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BC Historical Newspapers
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.
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Volume IX. No 34. NEW DENVER, B.C., MAY 22, 1902. Price, $2.00 Year IN ADVANCK Genial N^ys FToat In and About the Slocan and Neighboring Camps that are Talked About. te & greenest thing in the . ■fri«*ii*f»W_frj*\_TJ TCctvr-iAQ Ular shipments to LOCAL NKWS FLOAT. Lumber is becoming an important product of the Slocan. The Surprise will resume operations on tho lst of June. And now it is reported that John Houston will start a paper in Kaslo. Robert Strathearn is Kaslo's military candidate to the Coronation in London. The Merkley block looks aB bright as a new dollar, with a fresh ccat of paint. The Rambler force is all down from the mina to await the passing of the slides. Paint has made the Pullman on the K. & S.about the Slocan. The steamer Revelstoke connects tho city of that name with the Big Bend country Lowery's Claim for June will be out this week. Read it and warm your upper stope. Send in your orders for fresh garden a !Wiiii*_X^*ar*\f Ar* H*oij»_.. mines. W. E. B-iiois working the Amazon It is a g&lena property in Stanley basin, not far from Whitewater. Bob Macdonald, of Sandon is looking up a business location in Frank. Neil Mclnnis is in business at that point. Wm. Thomlinson is in Montreal. Before coming west he will look at the sconce around his old home in England. Chas. F. Nelson was elected Grand Vice-Chancellor at the Grand Lodge meeting, K. of P., in Vancouver last woek. The Empire Stock Co. was dissolved by fato at Trail last week and tho Slo can towns missed tlieir expected dramatic feast. The high witter cannot got into Williams' store, but the public may when in search of the sweetest candy ever produced in Canada. MessrB. Twigg, Williamson, Strickland ot al,, aro grubbing the rocks off of Josophine street, between Seventh unci Eighth, and (Wing in Seventh. Al Wild, Charles McNicholl and George Fairhairn have a good strike on tho Wilson croek side of Goat mountain. Thoy took up supplied to the location on Monday. It was reported on Monday that matrimonial lightning had struck just opposite The Ledge office and we were geriously considering the advisability of moving our big press to safer quarters, but our fears were dispelled Tuesday evening when we were reliably informed that oar popular druggist is returning home- safe and sound, and alone. The times are not all bud in,Sandon. The other morning two poker games were running in one saloon The floor was carpeted with the devil's papers, while ever and anon the rubbernecks burst the ozone with shouts of joy as thev reached for the booze so liberally, thrown on the bar by the lucky players. It was like a flash from the past, when sleep was a stranger in Sandon and the rafters were worn smooth by tho checks scraping against them. ■ A meeting was held in Cleve. 's hall, Tuesday evening, for the purpose of organizing a political club under the Provincial Progressive Party, Chris. Foley addressed the meeting and his clean cut argument was greatly appreciated by the audinnce. At the close of his remarks the organization of the club was effected. C. H. Richardson was -»iuovu~pr ' eoiA *tt*r» *■*_.. Tr»V» n_AX7t.ll in »v**.g .xtxna- mvt^iivj iyvinii~Trminii|[?i—*"iv.**o~ president: D. J Weir, secretary. An excutive committee of four is vet to be. named, W. J Twiss wan lu town during tho week ox; oundlng tho doctrine of tho Mutual Life of Canada He l» a hustler after business, and covers a wide territory. The grass does not grow much when Billy strikes a camp. Thanks to tho timely action of the wonthor dork in turning tho cold blast upon us, thn Carpenter creek bridge is Htlll safe. Tho Provincial engineer was in Inst weok taking inoiiHiiromotitN for n pllo prldgo, to be erected at nn enrlv dato. Thos. Burley and Ben Kneebono, two of tho best known and popular miners lu tlio Slocan have taken a 15-months' lease on tho Lost Tigor group This group Is on Silver mountain and U ownod by II. Clever. Work commences thia week. Mlwa Marietta LaDell, the most pleasing elocutionist that ever entertained n New Donvor audience, assisted by MIhh Teresa Flanagan, aoprano, will give an entertainment hero sometime about the lit of July, under tha auspices of tho K. of, P. lodge Sandou's ball twlrlor* -spent Saturday in New Donvor In thc act ol limbering up they scored 21 runs in six innings, while the homo toam tallied IU It waa lust a practice Name, and all tho Now Donvor bats had holes lu. through which all the balls pitched by Murphy would slip. Alter mnt! ihuiiWis ul iuioi me in TJovri t'-i'ulU) W .! Thmnjmi'ui bni*. returned to Sandon with an awakened appetite for fresh Hah. John nay* that the girls away back in the bluu-n<».c belt are the prettiest on earth. Although ho may bo slijfhtlv prejudiced In that IjV hyii.lt.it , bi -.fc ■f.W^.