"CONTENTdm"@en . "BC Historical Newspapers"@en . "Howse, A.E."@en . "2018-03-28"@en . "1903-11-28"@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/similkameen/items/1.0365520/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " . Mineral Products of the Similkameen and Nicola Districts are Gold, Platinum, Silver, Copper, Lead, Iron and Coal.\nTwice-a-Week Mail; Agricultural and Timber Lands; \"Water Power; Splendid Fishing; All Kinds of Game; 144 Miles to Vancouver.\nVol. iv. No. 33.\nPRINCETON, B.C., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1903.\n$2 a Year.\nBOARD OF TRADE\nRAILWAY PETITIONS\nPrinceton is Up-to-Date With\nIts First Board of Trade\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094Vigorous Railway\nAgitation Foreshadowed.\nThe adjourned public meeting held\nFriday evening the 20th inst. to further\nconsider the question of a railway into\nthe Similkameen was unanimous in a\nvigorous forward movement for the early\nconstruction of a railway. The chairman, C. E. Thomas, pointed out the necessity for thorough organization and\nequipment for the railway campaign\n. begun. There must be no looking back,\nnow that we have put our hands to the\nplough and he felt sure that with the\nhelp of Hedley and other sister tc\nthere would be such pressnre brought\ninto play as would remove all obstacles\nto the end and aim desired.\nThe petitions to the Dominion and\nprovincial governments were cansidered\nin committee of the whole and after s\namendments were finally adopted and\nordered to be printed.\nOn the suggestion of the chairmai\ngarding the style and designation of the\norganization it was moved by J.\n. Wright seconded by A. F. Gwin that this\nmeeting resolve itself into the Princeton\nBoard of Trflcle wfth officers as elected 1\nthe previouBame\u00C2\u00ABing ana that in futui\nit be known! asffiblytf-Carried. <>\nL. W. Shitfor^/MX.A., was invited to\nbecome patron and honoj^rytjwesident\nof the Princeton Itoagfl^rTradA /\nThe secretary w^s^jftquested to procure'\na copy of the Kamloops Board of Trade\nby-laws and regulations for consultat on\nin the framing of one tor Princeton.\nThe meeting adjourned to meet on\nthe following Wednesday.\nAt the meeting of the Princeton Board\nof Trade Wednesday night a goodly\nnumber of members and others were\npresent. After the minutes had beeu\nread and adopted the president, C. E.\nThomas, stated that he had intimation\nfrom C. E. Oliver, Hedley, from whom,\nas one of the petition committee appointed to interview Mr. Bullock-Webster regarding the circulation and presentat on\nof it, a report was expected, that he had\nbeen detained and could not be present\ntonight. He hoped to be here at the\nnext meeting of the Board.\nThe membership fee was fixed at a half\ndollar per month and nearly all present\nsigned the roll.\nJudge Murphy of Granite creek, being\npresent, was invited to address the Board j\nwhich he did by offering some sound\nadvice and expressing heaity approval of\nthe action of the Princeton Board of\nTrade in petitioning for a railway. The\ngreat need of the country today\nrailway through the Similkameen to the\ncoast by the most direct route, and if he\ncould assist the promotion of that project\nby becoming a member of the Board and\nsigning the petition he would only he\ntoo happy in doing so. His experience\nwith boards of trade convinced him that\nthey were most useful institution:\nwished that he lived nearer Princeton\nso that he might be a regular attendant\nat the meetings.\nThos. Rabbitt of Otter Flat expressed\nhimself as in hearty sympathy with the\nobject and aims of the Board of Trade\nand believed it would accomplish much*\ngood. There were many things for which\na board of trade was eminently adapted,\nand he was of opinion that one of its\nmost useful purposes was in <\ning reliable information regarding the\nresources of the country.\nPermanent quarters for the Board of\nTrade have been secured in what is known\nas the Harris block.\nThe meeting adjourned to meet\nWednesday evening at 7:30.\n\u00C2\u00A3f\nHis Sad End. j *?\nWhat could appeal to human sympathies more than the loss of friend and\nplaymate? How the tremulous chord of\naffection vibrates and thrills our being\nwhen the last farewell is given and the\nlast token of fond regard is dropped\u00E2\u0080\u00941\ntear! Those who had met him in thei:\nhurried round of duty or others who\nsought his company in playful mood from\nday to day little weened his breath w<\nbe so suddenly wafted away on the crisp\nNovember air, never, nevermore to reani\nmate those lustrous eyes or wag its stunt\ned tail. At half past two on Monday th<\nking of the zoo, \"Denis Lynx,\" passed\nin his checks and took his last leap, out\ninto the great unknown. His end wai\nsad although it was caused by a rope'!