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2> Wl** l7 c A^ TLhc penticton VOL. 3. No. 23. PENTICTON, B.C., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1908 THE CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE HEAD OFFICE, TORONTO B. E. WALKER, President ALEX. LAIRD, General Manager ESTABLISHED 1807 DIRECTORS' MEETING. The Fruit and Produce Exchange of British Columbia. Paid-up Capital, $10,000,000 Reserve Fund, - 5.000,000 Branches throughout Canada, and in the United States and England BANK MONEY ORDERS IS5 EO AT THE FOI LOWING HATES- }5 iind under 3 cer/.s Over 55 and net exceeding $10 6 cents " J10 " " $30 10 cents " 430 " " $50 15 cents These Orders are payable at par at every I'fRce if a Chartered Rank in Canada (Yukon excepted), and at the principal banking: points in the United States. Tliey are negotiable at $4.90 k the �� Kleiling in Groat Britain and Ireland. They form an excellent rreihcd cf ren-ittirg small sums of money wilh safety and at small cost, and may be obtained without delay. llii Penticton Branch * J. J. HUNTER, Manager. A. B. Campbell. A. E. Kay. W Campbell & Kay �� * KILN DRIED LUMBER JS Put in Your Flume Orders yj Now. >�� tgvt ^m* ** ^m.o^^ ����� *^fc ��2��-^fci o -^fc. t*^mm tt *m*�� ��rg * Ours is not a General Store, we make a specialty of Grocfries, sell ^ only for Cash, and so are able to quote you prices obtainable only by the specialist. lE.S.LAKE&Co.l Wish their many patrons A MERRY XMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR R with the health and ability to enjoy the many Good Things they have ft �� obtained at the * CASH GROCERY MAIN STREET. * ! i i Pentieton Saddlery Go. (Successors to KENT & SON). F. H. LeQUESNE, Manager. All kinds of Harness and Harness Supplies Boots, Shoes, and Harness Repaired ON THE SHORTEST. NOTICE. a i n :�� ;< If you ./ant a Stylish Outfit, this is the place to come. You can always j| get teams just when you want them. We make a specialty of keeping A good horses, safe rigs, carrful drivers and also saddle and pack horses. 'A We are also putting in Hay and Grain for sale, and as we buy for cash 2 we get the best rates and our patrons get the benefit. jj Special Attention To The Wants Of Commercial Men. y. COMMERCIAL Livery, Feed and Sale Stable DIGNAN and WEEKS, Proprietors. I ���: \ ���: ���: ���: ���: ���: ��� ���: Penticton Stage and Livery Stables. Stage Connects with Steamer "Okanagan" at Penticton, with Great Northerr Railway at Keremeos, and with stage to Hedley and Princeton. Leaves at 6 a.n 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. r A Merry Christmas Happy New Year TO ALL A. H. WADE Groceries, Provisions, Boots, Shoes, Furnishings Agent for Giant Powder Co. IF mm^mmWMmm������a Net Loss $2,470.15. A meeting of the directors of the Fruit and Produce Exchange of B. C. Ltd. was held in their office, Revelstoke. B. C, Dec. 1. The President, Mr. Johnston, of Nelson, opened the meeting with the following address: "Gentlemen,���In opening this meeting of representatives of Provincial Fruit Growers, I would like to impress upon you the great inportance and far reaching results which will result from your deliberations here to-day. It is not too much to say that the success or failure of the B. C. fruit industry, for many years to come, depends upon the sound business judgment displayed by the gentlemen here present. We have completed the second season's operation of the Exchange and it has been a most trying and difficult one in many respects to all concerned. The financial stringency in our market, in j Manitoba and the prairies, the j ignorance and inexperience of j many of our growers as to the proper conditions under which fruit must be picked, graded, packed and shipped, and tht want of confidence of our mem- bars in the financial ability ot oar exchange to handle theii busines have been the chiei c luses of all our difficulties. "Rome was not built in a day" and "We must hang together ir, order to prevent our hanging separately" are two old sayings which are most applicable to out present circumstances. There it- no question, gentlemen, that the lines of perfect co-operation on w lich we have been trying tc w.>rk are the only ones on which tj work in order to succeed in our future business. We must always bear in mind that this k- our own business and not the business of some firm with whom we are dealing. The mistakes which are made are our mistakes- and must be remedied and not treated as a local grievance Blunders which are sure to bt made at the commencement oi an organization of this kind should be considered by us as- valuable assets to hand over foi the guidance of our future boards of management. It is absolutely necessary that we put our Exchange on a sound financial basis- in order to carry on our business, this must be done. No business can be carried on successfully without a sound financial basis to work upon. Not only is this essential from the growers' standpoint, but the parties with whom we make contracts must satisfy themselves of our ability to fill such contracts. The grower must act towards this association as he must act with his local dealer in his business dealings, [f a grower desires credit to a considerable extent from his home merchant he must either give good bank security or else place his ranch as security. In order to carry on our business on a sound working basis I would I suggest that each grower takei stock in the Exchange to the ex- j tent of $250.00, payable at the' rate of $50.0j per annum, over a! period of five years. It will not j be necessary to call more than a part of this first payment because! the moment that we can give satisfactory security to the bank., we can borrow all the funds necessary to carry on our business it reasonable rates of interest. ! Let me again urge upon you the! >rreat importance of your delib- srations today. Bear in mind chat in a representative meeting we cannot all be of one opinion on all subjects which may come before us. Let us carefully consider every point and listen attentively to all arguments for an 1 against and then act in the true spirit of co-operation and unity which is the only road leading to success in our most important industry." The actual shipments made through the Exchange this year from the various points in the province were as follows : Agassiz $ 574.85 Armstrong Produce Co 220.81 Armstrong Shippers' Union 4,329.86 Chilliwack 4,234.03 Enderby 16,250.15 Fire Valley 52.95 Arrowhead 42.72 Grand Forks.. 5,798.20 H. Bostock and Mr. Cowan, Kamloops..' 546,02 Shushwap 603.91 Malakwa 1,731.86 Western Fruit Ex.... 6,065.67 Mission Fruit Union.. 4,268.91 A. W. Peen, Mission . 968.01 Nelson 12,149.76 A. 0. Wegan, Creston 435.00 Peachland 7,783.73 Summerland 2,870.41 Penticton 2,231.74 Revelstoke 657.26 Vernon 6,070.79 G. Leckie-Ewing, Vernon 109.11 Coldstream Estate, Vernon 3,520.07 Victoria 21,272.31 $102,788.78 (The treasurer's report and statement will appear in our issue of Jan. 2nd.) Christmas and the Sto es. .Among the stores that have made special preparations to cope with the Christmas trade none take a more prominent place than that of H. W. MAIN, his large and handsome assort nent of books, stationery and fancy goods having been selected with special care and good judgment. In his stock may be found presents suitable for persons of both sexes and all ages. For the ladies there are jewel jases, toilet sets, beautiful ebony brushes, purses, hand bags, mirrors and a host of other articles both useful and ornamental. Foi erentlemen there are safety razors, military brushes, pipes ind fountain pens, and for the children, a large assortment of bys and dolls. In addition to tha above there is a range ol Christmas cards that cannot be excelled in the valley, a large stick of special Christmas stationery, and a library of over two hundred volumes tj select from. A, H. WADS, in addition to his usual reliable line of dry goods and groceries, has a beautiful assortment of Japanese ware, which is especially worthy of note among articles suitable for presents. In the grocery department