"caaf7170-14fc-4cba-9f30-a30c872d9144"@en . "CONTENTdm"@en . "BC Historical Newspapers"@en . "2016-07-15"@en . "1927-06-09"@en . "The oldest mining camp newspaper in British Columbia. ; The Ledge was published in Greenwood, in the Kootenay Boundary region of southern British Columbia. The Ledge was published by James W. Grier until 1907, and was subsequently published by R. T. Lowery (1907-1920) and G. W. A. Smith (1920-1929). The paper's longest-serving editor was R. T. Lowery (1906-1926), a prolific newspaper publisher, editor, and printer who was also widely acclaimed for his skill as a writer. The Ledge absorbed the Boundary Creek Times in April 1911, and was published under a variant title, the Greenwood Ledge, from August 1926 to May 1929."@en . ""@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/xledgreen/items/1.0306306/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " Mr\nProvincial Library.\n:-.7 \-.%y.\n.y*is*k-,\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDy<..\n**\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD _^';.'S^V._>\"^.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD,'\": .\nj ^f ^6y *i.y - \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD'.-.\n-.- *,%./\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD- . -;V ..\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD-\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDP-'biSij'.j.\n: f\n/\n&V JI_M.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD.|| \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD ,\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nSpring Housecleaning\nWe have a complete stock\nFor a Suggestion\nLook at our Window\nMcKee's Auction'Sale\nwill be held iu\"\"\"\nGreenwood\nSaturday, June 18th at I p.m.\n122 Acre Ranch, 8 Acres Cultivated\nSix Roomed Dwelling, with large Stable\nfor 10 horses\nBlacksmith Shop and large Platform ;\nScales\n7 1-2 h.p. Electric Motor, Large Drilling\nMachine, Logging Tools, Blacksmith's\nTools of every description, Household\nFurniture, and Farm Implements\nEverything- for safe in first class shape-\nFor full particulars'see Bills\n_ D. R. McElmon of Beaverdell.\nin town during- the week-end.\n, Duncan Mcintosh, of Beaverdell, was\nm the city the first-of-the-week.\nIT. Bruce and'T. N. Walker of Kettle\nValley, were in town on Monday.\nT. R. Williams has left for Phoenix\nwhere he is employed by R. Denzler.\nMrs. L. Lyons has returned to town\ntrom spending her vacation in Spokane.\nJ. H. DuHamel and E. A. Wanke left\nesterday on a-business trip to Nelson.\nHouseholders will have a chance to\nsecure cheap furniture al the McKee\nAuction.\nA. C. Meskev is on a business trip to\nJNelson. , '\nMr. and Mi-s. H. Punnell were visit-\nlTt lo Valley on Wednestltty\nGrand Forks and Midway play baseball here on Sunday at 1 p.m. instead\nor 2.p.m.-\nMrs. W. Terry, of Spokane,\nspent the\" week-end with her\nMrs. L. Powers.\nWash.,\ncousin,\nThere will be a Card Party in the\nOld School on Tuesday 14th inst. Tho\n**T\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD 2\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD?tnct Schools- Track\nMeet on Friday, June 3rd, under\nthe auspices -of the Farmers* In-\n!w \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD' was 'the best of its kind\nthat has ever been held in Midway, more schools competing than\nm former years. Thanks to a'\nnumber of car owners all the\nchildren from the surrounding\ntowns were able to be present.\nIne weather was ideal for the'\noccasion. Competition was very\nBorn\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nMitchell.\nJune 8th,\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDTo\nof\nMr. . and Mrs.\nWestbridge, \"a\n, J.\nson,\nS.\non\ngentlemen are enterhdi^ng tho ladies \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDC 10n: ^om\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD?\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDOn was very\nthis tin,e. Everybody welcome ke , and the children were all in\n.... \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD good form.\nBob Perry, better known as the\n.Lone Canadian, of Beaverdell, was in\n.own on Friday last and took in the\ndance the first he ever attended here,\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDtsob reports having a good time.\nAt the baseball game played at\nCurlew last Sunday eleven innings\nwere played, the contestants being\nAuctioneer\nTAYLOR & SON\nUnder New Management\nPACIFIC HOTEL\nGREENWOOD, B.C.\nFirst-Class Dining Room in Connection\nJ.-H^-Goodeve\nMEAT MARKET\nGREENWOOD, B.C.\nBeef, Pork, Veal, &c\nSummer and Pork Sausage\nHomered Ham and Bacon\nTel. 2\nFive autos containing- gipsies were\nin town Wednesday en route eastward\nfrom California.\n_ Miss Gladys McCreath of Vancouver\nis visiting-at .the home of her sister,\nMrs. H. Thomas.\nMiss Irene Inglis, of Grand Forks,\nwas visiting- her father in the city during the week-end.\n_ ^oni\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDIn Gra\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDd Forks, ou June 1st,\nto Mr. and Mrs. G. P. Harpur, of Myncaster, a daughter.\nMr. and Mrs. Jas. Lindsay and EJ. R.\nMartin, of Rock Creek, were visitors\nto town on Monday.\nMalcolm Morrison of Grand Forks\nwas renewing acquaintances in town\nthe first-of-the-week.\nA sum has been appropriated for the\ndecoration of the Post Office for the\nDiamond Jubilee Celebration.\nven on'the 9tll inning, but ended with\na score ot o-3 in favor of Midway.\nMr and Mrs. Chas\". Grasor entertained about 30 friends to supper last\nSunday. .The visitors were very\nenthusiastic over Mr. Grasei-'s fox\nlanu, some of them having walked\nseveral miles to the ranch!