@prefix ns0: . @prefix edm: . @prefix dcterms: . @prefix dc: . @prefix skos: . @prefix geo: . ns0:identifierAIP "1f02f6c3-7544-4883-8bc9-2b02713b0417"@en ; edm:dataProvider "CONTENTdm"@en ; dcterms:isPartOf "BC Historical Newspapers Collection"@en ; dcterms:issued "2012-12-21"@en, "1902-10-25"@en ; dcterms:description "The Tribune was published in Nelson, in the Central Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia, and ran from November 1892 to November 1905. The Tribune was published and edited by John Houston, an outspoken journalist who would later embark on a successful political career, which included four terms as the mayor of Nelson and two terms in the provincial legislature. Houston had established the Miner in Nelson in 1890, and, after leaving the Miner in the summer of 1892, he established the Tribune to compete with his former paper. In August 1901, the title of the paper was changed to the Nelson Tribune."@en, ""@en ; edm:aggregatedCHO "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/xtribune/items/1.0189248/source.json"@en ; dc:format "application/pdf"@en ; skos:note " Saturday Morning, October 25, 1902 THE MOTHER LODE MINE AND SMELTER IS MAKING ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS A DAY SLOGAN DISTRIGT ORE SHIPMENTS ARE SO FAR UP TO THE AVERAGE OF LAST YEAR Powder is manufactured in the United Statesr and those who manufacture it are absolutely protected from outside competition. The United States import duty is 5 cents a pound on powder valued at 20 cents or less per pound, and S cents a pound on powder valued at over 20 cents a pound. Powder is also manufactured in Canada, and our manufacturers are protected by an import duty of 2 cents a pound on black powder and 3 cents a pound on dynamite. \" The manufacturers in the United States must meet the requirements of 70,000,000 of people, a large percentage of whom are engaged in mining coal and iron and copper and lead and the precious metals. The manufacturers in Canada have less than 9,000,000 of people to supply, only a small percentage of whom are engaged in mining. The greater the turn over of any manufactured article, the less will be the cost of its production. Powder, therefore, costs less to manufacture in tlie United States than in Canada, and if it is sold at the same price in the two countries', the manufacturer is making a larger profit in tlie United States than in Canada. The prices quoted by The Tribune in recent issues show that there is little difference in the cost of powder in Bri- .tish Columbia and in Idaho and Montana, at towns that are centres of the mining industry. Forty per cent dynamite, is selling in Butte, Montana, at $13.10 per hundred by the carload, and the price at Nelson is $14, with 2 pet- cent off for cash in 30 days. The price at Wallace, Idaho, is reported to be the same as the price at Nelson. The reduction of the duty, or even the removal of the duty altogether, would not reduce the cost to the mine owner in British Columbia. It would probably have the contrary effect. Powder would not be manufactured in Canada, and foreign-made powder would be handled by 'selling agents, who would have nothing whatever to do with fixing prices. The prices would be fixed by the Duponts of Rhode Island and the Nobels of Glasgow, who today own 75 per cent of all the powder works in the world. The cost of explosives used in our mines might be reduced, not by reducing the tariff, but by reducing freight rates. For every pound of powder used in Kootenay the railways get from 2 cents to 5 cents for hauling it in carload lots, and wben handled in less than carload lots, the freight rate is always double the carload figure. SEEKING INVESTMENTS. A. F. HosenDerger enjoys the dintinc- tion of having induced more practical mining men with capital of their own to visit British Columbia and make investments than the provincial government's London agency, which is maintained at considerable expense, has been able to do. Thirty came in on one train, and after spending a day at Nelson, went on to the Lardeau district, where they are individually and collectively interested. The party was made up of the following named: Andrew Bram, druggist, Hancock, Michigan; William Carr, real estate broker, Mattoon, Illinois; Arthur L. Carnahan, journalist, Houghton, Michigan; Judge John B. Curtis, Calumet, Michigan; Willias S. (.leaves, proprietor Portage Lake Foundry & Machinery Company, Hancock, Michigan; Dr. W. H. Dodge; director Northwestern Development Syndicate, Hancock, Michigan; Robert C. Faucett, real estate and insurance broker, Laurium, Michigan; James T. Fisher, banker, director Northwestern Development Syndicate, Hancock, Michigan; M. C. Getchell, banker, director Northwestern Development Syndicate, Hancock, Michigan; M. R. Goldsworthy, assistant secretary Northwestern Development Syndicate, Hancock, Michigan; Charles D. Hanchette, attorney, secretary Northern Michigan Building & Loan Association, Hancock, Michigan; Poter Hendrickson, grocer, Hancock, Michigan; Joseph James, manufacturer carbonated water, Calumet, Michigan; Frank A. Kohlhaas, capitalist, Calumet, iMchigan; Clyde S. Mackenzie, journalist, Calumet, Michigan; John M. McKenkie, restauranteur, Houghton, Michigan; James E. Mackay, machinist, Calumet & Hecla Mining Company, Calumet, Michigan; John Mc- Naughton, overseer for Calumet & Hecla Mining Company, Calumet, Michigan; Frank C. Maywdrm, jeweler, Hancock, Michigan;' Edward Merz, proprietor Arlington hotel, Calumet, Michigan; Frederic W. Nichols, superintendent of lands for St.7 Mary's Canal & Mineral Land Company, Houghton, Michigan; Louis Neuruann, cigar, manufacturer, Chicago, Illinois; A. F. Rosen- burger; A. J. Scott, mayor of Hancock, president Northwofsteirn Dvsvelopment Syndicate, Hancock, Michigan; Thomas Soddy, Calumet, branch superintendent of motive power, Calumet & Hecla Mining Company, Calumet, Michigan; Dr. A. J. Stowe, Minneapolis, Minnesota; George W. Taylor, cashier\" Houghton County street railway, Hancock, Michigan; Joseph Wareham, barber, Hancock, Michigan; Daniel Washburn, restauranteur, Hancock, Michigan. KEEPING UP THE AVERAGE. The silver-lead mines of the Slocan are keeping up their average shipments. Last year their output was 30,000 tons. This year, to October 18th, the shipments aggregate 23,302 tons. If the same ratio is kept up for the remaining 11 weeks of the year, the' total will be 29,572 tons. The mines shipping and their output are as follows: ' Tons. Payne ..*...... 1,318 Ivanhoe .-. 452 Sunset (Jackson Basin) 827 Reco 322 American Boy .*....' 883 Arlington 3,160 Hewett 765 Bosun , 930 Last Chance .- 168 Wonderful '-.... 181 Enterprise 1,840 Lavina 85 Bismark ....: 62 Queen Bess 180 Silver Glance 223 Whitewater 2,962 Ottawa V... 8 Capejlla. 40 Florence 1 Trade Dollar ... 20 Slocan Boy 115 Neepawa ...... '.���'.' 123 Hartney 25 Marion 80, May ..... 5 Paystreak .7 7 Surprise 22 Monitor ��� 960 Slocan Star .....577 Duplex 7 Emily Edith 20 Wakefield '. 200 Prescott .......: .4 Rambler 3.8S4 Molly Gibson 1,500 Washington 187 Folliott 2 C. O. D ,.... 2 London Hill 115 Ruth .\". 784 Antoine 104 R. E. Lee 124 Spectator .��� 4 Red Fox 40 Hampton 4 Mercury 21 Dardanelles 21 Porcupine 2 Charleston 11 Pinto 10 Noble Five o 21 Total Tons ..23,302 GOOD STRIKE AT YMIR. Dougald A. Cameron, superintendent of the Active Mining Company at Ymir, came up to Nelson on last night's train. He reports a good strike at the Union Jack, one of his company's properties on Porcupine creek. A tunnel is being driven from a point 100 feet below the No. 1 tunnel on the Queen vein. A fine ���shoot of solid galena ore is exposed. It was calculated that the lower tunnel would have to be driven fully 200 feet before this shoot would be reached. The shoot was reached after driving 70 feet only, indicating either that the shoot is larger at that depth or that the vein has changed its dip. The ore struck in the lower tunnel consists of 2 1-2 feet of solid steel galena mixed with a small proportion of zinc blende. This ore in the upper tunnel runs about $40 per ton, and the newly discovered portion is richer in appearance. Besides this, however, the vein is being crosscut, ahd so far 10 feet of quartz, interspersed with galena and blende, have been traversed without the hanging wall being reached. AH this ore, outside of the richer pay- shoot, is regarded as concentrating. The company is putting in an electric power plant.. The flume is now under construction and the machinery is expected to arrive shortly. The company has also just concluded the purchase of 5,000 acres of timber land on Porcupine creek, on which there is said to be 20,- 000,000 feet of white pine. . MAY SHIP REGULARLY. Slocan Drill, 24th: \"The ore chute encountered on the Ottawa* last week is holding out well, and considerable mineral has been taken out. It is the same as that hit by the lessees last winter in the drift above and some very high assays have been obtained. Much of it goes over 600 ounces, while the general run of the dump apart from the rich streak goes 120 ounces. Sacks were taken up to the property during the week, and it is quite likely a sleigh road will be put in to the Ottawa at once, so as to permit of regular shipments during the winter.