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< ZtL*^ <$ :- > " -��� ���" I <* - / K enttcton pie$e * VOL. 3. No. 42. PENTICTON, B.C., SATURDAY. MAY 1, 1909. $1.00 Per Year In Advance THE CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE HEAD OPFICE, TORONTO. ESTABLISHED 1867 B. E. Walker, President. Paid-up Capital, $10,000,000 Alexander Laird, General Manager. Reserve Fund, - 6,000,000 Branches throughout Canada, and in the United States and England. SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT Deposits of $1 and upwards are received and interest allowed al current rates. Accounts may be opened in the names of two or more persons and withdrawals made by any one of them or by the survivor. Penticton Branch J. J. HUNTER, Manager. ^. A. B. Campbell. A. E. Kay. B Campbell & Kay KILN DRIED LUMBER | ��������� ���- (JJ1 Call and see us before buying. ��5 -*��- .*��+����- -����- .*��- -*��- / 1859 Our Semicentennial 1909 / Unbroken record of 50 years business. The Old Reliable Mondon Mutual Insurance Co. ^ I Always settles its losses promptly. Call and see our records of assets and don't be mislead by jealous misstatements. Absolutely the Lowest Rates. SECURITY FOR POLICY HOLDERS: Reserve of Unearned Premiums $325,289,G4 Capital Stock paid and unpaid 100,000 00 Surplus 505,664.47 $930,954.11 Also the ANGLO-AMERICAN and other reliable Companies. CO. *.- ���*��- YOUR PATRONAGE SOLICITED. ��P ^fc, ��.* "mm, tt<*>A*^mm-**'^mM .����- J-', il. J.oQuosne Mgr. .*��" I V I 11 I * V r f. Municipal Council. Meeting1 held in council room, Thursday, Apr. 22. All members of the council present. Minutes of the previous meeting read and adopted. An account from the provincial government for $52.30, and pay sheet for work done on the recreation grounds, amounting to $18, were i read. Power-Murk, that the accounts be paid. Carried. The Board of Works reported on grading Ellis St., and recommended that further work on this street be postponed for the present. The works committee further reported that the sidewalk on Main St. to the lake front was completed, and recommended that some surplus lumber be utilized for public seats o l the lake front. The committee appointed select a location for a pound reported that Messrs. Dignan & Weeks had consented to take charge of the pound and to act as pound- keepers. The Recreation Grounds committee reported that nothing further had been done with regard to the council taking over the grounds as no meeting of the Turf Club had been held, and no returns submitted to the council as to what monies were in hand. Murk-Hatch, that the clerk be instructed to communicate with regard to the jurisdiction of the council on that portion of the school district without the municipality. Carried. Murk-Hatch, that the clerk be instructed to write the Surveyor of Taxes with regard to liquor licenses already collected by the government for the first half of 1909. Carried. II. Murk gave notice that at the next meeting he would introduce an assessment by-law. Meeting adjourned. kj��535!��5^W5v^^w?b^5Ww;wjwjw53^w;w5WJw;^w:^kj��;j��5^ COMMERCIAL Livery, Feed and Sale Stable DIGNAN and WEEKS, Proprietors. Board of Trade. If you /ant a Stylish Outfit, this is the place to come. You can always ^ |? get teams just when you want them. We make a specialty oi' keeping *4 hi good horses, safe rigs, carrful drivers and also saddle and pack horses, u ki We are also putting in Hay and Grain for sale, and as we buy for cash 7a K we get the best rates and our patrons get the benefit. JJ K Special Attention To The Wants Of Commercial Men. * fi & Penticton Stage and Livery Stables. Stage Connects with Steamer "Okanagan" at Penticton, with Great Northern Railway at Keremeos, and with stage to Hedley and Princeton. Leaves at 6 a.m Pianos and Furniture moved to all points, and a general Draying Business transacted. Saddle and Pack Horses. Top Buggies* Four-horse Rigs for Commercial Men. W. E. Welby, Prop. Penticton. f}EQIDEDLY NEWi Ladies' White Summer Waists, 75c. to $3.75 {4 $1.25 to 5.00 N I *i i Ladies' Wash Skirts, from Children's Wash Suits, from 75c. to 2.75 We have many other lines to show you at prices to suit anyone. NORMAN HILL, The Ladies' and Mens Furnished .MAIN STREET. The regular quarterly meeting of the Board of Trade was held in Steward's Hall on Wednesday evening. The attendance was rather small, but some important business was put through, the first item being to confirm the appointment of M. C. Kendall as secretary of the Board. The question of the bad impression given visitors by the inferior class of fruit displayed on the hotel tables was fully discussed and the Secretary was instructed to write requesting that better fruit be supplied, and that | hotel accommodation be in other i respects improved. It was stated that travellers and prospective j settlers had frequently exhibited j fi uit taken from hotel tables in | this vicinity, and had spoken of the false impression it was giving of Penticton as a fruit grow- |ing section. The matter was i then referred to the Executive | who shall deal with the question further if necessary. As a considerable number of 1 the members of the Board have not yet paid their subscriptions, j the Secretary was instructed to j draw upon them for the amounts | in arrears. If this does not prove effective, legal means will be employed to make collections. The following resolution addressed to the general passenger agent of the C. P. R. at Winnipeg was next passed and ordered to be transmitted : "Whereas it has been learned that excursion tickets were sold by the C. P. R. in Winnipeg during the month of March to Midway, B. C, and to the coast cities for $25 while $32.20 was charged to Penticton, this Board deems it an unfair discrimination against the Okanagan Valley, and requests that on future occasions Okanagan points be accord ed the same advantages as other- points in the province." E. W. Mutch, who had recently visited Vancouver in connection with marketing the local cannery products stated that he had found it impossible for the cannery at this point to compete with the eastern canneries in the coast market on account of the unfair freight rates. In cat- lots, by the all rail route from Ontario to Vancouver, the rate was $1.05 per hundred pounds and by the lake and rail route $1.00 per hundred, while 71 cts. per hundred was charged from Penticton. A resolution was then introduced and passed re questing the Vancouver Board of Trade to co-operate with this Board in securing a fair freight rate from this point. The final resolution passed was addressed to the Superintendent of Provincial Police, and requested that a provincial constable be re-established at Penticton. Several reasons were cited for the request. Local and Personal Those having friends visiting them will confer a favor by acquainting the Pkess with the fact. All other local news thankfully received. Bassett���McLellan. An interesting ceremony took place at 8 o'clock Monday evening when, in the Methodist church, Penticton, Mr. Richard Baxter Bassett and Miss Margaret Allison McLellan, two of the popular young people of Okanagan Falls, were united in marriage by Rev. R. W. Hibbert, B. D. The bride was accompanied by her sister, Miss Florence McLellan and the groom by his brother, Frederick Bassett. Only the immediate friends of the bride and groom were present. After spending a while in the upper Okanagan towns, the happy couple will take up their residence at the Falls. I. O. O. P. Notice. In commemoration of the 90th anniverary of the order, the members of the I. O. O. F. will attend divine service in the Presbyterian Church on Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. All mem- besrs of the local lodge, and all sojourning brethern are requested to meet at the Oddfellow's Hall, Main Street at 10:30 a. m. sharp. R. Wilton, N. G. A. S. Smith, Sec'y. General News. London, April 24.