are Christmas crackers, chocolates, figs and Jap oranges. W. R. KING & CO. have made seasonable preparations to meet the various tastes of their customers. Besides the variety of goods always found in the general stire, is a specially selected line of candies, nuts, chocolates in fancy boxes, Christmas stockings, a fair range of Christmas cards, Christmas calendars, and hand painted china. The grocery department is exceptionally well stocked, while among the fruits are Jap oranges, Malaga grapes and cranberries. In the special dry goods line are fancy bordered handkerchiefs for ladies, fancy Christmas ties for men, fancy boxes of handkerchiefs, half dozen to the box, Mexican hand drawn-work handkerchiefs and fancy cushion tops. There is also on hand a full stock of high grade pipes, cased and uncased, among which are B.B's and L. & Co's. E. S. LAKE, in addition to his flourishing i?:ocery business is working until midnight in his photographic studio to fill the orders for Christmas photos. Besides the usual fine line of groceries carried, Mr. Lake has in stock candies, confectionery and fruits especially applicable to the season's trade. Those purchasing Christmas presents would do well to visit JOS. A. NESBITT'S store. He has a good assortment jf jewelery, silverware, stero- scopic views, gramophones and gramophone records, skates, children's wagons and sleighs, llags, Christmas cards, masks, ind Christmas tree decorations. L. T. ROBERGE is ready for business this Christmas with a complete stock of fruit, groceries and confectionery. If you want to make your wife a present of a beautiful carving set, take a look into the store of THE PENTICTON HARDWARE CO. Also examine their silverware, table and pocket cutlery and nut tracks. A steel range or a Mars neater would also make an appropriate Christmas present. CROWLEY & CO. have put in an extra supply of oeef and pork as well as turkeys and geese. They have made a special contract for the supplying of first-class beef. Local and Personal Christmas Locals. Cut mixed peel in one pound ! drums 25 cents at A. H. Wade's. Dainty boxes of perfumes, imported goods. II. Main. See F. H. LeQuESNB'S insurance ad. in this issue, page 2. Bread and cake boxes for Christmas presents, at the Penticton Hardware. Place your order for Christmr s celery at King's. Supply limited. Table figs and layer raisins 20c. lb. at A. H. Wade's. Order your Christmas goose at Crowley & Co's. Photo coupons still goirg strong, but no more photos can be furnished before Christmas. E. S. Lake. Sweet apple cider at King's. Numerous suitable Christnus presents at Jos. A. NESBITT'S. For fruits and fresh groceries try L. T. ROBERGE. Books for all ages at H.Main's. Queen olives in 30c. and 35c. bottles at A. H. Wade's. Chas. Were, accountant and auditor. Austrian graniteware, best in the world, at the Penticton Hardware. Cranberries, at King's. The Penticton Saddlery Co. is doing business in the Claugh- ton block pending the completion of its fine new quarters. Buy your friend an Eastman . kodak. H. Main. Inspect the Mars heater, for sale at the Penticton Hardware. If you intend building see! Campbell & Kay for lumber, j Right treatment guaranteed. Fancy silk neckties, suitable i for Christmas presents, at King's. Pendray's spray, for winter spraying at Jos. A. Nesbitt'?. : It Pays to Advertise j The Press will not be issued next week. ��� Hockey skates, for sale at King's. W. A. Lang, of Peachland, spent Friday in town. Wm. Hudson left Tuesday on a trip to the old country. R. Steel and W. Worsnop left Saturday for a visit to Ontario. Mrs. H. Bristowe, of Summer- land, was in Penticton Tuesday. The Press wishes its readers a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Greer left for Shelburne, Ont, on Tuesday. They will be absent about three months. W. L. Hanes, of Huntsville, Ont, is visiting his brother-in- law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Sutherland. Miss Moore, of Vancouver, has been spending the past week or two with her sister, of the public school staff. John Orr has bought the corner lot next the one he is building on and three lots on the opposite side of the street. The Presbyterian church will hold its anniversary service next Sunday evening. There will te special music by the choir,. Mr. Hudson has taken the place of Mr. Wilson as teller in the local bank, Mr. Wilson going to Vancouver for the present at least. Dr. McGregor returned Monday from a couple of month's absence in the Similkameen. He will be associated with Dr. White in his practise. Mr. Adams, of Gaddes and Adams, real estate agents of Kelowna, spent Tuesday in Penticton in company with a party of land seekers. Gordon Harris and Fred Williamson this week bought a lot on Main St. adjoining L. T. Ro- berge's place of business, J. R. Mitchell putting through the deal. The Victoria Colonist this week published its fiftieth anniversary number. The issue comprises five sections and contains in all one hundred and thirty-six pages. A party of about twenty-five children gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jos. A. Nesbitt, on Ellis St., last Saturday evening, The little people had a very enjoyable time. St. Saviour's church which has been undergoing alterations during the past three months, and has been considerably enlarged, will be ready for occupancy on Christmas day. The usual Christmas services will be held at 8 a. m. and 11 a. m. Miss Leila Mclntyre is prepared ti take orders for fancy work and embroidered waists, and has a^so on hand an assortment of cushions, centres, lunch cloths, etc., suitable and dainty for Xmas presents. Miss Mclntyre will be pleased to see any of the ladies at her home on Ellis street. The Literary Society held a very interesting session this week, there being a debate on "Resolved that secret organizations are a menace to society." The affirmative was taken by Messrs. Clement, Kearns and C. Tupper, and the negative by Messrs. F. Tupper, Hibbert and Syer. The judges decided unanimously in favor of the negative. The next debate will be on Thursday, Jan. 7, and the subject "Resolved that the franchise should be extended to women.'' THE PENTICTON PRESS, PENTICTON, B.C. DECEMBER 19, 1908. THE PENTICTON PRESS Divide Farmers' Institute. ISSUED EVERY SATURDAY AT PENTICTON, B.C. BY \V. J. CLEMENT. Subscription $1.00 Per Year in Advance. Foreign, $1.50. Advertising Rates: Transient Advertisements ���Not exceeding one-inch, one insertion. 50c; for each additional insertion, 25c. Lodge Notices, Professional Cards, &c. $1.00 per inch, per month. Land and Timber Notices-30 'lays. $5; 60 days, $7. Legal Advertising���First insertion, 10 cents per line; each subsequent insertion, 5c. per line. Reading Notices in Local News Column 15c. per line, first insertion; 10c. per line, each subsequent insertion. Contract Advertisements- Rates arranged according to space taken. All changes in contract advertisements must be in the hands of the printer by Tuesday evening to ensure publication in the next issue. B. C. License Act. Is British Columbia, or is it not, a constitutionally governed province, or have the public any say in the management of public affairs ? Are commissioners appointed to carry out the will of tie people, or to do as they like? Must their own personal opinions take precedence of the opinions of a vast majority of the rate payers? It would seem so, iudc ing from the recent action of the Kelowna License Commissioners when a third hotel was granted a liquor license directly in the t>eth of public sentiment. The citizens of Kelowna had recently expressed themselves strongly against the granting of a third license, both by petition and by a plebiscite. True the applicant for license was a different person t) the one who applied a few mmths ago, but the building is the same; and, if the commissi mers were governed by a pi ^biscite on the former occasion, why should they not have taken a plebiscite again if it were be- lisved that public opinion had changed ? A similar case occurred in Chilliwack during the past few months. That town had