-.v*.*.,-. t,'.,i,i,.,i..*'i.-, p.i.^..,,. ..... did not bring ono with him, although no ono can tell what a few month* will bring forth. Kdltoi Shield* of New York ha* returned from liU hunting trip up WiNon creek and will go Fast fn a "hort timo. He f*» ftirhti.Jifa.itlr over thn Shiran from a game and tourWt standpoint, and thinks that the fall* on Wilson crock Is one «l I he hni'tt sheet* nl (ailing water on thia continent. Mr. Shield* willI come «fr.i»'« to thi» mountain.-* next year, nml probably bring a contingent nf New Yorker* with him. MISTHODIST OHANOKS. In the first draft of the Station Committee of tho Methodist conference, in session in Vancouver tlie past week, the following recommendations were made for Slocan tow'is: New Denver, A. !-.* Robert?; Kaslo, A. E. Hetherington, B! A., B. D ; Sandon, Robert J. Mclntyre; Slocun City, J. Alfred Seymour. Lateii—[Special.]—Vancouver, May •20.—The following changes were made iu the final draft by tho Station Committee, affecting the Slocan country: New Denver, w D. Mtsener; Slocaii, J. A. Seymour: Kaslo, J. W. Bo waring, B. A.; Sandon, R. J. Mclntyre; Enderby, A. E. Roberts. MUST RK KKCORDKD WIIKN DUNK. In the Gazette of last week notice is given that the Lieutenant-Governor in Council has made the following order relating to See. 148 of the Mineral Act; That paragraph two of Sec. 5 of the Mineral Act Amendment Act, 1898, he so Interpreted that should any free miner perform assessment work 'on his claim during any ono year to the value of one hundred dollars or more in excess of tho amount required to be done in any one year by tho Mineral Act, the right thereby given audi free minor of recording a certificate of the work done to tho value of each one hundred dollais so as to cover his assessment work for au additional year in respect of each one hundred dollars In excess, shall bo exercisable only at tho time of record of tho certificate of work in reaped of the amount required to hold the claim during the year in which such excess shall be performed. This order comes Into force on June 1st. PAYNK MUX WORKING Wr.Ll., To tlio Editor of Thk I.kimik: Dear Sir: I me from your valuable paper of today that you mention about the Payne mill—that It Ih running, although not v ry smoothly. I don't know where you got your information, but It ia certainly a misstatement The mill waa started on the 4th Inst, and since the 5th haa been running night and day without any hitch except what anyone would expect from new belting slipping aud adjustment of machinery. In fact, I venture to say that a mill never was started with less trouble, and giving such general satisfaction. Yours truly, Payne Conkoi.uiatidi> Mininu Oo Ltd, 11 vi*en /' O i *t*-r\T» \lrrr Sandon, B O , May 15,1002. M Alt I NO VH TPRO A T In the cane of Marino vs. Sproat, an otdor wni. made Monday bjr Jud^e Forin r»f NH«rm for the ernminntlnrt of I ho ilelcjiilams Alexander .Spiwit mul Florence! I. Mclnnis, as judgment debtors, lunching their property and mean-** to satisfy the judgment of the plaintiff Marino I.KAD MIX Kit* Hl.VOHKO. The turn of -ov-niua during the nat-i few day* at Ottawa have bw« far from ••m-nuraguig lor the li*»d privlmwi of Kootenay. There waa a tlm* when they.roiiM command attention frmn i«e men in charge of the dominion, bin their influence at Ottawa -.«*.-iu» to wane ns the influence of the United States lead truBt wnxeB fat, There may be no connection between the two, biit this idea has taken root in the mind of many, and it* will require most convincing logic to dislodge it. During the past ten days public meetings have been held in almost every town and city in West Kootenay, and, with a' unanimity rarely witnessed, the people have urged upon the members of the Laurier cabinet the. immediate necessity for tarifi adjustments so that such home market as there is in the dominion shall be conserved to the lead producers of Kootenay. in tho hope that a start may be made in lead refining and further manufacture, to the end that from being an importer of lead from foreign mines the dominion might become an exporter of lead and its manufactures from its own mines It was thought by many that all that was required