��� Before an enormous crowd and after one of the most closely fought games in the history of the contest, Manchester United won the final of the English Association cup today, by defeating Bristol City one goal to nil at the Crystal Palace. The Vancouver Board of Trade has under consideration what should prove a practical daylight saving scheme. It is to begin work an hour earlier and to knock off an hour earlier. By this plan there would be no necessity of tampering with the hands of the clock as has been suggested. The hotels in Prince Rupert are all crowded with prospective investors and settlers. Some three miles of plank walk has been laid of the total seven miles provided for in the plans. Better advancement in the sewer work is being made than formerly. The Young Turks army comprising about 15,000 men, on April 24 attacked the garrison of Yildiz Kiosk, the Sultan's palace at Constantinople, capturing the place. From two to three thousand were killed in the battle and countless thousands wounded. Sultan Abdul Hamid is reported dead. E. W. Mutch returned from Vancouver on Monday. Japanese reversible mats only 00c. at Steward's. A. S. Smith spent from Satui - day to Wednesday in Peachland. When does the Fire by-law relative to the cutting of scrub come into force? Read Steward's ad. about go- carts, and carriages. C. II. Wilson, of Victoria is at present in Penticton looking after his fruit lots. Look for Kendall & Mason's weekly chance for investment with quick turnover. Mrs. Fred Richardson, of Vancouver, was a guest at the Hotel Penticton for the past week. Aleck Beatty left on Tuesday for the Northwest. His family will follow in about a week. A. J. Henderson, eye specialist, of Toronto, will be at H. W. Main's drug store on May 8 and 10. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh McDougal1, of Peachland, spent a number of days with friends in Penticton this week. Get your bamboo veranda shades from Steward's ; all sizes. There will be a wind-up meeting of the Penticton football team over Wade's Store on Monday evening. Mrs. C. B. Macneill, of Vancouver, arrived on Monday tc spend a week with her daughter, Mrs. J. J. Hunter. Views of Penticton and vicinity, in book form, published by J. A. Nesbitt, now on sale at Nesbitt's, Ellis St. Just arrived, cherries, plumr, peaches, and spitzenberg trees. Good stock. Harris Nursery CO. LTD. P. D. McTavish passed through Penticton on Monday evening from Keremeos en route to his home in Calgary. John McKay, of Armstrong, and J. N. Lee, of Cobalt, Ont., spent the past week in Penticton with a view to purchasing property. A postoffice has been opened at Marron Lake with Wm. Smythe Parker as postmaster. Mail will be delivered three times a week. The Council have laid a cement pipe across Ellis St. near Armstrong's store to the creek in order to drain the spring at the foot of the hill. Ralph Bell, representing the Great West Life Insurance Co., came in from Summerland on Wednesday, and left for the south on Saturday. The Methodist, Presbyterian '. and Baptist evening services will : begin at 7:30 next Sunday and thereafter during the summer instead of at 7 o'clock as in the past. Mr. and Mrs. P. Samon, of Winnipeg, arrived on Monday to spend a while in Penticton, Mr. Samon having two fruit lots here. They expect to come here to reside next spring. No. 1, vol. 2 of The Missionary Arena has appeared, somewhat reduced in size, but still bright and cheery. Mrs. A. T. Robinson, as associate editor, will in future assist her husband in the publication of the Arena, which will in future appear quarterly instead of monthly. Success to the Arena! Mrs. J. Hood will move her store to Summerland next week. The report is again current that railway construction to Penticton will be in full swing during the present year. The sports of Summerland are arranging for a gigantic field day on the 24th of May. For further information see small bills, or a later edition of this paper. H. H. Millie, of Kelowna, has extended his local telephone system to embrace the Bellevue Hotel twelve miles from towr. Those in Penticton or elsewhere on the long line will thus be enabled to speak with that point. W. H. T. Gahan, of Penticton, and Miss Gwyndelen Clegg, of Ulverston, Lancashire, England, were married at the latter place on the 14th of April. They set sail for Canada on the 23rd, and tre expected to arrive in Penticton about the 8th inst. F. Fraser, of the Canning Co. of Fraser & Whitehead, of Kelowna, was in Penticon for a few days last week. Mr. Fraser states that his company has already sold twenty thousand dollars worth of the coming season's product of canned goods. Several members of the coun- 2il, and the municipal clerk turn- ad out Wednesday to fight a fire that had crossed the river from the Indian reserve in the vicinity of Miss Fowler's place and threatened to do damage in that quarter. They fortunately succeeded in getting it under control. Mrs. Chas. Were, Mrs. C. I. Carless and Miss Ferris all left for the east on Thursday morning. Mrs. Were goes to visit her mother in England, Mrs. Carless to visit her parents in Dresden, Ont., and Miss Ferris to Boston. Mesdames Were and Carless will be absent several months. Mrs. Carless lately re- 2eived word that her father was ill. Mr. Were accompanied tie party as far as Vernon. As a result of the recent competition, the new Ritchie town- site on Dog Lake receives the name "Kaleden." This name, which in Greek signifies the beautiful Eden, was submitted by Rev. Walter Russell, of Toronto, to whom will be awarded the town lot. The name is euphonious and should prove a suitable appelation for the beautiful locality. Surveyors will be at work on the new townsite in a week or two. W. R. C. Morris, of Vernon, representing the Shuswap Falls Power Co., of Vernon, visited Penticton last week and interviewed the council with a view to supplying electric power for lighting and industrial purposes. Mr. Ricardo, manager of the Coldstream ranch at Vernon, is the chief promoter of the enterprise to harness the Shuswap falls for the operation of electric cars, electric lighting etc, throughout the Okanagan Valley. The funds are said to be now in the Bank of Montreal, Vernon, for the carrying out of the scheme of developing the Falls, and it is proposed to carry it to completion during the present summer. The council here informed Mr. Morris that they were ready to " consider any reasonable offer to supply power. DRESSMAKING. MISS A. K. LOOMER, Fashionable Dressmaking and Ladies' Tailoring. ���10-3 Martin Street, Pentictor. NOTICE Get your name on the voters' list. It will cost you nothing. Applv at the Press office. W. J. CLEMENT, Commissioner. THE PENTICTON PRESS, PENTICTON, B.C. MAY 1, 1909. THE PENTICTON PRESS;paper included him in its criticism if it were not propelled by ISSUED EVERY SATURDAY AT jraercenaiy motives? I,, not such PENTICTON, B.C. BY I an action remarkable when Mr. W. J. CLEMENT. ; Shatford, who is quite as ment- Subscription $1.00 Per Year fa I ally acute as the average individ- Advance. Foreign, $1.50. ua'. not to mention our clever contemporary, took no offence Advertising Rates: at our article; and is St not _. ��� further remarkable that the Transient Advertisements���Not ex- , . , ceeding one inch, one insertion, 50c; Gazette should spread its de- for each additional insertion, 25c. fensive wings over Mr. Shatford, Lodge Notices, Professional Cards, Ac.,.., unsolicited ? Mr $1.00 per inch, per month. aitogetntr unsoticiicu . ivir. Land and Timber Nolices-30 days, $5;: Shatford IS quite able to de- 60 days, $7. ; fend himself when necessary, L^^n^:K��^��Z'J. but the Gazette must insist upon running to his relief and then j to Penticton hoggin cents per line; each subsequent inser tion, 5c. per line. Reading Notices in