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.VOLUME VII.
No
NEW DENVER, 13. C, FEBRUARY 1, 1900.
18.
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SLOGAN GAMP NEWS'
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TvOCAT,
CHIT-CHAT.
SLOCAN
fflNKRAL
FLOAT.
effected. T h e m e e t i n g was largely attended a n d g r e a t interest manifested.
After thoroughly c a n v a s s i n g t h e situation, it was decided to call a general
m e e t i n g of the, business m e n and citizens of all t h e Slocan camp, to be held
at Sandon on Wednesday e v e n i n g , F e b .
(3. At this m e e t i n g the m a n a g e r s and
m i n e r s will b e asked to be p r e s e n t , and
steps will be taken to select a committee of arbitration a n d to i n d u c e the cont e n d i n g parties to submit t h e i r differences to t h a t body.
Tn t h e m e a n t i m e a petition will be
circulated in Kaslo, Sandon,Ainsworth,
New D e n v e r , Whitewater, Cody, T h r e e
Forks,Silverton a n d Slocan C i t y , a s k i n g
the g o v e r n m e n t to put into operation
the L a b o r Conciliation a n d A r b i t r a t i o n
Act of 1894. T h e petitions will be ret u r n e d to Sandon a n d p r e s e n t e d to the
general m e e t i n g W e d n e s d a y evening,
a n d after r e c e i v i n g t h e endorsation of
the m e e t i n g , will b e forwarded to Victoria. T h u s it would a p p e a r t h e long
and fruitless squabble m a y r e a c h a settlement in t h e near future.
paid an enormous sum for a British
Columbia property t h a t no o n e seemed
to have known a n y t h i n g a b o u t and
people wouldn't touch. W e had b e t t e r
go and look at it a g a i n . " T h e y visited
the mine a g a i n , b u t were still m o r e
favorably impressed.
The e x t e n t of the o r e b o d y is of vast
proportions, and very u n u s u a l richness
T h e ore in sight has b e e n variously estimated by m i n i n g e n g i n e e r s .
One
mining m a n said t h e r e was e n o u g h ore
proved u p to keep a Blackett t r a m r u n ning, with a capacity of 1,000 tons per
day, e v e r y d a y for t e n y e a r s . B u t it
may be safer to say w i t h o u t t h e slightest fear of a blunder t h a t t h e r e are 200,000 tons of §16 ore in sight, or a b o u t
$3,200,000 in value.
T h e c o m p a n y have a s m a n y men as
they can place at w o r k now, and wi'l
keep h i r i n g m e n as they can find a
place for them. A c o n c e n t r a t i n g p l a n t
will be erected a n d later on a t r a m w a y
a n d smelter. Offers a r e a l r e a d y in for
a 400-ton smelter a n d a t r a m w a y from
the mine a t t h e earliest possible t i m e ,
a s they a r e g o i n g to w o r k t h e p r o p e r t y
for all t h a t it is worth r i g h t from t h e
start.
PRICE, $2 00 YEAR
MINERS PROTEST
The p r e s e n t session of the L e g i s l a t u r e
has been fruitful of talk and petitions
r e g a r d i n g the Eight H o u r L a w . " W i p e
it off t h e s t a t u t e s , " say t h e mine owners;
" M a i n t a i n the law exactly as passed,"
declare t h e m i n e r s . T h e r e could b e no
two m o r e opposite r e q u e s t s . It is a n
open secret, s a y s the Vancouver NewsA d v e r t i s e r , t h a t the g o v e r n m e n t intends to r e t a i n t h e law, while seeking,
of course,to m a k . j the relations between
men a*id o w n e r s as pleasant as possible.
