocked up\nnear a warm stove, is now in\ntouch with the outside world. He\nis also connected up with the\nother end of the line\u00E2\u0080\u0094Cadwallader creek\u00E2\u0080\u0094and can get daily reports of mining development in\nthat region. He is likewise in\ntouch with the South Fork where,\nif everything is favorable, he will\nhear from Dan Hamilton, and\nprobably hear of that gentleman's\nrecent trip to Lillooet, the many\nfriends he met, and the financial\ncost thereof. Dan's opinion on\nthese matters is at least instructive. During the winter months\nthe Bridge river 'phone line will\nbe of much service to the residents in that section\u00E2\u0080\u0094socially\nand otherwise.\nDr. Kilburger, eyesight specialist, representing the Toric Optical\nCo., of Vancouver, will be at the\nExcelsior Hotel on Monday and\nTuesday, Jan. 19th and 20th.\nSee notice on 4th page.\nLILLOOET POLICE COURT.\nSynopsis of cases tried before Magistrate Saul within the last week:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nEdward Olson, d.d., $10; Anderson,\nsupplying, $50; Matilda, drunk, $5; John\nHill, d.d., $10, Harden, d.d., 15 days;\nAndrewWickland, d.d.,$10; JackDemp-\nsey, $10; John Currie, supplying, six\nmonths; Baptiste, Harry, and Abel,\ndrunk on a reserve, $10 each; P. Copeland, interdict, $20, Polair, drunk, $5;\nAgnes (the original) drunk, $5; R.Ford,\n$20; Willie Adolph, drunk on reserve,\n$10; Nick Davis, theft, dismissed; Joe\nHarry, drunk, $5; A. Armstrong, theft,\none month; Henry Johnson, d.d., $10;\nJohn Doe, supplying, $50; G. Frank, d.,\n$5; Susan and Lula, jolly maidens, $5\neach; Antoine William and Big Louis,\nIndian gents found drunk on a reserve,\n$5 each; John Silverwood and E.Rundle,\nd. d., $5 each; Fred Smith, resisting an\nofficer in the execution of his duty, six\nmonths hard labor; H. Peters, supplying liquor to Indians, $50; Dan William,\nIndian, having liquor in his possession,\n$25, Jack Buckley, assault, dismissed;\nWillie Thorn, Indian, drunk on reserve,\npaid $10 for his fun.\nObjection having been made\nby the Secretary of State to any\nincorporated company using the\ntitle \"Imperial,\" the express\ncompany doing business under\nthat name, on the Cariboo road,\nhave decided to change the title\nto that of the Inland Express\nCo., Ltd., under which name it\nhas just been incorporated with a\ncapital of $50,000.\nJames T. Farmer arrived back\nin Lillooet this week, after spending his Christmas holidays and a\nfew hundreds on the coast.\nAll kinds of fresh fruit at the\nDupras candy and lemonade parlor. Likewise, the very finest\nbrands of cigars by the box.\nTAX NOTICE.\nNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, IN\naccordance with the Statutes, that all\nassessed taxes, income and school tax,\nassessed and levied under the \"Taxation\nAct\" and \"Public Schools Act,\" are\ndue and payable on the 2nd day of January, 1914.\nAll taxes collectable for the Lillooet\nAssessment District are due and payable\nat my office, situate at Lillooet.\nThis notice, in terms of law, is equivalent to a personal demand by me upon\nall persons for taxes.\nDated at Lillooet this 6th day of January, 1914.\nCASPAR PHAIR,\nAssessor and Tax Collector for the\nLillooet Assessment District.\nLillooet Postoffice.\nLOST.\nABOUT SEPTEMBER FIFTEENTH\nfrom the 132-Mile House, Cariboo road,\ntwo bay geldings and one sorrel gelding\nbranded E on left shoulder. Thirty\ndollars will be paid to the person deliv-\ning these horses at any of the company's\nstations on the road.\nJ9\nIMPERIAL EXPRESS CO.,\nAshcroft B. C.\nTimber Sale X 146.\nSEALED TENDERS will be received\nby the Minister of Lands not later than\nnoon on the 15th day of January, 1914,\nfor the purchase of Licence X 146, to\ncut 200 cords of cordwood on an area\nadjoining P. R. 1686, Cariboo.