\nThe Dance held in the Farmer's Hall\non Ju-iday evening was very successful irom all points of view. During\nthe supper interval Scotty (John*\nl.riiii^iuju_.iiii.w\nMcMYNN'S.STORE, Midway, B.C.\nSale Aluminum Tea Kettles, Peculators, Dish Pans\nDouble Boilers, Preserving and Stew Kettles\nRegular Price $2,00 each. Special Sale Price $1.95 each\nand 12 Cakes New W. Swan Wash Soap Free with each purchase\nPilchards I Ib cans 15c. 7 for $1.00\nWhite Swan Wash Powder 10c per pkg. 4 pkgs 25c\n\" 'v - '\"\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD ' 1,7\" 'n ~~~\t\n- We carry a complete stock of\nDunlpp and Goodrich Tires and Tubes\nrung!\nSaturday, June\n'SANDY,\"\n18th\n, A baptismal service took place at the\nhome of Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Floyd ou\nTuesday, when their infant son, James\nLionel, was baptised by Rev. Andrew\nWalker, in the presence of immediate\nfriends.\nGuy and Henry Hilts appeared before\nS. B. Hamilton, S. M., on Tuesday,\ncharged-with theft. They were found\nguilty on the two charges and sentenced to three months each in Nelson\njail, the sentence to run concurrently\non each of the two charges.\nA number of people from Bridesville\nand Anarchist Mountain took in the\ntrack meet in Midway on June 3rd.\nMiss Faickney, Anarchist Mb. teacher-\nwon first prize in the teachers race,\niu-eddy Schorn got a medal for boys\nrace under 14 years and Leslie Johnston medal for boys race 6 years and\nunder.\nThe program opened with a\nyoung men's race and was won by\nEdward Johnson, with Gordon\nMcMynn and Lewis Keir coming\nsecond arid third. Great interest\nwas taken in the men's, race 50\nyears and over. Joe Richter won\nit with T. Krouten and A. Lander\nin 2nd and 3rd place.\nThe school program theh commenced with races from under 6\nyears to 16 years, followed by.\nrelay races, hop, step and jump,\nrunning broad jump, high jump\nand pole vaulting. Three cups\nwere up for competition viz: The\nChallenge (Bank of Commerce)\ncup won by Midway the two\nprevious years; the Gray cup for\nbmall bchools held by Norwegian\nror two years, and the individual\ncup to the boy or girl making the\nhighest number of points. - After\nmany keen contests and the day's\nscores were added Greenwood was\nft-jhe lead with 106 P\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDints> with\nMidway a close second with 102\nPoints. This gave Greenwood the\nChallenge'cup and they will, hold\nit for a year. Norwegian Creek\nwon the Gray cup with 73 points\nand as they have won it three\nyears in .succession they will keep\nthe cup. The other scores' were\nBridesville 26, Boundary Falls 22,\nKerr Creek 4, Ingram Mt. 4, and\nSidley 1.\nIn the individual points, Kathleen Salmon and Edward Johnson\ntied with 30 points each and'they\nwill each receive a silver cup, one\ndonated by McLennan & McFeely.\nof,Vancouver,\" and 'the \"other by\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD'\nthe Midwayiarmers.\nThe winners of the medals follow: \"\nMidway \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD*\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD>\nGold medal, Kathleen Salmon; Silver\nmedal, Rosalie Brown; Bronze medal,\nMay Sharp, John Champa, Leslie\nLund, and Geneva DeLisle.\nGreenwood\nGold medal, Edward Johnson; Silver u\nmedal. Roy Hallstrom; Bronze medal,\nRuth Cox. ' \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nNorwegian Creek\nBronze medals, V. Riley (2 firsts);\nJ. Riley (2 firsts); C. Riley, M. Riley\nN.--Riley ,-A-i-Gidonr-' \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD' ^LL^-\nSp ring' Cleaning\nIt is getting almost time\nfor the spring clean-up.\nWhy not have your clock fixed up when\nyou are putting everything else in order\nYou will find our\nWatch Repairing Department\nsecond to none\nin this Western country\nLet us have your Repairs uow and start\nout this Spring on Schedule Time\nA. A. WHITE\nWatchmaker and Jeweler\nF J. White, Mgr\nThe United Church of Canada\nRev. Andrew Walker, B.A. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nMinister in charge, Greenwood\nSUNDAY, JUNE 12th\nBridesville 11 a.m.\nMidway 3:30 p.m.\nGreenwood 7:30 p.m.\nASS A YER\nF. W. WIDDOWSON, Assayer and\nChemist, Box L1108, Nelson, B.C.\nCharges\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDGold, Silver, Copper or Lead\nbl.00 each. Gold-Silver $1.50. Silver-\nLead S2.00. Silver-Lead-Zinc S3.00.\nThese charges made only when cash is\nsent with sample. Charges for other\nmetals, etc., on application.\nCASH SPECIALS\nSaturday and Next Week\nCanned Goods Special, corn, beans, peas, tomato\n3 cans 50c. 1 doz. cans $1,95\nCoffee Special - regular 60c. 2 lbs for 95c\nAnother shipment of Sanitary Mixing Bowls\nSet of 5 $1.39\nand\nClover Leaf Cups and Saucers. $1.40 per doz\nSingapore Pineapple\nMuscatel Raisins\nFresh Roasted Peanuts\nPrune Jam\nSugar\n100 lbs $8.15.\n2s 20c\n15c per lb\n3 lbs 50c.\n4 lbs 55c.\n20 lbs $1.65\nMidvv\nay\nBROWN'S STORES\nand Rock Creek\nGreenwood and\nDistrict Hospital\nDonations for April\nThe Directors express their gratitude\nto tho undermentioned donors:\nMrs. Sater, oranges, Chas. Reynolds,\ncrutches; Miss Axam, flowers; Mrs!\nMadge, eggs; Mrs. Buckless, oranges\nto- ^'x.tmas' Ma Pitman, eggs; C.\nW. Bubar, oranges, bananas, butter\nand flowers; Mrs. D. J. McDonald\nbread; Mrs. Geo. Boug, cake; Mrs.\nLucente milk; E. Lawson, Grand\n;orks, box of apples, (lowers; L,\nBryant, porch box; S. W. Auger\nrhubarb; liver; Mrs. McLaren, cream-\nAnonymous, 5 lbs butter, plants; Mrs\nHamilton chickdn; Mrs. Cox, cream;\nMrs., Sortome, plant, milk;\" B. W\nBubar butter eggs; R. Forshaw rhubarb; Mrs. Auger, rhubarb; D. Mc-\nfruit; Rock Creek Women's Institute\njelly, jam, 2 lbs butter, tea: pillow-\nmagazines, $1 50 bash. Omitted from'\nApril, Mrs. Thomet, Midway, rags.