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0/�� <f> y* THE PAYSTREAK BOOK IV. SANDON, NOVEMBER 4, 1899. CHAPTER 5 HAPPENINGS IN BRIEF. I E. l'\ giegerieh went to Kaslo yesterday. The Ruth sawmill is working again on mine timbers. j. H. Hawke and family have moved to Ainsworth. Several men were laid off at the Ajax Fraction this week. Mrs. Chas McLaughlin is visiting with friends in Edmonton. Mrs. John Hayes and child have gone to Victoria to spend the winter Joe Brandon, one of the principal features of Silvertun, visited Sandon yesterday, Wm. Bannett has gj:m up t,> the Rambler-Cariboo. He will be foreman of the mine. W. E. Prager and Andrew Grler son have taken the McLaughlin residence on Cody avenue. Ed. Snyder, one of Sandon's popular youths, has gone to the Boundary to look up a new location. According to current rumor another meeting of the mine managers will be held on the 7th inst. Mrs. Jas. Va I lance entertained a number of her friends at her resi deuce on Tuesday evening. The Ruth concentrator is receiving the finishing Coaches at the hands of the mechanics who built it. The Rambler-Cariboo shipped 40 tons of ore and the Silver Bell 35 tons Irom McGuigan during the month of October. "Hilly" Harrington has sold his interest, nineteen-twentieths, in the Get-there-Eli group to Dr. W. E. Uoumi for ��2000. The fog that is supplied to Sandon these days is not as aristocratic as the London ariicle, but it is quite as thick and lasts longer. Judge Forin has postponed the sluing of the County Court at kaslo Iroin Tuesday, 7th inst., until the 12th day of December. Win. Copeland aud Archie McLeod returned from Caribro Creek, wheiv they have been putting in the summer on the* Chieftain mine. A meeting of the Noble Five Con fcriidated Mining ami Milling Cum- P��ny is called for the llth inst,. at the company'* Oudv oltiee. 'lie Knights of Pythias annual ball in New Denver on Tnursdav evening was a great success. New Denver is becoming the fifth Avenue ol the Sioean in social respects. Mr. F. A. Wood went t> Sptkane yesterday, Mrs. Wood accompanied nun as far as Ainsworth, wluiv she Jll spend a few days visiting with ���Mr. aud Mrs. H. Giegerieh. The social season in Sandon opened w.itli a ball in Virginia Hall lai-t njjjnt. Everyone who usually parti spates In such affairs was ��� resent ana an enjoyable evening wa -pent. The. McGuigan feud is t(�� ��� ve:i- "latftil in the Sandon police cm.-t tier nJl",? w ^./eports life in IMPORTING ALIEN LABORERS Aicuuigan is not, altogether placid and there is no ladies' aid soeietv there. society J. R. & 1). Cameron, merchant j tailors, have given up business in t Sandon and have moved their stock to the Boundary country. They will open up in Grand" Forks or Greenwood. | D. M. Linnard of Rosslandand Mr. ! Fox of the well-known firm of Fox A : Ross, mining brokers, of Toronto, ; visited the Rambler-Cariboo yesterday in company with W. H. Adams j superintendent. Robt. Thompson of New Denver, : who gained so much notoriety by his anti-eiglit-hour outbursts, is the most patriotic young man in the Slocan. lie now expresses his intention of going to the Transvaal if he has to ! wade to Montreal in blood. E. C. Bade arrived yesterday over the K. A S. from Corn wall is, Ore. Mr. Bade has taken the contract for t putting in the steam heating plant at the Payne bunk house, for which reason lie will again be a resident of Sandon for a few weeks. Some handsome bromide enlargements ot photos taken by J. E. Wo.xl, scenes ot the Last Chance residence and the Payne bunk houses, are exhibited in Giegerich's windows. They are enlargements from a 4 x 5 plate to 14 x 17. The work was done iu Rossland by Carpenter A Co. Thanks to the generosity of many of the Sandon citizens the band is now in healthv financial circumstances and admirers ol hannonv may count on a good grade of music this winter. A little of the "long green" in the treasury always h;is a cheering effect. Italians Brought in From Seattle to Worn the Payne. The Madison. As a result of the efforts of "Rod' Tolmie, agent-general and foreign missionary for the Silver-Lead Mine Owners Association, two Italian lab. orers arrived on the C. P. R. from Seattle on Tuesday evening aud went out to the Payne mine on Wednesday's train at 1:15 over the K. & S- The men were employed by a Seattle employment agency and showed contracts made out to the secretary of the Association, which provided that they should receive ^3.00 per shift of eight hours. The men spoke English fairly well and claimed that they had done some mining in Mexico. An effort was made by some members of the Miners' Union to induce the Italians to refuse to go to work, but they were obdurate and would not sacrifice an opportunity of employment for a principle in which they evinced no interest. At the present time they are working at the mine and it is improbable that any further effort will be made to induce them to quit. The Alien Labor law will undoubtedly be called into requisition by the local labor organization and as it. has unlimited funds to promote its case some interesting devel opments may be looked for in the near future. The Madison is putting on mor(. men. A winze will be sunk at a point 500 feet in from the surface on the lower tunnel. At this point then' is a showing of 5 feet of concentrating ore containing a 10 inch streak of high-grade clean ore. This ore chute is over 60 feet long. A station is being made at the winze for a gasoline engine and double tracks put in. The tunnel will be continued for another 700 feet and a raise made to the No, 4 tunnel. Ore houses are being built at the mouth of No. 5, and an ore crusher put in. As soon as these buildings are completed sloping will be commenced. The property is in a position to make regular shipments. More Trouble at Nelson. Two more imported miners from Seattle arrived on Thursday evening's train over the C. P. R. One of the men was a German and the oilier a Scandanavian ; both had worked at the Treadwell mine, Douglas Island. Alaska. When told the situation they refused to go to work and left yesteiday for Rossland. The Queen Bess company has a gang of me i at work building a flume Irom a tributary of Howson creek to drive the new compressor plant, The plant-a three drill one -is to be installed at the mouth of the long tunnel and will be used to drive two machines which will bo worked in this tunnel. THE BIG FIGHT. Jeffries Gets the Decision on Points. Fought Tuocntu-Fioe Rounds. The Jcffries-Sharkey fight, before the Coney Island Athletic Club last nlaht was given to Jeffries on points at the end of the 25th round. The decision was unsatisfactory to the audience. The Cape Nome rush has had a ! beneficial effect in Dawson. Wages I have advanced from 65 cents to H an hour. All-winter contracts are being made at the $1 rate. A Menace to the City's Existence. The latest phase of the strike situation���the importation of Italian lab orers���is a menace to the existence of the city of Sandon. and, for that matter, to the industrial well fa re of every other community in the Kootenay. It is all very well for the Mine Owners' Association to take whatever stand they choose on matters political, but when they undertake to displace British subjects with these ignorant, degenerate aliens they overstep the mark and threaten the business of many who are dependent for their very existence on the high- class workmen who have built the Slocan. Such a programme will not be quieseentlv accepted by the citi zcnsofr.he Slocan, and if the mine owners find the affair assuming a national importance and themselves held up to execration throughout the length and breadth of the land they may sooth their wounded sensibilities with the reflection that whatever Indignities thev may suffer at the hands of an outraged public anda disparaging press have been brought on bv their own actions. Owing to the refusal of the man- men t to pay ��!i. 50 a day, seventeen miners quit work at the Athabasca mine, 21 miles south of Nelson, yesterday. There was also difficulty at, theSilver King mine over the rate of pay for working in a wet shaft. The men wanted ��4 a da v. and the management was unwilling to pav more than |3.50 The men working in the shaft quit, and others that were asked to take their places, on refusing, were discharged. In all, twenty-six men came down the hill. All the men were not union men, but all are alike firm in their determination to stand out for the scale of wages that is now recognized as the "Kootenay Standard," namely, $3.50 tor miners and 13 for muckers or carmen, and 50 cents a day extra for working in wet shafts or tunnels. Come On, Old Bou, We Want to Haoe a Tain With You. Sir Charles Tupper spoke in Winnipeg yesterdav. From there he goes west, and will make a stumping tou" of the Coast cities. An effort will be made by Sandon Conservatives to have him visit the Slocan while on his campaign. The political situation is becoming somewhat mixed in the Kootenay, and the old war horse ot the Cumberland might be able to do something toward straightening matters ont a little. Will Test it in the Courts. Lieutenant-Colonel Fred Henshaw of Montreal, president of the Payne Mining Companv, und A. W. McCune of Salt Lake, director, arrived in Sandon by the C. P. R. yesterday and are now at the Payne residence. Clarence J. McCuaig is in Spokane but is expected in sometime next week. C. J. McCuaig ot Montreal is reported as saying concerning the Payne: "An eminent legal authority has advised the management of the Payne mine that the eight-hour law is unconstitutional. In all liklihood a test case will be