\nend in a running noose. It held taut\njust abaft his whiskers and his name\nsurely \"Denis\" in a twinkling. With a tear\nin one eye and the other eye closed, Tuck,\nthe trainer, paused for a moment over the\nlimp form then grabbing it by a hind leg\nhe flung it over the fence, exclaiming\n\"Ye divil, ye'll scratch me no more!\"\nHedley Requires Better Hail Service.\nIt has been learned that the long expected twice-a-week mail from Penticton\nnot likely to be put into effect for some\nme, at least. The P.O. department accepted Mr. Welby's offer of $500 for the\nextra service, but he has now refused to j\nsign for that figure. There ought to be\nat least two mails a week for Hedley as\nits importance fully warrants it and pub-\nconvenience demands it. There is\nneed also of better facilities for handling\nmail in the Hedley office.\nLOCAL PARAGRAPHS\nAS G00D.IF NOT BETTER\nThat is the Term Applied to]\nthe Similkameen\u00E2\u0080\u0094Hedley\nhas Work for All-\nCandidate for the\nCommons.\nk\" Robert Stevenson and A. F. Gwin ai\nat Copper mountain and are running\n100-foot tunnel on the Jubilee.\n\u00E2\u0096\u00BA\u00E2\u0080\u0094It is reported that the Nickel Plate\npeople have leased the Similkameen Valley Coal Co's diamond drill and will\nprospect some coal claims in this vicii\nt- Hiram L. Schisler, sawyer at Tillm\nsawmill, was struck in the eye with 1\nbounding piece of board from a saw\na serious wound inflicted. Mr. Schisler\nstrove to remain at his post but was <\npelled to seek medical aid later.*\nThe report which got into the press of I\nlast week that a closing down of work\non the Nickel Plate was contemplated is\nauthoritatively denied. The management has no desire to stop work and only\nsome unforseen circumstance will cause\nany cessation. The Nickel Plate has\nbeen the salvation of this end of the\ndistrict, the croakers to the contrary notwithstanding. Hedley is a hive of industry, and just now the pride of the Similkameen. \t\nSimilkameen Is All Eight.\nD O. Day left here about two months\nago for Poplar creek in the Lardeau. In\na letter to Tuck French he states that he\nhad located a 30-inch lead of good looking quartz but had no assays. There arc\nsome fine showings in the camp and free\ngold is found everywhere. The leads a\nfrom 2 inches to 3 feet wide, which lie\nwhite quartz with arsenical iron and\ngalena. A claim was sold for $35,000\nwhich has an 8-inch lead carrying free\ngold and native silver which certainly\nwas one of the prettiest showings he had\never seen. At the time of his writing\nthe times were quiet and every indication of them remaining so this winter.\nThe hotel and saloon business is over\ndone, there being six in the camp.\nDavy concludes by saying: \"This country is all right, but with all its good showing I honestly believe we have just as\ngood, if not better, propositions in the\nSimilkameen, but as a specimen camp\nthis fe-surely a peach.\"\nA Kan to Eepresent Us.\nEditor Star\u00E2\u0080\u0094 Sir: I notice in your\neditorial last week that you voice the\nsentiments of a large majority of the\nvoters of this electoral district when you\nstate the requirements necessary in the\nman who would aspire to represent us\nin the local legislature or in the House\nof Commons.\nHe must be fearless and strong, and\nnot a mere tool of his party, placing the\ninterests .of his constituents and the\ncountry at large above those of party ism,\na man not to be cowed or relegated to a\nback seat because his party leaders may\nhappen to have big schemes of graft on\nhand and no desire to waste their time in\nconsidering the needs of a sparsely settled constituency that, in their estimation,\nreally ought to be content with the small-\nSuch a man is to be found in Dr. A. C.\nSinclair, who is among the aspirants for\nthe honor of representing Yale-Cariboo\nin the House of Commons at Ottawa. It\nis not necessary for me to enumerate the\nservices rendered, by the Dr. to the Liberal party in the past, as they are generally well known by those who have\ntaken any interest in political matters in\nthis province during the past decade.\nThose who know the Dr. are aware that\nhe possesses the attributes that go to\nmake a successful representative of the\npeople. He is fearless and outspoken,\nhis keen perception enables him to steer\nclear of all pitfalls. His long experience\nin matters political, not only pertaining\nto this province, but to the whole Dominion, renders him an authority. His judgment is quick, keen and decisive and his\nhonesty of purpose is beyond dispute.\nMost of us who are personally acquainted\nwith Dr. Sinclair believe that he would\nmake a good representative.\nIt has been hinted that as the Dr. is nonresident in this constituency he should\nbe barred, but this is a foolish contention.