@prefix edm: . @prefix dcterms: . @prefix dc: . @prefix skos: . @prefix geo: . edm:dataProvider "CONTENTdm"@en ; dcterms:isPartOf "BC Historical Newspapers"@en ; dcterms:contributor "Howse, A.E."@en ; dcterms:issued "2018-10-31"@en, "1904-08-27"@en ; edm:aggregatedCHO "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/similkameen/items/1.0373251/source.json"@en ; dc:format "application/pdf"@en ; skos:note """ Uf Similkameen Contains Coal, Gold, Silver, Copper, Iron. Freedom in Trade, Liberty in Religion, Equality in Civil Rights. All Our Hopes and All Our Politics are Summed Up in a Railway Through the Similkameen to the Coast. Puny Legislators and a Powerful Monopoly Have Delayed Progress in this District but Nature Crys Aloud for Development and Must be Heard. Vol. v. No. 20. PRINCETON, B.C., SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 1904. $2 a Year, in Advance. WANT ORE EXHIBITS. Generous Offer from Vancouver Tourist Association. Editor Stab.—Sir: In your issue of Aug. 6th I notice an article entitled "Mining Centre Wanted," in which you refer to the opportunity which Vancouver has for securing a good display of ore. I may say in connection with this that the Vancouver Tourist association has large and commodious quarters and have, during the past three months, made every effort to induce mine operators to give us samples, but, I regret to say, with little success, although we had the assistance of the local branch of the Provin cial Mining association. I note you say: " The Similkameen could contribute enongh samples to fill a large building alone." We will be glad to receive any specimens which your district has and will place them in . our rooms and have them properly classified, if not done before shipment I will appreciate it very much if you would assist us in securing such an exhibit. Yours respectfully, A. J. Baxter, Vancouver, Aug. 18. Secretary. Love's Labor Lost. "Give me of your bark, O Birch tree ; Of your yellow bark, 0 Birch tree." With those inspiring words of Longfellow on his lips and a hatchet in his hand a young gentleman from the wolverine state set out from his hotel the other morning in search of birch bark along the bank of the Tuiameen. He had a long cherished desire to send his sweetheart a souvenir of the wild west To her he would indite some poetic lines on the birchen parchment which she could frame and teach the little ones to lisp in after years of their married life. But cruel fate ever intrudes ; the young man lost his way, lost the musical Tuiameen, lost his dinner and supper and nearly lost' hope of clasping his Angel- ine again. He now thinks wrapping paper is good enongh for love letters. A Hustling M.P. "No Dominion elections this year,'' says Aulay Morrison, M.P., New West minster's representative at Ottawa. Mr. Morrison arrived home recently from Ottawa where he has been attending the last session of the house. Among the good works of Mr. Morrison at Ottawa are the new lightship for the mouth of the Fraser river, the new Indian building for the district, $25,000 towards dredging the river so that large vessels may go to that fresh water port, $25,000 towards conserving Nicomen island, and lastly the Dominion exhibition for 1905 for which an appropriation of $50,000 for buildings has been made. The smoky atmosphere indicates raging fires and long needed*rain. THE BOARD OF TRADE Important Non-Contentious Re= solutions Adopted by the Board. Progress Made with Collection of Ores for Spokane Fair—Ore Exhibit for Vancouver. At the board of trade meeting Thurs-. day night there were present Messrs. Groves, Jackson, Willerson, Johnson, Bell, Waterman, Thomas, Hall and Wright. After routine and communications being laid on the table the board, as committee of the whole, vigorously discussed ways and means for the ore exhibit at Spokane fair and reported satisfactory progress toward that end. The following resolutions were introduced and endorsed by the board : Resolved—That in the opinion of this board a permanent exhibit of ores'at Vancouver would be of great benefit to that city and help to make known the great riches of the Similkameen ; be it further resolved that the Vancouver board of trade be invited to finance, thus cooperating with the Princeton board, the accumulation of a large permanent exhibit of Similkameen ores in the aforesaid city. Resolved—That this board, while noting with pleasure the strenuous efforts of President Hill of the Great Northern to give adequate railway transportation to this country, strongly deprecates the influences exerted in certain quarters to prevent the construction of a railway through the Similkameen; therefore, this board tenders