@prefix ns0: . @prefix edm: . @prefix dcterms: . @prefix dc: . @prefix skos: . @prefix geo: . ns0:identifierAIP "7ae86ac4-f533-4414-8f93-a7550bba24b6"@en ; edm:dataProvider "CONTENTdm"@en ; dcterms:alternative "[Keremeos Trumpet]"@en ; dcterms:issued "2016-01-19"@en, "1909-08-13"@en ; edm:aggregatedCHO "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/kerechro/items/1.0310054/source.json"@en ; dc:format "application/pdf"@en ; skos:note """ The Keremeos Chronicle Vol. II. KKRKMKOS, B.C., FRIDAY, AUGUST IS, 1909. No. 21 GEO. KIRBY, Notary Public. REAL KSTATE, MINES. Agent for : London it Lancashire Eire Ins. Co. Ocean Accident ami Guarantee Co. Kkrkmkos, K. C. LOCAL NOTES. EZRA MILLS, Contractor and Builder, KEREMEOS, B.O. MISS LOWNDES, Teacher Wt Pianoforte end Accompanist (certificated Royal College of Music, London) open to engagement for accompan- intents. Terms on application. Hkiu.kv, B.C. J. A. BROWN, Notary Public. CONVEYANCING, CUSTOMS BROK* KRAGE. KIKE INSURANCE. OrriCI --- - Kkkkmkos, H.l'. JOHN KNUDSON, CONTRACTOR and BUILDER. Estimates furnished, Wurkmuiiship Guaruuli'i'il. Stage Lines. Ki.ikr Sr.vuK. Leaves Krremeos ilaily, except Sunday, .it noon, arrives al Hedley u p.m. Leaves Hedley dally, eacepl Sunday, ul S a.m., arrives ut Keremeos II a.m. Onli through connecting stage between Penticton, Keremeos, Hedley A Princeton. D, Cii.i.ksiuk, Proprietor. Kkkkmkos Hkiu.kv M vii. Si.vuk. I.,'uves Keremeos daily, except Sunaay, at 1 p.m.; connecting vvilh all stages east anil west, arrives in Hedley al 5 p.m. Leaves Hedley daily, exeepl Sunday, at S a.m., arrives in Keremeos at II a.m. Ii. |. Inms, Proprietor. Kkkkmkos Pksticton Man. Stack. Leaves Keremeos for IVnticlon on Mondays, Wednesdays ami Fridays, at noon. LeaVes Penticton un Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at b a. m., arriving in Keremeos a I noon. \\V. E. W'KI.HY, I'roprielor. Keremeos Directory. Board of Trade George Kirby, President! tt. II. Carmichael, Secretary. Similkameen Fanners' Exchange J. J. Armstrong, President! W. M. Frith, Secy, Public School Board George Kirby, E/ru Mills, R. Elmhirst, Secretary, Customs' Olliee W. M. Ei ith, Sub-lolled or. Presbyterian Church Rev. A. II. Cameron, I'asloi. Constable and Deput) Game Warden M. n. Kwart. Coroner Dr, M. I). McEwen. Justices Of the Peace T. W, Coleman, Frank Richter, Postmaster and Telephone Agenl Geo, Kirby. Member of Parliament Martin Burred, Greed Forks, P. o. Member Provincial Assembly L. W, Shatford, Penticton P. O. Town Mali J. J. Arnutrong, Mgr, Keremeos Hall Geo, Loudon, M>rr, Great Northern Ry Daily train, arrives 10:30 a. in., leaves al 2 p.m., J. S. Chinn, Agent, Mails Daily from the west via lleillev Btaget from east i i.i C. N. Ry.iTri wash ii i iu Penticton Stags from the north, (For Mercantile and other Beeinoeeln. stilulions see ailierliements in lllis paper. I R. C. Morgan of Spokane, G.N. R. divisional superintendent, came up on a special on Friday. D. J. Innis got in a carload of Hamilton buggies of different patterns this week, and now lias them Ot) sale. A. l-'robisher, C.P.R, lend agent, was in town on Monday in the course ot" a tour of inspection of the company's lands in Vale district. Mr. and Mrs. ti. S. Lawrence left on Tuesday tor Spokane, where Mr. Lawrence vvill attend the irrigation convention, after which they will go to Seattle for a week. Rev. J. A. Cleland of Penticton will conduct service in the church here on Sunday, Aug. 20. Choir practice will he held in the church next Wednesday evening, 18th inst. Engineer Kennedy went up the v alley this week to the grand divide, to examine the difficult country at the summit that forms the sticking point in getting over to the Fraser valley. A. I. Saunders, ofthe "Booster's Tonsonal Parlor." has leased the premises next to lhe Bank of B. N. A. in Hedley and vvill (it it np as a barber shop, putting in charge Mr. Butler, his present assistant here. The lawn party given hy Mrs. Prank Richter on Saturday, in aid of St. John's Church Guild, was veil attended, and a very pleasant afternoon and evening spent in panics and social amusements, refreshments being served on the veranda. Financially it was the most successful affair of the kind yet held by the I.udies' Guild. The time table of the daily train bus been abolished as a superfluous formality. Ihe engine is ring- boned, spavined and broken-winded, and a tit case for the intervention of the society for the prevention of cruelty to engines, Meantime the driver has the satisfaction of proving himself a skilled engineer by putting the old beast through his paces iu spite of his decrepit condition. Alex Gordon of Pembroke, Out., in the course of a trip through the west, paid a short visit to his son, J. P. Gordon, at Keremeos this week, coming in by way of lhe Okanagan. Mr. Gordon has been out to the coast, at Vancouver, Victoria and Seattle, and on his return trip vvill stop in Alberta, where he has real estate interests. As he is scheduled to reach home by the end of August, his stay here vvas necessarily short. Mr. Gordon reports that passenger traffic on lhe railways is exceedinglj heavy in the east as well as in the west. Before j HOLOCAUST AT VERNON leaving home he was obliged to wait ten days to get a berth. When he left Seattle all sleeping accom- Eleven Lives Lost in Okanagan Hotel Fire. modation on some lines vvas bespoken weeks in advance. A dispute over irrigation matters between A. Robertson and P. Schneider led to a hearing before Squire Coleman on Tuesday on a charge that Mr. Schneider had assaulted Mr. Robertson's son. Mr. Vernon, B.C., Aug. 10.—An appalling disaster occurred here early this morning when the Okanagan hotel was destroyed by fire and 11 persons perished in the flames. The building was a large brick- veneer structure, and was patronized chiefly by the laboring class. Schneider denied the charge, and I It had about sixty guests, and so lhe magistrate reserved his decision sudden vvas the onrush ofthe flames pending an effort to settle the water that those who escaped did so with dispute. Mr. Robertson receives great difficult) .while numbers nev or his water through a ditch across got out of their rooms. Mr. Schneider's land, and the latter The lire was discovered about 2 claims that the water, coming on a o'clock by a policeman, who imme- rather Steep grade, washes his laud diutcK gave the alarm, but when and injures his crop of alfalfa. The the fire brigade arrived a few min- matter wus referred lo Squire Rich- utes later both stairways were ter to assess the damage and adjust seething alleys of flames, and in an the dispute. incredibly short'time the building -♦_ vvas biasing in all quarters. EXPERIMENTAL PLOTS. The »•!