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Devoted to the upbuilding of Fort Steele, the development of the vast mineral resources of the East Kootenay mining district.
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CA<J L- /**■ 7 / -7 * * il 11 * * a SEWING MACHINES FOR SALE ON '"1 '.': $ &asu Monthiij Payments :■ I AT CASH'S BOOKSTORE, •:.' a**********.'.•.■."■.";■■. v.vvvv ■ .».".'-■ * * is .■ ■:■■•-:?.-.-: :-:-Sf'■-.-: THE I'llOSPECTOR CON- TAINS ALL PUBLIC NO- ■:• TICKS AND CIVES THE 1.ATIST TELECRAHPIC ANO LOCAL NEWS. ' . . ...-■.,■;■:-: :■•;-,■; >:-■ * Vol. FORT STEELE, B. C, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1807. No 12. NEW ADVenrlSEMI.NTS, N.'Iii'i' II. II. MoVIUln LOCAL NEWS NOTES. Tho ore chute has heen struck nt lion I'eel train thu inoulli nl the lower tunnel on llie St. Ru- gene initio. This will givo thum ulioul _70 I'eel ol! sloping ground. The I'liule wns struck SO feel bo- I'oro ii wns expeoted, Oiion cuttings on the Kllcliorti on Sullivan hill huve Inid bare iroll similar In Hint in llie Hani- lei slinl'i. Tlie paystreak is about seven inches wide. bostoc;: AT the OPERA HOUSE A Resume of the Actions and Ob- jeots of Himself and Party. There was n large allendaiice of I'ilizons al Ihe opera liouso on Tiiesdnj evening when Hewitt Bostook, M.I'., inudo an address reviewing lho polley and administration i'l Ihe Ijihernl party since ils iidvmit in powur last I'1. I'. Norbury, president of the Liberal Associntiou of this district, occupied llie chair, lie iulrodiicud llie inember tor lhis constituency in [elicilous terms, nml on rising In spoali Mr. lies- tocli was grouted wilh loud up- phuise. lln bugun by saying lie had been groally lionorod by being I'livti'il in i'i'pi'rs"nl lhis greal constituency in lho Dominion Parliament, ami he hoped tliat 111,' 1'i.tirse lie lind pursued so tar ns their representative would in llie opinion nl liis constituents prove tliat he had, in some extenl al least, nol been unworthy nf llu' linnni' conferred upon him (applause), lie was gratified in seo llie great progress that had been made here during the past two years, and lhis he was certain was only the beginning of thai grantor prosperity Unit wns in take plare in ihe immediate pplause). When the st Railway, now under construction, was completed aud in operation tn this oity, the city and district would go forward by leaps and bounds, lie complimented lie' Board nf Trade on llie breadth nf view they had manifested in all the matters of public concern which they had brought before him. There was no narrow feeling in llie schemes Ihey laid proposed,—they were looking tn Hie general benefit of the whole district. He was natu- rhero is a good deal of Bus- ,..,||v ^v,m\t |„, Sllj,l. „f flw ,„.0. ""'7U1 literature about lhis ^ Hmt ,_,,„,,,.,, lilk..u iu. weeks issue, but we have . , , . ,. ' , m, apologies tn oiler, His'visit 01Plos had ,Illllle '" lllls l)arl ol was an important one,—thejhis constituency. W hen lie first event of the week,—and local appeared in Yale-Cariboo as a readers will be pleased to have candidate for election he had a full report of whal he said and bwn uM Um| ., W(m|(, be f.Ua| did. . , • , , • to his chances in announce him- Prosh canned goods at Wash- self a straight Liberal. They burn & Purvyance. * j advised that be should appear as in independent Conservative or something nf tliat kind. These i cniilil nm entertain, thoy interfered with Hardware at cosl to close oul, Washburn it Purvyance. * The C. P. U, has purchased lhe Spring Ilili coal mines in Nova Scotia, and will horeaftor supply Iheir eastern lines therefrom, instead of purchasing frnni lhe Dominion Coal Co. lien. Watson has gone lo Spokane nn business. He was ac companied by Mr. Hogarth, Mr. Oleson, of Columbia Lake, Mont., is in the city on a visit tn his sun Peter. Wm. Baillie, the well known rancher, was in