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vol. 4.���������no. s: SANDON, B. C, JULY 28, 1900. $2.00 PEE YEAR. Tliat Street.Question.' "We do not want to be accused of dictating to the council, but we cannot help again suggesting the necessity of declaring by by-law a public street of GO feet down the flume. We understand some of the aldermen want it done at once and others of the Board are opposed to it altogether. Our word for it, however., all will yet regret that it has not been done. After tlie by-laws were passed, notices could be put up declaring the section impassible for a time, as closed for improvements, when no damages for accidents could be claimed. It is not alone enough that people should aim at making money in the place. When an opportunity is presented in the place for making t-ome of its features quite attractive and all of its buildings less liable to iire. and certainly of more reasonable insurance, all ought to be willing to concede something to meet the situation. v By widening Flume street a stranger coming in could stand at the head, see the Ivanhoe concentrator, the C. P. R. train coming in and have a walk down one side and up the other, which would give a favorable impression as to the taste" and energy of the people, and create an air oi confidence in the place generally. At the same time a Bill should be put through the Local House empowering the eouncil to shift Reco ave. 15 feet or so further north, which would allow any and all parties to extend their buildings on it who desired to do so. . It is true that Flume street can only be occupied by expropriation, where the' parties affected refuse to give the land ; but it' the street is declared now there will later he but tlie land to pay for. If the by-law be not passed now, any improvements made before the passage will also have to be paid for by the council. We would suggest that the council pass the by-law at its next meeting. In this .matter, at least, Mr. Harris is doing much for the city, moro than many others would be willing to do un- I'der similar circumstances. He is giving 'the ends ofl" of all his lots where're- i quired, grading the street and building lone splendid wide walk down the length pi the street at his own expense. "If all iothers affected did their share as well -{Flume street wouid soon be one of the best streets in the Slocan. . ,;. We feel that in this matter we have, ,;n recommendations, simply done our Itluty. Some may think we" have even [Exceeded it; but the duty of a public f.journal is ever to look after public interests, and we can never be accused of I shrinking f^pm evident duty.' u . "Let Us Have Peace." all tho properties are safe for life and limb, that plenty of work is created and that good-will all around' should be cultivated. Nations war and subsequently become friends. The same is true -of communities. In the words of U. S. Grant, "Let us have peace." < A Mining Suit. A writ has been issued in the supreme court by Elliott & Lennie in the action of Stewart vs. the Noonday Curley Mines,, Limited. The plaintiffs, H.J. and A. Stewart, seek to recover a quarter interest in the Noonday propertj-, bonded to the Noonday Curley mines, or as an alternative to recover $8,000 as vendor's lien for unpaid purchase money. Tlie case, which involves a nice point in mining law, will possibly be placed on the list for the sittings on'Oct- ober 16. HINES AND HININQ. The Hampton, on Springer creek, is now a shipper. The Queen City, near New Denver, is showing up well. A good ore chute has been struck in the Eclipse at New Denver. W. C. Adams was in town this week. He has bonded the Lone Star claim. Ore shipments from Whitewater for the week were: Whitewater, 114 tons. Allan Stubbs returned Wednesday from Lemon Creek, where he had been doing assessment work on the Railroad group. . The Bosun, Hartney, Marion and California claims near New Denver are being worked steadily and producing ore light along. The Sandon ore shipments for the past week were: via K ���������& S.���������Payne, 200 tons; Last Chance, 20; Araeiican Boy, 20; Ruth, 100M- Via C. P. R.���������Slocan Star. 40. Total for week, ,'180^ tons. Kasio Mining- News. I In prophecy, as to future legislation, '���������the" Nelson Tribune seems disposer} to 'keep up tiie old labor trouble. Thisis a Wl mistake.1 How far either or botli Jjides were light or wrong is simply a i inatter of history in mining parlance, 3md all sensible people will consider it ���������lis such only. A settlement lias been ���������1-eached between the aides thatl appears -{Workable,' and that is all the public have jro consider. .'During the struggle The "ahiview took a stand, from conscientious rseling and advocated it, as some may hink in right and others in wrong, and "fire are now disposed to .rest while the f.ountry is iri the , way to substantiate Hirogress. Every . effort should now be |lirected to see that all the workings of Mining operations around JCaslo are pretty brisk. The Lavinah, in the Lardo-Duncan, is having ore cars arid other material sent in, and this propert\r will soon join the ranks'of the shippers. John McKane and Alex. Dick, of Rossland, are the principal owner's. They both went up to the mine last week. Another property in the same region which will shortly be sending out ore is the Chicora, belonging to the Gold Hills Mining Company, of Toronto, James McKay Anderson is the local agent. J. J. Fleutot has been pretty active since he returned. He recently took a bond on the Liberty Hill, a property belonging to W. Briggs, and is situated on the south fork of Kaslo river. A mining company, under a special mining partnership provision of the Mineral Act, called the Planet Mining Company,' Ltd:, Liability has been organized to operate five mineral claims near Kaslo known as the Planet Group. Those connected with the company are: Mathews Guyman, Charles G. Simpson, F. W. Lindsley, James Ridihough,' John Burk, W. Shackletdn, -P. C. Shackletbn and John Laidlaw.'���������������������������''��������� ���������' c Three very important strikes have recently been made on the south fork of Kaslo river. They are: in order' of importance: 1st. On the Bismarck claim, the find being most unexpected. It was made about 20 feet to the "east of the upper tunnel, exposing from 4 to 12 in. of clean galena. The lead has been stripped for 30 feet and'it is looked upon by old miners as the most important discovery of the.year in that district; 2nd, On the Cork claim, owned by the French syndicate, ��������� 8 feet of clean galena has been encountered in an open cut. ' They are driving a tunnel to cross-cut. The Cork is at the bottom of the hill at the summit of which is the Bismarck;. 