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I vct:' ��� i t.i ���/������. ��������� ' ��� THE KIV. SANDON, FEBRUARY, 24 1900. CHAPTER.20 HAPPENINGS IN BRIEF. The Miners' Hotel Cafe lias resumed operations. The Central music hall has been reopened for business. ��� The Denver House will reopen on the first of next month. ..Anewspaper will be started in Slocan City in a few days. There was no meeting of the city council this week. No quorum. Walter Waterland of Greenwood spent a few days in town this week. There are more strangers in town just now than there has been for two years. Rev. J. A. Ferguson visited Kaslo on Thursday to take in the Presbyterian church concert. A. David has openeJ a branch tailor- ingestablishment in Slocan City. Harry Cleve is in charge. It is rumored that there is to be a ��hattge of proprietorship at The Palace. I$Uy Bennett is selling out. J. C. Lowes returned on Wednesday from Sumpter, Ore,, where he has been sizing-up the new town. Hugh Gillis is in the smallpox hospital at Sumpter. He is out of danger and making a good recovery. Die mail from the south failed to COOrtect yesterday owing to delays on the Spokane Falls & Northern. George Henry Fisher, the celebrated White Grouse mountain explorer is giving street lectures in Sandon. One of the importeJ men from the Payne was relieved a gun by the police onMonday. He was not convicted. Isaac Crawford, who packs the grip ���lid order book for John Cholditch & 431. of Nelson, is spending a few days ill town with his family. "J, K. Clark and H. A. Bleumeaur, New Denver't principal mining men, Came up on last night's train to visit the metropolis of Slocan. A Knights of Pythias service will be held in the Methodist church to-morrow llight. A special invitation is extended Revisiting brethern. v. 4hout 50 couples gathered at Vir- ia hall 00 Thursday on the occasion ��YtllKAthletic Club dance and spent a * thfpughly enjoyable evening. local merchants are already coning to feel the revival of business, goods have been shipped up the during the last few days than for "**"-'"" months past. A-bunch of 25 belated foreigners ar- from Michigan on Sunday night H. B. Alexander had them in ��rge. -"They were sent up to the IteJ^LEdlPg .|i��ust:,\...... .JL*�� |The "Coontown 400" played to Mding room only 00 Wednesday. IS* show, which was of the old-time I *ed variety, was the besl that has ���Al. in town for a long time. The bright sunshiny days recently , ' ax^erienced are just the thing to en-. ^"'.^fwfage the onward movement of the. S&illtiful and musical snowslide. Get a photograph of one. to send to your ;������ Private advices from Sumpter, Ore., indicate that that camp is in a bad Condition. Smallpox is prevalent and the authorities are doing their best to hide it. There are many cases in the hospital and a number of deaths have occurred. W. J. Parham has bought out the stock and good-will of Atherton's Bazaar. He intends to put in a heavy stock of books and stationery and conduct an up-to-date news stand. "Billy" needs no introduction to the Sandon public as he has been with Hammond Bros, in the same line for a long time. The Sandon curling club will play a game next week for four boxes of the celebrated Rosebery brand of Havanas. The cigars are presented by the genial Rosebery Smith of Smith, Fischel &. Co., of St. Jerome. P. Cj., through their local agent, Jas. Williamson. The fame of Sandon curlers is spreading from ocean to ocean and is causing a sensation in the land of the shoepack. And. F. Tufts, secretary of the North West Travellers Association was in Sandon yesterday. He reports that the Association has a membership of over 50 among the travellers who touch the Kootenay. A grand tour of drummers from Vancouver to Winnipeg and return is to take place next June at which every knight of the road in the North West will be present. Desperadoes who hold up this train will get stories enough to start a Sunday school library. A party of a dozen Sandonites went down to New Denver on Thursday evening to attend the K. of P. third anual ball. The New Denver organization is famous for the splendor of its social affairs but the event of Thursday evening eclipsed any former efforts. Besides Sandonites there were guests present from Silverton, Slocan City and Nelson. The Sandon contingent returned on last night's train and report that everything went off without a hitch except for one little accident on the return trip of which Dave Leitch holds kenitescope rights. His modesty prevents him from telling the story, but parties returning the lost articles will receive a reasonable reward. David Whitelv, familiarly known as "Red Paddy" will be taken to New Westminster to-day to be treated for a species of insanity, the exact nature of which is not understood. "Red Paddy" was a pioneer of the Slocan and is one of those picturesque argonauts of whom so few are left in this district. In the early days he located some valuable claims on Reco mountain and has on two or three occasions made good sales, but with the improvidence of the the old-timers he spent his money freely and was consequently more often broke than flush. Last year he found a new district in -Kettle River country and Jocated some gold claims of astonishing richness. Eri Thompson is his parterner in these claims and they had hoped to develop a property exceeding the prospector's fondest dreams. With the treatment of specialists which can be obtained in New West- mister it it hoped that Paddy can be rescued from his present unfortunate condition. * ������ ��� ' ��� * ���'��� fln Austr>a 120,000 coal miners are on strike for an eigh^ hour day. MINING LOCALS. THE ALIEN ACT. Operations have been resumed at the Whitewater mine. Payne stock jumped up 26 cents on Toronto market on Saturday last. There was no ore shipped from Sandon via the K. & S. this week. The Payne sent 300 tons to the Trail smelter over the C. P. R. L. B. Barker of the Miller Creek has gone to Spokane for a while. He let a contract for 200 feet of tunnel to Joe Stockham, who is continuing development with five men.- " The Slocan Star has laid off all the contractors except in the east drift of the lower tunnel, which is being driven to reach an ore chute showing up in the creek bed some distance to the east of the present workings. No men have been hired on company time yet, but it is expected that this will be done in a few days. As Seen By the Oracle oi the Nelson Tribune. Too Many Men in the Slocan. Since the strike has been declared off about 50 men a day have been arriving in Sandon from outside points, mostly from Rossland and Nelson. There are already too many men in the camp and many of the strangers will not find employment. Outsiders would do well to keep away from the Slocan for a few weeks until more of the mines are in operation. .*. Hey! What! Why, Yes! Certainly! When the hockey boys arrived home on Monday from their triumphant visit to Rossland they were met at the station by the band and paraded up the street to the strains of "Hail the conquering Heroes Come." Rossland, Nelson and Spokane are easy marks for the Sandon juniors. Next year the boys will have to take a trip to Winnipeg and Montreal to show easterners how hockey should be played. Sandon Junior Hockey Champions of the Universe would sound about right. ��. A Warning. The prevalence of smallpox is Spokane and the quarantine enforced at Rossland, Kaslo and Nelson should be a warning to Sandon people to use every precaution against the dread disease. Those who are not vaccinated should undergo the operation without delay, and the city council should make such provisions that should an outbreak occur the authorities would be in a position to cope with it immediately. m> 1 Wants to Know Why Kelly Was Let Out. McPhillips has given notice in the legislature of motion for a return of correspondence (telegrams and letters) which may have; parsed between the Provincial Governmenty.pratiy lyjember thereof, and any officer ofi .the'^govern- ment, relating to tho sending, of Cbn�� stable Kelly from.Nelson,to Slocan, the arrest by Kelly of the secretary of the Miners' Union there, and his subsequent release upon bail, followed by Kelly's withdrawal from the Slocan and his (Kelly's) subsequent resignation". Although the alien labor Act of the Dominion of Canada is supposed to be