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THE PRINCETON 1 Published in the Interests of Mining and Agriculture in the Similkameen ■*& K Twenty-third Year—No. 52 PRINCETON. B.C.. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 17, 192; PER YEAR: Sa.oo Caah Single Copy sc. MOTOR HIGHWAY THROUGH ROCKIES VERMILLION-WINDERMERE SECTION COMPLETED A YEAR AHEAD OF TIME SET Banff, Alta. —The Vermillion-Windermere section of the new motor highway from Calgary is now near- ing completion. Engineers of the Canadian National Parks Branch announce that this road, which forms the last link in the through highway from Calgary to California will be ready for traffic early next summer. As soon as it is open, a circle tour of 6,000 miles, touching three national parks in Canada and seven in the United States will he completed. Motorists in both Canada and the United States are eagerly awaiting the opening of the road and work is being rushed to have everything in readiness for July. A few years ago the province of Alberta built the section from Calgary io the eastern boundary of the Banff National Park and the Dominion Government carried on the road from that point through the national park to the Vermilion Summit on the inter- provincial divide. The province of British Columbia had agreed to construct the remaining section, from the, Vermilion Summit to a point, in the Columbia valley where connection was made with the existing road from Golden, but owing to the outbreak of war and financial and labor difficulties, it found itself unable to carry on the work. In 1919 the Dominion Government agreed to undertake this section and the date for completion Was set for 1924. The road is therefore being opened a good year in advance of the date agreed upon. This has been made possible by the energy of the parks' engineers and the fact that operations were continued by order of the government throughout the entire year. Construction of the Vermilion-Windermere section presented many dif- ficu'ties not only on account of the mountainous character of the country but owing to the long distances from railhead. From the crest of the Rockies, which the road crosses via the Vermilion pass, the road drops down the abrupt western slope of the Rocky Mountain range proper and then again ascends to cross the Sinclair range descending to the floor of Sinclair valley and through the thrilling Sinclair Canyon to the Columbia. Forty miles of the road had to be_cut /through.' ^^irg'Sfn^t-JiMJer^ •rourY£eif bridges had to be constructed and the road finally carved through the huge walls of the Sinclair Canyon. The rai'heads, Castle, Alberta, and Firlands, B.C., were 75 miles apart This meant that supplies for the central'portion had to be transported by trucks or wagons, a distance of over 30 mfles. The heavy snowfall in this district added considerably to the difficulty in the winter months. During the winter of 1920-21 the snow sometimes lay as deep as four or five feet on the passes and it often took days for supply teams to reach the end of the road. About 60 miles of tote road were kept'open during the past two winters. Every mile of the new highway has been laid out so as to «afford the motorist the finest views of the incomparable scenery as well as the easiest grades. The region is practically virgin country and those who have gone over it declare it embraces Borne of the most magnificent scenery in the Rockies. The route is one that has been followed in the past by none but a few intrepid explorers, chief of Whom was Sir Jas. Hector, Geologist with the Pallister Expedition, who ascended the Vermilion on the famous journey which later resulted in his fortunate discovery of the Kick- inghorse pass. The region is in fact so new that very few of the peaks bear names- and fewer have as yet been ascended. A new world rich in virgin attractions is therefore opened both to the mountaineer and the motorist. The district abounds .naturally in big game which is increasing rapidly find. becoming very tame under the sanctuary conditions prevailing in the national park. Wild goat,1! elk, moose, deer and even bear will all come within sight of the passing motor and a friendly sheep will often dispute the right of way. DOUBLE WEDDING AT PRINCETON HOME VANCOUVER'S SHIPPING COMPARED WITH MONTREAL Some surprising figures regarding trade through the port of Vancouver are contained in a memorial recently prepared by the British Columbia Division of the Canadian Manufacturers Association and other business organ^ izations in Vancouver for presentation to the Federal Government. The gross tonnage of vessels entering the port in 1921 was 10,204,401 .tons. This may not appear extract dinary, but when it is stated that the figure for the port of Montreal was 9,735,451 ons, or 468,950 tons less, the growing importance of Vancouver as an ocean port is apparent. Vessels entering the port numbered 11,779 against 5,541 entering the port of Montreal. Imports were valued at $197,406,832, and exports at $85,270,- 047, compared with $191,379,484 and $173,010,996 respectively for Montreal. Forty steamship lines are now using the port of Vancouver, compared with thirteen only ten years ago. AH of which goes to show that Vancouver's position as a great national seaport is becoming firmly established, Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Schulli Entertain Liberally at Wedding of Two Daughters Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Schulli were host and hostess to a very large number of their friends on Saturday, Nov. 11th, the occasion being the double wedding of their two eldest daughters Mary and Betty. The happy grooms were Mike Covino, who is employed as track-layer in the Princeton Coal mine, and John Dangelo, employed in the Coalmont Coal mine. The nuptial ceremony was performed in the commodious new home of Mr. and Mrs. Schulli at high noon in the presence of many friends, by the Rev. Mr. Herbison. It was followed by a wedding dinner at which it is estimated upwards of one hundred invited guests participated. Three seat- ings at the long banquet table were required to accommodate all. Happy and appropriate addresses were delivered by several of the guests. Then the spacious dining and drawing rooms were cleared and dancing and j merry-malting were indulged in during the afternoon and evening. The wedding gifts were very numerous and of a quality which showed the high esteem in which the contracting parties were held by friends from far and near. Mr. and Mrs. Dangelo left about four o'clock on Saturday afternoon for their home at Coalmont, where a further banquet had been prepared and was partaken of by a large circle of friends. Mr. and Mrs. Cavlno left amid showers of rice and confetti on Sunday afternoon's train for Vancouver, where they will spend their honeymoon; returning they will take up their residence in Princeton. Star joins with their many friends in wishing the happy couples a^pleasant and tranquil journey over the sea of matrimony. CHINA OFFERS MARKET FOR B. C. APPLES Penticton, Nov. 11.—Dr. J. W. Ross, Canadian trade commissioner of Shanghai, China, accompanied by Hugh Daltpn, secretary of flhe B. C. bianch of the Canadian Manufacturers' Association, was in Penticton last Tuesday. He was just completing a tour of the British Columbia fruit belt for the purpose of gathering information to assist him in solving the problem of how many shiploads of Okanagan apples can be distributed among the 400,000,000 people of China. For '•his purpose the -two gentlemen -interviewed v$§m\? '^St^me -'leading orchard^ ists, saw the cannery and conferred with officers of the various fruit associations and packing houses. In the cpurse of an interview Dr. Ross said he was tremendously impressed with the possibility of placing Okanagan apples in China, but stated that there must first be a campaign oi education started in order that the Orientals may acquire a taste for the fruit. "Apples, like many other things, can not be sold by catalogue or letter," said Dr. Ross. "It is only by putting on a large selling campaign that it can be hoped to increase Canada's trade with China in apples and other commodities of a similar character." NO BURIAL SERVICE Mission City, Nov. 15.—The funeral of William Stone Forsyth was held from the J. H. Jones undertaking parlors, Mission City, to the Hatzic cemetery Monday afternoon. The cortege left the parlors at 1.30 p.m., no service being held, as the deceased had written his own funeral service, and had particularly mentioned in his "Will" that no religious service was to be held. He also wished no flowers to be provided. The deceased was the seventh white child to be born in tbe city of Victoria, where he was born in 1868. The family went to Chilliwack a few years later, where his father settled on a homestead, and became one of the pioneers of that district. His father died when he was quite young, and his mother pre-deoeased him six years ago. Tne deceased was a ' wonderful character to those who knew him, but to those who did not he was somewhat of a recluse. He.had fine literary tastes, and was a writer of verse of no mean ability. He was a follower of "Kant" and "Marx" and a life-long Socialist, but he was never rabid, and though always bubbling over with his pet ideas, yet never preached the common soap-box socialism. ADVANCED PLAN FOR GAME BOARD Victoria, Nov. 15.—A game board for British Columbia having complete jurisdiction in regard to all game matters, to meet the various game associations, hear complaints and award compensation in cases of damage from depredation of game birds; a complete game board itself independent of the provincial police, although constables would act, ex-officio as game wardens, the appointment of a permsnent paid chairman of the game board, and various other recommendations were features of the quarterly meeting of the game conservation board at the parliament buildings yesterday at which there was a large attendance of representatives of sportsmen, farmers and the public generally. BOB EDWARDS "CASHES IN" EDITOR OF CALGARY EYE-OPENER SUCCUMBS TO ATTACK OF INFLUENZA Calgary, Nov. 15.—R. C. Edwards, M.L.A., editor of the Calgary Eye- Opener, died at his residence here last night. For many months he has been prostrated with heart trouble brought on by an attack of influenza contracted while attending the spring session of the Legislature. For the last two weeks he was in a state of lethargy and passed away in peaceful slumber. He is survived by his wife, there being no children. Th« funeral will take place on Frida^.' Rev. Robert Pearson, his desk-mate in the House, officiating.. Robert Chambers Edwards, more familiarly known as "Bob," was born at Edinburgh in 1864, the son of Alexander Mackenzie and Mary Chambers Edwards. His mother was a daughter of a member of the famous Scottish.' publishing firm of W. and R. Chambers. Mr. Edwards was educated at the universities of St. Andrews and Glasgow and came to this continent when thirty years of age. He spent some time with a brother, now dead, who owned a large ranch in Wyoming and in the late nineties, joined the staff of the Winnipeg Free Press. As a Publisher Mr. Edwards' first incursion in the p Wishing field in his own behalf was at Wetaskwin, Alberta, where he founded a breezy weekly journal known as the Free Lance. Shortly afterward he moved to High River, south of Calgary, the centre of operations of the English remittance-man rancher. Here the Eye-Opener was born and first began to attract attention because of the funny stories its editor told about the remittance men's life. One of the best of these was the yarn about the younger son of a peer who had been sent to Canada for England's good, and given liberal sums of money to invest in a ranch This money and the various sums that followed it, were, of course, all invested in the bar of the hotel at High River, the hero of the piece owning not an acre of land or a head of stock. One day he received a telegram from Calgary saying his father would arrive on the next train to inspect the "property." Hastening to a friend who owned a few hundred! headj-ef^stocfean^atra^jCh hoi^^Jsli^llBJ Raise money for i memorial fund MfORK STARTED BY RETURNED MEN TO BE TAKEN UP BY PRINCETON CITIZENS I ;> .That the people of Prince Jon end surrounding district are heartily in accord with the suggestion of creat- pg a fund with which to erect a memorial to the memory of its boys who fell in the Great War, was evidenced by the splendid way in which they patronized the dance given here on Ihe eve of Armistice Day by the Ex- Service Men's association. That the Substantial sum of $99.50 was taken at the door, without any advance sale of tickets, shows how voluntarily was |he patronage. That the net proceeds amounted to $62.70 was also very satisfactory to the committee who had She management of the dance and was fely made possible by tbe assistance «t the ladies who supplied all the cooking, and the merchants, who contributed free all the supplies needed. 