In the e a r l y p a r t of t h e session some
strong petitions were presented b y t h e
owners a g a i n s t the law; now petitions
of equal s t r e n g t h are coming from t h e
miners, a s k i n g for the m a i n t e n a n c e of
the law in its entirety. One of these
resolutions h a s been sent to Mr. Macr
pherson, M . P . P . , as well as others, a n d
r e a d s as follows:
55
S3
I i n the state of Montana, w h e r e w a g e s
will a v e r a g e from 75 cents to $1 per d a y
Several young- m e n in Slocan City
T h e second p a y m e n t on the H a r t n e y
per man higher t h a n in portions of Brithave, v o l u n t e e r e d for service in South falls d u e today.
>
ish Columbia, clothing, food, and in
Africa.
fact e v e r y t h i n g t h a t would satisfy one's
More m e n h a v e been added to the
Dr. Bentley is .arranging- w i t h the R a m b l e r force.
desires can b e obtained at least 25 petm i n e r s of Slocan City to s t a r t a hospicent cheaper t h a n in a n y portion of t h e
T h e K i l o , L e m o n c r e e k , is developtal t h e r e .
Kootenays.
i n g in fine shape.
A n d y T u n k s r e t u r n e d from his eastTherefore, we contend t h a t w a g e s a r e
T w e n t y tons of ore was shipped out
e r n trip M o n d a y . Mrs T u n k s k e p t him
not high, but,on t h e a v e r a g e , a r e below
b y the Bosun last w e e k .
company.
t h e s t a n d a r d paid in other localities.
A n o t h e r 40 ton s h i p m e n t w a s m a d e
P e o p l e in British Columbia a r e not able
S k a t i n g has b e e n exceptionally good
b y t h e R a m b l e r last w e e k .
to maintain their physical s t r e n g t h , not
at the H a r r i s r a n c h t h i s week a n d enT h e Rambler-Cariboo pays another
to speak of their m e n t a l a n d moral rejoyed by m a n y .
d i v i d e n d today, of one cent per share.
q
u i r e m e n t s , on t h e same w a g e s paid for
G e o r g e Davis a n d Miss Oma Y o u n g
labor
in E u r o p e or t h e e a s t e r n provAn
e
x
p
e
r
t
examination
of
t
h
e
Noonw e r e quietly m a r r i e d F r i d a y e v e n i n g
inces.
L a b o r should not suffer for the
d
a
y
was
m
a
d
e
last
week
by
outside
b y R e v . C. F . Yates.
m i s t a k e of m e n who h a v e m o r e money
capital.
Nelson and R e v e l s t o k e a r e r e c r u i t i n g
t h a n j u d g m e n t . Unscrupulous specuT
h
e
P
a
y
n
e
shipped
220
tons
of
ore
stations for S t r a t h c o n a ' s Horse, for serlators plot a n d scheme in e v e r y w a y
last w e e k . Sixty tons of it went to t h e
vice in South Africa.
imaginable to float m i n i n g properties
Trail smelter.
R e v . C . F . Y a t e s presided a t t h e openW h e r e a s , unsettled conditions exist for millions w h e n t h e y a r e not worth so
FORTUNE IN COPPER.
W . T h o m p s o n h a d o n e of his a r m s
i n g of t h e new E n g l i s h church, a t Slobetween labor a n d capital in the m e t a l - m a n y thousands. T h e speculators g e t
badly fractured T u e s d a y at t h e Won- M o n t a n a M e n D e v e l o p i n g a R i c h P r o can City, on S u n d a y last.
liferous mining- districts of the p r o v i n c e wealthy on one or two such deals and
OUR SONS.
derful, b y flying rock from a " h a n g i n g "
perty on H o w e Sound.
of British Columbia, a r i s i n g from m a n y e v e r y t h i n g is c h a r g e d u p to t h e cost of
R e v . Mr. McKee, of Slocan City, will
hole
causes, chief of which is t h e e i g h t h o u r m i n i n g , even c h a m p a g n e suppers. T h e
preach in t h e P r e s b y t e r i a n church n e x t
T h e B r i t a n n i a g r o u p of copper claims We're a pore u n ' a p p y H e m p i r e , a n ' w e l a w : the Mine Owners Association a n d
Ore is coming down freely from t h e
S u n d a y morning- at 11 o'clock.