made in order to determine the authority of the provincial assembly to draft legislation that has caused the trouble between labor and capital. Tbe measure was not demanded by the miners. We" contemplate starting up work in the Payne, paying ��3.50 per 10 hours work. If we are fined the case will be appealed and, if need be, will be carried to the highest court in the British Empire." The Paystreak. Before and After. Three bachelors slept in their shuttered room- In their shuttered room when the sun shone high; Not one of them felt he must rise till noon, Or take his breakfast till bye-and-bye ; For single men may happily sleep��� A pillow is good and breakfast will keep Till ten o'clock in the morning. Three fair maids smiled on these bachelors three��� On these bachelors three when they came to town ; They waltzed and sang and made high tea, And had their accomplishments quickly known ; For it matters not if bachelors sleep Maids are awake quite soon in the week, And sometimes rise in the morning. Three married men jumped when the sun arose, And left their pillows in swift dismay ; They felt for their boots, they seized their clothes, And thoroughly realized it was day j For women will never let men sleep When there's breakfast to get and a wash for the week,. Though its only tive in the morning. Onlu too Pleased to. The Mining Review : "If the intellectual giant np the gulch will make an estimate of what the railways of Canada will cost at 810,000 per mile, he will be in a better position to show how the Conservative party or any other party of Canada, will be able to purchase the railways of the country. We do not intend to argue the question with him, as kicking at nothing is very straining, to say the least of it." The railways of Canada at 810,000 per mile would cost, lor the 10,870 miles of road completed at the end of the statistical year 1898, 8108,700.000. The Dominion government has contributed toward the construction of these railways at the rate, on an average, of 88,981 per mile; the provincial governments have paid at the iute. on an average of the total mileage, $L,8t>7 per mile ; the municipalities have paid at the rate of 8928 per mile on the total mileage. The average total of money supplied by the people is therefore at the rate ot 811,77." per mile At the Mining Review man's figure, which is probably not too low, the people of Canada have paid for the construction of all the railways in Canada and have thrown in 8i,77ti per mile as an inducement to "capitalists" to accept them as a gift. A journal which seeks to condone the railway policy of either party in Canadian politics is certainly more somnolent than the mummies ot Egypt. CANADA'S IMMIGRATION POLICY. And How it is Building up the West. Iu a speech made in Winnipeg last week Clifford Sifton, in extenuation of his policy of bringing in pauper immigrants from Europe, had this to say : "Up to the time he took office he never heard any objection to population. Now, however, a certain section of the press had objected to the immigrants and had tried to find reasons against them, as to the Doukhobors and (ialacians, they had only been brought here after careful investigation by good men, and he was perfectly satisfied, and would stake his reputation that they would make good settlers. He wanted it taken down that he had said that in five vears there would not be a wholesale man in Winnipeg who would say the policy of bringing in these people was a 'mistake. There had come in 7,363 Doukhobors at a cost of 87.61 per head ; 15,969 Gal- acians at a cost of 84.94 per head; while all the immigrants of the last three years cost on an average 89.63 per head, so that they had spent more upon white settlers than foreigners." The sequel is furnished in the following item from the Medicine Hat News of the same date: "The coal miners at Lethbridge, according to the Macleod Gazette, threatened to go on strike last week, wanting an increese of wages. " 'Sixty Doukhobors were ready to take up the work if the miners went out.' " '' 'Ten members of the North West Mounted Police have been, since the first of the week, under orders for Lethbridge service.' " And further illustrated by the following from the Toronto Stat : "The National Council of Women, at its closing session in Hamilton. Ont., yesterday, decided to raise a fund to loan to the Doukhobors. Mrs. Fitzgibbon related her experience on a recent visit to the Douk- hobor settlement, and said money was badly needed to help them along." The Netcspeper Potoer. The New York World says : Judge Gaynor declares that four inches of space in a newspaper is more effect ive than a public meeting in pro moting any good cause or overthrow ing a bad one. Oratory still has its place as an influence to sway the minds of men. But the newspaper utterance in four inches of space is often more effective than all the oratory of all the elo- quents. Moreover, the oratory itself gets its chief influence from newspaper reproduction. The newspapers in our age rule the world as truly as the sword did in medieval times. Last week it was reported from Baker City that the Red Boy mine in the Sumpter district had been sold to English capitalists for 83,000,000. This story is denied by the Baker City Republican, which says : It can be positively stated that the Red Boy has not been sold. Godfrey A Tabet- are miners���successful miners. They like their business and own the finest developed property in America���the Red Boy. They have plentv of money. There is now, without sinking on tho ledge, blocked out in the Red Boy over $5,000,000 of ore. They probobly could get 83,000,000 for the mine, but prefer to keep the whole 85,000,000, which they arc taking out of the ground as rapidly as they desire. In circles supposed to be well posted, it is whispered that the C.P.R. intends to build its line from Midway to Hope next year, aud that preliminary preparations for that purpose are beina made. It has been supposed of late that this extension would not be made tor a couple of years. Evidently the big corporation wishes to complete its long cutoff as soon as possible. The usual autumn outbreak of typhnid lias occurred at Dawson. E. R. ATHERTON Co., Ltd. MfYTTri? The bargains in our L\\J 1 ll/D Windows. This line of Shoes is just the thing for Winter, to toear inside of Rubbers and Ooershoes. REMEMBER The line of $2 All Wool underwear in our windows is just the same as you haoe always paid |3.00 and $3.50 a suit for. OUR LINE of Rubber Goods is so large and our Windows are so small that we did not undertake to display it. BUT we have all sizes and kinds for Infants, Girls, Boys, Men and Women, and a lot of fine Kurr Rubber boots (light weight) for Children and Ladies. We Idesday was Hallow'een. A GREAT MISTAKE. Many men make a great mistake by sending east for clothing prices without ever going to a local clothing store to ask their prices. We today can and will sell you a suit as cheap as you can buy it in the east, if y<>u will give us the opportunity. We have added $2,000.00 worth of clothing to our stock this fall. E. R. ATHERTON Co., Ltd. THE PAYST1EAK., SANDON, 13. C, NOVEMBER I. L8<)9. "~^W D K.N VER ITKMS. ffm> ���������,,,-AcTwill open a branch .,t phoenix- fctf I Wells is lying sick in the hos- FranK \>l ��� ifainfDneutnonia. |P Led school accommodation luu [ncreaseu .1 ecome an urge nt necessity w i- Evans is spending a few J; town*, visiting Mrs. Cook. d;herel8 daily passenger train service /GnreenWood, Sundays excepted ThSCP.R.is flSurln& uP��nmakln* Jsonadiv^onal headquarters. ' ... . M Todd left Monday, via Nel- * t0 spend the winter ^Manitoba. There are not enough of pack animals at Slocan City to handle the business now offering. T Sherwood, of Seattle, is ','er sister, Mrs. Smitheringale, Denver. The New Denver wagon road to the Forks has been repaired and put int.. [alr shape for the winter. There are 18 lawyers at Greenwood ,iii(1K B Kurrhaa concluded to hang oUt his shingle in Phoenix. \vhvin,the upper townsite on Ten Mile isahusv little burg, owing to the operations of' W, C: E Koch's sawmill. Mrs. 1 visiting of Sew Hartney. There is eight tons of ore on the dump. The Bosun made a shipment of 20 tons of zinc ore to England last week. S. B.Morris,a banker of Rodney ,Ont., has purchased 150,000 shares of Noonday stock. Two inches of clean ore is showing in the breast of the new workings on I llie Hartney. Considerable prospecting has been done this season on Wilson creek, with the usual success. The cross-cut tunnel on the Ilubv has been driven 55 feet. Four men are employed on the property. A.J. Marks is inspecting the California this week. Recent developments are proving very satisfactory. New bunkhouses and offices are to be erected at the Bosun, aud next summer a residence for the manager. Work will be resumed next week on the Sarah Jane, one of the claims of the Neglected group, close to New Denver. Tom Tobin and partners are meeting The third annual ball given by the I cuting the work under the superinten- Oddfellows, last Friday night, in Schon- deuce of B. Bruce.