been dry until a mayor, who favored licsnse, was elected. This resulted in commissioners favorable to the liquor business being appointed, and these men grant- e 1 licenses to two hotels. This was done upon a petition signed by 71 ratepayers as against a petition of 218 ratepayers submitted by the temperance clement. Such high-handed conduct on the part of public representatives cannot longer be tolerated. Russia and Turkey have granted their citizens constitutions, and even China contemplates doing the same. Shall we in British Columbia further submit to being dominated by commissions who trample upon the very principles of democracy, commissions that may be bought, bribed or influenced to do the bidding of a mere fraction of the population? To a people who honor the traditions of their forefathers, who would shed their last drop of blood for liberty, such a condition is impossible. A petition praying the provincial government for a local option liquor law is about to be circulated for signatures throughout the province. This petition will doubtless be of such magnitude as to force the government to action. Should the present members of the legislature, refuse to respond, they will by so doing dig their own political graves. This is not a party question, but a personal question with each individual member of the Legislature, and each individual member will be held personally responsible for his own actions. The people of British Columbia are determined to see this province placed on an equal footing with the other members of the federation as regards the con- iroling of the liquor business. We publish herewith a letter received by the Editor, from Mr. Geo. Heatherbell, ^vho recently lectured in this plat* under, the auspices of the Provincial Farmers' Institute. The question of the division Of the Institutes throughout the province into smaller sections was discussed by Mr. Heatherbell and he has since taken the question up with Mr'. Hodson.'-the Deputy Minister of Agriculture. The opinion was set forth by Mr. Heatherbell, and reported at length in this paper, that the only way in which an active interest in the meetings of the Institute could be secured was by forming separate institutes for the various localities. At present our secretary resides in Kelowna, and it is thus impossible to do effective work. Were a local Institute organized in each place, all the machinery would be at hand; the meetings could be properly advertised, and could be held whenever desired. Matters of general interest to fruit growers could be discussed and much more effective work done. We would suggest, as the letter below advises, that the local members of the Institute get together and send a requisition to the Deputy Minister asking for the division. Following is Mr. Heatherbell's letter: Mr. Clement, Penticton Press. Dear Sir, -Thanks for the copy of your paper which I received safely this week. I was pleased with the way you put the piece in about the Institute meeting. I discussed the matter of dividing up the district into smaller sections for Institute work with Mr. Hodson and, as I told you, he is already very much in favor of it; but he said he would like a requisition from the different localities asking for it to be done. So I believe if some three or four of you were to send in a request to that effect you would get what you want. I believe myself that it is just what you want; also the same in Summerland. Hoping to see you again some day under more favorable conditions, I am, Yours sincerely, Geo. Heatherbell. Dec. 8th, 1908. GALARNEAU & McKENZIE BUILDERS & CONTRACTORS. When you think of building look us up. J-J: - J.JMHU _ ,_TT- ADOLPHUS GALAKNEAU W. A. MCKENZIE Christmas Buyers E. J. FINQH Painter, Paperhanger and Sign Writer Picture Framing a Specialty. WALL PAPER Carried in Stock. Box 196. Main St. For 30 Days Only Best $5.50 Gents' Fine Shoes for $4.00. H.OLIVER'S Shoe Store. THE PENTICTON DAIRY Daily delivery of Fresh Milk to all parts of the town. H. M. McNeill, \ PropJ Good Reading fo DIRECTORY. ii Harris nursery co., Penticton. 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. AT J. A. Nesbitt's The Tennis Club Ball. The ball given by the Tennis Club last Friday was if anything a little bit better than the one the Club gave last May. The manner in which the hall was decorated, the sumptious supper and excellent music, making a combination which always ensures a successful dance. A large party of ladies and gentlemen, members of the Summer- land Tennis Club, arrived early, also several visitors from other points. As a social event Penticton has never seen a more successful one, the floor committee making it a point to introduce all visitors as they arrived. A marked absence of the little cliques, which has tended to make dances here a social failure in the past, was noticed and appreciated. All who attended had a very good time, the Summerland party being especially enthusiastic in talking of the very enjoyable time they had had. Tlie committee of ladies who took charge of the supper arrangements deserve great credit for the manner in which they filled their part of the program. It is the intention of the committee to have some other social event in the near future, and they hope by this means to make. the club the most popular in town. As there is no limitation to the membership it is expected that quite a large number of people who held back last season will join in time for the next. At the close of the dance a Hockey Sticks, Skates, False Faces, Christmas Goods. Subscription $1.00 Year. vote of thanks was tendered the ladies who furnished refreshments for the occasion. Ellis Street, Penticton. THE Penticton Bakery -FOR- Good Wholesome Bread, Cakes and Pastry. GIVE US A TRIAL AND WE WILL PLEASE YOU. L. T. ROBERGE. PENTICTON & OROVILLE STAGE Via Fairview Leaves Penticton Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at 6:30 a.m., arriving at Oroviile the same day at 6 p. m. Through Fare - $6.00 Arnott & Hine, FAIRVIEW. B. C. IstarIyS Another car of McLaughlin Carriages Also a Car of Cockshutt Goods Comprising the following :��� Adams' Log Trucks, Adams' Teaming Trucks, Adams' one- horse Wagons (low wheels), Adams' Lorries and Drays. Cockshutt 3, 2, and 1-horse Plows. Cockshutt Drag and Lever and Spring-Tooth Harrows. Cockshutt Wheel Scrapers and Drag Scrapers. Cockshutt 1-horse Cultivators. Cockshutt Potato Diggers. Also Bolster Springs, Light and Heavy Harness, Sharpies Cream Separators, I. H. C. Gas Engines, Ideal Pumping Plants, etc. Call and Inspect our Stock. S. T. ELLIOTT, KELOWNA, B.C. Groceries - Confectionery Australian Valencia Raisins, per lb 10c. Currants in 16<>z. pkgs, extra cleaned, 2 for. .25c. Seeded Raisins, pkg .. .Pie. Mixed Peels, fresh, of best quality, per lb.. .20c. White Pigs for cooking 15 lbs. for 25c. Shelled Walnuts and Almonds, per lb 40c. Powdered Sugar, lb... ,10c. Malaga Grapes, lb 25c. Apples, per lb 4c. Filberts. AlmonHs and Peanuts, per lb 20c. California Fresh Walnuts, per lb 25c. Candies, Oranges, Lemons, Christmas Stockings, ana a big assortment Chocolates, and H. & P. Biscuits, Plum Puddings and Xmas Cakes. Glycerined Eggs for cooking or table use, quality guaranteed, per doz 40c. Hams, American or Canadian, whole or half, lb. 22c. Men's Furnishings dents & stof.lv s Dress Gloves, pair ... .$1.50 Auto Gauntlet Cloves per pair 2.75 Lined Mocha Gloves. .. 