\nHe has been for nearly ten years a resident in Kootenay, which, until the recent redistribution of seats, was a part of\nYale-Cariboo electoral district, and very\nrecentljv he has informed me that it is\nhis intention to take up his residence in\nthe Similkameen next year, chiefly on\naccount of the delicate state of health of\nhis daughter.\nI have been intimately acquainted with\nthe Dr. for many years, and have always\nfound him to be a square man. I do not\nthink we could entrust our suffrages in\nsafer hands, because, with his nearly half\ncentury of experience he is not likely to\nmake the mistakes that would be apt to\nfall to the lot of a younger man. Besides,\nthe Dr. is not a nonentity and surely we\nin Yale-Cariboo have borne the affliction\nof being represented by a nonentity long\nenough.\nAs Dr. Sinclair is so well known\nthroughout the province as the \"old war\nhorse of the Liberal party\" it will be\nsuperfluous for me to say more now.\nYours truly,\nOlalla, Nov. 23. R. W. Northey.\nSnow is fast disappearing on the, hills\nthanks to the balmy chinook.\nWhist is in vogue at Hedley.\n THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR\nNovember 28, 1903\nThe Similkameen Star\n. Published Weekly at\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094 Princeton, B. C. \u00E2\u0080\u0094\nThe Princeton Publishing Co.\nA. E. Howse, Manager.\nSUBSCRIPTION RATES\nDomestic, One Year, fi.oo\nForeign, One Year (3.00\nPayable Invariably in Advance.\nSubscribers will confer a favor on this office by\npromptly reporting any change in address or\nrrcgularity in receipt of their paper.\nAdvertising rates furnished on application.\nLegal notices 10 and 5 cents per line.\nFour weekly insertions constitute one month\nadvertising.\nAll cheques to be made payable to\nA. E. HOWSE.\nTHE FINANCIAL MUDDLE.\nMore convincing proof could not'\nbe found of the incompetency of\nour provincial governments than\nthe wholly unbusinesslike methods\nwith which the financial affairs of\nBritish Columbia are conducted,\nwhereby the very foundations\nof the country's prosperity, aye,\neven its existence, is threatened.\nShould the reckless pace of borrowing money (which it is now proposed\nto continue by another loan of a\nmillion dollars) be maintained it\nwill not be long until the province\nis in the hands of a receiver. Or,\nwhat would be rather unpleasant,\nfind the sheriff in possession of the\nparliament buildings with its gilded\nhalls and expensive statue of Vancouver on the dome. In the end of\nall financial crises of governments\nthe citizens are made to suffer by\nincreased taxation, or, if that fails,\nseizure of private and public properties in satisfaction of debt, or, as\nin the case of Venezuela, confiscation at the cannon's mouth.\nFor the past decade or more the\nfinancial affairs of the country have\nbeen entrusted to a class of men\nwho were void of the most ordinary\nbusiness instinct. The law of surplus and deficit they knew little\nabout and cared less. Each succeeding administration seems to\nhave vied with their predecessors in\npower how near the verge of the\nfinancial precipice they might venture without toppling over.' Now,\nwithout any margin of credit, they\nare at the very brink of the abyss ;\nthey have not that equilibrium of\nbrain which would enable them to\nformulate a way out of danger, nor\nhave they courage to retrench and\nreturn, forward is political death\nand ruin to the province. Unfortunately for the present government\nthe day of judgment has fallen to\ntheir lot, and all the blunders and\nall the evils of prodigality have\ncumulated upon the none too broad\nshoulders of the present administration.\nNearly every finance minister of\nthe province in the past has made\nan expensive pilgrimage to London\nto borrow money. While there he\nlives in regal style and banquets the\nmoneychangers with funds on which\nthe interest has not been paid. By\nthe time he gets back to Victoria\nand has placed the money for expenditure by the government, ten\nper cent of his million dollar loan\nhas been frittered away in so-called\n\"management.\" No country, nor\ncould any business concern stand\nthat kind of financiering.\nNo surprise is caused by the manager of the Bank of Commerce, the\nprincipal creditor of the province in\nCanada, expressing earnest solicitude for and warning to the Mc-\nBride government as to the financial policy to be pursued. But,\nwhen that gentleman takes on the\nrole of censor to the Liberal party\nand Liberal newspapers as to the\nsupport they should give the government in their present dilemma\nhe has lost his reckoning and flounders in an unknown sea of political\nethics. Let him retire to his desk\nand figure out dividends rather\nthan ask an opposing party to help\nhim \"win his money back.