*•' was fortunately elm and the brigade succeeded in saving Fruit Stations Will Be Estab- adjoining buildings from destruc- lished in B C. Mr. Anderson, an agent ol the Department of Agriculture, is making a tour of the western provinces and examining tlie country with a view to advising the minister as lo suitable locations for additional experimental stations In the course of his travels he stopped al Keremeos on Saturday, coining in on the Penticton stage and gofog out on the afternoon train, without making any examination of the district. A number of cititens laid before him lhe claims ot the Similkameen to a fruil experiment station, anil asked him to stay over for a day at least und see the country, but he excused himself on the ground thai haste vvas necessary in order to cover the enor- mous territory a«»igned to him, also for the singular reason that his inspection is restricted to those points Irom which he has meteorological reports. Mr. Anderson's conclusion so far, us lo lhe British Columbia part of his beat, uusthat no locution could be found for an experimental station that would serve any but a limited district, thai it vvas necessary to hive a number ol stations at different points. He seemed to he tuvor.ihlv impressed with Nicoli us u site loi one oi these stations; but he had not yet gone over the more southern and low-lying valleys. The cili/ens' committee pointed out 10 him (hat the Similkameen was on the whole the most typical of the distinctly dry and warm valleys, wus oi considerable extent, and woulfl profll greatly by an experiment station, and it may beth.it their rep- For his private hospital at Grand .-oscillations will have cited. Mi. Forks P.. Kington is about to put Anderson went from here to the Hf» • now building tO accommodate Boundary country. I 30 patients. tion, though at one lime the safety of the business portion oi the city H as threatened. This morning when a gang oi men began the work oi searching the ruins a terribly grewsome si^ht was revealed as body afler body iv as brought to view until ten were removed. Tlie remains were so charred und blackened as to make it a matter oi difficulty to identify the victims, hut the following are known to have perished : Wilbur Smith, carpenter ; J. J. I'unston, laborer; James Anderson, deliver) man for \\Y. J. Glover; Julius Fuerst, bartender, a relative of the proprietors of lhe hotel, from Wetaskiwin ; George Jar- i.il und Geo. McKay oi Calgary ; Geo. Settgasl ; a man named Hickling, another named Chabtreo, and a Bohemian. Hickling lost his life in his attempt to s.,ve Ihe life of one oi the domestics in the hotel after having saved one oi SigaletV daughters. Patients in the hospital as a result of Ihe lire are Homier. Nichols, Seal, Stringanl and Hall. The premises of the Royal Bunk Of Canada, P. Burns ,V Co., Moiiis' drugstore and F. A. I.ovetidge's real estate oflii e vveie considerably damaged. Tlie Chinees wore very active in theii endeavors lo save their quarters. Ihe hotel belonged to Sigalct I \\IKus und tho loss is aboul $25,- (XX), vvith 110,000 insurance. A TIMELY REMINDER. The Neglected Wealth of the Yale District. [Wt l'K.VNK Hvn.i-v, M. E.) The statement is made that the Vale District of British Columbia has more and greater variety tii undeveloped natural resources, both arable and mineral, for its area than any other known district or country in Canada. This is a statement which may be verified by any one who has explored the district. Vet so far as development and population are concerned il is deplorably deficient. The population of North Vancouver is greater than the present population ofthe N'icola and Similkameen mining divisions of Vale District Ten years ago when railway trans- Duration was much talked of the mountains oi Yale District were full ol" prospectors and new discoveries were daily heing recorded. Everyone vvas full of hope and great things were soon to he expected from the variety of rich minerals found in commercial quantities throughout the entire district on the assurance that transportation facilities and the necessary capital essential tor development work to create industries and produce tonnage, would soon be forthcoming. Fruit growing on a commercial scale was not even thought of but the production of gold, silver and copper from the promising prospects throughout the Similkameen and N'icola Valleys was anticipated with the advent of capital combined vvith the necessary transportation facilities. Previous to that time, over ten years ago, the cattle kings who also indirectly retarded the legitimate development of this district, used the Dewdney trail to drive their stock to the Coast, the principal markets being Vancouver, about 125 miles to the west, and the mining camps of the Boundary, Rossland and Trail Creek beef-eaters, who came into the province with the writer early in 1896, In those days capital cume in and proved the existence of commercial tonnage by development before there weie even railway surveys. The Columbia River was extensively used to transport the necessaries ol life and the niaohinei y used to win the new wealth from Red Mountain and the new i.nnps in the Boundary. The exploiters of these rich camps which were lhe means of building up Spokane and making many millionaires naturally thought that the same thing would occur throughout the Okanagan, Similkemeen and Nicola Valleys, where the surface indications and promising prospects of mineral wealth far surpassed the now proven wealth of the Boundary and Trail Creek Districts. They Stayed vvith their prospects for many years, expecting capital to come in and prove their properties, thereby giving assurance forthe immediate con struction of many railways to secure the immense tonnage contained in the undeveloped rich mineral belt of the Similkameen and surrounding mining divisions throughout Yale district. Mr. M. K. Rogers, who held a roving commission from the late; Marcus Daly, vvas one of the first fortunate mining engineers, backed by capital, to start development work in the Similkameen as early as 1898, when he secured the Nickel Plate and adjoining claims at his own reasonable figures, although this same company of capitalists have been the means of