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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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THE LEDGE THE OLDEST^MINING CAMP NEWSPAPER IN BRITISH COLUMBIA ������:v>^__K'J_RI>'"T^ flaI*V ���;,;���...,:������). o7? '^���^���^'^S^^m HS.-Q���tfW HA-Wig Vol. XX. GREENWOOD, B. C, THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1914 Wallpapers For Spring New Stock Now In INSPECTION INVITED JOHN L. OOLES Books, Stationery, Mats, Wallpapei, Etc. G. A. RENDELL DRY GOODS. BOQTS A SHOES. PHONE 17 NEW GOODS FOR VICTORIA DAY A splendid assortment of LADIES BLOUSES in Lawns, Voiles and Crepes, CHILDRENS STRAW HATS GREENWOOD, B. C. Greenwood's Big Furniture Store We handle a line which are made on the best scientific principles and are^ guaranteed to give satisfaction, fericies*iangeJrotn $14.50 to $28,010.; -,1r ���,���.,>�����->. T. M GULLBY & Co. Opposite Postoffice. GREENWOOD, B. C. Phone 27 ��0��00��OOC^����00������CK>0000000000��0000000������0��0��0��00000<>�� The Greenwood Grocery FOR PICNICS Peek Trean's Biscuits Welch Crape Juice Montserrat Lime Fruit Juice Eiffel tower Lemonade Powder Lee & Bryan Phone 46. if 800* 0000<XXXKX>0��0<>0<X>0<_K><_KK><.^ WALTER G. KENNEDY! GREENWOOD, B. C. I _==____=____=______=-_^^ I WHOLESALE AND RETAIL i A Full Stock of First Class Pipes. Pipe Repairs a Specialty. Oh! You Fly -We Have- Screen Doors, Screen Windows Screen Wire Cloth FLY SWATTERS TENTS 60 inch and 72 inch Canvas A. L��; WHITE PHONE 16 New and Second Hand =*. Layer Cakes 35, 40, 50 and 60cts. William C, Arthurs THE BREAD & CAKE BAKER Vienna Bakery. Greenwood ^-S?5S?3^-^-^SS^5S?5^i^^7^5-^ I Around Home i ��-_5��5-��-��-_5-_5-_5__5-^_^��^�� DRESSMAKING MISS DREVEF Rooms in Miller Blk. over Drag store. JEWELRY NEEDS FIXING? You have come to headquarters for having it put in order again. Whatever may be required we assure you OUR JEWELRY REPAIRING will give entire satisfaction. We put in repair a watch of any make or repair and make good as new your pins, chains, bracelets or any other article of jewelry. A. LOGAN & Co. GREENWOOD. - B. C. WANTS. Etc Eggs For Hatching ANCONAS, "WHITS WYANDOTTES From prize winning birds at Provincial and all local shows. $2.00 per 15. $5 per 50. RICHARD V. RAMSDEN, Box 995, Nelson, B. C. Single Comb White Leghorns Ems For Hatching Prize winners Greenwood Fall Fair 1913-13. These settings are frC/nruirds of a good laying strain, and any infertile eggs will be replaced. Al'< orders promp- ly filled until the end of May. Two dollars per setting of thirteen. F. H. HUTT, Mother Lode Mine. Greenwood, B.C. Notice All persons indebted to the late Thos. Edwards are asked to pay same to Wm. George for the benefit of deceased invalid sister. Corporation of tbe City of Gieenwoo- NOTICB is hereby given that the first sitting of the Court of Revision of the Assessment Roll for the City of Greenwood for the year 1914 will be held in the Council Chamber. City Hall, on Monday, the iSth day of June, at 7 o'clock p-m. Persons desiring to make complaint agunst the Assessment must give notice, in writing, at least ten (10) dear days before the said date, to the City Clerk. Dated at Greenwood, B.C, this 5th day of May, 1914. O. B.TAY1X)R, City Clerk. Don't throw away that broken pipe, send it to Kennedy's lor repairs. Sunday chicken dinners are a specialty at Hanson's Hotel in Rock Creek. For Salb or Bent���My lot and house, furnished or unfurnished, on Copper street Wm. lakeland, Greenwood. See those Horuung spoons at Kennedy's; they're still the most fashionable thing in Trout circles. Charles Russell is agent for the Dunlop tires in Greenwood. Take a joy ride to Rock Creek on Sunday, and try one of Hanson's famous chicken dinners. Nothing beats it this far west. For Sale Eggs For Hatching From My Great Laying Pen of S. C. White Leghorns|-.00 per setting. Barred Rock Eggs from my big winners and heavy winter layers, $3.00 per sitting. F.J. HARBINSON, Phoenix, B.C TENDERS WANTED ComPORATIOM 09 -HB CITY OP GREKW- WOOD. Tenders will be received by the Municipal Council, for the construction of cement sidewalk, 435 feet, more or less in block 7, Copper street, commencing at lot 30, and continuing north to the end of block; also retaining walls where necessary. Tenders to state price per lineal foot of sidewalk, and price per yard for retaining walls. Tenders to be in not later than June isL Q. B. TAYLOR City Clerk. Pastubagb.���I want horses to pasture at 12 a month. Enclosed pasture ample range, bunch grass and plenty of water. Close to main road at Boundary Falls. Phone, call or write, J. C. Cruse. Boundary Falls. F. F. Ketchum, of Beaverdell, is in the city. The bachelors will give a ball in Phoenix, June 4. John Sakiliuk, an Austrian, died in the hospital on Sunday aged 32 years. R. A. Brown was in town on Monday, doing business with the B. C. Copper Co: Last Sunday the train headquarters were moved from Beaverdell to the Summit. Calgary oil stock peddlers are getting ready to raid the Boundary in search of fools. Jim Dale is in town. He states that the 40 residents of Carmi are all busy and happy, One of the seven wonders of the world is how a certain Greenwood gossip remembers it all. It is expected that the first train will be run in August between Midway and Penticton. The undersigned will not be responsible for any debts incurred by Bertha Mace. Ed. Mace, Midway.. ' '��� Isaac Crawford, wife and family of Carmi, autoed into town on Tuesday and remained a couple of hours. ' Garland Blair, editor of the Republic News-Miner, was killed last week in an automobile accident at Republic. W. E. Finch died in Spokane this month, Last year under bond he worked the Idaho*Almo group of mines in the Slocan. Twenty mining students from McGill college, arrived in the Boundary last week to look at practical mining -and smelting for a day"or;twdr^.'^rH^v--'-:'":':'v The Misses Munro and Miss Reid, of Grand Forks, were the guest of Miss McArthur for the week end. Miss Reid is staying a few days longer. Dentistry. ���Dr. Guy, of Grand Fork, will be in Greenwood from June 8 to about June 17, prepared to do all kinds of dentistry. Office at Pacific hotel, Hon. Thos. Tavlor and probably Hon. Dr. Young will be in the Boundary about June 1st and will take a tour of inspection in company With J. R. Jackson, M.P.P. Jim Marshall caught a fish in Kootenay lake the other day that weighed ten pounds. Little wonder that the guests of the Hotel Strathcona have fresh fish every day. Wm. Thomlinson. of New Denver, has received an appointment from the Dominion Government, to secure specimens of B. C. minerals for the Panama Exposition at San Francisco next year. On Copper Mountain near Princeton, the Star says that the B. C. Copper Co. has .1,000,- 000 tons of ore blocked, and two more diamond drills will be put to work, to speedily bring the positive ore up to 20,000,000 tons. At the Star Theatre on Thursday and Friday will be shown "Within the Enemy's Lines," a ciyil war drama in two parts showing a happy party made possible by a boy's heroism. On Saturday and Monday "The Stolen Legacy" an intensely dramatic highly sensational two part subject illustrating the old adage that���ill gotten gains bring no lasting happiness, also two wonderful fea+ure films. It is expected that there will be a large attendance at the recital to be given by Belle Rose Emslie on Friday, May 29th, under the auspices of the Ladies Aid of the Presbyterian church. Of this accomplished entertainer the Quebec Chronicle says: "Belle Rose Emslie scored a great success and after each selection was loudly applauded and encored. Her character sketches were wonderfully clever and the audience could hare kept Iter reciting 1 half the night" Will Run Daily Trains The whole Boundary country was thoroughly roused when it became known that the C. P. R. intended to run mail and passenger trains only three times a week instead of daily. Public indignation meetings were held in ah the towns in the Boundary and telegrams of protest were sent to the powers that be. On Friday night delegates from the various towns, representing 10,000 