@prefix edm: . @prefix dcterms: . @prefix dc: . @prefix skos: . @prefix geo: . edm:dataProvider "CONTENTdm"@en ; dcterms:isPartOf "BC Historical Newspapers"@en ; dcterms:contributor "Anderson, James"@en ; dcterms:issued "2018-03-02"@en, "1900-07-14"@en ; edm:aggregatedCHO "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/similkameen/items/1.0365340/source.json"@en ; dc:format "application/pdf"@en ; skos:note """ SIMILKAMB Vol. i. No. 16. PRINCETON, B. C, SATURDAY, JULY 14th, 1900. $2.00 Per Year. RAILROAD RUMOURS iiPlli Great Northern Will Build to Republic from Wenatchee. A Low Pass Discovered Over the Hope Summit May Change C.P.R. Survey. js Archie Grant, late of the C. P. R. survey party, has just returned from a month's prospecting tour over the Hope mountains. He has followed the differ- ent water courses that flow towards the Skagit and Fraser rivers, and while engaged in searching for mineral made a most important discovery and one which maj^effect the whole future of railroad 11 between the coast and the Mt Grant is an experienced railroad surveyor, having been one of Engineer O. Englund's staff when the preliminary route surveys were made for the extension of the Columbia and Western; railway. At that time t-^o passes 1 were found—via the Similkamegn and the Tulameen rivers to Hope—but both were discarded in favor of _the Aspen Grove and Stance's Bridge route, which has since been surveyed. Mr. Grant has 1 discovered a low pass, the highest point which presents no engineering difficult ties, either in grade or heavy rock work. The lowest previous pass found was at an altitude qfd. 370feet, so the importance of saving close on 1,000 feet will be a strong factor in turning the attention of the C. P. R. to the Hope route. The route to Spence's Bridge has been found much more difficult than at first expected, and as the summit at Aspen Grove is about the same heightas the pass discovered by Mr. Grant, there would not only be a saving of close tgao miles i of line to be built, but it would~sEorten e to Vancouver by over 120 The Great Northern Route. 1 y"w J. J. Hill, president os the Great Northern Railway Co., has written to the Seattle Chamber of Commerce regarding the construction of a railroad to Republic. He says he is preparing t6"~T"gfhl intu that mining camp, and that so far the easiest route surveyed is the one from Wenatchee. Mr. Hill has still grfi y,i* eagle eyejan the Similkameen the Wenatchee double purpose of tapping both the Republic and Lower Similkameen districts, and is on the route by which President Hill expects to reach Vancouver and the- northern Pacific coast. PURELY PERSONAL. Messrs. Hebberton, Johnson and Anderson rode in from Hope on Tuesday morning. H. Hind left for a short trip to Vancouver on Tuesday, going out by the Hope trail. W. A. Campbell, of the Lost Horse Co., is expected to arrive in Princeton by next Saturday's stage. "Dp.' Sutton rode in from Nicola Lake yesterday. He is visiting friends Princeton and vicinity. Wilson McKinnon. well known Rossland and Boundary mining distri arrived in town today from Keremeos. Barr Hall left for Hope*ou Wednesday evening to meet MiyUfT Waterman, who is returning home (rom his fornia. t to Call Mr. and Mrs. Luke Gibson and Mr. and Mrs. Bolter and family arrived in the city from Hope last Saturday, making the trip over the trail in three days. v Professor Kemp, of Chicago, arrived in GiwMte Creek on the mid-week stage. He will make a thorough the mineral in the district before ing home. Mr. and Mrs. E. Allison, of Wolf creek ranch, have returned hotne from Chilli wack, where they were visiting relatives They rode in the Vntire distance via th< Hope trail and report a pleasant trip. i/lHr. B. S. Kennedy, late of the New 'Westminster Columbian, arrived on Wednesday's stage. -^He will be connected with the Star offide, and expects to identify himself with Princeton's future his- Mr. T. R. Ella, representing the Mc- Clary Manufacturing Co., of Canada, was in the city this week persuading our merchants that a cold winter might be expected and advisuig them to lay in a good stock of stoves. Mr. McGee, of the Kamloops Sentinel, called at the Star office on Thursday. He is making a special trip to the Aspen Grove district, and expects to enlighti tders of the Sentinel as to t' wonderful, showings of mineral he has Jack Cunningham, of Vancouver, C, has returned to Princeton. He ca in via Chilliwack and Hope, being delayed at the former place for a week account of the high water on the Fraser river destroying the road between Chilliwack and Hope / Mrs. W. Haegerman, who lately had pharge of the Hotel Tulameen dining room, has moved to the cottage opposite the Hotel Princeton whei* she has made arrangements to furnish private board. Mrs. Haegerman and daughters are well known as caterers and will keep up their reputation in Princeton. NEWS OF THE CAMP A New and Important Discovery Made. An Upper Tulameen Discovery—News from 20-Mile—Progress on Copper Mountain. A new discovery is reported this week by Wm. Guttridge. He has been prospecting the upper Tulameen river and last week located a 3-foot quartz ledge carrying 16 inches of solid ore which assays about $40 in copper, gold and sil ver. The ore carries a quantity of fine gray copper, which assays well in g< RICH COPPER PROPERTY P. A. Nord and Matt. Evanson a the city from 20-Mile Creek, a few miles north of which they have located the "Cabal" claim. It is one of the most portant properties yet found in the district. A strong ledge of copper pyrites runs through the entire claim, 1 on samples taken from the