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The oldest mining camp newspaper in British Columbia. ; The Ledge was published in Greenwood, in the Kootenay Boundary region of southern British Columbia. The Ledge was published by James W. Grier until 1907, and was subsequently published by R. T. Lowery (1907-1920) and G. W. A. Smith (1920-1929). The paper's longest-serving editor was R. T. Lowery (1906-1926), a prolific newspaper publisher, editor, and printer who was also widely acclaimed for his skill as a writer. The Ledge absorbed the Boundary Creek Times in April 1911, and was published under a variant title, the Greenwood Ledge, from August 1926 to May 1929.
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',/ WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE BOUNDARY CREEK TIMES. [^ JUN ]V^ K Vol. XVII. GREENWOOD, B. C, THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1911. DALTON'S FRESH FRUIT ARRIVING DAILY THE STORE.OF PLENTY| GREENWOOD, B. C. RUSSELL-LAW- CAULFIELD Ltd. Co., wmmmmm j Around Home | ANGLER'S COMPLETE OUTFIT '���������: HAMMOCKS :~ ���������- FROM $3.00 TO $7.50 BASE' BALL SUPPLIES IS TO BUY FURNITURE LINOLEUMS ART SQUARES STOVES HARDWARE Every Article Reduced to Laughing Point. $10,buys a Graphophoue, A. L. White.- Dog- takes are being- collected in Phoenix. James Cunningham is watchman at the Drama mine. - Calgary beer is a favorite these hot days iu Greenwood. The Tennis Club will give a dauce on Friday evening-, 'Roy Harris is working in the gas works in Los Angeles. W. P. Norcoss has been appointed surveyor at the Rawhide mine. Rlcnt���������Furnished house's, sewing machines. A. L. has the Phone 16 Greenwood, B. C. ������*i%>^/wi/������/Qrt;'%s%w&&%^'&y The. Best Ready-to-Wear Clothing in the City . . FOR SPRING h&l Refrigerators. Fly-Proof Meat Safes. Verandah Chairs. Awning Stripe. And Others. ; -:- Drop in and We Will Show You. GTJLLEY & Co., GREENWOOD, E.G. OPPOSITE THE POST OFFICE. " PHONE - - REMEMBER - - YOU PROFIT KpS������&c������������ This is worth something- to you P8- IT'S FR1SE -as; W. ELSON, * MERCHANT TAILOR, i THE CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE SIR EDMUND WALKER, C.V.O., LL.D., D.C.L., President ALEXANDER LAIRD, General Manager CAPITAL, - $10,000,000^ REST, - $7,000,000 TRAVELLERS' CHEQUES Issued by The Canadian Bank of Commerce are the most convenient form in which to carry money when travelling. They are negotiable everywhere, self-identifying-, and the exact amount payable in the principal foreign- countries is printed on the face of every cheque. The cheques are issued in denominations of _ . $10, $20, $50, $100 and $200 23S and may be obtained on application at the Bank. In connection with its Travellers' Cheques The Canadian Bank of Commerce has issued a booklet entitled "Information of Interest to those about to travel", which will be sent free to anyone applying for it. , SPECIALS PASTRY BAKED DAILY AND ALWAYS FRESH. OGILVIE'S ROYAL HOUSEHOLD FLOUR 49 pound sack, f.2.00 OGILVIE'S ROLLED OATS 8 pound sack, 40 cents COPPER STREET. SAVINGS BANK J. T. BEATTIE, Manager. DEPARTMENT '"-/"���������;' Greenwood Branch. I Plumbing and Tinsmithing J si' I have opened a Plumbing and Tinsmith- ~- H ing shop in connection with my Carpenter =3 s~ shop, on Government street, Greenwood. The =- B plumbing and tinsmithing department will be ^s H under the charge of George Clerf, and orders ~i ���������- are solicited from all parts of the district. g 1 PTE H. H. McARTHUR 1 laiuaiiiauuiiuiiiiiiiiuiiiiiitiiaiiuuiitiiiiiimmuiiiiiaiK IS LIKE A STREETCAR I WATCH OUT! Something is going to happen, and "Time" only will tell the story. YOU "WATCH" OUR "TIME" whenever you consult a timepiece bought here. REAL TIMEKEEPERS AT MINIMUM COST are what everyone gets who buys a watch of us. Grand stock to select from. A. LOGAN & Co GREENWOOD. BOOMS TO TjET In the Swayno House, Silver Street. Clean, private and comfortable roomB in a quiet locality at reasonable rates. Hot aud cold baths free to guests. If you want to know what Ferry was like in the boom days, send 10 cents to the Ledgo oflica for a copy of Lowery's Claim, of Dee. 1905. If you want a bargain in old newspapers call- at the editorial rooms of The Ledge. For piano's, White. Mrs., R. G Hargreaves gone to Victoria to spend summer. Born���������At Rock Creek on June 11, to Mr. aud Mrs.'H. W. Parmer a son. John Ryan, aud Miss Sarah Mclsaac were married in Phoenix last week. Nat Darling was here last week and reports business good in the cigar line. The measles epidemic has just about ended its rash career in Greenwood. Jack White is attending a" meeting of the drug men in New Westminister. W. B. Eleming is in Cranbrook attending the Oddfellows Grand Lodge meeting. ���������. Mrs. Frank Rich ter of Keremeos was in the city last week attending court. It is a quiet day when a buzz wagon from Rock Creek does not speed into Greenwood. George Mattacks, and Miss Nellie . Berg ��������� were married in Grand Forks last week. Work Wanted���������As cook or any employment in the house. K. Furutaui, P. O, box-85. For Sale���������One 2 year old Bull from good milk stock.- Apply to C. M. Rendell, Eholt, B. C- In Grand Forks only, two merchants refused to keep their shops closed on Wednesday afternoons. The hotel at Carmi is now open for business which is quite a boon to travellers in that direction. Jim Dale was in town on Monday, He has broken considerable new ground on his farm this summer. J. L. Meikle, -editor of the Grand Forks Gazette was in town yesterday. He reports business lively at the Forks. ��������� A tom-cat 19 years, old was killed near Chesaw last week. He had been blind for years, and weighed 14 pounds. James Dimmick returned to Spokane on Tuesday. Jim comes here every two or three months to visit his daughter. On Monday hot air, swift ozone, congealed rain, and cheap electricity entertained the people of Greenwood for a brief period. Last Sunday Bert Logan had several of his fingers severly injured, while showing how a trap worked for shooting clay pigeons. The family of the late Mrs. Norman MacMillan wish to thank their friends, who have been so kind to them in their bereavement. Jimmy Copland was in town last week. He will celebrate at Rock Creek ou Dominion Day. Jim is the oldest inhabitant in this part of B. C. L. W, Shatford, M. P. P. is building a residence on Dog lake, near Penticton. He will live there in the summer, and.spend the winters in Victoria. Thc Chesaw News says that it is reported, that A. D. Bloom- field has been offered $300, for the buckskin mule colts that he bought in that town this month for $107. At the Mother Lode rifle range on Sunday, Hibbert made a score of 92, and Armstrong followed with a close second ot 90. This is a record seldom surpassed by ordinary gun men. A special meeting of the congregation of St. Colutnba Presbyterian church will be held on Thursday evening at 8 p. m. All members and adherents are invited to be present, W. J. Kirkwood is now building inspector iu San Diego. He reports a building boom in that part of California. So far this year over 1,000 building permits have been issued iu that city. Nearly all for residences. Inspector MacLaurin of Nelson is in the city conducting the1 High School Entrance Examination. Fifteen pupils are writing; seven from the school here; five from Midway; two from Rob- son, and one from Phoenix, Saturday evening there was a flash of the past in Greenwood. Three poker games were visible, in'addition to other amusements, while over in the lowlands the frogs were sweetly sinking, "I'll Be An Angel, By And Bye." Au auto stage line now runs between Oroville and Prnticton, The road is good and the trip delightful giving 'passengers a chance to view the entire lower Okanagan valley. The stage stops at Fairview both ways for dinner, H. H. McArthur has opened a plumbing, and tinsmithing department in connection with his carpenter shop on Government street which is under the management of George Clerf. Orders from all parts of the district will receive prompt attention. E. Jacobs went to Princeton yesterday. _ He has been in town for some time preparing an article upon the Greenwood smelter. Mr. Jacobs is the principal writer upon mining affairs in this pro- vince._ and his work appears in the mining journals of the world. He is a great publicist for B. C. Western Float will hold a fruife.fair this A RAWHIDE FATALITY Antonio Mitias was killed in the Rawhide mine on Tuesday morning by a fall of rock. He died on the way to the hospital. The verdict at the inquest was accidental death. The deceased leaves a -wife, two children, and two brothers in the Phoenix camp. THE ASSIZES The assizes with Mr. Justice Gregory on the bench closed last Thursday. The damage suit of Murkovic vs the Granby Co., was settled out of court. .Wm.