n e x t move is to r e d u c e w a g e s . W e
' a v e n ' t g o r t no friends;
on
H o w e Sound, a r e b e i n g inspected by
A r l i n g t o n , four carloads being at the
their several o r g a n s h a v e a d v o c a t e d further believe t h e testimony given beIf
we
wins,
t
h
e
n
y
t
i
o
n
s
'opes
the
n
e
w
s
Seryices will be held in Stephen'^ big b r i d g e over S p r i n g e r creek on Sat- a n u m b e r of mining men from Montana,
their cause persistently before t h e p u b - fore the g o v e r n m e n t commissioner, Mr.
ain't true;
church n e x t S u n d a y , b o t h m o r n i n g a n d u r d a y .
W a s h i n g t o n and California, a n d , ac- If we're b e a t , t h e y all yoonite ter re- lic a n d t h e i r emissaries h a v e w r i t t e n
R. C. Clute, has proven beyond t h e
e v e n i n g . Rev. C. F . Y a t e s , pastor.
m a w k it s e r v e s u s r i g h t ,
a n d s t a t e d t h r o u g h t h e public press shadow of a doubt t h a t m i n e r s will perT h e P a y n e imported another batch of cording to t h e miners, the claims which
An' t h e y wish we'd copped it 'otter,
t h a t the m i n e r s did not w a n t t h e eight
T h e q u a r a n t i n e by t h e provincial au- Scandihoovians from Minnesota this are a t p r e s e n t shipping ore will surpass
so t h e y dew.
form as m u c h w o r k u n d e r t h e eightthorities a g a i n s t p a s s e n g e r s from t h e w e e k . S e v e r a l of t h e m were t u r n e d off the he Roi as a money w i n n e r .
T h e y draws"piekshurs of us, t r u s t i n ' f o r hour l a w . B e i n g fully conscious of how h o u r day as was previously accomplishter g e t ar d a n d e r u p ,
disastrous to t h e people of t h e K o o t e In view of the coming i m p o r t a n c e of
smallpox-stricken city of S p o k a n e is at Kaslo.
ed u n d e r t h e ten hour s y s t e m .
A t h i n g they is pertie'lar ' a n d y at,
n a y s a n y mis-step or w r o n g m o v e b y
these
properties,
the
following
facts
in
v e r y strict.
Therefore b e it resolved t h a t we, t h e
A n ' sarcawstic o b s e r v y s h u n s t h e y is
either p a r t y would be a t this m o m e n t ,
connection with the p u r c h a s e , developS L O C A N CITY N E W S IN B K I K F .
s t r o n g on, is thern nvtions;
T h e bills are out.for. t h e K. of P . ball
m i n e r s comprising District No.6, Westment a n d prospects of the c o m p a n y will
But—yuss—they mostly lets it stop a t we deem it our d u t y to state our posi- ern Federation of Miners, b e l i e v i n g in
on t h e 22nd,which is c e r t a i n to be a b i g
that.
tion to t h e citizens of British Columbia
R e v . Mr. Duncan, of Silverton, will no doubt prove of interest:—
affair. It is to b e held in their hall,
t h e justice of our cause, do h e r e b y proa
in 1S9U a trapper on Howe Sound lo- We're a pore u n ' a p p y H e m p i r e , a n ' w e n d their r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s , who hold a n d
preach in t h e P r e s b y t e r i a n church next
C l e v e r block.
test against a n y revision-of t h e eight
g u i d e t h e destinies of t h e p r o v i n c e .
cated the claims, and sold t h e m to J .
'aven't g o r t no friends,
h o u r law,and insist on t h e m a i n t e n a n c e
W . L . H a g l e r , of Saudon, was com- S u n d a y .
But we 'as some near relitions 'ere a n ' Much d e p e n d s on the foresight and
Boseowitz, of Victoria, for 820,000. T h e
C.