~ .\n\"Shamrock Handicap**\nPeter B. Kyne, America's foremost\n}rS\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDec.uVntei'',is the autl\">r of\nthe \"The Shamrock Handicap\" which\nwill be shown at the Greenwood\nTheatre on Saturday, June 11th. It\nis a story about a heroic Irish iockev\nand an Irish steeplechaser on an\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD_i h^ Ir\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDn Horse,\" had charge of\nproduction. The cast of \"The Shamrock Handicap\"' includes J. Farrell\nMcDonald Leslie Fenton, Janet Gay-\nnor and others. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD*\n\"The Parisian Knight\"\nwill also bc shown.\n. Bridesville\nSilver medal, Fred Schorn; bronze\nmedal, L,. Johnston.\nThe School Parade was well carried\nout it being a treat to see the different\nschools marching, each having banners and the pupils dressed for the\noccasion. Piper John Fawn's headed\nthe procession from the Midway Hotel\nto the grounds where speeches were\nmade by several pupils ancl the School\nyell given. 'The Judges Messrs. Gray\nEJveleth and Bruce awarded the- 1st\nprize to Kerr Creek whicli is in charge\nof Miss Harris. b\nOther events were: '\nTeachers race\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD1st Miss Faickney;\n2nd Mtss Lane, 3rd Miss Robinson.\n1 mile race-1st, N. E. Morrison\nNail driving\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD1st, Miss Nora Jackson; 2nd, Miss A. Caron; 3rd, Mrs. W.\nJohnson.\nLadies race\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD1st, Mrs. H. Erickson;\n2nd Miss A. Caron: 3rd Miss M. Sharp.\nA baseball game was played between\ntwo pick up teams.\nOwing to shortage of space a fuller ,\naccount ofthe prize winners cannot be\ngiven.\nThe Farmers wish through this\nmedium to thank all who helped to\nmake the day a success. They espec-\nMUy mentio\" Messrs. Brown and McMynn who were instrumental'iu get-\ntingjirizes donated by the wholesale\nhouses at the coast.\na comedy\n. Friday's Concert & Dance\nDon't forget the Big Concert and\nDance on Friday night, June 10th.\nbome of the best artists of the Boundary country are assisting with the pro-'\ngram, which will assure you a real\ntreat in the line of musical comedy.\nBaseball\nBaseball fans are assured of a good\ngame when Grand Forks and Midway\n\"meet on the latter's diamond ou Sunday, June 12. The game is called for\n1 p.m. instead of 2 p.m. Midway now\nleads the league.\nHear Dr. S. F. Tolmie\nMiss Georgina Lee, nurse in training\nat the Vernon General Hospital, arrived\nm town on Friday to speud a three\nweeks vacation with her parents Mr.\nand Mrs. R. Lee. Miss Lee was accompanied by her cousin, Miss M.\nMcCoy of .Regina, Sask., who is\non a couple of weeks holiday.\nDr. S. F. Tolmie, Conservative\nLeader, will-address a public meeting\nin the Davis Hall, Grand Forks, ou\nFriday, June 17th, at 8 p.m. Important\nquestions of the day will be. thoroughly\ndiscussed. * '\nA reception will be held afterwards\nat which everyone will have a chance\nto meet Mr. Tolmie.\nThe assortment of blacksmith's tools\nto be sold at the McKee Auction will\nsurprise all who attend, THE GREENWOOD LEDG33\nImported direct from the Orient\nin metal lined chests. Blended\nand packed into lib., %lb.3 %lb.\nbright Aluminum packages.\nRED ROSE ORANGE PEKOE is extra good.\nLaw and Order, or ^naos?\nHistory Will Repeat Itself\nTlie action ol' the British and Canadian Governments in breaking off\ndipioiiiiifu. and trade relations with the Russian Soviet Government is tho\nculmination of a long series of jion-dinlomalic actions on tho part of the\nSoviet authorities, and openly expressed and active enmity to' British\ninierusls in all parts of tho world. Professing friendship and enjoying\nrights and privileges wherever tlie Union Jack Hies, Soviet emissaries\neverywhere plotted and schemed to * undermine British influence, destroy\nr-ritish interests, all with the avowed object of ultimately overthrowing\nthe i'.ritish form of government aud breaking- up the Uritish Fin pi re.\nWherever-in any part of tlie world unrest was found to exist, wherever\ntrouble loomed up, there the Soviet agents wero busy carrying on their\nbaneful propaganda, and always especially active if British interests wero\nln any wise concerned. The British' Government continued to exercise\npatience and forbearance until these ceased to be a virtue. Ir sooth, the\nSoviet regarded tho policy or conciliation followed by Groan Britain as a\nsign of weakness. Thej treated it with contempt while taking full advantage\nof It. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nBnt it ls not the British Empire alone that, is involved in Soviet propaganda\nand activities. Every natio'u .having a regard for the continuance of law,\norder and good government, and interested in the maintenance of sound\nc-couoiuic principles in all international relationships and trade, must view\nwith concern the attitude of Uie Russian Communist Government, ln a\nword, all nations auust recognize Lhe fact that ihero are two major forces\ncontending for supremacy in the world today so hopelessly antagonist io to\neach other that both cannot survive.\nOu flic one hand, there i.s the'communistic idea sponsored by thc Soviet,\na system which denies God, decries Lhe moral code recognized in all civilized\ncommunities, ignores rights of properly, nourishes on strife, discord aud\nunrest, has no regard for obligations solemnly entcril into' by it, and ever\nseeks to promote its theories and activities through Lho medium of spies and\nopenly lawless characters.