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Special News from Minos of Cariboo and Lillooet A5HCROFT JOURNAL. I ■■"!'.".,;"'"">**' '-J-gislaliv,, I 9 The Only Paper FnUiihed in the County of Cariboo. ¥ VOL. 5, NO. 10. ASHCROFT, BRITISH COLUMBIA. JULY 8. 1899. $2.00 PER YEAR 'OSTER, IMPORTER OF Groceries, Flour, Feed, Hardware, Boots and Shoes, Hats and Caps, Cents'Furnishings, Glassware and Crockery, Dry Goods. Millinery and Clothing. Full Stacks in all Lines. MINERS' SUPPLIES STORAGE AND FORWARDING AGENT AGENT FOR GIANT POWDER COMPANY _F\. "W". FOSTER, A8HOROPT .A.1ST.D C5 LI 1ST TO-ST, B. O. ASHCROFT HOTEL, Wm. Lyne, Proprietor. Direetlv opposite Depot, • • ASHOROFT, B.C. This Hotel lias been lutelj- reA-ted and refurnished. A uew wing, 50 x 26 feet, containing nineteen rooms, including bath and sample rooms, hns been added. Good tabic and good service The only first-class Hotel in town. Free Sample Room in Connection- Ilie H. B. A. Vogel Commercial College _D__-B_E_iC-s: block:, hj-.S-.i-st-.s st. 3.7 Vancouver. LO. T-sco-s-otjo-h x-csrs-T-atrcTiO-sr iisr BOOKKEEPING (practicul methods, no text books), BUSINESS riETHODS, CORRESPONDENCE, PENHANSHIP, SHORTHAND, TYPE- WRITINU, and the (leneral English Branches. tar _______\ri_) fob i>hos_?eotus. HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY, QUESNELLE MOUTH, CARIBOO, " - - B.C. DIRECT IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS, DRY GOODS, 0R0CE-1ES, Hardware, Boots and Shoes, Miners' Supplies. Bed-Rock Prices. Goods Guaranteed. <a-crA.___iiT"_r. Hotel Badminton V-.-.-I-TOOTT'V.El-R., _B.O. Redecorated, _-et_-._u8__.-d and enlarged. Heating and lighting (electric) perfect. Le Oomte (late of St. Charles Hotel, New Orleans) in charge of the kitchen. Headquarters for Mining Men. W. H. MA WPS LEY, Manager. CARGILE HOUSE Under New Management. Mr. Fred. Nelson now has entire charge of the Hotel, aud 1ms thoroughly renovated and refitted it. Dining rooms well supplied, neat and orderly. Thc bar is well supplied with the best grade of Wines, Tjiquovs nml Cigars. The house solicits a fair share of tlie public, patronage. Free Sample Room-' for Commercial Travelers. Barkerville, whilo quiet 'ma business wuy generally, and ud old towu witb few modern improvements, presenting tbe appearance of a "has been" town, bus yet a stir and bustle that is agreeable contrast to some towns of its size. There is always an excitement iu a miniug country where prospectors uro coming la at all times during tbe prospecting season, with roports of strikes and failures. In auy mining camp tho failures largely predominate, but ocausionally a strike Is mado nud tbon there is a rush to sccuto ground in tlio vicinity of tbe discovery. Prices for, "locations" muy rulo high for awhilo, to bo followed perhaps tho noxt season with uu entire fail ure of interest In tbo section which only n yeur beforo was covered witb stakes and locution notices. Timo ami monov are required to exploit tho oharaoter of ground surrounding Darken*llic. Deep diggings ure always wet aud thatmcuns pumps and power for driving tli em. Being 280 milos from lho nearest railway [.tution, uud witb roads at somo seasons difficult to travel, it moans largo oxponso to begin intelligently to opeu up deep ground. In early days when from Bix to twenty companies re operating at ouo time on Williams or Lightning creeks, wator was bundled much more easily bneauso tho ground wus not theu broken through. Tbo miues thon worked woro not so doep. Tlmt Is, tbe upper ends of lbe crooks being shullower to tho bodrock wero Ilrst worked out and abandoned. Tho pumps no longor assisting to keep tho bodrook bolow drained, tbe amount of water iu tbe lowor olaims of courso increased. It was necessary for companies to not in unison iu pumping. A time would be set for all to begin pumping and sometimes it wus nn anxious timo nmong owners of valuable claims. Tbe water might not lower for some timo, but when the word was finally passed along that tbo water wus lowering there would bo muuy u breath of relief. Tbe lower end of tbe part of Williams oreek tbat was worked in early days down to where tho Cariboo Gold Fields now have their elevator installed was ro markably rich, and worked as the claims woro in the early days, it is certain that muoh gold escaped the miner, laboring as he did under so many difficulties. Tbe gold that was not saved iu tbe dump box or in the flume of course went into tbe tailings, lu timbering it was impossible at all times to take out all of the rioh gravel in tbe pay streak. Patches would be left where ground was so rich that two sets of timbers, one above the other, were used, and in a few places even three sets, and the ground worked for twelve or fourteen feet above bedrock. There must have been rich ground even above tbe bedrock gravel tbat was so marvellously rich. Somo six years ago A, D. Whittier secured certain rights from the government for mining on Williams creek, Properties claimed by minors were bonded, and eventually Mr, Whittier had a proposition that he felt could be placed beforo capitalists und ho went to London to got men of means to take up tbe proposition. After a long delay he secured tbe necessary funds and actual work was begun to put the old creek bed down below Camerontown and up for a long distance in sucb shape that it could be handled, and it seems only fair-to say for Mr. Whittier that although he made mistakes, ho is entitled to much credit for bis pluck and energy in getting the property so far advanced toward production. Mr, Whittier having resigned, the manage ment of the property some three years sinco, it has been fitted up under tbe charge of tho Bonner brothers, with James Champion as engineer. A pipo line is laid from ditches carried around the town, tho supply of water boing taken from the headwaters of Light' ning and Williams creeks and at such a height that an enormous pressure is given. Por more than two years work in running a drain tunnel from some old early day workings something like 2,500 feet in length was run up tho creok to tap tho bedrock, A shaft was then sunk to meet this drain. A Campbell elevator was then installed and water, with abdht 800 feet pressuro, forced down an inclined pipo to bedrock. There it was confined to a nozzle size, making simply an enormous pressure, Tho upward curve of tbo nozzle guides tho stream into tho opou bottom of tbe upright pipo iu tbo pit nnd the results uro that tbo water shoots with almoBt incroditnblo torce from tbe nozzle up through tbo upright. Creating as. it does a strong auction force, all gravel or water from the pit is drawn up .into tbo upright pipe and carried up about 100 foot nud discharged some 30 feet nbovo tbe level of tbe surface of tho ground. All gold Is now saved in the top flume that curries off tho tailings, this flume being double so that tbo tailings can be turned to either sido and a ilutno cleaned up or new ri (lies put In or arranged. Meantime as tbe pit iscleuuod out and enlarged nuathor flumo will be laid In tho bottom of the pit to convey tho gravel down to feed the rapacious mouth of the elevator. All large boulders nnd old timbers nre by means of a Btoam derrick hoisted from the pit, Later bn there will' ba room in tbo pit behind the face to pile suoh material as will not go through tho 0. inch throat of tlio elevator, lt will lio understood tbat the elevator oneo set is never moved, tbo llumo in tho being gradually extended. Eventually monitors will bo working in tho pit tearing down tho bank and wnsbing it into tho flumo whero it is conveyed down to tho elevator. During tlie writer's rocent visit to tbo mino, the pit was uot yet fully opened but 10 or DO feet from tbe surf ano was au old water wheel uncovered and buildiug material enough so tbnt one would almost believe another Heroulaueum or Pompeii was being brought to light. In tbo littlo work dono lust year in the way of Blurting the elevator, n fow luin- drod dollars only was taken out uud thero was much trouble with the throat pt ceo ln tlio lift wearing through. This is this year remedied by having steel lining pleads; Tho elevator is working in a vory satisfactory manner and is an Interesting sight. Although lu tho neighborhood of 8500,000 bas been expended uow ou this property il Is notbiug to whnt old timers wbo know tho ground so well suy will bo recovered, some even saying tlmt tliero Is more gohl yet In Williams creek from tho elevator up than was over taken out. Whothor this bo truo or not It is a magnificent property, and while the season that it cuu bo operated is short, tho output will be large. It will tuko all of tbo balance of tliis season to get it opened up, uud yet, wo believe, in doiug this work muuy thousands of dollars will be tukon out. In other Words, tho people of Cariboo, nnd of the provinco iu general, cun rest assured that the Curiboo Gold Fields Compauy aro a success and that the dividends from this company will be large aud most encouraging to others tbat contemplate investing in Cariboo mines. Mosquito creek, one of the creoks mined since early duys, has two of tho finest small hydraulic claims to be found in Cariboo. Both are being worked in a small way and only for a period of from 25 to 40 days each sea- Tho upper claim on the creek is owned by the two Flynn brother?, and in tbe usual period of washing, say an average of .10 days, yields in tbo neighborhood of 8-1,000, tbe expenses being only the wages of three or four men for tbis time. At tbe mine lower down tbe creek iu which tho Flynn brothers aro half owners, we understand the output is usually about the same, but will in the caso of both olaims increase in amount as work progresses, there boing grouud enough owned by these two companies to lust more than an ordinary life time. Worked as the properties now nre, it would be very easy to got any quantity of water on these claims from Jack of Clubs lake, but it would havo to bo pumped from the lako to a ditch some three miles in length, and at n sufficiently bigb altitude to convey tbo water to the gravel beds on Mosquito creek. Mr. and Mrs. Flynn, ut tbe upper olaim, nre very pleasantly situated, having a cosy and comfortably furnishod houso and seem to onjoy life very much. John Lunyon and his partner are half owners iu tho lower claim on Mosquito creok and are both old timers. Mr. Lanyou is au interesting man to .meet. He came to Cariboo thirty-seven years ago to prospect and mine. Shortly aftor his first arrival he mado n trip bolow, but for considerably over thirty years he has lived on Mosquito ereek or vicinity miniug. This is only ten miles from Stanley, which was built up Fourth Page.) (Continued o The Political Situation. Tho consensus of opinion on the coast and throughout the province gonorally is that on tho roturn of tbe Lieutenant-Governor a new election will bo ordered. There seems no other way out of it. Tbe laws passed by tho present parliament have not been received throughout this section, including tbo Lillooets and Cariboo with favor, and with tho feeling as It now is in Cariboo tbo present members oan not bo re-elected, at least this is the opinion freely expressed by many of thoso who voted and worked hard for Messrs. Helgeseu and Kiuchant last year. Many go farther aud say tboy could not savo their deposits. While they acted, no doubt, as tbey thought for tbo bost interests of the country, tbo legislation passed and supported by them bus dono tho country muoh harm, and uo manner ot arguments can convince the voters to tho contrary. Tho samo may be said for the Lillooet aud Yulo districts. Anti-alien legislation was not required. On the contrary thero should havo beon ovory possible inducement given to mon of ovory nationality locoiho in and buy or socuro in uuy way mining proportios, iusisting only that thoy should bo worked in a reasonable way and within a reasonablo timo. Tho legislature aimed at and passed as a measure cal diluted to koop out American investors has, throughout this section at lenst, acted us u boomerang, and thoro is not a man iu Cariboo, East or West Lillooot, or uuy oftho Yulo Ridings could save his doposits it again a candidate, unless ho expressly stipulated that bo was convinced tbat this legislation was a mistake, and that ho would favor its immediate anuullment. Conc_.iaii_t.ii to Allln Mines. The Colonist of July 5th says: Huns Helgesen, M.P.P., Dr. Muuro, uud J, A, MacKinnon, president of the British Minors' Protective Association, wero passengers by this morning's steamer from Vancouver, on their way homo to Atliu, Tboy are feeling abundantly satisfied with thomselves, too, for tbelr mission to tho government in behalf of tho Atlin miuers nnd merchants hus been crowned with partial if not complete, success. As promised, the government made its reply totho delegation yesterdny conceding iu toto tbo chief count in tho petition of complaint. This is witb refcreuco to tho obnoxious oloso season, which by existing decisions was to continue until August 1. The delegates obtained tbonssnrunco tbat Instructions will go forward to Commissioner Grabam by tho flrst mall, that live days after their receipt ovory claim In tho district must be represented. It is also promised that hydraulic privileges will at ones bo given, while Commissioner Gruhum wilt be instructed to proceed with a number of local improvements strongly recommended by the deputation. Among these is tho publlo wagon road from Atlin to Surprise Luko, a distunco of 12 milos, with a bridge .ss Pine creek. This has been much needed, and will be hniled with much satisfaction by the miuers. Tbo request has ulso beon filed that the namo of Discovery be changed to Pine—it would be Pine Oity, but for the fact tbat the government, the members of which wero courteous onough, however, to go fully into their reasons with the representatives of tbe distriot—theso reasons being in part that it is too lato now make alterations of so radloal a character and tbat the removal of the fee would open the door to tho filing of innumerable cases by irresponsible individuals, tbe only purpose of which would be to embarass or blackmail the claim owners. Members of the Atlin delegation on their way to Victoria fell in at Bennett with one J. S. Canon, at that time on his way to Dawson, but who had been to Atlin not many months ago. He went In, indeed, as the representative of J. H. Russell "and others," for the purpose of staking and taking possession of claims by proxy. Mr. Car- ron, when he made bis appearance at Atlin, was armed with credentials appointing bim agent for some fifteen or twenty prominent men "on the outside"—the flrst names appearing on his papers being as follows, with the number of mining certificate held by eacb: Joseph Martin—24.259A. D. C. Fruser (the Liberal member of the Commons for Guysboro) —39.194A. George R. Maxwell, M. P.