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ft Seen By The Star O THE SUN Rises 7:14; Sets 4:32 THE MOON Last Quarter 24th The Slmilkameeiti A GQMfyKfjNIl Y PAPER Published & th« Interests et the Bk* JJgN*ry>rattng Hie Hedley Gazette, The Keremeos Trumpet and Tbe Co«Im«nt Courier, Th« Mw k and Similkameen Valleys Icial Newspaper of the Similkamee» Thirty-Seventh Year; No. 50 PRINCETON, B.C., THURSDAY, 18th NOVEMBER, 1937 5c Copy; $2.00 Year. THE WEATHER Nov 11 Max. Min. 39 35 12 . IP :i 43 25 ....... 34 20 14 25 20 14 .„ 22 15 1r< 26 j fi 16 31 20 17 38 21 1R 35 32 POLICE BLOTTER No Gun Licence- On complaint brought by Game Warden F. Morgan, D. McCarthy v/as fined $10.00 and costs und£r section 32-i of the Game Act, for carrying a gun without a l'cence. Shot Doe— Twenty-five dollars and costs ■was the penalty imposed on A. D Watson on a charge of shooting a female deer, Section G, Game Act Game Warden F. Morgan brought the conv'ction. HOPE SUSPECT TAKEN HERE OBITUARY PAULSON Death occurred n Princeton hospital Monday of Walter Pjaulson, 28, local skier. He js survived by his widow and an infant child. The funerarw.il be held Wednesday. STITT Death occurred at Powell River Sunday morning of Mrs. Mary St'tt, for many years a resident of Princeton, and widow of the late William J. Stitt, who died here 29th April. A quiet, retiring woman, Mrs. Stitt came from Ireland to wed her schoolboy sweetheart, in 1912. Her maiden name was Mary Lucas. They were a devoted couple. After her husband's death she went to Powell R'ver to live with a nephew. She had been in failing health for some time. There are no children. A nephew, Mr. T. Lucas, resides at Powell River ,and fiKere are other relatives in Ireland. Remains were brought to Princeton for burial beside those of her devoted husband. Service was held Friday afternoon from the United cjhurch. Pall-foearefs were* Messrs H. McDonnell, N. B. McFadden, G. G. Lyall, A. G. Simpson, P. Russell and T. Lucas. Believed To Have Entered C.P.R. Depot Last Week Campbells Acquitted On Both Local Counts A second verdict of "not guilty" was returned by an assize court jury at Kamloops Saturday at the conclusion of the trial involving alleged theft of Penticton Sawmills' parts. THE siren-lure of attainment that will tempt a man to risk the brand of crime for a few cents' worth of junk was again fodder for the serious and expensive jaws of the law as three Kamloops men. relatives, faced their second assize court jury within a week. It was the fourth theft charge that has arisen since the open ng of the Granby foundry at Allenby late last spring. Colin, Clarence and Earle Campbell, two brothers and a son, arc charged with theft of mach'ne k [ Continued oa Page Bight ] -4t- OELIEVED to have broken into ** the C.P.R. depot at Hope last week, a transient giving his name as Fay Wilson, alias Fred Johnson, was picked up by the alert Princeton provincial officers, J. Deane and F. Lyons and handed over to Sergeant Hal- crowe, who came here to escort the suspect to Hope. Detective Mayo of the C.P.R. force also came here to pick up Wilson. Mr, James Sim New Assistant Vendor -#- |AMES SIM Pr'nceton, has been named assistant liquor vendor at Princeton, it was unoffically but authoritatively stated here in midweek. The position, part time only, has been held for some time by Mr. Bob Edwards. Mr. J. B. Forsythe continues as vendor. Mr, Sim is president of Princeton $beral Association. -it- TUPPER FOR W HOPE ROAD Similkameen Mejmber Also Proposes Increased Gas Tax Directs Fish Enquiry [New Properties Send Local Coal -k- PIFTY THOUSAND dollars a year * for 1938 and 1939 is the appropriation Mr. C. H. Tupper, Similkameen MJisAv-Jecommends the provincial government-make for the continuation of work on the Hope- Princeton road. In his first speech before the nineteenth legislature Mr. Tupper expressed the belief that "by that time" the Federal government, having completed the Big Bend road, will be ready to help. The local member also expressed a hope that the Great Northern Railway, in abandoning its line above Hedley, would make a substantial contribution towards the improvement of the Hedley-Prinee- ton road. The most dramatic feature of his brief address, however, was the suggestion that the gas tax be increased a further five cents a gallon to provide for a more extensive programme of hard surfacing of Interior roads He suggested that the tax be imposed for a period of four or five years, or until the bulk of the surfacing is accomplished. "I feel", he said, "that the average motorist would not protest? this temporary tax providing he can see it going directly into hard surfacing of roads. We have a 7c tax now, and it is not the fault of this government if a large portion of this tax goes to pay for extravagances of former administrations. Five cents additional gas tax would work out to % cent a mile for the average ccr, and certainly the rough roads of the Interior take a considerably heavier toll than that. He suggested that as a result of the work of the fuel commission, due to report soon, gasoline price will probably be reduced. RAILWAY OWES COMPENSATION Turning to the Hediey-Princeton road, the member pointed out that withdrawal of the railway imposed a burden on the road it was not in shape to stand. "Some ten or * [ Continued on Page Eight ] Production Up\ WITH Coalmont Collieries leading the parade and again show ing a satisfactory increase, coal production for Princeton and district is up nearly 2000 tons for "October, In comparison with last year. The figures are 16,704 tons as against 14,976 tons in October 1936. Most considerable gain is at the Bromley Vale, now being operated by the Granby company. This mine, with 2,132 tons, and Sii new Tulameen (Lind) mine offset the loss of Pleasant Valley and Blue Flame mines. Figures follow: 1937 1936 Vancouver Island .... 75,674 64,078 Nicola-Princeton District Coalmorit" Colil&fes 1 9,734 8,882 Middlesboro, Merritt 2.475 1,963 Pleasant Valley 1,086 Blue Flame 2,768 Princeton Tulameen ~ 2,265 Yale (Red Triangle) 98 , Bromley Vale ~0~... 2>132 277 16,704 14,976 Northern District ■- 300 672 East Kootenay ........ 37,005 36,422 A. L. HAGER 129,683 116,148 TVew^TFurniture Store Under the trade name Hamilton's, a new furniture store opens in a few days in the Bell (Post-office) block. It wll feature new and secondhand goods. The proprietors are new arrivals from Saskatchewan. Princeton Collieries Face Big Task To Supply Market Demands During Winter DEAK season is upon Princeton* * coal mines, and with limited production facilit'es through the loss of the W. R. Wilson mines, at which operations were suspended in the spring, it is doubtful if they will be able to meet the demand. Since these mines suspended there is not really one large' producer in the domestic field, although 'both Lind Valley and the Bromley vale are in a good stage of development. Coalmont Collieries of course is a big producer but theirs is a steam coal. Two new mines, the Haigh and the Black, arc in the early development stage. The recently re-opened Rd Triangle mine is temporarily closed Bromley Vale Colliery Producing Steadily GRANBY'S Bromley Vale mine is now producing steadily, supplying coal for the power plant and the general market, with a crew of some 45 men in charge of Mr. T. Wilson. Development work is being pursued systematically. The small coal is being used for the chain grate process at the power plant, with Coalmont slack being used in the pulverizer. The large coal is being sold on the open market. Diesel power is being used for operations at this mine. Coalmont Collieries Still Our Best Producer COALMONT Collieries continue s£ to produce steadily, but with little change in process or prospects. It is now generally conceded that the life of this old stand-by is limited, the estimate given at two to five years. But while it lasts— and there is still plenty of life hi the old dog— it represents a major local industry. Most of the product goes to the railway, though of late small coal has been loaded from the yards at Coalmont for shipment to the Granby power plant at Princeton. Most of the coal now comes from the No. 4 mine. Will Instal Machinery At Lind Valley Mine PREPARATIONS are now being made to install machinery at the Lind Valley, healthiest infant of the Princeton coal field. Diesel equipment will be used, and it is expected here shortly. Meanwhile, while tipple and bunker accommodation is being provided, the picturesque little plant is working like a Trojan to keep abreast of the market. Three shifts are 'being worked, with only one machine supported by a costy gasoline