-A. Barter,-railway agent at Baynes Lake was granted a divorce from his wife. The suit of Surprenant vs. McDonald was begun, but, at the suggestion of the Judge it was taken out of court for the purpose of being settled by arbitration. Pete Turano and Steve Miller gave bonds to appear at the next assizes. ' A Sater and A. Turano are their bondsmen. A verdict for the defendant was given in the case of Sidley vs Cudworth. Forty witnesses had been summonsed and about 15 were examined. ' It was a Jury case. The Jurors were: J. Mc- Ardle, (foreman) Geo. McCabe, Leo Mader, J. B. Mcintosh, Wes Connell, D. C. McElroy, Thomas Roderick, and Frank Coryell. Trail fall. Port Haney is in need of another hotel. A cottage hospital is being built in Lytton. The jaii.at. Revelstoke is being enlarged. Princeton has a brass band with 14 members. The Pythians havo organized a lodge in Merritt. Hope now has two daily mails, except on Sundays. H. Taylor has opened a cafe in High "River Alberta. One dollar will buy 16 loaves of bread in Prince Rupert. E. Lakeman is running a moving picture show in Hope. A white porcupine skin is on exhibition in Prince Rupert. Mail clerks have been placed on the Arrow Lake steamers. The Bank of. Vancouver is opening a branch in Hazelton. The Bank of Commerce- has opened a branch at Duncan. 'The Barnes Circus Co., has been buying cub bears in Hosmer. A Methodist church is to be established in East Princeton. Sheep are being shipped from Oroville, Wash., to Princeton. Armstrong is in need of two or three private boarding houses. Tom Sing's potato crop at Keremeos will be a failure this year. Two men from Rupe have started a lunch counter in Hazelton. Harry Baker of Spokane has bought a grocery store in Stewart. J. W. Austin, and S. J. Martin have opened assay offices in Hazelton. For wages alone the city of Victoria is now paying 851,000 a month. The sawmill at*Wycliffe is. cutting 200,000 feet of lumber every 24 hours. ��������� An -X-ray. .maeb.me.has been.add-. ed to the equipment of.the hospital in Kaslo. In the Cariboo district this spring has been the most backward on record. An auto stage line now runs' between Oroville and Pentictoc^-tV fare is $5.50. ���������'��������� ������*���������;*-' - .In Pror" v^Tfash.. the moving P^JJ^g^ijiiVs pay a licenss of 50 ?eKt-/'ii day. *"* "I-i bound centlv black bass was re- b^.ught in tho lake near Oro- WasL., WILF'S NEW NAME The political situation in Canada has seldom been so disturbed as it is at present. To begin with no Canadian Premier has been so criticised in England as has Sir Wilfrid Laurier on the occasion of his present visit/The British press has discovered the sauve Canadian Premier and the name which one newspaper has given him, Mr. Facing-both-ways," will stick to, him as long as he lives. When it was discovered that the Premier was iu trouble in England owing to the fact that he did not understand the reciprocity agreement, and could not explain its terms, and when it was learned that he had cabled for Mr. Fielding to come over and help him, thero was tho usual chorus of official denial of denial and expostulation. It was given out that Mr. Fielding had gone to Europe for a rest. It was a mighty rush for a man going to a irest. Most folk rest in some other fashion. And it is possible to rest in Canada. That the Government has prepared its plans for a sudden appeal to the people shows anything may be expected at any moment. The Voters' Lists are now being,printed at the Government Printing Bureau. Men are working night and day, and tho lists will bo ready in two months. The good old days arc generally the expensive ways. ville, J. F. Blede-oe i������s bought six lots in Alberni, and will build a residence thereon. ��������� Jim Cronin has stockG.1 his ranch in the Bulkley valley witli Lorssa and machinery. The C.P.R. has given a special week-end rate of S3.20, from Lethbridgo to Frank. The city of Cranbrook will give its brass band $50 a month, until the end of the year. A beachnut bud, of the Copper beech was recently picked up in New Westminister. The poach crop at Ke.eiueos will be light this season, but *v.ther fruits are abundant. '.-'i In New Denver Dr. Brouse has presented the Knightb of Pythias with a billiard table. A St. Clair Brindle, formerly of New Denver is prospecting iu the territory of Hazelton. The flouring mill at Armstrong will be eularged this Summer, and more machinery installed. The liquor license act in B. C, is not enforced to any extent in some parts of the province. Ladysmith claims to have more gasoline launches' than any other city of its size in this province. Already this season 160 whales havo been captured, and brought to the Kyuquot whaling station. Stewart is no longer a condensed milk town. Taylor Althouse opened a dairy in that camp last month. The majority of the prospectors going iuto the Steamboat mountain camp were at Stewart last year. John Bough has returned to the Slocan, after spending years in Arizona and other parts of the south. Robert Tapping of Revelstoke will be married at Banff this month, to Miss Alico Wood, of Plevna, Ontario. A number of German farmers from Alborta are looking for new locations up the West Fork of Kettlo river. As dried prunes are 15 cents a pound, tho Creston Echo remarks that few people aro full of them this Summer. No. 49 The new court-house at Revel- Btoke will bo built on the site of the old one, and it will' cost a little over ������118,000. Boys under age are permitted to smoke cigarettes on the streets, in Cumberland, although this is against the law. The remains of Bob McTaggart, who was burned in the Silverton . fire, were taken to Stayner, Ontario, for interment. In Hazelton the ladders for the fire department have arrived. They were nine months on the way from Vancouver to Hazelton. The two hotels in Hope are taxed to the limit taking care of tho floating population. Another ,������30,000 hotel is process of operation. AV. G. McMorris is managing a coal property on the Queen Charlotte Islands. At one time he was manager of the Nelson News. , The address of John R. Robertson, formerly a miner in the Slocan, is wanted. His brother has died in the east, and left John a fortune. A nail factory will be established in Calgary. It is estimated that the output will be 90,000. kegs of nails a year, and 100 men will be employed. Jim Hill will take a look at Princeton this summer. He should find plenty of room for the improvement of his railroad in the Similkameen. During May there were 89 cases in the police court at New Westminister. The majority of the trouble was caused by the wrong use of whiskey. Duncan Ross has taken the contract to build the longest tunnel on the Grand Trunk Pacific. It is , near Hazelton, and adjoins his present contract. Sealey is the name of a townsite about two miles from Hazelton. It already has 12 business houses, and promises to grow into a place of some importance. At Revelstoke Frenchy Lafor- tune was sent two years to jail for stealing a dollar from a man by the rolling process. Stealing comes ' high in Revelstoke. In.Hope as high as 82,000 is alr ready being 'asked for lots. Many | of the new business people will not pay that price, bat are renting lots at $1 a foot per month. Back of North Vancouver a scenic railway is being built upon Grouse mountain. -At some future time a similar railway will be built to the glacier, across the Jake'from New Denver. W. J. Christie of Winnippg, has bought the Lussier dairy near Medicine Hat, Alberta, for 8100,- 000. At one time Christie was Customs officer in Petrolia, Ontario, but moved west in tho early days. The. Slocan Record says that gold nuggets have been found in a dead hen at New Denver. The hen may- have flow into the Lucerne from Poplar Creek, or perhaps it wa<; one of the birds that had uioiny thrown at it. Mrs. Minnie Paterson di������i in Alberni last week. She y-*s .. the heroine of the Coloma and Valencia shipwrecks, and had receve(l many medals for her braver'lu saving lives. She was the Gdee Darling of the Pacific coast. t Joe Armstrong ,l* ������^a load of 1*C v nofvr Chopafr,'4'2^ ^st.with a sevw&i' ������.������ii. e. v. Lis left leg. ' Part -.. ot tho bo������iy*'������y������ Jjrough the. flesh ��������� into the "ground whe^.jviyi bfkwi off and remo-ined. HeC''^ ttkca - '" to the hospital in Oibviilc. Wahli. The Cumberland brass band has imported from England five horns at an expense of $360. The Islander states that the instruments were, two coronets, one tenor horn, one baritone, and one E flat bass. It is to be regretted that the band did not also import a coronation horn. Louis Tinnis and Ray Aikins returned to Revelstoke this month, with 16 bear hides, and four beat- cubs that they had captured up the Canoe river. Two of the cubs are grizzlies, and it is seldom that any of them are captured alive. The owners have already refused $250 apiece for. them. J. J. Young of Calgary, Alberta, recently obtained a divorce from his wife in a Spokane court. He at one time published the Calgary Herald. Ho treated his wife in a very generous manner, giving her $300,000 worth of Calgary real estate. Jealousy on her part was the cause of the separation. Ah .Wah, a Chinese vegetable peddler was beforo the polico court in Victoria charged with obstructing the sidewalk with his baskets. It was the first caso of its kind aud ho was discharged. Ho must havo thought that the court was a cold storago plant, for when brought before the magistrate ho had oa five coats in addition to an overcoat, and several vests. ���������S.I awiitBflmA^ agasSwsasM THE LEDGE, GREENWOOD, BRITISH COLUMBIA. v THE LEDGE Is located at Greenwood, B. C, and can be traced to many parts of the earth. It comes to the front every Thursday morning, and believes that hell would close up if love ruled the world. It believes in justice to everyone ; from the man who mucks in