asssurances of its good will and services toward him and the pro jected railway through this district. The secretary was instructed to write the provincial secretary for the complete land and mineral laws for the library of the board. The question of delinquent dues will be considered at next meeting. Board adjourned for one week. Noble Six Hundred. Word has been received from London t lat out of over 600 applications received by Edgar Wallace for the position of bride for a British Columbia rancher he has made a choice after a busy week's work reading correspondence and interviewing the candidates. The bride chosen belongs to Little Hampton, Sussex. She will sail next week. Her fare was paid to her destination. If there was a government with an eye to progress and settlement of the country, at the head of the B.C. legislature the services of Mr. Wallace would be retained to negotiate husbands for the remaining 599 anxious, though disappointed, prospective brides. LOCAL NEWS ITEMS Similkameen and Nicola Districts are Prosperous Yet Hampered. Labor Day Preparations* Going on Apace at Hedley—Bricks for the People. Labor Day at Hedley will be the best [celebration ever held in the Similkameen- C Prof. Lake of Philadelphia is expected (soon to expert the Cousin Jack. Aleck Ford, of Green Mountain, was in town this week on his way back from the coast, where he had been with a band of horses. He found a ready market for all he had. Mr. Ford will remove to the coast as soon as he can wind up his ranching affairs. Rumor has it that Mr. Ford will shortly lead to hymen's altar one of Similkameen's fairest (daughters. A shower of rice is waiting for him at Princeton. Horton & White will put up a kiln of 20,000 bricks which will be of first class quality. Billy Murray came in from Nicola lake on Tuesday on'his-bike, going on to Hedley the same day. He is one of the fastest long distance riders in the country and considers 70 miles in this mountainous district a fair day's travel. He reports his brother John as convalescent in a coast hospital, whither he had gone for treatment of injuries received in an accident some time ago. A. D. Worgan, the untiring secretary pf the Hedley Labor day committee, was in town Friday. Charles E. Will, head of the commissariat for the U.S. boundary survey party arrived in Princeton last Saturday to assume the arduous duties of his office. While out reconnoitering above the town on Wednesday Mr. Will lost hie bearings and wandered over vale and summit till nightfall when a friendly blaze on a tree observed by the rising moon, led him to a well-defined trail and home. Only once before had Mr. Will a like experience in Switzerland while scaling Mt. Blanc in a dense fog. He thinks the smoky atmosphere caused a needless day's anxiety for him on Wednesday. School recommenced on Monday last with an unusually large attendance of scholars. Chas. E. Hooper, an early day prospector in the ' Boundary arrived in the Similkameen about a week ago. He is going to cast in his lot with the good people here and expects to make a name and fortune for himself. He is very pleased with the layout of the country and notes the comparative ease with which prospecting may be carried on here. PROSPERITY REIGNS. The Similkameen and Nicola Minerals Much Sought After. Indications are not lacking that a great wave of progress and industrial activity is rolling over the interior of the province. In the Similkameen and Nicola districts many inquiries are being made for coal and other mineral properties with the addendum : "When do you expect the railway people to begin building?" Extensive mining and milling operations and the proposed smelter at Hedley add to the probability that railway construction on the coast to Kootenay route will soon begin. The great strides made in the Boundary in mining and smelting;- equipment places that district foremost, in the world for cheap smelting. Then east and west Kootenay have never known such a period of steady progress in coal and metalliferous mining, in lumbering and railway construction. There need not be an idle man in the whole of Yale and the Kootenays at $2.50 per day for laborers. In the Similkameen prospects were never more encouraging and with the coming of the railway ten thousand miners and laborers will be required for coal and metallic mining, for lumbering and farming. All that is lacking now is transportation. The Similkameen and Nicola districts cannot advance farther-; j without it. International Boundary Survey. C. E. Barnard and wife came up from Loomis, Wash., last Saturday and will be here till the 1st of October. Mr. Barnard as commissioner of the international survey has