in force against the United States, the Payne mine continues to import men. As the last batch of men arrived a day or so after the miners' unions had decided to accept the compromise scale, it is probable that arrangements were made for the importation of the men before the compromise was reached. This being so it is not likely that any further breaches of the law will take place ; but the. district will owe it to the miners' union, rather than the government., that it is not flooded with cheap labor. That the labor party will demand an accounting with the federal government, for its failure to give the protection which the framers of the Act designed, seems more than likely. The violations of the law have been so flagrant and persistent enquiry is necessary. When the evidence is all in it Will be difficult for the Liberal politicians to convince the labor party that their interests have not been sacrificed by the non-enforcement of the law. It is not possible to fool the people all the time, and the labor leaders will no doubt come to the conclusion that it is idle for them to struggle to secure the enactment of favorable legislation, if whenever the opportunity presents itself for the enforcement of such legislation the government treats it as a dead letter. I f there were breaches of the customs regulations it is safe to say they would be handled differently from the breaches of the alien labor Act. The government would not require the people of Kootenay to prove their case before taking action ; yet this is the government's position with respect to the alien Act. Prentice Wants to Repeal the Eight- Hour Late. Prentice, member for Lillooet in the legislature, has gl\en notice of a motion to introduce a bill to repeal the eight- hour law. Prentice is one of the members who loses his seat by the redistribution and as his chances of re-election are slim in- any event, it is probable that for these reasons he has been chosen by the opposition to introduce the bill. A Comprehensioe Reoieto. We asked Bill Lawson to get up an article on the political situation. This is what he supplied. We consider that it is easily on a par with the political effusions of the Kootenaian : ? ~le '1 ot i of to)nii. itet bn s m)enlluwn o, rt.hD aglw etgnh eouhniHIowdidLucdky hwas e I ses, bbo get dmDoyh JJtlHcaJshom n���,e ���ne cksonto mak k e. MiobYFol^G.O.Beula a p Js low Fred Urban and Chas Kolberg have leased the Balmoral hotel restaurant and will open . up to-day. They intend to conduct a first-class dining room. Fred and Charlie are well known to the Sandon public. THE PAYSTREAK, SANDON, B. C, FEBRUARY 24, tjj00_ MINING RECORDS The following is a complete list of the mining transactions recorded during the week in the several mining divisions of the Slocan. Those of New Denve* were as follows :��� LOCATIONS. Feb 15���Snowbird fr, Carpenter cr, D McLeod. ���8RB88MENTS. Feb 6���Flora Temple. 7���Storm. 8 ���Evening Star fr, Black Eagle, Arab. 12���Halifax fr, Lilv. 15���Kitchener. 17���R D and Cody Star. TRANSFERS, Feb 8���Buck Fraction, W S Clark to M L Nicholson, Jan 24, $300. 8���Shure Thing, Minnie Clark, Home Rule, Black Fox, Limit, Cuckoun, Gypsy Queen, Admiral, Limit Fraction,and King, all interest, M McAndrews to J Conway, 1250, Jan 20. 18���Gvpsv Queen and Forest King 1- 6 in each, �� L White to D J Brandon, Feb 12. F M Gibson records a notice that G W Adrian did not held a free miners license from Julv 16, 1897, to March, 1899. 16���Cracker jack, Scott McDonald, T J Lendrum and F J Finucane to Northwest Mining Syndicate, Sept 14. Fidelity fr, Crackerjack and Broken Lock, Northwest Mining Syndicate to Bosun Mines Co, Jan 19. Fenchurch fr, Porcupine fr, and Bear fr, M E Brandon to Geo H Crawford, on Feb 9. 19���We Two i, W J Kyte to Louis Guire and Ludyer Guire, July 3. Same, Louis Guire and Ludyer Guire to J Brandon, Jan 19, $150. Same, J Brandon to J Tinling, Feb 7, $250. CERTIFICATES OP IMI'ROVKHINT. Jan 5��� Rustler, Rockland. 8���Best Fraction, Humphrey. 12���Trade Dollar. 18���Early Bird. 16���Alice Fraction, Spokane, Last Chance No 4, O B H, Hustler Fraction. Feb 6���Speculator, Consolidated Virginia, Elk. Feb 10���Vult, Vulture Fraction, Vulture, Genesee. 14���Helena, Egypt. 17���Adirondack. AINSWORTH DIVISION. LOCATIONS. Jan 25���Antinous, near Aiu*worth, F L Fitch. 27���Johnson, Jackson Basin, E W Bau'sing. 81���Oriental, Schroeder creek, Eric Strand. ASSRSHMKNTS. Jan 25���Harrison, Silver Bell, Glen Ellen, Combine fr. 29���Fair Play. 30 ���Cornwall. Feb 2���Six Friends, Volunteer. TRAN8KKR8. Jan 27���True Blue and Peacock %< Agreement between Maggie G Stephenson and Angus Campbell. 80���Hobson fr J. P O Swanson to C McClure, $250 Cornwall &, R Roberts to F Helm. Feb 1���B C fr, all, J M Bassett to A B Vanmoerkerke. 2���White Elephant J, R E Lemon to A A MaeKenzie. SLOCAN OKK SHIPMENTS. The total amount of ore shipped from the Slocan from Januarv 1, 1899, to June 80, 1899, was 15,118 tons From July 1,1899, to Dec. 81, 1899, the shipments were 4,310 tons. Following are the shipments from Januarv 1, 1900, to Feb. 17: Week . 225 SLOCAN CITT DIVISION. LOCATIONS. Jan 31���White Hawk, Ten Mile, E Mansfield. Feb 8���Simcoe, Lemon creek, Isaac Lough eed. Lowell, same, W Kerr. Empress, same, N E Holmgren. Duke, same, 1 Lougheed. Lampton, same, N E Holmgren. ASSESSMENTS. Feb 1���Del Monte. 14���Evening Star, Erin Fraction. POWKR OP ATTORNEY. Feb 8���F J Smyth to Dan Hanlon, re Gypsy Lass and Armiston. 6���James Tattersall to It Bradshaw, general. 8���Annie Provost to Andrew Provost, general. 12���Wm Kerr to Isaac Lougheed, re Lowell N E Holmgren to same, re the Derby, Hull, Empress, and Lampton. - TRANSPKRB. Jan 80���HighUnd Light %, Dan Mc- Kenzie to W Clough. '��������� ��� .. J Feb 7���Christmas Tree and Reciprocity %, P McGuire to Percy Dickenson. 13���Leon J, J C Shook to Percy Dlck- enson. .?.i. Tail Holt, all, W H Ferguson to Wm Hunter, $400. Payne American Boy Queen Bess Rambler Surprise Luckv Jim Florida Bosun Emily Edith Vancouver Arlington 40 Black Prince 20 Totoltons 2ai Total 1,100 40 2>'>l 231* 20 73 20 4C 2<�� 20 100 20 IMS "LOVE'S LABOR LOST.' New Denver Ledge How fleeting are things on this mundane sphere! We may work years for a fortune, and lose it all by one turn of the roulette wheel. We may grow gray winning the heart of some fair maiden, and then she may die after the prize is ours. Step by step a man may win a reputation for sobriety, and then a little jag will tear them all dov.n in one night For months this paper appealed to the C.P.R. to put a stove in the depot at the Denver siding. It besought that most powerful corporation to take pity on the shivering mortals who daily gathered in the pine frescoed waiting room to await the coming of thecars. After many days the C.P.R. had saved enough money,and the stove was bought. Then the traveling public became happy, and the matter was becoming ancient history, when the cruel irony of fate intrudes, and in a few minutes undoes the persistent work of months. Last Sunday afternoon the up train had gone to Sandon, and the usual loneliness had gone on shift at this magnificent doomed depot. This was its last day on earth. The fire in the stove became too hot, and bursting from its narrow home in the pursuit of expansion, it soon became attaehed to its surroundings and the lurid flames shot outward, tinting the fleecy clouds, the Irish foliage, and tbe immaculate snow with a flush that indicated a plus of carbon. The alarm was given and in a few moments the New Denver fire brigade was charging up the hill, but, alas! they were tod late,., The palatial structure was already in the thirl stage of cremation, and the stove was breathing its last. It was a thing of warm beauty, surrounded by merry people, and now it lies broken and neglected amid the ruins of its former mansion, while the passengers sit in the chilly blasts that ritile through their hirsute appendages and wonder how many decades will roll along before the image of that stove Incomes a living reality. The adjoining buildings escaped cremation, and the illumination cost the C.P.R. about $100. NEW REDISTRIBUTION BILL. The new redistribution bill was laid l>efore the Legislature on Monday. The changes proposed are: West Kootenay is to have six members in place of four, the ridings l>eing Revelstoke, Lardeau, Slocan, Kaslo, Nelson