surface, $33 in copper and $3 in gold and silver. ROYALTY, MONARCHY & SOCIETY Manager Spencer came down from the mine yesterday and reports developmei work progressing favorably. A cross-ci is being run at 65 feet to reach the .0: body. COPPER MOUNTAIN. The ore dump on the Suuse^ has a very rich appearance. Every pound of rock taken out of the cross-cut is high grade copper ore, averaging from 8 to 12 per cent copper. Werk will be started shortly on the Virginia, Alabama and Noonday group, owned by the Similkameen Copper Co., Ltd., of Rossland, B. C. The Lost Horse is still producing a very rich copper ore. The mine has never looked better than it does at the present stage of development. President R. SEvenson, of the Lost Horse mine, has gone to the Boundary country to meet James Breen, the well known smelting expert. MnjJreen—was the originator and,designer of the Trail and'Northport smelters, and is without e£ccptiou—the—Best authority on the smelting of copper ores in the west today. He expects to visit the Similkameen section and examine the ores on Copper In and vicinity. Mr. H. H. Schuyler, schoolmaster at Lower Nicola, took a holiday trip to Princeton on Smith's stage. Jim Fleming having taken over his old run to Kamloops, Mr. Schuyler handled the ribbons the Princeton end. Frightful Massacre at Peking. The last Shanghai despatch confirms the massacre of all the foresgn ministers, the women, the children and the European guards at Peking after 18 days of hopeless resistance. Reports of atrocities committed by Prince Tuan upon the Chinese are appalling. He had four thousand leading Chinese butchered, it is said, for merely daring to petition him to control the or- gie of blood and restrain his followers. The United States have ordered over 6,000 troops from the army posts to prepare for China. The German forces will be rapidly mobilized and placed in the field. Britain meanwhile will make herself strong enough to unite with Japan. The Italian government will send sufficient troops to show the world that Italy has determined not to abandon her place as a defender of civilization.. The British 2nd class cruiser Arethusa, now on the Pacific coast, has been ordered to China. She will arrive in Hong* Kong about the ist of August. Dr. Allen's Body Found. Report comes from the Lower Similkameen that the body of Dr. Gesner Allen has been found on the bank of the river | about seven miles below the Armstrong ranch. "TT is supposed that _Dju_Allen committed suicide while temporarily insane. He worked at the ^Nicklg__Plate mine on 20 mile for a few months. The doctor was one of _Kootenay's pioneers and was at one time assodatecHvitliJohn Houston, M. P. P., in connection with Nelson's first newspaper. The Dunsmuir Cabinet. The Dunsmuir Cabinet, made up of the following gentlemen, have all been returned at the by-elections in their different constituencies, by acclamation: Premier, Dunsmuir; Attorney-General, Eberts; Minister of Finance, Turner; Chief Commission, Wells; Minister of Mines, McBride; Provincial Secretary, Prentice. The Spence's Bridge Steal.'*/ At the trial of the Indian arrested forir* stealing the gold dust at Spence's Bridge, the evidence given resulted in his acquittal and agent Webber was arrested in his place. At the preliminary trial of the agent, at Ashcroft. he was sent up for trial to the fall assizes at Kamloops. Dance at Granite Creek. Mrs. James, who has lately ta&n over the Granite creek hotel, gave a grand supper and dance last night/to celebrate the event. A number 1y Princetonites attended and report a splendid jollification. Messrs. Coutenay and Prende- grast supplied the music, which was excellent. Ample justice was done to the splendid repast served by the hostest. THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR. i K MINKR'S CaNDLASTICK. And a man'i shut away front the good God's light. From tlit blush of dawn to the hush of night; Where a child's merry laugh, or a bird's iow trill, a light, ripp o »lng t< ;r of cl is horn ing In hi* heart li: n old love re all twinei A Gallant Rescue, of Trail, B. for saving life. He jumped into thi Columbia river at Trail B. C. the other day, to save a little child who hi into the water. The doctor w bridge which parellels the rii when he was attracted by the cr i. Wa i the dge with his ily launched, Sproat receivec ciety's medal a le same distinction v 1 Doctor Hoyes, ill be confer '*«' Feminine Gold Diggers. "When I was in the Olancho district in Nicaragua," said a visitor from Washington who is largely interested in mining in Central America, "I had an oppor tunity of seeing how the lazy natives tap nature's till when they need some smal change. Near our camp by the river was a hut occupied by a typical Honduranian family, consisting of husband and wife grandfather and grandmother and a doz- ssorted children. The only one of the crowd who did anything except rest and smoke was the wife. At intervals of perhaps a week she would sally out with the family tin pan erstwhile used for cooking, and proceed to an old placer digging on the river bank. There she would squat, throw a few gourds of dirt into the pan, fill it up with water and begin the usual circular motion of gold washing. She was very skillful and would keep a little sheet ofj dirty water spraying over the edge like a miniature cataract. When the water was exhausted, a few spoonfuls of sand woulc be left in the bottom of the pan, and spreading it out thin with a bit of stick she would go over it grain by grain, looking for 'colors.' Whenever she saw a speck of gold she moistened the stick her tongue and picked up the particle by adhesion. "Each bit of the precious metal was stored away in a quill, plugged with clay at the ends, and I have known her to take out as much as a quarter of an ounce in the course of a day. Usually her limit was about $a, and when she got that she stopped. Then the head of the house would arise languidly and start for nearest store, 12 miles away. Some times he would trade the whole amount for whisky: but, as a rule, he brought back tobacco, salt, meal or calico. There uindreds of native families who live cactly that manner in Olancho."