charge of the field party now working on the boundary in the vicinity of Roche and Pasayton rivers. Princeton is the supply base for the outfit, two pack trains being required to transport food and material over the difficult mountain passes. In some places the line touches 8,000 feet altitude and snow fell in July over six inches deep. Monuments of aluminum-bronze set in cement are used to demarcate the boundary and are erected at intervals of one to three miles according to the topography of the country. The work will last all next summer, it being discontinued during the winter owing to the great depth of snow. Mr. Barnard was previously on the U.S. Alaska boundary survey. A. Wilmot, oT Wallace, Idaho, has been in this district and Nicola for the past month looking over some coal proposi- - tions with a view to purchase. It is understood he has bonded some claim's, the terms and location of which have not as yet been made public. Mr. Wilmot thinks there is too much coal in this country for speculative purposes. Mat Evenson has bought an interest in the Otter Flat hotel. THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR August 27, 1904 The Similkameen Star Published Weekly at PRINCETON, B.C. —BY— The Princeton Publishing Co. A. E. Howse, Manager. One Year, SUBSCRIPTION RATE: Payable in Advance.. $2.00 Subscribers will confer a favor on this office by promptly reporting any change in address or, irregularity in receipt of their paper. Advertising rates furnished on application. Legal notices io and 5 cents per line. Four weekly insertions constitute one month advertising. All cheques to be made payable to A. E. HOWSE. NOTES AND COMMENTS. The result of the L-illooet by- election affords another illustration of the depravity of the electorate in some constituencies in this province. Little wonder that incompetence pervades every department of government when electors fail to use the cleansing power to be found only in the ballot box. Insensible to the decencies of political warfare Premier McBride and his coterie swooped down with bribe, promise and threat to the Lilloputians until they were driven as sheep to the shambles. The small majority of twenty-three for the government candidate, McDonald, (less than that at the general election) is significant of weakening and an index however slight, to the improved intellectual and political status of the Lilloputians. The marvellous speed of 103 miles -•an hour on a country road was re- -cently made in France with an . automobile. It is not to be supposed that speed could be made in the Similkameen where curves, "boulders, slides and fallen timber impede even the snail-like travel of the freight wagon. There is one consolation in knowing, however, that there is plenty of raw material here for making both roads and automobiles. The Spectator, of London, the most select and impartial of English weeklies, thus comments on the Dundonald incident : " It is exceedingly regrettable that a distinguished soldier like Lord Dundonald should thus throw himself into the arms of the Canadian Opposition and allow his name to be exploited for local party purposes. Nothing could be more destructive of Imperial unity than that an Imperial officer should be found taking sides in local party politics because of a quarrel in which on any true interpretation of constitutional doc- vtrine, he was hopelessly in the wrong." That surely is enough to make the ears of the ultra-loyalists and the jingoists tingle. It is only too evident now that Premier McBride never intended to hold a summer session when he announced it in the legislature last winter. He has forfeited all right to the confidence of the people by his broken promises and deceptive policy, yet Lillooet has endorsed that policy by returning McDonald, the government candidate. A corrupt government is the progeny of corrupt electors. Physiologists are not united in their opinions as to the artificial means, now so much in vogue, of rearing babies. It is claimed that the maternal organs of sustenance will disappear from lack of use just as the eyes of some animals subject to continual darkness will disappear in a few generations. Is there not danger also in the feeding bottle of babyhood begetting a pernicious craving for the sipping bottle of intoxicating fame in after life ? The Dundonald incident is worked by the Conservative press to such good effect that it now threatens to divide the party into factions of touters, militarists, blowhards and loyalists. Like a pack of ravening wolves over a maggoty carcase they turn and rend one another when there are only the bones to lick. Some of the moderate organs want the Dundonald incident buried