3rd, On the Granite King, owned by Kaslo people. A few feet below the surface' they encountered 32 inches of galena and" they have struck the same lead 100 feet below. This property carries gold as well as silver. PURELY PERSONAL, R. P. Rithet was in town this week. Mrs. Sew ell spent a few days in New- Denver this week. Frank Lowes was rusticating at the Halcyon Springs this week. , Mr. Jacobs, half-brother of Mr. Hag- ler, is here from the other side. Fred Busombe, the Vancouver crockery man, was in town.Tuesday. .Dan Munroe is in from Greenwood to spend a few weeks in a live town. Miss McGillivray, of New Denver, is visiting Mrs. Charlie McLaughlin. Mayor Pitts, merchant, went east on Tuesday to take stock���������of the baby. Mrs. McDougald, of Nakusp, has been spending a few days in the city on business. Lawyer Christie spends nijst of his time in New Denver now rooking the cradle. Mr. Culver returned from a tiip to Idaho on Friday. Bert Sharpe, of Boss- berg, accompanied him to visit his par- j ents here. Better Return Them. W. W. B. Mclnnes has introduced a bill to limit all underground work to eight hours a dav, to call for certain literary attainments which is aimed at disqualifying Japs and Chinese, limiting the hours of employes on government works and fixing tlie" minimum wages at $2.50. A much better way of dealing with Chinese and Japs is to give them a time in which to turn their effects into cash, return theni the customs money they paid coming in and give them tickets to return home. It is very unfair to take their customs money then prevent them from earning a living when they come in. s Of course governments have no power to fix tlie wages of employes other than their own; but if they had they should fix the work of these employes as well as'their salaries. Of course the bill cannot carry in its present form. Whitewater Chat. This town is on the eve of better days. Like mo^t other places in the Kootenay, it suffered through the stoppage of the mining operations thirteen months ago. Mr. Patterson, druggist, has moved back here from Duncan City, whither he went a year ago, and is nowconvinced there is a living for him here." ' The Victoria hotel has been repainted and otherwise improved. Wm. Walmsley has taken over the Whitewater hotel and is doing a lively business. The Jackson House is in the hands of a couple of enterprising young men from Kaslo. The Sunset mine has resumed operations with 1G men, and promises well. The Whitewater, the best developed mine of the camp, has 100 men at work.' and is shipping regularly. The'Hazel is a new property owned by Toronto .parties, under Mr. AVilliams, ��������� manager. Its average, values are 90 to 100 ox. silver and 60 per cent, lead, with a per centage in gold aud copper. Its workings are 175 feet of a cross-cut, 75 feet of a drift on the load, and a 35-foot winze. The end of drift has perhaps 135 feet of vertical depth. The face of the drift tunnel now looks well. On the Porcupine claim adjoining the Hazel a very promising vein of galena lias been found, which may be handled Irom the workings of the latter. As the properties at the head of Kaslo creek are developing well, and we have a fair trail to the scene of action, Whitewater is bound to share the prosperity of that division. Jas. Bell. has" the contract from the Local government of cleaning tlie trail from Three Forks to Kaslo and putting it in shape for travel by horse. He is hard at work on the task, and is bound to make an excellent job when finished. From Far and Neap. To Dredge Stewart River. Mr. W. M. Ogilvie, C.E., accompanied Dr. N. C. Smillie, left Montreal recently for the Stewart River, N.W.T., in the interest of the Gold Crown Mining Company. They will proceed direct to Dawson City, from where they will take men and supplies for the'work of testing the bars and.beds of the Stewart River; in order to locate the points at which' dredges may be most advantageously placed, and also to test the gravel and determine its approximate value per cubic yard down to bed rock. The> will be absent about three months, and are fully provided with everything necessary to make their, work thorough. * i There are over 60 cases of small-pox at Cape Nome. It is yet a matter of doubt whether tbe>' members of the legations have or have' not been butchered in Pekin. A few days more will relieve the strain. Walter Smith, a well-known miner, died in the Greenwood hospital on Sunday night, after an illness of two weeks. The deceased won the miner's 'race at the Dominion Day celebration, and, -not feeling well at the time, it is supposed he over-exerted himself. Captain Gore returned to Nelson this week from the Okanagan country, where he spent a week on a tour of inspection. He states that it is one of the best fruit sections of British Columbia, as many of the ranches are this year producing an abundance of all varieties of fruit.! The climate is one suitable to this industry, and the present season will produce one of the largest crops that has been raised for several years.���������Miner. < ��������� Report comes from the Lower Similkameen that tlie body of Dr. Gesner Allen has been found on the bank of the river, about; seven miles south of the Armstrong ranch. It is supposed that Dr., Alien committed suicide while temporarily insane. He worked at the Nickle -Plate mine on Twenty Mile for a few months. The doctor was one of Koot- eriay's pioneers and was at,one time associated with John Houston, Al.P.P., in connection with Nelson's first newspaper.���������Similkameen Star. v ^ w LlUI(H������Mir.nMi<>< < THE MINING REVIEW-^Satckda?, Jour 38, 190������ The Mining Review. SATURDAY, JULY 28, 1900. able to get some insurance at a reasonable rate. For instance, it is estimated the late loss in Sandon was quite $400,- 000, and the insurance all told did not exceed ^25,000. If it had been oue- is mistaken. There is one of them who wants to become minister of mines, and the rest of them are bound . that no man of the "damn phool" persuasion, will ever sit in a minister's chair. He would WISE IN HIS OWN GENERATION. Our neighbor has not read that "'a little learning is a dangerous thing." Because The Review isuiging the government to come Lo the relief of prospectors who have promising claims and are without the means of developing them, by giving loans on the security ol their properties, the expenditure? to be made under the superintendence of government inspectors, the Paystreak says we are asking the government to go into the giubstaking business. Did the government of Canada, in the case of the Municipal Loan Fund, go into corporation building because it lent money to municipalities? Does the government of 15. C. go into the irrigation business because it lends money for irrigation purposes? Doc-s it go into funning or seed business when it lends farmers seed grain and takes mortgages ou crops before the seed is in the giound? Our neighbor has no knowledge thai these are done and hence its ignorance in other channels. It is true that prospjetors .are frequently able to bond their prospects, or to get men with means interested in them ; but brail these cases the outsider who puts in a few dollars in this way gets control of the properties, and the men who have travelled the hills year lit lie calm thought for that buffoonery, that he thinks passes for ability and talent iu this western countiy, he will readily conclude that The Review ia in this respect on the right track and the exceed ^25,000. If it had been one- b\buihu.u real friend of the country. fourth of the loss and every business only become a standing insulter of every A glance over the mining laws of-New man and householder having a little, if man who had to do business at the de- Zeal uid will show that the government not more than 20 percent, of his loss, all partrnent. ' ���������' , ��������� -������������������ "i- losers would be in fair shape again. ��������� Large as this sum may appear to outside companies', the people of Sandon would have paid in the amount in thel i. m /jt?LM-.Will ,i.i, u..~ of that country lends money to prospect holders exactly on the plan we are suggesting here that Lhe B. C. government should adopt. Our neighbor has no knowledge of this either. It has the knowledge, or rather feeds itself with the fancy, that to be "a h-11 of a fellow" among the miners he must oppose this paper in everything. The most intelligent of the miners, however, plainly see through all this. WUU1U uuru (...... .