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Ld j 0 Offices, 12 MacGrejor Block, a 1 Telephoie 1086 Victoria, B.C. \\ !tQJULejUUUUL>JU9 Vol. III. No. m VICTORIA AND VANCOUVER, B C, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1906 One Dollar Per Annum The Editor's Review Of Current Topics. Better In spite of the fact that an- Terms. other week has elapsed since the Ottawa fiasco, and that the Liberal press has risen tlo the occasion and expended all its ingenuity and vituperation in an endeavour to belittle the services and besmirch the character of Premier McBride. nothing has transpired to weaken the Conservative, or to strengthen the Liberal position; nor has one Liberal ergan in this Province had the courage to accept the challenge to come out and state fairly and squarely that it would advocate the acceptance of $100,000 a year, for ten years, as a Anal settlement of the exceptional claims of British Columbia. The maunderings of the Vancouver World on the subject are very amusing, and indicate a condition of hysteria. There is a precedent for one celebrated personage quoting scripture; we should, however, hardly like to quote it as a justification of the course pursued by the editor of the Vancouver World, who, at the end of a lachry- ' mose article has the hardihood to say that negotiations are at end, and will not be reopened. "Like the tardy young women who knocked at the door of Grace for admittance, tjhe answer to future appeals will be, 'Too late, too late, ye cannot enter here.' " Apart from the misquotation, which would be inexcusable in a schoolboy, the venerable editor is woefully wrong in bis facts and in his allusion. It was not at the door of "Grace" that the virgins knocked, but at the door of the bridegroom's house. To compare the portals of the Dominion Government with a door of grace does not seem to be particularly fitting in view of the reception accorded to the representatives of this province. Altogether, the illustration can hardly be considered apt, and we fear the topic is one with which the editor of the World has little personal acquaintance. The companion sheet, the Victoria Times, has added to it's laurels and presumably enhanced its services to the Liberal party by persisting in attributing to Premier Whitney of Ontario an insulting remark about Premier McBride, which he has officially contradicted. It first declared that Mr. Whitney had said that Mr. MeBride was neither "frank nor sincere,:" when this was denied it altered the , phrase to "neither frank nor candid." It, is difficult to know what code of morals is to be deferred to in public life if the positive statement of a Premier is to be refused credence in the absence of any evi- I dence to the contrary. The attitude lof the Times does not weaken the position of Premier McBride; it can- 1 not impair the veracity of Premier [Whitney, it certainly does explain I why, since adopting the muck-rake [policy, this sheet of the gamin and [the mouchard has been discarded by [the fair-minded men of its own party, land has declined to a circulation of [less than 500. The day has gone by ■when the people of this province can Ibe tricked into accepting the baga- [telle of $1,000,000, divided over ten lyears, in settlement of a claim which |men of all parties believe to be just, but the justice of which such papers las the Vancouver World and the Victoria Times arc incapable of understanding! Cheap When the Hindus began to Labour, to arrive at Victoria and Vancouver several months ago, trades-unionism became rampant, and dire and dreadful things were predicted if the immigration were not stopped. At a meeting of the Tourist and Development League of Victoria two prominent trades- unionists and socialists tried, to secure the passage of resolutions calling upon the Government to take steps to prevent this class of immigration. The gentlemen in question even went so far as to say that th* mayor of the city should be condemned for affording temporary relief to starving Hindus from the public funds. An agitation was at once worked up in political circles and in the press, and from that day to this no stone has been left unturned to prevent Canada from reaping any benefit that could be derived from this class of cheap labour. So senseless and unjust has the agitation become that the rights of the Hindu as a British Subject have been ignored; his character has been traduced, and an attempt has been made to work up public feeling against him both as a man and a workman. Meanwhile several things have happened. The pet theory of his opponents that he had been brought here as the result of an organized scheme on the part of Canadian corporations requiring men, has been exploded. A prominent educated Hindu, who visited the Coast cities within the last fortnight, and who was thoroughly posted on the situation, informed the press that these men had come of their own accord, and because of tidings taken home by their own countrymen who had been here to spy out the land and had pronounced it very good. While the agitation has been kept going, the Hindus have quietly scattered over the Province, and hundreds of them are now rendering useful service in the lumber mills of the Kootenay and other interior districts. All have not proved a success; neither have all white men. They are too tall, narrow and spindly to make good miners, not being strong enough in the back either to lift or stoop, but apparently they fill a want, and unquestionably they have not) so far displaced any white labour. Tbiat they can ever do so is an impossibility, so long as the Parliaments of Canada, Federal and Provincial, are controlled by Canadians. The attitude of a section of the press and of some of the leading Liberals on this question is rather difficult to understand, and altogether impossible to reconcile with the requirements of a progressive country, which is undermanned in every department of labour. Mr. MacPhcrson, the member for Vancouver, recently declared that while the country needs labour, it does not need cheap labour, which is another way of saying that because we have immense natural resources, we can afford to keep the cost of production at a high figure. The Week wonders whether Mr. MacPher- Bon hns ever studied political economy, whether he knows anything of the enormous value of manufactured goods which Canada imports annually from the United States, whether lie has compared the cost of labour in the States with the cost in Canada, and whether he is aware that until the conditions in this respect are equalized we shall continue to import every year millions of dollars worth of material that could be produced on this side of the line if we had more of the cheap labour which Mr. MacPherson despises, but which is the natural supplement of high- priced, skilled labour. In common with many men, not all to be found in one political camp, Mr. MacPherson would prefer English labour; The Week will tell him why Canada fails to attract English labour of the class required: First, because the conditions are too unsettled and permanent employment cannot be guaranteed; next, because the Englishman abroad is not willing to become a beast of burden, nor to be classified as a cheap labourer. Against unrestricted immigration of Hindus or any other Asiatic labour The Week has as strong an objection as Mr. R. G. MacPherson or the Vancouver World, but unlike them The Week is not prepared, in order to catch a little political breeze, or to make a little political capital, to join issue with one of the fundamental principles of political economy, which is that the law of supply and demand will continue to exercise a potent influence in the industrial markets of the world in spite of all the prohibited and restrictive legislation that can be devised. Fernie As this serious strike still Strike, continues, and the consequences are becoming more disastrous every day, The Week has secured a special dispatch from the coal city, giving in condensed form a statement of the issues which are being fought out. It has been almost impossible to disinter, from the col- umis of matter forwarded by both parties to the press, just what the trouble was, and the telegraphic dispatch which The Week has just received gives a brief and lucid statement of the case for the first time. It is not our intention to make any comment, at any rate for the present, but to leave our readers to judge for themselves where the rsponsibility rests. The first specific grievance is that in violation of article 2 of the agreement the management discharged employes in No. 9 mine without giving opportunity to have the case passed upon in accordance with the article. The discharge of blacksmiths and refusal to pay them according to schedule, refusal to pay schedule price for moving ■ McGinty and other matters of minor importance, all of which could have been adjusted without serious trouble. The principal grievance is the refusal of Lindsay to consider the men's signature to the agreement as other than an ordinary order to stop wages, claiming he had no authority to refuse a request of a man to have his name taken off. There are fiteen articles in the agreement, the fifth of which reads as follows: "Article 5. The Company will give to the United Mine Workers of America full recognition and concede the check-off system, that is to say, upon the individual request in writing of nny of the Company's employees the Company shall deduct such monies from their wages each month as is designated for dues, assessments, fines, initiation fees, in other words, the Company will retain from the wages due employees any sum they may hnvo given orders up on the Company for in writing, payable to such officers of the United Mine Workers of America as may be designated in such orders." At the end of the agreement the signatures appear as follows: "On the part of the Company, C. G. S. Lindsay, vice president and general manager; Robert G. Drinnan, general superintendent. On the part of the men: P. H. Sherman, president; Peter Paterson, J. Severns, John S. Laurenson, Thomas Biggs. Witnessed the above signatures: D. Davies, A. M. Yonng." Here follow the different schedules of prices, etc. The above is in a large book furnished by the company, and immediately after it the following clause, written by Lindsay at the request of the men, is pasted in the book: "We, the undersigned employes of your company, hereby each for himself executes the foregoing annexed contract and authorizes the Crow's Nest Pass Coal Company, Ltd., to deduct from his wages each month such sum or sums for dues, assessments, fines and initiation fees as may be designated to the company in writing from time to time by the lawful authorized officers of the United Mine Workers of America and to pay over such sums or sums to the secretary of the local union, United Mine Workers of America, for and on behalf of the United Mine Workers of America, in accordance with a certain agreement entered into on the 23d day of May, 1905, between the company and the • men. Joe Urban, Thos. McMullen, I Andrew Press, William Bullen, Em- ! ployees," and hundreds of others of i their followers the signatures of the I men. The men claim this to be a part I of the contract and signed as such by ; the men for the express purpose of ! making each individual a party thereto and not merely an order to stop wages in the usual way. building. One almost begins to wonder whether there is such a thing as moral responsibility, and whether the head of