but others shout and lie with greater vehemence than ever. Now that their mock patriotism is known and their ardor cooling, their contempt and disgust for each other will drive the truly loyal minority into the ranks of the Liberal host where patriotism lives and thrives without simulation. If the Dundonald incident did nothing more than winnow the chaff from the wheat in the Conservative party it has done something not to be regretted. The building of the Grand Trunk Pacific will open a country to set-, tlement as large as that now inhabited in the Dominion. During the term ot its construction every industry will receive an impetus. Not a man in all Canada need be idle when it is begun. In their blind opposition to | this second transcontinental line the Conservatives have truckled to every wish and desire of their monopolistic friend and ally the Canadian Pacific railway company, who will thus have a competitor for ocean to ocean trade. The electors of Canada will not be slow to appreciate the efforts of the Liberal government to emancipate them from the thraldom of the greatest railway monopoly in the world. Had the Conservatives been in power no second transcontinental railway would have been undertaken. If idleness is the mother of mischief there must be considerable mischief going on. Gossip and work are antagonistic, therefore work and be happy and good. NOTICE. TAKE NOTICE that sixty days after date I intend to apply to the Hon. the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase 320 acres of Crown lands for pasturing purposes: Commencing at a post marked I. M. W.'s S.W. corner: Thence running 80 chains west, 40 chains north, 80 chains east, 40 chains south, back to point cf commencement, in all 320 acres, more or less. This land is situate about 10 miles west of Princetcn and is bounded on the south side by the meandering line of the Tuiameen river. J. M "WRIGHT, C. O. FRENCH, Agent. Dated this nth day of July, 1904. NOTICE. Copper Glance, Azurite and Alpine mineral claims, situate in the Similkameen mining division of Yale district. Where located ■ On Copper mountain. Take notice that I, P. W. Groves, acting as agent for John R McRae, free miner's certificate No. B72143, and Hugh McRae, free miner's certificate No. B62053, intend, sixty days from the date hereof, to apply to the mining recorder for a certificate of improvements, for the purpose of obtaining a crown grant of the above claim. And further take 1 otice that action, under section 37, must be commenced before the issuance of such Certificate of Improvements. Dated this 9th day of July, A.D. 1904. NOTICE. HpHIRTY days from date I intend to apply to * the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for a license to prospect for coal onrfhe following described lands :— Commencing at a post marked A. Green's %-S. 3, and J^-S. 4, placed on east side of Cold- water river, al out 3 miles south of Coutlee. And running 40 chains west, 80 chains south, 80 chains east, 80 chains north, and then 40 chains west to point of commencement, containing 640 acres. William Rice, Locator. Charles Stirling, Agent. Nicola, May 20,1904. NOTICE. 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 eighty acres of second class land, situated in Osoyoos district: Commencing at a post marked J.L. situated about forty chains north of northeast corner of John Kearns' preemption lot 3098, thence 20 chains east, thence forty chains south, thence 20 chains west, thence forty chains north to point of commencement, containing 80 acres more or less. JOHN LOVE. Fairview, B.C., April 13, 1904. NOTICE. Kenley' mineral claim, situate in the Similkameen Mining Division of Yale district. Where located : Copper mountain. Take notice that I, Ernest Waterman, free minei 's certificate No. B72039 for myself and for Edwin Barr Hall, free miner's certificate No. B72040, intend sixty days from, the date hereof, to apply to the Mining Recorder for a certificate of improvements, for the purpose of obtaining a Crown grant of the above claim. .rind further take notice that action, under section 37, must be commenced before the issuance of such certificate of improvements. Dated this 9th day of April, 1904. NOTICE. Olympian mineral claim, situate in the Similkameen mining division of Yale district. Where located : On Copper mountain. Take notice that I, F. W. Groves, acting as agent for Joseph Wright, free miner's certificate No. B75373; J. S. C. Fraser, free miner's certificate No. B42433 and L. G. Barron, free miner's certificate No. B57500, intend, sixty days from the date hereof, to apply to the Mining Recorder for a certificaie of improvements for the purpose of obtaining a crown grant