1 The amount realized from the sale or poppies was no less satisfactory. Mearly every person at the dance pur- raased, and wore, a poppy and, though arrangements for the sale of. the flowers next day were not as perfect as might have been, around town, there yere very few citizens who were not wearing the little emblem of remembrance. Coalmont responded nobly to |he occasion. They not only sent a representative crowd to the dance, 6ut, as will be noticed by the statement below, out-distanced our own (pwn in the amount realized from the sale of poppies. This is accounted for by the fact of so' many returned men being employed by the coal mine, 'including the superintendent, who lent his hearty co-operation; also by the co-operation of the ladies, both at the mine and town, who sold poppies, and by the assistance given by Mr; D. J. Buckley, druggist, who kind- 'y assumed all ararngements for the sale of the flowers at Coalmont. $; Following is a statement of receipts and disbursements in connection with both the dance and sale of poppies: Dance Total receipts $90.50 Paid for music $ 26.00 stall rent 10.00 if?ftxtra cream 80 i 36.80 i^fet proceeds of dance.. $ 62.70 pioaTgaF agkea^faiS' aslliSnceTnTSam^ boozing his respected parent. The friend readily acqui seed and when the father arrived he was met by the son driving a democrat wagon with a spanking team. The friend's ranch house was quickly reached and proclaimed as the son's, while the few hundred head of cattle were magnified into thousands by the simple expedient of visiting them time after time, cowboys driving them a few miles while the unsuspecting father was taken on a detour of eight or ten miles to see the "next roundup." The father was so impressed that he gave the son £1000 to invest in more catfe. Typical of West High River proving too small for his activities, Mr. Edwards finally removed to Calgary and here for more than twenty years, with a break of one orNwo, he intermittently published his Eye-Opener. It was typfcal of the old west and many of the stories and anecdotes in contained would hardly be countenanced today. \t one time a specialty was made of revelations concerning politicians, both federal and provincial, and the Eye-Opener's circulation then rose to more than 30,000 an issue. As its editor matured in years, however, the Eye-Opener became more staid. Bob Edwards had outgrown the libel-suit stage, and although he still published funny stories and amusing skits about more or less prominent people, many who had known the paper since its birth complained that it had "lost its punch," Mr. Edwards was last year elected to the Legislature of Alberta, as an Independent, for one of the Calgary seats. An exceedingly shy man, speech,- making was not Mr. Edwards' forte, but at the last session his pronouncedly Scotch and lisping accent was heard on two or three occasions relative to matters that he held as his ideals. A True Story As illustrating Bob Edwards' shyness and his aversion to meeting strangers, the following story is related : It was the custom of a number of Calgary cronies to meet every Saturday night for a game of poker in a downtown office building, among the players being the late P. J. Nolan, K. C. One Saturday night Edwards was late and one of the crowd had brought into the game a pair of eastern visitors who happened to be in town. Proceeding along the corridor to the rendezvous, Edwards paused as he heard strange voices floating over the transom. He fumbled in his pocket, produced a ten-dollar bill, attached to it a piece of paper, on which he wrote the words "my contribution," tossed it over the transom, and fled. Don't forget the masquerade dance at Hedley on Friday evening next, November 24th, in aid of the Hedley h spital. A good time assured. Sale of Poppies Princeton 52.15 -$109.90 Paid for poppies $ 12.00 Cheque for benefit of disabled men 48.95 60.95 $ 48.95 Total net proceeds: Banco ! $ 62.70 Poppies 48.95 $111.65 The above-mentioned amount has been deposited in the bank as the nucleus of a memorial fund. While the returned men have taken the initiative in the memorial scheme and will at all times be ready and willing to give it their greatest support, they consider that it is a question which should not be left with any particular organization to deal with, but that should be taken up by the public generally and the co-operation and counsel of every loyal citizen secured. At their suggestion the president of the Princeton board of trade, the most representative organization we possess, has called a meeting for Monday evening/ next, November 20, in the Parish hall. At this meeting it is hoped to determine what form the memorial will Uke, arrange for future action and appoint permanent committees for the carrying out of whatever may be decided upon. Various forms, which the memorial might take, will no doubt be advanced. In order that the most acceptable to the public at large be decided upon it is necessary that everybody attend who can possibly do so. Parish hall, Monday evening next, at eight o'clock sharp. GOOD FISHING AT KAMLOOPS Kamloops, Nov. 14.—Mr. Arthur Scott reports that during the season of 1922 no less than 341 visitors registered at Echo Lodge, on the shore of Paul Lake, Kamloops' world-famous fly-fishing resort. Of the visitors 122 were from points outside the Dominion of Canada and 219 were Canadians. The number of trout taken during the season was 8527, much more than half this number being taken on the fly. The prospects for an excellent 1923 season ar^e good, for the lake has been continually restocked. It is estimated that the number, of fry entering the lake from the breeding grounds near by during 1922 would otal between 80,000 and 90,000. BONAR LAW SWEEPS THE OLD COUNTRY Incomplete returns over the wire just as we go to press give Bonar Law a majority over all other factions combined, in the Old Country e'ections just held. The results to hand give the Conservatives 158; Liberals, 25; Independent, 8; Labor, 66; Georgian, 22, WHAT'S DOING IN THE. LOCAL LEGISLATURE (By H. F. Pullen.) Victoria, Nov. 14.—The legislative s ssion seems likely to be short, judging by the way business is being conducted so far. Already a large number of new bills and amendments to old ones have bees introduced. Most of the amendments are designed to make existing laws more workable and the majority of them are fathered by the attorney-general, who in the course of his practice has discovered many flews in the statutes. Some more contentious measures will have to be brought in yet, one of these being the Liquor Act amendment. The government will ask for changes to make the law more workable and more easily enforced. It will take perhaps two weeks to 'discuss the budget and the estimates, and in the meantime other measures will be advanced and the committee will complete their work. One of the most important resolutions to come before the House was that introduced last. week by W. J. Sloan, minister of mines. This resolution asked the Dominion Government to prohibit the admission of Orientals into this country. It was followed by an amendment of the leader of the opposition, the most important feature of which the government is in agreement with. This would ask that no treaties or arrangements with Oriental countries be entered into which are objectionable to Brit* ish Columbia. The legislature has no power to legislate against Orientals and can only act in an advisory capacity. Matters of government policy have been discussed in caucus of the party several times but nothing has been given out yet indicating what action will be taken in regard to retail sale of beer. The best informed opinion is that the government will take no action although it will permit a private member to bring the matter forward and a vote of the House will be taken independent of party allegiance. The independent members have been voting with the government on most questions, and none of them would care to put Oliver out in order to put Bowser in. The member for Newcastle is a persistent critic of anything which directly or indirectly affects labor and often interrupts the speakers in order to force his views on them. In doing this he has had to be called, to order a number of times. On the whole it would seem that the. government is istronger today than It has "been slhCeTthe last election and unless something unusual and inopportune should intervene there is little likelihood of an election for a year or two at least. SECURES/CONTRACT FROM LUMBER COMPANY Donald Keith, who for the past three years has been doing contract Work on the development project in the Oliver distriot, has secured from the Summerland Lumber Company a big contract for making roads and taking out logs for the mill which they are establishing at Myren's ranch, twelve miles above Tulameen. He has brought over with him horses, men and outfit that he used at Oliver. They arrived in Princeton on Saturday and have gone on up the valley. Mr. Keith, it is understood has already sub-let most of the work of road making. Altogether the Summerland Lumber Company have secured in the neighborhood of sixty millions of feet of choice timber in the Otter Valley, or enough to keep the mill busy for a number of years. As stated before the mill that is being installed there is the one previously being used at Allenby. It is being brought on heavy trucks to Princeton and shipped from here by rail. DISCUSS FRUIT PROBLEMS That co-operation by the fruit growers and the control of the marketing by themselves is essential to the success of the fruit growing industry, was the keynote of able addresses made by General Ha.rman and L. E. Taylor before a large and attentive gathering of the fruit ranchers of the Keremeos district in the Victory hall, Keremeos, on Monday evening. These gentlemen, both of whom reside in Kelowna, have recently returned from the prairie country, where they made a thorough survey of the causes which led to the unsatisfactory marketing conditions that developed this season. Our Keremeos correspondent failed to get a report of the meeting in for this week but will have a full report for next issue. 'THE CALL OF THE NORTH' Jack Holt is the latest acquisition to the stellar forces of Paramount pictures. In the prime of life, of splendid physique, commanding personality and real talent for acting, he begins his career as a star with everything in his favor. Mr. Holt is a Virginian, a member of one of the oldest families. He learned to ride, as a child and today his hobby is fine horses. He has mined and driven dog teams in Alaska., punched cattle in Oregon, and roughed it from coast to coast. In addition, he possesses the refinement of manner that is a characteristic of the Old South. He is extremely popular with screen patrons of both sexes. His screen career has been notable. At the Princess theatre Friday and Saturday, Nov. 17 and 18. STILL ASKING FOR MAIL CAR ON K.V.R. PENTICTON BOARD OF TRADE HEAR FROM POSTMASTER- GENERAL Penticton, Nev. 15.—The question of superseding the present baggage car mail service on the K.V.R. line from Midway to Vancouver by a postal car service, is again to be opened up, according to a letter received on Tuesday' evening by the Penticton board of trade, from Postmaster General Charles Murphy. The local board of trade has been working on this matter for a long time as the present system proves not only an inconvenience in this town, but works a hardship on the smaller places west, where post offi- ices do not exist. These places have considerable difficulty in getting and sending out mail. Secretary W. B. Payne, of the associated boards of trade of B. C, wrote enclosing a letter from the postmaster general, which was as follows: "I am in receipt of your letter of the 20th instant, in which it is stated that the Associated Boards of Trade of British Columbia strongly supports the resolution of the Penticton Board of Trade, relative to the establishment of a postal car mail service, in the -Kettle Valley Railway trains between Midway and Vancouver. "In reply I wish to say that the question of superseding the present baggage car mail service of the above line by a Postal Car Service will again be enquired into, with a view to ascertaining if conditions have changed since previously being reported upon, as to now warrant the large additional expenditure that a postal car service would involve." Letters.of similar nature were also received by the board of trade from tne postmaster and from the district superintendent of postal services. GOOD VALUES FROM THE ROANEY CLAIMS Claude Snowden has shown us a copy of the certificate of analysis given by provincial assayer, J. R. Williams of Vancouver, t6 W. E. Trafford of London, Eng., of assays made from samples recently taken from the Roaney placer claims up the Tulameen river. It will be remembered that the party which consisted of Messrs. E. O. Weston and J. O. Dun- hrorrL Victoria, -Mr:vjUGani©toeH «f~~BT~ couver and Mr. Trafford together with Mr. Snowden were up to the claims a fortnight ago and personally secured the samples submitted. The result as shown below is considered very satisfactory. "Heads," values per ton: gold $163.40; platinum $162.00; iridium $123.75; total $449.75. "Concentrates," values' per ton: gold $95.60; platinum $2544.48; iridium $2493.00; total $5133.08. "Tails," values per ton: gold $8.00; platinum $66.96; iridium $28.87; total $103.83. Platinum is calculated at $108.00 per ounce and iridium at $275.00 per ounce. PRINCETON MINE SHOWING UP WELL Mr. G. E. Murphy, vice-preskWnt of. the Princeton Mining & Development Company, a former resident of this district but now living in Seattle, was in town during the week and in company with Fred Foster, general manager, inspected the work being done at their mine just east of town. A raise recently put in from No. 2 tunnel to the ore body above more than realized their expectations and now No. 3 tunnel is being driven in to tap the ore body at a lower level. When this is completed the mine should soon become a producer. Mr. Murphy expressed himself as greatly pleased with the work done and the ore exposed. He and Mr. Foster made the trip from Spokane by mjotor, coming by way of Brewster. Returning they will go by way of Grand Forks and the more easterly route. DISMISSED LIQUOR OFFICIALS SHIELDED Victoria, Nov. 14.