retarding the present development of Camp Hedley, which was first named and published by the writer through Mr. Peter Scott, one of the original discoverers of this now famous camp in 1899. |ust ten years ago the writer examined and located two railway passes over the Hope summits and came to Vancouver with about 50 lbs. of rich galena ore from Summit City, a new camp situated at the summit ot the divide between the headwaters : of the Coquahalla and Tulameen Kivers. The writer then tried to Iget Vancouver capital interested to develop the rich mineral discoveries [ in Summit City, about 25 miles easl of Hope, but owing to the lack ofj transportation facilities it was not thought feasible to handle ores val- i ued at $100 per ton on a commercial basis. Three years after the writer was I offered an equal exchange for one of his Similkameen city blocks, a block ot lots in Mount Pleasant acquired over twenty years ago. The prospective real estate values of Mount Pleasant and Similkameen City were then on a par. Vancouver vvas then regarded as a prospective shipping point and Similkameen a prospective mining district of great promise. At that time the C. P. R. had firct surveyed their C. it W. line from Spence's Bridge to Princeton, thence down the Similkameen to the Okanagan and Penticton, before there was a stage road through to Keremeos. At the present time they have completed their C. it W. line to N'icola Irom Spence's Bridge, a distance of about forty miles. Still the principal valleys adjacent to and being the natural feeders ot lhe larger valleys are today the same as when Columbus first discovered America. The conditions today in some respects are very much worse than they wore twenty voars ago. The prospector has gone to other districts where he is able to make a living. The old- time ranchers are glad to sell out for almost anything they can get, and still there are many thousands ol BCrea of undeveloped, unoccupied wild crown lands waiting for the settler. Mr. Charles Camsell, the well known geologist for the Geological Survey of Canada, said in his summary report for PM)7 that the Nickel [Continued on nexl pa«e| When in Keremeos etop at the Central Hotel ilXlffWT ■' m SB jjffl * S&*. \\^*****^*M-W* wmttaaaam—amt*m*tm*v». ■ ■ «MH«asSBSBBBSBBBaj Speeial attention to Commercial Men, Tourists and I.anil-seekers. Headquarters for all Stage Routes. I.ivory Stable in connection. Good table, Large, airy and comfortable rooms. Free 'bus to anil from all trains. Office of B.C. Fruit Land Co. Tweddle & Elmhirst, - - 'Proprietors. THE BIG SALE AT THE BIG STORE CUT PRICES ON Straw—Felt Hats Crash Nash Ovitinj_f. No larger assortment in the district SALAMANDER] ASBESTOS MUSTANG Gaps Gloves No better assortment in the district Are water and fire proof WE UNDERSELL UNDERWEAR LADIES' M>Jsriene Underwear, Alexandra Underskirts, Shield Brand Corset Covers. MENS Balbriggan, Pen-Angle, Worsted, Elastic Knit, Silk Finish. Special Sales Given Weekly. Watch our Ad.— Watch our prices. We lead— Others follow. J. R. SHAW. OLALLA. Aug. 6. The weather has been very agreeable for the past week, fine, bright sunshiny ilavs with cool lavigorat* ing breezes, while the nights have been cold enough to put the mosquito out ol business. This is very different to the scorching heat we had last July and August. Supplies for the Apex mine are going up pretty regular now. There are quite a number of men at work in that vicinity, including the road gang oi over a dozen, and teams are making frequent trips, but nothing is being shipped out as yet. Tom Roderick and R. P, Matthi- son, having finished their assessments lor the year, left tor their homes at Phoenix, B.C., last week. Jim McNnlty, Roderick's partner, is working ut the Nickel Plate. John C. Reilly, who is working at the Nickel Plate, had a couple of days off this week and came down to locate a claim. He states that there are close on sixty men employed in the Nickel Plate. I have it on reasonably t;ood authority that two million tons oi ore are "in night" on the Kingston inine. This ore is ot good grade, averaging somewhere about $20 a ton. Development work on Riordan Mountain is showing up some fine- looking ore in several now places, substantiating the aforetime belief that the whole mountain is of ore. Mrs J. Clark oi Nelson, B.C.,and her two young sons, Moves and George VV., came in last week on a visit to her brother, A. Moves, of the Olalla Hotel. Mrs. Clark likes this country and climate. Mrs. Galloway, another sister of Mr. Moves, is also here on a visit from Chicago. Mrs. Clark vvill leave for home next Wednesday and Mrs. Galloway early in September. Our young penpla have returned from camp at Ashnola looking bronzed and tanned. They had a real good lime. Your compositor made an error in the number of years since John McKinnon was killed in the Nickel Plate mine. I wrote "two." He made ten of it. Stanley I1". Northey, of Spokane, is here on a visit to his father, R. \\V. Northey. Stanley was recently in an automobile accident in which he received a few naaty cuts, and is here to recuperate, meen. The prospectors and ranchers who have waited so patiently all these years for transportation want lo know why it does not come. We want to know why the government does not encourage settlement, why- it does not open the trails, why Jim | Hill does not build the V. V. & K. as he promised he would. They want to know why this district should be so deserted and undeveloped. The trails are blocked and the mountains no longer echo "with the miner's blast in the hill." Has legitimate development work proved a failure, they ask each other. No, not at all. Wherever there has been any work done in these promising mineral prospects they still become more promising. We are concluding that the Coast does not care, that it is totally blind to its own and our interests which are identical. Saturday Sunset. A fire at Kelowna destroyed the old opera house, used by Thos. Lawson as a warehouse and by the Masons, Oddfellow., Orangemen, Knights of Pythias and Foresters BS a lodge rOOOI. II. Small's and A. Raymer's Cottages were also burned. Total loss ..bout $17,000. 