"CONTENTdm"@en . "BC Historical Newspapers"@en . "Howse, A.E."@en . "2018-10-31"@en . "1904-08-27"@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/similkameen/items/1.0373251/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " Uf\nSimilkameen Contains Coal, Gold, Silver, Copper, Iron.\nFreedom in Trade, Liberty in Religion, Equality in Civil Rights.\nAll Our Hopes and All Our Politics are Summed Up in a Railway Through the Similkameen to the Coast.\nPuny Legislators and a Powerful Monopoly Have Delayed Progress in this District but Nature Crys Aloud for Development and Must be Heard.\nVol. v. No. 20.\nPRINCETON, B.C., SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 1904.\n$2 a Year, in Advance.\nWANT ORE EXHIBITS.\nGenerous Offer from Vancouver Tourist Association.\nEditor Stab.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Sir: In your issue of\nAug. 6th I notice an article entitled\n\"Mining Centre Wanted,\" in which you\nrefer to the opportunity which Vancouver has for securing a good display of\nore. I may say in connection with this\nthat the Vancouver Tourist association\nhas large and commodious quarters and\nhave, during the past three months, made\nevery effort to induce mine operators to\ngive us samples, but, I regret to say, with\nlittle success, although we had the assistance of the local branch of the Provin\ncial Mining association. I note you say:\n\" The Similkameen could contribute\nenongh samples to fill a large building\nalone.\" We will be glad to receive any\nspecimens which your district has and\nwill place them in . our rooms and have\nthem properly classified, if not done before shipment I will appreciate it very\nmuch if you would assist us in securing\nsuch an exhibit.\nYours respectfully,\nA. J. Baxter,\nVancouver, Aug. 18. Secretary.\nLove's Labor Lost.\n\"Give me of your bark, O Birch tree ;\nOf your yellow bark, 0 Birch tree.\"\nWith those inspiring words of Longfellow on his lips and a hatchet in his\nhand a young gentleman from the wolverine state set out from his hotel the\nother morning in search of birch bark\nalong the bank of the Tuiameen. He\nhad a long cherished desire to send his\nsweetheart a souvenir of the wild west\nTo her he would indite some poetic lines\non the birchen parchment which she\ncould frame and teach the little ones to\nlisp in after years of their married life.\nBut cruel fate ever intrudes ; the young\nman lost his way, lost the musical Tuiameen, lost his dinner and supper and\nnearly lost' hope of clasping his Angel-\nine again. He now thinks wrapping\npaper is good enongh for love letters.\nA Hustling M.P.\n\"No Dominion elections this year,''\nsays Aulay Morrison, M.P., New West\nminster's representative at Ottawa. Mr.\nMorrison arrived home recently from\nOttawa where he has been attending the\nlast session of the house. Among the\ngood works of Mr. Morrison at Ottawa\nare the new lightship for the mouth of\nthe Fraser river, the new Indian building\nfor the district, $25,000 towards dredging\nthe river so that large vessels may go to\nthat fresh water port, $25,000 towards\nconserving Nicomen island, and lastly\nthe Dominion exhibition for 1905 for\nwhich an appropriation of $50,000 for\nbuildings has been made.\nThe smoky atmosphere indicates raging fires and long needed*rain.\nTHE BOARD OF TRADE\nImportant Non-Contentious Re=\nsolutions Adopted by\nthe Board.\nProgress Made with Collection of Ores\nfor Spokane Fair\u00E2\u0080\u0094Ore Exhibit\nfor Vancouver.\nAt the board of trade meeting Thurs-.\nday night there were present Messrs.\nGroves, Jackson, Willerson, Johnson,\nBell, Waterman, Thomas, Hall and\nWright. After routine and communications being laid on the table the board,\nas committee of the whole, vigorously\ndiscussed ways and means for the ore\nexhibit at Spokane fair and reported satisfactory progress toward that end. The\nfollowing resolutions were introduced\nand endorsed by the board :\nResolved\u00E2\u0080\u0094That in the opinion of this\nboard a permanent exhibit of ores'at Vancouver would be of great benefit to that\ncity and help to make known the great\nriches of the Similkameen ; be it further\nresolved that the Vancouver board of\ntrade be invited to finance, thus cooperating with the Princeton board, the\naccumulation of a large permanent exhibit of Similkameen ores in the aforesaid city.\nResolved\u00E2\u0080\u0094That this board, while noting with pleasure the strenuous efforts\nof President Hill of the Great Northern\nto give adequate railway transportation\nto this country, strongly deprecates the\ninfluences exerted in certain quarters to\nprevent the construction of a railway\nthrough the Similkameen; therefore,\nthis board tenders asssurances of its good\nwill and services toward him and the pro\njected railway through this district.