\" ONE HUNDRED EMPLOYED. There are about 100 men employed in the mines that have for a central point the little town of Erie, a station on the Nelson & Fort Sheppard railway 30 miles south of Nelson. The Arlington is working about 30 men, and shipping the ore to the smelter at Nelson. The Second Relief is working both the mill and cyanide plant, and gives employ ment to 25 to 30 men. The Copper Farm, near what was formerly called Craigtown, has a number of men employed. The Keystone, owned by Finch & Campbell, who also own the Second Relief, has a few m��n at work. The placers on the north fork of Salmon river are being touched up quite lively and may turn out to be paying ventures, a number of Colorado men having acquired interests. Taking everything into consideration, the outlook at Erie is promising. . THREE MONTHS' PROFIT;?. The profits of the Le Roi mine for tho three months ending September 30th aro given at $108,000 for July, $80,000 for August, and $63,000 for September;* total $251,000. The returns for September are low because shipments were restricted owing to a shortage of coke at the company's smelter at Northport. The shares of the company are quoted at $11 in. London; MAKING MONEY. Reports from Greenwood are that tho Mother Lode mine and smelter are making money for their owners at the rate of $1,000 a day. The smelter has two furnaces in blast and the mine is producing a higher grade of ore than over before. \" �� ON HIS -WAY EAST. ��� Hon. W. C. Wells, chief commissioner of lands and works, left Victoria on Thursday night for a month's trip to Eastern Canada. This would indicate that premier Dunsmuir has. no intention of resigning for a while yet. PEOPLE OF NELSON AND OF KOOTENAY ARE EXPECTANT OVER THE REFINERS r The location of the Canadian Smelting Works' refinery is, just now, a question in which the people of Nelson, as well as the people of Kootenay, are greatly interested. The people of Kootenay are interested because until the product of our silver-lead smelters is separated and vrlined in Canada,.there can be no-i'eai market in Canada for Canadian mined lead. The people of Nelson are inter-- . csted because they know that if the proposed refinery is built at. Nelson that the town will be greatly benefited directly as well as indirectly. The experiments made by the Canadian Smelting Works at Trail on the new process of refining silver-lead bullion' is of interest, now that a large plant is to be erected. A plant of about 10 tons daily capacity was installed at the smelting works at Trail. It has been in operation several months, and has been proved a success. Tho depositing room contains 20 -tanks, built of wood, lined with tar and approximately of the size of copper refining tanks. Underneath the tank- room floor is a basement permitting inspection of the tank bottoms for possible leakage and removal of the solution and slimes. A suction lnimp is :em^_ ployed in lifting the electrolyte lrom tlie receiving tank and circulating the solution. In nearly every respect the arrangement of the plant and its equipment is strikingly like that of a modern copper refinery. The great success of the process is primarily based on Belts' discovery of the easy solubility of lead in an acid solution ot' load fiuosiicatc, which possesses both stability under electrolosis and high conductivity, and from which exceptionally pure lead may be deposited with impure anodes at a very low cost. With such a solution there is no polarization on the anode, no evaporation of constituents except water, and no danger in its handling. According to Mr. Belts, an acid of 20 to 22 per.cent will come to about $1.00 per cubic foot, or to $4.25 when the solution has been standardized with six pounds of lead. The electrolyte employed at the time of my inspection of the works contained, I believe, S per cent lead and 11 per cent excess of fluosilicic acid.* . ..-..���. The anodes consist of the lead bullion to be refined, cast into plates about two inches thick and approximately to the same size as ordinary two-lugged copper anodes. Before being placed in position in the tanks, they are straight ened by hammering over a mould and their lugs squared. No anode sacks are employed as in the old Keith process. The cathode sheets which receive the regular lead deposits, are thin lead plates obtained by electrode-position upon and stripping frir-n special cathode of sheet steel. The latter are prepared for use by cleaning, flashing with copper, lightly lead-plating in the tanks and greasing with a benzine solution of paraffine dried on, from which the deposited lead is , easily stripped. The anodes and cathodes are separated by a space of 1 1-2 to 2 inches in the tank aud are electrically connected in multiple, the tanks being in serier circuit. ' The fall in potential between 'th^ta-iYkr*!^^ remarkably low voltage is due to the high conducting power of the electrolytic contacts used. These contacts are small wells of mercury on the bus-bars, large enough to accommodate copper pins soldered to th eiron cathodes of clamped to the anodes. Only a small amount of mercury is required. ��� Current strength of from 10 to 25 amperes per square foot have been used but at. Trail 14 amperes have given the most satisfactory results as regards economy ol' working and the physical and chemical properties of the refined metal produced. In the Belts' electrolytic process, practically all tho impurities in the base bullion remains as a more or less adherent .coating on the anode, and only the zinc, iron, cabalt and nickel present go into solution. The anode residue consists practically of all the copper, antimony, bismuth, arsenic, silver and gold contained in the bullion, and very nearly 10 per cent of its weight in lead. Having\" the analysis of any bullion, it is easy to calculate with these data the composition of the anode residue and the rate of pollution of the electrolyte. Allowing 175 cubic feet of electrolyte per ton of daily output, it will be found that in the course of a year these impurities will have accumulated to the extent of a very few per cent. Estimating that the electrolyte will have to be purified once a year, the amount to be purified is less than one cubic foot for each ten of output. The amount of lead not immediately recovered in pure form is about 0.3 per cent, most of which is finally recovered. - As compared with the- ordinary fire-refined lead, the electrolytically refined lead \"is much purer and contains only mere traces of bismuth, when bismuth base bullion is treated. j^irthermore, the present loss of silver in fire refining, amounting it is slaimed to about 1 1-2 per cent of the silver present and cov- !ered_���by__the__oi*dm to a large extent avoided, as the silver in the electrolytic process is concentrated in the anode residue with a very small loss, and the loss of silver in refining the slimes is much less than in treating the zinc crusts and refining the silver residue after distillation. The silver slimes obtained at Trail, averaging about 8,000 ounces of gold and silver per ton, are now treated at the Seattle Smelting & Refining Works. There the slimes are boiled with concentrated sulphuric acid and steam, allowing the free access of air, which removes ahc greater part of the copper. The washed residue is then dried in pans over steam colls, and melted down in a magnesia brick-lined reverboratory provided with blast tuyeres, and refined. In this reverberatory furnace the balance of the copper left in the slimes after boiling is removed by the addition of niter as a flux, and the antimony with soda. The (lore bars finally obtained are parted in the usual way with sulphuric acid making silver .999 fine and gold bars at least .992 fine. Although the present method for recovering the precious metals and byproducts from the anode residues leaves much room for improvement, the use of Betts' process may be recommended to our lead refiners, because it is more economical and-efficient method than ihe fire-1'R.ining process.,now ���!;*'.'-?rotecting���the=-same���from= spoliation and waste until the expiration of the term during which the land may he redeemed; but he shall not knowingly permit any person to cut timber growing upon the land, or otherwise injure the land, nor shall be do so himself, but he may use Iho land without deteriorating its value: Provided, that tho purchaser shall not be liable for damage done without his knowledge, to the property during the time the certllleato Is in force. Section 101. When the assessor or collector sells land for taxes, lie shall Immediately thereafter mall a letter, addressed to the person assessed on the roll, Informing hlin of tho nnme of the purchaser and amount for which the land was sold. Section 105. Every tax-purchaser, at the time of tho sale and before he Is given tho certificate of sale, shall sign a statement setting out his full mimes, occupation, and postoilice address, and such statement- shall be preserved by the assessor or collector with all the oilier books, documents, and papers connected with such sale. Section 10G. The owner of any land whicli. may hereafter be sold for taxes, or his * heirs, executors, adm-'nisti-n-tt-ri;, or assigns, or any other person, may, at any time within two years-from the date of the tax .��ale, or before delivery of the conveyance to the purchaser at the tax sale, redeem the estate sold by paying or tendering to the assessor, for the use and benefit of the purchaser or his legal representatives, the sum paid by him, together with interest at 12 per cent, per annum theron; and the assessor shall give to the party paying such redemption money a receipt, stating the sum paid and the object of payment: and such receipt shall be evidence of tho redemption. Section 107. Upon any such payment or tender being made as aforesaid, It shall be the duty of the assessor or collector to forward by registered letter to the postoilice address of tho purchaser thereof, as mentioned in such statement (or in any other statement subsequently furnished by him), a notice in writing stating that such property has been so redeemed, and that the amount to which he may be entitled -out=of-=the=amount-=so=paid=in=redemption= shall be paid to him on production of tho certificate of sale. Section 10S. From the time 6f a tender to the assessor of the full amount of redemption money required by this act, the said purchaser shall cense to have any further right in or to Ihe land In question. Section 109. If the land be not redeemed within the period so allowed for Its redemption as aforesaid, then, on the demand of the purchaser, or his assigns, or other legal representative, at any time afterwards, und on payment of ten dollars, thu assessor shall prepare, execute, and deliver to him or them a deed of the land sold, In which deed nny number of lots In any one district may be Included at the request of the purchaser, or any assignee of the purchaser. The Week's News of Southern British Columbia Condensed YMTR���Tho. finishing Touches arc being made, on the Porcupine creek wagon road, and it will be completed next week. SLOCAN CITY���Harvey Aitchison, blacksmith at the Arlington mine, met with a painful accident on Sunday. He wns cutting off a broken drill, when the heated point flew up and struck him full in the right eye, burning It severely and completely blinding him. He hurried down to the local hospital, where Dr. Forin dressed tho injured member, and then.advised him to go to Spokane to consult a specialist with a view to saving tho sight. He went out to Spokane on Tuesday and, if he gets no relief there, will go on to Montreal for treatment. RYKERT'S���A. Klockmann, resident manager of the. Idaho-Continental, with other magnates of the enterprise arc visiting tlie Continental mine nnd making plans for the future. PRINCETON���A party of prospectors, made up of Messrs. Todd. Ford, and McDonald, wero in Princeton last week with a ptory of a marvellous strike of gold ore about 23 miles from here, up the Tula- moon river, between Eagle and Bear crooks. Tho town is almost deserted, every prospector able to got away having gone to the new camp. * MOYIE���Manager Cameron of the Moyie Lumber Company has received a telegram from the shareholders of the company at Fairbault, Minnesota, instructing him to make preparations for starting a logging camp. CRANBROOK���A bet of $200 has been made between Mr. Ryan of Klmberley and Tom Wellman of Cranbrook. Ryan says h'e can take 2,210 feet of rope, tie a 200 pound sack of sand at tho end of it, and with one horse pull it. 