\nTwo years will be allowed for the\nremoval of the timber.\nParticulars of the Chief Forester,\nVictoria, B. C.\n'\nl THE PROSPECTOR\nTHE PROSPECTOR.\nPublished to promote the Welfare\nof the Lillooet District.\nR. A. Hume. Manager.\nJANUARY 9. 1914.\nRESOURCES OF LILLOOET.\nWe clip the following from an\narticle in the Week, describing\nLillooet district: \"From the Gang\nRanch down to the Empire Valley\nthe finest stock-raising country\nin Canada is to be found. Bunch\ngrass grows in great abundance,\nand no artificial winter feed is\napparently necessary. A large\nportion of this district has been\npurchased, but there remain\nmany thousands of acres which\nare of equal value for stock-\nraising. The flats overlooking\nthe Fraser river on to which\nwater for irrigation could be\nbought at a cost within the means\nof individual settlers has been\ntaken up, and heavy crops of\nalfalfa, oats, wheat and corn are\ngrown. Very little advantage of\nthe stock-raising possibility has\nbeen taken, either by purchasers\nor settlers. In the Gang Ranch\ncountry Empire Valley, Crow's\nBar, French Creek, there are\nmany thousands of acres of the\nfinest bunch grass range unappropriated. There are meadows\nand fiats, on which the hay to\nprovide winter feed if necessary\ncan be obtained in sufficient quantities for any reasonable number\nof stock. Investigation showed\nconclusively that in the range\ncountry practically no winter\nfeed has been required for the\nlast four years, although hay had\nbeen grown and cut by every\nholder of either flats or meadows\nthe stacks for each of the last\nfour years remain practically untouched. There are large tracts\nof valuable bunch grass range\nland of highest feeding quality\nfor raising both cattle and sheep,\nand on the side of the Fraser\nriver, around Crow's Bar, French\nBar, Lone Cabin Creek, down to\nLeon Creek, while at the same\ntime there are numerous flats\noverlooking the river which could\nbe irrigated and turned into valuable crop-producing areas. Some\nfew of these flats have been\ntaken, and water conveyed thereon by individual settlers, but\nonly in spots where water is somewhat easily and readily available.\nThe proposition of government\nirrigation of this extremely valuable portion of the country is\nwell worth serious consideration;\na very considerable portion of\nthese flats could be sufficiently\nwatered to obtain the best possible results, and the government\namply reimbursed in the shape\nof payment by settlers for the\nuse of water. It is practically\nimpossible for any pre-emptor,\neven with the additional inducement of right to free range for,\nsay, 100 to 500 head of cattle, to\ntake up the cost of an irrigation\nditch. The present settlers probably have sole right to use water\nfrom the creeks, which, if properly ditched at a higher or even\nequal level, would serve to irrigate a large additional area. This\ndistrict is easily accessible, there\nbeing a good wagon road through\nthe greater portion of it, and the\nrailway which is now being constructed on the east bank of the\nFraser will very shortly run\nthe entire length of this valley.\nThis part of the country, with its\nequable climate, its proximity to\nthe coast ports, and its accessibility from the main C.P.R. line,\nwould be more rapidly settled up\nand prove of more value to the\ngovernment than any other portion of the interior of B.C. if the\ngovernment provided in the first\nplace funds for irrigation.\"\nUNHAPPY MEXICO.\nThat the people of Mexico who\nare at each other's throats have\nno idea of what they are fighting\nfor, and that there are no principles at stake in the present war,\nis the view put forward by the\ncorrespondent of an English news\npaper who has been in both camps\nand has given some time to the\ninvestigation of affairs in Mexico.