\" Had\nthis and other banks withdrawn\ntheir elastic accommodation to\nB.C. governments there would have\nbeen less of plunging into the vortex of financial degeneracy. There\nhas been a surfeit of dictation from\nrailway corporations in the past to\npolitical parties and now the people\nare confronted with bank domination and impudent suggestions.\nIf the banks and railway corporations would mind their own business as well as the Liberal newspapers attend to theirs they would\nnot have to invoke the aid of the\npress when there are bad debts to\nbe collected or a loan to be made.\nOnly by lopping off useless expenses and the strictest economy in\nevery branch of government can a\nsound financial status be given to\nthe province. There is no reason\nwhy this province with its hundred\nand fifty thousand or more of inhabitants should not be governed\nproportionately as cheaply as a city\nof that number of people. Half\nthe number of legislators (21)\nwith a cabinet of three would mean\na saving of nearly $50,000 per\nannum, while another fifty thousand might easily be saved in cutting out the merely ornamental\nfigureheads with which each department is lavishly supplied. The\nnatural resources of the province\nought to produce revenue suflicient\nfor all public works and the development of the country.\nNOTICE of FORFEITURE\nTo GEORGE H. COLLINS, of the City of Green-\nwood, B.C.\nTake notice that after the publication hereof\nonce each week for ninety days, j ou fail or rr\nfuse to contribute your portion of- the expend\nture required by section 24 of the \" Mineral Act,\nbeing chapter 135, Revised Statutes of Britis\nColumbia. 1897, in respect of the Little Pith,\nburgh, Whale, Bullon Beck and Florence\nmineral claims, situate on Twenty-Mile creek, in\nthe Osoyoos Mining Division of Yale District, British Columbia, together with all costs of\nadvertising, your interest in said claim shall become vested in your co-owner, Thomas Brad-\nshaw, of Twenty-Mile Creek, Free Miner, who\nhas made the required expenditure. .$>.-\nThe amount due by you in respect of each 1\nNOTICE.\nQueen Alexandria and Marquis of Lome mineral Claims, situate in the Similkameen mining division of Yale district. Where located:\nCopper mountain.\nTake notice that I, Robert Stevenson, agent for\nErnest Victor Bodwell, free miner's certificate\nNo. B79660, intend', sixty days from the date\nhereof, to apply to the mining recorder for a certificate of improvements, for the purpose of obtaining a crown grant of the above claim.\nof such certificate of improvements.\nDated this 1st day of October, a.d. 1903.\nROBKRT STEVENSON.\nNOTICE.\n'.'\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 mineral claim, situate In the Similkameen\nouting division of Yale district. Where\noca ted: On Otter, creek, west of and near\nrfcPhail's ranch.\nke notice that I, Sydney R. Almond, acting\n[ent for the other owners and myself: i. e.,\n1 A. Cairns, free miner's certificate No. B\n, James Snowden, free miner's certificate\n372038 and Sydney R. Almond, free miner's\nficate No. B74427, intend, sixty days from the\na crown grant of the above claim.\nAnd further take, 1\nday of September, a.d. 1903,\nS. R. ALMOND.\nNOTICE.\nMorning Star and B\n: Summit camp.\nthe date hereof, to apply to the Mining Recorder\nfor a certificate of Improvements for the purpose\nof obtaining a crown grant of the above claims.\nAnd further take notice that action, under section 37, must be commenced before the issuance\nDated this 36th day of September, A.D*. 1903. !\nNOTICE.\n[ucklet\nmineral clai\nie'Mining F\nWhere located : Kelly creek.\nTake notice that Alexander D. Roi_,...\ner'\u00C2\u00BB -certificate No. B72016, intends, sixty days\nfrom the date hereof, to apply to \"i-\ncorder for a Certificate of Impn\npurpose ol obtaining a Crown G\nAnd further take notice that action, under section 37, must be commenced before the issuance\nrf soch Certificate of Improvements.\nDated this 26th day of September, A.D. 1903. -\nNOTICE.\n_-\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 appli\n jo acres, more or less, ofmoun.\nland, described as follows: Commencing\npost marked V,EJn\ & D. Co., S.W. corner,\northerly directio:\nt bankol\no the m\nnilka\nof Whipsaw creek to the\" intersection of the eas\nline of Lot 148 with south bank of Whipsai\ncreek, thence due south along east line of Lot\ni48toS.E. corner of Lot'*'\"\ndue south to point of comm\nVermilion Forks Mini\nCo'y, Limited. E. Waterman,\nDated Princeton, Oct. 27,1903. Agent\nSale of Lands for Unpaid Delinquent Taxes in the\nPrinceton Assessment District, Province of Brit.\nish Columbia.\nI hereby giv(\n. \u00E2\u0080\u009Eock, noon T -\nshall sell at public\n.