and Rossland. Boundary country is removed from Kootenay for electoral purposes and attached to Yale, which will have four members in place of three, the ridings being north, west, south and east respectively. The whole of Lillooet will return one member, instead of one for the east and one for the west as at present. Cariboo is divided into north and south ridings, each returning one meml>er, instead of the whole district returning two. The al)Ove are the only changes on the Mainland. On the Island a member is taken from Ksquimalt. and three constituencies of North and South Victoria and Cowichanare rearranged as only two constituencies, Saanich and Cowichan respectively. The majority of the ridings affected areat present hostile to the government. AiiHtralitt'N Big i'ity. Melbourne, Australia, is a city with half a million population and rapidly growing, and it has taken an advanced stand for municipal ownership. She owns absolutely her gas works and last year made a profit of over $1,500,000. The street railway system will soon re- "ert to her, when she will transport passengers a distance of three to five miles for one cent. Long ago she adopted the eight hour law for all city employees. She provides for the free transportation of school children. She furnishes free employment exchanges and one of the finest school systems in the world. Next to Paris it is the equal of any. The municipality gives encouragement to tiade unions. Tbe city owns the docks and conducts the steam ferries. She is making tremendous strides in many Improvements, and it is freely predicted that from now on she will advance much more rapidly in municipal ownership than in the paut. WISE AND OTHERWISE. The cynic might take syrup for his scoff. Native wit may be foreign to the occasion. Cross purposes often run parallel in morality. "Roving blades" are bound to lose their rough edges. Not a single infectious disease is known in Greenland. It is easier to get footing than backing from a rich girl's father. With the sensible girl the l>eau that flatters much never matters much. No erratic genius has yet come forward with the "Dreams of a Bulldozer." The spiritualistic medium sometimes goes out of business for material reasons. He who is always going to the law uill get the law in the habit of coming to him. There are men so mean and miserly that they would like to horde the human race. Il�� N���>�����<!ed n Sh��vr. He had been out so bite the night he- fore that he did not know at �� hat hour he had come home When he awoke, he was curious to learn just how rocky he looked He. RCJ ordingly reached out for the silver-backed hand mirror that lay on the table beside his bed Instead of that he got hold of the silver-backed hair brush. Not recognizing his mistake, he took the brush up and gazed at the bristles a moment. Then he felt of the silver back and then stared back at the bristles. "Good heavens," he murmured at last, "but I need a shave!" Snnwslides are doing a rushing business in the Slocan. IP. BXJR3STS <Sc CO, DEALERS IN | is s*d but true. Only the other day it S ^ *�� MEATS AT SANDON, ROSSLAND, NELSON, KASLO, PILOT BAY THREE PORKS, SLOCAN CITY. THE PAYSTREAK , SANDON, B.C., FEBRUARY 24, 1900. WHAT SOCIALISM 18. [Prize essay, written by Jas. Oneal, for The Appeal to Reason] The word socialism bus two different meanings. When used in one sense it means a science which deals in existing economics and social phenomena. It is also an explanation or interpretation of this economic and social phenomena. It explains the laws that underlie our present industrial system, the changes that occur through the action of these laws aud seeks an answer to the following question: "What will be ihe result of the action of these laws?" The socialist answers that the inevitable outcome will be a higher state of society wherein the laud and machinery of production will he owned in common by the people in their collective capacity, and that free access to this land and machinery will be granted to all and that each and every individual will obtain the full product of their social labor, since there will he no private capitalist who can retain the larger portion of the product as he does today This does not mean tho abolition of capital, but it does mean tin; abolition of the individual owners of both laud and capital. The socialists say that thia must be accomplished because the development of modern industrial soeiety demands it, and if it is not accom plisheil in the near future, capitalism will (through its crisis and pauperization of the masses) lock itself in its own embrace He further points to the fact that since the development of the trust the capitalist has become a useless parasite on society, from the fact that he no longer performs- the functions required of him, viz: that of superintendence, etc These functions are now performed by hired employes; thev can just as well work for society as a whole. The second manner iu which the word Is used is when one endeavors to picture, the socialist state of society as it Will be when capitalism ceases to exist An explanation, or rather a definition, Ofthewordin this sense would be, a Society where ruling and oppressed classes had ceased to exist and where equality nf opportunity prevailed and where each and every individual would be rewarded according to his efforts A society where the means and opportunities of obtaining "life, liberty and happiness" wool be owned in common, but where the products produced would be the property of the individual, which lavould be according to the amount of jgS'ork performed by the individual. To |��uin up, the first conception of socialism ���nay bo called the path that leads us to Bhe goal, while the second conception Jwould be the goal itself. COMPULSORY ARBITRATION. To prevent a possible recurrence of a lockout such as the Slocan has experienced the Government has brought in a bill to amend the statute dealing [with conciliation and arbitration in labor disputes It is a measure which ��� Interests not only the respective parties I to such disputes, but the entire community in which the disputes occur The bill as introduced is threefold in its makeup. It provides for the organization of a bureau for the compilation of laboi statistics, for the creation of a u mm ^^ 01. T. Btnurd Ir CMS-fMktr, Craioa. '��v . When you've killed your fellow "Christians" till but few are left to kill, Or have oompromiscd this quarrel in your fear, Shall you shout that "God is love" agaiii, and praise his name, until You have a chance to light another year? You are absent-minded beggars and your weaknesses are great; But we and God must take you as we find you, [straight! You, Boers and English, killing there���your prayers should set things Don't you think you've left the Christian faith behind you? Baptists. Lutherans, faithful sons of the Church, ( Two hundred thousand horse and foot eager to smite and slay!) All of you doing the Devil's tasks. "We must get out of the lurch." It's before the war and after the war that you pray! pray! pray! Is Jesus clear forgotten now, with "Turn the other cheek? Your enemies you love with Maxim blaze Forgiveness of all injuries with Lyddite shells you speak, Ami the dum dum "Good for Evil"swift repays. "Resist not evil," Jesus said; but where is Jesus now? Oh ! absent-minded beggars we must find you; You've ceased in pray Is it true, you've left th [way! How? You'll bribe your God; you'll square him some ���K le Christian faith behind you? W f Methodists, Catholics, Cnngregationalists, (Two hundred thousand horse and foot eager to smite and slay!) All of you killing instead of loving, eager to enter the lists; It's when there isn't chance to tight that you pray! pray! pray! You're breaking that commandment, which declares "^houshalt not kill;" But (Jod would better wink at this awhile, If he only will be patient till your hate has had its fill, You'll repent and pray for pity till he smile You are absent-minded beggars; this God should understand, He and we are forced to take you as we find you, You'll trust in him and praise him when this work is out of hand: But now you've left all thoughts of God behind you. "Christians, Saved of God," Christ's Anointed Ones, (Two hundred thousand horse and foot eager to smite and slay!) To 'trust in God'isall right in peace, but now