bf the mining districts to secure the desired rediv.sr. was a clear presentation of their case That, upon its being shown that the welfare of a very large section of this proviuce de- pends^upou such changes being made, they would follow as a matter of course Those who entertained any such visions of fancied securitiy have had them rudely shattered. The plea of Kootenay for fairer treatment has reached Ottawa, but so far5 from commanding attention it has even failed of a respectable hearing Indeed the answer re turned by the representative of the district in the house of Commons is almost brutal in its frankness. He says there is not the slightest hope of securing anything in the rway of tariff amendments during the p esent season, and then, as if bent upon squelching any lingering hope which might remain "for future consideration hejiddj*, that so far as xheiirext^^Motnirti^CommTnTircon-' corned the ministers decline to hold out ■any promises whatever... If this reply to'the plea of Kootenay means any thins*, it-means that W. A. Gallihier, MP., or the Laurier government, or both, are utterly indifferent to Kootenay and its interests. What other construction can be pUced upon a policy, which denies tn so important a district as the Kootenay oven that polite form of dismissal which politician'' are ever willing to accord even the charter mongers and subsidy hunters, that their request shall receive the "earnest considerations" of the government? Is there an Instance on record in which any private.corporation or individual, representing' even a fraction of the vested interests involved in the lead mining '.ndustry, received such scant courtesy as has heen inlited out to the people of Kootenay? Contrast. if you please the treatment accorded to the people of Kootenay with the consideration shown the few individuals who secured from tho federal government the famous Treadwell concession, a confess- ion bo iniqultious as to cause widespread indignation throughout the Yukon, and to forco restrictions In the interest of the peoplo who are buttoned holed by the tax gatherer, but who thiimsevo'a have not the opportunity themselves of button-holing the ministers. Kootenay's latest experience with tho powers that bo will doubtless teach its electors, as well as tlio*-<o of the other districts of the province, tho folly of treating their seats in legislative bodies as sinecures for good fellows, and trusting to-'delegations" for their representations, At tho present time it Is Kootenay's mi*. fortune that it is no represented iu tho house of Commons by a man who would place thc welfare of thc district before such considerations as party exigencies It might be even with .nidi a man it would be impossible to havo secured the desired tariff aiiieuament* during the present session, hut such a man would roaign rather thin inform his consti- uents that no considerations will be given their reqin*.-*>t* this season, and further that the ministers have nothing to promise for the ensuing session.— Fernie Free Press as No. 10, until the main body was reached no mineralised rock had been met with, but the managers appear to be quite convinced that the pay chute of tltfe main vein has dipped to the east, and will therefore not be met with until the tunuel has \ieen driven further in that direction Several econimies have been effected, and the cost of stoping has been reduced to Os. per ton, as compared with about 7s 9d. during the previous year. The mill returns show that slightly" over 2J tons ia crushed per stamp per 24 hours. The cost of milling excluding the cost of power, is placed at slightly under2s. a ton. The mill practice is evidently efficient, showing a reco very of nearly 80 per cent. The fall in the price of silver and lead, has of course affected the company's profit to some extent, amounting to over $28,000 for the year. The manager points out that the' mineral tax is equivalent to 3^ per cent, of their operating profit, which is unness- arily onerous, and he holds out no hope of more enlightened policy in this re- pect. ' MANSFJKLD'S NEW COMPANY. Instructions were received by Taylor & O'Shea, solicitors, of Nelson, last Saturday, for the registration in British Columbia of the Kaslo-Slocan Mining & Financial companv, Ltd., with a capitalization of £500,000. Of thiB amount £100,000 has been paid into the treasury. The properties taken over by the new company are those formerly be- longirg to the Chapleau Consolidated, theRene Laudi and the Mansfield syndicate, >mbracing the properties in Camp Mansield, on the south fork of Kaslo creek in the Slocan, and including the ■.ell known Joker mine and the Chap- ieTn\7m~l7enToii"CreekT — ~ — Operations on an extensive scale are to be commenced immediately on the Chapeau and the Joker mines. On the Chapleau a 10 stamp mill and a tramway were put in by the old company. On the Joker the principal wort done consist of the stripping of the ledge through the width of the claim: These properties have now been lyirg idle for over a yeai. It ia understood that the now company has been formed by Ernest Mansfield, the promote! well known in the Slocan. HOUNUAKY CA51I' NOTKS. 