\nHe says that undoubtedly there\nare great wrongs, but he doubts\nif any issue of the present struggle will remove them. The land\nis in the hands of too few people,\nwhich is to say that wealth is too\nunequally distributed. Illiteracy\nis the rule; the exactions of the\nchurch are intolerably heavy;\nmen are arrested without warrant and imprisoned without a\ntrial; graft is rampant. He does\nnot believe that the Constitutionalists will be able to remedy these\ngreat wrongs, for they are fanatics, not practical statesmen,\nand would likely set their eyeson\nsome unattainable socialistic ideal\ninstead of grappling with immediate' evils. Mexico requires\na dictator, one strong man who\nwill take the affairs of the country in hand as did Diaz when\nconditions were even worse, the\nMexicans being now, as then,\nunfit to govern themselves. The\npoint the correspondent overlooks\nis that the evils that have grown\nto be intolerable in Mexico today\nwere developed under the Diaz\nregime. As long as one strong\nman was at the head of affairs\nthe outside world knew little of\nthe misery of the people, but it\nwas as bad then as it is now.\nThat the people had long suffered\ninjustice is proved by the fact\nthat they overthrew their grand\nold man, made him flee the country, and choose an absolutely untried leader in the person of Madero. The remark that the people\nwere unfitted for self-government\nrecalls the observation made by\nSir John Russell, who said that\nwhenever he was asked if a people were fit to govern themselves\nhe always asked in return: \"Is\nany man fit to be a dictator?\"\nThe battle-cruiser Tiger, the\n'mystery-ship' of Great Britain,\nwas launched at the Clydebank\nShipbuilding Works last week.\nThe details of this vessel have\nbeen strictly guarded, but it is\nknown that she will have the unprecedented horsepower of 100,-\n000, and is calculated to develop\na speed far in excess of that of\nany other naval vessel afloat.\nHOUSE\nOF\nHOB8ERLIN\nLIMITED\n\***/****>****^W ****/<***/ ***A\nBROPHY BROS.\nGents'\nFurnishings.\nBoots & Shoes.\nShoe Repairing\nI Agents for House of Hobberlin\n******************************************************\nBANK OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA\nEstablished 1836\nHead Office, - - Montreal\nSAV1N G H 13 K P A RT MB N T\nAccounts opened for sums of One Dollar- ar.d upward.\nCurrent Accounts\nIssue cheques and have paid cheques returned for receipts\nCollections made in all parts of the Worlu\nTravelers' Cheques issued, payable anywhere\nA General Banking Business conducted\nA. B. GREIG, Manager - - Lillooet Branch\n; vWVs^WWWWW ************ *******\nWater Notice\nFor a Licence to Store or Pen\nBack Water.\n \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\t\nNOTICE is hereby given that Western Canadian Ranching Co., of Gang\nRanch, will apply for a licence to store\nor pen back sixteen hundred acre-feet\nof water from Gaspard Creek, a stream\nflowing in an Easterly direction and\nemptying into Fraser River. The water\nwill be stored in a reservoir of 1000 acre\nfeet capacity, built about 20 miles from\nmouth of said creek, will be used for\nirrigatiou purposes as authorized by\nWater Record No. 171, on the land\ndescribed as Township Ten (10), Lillooet\nDistrict.\nThis notice was posted on the ground\non the 15th day of December, 1913. The\napplication will be filed in the office of\nthe Water Recorder at Clinton.\nObjections may be filed with the said\nWater Recorder or with the Comptroller of Water Rights, Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B. C.\nWestern Canadian Ranching Co.\nApplicant.\nBy F. J. Fulton, Agent. d26\nWater Notice\nApplication for a License to take and\nuse water, will be made under the\nWater Act of British Columbia, as\nfollows:\n1. The name of the applicant is Francis\nGott.\n2. The address of the applicant is\nLillooet, B. C.