the department which dispenses life-boats (f) to British Columbia ever heard of it. The Old The Old Lady of Thread- Lady, needle Street has been very much in evidence during the last week. Certain financial papers published in New York have been wont to declare that the centre of the fiancial world had moved across the Atlantic to the emporium of the United States, and that London would soon become the second figure in money circles. When the Bank of England though fit, in order to protect its gold reserves, to raise the rate of discount to 6 per cent what happened? Wall Street was frightened and almost panic-stricken; American securities fell as much as eight to ten points, and stocks manifested an incipient disposition to take a downward plunge. All this time English securities remained - comparatively unaffected, but the end justified the means, and the Old Lady kept th'e gold she required. In view of all this it is not a little amusing to read the announcement .of Secretary Shaw of the United States Treasury, published on the 22d inst., tbat "he had no disposition to disturb conditions in Europe by continuing to import gold." The incident carries its lesson, which was hardly needed by Englishmen and must be interesting to Americans. Another On Thursday last the bark- Wreck, entine Skagit was wrecked on the west coast of Vancouver Island at Cloose, a point about seven miles from the well-known headland of Carmanah, and only a few miles distant from the spot where the Valencia was wrecked. True, this latter catastrophe only cost two human lives, and in the eyes of the authorities responsible for protection of our coasts, it is probable that a captain and a cook do not count. Indeed, one would feel justified in deducing from their su- pineness that the story of such a wreck as this is of little more importance than Gilbert's yarn of thc I Nancy Bell. But Ihe loss of two . lives means two more desolate homes,! and a degree of sadness and suffering which officialdom can hardly be bx-1 pected to appreciate. It is difficult to speak or write with equanimity of the deplorable negligence of thc Fed- eral Government in this matter. In spite of the lesson of the Valencia, and the promises so lavishly made by . the first Cabinet Minister from British Columbia, nothing has yet been done to prevent or provide for the marine disasters which may come thick upon our coasts within the next six months. The bauble which the Government calls a life-boat, but which has no ertow, nnd is as useless hero ns if it were safely stowed nwny in the Government offices at Ottawu, is np to dale the only colour compliance with the urgent requests Ihat were mnde. It is as useless as a rope of sand in a burning Political The Kamloops Standard Capital, takes matters too seriously in applying the term muck-raking to the action of the Vancouver World on the subject of land sales by the Provincial Government. No one takes the World seriously since the fiascos of the late spring and summer. With the bursting of both bubbles whatever influence its editorials may have had vanished, and the public recognized that its one mi=e;"" in editorial work is to make political capital. The criticism levelled at the Government is pointless because no charge is made that they are dealing with the public lands in any manner other than that prescribed by law. True, they might, with the consent of the Governor-in- Council, suspend the operation of the law and withdraw the land from settlement, but such a course would, in the present stage of development, be indefensible. The first to criticize would be the Vancouver World and the Victoria Times, followed by every Liberal paper in the Province. It ia only a few years since there was practically no demand for agricultural or timber lands. Now that the tide of prosperity has ret in the cry is "dam it." Well, any Government weak enough to heed such a cry would be unworthy of confidence. We still want settlers, and if every acre located nnd sold now does not lead to immediate occupnibion it secures ap agent, in the owner, whose chief interest lies in landing a settler at the earliest possible moment. Thc methods adopted by the World and the Times in this eon nee tion can hardly be classified as "muck-raking"—they more closely resemble the harebrained antics of Don Quixote when he set out on his historic campaign to "lilt at windmills." I'HK WEEK, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1906. if # if A Lady's Letter * ^ Hy bABETTb. ^ * ?fc # * ■# # #&#i? ?s? •*? -f Dear Madge: It is rather sad to be reminded of on-coming winter by the sight of furs and felt hats in the store windows. One likes to cling to the remnant of summer as long as it is possible to do so, and muslin gowns, airy-fairy parasols, and lingerie hats are long since regretfully put aside, redolent as they are of happy, sunshiny days, and the long- drawn delights of departed summer evenings. Felt and fur have, nevertheless, arrived to stay, and some of the new Empire hats are very bewitching, with long, drooping feathers and waving plumes so reminiscent of the styles worn just two years ago. Other shapes are small and very much raised off the hair—in this particular abating none of the eccentricity displayed of late. These same high-perched creatures have had the effect, by the way, of popularising toupees, pin curls, etc, to an extent highly profitable and pleasing to hairdressers. Many of the early fur models are graced with long veils, but knowing the practical nature of the average Canadian woman, I cannot predict any general favour for the fad. Fur toques we all pine to possess, and seeing how strongly tailor-maid are the tendencies of fashion at the moment, the incongru-1 ity of completing a neat outfit with long streamers of chiffon becomes at once apparent. We obviously have not the American woman's genius for wearing half-a-dozen veils with dignity; and I do not know that one need deplore the fact, but there are indications that many elaborate designs in veiling will be adopted by the few. To all whom it may and does concern—which means everybody—purple, mauve, petunia, and all intermediate shades are the correct colors for autumn and winter wear. Few complexions there are which are not in sympathy with some nuance of this color, so we can no v dress ourselves anew without more ado. The dahlia and fuchsia combinations of mauve and magenta which ran riot last autumn in the hat-shops, were found too trying when applied to real life; however charming in the garden, magenta and reddish purples have a fatal effect on complexions which respond readily to less flamboyant tones, Always to the fore in catering for the needs of the outdoor girl, the White House have this season brought forth an extremely smart collection of knitted or woven jerseys. These glorified "sweaters" are treated to revers, watch-pockets, high-standing but not stiff collars, and are most moderate in prices They are splendid for golfing, as they allow free movement of the arms, yet actually contrive to look smart. I was much amused recently by an article in a London medical journal on the subject of chemical courtships, and as it is quite up to date and indeed "fm de siccle" I think my fair readers will thank me for giving them an outline, . especially as I am sure they will 'wish to •retaliate in kind. Peroxides, bromides, and belladonnas have long been the monopoly of my own sex, and if the male is contemplating an invasion of our chemical territory wc must quickly place ourselves on lhe defence. The batteries of chemical defence must be unmasked against the batteries of chc.ii- ical attack. If, as the cynics tell us. we are losing our capacity for emotion, the modern druggist can give us back all the outward signs of love, yrief, anxiety, despair, and exaltation, neatly compressed into tabids and capsules, at so much per dozen. This was abundantly made clear at the Medical Exhibition, recently held in the Horticultural Hall, Loudon. Information gleaned from the mass of scientific "dftigdata" in "The Extra Pharmacopoeia," a new work exhibited on the stall of Messrs. W. Martindale, the publishers, make it clear that a love- scene of Ihe following mlirre is quite possible in the near future: The "blase" wooer, fearing lesl he should bertay his boredom and lack of emotion in the course of his avowal. provides himself with portable chemical preparations which will give him a Romeo-like gamut of emotion. On the doorstep of his ladylove's house he drinks a concentrated solution of glucose, and all appetite leaves him on the spot. He also rubs his face with hydrogen-peroxide from a small phial, and before he has fairly got his overcoat off he has developed a most interesting pallor. During dinner he sends away untasted course after course without a pang (thanks to the glucose). He also snaps a glass capsule of chloroform in his serviette before the ladies retire, and inhalation produces most lifelike sighs. Later he lures the object of his chemical affections to the conservatory, and something like this happens: After a few minutes of chloroform sighs, he may venture an an amyl-ni- trite blush (glass capsule broken in handkerchief and inhaled). "Miss X," he exclaims—"may I say Ethel?" (At this point it is as well to swallow a few nitroglycerine chocolate tablets—strength, i.iooth of a grain. The palpitation produced is quite audible and highly recommended.) "You must have long realised," he continues, "how deeply I admire you." (Chloroform sighs.) "Dare I hope that my presence is not altogether unpleas- ing to you?" I fthe lady appears unmoved, a small capsule of the essential oil of mustard should be snapped in the handkerchief. It will cause a perfect flood of tears when inhaled. Weeping copiously, the up-to-date swain continues: "My love for you has driven sleep from my eyes. (Caffeine.) Set my doubts and fears at rest. Will you be mine?" Tlle lover's next dose depends upon the lady's reply. If it is in the affirmative one or two pills of muira-punama compound will produce a fitting feeling of exaltation, or if it is in the negative an inhalation of a capsule of ethyl- chloride will produce total unconsciousness and an artistic swoon. The chief drawback to this form of love-making is that the presence on the spot of a medical man is highly desirable, lest the unskilful self-administration of these drugs should result fatally. Special Announcement The attention of Scotsmen and music lovers generally is especially directed to the engagement for Tuesday evening, November 13, of Jessie Maclachlan, the famous prima donna soprano, christened by the late Queen Victoria "the Queen of Scottish song." Miss Maclachlan carries an unusually large and efficient company, including Douglas Young, lyric tenor; John McLinden, violincellist, and Murray Graham, solo pianist, with Robert Buchanan, conductor. These artists in their respective branches of music are incomparable among their countrymen. Other stellar musical events of the season are: Hekking, in December; Schumann-Heink, in January; Frieda Stender, in February, and Edward De- thier, in April, Messrs. Williams & Janion Duly instructed by Capt. A. G. Allgood, R. N., will sell a quantity of Naval Stores off H. M. S. Shearwater, on TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6th at the Naval Dockyard, Esquimalt At 11 a.m. J Including Fired Cartridge Cases, Car- I tridge Boxes, a quantity of Rope (4, 31/2, 3, 2I/2 and 2-inch, Manila and Tarred), Hammocks, Bunting, Canvas, Old Copper and Brass, a quantity of Hose, and other goods too numerous to mention. The wardrobe accessories and bedding will be sold at a later day. The Auctioneer. :: Stewart Williams Victoria Theatre MONDAY, ©<2T. 29 Chas, H. Yale's Everlasting Devil's Auction" Evreything new. Prices: $1.00, 75e, 50c, 25c. Box office opens 10 a.m. Friday, Oct. 2fith. ' • • VICTORIA THEATRE TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30 Henry W. Savage will offer George Ade's Brilliant Comedy THE College Widow The play upon which all North America has written indellibly the word "Success." Prices: 50c to $1.50. Seats on sale Saturday October 27th. "EAST OR WEST, HOME IS BEST." Especially when the sweet aroma and delicate bouquet of DIXI TEA Greets you on the threshold with the knowledge that your careful wife has only paid 35c or 50c per lb. for a tea fully equal to any 85c. or$i tea. DIXI H. ROSS & e© Independent Grocers. 