@prefix ns0: . @prefix edm: . @prefix dcterms: . @prefix dc: . @prefix skos: . @prefix geo: . ns0:identifierAIP "17f50108-90cf-42fa-8386-a05c4f037eec"@en ; edm:dataProvider "CONTENTdm"@en ; dcterms:isPartOf "BC Historical Newspapers"@en ; dcterms:issued "2011-09-29"@en, "1899-05-18"@en ; dcterms:description "The Nakusp Ledge was published in Nakusp, in the Central Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia, from October 1893 to December 1894. The paper was subsequently published as the Ledge both in New Denver, from December 1894 to December 1904, and in Fernie, from January to August 1905. The Ledge was published by Robert Thornton Lowery, a prolific newspaper publisher, editor, and printer who was also widely acclaimed for his skill as a writer. After moving to Fernie, the paper continued to be published under variant titles, including the Fernie Ledger and the District Ledger, from August 1905 to August 1919."@en, ""@en ; edm:aggregatedCHO "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/xnakledge/items/1.0182244/source.json"@en ; dc:format "application/pdf"@en ; skos:note " Volume \"VI. No. \" 9 OO. NEW DENVER, B. C, FAY 18, 1899. Price, $2 00 Year LOGAN GAMP NEWS I SBS-SBSSMOSSS 333 SS -SSSfe^SS^B-SS l-OCAI, CHIT-CHAT S LOO AX \"ir IX13IIA I. FLOAT. Every davs. carpenter in tOAvn is busy these bis place levelled W. Koch is having off and fenced in. Building* operations are quite livel}r at present in town. . . Silverton has deferred New Denver's ���challenge to football. School Inspector Burns inspected the local institution on Monday. Snow fell on Thursday and a sharp frost at night injured gardens. McMillan & Hamilton are removing their wholesale house from Nakusp to Nelson. The infant child of Mr.and Mrs.Dwyer, of Sandon, was buried here on Thursday morning. The adjourned vestry meeting* of St. . Stephen's church will \"be held on the 29th inst. Rev. J. Clelaud and family, of Sandon, have taken up their residence here for a short time. John Werely is having* his neat little residence, Slocan avenue, spruced up by the painters. J. C. Harris is remodelling\" his house 4it the Bosun ranch. Andy Wallace has the contract. N. Dingman purposes erecting an imposing verandah to the front of the Columbia house. Wm. Hunter, Silverton, has been appointed one of the license commissioners of the Slocan. C. E. Perry is once more back in Koot- ���enay, after 18 months absence in the Omenica country. Lumber is on the ground for the erection of new residences on the bench overlooking- Bigelow Bay. The appropriation for improving the government reserve has been expended and the result is satisfactory. Rev. Cleland, of Sandon, will hold services in the Presbyterian church Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. Services will be held in the Methodist church next Sunday at 11 a.m. and 7:15 p.m. Everybody welcome. R.N.Powell. Lumber is on the ground for the big grand stand to be erected at the recreation park. Murdock McLean has the job. So soon as the government appropriation arrives, the task of clearing up the public school g'rounds will be undertaken. An old landmark has disappeared with the tearing down of Dan McLeod's log shack, on the government reserve, last week. Ex-mayor Atherton, of Sandon, will have his new residence, next to George Williamson's on Nob hill, erected without delay. The delay in the arrival of the machinery witl prevent the launching of the new pleasure vacht being built by I. N.Cook. Wm. Anderson is making many improvements to his Sixth street property, including the building of a new woodshed and storehouse. R. H. Trueman, the Vancouver photographer, had his mammoth tent erected here during the week. He did a most taking business, though somewhat negative. Handsome lithograph posters and hangers of the baseball contest between Nelson and Sandon. to be played here on May 24th, have been gotten out by the committee. The people's favorite, Harry Lindley, played in the Bosun hall, Mondav and h*., - - ��� - - - A crown grant is to be applied for on the Lakeview group. The Bosun group of three claims is being crown granted. The owners of the Ohio, on Ten Mile, are sinking a shaft on the lead. P. Lindquist, D. McPherson and Dan McCuaig are doing assessment on Ten Mile. The troubles in the Coeur d'Alenes are driving men into this camp seeking work. On Saturday the money was paid over on the Enterprise deal. ' Some of it will lodge here. Last week the Northwest Mining Syndicate, through W. H. Sandiford, made a cash offer for the Galena Farm. The Turri8 has put up over 60 sacks of high grade ore during development. It averages upwards of 400 ounces per ton. The recent find on the Wonderful is turning out a sure thing, giving the property a certainty of making a good mine Wni. Thomlinson has gone into the Okanagan and Boundary countries in quest of copper prospects for leading- capital. The Mollie Hughes, was inspected on Thursday by H. C. Oswald and W. H. Sandiford, of the Northwest Mining Syndicate, The ledge on the Mary Durham has widened to about 15 inches, and work on the incline shaft will be pushed to greater depth. It is now down 35 feet on the ledge. The ore chute encountered last week in the face of the Neglected tunnel has i*hi-: <; HAWKISH. Wlint it in :iner line subsequent insertions nonpareil measurement. TO CONTRIBUTORS. C jrre.spond.ence from every part of the Kootenay District and communications upon live topics always acceptable. Write on both sides of tlie paper if you wish. Always send something good no matter how crude. Get your copy in while it s hot. and we will do the rest A pencil cross in this square indicates that your subscription is due, and that tlie editor wishes once again to look at your collateral. f HURSDAY, MAY 18. 1899. AMONG THIS TKSDEKFKKT. Th?: Grand Trunk is , a great rail- wily. I read several hundreds of miles on their beautiful trains and found all the luxuries it is possible to find oh a railway. I met their Toronto passenger agent, Mr, Dickson, and if all the G. T. R. officials carry the same wide vein of courtesy that he does, the road is fortunate. Toronto is a beautiful city, on the ..shores of Lake Ontario. It is 10(1 years old, and is not even bald-headed. 