F
.
Collom,
of
San
Francisco,
spent
of
t h e same, e v e n if e v e r y metalliferous
mitted for trial last week by M a g i s t r a t e
there;
wisdom of these men g u i d i n g t h e ship
hitter spent 815,000 in p r o v i n g the prosa
few
d
a
y
s
here
last
week,
inspecting
m
i
n
e in British Columbia should close
Lilly for unlawful a s s e m b l a g e on t h e
T h e y m y e sim a quiet crew w h e n timer's of state, a s we hope they will continue
pects.
n
u
t
t
h
i
n
k
much
ter
dew,
the
A
r
l
i
n
g
t
o
n
mine.
down. Any tampering- with t h e eight
P a y n e ground.
All work was carried on in a very
But t h e y ' r e up as soon as fightin's in to do, to a safe p o r t .
hour law at this late d a y will result in
Several
men
bound
for
the
Enterprise
F r a n k R. S t r o h m , of N.orthport, a n d
the air.
W h e r e a s we, t h e m e m b e r s of District
quiet m a n n e r . In fact, for t h e past 18
a
s t r u g g l e which will last until every
h
a
v
e
been
stopped
by
t
h
e
Union
picMiss Bertha M. P o t t e r , of Slocan City,
months IB men have been hard at work- W e don't receive no cornplimints from Union N o . 6, W e s t e r n F e d e r a t i o n of
dollar
in t h e Western F e d e r a t i o n of
furriners
a
n
'
sich,
kets.
T
h
e
y
a
r
e
mostly
foreigners.
w e r e married in Nelson on tho24th ult.,
on the Britannia group,..but few mining
An' the biddin' fur ar fivor's r a w t h e r Miners, c o m p r i s i n g eleven unions, with Mines has been e x p e n d e d . It is only b y
by Rev. J o h n Robson.
T h e Arlington m a d e its initial ship- men in British Columbia w e r e a w a r e of
a membership of three thousand m i n e r s ;
flat;
such laws'that we will attain t h e higher
m
e
n t of t h e year on Monday. It con- the fact.
But t h o u g h we've gort no friends,we've do hereby protest against any political
T h e Union Hotel, Revelstoke, r u n by
a
n d nobler w a l k s of life.
our sons t e r m i k e a m e n d s .
Ed. Corning, formerly of N a k u s p , was sisted of 20 tons and Avas sent to the
Mr. A d a m s , one of those interested in
trickery t h a t would tend to disrupt the
At present several political buccanAnd
we're
jollv
glad
ter
let
it
stop
a
t
destroyed by fire S u n d a y n i g h t . Ed. Nelson smelter.
the p r o p e r t y , said he t h o u g h t he knew
present g o v e r n m e n t , and we appeal io
that.
eers a r e at the seat of g o v e r n m e n t withhad only been in possession three d a y s .
A l e n g t h y petition has been signed all of this province's mines, b u t it was
all organized labor to r e m e m b e r t h a t
in t h e sacred c h a m b e r s of o u r legislaA
pore
un'appy
Hempire?
N
o
r
t
a
bit
here
by
all
the
business
men,
p
r
a
y
i
n
g
not
until
he
was
visiting
P
a
t
r
i
c
k
Clark
the prosperity of our people depends on
S i x t y patients have been treated in
tive halls. T h e i r v e r y presence is a
of
it,
we
ain't
the m i n e r s ' .hospital, Sandon, in ten the provincial g o v e r n m e n t n o t to repeal at S p o k a n e that he learned of t h e BriWhile t h e tie 'twixt son a n ' father the m a i n t a i n i n g of the metalliferous m e n a c e to our r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s . T h e i r
tannia mine. He became interested,
mines act as a m e n d e d at t h e last s i t t i n g
months, 11 of which w e r e serious pneu- the eight hour law.
n e v e r fails;
objects are to 'namper a n d intimidate
monia Cases. Financially, the hospital
Dr. Bentley has r e t u r n e d to town and visited the g r o u p and secured a 30-day Art o' Canarder they come ter the rol- of the l e g i s l a t u r e . If miners a r e to be the g o v e r n m e n t in e x p r e s s i n g the will
lin' of the d r u m ,
considered in t h e same category as so
• s in a s t r o n g position.
has opened a hospital on Main street. option on the property. T h e n he went
of t h e masses of this province.