of the above claim. And further take notice that action, under section 37, must be commenced before the issuance ofsuch Certificate of Improvements. Dated this 25th day of April, A.D. 1904. NOTICE. Great Republic mineral claim, situate in the Similkameen mining division of Yale district. Where located : Copper mountain. Take notice that I, John P. McLeod, free miner's certificate No. B80240, for myself and as agent for Charles H. Bonter, free miner's certificate No. B75510, intend, sixty days from the date hereof, to apply to the mining recorder for a certificate of improvements, for the purpose of obtaining a crown grant of the above claim. And further take notice that action, under section 37, must be commenced before the issuance of such certificate of improvements. Dated this 18th day of April, A.D. 1904. " J. P. MCLEOD. NOTICE. Ada B., Ada 8. Fractional and Centre Star Fractional mineral claims, situate in the Similkameen mining division of Yale district. Where located : On Copper mountain. Take notice that I, Charles Willarson, free miner's certificate No. B63394, acting for myself and Peter Johnson, free miner's certificate No. B63393, and Robert O. Cramer, free miner's certificate No. 63382, and William H. Morrison, free miner's certificate No. 75486, and Furman R. Whitwell, free miner's certificate No. 72045,intend sixty days from the date hereof, to abply to the mining recorder for certificates of improvements, for the purpose of obtaining crown grants of the above claims. . . -ind further take notice that action, under section 37 must be commenced before the issuance of such certificates of improvements. Dated this 14th day of May, 1904. NOTICE of FORFEITURE To JAMES F. DICKSON, or to any person or persons to whom he may have transferred his interest in the High Ore and Margarett mineral claims, situate one mile north of Similkameen City, in Camp Hedley, in the Similkameen mining division of Yale district, British Columbia. You are hereby notified that I have expended the sum of $200 for work on the above mentioned claims and $5 for recording the same for assessments, such being required and neces sary to hold the said claims for the year ending July 3rd and 27th June, 1904, respectively, under the provisions of the Mineral Act and Amending Acts; and if at the expiration of ninety days from the date of the first publication of this notice in the Similkameen Star, you fail or refuse to contribute your portion of such expenditure, namely, $102.50, together with all costs of advertising, j'our interest in said mineral claims will become vested in me, (your co-owner) upon filing iu the proper office in that behalf the affidavit required by Section 4 of the Mineral Act Amendment Act, 1900. Dated this nth day of Tuly, 1904. HENRY A. WILLIAMS. NOTICE of FORFEITURE To ARCHIBALD GRANT or whomsoever he may have transferred his interest in Klon- dyke mineral claim, situate on Copper Mountain, and about ten miles from Princeton, in the Similkameen mining division of Yale district. Take notice that after the publication hereof once each week for ninety days, 3 ou fail or refuse to contribute your portion of the expenditure required by section 24 of the " Mineral Act," being chapter 135, Revised Statutes of British Columbia, 1897, in respect of the Klondyke mineral claim, situate on Copper mountain in the Osoyoos Mining Division of Yale District, British Columbia, together with all costs.of advertising, your interest in said claim shall become vested in your co-owner, Thomas F. McAlpin, of Princeton, Free Miner, who has made the required expenditure. The amount due by you in respect of each of the said mineral claims, not including costs, is $25.62^. Dated this4th day of June, 1904. THOS. J. MCALPIN. NOTICE of FORFEITURE To W. E. WEI.BY and any person or persons to whom he may have transferred his interests in the Elbe, Sunset, Maid of the Mist and War Cloud mineral claims situate at Camp Hedley in the Osoyoos mining division of Yale district: You are hereby required to take notice that we have for the last two years done the whole of the assessment work on the above mentioned mineral claims as required by section 24 of the mineral act and have paid for recording the several certificates of such work, and ycu are hereby required to contribute your proportion of such work and expenditure together with all costs of advertising, your said proportion amounting to One Huudred and Fifty Nine Dollars ($159.00), exclusive of costs. If you fail or refuse to contribute your said proportion and all costs of advertising within ninety days from the date of the first publication of this notice in the Similkameen Star, which date is hereunder