town the othor day, ufler a three monihs' absence. Iiei your fruli uud confection cry al Mrs. Sprague's. * Townsite Agent Crahan Wardner, was in llie city a lew (.riln days lasl week. Ile reports that llm City nf lli" Crossing is'way up. ,Tas. B. Loighlou, who was recently appointed Indian agent al Kamloops, has resigned thai position to become manager of llie Brilisli Columbia Express Co., of Cariboo. That's ■•nuts" fur Jim. A Ini nf Hiaeliiuery from Goldon for lhe Movie sawmill passed through hy leam on Thursday. The Deiuorest gold medal offered by the Women's Christian Temperance Union of Eastern i views l Washington for public speaking, because niece of B, h. T. Galbraith, of this city. was awarded al Spokane lustiprinciples tliat he held dearer week in Miss Nettie Galbraith, | lhall 1UIV 0\wA\On success, and ho had nailed liis colors to the masl, as he hoped they would always timi him doing (loud applause). When a representative could appear among liis constituents only al considerable intervals, it wns proper llial he should lell them whal he had dune or attempted Indn nud In lay before lliein ibe purposes nf himself and paiM.v for lhe future, He Iiiid therefore askud them to aii'i'l thai nighl In talk nn those subjects, Prior in the general I'li'iTmu. II npononls of Wilfrid Laurier hud said llial lie was mil a man nf force ot charator Col. and Mrs. Baker have sen! $_ii In Miss liiiillie as a contribution to llie hospital fund. Alderman Clendenniiig, of Vancouver, wenl through lo lhe Moyie lhis week In look over lhe railway survey (here, lie is bidding lor a rock-work contract Ihere Iliis winter, and thinks Ihal afler lhe work i.s lei al lou-l I,iiiiii men will be employed. A fall lino of Pare Dries, Pat ent Medicines and Stationery ill lhe Pioneer Drug Bull. * I!. II. Iliirslniie, ('. P. li. store keeper, says he liasu'l yel re I'l'ived a Ijrtlt nf Hie suppliesL|ul llb||'ity , „„■!, „, cun.y „„ necessary for lie work ennlein-l , ,, ,, , . ,, , . • ■ ■ 'tli" (lover i. Bul since lhat ihey had changed their railway Bus plaled by Hie winter. |,i"»l I views very greal ly, and among Mr. .Inliii W. Colclouglt, col-'||„. |'iU,K-s 0f n10 Conservatives Ici'lnr of customs al Itut Port. were now In he found niauy of age, dropped dead Irom hoarl , , , , , if '„_. Ins mosl art en admirers and disease. I supporters (applause). Those A Winnipeg special published who wore chagrined al SirWil- Iiy the Toronto 7W<Y/miii, reads |'|.j,|'s >,mll success, were now ;'l,lm7','1';"«l'.T;'sU',M'7'l,i'1!A; saying that It was because he here that Willrul Laurier should ,, , ,., . . , take inlo his cabinet Mr.,lose,,!, 1,lul '"'"I"'"1 U,VS l'l'i"olples,- Marliii us Minister of Justice, had stolon tho clothes ol his op- ri'pi'i'seuliiig Brilisli Columbia, pouonts, This slatomont was linding a place for him hy lip- lj0U] untrue anil unjust, Tin pointing Senator Midlines to lhe „ ,,,.„ si, mm h|,(| (,m. Iritish l'n iiiiiiiiii llovernoi'sliip ■ ' ,, , , , at the conclusion of Mr. Dewd' ''""' '"" *M v*»f» *lmt '"' ney's term of olliee." A more had announced before tlie gen- absurd suggestion or one less oral election, While lie was a likely lo be adopted was never | f,.,,,, tnulor, and would exert heard of. The cheapest place in lown lo buy your groceries i.s at Washburn a. Purveyance's. The Purl Sleele Boa nl of Trade will aii'i'l al lhe School house ou mi Tuesday ul h p. in. Let every member he present. himself In establish lhe principles nf free I rude, he would not rush forward ami al a moment niniihiluto lliose interests which had Iii'i''' brouglii inin oxlslanco hy ,i former policy. The ideals nf Sir Wilfrid's policy would hi worked up to gradually ami in a manner thai would least disturb Hie established order of things. Ai Uie Queen's Jubilee Canada slnml lirsl among the niauy daughters of llie Mother land, and lhe reason was Unit by the preferential