"CONTENTdm"@en . "BC Historical Newspapers"@en . "Howse, A.E."@en . "2018-11-07"@en . "1906-04-14"@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/similkameen/items/1.0373581/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " m.\nMarket for Princeton Coal will expand with railways\nThe progressive citizen's motto : | Boost, don't knock/'\nThe total of money orders and postal notes paid at Princeton P.O. last year was $4877, or nearly $400 more than the next highest office in the\nSimilkameen, which indicates the growing Importance of this section as compared with other places\u00E2\u0080\u0094Natural resources are unequalled.\nVol. vii. No. 3.\nPRINCETON, B.C., SATURDAY, APRIL J4, 1906.\n$2 a Year, in Advance\nAN OUTLET WANTED.\nA committee appointed by the board\nof trade some time ago to furnish Chicago parties with information about\nPrinceton and the possibility of connecting Slate Creek, Wash., with it by wagon\nroad, has received a letter addressed to\nF. W. Groves, P.L.S., from H. A. Parker\nbearing on the subject. He says: \"Slate\nCreek must have an outlet in some direction, and the fact that Princeton is assured of a railroad, and the further fact\nthat it is located in a coal belt and will\nprobably have a smelter soon after the\nadvent of the 'railroad, leads some of us\nwho are interested in Slate-Creek, to wonder if the natural outlet is not in that\ndirection. * * I hope the people of\nPrinceton will canvass the matter, so that\nif the time comes for action we can work\ntogether for our mutual advantage.\"\nIf it be true, as. is reported, that the\nV..V. & E. will be extended to Roche\nriver the necessity for a wagon road would\nbe overcome.^. Meanwhile it might be as\nwell \"for the ..board of trade to approach\nPresident Hiil in a diplomatic way and\nfind out h^w'Ta^up the \u00E2\u0080\u00A2Similkameen he\nintends to run the rai tway or if he in-.;\ntends to run it up at all.\nm.\nTHE STAR'S ARBITRATOR.\nThe Gazette editor took the Star's hint\nand has placed, his \"dough\" in the bank\nof. Commerce here. So far, good. Our\nonly hope now is that the 'Major' won't\nget nervous and pull it out before other\nnecessary and proper details are agreed\nupon.\nAs the Star challenge was the first to\nissue it named Chief Justice Hunter as\narbitrator, than whom no fairer and unbiassed man could be found in all B.C.\nHe has recently given an eminently fair\nand satisfactory decision for the people\nversus premier McBride in the Vernon &\nMidway holdup.. According to equity\nand by right of priority of challenge the\nStar is entitled to name the judge, subject\nto the terms and conditions as fully set\nforth in the Star of Feb. 17. The challenge is plain and the Gazette should not\nrun away from it.\nThe Gazette suggests the attorney-\ngeneral : as arbitrator. Impossible! He\nis a partizan, a member of the McBride\ngovernment, a friend of. Mr. Shatford and\nhe smells of Kai-en. The Star will have\nnothing to do with him.\nThe gallant Major whines and snivels\nabout the hot shot given him. The use\n6f epithets applied to the Star by the Gazette, such as \"lie,\" \"nasty,\" \"dishonest,\"\n\"sneak,\" &c, will provoke strong resentment in most men. Take your medicine without squealing, there is more in\nstore for you if required. The Gazette\nwas looking for trouble and found it.\nWhen it begins a controversy again it\nshould try and use dignified language\nand not that of fishwives or the street\n\" Arab.\nWINNIPEG TO COAST\nV., V. & E. will Form Part of\nHill's Trans-Canada Railway System.\nConnect at Winnipeg with Canadian\nNorthern for Eastern Traffic\u00E2\u0080\u0094 |\nRailway Items.\nThe most important railway news\naffecting the Similkameen is that of the\nGreat Northern's intention to have a direct line from Winnipeg to Vancouver.\nIt would place Princeton favorably in\nthe matter of freight rates and bring it\nin direct touch with the great cattle and\ngrain belts of the northwest provinces\neast of the Rockies. When the V..V. &\nE. is completed there will be a continuous\nline to Fernfe from the coast, the remaining link to Winnipeg, about 800 miles,\nVice President Hill states will be built\ntwo years before thefGrand Trunk Pacific\nis finished. East of Winnipeg the Great\nNorthern will use the Canadian Northern.\nC.P.R. surveyors are in the field at\nlower Nicola and it is thought they will\ncontinue up Quilchena creek to the Similkameen. Officials of .the C.P.R. stated\nyears ago. that their line would be first\nin this section and it may prove true.\nMr. Amburn's party went to Keremeos\nThursday to revise portions of the line\nand expect to return here in about three\nweek:s.\nWILD VEGETABLES.\nFather Abraham was not \"in it\" when\nhe located in Canaan and lived on locusts\nand wild honey. Around Princeton nature\nsupplies a lot of excellent wild vegetables\nand fruit in their seasons. At present\nwild celery and onions are 'a la mode' as\nthe French or Italins put it, a little later\nwild spuds will be on the bill and then\nmushrooms and a great variety of fruit.