\nThe secretary was instructed to write\nthe provincial secretary for the complete\nland and mineral laws for the library of\nthe board.\nThe question of delinquent dues will\nbe considered at next meeting.\nBoard adjourned for one week.\nNoble Six Hundred.\nWord has been received from London\nt lat out of over 600 applications received\nby Edgar Wallace for the position of\nbride for a British Columbia rancher he\nhas made a choice after a busy week's\nwork reading correspondence and interviewing the candidates. The bride chosen\nbelongs to Little Hampton, Sussex. She\nwill sail next week. Her fare was paid\nto her destination. If there was a government with an eye to progress and\nsettlement of the country, at the head of\nthe B.C. legislature the services of Mr.\nWallace would be retained to negotiate\nhusbands for the remaining 599 anxious,\nthough disappointed, prospective brides.\nLOCAL NEWS ITEMS\nSimilkameen and Nicola Districts are Prosperous\nYet Hampered.\nLabor Day Preparations* Going on\nApace at Hedley\u00E2\u0080\u0094Bricks for\nthe People.\nLabor Day at Hedley will be the best\n[celebration ever held in the Similkameen-\nC Prof. Lake of Philadelphia is expected\n(soon to expert the Cousin Jack.\nAleck Ford, of Green Mountain, was\nin town this week on his way back from\nthe coast, where he had been with a\nband of horses. He found a ready market for all he had. Mr. Ford will remove to the coast as soon as he can wind\nup his ranching affairs. Rumor has it\nthat Mr. Ford will shortly lead to hymen's altar one of Similkameen's fairest\n(daughters. A shower of rice is waiting\nfor him at Princeton.\nHorton & White will put up a kiln of\n20,000 bricks which will be of first class\nquality.\nBilly Murray came in from Nicola lake\non Tuesday on'his-bike, going on to Hedley the same day. He is one of the fastest long distance riders in the country\nand considers 70 miles in this mountainous district a fair day's travel. He reports his brother John as convalescent\nin a coast hospital, whither he had gone\nfor treatment of injuries received in an\naccident some time ago.\nA. D. Worgan, the untiring secretary\npf the Hedley Labor day committee, was\nin town Friday.\nCharles E. Will, head of the commissariat for the U.S. boundary survey party\narrived in Princeton last Saturday to\nassume the arduous duties of his office.\nWhile out reconnoitering above the town\non Wednesday Mr. Will lost hie bearings\nand wandered over vale and summit till\nnightfall when a friendly blaze on a tree\nobserved by the rising moon, led him to\na well-defined trail and home. Only once\nbefore had Mr. Will a like experience in\nSwitzerland while scaling Mt. Blanc in\na dense fog. He thinks the smoky atmosphere caused a needless day's anxiety\nfor him on Wednesday.\nSchool recommenced on Monday last\nwith an unusually large attendance of\nscholars.\nChas. E. Hooper, an early day prospector in the ' Boundary arrived in the\nSimilkameen about a week ago. He is\ngoing to cast in his lot with the good\npeople here and expects to make a name\nand fortune for himself. He is very\npleased with the layout of the country\nand notes the comparative ease with\nwhich prospecting may be carried on\nhere.\nPROSPERITY REIGNS.\nThe Similkameen and Nicola Minerals Much Sought After.\nIndications are not lacking that a great\nwave of progress and industrial activity\nis rolling over the interior of the province. In the Similkameen and Nicola\ndistricts many inquiries are being made\nfor coal and other mineral properties\nwith the addendum : \"When do you expect the railway people to begin building?\" Extensive mining and milling operations and the proposed smelter at Hedley\nadd to the probability that railway construction on the coast to Kootenay route\nwill soon begin. The great strides made\nin the Boundary in mining and smelting;-\nequipment places that district foremost,\nin the world for cheap smelting. Then\neast and west Kootenay have never known\nsuch a period of steady progress in coal\nand metalliferous mining, in lumbering\nand railway construction. There need\nnot be an idle man in the whole of Yale\nand the Kootenays at $2.50 per day for\nlaborers. In the Similkameen prospects\nwere never more encouraging and with\nthe coming of the railway ten thousand\nminers and laborers will be required for\ncoal and metallic mining, for lumbering\nand farming. All that is lacking now is\ntransportation. The Similkameen and\nNicola districts cannot advance farther-; j\nwithout it.\nInternational Boundary Survey.\nC. E. Barnard and wife came up from\nLoomis, Wash., last Saturday and will\nbe here till the 1st of October. Mr. Barnard as commissioner of the international survey has charge of the field\nparty now working on the boundary in\nthe vicinity of Roche and Pasayton rivers. Princeton is the supply base for the\noutfit, two pack trains being required to\ntransport food and material over the difficult mountain passes. In some places\nthe line touches 8,000 feet altitude and\nsnow fell in July over six inches deep.