1 stopped at the Queen's, one of the best taverns in the camp. The clerk is by far the best judge of human nature, I think, I.'have me-. After I had placed my lovely autograph on the register, I handed him some money to pay ray bill in advance. Pie tossed tlie money back to me and told me T could, pay when I left. I felt pleased, and if I knew him I would send him this paper for a year gratis. I settled when I left, but, after due reflection upon the matter, I consider that I lost another opportunity. I should have stayed there a year and saved the trouble of rustling a grub stake in the silvery but high-priced west. An important event has just arrived in Sandon, which cuts this letter short until next week. when we know him. \"We remember quite distinctly the day Dick Creamer and Fraser left for India. At that time he was unknown as a writer, but from the beautiful language he always had at his command, we always thought he would come to a good end. It he will just write a story about the age and surroundings in which we first knew him, it would have a great reception. He has abundant material at his command of the events of the period to which I refer, and with his genius could weave a story that would not only please his old-time friends, but the world in general. The very uncertainty about the action of the eight hour law in the Slocan has cast a frost over many proposed mining deals. This promised t;���> be a very busy and prosperous season in the Sbcan, but all has changed. Doubt has taken the place of confidence, and capital is loath to step in where unwise legislators may at any time cause trouble by their uncalled-for laws. The Slocan has had trouble enough in the past, and now the men who make our laws seem bound that we shall have more of it. This if. what we get for electing men to office who are short on brains and long on the desire to obtain votes. ' Miners in the Slocan prefer 10 hours work and $3.o0 a shift, to fewer hours and less pay. The government should have considered this before passing the law. A shut down in the Slocan means ruin to thousands and a blow at the best camp in British Columbia, Personally we do not mind ruin very much, and are inclined to say like the actor in the play, \"Lay on, Joe Martin, and damned be he who. first cries. Hold! I've got enough !\". gold, silver and copper. But some of us who have read the papers for years know that few of them ever see a cloud without a silver lining, and that they all delight in discounting the future in rainbow hues. To him who studies the influence of surroundings in shaping the character oi people, there is something interesting in the predictions of the gentlemen of the press. Why ie it that newspapers in the agricultural districts are not alwa3's predicting great crops of grain and fruits, and fat hogs and cattle ? There seems to be something in the atmosphere of a mining camp that infests all its people with the intoxication of the brightest hope; and it is for this reason probably, that the mining newspaper never sees disaster in the future. To the average journal the establishment of the most senseless process mill means a prosperous era at once for the camp, and the assay of a rich sample means a bonanza for the owner. Repeated failures apparently teach few lessons. The fact that the other gray old years, which' have left us bowed down with so much unfruitful or half unfruitful endeavor��� wore bright tints and promised so much on other June days���have not saddened recollections or dulled enthusiasm. But we believe there is more in the Cafc��J ���^^-***-*�� \" *\" ' ll'1'rl'lllT'ftll'lfc'^\"*''-^1''*-flP-^-ag*^, | situation that is encouraging than there has been in a long time. That fruition will equal prediction cannot reasonably be expected. But the. newspapers are evidently nearer correct than'they have usually been. Production is.increasing from an increased number of mines, instead of from a few bonanzas, and the profits are better distributed than usual. It seems that the camps an* characterized by more work and less bluster than usual, and that men are relying more upon the profit to be obtained in mining than in selling These are but tlie crop- pings that mining is obtaining its rightful position as a legitimate occupation. The process fiends, with new ��� milling, smelting or concentration appliances and patents, are growing scarce and scarcer, ! which is but another indication that the mining world is acquiring knowledge. All these are sure signs of health and improvement, and indicate the onward march in the precious metal mining industry that all must be glad to recognize as facts. ___. _. ��� . The average number of horses killed each vear in'Spanish bullfights exceed ! 5,000,' while from 1..00Q to 1,200 bulls are sacrificed. -.ir-jiH ���viwirv'Jr^Tn'-w.i-;-; -^i- ��rtireal Established 1817. Capital (all paid up) $.12,000,000.00 , Reserved fund : : 6,000,000.00 Undivided profits : : 981,328.04 HEAD OFFICE, BIONTKEA3L. Rt. Hon. Lord Strathcona a.id Mount Rofal, G.C.M.G. President. Hon. G. A. Drdmmond, Vice President, E. S. Clouston, General Manager, Branches in all parts of Canada, Newfoundland/Great Britain, and the United States. New Denver branch E. PITT, Manager xxT2C!rr>7*n^-v0-<���i^ya-vBza'iajxaas ���^s ������wea^E**^^ '* v f The stoppage of work in the mines of the Coeur d'Alenes is a hard blow on the mining industry of the northwest. Nearly two thousand men are idle and the effect is disastrous upon all the towns in the vicinity of the trouble. About $5,000 a day is withdrawn from circulation, and a decrease in the ore shipments of $700,- 000 per month. The strike should be a lesson to all concerned, and good result from evil. \\Ve have little hope of reform in the United States until its corrupt politicians and corporations are things of the past. A Rossland paper wants a celebration of the 4th of July in that city. The editor evidently forgets that a public affair of that kind would simply mean that Canadians were celebrating the anniversary of the time they were knocked out by our cousins across the line. On Canadian soil Americans might celebrate their natal day without giving offence to anyone. Otherwise it would be against the law of good taste and manners. RASHDALL. Xot-irv Public. A. E. FAUQUIER. RASHDALL & FAUQUIER MINES & REAL ESTATE. KEW DENVER. B.C. MINING TXTKRESTK BOUGHT SOLD AND BONDED. INVITED��� Abstracts of Title to mineral claims. COURESPONDKNCJ? v^��E^2Sffiw^��wsm&��S2im&w��mgEmm J. & R. D. CAMERON, Tailors. Sandon. HLIXjJA) ! ENGLISH SPAKKOW. MI*. AV. A. .PBASKK AS A WR1TBB. Several names have come forward prominently during the past few months as writers of fiction, and one of them is a Canadian. It may interest Canadian newspapermen to know something of Mr. D. A. Fraser, whose new book of tales, \"The Eye of a God,\" has just appeared in Toronto and New York. Mr. Fraser is already the personal friend of a large number of journalists who appreciate his excellent social qualities, ��� his bright personality and the success of his literary work. As a writer of short stories, Mr. Fraser already ranks as one ot the cleverest of the present day. His work is marked by originality of conception, and combines unusual strength with fine literary finish. He is a native of Nova Scotia, and follows the vocation of a civil engineer. Nine years of his life were spent in India, during which time he gathered a store ot material that he is now utilizing in his stories. He has also spent some five years or so in the Canadian Northwest, where, in the new free life of the plains and prairies, he has found a rich vein which ne has worked with great success. No better stories than his have been written of the western life of Canada. If he continues to develop as rapidly as he has in the few years since he first began literary work, we may look to his taking a place among the great writers of this period. London Literature, last year, in a highly appreciative article on Mr. Fraser and his work, referred \"to him as \"the Canadian Kipling.