- Woodward's ...HOTEL LOWER NICOLA. The shortest route by io Miles to Princeton from Spences Bridge is Via Lower Nicola. The table is supplied with produce from our own gardens. COMFORTABLE ROOMS. Headquarters for Smith's Stage. COOK & CO. Princeton's Pioneer Store. -STORES AT- PRINCETON and GRANITE CREEK. 16111111 We are Now Prepared to Tan out all Kills of, JOB PRINTING on the Shortest Notice ATTHE Similkameen Star Office. Headquarters for all stage lines. lioiel Jackson J. H. JACKSON, Sole Proprietor. _=P/?/JlfC£T0JV DINING ROOM UNDER PERSONAL SUPERVISION. ONLY THE FINEST BRANDS OF LIQUORS AND CIGARS AT THE BAR FIRST-CLASS STABLE IN CONNECTION. Patrons of the Hotel Jackson can keep posted on the mining Development of the entire Similkameen. Blue Ribbon Tea IS THE Most Delicious in the Market. When a prospector returns to camp after a long day in the mountains, there is nothing he looks forward to more than a cup of d&inS&i&i BLUE RIBBON TEA. THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR. nvtc K COMMENT. James Devine, secretary of the Ross- ind Miners' Union has resigned. I E. Jacobs, of Midway is collecting specimens in that district to be forwarded I by the provincial mineralogist to I Winnipeg exhibition. ' The Greenwood Miner has changed hands. W. S. Keith hasdisposed of his interest to J. W. .Grfer, while Mayc Hardy retains his iitterests in the paper. At their last meeting the Plfoenix Caj penters Union went through the neces sary form to affiliate with the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America. McArthur is not keeping up to the Otis record in the Philippines. He isnt killing Aguinaldo but once a fortnight instead of once a week, as Otis did.—Boss- burg Journal. A Kansas girl joined the Baptist church recently, and the people in her section say she did it just to get a chance to show her new bathing suit. Kansas has no sea shore, you know. With three Smiths in the legislature- one each from West Lillooet, East Kootenay and Nanaimo, to say nothing ofl Smith Curtis—there should be no lack I advice from the Smith family at the coi I ing session.—Phoenix Pioneer. 1 The Philippine war is over. Of course jg we know that it is, because Otis tells us a so. But why is it that the administrate tion declares that it cannot spare any |fimen to go from there to China and must Jjdepend on the marines?—Bossburg Journal. B A. L. White, of Montreal, financial fcfegent of the Miner-Graves syndicate is in Jfjthe Boundary on his annual trip. He H&ias been looking over the Granby smelter at Grand Forks, the City of Paris and ^Lincoln mines in Central camp, and the Kknob Hill and Old Ironsides and other properties in Phoenix camp. n John Wilson weighs 105 pounds, meas- ures 28 around the waist, wears a boy's size coat and a number six hat, settles his debts at 8 cents on the dollar, and Ktravels on passes exclusively. He is the ^Republican party in the state of Washington, and at all that, is much larger ■than his party.—Dayton Constitution. ■ The Minneapolis Times published a ■special from New York, obtained from an authorative source,*Sfeyj-fg that Jas. J. jfeill had finally secured^ontrol of the Alorthern Pacific. Sir William Van Home of the Canadian Pacific has given Particulars of the Hill coup to a business friend in Montreal, who repeated I the story. , W.J. Hill, who was fatally injured by a blast in a mine near Okanogan Falls, I which killed his partner, Walter Raynor, of Phoenix, died after lingering 12 days. Raynor's mother, who lives at 975 Bloon Bt. West, Toronto, was notified of her son's untimely taking off, and was com- • pletely prostrated. It is understood that Raynor had $2,000 H The Similkameen is having a great boom and prospectors are rushing in in ;$arge numbers. Vast dykes of copper (land gold-bearing ores are hardly equaled (anywhere, and only in the Boundary are there found pyritic ore bodies greater .than those of the Similkameen.—Seattle RP. I. To all appearances the ore bodies Jeven greater than those of the Boundary. "p-to-Date Merchandise In Quantity and Quality to Suit the Purchaser. If you are intending to furnish your house it will pay you to see our line of New CARPETS and HOUSE FURNISHINGS. I S j* Or probably you are moving ahead with the town and need a new coat of paint on your house. If so try our SHERWIN WILLIAM'S CO., Paints and Oils. There are none better. Whether it be for Farmer, Miner, Prospector, Hotel Keeper, Contractor or Mechanic, we are able to furnish them with their particular line of supplies in quan- ties large or small. A. E. HOWSE, prinoeton and nioola. General Merchantm "Some people on the coast think the Lardo country is the same as the Lar- deau." So says the Kootenain. The fault is not with the coast people but with the fatuous sort of nomenclature which the up-country people so strangely favor. —News-Advertiser. We wonder if that is what caused the News-Advertiser to think Rossland was a copper camp. There is one person in Fort Steele who does not hesitate to say that he does wish a railroad to come into town; that he would rather have it 100 miles away. There are some men who view with alarm the approach of a railway. They are men who cannot succeed in business with the sharp competition which a railway always brings.