\nMonuments of aluminum-bronze set in\ncement are used to demarcate the boundary and are erected at intervals of one\nto three miles according to the topography of the country. The work will last\nall next summer, it being discontinued\nduring the winter owing to the great\ndepth of snow. Mr. Barnard was previously on the U.S. Alaska boundary survey.\nA. Wilmot, oT Wallace, Idaho, has been\nin this district and Nicola for the past\nmonth looking over some coal proposi- -\ntions with a view to purchase. It is understood he has bonded some claim's, the\nterms and location of which have not as\nyet been made public. Mr. Wilmot\nthinks there is too much coal in this\ncountry for speculative purposes.\nMat Evenson has bought an interest in\nthe Otter Flat hotel.\n THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR\nAugust 27, 1904\nThe Similkameen Star\nPublished Weekly at\nPRINCETON, B.C.\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094BY\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nThe Princeton Publishing Co.\nA. E. Howse, Manager.\nOne Year,\nSUBSCRIPTION RATE:\nPayable in Advance..\n$2.00\nSubscribers will confer a favor on this office by\npromptly reporting any change in address or,\nirregularity in receipt of their paper.\nAdvertising rates furnished on application.\nLegal notices io and 5 cents per line.\nFour weekly insertions constitute one month\nadvertising.\nAll cheques to be made payable to\nA. E. HOWSE.\nNOTES AND COMMENTS.\nThe result of the L-illooet by-\nelection affords another illustration\nof the depravity of the electorate\nin some constituencies in this province. Little wonder that incompetence pervades every department\nof government when electors fail to\nuse the cleansing power to be found\nonly in the ballot box. Insensible\nto the decencies of political warfare\nPremier McBride and his coterie\nswooped down with bribe, promise\nand threat to the Lilloputians until\nthey were driven as sheep to the\nshambles. The small majority of\ntwenty-three for the government\ncandidate, McDonald, (less than\nthat at the general election) is significant of weakening and an index\nhowever slight, to the improved\nintellectual and political status of\nthe Lilloputians.\nThe marvellous speed of 103 miles\n-\u00E2\u0080\u00A2an hour on a country road was re-\n-cently made in France with an\n. automobile. It is not to be supposed that speed could be made in\nthe Similkameen where curves,\n\"boulders, slides and fallen timber\nimpede even the snail-like travel of\nthe freight wagon. There is one\nconsolation in knowing, however,\nthat there is plenty of raw material\nhere for making both roads and\nautomobiles.\nThe Spectator, of London, the\nmost select and impartial of English\nweeklies, thus comments on the\nDundonald incident : \" It is exceedingly regrettable that a distinguished soldier like Lord Dundonald should thus throw himself into\nthe arms of the Canadian Opposition and allow his name to be exploited for local party purposes.\nNothing could be more destructive\nof Imperial unity than that an Imperial officer should be found taking\nsides in local party politics because\nof a quarrel in which on any true\ninterpretation of constitutional doc-\nvtrine, he was hopelessly in the\nwrong.\" That surely is enough to\nmake the ears of the ultra-loyalists\nand the jingoists tingle.\nIt is only too evident now that\nPremier McBride never intended to\nhold a summer session when he announced it in the legislature last\nwinter. He has forfeited all right\nto the confidence of the people by\nhis broken promises and deceptive\npolicy, yet Lillooet has endorsed\nthat policy by returning McDonald,\nthe government candidate. A corrupt government is the progeny of\ncorrupt electors.\nPhysiologists are not united in\ntheir opinions as to the artificial\nmeans, now so much in vogue, of\nrearing babies. It is claimed that\nthe maternal organs of sustenance\nwill disappear from lack of use just\nas the eyes of some animals subject\nto continual darkness will disappear\nin a few generations. Is there not\ndanger also in the feeding bottle of\nbabyhood begetting a pernicious\ncraving for the sipping bottle of\nintoxicating fame in after life ?\nThe Dundonald incident is worked\nby the Conservative press to such\ngood effect that it now threatens to\ndivide the party into factions of\ntouters, militarists, blowhards and\nloyalists. Like a pack of ravening\nwolves over a maggoty carcase they\nturn and rend one another when\nthere are only the bones to lick.