you trust in your guns. Boers and Britons choose their time to pray! pray! pray! &&&&&W%W% %s%/%f%V%'%^%&%f%fK council of conciliation, and thirdly for the creation of a council of arbitration. The first enacting section authorizes the appointment of a suitable person to act as a commissioner of labor statistics, who shall also serve on matters of arbitration. The duties of the bureau shall be to collect, assort, systematize and present annual reports to the legisla ture of statistical details relating to different departments of labor iu the Province, especially in relation to the commercial, industrial, social and sanitary condition of the laboring classes. Six months after the passage of the Act industrial districts shall be established throughout the Province, not exceeding six in number; or the. whole Province may be treated as one district Deputy commissioners shall be appointed to act in each district, whose duty it shall be to receive and register and deal with all applications lodged within his district by employers or employes, or on their behalf, for reference to a council of conciliation or arbitration, of any dispute or claim within the meaning of the Act; to convene any such council and generally to do all such things as may be required in performance of the regulations, The sections dealing with the formation of the councils of conciliation, differ from those of the Act to be repealed to the extent of making conciliation com pulsory after one party to the dispute has applied for a reference to the council. The council, shall consist of four counciliators, who shall be appointed by the commissioner upon nomination of the disputants, two by each party to the dispute. When one party nominates two conciliators the other party is obliged to make its nominations within four days. It is in this connection that an important amendment is offered to the present Act. Under the present Act any party being opposed to the reference to a council of conciliation can defeat its object by refusing to nominate its representatives, and thus rob the other side of anv advantage of the council of conciliation. The amendment proposed provides that any party failing to nominate conciliators within the prescribed time, shall after a formal demand, and upon summary conviction, be liable to a fine of $20 for every such refusal, or for each and every day the making of such nomination shall be delayed. It is further proposed, that in event of either party failing to nominate conciliators, after the expiration of four days, conciliators may be appointed by the lieutenant-governor. being unable to effect a settlement. The present Act requires the consent of both parties before arbitration can be invoked, while the amending Act sets out that either party may require the commissioner to refer the dispute to the council of arbitration for settlement by award. No change is suggested in the council of arbitration. The proposed bill does not make the award of the council of arbitration binding, save in the case of the same being arrived at unanimously. The same provisions are suggested with respect to the publication of the award in a local paper. It is also provided that the award may be made a rule of the supreme court in the event of both parties consenting. But it is only when all three aibitratorn are agreed on the award that it can be made a rule of the court without the consent of both parties. The section of the bill dealing with the definition of claims or disputes under the Act, recites that claims or dispute? shall include any matter as to which there is a disagreement between any employer and his employees respecting: The price of work done and the hours of work, damage alleged to have been done to the work and bad tools, pric*�� to be paid for winning mineral or allowances to be made in meeting faults, performance or non-performance of agreements, insufficient or unwholesome food, dan* gerous and bad workings and bunk- houses, established customs and usages, dismissal or employment under agreement, dismissal of employees for their connection with trades unions. The twenty-sixth section of the bill restricts the operation of the Act. It recites that no claim or dispute shall be subject of conciliation or arbitiation in any case in which the employees affected by such claim or such dispute shall be fewer in number than seven of any incorporated or registered labor union. PASTE THIS IN TOUR HAT. At the first indication of diphtheria in the throat, make the room close, then take a tin cup and pour into it an equal quantity of tar and turpentine,then hold the cup over the fire so as to fill the room with fumes. The patient, on inhaling the fumes, will cough out the membraneous matter and diphtheria will pass off. The fumes of the tar and turpentine loosen the throat and thnn afford the relief that has baffled the skill of physicians. Developing Well. The Molly Gibson is being developed into one of the most promising mines in in the district. The workings are now down 300 feet, und connections will soon be made to the surface. At that depth the vein is as true as on the surface. The ore holds its value, while the percentage of gold is increasing. Thirty- five men are employed at the mine, the payroll being upwards of $4000 a month. Two four-horse teams are hauling ore to the landing at the mouth of Kokanee creek, and eight horses are rawhiding hetween the mine and the head of the wagon road. The ore is being shipped to the Trail smelter. Following out the change,which makes conciliation compulsory at the request of the parties to the dispute, tbe same amendment provides for compulsory arbitration in the event of the conciliators ��� gers have increased 31 percent j First class passengers in England have ; increased only ten per cent in ten years, I while the number of third class pasaen- f THK PAYSTREAK, SANDON, B. C, FEBRUARY 24. THE PAYSTREAK. Published Every Saturday in the heart of the Richest White Metul Camp OH Earth. Subscription - - - - $2.00 a year. Strictly in advance. William MACADAMS, Publisher and Proprietor. SANDON, B. C, FEBRUARY 17, igoo. MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP, AND WHAT IT MAY LEAD TO. The Appeal to Reason, Girard, Kansas, a social democratic paper, published last week a municipal ownership edition, of which there have been 500,000 copies circulated. It gives facts and figures regarding municipal ownership that are educating and in some cases startling. The experience of municipal management of public utilities in all parts of the world seems so much more advantageous that it is remarkable that private ownership is allowed to stand against it. Toronto, for instance, owns its street railway lines which it has leased to private capital. The city receives $800 per mile per year rent and gets 8 per cent of all proceeds. The city council has control of the lines and regulates the service. Workingmen and school children pay a 3-cent fare, going and coming. New York, on the other hand, retains neither lines, control nor franchise. For the Third Avenue line, 28 miles long, New Yorkers pay to private capital interest on $5,000,000 bonds at 5 per cent and dividends on $10,000,000 stock at 10 per cent. The Broadway line is capitalized at no less than $1,151,926 per mile. Ninety per cent, of the capitalization of New York street railways is water. Gothamites pay 5-cent fares and get in return a Tammany rule. A ;-eent fare under municipal ownership and .operation would yield an annual profit of $3,000,000. In marked contrast to New York is the experience of the city of Glasgow, which owns and operates its street railways at a profit of $600,000 per" annum. Forty per cent, of Glasgow's passengers pay a 1-cent fare and the remainder pay two cents. The employees get better wages, the hours of labor are shorter, and the service is superior to that of New York. Last year Glasgow paid $320 for legal expenses in connection with its street car lines. Private capital, by the Tammany process, is supposed to have paid a million in boodle alone to continue the New York franchises. Only one town in America owns and operates its street railways. Port Arthur, Ontario, does this at a profit of $2,000 a year. All the railways and street railways of Australia are operated in the public interest. Sidney, Australia, operates its railways