111 Government Street, Victoria Where Mail Orders are specially called for. R. 1825 TELEPHONE 606 Johnston's Transfer I35 Douglas St. VICTORIA. CUT RATES HACKS AND WAGONS. Please Order Ahead G J. JOHNSTON, Proprietor, FOR SALE In a good Kootenay town, splendid newspaper outfit and job plant. An opportunity for a live man with small capital. Address "The Week," Victoria. Victoria Theatre THURSDAY, NOV. 1st. Henry B. Harris Presents The Dramatic Success of the Century THE LION and THE MOUSE By Chas. Klein. The Play the Whole Country Has Kudorsed. Prices: $'2.00, $1.50, $1.00. 75c, 50c. EMPRESS THEATRE H. Nl. OWENS, Leasee and Manager. Starting Monday, October 29. "Our Bachelor" A roaring farce comedy. Three acts and several good specialties, including Miss Smith, the champion Scottish dancer. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, "THE SQUAW AND THE MAN," The famous and most recent dramatic Prices—ioc, 20c, 30c. Matinees Wednesday and Saturday. Week October 22 The New Grand SULLIVAN » CONSIDINI, Prop $1 !■ |er bctHe j J| Buchauan'R Rtd Seal at $1.00 per bottle ! I ARE LEADERS AMONG THE BEST j H For sale by all dealers, VICTORIA, I. C. I The SILVER SPRING BREWERY, Ltd. BREWERS OF ENGLISH ALE AND STOUT The Highest Grade Malt and Hops Used in Manufacture. PHONE 893. VICTORIA THE WEEK, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1906 At The Street % Corner * Cf By THE LOUNOER Cf An amusing incident occurred a fortnight ago at the Hospital dance in the Assembly Hall which has not yet found its way into print. Among the many sweet young things" who adorned the festivities on that occasion was a Charming debutante who, like a great many other charming; people, is poor. She never has more than two evening ijowns in a season, and the ruin of one f them is always a serious matter to ier. On this occasion she wore a )rand new white frock. During the evening a great, big, reduced, perspiring man asked her to dance. He wore no gloves. She looked at his well meaning but moist hands despairingly, and thought of the immaculate back of her waist. She hesitated 1 bit, and then said with a winning smile: 'Of course I will dance with you, but if you don't mind, won't you please use your handkerchief?" The man looked at her blankly a moment or two. Then a light broke over his face. "Why certainly," he sad. And he pulled out his handkerchief nd—used it. Lounging round the. Nelson Assize Court the other day what time certain well known legal luminaries were struggling for the mastery in the Lumber ompensation case, which has now lasted four weeks, an apt illustration was furnished to my correspondent to prove the time honored claim that over-shrewd lawyers often supply their adversaries with weapons. 'Did you see this tree that has been nentioned by the roadside?" an advo- ate inquired. "Yes, sir, I saw it very plainly." "It was conspicuous, then?" The winess seemed puzzled by this lew word. He repeated his former assertion. '"What is the difference," sneered the awyer. ''between plain and conspicu- ius?" But he was hoist with his own pe- ard. The witness innocently answered: I can see you plainly, sir, amongst he other lawyers, though you are not bit conspicuous." Now that Alderman Douglas has aken in hand the subject of properly lousing the animals in the Park no !oubt it will be done. I notice, how- ver, a singular omission from his esti- nates. There is no provision made for menagerie house for the city council, t should be cemented with good fel- owship, enmeshed with strong galvan- ,zed wire, and surrounded by a moat illed with Elk Lake water, to keep the pectators back. There might be a all charge for admission' when the bmates "scrap," and a store room for ulphate of copper and alum would be [ndispensable. For the recreation of the aged ones, swings, trapezes, revolving eats, and peanuts should be provided, en the menage and the menagerie both ould be complete. Physical culture is one of tbe ncces- tties of the times, first on the score f health, and next to enable the ris- iig generation to overcome the formid- |ble obstacles that are shown in their jathway on the journey through life. ossibly, in this line there is nothing jiore formidable than the barricade on ore street, consisting of bales of hay d packages which are piled up on the Ijiblic thoroughfare regardless of the "pmfort or the acrobatic skill of the lisser by. No wonder that physical trlture finds a prominent place in the jirriculum of our public schools, but ihat about the "old boys," to say noting of the "old girls"? CORRESPONDENCE Bulls at Large. Sir: I wish to say a word in regard to the manner in which the law respecting the above has been carried out in tne Cowichan and Shawnigan districts during the last six months, or rather, I should say, not carried out. The whole country has been infested with brutes of all classes. The provincial constable said, "Report any bull and I shall see to it" Mr. Helmcken asked me more than once in his cross-examination of me yesterday in the case against me, "Did you report this bull?" I said, "No, I did not, for it would be no use." Now what occurred in a case when I did report a bull which I found in my potato patch? I was summoned as a witness by the constable to prove the case. The defendant was fined a nominal penalty, this being his third offence under the act. I applied for my expenses (for myself, horse and rig for the day), and after a month's time the constable offered me 50 cents, which, he said was all that was allowed! Under such circumstances, is it any wonder that bulls are not reported? The police should be compelled to carry out the law. Ppoper, efficient men should be employed as constables, and if the ranchers have to assist them, their reasonable expenses, as laid down by law, should be paid. Yours,. I. F. LENX MacFARLANE, Major. Duncan, B. C, Oct. 18, 1006. Bex V. MacFarlane. This case, which excited considerable interest in Shawnigan and Cowichan districts, was heard today before Judge Harrison. The Crown was represented by H. H. Helmcken, K. C.; Major MacFarlane by S. Perry Mills, K. C. After hearing the evidence of six witnesses for the prosecution, and five, including the accused, who was prevented giving evidence at the preliminary hearing before the justices, Mr. Mills addressed the court on behalf of his client and reviewed the evidence in his usual masterly manner. Mr. Helmcken, who followed, failed to shake the evidence for the defence. Judge Harrison, in delivering judgment, was most explicit in his review of the evidence and of the law regarding this case. In the course of his remarks, referring to the act forbidding the running at large of bulls, he took occasion to say that "if this man Garnett had complied with the law and kept his bulls at home, he would not be here today trying to swear his neighbor into the penitentiary for fourteen years." The principal evidence for the Crown, that of W. Hawkins, was so contradictory as to be of little value. As the learned judge put it, "We must put ourselves in the position o fthe accused and consider what we would have done under the circumstances." If he considered that he had reason to believe that his life was in danger he had an undoubted right to defend himself. After a lengthy summing up, His Honor concluded by pronouncing a verdict of acquittal, which will give universal satisfaction to the law-abiding members of the community. Heartless Man. Man wants to be comfortable as a cat on a warm hearth-rug; to feel no prick of conscience; to see nothing unpleasant, such as tears or a wan face. It exasperates him to madness when he is obliged to see his wife sad, but it never occurs to him to try and prevent her sadness.—Spinster, in M. A. P. Oulandish Pets. he singular craze for outlandish pets Js again become prevalent, and thc dies who a year or two ago took their j jilks p.hroad with a lizard or a smill , rtoise tethered by a gold chain to ! feir wrists are now to be seen carrying Biurs and similar queer small fry ■out with them.—County Gentleman. London's Vastness. It is increasingly diffifficult to be a Londoner. In lhe old d'ys when the area was small it was easy to know and love thc city as a whole, but now that it has become a country in i: self the sentiment quails before the geographical vastness,—The Spectator, Referred to Britain. Let Nicholas If. look at Great Britain and he will see that the greatest Sovereign in Europe at the present hour is a constitutional monarch, hi> uncle, King Edward VII.—Petit Parisian. Tbe Pacific Coast Realty Co., Ltd. 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All kinds of Building Material, LUMBER SASH DOORS TELEPHONE 564 North Qovernment St., Victoria If you love your wife BUY HER A GAS STOVE It will save her a lot of extra work and give her time for other things besides cooking. Cook Your Boast, Do Not Boast Your Cook, VICTORIA GAS COMPANY, LIMITED. ■^B.&K.