-Prospector. berg's hall, was again a great success, _B , ...... ���B ��� An evidence of the rapid growth of in spite of the bad weather, which kept I Nelson mav be judged from the fact many from outside points away. The supper was supplied by V. C. Rackliff, and it was beyond praise. The music was furnished by Mrs. W. J. Adcock, Noil McMillan and Norman Arnot that a carload of plate glass, for shop windows, arrived there this week .being almost all contracted for. Neil McMillan and Norman Arnot The wages of the Trail smelter men Forty-five couples were present and JRV0ubeen raisfd to the 8tandard of the dancing was kept up with great enthu-* Northport smelter^ siasm until 4 a.m., every number on the programme being thoroughly enjoyed. It is gratifying to know also that the committee has a nice surplus on hand after paying all expenses ne i-reshvtcrlRJis will give a high cias, concert in the Bosun Hall next Tunsdn> m4|,t. Saudontalentw.il he present. The receipt? nt the record office for the month o{ October were double that of September. A good evidence that tbe spell in hroken. Preparations are under way for a concert to he given by the New Denver Sunday School, for the purpose of raising funds to purchase a creditable library; The hanks report money much easier and collections sood. This is proof oV the general upward tendency of business and augurs well f��r the approaching winter and spring. Agent Garrett has bad some very needy changes made in the 0. P�� ��*��� office at the wharf, much to the comfort of the waiting public and tbe accelerating of business in the otlice. The tb-e alarm waa sounded Monday night for a chimney blaze in the Smitheringale cottage, Sixth etreet. No damage waa .h>ne, and the alarm only served tn demonstrate how quickly a force of fire fighters can be called out and lined up for business. J.C, (twlllim was in Slocan City this week on his way to Ottawa from tho Atlin country, where he had charge of the Dominion government's geological work (luringthe summer Mr.Cwillim says that the indications in Atlin are favorable to quartz mining, but as yet little attention has been given to anything save placer and hydraulic mining. WINDKUMKKK CAMP. Work on the Silver Thread and Sitting Bull has been suspended for the winter. ^^^^^^ The owners of the Swansea are sacking ore for shipment, and will continue general development The owners of the townsite of Canterbury, situated at the head of Winder 10111 luuiiiauuj,, a mere lake, are contemplating the erec .vith success through their work on the tion of a 85,000 hotel. Rainbow, near Slocan City. The pay- A Frehch outfit fro streak in the granite; is six inches in ��� ��� ������-_..��� 4��uao width. Buildings are being erected at the Hartney suitable for winter quarters The force has been increased and operations an; to be conducted on a more extensive scab;. Before all of the properties in the dry ore belt 0' the Slocan can be worked IKOOTEMY RAILWAY & NAVIGATION CO. Operating Kaslo & Slocan Railway, International Navigation & Trading Company, ��� * om West Kootenay is taking in supplies to a claim belong ing to them on Toby creek, and pur �� J--.: tl��� 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. iu. (INTERNATIONAL NAVIGATION & TRADING CO., operating on Kootenay Lake and River. profitably, mills will have to be erected. Tho Introduction of machinery means I putting in a sawmill. Several buildings are in course of erection I III' 1 m . ...... much to prospect owners around Slocan City. A good trail has been built to the Ca- pella group, Goat mountain, and winter quarter? are being erected Pete's* pack train took np tbe camp utensils Wednesday morning. Work will be pushed on the property all winter. SLOGAN CITY NEWS IN BUIKF. SIOCAN MINKKAL FLOAT. The first payment on the Marion bond falls due this week. Work is being pushed on the Tecump- Bey, on the North Fork. The United Empire, Ten Mile, is applying for a crown grant. The force on the Noonday is to be Increased and shipments resumed. Work is being pushed ahead on the .1. M. Williams is expected back on Tuesday from Loudon, Fug , when a large force of men will be put to work on the Chapleau. Ike Lougheed, who secured tin* contract for building the new cabins, has eight men employed at the jot>. Two cabins, 72 feet long, are being erected, besides roothouscs and other outbuildings. Bruce White, and other prominent mining men, have taken an option on the Iron King group of claims, situated about ten miles up Evans creek. The ledge is a very large one. there being iu the neighborhood of 150 feet of quartz, with a heavy iron capping. Some good assavs have been had from this ledge, and the probabilities are that this new region will be opened up now. The lessees of the Two Friends group have crosscut the Black Prince lead on the Two Friends ground, and about ���ion feet west of the workings on the Black Prince The crosscut is 158 feet long, and where the ledge was cut the lead had narrowed to six or seven riches. A drift is now being driven to ,u8 ������ ���........_- S.S.INTERNATIONAL. pose continuing the work during the Leaves Kaslo for Nelson at 6:00 a ��� winter months. m., daily except Sunday. Returning The town of Peterboro isgoin^ ahead leaves Nelson at 4:30 p. m., calling B fast. The townsite company is building at Balfour, Pilot Bay, Ainsworth and a 15,000 hotel, and Stark & Moore are all way points. -������ - -��i.-iuu�� 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, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at 7 a in., connecting with steamer International from Kaslo at Pilot Bay. Retur ting leaves Bonner's Ferry at 7:00 a. m., Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays, connecting with str. International tor Kaslo, Lardo and Argenta. Direct connections made at Bonner's Ferry with (?reat Northern Railway for all points east and west. 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 sold to all points in Cai ada and the United Statas. To ascertain rates and full information, address��� Robert Irving, Manager. A new discovery was recently made 1 en Number Two creek, below Horse! Thief creek, ^he discovery was made by an Indian, who sold it to Mr. Foster, of Windermere, for $800 cash. There is four feet of solid galena on the claim. The Paradise group, on Spring creek, is a wonder. There is 76 feet of ore, which will average across the vein $80 in all values The ore is sand carbonates, and is easily worked. Development on the claims will continue all winter. Sixteen men are now employed in the development of the Delphine. A camp has been established and work will be continued throughout the winter. The government is now building a wagon road from the Columbia river to the mouth of Toby creek canyon When completed, the ore of the Delphine can be hauled, it being at present packed to the landing, T. 11 Taylor has just completed the survey of the group, ���ompleted tne BurvDj "jV^VIq pampbell Kaslo, B. C. SrMngtjhe ffi'^ggggjT F^gandTieket Aet.. Sandon. Hunter Bros. Wholesale and Retail Dealers in nmceries. Dry Goods, TUTPMKIIKGS HARDWARE, CARPETS, MIrS^sS LINOLEUMS, *M���CAPS, CROCKERY, WIKfcQV H SHADES, CLOTHING. thfwest^ i^HiTeTtbatmoney^aiTbuy, and, buying in large qnantl- *ldr! ? S the TWO Friends'We carry the best line ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ 1(,i,,l 2 , ^00 feet south of the Greenwood Grand Forks ^^arrwo ^i^nds lead and parallel j g^^ Rossland bieenWOOQ I 0 to it THE PAYSTREAK, SANDON, B. C, NOVEMBER 4, 1899. i ���# > ,'? The Paystreak. Is Issued ever j Saturday in Sandon, in the heart of the greatest White Metal camp on earth. Subscription - ... fs.ooayear Strictly in advance. Address: Tub Paystrkak, Sandon, B.C. Wm. Macadams. SANDON, B. C, NOV. 4, 1899. LABOR IS CAPITAL. Capital was first created by labor. Without labor there wonld be no capital, Labor U capital. Capitalists exist on the fruits of labor. Without the laborers tbere would be no capi talists. If the doctrine of the survival of the fittest, which capitalists are ever ready to cite, be not a fallacy, then capitalists would disappear from the earth. Labor can exist without capital, as capital is now understood to be, tor labor is capital; and giyen an equal opportunity at the natural resources, labor would be much better off than now, when it must depend upon concentrated wealth for the privilege of enjoying the bounties provided by an all wise Creator for all His creatures. Some there are who will say it is foolish and visionary to say that labor does not require the capitalist for its existence. Let us see if it is so. The history ot the Coeur d'Alene mining district is not so ancient but it may be employed to prove that labor does not require the capitalist, and would be better off without him. Every mine in the district has been discovered and developed sufficiently to demonstrate that it was valuable by common miners. They were then bonded to capitalists. Many of the "capitalists" were then hardly posses ed of enough to pay tbe first small percentage of tbe bond. Today they are the wealthy and prominent mining men, while the fellows who discovered and developed the mines are still common miners, working for a day'8 pay, prospecting for more mines, or branded criminals and banished from the state. Suppose they had had the gambler's nerve with which the "capitalists" took bonds on the mines and bonded them to themselves. Suppose the Western Federation of Miners had taken a bond on the mines and operated them on the same business prin ciples the capitalists have. What would have been the result? The vast wealth of those mines would have gone to the toilers who produced it. The men who discovered the vast wealth of one of the greatest mining districts in the world would not be today forbidden by corrupt politicians the right of labor in these mines.