-_ premiums in the hist, four years in FIRE INSURANCE. The people of the Slocan are certainly badly treated by the insurance companies doing busbies', in the.country. The fact that our towns arc in a mining district in a, western province docs not make ris=ks any more hazardous than in towns similarly built in other provinces, or in similar situation* in this province. No one ever heard of a fire in the Slocan an the result of the peculiar calling of our people���������they all followed from the causes .that occasion them in the older provinces. It is true that Kaslo, Slocan and Pan- moderate rate, if it had been ^available; and we may say what the insured in the other towns have paid in excessive rates in the same time would have paid it over again. . We are advised that Kaslo ' carries $300,000 insurance; Slocan, Silverton, New Denver and Sandon about #75,000 each averaged up, or $300,000, iJOOO.OOO and outfit cheap, in all, paying an average of over 7 per - _ cent, or .V12,000, a year. From these figures alone mark, the peopl Elliott : 4 Furniture. Dealer , and Undertaker' KASLO, B. C. Has lots of Furniture that must be sold cheap, also a bath house g;nii'average of .'over 7'per V',;'V; ���������'"��������������������������� ��������� ��������� ������������������ - ������������������ ��������� - , ;00p;- a-Oyeiirl':; From ;these j^. --.^T"��������� -.r^jij-h-'^ ^-'^-Wir'';;tv!':' 3,: aiid "theyvare under .;.-tlie'-'M'.*/''- 'W^'^^f n'P?-r':M-':-> ' v ebplei-will re'iidily;see1 they "U-.^-II^y^II.Ul^ are "paying too dear for their whistles even when they are purchasable at even these prices. rates were low before and have been continued low since. Iu some of the Slocan towns, other than Sandon, insurance,is given to a few parties, but at men ."'who; have travelled tlie tit i is vein i mn^, ^*. after year enduring'���������'..all mariner of .hard- Chicago'''and other towns,where the best ships-and privations, come "out at the of precautions, were taken,' arid where small1 end of the horn.'The argument - ,---- ^~f������.-������ ..ml have been of ;'(The Revie v is that the pioneers should become tlie millionaires through I their finds, arid not the outside capital-'. .. ist. .-" Our neighbor's', argument' ,is- that the pioneers should still remain the slaves an'd-those, whom Joe>'Martin calls "the yvhite-shirted;hoboes" should reap all the benefits ol the prospector's labor. But then ho is the working man's .friend. The Silvertonian is terribly agitated lest the present mining laws should be disturbed. It certainly is not .in the interest of the business public that the laws should receive such a change as It is true that Kaslo, Slocan and fan- | would interrupt business again ; but it is dnn have had disastrous (ires; but ho I lt principle of national progress that all have St. Johns, N. B.-: Ottawa, Ont. ;| wrongs wi erever found should be recti MINING CONTRACTOR. PROPERTIES HANDLED ON COMMISSION. Mines unci Mineral Claims 'examined and reports made. Interests taken" in part payment for services rendered. ��������� Contracts taken for opening up lost or invisible ledges. Twenty years experience. , SANDON, B.C. Misses M. & A. MeHMon Have Now Reopened Their TQilImer/^ fied. If the present law was the cause of the past year's trouble, as the Silvertonian alleges it was, why did it not oppose the enforcement of that law? To our mind the mining laws of this coun- surance,is given to a few parties, mit:u t.iy will never give satisfaction until i rates next lo a rent; in Sandon it was they are drafted entirely by the inter- practically prohibitory. Of course the ested parlies. If, for instance, the gov- compiinies will argue, "Have not the eminent would select a properly propor- disnslcrs fully justified the caution and tioned committee of practical miners, the rates fixed?" The Fame arenment mine owners and capitalists, furnish it then ne is me .,��������� ��������� would apply to the eastern cities we them with food and lock them up until tend. have named and others in a like manner they come to an amicable understanding Business in their own new build- If the country had the necessary lium- overtaken by misfortune; but it has not among themselves as to what were suit- ber of competent government inspectors, made rates prohibitory or even extor- able and all around satisfactory laws, we ln8i across the street from the say one for the Slocan alone, there need tionate in these places. Companies would then have something that would new Reco hotel be no expense attached to this propo&i- must expect that the public are not pre- nvert future tinkering for many a day. tion. As the inspector would never be pared to justify from 7 to 10 per cent, jf������ law will, ever give satisfaction that more than 20 or :j0 miles away from any rules and guarantee absolute immunity atfecls miners, mine owners and capital- prospector requiring help, he could from looses besides. It would be legal- ists, unless when changes m-.-thnm are readily make an inspection of the prop- ized robbery for the people of the Slocan contemplated all interests arc properly erty, and if he saw indications warrant- to pay the insurance monies they have consulted, ing an expenditure he could recommend paid in the past and guauui'.ee freedom ��������� - - ��������� = it, naming lhe amount and directing the from losses besides. ' John Houston says that all the ITY. JO. Their stock will be found quite j complete, and ik embraces all the - requirements for ladies and child- j Call and see. ' j ren SIX mariner of the outlay. Under such management for a few thousand dollars, 'comparatively speaking, much of the wealth of ..the country^ now hidden for the Want of means to uncover it, would soon be brought to the surface, and scores of our most descrying men would become the capitalists of the country. Failures would, of course, result in some instances, but from the way ''��������� they would be overbalanced by the successes, the public would readily concede the undertaking was well advised. We venture the opinion that there are today-hundreds of young properties within a dozen miles of Sandon.that will yet, in the hands of capitalists, become the leading rhines of the country, lying idle in the hands of poor prospectors, who are unable to get capital interested in any satisfactory plan to work them. If our neighbor will only substitute a 0111 IClSSiCS ljCSidCS. ' .' . ,iuuu aj - . . "What the people now require [���������> a local members of the Kootenay are a unit on company of their own. cither on the all matters all'ec ing the country ; but he stock or the mutual principle. ' stociv oi��������� m.iu ni,.,. , . Kaslo is now a well-built town willr aii.excellent water .-system; Sandon lias always had an eflicieht system, and it is now! being rebuilt on a safe principle.; -Slocah, Silverton and New Denver are well-bu!lt towns and they aro putting in water Gysleins. li we had' the local company incorporated,1 ;\yiih a proper 'inspector to see that (ire traps in every town desiring insurance Wore disposed of and proper precaution takeri all around, we should then be in a shape for business, limiting risks in every case to one-third or one- half value, so there would be little chance of anyinsiirecliselling their effects to the 'company. "We are confident the people1 would be immensely better off all around���������that every reputable business man and householder would be HIDES AND DEER SKINS. SHIP TO MCMILLAN FUR & WOOL CO EXPORTERS AND IMPORTERS. 200-212 First Ave. North. Minneapolis, Minn. Write for" Our. Circular aud See tire Prices we Pay 'I resh i THE MINING REVIEW���������Saturday, July 38, 1900. v Imperial Federation. The Westminster Gazette, comment- Mng on the passage of the Australian /commonwealth bill, says: "Theie is another question of'great importance. ',tDoes tlie federation of the colonies, in- '.ter se, tend to what is known as federa- l.tion en essenco? We helieve it does,but j.hardly as Imperial federation is ordin- 'arily understood. "We see' little chance of any constant colonial representation in either House of Parliament or in the Executive. The colonies will do much voluntarily, but little compul.