Local News Column coming 15c. per line, (iist insertion; 10c. per , , , line, each subsequent insertion. bread as the price oi its services Contract Advertisements-Rates ar- Let the Gazette explain why it I j .contained little or no reference ranged according to space taken. Loose Again. The Hedley Gazette in its last edition took another spason somewhat resembling a catfit. In a column and a half of frothings it viciously clawed the air in a vain effort to fasten its claws into someone. A few weeks ago we made the remark that it was a reflection upon the brains of the province that an irresposible such as the one occupying the editorial sanctum of the Gazette I imbecility. The Gazette is flood- should be permitted to run at;ing Penticton with free copies large; and the last maniacal rav- j in order to gain a little free ad- ings of that journal fully corro- vertising. Go to it; they will do borate our statement. i the wrok. We were fully aware as to j which magistrate the Grzettej pfathi anh had reference, but to deny a] rtACnLAIND. charge that had not been directly' made was out of the question. | Mrs- James Hayward, of Nara- The editor of the Gazette, asa!mata> sPent the week end in magistrate, evidently would not town with her daughter, Mrs. require a direct charge in order j J��nri Wright. to imagine that he had a case. | T. E. Coleman, of Kelowna, An intimation, or a wild un-' is spending a couple of days in founded rumor would be good j town on business. enough for him. We demanded j Mr. and Mrs. Hugh McDougall the name of that magistrate, and I were visitors down the lake the the Gazette yielded to our de- early part of this week. ' to Mr, Shatford during the re- ments must be in the hands of the! cent session of the Legislature, printer by Tuesday evening to ensure ! Qur contemporary may lay claim publication in the next issue. . . .. , ��� . , to doing a noble work ol love, but its hypocrisy is too transparent to cover the motive behind its acts. The Hedley rock eater in his angry malice has overstepped the bounds of discretion and must pay the penalty. No a- mount of his foul vituperations dished up for argument can serve to deceive an intelligent public. Let the editor tear his hair, spit his venom and pen his mental ravings he will but amuse the nublic and advertise his ! g:aBjrjET7 ���VT-TT ggc '.:*p,'*,���������.'! .'-g-TTr^ We have been adding considerably to our stock the past few weeks, and are better prepared than ever to supply your wants. Look over this list and see if there is not something: here that you have been wanting. Kitchen Furnishings Confectionery and Fruit Double Roasters. If you have not grot one you will surely buy one of these. Extra large size, 13x19, each $1.00. Cake tins, the kind with the knife attachment. No trouble about getting your cake out of the tin with one of these. _ Food choppers, raisin seeders, flour sifters, "Electric" egg beaters, paring knives, extension strainers, and an endless variety of other useful kitchen articles. Biscuits Ginger Snaps, 2 lbs. for 25c. Fancy Mixed Teas, per lb. 15c. Arrowroot, social tea, zoo jokers, cocoanut bars, wine, macaroons. A big line of Huntley & Palmer's biscuits in half pound packages at 15c. pads, exercise books, drawing crayons, and 20c. a package. etc. Pay our store a visit and note :. the values we are offering. Chocolates of class���Cadbury's, Low- ney's, Smith's, and Victoria Cross���we carry a big line of these goods. Oranges, Bananas and Lemoms, arriving every week. Bulk Teas Have you tried our bulk tea ? 30c, 40c, 50c and 60c per lb. You save from 10 to 20c per lb. and get the same quality as package tea. Men's Furnishings Straw hats, duster coats, neglige shirts, duck pants. All lines of Men's Furnishings have been added to. Stationery We have a nice line of box goods, also envelopes, linen paper by the quire, DIRECTORY. PENTICTON Population, 800. Area, 7.044 acres. Maximum temperature liM*, 05)6 F.; minimum temperature 1908. ���'uF. Incorporated into a District Municipality Jan. 1, 19 9. Located at south end of Ok- anagao Lake. Communication by C. P. R. steamers on Okanagan Lake. Wagon road connects with Bununerland on west side of lake and all points to the north; also with Naramata on east side of lake. Okanagan Falls. Fairview and Boundary country to the south, and all Similkameen points to the southwest. The mildest climate in Canada east of the coast Public school with four departments. Nursing Home. Two nurseries. Chief industry, the growing uf fruit, more particularly peaches and other under kinds. Twelve hundred acres planted. Excellent boatinK and bathing in the Bummer. Beautiful scenery. A sunny climate. An ideal place to spend either the summer or winter months. For business places see uur advertising columns. MUNICIPAL COUNCIL Meets Thursday evenings in Council Room, Smith slreet. A. H. Wade. Reeve. Chas. Were, SCHOOL BOARD meets 1st Monday in each month at 8 p. m. R. Wilton, Sec'y-Treas. BOARD OF TRADE Annual general meeting. 2nd Wednesday in January of each year. General quarterly meetings, '2nd Wednesdays in January, April, July and October at X p.m. Affiliated with Okanagan Boards of Trade. J. J. Hunter, Pres.; W. F. H. Swinton. Sec'y. CHURCH SERVICES St. Snviour'H Church, Fairview Avenue : Vicar. Kev. J. A. Cleland. Celebration of Holy Communion the 1st and 3rd Sundays of the month after 11 o'clock matins; the 2nd Sunday at Ma. m. Morning prayer at 11 a.m. Evensong at 7:30 p.m. Presbyterian services each Sunday in church at 11 a.m. or7::H) p.m. Rev. Jas Hood, pastor. Baptist services each Sunday in church, at II a. in. or 7:80 p. m. Rev. A. F. Baker, pastor. Presbyterian and Baptist services alternate, morning and evening. Methodist services in church each Sunday nt 11 a. m. and 7:30 p.m.; Sunday School 2:46 p.m. Prayer meetings H p.m. on Wednesday. Rev. R. W. Hibbert. pastor. Young Peoples' Christian Union meets .in the Methodist church every Tuesday at 8 p.m. SOCIETIES mand. As a matter of fact, we have been leading the editor of that paper on to see how big a fool he would make of himself and his filthy rag. That the editor in question has been reduced to such a subterfuge as to deal in trivial personal charges is evidence of the direful straits in which he finds himself. Any person capable of descending to such depths is unworthy the appellation of either journalist nor man. Suppose we submit that the charge of the Gazette were true, would the instance be so rare or wrong as to deserve mention? What are a number of magistrates appointed at each town for but that one should sit on a case when another does not wish to do so? A juror is refused on the slightest grounds of personal interest, and even a judge may decline to sit on a case for similar reasons. Aa a matter of fact, the editor of the Press, since his appointment to the position of magistrate has, along with Mr. Wade, sat on nearly every case tried in Penticton, and has never yet Mr. Harry Cossar and Miss Marion spent Thursday and Friday of last week in Kelowna. Mrs. Callendar and daughter, Hazel, returned from Kelowna on Friday night, after spending a few days with friends there. Mr. Jones, of Kelowna, spent the week end with his old time friend, J. B. Robinson, of this place. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Clement, of Penticton, passed through, Monday night, on their way home from visiting up the lake. The cottage prayer meeting which was held at the home of Mrs. J. Seaton on Tuesday night was conducted by the Rev. Jas. Lang. On Saturday last our baseball | boys met the Okanagan College team here and had a fine game which resulted in a score of 12- 10 in favor of the home team. Messrs. Buchanan and Robertson were visitors to Kelowna last week. Phone 25. Ellis Street. A. F. & A. M. meet in Mason's Hall. Main St., 1st Wednesday in each month at 8 p.m. W. O. W. meet in Woodmens' Hall, Ellis St., 2nd and 4th Saturday in each month at 8 p.m. I. O. O. F. meet in Odd Fellows' Hall, Main St., every Monday at 8 p.m. L. O. L. meet in Woodmen's Hall 2nd and 4th Friday in each month at 8 p. m. STAGES Stage leaves for Keremeos, Hedley and Princeton, at 6 u. ni. on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Returns on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Stage leaves for Fairview and Oroviile on Tuesdays. Thursdays and Saturdays at 6:30 a. m. Returns on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at l> p. m. POST OFFICE Hours 9 a. m. to 6. p, m. Registered Letter and Money Order wicket closes 5 p. in. Wicket opened for half an hour after mail is distributed. Arrivals���Per Str, Okanagan: Daily except Sunday (i p. m.; Per stage from Hedley, Keremeos, Olalla, Allen Grove, Oroviile, Fairview, and White Lake: Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 6 p. m, Closing���For boat and stages: 8 p. m. daily except Friday and Saturday. On Friday 9 p. m..and for Monday's boat and stages: 8.45 p. m. Sundays. C. P. R. TIME TABLE SHUSWAP & OKANAGAN BRANCH Daily both ways during summer except Sunday. Str. Okanagan leaves Penticton 6 a. m. Train arrives at Sicamous li.15 p. in. Train leaves Sicamous 9.25 a. m. Str. Okanagan arrives at Penticton 6 p. m. HOTEL, PKNTICTON. ��MMB3 i Via^mMmj\} ��IWWWK������i��H������ '*>- ALLEN GROVE. > DI 3 to to 'ft a s H L 0 > f Ei 3 "5 to as w^" c2 �� _, <: �� 8*8 s"| Oui M < <t o tc a U. C/5 rn ^^ rA ��� o fcrd>i. o ft % 3 �� a: -n n C ains Phone 10. Main Street ����� C J O "1 ft ft We have of late increased our stock and can give you better service and prices than ever before. We carry a full stock of Patent and Proprietory Medicines. We will fill your Prescriptions with care and promptness. Watch for garden pests. We carry a lar;2:e stock of Paris Green, Arsenate of Lead, Chicken Spraj s and Powders. ���*2��-^fci��.*��" l��#2��- I The B. C. Permanent Loan ( ^ MM.,- ��� ,.���.,, ._��������,,_,,��� _ , ,, , ��� ... , . .. ��� / and Savings Co., of Vancouver / rs3s^^.aBaasggasffi3g Angus Smith spent Sunday in | his sister who refused to take an evidence. Any paper or man who says he Vernon, seeing did is, to use a mild English ex-lwas lluite '"��� pression, a liar. The editor of! Paul Smith anc the Gazette might find a better field for exploitation in his own record as a justice of the peace. At any rate it is up to him to apologize, if he has manhood enough left to do so. The paper or the individual who is ever ready to attribute mercenary notives to the actions of another is worthy of nothing but contempt, and the Gazette in its last issue has rendered itself doubly contemptible from the fact that its own attitude is, ever has been, that of the grovelling serf. We are averse to dragging the names of uninterested persons into a controversy as the Gazette has done that of Mr. L. W. Shatford, M. P. P., tut why should the Gazette hasten to jump with both feet upon another paper when it merely imagines that that Chas. Wells were callers at Fruitland Farm this week. Mr. Marshall, of Westbank, has been looking over Thomas Armstrong's place with a view to purchasing it. Miss E. Manning is quite ill at the present time. A good rain would be a welcome visitor here now. Died, on Wednesday night, the 14th inst, Florence Zoe, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Clark, of Green Mt. Ranch. The funeral took place on Saturday to Okanagan Falls, the Rev. R. W. Hibbert officiating. We voice the sympathy of the community to the parents and relatives in' their sore bereavement. for the Spring Trade epprxc For the Farm, JLLLI3 Garden, Lawn, j or for the Conservatory. Tested stock From the best growers in England, France, Holland, United States and Canada. Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Small Fruits, English Hollies, Grown in the only part of the American continent not, infested with the San Jose scale. Our trees do not have to be fumigated and consequently damaged. M. J. HKNRY, Greenhouses and Seedhouses-- 3010 Westminster Road, Vancouver, B. C. "THE GREAT COMPANY OF THE GREAT WEST," will loan as high as 60 per cent, of th a cash value on choice residential property, well situated; or will, in ct.se of new dwellings, advance the money as the building progresses. To obtain a loan, a house must be well finished with two coats of plaster and two coats of paint. No loans are made on vacant lots, factories, hotels, or any kind of speculative property. *���*' For full particulars watch this space, or see JAS. F. TUPPER, Agent and Collector. ector. I Kaseasma u.jqgja'-.'^Sggg j X It Pays to Advertise ��� I ������- A'Zrty -f^i��^�� *aaca�� , ) '���������<���: Y '/>���''?����� &*.��U,��%*, No other tea is so rich in the cup- so delicious���as RIDGWAY'S, with over seventy years' reputation for quality and flavor. For Sale by A. H. WADE. The Brown Brothers Company Nurserymen, - of Ontario Are extensive growers of all kinds of Fruit Trees, Shrubs, R'lses, and Ornamental Trees, and tho members uf the ftrtn are all practical nura irymen oi 25 years experience, and have built up the must successful and extensive business >/ the kind m Canada. The growing of the stock, as well as every other deti il in connection with the work, is personally superintended by the Intlividua' members of tbe lirrn. and they work on tbe plan that the best is none too Rood for their customers. We have made larjare shipments of trees into the Okanagfm Vfliley and can give the names of the largest planters in that district, who have planted our s> tock successfully, if desired. Our trees are grown in tho famous Niagara district, in "Ontario, in a climate very similar to that of the Okanagan Valley, and our trees are consemien tly better suited to the needs of planters there, than are the Coast stock, being more hardy ir the wood, with a more abundant supply of fibrous roots, which count for much in making-an investment in an orchard a safe and permanent one. We shall be pleased to hear from prospective planters, with a view to supplying them with the best grade of trees, true to name. We wish to secure the services of a good reliable man to represent us at Penticton and vicinity, and will make liberal terms to the right party, for all, or a part of hia time. Write for terms, prices, etc., Lo CHAS. L. TROTTER, Manager, Brown Brothers Company, N urserymen, Ltd., 1125 8th Ave., Vancouver, B.C. First-Class Accommodation For Tourists or Commercial Men. RATES $2.50 PER DAY A. Barnes - - Prop. PENTICTON. B.C. W. H. T. GAHAN BARRISTER and SOLICITOR NOTARY PUBLIC PENTICTON, - - B.C. R. B. KERR, BARRISTER & SOLICITOR Notary Public. KELOWNA, - - B. C. Dr.CA.JACKSON DENTIST S. O. Land Company's Block PENTICTON, B. C. 'Phone II. CHAS. WERE Accountant & Auditor, Notary Public PENTICTON, B. C. Nursing Sister f.A.HANCOCK,A.N.S.R. C. M. B., London, England. Patients nursed in their own homes or in the NURSING NOME ON FAIRVIEW ROAD. Terms :-$2 to $3 per day. Telephone 33. The Harris Nursery Co., Ltd. Beautify your lot with some of our shade trees. We have Elm, Ash, Maple, Catalpa, Mulberry, Black Walnut, and Ash Leaved Maple. Some perennial shrubs and apple trees left. THE PENTICTON PRESS, PENTICTON, B.C. MAY 1, 1909. \ ���9 T^e Spoilers By REX E. BEACH. Copyright. 1D0 5. by Rex E. II each. big cash lu. ;unl Lord have mercy ou nny iran that blocks our game to- nlslit." "We'll need another band to he!)) OP." said Dextry. "Who can we get'/" At that moment ��r though iu answer, the do ��:��� opened with the scant Un ".'������i:"l ("ml them Iwth." ��ni<l Olenlster "for McNamara rode into town behind me." Ihe <!d prospector prowe/ed to the Golden (late hotel and in<inlred for .'"dire Siillmnn's room. A hoy attempted to take his name, but be seized hi.n by Hie scruff of the neck and sat lllm li hi* P">t. preceding unannounced to the nt.it to which he had been directed. Hearing voices, be knocked and then, without awaiting a summons, walked in. The room was lifted like an office. '���!'