^. ^d }lst hereinafter\nday of December, 1902, and for int\u00C2\u00AB\n , the 7th day of D\t\nauction at Gov't offices, Princeton, the lands hereinafter Beset out, for the delinquent taxes unpaid by said persons on the ;\nrest, costs and expenses, including the cost of advertising said si\nWST ABOVEliySNTIONED.\nHUGH HUNTER, A\nNOTICE of FORFEITURE\nTo GEORGE H.SPROULEo\nTemple mineral claim, s\nliles fr\ninthe\nicreby notified that I have expend-\nlabour and improvements upon the\n' nineral claim under the pro-\nv.^.uuo ui imc mineral Act, and if within\nninety days from the date of this notice\nyou fail or refuse to contribute your proportions of the above mentioned sum, being $107.00,\nwhich is now due and payable, together with\nall costs of advertising, your interest 111 said\nNOTICE.\n'Thirty days after date I intend to apply to the\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 Chief Commissioner of Lands and works for\na license to prospect for coal on the following\nNOTICE.\n'Thirty days afterdate I intend to apply to the\n1 Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for\na licence to prospect for coal on the following\ndescribed lands:\nSituated on the south bank of theSimilka-\nit the S.E. corner of\n80 chains east, 80 chains north, back to initis\npost, in all about 640 acres.\nC O. FRENCH, Locator.\nNOTICE.\nTHIRTY days after date I intend to apply tc\nfor a license to prospect forcoal on the following\ndescribed lands :\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n' Commencing at an initial post planted at the\nN.W. corner of J. H. Jackson's coal claim (L 239\nNOTICE.\nCommencing at an initial post planted at\nBromley's S.E. corner, [L 406J thence south 40\nNOTICE.\nWhere located: On Kennedy mountain.\nTake notice that I, F. W. Groves,, free mine:\ncertificate No. B72044 acting for myself and Jol\nMcLean, free miner's certificate No. B6i8io,i\ntend sixty days from the date hereof, to abply\nthe mining recorder for a certificate of improi\nments, for the purpose of obtaining a croi\nAnd further take notice that action, under si\ntion 37 must be commenced before the issuan\nof such certificate of improvements.\nDated this 3rd day of October, 1903.\nNOTICE.\nSummit No. 2 mineral claim, situate in the Sim\nilkameen mining division of Yale district\nWhere located: Summit Camp.\nTake notice that Frank Lambert, free miner's\ncertificate No. B77121, intend, sixty days from the\ndate hereof, to apply to the mining, recorder foi\na certificate of improvements, for the purpose ol\nobtaining a crown grant of the above claim.\nAnd further take 1 otice that action, under sec\ntion 37, must be commenced before the issuance\nof such Certificate of Improvements.\nDated this 26th day of September, A.D. 1903.\nFrank Lambert.\nNOTICE.\ndescribed lands:\ne I Intend to apply to the\n- of Lands and Works for\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 coal on the following\nCommencing at a stake (situate,\neing about fifty chains south from\nDissolution of Partnership\nThe partnership heretofore\ns Thynne & DeBarro is this\nccounts are made payable to\n November 28, 1903.\nTHE SIMILKAMEEN STAR\nLOCAL AND PERSONAL\nx\nRev. J. Stewart, missionary at Prince\nton last summer, and recently at Fair\nview, has removed to Truro, N.S.\nRev. Mr. Lang has the contract for\npainting the large hotel at Hedley. The\nbar will be painted in a fine style of\nthe art.\nF. P. Cook of G\nfor a\n/(~ Joe White is freighting coal to Oli\nand gets return loads of merchandise\nfrom Penticton.\n250 dozen of eggs received at the A. E.\nHowse Co's store for Xmas plum pud\ndings and cake.\ny, Jack McFarlane, Jim Campbell, J\nGulliford and J. E. Coulter killed nine\ndeer the other day. Sam Spencer ant\nJim Campbell have gone into the Ash\nnola country for big horn and grizzlies\nTuck French is getting his gun ready for\ncoon, lynx and cougar, Kit Sumi\nis hunting goose for Santa Claus, Judge\nMurphy has gone afishing with s\n3 star bait in an inside pocket and the\nold man Wright is watching a hen 1\nin town. It looks as if there would be\nno shortage of Christmas cheer.\nAI Johnson returned from the c\nThursday. He did not try the Hope\npass tearing the snow would be too deep.\nJim Jameson was arrested last Sunday\nby high constable Hunter who took hi:\nto Hedley and placed him in charge of I\nspecial constable Frank Bailey of ti\nSimilkameen city townsite company, who\nhii\nup t<\nwho will h\n> provincial constable Haynes\nale him before the magisi\nwho will try him for escaping from chief]\nconstable Nesbitt of Penticton who wtil\nin a condition approaching the bordei\nland of somnolency his charge fled\nand will now show cause for prisoner'\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 .further apprehension and conviction\nThe law and justice though somewha\ntardy and circumambient do not always\nfail in their functions. Jameson is (\non bail now and will appear for trial\nor about the 2nd prox. at Hedley.