the uiiue to the king who sits on the cushions of the throne. It believes that advertising is the life of trade ; and that one of the noblest works of creation is the man who always pays the printer. The Ledge is $2.00 a year in advance, or $2.50 when not so paid. It is postage free to all parts of Canada, Mexico, Great Britain and the county of Bruce. To the United States it is $2.50 a year,valways in advance. R. T. LOWERY EDITOR AND FINANCIER. THE CALL OF GOLD Written by H. N. Cosson for the Los Angelus Mininir Iv'eviow GREENWOOD, JUNE IS, 1911. A blue mark hero indicates that your Subscription has become deceased,, and that tho editor would once more like to commune with your collateral. We have noticed that the dead do not advertise Thksk are the days that yon cam not keep a good thermometer down. attitude towards the fourth estate is always high toned and penurious. It is considered infra dig by them to advertise in the press. While steel has become the indispensable metal of the civilized nations, gold-is now, and always has been, the one most precious thing that men crave or covet. It is more than a mrital. It is a fetish ���������a mystic spell��������� a deity, almost. No reasoning can explain its amazing iniluencu upon the. actions of men. In fact the love of gold��������� that glittering yellow stull that nature Hung away so carelessly under rocks and mud, is the most powerful passion of tho human heart. The call of gold! It lias swayed more men, for better or for worse, than an3' other motive. Jt has built up empires and thrown them down. It has opened the way to prosperity . and to decay. It has led men to new continents, nnd lured thorn into innumerable dangers. It has brought carnivals of pleasure, and the most intolerable, hardships.-. It has hurled nations at one another's throats, and held them back when they wero clamoring for war. The Gold Rushes of History It was the cull nf gold that drew Hannibal to Spain, Caesar to Gaul, Seipio to Africa, Darius to Asia Minor, Xerxes to Greece, nnd An ESSESSSS^ Horse Racing :-: Baseball Tournament Bucking Contest Antomobile Races Easy Transportation from Midway Further particulars from I. CRAWFORD, Secretary NOTICE The Public is hereby notified that I have this day sold to R. T. Lowery the plant, business and good will of the Boundary Creek Times, Greenwood." The Public is cautioned against paying any accounts owing to the Boundary Creek Times for advertising, job work or subscriptions, to any person or persons' other than the said R. T. Lowery, or his authorized agent. I Victoria, March 6th, 1911. DUNCAN ROSS. I *��������� *? *c *r jc jt v ������" tr jc *��������� tr tc j? jr ������p *��������� co., ryj-'D. with their bodies, if need be, to reach their yellow fetish. When Gold Was Found in California Contrast California as it wan in ISIS and in IS")". It hashed, discovered us far hack as 'Mi",!), but in spite of ils climate and its fruits, it had remained the. great lone land Jusr one King is necessary for a coronation, but it takes two to open a jackpot. when the publicity costs anvthine- L -,-, ���������,. if i < , , , y J y "k-J tony to ICgypf. The conquest of | ������>'" nearly two hundred years Hero, and there on the coast were. sleepy Spanish settlements. Sinai bands of lazy flat faced Loaves Mother Lode 9.30 a. rn. 6:30 p. m. Leaves Greenwood 2:00 p. m. S:30 p. xix. Vj Satin-day last stage loaves % Mother Lode 6 p. nr. Rcturninff, % loaves Greenwood 10 p. in. That wild soul, Carrie Nation I Ca''Um������������ hy 1'1,������ ll,"''ms. ������������" '������- has cached her hatchet and gone to J VftflioB of Roim! by t:ll������ fiof,1,fi 'll,(1 Vandals, the subjugation of Asia Is China shirt tails aro cmbroid ered, and that is why the Chinks wag a /earje8g destructive female the land of non-alcoholic spirits. She passed away in Kansas by the paresis route, and timid booze dispensers will cease to tremble. She never tuck them in. Fivic meals a day are served to the men in the Canadian Navy. Eating must be their principal work. The postoflice in Canada has a a million dollars surplus, and some of the poorest stamps on earth. THEim is little difference between labor and capital. Both use the cinch when they have it, and the fellow in between gets ground to pieces. Power makes some men tyrannical. Is that the reason why so many hate Billy Bowser, or is it just because he has moro brains than the ordinary mortal? [but some good has come out of her mad methods of reformation. She caused the American nation to sit up and gaze at the serpents in tlie glass. Let us pray that she has gone where the cigarette smoke never curls, and the clink of the ice in the pitcher is unknown and unnecessary. ny Ali'A-.inder���������all of these were gold rushes. Jn the search for gold, great cities have been wiped out. Jn fact, if the story of the gold wero written in full, it would como close to being a history of mankind. Who knows when America would have been discovered had not Columbus heard the. call of gold in Japan?, A shorter road to the mines of the East���������that was the aim of the world's greatest gold seeker. His lirst question to the. was: 'Have wondering natives you any gold?" From lirst to last this was the one demand that Spain made upon her new possessions. "Get gold," Is these Hnya the prices of everything seem to he higher than in the old days. Wages are higher, but bread booze and labor strikes are also jn the elevated zone. By feeding quinine to hens it is said that they will lay two eggs a day. Benedictine has not yet been tried, although it might prove to be a great tonic for poultry, if gwen to them regularly after their mei,lg. I>" Nljis ago the people aro speed crazy, \n<l the result furnishes items eve,, day for the press. We suppose it\]oes n0fc matter much when or hoWye (]jft, because if an auto does kiKnH .something else After running for five years tho Socialist daily iu Chicago has failed, and we notice that nearly all papers devoted exclusively to theories about Socialism aro constantly clamoring for more monev, lest I w,'ofce Ki"S Ferdinand. "Oct it they fall in the sump, "Little mun:illub'! if you can: but, at all wonder, for all sane people get tired of mush, morning, noon and night. The literary slush that the majority of Socialist papers fill their columns, about "wage slaves" and thrcr-'';^pitali8tic class" is enough to disve a stLo god into the booze formation, to read'"n.''."'"'-% is hazards, get gold." Jt was to get gold that Cortez dared to capture Mexico with a handful of soldiers, ''land my companions," he said, "have a disease of the he-art, which is cured by gold." It was to get gold that Pizarro depopulated Peru ���������that Balboa cut a crimson path to the Pacific���������and that the Por- like sitting i��������� a dark roomf K7*%������,, listening to a parrot singing '#! tllSueBC smctl the witle c,uPirc of ���������m11 liefnre we aKinn ,, "" "c "i cne "ealed ozone o rr,.M ���������������* is the"- .._-A7/',;1,'/e:S0fJ,,'0feflsi0������Jl1 f������'l.l. thumpers, old time refrain, "Polly ..vants a cracker." Genuine Socialism is a delight and benr-fic to the human race, but tho toadstool variety is a nuisance to any community. Toadstool Socialists are generally weak- minded, or else too lazy to work. They are filled with hot air, stock phrases, and a desire to get something for nothing. Except when they aro eutirely crazy they have no ambition to work, and lack the courage to hold up a train, or use the "Jimmy" on a bank. . The world needs saving, but it never will be by the heated ozone of id Tins week is thc"_......o.iSry ~0r theo^'ittle of ^.ife'raloo, but there, is uQr"������**i������Vit to tell the tale. As far as can he learned all tho participants are extremely dead, but there are still living more than 300,000 men who took part in the. battle of Gettysburg, Tite dearest thing in Calgary is buttermilk. It costs 20 cents a gallon, and sells for 1,0 cents a swallow. In a cow camp this is a fearful condition of affair... and the bovine commission should hold a conference upon the matter, lw.t some pilgrims die of thirst. or the Dead Sea tears of half-baked prudes. The Salvation of the-universe must come from a thorough alliance with tho good, and a perfect knowledge of the science of stirpiculture. Paved With Gold J. T. Lam-io writes from Johan- neaburg.South Africa,that he arrived in the gold belt all right and had a most interesting trip. It took two months to steam from Vancouver to Durban. At one stage of the game the coal hunkers of thc steam- er was on fire hut Jack aays that it :.**��������� Laiiok unions are a benefit to inferior workmen, and a detriment to those of superior ability. It crushes individuality, and forces all to one level of wages and hours. The union card screen thousands of lazy and incompetent men, who worship the clock more than their work. - Tx;e doctors, dentists, lawyers and preachers all have closed shops, and it is necessary to show the proper credentials beforo you can break into their ranks. However those professions havo no scale of wages. Thoy take all the people can stand, and pay out in return as little as possible. Their did not help tho steaming qualitie.. of the steamer to any appreciable e,!.tenfc' He recommends Suva, Fijji Islands, as a.n inexhaustible reservoir of hot air, but we refuse to tako the suggestion personally. Juck spent a couple of days'on Kruger'a farm, where the government is opening up a gold mine. He also climbed Majuba Hill with his eyo. He says there is lots of gold in that country but that it is a terrible strain on the back to lift it as its roots run down so deep.