free of charge. The citizens of Sidney figure that as in any event the general public must pay for the street car service, the free service is the cheapest and most rational plan. In the matter of electric lighting the difference between municipal and private ownership is still more striking. There are 295 municipal light plants in the United States. Everyone of these plants is paying the public, either in reduced charges or increased profits. Chicago, for instance, from its new Halstead street station, is supplying 2000- candle power arc lights at $60 a year. In another part of the city a private corporation is supplying the same service at $137 a lamp. New York pays a private company $160 per light. Philadelphia pays $122 and Boston $128. The employees of the Chicago municipal system receive better wages and work shorter hours than those of the private corporation in Chicago, New York, Philadelphia or Boston. Thanks to the efforts of Mr. Pingree, Detroit, Mich, has one of the finest lighting plants in the world, on which the city saves thousands of dollars annually. In 25 years the plant will pay for itself and even if there should be no improvements the city can furnish lights at $65. The following are a few of the cities that are lighting their streets at an enormous saving with their own muni- cidal electric lighting plants, as the following table will show : Before After Saving per Lamp .$150.00 $4K.oo $102.00 .. 182.00 55lM> 137.00 .. 185.00 62.00 123.00 .. 110.00 58.00 52.00 Huntingdon, Ind.. i4<>.oo 5a0�� l)b<>�� Goshen, lnd 150.00 77.00 79.09 Bangor Me Lewiston, Me.,. Peabody, Mass., Bay City, Mich. Bloomington, III... 111.00, I .Ol). 60.00 Chicago,' 111 250.00 96.OO '5.<-���� Fairfield, la J,7*-w 7()(M) 308.OO Aurora, 111 326,00 53,a5 -74-45 The average cost per lamp in these 10 cities is $62 per year, or less than one-half of the price that Sandon paid for its service. There are a great many political economist who contend that if New York, Montreal, Toronto, Boston, Philadelphia, San Francisco or any other advantageously located city in America were to take over the water, light, telephones, street railways, sewars, baths, libraries, markets, banks, fire insurance, theatres, etc., and run them all without charge, deriving the necessary revenue from the increased value of the land, that that city would within a single decade become the largest and finest city in the world ; that it would become the centre of commerce and culture of the continent. This may be an optimistic theory, but it is undeniable that the cities which control their own franchises are making more rapid progress than those which do not, and the present tendency toward public ownership throughout America may lead to a trial of the free system in certain lines in several cities within the next few years. The Slocan was badly cold-decked when the federal government sent Commissioner Clute out here "to investigate." The failure of the Laurier government to enforce the alien labor act will cost Hewitt Bostock his seat at the next election. A man who is so blinded bv partyism as to allow his constituency to be gold-bricked with adulterated Sunny Ways salve is too unsophisticated to represent the Kootenay in the Dominion parliament. Hewitt may be honest but he is no ^ood. The labor conciliation and arbitration bill which the minister of finance has presented to the legislature should find favor with the people of B. C. Had a compulsory arbitration act been on the statutes on last first of June there would not have been a strike in the Slocan, and the country would have profited several millions by the law. Strikes and lockouts are wasteful and un-necessary, and a law which will prevent destructive wars between" capital and labor will benefit the whole country. An opposition by either capital or labor to such an act is prima facie evidence that the opposing party fears a decision founded on equity and justice. THE WM. HAMILTON MANUFACTURING CO., LIMITED. MINING MACHINERY PETERBOROUGH, ONTARIO, ���: CANADA :��� ...-...�� ��� THE PAYSTREAK, SANDON, B, C��� FEBRUARY a* ryyyinnr yinnryvvyvTvTir^^ B oo-cTinmnnnnp) The E. R. Atherton Co., Ltd. We are Closing out a Line of Odd Pants at $1 a pair. The regu= lar prices of these goods are from $2.50 up. The E. R. Atherton Co., Ltd. LJULflJL^JUlfiJULSUL^^ Certificate of Improvements. NOTICE. "PORTLAND No, (ft.) MINERAL CLAIM." situate in the Slocan Mining Division o1 Went Kootenay District. Where located : Aboutthree-quarters of a mile from tlie "Monitor No. u" Mineral Claims, near Three Forks, in the Slooan Mining Divis ion of West Kootenay, B C. TakkNotick that I. K M. Sandilands, net- Ing as agent for J 0. WtUiains, Free Miner's Certifloate No. B. 262H9, issued at Sandon. B. G., Deo. 7th, 1899, administrator for E. S William,. Free Miner's Certifloate No, A.88019, issued at Sandon Feb. 85th, intend sixty days trom the datehereofto apply to the Mining Recorder for u Certifloate of Improvement lor the purpose of obtaining a Crown Grant of the ahove claim. Ami further take notice that action, undei section .17. must be commenced before the issuance of such Certificate ol Improvements. Dated this thirteenth dnv of January. 1900, E. M. Sanpii.nhs. Certificate of Improvements. NOTICE. WELLINGTON, CHAMBERS, EUREKA AND JAY GOULD MINERS CLAIMS. Situate in the Slocan Minir j Division of West Kootenay District. W liere located : On the North Slope of the South Fork of Carpenter Creek) ahove the Town of Cody Take Notice that 1 J, H. dray, acting as agent for Mrs.L. Helens, Free Miner's Certificate No, 84895a j Ed. Becker, F. M. C. No U198 ; John Caldwell, F. M. C. No. 18792 ; F. A Devereux.F. M. C. No. 68846A; C. L. Preston, F. M C. No. 10894A ; 0. T. Stone, F. M. C. No. 10655AundJ. H.Gray.F.M.O. No.88148A, intend sixty days from date hereof, to apply to the Mining Reoordtr for a Certifloate of Improve- ments, for the purpose of obtaining a Crown (Irant of the ahove claim. And further take notice that action under Section !)7, must he commenced before the Usuahoe of such Certiflcate of Improvements Dated this twenty-first day of December 18!iii J. H. Gray, . L. GRIMMETT. L L. B. Barrister. Solicitor. Notary Public, Etc.. SANDON, B. C. F- L. CHRISTIE, L. L. B. Barrister, Solicitor, Etc. Notary Public. SAXDOX, H. C. SANDON MINERS' UNION. [Western Federation of Miners.J Meets every Saturday Evening at 8 o'clock in Miners' Union Hall. Pres. GEO. Smith. Vice-ires, HoWABD Tuo.MlSo.N. Fin Sec, W. L. HAGLKR. Established iw.'> E. M. SANDILANDS. Slocan Mines. SANDON, BRITISH COLUMBIA. Mining Stocks bought and Sold. Qenerai At?ent for Slocan Properties. Promising Prospects For Sale. HAMMOND BROS. CO,. Ltd. SANDON. PACKERS and FORWARDERS Sleighs, Cutters, Teams and Saddle Horses for Hire. CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY AND SOO LINE. DAILY DAILY The Direct Route From SANDON MINERS' UNION KOOTENAY COUNTRY To All Points EAST WEST First ClassSleepers on all Trains from REVELSTOKE A KOOTENAY LANDING. Tourist Cars pass Medicine Hat Daily for St. Paul. Sundays and Wednesdays for Toronto, Fridays for Montreal and Boston. Same cars pass Revelstoke one day earlier. DAILY TRAIN 8:00 Lv. sandon Arr. 16:30 CONNECTIONS. Daily to Points reached via. Nakusp. Daily except Sunday to Points reached via Rosebery and Slocan City. Hospital. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Subscribers, 11.00 per month. Private Patients.