'Wellman says it can't be done. FAIRVIEW���Tho hotel at this place, ono of the largest in Yale district, was burned on Monday night. Manager Mathias of the hotel and Miss Smith, a school teacher, wero killed, and a number of others seriously injured. ,... #/-*:*,! , PERRY CREEK���The task of getting Fuss & McDaiied's steam shovel up the mountain from Old Town to Sawmill creek is attracting many visitors, who wish to witness the operation, which is somewhat interesting. Ties and rails are laid on the ground, and the machine propels itself. For some distance there is a twelve per cent grade and people expect to see some fun when it tackles it. CRESTON���The wagon road oast from the town to the canyon on Goat river has boon completed. Fred G. Little had charge of the work as foreman. WARDNER���Frank McCabe has started a clothing store here and i.s reported as doing a good business. ROSSLAND-Tho local Liberal Association has endorsed Lauricr's action in dismissing Tarte, and have elected the following officers: Sir AVilfrid Laurier, honorary president; William A. Galliher, honorary vice-president; Robert \\V. Grlgor, president; James Young, vice-president; Dr. Kerr, second vice-president; Dr. Kenning, third vice-president; Roland A. Laird, secretary-treasurer. J. A. Macdonald. ,1. If. Macdonald, Wallace Fraser, Harry Daniel. A. H. Dutton, Wilson Pyper, Francis C. Lawo and John II. Robinson, executive committee. GRAND FORKS���John L. Manly was arrested hero on Monday by the provincial police, charged with complicity in burning the Escalet hotel at Columbia about three years ago. Shortly after the burning Manly went to the states and remained for a time. He has been mayor of Grand Forks and was chief engineer of the Kettle Valley railway. Ho will have his preliminary trial at Columbia on Tuesday. FORT STEELE���The Fort Steele Brewing Company will establish a branch brewery at Frank, Alberta. KIMBERLEY���Ed Taylor has taken over the Royal hotel. MORRISSEY���The board of license commissioners met at Fernie and refused to grant any hotel licenses for the new town of Morrissey, claiming that they would grant no licenses until the property was put on the market. COl'.KMIHA���.I��'IT Lewis and wife leave hero for their home near Edmonton, Al berta. Mr. Lewis formerly resided in Nelson and Rossland Where ho owned some valuable mining property. He owned the Whitewater mine on Rover creek, near Nelson, which lib .sold for $10,000. He had a bond on Bill Springer's No. 1 mine at Rossland and made a clean-up on Its sale. His farm of 010 acres, eight miles from Edmonton, is one of the finest in that section. THREE FORKS���William Moir has been refused a license for tho Exchange hotel. SLOCAN CITY���Nell Oething of the Arlington hotel is tired or living up in Cariboo, where he went intending to stay two years, and will return to Slocan Cily in a. short time. PILOT HAY���Preparations are being made to work a number of the Iron claims nn Gray's creek during the coming winter. OLALLA���The party of eastern capitalists who aro interested here have come anil gone. Peforo going they practically decided to build a 50-ton smelter, to be ready for operation by July 1st. 1903. NEW DhlNVER-J. 11. Smith has taken over the businoss of Bourne Brothers, ami will conduct the business under the firm name of J. XI. Smith i British Columbia Exploration Company, Limited, which is in liquidation. George Alexander of Kaslo Is the attorney for the company, the head office of which Is in England. THE TOWN AND DISTRICT. J. Fred Hume Is contracting for the delivery���next fall���of venison and bear meat. Willinn Waldio has purchased the property on which he lives on Carbonate slret, between Hall and Hendryx, for $1,700. The lots have a frontage of 50 foot. Additions will be made to the building and flic properly otherwise improved. \"Herb\" Irvine's American Shoe Store has added an attractive feature. Call at the store and find out what it is. The agriculturists of Nelson are busy digging potatoes. The crop is fair, and tho yield will average 200 bushels lo the acre. The Iron kings of Gray's creek can now reach their domains over good trails. Hugh Nixon did the job at government expense. Jacob Dover is back from a trip to Toronto and Montreal, and is satisfied the money he spent in milking it was well spent. The local board of tr.-trte has placed itself on record as being in favor of standing pat for asking the Dominion government to increase the duties on ��end and lead products lo a parity with the duties levied on other articles produced or manufactured in Canada. This action was taken at a meeting uf the hoard held on Thursday evening. f TKe Nelson Tribune Bank of Montreal Establish6*1 1817, Incorporatod g *-* of P_rliamout. CAPITAL (all paid up) $12,000.OC0.0O REST 8,000,000 00 UNDIVIDED PROFITS 165,856.00 HEAD OFFICE, MONTREAL Rt. Hon. Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal, G. 0. M. G , President. Hon. G. A. Drummond, Vice-President. E. S. Clouston, General Manager. NELSON BRANCH,Corner Baker und 1, Kootonay Streets A. H. BUCHANAN, Manager. I Imperial Bank of Canada \\ OAPITAt, (Authorized) CAPITAL (Paid Up) BEST $4,000,000 itS2,8 88,932 ,$2^438^595 *^_lfeAD OFFCB, TORONTO, ONTARIO.���Branches In the Northwest Territor- ��� ��� ; ;t jes, Provinces of British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec. ��� ��� T. R. MERRITT, President. ��>. R. WILKIE, Vice-Pres. and Gen. Man. ���. ��� E. HAY. Assistant Gen. Manager. W. MOFFAT, Chief Inspector. J ��� ' NELSON BRANCH���A general banking business tranasted. ��� �� Savings Department���Deposits received and interest allowed. ��� ��� Drafts sold, available ln all parts of Canada, United States and Europe. Special 9 . attention given to collections. j M< LAY| Manager. ? TRAINS.AND STEAMERS Leave and Arrive at Nelson as Below. CANADIAN PACIFIC SYSTEM LEAVE 6.-00 a. m Daily. CROW'S NEST RAILWAY Kuskonook, Creston, Moyio, Cranbrook, Marysville, Fort Steele, Elko, Fernie, Michel, Blairmore, Frank, Macleod, Lethbridge, Winnipeg, and all Eastern points. LEAVE 8 a.m. 8 a.m. 6:40 p. m. Daily 6:40 p. m Daily COLUMBIA & KOOTKNAY RAILWAY Kobson. Trail and Rossland. (Daily except Sunday) Robson, Rossland, Cascade, Grand Forks, Phoenix, Greenwood and Midway. (Daily except Sunday) Robson, Nakusp, Arrowhead, Revolstoko, andallpoiiits east and west on C.P.R. main line. RobHori, Trail and Rossland. ARRIVE 6:00 p. m. Daily. ARRIVE 10*35 a.m. 9:35 p.m. 9:35 p.m. DaUy _ 9:35 p.m. Daily LBAV15 9:15 ajn. SLOCAN RIVER RAILWY Slocan City, Silverton, *���<<.��� Denver. Three Forks, Sandon (Daily except Sunday) arrive New)3:40 p.m, lkavb KOOTENAY LAKE STEAMBOATS A p. m. ^Balfour, Pilot Bay, Ainsworth {Kaslo and all Way Landings, (Doily except Sunday) tf p. tn. (Lardo and all points on tho Lardo & Trout Lake Branoh. (On Mon. Wed. and Fri.) From Lardo and Trout Lake (On Tub. Thur. and Sat) arrive 11:00 a. m. 11 a.m. GREAT NORTHERN SYSTEM. LEAVE Depot 7il5 a.m Mounb'iU 8-.05 a. mi Dtafly. NELSON & FORT SHEP- PARD RAILWAY Ymir, Salmo, Erie, Waneta, Northport, Rossland, ColvUlft and Spokane. Making through connections at Spokane to the south, oast and west. ARRIVE MoimVfa 7d9 P.EO. Depot. 8 p. in. Daily LEAVE Nelson tiBO a. m. Kaalo 3:35 p. m. IMily KOOTENAY LAKE STEAMBOATS Balfour, PilotBay, Ainsworth Kaslo and all Way Landings. ARRIVE Kaslo 8:40 a. m. Nelson 7:15 p. in. DaUy LEAVE Dally KASLO & SL-\">CAN RAILWAY AHRIVE Daily 3:15 p.m. 1:00 p. m. 11:25 am. T H E^N EtS 0 N-TRIB15 N E- Founded In 1S92. JOHN HOUSTON, Proprietor Editorial and Business Offlce Room 9, Madden Block. The Nelson Tribune Is served by carrier to subscribers In Nelson or sent by' mail to any address ln Canada or the United States, for one dollar a year; price to Great Britain, postage paid, $1.50. No subscription taken for less than a year. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2r>, 1002. Tlie question of submitting a by-law to provide money to properly equip a public utility in which the city has $80,- 000 invested should be discussed on its merits. The city has found by experience that small mountain streams cannot be depended on the year round for ���water sufficient to run an electric plant adequate for its present, to say nothing of its future, requirements. The experience of tbe city is not exceptional. All the mining companies operating in Kootenay and depending on water for power to run concentrating and stamp mills have met with the same difficulties as the City of Nelson. The Granby smelter, which gets its power from Kettle rivar, a comparatively large stream, has had to close down two of its furnaces through a shortage of ���water. The city has proved that it can supply the people with electric light at a lower price than the people of neighboring towns pay who are supplied by private concerns, and at the same time pay all charges for sinking fund, interest, and maintenance, besides making a reasonable profit on the capital invested. If these are statements of fact, is it wise for the city to abandon its electric .light plant and business because a diffi culty has been encountered in procuring a suitable site for a power station, at which to develop a water right already secured from a river whose flow is so enormous that there need be no fear of its ever becoming inadequate? Few great undertakings are completed without . difficulties being encountered and overcome. The city can overcome the difficulties it has met in securing, land for.a site for a power station by showing that it is in earnest. It has not made such\" \"a showing in th^past. By compelling the council to submit the bylaw petitioned for on Monday night, and giving it their approval after it is submitted, the people will have shown that they are really in. earnest; not