@prefix ns0: . @prefix edm: . @prefix dcterms: . @prefix dc: . @prefix skos: . @prefix geo: . ns0:identifierAIP "dee4da10-fbd6-48a0-872d-e218e1d813f2"@en ; edm:dataProvider "CONTENTdm"@en ; dcterms:issued "2016-08-03"@en, "1906-10-17"@en ; dcterms:description "The Nakusp Ledge was published in Nakusp, in the Central Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia, from October 1893 to December 1894. The paper was subsequently published as the Ledge both in New Denver, from December 1894 to December 1904, and in Fernie, from January to August 1905. The Ledge was published by Robert Thornton Lowery, a prolific newspaper publisher, editor, and printer who was also widely acclaimed for his skill as a writer. After moving to Fernie, the paper continued to be published under variant titles, including the Fernie Ledger and the District Ledger, from August 1905 to August 1919."@en, ""@en ; edm:aggregatedCHO "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/fernieled/items/1.0182564/source.json"@en ; dc:format "application/pdf"@en ; skos:note """ /?&* —•— '*6/ \\ IJ t" i i -I ■*i Vol II, Number ii. 8 i) FERNIE, B. C„ WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, ,906 AN IMPORTANT DEAL One of the Largest "Development Concerns in the Country to Operate Near Fernie After more thai: a year ol persistent effort to obtain entries am! titles to coal lands, in Southwestern All-wr- ta, -Mr. 0. A. Robertson, Mr. F.^ 11. TJ. Lynch and Y. K. Kenasten have at last succeeded iu having titles issued to them for jifty-fivi*. square miles of coal lands lying on both sides of. Livingston j range of 11101111- taiu-i. This range of mountain-- is separated from, thi- main range ofthe Rockies by tlie rather broken valley of, Ui*> Livingston... river, a branch of tlu Old Man river. TI12 lands secured by tha above named gentlemen are situated on both th*. east and west sdes of Uu Livingston/, range, the block on th;: west being iu Livingsta* river 'basin, and those to the east are on the slope to llu pass •which separates th. Porcupine Hills from the Livingston, range. The southern limit of these coal fields are about twenty-live miles norlli of tlu Crow's Xest branch of tlu C-l'. II., aud extend norllurly.. some fifteen miles. Seventeen square -miles or theso holdings' lie cast of the range .and .he remainder on tlu* west: There is a arc cn the.cast slope. Tlure i.s a 'large quantity of timber, suitaibl.*; for mining purposes, on the land, and croppings of iroo of a good cjualily have been foun.-.l, ibut no effort to ex- plore that ]>art of the property . has as yet been made by thu" owners, though tluy " intend to investigate this feature of their property thoroughly as soon as the coal has been opened up. A description of tlu coal areas ol this tract and their thickness would read like a romance, so extensive are they and so,-many layers, .one above . another. ' ■' -* . .-* One .of the many experts wlio Jiave Leen examining this property for- the iuw owners during the past twelve i^r eighteen months, reports that four M.*jiiarc miles in one body has a continuous bed of coal in layers ranging from 3 to a!, feet in thickness of suf- ~" JlcitnT"quantity to "keep a mine go" ing at thc rate of 2,000 tons daily for , K.o. years without any appreciable impression upon thc stock of coal. It is estimated Uiat at ihe least t.lure is an average of- 20 feet'of good ...coal exit tiding throughout£0.;. eutue, urea, and.taking those estimates, as a l.asis, tlu 'quantity or coal secured ■' l.y iluse very fortunate gcntlcmc-ii is almost',''beyond the grasp of 'the ]iii!ii*i.i'.,iitlml. Assuming that'll c-.ij.ic' yard, of coal in. place, weighs a ton;. Ik.! loiinage of lhat vast coal bed' runs LcyoiuL'the millions into Uu,billion perlVxi of notation. People have thoughl that tlu coal areas owned by tlu ,Crow's Nesl Puss Coal Company were tlu lar.gcsl in WVstetn Canada, and tluy arc certainly magnificent in extent, but these luwjy locnleil measures nre still gresitor. Tli: quality of the coal, so"far ns cnu lie nscet'tniii:d from surface samples, is.wjual lo nny,in llu west and porliiMis of I'i turns out the very |«ct iqiinlity ol coke, Mr. 0. A. Rolicrtson ntid V. 11, Lynch, V.olli of St. Pnnl, are well Inown to mnny Tortile people. Tluy ore the presiilen: nnd secretary, re- speellvoly, of th,) K.Ik Lumber Compnny, wliicli piinhusiMl tlu largo .limber holdings of Moil, Soli -Sr Co., nnd hnve since erecliid nnd nre opiii'iiliilg lluir splendid sawmill in West Fernie, 'Muse gcnth'iiien arc also lunvily in- teiv'slcd in tliu Roil Dm-jv Lumliei' Co., norlli of WimiilH'g, nml hnve H.niu'd up liimdiids of thousands of dollars ns n result of tluir I'ltr-secing failli in Uu lands of Manitoba and the Norlli wost. Mr. V. Pi. Keiiasli'ii, ihu otlur uinn- lier 0 f this i-niiipiiuy wlilrli him jmri'hiisi.'il tlu gnnl conl 1'uld just " iiuit'.iriiu'iipoliH, Hi- In llu* chief own.-r mul iiimnijjur ol oiu of tlw Iiugest ngii- rulturnl Implement fiu'lorles in llu Vlilled Sules, , the chiipi nt whiih nre located at Ilopl'ln1', »-'«<' Miuiu- npoliK, A\\>u\\ir tli'rt-c yenrs njjvi Mr. KcU'Mcn tool' aver the '.Tnlm A'i'l'll iiiiiiiiiluctiir- llig iilniit in Ciiiiniln, wliicli is,now operated us Ui*1 American A Iiul I Com- liuiiy. \\\\'h 11 ,i.i\\sA hy i\\'..iA£i'T ripn-u liitivi, liow irpiiy times n niHllniinli'ij lu* wa*. Mr. Konaslen wry modestly declined lo go into figiiri's, anil tlu Li-tlgcr Iiml to drnw on other muu'ccn n't. , 1. Ill h.-VVli' W.ik, HAV.*. ■ii.ii.t'v.. ..•'-. •• *, is more tlinu 11 single inlUlo.i;i.ri! hmx he cclisMiTuil ns inie. Tin-no tliivu very dilorp/isiiig nun intend to nrn*nill/a n coiiipniiy, which will Ihi n flow corpnmlioii, niul are 111 n --iwii.i-.ii to do 'ill tl'*' fiiiniifliiir required to put tluir conl mul coke 1,11 ilu mark I ai r.ipuHy '•*•' '< ***'■■■ 1* lUvdiul. Tlbii** will Vi* no itocV f1i-tntir4-i nn,. ro nmioying sld,- Imsiio* iH*rnvitU«l in lli.« n.'W iiiteri""'"'*! w'iM •■'•"• Kt-n.-v wti tJiiiructt-ri/fil .*.*. "■ Mi'Tiiimi i.vw-aiuUuW Uv al.ttvt «^'■n•■ Tlw ojKn'ng up of tliii jjrettt prop, rrly Jusl to Uu- .<■*•» "I ■■**. w*** »■•- ■■•uirc Uu l^iltlini* ot ft rmllrciad tx- tending from the Crow branch of tlu C. P.-R. northward from a point somcwJisre Iwtween Cowley and l'Vank, or a lin> from Calgary through tlu*, Sluep Creek coal property, owiud by P. Rums and associates. Sucli a road would open up tlu best coal fields and pass through some of tlu hii-sl agricultural lands in Southern Alberta. , Busy as all railroads are, this Iiiu must 'lie added lo the list of those now ui'.d.r construction, and will add to Uu, great .demand lor men and material, Xew towns will spring > upj and more population will ix: added to that whiih is' already spreading, out over tlu west like some vast flood from n,n unending source. The coat field described 'above constitute the bulk of ,the coal land that has recently been noted a s ibelojigiing to other companies 'or parties, but tlu above staUim-iils are direct from ths real owners to a Ledger representative, and can be relied on as correct. a ELKO, ROOSVILI.l*. AXI) TOBACCO PLAINS NOTES. Price $2 a year in Advance To Air. 0.' L. lloytUon, who is a very busy man, i.s ,due tiu credit for the proliminaiy, work which has led ii]) to the- consolidation bf the great coal property mow ln-j,*l by. these men, and they fully appreciate the very careful and persistent niainur in, whicli 'lu-lius siuek to his ..lillicult task till success erov.iud his efforts. -<*-' •llu summary report of llu Geological Survey l.eparUuini of. Canada lor 1902, contains Uu following figures regarding llu above described, coal fields, as reported by Wi W. Leach. *\\\\"e leprodiice the thickness of the coal strata only: ■ Coal (impure.'.".'1,.. Coal Coal :. Coal Coal Coal .- . Coal .... Coal ■ :. Sioiti... -. Coal ; i. Coal ' ; Coal (impure) ..., Coal... , !..'..'. ... . Coal...... .; Coal.: Coal -(impure) '.',.. Coal ' coal ' ; Coal.,.'. ..„ Coal .... Coal ...**..- ....Sft. 6io. 4 fl. o in. ..' 3 ft. 6 in. ,.. .... *- ft! 6 in. ....'......S ft. 9 in. ..... :,'.io It- .'. 2 ft. 6 in.' ,. 5 ix.. 9 in- „_.„ ■*j_fl_j_Jn_.. '.15 ix.. 3 in- ..' fi It. 9 in. . ...... 4 ft.' • 5 f-l. fi in. .; '. 6 ft. 3 i«. ..' ; 9 ft. S in, ,. ...... 3 ft- 3 in. 8 ft..' 4 ft* 1 ft. 9 iu. 7 ft. fi in. ■. 1 ft. 3 in. ITolal coal, ij,S ft, 3 in. in a sec- tic- u;742 feet in total'thickiuss. These figuix's represent-the seams as they' occur from the surface downward and w.'i-j taken [at Cat Mountain on the west Hank of H.u Livingston Mountains, one mile,,southeast of lhe junction, of Uncilioi'si. nud Daisy creeks, which, locality is included in llu holdings of Messrs, Robertson, Keiiasten and Lynch, and is niported by Mr, I.L'iich as fairly complete. AX A. K. & I. CIRCULAR. Sen' to llnnlui's Kxplniniug Cohdi- licu of Coal Market. Moose. Jaw, Oct, 9,—Conl dealers lien, handling the product of Uu A. 11, & I. Co.'s mill j at Lethbridge, have received the following circular: Lethbridge, Sept. -25, '•K1''. Mir,—At you nrc nwave thi com- pnny,*- miners, •without giving 2.1 hour's liolice or tluir Intention so to do, Weill, out on strike in March Inst, 11 ml ninny of the old employees ure still 011 strike, ; ' This belli,- Uu case, and ns ord.rs for coul him' now being sent in nip- idly, thi! company hns detlded lo cnll Ilni nU-'iilion ol ull loenl** rcpres'.'iitii- tivL'K lo lli'i Iiict, Unit though Itlie mine is uol shut down, the output is grenlly reduced, aiid there iloesiiol. iippnii' to l.e ally liiiiiiciliate iimspcct nf its being iiiii'1'HK.'d niiHii-ii'iilly In tliu nnu- 111 tn re lo iiiablii Uu i-oiii- puny to lill tlu ninny orders It is re* icivillg as piomplly us it would like 10 ilo. I'nd.'i Uus-j liiiiiiiistiiiicts llu com- pniiy feiils that it is din* to its rep- ivseUlnliviN nl local points that tliey hlioiiUl be advised fully ol the facts of tlu ens.! mi lluit local representn- j Htiiull (luring ih.1 uinirr, (Iii'l not ire j.i giv*,n .*,o tli.il loi-iil it-proi. Mali ves may pi<»* ti-rt tlu- public by tnlltij; miiIi nrtii«i as ih.*y limn iisfi'Mwry In order lo ol.Miii cl'i'wlii'ie siiliit ii tit conl to Mi'i-iK- ill* ii.int» ol tluir tin.ij,.'.i.*i. A. V NAN'TOIS*, Mnii.iging Dinclor. 1'. L. NAISMITH, G.K.-rat Manager. ■It takes more than soap to make a saint. Pussj* cats aro coinmitting. suicide in Elko. Frank Church was in from tlu south fork with 75 trout. Sain Wilkinson was down to Morrissey Tuesday. .Alining will 'be active* on Slue]) Mountain this winter. Rowiuss, of Cranbrook, was au YA; ko visitor this week, Mrs. Davis and Master, Spcnce Lyons, visited Ivlko this week. , Se\\xiiiy-livc drummers" and hot-air p;ddlars visited IClko tlTis .vees. Mr. Weaver was lure from Vancouver with some'sampK-s of iiig ho.us. Snider was in town from the Kijck Creek pineries with his big sliawhat. There is a parly of surveyors in town rusticating at the Wa.or Kails, Miss'Lonely Girl says a man in town is worth ten on the mailing, lisi. M^. Melniies was in town from, Klk-, mouth and wmt west to Cranbrook. W. Tracy is building camps in .Taw Roiu Coulee, north of the -Big. G track. Geo. McKec was in from Rayius Lake spending Sunday with his fam- iiy- , Three weasels was in fiom tlu I'lalh'jad und left Monday for My- hcok. . Fred limvmau caine in via Uu Roosville trail, from the Flathead Coal fields. Mrs. TodhiHiter is putting ,up a largC addition to her residence ■ on Riverside Awnue. Road Master Sinclair was in town this week telling the section bosses some low joint stones. Mrs. .Tames McKec, Miss Irene and Master Carl left l'.lko for a several month's visit lo Manitoba .points. Archie McVit.tie returned froin a trip to tlu - north fork ■ of Flathead river. " , It is expected there will be a ficezc-up soou, with a slight touch of frost. „ •* , P. "McConijal came in from Prince. Hdwurd's Island, , Kootenay River, iuar Waldo. ,T. M. Frederickson, of Roosville, was" taking in lhc scenery aro.nd l'l- l-r. , lllic. Wl'pk Several of llu, bi'g'ranch.rs iuar ■lilko intend moving into town for the winter mouths. Mr. Canii was in from llie Xoiili- we;l si-liing-'pianos, billiard tables and eribb'agc ' boards Percy MeK'ee is taking cure,of Kil- mardock Castle during lhc fainily's abseiice.jn the east, Mill Rattk-axe was.in town with'-a bunch *of skunk fur, looking as wise as a sU.cp lurdcr at a funeral. Fernie is able to boast of a young lady who is so refnud that she uses pcrlumed rib'ben pu lur typewriter. Alack Ross, well known in'Fernie and. Cranbrook, was here doing the Broadway act with "men's .clothing. Tlure'i.s such a d.-mand for. I;*ciy rigs in Kiko that Messrs. Shei-;-il..i and llarby intend ''pulling rn louv more teams. Irrigated land on Tobacco Plains is •bringing filly dollars per acre. The limber is Iwin/ bought up around Roosville. V. Ilydj linker ' was down from Cr.-.uiirool: and diovo down lo tlu mill .behind a fiery team of U>.i.-.-u.-ii- bred Irish chcsluiiis.' Tlure was several young men passed through Kiko this week wearing (.avals that big tluy didn't n-jed any shirt. ... C. A. Bow was in town a few minutes from llu strike region". Fred Hammond i.s freighting for the IClk Livery Co. ' F. 15. Hawthorne, of Nelson, IL C, wires he will be in Kiko Thursday with the help ol God and Uu C. P. R. pas.icnger train. Happy Krank, the -jolly Dutchman from Saurkraut Valley, was visiting Fernie friends in Brewery Park," old town, .this week. Lorusomc ,Toj will give a lecture in Roo's, iuw store .Sunday, 10.30 K, on thi advantages this country offers to longrhaired cooks. Quite a large number of himlx-r jacks passed through Ivlko on their way to the .logging' camps south of this earthly paiadise. Otto Van Hough passed through here on,his way lo AK^rta. His family, who' still reside in Kiko, - expect to join him -next week. Contractor Johnston, of Movie, was in town this week. Mr. .Tolm- slon put up several business blocks in Kiko during tlu hooin. Tlw illiniiuilnblc and only Jinimie Mel-hail is chief tugijieer of the steamer North Star, running between tlu Great Northern and-tlu C. P. R. two trips daily, except Sunday. ■"The IClk river grade is'in a .dangerous condition, and a„l>cliUo!i is being circulated and will be. suit lo the xomniis-ian.iLr_.of-_ljUid.Ji'*''-l works to have it put in a safp'condition before winter sets in. -*--",. .- Mr. Carman, with' that great big Cariboo smile, was here with- silks ,".ivl dashboard overalls for Mackay, Smith, Blair .*v Co!, of Vancouver. He's .strong and -wining, and don't shy al anything luit'pil'chfofks, ' .Miss Lily Harrison, lu-.d waitress and side-older jujjg.er atilu Klk/Hotel, will issue invitations 10 !vr ■hirthday party in Uu near ftiturs. . Before leaving Kiko, Archie MeVit- lie stated before a jury of men that the biggest infernal liar on tlu face of God's green earth ..csided in Kiko, but tlu best wa}- to get into tlu Flath.ad coal ami oil. fields was via Roosville, B. C. wh.re the big red apples grow. Four Lung Charlie was up from Roosville with a load of big red apples looking as wise as a pack mule. He took in Kiko after'dark Saturday evi'iiing; dividing his time b-clween Uu. barleycorns o£ Uu burg s.