written, your interests in said mineral claims will become vested in us, your co-owners, under the provisions of the Mineral Act and Amending Acts. Dated this 4th day of June, A.D. 1904. H. W. YATES. J. F. CAMPBELL. NOTICE. HpHIRTY days after date I intend to apply to * the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for a license to prospect for coal on the following described lands :— Situated on the right bank of One-Mile creek, 2% miles from Princeton, commencing at a post. And running south 80 chains, west 80 chains, north 80 chains, east 80 chains to point of commencement, containing 640 acres. H. B. CANNON, C. O. FREN,CH, Agent. Located Aug. 7, 1904. Commencing at the N.E. corner of H. B. Cannon's coal claim, And running 80 chains north 80 chains west, 80 chains south, 80 chains east to point of commencement, containing 640 acres. W. L. GERMAIN, C. O. FRENCH, Agent. Located Aug. 7, 1904. Commencing at the S.E. corner of W. L. Germain's coal claim, And running 80 chains east, 80 chains north, 80 chains west, 80 chains south, back "to post, containing in all 640 acres. a. f. Mcdonald, C. O. FRENCH, Agent. Located, Aug 7, 1904. NOTICE. THIRTY days from date I intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for a license to prospect for coal and petroleum on the following described lands in Yale division of Yale district: Commencing at a post marked J. Y. MacAd- am's coal claim, S.E- corner, thence north 80 chains, thence west 80 chains, along south line of "Blakemore" claim, thence south 80 chains, thence east 80 chains to place of commencement, containing 640 acres. J. Y. MacADAM, Locator, W. A. Da VIS, Agent. Located June 16,1904. Commencing at a post marked D. F. Campbell's coal claim, N.E. corner, running 80 chains west along south line of J. Y. MacAdam's claim, thence 80 chains south, thence 80 chains east, thence 80 chains north to place of commencement, containing 640 acres. D. F. CAMPBELL, Locator, W. A. DAVIS, Agent. Located June 16,1904. m. isl. >fim aa S*: August 27, 1904. THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR / LOCAL NEWS NOTES. J. Anderson of Hedley, recently prospecting on Stirling creek and tributaries was in town Friday. He thinks the reports of that section were somewhat magnified in the excitement of the recent gold find there. "Where Fortune Smiles" is the title of a neat pictorial supplement by P. God- enrath to the Kamloops Sentinel. Its fund of information makes it well suited for transmission to friends abroad. F. W. Groves, P.L.S , returned Tuesday from Boulder creek where he had been surveying mineral claims for the Boulder Mining Co. E. J. Judd came up from Loomis last Saturday with survey paraphernalia. He took a load of coal back for the village blacksmith and also to convince the natives of that burg of the existence of first class coal at Princeton. When the railway is built Loomis will get all its coal from Princeton. John Bromley has garnered 80 tons of fine hay on his homestead and is now busy on his upper ranch cutting grain which has not been irrigated but looks splendidly nevertheless. When Tommie Day began taking off the shutters that had been up all summer on Mrs. Silverson's business block a lot of 'rubbers' gathered near him. Some expressions overheard were : ' Guess he's going to start a saloon," "Maybe he's going to be married," "Oh, I know, his sweetheart is coming back," "Is Kit go i lg to be your partner?" to all of which he smoled a scornful smile. If other people would mind their business as well as Mr. Day they could own mines and eat porterhouse steaks too. Luke Gibson is freighting to Ashnola for the boundary survey. A General Banking Business A general banking business transacted by the Bank of Hamilton. Capital all paid up, $2,229,280.00. Reserve fund and surplus profits, $2,067,080.95. Interest allowed on Savings bank deposits of one dollar and upwards from date of deposit to date of withdrawal. A. H. SKFY, Agent, Kamloops, B.C. NOTICE. 'THIRTY daysjgrom date I intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for a license tc prospect for coal on the following described lands:— Commencing at a post placed ten chains south of the S.W. corner of lot 1042, And running north 80 chains, west 80 chains, south 80 chains, east 80 chains to point of commencement, containing 640 acres. I I 3 , ' W. C. MCDOUGALL. Dated July 23, 1904. NOTICE. 