tariff whicli she had extended to Ureal Britain llie British people recognized llie lirsl strung move Inwards free trade and llm federation of the Etnpiro iiuiiii applause). In llie election nf 1800, lhe school question was llie greal theme of political discus_lon, li was a controversy thul threatened the very life nf the Dominion, yet Sir Wilfrid had settled it, as he had promised In do, in a manner satisfactory tn Catholics and Protestants alike, except lhe extremists, and thus tlie Liberal party could claim credit for having averted a great danger to the country (applause). The opponents of the Liberal party bad prophesied lhat Great Brit- ian would never revoke her commercial treaties with Belgium and Germany iu order to allow Sir Wilfrid's policy of preferential duties within the Empire to go into effect. But these treaties had been denounced, and Canada was given a free hand (applauso). All other countries were to be allowed to take advantage of the low duties which Great Britain now enjoyed with us, but they must first give us corresponding advantages in their markets. Was not this a direct step in favor of free trade the world over? It was, the speaker be- not given to making promises, because il was ofteu difficult tn carry them out, but he saw the necessity of keeping up the navigation fur as long a period as possible each year, and he would represent tlie matter in lhe Minister of public works so as In Imve Hie Governmont.Engineor go nver llie river Iliis year and make uu estimate of the work necessary, lie hoped llial it would not prove Ion costly, and llial they would gel Hie Improvements Ihey were looking for. In concluding Mr. Bostock said that in Canada the Canadians had a splendid holitage, and he advised those Americans who had como in here to live to become citizens of the country so that they would be able to exercise the electoral franchise and take a part in the direction of the affairs of the nation (loud applause). He then stated that he was ready to reply to any questions on political topics that might be asked, but none being made, the meeting closed with a vote of tlianks to Mr. Bostock, movud by Dr. Watt, and seconded by J. A. Harvey. CROW'S NEST MATTERS. Chief Engineer Lumsden informed the Phospectob that in about six weeks' time contracts would be le.t for a great deal of wimk on the C. N. Railway al Moyie Lake and other places. The work will be vigorously prosecuted all winter, and everything will he forwarded as far as lieved, the longest step forward j possible s0 ,|s ,„ occasion no d, lhat had been taken since thc days of Cobdeti and Bright (applause). Tlie Craw's Nest Railway was perhaps the most Important matter, at least as regards this constituency, which tlie new Liberal Government had to deal with. The Conservatives said during the election campaign that if Hie Liberals were returned to power there would be no chance of having that railway built. Bul lhis, like all others of the predictions of evil that was to follow if the Liberals got into power, had been abundantly shown to be untrue. The railway will bo built to Fort Steele within a few monihs (loud cheers), and built under such favorable conditions that the Gvernnient are empowered to control the passenger and freight rates in the interests of the people (renewed cheering). Tlie Liberal party was a parly of action, not of words or of promises made to be broken. In the past it hud been charged that the C. P. Railway Company had controlled the Dominion Government. That charge could no longer be made, for the Government were now iii absolute contra if their whole functions. In the case of tbe coal lands of the Crow's Nest lhe Government had taken such action as would prevent any possible monopoly, because Ihey kept control of the price that should be charged for coal (applause). These achievements were, lie believed, but lhe entering