-���������I Fernie Free Press. , Brazil. The other nations of Europe took little interest in America until they discovered the golden secret of the Spanish galleons. Then came the battle of the seas. The Dutch ami English, who had always clung to the land like trees, suddenly built ships and became sea-rovers. How Montezuma gave Cortez more treasure than his men could carry ���������how the Inca filled a room roof- high with gold and silver to satiate Pizarro���������such stories passed from man to man until all western Europe awoke from its sleep, and began the search for wealth that has created the financial civilation of today. It was the call of gold that did it. More than ever, .since the voyage of Columbus, gold arid silver have been the sun and moon of mankind. It was the shipment of the precious metals from America to Europe that destroyed feudalism, liberated the serfs, weakened the power of the nobility, and laid the foundation of democracy. Wo can follow the chain of oause and effect from the gold-mines of Mexico and Peru to the block whero King Charles of England lost his head. Had it not been for the inrush of gold into his kingdom, prices would not havo risen, and ho would not have been driven to quarrel with his Parliament. For the last four centuries there has never been any wilderness so remote or so full of perils that the gold cry could not colonize Indians loafed through the easy seasons. There was no city in 1SI.S, no railway, no commerce, except a little fur-trailing and swapping of cattle and sheep. Then, one morning, Jim Marshall picked up a lklle piece of yellowish rock, and brought it :ih a. sort of curiosity to Mrs. Jennie Weimer, with wkoin he was boarding. "ft might be gold, Jim," said Mrs. Weimer, and threw it into a boiling kettle of soap. That night when the soap was poured of, there lay the shining pebble, as yellow as the sun. "It IS gold!" cried Mrs Weimer. "Gold!" repeated Jim Marshall. "Gold!" said California. "Gold!" .shouted the United States and the whole round world. Thero was practically no path to California at that time, but four hundred thousand men t-prang up and rushed blindly and desperately in its direction. The line of wreckage, around the capo marked how they went by sea and the abandoned knap-sacks and whitened bones marked their trail by land. And they got there���������throe- fourths of them, at least. They ripped up the hillsides and pushed aside the rivers, and built towns as Greenwood Office HOTEL *, NORDEN JtJtJijXjtjtJtJtjt.tjtjtJtStJtJtJt in those crags, and myriads of red shifted argonauts climbed up and took possession of the buried treasure. That was less than fifty years ago. Today the traveler who journeys towards Pike's Peak is amazed to find a civilization that is isolated hut complete. Here are railway towns���������a score of them, ono or two miles above the level of the sea. 1 lore are. hotels..quailing in 8izeaiid magnificence those of London a d Merlin. Here are the busy cities of Denver and Pueblo, encircled by farms that have been made almost niiraclously JVrtile by irrigation; J ]> ()\\1W\H)N .'tnd from Colorado City to Cripple ^AAI..LKUfN, Creek, the trail of-tho prospector has been replaced by a railroad that is one of the engineering wonders oftlio world. ���������1 Frank Fletcher ruoviNcrATj Land Surveyor, Nelson, B. C. (To lie continued) Leading Tailor of the Kootenays. KASLO, B. C. 1 he man at a distance who pays his hills by cheque should always add exchange. This is an important matter to Editors,who have so many small accounts scattered over the universe and suburbs. New York City had .0,141 more weddings iu 11J>10 than in 1909. HAVE YOUR PHOTO. TAKEN ' BY J. H. JAMES of Greenwood. STARKEY & CO. NEIvSON, B. C. WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Produce and Provisions About Float. Float is not a periodical. It is a hook containing 80 illustrations all told, and is filled with sketches and stories of western life. It tells how a gambler cashed in after the flush days of Sandon ; how it rained in jNtow Denver long after Noah was dead ; how a ��������� parson took a drink at Bear Lake in early days ; how justice was dealt in Kaslo in '93; how the saloon man outprayed the women in Kalamazoo, and ' graphically depicts the roamings of a western editor among the tendor- feet in the cent bolt. ' It contains the early history of Nelson and a romance; of the Silver King mine. In it are printer] three western poems, and dozens of articles too niimer- ' ous to mention. . Send for one before it is too late. -:-' The price is 25 cents, postpaid to any part of the world. Address all letters to /?. T. Lowery GREENWOOD, B. C. it and make it a province of the tbry magically as though they had dug Aladdin's lamp out of thc allhient earth. In a few year's they had made California one of the richest of American states; and before the slow moving East had planned i railroad across the intervening deserts, the strenuous gold finders had built a line back from the Pacific to St. Louis. In Australia and Colorado Three years after Jim Marshall had found his nugget, the gold cry came from Australia. The very name of Australia was a strange, new word. A vague impressio prevailed that it was an island Siberia of Great Britain, whero convicts were, sent to put them out of the world. There wo.vo some fome sheep herders there, am] one of theai, so the story ran, had found a hundred pounds of gold upon a river bank, It was this hundred pound nug get that put Australia upon the map. Three hundred tliousaiu miners wero soon swarming around Pallarat and Bendigo. Tho convicts tore down the prisons and tin sheep herders deserted their sheep Such was there wild energy, in fact, thoy raised a flag of their own and made war upon thc British Empire. They lost, of course. The battle of the Stockade went against them, and their revolt was only an episode in Australian his Over 77 per cent of the total production of alcohol in Germany is obtained from potatoes. There du"S,d.HHIIe,-m'-11 Md !Wn "*^"u'",: '" I",u"' "������������"������* durtnal diHt.ller.eH in the Empire. I on rush, that they will havo a road habitable globe. Nothing can stop the furious rush of tho human race if ibices ahead of it the glint of tho precious metal. Once let some I pathfinder bring a pocketful of nuggets from the Ih-art of tho Sahara, and in five years that groat desolate waste will bo transformed into a pompous and busy country. At the call of gold mon become ho frantic, cyclonic in their resistless Ten years after tho groat trek of tho "Forty-niners" the gold cry came from Colorado. Some wanderer in tho mountains came back to tho little settlement of Pueblo with a pocketful of glinting soil. Colorado was a desolate and tragic country at that time. Thero wis little else-but tho barren mesa, with red crags of tho Kockias tow- oring beyond it in i,���������ge) jngg0(1 binges. But there was gold hidden 1.1*' gawBunajgatgagBrga^^ THE LEDGE, GREENWOOD, BRITISH COLUMBIA. "AT IT HERE SIHCE 1900.' S^r*- sOOW, ft i ������M~SER t*J^- WESTERN - - HOTELS. I'riJj KOOTIONAV SAr.OON Sandon, B.. 0., has a line of nerve linicers unsurpassed in any mountain town or Ihe Great.West. A glass ol'.'if|iui pura tfiven free with spirits meiiti. you WORK, . M/mEyOUR MONEY WORK TOO., BiPEramnfiyouR5AV)fi������ WITH US THEY Will. BlfiM 4% INTEREST WHICH WECREPITMOnTHCy ��������� :\ MP MOA^SRETURN- rlBLE OPTPEMflnP ' AS QUICKLY US THEMrlllS ���������GM CARRY IT. PEOPLE JUST (IS G/.RERJL AW CVJUT/0U5 (\5 youcflriBE, /IRE to pleased; AMD THOROUGHLY ' 5/TOFIED, WITH the wny in WHICH .our Business is TRilNS/iCTED-/? BUSINESS M/INIGED By PEOPLE OF MATURED KfFERIEIWE- ' AHIfflE5TliTrfifiRJTX n P05Tr1L,6IVlPlfi yOUR Mil ME OPPRESS . wiUfPRonpiiy amnGYOU PUU-IMTOWION. WRITE TOW. shoulp you twve rtMy' PINrlMGIrlL BUSINESS IU V������iMGOUVER"VI������Plin, RENTS TO COiiECT, rtGREeMEriTSPORS/ILE" N0rTOl&EST0L������0K/trT������R /4NP COIA-EGT, FIRMM5flfMI1GET0PWG& .LETUS/1TTEMDT0IT. WE /IRE PLEASING OTHERS W5 VMU-BE SMRfi TO PLEASE YOU. III fembig Street; nicavmaijki'.t nonci. Is Ihi! homo for nil tourists nnd lnillioii/iircs visitin������" New Denver, Hritisli Columbia. Henry St������ue. I'n>i>r, '/:��������� NEW ADVERTISING SCALE TIIK TKOVINCK' IIO'I EIj Grand Porks, is n large throe- sloi-y brick hotel Hint provides llm-'pulilic with jroud mi'iils find pleasant rooms. -.A new building' but the siuiic old rates. UmlJ I.arseii, 1'roprlul.or, IF I SAY SO IT IS SO. TCASI.O IIDTICTj Kaslo, ],. C��������� is a cornfr.i'tf'tblo linnic for aii who travel to that eity., ��������� ' ,' (j.mklu & I'mi-woi-ln. Oxford Street, close 'tn Powell Street, one block from Heap's Lumber Mill. 50 x 120 feet." Price $4,000. Terms, one-third cash, balance in 6, 12 & 18 months KEK'RISDALE. A beautiful hmucRile on Korrisdale Avenue, near car line, 88 feet frontage bv 231 feet. $3,000, terms easy. This cannot be duplicated at the price S] iKitr.i:ooKi : nousic Nelson; I, C One mi nut :'s walk I'roni C. F. U Sl! ition. Cuisine llllCXC'I'll Ml; Well 1 wiled i ml veil - lilfilfd. Hoy !!