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 320 acres of mountain pasture laud, described as follows ■ Commencing at a post marked a.J's N.E. corner, thence 80 chains west, 40 chains south, 80 chains east, 40 chains north, back to initial post, in all about 320 acres. Situate about 11 miles west of Princeton, and is bounded on the north side by the meandering line of the Tuiameen river. ALICE JAMES, iPPef??! . C. O. FRENCH Agent. Dated this 14th dayof August, 1904. NOTICE. ^OTICE is hereby given that sixty days after * ^ date I intend to apply to thefChief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase 640 acres of crown lands for pasturing purposes, commencing at a post marked S.W. corner of lot 1091, thence running 80 chains east, 80 chains south, 80 chains west, 80 chains north, back to post, in all 640 acres more or less C. M. KINGSTON, C. O. FRENCH, Agent. Dated this 19th day of July, 1904. DOCTOR WANTED. For Princeton and vicinity. Government sul - sidv $300 per annum. Exceptionally bright fu ture tor capable man. Town is on proposed coast to Kootenay railway. Address MEDICAL COMMITTEE, ORINCETON BOARD OF TRADE—Rooms * centrally located. Membership solicited. C. E. Thomas, E. Waterman, President. Secretary. A. Beix, Treasurer. Advertise in the Star. JAS. CLARK WATCHMAKER and JEWELLER ALL WORK WARRANTED Hedley and Princetcn F. W. GROVES A. R. COLL., SC. D., Civil and Mining Engineer PROVINCIAL LAND SURVEYOR. UNDERGROUND SURVEYS. PRINCETON, - - B. t5. PELLEW-HARVEY, BRYANT & GILMAN, PROVINCIAL ASSAYERS I THE VANCOUVER ASSAY OFFICE, ESTABLISHED 1890. Analysis of Coal and Fireclay a Specialty. Complete Coking Quality Tests. Reliable PLATINUM Assays. VANCOUVER, B. C. R. Ha ROGERS M.A., B.C.L. SOLICITOR CONVEYANCER NOTARY PUB IC, Etc. OLALLA P.O. Simikameen, B.C. 4- A *tf P a ■C?vl S » ** BUY CITY STORE i I uiiuui VIII OIVKL? T A Complete New Stock of General Herchan- 7 dise always on hand, 5 CONSISTING OF A FULL LINE OF { Groceries, Dry Goods, Men's Furnishings, Boots and Shoes; also * Builder's Supplies, Shingles, Doors, Windows, Paints, Wall a, Paper, Hardware, Stoves, Nails, Drill Steel, ? Harness and Saddlery. ^ Headquarters for Enderby Hungarian Flour, Northwest Oats, &c 5 J. A. SCHUBERT. 0'O^j^O^^t: 1 1 I *urm Wood, Vallance & Leggat, Limited. HEADQUARTERS FOR Sherwin-Williams' Paints > MURALO'S 1st quality Cold Water Sanitary Calcimo VANCOUVER, B. C. Murato P «s P •* $ WALL FINISH WALL FINISH This finish is more popular this year than ever, and has won its popularity by its durability, pretty tints, and the easy mode of mix= ing and applying. Put up in 23 beautiful shades and white. Ask your dealer for a color card or send direct to McLENNAN, McFEELY & Co., Ltd., Wholesale and Retail Hardware Merchants, VANCOUVER, B. C. t, I PIERCY & Co., WHOLESALE DRY GOODS - VICTORIA, B. C. MANUFACTURERS OF Clothing, Top Shirts and Underwear. The Vancouver Breweries, Ltd. BREWERS OF THE FAMOUS Cascade Beer <£ Alexandra Stout Queen Beer «£ Alexandra Ale For sale throughout British Columbia in all the first- class Hotels, Liquor Stores and Saloons. The Amalgamated DOERING & MARSTRAND & RED CROSS BREWERIES, VANCOUVEP, B. C A Strong Combination. Manitoba Hard Wheat and the Lake of the Woods Milling Co'y, Combine to produce the finest grade of flour on the market. Try Best Patent Brand. JAS. J. LOUTIT, Agent, Box 158 Vancouver, B. C. H. C COOPER Harness, Saddles, Horse Flushings MANUFACTURER AND DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF Harness of any Description and any Price Made to Order—Send for Prices. [Established 12 years in Vernon.] U KELOWNA, B.C reight Prepaid to Penticton on all Orders from Princeton and Vicinity. V"\\ A THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR August 27, 1904 LABOR DAY CELEBRATION Hedley City, B.C. Monday 5th & Tuesday 6th SEPTEMBER. no ws t co. w August 27, 1904 THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR : FIRST DAY: Commencing at io o'clock a.m. HORSE RACES ^-mile dash, open to all, prize —$35- 20. ^-rcile dash, saddle race, owners up—$15.10. Cowboy race, saddle up, turn 3 stakes and dismount at each stake, —$15-10. Baseball Match, Enderby vs. Hedley. Commencing at 2:30 o'clock, p. m. prize—$150.00. 15. FOOT RACES ^-mile, open to all, prizes $io, $5. 100-yards race, open to all—$15 $10, $5. 3-legged race, $5, $2.50. Obstacle race, $7.50, $5, $2.50. Dance in the Evening. :SECOND DAY: Commencing at io o'clock, a.m. Drilling Contest, Three Entries or no match, prize—$100.00. HORSE RACES Slow race, *4 mile, prizes—$10, $5- j4-mile pony race, 14 hands and under—$20, $10. ^-rrale klootchman's race—$10, $5- ^-mile ladies' race—$10, $5. ^J-mile boys' race, owners up— $5*. $2- 5o. FOOT RACES 50-yards fat men's race, no entries under 200 lbs., prizes—$5, $2.50. 5oyards old men's race, over 60 years—$5, $2.50. 50-yards ladies' race—$10, $5, $2.50. 100-yards klootchman's race—$5, $2.50. 100-yards bo3rs' race, 14 years and under—$5, $2.50. 