only to own their own utilities, but in endeavoring to keep them up-to-date in efficiency. An expenditure of $150,000 in addition to the $80,000-that has already been expended should give Nelson the best equipped electric light system in the province, and at the same time place the city in a position to supply cheap power to encourage the establishment here of industries. A debenture debt of $230,000 incurred for such a work surely is no more an interference with the privileges of. capital than if the same amount of money was raised for the j same purpose on bonds issued by a private company. In the one case the people of the city are the shareholders, and to them will go any profits that may accrue from the successful expenditure of the money. In the other case a few individuals, generally non-residents, are the shareholders, and they will pocket the profits if the undertaking is successful. The city needs the plant, because it can profitably use it. If it needs the plant and can profitably use it, some good reason should be advanced why the undertaking should be abandoned in order to allow a private company to step in and carry-on-=the=businessr'=Will^thosei-who-' oppose the submission of the question to the people give the good reason? public works. Alderman Selous was very anxious that the prayer of the petitioners be granted. He did not want time to consider any of them on their merits; not even to compare the names on the petitions with the names on the assessment roll. In fact, he was so anxious to have the matter submitted to the ratepayers that his own name appears first on all three petitions, the second name being that of the Nelson Electric Tramways, Limited. On December 2nd another move was made in the game. Alderman Gillett got alderman Selous's consent to reconsider the action that gave the $150,000 by-law the hoist, and the resolution passed on tho ISth of November was rescinded, and the by-law was read a second and third time along with the three by-laws that alderman Selous was so much interested in. All this goes to show that alderman Selous wants time to consider oonly ue thing, the improvement of a utility in which the city has $80,000 invested. He wants so much time to ponder over that particular improvement that the $80,000 already invested will have become a dead loss before he will have made up his mind as to what would be best to do. Alderman Selous is not always consistent. When the petition regarding tho submission of a by-law for raising money to improve the city's electric lighting system was presented to the council on Monday night, he waxed wroth, and indignantly declared that he wanted time to consider the question; he wanted time to compare the names on the petition with the names on the assessment roll; in fact, he wanted to do anything and everything that would delay the matter at issue. It will be remembered that last fall (on November 4th) a petition for the same purpose was presented to the council, and alderman Irving, then, as now, moved that the petition be received and acted on in accordance with the wishes of those who signed it. Nothing, however, was done for two weeks to advance matters, possibly because at that time a strong effort was being made to pass a bylaw that would have practically transferred the city's electric lighting business to the West Kootenay Power & Light Company, an effort that was defeated. On November 18th, alderman Selous showed his hand, and when the by-law for submitting the question of raising $150,000 to improve the city's electric lighting system was introduced and was read a first time, and was up for a second reading, he moved that it be read a second time when tlip city had secured a site for a power station, and his motion was carried, only two aldermen (Irving and Madden) voting nay. On November 25th three separate petitions were presented to the council, each asking for the submission to the ratepayers of a by-law for the purpose of raising money with which to build an isolation hospital, and carry on other The Liberal party in Great Britain split on the question of home rule for Ireland, and the Liberal-Unionists, under the lead of Joseph Chamberlain, joined forces *-\" with the Conservatives, and that party is in power today. The Liberal party in Canada is divided on the question of a revision of tbe tariff, and one of the ablest and most progressive men in the party, J. Israel Tarte, has resigned from the government, giving as a reason for doing so that the interests of the Canadian people can best be served by a revision without delay of the tariff of 1897, with the view of giving more adequate protection to our industries, to our farming community, and to our working men, and that under the circumstances he preferred freedom of action and speech to a seat in the government. -What effect Mr. Tarte's resignation will have on the. politics of the country is, at the present time, mere conjecture. Liberals will say that \"it will have little effect. While admitting his ability as a minister, they say he was a disturbing element, and that his supposed great influence in Quebec will be offset by Laurier's prestige; and personality. Conservatives will agree that a party cannot afford to lose one of its strongest men at a time when there is more or less uncertainty as to the health of the leader of the paily, as well as a good deal of friction within the party over questions that concern the people. The Tribune is of opinion that when an appeal is made to the country, the Liberal party will b,e defeated. Tarte's ability as an organizer carried Quebec in two elections, and it is Quebec that is keeping the Libral party in power today. Outside of Quebec, the country is Conservative, as is clearly shown by recent provincial elections. The1 Conservatives made a mistake when they drove Tarte out of the party in order to cover up some of the shortcomings of sir Hector. Lange- vin. The Liberals have blundered in forcing him to leave the Laurier government in order to placate Clifford Sifton. Tarte was trying to force the Liberal party into accepting a policy that would develop Canada for the benefit of Canadians. Os___opponents__m__the7['aurier government have no policy, other than holding on to what they have got���the offices. A London man named Anthony J. McMillan, said to bo a director in companies owning mines at Rossland and in ono or two of the Boundary camps, has been at Victoria, and on his return to Rossland hiistens to inform the newspaper organ of Edmund B. Kirby and Bernard McDonald that favorable legislation may bo expected at the next session of tlie legislature, as two of the ministers (Edward Gawlor Prior, minister of mines, and David McEwen Eberts, attorney-general) have been interviewed on the subject. As these two ministers have been interviewed so often on the same subject by delegations from Rossland, they have a stereotyped answer ready for all such interviews, and it is about as follows: \"Yes, wo fully appreciate the difficulties under which you London mining men labor; but we have wicked partners, who represent farming constituencies, and before we can do anything, except make promises, we must consult them.\" Mr. McMillan is much afraid that the 2 pea- cent tax, which he declares \"iniquitous,\" will keep British capital away from British Columbia. It is to be hoped that it will. It might be a good thing for British Columbia if British capital did stay away until the mining industry in the province had had a breathing spell. The province then might get rid of such buzzing pessimists as Anthony J. McMillan and such \"blue ruin\" newspapers as the Rossland Miner. pound, is all bosh. The Le Roi pays $3,500 for a carload of 40 per cent dynamite, and if it pays cash it gets the carload for $3,430. The Parrot mine at Butte, Montana, pays $3,275 for a carload of 40 per cent Hercules, and if it pays cash it probably gets 2 per cent off, which would make the carload cost $3,209.50, or $220.50 a carload less than is paid by the Le Roi. Butte has advantages in freight rates that Rossland has not got, and these advantages, and not the tariff, account for the difference of cost in the two places. The Rossland Miner and the Rossland Evening World have both declared, and their declarations have been repeated in other newspapers, that the Le Roi mine was being taxed $12,000 a, year on powder alone, when, as a matter of fact, its management is only paying $2,640 a year in excess of what would be paid if the Le Roi mine was located at Butte, Montana, and the chances are the $2,G4C represents the advantage Butte has in freight rates over Rossland. The Nelson Daily News says Canadian newspapers should not be dependent on American mediums for the transmission of old country news. The readers of Canadian newspapers have a much greater grievance, in that they are compelled to read American newspapers in order to get Canadian news. Take the Daily News for instance. On Thursday morning it printed dispatches from the capitals of Denmark, Germany, Italy, France, and Great Britain, but not a word from the capitals of Nova Scotia, Quebec, Ontario, or the Northwest Territories. It is'safe to assume a majority of the readers of the Daily News are Canadians, and are more interested in Canadian news than in news from Germany and Denmark and other European countries. What Canada wants is a Canadian news service, a service that will be obtained only when the men engaged in the newspaper business in Canada are as up-todate in news gathering as they are diligent in preaching purity in practical politics. The men who signed the petition asking the city council to submit a bylaw to raise $150,000 to be, used in equipping a first-class electric light plant are being lambasted by those who oppose the submission of the by-law. The men who signed the petition have as much right to an independent expression of opinion as have the men who oppose the petition, but the latter do not seem t: Fxpiosive iq-the Market Ma-i-factod by the HAMILTON POWDER GOMPAHY GEO. C. TUNSTALT.. Jl{��� Manufacturers of District Mgr., Nelson, b.c. High Grade Explosives, Sporting, Mining at\\d Blasting Powde The Nelsbn Tribune ALDERMAN SELOUS MUCH AGGRIEVED BECAUSE HE IS FORCED TO GO ON RECORD Monday night's session of Nelson's eity council was attended by mayor I-'leteher, aldermen Irvine\", Drew, Hamilton, Scanlan, Morrison, Selous, tlie city engineer, the chief of tlie lire brigade, tlie acting city clerk, the secretary 'of the general Hospital, a Dally News reporter, and the proprietor of The Tribune. The report of the finance committee, which is always tlie lirst business lo be disposed of, was disposed of, and the following-named, who had done work for the city in its various departments, were OUDKRI3D PAID: AV. Richardson $12 00 X.. Paterson ill) 00 Fra nk Deacon 27 25 L. Ratcliffe 2S 20 .1. Foote 5 00 D. Woods 30 00 \"William Batcholor 110 J. C. Bailey .' 