\nOn the-other hand there aro those people who reverence God aud\nreligion, who uphold the moral code, who believe in tho sanctity of mar-\nriage, recognize property rights, observance of law and respect for\nconstituted authority and the honorable obligations of proniipcs and treaties,\nwho strive for peace and the orderly solution o'f social and economic prob-.\nlems, rather 'than resort to revolutionary methods, spy systems, treachery,\nthreats, intimidation, even execution 'without trial.\nOno or the other of these codes for the government of mankind must\nprevail; tliere can be no \"compromise whore principles of conduct are so\nabsolutely opposed. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD- \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nTlie nations of tho world are coming Lo a realization of the situation and\nto au acceptance of the struggle-involved. Unlike Great. Britain and somo\nother countries, the United States never recogtmecl the .Russian Soviet\nGovernment and has consistently refused to have any dealings wiih it. The\nwhole English-speaking world now takes the same posilion. France, too. 3s\nalarmed, as is evidenced'by the --recent declarations made on behalf o'f the\nFrench Government. And U.S. Ambassador Herri ck to France has declared\nhis belief that, \"Lhe people of every country have goi to choose between\n. order and anarchy, between honesty and Ihievery,-between every day virtue\nand crime.\" \"Either we believe iu orderly society or we don't'' he declared,\n\"if we do, wc ought fo use all lhe powei within us Lo defend and advance\nit.\"\nCalling itself a Workers'- Government, Lhe Communists ot Russia have\nsought to Ret control of organized labor throughout, the world, ln this they\nfailed in Great Britain, in flic United StaLes, in Canada, where thc hard\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD:alious have financed\ncfibcr for the National Librarv for\n(lie Blind at; Washington, D.C.\"Vari\nhands, except those engaged in the\nfighting of fhe. fire were piped 1o\nupper deck' with orders lo stand to\nin readiness to flood the magazines.\nThe cruiser Sydney was off thp,\nNorthwest co'ast of Australia al llie\ntime, and was notified by wireless, ad\na. pio cau tion.\nThe fire was extinguished afler\nconsiderable damage, had boon done\nihe electric lighting\nroom.\nher 'work., Her mother reads the\nbooks to\" her while she punches out\nthe Braille letters on heavy brown\npaper.\nin the boiler-\nMrs. Wilson's Experience a\nI.Guide to Women Passing\nI through the Change of Life\nHamil ton, Ontario. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD' 'I havc taken\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDseveral bottles of Lydia KPinkham'a\nr~, \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD 1 Vegetable Com\npound and I ean-\nnotspeak too\nhighly of it as I\nwasn't tlie Change\nof'Lifc and was\nall run-down and\nhad no appetite.\nI,was very weak\nand sick, and the\npains in my back\n' were so bad I\ncould hardlymove.\n |I got very sad at\ntimes and thought I had not a friend\non earth. I did not care if I lived or\nlied..' I was very nervous, too, and\nclid not go out very much. A friend\nlid vised me lo try a bottle of Lydia B.\nPink-ham's Vegetable Compound, so\nr did. I am a farmer's wife, and al-\nlvay\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD worked hard until lately, and\nSvas in bed for two months. 1 began\nIjO feci like a new woman after the\nIirst bottle and 1 recommend it with\ntreat success, also Lydia E. Pink-\nliam'tf .Liver Pills. I am willing to\nItnswer letters from women asking\nHbout.your medicines, as I cannot\nPpealc too highly of them. \"\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDMra.\nEmma Wilson, 471 Wikon Street,\nHamilton, Ontario.\nr, Sold by druggiste'everywhere. O\nNew Ocean Depth Found\nA greater ocean depth thim heretofore known has boon discovered by\nthe cruiser JCinden, lhe (.ionium Admiralty announces. On lhe way from\nCelebes Island bribe Dutch East In\ndies to .Nagasaki, Japan, the Knuleii\nmeasured an ocean depth of U 1,116\nfoot. Whal has up to now been\nthought the greatest depth is 32,(H I\nfeet, off the eastern coast of Japan.\n\"How did you screw up courage io\npropose lo lho rich 3Irs. McTavish,\nHandy \" '\"Bosh, mon*; 'twas ,-awful.\nI'd sworn I'd do iL come Monday\nnicht, so I tool; her for a ride in a\ntaxi, and wi one eye on the motei\ntickin' awa 1 had her won at the end\no' lut-lf a crown.\"\nObligation to the Future\nII has been estimated that if we\nhad to start life without the knowledge and inventions bequeathed to\nus by our forefathers, it would take\neight-men*.to'do the work which can\nnow be accomplished by oue. All people born in a modern civilized state\nfall heirs to tlie-richest legacies. Our\ndebt lo' lhe past is, indeed, incalculable; but our obligation to tho future\n' still grealer.\nmarkable that very often an athlete\nis a man of medio'cro intellectual development.\nIf the following question is asked:\nWhat are tho physical exercises\nrecommended as likely to develop at\nIhe same lime the body aud tlie mind\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\"mens sana iD corporo sano\"\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDthe\nbureau of statistics of any life insurance company will give the following answer: \"For grown-up boys and\nyoung men, exercise in the open air\n! in fheJ'orni- of-games-and-plays\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDwill\nn\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\ncontribute .more than anything else\ntowards obtaining a - sound and\nhealthy body,-capable of prolonged\nendurance. For men of a .uioro advanced age, especially those of sedentary habits, light gymnastics, if possible in the open air, every morning,\nwill suit the purpose.