—Fort Steele Prospector. The Vernon News, which is said to be owned by Price Ellison, member of the legislative assembly for the East riding of Yale district, and the Kamloops Standard, which is a supporter of F. J. Fulton, the member-elect for the North riding of Yale, do not like the make-up of the Dunsmuir government. Well, every one of the members-elect could not be given a portfolio, and the three members from the great district of Yale like the four members from the great district of West Kootenay must have patience. Seven members, if they vote as a unite, can get pretty near what they want—except cabinet positions for all seven. Must Brighten Life. Bobcaygeon Independent. Methodist prohibition of dancing, theaters, circuses and card playing will endure but a short time longer. The truth is that the churches must seek to increase the comforts, pleasures and happiness of the people, not to diminish them. Two- thirds of the American people refuse to become members of churches—therefore >e should induce the churches adapt themselves to the new condi- ns, and instead of restricting the enjoyments of the people seek Scab and Miser. Toronto Star. The case against John Chinaman is fairly well known—a scab, a miser, reaps what he has not sown and spends the harvest in the Flowery Kingdom. He has no use for us but to take our money. He will not leave even his bones to fer tilize our soil, but must be buried in land of Confucius if death overtakes him before he has made his pile in Canada. He is a demon to work, and he works cheaply. In these basic facts Rudyard Kipling recognized a grave problem for white people. The problem is with Stage Line FAIRVIEW AND KEREflEOS W. Hine & Co., are now running a Tri-weekly stage from Fairview to Keremeos, connecting with the Greenwood and Camp McKinney stage at the Sandhills. Camp McKinney to Keremeos in one day Stages Leave Fairview Monday Wednesday and Friday, returning from Keremeos Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Connecting with the Princeton Express and Pack Train. Special Stage A Special Stage will leave Spences Bridge for Princeton and way points every Monday morning at 6 a. m. . arriving at Princeton Wednesday at noon. Returning: leaves Princeton Friday morning at 6 a. m., arriving at Spences Bridge on Sunday. JAS. SMITH, Propr CLAIMS STAGE UNE Leaves Kamloops for Quilchena and Nicola Lake every Monday. Leaves Nicola Lake for Kamloops every Friday at 6 a. m. PRINETON ROUTE. Leaves Spences Bridge for Nicola, Coutlees, Nicola Lake, Granite Creek and Princeton every Thursday at 6 a. m. Leaves Princeton for Spences Bridge and intermediate points every Sunday at 7 a. m. Carry flail and Express. CANADIAN PACIFIC "Imperial Limited" DAILY TOURIST CARS 5T. PAUL TUESDAY and SATURDAY. TO TORONTO WEDNESDAY Montreal and Boston. Trains pass Spences Bridge as follows: West Bound East bound 5:51 IMPERIAL LIMITED 20:16 10:45 KAMLOOPS LOCAL 17:45 Pamphlet furnished free. E. J. COYLE, W. MAXWELL, VANCOUVER, B.C. Spences Bridge. m m mm THE SllWILlfAMEEN STAR. THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR PRINCETON, B. O. THE PRINCETON PUBLISHING €0, J. ANDERSON, - - Manac obtained it will be impossible to further develop the mineral wealth of the richest district in the ent re province of British Columbia /THE HOPE ROAD. ances of getting early rail- communication from the. coast to the Similkameen seem rather slim at the present time. But there Princeton in half the time it takes at present, a road which would en- get freight;! n at half the es. A road which will i richest por ion of this gr 1 belt and w hich will do portic Chil impassable for the want of a little care and work. Numerous instances have occured of parlies coming to Hope, thinking they could reach the interior with wagons from that point, but finding no outlet had to return or pay the high freight rates charged by the Canadian Pacific Railway. The building of a road from Hope to Princeton and the completion of the road between Princeton and Keremeos will give the province a much needed highway from the coast to the Boundary "and Kootenay countries. It is impossible to develop the resources of a country by railroads alone and as soon as the government oftBritrsh Columbia realize the fact and give the different sections of the province adequate wagon roads, trails and bridges, the increased revenue from all sources will amply justify the necessary expenditures. We cannot impress upon the government of British Columbia too strongly the situation in the Similkameen section. \\ Mining development has reached the stage that unless better facilities are afforded, whereby easier and quicker access can be OUR NEW GOVERNOR. A number of the Pacific coast1 papers are endeavoring to point out that the appointment of Sir Henri Joly as Lieut.