compressor and an improvised hoist utilizing an old automobile engine. With the new, modern equipment, however, much higgler production will be possible, and no diffiulty seems likely in disposing of the product. At preesnt between forty and fifty men are employed under Mr. James Taylor, with Mr. W. D. Seaman, secretary of the Princeton Tulameen Coal Mine, Ltd. in charge of executive affairs. Large bunkers east of the C.P.R. depot are now being installed, the it [Continued on Page Eight] ANTHRACITE C0ALHERE? Possibilities of Discovery in Local Hills Intriguing; Await Returns it IN the discovery of what may be anthracite coal lies the germ of a possible new direction in Princeton's future. But for the present, there is nothing to get excited about. We shall see. Specimens were brought to town this week of a coal that to the experienced eye has intriguing possibilities. Samples have been sent to Victoria, : and analysis returns are being eagerly a-. waited. The specimens, brought in by a local man from an obscure source in the upper Ashnola country, are interesting. They are markedly different from any other coal miaed in this basin, hard, brittle, and of a distinctive texture. They have many characteristics of an anthracite. It now remains to be seen whether they measure up scientifically. - An interesting feature was a bit of the accessory formation brought in.. Instead_of_;the jisuaJl_soft shale I it is a hard slate, suctr as goes with anthracite. WOULD HAVE BIG SIGNIFICANCE If this sample proves up it will be a major development in tne Similkairieen's mining history. Anthracite is an entirely different coal than any found here at present, product of an entirely different and much older geological pterJod. It is hard, high in fixed carbon, low in moisture and volatiles and used principally in industry. The two famous producing, fields are Wales and Pennsylvania. The local coal ranges from bgnite to sub-bituminous, with the Coalmont variety of the same orgin, but having (been subjected to a greater ihfSS' in formation, in contrast to the local coal, ideally adapted to domestic use (and in the case of Coalmont coal, for steam) anthracite is high in fixed eprtoon, has a high ignition point, but generates great heat. It is reported that a big show, ing of this new coal is visible, and the only drawback is its relative inaccessability. It wiH have to be good to make it commercially attractive. But if it is quality anthracite, it will quickly build its own railways. In its hand it holds many fascinating possibilities — smelters, steel manufacture, industrial enterprises of unrealized magnitude; bu: until it is fact, it is just a pretty idea. There has always been a story— like the fabulous lost mine—of an anthracite deposit" in\ this district, but this is the first";reai evidence of even a meagre nafure. . j -ft 1 Cows Are Impounded FVEMONSTRATING that they mean business, Princeton police put teeth into their threat to enforce pound laws when they Impounded two animals last week. The owners paid up promptly. ff PAGE TWO THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR, PRINCETON, B.C. THURSDAY, 18th NOVEMBER, 1937 w Round the (Corner U • A notable item of current journalistic jntellgence informs us that cramming has been abolished at the University. It is a refreshing thought, but we do not believe it. The theory and the argument are excellent, but the sense is bad. We are told, just as we have been told up the ladder from elementary and grade schools through high schools that cramming is an an- omoly and an aversion. But it is not. We have been told that it is not proper that a student should skip lectures and sow wild oats generally and then by an. eleventh hour burnt offering of midnight oil eke through the needle's eye of success. It is not, but it is life, and all the m:d- term tests and psycholog'cal contraptions will not alter it- They may weed out the poor plugger without brains and set back the w Id prodigal with them, but the hard road of the world would soon weed out the former anyway, and the latter dwill get on in spite of it. and so give the laugh to new fangled educational ideas, wh'oh are funny er.ough without. Cramming is human nature, like quintuplets, and you can't stop it, so you needn't make laws about it. Educational systems would do well to adapt themselves to human nature instead of try'ng to ohange human nature. After all, a system is just a system and education is educat on, no mat. ter where or how you get it. • Dr. W. N. Sage, who is an able histor'an, and more, in that he has learned something of the interpretation of history, a rare and valuable aptitude, has just said something profound and prophetic, and it would foe very fine if its significance could toe universally appreciated. It is this, and if you w 11 take time to understand it, and not fly off at half-cock in ill-tempered iconoclasm, you cannot fail to applaud it: "The one weakness against which we must guard in our devot'on to British monarchy is to ailow the emotion of loyalty to become irra- t'onal. There is too much worship of dictatorship and power to-day, and we must rsmember that monarchy is not sacred, but a. symbol. "Britain to-day affords almost the only concrete example of a united front; the acceptance of the Corona t'on is one more indication of solidarity in the Empire Commonwealth, the world-wide family. "Ths was the first occasion when a British monarch was crowned King of Canada, and when the Dominions took an active part :'n rhe ceremony. We Dominions share tiie same King in common, yet he has no active power over our governments, which work in co-operation. "There is a grow'ng respect for monarchy, a new feeling towards it. Georeg IV's brother entertained at a banquet prior to the deceased kingls funeral, a circumstance that could not occur to-day. Victoria at the close of her reign was almost mystical in her royalty. George and El zaheth to-day are thoroughly satisfactory monarchs in the tradition of George V and Queen Mary.' • There :'s no corn in Egypt. The old maxims, will not work; the old clothes will not f t. It used to be as much accepted as the sun that .a sailor was the epitome of amorous indifference, but it is not so. For a bonny lass from Burnaby has just travelled 9000 miles to London to wed a sailor whom she met at ,a dance in Vancouver. And the aa lor has given up the sea. He will settle down on the land and raise turnips and whatever else. iillllllluillllliillltitniiiillllllllHlltHliHiiiiiiiiiiiiliillllllilniiiliiimiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiliiljllJimilliiimuiiiiuiui i? THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR A Community Paper published weekly in the interests of a united Similkameen DAVE TAYLOR, Printer, Editor, Pubuishek PRINCETON, B.C., THURSDAY, 18th NOVEMBER An Air Route And Much Else AMBITION is a good thng, but you have a right to allow bhe other fellow to have some too. So we do not deserve to be strafed—though we probably shall be, and doaWt care very much— when we point out that while ne'ghboring Penticton and Kamloops afle instituting a pretty propaganda in an as yet forlorn hope of routing the U.S.-Alaska air service their way, they are unconcernedly overlooking Princeton, except perhaps in the matter of local sentiment, Wh'oh in normal analysis has equal claim with either, which, however important a factor in their own esteem, does not mean a great deal to the world of science. It is probably all too early in the game to get easy-going Princeton interested in its own interests; it is a good old custom hereabouts to make a great noise after everything has been decided; and the Alaska service is still just an idea, and the Kamloops and Fenticton people are just try'ng to build up a little background for it before it ripens, wh'ch is good fousintess. But it is too bad that over here we have not the community consciousness to give ourselves the break that nature has placed in our hands. We are so individually selfish that we sublet community enter- pr'se to foreign hands, quite failing to realize that just because we do not know them so wtell is no proof that they are any more saintly than our own fellows. And experience has proven that they are very much interested in furthering our interests, as long as they axe furthering their own in the process; which is just human nature. It is tqo bad we have not the intelligence and integrity over here to get together and give ourselves a break. To See Life Whole k VXTE HEAR a good deal these days about standards of living and' fair business practices, and it is a good thing; but it would be better if it were shorn