!i desk, table, typewriter and law books. Other rooms opened from It on both shies. Two men were talking earnestly���one gray haired, smooth shaven and clerical, the other toll, picturesque nud masterful. With his first glance the miner knew that before him were fhe two he had come to fee and that In reality he had to deal with but one. the big man who shot ut hhu the level glances. "We are engaged." said the judge; "very busily engaged, sir. Will yon call again in half an hour?" Dextry looked him over onrefull" from head to foot, then turned his back on him and regarded the other. Neither he nor McNamara spoke, but their eyes were busy, and each Instinctively knew that here was a foe. "What do yon want?" McNamara Inquired finally. "1 Just dropped In to get acquainted My name is Dextry���loe Dextry���from everywhere west of the Missouri. An' your name Is McNamara. ain't it? This here. I reckon, is yonr little Trench poodle-eh?" indicating Stillnian. "What do you mean?" said Mc.Na mara. while the Judge murmured in dignantly. "Just what I say. However, that ain't what I w'aht to talk about. I don't take no stock In such truck a�� judges an' lawyers an' orders of conr' They ain't intended to be look serious They're all r'ght for children an' easterners an' non compos mentis people. I s'pose. but I've always beeu my own judge, jury an' hangman, an' I aim to continue workln' my legislatlf. excou tif an' judicial duties to the end of the string. You look out! My pardner is young an' seems to like the Idee of lettin' somebody else run his business, so I'm goin' to give him rein aud lot him amuse himself for awhile with your dinky little writs au' receiverships. But don't go too far. You can rob the Swedes, 'cause Swedes ain't entitled to have no money, an' some other crook would get it if you didn't, but dou't play me an' Glenlster for Scandinavians. It's a mistake. We're white men. an' I'm apt to come ro- mancln' up here with oue of these an' bust you so you won't hold together durin' the ceremonies." With his last words he made the slightest shlftiug movement, ouly a lifting shrug of the shoulder, yet lu hi') palm lay a six shooter. He had slipped It from bis trousers hand with tbe ease of long practice and absolut surety. Judge Stilhiian gasped and backed against the desk, but McNamara idly swung his leg as he sat side- wise ou tbe table. His only sigu of interest was a quickening of the eyes, a fact of which Dextry made mental note. "Yes." said the miner, disregarding the alarm of the lawyer, "you can wear this court in your vest pocket like a Waterbtiry. If you want to. but If you dou't let me alone, I'll uncoil its mainspring. That's all." He replaced his weapon and, turning, walked out tbe door. CHAPTKP IX. "\ 7" lm,st nave money." said 1 ��� / Glenlster u few days later. |/y "Wbm McNamara jumped �� �� our safe, he put ns down and out. There's no use fighting In tills court any longer, for the Judge won't let us work the ground ourselves, even If we give bond, and be won't grant sn appeal. He says his orders aren't appealable. Wo ought to send Wheaton out to 'Frisco and have him take the case to the higher courts. Maybe be can get a writ of supersedeas." "I don'l rcc'nize the name, but If it's as had as It sounds It's sure horrible. Ain't there no cure for it?" "It simply means that the upper court would take the case away from this one." "Well, let's send him out quick. Every day means $10,000 to us. It'll take htm a month to make tbe round trip, so I s'pose he ought to leave tomorrow on the Hoanoke." "Yes. hut Where's the money to do It with? McNamara has ours. My God! What a moss we're in! What fools we've lieen. Dex! There's a conspiracy here. I'm beginning to see it now that It's too late. This man is looting our country under color of law and figures on putting all Ihe mines before we can throw him off. That's his game. He'll work them as hard ond as long as he enn, rtnd heaven only knows whut will become of the money. He must have big men behind him lu order to lix a United Slates judge this way. Maybe be has the 'Frisco courts corrupted, too." "If he has. I'm goin' to kilf him." said Dextry. "I've worked like a dog all my life, aud now that I've struck pay I don't aim to lose it. If Bill Wheaton can't win out neeordln' to law. I'm goin' to proceed accord Iu to Justice." During the part two dnys the part ners hnd haunted the courtroom where their lawyer, together with tlie counsel for the Scandinavians, had argued and pleaded, trying e���������>;���>��� possible professional and unpiWsslonnl artifice in search of relief from the arbitrary rul- in.'S of t':e court, while hourly they hod become more strongly suspicious of some sinister plot some hidden, powerful understanding lack of the judge and the entire mechanism of justice. They bad fought with the fury of men who battle for life an I hnd grown to hate the lines of Stillman's vacillating lace, the bluster of the district attorney and the smirking confidence of the clerks, for it seemed that they all worked mechanically, like toys, at the dictates of Alec McNamara. At Inst when they had ceased. beaten and exhausted, they were ton confused witli technical phrases to grasp anything except tlie fact that relief was denied tbem. that their claims were to be worked by the receiver and. as a crowning defeat, they learned that the judge would move hit court to St. Michael's and hear no cases until he returned, a month later. Meanwhile. McNamara hired every Idle man he could lay hand upon ami ripped tlie placers open witli double shifts. Every day a stream of yellow dust poured info the bank and was locked hi liis vanlt<. while those mine owners who attempted to witness tb" cleanups were ejected from their claims. The politician hud worked with incredible swiftness and system. nnd a fortnight after lauding he had made good Ids boast to Struve and was In charge of every good claim in the district, (he owners were ousted. their appeals argued and denied and the court gone for thirty days, leaving bim a clear field for his operations. He felt a contempt for most of his victims, who wore slow wltted Swedes. grasping neither the purport nor the magnitude of liis operation, and to those litigants who were discerning enough to see its enormity he trusted lo his organization to thwart them. The two partners had come to feel that they were beating against a wall and hnd also come squarely to face the proposition that they were without funds wherewith to continue their battle. It was maddening for them fo think of the daily robbery that they suffered, for the Midas turned out many ounces of gold at every shift and more maddening fo realize the receiver's shrewdness in crippling them by his theft of tlie gold In their safe. That had been his crowning stroke. "We must get money quick," said Glenlster. "Do you think we can borrow?" "Borrow?" sniffed Dextry. "Folks don't lend money iu Alaska." They relapsed into a moody silence. "I met a feller this moruin' that's workln' on the Midas." the old man resumed. "He enme iu town fer a pair of gum boots, an' he says they've run into awful rich ground���so rich that they have to clean up every mornin' when the night shift goes off cause the riffles clog with gold." "Think of il!" Glenlster growled. "If we had even a part of one of those cleanups we could send Wheaton outside." In the midst of his bitterness a thought struck him. He made as though to speak, then closed his mouth, But his partner's eyes were on him. filled with a suppressed hut growing fire. Dextry lowered his voice cautiously: "There'll be $2n.nno in Ihem sluices tonight at midnight." Glenlster stared hack, while bis pulse pounded nt something