62ic. per acre cash and 62ic. once each year thereafter secures to you a BRITISH COLUMBIA FARM in the British Columbia Southern, Columbia and Kootenay and Columbia and Western Railway Companies' Land Grants. These Farm Lands are eminently suited for the raising of FRUIT, GRAIN OR STOCK and may be purchased on these EASY TERMS from THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY who are looking for Settlers for this part. Timber Lands of the highest character, situated in these Grants, are offered for sale in blocks of from 640 acres upwards. Shipping facilities unsurpassed. Easy transportation A TIMELY REMINDER. [Continued from preceding- page] Plate mine had produced more gold than any other in the province. Those who know the Siniilkameen and N'icola wonder at the indifference, the ignorance of the Coast people to these districts lying rij^ht at their doors. They know the immense riches, mineral and agricultural, and the apathy of those who should be interested is a puzzle to those who have seen the Similka- ROYAL STANDARD A Better Flour. It t,roes further because it is a better flour. It makes better bread because it is made fiom carefully selected wheat by special machinery, ensuring the very higheel quality it is possible lo make. A trial of Royal Standard Flour will convince you oi ils merits. And remember in each 4'Mb. sack of flour you secure a coupon which entitle! you to a chance to win a 109 piece dinner set. Watch the paper for the winning numbers each month. Manufactured by Vancouver Milling & Grain Co., Ltd. J. R. SHAW, Agent. Apply to thc address as shown on thc attached coupon for Maps, Application Forms, Regulations and Literature. J. s. DENNIS, Aseistant to 2nd Vice-President, Desk 8 Calgary, Alberta. Please send me all fact s pertainii g to your la ni Is in B. C. COLEMAN & CO. Druggists and Stationers KEREMEOS CENTRE. For a luxurious Shave, Hair-Cut or Bath go to Booster's donsorial fltarlor BOX TRADE IN CIGARS A SPECIALTY. A fine line of Cigars and Tobaccos, Fruit and Confectionery. POOL TABLE IN CONNECTION. A. J. SAUNDERS, Keremeos. The Keremeos Chronicle. Publish,-,! mr) FfWu m th* „tli.v. Khmm0_ ll.C. Subacriptioa 12.00 .1 fttr, 91.00 lur six m»>nilis, in .ul\\;in,-t'. Adverdaing Ratw, L.sal aottoia, 18c pot Km firat UwBrtioo, 10c pee line ,-.u-li .uhaaqwnl Inaertion, Land notion Certificate. ,'t improvrmrnt,etc, $8,00 f„r Nd,,, notice*, 13.00 tUr .KUI.iy notice*. Contract ,li«pl;i> advardalns, We. pat koto ivr week, Tran- _iint ,ul\\, TtiviiH-ius. nucti .ts I ..'_i. Pound, \\\\ anwtl. ft.-., not exceeding one inch, 11.00 lust buertldn, or Warn laantkm. tor 12.00. Local rending notices, Sc. per Une Ant faueition, 15c, .ach MbMaJueat wt* aartkaa. ' J. A. BROWN, PufcHeher. FKII.AY, AUGUST I.', I'HW. An illustration of the importance of a community being "in the swim" in every respect, and of its public bodiei being alert and aggreaaive, was afforded last week in the visit tO Keremeos oi Mr. Anderson, an agent of the Department of Agriculture, Mr. Anderson's mission is to examine and report upon the country with a view to the establishment oi experimental stations. And because Keremeoa is not one ofthe points from which meteorological records uie returned, it was not on his little list oi likely locations. Having a weather station does not appear at a casual thought to he a very important matter ; but, aside from its educational value, it is just one oi l hose things that constitute being "on the list" and by that we mean, not this particular list oi Mr. Anderson's, but the list of towns lhat count. The Very fact of a name having a standing place in all compilations where it may he properly included, whether they are tables of statistics, or regular i outes of official lour- , what not, has a cumulative advertising value oi its own. To see thai such a place is accorded the name oi its town or district should be recognized as one of the regular duties ol a board of trade or rural institute. As to this miller of a meteorological station, it is nol a question of appreciable expense to ihe government, and all thai is required in order to get a Station is lo make it plain to the authorities that we really want it. So with a number of oilier desirable things. Governments are guided largely by the emphasis und persistence oi d, minds mule upon lhem. 11 is one of the principal ways they hue ot learning where their activities should be directed, If our local Organisations set out in the proper Way tO lei Victoria know that WC should liuic n fumigating station in the interior, we shall have it ll the) prove to Ottawa the demonstrable fact that the Similkameen should have an experimental fruit lui m, thai alaO we shall have. "•» Once a^iiiii the Whitney government in Ontario is treading on ihe toes of the "interests," this time hi issuing a loan in Ontario instead of peddling it tO London. The bankers base their objections on Ihe ground that the loan vvill take up money now on deposit with them lhat would Otherwise be available for business needs, one of lhe business needs being a large volume of deposits on which the banks may make a brokerage, lhe government on the Other hand justifies its course on several grounds, one alleged being that it does not wish to stand in the way of the big Dominion loan which has just heen announced. It is said, however, by financial writers that Sir James's main reason for going to his own people with the loan is that the money kings of Montreal and London have it in for him on account of his general policy of keeping the people's properly for the people's use, and would gladly discredit him by knifing him in Ihe money mar- kels of lhe world. His tirsl important move in the direction of conservation of the public property vvas to save from the exploiters what he could of the power of Niagara and dispose of it to users at its proper value, its cost. 