\nJust try some of that celery and see how\nit will remove the scales off your\ncorrugated liver.\nChas. Mitchener, mining man of Salt\nLake City, Utah, arrived in town Wednesday by stage, having been attracted to\nPrinceton by seeing occasional copies of\nthis paper. Mr. Mitchener expects to\nvisit the various mining camps in this\nsection thereby gaining a knowledge of\nthe country he could not otherwise acquire. He is connected with large mining concerns in Pennsylvania and Ohio.\nDay & Irwin, contractors and builders\nof Hedley, were in Princeton this week\nlaying plans for future movements. They\ndo not propose to let grass grow under\ntheir pedal extremities and will be right\non the spot for contracts ranging from\nthe humblest cottage to the largest cantilever railway bridge.\nBUYERS AND SELLERS\nDevelopment of Mineral Claim\nEssential to Buyer and\nSeller Alike.\nProof of Worth Lies in Assays and\nBody and Forms Basis for\nPurchase Price.\n[Contributed.]\nIf the owners of prospects and mining\nclaims only knew it every responsible investor or representative of such is as\neager to develop and ultimately buy the\nproperty as the owner is to sell it, providing always that the prospect is not\nmisrepresented and terms are reasonable.\nWhen the reverse of this is the case,\nwhich frequently happens, it creates a\nfeeling of disgust, disappointment and\nlack of faith and confidence from the\nstart and every time this happens it gives\na bad impression of the district among\nthe friends of the intending investors,\nwho are often more numerous and influential than is supposed. People will\nsoon learn that railroads alone do not\nmake a mining camp\u00E2\u0080\u0094enterprise and\nattitude have much more to do with that\ndesirable consummation than the railroad. No sane investor or experienced\nminer will pay money to the owner of a\ndead prospect utitil the merits or demerits\nare known by some development.\nThere are some queer things done in\nthe midst of a boom. But a boom seldom comes but once to any locality and\nthat is once too often. A boom produces\nan artificial, abnormal state of affairs;\none that very few profit from, except the\nman who knows enough to simply let go\nof what he has. The steady, progressive, normal condition is the best for all;\nthen there is no reaction to suffer or re\ncover from.\nThe roads that are now vieing with\neach other to reach the coast are not basing operations Upon the present undeveloped tonnage of the mines, but to obtain the best possible grade regardless of\nmines. Incidentally, the railroads are a\nmighty factor in favor of the mines and\ntheir future operation, but they must be\n.developed. The railways encourage men\nto come here to cultivate the soil and\ndevelop the mines, but these men are not\ngoing to pay fancy cash prices for the\nmere privilege of getting rid of a few\nthousand dollars in an undeveloped\nclaim. To believe that they will do this\nor even insist upon it is to assume that\nthe average man with money does not\nknow much. It is always the best philosophy to give the other fellow credit\nfor knowing something.\nThe man or company who is willing to\nput money into the ground to place it, if\npossible, on a productive paying basis to\nascertaiu its worth, giving the owner a\nchance to earn good money on his own\nclaim, placing that much money in circulation, is certainly taking all the chances\nwhile the owner of the claim takes none,\nexcept the solitary one and that td win\u00E2\u0080\u0094-\nbecause he cannot lose in any event,\nwhether a paying mine is developed or\nnot. And yet in every new mining camp\nthere are numerous owners of claims who\ncannot tell whether a ton of their ore\nwill run ten cents or ten dollars to the\nton will ask from ten to thirty thousand\ndollars for a bond and insist upon a cash\npayment. They simply demand what\nthey would not give themselves if they\nhad a million and stood in the other fellow's boots.\nThe writer does not wish to be regarded .\nas acting the bear in this matter, or as\none who begrudges the claim owner all\nthat he. can get, but father to prevent the\nintroduction of such unreasonable propositions as will shut out capital and thus\ncompel investors td seek other fields.\nThose who insist upon maintaining an\nunbusinesslike dog-in the manger policy\nin relation to non-producing low grade\nclaims will have mining claims to transmit to their heirs.\nNEW HOTEL BUILDING.\nGeo. \"McCoskery has been granted a\nlicense for his new hptel, the \"Tulameen\"\nwhich is now having the foundation laid\non the lots adjoining Cook & Co's store,\nBridge street. The hotel will be a frame\nbuilding three stories in height, 40x60,\nwith all up to date conveniences. Find-\nlay Fraser is superintendent of construction tor the proprietors. The building will be rushed to completion and\nopened to the public about the middle of\nJune. \t\nTOKEN OF APPROVAL.