of its cloak of smug, selfish conce t. For, whether we realize it or not, the too common attitude is that fair practices are for our protection, and we are under no contraint to govern ourselves by the condit'ons and principles we insist on in others. Ail of which is perhaps very much 1 ke what you heard in church lasi Sunday; but that only goes to prove our point; foi after all religion is s'mply an instrument towards an end, not the consummation—and that end is to make life b'gger, more sufficient. And the tragedy is that we read, but we do not realize. For fair practice is not only inherently noble; it is the background of all theory of government and economy, and soG'al science. It is the essence oi living. And yet, in reaching for the whole, we are unwilling to give the part, ignoring the the obvious truth that social conditions are but the composite sum of individual thought and act'on. The point, therefore, is to reduce the problem to one of indivdual responsibility. One of tjhe best known of all literary quotations is Burns' wise desire: "O wad some power the Gift'e gie us Tae see ourselvs as ithers see us.'' And that would help a great deal; but it woiilil not foe enough; for others, too. are subject to tr.eir' own imperfections of judgment; far better, as Arnold has concluded, "to see life clearly, and see it whole." It is a pity that Arnold couid not enter every heart, every understanding, a greater P ty that we are too busy living to give thought to the importance of living, for foegg'ng a conscious seriousness of life, all the' accoutrements that wealth or genius can bring are like rich garments on a lifeless corpse. And the tragedy is, you cannot teach a person how to think. The mere reading of Arnold will not make you a gentleman. Perhaps that is why orthodox religion has been such a 'd sappointment. THE VIMY MEMORIAL J* Stately, s lent tribute to the memory of Canada in Flanders. Several Similkameen men saw it unveiled durng the Vimy Pilgrimage eighteen months, ago. Ji::iiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiliiiiiimiiiiii!ninira Dr. Pattullo's Bridsre-work. npHE Westminster Bridge is built and dedicated, and, his name perpetuated, Dr. Pattullo is doubtless a very happy man. He had a jot getting the public to agree to his modesty, but he won his point. Or at least, he thinks he did. But popular custom', wh&ch rules all, will forget all about the ceremony, and it will be just the Fraser bridge. It is all very well to worry about what to call the Bridge; but what do they call Dr. Pattullo? A rose by any other name—except when it's FIVE ROSES FLOUR F. P. COOK ESTATE Established 1886 A BARGAIN! Telephone from PRINCETON to New Westminster for 45c Station-to-Station or 8Qc Person-to-Person «fter 7 p.m. weekdays r any time Sunday's The above rates cover .'hree Minute Conversation Government Tax Extra B.C. TELEPHONE CO. cm&C£33C&£&C833 ULTRA For Chapped and Roughened Skin Large Bottle Family 50* PRINCETON DRUG& ROOK STORE G. G. LYALL, manager Cg3£^C^C&m££& BIRTHS SUMMERS — To Mr. and Mrs. R. Summers of Allenby, at Princeton hospital, 18th November ,a g rl *Th O 3 tl tl imilk Thirty-Seventh Year; No. 50 PRINCETON, B.C., THURSDAY, lftih NOVEMBER, 1937 5c Per Copy. WEDDINGS Brown -Mitchell In a church mellowed by autumnal shades of bronze and yellow chrysanthemums, and well filled with friends and well-wishers, ' Mary, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mitchell of Princeton became the bride, of James Earl Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Brown, also of Princeton. Rev. He. ber K. Green performed the ceremony, which took place in St. Cuth- bert's (Anglican) church on Tuesday evening, 16th November. Gowned in white chiffon, with trim of pale yellow lace, and veil caught with orange blossoms, the bride carried a bouquet 0f Ophelia roses. She -was attended by her sister, Miss Chrissie . Mitchell, who wore pale yellow net silk and carried yellow chrysanthemums. Mr. Victor Long supported the groom. During the signing of the register Mrs. Ethel Pattinson sang "I Love You Truly," accompanied by Miss May Lindsay, who also played the Lohengrin and Mendelssohn wedding marches. Following the ceremony a reception was held at the home of the bride's parents, attended by relatives and immediate friends, the table centered by a three-tier wedding dake. Mr. and Mrs. Brown left on Wednesday morning's train for a honeymoon at the Coast, and on return to Ffrinceton will enter their new estate with the best wishes of their many friends. SIMPSON'S GROCERY pj WEEK-END SPECIALS '•twz&msKsx FREE DELIVERY • PHONE 77i COMBINATION OFFER Another Shipment of TODDY 1 lb tin (regular 39c) and % lb tin for ONE CENT. Combination A A _ Offer. Both for tUC TOMATOES MALKIN'S BEST O OP 2%'s. TEAPOT DEAL 1 lb FORT GARRY TEA and QQ._ a FREE TEAPOT for *7«7C Honey GRAHAM WAFERS 19c an* 23c Per package and Now is the tune to get your FRWITS for CHRISTMAS CAKES Stocks complete now. Rock Bottom Prioes WINTER HITS SIMILKAMEEN k • Soft Weather Follows Storm And Plays Havoc' With Local Roads OEVERE weather which blew up *^ last Friday and has persisted through the w*eek is almost un'que as it is out-of-season; but beyond affording a clipping for the family scrap-book, it has had no serious ramifications. Approximately fourteen inches of snow fell in Princeton, varying in other parts of the valley. Frequent Lurries which followed the main fall have been interspersed with a var ety of weathr-moods ranging from rain to near-zero cold. The storm is general throughout the north-west, and no immediate relief is forecast. Local roads have naturally suffered most heavily, but foreman Al Johnston wasted no time in getting the plow ::nto action, and except where there are soft places travel is again fairly normal. Train schedules were not interrupted, and phone service was maintained, though not without intensive effort. A group of Princeton basketbaii- ers will not qu'ckly forget the unseasonable weather. After battling through to Kamloops, they found on return that they could not make the Hamilton hill out of Merritt and were ohl'ged to return and go round by Vernon and Kelowna. After a twenty hour trip, they reached Princeton just in time for school. Old timers had the usual heter- ogony of op'nion regarding precedents, but a fairly thorough investigation ind'eates that the nearest approach was in 1902, when on 6th November a fall was experienced measured by Mr. E. Waterman as 23 inches, and by Mrs. Hugh Hunter, ofBc'al recorder, as 22. It was a fairly severe winter. A. W. Gray Is Relief Officer For District —k- Mr. Gray was in Princeton on Wednesday in connection with) his new, duties and interviewed several citizens at the Court House. # A W. GRAY, relief investigator " for the South Okanagan, has been given the additional territory of the Similkameen to administer. He replaces Mr. R. G. Keys, wno has resigned because of illness. Mr. Gray will diyide his time between tiie two districts, spending two weeks of each month :'n thp South Okanagan, and two in the Similkamejen. The new territory includes the country south of Pen- t'cton to the Boundary, and west to Princeton. Local Man Breaks Leg k .■■ TjJJHEN their car got out of con- " troi on Budd's hill, One Mile last Tuesday afternoon, three local men had a narrow escape. One, E. A. Cam, suffered a broken leg and is recovering in Frinceton hospital. Two companions, John Boy- chuck and Irvin Kober, escaped with m'nor injuries. The car, a Model T, got out of control on the hill and plunged over the bank. It was badly damaged. This Queer Animal We Call Weather Snowfall In the Similkmeen Measured at Princeton by Mrs. H. Hunter, Govt. Recorder. Year 1902-3 37% 17% 11% 19C3-4 4 7% 147-16 1S04-5 1% 19% io% 1905-6 % 4% 6 1906-7 1% 32% 23 1907-8 2% 9 12% 1003-9 ..— 0 11 18% 1909-10 0 3% 10% 1910-U — 8% 17 13% 19U-12 22% 5% 16% 1912-13 4 3 2% 1913-14 0 S 18% 1914-15 11% 9% 7% 1915-16 18% 10% 12% 1916-17 6% 12 0% 1917-18 — 2% 37% 18% 1918-19 0 19 8 1919-20 11 2 11% 1920-21 0 8% 16 1921-22 19 6% 6% 1922-23 8 12% 9 1923-34 3 19% 8 1924-25 10 20 21 1925-26 3% 8% 10% 1928-27 — 5% 14 8% 1927-28 10% 14 8% 1928-29 1% 7% 5% 1929-30 1 21 11 1930-31 8% 2 1% 1931-32 7 6 7% 1932-33 2 11% 12% 1933-34 — 2 46 18% 1934-35 2% 19% 63% 1935-36 1 1% 17% 1936-37 — 12% 18% 12 0 0 2% Mch. Total. 