-iorily. The t51d fear of being taxed from homo is by no means completely exorcised, and the idea that taxation imposed'by tho Imperial Parliament may follow representation or the Imperial Executive is, we believe, for the present, fatal ,to all the schemes which ingenious constitution- mongers provide from time to time. JJut ias the colonies federate themselves they (will provide a loose hut effective r'eady- unade federation for the Empire. The filing is immensely simplified when, in- 'stead of having ,to deal with a score of i'colonial governments, the imperial government finds itself in the presence of 'two or 'three groups of colonies with' (t.hcir executives. We may ensiiy.con- 'ceive a time when a British government 'will rind it absolutely impossible to take ,'any. important step involving the whole /Empire without consulting the prime ^ministers of the Dominion of Canada, Australia and federated South Africa. When that comes about we shall find that the'Empire has federated itself, though, as usual, in absence of mind. The Horse in Russia, A. correspondent to the Buffalo Horse ; World, who has spent some time in Russia, says: "Speaking of horses, there is a notable ["law in effect in most of the large Russian )[ towns concerning theni that deserves special mention. Among the curious 'things that arrest the attention on arriving in Moscow is the entire absence \) of whips among the drivers of cabs, car- ' riages and all sorts of vehicles. On inquiry I was informed that, there was a law prohibiting their use. 1 don't be- ti lieve there is a single whip in use in C Moscow. ' The excellent condition of the rhorses attests the benefit of this humane Ijlaw. Nothing can exceed the beauty of .the sleek and well groomed horses used in the carriages of Moscow." Klondike���������Geological Survey. A preliminary report on the Klondike cold tields, Yukon Distiict, N.W.T., by R. G. McConnell, B.A., Ottawa. G. M. Dawson, C.M.G.', L.L.D., F.R.S., director. Government Printing Bureau, 1900. Page 44; pamphlet; illustrated; maps. This is regarded by Dr. Dawson-as the first report based on a systematic and raodeiately scientific examination of the district, although the summary report for 1S98 contained some account of the geology and general conditions in the Klondike region. This report is based on field work done by Mr. McConnell in the summer of 1809, and the map which accompanies it was prepared from the surveys of Mr. J. F. E. Johnston, supported by information gained from others of a reliable character. This region is now so well known that per- -haps a description here will be regarded i as superficial, but this is the first care-! fully,prepared report; and it will perhaps be of some interest to our readers to have us'review it briefly. The Klondike fields are east of the Yukon river, in latitude (34 degrees north, embrace about 800 square miles, the ' principal gold-bearing streams being Bonanza, El- dufado, Bear and Hunker creeks, which flow into the Klondike, itself a tributary of, the Yukon, and Quartz creek, Dominion creek, 'Gold Run and Sulphur creek,' flowing into Indian river. TheEe streams cut the palaeozoic; stratified and foliated tertiary eruptive rocks, of tho high plateau through which they run, forming wide, fiat valleys near the the mouths which narrow down toward the heads of the streams. The general elevation of this eroded plateau now firming the ridges of' the, country is something over 4,000 feet above sea level Those streams flowing into Indian river are generally sluggish toward their outlets, forming marshy valleys, while-on the Klondike side the streams are somewhat more rapid. The gravels are class, ified as stream, terrace, river and old valley gravels. Sinking and drifting is the most common method of working tho creek iliims.' As the ground must be thawed, steam is now being generally employe/1 for that purpose. The material is piled up to be washed in spring time. Timbering is seldom required. The employment of machinery is still insignificant, though its use is greatly required. The gold production for the district, as given bv the report, approximates as follows: 1S97, -2,500,000; 1898, 10,000,000; 1S99, 10,000,000. Timber required for mining purposes may be had for some time to come. A somewhat exhaustive report is made on the various streams mentioned, , . - Railway Gossip. The regular service on the Arrowhead branch ol the C." P. R. was resumed on Sunday. Since the high water made it possible for, the steameis on the Arrow Lakes to go clear up to Revelstoke the company ran a special train each evening a 8 o'iock to meet the down river boat. This terminated Saturday. Passengers' will now leave .Arrowhead at 7 a.m. for all main line and coast points. . .On account of the great inconvenience ofgetiing from Greenwood to Phoenix after the passenger trains ariive���������10:o0 p.in.���������the business men and residents i f Phoenix are hoping that a regular passenger service to this town will be put on boon, says tho Pioneer. Now that the track is complete in every particular and the depot finished and occupied by an agent, it is probable that passeger and express service will be inaugurated shortly. A white man and his colored foe W'eie hi ought up for a fight'. "The proof is plain," the judge remarked ;- " 'lis bore in black and white." ���������Montreal Herald. has taught us how to make the best Emulsion in the world; Experience has proved that this Emulsion is worthy of entire confidence. There are many imitations of and all kinds of substitutes for it; but none equal it. If your doctor recommends you to take Cod-Liver Oil, or you know yourself that you need it, get SCOTT'S EMULSION ; it is the best Cod-Liver Oil in the best form. If we hadyour address we would send you a sample and a pamphlet telling more about it., __ joe. ������nd 5i.oc, alldrugeiits. SCOTT & BOWNE, ��������� b Toronto. Harry Nash; Practical Tinsmith and Plumber. Agent for Metallic Roofing Co. .- of Canada. Manufacturer of Galvanized Airpipe, Powder-thawers, Camp Stoves and all kinds of Sheet Metal Work. With the'latest in tools, machines and Good Stock,' I "am prepared to do only first-class work. . i ' Personal attention-given-to all orders. * Estimates Given. Moderate Pkices. Mail Orders Promptly Attended To. Shop, at present, near Sandon Sawmill. BRADSHAW BROS. FRONT STREET,' KASLO. Miners' Boots and Shoes, Clothing and Furnishings, Best makes of Tents���������5x7 at $2.50, -0x8 at $2.75. Alta Lodge, No. 29. A. P. AND A. M. Regular Communication of the lodge. Meets first Thursday in each month at S p. m. Visiting brethren cordially invited. THOS. BROWN, Sec'y. J. W. BAIjMAIN, Civil Engineer, Architect, Etc. i P. O. Box 170. SANDON, BRITISH COLUMBIA. ' t M. L. GRIMMETT, 1,1,. B. - Barrister, Solicitor, Notary , Public, Etc. Sandon, British Columbia. W. S. Due-why H. T. Twigg Sandon, B, C. New Denver, B. C. DREWRY & TWIGG Dominion and Provincial Laud Surveyors. Civil and Mining Engineers. Bedfoid & McNeil Code. A. R. HEYLAND, ENGINEER, AND PROVINCIAL LAND SURVEYOR. SANDON, B. C. &Q*&&^$>$><$������S^G><$><&^&&&$>&&S!