-2.no per day, ex-j elusive of expense of physician or! Mirtfeon and drugs. J. D. MCLAUGHLIN, President. W. L. Haoi.kk, Secretary. Dr. W. E. Gomm, Attendant Physician. MissS. M. Chisholm, Matron. Grant Cox, Wm. Donahuk, J. V. Martin, Wm. Gahbitt and P. H. MURI'HY, Management Committee I. O. O. F. SILVER CITY LODGE NO. 39. Meetings every Friday Evening at 7:30 in Crawford's Hall. Visiting brethren are cordially invited to attend. REV. A. M SANFORD, Vice-Grand C. E. LYONS, A LBERT DA VXD, Secretary. Noble Grand. A. F. & A. M. ALTA LODGE NO. 89. Regular Communication held first Thursday in each month in Masonic Hall at 8 p, m. Sojounning brethern are cordially invited to attend Thomas Brown, Secretary Tickets Issued Through and Baggage Checked to Destination, J. C. CRUSE, Agent, Sandon. E. J. COYLE, W. F ANDERSON, A. G. P. Agt., Vancouver, Trav. Pass. Agt Nelson. fie sure that your titkefc reads via the CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY THE PAYSTREAK, SANDON, B. C, FEBRUARY 24, 1900 FOUR GREAT HANDS. A Fine Game of Poker Plnyed In Trenton Tenn Ago. Good stories are told of tbe poker games that were played in Trenton away back in the fifties, and perhaps none is better than that which relates how a wedding was postponed because the bridegroom was interested in a good sized jackpot. One of the hardest players that the "regulars" had to deal with was James Rawson, who ran a general merchandise store down in Cumberland county. He also was interested in the oyster trade and, as the saying is nowadays, he had money to burn. In the winter of 1854 Rawson came to Trenton to help push through the legislature a bill in which he was interested, and one evening he got mixed up in a game of poker in the United States hotel with Sol Travers, Jerry Holcomb and Dick Collins, three of the gamest players that ever drew cards. The game was innocent enough when it started, but long about threo o'clock the next mornine it had assumed proportions calculated to make an ordinary player gasp when the bets were made. Rawson was the youngest man at the table and had probably played poker less than any of theothers,but he had money and nerve, and the way he used both made the others keep their eyes open. There wasn't much difference in the winnings up to 2:30 o'clock, when the cards suddenly got freakish, as they will sometimes, and then they began to run against Rawson. The players wouldn't give up the game to eat, and tbey had their food brought to them when breakfast time came. Thev laid down their cards long enough to eat, then went at it again. Rawson's hard luck kept up. He turned his hat around, crossed his legs, got up and walked around his chair, rung in a new pack of cards, and did everything that a superstitious poker player does to change his luck, but it wouldn't change. His money kept drifting away till ten in the forenoon, when he counted bis capital and found that be had $200 left. He had fed about $1800 to the "tiger" and naturally felt a little cranky. At last a jackpot was started about 10 : 30 o'clock, and the cards were dealt round half a dozen times or more, and nobody got openers. "Hurry up, boys, nnd open it," said Rawson. "I've got to catch that 11:45 train. I'm going to be married tonight, and I must be in by 5 o'clock and dressed for the occasion." Rut tbe boys didn't seem to be able to hurry. They dealt and dealt but the right kind of cards wouldn't fall, and finally there was a nice little pot of about $000 on tbe table. At 11:30 Travers opened the pot for $100. Holcomb and Collins stayed. "I feel just as if I was going to win that pot," said Rawson, writing some figures on a piece of paper and tossing it to the centre of tbe table with what money be had left. "I'm shy $50, boys, but 1 guess I'm good for it." "Your check is as good as your cash," said Travers. "Every bit," said Holcomb and Collins. "But you'll never catch that train," remarked Travers. "By thunder!" remarked Rawson, "I forgot all about that!" He looked at his watch and found he had about three minutes in which to get to the station. "There's no use in trying to make it now," ha said. "They'll have to postpone the wedding. I'll telegraph that I've missed the train." A few minutes later a messenger was sent to the telegraph office with a message, and the game went on. The pot was $1000 strong when the men drew cards, and the result was the most remarkable set of poker hands that the old time players in Trenton recall. Travers was dealing. Holcomb called for one card Collins took one, Rawson four, and Travers one. Everybody about the table saw that there was business ahead. Travers made a bid for a raise by betting $25, which was lifted $200 by Holcomb, and Collins raised the $200, so that when it came to Rawson it cost $425 to get in. Everybody thought he would throw down his cards, but he didn't. He slowly drew a checkbook out of his pocket, wrote a check for $1000 and shoved it into the centre of the table, thus raising Collins $575. The other players thought he was bluffing. Travers met the raise at once and added $500 to it. Holcomb saw that and raised it another $500. Collins simply saw the raise, and Rawsou raised it another $1,000. Travers settled back in his chair and eyed Rawson narrowly. "You've got pretty good nerve, old man," he said, "but you can't make me lay down; not on a four card draw anyway." Then he saw Rawson's raise of $1000 and increased it $500. "I call you," Slid Holcomb, shoving in $1500. "I might as well take a chance for money," said Collins, laying$1500on the pile. Rawson put down another check for $500. "Well, boys, I'm sorry for you," said Travers, "I've got four queens." He threw them down. "That beats my four jacks," said Holcomb. "And my four tens," said Collins. "But it don't beat my four kings." said Rawson, spreading out his cards. He had four kings and an ace. "Thunderation, what a draw!" ex claimed Travers. ���' 'Twas pretty good," said Rawson, raking in the money. "1 got them all in a bunch. I held up an ace." Rawson won $15,000, and $11,250 of it came out of the pockets of the other three men. It was the biggest jack|>ot ever won in Trenton. After the money had been counted and stowed away in Rawson's inside pocket, he expressed remorse over his indifference to his wedding appointment. But he didn't have long to mourn. The girl he was to marry had a mind of her own, and when she received Rawson's telegram she got herself ready and, t>oarding a north-hound train, came to Trenton, where she arrived about l> o'clock in the evening. Rawson was delighted to see her, and they went to a preacher's and were married. The lead pencil o iginated with the discovery of the graphite mines in Eng- land in 1664, during the reign of Queen Elizabeth. General house Furnishings INCLUDING: Office and School Desks, Letter Files and Cabinets, Church Chairs and Lodge Furniture, Carpets, Rugs, Oil Cloths, Linoleums, Carpet Felts and Stair Pads, Carpet Sweepers, Bedding and Toilet Sets, Plate Mirror Socks ���all Sizes, Window Shades, Cornice Poles, Lace and Tapestry Curtains, a Tl C n 3 C n fb 3 a o 3 *3 �� to o 3 to o INCLUDING: All kinds of Coverings, Mattresses and Upholstered Goods made to order on short notice, Glass, Room and Picture Moulding: Framing Made to order, Refrigerators, Baby Go Carts and Carriages, Tents and Awnings, Sewing Machines In short, any- tl ing for comfort. CHAFTKK ON STOCKS. N'ew lU'iiver Ltigt In Toronto there are many people who desire to get rich by gambling. They are too good to buck faro or deal b'ack jack, so they buy mining stocks and pray For the stock to rise so that they can sell out to their neighbor at a profit. Most of them know nothing about mining and care less. They simply want to make money without workingforit. They are always looking for tljBand many of them are so wise that their brains almost stick through their hats for lack of room. When George Gooder- liain came out west to look for the yellow metal in its native state he was not actuated by motives of pure philanthropy. He was simply looking alter George. He succeeded in procuring two gr< at properties���the War Eagle and Centre Star. The properties were stocked and the public allowed to participate in Geor.e's j,rood fortune. His reputation as a financier gave solidity to the stocks and the price ascended the scale with alacrity. Last June 1,ToO,000 shares of War Eagle at $:t.88 aggregated $6,790,000. On February 6th the same stock at $1.60 footed up only $2,800,000. In September last 3,:')00,- 000 Bhares of Centre Star at $1.65 equaled ?">,775,000. On February 6th the same stock at $1 footed up $.'