people met in Greenwood and expressed their feelings regarding the injustice the C. P. R. would do this district and a strongly worded telegram was sent to the Railway Commission requesting a hearing, in the meantime, J. R, Jackson, M.P.P. has been busy. On the 21st inst. he sent the following telegram;��� F. W. Peters Esq., General Supt. C.P.R, Vancouver, B.C. Am informed Boundary' train plying between Nelson and Midway is to be upon change of Time Table run tri-weekly; as the representative of this district and knowing the feelings and conditions that maintain, this would be one of the greatest drawbacks that could happen if this change were placed in effect. John R. Jackson, m.p.p. Two days afterwards Mr. Jackson received the following reply: Mr. J. R. Jackson, Midway Your message twenty-first our new Time Table which is in Printer's hands, provides for daily train, as formerly. If the volume of traffic will justify our maintaining that service, we will do so. Rifle Association. A well attend&dHani ehthusias- tic meeting of the Greenwood Civilian Rifle Association was held in the Court Houses on Friday evening, May 22nd, for the purpose of making arrangements for tbe seasons shooting. The Sec-Tras., G. S. Walters, showed that the association was in splendid shape financially and otherwise and all look forward to a yery successful season. It was decided to use the Mother Lode range which belongs to the association. The following officers were elected for the current year: G. B. Garrett, Capt. A, Logan, 1st Lieut. A. Morrison, 2nd Lieut. O. R. Matthews, Secy-Treas. Matrimonial No. 46 A quiet wedding took place at Christ Church today, the contracting parties being Miss Edith Francis, of Devonshire, England, and Mr. Thomas J. Jenkin, Master Mechanic at the B. C. Copper Co.'s smelter, Greenwood. Misses Muriel and Vera Redpath acted as maids of honor, the ceremony being performed by the Rev. P. C. Hayman, rector ot Christ Church. The bride wore a handsome travelling gown of mauve broadcloth with hat to match. The wedding march was played by Mrs. Hayman. After the ceremony the party drove to the residence of Mr. E, R. Redpath, Columbia, where a wedding lunch was served, the dining room being tastefully decorated with roses and lilacs. The happy couple leave on the noon train on an extended honeymoon to Vancouver and other coast cities, followed by the good wishes of their many Greenwood and Grand Forks friends. ���Grand Forks Gazette. For Sals���Second-handspring wagon at Kinney's. Western Float] Be sure and put out your camp- fire. Mexico was a nation 5,000 years ago. Prospectors are becoming Bcarce in B.C. Revelstoke will soon have more cement sidewalks. ��� Billy McKay is now manager of .he hotel at Waldo. Prince Rupert expects to become a great mining centre. There will be a big honey crop around Chilliwack this year. During April there were 13 cases before the police court in Kelowna. In Fernie the alderman get $5 for every council meeting they attend. At Pingston Creek on Arrow lake, 50 men are working at tbe sawmill. Ed Williams died in Hedley from injuries received in a mine accident. In High River a Chinaman was fined $1 for riding a bicycle on tbe sidewalk. A burglar recently entered a barber shop in Merritt and stole three razors. The Okanagan hotel in Armstrong has been sold to M. Mul? ligan ol Vernon. The creek at Penticton recently overflowed its banks and caused considerable damage. The new Dominion National park at Mount Revelstoke, has an area of 95 square miles. A factory has been established in Rossland for making concrete work, and coment walks. A new wagon road will be built between Agassiz and Hope Station, on the north shore of the Fraser. The are 38,200 Hindus, Japs and Chinamen in B.C. The total population of this province is 460,- 000. An eight foot vein of copper has been struck on the Discovery claim, eight' mile, from Spence's Bridge __. _.:-._-... There is some talk of a smelter being built at Revelstoke. That town had a smelter more than 20 years ago. Vancouver is almost in the cent belt. It has'a two cent paper, but beer has not yet fallen to three cents a shot. At Hazelton, Wm. Kerr has increased the size of his pack train by bringing in a carload of horses from Chilliwack. George Orrooki will be hung at Kamloops on July 31, for killing Harry Porter at South Fort George last Christmas Eve. A report from Three Forks says that Hugh Niven is married again, and running an auto stage between' two good towns on the prairies. A bear and three cubs were recently seen one night on a back street,_ in -Revelstoke Thought there was no one in town, perhaps. A lodge of Chinese Masons in Calgary is suing the chief of police in that city for $1,000. The chief raided the lodge thinking that it was a gambling joint. F. E. Young the proprietor of the Kamloops Standard died a few days ago. He was cleaning a rifle when an accidental discharge of the gun caused his death. It is reported that signs of petroleum have been found about 12 miles from Merritt. From now on signs of oil will be fonnd in nearly all districts of the west. The McLaren Lumber Co. will treble the size of their sawmill near Coleman so that it will cut 20,000,000 feet a year. This company owns 181 square miles of timber limits. Afe the Clinton assizes, Ben Blakelywas found not guilty of murdering Archie Theverge at Bridge Biver five years ago. It was proved that he killed Archie in self-defense. The merchant who sends out of town for his job printing never gets a dollar of his back. If his customers did the same thing for their goods he would not need any store or job printing in a short time- There are 2,100 people in Trail, and 1,342 can talk Irish, Scotch, English, Canadian and American. When the writer first saw Trail it contained two houses, and Bill Hanna cooked breakfast for our party. We have never forgotten Bill and that breakfast. A big shoal of suckers are running wild in Alberta, and the oil stock sharks are getting fatter every day. Hie fool and his money are soon divorced. Seventeen years ago in Toronto tlie suck- ers grabbed Scesland wild-art stocks in the same way. and they have not yet quit cursing B.C Scenery is the greatest asset ��� f B. C. This province has 20 tin:- ����� as much scenery as Switzerland, and the Swiss gets millions of dollars a year from it. One Sw's town called Lucerne has a population of 20,000, and is visited annually by 300,000 tourists. -,N*-* Denver is the embryo Lucerne ��_-f America, but needs advertising. Owing to the distressing inabil ifey of the Lord to understand 11m King's English, a number of th- Welsh residents of Phoenix have decided that it is about time i<> remedy the state of affairs. They are seriously considering the advisability of importing a preach cr from the old land, one well-versed in all the hoary lore and vernacular of the ancient principality. In addition to bis other duties as> High Priest and Heavenly Interpreter he will be expected to follow ont the customs in vogue in the Sunday Schools of Wales, and instruct the younger generation of the colony in the doubtful advantages of a thoroughly useless, time- expired and impossible tongue. New Brothers. The following is-a list of those who were naturalized at the last sitting of the County Court: T. Barly, E. G. Sparks, F.. Carlson, R. Mitchell, E. DeEusto, V. Zuette E. Dedyar, M. Stone, F. Johnson, S. Funno, O. D. Divato, P Franche, L. Horer, M. Chapplin, M. Anderson, E. G. Berg, A. E. Strand, P. E. Strand, J. Sopel. Taking Her Pick The following was told at a smoker recently, and it is not so bad, either: The narrator told of another little feed he once attended, where eight men were sent home in one hack; and the driver simply rang the door bell and when a feminine voice called from an upper window. j^^P is .there?" The driver replied, "Missus will ^ yon be so kind as to come down and pick out your baby." Enormous Lifting Power The shelless limpet pulls 1,98- times its own weight when in the air and about double when measured in the water. Fleas pull 1,493 times their own dead weight. The Mediterranean cockle, Venus verrucosa, can exert a pulling power equal to 2,071 times the weight of its own body. So great is the power possessed by the oyster that to open it a force equal to 1,319.5 times the weight of its shelless body is required. If the human being possessed strength as great in proportion as that of these shellfish the average man would be able to lift the enormous weight of 2,976,000 pounds, pulling in the same proportionate degree as the cockle he would sustain a weight of no less than 3,106,500 pound. It Certainly Would "How's business with yon?" asked the umbrella dealer. "Oh," replied the grocer, ,"I manage to hold my own." "That's good," rejoined the umbrella dealer; "but if everybody did that it would ruin my business" W. G. Kennedy will give a fine case pipe or a first-class fishing rod to the angler taking the heaviest trout from Boundary Creek from 1st May to 1st July. HALF HOLIDAY! The leading merchants of Greenwood will close on Wed n e s d a y after- j noons during'the months of May, June, July, August and September, When pay-day comes on Wednesday the 10th of the month, they will close on Tuesday instead THE LEDGE, GREENWOOD, BRITISH COLUMBIA. ���THE .