The Princeton Star
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
contributor: Smyth, F.J., 1872-
issued: 2022-07-05
issued: 1920-04-23
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note: THE PRINCETON 21st Year No. 16 PRINCETON, B M FRIDAt, APRIL 23, 1920. PER YEAR : $2.50 Cash Single Copy 5c. Princeton District Prospectors to Meet Hgfc'.W. Mulholland, of Nelson, president of the Prospectors' Protective Association or B. C.,- came up from Keremeos last week end'. with R. H. Carmichael and held a preliminary meeting with the object of forming a branch of the organizatioin in Princeton:. C. O. Day was elected acting secretary and he in turn has sent out Tigticesj calling for an, organization lyijpmeetmg 011 Tuesday, May 4th,< ^The tgjg- meeting will be held at the court house fir -and it is expected that a membership of between 75 and |g3 will be got tci- gether. The district will take iu besides Princeton, the camps of Copper I Mountain, Granite Creek, Coalmont, Tulameen, and as far down the river as the Bromley place, i Ponits below the Bromley place will be covered by >the Keremeos ^organization. This association is a good, live organization, and has already accomplished some good for the prospector, such as the issuing to him of powder by the government at cost, the establishing of a mining school during the winter months, and the right to be given the report of the district engineer's on his '-property. Among the objects #^-sought after by the organization is the establishing of,a testing and sampling plant. Legislation will be asked .for covering cases where a returned soldier is in partnership wth a nan who has not served his county. That is.in cases where the latter fails to keep Up his share for assessment, the defaulted half automatically goes to the returned man. Kip More Details of Coalmont Wedding (By the Star Correspondent) Further details are furnished The Star of the weddng of JamesSmart a.nd Miss Ethel Holni&s at fcoalmont on Thursday ofTasTweek. The wedding took place at the residence of W. H. Holmes, and the bride was given away by her father. Her bridesmaids were her sister, Miss Edna, and Miss Peggie Henderson, of Vancouver. Thoma…
note: Title changes in chronological order: Similkameen Star (1900-03-31 to 1900-07-28), The Similkameen Star (1900-08-04 to 1900-10-20), Similkameen Star (1900-10-27 to 1918-05-10), Princeton Star (1918-05-17 to 1929-12-26).
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Princeton, B.C.
spatial: Princeton
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0416147
language: English
lat: 49.460278
long: -120.507778
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Princeton : The Princeton Publishing Company
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source: Original Format: Princeton and District Museum and Archives
type: Text