��� Idaho State Tribune. THK LUST Or GOLD. things; "None but those wbo have lived in a mining camp can describe the conditions whioh exist there. The conditions may not be such as are desired, but in many places more contiguous than Dawson to what we call civilization, the social and business life has been very much worse. Those wbo are affected by the acute lust of gold to be dug from the earth are practically maniacs in nine cases out of ten, and they seem to forget every idea in life but the one thing ���gold! The spending of it is also a feature which must not be overlooked. Those who find, imagine that they will find more; those who have not found the precious metal expect to find it tomorrow. Without regard to morals, religion, laws or anything else, they live and die, a race separate trom the rest of mankind. They are gamblers, and the stakes are lite, health, social contacts, everything that those of us who live at home esteem' to be most valuable. The winners get great notoriety; those who fail have their only satisfaction in revenging themselves upon supposed adversaries, or upon the officials who confine their operations to legitimate lines. Is it at all wonderful that Dawson City has developed so many kickers? If, instead of inspiring scandals or publishing them, the newspapers were to tell of the awful tragedies for which no one is to blame excepting the explorers and prospectors, the public heart would stand still in amazement that men could be found who would go through such dangers and die such deaths, or live such lives.'' DOMINION PLACEK MINING. Some people never know when to quit. Ex-Premier Turner and local adherents bubblo over about once a week with indignation about the eight-hour law. Most of them who so bitterly denounce it would drop dead if they were asked to work one shift of even four hours. And yet they incessantly decry it as abortive legis lation only partially enforced. If it is so weak and faulty why do they refuse to make a test case of it ? A tew dollars spent in testing the merits of the law would save a vast amount of energy expended in tongue exercise.���The Ledge. Speaking of the charges of corruption so often heard coming from Dawson City, a writer in the Toronto Saturday Night says some very comely The death of Hon. Peter Mitchell at the age of seventy five removes one of the few remaining fathers of confederation. There are now left only nine who have been placed in this category, namely, Sir W. P. Howland, born 1811; Hon. R. B. Dickey, born 1812; Sir Ambrose Shea, born 1818; Sir Charles Tupper, born 1821; Sir Oliver Mowat, born 1820; Hon. Wm. McDougall, born Jan. 18, 1822; Hon. T. H. Haviland, born 1822; Sir Hector Langevin, born 1820, and the Hon. A. A. McDonald, born 1829. The sea is cruel doubtless, but it must have been deeply moved when the big ship took Jonah down. The order in council, which now awaits the signature of the Governor-General of Ottawa, respecting proposed changes in tbe regulations govorning placer mining in tbe British possessions, reads as follows : "Any free miner, having duly located and recorded a claim, shall be entitled to bold it for a period of one year from the recording of the same, and thence from year to year by recording the same; provided, however, that during each year and each succeeding year such free miner shall do, or cause to be done, work on the claim itself to the value of $200, and shall satisfy the mining recorder that such work has been done, by an affidavitt of tbe free miner, corroborated by two reliable and disinterested witnesses, setting out a detailed statement of the work done, and shall obtain from the mining recorder a certificate of such work having been done, for which a fee of $2 will be charged. "All work done outside of a mining claim, with intent to work the same, shall, if such work has direct relation, and be in direct proximity to tbe claim, be deemed, if to tbe satisfaction of a responsible officer, to be work done on the claim for the purpose of this section. "Any free miner or company of free miners holding adjoining claims, not exceeding eight in number, and notwithstanding anything in the regulations to tbe contrary, may work the same in partnership under tbe provisions of tbe regulations, upon filing a notice of their intention with the mining recorder, and upon obtaining a certificate from him, for which a fee of $2 will be charged. This certificate will entitle tbe holders thereof to perform on anyone or more of such claims all tbe work required to entitle him or them to a certificate of work for each claim sy held by them. If such work shall not be done, or if such certificate shall not Ihj so obtained and recorded in each year, the claims shall be deemed to be abandoned. "Tbe bolder of a claim may at his option, in lieu of tbe work required to be done thereon each year, pay to tbe mining recorder in whose office tbe claim is recorded tbe sum of $200 for each of the first three years, but for tbe fourth and succ eding years the sum of $400 must be paid, in lieu of work done on tbe location or in commutation therewith, as provided by the regulations. A certificate from tbe mining recorder that such payment has been made shall relieve the person making it from the necessity of doing any work during the year. "If at the end of the year the annual amount of work has not been performed, nor tbe commutation fee paid, as above stated, tbe sum of $250 shall be charged against the claim, and the said amount shall constitute a lien on such claim, and no transfer or title to such claim shall be recorded until tbe said amount of $250 shall have been paid to the mining recorder. "If the lien is not discharged by payment at tbe expiration of three months from the end of the year, tbe claim shall revert to the Crown, and thall not be open for relocation, and may be disposed of as the minister of the interior maydiiect. "No claim forfeited, from whatever cause, shall be relocated, but every such claim shall revert to the Crown, to he disposed of as the minister of the interior shall direct. Any amounts received, in lien of assessment work shall form part of the revenue of Canada." WISE AND OTllKUWISl A king's confusion is a royal ffush A twice-told tale after that is stale. Divorced people should never be repaired. A man should pay due attention to his bills. Grammatically speaking, a kiss is a conjunction. Better to die of heart failure than of bank failure. Many a cook is wise merely in her own recipes. Stay near a coward if you would bo sure of safety. A guardian of the peace should he sure to keep it In line 12,000 microbes would reach only one inch Better reduce expenses than reduce circumstances. A large turtle affords eight pounds of tortoise shell. The professional liar blushes when ho tells the truth. Be wise in time���when burning ga* her father pays for. In France and Belgium elections lire always held on Sundays. Tbe Boston City Hospital tank euro of 10,000 persons last year A lady's foot should equal in length one seventh <��i her height. A young man can keep a stiff upper lip if his moustache Is down. Ten million nerve fibres are said tn be found iu the human body, Tbe skeleton measures one inch lew than the height of the living man. A recently built organ run by electricity contains 81,500 miles of wire. The man who thinks be was born under a lucky star is apt to get over it It was not the chimney sweep who said there was plenty of room at the top. Eight-tenths of the soldiers in Russia and Servia can neither read nor write. The United States is worth, according: to expert estimates, more than $U��v 000,000.000. The total membership of the Christian Scientist Church in the United States is 70,000. Notwithstanding the development ��f automobiles the prices of horses In the west are rising. Output of the Le Kul. The output of the Le Bol for the month of September was $110,000. The total shipments were8,684tons, and the average value of the product wan a little less than $18 per ton. Practically all the ledge matter is being stoped and shipped for its full width. Aim ' n�� hand sorting is resorted to. So < honplj is the ore being smelted that cheaper to run it through the hlasts than to pick out the gangue the values in the shipments in September were: Gold, 8,888 ounces; silver. 8,28 ounces; copper, 220,000 pounds. J^i����AJfWa��AK., SANDON, B. C, NOVEMBER 4, 1899. ONE TO SPAKE. Th, Oi-udge of the Family Became n Hero But Wii Killed. It ��r��tb ��n the early days of the war, in the dimmer of 1861, that Jack Hillis en- liated. It never would have happened, hie mother said, if it had not been for that foolish excursion. The excursion in itself had not seemed foolish,and Mrs. Hillis had been one of the most enthusiastic of those preparing to celebrate the finishing of the new railroad from Bradley Junction to the lake. Hut there was a recruiting station at Lake City. In front of tbe door of this place a band was playing patriotic airs. Above its roof the stars and stripes were riving. And there Major Seely harangued the young men. Jack Hillis was 17 and a month, but he was tall and large and looked 20. So he signed his name and was accepied. It was a possibility his mother had never imagined. Of Mrs. Hillis' four sons Jack was her favorite. Simon, the eldest of the family, was in business and married. He was already making great gains on bis merchandise beeause of tbe state of the country and the fear for the future. He was buying as far as his money and his credit could reach. He would most assuredly not enlist. Evan had recently been graduated from a medical college. While be oared big tinirer nails in a strictly professional manner, he talked loftily of going into the field as a surgeon,if Uncle Sam need ed hiui. But as a common soldier���"No thank you." Next there was Joe. It was the general feeling in the family and the neighborhood that Joe was good beeause he lacked si length of character to be anything