21 25 W. West 20--00 James Harris 50 25 N. Zettenberg 20 50 Total ifoOT 55 A HORSE TALK. The sanitary inspector reported that he had received the following' oilers for iwo of tlio horses used in the scavenger department: John Lindblad, for two horses, set of harness, and wagon, $100; Napoleon Ranger, for the gray horse, $15; N. D. Stewart, for two horses, set of harness, whiflletree and chain, $200, payable in installments. The report was discussed for about thirty minutes, the chief of the lire department taking part. He said if the team, etc., could be sold for $200, that amount would purchase a good horse for the lire department, and one of the horses now used by his department, could be used as a spare horse for the scavenger department, as its wind was not good. The mayor said the gray, horse was a good plug of a horse, but no one seemed to want him. * '.file matter was finally shoved on to Hi public works committee, thoy to take action. NOT RESPONSIBLE. The city solicitor gave a written opinion that John Jelsrud, who claimed compensation for,falling off a walk on Latimer street, between Kootenay and Falls streets, had no case against the city, as there had been no negligence on Its part in any respect, and the accident arose from the carelessness of Jelsrud himself. Alderman Hamilton moved that the city clerk notify Messrs. Whcaller & Wragge, Jelsrud's solicitors, that the city was not liable for the claim of their client. The motion was. seconded by aldermtvii Drew, and was carried. HOSPITAL QUESTION. The secretary of tlie general hospital submitted a statement showing the number of days treatment of patients which he thought might be properly charged to the city during* the period from January 1st to September 30th, 1902, as follows: Days ...271 ...271 ...103 ...15 Helen Outram AVilliam Lewis Harry Hay ward Alex. Gibson .'. John Mahoney .........IS Thomas Bradshaw ;'...' 31 Mrs. Hart 10 B. Lowtop 22 Mrs. Bennett l-I J. Kelly 185 H.'-Beadel 1S3 Lin (a Chinaman) 23 Mr. Beaston -i Mrs. Dawson 2S A. Semple IC \"A. Stewart '12 Fred Carey .' 23 Mrs. Odheiser 10 Mrs. Raymond 7.. 3 J. Redmond S A. Gardner S Miss Oytram, and Messrs. Kelly, Lewis, and Beaded the still in the hospital and likely to be tlie remainder of the year. A discussion brought out the pleasing information that the four chronic patients wero gradually improving, nnd that In the course of time they woul be so far improved a.s to be able to leave the hospital. The discussion also brought out the fact that several of those treated were from outside points, and had only been in Nelson for a few days when sent to the hospital. The report was received, on motion of aldermen Irving and Morrison. SIDEWALK PETITIONS. The Vernon street hotelkeepers petitioned for a sidewalk along that street from Stanley street to the Union depot. There was no disposition to grant tlie prayer of the petitioners, and on motion of alderman Selous it was filed. Harry Bird and others petitioned for. six-foot sidewalks to replace the three- foot walks on the south side of Observatory street, between Stanley and Kootenay streets, and on the east side of Kootenay street, from Robson street to Mines Road. The petition was referred to the public works committee. FIRE CHIEF'S REPORT. Tlie chief of tho fire department submitted a report of the proceedings of the lire chief's convention held at Victoria. The report was received and filed, and the chief asked to secure copies of the papers read at the convention, in order that the council might profit by their wisdom. ELECTRIC LIGHTING. A petition, signed by J. C. Gore, D. Mc- Artliur, Thomas Madden, AV. C. McLean, John Paterson, P. Burns & Co., VV. J. Wilson, James McDonald, A. J. Marks, and thirty other property owners, was presented asking that a money by-law for $150,000 be submitted for the approval of the ratepayers, tlie money to be used to \"acquire land for a site for an electrical power station, to build and equip such electrical power station, to connect such equipped electrical power station with the city's electric lighting system,, and to alter and extend the city's electric lighting system.\" The reading of the petition took the mayor and alderman Hamilton and Selous by surprise, and the latter expressed his indignation that so important a question should be sprung on the council so suddenly. The mayor, also, said he had heard nothing of it before the council met. Alderman Hamilton had heard nothing about it, and apparently did not want to know anything about it. Alderman Irving moved that the petition be received and that a by-law be, prepared in accordance with the wishes of the petitioners. Alderman Morrison seconded the motion. Alderman Scanlan wanted the motion cut in two. He wanted the petition received lirst. and its further consideration agreed on afterwards. . Alderman Drew wanted the question disposed of at once, as far as it could be. Alderman Selous said it was: a very important question to decide offhand, and that he wanted time to consider it. He was not sure that the petitioners represented one-tenth of the property on the assessment roll, and he wanted to satisfy himself on that and other points before he considered a by-law. The expense of holding an election was also considerable and should be taken into account. The only petitioner who was present In person was the proprietor of The Tribune, and he asked permission to address the council on behalf of the petitioners, and the request was granted. .He said that about this time last pear a similar petition was presented and the council shelved it until such time as it could be strangled to death. Now the people of Nelson wanted to be treated fairly and above-board on the question. The city had between $75,000 and $SO,000 invested in its electric light plant, and tlie cost of operating and maintaining it had largely increased this year because of tlie lack of power, as power had to be purchased from the AVest Kootenay Power & Light Company, lt was unfair to tlie people to have two or three aldermen make it impossible for the people to declare themselves on the question. The doubt raised as to whether or not the petition was properly signed could easily be removed by examining the assessment roll. The expense of holding an election was not given undue consideration when other by-laws had been submitted, by-laws that were in the interest of individuals. He hoped the council would deal with tho question promptly. ��� Alderman Selous took a second fiyer at it on his feet. He said that he regarded the remarks of outsiders, like the last speaker, as wholly uncalled for and out of order. No man should be allowed to sit at the council board as a reporter and be allowed to address the council in such words. The Tribune's long-hand journalist humbly apologized for daring to address so august a body, and said he had no intention of being either out of order or discourteous. If he had said anything that could be called out of order he would' withdraw the offensive words; but at the same time he claimed a privilege that had been freely granted ot*hers who had petitioned the council to get something from tlie city; lie was merely endeavoring to get something for the city. Mayor Fletcher���Ahem! Alderman Irving split his original motion, and the petition was received. He then gave notice that he would introduce the by-law asked for at the next session of the council. * ,4. \"MISCELLANEOUS. \"\"' A crossing was ordered on Baker street at Railway street. . . Alderman Selous gave notice that he would at the next meeting of the.council introduce a. by-law regtilating Chinesie laundries. He also stated that he had been unable to get a draft prepared of a by-law dealing with the foreshore lands recently acquired by the city owing to the city solicitor being in attendance at court during the week. Alderman Irving brought up the police question by stating that-the mayor had employed a policeman when the police commissioners had passed a resolution not to employ one. He wanted to know who had charge of the police force, the commissioners, the mayor, or the council. If the mayor had power to do as he pleased, he wanted to know it. Mayor Fletcher���A large number of the merchants asked me to keep the policeman on on account of fires and I did so. Alderman Irving���A number of the merchants spoke to me regarding the matter,\" and not one of them asJced that the policeman be kept on. Probably I do not mix with the same kind of merchants the mayor does. Alderman Scanlan wanted to know why the mayor had not reported the. matter to the council when it occurred, and that he (the mayor) was blameable for not doing so. Alderman Selous���When will the chief of police be back? Mayor Fletcher���On Tuesday. Alderman Selous���In that case, it is hardly worth bothering about. The matter was dropped. The mayor brought up the question of extending the city limits to take in a portion of Lot 1S2, and said a vote could be taken on the question at the same time as* the electric power station money by-law- was submitted. On motion of alderman Selous, the council adjourned, and the mayor and alderman Hamilton and Selous filed out of the council chamber, leaving'the others present to discuss ways and means of getting a winter's fuel supply without flooding the market with one-name paper. inutive stature is forgotten Avhen lie speaks. His words are incisive, liis articulation perfect and pleasant, even musical. His vocabulary equals that of any polished, professional man. He avoids all positive statements, and, Avhen addressed, listens with the closest attention. Though during the past 30 days he has been the most prominent figure in the United States, little is known of his history. He is 34 years old and Avas born in Braidwood, Illinois, a little mining town. His father was a miner in the bituminous coal fields of Ilinois. He went to the public schools until his fifteenth year, when he began working in the mines as a miners' helper. He Avas married shortly after he attained his majority, and settled down at Spring Valley, Illinois, where his 'wife and four surviving children still reside. One of his children died. He Avas always a union miner, as was his father. He began to be prominent in the United Mine Workers of America in 1897, when he was elected national organizer. In the following year he was elected national vice-president. In October, 1S98, when the president of the United Mine Workers was given a place on the labor commission by president McKinley, John Mitchell became the, acting national president. In 1899 he was elected national president, and each year since that date he has been honored by re-tlection. Mitchell's forefathers were Scotch Presbyterians; his wife, however, is a Roman Catholic. ���H\"---H-I-.