\" In this connection it is interesting to note that Mr. Kipling has taken a great liking to his Canadian prototype, and has encouraged him to pursue the course in which his talents would seem to lit him tor eminent work. Mr. Fraser resides in Georgetown, Ont.-���Printer and Publisher, of Toronto. Other papers give Billy even greater praise, and we are pleased to see Hillo! English sparrow. Wotcher doin' 'ere ? Colonizin', h'aintclier, Sanaensev'rywhere. Wheresoe'er I wanders, 'Sure to meet with, you; Seems where Britons settle, Thare you settles too. H'over h'all creation. Where the Briton roams. Torrid zone, or h'artic, Thare you 'as yor 'ome.s. Thare you stakes yor 'omestea.il, Thare you bilds yor nest, Fi-j-htiir native small birds, K.nockin'li'out their host. You kin stand the lishtin', Stand the climate, too; Cold, or'ot as blazes, H'aitit no h'odds to vou. \\V!en we claims the North Pole, G-uoss you'll foiler there, Bildin' nests around it, Lined with walrus hair. W'en they named ye \"Spar-rows,' Guess they named ye right. Spar���yor loud o' spar-rin^��� Rows is yor delight Give the missus my respects, Show 'er this'ere song-; Guess she's Iron 'er h'egtrs now '> Wish 'er joy���so loiif,r. CANTON and JESSOPS' STEEL. < up'plies, CALIFORNIA GIANT POWDER. Sloean City9 B. C. The Clifton House, Sandon. Has ample accommodations for a large mini her or people. The rooms are larjje and airy, and the Dining- Room is provided with every'hiug- in the market Sample Rooms for Commercial Travelers. John Buckley, Prop. mm>2 -������vV. T.---V 'Vx THK FtKST CHURCH BELL. From the Paystreak we take the following* poetical gem. For rhythm, fun and pathos it is a lyrical jewel:��� \"The first church hell in the Slocan will call saint and sinner to worship at New Denrer tomorrow.\"���News item. \"I never quit a camp until I hear the iirst church Dell.\"���Jim Ward, prospector, philosopher and New Denver pioneer. \"Say, Bill, what was that chimin' sound I heard a while ago ? It sounded like a church bell, A-ring-in' soft and low, And stirrin' up old memories With its echoes,-don't vou know.\" He was digging-on the mountain��� Silver mountain���when a bell Sent up from far below him, Soft as any funeral knell, Its iirst imploring music, And it bound him in a spell. Aim, musing, down the crooked trail- Hat in imiifl���to where \"Old Bill\" C oked the bannocks and bacon In their camp beside a rill. Walked the searcher after treasure, Pioneer of Silver hill. Another time, a church, a bride, Like some old. forgoti.cn song-. Memory brought back to the searcher, As he heedless strode along-. Another time, a church, a bier, Came with memory's rushing throng. * Tliere, Bill, it's startin' in again, Ringin'soft and ringiu1 low. Vou reckon it's iu Denver, The new church bell ? Bill, you know This old camp is almost done for, And it's time for us to go.\" ���David XV. King. Sandon, B.C.. May 12th. l��i!i. OPTIMISTIC I'RKSS OF THK CAMPS. It is Natural for you to desire to make the celebration a success. No doubt about it being such. The next thing to be considered is the homo���making it comfortable, stylish and happy. Contentedness brings happiness, without which paradise itself would be home in name only. One cannot be contented if* the home is <*oc comfortably furnished. This does not imply a heavy outlay ���a few,dollars, will do it. WALKER & BAKER, New Fiu-inturc Dealers and Ko-puii-ei'N Denver's UndyrtaTioi-s and F.mbalmers. N. B.���We have the only practical Undertaker and Emhiilmer doing business in the Slocan. Dealers in Hardware, Tin and Graniteware, Miners'Supplies, Paints, Oils, Glass and Putty, Doors & Windows. Juicy Beefsteaks WIL50N HOTEL Headquarters for Mining and Commercial Men. TEETERBROS, Slocan City. Proprietors. Jas. M. Patterson Dealer in ���^iiiaaM\"1*\" Stationery and a complete line of >ponges Smai When one reads the papers from every section of the mining regions of the west, and note with what unanimity they predict that the present will be a great and profitable one in mining, it would seem to be the one marvelous year of all history, when mother earth was about to pour forth her precious treasures witii a bounteous and unstint- ,. . ... t. i eri hand, observed the Clancy Miner, another Canadian appreciated in the j Not one has a gloomy prediction, but all world of reading people, especially j see the picture aet in dazzling frames of Stop at Nelson's Drug1 and BookStore and see them. We won't charge you more than A Penny a Peep Buy a nice bath Sponge and a package of Sea Salt and imagine yourselfatthe seaside. The bath, combined with a course of FAX'S SARSAPAPJLLA will make a new person of you. Buy vour FLAGS for decorating on MAY 24th at son's Drug & fc$t��ok Store New Denver, B. C. Sunday hours: 2 to :> p. m. Tender .Mutton, and Delicious Pork, always at your command at the New Denver Meat Market. Fresh Fish From the Briney Deep, Eggs & Butter from the plains of West- and ern Canada Has removed from his old stand in The Slocan News Co. building. to next door to Donaldson's Drug Store, SANDON. w S. illlKWHY Kaslo. B.C H. T. Twimi New Denver, B.C. Eyes tested and glasses fitted for any vision Whitewater, B.C. DREWRY & TWIGG Dominion and Provincial Land Surveyors. Civil anil -Mining Engineers. Bedford, McNeil Code. ItStTRashdall & Fauquier, Aircnt.\". SAUSAGES from New Denver. Shipments are made to any part of the country. If vou are in need of substa ntia 1 nourishment no not overlook this ad. New Denver Meat Market Cash prizes and no wind given to contestants in New Denver sports. Queen's Day R G-. FAUQUIER, NOTARY PUBLIC. Nakusp. B.C. J1JOWARD WEST, Assoc. R S .Al, London. Enir MINING- ENGINEER, ANALYTICAL CHEMIST, & ASSAYER. Properties examined and reported on i.y. in tending purchaser.-:-,. Assay office* and Chemical Laboratory. Belli- vnc ave. New Denver. 13 C. Dunkards of Illinois are negotiating* for 14,000 acres near Corsicana, Texas, for the establishment of a colonv. J. H. MILLWARD, if ainter and NEW DENVER Writer j\\'[t L. GRIMMETT, L.L.B. BARRISTER, Solicitor, Notary Public, Etc. Sandon, B.C. The latest liiu.sicai phenomenon 'in :'aris i.s a monkey that plays the violm. Sixth Year. THE LEDGrE, NEW DENVER, B.C., MAY 18. 