-39.185A. Howitt Bostook, M. P.-7,020. Curron believes himself, his Mr. Russell and other principals aggrieved men. He was, it appears, an American citizen, but as his credentials were dated December 16,1808—there was no flaw in them in this respect. His particular grievanoe is that be holds a receipt (in behalf of his principals) for a sum of 817.50, for record of the Mary, Forest Rose, Mocking Bird, Louise, Ohio and Laura, and also for leave of absenco or bold-over—yet the record is now refused (presumably beoause be is an alien) and he cannot get his money back. As a result of whioh ho curses tbe country aud (Ln behalf of the princi pals, of course) declares that the government which permits such iniquities is not a government to be respected. Mr. MacKinnon, tho president of the Atlin Miners' Association, and one ot the members of the delegation returning home to day, oharaotorizes as utter nonsense of the peport givon by the Skagway and Atlin Budget as to threats being made at a mass meeting in Atlin to ride Hon. Justico Irving on a rail. In tbo flrst place, says Mr. MacKinnon, the judge would not address auy mass meeting, and said so. In the second, there was no mass meeting called or held. tbey were muoh astonished at the peculiar behavior of a vessel bearing up for the island. Being Scotchmen neither of them would hoist a signal on tho "Saw-bath," und the vessel ran by. Next morning while tboy were discussing whether they should lay the foundation stone of a Free kirk, a U, P. placo of worship, or an Auld Licht mooting bouse, thev saw tho vessel returning with a signal flying. One of their shirts was immediately, hoisted upon a pole, and soon replied to by tho vessel, which turned out to bo tho Bonnie Doon, of Dundee, Douglas MucUeller, master, who hud thought it possiblo some of tho survivors of tho wreck be had seen might want passage "hamo." Nuo, nae,' replied both mon, "wo'ro no in need o' passage hamo just tbe noo. But what for did ye no mak' for tho passage yestere'en in tbo gloum- ing?" "Hoot uwa'," answered tho captain, "yo wouldn't hao mo come ashore on tho Sabbath day." To make a long story short, tbe two shipwrecked wretches wero taken off, Thoy piloted tho ship safely through tbe passage to the opon sea, having agreed to pay two pounds each for the voyage. Arrived at Greenock, tho captain was anxious to see the color of their monoy. Woel, I'm in hopes tbat yo'll be pay. i..g me the siller this e'en," Ay, mon, tbat we will, oert.es," said the passengorB. "In the meantime, we'd take the liberty o' calling your attention to a wee bit claim we bae japped doon on a bit o' paper. It's three poon nine for harbor dues tbat ye owe us, Captain Mackellar, and twa poun ten for pilotage—it's compulsory at yon island, so may be yo'll mak' it convenient to band us owre the differs whon wo land. Ay, Douglas Mackellar yo shouldn't try to get the better o' brither Soots." Captain Douglas Maokellar, so the story runs, was a God-fearing man, but he said "Dom!"—Shanghai Mercury. Wedding Delia. A pretty wedding took place at St Joseph's Mission on; Thursday, June 20th. Mr. Gavin Hamilton, jr., of Lao La Hache, and Miss Christino Eagle, of Onward Ranch, wore united fn matrimony. The ceremony was performed by tbe Rev. Father Peytavin. Tbe churoh was crowded by the many friends of the bride and groom. Miss Maggie Hamilton supported the brido, whilo Mr. John Murphy was groomsman. The bride was given away by hor brother, Mr. C. W, Eagle. She was dressed in cream satin trimmed with chiffon and lilies of the valley. The bridesmaid wns very tastily dressed iu pink silk. Tho presents wero numerous, costly and very appropriate. Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton bare left for Luc La Hacho on their wedding tour carrying with them tbe good wishes of their many friends. Oold Mining In Victoria. Melbourne, June Uth.- The result of the operations of the third line of diamond drill bores on the property acquired by tbe Victorian Deep Leads Limited, has been most satisfactory. Tbo last bore bas just bottomed on gold-bearing wash 818 ft. from the sur- faoe. From the live bores put down on tbis line tbe lead has been proved for a width of 1,100 ft. Each bore brought gold to the surface, and from Bore ■"<> what is asserted to be the best sample of gold Jever obtained from diamond drill boring in the colony was taken. The Junction Deep Leads No. 1 shaft is rapidly Hearing completion, and will be finished and tbe main drive completed by the time tbe electric machinery is installed about August 1st.—Colonial Gold Fields Gazette. This is only one of the many examples of deep mining as carried on in othor countries. Why should not the many miles of old channels in British Columbia be worked? Scots Whs' Mae. There is a story of two Shanghai merchants, Andrew Garoloch and Alexander McClaoblan, (I oan give chapter and verse for the story but will not guarantee tbooorrectnessof the names,) wbo wero wrecked In mid-Pacific on an uninhabited island 0x4 miles in size. Supplies iu the way of cocoanuts, lo- quats, plantains, and swoot potatoes, wore plentiful. After their flrst good meal they decided upon a name for the island—St Andrew Lang Syne Island, and tbey mado thomselves quite "britherly" over the unaccustomed drink provided by the cocoanut. On tbo second day tbey founded a local Benevolent Sooiety of St Andrew, and of courso had an inaugural dinner; on tho third, it was Burns' Club which snw the light, and was followed by a supper; thon came a Scottish Association, with a monthly programme of tounions. On the flfth day tbey laid out a golf links, and' on tbo sixth formed u curling club, iu oase the lagoon should freeze (N, IL, this must havo boon the prototype of the Shanghai Skatiug Club), and votod an annual dinner, to whioh thoy promptly sat down. The next day was tbe Sabbath, and Fighting Joe riuit (lo. Mr. Semlin has called on Joseph Martin to resign, on three counts, and at Mr. Martin's request put them in writing, which he did in tho following language: Provincial Secretary's Office, Victoria, July 3. -Dear Mr. Martin Yours of the 1st reached me this p. m. In it you say you think It would be more satisfactory If I wero to put In writing tbe ground upon which I asked you to resign your seat in;, my government. I think I mentioned your absence from your ofllce, the discussion of executive matters outside of the Council. Your speech at tbe Rossland banquet, in whioh you threatened that an appropriation should not be expended because somo of those present had offended you. Yours respectfully, (Signed) Hon. C. A. Semlin. In reply Mr. Martin writes a long letter, of which the follwing isa synopsis. After absolutely refusing to resign he accuses Mr, Semlin of incompetency, and says it any member of the Government should resign it should be Premier Semlin himself. He accuses Semlin and Cotton of conspiracy and concludes his letter thus: "You are, therefore, tbe Premier of this Province only by suf- ference and In demanding my resignation, you do not command a majority of tbe supporters of the Government in the House, if my statement upon this point is correct, then instead of ine resigning from tbe Government, it is your duty to take that step at once, if you have any doubt ns to whether my statement is correct or not, that doubt can be dispelled by calling a caucus of tbe Govornmont supporters forthwith. Yours faithfully, Joseph Martin." Other members of the Cabinet refuse to speak for publication and tbe arrival of Lieut.-Gov. Mclnnes from Atlin is anxiously awaited, as in tbe meantime Semlin has no power to compel Martin to resign. Overtures looking to the formation of a coalition government have been progress here for several days, and the name of H. D. Helmcken Is freely spoken of for Attorney-General. D. W. Higgins also intimates he must not be left out. Rumor has connected Sir C. H. Tupper's hurried return to the Province with au intention to join the ministry, but no credence is given to it. Mr. Joo Martin went to Nanaimo to discuss tho affair with Mr. Samuel Robins, of the New Vanoouver Coal Co., who supplied tho campaign funds to tbe Government, and naturally exercises control. The plan agreed upon as the result of this oonferenco is that Martin is to resign contingent on tho reconstruction ofthe cabinet on tho following lines: Hume to resign: Henderson to be Attorney-General: Ralph Smith, of Nanaimo to be Minister of Mines: and oue of tbe Kootenay members, probably Martin, of Rossland, to join ttie Cabinet. Tbo result seems certain to be a uow election within a few weeks at most. Dr, Welsh, the dentist, has fitted up parlors in the Harvey-Bailey building. Allln City. Tbo Sentinel publishes the following interesting letter, the writer of which is well known in this vicinity: Writing under the date of June 17th, at his camp on Discovery creek. John T. Edwards says: Atlin City Is a delightful spot sitnat- I on the east shore of Atlin lake. The town is well laid oat and some good buildings are coming up. but most of them are canvas structures aa yet* Tbe Government offices are all can-ras with tbe exception of the post office, which Is a frame building. Jim Boa- sol's new frame building is completed and in rnnning order, and known na tbe Russell House. It is situated near tho wharf. The wbart is also known as "the Russel wharf." I met our old friend Jim on the Taku portage. Ha was going out as I was coming in. Wa had very little time to converse witb each other, Jim appeared to be in high spirits, with a pocketful of nuggets as usual. He informed me that he was going to meet bis family and might have to go as far as Skagway. However, I have not seen him since I I came here. I have been camping at Discovery city for a week bat I intend taking a trip to Atlin tomorrow. It has boen announced that the mining season will not be opened until the lat of August. Indignation meetings have been held in Atlin and also in Discovery oity, condemning tbe action ot the Government for not declaring the camp open, also condemning tbe action of the Gold Commissioner for allowing so muoh claim jumping to be carried on and pronouncing bim as being incapable to fill the position of Gold Commissioner. Resolutions to this effect were passed in Discovery city on Friday night, and delegates were appointed from Discovery and Atlin cities to interview the Governor and Minister of Mines on their arrival here and to lay their grievances before the hon. gentlemen. I am afraid this last extension ot tbe season will lead to serious trouble. The miners are threatening to take the administration of tbe camp Into their own hands, elect their own officers, aud declare the camp open on the 1st of July. There are thousands of people here idle and on the verge of starvation. Tbey have no means to take themselves out and tbey cannot get employment. Things are pretty serious here, far more so than the government have any Idea of. They tell me that there are 57,000 olaims recorded in the Atlin district and thore are not more than 8,000 people in tbe camp all told. I am Informed that Jim Russell has 72 claims himself, or rather he and his associates, John Grant has about 50, and a number of others in like proportion. Now if the mining season was opened all of these olaims would have to be represented and labor would be plentiful. But as it Is, it