—''Names of all employees of the Liquor Control Board who have been discharged and the reasons for same." To a request by "Wflliam Hunter, member for Slocan, for this information today, Attorney-General Manson stated that it would hardly be fair to publish these as the government did not wish to prejudice their future op-, portunities for employment. "I shall give the Information if the member insists but it seems hardly in'the public interest or fair to these men themselves to do so," he said. "I may say, however, that quite a number have been discharged and there will be a lot more unless the instructions of the department are obeyed more faithfully." Mr. Hunter was not in the House, so no action was taken. PRINCETON LIBERALS ELECT NEW SECRETARY At a meeting of the local Liberal Association held in the Parish, hall on Monday evening, Mr. C. K. Cunard was selected to fill the position of secretary tendered vacant through the death of Mr. J. J. Priest. Matter of local interest was also discussed. THE PRINCETON SCAB, PRINCETON, B. C. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1922 Cbe f rinceton Star PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT PRINCETON, B.C. J. A. BROWN, Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES British Empire, One Year $ 2.00 Foreign, One Year $ 2.50 Payable in Advance. FRIDAY NOVEMBER 17, 1922 FRUIT GROWER8 MU8T ORGANIZE Says the Penticton Herald: While for two years the fruit growers of this valley have been convinced that the market system at present being followed is seriously wrong, lack of real information has prevented any proper steps being taken to amend the system, and matters, in the valley are apparently going from bad to worse. Last year the energies of those who might have combined to improve conditions were led aside to the investigation of wild and usf.less charges of price cutting which were bandied about among a number of shipping firms until the time for action had passed, and this year there are already signs ot the same ola red herrings being drawn across the trail. This year, however, an independent survey of market conditions on the prairies and at the coast has been possible, and from every hand comes the same verdict—the grower himself is to blame for the present conditions. As soon as prices commenced to break this fall, General Harman and L. E. Taylor, of Kelowna, undertook a trip throughout the length and breadth of the prairies, with the object of tracing to its source the cause of the market troubles. Acting as a committee an behalf of the fruit growers, they interviewed brokers, wholesalers, retailers and bankers in small and large towns asking for and receiving specific information as to the source, price and method of purchasing their fruit supplies. Their investigations, while revealing a condition of chaos, by enabling them to put a finger on the real cause of the trouble give hope of an improvement in conditions. Messrs. Harman and Taylor are now engaged in a tour of the fruit-growing sections of the province, with the object of presenting to the growers an account of conditions as they found them in the hope that, armed with that knowledge, the grower may find a method of salvation. The committee has no panacea to offer for the cure of the present troubles; this must be left to be worked out by the growers themselves. All Messrs. Harman and Taylor are doing is showing facts and figures wherein lies the cause of these troubles. Like everyone else who has had an opportunity to look into conditions, the committee claims that 70 per cent, of the fault lies with the grower and that the remedy also lies in his hands. With a clear idea of the cause of the trouble, it is surely not beyond the capacity if the fruit grower to find some method of remedy. Why Not Consolidate? General Harman and Mr. L. E. Taylor will be in Penticton tonight to discuss at a meeting, called under the auspices of the B.C.F.G,A., the various problems with which the growers are faced. The idea of forming a consolidated selling force, representifig all shippers in the Okanagan, or possibly the entire province of British Columbia, does not appear to have been previously advanced, but it would seem that such an organization could be fonned and might overcome some of the most serious difficulties which at present are a menace to the industry. At all events, these two gentlemen who hare been investigating the market conditions on the prairies, on behalf of the growers, have probably some information useful . in considering the proposition. If such a selling force as is suggested was formed all fruit could be pooled according to variety and grade, irrespective of origin; the overhead cost of selling would be entirely eliminated, because sales made through one central organization would have no interest in any particular shipping house; competition between shipping houses would be on a basis of putting up the cheapest pack possible under the regulations, and the market would be stabilized so far as jobbers and wholesalers are concerned. Another question comes up in the same connection. A movement is on foot at the northern end of the valley to organize a growers' selling committee. Without desiring to throw any aspersion on the growers of the Okanagan the question arises is it possible to pick out twelve growers who can make a success of the selling end of the industry? Selling is a highr ly specialized line, and while, no doubt, there are many who are fully qualified to look after the selling of a few carloads of fruit, this is no guarantee that they could successfully handle a proposition such as marketing the major portion or the whole of the valley's output. However, it would not appear necessary to go into a foreign field to hunt for salesmen. There are capable and efficient salesmen right here in the valley, but the individual who handles this business for the growers of the Okanagan must be qualified for the work by much experience and a close study of conditions. CO-OPERATION OR STARVATIOr Fruit Growers Must Co-operate or Go Out of Business (By Harry Tidy.) KeremeoB, B. C, Nov. 14.—(Special to the Star.)—Co-operation, that is word. Webster states that "oo-oper- aiion is the act of operating jointly with another or others." That is exactly what the fruit growers, not only of Keremeos but all through the Okanagan and Kootenay districts will have to do before they will be able to get out of the chaos that the fruit bu- | siness, as far as the growing end is concerned, is in at the present time. It is the same o'd story every year and the grower is the man who is holding the sack at the end of each season. Fortunate indeed will be the grower, this year, who after he gets his returns in and pays his debts, will have enough money left to carry him and his family through the winter, to say nothing of the expenses of getting his orchard in shape again next spring The majority of them will have to do the same as they have done for the last ten years or so and borrow from the banks to carry them over. It will take about five hundred dollars to pay for pruning, spraying and thinning the average ten acre lot. Besides the Okanagan United Growers with their several local unions, there are about fifteen independent packing houses in the interior. This means that) there are that many different sa'esmen trying to sell fruit in the same market. The result of this tremendous overlapping is a lot of consignment and the poor grower is made the goat. The O. U. G. have done their best and at the present time are handling about fifty per cent, of the crop but this is not enough to save the grower. The selling organization must handle at least ninety per cent. It is claimed by some people that this could not be done but this is nothing but propaganda spread by interests that would be effected if the growers were to amalgamate. The O. U. G. have fallen down several times and the proposal that is now advanced is that a new or- gnization be formed to take over the O. U. G. and all organizations in the interior from Wallachin through the Okanagan, Similkameen and Kootenay districts. It is not suggested that any of the present packing houses should be done way with but that they be taken over at a fair valuation. During the big seasons the packing houses can hardly cope with the fruit so it would be foolish to let, any of them lie idle. The following are some of the advantages that would accrue to the growers through solid co-opeartion: No consignment of fruit. The result of this would be that the gower would get all that was coming to him. No overcrowding of the markets. Result, no cutting of prices by the wholesalers. A real export business could be built up with Great Britain that would take care of all the surplus fruit. Through solid co-operation,.real in-, fluence could be brought on the government to prevent dumping instead of the half hearted opposition to it as now exists. Help could be secured from the Dominion government for the building of storage plants to store the apples over the winter in. This would be one of the real benefits for it is only natural that the wholesaler who buys his winter apples in the fall is going to make a large profit out of them or he would not buy. On the other hand, if the grower has the proper storage to keep these apples in he will be able to get a much better price in the spring than he does in the fall. An amalgamated organization such as is proposed, through buying all the supplies, such as boxes, paper, nails, etc., for the different branches would be able to make a big saving. At the head of this organization there must be a real man who is capable of handling a man-sized job and •the growers must realize that to get a man of this calibre they will have to pay a real salary; but a few thousand dollars will not amount to much as that could be lost over night through the improper flooding of the markets. The majority of the growers around Keremeos realize this and now that the crop for this year is all harvested it is time to start to organize for next year. There is no use in waiting until the crop is ready to harvest as there will be a lot of work to do to get the organization going*, so get busy now; don't wait! 60ALM0NT NEWS (From our own correspondent.) I Armistice Day was observed at tie mine by all operations being suspeifl- ed for two minutes at 11 a. m., and a big dance held in the mess hall in the evening. * « • * Blake Wilson, of the Coal compaiy, came in from Vancouver and spent a couple of clays here going over tae mine. They are now in a seam pt 3plendid coal, and everything loots fine. ilill * m m m Plasters for your back, limbs, side and chest — anywhere. Stick to he plasters sod at Buckley's Djug Store, Coalmont. * * * * Mr. and Mrs. Mathew Hutchinam have moved into their new hone, which has just been built for them, at the old Marcotte camp between Coalmont and Blakeburn. * * m m Coughs and colds come and go. <To doubt about their coming. No opportunity for them to linger if you combat them with proper cough and cold remedies. Drug Store, Coalmont. * * * • Mr. Wesley Rossiter and family ere once more residents of Coalioojit. They arrived Tuesday from Grind Forks and. are the guests of Mr: J. Clotworthy for the present. Mr. Rossiter is the son-in-law of the late F. P. Cook, and has taken employment with the Cook Estate's general sbre here. » • • * Another old-timer who has returned to Coalmont, is William Robinson, tne of the employees of the original c»al company over eight years ago. He has moved his family in from Hedley and is now domiciled in the Parrish bungalow at upper Coalmont. * * • » Mr. John Pickthall has left tlis camp to join his wife and daughter at Trail, B. C, where he expects to make their future home. His frieids here wish him every success. Mr. John Lochhead, our tailor, appears to be the only citizen in our town to evince any patriotism ot Armistice Day. Mr. Lochhead hid a flag pole erected on hs building and flew the Union Jack all day. m * * * Mr. Harold Shaw, of this place, certainly is trailed by a jinx. In thepast month he broke a toe and cut his hand badly, and on Monday his axe was too sharp and cut his tmmb nearly in two. * * * * After their wedding at Princeton on Saturday morning, Mr. John Eang- elo and bride (nee Schulli) with ;heir wedding party, motored up to Coalmont. A reception and supper were held at the residence of Mr. Br^iie Burton. The rooms were beautifully decorated and the bridal table vas a picture. Many called tq^wjsl the young couple much happiaieso. -*x—t