-lliug' Ilnin pumpkins cn tlu half shell.'' Ik- left Kiko Sumlav. a. 111. grinuiiisr Hke a coon in a water melon paUh. ., o — M0V1K. Wednesday, tlu 10th, was payday at St. Kuguu.4 The payroll ran about 832,580. . Knusl Mills, district ■repivwnia'.ivi. cf llu Western Federation of Miners, was in town lasl weck-cir.l, visiting the local union. • Thc march of progress is steadily coming our way', for now we are in, hopes of having a local telephone sys- tfiii. It is tlu Cranbrook .Klectrie Light and Telephone Co. who' are negotiating with local men, with a view to an installment of the system. W. fl. Moore, ■ of 'Fernie, stayed over at Moyie wlr.-n returning from the .Socialist convention recently held al Nelson. His object was to confer with local Socialists, with a view to organizing. A meeting was held,-and steps taken to form a local blanch of Uu' .Socialist party. ° Tlu , housing question in' Moyie seems :o le a problem at present uscding a solution. Probably "uiis is due to tlu number of people coming in from llu points "r.n the Crow's Xest, where the present crisis in the labor world is being worl'cd out.; Be th.it as it may, local property owners arc about just now with a smile upc.11 tluir faces which won't, wash off. A Wlr.n we appreciate ri man's services, it is a poor return we make if 'we wait until we can send a few (lowers to his last, resting place as vi ANOTHER FAKE SALE This Time a University Directorate Figure Prominently, in the y Deal that is Here Referred. Still Xh.y 0onK.. Th(. Toronl() Xcws °' ;hu',,41'' ■■»"*■-. Printed an article •lealuig with tl,,. „..,, f)f univc.rsilv "nils in the old Ppp,,- Canada ,-oU lege block. I The News ,-howed tli:it ti,e univer- 'sily had i;cen swindled out of lame Minis of'money by u,, roai cst:.^. agent to, whom Ui. universitv trnsti-i: board had uiln*st_d tlu sellin.r ()f Uu lauds. Dr. lloskins, chairman of •the old 1-oard of trustees signed tlu agreement by whiih .th, university l„st so much moiuy, . and he ruslu-d into print llu next day after tlu News hjd ■publi-.luil tlu damaging state- nuut, and told the OlolxT.on I'riday, Oct. Sth.that Uu News', slateiiii-n'is were maliciously untrue, and that Uie i-niversity had only an ■•'interest'- i" tlu - properties, and lud ■ made handsome profits. * But d.'spile these statements- iu the Globe by Dr. lloskins on Mondav, the .Sth inst., the university au'.hor- ities issued writs in air'aclion to set aside these "fraudulent sales. These transactions ,wero of a critu- iual natui-?, and would probeiiljly iuv- er have been made public bad it been left to- llie board to do so. Tlu News closes its article upon this subject'published on the nth inst., as follows: "In.view of the later development.*, the action to annul tlu sales which were originally sanctioned, and the criminal proceedings begun bv tlu Crown, it would have had a better appearance if tlu chairman of the old board of trustees had not been iu such haste to characterize 'Ihe News' story as 'maliciously untrue.' '' Tlu Ledger will lx; looking fot more, abuse ot tlu labor unions, charging llum with' dishonesty and irresponsibility iu ,Uuir dealings with corporate wealth, coming from papers and individuals , who-arc conned- cd more or less' closely with tbe corporations thai" are furnishing lluir full share of liu evidences of tlu re- tok-aii of our "esteem, 'etc. Rather' do ks several Moyicitcs did last week, .wlun they met- aU-a smoker lo do lu..nor to a retiring servant of llu town, Thos. IC. Kelly,'who fo. two years hai seived the iniiurs' union ns secretary. Allogctlur it was n.splendid nllair, and rellecls credit UpbuMlw committee who arranged ihe matter. NON-UNION MEN WALK OUT The Men Working at Lethbridge out on *Strike-A Cut in Wage^The Strikers Join the Union. A rumor, renclud the Ledger this '.lfteimoii 10 tlu effect that in conse- i(|*ii'.*iu'e of nn attempt upon lho part of llu maiiiigi'iixm at Li.'lhbridge to r.diicj tins wages of Uu m 11-uiiioii men in their employ, and upon whom tluy idjpencl for tlu ,very short supply of coal now being taken out, mon* than half of tlu im-u have ■ijuil, and will join Uu union. ' ft .is expected that, nil the non-union, nun will quit work and join the 1111- iui, as have tlu others, ; President (-'Juimun told n Lwlgi'i' rejiort-.1!1 that he Iuul wited for eoiilirniatioii of,lhe report, and has receiv-d a reply which conlirinM' llu sliitcmeiU, LOCAL ITEMS Rend everything in tlu Ledger, T'lik'-n siuilo al lhe Night Cup, Alex, ln-ek, uf CoU'iuaii, is iu the city. Buy llu Ledger iilid s-.iul il to your frieiuls. Mr. nud Mis, 11, ,1, .lohnson are visiting, at Gateway, Mr, GwOi-ge Rogers, of Lethbridge, was ii .'i'llll;! visitor yesterday, II. L. Illiu'kslfiiu, lii'iul (igenl of 1I1.1 Great Noi'tluiii, went to Spohiiiu last .Sunday. I'l-i'Niiliiiil Slii'i'iunii s-.'i'iiis to be gut- t ng nliiig fairly well for smli 11 diti- i ad it ed man. .lohn doll's, so will kiinwii iu uml (ifi/iir.d tlu cluli nt C. C, has stat'ti-d to wurk in Kniiik, Altn, llusin.'ss is tliriviiig 111 llu 0, 0, L. A. A,, uud evi'iyiiu.', has seitled down lo i4*ii*ii thi. inigiitini'. qiii'stloii. A. W. II. Hodges, manager ol llu Cirnit'iy I'oiupniiy, wns a puss.tiger on I* , .1 ' ,. .1 1 (.« !» (» }1\\fl-. A. T. Claxton wm 11 Kernie visilor ngiiiu dining ilu week, ami Kit lm Cnlgury niul eiistcin po'.uls Tuesday cvtiiin-.', * Dnvid .lolm, Hilly Mil*'iigiiii iin-1 (iiorgo Woiindi-r looked tluir "tiissng.* liiNt Sntiinlny lor Si 11 l-'t-iiiisco nud Koiitli.-rn ports Last Thur.'.d.iv nir lit was regular city cn-ituil nnciing uigJii, Imt n 1 I'liiirum titiii.il out, nml no Inisiius*. iould le. Uaiwai-cd. Hr. Il.11 lur u.nt to Calgary Mim- il.iy eviiiiiig on l,ii.Niii.'*.s niiiii,ilnl with Ui* llo.i.ur lm,unite, and u- iutti.iI l5ir. nir.in.n^. Tu.u V.sxv.1 .o.A Ik T-UiLi, i>C li.ui (All f.'iiii.', Inv'i* iiinvnl iheir ri-**t(l*ni»* fioin C0.1I Cii-i-k to ri-iliie. May our lf*S.V \\f F«tmr\\ g.iin- Tlu llillcrost Coal and Coke. Co. have reconsidered tluir action in refusing lo deal with llu union, find xhi nun are back ut work, Mr. Thos, Keith and Harry Miui'd ware in town yesterday on business, lis Well us plensiiie, We hope to see something iiinturiali/.ilig soon, District I'residjil Slunnnti went up to Michel Monday 011 llu lo.nl and ri'tiU'lUil yesturhiiy. He reports everything very quiet at that eainp, 1-iitriok Hughes has severed his coif iiec'tioii with the C. C. I„ A. A.' this week, mill has aeeept.-d it position at tlieWiildorf Hotel. The l,oys wish hint MK'l'l-.'IS. Mr, Didien's tioiuiiiiilioii ns uatidti- al bond meinliei Is lml likely to sliitul, iih he Would hiii'dly eule to re- liliiili 11 e.ili'lliliiti: iiliiter presilil tir- llllllSlUIICeS, Keith Wliiliistei* i*. eolllilt'd lit lloini; willi uu al I.ii-k ol typhoid fever. Mrs. Whiuislt-r is t,ikill;; iiitv ol him, anl a.-i his i'.i:ie N.-ciiiN a mild r-u.-, his sp.'iily reeiiveiy is lixikid |nr, Th.- ti'oui.la' .it T.i.l.01' lu-. Ii.-ni aiui- eiil lv 1 - < 1) 11.»1 -. 11 luwiiii the union nlil llu coinpMiv, th.* Litter reciijni/iiig th.' iiiih.11 .md 11 jm*..nr-; lu tlu idii*- o,l ,s\\ sli'in, iiirl a bi-iiiniillily pay ll.IV, ,;l,l| ,1 11.llli Hull ui llulll'. li. lab or in take I'lleet April 1st, i«jny. t,. \\ . . ■„->-, > ■ ,*- "■—„ *■•• A. 1 ci la Clniiun, ii vi t';ly publn-hd in th.* iiiteivst ol lul or, wa< iu town dining Un- w.'i,k lmkin,; intn tli» *,ii• 11.1li1.11 U-i,', and 111 vriiiui tlu nial- l-.-T up (nr Iir. |m|'it. Mr IVgLr hin iiu.-.-.iwV.a.l '.'-.-., ai.u..n*!-.i*.i Uiiiv.i.iH and th* ]..i 1 hi' wliuli pul.lMi.d lb- link. 11 it-it. 1. .ii>i h >f' '1 .ll lV.l* Oi tlir.c iiiu:si.-.>.s with tlu Lu,/,,-r, Id- ll.ts ,Umi >.»l>.-t. Hi* i.pori uli.iiilil l< <•! uinri' Vi'lii. t« ill- |.H IWll'li' Ul* I.. A' I I- fllinlll.il'. *I 1" l.lii.. Utti uh*. '.'I. C.Mi.td' Ul p*-i • ll is I.' II std'l. I !'" tl'-'- In llu II H.ul ill- ■ niii s, ii will 111.1V, up ini iti 1 if.liu s, in iHi'ine, X.\\ its |,.*f<*- v'crancc ito\\v that it has started. Canada ' would "earn* a lasting claim to 1*. called ihe leader of the world if it should-be tlu first to place on its statute hooks the mandatory law that 110 man shall have tlu.* opportunity' placed within his'reach of committing burglary by tlu; double directorate mule. Will she rise "to ber opportunity?-' * * Tlu Ledger lias the faith to lielieve lhat slu will, and it shall uot flu aaid that llu Iiul. paper in the mountains his not dniu its full share towards bringing about such a' reform. ' " When this method of* roUiorv has baun made impossible by' tlu simple ri'incdy first suggestul by this paper, -.here will lie much less cause' for friction between latar organiwitions and tlu* money organizations. Had such a law been 011 tlie statute J-ooks'of tlu country, there would not now exist the' trouble lx'lwetn the Crow's Xest Pass Coal Co., the ilu Ciow's Nest Pass Klectrie Light and Power Company, the Morrissey, ■Miclul and I'ernie liailway' Comvany« and ihe Lord knows how many other companies all coiiiiectedjl-ly the doi-fllfc directorate scheme 011 the oiu side, and the "united Mine Workers on the otlur. If til.: Crow's Xest Pass Coal Company business was conducted by a directorate, created ' and organized for tlu express purposa of conducting th.il particular business, independent of.any other business, it would Iw managed by practical coal, mine men, and such nun would lie able to get along with their employees, as does the same kind of a management at Coleman, under -tlu very noses of those who are playing at the man-' iigenitni luie through the means of "legally trained minds." In llu meantime it-i.s necessary to keep lurping. upon Uu fact '-that unions ore dishonest and irrespon-, sible.'and therefore not to be dealt wiih by people who belong lo tlu class of uniun,. that is being exposed iu every issue of almost everv paper in th.. country as having within its numbers hundred.-: of highly educated people wh.i aie using Uu law to rob widows, or* bans, laboring people, ; ml each .other .wh.-never tlu opportunity arises. Tlu machinery which was crcateil to protect property interests has been made llu means of 'robbery'•'to' such an extent that it is .ieginniiig' lo be tlu query, not as to how 11111.H the great fortunes of the world today are. the results oi hoiusl endeavor, bui how link: lias-really "been acquired by lii-ii.sl, nqiiarc dealing. BANK FAILS USUAL CAUSE The Double Directorate Again In Evidence Tlu f.iilun: of llu Ontario Hank is nno'.hr instance added lo tlie long H.-.I showing tint directors do not direct, exrept wlun their own private interest is conrciiu.d. A coiileinpor- avy asks, while commenting on ihis liltf.' ila'veliipiliclll, "where were tlu direeloiN?" A hiiiidrid dunces' to iiu Uut th.y wile directors in other institution1, in which they took nioro interest than in tlu bank, save,,wlun ihev n.-dli'il ih.- iiid nf llu bank to I: Ip 1I1 iu dn • oni'- dii.-itlng in ulll. r duvet ions, 1 How ■li.i.'.'ulia ,110 the-*: diiiibh: dl- le.lillg lunplu ill lluii d.'lin.Usluitilti} tinu th- wind. thing is absolutely rnll'. 11. Mii-.Tinis life, elected U-cuiiho th.y .1 ii. supposed lo In null ol ill- i-.gnly .iiul ability, lo direct the uf* lairs of ii li.ini. wluiii do.-s u biisiu,*s>i of siuh ,111 exliiii with otlur people's III" II V il> In l.i.^,;H: ill.: liillstillll CillU i:lld alt II'mil ol ,1 dn'ill dilii'tors, 'ill., ili.nl' |>,,v Ini illli.lillg, bui wlin d.i u1 Milnli-l,' nuthiiig bin ilruw lln-ir •a .,1.'! I.i.j nih.i null v,hu wniil'l !., v, illiiig lii '|ni»l all til .ir time b iil.ill;> alter tIt.* llllilists illtl'llstril ■n ill III Id iiiiul, III doing that dl- 1.1. n,*, lr. ui d' nig tth.it tluy ih'-iit- -, h* * i.fii. , in iii'gld 1 io do A dn* iim wim looks .iitii' llu af* " .-,- ' '..1 ' ' b V ■ ' ! -All ; ii ,, ■.!> il -.,tl.iiy. ,unl >i-iin'l Ii.ivc Pin In 11' iliti 11.Hi' Il.ill .1 iln/i II Wtll- r 111.tit ul 1. 11 .my 111 ■ «'il wliiili ui'j'li* wiiii' in 'i'.' thai s.inn* 1 miiW , , , . 1 ,,,,,., , *, , ■ * ' --a, - -a* 1td.1t s.ni iii-.ti 1.1 ti>* '..lii-iii.* in wlitilt li is p, 1-1 11 iile mtiili innii- inui-i-i'ii- , .1 than -,ii the iliu.iing ol the luitk. 'Ih t* Mill 1.- .1 lnt nl talk iiImhiI -,:l- -ii.tldlllglll )Kiijilt- illlil ItSistill,} ! Ill li>,ili i". I - bill ill -t* is Hist nil* V av tu lll.il.i- .1 (JiMrl job i.f it'll 1| |l ,, *ll.,ll * .|. lm,,.. If nit as .1 dn,ii. 1, ... tlm li 'Is-. Jiiii": l.t hun Mi'd u.i't th* iiupossibli'. by try- ■II; In iliJ.,1 Ul* .ill.Ulh nl «.IV- Ittstl- ini'iii wim*..' ui'.ti.-t in.iy l»- in ii.ii- ,".1 -,-t '.'1 ■- .Ui,: 1I1.1 li, A ;.!'.<• trv- • ;, , • , .f.r 1 t< ih- k 1111 - tiii'i- it':' '41.111 iti' iblllll'!.It, IS ilia' fit it ■ i j, m Ui. .tiiiitiiii ill luiiiplt-ti- u-- fi.ri'i l>. «t Ifsil:in*j1» t,tki* \\\\mt ■xv TUB i-?ERN»IE LEDGER fSrWe. B.C... QCTOBERj^.1906 THE FERNIE LEDGER TWO DOLLARS A YEAR IN AD- VAXCE. Issued every "Wednesday from the office of publication, Todd l.tock, Victoria Ave., Kernie, British Columbia. D. G. V.";'JIOTT G. MEIKLIS Editor Manager THE FERNIE STRIKE !th , t.'X Frank Paper. Ordinarily the Krank Paper.alsstalns from seeking to take'any hand.in the dilliculties that arise from lime lo time between tlu United .line Workers bf America and the various corporations industrially' engaged in the Crow's .Vest Pass, realizing that such interference, is usually looked upon as meddling by llu parties concerned, and that as a ccaiseinietice it rarely accomplislus good, more often doing harm, but in tlu strike situation at Feinie and Michel, as tlu controversy between the niinc workers and the Crow's Nesl Pass Company is ordinarily characterized, or Uu lockout, us tlu nun term it, there are all tlu possibilities of an economic disturbance so widespread in its effects that the interests of a very large section o! Ihe industrial life of Western Canada may lie* jeopardized and perhaps seriously injured. Therefore, in the interest of tlu common good, we feel that wc are warranted in this , instance in "butting in," if you choose to so term it, in ths hope that we may. say something thai may start cne or both sides to the controversy to thinking along a new line, and thereby ;ontribute our mite' toward prompting a settlement of what may lasily become the most serious upheaval between capital and labor that has yet confronted this part of tho Dominion. To begin with, we will say that the Krank Paper is fairly well in touch .with the inside of things in relation to the difficulty in question; it has fairly accurate information on llu. points in controversy and the conditions that exist; it knows the lead-, ers on 'both sides, and knows them with a degree of1 acquaintance which it believes warrants it in expressing a conviction regarding them. It lw lieves General "Manager Liifdsey,. of the Crow's Nest Pass 'Company, lo lx a man of broad tolerance, whose innate .impulse would lx* in favor of the welfare- ol his employees. Mr. Lindsey once said to the writer, at