\nJudge Murphy is a yisitor to Princeton\nfor a few days.\nT. Rabbitt came to town on a business\nmission last Tuesday.\nFresh raisins, currants and candiec.\npeel at the A. E. Howse Co's, L'd.\nA General Banking Business\nA general banking business transacted\nby the Bank of Hamilton. Capital\n$2.uoo.ooo. Reserve Fund $1,700,000.\nInterest allowed on Savings Bank deposits of one dollar and upwards from\ndate of deposit to date of withdrawal.\nA. H. SKEY, Agent, Kamloops, B. C.\nPRINCETON\ncentrally lo\nJ. Waterman,\nNOTICE.\n3 Otter Flat, the;\nA sitting of the County Court ol Yale\nwill be held at Princeton on Monday,\nJanuary nth, 1904, at 10 o'clock, a.m.\nBy Order,\nHUGH HUNTER,\nRegistrar County Court.\nPrinceton, Nov. 7, 1903.\nR. H. ROGERS\nSOLICITOR\nCONVEYANCER\nNOTARY PUBLIC, Etc.\nHedley, B.C.\nAlso at FAIRVIEW, B.C.\nF. W. GROVES,\nA. R. COLL., SC. D.,\nCivil and Mining Engineer\nPROVINCIAL LAND SURVEYOR.\nUNDERGROUND SURVEYS.\nPRINCETON. - - B. C.\nJ. PERCY & Co.,\nWHOLESALE\nDRY GOODS\nVICTORIA, B. C\nMANUFACTURERS OF\nClothing, Top Shirts and\nUnderwear.\nA Strong\nCombination.\nManitoba Hard Wheat\nand the Lake of the\nWoods Milling Co'y\nTry Best Patent Brand.\nJAS. J. LOUTIT, Agent,\nBox 158 Vancouver, B. C.\nPELLEW-HARVEY,\nBRYANT & QILMAN,\nE\nM PROVINCIAL\nASSAVERS\nI THE VANCOUVER ASSAV OFFICE,\nESTABLISHED 1890.\nAnalysis of Coal and Fire- |\nclay a Specialty.\nmplete Coking Quality Tests. J\nReliable PLATINUM Assays.\nVANCOUVER, B. C.\nTlCMTrS\nMyrtle\nNavy\nTobacco\nLargest Sale in Canada \\nSubscribe for the Star, only $2\nper annum.\nI Hedley City Stored\nA Complete New Stock of General nerchan-\nJf dise always on hand,\nJ CONSISTING OP A FULL LINE OF\nP Groceries, Dry Goods, Men's Furnishings, Boots and Shoes; also\nP Builder's Supplies, Shingles, Doors, Windows, Paints, Wall\n1 Paper, Hardware, Stoves, Nails, Drill Steel,\ni Harness and Saddlery.\ni Headquarters for Enderby Hungarian Flour, Northwest Oats, &c\nI J. A. SCHUBERT.\nI\nWood, Vallance & Leggat, Ltd.,\nHEADQUARTERS FOR\nMiners', Logging and Mill supplies\nWIRE ROPE A SPECIALTY.\nB.C. Agents for the Canadian Steel and Wire\nCo., Field Fence\u00E2\u0080\u0094=Prices on application\nVANCOUVER, B. C.\nMURALO WALL FINISH.\nThis finish is more popular this year than\never, and has won its popularity by its durability, pretty|tints, and the easy mode of mixing and applying. Put up in 23 beautiful\nshades and white. Ask your dealer for a\ncolor card or send direct to\nMcLENNAN, McFEELY & Co., Ltd.,\nWholesale and Retail Hardware Merchants,\nVANCOUVER, B. C.\nThe Vancouver Breweries, Ltd.\nBREWERS OF THE FAMOUS\nCascade Beer\nGinger Beer\nS> Alexandra Stout\n*\u00C2\u00A3 Alexandra Ale\nFor sale.throughout British Columbia in all the first-\nclass Hotels, Liquor Stores and Saloons.\nThe Amalgamated\nDOERING & MARSTRAND & RED CROSS BREWERIES,\nVANCOUVER, B. C\nIf you want First Class Footwear\nInsist upon -------\nJ. D. KING CO'S\nBOOTS & SHOES\nNothing equals them for Style, Fit, Finish and Wear.\nflaple Leaf and King Quality Rubbers.\nWHOLESALE ONLY.\nVancouver, B. C. J. LECKIE CO., Limited.\n THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR\nNovember 28, 1903\nE1CH SIMILKAMEEN.\nGold and Copper Mines In the Great\nCoal Basin.\nCharles F. Law, one ot the best knowi\nmining men in British Columbia, has just\nreturned from a lengthy trip through the\nSimilkameen, says the Vancouver Province. The only thing, according to Mr.\nLaw, that is needed to make the Similkameen famous is a railroad, and he does\nnot see how railway construction can be\ndeferred much longer. There is no other\ndistrict in the province that is so extensively mineralized as the Similkameen.\nThere arc rich deposits of copper and\ngold everywhere. What is more the\nSimilkameen has its own coal and can\nmake its own coke. Hedley City, for\ninstance, which will be supported by the\nHedley mines, is only a short distance\naway from the coal deposits, which have\nbeen developed enough to absolutely\nprove the existence of immense quantities of fuel. Mr. Law believes that steps\nwill be taken shortly to work the mi\nbut it is hardly likely that any shipping\nto the outside can be done until the building of a railroad. The Hedley mines\npeople will build a smelter as soon as\nthey Can get material. The work will\nnot commence, it may be, this year, but\nthey have a timber cruiser in the hills\nselecting limits for several millions of\nfeet of timber already. There will be\nenough outside business offered to make\n-the smelter pay from the beginning, be\nsides the large amount of ore that