\nThe editor of the Star thanks those\nwho so kindly presented him with an\naddress and box of cigars in token of\ntheir sincere appreciation of his \"stand\nin regard to the Chinese incident at Penticton.\" Any man having espoused a\ncause with conscience as his guide, no\nmatter how small his ability, will have\nthe cheering \"encouragement of friends\nand at*- least the respect of foes. The\nStar hopes to always merit the appreciation of fellow citizens in its humble efforts\nto forward our common local interests or\nin defence of some far-reachingprinciple\nwhich affects the people as a whole.\nDan Coutney is making a cyanide test\nof the ore on the Miss Dundas mineral\nclaim, three miles from Princeton, from\nwhich he is extracting $6 per ton in gold.\nThe mine is a high grade tungsten proposition carrying values in gold and silver.\nMr. Coutney also states that there is an\nimmense body of ore in sight from 800\nfeet of crosscutting and only one wall\nexposed. After the gold is extracted the\nresiduum makes a fine quality of red\npaint.\n\u00C2\u00A3\n wmppp\n\"T^7- ijwi\nTHE SIMILKAMEEN STAR\nApril 14, 1906\nThe Similkameen Star\nPublished Weekly at\nPRINCETON, B.G\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094BY\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nThe Princeton Publishing Co.\nA. E. Howse, Manager.\nSUBSCRIPTION RATE:\nOne Year,\nPayable in Advance.\n$2.00\nplement the free gifts of nature by\ninducing others to partake of them.\nEnergy and enthusiasm with earnest effort will attract the attention\nof intending purchasers and induce\nthem to come\u00E2\u0080\u0094the \"goods\" are\nhere and stand b*n*their merits.\nCERTIFICATE OF THE REGISTRA\nTION OF AN EXTRA-PROVINCIAL COMPANY.\n*' Companies Act, 1897.\"\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 10 and 5 cents per line.\nPour weekly insertions constitute one month\nadvertising.\nAH cheques to be made payable to\nA. E. HOWSE.\nPLACERS ABOUT PRINCETON.\nWhat is believed to be a great\nsource of future wealth, when fully\nexplored and developed, but which\nnow owing to the better known values in lode mining is unnoticed,\nlies in the precious minerals at the\nbottoms of the upper reaches of the\nTulameen and Similkameen rivers\nand their tributaries. From Princeton to the source of these rivers old\nplacermen say there is scarcely a\nbar or bench that has not been prospected, in all of which there is\ngold. There are extensive deposits\nof black magnetic sand containing\nplatinum, the full value of either\nbeing still unproven. During the\nplacer days of twenty years ago\nevery miner was looking for \"big\nmoney\" and nothing would appease\nthe hungry goldhunters but nuggets or the coarse-grained yellow\nmetal. In fact the old-fashioned\ngrizzly and rocker or sluicing as a\nmeans of gold-saving would not\ncollect the finer particles which\nwere lost in the tailings.\nThe vast workings observed along\nthe rivers and creeks no doubt stiil\ncontain pay dirt which only an improved gold dredger could handle\nwith profit. In California some of\nthe most profitable ground for gold\n^dredging is found in the tailings of\nthe \"forty-niners\" and there is no\ndoubt a similar experience awaits\nthe enterprise of someone with the\nrequired machinery to operate here.\nBut it is to the virgin ground along\nthe rivers named that attention will\nbe chiefly directed as soon as the\nrailway affords transportation for\nthe heavy dredging machinery and\nhydraulic plant required. Leases\nfor dredging purposes may be acquired on application to the Gold\nCommissioner and are not to exceed 20 years, nor five miles along\nriver or stream; rental $50 per mile\nper annum. Hydraulic leases cover\n80 acres of ground.\nThree great industries \u00E2\u0080\u0094 gold-\ndredging, coal and ore mining are\nat the very door of Princeton and\nonly await the magic touch of capital to develop. The railway, now\nadvancing rapidly, will remove the\nlast obstacle to the growth of these\nthree industries in this section. It\nremains for the people here to sup-\nNOTES AND COMMENTS.\nAn important matter relating to\nthe geological formation of the Similkameen and particularly of its coal\narea is the procuring of a technical\nsurvey which would define the\nlocation of certain minerals and\ngive useful hints as to the probable\nexistence of others. In the Boundary, Rossland and Nicola surveys\nhave been made and the resulting\nbenefits are acknowledged by all\nmaking use of them. In the district about Princeton such a survey\nwould be of inestimable service to\nprospectors and mining men generally. If the Princeton board of\ntrade were not a half-dead-and-alive\nconcern that cannot muster a quorum, resolutions from it to Duncan\nRoss, M.P., should avail in pro-\ncnring the needed survey. Even\nat this late date in the season there\ncould be no harm in asking that a\nparty be sent here. If the board\ndoes not ask it cannot hope to receive. '%$8\\nAnother important matter which\nthe board of trade might reasonably take up and assist to a finish\nis the establishment of a school of\nmines in this province. Both the\nDominion and provincial governments should be urged into action\nand made to realize its importance\nin the development of a vast mineral country. Persevering effort\nmust prevail even with hard-headed\nlegislators. Is the board aware of\nthe influence it possesses when its\nfunctions are properly discharged ?