\"\nFor Either the Newborn Babe or\nthe Growing Child\nThere is no other medicine to equal\nBaby's Own Tablets for little ones\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nwhether it be for the newborn babe\nor the growing child the Tablets always do good. They are absolutely\nfiec from opiates or other harmful\ndrugs aud tho mother can always\nfeel safe in using them.\nConcerning the Tablets, llrs. John\nArmour, 11. R. 1, South Mbnaghan,\nOnt., says:\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\"We have three fine,\nhealthy children, to' whom, when a\nmedicine is nee'ded, we have given\nonly Baby's Own Tablets. The Tablets are the best medicine you can\nkeep\" in any homo'where there aro\nyoung children.\"\nBaby's Own Tablets are a mild bun\nthorough laxative which regulate the\nstomach and bowels; banish constipation and indigestion; break up\ncolds and simple, fever aud make\nteething easy. Tliey are sold by\nmedicine dealers or direct by mail at\n25 ccn.ts'a box from The Br. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont.\ntittle Helps For This Week\nI will not leave you comfortless: I\nwill come t0 you.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDJohn xiv. is.\nWill Grow Tobacco at Coast\nPossibilities of Growing Leaf in B.C.\nU hen Ilolloway's- Corn Remover Is\napplied to a corn it kills the. roots\nand the callosity comes out without\ninjury to the flesh. -\nSoviet Propaganda\nHad All of Them'\nA man wearing a worried iook went\nInfo a shop-which advertised a patent exterminator, and asked for a\nhundredweight.\n\"Certainly, -sir.\" 'Said the amazed\nassistant, \"but thai quantity would be\nsufficient to destroy all tlu: slugs Jn\nthe Queen's County.\"\n\"I know that,\" was tbe reply.\n\"They are all in my garden.\" ' ,\nSea water looks blue on a clear dav\nbecause it *- reflects the color of the\nskv.\nW. N. U.'icSi\nFeather Pillow Factory\nA pillow factory, to utiiizo the f>0\ntons of feather.-; said to be washed in\nAlberia eveiy year, may be erected at\nWdmontou. If proper facilities are\navailable the factory will be started\nand will give employment'* io between\nten and twenty persons, as a start.\nFirst Lady: Tlio, Mr?. Migg.s. ,\nFancy your 'usband bein' cut again.\n1 thouhf 'i.-j biouchitia was so bad\nSecond Lady: yu.s. it was. But Vs\ngot 'is new teeth in now and ihey\nkeeps the wind from whistlln' do sin\n'\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD chest.\nDecision is Reached to Give Further\nSupport to Chinese Revolution\nDecision lo make a more intensive\ncampaign in support of tho Chinese\nrevohtton, and to appeal lo the workers of the world to assist Soviet Russia to sabotage other nations in thc\ncoming \"inevitable\" war, was reached at Moscow, by tlie executive committee of the Third Internationale.\nThe committee declared that its\nsections .have shown far\" insufficient\nsupport of iho Chinese revolution,\nand therefore, proposes that the latter take resolute measures increas-\nj Ing propaganda in the press; active\nI work among the trade union organiz-\ni ations; propaganda in colonial coun-\n{tries, and propaganda among soldier;\n' en route, to China.\ntcT~be Tested\nPossibilities of Iho British Columbia coast as the centre of a large\ntobacco growing industry will be\ntested out this year as a result of experiments sponsored by T. E. Coventry, member of the Provincial Legislature. Seed has been imported and\nis being grown on two half-acre experimental plots at Saanich. Ono will\nbc irrigated and the other worked\nwithout irrigation to test out the best\nmethod*, of production.\nBut Ho whoso human feet liave trod\nAll paths of trial, HG who knew\nNci sympathy but that of Cod,\n1 hough linked with flesh that\ncraved it too, \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nYearns with us Ju our needs our\ndreads;\nAnd mindful of our feeble frame\nHolds to His heart our throbb'iim\nheads,\nWith love that hath no mortal\n/ name. .\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDMargaret J. Preston. \"\nWo can never know a sorrow Into\nwhich the Sou of man cannot enter;\nancl wo can never understand tho\ndepth 'and preciousness of His sympathy till we coine to need it. I have\nhad a very deep wound, thc trial has\nbeen very severe; but how should I\nhave known Christ as a brothei\nwithout, it? ' '\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDLady Powe'rscourt; Letters.\nWise mothers who know the virtues\nof Mother Graves' Worm Exterminator always have it at hand, because\nIt proves its value.\nNova Scotia, iu its Cape Breton\npart, Is tlie most Scottish country in\nthe* world outside of Scotland.\nKilling time may mean the suicide\nof success.\nSparc tlie_children from suffering-\nfrbm_wofnis_by using Millers' Worm\nPowders, a most effective vermifuge\nwith whicli to combat these insidious\nfoes of the young and helpless. It ii\n,an excellent worm destroyer, and\n1 when Its qualities become known in\na household no other will be used. ''\nThe medicine acts by itself, requiring\nno purgative to assist it,\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDand so '-thoroughly that nothing more is desired.\nAlfalfa can be grown over the \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDwidest range of climatic conditions ol\nany legume yet grown in \"Canada. It\nIs cow being produced in every province from Uie Atlantic to the Pacific.