thai lay in the other's words. "It belongs to us." the young man snld. "There wouldn't he anything Wrong about It. would there'.'" Dextry sneered. "Wrong! Right! Them is fine an' soundin' titles in a luess like this. " hill do they mean? I tell you at midnight tonight Alec McNamara will have $20,000 of our money"��� "God! What would happen If Ihey caught us?" whispered tlie younger, following out liis thought. "They'd never let ns get i ff Hie claim alive. He couldn't find a better excuse to shoot us down and get rid of us. If we came iqi liefore this judge fer tidal, we'd go to Sitka for twenty years." -Sure! Hut it's our only chance. I'd ruther die on the Midas iu a lair fight thnn ::et here hltln' my hnngnnils. I'm growln" old. an' 1 won't never make another strike. As to belli' caught��� them's our chances. I won't lie took alive. I promise you that, and liefore I go I'll get my satisfy, fast in' tilings up. flint's nbout all a man gets in tills vale of tears. Jest satisfaction (if one kind or ni.other, it'll be a tg'it in the open, under the stars, with tbe clean, wet moss to lie down ou, and not a scrappin' inn tell of freak phrases and law books Inside of a stlnkiu' courtroom. The cards Is shuffled and in the box. pardner, and the game is started. If we're due to will, we'll win. If we're O.v.e lo lore, we'll lose. These things is all figxored out a thousand years back. Come on. boy! Are you game?" "Am I game?" Glenlster's nostrils dllnted. and his voice rose a tone. "Am I game'.' I'm wilh yon till the The watchman wink wilh n Inint cry ceremony that friends of the frontier are v.o.t i > observe, admitting tlie attenuated, flapping, dome crowned figure of Slapjack Sltnms. and Dextry fell upon htm with tlie hunger of a wolf. if wns midnight, and over tlie dark walls of the vall.y peered a multitude of stars, while n va.v on llie .southern horizon tusre glowed a subdued effulgence ai though from hidden (ires beneath the Gold God's caldron or ns th nigh ihe phosphorescence of r.eriir: hnd spread upward into tlie sides. Although each night grew longer, it wns nit yet necessary to light tlie ineu at work in tlie cuts. There were perhaps two hours In which it wns difficult to sec at a distance, hut the dawn came early: hence nn provision had been made for torches. Five minutes liefore the hour the night shift boss lowered the gates in the dam. and as the nish from the sluices subsided ids men quit work and (dimlied tbe bluff to the mess tent. The dwelling! of the Mi-!as. as has already been explained, sat back from the creek nt a distance of a city block. the working-; being thus partially bidden under the brow of the steep bank. It i< customary to leave a watchman in the pit during the noon and midnight hours, not only to see lhat strangers preserve a neutral attitude, but also to watch fhe waste gates and water .supply. The night man of (be Midas had bee:j warned of liis responsibility and, knowing that much gold lay in his keeping, was disposed to gaze ou the curious minded with the sourness of suspicion. Therefore, as a man lead lug a pnekhorse approached out of the gloom of the creek trail, his eyes were on bim from the moment he appeared The road wound along the gravel of fhe bars and pnased in proximity to the Humes. However, the wayfarer paid no attention to (hem. and the watchman detected an explanatory weariness iu his slow gait. "Some prospector getting In from a trip," he thought. The stranger stopped, scratched a match, and as he undertook to light his pipe, the observer caught the mahogany shine of a negro's face. The match sputtered out and then came impatient blasphemy as he searched for a not he:-. "Eveuin', sah! Yon-all oblige me with a match?" lie addressed the watcher on the hank above and, without waiting a reply, began lo climb upward. No smoker ou fhe trail will deny the luxury of n light to the most humble, so ns the negro gained his level the man readied forth to accommodate him. Without warning the black man leaped forward with the ferocity of an .animal and struck the other a fearful blow. The watchman sank with a faint, startled cry. and the African dragged him out of sight over the brow of tho hank, where he rapidly tied him hand anil foot, stuffing a gag Into tils month. At the same moment two other figures rounded the bend below and approached. They were mounted nnd leading a third saddl* horse as well as other pack onlmals. Reaching the workings, they dismount ed. Theu begun a strange procedure, for one man clambered upon the sluices aud. wilh a pick, ripped out tho riffles. This was a matter of only n few seconds: then, seizing a shovel. lie transferred the concentrates which lay In Ihe bottom of 'he boxes into canvas sacks which his companion held. As each bag was filled It was tied and dumped Into the cut. They treated but four boxes In this way, leaving (he lower two-thirds of the Hume untouched, for Anvil creek gold Is coarse aud the heart of the cleanup lies where it Is thrown in. Gathering the sacks together, they lashed I hem upon the pack animals, then mounted tlie second string of sluices nnd began as liefore. Throughout it all they worked with feverish haste and ia unbroken silence, every moment Hashing quick glances nt the figure of' the lookout who stood on the .-rest above, half dimmed iu the shadow of a willow clump. Judging by their rapidity and sureness, they were expert miners. From the tent came the voices of the night shift at table and the faint rattle of dishes, while the canvas walls glowed from the lights within like great fireflies hidden In the grass. The foreman, finishing his meal, appeared at the door of the mess tent and, pausing to accustom his eyes to the gloom, peered perfunctorily toward the creek. The watchman detached himself from the shadow, moving out Into plain i'lit. and the boss turned back. The two men below were now working on file sluices which lay close under the bind; and wore thus hidden from tho lent. McNamara's description of Anvil creek's riches had fired Helen Cheater with the desire to wituess a cleanup, so they bad ridden out from town In time for supper at the claim. She bad not known whither he led her. only understanding thnt provision for her entertainment would be made wis li the superintendent's wife. Upon recognizing the Midas she bad endeavored to question him as to why her friends had been dispossessed, nud he had answered, as it seemed, straight and true. 'Ihe ground was In dispute, lie said��� another man claimed it���and while the litigation pended be wns in charge for the court, to see that neither party received injury. He spoke adroitly, and it satisfied ber to hnve the proposition resolved into such simplicity. She had come [Vepared to spend the night aud witness the early morning operation, so tlie receiver made the most of his opportunity. He showed ber over tbe workings, explaining tlie many things that were strange to her. Not only was he in himself a fascinating figure to any woman, but, wherever he went men regarded him deferentially, and nothing ects a woman's Judgment move promptly than this obvious sign of power. lie spent the evening with her. talking of Ids early days nnd the things he had done In Iho west, his story matching the plotnr- esqueaess of her canvas walled quarters with their rough furnishings of nk'ns nnd blankets. Being a keen observer ns well as a finished raconteur, he had woven a spell of words about tho girl, leaving her In a state of tumult and Indecision when at last, toward midnight, he retired to Ids own te-t. Phe knew to what end oil this was working and yet knew not what her nnswer would be when Ihe question came which lay behind it all. At moments rhe felt the wonderful attraction of the mnn. and still there wns some distrust of him which sho could not fathom. Again her thoughts reverted to Glenlster, the impetuous, and