\nFrom Ottawa it is learned that\nPresident Hill of the Great Northern is asking for privileges to enable him to build competing lines\nin the Canadian Northwest and in\nconnection with the Canadian\nNorthern be will build a third\ntranscontinental line across the\nRockies. Of course the monopolists and alarmists are shouting that\nthe country will be ruined by this\nforeigner draining all the traffic into\nUncle Sam's backyard. The same\nshout went up when Hill proposed\nto build into the Similkameen. He\nhas saved this country from a slow\nand torturous death. Great is Jim !\nMay he live long and keep the\nother fellows hustling:.\nAll the other towns and districts\nin the interior are making special\nand systematic efforts to boost their\npopulation\u00E2\u0080\u0094only the Similkameen\nlags. What is the matter with the\nboards of trade.\nPrinceton should have a daily\nmail by the 1st of June.\nI hereby certify that the \" Oregon &\nBritish Columbia Mining and Developing\nCo., Ltd.,\" has this day been registered\nas an Extra-Provincial Company under\nthe \" Companies Act, 1897,\" to carry out\nor effect all or any of the objects of the\nCompany to which the legislative authority of the Legislature of British Columbia extends.\nThe head -office of the Company is\nsituate at the City of Portland, Multnomah County, State of Oregon.\nThe amount of the capital of the Company is one hundred and fifty thousand\ndollars, divided into one million five\nhundred thousand shares of ten cents\neach. -\nThe head office of the Company in this\nProvince is situate at Copper Mountain,\nPrinceton, B. C, and Robert Cramer,\nminer, whose address is the same, is the\nattorney for the Company (not empowered to issue or transfer stock).\nThe Company is limited.\nGiven under my hand and seal of office\nat Victoria, Province of British Columbia,\nthis 26th day of January, one thousand\nnine hundred and six.\n[L.s.J S. Y. WOOTTON,\nRegistrar of Joint Stock Companies.\nThe objects forwhich the Company has\nbeen established and registered are :\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nTo develop mining claims and to\noperate mines and mining properties for\nany of the previous metals, and to engage\nin said business only, with power to do\nall things pertaining thereto in the mineral States and Territories of the United\nStates, and in the Province of British\nColumbia in the Dominion of Canada,\nand when necessary or convenient for\ncarrying on the business of mining for\nthe precious metals; to acquire in any\nof the above territory by purchase, con\ndemnation, exchange, location, appropriation, or in any other manner whatsoever, or in any manner whatever; to\nreceive, own, hold, use, operate, lease,\nsupply, mortgage, sell, or otherwise dispose of, in any part of the above territory,\nmines, mining property, ores, deposits of\nmineral, rock, earth, water, water rights,\npower, light, electric piants, reservoirs,\ncanals, flumes, ditches, pipes, tunnels,\naqueducts, dams, sights, rights of way or\nother easements, mills, smelters, converters or other machinery, saw-mills,\nstores, hotels, boarding-houses, vessels,\ntramways or any other kind of property,\nboth real and personal, coal and coal\nlands, coke and cokeing plants; to contribute in any manner to the expense of\npromoting, constructing, improving, or\nmaintaining in any.of the above territory any of the works, however owned,\nwhich, in the judgment of its Board of\nDirectors for the time being, may be calculated, directly or indirectly, to advance\nthe interest of the Company in the\nmining for the precious metals, and to\nbuy or otherwise acquire, hold, guarantee,\npledge or contract with reference to, or\notherwise dispose of, in any manner, the\nshares, bonds, obligations or other securities of this or of other corporations, companies, or of individuals ; to exercise or\nacquire any rights, franchises or privileges\nwhich may be deemed necessary, le\nquisiite, useful, convenient, incidental or\nauxiliary to any of the purposes, objects\nor things herein, and to carry out or perform any of the matters, things or purposes aforesaid that in the judgment of\nits Board of Directors for the time being\ndeems necessary to advance the interest\nof the Company, or may, from time to\ntime, by its by-laws, resolutions or otherwise determine necessary or convenient\nfor carrying on the business of mining\nfor any of the precious metals.\nNOTICE.