\nEase sunburn wrih Minard's Liniment-\nSamuel L. Clemens, better known\nas Mark Twain and much beloved,\nmade a real contribution to the youth\nproblem of our day, when he-said, \"If\nyou would train up a child iu the waj\nher should go, yoti have got to go\nthat way yourself.\"\nNational Dairy Sl'ow at Memphis\nMemphis, .Tennessee, will be the\nsite of the .1927 National Dairy Show\nin tho United States, the date being\nOctober-15th t0 22nd. 'it v,ill be a\nlong distance for, Canadian exhibits\nto travel if dairy breeders here, decide to maintain their previous lion-\n! ors at this show. In 1928\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDthe show\n! will be held at St. Louis, Missouri,\n{where Canadian breeders were par-\n1 ticularly successful in 1!)05.\nProved safe by millions and prescribed by physicians fa\nColds Headache NeuilBs' Lumbago\nToothache * Rheumatism\nif\nPain Neuralgia\nyou\nyou\nMrs. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDPat-quo\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\"Vou --\npeanut!\"\n. T>e\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDiue'\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD \"Quite right, my dear,\niou're always making me shell out.\"\nJ Campers\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDTake Minard's with you.\nDOES NOT AFFECT THE HEART\n>Accept, only \"Bayer\" package\nwhich contains proven directions.\nHandy \"Bayer\" boxes of 12 tablets\nAlio faoitles'of 24 and ICO\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDDruggists.\n.Aiplrla is the trade mark (rtcfatewl la Canada) cf Bayer' Mimnfactnre -of Mooe*eet!e-\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDcldester of SaltcyllcaeliJ (Acntrl Salicylic Acid, \".A. 8. A.\")- While It Is yrM known\nthat Aspirin mean* Bayer maa'afacture. to assist the public against imitation!, the Tablets\nOf Bayer Coapany will be sisaapid witi tbeir general trade Burk, tio \"iJaycr Cre**.** i\ni. .-A\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDnfv\"i*r\"'\",y-L-'A-:- \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD**\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD* *\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD*-\nTHE GREENWOOD LEDGE\nThe Greenwood Ledge\nPublished every Thursday at\nGreenwood. B.C.\nG. W. A. SMITH\nEditor \"and Proprietor\nla $2.00 a year strictly in advance,\nor $2.50 when, not paid for three\nmonths or more have passed. To\nGreat Britian and the United States\n$2.50, always in advance.\nB. C Mineral Output\nLast Year Broke Records\nBritish Columbia's mineral output\nlast year surpassed all previous\nrecords, according to figures given out\nlast week in Victoria under authority\nof Hon, Williani Sloan, minister of\nmines.\nWith production valued at $C7,1S8,-\nS12, gross profits approximating 25\nper cent of the gross value, and\ndividends of '$10,000,000, the year was\nthe most satisfactory and successful\none in the province's history. .\"\nWith the exception of coal and coke\nand gold, .increased., output of metals\nand minerals was reported in all\ndivisions. The actual increase in\nMINERAL ACT\nCertificate of Improvements.\nNotice\nACME MINERAL CLMM .\nSituate in the Greenwood Mining Division of\nYale District.\nWhere located: Near Bridesville.\nTAKE NOTICE that I, C. AE. Shaw, ajrciit\nfor Joseph Prinprle, .Free Miner's Certificate\nNo. 335D, iu tend, -sixty clays from the date\nhereof, to apply to the Mining Recorder for a\nCertificate of Improvements, for the purpose of\nobtaining a Crown Grant of the above claim.\nAnd further take notice that action, under\nsection 85, must be commenced before tlie\nissuance of such Certificate of linpiovemeuts.\nDated this 4th day of June, 1927.\nWanted\nTie Timber on- the Kettle Valley\nRailway. R. A. Brown, Midway.\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDWILLIAM H. WOOD\nPHYSICIAN AND SUKCKO.N\nGRRENWOOD\nvalue of output totalled $5,09(5,600. or\n9.'2 per cent, as \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD compared with 1925\nvaluation of $-161,92,21:2, the previous\nhigh record year.\nBritish Columbia has produced mineral products worth $988,108,470 since\noperations were first recorded in 1852.\nWell over 50 per cent of this enormous\ntotal has been produced since 1916.\nThe province, is now the leading silver producer of Canada, and continues\nto be thc largest producer in Canada\nof lead, copper and zinc. '.*.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD'\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nGreenwood Superior School\nReport for May. 1927\nDIVISION I .\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD.\nN. E.\" Morrison\nNo. on roll 24\nTotal actual attendance...............187\nAverage daily attendance ....2.5.05\nPercentage of attendance ............96.04\nProficiency List\nGrade X: Edward Johnson, Reaiie\nSkilton, John McDonell, Annie:\nSwanlund, George Bryan, Pat Kempston, Jesse Piidcly, Leo Madden.\nGrade IX: Vera Walmsley, Andrew Anderson, Irene Kingsley,. John\nCampolieto.\nGrade VIII: Rosie Bombini, Edward Parry, William 'Walmsley,\nRobert Mitchell, Helen McGrade,\nHarry Hallstrom, Margaret Royce,\nMarguerite Ritchie, Kenneth Stewart,\nLewis Mitchell, Eileen Bryan, Bertram\nPrice.\nRegularity and Punctuality\nRosie Bombini, Harry Hallstrom,\nLewis Mitchell, Edward Parry,\nBertram Price, Margaret'Royce,;Kenneth Stewart, William Walmsley,\nGeorge Bryan, Edward Johnson, Pat\nKempston, Irene Kingsley, Annie\nSwanlund, Vera Walmsley.\nDIVISION II '\nT. Crowley .\nNo on roll 28\nTotal actual, attendance '*.. 