sho compared the two. so similar In some ways, so utterly opposed In others. It was when rh" heard the night shift nt the'.r menl that she threw a silken shawl about her head, stepped Into tho cool night and picked her way dowu toward the roar of the creek. "A breath of air and then to bed." she thought. She snw the tall figure.of tlie watchman and made for hhn. He seemed oddly interested In her approach, watching her very closely, almost as though alarmed. It was doubtless because there were so few women out here, or possibly on account of the lateness of the hour. Away with conventions! This wus the land of instinct nnd Impulse. She would talk to him. The man drew his hat more closely about his face and moved off as she came up. Glenlster had been In her thoughts a moment since, nnd she now noted that here was another with the same great, square shoulders and erect head. Then she saw with a start that this one was a negro, lie carried n Winchester and seemed to watch her carefully, yet with inde- clsiou. To express her Interest and to break the silence, she questioned him. but at the sound of her voice he stepped toward her and spoke roughly: "What!" Then he paused and stammered In a strangely altered and unnatural voice; "Yass'm. I'm the watchman." She noted two other darkies at work below and was vaguely surprised, not so much at their presence, as at the mauuer in which they moved, for they seemed under stress of some great haste, running hither and yon. She saw horses standing in the trail and sensed something indefinably odd and alarming In the air. Turning to the man she opened her mouth to speak, when from the rank grass under her feet enme a noise which set her a- tlngle and at wh.ch her suspicious leaped full to the solution. It was tho groan of n mnn. Again he gave voice to his pain, and she knew that sho stood face to face with something sinister. Tales of sluice robbers had come to her and rumors of the daring raids iuto which men were lured by the yellow siieen, ana yet tins was iiiereUlUlt A hundred men lay within sound of her voice. She could hoar their laughter. One was whistling a popular refrain. A quarter mile away on every hand were other camps A scream from her would bring them all. Nonsense, this was uo sluice robbery, and then the man hi the bushes below moaned for the third time. "What Is tbntV" she said. Without reply the negro lowered the muzzle of his rifle till it covered her breast, and nt the same time she heard the double dick of the hammer. "Keep still and don't move." he warned. "We're desperate, and we can't take any chances, miss." "Oh, you are stealing the gold"��� She wns wildly frightened, yet stood still while the I i! nut anxiously divided Ids iitten'len between her nnd the tents above i ntil his companions signaled him that they were through and the horses were loaded. Then he spoke: "I don't know what to do with you, but i guess I'll tie you up." "Whnt?" she said. "I'm going to tie nnd gag you so you can't holler." "Oh. den't yon c! ire!" she cried fiercely. "I'll stand right here till you've gone, and I won't icroain. I promise." She looked lip at him appealingly, at Which lie dipped Ids bead, so that she caught only n glimpse of his face, and then hacked it v "All right! Don't try It because I'll be hidden in tlio.se bushes yonder at the hend, and I'll iieep you covered till the others are gone." He leaped down the hank, run to the cavalcade, mounted quickly, and the three lashed their horses Into a run, disappearing up the trail nround the sharp curve. She heard the blows of their quirts as they Whipped the pack horses. BABY CARRIAGES and GO-CARTS CARRIAGE-?! inch tires $21.85 " " i " " 14.85 " " i " " 11.25 GO-CART-! " " $24.30 " " J " " 23.20 " " I " " 14.40 NOTE-We will duplicate the prices of any responsible mail order house, or do better, if possible. PICTURE FRAMING A SPECIALTY. C. A. C. STEWARD, Phone No. 9. M. C. KENDALL, Notary Public. 0. R. MASON. CORNER LOT POR $700 100 ft. fronta?��. Near centre of business. KENDALL & MASON Land, Financial and Insurance Agents. 'Ihey were hug out of sight before the girl moved er made sound, although she knew that none of the three had paused ul the bend. She only stood nud gased, for nn they galloped off she hnd heard the scrap of a broken sentence. II was but one e.'cite 1 word sounding through the rattle of hoofs her nv.n name���"Helen!" and yet because of il she did not voice the nhirni, bul ruiher began to piece together lill by bit tlie strange points of this adventure. She recalled the outlines of her captor with a wrinkle of perplexity. Her fright di mppenred entirely, giving phlie to Intense excitement. "Xo, nc; li can't be! And yel I wonder If if is!" she cried. "Oh. I wonder If it could be!" She opened hat' lips to cry aloud, then hesitated. Sho started toward the tents, then paused, in..I for many moments nfter the hoof heats had' died out she stayed undecided. Surely i-he wished t i give the signal, t.i force the tierce pursuit, Whnl meant ibis rob: bery, this defiance of the law. of her uncle's edicts and of McNamara? They were common thieves, criminals, oat- laws, these men. deserving punishment, anil yet she recalled a darker idght. when she herself had sobbed and quivered with the terrors of pursuit nud two men had shielded her wilh their bodies. She turned nnd sped toward the tents, bursting In through the canvas door. Instantly every man rose to his feet at sight of her pallid face, her Hashing eyes and rumpled hair. "Sluice robbers!" she cried breath lessly. "Quick! A holdup! The watch man is hurt!" A roar shook the night air, and thi. men poured out punt her. while the day shift enme tumbling forth from every quarter in various stages of undress. "Where? Who did it? Where did they go?" McNamara appeared among them, fierce and commanding, seeming to grasp the situation Intuitively without explanation from her. "Come on, men. We'll run 'em down. Get out the horses. Quick!" He wns mounted even as he spoke nnd other joined hhu. Then, turning, he waved his long arm up tho valley toward the mountains. "Divide Into squads of five nnd cover the hills! 1'nn down to Discovery, one of you, and telephone to town for Voorhees and a posse." As they made ready to ride nway tlie girl cried: "Stop! Not that way. They went down the gulch -three negroes." She pointed out of the valley toward the dim glow on tho southern horizon, nnd the cavalcade rode away Into the gloom. CHAPTER X. UT creek the three negroes fled. past other camps, to where the stream branched. Here tbev took to the right nnd urged their burses nlong a forsaken trail to the headwaters of the little tributary nnd over the low saddle. They had endeavored to reach unfrequented paths as soon as possible In order thnt they might puss unnoticed. Hefore quitting the valley they balled their heaving horses and, selecting a stngnnnt pool, scoured the grease paint from their features ns best they could. Their ears were strained for sounds of pursuit, bnt ns the moments passed and none came the tension eased somewhat, and they conversed guardedly. As the morning light spread they crossed the moss capped summit of fhe range, but paused again, and. removing two saddles, hid them nmong the rocks. Slapjack left the others here and rode southward down tlie Dry Creek trail toward town, while the partners shifted part of the weight from the overloaded pack mules to the remaining saddle animals and continued eastward nlong the barren comb of hills on foot, lending the five horses. "It don't seem like we'll get nwny this easy." said Dextry. scanning the bnck trail. "If we do. I'll be tempted to foller the lurlness reg'lar. This grease pain! nn my face makes me "tiiell like a minstrel man- I list we'll get some bulh press notices tomorrow." (To be continued.) PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that all persons using; the irrigation water in such a manner as to allow the waste water to run on the public roads will be held responsible for all damage which may occur through their negligence. By order. CHARLES WERE, 41-4 Clerk of the Municipality. Dated this 24th April, 1909. FOR SALE Business block on Main Street; two storey with two compartments downstairs and hall upstairs, $2,500. Lot 63, seven and one-half acres on Fairview Road, $2,200. J. D. McDonald, 12-tf Potlatch, Idaho. FOR SALE The office, shed, stable and cold storage buildings of the Okanagan Nursery Co., Main St. Apply W. F. H. SWINTON, 40- Assignee. FOR SALE. A lot on Eckhardt Ave., cleared and fenced ; with kitchen and good frostproof cellar, and tent attached. A bargain at $275.03. Apply owner, 40-3 J. BASHAM. FOR SALE. 