> ! Attractive Will draw the attention to to what is going on in the mercantile world; therefore keeping the names of leading- merchants, with ' their up-to-date announcements, before the public. Try au Ad in the Mining Review, which has a large circulation. The Denver House JOHN NELSON, Pnor. , This house has recently been repapered and refitted in all appointments. The tabic is firstclass, the bar supplies the best and the rooms are all that can be desired for comfort. Rates Moderate. , , Canadian Pacific Railway. "Imperial Established 1S58. M. R. Smith & Co. riannfacturers of all kinds of Plain and Fancy : BITS Al'BESlli VICTORIA, B. C. BRANCH-VANCOUVER, B. C. JJ Service for the year 1900 will be commenced June 10th. The "Imperial Limited" takes you across the Continent in four days with-. out change. It is a solid vestibuled train, luxuriously equipped with every possible essential for the comfort and convenience of passengers. Ask your friends who have travelled on it, or address E.J. Coyle, A.G.P.A., Vancouver, B.C. W. P. Anderson, T.P.A., Nelson, B.C. ATLANTIC STEAMSHIP, TICKETS : To and from European points via Canadian and American lines. Apply for sailing dates, rates aud full information to any C 1'. K. agent; or J. R. Crudge, Agent, Sandon, W. P. F. Cummlng-5, Gen.S.S. Agent Winnipeg THE MINING, REVIEW���������Saturday, July 28, '1900. The Mining Review. ��������� SATURDAY, JULY 28, 1900. WISE IN HIS OWN GENERATION. Our neighbor has not read that "a little learning is a dangerous thine;." BeL cause The Review is urging the government to come to the relief of prospectors 'who have promisingi claims and are without the means of developing them, by giving loans on the security ot their properties, the expenditures to be made under the superintendence of government inspectors, the Paystreak says we are asking tlie government to go into the grubstaking business. Did the government of Canada, in the,case of the Municipal Loan Fund, go into corporation building because it lent money to municipalities? Does tlie government of B. C. go into the inigation bufiness because it lends money for irrigation purposes? Dots it go into farming or seed business when it lends fanners seed grain and takes mortgages on crops before the seed is in the ground? Our neighbor has no knowledge that these are done and hence its ignorar.ee in. other channels. It is true that prospectors are"frequently able to bond their prospects, or to get men with means interested in them; but in all these cases the outsider who puts in a few dollars in this way gets control of the properties, and the men who have travelled the hills year after year enduring all manner of hardships and privations, come out at the small end of the horn. The argument of The Revie v is that the pioneers should become the millionaires through their finds, and not the outside capitalist. Our neighbor's argument is that . the pioneers should still remain the ' slaves and those whom Joe Martin calls "tlie white-shirted hoboes" should reap all the benelits ol the prospectoi's labor. But then he is the working man's .friend. If the country had the necessary number of competent government inspectors, say one for the Slocan alone, there need lie no expense attached to this proposition. As the inspector would never be more than 20 or 30 miles away from any " prospector requiring help, he could readily make an inspection of the property, and if he saw indications warranting an expenditure he could recommend it, naming the amount and diiecting the manner of the outlay. Under such management for .a few thousand dollars, comparatively speaking, much oi the wealth of the country, now hidden for the want of means to uncover it, would soon be brought to the surface, and scores of our most deserving men would become tho capitalists ot the country. Failures would, of course, result in some instances, but from the way they would be overbalanced by the successes, the public would readily concede the undertaking was well advised. We venture the opinion that there are today hundreds of young properties within a dozen miles of Sandon.tliat will yet, in the hands of capitalists; become the leading mines of the country, lying idle in the hands of poor prospectors, who are unable to get capital interested in any satisfactory plan to work them. If our neighbor will only substitute a Hi tie calm thought for that buffoonery, that he thinks passes, for ability and talent in this western country, he will readily conclude that The Review is in this respect on the right track and the real friend of the country. A glance over the mining laws of-New ZeaHnd will show that the government of that country lends money to prospect holders exactly on the plan we are suggesting here that the B. C. government should adopt. Our neighbor has no knowledge of this either. It has the knowledge, or rather feeds itself with the fancy, that to be "a h���������11 of a fellow" among the miners he must oppose this paper in everything. The most intelligent of the miners, however, plainly see through all this. " FIRE INSURANCE. The people of the Slocan are certainly badly tieated by the insnrance'co'mpuin lcs doing busines in the country. The fact that our towns are in a mining district in a western province does not make ri=ks any more hazardous than in towns similarly built in other .provinces, or in similar situation* in this province. No one ever heard of a fire in the Slocan an the result of tho .peculiar calling of our people���������they all followed from the causes_that occasion them in the olderprbvinces. ' It is true that TCaslo, Slocan and Sandon have had disastrous iires; but so have St. Johns,'"'N.' B.-, Ottawa, Ont.;' Chicago'and other towns;where the best of precautions were taken, and where rates were low before and have been continued low since. In some of the Slocan towns, other than Sandon, insurance is given to a few parties, but at rates next to a rent; in Sandon it wns practically prohibitory. Of course the companies will argue, "Have not the disasters fully justified the caution and the rates fixed?" The pame-arcument would apply to the eastern cities we have named and others in a like manner overtaken by misfortune; but it has not made rates prohibitory or even extortionate in these places. Companies must expect that the public are not prepared to justify from 7 to 10 per cent, rates and guarantee absolute immunity from looses besides. It would be legalized robbery for the people of the Slocan to pay the insurance monies they have paid in the past and guarantee freedom fiom losses besides. What the people now require ii a local company of tlieir own, either on the stock or the mutual principle. Kaslo is now a well-built town with jan excellent water system ; Sandon lias always had an efficient system, and it is now being rebuilt on a safe principle; Slocan, Silverton and New Denver are . wiell-birlt towns and they are putting in water Gystems.'' It we had'the,local company incorporated, .with a proper inspector to see that fire traps in every town desiring insurance were disposed of and proper precaution taken all around, we should then be in a shape for business, limiting risks in every case to one-third or one- half value, so there would be little chance of any insured selling lheh\effects to the company. ���������' AVe are confident the people would be immensely better oil'all around���������that every reputable business man and ..householder, -would be able to get some insurance at a reasonable rate. For instance, if is estimated the late loss in Sandon was quite $4.00,- 000, and the insurance all told did not exceed sj-25,000. If il had been one- fourth of the loss and every business man and householder having a little, if not more than 20 per cent, of his loss, all losers would be in fair shape again. Large as this sum may appear to outside companies, the people of Sandon would have paid in the amount in the premiums in, the hist four years, in a moderate rate, if it had been available; and we may say what the insured in the other towns have paid in excessive rates in the same time would have paid it over again. . We are advised that Kaslo 'carries $300,000 insurance; Slocan, Silverton, New Denver and Sandon about $75,000 each averaged up, or $300,000, S}G00,000 in all, paying an average ol* over 7 per cent, or $42,000 a year. _ From these figures alone, and they are under the mark, the people will readily see they are "paying too dear for their whistles" even when they are purchasable at even these prices. The Silvertonian is terribly agitated lest the present mining laws should be disturbed. J t certainly is not in the interest of the business public that the laws should receive such a change as would interrupt business again ; but it is a principle of national progress that all