1 Othei* Cannp N^s Float §§ —■— 8j3Conditions Existing in Kootenay Camps not as B2 Flourishing as Could be Wished For. (vTHKI,KKOI LOOKING BA1>. TIIK YMIR MINK. May I—Silver, M Th* annual report for thi« year ending December 81st last discloses a very atttkfactory poiitim,. During thU period fW.505 'tons of oro were cunhed, yielding a net value of fl vi*. per ton. The gross proceeds from the ore pro duced amounted to £114,897, and after allowing for depreciation aud mine development, a net profit remained of £45.-242. With the balance carried for- I ward from the nrevlnuo v#ar there was | an available prottt ot £«),*Jl .and of thi«( IAuiu jL'li.'.i'i'J.'i tilt* uCv ii i;A^<,iii*iL\t uyuu machinery, development, etc. Although tho policy ofthe board In tbe past haa been to defrav the com of increa-sed plant, development, etc , nut of profit it b: now felt (Ml tli« roiim-riv U no neii niKUitinuntil! inhi H tuiiiul lie, l.u IfiCj interest of the shareholders to lncrea*e| the capital t" pr<n-fdt* for (he com nfi further Improvement* uAtrr tljsu h-dd j back a huhmaiitial imrti'iii uf the prulit, , and for ihi* object the directors pro|«»4» j to increase the capital of the companv' bv f-JO.mli), Tfif n«|ir»rr nf the non * |i*ii> '« eii^iiie.11 n kpffftk v«fiy ImpWully of tbe future ef th*> undertaking, audi •t«te* liuit mi On* md o( \*m y«'«r then*' were tm.oen ton« of on* in tight, sufH-j d#m to Mono the *lAm\r* in -mntintiflfl*' work for ovi»r two year*. Wn note UisrShun ttm white dritin*/the h'titf tunnel, kimwn witter. A car of Winnipeg ore was sent to the Trail smelter this week. The Stentwinder mine is running 2<> stamps, and is adding 20 more, when 150 tons of ore per day can be crushed. Work has been started on a timber spur for the Granby Co,, to be about <>00 feet long, audio run back of the timber framing house and the timber shaft. All this week the 100 horse power hoist for the No. 2 shaft of the old Ironsides mino, being put in by the Jenckes Machine Co., of Sherbrooke, Quo., has lieen expected. It will probably arrive Monday. Two cars of ore were recently hauled from the No, 7 initio, in Central camp, but hauling was discontinued again on account of bad roads. Tho roads are now improving once more, and hauling was discontinued again on avcount of bad roads. The roads are now improving once more, and hauling Is tn be resumed. Wednesday connections were made between tho 100 and ¥00 foot levels In \h* new three compartment *d\.\ft ut tho Snowshoe. This connects the railway tunnel workings with the main shaft, which is now being timbered Grading lias been completed for thc new spur at the Snowshoe mine, to thc site of the new compressor Excavations for the compressor building, about 45x80 feat will be begun at once, It being necessary to remove rock to the depth of about ten feet Un lo March l<>t the (iranbv mine*, had 14.771 feet of work done ' Of this amount 2.08f» feel were sinking or raining, aud 1:2,0*2 were drifting and croxs- cutting Thin doe* not include tho liitU* Hot 0* »ed drift* m*hen» nn much ore has been and is being taken out.— 1'hoenlx Pioneer The Financial Times, London, Enir,, of the 29th ult., contains the followina* statement from the secretary of the Le Roi Mining Co.: "In consideration of the fact that 24,528 tons of ore mined during the month of March were estimated to yield a profit of only $9,950 the directors cabled to Mr. Mackenzie asking whether tt would not be politic to conserve the ore reserves pending a reduction of working expenses, and his reply (dated 27th April) has been re received today (28th April): "Mr. Mackanzie says that with copper and silver at present prices, and fuel and freight at present prices, the March grade of ore leavesno profit, and he has already begun to sort the ore more closely, making April grade up to $15.50 per ton. He also reports that he is experiencing difficulty with smelting operations, and has reaBon to believe a considerable percentage of the copper contents are not being recovered He is, therefore going to clean up at the smelter to ascertain to what extent this is so. If the cleanup Bhows losses which the difference between assay val- .,,^.c_n itjI.uAAn.iAu.