a time when he had no reason to expect his remarks to "he repeated, and therefore could not have been talking Jor_pfIe(_l1_thai_lie_had—tlio-liijjhcst-adi- miration for tlu ollicers of the United Mine Workers. , lie praised the moderation tliey had manifested in previous dealings he had with .llum, and expressed tlu lx:lief that so long as the then ollicials were al tlu head of the union he would never have any difficulty in settling any dispute that inighl arise ibetwcen the union and company. Di the men on the other s-ide, llu Frank Paper also holds a good opinion. ll docs not believe them to be the demagogues and labor autocrats they are so often painted ' It does not believe they are infallible -uiul never nuike mistakes, but it does believe they are conscientiously striving lo the best of their light to protect anil advance the interests of the men who compos-! the organization of whiih tluy cluincc* to l*e the .snokes- iiun thnnii-h having been elected lo ollicial positions. Il knows, loo, thai most ol these men ut least hold Mr, Lindsey in high esteem, . More than tm of them, Mr, Sherniaii, Mr. Patterson, mid others of the. ones to wliom Mr, Lindsey referred, have said to the writer that tliey considered Mr. "Lindsey nu excet-dingly fair man, and thnt they luver had any difficulty jitttirig justice when a dispute reached him for 11 decision, Tliis, tli'.ii, ought to nfiord a pretty fair .basis upon which to gel loj-eilur. I'.ueh side, if tTuir word is lo be believed regards ihu other ns disposed 10 lie fair, There ought not to bu much difficulty in finding n common gtoiiud uiuler thnt condition If they will go inlo the ment of tlu thing uml wilh nbsoluli: frankness and hoii- tsty iisci'itiiin the exact fuels in veln- liou to cluli issue, If each side does thnt, uml views the other's ease dls- pnssioiiiitely, asking, only thai which ii ubsoliiluly Inir nud sfiiuiro, as- Uir.dly ii colll'erelici* held on such ll T.um.h eniilil Iuiv. but mu insult, To umv. nt smli a solution the •unties tu tlle. coiiti'iivcrsy have hut tu follow tlu scriptural injunction: "Know thyself," in otder to open u wuy. lviK.li sidy should examine, into its own ium', uiul ili'litiniiu whether il is doing that uhiili is absolutely just und Inir in relation to each issue. 11 luil it.',ss iln.'S not snv it is, tlu point 1-I11111I1I be yielded, To go thus ilio lhe merits ol 1hr< ens,. o«(. must la'inu willi thi' issue mi whiih the men Mriifk. Thut was n ulusul to work with iioii-iuiloii men, Anyone who ).Jbiw.i anything, knuw.*, that Uu: union with no otlur grievance, did not strike 1111 that oiu* point nlotu, Th.* lml is 1I1.1I tlu Cum-',*, Xr.'.i Company. h{'„s a st-t nf overmen or i/ism-s, tunny ol whom piuitlee nil .oris of petty tyrannies 011 tli.? nun. Mr. Li i-l--« \\ may not lc iiwim* ot tlu full, but ho cull ttsiertiiill ill' .mill of the slut,- inent by tiitkiiig two minutes wuh uuy Mali in his rinploy, Tlnv ton- suit ol -x'tiy iuliiiigi-iiiwini ol ilu- linn's righl.-. iimlii ' th.- ngnenuiit, ill */% tin mimII to U- t;ik(ti olliii.il r«ij>»i/.ilii'i' nf, l-r.-.wv of nlh.i things l.viu/ \\t, Ml it-Cui Uny thul tluy pre- l.r pull inj; up with tlu il.-tr.jiltii.nt lo making tumble, but tliey have rankled in ,lh.: minds of the men until they culminated in a determination to riglit matters for g-ood ami all when tlu union officials obtained what they thought to Le good eyi- d. ncc "of conusance' on the pa.t ot lhe 'company at disruption ol the union. Mr. Lindsey denies lhat he en touragi-d or had anything, to do with ■the fact that union men withdrew tluir .signatures from the cluck-oft agre^ini-UL, ihut he knows now that his subordinates countenanced . it it they did not encourage it, ami if lu amin.-.s lurther into his own case, lu will find many instances in which his overmen have doiu that which they ought not to have don;, and which has poisoned llu minds of the union nun until tluy were ready to believe llu coinpany was con.spir- ing to disrupt the union by encouraging men to, withdraw from it. If Mr. Lindsey examines iiito this phas; of tlu,case, he will no doubt iiiitl why the men .struck without wailing to try their case through the various tribunals provided for the adjustment of such grievances. It will not justify them in failing, to live up to tluir agreement in that respect, but being a leader of men, he will lie able to appreciate the (act that the average horde is not endowed, with suilicient self-control to check llu outbreak of passion wlun patience is gone, and in the knowledge ,hc will have gain.d of Uu tilings that have led up to the present difficulty, he will lx. able to lind suilicient palliation, to warrant him in renouncing his claim lor indemnity for the cost of the cessation of operations.' So much for Mr. Lindsey's side. IVkal, about the men? ■ Undoubtedly they were wrong in going on strike •before? Uu last means of adjusting their grievance was exhausted, notwithstanding, llu extenuating circumstances. Let them, therefore exercise just as much candor and sincerity as would |»e incumbent upon Mr. Lindsey to. enable him to arrive al tlu solution suggested for him. I,et them frankly acknowledge their error as he has asked them to do, and jjive siuh assurance as will satisfy him, tlia.1 there will not be a recurrence of this sort of thing during llu life5 of ths agreement. Let them live up lo their agreement, and let Mr. Lindsey see tihat his overmen do Uu same, and we are inclined to think tlure will 1>; puacc.' We have small hope of such a culmination of the deplorable affair, but wc venture to say thai if tlu.se suggestions were to be acted upon, thc strike, or lockout, or whatever it i.s, would be at an end within <- twenty- four hours:, from the tinu an effort to settle it a long these lines were commenced. , , o - ih-. manager that if.he would examine liis .own ease* a little more carefully hu would lind out more things that arc not right. Now, that ought to make Lindsey sit up and swear! A lawyer to be Iold that lu don't know his case! If the Ledger were to talk like that it would have to move out of town. But coining fro.11 a man who is making such a commendable effort to prove that cix-i-yhody is light and all Iiaiuls wrong, Uu ledger sincerely hopes that . the amiable manager will-*overlook what might at first sight appear to l>e a reflection upon his aibility to "know thyself." If h. will beari in mind the fact that the Frank speaking fellow gives the otlur side a little ,of the same medicine, it may help him to keep tlu ruilles out of his temper while lu is being cajoled into the notion of,, renouncing his claim for indemnity. .' Th 11 Uic soul of frankness gives tlu ininsrs some more of Uu same kind of mediciiu, with full directions as to wh n lo take a dose, and winds np with tlu assurance that if botli patients will shake before taking, .and lake as-directed, a physic is sure to follow. But like all wise doctors who don't propose taing caught by results, he gravely shakes his head and says, as he,leaves llu (hauiher of sickness,. thai lu doubts very much after all wlielU.r tlu patients ■ will lake his sugar-coated pills. Now, if .the Ledger could write such a siiioo"th, two-sided article as that, it would have a fortune in tlu shape o£.2'ads. and 75 cent bits of job work Hung at it from all sides. But alas, il 'hasn't tlu ability! ' —'- o A DANIEL COME TO JUDGMENT! We reproduce in full the "butt in" of the Frank Paper on the strike' situation proffered, as is stated, in thc lope that the "butt" may pave the way lo an amicable settlement of the present troubles'.' Tlu writer of the "butt in" hopes ih.u his suggestions may lead to a new litu of thought which tniglit lead out of the quagmire. This reminds tha Ledger of tlte.raith- er novel procedure adopted by an irate driver of a baulky horse to get him to go, He filled tlu contrary_ brute's car with dirt, atid before llu horse had recovered froin the surprise of having, liis cur slopped up tliat way, he had forgotten the kiulking business nn.l was pulling away like the liest. pulling horse in tlie world, and trying to shake tit. dirt out of his ear iis he went, but ns soon ns the car was clear of tlle dirt, the horses's mind got back to llu stubborn stage, nnd he siuldinly renumbered what hi seemed lo think wus his special , business, and refused to pull any more. The second trial of Uu dirt cure hud 110 effect, and some other method Iuul lo lx: udopti'd lo get hiin to go, The "butt iu" idea of' getting both sides to foigel things uml start pulling, i.s a good one for temporary purposes, but would be like 'this dirt in tlu enr cure—not lasting, This article, .states thai Mr, I.iiulscy had expressed entire confidence in the oiliccrs of lhe union, nud tlu union officers had seen his blind nnd strati* died it, uiul so honors were even, This ought to oiler u pretty (nir basis upon which lo get together," lltul is, if their word is to be believ* id. Now, il each side to this controversy would only usk "just what is iibsoluti'ly fair und N.-unrc," our Frnnk Paper slates thut there would be 110 tumble, It is only necessary to follow the Ki-riptiirnl injunction, "Know ihysulf" und every thing would be lovely. That is good old scripture, ul) right, bill ilk-iv scciiiN n whole, lol of things' thai ure not strictly scriptural have got tttixi'i! up in this tillnir, nml both sides uro working double time trying lo lind out all about tlu other fellow iilid letting himself go to lilil'i'S, '111 ti this oilei of the tronblc-l wnt* cm stiis 111 n liith: vinegar just to let thine little lire bosses or overmen know thul they nre nol lo he t'n'is.'.i'iitt n.i ill tin- s<|iiHre ileal lor Iiuiini'iiy, uud hints that Mr. Lindsey don't kiinw I'l.rvtfiin. tlmt the wril- i-r does about tlr.s. things, nml nil- vlsi"; ih.' giii.T.il manager to hnve a twoniiiiiilr talk with ally titan in bis (■tnploy. 'Ill- Ledger would modestly suggest ihut tli.' Kraal* I'n|irr mny go one step Jiirih.r and rciniiiituiid souu- particular 1111111 out of the ?,ooo nun Mr, Lindsay lately hud in liis employ, 'Ihi*' would savr tlie manager a few iiu.iiiini.v nJli-ition a*, xo uho to talk to, ami pirviut tin* possibility nt hi*) dning the two inlniilc stunt with one Last Friday evening a letter written, by the then president of OladsloU-: local union, Mr. Dicken, appeared *in a. local paper which is well known as a non-union paper, both as to its own business mid in its sympathies' in the present trouble between the management and the miners. This letter was headed in 'big letters, accusing District President Sherman with'1 treachery to the union. Tlu letter itself contained very little) lhat had not baeii published before, but coming from the president-of the local union, it was expected to have a great effect, and these expectations were fully realized, so far as stirring things up and crystali/ing the feel- inaisi (if the union miners is concerned.c a . * O" President .Sherman was away and did uol get back to Fernie until after noc.n on Saturday, and ktuw nothing of- llu letter until he found it on the table in tlu. hall when lu entered to 1atirniil< in ol iiiii- n'T'ilr W'l-i tli" .it.- pi nrnnei'ol nnoth*r letter nt th.* situie I line in the sniiie paper front 11 niiiur uho did not iis,i liis name in cniiiic..- tion with 11. It is believed by nenily every miili who was nt the meeting tint iln* writer nf this niiiioiiiyoiis letter was in ihe hull Salunlay, but h. Mused to ri-spoiid to a re.|iust to innlij hi III sell known. The l.edgcr do.'v not wish to add to the discomfiture anl huuiiliiilii.n which him come so siiibUnly ns n result of this niiiit's ouii at iii 11, uud IVS.TIVS tiltieisin ns to what motive prompt- id liim to do i.o, itiikin^i his nwn'alalc ment that he thought ho wns doing \\»8,tiI was 1k->i (nr llie miners, l.ut taking that view ol tli.* wv, In* certainly hav shown a «-id u-int ol .on- ol thn** same nwrntm by miMaVe. J«,ilr.ilii.n or ugntA lnt Jus order, 'Ih- Kr.inl: 1'apt-r tiko frankly U-l!«i'_inl .. iL'iIouU.- l.uk of In.iwUgi of Uu conditions which .surround hl-'u and his fellow workers at this'till-.e. Every step he took in llu mal'aer seemed to be the most ill-advised U.iat he could have taken, and if he -was innocent of* any wrong intention,, his position al present i.s all the nnore keenly felt. Had Uu brought his -ill-timed communication to the Ledger, a paper he kn.w was favorable to the union and whose editor had but recently shared his confidence with him and submitted the draft of Uu article dealing with the whole trouble, which appeared on the front page of the ledger only tlu day 1-efore, Iks letter would never have been published to bring upon himself such sudden retribution. " Tlu editor of Xhz Ledger, or anv otn_r man who has tlu welfare of tlu miners of this district at heart, would,' have told Mr. Dicken that he was in 110 way justiliable in making public statei'i.nts regarding the conduct of ollicers of Uu union until h_ had gone to llu highest court iu the order, and nol even th:n making public" what all orders of the nature of the union regard as* strictly private business. No accusing of others of tlu same offence will be accepted as palliation by his associates. Tlu paper that published it could have had no desire to in any way lend aid to tlu cause of unionism, aiid tlu miii.rs and otlur workm-.il of this district have a practical demonstration of th. love thai an 'iin._itr shop has for them. If a few of the citi/'ir-- of -Ferine would display Uu determination that 1? tliu miners are showing-during all thesi unpleasant '"happenings, this community would be iii a much bet. ler. condition than it now is, and there would lx: fun* less possibility of friction and strife. h. 1\\ ECKSTEt.-* J. 1*. MYERSGItA'V Eckstein & Gray Barwsteks-at-Law, * Soucitoj.s, Etc. Hooms 1& 3, Henderson block, Fernie, B.C. F. C. Latoe BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, ETC. Crow's Nost Trading Co. Block, . Feinie,, I*. C, W. It. ROSS, K. C. J. S. T. ALEXANDER Ross & Alexander BARRISTERS, SOLICITORS, '.ETC FfiltNIE, U. C. Office In Ij. 'J', iv. Block, Victoria Avenue, SVXU'SIS OF CANADIAN NOHTIMVEST MINING REGULATIONS. Coal.—Coul lands mny bu purchiiHori at >'10 tier Here for soft coal unit MO for itiithriicitu. Not nioretliaii Ui'O netes ean bo acquired liy 011c imlividi'iil or company, Royalty nt tlio into of ton ci'iit.., por ton of 2,00(1 pound) shnll bo uolleutiid oil tlie gross output. Quurtx—-V free min.r's certificate is grunted upon payment, in uilviince of (li per annum for an ihdiv i.lual,. uud from tii'i to SIOO por uunum for a conipaiiy uccoi-diiii? to capital. A fice miner, li'aviiiB discovered mineral in plnco, may lceiitu a claim 1 .SOO 3: l,:'.ou feet. The foo for recording a claim is {IS. At least''loo must lie expended on the claim each year or paid to the mining rouurder in lieu thereof. Whon ifM) has ueon expended or paid, the locator may, upon having a mirvey mnde, und npon complying with othor requirements, pureluisc the land at SI an acre. Thu patent provides for the payment of a royalty cf 2' per cent ou the Miles. Pi.a.ei. mining claims generally are 100 feet square; ontr.v lee 4'i renewable yearly, A free miner may obtain** two leases to dredge for gold of live miles each tor a, term of twenty years, renewable at tho discretion of ho Minister of tlie Interior^. J. Barber*, l.d.s., d.d.s., DENTIST L T. W Block, opposite tlie Bank Ollice hours—-S u.m. to « p.m. ' "^ if* *b0tel rfevnie, 3B. Q. \\ 19999999999909990999999 THE BEST OF SERVICE Y>00000000009999099000f*' CALL AND SEE s 0 Davey & Laderoute W. J. Wriglesworth, D, D. S, OiTici- lloimsi- f -Hilo 12 a, m. 1 to 5 p. m c.::o tos v.in. " Odlco iii Alex,). nl;"s llioek over Slum's liahery. KKU.N1E, -"_,_'_ j,. 