the\nHedley mines will furnish. Mr. Law\nsays that there are two mines in the Similkameen that have probably the biggest\ndeposits of ore in British Columbia. One,\nthe Portland, is a veritable mountain of\ncopper, and is so situated that it will be\nable to be worked easily and economically. With the advent of a smelter,\nwhich will have coke so near, the owners\nof the mine should receive good profits\nfrom the start. The other is a deposit of\ngold, and is named the Cousin Jack. It\nis over 300 feet wide. The gold can be\npanned out, and, though the most of the\nsurface is low grade, there is so much of\nit, the deposit is so vast, that it is almost\nimpossible to imagine what the mine is\nreally worth. In places, though, the ore\ngoes very rich, as much as two and three\nounces per ton being washed out. The\nproperty is owned by some millionaire\nlumbermen in Wisconsin, who apparently do not know what they have got.\nHumorous.\nShe\u00E2\u0080\u0094Why does woman take a man's\nname when she marries him ? He\u00E2\u0080\u0094Why\ndoes she take everything else he's got ?\nDoctor\u00E2\u0080\u0094Well Pat, did you take the\nbox of pills I sent you. Pat\u00E2\u0080\u0094I did that,\nbut I don't feel any better; I expect the\nlid have'nt come off yet.\nTeacher\u00E2\u0080\u0094What is a millionaire, Ras-\ntus? Rastus\u00E2\u0080\u0094I s'pose it's a gent what\nhas all de watahmillions dat he wants,\nHotel Tulameen\nThe Largest and Most Homelike Hotel in Princeton is now\nopen for the travelling public.\nOur bar is stocked with the\nBest of Wines, Liquors and\nCigars. Special efforts will be\nmade in the Cullinary Department, and tables will be furnished with the best the market\naffords.\nPRINCETON, B. C.\nGEO. W. ALDOUS, Prop.\nJust Opened\nCOMMERCIAL\nHOTEL\nFlrsi Class Dining Room\nNcwn fine*\nHedley\ncity\nGood Beds\n#\n..No Chinese Employed-\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\n^BEST BRANDS LIQUORS AND CIGARS ALWAYS IN STOCK\nSPECIAL ATTENTION PAID TO TRAVELLERS^\nHUSTON & McLEAN, Proprietors\nDRIARD HOTEL\nNICOLA LAKE\nThe Hotel has been thoroughly renovated and refitted.\nEverything First Class.\nNo pains spared to please the public.\nTable supplied with best the market affords.\nFine Wines, Liquors and;Cigars.\nTELEPHONE* BATH.\nHeadquartersifor Princeton, Spence's Bridge and Kamloops\nStage Dines.\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0i\n\"WORTH^G\nABOUT'\n*WW^^^^^^^WW^^^^^^^^^^^^^^WS*'V1^^^^^V^^\nHotel I Jackson\n^^wv-The Leading Hotel^^w^\nThis Hotel, having\npassed into new manage*\nment, will be found first\nclass in every department. r> \u00E2\u0080\u00A2*\nHot and Cold Water\nBaths. ** \u00C2\u00AB\u00E2\u0096\u00A0*\nGood Stables\nHotel - Jackson\nPrinceton, B*C.\n5 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\n w\nNovember 28, 1903.\nTHE SIMILKAMEEN STAR\nEAUWAY BATTLE.\nProspects For Bailway Into the Similkameen Valley.\nThe present status of the Coast-Koote-\nnay railway situation is interesting and\nnot entirely unsatisfactory. There is e\ngrowing impression among the well-\ninformed that the southern Okanagan\nand west Yale districts'will see considerable railway construction accomplished\nwithin the next twelve months.\nThere is a crying need for a through\nline from Midway to the coast, and there\nare several different outfits an\nundertake the work of construction, but\nconsiderable double-dealing is being a1\ntempted behind the scenes, and despei\nate efforts are being made to gouge out of]\nthe Dominion as well as the provincial\ngovernment the fattest kind of fat subsi-\nThe Midway & Vernon Co., which is\ngenerally supposed to be an offshoot of\nthe C.P.R., has secured a Dominion grant\nof more than $6000 per mile and there\nno doubt that Sir Thomas Shaughnessy\nhas already arranged for the fii\nof the road. The road will follow the\neast shore of Okanagan lake from V\nto Kelowna and then cross the divide and\nproceed to Midway along the west fork of\nthe Kettle river.\nThe Vernon and Midway lit\nfrom being a coast to Kootenay road, and\nit will be found very inadequate for the\nneeds'of southern and south weste:\nin fact it will be of no benefit to any\npoint west of Okanagan lake. Then\nthere is the lower Fraser valley to be\nconsidered. Chilliwack and the broad,\nfertile, stretches along the south shore of\nthe Fraser are without any transportation facilities worth mentioning. Nothing short of a railway through this d s-\ntrict from the coast to the southern interior will be of any use to the farmers\nand lumbermen thereabouts. A\nKootenay railway extending as\nas Midway would traverse the richest\ncountry in southwestern British Columbia, the Similkameen, and, in a comparatively short time become the most profitable line in western Canada.