\n3. The name of the stream is Black\nHill Creek. The Stream has its source\nnear the mouth of Michelle creek, flows\nin an Easterly direction, and empties\ninto the Fraser River about 10 miles\nabove the mouth of Bridge River.\n4. The water is to be diverted from\nthe stream on the South side, about one\nmile North of the Northern boundary\nof Pre-emption No. 1758.\n5. The purpose for which the water\nwill be used is irrigation.\n6. The land on which the water is to\nbe used is described as follows:\u00E2\u0080\u0094 P. R.\n7. The quantity of water applied for\nis as follows:\u00E2\u0080\u0094 One hundred miners'\ninches.\n8. This notice was posted on the\nground on the 25th day of November,\n1913.\n9. A copy of this notice and an application pursuant thereto and to the requirements of the \"Water Act\" will be\nfiled in the office of the Water Recorder\nat Clinton. Objections may be filed\nwith the said Water Recorder, or with\nthe Comptroller of Water Rights, Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B. C.\nFRANCIS GOTT,\nd26 Applicant.\nWater Notice\nApplication for a Licence to take and\nuse Water will be made under the\n\"Water Act\" of British Columbia,\nas follows: -\n1. The name of the applicant is Francis\nGott.\n2. The address of the applicant is\nLillooet, B. C.\n3. The name of the stream is an unnamed stream. The stream has its\nsource about 150 yards North of the\nNorthern boundary of P. R. No. 1758,\nflows in a Southerly direction, and sinks\non P. R. 1758, near Western boundary\nof said pre-emption.\n4. The water is to be diverted from\nthe stream on the South side, about\n150 yards from the Northern boundary\nof P. R. No. 1758.\n5. The purpose for which the water\nwill be used is irrigation.\n6. The land on which the water is to\nbe used is described as follows: Preemption No. 1758.\n7. The quantity of water applied for\nis as follows: Thirty miners' inches.\n8. This notice was posted *on the\nground on the 25th day of November,\n1913.\n9. A copy of this notice and an application pursuant thereto and to the requirements of the \"Water Act\" will be\nfiled in the office of the Water Recorder\nat Clinton. Objections may be filed\nwith the said Water Recorder or with\nthe Comptroller of Water Rights, Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B. C.\nFRANCIS GOTT,\nd26 Applicant.\nWATER ACT.\nNotice of Filing of Petition for\nApproval of Undertaking.\nNOTICE is hereby given, pursuant to\nSections 75, 89 and 90 of the Water Act,\nthat the Nairn Falls Power Company,\nLimited, has filed with the Comptroller\nof Water Rights petition for the approval of the Honorable the Minister of\nLands, of the undertaking of the said\nCompany for the utilization of water\nfrom Green River, Lillooet District,\nunder Grant of Water Right for power\npurposes numbered 123.\nA copy of said petition and the plans\nand exhibits for the approval of the\nundertaking as required by Section 89,\nis on file in the office of the Water\nRecorder at Vancouver and in the office\nof the Water Recorder at Clinton.\nDated at Vancouver, B. C, this 27t.h\nday of November, 1913.\nThe Naikn Falls Power Co., Ltd.\nd5\nA. McEvoy, Secretary. THE PROSPECTOR\nHOTEL VICTORIA.\nFifty-five well-furnished rooms. Hot and cold baths\nExcellent table. First class bar. Large sample room\nHEADQUARTERS FOR TOURISTS, MINERS and COMMERCIAL MEN\nTwo autos on request from Lytton or Ashcroft\nHeadquarters for Lytton-Lillooet stage line. Stage\nmeets Seton Lake boat. Rigs furnished on demand.\nRATES: $1.50 per day and up. By month $35 and up. Meals, 21 for $9.00\nLillooet, B. C. ~~\nEXCELSIOR HOTEL\nW. J. Abercrombie, Proprietor\nA First-Class Table.\nWINES, LIQUORS, AND THE BEST OF CIGARS\nSTEAMER BRITANNIA\nREGULAR Trips up Seton Lake every\nDay.