1.00 ���Men's Irish Linen hemstitched Handkerchiefs in fancy boxes of J do-/.... box $1 to 2.25 Fancy Silk Handkerchiefs and a new slock of fancy Ties, suitable for presents. Fancy Goods and Notions Ladies' Back "Combs, Hand Drawn Hdkfs, Belts, Fancy Collars, Hand Bags, JIdkt' and Glove Boxes. FANCY CHINA ��� .Hand painted and'fancy decorated Salad Bowls and Fruit Sets, Cups and Saucer.;, Cake Plates, Etc. toys-Will clear out present stock at cost. stationery���Linen paper and envelopes in fancy boxes, 20c. lo 65c. a box. I Phone 25 W. R. KING & CO. u*<m*?wwj&:mi?2sm^z���&jirz~&&3^. Ellis St. FATTi f-iOfl'DK Ranges, Cooking Stoves, rAL,Ll *jAJ��UJ_J^ Heating Stoves. TO HAND General - Hardware PENTICTON HARDWARE CO. FREE I Golden Wesi Soap and Golden Wes FIFTY CENTS' WORTH OF SILVERWARE FREE WITH EVERY FIFTY CENT PURCHASE OF GOLDEN WEST SOA P AND GOLDEN WEST. WASHING POWDER. To obtain this Silverware, all you have to do is to purchase 50c worth of Golden West Soap (2 cartons) or Washing Powder; oi 25c. worth of each, AND ASK YOUR GROCER for a Silver Plated Teaspoon FREE (which is worth at least 25c), then cut out the coupon off the two cartons and send them to the Manufacturers including 2c. for postage, and obtain another Silver Plated Teaspoon FREE. In this way your Golden West Soap and Golden Wesl Washing Powder costs you Nothing. GET THE "SPOONEY" FEELING. Address: Premium Department, Standard Soap Company, Limited, Calgary, Alberta. CHURCH SERVICES St. Saviour's Church. Fairview Avenue ; Viear. Hi-v. J. A. Cleland. Celebra&in of H.,ly Cjm- tnuni in the 1st and 8rd Sunday! of the month after 11 o'clock matins: the 2nd Sunday at X a. m. Morning prayer at 11 a.m. Evensong at 7:80 p.m. Presbyterian services each Sunday in Ste .aid's Hail at 11 a.m. or?:.! i p.m. Hev. Jas. Hj-kI. pastor. Baptist services each Sunday in Steward's Hall. at lla.ro. or 7:30 p.m. Hev. A. S. Baker, pastor. Presbyterian and Baptist services alternate, morning and eve linff. M. th idist services in church each Sunday at 11 a m. and 7::i i p.m.; Sundai -ich . .1 2:45 p rn Prayer meetings 8 p.m. on W.-dn -lav ;t v It. W. Hibbdl-t, pastor. young Peoples' Christian Unijn meets In the Methodist church every Tuesday al k p rn SOCIETIES A. P. fi A. M. meet In Mason's Hall. Main St., 1st Wednesday in each month at H p.m. W. 0. W. meet in W.Hidmens' Hall, Ellis St.. '2nd and 4th Saturday in each month at 8 p.m. I. O.O. F. meet in Odd Fellows' Hall. Mai,, -t every Monday at S p.m. L. 0. L. meet in Woodmen's Hall 2nd and 4th Friday in each month at K p. m. School Board meets 1st Mondav In each month at 8 p.m. 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 S p.m. STAGES Staire leaves for Keremeos, Hedley and Princeton, at (i h. tn. un Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Returns on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Stage loaves for Fairview and Oroviile on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at 6:80 a. ni. Returns on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at li p. m. POST OFFICE. Hours 9 a. m. to 6. p. m. Registered Letter and Money Order wicket closes f, p. m. Wicket opened for half an hour after mail Is distributed. Arrivals���Per Str. Okanagan: Daily except Sunday 0 p.m.; Per stage from Hedley, Keremeos. Olalla. Alien Grove, Oroviile, Fairview, and White Lake: Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at tj p. m, Closing-For boat and stages: S p. m. daily except Friday and Saturday. On Friday 9 p. m..and for Monday's boat and stages: 8.45 p. in. SundayB. C. P. R. TIME TABLE SHUSWAP & OKANAGAN BRANCH Daily both ways except Sunday. SOUTH BOUND STATION NORTH BOUND 7.;ie a. _m Sicamous 6.00 p.m. 0.27 I( Enderby 4.48 " 8.62 ti Armstrong 4.08 " 8.30 m ar Vernon Iv 3.30 " 9.30 ti ���lv Vernnn ar 2.30 " 9.45 ���ar...Ok. Landing ...lv 2.15 " 10.00 p. nl....lv... Ok. Landing, .ar.. ..11.00 a.m. 1L10 m Kelowna 8.20 " 3.00 _ Peachland 7.25 " 1-45 u Summerland 6.30 " B.00 Penticton 6.00 " IK )TEL PENTICTON. First-Class Accommodation For Tourists or Commercial Men. RATES $2.50 PllK 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, - - K. C. j Dr.C.A.JACKSON DENTIST S. O. Land Company's Block PENTICTON, B. C. 'Phone II. CHAS. WERE Accountant & Auditor, Notary Public PENTICTON, B. C. HaBssni&surcBOESasi WHY PAY MORE INSURANCE *"""'""
VANCOUVER, B.C. HOUSES TO LET. A. E. BO YER, JKLELOWNA, - B.C. D. W. Crowley &Co. Wholesale and Retail Butchers Goods Delivered to any part of the Town on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. WE GIVE OUR PROMPT ATTENTION TO MAIL ORDERS J. F. PARKINS, Manager. THE PENTICTON PRESS, PENTICTON, B.C. DECEMBER 19, 1908. i ��, .*. t. A. A A A A m. if. A �����. A A A A ���*. A iti A A A ��Ti -li iti ���% I = G6e = | Plow Woman J! * By ELEANOR. GATES. * .;. AulKor of "The Biography ol & .;. !��� Prairie Girl." *8* I* * * * 2 Copvrio/it, mm. hu UeClun. PMBfjM <t * IJ�� (Vmijrfinii. I Vt'HvttTTVVV.'TVVVVV'rTTTVTV Rod h.v rod tlie mules climbed ���bo gently sloping prairie Tlie morning was perfect nnd belied in its beauty even a suggestion of lurking barm. The air. crystal clear and exhilarating, brought far things magically near to tlie eye. Ou every hand shimmered tbe springing grass, now a pale emerald with the wind brushing it. agaiu in the still place* a darker green and yet Ua'Uin under tin- r;". Ine's fringing willows, where the deer nibbled, a cool black, (mt of ft the meadow larks showed their good luck waistcoats and rippled their tunes. Out of It countless wild roses smiled up pinkly to tbe sun. But all the loveliness of the new day only mocked at tbe lonely girls in the wagon. To them the gray sands of their desert borne, the blistering "northers." the brassy skies, were unconsciously synonymous of safety and Jieace. More than once as they pressed on the old. red painted section bouse rose before them, a very baven. behind, the squat shack was gradually lessening in size. A jutting corner had already shut from view its crippled sentry. There was little conversation. Marylyn for a time could not dismiss the subject that had confronted her at the start. Finally, however, she put It aside impatiently and let herself drift on a pleasant current. And Hallas - ber thoughts were also harried, for as her home dropped mile Uy mile in the distance and she was forced to meet the question of what she would say and do when she arrived at Clark's her feelings underwent a marvelous change. It had !>een easy enough in the excitement following her discovery to contemplate a meeting with Lounsbury. But that excitement having dwindled not a little the idea of seeing him aim of talking to him mounted iu proportional importance. She saw herself drawing up before his store or standing just within as she related her story She saw his face, the blue eyes, full of fun���and she bad not met him since that evening! Her heart began to thump with the picturing, its poundings playing up to her throat and down again. Want of food was giving her a sensation of weakness and sinking. But this seemed also to be tbe result of mental and not physical suffering She was torn by a desire to retreat. Then darted through her mind the remembrance of Marylyn's midnight confidence, It was a blow on a wo,und. She glanced at her sister entreatingly. And what she fancied she read in the other's eyes Instantly altered the desire to turn-made her send the mil Iks forward at a better pace. Marylyn was sitting stiffly upright, bracing herself with her hands. Her head was up, her look was eager and fixed. There was a smile on her parted lips. "She's happy about seeing bim." thought Dallas and was overwhelmed by a sense of her own guilt. A diversion soon came in a horrid guise. Tlie road touched the coulee again, bringing close the giant cotton- woods, where the Sioux dead were lashed, and the girls, glancing toward the trees, suddenly caught a glimpse of long, wrapped bodies. Marylyn edged toward her sister. "Oh. I hope it'll be light when we get here coming back," she whispered, shuddering. "We won't bp nlone," answered Dallas reassuringly. Tbe coulee was deep and dark at that point and full of queer shadows. From tbe boughs that cradled the braves cntne uncanny Bufferings as the wind shook loosened scraps of the sleepers' covering The dead seemed tn he moving restlessly upon their hler boards and waving an imploring summons to be freed of the thongs that bound them Overhead was full cause for fear Floating ou motionless wing, with bare necks craning hungrily, circled black watchers. "They say." whispered Marylyn, 'watching nervously behind���"they say the Indians are scared to come near these trees; never do till one of 'em <!!