'Ihen with unspeakable audacity he built a state- owned railway into the northern wilderness, and, worse still, made it pay ; kept the revenues of rich mines lor the public coffers ; and to crown all, instituted a general policy of retaining water-powers as public properly, developing them, and selling the power to all comers at equitable prices. All this of Course is wild socialism, confiscation, and everv thing lhat is horrid. Why couldn't Sir James conduct himself iu the proper and conventional ami established way charter and bonus a railway, sell the rich mines lor <*2 cents an acre, and license a power trust which would claim the people's reverence as an established institution and tax them forever? But he has chosen the rash course, and must abide by the consequences, one of which is the high and mighty displeasure of the lords ot finance. The loan he is now floating is for hydro-electric power development; if the people will have il they must e'en put up the funds. If eremeos Hardware •-**-**} *** • Buy your Hardware At the Hardware Store And save Money. Just arrived A fine assortment of Graniteware Including all kinds of Preserving' Kettles At the lowest prices. Call aiul sec our stock and get prices before purchasing. XX Turpentine and Gasoline always on hand. E. M. CROOKER. B.C. Livery, Feed & Sale Stables KEREMEOS and HEDLEY, B.C. Comfortable and Commodious Stabling for Teams J ^ Good Rigs Careful Drivers Draying of all kinds Prompt attention to all customers. Land-seekers and Tourists invited to give us a trial. d. j. mms, Proprietor. The brotherhood of locomotive firemen strongly protests against those provisions of the criminal code which impose penalties for acts not wilfully committed or with criminal intention, which yet lead to disaster, ll certainly seems harsh at times to submit a man of excellent character to lhe degradation of a term ol imprisonment, yet ii is a necessary harshness in the interest of the public safety, lhe sentry who goes to sleep on duty or the Iruinnian who forgets a signal commits a fault which in ordinary affairs would be trivial bul iu war or railroading is a high crime. lhe public will not be likely to approve any alteration in the code in Ihe direction of striking out lhe penalties for sins of omission. Penticton is negotiating with the S. 0, Land Co.. for the purchase of its irrigation system. The company puis the cost ofthe system at SI 2H,- (XX), but vvill take less, und will accept fifty-year 5 per cent, bonds in payment. MRS. T. M. FARRELL, DreMsmklng ;tml Sewing. S.ttist.'u'lutn liii.ii anl.Til, Kbrbmroi Ckn I RE. AT Keeler's Restaurant Vea c.iii gel Meal Tickets & Bread Tickets. Tweniv -onr Metis for si\\ Dollars, HENRYS' II,null,i our loaves will Im at regular uniform weight which we "ill sell us folios ■ * One for lee ,-fills. _ i (M, T1||, three tm tmemty-tte cents, L KiMiili'cit lui un,' ilullui. Spring Trade I ... ,.. „ ; , ... , tr O 1'ies, l akea, |)uii_;linuls or His, nils Tesleil sleek, s,-,',ts t,,r farm, garden or conservatory, rrom best groweri In England, ll,»l- I.uhI, Prance, l'nited Slates snd local groweri Home Grown Fruil unit Orn.i- meniui Trass, Saisll Fruits. Fertilisers, Bee Supplies, Spraying Pumps snd Mat* eii.ii, ini Flowers, stc I97>psgs catalogue free. M. J. Henry tirtvn lloiiM-s iind Sittl HtmmWm MO wi si \\uvsi i-.U ROAD Vancouver - - B.C. Branch Nurnrtw S. Vaaoouvvr. m.iilr wli.-n ordered. G. G. KEELER. KEREMEOS, B. C. Notice All persons having SCCOuntl wilh llie Keremeoa Commercial Co. are requested to call anil adjust s.tiii accounts al ths oilier of llie Kereimus I..mil ' >>., Main Street, Keremeos, 17-4 Kl Kl Ml OS I'OVIMKKl III. Co. NURSERIES TOMMY SING. Contracts For Work. Land scrubbed or any kind of work taken by contract at reasonable rates. KEREMEOS. KEREMEOS The Most Favored Valley of the Similkameen and of British Columbia. Tlie Keremeos Land Co., in announcing tho com- winter and summer and has proved itself as being par- pletion of their irrigation system that will cover their ticularly adapted to the raising of apples, peaches, entire properties with an unlimited supply ot the pur- pears, plums and cherries, grapes and melons, while est of water yet brought to the home oi an irrigated vegetables exceed all conditions usually obtained both country, feel that the properties offered by them are in quantity and size. such as will command the attention of all homeseekers. In competition at Spokane the only exhibit sent Situated as Keremeos is on the main line oi the took first prize, while at the Provincial Fair at New Great Northern Railroad now being extended to Van- Westminster out of 100 pounds of assorted fruits Ker- couver places her on the direct highway to the htt emeos captured some 2o prizes. Easl and West. The upper portion of the valley, including Hedley Having a climate that is distinctly her own, it and Princeton, both rich in their mining industries, stands today unexcelled for its sunny climate both offers the local market means of disposing of all produce. The properties are being offered in 1, 3, 5 and 10 acre Blocks with a well laid OUl townsite now doing an active business. Our terms are liberal. One-third cash. Balance in 3 payments at 7 per cent. Acreage properties are from $200 to S.>00 an acre. Town lots from $100 to $300. For full particulars apply to i Keremeos Land Co., Ltd. Ik KEREMEOS. B.C. Story of a Turtle. The Teeswater, Ont. i News says: An.n back in tlie simimer of IN'*1 us u bunch of 8th concession sehool boya were playing on the hunks of the Teesivuter river, near where it crosses the road, thev captured ■ large mud turtle, thai i-, one with ;i shell about ■ fool square. Among the hoys were Mat. Seott, now of Revelstoke, B.C. Seott srished to make a record of the iw Idenl and with i pocket knite carved in the shell of the turtle his iuiliuls .mil the date 1890. The reptile wus then k'iveu its lihenv uiul wus not again he.ml ol for ten years. In the summer of I'*"1 it tell Into the h.mils of Waltet rinneli, who, reading lhe re uii of its previous capture, cac» veil o:i lliu bach ol the turtle his initials and the date. These fuels were recalled B eouple ol' weeks ago nineteen yean utter ii fust m.uie its acquaintance and nine yeara after its second adven- ture when Thomas Elliot wus the capturer of this old denlaen ol' the liver. He very naturally followed the example of Scotl .unl Pinnell uiul added his initials to those al- leuilv on the turtle's shell. The fad thai eaeh lime the turtle wus Caught within u i oniparatiielv shod reach of the river, would Indicate thattheeecreatures live their long uiul sleepy lives within u veiy limit ed ueu. If this one lives out the two hundred years whieh is said to he the life oi u turtle, it may yet he carrying on its bach a lengthy his- loi V . Eastern Townships Bank. ESTABLISHED 1859. Head Oh hi:, .. SHsaaaooKK, Quouc Pat "I hear ver vvoil'e is siek, Moike." Mike "She is thot" Capjt?, and Reserve Put "Is It dangerous she Is?" $5,000,000.00 Mike "Oivil a bit. She's too weak 10 he dangerous any more!" Mi. h'usser We are going to remove to the seaside, doctor. Doctor Bul the climate may disagree w 1th your wife. Mr. Fusser 11 wouldn't dure. Transacts a general banking business, and oilers every facility to meet the requirements of depositors consistent with conservative banking principles, Savings Bank Department. Deposits