\nSome of the moderate organs want\nthe Dundonald incident buried but\nothers shout and lie with greater\nvehemence than ever. Now that\ntheir mock patriotism is known\nand their ardor cooling, their contempt and disgust for each other\nwill drive the truly loyal minority\ninto the ranks of the Liberal host\nwhere patriotism lives and thrives\nwithout simulation. If the Dundonald incident did nothing more\nthan winnow the chaff from the\nwheat in the Conservative party\nit has done something not to be\nregretted.\nThe building of the Grand Trunk\nPacific will open a country to set-,\ntlement as large as that now inhabited in the Dominion. During\nthe term ot its construction every\nindustry will receive an impetus.\nNot a man in all Canada need be\nidle when it is begun. In their\nblind opposition to | this second\ntranscontinental line the Conservatives have truckled to every wish\nand desire of their monopolistic\nfriend and ally the Canadian Pacific\nrailway company, who will thus\nhave a competitor for ocean to\nocean trade. The electors of Canada will not be slow to appreciate\nthe efforts of the Liberal government to emancipate them from the\nthraldom of the greatest railway\nmonopoly in the world. Had the\nConservatives been in power no\nsecond transcontinental railway\nwould have been undertaken.\nIf idleness is the mother of mischief there must be considerable\nmischief going on. Gossip and\nwork are antagonistic, therefore\nwork and be happy and good.\nNOTICE.\nTAKE NOTICE that sixty days after date I\nintend to apply to the Hon. the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to\npurchase 320 acres of Crown lands for pasturing purposes: Commencing at a post marked\nI. M. W.'s S.W. corner: Thence running 80\nchains west, 40 chains north, 80 chains east, 40\nchains south, back to point cf commencement,\nin all 320 acres, more or less. This land is situate\nabout 10 miles west of Princetcn and is bounded\non the south side by the meandering line of the\nTuiameen river.\nJ. M \"WRIGHT,\nC. O. FRENCH, Agent.\nDated this nth day of July, 1904.\nNOTICE.\nCopper Glance, Azurite and Alpine mineral\nclaims, situate in the Similkameen mining\ndivision of Yale district. Where located \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\nOn Copper mountain.\nTake notice that I, P. W. Groves, acting as\nagent for John R McRae, free miner's certificate\nNo. B72143, and Hugh McRae, free miner's certificate No. B62053, intend, sixty days from the date\nhereof, to apply to the mining recorder for\na certificate of improvements, for the purpose of\nobtaining a crown grant of the above claim.\nAnd further take 1 otice that action, under section 37, must be commenced before the issuance\nof such Certificate of Improvements.\nDated this 9th day of July, A.D. 1904.\nNOTICE.\nHpHIRTY days from date I intend to apply to\n* the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works\nfor a license to prospect for coal onrfhe following\ndescribed lands :\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nCommencing at a post marked A. Green's\n%-S. 3, and J^-S. 4, placed on east side of Cold-\nwater river, al out 3 miles south of Coutlee.\nAnd running 40 chains west, 80 chains south, 80\nchains east, 80 chains north, and then 40 chains\nwest to point of commencement, containing 640\nacres. William Rice, Locator.\nCharles Stirling, Agent.\nNicola, May 20,1904.\nNOTICE.\nNOTICE is hereby given that sixty days after\ndate I intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner\nof Lands and Works for permission to purchase\neighty acres of second class land, situated in\nOsoyoos district: Commencing at a post marked\nJ.L. situated about forty chains north of northeast corner of John Kearns' preemption lot 3098,\nthence 20 chains east, thence forty chains south,\nthence 20 chains west, thence forty chains north\nto point of commencement, containing 80 acres\nmore or less.\nJOHN LOVE.\nFairview, B.C., April 13, 1904.\nNOTICE.\nKenley' mineral claim, situate in the Similkameen Mining Division of Yale district.\nWhere located : Copper mountain.\nTake notice that I, Ernest Waterman, free\nminei 's certificate No. B72039 for myself and for\nEdwin Barr Hall, free miner's certificate No.\nB72040, intend sixty days from, the date hereof,\nto apply to the Mining Recorder for a certificate\nof improvements, for the purpose of obtaining\na Crown grant of the above claim.\n.rind further take notice that action, under section 37, must be commenced before the issuance\nof such certificate of improvements.\nDated this 9th day of April, 1904.\nNOTICE.\nOlympian mineral claim, situate in the Similkameen mining division of Yale district. Where\nlocated : On Copper mountain.\nTake notice that I, F. W. Groves, acting as\nagent for Joseph Wright, free miner's certificate\nNo. B75373; J. S. C. Fraser, free miner's certificate No. B42433 and L. G. Barron, free miner's\ncertificate No. B57500, intend, sixty days from\nthe date hereof, to apply to the Mining Recorder\nfor a certificaie of improvements for the purpose\nof obtaining a crown grant of the above claim.