is impossible to get a day's work, and every creek in the country has been staked over and little or no work done on them. It is not known whether one-half of the creeks tbey claim to have made discoveries upon will pay or not. You can get a prospect most anywhere It will make a great hydrauliclng country some day. There Is abundance of water and pretty good fall to the creek. I would like to have a mile or two on either Pine or Spruce creeks; in fact any of tbe creeks will pay big for hydrauliclng. THE ASHCROFT JOURNAL. ISSUED EVERY SATURDAY. p, S. REYNOLDS Editor and Proprietor. Subscription price, pcrnnnum - ■ ■ 83.00. Ailvertincmuiiis will not lie discontinued unlil pnld, Advertising mien on aiijiticallon. SATURDAY, JULY 8, 1800, HUM) COMHISSIONI-H'S DECISION. The Uorsofly Hydraulic MiulngL'om- puny, Limited, (horoliiaftor callod tbo Defendants) Isa eumpany which bus acquired nineteen mining leases in tlio Cariboo country uggroguthig about 2100 acres of luud. Tbo proporty Is situated ou tbo Horsolly rivor about 150 milos north of Aslicrofl. According to the toslimouy of Mr. Hobson, tho defendants uiuuuger, about ^'JHO.ODO havo boon spent iu acquiring and developing this properly. Whon tbo dotendunta bogan their operations, a portublo liydrauiio plant of IH und '22 inch pipes and No. 8 liydrauiio giants was installed. This plant Is oporatod by water brought through twolvo uud a half miles of ditching, flumes uud piping, and stored In a pooling rosorvoir called Kit lako, a short distanoe from Uie mine. About tho distnuce abovo mentioned from tho mine, the defendants have built a dam across Mussel oreek (somotlmos called Moifat) which isa southern tributary of tho Horsefly river und from this bead the wator .is drawn off through tlieir watei system and stored iu Rat Luke until required for use. On Mus- Bel creek, about 500 yards lowor dowu than tbis dam, the Horsefly Gold Mining Company (hereinafter culled the plaintiffs) have constructed a dam from wbicb. through a line of ditches, flumes uud piping about sovon milos in length, tbey convey tho water necessary to operato their liydrauiio plant, Which has been erected upon tlio pro perty of the defendants. Tbe plaintiffs havo no pooling reservoirs to receive and store tbo wuter brought down by their wuter system, so they uro compelled to draw directly from tbis water system, uud when tbeir plant is not iu operation the water brought down is allowed to flow nut through wasto gates. Tbo plaintiffs allego tbat the defen duuts in tlie season of 1807 and 18118 hnvo wasted tbo waters of Mussel crook to such an extent as to prevent them from obtaining enough wuter to operato tbeir plant, The plaintiffs now mako their complaint under section 28 of tbe Wuter Clauses Consolidation Act (R. S. 1807 c, 100) which provides that: "Every bolder of a record shall tako all reasonable moans for utilizing the water grunted to Iiim: uud if bo willfully waste uny water, or tuko a quantity of wator In excess of bis actual requirements, tho Commissioner dr Gold Commissioner may, upon notice, cancel or reduce tho record or impose till necessary conditions," Tho hearing took plnca beforo me as by virtue of Section 150 of suid Aot and of an Order iu Council which is set out at page 2003 of lho Gazette of 1807,1 wus appointed Wulcr Commissioner, and was invested with ull tbo powers of tbo snid Act conferred upon und vested In a Commissioner or Gold Commissioner. Mr, Llndlay Crease represented the complainant company, and Mr. Charles Wilsou, Q. C. represented tbo defendant oompany. Tho examination of witnesses and argument of council oooupiod sovoral duys. There is no doubt that the defendants, so far us tbo construction of thoir dams, ditches, flumes uud piping Is concerned, huve, in tbo words of Section 28 tukon "till reasonable means for utilizing the water granted to them." 1 cannot but roach tbo conclusion that lho system of tho defendants wasles loss wuter than that of the plaintiffs, For example tho defendants hnvo u lurgo pooling reservoir in which tho water muy bc stored whon not in use, whereas the plaintiffs are compelled under such circumstances to draw off tho water from their ditching through waste gates. Again, thore can lie no doubt that the flumes of the defend nuts aro more carefully built thuu thoso of the plaintiffs. The plaintiffs' Humes aro made of boards, not longued mid grooved und not battened, Tho defendant's flumes ou the othor hand ure ull battened anil thoy keep u supply of buttons in storo for stopping up tho leaks that will occur from time to time. At the Hearing, tho defendants brought forward considerable evidence to show thnt the plaintiffs wore to blame if they did not got sufficient wnter. Mr. Warner, an hydraulic engineer who had boon iu charge of tbo defendants' works for sovoral years, and who hud u knowledge of tho plaintiffs water system, estimated that bo twoon thc plaintiffs' ditch head ou Mussel Creole and their mine, thero was each twenty four hours a wasto through leakage und seepage (which is tho percolation of the water through the bed of tbo ditches) of at least 300 miner's inches. As uo export testimony was given ou liehalf of the plaintiffs, I am tumble to judgo what weight should bo given on this estimate but I must say that Mr, Warner seemed to mo to bo a vory competent man und to givo his testimony fairly. On this branch of tho caso my conclusion is that tho wuter system of tbo defendants is belter llt- ted for tbe conservation und economical uso of water thau thut of the plaintiffs. At the sumo limo I huvo no doubt that tho system of lhe plaintiffs is u fairly good one und tho fact that they have not a pooling reservoir Hk< Rut lake is thoir misfortuuo rather than their fault. Por soveral years thero wus friction between tho companies about thoir espoctivo rights to tuko wuter from Mussel croek, but on tho 7th of Sopt, 1801, thoy entered into uu agreement which it wus thought would bring pence. According to this agreement the defendants wore to huvo the right to tako and divert tho first -iCL>LI inches of the waters of Mussel creok, subjeot to such prior right the defendants (or to lut moro accurate, Mr, Ward, who ut tlmt limo had uot transferred tho Harper lease to lho plaintiffs) wero to have tbo right to tako and divert luOO inuhes of suoh wutor, and the rem..inlet* of such wutor was lo hu taken and applied l>y lho defendants and plain- tills in equal shares, Wur, however, ioou broke out again betweon tho companies. On tbo 1st or August, 1800, nn i injunction was obtained by the plaintiffs restricting lho defendants from using any dam or gale on Mussel creek, or at or neur uny tributary of said crook, for the purposo of storing or controllug the waters of said croek or lake In such manner as to deprive the plaintiffs of tho natural How of so much of tho waters of tbo suid creok or of any lnke or other tributary thereto us tho plaintiffs required for their mining operations, uot exceeding 3000 miner's inches of wuter. This interim injunction wus dissolved with costs ugaiust tho plaint ill's ou tho tith of August 18!)tl ou the grouud, it is said, that tho materinl upon which tho injunction order was obtained was defective. Ou tho llth of August, 1800, a motion upon notico for au interim injunction iu tho terms of tho ex parto one dissolved wns made and dismissed with costs against the plaintiffs. Tho injunction action iu which theso Interlocutory proceedings took placo was not carried lo u hearing by tho plaintiff's, but was discounted uud the plaintiffs paid defendants' costs. Thore has, therefore, boen uo judicial deois- sion determining tbo rights of thoso companies to take water from Mussel crook, ur to storo up wnter iu tho lakes tributary to tho creek, I assume, however, for tho purposo of this application that the defendants buvo u right to lako first from Mussel creek '2000 inches of water and subject to such prior right, that tho plaintiffs have a right to tako 1500 inches. I ulso assume tbnt the defendants huve no right to waste water—in other words, that the wuter they take must be reasonably usod for tbe purposes of their undertaking. With tbo exception of the testimony of Mr. Ward, manager of tho plaintiff company, which was given orally, and of certain exhibits, tho plaintiff's caso is bused entirely upon affidavits und statutory declarations. The defendant's council strenuously objected to tbe reception of tbis material, I admitted it, however, us tho plaintiffs stated that their witnesses have scattered and thoy could not got in their testimony in any othor way. The defendents, ou tbo other hand, rested their reply upon tbo viva voce exam- ination aud cross-examination of four witnesses aud tbo production of curtain exhibits. Tho witnesses examined for tho defence wero Warner, hydraulic engineer, Hall, ditch teudor for tbo dofeudout company; Smyder, foreman of the defendant company, and Hobsou, defendant company's munnger. As these witnesses deuied tbe truth of nearly all the material allegations in tho affidavits filed by the plaintiffs us muuy of tho allegations in these affidavits purported to be mado upou information rocoivod from others, and ns even .Mr. Ward's testimony is lurgely based upon such information, it seems to be impossible to arrive at the truth of tlio matters in controversy. Auaffi- d.ivit is a miserable substitute for viva voce examination, tested by cross-examination. Tho affidavit is couched in tl.e druughnmu's language; it does not always disclose tbo ground upon wbicb thu statements uro mado, and from it by Inadvertence may easily bo omitted facts which completely countorvnil thoso included. Beforo uction iu such a Case us this is taken I thiuk tho facts should bo established beyond a reasonable doubt, because the interests at stake are very large und tbo proceedings may work a forfeiture, as I may cancel or reduce tho defendant's water record or may impose all necessary conditions. In September 1807 tho plaintiffs say thore was a groat rush of wator down Mussel crook and a lurgo volume of water was wasted. Tboy attribute this to the action of tho defendant's manager in opening the dam iu lower Mo- Intosh lake, one or the feeders of Mussel crook, which hud been dammed up by lbe defendants to conserve the water Tor uso during tho dry soason. Hobson denies this. Ho says the dam iu that luko wus not opened by his instructions uutil tbe close of tho season's operations in Novombor. While the testimony of Hall, tho defendants' ditch lender, is not altogether satisfactory on this point, yet on tho wholo evidence I find mysolf unable to find us u fact that tho defendants opened that dam in September, 1807, or that tlioy opened It at any timo in such a wuy ns to wasto wnter. Tho olbor branch of tho plaintiffs' on*-... is thut during the dry season of 181)7 and 1808 they could not got sulllcieut wator to operate their plant, while tho defendents wore droning from Mussel orook a quantity of water largely in excess of what they could reasonably use and in fact were deliberately wasting It. Tbo ovidenco leads tno to believo that tho plaintiffs were short of wutor as alleged, but does not enable mo to fix tho responsibility for it upon the defendants. Tbo plaintiffs rely on tbo undoubted fact that during those seasons the defendants wero not carrying on hydraulic mining in the icommon acceptation of tho expression, It appears that the defendants now have to deul witb a muss of cemented gravel upon which tbo ordinary hydraulic procoss makes so littlo im pri.s_.ion that thoy huvo boon obliged to erect u stump mill lo crush it before washing it. Thoy suy, however, that time they still take from llu-ir mino u lnrgo quantity of materinl whicli tboy dump iuto si nine., aud then deal with by hydraulic process. They contend that for ih purposes they still require a considerable quantity of water aud that, ns u matter of fact, nil tbe wnler they have Inken from Mussel creek hus boon used for effective work. Tbo matters in controversy upon this application aro largely matters of op Inion and tho plaintiffs aro handicap pod in not having a skilled man to prosent thoir sido of the case. Iu Mr. Warner Uie defendants bnve such u man. Ho supervised tho construction of tho defendants' water system uud operated the defendants' hy- d ruu lio plant until, I think, tbe eud of 1800, and bns ainco visited the mine. He is u man ablo to measure in a scientific way tbo flow of water und it struck mo that ho gavo his testimony in u fair way. In Warner's opinion tho defendants required for their operations in 1807 aud 1898 muoh moro wutor than tho plaintiffs' witnesses thought necessary. Ou a fow occasions men employed by tlio plaintiffs, upon visiting the de fond tints' mine, found Rat lake full and wutor beiug dis- churged from tbo monitors without doing uny work. This water they state wes wasted—and ir tboy have fully stated all tho facts, no doubt such was the ouso—but it must bo remembered that tho defendanls bud to keep wuter running through their system, even though Rat lake woro ful), aud tbo excess of water bud to bo discharged through the monitors or elso flow over the Kut luUe dam. Tho necessity for keeping lho water running is sot out ot page si of the declaration of Henry W. Bohwerln, put in ou behalf of tho plaintiffs, where lie says: "Our pipes became empty and woro damaged by tbo expansion and contraction which set iu." T' o ovidenco established that the defend -ills cannot withdraw more than 1,81)0 miner's inches from Mussel creek us tho pipes iu thoir wator system will not carry moro than tbat iuantity. My conclusion on tbo whole case is that tho evidence does not warrant an order cancelling or reducing the defendants' record, or even ono Imposing conditions. Whereas, tho Horsefly Gold Mining Company have complained that tbe Horsefly Hydraulic Mining Company have willfully wasted water from Moffat or Mussel creek. And whereas tbe matter came before mo for hearing. On hearing tbo evidence and argument of counsel, I do hereby adjudicate that there is not sufficient evidence to warrant me in tnking an order under the provisions of section 28 of tho Wuter Clauses Consolidation Act cancelling or reducing tbe water record of the said Horsefly Hydraulic Mining Company or imposing auy conditions on their use of tho waters of the said oreek. Dated the _!.lrd day of December, 1808. W. S. GonE, Water Commissioner. P30T8CE-. Nirtifflshfivlivpivi'ii tlmt I sh_.l__.on la-half of 111. William;- [.aU kind ol bull.inr.. :i|j|.1.V toilii- l/ruiimission.