A n ' t h e bugle calls the men of Noo
through
this
province
looking
for
a
man
much
m a c h i n e r y or some kind of aniWord has been received from E n g - His m a n y friends here a r e glad to have
S a r t h Wales
Be it further resolved that we will
land that A. J. Cleverly, familiarly him a n d Mrs. Bentley b a c k , and wish with m o n e y a n d m i n i n g instinct to help It's solid 'elp an' welcome, a n ' yer b e t mal that lives on black bread and hog- look with suspicion on all political freewe know its worth;
him. buy what he t h o u g h t was t h e best
fat, needs no books, can live in a. r u d e
k n o w n in New D e n v e r football circles him success.
When sife at 'ome yer soldiers m i g h t hut, or sleep in a mining company booters who a r e e v e r r e a d y to a r r a y
property
in
the
entire
province.
H
e
a s " T h e P r o p h e t , " has g o n e to South
themselves with the opposition—a party
F o l l o w i n g is the v o l u m e of business
'ave sat,
could not find a partner, a n d so wired When war was on the bill, yer g a v e u s b u n k house without b e i n g dissatisfied,
Africa to fight the Boers.
which, during their reign as governconducted a t the local record office for
H . C . W a l t e r s , of Montana, t h a t he had
then there is no cause for quarrel over
yer goodwill—
m e n t , has never placed one single act
Prof. McEwen. is booked for the Bo- last year:—Certificates of work, 515;
Yer did," a n ' d i d n ' t let it stop at that. how m a n y hours he shall or shall not
50,000 tons of five per cent copper ore in
on the statutes that would better the
certificates
of
improvement,
19;
locasun Hall F e b r u a r y 9 and 10, Friday a n d
—Barrv P a i n e .
sight, vein traceable 3,000 feet; vein 40
work. Conceding him to be a h u m a n
condition
of t h e masses of British Coltions.
810;
free
miners'
certificates,
301;
S a t u r d a y . H e claims to be the world's
feet wide.
being, a modern m a n able to r e a d , t h i n k
Now Newspaper Directory.
u
m
b
i
a
As
an organization w e a r e irbills
of
sale,
220.
g r e a t e s t mind r e a d e r a n d hypnotist,and
and appreciate tha good things of life as
Mr. W a l t e r s came e x p e c t i n g to be
revocably
opposed
to p a r t y politics.
h a d seven n i g h t s ' crowded houses in
T h e i e is a good sheet of ice on the disappointed, but when he saw t h e proW e h a v e received from the publish- others do, t h e n w e contend that eight W h e n party lines a r e d r a w n u n s c r u p u Nelson
river a b o u t a mile from here, n e a r the perty a n d spent five d a y s e x a m i n i n g it,
ers, the Central Press A g e n c y , of T o - hours are sufficient for men to work un- lous individuals e n t r e n c h themselves
T h e statement m a d e last week t h a t Meadows, a n d large n u m b e r s h a v e ta- he r e m a r k e d : " I t ' s no d r e a m , Adams; ronto, a copy of their director}-of news- d e r g r o u n d . T h e d a n g e r o u s a n d unbehind the b u l w a r k s of p a r t y politics,
t h e boat officials on the s.s. Slocan al- ken a d v a n t a g e of it a n d the fine wea- you a r e below the m a r k . " T h e owners papers for 1900. T h i s is the first issue healthy n a t u r e of our calling a r e good
a n d prejudice man a g a i n s t his fellow
ther
of
the
past
few
days,
to
thoroughly
lowed the E n t e r p r i s e laborers to t a k e
were with him on this e x a m i n a t i o n and of such a directory by the company re- and sufficient reasons for shorter hours m a n . Partisans h a v e done m o r e in the
t h e i r b a g g a g e off w i t h o u t furnishing enjoy the open air s k a t i n g .