-Governor of British 'Columbia is a most popular one. This is not so. The majority ot the people in British Columbia simply accept the appointment as a" relief from the strained situation, ch Dr. Mclnnes had managed to introduce in British Columbia politics. There is no doubt that Sir Henri is One of the most respected men in Canada. He is a gentleman of the old school, polish- i ed, courteous and unassuming, and will do more to bring about a better feeling among the different po- I litical factions in the province than "any local choice that Sir Wilfrid Laurier might have made. His reception in Vancouver, however, proves at once that there at least he was not cordially received as the representative of Her Majesty. About 300 people collected on the C. P. R. platform to witness his arrival. A guard of honor a military band and a few of the civic officials met him as he stepped from the car. But not a cheer was raised, the crowd simply sized him up in that curious, cold-blooded fashion that Vancouver people have of celebrating any event, even that day of days in Canada; the ist of July. It is a far cry from Quebec to Vancouver, the difference in social and business life is very marked between the oldest and the youngest province in the Dominion. There is no comparison between the eastern and western phase of e$jsteru:e, and Sir Hehri has his work cut out to accustom himself to the different conditions in a growing, struggling province, compared with the settled life of old Quebec. He can, however, make himself a most popular official by attending to the social duties of his office, which have of late years been sadly neglected, leaving the affairs of the province to his ministers and refusing to connect IjjpMeif with the horde of office seekers who infest British Columbia at the present time. The position of Lieut.-Governor is not a hard one to fill as long as the occupant refuses to take sides on political issues and contents himself with maintaining the dignity of his position as the representative of the crown. The dignity will certainly be upheld by such a distinguished gentleman as Sir Henri Joly de Lotbiniere. pfcThe natural route from the Pa-1 I cific coast to Princeton and the Similkameen is via Hope, just as Mining the natural route from the Boundary and Kootenay districts is via j,g, Keremeos, yet we find both routes blocked by uncompleted wagon w> | WATERnAN, M. E. roads. 1 EDITORIAL COMMENT J. CHARLES McINTOSH, BARRISTER, SOLICITOR AND NOTARY PUBLIC PRINCETON, B. C. If the new government are honest in their ante-election promises to open up the province bj' the construction of roads, trails and bridges, the long suffering Similkameen section will .at once benefit by the carrying out of that policy. There no district in the province in such pressing need of public works the entire Similkameen country. Twenty-six persons, including three ladies, rode over the trail between Prince$|>rl and Hope during the past two weeks. When anyone makes the statement that it will be impossible to keep the Hope road open during winter months, they are simply I displaying their ignorance. What with the increased freight and passenger travel that will be the natural result of the construction of the road, and the increased number of settlers who have made their home in and around Princeton during the present year who will require supplies, there will be enough travel to make the road passable at any time during the winter season. -. a. s. m. a, i, n. b., Btc. Examination, Development and Management of Prospects, Claims and Mines Undertaken. P. O. Address, PRINCETON, B. C. PRINCETON A LETTER TO THE LEDGE. Deah Ledge Man—Heah in Rossland I heah that theah common people say, aw, that I said theah othah day, "Fawncy, the deah gov- ernaw, defeated by a mob of hoodlums and muchahs." Now, my deah Ledge man, the truth of the matter is, I nevah uttahed those words, even in a gest, you know, and as youah wondah ful papah is looked upon so highly [$2 high a year—Ed. Ledge] by all clawses, I trust that you will publish this let- tah. It is true that our deah Chaw- ley was bowled out at the bolls on the 9th of June, but not altogethah by the muckahs. Those poor fellahs, doncher know, are not responsible. They do not want capital in the camp. They only want work and a union cawd. It was those othah fellahs who downed our deah natty Chawlcy, the hero of a hundred or moah champagne washouts. Those fellahs in fine linen who could.not swallow Chawley be- se he was a Tory and would not sell their wild-cats on the London market. The deah governaw still wears a flowah, the muckah still mucks, but Rossland will be in luck if it is not torn to tattahs some day by the agitators on eithah side of the fence, doncher know. I will r. roll up my white panties and play tennis. Yours in long glawses.—Algernon de Justout. ASSAY OFFICE. C.B.HARRIS. Assayer and Chemist* Accurate results Guaranteed. Reports will be returned on stage bringing samples. Correspondence Solicited. Regarding Mining Properties in the Slmiihameen District. Properties Carefully Sampled and Assayed. R.H.PARKINSON FAIRVIEW, B. C. PRINCETON, B. C. PROVINCIAL LAND SURVEYOR, CIVIL ENGINEER and NOTARY PUBLIC. Surveys on the Similkameen Promptly Attended to. H. A. WHILLANS, M. D. PHYSICIAN and SURGEON. Princeton, B.C ...JAMES HISLOP.... MINING AND CIVIL ENGINEER. PROVINCIAL I.AND S ...Princeton, B. C- *M THE SIMILKAMEBN STAR. FROM THE RECORDS. ** mining l0cati0n5. Aspbn Grove— , Vulcan—Frank Mansfield. \\ , Maggie Allen—J. P. Allen. Last Chance—A. B. Roberts. Lucky Jim—J. H. McAuley. Espanola—Wm. E. Cropp. Exchange—J. P. Allen. Boulder Creek— Ranier—J. E. Coleman. Queen—H. Allen. Little Bobs—E. Todd. Cl&rwater—FTWrfeharpe. Alice M—D. D. Munro. Glad Hand—J. W. Dryden. Damascus—Wm. Sullivan. Eagi.b Creek— . Caledonia—Chas. Engberg. Copper Mountain— Greenwood—George Larson, et a Great Western—T. C. Hartman. Jennie Fraction—D. it. French, ' LiKle Pine—Wm. Bendick. Mountain View—John Speck. Iron Mountain— Village Bell—W. J. Percy. Lone Pine—Wm. Howarth. Wellington—Wm. Sullivan. Roche River— Ambler—S. Spencer. Slate Creek— Pretoria—Speck and Connelly. Tulameen—Dan Coutney. Three Aces—D. M. French. Stemwinder—F. W. Sharpe. Copper Age—ATE. Norden. Amelia—D. E. Shook. Maggie Fraction—D. Coutney. Seeman—D. Coutney. TRANSFERS. Yankee, i-sjirferestr J. fi.'Hinshaw R. Hunter. Big Dutchman, J. R. Hunt Canadian, 1-5 i to J. R. Hu Hunter. Globe Trotter to John Speck. Royalty, Monarchy Schlizzi. terest, J. E. Bate to :, R. J. Armstrong S. J. Bate to J. R. ;, J. A. Connelly ty.