\nAnd further take notice that action, under section 37, must be commenced before the issuance\nofsuch Certificate of Improvements.\nDated this 25th day of April, A.D. 1904.\nNOTICE.\nGreat Republic mineral claim, situate in the\nSimilkameen mining division of Yale district. Where located : Copper mountain.\nTake notice that I, John P. McLeod, free miner's certificate No. B80240, for myself and as\nagent for Charles H. Bonter, free miner's certificate No. B75510, 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.\nAnd further take notice that action, under section 37, must be commenced before the issuance\nof such certificate of improvements.\nDated this 18th day of April, A.D. 1904.\n\" J. P. MCLEOD.\nNOTICE.\nAda B., Ada 8. Fractional and Centre Star Fractional mineral claims, situate in the Similkameen mining division of Yale district.\nWhere located : On Copper mountain.\nTake notice that I, Charles Willarson, free\nminer's certificate No. B63394, acting for myself\nand Peter Johnson, free miner's certificate No.\nB63393, and Robert O. Cramer, free miner's certificate No. 63382, and William H. Morrison, free\nminer's certificate No. 75486, and Furman R.\nWhitwell, free miner's certificate No. 72045,intend\nsixty days from the date hereof, to abply to\nthe mining recorder for certificates of improvements, for the purpose of obtaining crown\ngrants of the above claims.\n. . -ind further take notice that action, under section 37 must be commenced before the issuance\nof such certificates of improvements.\nDated this 14th day of May, 1904.\nNOTICE of FORFEITURE\nTo JAMES F. DICKSON, or to any person or\npersons to whom he may have transferred his\ninterest in the High Ore and Margarett mineral claims, situate one mile north of Similkameen City, in Camp Hedley, in the Similkameen mining division of Yale district, British\nColumbia.\nYou are hereby notified that I have expended the sum of $200 for work on the above mentioned claims and $5 for recording the same for\nassessments, such being required and neces sary\nto hold the said claims for the year ending July\n3rd and 27th June, 1904, respectively, under the\nprovisions of the Mineral Act and Amending\nActs; and if at the expiration of ninety days from\nthe date of the first publication of this notice in\nthe Similkameen Star, you fail or refuse to contribute your portion of such expenditure, namely, $102.50, together with all costs of advertising,\nj'our interest in said mineral claims will become vested in me, (your co-owner) upon filing\niu the proper office in that behalf the affidavit\nrequired by Section 4 of the Mineral Act\nAmendment Act, 1900.\nDated this nth day of Tuly, 1904.\nHENRY A. WILLIAMS.\nNOTICE of FORFEITURE\nTo ARCHIBALD GRANT or whomsoever he\nmay have transferred his interest in Klon-\ndyke mineral claim, situate on Copper\nMountain, and about ten miles from Princeton, in the Similkameen mining division of\nYale district.\nTake notice that after the publication hereof\nonce each week for ninety days, 3 ou fail or refuse to contribute your portion of the expenditure required by section 24 of the \" Mineral Act,\"\nbeing chapter 135, Revised Statutes of British\nColumbia, 1897, in respect of the Klondyke\nmineral claim, situate on Copper mountain 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 F.\nMcAlpin, of Princeton, Free Miner, who has\nmade the required expenditure.\nThe amount due by you in respect of each of\nthe said mineral claims, not including costs, is\n$25.62^.\nDated this4th day of June, 1904.\nTHOS. J. MCALPIN.\nNOTICE of FORFEITURE\nTo W. E. WEI.BY and any person or persons to\nwhom he may have transferred his interests in\nthe Elbe, Sunset, Maid of the Mist and War\nCloud mineral claims situate at Camp Hedley\nin the Osoyoos mining division of Yale district:\nYou are hereby required to take notice that we\nhave for the last two years done the whole of the\nassessment work on the above mentioned mineral claims as required by section 24 of the mineral act and have paid for recording the several\ncertificates of such work, and ycu are hereby required to contribute your proportion of such\nwork and expenditure together with all costs of\nadvertising, your said proportion amounting to\nOne Huudred and Fifty Nine Dollars ($159.00),\nexclusive of costs.\nIf you fail or refuse to contribute your said\nproportion and all costs of advertising within\nninety days from the date of the first publication\nof this notice in the Similkameen Star, which\ndate is hereunder written, your interests in said\nmineral claims will become vested in us, your\nco-owners, under the provisions of the Mineral\nAct and Amending Acts.\nDated this 4th day of June, A.D. 1904.\nH. W. YATES.\nJ. F. CAMPBELL.