0 J. G. OUMMINGS PROVINCIAL AND DOMINION LAND SURVEYOR Ollice: L.T.W. Block Fernie -Drilif-h Columbia A. McCartney TEACHER OF VIOLIN AND PIANO TUNER p. o. nox 260 Fernie, IJ. C. •A f!l» The Calgary Cattle Co. : : Retail Meat Merchants " Choicest cuts of fresh meats always en hand. Hams, bacon, and lard as well., All kinds of fresh fisJ-; or. -eason. : Prompt delivery. Give 11s a! call. | -,. TEL. 18. KING'S HOTEL FERNIE — o — Is a. pleasant home for the traveler. Crow's Nesl: Electric Supply Store ,1 All kinds of Electrical Goods kept in slock. AI1I work Guaranteed' John Turner, Prop. Tiie lessee shall 'laveailrodRO in operation within one season from ttic (lulu of Mm li.abe for euuh live milo*. Kuutul tin por milium lor fluch mile of rivor luftsud, Iloyiilty nt tlio rate of 2. per cent collected on the out'iut niter it exceeds $10,000. w. w. corey; . Deputy, Minister* of the. Interior. N. U..—IJnfj_|ntliot_>i-i.c_ *ViHr)lic'a,tio.ii ol this advertisement will not Ijc paid for. N0TIC15. NOTlCK is lifli'obv (,'iviiii Hint, sixty days from itutolinti'im to apply to the Hon, Cliiuf Commissioner of LuiiiIh nml* Works for pi'r- mission to puriiliilFU (he following ilescrihcil limit, CoiiimenciniT ut. the. Smith liuslri.rnor of lot H07 thonco Fu-,. at clmiiiM South 20 chains wost '.'(I chains unit thence 1101th in chains to point of cnnn.i.ncimiont. JAMES CLAHK. August 20th JiiOfl -l.'i l*j r.. ——■ ~— NOTIOK SIXTY ila,vn iiftor (Into I Inton-I l(i apply to tliu lloiinriihlo Uli lul' Commissioner of Liiiuls niul WorkHi Victoria, to purchiiso tlio following il.Sa'i'i'ioil Imnli. UoininiMinhiK lit 11 post, miu'lccil J.R.Kilmniul- son's M'Ull.*westi'o)iifli-mlloinlnuJohn ll.Olil* llolil'H Imnl; tliiuicoKO chains north; thuncu w cliaiim oust; thvii.n 811 cliains huh Hi; th.iiico ho uhuiiiii wcsl to tlm pnlnt of (>(ii>ini(iiic(illiunt, thu whole containing Uli) uercs, .f.n.Hl'llUNDSOX, 9oiit. Mh llKM l.o.iitui', SIXTY days after duto I Intend to npply tn thu Honourable Chiuf Commission.!)- of LumU niul Works, Victoria, tu iiuicIiuku thn followln. iliiMirlhml Imnl: Ciimiiieuciii'r ut 11 post mn ill oil S.K, Oliver's soutli-onst cornor ikIJoIiiIiir John ll.ohllluht's Imnl: thonco xo chains north; thonce Kit cliains went; thence Nil ehains houlli; I lumco mi cliains ount to the iioint of coiiimuiiciinioiit, tlio wliolu lioiitiiliiliiiriilOnui'os, H.E.0UVI.U. B_pt,'6t)i KKmI Locator, SIXTY iluyB nftor (Into I liilcml t» npply tn the Jlnnmmilili, Uliiol CouiniisHloiKir of J.iiikU and Works, Victoria, tn imreluiMi thu followliiKiloscrihcil land: in Ullc ltivi'i' vnlluy ni.'omiiiuiiidiiK ut 11 post, marked I'oiiiiiKuiuiiiK nt 11 post iiiiirkfi! John 11,01.1* lliilil'snoi-th.ttest corner to .1. A. McDonald's Iiiml, tliniicn Wi elm Ins hoiiUii tlmiicu Ho chains (Hint; tlimicu Mil chuiiiH iKirtli; tlienco No uIiiiiiih Must lo Hie point, nf ciiiiilniiiicullluiil, llie whole cdiiliilnliifi 1II11 ill-ins, John 11, ()l.|/l.*lil, Locator H, K.OIivur, Aki'HI) Kept. Mh, IUKI . —It' Tl NOTICK. TIIM.TV (Iiivh nftcr il.tiu I intciiil to ii])|ily lo tliu Cliiei C(iiiiiiiissiiiii.*r of I,iiiitls unit Wnii-i, Viilorlii, ll.C, for 11 lipi'i'lu! lU'eiisi- in i-ut nml i-urry nwny t.iiiilnii- from llio following (k*- wriUil iniid-.: L ...... If, ... ,.*£ ill, ,. JIUNi |»i.4lllial lit Mi.- \\' \\V nun, i- nt J,*.1 p-y'i, iii.u.. 1'Hiniii;' V, |3,i ilnilns, ili.wiu* iwiitli ,15 iliniiis, lliciii-c \\\\ So itiiiilK, ih. N Id ill.iill'., MlclUV W i.S (IlililU, tlhtld' S i]fi ilmiiiN to point of i-oiiiini-inv" M, Mi-INS*I'S. KlkiiuiiuK, t*.tli Sept. i'»iN>, 15 PRIVATE BOARD ljy tho week or mouthy Mrs, Clark'''«' I'.'-.lid Avi>. IIIOHltO l-lro Hull IIAKTMITT Iiorsi.. fonmrty \\„? Clark. il_* W-., Si a, A%y hoi-1 in \\VI«u»ii. Onlv uffifi* Inlp fHiplnv. r of I.hiiiIhund WorliH, Vieturiii, to piireliilHii tlio Inllnivliiir iliiM'i'lliiil Imnli (!iiiiiiiii*iii'Iiik ul, 11 IM'HI. iiiiukiiil 0, .1, I/n nnrlli Mt'-il c(.iiicr iidldliiliin lv K (liiodwyu'h il|i|illi Locator H, K, (.)liviir,A«tiiit SIXTY iIii.vn niter dale J Intend In upply tu llio ll'iiinriililn Chief ('iiliiiiilHMliiiiiir of l.lilliUlind Wiirlli', V'ieliirlii, to puieliiihii tliu InlluwIiiK il t* 11 Hid Imnl 1 Cuiiiiiiolii'liitf nt 11 piihl iiiurliiMl IV, I', ll'l hiiiilli Mcht riuiier iiiljulnltiu N, I*!, Ollvur'i npplii'iit luu lu puii'liiiKHltlii'iii'ii Hn rim Iim nnrlli thenee Nilrliiiiiih(u-i, tliiueii niii'IiiiIiin miiiIIi; llieiieii tin chain* wcl to tlm point nf com- liiiilU'eliliillt, Iliu whole ciiiitiiliiini, mu iicion; \\V. Y Hull, i.neiitiir S, V. Olivtir, Aui'iit. Hrrpt. Mil. 1IMH1 SIXTY iliiymiftor data 1 Itituml In npply tn tlm lniiiniu'iiln Chief C'nlllliil«»|ii|ier ill l.inidii nml WurliH Victnrln, tu iiureliiiuii tliu Inllowiliu (IcM'lil.cil IuiiiIh I 1,'ulilliiei.eliiK nt 11 p(i"t inlirkiid 11, H I'M* wnrd'H miutli wnsr. enrner iii|Jii|iiIiik*.N, K. Ill- I v 1.1*'« ii ppl lent hiulii i.tiii'liiuo; tliciieehni'liiilii-i iiiiilli,' tliiiiee ku chain* in.,(;Iheucfi nii'luiln* •'iiiiii: IJiciii'iiHil rimlu« wiut In 'Km t«ilnf i.f i-iiUiiiii ne nii-l.l ,1 liu n liein inlilnililliif I.Ill H.'r.'H II 1. V.ilwiii*.t«, I.iii'hIot -*., h.Ulner, Anent Wi*]il. Mil. l«nt Philip Carosella General Merchant and Dealer in-Wines, Liquors and Cigars, _3133.'H3Sri3I3, 33. O. fil' J'ATltOM-.-.. HUM.*' JHI'UKTKY '('« U-JSTIOKT Lj. 33331X1 Cpowvs Nest Special AND Miner's Favorite Gl(|ars SIXTVilnv" tt.fl«*ril*ln' I IiiUivI t«»|^.ljf in tlm lliiimriililii Chief n.minU'.luiiiir nf l.lllnlii iuul W'nlliK. \\ idol In, to lilirelllimi llm fiilluulimilimciilii'il litinUi <• 11111111-11c-i11K nl n t«»>t nmrkiil "*',rTir*»t l'ntl- t,,-'. • •.. j.n«» —»«».<>... .v.'./..ii»n»i .vj,.-.>iivnr H nppHeiilfmi In |iiiii'Iiii<* unrllli tlii'lu'tl Ml chain* west; tlieticn HI ill.iill.* M'lltlli tlll'lne hi cliulim cunt in tlm |inlnt nf cnuilnellicliicht,llm Mhiileci.liliilillnil illiin.-riH, Krni.'nl I'nlhir.l, l^iciilnr K K. (Ulscr, Audit K'|it,f.tli,V.«ifl -IS TIMIIKUNOTICI-. nvxriK \\irruv tint ,t„ ,?,,,-, Mff,r ilnftj I t. Ii.i.-u.l I..nfidy l(>tlit*<'lil. ((■..iniiiUfUimr i.f J.lllid. niul \\Vnrlm fur II *|iH-InI II<*(-I1»4*Ii. cut mul i-.irrvniviiy llinh.-r Irnn lllu following .I.-«-til,i.,| Iri.i1.; ('..iniiiniriiii' nt h |k».» plnnl^l mlmut Iwo inilc* wcii- nl Klk lll\\.-r .iri.l rI.oiii ll/n»rt nill.M •Ulllll r.f M'ili-l»*>V. thi'liri. wet 1*1 ('tinin*. Ilirli,-.. lH.f'1. Mi l.«!n«.ll,»ii.-vv«fli hi ili^nn l„ pUrodf rommrim** men!. I*. A. MlX'IHIHiTT M»Ntiiiit.t,U i*>.*_.t.inii.iJKi. -II Thc BRITISH BULL-DOG In only one nf a liun.reil I'llfon-nt > Hlmpoii mul uhoi our llrlur 11 turnml out In, Tlio purfuot i|ii:illly of llio llrlnr uml tlio Nklll with .vliloh thu/ aro iiuulo, quiillllo-i tliom an thu Best Shilling Six-Penny Pipe in lite World -THEY WIM. NOT IlUliy. thi.-/ wim. not cn-Acit, tvffy PU« Gu«rinti«J, SVLU IN tANAUA tiltl J5c. Jtut romoiubor nml (ink for V "Shield Brand" Piocs « I'or Sale ut the Club Clir^r Store *\\V. A. INC.WAM, I'rop, I'koiio 91. - •„ FcrnlB, Fl. C. Atlantic Steamships, Royal iVIaifl Service "EMPRESSES,» .'rom ..Moiiln.-il mul Qnchcc In I,iyi-r- liool, Kmpivss ol llritniii, Oct, icuh, I.iilio Cliuiniiliiiii, Oct, .fill, Kuipiv-'.s ni In-hiiiil, Nny. 2nd, I/n!.i! V,r\\e, Xoy, mill. l'irst^ iul/iti Sfi.s nud upwimls, ..ie- rnnliiift' lo sUkiiiut; oii.i class stciiiii- i'1's (intoiiiiuliiitc ,?.p.,i(); si'coiul call- in, '•■l.'i und ii'iwiii-.ls! third clnss, Ssfi.Sn nud .S*.-.*i.--,s, Apply (it once for niir illimlralfd liiiolilct di'Hcriplivc of din- supciioi- Third Clmis iicchiiiiihi- 'Intio't, V110M MlX'CUV.Al TO I.ON'llON IHHI'.CT, I.ulto 1\\liJii<-viiii nr write J„ 8. CARTICR, 1). 1». A., Nelson. M, .1. COVI.l'., A. 0. 1\\ A,, Vnnronvcr, DC NOTIOK •jnAKKKOTIOKtliiitii.liiy^ftfip, ,!„,„ r ,„. *■ (.'iiilii'iiiiiilv* »n Jim Ciiiiif Cniiiiiiimuiiicr nf l-.in. -iii.i Worlutiir i.«.nnIh-Iiiii io i,iir. iiinc tliu fnllowliitf il««.ri.,ui| |„nil In Hn 1 Kiihl Kiinti'iiiiv l'riiitiit..neliti* n wlll iIk. m*tiA four -Jollam (4,00) lor tljjhl (fl) hours' work, W. A. CONNKLT., PrrsMcnt, 0, II. of C. A J. V. !»90, Kemie, Hff«.iril * T.lniuuni foi* io.lc mi.' wktrc. .•»«'''» '■'■*'« '''r.iil.i'iit (lux. ml,., Mm in, «•>'':"•( l'r,'*""l'- "ii. uml fiiwrk«hl Tliniiiax rniliuii Nurtli \\Vr»i <:«tni*V iiiL»». Snn; 1 iiirlmli... II,,,,,.... K«M «..H. in.*, * . Nnill. iilmut tA clmln« In tl.o I.hi k of K k iTlvVr lii-n.* Minim Hil.l liiiiih t.irliiiMn.'.. ,f '„," tiiriii*. iiiPiif. rnninliihiK i'i 1 «rr... .„<>,,-, (,T |„,;, **'X*. UI.1W«I. TlliiMAH CllVlMS, fmKK.VOTICK Iiiiii i;i ,ln». „f|,r ,|wtp , ,,'„ ■■ li'li.l fn llM.lv f.if mi l.'l„'..f r,.mn Ia.I,.,!, , K?.ri(!.!lVn*. *'■- ''""•,i,,«''* ■'"''I In HiMiih ll..|iiim.|i.-hitf nt 11 luitl t.lc.K.u.n ||,r, „,,,, iiHtik •'It. ti UiM-tiiUit.t r.;i, mn,., ,,„tt|. „, •)c)t i< .xlt.iri N»tll> -i.t-'T.inirr.ilii.rircK.tiiii I' rluliu, lliriii'd lJi.t in,-l,»,M«, t|i,-ri,T Nnrlh illiivul a.*. , Imill-. In tin- I.kdI, „f KU ICUpi lln-i:,-* nUiim »il,l tmrtk l,» ll.c j,|H,-,. „, ,.„„,. 111. lU'.-huiil niul r.-lilainiiii* l.iiV-.l Ai.ff.i .1 .'l.». it..: j„tir, (v,,fM„ -Itiiaur.4 Mninuiit cures cold, etc. .1 Supplement to the Fernie Ledger M VOIj. i. «_»!; FKltXIE, Ii. C, OCTOlllSl. 17, 1906. Ko. 4. 1 1-*- THE LEDGER KID'S LETTER-BOX ll-ear Kid,—Can you tell an anxious union man. how to" best serve liis nnicn? A.V IDLE WOKKMA-X. Oh, yes! Don't patronize any other union if you can,.find a non-union 'hop to tlo your work, and solid all your advise as to how to run your 1 un.i-r.ii to some paper tliat you know is, opposed to your union anil all other unions, and .which earns iis bread and liiitter by working* for your oppon- mts. '■ . This course may prove, temporarily disastrous to you and your particular1 Hindi; hut you will not lx: open to tin iliarg-j of having gone to a fri.nd in order to secure a partial verdict, This is a fault you should constantly seek to avoid, even to "tlu extent of breaking up all tlu union'' in tlu miiveise, rat lur than do things that would indicate that" you arc 1111- lair. By keeping this advise pasted in yonr hat and following thc hat all th? time, you will lie sure, of some kind of rt'sulls. To Tlu Ledger Kid: D.'ar Kid A-I have concluded that I * am tho olily man now Tn sight in \\llte Fernie ^district thoroughly ei-t-ipp-ed by dame Ji;iliire iuul other ladies who know. how to add to tlu natural, charms anl educational ei-tiipineiit necessary to qualify a man for the ou.irons aiid mrivitiiig respcnsibil- ilities of the position or represeii'.a- tiveof this district in tlu provincial parliament, and I write to ask, you il vou could pill nie on to a capable iiir.n of experience aiul wisdom to whom I could entrust tlu* job of getting nie before the people in tha proper light (cn the tpiiet you know),- so that I would be sure ot the nomination ami stand to win at llu polls. Jf you can put 111c next to such a .mail 1 slinli feel under great obligations to you, -and as a slight asknowlcdge- ur, nt of: your anticipated kindness, I "hereby authorize you to , exleii-.l tlu tlate of my snliscription to tlu Ledger for two more years, and as soon as I have been elected M. Y. P., I lliink^I_c;'.n_i"duco_aSoine-_,of_niiufxiiiiida--, who will l.e looking for things at Yic-> toria to advance enough cash to enable me to pay what I liow owe you, _nd ihe two' extra years I have auth- or'zul you to Solid llu paper for . I would gladly make the time four years,',hut I fully, realize, that it is within tlu possibilities-that a' gov- enuniiit may not live out its term,' ■.hough, tlu lion. Dick has almost furnish .d his demonstrution of tlu fact that almost any. kind of a government can outlive almost any loathsome political diseal'e if il has been Millicitiuly iir.ioculati'd with said loathsomeness. Your early attention to the above 'is most ciuiustly requested. Fnith- itillv vours, X. 0. T. A, SKl?,Kl',li. Dear Seeker,—X'pon rcceip.t of your very esteemed letter asking me to ■ put vou up against a good political (■U-eivr, I- saw at a glance, tlmt so fains your own 'qiialilicu-lioiis for llu very responsible position tn which voii so liciii'Slly and npmly admit tn iiu; yo" Aspire, with an ideal aspiration", tint you possess al least two ol tlu most essential qualities that go to make up xh< stun total of a great politician. Ynu lmve, at tlu very outset, shown how a master mind can finance n newspaper for ti campaign, and liow llu cash to finish up tlu deal can Iw assessed to tlie proper parlies. - , If I call get llu boys in tit: lAxoV to throw oil 11 stimll portion of th-ir we.'kly wages, say S'S or SiN l'*'*" Wiek I'licli, and can lmve tli-* drafts lor paper and ink renewed iimi! you are el-cled, I tliiiiU I enn- 111T1 »i-«1 to put you down tw two years, as re* qin*nlcd. Hut these are after tliiuiglits. 'llu i|iiestion to be d.'i'id.'i) now is who is the mint to put in x-btirfe of vmir loosti't- eluli, as yon say ymi will waul 11 iiirt" of experience ini'-l wisdom. It .is un old ndngi' tlmt n wis.' num nlwnys prnlits liy hi* failures, nnl viewnl in th's light, itfi'l tiiiii-iiill-f rins tlie recent expi'iii'Ui'i' of Mr. Stork, I ili.iiilil judge from tli-' magnitude- of h|q failure in the gr««rtiiin(! Iitislii.'ss, lhat lie ii* hy far the wis.'si 'fellow ymi are lliihle to run nerosn in your searcli of .sturlilitf nbillty this side of London, nml 1 v,u»ox wtvi.se ji»« •« hiv Iiiir, mi li"-' k|.,'"*t "* i":" *■•'"'■'* opportunity. - Adopt (or -ift«r HOXXo tor this «till hunt, "ill' curly worm ge'.s cutiglit hy alii* old guilder tliat happens to miiv tip ovet 111g.11, num '"■'■'■* Ji" •"■■ lml lill you lnvi! ih.