^^l >.sl I.,*..*. Ifu A.T^. ..... w-c-3-fiiiu-i-cvuif -Ci Y—lllui*L:-^l.*rj.—"IUI**. iUil-v- konzie strongly advises treating the ore on hand at the smelter and then to shut down smelting work entirely until we can obtain satisfactory freight and fuel rates and prices have risen for metals, to oush ahead with developments in the lower levels, work being done bv contract, aud reduce expenses to the lowest possible point. "Mr. Mackenzie informs that he has written fully on this subject, and ad vises delaying any action ponding ihe receipt of this letter and the result of the cleanup nt the smelter." In order to obtain any information which might throw furtherlight on the situation, as stated above, a representative of the London, B C Review had au Interview with Mr. R.J. Frechville, who, we need hardly remind our readers, is a director of'the compuny, and] toward the end of the year was engaged iu making an exhaustive report an examination of the property in reply to the representative, Mr Frechville said— "I have no information whatever to give you; the directors know nothing more than has been published, No, the smelter has not been closed down, and will not do so until we are lu receipt of the letters from the malinger now on their way, as he asked tlio board to take no' action until his letters had been received. Asked to express hia private opinion as to whether he was not surprised at the information convoyed In the last cablegram, Mr. Frcchevill replied, "No, not all, when you consider the sur ions fall In the price ol copper that has taken place since the dato or my visit to the mines Tho gross value of the ore, uh 1 stated in inv reports, was $11.75 per ton, av.d that was estimated ou the optimist!? basts, taking copper at 1<>) cents per tb , and silver at no cents, Kven en this basis the margin of profit did not much succeed 12 per ton, and now that the price of gold ami silver has fallen, tlu; margin of profit hat. been wiped out U it not possible that reduction In might THK OLD 8TOKY. The following taken from the Grand Forks Miner Gazette hits the nail on the head: A visitor to this city told us this week his impressions of the country and they were extremely complimentary except ou one point. '"The worst thing I find to discourage me about the country," he said, "is the inclination I And throughout all eastern B. C. among merchants to cut their busiuess out of the local newspapers aud leave them without sufficient financial support to enable them to get out a good paper. A newspaper more than any other business, is entirely dependent upon the patronage of its'local people, and when they oommeuce withdrawing their advertisements it must decrease in quality proportionately with the decrease in patronage. The local paper is regarded on the outside as a perfect ther« mometer of the state of business in the city in which it is published, and a poor newspaper nearly always means a poor town, while the suspension of a paper which has been published any length of time gives the town the worst kitid of a black eve. Look at Nelson for in stance. TheTribuiHToTtliat place suspended, and I lind iu my travels, which take ine all over the province, that Nelson is generally regarded as entirely dead, for sav the people, tbe town must be fearfully quiet when the leading newspaper has to quit business.' A mercnant who supports his local paper .is bv no means doing an act of charity for even though he may not foel that tho advertisement is bringing him proportionate returns he is gaining by it as it helps to boom the town on tho outside and make people think it is a good live- Iv place, thus by helping the town t'hrough the medium of the newspaper he is helping himself. SI.OUAN OKK .Sllir.ttK.MH. The total amount of ore shipped from the Slocan and Slocan City mining divisions for the vear 1901 was, approximately, 80,000 tons, Since January 1 to May 10, 1902, the shipments have been as follows: WVek 1'a.viii) Iviinlioii I'l Sinini't f.Uckvm llititlii) ItlM-ll Aini*rli*Hii Boy tfl Arllntrtoii t»> Ill'.H'I'tt ". Il.miin »> l,>i»l Olialicu \V<iml<?rful ••• Knti*r|>rlM -M Moiutnr ■Oui'lill th'M . Silver«;i Uhm) ... Whlti>Wilt«r Hi Oltawn Nl«|HlWM -•• Hftrtimy Marlon Mitv I'*.v*ti*)*»k Hnrprl-K! -Ml*m«»ti Slur DuiJox Kmlly Killlh I'M-Wult JUlIll.liI,. -> —■ 'VI Molly Mllmoii Total In-n-l... IVj TO i.l m «5 •Ml Hut S90 ini 470 VO nn 4*1 tss 1*1 J? 1W« M 60 IS »u ; it «*• T *<i t MM 1W imt HOW TO LIVK LONO. lUI.VKK AKI> t.K\1i QUOTATIONS 2- 94 ■'■' TV—.. 