\nConvenient for all passengers to Mission,\nBridge River, Short Portage, Anderson Lake,\nMoGillvray Creek and the Pemberton country\nLeaves, 8.00 a. ip. Arrives at Mission, 10 a. m. Arrives\nShort Portage, 11 o'clock\nReturning Leaves Short Portage, 12 p. m. Leaves Mission\n12:45 p. m. Arrives, 3:00 p. m.\nLEST YOU FORGET\nLillooet to Lytton\nIN EASE AND COMFORT\nby AUTO STAGE.\nExperienced Driver.\nReasonable Charges.\nApply WALTER C. KEEBLE, - LYTTON, B. C.\nJ.M. Mackinnon, BROKER, Vancouver,B.C\nSuite 5 Williams Bldg. 413 Granville St.\nLillooet Ranches and Fruit Lands a Specialty. Correspondence Solicited.\nTimber Lands, Ranch Lands.\nCoast Lands and Real Estate.\nWater Notice\nFor a Licence to Store or Pen\nBack Water.\nNOTICE is hereby given that Western\nCanadian Ranching Co., of Gang Ranch,\nwill apply for a licence to store or pen\nback six hundred acre-feet of water\nfrom Gaspard Creek, a stream flowing\nin an Easterly direction and emptying\ninto Fraser River. The water will be\nstored in a reservoir of 600 acre-feet\ncapacity, to be built about 40 chains\nEast of Lot 57, G. I, Lillooet District,\non Little Gaspard Creek, and will be\nused for irrigation purposes as authorized by Water Record No. 147, on the\nland described as Sec. 123, East 1-2 4,\nEast 1-2 9, 10, 11, ]2, Southerly 363\nacres of 13, Southerly 317 acres of 14,\nWest 1-2 of 15, all in Township Ten (10)\nLillooet District.\nThis notice was posted on the ground\non the 15th day of December, 1913.\nThe application will be filed in the\noffice of the Water Recorder at Clinton,\nB.C.\nObjections may be filed with the said\nWater Recorder, or with the Comptroller of Water Rights, Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B. C.\nWestern Canadian Ranching Co.\nApplicant.\nBy F. J. Fulton, Agent. d26\nDrainage, Dyking and Irrigation\nAct, 1913.\nNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN IN\naccordance with Section 9 of the above-\nmentioned Act, that one month after\ndate hereof a petition signed by a majority in value of the owners of the\nlands described therein will be presented to the Lieutenant-Governor in Council for the constitution of the said lands\nas a Dyking and Drainage District\nunder the said Act, and for the appointment of Robert Kerr Houlgate, Joseph\nW. MacFarland and Stanley Burke, all\nof Vancouver, B. C, as Commissioners\nfor the carrying out of the works mentioned in said Petition.\nDated this 16th day of December, A.\nD. 1913.\nBowser, Reid & Wallbridge,\nSolicitors for the said\nproposed Commissioners.\nP. GARIGAN\nGeneral\nMerchandise\nMiners'\nSupplies\nEtc., Etc., Etc.\nPavilion, - B. C.\nHeadquarters for Mining Men\nFree Bus Meets All\nBoats and Trains\nCommercial Hotel\nL. H. Clement, Prop\nGuest Comfort is My Motto\nCorner Hastings and\nCambie Streets\nVancouver, B. C.\nAmerican and European Plan\nLillooet Auto Car Co.\nJ. H. Kriege. C. B. Clear\nExpert Machinists\nand Fitters.\nBeing equipped with all facilities\nfor the prompt repair of automobiles, bicycles, etc., we are now\nin a position to execute the most\nintricate orders. No job too\nsmall or too large to receive our\nprompt attention.\t\nWO HING\nGENERAL\nMERCHANT\nNEW STOCK OF\nFALL GOODS!\nFIRST-CLASS QUALITY.\nREASONABLE PRICES.\nGroceries,\nHardware,\nClothing,\nFootwear,\nDry Goods,\nCamp Supplies,\nFancy Goods,\nNotions.\nLillooet, B. C.\t\nGlobe..\nRestaurant\nLillooet, B. C.\nHIGH CLASS MEALS\nREASONABLE RATES\nOpen all Night\nLEE BROS, - Proprietors\nGRASSIE\nPioneer Watchmaker\nand Jeweler\n318 Cambie St. Vancouver, B.C.\nOrders by Mail Attended to.\nFine Watch Repairing a Specialty\nJames T. Farmer.\nCONTRACTORS BUILDER\nLILLOOET, B. C.\nSaddle Horses\nPack Horses,\nSingle and Double Rigs\nfor Hire.\nLIGHT OR HEAVY\nFREIGHTING.\nHunting Parties Furnished.\nSTEPHEN & J. RETASKET.\nFEED STABLE\nHorses and Rigs for Hire\nLight and Heavy Draying\nExpress Delivery\nEMMET DARCY, Prop.