100-yards childrens' race under 10 years—$3, $2, $1. 100-yards girls' race, under 14 years—$4, $3, $2. 50-yards girls' race, under 10 years—$3, $2, $1. Running broad jump—$7.50, $5. Running high jump—$7.50, 5. Standing broad jump—$7.50, 5. Hop-step-and-jump—$7.50, 5. t Putting the shot—$7.50, 5. Catching the greasy pig—pig. Potato race—$5, 2.50. All are cordially invited 3*;{ COMMITTEE: W. McLean, F. French. W. Hassard. A, D. WOROAN, - - Hon.=Sec. Vivat Rex Mi gSjgSKjM w • Toa Talk 50 cents isn't much, W Yet it will buy about the nicest pound of tea you ever brewed. We have a little better tea at a little better price, but the majority of tea drinkers don't care to pay more than 50 cents a pound, especially when they can get such a nice blend as our Ceylon at that price. This tea is bought especially for us, we mix it to suit, and sell it only in bulk. You can have as much as you want of it ' at 50 cents a pound. ■ THE NICOLA LAKE AND PRINCETON LIMITED Humorous. She—Mrs. Sparker has done nothing lately but run down her neighbors. He —I had no idea she was such a gossip She—Who said anything about gossip? She is learning to drive her new motor car. Scientists say that the hair and nails grow after death. Some theory of that sort is needed to explain the experience of a widow at a spiritualistic seance. "No," said the little widow emphatically. "I will never attend another dark seance." "Why not?" asked her friends. "Didn't you have any acquaintance among the spooks?" "I am in doubt about the materiaizations." "Not distinct enough ?" "Well, it was this way : The medium said my husband was there and wanted to speak to me. It was too dark to see him plainly, but I thought I recognized the outlines of Jim, and I kissed him." "Was it Jim?" "That's what I would like to know." "What makes you doubt it?" "The spook had a lovely moustache." "Oh!" "Jim never had one." And the little widow looked thoughtful. "Well, I made the sale all right," said the new salesman. "Butyou lied to her," protested the proprietor. "You told her they were genuine old Irish lace" "No, I didn't She simply said shedidn't want any 'bogus imitations,' and I assured her ours were genuine. Wife—John, did you mail that letter I gave you this morning? Husband—Of course I did. Wife—How provoking ! I wanted to add a postscript. Hub., (pro- . ducing the letter)—Well, here it is. Why didn't you tell me that in the first place ? LOT WANTED. A well situated vacant lot on Vermilion avenue or Bridge Street. State lowest price for cash Give number of lot and block. Address I NICHOLSON, P.O. Box 460, Victoria, B C KOCHUSSEN & COLLIS Yates St., Victoria, B.C. MANUFACTURER'S AGENTS FOR Mining Machinery and supplies Tenders on Engineering Contracts MINING BROKERS Quotations ou all kinds of machinery WRITE US FOR PRICES Spokane Fair Oct. 3=9 Prospectors and others are invited to contribute mineral specimens for an exhibit at the Spokane Fair. Specimens should be of about 25 lbs. weight with names of claim and owner attached. Specimens will be received by C. IJ. Thomas, F. W. Groves and at the Mining Recorder's office. BY ORDER, PRINCETON BOARD OF TRADE, 50 YEARS' EXPERIENCE Trade Marks Designs CpPYRIGfcjJS &c. Anyone sending a sketch and description may quickly ascertain our opinion free whether an invention is probably patentable. Communications strictly confidential. HANDBOOK on Patents sent free. Oldest agency for securing patents. Patents taken through Munn & Co. receive special notice, without charge, in the A handsomely illustrated weekly. I.nrgest circulation of any scientific journal. Terms, $3 a year; four months, $1. Sold by all newsdealers. MUNN &Co.36tBroadwi* New York Branch Office. 625 F St- Washington, D. C. IUCKm Just Opened COMMERCIAL HOTEL I nrst Class Dining Room tfedley City Newly Fitted No Chinese Employed. BEST BRANDS LIQUORS AND CIGARS ALWAYS IN STOCK SPECIAL ATTENTION PAID TO TRAVELLERSjJMlf HUSTON & McLEAN, Proprietors Largest Sale in Canada ffiERisnnniiSi For CONNOISSEURS Only. Can be had at all first-class hotels through out the province. F. P. RITHET & CO., Ld. VICTORIA, B. C, Sole Agents* Str^igg* Lines DRIAR OTEL NICOLA LAKE The Hotel has been thoroughly renovated and refitted. Everything First Class. No pains spared to please the public. Table supplied with best the market affords. Fine Wines, Liquors and Cigars. TELEPHONE* BATH. Headquarters for Princeton, Spence's Bridge and Kamloops Stage Lines. A WE ARE EXCLUSIVELY SHOEMAKERS AND CAN GUARANTEE Style, Comfort and Durability IN FOOTWEAR MANUFACTURED BY US. TJ^AMES HOLDEN Company OF MONTREAL, LTD. VANCOUVER B.C. Subscribe For the STAR For the STAR a KM*. 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