*-H^\"K-^\"H^^ t ���W-K-H- MR. TARTE'S CAMPAIGN. You are little as to bulk, Petit Tarte; But you make the big ones skulk, AVhen you start On your pilgrimage of grace, With a shining, morning face, And your Sifton process place, In your cart. 'Tis a patent process quite, So it is��� Often swings with left to right, AVith a whiz; Then the dust begins lo fly, When the speed is running high, And there's someone minds the eye, Which is his. There'll be dust to fill the whole, Lorry, aye, And some more In clouds to roll Far away; Till the Globe itself looks dim, As when fiery Frank and Him AVith their w*arclouds shut the sun From the day. And the Siftons will be made Into dust; . And some gilded clothes x-lll fade, . As with rust; But the patent process sure, Will abate the din and doure, AVhen it fills the air with sloure��� Sure it must! You're a busy little man, Mister Tarte; ! And you've made your foes look wan, 'From the start; Could they bury, you as deep, 7~\"'\" As where ocean mermaids sleep, Not a one of them would weep, Saucy Tarte! -BRffleH-eefc^^ THAN THE PEOPLE OF WEST AUSTRALIA Fred Zirkler, vice-president ol\" tlie Boulder (West Australia) branch of tho Australian Workers' Association, writes from Boulder under date of September 1st, as follows: \"Recently I had a conversation with T. AV. Mall, who came hero from Rossland, British Columbia, and judging' from his remarks the people of British Columbia have strange Ideas about affairs in West Australia, it seems to me that British Columbians aro far bettor oft than we are here. \"It was once literally true that gold could bo picked up in nuggets in tlie streams, but this was thirty years ago, and not here but in New Zealand. There is not the semblance of a stream betwen Perth, 400 miles away by rail over an arid desert, and the Kalgoorlie gold fields. This is the most arid country in the world, and I was born and bred in Australia. The water here is condensed from that found in the mines, which is ten times saltor than the sea. The cost is $2.50 per hundred gallons. The country grows a hardwood called salmon gum. There is also gunlets and sandal wood and other tough shrubs. American axes in cutting this wood fly like glass. Most of the tools used here are, by the way, American. They are popular, as are also American managers, the men preferring these latter to tho local product, although there is an occasional bad egg among the Americans. \"Then there is arbitration. Two days ago the arbitration court settled for eighteen months the wages of the mine workers, which are as follows: Shaft miners, $3.85; raisers, $3.33; miners, $2.92; bracemen, $2.92; shovellers, $2.02; truckers, $2.02; tim- bermen, $3.33; surface laborers, $2.50; cyanide and filter-press laborers, $2.02. Under the contract system the men are liable for the breakages of tools and machines. The contract system is mostly feared by the men, as only about 1,100 out of between 5,000 and 0,000 employed in the mines of this camp belong to the unions. It is feared that competitiun will cause men to underbid for prices. Some of the picn now are only making from $1.75 to $2.50 per shift and some arc not getting that much. \"There are about 32,000 people in this camp, and the miners live in what are called shacks in British Columbia, but the Boulder men call them humpys or camps. The one 1 live in is Sx!)x5 feet. In the eastern stales of the commonwealth living is cheaper but the weekly wuge at the best Is only $11.25. The mines there are 3,000 feet deep and the heat is often 1)2 degrees Fahrenheit. Boulder's deepest mine is only 1,500 feet deep. The Great Boulder mine has turned out twelve tons of gold and has paid six times its investors' capital besides over $5,000,000 ln dividends. The top hoteliers get good screws (salaries), and havo nice houses and tennis and croquet lawns. There are only seven or eight dividend payers here. The Golden Horseshoe paid $450,000 in dividends last month, or $1.50 per share. They have another one ready of about the same amount and have just paid for a new $1,000,000 plant. In working these mines the men have to strip oil' to flannel and drawers as the ore is bunchy and very rich. \"1 have a contract in this mine and am paid $10 a foot and pay for our own explosives, which cost $5 a foot. AVe make from 40 to 50 feet in a fortnight and are paid twice a month. The truckers are paid 10 cents per ton for taking out the broken rock. We work three eight-hour shifts. \"The weather is bracing in the winter, but runs over 100 degrees in the summer, sometimes 110. The dust storms are a terrible nuisance and bother the women tremendously, spoiling all their frillery. Twice a year comes heavy rain, and a good deal of water is caught and stored in iron tanks. \"Wood is $3.75 a one-horse load. The mines burn the wood at a cost of $3.75 per ton. It is cut by Italians and Austrians at $2 to $2.25 per cord of two tons. (A British Columbia cord is slightly more.) The food here is not up to the accounts I have received of Rossland. It is 25 cents per meal, but a much better meal can be got for 37 cents. Per week the board is HOTEL PHAIR 80 BOOMS All modern Conveniences Special F^ates to Tourists .Ea���IB- PROPRIETOR Stanley and Victor Streets, NELSON. B.C $0.25. These prices are of ordinary shops and boarding houses. Apples are from 32 to 15 cents per pound; oranges, GO cents per dozen; bread, 12 cents the tw.o-pound loaf; tea, 37 cents per pound; sugar, ii cents; a suit of clothes, $30 and upwards: a good hat, $3.75; and custom made boots, $0.25 to $8. The ordinary hash foundry gives for breakfast oatmeal porridge, one egg, a small steak, and as much bread and butter as is wanted; the lunch pail is filled with a quart of tea, some sandwiches, bread and butter and cake. Dinner, hot soup and cold meat and hot potatoes, biscuits and sweets. \"The states of the Comonwemalth of Australia have borrowed about $2,000,000,000 from Great Britain, and the interest at 3 1-2 per cent is upwards of $70,000,000 an- nully. The taxation amounts to $1 in $5 earned. There are far too many parliaments, one with two houses for each state. and a federal parliament over all. The unions are being got into line and labor, men are elected to the parliaments. TTie apathy among the workers is appalling. The union here is from 500 to 600 strong and a meeting of thirty would be big. This union is socialist. Another, the Amalgamated Miners' Association, has started up and is dividing our ranks. This new union is simply an aciddnt society, and most of the men are favoring it as they were in its ranks in Victoria and Now South AVales. The two unions will probably be united and we will do our best to lead them to more democratic ideals*. Just now the men care far more for horse racing and football and saloons.\" JOHN MITCHELL. John Mitchell might pass for a priest or clergyman. He wears a wagon- Avheel collar, a black necktie, a long Prince Albert coat of a bygone vintage, black trousers, and a black slouch hat irregularly dented at the top. His large, round face has an intense expression. His eyes and hair are jet black, his features regular and expressive. He is below the average height, but his tlini- ����tS��i.-ft*V,1 CMP-a./-<-,. -1*. n\"**- _\"���\";:.\"*-���>*' ���v\"-.'\"^t mm TREMONT HOUSE Kuropean and American P'an. Meals 25 cts. Rooms from 25 ct��. to 81. Only White Help Employid, MALONE & TREGILLUS, Baker St., Neleon. Proprietors. BARTLETT HOUSE Josephine Street, Nelson. The best $1 per day house In Nelson. None but white help employed. The bar the best. G*. W- Bartlett - - Proprietor CERTIFICATE OF IMPROVEMENTS. NOTICE. Kathleen mineral claim, situate in the Nelson Mining Division of West Kootenay District. AVhere located���Between Forty-nine and Eagle creeks. Take notice that AVilliam N. Rolfe and Arthur E. Hodgins, Free Miners' Certificate No. 50024, A. E. Hodgins, exempt, intend, sixty days from the date hereof, to apply to the Mining Recorder for a Certificate of Improvements, for the purpose of obtaining a Crown Grant of the above claim. And further take notice that action, under section 37, must be commenced before the Issuance of such Certificate of Improvements. Dated this 5th day of September, A. D. 1802. Ashno YOU WANT TO MAKE A DOLLAR? melter Is a Safe In= vestment at 15 Cts. The first 200,000 of these shares have already been subscribed, and shares are now selling at 15 cents on calls ? of 2 1-2 cents per month, according to the terms of the prospectus, and the fourth 100,000 aro to be sold at 20 cents, $ and the fifth 100,000 at 25 cents, on the same terms. ������������\" - -**��� Capitalization Two flillion Dollars 2,000,000 Shares Par Value $1.00 Each rl^fr'l^ ! Three-Quarters of the Capital Stock in the Treasury, $10,000f in Cash and all Demands Paid to Date. ! Resources: Coal, Gold, Copper, Silver and Townsite of Gartrell further information apply to the Official Brokers of the Ashnola Smelter Limited PONTON & MURRAY, Toronto, Ont. . A. W. MORE & CO., Victoria, B. C. C. S. DOUGLAS & CO., Vancouver, B. C. W. N. McGANNON, Morrisburgh, Ont. H. R. CAMERON, Winnipeg, Man. R. J. STEEL, Nelson, B.C., or ^sgss^g^aap t HEAD OFFIGE Code Address, \"Ashnola,\" OF THE COMPANY, ROOM \"A.\" K W-G BLOGK, NELSON, B.C. Nelson, B. C. Code: Moreing & .Neal. P. O. Box 714. Telephone No. 70. *H*-4-**+W^^ One afternoon this week, one of the local cartage firms delivered a box at McDonald's fruit store on Baker street. As such deliveries are not unusual Mr. McDonald opened the box. Insteacf\"olffruit, the box contained a choice assortment of mixed groceries, put up in packages, the wrappers of which were stamped \"T. Baton & Co.\" The box was marked Mr. McDonald, Nelson, B. C, and bore a stencil brand \"T. Eaton & Co.