1899. TOO MUCHTBOUBLE. In the Hou.se of Too Much Trouble Lived a lonely little boy; He was eager for :i playmate. He was hungry for a toy. But 'twas always too much bother, Too much dirt and too much noise, For the House of Too Much Trouble Wasn't meant for little bo3*s. A nd sometimes the little fellow Left a Ixok upon the floor, Or forgot and laughed too loudly. Or he failed to close the door. In a House of Too Much Trouble Things must be. precise and trim- In the House of Too Much Trouble There was little room for him. He must never scatter playthings, He must never romp and play; Every room must be m order Anil kept quiet all the day. He liiia never had companions, He had never had a pet- In the House of Too Much Trouble It is trim and quiet yet. Ev'rv room is set in ordvr��� Ev'rv book is in its place, And the lonely little fellow Wears a. smile upon his face. In the House of Too-Much Trouble He is s'lent and at rest���. In the House of Too Much Trouble With a lily on his breast. COI'l'KI*. KCMOKS. cated aoout two miles south east of the Athabasca, and are owned by A. Shaw and John McRae. The bond calls for the payment of $1,000. The first payment is fixed at $300 and is on deposit in one of the city banks awaiting the signature of Joseph Lusk to the bond. Lusk owns a small interest in the property. __ ___, GKXERAL NOTES. The longest tunnel in the world is the Simplon, through the Alps���12�� miles In '82 the price of steel railroad rails was S75 per ton; to-day the price is S21 per ton. The Klondike clean-up will begin in Mav and is expected to pan out anywhere from ��17,000,000 to ��22,000,000. Standard Oil Co. interests control the Parrot Silver & Copper Co., owning 168,000 of the 230,000 shares of the company. The Western Federation of Miners will build and maintain a home for old and disabled miners. Colorado, Nevada and Utah have each offered a site. Thomas R. Davey. of Trout Lake, to be a notary public in and for the county of Kootenay: Thonnis Parker, of Rossland, to be a notary public for the mainland of British Columbia. OF PASSING INTEREST. The reports in the daily newspapers of the formation of the great copper combination with $400,000,000 capital, one- half t^ he underwritten by J. S. Morgan & Company,one-quarter by the Standard Oil Company, and one-quarter by the Rothschilds in London; though published with great positiveness of assertion, seem to be only a new development of the stories with which others have been amusi have nerved to hold tip the prices of a few stocks such' as Butte & lioston, Old Dominion, Arcadian, Isle Hoyale, and others, which' could hardly be boomed on their merits, but have not been taken se; iously by those who were well acquainted with the facts: At the same time, there has been a considerable movement'in copper stocks and some large purchases of properties by the parties generally known in New York and Boston as\" the Standard Oil Company. They are���as parties with large available capital generally are��� always on the lookout for good investments, and they seem to have decided some months ago that the copper mining stocks offered an opportunity. -Their purchases have not always been what one might have expected' in this line, but have generally been of good stocks, though at pretty high prices. The party now control companies operating in Montana, Michigan, and elsewhere; chough they seem to have let Arizona alone, probably for tbe reason that the valuable copper properties in that territory are in the hands of parties who will not part with them. In one way and another interests in a number of copper companies have been taken in by the parties referred to, and will probably be worked for all that they are worth. Whether,, any general consolidation or combination of those properties will be mado is very doubtful. Tlie latest acquisition of the Standard Oil people seems to have been a large��� possibly a controlling���interest in the Anaconda Company of Montana. We t have been aware \"for some time that j Messrs. Daly and Haggin have been quietly unloading or preparing to unload their holdings iu the Anaconda. The London or Exploration stock has also been, it is said, sold on the present rise, which the stock has had there, in common with all the copper shares. Most of this stock has found its way into the hands of the same people. With the control of the Anaconda and the other properties which they own, the Standard Oil people will be an important factor in the copper market, liut they do not control it by any means, nor are they likely to do so. It is understood that\" the European interests are strongly averse to any combination, and will not enter into one, unless circumstances oblige them to do so for their own protection. We may note,incidentally.that Messrs Daly and' Haggin, having disposed, in part or entirely, of their interest in the Anaconda, are now preparing to develop their Washoe property in Montana actively and ou a large scale. This includes a group of mines which are expected in time to equal the Anaconda in the extent of their production, and were reserved at the time the last named company was organized under its present form. With regard to the demand for copper in ihe future, it may be worthwhile to remember that for some time past the consumption has shown a steady increase of about ten per cent, a year. Last year the gain did not exceed this, though there were reports which indicated much larger advances. In the current year tlie same result may follow, though there Tak- The Wallaroo mine, it is said, was discovered by means of the green copper .carbonate thrown out in a small mound by a. burrowing animal. The mine was developed by private capital and the first, four or live years the balance sheet showed a debit of about ��100,000. Now it is one of the most extensive and valuable properties in South Australia. Tlie ore carries about 12 per cent, copper. Colorado's a*old output for l.SflS Mr. Lawson and | amounted to $24,500,000; that of Cali- ising the Boston i fornia was S 1.-1,884,721; South Dakota, +; \"���' \"11������\"''- ->*- ������-- ���\"---- $5,200,802; Alaska, A load of two tons caii be carried by a full grown elephant. The elm tree is fully grown at the age of 150, ash at 100, and the oak at two hundred years The growth of the elm is about two and a half feet per annum; that of an oak less than one foot. In answer to an inquiry sent out by the British admiralty a few years ago, to ascertain the warship-building facilities of Great Britain, it was found that the whole British navy, about 1,500,000 tons, could be duplicated in two years' time. Each day of the week has served as a day of rest somewhere: Sunday among the Christians,Monday with the Greeks Tuesday with the Persians, Wednesday with the Assyrians, Thursday with the Egyptians, Friday with the Turks, and Saturdav with the Hebrews. HOTEL GTORIA JOHN V. PERKS, Prop. California Wine Co.. NELSON, B.C. ^NpDi^pi; ANDSOO LINE. HEATED BV UAT a ID and Electric nU I Aln Bells and Light in every room.... Large and well lighted Sample Rooms Hourly Street Oar between hotel and Station. Free bus meets all trains..... Ben son able Rates. ' ' REVELSTOKE J. K. CLARK, Thirty Days' Xotii-e Kivun. stock market for a long time past. They | $,->,S4i,40G; Montana ,03f)-9;10. Because the Atlin anti-alien law shut him out of a rich claim, Edward Hansel, ah Ainerican prospector, blew the top of his iiead off with;a rifle at Atlin, says a Seattle report. The sale of Stratton's famous mine at Cripple Creek, the Independence, is reported to English people. The precise amount the property brought is not known authoritatively, but it is given as well up into the millions. Tlie Pennsylvania trolley company has had to pay a young mail SI 200 be cause its electricity got into a barbed- wire fence near the track, and when be took hold of the fence to climb it, he could not let go until his hand and arm were shriveled. A patent can be obtained on a mining I claim after $500 has been expended j thereon for development and improvement, upon its being surveyed by a (J. i S. mineral .surveyor, and by tl.e payment of $5 per