\nAt present there are two separate concerns that talk of building a coast to\nKootenay railway. One is the Vancouver, Victoria & Eastern' company, and\nthe other is an outfit nominally known,\nas the McLean Bros. They are supposed\nto bitterly rival each other and both are\nsupposed to have their origin in Vancouver. The V. V. & E. is generally thought\nto have the Great Northern (Jim Hill)\nbehind it, while the financial backers of\nthe McLeans are somewhat of a\ntery.\nThanks to either the stupidity\ncarelessness of Premier McBride and his\npredecessors, these two companies have\njockeyed the legislature and the public\nuntil everybody has become disgusted,\nand the long suffering residents of the\nSimilkameen and the lower Fraser have\nbeen driven to desperation. While it is\ntrue that the V.V. & E. people have expressed their willingness to build a\nthrough line without delay and without\nsubsidy, the provincial government continues to obstruct their attempts in that\nconnection. The McLeans are supposed\nto have $100,000 deposited with the provincial treasurer as a forfeit if they fail\nto do certain things towards constructing\na road. They are also supposed to get a\nbonus of $4000 a mile from the province.\nHowever, they demand more assistance\nand have asked the Dominion government for an additional $10,000 per mile,\nmaking the huge bonus of $14,000 per\nmile, which they claim they would have\ngot but for the retirement of Mr. Blair\nfrom the department of railways.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Rossland Miner.\nNOTICE.\nTHIRTY days after date I Intend to apply\nthe Chief Commissioner of Lands and Wor\nfor a license to prospect for coal on the following\nCommencing at a stake marked N.E. corn\nW. C. Lyall's coal claim,\nAnd running south So chains, along the we\nside of A. S. Jackson's coal claim, west 80 chain\nNOTICE.\nArlington, Canadian Belle, Canadian Boy Fraction, mineral claims, situate in the Similk\"\nmeen mining division of Yale distr:\nWhere located : On Copper mountain, east\nWolf creek.\nTake notice that I, N. F. Towme'nS, acting\n:ate No. B75477, Intend, sixty days from the da._\nrereof, to apply to' the\" Mining Recorder for a\nCertificate of Improvements, for the purpose of\n3btalning a Crown Grant of the above claiir-\nAnd further take notice that action, undei\nlenced before the issi\nO0QOO0Q00O0Q0QOOG3O0QO0O00\nStraight\nParty\nLines\n1 WE ARE EXCLUSIVELY\nSHOEMAKERS\nAND CAN GUARANTEE\nStyle, Comfort and Durability\nIN FOOTWEAR\n. MANUFACTURED\nBY US.\nTHlAMES\\nHOLDEN\nCompany\nOF MONTREAL, LTD.\nVANCOUVER B.C.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2oooooooooboocx)ooo6ooooboo\nFor Connoisseurs Only.\nCan be had at all first-class hotels throughout the province.\nR.P.RITHET&CO.,Ld.\nVICTORIA, B. C,\nSole Agents*\nTHE:-\nA. E. HOWSE COY\n^LIMITED\nPRINCETON\nFall & winter\nGOODS\nA FULL STOCK OF\nBlankets\nFlannelette Sheets\nWool and Fleece=lined Underwear\nTweed and Wool Overshirts\nSocks, Mitts and Gloves\nOur Stock of Staple and\nFancy Groceries is\nComplete\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 n ^* K &/\n y*?!*S=*X\nTHE SIMILKAMEEN STAR\nNovember 28, 1903\nPRINCETON\nBritish Columbia.\nLots for\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 aZ^cIIC \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nPRESENT PRICES OF\nLOTS\nFrom $2.00 to$10.\nPer Front Foot**^^\nSize of Lots 50x100\nFt and 33xJ00 Ft.\nTerms: \ -3 Cash;\nBaL 3 and 6 months,\nwith interest at 6 per\ncent per annum. \u00E2\u0080\u00A2#\nGovernment Head-\nquarters for the Similkameen District.\nBEAUTIFULLY SITUATED at the Forks of the Similkameen and Tulameen Rivers. The BUSINESS CENTRE for the following,. Mining Camps:\u00E2\u0080\u0094 Copper Mountain\nKennedy Mountain, Friday, Boulder and Granite Creeks,\nSummit, Roche River, Upper Tulameen and Aspen Grove.\nFINE CLIMATE\nand pure WATER\nENORMOUS AGRICULTURAL AREA TO DRAW FROM\nwwwwww w wwwwww\nSend for Map and Price List to \u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00A3 <*\*& *& *&\nERNEST WATERMAN,\nResident Manager VERMILION FORKS\nMINING AND DEVELOPMENT CO.\n"@en . "Title changes in chronological order: Similkameen Star (1900-03-31 to 1900-07-28), The Similkameen Star (1900-08-04 to 1900-10-20), Similkameen Star (1900-10-27 to 1918-05-10), Princeton Star (1918-05-17 to 1918-10-25)."@en . "Newspapers"@en . "Princeton (B.C.)"@en . "Princeton"@en . "Similkameen_Star_1903_11_28"@en . "10.14288/1.0365520"@en . "English"@en . "49.460278"@en . "-120.507778"@en . "Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library"@en . "Princeton : The Princeton Publishing Company"@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: Princeton and District Museum and Archives"@en . "Similkameen Star"@en . "Text"@en . ""@en .