!,- 300,000. The total depreciation ia over six millions of dollars, and there are scarcely anv mining men who would care to buy these mines at even half i heir present valuation. The slump came .is it was bound to sooner or later. Shipping in order to pay dividends and keep the stock up finally got so far ahead of development that it had to stop. The man- iigement announce that they wisli to install better machinery and work the mines on a more economical basis. From this we are led *,o believe tiiat owing to the low grade natuie of the ore the expense of digging it out is too great to warrant the fancy prices paid for the stock. The affair is a calamity to Rossland and a blow to stock gambling, but it will not injure mining. Millions may yet be taken out of the mines in question, but if it is not there is plenty of mineral in other parts of the country. We feel sorry for George Good- erham. He put his money into the country like a noble little man, and we trust that the keen edge of thin sorrow will soon become blunted by the early resumption ot these weli- known properties. If the B. C. legislature held its sessions in Kentucky instead of Victoria Joe Martin would likely be under the daisies, provided Cotton could shoot as well with a gun as Martin can with his mouth. Tho postal authorities have decided to utilize the system of wireless telegraphy, Whioh will be tried first in London. MMHM ���' THE PAYSTREAK, SANDON, B. C, FEBRUARY 24, 1900. NKW DKNVKR ITKMS. Tradespeople report business improving all along the line. I With the approach of spring, the influx of new faces becomes greater. s, Mrs. R. Reap and family have return- lid to town from a long visit to friend i In Balgary. ' Tom Saunders has returned from iho Boundary, and reports that then is no place like New Denver. The smallpox scare has not yet reached New Denver, though a supply of fresh vaccine is on hand in case of a sudden demand. John Thompson has leased the Thistle hotel in Silverton from Thos. Clair, and will have it open for business early In March. Howard West returned home on Friday from a three months' trip to England. He looks the better for bis pleasant jaunt. Postmaster Strickland has gone to the Kettle ri\*r gold fields. He is interested in a townsite there, which bids fair to place him on the sunny side of Easy street. Schoolmaster Irwin has received in itructinn* from Victoria to see that the school children are, vaccinated. The compulsory vaccination epidemic Ins reached the Slocan. Another result of the eight-hour law, no doubt. SLOGAN CITY NKWS IN KICIKK. J. E. Tattersall has returned from a visit to Ontario points. The Arlington shipped two more carloads of ore during the week, beini consigned to the Trail smelter. On Monday the Black Prince shipped a carload of ore to the Trail smelter It pas the first from that property this year. The owners of tho Black Prince have uncovered a rich streak of clean galena : in their workings, being 18 inches in width. A carnival was held Monday night in the rink, and a tremendous crowd was present. The ice was in fine condition. Mrs. Carlisle took the first prize for the best ladies' costume and Mr. Foley secured the gentlemen's prize. Thomas Sloan, the popular proprietor of the Victoria Hotel, has just received his patent from Ottawa for a "baby- walker,''a contrivance invented by him which all parents should have. He has a model on exhibition here and it is a most effective affair. Tom should make quite a fortune out of it. A public meeting was held Saturday morning, in the Arlington hotel, to discuss the great need of a wagon road up Lemon creek. E. J. Felt presided, and resolutions were passed empowering J. M. Williams to bring the matter before the proper authorities at Victoria. Mr. Williams is now in that city for that purpose, and it is sincerely to be hoped that his mission will be successful. The ball given by the miners, in the Schomberg hall, last Friday night, was a great success. Without doubt it was the most brilliant ball given here for some time. The music was supplied by Messrs. Adcock and McMillan,of Slocan, and W. J. Horton, of Silverton, and was particularly good. Upwards of 00 cou ples were present. The supper was beyond praise and was served in the room underneath the hall. A good crowd came down from Silverton and New Denver. Sleighs were provided to convey the dancers to and from the hall and everything was done hy the committee in charge to enhance the pleasure of the ' vening. INTERESTING CONCENTRATES. Ash Wednesday, the commencement of Lent, falls on the 28th. There are but four cases of smallpox in the Kootenays���two at Rossland, one at Nelson and one at Beaver. All passengers into Nelson, whether by train or boat, have to be vaccinated. This will be continued for a month. The C.P.R. is offering for eale the groceries and general supplies left over from the construction of the Crow's Nest railway. Eighteen of the men employed by the Hall Mines have sued the company for their January wages, amounting to about $2,000. The new K. A S. R. steamer Argenta was successfully launched at Kaslo, last Saturday. She will ply on the Duncan river route. Kaslo has a quarantine against Nelson, beeause there; is one case of small pox in the latter city. Kaslo loses no opportunity to love its sister city. A. 0. Pierson, of Kaslo, generally known as Crazy Horse, has gone with the Smooth Killers to South Africa. He is sure to come out winner, even if he has to coax the Boers to play poker and colddeck them. SLOCAN MINKKAL FLOAT. Work has been suspended on the Dardanelles. Six men are at present employed on the Tom Moore. The ore has again comein in the breast of theCapella workings. Ore shipment^ from the Payne this week amounted to 225 tons. Owing to the b'ockade of the trails, operations on the Standard have ceased. A contract of another 200 feet of drifting has been let on the Miller Creek. The Bosun will continue to ship its zinc ore to Belgium. The last returns were highly satisfactory. The force on the Bosun was doubled on Monday, making a total of 21 men. Two shifts are being worked, with a day and night boss. Most, if not all, of the men are residents of the town. The Wakefield concentrator is having trouble with its electric light plant, and Electrician Cook, of this town, has been attending to It. When the dynamo is in good shape, the concentrator will be started up on full time. AFTER THE MOUNTAIN CHIEF. J. C. Drewry, of Rossland, a leading mining man, accompanied by W. H. Jeffery, the well known expert, are in town, with a view to buying the Mountain iChief mine. They attempted to reach the property on Tuesday, but could not do so owing to the bad condition of the road. One by one the good things in store for New Denver, and the working of the Chief will ooost the town | along in great shape.���The Ledge. JOHN HENRY'S COURTSHIP. | Written by a young lady; published bv request.] Now the maiden's brow was sad, And the matoen'g speech was low, And darkly looks she at the clock But darker at her beau; "My dad will swoop upon us Before the clock strikes ten. And if he once should find you here You may never come again. Then butspake brave John Henry, (The captor of her heart): "To every man upon this land Death comes soon or late, And how can man die better Than fighting for his girl? If vou don't drive me hence I'll try this man a whirl." They sat upon the sofa��� His arm around her waist, Aud oft he squeezed the blushing maid And oft her lips did taste. But hark! The clock is striking- It sounds like a knell of doom; A form appears���the father fierce Comes stalking in the room. "Young man, I give you warning To leave without a flout, Or I will see that you are Feet foremost carried out." At this our darling hero Made bold to make reply: "Old man, I tell you take that back Or I will black your eye." Then outspake the old man roundly: "Young man, I'll knock you down,'" Aud doubling up his good right hand He struck right at his crown. With strong left hand uplifted John Henry turned the blow; The blow though turned it came too high It missed his nose but blacked his eye��� The old man raised a joyful cry, To see the red blooa flow John fell, and on the sofa He leaned one breathing space, Then like a wild cat mad with wounds Sprang at the old man's face. Round ears and nose and temples The quick hard blows he sped, And thrice the old man yelled 'enough' Ere our hero stopped and said: "Old man, if you're not too weary Just try and wag your jaw, And tell me now if I'm too slow To be your son-in-law." Since he could do nought other Than reluctantly consent, He said, "well, I suppose so, Since on having her you're bent." "All right," said brave John Henry, "Vou two both come with me," And so unto a parson's house Forth went the dauntless three. The Province of B. C. gave the Nelson & Fort Sheppard Railway 700,000 acres of land. In return we get an indifferent service ad high rates. Why not own the road instead of giving away the people's land for the benefit of a tew pampered lords ot capital. In the future the country should be saved for the people and not given into the hands of a few. Pay the printer and be honored. "Get Your Hair Cut, Kellie is coming," might have been a popular song this summer if Let 'Er Flicker the Ftopper could have had his way. ���The Ledge. KOOTENAY RAILWAY & NAVIGATION CO. Operating Kaslo & Slocan Railway, International Navigation A Trading Company, KASLO & SLOCAN RAILWAY. Schedule of Time. Pacific Standard ���Time- Passenger train for Sandon and way stations leaves Kaslo at 8:00 a m. daily, returning, leaves Sandon at 1:15 p. m., arriving at aslo at 3:55 p. m, INTERNATIONAL NAVIGATION & TRADING CO., operating on Kootenay Lake and River. 