*, of tin- f.-iiim., IH.-i._--! Clinton, B.C., June Otli, 1800, In n T ashcroft I.odcii No. 26 . U. U. 1. 1- O. (3. T. Meets every 'i Inn -.lav i-vcnliiB In Oddfellow* Hb I 7:(JO o'eloek. Visiting member-. cordially inTited tend. J.B.BR7SON.SBC. NOTICE Stanley Park Livery- ■^.^ Sale and Feed Stables Notlcel8her-.lt of the Fountain '--, Com mission urnf lisslnn to record witter from n cree C-H..O valley, iintl Fountain, tor tloi poses, it* liu ml red (too). Inches ol called We-o-tnls. in Lor- mill v],:hX miles [rom the _stl- unci ugriculluml iiur- Cllnton, June Mtli. 1800. Como and Inspect my u' oo' SCOTCH GOODS! My first sbipmontdirect, They nro a credit to the namo they boar. Tweeds, Scrgos, Worsteds, Violmas, Pantlngs, Breechlngs, Vostings. Charges moderate. First-class workmanship, TOMMcOOSH THE MERCHANT TAItOR, HCl.O_T - - • B.< POINT COMFORT HOTEL ca PLUM PURS PASS, MAYSE INLAND, Il.l". (Midway between Vancouver utul Vlclurli Thislmlel is sitiiiite.l on om- nl tin- most licaulifuli-.laiHlsii. tlii-iiiill oHo-.nuia. (.,llihitfilflit.lii(iil;ntii.ill'i'itiiii^iimlliHliitm V.iv.11 i.-ihu. :.».! kitlmu:. .lnst tin- iilarelosiieml ;i lii.tidsiv ditrltiK tin liol summer months. Tin-I,in-.,- u, .veil (nritislieil anil with llll ''V!iV''.';!|,|iH-|,U,.|,'rl.'.\,ss UV i -te. e..-ty Muii,|.iv,T|uit-.1|,tv ,,n.l H.Miii-l.i-. Mo.leiate tales. Apply to nt.mii«i-r. Hacks, Carriages, Buggies, Double and Single Drivers, and Saddle Horses. - - McRAE BROS., Proprietors, Corner Georgia and Seymour Streets, VANCOUVER, - B.C. Complaints From Atlin. The deputation consisting of Hans Helgosen, M.P.P., William McUraney, of Vancouver, J. A. McKinnon, Dr. Munroe and Captain Wallace Langley, wbo camo down from the north by the Catch, waited upon tbe government at tbe parliament buildings. The deputation wns appointed at meetings of tho merchants, business men nud miners of Atlin and make ont a vory strong case on behalf of those who oluim to have suffered hardship in consequence of recent legislation. They are very reticent as to what reply tboy received from the govern ment. Jlr. Helgosen says he regards tbe Atlin district as exceedingly promising and believes good results would be obtained if tho ground were worked by minors, but so fur ihere bos been nothing dono but what he characterizes by tbe expressive mining term of "gophering." Mr. RloCranoy, who was one time a member of the Canadian Commons, has had a wido experience of mining matters in this province, and is one of tho best informed men in British Uol- utnbia, says be believes Atliu is the best plucer aud hydraulic country In tbis region, with the oxcoption of Cariboo. They will both return as soon as thoy have obtained a definite reply from tho government, Mr. Hei gesen mnking a hurried visit to his Metohosin farm and Mr. McCranoy leaving as early as possiblo for his home in Vancouver, from whioh city be will take tho lirst steamer for Skagway. Minister of Mines Hume says tbat tboro is nothing as yot for publication regarding tbo representations made by tbe delegates.—Times. NOTICE. Notice Is hereby given that from anil after this dale 1 fluill not Ins rcHiioiiKihlc for any di-hts rotitracteil ..-ithnnt mv written order. Dated tit Aslicrofl lhi« aanlof l-'eliritarv, lHOn. ■iuto C. W. EAGLE. SIDNEY WILLIAMS, P.L.S., P.A.S.I., London. Lund Surveyor, civil Engineer,Drauglitimiu . QUESNELLE MOUTH, B. C. Engineering and Survey work. Report* on mining properties. Maps uud plans prepared of any portion of Cariboo district. NOTICE. The public are warned Unit the Power of Atlnrnev from J. H. Muck hue heen cancelled. 7t5 JOSEPH FALL. P.O. 1-t.x 4-17. 'rovincc of British Columbia, Notice to Contractors. OEALED TENDERS, property Indorse^ O whok- nr separate, wi.l he received liy the II.j.iut.iI.Ii- .or Chief Commissioner of Lands and Woik-. i'ii ,o Krlday the 7th July, for the nr.liiin nnd i-imiuletlon ol School lliilldingr at liie 'ollowlng IllncCB, vlxt (ireenwood, AhIutoII. Slucaii. Ite.flf.lnkc and l-i-tnie. B.C. S|iiriiii-aliims, drawinpH and conditions Ol tender and rontt-ii-t niuv ne seen at the (iov einniL-nt t Ulii-cs, at VUinria, Vancouver. A croft, Ui-vclstnkc, Vernon, _.rr«nwt>i.d, N ' .Steeleand Kemle, U.C., . id :i r tti- ■ .hn and ildered ui.lei._i made ot:*- "ii the forms supplied, am! sinned Willi tin .i.'tii-tl sltntttiiic nf the tenderer*. Tin- lowest or any tenilrr not uei-ess-irlly ac- Ct'I>tC' ' W. S. OORK, Depntv Commissioner of Laniln A Works. Lands and Works Depart ment. Victoria, B.C., 7ih June, 1800- 7t» FOR SALE. An AI Dairy Stock [.audi for unit, A c«n- lial place lor ti Creamery. For partlruUni imply to the undersigned. A, S. II. RICH. HHti. 1-U-Mlle House. Luc l_ lUcht, D.C. FOR SALE. 1,500 ft. IK and __3-int-h Hydraulic Pipe, la gauge steel, delivered f.o.b. Vale, B.C. This pipe is in excellent condition and will he ..old nta hanzaln. Apply to ARMSTRONG & MORRISON, Hydraulic Pipe Works, ic Vancouver, B.C. Painters, Paperhansrers, Kalsominers. ********* The above firm is now prepared to execute all orders in oonneotlon with the Painting business whioh may bo intrusted to them. Out-of-town orders are solicited aud will receive prompt attention, GOODS IN SEASON. I'ansit-., LoU'lia. el.-., lur I'ciMinu nut. XZ3 Cabbage, Can ml, >\._>r. Celery, Sprouts, etc., for the vegetable garden. Hee Hives and supplies. Spray Pumps. Fruit baskets and crates. Fruit in Seaso.i. 20.000 Hull* .'or fall planting to arrive in September direci ..om the grower in Holland. Kaslern price*-or lean. Write for list hefore placing your orders. ___v_E. J". _E__C_E__>T_R__Z" 004 West.iiinsler Rond, Vancouver, U.C. KAMLOOPS HOUSE, P. HEROD, Proprietor, _EC_A.__VC-riOO.PS, - ■ -B.O. Is the place where you can always be sure of getting the Choicest Wines and Liquors And the Best Brands of Foreign and Domestic Cigars. Oyster Cocktails ami Tom and Jerry- arc specialties, NOTICE TO PRE-EMPTORS OF Notice la hereby given that all pre-emptors or purchasers of crown '_>nils from whom Hit* purchase money remaining unpaid tin such lands is overdue, are rei|iim'd in make full payment of such liahincc. togi-lluT wiih interest thereon, if anv is due. within twelve months ffoni the dale of this notice, failing whicli .heir records or agreements concerning such lands uu- liable In cancellation, as provided by section 118 ofthe •'Laud Acl." V. CAI'Tl-.U-COTTON, Chief Commissioner of Land:, and Works. Lands and Works Department, Victoria. H.C . -Wild June. I BOO. 014 Blacksmith, Wheelwright'and Wagon Builder HORSE SHOEING A SPECIALTY. Iron, Steel nnd Timber kopt In stoek, mid a thick of Eastern mnde Carriages, Bagglei ind Roud Carta kept on hand at reduced prices, and also mnde to order. Manufacturer of " The Lehman Tire Setter " which all Blacksmiths should use. All work warranted, and prices lower than erer. Au assortment of Collins and Caskets always on hand, ABHCROFT, - - - - - B. O. NORTH B.C. NAVIGATION COMPANY.Ld. SODA CREEK. QUESNELLE. The Steamer "Charlotte" will commence her regular trips on the opening of navigation on the upper Fraser river, making close connection with the B.C. Express Compnny's stages carrying Her Majesty's Royal Mails. Freight left at Soda Creek for :'te steamer will be stored free of charge, also freight by steamer for points beyond Quesnelle will be forwarded free of charge for such forwarding. Fare each way, $4.50; freight per tou, $10. Quesnelle, B.C. " JAMES KEID, Manager. NOTICE. CASH! FORJ^URS. Marten are high and wanted. Thr dark skins are in tlie greatest demand. For large, dark, fine skins f will pay high prices, and (rtlier colors accordingly. Those shipping to me can relv on fair treatment and prompt returns. 1 Will remain at Winilpeg until Anaust 16th, and if all goes well 1 will return In November, 18011. Those of my friends and others changing their places nf business, klddly notify C. W. BALDWIN, P.O. Box 06_. Winmp-8. Mm. 1. P. Stewart ASHCUOFT, B.C. Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Hay, Grain, Chop Feed, &c. J^-AKcmt for E. G. Prior k Co., agricultural implements. Dominion Hotel. ^^ KAflLOOPS, B.C. Sittings of the County Court of Cariboo will ho holden ns follows: l&O.MIle House. Friday. 10th June. 181.1). Soda Creek, Monday, luth .lime, istm. Quesnelle, Tlmrwlav, aand June, IHOt). Klchlleld, Monday. 'JOtli June, If...... Court opens each day at 10 o'clock hi Ihc forenoon. Ily Order. JAMES Mi-KKN, Krnislrar, Countv Couii ol Carihoo. Bark-.rv.fle, H.c, .th April, inn*. not 11 t GREAT OPPORTUNITY. The Grange, I'avillon. West l.lllonet. This fertile und lovely valley, lonlahilng nearly 1,000 aires, with linprovrinrnts, stoik, crops, etc., lo the value nf upwards of 911,00(1, Is now ottered for sale at a low figure. A good in vestnic-.il. Come and Hee It, or, write lm full description antl parlli'iibtrs to ARTHUR MARTLRY. Olr The (.range, Ashcroft LEADS THEM ALL! If you have a Cough or Cold use Lambert's - - - Syrup oi Douglas Pine. Sold by all Druggists and General Stores. 35 cents per bottle. Prepared br HENDERSON BROS., Wholesale Druggists, VICTORIA and VANCOUVER, B.C. Every Convenience for Cummer, lat Men. First-class C nlsine (Freno Chef). Well Stocked Bar. DRINK BEER! This is the timo of the yenr whon a cooIIur drink is most refrosh- Iiir, and tho most cool- inn dritilt nt any timo is browed at tlio G.J.ROBINSON. PROPRIETOR. HATCREEK Blacksmith Shop. I desire to give notice to teamsters and others wishing blaclvsmithing done, that I have leased the Hat Creek Blacksmith Shop and have on hand a full line of steel, iron, etc., for the general black- smithing business. All work entrusted to me will be done thoroughly and with neatness and despatch. D. J.EVIJT. Inland Cigar Manufacturing Co. of B.C, Ltd. ■ MANUFACTURIRS Of FINE HAVANA CIGARS. Our -__-3-»oi-altl_>«_ PRIDE OF>: KAMLOOPS WESTMINSTER BREWERY, 1NTER(0R- . . N. NELSON, Prop. j LA M0RENA . F. H. CASEi Agent, Ashoroft. I _z _ -j_ _ o'O Fist, » O. NOTICE! Tlie Vancouver Board of Trade GIVES NOTICE THAT THE GDVEHNMEHf OF Mill! Huve estMb_ij.li.il un Awmv Oilier In Vim emivri nml timl tin- l-i-iik* uml mrrrlianti. wil nrgntliite liir i-eilllliiiten Intuit..! Iiv tlie (inv rinnit'Ml A-tHtivrr, Mr. \V. IVIIewllnivrv Liii-ullim til olllti' lVnili-r Micet, t'llv i< Vancouver. CHAD. It. TISDALL, Ttf. rtenlilent. THOM CHONG LUNG, ..iii|iliiyiii.iil (Iflirr, Store ami i'ii'sl-fliiKH Laundry, Where work Is doiio cfeiner nud cheaper thun ut nny oilier i'liu i- In town. Ashoroft. - • British Columbia. ■-■ ' "' In nine. It hn. end (if town i neur w.mnn T NOTICE. An -idji.tirneil meet inn of the Board of License Conimissiuns for the Ashcroft district will be held at the Court House, Ashcroft. B.C., on Tlnirsrtav. Julv Uth, 1690, at the hour often fn the forenoon. JOSEPH WM. BURR, Chief License Inspector. Bt'i Ashcroft District. NOTICE. Notice Is hereby given that at the expiration of 60 days I Intent' to apply to the Honorable Chief Com mint, loner of Lands and Works for permission to lease 1,000 acres, mow or less, •f pastoral land for 21 years, situated on Doe Creek mountain, adjoining the preemption of J. S. Place, lsadore -ianpard and William Meason, between what is known as the Big liulch and Dog Creek. ' JOS.FIDGEON. Dog Creek, June 10th. 180(1. Mio Goldsworth Tea! Maple Leaf Coffee! TEA IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE GROCERS, VANCOUVER, • ■ B.C. CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL R'Y Ib the best line to nnd from Chicago. Milwaukee nnd all points East. Wilh its 6,165 miles of thoroughly equipped rond it reaches all principal business centers In Northern Illinois: Wlsontln* Iowa, Minnesota, Soutn Dakota, North Dakota and North Michigan THE ONLY LINE Running Electric Lighted and Steam Heated Veitibuled Trains. Time tables, maps and information regarding routes, rates nnd olher detalU rtlating to the road will bo furnished on application to any coupon ticket agont, or jtf addressing O, J. Eddy General Agont, Por Sale ! THE MEADOW LAKE PROPERTY. This well-known property is situated on th* rond that lend* front the Main Cariboo Wagon Road tul.ou I'r.