< worm. ci _ Dear Misler Kid,-I have just acquired ill company with two or lime friend*., tt large Iwdy ol coal lands, Mil ;v.i yi" fii-'V t|-,',r' ■" Yi'itl'i' fnr a long time, I li*****-' (lie HU-rty of Mitiua >.»u. t.g.adiit; ilu c»*i. 111:11 injj I limine*-'. * Wc w«»li to ((Jifiri:* «*»r*".lv,* to mining conl and making coke, and wr.nl.1 lc deliglrlcd if yon could tell rn. siiiiu-ll-ing «>i iJu way it is il.tw in, yt.uv W*..UU. liv. of trmrs*. want to male divi- d.n.1*. in U'/ii I***' baxiA, anil any. pointers lhat. might throw a side Iiiiii. on the subject would be thankfully ,sharp-a*iud aud driven in tlu ground. . Yours expectantly, . HOIIXXIE GREEXIIORX. Itfy Dear >Greenhorn: Your confidential note of iiv-uiry as to 'my stotk of kno\\vle.dgo on the coal an.d coke, biisini-ss, ' is at hand, and has caus.d me .'to take off mv, kiue pents, put" on;: niy. nighty ■ a and -sleep o\\vr tlu nia'Ucr.: ' I have, as,you; say, liveh some time under llu shadow of tlu-smoke from ilu coke oven.;,' 'and consequently my ideas may be a little ha/.y, ,but-\\\\;lun elonrnd of gas1 you will, I tli'iik'niul f.ome lucid .suggi'stii.ii's. In tlte lir.st'place, your, idea of pay- in;- all your attention to the mining of coal and the making of coke is o.k.'; don't divide your attiMilic'ii. If th.re are any side issues, they will work ih.iuseives through the aid of other people. The c oiupany lure has a. subsidiary company, a colt of the old mare, as it were, which travels alongside . of * the"old lady, and causes more tro.ilpf, tl._-.iiii a. whole team of old horses, and it hns been found, by actual cxperi- tnc?. tliat this colt eats up thixv- foiirtiis of tlu profits of the mother,, so lhat tlu coal and coke business inly turns out 2'. per cent, profit. Thc management here don't want any thing to do with tlie measlcy colt, but have to keep it going, although it costs nioiu than its mother to keep. The manager and two or three of the directors have said to inc. that tliey cl'iii't want to bollur with side issues, and it is on their statements that I base niy judgment- about side lin.s in ■' .the coal mining business. ".'he product of tlu mines here, expressed in dollar shape, as slated by tiu of the ollicials, i.s as' follows: Cole and coke **!*" High water .0;* Low light at high (inr.nce prices. .f>8 \\Yii« gas 04 Total. *. *t.oo Wi.h these figures before you, wliicli are llie lv'suli. of years of careful sup-- -crvisroii™rnrd-nianngeviit-iia-— v.n.br—-.litr charg'O of- the simplest minded miner that could 'be procured," you can readily sec from which product or the mines comes the bulk of the profits. It i.s an old saying that goods well bought are'hilf sold, but 1 hav.' re- ee'iMly heard of a method of selling coke that makes it entirely uiiuee-cs- sary 10 pay much attention to the cost-of production, or buying, which I would advise you to take a visit to Mfntaiu und investigate. If tlu com- pi ny us ng ihis method of. selling has imt taken out a patent ou'the process, I don't sec why you could not ■ndo'il the same method. A letter to I'nela Sam might bring you the ncc- eess.iry information. In conclusion, I might say lhat the company operating. Keiiiii: h.is ou hand.a job lot of s.cond-haud tools of ' the political variety which tluy are discarding as fast as tluy can procure new ones, and'' whicli you might get at a very low figure, if capital to lit up your plant should happen to be a little •!i.-rt. These tools are a. Utile buttered and -belli up, and of no use whatever in ihis Kernie soil, but a goi.il blacksmith with" n heavy hammer mi-.'lit straighten llum om so that in 11 iuw place lliey would lw of some use. ' In selecting n place to go into the mining busifi.'ss, yon should be careful to -get as much rough, side hill ground .sui'.nbl.i for diimpiiij,'. purposes as possible, as ,1 find lha*l 11 I'lini'iniiy that don't linyc time to look after siich little side affairs cau make mure out of tlmt kind of land ilr 11 any ollur, If tlu'i'o. is anything' mon'. y ,. » i*,u,. .,,...1,.-.. 1, I,--..---. raise oiu, uiid now, if yon,;can lind me a lmuse which can be secured without any rash, I 1.1.1II U' as luppy r.n .1 l/lidi-n mnn after a $<' election Will you litidly let mc know nt icr* «h th'i- tli ti* ii ,1 iv-sfi.dliiv'n. t. cr.nn,* a li •">*.' wiili.mt cnr-li .\\nvi,m*.lv V"iir<., .IAMIiS W.UIvKMAX. Hi.* .il(»..- l-n»inc»liVe Ittlir wa* refi-rr.d f.y Mott, S(in .-V Co. tn ihe Ledger Kid. willi the rf'iticst that he :aU' the iiiaiti 1 .'i* n-itji -n'auiiiuti, ,i-m ill.', ..I. U..I ill luiutl IkilU li.UU..» hiving |irol*.-M\\" to dis|H,\\»- of on ".tiih linns. One suiiiuier day three painters were painting the inside of a house in the coin'.rv. Towards tea time these painters began to wl.'h for soiirethiiv*: to-drink. So they held a conference. ■wiTirThT~lWuU^A"liat~llilel~lH*(leFwenr to tlu mistress of the house and said: 1 "The frames of your oil paintings are very dingy, ma'am. We'll cleaa th.-in for you if you've got any .whisky." ' "How, much whisky will b/e lU'd- cd?" a-ik-.d the guileless old lady. "About a .'quart, ma'am," said the painter.' So tlu old lady brought to tlu three painlers a *(.uart of whisky, and they drunk it up, .and cleaned the picture I'ram/s with waler, At sunset the old lady, coining to inspect tlu flames, expressed herself as delighted with them. '■..Ill" slu said, "tliey look beautiful. And who'd'have thought a ,quart of whisky would clean so many? ,lt wns lucky I saved it. It was wlutt I wash-vl' Fido ju last Sunday. '■ b—. A l'ATIIKTlC CASK, A proinin nl lawyer of llrndforil, X, If., suspected his colond servant of iiiiiiperin; wilh 11 certain brand of whisky iu his wine cellar, The; employer decided to adopt measures to verify his suspicions. He allowed the demijohn holding his private stock to become, einpty, nnd then, instead of refilling H, placed tlu remain.lvr in lollies and labeled wa.Ii uiie "pois- cn." One I'Viiiiu-*, cn ret tuning hoine un- i>-\\p.'elcdl\\', lu found his servant with (,n.* of lii,4 1 utiles.. Seizing tbe lot- tie from 'tlie darky's, lian V, he exclaimed, in a tone of terror'. "IJivut h-imii, Sam! .Do you know v.h.it you h.ive been do.iig? This bottle, is marked 'poison.' " Tlu ii.'grn look'ilu bolll.' niul KUVr ivied it closely. Tli. 11 lu diilfed at il. A uiilaiiilioly smile passid over his dusky coiiuielianee, niul lit* re- pi id: "I'te l'.-.u fooled again." '■Fo.il.-d i.j-nln?" ivpealid his innii* .r. "Wlut do yon mean?" - - "Well, sah," i'iiiitiiiu-d ill' ilul'kv. in the -aim* tine, "it am dis way. I Uow.d Irom the I'i**1. tvtm ,,: W1,v \\oit m-lid 'bout dul lUniip-lm, dat you had yn1 MiNpt'diuui «.*b me; mvl tint sbo innd.' lit.* feel prdty l.lne. 1 iet dUr.sscd, un' didu'l --ure. Wliy, ' , , , . ,..,, ... . v- '..■"• I*-" '■•"" iliviti; to •■"f.mivilt '-ubidi* outer d-.n lo'.tl',-!" UK KN'KW WiTTKK. Twc. Irishimi). Put imd Mike, stool 'looking .11 ii,iui.i.i>i (>■ '.*■'" '■"" working on .1 building tlt.it was Icing cr-ctid, \\sb 11 ih.- following enn- \\i-rMitii.n was iiviih.-.inl: Mikc-""l'.»t. kin >v/- tell nn* wlut knjH-s tiunl briels logeili.-r.-" P.i.1 "S'lr.., 1.il<*, i»'.>. -.fi * inorur " Mikv--"Nol l.y 11 dorn .iglii; ilut Uwi.-*. ih.ui ..■■..'£ " A CASH OP HA1> SM'.M.ISO. 1?ii^ u lii* nit- iii.u a moth.-r re- ,'1 ei\\ul in in Inr m ti whiis*.- ulucntitm h„l !»..« v-'dh- ih-'-J.-i.U-.l ■ tl.e l JlelL-V, "I li tic inarri.nJ ,*i male (Ivik. 'Volll -.1111 lJ.llllll." .Some dreamer has been d roam ing that women should grow more de- •votev.l and men fonder after marriage- if they have tiie slightest idea of being happy as wives and husbands. ,Xow, ih it i.s 1:0 dream, either. 'ill; trouble is just how lo live up lo the dream. Some dreams corn's true and some don't; some go by contraries, so we are told by the good old dream interpreters. 1'eihaps if ilu common pi need nre of billing .111! cooing fiist) nut* lighting after, were to be reversed, tilings wodld turn out better.., I.et the candidates for matrimony i-uari-.l and light 1111 til tlu combative abilities of both parties are well established, and then they could start out wilh the marriage proposition with coiidftions at the worst, with the assurance that time would mend matters, and that the billing and cooing and the growing more devoted and fender would be ino'at tlu finish. The dreamer says men and women should ' grow more devoted and ' fonder if they have any idea of being happy, in a yoked-up condition. Ilut th.n they generally do have tlu most extravagant ideas of how- happy they are going tn be. What an absurd dream to dream, that newly married people don't entertain the least idea that tluy are going to have happiness to sell. ' I.et llu dreamer take tlu trouble to pry ino this matter, a little when he. is "wide awake,Aand 'lie will lind that \\'Ulh wr- WMh fu lais'*-s ,,f lf).. -5 n'li.-ty-f.v.e per cent. ■ of newly married I01' =S a'llts- nud llu bidder put i_i tbe ' h-il-—provided—hbr-o.— h.i-raise"-ruTjT 10, 15 or '25 cents, as the ease mi.ght THE DICKEN'S YOU SAY 'Tliat Mr. Dickon is- a good union already done in the votitui lin. for man, and that lie has, the crniideiK-e of, the majority ot. tlu Fernie and Coal Creek miii.-rs, is evident Irom the fact'that'this is his second consecutive idini that he has held his present position, and that last week he received ilu Gladstone nomination of National "Hoard Member for the ir. M. W. olAA." Tlu. Kid got his slate and began figuring again over this pioblein. Tt! Dic-beli has the Confidence of the , , . i majority or tlie union because he has iiilaTlainmciU was held as before j, A 1-een twice ei.'Ckd president of the staled, in llie old Waldorf hotel, lor- nia-rly run by Fred Kaiionse. 'J here were nearly o::» hurdred guests present, ai-.d all as happy a*; the night was kng. Mr. ind Mrs. Knust Frye r.n.I 'other's of the eoimiiitU'e which IiimI llu arn.nl ..'mill!..-: in li.wnl" knew " how lo make people fee! iu a g(«d humor. 'J here "was (bluing, sin».iiig- and recitations, intcriningkd iu such a way as to make a bologna sausage of llie* most pleasant and palatable kind of entertainment. the Ledger Kid was there, anl they took t him through two square dances th.il weren't square at all. He got lost in the mazes ol , the figures called several times, but ' always emerged from the whirl with the rignl partner at the right time. lie discovered an easy and pleasant way lo do this. \\\\h:never- lu got laiigkd lu 'grabbed his partner and took ,r swing. Tlu wait/, is the best"of all dances, end the swing in llu u-phiie dance comes the nearest to a wall/. ,of any parl of tlu square, so he got more out of the square than was sqnarelv coining to him.- Cue .of tlu most pleasing parts of tlu piogrammc yeas,, an auelion conducted on a plan that' was n'w to many of the gueS's. ' A bunch of Iiandkcrcjiiefs were put up for sale and the bidding started. Tlu first bid Icing,' sav $1.0:1, then Troifli!e..l In 'propiar~ar was eo.isicte**ed td-cuilicrous fc.'i'ow, while.'tliu'other l'i*llow-.cvi.deiiily bad ill- e-onlidenee of the voters, and liis actions must b,*e right. Tlw Kid'beirau w'antinjj to knowiall Diu't repress children, No, don't do iti One good pressing with a shingle, will be sullicieiu if properly applied. Half an hour around tlu electric light and steam register will •blot out many a care and aiinoyaiiee if lhe light and the steam are not too expensive, andjialf a minute at the repiesslng business willi a shingle will make a boy prefer to stand up for an hour rallier than sit down by tlu brighicM lire lhat coke or coal could pi-ivlucc, for half a minute, Did the dreniuei ever gut spanked, or did he ever spank his kid? And 1I1.11 llu dreiimer gels .inisly, and inlks of lhe touch of viinicli.-d hinds, and the sounds of voices llial are still, and i]u jokes nre gone from tlu kid's mind; his pencil refuses to move; tlu word-, will not come', in lli.ir stead louie visions of llio*-'.: that were,...and mv not, He hears sinuvls of sweet coo'llg babes; sees ill.* sweet smiles of tli.il dearest of all smiling laces, llm smile of 11 loving mother which •■(icius so' fur away in 1 lie misty distiiui'-.', but Niniling still mi swielly, (■ll, mh geHti'. 'M"'" '•*''' '■"v. I"1' " loy is alwiixs a 1 oy in Ins nintlier nnd to liiinvll, w h.n he is chi*.** lo her in reality or m divaiiih'ixl llappv dn aiiib-ul! Why i». il that llie o!d*r a k'd grows the moiv his dreams waudi l.nl. Xn wlun li • was 11 r al I Id.' Ih il I can.* ill.' rc.i I kid liv.-'. in ill.* Iiiiuiv, whll. li * 1^'iiwiiki', mi I llu old kid Iiii--. iiii.te mid mon- 11 tli- past diirin; |jin v..ihiug lurtu*-: Ano'li 1 .m.n.iimn.nt ui.J K- Si.bS t.tiiij'hl in ilu old Wald'irl It*•*4-1 .11 11 kind «if ««iiriiin.ili« ll "-' lb' ',',:»•»■- *-"c- ass n\\ J.isl ("'a uid.iv ui'li'.. Tli* Kid to •!« up on ■ of ih • I,, d- git's Const evili.ill,; ■* llu i.tlur d.iy, ainl a*« »li- r. suli of a li.u-; Mi'l p. r- sislaiu (Hurt to r s..| lliunij.Ii 'li- tb ng, '...■ \\,\\\\ '....I *> •'••S. iiml bi '*>• (in* j*o ..ut i" hi". giix.iliu.' Mo*,.* Willi b- wu*'- up l»* Irlil.ulU tul ilr.nming uf li avv Mviui s. and-vog^-v duuiplu*;' t'-t ,.. h- Inu, Ii.< 1i..lh,*;l mil' i.i tlm *'ti I ..f did for a ui< utli he 1111,led.d tit tt lii*. dreiimmg wash* tlb'ti it tit; l» .nv mint.11 dt.-t rMir.-m. *1 in '■*-• i«l-w-i.»V, iii.«( bit n-Milvnl mil 1* t*'1'* ;*ny in<.r.-»hm • < s. le, and if il was the last 'bid lie.gol lc'.'for tlu raise h^, h::d deposited. I'I was lo's of fun and brought, big prices for tlu articles sold. "Mr. Meyer was the , auctioneer, and be should never do c.iiiyihing else, he. did il so well, Th n there were refreshing refreshments, llu best of sandwiches, cake, coffee and ice cream. Mr. Mat/, also contributed lots of stout, beer, etc., etc,, iiud Charlie "iVaidic, Mr, Frye,Mr. Meyer, Mr. l.nudinsky and other g-en- thuieii, assisted by a whole bevy of ladies that wou,d make Washington Irving linn over in his grave in an endeavor lo revise his sleepy, hollow descriptions of f cm iile loveliness. Tlu music fuiuish-d by llu leader of the Italian baud and assistants was exceptionally go,-,d, Several German si ngs and recila- ti(li- Were r; ndered, but lite Kid wasn't welliiioiigh up in liis German to translate but a portion of one of lhe Veises, Mis,; Sled-'oslahncr sang tlu song (.milled "Sing Me to Sleep," in such a sweet, d.licate way llial nobody slept a wink, iilid clamored for more so liiuill libit she hail to repeal il. .Miss I'ri/elle iicciimpiiuiid lur oil the piano. Tlie large dining mum of ilu old Wnldorf holil was tastefully decoiat- ed willi Hags and hi'iUing. Two liir^e Ci.'i-uiaii Hags hung over the dm if, and Tniou .l.i. !■•",'nud Stnl-: all'l Sii'ipi-i were iiiti-rmiiigl-.d. Sing min Dein I.iid im Ilanurslieiii Gieli min Vi'i-gessiii iilb-i* I'liii Sang ist der Tag m-.-iii so sliwcr Wuli 1 d ir nieiti I.eiil viuiib-.-r war Sing min d;iii I,i»d reiili inir die Hand I'nd full- miili sjiiiIi mi Ti-.iiun.'l.iirl W;n ml.-li ilieni Auge diJi uiilit siiht l.ieh du bi.si 11.1I1 i-b luu- d, in I.iid. THAS'SLATION. Me, to sleep I fliil'• ill' illiidj oil coin-'- S'llg Me, drill rem. 111! cr .ill til- v.oild lol. Mv It* Hi tii'.d is, llu day !,n;. 1-. t'i me it Would J W'i'h tn i-lill '.ill.;. Vour !i md in 111 n- put an-l to -l.-* p gu While I pivllv miieli 111:*.- 11 bud *tng Ml. f'u'<* Miur bi-ii' ivoil bf ni1 di n'l h nr. Wh 11 Mipp.r 11 nr ,s 1 vnu .bui '. w, ll'. lo b niiii* K d v*on l --ii.il.ilit' in • *"'• r i:u* *, ni th* tr..ii*.I.r. "ii. ' in h i will u ' to ' >> "a r mid 'b.ii 1I1 ,n., I, . 11 I 11.11 about--it, aid asked his Ma so iiiany tom-iool (jiiestions thai" she ll-nnlly li.id to spank lijin ;itrl jmi him ti»' bed lo sleej) over the prohh-m. Wli.n b.*e *;ot up n.-xt 111'U ning b.- h.iitd a 'gri-at comiuoiii 11 about this ci.-nfidi'iice busiii'.'