they closed t h e deal verbally on the ferred to, a n d it is v e r y creditable t o than other b r a n c h e s of labor, skilled or past to destroy the spirit of h u m a n proc h e c k s for same was w r o n g . T h e i r
T h e provincial g o v e r n m e n t is being- spot, a n d at once instructed t h e men to their diligence and e n t e r p r i s e . T h e unskilled. Oft-times by a slight misgress than all the other evils reformers
b a g g a g e w a s not checked.
petitioned to a p p r o p r i a t e the money work at a spot 500 feet east of the prin- obtaining of information for such a hap or the i g n o r a n c e of an employee,
and reform o r g a n i z a t i o n s h a v e had to
E v e r y t h i n g is n o w in shape for t h e necessary for some v e r y long-needed cipal w o r k i n g s where the vein stands work means a lot of e n e r g y a n d pati- the individual who m a k e s such mis- combat against.
m a s q u e r a d e ball, to be g i v e n by t h e roads in this district, a n d it is to he bnldlv out of the mountain 100 feet in ence, and t h e book, carefully compiled takes is not only killed, but causes the
A. J . H W J I I E S ,
Miners' Union, tonight, in the Bosun hoped they will respond g-enerously, as length, and 10 to 1.50 in height.
as it appears to be, cannot fail to be a death of his c o m r a d e s who may lie n e a r At.t'iti-:!) PARK,
Secretarv.
President.
hall. T h e committee has worked dili- no p a r t of the Slocan c o u n t r y lias been
On their first examination they found most useful work of reference to adver- him. W o r k i n g in artificial air, breathuwglccted
as
lias
the
district
at
this
end
g e n t l y and t h e affair will be a record
that the mammoth bluff was well min- tisers, and all who wish to obtain infor- ing poisonous g a s e s e v e r y moment
T h e H o s t I5eiiutln.il F i n n .
of the lake.
m a k e r . Get in e a r l y a n d .see the fun.
eralized, and they instructed the. work- mation respecting- the publications of while u n d e r g r o u n d , men often lose
<>n their Canada a n d Newfoundland. In addi- their lives before t h e y can retrace their
St. Paul's church, the new Church of men to i n v e s t i g a t e the bluff
The most beautiful and costly fishes in
SLOCAN ORE SHIPMENTS.
E n g l a n d building just completed, wasj return they found Miaf the men had tion to detailed descriptions of all peri- steps to a [dace of security. We a r e the world come from China, and the
T h e total a m o u n t of ore shipped from opened S u n d a y m o r n i n g a n d afternoon, j broken into ore r u n n i n g six per cent i n odicals and the places where issued, j tempted in this resolution to question jj rarest and most expensive of all is the
t h e Slocan from J a n u a r y 1, 1899, to the services being conducted by Kev. j copper. This crosscut tunnel had been there, are lists by counties, classified the competency of the Mine Inspector! brush-tail goldfish. Specimens of these
J u n e HO, 1899, was 15,118 tons. From C. F . Yates, of New D e n v e r . T h e | driven in'_'<):> feet on their first visit, in lists under all heads, etc., besides sum- for the Kooteuays, a n d wonder w h y a have sold for as high as £1-10 each, and
J u l y 1, 1899, to Dec. HL, 1899, the ship- church is v e r y conveniently located on j an a t t e m p t to t a p the vein !3u feet from m a r y of the postage law, customs r a t e s g o v e r n m e n t should retain a man in in Europe the prices range from £50 to
m e n t s were 4,310 t o n s . Following a r e A r t h u r s t r e e t , and is pleasantly nestled the top. T h e tunnel was being driven on printers material and other useful their employ who has lost the respect £100. The brush-tail goldfish is so small
t h e shipments from J a n u a r y 1, 1900, to a m o n g a g r o u p of t a m a r a c trees. T h e west, but thev instructed that it b e di- information. The; book is well a r r a n g - and confidence of the men of whose that a five shilling piece will cover it,
interior furnishings are very complete verted south, and on their second visit ed and printed and does credit to the lives he is t h e g u a r d i a n .