>��. I don't wonder. Il gives me the shivers just to see that bunch." Dallas drew the whip across Betty. "A (lend Indian's not dangerous," she said, smiling Ami forgot to ask Marylyn where she hail heard the tale. Six miles were gone. But the way ahead was still long, the brown blotch at the ridge tup was still only a blotch. And the team >vus fast tiring. When Murphy's Throat was reached Dallas drove out to the left, watered the thirsty pair at a slough and ate with Marylyn Ihe long deterred breakfast After that they went nl a better pace for a lime Soon however, the road became sleeper, nud Betty slacked up. Ihe sun was high now and unpleasantly warm So the ��1st- old mule merely humped her bail, is Imllas applied the lash and dogged I.\ refused to increase her speed I it was noon ivIumi the wagon ap- I proached th,, sun i It did not rest J hind was spread | there a llioiuelll out a wonder!i: HQlirl threaded western bluffs �� to the sky llr- the ridge uvei i'nlllnu I'l'iui verdant inud and down tn the liv.'' I!.. upon H lh' blue iv. heuull lhc\ m. i i lipe The Mis- i .ii'leringly; the i us farther edge ��� n boundary was ihe wngon was Hating Hue the luW a and down i 'le turnings of - peering back i ii was softly Il vent t.i Ils I iiUU in vain for a remote dot that might be the shack ��� the shack they hail left at the end of that unswerving toad. And now they went forward again. The scene on the farther side of the summit was newer than that on the other, but did nut rival it. Short coulees had eaten tlie bluff slopes into Hillings and spilled small rivulets upon the plain Vet. bailing these nnd a lake that sparkled, a round sapphire, on the right, there was superb uniformity Not a stream, not a butte. not even a nubbin of rock, varied the view And not a herd of cattle! To the south moved a score of yellow animals���antelope But these and a village of saucy prairie dogs were the only signs of life The land dropped away by imperceptible degrees. As imperceptibly it melted into a mellow sky. Dallas and Marylyn were each Intent upon Clark's, lying far ahead and to the left, a dun colored line which seemed scarcely to gel nearer us the time went. But after an hour their patience was rewarded, when the dun colored line resolved itself into two and they saw the cow camp���a narrow street Hanked by low shanties of canvas and board Again Dallas and Marylyn were absorbed, each with a mental conflict The younger got fidgety, theu petulant and began to complain of thirst Kor once the elder girl showed scant sympathy She was hurriedly planning some new speeches. At the southern end of the camp their destination was made plain to them by a sign reading "(ieneral Merchandise." It was nailed along the hip of a large building that stood midway of the street Looking to neither side, they made straight for it When the team came to a stand before tbe store the girls saw to their surprise that the door was shut. They waited. A minute passed. No one came out. Then Dallas climbed down and knocked. There was no answer. She waited again. Finally she tried tlie knob. It resisted her effort. From within came the rattle of a chain. "It's locked." She went back to Marylyn. The two looked at each other. Over the younger's face swept a flush of relief. But Dallas had forgotten her dread of seeing Lounsbury in a keen disappointment at finding bim gone. She glanced anxiously up and down the street. It was deserted and still. Dallas climbed back to the seat. "Maybe he's at the fort." she said encouragingly. "We'll dr:ve home quick, There's a lot of it downhill." She clucked to the team. At that moment the door of a nearby shanty opened. A man came out. waving a letter. "Say, hello!" be bawled. "Don't you want your mail?" Dallas checked the mules. "I got a letter for you." he went on. It was Al Braden of Sioux Falls. Dallas gave Marylyn the reins and reached for the letter, noting that the real estate man did not doff the floppy hat or make any swinging bows. "A letter?" "Yep from Lounsbury. I told him I was going to lope hack down to tbe bend hut 1 didn't " He snickered. "Where's he gone?" she asked, slitting the envelope with shaking hand. "Dunrio." answered Braden He was leaning on a wheel now. surveying Ben and Betty with a critical ami somewhat disdainful eye. for each was hanging upon three legs to rest a fourth Present I \ he glanced up ut Marylyu and his eye lit impudently. "Dunlin." lie repeated. "You're bis girl. You ought to know." But Dallas did not hear him. She was scanning a page closely written and addressed to herself, "A telegram lias come calling me home Iran the ietter| It says my mother Is ill 'seriously III'���and I am afraid it's put that way to hide something worse It is the only thing that could take me out of Dakota now. But I am uot leaving you unprotected. Before I left Brannon I arranged to have Matthews watched every hour of the day and night And be Is the only thing that might make you trouble, for If the Indians get nasty I know Oliver will insist on bringing you in Still. I shall worry terribly till I get back. I wish I could write all I would like to. But It would be what I have already told you���you win understand." Thus It ended Dallas thrust It Into the pocket of jher skirt, took the reins and lifted the ilacksnake Ben saw the threatening movement from behind liis bridle blinds He spuing forward. The wheel rolled from nmlei Bladen's elbow. "Well. I'll be il- d!" he growled. "Ain't you going to say ta-taV" lie strode along at the tailboard, smirking up at the two in au attempt to be friendly. "Maybe you'd like company going home," he said "Lonely trip for girls, 'specially when they ain't got a gnu." lie gave Marylyn a bold wink. "Thank you." replied Dallas shortly. We don't want company���and we jave got a gun" She lifted the pistol .'rom the seat. Rraden fell behind. "Stop and drink some beer anyway." he called, "(lot some in here You mustn't be mad at me btcause Johnnie's mamma sent for him. Come on back " To this no answer was made. Dallas gave the team a lew smart cuts. The wagon I'll in bled out of the street And now begun the return Journey. Five hours had been consumed in reaching Clark's. Ten minutes had lieen wasted there. Another Hve would lie passed at the lirst clear water, But allowing for the team's faster gait when they were headed for home and for twelve miles of down grade, they should not take more than four hours tn reach the bend. Twilight would be settling Iheii, Dallas figured the return thus���but it was soon plain to hei that sunset would Hud tliein miles from the shack. I'onr feed, wilh ihe plowing and the burrowing hud thinned the mules. After tne first spurt they paid no heed t" the whip and fairly crawled. Marylyu. tired, gave way to passionate coin- p'linliig Dallas folded a blanket in the bottom of the wagon and coaxed her sister to lie down upon it. her face shielded by the seat. To further dishearten Ihe elder girl Ben and Betty showed signs of sore footedliess Guided out upon the grass they traveled lietter. It took three precious hours to gain the summit. The afternoon was then far gone. Across the wide valley dark clouds were piling upon tbe western range. They added to its height and augured the day's early closing When the Throat gaped alongside, the fleecy horizon bad rolled still higher, and beneath it the setting sun showed through like a harvest moon, blood red. Swiftly the duy withdrew and the stars came out. Tuen the breeze lulled and a mist rose from the coulee's wooded bottom. From It came the tremulous call of an owl. Dallas slipped to her feet nnd wielded the black- snake vigorously The mules shot forward for a wagon length. , The sudden jolt awakened Marylyn. She got to her knees���and there were the cottonwoods wltb the laden boughs! "Spunky little sister," encouraged the elder girl aud helped tbe other to the sent. The road was so dark now thnt it took on the aspect of a standing man, who was no sooner overridden than he rose again lu the lead. This was a beginning for all manner of fears. Dallas fought her own. But she could not conquer them, for they enlarged enormously and changed to a premonition that ran riot. Listening