^EDGE R. T. LOWERY EDITOR AND FINANCIER. 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 mine 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, always in advance. A blue mark here indicates that your Subscription has Decome deceased, and that the editor would once more like to commune with your collateral, GREENWOOD, MAY 28, 1914. The Oil Stock Mania. The air in Calgary must be conducive to lunacy, judging from the mad way in which denizens of that old cow camp are grabbing at the stock certificates of oil companies, like a shoal of trout jumping at the gilded hook. Without reason and crazy with avarice the suckers of Calgary have enriched the stock sharks in a week, It is the old game of appealing to a man's cupidity,-and getting his money with despatch and dexterity. The oil stock game in Calgary is worse that playing the wheel or bucking the tiger. It is one to ten thousand chance. Oil has evidentally been struck in Alberta, but the entire formation in that province cannot be soaked in oil to the roots. One good well does not make an oil field, any more than one robin makes a spring, one swallow a drunk, or one goose a feast for the multitude. The oil industry is just beginning in Western Canada, and the game is new to the people. They will have to live learn and pay for their experience. It is quite likely that hundreds of dry holes will be struck, and hundreds of companies go flewey before the good spots of the oil field are located. On the other hand if every well struck oil the price of the product would fall so low that the profit would be gone. Hence the frenzied greed of the Calgary multitude for oil stocks closely resembles the tertiary stage of advanced lunacy. Financial starvation will cure this malady in time, Owing to the overproduction in the Oklahoma district, the price of crude oil in eastern Canada, has dropped 30 cents a barrel within a month. The development of a lucrative oil field in the west means more wealth and prosperity to the entire Dominion, even if the foundation of that wealth is jBemented with the tears of those, who snatched indiscriminately every oil stock certificate that was flashed before the windows of their greedy -souls. To a certain extent oil was first discovered by accident at Oil Springs, Ontario, in I860, The oil field only consisted of 500 acres, and since its discovery has produced more oil than any other field of similar size in the world* For miles around this oil deposit not a drop of oil could be found, and fortunes were spent in dry holes. Later another deposit was found at Petrolia, seven miles away. There were many ups and'downs in Oil Springs, The oil at first became so plentiful that the price dropped from $20 to five cents a barrel. At one time oil was gushing from 36 flowing wells. Seven millions of barrels ran down Black creek, and were lost. One man refused $400,000 for 200 acres. In the early days of the Oil Springs field only- one man left the camp with any money. The boom was over in 1866, and the towi^ was dead for 16 years. Five thousand hied to other scenes, 20 hotels stood empty, and the few who remained lived on hope, hoop timber, swamp whiskey and potatoes. History is constantly being repeated. At one time we knew something about oil, having visited several oil fields, inspected seven thou** ���and wells, drilled nine dry holes, witnessed five boiler explosions, held the nitroglycerine shell for the shooter, and slipped her out a link when the driller fell off the the wrench���block, We have blazed trails for the wildcatter, plugged dusters, watched the gushers ebb and flow, and skinned B.S. from many a tank. All this is Dutch to tbe tenderfoot who never stood in a drilling rig and had his clothes spattered with mush from the bailer. However to briefen a long cable we might say that our career amid the oil wells, was wonderfully checquered, but entirely devoid of ennui. We got a Mexican stand-off. We lost our money but saved our life. Thinking Themes In matters of higher life the laws that govern lower things undergo a curious reversal. Drummond and Butler before him, had much to say about tbe analogies between natural law and spiritual law. But the contrast are sometimes as vivid as their similiarities. For instance, Pittacus says, the half iB better _, than the whole. When one possesses the whole there is nothing more to be desired; but desire is the measurement of enjoyment; hence a man without desire is necessarily unhappy." It is well known that one feels better always to rise from the table not quiet sated. When Socrates was asked, ''What is virtue?" he replied, (<Ne quid nimis���nob too much of anything." Among souls the half is always more than the whole. This is worth thinking over. When the Roman emperor had his triumphant procession he was accompanied by a slave, who said to him, every time the populace burst into applause, "Hbminen te esse memento- Remember you are human." A like story is told of a Greek ruler. Similarly when the Roman high priest went to be crowned he was preceded by a man who three times burnt some tow upon the end of a stick, and showing it smoking to the pontiff, cried to him, "Sic transit gloria mund���So passes tbe glory of this earth.���Dr. Frank Orane. A Lively Snag The audience which beard tbe Rev. W. W. Bustard, John D. Rockefeller's Cleveland pastor, address the Christian Endeavor Convention, was amused by the story on the richest man. "While riding in a motor car with Mr. Rockefeller recently, some miles from Cleveland," said Dr. Bustard, "we were about to pass a little barefoot girl plodding along through tbe dust, when Mr. Rockefeller ordered the chauffeur to halt the car. Then he invited her to step up on the running board, and asked her where she wonld like to have the car stopped. The little girl said Bhe wanted to get off at the second cross roads, and asked how far we were going. "Oh, we're going to heaven," Mr.|Rockefeller answered. "The little girl was surprised, as many people are when he says that. Then he asked: Don,t you think we'll get there? "No, said the little girl. " 'And why not?' persisted Mr. Rockefeller. " 'I don't think you have enough gasoline,' " she said.���Cleveland Press. Gratitude Galore What's this one hour's over* time, Bill?" said the master of the mill, when settling up his wages on Saturday morning. "No one worked overtime last week that I know of." "It's quiet right, gov'nor j one hoar." answered Bill, passing a horny hand across his mouth. "When was it then?" queried the master, suspiciously. "Last Thursday." "Why last Thursday I sent you up to my house to help shake the carpets. And I know you got off at six sharp." "True, boss; but your missus gave me 'arf a meat-pie to take home, and that there hour is for canyin' the dish back." Mrs, Church���Are your children being brought up to help themselves? Mrs. Gotham���Are they? Why, I can't keep a particle of jam in the house more than a day'��� Yonkers Statesman. SPRING SUITS MADE TO YOUR MEASURE Now is the Time to Order Your NEW SUIT We Have Them in All The Latest Weaves And Colors SATISFACTION GUARANTEED W.Elson&Co ShilohXE* Tbe fimrilr remedy fc- Coottm ��__ CoJd�� -gh_loJ_ costs ��o Etfle aad decs ao mat-.!