��������� I'.roi., Vro prlKlisr TIIIOIONT noirsH Nelson, 1!. ("!., is run on the. American at d European plan. Steam healed rooiriH. All white labor Special attention paid lo dining room. Uiins.MiM- ,fc (famplioll, l'mpt. fjAKKVJI'.W IIOTICL iii Nrlson, 1?. C, employs nil white help and is n lioinn for the world at $ 1.00 a day. IS'iip. jMullHt.!, I'l'iipiiiilor. itiriDKSviMjis iro'j'icrj. - Ilriilcsvillc H. 0. J'rovl.liis excellent iu'( (iiiiiniiil.'ilion for iiinrisls Mini Inivrl- l(;i's. I'ri'sli Kinr* and Hiitlur. ��������� K|ii><:iul Ji-i^li Wlilski-i' alu'ii.ys on IntmL.' THOMAS AVALS If, Tropri.ilor. I have some good buys in North Vancouver, where thc long deferred excitement is about due/^thcreforc prices are good for buyers The newspapers in Greenwood, Phoenix and Grand Forks have adopted the following scale for legal advertising: Application for Liquor Licence (30 days)..;.' 54.00. Certificate of Improvement Notice (60 days) 57.50 Application to Purchase Land Notices (60 days) J?7-50 Delinquent Co-owner Notices (90 days) ; '. jSro.oo Water Notices (small) ?7-50 All other legal advertising, 12 cents a line, single column, for the first insertion; and 8 cents a line for each subsequent insertion. ��������� MINERAL ACT. Certificate of Improvements. jNOTrCIJ. The "Great fjiixcy" and "The Twin Mine" Mineral Claims, situate in the Greenwood Mhiliif; Uivlbiuii of the Vale I')i-.triet. Where located:���������In Summit Camp. TjVKE NOTIC1S thai I, Isaac H. Hallett. as af,r<!iil for Thomas Kermeen, Kree Miners' Certiiicate No. Ii2')13S, and Andrew Hamilton, Free Miner's Certificate No. I32SW1;. intend sixty days Irom the date hereol, lo apply to the Mining Recorder for Ceriifica'es of Improvements, for the purpose ol obtaining Crown (Iran is of the above claims. Aud further take notice that aciou, under Section .17, must be commenced before tbe issuance of such Certilieale of Improvements. Dated this 4th day of April, A. Ii. 1911. I. II. HA.jLETT. PUBLIC NOTICE. 523-524, Pacific Block, Vancouver, B. C. OIH'OSITJj I'OSTOFKrClC In Old England HOTEL C/VSTLEGAR. Castlegar Junction. All modern. Excellent accomodations for tourists and "drummers. Boundarytraiii leaves here at 9 10 a.m. W. H. CAGE. Proprietor SEgii LOWEHY'S CLAIM During lire. 37 months that Lownry's Claim was on earth it did business all over the world. Tt was the. most unique, independent ond fearless journal ever produced in Canada. Political and,theological enemies pursued, it with the. venom of a rattlesnake until the government shut it out of the mails, and its editor ceasad to publish it, pailly on account of a lazy liver and partly because it takes .1 pile of money to'run a paper Ilia, is outlawed. Ihere are still 25 different cditioiis of this condemned journal in print. Send 10 cents and get one. or $2 50 and get the bunch. R. T. LOWERY, ' Greenwood, B. C. CITY k2^ IS THE QREATEST THEATRICAL i SHOW PAPER m THE WORLD. $4.00 Per Year. Single Copy, 10 Cts. ;s.slii:i) WEEKLY. * Sample Copy Free. FRANK QUEEN PUB. CO. (Ltd), aldkiit ,r. noun:, JU.NAviKK. I'UHMSIIKKS, 47 W. 23T11 av., Saw YORK. Hag-gage transferred to any part of the City. Furniture moved to any part of tbe District. General Dray- mo- of all kinds. SIDNEY OLIVER. V'LSWj -\ DY FANNlil M LOTHROP ������& ������h2tj^1ji^iii*"^rsss 1VTAY IRWIN Canada's Favorite Comedienne. Ono of tho leading comediennes of tho American stage to-day, i3 May Irwin, a daughter of Canada. In theso days of Ibsen plays with their dull dreary pessimism; of problem plays portraying tho morbid pathology of the emotions; of society plays with their whipped creiun of forced epigram on the pulpy base of a thin plot; and of melodrama, that puts a'dime novel into tho dress-suit of respectability, it is a relief to turn to something that gives us a hearty wholesomo faugh and leaves no bad flavor in tho mouth, no later regret. Laughter is ono of tlio safety valves of civilization, it is a needed vent in au ago of strenuous living; and a genuine apostlo of laughter is Alay Irwin. Her power is her personality, her naturalness, her spontaneity; her bubbling contagious good spirits establishing .a telepathic sympathy with her audience which creates a continuous ripplo oi fun and laughter that defies analysis. Tho daughter of Robert E. Campbell, Miss Irwin acknowledges that sho was born in 18G2���������"tho' she doesn't look it" of course���������in Whitby, Ont., where sho spent her early girlhood. At thc ugo of eight sho was a soprano in tho church choir of her nativo village unci sang at every opportunity nnd with the slightest provocation, ns naturally as a bird sings,���������without a Marchesi training. At thirteen the death of her father threw upon her and her sister I-'lora tho duly of money- rnaking, and they made- their debut as singers in JmlTalo, N.Y. They were billed as tho "Irwin Sisters," unknown to them, and accented tho name. They eang "Sweet Genevieve" for their first song; Flora fainted after ifc was over but May valieutly faced the audience for an encore with tho coolness of a veteran. Engagements in other cities followed quickly on tlio western circuit, and their third season found thorn at Tonyfastor's in New York at eighty dollars a week. Seven years of this engagement where improvising was often necessary and tho roles ranged from a bubo in arms to a grandmother, gave,Miss Irwin a confidence that lias never forsaken her, despite her statement that she cannot tnko her initial cib at nny pcifonnanee without a littlu qimlin of uncertainty nnd fear of the audience. Aiignstin Duly who had n keen eyo,for new talent, gave her an excellent post-graduato course of four years in his theatre, which was ti splendid training school, and prepared her for her later successes. At tho ngo of sixteen aim married Frederick \V. Keller who died eight years later leaving her with4wo sons���������her lovint, ainrades and tlio pride of her life. Enteredncvv-iiUu..* tu Act or 11.0 IMilltmioiit of Cnmula, la tbo yoar WOO, bj Vt. 0. Mack, ������t Ho Uojaf.moot or Ajtlcuituro Even in England Uie poor havo a clianee to-rise, when Ihey arc clover and energetic an tlie following from a London paper: "Tlie inability of the alderman of Dublin to make up their minds concerning the salary to be paid to the city's Lord Mayor, who in a newsvender, resulted in remarkable fluctuation.), first from ;������.',-,000 a year to ^.l.GOO, ther. up to .������3,(500 again, and finally b������ck to the lower figure, draws attention to the fact tbat tbe Irish metropolis i,s not the only city in Great Britain that can boast of a workingman .mayor. It is a question whether firont Britain cannot show a more democratic record in this respect than the United States, popularly supposed to be the land par excellence of unrestricted opportunity. It has happened, in two cases at least, that mayors of English communities have actually risen from the. workhouse. "Will Crooks was bom iu the workhouse, and it ia impossible to imagine a more humble beginning than that. Yet he was elected Mayor of Poplar and a Member of Parliament. Oue of the most respected citizens of Dcavenport, Alderman Hornbrook, who served as Mayor with distinction, was born in the workhouse of the same town. A. former mayor of Leeds, Alderman Scarr by name, when ho was not maintaining the dignity of the highest office in the gift of his fellow-townsmen, was the iudus- trions dispenser of pennyworths of sweets from behind the^counter of his modest store. The contrast seems even greater wheu it is said that he put oil his apron to don his robes of oflice to welcome the late King Edward and Queen Alexandra in the name of Leeds when they opened an extension to Leeds University. A nother workingman mayor can boast of a similar royal association. The Welsh city of Cardiff chose William Grossman, a stonemason to be its Lord Mayor during the year in which King Edward had promised to pay a visit to tlie city. Thp late King became so interested in this man of the people that he determined to show it in an unprecedented manner and, much to Grossman's surprise, tapped him on fie shoulder with a sword, saying, "Rise, Sir William." Alderman Jlond has several times been Mayor of Plymouth, but those who knew him years ago, when he began his career as a boy not have predicted that ho would ono day be the city's chief magistrate.'-' The Enthusiast ��������� Enthusiasm counts for much in this life. An enthusiast is not likely to dwell with ton much insistence upon the evil practice of his neighbors or to examine with suspicious eye the orthodoxy of his minister. When the grocer takes down from the top shelf a dozen cakes of maple sugar, dusts them with a feather duster, and puts theih in the window, the enthusiastic imagines that the sap has started running. And who would rob him of his delusion? Not the grocer'���������nor any other benevolent man. It may be that ill mannered persons sometimes conspire to rob the enthusiastic. He may come out of bargains the way turkeys come out of a oven���������well browned, but for all that ho is the backbone of our country, the source of our national optimism. Prosperity, after all, is the fruit of optimism. No fearful man would make investiments. The dreamer of dreams would be useless without enthusiastics who are ready and anxious to make dreams come true. So if we could make life worth ���������while it is well to cultivate the ability to see rose-color. Our work must be delightful of all tasks. Our hobby should be the prince of amusements, our wife the prettiest, our children the best.' We should believe in ourselves, in an industrious cheerful way, and set out to prove ourselves in the eyes of all men.