7- 0- 10- 1.1 i.t— u- IV- 17- 10- 20- ■21-- 51 Lead, £11 ir.« 11 Ife working i-o'tn might to Minn extent make up for the depreciation In the Prof. M. Heath lays down the follow values of there metal*/ The working ing practical rules: coitt-4 have been-.ouiewhat reduced but Few starve for food but many for have not vet reached %\ 1* 1 had j H th„,,,.,,v % \mvin,{\ xln\m n .oped, nor la there any probability o tUv Wear no tight clothing. Above It reaching that figure iini,I we .-an got ,„ v,.nllUie vour sleepin'g room, cheaper coke, at. sav, •< |mt ton ' ' Is there no coin ration prmrasi Beware of tfluttouy. If the appetite which would enable a -Mvlng to bei iV'"»« «!*1 Um ,.'.",>"' "r .«*»..no»,»,!>*« effected which can he employed on the Lv H»A -nY','? We b'ivt «r*-?u!ly g«>t,i* in the question and th-ware great dfff Uultle* In employing any w.ttci tou- centration proi-i*** I 'ne no 11 rev eonditnetlts, but live chiefly on natural irraln*. vegetables and fi un-* N«*vt*r a*k your stomach to chew ymir fund—employ ymir tenth. Adorn vour tablet not only with viands, but with flowers and ■mile* and kindly word**. Al.tITt t>r> IM TIIRIIOGMKARf. m fiwing to the coin- plex nature of these ores, snd although wit looked into another process for the treatment of onr lower grade ores the royalty thwy anked w** *n gre*i h* io |(»^,.,i n„tf,. -in loulifulll,.^**!* -muri-**!" nt irvwUn-roflt 1 , )tt¥Mdl in couvtu*«t»m Hi. i ivu'ivme wa*\ i uin-.--.iii. ini .minipu-i 11 1*2mH«1i *ie^*"i whether Aniiv wm* aii) *ug^i*lioo , Wiijjiij**;.' mine .. . II j'WdI lh*t th»> or* bodiei had plncheil out to' Hartford Juitcttnri ... II llsSd' which be rej.iied: "N*i», the .ire »*odi#-«. l itv of t'uri*, Whiti>« camp tl ilttfUtUt the h>w«*st level l,«.V» feel «hnw« B. V. Mine. Huioniit *aim» ii »1 c<m 1 +vet\ *»f« of #!r*>ti-»t»i, but nnf-vrtuii- Ann Ij**h>*, 11 l^*hl| provement in the grmb* of ore. and of,«»ro l»*-n.iro wine. Summit II I2¥M iottr»e no coti«**rtuire «*n l*e made a* to .* Kbott the grade of the ore ;U Mill lower depth* width have 11 it \**l iK-*-ii«it»*j»»*«l up !!•• ui'-,, feel .,,, •,...* 1 ...4,42*5 ...4J**'» ...4.»ri»i .. .;».»>» . . .!♦"'•> camp 111 >••..»' 11 i>**"i; UIWW||i» t'»- inte*. A" I'tT d,'»c{.lji in mind obt* ;rr*ni) truth' lm»i! tn lbt-1 Wte. )iuwft roien tbe beAtr. Wj- t Shun *timuUnt* ** yoti An I'rttil***^* and aSee and drink hot 11 12im*mJ» ***'* *»'*' "," I1*'" '• : - ""' nnproveriient ' ' ini-tal mm '.ft ibe North|<ort 1 p-nnfif 11 if lie rill; . i'l i-IHt'lO! ihe out pill tmto theo'her |{i»w- ,).,i'l,fn wn* ijHiti- tti-iitVn*;i-!il In .11 lull blaM. M.nke <■',*'«niln*f*« w*-*nr n.p-.tU'j, aud' w>ti«h aaaifft filtli m if'.h li-<u*v Rti»l * 4rnu1.l1. 1 lirwitwiMwl Midway «irand Fork* ...1.<#«J . .'2,4*W ,l/«HJ . .i,;w vicrm.i.x u\t. i ur th" above tlie l mi i'ne. itv. wilt itmae if turn ttt-ket* t>» snd fr«>m all iwnii* at fin- 40A ■f-u.-iMH for tb-** return jonrin •*. Tic kft- on «aff May Slot, 2*1, *twl 2-ltb g*H*l f*..i- return ttl't May 2Tth, Si THE LEDGE, NEW DENVER, B. C, MAY 22, 1902. Ninth Yea& Thb Lkdok U two dollars a year in advance When not so paid it, is S2.S0 to parties worthy ot credit. Lefal mlvertisiiuj 10 centsa noiipariel line first insertion, and 5 cents a line each subsequent insertion. Readin« notices 25 cents a line, and commercial advertising graded in prices according to circumstances. ov . blazer better t'cTteil the'truth'pveil' if IhTheiiveiisTlo (Vcca'sionaliy hit, o'ursliiokestacit. A chute of joji work U worfceil o'ucnsionally'for the lu-ui'lit of humanity and the financier. Come in and see us, but do not imt thc bull doc on the cranium, or chase the black cow from our water barrel- one is savage anil the other a victim of thirst. One of the noblest works of creation is the man who always pays the printer; he is sure of a bunk in paradise, with thornless roses for a pillow by night, and nothing but gold to look at ll^«^ Ry d p|nanc|e The Ledge. A pencil cross in this square indicates that your subsection is due, and that the editor wishes once again to look at your Collateral. THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1902. FROM THK KIMTOlfS tJPPKtl STOl'K. Bt. Pierre is the hottest town of the century. Every unkind treatment to a. cow poison's the milk. Over-capitalization is having its effect upon the Rossland mines. Keep away from tlie West Indies. The elements are on strike out there. Kindness