19 9-16—89% in. —69 3-16 in. —33% In. —13 in. —78 in. % —86% in. 0 —41% in. 4% —36% in. 2 —58% in. 0 —W% sn. 1 —88% in. 8 —81% in. 0 —80 in. 1% —48% in. 0 —80% in. 1% —68 in. 8% —47% in. 0 —$lt% in. 0 —88% in. % —86% in. 5% —35% in. 1 —36 in. 2 —54 in. 0 —81 in. 2% —36% in. 1% —89%in. 18in. 1% 7% —48% in. 0 — 7% ta. 22% —62 in. 0 —80% in. —89 in. —91% in. —41% in. 7% 4% 2% Urge New Air Route k- PROPAGANDA towards the estab- * lishment of a north-south airline route to the Yukon and Alaska gives Princeton the skip. Promotional efforts, publicity on which emanates from Kamloops and Penticton, suggest p. route, chiefly intended for U.S. transport, from Salt Lake or Spokane, via Grand Forks, Penticton, Kelowna, Vernon, Kamloops, Fort George and Hazelton. The matter is as yet,purely unofficial, and merely an attempt by these centers to establish precedence for such a route. First Snow Fell: From the Records of Mrs. Hugh Hunter, Official Recorder 1902 .. .. 4th Nov.11903 4th Oct. 190.'. 20th Nov 1906 8th Nov. 1908 19th Oct. 1910 8th Nov. 1912 29th Oc-,. 1914 12th Nov. 1916 19th Nov. 1918 27th Nov. 1920 20th"Oct 11922 17th Nov 1924 5th Nov. '1926 15th Nov. 1928 28th Nov. 1930 ...... 16th Oct 193" 8th Nov. 1905 25th Nov. 1907 24th Nov. 1909 10th Nov. 1911 5th Nov. 1913 . 23rd Nov. 1915 , 3rd Nov. 1917 30th Nov. 1919 . 1st Nov. 1921 . Wth Nov. 1923 19th Nov. 1925 26th Oct. 1927 .._. 6th Nov. 1929 . 16th Nov. 1931 17th Nov. 1933 . 19th Oct. 1934 18th Nov.!1935 28th Oct. 1936 1st. Dec.I ALLENBY In deference to the Legion Remembrance Day dance at Princeton the Community Club event set for the same day was cancelled. Mrs. Sawrey and Ken returned Monday morning from a hurried trip to Vancouver. Mr. Alex Stewart returned Saturday from a business trip to Kamloops. Mrs Stewart accompanied him and both report a very enjoyable time. Mr. and Mrs. Sutherland of Vancouver, who are spending the winter in Princeton, visited their old friends, Mr. and Mrs. Robinson over the week-end. The Beautiful (?) Allenby has acquired quite a fine blanket of snow since Friday, somewhere in the neighborhood of 16 inches. This is supposed to toe quite unusual for the time of year. However, it was welcomed by the snow- hoppers (including the bus). Traffic was foadly disrupted. Qn Friday night it was reported fifteen cars were either stuck or stranded betwesn these points. The plow has been over and travel is again tairly normal. A couple of Allenby hunters were lucky enough to bag a deer over the week-end, the first of tbe season hereabouts. flfriMi **flfmm% »**!/>**+»*t\fl0mmrt \Opening Soon! » !N. JUSTIWf ♦ 1 With A Brand New Stock of Groceries, Confectionery^ School Supplies ) VERMILION AVENUE, Princeton I 1,1 mi^ .' "•**>*Jfy*u»1tf*iJI/*i><*m^,\ riiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiimiiimmsiumiiiiiiiiiu HAMILTON'S NEW and SECOND HAND STORE .* Opening Shortly in the BELL BLOCK PRINCETON with a full stock of New and Second Hand Furniture, etc. We Buy, Sell and Exchange iiiiimmiiiiiimiiiimmmiiiimiiiiiiiii i -- ■'"'~ PAGE FOUR *THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR, PRINCETON, B.C. THURSDAY, 18th NOVEMBER, 1937 Business and Professional Directory HARDWARE ALL KINDS W.B.EWART PRINCETON HARDWARE P. W. GREGORY B.C. LAND SURVEYOR SURVEYS OF Lands, Mineral Claims, Placer Leases Underground Surveyi PRINCETON, B.C. mtl mp ta^twrnm-tm* TELIPHONI • Thi Tulameen j I pXJSSST hotel I -%. RATES REASONABLE \,m m. m+,mm,*mr--m>i Charles Thomas Builder, Contractor • ESTIMATES GIVEN • The Commanders i| . (Formerly Trail Commanders) A big-time dance band with a Reputation 6 Men—15 Instruments DAVE TAYLOR, Business Mgr. j COMING EVENTS j k Follow these future functions I By The Star and avoid confusion I i and disapointment * Ladies Ski Club Dance, Orange Hall, Wednesday, 24th November, Novelties, refreshments, Commanders' music. * (Hedley Hockey Club dance, Hedley Community Hall, Thursday, 25 November. Novelties, Refreshments, Gentlemen 75c, Lades 50c. Local Optometrist Instals Scientific Testing Equipment is CVERY good writer, every good " salesman knows that the most important subject in the world is people, and what interests a person most are those things most vital to his own welfare—health, home happiness. It requires nothing more, therefore than to draw attention to bhe fact, to establish the importance of Princeton's acquistion of a thoroughly modern and scientific optometry service, for a moment's refiectioh establishes the vital importance of the eyes, and the importance of correct vision. Examining eye defects, fitting glasses, are like anything else; it ail depends how well they are done. Perfection is the obvious goal in a service so vital. Years of scientific study in optometries have brought the science to a degree of perfection hitherto impossible. To bring that perfection to the people who need it—to you— the best methods and instruments that science has developed have to be invoked. The new perfected equipment that Mr. Alf. Sorenson, Princeton optometrist, has just installed, puts all that sk 11 and science at your disposal. Eye performance is checked scientifically, minutest computations are possible. The exact condition of your eyes is established through twenty-one different tests, and the exact adjustment through glasses determined. Mr. Sorenson is pleased to be able to offer this extension of service te the Similkameen, pleased to be able to assure them that they now have at their disposal the very best that modern scientific optometry can offer. S. M. NECHIEFMAN Electrician, Contractor PRINCETON, B.C. Pease & Atkinson I Wm Trucking . IS "Punctual Attention" jjjjf t s r^aniHiniiuniiiiiaiHiiiiiiiiuiHiiiiniiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiniuiihJ A. H. BOMBARD RADIOS, REPAIRS, SERVICE Room 10, Desrosier Apartments • By Mail or Carrier— Vancouver Province | Dave Taylor, Agent. Phone 36 | PRINCETON Princeton's Leading Cafe H : ■' -.' Choice Cuisine, Quiet Surroundings, Reasonable Prices OPEN DAY and NIGHT SSSJ THE GEORGIA ROOMING HOUSE JOHN SIDONIO, Prop. Entirely New. Warm Sanitary rooms. Baths and Showers ROOMS FOR RENT By Day, Week or Month SPECIAL (Sunday only) "7C CHICKEN SPAGHETTI * «**» • REASONABLE RATES • k Mr. Lloyd Cooper is spending a few days in Vancouver. * Bilie Clerf is a patient in the Princeton hospital,- suffer ng from pneumonia. k Your friends and your news- piper appreciate your locals. Phone cr ma 1 them to The Star. * Mr. Charles Nichols, local government agent, is on holiday. Mr. Bruce of Penticton is rel'eving. * Mr. Gene MacDonald was up from Hedley to v:sit with his family on Sunday. * Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Broomfield and Deward spent a few days with Angus Nicholson at Copper Creek last week. + After a fortnight's visit with Mrs. A. Jacobson, Miss L'llian Whit- ton returned Tuesday to her home in Vancouver. ■* Constables Nelson and Halliday are at the Kamloops assizes. Const. Jack Deane of Coalmont is relieving. *■ Mr. and Mrs. A. Justiw have been in Vancouver this week on bus'ness in connection with the opening of their new store. k Nuptials of Mr. Marshall Gellatly and Miss Grace Jamieson were solemnized at Vancouver Wednesday. Details delayed. • Dr. and Mrs. R. J. Wride had a welcome, visit at the week end from Mr. Justice C. McCaulay and Mrs. McCaulay, of Dawson, friends of their Klondyke days. Mr. Mc Caulay has been Federal Judge in the Yukon for thirty-seven years. On Monday Mrs. Wride accompanied Justice and Mrs. McCaulay to Seattle. • Miss Kay Elliott of the Hospital staff :'s spending a holiday in Vancouver and Portland. * Mrs. Whyman and Miss Whyman of Nanaimo have been visiting with Mrs. A. Brown for a few days. k Seventy-nine on the 21st November! Greetings to everyone's old friend, Podunk Davies. prince of trailsrnen. k Hospital problems as discussed at the recent provincval convention were echoed round the banquet teble Tuesday evening when the Board entertained its members, the doctors and staff. Mr. Harman, chairman, and Mr. Matthews, secretary, reported on the convention, and discussion of mutual benefit followed. * Mr. Bernard Johnson is spending a few days in Vancouver. * Mr. T. Lucas of Powell River has been here n connection with the funeral of his aunt. * Miss Webster of the local hos- p tal nursing staff, is now able to be up and about and is well on the v/ay to complete recovery from' the injuries she receivfed in an auto accident 9th October.. * Mr. Pietro Defeo, the noted composer, has returned to Princeton after a sojourn in Vancouver in the interests of h's profession. While at the Coast he moved in d'stinguish ec. musical circles, and graced many notable events with his presence. Ho has arranged for the publica ion of "Poor Neysa", a symphonic tone poem of local settng, a work of daring technicand disarnvng flights of fancy. Mr. Defeo now intends to ret re to the solitude of the hiils and devote himself to his art, seeding inspiration for new