575.5\nAverage daily attendance 27.4\nPercentage of attendance............97.85\nProficiency List\nGrade VII: Robert Forshaw, Cleo\nToney, Eugene McGiUivray, Arthur\nCox, John ivloiTison, .Thomas Walmsley, Allan Morrison, Lewis Clerf.\nGrade VI: Beatrice McLaren, Rosa\nLucente, Arnold Bombini, Ruth Cox,\nRoy Hallstrom, Oliver Newniarch,\nCharles Royce.\nGrade Y*. John McGiUivray, Celia\nKlinosky, June Toney, David Nichols,\nLaurence GulI.ey,J\I_ai_k_Madde*u,_M.ay.\nClark, James Eorshaw.\nGrade IV: Ernest Johnson, Walter\nNichols, George. Hingley, Leonard\nSortome, Dorothy Boug.\nRegularity and Punctuality\nArnold Bombini, Lewis Clerf, James\nForshaw, Robert Forshaw, Ernest\nJohnson, Beatrice McLaren, Allan\nMorrison, John Morrison, David\nNichols, Walter Nichols, Charles\nRoyce, Leonard Sortonife, Cleo Toney,\nThomas Walmsley.\nDIVISION in\nVera A. Kempston\nNo. on roll : 2S\nTotal actual attendance .........510.\nAvoraga-daily attendance 25.71\nPercentage of attendance 91.82\nProficiency List\nGrade III a: Ernest Cox, Clarence\nSortome (tie), , Glenn Toney, Jack\nClark, Peter Maletta, Louis Lucente,\nEdward Lucente.\nGrade III b: Burton McGillvray,\nKathleen Madden, Eric Cox, Gordon\nMcGillvray, Douglas Stewart, Gordon\nSortome.\nGrade II a: Dorcas Mitchell, Jack\nMcGrade, Cecil Maletta, Roland\nSkilton. u -\nGrade II b: - Alice Clark, Cicely\nNewmarch, Josephine Cox.\nGrade I a: Catherine Stewart,\nMildred Sortome, Virginia Boug,\nFrank Nichols, Thomas Forshaw,\nEdna Pope.\nGrade I b: (Receiving Class) Roberta\nWilson, Alfred Maletta.\nRegularity and Punctuality\nVirginia Boug. Eric Cox, Ernest\nCox, Alfred Maletta, Cecil Maletta,\nPeter Maletta, Dorcas Mitchell, Edna\nPope, Clarence Sortome, Gordon\nSortome, Catherine Stewart, Glenn\nToney. ^\t\nIn Other Days\nAunt (to Elsie, who is getting up\nvery late): \"When I was your age I\nwatched the sun rise every morning.\"\nElsie: \"Why' Auntie, I've never\nstayed out as late as that!\"\nMining men can supply their wants\nin tools at the McKee Auction.\nPigs For Sale\nSix half bred Yorkshire pigs, ready\nto sell middle of June; also six purebred Yorkshire pigs about July 1st.\nBubar Bros., Kettle Valley, B.C.\nReal Estate & Insurance\nFire, Accident & Sickness, Life,\nAutomobile, Bonds, Burglary, &c\nAuctioneer\nHouses for Rent or Sale\nCall.at the Office of\nCHARLES KING\nGREENWOOD, B.C.\nDUINLOP OFP1CIAL SERVICE DEPOTS\nGreenwood Grocery, Greenwood McMynn's Store, Midway\nRusch's Garage, Rock Creek\nFor Sale\nCabbage'and Cauliflower plants al\n1 cent each. P. Campolieto.\nERMIT\nappeals to YOU for support\nQINCE the War, the Red Cross has disbursed over\nT--V' Seven Million Dollars for'the Soldiers, Women,\nChildren and Frontier Families of Canada.\nAbout half of this has been spent for disabled soldiers\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDhalf in the other services of the Society about which\nyou have been told. The Treasury is almost empty. -\n$1,000,000 Needed Now .\nfor Red Cross Work\n......... ^ /\nThe Red Cross brings cheer to our'disabled warriors and\n.their families. It stimulates the children of Canada to\nhealthy living and good citizenship. It relieves suffering,\nand brings skilled attention to Canada's frontier districts\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD remote from other aid. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Its work is indispensable.\nIt now appeals to YOU, as a patriotic and humane Canadian\ncitizen, t'o contribute generously to its need for funds.\nNation-Wide Appeal 2\nCanadian Red Cross Society\nThis year it is necessary to have a permit\nfrom some Forest Officer before any camp-\nfire may be set in any forest or woodland\nBe sure to get a permit for your camp-fire\nand follow the instructions printed on the\nback of it.\nBRITISH COLUMBIA FOREST SERVICE\nSend Contributions to:\nBritish Columbia Division, Canadian Red Cross Society,\n626 Pender Street West, Vancouver, B.C.-\nn/ml-ri'lMMCTT ffg^HM\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD_\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDU'___tlj\nSummer Excursion Fares\nTO EASTERN DESTINATIONS\nON SALE DAILY, MAY 22 TO SEPT. 15-RETURN LIMIT OCT. 31\nPrevent Forest Fires\nYou Can Help fc\nSometimes the informality\nof the spoken word\nis more effective\nthan a letter\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD<\nLong Distance, please\"\nBRITISH COLUMBIA TELEPHONE COMPANY\nPlan to be at Ingram Bridge on July 1st\n/JHcDOUGALl\nContractor and Builder\nI\nI,\nForeign and Domestic Monuments\nAsbestos Products Co. Roofing ..\nLamatco Wallboard\nSHOP AT GREENWOOD\nBox 332 Grand Forks, B.C.\nSEND YOUR\nBOOTS and SHOES\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDi\nTo\nHarry Ar\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDnson,' Grand Fforks\nThe 20th Century Shoe Repairer \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nAll work and material guaranteed\nWe pay postage one way. Terms cash\nIS OF\nLAND ACT iENDIITS\nI\nPRE-EMPTIONS\nVacant un reserved, surveyed Crown lands may\nbe pre-empted by British subjects over 18 years\nof age, and by aliens on declaring intention to\nbecome British subjects, conditional upon residence, occupation, and improvement for agricultural purposes.\nFull information concern ing regulations regard- \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\ning pre-emptions is given in Bulletin No. 1, Land\nSeries, \"How to Pre-empt Land,\" copies of\nwhich can be obtained free of charge by addressing the Department of Lands, Victoria, B.C., or.,\nto any Government Agent.\nRecords will be granted covering only land\nsuitable for agricultural purposes, and which is\nnot timberland, i.e., carrying ovei- 8.000 board\nfeet peracro west of the Coast Range and 5,000\nfeet per acre east of that Range.