\nBus Meets all Regular Boats\nat Seaton Lake THE PROSPECTOR\nJOTTINGS AROUND CLINTON\nAN OLD-TIMER DEPARTS.\nFrom our Regular Correspondent.\nMiss Nellie Felker, of Lac La\nHache, is visiting Mrs. Young.\nMiss Mary Smith left for Vancouver last week on receipt of\nthe news that her grandfather\nwas dangerously ill.\n\"Bob\" Fraser is now back at\nhis old stand, the McDonald &\nMcGillivray store, having spent\nthe holidays at the Mound ranch,\na guest of Mr. and Mrs. Guy\nWalker.\nMrs. Horan and May, who have\nbeen staying with Mrs. Dougherty\nat Maiden Creek, returned last\nweek, and will make Clinton\ntheir home once more. Mr. Moran\nhas rented the cabin near the\nMcMillans, where they will reside.\nThe well-known old character\n\"The Duke of York,\" sped on\nthrough Clinton, last Monday, on\nhis way north. He evidently\nwishes to experience a little\ntouch of winter weather and has\nto go farther north to get it.\nThe boys at last \"got busy\"\nwith the skating rink, overruling all objections, and have\nnow made a very creditable strip\nof ice, which, however, still admits of considerable enlargement,\nwhich will doubtless follow in\ndue course. \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 j\nSome of the most enterprising\nof our young men considered that j\nthe community would be enlightened by having a young men's I\nclub; consequently, a meeting j\nwas called and held, of all the\neligibles, at the \"Ritchie Rooms\"\non Christmas Eve. Officers were\nduly elected, and, considering the\n\"peaceful season,\" it was decided\nto form a local Y.M.C.A. However, the club, much enlarged,\nmet again at the same place on\nNew Year's Eve, and as a consideration of the \"festal season,\" it\nwas decided to re-designate the\nclub the \"Madhadian Club.\" The\nmeaning of the woi d has not yet\nbeen discovered, but it has been\nhinted that it can be described as\nmeaning the \"Madhatters Club.\"\nAfter the meeting an inaugural\nbanquet was held in the \"ban-\nquetting hall,\" attached to the\n' 'Ritchie Rooms,\" where the New\nYear was hailed in with song,\nfeast and revelry. Scots, or\n\"Scotch\" predominated; we are\nnot sure of the spelling of the\nword, so put it both ways, and\ntrust the right meaning will be j\nattached thereto. Between the I\nhours of 12 and 1:30 weird sounds\nwere heard throughout Clinton's\npeaceful streets. The club had\nissued forth as a vocal band and\nserenaded various peaceful citizens before their residences.\nConsidering the lateness of the\nhour, to say nothing of the recent\nbanquet, the members of the\nclub are to be congratulated on\nthe excellent way in which they\nkept tune.\nWith the last hours of the dying\nyear there passed away to his\nrest one of the most honored and\nesteemed old-timers of Lillooet\nand Cariboo districts\u00E2\u0080\u0094Michael\nGillen\u00E2\u0080\u0094who died at St. Paul's\nHospital, Vancouver, on the last\nday of the old year.\nThe late Mr. Gillen, who had\nattained to a ripe old age\u00E2\u0080\u0094over\nninety years\u00E2\u0080\u0094leaves four daughters to mourn his loss, Mrs. J. E.\nN. Smith and Mrs. James A.\nRobertson of Clinton, Mrs. A.W.\nSmith of Victoria, and Mrs. Eholt\nof Bullion, B. C.\nMr. Gillen was born in County\nDonegal, Ireland, and came to\nAmerica at an early age. For\nmany years he was actively engaged in steamboating on the\nMississippi, river, during those\nexciting days of keen competition\namongst the rival steamboat companies for speed and business.\nMany were the exciting tales he\ntold of the expedients captains\nresorted to in order to get a little\nmore speed out of their vessels,\nsuch as placing darkeys on the\nsafety-valve, etc.\nBut the far-distant cry of\n\"Gold! gold in Cariboo!\" was\nheard and answered by Mr. Gillen.\nHe came to this province in 1858,\nand mined along the Fraser river\nand as far north as Barkerville.