\" There are a number ol' Mr. McDonald's in Nelson. There is Mr. McDonald, the furniture dealer; Mr. McDonald, the capitalist; Mr. McDonald, the architect; Mr. Macdonald, the king's counsel; Mr. Macdonald, the lawyer: all of whom are family men. While Nelson has any number of McDonalds, it also has any 'number *^of\"^stbres*=at=wlilisii^^5cW,iSlr^^n_ be obtained. Morrison & Caldwell, J. A. Irving' & Co., J. A. Kirkpatriek & Co., Limited, T. S. McPherson, all of whom advertise in The Tribune, and there are others. E. E. Chipman of Kaslo, government agent of Slocan riding, wa.s in Nelson this week looking into tho matter of. expending the money appropriated for building a road on the north side of the outlet, between Kokanee nnd a. point opposite Nelson. Portions of the road havo already been built by the settlers. Work on the road will be commenced at once, under the foremanslilp of one of the settlers. MADDEN HGUS BAKER AND WARD STREETS, NELSON. B. C. Stotototototototototototo to totototototototototototote ob Printing I As a Work of Art. I 3 ���0* Centrally Located. Electric Lighted. HEADQUARTERS FOR TOURISTS AND OLD TIMERS. THOMAS MADDEN, Proprietor. Queen's Hote BAKER STREET, NELSON. Lighted by Elecrlcity and Heated with Hot Air. Large and comfortable bedrooms and first class dining room. Sample rooms for commercial men. RATES J2 PER DAY ffrs. E. C. Clarke, - Proprietress GEO. Maker of First-class Hand-made Boots and Shoes. Ward Street, next new Postoffice Building, Nelson, B. C. Repairing Neatly and Promptly Done Satisfaction Guaranteed in all Work it$\"$&'W% We do all kinds of PRINTING except the poor kind. Should you need Office Stationery, Price' Lists, Circulars, Posters, Pamphlets, or printed matter of any description, we can guarantee you Satisfaction as to Quality and Price. 6 f 1 THE DAILY NEWS | 1 Nelson. B. C. { ^totototowtototototototo to totototototototototototoG $1.00 A YEAR 9*ff Nelson Tribune fcsss The J. K. Ashdown Hardware Go. !- Liiviif ed IMPORTERS AND DEALERS SHELF AND HEAVY IN ,,w��yi_wU^\"^^sv��t***-**i HARDWARE Fire Brick, Fire Clay, Portland Cement, T-Ra-ils, Ore Cars, Sheet Steel, Crescent, Canton and Jessop's Drill Steel. Tinware and Graniteware. Stoves and Ranges. BAKER ST. NELSON B.C. Importer of Own Make Pipes Peterson's Paf/^Plpes ' B. B. B. CelebtoSd Pipes Loewe Pipes Wills Tobacco Player's Tobacco Telephone 194 The Queen Cigar Store ^sss. Tobacconist H. J. PHAIR, Propi*. Turkish Cigarettes ���., . . , n , ., Monopoi cigarettes Wholesale and Retail Egyptian Cigarettes J. R. C. and G. B, Lambert and Butler AH brands of imported and domestic cigars Baker Street, NELS ON.B.G MORLEY fe CO. Wholesale and Retail Booksellers Stationers Artists' Materials Engineering and Mining Books Typewriters Mimeographs Photographic Supplies Musical Instruments Morley & Co., Nelson, B.C. ��� ���{..}. .g. 4.4.4. a a -^- -^-> ��j, ^�� 4�� 4. J- ^- -J. -J- ���I- -^- ���_��� -I- 4- *^- ^ -Z- ���!' * ���* * ���b * ���b '* ���b ���* * * * * * * ���b ���b *m* *I* *_* *���* *f* *I* 'm* *I* *i* *i* *��* *J* *5* **!* \"I* *J* *5* *5* *** *J* *I\" \"f* *J* *J* *5* *i* *I* *I* *J* *f* *I* \"���* w. F. Teetzel & 60. DEALERS IN, * i DRUGS AND TOILET ARTICLIS. PATENT MEDICINES, SPONGES, PERFUMERY. ETC. IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS IN ASSAYERS* FURNACES, BATTERSEA AND DENVER CRUCIBLES, SCARIFIERS AND MUFFLES, ���~~ CHEMICALS, V ��� : CHEMICAL APPARATUS. The largest Drug House Be!ween Winnipeg and the Coast. Corner Balder aqd Josephine Streets ���b -b -b -b -b -b-b -b -b -b-b 'b ���b ���b ���b ���b ���b -b ���b ���b ���b -b -b * ���b * -b -b -b -b -b -b -b ���b -b -b A ���|* ��J�� �������� �������� *|�� *|�� *|�� JIELSOJ-J .������.������..������������������..������������������..*������������...���.���.������������.���.......... Jacob Dover The Jeweler HAS RETURNED FROM A TRIP TO TORONTO AND MOlNTREAL WATCH FOR HIS WATCH AN- THE TOWN AND DISTRICT W. A. Galliher, M. P., is making a tour of his constituency in the interest of his constituents. Before moving into their new premises in the Burns block, Fred Irvine & Co. will hold special sales, due anouncements of which will be made in The Tribune. N. F. Townsend of Rossland is surveying the West Kootenay Power & Light Company's right-of-way through the Far- well land, which adjoins Nelson on the west. v AT THE MADDEN���Price McDonald, Gray's Creek; D. P. Gannon, Kemptville, Ontario; Charles G. Geottling, Hillsview, South Dakota; R. M. Norboe, J. R. Nor- boo, Michel. A Nelson firm that recently opened a branch at Rossland reports their sales there as increasing daily, which is an evidence that Rossland is not what the \"blue ruin\" crowd say it is. Charles A. Waterman & Co., the auctioneers, are selling the stock of general merchandise carried by the Hall Mining & Smelting Company at the Silver King mine. Sales are held every night (except Sunday) in the Hume building on Vernon street. John A. Turner's resignation as government agent at Nelson* has been accepted, and W. J. Goepel, provincial inspector of offices, is now acting as government agent. There ��Cre any number of applicants for the position, among others H. E. Croasdaile, W. A. Jowett, and Alexander Sproat. The smoker at the opera house last night for the benefit of \"Jack\" Slavin, a stranded pugilist, was a success. The boys sung, and danced and starred for points. Slavin made a good impression, but none of the Nelson sports were in his class with gloves on. People in Nelson will now be in a position to compare the prices of articles of every day consumption with the prices given in-T. Eaton & Co.'s catalogues. J. A. Kirkpatriek & Co., Limited, Morrison & Caldwell, T.S. McPherson, and J. A. Irving & Co., all give prices of staples in today's Tribune. These firms carry big stocks and can fill orders on demand. ^L^'J^^'-ii.1.^:-^^^ *���-*���*������*��� %**-#���#*-#-#-�� ^***%**** ���*���**���������*���* %-^^%--#*--**# %���*���% *# FRED IRVINE & CO. Linoleums, House Furnishings. moving into our new quarters we will offer special sales each week from different Tf ^C Dry Goods, flillinery, Hen's Furnishings, Carpets, Floor Oilcloths, Tr Tr ���* -_��-* Tr ^* Tr Tf ?V 7f ���_��-* Tr Tf Tf -_��** Tf Tf Tr -$* Tf Before Departments. Commancing* Tuesday next we will place on sale our entire stock of House prices consideiable below the regular. Tapestry, Brussels, Axminster, Wilton, English Velvets and Mognite Carpets, a to select from. All carpets sewn and laid free of charge. Ingrain and Wool carpets from 40c. yard up Window shades in all colours at cost price, reduced prices. Furnishings at large stock Lace curtains, Portieres, Window Poles at -_��~ -te. ate- -te- '^ IRVINE & ^7^71^7^7^7^7^7^7^7^7^7lfN 7^7fT7lF7^7^7^7^7^7l^7^%7^7|cTfi7^Tf*7fs7^7^7^7^ 7^^^^- local factory is first-class in every respect and strictly up-to-date. Other lines of manufacture turned out by the company are Mackinaw and brown duck coats, cooks' and waiters' aprons. For the miners' trade a first-class quality of mission flannel underwear in red, blue and vicuna colors, are turned out in large quantities, to filba constantly increasing demand for the popular goods of the firm's brand. A large range of heavy tweed shirts, made from the best Canadian and British cloths, is still another line of manufacture constantly receiving attention. In conclusion, when about to purchase goods in any of the above lines, remember that charity begins at home, and that there is no necessity to buy eastern-made goods when we can do as well in British Columbia, and build up a white labor provincial industry by seeing that you get goods of the Big Horn brand, whicli are on sale at J. A. Gilker's clothing store, Baker street, Nelson. paying the West Kootenay Power & Light Company $185 a month for power to run a cold storage plant. Were the city in a position to supply P. Burns & Co. with power, it would get the business, for the West. Kootenay Power & Light Company has no franchise to sell power or light within the city limits of Nelson. The above is a fair statement of the city's position, from the standpoint of civic ownership of the electric lighting utility. ��� NOUNCEMENT NEXT WEEK.. Okanagan Potatoes $1.25 a Hundred Pounds One of the best operators that over took press dispatches in Nelson lias crossed the divide. \"Jack\" Ross died at Kamloops on Monday and will be buried at Nelson tomorrow afternoon. He was a native of Woodstock, Ontario, where he was born 2G years ago, and like all boys from that town was- fond of athletic sports, lacrosse being tlie game in which he was proficient. He left Nelson in the hope of regaining his health, but the change only brought temporary relief. On Tuesday night John Larimour, cm- ployed as mate on the C. P. R. tug Columbia, was drowned while, the boat was at Nakusp. He was sotting in the engine room, and hearing a splash and a cry ���'man overboard,\" he sprang up and jumped _into_ the_rlvor _ without _Ipcatlng__the_ man who was overboard or making any inquiries. The man overboard was a Chinaman, and was rescued. Larimour was drowned. He had been employed for several years by tho company, was a native of Sweden, and had the reputation of being a steady and Reliable man. PHONE 161 Houston Block, fJelton J, A. IRVING & CO. Grocers and Provisions Dealers Snaps for a Week Salt Mackerel, 12-oz. fish.. ..10c each Norwegian Herring, large ..35c per doz. Smoked Herring, 50 in box .. 25c per box Condensed Milk, 15 cans for $1.00 Mushroom Ketchup 10c per bottle Pickles, pint bottle 10c each NI orrison & Caldwell GROCERS TREMONT BLOCK, BAKER STREET TELEPHONE 134 ' TO RENT. \"FURNISHED Rooms; from $5 to J7.50 per month. Apply to Mrs. Elizabeth Morice, Lake street, east ot Cedar street. They Have Arrived! You Must See Them! They are goods of the most beautiful design and texture that ever left the looms of old England'or Bonnie Scotland. They are perfect in coloring, elegant in weave, end fashioned especially for the fall of 1002. The fashions for this season are so radically, changed that you will be entirely out of fashion without them. You may with perfect confidence leave your orders with ARTHUR GEE Merchant Tailop TREMONT BLOCK, BAKER ST., LAST. He will give you the stylish cut and finish for which he has gained a deservedly high reputation. SUITS FROM $25.00 UP. Brydges, Blakemore & Cameron, L'd REAL ESTATE AND GENERAL AGENTS JOSEPHINE ST. NELSON, 13. C. SKILLED LABOR SCARCE. Turner, Beeton & Company, Limited, of Victoria, with a branch at Nelson, made an exhibit at the Victoria exposition that caused rmich favorable comment. The factory of this company was started on the 2nd of June last, when twelve machines were put in operation; but shortly afterwards an additional eight were added, and if operators could be had, the cowipany would add another twenty machines immediately, which proves the popularity of the products of this factory. In fact, ever since the commencement of operations (he firm has had great difficulty in keeping up with orders, - and have made every endeavor to secure more help. But skilled labor in this line is comparatively scarce, and this particular difficulty has been the only serious one encountered in this new industry. The factory is run on the eight-hour schedule, and is the first union manufactory of men's clothing in British Columbia, and the only one north of San Francisco and west of Winnipeg. As just stated, operators are not easily obtainable, as there seems to be an objection among Victorians to the name of \"factory.