and watching, she had suffered the previous night. Yet that suffering was nothing compared to the agony thnt stole Into her heart and held It���till she forgot Marylyn's presence. She seemed to see a figure skulking through the dusk nbout the shack. It entered the lean-to and crouched in hiding. She saw it come forth again, keeping close to the logs. Its eyes shone In the dark. Her father was beside the door, where she had left him. He was gazing straight ahead, as If he expected the euemy to approach only from the front, as if he had no thought of treachery. His figure wns relaxed wearily. His face was drawn. But his eyes���like the other's���were strangely luminous. Ah, the figure was creeping toward him noiselessly step by step! "Oo In! Go in. daddy!" The cry was toru from her. though she strove to keep it bnck. Tbe strain of the past night and day was telling. Frantically she begged Ben and Betty to hasten. Knowing home was not far, they obeyed her voice and presently were setting back in their collars to block the descent of the wagon, were splashing through the backwater at the coulee crossing and jerking their loud out upon the level. Eastward the shack stood out dimly In the starlight. They made for It lit a trot. But all at once they stopped and lie- gun stepping this way and that, as if ready to leap the tongue. Dallas aud Marylyn recoiled, forsaking tlie seal for tbe shelter of the box. There was a moment's wait in a stillness as vast as the prairie. The mules, sidled to the left, shifted their long ears nervously. The girls listened, the younger shielded by the elder's arms. Then across the bend from the deserted houses of Shanty Town sounded the long, soul chilling bowl of a dog. CHAPTER XXIV. ^ BROKEN crutch lying close tn tbe shack on the river side, a blood bespattered pane lu the window just above, a rifle Ills back. The team was also travel- big rapidly. Behind was a reddish follower that lowed in protest of Hie spepd. When the mules came by Dallas was standing at tlie dashboard plying the lush Her face was ashen, her eyes hull imbedded deep at a gun's length beyond the pane-these were the truces that ou the following morning gave nn Inkling of a deadly clash. Squaw Charley found tbem when the dHy was yet so young that no human eyes save those of un Indian could have used Its scanty light. Four raps upon the warped door had brought no answer. Loudly repented, they had set the wooden latch to shaking lonesomely. Mistrustful, he hnd entered and groped about the dark room. Table nnd benches were iu place. The blankets hung before the bunk. To one side, rolled up neatly, was the mattress upon which Dallas and Marylyn slept. But nothing else met his eipectaut hand and foot. Next he had visited the lean-to, where he felt his way carefully from stall to stall, discovering no occupant. Then he bud gone out to pry around the yard aud lit upon the marks tbat told of tbe struggle. The absence of the wagon was a clew. He stol�� along the outgoing trucks, between which small, circular aud clearly stamped, were the hoof prints of two mules. Near the coulee crossing the tracks ran into others and fresher ones thnt diverged sharply Into the corn. The hoof prints between these pointed eastward. He forsook the outgoing and turned back across the field. At tirst the course of the wngon puzzled. After veering north until the canyon yawned the team had made along the brink, keeping perilously near it. Further on, at the upper end of the plowed strip, the direction abruptly changed. The mules had swung out to tbe right upon Ihe open prairie, traveling straight for the middle of the gap. So fur they hnd gone nt n furious gallop. Now. however, they slowed to a walk, when the course no longer puzzled. To and fro it wended, tills way for a few feet, then the other ���proof that Ben and Betty had fed. Squaw Charley halted. The horizon was faintly yellow. Upon It wns n moving object, which presently took the clearer form of a wagon and span, lie set off, his loose hair whipping at lie stole along tlie outlining tracks, were hollow. She did not see the Indian, for her gaze was upon the shack. He swung himself into the rattling box. There lay Marylyn, still in the grasp of the stupor that had bound them brain und body through the night. Before the mules brought up nt the lean-to Dallas was over a wheel and toltering in quest of her father. Out of the shack as she searched it sounded her plaintive cry: "Daddy, daddy, where are you? Oh, daddy, daddy, come bnck!" Squaw Charley, bringing Marylyn in, found the elder girl kueeling behind the partition, her arms thrown out to grasp the vacant bunk. He put his load clown gently; then, unbidden, rushed through the door for Branuon. When Captain Oliver arrived with Fraser. a surgeon and a detachment of mounted men Dallas was seated In the doorway, rocking Marylyn against her j breast. She looked up dry eyed as he j hurried to her. "What'd they do it for?" she asked bim brokenly. "How could they hurt you. dad? Oh. the land wasn't worth It, the laud wasn't worth it!" Something to quicken life in Marylyn was the lirst thought. Then food and drink were given the girls. Meanwhile the troopers were sent out under Fraser to range the bend .mid beat the coulee. Oliver stayed But to his questions Dallas, her reason tottering like her steps, could only return others that were heart rending. "He'll come back, won't he? They wouldn't kill him7 Oh. you don't think he's dead V" "We'll find him," said the captain. lie was pitiful in his regret. This tragedy was striking home to him as even the .lamieson flUllire had not. Ilis long, sad face was mote like a walrus' than ever. "Mr. Bond said we'd have good luck here," she went on despairingly. "But there was danger by night, wasn't there? There was danger!" "She's knocked silly." Oliver murmured to The surgeon "The child doesn't know what she's saying." "You're right ('lean blunted," was the answer "But I'll straighten 'em both out by noon " A long halloo summoned Ihe captain to the door A group of men were giltbered In the swale between the shack and Shanly Town Eraser wns among them Oliver signaled, and*the young officer wheeled nud came galloping In. "What is It?" "Old man's gun, discharged, out there in the grass'' - "Yes?" "And two sets nf und going across footprints coming that hit of low iks about two days l.y bonis; other is ni en -ins." ground One set i old and was nui'1, newer ai.d lun "Ah!" "There's something strange about these last. Coming this way the marks are so light you can hardly see 'em, going bnck they're sunk way down." "Carried a load, eh.'" "It looks like it." Oliver mounted and they rode off to the swale. Noon was past when the captain culled nt the shack again. He found the surgeon gone, but bis promise fulfilled. Food and medicine had gone far to revive his patients physically. Tears had mercifully combined with returning strength to right their minds. This time the elder girl met Oliver with no incoherence, but with brave quiet All her self command had returned. She asked him in and showed a tender forethought for Marylyn by sending her nut into the sunshine nnd the garden before she listened to whnt he had to tell. When he was done she began her story with the finding of the pole. "Redskins!" he exclaimed. "Boot marks were around, though," she said. "You nre sure? 1 wish your father hnd asked my advice. I feel as if I had come short in my duty." "Please don't." she enlreated. "You see. we thought we could tend to it- long 's we knew who it was." lie turned astonished eyes upon her. "Knew!" he exclaimed. "Well, for heaven's snke out with It then!" "Matthews-he wanted Ihe land." "The interpreter! But last lllght'8 tracks were, made by mocassins. ; There's one Indian free"��� She let him go no further. "It's not Charley." she declared. "Matthews meant us to think it was Indians. Moccasins are easy to get." "That's true." He frowned. "H'm! Well, 1 shall inquire into his whereabouts during the last two days." Aud the captain fell to studying the figures on the Nava.ios. Outside Lieutenant Fraser was passing Ihe shack. Be rode on to the corn- fleld, where he flung himself off his horse. "Marylyn. Marylyn!" he said tremblingly. "You poor girl! I'm so sorry. What cau I say'.' It's my fault." She lifted a scared face to his. "No. it's mine," she answered. "If I'd told Dallas about you we'd never 'a' goue to Clark's"��� "Thank goodness you did! But If your fnther had known nbout me���if t could have come to the house. 