\nl^OTICE is hereby given that sixty days after\n* |j date I intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of I.ands and Works for permission to\npurchase 612 acres more or less of mountain pasture land situated in Kamloops division of Yale\ndistrict, on China creek, about two miles northwest of Princeton, and descrited as follows :\nCommencing at the S. E. corner of lot No. 276,\nthence 46 chains to the west line of lot 969, thence\nnorth 120 chains, thence west 60 chains, thence\nsouth 60 chains to the north line of lot 276,\nthence east 14 chains to the N.E. corner of lot\n276, thence south 60 chains to pointbf commencement. C M. SNOWDEN.\nDated Feb. 12,1906.\nORINCETON BOARD OF TRADE\u00E2\u0080\u0094Rooms\n* centrally located. Membershi solicited.\nE Waterman,\nPresident. Secretary.\nH. Cowan Treasurer.\nAdvertise in the Star.\nSynopsis of Regulations Go\terning\nthe Disposal of Dominion Lands\nwithin the Railway Belt in the\nProvince of British Columbia.\nA LICENSE to cut tjraber can be acquired only at public';*cptnpetition. A\nrental of $5 per square mile is chargdcL*.\nfor all timber berths excepting;those situated west of Yale for which the rental is\nat the rate of. 5-lgejits per acre per annum.\nIn addition to the rental, dues at the\nfollowing rates are charged: Sawn lumber, 50 cents per thousand feet B.M. Railway ties, eight and nine feet long, \%\nand 1% cents each. Shingle bolts, 25\ncents a cord. All other products, 5 per\ncent, on the sales.\nA license is issued so soon as a berth is\ngranted, but in unsurveyed territory no\ntimber can be cut on a berth until the\nlicensee has made a survey thereof.\nPermits to cut timber are also granted\nat public competition, exceptjlfn the case\nof actual settlers who require the timber\nfor their own use.\nSettlers and others may also obtain permits to cut up to 100 cords of wood for\nsale without competition.\nThe dues payable under a permit are\n$150 per thousand feet B.M., for square\ntimber and saw logs of any wood except\noak; from % to \yz cents per lineal fool\nfor building logs; from 12^ to 25 cents\nper cord for wood; 1 cent for fence posts;\n3 cents for railway ties; and 50 cents per\ncord on shingle bolts. .\nLeases for grazing purposes are issued\nfor a term of 21 years at a rental of two\ncents an acre per annum.\nCoal lands may be purchased at %\o per\nacre fot soft coal and $20 for anthracite.'%\nNot more than 320 acres may be acquired\nby one individual or company.\nRoyalty at the rate of 10 cents per ton\nof 2000 pounds is collected on the gross\noutput.\nEntries for land for agricultural pur\nposes~may be made personally at the local \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nland office for the district in which the\nland to be taken is situated, or if the\nhomesteader desires, he may, on application to the minister of the interior at\nOttawa, the commissioner of immigration at Winnipeg, or'.the local agent for\nthe district within which the land is situated, receive authority for some one to\nmake entry for him.\nA fee of $10 is charged for a homestead\nentry.\nA settler who has received an entry for\na homestead is required to perform the\nconditions connected therewith under\none of the following plans :\n1. At least six months' residence upon\nand cultivation of the land in each year\nduring the term of three years. It is the\npractice of the department to require a\nsettler to bring 15 acres under cultivation\nbut if he prefers he may substitute stock,\nand 20 head of cattle, to be actually his\nown property, with buildings for their\noccupation, will be accepted instead of\nthe cultivation.\n2. If the father (or mother, if the father is deceased) of any person who is\neligible to make a homestead entry under\nthe provisions of the act, resides upon a\nfarm in the vicinity of the land entered\nfor by such person as a homestead, the\nrequirements of-the act as to residence\nprior to obtaining patent may be satisfied\nby such person residing with the father\nor mother.\n3. If the settler has his permanent\nresidence upon farming land owned by\nhim in the vicinity of his homestead, the\nrequirements as to residence may be sati&w;\nfied by residence upon the said land.\nApplication for a patent should be made\nat the end of three years before the local\nagent?; sub-agent or \"a. homestead inspector.\nSix months' notice in writing should\nbe given to the Commissioner of Dominion Lands at Ottawa of intention to apply\nfor patent. W. W. CORY.\nDeputy of the Minister of Interior.\nOttawa, Feb. 4, 1905. sep ro\nNOTICE.\nSixty days after date I intend to apply to the\nChief Commissioner of Lands and Works to purchase 40 acres of land situate in the\nYale division of Yale district and described as follows: Commencing at a post 20 chains\nsouth of the N.E. corner of M. Bresnik's preemption, thence south io chains, thence west 20\nchains, thence north 20 chains, thence east 20\nchains to point of commencement.\nmartin bresnik.\nOtter Valley, Jan 8,1906.