.ss, and ill lhe him. " -■ .4 This riled tlu Kid, for lie don't like to work lor nothing, aiul lie Jiuxl us_d,' up a whole "pencil trying to prove tluil D. hud more of tlu confidence of the iu;ir ihaii had ■ S., and all his work was for nothing. He didn't un- (.(.rial.e to piove r." that soiueliow .. or 1,1 lur the first proposition was, still c.rrect, because those men were--liable , to break his slate; problem aikl "all, again—so lu gave it up for" good; '•-'have allow' me space in . your valuable' paper lo place my -views," etc.,, etc., 'Ih it's nice. How an editor alwavs sits up ;iiul smiles when he reads ih .*--e woids! Valuable-.paper. About liuw valinihlu lias llu paper which puhliMi.d lhat letter to "Fel- ,ow Workmen ' jirove-d itself to .be to those workmen? • ' ."Never mind, Kid: that expression is only us.d as a kind of courtesy wh 11 ii fel.'ow wt.nis to have tlu paper man do a little, job for hini. It di n't mean that lhc paper is worth.a d cm jur anything if it isn't, and you needn't worry about that." The Kid went on reading, but ' he concluded tli.it this letter must Itave ^-oen' copied from those circulars, as' it seemed to le just like them, and bad made up his mind thaA'Mr. I.indsey h.:d- h-.d another circular attack and wns in a state of relapse. This conclusion hrigihteiisd the Kid ap, and he'' ihoiiglii he, could see an- o'.lur ren.'-.on why the writer had called the paper valuable. -Mr. I.indsey ought to know all about that.' Ilut lu was ,do:-,'iiicd to dissapoint- m'aiit once more, for glancing at ihe. signature a*, ihe end'of the lei ler" he ran up ngiiiint a dutch' name that was'a .'-.liinn.'r. His, Ma couldn't tell him who Mr. Yox-I\\>i.--Vo(l-!ie could be. ,11 is name was i:ol* 0:1 her calling list, and she didn't rcmeiiilser of having ever met Vox, " ',' ' •' ,,' All at '* once it struck tlio Kid that "Vox Pop might .1/2 an assumed li.nue, end he dug up the dictionary* and iii'ter -.a^ Jot of Ini or-lie dug>irp Tit \\ "laTt- iirat- v ox i.'opu 1 nTicmi 1 *** eveiy1-..-ly ' talking at one., and he , coi'L-lud. d thai-ihis Vox had 'just got," pome from a h.n tea party and !\\iTOle the letter before, he had recov- ■ ira-d .from the ellecl of too much '..iikee and no sense. ^ ,-- . Thin tbe Kid saw that .some worker e-viniur h: was told that tbe num j who had yesterday .1 mono]...ly'of the had W.*eii kicking all Uu way from f the union men ci lilideuce of the union men had- lo«lay lost it all, along \\yilh bis olli.e, iunt,>. lhe ui.-ii who had so recciiHv votnl 'far, Lawdusi as was in llu same old cir- Iichel fn XeKcn, and when lie opened tlu ball that .had lxeti kicked tto it stuffed "with the same for him had relnsed lo dn so more, and took back what iluy an\\ ..ail Iiuliir at the hcginiv'ng. .Til!; Sb.ASONS. , (l We have had the sir-el! ol ke-uliup, '( And llu ihili sauce «'* well; ... 1 'Jli-e odo:- of llu juicy dill, ]' Likewise; th; juicy' dill. '1 Xow calming time is over, j ■ Ilut a sliouger smell occurs; Tlu cam],bur 1 .ill is now ill.- Uritg", She's getliug out h.-r iurs, Knell s,:av.u l/a.-i its odor s'.roiijf,. ft Tli 11 seem.', ih-' little llai; \\ A lid ;i!l can tell what's going on, , Hub.iv ihev biivt- ill; iu.it; A dinner boiled, an uuiou Iried, Which I'-.er she pivlcrs; Iiul, th.*y are lanu; i-innpiiri'i.l t(» llial Wh..'U .*-he gels oul lur luu;. I'or life is such u lell-tab- gmne tjur ta.'.t' s wu ciiulliil hub*; And wli.it wv cal aivl wli.it ur. di'uk Are pulilish-d lur and wid.-> Th.* tale I'- b(il lie mi fi', rv lit? i-.'e, l-'of,smell Iiii Willi ilel"l-.; ■ hreeiiue o< all the other strikers if •wr were, u- strike and stay out for lifty ycaiK?" "Don't, you sec, nn.: 'can't strike?" ;! "l'A-erybt Uy iise cn strike and ' qtiii work, i:tu we have lo keep 'jri-jlii < « '■ ■ Tlu Kih hidu't lnoktcl al it in thai J-lighl.. , l| 11,- stnd.e.d tiie tired wings of .the i s'lnik, riililrd (iow 11 his bu,.' b-gs and iS '.hi him winging bis weary way lor l„, Hi: babies. II* tint slork sliould go ont of 011s- • „,-,,,• lu would put 11 quietus on every thin.'... And lie world al Iar,'.- tur.:,i m 1 lion*.. nm',' I, nmc Shi's j'.'-ttiug om lur.fins,, li -.(iiiii liow 1 h,.aid i.leip ! As l!,|i V.iu.Wiii'oh- '■b-','1. And 'Minhiiv, 'liou'd .iwii!..: - }'i< Well illi'l Wi'. I*. l.'l'l. I A 11 ,d iiii .a., ud 1 tu know I I'll 11.. lll.ll 111' I-l ll •]■'' 'ih ■ *. ,1 „ ii, i .iiuid t* II it «h Wi.i. ''cU-,11'* um lei tui:., '-''.'Ul.Jv Wi;l;Ki*. DOlli:,!-: ':1-Mi; t\\ NIGHT CAPS, Tli.- -coli'ii-d*' Jt.ivu r,:V..is,*d ilu regular o rail.t nl iliings,'and are hauling eoal ii Vo I'Vi'iu'i', Son nl coals 10 Newcas'.k* luivi- in-ss. ! 'Ih.. I U, .md -■iiuu!' of-tlu mib'li fows have ji 'in" tl"' '.ink',*;, iilid 11.1 wt l liim ir. \\ /Mil th m ".!■. lmpid ior l-eft-iv. spun;, -v.ii. 11 11. ts ho)i-ad ih.-v van U-. '.mined .tn go ,1 i'k Xn. work on a ,,s. (J- ; ,.;n,. nu.nth* loiiiiiu't wit It n lisirnni luting, il.in*-.1 n'-nin'-t s-nl'liy lull, or ,.iw-.'Icing .ilb.wed in llli* '■iiiii.' 1 . ' Whil' ih 1. '■lie \\.i l.*'..l '. lii',-1 111 hi It '-.ilk Ih-ll. ■ 1^,1 Mid v. . ■ ,.tb b., ::i,i.e ,■ I.|.,1|| ■ •-)" will-, wi.iiv \\. n ..'il t 11 • Il.ii I' .Mo ne I-* ru.irsiig aroiilnl U'* ,ii-.* i.ii- nu; ni-- did ii"l call lot bids JI-.1 11). )/.- Hi li-iif l/.'.n li-oiriiig ol1 j iii ..;*, i,, -1 .p m wr.h a bid .it .*, j i,. ,, „i 1 j', a 1 v. lytlniij', wuh n ■t.p.ilil.iili iliil' tlf ei.li-.imi|.lii.ii "I ,v ,t. 1 lc I., jn v.i'.i.biu i'-m.iiii 1.mils m. h it h * li .pi d io ,m,ik. a pmli' on tin* M.r; !•• -t wa*' . n i|**er t:' He w nt li .m ■ and in 1 d '••'. b Hulls \\11I1 .1 H's laiiv ta! - ,n '. Sleepy Hollow su.m.-s all ntiv'l i.p m .1 iii'dd!.' with "hn b li "I •'•ill ..ml in;uv 'i .0 tb * m -.1 »• 'in.in p .* 1,. '■> Tl.l' lllll ud. >l A irolby e..lli'1-d wttli a milk w.i**- in .,nl « •-'' tli- null* ",.1.1 I'.-tig ..'a tb. |.,iei Hi. II1 Sni 11 a nowl ;• ill,, i.d ■ Cm.' (Imi ss!" lAil.iun.d ,i man 'Win1, an aw ml w.-isii! A i,iv stout >.;dv 'urn A ..lcl «i'i(''l ai Imn ••-■"■I in ml yn'ir own bu.-u st," si.- .n.p- l*,,| 1 i.i* i.t). 11 Ad III;; 111- V _h.il lnll't * Ml.I M '* jl.'. iw,.-.. S 'll II '1 " .- t!| ■ ,**■.! '. 'll ll 'I ■ " *'* wllu Jl ,'l uid. 1 .1 I- Ill ..I llu .'ili.it h li I ■! !'•»■'.'■ 'bo v,. '„, „r. I 'ii I h'i" •!■ ''■ I- ,1 Mil, 'li til .li'i t 'HII lit i.'ll 1 il.iy ..ud 1*'■'**■• 'I ri-Milu- t, . •• , 1 1*. .,,*!■!. ri. 11- tb- win,U- I ,..!,• ii'lli '. (.. |.-.i.' I-. .mn :l"'i' . ..:.d tli . .u * jii-11, ruliictioii ;i-' h'.ui 4 unl wi'-.-s i" lit.'' legul.ir ! in 11.1 , :i ..: th ..id I • j tun I »i,ill .ind .ui'-iy tilt'-Trattiiu-; . |M. I ll.i.;il;;iil III, ..'il it w.is fe.irnl 1 , i... -iint, 1'ir. i'i it ■< n'<- 01 tli 1 ., 1 i 11 >,■,' : I 1, l.'fil i, 1.IV ;i\\. Um-* lit ..I* V. ■ " Wiiv ib.ti 1 ^■••'! • ,'.) tr,.- 1. t- "■*((».!.«*' * -ad ib l.i ni "U-.- '' I t-i in1 v'-- w 'Ubl ' I l!t-.-l IIIII .-,. I. 111 .1 ill! -ill til !.!. n.*, .1 i..l '.I I ' 111 in) r tu r 1 .... f.i< ui tli-ir .!>' WI C.ltIV ("A, ■•!• i. it ! 11 s- ; II 111 Willi. .It Sl.ltU- ,. \\ ju'«;;1u tb • nib. r I -. ib * ,m iuin, is III t Lii-'uii. .-ii I ihnjs w.ie ]..ilili- 1 (, ih .t im ,i slum time 'sit ;. , '-.'fir' 111.11' I<- e\\pr(*trd I" 1 »• - 'I ,11 ! V any «'f til.' I'K'bsstun* THE BACK LAP OF THf. Mi&'HTT CAP *m*?mmiA -»•.»=*■*-■ < I'M fill IT I ' ——-sU*__- T-Hotnc Bank of Canada DO IT NOW Y"'b would like to havo your name on our list of depositors. No matter "whether joiir start is one dollar or one hundred—we will pay you interest at eurrent rates—compounded twice a year. Current Accounts Invited Open Saturday Evenings 7 to 9 J.,I-l. MARSHALL, Mgr., Fernie Branch Bank of Hamilton ELBERT UUHHARD SAYS: Thc man with thu Savings Bank habit is the' one who never gets , laid oil; he's the one who can get along with- _ out you, but you cannot .get along without hiin. Tho Sav- , ings Bank habit means sound sleep, good- digestion cooi ' judgment and manly independence: The most healthful thing -T know- of. is, a Savings Wink-book. There are no mi- ciokes in it to steal .away your peace of mind. It is a guarantee of' good behaviour. Capital Reserve Total Assets $2,500,000 2,500,000 Over $30,000,000 I Savings I Department i. Otic Dollar is suilicient to open an account. In- .ti.rc.6t paid semi annually at current rates. The best facilities ato offered to "out of town depositors Current accounts cf manufacturers and morcli- nis solicited. , , '. A General nankins- Hiisincss Transiicted <| $ J. tt. LAWRY, AGENT FHRNH. 1SRANCH f CENTAWORDADSrT—^00 We have the Buyers who have-the Cash to purchase and improve them. Bring in your descriptions to CI<hi pin her is Icin' took. Two 01 ilu.. if th' jurymen ii only restrain -A (■• Joorrc from i»tl.ul.«tijf ye wh'le 'li' <»- iluthKVt Is U.itT i-i'iul, an' in !il.'.ut two minyit*. y.Ar j.'g.'iii (.i'ii to iS.' thriiin fr-Ioliet an' ye'er frinds rend in 111' pg-pcr: j " 'Th' uatoryons niiscrcenl Ilin- inissy has got, his just dues, thanks to ! an iucorruptihlc jury in constant readers iv Ihis gaurjeen iv pop'lar rights, there will lie a distriliution iv h' prizes to tli' jury offered he us at j KiniidiULV.-. Hull next Siind|aiv, whin . ill' In mud judge - Doughbody will make tli' presiniatiou speech.' I "Wauil in a while a mistake is made. iUayl.e ye ain't guilty at all, Mayhe. 'tis 11 nind out at th: thrile thai ye were in Waukeegiin th' day th' crime was discovered an' it was another man iv th' same, name that coveted ih' Iniin. Tli' I'alajuein iv our Lilwriies docs th' rigJit thing ■-,_ ye. The'case deliiniids a full, five, frank nn' manly apology, nn' ye git it: M'e suited yisleidah that wan Ilin- nissy was convicted iv stcalin a liiiin. We regret to say that this was nol so. Adv. cash errors. What's the damage, Maine?" The wait less handed hiin a 15-cciil check, and, leaving her a nickel, he climbed down from the high stool, lighted a cigar, and .disappeared. WANTED—Carpenters lo work on the new C. V. Ii. station.—Apply'- ou the job, to Digby e*. Waldic MOTT SOX & CO. have instructions to look oul for two or three hundred acres of good land suitable for fruit growing in Ilia Kootenay Valley. This land must be so situated as to allow of irrigation', either" by gravity or by a well-equipped pumping plant with an abundant supply, of water. Improved ranch js are ■withing lhc scope of the'insliActions. " Locality, quality of,soil and access to water come before price in the consideration of the purchaser, who is a practical fruit grower, and knows what he wants. Send us your descriptions" locations and prices. *" TO LET TO LET—Two dnfiii'iiished rooms, u.*ar Baptist church.—Apply, at Lw.l- ,()Jlic_ A hotel that furnishes qniicl, commodious accomnio'ik.Gi'on for its patrons is a source of pleasure to the travelling public. .Such a one is' the King Edward Hotel, of Kernie, corner opposite i'.ost office. There is nothing from a hatchet to split the kindling wood lo the complete outfit Tor an exploring expedition' which we do not supply at a reasonable price. Hardware, Harness & Saddles Miners, Prospectors Supplies • Dry goods, Groceries, Kami Implements and Machinery, from Stem-Winding Mouse Traps, to Cyclr.ne Stackers, Indian Curios, Souvenirs of Roosville and Elko,- It aw Kurs aud Krcsh Produce from lobacco Plains shipped on order from Elko to any part east or west. Send orders to Elko. Pi-j. Game Hunters outfitted with supplies; Pack ..Horses . and Guides. FOE "YOTTIR OB "WAEEE STOIRIB] :otjse Y^&myyiiYi Y. KOll SALE—One "'--Y.'d.diir.wton Hand Press, 7 col. folio; "one Gordon Job- l-.er, 7x11, P.oth these presses are in fair condition, -and are oiTered- for sale '(.heap on account of having installed larger presses in their stead. Write for prices and terms to ' ■ THE KERNIE -LEDGER, Kernie. 13. C. .:pUti-t.a_i__c C_A._I_TlsrO_N' _—7i[,Carr.icc!-i n_._i_si zcs.-] You nre making a mistake if you have-not asked our prices on HEATERS, no n.a.tcr.what style you may require. Take a look. "WHIMSTEB & CO. ■V". _HE KK2CSK2K3KJK2K:K2CS3K3K2K2 A SI'.NSI}ILE MERCHANT. He'ni- Island, Aug. an, 1J03. Minaid's Liniiiiiiil Cn,, Limited. Dear Sirs,♦-Vour traveller is here today uud we are getting a large qiiamily of MINARD'S LINIMENT. We Iimi It tli.. bust Liniment in the market, iiiakin/ no except imi. We have been ill business i.t years, und have handled all kinds, Imt have dioppid them all but yours; that sells itself: ill* nlil/is have lo be pushed lo gel rid (.1. AN I'N-'AIK DEAL. ************ "We rasliii'i's ought lo lot in n union," lie s.nd bitterly.. "We don't i;.*t jll'.lliv as it is " SeuUd on ,1 high siuol in a i-nli'l' li'inh, i.u., It* liltid a putted ham 'iiiidwirli to In:, lips with p.ih- und illl, .-.lain d liltgel!*. "Tlil'i is mil' I'lomli." Iw siiid. "It We nie sllult in our 1-.1-I1, we have to iiinl.i- lit- i-liiniage gninl; lull ll '-.«' uieli.ng, wr dnii'l pinlil. "I'll.- litm pI,i).-» with ii. ,1 g,nm- ui "IF, .ids w, will, tails ynu h.s,*.' Kor .xiiu.pl-', la-,1 w.ik I w.v. '&..(" in lit* .ri'i. Si-jiiili nv. in paMiig oil ih* kinds, I p:. d out that limih too lllllill. Ill Ci ll.t-qllill.e, S7..P1 mil of in,' sal.irv mad' th' sliortagt- good. ■'Ilut y,-'*leid,i\\ I was $q over. I hid iiliil.lp.iid.sclilL- otle, lit some oil,: hid i.-.i-(|'...d 111.-, 'i'i iii'l. V.711, ',,. I allowed lo applv llli*1 S'l smplns to till* $7.10 ■ iiiutin'.-? Not at *'ll' " iliu ti>-. "Wi* f.ishnrs .night to loiin a union 10 inir.ii this injustice. Tli.-n* is in. ii.iv.u wlie mu- -.iiijilni rii-li i-inu-' ti-ilil.l fl.it •.:, t'i 1...I.IK < uttt A.fni' 111', 1)11) HIS PEST. A hungry Irishman vent into a restaurant on Kriday and said to the waiter: "Have ye/ any whale?:' "Xo." "Have \\ez any shark?" ■ •' ' Xo." "Hnve ye/.'any swordfish?" "No," "Have ye/, any jellylish?" , "No," "All rijihl," said the Irisliinati. "Then hrin^ iile hum and e^'s and a Ixiefslake .siiiolh.'i-ed wid onions. Tlie Lord knows 1 asked for fish." Lindsey to Slierniaii—"Have you ally trulh?" Shcniiaii to • Lindsey*-"Have you r.ny hoii.'s'.y.-" I'h-ilh—"Tli -ii let's have 11 scrap," niul tli.'y're linviiij; it. A CLEANSING PR HATH. ********** John L. t,'o.». spenkii of the. Tut- liessee sciinle, hud all old li/jim ser- viiiu who liked his drink ju.'it as well in llie, best Kentucky colniivl ill tlie liluei.|-iiss i. ate, One innriiiiii*;, Jttst after ih- cold sp.dl broke, III.' darky innii* to S.n 1 tor t-'ox. "Mills' .lohn," said lie, "I'lljes' up iiii' ilc.ui d.'so wind.is dis inoriiin'." "All lijjhl, Ciu-N.ir," replied tli ■ M'llllllll'. "Is "ni in h.ib 11 hull liimhlcr of whis!.y, .Maine .lohn, IV're uin't uiilliu Ilia: whiskey lor cleuiiiiif,' win* dcrs." Tli-- hall tuinlilei- was pi-uiii|illy Ijiven to CaiiMiv, win iiiiifd himself Willi Millie raj;:; mid caii'ii-il ill.* whis- (,1 y in .11101 li i ni".11 (n I* (■■<' !'■'•* work. A lew- iiiiuuii-s aiteiwai.d.*' Sillitui 0«\\ lied <».v:i*.ii.U t«> enter Ills lliiiiil. l'a*'..ll" Wiis busy pnlMlill^' III* windows. Th.- tumble'' was ru 111.* table, bu: no wllisWv w.is ill ll. "Whv, I'.icsnr, wlnil's lieioine ol tiie whiskiy''-- »sk,d tlie senator. "1 I lion*.In vou iim.I it in this wink," '•So I do.