wrongs wl erevcr found should be rectified. If the present law was the cause of the past year's trouble, as the Silvertonian alleges it was, why did it not oppose tlie enforcement of that law? To our mind tlie mining laws of this coun- Uy will never give satisfaction until they are diafted entirely by tho interested parties. If,\ for instance, the government would select a properly proportioned committee of piactical miners, mine owners and capitalists, furnish them with food and lock them up.until they come to an amicable understanding among themselves as to what were suitable and all around satisfactory laws, we would then have something that would avert future tinkering for many a day. No law will, ever giv-; satisfaction that affects miners, mine owners and capitalists, unless when changes in them are contemplated all microtis are properly consulted. John Houston says that all the six members of the Kootenay are a unit on all matters afl'ec ing the country ; but he is mistaken. There is one of them who wants to become minister of mines, and the rest of them are bound that no man of the "damn phpol" persuasion will ever sit in a minister's chair. He would only become a standing insulter of every man who had to do'business at the'department. R. Elliott Furniture.Dealer 0 il' KASLO, B. C. ' Has lots of Furniture that' must- be sold cheap, also a bath house and outfit cheap. W. W. lamer, M. E, c MINING CONTRACTOR. - PROPERTIES HANDLED ON COMMISSION. Mines and Mineral Claims .examined and reports made. Interests taken in part payment for services rendered. ' . ' , . _ Contiaets taken for opening up lost or invisible lcdRes. Twenty years experience. ' - , SANDON, B.C. Misses M. & 4. McKinnon Have Novy Reopened Their TCillmery Business iu their own .new building, across the" street from the new Reco hotel. Their stock will be found quite complete, and it. embraces all the requirements for ladies and child- ren. Call and see. HIDES AND DEER SKINS. SHIP TO McMillan fur & wool co. EXPORTERS AND IMPORTERS. v 200-212 First Ave. North, Minneapolis, Minn. Write for Our Circular and See the Prices we Pay. 1 THE MINING REVIEW���������Saturday, July a8,-1900. The Westminster Gazette, comment- Sing, on the passage of the Australian [commonwealth bill, says': "Theie is ! another question of great importance. ^(Does the federation of the colonies, in- ',ter se, tend to what is known as federation en essence? We believe it does,but ^hardly as Imperial federation is ordin 'arih' understood. We see little chance of any constant colonial representation in either House of Parliament or in the Executive. The colonies will do much voluntarily, but little compuhorily. The ild fear of being taxed from home is by no means completely exorcised, and the idea that taxation imposed by tho Imperial Parliament may follow representation or the Imperial Executive is,Ve believe, for the present, fatal to all the schemes which ingenious constitution- mongers provide from time to lime. Bat ias tlie colonies federate themselves they (will piovide a loose but effective ready- unado federation for the Empire, The filing is immensely simplified when, instead of having to deal with a score of ;colonial governments, the Imperial government finds itself ,iri^t_hc_ presence of nwo or 'three groups"-"of~colonies with '.their executives. We may easily con- Cceive a time when a British government ,>\vill find it absolutely impossibleto take ;any important step "ii-volving the whole '���������Empire without' consulting the prime iministers of the Dominion of Canada, Australia and federated .South Africa. When that comes about wc shall iind fthat. the Empire has federated itself, , though, as usual, in absence of mind. The Horse in Russia. . A correspondent to the' Buffalo Horse World, who has spent some time ,in Russia, says: "Speaking of horses, there is a notable 1 law in effect in most of the large Russian towns concerning them that deserves special mention. Among the curious things that arrest the attention on arriving in Moscow is the entire absence of whips among the drivers of cabs, carriages and all sorts of vehicles. On inquiry I was informed that there was a law prohibiting their use. L don't believe there is a single whip in use in Moscow. The excellent condition of the horses attests the benefit of this humane law. Nothing can exceed the beauty of the sleek and well groomed horses used in -tlie carriages of Moscow." Klondike���������Geological Survey. A preliminary report on the Klondike i gold fields. Yukon District, N.W.T., by 1 R. G. McConnell, B.A., Ottawa. G. M. Dawson, O.M.G...L.L.D., _F.R.S._,. direc-. } tor. Government Printing bureau, 1UU0. [Page 44; pamphlet; illustrated; maps. This is regarded by Dr. Dawson as the I first report based on a systematic and modeiately scientific examination of the ���������district, although the summary report I,for 1S98 contained some account of the |-.geology and general conditions in the [Klondike region. This report is based ��������� on field work done by Mr. McConnell in ,the summer of 1899, and the map which accompanies it was prepared from the surveys of Mr. .1. F. E. Johnston, sup- , ported 'b3r information gained from others of a reliable character. This region is now so well known that per- Lhaps a description here will be regarded j as superficial, but this is the first care- t fully prepared report, and it will perhaps j be of some interest to our readers to have us review it briefly. The Klondike fields are east of tho Yukon river, Lin latitude C4 degrees north, embrace Fabout 800 square miles, the principal 1 gold-bearing streams being Bonanza, El- [dorado, Bear and Hunker creeks, which [flow into the Klondike, itself a tributary of 'the Yukon, and Quartz creek, DoJ minion creek, Gold Run and Sulphur creek,(flowing into Indian river. These streams -'cut the palaeozoic, stratified and foliated tertiary eruptive rocks of the high plateau through which they run, forming wide, flat valleys near the the mouths which narrow down toward the heads of the streams. The general elevation of 'this eroded plateau now forming tho ridges of the country is something over 4,000 feet above sea level Those streams flowing into Indian river are generally sluggish toward their outlets," forming marshy valleys, while on the Klondike side the streams are somewhat more rapid. The gravels are class ified as stream, terrace, river and old valley gravels. Sinkintr and drifting is the most common method of working the creek diims. As the ground must be thawed, steam is now being generally employed for that purpose. The material is piled up to be washed in spring time. Timbering is seldom required. The employment of machinery is still insignificant, though its use is greatly required. The gold production for the district, as given bv the report, approximates as follows: 1S97, 2,500,000; 1898, 10,000,000; 1899,10,000,000. Timber inquired for mining purposes may be had for some time to come.' A somewhat exhaustive report is made on the various streams mentioned. Railway Gossip. The regular service on the Arrowhead branch ol the C. P. R. was resumed on Sunday. -Since the, high water made it nossible for thesteaineis on the Arrow Lakes to go clear up to Revelstoke the company ran a special trnin each evening a 8 o'loi-k to meet the down river boat. This tei initiated Saturday. Passengers will now leave Arrowhead at 7 a.m. for all main line and coast points. .On account of the great inconvenience of getting from Greenwood to Phoenix after the passenger trains anive���������10:30 p.iii.