1 must after this. We'll tell your sister about us now. Come on." She shrank bnck in sudden fright "No, no. Don't you see? She'd think it was awful I didn't say something yesterday!" "Why didn't you, Marylyu?" i She looked down. "You don't know Dallas. She don't like soldiers any inore'n pa. She said so. and she'd"��� "Oh, I think she docs." he argued. "Now, let's try ber���let's make a clean breast of it." Her hands came out'In wild imploring. "You won't, you won't you won't," she begged. "Don't you understand? My keeping still was just as if I'd killed pa! Oh. it was! So i can't tell���uow!" j "Marylyu"��� "Promise you won't; ob, promise you won't!" And she went down, crumpling into a little, miserable heap. Quickly he lifted her. "Well, we won't tell her, then; not if you don't want to. but we'll have to some day." "Some day���maybe���but not now." "All right, then���not now." He led her from garden to coulee and back again, trying to comfort ber all the while as best he couid. "You see, Marylyn." he said, "you're wrong about its being your fault It's mine. I promised Lounsbury I'd look after you folks." She stopped short "Did you tell him about you and me?" "No." "Oh!" She was relieved. "You mustn't cither. Not him or any one." "I don't see how 1 can ever look Lounsbury in the face again," he said bitterly. Whereupon she straightway began' to comfort him. At the shack Oliver and Dallas bad arrived at tho question of future safety. "I must insist," the captain was saying, "upon your comiug to live at tbe fort. 1 cannot spare a permauent guard for this side of the river���a scouting party up and down once a day is about the best I could do. We have our hands full already.". "Live at the fort"��� Her lips tightened a little. She got up to walk. She was thinking of the cold stares, the "Ahs," the -'Ohs and the laughter of the post ladies iu their bowling ambulance; the nudges and the grins of. the passing musicians, and "there's alius room at the fort when there's good loolcln' gals in the fambly." She shook her head. "Y'ou love your sister," be reminded. "Think of her." "I am thinking of her. I'd go to the fort if there was dai ger. But���answer me honest ��� out:tide of what's happened here, do you think there's really any danger?" | "From Indians, you mean? Well. I'll tell you���this was a complete surprise, a shock to 'me. Because so far we haven't seen a sigti of the hosttles beyond that signal in the spring. North! of here, at Lincoln, they've shown themselves. But they're largely concentrated in the northwest to meet the troops." "Then there's no danger from Indians?' "Still, there might be, and 1 want you to come. FYaukly. I've omitted to tell you of one disquieting report thnt has reached us. After the recent battle on the liose|)iid one of the war rlors of Crazy Horse was captured by [General Crook. The prisoner said that within a day's ride to the west of bere our���aud your���aged friend"��� i She stopped him. lifiring her hands to her face. "Not him!'' she whispered, "not hi 111! Oh, he w.is so good to us, captain!" Oliver sighed. "1 fear it's so. yet it's only a report." Some time went by. Meanwhile'sha walked about Ihe room in silence. Ilev lips were trembling, "You'll come?" he said. "When you're sure"��� she spoke with difficulty��� "the Indians are going to make trouble I will, lint-hut I think I'd rather slay. I mnde dad a promise once, I'd hate to break It���now." "Your father didn't like us. I understand. I'm sorry. And of course you feel that you should keep your promise to bim. Well. I can send a convoy wilh you to Bismarck." "We haven't a cent. You see. I'm counting a heap on my garden." "Oh. we would get something together for you." She Hlnched. "No. I wouldn't like that. And dad'd hate It worse than it I broke tlie promise. Bculdes, I'm going to pay buck B troop," "B troop! My troop? What do you owe B troop?" "Why, B troop's been sending us its surplus ratious." "You sure'.'" "Well, the sutler said so." "1 think there's a mistake. B troop has had no surplus rations"��� "Had no"- she began, amazed. "Must have beeu the sutler's own stuff." "But he wrote"- From between the leaves of a book on the mantel she pro- j duced a folded natier. I . -ur some one else's," went on Olh>.-_ She bad beeu about tu hand hlK Blakely's letter. Now, as if struck by au idea, she put it back iuto the book. When he turned her eyes were swimming. "it likely wus 'some one else,'" she said. "God bless you anyway! To think of such a thing in the midst of your worry! Even if you did owe B troop it would vote you its lull rations and bo proud to go hungry. Please think again about Bismarck for the summer." "I can't give up the claim, captain. I want to know what happened���I want to be here if���if dad comes back." "But aren't you forgetting that, Indians or no Indians, there's danger from this secret enemy?" "Secret enemy," she echoed; "secret enemy! Go to Bismarck is just the thing he wants to see us do. You henrd what he did in the winter? Well, he came again yesterday. He saw the wagon leave, und he thought it was a good chance to move in." "Move in?" rejoined Oliver. "If that was all, why did he bother about moccasins?" "You're right!" she cried. "He meant to kill!" And now as If some great hidden spring of feeling had been touched she came round upon the officer, defiant, resolute and undaunted. "Maybe I'd 'a' gone hefore. I'd go this minute for Indians. But that man! He's had his price for this claim; he's had his price. Now, the bend belongs to me. and I'm going to stay." The captain bent toward her. "Too risky, too risky. Miss Lancaster," he advised, "unless we get tlie mnn. For how could you ever do any outside work"��� i Dallas interrupted, intrepid spirit ringing in her voice. "(let him or not, I'll stick It out all the snmo. And my outside work���I'll plow nnd I'll plant just like I used to. But this time ITI do it with a gun." CHAPTER XXV. �� | REE scout scoured every foot f^L I of ground leading up to the shack. He trailed the mules, the squaw, the troopers. He followed those moccasin prints that came across the draw and went again. He fouud the last behind the lean-to. along the side nearest the coulee, on the back fire strip in front, aud declared they had been made by a white I man. Two circumstances pointed strongly to the truth of this���the body had been curried away in the direction of Shanty Town; a white man would have takeu so much trouble, not an Indian, who would have left his handiwork for all to see. And again, when Shanty Town was searched one of the huts was found to contain evidence of late occupancy���scraps of food that were not yet stale and iu a rusty stove fresh, coals But though the coulee, the road, the prairie and the Umbel' edging the river were all faithfully scanned one tiling concerning the murderer's doings remained a mystery. At Shanly Town the traces of him began and ended. But how had he reached Shanly 'J own? Old Michael furnished the clew of time, lie related how he had heard the crack of a gun to the eastward the previous evening, "about th' ind av th' I'lirsf dog watch." Captain Oliver stayed until the last rod had been traveled and the Inst stone turned. Then lie was ferried to Brannon Ou landing he went at once to the wife of his colonel, who had vacated her home when tlie command left und was now living with Mrs. Martin nt Major Appleton's. "Mrs Cummings." he said, "the old mnn on the bend Is missing. It looks like murder. His two girls nre left, orphaned and heartbroken They need a woman's comfort, ma'am. Will you not go to them, and will yon find a woman to stay with them for a few nights V" "Oh. how very sad!" exclaimed that lady then turned uwaj as If suddenly perplexed. "I-I really don't cure to go myself." she went ou, when shfl had given his request u moment's thought "I know Ihe .' country pen. Iile so touch; .