^ Rolled Oats Are milled from the cream of this season's wonderful crop. They are fresh and sweet every day; they carry health and strength into the homes of Western Canada; they are building up a great nation. BB THK WKKK, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1906 The Week A Provincial Review and Magazine, published every Saturday by "THE WEEK" PUBLISHING COMPANY, LIMITED. Offices: MVi Government Street .... Victoria B. C. Empire Block Vancouver, B. C. W, BLAKJSMORE,,,Manager and Editor Annual Subicriptlon » In Advance Transient rates, per inch 50c. Legal notices (60 days), from J5.00 Theatrical, per inch S1.00 Readers, per line 6c. to 10c. Births, Marriages, Deaths, Lost and Found and other small advertisements, per Insertion, from...25c. to $1.00 BADINAGE By BOHEMIAN On several occasions I have been asked to start a matrimonial agency in connection with 'The Week." Of course the suggestion came from the ladies, who find themselves in such a hopeless majority in Victoria. I had about decided to comply, when my editor put his foot down emphatically and threatened if he heard any morp of ''that nonsense," to use it propellingly. That settled it as far as I was concerned, but I had my revenge. I persuaded an enterprising entrepreneur to open the skating rink, which is the same thing. In Italy, however, they do these things better, and one of the most attractive schemes for facilitating the marriage of Bohemians is now in full swing as a result. Bachelors and men of all kinds and conditions all over Europe are inundating the mail with registered letters any money orders demanding itickets for the new marriage lottery, second of its kind, soon to be started in Milan. A committee of artists, men and women, are now engaged in selecting the victims—namely, thirty unmarried women of good reputation, faultless figures and beautiful faces. These will form the prizes, together with dots to be granted by the lottery company. The largest dot of $200,000 will be attached to the finest looking among the thirty girls selected; lesser dots, from $100,- 000 to $S,ooo, will go with the other twenty-nine damsels. Anybody and everybody has a chance to win—money at least. If the winner happens to be a married person, or a female, or an unreasonable being who refuses to marry the beauty selected for him by'the committee—why, he may say so and divide the money consideration with the girl. The girls, on their part, have to sign papers agreeing not to sue the men who refuse them for breach of promise. This form of lottery is not more of a "lottery" than marriage by the usual process is supposed to be, while it possesses the advantage of yielding all prizes and no blanks. I commend it to the ladies of Victoria. Last winter the sporting editor of The week came in for some unkind and not very grammatical criticism for commenting on the unfair partisanship of Canadian crowds at football matches He simply emphasized a fact, and a regrettable one, as every true sportsman will agree. To his critics 1 commend the following paragraph taken from the Overseas Daily Mail of October 6th, dealing with the match between the "Springboks" and the Midland Counties." Thc only comment I will venture to make is that when such a scene is possible on this continent a new era will have dawned for sport. It will arrive at about the same time as the "pot" ceases to call the "kettle" black in political life: 'The play in the second half was centred round "Paddy" Carolin, the vice- captain of tlle team, who played halfback with Jackson, It was during this period of the game that the African backs began to shine, and in every movement Carolin was the ruling spirit. Cool-headed, quick and masterly in his judgment, every feint, pass, or kick was a work of art, and he was the life and soul of the team. "Wilh De Melkcr he scored a try that brought down the house. They raced down thc field, passing and repassing with bewildering speed and accuracy, and ultimately walked over the line unopposed, so completely had they outwitted the defence. It was pleasing to hear the distinctly Midland crowd rise to fhe young African as one man. They threw to the wind all feelings of partisanship and disappointment at defeat, and cheered a grand player for a superlative display of football." Some times, althought not often, I read signed articles in newspapers. I make an exception in favor of Captain Clive Phillips Wolley because twelve years ago I read his "Sea Queen Wakes," since which time I have been a faithful admirer of his literary work. All this may be very inconsequential and altogether illogical in the present connection, pretty much on the basis of Samuel Goldfinch's remark, "I knew his father." Recently Captain Wolley has been unburdening his soul on the subject of "cheap labor," as the columns of the Colonist bear testimony. On the economic aspects of the question I have nothing to say. The subject is altogether too prosaic and practical for a Bohemian, and altogether more suited for a poet. In treating it, however, Captain Wolley has taken more than the usual poetic license, as the following extract from a recent article will show: "Christian and Confucian, Briton and Mongolian, man and hermaphrodite, truth lover and Asiatic liar, such are the antagonistic elements which we should have to blend into a nation if we invited the Chinaman to make for us our working class." Of course none will take such a paragraph seriously, and it is not easy to see what the poet was aiming at. Does he wish to convey the idea thajt all Christians, Britons and Europeans are men and truth lovers, while all Confucians, Mongolians and Asiatics are liars and hermophrodites? Or is the suggestion that no Asiatic can be a man or a truth lover? Why is such an extraordinary classification attempted ? Th,ere is higher authprity even that Captain Wolley for the statement that "all men are liars." We have some pretty poor specimens of Europeans in Canadafc especially in the Northwest, and if one consults the docket at the last Manitoba assizes it would appear that it might even be an advantage to exchange a few of the freak criminals of Galician origin for that nameless atrocity a hermaphrodite. In that event some, at least, of the wrost crimes now being committed in that Province would be an impossibility. The strange and meaningless jumble of the poet's paragraph reminds me of a passage to which, in some inexplicable manner, it bears a faint resemblance: "Parthians and Medes, and Elamites and the dwellers in Mespatamia, and in Judea, and Cappodocia, in Pontus and Asia." But on the historic occasion referred to to no man was deemed "common or unclean" because he did not possess a white skin. If truth and falsehood, orthodoxy and heterodoxy, Christianity and Paganism are the discordant elements which Captain Wolley thinks are so antagonistic that they cannot be reconciled, what has the policy of the British Empire been doing for so many centuries? This is not a plea for the admission of Chinese, but a plea for charity, intelligence and a little sanctified common sense in dealing with a great Imperial issue. I though Captain Wolley was an Imperialist. How he reconciles Imperialist ideas with traducing the character of Asiatic races, many of whom are British subjects, and classifying them as liars and hermaphrodites, is not very obvious to BOHEMIAN. Regimental. FIFTH REGIMENT, C. A. Regimental Orders by Lt.-Col. J. A. Hall, Commandin. No. 43. Regimental Headquarters. Victoria, B. C, 24-10-06. 1. Promotion. The officer commanding has been pleased to approve the following promotion in No. 3 Company: To be Co. Qr. Mr. Sergt.—No. 24, Sergt. F. Hatcher, vice Co. Qr. Mr. Sergt. C. W. Hollyer, transferred to staff. 2. Turn in Rifles. All rifles must be turned into company stores not later than the 10th of November, preparatory to inspection of armouries. Also those rifles borrowed from Quartermaster's stores must be turned in by same date. O. C. Companies and Quartermaster will hand to the Adjutant the names of all those who have failed to comply with this order. 3. Inspect School. The school of instruction will be inspected by the officer commanding on Monday next at 0 p. m. Those members whose attendance has not been satisfactory will be dismissed from the class. 4. Officers' Meeting. The regular monthly meeting of the officers' mess will be held on Thursday evening, November ist, at 8:30 p. m. Dress, undress uniform. By order, W. RIDGWAY-WILSON, (Signed.) Captain, Adjutant Fifth Regt., C. A. CHALLONER & MITCHELL JEWELLERS AND OPTICIANS 47 & 49 GOVERNMENT STREET ^§K Rings and Brooches at Factory to Wearer PRlCes Mall Orders Receive Very Prompt and Caretul Attention Notice is hereby given that sixty days .ifter date I intende to apply to the Hon. Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase thj: following described land, situated in range 5, Skeena River district, about one mile from Little Canyon, commencing at a post planted 011 the southeast corner, marked 'R. Bratin." thence running west 80 chains to Turner's southeast comer, thence north 40 chains to Frank's northeast corner, thence east 40 chains, thence north 40 chains to Johnson's southeast corner, thence cast 40 chains, thence south 80 chains to point of commencement, containing 480 acres (more or less). Located September ist, 1906. R. RRAUN. Dr. C. J. Fagan and Mrs. Fapan have returned from a trip tn thc Interior. Whilst away the Dr. visited the site of the proposed Anti-Tuberculosis Hospital at Kamloops. Social and Personal. Mrs. Norton's (private subscription) dance will be held on Friday, November 2d, and not the 16th, as Mrs. Hasell wants that date for the children's hospital ball. * * * Mrs. Troup returned on Sunday from a month's visit to the East. * * * Mrs. E. G. Russell returned from Boston the end of last week, having placed Miss Russell in school there. * * * Miss Todd returned on Monday from a months' visit to her sister, Mrs. Hib- den Gillespie, in Nelson. * * * Miss Nellie Dupont entertained a number of her young friends at the tea hour on Wednesday afternoon last, at "Stadacona." * * * Mrs. Marpole (Vancouver) is the guest of her mother, Mrs. (Col) Holmes, "Wollaston," Esquimalt Road. * * * Invitations are issued for a "Halloween party for Wednesday evening next, by Mrs. T. S. Gore and Miss Arbuckle, "Arran," Oak Bay avenue. * * * Mrs. Gaudin entertained at the ever popular bridge on Friday, the 19th inst., four tables being filled by the 19 guests. Mrs. F. Stanley Spain (New Westminster) is visiting friends in the city. * * * The marriage of Miss Edith Maitland Dougall and Mr. Stephen Phipps (St. Paul) has been arranged to take place on November 7th at Christ Church Cathedral. * * * Signora Gargoila (nee Miss Mary Macaulay) is a guest at the Balmoral. * * * A bridge tournament is to be held during the whole of next _ week at "Roccabella/' under the auspices of the Anti-Tuberculosis Society, to raise money for the sanitarium. Different ladies propose to serve tea during the afternoon. * * ♦ The young ladies who are members of the Auxiliary Anti-Tuberculosis Society are working hard for their "Fancy Fair," whicli has been arranged to take place in the Drill Hall on November 2f)th and 30th and December ist. All sorfs of dainty trifles will be for sale, and it is presumed that many will be ale to do Christmas shopping during lhe three days of the Fair. An admission nf 10 cents will be charged, both afternoon and evening, with the exception of Saturday afternoon, when children will be admitted free of charge. There promises to be many attractions for the little ones. As the proceeds arc to jrn towards the building fund of the Sanitarium, it is to be hoped that the public will generously respond. JEWELRY At Little Cost The very moderate priced jewelry we draw your attention to is not the trashy, old-fashioned style; it is the product of the wonderful advance which science and skill have made in the creation of gold-filled jewelry. Gold-Filled Beauty Pins in a great variety of artistic designs, 25c; set with tmethysts 50c Gold-Filled Art Enameled Brooches—A large choice of fashionable designs, including the fashionable beetle brooch and four-leaf clover design, at , 50c Gold-Filled Brooches set with amethysts, topaz, aqua marina, etc., at.