\" The trade mark of this factory is known as the \"Big Horn Brand,\" and is now recognized as the standard in this line. The two \"leaders\" are a blue flannel shirt, and a first-class 9-ounce denim overall. The former is made from the best blue flannel obtainable, for which Turner, Beeton & Company hold the Canadian agency, and using upwards of ���10 bales of the material during a twelvemonth. These shirts are made both single and double-breasted. The firm have encountered a great demand for engineers' jackets and bib-overalls from along the line of the C. P. R. These lines aro largely used by the trainmen, and a first-class article is the only one that fills the bill. Hence the fact that Lhe goods of the Big Horn brand are in such great demand in the localities just named shows that the product of this BEEN A GOOD INVESTMENT. The city purchased the electric light plant in 189S from the Nelson Electric Light Company, Limited, paying therefor $35,400, and commenced doing business on its own account on July 1st, 1S9S. Since then it has expended !j!i*!y,- 748.29 on' construction account, that account standing on September 30th, 1902, at $75,14S.29. Of this amount, $70,- 000 was secured from the sale of debentures, bearing 5 per cent interest, the balance, $5,148.29, came ont of general revenue. It has cost $32,971.00 to operate and maintain the plant since it was taken over hy the city. To provide interest and sinking fund on the $70,000 debenture debt. required $23,249. The total, therefore, paid out for operating, maintenance, interest, and sinking fund is $56,220.60. Since taking over the' electric light plant, the city has collected $79,896.S5 from electric light rates. Deduct the amount expended for operating expenses, etc., from the revenue received, and there is a balance of $23,- 076.25 to the good. Were this profit de- ,ducted-.from=.the-totaUamount=-expended. on construction account, the cost of the city's electric light system would stand at $51,472.04. The revenue from the electric light system is increasing steadily, as the following figures show: 1898 (six months $ 5.15S.0!)\" 1899 13.105.S4 1900 20.92S.G0 1901 23,084.99 1902 (to September 30th) 17,019.33 Total $79,890.85 In addition to the revenue, the peaple get the streets and city offices aud buildings lighted free. They also get electric light from 25 to 50 per cent cheaper than the people of Rossland, who purchase their electric light from the West Kootenay Power & Light Company. The cost of operating and maintaining the plant has been as follows: 1S9S (six months) $ 2.07S.42 1899 2.722.7S 1900 10.903.S5 1901 9,392.12 1902 (to September 30th) 7,874.43 Total $32,971.60 The cost of operating and maintenance is increasing because of the shortage of water in Cottonwood creek for six months in the year, a shortage that is more likely to increase than decrease. It is safe to assume that the cost of operating and maintenance would be no greater than it is now were the city to own an up-to-date plant at some point on Kootenay river where there would be no shortage of water. Tlie cost of installing such a plant and making the necessary changes to the system in the city is estimated at $150,000. This expenditure would not only give the city ample power for its own requirements, but would give it a surplus of from 500 to 700 horse power to hold in reserve for the future growth of the city or for disposal to industries requiring power. The city needs today 375 horse power for incandescent lighting and 50 horse power for street lighting, or a total of 425 horse power. Manufacturing establishments within the city limits would take about&OO horse power more, if the price was -reasonable. One firm (P. Burns & Co.) so it is reported, has been COMPULSORY ARBITRATION. P. J. O'Regan, writing to a friend at Slocan City, from\" Wadeatown, New Zealand, says of the arbitration laws of that country: \"I was somewhat surprised that the Rossland Miner did not publish my letter. In New Zealand it is usual for papers to allow .all sides to be heard, and such, I think, is the rule everywhere with honest journalists. The poor creatures of capitalists, liowever, can scarcely be called journalists at all. It is false to state as the Auckland Herald (whose article the Miner copied) said, that our system of industrial conciliation and arbitration is a failure. True, the system is, as it were, on trial, but as far as it has gone it has on the whole been decidedly beneficial.' If the miners had it in your . country they would certainly bring their oppressors to their bearings. \"In my letter to the Miner, I pointed out that the Auckland Herald is a journal which has consistently endeavored, by fair means and foul���generally the latter���to blacken and discredit the Liberal party in this country, and the Rossland Miner could not have quoted its information from a more tainted source. Of course there are plenty of people here who will tell you that our labor legislation is a huge failure and 'the ruin of the country.' But these people are generally either of the narrow-minded class, who would care little for the worker, provided they waxed rich; or they are those poor -weakling8-who=ibelieve=what\"they--hear from their fellows. Let anyone who is a candidate for parliamentary honors, however, pledge himself to vote for the repeal of our labor laws, and he would be snowed under at the ballot box, in spite of all the misrepresentation and falsehood of our corrupt press. We are below 750,000 in population, yet we exported last year �� lb,u00,000 worth of produce and we imported ��10,000,000 worth, which fact goes to show that our much-abused labor legislation does not stop our industries. Don't conclude, however, that he have room for a sudden accretion to our population from without. We have not. Our country is far from being the paradise which some American papers depict, but it is not a land of millionaires and tramps, nor are our people disposed to allow their rights to be invaded. For instance, the law prohibits such an importation of labor as you had in connection with the Rossland strike. I think if you get the gist of this letter published it will be a sufficient refutation of the second-hand Auckland Herald slander which the Rossland Miner palmed off on the people, and you should get the fact published that the Miner refused to publish my denial. I don't knuow much about the Fiji islands, but I fancy there is not much scope for settlement there. Things are rather bad in Australia just now, chiefly on account of the great drought.\" For the Next Few Days 1 in Order to Reduce Some Lines We Will Offer ���,= in Exchange for $I.OO Any of the Following Options Sunlight Soap.;..... 7....... Linen Soap Royal Crown Soap...... Baby's Own Toilet Soap. Oatmeal Toilet Soap, ... Gold Dust Toilet Sodp,.... 20 Bars 30 Bars :.25 Bars ..12 Bars '..-.IB Bars 25 Pkgs Just Received a Fine Line of Healthy Bulbs for Fal1 Planting, including* Crosse & Blackwell's Jams.5 1-lb glass jars Jam and Jelly 2 5-lb Tins Salmon . 12 Tins Catsup. ....'.....*... .;.. ..C Bottles Blueberries 10 Cans Strawberries G Cans Raspberries C Cans Peaches G Cans Pears Plums Gooseberries Cream , Milk Evaporated Pears Evaporated Peaches Evaporated Prunes Evaporated Figs Corn Meal J_od_Fish_.......... Starch, Laundry. Pork and Beans Assorted Spices Excelsior Tea Malt Breakfast Food Rock Candy Syrup Cream of Wheat G Cans ....G Cans G Cans ....12 Cans ...12 Cans ......10 lbs 10 lbs 15 lbs 20 lbs 50 lbs 12_U-i***, ...15 Pkgs ....15 Cans ...12 Cans 3*lbs ....7 Pkgs .7 Bottles ....�� Pkgs CALLAS OXALIS CROCUS HYACINTHS MAMMOTH FRESIAS NARCISSUS SNOWDROPS TULIPS LILIUM HARRISH Get Them While the Stock is Fresh. Canada Drug & Book Company, Ltd. J. A. KIRKPATRICK & Co. Ltd. GALT COAL AND WOOD OP ALL KINDS Terms Spot Cash W. P. TIERNEY, Telephone 265 Baker Stroet. SEWING MACHINES AND. PIANOS FOR RENT AND FOR SALE Old Curiosity Shop, Josephine St., Nelson Sealed Tenders addressed to the undersigned and endorsed \"Tender for Heating Apparatus, Nelson, B. C,\" will be received at this oflice until Thursday, 13th November, inclusively, for the supplying and placing in position of heating apparatus at tho Public Building, Nelson, B. C, according to the plans and specifications to be seen at the Department of Public Works, Ottawa, and at the offlce of James Allan Macdonald, Clerk of Works, Nelson, B. C, or at the office of Wm. Plenderson, Victoria, B. C. Tenders will not be considered unless made on the form supplied, and signed with the actual signatures of tenderers. An accepted cheque on a chartered bank, payable to the order of the Minister of Public AVorks, equal to ton per cent. (10 p. c.) of the amount of the tender, must accompany each tender. The cheque will be forfeited if the party decline the contract or fail to complete the work contracted for, and will be returned in case of non-acceptance of tender. The Department does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender. By Order, FRED. GELINAS, Secretary. Department of Public Works, Ottawa, lath October, 1902. Newspapers inserting this advertisement without authority from the Department will not be paid for it. 50 BAEi OF Imperial Laundry Soap FOR $2.00 This soap is .packed in a neat box and is without doubt the choicest, most durable and most economical soap ever offered to the people of Nelson. t. s. Mcpherson, LEADING GROCER K. W. C. BLOCK NELSON Phone No 10 TELEPHONE 117. Work Called for and Koturned. Boot and Shoe Repairing IN CONNECTION WITH The American Shoe Store H. LAWRENCE All Work Done in Thorough and Workmanlike Manner. 4tft1"@en, "No paper 1895-1896, 1897-1905

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