\nNOTICE.\nHpHIRTY days after date I intend to apply to\n* the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works\nfor a license to prospect for coal on the following\ndescribed lands :\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nSituated on the right bank of One-Mile creek,\n2% miles from Princeton, commencing at a post.\nAnd running south 80 chains, west 80 chains,\nnorth 80 chains, east 80 chains to point of commencement, containing 640 acres.\nH. B. CANNON,\nC. O. FREN,CH, Agent.\nLocated Aug. 7, 1904.\nCommencing at the N.E. corner of H. B. Cannon's coal claim,\nAnd running 80 chains north 80 chains west,\n80 chains south, 80 chains east to point of commencement, containing 640 acres.\nW. L. GERMAIN,\nC. O. FRENCH, Agent.\nLocated Aug. 7, 1904.\nCommencing at the S.E. corner of W. L. Germain's coal claim,\nAnd running 80 chains east, 80 chains north, 80\nchains west, 80 chains south, back \"to post, containing in all 640 acres.\na. f. Mcdonald,\nC. O. FRENCH, Agent.\nLocated, Aug 7, 1904.\nNOTICE.\nTHIRTY days from date I intend to apply to\nthe Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works\nfor a license to prospect for coal and petroleum\non the following described lands in Yale division\nof Yale district:\nCommencing at a post marked J. Y. MacAd-\nam's coal claim, S.E- corner, thence north 80\nchains, thence west 80 chains, along south line\nof \"Blakemore\" claim, thence south 80 chains,\nthence east 80 chains to place of commencement,\ncontaining 640 acres.\nJ. Y. MacADAM, Locator,\nW. A. Da VIS, Agent.\nLocated June 16,1904.\nCommencing at a post marked D. F. Campbell's coal claim, N.E. corner, running 80 chains\nwest along south line of J. Y. MacAdam's claim,\nthence 80 chains south, thence 80 chains east,\nthence 80 chains north to place of commencement, containing 640 acres.\nD. F. CAMPBELL, Locator,\nW. A. DAVIS, Agent.\nLocated June 16,1904.\nm.\nisl. >fim\naa\nS*:\nAugust 27, 1904.\nTHE SIMILKAMEEN STAR\n/\nLOCAL NEWS NOTES.\nJ. Anderson of Hedley, recently prospecting on Stirling creek and tributaries\nwas in town Friday. He thinks the\nreports of that section were somewhat\nmagnified in the excitement of the recent\ngold find there.\n\"Where Fortune Smiles\" is the title of\na neat pictorial supplement by P. God-\nenrath to the Kamloops Sentinel. Its\nfund of information makes it well suited\nfor transmission to friends abroad.\nF. W. Groves, P.L.S , returned Tuesday from Boulder creek where he had\nbeen surveying mineral claims for the\nBoulder Mining Co.\nE. J. Judd came up from Loomis last\nSaturday with survey paraphernalia. He\ntook a load of coal back for the village\nblacksmith and also to convince the natives of that burg of the existence of\nfirst class coal at Princeton. When the\nrailway is built Loomis will get all its\ncoal from Princeton.\nJohn Bromley has garnered 80 tons of\nfine hay on his homestead and is now\nbusy on his upper ranch cutting grain\nwhich has not been irrigated but looks\nsplendidly nevertheless.\nWhen Tommie Day began taking off\nthe shutters that had been up all summer\non Mrs. Silverson's business block a lot\nof 'rubbers' gathered near him. Some\nexpressions overheard were : ' Guess he's\ngoing to start a saloon,\" \"Maybe he's\ngoing to be married,\" \"Oh, I know, his\nsweetheart is coming back,\" \"Is Kit go\ni lg to be your partner?\" to all of which\nhe smoled a scornful smile. If other\npeople would mind their business as well\nas Mr. Day they could own mines and\neat porterhouse steaks too.\nLuke Gibson is freighting to Ashnola\nfor the boundary survey.\nA General Banking Business\nA general banking business transacted\nby the Bank of Hamilton. Capital\nall paid up, $2,229,280.00. Reserve fund\nand surplus profits, $2,067,080.95. Interest allowed on Savings bank deposits of\none dollar and upwards from date of deposit to date of withdrawal. A. H.\nSKFY, Agent, Kamloops, B.C.\nNOTICE.\n'THIRTY daysjgrom date I intend to apply to\nthe Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works\nfor a license tc prospect for coal on the following\ndescribed lands:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nCommencing at a post placed ten chains south\nof the S.W. corner of lot 1042,\nAnd running north 80 chains, west 80 chains,\nsouth 80 chains, east 80 chains to point of commencement, containing 640 acres.\nI I 3 , ' W. C. MCDOUGALL.\nDated July 23, 1904.\nNOTICE.\nNOTICE is hereby given that sixty days after\ndate I intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner\nof Lands and Works for permission to purchase\n320 acres of mountain pasture laud, described as\nfollows \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 Commencing at a post marked a.J's\nN.E. corner, thence 80 chains west, 40 chains\nsouth, 80 chains east, 40 chains north, back to\ninitial post, in all about 320 acres. Situate about\n11 miles west of Princeton, and is bounded on\nthe north side by the meandering line of the\nTuiameen river.