$i Gold-Filled and Mother of Pearl Cuff Links—the easy to fasten sort, at.... 50c and 75c Don't forget our Solid Silver Thimble; it only costs you two bits. It is far and away the best value in British Columbia. Challoner & Mitchell Diamond Merchants and Goldsmiths ♦7 40 Government Street, Victoria, B.C. FIDELITY AND COURTESY TO ALL Plain Figures Lowest Prices Prompt Service To All Largest and Best Selected Stock. Afc h WE ARE SHOWING A FINE ASSORTMENT OF Ladies9 Golfers IN ALL THE NEW STYLES JUST ARRIVED Long Kid Gloves IN BLACK AND WHITE HENRY YOUNG & CO. DSESSMAKING, Etc. MILLINERS GOVERNMENT STREET, VICTORIA, B. C. New Arrivals at Prior's A Carload of 12-lb Steel Rails and Spikes A Large Shipment of Norway Bar Iron, AH Sizes Big Consignment of Dick's Patent Belting in all sizes, direct from Glasgow. Splendid lot of Cooke's Wire Ropes, Crucible Cast Steel and Best Plow Wire in Lang's lay and straight lay. E.G. PRIOR & GO.. Ld. I (THE BIRMINGHAM OF B. C.) 125 Government Street, Vlcterla, B. e. Also at Vancouver, Kamloops and Vernon. P. R.1804 THE WEEK, SAT*JR0A¥> .OCTOBER;^ 19C6. British Columbia THE FRUIT GROWING RESOURCES OF THE PROVINCE. Fruit Growing. British Columbia fruit is preferred above all others in the markets of the Middle West, where it commands profitable prices. In 1904 a small exhibit sent to England was awarded the gold medal of the Royal Horticultural Society, and last year (1905) a car lot, exhibited in London, won the first prize from all competitors, while no less than eight medals were awarded the individual exhibits which made np the collection. This goes to prove that despite the great distance British Columbia fruit has secured a prominent place in the British market, in which Oregon and California applies have heretofore sold at the highest prices. The fruit industry of British Columbia is in its infancy, but the results so far secred are convincing as to its future importance. The actual extent of fruit growing land has not yet been ascertained, but by a conservative estimate at least one million acres south of the 52nd degree will produce all the fruits of the temperate zone. The recognized fruit districts include the southern part of Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands, Lower Fraser River Valley, Thompson River Valley, Shuswap Lake, Okanagan, Spallumcheen, Oso- yoos, Similkameen, Upper Columbia Valley, Kootenay Lake, Arrow Lake, Lower Columbia River and Grand Forks, which are all suited to the best grades of fruit, and which contain extensive areas of fruit lands. Other good fruit districts are: West Coast of Vancouver Island, West Coast of Mainland (where patches of fruit lands are found at the heads of the numerous inlets), Lower. Fraser Valley, Nicola, Grand Prairie, and many other localities. In some of these sections irrigation is necessary, and, as mentioned elsewhere, water is being supplied where the influx of population warrants the necessary expenditure. Many localities, which are now proved to be suitable for fruit culture, were but recently "discovered," for a few years ago fruit was only raised in the settlements along the coast and along the rivers, and in quantity that failed to supply even the limited local demand. In 1891 the total orchard area of the province was 6,500 acres. In ten years it only increased 1,000 acres, but from 1901 to 1905 it jumped to 22,000 acres, and it is safe to say that that acreage will be more than doubled again before the close of 1906. Ten years ago British Columbia did not produce enough fruit to supply her own population. The fol- following table of fruit shipments is interesting in showing the steady growth of the industry: Nelson Fruit Pair. By freight. By Express. Total. Increase. 1902 1,469 tons . 487 tons 1,956 tons 1903 1,868 tons 676 tons 2,544 tons , 688 tons 1904 2,161 tons 864 tons 3,025 tons , 481 tons 1905 3,181 tons 1,176 tons 4,357 tons 1,332 tons An increase of over 50 per cent in four years. THE WEEK, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1966. NOTES ON PROVINCIAL NEWS. Crooked Accounts. During the progress of an important damage suit at the current Nelson assizes, in which a Fernie lumber company is suing the Crow's Nest South- Monopoly at Hedley. The Hedley Gazette of the 18th inst. discloses a condition of affairs which is only paralleled, as far as we know, at Fernie. It results from the circum- ern Railway Company for damages for stance that at both places the electric the destruction of their property by fire,; light is controlled by the only indus- it has leaked out that the books of the trial enterprise in the towa No sooner lumber company which were submitted j did the Fernie strike commence than to Inspector Martin to enable him to a threat was made by the electric light compute the amount of royalty due to company, which is the coal company, the government, accounted for less than that in consequence of lack of fuel the half the quantity of lumber upon which town would be placed in darkness. At the company is claiming in the present. Hedley one R. B. Lamb, who was reaction. Whatever the result of the suit cently pitchforked into the position of may be, it should at least result in an increased contribution to the provincial coffers, and it undoubtedly will have that effect if W. J. Goepel is put in the trail, A Noble Investor. The recent visit of Earl Grey to Nelson, wher he spent a week, has bpen productive of good to the capital of the Kootenay, which, through the medium of his Lordship, has just received a manager of the Daly Reduction Com pany, has threatened to discontinue the lights on November 1st. It would be superfluous to comment on the spirit which could dictate such a dog-in-the- manger policy. The lesson is obvious that corporations, however small, should own their light and water systems. 1A Brilliant Songstress. 1 Some Months ago The Week took occasion to comment upon the splendid splendid"advertisement.' After "reaching ability of Miss Winifred Crowley' for Winnipeg on his journey to the East, some 3™" a resident of RoSsland Lord Howick returned to Nelson, and Miss Crowley is a young lady of seven- on behalf of the Governor-General and teen years, with a magnificent contralto himself purchased thirty acres of fruit voice. She has been heard in concerts land upon the shores of Kootenay Lake, throughout the Kootenay, and, having between Nelson and Balfour. It is lit- , tie short of marvellous that such an saved up a modest SUm' she Went t0 enormous area has been sold for fruit Spokane a few months ago to corn- culture in this district within the last mence a musical course. On hearing year. Not a little of the success which her phenomenal voice, Mr. William has attended the efforts of the local Cranston, the manager of the Roscian land agents is due to the excellent ad- °Pera Company, at once made her an vertising of the Tourist Association, and the expert endorsation of Professor Mills. An Able Advocate. It will come as no surprise to the many admirers of Col. Gregory, to learn from the Cumberland and Nanaimo papers that he made a splendid defence in the Featherstone case, and that his peroration was magnificent. It was hopeless to expect that his client could be saved from the gallows, but Col. Gregory has at least the satisfaction of knowing that he did not help to hang him, and that is a consolation which has not always fallen to the lot of counsel in similar cases. Fernie Strike. The strike at the Fernie coal mines continues; the only development during the week being the resignation of the local president of the union, Mr. Dick- offer. She joined his company, and since then has taken leading parts. It is probable that the Roscians will visit the Coast this season, in which case Victorians will have an opportunity of hearing Miss Crowley, who will undoubtedly, one day, become a prima donna. The following notice is from a Nelson paper: "Miss Winifred Crowley, who has been scoring brilliant successes everywhere, will appear in Nelson with the Roscians in Agricultural Hall on the evening of October 31, in both performances, 'Cavalleria Rusti- cana' and 'Pinafore.'" A Worthy Bon. The Vernon News comments with some knowledge and not a little incisive- ness upon the recent election in North Renfrew, and as the article points a moral, we venture to reproduce it: "At the last general election the Hon. Peter White, a former speaker of the en, in consequence of a dispute with Mr, F. H. Sherman, the principal represent- Dominion House, and recognized as one ative of the United Home Workers', of the ablest statesmen in Canada, had Association. Meanwhile, upwards of 500 miners have left the pass. Mr. G. G. S. Lindsay, the general manager, has gone on a holiday trip to California, and has announced that he will never re-open the mines with union labour. He declares that he has already made arangements for the importation of non- unionists. He hopes to succeed in a hard work to carry the constituency of North Renfrew, and was returned by a majority altogether insignificant as compared to that recently secured in that riding. He was popular; he was an energetic candidate, and had spent a long and useful life in the constituency where he had hosts of warm personal friends on both sides of politics. policy in which Mr. Charles Plummer j Yet he narrowly escaped defeat. His Hill of the Hill Crest Coal Company death caused a vacancy in the riding has just registered a signal failure, and at the recent by-election, his son, Business is at an entire standstill at a young man about 25 years of age and Fernie and the prospect is of the gloom- absolutely unknown in political life, iest. rolled up a magnificent majority of I,- 052. There were two Liberal candidates A Qood Writer. in the field and one of them lost his The following note from the Moyie deposit, while Mr. Gerald White pulled Leader indicates the whereabouts and some 650 votes more than his two op- success of Thc Week representative: opents combined. Surely such occur- "Percy F. Godenrath, representing The j ences as this may be reasonably accept- Week of Victoria, was in Moyie Thurs- ] ed as a sign of the times. It is abund- day drumming up business for his pub- j antly evident that Liberalism is decided- r Drysock Boots for Wet , Weather. ii lication. Mr. Godenrath is a writer of considerable note, and has been doing splendid work all over the province. ly on the wane in Ontario. Tn a Nutshell. The Kamloops Standard puts one argument for better terms in a nutshell, when it says: "British Columbia has paid into the Federal Treasury $24,- 000,000 more than we have received from it since confederation. Each year we pay in three times as much as we feceive, and still the Liberal papers blame Premier McBride for refusing to acept a paltry million paid in installments, in settlement of all demands, past, present and future." A Gain to Viotoria. Mr. G. A. 