of the thin edge of the wedge by llie Government to obtain control of railways everywhere and their operation in Hie interests of the people, In the past the practice had been to give Hie country's resources away lo individuals. That prac-1 lice was lo be changed; the Gov- j ernmonl hereafter would keep thorn and administer them in Ihej general interests (loud applause). lay in getting forward Willi tlie traeklaying in lhe spring. They had had an unexpected difficulty iu getting in their supplies, but the tote road through from the Pass would be completed next week', and they would bring in their supplies from the end of the truck over that road. The Golden route was too expensive. M. J. Haney says they can have the railway completed through to Kootenay Lake by July next. Engineer Cranston has gone to Elk River to revise the work that has already been done tliere. TELECRAPH RATES. The wires are now working well between Port Steele and Kalispell, uud Ihe business going over them is brisk. The rates being charged for day and night service are the following for ton word messages Tn Vim/ J\ ight Kalispoll .. .$ 0.76 * 0.60 Spokane ... 1.15 .SO Seattle ... 1,36 .!HI Vii'tu'iu ... l.li,-| 1.1)0 Vancouver ... 1.95 1.30 Montana points I 1.15 • | 1.25 .Mil .80 DukoUl points ... 1.25 ,80 Minnesota points. ■ ■. ... 1.35 .nn Blast uf Mlnnesoui... ... 1.60 l.lii Eastern Ciinadu ... 1.50 1.25 Manitoba ... 1.35 .(HI I 'iiluni'v ... 2.05 l.li5 Golden ... 2.05 1.115 Mi'l.i'inl ... 1.IIU 1.55 STANDARD TIME. Citizens will have noticed that during the past week the school bell has been rung about 85 minutes faster than the time usually carried in this cily. The explanation is lliul Ihey lire now going by standard time, whicli is received daily Iiy telegraph from Kalispell. We have sel up in tlie PHOSPECTOH office a clock giving standard time for the convenience of citizens in setting tholr watches. This time should be adopted by all, so as lo remedy llie confusion that bus always existed in this mailer iu llie pasl. NEWS BY WIRE The Metal Market. New York, Sept. _l. Silver, "iii"'; lead, brokers, sl; exchange. $4,30 to s|.:',;,; copper, su ', The Bankers' Protest. London, Sepl. 2-1, Tlie pro lesl which Ihe I .ouiloii bankers drew up at a mooting of Hie clearing house yoslerduy against Hie policy nf the Govornor nf the Bunk nf England, announcing liis willingness tn maintain one tiflh Ms bullion reserve in silver, WHS presellleil In the Bank today. The resolution is as follows: "That Iliis meeting entirely disapproves of llie Bank of England agreeing lo exercise llie option permitted by lhe act of 1884 of holding one fifth or any other proportion whatever of silver as a reserve against Bank of England notes." The Yellow Jack. Washington, Sepl. 24. The dispatches show thai lhe yellow fever panic is spreading in Mississippi and has reached Texas. British in Egypt, lt is learned that no further advance is lo be made at presenl by lhe Anglo-Egyptian expedition up llie Nile. It is recognized that an attack upon Khartoum would necessitate a strong backing of British troops, and owing to the troubles in India, tlie war office cannot send such a force lo Egypt for some time lo cnnie. AN IMPORTANT DEAL. Mr, Bostock continued to spoak I No" Muclood Currun, manager in reference Hi tlie new franchise of llie Norlh Slur Milling Co., has act, whicli was dropped at the purchased a sixth inlerost in the lasl session on account of proB-1 Coronado group on Wild Horse sure of linsiness, hut would bojCrookow I by Messrs, Plotch taken up nexl year. He was Injur. McMilliuu, and Poison. This favor of a thorough i isure of lis ono of the sl wonderful sur civil service reform which would I'm'" showings in the district, anil do justice lo lhe men who had ll,° ''«" Ihal llio Norlh Slur Co. failhfully served the peoplo lms *"
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