\"\nApril 14, 1906\nTHE SIMILKAMEEN STAR\n<>\nLOCAL AND GENERAL.\nGet the habit of boosting\u00E2\u0080\u0094the knocker\nis a pigmy beside a booster.\nThe Star has been asked to deny the\nrumor that the A. E. Howse Co. is trying\nto hold up the Great Northern in its proposed purchase of right of-way through\ntown. The A: E. Howse Co. has never\nbeen approached either individually or\ncollectively by any railway official as to\n\u00E2\u0080\u009E- prices uf property nor has it made any\novertures in any way to the right-of-way\nagent.\nW. A. Davis (Podunk) has hied himself to the hills in search of the ever-\nalluring metal.\nT. A. Connolly and John Speck were\nin town this week on their way to the\nRed Bird camp, Rabbitt mountain. They\nown three fine properties, the Mountain\nView, Reindeer and Red Bird, on which\nthey have already done a large amount\nof exploratory work. This summer will\nbe further'spent in -developing and placing the group on a shipping basis. Both\nowners are practical miners, their capital consisting of muscle, industry and\n' frugal habits. With these and a mine of\nhigh grade ore success is theirs.\nJimmy Chenhall, late of the Nicola\nstage line, has gone to Clinton to recuperate his shattered health. Many friends\nall over the country wish him speedy re-1\ncovery.\nHarry Bell, an old timer in Rossland,\nwas in town recently taking stock of the\npossibilities for future growth aud expansion. He is satisfied and will come\nagain when the \"harvest days\" \u00C2\u00BBre on.\nLouis Gould will start an independent\nnewspaper at Penticton in a few weeks.\n$ D. R. Young is shipping concentrates\nfrom Vernon to the Trail smelter taken\nfrom the British Empire miner The average value is $3.50 per hundredweight.\nLewis Thomson, J.P., notary public and\nconveyancer, Vermilion Avenue. *\nIs your optic on Welldo? 'Tis well.\nTry the Neverslip Horse Shoe which is j\nhard to. equal for deep snow or ice. Sizes\n1 to 5. H. G. PAIGE, Nicola.\n1 REAL\nI ESTATE and\nMINES\n^Bought &Sold\nWINKLE!\nOffices: Penticton\nand Princeton.\nCorrespondence\nSolicited;\nCorbould & Grant\nBarristers, Solicitors, &c.\nNew Westminster, B.C.\nG. E. CORBOULD, K.C.\nJ. R. GRANT, |\n^^\u00C2\u00A7^i\nUNTER'S\nGOOD\nRIGS\nFEED & UVERYChlre\nThos. Hunter, Proprietor.\nFancy\nTobaccos\nFor all Lovers of the Weed\nYou cannot miss it when you select\nfrom Our Fine Assortment. We\nhave them in all kinds and at\nvery reasonable prices.\n\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00BB\n^^\nTHE\nQuaker Brand\nFRUITS and VEGETABLES\nTie ciif Drag siwe\nJ. R. CAMPBELL.\nPRINCETON\nB.C.\nmm W^^^^^m\nare grown and packed\namong the Quaker commu=\nnity of Prince Edward\nColony, Ontario,\nThe Garden\nof the Bay of Quinte District\ncelebrated for growing\nthe finest flavored fruits\nand vegetables\nW, in the world.\nrs^s\nAll reliable grocers sell them, ask for them,\nand take no substitute,\nfor there's none just as good*\nfit* *&* *&' \u00C2\u00AB# *\u00C2\u00A3 *\u00C2\u00A3 i& <\u00C2\u00A3 <& ^*\nG MURDOCH\nBLACKSMITH\n AGENT FOR\t\nCockshutt Plows^ Deering\nMowers & Rakes, Arm=\nstrong Buggies, Wagons.\nOrders Promptly Attended to.\nPRINCETON. - - - B.C.\nNOTICE.\nTHE\n^i\nP\n%\u00C2\u00BBft - r m\nJ\nMay Bell mineral claim. Situate in the Similkameen mining division of Yale district. Where\nlocated : In Aspen Grove camp.\nTake notice that I, F. W. Groves, acting as\nagent~'for W. A. Dodds free miner's certificate\nNo. B76997 intend sixty days from 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-ind further take notice that action, under section 37 must be commenced before the issuance\nof such certificate of improvements.\nDated this 22nd day of Slarch, rgo6.\nn\nF. W. GROVES\nA. R. COLL., SC. D.,\nCivil and Mining Engineer\nPROVINCIAL LAND SURVEYOR.\nMap of Surveyed Claims on Copper\nand Kennedy Mts. and Surveyed\nLands around Princeton: Price, $2.\nPRINCETON. - US B. C.\nBank of Montreal\nCapital all paid up, $14,400,000. Rest, $10,000,000.\nBalance to Profit and Loss Account, $801,855\u00E2\u0080\u0094Total Assets, $158,232,409.\nHONORARY PRESIDENT, Rt. Hon. Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal, G.C.M.G.\nPRESIDENT, Sir Geo. A. Drummond, K.C.M.G.\nVICE PRESIDENT and GENERAL MANAGER, E. S. Clouston.\nHEAD OFFICE\u00E2\u0080\u0094MONTREAL.\nSavings Bank Department ?n7tpwt.ed M\ncredited twice a year. Withdrawals without delay.\nBanking business of every description undertaken.\nRanl/inn1 lv\u00C2\u00BBr JW-iil Deposits may be made and withdrawn by mail. Out of town ac\nDailrVlll^ Uy ITlcMl COUnts receive every attention.\nThe Nicola Branch is now Open.\nA. W. STRICKLAND, - ^M - |pj| Manager.\nBANK OF\nH Canadian Bank of Commerce\nCAPITAL==$io,000,000 = - REST==$4,50o,ooo\nTOTAL RESOURCES [Nov. 30, 1905] $98,000,000.\nPRINCETON BRANCH\u00E2\u0080\u0094A. E. JACKSON, Acting Manager.\n&awlnUS Bauk \"n*eres* aU\u00C2\u00B0wed on deposits of $1 and\nm9 upwards. Depositors subject to\nno unnecessary delay in withdrawing funds.