* In the Morning "Touchin' on and apperta.nin' to faro bank poetry," said the pioneer Arizona mining man, "I was in Arizona about five years ago when they passed the anti- gainbling bill there A local scribe commemorated the occasion with a parody on Kipling's 'Danny Deever.' It went this way: "Why is the sheriff moochin' round?" says Arizona Red. "To close us up. To close us up," the faro-dealer said. "Why don't you let tne call the turn?" says Arizona Red. "It's after twelve, and April's here," the faro dealer said. "For council's passed a measure an' Kib- bey's signed the bill Which makes our road a rocky one, an' crooked an' up-hill. So I'm hiking toward Nevada, where a man can sport his fill. An' I'll pull my freight for Goldfield in the mornin'." "Why don't the croupier spin the ball?" says Arizona Red. "He up agin the statute too," the faro- dealer said. "What can I do with these here chips?" says Arizona Red. "Why, nothin' only cash 'em in," the faro-dealer said. "For clear-up the bar-room wall the skid- doo sign is writ��� . It's twenty-three an' down an' out���the sports have got to quit, An' them that hasn't got a roll will have to hit the grit, So my ticket's bought for Goldfield in the mornin1 "The crap an' monte games is still," says Arizona Red. "They've got to be. They've got to be," the faro-dealer said. "They're packin' up the cards an, dice," says Arizona Red. "They'll come in handy 'cross the line," the faro dealer said. "But here the boys won't have no use for all their tools and traps; It's 'gin the statute to deal bank or make a pass at craps; An' the sports have all got Arizony coppered on their maps. So it's me away for Goldfield in the mornin'." "Well, certain poker ain't cut out?" says Arizona Red. "As sure as three will beat two pair," the faro-dealer said. "Then what the devil can we do?" says Arizona Red. "Go play old maid with Charlie's Aunt," the faro-nealer said. "You're up agin' the real thing now; the old-time game is done, Au' for your hard earned money, you'll' never get a run, You'll have to take to solitaire an' suchlike games, my son, So, your uncle for the Goldfields in the mornin'." Can Man Live Without Salt. Most people are in the habit of looking upon the articles of our accustomed diet,^ and" especially upon salt, as necessities. We have not found them so. The longer you go_��withoutj;grain* foods and vegetables the, less yon long for them. Salt I nave found to_behave like narcotic poison���iniOther words it is]hard to break^off its_use, as it is hard to stop the_use ^of tobacco, but after you have been a month or so without salt, you ^ cease to long for it, and after six months I have found the taste of meat boiled in salt water distinctly disagreeable. In the case of such an necessary element of food asjfat,;on the other hand, I have found that the longer you are without it [the more you long for it, until the craving becomes more intense than the hunger of a man who fasts. (The symptoms of starvation are those of a disease rather than of being hungry). Among uncivilized Eskimos the dislike of salt is so strong^tbat a saltiness imperceptible to me would prevent them from eating at all. This circumstance was ofteo useful to me, for whenever our Eskimo visitors threatened to eat us out of house and home we could put in a little pinch of salt and thus husband our resources without seeming inhospitable. A man who tasted anything salty at our table would quickly bethink him that he had plenty of more palatable fare in his own house.��� Seefansson, the explorer, in Harper's. *.:K��.;��*._��_��...._.._,*JK'.;��^ Windsor Hotel Standing by the entrance of a large estate in the suburbs of Dublin are two huge dogs carved out oi granite. An Englishman going by in hack thought he would have some fun with the Irish driver. ���'How often, Jack, do they feed those two big dogs?" "Whenever they bark, sir," was the straight-faced reply. Executioner Sets Fashions THOROUGHLY RENOVATED AND SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR COMMERCIAL TRADE THE WINDSOR HOTEL is one of the Dest 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 by Electricity Commodious sample rooms. The bar is replete with all modern beverages and the meals are the best. Rooms reserved by telegraph. S T X X X X X X X X X X ? X ? -An In England fashions have been killed at executions, but in France over a century ago fashions in men's attire Was set by Sanson, the public executioner. Sanson, who had high ideas of dignity of his office, was famous for the richness of his attire when officiating on ihe the scaffold. Just^before the Rev- olution'be was forbidden to wear blue, the nobleman's color, and by the way of protest he made himself even more georgeous. He took to"green,rand that color, as weH"!ras the rpeculiar*'cut of his clothes, was'adapted by many of theryonng"dandies ofO-he Court.��� London Chronicle. The Midway Store for Quality Goods SHOES AT RIGHT PRICES FARMING IMPLEMENTS of the Latest kinds and best quality Gasoline, Machine Oil, Hardware, Etc. JAS. G. McMYNN, MIDWAY, B. C K'lPjfarjPK'if'jS'jPiPiPirifiPH'irjp tf#ifififirifif#'*rx'ifififififif STAY AT: Cbe Strathcona Hotel WHEN IN NELSON Under new management, JAMES MARSHALL. Prop. Nelson's best located and most popular hotel. Rooms with, private baths, steam heat in every room. Commercial Rates Given. 7 Best Sample Rooms in Nelson. Best attention given to tourist and Family Trade. fc % fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc ***************** *,*,*,*,ir*'ir*,jriPirir*,*,*��irir Hotel Brooklyn The Only First Class and Up-to/Date Hotel in Phoenix, New from cellar to roof. Best Sample rooms in the Boundary, Opposite Great Northern Depot. XX Modern Bathrooms STEAM HEATED, ELECTRIC LIGHTED $._~x��:��x��X":^:~_��X"X��x<��.~x��;^^^ Cbe fiumc Bote! nelson, !$��������� The only up4o^date Hotel in the interior, in every respect, First-class CENTRALLY LOCATED Hot and Cold Water; Steam Heat and Telephone in each room. ROOMS WITH PRIVATE BATHS. CUISINE AND SERVICE THE BEST First Class Bar and Barbar Shop 15 FREE SAM RLE ROOMS Steam Heated; Electric lighted. RATES $1.00 per day and up; European Plan. Bus Meets all Trains and Boats. * 3*** .fc��f.**��f��M******+ ******��fr ***s WESTERN - - HOTELS. NEWMARKET HOTEL Is the home for all tourists and millionaires visiting New Den- ver, British Colum'bia. A. JACOBSON, Proprietor. THIS PROVINCE HOXEt, Grand Forks, B.C., is in the centre ot the city, and furnishes the public ���with' every accommodation at reasonable rates. Emil Lars.-, Proprietor, TBE KASI-O HOTEL Kaslo, B. C��� is a comfortable home for ali who travel to that city, J. W. COCKLE, Prop. ARLINGTON HOTEL Trail, B. C���This hotel has been thoroughly renovated. It is heated by steam, and has hot and cold water in all rooms. A pleasant home for all who travel. JAMES WILLIAMSON, Proprietor TREMONT HOUSE Nelson, B. C, is run on the American and European plan. Steam heated rooms. All white labor. Special attention paid to dining rt. im. Rangomo & Gainjittell. Props. I.KIDESVJJ.I.E_- HOTEL,.. __,_..._,_,._,___ Bridesville, B. C. This hotel is within easy reach of all the leading Boundary towns and the centre of a fine farming district. THOMAS WALSH, Proprietor. O, D, Bush, Prop, Phoenix, B, C THE SIMILKAMEEN HOTEL Princeton. This hotel Is new, comfortable well-furnished, and is close to t_e railway depot. Modern accommodation and sample rooms. SUMMERS & WAHDLE. Proprietors EXCHANGE HOTEL Sandon. The largest liotel in Sandon. Large and pleasant rooms. Dining room and restaurant, Wines, Liquors, and Cigars. A comfortable hotel for miners and travellers. THOMPSON & HOLTEN . Proprietors RIVERSIDE HOTEL Rock Creek, B. C. This is one of the oldest hotels in the Kettle Valley. Excellent accommodation for all travellers. S. T. LAKSEN. Proprietor. ALGOMA'HOTEL Deadwood, B. C. This hotel is within easy distance of Greenwood and provides a comfortable home for travellers. The bar has the best of wines, liquors and cigars. JAMES HENDERSON Pro rieto TULAMEEN HOTEL Princeton, B. C, is the headquarters for miners, investors and railroad men. A fine location and everything first-class KIRKPATRICK ft MALONE, Proprietors. EXCHANGE HOTEL KASL�� Plenty of first class rooms, and a scenic balcony, Everything new and cheerful about the house, The dining room is in charge of one of the most noted chefs in the Kootenay. Friends tourists and strangers always welcome, ALLEN & MCQUISTON Proprietors) ROCK CREEK HOTEL Rock Creek, B. C. This hotel is situated on historic ground, and has tasty meals and excellent rooms. T. R. HANSON, Proprietor. QUEEN'S HOTEL, .