to animals is seldom taught in our churches or Sunday Schools. Push along the mint and let us 6ee what money made in Canada looks like. Without thought, voluntary or -involuntarilyf-there-would-be-no fear or disease. Britannia seems to have passed the buck to Morgan in regard to ruling the waves. The B. C. Legislature has aroused the volcano of public disgust, and it will soon be with St. Pierre. discretion. This law has probably been buried since the people have been governed by dollar worshippers. History repeats itself. More than 100 years ago the Yankees fought against a monarchy to obtain (heir liberty, and ere long t/ey will have to fight again in order to free themselves from the collar put around their necks by trusts of con cen trated weal th. The expenditure of $175,000 for a Canadian exhibit at St. Louis should result in bringing much trade to the Dominion. Many of those Pike county fellows down in old Missouri will probably learn of Canada for the first time in this way. Ko country in the world presents a better field for mining than British Columbia. Up to date over 180 millions of dollars worth of minerals have been dug out in this Province and the mountains seem to have only a few scratches upon them. In the future billions will be taken out in B. C. and the world enriched thereby. -A-soap-outfit-in- -Montreal-offers us a $5 box of soap in return for about S100 worth of advertising space. This shows that the trading spirit is still strong in the east. We had to decline the offer as that much soap would last us a decade, and we would not throw it on the market for fear of injuring the trade of those who may some day advertise with us. School books should be furnished to the people at cost, and all the books used in Ji. C. should be printed in this province., tfjhy The Ontario people are crying out against political grafters. Pshaw! Tliey don't know any tiring about grafting. Come west. * The sale of Lowery's Claim is prohibited upon C. P. Jt. trains. Editor* who have freedom might make a note of this in their papers. .Judging from some of the thin nrilk we occasionally find in Kootenay there must be somebody trying the Filipino water (jure upon the OOWB. Toronto is a cheap literary town. The cartoons in the local press look a» though they were made out of wood by artists fed on 10 cent meals. It ik very amusing to see Home of our iMM-AgntpliH traveling through the pre»«, credited to some paper whose editor in immune from en- ceplmlltis. Many men, incapable of running their own busiwiw Kiiceowfully, are quite i>o«Uive that in a legislative assembly they would nit in tin* flrnt, row of lightm. A government that will give away the resource* of a country to a Jot of grafter* ia disloyal uithe\nemitn are fttttiillnaviann, which peoplo, and should Ih- pushed iwerj prove* that thi* di*«*»»« te not con* the dump of oblivion a* upewlily as j fined to hot climate**. One danger pOH*4hl»'. 'of a dmiiw f'hinw population Ih Clerg.,,. fa doing a great deal for ^X' "Ji^M^SiiT Sault 81*. Marie, htit much mneeXHU m ilimm *"" conw*1 U* tor Uergne. I he aame thiutr could I \ tuAse <**t*u mt'oinph*tt«t by the( Government if there wan more wi»-f doin HtiA hi* *At in Ottawa jk»Ii- ■ ticimi". The Grand Forks Gazette has been sold to the News and that town now haa one paper. The late Gazette eiitor, talking to a Rossland paper, says that the Hot Air railway ia built over a wagon road, and is so clieaply constructed thai it is in danger of being washed out every time a man spits upon the track. The Hot Air line must be a poor thing or else the editor has a personal reason for using the knife. Money is inanimate and carries no stain, yet a former pastor of Kruger's, in refering to Rhodes, says: "The gold he has taken from South Africa is soiled with the blood of women and children. God pity the man who takes this gold from any {englishman, I hope the president* of your uiriverHities and your men of affairs will warn thone under them to !