-i-k, Alkali Lakr. Kmpire Valley, The Gang Ranche, and to the rest of the counlry on the west side of the Kraser river and tlie shot, route lo the Chileoten country. There are 830 acres of Crown grant. 330 acres of preemption■ rll uni.icuiiil.ercd, a large pasture and :> sma'l one. lt is well situated for a road side house, and is doing a good trade as siu-li: no competition. The house contains eight bedrooms, a large silting room, and din* Ing room and kitchen; all the rooms are fairly supplied with the necessary outfit for each. One large stable and ona smaller one, besides several other buildings. Well stilted for dairying purposes: a milk house, churn, seventy nans. etc. Blacksmith shop. Necessary tools for farm use. Sheds, corrals, cellar, etc. Wagoti, trucks, mower, rake, sleighs, and vari. ous otiier implements. A few liorses and cattle. The surrounding country affords fine grazing for horses and cattle and is well watered. In season ducks, geese and prairie chicken are plentiful. Canadian ^_ "Pacific Iv SOO-PACIFIC LINE. The Best and Cheaoest ROUTE TO Alt EASTERN POINTS. TOURIST CAR SERVICE. ii-Miin -mi Mum,..,,. .. cu to, Mondays and Friday.. The Dining Car service along the line o( the C.l'.K. ta unecitialled anywhere. IMPERIAL LIMITED The fastest train between the Atlantic and Paoiflc. MOUNTAIN CLIMBING The Canadian Pacific Railway Company has stationed Swiss guides at Banff, Lakes in the Clouds, and Glaoler, for the convenience of Tourists wishing to explore the mountains in those vicinities. Ask for copy of "Swiss Guide" folder. Empress Royal Mail Line Empress of India, Empress of Japan, Empress of China, For Japan and China, every tour weeks. Canadian-Australian Mail Line Miowera, Warrimoo and Aorangi, For Honolulu, Fiji, Australia, ever j four weeks. For full information as lo rates time &fc, apply to the neatest ticket agent lo A.L. CLEMENTS, or to Agent, Ashcroft E. J. Coylb, Distriot Passenger agent, Vanoouver,B,0. # ■PBIUSHBD IN J.LAMES. 80 THE ROPE OF THE LYNCHERS WAS (SOT NEEDED, GOSSAMER THREADS. A SpootRttlo So Tcrrllilo That It filfttl* Ono WUucii ot tho Tragedy Deolda That Do Wonld Nover Agniu Participate Io a Mau Hunt, "Thoro was only ono oflloinl hanging iu my county," snid tho ox-l_oomor from Oregon, "nntl It turned outnftorwnrd tho* nn innoco.it ninn wns (.scouted in thnt In- stntico, Thla precedent mado ovon lynch* Ing vory uncommon, so thnt when a score of us started out to hang Abraham Samuels to tho nearest treo lc wns only nftcr it careful consideration of tho crime ho lind committed, f_.ii.nuc._s wns ;. man of about -0, small, wiry nnd agile, Ho lind reddish hnir nnd a hoavy board, tho out of which ho wns continually altering, and ho was (tin-ays neatly, n.thoi* flashily dressed. Ho wns innrried tu a womnn somo ton yours his junior nntl lived with hor and their two ohildren on n rnnah on tho dlvldo bo* twoou Tin Pot nnd Shoestring valloys. " In spite of his generally qulat behavior Samuels wns very unpopular^ partly, I suppose, becauso of liis natty appearance and partly because ho was known nn n wife beater. Mrs. Samuels wub not directly responsible for this knowledge, for sho knew no ono In tho neighborhood nnd wns rarely soon olf lliu olonrlng, Hho was thin tind tired laofclDg, nnd hor big gray oyos Imd lliat cowed look tlmt nlwnys arausoi sj-mpnlhy. Thoro wiih the hitiuo look lu tho eyes of hoc two sons, who- pnsscrsby noticed, always played quietly and without muoh apparont enjoyment, It was the inlcH thoso tun niiin follow told their iitatea at tlio district school at Tin pot thnt flrst _m.ui_.l-l totho notlooof Uio com- mmiltv tint OOUtlittilll of nll'-iln. In thn bonio ot tlio Baiii'iolij family. " .Vhothor lb was bucnUBOof thoktiowl- edge iiuiii situ hml tlm BymJHttliyof the ion.roui.ity pr simply haonttso sho lind bonio nil t lm iiiitiii i novor know, but ona dny Allao Snmu-ala tumoil on horhuslinnd mnl drove him from Um houso, A drummer for udrysouila houso in tTrliooro* ported ono night that us ho was driving over the dlvldo he saw Snmtiols In frotil of hlu haunt door, nnrloylntfwlth his wifo, who stood nt tliu q|h.ii wiiitlow with n ihotgtin, Thnt .light Smntlolfl oaiiio to town and not vory druult, lie was tool* turn nntl sulloii, whioh was unusunl and wnsnotlrod. jlosUirtoil out in thuillrmv tlotl i.f his homo nt ulmnl, midnight. "About ilny light tho noxt morning (Jn. Sumuelfl cabin was burned down. Mrs, Samuels esonpod wiih tlm ohildren, but there was no tlmo for hortosavo nny ol hor belongings, ovon olothos, itwasluuml afterward thnt pltohy chips nnd stove wood hud boon onrriod from n pllo buck of tho cabin to n honp of dry brushwood niul Imd ln.'1'ii kindled* Tho flamos Imd been blown noross tho corner of thaoloarlng in whioh tho cabin Stood, sotting it nllro ami ulso the woods beyond. With no othor ovl* denco than this thorp was n strong suspicion that Samuels Imd set tho lire, nnd hi.. m .-sequent netions tended to cunflrm It. Fet'lltiii ngninst Iiim was intensified by tlm fner thnt tiio llro had Kfilnoil a good start nlong tho dlvldo nnd wns menacing valuable property on every sido, "Within ti week fiom tho timo tho lire started tho town bad grown too hot (ol Samuels, nnd In threo days more, during which the Arcs had clone more damage, n lynching bco was proposed, with Samuels as its object of nttentloni As I had been Injured by tlia Arcs to a greater extent than any other Individual in thu vicinity I wns asked to orgnntzo tho hoo. I defined to do that, but I went along with the pnrty, more fnun curios ity then from uny desiro lo wreak personal vangennce Samuels hnd heard of our intention nnd hnd stolen a horso nnd started nlong tha Smith river tralj, Intending, I suppose, to proaoed down tho rivor to its mouth nnd tnko n steamer fur 'Frisco. 'Tho pursuing party rodo hard, and wa wigiitcd Samuels just nt daybreak tho lu-sl morning us ho crossed tho rldgo into th* Smith river valley about six miles ahoni. at us. Ho would surely imvo cEcapod us had it Uot been that one arm of tho forusl fires Intercepted him soon nfter he started down the valloy. Tho llro lind crossed thi ridge re;:*- :__-..!■. . below,nnd ns it traveled up the vtAoy It* presented n solid wall of flamd which It was impossible to puss. From this wall Samuels wa.. forced to turn bnck threo miles below, whero ho entered tbo valley, uml thero was no way out except tho bnck trait. On this wo Intercepted him soon after, nml It sooniod as though ho could uot possibly oscnpo thc ropo wo wero carrying for him. Ho did, though, for lio wns Anally consumed in tho flro lio himself bad started. Ho took tho desperate ohaneo of trying to swim down tho shallow stream, whoso flame wrapped banks wero not moro thnn 20 feet apnrt. It wns nu Impossible feat, The intense heat from tbo bl.i7.lng fir trees that lined tho stream Imd overcomo him boforo ho got fairly started. An oddy stranded hlm oo n small bar, whero ho mndo onu or two Ineffectual efforts tn get under wotoi again and thon lay still. Ho wis enveloped for a fow moments In tho stoniu thnt roso from his wot elotlies, which butst Into flumes ns soon ns thoy worodry. Thon thonnkod body lying thoro on the snnd could ho scon to shrivel up and ehar over, nnd beforo wo woro forced bnck hy tho advancing wall of flro nothing was left but n'-*npof glowing cinder... I.shallnovoi forgot thnt spectacle, nnd, incidentally, never participate in a man h tint ngnin."— N«W Vork Sun. Tho IluEblo nud tlio Htifltalo Ulvd. Somo two miles ta my right I dotcatod a whito (.treat.. Turning to Mahonoy, I said, "Buffalo." Through, my field glnss tho whito streak resolved Itself Into a (took of buffalo birds. Tbey aro about tho size of sea gulls and always travel with tho African buffalo, Romut lines covering n solid herd of 400 or 6(10 ns if with n white cloak. Tho bulTnlo hna nnothor friond ln tho littlo nlnrm bird, which ia woll known to hunters, It ts ubout tho sizo of n sparrow nnd warns him of npproaohlng clangor by Hying down on his buck, pocking at his tough hldo nud sending forth n shrill note, whieh immediately stampedes a whole. herd. I have often inquire.! of experienced hunters whothor tho bird does not somotlmos mnko a nilstako nud put thoso huge forutos to iliglit unnecessarily, but I was told thnt tho buffalo hnvo implicit confidence in them. A rillu shot would not tjnttfr thom more quickly. Whilo I Iintl V-N__ h...Iking bulTnio u fow days boforo, .;_'ll hidden in tho grass, tlio herd sudden- y stampeded. This puzzled me greatly, •ut iho wnttilifut eye of my guide detected thoeouflo. Ono of those birds luid flown dowu nnd given the alarm. Though dis- appointed in my stalk, 1 Imd (ho sntlsfao» tloti of acquiring sonio information that iiroVod of vni im to uio Inter.—-Arthur U. lumbort In Iiiii|t.-i- s Mimaxtno. Tou Doon I'ur Miitmufl. "I want to nsk ono moro question," said littlo Frank as lio wna boing put to bed. "Well," flcqtllosood lho tired mnmiiia. "When holes oomo In Blockings, what becomes of titerplooo pt slocking that was thoro beforo the holo eamoP" Cannel coal was oneo used na; a suhfitl- tutu for caudles, boomiHO it can ho cut' luto blocks or strips and hums with a clear follow -Inmo. Its real namo is candlo coal. Undulating land is fetter for tho growth of crops than iv level soil, [Onu t.i-i.tirh moor>] When fairies danco on tho moor by night (Goldon hnir in tin. heather), Stray silken threads front their dainty ltonds Mny haply eling to thu flowering ling Or thn pink and pui-plo heather (Mino eyea nrc blind In tho mystic light, Hut none tho less 'tis a winsome sight). When morning ._n.ii._a nnd tho fairies lieu (UuHsani-T tln-cads in tiio heather), Tlio moorlnnd shines with glist'nlng lines l.Uto li:n-|is now strung with gold and slung On tho pink und purple heather (Gossamer thrcmls tiro nil I aor* liut nono tiio loss thoy uro harps for rao). And when iho wind breathes, far and near (.___<__ inn liar])., in tho lioathor), Sweet music ring- from thn tiny strings, Aud wild and freo is tiio harmony Through thr pink and purple heather (Novel- ti unto may reach my car, 13ut none tlio long it; it sweet to hear). —Pull Hall Mag.i_.ii_o. IT SAVED HIS LIFE. A. Hymn That Mnde the War Scout* I.envoi* Tholr MiiHkcl*. Tho Presbyter In n prints a war niiocdott of an unconventional sort. Difforont readers will road moro or less into it, according to thoir different habits of mind, hut all will find it Interesting. Homo Americans who woro crossing tho Atliintlo met iu tho cabin on Sunday might to sing hymns. As thoy snug tho ilast hymn, ".Jesus, Luvor of My Soul," ono of thom heard nn oxoentlinRly rioh and beautiful voico behind him, Uo looked round, nnd, although ho did not know the faeo, ho thought that ho know tho voico. So, whon tho muslo censed, lio turned and asked the man If ho had boon lu tho civil war. Tlm matt replied that ho had been t. Confiulemti. soldier. "Woro you nt suohn plnoo on such a niglil c" nskod tho ilrst man. "Vi'H," replied tho iiecond man, "antl a oui-ltiiis iliiin; happened that night whieh tlllK hymil has recalled to my mind, 1 WAS posted OU scnl ry duly near tho edge of a wood, it was a dark night antl very Oold, antl 1 was a littlo frlghleued hooatis. the onomy went supposed to bo vory noai*. About midnight, when everything wait ■till nml I was feeling liumoslek umi mis- ornblo nml weary, l thought that I would comfort mysolf hy praying and singing a hymn, l rbmemboi' singing thoso lines: "All my trust on thou la staid, All my lulu from theo i bring] Cover my dofouselosB head Willi tin- shadow of Ihy wing. "Aftor singing thnt a strnugo penco cumo down upon mu, ami through tho long night I felt no moro fear." '•Now," said tiio other, "listen to my story: 1 was ;■_ Union eoldlor and wns in tho wood that night with n party of scouts. I saw you standing, although I did not soo your fneo, My men had thoir rifles focused upuu yon, wailing tho word to fire, Imi when you snng, "Cover my defenseless head With tho shadow of tliy wing. i said, 'Hoys, lowor your rifles; wo will go homo.' " DtKCitllilllty of Cold Food. 1' is imposslblo to digest article, of food until they nro raised to a moderately high temperature. Much of tho illness prevalent in summor would bu .