else. No one knew his deficiency hetter than did his mother, lie had al ways been tbe stupid end of the family. No bright sayings of Joe's childhood bad ever been recorded; When there was extra work to bo done, Joe was kept out of school to do it. "What docs it mat ter'."' his mother would say. "You are always at the foot of your classes." So continually had Joe beard himself depreciated through his childhood and youth, he grew to manhood fully understanding that he was the blockhead of the family. Sometimes Joe thought be might like something else than the farm, but if he hinted at the idea ever so mildly there was a general laugh, and then Joe turned scarlet and silent. Jack, the youngest of tbe quartette of Bona, was the darling of tbe family, and, though the other boys were creditable, ���lack would surely eclipse them when he made a choice of a business or a proles sioa fur life. And now be bad enlisted ! It was not to be endured any longer than till BUch time as tbe work of the foolish boy could be in.done. On tbe evening of the day that Major Seely had released Jack, Joe was coming home from the Raynor farmhouse. The Hillis apd the Raynor farms adjoined. Jennie Raynor met Joe in the shadow of tlu hedge. Of all the girls in tbe neighborhood Jenny was the only one that Was ever kind to Joe. The rest, taking the opinion of their elders for their own, Bntibbed Joe on every occasion. On this evening, after talking over Jack for some Wme, Joe said: if 1 should enlist, I don't believe mother would try to get me off." Oh, yes, ' Jennie hesitated. She felt that Joe spoke tbe truth. After a pause, she continued, "But you won't enlist, "I don't know. I'd rather enlist than be drafted. I don't like tbe idea of being driven out to be shot at." "Do you think the war's going to last long?" "I don't know. If it does, then I'm going." "Oh, Joe!" and Jennie's face was very white. Joe, watching her, felt his heart give a great leap and then stand still. Could it be possible? He the stupid of the family, the blockhead of the neighborhood, and she, the prettiest, the brightest and the best girl in the world 1 There was silence for a minute; and then Jennie said she must go home. Joe detained her by the slightest touch on the sleeve. "Would vou care, Jennie? If I go to the war, or if I stay at home, do you care?" "Yes, Joe, I care very much," Jennie answered, with Hushing cheeks and downcast eyes. "It'll be awful hard for me to go if you don't want me to," said Joe chokingly. "But, Jennie, you don't want me to stay at home if comes my duty to go, do you?" "Oh, no, Joe; I couldn't love a coward." "Jennie���" She lifted her eyes. Joe's fice was very near her own. Tbe twilight was deepening. Their lips met, and each felt that this was their betrothal. And so it came to pass that within six months from tbe time of tbe chance meeting in the shadow ol" the hedge, Joe Hillis came home from Bradley looking very thoughtful. After supper he remarked : "1 enlisted today, and I'm going into camp the first of the week.'' "You've enlisted!" Jack exclaimed. "What sort of rot are you giving us? They wouldn't take you?" "Well, they have taken me, anyway," loe answered. "I belong to Terry's cavalry." "Joe, why have you done this," his father asked. "For the same reason that other men are doing the same thing. Besides, it looks to me that a family of five men ought to produce one soldier." "Yes, it does look that way," said his mother, in a hard, unnatural tone, "and I don't see how any of tbe others could be spared. Your father's too old and Jack's too young, and neither Simon nor Ebon could stand the life of a common soldier. 1 hope you will keep your wits about you and try to understand what's said to you, and not bring any���" she hesitated, came near saying "more," but finished, "any discredit on us." "I will do my bcBt, motbcr.asl always do." Mrs. Hillis made a movement of her shoulders, that to tbe others expressed her lack of faith in Joe's "best." After Joe was gone be was missed by the home folks because of the work he had done and because there was no silent one to be ashamed of. His elder brothers found it to be a continual joke that to be a soldier,but declared There were letters, dutiful and kindly, from Joe to his father and mother. To his brothers he sent messages which were received with broad smiles and such exclamations as "Who'd 'a' believed it?" "Joe a soldier!" "Thinkof Joe being so far from home 1" After a time he mentioned skirmishes and battles be had been in. Once he was wounded and wrote from a hospital. His name was in the newspaper lists. After seeing his name in print, Joe's family knew that he was no longer a private. He was mentioned as Lieutenant Joseph Hillis. There was a general pause in the family conversation. Dr. Hillis was the first one to speak. "Well, who'd V believed it of Joe?" The mother said, "Since he was the only one that could be spared, I'm glad he's doing so well." And the father wondered for a moment. No one had said that Joe was doing well ol his wounds. Then it dawned upon him that his wife meant their son was doing well to be promoted. Shortly Joe was back again to camp and field life, and soon after came news of the battle of tbe Wilderness���news in the public way, but no letter from Joe. "Brobiddy he's been promoted aeain,'' said merchant Simon Hillis, "and he's busy getting fitted with a new uniform." Dr. Hillis laughed and narrowly examined his polished fingernails. The father said, "We'll hear from him in good time, and mind what I say, we'll never get any discreditable news from Joe. He's not smart,but he's sound and true." It was a Sunday afternoon, and all the Hillis family were at tbe farm. Tbe air was warm enough to feel like spring,and cool enough to make a fire in the old fireplace pleasant enough, while the outside doors stood open. There was a step on the porch. Mr. Hillis rose and met at the door a man in soldier blue. His face was pale and thin and bis right arm was in a sling. "You don't know me?" be said smiling; and then Mr. Hillis recognized Jim Sinalley. who had gone into the army with Joe. He was warmly welcomed, but he responded coldly, they thought, and he was very serious for Jim Smalley. To the rallying of the Hillis brothers he gave short, sometimes irrelevant, answers. He told them about his wound, hut added that it was not serious. Then Jack said, "Well, I say, Jim, isn't our Joe coming out in fine feathers? You see him once and awhile, even if he is an officer, don't you?" "Yes, yes, I see him sometimes." "Do you think he'll be a brigadier general before long?" Eben asked, laughing. "No, I guess not," Smalley answered. "But he's got tbe title of hero if ever a man bad it, and he'll keep it, too. Future bistoiies will mention bow Lieutenant Hillis, when officer after officer was shot down, steadily kept the men under control, prevented a retreat, and at last led them, bearing the colors himself.and captured the battery that was, doing so much harm���" "Then he'll be captain or something higher?" Jack exclaimed, eagerly, and springing from bis chair. 'No, he won't be anything," Smalley home with me, and���" There was a sound of slow moving wheels at tbe gate. The father, from where he sat, looked through the open door. There was a hearse at the gate, draped with the stars and stripes. Later Smalley told them bow Joe had died of his wounds the night after the battle; how he, though wounded himself, had been able to minister to others, and be was with Joe to the last. "And did he remember us? Did he send us any message?" sobbed Mis. Hillis. "Yes, he remembered; he mentioned you especially. He said I should tell you that he was glad it was himself instead of one of the other boys; that he was sure that he could be best spared. But Joe always was modest." Best spared! Mrs. Hillis recalled her own words. He could be spared at the time he went away, and the others were so precious! But never to see him again! This patient, silent, and unappreciated son! The manner of Joe's death was told over his remains, and each year as Memorial day comes little children hear the story of tbe young soldier whose grave h marked by a tall monument and a flag staff, where the colors are always kept flyfng. After a time it was forgotten that Joe had been the stupid laughing stock of the family and the neighbors, but an old woman does not forget. Each year.when tbe graves of this and other soldiers are covered with flowers, the old woman, leaning on the arm of one younger, but not young, sits beside Joe's grave and says: "Jennie, he was the only one of my boys I could spare to be a hero. He made our name known for bravery. My neglected Joe! I'm so glad that you loved him and that he knew it." Max O'ltHl'N Speech. family ought to go. F omgeneral , ^ ^ u wouM ^ bett d pearances the war was bktly to aw . j ^ ^ {uri0ugh-and-I brought Joe some time. Max O'Rell recently made a very amusing'speech. Travel, he remarked, had produced a firm conviction in his mind that the French are the happiest people on earth, and then he went on to tell a story about his mother, "who never left the French town in which she was born," "and whose little family lias the honor of presiding" over the company." Max arranged to go to America,which seemed to have grieved his mother. "What language is spoken in that country?" inquired the old lady. "English," replied her son. "What!" she exclaimed incredulusly, "do the American 'people speak English?" "I believe so, fairly well," the waggish Max replied. His mother tried to dissuade her son from the enterprise, but soon after he wrote and told her he had signed a contract for the tour. In reply his mother wrote him a letter, in which she said: "Sinceyou have signed a contract to go to America you must honor your signature and go. But make your mind easy���I'll let no one in this town know you have gone there." A cross-cut tunnel is being driven on the Mollie Hughes to tap the ledge some distance below the workings driven on the lead. In the upper workings ore is showing all the distance of the tunnel, something like 100 feet. The female brain commences Lo decline in weight after the age of 80, the male not till ten years later. THE PAYSTREAK., SANDON, B. C, NOVEMBER 4, 1899. n ���I* MINING RE.KORDS Ihe following is a complete list of tbe mining transactions recorded during the week in the several mining divisions of the Slocan. Those of New Denve- were as follows:��� LOCATIONS. Oct 27���Elsev, Vancouver cr, W J Barker. Link fr, Silver mt, R Johnston. Patterson fr, nr Three Forks, S Fisher, J A Colins, J B Fisher. 