prosperity. Mr. and Mrs. Dangelo will be the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Burton until their own house is ready at the mine. Jack Holt, in "The Call of the North, is the attractive Paramount production at the Princess theatre tonight and tomorrow night. The very name suggests a red-blooded out-door story, and according to advance notices the Picture well Justifies the imprfeVsWn. The failure Do observe the two- minute interval of silence on Armistice Day in Princeton by many was due, we believe, either to thoughtlessness or lack of a proper understanding of what the incident means. Many did observe the interval as it is intended to be observed, while many more continued on with their tasks as if the occasion meant nothing to them. CARD OF THANKS Mr. and Mrs. Robert Schulli desire to thank all their friends for their presence and assistance at the wedding ceremonies at their home on Saturday last. 52-1 LAND R^PIISTRY ACT (Section 227.) MAIL CONTRACT SEALED TENDERS, addressed to the Postmaster General, will be received at Ottawa until noon, on Friday, the 15th December, 1922, for the conveyance of His Majesty's Mails, on a proposed contract for four years, twelve times per week on tbe route between Princeton and Railway Station (K. V.), from the 1st April next. Printed notices containing further information as to conditions of proposed contract may be seen and blank forms of tender may be obtained at the post office of Princeton, B. C. and at the office of the District Superintendent of Postal Service, District Superintendent's office, Vancouver. J. F. MURRAY, Acting District Superintendent D'at'e'd Novfenrtfer 3rd, 102Z. 51- In the Matter of Application No. 32250 F; and in the matter of Lots 1, 2, 3 and 4, Blk. 7, Map 1003. Take Notice that the above application has been made to register Coalmont Hotel Company, Limited, as owner in fee of the above lands, and for the issue to the said Coalmont Hotel Company, Limited, of a Certificate of Indefeasible Title thereto, and that in support of such applied tion there has been produced Deed dated 25th August, 1922, from Columbia Coal and Coke Company, Limited, to Coalmont Hotel Company, Limited. And Further Take Notice that registration will be effected in pursuance of the above application and a Certificate of Indefeasible Title to the said lands, issued to the said Coalmont Hotel Company, Limited, after a lapse of 30 days from the service upon you of this notice (which may be effected by advertisement as hereunder directed), unless you shall take and prosecute the proper proceedings to establish your claim as to an unregistered agreement of sale, if any, to the said lands, or to prevent such proposed action on my part. Dated at the Land Registry Office, Kamloops, B. C, this 18th day of October, A.D. 1922. E. S. STOKES, District Registrar of Titles. (E.W.C.) To Messrs. Marcotte and Ryan, and to John Ryan, Esq., Coalmont, B. C. I direct service of this notice for 4 weeks in a local paper circulating within the district wherein the lands are situated. E. S. STOKES, 49-4 Registrar (E.W.C.) ii Doctors Do Their Best" "Forty years I suffered. One lesr raw from toes to body. No living man could believe what I suffered. It was D.D.D. that relieved me, and for three years I haven't had a sign of eczema." These words are taken from the letter of Ru- fus Garrett, Chesterville, Ontario. Mr. Oarrett will answer any questions you care to ask him. If you haven't tried the cooling, healing D. D. D. for skin disease we shall be glad to sell you a bottle today on our personal guarantee. Il.oo a bottle. Try D. D. D, Soap, too. SYNOPSIS Of Land Act 111 Minimum price of first-class lalri reduced to $5 an acre; aecocil-clas; to $2.50 an acre. Pre-emption now confined to aur veyed lands only. Records will be granted covering only land suitable for agricultural purposes and which is non-timber land. Partnership pre-emptions abolished but parties of not more than four may arrange for adjacent pre-emptiono with joint residences, but each mak ing necessary improvements on respective claims. Pre-emptors must occupy claims for five years and must, make improvements to value of ¥10 per acre, including clearing and cultivation of at least 5 acres, before receiving Crown Grant. Where pre-emptor in occupation not less than 3 years, and has made proportionate improvements, he may. because of ill-health, or other cause, be granted intermediate certificate of improvement and transfer his claim. Records without -permanent residence may be issued, provided applicant makes improvements to extent of $300 per annum and records same each year. Failure to make improvements or record same will operate as forfeiture. Title cannot be obtained in less than 5 years, and improvements of $10.00 per acre, including 5 acres cleared and cultivated, and residence of at least ° years are required. Pre-emptor holding Crown Grant may record another pre-emption, if he requires land in conjunction with his farm, without actual occupation, provided statutory improvements made and residence maintained on Crown granted land. Unsurveyed areas, not exceeding 20 acres, may be leased as homesites; title to be obtained after fulfilling residential and improvement condi tions. For grazing and industrial purposes areas exceeding 640 acres may be leased by one person or company. Mill,, factory or industrial sites on timber land not exceding 40 acres may be purchased; conditions include payment of stumpage. ' Natural hay meadows inaccessible by existing roads may be purchased conditional upon construction of a road to them. Rebate of one-half of cost of road, not exceeding half of purchase price, is made. PRE-EMPTORS' FREE GRANTS ACT. The scope of this Act is enlarged to include all persons joining and serving with His Majesty's Forces. The time within which the heirs or devisees of a deceased pre-emptor may apply for title under this Act is extended from one year from the death of such person, as formerly, until one year after the conclusion of the present war. This privilege is a}so made retroactive. No fees relating to pre-emptions fare" due or payable "by-goiaiers ffn pjca- emptious recorded after June 26, 19IS. Taxes are remitted for five years. Provision for return of moneys ac crued. due and been paid since August 4, 1914, on account of payments fees or taxes on soldiers' pre-emp tions. Interest on agreements to purchase '.own or city lots held by members of Allied Forces, or dependents, acquired direct or indirect, remitted from enlistment to March 31. 1920. SUB-PURCHASERS OF CROWN LAND. Provision made for insurance of Crown grants to sub-purchasers of Crown Lands, acquiring rights from purchasers who failed to complete purchase, Involving forfeiture, on fulfillment of conditions of purchase, in. terest and taxes. Where sub-purchasers do not claim whole of original parcel, purchase price due and taxes may be distributed proportionately over whole area. Applications must be made by May 1, 1920. GRAZING. Grazing Act* 1919, for systematic development of livestock industry provides for grazing districts and range administration under Commissioner. Annual grazing permits is sued based on numbers ranged; priority for established owners. Stock owners may form Associations for range management. Free, or partially free, permits for settlers, campers or travellers, up to ten head. SOCIETIES Knights ot Pythias Princeton Lodge No. 50 Meets Every Wednesday at 8:00 p. m. in I. O. O. F. Hall. Visiting Brothers Welcome. H.W.Graham. O. C. P. Russell, K. R. S. A Similkameen Lodge )Mr A. F. & A. M. ' ^^ * Meets first Friday I in each month, at 8 p. m. Visiting brethren cordially invited. A. S. BLACK, W. M. THOS..S. HUGHES, Sec'y. Excelsior L. O. L. No. 2102 Meets Fourth Tuesday at 8 p. in. in I. O. O. F. Hall. ■s.-i»l3^^^ Visiting brethren welcome. F. OELRICH, W.M. H. H. AVERY, Rec. Sec. £k\£ lotion for SWn Disease PRINCETON DRUG & BOOK STORE PRINCETON LODGE I.O.O.F. No. 5*. Regular meetings 8 p. _^ ra.. Thursdays, Soiourning brethren welcome Hall situate on cor Bridge St. and Vermilion Ave. 3!!I IS F. P. Cook Estate ...GENERAL... MERCHANTS Five Roses Flour a Specialty PRINCETON and COALMONT ill I m Chas. Day W. H. Houston Noble Grand ..... Rec. Sec. Coalmont Store— AGENTS FOR Victor Victrolas and Victor Records Simmons Beds and Mattresses McClary's Ranges FRIDAY and SATURDAY November 17 and 18 JACK HOLT IN all 01 tne Nonir It's a Paramount Picture »t:u:t?ttt;tttti?tn?:tiiSHt>timtH :mnn«t»«n«attanm««j FRUIT at FIRST COST Enquire at the Princeton Harness and Saddlery Store C. V. PRO The Consolidated Mining & Smelting Co. of Canada, Limited OFFICE, SMELTING AND REFINING DEPARTMENT TRAIL, BRITISH COLUMBIA SMELTERS AND REFINERS Purchasers of GOLD, SILVER, COPPER, LEAD AND ZINC ORES Producers of GOLD, SILVER, COPPER, PIG LEAD AND ZINC TADANAC BRAND ■HHKHHi Comer iSPPiiPiaiiiKi LARGEST MONUMENT WORKS IN THE WEST WRITE US FOR DESIGNS Princeton Light <& Power Co. ♦ SAVE YOUR. EYES —BY THE LIBERAL USE OF ELECTRIC LIGHT. . SAVE YOUR STRENGTH I —BY USING ELECTRIC WASHING MACHINES, COOKERS, IRONS AND VACUUM CLEANERS. 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CO. ann«tttm«««mmt«:«n:n«n;ummn:««»»»»:»ni:t::»n:tmmt;m«nt:mtt lil ECONOMY MARKET \ Fresh and Cured Meats FISH, POULTRY, FRUIT AND FRESH VEGETABLES IN SEASON TRY OUR FILLETED FISH PHONE 75 TURNER & GELLATLY, - Proprietors JIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIM MEN'S MACKINAW COATS WOOLLEN SWEATERS HEAVY WOOL SOX I J SILK AND WOOLLEN HOSE WOOL SWEATERS In Latest Styles CHILDREN'S SHOES, RUBBERS AND STOCKINGS EXCEPTIONAL VALUES IN BLANKETS — COME AND SEE! 1 THOMAS BROS. - Princeton | 1 GENERAL MERCHANTS IllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllllN^ * -*% _* Mi tm £ 1 1 § OUR BEST PRICE AND OUR BEST ATTENTION IS GIVEN TO X J£ YOU, AND THE SAME TO THE NEXT CUSTOMER. j» * *g If 8 K i (p&rnwnoiUaii <m mmwMM^^mmwmm wmmm®m \ 6AWST0N NOTES (From our own correspondent.) I T. G. Wanless, of Penticton, was the guest of J. L. Dye and family. Mrs. W. J. Dunnett, who has been ill 'for the past week, is slightly improved. * * * » The Cawston Women's Institute will hold a bazaar in the Community hall on Friday evening, December 1st. * * • • Lee Prentice has returned from Wa.ldock, Sask., where he spenit thg summer. * * * * J. A. Thomas, of Keremeos, spent Sunday with friends in Cawston. » * * » Mr. and Mrs. A1 ten Dunnett and daughter, and Mrs. ^Harvey, of Kelowna, are guests of W. J. Dunnett and family. * m m m Capt. Bunt gave a lantern lecture in the hall Saturday evening to a large and appreciative audience. * * * * A. W. Newton and N. Sinclair spent Sunday in Penticton. * * * * C. L. Wood, of Penticton, was thss guest of A. H. Cawston and family. » * » * Murdock Mclntyre is able to be out after being confined to his home with; a severe cold. * ,:!: * * M. Chamberlin is again on duty aa customs collector at Similkameen, after spending the past two months; trave'ling and visiting relatives. * * * » Mrs. C. JEj. Shaw, in,company with her daughter, Mrs. R. Cochrane, of Ucluelet, and three grandsons, left on Wednesday's westbound train for the coast. ^j«r * * * m About thirty couples attended the whist drive given by the Women's Institute in the hall lasWFriday even-' ing. Favors were awarded to Mrs. T. E. Wight and J. McDonald for the highest score, and consolation favors were given to Mrs.. Roblin and Wm. Shipton. BULLI0NJ1OLDUP 1INE MANAGER KEANE GIVES DETAILS OF SHOOTING OF RODERICK RED MOUNTAIN HAS CLEAN-UP The first bullion return from the Boundary Red Mountain since the milling of ore was resumed was reported to the management last week. In a. period of nine days the gross earnings were $4451, or at the rate of $493 per day. This was the first bullion turned out since September, when a fire at the mine destroyed two ore bins and part of the aerial tramway. The short period of nine days was due to the desire of the management to re-establish the cleanup date at the first and fifteenth of: each month. Superintendent Bonnemort ed-th»t the- ore extracted during l^ past few days has been from one of the stopes of lower than average grade. When this stope has been cleaned up the average daily production will be considerably increased. Meanwhile, development work on the 500-fpot, or lowest level, has extended materially the length of the vein system into the mountain. The vein has been followed from the crosscut where, it was encountered a distance of over 1400 feet, with a gradual increase in strength and value. (Grand Forks "Gazette.) Persons reported to be searching Camp McKinney during the. past summer for the stolen bullion of the famous Cariboo mine — cached 26 years ago—wou'd likely be those in possession of a sketch, known to exist, which purported to show the location of the; buried bullion valued at around $10,000. This is the opinion of J. P. Keane, who was superintendent of the Cariboo mine at the time the "clean-up" was stolen, and whose deadly aim "checked out" the hold-up man when he returned to recover the cache. Mr. Keane is well-known in Grand Forks, having resided here all last summer and had a contract on the irrigation project here. He . is now located at Bridesville and writes a vivid detail of the detective work which led to fixing the blame on Matt. Roderick. Treasure Still Buried Jack N. Luse, of Rock Creek, who owns the only house now in Camp McKinney and an oldtimer of that damp, was in Grand Porks this week a guest at the Winnipeg hotel. Mr. Luse was a miner at McKinney at the time of the bullion steal, though not working at the Cariboo, and says he was present when the doctor examined the body of Roderick after the shooting.