-.voided If people nKi worm food, as thoy do in winter. Doll- wto persons especially should avoid cold dlshos nnd drinks. They are extremely taxing totho digestive powers and a groat draft on tho vitality. Tho human system has just bo much power in reserve, and if this is exhausted in warming up tho largo amount of cold food that is taken Into tho stomach thoro Is but littlo left to carry on the other processes of existence. A physician of wido experience says that for ■!" years ho has scarcely had a day's illness or an hour's pain, nnd this exemption from suffering ho attributes to an unvarying practice of taking a pinto of hot soup throo ar four times a day, wintor and summer. His practice is largely met* ropolitan, and if ho ia tired or overtaxed ho makes It his imperative duty to'visit tlie nearest flrst class hotel- and get n dish of tho best soup ho can find. He frequently takes it without accompaniment of any sort. Occasionally n cracker or roll Is eaten at tho samo timo. This man declares that, all things being equal, ho will stako his reputation ou the theory that nine-tombs of tho intestinal troubles of tho summer season oould bo avoided by tho systematic and froquont uso of hot bevoragea, or, whnt ia better, dl sites of soup eaten as hot as they can be relished.—Now York Ledger. CART TAIL FLOGGING. Thla Pecnllnr Panbliiiient ITlourUliod Iu l-ngh-iul Up to 1830. Although flogging at tho cart's tail ia uenorally supposed to hnvo censed oftor 1897, various Instances aro on record tip to It.!].., when a man convicted of robbery (imn Ibo person was slowly paraded through tho prlnoipnl street ol Saltnsh "wilh hare hack and Hogged at I'm ttort't tall, to which ono of his hands wns lashed nt, cither sido. Two men nrmod With cuts of nino tails laid on heavily nud were scolded by tbe bondlo or crier in tiiti- ._-tm.ur not hitting border," 'i'he pun- i.--!-.nci-fc was sometimes reduced to n ftirci) \yhun tha administrating luind had bcoij wo;l 'oiled" or belonged to it soft hourtctl oi.i.'or of justice, ns In acasomontloilod by tho poet (.'uwper, whe-o lho thief was tho ullly ono concerned who suffered nothing, A youth hnd stolen somu ironwork at Ulney. "Doing convicted," says Cowper, "ho was ordored to ho whipped, whlc_i operation ho underwent nt tho cart's tail, from the stono houso to tho high itrch nnd buck again. Ho seemed to show great fortitude, but it was all an imposition tipen tbo publlo. Tho bondlo who performed it hntl filled ills left hand with rod nbhor, through which nftor ovorystfoko lio drow tho lash of his whip, leaving tbo np- I earanco of a wound upon tlie skin, but |ti reality not hurting hlm at all. Thla being porooivod by Mr, Constable lilnsch- douib, wbo followed the beadlo, ho applied his cane, without any such niaiiageiuent or prei-aulion, to lho shoulders of tlio too merciful exeetitloner. "Tito seeiio Immediately became moro interesting. Tho licadla oould by DO moatis bo prevailed upon to strike 'hard, which provoked tho constablo to strike hurder, and tliis doubleItogglngcontinucd tlllaluss of Silver Knil, pitying tho pitiful bundle, thus kuI.Vi-lug undor tho linuds of tbo pitiless constablo, joined tho procession, mid, placing herself immediately bo- hind tlio Inltor, seized him by ills capillary club, tmd, pulling hlm backward by Ihu BttlllO, slapped his faco with a most nmn- ton inn fury,"—Gentleman's Magazine. CO. Ld. ar (EST AUMBHBD1850.) DEALERS IN- Hardware, Iron, Steel, Nails, &c. Mill and Mining Supplies, Waggons, Buggies, Cutters, Farm Implements, &c, Victoria. Vancouver, Kamloops, Lenz & Leiser, Importers of Foreign & Domestic Dry Goods, And Manufacturers t>4—, Overalls, Shirts, and all kinds of Clothing suitRbie for the Minine; Trade. 0 anil I 1 Yu<i'» Street, Victoria, B.C. (.HAZED WITH WEALTH. GRAND PACIFIC HOTEL, Bltuatod uonr Depot, KA.MLOOl'S, IS... DUPONT & CORNING, - - Props. Mail 1-i.ji la Mulbourmi Wh.'» th* Quid -''■'*_T Willi Itllgltl|[. Goltl throat..nod to h..comonB common att Bilver In tho days of Holomon. In ono yonf -£18,000,000, In oight yoars *9B,O00j- onu, woro won, Somo mon at Golden Point liuulo as muoh ns £400 each a day. Auothor oxroptionally luolty party unearthed 8-1 pounds of goltl In ono day. No wonder that suoh "pocUots" woro tormod " jewelers' shopsl" Occasionally a nugget worth J-10,000 was unoarthod, Tiio result of this midden Inlltix of wealth, almost without lahor nnd with risks whioh aro infinitesimal as com pared with Klondiko, was tho temporary demoralization of tha population. Melliourno In tiio height of tho gold fever has hcon dosorlhcd hy ono who knew lt well as "u fevered, drunken, delirious pandemonium." 'ilie lucky ones —and thoro wore thousands of thom— ■Kiuandered thoir riches In tho most rock- less fashion. Somo of tholr fantastic tricks would ..enrcoly ho credited wero thoy not attested by witnesses still living. Tho gamo of ninepins, wo aro told, was played with hottlcs of champagne, for which lio who broke tho least had to puy. Dozens of the samo costly wino woro emptied into tubs and drunk from tin pannikins, spirits and beer being added to givo "body" to the beverago. Ono man, in imitation of Caligula, shod his horse with gold. Sandwiches mado of banknotes woro devoured. .Silver wrnppcd up in bank notes was thrown to popular actresses Instead of flowers—in fact, monoy wos go plentiful that tho reckless diggers could not''knock it down" fast onough. Thoy thought thoy hnd only to dig a fow feet lu tha earth to got plenty more, and for a tlmo it almost seoined as If this wero bo. Such were some of tho characteristics of Victoria's hot youth.—Pall Mall Magazine MACKAY SADDLERY AND HARNESS CO. HANUffACTtJUHIW AND IMI'OHTItltB OF Saddles, Harness, Bridles, Trunks, Whips, Spurs, and Harness Trimmings. REPAIRING DONE WITH NEATNESS AND OESPATCH All orde s by man promptly attended to and satisfaction guaranteed ASHCROFT. : : : : B. C. HOTEL & GENERAL STORE. C5iXJES3ST.EI_.X_-E FOB^, IS. C. A pull assortment of Drygoods, Boots and Shoes, Liquors and Cigar, Hardware, Miners Supplies. Hay, Gram and Slabliftj, hntes right. HYDRAULIC PIPE Water Works or Minine Plants. IIoiik.1- _ii Mexico. Tha principal reason that houses cannot bo built rapidly iu Mexico Ib that tho Walls aro always mado very thick in ordor to withstand tho occasional earthquake shocks. In tlio thin walls usually put up in tho Unitod States tho mortar will readily dry and "set" aftor thowall Is orootod, but horo, whoro walls nro mado anywhere frotil 3 or a to 0 feet thiok, thoy must ho allowed to dry thoroughly as thoy are built, or serious couscquoucos result from tho drying ot tho outer edgo whilo tho center is still "green." Thus it is that one sees tho walls nil ovor a now building In difltoroiit stages of completion, and It ll ofton a curious sight to boo thin Interior walls completed to a point much higher than tho tM.k outsido walls.—-Modern Mexico, MaJoiMo Webster. Thoodoro Parker gavo tho following graphic description »f Daniel Webster in tho famous throo hour sermon proaohod soon aftor his death: Ho was a man of largo-mold, a groat body and a great brain. Ho Boomed made to last 100 yoars. Since Socratos thoro has seldom been a hoad so massively largo, Bavo tho stormy features of Michael A.ngolo. Sinco Charlomugno I think thoro hns not boou such a grand figure In nil Christendom. A largo man, decorous ln dress, dignified ln deportment, ho walked as if ho felt himself a king. Tho coal heavers and porters of London looked on Mm as ona of tho great forces of the globo. Thoy recognized a native king. In thn eonnto of tho Unitod States ho looked an empomr ln that council. Even tho majestic Calhoun seemed common compared with him. Clay looked vulgar aud Van Huron but a fox. What a mouth hohadl It waa a lion's mouth, yet there was a sweet grandeur ln tho emtio and a woman's softness when ho would. What a brow it was I What eyes—-liko charcoal fires In tho bottom of a deep, dark well! His faco was rugged with volcanic fires—great passions and groat thoughts, "Tho front of Jovo himself; an eyo like Mars, to threaten and command." POLE SAVED HIM S30.00O. The largest and best equipped rivettec. steel pipe making plant on the coast. Estimate. Furnished, Large or .mall Quantities. No Delay In Delivery. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Armstrong & Morrison Olllce and works—Foot of Heutley ave. VANCOUVER, B.C.EZZl 'THE WELCOME ' RESTAURANT CHOP HOUSE MRS. GEO. KNAPPETT Proprietress. Meals'nt all hours, day and night. Frost, oysters in any style always on hand, Privato boxes for ladies and dining parties. Supper is to Hany Indispensabe! And tlie question arisen what should we eat, drink and avoid, supper being a late refreshment. Poetical Flgarei. Common pooplo ofton uso flgurofl _ of Bpbcoh whioh nro hoth poetical and Btrong. Whilo visiting in Norfolk noar tho North eoa Tennyson was much Impressed with tho snyini; wliii-h ho thoro hoard, "The eea is moaning for tho loss of tho wind." This political Raying ho used to oomparo with another lio hoard usod by an old -i«h* woman who had lost two cons at boh. Ou a ..tunny dny Bho, clinching her fist at tho lu.vam-iuK tide, oricd'out. "Ayo, roar, dot How I hntes to Bee theo show thy white teethl"—Exchange, MAN IS CONDENSED AIR. Llobtft the Grout Cliotuist, Is Authority For tlia Statement. Lloblg, tho greatest chemist of tho con• tury, writes: "Soionoo has demonstrated tlio fact that mnn, tho boing whioh per* forms tho great wondors, is formed of condensed nir and solidified and liquid gases, that ho lives upon condensed as woll aa us condensed nir and thnt hy moans of the samo mysterious agont ho moves or onuses to ho moved tho hom-iost wolghtfl with tho velocity of tho wind. But tho strangest port of tho mutter is thnt thousands of millions of thoso tabernacles of condensed nir nro going an two logs, destroying other forms of condensed nir which thoy mny need to build up tholr own wasted tissues or far shelter or clothing, or, on account of their egotism and funded powor, do- Blroylng each othor In pltohod battles, using implements which aro but other formi of condensed air, tho mnterlnl of whioh tlioy thomsolvoB aro formed or composed. Chemistry suppling tho clearest proof that, so far as concerns this, the ultimate und moBt min ..to composition und structure, somo of whioh aro so infinitesimal ai to bo bi'.vond tho comprehension of our boiisos, man Is, to all appearances at least, coin- posed of materials identical with thoso whioh composa the structural boing of thc ox or tho dug or ovon tho lowest animal lu tho sculo of creation." Solomon seams to havo entertained tha -Anna Ideal see Kcclesinstos Ul, 10, "Foe Unit which bofullotli the sons of mon bo* ful let h ili'.iliciuii.j; nsthoonodioth, Bodletb tho other; you, they have all ono breath; io that a uinu linth no pro-aminenoo abovo . boast."'—Pittsburg Dispatch. Kt Ort* Him tho Chance to Avoid tho Man Wlio Had Cheated Dim. "Tho most thrilling moment I over hod," remarked a mnn in tho lobby of a ft'.tel tho othor ovoning, "was during tho «roat western boom of 1868. Through my agent, Seymour Green, I had Invested about {80,000 In ranches uonr San Diego. Tho returns on tho investment woro sent mo regularly, and I supposed I had thc nucleus of a fortuno whon something camo np thnt mado me susplolous. " I hnd placed entiro confidence In Green and decided to go out and sco if I had mndo a mistake in so doing. Uo took mo to visit the ranches, and I found to my surprise that thore weren't half a dozeu cattlo on eitbor of them. " 'Thoy'ro nil booh in tho brush, ■ iOBlBt- ed Green pompously, 'but they oro all lu (Ino condition, nud you havo tho two best ranches in southern California.' "Ilovover, I soon snw that my |80,fl00 wns invested in a scoundrel. I knew that if I showed tho least sign of suspecting him lio would skip over tho border Into Mexico, and thnt wouli? bo the last of my mom.)'. So I pretended to hellcve him and lot hlm tako mo to the station, supposedly to go back homo. Ilo soomod particularly anxious to hnvo ino get out of lown and nover loft mv tor a liniment uutil wo reached tho depot. 1 waited until ho was out of Bight oud thon took a carriage to tho hotol. "Tho noxt morning wo mndo arrange- incuts for his arrest ln tho afternoon, and ubout 1 o'clock I decided to tako a little (.troll. Thero was only ono man in town that I know must not sco mo, and that was lireeu. Tho chances wero small, as I was twu miles from his houso, and I took thom. "I didn't meet a pedestrian, but at ths sound of wheels looked up, and thoro wns Green driving right toward mol Thoro Keeniod no way of escape, and for lho moment I wns paralyzed. Suddenly I noticed that thero wns n largo telegraph polo just •ihcad of mo, and I saw that by retarding my speed and gnuglng it according to hia I could move in suoh relation to the pole Hint lt would obstruct his lino of vision mid hldo mo. I never walked so carefully In my lifo, but It saved mo $l'0,00(), for two hours nftcr wo nrrostod hlm mid hu refunded tho monoy.' '—Detroit Freo Press. We Should Avoid = We We Anything and everything that Jdoes not mply with the following simple hygienic rules. That which readily assimilates and does not overtax the digestive powers during the night. Slionld Drink Ouly thnt which induces healthy sleep without any reactionary depression in the morning. BOVRIL COSMOPOLITAN KGTEL. KAMLOOPS, .B.O. This well known houso lias boon reopened by its new propriete. and has boon thoroughly renovated and fittecl up, P. A. BARN HART, Prop. THE IMPERIAL BREWING CO. LTD. _K AM-DOO-FS, B.O. MANOFAOTDRBJ-S Of , LACER BEER AND PORTER. Als« GINGER BEER, SODA WATER, LEMONADE, and other Aerated Drinks. Under our new management we have permanently secured the services of a fl-sl-uUss brewer, Who lilts thoroughly Overhauled our cellars, and we flie now [irciinred to furnish tlit market with our new beer, whicli is second in none mid sure locive cood satiffiictiun. All orders hi* mail or otherwise promptly attended to. Give us u trial. E. T W PEAESE, Manager. Occidental Hotel, QUESNELLE, - B C. Now .niumgeniem.. lloiul headqtitirlers fnr B.X. _.