28���Shylock, Silver rot, R Thompson. 30���Black Jim, Payne mt, C Garrity, BBHill, Seaton fr, nr Sandon, FS Clements. Bluff, n fk Carpenter cr, S Thomas. Independence, n fk Carpenter cr, F Swannell. Rockland fr, Four Mile cr, A McDonald. Benbow fr, Four Mile cr, J A Lavoine. ASSESSMENTS. Oct 25���Sunnyside fr, 3 years. 26��� Franklin fr, Red Mountain fr. 27��� Frank F. 30���Geneso, Baby fr, Raw Hide. 31���Legal fr. TRANSFERS. Oct 21���White Horse, Black Horse, Fedora. 1-9 each. C Anderson to J T Richards, Sept 15. Same, 1-9 each, G Faiebairn to P Rome, Sept 15. SI.OCAN CITV DIVISION. LOCATIONS. Oct 12���Louisville, reloc Cuba, J E Skinner. Mayeta, reloc Porto Rico, W Kerr. 13���Sailor P.oy, reloc Mogiel, John T Smith and J L Pouter. Aurora.reloc of Alena Hazel, D McPherson. Heather Ridge, bet Brindle and Printer creeks, A McWhirter. Dingle, Printer creek, J H Currie. 14���Nile, reloc Blake, J E Tattersall. 16��� Exchange, reloc of Exchange, H L Fife. Rock of Ages, 2nd n f Lemon, T Lake. 17���Silver Bear,reloc Carrie Fraction, J Anderson. 18���Rex, reloc of Great Divide, J T Beauchesne. Zella, reloc Wizard, 0 McMillan. Silver Tip, Twelve Mile cr, R W Thompson. Mount de Mar, near Slocan City, 1 Robinson. 20���White Pine, Ten Mile ck, Robert McFarlane. Lakeview, same, J Malley. 21���Commentator���near Slocan City, R Bradshaw. 25���Star of ludia, same, B Griffith. 26���J R C, reloc Midnight, J Smith. ASSESSMENTS. Oct 10���Enterprise Fraction, Nix Fraction. 12���Rosebery. 16���Manmark for two years. 17���Para 18���Clyde 20���Midnight. 23���Black Fraction'and Soudan Fraction. 24���Seattle,Marjorv, Iowa, Olymuia, Chapleau Fraction No 2. 26���Susan G. 27���Transfer. TUANBPBRS. Oct 10���Weymouth l4,C E Smither- ingale to H Nelson. 11���Maggie i, R Kurtzbals to J A Taylor. V & M, Get There Eli, F L C, Reno and Accidental, 19-20 each, C W Harrington to W E Gomm; $2,000. 12���McKinnon 4-5, A J Gillis to R R Bruce. Moyle 1-5, R R Bruce to John McKinnon. 13���Enterprise Fraction, London A B. C. Goldfields, Ltd, to the Enterprise Mines, Ltd. 18���Mount de Mar %, I Robinson to T Lake. POWER OF ATTORNEY. Oct 13���London & B. C. Goldfields, Ltd, to J R Robertson. OlTIONS. Oct 17���Black Hawk and Daisy, Jas M lloe and Duncan Graham to Rene Laudi, for 17,000. AINSWORTH DIVISION. LOCATIONS. Sept 29���Black Hawk, Duncan river, E Barron. 30���Dominion Bell, same, A Forsyth. Oct 4���Paystreak, Meadow creek, A Erickson. Boston, same, N McDonald. Bell, same, R McDonald, Rockford, Woodbury cr, J Westby. Two Friends, Black Prince and Iron Horse, same, C J Johnson. UNI, same, A D Westby. Alberta, Fry river, A Contin. La Chewre, same, J Asselin. 5���North Star, Hamill cr. T B John ston. May Queen, same, A Johnston, Sutherland, Tamarac and Florence, on Lake cr, J M Anderson. Liverpool, Hall cr, J D Carlyle. 7���Jane, Lake cr, J M Anderson. Transvaal, Houser cr, J S Simpson. 9-Hiding Boy, Woodbury cr, M Olcdo, 10���Celtic and Aztec, same, J C Gwillim. Silver Cord, same, by W B George. Victor, Kaslo cr, J A Carter. Olympia, Kemp cr, N M Watnee. 11���Alexander, north of Ainsworth, H Cody. Prince and Spruce fractions, same, D F Strobeck. Gentle Annie, Bear cr, W R Howe. Wild West, same, J E Ward. Pend d'Oreille, Sawyer cr. J D Cook. Crescent, Canyon cr, same. Sonoma, same, T F Adams, Philomene, Kaslo cr, R Laudi. 13���Cameronian, Bear Lake, R Mitchell. Blue Berry, Woodbury cr, Wm English. 16��� Wormland, same, C Nelson. 17���Combine Fraction, Hot Springs camp, D F Strobeck. Green Field,Fry cr, W White. Grey Copper, same, Mrs A Carney. Grand View, same, C H Stanlev. * Kanuck, Spring cr, W J Walsh'. ASSESSMENTS. Oct 10���Corleone, Zephyr,Tambafour, Cliculotb and Evanston for three years U���Olson, Red Rock for two years, Golden Nugget, Byran. 12���Ballina. Alma. 13���Cody Fraction. 16���Giant, United Fraction. 17���Emerald, B A. CERTIFICATE OF IMPROVEMENTS Oct 7���Red Star, Granite. 17���Franklin, Humbolt. TRANSFERS. Oct 6���Alpha i, John Carscadden to J McCaskill. Silver Spray and Homestake ^, 1) McGraw to C Moore. 11���Charleston all, Wm C Boie to R Laudi; $'250. Green Lakes Fraction all, B Pearson to R Laudi; $4,500. 14���'Lone Pine all, C W Greenlee to Percy Dickenson. Monarch and Province \, mortgage, B PBrigos toS J Reate; $200. 19���Zenith %, J A Miller to T F Cre- sack. SLOGAN ORE SHIPMENTS. Total shipped Julv 1 to Dec. 81,1898, 17,994 tons. January 1st, 1899, to Oct. 28: Week Total Payne 6 ,-WT Last Chance M�� Slocan Star MX Sapphire Coin Ajax Sovereign Reco Ivanhoe Treasure Vault Red Fox Trade Dollar Liberty Hill Madison Wonderful American Boy Idnho Mines Queen Bess Wild Goose Monitor Whitewater Jackson 65 Hillside Bell Wellington Antoine Rambler Dardanelles Great Western B isun 20 Marion Oapella Fidelity." Vancouver Wakefield Emily Edith Comstock Noonday Enterprise Tamarnc, Black Prince Chapleau 3!i is 40 - 20 ISO 119 118 ll ftO :i 15 28 41 840 1,441 15 2(Kf 2,:i.io 7!>2 1 30 11 660 461 100 48 580 SO H 8 320 580 60 120 520 71<i 20 85 15 Canadian Inventors. Below will be found a list ot patents recently granted by the Canadian government "through Messrs. Marion & Marion' solicitors of patents, New York Life building, Montreal:���68,160, D. Tait, Deseronto, Ont., boat propelling mechanism; 64,091, J. B. Avon, Montreal, surrounding car fender; (54,095, J A. Whaley, Carberry.Man., butter cutter; 64,186, Dorllla Harvey, St. Andre de Kamouraska, shoe; 64,153, Joseph Rousseau, Thetford Mine, harness attachment; 64,112, J. B. Lavoie, Montreal, device for attaching the rocker to chairs; 64,160, Albert Turner,Falmouth, N. S., combination tool; 64,170, Robert Irving, Corwhin, Ont., fastening for stall chains; 64,188, Albert St. Martin and L. F. Mallette, Montreal, tip for shoes; 64,199, Ernest Geoffrion and C E Belanger, Montreal, voting machine; 64,815, Jos. Gravel, Montreal,car fender. Farming iu the Boundary. The Grand Forks Miner says that it took E. Spraggett's steam thresher exactly twenty-live days to thresh the oat crop of the valley. According to Mr Spraggett, the yield was about 80,000 bushels, a *otal in excess of the returns for last year. With oats at 68 cents a bushel, it will be seen that the ranchers will make a handsome profit The principal producers this season were: Coryell Bros., 8,000 bushels; J. (Jtovert, 5,600; Vaughan & Mclnnes,2,500: Cooper Bros,2,800; E. Spraggett, 2,000; 11. .1 Wasson, 1,400; and Jay P. Graves, l.ooo bushels. Paul Kruger is called Oom Paul by the Boers. Oom means our or uncle. Paul was not born in Bruce na some people think. He is a line old man, but will likely change his name when the Kootenay contingent locate him from Oom Paul to Our Dennis. The club solo now being played bv England against Kruger will be hard on Paul. He will lose nearly all his diamonds and hearts, although he may take in a few spades. The old man will soon barn the lolly of playing against a strong "widow." Rossland is to have a public library and a new theatre. CtOT A. L.ITTLK HKOTHKR. Yes, I've got a little brother, Never asked for him from mother, But he's here; j t But I s'pose they went and bought him, For last week the doctor brought him; Ain't It queer? When 1 heard the news from Molly. Why, I thought at first 'twas jolly; 'Cans*; you see I just imagined I could get him, Ami our dear mamma would let him "lav wuh me. But. when once 1 had looked at him 1 cried out, "Oh, dear! Is that him? .lust Mint mite? They ^aid. 'Yes, and vou may kiss him!* W��U, I'm sure I'd never miss him, lie's sueh alright!" He's so Bmall it's just amazing, he Waa iuazing, He's so red And you'd think1 And his nose is like. ;> berry, Aud he's bald as Uncle Jerry On lus head. He's no kind of ROad whatever, Aud he cries as if he'd never, Never stop; Won't sit up���you can't arrange him, Oh, why don't rather change him At the shop? Now we've got to dress and feed him, And we really didn't need him, Unle frOBl And I cannot think why father Should havebomth* bun when I'd rather Haveadog! -London Mail. Peter Geuelle luis reported to the provincial police that two tifthc workmen at his West Robson sawmill have mysteriously disappeared. Their names are Martin and Mnlssnrieuvo. There is not a word of truth in the statement that the miners In tho Nelson and Ymir districts have accepted the *.i rate. Don't call n big strong man a liar; it is cheaper to hire some other fellow to break the news to him. last week Ira Black's new hotel at Phoenix is almost ready for occupancy, Rossland's output <>f ore, was upwards ol 5,000 tnus. Typhoid fever is still doing iii Nelson. nil-. Nelson curlers are organizing for tho winter. slIiBomn go M. W. DAY. Proprietor. ��� Manufaturer <>f all���i Kinds ol CARBONATED DRINKS Syphons, (lingei Ale, 3aroapariUa, Etc., Etc. San.don, 33.0. Patronize home industry when vou want the best DEALER IN MEAT S AT Total tons. 18.848 SANDON, ROSSLAND, NELSON, KASLO, PILOT BAY THREE FORKS, SLOCAN CITY. The Paystreak. [CBNCE AUTHORISING AN EXTBA-PRO- * viNCIAL COMPANY TO CARRY ON BUSINESS. ������CO.MI-AN1K8 ACT,l��t7." .