\nGiving up mining he turned to\nranching, locating on Pavilion\nMountain, where he remained\nuntil eight years ago, when he\nwent to Vancouver to pass the\nevening of his long and eventful\nlife.\nNEW YEAR CELEBRATION.\nOF CANADA\nMoney Orders\nissued by the\nUnion Bank of Canada\ncan be conveniently secured,\nsafely forwarded, readily cashed,\nand are inexpensive. Issued for\nany sum up to $50.00, at a cost of\nfrom 3c to 15c. Payable at any\nbranch of any Chartered Bank in\nCanada, Yukon excepted, and\nin the principal cities of the\nUnited States.\nLILLOOET BRANCH.\nA. P. HUGHES, - MANAGER.\nNew Year's Day passed very\nquietly in Clinton, except for a\nlittle excitement afforded by the\n' 'Madhadian Club.'' During the\nafternoon the club, anxious to\nobtain the co-operation of the\nfair sex in their endeavors to advance the welfare of the community, decided that a sleighing party\nmade up of Clinton's \"braw lads\nand bonnie lassies\" would be a\ngood way to follow up the inaugural banquet. The party left\namidst great exultation, but dire\nmishap was in store for them.\nWhile gaily spinning down a hill\nthe horses and sleigh parted company in some mysterious manner\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094whether by accident or design,\nwho can tell. One of the guests,\nwho held the reins, managed to\nkeep both team and sleigh\ntogether for a time, but it was\nnot long before the horses \"took\nthe high road\" and the sleigh\n\"took the low road,\" and the\n\"horses got to Clinton before\nthem.\" Unfortunately the sleigh\ntook umbrage at a stump, and\nthe occupants had some fine aero-\nplaning. Fortunately, no one\nwas seriously hurt, to mar an\notherwise pleasant evening. The\nparty returned home merrily in\ndue course. It is hoped the\n\"Madhadian Club\" will provide\nmany more such pleasant excursions, but on the understanding\nthat aeroplaning be left severely\nalone. \t\nEMPIRE VALLEY RANCH CASE.\n1\nrsassasHSHsasasHsasHSHas;\nJj G. M. DOWNTON\n{] LILLOOET, B. C.\na\na\njJB. C. Land Surveyor!\njj Surveys handled in all\n}j parts of the I (illooet Dis-\nu trict. Mineral Claim\n{j Surveying a specialty. si\n\u00C2\u00BB5HH5H5a5H5HSHSHSaSHSSH\u00C2\u00BBl\nSAMUEL GIBBS\nNOTARY PUBLIC\nLands, Mines, Insurance and Collections\nMining business in all branches\na specialty. Farms for\nsale or lease.\nLillooet, - British Columbia\nComing! Coming\nURGER,\nEyesi\nSPECIALIST,\nREPRESENTING-\nTheToricOpticalCo.\nEye Examiners and Makers of Quality Glasses, 131 Hastings\nStreet, West, Vancouver, B. C, will be in Lillooet MONDAY\nand TUESDAY, January 19th and 20th, and will be pleased to\nhave persons with defective eyesight call and consult him.\nEyeglasses, Spectacles and Artificial Eyes fitted at a reasonable\ncharge. Satisfaction guaranteed absolutely on all work done.\nAT THE EXCELSIOR HOTEL. HOURS-9 a. m. to 6 p. m.\n^^r>ryr>ryr\r>r>r>r>r>r\r\^^^^W^^WVWVWVWV\u00C2\u00A5VWWW/\nWater Notice.\nApplication for a Licence to take and\nuse Water will be made under the\n\"Water Act\" of British Columbia,\nas follows:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n1. The name of the applicant is\nWestern Canadian Ranching Company.\n2. The address of the applicant is\nGang Ranch, B. C.\n3. The stream is unnamed, has its\nsource in the hills, and flows in a southerly direction, and empties into Kelly\nLake.\nThe water is to be diverted from the\nstream on the N. E. side of Lot 9, G. I,\nLillooet.\n5. The purpose for which the water\nwill be used is irrigation.\n6. The land on which the water is to\nbe used is described as follows: Lot 9,\nGroup One, Lillooet District.\n7. The quantity of water applied for\nis as follows: One hundred miners'\ninches.\n8. This notice was posted on the\nground on the 24th day of December,\n1913.