���������Ex. With a view lo the better preservation of the Fuljlic Highways the attention of the public is herewith directed lo tlie provisions of THK HIGHWAY TRAFFIC RIvOULATION ACT AMJvN'J)- MKNT ACT which enacts as follows:��������� "It shall be unlawful for auy person lo cause to be drawn or driven on any of the public highways of that portion 'nf the Province of Hritisli Columbia situate east of the Cascade range of Mountains, any wagon or other vehicle carrying a load in excess ,jf that mentioned iu Schedule 'A' liercmio annexed. SCHFDUI/RA. Wagons and 4 wheeled vehicles shall uot carry a load in excess of the following:��������� On lires under 3 inches 2,000 lbs. On lires 3 inches iu width and under 4 inches 3iooo lbs. On lires 4 inches iu width and under 5 inches 6,000 lbs. On tires 5 inches 'in width and over 6,000 lbs. and over. AND XOTICI-; is hereby given that the Act iu every respect must be strictly complied with.' Any person guilty of an ofTeuce against this Act shall upon summary conviction thereof before a Justice of the Peace be liable to a penalty uot exceeding 1'iftv Dollars. Do not draw logs or timber over highway. Vehicles meeting ought to turn to the left. A vehicle overtaken ought lo turn lo the left. A vehicle overtaking another ought to turn to the right. W. O. McMYNN, Government Agent. Greenwood, May 19II1, 1910. MINERAL ACT- Certificate of Improvements NOTICE "riolik'ii" anil "Relief Fraction'" Mineral Claiiut. sitnau- in tliu (Ircenwooil Mining Division of Um Yale District. Whore located:���������Drv Creek, West Fork, Ket- ileKivc'r. that TAKE NOTICE Uarrisler, Oieenwoml, I. C. rJ. T.cu-irati, as aifput for .1. A, Tnzn, Kree Miner's Certiiicate No. hi4:112; W. M. Law. Ailmiriistrator of tin- r-stiite of Tkninas W. Cum-, Free Miimi-'s Certificate No. IHSO'i'l; nnd K.'Wood. Administrator of the estate of W lliani Iloyle, Kiee Miner's Certificate No. It20377, iiiiend, sixty days from dale hereof, to apply ��������������� ihe Miuiii|r Recorder for a Certilieale of Improvements fortlic pit rouse of obtaining Crown (Innits of the at>o<.e claims. And further take notice thai anion, under section 37, must be commenced before the issu- auceofsuch Certificate of Improvements. Dated this9lli day of June, A. I). 1111. ' C. J. LUGUATT. John JVteKeiiai* Preprieter. COUNTY COURT OF YALE. ASITTINO nr the County noiirf. 0f vHle will he lioklen nt the Court House. Greenwood, on Tuesday the 2')tli d:\y of Atufiist, V.iU, at eleven o'clock in tlie forenoon. By order. \V. G. MoMYNN, KeRistnu- C. G. of Y. MINERAL ACT. Certificate of Improvements. NOTICE. XIj.CR. and X.Ij.C.Fc. Fractional Mineral Claims, situate in thc Cr ecu wood Mining Division of Yale Di trict. Where located:���������In Ccadu-nod Camp. TAKE NOTICE That r. Isaac U. Hallett, as atrent for James Nicholas .Matchctt, Free Miner's Certificate No. ]V2n\ intend sixty days from the date hereof, to apply to the Miii.nt; Recoider for Certificates or Improvements, for the purpose nf obtaining Crown C.rants of the above claims. And further take notice that action, under section 37, imtsi he commenced before tlie issne- ance of such Certificate of Inisrovemeuis. Dated this 2Sth dav of April, A. I). 1011. I. If. IIAT.tjKTT. W. (.' nelson, h. g. U'ICI.IjS, I'ropi-ltitor. First-class in everything1. Steam heat, electric h>ht, private baths. Telephone in every room. First-class bar and barber shop. 'Bus meets all trains. GRAND CENTRAL -HOTBL- PUIIMC SERVICE ACT HTII E qualifyiuc- cxnmiu.ttious for Third-class * Clerk's, junior Clerk*, aud Stenographer*- will beheld at the foUnwiuif places, commeuc- intron Monday the 3rd July next: -Armstroiiir, "hilliwack, Cumberland, Golden, r.rand Forks ICaniloops, Kaslo, Kelowna, IjadyMiiitli. Na- uaiino, Nelson, New Westminster.'North Vancouver, l*eachlaud. Revelstoke, Rossland, Salmon Arm. Sunimerlautl, Vancouver, Vernon aud Victoria. Candidates must be Briti'li subjects between the aires of 21 aud 30. if for Third class Clerks; and between 16 and 21, if for Junior Clerks or Stenographers. Applications will not be accepted if received later than the 15th June next. Further information, topetlier with application forms, may be obtained from the tiuder- sipned. P WAIjKKR, Kciristrar, Public Serxice. Victoria. B. C, 27lli April, 1'JU. Opposite Postoffice, NELSON, B. C. American .mrl European Plans. IT. II. PITTS, Prop. CENTRAL HOTEL PHOENIX. The Nearest Hotel to the Granby Mines.' Plenty of rooms, and one of the largest Dining Rooms in the <%��������� A. 0. JOHNSON, Prop. NOTICE in a local solicitor's oflieo, would Not Fool Enough An Irishman had received a job as brakesman on a railroad in a mountainous section of Pennsylvania, and was paid a. certain amount per mile as wages. On one of the first trips tho engineer lost control of his train, and at a dangerous rate it went speeding down the steep gradients. Suddenly the conductor saw his companion, who had been clinging to the running board for dear life, make a move as though to rise, and fearful that he intended- to jump, the conductor yelled, uI)oii't jump! You'll be killed!" Tlie. greenhorn shouted back, "An' do you think Oi'm fool enough to jump whin O'im making money as fast as Oi am now?" pUHLIC NOTICE is herebv (riven that, under *��������� the authority contained in section 131 of the "Lund Act." a regulation was approved bv the Tjieuteuaiit-fioveriior in Council fixiuir tlie minimum salcprices of first- aud second-class lauds at i=10 and ?5 per acre respectively. This recnlatiou further provided thai the prices fixed therein should apply to all lauds with respect to which tlio applications to pur- chasp were given favorable consideration nfier tlie date of said reeiilalion. namely j\pril :i, V)U. ���������_ Further notice is now triveu that by virtue of aree-iilaliou approved by the Lieutenant-Clover- nor in Council ou the lfi'tli of May, 1911, that the regulation dated the 3rd April, 1911. be held uot. to applv to applications to purchase vacant Crown lands which were received by the .\s'.ls- taut Commissioners of Lauds on or before the said April 3rd, 1911, aud with respect to which the required deposit of fifty cents per acre had been received bv said Commissioners on or before tho said April 3rd, 1911. ROUT. A RENWTCK, Deputy Minister of Lniuls. Department of Lauds, Victoria, U. C, 16th of May, 1911. NOTICE TO CREDITORS Iu the matter of the estate of Thomas Knox Hamilton late of Midway, Province of Rritish Columbia, deceased. NOTICE is hereby triveu that all persons having any claims or demands .iL'niiist the late Thomas Knox Hamilton, who died on or about the 6th day of May, 1911, at Greenwood, iu tlie Province of liritish Columbia, are required to send by post, prepaid,or to deliver to the undersigned solicitor tierelif for John Hamilton, administrator of the said estate, their names and addresses aud full particulars, iu writintr. of their claims, and statements of their accounts, duly verified, and the nature of the securities, if any, held by them. Aud take notice, that after the 17tli day of June. 1911. the said John Hamilton will proceed to distribute the assets of the said deceased among, the persons entitled thereto, haviuir reirard only to the claims of which lie shall then have had notice, aud that the said John Hamilton will not be liable for the said assets. or any part thereof, to any person of whose claim he shall not then have received notice. Dated nt Oreenwnod, It. C, the ITili dav of llav, 1911. ' C. J. LECC.ATT. Solicitor for the said aduil nlstrator 'WATEK'NOTICE The census returns showed that in Nevada there was only seven- tenths of a man to the square mile. ON THE FOLLOWING DAYS IN JUNE, 1911, THE I, Jean V. Ferroux of Carmi, province of Hritisli Columbia, farmer, (rive notice that on the 2.sth day of June. 1911,1 intend to apply to the Water Commissiotlei-at Falrvlew. I!. C, lor a licence lo take and use. one cubic foot of water per second from Carmi creek, in Simil- kaiueeu district- The water is 10 be taken from the stream about 550 feet, more or less, on the north bank, above its month, on the West Eork of Kettle river, and is to be used upon 25 acres of land situate on the east of said West Fork, and being.' ou, or adjacent to Lot 2360, for irrigation purposes. J. F. FEKKOUX. Wituess-C. J. Le(riratt, Ilarrisler-at-Law, Greenwood, II. C. MINERAL ACT. Certificate of FrtiDrovements. NOTICE. Ohservatorv Mineral Claim, situate in the Greenwood Milling.' Division of Vale District. Where located:���������Iu Carmi Camp. TAKE NOTICE Thai 1, James C. Dale, Free Miner's Certificate No. 1)14333. intend, sixty days from date hereof, to applv tn the Mining/ 'Recorder for a Certificate of Improvements, for the purpose of obtaiuiiitr a Crown Grant of the above claim. And further take uo'ice that action.,ug^fj,. Section 37. must be conime iiced'-jl. i.V_r*riie7si.' ance of such Certificate i^* ^Yjrrovemeuis. j .prii, a. n. :?ii. JAMFS C. -71.U t^'iv/rT":.-^ ~ T* - "������rt> ;. A*'?''*'..'"M.r, act. ,'.- Cert?i.itci?v ir Iuiproveme'its. * -S^OTICE. ��������� i "Croestiy Mineral"NvClalni, K;IC3te iu the Greenwood i-.iin...' DiviRPJ.ii of Y.