J a n . 27:
and probably there, is no living thintr of
Wook
T o i a l in e v e r y w a y , and good congregations they found the workmen had struck publishers.
T h e wage question on which is based its size and weight that is worth so much
Payne
220
385
the present s t r u g g l e between the min- money.
A m e r i c a n Boy
20 assembled to both services. The musi- the vein after a Pi foot drive to the
C:m:irlu'K B o o t I.Uftinoss.
Queen Bess
210 cal portion of the services were well south. T h e vein has since been crossers and mine o w n e r s in t h e Slocan dis14(1
cut, a n d is 20 feet from wall to wall,
20 sustained.
trict, is not a b o v e the standard paid to
A primary teacher was hearing a reciThe value of the, finished product of
Florida
20
and will run six per cent copper and
first class m i n e r s in other places, such tation in grammar and the class was
40
the boot and shoe factories of Canada
about Sin in all values.
TRYING TO KKPISCTASUTTLISJIEN"
as Cripple C r e e k , Col., where m i n e r s composed largely of the smaller s t u d e n t s .
805
amounts to over $20,000,000 per a n n u m .
have been w o r k i n g eight hours since The teacher wrote the three words,
On their r e t u r n from their first trip,
R o s s l a m l Ore S h i p m e n t s .
S t e p s T a k e n t o B r i n g t h e M a n a g e r s a n d they proceeded to Victoria a n d closed There are employed in the manufacture 1891. It would be superfluous to add
" b e e s , bear, boys,'' on the board and
of footwear alone more than 12.000 perMine Workers Together.
that in all t h e British colonies and in asked the pupils to write a sentence
the deal, which in itself was of very
sons, to whom about $(5,000,000 is yearly
Appended is a detailed statement of
large dimensions. The first p a y m e n t
Great Britain m i n e r s work but eight containing the three words. She was
paid out in wages. These are exclusive
t h e shipments of o r e from t h e Rossland
T h e r e w a s a m e e t i n g of t h e business m i s §10,000 cash, and when all t h e payhours. T h e r e is no place outside t h e quite taken back a few minutes later
c a m p last week:—Le Roi 2394 t o n s , W a r men, of Sandon on T u e s d a y night, to incuts a r e m a d e and the mine p u t in of the persons employed and the wages Kooteuays in tliis western m i n i n g coun- when one of the boys in the class handed
E a g l e 1858, Centre S t a r 1732, Iron Mask discuss the labor situation and to form shape, it will h a v e cost Mr. A d a m s a n d paid on the production of materials used try, with the exception of A l a s k a , w h e r e in the following : "Boys beeB bear w h e n
220; m a k i n g a total of 6205 tons. F o r u l a t e some plan to b r i n g t h e mine man- associates $200,000. After the deal had in the factories, which are nearly all more of the necessities of life cannot be they go in swimmin."
t h e n e w y e a r the total reaches 21,030 a g e r s a n d Miners' Union together, lhat been closed Mr. Walters said to Mr. produced in this country,
purchased with a dollar than in the
tons.
a settlement of t h e difficulty might be A u a m s , " A r e w e dreaming? W e h a v e
mining
districts of British Columbia.
Pay the printer and be honored.
Nesbitt has some elegant c a n d y .
THE LEDGE, NEv\r DENVER, B.C., FEBRUARY 1, 1900.
SEVENTH YEAE
Vjuvyrrrn
ment's commissioner reports that they I good things of this iife.