expression of h's genius. i ip- ■-■ - * ■*- -*- * * ■-- * You Are Cordially Invited i«i ti « in The Princeton Ladies' | Ski Club Annual DANCE < Orange Hall, Princeton Wednesday, 24th November, 1937 SUPPER — COMMANDERS* MUSIC — NOVELTIES DRAWING for CEDAR CHEST—may be seen at IC. V. Prosser's. Tickets from cany member, or at Prosser"s GENTLEMEN $1.00 LADD3S 50c t (p >6,»6iO»S, Have You Heard the ^ahconl N ... | w P 4* *AFFU • tvi^ A VARIETY OP MODELS AND DESIGNS, EACH PERFECT IN CONCEPTION AND IN WORKMANSHIP See It Now at pi CV. PROSSER'S You do need a new Kadio. Now that the 1938 Mar coni is here, you do. Your o-d set it simoly out of date. It was a good set in its day, but millions of dollars have been paid radio technicians since it was made, millions of dollars paid to buid a better radio, and it is the new Marconi. Some of these featuers an be seen at a glance—the automatic tuning device and the Fan-spread dial that put the worfd of entertainment instantly at your finger-tips; but the real achievement is in built-dn performance, and you must own a new Marconi to appreciate what that means. • COME IN AND {HEAR THIS NEW RADIO SENSATION MARCO N 1 NAME IN RADIO THURSDAY, 18th NOVEMBER, 1937 * THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR, PRINCETON, B.C. PAGE FIVE For All Kinds of LUMBER • is k All Grades General Par- pose Lumber at Reasonable Prioea, at oar Mill, Belfort, or Delivered. * A SIMILKAMEEN INDUSTRY * DEMUTH LUMBER CO., LTD. PRINCETON, B.C. Investigate Radio Interference Here -k- INVESTIGATING radio interfer- * ence and checking up on licences, Mr. B. Irvine and Mr. W. J. Bower man, radio inspectors, were :'n the Simllkamfeen last week. They advised that they detected certa n noises which when eliminated, as arranged, would result in improved reception here, but sta'.cd that poor reception was really due lo our isolated situation, m respect to the large stations. They int mated that a further increase in power is plannted for C.B.R. (Vancouver), and this :'s expected to bring an improvement. As to licences, he stated that a new check-up would be made of persons warned last trip. Fifty-eight Enrol For Junior First Aid Here k - FIRST AID work got off to a good itart in Princeton Tuesday when fifty-sx juniors enrolled for study. There are 28 boys and 28 girls. Lectures will be given by Mr. R. Thorstenson. Senior lectures com mence on> Tuesday with Mr. Alfred Gould lecturer. BANK SERVICE FOR HEDLEY . BANKING FACILITIES, long the ** yearning of Hedley's business section, have at last been provided, though only on a minor scale. A service will be maintained part-day Tuesday each week, the board of trade having arranged free accommodation in the Shatford block. Service will commence 9th November. Tempting Food . . Served to Your Tuto wh«n you eat at the Great Northern Cafe Hedley's Main Corner THE HEDLEY HOCKEY CLUB Opening Season DANCE TOWN HALL THURSDAY, 25th NOVEMBER 9 p.m.—2 a.m. WINNIPEG "BELL BOYS" ORCHESTRA GENTLEMEN 75c LADIES 50c Reliable Valley Freight Service (£L—t Licenced Public Carriers REGULAR SCHEDULE PRINCETON-HEDLEY Monday- Wednesday-Friday BILL'S CARTAGE W. GILLIS, HEDLEY, B.C. LEW LUN Ladies' and Gentlemen's Wear —: Importer :— • SPECIAL THIS WEEK CHINESE TABLECLOTHS LADIES' UNDERWEAR SILK SHIRTS FROM HONG KONGf NEXT RHODES' GARAGE, PRINCETON VJWVWAWWMVJWWi^*«A ♦ Eat the I NU-WAY i $ It's the Best Wan \ \ ■ Formerly The Lucky Strike \ £ Home Cooking; All White Help £ 5 HEDLEY, B.C. J Commercial Caf' HEDLEY, B.C. Meals at AH Houn Where Everything Is Right SAIL HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Low ocean fares—a short, comfortable voyage aboard a luxurious Canadian Pacific liner . . . and then Christmas at home amid the hospitality and cheer of old friends. Plan now to take one of the Christmas sailings for the happiest Christmas in your life! See your local agent or write to J. J. Forster, Steamship General Passenger Agent, C.P.R. Station, Vancouver, B.C. Visit the British ludufitzics Fijlr, London and Birmingham, 21»t I'Vhrnnrv lo 4th March, 1938 Poppy Sales Here Were Best Ever k pOPPY sales in the Similkam-en exceeded by more than sixty per cent the best previous record in nineteen years effort, reports Princeton Branch Canadian Legion. Sales totalled $130.27, and distribution expenses were held to the insignificant sum of $5.50. Itmized, sales were as follows: Allepiby (Mr. Cummings) .... $ 7.57 Copper Mtn. (Mr. Buckle) .... 23.08 Hedley (Mrs. M. Osland '■ and C.G.I.T. Girls 26.15 Miss M. Avery and Pep Club Girls 39.44 Miss Janet Sim - 15.05 Legion Box 7.00 $130.29 Funds go towards benevolent work for disabled war veterans both in the Similkameen and abroad. Mr. J. Sim acted as chairman of the Legion's Poppy fund. *3s -* ANNULMENT GRANTED Annulment has been granted, on question of a previous divorce, to Dr. Rolf S. Manson of his marriage Dr. and Mrs. Manson are former Princeton residents. BEAUTY CULTURE Alluring charm is the birthright of every woman. It is our work to clultivate and enhance vour natural beauty. The skill of the ages is at your disposal here. OUR •PERMANENTS GUARANTEED The AVALON • HAZEL Just South D U H A M E L. of Rex Cafe. AIR CONDIT L ON YOUR WINTER TRIP EAST Cleansed air, controlled temperature, right humidity in the Empire Builder assure healthful warmth when you travel to Chicago and the East. Smooth riding, spotless car-interiors, restful quiet, superior service. Low cost meals. Every day low one-way and rotind-trip fares. EMPIRE BUILDER For details, fares, ask any Great Northern Agent ^^saeaEM ■^ •& ■a # •n ■a « k Printing That Talks k Advertising That Pulls k Service That Satisfies and... k A Paper That Is a Commun.ty Force Steed Ci "V • SIGNS k RECEIPTS • BLOTTERS • SCRATCH PADS • SECOND SHEETS • CARBON PAPER • NEWSPRINT • SIGN WRITER'S BOARD • RUBBER STAMPS • STENCILS, etc. • PRICE TAGS • COUNTER CHECK BOOKS • LEDGERS, etc. • LEDGER SHEETS • GUMMED TAPE ' • DESK STAPLERS • (TYPEWRITERS, • RIBBONS, etc. • CASH REGISTERS • ADDING MACHINES • MIMEOGRAPHING • TICKET PUNCHES • DREDGE & WHIST TALLH5S • SYMPATHY CARDS • PERSONAL STATIONERY • STRIP TICKETS • LEGAL FORMS • SEALS • MUSIC PAPER • MUSIC PRINTING ■it ■it *l ? AND OF COURSE PRINTING ALL KINDS THE STAR k Telephone 36 ^au^^X^ian.e ^*»^^^#^^#^» Groceries Provisions Floor and feed Hardware Dry Goods Boots and Shoes, etc. COSMOPOLITAN ■ Mandy to the Station PHONE 89 S*»»S»f»S*+»S«t»&S«*»K« * At The Similkafheen Star PAGE SIX THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR, PRINCETON. B.C. THURSDAY, 18th NOVEMBER, 1937 f 1 WET 7 9 Cards of Thanks rpHE members of the Women's Auxiliary, Canadian Legion, extend a hearty vote of thanks to all who ass sted in making the Armistice Danca a success. Your kind patronage was very greatly appreciated Legals This is the time of year you take most chances —as you have probably learned already. If you are lucky enough to have escaped one, we invite you to guard against wet feet and their dangers by buying a pair of RUBBERS or OVERSHOES now. We have all styles and all sizes in stock. cv Shoes, Men'swectr \v&tfsgm£mmLmMmmmmmm ]VJ"R. and Mrs. T. Lucas and other i'3lativ:s of the late Mrs. W. J. Stitt take this opportunity to express thenr sincere I'-ianks for tiie many kindnesses extended :n their sad /bereavement, and for the profusion of floral tributes. 1-p pRINCETON Branch No. 56 Canadian Legion desire to thank the public for its splendid support and generous co-operation in connection with Armistice Day, and especially with regard to the sale of poppies. 50-c k Beverley Rhodes has left the hospital and is convalesc ng at home after an attack of pneumonia. LEGALS WATER NOTICE Diversion and Use HPAKE NOTICE THAT the Keremeos Irrigation District whose address is Keremeos, B.C., will apply for a licence to take and use 1260 acr= feet of water out of the Similkameen river, which flows south-easterly and drains into the Okanagan river about Oroville, Washington, U.S.A. The water will be diverted at a DOint about 200 feet west and 125 Consolidated Mining S Smelting Co. mt Canada, Limited & sj ; Trail. Britisa Qaimn'fila ————— i MANUFACTURERS OF ELEPHANT BRAND CHSanCAL FE&TKJaaUM ♦ .fiSSBSOrmJM PHOSPHATB •UUTHATB *W ASSSO.NIA raru surKitriiosraATB m PRODUCERS 0» TADANAC 1 BRAND LEAD CADMIUM | t ZINC BISMUTH ■LECTROLYTIC P. W. GREGORY INSURANCE REAL ESTATE NOTARY PUBLIC . j feet south of the south corner of Let 61, Map 301 and will be used for Irrigation purposes upon the iand described as District Lots 111 and 112, S.D.Y.D. This notice was posted on the rrounds on the 8th day of November, 1937. A copy of this notice and an application pursuant thereto and to "he "Water Act" will be filed with •he Water Recorder at Princeton. Objection to the application may or filed with the said Water Recorder or with the Comptroller of Water Rights, Parliament Buildings, Victoria, BC. within thirty lays after the first appearance of ;his notice in a local newspaper. Keremeos Irrigation District, Appl.cant, A. P. Paget, Agent. The date of-the first publication 3f this notice is 11th November, 1937. 