\ntmSI NORTH A\nCAPITAL\u00E2\u0080\u0094$4,866,666\nRESERVE\u00E2\u0080\u0094$2,141,333\nHEAD OFFICE IN CANADA - - MONTREAL\nRuffling by Mail\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nRflfllnH(F llV Mfli! Deposits mav be made and withdrawn\nDaillUllg V J ITiail fcy mai^ special attention given to this\nclass of business. Drafts and Money Orders issued on all points.\nA General Banking Business transacted.\nA branch of this Bank is now open at Penticton.^ggj\nAccounts of parties living at a\ndistance receive our special attention. Deposits can be made through the mail, and sums added\nthereto and withdrawn at any time. Drafts issued payable at all points\nin Canada and abroad.\nHEDLEY BRANCH L. G. MacHAFFIE, Acting Manager.\nA. MURCHIE l*Ts\nPHOTOGRAPHER *\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00BB*.fit\nPhotos of Families taken at their\nHomes\u00E2\u0080\u0094Views of Princeton\nand Surrounding Camps.\nAddress - PRINCETON, B.C.\nOtter Flat Hotel\nCHARLES DEBARRO, Prop.\nTULAMEEN CITY, B. C\nHeadquarters for Summit, Rabbitt mountain, Tulameen river, Boulder, Bear and\nKelly creek camps.\nGood Fishing and Boating\nP. O. Address, ASPEN GROVE.\n m&mmm^^\nwmmwwm\nM^MM^M^MW^M\n^i \^f-\ -^ \u00E2\u0096\u00A0<-,-.\nW^^^^^^^W^^^^M\nTHE SIMILKAMEEN STAR\nApril 14, 1966\nJ. A. SCHUBERT\nHas now in stock and is constantly receiving large shipments of\nGeneral Merchandise\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 and is prepared to supply all\nkinds ot goods at lowest prices\nMail orders Promptly Tilled\nSTORES AT\nPENTICTON and HEDLEY\nBEST INTHE WORLD\nThe Electric Process\nTDCKETTS\nMyrtle\nNavy\nTobacco\nLargest Sale in Canada\n50 YEARS*\nEXPERIENCE\nWood,\nVallance &\nLeggatjl-\nHEADQUARTERS FOR\nSherwin-Wams'\nPaints\nSWW>\"\"IJ\nLimited.!\nMURAKTS 1st quality^\nCold Water Sanitary Calcimo\ni\nVANCOUVER, B. C.\nDRIARD POT\nNICGLA LAKE\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 =nE\u00C2\u00A3~~\"\"\"r-*F\u00E2\u0080\u0094~ \"~-\"f\n\"I\nw\nm\nv\n1\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 Winest Liquors and Cigars.\nTELEPHONE- BATH. '\"\";.-.\nHeadquarters for Princeton, Spence's Bridge and Kamloops\nStage Lines.\ncsao\ne-j ime.\nTrade Marks\nDesigns\nCopyrights &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. Oldest agency for securing patents.\nPatents taken through Munn & Co. receive\nspecial notice, without charge, in the\nScientific American*\nA handsomely illustrated weekly. Largest circulation of nny scientific journal. Terms, $3 a\nyear; four months, $L Sold by all newsdealers.\nMUNN&Co>,B\u00E2\u0084\u00A2*^-Hew'Yoit.\nbranch 0'\"'\"v (',25 F St. Washington, D. f!\nORINCETON BOARD OF . TRADE\u00E2\u0080\u0094Rooms |\n* centrally located. Membership solicited.\nE. Waterman, .\nPresident. Secretary.\n-H. Cowan Treasurer.\nII\nI\nJ./ijRSCH 50.N5 6Co.MFR5. Mon\nm\n***\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\n\u00C2\u00A3\nApril 14, 1906\nTHE SIMILKAMEEN STAR\nANOTHER VEBSION.\nEditor Star\u00E2\u0080\u0094Sir : I trust that I may\nbe allowed through your columns to contradict a statement made in the Star recently regarding Mr. Shatford's connection with the Eight-Hour Smelter Bill.\nYour correspondent stated that Mr. Shatford left his seat in the Assembly when\nthe bell rang for a vote on the measure.\nThis statement, however, is absolutely\nwrong as Mr Shatford had not been on\nthe Assembly floor for some time previous ta^his vote being taken. I may say\nthat I was with Mr. Shatford while this\ndebate was going on and consequently I\nknow I am stating facts. Your remarks\nwould indicate that Mr. Shatford is opposed to an 8-hour day in smelters, but it\nis well known that Mr. Shatford voted\nfor this measure during the session of\n1905 and the present amicable arrange\nment between the smelter management\nand the employee is largely due to the\nstand taken by Mr. Shatford and some of\nthe other members at that time.\nYours truly,\nH. A. Turner.\nPrinceton, April 5, 1906.\nSMILES.\n\"Jane,\" said a lady to her cook, \"I\nmust insist that yqu keep better hours\nand that you have less company in the\n\"kitchen at night. Last night you kept\nme from sleeping because of the uproarious laughter of one of your women\nfriends.\" \"Yis, mum, I know,\" was the\nreply ; \"but she couldn't help it. I was\ntellin' her how you tried to make cake\none day.\"\nThe honeymoon was over, and the husband returning from business was grieved\nto find his wife crying bitterlv. \"Oh,\nGeorge,\" she sobbed, such a dreadful\nthing has happened. I made you a beautiful pie all myself, and Fido went and\n-ate it.\" \"Well, never mind, my dear,\"\nhe said cheerfully, \"we can easily buy\nanother dog.\"\nJorkins\u00E2\u0080\u0094My dear I wish you would\nnot sing that song about \"falling dew.\"\nMrs Jorkins\u00E2\u0080\u0094Why not? Jorkins\u00E2\u0080\u0094It\nreminds me too much of the house 'rent.'\nNOTICE.\nFor CONNOISSEURS Only.