*s, Maise .Iniin, so I di.es," W.is III' all-wer, 'Villi Ml', -,,!i. I di in'. - A. v. hi l.-y .n"' 'doivi 11ii.l1 tr.-f a«in de win his!" - .,.-. o • ■ WHEin-; NATM'E GIVKS I'KOI'I.E A 1.1 FT. C.r.iv- ".Mki heal d from onr friend It iiiu tier in Texns. lie says liis wife w.is l.iiily e.itin-d div.iv witli their Mrtt hull-..'." C.r.-en- "Carri.d away with i-nthii--- hisiii. ill'"' r.rav-"No, iy .1 .-.•.h.n..--' _} _] _] P I, _} ■*3SXSIB^-3SCSXaK5aES&3ISK&2K}_ Are you on the inside, looking out. 0 you take and i the Ledger? If not, why not? Every man, woman and child in East Kootenay, should be a constant reader of the Pernio Ledger. It is not controlled by any corporation or company, nor does it shield thc evil deeds of any political party. It has a good word for everything that is good and a vigorous kick for what is bad in the public life of the country. It tries tn place before its readers, in a pleasing' way, the local news and is anxious to receive any and all items of interest to its readers. SUI3SCRII3K FOR THIS LEDGER BUY THE LEDGER READ THE LEDGER ADVERTISE IN TIIE LEDGER AND BRING YOUR JOB PRINTING TO THE LEDGER— if yon wi**h to .•**:--.]..■ ]\\ Jn it-- pfTnrt-5 to build np thf» .■nntpmil interests and thc moral standing of the community. ' As the old songf says:- "In nil your tniiisiirtions lut'lliis lm your pt.iit— Kor ihu WL'If.iri! of oilicrsdo nn well iih you fan, lio your iluty, lovo mercy, unite nil lo-rtMlu-r And journey |Imoii/;Ii li/e IIUo liirdiofit fc.'illior," Are you on the outside, looking In ? i 1 r.i.*.. WE FERNIE LEDGER, FERNIE, B. C. OCTOBER 7f I fi I ••4' COriPULSORY ARBITRATION. Last' week thc. Ledger piil>li-Ji5d a .-hor. articli* in advocacy of compulsory arbitration for labor troubles, and it believes it voiced tli:: sentiment of tlis public and of on ever-increasing*, number of labor men who look more ^seriously into this matter. l.ut if unions arc to lx: broken up and every attempt ma»b to discour- ■ age unions, as i.s being done now in Kernie by the management of the Coal Company, aided by the clamors of a few people who are talking all sorts of nonsense calculated to discourage union**- ,mtn and encourage non-union men, the unions will be slower than ever in concluding that ihey can entrust their cause to men wlio. b}' their works and words iu time of need, belie their professions of friendship to unionism, But aside from this, will some wise man tell us how arbitration is going to 'be worked if the labor side of the controversy is to be dividud up into individuality instead of being compelled to come licfotc such boards as ii company oi organ!/a(ion? If th:> principle of combination is not to be eiteouragv'd, and the laboring, people were compelled lo go in small bodies or individually before a board of arbitration; there would be no end to arbitration.. It would have to go on indefinitely. The principle of unionism will have to be recognized, and if it is, then compulsory arbitration can be carried out most effectively. The sooner the, public recognize tliis ,fact and .demonstrate to organised labor they are its friends in dead, not mock friends, as many people arc ■ now proving to be, " the sooner will .union men look upon them as real friends and !,. willing to entrust their * disputes to them for settlement. ■ With thc miners recognized in thc fullest sense, and compulsory arbitration iu force as tlte machinery by uhidi to settle differences iKtwcen capital and labor, the excuse for strikes and lockouts would disappear, and a great stride in tho direction of industrial peace would be accomplished. 4 Don't imagine, however, that the labor unions nrc going to look wilh loo much favor upon this proposition until th. principle of unionism ■ is' most .thoroughly admitted and established. This will Hot happen until managements . cease clamoring about ihe irresponsibility of union, nun, while the same 'managements are demonstrating every day that Jowi_righL^_UslLoJie__Ly__is_at-_le-ast—as, prevalent in corporate management us it possibly could be in any kin.:l of ornani/alioti, and the" organization and thus succeeds in getting the property free, together with another fifty thousand 'dollars, for which 'he gives no equivalent. Or the Hyde ■ nature induces the financier to invest certain funds entrusted to his keeping in wild cat schemes, where the risks are so great that he would not dare to invest his own money. If there are profits thoy may reach 30 per cent, or more, a bank interest is set aside for the owner of the "money, and the remainder goes to the financier. But occasionally it happens that a finan-.ier holds two or more olliccs. AsJekyll, lie may be. thc director of a trn_c company or an insurance pom- paiiy." As j.-l>de, he, maybe * engaged in manufacturing or in speculative land bining. Hyde needs money. He ■joes to .Tekyll, his other self, who lends thi. trust inoitty without'"a "qniv- er of self condemnation. Hyde speculates and loses, and .Tekyll charges up the loss 'to unavoidable market conditions. It i.s all very' delightful, save for the people whose motley has ;ein given to the trust company for safe keeping. And, also, it might go 0:1 forever, if it were not*for insurance commissions and iiiq.iiisit.iv<> lawyers. Hon Geo. IC. l-'oster says he saw no ci-nllici of duly in the fact that he Was manager of the Union Trust Company and also member of a land syndicate. And this in spile of the fact as ag.nl of the syndicate he sold property to the trust company ol which hi.: was manager. Here is a case of dual .personality where ths duly of Hyde to get a high price was in .direct conflict with thc duly of .fekyll to give a low price. Yet JMr. Foster does "not sec any impropriety. Again, we have hinted that sometimes a financier has a triple personality. What of th: case of Matthew Wilson,- K. ,C? He, was a member of a speculative syndicate desiring to sell'property to the Union Trust Company, aiid he, with Chancellor Boyd, as legal' experts, formed th*: inspection committee, which passed on all investments. Stock in a land company is au improper investment for trust funds. Later, at thc instance of Mr. Stevenson, the stock ers that are so busv Irving* to induce people not to do' what they as paper directors make a business of doing— that is, looking at one side of everything and ibeing as one-sided them-, selves as the requirements if the business demands. "You, gentlemen, are judges of the high court of pailiament. You are sworn alld paid to act for the country, just as Sir Thomas Shaughn.ssy is paid to act for the C. 1\\ R., just as Mr. 1). L). Mann is paid to' act ior the C. .V. 11. If ymi take gilts from Sir Thomas SJiauglinessy or Mr. Mann, you impair your power to protect the people against the , companies which your benefactors represent. You put yourselves iu the- position of a judge on the bench who takes gifts from a litigant whose case lie will have to .decide." The foregoing is the rebuke 11. 1,. Uor- dcii rdid not administer to Foster, Fowler, l'opc I.efurgcy, et al., and which, in tlie opinion of th* Toronto' Telegram, he should have done. 17 I906 m> not mated as a trivia! offender, but as a d'lil.ryt.' thief. Wli&l about'those fellows who have ... a"- been Hiiilty of-■■'siocfc-Taterin-' to ihe extent of million:-; of dollars? Are they to l:c * treated as just ordinary, trivial offenders, who are not worth even .a mention in tli.*. columns of tho staid old Gloltt? It slates that wli.n is possible on the oth'r siib of* llu lino is,also possible- on this. Has it found our' yet, that wliel-jd't was talking of the rascality of tliose bad insurance intn ov-,-1- there, and holding up th- Canadian insurance fellows as ,,u shining exauijjle, that its pride in the home article was misplaced,, aud that tlu double directorate nuisaiicc is just as l*ad h-r-e as over, there, and is a thousand times more extensive in its jobberies thin lias been any and all the milk watering in th; land? er, after other treajnient had failed. She says: '-For .some years Annie had not been well. ''Shi would' tak- spells of dizziness and headaches that would last for several days,-and her whole ,bodv would become drv .'and hot as though she was Inn ning up with fever. Her lips would swell unlil near the bursting point, and th.-u when (he fever would leave li.-r th.; miter skin of lho lips would peel oil. She 'doctored with two different dor- tors, but they .did not succeed - iv. curing, her,.' v.xiA the trouble seemed gradually to be growing worse. Th:ir we began giking Jier Dr. Williams-'" l'ink Pills, and under this treatment she has recovered her health. The lict.idaches and dizziness have goucj; he nm * ./ SCOTT & R0SS -a I UNDERTAKERS "' V. , : ■- ■'■;.:& ,\\\\ .■' ■* -EMBALMEII8 makI'S .view m'.oon. This is good of the Telegram, and the Xews' should look out for the rebuke which Sir Wilfrid has so Iar failed to administer to somebody down* in l.ondon for the wholesale debauchery of lhe 'ballot that secured a seat in his cabinet to a man who has no right to sit there. , be permitted to live. .. With, all th. double directorate rascality that is coming to light every month, every, week, every day; il is astounding, wilh what check these same fellows will descant upon the ii responsibility of labor unions and th.-ir oiliccrs. Give us a rest on the dishonesty ,o[ lli.'Ss union nun, nud also a rest from tlu damning dishonesty, of double directoriiig money out of the pockets of the same working people into the treasury boxes of lhc insurance robbers. Would Mr, Dicken cease his laboring to prove.lhe dishonesty of was returned and a mortgage taken as security for the money advanced. But Mr. Wiison approved the peopos- cd investment, of thi Trust Companv' (Mr.'Wilson, director) in lands of the-syndicate (Mr. Wilson a member). It happened that the Trust'Company will lose nothing by the transaction.' That is nol the,, point. All the circumstances arc'improper. Trust funds should be invested with care and % according to law. No man should l.e"- in such a position that lie, can ]>uj ,«^ aa, |,*a.ia, a... ,t ,,,.., ...^ ... j --, HIS - a. a- aa. . ,. , ., a > . > j 1, I a-. a^, , (,..*. iissocinles in tlio union lonu enough Uic Ledger hopes it will arrive finally to find out1 who.il wns ..that made nl tli. conclusion that the way'tr two companies of himself, oiie ;on cure the doubling business is to pre each sido of tlie boundary line, ' nnd that iie\\y feature in the double directorate btis'ltasR to Injat Uncle Sain out of customs duties? If Mr. Dickon should Itnppcti In bring to light that fellow's itume, lie would have n dickens of a tin..' trying to toll us llm*-difference li.lwe.'li that follow nud u -downright rascal, whoso wo'd -.jlioiild nut be considered worth repenting, nr whose solemn o.hli(!fl- tion would not hold dirt. JI-.KYM, ASM) IIIIH? IN' KIN'AXCIC ■I | Tore nin News. . Dun! pcrsriimllllt-.H nm n psychological possibility, It is alleged by scl- tntiMs that il Ih not impossible for 11 innii tn lie .(.'iiinc'l mid ignorant, good and ..iiii, wise and foolish, nt tlw saiiio time. Indeed, there nmy lie certain periods In his life when lite good qualities overmaster tlie evil (,K.s, and also certain periods when tin evil is predominant. ..oliorl l.niiis Krovciison crystalll/cil thosu tli-firles iu his fatuous story, Dr. Jukyll nnd Mr, I.ydu, which, in its csselic., Ik laiiiillur to uvcryone. Hut thu (Uiulitor may say this in i.nly a story, a phantom of the imaig- iliiitinti, nud Unit jt is tint illustrative ol teal conditions in life, Let tlu doubter turn his eye towards tliu nlestial hills nl High Viimme, gn/u (vi lln* Itlllill'lllillttt th'Tenf, nud ov- nmiu(! tluir 'ihk-Ucck. We. venture to 1..I.CVQ llu Kcalos will fall trout his eyes am! lu will nee, Many high liiuuiriers have a dual pi-rsonnlity. Swim have a triple on., Iiiii carli •.tv-crv-x- n .Tekvll-liki- t'Tdrr- i-rally is tint avers.! to mounting. tl|. tiistniin upcii occasion, nud spinnlu;! out .l.kyll pltvtiluilcs about ijouA inilil, lli.uor, public (Wiley mid all tltosj other rtlMrnct oriianuuis wliicli nro supposed tn go wilh tlu .Tekyll uniform. Yet (bin is n Hyde CMU'enl.-. some-, win-re-. Thv it.(|iiisitkiit ot money nt th? ex'h'fi-ic of f-oiui'iiN.* else is a pns- i.ion iii.u all th/* power of ilu .Ukvll tui-tims cannot stamp out. Tin high 1'niiiiciir buys a pri-pi-riv wmil. Sjn,. con, capitall>i*fi il nl Ssnn.finn, sills hiapcis ns it have Ik* it InU,rin,» lor $100,00,1 of cnlltiiinn Mock tn tIt " j.ulilfr, retnins tin* j-ivf.Tt my stork ol $100.01*1, whi.lt gel* all tlu diviil. 11.1*, liis own property with other pco'ple's un 11.'y, ,nnd make a,profit from --jt. It is just common stealing, raised to the nth" powor, and made respectable by a too complaisant public opinion. If (Mr, Wilson or Mr. Foster were in a syndicate doing business with the Fnir.n Trust, tliey had no normal right to retain' their olliccs in the Trust Company. If- they did their ,'luty *in the Trust Company, for which they we're paid, they had- no business in ihe syndicate; r I Mr. .'aciiig-llothi-Ways is not the man lo trust with other people's money, The .scriptures say it is ■impossible lo serve Cod and mammon. Tlu Toronto News keeps al it on he double directorate duplicity, and Claude Amsden, supported by Hazel Davenport, will be at tile Opers House tonight with a ibi'gi company of singers, and will favor Kernie people with the • "Governor's Wifc," one of Mr. Amsden's own productions. If lie can write as well as he can sing and act, there is no doubt about there being some fun, in store for us Mr. Amsden and Miss Davenport arc well known to local theatre-goers, and it was of them that the Ledger said last '* December: "Miss Hazel Davenport, as Hstielda," supplied the bubbling, vivacity necessary to balance the drolleries of Claude Amsden, and kept the audience in as good humor wilh her as slu evidently was with herself, livery act, every note in her part was rendered with a spirit ,tliat was infectious., u '*' Mr. Amsden, as Don Ivrico and El Capitan, .displayed wonderful ability as a comedian. He has a full voice, though it was not at all times exactly true. .Perhaps it was because Iu tried lo keep in tune wilh tlie piano used r.n the occasion. Tlu Amsden company are sure of a bumper house tonight, and a repetition tomorrow night, when "The Mas- -co Ui-wi! I~hc-th(*-l'i 11—MmVinJSleiris That is How Mr Williams' l'ink rills*. Cure the Common Ailments of .- Life. Making, iuw blood. That is just what Dr, Williams' l'ink'I'ills^arc always ".do:iig-;U-tu.allv , making new Woolly _. This new blood stniigthons every organ in the bodv, 1111 I strikes siraigh. iUil|-L. rcoi\\ii aniumin, and the common ailments of life which have ,tluir oiigiu in poor, 'weak, watery blool. Mrs. A."II. Seeley, of Stirling,, Out., tells what Dr. 