-1- District. , Where located:- ij South Sk'y/;irk Camp. TAKE NOTICE "th.-!.I. Isaac il.UaUett. as agrent for Joseph Ernest'hlcEtt'en, Kree Mtrrt.t.** Certificate, No. B3106S, iuteiu.vSixty days Iron the date hereof, toapply to the M.iiinc; Recoi/Je'r for a Certificate of Improvements, for the purpose of obtaining a Crown Grant of tha above claim. *'; . And further take notice that action, under Section 37, must be commenced before the issuance of such Certificate of Improvements. Dated this 19th day of May. A.D. 1911. I. H. HALLETT. Insurance Agent I'lIlK, T.HM5 AN!) ACCIDENT Fidelity Bonds, Plate Glass, Commissioner for Taking Affidavits PHOENIX, B. C. QUEEN'S HOTEL, PHOENIX, B. C. The Newest and Largest Hotel in the City. Everything neat, clean and comfortable. Steam heat and electric light. Meals and drinks at all hours. R. V. CHISHOLir, Proprietor. DANNY DEANE, Manager. THE RUSSELL HOTEL Is pleasantly situated in the heart of Grand Forks, and is convenient to all the. leading financial and' commercial institntinns of the city. Travelers will find it a comfortable place to sojourn when in the city. FRED RUSSELL SOR HOTEL xcursions Will sell ROUND TRIP SUMMER TICKETS from Midway, B, C,f to the Principal Points in Eastern Canada and the United States at Reduced Fares, with final return limit October 31, 1911, Liberal stopovers west of Chicago, Ills JUNE 5,7, \ 10, 12, 16, 17,21,22,28,29 and 30, For fares, routes and reservations, write or call on the undersigned, V. KTSTLER, I). F, & 1'. A., Grand Forks, B. 0. J. M. REILIiY, Agent, Midway, B. O. GREENWOOD CITY WATERWORKS CO, GREENWOOD and MIDWAY STAGE Leaves Greenwood for Spokane at 7 a. in., and for Oroville at 2:.',0 p. m. Auoniio GiijIjIh. Reduced Rate Tickets On Salo at C.P.R. Ticket OfTice JUNE ", 7, 9, 10,12,16,17, 21, 22, 28, 2Z\ 30, And Other Dates in July, August and September Jl. \\ % 60.00 91.50 105.00 120.00 127.20 60.00 72.50 108.50 108.50 110.00 The Windsor Hotel is one of the best furnished hotels in the West. It is located in the heart of Greenwood and within easy reach of all the financial and commercial institutions of the Copper Metropolis. Heated with steam and lit .1 y elecii .'city. Commodious sam- ji'e rooms. - The bar is replete ?*������i-',v ..lUjjli.Oflerri' beverages and- the .i>.''"^ ���������,.\L'r closes. Rooms . -. never reserved rw-mi���������. ���������a*T3������v. The Windsor HCTt-olir)o E. J. Cartier, Mgr. OTEL Stanley Street, Nelson Hest Family or Workingman's Hotel iu the city. Nicely furnished rooms with bath. Union house. Bed, 50c; Meals, 35c. J. S. BARRATT, WINNIPEG TORONTO . MONTREAL ST. JOHN . HALIFAX . ST, PAUL . CHICAGO . NEW YORK PHILADELPHIA BOSTON . Rates to other points on application. Stop-over.s allowed within limits. Good via tlie Great Lakes iu one. ur both directions. Early Sleeper Reservations mean best choice. Vor further particulars write or apply to��������� E. K. REDPATH, C. P. R. Agent, Greenwood. Prop. II. W. Farmer & Co., REAL ESTATE, Rock Creek, B. C. E Mountaineer and Kootenay Standard Cigars. Made by J. C. THEL1N & Co., NELSON. W.F. s Greenwood Minors Union, No. 22, W. ��������� P M��������� niootH every Saturday evening in Union Hull, Copper Htreot, Greenwood, at 7. AIho in hall at Mother Lode mine Friday evenings at 7. LESTER MACKENZIE, Secty. THE LEDGE, GREENWOOD, BRITISH COLUMBIA j B. C, MINING MEWS I The Hope News says "that no matter how alluring the prospects may look iu Hope or on the trail, there is no disguising the fact that in Vancouver skepticism prcyails regarding the gold possibilities ol the Hope-Steamboat district." The free use of the drill and dynamite will soon demonstrate the value of this new excitement in the Cascade range. Hot air and the rosy statements of real estate boosters never make a permanent mining camp. The Hope Nugget says that the Phoenix Smelting Co., has a force of men to work on a group of seven claims that the Phoenix people own at Ladner's Creek, 18 miles up the Coquihalla river. Several prospectors from Por- cupiue, Ontario, have gone to the Steamboat camp. At Merritt the Nicola Valley Coal Co., will install a 840,000 coal washing plant, and mine tipple. Work is being done on the gold strike recently made at the Green Slide, a few miles south of Revelstoke. A 10 stamp mill will be installed in a short time, the lead is 300 feet wide, and has been traced for three miles. There are 14 claims located on this lead divided into three groups. All these groups will be developed this year. In addition to its gold, the ore in this camp carries considerable value in silver, and some platinum. a well known mining expert. Mr. E. R. Armstrong, ot Barkerville, visited the property, that interest in the proposition became general. Mr. Armstrong has spent several days examining the rock and tracing the ledge He has a theory in connection that it is a combination of the Barkerville ledge, where several rich quartz discoveries have been reported of late. COUNTY COURT A sitting of the County Court was held in Greenwood Tuesday, before His Honor, Judge J. It. Brown. Naturalization papers were granted to 13 aliens. F. C. Buckless vs Fritz Cranberg. This was an action for a broken rig. Settled out of court. Spokane Drug Co. vs C. M. Crouse, adjourned to July 10. R. G. Sidley vs Georgo Guise, was settled out of court. The caso of Mike Rukas vs John Anderson was dismissed, each to pay his own costs. A. D. Bloom field and Thomas Henderson vs E. G. Cummings. Judgement for plaintiffs. The counter claim was dismissed without costs. The appeal in the clog case of W. C. H. Wilson vs F. W. Mc- Laine was adjourned until July 10 owing to some of the witnesses having the measles. Peter Turano and Steve Miller will have a speedy trial before Judge Brown on Tuesday June 20. FOUND YEARS AGO Judging from the following taken from the Hopo Nugget gold was found in the Steamboat camp more than DO years ago. The Nugget says: "There is now living in Kaslo, Mr. W..McLachlan, aged 82, who was in Hopo in the employ of the Hudson's Bay Company in 185(5. Though advanced in years he still enjoys health and vigor and looks after a small orchard and garden of his own. "Among his friends of early days was one Alexander McLean, a trapper, who often came to the fort at Hope to sell his furs and renew his supplies. On one occasion, about ISoG, McLean told Mr. McLaehlan that he had found rock containing free gold on a mountain about 40 miles south from the fort and near the Skagit River. He gave Mr. McLaehlan a piece of the rock, which is still in the hitter's possession. "Mr. McLaehlan has often remembered McLean's story of gold but other interests held him, until he felt too old for a long trip into the mountains. Last summer when the news of Stevens and Grcen- walt's discoveries spread round tho province and the name of Steamboat Mountain became familiar, he at once identified the location with TO THE PUBLIC It having been .circulated that all the stores of Greenwood will-be closed every Wednesday afternoon' during the summer months, I wish to give public notice that the Dry Goods and Clothing House of C. F. Stork will not be closed |..at any time this summer only upon legal holidays. I do this for the best interests of the public. '. ��������� - '- Last summer it was agreed by the merchants of Greenwood to close every Wednesday afternoon,' which was observed by C. If. Stork and P ���������W. George, while in some of the other stores there was a man waiting- inside to .turn the key to anyone who might wish to purchase goods, breat complaint was.made by the people working at the mines and smelter and,particularly the farmers who came in to make purchases. Ihe city needs all the business it can get, and I willnot be aniristru- ment to-prevent the farmer and laboring man from getting the accomodation they need whenever they wish. Many stores will not be closed , in Greenwood this summer, on Wednesday afternoons, especially the the Dry Goods Store of yours respectfully, C. F. STORK. /MANUFACTURING JEWELER, ���������".;������������������,.