-i:nl inMtnrii, always ���"ci'dy to thi'ili one is patronizing lihcni " "'" r>" u'fed thp cap tain sharply. "Then I must nsk some holly else " , "One of the troopers' wives Would probably le glad to go" "You urj evidently quite mistaken regard Ing these young women." declared Oliver, with some heat. "Mrs. Oliver will think differently." "Really. I haven't thought of them." she niihWered petulantly "But why, may I ask, don't they come to the post'.'" "They prefer to stay In their own little home, In their present trouble and grief It Is particularly dear to them Would lie to any one." "1 think It odd. captain, that they should choose to stay over there alone. Can-can they be��� ell--quite nice?" "Madam." replied Oliver sternly, "they wish to do what would please their father. They wish to be Independent" "Ah!" Mrs. Cummings threw up her head. "And let tne say that I heartily commend them." Oliver fairly roared. "They are made of the stuff of our forefathers, who pushed their way into the wilderness Their spirit Is the spirit of the frontier" With which, bowing and fuming, the captain stamped out. Mi's. Oliver, n motherly chunk of u woman, thought very "differently." Work nnd babies she consigned to a thrifty trooper's wife nnd in it jiffy pinned on a bonnet that had stood various seasons. "I'll be buck in the morning." she said, with a kiss for, (Tu be continued,) / THE PENTICTON PRESS, PENTICTON, B.C., DECEMBER 10, 1908. Police Court. Two cases came before Magistrate Clement on Wednesday, the one Ernest Adamson, charged with assaulting Wm. Nesbitt, the twelve year old son of Jos. A. Nesbitt, and the other Gale Colebank charged with running a bowling alley without a license. Both parties pleaded guilty, the latter, however, statintr that he was merely employed to run the bowling alley in the absence of the owner, Mr. Claughton. The magistrate, therefore, ordered the bowling alley closed until the owner should return, and also take out a license. Jos. A. Nesbitt. who laid the charge in the assault case, requested the court not to impose a fine upon the defendant. His boys had been abused on former occasions, and he merely wished the offender to be reprimanded in order to prevent a recurrence of such acts. Mr. Nesbitt's son had been employed as pin boy in the bowling alley, and the place had recently become a favorite resort of boys in the evenings. The magistrate warned the defendant against acts of violence, and further ordered that in future boys be excluded from the bowling alley, with the exception of the pin boys, and that they should be employed only with the consent of their parents. The fact of boys making themselves troublesome about town in the evenings, when they should be at home studying their lessons or under the care of their parents, was also touched upon with a view to parents exercising better control. Weather Report. Observations at Dominion Government Meteorological Station ���at Penticton for the month of November, 1908 : MAXIMUM MINIMUM TEMPERATURE TEMPERATURE 1 62 45 2 64 42 ii 69 48| 4 611 51 5 54} 38 6 521 41 7 581 29 8 52 'Ah !) 531 25 10 46 �����>, 11 451 32A 12 4H 21 l.'i 46 20 14 46 .'!2 15 47 4:i 16 57 45 17 60 44 IS 54 46 19 52* 35 20 58 ' 38 21 58 38 22 47 25 23 45 33 24 45 33 25 451 23 26 411 21 27 391 25 28 40* 35 29 40" 17 30 :)6 9 31 The total rainfall was .42. 60 YEARS' EXPERIENCE Trade Marks Designs Copyrights Ac. Anyone sending a sketch and description may quickly ascertain our opinion froe whether an invention is probably patentable. Coinumnlca- tloni strictly confidential. HANDBOOK en Patents sent free, oldest fluency for Beaurlnffpatents* Patents taken through Munn & Co. receive ipeeUu notice, without charge, lu the Scientific American. A handsomely Illustrated weekly. Largest olr- culatiou of any acientlllc Journal. Terms, f'l a year; four months, ft Sold by all newsdealers. MUNN &Co.36,"av. New York Branch Office. 826 F St., Wanhlnaton, I), c. GIRL WANTED. A girl for general housework ; good cook. Apply between hours 12 nrd 1 MRS. E. FOLEY BENNETT, 23tf Ellis Street. FOR SALE Business block on Main Street; two storey with two compartments downstairs and hall upstairs, $2,500. Lot 63, seven and one-hall' acres on Fail view Road, $2,200. J. D. McDonald, 12-tf Potlatch, Idaho. NOTICE Notice Is hereby given that we will prosecute any person or persona found ImnlinK or trespassing upon our properties, W. M. GILLESPIE, I). GILLESPIE, W. .1. GILLESPIE, Y. C. KITLEY, 8-18 JOHN PRATHER. NOTICE FRUIT TREES- Well-grown stock. Large quantity of apple trees for sale, only few choice varieties grown : also] s nail stock of ornamental trees. Apply f ir varieties and price to Manager, COLDSTREAM ESTATE CO., Ltd., lo-ti Vernon, U. 0. j 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 $1*25. 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 $45o.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. Toys and Dolls We have a splendid line of toys and dolls at prices from 25c. to $5.00. Values better than ever. Christmas Cards We purchased our Christmas & New Year's cards direct from England. Our assortment and prices cannot be equalled. 5c to $1.50 Jewel Cases These make a very nice present for ladies, being both useful and ornamental. Prices from 50c to $2.00 Fancy Mirrors We have a very fine line of fancy mirrors suitable for both ladies and gentlemen. From 50c to $5.00 Main's Pharmacy maBBrawr^55ES5SFW?^r^^^ WE ARE HEADQUARTERS FOR CHRISTMAS GOODS The perplexing question at this time of the year is what to buy at moderate cost for a CHRISTMAS GIFT that will combine all the essentials of elegance, practicability and appropriateness. A visit to our store cannot fail to offer many valuable suggestions .... WE SELL HONEST GOODS AT HONEST PRICES Pipes and Cigars We cater to the wants of our customers and carry only the best brands. We'have some very fine case pipes. Perfumes Just received��� A beautiful line of French perfumes, in very handsome boxes. Most lasting quality. FANCY BOXES STATIONERY Every time the recipient, whether wife, daughter, sister, or sweetheart opens these beautiful boxes she is going to remember you and no doubt will write you some very interesting letters upon this paper. Prices range from 75c to $2.00 Books A book is, without doubt, at all times a very acceptable gift; we have books for the babies, the girls and boys and for the 'grown-up folks. Also a lovely line leather-bound poems- of LOWNEY'S CHOCOLATES This is one of the very important items during the holiday season���the purchasing of candies. Of course you want the best. That means Lowney's. These are put up in nice Christmas packages of all sizes. We are Agents for Eastman's Kodak Supplies. Brushes & Combs We have a nice assortment of ebony goods ���something suitable as a gift for either lady or gentleman. Leather Goods Ladies' Purses, Ladies' Hand Bags, Gents' Wallets, Cigar Cases, Collar and Cuff Boxes, and Dressing Cases. FRUIT LAND FOR SALE a i ���-, -n; J. R. MITCHELL'S Bargain List C P. R. LAND for Sale. FIRE INSURANCE The SUN, of London, England. LONDON & LANCASHIRE. NATIONAL. Why not insure in the best���they cost no more. Very choice residential subdivision, close in, half=acre lots, price $300 per lot. < cash ; balance 6, 12 and 18 months ; 6 per cent. ; Price good for 30 days only. Smith Street lot $200, good business location, for quick sale. 7 roomee cottage in desirable residental district, for sale very cheap. Main, Ellis, Martin and Winnipeg Street lots for sale. 18 Acres, 10 below main ditch; 9 under good cultivation. Only $3,ooo. Fenced. 4 Acres, Main St., near School, suitable for sub-division. Price very low in block. 10 Acres on Main Street, 2; miles south, good hay land, only $2,100. 10 Acres, near Dog Lake, $1,700. 18 Acres, near Dog Lake, $2,000. OFFICE, - McJn Street PENTiCTON, B. C
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