39-4 LAND REGISTRY ACT (Section 160) IN THE MATTER OP: Lot 7, Block 2, Map 107. Hedley City. pROOF having been filed in my office of the loss o"f Certificate of Title No. 22620A to the above mentioned lands in the name of Milford Chipman Kent, and bearing date the 14th June, 1911. I HEREBY GIVE NOTICE of my intention at the expiration of one calendar month to issue to the said Mi" ford Chipman Kent a provisional Certificate of Title in lieu of such lost Certificate. Any person having any information with reference to such lost Certificate of Title is requested to communicate with the undersigned. DATED at the Land Registry Office, Kamloops, British Columbia this 21st day of October, One thousand nine hundred and thirty-seven R. A. BRADEN, Registrar. Date of first publication: 28th October, 1937. WATER ACT Notice of Application for the Approval of Plans TiAKE NOTICE that the West Kootenay Power and Light Com pany, Limited, will apply to the Comptroller of Water Rights for the approval of plans of the works to be constructed for the diversion of water from Kootenay River at Br lliant B.C., under application for a licence for power purpose, which application was filed in the office of the Water Recorder at Nelson, B.C., on the 21st day of April, 1931. The water is to be diverted from tr*e said stream at >a point about CANADIAN SPECIFIC TIME TABLE TRAIN No. 11—WEST Leave Nelson, B.C. 10:05 ajn. Daily Leave Princeton 2:11 ajn. Daily Arrive Vancouver 10:00 a.m. Daily TRAIN No. 13—EAST Leave Vancouver 8:15 p.m. Daily Leave Princeton 4:15 a.m. Daily Arrive Nelson 8:45 p.m. Daily BROOKMERE -MERRITT SPENCE'S BRIDGE Train No. 885, North—Mon.-Thurs. Leave Brookmere 8:00 a.m. Leave Merritt 11:15 a.m. Arrive Spence's Bridge 2:00 p.m. Arrive Merritt 9:35 a.m. Train No. 806. South Tues.-Fri. Leave Spence's Bridge 6:00 a.m. Arrive Merritt 0?£m| 8:20 a.m. Leave Merritt 10:00 a.m. Arrive Brookmere 12:20 a.m. Princeton, B.C. C. A. BERNARD, 14th August, 1937 Agent. Classified J^T ARMED woman urgently needs work. Anything. Box U, Star. WANTED—Cleain battery lead in small pieces. Lots of it, at once. Star Office. YOUR AD in this column will bring big results. WANTED—A listing of vacant resi dential properties for sale and for rent in Princeton. Leave particulars at The Star office. SELECT your Christmas Cards now at The Star. 2000 feet downstream from the north east corner Sublot 28 of Lot 4598, Kootenay District, and is to be used upon ths lands described as a power site, located on Sublots 28 and 67 of Lot 4598, Kootenay District. The locality within which the business of the Company is to be transacted is 150 miles radius of the Post Office in the City of Rossland, B.C. The plans, and specifications of the said works made pursuant to Authorization No. 1011 have been filed in the office of the Comptroller, and duplicates of such plans and specifications are now open to inspection in the office of the Water Recorder at Nelson, B.C. Objections may be filed with the Comptroller at any time prior to the expiration of thirty days after the first publication of this notice. • The date of tbe first publication of this notice is 18th November, 1937 WEST KOOTENAY POWER & LIGHT COMPANY, LIMITED By C. B. Smith, 50-4c. Agent. DEPARTMENT OF MINES Synopses of Mining Laws MINERAL ACT Free Seiners' Certificate! Any person over the age of eighteen. and any Joint Stock Company is entitled to enter upon all waste lands of the Crown and upon any other lands whereon the minerals other than coal are reserved to the Crown and its licensees (with specific reservations), for the purpose.of prospecting for minerals, locating claims, and mining. The fee to an individual for a Free Miners' Certificate Is $5.00 for one year. To a Joint Stock Company having a capital of $100,000.00 or less the fee for a year is $50.00: if capitalized beyond this the fee is $100.00. The Free Miners' Certificates run from date of issue and expire on the 3lst of May next after Its- date or some subsequent 31st of May. Certificates may be obtained for any part of a year terminating on 31st of May for a proportionately less fee. (Free Miner*" Certificates are also applicable to the Placer Mining Act.) Mineral Claims Size: 51.65 acres. Recording fee: $2.50 per claim. Representation: Assessment work to the extent of $100.00 must be done each year and recorded on or before the anniversary date of record of the claim. Cash to the sum" of $100.00 may be paid to lieu of such assessment work. Fee for recording assessment work. $2.50. If the required assessment work has been performed vjithin the year, but not recorded within • hat time, a free miner may within thirty days hereafter record such assessment jvork upon 'payment of an additional fee Pf sio.00. The actual cost of the-survey ~f a mineral claim to an amount not exceeding $100.00 may also be recorded as assessment work. As soon as assess- —ent work to the extent of $500.00 (or eash KftljS of a like amount) is recorded -■id a survey made of the claim, ■fa owner of such claim Is entitled to a irov-n Grant on payment of a fee ef AOIi.oo. and living the necessary notices -cquired by the Act. Synopsis of Land Act PRE-EMPTIONS \^"ACANT. unreserved, surveyed Crown ' lands may be pre-empted by British subjects over 18 years of age, and by aliens on declaring intention to become British subjects, conditional upon residence, occupation and improvement. Full Information concerning Pre-emptions is given in Bulletin No. 1, Land Series. "How to Pre-empt Land," copies of which can be obtained free of charge by addressing the Department of Lands, Victoria. B.C.: Bureau of Provincial Informs-. tion. Victoria, or any Government Agent. Records will be granted covering only /and suitable for agricultural purposes within reasonable distance of road, school and marketing facilities and which Is not timberland. i.e., carrying over 5,000 board feet per acre east of the Coast Range and 8,000 feet per acre west of that Range. Applications for pre-emptions are to be addressed to the Land Commissioner of the Land Recording Division in which the land applied for is situated, on printed forms obtained from the Commissioner. Pre-emptions must be occupied for five years and improvements made to value of $10 per acre, Including clearing and cultivating at least five acres, before a Crown Grant can be received. Pre-emptions carrying part time conditions of occupation are also granted. PURCHASE OB LEASE Applications are received for purchase of vacant and unreserved Crown lands, not being timberland, for agricultural purposes. Minimum price of first-class (arable) land is $5 per acre, and second- class (grazing) land, $2.50 per acre. Further information is given in Bulletin No. 10, Land Series, "Purchase and Lease of Crown Lands." As a partial relief measure, reverted lands may be. acquired by purchase in ten equal instalments, with the first payment suspended for two years, provided taxes are paid when due and improvements are made during the first two years of not less than 10% of the appraised value. Mill, factory or industrial sites on timber land, not exceeding 40 acres, may be purchased or leased, the conditions Including payment of stumpage. Unsurveyed areas, not exceeding^ . 20 acres, may be leased as homesites, conditional upon a dwelling being erected in the first, year, title being obtained after residence and improvement conditions are fulfilled and land has been surveyed. For grazing arid industrial purposes areas not exceeding 640 acres may be leased try one person or a company. Under the Grazing Act the Province is divided into - grazing districts and the range administered under grazing regulations amended from time to time to meet varying conditions.. Annual grazing permits are issued based on certain monthly rates per head of stock. Priority in grazing privileges is given to resident stock owners. Stock-owners may form associations for range management. Free or partially free permits available for settlers, tampers and travellers, up to ten head. ] PLACER MINING ACT 1 Four types of placer claims: Creek diggings; bar diggings; dry 4Uff~ gings: and precious stone diggings. (For details see Part n. Placer Mining Act.) Representation: A placer claim must oe worked by' the owner or someone on his behalf continuously as far as practicable during working hours. Lay-overs and leaves of absence may be declared lv the Gold Commissioner under certain conditions. To hold a placer claim for -lore than one year it must be re-recorded hofore the expiration of the record or re- record. Placer Mining Leases '■*.