���������the business men and residents, i f Phoenix are hoping that a regular passenger service to this town -will be put oii toon, says the Pioneer. Now that (he track is complete in every particular and the depot finished and occupied by an agent, it is probable that passeger and express service v ill be inaugurated shortly. A white man and his colored foe Were brought up for a fight. "The proof is plain," tlie judge remarked ; " 'Tis here in black and white." ��������� '������������������Montreal Herald. has taught us how to make the best Emulsion in the world; Experience has,proved that this Emulsion is worthy of entire confidence. There are many imitations of and all kinds of substitutes for it; but none equal it. If your doctor recommends you to take Cod-Liver Oil, or you know yourself that you need it, get SCOTT'S EMULSION ; it is the best Cod-Liver Oil in the best form. If we had your address we would send you a sample and a pamphlet telling more about it. ��������� Joe. and fi.oo, all druggists. SCOTT & BOWNE, ��������� h Toronto. Harry Nash > Practical Tinsmith and Plumber. Agent for Metallic Roofing Co. of Canada. Manufacturer of Galvanized Airpipe, Powder-thawers, Camp Stoves and all kinds of Sheet Metal Work. With the latest in tools, machines and Good Stock, I am prepared to-do only first-class work. ' Personal attention given to all orders. Estimates Given. Moderate Prices'. Mail Orders Promptly Attended To. Shop, at present, near Sandon Sawmill. BRADSHAW BROS. FRONT STREET, KASLO.' Miners' Boots and Shoes, Clothing and Furnishings, Best makes of Tents���������5x7 at $2.50, 0x8 at $2.75. Alta Lodge, No. 20. A. Fi AND A. M. Regular Communication of the lodge. Meets first Thursday In each month at S p. in. Visiting brethren cordially invited. TII0S. BROWN, See'y. ' 'J. W. BAfcMAIN,' . Civil Engineer, Architect, Etc. P. O. Box 170. 1 SANDOX, BRITISH COLUMBIA. M. -L. GRIMMETT, IX. B. Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Public, Etc. ' Sandon, British Columbia. I Attractive W. S. DllEWRYi, H. T. TWIGG Sandon, B, C. New Denver, B. C. DREWRY & TWIGG Dominion and Provincial Laud Surveyors. Civil and Mining Engineers. Bedfoid & McNeil Code. A. R. JHNEYLAND, ENGINEER, AND PROVINCIAL LAND SURVEYOR.^, SANDON, -B.C. Will draw the attention to to what is going on in the mercantile world; therefore keeping the names of leading merchants, with their up-to-date announcements, before the public. <| Try an Ad in the Mining Review, which has a large circulation. The Denver House JOHN NELSON, Prop. This house has recently been repapered and refitted in all appointments. The table is firstclass, the bar supplies the best and the rooms are all that can be desired for comfort. Rates Moderate. Canadian Pacific Railway. a\ m Li mi ted" Established 1S58. M. R. Smith & Co. flaniifacturers of all kinds of Plain and'Fancy n mi wsm VICTORIA, B. C. BRANCH-VANCOUVER, B. C. Service for the year 1900 will be commenced June 10th. The "Imperial Limited" takes you across' the Continent in four days without change. It is a solid vestibuled train, luxuriously equipped with every possible essential for the comfort and convenience of passengers. Ask your friends who have travelled 011 it, or address E.J. Coyle, A.G.P.A., Vancouver, B.C. W. P. Anderson, T.P.A., Nelson, B. C. ATLANTIC STEAMSHIP TICKS7S To and from European points via Canadian and American lines. Apply for sailing dates, rates and full information to any C. P. K. agent or J. R. CrudKe, Agent, Sandon, W. P. H. Cumniings, (jCU.S.S. Agent Winnipeg THE MINING REVIEW���������Saturday, July 28, 1900. Eroreres^^ SBiMM^ZJW^ii^iMmMVlWBI'; i ' tltMHIHHIMI H-H-M-H-������4������4 H ��������� M H h-f-H-f-f-H-H- WALL PAPER .M.,'^.1 ,.|.���������.,.).���������.>...i.������.<'������.m'.CI^I.<������1.'1.CI.������.VL,M.CI.M.,>,..,.,"..M.C������ |M.I% .X.I'..' A Nice Selection of Wall Paper in stock and NEW DESIGNS to arrive shortly. .'Sim.m.i'i.m.i'i.".*"*.'*.!'*. M.r*.'M-k.M.I'UM./',.M.rnM,l'l.M.*'*.M,,������,.. [������������������������ ;kH^.H.-H~r-Hr^*r+^~r^^ grnmrrylwnifii������>������Ml vj^MJ^WJ������m*lil^lgm^^ Pi w���������mBaimmg��������� ,THE MINING: REVIEW���������Saturday, July 28, 1900. A Murderer at Eight. > * ������������������������������������������������������ A Chinaman at Rossland Killed by a Boy of That Age. Rossland, July 24.���������P. K. Ahearn, assistant superintendent of the ^Pinke'rton Detective Agency at Seattle, has suc- ' ceeded in clearing up , the mystery attached, to the death of Mali Lin, a Oliinese*:ook', who was found dead in the kitchen of Mrs. Chenoweth on the f 23rd of May last. Tho man had been /shot by some unknown person, and as the , local authorities were unable to ascertain the perpetrator, Mr. Ahearn was sent to Rossland by tlie head Chinaman at Victoria, who had taken up the affair. As soon as Ahearn got to Rossland he conferred with'Officer Raymer, who was in charge of the case. He at once decided the killing had been done by some one in the house,-and asked to see Mrs. Chenoweth's eight-year old son Ernest. A short talk with "the boy brought out , the fact that he had killed the Chinaman because he had laughed at him. "1 told him that if he laughed at me I would shoot him with my brother's gun," said the boy. "He laughed again and I went into my brother's room, climbed over the bed and got the gun. I aimed at him and pulled the trigger, but the gun would not go off. I tried again and it went off and shot him. He - fell.on^Jhis face on the floor .and didn't laugh any more, and the doctor was wrong when he said he fell on his back. After I shot him I put the gun back and went down the street." Echoes From Other Camps. On the Sunset group in Deadwood camp work is being done on the discovery made about a month ago. It is now believed that .the ore body is the same as that on the Mother Lode. A rich strike of pvrrhotite ore was made on the Witte group of claims, between South Deadwood and Smith's camp, tlie past week. The ledge i������ about four feet in width and carries good values in copper. On the Bay Horse an open cross-cut has been run 80 fee , and from this a 20- foot shaft has been sunk. The ledge is about 30 feet, giving good values in copper. The Bav Horse is owned by George R. Naden and I. II. Hallett, of Greenwood . F. M. Chadburne has taken up the bond on the Black Prince mine on Boulder Creek in the'" Windermere district. A large showing of , copper has been uncovered there recently. On the Mollie and Tredwell,' west and adjoining the Jumbo, the lead has been traced for 300 feet and opened by crosscuts in three places. The work done is r. 20-loot shaft, in ore, and a 25-foot tunnel run on the lead. The ore is a pyrr- hotite carrying good copper values. ��������� The third assessment on the J. I. C. claim, situated on tlie north fork of Hall creek, has just been completed with sat- satisfactory results. A 15-foot ledge of decayed quartz has been uncovered and the specimens now being assayed arc expected to run high in gold. The claim belongs to P. Burns. The Britania group of mines on Howe Sound, 30 miles from Vancouver, have been bonded to the British American Corporation, owners of the LeRoi mine, for $1,500,000, the terms being $50,000 payable August 17, !f50,000 for five succeeding months, payable on the 17th of each month ; then $100,000 payable each month for three succeeding month's, on the 17th; and $900,000 at the end of twelve months' time. M-IU-lSTTHlFi BROS, ��������� ' ��������� *; : General TOetcKaivts. * ��������� ��������� ��������� ' . -o ' ��������� ' Have opened up" a new and well-selected stock of -��������� ������ Black as China is painted just now, there is some talk of Japanning her. . ��������� ������ JLMervv Ooodbsf bought at right prices. ��������� ������ am I* <��������� 2KTO OI-iZD STOCK:. CArtERON, .