___,_.____3__srK,-,-.B.i.o._._:__- The Newest and Largest Hotel in the City. Everything neat, clean and comfortable. Steam heat and electric light. Meals and drinks at all hoars. HARM. & WALSH - - Props. ON PAR.UE FRANCAIS NATIONAL HOTEL GREENWOOD, B. C, The Really Best House in the Boundary. Recently Remodelled and Strictly Up-to-Date. Restaurant in connection OWEN BOYER ��� PROP Tbe Enob Hill Hotel PHOENIX. } One of the largest hotels in ____z_ the city. Beautiful location, I fine rooms and tasty meals.; A. O. JOHNSON PROP. ������������ Che Rale yon Sanitarium ANALYSIS OF WATER. Chlorine 8.14 Sulphuric Acid.... 363.43 Silica 74-29 Lime... 84.57 Alkalies as Soda 5.91 Magnesia 232.00 Lithia , .86 Sulphuretted Hydrogen 32.00 Has recently been thoroughly renovated and re-furnished, and is now the greatest health resort upon the continent. Natural hot water in baths, 124 degrees of heat A course of baths at Halcyon will core nervous and muscular diseases and eliminate rheumatism and metalic poisons from the system. The water heals liver, kidney and stomach complaints. Hie rates are $2 a day np; or f 12 weekly np. Postoffice, express and telegraph offices in connection. i tUillian Boyd, Proprietor, Iwlcyon, B. ���. ���."I fii_r I )__ ��� i i\ l" ; ������ ''P. v'' '-'7.1,' "��� ?^^y?^i^;?"I_S������$ir*^ ( ...v.i^ivv.J'SiM__ THE LEDGE, GREENWOOD, BRITISH COLUMBIA. The reproducing pointof the new Edison Cylinder Phonograph is a diamond It was appropriate that when Mr. Edison was seeking the utmost perfection in sound reproduction he should find that this power lay in the diamond. He discovered it in the course of more than 2,500 experiments, always looking toward rarer sweetness, mellower, stronger tone. He has equipped every new Edison Phonograph with a diamond-point reproducer. When this marvelous./ impervious tip rests upon the surface of the unbreakable Blue Amberol Record, the heavier pressure can produce but one result���wonderfully increased volume combined with rarer sweetness. Hear a Blue Amberol at your Edison dealer's today. T. 0. GUNDERSON Contractor and Builder ���DEAMSR IN��� Doors, Windows, Sash. Death Not so Bad All kinds of carpenter work neatly done. Box 127 - - Greenwool I40rt_% Ediaon Amberola I HupUffloocUPdnt reproducer, double spring molar, worm ge��r drive and autonuiic stop. Betu- tjniUy designed in mahogany. Circassian walnut and oak. A complete line of Edison Phonographs and Records will be found at TM. Gulley @�� Co. GREENWOOD,B.C. ^^^i^^^<^^^4S&^MS^��^��^��^^^S^^<&^&4^^H^ w P. BtfRNS & CO. Dealers in Fresh and Salt Meats, Fish and Poultry. Shops in nearly all the towns of the Boundary and Kootenay. 1[ COPPER STREET, GREENWOOD, B.C. Don't Be HOODWINKED WE NEVER CHANGE BRANDS _ir ��� Vs ' ARE A 1 QUALITY ThelBRILLIANTES Are the Best Clear Havanas In Canada Made by Union Labor in the best Hygienic Factory ia the country. Call for them and get -value for your money instead of rope WILBERG & WOLZ, Prop. B.C. Cigar Factory, Mew Westminster, B. C SMOKE.... Imperator and Kootenay Standard Cigars. Made bv J. C. THELIN & CO., NELSON. FRED A. STARKEY, NEI/SON, B. C. MINING BROKER PROSPECTS BOUGHT AND SOLD ���^_��3_5^S*^55N5i^����5_��iSg_=^^ '��������������������������f ������������.���t��M0������������������*��0*��*��*����*����������*��M��4 TEMPERANCE is all right if shorn of liumbuggery. 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. Every 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. % Greenwood Liquor company. Importers, Greenwood, B. 0. I Greenwood to Phoenix Stage J B Leaves Greenwood Daily at 3 p. m. =3 B\ Arrives Greenwood Daily at 10 a. m. =3 CT GREENWOOD OFFICE CLUB CIGAR STORE __S g JOHN FULLER . * * * PROPRIETOR |j ^iaaiiiiiiiiaiiiiiiiiaiiiaaiiiiiaiaiiiiuiiiiaaiiiiimiiiuiiii IN GRAND FORKS I deal in Second-hand goods and have the largest sign in B.C. I buy or sell anything from a needle to a carload. ED. PECKHAM The Brimstone-preaching minister had been called upon to preach before a congregation known for their liberal views, and con- seqnently careless ways of living. Sounding a warning which he thought would strike home the minister said: "Hell, my friends, is lined with poker players, men and women who drink to excess, painted daughters of Jezebel, women in decollete gowns, divorces and the like." At that point a little red faced man with a high pitched piccolo voice, arose in the rear of the room and piped out: "Oh, death, where is thy sting?" THE HOHE CIRCLE Pleasant Evening Reveries, A Column Dedicated to Tired Mothers as they Join the Home Circle at Evening Tide, THIS is a - HOME DYE that ANYONE, can use DYOLA kThe Guaranteed "ONE DYE for * All Kinds of Cloth. Clean, Simple, No Chance of Mistakes. TRY J IT I Send for Free Color Catd and Booklet. ���Tbe -O_o-oi.---clum.so- Co. Limited, Montreal LIQUOR ACT, Sec 42. 1910. Greenwood & Midway AUTO STAGE Leaves Greenwood for Spokane at 8:20 a.m., & for Oroville at 3:10 p. to. Leave 'ordera at Terhune's Cigar Store. Charles Russell. ***************** CO., WD. Leaves Mother Lode 9,30 6:30 a. m. _n. % % % % % % % ��_ % "l Saturday last stage leaves % Mother Lode 6 p. m. Returning, % leaves Greenwood 10 p. m *- "% Greenwood Office ��� 95, NORDEN HOTEL * Leaves Greenwood 2:00 8:30 P�� m. m. ***************** J. K. CAMERON, Leading Tailor of the Kootenays. KASLO B.C. NOTICE Is hereby given that, on the first day of June next, application will be made to the Superintendent of Provincial Police for renewal of the hotel licence to sell liquor by retail in the hotel known as the Westbrldge Hotel, situate at Westbridge, in the Province of British Columbia. Dated this 25th -ay of April, 1914. LOUIS CLERY Applicant. NOTICE is hereby given that application will be made to the Licence Commissioners of the City of Greenwood at the next sitting's thereof for the transfer of the Licence for the sale of liquor by retail from' Sater & Johns to the undersigned for the premises known as the Norden Hotel. Dated this 11th day of May, 1914. A. KRUEGEE NEW ADVERTISING SCALE. Tlie newspapers in Greenwood, Phoenix and Grand Forks have adopted' the following scale for legal advertising: Application for Liquor Licence ��30 days) .|S.oo. Certificate of Improvement Notice (60 days) ���'. ....$7.50 Application to Purchase Land Notices (6odays) .........$7.50 Delinquent Co-owner Notices I90 days) ...