^inter- • The offices, dining room and bar of the Hotel Jackson have been decorated in a most artistic manner by Messrs. Jack and Jack, painters, decorators and artists. J. H. Jackson, the proprietor of the hos^ tlery deserves great credit for the enterprise he has shown in fitting up his establishment in a style that few up hotels can equal. is 18th day of May, A. D. i NOTICE. Certificate of Improvements. and a s agent for 1 B McAr thur, Free Certificate. .G. McMyi Minet s Ce tificate. Deck , Pre lertiflcat Wkm r for a Ce tese of c tificate of i H ofth HEB.T/! be com lenced be issuai ceof such Cer iflcate of Improveme lated April 17th, 1900. G. L ALLAN ^&!f£& "•'■• WHOLESALE ■':',! DEALERS IN BOOTS AND SHOES VANCOUVER, B.C. Try Our Own Mining Boot. It is just right. Take a lesson from the SANDON FIRE PHOENIX INSURANCE CO., .....of BROOKLYN, N. Y. ASSETS $5,678,149.18 J. ANDERSON, Agent, Princeton, B.C. S. A. HAjgTMAf^ ROSSLAND, B.C. MINING AND MINES PROMOTER OF STOCK COMPANIES. We have first class conftetftibns and c&friSid the necessai1^ capital to work and develop meritorious copper propositions in the Similkameen country. If you have a good claim with a fine showing we will find you a buyer. We cordially invite your correspondence. Respectfully, OFFiCEV:^3i^L^M'B5fi"AvE. S. A. HARTMAN. Princeton Feed SlaMes BUDD & CO., Proprietors. Cayuses or High Priced Race Horses Equally Well Cared for. m THE MOST COMMODIOUS HORSE Opposite Hotel Jackson. HOTEL IN THE SIMILKAMEEN ^.J> Prospector's Supply Store c. E. THOHAS. A new line of Gent's Furnishings Just Received. See Our Specialties in Shirts. BRIDGE ST. Princeton, B.C. LOOK OUT! - For - Sliiliieen City ••" SIMILKAMEEN | j BUTCHERING QO.\\ WHOLESALE and RETAIL v| Dealers in Heats. Orders Filled for any Point in the Similkameen Valley Ji , Cm Summers, M IffJR^ETON'B^NCH. rianagl^J/J jfijif^ THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR. DON'T GO TO SOUTH AFRICA The Similkameen Country Offers Better Inducements. To those who intend going to South Africa, either to prospect or settle in the country, Julian Ralph gives some good advice in the*" London Daily Mail. He says: "I fear that most of those men will regret ever having asked even the barest living in South Africa. Although the most popular sayings about that unattractive region are such as to deter immigration, the idea that fortunes are to \\ be ui'de there by men without capital ! -■'■^eifhetas firmly rooted in many minds. j;lyjuiy man thinks ' TO FIND NEW GOLD or diamond mines he may as well know that the chances of that are precisely equal to his chances of having at his disposal the time, money and knowledge i which the great mining corporations I have utilized in studying the entire coun- I try, and in taking liens or paying yearly I premiums for the first right 10 work such f soils when they need or desire to do so. «-.., "The nearest thing to a gold mine I that remains open to new comers in the I great part of those new colonies is the [ ostrich, at least so I was informed by a I great many shrewd and successful men j who live in Natal, the Orange River Col- I ony and the Transvaal. But breeding L ostriches requires' money for the land I and the birds to start with, and one must I know or learn the methods from which a J profit is to be had in that industry. You 1 cannot raise ostriches as you take a snap 1 shot photograph, by pressing a button, 1 and letting nature do the rest. A "In the army I found so many young 1 men, especially Australians, and fewer ' W Canadians, who talked of remaining in Africa, that I made it my business while >-'■ Bloemfontein, to ask the leading men for their knowledge and opinions as to the inducements the country offers to immigration. -It may have merely happened so, but I DID NOT MEET A MAN M who favored the coming of a large num- i| ber of new settlers. All who were of ■ British blood wished for more men of | their own race there, in numbers suffi- to outvote the Dutch, but they ing. tpr< ethe i liv- as when Mr. Bryce wrote ifrica is 'a vast solitude i of population,'and that s scanty means of sustain- few openings for industry unaided by capital." this ing lift It is said that one of the officers' tents in the Duke of Cambridge's troop on service in South Africa represented an aggregate income of ^89,000 a year. They were all taken prisoner by the . Boers, who probably had no adequate idea of the intrinsic value of their prize. A man's patriotism must be of a very robust quality to compel him to give up the comforts and luxuries of great wealth, and proceed to the ends of the e'earth to fight for the honor of his country. •.Robert's forces continue to gather i i, big and little, from the enemy. W t seen any reliable estimate of of weapons of large e taken, but there are twelve for- ble guns at Capetown captured from nyige River Colony forces alone. ^uld only gather up Kruger's \\ now we might safely consider /African war a thing of the GRAND PACIFIC ••..HOTEL •••• KAM100PS, B. C. The nearest hotel to. the Railway Station. Headquarters for all people coming from Nicola and the Similkameen. Good Rooms. Good Table Good Liquors, Good Sta- jp bling: in Connection, j* P. A. BARNIMRT, Prep. Granite creek