of 11.00 und upwards received, subject to no delay in withdrawal of ull or any portion. "Give woman thc credit she de- Keremeos Branch serves," the suffragette criedi "und _________^___ w here would man b*P" "ll she got all the credit she wanted he'd be in the poorhouse," sneered a eoarse person in the rear Of the hall. R. H. CARMICHAEL, Acting Manager. Model Livery, Feed and Sale Stables. KEREMEOS, B.C. Father My boy, when you ull lies it makes me ushumed lo own vou us my son. Son Well, dad, you must remember that you prohuhlv I'oiildii'l lie any hetter'n I do when you wen us old us me! Joker Do vou keep smokeless tobacco? Clerk Yes; we sell it. Joker What kind is it? Clerk Chewing tobacco, of course. Freighting, Draying, and General Liver) Business, Grain and Hay, D. GILLESPIE, Proprietor. SUMMER PRUNING. fall spraying with full strength lime and sulphur solution or double Provincial Fruit Expert Says It rtrtogth Bordeaua mixture, in pre- Is The Best Practise. I fereoce to winter or spring spray- M. S. Middleton, provincial government horticulturist, has, says the Nelson News, been advising the ranchers to make a special point of summer pruning as opposed to cutting back the trees in the winter. Up to the present it had been, observed Mr. Middleton, the practise of the local horticulturists to go in for winter pruning almost exclusively, and while this method was not without its advantages, it had a tendency to promote a loo exuberant growth of wood. On the other hand summer pruning had the effect of producing fruit-carrying spurs. By nipping back the twigs according to their strength the sap was forced into the lower buds and energy vvas stored up in them in preparation for the spring blossoms. From now on to the beginning of September, said Mr. Middleton,was quite the best time for pruning apple trees, lithe cutting back ot the ! terminal growth were left till the late fall or the winter all the energy ol the trees was taken up by these terminal shoots and the lower buds lay dormant and unproductive, 'fhe result vvas that long, lanky trees, producing fruit only at their extremities, were far too general in this province. There were some varieties of apple, such as the Northern Spy, to which this applied particularly, but his experience and training had taught him that summer pruning is the most advantageous in every case, no matter what kind of apple vvas under cultivation. Another advantage of summer pruning was that the ingrowing shoots could be more easily and successfully cut back so that they too became fruit producers. These shoots should be pruned to about four inches in length. Mr. Middle- ton believes that if this plan of summer pruning is adhered to the trees, after they reach an age ot about live years, vvill need very little attention with the knife, apart from cutting buck the ingrowing branches, llu- terminal growth would be almost wholly checked by ihe effecl ol the amount of fruit produced on the lowest branches. In making his last tour of the Kootenay Mr. Middleton noticed that the green aphis was somewhat prevalent. This could be done away with to a very large extent, he states, by summer pruning, as the fly was to be found in almost every instance on the terminal and ingrowing branches, generally on Ihe former. If the pruner when doing his work carried a sack with him he could throw the tips of the branches into it and then bum them, aphis included. In very bad cases the trees should he sprayed with Blackleaf mixture, one part to 70 of water, or with the ordinary whale oil quassia mixture. Mr. Middleton is an advocate of I ing, owing to the prevalence of I black spot or Oregon canker, the spores of which mature and start to grow in the fall. Good Shooting. HOTEL KEREMEOS OPPOSITE G. N. R. STATION. [From Iln-llijky OaStMfc] Charlie Squakim did some good shooting on Friday last. He had just left his cabin and started for Hedley when he saw a group of live coyotes up on the mountain side above him. He hustled back to his cabin for his 30.30 and opened fire, nailing one on the standing shot, when the others started to run and before they got out of range he brought down two more, thus getting three out of the live. A running coyote is not a very easy thing to hit and the performance indicates a fortuitous blending of skill and good luck, although Charlie seemed to think there ,vas some bad luck about it too, for all lhat he seems to care aboul was the brace of "three pluukers" that got away ou him. Coyotes seem more plentiful this year than ever, and lhe increase oi bounty from $2 to S3 did not come any too soon. It is to be hoped that it vvill give the Indians fiesh incentive to get after them. Big Land Deal in Kootenay. What is probably lhe largest j "spot cash" land deal which his taken place in the interior ot British Columbia for manv years has just been closed ul Nelson whereby 2,OIK) acres of land along the shores oi Whatsham lake has passed from the hands of F, I.. Hammond to those of J. H. Hilriseh of Nelson, and l\\ Grim and S. !•". Morse ot Billings, ! Mont. The price was $45,0/00 and was fully paid up on the conclusion of the deal. Whatsham lake really consists of three lakes joined by narrows and is situated parallel with the Arrow lakes at a distance of about forty-five miles. It is the intention of the new owner, to COlonixe lhe laud, which runs lor fourteen miles along the lake shore, with families vv ho are sufficiently well financially situated to build up a great ranching settlement while at the same time depriving llu- country of none of its natural beauties. It is hoped that the present park-like appearance ofthe lake will be retained, improved only by addition of a proeperous fruit grow* Ing community. ENTIRELY NEW AND FIRST-CLASS FAMILY HOTEL. Headquarters in the Lower Similkameen for Commercial Travelers and Mining Men. GEO. KIRBY, MANAGER' Keremeos, B.C. HUGHES & MILBURN, Builders and Contractors l.ime, I'cmenl, C'emenI Blocks and Hrick for sul,-. Plastering Masonry Painting Paper-Hanging Kstini.ilfs givM for all aiul rvrrv kind of Coition t Work and Building generally* Writ.' un tor prioos. Pisi.nuo no objoot. E. J. HUGHES. G. MILBURN. Alkazar Hotel Keremeos, B. C. PERCY MARKS - - PROPRIETOR. KEREMEOS MEAT MARKET Choice Fresh Meats, Cured Meats, Fish, Poultry,etc. FREE DELIVERY. Squatters on Croam lands around Creston have been ordered off by the I'rov Incial government, The action wus taken owing to aeveral parties from the American