$* Size and method of staking, etc. nighty acres in extent, staked along a "location line" not more than one-half* mile-n length. In this line one bend or change of direction is permitted. Where a straight line is followed two posts only are necessary, i.e., an "initial post" and » "final post." Where there Is a change of direction a legal post must be placed to mark the point of the said change. 37he leasehold is allowed a width not in excess of one-quarter mile. The locator is required within thirty days after the date of the location to post a notice in the office of the Mining Recorder setting out the name of the applicant; the number of his free miner's certificate; the date of location: the number of feet lying to the 'right and left of the location line; and the approximate area or size of the gro-md. Dredging leases on rivers for five miles below low-water mark are also granted. Fees: Annual rental on placer mining lease, $30.00; annual development work required to be expended, $250.00; annual rental on dredging lease, $25.00 per mile: annual development work required to be expended, $1,000.00 per mile; the value of any new plant or machinery employed to count as money expended to development. Fee for recording certificate of work, $2.50. Lease fee, $5.00. Provisional' Free Miners' Certificates, (Placer) Act s^l Department of Mines Act Among other things, these Acts provide for the staking and representing of placer claims without payment of fees, and assistance to prospectors by free assays, etc. A detailed synopsis of the above Acts; also the "Mines Development Act"; "Mineral Survey and Development Act"; "Iron and Steel Bounties Act"; and "Phosphate-mining Act"; are available at the Department of Mines, Victoria. Complete copies of the Acts may be obtained from the King's Printer, Victoria. I ■» Star "Coming Ev i.t" Ads Pay HHeHaRn XliiMl THURSDAY, 18th NOVEMBER, 1937 THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR, PRINCETON, B.C. PAGE SEVEN * Relief Invest'gator A. W. Gray was in Princeton on departmenial business ths week. Like a Flower Beauty Must Be Cultivated... The iatest methods of beauty science.practired by skilled operators and with the very best :n equipment assure you of the utmost interpretation of your naf/.iral loveliness BEAUTY SALON IHIIIIllltllHHMIIIIllllllllMlllllllllltlllUHIIIIIIIlltHtlinillllHIIHIIIlltlllimitll =!» I Si II II Fall Now on Display . . And a nice selection of FALL and WINTER DRESSES —THE ESTELLE —SHOPPE New Location CAPITOL THEATRE BLDG. .Offering a fine line of better Wlatdhesi, including Bruener Mastierbilt shock-proof wrist and pocket models, Waltham and any Swiss movement make either in stock or to order. * Also Clocks — Deluxe, West clox and other popular mod:'..: Novelty clocks of all kinds. Buy anything on Easy Payment Plan S. Osmak Jeweler, Watchmaker Local Collieries Face An Active Winter [ Continued from Page One ] coal being trucked to this point. It is understood the company will do its own trucking. An extension to the tipple, with much improved screening and handling facilities, is now near completion. Wilson Mines Not Likely To Re-open —*— POSSIBILITY of an early re. * opening of the Wilson mines seemed remote, as indicated by the removal of equipment being, the only sign of early season activity. This is going out steadily, and ap- arently there is no present intention of re-opening. AltogJher this has proven one of the major disappointments to the mimHitiiiimiiiimiiimiiiiiiiiiiiimii TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: |J*HIS :s to certify that I have this day made an inspection of the electrical apparatus of the S'milkameeji Star, and found nothing that will cause radio interference, except one only l-16th h.p. motor affixed to router, wh'ch the proprietor states is not used more than ten minutes a month. W. J. BOWERMAN, Senior Radio Inspector, Department of Transport. Pr'nceton, B.C., 8th November, 1937. IIII1IIIII1IMI IIIIIIIMIIi IIIII IIMII1IIIII11II ' industry in recent years. Mr. W. R. Wilson invested a fortune in establishing a plant the like of which the district has not known before, at the Pleasant Valley, while the Nine Mile mine, which he acquired later, was recognized as being one of the outstanding properties in the district. Apparently, too, their prospects were brightest just when the suspension order came, although it is known that the venture was not a profitable one. But Mr. Wilson was without a doubt one. of the bes& friends the town of Frinceton ever had. and his death last winter was a hard blow tooth sentimentally and economically. The estate, it is understood will continue to hold "the properties. Now that the Coal Creek mine, controlled by the same operator, is down as a result of the recent disastrous f re, it might have been expedient to draw from, the local properties. Some students of local coal mining feel that it is a matter of considerable regret that an arrangement was not made whereby these mines would supply the new Granby power plant here. It is known that at one time this was under consideration. Red Triangle Mine Suspends Operation —*—■ RED TRIANGLE colliery, on One Mile Creek, recently re-opened, has suspended at least temporarily. This is one of the oldest mines in the Princeton basin, tout has never seemed to gain momentum. It is now held by Spokane interests. Mr. Joe Hilton has been in charge of a small crew. -it- Small Crew At Work At Black Property k MR. FRANCIS GLOVER has a small crew at work with him developing the Black mine, owned by himself and Mr. A. S. Black. The showing is an old one. Mr. Glower reports good progress, but says that the poor condition of the road,- caused by recent severe weather, has proven a handicap to sales, though coal is steadily being mined and is moving satisfactorily. Ski-ers Try Out Hill PAGER for action, a trio of ace ski-ers who hope to make h'story for Princeton this year, are already courting the graces of the big Princeton hill. Tom Mobraaten, B 11 Hansen and Ole Johannsen were out on Sunday and plan to test the jump this week. The hill was tramped by an army of w lling feet, and is said to be in first class shape. Considerable work has been done during the fall, and it is claimed that the hill is much improved as Basketball Results Princeton Sr. B 32, Penticton 28 Princeton Int. B. 27, Penticton 10 Copper Mountain 37, Hedley 19 Kamloops Int. A 21, Princeton25 Kamloops Ladies 21, Princeton 10 a 'result. W-th these ace jumpers anxious for action, there should be no dearth ^f thrills this winter. I Winter Service •More than ever now that winter is here do you need Automotive efficiency. Battery, radiator, tyres, rear «nd especially, but every *>art of your car is subject to greater strain, greater danger. Expert care costs <ess in the long run. RHODES' GARAGE ♦CHEVROLET PHONE WIGHT _ 61 OAY 101 yJSmi, Interior British Columbians like Roy a! Export Beer' . . . plant facilities are b-sinq expanded secon ygar to meei growing popular demand. To gain public approva and KEEP it, a beer must be good and STAY good. ®YM EEH Tiiis advertisement is not published or displayed by the Liquor Control Board or by the Government of British Columbia. HUFFS MEAT MARKET ON WHEELS FRESH AND CURED MEATS : PRODUCE : • PRINCETON— Parked by the Capitol Theatre Friday afternoon and Saturday. • ALLENBY—Thursday. SAVE BY BUYING DIRECT NO. 1 SEASONED PINE and FIR WOOD Leave Orders With Huff SCHULLI'S POOL ROOM Pool, Billiards, Snooker and Good Fellowship • ROBT. SCHULLI. PROP. STOP, FRIENDS! Now centrally located & tbe Hotel Princeton Block. We invite you to call on as Vatam*. CwfwflMMi. Mumble*, niimo JAMES CORR1E >m%irm*mM* fmM» AmmmVmmmm%M 1. Q. WILSON | PRINCETON, B.C. T- °- lessard PRINCETON BILLIARD HALL AND BARBER SHOP RIVERSIDE AUTO PARK P.O. BOX 61 CONFECTONERY NOVELTD3S TOBACCOS TOURIST INFORMATION • NEWS HEADQUARTERS Complete The Hope-Princeton Road m PAGE EIGHT * THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR, PRINCETON, B.C. THURSDAY, 18th NOVEMBER, 1937 MAY START ROAD CAMP Expect To Work on Hedley Road' Improve Copper Mountain Road A PROMISE of favorable cou- ** sideration for both the Hedley- Princeton and Hope-Princeton roads and a immediate allocation for tne Copper Mtn. road was brought from Victoria by Jamie Sim, president