\n9. A copy of this notice and an application pursuant thereto and to the requirements of the \"Water Act\" will be\nfiled in the office of the Water Recorder\nat Clinton. Objections may be filed\nwith the said Water Recorder, or with\nthe Comptroller of Water Rights, Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B. C.\nWestern Canadian Ranching Co.,\nApplicant.\nj9 By F. J. Fulton, Agent.\nThe Chief Justice has rendered\na decision in the dispute between\nJohn and Anthony Bishop. The\ntrouble was of long standing,\nJudgment for the plaintiff, John\nBishop, declaring that a partnership had existed between\nhis brother Anthony and himself\nin the 7000 acres comprising the\nEmpire Valley Ranch in Lillooet,\nwas given by Chief Justice Hunter in the Supreme Court last\nweek. Reference was made to\nthe registrar for an accounting\nand for decision of the question\nas to whether there should be a\npartition or a sale of the lands.\nThis case is of interest to a\nlarge number of old-timers in this\ndistrict. The Empire Valley\nRanch is, perhaps, the most\nfamous old homestead in British\nColumbia. It is a splendid\nstretch of valuable grazing land\nsituated in the vicinity of Churn\nCreek.\nMr. Douglas Armour appeared\nfor the plaintiff in the action,\nwhile the defence was advanced\nby Mr. Leo Buchanan. The action was several days at trial.\nWATER ACT.\nNotice of Application for the\nApproval of Works.\nTAKE NOTICE that the Shuswap\n& Lillooet Fruitlands, Limited, win\napply to the Comptroller of Water\nRights for the approval of the plans of\nthe works to be constructed for the\nutilization of the water from Fourteen\nMile Creek, which the applicant is by\nWater Right No. 533 authorized to take,\nstore, and use for irrigation purposes.\nThe plans and particulars required by\nsubsection (1) of section 70 of the\n\"Water Act\" as amended have been\nfiled with the Comptroller of Water\nRights at Victoria and with the Water\nRecorder at Clinton, B. C.\nObjections to the application maybe\nfiled with the Comptroller of Water\nRights, Parliament Buildings, Victoria.\nDated at Notch Hill this 30th day of\nDecember, 1913.\nThe Shuswap & Lillooet\nFruitlands, Limited.\nWalter S. Mitchell,\nManaging Director,\nj9 Agent for the Applicant.\nTimber Sale X145.\nSEALED TENDERS will be received\nby the Minister of Lands not later than\nnoon on the 15th day of January, 1914,\nfor the purchase of Licence X 145, to\ncut 200 cords of cordwood on an area\nsituated south-west of Lot 3100, Cariboo, B. C.\nOne year will be allowed for the removal of the timber.\nParticulars of the Chief Forester,\nVictoria, B. C.\nNOTICE.\nThe Anderson Lake Mining and\nMilling Company, Ltd., Head\nOffice, Lillooet, B. C.\nTHE ANNUAL General Meeting of\nthe shareholders of the Anderson Lake\nMining & Milling Co., Limited, will be\nheld in the head office of the Company\nat Lillooet, B. C, on Monday evening,\nthe 26th day of January, 1914, at the\nhour of 8 o'clock.\nDated January 5, 1914.\nSAMUEL GIBBS, Sec.\nACKERS & SHERWOOD,\nLILLOOET, B. C\nBLACKSMITHS\nHORSESHOEING\nA SPECIALTY.\nHeavy and Light Wagons\nRepaired at Moderate Cost,\n6 and all Work Guaranteed.\n'^Aa^^Vv\>"@en . "Titles in chronological order: The Prospector ; The Lillooet Prospector ; The Prospector ; Lillooet Prospector."@en . "Newspapers"@en . "Lillooet (B.C.)"@en . "Lillooet"@en . "The_Prospector_1914-01-09"@en . "10.14288/1.0212129"@en . "English"@en . "50.6938890"@en . "-121.9336110"@en . "Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library"@en . "Lillooet, B.C. : [publisher not identified]"@en . "Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from the Digitization Centre: http://digitize.library.ubc.ca/"@en . "Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives."@en . "The Prospector"@en . 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