side squatting upon Crown lands in lhe vicinity of Cora creek. No Improvements will be paid for and the local constable Mi been ordered to proceed againat the sipiatleis if they do not obey. Special contract rates to camps. Orders for Cured Meats, Fish and Poultry promptly and satisfactorily filled. HIGHEST PRICE PAID FOR HIDES. GEO. CAWSTON. LUMBER LENGTHS. Needless Waste in Discarding Short Logs. The fact thai great waste occurs in ordinary lumber manufacturing, because short and odd lengths and widths are not used,has been mainly Mamed on the lumbermen. The truth is, however, that the lumberman Is practically helpless, savs the Canadian Lumberman. lie can 'ind a paying market only forthe lumber ut from logs oi regulation length, as culled for by the builders and architects. It specifications were drawn for the sizes actually used, the short logs would be in demand, md the tremendous present waste due to this cause would be saved. This fact has recently been brought out in connection with the ' uly of forest utilization now being mad-' by the United Stales forest service lor the national conservation commission. One oi the schedules ot inquiry sent to lumber manufacturers contained a query as to the ex- lent to which more careful specifications oi material might reduce waste. Replies to this query show that in some cases as much as _>5 per cent. of the felled trees are never hauled Irom the woods, simply because specifications cling to conventional lengths. Thus, lumber in long lengths is frequently ordered lor use in lengths of from one to six leet, and vet the short lengths, which would exactly and economically meet the require* ments, CanitOl be sold. An example is the case oi beveled siding, "I just had a book issued bv a promi- neni architect," writes the secretary of a prominent lumber association, "containing about Jon designs of houses, and on ill ol these designs, I believe that 411 percent, of the siding on these houses is under six feet in length. At the same lime, the contractor will order lengths of from I 2 lo 16 feet in order to build lhem." "It has always been the custom to sell lumber in even lengths only, and our prices on lengths under ten feet iu almost any material, are from |i to $10 per thousand less than lor lengths above ten feet. In cutting unv kind oi finished product, such us flooring, ceiling, beveled siding, iii., in order to grade the lumber in an economical manner, ihere is bound lo be from 5 to 10 per cent. ol the lengths under 10 feel long. II is the rule wiih most manufacturers to burn up all lengths under six feel, as ihere is absolutely no sule for them. While, on the other hand, the architect and the contractor order their lumber in lon^r lengths with the idea of cutting it up into lengths from one lo six feet when placing it on the building." The same writer says that 10 or 20 foot lengths ara commonly specified for the flooring of porches live feet wide. He concludes by making lhe following estimate of the waste occurring from this practice of disregarding the MVing of waste iu I Would You Be Interested | X In a place that offers an agreeable occupation, a perfect climate, an 0 assured income, and is in a word an ideal home land? X These conditions are found in the genial Similkameen Valley, now opened up by .. 0 the Great Northern Railway Coast-Kootenay route. x FIRST-HAND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE Home-Seeker, Business Man, Fruit-Grower, or Farmer. ft 90 09 90 09 X X WHAT ONE MAN SAYS " I lived in Ontario and Saskatchewan for many years, as well as in lhe State of Washington and the Kootenays, and after carefully looking over the Okanagan Valley I vvas led to decide that the Similkameen, from the variety and quality of its products, vvas superior in every way, and here I located. To say the least, this is Canada's California for climate and fruit. It is the healthiest and best money-making country I ever suvv." Your Chance for a Free Trip to Seattle Fair and u Visit to This Rich Valley. WE OFFER A SPECIAL METHOD OF DOING BOTH. Write for particulars, five photos, booklets, etc., to 1 B. C. FRUIT LAND CO. § X (LIMITEDI « d 122 8th Ave. West, CALGARY, ALTA, or KEREMEOS, B.C. ^J j; building specifications. "I think the S/aste in our timber products, caused by this one tact, which you vvill readily see, prohibits a man from going lo the expense of taking any limber out oi the woods that he might cut Into these short lengths and And a market lor, and which ^iics him no market for the short lengths, will easily run to 23 per cent, ofthe timber of any section of land." It would be a jrreat mistake to charge such waste as this lo lhe voluntary device of the lumberman, who wastes only what he cannot use in his business. The closer drawing of specifications, with a better knowledge of tbe timber situation, and vvith more careful regard to the possible use of the short lengths now Ignored would not only help the lumbermen to large profits but great.) prolong the duration of the lumber supply and make a better clean-up in the woods. P. BROMLEY, GENERAL BLACKSMITH. Horse-shoeing a Specialty KEREMEOS, B.C. Similkameen Land Divieion. nisi Kill Ol V VI.K. •i-AKl-: NOTICK thai I. WSUmi Uruatm Halo* * Ins. miner, aganl foe Kenneth CafHon M>>\\,1 l-'iitli, ,'t Kirem,',,**. H.l' . iitli'iul U> tmjtf lor |„r- miaeion I.* purchaac llu folkmina dracnoed landa; Commencing al .i paat atantea ;it tin- s. I-:, oorsaf .. GENERAL BLACKSMITH. KEREMEOS. LOCAL NOTES. Provincial and General. Mrs. ll. R, Robbins, und her The C. P. R. haa decided to build brother, Mr. VV. Dench, from the a tourist hotel at Nelson, "Apex" were in town over Sunday, T,K. glK,cl,.s ,lolol| Haverly's gutsts at the Hotel Keremeos. bowdlng house, and the Columbia At |. A. Nesbitt'a, Penticton meat market in (irand Forks were just received, all kinds of kites, com- burned on Saturday. Loss $(>000. piste and varied assortment of » t 11 • ;i $k A ladies residence, to cost 913,-1 masks, dominoes, false noses and ,-_■■_,- . , *,. • ..: 000, is to be built in connection moustaches, suitable for masquer- -., ., ,^., ,- ,, .a M , with the Okanagan ( ollege at Sum- ades; baseball goods, ete. , , . , , , ,•, * merland. A handsome Anglican Hugh Hunter, Government Agent, church is to go up in the same' of Princeton, vvas in town for a day ] town. or two this week in the course of a For tbe Aral six months of this tax-collecting tour through this end vear ,he t;rant.y mine produced 12,- of his bailiwick. He drove as far 000,000 pounds of copper. The ore us Bradshaw's und look the limited yielded ;m average of 24 pounds to express from there down. The only (he tOB. The profit made vvas 3 fault he finds vvith the train service cents a pound. ie that the flier seta out at the heath- . . . ... The duel ol police ot l.os Angeles has been informed thai William Han- | PURITY X You don't want Q your husband to *** gamble with his X money. X Don't you jjainhlc- Cy with your Flour M money. Buy i PURITY enish hour oi 4.30 a. m. According lo latest reports the ^ fa ,„.,„ who s|u„ (/onstublc C. I'. R. means business in its sur- |>tclwr, is in that city. In 1(J0() ley across ths Hops divide to the Hanev was sent to the penitential v Similkameen. The company, it is ,rom ', os Anf,oU.s u, SL.rvo , K,rn, said, has heen quietly preparing ol ,hric years for robbery, data about the route for several ,, , , , j A partv of four homesteaders vears. 