\nALICE JAMES,\niPPef??! . C. O. FRENCH Agent.\nDated this 14th dayof August, 1904.\nNOTICE.\n^OTICE is hereby given that sixty days after\n* ^ date I intend to apply to thefChief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to\npurchase 640 acres of crown lands for pasturing purposes, commencing at a post marked\nS.W. corner of lot 1091, thence running 80 chains\neast, 80 chains south, 80 chains west, 80 chains\nnorth, back to post, in all 640 acres more or less\nC. M. KINGSTON,\nC. O. FRENCH, Agent.\nDated this 19th day of July, 1904.\nDOCTOR WANTED.\nFor Princeton and vicinity. Government sul -\nsidv $300 per annum. Exceptionally bright fu\nture tor capable man. Town is on proposed coast\nto Kootenay railway. Address\nMEDICAL COMMITTEE,\nORINCETON BOARD OF TRADE\u00E2\u0080\u0094Rooms\n* centrally located. Membership solicited.\nC. E. Thomas, E. Waterman,\nPresident. Secretary.\nA. Beix, Treasurer.\nAdvertise in the Star.\nJAS. CLARK\nWATCHMAKER\nand JEWELLER\nALL WORK WARRANTED\nHedley and Princetcn\nF. W. GROVES\nA. R. COLL., SC. D.,\nCivil and Mining Engineer\nPROVINCIAL LAND SURVEYOR.\nUNDERGROUND SURVEYS.\nPRINCETON, - - B. t5.\nPELLEW-HARVEY,\nBRYANT & GILMAN,\nPROVINCIAL\nASSAYERS\nI\nTHE\nVANCOUVER ASSAY OFFICE,\nESTABLISHED 1890.\nAnalysis of Coal and Fireclay a Specialty.\nComplete Coking Quality Tests.\nReliable PLATINUM Assays.\nVANCOUVER, B. C.\nR. Ha ROGERS\nM.A., B.C.L.\nSOLICITOR\nCONVEYANCER\nNOTARY PUB IC, Etc.\nOLALLA P.O.\nSimikameen, B.C.\n4- A\n*tf\nP\na\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0C?vl\nS\n\u00C2\u00BB\n** BUY CITY STORE i I\nuiiuui VIII OIVKL?\nT A Complete New Stock of General Herchan-\n7 dise always on hand,\n5 CONSISTING OF A FULL LINE OF\n{ Groceries, Dry Goods, Men's Furnishings, Boots and Shoes; also\n* Builder's Supplies, Shingles, Doors, Windows, Paints, Wall\na, Paper, Hardware, Stoves, Nails, Drill Steel,\n?\nHarness and Saddlery.\n^ Headquarters for Enderby Hungarian Flour, Northwest Oats, &c\n5 J. A. SCHUBERT.\n0'O^j^O^^t:\n1\n1\nI\n*urm\nWood,\nVallance &\nLeggat,\nLimited.\nHEADQUARTERS FOR\nSherwin-Williams'\nPaints\n>\nMURALO'S 1st quality\nCold Water Sanitary Calcimo\nVANCOUVER, B. C.\nMurato\nP \u00C2\u00ABs\nP \u00E2\u0080\u00A2*\n$\nWALL FINISH\nWALL 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 mix=\ning 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.\nt,\nI PIERCY & Co.,\nWHOLESALE\nDRY GOODS\n- VICTORIA, B. C.\nMANUFACTURERS OF\nClothing, Top Shirts and\nUnderwear.\nThe Vancouver Breweries, Ltd.\nBREWERS OF THE FAMOUS\nCascade Beer <\u00C2\u00A3 Alexandra Stout\nQueen Beer \u00C2\u00AB\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,\nVANCOUVEP, B. C\nA Strong\nCombination.\nManitoba Hard Wheat\nand the Lake of the\nWoods Milling Co'y,\nCombine to produce the finest grade\nof flour on the market.\nTry Best Patent Brand.\nJAS. J. LOUTIT, Agent,\nBox 158 Vancouver, B. C.\nH. C COOPER\nHarness, Saddles, Horse Flushings\nMANUFACTURER AND DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF\nHarness of any Description and any Price Made to Order\u00E2\u0080\u0094Send for Prices.\n[Established 12 years in Vernon.]\nU KELOWNA, B.C\nreight Prepaid to Penticton on all Orders from\nPrinceton and Vicinity.\nV\"\\n A\nTHE SIMILKAMEEN STAR\nAugust 27, 1904\nLABOR DAY\nCELEBRATION\nHedley City, B.C.\nMonday 5th & Tuesday 6th\nSEPTEMBER.\nno ws t co. w\nAugust 27, 1904\nTHE SIMILKAMEEN STAR\n: FIRST DAY:\nCommencing at io o'clock a.m.\nHORSE RACES\n^-mile dash, open to all, prize\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094$35- 20.\n^-rcile dash, saddle race, owners up\u00E2\u0080\u0094$15.10.\nCowboy race, saddle up, turn 3\nstakes and dismount at each stake,\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094$15-10. \t\nBaseball Match, Enderby vs. Hedley.\nCommencing at 2:30 o'clock, p. m.\nprize\u00E2\u0080\u0094$150.00.\n15.\nFOOT RACES\n^-mile, open to all, prizes\n$io, $5.\n100-yards race, open to all\u00E2\u0080\u0094$15\n$10, $5.\n3-legged race, $5, $2.50.\nObstacle race, $7.50, $5, $2.50.\nDance in the Evening.\n:SECOND DAY:\nCommencing at io o'clock, a.m.\nDrilling Contest, Three Entries or\nno match, prize\u00E2\u0080\u0094$100.00.\nHORSE RACES\nSlow race, *4 mile, prizes\u00E2\u0080\u0094$10,\n$5-\nj4-mile pony race, 14 hands and\nunder\u00E2\u0080\u0094$20, $10.\n^-rrale klootchman's race\u00E2\u0080\u0094$10,\n$5-\n^-mile ladies' race\u00E2\u0080\u0094$10, $5.\n^J-mile boys' race, owners up\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n$5*. $2- 5o. \t\nFOOT RACES\n50-yards fat men's race, no entries under 200 lbs., prizes\u00E2\u0080\u0094$5,\n$2.50.\n5oyards old men's race, over 60\nyears\u00E2\u0080\u0094$5, $2.50.