acre for the land to the United States Government. I'l-olits in -Hilling. The British Columbia. Gazette contains formal notice of the enforcement of the eight-hour law as follows: Mine owners'agents, managers of mines and lessees are notified that thirty days from dare the inspector of mines will enforce section four of the Metalliferous Mines Inspections Act, which reads as follows: (Jo) No person shall be employed underground in any metalliferous mine for more than eight hours in any twenty-four hours. \"Our Lady of'the Snows\" has lately been getting an improved reputation in England. One of the foremost illustrated weeklies in London recently published a series of pictures of winter scenes in Hamilton, showing the condition of the streets after a blizzard. Wreck and desolation, mountains of snow and broken trees and telegraph poles, were the features of these alluring samples of- Hamiltonian scenery, and the impression that they doubtless��������� make .on the minds of English realers was one that will be hardly satisfactory to the. Immigration Department. Another interesting picture was given in the London Leader of March 21st, which contained NING ENGINEER Reports made on Mining Properties in any section of Kootenay. SANDON B.C. PIONEER HOUSE OF THAT CITY. DO NOT FORGET IT WHEN LN SANDON. R. CUNNING, Proprietor. Despite its load of fraudulent claims and wildcat schemes, the mining industry has paid more money in dividends, compared with other industries started in the last 30 years, than any busines8 known. Compare the profits in mining with the profits on the 150,000 odd miles of railway, with the aggregate liabilities of nearly $100,000,000, i hen you will see which pays the most. Under the wing of mining there exists some of the safest and most profitable of business. Of late it has come about that if a mining man presents an enterprise to conservative capital he is looked upon with suspicion and no assistance is granted Field and Aquatic Sports for one and all at New Denver celebration, on May 24th the following dispatch from Montreal, headed \"Canadian Snows:\" A freight train on the Intercolonial Government road has been buried beneath an avalanche of snow near Levis. Twenty men who were engaged in digging the train out were ovei whelmed by a second avalanche, but all were rescued, though one man, who was not extricated for an hour and a half, was unconscious when brought out.\" Tne unenlightened Englishman naturally supposes that when he spends a day in Canada he will be lucky if he escapes with his life.���Vic- oria Times. Jimipeil Ton Points. DR. MILLOY, Rooms in Virginia Blk, Sandon. ATLANTIC STEAMSHIP TICKETS. To awl from European points via Canadian and American lines. Apply fur sailing- dates, rates, tickets anil full information to any C. P. Ry ap-eiit or��� G. Ii. GARRETT. C. P. R. Assent, New Denver. WM. ST1TT. Sen. S. S. Agt., Winnipeg. Dealers Choice Wines \"Fragrant\" Cigars. I . Write for Prices. Our Stock is the Largest in Kootenay J. E. Angrignon The Leading Hairdresser Bosun Block, New Denver, B.C.. For those who want tlie EAST best WEST To any point in United Stares or Canada Tourist Cars pass Revelstoke daily for St. Paul Thursdays for .Montreal and Boston; Tuesdays and Saturdays for Toronto. First-class 'Sleeper on all Main Line Trains. Tickets issued and Bayfc'a^e cheeked to destin at ion. Xo Cu.-toms Difficulties. CONNECTIONS Revelstoke and main line points. ���S-i/ik Daily: lv���Denver C. Siding���ar: Daily IS 60k S:.'i;.k cx.Sun.-llv X. Denver Lil��: ar es. Sun.l'i.'OOk NEI.SOX.THAII., iK-S.SI.AKI*, ETC. !/:50kcx. Sun: lv X. Denver Ldfi: arex.Sun 14.00k P.A.n'Mnroec NEW DENVER General, Drayman, Ice, Wood, Hay and Grain for Sale. Pilled. Ice Houses Ascertain rates ami full information by ad- dressiujLr nearest local acent or���- G. B. GARRETT, Aw.it NV.v Denver. W. K. Anderson, Trav. Pass. A lit... Xelson. E. J. Coyle. Disi. Pass. AkI., Vancouver. . How to tret there is via O. I'. liy & Soo Line. note Falls k irt-ii SYSTEM. XKLSOX & FORT SHEPPARD CO. RED MOUNTAIN RY CO. direct route Kootenav illCl. . Livery a;fiid Bait Stabiles, GEBTiHCATE-QF IMPROVEMENTS Tyro, Tyro Kr-u-tion and EJonl.s-.va.iii Fraction Mineral Claim. The all rail and between the ...District All British Columbia Fonts Pacific Coast Points Puget .Sound. Points Eastern Canada and the United States. The Leland House, Nakusp, Accommodations for everv- body at New Denver, May 24 is talk of a much greater increase, ing, however, only the ten per cent, increase, one year with another, the consumption will double in ten years. As in 189S it was not far from 450,000 tons, it follows that in 190S we shall need for the civilized world a supply of 900,000 tons of copper. To get this a good deal of prospecting and mining will have to be carried on in the next ten years.��� Eng. & Mining Journal. CARD OK THANKS. him. The investor fails to realize that the very sinews'of commerce camo from the mines and that they are the root of half of the successful industries of-.-.the country. Last year, notwithstanding the fact that capital gave very little assistance to the mining industry, there was a steady, healthy increase of prosperity. Of the many millions produced from the mines, the amount was divided so that all the avenues of business profited. Over 10 per cent, went to railway corporations, 37 per cent, to mine owners, fully 15 per cent, to smelting works, while the residue, 38 per cent.,\" was circulated among the laboring element.��� New York Tribune. Kill tlie Grants and Macphersons. Rambler-Cariboo points' on Saturday stock jumped ten The property has been recently examined by Bernard Macdonald, acting- for a Montreal .syndicate. The, company has also had an independent report made recently, and it is to be published It is on tin-.' strength of this that the recent heavy buying* has taken place. The linest assortment of ladies' and misses' shoes ever seen in New Denver is being unpacked at T. I-f. Hoben's general merchandise store. The latest fads and the neatest and best makes. a comfortable hotel for travellers to stop at. Mrs. McDougald/ Captain and Mrs. Wm. Lowe Jeffery wish to extend their \"-rateful thanks to those kind friends that formed search parties and did all that was possible to find the remains of their much loved son, F. B. .Jeffery; and to H. .l.Robie, in particular, for his forethought in notifying* us, and the many other kindnesses he has shown in this sad time of our affliction. Capt. W. L. Jei-feuv, Mks. A. J. Jkfkiorv. The following is from a recent copy of the Paisley (Scotland) ''Gazette\" and is said to be a prayer used by a Highlander in clan times :���Gracious Providence ! Bless all ta Macdonalds and all ta Macdonald'? children, ter sons' sons, and ter daughters' daughters for a thousand years lang syne. Be gracious to send us mountains of tobacco and snuff. Oh, yes! and hills of potatoes and bread and cheeses as big as all.ta Howe o' Strath- more, and moreover likewise, send us floods of waters, tat there may be grass in plenty for man and beast, and some ta spare for ta poor of ta parish. Send us guns and pistols as many as the sands on the shore; and swords, too, to kill all the .