of the Princeton Liberal Association after consultations with government officials last week. He said there appears to be a good prospect of the camp on the Hedley road being re-opened. He thought gcvernment works plans for this [ section would be 'quite satisfactory Campbells Acquitted On Both Local Counts TUPPER TALKS i • Furniture, • Hardware • Sporting Goods •Glasswear • Novelties A. L WHITE TELEPHONE 47 <&&fr4fr&&&&%H&&& [ Continued from Page One ] parts, property of Penticton Sawmills, from near Jura in May. Last week they were acqu tted of a similar charge involving loss of parts from an old brick yard at M sslon Plats, near Tranquilte. Constables Halliday and Nelson of Princeton detachment Provincial Police, whose evidence before Magistrate Rowlands some weeks ago sent the men up for trial, are in Kamloops in connection. A welter of conflict ng evidence featured the first trial. A Kamloops constable and the manager cf the brick-yard, now idle, told of locating in a pile of scrap iron at Princeton parts which the latter recognized as having been recently stolen from the yard. An Ind an si id he helped load the parts at the request of the accused, who sJ- legedly told him that they "had the permission of the owner." Another truck driver told of the same meeting and said he warned the accused not to touch the parts in quest'on. Defense sought to establish an alib, claiming that on the day in question" the truck was in Princeton. They brought witnesses to support this contention. There was argument concerning the date of a driver's licence. Mr. A. H. Stewart, paymaster at Allenby,' gave evidence as to receipt of loads of scrap iron from the Campbell's. OPTICIAN MURDOCK MC LEOD Will Be At The HOTEL PRINCETON ONE DAY ONLY FRIDAY, NOV. 26 HOW TO "KEEP EDUCATED" Read Daily the World-wide Constructive News in The Christian Science Monitor An International Doily Newspaper It give, all the constructive world new, bat does not exploit crime and scandal. Hen like the column, "The World*, Day*'—news at a glance for the busy reader. It has interesting feature pages for all the family. A Weekly Magasine Section, written by distinguished authorities on economic, social and political problems, gives a survey of world affairs. The Christian Science Publishing Society One, Norway Street, Boston, Massachusetts Please enter my subscription to Tbk Christian Scienci Monito* (or ft period of □ lye*r$9.00 Q 6 months $4.50 £)3 months $2.25 □ 1 month 75c Wednesday issue, including Magazine Section: 1 year $2.60; 6 issues 25c Name Address SAMPLE COPY ON REQUEST C. H. TUPPER, M.L.A. [ Continued from Page One ] k twelve miles of this are just original cow trail, widened sufficiently to allow for the passage of vehicles, and in the spring of the year navigation is very difficult over that portion. (I use the word navigation advisedly. This situation opens up the question of whether a railway should be allowed to abandon a section of a .line which has served, the district for years without assisting in some manner to make provisions for ths proper transportaton of the products of the district, and my contention is that this railway should not have been given permission to close their line until until and unless adequate trans- portationv facilities were available, even if they were obliged to assist in providing for these themselves. HOPE-PRINCETON NOT LOCAL WORK Mr. Tupper reminded the house that the Hope-Princeton road was an old problem. "It has been under construction for 75 years, yet it is only 86 miles long," he said. He informed the members that "we hiwe 64 miles opened up, suitable for good weather travelling." "I am pleased to say that "his government has adopted a policy of progressing with this work, and my only criticism in this regard is with with the size of the annual vote, which is fax too small in proportion to the work to be carried out. "I also feel that this project has bten more or 'less regarded as a local Similkameen project by the government, while in my opinion i; should be regarded as a provincial affair. I note that the Hon. member for Yale has been able to get almost the entire Fraser Cao- yon highway surfaced in a single year. This was not because he bad A Good Paper Is a Community Asset tr Week after week, at home and in far places, your newspaper is inevitably working for your community—advertising your district abroad, cementing unity and goodwill at home—helping you. Are you paying your way? Or are you a hometown raven? Perhaps you never thought about it that way. If you are a merchant, the meer circulation of the paper brings business to your store. Are paying for it? Mr. Citizen, are you on our mailng list, paid up? We don't want your sympathy, but we will do better with your support. ^Radio Sure is one wonderful invention—- b^i-ngin' music an' lectures an' news right through."the air t' your fireside. And what the radio is t' your Kome-^ Newspaper Advertisin' should he t'your business. It'll broadcast your bargains cle axly — without any static and over any wave length—- and bring t' your ears the welcome notes of "Bigger Profits ? Tune in!" Mr smmx' any more "pull" or good looks than any other member, but simply that the transprovincial highway happened to run through that part of the country. '"Now the Hope-Princeton highway is a link in the southern trans provincial highway, and is endorsed and desired by every constituency along the southern boundary of British Columbia, and I maintain that a contribution should be tak- one of these districts, and added to the appropriation made or the Hope Princeton highway, so as to furnish a workable appropriation. "We do not ask the government to do the impossible, but let me say that if tbey could appropriate $50,000 each yeai* for 1938 and 1939, we could make such a showing with tliat amount that it would be comparatively easy to interest the Federal authorities to take hold, as tbey have done in the Big Bead country, and where they will have completed their program by that time. "An additionai argument for early completion is furnished by accurate figures of traffic that goes through the United States to and fiom Coast points by Interior cars which proves that thousands of dollars are lost annually through loss of gas tax occasioned by use of that route. Mr. Tupper waxed most perci- nent and forceful on road matters la general, which he considered "cause about 90 per cent of tne members' grief. H« said there were two main reasons: (1) Public and semi-public bodies such as Boards of Trade, Service Clubs, etc. seem to vie with each other in making complaints against road conditions. This is so easy to do sitting around the ban. quet table, where roads can be built and improved without cost." 2. The roads of the Province aro without a doubt over-taxed by fast and heavy motor traffic. It is lit- »♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ The (Capitol Better Sound k Better Pictures. PRINCETON MONDAY, TUESDAY NOVEMBER 22.23 "Midnight Taxi" A Mystery Thriller • WESTERN GRANDEUR • BACKYARD BROADCAST • COLORFUL OCCUPATION THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SAT'Y NOVEMBER 25-26-27 "Walking On Air" —with— Gene Raymond Anne Sothern • MICKEY MOUSE • NEWS DICK TRACY SERIAL Episode 4 ►♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ erally impossible to maintain gravel roads in the dry-belt with the present traffic load, and the only solution is the rapid hard-surfacing of the main roads of the province. The member could not criticize the governmen't policy in this, respect, but more money is need-id. This he suggested should be found from an increase in the gas tax. Mr. Tupper said by way of introduction that now that he had ih° endorsement of the electors he felt able to pursue a bolder course in his second term. The member commented on the improved mining conditions in his riding, and spoke briefly of the success of the South Okanagan reclamation project and the marketing problems of the fruit industry. TEMPUS FUGIT * Yes, sir, the old Roman had something when he said that. It will be Christmas before we know it. ■*• Avoid last minute rush and error this, year by ordering your Personal Greeting Cards early, when stocks are full. * Our customers have remarked on the quality and value we are abl$ to give. That is because we are in the business. We buy direct and do the printing here, just as you want it. We guarantee that you can't do better. Then we appreciate your doing something for your own paper $) THE STAR *■ STAR FISH & CHIPS Hamburgers, Waffles Chili Con Carne, etc. Opposite A. L. White's
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