$10.00 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 subse quent insertion. Nonpariel measurement Hotpoint Electric Appliances ���AND- Mazda Tungsten Lamps ^PRICES REASONABLE 7 Greenwood City Waterworks Company ARGO TUNNEL The tunnel of The Argo mine is'only a few minutes walk from the centre of Green* wood and visitors can see the workings at any time. Investors should examine the property. It is situated on a highly mineralized mountain, and the lead may be struck at any time. OLA LOFSTAD President JAMES McCREATH Secretary. I LOWERY'S CLAIM- During the 87 months that Lowery'e Claim was on earth it did business all over the world. It was the most unique, independent and 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 ceaBad to publish it pa.tly on account of a lazy liver and partly because it takes a pile of money to run a paper that is outlawed. Ihere are still 20 different editions of this condemned journal in print. Send 10 cents and get one or $2 and get' the bunch, B. T. LOWERY, Greenwood, B. C. Plumber and Tinner I am prepared to e_&�� ecute all orders for plumbing and tinsmiths ing in city or country. GEORGE CLERF. If the pleasantness of a little ride comes to you, educate your eyes and oiind to enjoy it. See the grace of the bending grasses and green branches. If there are flowers smiling anywhere, see them. If they do not bloom find others to care for. If you find a restfnl hour m the sunny pleasant home corner with a helpful book or the company of a friend, be glad of it. There many be no quiet hours tomorrow. If there are you are so much better off, and if not, you have had the rest and the gladness of this. * * * A GREAT CURSE. One of the greatest cuvses of this intellectual age is the great lack of a proper education of our girls in the practical affairs of every day life. They all want to be "school m.arms, " governesses or the wives of rich men. Housework which should form the basic principle of our economic life, is shunued by them as something degrading. A young woman will stand behind a dry goods counter nine hours a day for a mere pittance, lose her health, become anaemic and unfitted for the performance of her natural duties, rather than accept a position as a domestic where she would have a comfortable home, good health, and become properly fitted for the duties of a wife and mother. The spiritual advance made by man is seen chiefly in this, that so much of the money he earns goes to the ministry of refinement, education, embellishment, to the wife and children he loves. But the woman sees no money for her toil. Her sufficient, her ample reward is in a husband, content happy, growing in grace; in children bounding to gracious maturity. There is just as much reason that a man should work within the house as there is that a woman should work outside the house. He is just as well qnalified to work indoors as she is to work outdoors. It is just as much his duty to do the one as it is her duty to do the other. But it seldom or never occurs to his wife to ask him to do it, or to think that he ought to do it. * * * .MAKE SOME ONE HAPPY. ' For God's sake make some one happy for ten minutes if for no longer at a time. A young woman bound on such a mission, what might she not accomplish? Oh, there are thousands of these manufacturers of sunshine! They are King's Daughters whether inside or outside of that delightful organization. They do more good before they are twenty years of age than selfish women who live ninety, and they are so happy just because they make others happy. Compare such a young woman who feels she has such a mission with one who lives a round of vanities, case card in hand, calling on people for whom she does not care, except for the social advantage, and insufferably bored when the call is returned, and trying to look young after she is old, and living a life of insincerity and hallowness and dramatization and show; Synopsis of Coal Mining Regulations. COAL mining rights of the Dominion, in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, the Yukon Territory, the Northwest Territories and in a portion of British Columbia, may be leased for a term of twenty-one years at an annual rental of $i an acre. Not more than 2,560 acres will be leased to one applicant. Application for a lease must be made by the applicant in person to the Agent or Sub-Agent of the district in which the rights applied for are situated. In surveyed territory the land must be described by sections, or legal sub-divisions of sections, and in unsurveyed territory the tract applied for shall be staked out by the applicant himself. Each application must be accompanied by a fee of $5 which will be refunded if the rights applied for are not available bnt not otherwise. A royalty shall be paid on the merchantable output of the mine at the rate of five cents per ton. The person operating the mine shall furnish the Agent with sworn returns accounting for the full quantity of merchantable coal mined and pay the royalty thereon: If the coal mining rights are not being operated, such returns should be furnished at least once a year. The lease will include the coal mining rights only, but the lessee may be permitted to purchase whatever available surface rights may be considered necessary for the working of the mine at the rate of (10.00 an acre. For full information application should be made to the Secretary of the Depart ment of the Interior, Ottawa, or to any Agent or Sub-Agent of Dominion Lands. W. W. CORY, Deputy Minister of the Interior. N.B.���Unauthorized publication of this advertisement will not be paid for. Bank of Montreal ESTABLISHED 1817 CAPITAL AUTHORIZED S2S.OOO.OOO: Capital, paid up, $16,000,000 Rest, $16,000,000. UNDIVIDED PROFITS, 01,046,217.80 Hon. President: Lord Strathcona. and Mount Roy At, G.C.M.G. G.C.V.O. President: H. V. Merbdith, Esq. General Manager: Sir Frederick Williams-Taylor Branches in London, Eng.{��K^^ Buy and Sell Sterling Exchange and Cable Transfers. Grant Commercial and Travellers' Credits, available in any part of the world. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT Intce_?����%��5��.at Greenwood Branch - C. B. Winter, Mgr. THE CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE SIR EDMUND WALKER, C_V.0_l.LJD-, D.CJU_ President ALEXANDER LAIRD, General Manager JOHN AIRD, Ant General xi.ckSy slaps coocte, cares aUa, and ht^lt the threat __d haws. K s 89 cents. CAPITAL, $15,000,000 RESERVE FUND, $13,500,000 SAVINGS BANK ACCOUNTS Interest at the current rate is allowed on all deposits of $1 and upwards. Careful attention is given to every account Small accounts are welcomed. Accounts may be opened and operated by mail- Accounts may be opened in the names of two or more persons, withdrawals to be made by any one of them or by the survivor. 821 SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT A H, MARCON - Manage! of Greenwood and Reel CM Brandies 000000<H-H-KXKXKJ<>0000<>0<>000<> For Seel Oats, Wheat ���AND��� Dr. Rusk's Famous Chick Food ���TALK TO��� ADAMS 00000000000<-00<>0<>0<>000<>Oo6 ASSAY ER E. W. WIDDOWSON, Assayer and Chemist, Box b_io8, Nelson, B. C. Charges:���Gold, Silver, Lead or Copper, $i each. Gold-Silver, or Si!.---Lead, $ 1.50. Prices for other metals: Coal, Cement, Fireclay analyses on application. The largest custom assay office in British Columbia. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO T. THOMAS CLOTHES CLEANED PRESSED ADD REPAIRED TAILOR - GREENWOOD oooooooooooooooooooooooooo DR. A. MILLOY DENTIST All the latest methods in high-class Dentistry. LOO BUILDING Corner Abbott & Hastings Streets. VANCOUVER, - - - B.C. COUNTY COURT OF YALE A SITTING ot the County Court of Yale will -be liolden at the l_o_rfc House, Greenwood, on Tuesday the 30th a_y Of June, 1914, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon. By order, WAI/TER DEWDNEY, Registrar C. C. of Y. x, your Razors Honed | and Your Baths at:.: FRAWLEYS BARBER SHOP GREENWOOD, About Float. Float is not a periodical. It is a book containing 86 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 New 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 tender- feet in the cent belt. It contains the early history of Nelson and a romance of the Silver King mine. In it are printed three western poems, and dozens of articles too numerous 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 R. 71 Lowery GREENWOOD, B. O. He Does Not Advertise. LEDGE ADS. BRING RESULTS Breathes there a man with'sonl so .dead Who never to himself has said: ���My trade of late is getting bad, I'll try another ten-inch ad!" If there be, go mark him well, For him no bank account shall swell, No angels watch the golden stair. To welcome home the millionaire. The man who never asks for trade. By local line, or add displayed, Cares more for rest than -worldly gain. And patronage bnt gives him pain. Tread lightly, friends; let no mde snnnd Disturb his solitnde profound, Here let him lie in calm repose. Unsought except by men he owes. And when he dies, go plant him deep That nothing may disturb his sleep. Where no rode clamor may dispel That quiet that he loved so well. And that the world may know its los*. Place on a stone a wreath, of moss, And on a stone above "Here lies A fossil, who did not advertis*-." V m THE LEDGE, GREENWOOD, BRITISH COLUMBIA 0<KKK>0<K_K>0<_K>0<>00<>0000000<>0 S B. C. USING NEWS . s �� !t>00OOO0O0OO0OO0OOO000<>00<}<> According to the Victoria Week Messrs. Moore and Bagshawe, of theB. C. Oil Co., entertained a number of friends at the Union Club. Mr. Moore explained that the object of the gathering waB to discuss recent developments in the oilfields of the Flathead District especially the large flow of oil re-J cently cut in a well on one of the claims of the B. C. Oil Company. He referred to the long delay which had taken place in achieving important results because of protracted litigation between the various claimants. The B. C. Oil Company was tbe only one which had done practical work. They had spent upwards of $50,000 in prospecting, boring and purchasing plant. The money had been expended economically; the directors had taken no fees, and were Jquite content to subordinate everything to the ultimate discovery of oil in commercial quantities. They had recently placed a practical geologist, Mr. Lock wood, in the field, and the operations had been carried on under his direction with the most gratifying results. Additional oil seepages had been found and in one well a considerable flow had been cnt at 200 feet, large quantities of gas and oil being liberated. He thought if these facts were generally known it wonld be agreed that the prospects had been greatly improved and that the work was being done on a scientific basis. Mr. Kirkpatrick, of Vancouver, who represents other large interests in the Flathead Valley, spoke of the excellent prospects and paid a special compliment to the B. C. Oil Company and its managing director for the energy and assistance they had shown. He sug- o gested the probability of action between the various owners of oil claims in the near future and said that he anticipated the most favorable results from the borings of the B. C. Oil Company. Mr. Blakemore who visited the property last fall, spoke at length on the geological features of the valley and the remarkable seepages of oil. He was satisfied from close observation that sooner or later the Flathead would prove to be a commercial oil bearing district. There was altogether too abundant evidence of oil and gas to be attributable to any limited reservoir or any gocd saturation, such as has been suggested by adverse critics. The detailed examination of Mr. Lockwood, extending over several months fully confirmed the opinion the speaker formed last year that the question of an existing oil field had been practically solved. Mr. Bagshawe, the president of the company, spoke at length on the financial position and the work which had been carried out, and announced that large adjoining owners had just engaged the most eminent oil expert on the contin ent, Mr. Ralph Arnold, of Lob Angeles, who w-.vn .vuning in next month and would make a careful examination and report. He believed that the eminent expert would comfirm the favorable re- port already made by all the engineers who had been through the valley. After several other speakers had contributed to the discussion there was a generaljexpression of opinj ion that the successful prosecution of such an enterprise as that of the B. 0. Oil Company was of the utmost importance to the [province and might not improbably lay the foundations for one of its largest industries, and that the Government should have the road from Corbin put into such condition that the companies operating there should be able to bring machinery and supplies through Canadian territory instead of being compelled to do all their freighting from Belton, Montana, as they have to do now, on account of the impasBable state of the road to Corbin. It was also thought that the Government should take a more active interest in sending in independent oil experts. gra e. Some of the properties on the Gnat JTorthern u_<ni_itaiu, just north of Trout Lake, will, when opened, up, make the camp one of the largest and most prosperous in the province. At Ferguson the Ajax is said to be panning out well, and that camp, like Trout Lake, is said to be surrounded by scores of undeveloped claims that have all the ear marks af becoming mines.��� Kaslo Kootenaian. Secrets of Success In the great mining revival that is becoming more manifest each day, the Lardeau valley, one of the richest parts of this district, will largely share. Already signs of increasing interest are noted in that rich bit of mineral territory, Btretching from Lardo on the south to Ferguson on the north, and lying on both sides of the Lardo river and the basin of beautiful Trout lake. In the valley of the Lardo are indications of approaching placer mining activity for it is known that the yellow metal is there in large quantities and proper methods of handling the material along the bed of the river must yet be devised. This will0 probably soon be accomplished, however, and the country in the vicinity of Gold- hill will in a very few years per haps, become one of the largest gold producing sections of the province. The finding of nuggets and fine gold, by dredging or otherwise, on the river bottom naturally gives rise to the inquiry "From whence has it come?". It did not come down from the skies, ergo, it must have rolled from somwhere off the adjoining hills, therefore there is gold somewhere in those peaks as well, and heaps of it. There are few sections so strongly mineralized as the ground along both sides of the Lardo river and capital will be all that is required to bring the attention of the world to those deposits and turn the country into a big mineral producer. Gold, copper, silver, lead, zinc, marble, all of these there is in abundance and no doubt many other kinds of mineral as well. Around Trout Lake and Ferguson are to be fonnd some of the most promising propositions in the district, high grade as well as low "What is the secret of success?' j asked the Sphinx. "Push," said the Button. "Never be led," said the Pencil. "Take pains," said the Window. "Always keep cool," said the Ice. "Be up-to-date," said the calendar. "Never lose your head," said the* Barrel, "Make light of everything," said the Hammer. "Aspire to greater things," said the Nutmeg. "Be sharp in all your dealings," said the Knife. "Find a good thing and stick to it," said the Glue. "Do the work you are suited for," said the Chimney. Save Money By Trading at Brown's Ferry Wash. Note these prices and be convinced 1 ' " ������������������_- ' i i ��� ��� ��� i ��� ... -��� i ��� Granulated Cane Sugar IQOIbs. for $6. 201bs. for $1.25 LARD lOlte for $1.50. 51bs. for 75cts Fancy Standard Hams 20c per lb. California Fancy Tomatoes 2 cans for 25cts. Del Monte Canned Fruits 25cts. a can. Coal Oil 25cts a gallon fiasoHn�� 30cts a gallon. CASH ONLY BROWN'S FERRY. WASH. Slow walks with quick engagements. girls make There is nothing quiet so empty as an empty compliment. AT THE CHURCHES Christian Science service will be held in the Oddfellows Hall on Sunday at 11 a.m. All welcome. On the 3rd Friday, of each month at 8 p.m. testimonial meetings will be held in the same hall. Sunday school eyery Sunday morning. Rev. A. T. Bell will preach in the Methodist church next Sunday at 11 a.m. Sunday School 2.30 p.m. ' Service in the Presbyterian church next Sunday, May 31st will be held in the evening at 7:30 o'clock. Sunday School and Bible Class 2:30 p. m. Rev. J. R, Munro Pastor. �� Services in St. Jude's church Sunday next. Matins and celebration of Holy Communion, 11 a.m. Sunday School, 2-30 p.m. Evensong and Sermon, 7:30 p.m. Rev. R. D. Porter, Vicar, Catholic Church, Rev. DomG. Dorval, Rector, Mass 2nd and 4th Sunday, at 10 o'clock. Evening service at 7.30, sermon and benediction. Daily Mass at the hospital at 6 o'clock. Confessions are heard half an hour before mass. MRS. W. W. LAKE [Tells Others How to Get Strong and Well. Hrs. W. W. Lake of Aberdeen, Mlsa., eays: "The grippe had left me In a weak, run-down condition from \t_tlch I suffered for some time. I tried different remedies but nothing seemed to do me any good until I took Vinol, from which I received