\\vikli Grants and Macphersons for evermore. Bless the weestirk and make him a big1'coo before Martinmas, bless the wee soo and make him a big pig likewise. Oh yes, and put the strength of Sampson into Donald's body and arms, and gie us gail and corn prodigious. Bless a' the bairns Duncan and Rory and Flora and yon Donald and Lauchie, anil the praise shall be thine. Oo ay, Amen. Want to Build a Telegraph Line. Travelers Will find tin; Arlington Hotel a iilctish.iit place to stop at, when in SI can City*. GET 111 KG & HENDERSON, Proprietors. Situate in tlifc riloctui Minim,' Division of West KootemiyDistriefc. Where loomed: About one and one-half miles smiii of New Denver. 'PAKE NOTICE that, I, YV. S. Drewry. actinias 1. a.yent: for the Northwest Minio-.- Svudii-ate Ltd, Free .Miner's Certirh-.-ue No. 32'irfiA\"., intend sixty days from the date hereof to applv to the Mininir .Recorder for certificate.'' of improvements for the purpose of obtaining Crown -.-.rants of 1 lie above claims. And further take notice Ihat action under.section '17 must In: commenced before the issuance of such certificates of improvements. Dated this 16th day of .May, 18*)!). my IS YV. S. DREWRV. Connects at Spokane with (.'-BEAT NORTHERN RAILWAY NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY O. JI. R. & NAVIGATION CO. Leaves Nelson 9:40 a.m. Maps furnished, Tickets sold and information 4'iven by local and connecting; line Ticket agents. C. G. DIXON, G. P. & T. A. Spokane, Wash Nelson. B. C. Merchant Tailor. MhJi**tic and Unexpected Mineral Claims Situate in Ihe Sloean Mining Division of West Kootenay District. Where located: On Payne Mountain, near Sandon. rPAKE NOTICE that 1. Francis .1. O'Reillv, 1 iu*cntfor Frank II. Bourne, free minei's certificate No li)S-2Z A. and Charles French, free miner's certificate No. Wilis, intend, sixty days from the date hereof to apply to the Mining Recorder for certificates of improvements for,the purpose of obtaining- Crown grunts, of the above claims. And further take notice that action under section 87 musi be commenced before the issuance of such certificates of improvements. Dated this 1st dav of iliiv, l��i!). m\\\\< FRANCIS ./. O'REILLV. \"Monday, Monday 'Fractional, Sunshine, Kasa Fractional, Yakima, Ore-ton and .Mine Mineral Claims. Situate hi the Slocan Mining Division of West Kootenay District. Where located: Al the head of Howson Creek. A KE NOTICE that 1. William S. Drewry, acting as agent for the Sunshine Mining Com- linn\"-'. Limited. Free Miner's certificate Xo.iaiilA. intend, sixty days iivmi the date hereof, to apply to tin- Mining Recorder for certificates of improvements, for ihe purpose of obtaining a crown ��� grant of each of tin-above claims. , And further lake, notice that action under Sec. 37 must be commenced before the i-suance of such certilicates of improvements. Dated lliis ::ist dav of October, 1MW, ��� W. S. DriKYVRY. T; INTERNATIONAL NAVIGATION & TRADING^., LTD. Summer Time Card effective June 20, 1S').S. Subject to change without notice. SS. ���South Bound Read down. INTERNATIONAL. North Hound Read up. SANDON Train lvs Dally, l.oo pm Train ar daily ]o;/>n am KASI.O \" ar ������ .'l.i.'i pm Train lv ' s 00 urn rHoav lv ;i.8o am --Kaslo��� Rout ar 8.30 pmn =.'. '* 4.30 nnr Ainsworth \" 7.80 pm = .-j.irtiam Pilot Buy *' n.iopm? \" *i,80,-im Balfour \" d.io pm'-1' atiirii.-IO am. Five Mile Pt ������ S.L'3]imji ' '* 7.15 am Nelson ' lv 1.-15 pm ^ c Train nrlO.OS am Northport Train lvi.55 pmjj = ���' I1*aiii Rossland \" la.ofi pm'*; ���~ \" .'liopm Spokane ���' s.3o arn5 2B:- SS. ALBERTA. Read down. Read ir-. Sandon Daily train Iv l.ini pm Daily train ar 10.50 am Kaslo \" ar '1..15 pm \" lv .s.oo am .^ Boat Iv 5.0(1 pin Mo&T Boat ar 1.00 pm *-5 ������ fi.SOpm Ainsworth Boat ar 11.10 pm_ ~-Z ' 7.oopm Pilot Bay \" 11 no niiyj ���s.oo pm!? Havana Mineral Claim. til-anil Forks Smelter. It is reported on the authority of Mr. Graves himself that it has been practically decided to locate the Knob Hill and'Old Ironsides smelter on the north j struct telegraph liiies in Yale, East and .....I. * Tr...,.. ������ i <- .. .,.:i.. <-..��� j ^yt;st Kootenay, more particularly from i IJossland into the Boundarv 'Creek A despatch from Ottawa states that at a recent meeting* of the Commons Railway Committee an application of D. C. Corbin, of Spokane; John Dean, of Rossland; and Duncan Ross, of Greenwood, British Columbia, for federal incorporation under the name of \"The Northern Telegraph Company,\" to con- fork of Kettle river, about a mile from Grand Forks. Several sites have been under consideration. country, was reported. Inverness Group Bomlod. Provincial Appointment,*'-. R. C Campbell-Johnston, acting for other parties, lias taken a bond on thft Inverness group, Nelson properties. There are four claims in the group, consisting of tlie Inverness, Bird's Eye,Lady j The official gazette contains notice of I the following appointments:���Thomas I L. Haig. of Revelstoke, to be police magistrate of that city; Charles A. R. Lamley, of Fairview, to be registrar of The prettiest spot for homes on Slocan Lake. For residential lots, Full Line of fc'uitinsrs and Trcmserinffs aJwavs on hand. J. M. Silverton. M. BENEDUM, FOR CROI IERS, BEADS- St Anthony's Medals, Little Ghuplet of St. Anthony and Cancelled Postage Stamps, write to Agency Bethlehem Apostolic School, 15!! Shaw St\", Montreal, Que. Situate in the Sloean Mining Division of West Kootenay District. Where located: On Nonh Pork of Carpenter Creek, about one nnd one-half miles from Three Forks, B. 0. TAKE XOTICKthaf I. K. M. Sandilands. P. M. I. O. Jvo. llllWA. aji-enr. for Henrietta Ginr/.hur- K't'.r. F.M.C.Xo. .���!:Jil5 intend.i!0 days from the dale hereof, to apply-to the Mining Recorder for a Certitieate of Improvements, for the purpose of ohtainintra Crown Grant of the above claim.. And further take notice that, action, under ���section .li. must Tie commenced before the issuance of such certiiicate of Improvements. Dated this 4th day of March, 189!). ������ lo.oo pin Kuskoiiuok ���- L-.f'Opm Goat River '- \" 1.00 am Boundarv j = \" ar.-i.no am Honner's V'rv ��� lv .7; Train Iv 11.-to am \" Train ar ar -J.!.\") pm Spokane \" lv 0.00 pm^ 5.00 pm >, l'.oo pm**- 1.15 pm �� 7.50 111117: SPECIAL, KOOTEXAV LAKE SERVICE, Commencing June 20, isus. On Monday, Thursday and Fridav ss Alberta will leave Kaslo 5 p. m.\" for Ainsworth, Pilot Bay, and Nelson. Leiiviiiir Xelson at 8 a. in.. Tuesday, Friday and Saturday, calling at Pilot Bay. Ainsworth and Kaslo, and all way points. GEORGE ALEXANDER, Gen'1 Mg P.O. Box 1*22, Kaslo. B.C. KASLO & SLOCAN RY TIME CARD Call upon��� Thos. Mulvey Slocan City. There are Of lifting. J' trouble shoulde'i weary, the load of from the \\s of the wayworn traveller as he passes on his way. To know just what to do and when to do it has puzzled the minds, of some of the greatest hotel men of the age. We do not claim any great superiority over others, but Ave have learned by attention to the requirements patrons what best pleases them ant to the comforts and popularity of oui house. Pioneers of the Slocan were oui patrons when the clouds of adversity 01 close our adds Taking* effect 1.00 o'clock a. ra. Jan. 3, 1899, Pacific or 120th Meridian time. Subject to change without notice Leave s oo A.M. s :\\2 ������ camp m darkened the trails of every Kootenay, and they are with us still now when the suns of prosperity shine forth in splendor making mellow the heart of man. ^JACOBSON&.CO. Arr. ii :-:o (i 15 il 55 io u io :).