- He was in Camp McKinney for several days a month ago but was under the impression that those reported to be searching the camp represented mining interests rather than were looking for the hidden bullion. Mr. Luse is of the opinion that the cache remains intact. He states that after the shooting, Roderick's wife came to the camp from the coast and remained as guest of the mine manager while making an effort to locate the cache with fragments of information given by her husband, a substantial reward having been offered for its recovery. Nothing ever came of the search. Though it was said that she located the cache and returned for it later herself, he doubted this, as he lived close to the scene for many years and did not think it iprobab,le. Many Thrilling Stories Many thrilling stories of the once famous camp are being recounted locally since the appearance of The Gazette's recent article. Bullion from the Cariboo was always taken to Spokane via Grand Forks and the conditions under which it was guarded here at times would furnish an interesting tale in itself. J. D. Campbell, the well-known local accountant, was on the office staff of the Cariboo at the time, and Fred Eingsley was a youth close to the repom igamp^at the time. special make of Scotch whiskey. All the hotelsvior miles around were immediately visited for the purpose of securing, or locating a bottle of this particular brand of whiskey, but without success, and the yards of such hotels were searched for the purpose of discovering such a bottle, but without success. The only man that could be found that even knew .6f such a brand of whiskey was Malcolm Mc- Quaig, and he stated that in early days when Camp McKinney was known as Camp Douglas that one shipment of a few bottles of that particular brand of whiskey had been brought into Camp Douglas, and the only places where such another bottle could be found was at the cabin occupied by Roderick, Lynch's cabin, where there were similar bottles, and one or two at the cabin of ^William Edwards, and a few at the abandoned Douglas camp buildings. Fresh eggs were at that time a rarity in Camp McKinney, but a few had been brought into camp, and, under the plea of sickness, a dozen had been sold to Matt Roderick as a special favor, and at the same/ time the apples, sack, and other things foUnd were identified as being sold, or furnished with the purchase, to Matt Roderick. As a matter of fact the pine squirrels were what led to the undoing of Roderick. Returning for Plunder While Roderick was being watched he slipped away from the coast residence, of his, unknown to his guard, and the first knowledge we had of the fact that Roderick had left the coast was obtained on Sunday, the 25th day of October, 1896, when a friend of Mr. Monaghan's came up from the American side of the Okanagan and notified us that Roderick was there, and was looking for work, but when work was offered him he did not accept it, and that he had purchased a gray horse. Upon the reeeipt of this information a messenger was immediately dispatched on horse back to Midway to notify Wm. G. McMynn, the provincial constable at Midway (at pres- (Continued on page six.) WHAT WAS DOING HERE || TWENTY YEARS AGO I From the Similkameen Star of j November 15th, 1902 A WHISKY AIR ROUTE It is just possible that the government will have to adopt an airplane patrol along the border if the ingenuity of rum runners is to be met and defeated. The following item from the Republic News-Miner would indicate that the bootlegger has adopted the airplane as a means to an end somer what safer than the auto truck in transporting contraband goods: "It is reported1 that the mysterious airplane which passed over Republic Thursday morning spent the night at Curlew and returned to Malo. It is further reported that it circled for some time over Malo and that it alighted there between twelve and one o'clock, when it was loaded with nine sacks of unknown contents. It left Malo for parts unknown a little after one o'clock." F Hill =n THE HUB OF THE SIMILKAMEEN | COAL, LODE AND PLACER MINING Unexcelled Advantages for the Investor jj and Home Builder ■ ELECTRIC LIGHT SYSTEM, WATER FOR DOMESTIC PURPOSES AND GOOD FIRE PROTECTION == Princeton Goals Land Co., Ld. D= ERNEST WATERMAN — General Manager — PRINCETON, B. C. IIII J Keane's Interesting Recollections Writing from Bridesville with reference to our article, Mr. Keane, the former superintendent, who played the leading role in the shooting, says that many of our details were not correct, and that the interesting Sherlock Holmes part of the story wbich led to the suspecting of Roderick, was missing. Mr. Keane writes: Coming from Spokane on that particular trip to McKinney, Geo. B. Mc- Aulay came to Grand Forks with the possible expectation of making a deal with "Seattle" Clark for a'certain property located on the North Fork of Kettle river and had with him more than $1000.00 in American currency. As McAulay tells it, upon going up to see Mr. Clark and introducing himself and asking Clark to show him the property Clark replied that he would do so if paid for doing it. McAulay says that this was the first Instance in all his mining experience where the owner of any property asked for pay before showing a prospective purchaser the property. McAulay told Clark that he would certainly pay him, and for the purpose of impressing Clark took the roll of bills out of his pocket, held it in his hand for some time, while continuing the conversation, then handed $20.00 to Clark and put the roll back in his own pocket.' When McAulay was held up we first concluded that it was done by someone that knew McAulay had this money on his person, and followed him into camp to hold him up under the double chance that McAulay might take the bullion out with him, but if not, then, the cash he carried with him would be quite sufficient to pay them for their trouble, and all the work done was done .along that theory. Hold-Up on Horse Shoe Curve The actual hold-up occurred at a point about three miles east of camp where the road made a horse shoe bend going around a hill. A person on the crest of this hill could see the road in both directions, and at the same time remain unseen behind a tree. It was quite evident that the one that did the hold-up work camped at this point at least one night. Pine Squirrels Gave Clue On the- day following the hold-up this ground was gone over quite thoroughly, but nothing unusual was there discovered. Some days after the holdup Ike Dinsmore, the' Provincial constable-- froin Grand Forks, came to camp, and the ground w^s again gone over, and in the meantime the pine squirrels had dug the ground up.and had exposed, and eaten, part of- the cache that had been placed there. Upon further investigation Mr. Dins- more and I dug up some soda biscuits, apples, some raw fresh eggs, part of a bottle of water and part pf a bottle of whskey. The, raw fresh eggs in the cache conclusively disproved the theory that some one followed McAulay in from Grand Forks on horse back. The bottle that contained the water was of a special type, and brand, that.had originally contained a Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Johnson, of Hedley City, drove up from that place on Tuesday last. Hans Richter and Wm. Lowe, of Keremeos, spent the week in the vicinity of Princeton collecting cattle from the ranges. The early snow will compel the cattlemen to begin feeding this season earlier than usual. J. M. Hitchings, W. Knight and F. Wampole, who have been hunting on Wolf creek for a few days, report having killed five deer. Messrs. Lockyer and Findlay, of the x-udson's Bay Co., left Monday morning on the Nicola stage on their way to Vancouver. Owing to the heavy fall of snow last week the stage from Nicola was about thirty hours late. The delay was caused by the driver returning Tor sleighs after finding the road impassable to wheels. Such a heavy and early fall of snow has not been known in this district for some years. The many friends of M. Cruikshanks will be sorry to hear that he had a leg broken recently by falling off a new house on which he was working near Chilliwack. Mr. W. J. Lawrence has rented the Grand Union hotel at Hedley City, and is moving down to occupy it. C. P. Seale, who has been working for some months for the Ashnola Coal Co., left on Sunday last for Sandon, where he intends spending the winter. The'Ashnola Smelter Co. have made their second payment on the Copper Bluff and Capper Cliff claims on Copper Mountain, which they purchased some months ago from" Messrs. Aldous, Jackson and Mills. McRostie, the Fairview 'missionary, arrested for stealing registered mail from the office there, is reported to have been sentenced to six years imprisonment. A. E. Lewis, of this place, has gone on a short vi^it to Nicola and Kam-, loops. W. I. Linton, representing Kelly, Douglas & Co., wholesale grocers of Vancouver, came in last Sunday from Nicola on the stage. W, F. Revely and T. J. Swansbor- ough were up from Hedley City for a day or two this week. J. F. Dickson and W. A. McLean left yesterday for Hedley City, where they have a contract for hauling ties for the tramway. Mr. Chas. Richter is building a butcher shop at Hedley City. C. Clay shot two fine bucks this week near his ranch on Wolf creek. W. F. Warren and wife, of Greenwood, came up from Hedley City on Wednesday, and returned the following day. TD n *_ Madeto"Get"RhegmiUsm iK>w> S Most other pains are easy. NEURALGIA TK.C? SCIATICA MHEUlfHSM neuritis YOU can depend upon T.R.C's to do fibfeir work. When fjS.C.'s are used, there's no chance of error in judgment, no chance of mistakes being made. Dose is accurately measured, ingredients absolutely pure, and guaranteed not to be injurious or habit-forming. $1.00 at your druggist's Free sample, Templeton's Ltd. Toronto — Sold by — PRINCETON DRUG A BOOK 3TORE The "Birmingham Blue"1— the best British plate 27\y2c Best British ordinary 25c Why buy patent pipes? Sheet Metal, Plumbing and Heating H. B. MEAUSETTE THE TIN SHOP DR. BUTLER j DENTIST . J f WILL BE IN i \ PRINCETON \ t — UNTIL — ) I NOVEMBER 25th \ City Transfer Go GARDNER FflRRflR, Prop. Agency: Imperial Oil, Ltd. General Trucking and Delivery Work Service Warranted Phone 64 Princeton The VETERANS DAN FERGUSON, Prop. BRITTON BLOCK . SOFT DRINKS —ALL KINDS Smokes all descriptions, Cigars Pipes, Tobaccos, Cigarettes Come in and make yourself at Home. Cleanliness and Service our Specialty (•••«»«**«««»*o*«6*«»»*«a*«««*«**«»«»*«(>«Aft*«oc«ft« C p PROSSER HARNESS MAKER AND SHOE REPAIRER Dealer in HARNESS, BOOTS Jj AND SHOES, POLISHES, Etc. 8 A few pairs hand made shoes. I PRINCETON - B. C. tttts tutu; u;;;???»!! ututtttu ttuttntinu tn PRINCETON BAKERY FULL LINE OF STRICTLY FRESH GROCERIES FRUITS IN SEASON Confectionery and Tobaccos - Bread made from the best flour procurable. Cakes and pastry. R. A. LAMBERT — Phone No. 9 Davenport Cafe - - RE-OPENED WE AIM TO PLEASE TRY US Opposite Princess Theatre OPEN DAY AND NIGHT GHarlie Moy, Proprietor NOTICE! SING LEE AND CHOW KING, HAVING PURCHASED THE RESTAURANT BUSINESS OF LIM SAM AND LIM HONG AT KEREMEOS, B. C, HEREBY GIVE NOTICE THAT THEY WILL NOT te RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DEBTS CONTRACTED BY THE FORMER OWNERS. SING LEE CHOW KING 8*1 THE PRINCETON STAR, PRINCETON, B. C. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1922 HE Keremeos Land Company, having gone into liquidation it is the intention of the Liquidator to dispose of the unsold land owned by the Company at extraordinary reductions from prices previously obtained. s Unexcelled for Frui It is well known that the Keremeos District excels above all others in producing certain desirable varieties of fruit. Guided by the experience of the growers in the valley who have successfully brought the industry through its pioneer stages, the way is made easy for those who wish to follow their example. irftrmatlMi A visit to the Company's office in Keremeos is requested, where lists, maps and prices will be shown. Good schools, churches, excellent transportation and abundant water supply. NY, Limited (IN LIQUIDATION) KEREMEOS NOTES (From our own correspondent.) Mr3. Jones left on Wednesday morn- 'j.g for Hedley with her family, where she v-'il spend the winter. * * m • Mr. 0. DePhyffer, pf the Bank of >icitreal, is moving this week into .he. Mills house, formerly occupied by .U-ivL. A. Morrant. » * * • - Messrs. Milne and Hood, of the Can- ?. •'.irn Bank of Commerce, motored to '/piiiictp'n last Friday and attended the hospital ball. * * m m The Women's Institute are sending for a number of chairs for the Victory 113,11. .m'VT.' friends of Miss Brett are HSra^'soe her sufficiently improved 'rs. health m fill her position at the school again. » * ii * Miss Ramsay, teacher at O'alla, visited the Keremeos teachers on Saturday, the guest of Mrs. Keeler. * * * * Mrs. Lindsay, of Okanogan, Wash., is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Thos. Daly. Mrs. Daly has entertained at several teas in her honor this week. * * * * The illustrated lecture given in the Victory hall on Friday evening by the P.sv. Percy Bunt, of Grand Forks, on Shadows of the Pyramids was 5cth interesting and instructive and deserving of a larger audience. * * * * Mrs. Graham left on Friday's train for her home in Vancouver, after spending a few days as the guest of Rev. E. C. and Mrs. Currie. * * * * Mr. and Mrs. J. Daines left on Wednesday morning's train for the coast, where they will reside for the winter. * » • » Rev. L. A. Morrant moved on Wednesday into the cottage formerly occupied by Mr. J. Daines. * * * » Mrs. G. Willis was the guest of her mother, Mrs. E. M. Daly, at "The Wi'lows," over the week end. * * * * The Athletic Club met at Coleman's hall last week. A full report of their winter's programme will be given later. * m m * About two hundred people gathered at the Victory hall on Sunday afternoon for the annual Armistice Memorial service. It was a simple service but very impressive. Capt. Percy Bunt, of the flying corps, pastor of the Grand Forks Methodist church, gave the address. Revs. Currie and Morrant assisted with the service. The theme of Capt. Bunt's address was for us to carry on the work that our brave soldiers had given their lives for in the betterment of the .jvorld. Mrs. Willis sang "Land of Hope and Glory," and Mrs. Thosr Daly sang Kipling's Recessional. "The Last Post" was sounded by Mrs. Hd- dicoat. The service closed with the National Anthem. * * * • The first programme of the Community Club was given last Thursday evening in the Victory hall, with a very good attendance. The president, Mr. J. Crossley opened the programme with a few well chosen remarks, making everyone feel, welcome. The evening was a musical evening, consisting of vocal and instrumental solos and choruses. The main attraction of the evening was the community singing. The committee has been able to procure a number of community song sheets, which will be used at each meeting and will enable all those present to take part in the evening 1 erformances, as they are all old familiar songs. These evenings will be given every two weeks during the winter months. » * » * The Women's Institute held their regular monthly meeting in the Victory hall on Thursday afternoon. After the business had been transacted, the ladies were entertained at a whist drive. Mrs. Ramsay had charge of the whist, and with the help of Mrs. H. B. Armstrong had several tables very nicely arranged. Several were present from the Cawston Institute. All enjoyed a very pleasant afternoon. The prizes were awarded as follows: First prize, Mrs. Madore, a very pretty hand-painted cup and saucer; second prize, Mrs. Wainwright, of Cawston, a box of candy; the consolation going to Mrs. Hemming. These prizes were donated by Mrs. Ramsay. Mrs. Lintott and Mrs. Colwell were hostesses for the day, assisted by Mrs. Thos. Daly. and if they are any criterion of what JjM will be paid for the balance of the i | fruit, they will be very well pleased. ! But! But! But! W mm IP 9 I Sg It must be' an awful setback to j \ some of the knockers in the district to see the basement of the Victory hall fu'l of apples. Some of these "hammer" persons have always claimed that the hall is too large for the size of ihe town and that the committee have overstepped themselves. There are about ten thousand field boxes of apples stored there and at a most conservative estimate they represent five thousand dollars. If t.her* had not been this basement to store these in the chances are that if we had had a hard frost they would have all been lost. In other words this hall has saved to the growers or the community, the cost of the building. How will Messrs. Knockers reconcile this,? iHJnnRnuituiimninnii)ffHiniunuuifn(}RiiinimfrLanim;i:iinniiiiii]iififtimiiii!HiiiHir. AIL Sorenson I PRINCETON, B.C. Jeweler and Optometrist 1 SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN j TO REPAIRS iiiraiiiiiiiiiim^ Ml The Globe Export Liquor Co. Ltd., of Grand Forks, have opened up a branch in Keremeos. They have taken a lease on the store owned by the Keremeos Land Co. Ltd. and formerly occupied by Ezra Mills as a hardware store. Mr. R. Petley is the resident manager and the first lots of stock, 250 cases of whiskey was brought over from Grand Forks on a large five-ton truck. * * m m O. H. Carle, our loca1. Luther Burbank, has been laid up for the last two weeks with blood poisoning in one of his fingers. By good luck O. H. was able to have the infection stopped before it had gone very far, otherwise he might have lost his hand to say nothing of his arm. * * * * The pheasant season is over for this year and your correspondent is endeavoring to get the full casualty list. Up to the present report there have been several cases of near heart failure on the part of pet chickens and milk cows but the full report has not been compiled as yet. Several of the local nimrods have had pretty fair bags but no records have been broken. * » ♦ * This last week there have been several small snowfalls on the surrounding hills and some of the deer hunters are getting their rifles oiled and cleaned with the expectations of going out and getting their winter supply of venison. m m * * Messrs. G. A. Colwell and Ross Fleming are, on the first of December taking over the business of the Sunset Garage. This business has been carried on by the present owner, G. G. Keeler, for the last three years. * * » » MeBsrs. R. H. Carmichael and L. ri Patten have finished harvesting their crop of sugar beets and although they did not have a large acreage in he result goes to show that the contentions of some of the boosters of Ljie^dist-M^-jegatdine -iii a -growing, of sugar beets was coriect. Their crop~ averaged over thirty tons to the acre. From Ashnola to the boundary line there are several thousand acres of bottom land that would be Ideal for the growing of sugar beets. The majority of this land, as far as growing beets is concerned, requires very little irrigation and it also has a certain percentage of alkali salts in it and this is what the beets thrive on. Some years ago, one of the growers sent out a sample to be tested for sugar and the results showed that the beets grown here carried a bigger percentage of sugar than the beets grown in the best part of Germany where practically all their sugar is made from the beet. According to statistics it requires about a thousand acres to supply a factory but if we could interest one in coming here it would not take long to get a thousand acres of beets grown. tgnjMfr.>XKKK'KK~:"SKKKK"t">»>**> FOR PROMPT SERVICE AND UP-TO-DATE MEAL8 TRY U8 T. BROMFIELD, Prop, PHONE 60 ED. BEMER CARPENTER (& CONTRACTOR Phone 33 Opposite Similkameen Hotel. L. Dm estaurant Cooking-anil Style DAY AND NIGHT PHONE 11 Similkameen Hotel : : : NEAREST THE STATION COMjQRTABJ-E RQOM8 Summers & Wardle PROPRIETORS SPECIAL PRIZES FOR COOKED POTATOES ALLEN'S BARBER SHOP FRESH ROASTED PEANUTS AND POP CORN HARRY EVANS, Prop. (Keremeos News from Harry Tidy, Special Correspondent.) The article, written by the special correspondent for the Star, on the results of growing yams and sweet poatoes in the valley, has received great prominence from the coast papers. Practically every newspaper on the coast having republished the article. The only mistake that they made was in stating that the sweet potatoes were grown in Princeton instead of Keremeos. * * » » Friday the tenth day of November was a red letter day as far as Keremeos was concerned. On that day there were seven carloads of apples shipped out. Five of them by the Keremeos Packing Co. Ltd., one by Mattice Bros, and one by Messrs. Honeywell and Clifton. This makes nearly one hundred cars already this season with lots more to go. • * * * The first pool of the season was declared last week by the Keremeos Packing Co. This was the cherry pool, and the prices paid were: Royal Anne and Centennial, 5 cents per pound; Black Tartarian, 6 cents per pound; Lambert and Bings, 9 cents per pound. These prices are considered by the growers to be very good One of the features of the approaching Provincial Potato Fair to be held at Grand Forks November 27 till December 2 is the class for the greatest variety of dishes cooked mainly from potatoes. Three prizes are to be awarded: First, $15; second, $10, and third, $5. Here is an opportunity for every good cook—and that, of course, includes every housewife in the district—to achieve provincial fame in the culinary art, and at the same time secure a substantial cash reward for her labors. As this will probably be a purely local contest, it behooves every good housewife to get busy and show how many appetizing dishes she can prepare with potatoes as the principal ingredient. Exhibits must be on hand not later than 10 a. m. on Tuesday, November 28. Entry Forms Intending exhibitors at the potato fair can secure entry forms from 'either C. C. Heaven, secretary of the Famers' Institute, or President Fred Clark of the Board of Trade. HEDLEY SERVICE STATION .. I!!l!ll!lli:!llllllll!llllllllilllllllll GASOLINE AND OILS AUTO LIVERYl lllllllllllillllllllllllllllllllllllltl H. INNIS - Phone 12 • "COUSIN JACK" MINERS EMIGRATE TO ONTARIO One hundred Cornish miners sailed on Oct. 20 from Plymouth, England, for Canada. They are going to work in the Hollinger gold mine, at Tim- mins, Ontario. This property is one of the largest and most productive gold mines in the world. It is anticipated that if this experiment is successful further parties will go to Canada. Cornish miners, says the Engineering and Mining Journal- Press of New York, are recognized to be among the most expert in the world. The languishing of metal mining in Cornwall has made it necessary for them to seek work elsewhere and since mining has been the only work they have ever done—their ancestors have been engaged at it for hundreds of years—they are willing to try it in the "romantic west." Nickel Plate Barber Shop Latest electrical appliances. Satisfactory, sanitary tonsorial service. "Your bath is now ready." W. T. BUTLER, Prop., HEDLEY TAILOR ©HOP H. McCONNELL, Prop. SUITS MADE TO ORDER Tailoring - Cleaning • Pressing DRAYINO ■Wl—^^i^— ■ iii miHim^lii I ■ ii^wimb ANY THING ANYWHERE ANY TIME F. ANDERSON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1922 THE PRINCETON STAR, PRINCETON, B. C. KtM VALLEY RAILWAY TIME TABLE EASTBOUND DAILY No. 12—Leaves Vancouv'r 7.30 p.m. Princeton 4.02 a.m. Nelson 10.55 p.m. WESTBOUND DAILY No. 11—Leaves Nelson .... 9.05 p.m. Princeton 3.10 p.m. Vancouver 11.00 p.m. Observation and dining car service on all trains. H. E. HANSEN, Agent. O. E. FISHER, Traffic Manager, Penticton. ' :_M Tin iHiinii iiiiiiiiiuiiiui] iiiiiiiiutu i iiiiiiiiiiiiiiu iiii [iiiiuii mill in i ii i min iiimi n iiuiiiiuiuriiKiitiiw (Hotel Princeton I 1 S SWANSON & BROOMFIELD Proprietors 1 j I HEADQUARTERS FOR COMMERCIAL j TRAVELERS AND MINING MEN 1 Modern Hotel—All the Comforts jj of a Home—Beautifully Pur- 3 nished—Rooms with Hot and | Cold Water and Steam Heat j§ | AUTO BUS riEETS ALL TRAINS | CAFE IN CONNECTION t— _= *IWiiiiitiiiiumiiiiiiiiiiiiiiwiiiiiiiti;iiiinii»iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinininHtiiiir Tulameen Hote PRINCETON, B.C. Rates Moderate Service Unexcelled MRS. HOLME8, Proprietress | P.W.GREGORY | | A. M.E. I.C. f I B.C LAND SURVEYOR I CIVIL ENGINEER *f Surveys of: A Lands, Mineral Claims, etc. ? & x I I V Underground Surveys. % f PRINCETON, — — B. C. * icciarg's j 5 Healing * stoves (Coal and Wood) ♦W.B. EWART Princeton Hardware Store "♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Tlieraios Bottles Thermos Lunch Kits THERMOS SCHOOL LUNCH KITS A FULL LINE. ORDER YOUR CHRISTMAS Personal GREETING CARDS NOW I See samples. PRINCETON DRUG AND BOOH STORE Gm G. LYALL, Manager Past the middle of November and our ardent golf enthusiasts still able to indulge in the sport of chasing the elusive little pill around the links. Talk about "winter lingering in the lap of spring." It is summer that appears reluctant to quit us this year. Miss Innis returned on Saturday after spending a few days at her home at New Westminster. Ha,rry Tidy, the "live wire" of Keremeos was in town Wednesday on his way to the coast, where he has business taht will occupy him a few days. Harry suggests that business interests may necessitate his moving to the coast. We hope not for if he does the Similkameen will lose the best "booster" it has ever possessed. Keep in mind the masquerade dance in Hedley on Friday evening next, November 24th. Princeton orchestra and alL the very latest music. Novelty dances. Tickets, $1.50 per couple. In aid of the Hedley hospital. J. W. Wheeler, manager of the Summerland Lumber company, came up to Princeton yesterday and today is making a trip to the old Allenby mill. He is accompanied by Mr. J. A. Green- hill, of Penticton, a dealer in lumber. Mrs. Butler, who has been visiting for the past few months with her sons Dr. J. D. and Albert Butler, leaves tomorrow for her home in Victoria. Albert will accompany her and spend a few days at the coast, returning in time to assist the orchestra at the da.nce in Hedley on he 24th. Wm. D. Cameron, of Oliver, was in town last evening on his way to Hedley, where