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T.ever Brothers, Toronto, will send you free a cake of their1 famous PIan to 1 toilet soap, if you mention this paper. THE.PENTICTON PRESS, PENTICTON, B.C., MAY 1, 1909. Weather Report. Observations at Dominion Government Meteorological Station at Penticton for the month of March, 1909 : DATE MAXIMUM MINIMUM TEMPERATURE TEMPERATURE 1 ...46 28 2 3 ...44J 48 35 .. 35 4 ...50 23 5 . 46 21 8 ...43 .. .. 20 7 . . 43 . .. 20 8 ...481 22 * . .. 4154 ...52* 28 33 11 ...53 33 12 ...57J 27 27 14 ...52 25 16 17 18 ...52J ���������474 ...47 25 244 27 19 ...51 25 20 .. 51* 22 21 22 23 ��� --514 ...52 ...254 22 214 2-1 24 26 ...574 28 28 .. 27 27 ...61 28 28 ...61 40 29 ...55 30 ...57 45 31 ...60 25 The total rainfall was .38 inches. 5000 APPLE Trees FOR SALE AT HALF PRICE. I am selling out my entire Nursery Stock. Send in your want list for quotations. F. R. I DeHART, KELOWNA, - B. C. A. J. Henderson Eye Specialist Refracting Oculist, Doctor of Optics and Scientific Optician OF TORONTO, ONT., WILL BE UN PENTICTON -ON- Saturday, May 8th at MAIN'S DRUG STORE, for twc days only, Saturday and Monday. Now do not miss this opportunity to have your eyes examined and at tended to by one who has had manj years practical experience with Johr Wanless & Co., the leading Optica) Parlors of Toronto, besides foui years study of medicine. Nothing but the highest class of work done. Satisfaction Guaranteed. WANTED! NOW! A reliable party to act as AGENT AND SALESMAN TOR PENTJCTON und Hiirroun'Jiritf cJisti ict fur the sale cif Hardy Ontario-drown Prult and Ornamental Trees. OorMl pay weekly. Exclusive territory. Ah wc Kuarantee delivery ol* lirst grade stork in kwckJ condition our adonis have every chance of doing a splendid businesH. Write now. PELHAM NURSERY CO., Toronto, Ont. N. B.-Salenmon book orders for fall delivery from now on. -11-JU the PENTICTON DAIRY Daily delivery of Fresh Milk to all parts of the town. H. M. McNeill, . Prop. At J, A. NESBITT'S ELLIS street. 5 vols. New Encyclopedic Dictionary ; 15 vols. Dicken's Works, complete ; 15 vols. Shakespere's Works, complete. Above are all new and are offered at less than cost. 2 Milk Cows. 1 Petaluma Incubator, 120 egg capacity; 2nd hand. Now is the time to spray your chicken houses and stables. Pendray's Liquid Spray is non-poisonous, and applied 1 to 5 is a sure killer of all lice, mites and vermin. Keep your fowls ckan and healthy and increase egg-production. f ^ \ I The Southern Okanagan Land Company, Limited LANDS Our Irrigation system having been completed for the Lake Skaha benches we are now offering under this water system some 300 acres in five and ten acre tracts, at $100.00 to $150.00 per acre. On the Penticton benches we still have for sale irrigated about 160 acres, at from $100.oo to $125. oo per acre. All our bench lands are admirably adapted for fruit. ��� On the Penticton flats we have open clean meadow suitable for small fruits, vegetable and hay, at $150. oo per acre. Uncleared land suitable for fruit [but stoney and wooded] $5o.oo to $loo.oo per acre. Uncleared land quite free of stone, suitable for hay or garden stuff, $loo.oo per acre. Terms on all the above one quarter down, one quarter each year with interest at 6 per cent, on deferred payments. ACRE LOTS In Penticton and on Okanagan Lake Beach $3oo.oo to $15o.oo. On Lake Skaha Beach $4oo.oo. TOWN LOTS We have a great many excellent buys in town property (business and residential). Anything we show you will advance in value 5o per cent, within a year. Get in now, you can make money and take no chances by purchasing our lands. S. GRAY Wishes to announce that he is opening a Photographic Studio In the Rowcliffe Block KELOWNA -ABOUT MAY 1st.��� Twenty-five years' experience in Portraiture has enabled him to attain success in this branch. The latest styles in mounts will be kept in stock. Eggs for Hatching From Northup's Prize Winning Laying Strain SINGLE COMB BLACK MINORCAS This Pen, that is headed bv a prize- winning male, imported, from the above strain, is not any experiment, but have proven their egg- producing qualities in size and number. LIMITED NUMBER OF SITTINGS FOR SALE AT $2.00 - 3 for $5.00. Be Satisfied with only the Best J. S. HEALES. " The best laid schemes o' mice and men Gang aft agley." -1 If you don't know what that means ask some Scotchman, but it amounts to this : If a man has not planned his summer clothing to include a "Sovereign Brand" suit and a pair of "K" boots he is going to be disappointed. SOVEREIGN BRAND CLOTHING as we have already told you, and we wish to emphasize the fact, Is up=to=date in every particular. The styles are correct, the materials are the finest, and the workmanship the best. There are other brands of clothing, good brands too, but ours is the "Sovereign" of them all. "K" Boots have been so thoroughly tested as to come fully up to all that the makers claim for them, that they Are the strongest and best Boot made. Their first cost is a little more than the average but they more than repay their cost from ths wear and satisfaction given. -GARDEN TOOLS- Lawn Sprinklers. Rubber Hose. Sheet Packing. White Lead, Oil, Mixed Paints, Agate Wall Finish. BRUSHES FOR EVERY PURPOSE. PENTICTON HARDWARE CO. Place Your Insurance With The Very Best Companies. It Pays. You cannot afford to take any chances. WE GIVE YOU GOOD VALUE-ABSOLUTE SECURITY. RECORDS COUNT :-- Liverpool & London & Globe. Guardian Assurance Co., Ltd. Atlas Assurance Co., Limited. Union Assurance Society, Ltd. Canadian Fire Insurance Co., Ltd. Royal Insurance Co., Ltd. Phoenix Assurance Co., of London. North British & Mercantile. British America. KENDALL & MASON, Insurance Agents. A. H. WADE General Merchant. Phone 6. J. A. NESBITT'S Ellis Street. Agricultural Implements, Buggies, and Harness. Pendray's Improved Liquid Spray. House and Spray Pumps. Bicycle Repairs. Roof Paint. &c, &c. JIM ARRIVED Another car of McLaughlin Carriages ja\sq a Car of Cockshutt Goods Comprising the following :��� Adams' Lotf Trucks, Adams' Teaming Trucks, Adams' one- horse Wagons (low wheels), Adams' Lorries and Drays. Cockshutt 3, !l, and 1-horse Plow s. Cockshutt Drag and Lever and Spring-Tooth Harrows. Cockshutt Wheel Scrapers and Dra g Scrapi :rs. Cockshutc 1-horse Cultivators. Cockshutt Potato Diggers. Also Bolster Springs, Light and Heavy Han less, Sharpies Cream Separators, I. H. C. Gas Engines, Ideal Pump ing Plants, etc. Call and Inspect our Stock. S. T. ELLIOTT, KELO WNA, B. C. Trees Trees Trees -FROM- Layritz Nurseries, Victoria, B. C. We have a fine stock of all the leading varieties on hand. All stock is propagated from fruiting trees rendering practically no risk regarding untrueness to name. GIVE US A TRIAL - OUR PRICES ARE RIGHT. Write for catalogue and price list to our local representative A. E. BO YER, KELCKWNA, - B. C. CHAS. E. BURTCH Butcher WHOLESALE and RETAIL Goods delivered to any part of the town daily. Prompt attention given to mail ORDERS. Phone 21. P. O. Box 203.
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