\nCan be had at all first-class hotels throughout the province.\nR.P.RITHET&CO.,U.\nVICTORIA, B. C,\nSole Agents*\nNOTICE.\nNOTICE is hereby given that, 60 days after\ndate, I intend to apply to the Hon. Chief\nCommissioner of Lands and Works to purchase\n80 acres of pasture land, situate in the Nicola\ndivision of Yale district and described as follows:\nCommencing at the S W. corner of lot 1194, thence\nsouth 40 chains, east 20 chains, north 40 chains,\nwest 20 chains to point of commencement.\nROBERT B. DICKSON, Applicant.\nMarch 10, 1906.\nSUMMERS & WARDIE\nBUTCHERS\nPrinceton\n1 v Meal f :\nm \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 Market :\nWholesale and Eetail Dealers in all\nKinds of Meat.\nFISH AND GAME IN SEASON.\nFIVE ROSES FLOUR\nThe only Reliable Standard Brand made from the\nhighest grade of Manitoba\nhard wheat,\nLAKE OF THE WOODS\nMILLING CO.\nguarantee that no bleaching\neither bv CHEMICALS or\nELECTRICITY is used in its\nmanufacture.\nAccept no Substitute.\nTTHIRTY days from date I intend to apply to\n* the ChiefCommissioner of Lands and Works\nfor licenses to prospect for coal on the following\ndescribed- lands, situated in the Similkameen\ndivision of Yale district three and one-half miles\nsouth-east of Princeton:\nCommencing at a point on the north line of\nlot 815, 20 chains west of the north-east corner\nof said lot 815, thence north 80 chains, west 80\nchains, south 80 chains, east 80 chains to point\nof commencement. P. E. DOOWTTXE,\nper F. W. Groves, agent.\nCommencing at the south-east corner of P. E.\nDoolittle's coal claim thence south 80 chains\nthence west 80 chains, thence north 80 chains,\nthence east 80 chains to point of commencement.\nW. F. TURNBULL,\nper F. W. Groves, agent.\nCommencing at the south-east corner of P, E.\nDoolittle's coal claim, thence north 80 chains,\nthence east 80 chains, thence south 80 chains,\nthence west 80 chains to point of commencement.\nW H. PEARSON,\nper F. W. Groves, agent.\nCommencing at the south-east corner of P. E.\nDoolittle's coal claim, thence south 80 chains,\nthence east 80 chains, thence north 80 chains,\nthence west 80 chains to point of commencement.\nW. T. STUART,\nper F. W. Groves, agent.\nCommencing at the south east corner of lot\n2049, thence south 80 chains, thence east 80\nchains, thence north 80 chains, thence west 80\nchains to point of commencement.\nL. L, MERRIFIELD,\nper F. W. Groves, agent.\nLocated the 9th day of February. 1906.\nPrinceton, B.C.\nNOTICE.\nRed Buck and Boanite mineral claims, situate in\nthe Similkameen mining division of Yale\ndsstrict. Where located : on Kennedy mountain.\nTake notice that I, T. C. Revely, free miner's\ncertificate No. 879999, acting for myself and G.\nW. Allison, free miner's certificate No. B78864,\nintend, sixty days from the date hereof\nto apply to the Mining Recorder for a\ncertificate of improvements, for the purpose of\nobtaining crown grants of the above claims.\nAnd further take notice that action, under section 37, must be commenced before the issuance\nof such certificates of improvements.\nDated this 23rd day of January, 1906.\nTHE:\ni t iswse Co.\nr^\n:limited\n[NICOLA and PRINCETON\nMaking Dependable Statements\nFortunate is the store that has the\nreputation for dependability.\nFortunate is the public that has\nsuch a store in its midst. Mutual\nconfidence between a store and its\nbuying public means growth.\nThis store has grown, and is growing on just these lines.\nWe have removed to our new\npremises \u00E2\u0080\u0094 directly opposite old\nstand\u00E2\u0080\u0094where you will find an up-\nto-date stock at prices to suit the\ntimes.\nTHE\n11 nowsc Co\nLIMITED\nNICOLA and PRINCETON\n^gj\n mmmm^mm\n'SW'I^XWJ\n:*77W^w--T7^p^^\n^^SPP^4?^^H41!PJ\n: - V7T5r>--:-,T-:'.-.^'W;=:-'vri;.r^;L^.J\nTHE SIMILKAMEEN STAR\nApril 14, 1906\nI\n6\nt\ni\nc\ni\nr\rW^^rWr^^r^^M^r^^^rWWyWWWW\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.\n: msm\nFINE CLIMATE AND PUREST OF WATER\nEnormous Agricultural Area to Draw fromilj\ny^/ ; \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 LOTSf FOR SALE ;:'^M\nPRESENT PRICES OF LOTS===From $3.00 to $10 Per |Front Foot. Size of Lots\n50x100 Feet and 33x100 Feet. Terms=\u00E2\u0080\u0094One=Third Cash; Balance Three and Six JTonths\nwith Interest at Six Per Cent Per Annum.\nSend for Map and Price List to\n.* ^ ERNEST I WATERMAN, S S\nResfejfent Manage -\u00C2\u00BB l||l|\u00C2\u00A7p|| _\u00C2\u00BB, \u00C2\u00BBjjjfj\nVERMILION FORKS! MINING AND DEVELOPMENT CO'Y\nAgents for the CANADIAN ORE CONCENTRATION, LIMITED (Elmore Oil Process.)\n=S3S\"\nGovernment $ Headquarters a\nFor the Similkameen District\ni\u00C2\u00BB\nB\nm\n-m\n'.%,\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094^---^-\u00E2\u0080\u0094\u00E2\u0080\u0094^\u00E2\u0080\u0094^\u00E2\u0080\u0094^i^~^-^..^^^_^L*\u00E2\u0080\u0094u^_\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_1906_04_14"@en . "10.14288/1.0373581"@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 .