} CANADA . PhovisceoP BMTIKH COMJHBU mxm IS TO CERTIFY that "The Ajax 1 ' lv, -tion Development Syndicate, Lim- !,������ Iu uborised and licensed to cartyon I1- it hin the Province of British Col- ''"fi","', ��� 1 'xrrv OUt or effect all or any of '""��� |1(.rei..after set forth to which the relative authority of the Legislature ol Le.rtish Columbia extends. Th, head office of the Company is situate at vi KingStreet, London, England. ' Tha amount of the capital of the Company ��� gOff��� divided into *D,003 share, of ��1 each. ,,.! office of the Companv in thisPror [tuate at Sandon, and Maunde (unt/- uiii il�� 'I'm ince -it .ii | ii UC.nillV 11.doll- wbere, harger free Miner, whose address is Sandon, moreaaid, is the attorney for the Company, The ohjects for which the Company has heen utablubod. and so licensed are :��� [a.] To acquire the Ajax Fraction Mine in British Columbia, and for that purpose to adopt and oarry into effect, with or without modification, an agreement dated tim i;>Ui ,| iv ul Julv, 189U, nnd expressed to be made ��w- t.veou Parta Drake Brookman,Anthony Sellon, Stephen Sellon aud Frederick Adam Stignant ii( one part, and John Cook Gordon, on behali nf tne Company, of the Other part, which has lor the purpose of identification been subscribed by K. Kimher Bull, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court, or to adopt and carry into effect any other contract or agreement, whether entered into before or after the registration of the Company : purchase, take on lease, or otherwise my, mines, mining rights, or metal- land in British Columbia or else- nd any interest therein : [c | To search for, win. met. quarry, reduce, amalgamate, dre,s, retlne. and prepare for market, and to buy, sell, export, and ileal in auril is quarts and ore and other mineral substances, whether anrilerous or not. I ml I ion. .pnir.. .in i.ii't precious metals and stone-, and in carry on the hu-.ine.sses of miner.-.. <ai- li.r. i\ iaiel an I water, ship owner-, ware- liuu i nen, wharnngers, barge owners, Lightermen, lorwurding agents, underwriter- and ln-iini-ul .hip.., goods, and other property, or any one or more of such buainesbus, in all ��� i: a ii> oi tneir re .peotive branches: I To search lor, prospect, examine, and inspect mine j and ground.-) auppoaod to contain quarts and ore.or otiier mineral * or preoi- "ii- stones, and to search lor and obtain information In regard to mine-, mining district -an 1 lo.-alitie ..and to purchase, take on lease, or otherwise acquire, for any estate or interest, i.ny .-i.eh grounds, and any lands. waters, mines, mining rights, minerals, ores, buildings, machinery, p.ant. stock-in-trade, utensils, patents and patent privileges, ease- nii'iit -. i i.'ht-, piivileges, and i\ a I and per onto propel iy til any kind : >' To open, work, explore, develop, and maintain the mine-, grounds containing tturiferoiid quait .minerals or precious stones, and other properties and works of the Com paliy . [f.] To construct, erect, maintain and iin- prove, or to aid in and subcribe toward, the "ii-i i in t inn. erection, maintenance, and improvement 61 railways, tramway.-, roads. weiis, water-courses, aqueducts, waterway.-. feservoirs, shafts, wharve >. mole,, buildings, machinery, and other work-, undertakings, nnd appliances whioh may be necessary or convenient for the purposeu ol the Company; It] To promote, make, provide, acquire, take un lease or agreement, Lease, let, grant running powers over, work, use. and dispose "f, railways, tramways, and other road-, tvaysand means of aooess to an. part or part-ul the property of the Company, and to '���ontrihiite to the expense <>i promoting, making, providing, acquiring, working, and "sing the same : '.' I T i porohase, make, build, charter, nf- 1|'' ''-at. hire, and Let out, to hire, or chartering, "r affreighting, and otherwise obtain the !'''~'- h,ii ot, and ose and dispose ol ships, Witters, boats,and, ve.-.-els of all kind-, loco "J''t,w .-��� waggons, and rolling stock, and "im-i'w ise provide lor the con\cvnni c of goods mill movable property of all kind-: i11 ioprovide for. the welfare of persona in '"'"I'l'li'Vinciit of the Companv or formerly in tin,, employment, and the' widow.- and | 'jib' i! ol >ach persons, and others depend- '."' upon them, by granting money ��>r pen- *'0nH' making payments for or toward Lnsur- wice on the lives Of such person-, providing """���ul-. reading rooms, places of recreation ' J'tlnrui e as tlie Companv shall think lit. ��uonothing herein contained sliall authorise . '( "ii'panv to carry on the business of a lile ���usuriuice company i Ij-l to remiuifratet.be servants of the Oom- aaj and others out of or In proportion to the '"'ii-hi profits of the Companv. orothcr- Wi '^ tin, Company may think tit: iu ii ' '''""ll<" agreements and arrangements. Danv �� ('��"Junction with any other eom- nrm, or association carrying on or In- tendh ling to carry on taking nnder- , ���.. any business or , ---. a kind similar, wholly or partially ;,'"��i.v luisiness or undertaking which tins 1 ""Mm ny i, authorised to carrvfon.aiul to sell, 1'ii-e or dispose of all or anv part of the under- i,kl"t.'. Imslness, patent rights or property oi inB Company to, ami to acquire all or any ���I the undertaking, business, patent or property of anv such other company. Tin, or association, or other person for |"ioo '"""deration, and either wholly or partly m l>u rt tight cash, shares, securities, or property, as the ��?nTU1'V m.Y V!"'k ?*' an<"�� subscribe f or, acquire, and hold or deal with, and dispose of any securities or shares, or other interests of or in any such other company, Hrm, or association : [l.l To amalgamate with any other company having objects altogether or in part similar to ttiose of this Company, and to promote any company or companies for the purpose of ao- quiring the whole or any part of the property ol this Company ; |m.] To undertake and to carry Into effect all such financial, commercial, trading, or other operations or businesses in connection with the object- of the Company, as the Company may think tit : (n | To remunerate any person or company for services rendered in placing, or assisting to place, any of the stares In the Company's digital, or any debentures or other securitios of the Company, or of any company in which this Company is or may he interested, or for guaranteeing the same. |o.j To lend money to such persons and bodies, whether without security or otherwise, upon such terms as the Company .-hall think fit. ami to guarantee the performance of any contracts entered into by persons having dealings with the Company : |p.l To draw. make, accept, indorse, discount, execute, and issue promissory notes, bills of exchange, bills of lading, warrants, mortgage debenture stock, either redeemable or irredeemable, aud to secure, borrow or raise money by tbe issue of oi upon bonds or debentures or other obligations or securities of the Company, or by the mortgage pr charge on all or any payt of the property of the company, or otherwise in such manner as the company shall think tit. including its uncaile I capital, to take money on deposit, at Intele .t, or otherwise : [q ] To do all acts necessary to procure the company to be duly constituted or incorporated, and registered or recognized as a company with limited liability in British Columbia or elsewhere where the Company may carry on business: jr.| To carrv out the above objects, or any ol them, either on account of the company alone or in conjunction with any othercom- pany, association, firm, person or persons, and either as principals, contractors, trustees, ol otherwise, and by or through trustees, agents, or otherwise, and generally to do all such acts and thitiK- us are Incidental to or conducive to the attainment ol all or any of the above objects : Given under my haul and seal of office at Victoria,Province ol British Columbia, this ttndday of September, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine. S. V. WOOTTON, . Registrar of Joint Stock Companies Certificate of Improvements. NOTICE. IRENE FRACTION MINERAL CLAIM. Situate in the Slocan Mining Division o West Kootenay District. Wheie located t hi Tributary Creek. Pake Notice that I, H. B. Alexander, ol .���Minion. B.C., Free Miner's Certificate No. :t.'li'L'.\, intend, sixty day.- from the date hereof, to opply to the Mining Recorder for a Certl licate of Improvements, for the purpose of obtaining a Crown grant of the above claim And further take notice that action,under -ection .'17. must be commened before the issuance of such Cert ilicate of Improvements Date 1 this twenty-ninth day of July, 1889. H. B. Alexander. CHURCH NOTICES. Methodist Church :��� Rev. A. M. Sanford, B. A., Pastor. Regular services to-morrow at 11 a. in. and 7:30. p m. Presbyterian Church :��� Divine service will be held in Vir ginia Hall at 7:30 p. m. Rev 1. A Cleland, Minister. MINERS' HOTEL Ml. L. GRIMMETT. L. L B. Barrister. Solicitor, Notary Pnblac, Etc. WATERLAND A WESTEKBERG Proprietors. SANDON, B. C. SANDON. B. C. F- L. CHRISTIE, L. L. B. Barrister, Solicitor, Etc. Notary Public. SANDON, B. C. Headquarters for Miners. Well stocked bar in connection. First class accommodations. Board hy the day or week. Established 1895. E. M. SANDILANDS. Slocan Mines. SANDON, BRITISH COLUMBIA. Mining Stocks bought and Sold. General Agent for Slocan Properties. Promising Prospects For Sale. Atlantic Steamship Tickets, to and from European points via Canadian and American lines. Apply for sailing dates, rates, tickets and full information to any C. P. Ry agent, or A. C. McARTHUR, G. P. R. Ajjent, Sandon. WM. STITT, Gen. S. S. Agt., Winnipeg* SANDON MINERS' UNION. i [Western Federation of Miners ] Meets every Saturday Evening at 8 o'clock in Miners' Union Hall. Pies. Geo. Smith. Vice-Pres. HoWABD THOMPSON. Fin Sec, W. L. Hagler. SANDON MINERS' UNION Hospital. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC , Subscribers, tt.00 per month. Private Patutnts yi.00 perday, exclusive of expense of physician or surgeon and drugs. CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY AND S00 LINE. IMPERIAL LIMITED DAILY DAILY The Direct Route From KOOTENAY COUNTRY To All Points Certificate of Improvements. NOTICE. ATLAS No. S MINERAL CLAM. sit aate In the Slocan Mining Division of West Kootenay Distiot. Where located: About three miles from Three Forks, on the North Pork of Carpenter Creek. Take notice that I. Chas. Moore, of Kaslo II. ('. acting as agent lor Chas. S. Ellis, Free Miner'-. Certificate No. :s.'U77,v, intend, sixty days from the date hereof to apply to the Mining Recorder for a Certificate of Improvement.-., for the purpose of obtaining a Crown (irant of the above claim. Anil further take notice that action, under section .')7. mu>t be commenced before the issuance of such Certificate of Improvements ated this first day of August. 1899, Chas. Moore. To Packsrs and Freighters For Sale. Twenty one Pack Males, 6 Work Mules, 2 Saddle Horses. Rigging and Harness may be arranged for. Apply to T. Graham, Albert Canyon, B, C. J. I>. EcLAUOHMN, President. W. I-. H.UH.KH, Secretary. 1)11. W. E. GOMM, Attendant Physician. MissS. M. Ciiishoi.m, Matron. ({KantCox. Wm.Donahue, j, v. Martin, W*M. GaBBITP and P. II. Mt HI'IIY, Management Committee, EAST WEST A. F. & A. M. Regular Communication of ALTA LODGE, U. I)., held first Thursday in each Month, in Masonic Hall, Sandon, at 8 p. m. Sojourning brethern cordially invited. W. II. Lilly, Secretary. HAMMOND BROS. CO.. Ltd. SANDON. PACKERS and FORWARDERS Sleighs, Cutters, Teams and Saddle Horses for Hire. First Clas Sleepers on all Trains from REVELSTOKE & KOOTENAY LANDING. Tourist Cars pass Medicine Hat Daily for St. Paul. Sundays and Wednesdays for Toronto, Fridays for Montreal and Bos ton. Same cars pass Revelstoke one day earlier. DAILY TRAIN Lv. sandon Ait. 1G:30 8:00 ^^^^^^^^^^^^ CONNECTIONS. Daily to Points Reached via. Nakusp. Daily except Sunday to Points readied via Rosebery and Slocan City. Tickets Issued Through and Baggage Checked to Destination, S. A. COURTNEY, Agent, Sandon. e. j. coyle, a. o. P. Agt., Vancouver, W. F ANDERSON, Trav. Pass. Ag Nelson. Be sure that your ticket reads via' the CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY The Paystreak. Another Accident at the LeRoi. Rossland, Oct. 31.���Just before the 3 o'clock shift at the LeRoi came off this afternoon Joseph Kane and Wm. Holey were seriously hurt by the premature explosion of a blast. They were taken after about an hour to the Sisters' hospital. Holey, who seems*the more seriously injured, is frightfully cut about the head and it is feared he will lose his sight. Both are from the north of England The Gold Production of the World Native gold, though yellow by reflected light, is green by transmitted light. When silver is" employed as an alloy the color of gold by transmitted light is light gieen. When alloyed with copper the color is emerald green or even blue by transmitted light. When in a state of fusion gold often exhibits a blueish green tint, and at a higher temperature gives off purple vapors. It is one of the most perfect conductors ol* heat and electricitv. The production of gold in the United States in the calender year 1898 was 3,119,398 ounces fine, of the value of $64,463,000. The amount of gold produced from quartz mines in 1898 was, in round numbers, 2,800,- 000 ounces tine, and from placer mines 318,000 ounces fine. The South African Republic produced 3,831,975 ounces line, the value of which is $79,313,953 ; Australia produced 3,137,644 ounces fine, of the value of $64,869,800. These three countries arc the great producers of the world, their output aggregating 10,038,017 ounces tine, ot the value of $203,357,557, or 73 per cent of the product of the world. Rich East Kootenay Ottawa. Oct. 27���Mr. G. McEvoy of the Geological Survey returned today, after spending five months examining the East Kootenay district. This is the first geological examination of the country that has taken place, and Mr. McEvoy states that his investigations have shown the country to be very promising as regards mineral production. Two mines have already shipping faeili ties by railroad, and two more will have these in a short tune, as the Kimberley branch is nearing completion. Mr. McEvoy covered ;i large area of territory ami it was uniformly rich in minerals, A Big Company. Toronto. Nov. l.-A 820.000,000 iron, timber and transportation company, is being organized by the same capitalists who organized the Consolidated Lake Superior Co., including Mr. Clergue, promoter of the big pulp industry at Sault Ste Marie Messrs. Lome Reecher and H. C. Baker have retured from a visit to tbe Hungry man group, near Slocan Junction, whither they went for the purpose of starting work. A small force has commenced the work of sinking a shaft on the main showing of the property. The group was bonded a short time since to Montreal capitalists. Major R G. Ed wards Leckie will come from Republic shortly to examine the group on behalf of the parties who have bond- id it.���Rossland Miner. Wm. Beattie, a former Sandonite, who has charge of the Delphine mine in the Windermere country, writes to say that the situation over there looks encouraging. Peterborough, a new townsite, is evidently to be the town of tin; camp. Many buildings are going up there, among others a hotel by John Moore, formerly of the Ivanhoe hotel, Sandon. Quite a number ol' prospects are being worked and many of the miners are from the Slocan.' It is a fact not generally known, says the Journal-Miner, but a fact all the same, that a proposition to purchase the United States Verde mine at $100,000,000 was recently refused. The deepest workings ol the mine are now only 700 feet, while recent explorations with a diamond drill were made to a depth of 2,000 feet, showing a continuation of the ore body to that depth In addition to the insurance of $1,000 each on the lives of every member of the Canadian contingent arranged for by Sir Charles Tapper, the Dominion Government has also insured the the lives of the Canadian volunteers for a similar amount. The Coxey at Rossland, is just making its first shipment. A carload of the ore has been packed to the Black Bear siding for shipment to smelter. If the returns prove favorable shipments will be continued. It is many a long day since the British army has been hit by an outfit with as much ready money in their clothing as the Canadian contingent will carry into action. The Calumet and Hecla group in Wellington camp has been bonded for $50,000 by W. L. Hogg of Montreal. The property will be developed on an extensive scale. The Yukon river is freezing and navigation has been'closed. SILVER-ZINC-LEAD ORES. The Hoepfner Refining Company, Hamilton, Ontario, are pre pared to pay cash for ores containing high percentages of lead and zinc, and will be pleased to* have samples and prices forwarded them at Hamilton. Laboring Men, Attention! Beware of all agents and advertisements for the employment of men in ihe Sioean country. The trouble between Miners and Mine Owners is not yet settled, and you are requested to stay away. You will be duly notified when matters tie adj listed. Executive Committee, Sandon Miners' Union. The FILBERT CIGAR Store Cigars, Tobaccos, Pipes. Smokers' Sundries. Cards and Chips. A Snap Shot In spite of the quiet times, the "Old Time Grocery Firm" of H. GIEGERICH Is hept busy in selling and shipping goods. Fine Groceries bv the carload arriving and more on the way. Fine fresh Vegetables of^ill kinds. Fresh cooking and eating apples from Ontario and Washington orchards. Car ot Hams and Bacon just in, all of Swift A Co.'s famed brands. Other toothsome delieaeies on the shelves Step in see for yourself. and arriving H. BYERS & Co. Builders and Heavy Hardware. Prospectors Outfits, Picks, Shovels and Steel. Camp Stoves, Camp' Cooking Utensils. Powder, Caps and Fuse. RECO AVE. SANDON. Donaldson's Rheumatic Cure. It has Cured Others, It Will Cure You F. J. DONALDSON, DRUGGIST. RECO AVENUE, SANDON, B C. Follioft & McMillan. 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. RAILROAB AVE. .... SANSON. JAS. WILLIAMSON. Hamilton Watches Arc the belt for Hurl Service, being the favorite Railroad Watoh of North America, largely taking the place <>f otlmr watches where accurate time is required. The Jewels in these Wstches are Jewels, not imitation, and set in Gold. The Higher Grades have Sapphire Pallets. Everything that goes to make the finest, Timekeeper is to be found in these Watches. Seventeen Jewel Grades from f20 to 856. Twenty-one Jewels from t 40 to 160. Call and see tbetn. I also handle the famous Hampden Watch. I state only Tacts and can hack up every assertion made. Q. W. GRIMMETT. Jeweller and Optician. Gales' Barber Shop and Bath House, The Best In Slocan. RECO AVE. SANDON
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