*) io i\", io .|o Arrive. S 55 ���\", L'O 2 ������.',���) 2 1C \" 2 ni) \" 1 15 1 34 P.M 9 Aberdeen and one other. Ttiey are'lo-! the county court of-Yale at Fairview; 1 BARBER AND HAIRDRESSER. SLOCAN CITY, - - B. C. I��! Kaslo South Fork Sproule's Whitewater ' Bear Laie ' MeGiiifran Bailey's 1 Cody Junction \" lis \" Sandon Leave 1 15 \" CODV LINE in ��� Sandon ��� Arrive, ll.5!ia.m ' Cody Junction Leu ve, ll..\",(i a.m ' ���' Codv ��� \" n..15 n.m IRVING, Traffic Mnpr. GEO. F. COPELAND, Superintends.f For eneap railroad and steamship tickets to and from all points, applv to S. CAMPBELL, ' Affent. Sandon. Leave, 11. (Mi 11.1\" Arrive, ll.i.'5 ROBT. Brandon, E. C, Assay Price List: Gold, Silver, or Lead.each Si.50 Gold, Silver and Lead, combined :i oo Gold and Silver 2 00 Silver and Lead ' 2 00 Copiier (l>y Electrolysis) a oo Gold. Silver. Copper and Lead 4 00 Gold and Copper 2 50 Silver and Copper 2 50 Gold. Silver and Copper 3 00 Platinum 5 00 Mercury 2 Iron or Manganese 2 O'J Lime, Magnesium. Barium, Silica, Sulphur, each 2 oo Bismuth, Tin, Cobalt. Nickel. Auiininny. YAw. and Arsenic, each .\".. I oo Coal (Fixed Carbon. Volatile Matter. Ash. and pereeiitai.-e of Coke, if Coking- Coal) :..... Terms: Cash With Saiiijili-. .1 mil -20t.il. 1RU5. FRANK DICK, Assayer and Analvst THE LEDGE, NEW DENVER, B.C., MAY 18, 1899. Sixth Year DE COAXIXEST MAN. iromised To a coou named Tar Heal Jones; 1's done T Ail ?one an' lis little brack han' Jones; gone an' done a mighty fool- I knows dat I thing. For I feels it in man bones, I do. But, Lawd a Massy, honey, what's a lady gwiue to do, When a man like Tar comes a-foolin' arouif; Derc's no use tryin' for to get the best of him. He's lie coaxinest man iu town. CHORUS. jot money, an'lie ain't _ot style; much outside his fascinatin* ind he wears Ha ain't He ain't much smile. He's anything but handsome, cheap clo's, But he suttinly is de coaxinest man I knows. 'Twill take all de money I'se done.' gone an* saved, For to buy dat man's troo-so; But deed if I's to marry him I'se gut to spruce him up For he. won't do so hisself, dat's sho'. He's just about as triflih' as a nigger gets to be. An' all mail friends say he's low <1oa'ii: But what's de use of l.alkin' fer he's botin' to have his way, He's de coaxinest man in town. I knows dat Tar is mighty fond of gals, But. shucks. I don't mind dat: For I's been kinder foolish and Hirtatiuii mahself An' I'se got dat game down pat, I has. But bress your soul, mail honey, dure ,will hi awful scrap. If flat Tar Heel Jones.goes fooliu' uroun' When I has become de little blushin' bride Of de '-ouxjncst man in town. A VALUAJ{I,K I'KOI*i-;itTV. like statements of the British press, which the Associated Press is now able to announce. Take the question of trade with Canada for example. It is positively known that the Americans offered absolute free trade in mineral products, an enlargement of the free list of forest products, and an important concession in the duty on lumber and most farm products It is also known that they offered most liberal terms for the settlement of the Bearing* Sea question, and offered an amicable method for tlie adjustment of the boundary question. They yielded to Canada's vi��ws with respect to the alien labor legislation and to the lake fisheries,and offered reciprocal privileges. Indeed it is well founded that nearly ever of concession proceeded from of the United States. Ijicense I>isti-icts and Inspectors. TROUT LAKE PROPKKTIKS. Tlie Enterprise, mine, which lias recently been acquired by the London\" & B. C. Goldfields. acting in conjunction with the New Zealand Minerals Company, will, he a welcome and valuable addition to the B.C. market after it has made its bow to the public. A few more ''one-mine\" companies,' possessing* in- /trinsic merits and recognized capabili ���' ties as dividend-producers, such as the Le Roi, Yinir, Ruth, Whitewater,Queen Bess, Athabasca and Velvet, will do much to concentrate the attention of investors on the '\"Golden Province.\" We should be glad if we had been able to include in the above list such mines as the War Eagle, Centre Star, and Cariboo (Camp McKinney); but fortunately there are many others now being developed which will in due time take their place. The Enterprise may some day prove a more profitable mine than the.Payne. The sale of the mine has been concluded on a cash basis, the price being in the neighborhood of ��100,000. '\" This is a large price to pay for a property that has not shipped in all more than 1,590 tons; but it has been carefully examined and reported on, not only by Mr. Fowler, the resident engineer ot the purchasers, but also by Mr. J. D. Kendall, the resident partner in British Columbia of Bewick, Moreing & Co. He states that, of the shipments already made from the mine, the ore ran from 137 oz. to over 220 oz. of silver to the, ton, with lead varying from 18 to 21 percent., which classes this mine as one of the richest in silver yet discovered. We understand he puts the value of the mine as being worth $l,000,000,and, if certain improvements are made, at even more than that. He also states that, with the ordinary method of working, an annual output of 10,000 tons can be maintained, and that this ore will give a profit of $55 (-611) per ton, or ��550,000 (��110,000) per annum. Mr. Kendall also estimates the ore in sight at ��445,000 (��89,000.) A very large amount of development work has been done upon it, opening' up an immense body of ore, from which only a very small quantity has been shipped. We should like to see more English companies buying developed properties under the best expert advice. There are many in West and East Kootenay worth, examining\" today, and if the American mine owner thinks John Bull is \"on the buy,\" he will speedily develop his mine if he has anything worth showing to the \"yellow-legged expert,\" whom lie professes to despise.