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Notice is hereby given that thirty (ays after date I intend to apply to the [onorable the Chief Commissioner of ands and Works for a special license cut and carry away timber from the allowing described lands, situate in oast District in the Province of Brit- h Columbia, viz.: Starting at a post larked "J. A. H." situate on the east de of Finlayson Channel, about four iles from the south end of the channel, ence running east 120 chains, thence iuth 60 chains to the shore, thence Dug shore to place of beginning. [Dated the nth day of October, 1906. J. A. HUMBIRD, . By his agent, J. F. Marshall. Notice is hereby given that thirty ys after date I intend to apply to the morable the Chief Commissioner of nds and Works for a special license cut and carry away timber from the lowing described lands, situate in ist District in the Province of Brit- Columbia, viz.: Starting at a post Irked "J. A. H.," at the northwest [■ner of lot number one (1), thence nning north 80 chains, thence east 40 Jfins, thence north 40 chains, thence 1st 80 chains to shore, thence along Ve to place of beginning. Jated the nth day of October, 1906. J. A. HUMBIRD, By his agent, J. F. Marshall. * o. Notice, is hereby given that thirty ta after date I intend to apply to the morable the Chief Commissioner of nds and Works for a special license cut and carry away timber from the lowing described lands, situate in ast District in the Province of Brit- Columbia, viz.: Starting at a post rked "J. A. H.," on Finlayson Chan- , about one mile south of Mary's ve, thence running east 80 chains, nee south 120 chains to shore, thence ng shore to place of beginning. Jated the nth day of October, 1906. J. A. HUMBIRD, By his agent, J. F. Marshall. Notice is hereby given that thirty ks after date I intend to apply to the pnorable the Chief Commissioner of bids and Works for a special license J cut and carry away timber from the ■lowing described lands, situate in last District in the Province of Brit- . Columbia, viz.: Starting at a post Irked "J- A. H.," on Mary's Cove, nlayson Channel, thence running east ichains, thence south 80 chains, thence 1st 60 chains to shore, thence along |jre to place of beginning. Jated the 12th day of October, 1906. J. A. HUMBIRD, By his agent, J. F. Marshall. ISTotice is hereby given that thirty 'rs .after date I intend to apply to the morable the Chief Commissioner of ads and Works for a special license cut and carry away timber from the lowing described lands, situate in ast District in the Province of Brit- J Columbia, viz.: Starting at a post Irked "J- A. H.," at the northwest flier of lot number four (4), thence lining east 40 chains, thence north 60 |ins, thence west 100 chains to shore, nice along shore to place of com- Jncement. |Jated this 12th day of October, 1906. J. A. HUMBIRD, By his agent, J. F. Marshall. iVTotice is hereby given that thirty i after date I intend to apply to the lorable the Chief Commissioner of ds and Works for a special license ut and carry away timber from the wing described lands, situate in it District in the Province of Brit- Columbia, viz.: Starting at a post sed -'J. A. H.," on Finlayson Chan- two miles north of Mary's Cove, ce running; east 40 chains, thence h 160 chains, thence west to shore hains, thence along shore to place jginning. ' ited this T2th day of October, 1906. J. A. HUMBIRD, By his agent, J. F. Marshall. shore, thence along shore to place of beginning. Dated the 13th day of October, 1906. J. A. HUMBIRD, By his agent, J. F. Marshall. No. 9. Notice is hereby given that thirty days after date I intend to apply to the Honorable the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for a special license to cut and carry away timber from the following described lands, situate in Coast District in the Province of British Columbia, viz.: Starting at a post marked J. A. H.," on Goat Cove, Finlayson Channel, thence running south 40 chains, thence west 120 chains, thence north to shore, thence along shore to place of beginning. Dated the 13th day of October, 1906. J. A. HUMBIRD, By his agent, J. F. Marshall. No. 10. Notice is hereby given that thirty days after date I intend tp apply to the Honorable the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for a special license to cut and carry away timber from the following described lands, situate in Coast District in the Province of British Columbia, viz.: Starting at a post marked "J. A. H.," at the head of lagoon, Goat Cove, Finlayson Channel, thence running east 80 chains, thence north 80 chains, thence west 80 chains, thence south to shore of lagoon, th.ence along shore to place of beginning. Dated the 14th day of October, 1006. J. A. HUMBIRD, By his agent, J. F. Marshall. No. 11. Notice is hereby given that thirty days after date I intend to apply to the Honorable the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for a special license to cut and carry away timber from the following described lands, situate in Coast District in the Province of British Columbia, viz.: Starting at a post marked "J. A. H.," at the head of lagoon, Goat Cove, Finlayson Channel, thence running north 80 chains, thence west 120 chains, thence south to shore, thence along shore to place of beginning. Dated the 14th day of October, 1906. J. A. HUMBIRD, By his agent, J. F. Marshall. No. 12. Notice is hereby given that thirty clays after date I intend to apply to the Honorable the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for a special license to cut and carry away timber from the following described lands, situate in Coast District in the Province of British Columbia, viz.: Starting at a post marked "J. A. R," about four miles northerly from the north end of Finlayson Channel, thence running west 80 chains, thence south' 80 chains, thence east 80 chains to shore, thence along shore to place of beginning. . Dated the 14th dav of October, 1906. J. A HUMBIRD, By his agent, J. F. Marshall. NOTICE Is hereby given that 60 days from date I intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase the following described land, situated in Range 5, Skeena River District, about one mile from Little Canyon: Commencing at a post planted on the southeast corner, marked R. Braun; thence running west 80 chains to Turner's S. E. corner; thence north 40 chains to Frank's southeast corner; thence east 40 chnins; thence south 80 chains to point of commencement, containing 480 acres, more or less. (Located September 1, 1906. R. BRAUN. Port Esslngton, B. C. NOTICE is hereby given that sixty days after date I Intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase the following described land, starting from a post planted on the south line of lot 199,, at the head of Union Bay, thence 40 chains east, thence 40 chains south, thence 40 chains west to shore line, thence northerly along shore line of Union Bay to point of commencement, containing 160 acres more or less. Staked September 4th, 1906. JOHN <3. JOHNSTON. NOTICE) Is hereby given that thirty days after date I Intend to apply to the Hon. the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase the following described land, situated on Portland Channel: Starting from a post marked "C. B. F.'s northwest corner;" thence south 40 chnins; thence east 40 chains; thence north 40 chains; thence west along shore line to point of commencement, containing 160 acres more or less. C. B. FLEWIN. Little Canyon, B. C, Sept. 3rd, 1906. NOTICE Is hereby given that sixty days from date I intend to apply to the Hon. Chief Commissioner of lLands and Works for permission to purchase the following described land, situated In Rnnge 5, Skeena River District, about one and one half miles from Little Canyon, commencing at a post marked West N. E. Corner and K. Braun S. E. Corner, thence 80 chains west to Schilling's S. E. Corner, thence north 40 chains, tbence east 80 chains, thence south 40 chains to point of commencement, containing 320 acres more or less. Located Sept. 3rd, 1906. K. BRAUN. Notice is hereby given that 30 days after dnte, I Intend to apply to the Hon. the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works, for a special license to cut and enrry nwny timbey from the following described land: No. 4. Commencing at a stnke on the west shore of the lnrge lake on the northern end of Sechelt Peninsula, about four miles south of Captain Island, New Westminster District; thence west 40 cbalns, south 80 chains, east 40 chains, south 80 chains, east 40 chains to shore of 'ake; thence following shore line to point of commencement. No. 5. Commencing at a stake on the western shore of a lake on the nortli end of Sechelt Peninsula | thence west to the enstern boundary of Timber License No. 5,888; thence 80 chains north to the boun- ifary of pre-emption No. 1,843; thence 80 chains east; thence south to shore of lake; thence following lake shore to point of commencement. No. 6. Commencing from the shore of a lake at the north end of Sechett Peninsula; thence north about 40 chains to the southwest corner of Timber Lease No. 672; thenee east 40 chains; thence south 40 chains; east 40 chains; aouth 120 cbalns; thence about 40 chains west to shore of lake; thence following the shore to point of commencement. M. GREEN. J. WEST. Little Canyon, Sept. 1, 1908. SIXTY days after date I Intend to apply to the Ohlef Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase the following described land, commencing at a post planted on the left bank of tbe Skeent niver, about three and one- half miles above the Lakelse river und joining John Neldhardt's N. E. corner and marked L. W. S.'s northwest corner and running south 160 chains, thence east 40 chains,- thence north 160 chains, more or less, to left bank of the Skeena river, thence westwardly along the Skeena river to point of commencement and containing 640 acres, more or less. Port Esslngton, B. C. I L. W. SLOAN, Locator. J. E. BATEMAN, Agent. ~SIXTY days after date I Intend to apply to the Ohlef Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase the following described land, commencing at a post planted ou the left bank of the Skeena, about four miles above the Lakelse river aud adjoining L. W. S.'s northeast corner and marked N. M. J.'s northwest corner, and running south along tho east- ern boundary of L. W. S.'s application 160 chains, thence east 40 chains, thence north 100 chnins, more or less, to bank of the Skeenn river, thence westerly along the Skeena river to point of commencement and containing 640 acres, more or less. Port Esslngton, B. C. N. M. JOSEPH, Locator. J. E. BATEMAN, Agent. Notice is hereby given that thirty days after date I intend to apply to the Hon. the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase the following described land, situated on Portland Channel: Starting from a post marked "C. B. F.'s northwest corner;" thence south 40 chains; thence east 40 chains; thence north 40 chains; thence west along shore line to point of commencement, containing 160 acres more or less. C. B. FLEWIN. NOTICE Is hereby given that 60 dnys nfter date I Intend to apply to the Hon. the Chief Commissioner of Lands nnd Works for permission to purchnse the following described land: A small unnamed Island outside the S.E. corner of Campbell buy, off the east coast of Mnyne Islnnd and sltunte nbout 30 chnins 'to the southenstward of the northeast corner of section nine, Mnyne Island, nnd containing about 16 acres. Dated this 19th day of September, 1906. GEORGE GEORGESON. NOTICE is hereby given tliat 60 days after date, I intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands nnd Works, for permission to purchnse the following land nenr Kaien Island, ln Skeent district: Commencing at a stake planted n„t southenst corner of Jot 646, mnrked "W. C's. corner;" thence east 40 chains; thence south about 55 chnins to W. Mc- Kenzle's north boundary; thence west 20 cbalns to A. G. H. Pott's cast boundary; thence north about 30 chains to A. G. H. I'ott's northeast corner; thence west nlong said boundnry 20 chnins to enst line of lot 646A; thence north 20 chains to point of commencement, containing 140 acres more or less. WILLIAM COPELAND. ! No. 13. ; Notice is hereby given that thirty I days after date I intend to apply to the I Honorable the Chief Commissioner of , Lands and Works for a special license ! to cut and carry away timber from the j follnwine described lands, situate in I Coast District in the Province of British Columbia, viz.: Starting at a post marked "J. A. R," on Hickish Narrows, Finlayson Channel thence run- nine south 80 chains, thence east 120 chains .thence north to shore of Narrows, thence along shore to place of beginning. Dated the 14th day of October, 1906. J. A. HUMBIRD, By his agent, J. F. Marshall. (7- otice is herehy given that thirty s after date I. intend; to apply to the lorable the Chief Commissioner of ds and Works for a special license :ut and carry away timber from the I wins described lands, situate in st District in the Province of Brit- Columbia, viz.: Starting at a post ked "J. A. H„" on Watson Bight, ayson Channel, thence running h 60 chains, thence west 126 chains hore, thence along shore to place of lining, ated this 13th d,iy of October, 100'). ■ .1. v HUMBIRD. By his a^ent, J. F. Marshall. iticr is 'nereby given that thirty a'ter r'ate 1 intend to anply to the r.irah'': thc Chief Commissioner of :1s 'ind Works for a snecial licence I"' and ':arry away timber from the (wins' rlcscribad lands, situate in Ft District in me Province of Brit- ro'.umhia. viz.: Starting at a post _,id "J. A. H.," at the northeast ler of lot number seven (7). thence iiiiw south .1 ochajns thenc east Ichains. thence north 41 chains to NOTICE Is hereby given thnt 60 dnys from date I intend to npply to the Chief Commissioner of Lnnds nnd Works for permission to purchnse the following described land, adjoining Lot 646, Skeena District: Commencing at a post marked "A. C.'s N. W. Corner"; tbence enst 40 chains along soutih boundary of T. Flewln's claim; thence south 40 chains; tbence west 40 chains; thence north 40 chains, along east boundary of Lot 646 to point of commencement, containing 160 acres, more or less. ANNIE COPELAND. No. 14. Notice is hereby given that thirty days after date I intend to apply to the Honorable the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for a_ special license to cut and carry away timber from the following described lands, situate in Coast District in the Province of British Columbia, viz.: Starting at a post marked "J. A. H.," at the northwest corner of lot number thirteen (13), thence running south 80 chains, thence west 80 chains, thence north 80 chains. thence east 80 chains to place of beginning. Dated the 14th day of October. 