-ge_. Hpad(|uarteii Inr mining men, well fnrnl-ltell rooms, Table.supplied wild everything in srju.nn. Most oomplotn bur i„ Cnribno. Stftbles it, onunoo'tion, IJuv ii.u! Outs in quftt..ity. _P. HOFERUAMPftA. JOHNSON, - - Proprietor CAHPKT8, OIL CLOTH.* etc., etc. Cheapest house on earth, write for prices M. P. CORDON, - KAMLOOPS, B.O. Beaver Lake House, C. W. EAGLE, Proprietor. On the Main Road from the 150-Mile House to Quesnelle Forks. JJi ___-M_____HB Good accommodations for trarelors and Rood stabling, feed, etc., for teams. A well stocked bar in connection. I deal largely in hay, grain, and farmproduoe generally. McLennan, McFeely & fe Lii VANCOUVEB, B.C. ■w_h:o_e_esjlx__e3<?»^~" Haidware, Stoves, etc. Mill and Mine Supplies. Agents for the Giant Powder Companv. Agents for the Majestic Steel Bang* XMEcfcil Ordoru Solioitod. iso Mile house The distributing point for all the hydraulic urines at Horse Fly, North and South Forks and maiu Quesnelle River, also the stock ranges of Chileoten and Beaver Lake Valley. At t) is Point will be found a good assortment of GENERAL MERCH AND ISE&MI NERS SUPPLI ES Also one of the best Hotels on the route. Information cheerfully given. VEITH & BORLAND Proprietors and Stock Raisers. PITHER & LEISER. Importers and Wholesale Dealers in WINES LIQUORS AND .CIGARS VICTORIA, B. C. HEINTZMAN & GO. PIANOS. All the Great Artists ofIthe day have endorsed and eulogized these Celebrated Instruments and pronounced them to be the leading Pianos of Canada. CLINTON HOTEL, ; MARSHALL Js SMITH, Proprietors. : BOARD AND LODGING BY THE DAY, WEEK OR MONTH. iicsl Wines, S plrita and Cigars. Good stuhliug. Headquarters for lho Cariboo, Lillooet au J Dog Creole lines of stages, Huntiagaod fishing In tho vicinity. Oppenheimer Eros. WHOLESALE GROCERS Vancouver, : : : B. C. SMITH db BRYSON General Blacksmiths, Horseshoeing, Steel, Iron and Hardwood Lumber kept in stock, also wagone suitable for freigliting and ranching. Shop on Railway Avenue. - - - ASHOROFT, B.C. THE ASHCROFT JOURNAL. B\'V, Foster, Miss Foster ond Fred Foster, of Cliuton, were down this week. SATURDAY, JULY 8, 18D0. LOCAL AND DISTRICT NEWS. Miss O'Brien, ot Spences Bridge, wus in Ashoroft lnst Sunday visiting frionds. .Mrs. Senator Hold. of Vancouver, wont up Lo QucanullQ this wook to spoud thi! summor ut her old home. Thu Cnrlboo ISxoliatJRO is now flu* ishod and furulsbod. U is a very neut uud well arranged and ts woll finished. Slnco tlio change in tlmo ho that Ashoroft has two daily passenger trains each way, nud day trains at thut, it Is only u plousure Lo travol. Mrs. P, C. Dunlevy, ot Viotorla, went through town lhis woek on her way Lo join tier husbiiud ul Soda Creole, whero sho will spend the summer us usual. Mi*. Newell,of Quesnelle Forks, is in Ashcroft. for a few days, having lately roturnod from a visit Lo tho Touleraeen river, in Nlooln. Ho will loavo tor Cur iboo on Monday. Wm, L-'ellcer, of tbo 144 Mile Houso, was in town tbis week. The Polker Brothers are successful stock aud dairy mou, furnishing largo quantities of dairy butler Lo the mines in Cariboo. Mr. aud Mrs. J. A, Bremner returned lust Saturday from u pleasant trip to Barkerville, Government Ageut Burr is away ou a business trip, He expects to bo homo tbo foro part of next week. Stanley Creelman and family bavo moved iuto their now cottago ou Bancroft street. It is a cosy and pleasant homo, Would it not be well Tor tbo (ire company to Lbink about raising somo monoy by au oiitortainmout or otherwise to pay for tbo Flro Hall. The (loss brothers will, in tbo course of a few weoks, establish a lumber yard in Ashcroft. They are now cutting on the inouutaiu, about fi miles from town, Tho H. B. A. Vogel Commercial Col- lego, of Vancouver, re-opoucd on Wednesday for tho fall sessions. It is a thoroughly good sobool nnd is well patronized. John A. Frasor, of Jamos Hold's store, Quesuolle, spent a oouplo of duys in Ashcroft Lhis week. He was much surprised nt tho improvements that luid taken placo since be passed through lust, some eight years ago. Barrister Murphy returned from his Cariboo trip on Thursday. Through his ability aud thorough attention to busiuoss Mr, Murphy bas built up a largo business in Asncroft. If a new election is held the presont party cannot hope to win unless they plodgo themselves to undo somo of tbo legislation of tbe past year, aud the present oposltion party will assuredly make sinister pledges. Wo trust somo good for tbis section, aud we believo for the whole Province, mny oomo out of tho preseut situation. "I Stood ou the Bridge at Midnight." This may well apply to the bridge across the Thompsou at Ashcroft, for thoro is no seat in its vicinity upon which the composer of the abovo mentioned song could have rested. Messrs. W. D. aud W. L. Matthews, and 11. S. Osier, of Toronto, left for tbo Cariboo mine on a B. X. special on Tuesday, Mr. W. £>. Matthews being president of tho Cariboo Company. It is very likely a washup of Lha sluices will lake place whilo tho party aro I bore, The Nelson Tribune of Lbe 5th says: Charles A. Semlin was selected leader of bis party when it was in opposition. Now that Mr. Somlin is premier, the people look upon him as the real, not tho nominal head of Lbe government. If bo wishes to chango any of Ids colleagues, be should do so without hesitation. Somo improvement in the looks of Bancroft street b;_s been mado by clearing up tbo streets and wheeling away tho rubbish. Thoro is yot somo work to be dono around the Presbyterian church corner, also an implement could bo made iu tho looks of Brink street in the same way along near the English church. Tbe electric light plant has boon shut down this week while tbo now machinery at tho dam is boing installed. Threo uow wires aro also being put up along main street and at tho Ashoroft Trading Co.'s corner a new transformer is being installed, tho effect of which will be to make the light better, although , as n matter of fuct, tbe light as it now iswill compare favorably witb any plant in tho province. The board of license commissioners, somprlsing P. W. Poster and I. Lehman, .l.P.'s, sat in tho court bouse on tlio Oth inst., and granted tho following licenses*. Adam Ferguson,Savonas; Silverthorno Bros., Lytton; Charles McGiIlivray, Foster's Bar; William Lyne, Fred. Nolson, G. _. Johnson, Asbcroft; A. Clemes, Thos, Curuow, Spences Bridge. James Campbell, Cache Creek, application and papers Incomplete, aud license not to be granted uutil required forms aro forwarded. Tho lacrosse match between tbe Ashcroft and Kumloops teams that was played on the grounds of tho former last Saturday was a good game, resulting iu a score of ono to nothing, tho ono goal being in favor of the visitors. Tbo Kamloops papors bavo very vividly and learnedly described how this and that player dropped on goal, passed to tho first homo, otc. All we know about it is thut tbo gumo wus a highly enjoyable uno aud wo hopo to seo auother iu tho near future. Tbo most important "pass" lo us tbat was made was our fow dollars that "passed" from the stakeholder to a bad man from Kamloops who bets on games. Work Is being done at tho dam, on the Bonaparte, getting ready for tho big pump tbat will be installed in a fow weeks timo. The horse-power ro quired is 075, but tbo company will have sot aside 750 horsepower, wbicb thoy oan easily spare. Work with half a dozen teams and a foroo of men is being dono on the big ditch and it is now making quite a showing. Several miles of iron fencing has been ordered from tho east and boforo winter a number of fluo farms will bo fenced off, buildings erected and everything complete for a lot of model farms. A stream of water containing 40 cubic feot, raised a distande of 240 feet, will be a sight worth seeing, and tbo largest and most extensive plant for raising water in Canadu, if not iu tho west. There is to be a flumo 10 feot wide aud four feet deep, tilled witb wator flowing at tbe rate of 100 feot per minute. Thoro was a couple of "dress suited hobos" in town tbis week. Fishing has been fairly good in tbo Thompson tho pnst week but not yot ut its best. Tbe water in tbe Thompsou is still to freshet height. Itis not, however, expected to get much higher. A saddle was takou from tbo Asbcroft Hotol stable about two weeks ago. If tho party who borrowed itwill notify F. L. Reynolds ho will confer a favor. Last Saturday, during tbo temporary abseuco of Policeman Burr from the jail," a Chiuumuu kicked tbo cells dowu and making a bee line for the Thompson, sprang in and was drowned, This is the second Celestial that has drowned himself rather than stay in Ashcroft's "jail." Undo the anti alien legislation, Let auy one with money who will come in and locate, develop or buy mines. The people of tbe Yules, tbo Lilloocts and Cariboo nre practically in favor of tbis. No representative can be elected from any of tbe three constituencies unless it is ou tbis platform. Times buvo appeared a little brighter iu Ashcroft for tho past few weeks than earlier in the senson. A cancel lation of the anti-alien law and differ ent rulings in the department of mines regarding lease cancellation, no discretion whatever being now allowed tho Gold Commissioner in regard to laying claims over, which ruling will often causo a gross injustice. A revision of tho law iu regard to foreign companies, registration, and various othor changes, will gradually bring things back where thoy should have remained. J. H. CLEMENTS, Phm.B., » -to,, of TIIE ASIICKOFT DRUG ANI) STATIONERY STORE. When uoodlug Drugs, Chemicals, Pateut Medicines,Toilet Articles, Flue Soaps, School Supplies, Stationery, Fishing Tacklo, Reading Matter, et*. YOU WILL FIND Hans Helgeson, M. P. P. for Cnriboo has gone back to Atliu. Muuy of his old friends in Cariboo expected before tbis he would pay thom a visit. Ho remained but u day or two in Victoria, coming down us a member of a committee on grievances to tbo government. Tbe committeo wore promised relief and a compliance at least in part with tbeir requests. Thoro .vill bo a mooting of the programme and advertising committee uoxt week as early as informalion as to the list of special prizes, which promises to bo large this fall, is received. Tbo business of making a success of tbe meeting of September 27th, 28th and 20th will be pushed vigorously and in ample time. Look out for the bost fair in Asbcroft this fall tbat has ever been held here. \ B. X. speclul with Mr. and Mrs. Rogers, of Vancouver, and two gentlo- men from tbe east, Messrs, Gubracbt and Holgate, left Asbcroft for Cariboo iu Lillooet through tbe Marble Canon, ovor Pavilion mountain, etc., on Thursday morning. They are on a pleasure trip, witb wbicb some business is combined. Mr. Rogers was formerly president of the Cariboo Consolidated mining company. Tbe Juno number of tbo Mining Record says in an editorial explanatory of the Government's cancellation of tho Ashcroft-Cariboo railway charter: "Meanwhile the people of Cariboo district, becoming disgusted with tho sliilly shullying methods of tbe Ashcroft-Cariboo railway company, instructed tbeir representatives in the local parliament to causo tbe charter to be cancelled, as in tbelr opinion the company bad no intention of building a railway, etc." Will the Record kindly givo its authority for the above re- markablo statement? So far as the Journal can ascertain thero were no suoh instructions given and tbe statement bus gone out without tbo slightest foundation of facts. There have been uo publlo meetings held to consider the subjeot and there bas been uo such instruction given to the Cariboo members. There nro very few men in Cariboo today but would woloome tho advent of a railway and there was uo general discussion among tbe peoplo as to tbo cancellation of the Ashcroft-Cariboo railway charter. The new company had, so far as we can ascertain, acted in good faitb and wero ready, before the expiration of the time mentioned in tbo charter to begin actual work on tho line. Tbo British Columbia Review says: "Mr. Joseph Hunter,superintendent of the Goldon River Quesnelle Company, has formed another syndicate to develop somo placers in tbo vicinity of Quesnello Porks, and Is at present personally engaged in connection with the work. It may be asked why tbe directors of tho Quesuolle Company have permitted tho energies and interests of tbe man on whom tboy must largely rely in seeking to recover the company from tho position hi which it has been placed by local mismanagement uud unduly heavy expenses, to be diverted? Tbe outlook Is nono too bright for tbe shareholders, to whom It is duo that tbey should