'Williams' Pin!. I'ills ,di,d for liL*r four- tecn-yenr-old sister, Miss Annie Sa"- -- -'■ color is impiovcd; her appetite better, and she has had no furtlior at- tacvs of the fever wliicli balded, tiny doctors. "We are greatly pleased with what Dr. Williams'" l'ink I'ills have' done for lur, and recommend thorn to other sufferers?' '"-,',- It was theorich, red.blood Dr, Wi,- linnis" 1'in.k Pills actually mdke which cured Miss Sager. Thai is why these Pills cure all common ailments like anaemia and debility, headaches and backach.'S, indigestion, rheumatism, neuralgia, St. Vitus dance r.u-.l the special ailments that prey, on tlie health • aud happiness of girls and women atnnil ages. Get th.- giniiiiu Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale I'eoule, with .the full nanus on the ' 1 wrapper around each box. Sold In- all medicine .dealers" or-by mail at 50 cuiis a box ot six boxes for S3.50, from Tlu Dr.' Williams' Medicine Co.,' Brockvillc,-Ont. Agents for Tlio Calgrary Marble aiid Granite Work's:-', The Kootenay Marble Works, Nelson. ' Samploscan bo seen nt tho ofllce.,, ., Office Phone 41 Residence 76. Pas-tors in Lung's Block .1 ! ■1 ♦ ■ NAPANEE Motel, Fernie Eaei, A pleasant homo for tho traveller. Rooms reserved by wire. Every Attention The Elk LismSier Go.? UfVBITiEOe 7- i'.'f :-P ' ffiiiiiensigiBt. Fimrhma Sidiiio. Df>» bob a ■ ' • c °v <; »*•■■ fc}4 £' 2B~ , ¥mishm§ Lumber1 and';; All our .slock is last years ciftandwell seasoned.'; X +9M9+9+**>+94>*+4**++4> ♦♦♦♦«♦♦«+♦♦♦♦«♦♦♦♦++♦♦ t $fie- Bestvof Satisfeefc ;inT/tfM Repairing — a. ,.—i 7) 11;..:'tliis vent ill's doublilijv, onsidered to l:c at his 'best well-known comic opera, Great interest, however, is l-.eiiiij manifested to see Mr. • Amsd.'ii in n pnrt of his own creation, which , will l>e presented tonight. Mr, Knlisbnry, the noted tenor sinnfer, i.s with the Amsden compnny, nnd will l:c h?ar*.l tonisrht, —0- Notes and Comments IIi|;lt liiver Times, Tliu votiii-r on lhe electric lijrlit ,hy- Inw resulted ill nit almost uitniiituniis deelurntlon in favor of inctirrin-; ; the lini'jility, Only'nm- opposing vole wns ren'.isleied, The people nre .jjiailtially renli/.in,!,' tliat profitable franchises should not lie purled with -by jiinni- eipiililles, aiul that miiliicipnl owjner- sliip mid opet'iilioii of all public utilities, .is llie only wise course. Th..y sliould movo up to l-'criilu and net cn red of llieir wild nnd wooly (IrmtiiN of iiiiinicipal ownurship, The worst case has been known to lie cur- id in one nij-lit up here, uud tliu cure seems lo 1,e perinniichl. As n cure for tltj wiiler .—0—..... Tlu I,iiii'tliiiij» wroiij; wilh tlio jxipulnr v.«se. l'crlmps it is tlu result or tlu inability to see tlw tiili;!li* that Foster •./it inlo with tli*-- roil.* at tlu same lime that v.i'i in with f.iicli picrvin**; fian: tlu Ilvinniinl ttoubli- a'. I.oinU.n that is pailly rc- spi tisibli- for th,- wr»ni|; popular scnsJ. How win th.il iii(i->t snisitivc Advertiser vsjiect the jniblie m.n*w to l*: .'Hiytliitij; civ Imt oiie-KliUxI u-hvti vurh years to have th.* pulili. bmli at «n.' ,*iidii nf tliin^*.*, nnd tlmt side nl- \\\\M}m whiuwasli-^l by »»iic*siili.d pnji- Toronto Globe.. It may -seem liard to fine a man heavily for puttimj.- a wron-; label on n box or barrel of apples, .but it i.s i-uitc the opposite, He sliould lie tioatcd, not ns a trivial ollcnder, but ns a rtiilincratc thief, Many years ago tlie cheese industry,- while struggling into importance, wns seriously IinJidicapped .by the frauds of milk- producers. Drastic legislation against tlie ^vatcriiig of llu milk was enacted and enforced, and tlu ndiilteratioii and dilution of niilk were practically stopped, TU*! excellent result of litis treatment of fraud has., been tliu uiiQi.iioiis jirodueiion and exportation of clioesij, wli'icli ure n matter of prida' and prolit to the Province, If is much easier to detect frauds in apple packing than in milk selling, for it is a .question of eye sigilu, not of chemical testing. Tlure i.s uo reason for complaint against the law on the ground of tiiirensona^le harshness. On tlu touirnry, it is, if anything, too lax in Its provisions, us it has been lu its enforcement, The mutter is so important that no time should lx. lost 111 trying wlutlur it is ndc.|ium! tc raising, llu standard (if our apples foi export and making it possible for 1 buyer to ktiuw by looking at the huh cl on u package (.'xuctly what lu ii getting.. In this connection it may not b: amiss 10 call tlu aUi-niiou of pro ducurs and puckers of apples to tli< Import iim'u of pulling. I linn up in pnckiigci to still llu prderciiccs cf those who arc to buy and ni.'tlu-u. A little ingenuity uxpciid.il c.n ths part of llu work will add iniiili ni.iv lo tlu price thnn lo tlu cost. If packer,*, An not know precisely wlul Is most ikHitetl in tluir purlieul.11 market, tliey cull, nl little tioub.i', fiivd out ilirotigh llw Dcpattinciil of Agritiiltiiru at Ottawa, One s.-.s «'((1l *.i vi tivr. nt liiiniMi'il I.'ll ill* «•■'■. t snixiriorltv in llw v»c*t'»lr mctlndi used in sonii! parts of llu Vii'tid States over the very primitive ways in which tlu work is :irv object K-ssoii tin nut iiitis-iintly ou our attention. Tln«. inti-irstnl in llu fruit trade should take au ■■*<- .iiiiple from tlu il.iiryiin-n, nml f«'*'l incourngxil to follow it with lln* mressary inodifii at inn... Tli,' (Viol** miglii l.iok ,-iroiiii'l '|..mii 1l1.1t uny (ind see il it inn find .iiiy iiistmui'S of iBlx-liH-i stocks juit a little wrniy, ol imtting a little water in llw slnt-U tali and xlling it tn ih- n*,, liquor-, niul cijjnrs, J f HOME COOKING and Home Life your iiii'iils «t Can he enjoycil liy fill: iii'. The Royal Restaurant In rnnjiiiicliiiii with tlm 'K.iyu! IIoU-I. The lirst iih'h! scrvid in ! tlio cily for 25 cunts. A few iimi.- iclmi! iir liminli'is ilcslrcd. Yoiir -iiilroiiiii-ii Is n-spftrtliilly .soliiituil. AI.I, WJIITK IIl'.M' KMI'l.nVKI). MRS. M. MOELZEL, Proprietress Ciw Co. Np.Ihoii, 11. C. Smoke IRbya. Seal Cigars. I-Atkinson, - . - -. . fernfc,B.C No Lengthy Argument m^itiiutl^Mjesrr I Fort Steele Brewery Co., Ltd I *>*+«* *? PBKNin, B.C. ISroivcra of Extra Fino f laifc-r IJccr nnd Aoratct! Wntcrs. f.o «_!*_■-i- mitm**<*wsr TI-. K. n.i<|I.«il„.r i,'ili,''*H"*" .*.i'!i ill* **.- lir.-.rv l'l 1 >li nn I ; • • - ..i-. I-,;. • • - , !.*„.. 'mIu'hiv hH'I Nti" 11 II..** <*ul. .: 1.1 id- i.i.i ■ •,* 11 .11 . ..*if The Fernie letar about -i»ood printing is necessary; a j»ootl business man knovrs that u neat, tasty job of Pr.Mfi.u* atfr.-tcfs attention & inspires confulcncc. Thnt's thc kind we execute Have You Tried Us ? - - , „ ■ ■■ — ■ .., »...ii. ■'8"y 1 n Subscribe for The b'ernie Ledger YYiYYi fflM-'.*•"' g^j^^ t. t. ttSl tl tl tl tl ti< t. Ol STILL L OT CAKES We have received instructions ironi the Elk Valley development Company'Limited, the owners of the lE^H S*WmmW***m mWmw\\\\\\\\mWm\\ ■M___M__L HO SIH to advance the prices oni Lots 10 per cent Buy Now. Prices Get Apply to ail Till Your Reach eRE-E-^-MG^ NO STRIKE IN' THIS I.IN'E THIS WEEK. ! Roiii, to Mr, nml Mrs. C, 0. He- ■ \\ maini-/, Monday, n non. ltorlt, to Uev. Mr. ntvl Mrs, Kevmp*- ton, Tuesday, n (laughter.. Horn, tn Mr. and Mrs. C, W.. Wag- ' net, Huluidny, a s«*m. Horn, to Mr. nnd Mrs. .ToTnv Sor- k-.)', nt tli*j Nnrili.m Hotel Monday ni-jht,' a iliiiinhtc-r. RICH, DELICIOUS, TORE cleanly emanufactured 'feu was early recognized hy the l\\iij(li.sli (tlte grentesl tea drinkers niiii.*n'{>'.t wesletii people) as an elli- cicjit aid tn laxity and literary in- uiuioii, and it.** rapacity for tnnin- talninjj .serenity of spiritH nml teni- )*r In also iidinittcul, Imt the article must lie llu U'M oi its Iiiml, and lo |*4*t lhe Im-sI ynu have lo purchnM'. It in tlu sealed packets of the SA I.ADA-Tun Oo. r— ii ii ii i , , m aUGHT.COLD ' ON THE GP.R. A. E. Mumford tells how Psychine tared hHrtifttr tht Doctors live him up CEYLON TEA IS PACKED, ONLY IN SEALED LEA.) PACKAGES to preserve its Goodness BLACK MIXED GREEN At Yonr Orocor'H sen- " Jl li irttUt rtttt tbtti VtyMa* eu/ad »■ *f ftUoplD* coniumpllon." Vbs •pMljff w»i Mr, A, t. mtstsford, nil tot BOOTS & SHOES RUBBERS OVERSHOES MITTS GLOVES SOX AT STRIKE PRICES W. R. McDougall The Shoemaker UU, &IUiokiBff Juit ttbtX U li * huiky kmmltky t*m*t. tt* work* hii iwtt farm ***** MifntMw**, Uot.. , I .-ii.* ;\\i M t r w«rht oi? r rM wnrli W _w j Iriitssa 1 J. * . i »tft* C.T.».V ht eontlnutd. Ml bid ' Tlllv DIIK.VMICU'M CAM,. \\'w li.v.d h.*r mini' than lvuiit\\ ymri. I've writtiii'iiinillvM* thymes ul.oui h.r And us mv thirtieth liirilulay H.-avs I 1'iiiivc I uiiilil nol live wilium". Lur. 'Will. •ft -.m.iii,tiny, niiii-.i, )i.)jf; .... '.*, ■...'3.U..Iy'/ahi Mlfbl **)**(*, tlM» tad ftvtr ttxi frtautnb W «««fKt4 ity ffctei of »/ lung*, f -»_• daUnf fart •ml tbt «t«ctor* atid tbert •»•»• uftm for •»«. Two month* trttw «MM«I Fiirehlna ptil ma ttwttt tin m» f«*t- •jiA ) kava kid ao return et Junr cfoublo tf Uf, Muarord had aUHid to Uk» fiycfciM wbM ha, tint caagbt cold b* would twv. aavad blmwl/« lot of antlalK Ud tuft-tar. P.ychlfl* curt* aii lunr U«t*ts* by bllllaf tha ftrma-tha rooU of Ikadlaaaaa, » PSYCHINE <, (PnmmwI Site*) 50c. Per Bottle Uflg* atoM 1 *xms) tt-*ff lm******, ati lUQOIf, U»Ht4, TitmW Ilk', T!i«. I -mi tt'.t »( an*-.,! „int Slu tthispii,s in nu: all I iniylit ili«'. i ...ti. W.I '.i.i..., -in.t'i. 1,11111: id 'jii'Hf I luve li.i inure th.m life itM-li. I lnvcd lier wh.'ii ;i l-oy—I love liar VI t, 'Hi- -.-iti tint I Imvo never met. M)'l'l(.*l''. IfAVsY, mil lie ih.it ,tn il.iv.s after ilnti* I iii'luil, io uglily to the. Chief l.'iiMiiiis*.i-Jiier of I.unds nnd Wurk'', Vi,','nl i.i, U, '■'., liu a ,'<|iriiiil liiell.se in hmi n.'iil innv nwny liiuliur froin ill: follnwin-aj d.MiiUil I,• 11> 1 •,: .!» Illlll'llt 111^ .11 il '»'M fl.lllll.4l ill .... ','. ,V. . .mr ... .' itl,l.,it a1 }:;.-. il, ill lit.- lllllllill.; \\\\7 ~y* ill.iill:*, llltlHo ,S H'i «lu;.i«4.. tlr.-tii.-_* !•; X«> (Ituiuv, ;hiliei* S, V iimi"* Xn |il.u'r n( colli iiii'iii-imi'ill, I'liiiliiin'ii" ,1-'|' lures iuul".- l.i '.. .Sh, M. Mi-IN'S"KS, I.i-fnlor, Dated (H l'.ll'iiii.iith, II. C, Si'iiU-iii- lx-r :.ih, i«h/i. Don't forget our ;Celebrated Griilill Brand Sugar Cured Ham's find Breakfast. Bacon arrives ! weekly. Try some and be convinced that it is the Best on tho market.! ^*m\\> Pay Cash and Keep |ebt in the Background. I W. 1 TRITES-WOOD CO., Lfcd l' l*. i( WI'.sTI'.tt SHUYU'l',. (it .ini iiii.r ih* isi of n,-i-iinl»*r, V)iit,, C. 1". 1' ii.y.il nuiil Kinjili-'.i *t«iiiii.rs iiinl T.aki sttiimrrs will wiil fit.iu Wist Si. .lohn in I,iv,i]mki1 tn* i-t.-id ,.t Mi.nivi.a* uiul (}u_l_.i «**>ri- ^'^.»J^k■, ub.* tmisur «v-tvu,t- thtr, t-iil.- iti» tft.ct. ,\\t ibf suit.* lime if b.m fli-l> (I,iid,.I that itx Iain- stciiiMi** uill not tatry cultle in tlu* wtnu. Ir..in \\V, i St. JiJtn tn f,ii>t|HM>l Ct»,\\l, ANI) l'KTl.fM.I.I-M XOTICKS. T1UHTV d.iys nldr it.itc w. Inlcml t, o njiply tu tlie Assistant Coiiimis- s.'uiji-r iiiii J.i|.iity C^iimiistiorur r>I T.t'n.1** ftiwl Wnrkii, nf die 1'ravincc ol Ilr. ;tisli Coluinlita, lor ,. iiaou- to |ilO s|Uit i.tr io.il ..ll'l pelr ll lllll Ml l.'t( H'vsy, So-lib V.:\\'\\ TC..OM.-1'.*, Jlina, <1'«. LiniiiF.nt Cur<-« Iiiiiii*:. Kir. coiiliiielieiuj* nl n Jiost t.lnilwd oli'llie NuntJi east corner, liuiiijr the imlinl jiost of J, .1/, McOniris, nnd nli.iit two miles noutli of the l'lnlhead liver, nnd tii.it nud ailjutua iu Clnuleti Wnldo's i'lnim, uud south n.i«l niljie- iht to C. W. JIi-Dornuiirs rlniiis. »\\hicli urn four survovud i-litims tliu .AleDoruiini holds, Ku ehains ninth frulii tin:, initial jidm, west Su i-Iinits, .'.•null So ehiiiim, euNt Si> ehaiuti In the plain of ln-jjiiiMiiiiy;, i-mHii'iuiiijf l*i'n rin iim, inst .Vn dl.iills, Miiitll' .*>u ill.iill,., (hi iiu. Uest J-'ii ilmilis tu thu I'l.in: nl 1." ^ i nn i ii tt, uiU'aiuiU'- (..in iiMes, mil eiiHl uud udjuielii. to .1. I.. M'.'Vll'*i. n.itui a nir. -371I1, i«io'>, VV.'fV.lt lTAr.C.AWY. toeiilnr A. HACKKTT, A'lyxxt. IhiXtiA Sept, 36, vtott. Ci.inii.itii in,; .it .1 post pl.iiitiil on tin: north eii'.t voruur of Si11u.11 Dial., li'i. ili.titi, Ikmiij,' the initiul uo.l ol Simon J'ni;,rii's rlniui, mhiiIi ihi:I ndjiKiiil to .1. I.. Mrtiiiin-'s ihihn. ilmu-.i Minili >'o ih.iiu.'i, llu im* uvit Ho iliiiius, tlt.-n*-. imnli f.u ili.iius. ill llll' IIISl .So lllllill^ III pt.lll' oi 1*'* Hiniiin^', umtninitij! ''p> «ur.-.. )*...i.l AiiniiAi .;ili, v-,\\i,. SIMON" IIHACON, l,n,.Ui.r. A. IIACKKTV, Ay..nt. Diitcil S,pt. ■:(■, x>nii'i, Coiiiiiii*niin*f nt .1 post pl.inir.I on the north w,M rnrn.'*. Iiiu**; tin* in- hia' (iom ol I'. A. ."(.H-.-r.s .J.'iii.i. lli.iuc wiuiU i'-o vluiiin. tli'ii.c. m*.. 1 fn .luini, ttienir imnli h** i hi iris, lllll'*!* Wist Ho ill.lilis ti. )*l;iu.. i.f l^pixnip™, ...nl lining (.(■■ air.-s, an.t south nnd adjacent to IVlur IIii(j- jinrt's claim, nnd enst. nml udjuce.it to Simon Dnij-i.n's elniin. Dated Aii(j. .7, lyofi. IC, .1. VKI/rmit, I.iKiilur. A. IIACKICTT, Aajjcnt. Daled Sept. .'fi, lyofi, Boots & Shoes Coinni'.'iu'iiijf ul u post planted on llie mintIi east eotuer, lieing tic- initiul pnsi* nf W. 1), .Hill's clnlm, thence north i*o chaius, llkiii'i! wesl .So chains, Uiriue south tlo cliains, .hv-iici- east «i> ("liaiti'i 10 llm place, of Ixt^inniii'.r, lontiiiiiinn n*o ueiuv, fimlli uiul iidjit'.vi'.l to Simon Draj;- 1 n'-i elniin. D.ilid Aii^,. 07, Hiod. V.'. 1). iill.l., Locator. A. HACKKTT, Au-ul. Duliil Sepl. 'iit, li-of". Comuu'iiiiii^ ul a post plutiU-d 011 llie miuiIi wi:*i coiiU'i', 1a:1ii-; llw In* illal potil of P. Hoover's ilaliu, tli.iue. mirth !•'<> iluiitts, theHvc eiwc Su rhiiills, lllrllc* south So .'IllUll*., tlience west Ho iliailu. to the place of iH-Xinmiti;, criiUailiin*; 1.40 acres, citsi uml uiljiiciiil to W, M. Hill's claim, D.iiul Aim,. i;ih, ivo',. , 1). 11O0VKK, Locnlor. A. HACUl'lTT, A./.nt, DiiI-mI Sept. ::/', I'y-^. Coiiiiiiitu-iii'j at a po'-l plnnted on ilu* mntli wc*! corner, Iwitij; llu* initial post of l'aul -uaMou'x ilaliu, th.-nre. south Xo ihains, th.-nci* cawi l'" .U.i.*'iei, ili.iwc. ttt.rih ■■*■'> ..tiifn'*, til***!,.* wet t>41 lll.lillS to pllHl! of lx- -^iiu.Uj., it.nt.iinin^ i.|u .uie:., a li'i Muith nit'l n'l;a(im lo II. t,. Hlack* -.tnti'V, fl.i'm, .nml <•. VHtti. Mni.ilS I.in*m*n: lMicv.s X.uralgi.*. I Men, keep your foot'cool and comfortable in a pair of onr Oxfords, they fool Just right on-tho foot and we know thoy will look good to you if you stop in and let us show you, Tan, White, Black aud Patent at Reasonable prices. Vacation Necessities Wc arc oflcriiijif you an extra qualily Suit Case made of Kcstol, 24 in. lony and lias iwo - straps and good brass trimmings anil loci., solid leather corners, secured with copper rivets, A Trunk made over a strong wooden frame with iron bottom covered with 5 oz. canvas well painted and fitted with two heavy straps and iron trimmings stitched leather handles al Special Prices 'AVWL*' ): ***-*K Ft one //£ if yoii wnnt firs.■■elass service in the Drug I,inc. H. P. McLEAN ••The Palace Drug* Store/' t \\.tmti'if fBr'VxxpttgMim w^^tt^/w^'^iijii^iii^iii^iii^iiMiisw^wyw ■-■nHty>l_i,,apmnjlH»_ jMHWMHtmfcW*. ****m"""@en, "Preceding Title: The Ledge

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