1906. J. A. HUMBIRD.. By his. agent, J. F. Marshall. NOTICE Is hereby given that two months after dnte I Intend to apply to. the Hon. Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for a speclnl licence to cut nnd carry away timber from the following described lands, commencing nt a post planted nt the southwest corner of Lot 313, Deer creek, Clayoquot, thence east 40'chains, thence south 40 chains, thence west 40 chains, thence south 80 chains, thence west 80 chains, thence northerly along the beach to point of commencement, containing 640 acres, more or less. M. J. HAUGEN. August 28th, 1906. NOTICE Is hereby given thnt 30 days nfter date T Intend' to apply to the Hon. Chief Commissioner -at Lnnds and Works for a speclnl licence to cut nnd enrry nwny timber from the foMowlnir described land, situated In New Westminster Distriot: Commencing from a post on the enst shore of the large lake, northern end of Sechelt Peninsula: thence north 160 chains: enst 40 chains: south 160 chnins. more or less, to shore, thonce following shore to point of commencement. M. GREEN. Sept. 17th, 1906. NOTICE Is hereby given that 60 days nfter dnte I Intend to npply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands nnd Works for permission to purchase the following described lands situate ln the Kltsiim Knlum Valley, Range V, Const District: Commencing at a stake plnnted nt the N. E. corner of ,Tns. Adams' purchnse claim, mnrked N. T. C. No. 1 Initlnl Post; tbence 40 chains west; thence 40 chnins north: thence 40 chnins east; thence 40 chnins south to point of commencement nnd containing 180 acres more or less. N. T. CUNNINGHAM. Locator. P. W. BOHLER, Agent. Located October 1st, 1908. NOTICE Is hereby given thnt two months nfter dnte I Intend to npply to the Hon. Chief Commissioner of Lnnds nnd Works for n special licence to cut nnd carry away timber from the following described lands, commencing at a post planted nbout three fourths of n mile west of the Elk river, thence north 80 chains, thence west 40 chains, thence south 40 chains, thence west to chains, thence south 40 chnins, thence enst 40 chnins, thence south 40 chains, thence enst along the bench of Kennedy lnke, thence north to point of commencement, containing 640 acres, more or less. M J ItAHtKN. Sept. 1st, 1906. NOTICE Is hereby given thnt thirty (30) dnys nfter date I Intend to npply to the Hon. Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works foi a special licence to cut and carry timber from the following described lnnds, sltunted In District of New Westminster. 1. Commencing nt a post planted a quarter of n mile from the bench nt the hend of St. Vincent Ray, Hothnm Sound, thence west 100 chnins. thence north 40 chnins. thence enst 160 chnins. nnd thence south 40 chnins tn the point of commencement, containing 640 ncres. 2. Commencing nt the northenst corner of No. 1 olnlm as above described, thence north 40 ohains, thence west 160 chains, thence south 40 chains, thence enst along the northern boundnry of thc said No. 1 to point of commencement, containing 640 acres. FRANK BURNETT. Dated nt Vnncouver this 13th day of September. NOTICE Is hereby given that SO days nfter date ['Intend to npply to the Hon. Chief Commissioner of Lnnds nnd Works for n speclnl licence to cut nnd carry away timber from the following desoribed lands In rear of G. McKay's west license on Alice Arm. Cassiar District, B. C.i Starting nt n post mnrked southwest corner, running north 40 chains; east 160 chains; south 40 chains; west 160 chnins to point of commencement. BRITISH COLUMBIA TIE AND TIMBER CO., LTD. NOTICE Is hereby given that 60 dnys nfter dnte I Intend to npply to the Chief Commissioner of Lnnds nnd Works for permission to purchnse the following land, situated on Works Channel: Commencing nt a post marked "Initial Post T. H. W.." thence east 20 chains, thence north 20 chains, thence west 20 chains, thence north 20 chains, thenee west 40 chains, thenee south 40 chnins. more or less, to shore line; thence following shore line to point of commencement, containing 240 acres more or less. 8t T. H. WATSON. Port Simpson, B. C. Aug. 16. 1006. NOTICE Is hereby given thnt 60 dnys from date I Intend to npply to the Chief Commissioner of Lnnds nnd Works for permission to purchnse the following described lnnd, ndjolning Lot 646, Skeenn District: Commencing at a post marked "A C.'s N. W. Corner": thence enst 40 chnins nlong south boundnry of T. Flewln's claim? thence south 40 chnins; thenee west 40 chnins: thence north 40 chnins, nlong enst boundnry of Lot 646 to point of commencement, containing 160 ncres mure or less. ANNIE COPELAND. NOTICE Is hereby given thnt 30 dnys nfter dnte I Intend to nnply to the Hon. Chief Commissioner of Lnnd nnd Works for a licence to cut nnd enrry away timber from the following described lands sltunted In Renfrew District: No. 6. Commencing nt n post 20 chnins nnst of the first fork of Dubnh creek, nbout 1 mile from snlt wnter; thence E. 40 chnins: S. 160 ehnlns; W. 40 chnins; N. 160 chnins to point of commencement. No. 7. Commencing nt southenst corner of No. 6 olnlm on Dubnh creek; thence enst 160 chnins: N. 40 chnins: W. 160 chains; S. 40 chnins to point of commencement. No. 8. Commenoins nt n post plnnted about 20 chnins N. of the N. E. corner of No. 7 clnim, on the north side of Dubnh creek; thenoe W. 80 chnins; N. 80 chnins; E. 80 chnins; S. 80 chnins to point of commencement. No. 9. Commencing nt a post nt tho south end of Untndnt Lnke. about hnlf mile S. E. nf Nltlnnt Lnke; thenoe E. SO chnins; S. 80 chnins; W. SO chnins; N. 80 chnins to point of commencement. C. T. DUNBAR. JOHN McSHANE, Agent. NOTICE Is hereby given Hint 60 dnys after date I intend tn npply to the Chief Commissioner of Lnnds nnd Works for permission to piirehasn the following described lnnd situated ln the Kltstmiknlnm Valley, Rnnge Ii, Const District: Cnmmcnolni nt n stake plnnted nt the N. E. oorner of N. T. Cunnlniham purchnse clnim. marked' W. A. WndJiams' No. 1 Initlnl Post; thence running 40 ehnlns west; thence 40 chains imrtih: thence 40 chnins enst: thonce 40 chains south to post of commencement, containing 100 ncres more or less. W. A. WADHAMS, Locator. V. W. BOHLER. Agent. Located October 1st, 100(1. NOTICE Is hereby given that 00 dnys nfter date I Intend to apply to tlio Chief Commissioner of Lands nnd Works for permission to purchase the following described lnnd sltunted In tho KJtsunikn'lum Vnlley. Rnnge 5, Const District: Commencing nt n stnke plnnted nt the N. E. oorner of W. A. WndJiams' purchase claim, mnrked L. Gtine No. 1 Initlnl Post; thence running 40 ohains west; tbence 40 chnins north; tbence 40 chnins enst; thence 40 chains south to post of commencement, containing 160 acres more or less. L. GUNE, Locator. F. W. ROHLER, Agent. Located October 1st, 1900. IMPORTANT AUCTION SALE OF Provincial Govern ment Lands To be held in the City of Vancouver On NOVEMBER 20, 1906 And Following Days. In thejsale will be included WATER FRONT LOTS and two to three acre parcels in DISTRICT LOT 540 South Vancouver, generally known as the POINT GRAY RESERVE the choicest residential section of Vancouver West. Also about 300 LOTS IN DISTRICT LOT 540 City of Vancouver, being the choicest residential lots situated in the locality known as Kitsilano. Also about 250 ACRES IN LOT 2027 South Vancouver, divided into five and ten acre parcels, all choice lots suitable for settlers. Also about 140 Lots and 350 Acres in the HASTINGS TOWNSITE adjacent to the B. (!. Electric Railway and the Great Northern Line Also about 2,000 Acres in NORTH VANCOUVER In the vicinity of Capilano Creek. For maps, catalogues nud further particulars apply to The Auctioneers, John S. Rankin, 514 Pender St. Arthur J. Ford, 747 Pender St. VANCOUVER, B.C. NOTICE Is hereby given that 60 dnys nfter dnte I Intend to apply to the Hon. Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchnse the following described land, situated In the Const District, Range 5: Beginning nt a post planted on the north bank of thc Skeena river nbout one mile southwest of ZymqotlU river at the southeast corner of .1. E. Bate- man's pre-emption claim and marked E. B.'s Northenst Corner; thenoe running west 120 chains; thence south about 80 chains, more or less, to bank of Skeenn river; thence ln a northeasterly direction following meandering of thc Skeena niver to post of commencement, containing about 820 acres of land more or less. EMMA iBATEMAN. ■T. E. BATEMAN, A«ent. Located September 20th, 1006. 10 THE WEEK, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27. 