-FajsMonaWe Tailor. Just below the fire-swept line. A fine selection of goods always on hand. Special ^^tytentiori Gri-v-eri to FT1-! YOU Are Going* To Build! See C. K. SKALES, - THE EXPERT PAPERHANQER Who will give you close figures on Painting, Paperhangiug and Signs. We are quick at the busiues���������up-to-date mechanics in every way. NICKERSON, The Watchmaker and second-hand dealer was born in the business. Try him! Baker street, Nelson, B. C. folliott & McMillan Gontraotors and BuilcLeir-s. Plans and estimates furnished on all classes of buildings. Factory opposite the C. P. R. freight shed. Sash and Doors, Frames and" Mouldings on hand or to order on short notice. , ^Dealers fn Kou$K and Pressed Lumber. SMn$Tes, Lain, Lime and JJrtclu CALL AND GET PRICES. P. O. Box 155. . Sandon, B. C. N Finest Stationery at Cliffe's ==\H XH'K7M'INI"NG7REVIEW���������^Saturday" July 28,������ 1906: THE LOCAL GRAFT. '' Robt. Broddy is now counter-hopping at E. R. Atherton's. The tables, etc., for the Ivanhoe coii- centrator arrived by the K. & S. this week. The Sandon prodigals have returned, but there was no fatted calf fit for the slaying. L. Hupperton is putting up a new shoe shop next to Mrs. MoKinnon's millinery. Messrs. Crosbv and Houston, of the . steamer Slocan, "came up for the dance Thursday night. ��������� ' II C. Holden, painter and paper- hanger, is likely to remove to Sandon again to settle permanently. " 'Ot, 'otter, 'otest!" This is.J,he way the weather has run the fore part of the week until the showers came. About a dozen iuen are at work revamping the flume and putting it in shape to advance street building later on. ��������� ' i ' The relief committee aie expending several hundred dollai-6 on the liuine, and Chief Stubbs is now superintending the work. Ernest Mansfield and his party of capitalists will arrive in Nelson on the 9th of August. Mr. Mans/ield has ever been successful in his enterprises in this -country. ', A motion is to be made before Judge Forin here at the next chainoers by Mc- Ann & McKay, of Kaslo, for judgement in the matter of Geigench vs. Dill and Curiam The action is for .$17,000 against defendants as executors of the estate of the late Alan Ha'y. The Rev. A. M. Sanford cannot surely be as good, a prophet as a preacher else he never would have gone and taken Mrs. Sanford with him to the Queen Bess mine on Wednesday, at the hour they went���������he would have waited until the"hail and rain were over. Now that the Wood-Atherton deal for the brick block on the K. & S. property is off officials of the company say several other parties are negotiating to take it up As the locality is the best in the city, no doubt it could be made a paying investment for any man with money to build a substantial building there. Reports from Victoria show that the Hon. Jas. Dunsmuir, premier, is not the bad man be is represented in some quarters as being- He proposes to put a tax of 5 cents a ton on the output of eoal mines, whioh will net'the province !fG4,000 annually in revenue, and he himself will be the principal contributor. ' - > It is reallv too bad that white labor has been forced to the wall in the Stev- eston strike, tlieir places being taken by Chineses and Japs, and the piofits going to outside shareholders. White labor in every foim ought to oppose the encroachments of Chinese and Japs, and at the same lime be reasonable in its demands. The Ottawa-Hull fire relief money is to be distributed in this way:. There are about 3,000 claimants iii the' two cities and . every claim, is being investigated. When the investigation is completed a dividend of the total collection will be declared to the claimants. Not one dollar of the. money has been, or will be, expended on public works. The new Filbert had its formal opening on Thursday evening, when it was given ah old-time house warming. ' The dinin" room was converted into a bali- ioom," where the young people of the citv, with a seasoning.of married people, en joyed; once more the mazy dance. Although not yet furnished throughout the hotel is a neat and comfortable house and Messrs Walmsley & Bennett are to be congratulated on having so soon secured such, excellent premises. They will no doubt, have even ii larger share of public pationage than formerly. Jobbers and Retailers in Hardware and Mining Supplies *T' Rails and Track Iron, Crow's Nest Coal, Bar and Sheet Iron, Jessop & Canton Steel for Hand Machine Drills, ���������> Powder, Caps, Fuse, Iron Pipe and Fittings, - Oils, Waste, etc., Mine or Mill Supplies of all kinds, Agents ,Traux Automatic Ore Cais, and Head Office- Stores at -Nelson, B.C. Nelson, B.C. Kaslo, B.C. Sandon, B.C. Mr. Atherton is pulling down his brick warehouse to prepare for tlie new store. Jas. Fisher has the lumber on the ground for his saloon on the K. & S. addition. " R. R. Trueman has erected a large tent near the Reco hotel for a photo studio. R". G. Henderson, of the Arlington hotel, Slocan, was married to Miss Cora Stanton at Nelson last week. Mr. Cepperly, the insurance man of Vancouver, was in the city Tuesday adjusting the Last Chance claim. One of the unfortunete women appeared on the streets Thursday night very impioperly clad. Enquiry showed she is badly demented, and is now a subject for better care. Blue papers were served during the week on about a dozen men asking them to show in the police court their visible means of support. As none of them turned up it is now evident that both the means and the support are invisible. That's right clean out the hoboes. The management of the Hall Mines at Nelson has been arranged as follows: Captain Gifford, manager of the Silver King mine; R. R. Hedley, manager of the "Smelter, and J. J. Campbell, commercial manager. There will be no local gen&ial manager. The smelter is to be started at once on purchased ore. They have had lively times at Stev- eston. The extensive canneries there were worked by white labor, Japs and Chinese. They' all' struck for higher wages and a recognition.of the union. The proprietors refused to recognize, the military was called out; but now again quiet is being restored and the men are returning to work at the old wages. Banks, the youth who insulted F. A. Wood and others on the streets some three weeks'ago, came into the meshes of the law on Monday, pleaded guilty and was fined $20 and costs. Banks is said to be a very well-behaved fellow when sober,-but bad whiskey played the mischief. We understand he got fired from the mine also for his prank. If people will get drunk it is tlieir privilege to do so, but they must keep their tongues within bounds even then. The other day Walnisley's bear got her paw on a mouse, and as the latter cried to get away our peet sang': ."Oh, hear that pensive prisoner's prayer, For liberty it sighs ; Do never let your heart be shut Against those plaintive cries.".": But even tlie peotry had no effect On Rosie, and the mouse had to succumb. SALADA TEA" A fine, pure,, dainty, tasting Ceylon production, put up in a'J neat one-half, and one. pound packages. Having secured the agency/l of this favorite brand of tea, we are prepared to recommend' it to all,|| feeling assured that one trial will establish its superiority over alljl other package-teas for its delightful flavor and reasonable price. - *l ooi^i^kss. My blend of Mocha and Java is acknowledged to be the best. --| All other lines of pure, clean and fresh Groceries. Jrl. Giee'er^ioln SANDON. KASLO. AINSWORTH. a -.< J. & CO. TAIL0R5 fiFftPFIVFI) in the their uew premises next to the planing mill. Dealers TJiTQeafsIl AT SANDON ROSSLAND, NELSON, KASLO, PILOT BAY, THREE FORKS, SLOCAN CIT5T. i THE M. HAMILTON M1NIIPJCTMtlK CO. LIMITED. PETERBOROUGH, ONTARIO, CANADA. 8*������������*ooooooeaaa������aooee������*ova ' We have a large stock of oats and feed in all other lines, fresh and cheap. A car of fresh vegetables to arrive early. .Leave orders HOW.' .'' "'v- ; ���������<;;:;��������� ' .-: .;'" : " . , '��������� ��������� ': ���������' '"''..'. / ' '���������''' Fancy, and staple groceries as usual. Preserving jars and crockery in variety. Cody Avenue. : -��������� ' (I JALLAND BROS, j
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