��������� Department in the interior. N ELS0N9J B.G. ANALYSIS OF WATER. the scene of MeLean's find, and his belief has been further strength ened by tlie descriptions of porphy- rilic rock containing free gold. There can bo little doubt he was on Steamboat, Lost Musket or Red Chlorine ��������� 8.14 Sulphuric Acid 36343 Silica 74.29 Lime 84.57 Alkalies as Soda 5.91 Magnesia 232.00 Wthia .S6 Pul pburetted Hydrogen 32.00 Has recently been thoroughly renovated and re-furnislied, and is now the greatest health re- sbrt upon the continent. Natural hot water in baths, 124 degrees of heat. A course ol baths at IIalC3'on will cure nervous and muscular diseases and eliminate rheumatism and nietalic poisons from the system. The water heals liver, 'kidney and stomach complaints. The rates are $2 a day up; or #12 weekly up. PoslofFice, express and telegraph olTices in connection. ARG������ TUNNEL I BOUNDARY MINES I The Granby mines resumed operations on Monday after being shut down for about two weeks. The Granby smelter at' Grand Forks received a supply of eastern coke last week, and blew in six furnaces early this week. A crew of eight men under the ioremanshipof E. Berryman went to work at the McKinley this week. They will sleep in tents until permanent buildings are erected. Quartz at Fort George To the west of Fort George townsite, and only a mile from its boundary, lies a huge body of free-milling gold ore, pronounced by an expert mining man to be the largest body of ore he has ever seen in British Columbia. The first discoverers of the mineral were A. B. Clarke and Chas. Whitmeyer, who staked claims on their discovery last fall, devoting the winter to development work. They sent several samples of the ' ore to reputable assayers in the United States and Canada, receiving assays showing gold values from $8 to $200 per ton. The samples were taken from very near the surface of the ledge but as the depth of the lead increases the higher assays were obtained. Considerable local interest has attached to the discovery, but it was not until a week ago, wl BASEBALL Greenwood is becoming famous for its baseball games, and last Sunday a large and enthusiastic crowd witnessed a game that certainly was leagucy, between Phoenix and the home team. The game was one of the best ever played in British Columbia, Phoenix being beaten by a score of G to 2, Not a tally was made until the fifth innings when Phoenix scored twice on errors���������a two-bagger and two singles. This was the last hit or score made by Phoenix for Charlton tightened up, aud retired the visitors in one, two, three order for the balance of the game. Greenwood made two runs each in the fifth, seventh and eighth innings Mountain, perhaps the first white prospector in that country." THE BOOM IN LONDON The coronation boom in London has climbed to a dizzy height, and the English people are all ready for the excitement next Thursday. A cable to the Province says: The huge stands cover every vacant inch arouud Parliament Square, front every government building and hide every Jchurch, even Westminster Abbey itself, so that little more than the towers and the tops of the' buttresses are visible from the street. All these are complete from floors to roofs. The elaborate annex to the Abbey where the King and Queen will robe and unrobe, is so skilfully devised that it looks almost as L- CUilliam Boyd, Proprietor, fiakyoit, B. fr ������ PHOENIX, B. C. Is opposite the Great Northern depot and is a delightful haven for the weary traveler. Great veins of, hot water- run through the entire house, and bathrooms are al- ways at tho service of those in seareh of material cleanliness. The dining room is an enemy to dyspepsia, while the artistic appointment of the liquid refreshment ��������� makes the drinks go down like eating fruit in a flower garden, The sample rooms are the largest in the monn- tains and a pleasure to drummers with big trunks. JAS. MARSHALL * - PROPRIETOR The Ordinary General Meeting of the Shareholders of the Argo Mining and Tunnel Company Limited, (non-personal liability), of Greenwood, British Columbia, will be held at the Company's Offiice, in Greenwood, on the 24th day of June, 1911, at 8 p. m. Dated this 18th day of May, 1911. OLA LOFSTAD President A. S. BLACK Secretary . though it formed part of the ven- The Phoenix battery, Blair and |erable structure which Edward the Confessor created eight centuries ago. MajestieWhitehall where Charles lost his head, is gay as never be- Mattis, were replaced in the eighth fV^^rnUton and Lang, but it was tooiate to savvr^V'ir bacon. |j _. *"*������������:��������� tue game -.. o*- ... i i to^ate to savvr-.--: ^ OV of the features^ jlaye^ most faultless ball as tlrnS score indicates. All the^Iioundary teams are playing- 'high-class ball this season, and are worthy of a hearty support by the public. The Lixe-TJp Phoenix Blair Mattis Mitchell Perkins Patterson Lang Biuer Curley arn.itl'on P C IB 2B 3B SS CF RF L R. ;TOfr-������.>"-��������� fore, with rows of tall white and gold columns festooned with white and red roses which rise from the beautiful arches of Ontario and New Zealand. The costumeless condition of the allegorical figure which Ontario presents at the top of her arch should forever dispel what remains of English misapprehensions regarding tho severity of Canada's climate. In all 1,G50,000 cubic feet of timber is now piled up into the seats from which their majesties will be cheered by their subjects of every race and color, and every Clarke fire brigade >n London lives in terror lest a chance match should set London aflame and destroy pretty well every historic building that the metropolis holds Greenwood Charlton Quinn Gillis McDonald Clerf Folsome Russell Kind I DELIVERED To any part of the city or district OFFICE at FRED B. HOLMES' .McDONELL, Proprietor ���������i j HAPMLESS BUT HELPFUL No injurious drugs If your dealer does not keep them we will mail you a box (18 po\vders;on roceipt o������ 25c J. L. MATHIEU CO., Prop.., Sherbrooke ESTABLISHED 1817 ... Capital, all paid up, $14,400,000. Rest, $12,000,000. UNDIVIDED PROMTS, S9Cl.789.il. Hon. President: Lord "Strathcona And Mount Royal G C M G President: R. B. Angus, Esq. ��������� . .Vice-Presidentand General Manager: Sir E. S. Clouston, Bart. Branches in London, En?, {^taias!ssl} New York, Chicago Buy and Sell Sterling Exchange and Cable Transfers. Grant Commercial and Travellers' Credits, available in any part of the world. SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT *������*������������������������* aii���������wc<i ������t - .^'," ��������� Current ltutes. Greenwood Branch - C. B. Winter, Mgi\ For making quickly and per? fectly, delicious hot biscuits} hot breads, cake and pastry there is no substitute for CREAM Sixty Year's ihe Standard Made front pure Grape Cream of Tartar No Alum-No Lime Phosphates BnvJi'LT e",lrc,y opposed to Ihe use oi alum in Baking Powders.������-Prq/. Chandler. Columbia Univ. fieagf ike LaheB ������nirwT'.S������.d,T aInn,'b������slc alnmlnmn snlphafe; snlphale oj aluminum, aU mean toe same thlnn- namely.BUIINT ALVMS'-Kansas StateBoardof Shi Living on Ozone. Over iu good old London Fomo people can pay $5,000 for a scat to view the coronation, while others are shy the price of a meal. The following poem touches up a phase ! of life in the world's greatest city: ["The lad was Ukeri ill in the gallery! of a music-hall, where, an attendant stated, boys often faint because they are half-starved."���������Fkom the kki'ORT OF ANINQUKST.] There isn't no dinner for father, And mother she ain't had a bite, The baby is white with starvation, So we're off to the hall to night. There's none of us had any breakfast, Not a crumb that would gladden a mouse; So we've raked up our coppers together, And we're off to the gaff���������second 'orrse. If there isn't a good shirt amongst us, Nor soles to our boots, what's the odds? Thank Gawd, we can still muster tuppence To buy a front seat in the "gods." The world is all dreadful around us' For on. e we'll get out of the strife; No matter if stomachs is empty. 'Ere!���������give us two penn'orth of life! Send your money to the Coast I INVEST AT HOME 1 The value of Orchard Land increases" every Year You cannot lose if you buy Kettle Valley Orchard Land Apply at once to TEMPERANCE is all right if shorn of lumibuggery. Too much water drinking is just . as injurious as too much liquor or anything else. ���������" OUR PURE WINES AND LIQUORS are medicinal if not abused. Fjvery household should have a moderate supply of pure wines or liquors" in the closet for emergency���������either . unexpected visitors or sudden illness, when a drop of pure liquor in time may forestall all necessity for drugs. L������ Gmmwod Eiquor Company, Ttuporfcrc, Greenwood, b. & # ? J P. BURNS &���������,caj * I. zmmmmimmmmmmmmmimiiU Dealers in Fresh and Salt Meats, Fish, and Poultry. Shops in nearly all-the towns of Boundary and* Kootenay. I COPPER STREET, GREENWOOD A One Coming They are always telling jokes about the Irish, but here is one that Tom Walsh neyer heard before: "Mr. Moriarity, who kept-a saloon met Mr. Driscoll, who,was a railway conductor. Say Mr. Moriarity, "Whatdoes it mean when you have a green flag flying- at the tail end of your train, Mr. Driscoll?" "It means that another one is coming," was the answer. The Greenwood Dairy PURE MILK and CREAM A TRIAL SOLICITED LJ W. JENKS, Prop. '���������J A system of electric signalling for in inert to give alarm' of lire or other mishap operated by a hand driven generator, lias been perfected. The next day Mr. Moriarity was seen pushing a baby-perambulator up the street with two green flags flying behind. Tho Du Beers Company has donated $125,000 towards tho founding of a Soutli African University. Kentucky prod ucs more tobacco each year than any othor State in the Union. \ It is estimated that on au average each penny in circulation changes hands eleven times a week. A New York school teacher, whoso salary is $1,425 a year, test- lies that ho owes $129,882. __ Leaves Greenwood Daily at 3 p. m. ��������� g Arrives Greenwood Daily at 10 a.m. =������ H GREENWOOD OFFICE - L. L. MATTHEWS' CIGAR STORE ~| | H. M. LAING, PROPRIETOR ������ ������ The Best Arranged Cigar Factory S at the Coast, where the " B.C., Old Sports arid the Famous (Clear Havanas) jBKILLIANTES: nre turned out in larger quantities than ever. SOLD AM, OVER PROVINCE _ Made by WILBEEG & WOLZ | New Westminster, B.O. a Get your Razors Honed \ and your Baths at Frawley's Barber . . Shop, Greenwood, hi hi I I ���������wsl 1l ii i i iV;
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