1906. On the Trail By the Traveller. East Kootenay, which is now demanding a large share of attention in the development of Southern British Columbia, can best be described as a beautiful and fertile valley sheltered to the north and east by the main range of the Rocky Mountains, to the west by the Selkirk range, and open to the south to the international boundary between the province and the State of Montana. From the southern end, where the valley is ioo miles wide, it stretches in a northwestrly direction for 200 miles, gradually narrow as it approaches Golden on the main line of the Canadian Pacific Railway, where it is about a mile and a half in width. The total area of the district is approximately 10,000 square miles. The district is reached on the north by the main line of the C. P. R., and the Crow's Nest Pass branch enters the district by the valley of the Elk River from the east and crossing to Kootenay Lake. At Yahk this iine connects with the Spokane-International, which will be in operation the end of the present month. A branch line also extends north from Cranbrook to Kimberly. The Great Northern railway enters the southern portion of the district from Rexford, Montana, passing through Tobacco Plains and having its present terminus at Fernie. The Kootenay Central Railway, now under construction, will, when completed, form the connecting link between the maine line of the C. P. R. at Golden and the Crow's Nest branch at some point near Jaffray or Elko. Agriculture and Horticulture— In the Cranbrook locality the lumber industry is dominant to the displacement, to a very considerable and regrettable extent, of a due appreciation of the vital importance of mining, and to an even greater extent of the agricultural and horticultural resources of the district. It is true to demonstration that though enormous areas splendidly adapted for mixed farming and fruit growing are lying wholly unproductive, only a few ranches in picked localities are under what can be called real,cultivation. A few large tracts arc being farmed and worked, such as Hanson's at Wasa, Powell's ranch south of Fort Steele, Reid's, Smith's and Mc- Dermott's on St. Mary's prairie north of the Mission. William Meachen has what is probably the finest ranch in the entire district on the St. Mary's River above Marysville. Outside of those mentioned there are a number of smaller occupiers, many of whom came in during the past spring and summer. All of these latter are doing well. Fruit growing is only now beginning to be • tried on any extensive scale. William Hamilton of the Sunnyside Ranch within a mile of the Cranbrook depot, is the pioneer in this industry and also far and away the most successful. It is interesting to record that he has grown and sold in the local market strawberries going seven to the pound, and has demonstrated the entire feasibility of raising Italian prunes at an elevation of about 3,300 feet above sea level. This latter fact gives an idea of the extraordinary salubrity of the climate in the immediate neighbour hood of Cranbrook. Though summei frosts sometimes injuriously affect crops grown at lower elevations than the Sunnyside ranch, there is never a trace of it on the ranch mentioned. It would appear that it is, in a considerable measure, caused by the super-saturation of the ground by surface waters in low situations. This condition will disappear with cultivation and drainage of the soil. The.C. P. R. lands (when the timber is removed) is well adapted for fruit growing, but the best land for farming and fruit to be had in East Kootenay at present is held by the Kootenay Valleys Company, which owns some 20,000 acres in the Cranbrook, Wasa and Fort Steele localities. Those lands are specially selected tracts and touch the Kootenay River at different points between the international boundary and Canal Flats, a distance of ahout 200 miles. About 2,000 acres of the very pick of the Kootenay Valley Company's 'and has been surveyed into farms of from 75 to us acres each in extent. Every lot comprises a proportion of bench land suitable for fruit growing, some prairie and meadow. Each farm is watered by direct contact with th; Kootenay river. The company sells ;.t fiom $3 to $7 an acre, allowing four yeLrs to complete the payments. Consider?hie amounts of this fine land has b;u sold during the past summer and spring. The representative firms engaged in the lumber industry at present are: Adolph Lumber Co., Cranbrook, capacity per 10 hours, 30,000; Baker Lumber Co., Elko, capacity, 60,000; Cranbrook Sash' & Door Co., Cranbrook, manufacturers of sashes and doors; Crother Lumber Co., Cranbrook, capacity 25,000; Crow's Nest Pass Lumber Co., Wardner, capacity 150,000; East Kootenay Lumber Co., Cranbrook, capacity 150,000; Elk River Lumber Co., Fernie, capacity 70,- 000; Fernie Lumber Co., Fernie, capas- ity 40,000; Golden & Columbia River Lumber Co., Golden, capacity 50,000; N. Hanson, Wasa, capacity 15,000; King Lumber Mills, Ltd., Cranbrook, capacity 65,000; Kimberly Milling & Manufacturing Co., Kimberley, capacity 35,- 000; Thos. Leask & Co., Creston, capacity 40,000; Maycok Lumber Co., Wardner, capacity 25,000; Porto Rico Lumber Co., Moyie, capacity 55,000; North Star Lumber Co., Cranbrook, capacity 45,000; Pearson & Jewell, Jaffray, capacity 30,000; Robinson-McKen- zie Lumber Co., Cranbrook, capacity 40,000; Standard Lumber Co., Cranbrook, capacity 35,000; Staples Lumber Co., Wycliffe, capacity 75,000, and the Watts Lumber Co., Wattsburg, capacity 40,000. THE TRAVELLER. Still Progressing. The B. C. Mining Exchange for September is the best number yet issued by its versatile editor, Mr. George Sheldon Williams. Each successive number indicates that Mr. Williams has made up his mind to establish the popularity of his paper upon a broad basis. Nothing of importance that is transpiring in the mining world of British Columbia escapes his notice, and he aims not only at furnishing his readers with the latest reliable information, but also with intelligent expert comment In the current number, he deals with mining conditions at Stewart in the Portland Canal district, which is just now a centre of attraction. The Providence mine in the the Boundary is also featured in a manner which is fully justified by its profitable conduct. The Nicola coal beds are discriminatingly dealt with, but perhaps the most important and certainly the most interesting article is one on the International Coal & Coke Company, . Which is designated "A Great Canadian Undertaking." Those who rode over the prairie on a cayuse from Sulphur Springs to Crow's Nest summit less than ten years ago, before the first sod of the Crow's Nest line was turned, find it difficult to believe that the town of' Coleman, with its extensive mining plant, its hotels, stores, churches and residences, shown on page 19, can have sprung up in the last few years. But seeing is believing, and the visitor to Coleman today finds, in that prosperous, thriving town a fitting monument to the constructive and financial ability of Mr. A. C. Flumrefelt. It is in featuring such splendid enterprises as this that the Mining Exchange has established its reputation as the leading mining journal of the West, whilst the extensive advertising patronage which it has secured, and which necessitates continual enlargements is the best evidence that it' has won the confidence of the manufacturing industries. The LieutenantrGovernor and Mrs. Dunsmuir will receive the sympathy, not only of their personal friends, but of the general public in consequence of the domestic trouble which has fallen upon them. For rather more than a week Miss Elinor Dunsmuir has been lying at the, Hospital with an attack of appendicitis, and on Thursday Miss Marion Dunsmuir was taken ill, and it is feared is down with typhoid. It is to be sincerely hoped that both these popular young ladies of Government House will make a safe and speedy recovery. WE HAVE Fruit Lands Timber Limits Range Land and Mineral Claims Throughout the BOUNDARY DISTRICT ! UNRIVALLED OPPORTUNITIES FOR FRUIT CULTURE* IN THE KETTLE RIVER VALLEY. Before Locating Send Us Particulars of What You Require A. ii Erskine ii ii Smith &- Co. REALTY and MINING I VESTMENTS Reference: Eastern Townships Bank. Grand Forks, B.C.;; British Columbia FRUIT LANDS The Kootenay and Columbia Valley contains about 100,000 acres of choice fruit lands, which are being rapidly settled up. These lands border on the lakes, are well located, and have daily transportation by boat and rail. The fruit grown in this section cannot be excelled in any part of North America. Peaches' pears apples, cherries, plums, grapes, and all kinds of small fruits grow in abundance. 10,000 acres of these lands are now being divided into small holdings. These will be placed on the market this season. The price will be reasonable and those who buy first can purchase at ground floor prices. The climate ii good, the lakes and rivers do not freeze in winter. The steamboats run alt year round. The thermometer seldom goes below zero. Should you desire more information, write to J. E- ANNABLE, NELSON, B.C Having a Climate and Soil equal to any other section of British Columbiai Nelson Fruit Lands will save you 25 to 50 per cent, on cost of original investment. H. E. CROASDAILE & CO. Nelson, B.C. Nelson Iron Works Machinery of all kinds built, erected and repaired. Complete Mining Plants Cammell Laird Steel, Etc. B. A.Isaac R.W. Hinton Nelson, B. C. Collectors! I carry an assortment of 400 subjects of Genuine Photographic PostCards of Banff and the Canadian National Park, also of Northwest Indians, Mountain and Game Scenes. PRICE ooc PER DOZEN. FOR THE TRADE ONLY. My quotations by the hundred are the lowest in Canada. Photo post cards made from any subject yon may send me. Write for particulars. Byron Harmon Photographic Artist, Banff, Alberta. C. S. BAKER Assayer, and Ore Shippers' Agent, GRAND FORKS, B. C. TRAVELLERS' GUIDE CAMBORNE The Eva Hotel CAMBORNE, B. C. Headquarters for mining men and '. commercial travellers. JOHN A. THEW, Proprietor.! REVELSTOKE Hotel Victoria REVELSTOKE, B. C. Headquarters for miners and lumbermen. ROBT. LAUQHTON, Prop'r.1 BANFF, ALTA Hotel King Edwan Banff's Host Popular $2 a Day Hoj Close to Station and Sulphur Baths. N, K. LUXTON, Proprietor.! PHOENIX. Deane's Hotel PHOENIX, B. C. New. Modern hot water system. Elecl lighted. Tub and shower baths and laundryl connection. The miners' home, I "DANNY" DEANE, Proprietor! GREENWOOD, B. C. The Windsor Hote QREENWOOD, B. C. American and European Plan. Cafe in Connection. ERNEST J. CARTIER, PropJ ROSSLAND Hoffman House R05SLAND, B. C. Rates $1.00 per day and up. Cafe] Connection. QREEN & SMITH. Prop's. NELSON. HOTEL HUME NELSON, B. C, Leading Hotel of the Kootenays. J. FRED HUME, - Proprletd ASSAY CHARGES. Gold ......... $1.00 Silver ............. ........... 1.00 Copper ........;. 1.35 Lead ........... 1.25 Iron ....... ..i'..!............. 1.50 Zinc ...;;;.;.." '...".v. ."..v...'.... 2.00 Gold and Silver......... ■ 1.50 GjDld and Copper................ 3.00 Gold, Silver and Copper......... 2.50 Gold, Silver and Lead............ 2.50 1 Other metals on application. A discount allowed to regular customers. Silver King Hotel j NELSON, B. C. The home of the Industrial Workers of the Kootenays. W. E. flcCandllsh, Propr Royal Hotel NELSON, B. C. The Best Family Hotel In the City. fl a da>. Mrs. Wm. Roberta, Proprletr == ORANBROOK. Cranbrook Hotel Cranbrook, B. C. Rates $2 per day. Opposite the C.Pj depot. Hogarth & Rollins, Proprietors.! Necessary Deceptions. If everybody woke up one morning and began to tell the truth, the world would go mad. The art of gentle deception is one of the necessary decencies of life.—The Sketch. YMIR ii a thriving mining town, situated 18 miles •oath ol Nelson In the rich mineral district of West Kootenay. It is essentially a tree-milling camp, and there are six stamp-mills operating in the vicinity—one of them (the Ymir) being the largest ln Canada, with its 80 stamps constantly dropping. There are numerous mines in active operation In tbe camp, and reliable Information is always available ln Ymir. Waldorf Hotel Headquarters for Mining and Commercial Men. Sample Rooms in Connection. YMIR, B. e. G. S. C0LBMHN. Proprietor. YMIR enjoys every facilil for mining operation Timber and Water are abunl ant, the roads and trails ef In good condition in tq main, and new ones are I ing opened up, There Is 1 reot railway communlcatid. with three smelters, all wit] in fifty miles ol lhe towf The climate is congenial an every necessary and luxul of life can be secti-ed ln tf camp and at prices that col pare favourably with thol of any other distriot."""@en, "Publisher changes in chronological order:
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