Hotel MRS. JAMES, Propr. ' The nearest point to the richest Silver^Lead mines in B. C, '.Summit City." There is more gold in Granite Creek than has }'et been taken out. French & Day TINSMITHS PLUJTBERS QUNSHITHS ^PUMP DRIVING DONE-. Our Camp Stove is the Boss foi Prospectors. Repair work of Every Descrip' -j SMOKE Tucketts TOBACCOS, CIGARS and CIGARETTES. '"phey are the Purest j^ certainly the Dest in the market. Geo. L Tucked & Son Co. .HAMILTON, ONT. PRINCETON LUflBER, SHINGLE and PLANING MILLS A. E. HOWSE, Prop. Hill and Office Bridge Street, PRINCETON. B. C. ON YOUR WAY TO PRINCETON You will Find a Comfortable Resting Place at the 15 Mile House 'BRADSHAWS' Well Stocked Bar and Excellent Dining Room, HEADQUARTERS FOR 20 MILE CREEK MINING CAMP. *&*& Stable in Connection Hotel Princeton JAMES WALLACE, Proprietor. PRINCETON'S PIONEER *£ *£ HOTEL *£ *£ The Resort For Prospectors and Mining Men. First Class Dining Room and Bar. No trouble to talk to guests. The Boer War and Fighting Joe's campaign discussed every evening. Come and hear the Phonograph, AND SEE THE IRISHMAN. Seeds and Drugs WM FRESH, NEW AND GOOD. The Largest Garden Seed Dealers in the PROVINCE. Send for Catalogue. The Nelson Drug and Feed Co. ioo Cordova St., VANCOUVER, t ■ Nicola lake on Saturday last. I Mr. and Mrs. Blair and family, of ■ couver, are visiting friends in Nicoli B trict during the summer vacation. ! Mrs. John Clapperton left for Vic THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR. NICOLA NEWS. ime his ministerial duties. Jim Fleming has taken charge lark's stage ru ridge and Kai properties on a much larger scale. It is rumored that an effort is being made to consolidate the King Solomon and Midnight claims with those owned by the Broomhead syndicate. AN ADVENTURE. Three smart young men and three girls All lovers true as steel- Decided, in a friendly way, To spend the day a-wheel. They started out in the early morn, And nothing seemed amiss ; And when they reached the leafy la * They thii ; direction. The ore carrie: :s in copper and gold and thi ms he has a good sized ledg< partnership s on Wed- ung couple ishe : long wperc voyage on life' The Aberdeen Group on Ten Mile Creek have closed down temporarily, pending arrangements for working the New General mmmStOre We carry a well assorted stock of Clothing, Gents' Furnishings, Blankets, Boots and Shoes, Stationery, Tinware, etc* We sell none but the Purest and Best Groceries TRY OUR "HONDI CEYLON" AND RAM LAL'S INDIAN TEA. Just Received Another consignment of Boots and Shoes, shirts and Underwear. Call and see them. Down dashed the rain ; they h flew, Till one unlucky Miss Slipped sideways^Crash ! Great Scot! Wereallmixeduplikethis! Bennet's Patent Fuse, the best in the world can be purchased at the Howse For reliable information in regard to the Similkameen country subscribe for the Star. \\ Bridge St. Rennie & Bell Princeton Meat Market WARDLE & THOMAS Orders for Mining Camps promptly attended to and delivered. The Sunset Copper lining Co., m Owning and Operating The SUNSET Mine. On Copper Mountain, Similkameen Mining District. Everyone who has seen the property renders a unanimous verdict* The Biggest and Best Mine in British Columbia. Now is the TIME to BUY Stock in this Wonderful fline. It is an investment! No Speculation ! Ore enough in sight to return ioo per cent, on amount invested. BUY TODAY before advance in price. Sunset Shaes Will Make You Rich. R. A. BROWN, President and Gen'l Manager PRINCETON or Grand rortts. THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR. doit The Si: Totlj Africa, gretev \\ tractiy V migfM \\ ben\\> or diaj thutti equal' wliicl try.al soils! mm greaj she] U AGRICULTURAL NOTES j Cultivation. There should be foSiijsJJIiiine between the cutting of the early grass and the later fields to run the cultivator, horse hoe or weeder through between the ro\\ of growing crops, not only because it of great assistance in keeping down the weeds, but that the surface of the ground may be kept light and loose. There is no mulch better than that of fine, dry earth upon the surface, as it absorbs the dews and light rains, while it keeps the soil below from drying up. An exchange thinks it pays to even stop haying in a spell of the best haying weather to spend a day or so at this work, as in such weath er the weeds die quickly. The Hen Pays Best. cumstances is the reason they are neglei ed so much, but the better they are trei ed the better the returns you will recei from them. But the difficult part of t tiling is to make average farmers belie Hunters' Saw and Planing ILL A full stock., Bykee intfy f'tH'e Western Cattle. c Mail and ORCHARD AND GARDEN. rhe plum orchard is always benefited ;thef risthe nofit Quality is what the buyers usually prefer, but appearance is what they buy. Too rich soil, too high cultui abundant moisture give crops of stn wood or leaves rather than of fruit Make it a rule to kill every white butterfly seen in the cabbage patch. They are the parents of the cabbage worm. Give plants plenty of room. It is poor economy to attempt to grow two plants on the space that should be occupied by When new stools of the black raspberry have attained the height of 20 inches or two feet, the terminal bud should be pinched off. This causes laterals to be thrown out. I W&nt Promptly Bxecut YOUr We can save you Watch money£EP& Repairing* A full line of Watches and tli W. J. KERR, :_ Kamloops, B. C. I M.P.Gordon, i 2 FURNITURE, CARPETS, OILCLOTHS, WIN- 3 DOW SHADES, CURTAINS, CAMP BEDS, J CORNICE POLES, PICTURE FRAMING..