\n50-yards ladies' race\u00E2\u0080\u0094$10, $5,\n$2.50.\n100-yards klootchman's race\u00E2\u0080\u0094$5,\n$2.50.\n100-yards bo3rs' race, 14 years\nand under\u00E2\u0080\u0094$5, $2.50.\n100-yards childrens' race under\n10 years\u00E2\u0080\u0094$3, $2, $1.\n100-yards girls' race, under 14\nyears\u00E2\u0080\u0094$4, $3, $2.\n50-yards girls' race, under 10\nyears\u00E2\u0080\u0094$3, $2, $1.\nRunning broad jump\u00E2\u0080\u0094$7.50, $5.\nRunning high jump\u00E2\u0080\u0094$7.50, 5.\nStanding broad jump\u00E2\u0080\u0094$7.50, 5.\nHop-step-and-jump\u00E2\u0080\u0094$7.50, 5.\nt Putting the shot\u00E2\u0080\u0094$7.50, 5.\nCatching the greasy pig\u00E2\u0080\u0094pig.\nPotato race\u00E2\u0080\u0094$5, 2.50.\nAll are cordially invited 3*;{\nCOMMITTEE:\nW. McLean, F. French.\nW. Hassard.\nA, D. WOROAN, - - Hon.=Sec.\nVivat Rex\nMi\ngSjgSKjM\nw\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nToa Talk\n50 cents isn't much, W\nYet it will buy about the nicest pound of tea you ever brewed. We\nhave a little better tea at a little better price, but the majority\nof tea drinkers don't care to pay more than 50 cents a pound,\nespecially when they can get such a nice blend as our Ceylon at\nthat price. This tea is bought especially for us, we mix it to suit,\nand sell it only in bulk. You can have as much as you want of it\n' at 50 cents a pound.\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\nTHE\nNICOLA LAKE AND PRINCETON\nLIMITED\nHumorous.\nShe\u00E2\u0080\u0094Mrs. Sparker has done nothing\nlately but run down her neighbors. He\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094I had no idea she was such a gossip\nShe\u00E2\u0080\u0094Who said anything about gossip?\nShe is learning to drive her new motor\ncar.\nScientists say that the hair and nails\ngrow after death. Some theory of that\nsort is needed to explain the experience\nof a widow at a spiritualistic seance.\n\"No,\" said the little widow emphatically.\n\"I will never attend another dark seance.\" \"Why not?\" asked her friends.\n\"Didn't you have any acquaintance\namong the spooks?\" \"I am in doubt\nabout the materiaizations.\" \"Not distinct enough ?\" \"Well, it was this way :\nThe medium said my husband was there\nand wanted to speak to me. It was too\ndark to see him plainly, but I thought I\nrecognized the outlines of Jim, and I\nkissed him.\" \"Was it Jim?\" \"That's\nwhat I would like to know.\" \"What\nmakes you doubt it?\" \"The spook had\na lovely moustache.\" \"Oh!\" \"Jim\nnever had one.\" And the little widow\nlooked thoughtful.\n\"Well, I made the sale all right,\" said\nthe new salesman. \"Butyou lied to her,\"\nprotested the proprietor. \"You told her\nthey were genuine old Irish lace\"\t\n\"No, I didn't She simply said shedidn't\nwant any 'bogus imitations,' and I assured her ours were genuine.\nWife\u00E2\u0080\u0094John, did you mail that letter\nI gave you this morning? Husband\u00E2\u0080\u0094Of\ncourse I did. Wife\u00E2\u0080\u0094How provoking ! I\nwanted to add a postscript. Hub., (pro-\n. ducing the letter)\u00E2\u0080\u0094Well, here it is. Why\ndidn't you tell me that in the first place ?\nLOT WANTED.\nA well situated vacant lot on Vermilion avenue\nor Bridge Street. State lowest price for cash\nGive number of lot and block. Address I\nNICHOLSON, P.O. Box 460, Victoria, B C\nKOCHUSSEN & COLLIS\nYates St., Victoria, B.C.\nMANUFACTURER'S AGENTS FOR\nMining Machinery\nand supplies\nTenders on Engineering Contracts\nMINING BROKERS\nQuotations ou all kinds of machinery\nWRITE US FOR PRICES\nSpokane Fair Oct. 3=9\nProspectors and others are invited to\ncontribute mineral specimens for an exhibit at the Spokane Fair. Specimens\nshould be of about 25 lbs. weight with\nnames of claim and owner attached. Specimens will be received by C. IJ. Thomas,\nF. W. Groves and at the Mining Recorder's office. BY ORDER,\nPRINCETON BOARD OF TRADE,\n50 YEARS'\nEXPERIENCE\nTrade Marks\nDesigns\nCpPYRIGfcjJS &c.\nAnyone sending a sketch and description may\nquickly ascertain our opinion free whether an\ninvention is probably patentable. Communications strictly confidential. HANDBOOK on Patents\nsent free. 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C,\nSole Agents*\nStr^igg*\nLines\nDRIAR\nOTEL\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.\nHeadquarters for Princeton, Spence's Bridge and Kamloops\nStage Lines.\nA\nWE ARE EXCLUSIVELY\nSHOEMAKERS\nAND CAN GUARANTEE\nStyle, Comfort and Durability\nIN FOOTWEAR\nMANUFACTURED\nBY US.\nTJ^AMES\nHOLDEN\nCompany\nOF MONTREAL, LTD.\nVANCOUVER B.C.\nSubscribe\nFor the STAR\nFor the STAR\na\n KM*.\nTHE SIMILKAMEEN STAR\nAugust 27, 1904\n1\nc\nc\u00C2\u00BB ff <\u00C2\u00A3\nERNEST WATERMAN,\nResident Manager VERMILION FORKS\nMINING AND DEVELOPMENT CO.\n\u00C2\u00BB}\nl\n3\nu:\nm&$\nV\n"@en . 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