great benefit. My cough is almost entirely gone and I am strong and well again, and I am glad to recommend Vinol to others who suffer as I aid." Mrs. lake's recovery was due to the combined action of the medicinal elements extracted from cods' Ilrers ���combined with the blood making and strength creating properties of tonic iron, which are contained in Vinol, and her cough disappeared as a natural result We guarantee that Vinol Trill do all we claim and wilt pay back your money if Vinol does not satisfy you. J. L. White, druggist, Greenwood LIQUOR ACT. 1910 Sec 49 NOTICE is hereby given that, on tbe 1st day of Jnne next, application will be made to tbe Superintendent of Provincial Police for the ransfer of the licence for the sale of liqoor by retail In and upon the premises knew- as The Bridesville Hotel situated at Bridesville, British Columbia, from Thomas Walsh to Thomas Dpnald, of Bridesville, B.C. Dated this 23rd day of May, 1914. THOS. WALSH, Iiiceace Holder. THOMAS DONALD Applicant. MAIL CONTRACT SEALED TENDERS, addressed to the Postmaster General, will be received at Ottawa until noon, en Friday, the 26th Jnne, 1914. for the conveyance of His Majesty's Mails, on a proposed contract for fonr years, twelve times per week each way between Greenwood and Railway Station (CP.) from the Postmaster General's pleasure. Printed notices containing further information as to conditions of proposed Contract may be seen and Wank forms of tender may be obtained at the Post Offices of Greenwood and Anaconda aad-at the office of tlie Post Office JQWH R. GKEENF-BLD Post Office inspector Post Office Inspector's Offiee, Vancouver, B.C May 15th, 1914. Victoria Day at Midway With "Old Sol" Smiling Large Crowds Enjoyed the Finest Celebration Yet Held. Midway an Ideal Place For Celebrating and a Loyal People Never before in the memory of the oldest of old timers did we enjoy snch a good time at the celebration at Midway on Monday, May 25th. Those who travelled from all parts of the Boundary, all enviously agreed that Midway possesses a clime, a beautiful town- site and a people second to none. It is anticipated that as a result of the boost this thriving community has received this summer will see the introduction of several syndicates intent upon selling fruit ranches in the immediate vicinity, Victoria Day celebrations were held all over the Dominion and the loyal people of Midway certainly did their part. Everybody had a good time���we celebrated and we have to thank the weather man to a very large extent for the success of the day, but even then, the untiring energies of the committee in ��� charge of affairs made the day doubly successful. Midway deserves all the praise for its pluck and confidence, for its courage and enterprise. Midway may well feel proud of its efforts in catering for the visitors and the hotels were not behind in their efforts. When we looked around the magnificent crowd of holiday makers, we saw by the joyous, expectant faces, that young and old were out for a good time and determined to make this celebration a day of fun and frolic. Midway is a place that enjoys many natural and acquired resources, possessing a soil that cannot be surpassed for productiveness, where harmony among its citizens is in perfect accord and whose praises we shout aloud from the housetop for the big time given to the people of this district on Victoria Day. Everybody and every place was in holiday attire and the streets were decorated with flags and bunting, as were the hotels and business places. Much credit should be given to the four hotels for the able manner in which they catered to the needs of the large crowds. The Ledge was the guest of Crowell's hotel and we found the proprietor a natural born landlord, and with the able assistance of his good wife has established an extensive business. The tables were neatly arranged, the culinary work ably looked after, and the palatable viands included every delicacy on the market. At this hotel over 300 guests were fed between 11 and 5 o'clock with perfect ease and without any apparent rush. The special train arrived about 9.30 a.m. with over 200 from Grand Forks, 200 from Phoenix and an equal number from Greenwood, besides football, baseball, gun clubs and other teams. Twenty-five autos loaded with people came from Grand Forks and autos were running continuously between Greenwood and Midway, also between Bock Creek and Midway, bringing hundreds of others. The Grand Forks band was in attendance and started the day's proceedings by marching through the streets to the tune of patriotic airs. There was something doing every minute of the day. Besides good ball games, horse races and Caledonian sports there were the usual icO'Cream, pea-nut and candy booths, "Hit the Nigger, ��n *h�� head," "Three down three cigars*' and "Eing the knives" and gets present, all of which go to amuse a large crowd. The baseball game- were exceedingly well contested, Danville, Molson, Grand Forks, and Republic and Phoenix teams competed for the $130 purse, Phoenix winning by getting three straight games. The football match proved a great attraction and a keenly and hard fonght game between Mother Lode and Grand Forks waB witnessed by enthusiastic spectators. ThiB game resulted in a draw, the purse being divided between the two teams. Always an exciting spectacle ie a bucking contest and hundreds watched five outlawed horses in a wild endeavor to throw their riders. This is a very dangerous sport and the committee deserve great credit for the able manner in which the crowd were held in check and everything went off without a hitch or accident. D. Jarvis won the first prize, F. Peon second, and F. Barm a, third. The catching of the greasy pig was laughable and created barrels of fun for those who saw men, women and children trying to catch a greasy pig. P. McDonald caught the pig after a hard chase, and now owns the pig for that was tbe prize. To Greenwood comes the honor of winning the trap shooting prizes. J. L. White got 1st, A. Logan 2nd and E. Richter 3rd. The third prize was a set of carvers donated by Chas. Thompson & Sons, of Vancouver. Over $1550 was given in prizes all the races were keenly contested. Some good horses entered in all races. The following is a list of the horse races and Caledonian sports: HORSE RACES pony race �� mile 1st F. Manuel; W. Auger. free for all, Y* mile IstJAlex. Hayes, 2nd B. Branasket saddle hors.3. race % mile 1 st N. Nicholson; 2nd J. Richter STAKE RACE 1st A. Joe; 2nd C. Bubar. LOCAL RACE 1st J. Richter; 2nd F. Bubar. CONSOLATION RACE Joe Shallack. CALEDONIA SPORTS Motorcycle race, 1st D. Biner. Girls, SO yards, 1st Mae McMynn 2nd Jean Coles. Boys, 50 yards, 1st Fred Landers, 2nd E. Winters, Men's 100 yards, 1st F. Norris, 2nd J. Reid. Ladies, 50 yards, 1st Mrs. H, Baron, Mrs. L. Borders. Ya mile open, 1st A. Joe, 2nd, W. Sapple. J/i mile bicycle race, 1st S. Smith 2nd E. McMynn. Broad Jump, 1st A. Joe, 2nd F. Talkin. Three-legged race, 1st Sapple & Mudge, 2nd Joe & Talkie. Thread and Needle race, 1st F, McMillan, 2nd F. Talkin. SPECIAL PRIZES Nail Driving, 1st Gladys Jackson, lOlbs of tea, donated by Kelly Douglas & Co. 2nd Mrs. Snider, 51bs tea, donated by W. H. Malcolm & Co. % mile ladies walking race, 1st Mrs. H. Byron, lOOlbs. Robin Hood Flour, donated by Robin Hood Co. 2nd Miss Madge, nickle tea kettle, donated by McLary Mfg. Co. The day wound up with a big dance in the evening in Harrison's Hall. Bush's orchestra supplied excellent music and with the inspiring strains the merry dancers the ball going nntil early kept morning. 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CANADIAN Pacific Reduced Fares FOR SUMMER OF 1914 On Sale June 1st. to September 30th Final Return Limit October 31st Winnipeg - �� $60.00 Montreal - ��� $105.00 St. Paul - - - 60.00 St. John - ��� ��� 120.00 Chicago - - - 72.50 Halifax - ��� ��� 129.35 Toronto - - - 92.00 New York - 108.50 Compartment Observation Cars* Electric Lighted Standard Sleepers "Canadian Pacific Service" J. V. MURPHY, District Passenger Agent, Nelson, B. C. ��3 sll 1
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