11 hail an employee camped ' , , 1 ,. .. '. 11 1 . near Kstevau pitched their tent to out in the Hope mountains all last ' „.;, „ , , , , , ,. .... take shelter from a storm. When winter lo take records ot snowfall. thev were discovered by a passing The Harris troupe oi colored min- par',y ;, was roulul fattm0 tf fam strels drifted up the valley this week ,,.ld'hcon kl|k.d ,,v lightning, the anilgaveaperformanceintheirte.it olher two were stunned and lleip- al Keremeos o„ Tuesday evening. ^ a,K, fa efmf p.,r(1>. bunH.j. They hud a fair-sited house, though ,, •. , 1 11 1 .1 ■ A petition signed bv nearly everv their advent vvas unheralded, their ■ ■ ... , ... , . white resident of lla/elton and all advance agent having straved onto ,, •,., , the settlers in the vicinity asking the another route. I hev put np a good s , n ,, • -iii- Dominion government to establish Mending and repairing neatly done show, .ill things considered, rrom " s v , ,, , , , ,. ,. .. Royal Northwest Mounted Police here thev headed tor lledlev. ■ patrols immediately for preservation if law and order along the route ot was neaiing the Ruby Spur it was fa (;,.a|u| Trun,. p^jfc ;„ fa discovered that I carload of hay was Mffam interior has heen forward- on lire. Fortunately the spur wus — u, 0lt|Ua Trouble with the near and lhe car vvas sidetracked |1H|jans alte. winter sets in is tear- Thai will he a purchase - not a ■peculation. I F. RICHTER & CO. I As yesterday's westbound train LADIES' AND MEN'S SUITS CLEANED AND PRESSED $1.00 Leave orders at The Hig Store. MRS. F. J. SAUVE. AT J.A. NESBITTS PENTICTON. Quassia Chips and Whale Oil Soap. Arsenate oi Lead. (Prepared, reedy lur use.) Pendray'l Improved Lime Sulphur Solution. All of above sure killers for Aphis. ind left to its fate without obstructing the main line, ll vvas consigned to J. W. Stewart at Keremeos. lhe car was sealed, and spontaneous combustion appears to be lhe most likely explanation oi lhe lire. A steam shovel ed. Greenwood Notes. Tinsmithing. All kinds ol Sheet Metal Work in Tin, topper, Sheet Iron, etc. [Fr.im llu- Ia-Jki-.] W. L Hogg arrived in the city last week from Montreal, Mr. and cars for use Hogg was interested in mining in in ballasting the new roadbed are [his district some years ago, and expected daily. The delay appears organized the BostOfl and Montreal to be due to collecting Hat-cars company, which purchased Ihe Sun- srhich have been used before in this Sl.t ;,, Deadwood camp and other Your old granitewars country and on which duly bus been properties. His company purchased paid. There aie sufficient of these |5S,000 worth of city debentures, cars for the purpose, but they have \\\\.. w,,s slsO Ihe chief financial buck- been scattered and require time lo cr ol the lireenwood Daily rimes Collect. To bring up olher cars during lhe boom. Mi. Hogg Is on would involve extra expense for a visit ola couple ol weeks heie, duly. but wilh uu eye always open for Hankinson 0 Co, are getting on business. well with their grading contracts l, \\g reported thai several new awl expect to be all dear on the !„„, m\\\\\\ engage in business in this main line lor the rails. I- lit v more , , , . _____ , , ni 11 1 . .1' i- citv earlv in September, inchidinif laborers will be added to the lorce . . 1 i» now employed. W (iarrison has ■"' independent meat market, a groc- taken a grading contract on the rail- ery, a clothing ami gents' furnish- way near the station, Pile driving ings, book and stationery store, and will begin today on the bridges .ino,|H.r ,.ank, a jeweler,' druggisls. l'.VV II Kill I.IIIM, V Sri 1 I VI IV. Plumbing. Pipe fitting and cutting. Pumps repaired. o Don't Throw Away Hav e il repaired. Vol Peek tii anile Cement will fix Ihe holes and 111,ike il as good as new. H. B. Meausette, kiwi Ki'ii'in,','. II.11,In.ne Store,] REPAIRS TO MACHINERY Orders promptly attended to. In ordering repairs please state number of piece and make oi machine. J. A. NESBITT, PENTICTON. SIMILKAMEEN L.O. L. No. 1770 Meets I ui'sil.ii un ,,i before lite lull niiion ill each niunlli in Keiemeos Town Hall Visiting member* cordial!) mviled. V.'. I.. I'l MMINI.S, W, M. 0. McCvanv.R. s. WM. DALRYMPLE. GENERAL BLACKSMITH. SIMILKAMEEN SADDLERY CO. across the Similkameen in Princeton , . .1 • . 1 huckstcis, and innumerable hoo/e Low water 111 the nver caused some delay floating piles down, but a big loundrvs, all run by foreigners, gang ot drivers was put on and the Well, competition is the life of trade, difficulty overcome. Two hundred ,un\\, faa. somo people are not able and fitly piles vvill be driven, over to ,|ea.lv discriminale bet ween "de- which u large part ol the cut iiearbv .,,,,' . . , , ,. •11 u . »■,... 1 'ri,, n;i;n,r ,..ii suable and "undesirable citi/ens will be transferred, ine piling will also do duty in the permanent until they gel a knife hel w een their structure. Princeton Star. ribs, Your Patronage Solicited, Isfactioo Guaranteed, Sat- Cumming's Old Stand. 1 Kerens us Centra, 1 Repairers and Makers of Harness, Boots and Shoes, Etc. -—o— Whips, Hits, Spurs, Melts, Ktc, kept in stock."""@en ; edm:hasType "Newspapers"@en ; dcterms:spatial "Keremeos (B.C.)"@en ; dcterms:identifier "Keremeos_Chronicle_1909_08_13"@en ; edm:isShownAt "10.14288/1.0310054"@en ; dcterms:language "English"@en ; geo:lat "49.204722"@en ; geo:long "-119.829722"@en ; edm:provider "Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library"@en ; dcterms:publisher "Keremeos, B.C. : J.A. 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