he will visit his. brother, Rev. A. II. Cameron. Mrs. R. C, Clifford, of Gleischen, Alta.,. who has been visiting friends at the coast and is now on her way home, stopped off in Princeton yesterday and is visiting her sister, Mrs. A. Bell. She is accompanied by her little son. Last week an airplane, returning from doing some forest patrol work in the Prince George district, is reported to have encountered unfavorable air currents and was forced to land in the vicinity of Manning's Siding. It afterwards proceeded on Its way to Vancouver over the Hope mountains. Several carloads from Princeton are planning to take in the masquerade dance at Keremeos this (Friday) evening. Born. — At the General hospital, Princeton, on Tuesday, November 14, to Mr. and Mrs. H. Ashworth, of Coalmont, a daughter. There was "high jinks" among the Chinese population in town on Saturday evening, the occasion bettnig some special function in connection with the Masonic Order which exists among the celestials. They rented the Princess theatre for the occasion and joined by many friends from Keremeos and other outside places, were very busy from the time the picture show ended until breakfast ime next morning. Mr. J. J. Malone informs the Star ihat, a1 though the furnishings and fittings of Captain Gates' bungalow up the Tulameen were loaded on the cars ready for shipment, it was decided at the last moment to take them to Coalmont instead of to Vancouver. Later the logs will be brought out and the bungalow re-assembled on a site at 'the coal town. It is hoped that the captain's decision to keep a home in the valley indicates an intention to resume ,at some future date, operations in placer mining up the valley. Mr. T. W. Coleman, of Keremeos, returns home today after spending a couple of days in town on business. Mr. Coleman does a considerable trade in baled hay, handling most of the surplus crop of the ranchers and Indians in the lower valley. He states that while the great bulk of the crop this year was harvested in sp'endid condition, some ranchers were caught by the heavy August rains and the quality of the hay suffered in consequence. This is being offered for sale at correspondingly low prices. Owing to the putting in of new bridges on either side of Hedley the road was closed for traffic for a couple of days this week. After being without electric power during the day time for a week, owing to work being done on the high power line near Oliver, the service was restored at noon on Wednesday. Interruptions have been of rather frequent occurrence up to date but with the lines • once completed it Is not likely there will be any cause for complaint. Billy Fessenden, who has been employed at Okanagan Falls in the commissary, in connection with construction work recently being carried on there, spent a few days during the week with friends in Princeton. He was on his way to Swanson Bay, B. C, where he has secured at attractive position with the Whalen Paper and Pulp Mills. Bill's many friends here will regret to learn of his going so far afield for employment. Fred Stamper left on Monday for a week's visit at the coast. In his vest pocket he carried a small battle containing as beautiful a sample of coarse flake and nugget gold as we have seen for some time. It cannot fail to attract to the Similkameen the attention of any who may happen to see it. Fred is one of the many who, themselves convinced of the mineral richness of this district, are trying to convince the outside world. Several motorists experienced considerable inconvenience by being held up on the road between here and Keremeos, during the last few days, owing to the closing of the road while new culverts were being put in. In the opinion of some of the travellers a temporary road could, and should, have been made so as not to hold up the travel. Notices were posted in Keremeos, Hedley and Princeton advising people that the road was closed. H. R. Van Wagenen returned on Thursday morning from Vancouver where, on Wednesday, he addressed the meeting of the Institute of Mining and; Metallurgy, then in session. Mrs. Van Wagenen and children, who had. planned to accompany him to the coast and proceed south on their trip, were prevented. from doing so by an accident which happened to the little daugter Anne while coasting. She is rapidly recovering and commencement of the trip will not be long delayed. The "Cosy Corner" Confectionery store is the very appropriate name by which the attractive little cement- block building next to the Princeton Bakery on Bridge street is to be known. Mr. Marino, the owner and proprietor, announces (that he will not be in competition with-other-confectionery dealers in town as the line which he will handle, will be all imported and designed to meet the requirements of the Italian trade. In addition he will carry a select stock of cigars, cigarettes and tobaccos, soft drinks, etc. A touring party from Alberta, comprised of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Keefe and Wm. .White had a bunch of trouble coming from Hedley here yesterday. About six miles out of Hedley Mr. Keefe stripped the gears of his Chevrolet. Not knowing what was ahead, Mr. White started to walk on thinking that in any case hej would soon strike a place he could phone from. He reached Bromley only to find that there is no longer a phone there. After another long hike he found the phone at Dell Young's out of commission and it was not till he reached Hugh Hunter's that he was able to get a message through to a garage. Bert Hill was engaged to bring in the disabled car. He had only towed it a short distance when something happened to the tow line and the car went over the bank with Mr. and Mrs. Keefe. Apart from a black optic, Mrs. Keefe escaped with a few minor bruises. Mr. Keefe's knee was injured and he was taken to the hospital suffering from severe bruises, but without any broken bones. '«)HHHm)IIHHtt *******************************************************************' P.W.GREGORY RELIABLE FIRE LIFE INSURANCE MOTOR CAR PLATE GLASS THE BEST OF PROTECTION M6»».*»».******************** ************************** ********************************************* Afmstrom's Grocery (NEXT TO P. O.) STOCK NEW AND FRESH j OFFICE SUPPLIES — STATIONERY — WALL PAPERS A FULL LINE OF" REQUISITES FOR SCHOOL CALL OR PHONE 7—0. PRINCETON, B. C. Keremeos Bakery BREAD SURPAS8ES ALL OTHER FOOD AS AN ENERGY PRODUCER — WE SUPPLY THE BEST. WE ALSO SPECIALIZE IN WEDDING AND BIRTHDAY CAKES. AFTERNOON TEA SERVED. With Our Nelfllibors (Merritt Herald.) Mr. Van Smith, of Princeton, was a business visitor to Merritt during the week-end in connection, with the Mercantile Company. Mr. Smith returned on Monday, but expects to remain for a longer stay at an early date. | Geo. and Hector Ransom accompanied by A. B. Sowerby enjoyed a week-end and Thanksgiving hunting tjip up the One Mile country, staying as the guest of Col. McKenzie, "The Laird of the One Mile." But good luck failed to follow the sports men, and the party returned without spoils. ; Merritt's inducement for business possibilities has again been taken advantage of by the establishment of a store for hardware, plumbing supplies and men's working apparel opened last week on Quilchena avenue, by Howel John. "Rock Bottom Prices" is the slogan Mr. John will use throughout the management of his business. The Merritt Mercantile Company have taken over the complete stock oj. the Coast Price Grocery and pat- rims of the latter store are enjoying the same adavantage with the older established firm. ;The night shift at the big mill has closed » down for the season, relieving a large number from employment, but early in the week the mines were able to absorb a good many of the employees. ,'The Brookmere hotel was the scene of an enjoyable dance last week, when a number of guests tripped giily to the lilting music of an or- clestra composed of Miss Sybil Shaw af the piano, Mr. Jeff McDonald, vio- lfa, Mr. G. Smuin, guitar, and Mr. L. Vader, accordian. Refreshments were served by Mrs. J. Madden. R. F. Barret has started the construction of a concrete garage. The building will be 50x50, and Contractor Philip McLean has chaige of its construction. (Oroville Gazette) 5 Deer hunters have not been very successful this year probably owing ti the fact that the fall has been pj.easant and the animals are far back ii the mountains. Once in a while, however, a squad of hunters run into phenomenal luck. One such case is reported as having occurred on Douglas mountain, southwest of Loomis. We aie informed that three hunters from Ctnak came into Loomis one day last week with four deer, two bear and a cougar. The extra deer was what was left over after being killed by a cou- gir. The boys came upon the cougar as he was feasting upon the deer he "faSf'jusf killed, ahoTThe""'cougar was not permitted to finish his meal. It is not often that hunters come down out of the hills with such a bag. You could pick out a republican on 'he streets Wednesday as his face was so long over the news relative to Poindexter and Dill that as he shuffled along his toes were kicking his chin. I COMING EVENTS Annual Bazaar under auspices of Presbyterian Ladies' Aid on Friday, November 24. Keep this date open. BUSINESS LOCALS IF THE PARTY harbouring a collie bitch, answering to the name of "Queenie," will return same to Q. Philip at the L. D. restaurant within' a week no action will be taken. 1- FOR SALE—Buggy and English harness in good condition; make me an offer. John Holdsworth, Coalmont, B. C. 51-3p Dainty Handkerchiefs and laces —-~_zr HOSIERY AND WAISTS FOR XMAS MRS. ALICE MOORE PRINCETON, B.C. pruning school PROVINCIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURAL BRANCH Pruning schools will again be held during the winter months and will be conducted by fully qualified instructors provided by the Horticultural Branch, Provincial Department of Agriculture. Full particulars regarding this splendid five days course on the theory and practices of pruning may be obtained from the nearest office of the Department of Agriculture. Offices are maintained by the Horticultural Branch, Department of Agriculture, at Penticton, Summer- land, Kelowna, Vernon and Salmon Arm. Entrance fee for the ahove course will be $2.00, payable at commencement of same. 52-3t Leckie Boots for Men, Women and Children. "Hippress" Rubbers for the Miner. Stanfield's Underwear (regular and over- sizes). "Borsalino" Hats. Willarson 8 Co. PRINCETON, B.C. I In the Grocery— ORANGE, CITRON AND LEMON PEEL. FRESH BRAZIL NUTS AND PECANS. SANTA CLARA PRUNES. OGILVIE'S WHEAT HEARTS AND ROYAL HOUSEHOLD FLOUR. Mens Furnishings™ MEN'S OVERALLS AND WINTER TROUSERS. COMPLETE LINE OF WORK GLOVES, MITS AND CAPS—AT VERY REASONABLE PRICES. SPECIAL SALE OF JAEGER SWEATER COATS— SErTTHEM FOR VALUES. See the New Regal Shoes —FOR MRU AND BOYS: WORK SHOES FROM $5.00 AND UP. MEN'S ALL RUBBER, 10 INCH TOPS, SNAG PROOF BOOTS, $5.50 PAIR. RUBBERS for the ENTIRE FAMILY —ALL SIZES AND STYLES. AL E« HvWJjjL PRINCETON, B.C. »t»»»<>»»t»»»tt»»»»#tf>»»ft»t»»»<'»»»»»t»»»»»»»»<»»»>»»»*»»»»*»»»»»t»»»»»»*»»*****»»»<*»»»»»»»»»»»»f-»0»»»*»»»* Am¥@yr THE HOUSE IN PRINCETON WHERE YOU Get the BEST Shoes I ELECTRIC SHOE REPAIRING R. DALE »4»-»»»4»»»**»»*»*»» ♦♦♦♦♦»♦'♦♦♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦*♦»♦»♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦*4»**»»*4**»**»*»**<>**»4>»***»»*»»4*»»*»l<»»< The "Gozy Corner" Confectionery Store g OPENS MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20TH, WITH A FRESH AND SELECT LINE OF IMPORTED ITALIAN GOODS. CIGARS, CIGARETTES AND TOBACCOS. SOFT DRINKS. § SS m lnM£%$$W$[l NEXT TO THE BAKERY ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ RESH MEATS! t ♦ POULTRY — CURED MEATS Your Patronage Appreciated. 4> i ♦ t P.fBURNS & CO., LTD. * + Y »♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 6 THE PRINCETON STAR. PRINCETON', M C. ~n— -—■■■"^!m—^^~^~. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1922 iltillllllllll Another Offering In Big Aluminum Values .■■■■ami .-,,.,.,. Bm __________________________________ WE HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE IN PROCURING THE 8PECIAL 153 ASSORTMENT AND AGAIN BEG TO OFFER EXCEPTIONALLY LOW VALUE8 IN THE "OLLOWING: — 4—4 Qt. Convex Sauce Pans, each $1.59 4—4 Qt. Convex Kett! es, • each ..*. $1.59 4—10!4 In. Double Roasters, each $1.59 4—Sauce Pan Sets (1, 1|/2 and 2 Qts.) $1.59 4—5 Qt. Tea Kettles, each $2.25 4—10 Qt. Dish Pans, each $2.25 A—9-Cup Percolating Coffee Pots, each $1.59 4—7-Cup Colonial Percolating Coffee Pots, $1.59 A—2J4 Qt. Double Boilers, each $1.59 4—1|/a Qt. Colonial Double -Boilers, each... $1.59 A—6 Qt. Lipped Preserving Kettles, ea $1.59 4—8 Qt. Lipped Preserving Kettles, ea $1.59 Tea Kettles and Dish P r.a formerly priced at $1.59 will be .