8. 8. INTERNATIONAL. Leaves Kaslo for Nelson at 6:00 a. m., daily except Sunday. Returning leaves Nelson at 4:30 p. m., calling at Balfour, Pilot Bay, Ainsworth and all way points. Connections with S. F. & N. train to and from Spokane at Five Mile Point; also with str. Alberta to and from Bonner's Ferry, Idaho. S. S. ALBERTA. Leaves Nelson for Bonner's Ferry Tuesdav and Saturdays at 7 a. m., meeting steamer International from Kaslo at Pilot Bay. Returning, leaves Bonner's Ferry at 8 a. m, Wednesdays and Sundays. LARDO DUNCAN DIVISION. Steamer International leaves Kaslo for Lardo and Argenta at 8:45 p. m. Wednesdays and Fridays. Steamer Alberta leaves Kaslo for Lardo and Argenta at 8 p.m. Sundays. Steamers call at principal landings in both directions, and at other points when signalled. Tickets soM to all points i i Ca ada and the United Statas. To ascertain rates and full information, address��� Robert Irving, Manager. S. Campbell, Kaslo, B. C. Freight and Ticket Agt., Sandon. SANDON BOTTLING CO M. W. DAT. Proprietor. Manufaturer of all Kinds of CARBONATED DRINKS Syphons, Gingei Ale, Sarsaparilla, Etc., Etc. Sandon, B.C. Patronize home industry when you want the best Hunter Bros. Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Groceries, Dry Goods, MEN'S FURNISHINGS, HARDWARE, CARPETS, BOOTS & SHOES, TINWARE, LINOLEUMS, HATS & GAPS, CROCKERY, WINDOW SHADES, CLOTHING. We carry the best lines that money can buy, and, buying in large quanli ties, save you the extra profit, Sandon Rossland Greenwood Grand Forks THE PAYSTREAK, SANDON, B. C, FEBRUARY 24. The Redistribution. The redistribution act which has been brought down in the local legislature lays out the following boundaries for the Slocan and the Kaslo ridings : "Slocan Riding of West Kootenay District shall comprise all that portion of the said District of West Kootenay which is bounded an the north by the Lardeau riding ; on the west by the Columbia river ; on the south by the Columbia and Kootenay rivers and the west arm of Kootenav lake to a point one mile west of Yuill creek ; thence northerly by a line following the western watershed of Yuill creek to its summit; thence along the height ol land between Kootenay lake and Lardo river on the east and Slocan river and Slocan lake on the west, to a point on the southern boundary of the Lardeau riding. "Kaslo Riding of West Kootenay District shall comprise all that portion of the said district of West Kootenay which is bounded on the west by the Revelstoke, Lardeau and Slocan ridings ; on the south by the West arm of Kootenay lake, commencing at a point one mile west of Yuill creek, and by a line running from the mouth of the said west arm to the mouth of Crawford Bay ; thence to the mouth of Gray's creek ; and thence due east to the eastern boundary of West Kootenav district ; on the east and north by the said east boundary of West Kootenay district. The Missionary���Why do you drink this awful liquor? Hungry Ned���By gosh, parson, it's the only licker in the camp. We have to. Looks Line Square Dealing. The directors of the Republic mine have issued a statement giving full information as to the dividends that are to be paid and the means provided for paying them. This statement sets forth the amount of ore on the dump and the value of gold in the tailings, as well as the difficulties that have been experienced in getting ore to the Trail smelter. The new mill with a capacity of 200 tons per day will be installed by July 1, and, while lessening the cost of treatment, will increase the percentage >f the gold recovered from the ore. A jividend of one Cent per share will be paid on March 15, and the next two Jividends will be quarterly. That ar- angement is necessary through un- ivoidable delays in reaching the smelter ind completing the new mill. This policy of public explanation is to be commended, as it heads off the unfounded rumors that often cause panicky fluctuations, in mining stocks. Pure Teas Pure COffee BELIEVING that the people of Sandon-as elsew here -appreciate ;t ffood clean wholesome TR /I of excellent Havor.put up in nca , ta.tv,pack ffi$l^T^l^i*��* very reasonable, price, I have Good Business. The Bank of British Columbia at the general meeting held at the Terminus hotel, Cannon street, London, Eng.,on Feb. 8th, declared a half-yearly dividend of 2y2 per cent. The profit for the half- year ending 31st of December last was ,��,20,040, is, 6d, of which ��.15,000 was distributed in dividends and the balance carried over. Drummers in the Slocan just now are more numerous and busy than bees in a clover field. Gales' Barber Shop anu Bath House, The Best In Slocan. Sunday-school Teacher- Now, boys, what would you say if you had been Lot fleeing from the burning city of Sodom, and had seen your wife stop and look back? Little Boy at end of class��� Rubber ! RECO AVE. SANDON. TO FREIGHTERS AND CONTRACTORS. FOR SALE. 11 Pack Mules 4 Saddle Horhfts 3 In. Sleighs Gov't Standard Wagons Also liHrness. aparaoea complete with blankets, ropes, etc.: tools, camp outfit*, tents. For particulars write statins: requirements to T. GRAHAM. Ai.hkkt Canyon, B. C. CHURCH NOTICES. ST. AXDRKW'8 PRE8BYTKHIAN CHUH< H : Rev, J. A. Ferguson, B. A., Pastor. Sunday services j at 11:(X1 A, M. and 7:.'ll) I'. M. ! Methodist Ciurcii : Rev. A M. Sanford. I B. A , Pastor. Regular services every Sunda.v at 11:(>0 A. M, and 7:i��> t\ M. ���M Sam Lloyd Has Pre-empted this Space to Tell the World that The Palace Cafe Is the Best Place in the Slocan to Locate a Good Square Meal. Pilgrims, Rosslanders and Tender- feet always welcome. The lock is Broken and the Doors are open Day and Night. Come and Take a Chance with "Little Sammy." Business Men's Lunch 25 cents. Short Order 25 cents and up. K&���7���� ^ ff-SALADA TEA (T�� which have been sent to you. ��� t , T ii no mistake about the true value of this ^j^ and I can safely re- commend it as a delightful beveniffe. Our celebrated Blend of Mocha and Jaca Coffee has no Equal in Sandon and all those who haoe used it cannot sau too much in its praise. ALL LINKS OF KINK GROCERIES ON HANI). H. GIEGERIGH STOVES! STOVES! WE HAVE THK FINEST LINK OF Coal Heaters EVER DISPLAYED IN SANDON %JteS��tor Cole's Hot Blast Heater. Our claims for this Heater ;ire that it is adapted to anv kind of coal CKOW S NEST, LETHBRIDGE, or ANTHRACITE, burning all kinds equally well. Kindly call and Inspect our lines. H. BYERS & Co. SPRING WET WEATHER COLD FEET COLD IN THE HEAD COUGH DONALDSONS COUGH CURE. I Folliott & McMillan. 1 i 0000000000000000 Contractors and Builders. Dealers in Dressed and Rough Lumber. 00000000000* Sash, Doors, Blinds, etc., Made to Order at Lowest Possible Prices. Mine and Dimension Timber always In Stock. Plans, Estimates and Specifications furnished for all Classes of Building. SHOPS OPPOSITE C. P. R. FREIGHT SHED. * RAILBOAB AVE. .... SANSON. * The FILBERT CIGAR Store ***'*********w*****#*w* The Dray & Transfer Bugine** Former!v conducted by (Jeo. . McPherson , has beer}' taken over bv ��� ��� '��� -0 ... _���,..-. .' ..-���; >.-....; ���;'���;. 1 WALMSLEY & CREECH, �� '��� ��� ���'��� - '..���.���';.'... who will handle all business in this line with neatness and despatch. 0000000000000000000*000000 Cigars, Tobaccos, Pipes, Smokers' Sundries. Cards and ��� :. I , ��� ,... JAS. WILLIAMSON Chips. MM*
Issued simultaneously in Sandon and Cody; publisher headquarted in Sandon. Published by Jno. J. Langstaff from 1896-09-26 to 1897-03-27; by an unidentified party from 1897-04-03 to 1899-04-08; and by WM. MacAdams from 1899-04-15 to 1899-12-30.
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