^ «" ESTIMATES FOR HOTEL, OFFICE AND ALL OTHER FURNITURE FURNISHED ON APPLICATION. I Kamloops, B.C. HShopg HUGH COWAN, Prop. lfI,ES IN HATRCUTT] Opposite Post Office. Princeton, B. C Hotel Driard NICOLA LAKE. JOHN CLARK, Propr. Headquarters for Mining Men and Pros pectors. An Ideal Summer Resort. JOB RICHARDS, Blacksmithing and Horseshoeing Wa'gn Repairing- a Specialty. Shop on Harold Avenue. PRINCETON, B. C Q. flurdoch Riveted Steel Pipe. 1 of Steel Water Pipe E ARMSTRONG & MORRISON, , Ore Cars, Ore Buckets; bic Mining Machine ws, Boilers, Engine OFFICE AND WORKS, FOOT OF VANCOUVER, B. C. G. W. Aldous, The... Hold Tiiieei PROPRIETOR. Is Now Open to the Public. DEBARRO TH YNNE ^ A PROPRIETORS. Otter Flat Hotel THE FINEST BRANDS OF WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS. FISHING AND HUNTING RESORT. B0-Ts K*^ boats kept FINE BOATING ON OTTER LAKE. 7 Nearest Stopping Place and Supply Point for Boulder Creek, Kelly Creek, Slate Creek, and Summit Mining Camps Mining Men and Prospectors can outfit at with hotel. m THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR. J As Others See Va. AKJoutside world is gradually being posted <>n the immense mineral resources of the Similkameen—a mineral country over jfco miles in length, by 50 miles in width, containing at least a dozen important centres which' wul In time become important cities, when transportation facilities are obtained. The Vernon News has a little to say about it in a late "The most sceptical listener could hardly fail to be convinced of the richness of the mineral belt in the Similkameen, around Olalla, if he had an opportunity of hearing Mr. C. S. Morris, who is in town at present, hold forth on this subject. Mr. Morris is prepared to back his assertions that there is not such a promising section on the American continent, by the exhibition 'of samples of ore from the Flagstaff, Bullion and Opulence claims, which he has with him. The ore bodies are of unlimited extent, running high in copper values, and Olalla seeins'destined to be a name to conjure with in the near future. Further up the valley, the Rogers company are operating their Nickle Plate property, and it is perhaps a fact not generally known that thi*. thai pr< in the world, Stafidard|Oil reaches the Similkameen will likely become the n ing'region in America. I TOWN TOPICS. Use Blue Ribbon Baking Powder in camp and on the trail. If you want a good mixed drink go to the Hotel Jackson. A new supply of Jessop steel has arrived at thwHowse store. For the best Paint, Oils and Leads in the market go to the Howse store. For Sale—One ton of fine potatoes for $20.00. Apply to the Star Office. 20 Mile Creek. Two % interests Apply, Cook & Co., Princeton. Blue Ribbon Baking Powder is made in Canada by Canadians. to A. E The finest and best fitted Bar in the Similkameen is at the Hotel Princeton. A. E. Howse can supply you with the very latest in shirts and gent's furnish ngs. For Sale—About three tons of Finest Oat Hay for $22.50 per ton. Apply W D. McKay, Granite Creek Bennet's Patent Fuse, the best in the world can be purchased at the Howse For reliable information in regard to the Similkameen country subscribe for the Star. Chicken dinner at the Hotel Jackson ' tonight. The new house keeper will personally superintend the service on this occasion. JOHN LOVE & CO. 1 DRUGGISTS AND STATIONERS. FAIRVIEW and CAMP McKINNEY. Presriptions ^tCarefully^ Compounded. HOTEL KEREMEOS.. JONH NEIL, Proprietor. Stables in Connection. This hotel is Situated at the Gateway to the Similkameen valley, j* Well Furnished Rooms. Bar and Dining Room Service. First-Class. Wo Cater Specially to Mining Men and Prospectors. WM. BEAVIS, —GENERAL BLACKSMITH. Expert Horse-shoer. Wagons and Agricultural Implements Carefully Repaired. ALL WORK GUARANTEED. Opposite Keremeos Hotel. Prospectors ....STOPil If you want to Outfit cheaply and quickly, do so at the ...KEREMEOS STORE... WM. HINE & Co., You can save time and make money by buying your outfit at the point you start prospecting. Mining Supplies of Every DESCRIPTION KEPT IM STOCK. Palace Livery .* STABLES J *****A*»**^»**WMS**^*,»^V KEREMEOS, B. C. D.J.INNIS,Prop. (Travellers from the Boundary District can secure horses through to Princeton. I Run in Connection with Keremeos Hotel KEREMEOS The Centre of the Lower Similkameen Valley, 45 miles from Princeton. A Mining and Agricultural Centre. <& <& LOTS NOW ON... ...THE MARKET BUSINESS STREETS. THIRD AVE., 100 Feet Wide, Lots 30x120. CORNER LOTS $150; Inside Lots $100. OTHER STREETS. CORNER LOTS $100.00. INSIDE $7500. TERMS: Terms: One-Third Cash; Balance Three and Six Months Time. For Further Information Apply to R. H. PARKINSON, Fairview, jtjt^jjtE. BULLOCK WEBSTER, Keremeos. BEALEY INVESTMENT & TRUST CO. LIMITED. General Agents QreeUWOOd, B. C. Local Agentss The Princeton Real Estate, Mining and Assaying Office. .KEREMEOS. THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR. THE VERMILION FORKS MINING AND DEVELOPMENT OO., M # OWNERS OF .* The TOWNSITE olfM ' PRINCETON •..Lots for Sale... BEAUTIFULLY SITUATED at the Forks of the Simil)^ meen and Tulameen Rivers* The business centre fof the Im^wing mining camps:-- Copper Mt, Kennedy Mi, Friday, Boulder, Granite and 20 Mile Creeks, Summit, Roche River, Hfper Tulameen and Aspen Grove. Enormous Agricultural Area to Draw from. splendid Climate pure waier Government I Headquarters for 3 Similkarkijeen District. 3 PRESENT PRICES OF LOTS FROM $2.00 TO $10.00 PER FRONT FOOT. SIZE OF LOTS 50x100 FEET AND 33=100 FEET. Send for map to m'\\ II . w. j. wWterman, Resident Manager V. F. 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