-:>ld as advised, for $2.25 OUR BIG SALE OF "Goldena" and "Rylston" 1 lUt PATTERNS OF ' / Dinnerware Has Broken All Records B DINNER SET is a daily need. We offer at a record-breaking price in the following designs—the "Goldena" pattern and "Rylston" semi-porcelain, manufactured by Johnson Bros., of England, and guaranteed through and through. And it is open stock, so that separate pieces can be replaced as necessity arises. It's a dinnerware buying opportunity in which every housekeeper may share. Priced for a limited time only: 48 Piece sets, Goldena pat- fain j-a Reg. $28.00 tfll.eJV tern. 48 Piece set, Rylston pat- d»jz rn tern. Reg. $23.00 «plU.tJV Full set, 97 pieces, Goldena pattern. Reg. $45.50 Full set, 97 pieces, Rylston pattern, Reg, $43.00 $32.50 31.00 A. L. WHITE Box 105 PRINCETON, B. C Phone 47 '"'llllllllllllliiil 111 ill IIII!! Ford Touring Car F. O. B. Ford, Ontario The Lest Reduction —of $50 on Ford Touring Cars establishes a new low level never before reached. Just how long these cars will remain at this low price is a .conjecture. It has been put into effect by the Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited, in response to the demands of those who want a car NOW at the very lowest possible price. Costs of materials are increasing and if there are not a sufficient number who take advantage of it to purchase NOW the price will have to be withdrawn. NEW PRICES ON ALL MODELS Effective October 17, W22 - $345.00 TRUCK CHASSIS - $495.00 I 405.00 COUPE - - 695.00 445.00 SEDAN 785.00 CHASSIS RUNABOUT - TOURING - The above prices are F. O. B. Ford, Ontario. Starting and electric lighting on Chassis, Runabout, Touring, Truck Chassis, $85.00 extra. On Coupe and Sedan starting and electric lighting are standard equipment. PROSPECTING FOR MINES BY AIRPLANE The paotlcability of the use of the airplane for exploring and mapping large areas and for prospeotng for mineral outcrops) is discussed in the current number of the Engineering and Mining- Journal-Press of New York. By photography from a carefully guided airplane, photographs being taken at regular intervals during a regular series of parallel flights, a wonderfully accurate and detailed maip can be built up, much more detailed, accurate, and cheaper than by tho ordinary methods of surveying and drafting. Such maps are being used, for cities, parks, landscape gardening and pub'ic utility projects. In Canada they are being widely used, •because the innumerable lakes afford plenty of landing places for the hydroplane type of plane, in a country ■which is otherwise difficult and tedious of penetration. The. Lauren- tide ' company, of Canada, a lumber Coporation, has been using the airplane for cruising timber, and it is ■olaimed '.hat such timber cruising can be clone far more accurate"y, as well aa cheaply and swiftly, from the air, than by the ancient methods of the woodman's foot traverse. The geologist and prospector, and the con- suiting engineer visiting remote prospect" for examination, are using the airplane for these purposes. It was stated that a paty of. Germans have contracted with airmen to be taken, to 'he Belsher Islands (in Hudson \ Bay) early in the 'Spring, so that they may stako out iron deposits which may be -available for German use. TMs is re";edited, as an unconfirmed r^.i'&ment. At' any' ra.te, it is evident thr.t the next "rush to the Klon BULLION HOLDUP (Continued from page three.) type of mining camp stampede will be in airp."anes, for the adventurer who chooses any other way will be so long behind the rush tha.t he might as wejl have stayed at home. In the October number of a sheet published by the Canadian Department of the Interior, called "Natural Resources of Canada," there is the account of the seaplane flight of over a thousand miles the past summer, by A. M. Namlaway, Controller of Surveys, Mr, Narraway "carried out some very .interesting experiments in in sketching and photogaphing from the air, and as a result is very hopeful of the possibilities of the use otf the seaplane in exploring unknown territory and in obtaining at the least possible expense valuable information regarding the natural resources of the outlying districts." As ai result' of his trip Mr. Narraway "is confident that seaplanes will prove invaluable 'for facilitating the transport of men and supplies, fcjr filling in topographic detail that ordinarily might be omitted on account of coat; for planning future surveys, and. for studying the forests and mineral resources. The combining of this work with forest patrol will result in a great saving of time and expense." FREE DISTRIBUTION OF SEED GRAIN A free distribution of superior sorts of grain will be made during the coining winter- to Canadian farmers by the Qerea! Division, of the Experimental Farms Branch, 'Ottawa. The samples will consist of spring wheat (about 5 lbs.), white oats (about 4 lbs.), barley (about 5 lbs.), field peas (not garden peas—about 5 lbs.), field beans (about 2 lbs.), flax for seed and flax for fibre (about 2 lbs.). The object of the distrib.utjQn, is twofold, first, that the. farmer, may gejt a_ small sample of good seed to start his seed plot; second: that the Cereal Division may find out how their improved . grains will behave under various conditions of soil anc^ climate. Therefore, it is necessary that all the information asked for on the application form should be fully answered. This also holds true with the report forms which each marj is asked to fill out after he has/grow-n the samp'e. Application must be* made on a printed form whieljpwill be supplied by the Cereal Division, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa. (No postage is required on letters so addfess- ed). No application forms will be supplied after m February 15th, 1923. Farmers are advised, to, send at once fop fopmg. in order not to be disappointed, as In some cases the stock is limited. The allotment of samples wfl be made in order of application. Only one sample will be sent to a farm. Cereal Division, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, Ont. WITH .APOLOGIES TO HENRY W. LONGFELLOW E. E. BURRf- DEALER PRINCETON, B.C. Tell me not in mournful numbers Advertising is a dream, For the business man who slumbers, Has no chance to skim the cream. Life is real! Life is earnest! Competition's something fierce! If for dividends thou yearnest, Learn to parry, thrust^and pierce. In the business field, of battle,. Mollycoddles have no place j Be not like dumb' driven cattle; lie ii live one in the race. Lives of great men a.11 remind us, We must bring the bacon home, And departing leave behind us Footsteps on another's dome . Let us then be up and doing, Qther-wisq we may be done; Still achieving, still pursuing, Advertise, and get the "mon". To have his neck broken, become totally paralyzed, and now be on a fair way to recovery as the result of a surgical operation at the hands of Dr. C. M. Kingston, is the experience of John B. Hayes, who is in the Grand Forks hospital and chirping in his usual happy way with friends who call to see him. ent the Chief of Provincial Police of this Province), and an Indian named Alexine was placed oh guard about a mile west of camp at the forks of the Penticton-Orovllle road with instructions that if he should see any per- s n coming in over the road with a gray horse he. should go to camp immediately and there notify me. He would find me in a certain room, and he was to come to a certain window, ■so taht there would not be any question of who might be coming. At dawn next morning Alexine came in. On Monday night Alexine did not want to go out alone and Thomas Graham went out with him. Shortly after Alexine and Graham left the house Constables Dean and Cubbage, two Provincial police, arrived from Midway, and shortly thereafter Alexine arrived at the house and reported that the, man with the gray horse had come to camp. We were at that time under the impression, or of the opinion, that the horse would be cached at Lynch cabin, .which was about a quarter of a mile west of camp, and that Roderick would proceed along the Ridge trail to the point where the hold-up occurred, secure the cached bullion, ana then return to the cached horse. Alexine and I were sent out to Graham, and, as I understood it, we were to work east towards this Lynch cahin. Constables Dean ana Cubbage were to examine the road to see that this gray horse had not passed through camp, and then work west towards this same cabin, a^d if the horse was located to surround such horse and await the arrival of Roderick. Hot on Trail Upon locating Graham, he with Alexine and myself proceeded east until we came to where the Douglas road branched off and ran past the Lynch cabin; there, upon our knees with our eyes and hands we examined this road but could not find trace of a horse's foot prints. The question (hen arose how we shovil i guard this .-.iCi, the discussion b-?i'.;-g carred on in Chinook between Graham and Alexine, and it was decided that Alexine should either remain there, or continue along this rjafi, as he desired, and if he saw a grey horse to continue to camp and not;ty the constables; or if he should meet Roder- i':K he was to pay n> attention to him but to proceed to camp and there notify the constables. Graham and I were to continue along tbe main road until we came to the east end of the Douglas road, and then fol'ow Douglas road back to the Lynch cabin. The Lynch cabin was about 300 feet north of the main road, and the ground partially cleared between such road and the cabin. When Graham and I arrived at this opening we heard something crashing down through the jaekpine undergowth; Graham stepped behind a stump on the south side of the road, I remained and proceeded slowly eastward along the road. I understood that Roderick had a grey, or white horse, Something came around the curve of the road, this after coming through the woods to the road, and proceeded west along this road, while I walked slowly east, along the left or north side of the road. ■ I finally got my eyes on a man coming leading a dark iron grey horse and recognized him aa Roderick. WatGhing him as intently as I could under the conditions, all that I could see was a tired man leading a tired horse, the rein in one hand and the other hand hanging by his side, apparently containing an empty gunny iack. I kept my eyes upon the man until I reached the horse's neck, then turned, and asked, "Is that you Matt?" Immediately the rein was dropped the man wheeled, and quiekly stepped back a couple af steps. I saw the rifle barrel coming up from the ground out of the hand that contained the empty sack; while this was being done Roderick replied "yes," and- had the rifle leveled full upon me. He did not try to bring the rifle to his shoulder, but held it at, or under, his arm, and I could hear the click, click, as of the' hammer going up. Seeing his gun so unexepeetedly made me as unexpectedly think of mine, which I had in a holster, attached to a belt r- pulled it, and while doing so jumped to the left, towards the horse, partly out of range of the rifle,, and Wh^e the revolver was yet in motion pulled the trigger—th-ia with fatal accuracy. A full moon was riding high in the sky at the moment, the sky being covered with large massive rolling clouds, mostly dark but at times it was nearly as bright as) day, and as against the dry dusty road, it had not rained for some time, the rifle barrel was as plainly visible as on a cloudy day. After the death of Roderick, Geo. B. McAu'ay brought a certain party to camp who claimed to have a sketch showing where the cached bullion was located, but that party stated that they were unable to locate such bullion. If anyone has been in Camp McKinney during the past summer looking for- such ^cached bullion >t may possibly be some friend, or the child, or children, of such person. While I never; was and neyer claimed to be a "Gun Man" the only way that I could explain the deadly accuracy with which I shot was that as a surveyor I had been used to nointing a transit telescope at an object by just looking at it, and upon putting up a board, and just looking at some certain point on it I found that I could come just as close to such point by just shooting at it as* I could.-with a careful aiming. The Indian, Alexine, that was with us that night I understand is now the chief of the Inkaneep tribe on tbe Okanagan reservation, south of Penticton. Thomas Graham lives at Colville, Wash., and is In the employ of the Federal Government. Constables Dean and Cubbage, I understand, left the provincial police force many years | ago. «*-> »+■»+««• FALL AND WINTER Dress Goods and Underwear at reasonable prices at MRS. KEELERS Keremeos, B. C. Lumber 8 Nil) FIRE INSURANCE «/. «/. ARMSTRONG KEREMEOS, B.C. KEREMEOS '1MEAT MARKET Wholesale and Retail. Fresh and Cured Meats Poultry and Smoked Fish T. DALY Manager fffuiiuiiiifniHHJUifttmrnifjfiifjUHjjijni'jixifrjtifHfriiifrNifHiiitituMfntiaitifiifff^^ BEN. WILLIAMS | Barber Shop 1 CIGAR8 AND TOBACCOS I SOFT DRINKS CONFECTIONS MAGAZINES I TIRES and TUBES REPAIRED — Agent for — Maltese Cross, Dominion and Ames-Holden Tires. E. J. ROTHERHAM, Keremeos I White Restaurant | Meals that satisfy, and at moderate price; white cooking. Rooms In connection. t I % MRS. CARLTON, KEREMEOS & WHEN IN COALMONT CALL AT — 'S CKAR ST0R UP-TO-DATE BILLIARD HALL IN CONNECTION. B. C. CAFE 1 KEREMEOS, B.C. S MEALS AT OPEN DAY ALL HOURS S ,^^^^__ AND NIGHT X TRY STAR BUSINESS LOCALS Penticton- Keremeos Auto Stage Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 9 a. m., returning the same.iday. Single fare $3—Return trip ?5 Calls at all hotels before departure. Express and baggage carried. HUGHES' AUTO SERVICE PHONE 252 PENTICTON M
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