\nApplications for pre-emptions are to be addressed to the Land Commissioner of the Land\nRecording Division, in which the land applied for\nis situated, and are made on printed forms, copies-\nof which can be obtained from the Land Commissioner. ,'\nPre-emptions must be occupied for five years\nand improvements made lo the value of $10 per\nacre, including clearing and cultivating at\nleast five acres, before a Crown Grant can be j\nreceived.\n\" ,H\nFor more detailed information see the Bulletin.)',\n\"How to Pre-empt Land.\" )'\nj\na\nPURCHASE\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDI\nApplications are received, for purchase of\nvacant and unreserved Crown Lands, not being\ntimberland, for agricultural purposes; minimum\nprice for first-class (arable) land is ?5 per acre,\nand second-class (grazing) land $2.30 per acre.\nFurther information regarding purchase or lease\nof Crown Lands is given in Bulletin No. 10, Land\nSeries, \"Purchase and Leaso of Crown Lands.\"\nMill, factory, or industrial sites on timber land, ,._\nnot \"exceeding 40 acres, may be purchased or )_t\nleased, the conditions including payment of A\"\nstumpage. - . ' \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD'\nHOMESITE LEASES\nSi\nUnsurveyed areas not exceeding 20 acres, >|j'\nmay bo leased as homesites, conditional upon a i'\\ndwelling-being-crected-in-the-fu-st-year.-title-p\nbeing obtainable after residence and improva-\nment conditions are fulfilled and land has been\nsurveyed. ''\nLEASES\nFor grazing and industrial purposes areas not\nexceeding 610 acres mr.y be leased by one person\''\nor a company. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD . , ^'J\nGRAZING\n_\nUnder the Grazing Act the Province is divided j\ninto grazing districts and the range administered i\nunder a Grazing Commissioner. Annual grazing j,\npermits aro issued based on numbers ranged, y\npriority given to established owners. Stock- i\nowners may form associations for range manage- j\nment. Free, or partly free, permits are avail- y\nable for settlers, campers and travellers, up to \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nten head. J|\nWinnipeg... Sji To.OO\nToronto.............. 11S.05\nHamilton .......XXL ' 118.0\")\nLondon'.. 118.05\nQuebec 140.10-\nSt. John :. 152.20\nSt. Paul D. 75.00\nMinneapolis ______ _\"_ 75.00\nDuluth 75.00\nFort William \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD ip 90.00\nNiagara Falls - 124.02\nOttawa 182.25\nMontreal 137.05\nMoiiclon 152.20\nHalifax __ 157.75\nChicago 00.80\nNow York 151.70\nBoston; 157.70\nMANY ADDITIONAL DESTINATIONS\nASK FOR RATES FROM AND TO ANY POINT\nRoute via Main Line or via Soo Line, through Winnipeg or Portal\nto St. Paul, thence via Chicago or Sault Ste. Marie, via Great Lakes;'\nor via California ab an additional fare; or good to go via one of the\nabove routes, return another. '\nSee Local Agent or. Write for Details\nJ. S. CARTER, District Passenger Agent, Nelson\nThe Consolidated Mining & Smelting Co.\nof Canada, Limited\nOffice, Smelting and Refining Department\nTRAIL, BRITISH COLUMBIA\nSMELTERS and REFINERS\nPurchasers of Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead and Zinc Ores\nProducers, of Gold, Silver, Copper, Pig Lead and Zinc\n\"TADANAC\" BRAND\nTISH CO\nThe Mineral Province of Western Canada\nTO THE END OF DECEMBER, 1925\nHas produced Minerals as follows: Placer Gold, $77,603,045, Lode Gold\n$122,808,459; Silver, $74,111,397; Lead, $89,218,907; Copper, $197,C42,647; '\nZinc, $39,925,947; Miscellaneous Minerals, $1,594,387; Coal and Coke,$273,-\n048,953; Building Stone, Brick, Cement, etc, $44,905,886; making its \"Mineral production to the end of 1925, show .an\nAggregate Value of $920,919,628\nProduction for the year ending December, 1925, $61,492,242\nThe Mining,Laws of this Province are more liberal, and the fees lower, than those of any other\nProvince in the Dominion, or any colony in the British Empire. '\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Mineral locations are granted to discoverers for nominal fees.\nAbsolute Titles are obtained by developing such properties, the security of which is guaranteed\nby Crown Grants. .\nFull information together with Mining Reports and Maps, may be obtained gratis by addressing\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nTHE HON. THE MINISTER OF MINES,\nVICTORIA, British Columbia,\nN.B. Practically all British- Columbia Mineral Properties upon which development work has\nbeen done are described In some one of the Annual Reports of the Minister of Mines. Those con-\n_ sidering mining investments should refer to such reports. They are available without charge on\napplication to the Department of Mines, Victoria, B.C. Reports covering each of the six Mineral\nSurvey Districts are published separately, and are available on application. Reports of the Geological Survey of Canada, Winch Building, Vancouver, are recommended as valuable sources of\ninformation. . - -"@en . "Published as The Ledge from 1906-05-10 to 1926-07-29; Published as The Greenwood Ledge from 1926-08-05 to 1929-05-23.

Frequency: Weekly"@en . "Newspapers"@en . "Greenwood (B.C.)"@en . "Greenwood_Ledge_1927_06_09"@en . "10.14288/1.0306306"@en . "English"@en . "49.088333"@en . "-118.676389"@en . "Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library"@en . "Greenwood, B.C. : G. W. A. Smith"@en . "Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from the Digitization Centre: http://digitize.library.ubc.ca/"@en . "Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives."@en . "The Greenwood Ledge"@en . "Text"@en .