bo mado acquainted witb tho circumstances of Mr. Hunter's partial severance." Mr. Joseph Hunter has an abundance of time to look after any othor work bo may have on band, for tho next two months at least, as no work eau be done before September to advantage in tbo old bed of the South Fork of the Quesnelle, on account of high water. When tbe time arrives Mr. Hunter will no doubt do his bost to mako tho returns good for tbo Golden River Quesnelle people. He is entirely trustworthy to look aftor tbeir interests and certainty knows much better than does the writer of the above clipping what should or what should not bo done. Accident At Harcelly. We aro unable this moruing to get any further details of tbe unfortunate accident at the Miocene in Horsolly whereby John Hogan is reported killed and u number of others injured. Tho accident occurred while lowering heavy pipo into tbo shaft, as we understand it. Passenger List. The following is tho list of passengers arriving at and departing from Ashcroft, this week, by tbe B. C. Ex press Co.'s stages: ARRIVALS. D Murphy, Barkerville; C Johnson, 70; Mra Baylitf, J Conroy, 150; J A Fraser, Soda Creek, DEPARTURES. J Collis, Lillooet; G Trimble, George Nieth, 150; Mrs Riefol, Miss K Brown, A Brown, Mrs Smith, Miss Smith, Barkerville; Mrs Peebles, Stanley; Mr Knight, 50; Mrs Appleyard, Lillooet; Miss Dunlevy and boy, Soda Creek. Messrs. Matthews, Osier and Mat thews, jr., left by special stage for Quesnello Porks; Messrs. Rogers, Hool- gato and Gesbracbt, and Mrs. Rogers left by special stage for Lillooet and Quesnello Forks. CARIBOO. (Continued (rom First Page.) in the '70s, and was for many years a hustling town. From Lightning creek, on the bank of which Stanley stands, many millions were taken out, yet during all of tbis time Mr. Lanyon did not visit Stanley and has never seen it to this day. He is yet a robust man and well Informed. He and his partner, at tbe time of tho writer's visit, were just opening up a new pieoe of ground on an old channel of Mosquito, At F. C. Laird's camp, on Willow river, work is temporarily suspended, but will be resumed within a few weeks. For tho past five years Mr. Laird has been engaged in a fight with tbe bed of Willow river and trying to "get at it." Unfavorable conditions have so far foiled bis efforts except so far as ascertaining that tbe ground Is valuable and carries large gold values on bed rook. This ho first showed by tbe drillings forced up witb tbe jetting machine with wbicb be flrst ascertained the depth of bedrock, and since tbat time be bas secured enough gravel from tbe end of his drives to prove that the blue gravel In tbe old channel is very riob. He bas expended probably in tbo neighborhood ot 8100,000 in his work and is determined to see the finish of tho work before he leaves Cariboo. He bas expensive machinery and bas an immense amount of underground work done. Tbe great trouble has been that just as be leaves the rook and breaks through into tbe channel, a sand streak is encountered that gives muoh trouble from tbe amount of water it carries. Were be a few feet lower with his tunnel Mr. Laird is confident that bo could man age the wator without difficulty. He will probably endeavor to get Into tbe old river bed a few feot lower when he again starts up work. His Cornish pumps handlo a very largo amount of water and work perfectly. Mr. and Mrs. Laird aro pleasantly situated, having good, comfortable buildings and surroundings, being only about five miles from Barkerville. Mrs. Laird bas lived on Willow river now for five years, and although sho only came prepared for a six months stay, is enjoying life on Willow river. NOTICE. Tht in lit hi inert me-.tlt.il of ttie Hoard of License CommlHsloners will he lielil on Saturday, the 15th day of July. J80D, In the Conn House. Clinton, lit to o'clock In the forunomi, to roimider the following nppl lent ions | Mnr.s-i.iH & Smith, retail license. M. It. Haulesoti, retail license. McT.lv hli Dros., ...tall license, Jiii-oli Muiitlorf retail license. Wm. Allan, retail license. Jos. S. Place, retail license. C, F, McDonald, retail license. GEORGE MITCHELL. Chief License Inspector. lOtl Kant Lllluoct. 1st. A .lunlltlctl druggist looks after your wants. Uiul. Kr.-sh ii|p-.n.rtah. stock. .ml. ..lulu im.vs-milrlRlittreatment. Send all v.nir mail orders and I will ilo inv hest to llll tlicm to your satisfaction. ■ Audi! for Auirt, .ii. Hit, Lift and lluildhif: and Loan companies. Write lor circulars. ASHCROFT TRADINB CO.'S __TXJDt_iTJ__l__t_UT- C_L.EARIN& SALE DRY COODS, CLOTHING, CARPETS, MEN'S FURN_SHINCS,CURTAINS, AND BOOTS & SHOES. On all CASH SALES of .1 and over (of the above lines) we will give ii straight discount of SO i-PEI-L OESIV-T- _ae__ Cariboo^ Lillooet Stage Travel Clinton and way points—Monday, Wednesday and Friday. All poiuts in Cariboo—Monday and Friday. Lillooet direct--Monday and Friday. Through aud return tickets ut reduced rates. Spoolal conveyances furnished. British Colombia Express Company HEAD OFFICE, ASHCROFT, B.G. IP. RITHET k CO., LTD VIOTOHIA, ■ ■ —Whol.esale- -B.O. THE ASHCROFT DRUG COMPANY. (Unto OXi&RIU- «*> OO.) Brick Block, next door to Bank o. B.N.A., ASHCROFT, B.C. LIQUORS and GROCERIES. Agents Columbia Flouring Mills, Enderby and Vernon. A large and well-assorted stuck of New Goods. 1'rices reasonable. Sii-uiul attention to orders by mall. Lot us know what is wanted or what is the trouble, nud modioiuos, otc, will bo promptly forwarded. PISHING TA-KLU. Hardy's oolobratod Piles, (1.00 por dmou. HTDE. CLARKE'S OFFICE AT STOKE. The Mutual Liie Insurance Company o_f nsrisw YORK. EICHAED A.. -J-'OTrSr-OY, ^.RBBI-DE-tiT-r. Present Assets exceeds 9277,517,325.36; surplus ovor all liabilities, 137,728,104,50. Tho uompauy issues tho most libor.il contracts that are sold. The eonipany pays out au avorago of 850,000 a ilay in death olaims, endowments ind annuities. Tho oompany is universal, doing business throughout the world, and tho Mutual Lite is the largest, strongest Bua- 'oest oompany. Insuro in it. STANLEY HENDERSON, Manager for Mainland, VANCOUVER, B.C. H. P. HORAN, District Agent, 150.MILE HOUSE, B.C. Hi tfh Su lar lei) Clergy men. New York has numerous instances whero clergymen receivo from $10,000 to 820,000. The lato Dr. Hall, of the Fifth Avenuo Presbyterian church had 820,000 aud a manso. Henry Ward Beeeher was paid §20,000 a year, -vbich barely sufilced to maintain his Peek- skill .arm. Bishop Potter has 815.000, with a rectory, with its upkeep thrown in. Looking For Deep Lead-. Mr. Joseph Hunter, of Victoria (B, C), who successfully formed tbo Cariboo Mining Syndicate during his recent visit to London, has arrived at Quesnelle Forks, and is now engaged in aotively prosecuting a search for the "deep leads" believed to exist in that district—Exchange, As stated above, Mr. Hunter is doing some work iu a very promising section. It is near Spanish creek, about 12 miles freni Quesnelle Forks. Advertised Letters. The following is a list of letters re maining uncalled for at the Ashcroft Breokendeu, Ed. J, Crantiu, Mrs. (.olcleugh, Wm. (2) Davis, W. Davis, Charles Davis Wm. W. Poster, Georgo Hikkihi, Alfred Johnson, W. (2) Milton, A. Michell, Gaudiop McGinley, Hugh Perrigo, \V. E. (2| Xrine, Barney Prine, Frank Rogers, Joe Smith, D. W. Spratt, Jas. Shortt, J. G. Taylor, O. O, Thompsou, J. T. Woods, Geo. NOTICE. cotci- river, nearly opi-i-Mii. Alexis rreuk.nmi- moncltia iit a post marked "N-S.*' thence south % mile, llience east 1 mile, thence north '_ mile, thence westerly along the river bank to point of commencement. 1015 CHAS. R. SKINNER NOTICE. Notice is hereby Riven that :.<> days after date I shall apply to the coinmtBslone. of lands and works for a lease of about 1,000 acres of land for pastoral i)iir[)"j-L-H. im-iiinencillR at a stake on line of lot 2, group 5, thence east so chains, thence !«mtli I'Jit chains, thence west -10 clmins, thence north 10 cliains. thence west lo ■ li in ■■ . li I ■ >- Hi.newest-10 chains, thence north-east to point of commencement. J, IS. N.SMITH. Clinton, B.C.. June 90,1800. 1015 NOTICE TO PRE-EMPTORS OF Notice is hereby given that nil pre-emptora or purchasers nf i-rmvn Ijii.i1;. from whom the flint-hast, inoucv remaining unpaid on such amis Is overdue, are required to make full pav- lliont of sucli balance, t..j.'--l_it.r with inli-n-st thereon, if anv is dm-, within iwi-hv months from the date tif this nollce. faiiinn wliich their records or agreements enure min:: such lands arc li.ilih- tin -an. vILilinii, a-j provided hy -■Ctiou as of lhe "[.antl Act," K. CAl.TI-l.-COTTON. Chief Coiniiiissiiiii..r ol Lund:-aud Works. Lands and Works Department, Victoria, U.C, itgnd June, 1S00. nil SIDNEY WILLIAMS, P.L.S., P.A.S.I., London. Land Surveyor, Civil Englneer,Drau|.-.tsmaii. QUESNELLE MOUTH, B. C. Engineering and Survey work. Reports on mining properties. Maps and plana prepared of any portion o. Cai" "" .ariboo di_tjlet. NOTICE. The public arc warned that the Power of Attorney from J. S. Mack has,been.cancelled, 7t5 JOSEPH r ALL, LIST OF ADVERTISERS MERCHANDISE. F W Foster Afcheroft Ashorott Trading Co " Vieth & Borland 160 Mile House Hudsons Bay Co Quesnelle James Reid " HOTELS. Ashcroft Hotel Asbcroft Cargilo House " Welcome Restaurant " Cliuton Hotel Clinton John McRae Quesnelle Forks Occidental Hotel Quesnelle Beaver Lake House . Bearer Lake Cosmopolitan Hotel ; Kamloops Grand Paoifio Hotel Dominion Hotel " Kamloops House " Hotel Badmington Vanoouver Point Comfort Hotel Mayne Island l.lOAB MANUFACTURERS. Inland Cigar Factory Kamloops HARDWABB. Thos Dunn k Co Vancouver McLennan, MoFeely k Go " B G Prior & Co Kamloops JEWELBT. ' N de Keyser Asheroft BLAOEBMITIINO. I Lehman Aihcroft Smith k Bryson " D Novin Hat Creek WHOLESALE MERCHANDISE. Oppenheimer Bro*' ' Vancouver Plthor & Leiser Victoria R P Rithet k (Jo Victoria Lenz & Leiser Victoria Wm Braid & Co Vanoouver Henderson Bros Vanoouver STABLES AND STAOES. Stewart & Crozier Ashoroft B C Express Co " McRae Bros . Vancouver HEATS. C H Gibson . Asbcroft DIU.OS AMD BTATIONIET. J H Clements Ashoroft Clarke &Oo ; " BREWER!. Imperial Brewery Kamloops Westminster Brewery Westminster PAINTERS Kinder & Morgan Ashoroft STEAMBOATS Charlotte Soda Creek-Quesuelle FURNITURE. M 1' Gordon Kamloops MINING MACHINERY, Armstrong k Morrison Vancouver EDUCATIONAL. Vogel Commercial College Vanoouver BANES, Bank of B. N. A. Ashoroft SADDLERY. L Mtickuy Ashoroft TAILORING. Thos McCosh Asbcroft LAND SURVEYOR. ' Sidney Williams Quesnelle RAILROADS. C P R, A L Clements, agent Ashoroft 0 M & St P, C J Eddy, agent Portland MISCELLANEOUS. 1 O G T J B Bryson Laundry Thom Chong Lung Raw Furs G W Baldwin Fruit and Ornamental Trees M J Henry For Salo A. S. Ulrich Notloe Mrs Woodruff For Sale A H J Marttey Notico James McKon Columbia Bicycles O E Tisdall For Bale CfMtt * Cfc*0« X_ LEHMAN, Blacksmith, Wheelwright and Wagon Builder HORSE SHOEING A SPECIALTY, Iron, Steel and Timber kept |u Block, and a atoek of Eastern made CarrUnea, Buggltl sod Road Carta kept on hand nt rcdi.iii._l prices, nml also mnde lo order. Manufacturer of " Thn Lehman Tire Salter " which all ninckon.ilha should USD. AU work warranted, and prices lower than «rer. An iu.p-.or..iintl of 1'ullliii. aml Caskets always on liuutl. ASnOHOFT, - - - - B. O. Quesnelle Mouth, B. C. All Projected Railroads for Northern British Columbia point to QueBnolle Mouth n» the centre and distributing depot for tho various mining camps in the great, gold bearing District of Cariboo. The undersigned keeps a tine selected stock of the choicest goods procurable, consisting of BACON, BEANS, BUTTER, FLOUR, AND MILL FEED, AND A GENERAL LINE OF GROCERIES. Mining, Prospecting & Hunting Outfits- Hardware and Agricultural Implements. Clothing, Boots and Shoes, Hats, Caps, etc. Lumber, Rough and Dressed. Cedar Shingles. Hay and Crain. o"__a_._m:_eis reid. Ashcroft Livery SALE & FEED STABLES. Buggies, Double and Single Drivers, and Saddle Horses. Special trips made to Lillooet and Cariboo. Wholesale and retail dealers in Hay and Grain. M. P. STEWART. \V. ORO-IER. JSte-veetirt db Crozier, P. O. Box 8, ASHCROFT, B.O. BUNK OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA. PAII-UP CAPITAL ■ ■ * - $4,866,666.67 GOLD RESERVE FUND * - - - 1,460,000.00 " Head Office, London, England, No. $ Clement's Lane. Branches in the principal towns of the Dominion of Canada, Agencies in New York and San Franolseo, Branches in British Columbia—Victoria, Vanoouver, Rossland, Trail, Kaslo, Greenwood and Ashcroft, Drafts issued on the above Branches and Agencies, and on China and Japan. Gold Dust and Amalgam purchased. O. H- OI-BSOIfcT, MEAT MARKET, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. Atten'wn and satisfaction guarantee- ta customers. Main Street, ASHCROFT, B C. THOS. DUNN&CoLtd -IMPORTERS OP- Shelf and Heavy Hardware. Placer and Quartz Mining Supplies W Write ior Quotations, 8 and 10 Cordova Street, Vanoouver, B.O, HAMM0GKS! If you want a good Hammock at a low price, buy one from Tisdall's Gun Store, ~V__~CK.VV__. ——————n
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