>eware of this gold and to shun it aa they would a viper." Such talk is personified wind, for all money, if it is not too young before it is destroyed, passed through the hands of those whom we might call luid people. "One special advantage of what may be called the tourist industry is that it does not depend upon local conditions. We may have drought, or bank failures, or other local troubles, but the Eastern tourists, bringing in morie}*- that has been earned iu the East, would still continue to arrive. Only a widespread financial panic of national scope could interfere . with this source of income. In Europe there are countries where the entertainment of tourists is a leading industry, and is carried out on scientific principles. Chief among these is Switzerland, the "playground of Europe." Like California. Switzerland does not depend entirely upon tourist travel for its support, for in that enterprising and industrious little country there are important manufactures of cheese, laces, carved wood and other goods, which are exported to all parts of the world. Still, the entertainment of tourists probably brings more cash money into Switzerland every year than any single industry. Realizing the importance of this trade, the Swiss jiave laid themselves out to make tlieir visitors welcome, and to furnish them-with-eveiy™"possibie~conven~ ience, in the shape of magnificent roads, easy trails, excellent hJtels at every 'coign of vantage,' an« so forth. It is said that the Englisn are a nation of shop keepers. 'Of the Swiss it might, with greater truth, be said that they are a nation of liotel keepers. It ia the main ambition of a large per cent- age of the population to own a liotel. Sons of colonels in the Swiss army are sent to serve as waiter.? in the hotels of London, Paris and other countries, in order to gain a thorough knowledge of languages, and an insight into the business. It is no wonder, therefore, that Switzerland is a favorite resort for tourists. It would bo so in any wise, on account of the grandeur of its scenery, but for every one who would visit it if the accommodations were crude, a hundred are Induced to go by the certainty that every material want will he amply .supplied." Brought misery and disgrace to his own home and that of his friend, the girl's father; And then as a crowning act of hellishness induced the girl to accompany him to an hotel where they spent the Sabbath in illicit love, and the following morning were found dead in each other's arms. All this in the name of Love ! Poor, deluded mortals. They never knew the meaning of Love; They never loved anyone; T^hey were incapable of loving. Love is the best thing in the world. What some people call love is >jhe worst thing in the world. These victims mistook lust for Love. Their's was not an exceptional case; They simply carried it to the extreme limit. Every community can point to a similar case of lust-craze. Weak individuals become madly infatuated; They call it Love, but it is only lust, Love does not act unseemly; Love will never cause pain to satisfy selfish desire; Love is thoughtful, is wise and good. Love would die for another, but Love would never kill. Purity is woman's charm; It. is the jewel of great price to maidenhood. It can be won from woman by lust in the name of Love; But the man who takes it in this manner is a worse enemy to mankind than the negro that waylays in the bush. Take purity from maidenhobd and you take the charm out of life. Do it in the name of Love and you bring- the God of heaven down to the level of the bull in the barnyard. There are two radically different ideas expressed in the English word "love." In the Greek and in the Hebrew there are two words used to express these ideas. There should be two English words. Men have misused the word so long; Have committed so many fiendish deeds in its name; That the word is in ill repute; It has a /feminine sound, too; But, properly understood and lived—for we must live if we are to understand— There is no word in the English tongue that expresses so much of courage, wisdom, sacrifice and integrity as this word Love. and then; but take them in the long run, and they're like war— strikes are hell.—By Bread Alone. A word or phrase which is as \ common aind familier as our hand ~ may, in some minute of time, take on a significance and present a face so keen and strange that it is as if we had never met it before.-Audrey Deformity is not awkwardness only, but danger. A hig-h chest will g-ive freedom to breathing and digestion, aud help to cure many diseases. There are over 800 leper* in the United State* and it te proved to cMabliuli a national leprosaria in order that the unfortunate* can Ihi lietter looked after, and the danger of infection !pK«ened. I^'prnpy ie common in China and the Went Tndlc-H, hut all the lejw>r«< in Min* ei imgi the *Ule. .« x . P..KH-- rt.i.njs un- iiiiiM sU'.'AiTi, ,v,'.-,'3 i.tXi: U ttiCt'i A Aim- ut IiiifH-i iitl reasons on Tthntlt TrMtrjrfi -*- *. ■■•* •■mt '>**■ w in v >** *» % **■* w**> The tour- lu run miii m* hhki* too ninny ool- * ""■"' "
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