���B. C. Review. Otto Olson i.s working on the 1 and U, near Eight Mile, driving a fifty foot tunnel. A great deal of work will be done on the John L gioup so soon as the snow leaves the ground. Jim Paton struck some good looking rock this week on the Iona, a claim located about two miles from Trout Lake. The provincial government has organized license districts throughout the province. The Ainsworth license district embraces all that portion of the Slocan electoral district in the Ainsworth mining division and not included in any incorporated municipality. The license commissioners for the district are Neil j F. McKay and Edmund F. Stephenson, l of Kaslo\" The Slocan license district includes all the Slocan electoral district not included in the Ainsworth district. Thomas Brown, of Sandon, and William Hunter, of Silverton, are named as commissioners, with T. D. DesBrisav, of 'The et been embrace all of the Nelson liding. For license commissioners Dr. E. C. Arthur and P. E.Wilson have been recommended by the Hume campaign committee, and will doubtless receive the appointment. W. Ii. Bullock-Webster will be chief license commissioner for both the A,ins- worth and Nelson districts. Bought a Charter. Carloads of Flour and Feed 24th Not for only, but, for all time and for all people. You will find the largest stock of Best Flour and Breakfast Cereals ATHOBEN'S Shaughnessy aud Angus, representing the Canadian Pacific, have purchased the Northwest Central railway charter from Delap for 8500,000. the latter to settle all outstanding claims. Au application backed by the C.P.Ix. will lie made at this session of the Do- Work is progressing very favorably on ! minion parliament for an extension of the Silver Queen. They'expect to be j time in which to build the line or any Stanley Nix is working on his property, the Beta', located on Trout creek, about two miles from Trout Lake. j through the contact in two weeks. Work will be commenced shortly on the St. Elmo. Ca'pt. Johnson will assist Hugh McPherson and Neil Swinton in the work. A 20-ton shipment will be made from the Nettie L. so soon as navigation opens up. Sixteen men are employed on this property. The Beatrice has a showing of thirty inches of solid ore in the lower tunnel. The average value of the ore shipped will be $125 per ton in silver and lead. On the Raven, a property adjoining the Brow, one of the Poole group, and located on the same lead as the Nettie L., a 100 foot tunnel has been driven to crosscut the lead at depth. Messrs. Treanor, Gordon and Snell are the owners of this property, and they intend to follow the crosscut till the lead is encountered. So soon as the contract is finished on the Silver Queen, Mesers. Cowan and Hickman intend to do considerable work on the Canadian, a property adjoining the Black Eagle. They also intend to do work on the Lucky Four group on Boulder creek.���Topic. StOCAN ORE SHIPMENTS. Total shipped Julv 1 to Dec. 31, 1898, 17,994 tons. Januarv 1st, 1899, to, May 12th : From Sandon. a Week. Total. Payne. 300 ifiSl Last Chance 60 2,lo0 Sloean Star 123 Sapphire 18 Coin 12 Ajax 40 Sovereign 20 Reco '.' : 180 Ivanhoe 119 Treasure Vault 112 Trade Dollar 18 . Liberty Hill 3 From Three Forks Idaho Mines portion of it. Wanted.���A maker at once. C. firstclass coat and pant Robie, New Denver, B. Specials in these lines offered to patrons. Prices made a matter of inducement to big buyers in these lines���to the mines and hotels anywhere in the Slocan. Do not let this slip your mind when you want a sup ply of Fresh, Sweet and . Juicv Ham and Bacon, or Canned Goods of any kind, that i he best place to get it is ATHOBEN'S ORE Mail orders. New Denver, B. C. i FLOOR OIL CLOTH and LINOLEUM. LACE CURTAINS and WINDOW SHADES. These are all New Stock, New Patterns and New Prices. Hunter Bros. SANDON ROSSLAND Wholesale Wines, Liquors and Cigars. All orders by mail promptly attended to. OF ftSELSOfU, B.C, Is now prepared to buy all JOHN WI LL! AMSJf f-Vff f fffff *���? fffW ff ���? fffffff ���***���?fff & Dealer in LEAD. SILVER-GOLD ORES, Also all classes ot metallurgical products. Prompt settlement made on day ol arrival at the sampler. Lowest rates regarding treatment. The careful attention given to the largest consignments will be extended to the smallest shipper. Communications will receive prompt attention IMPORTED A*D DOMESTIC CIGARS ANDTOBACCOES, PIPES, &0. Van Camp Lunch Goods, Confection- cry and Fruit. Queen Bess. Will RAHEOAD JUIUX-DERS FtGHTIXG. Id Goose Monitor , From -Whitewater. Whitewater Jai-kson Bell Wellington From McGuigan. Antoine Rambler Dardanelles Groat Western . From Xew Denver. Busim Marion From Silverton. Fidelity.- Vancouver Wakefield Emily Edith Comstoek ���'60 1,180 15 !'(*() g. m. Mcdowell, Manager. Address���P. O. Drawer D. O. M. Rosendale, Purchasing Agt. WE ARE GIVING SPECIAL ATTENTION TO BATHS IN CONNECTION. Newmarket Block. New Denver Established 1895. E. M. SANDILANDS, SLOCAN MINES SANDON, B.C. Mining- Stocks bought and Sold. General Agent for Slocan Properties. Promising ���-Prospects For Sale. WHOLESALE GROCERS Agents for B. CV Sugar Refinerv and Royal City Planing Mills.\" F.E. MORRISON, dds. DENTIST Crown, Plate and Bridge work. Office. Broken Hill Blk. Nelson. Provides ample and pleasant accommodation lor the traveling Telegrams for rooms promptly attended to. public. HENRY STEGE, Proprietor.' |R. A. S. MARSHALL,. Dentist. Kaslo, B 0 Graduate of American College of Dental Surgery Chicago BRICK ; FOR SALE. JOHN GOETTSCHE, NEW DENVER. Total tons 3D7 18.178 There is a fight on at Nelson between the Canadian Pacific, railroad and tlie Kasl'i-Lardo-Duncan railway, which is supposed to have the Great Northern at its back. Both companies are anxious to build into the Lardo mining country, and it was a race as to who got the ground first. The Canadian .von, but the opposition secured an injunction to last until May 30, restraining the C P. R. from trespassing on what it claims to be its property in Duncan pass. The Kaslo-Lardo-Duncan is part of the Kootenay valley system, which has at its head Harry Foster, a member of the British parliament, and is supposed to contain Great Northern interests. This company is now building* from the Great Northern railway main line at Bonner's Ferry, Idaho, across the boundary line to Kootenay lake. On the southern end of the lake Mr. Foster's companv owns extensive lands. The Canadian is apparently much afraid of Mr. Foster's company* believing-, as many others do, that it has Jim Hill of the \"Great Northern behind it The plans of the Foster company are on an immense scale, and it is evident great wealth i.s behind the promoters. Were the plans carried out a new and rich region would become tributary to the Great Northern. The fight over the Lardo road is the second that has occurred between the Canadian Pacific and the Foster intur-i ests The Canadian in building its Crow's Nest line, appropriated a narrow strip along Kootenay lake. The Kootenay valley road was located for eight miles on this strip. Under the law of Canada the railway committee of parliament may compel the Canadian to permit the kootenay valley road trackage facilities over the eight miles. Mr. Foster is endeavoring to'have this done by the committee, while the Canadian Pacific is resisting vigorously. BTUNDRKD DOILABS BKWARI). 1 will pay ��100 reward for the recoverv of the body of my son, Fred B. Jefferv, drowned in Slocan lake, April 10th. Ca.pt. W. L. Jeffery. Sent by mail for Sandon defeated Silverton at football three goals to two, at Silverton, last Sunday. When 'in New Denver on the Upon receipt of your watch we examine it, then drop vou a post card, stating' what repairs are required and the cost. By the time we have received your remittance, your watch has been repaired and regulated and is ready to return. jimolke UeSom-mni-ade Cigars 11 ^���kyJ< Uttlf Kooifj All work Guaranteed. may ���In 11 -a o o Agent for the famous Hamilton & Hampden Watches.
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