U n d e r such tv»^tt>tji^>^g>»i>^.\^.>».TO^vi^,-.j;s>j^
were not brought into the country j circumstances, t h e passing of eight
either under contract or promise of | hours ot each working d a y beneath
Published every Thursday.'
R . T . L O W E R Y , Editor a n d F i n a n c i e r .
work, y e t they come in bunches of the ground, u n d e r dangerous and unthirty or forty.
T h e y travel on healthy conditions, including the
f
SUBSCRIPTION" R A T E S :
special
steamers
and
special
trains,
j
presence
arid
endurance
of
foul
a
i
r
Three months
;
. 1.25 and a r e billed straight through for j and noxious gase.es, m a y reasonably
Sis
Kstablishert 1817.
. 2.00
Twelve "
. 5.00 the P a y n e mine, with provincial con- j be considered something like a n orT H K K K YKAKS
:.....
apital (all paid up) $12,000,000.00
T r a n s i e n t A d v e r t i s i n g , 25 c e n t s per line 'first in stables furnished in order that they j d i n a r y m a x i m u m of proper employReserved
fund : : 6,000,000.00
sertion. 10 t-ents per line subsequent insertions
m a y not lose their way. T h e m e m - j m e n t for a metal or other miner.
Undivided profits •: : 1,102,732.72 .
nonpareil measurement.
TO COXTRIBUTORS
" ! b e r s oi t h e Miners' Union think the j Such a term of work, moreover, apHJ3AD O F F I C E , J I O V f K K A L .
Cjrrespondenee from every partof the Kootenny aliens a r e induced to .come to the ] proximates to t h e standard d a y of
R T . HON. LORD STRATHCONA a.id MOUNT ROFAL, G.C.M^G. President.
DistTiet and communications upon live, topics p a v n e by promises of employment— [mining labor in most parts of the
H o x . G . A. DRUMMOND, Vice President,
1 ^ / ^ : X S : ^ ^ Z : ^ ^
b u t t-hey must be mistaken because; English-speaking world, a n d only
E. S. CLOUSTON, General Manager,
sin matter h o w crude. Get y o u r copy in while it Commissioner Clute says they are ; leaves the man who is thus employed
Branches in all parts of Canada, Newfoundland, Great Britain, and
i~ hot. and w e will do t h e rest.
not"
! a reasonable margin for t h e partakthe United States.
' •,•
A pencil cross in t h i s s q u a r e
jing- of meals, t h e necessary cleaning
TO
HE " B K O l H U t T TO T H I K . '
indicates t h a t your s u b s c r i p and attention to clothes a n d person,
t i o n is due. mid that the editor
wishes ohec avail) t<> l o o k at
Of t h e rnanv funny things t h a t ! and the enjoyment of a not undue
E. P I T T , M a n a g e r
your collateral.
!a m o u n t
h a v e been said'and done in connecof recreation a n d rest, other
t b a n slee
the
labor
trouble
in
the
P - In nict, to put the matter
fFJUKSDAY", FEBRUARY 1. 1900. tion with
with the labor trouble in
plainly, a n d as we believe c o r r e c l v ,
^r&yxr*c;^F'^^^lVJl•%Br<&^•t£rf2^z2r•••
Slocan, the repeated wild vaporings
tn^Kavn^nsrvmcri '<;:,•
Krw^ffiKr^'x-sicaTir'Hsrra-^w''^^
S«;I:AIS J K O M TUIO KIHTOIS'K H K S K .
tlte gist of the dispute between mas
of the' Nelson 'Miner have afforded
ters and men in the Slocan country
Last week it
According to the officials of the the most amusement.
lies not so much as to hours of work,
b V u S » <m*f
Bank of England, there are only turned loose its pent-up folly to the but rather concerns rates of remunerabout eight hundred a n d sixty-five extent of a column or more, in an ation and amount of recognition of
SLOGAN CITY, B. C.
tons of gold coin in circulation in all effort to explain the direful things the conditions of organized labor.
the world. It should be interesting that a r e going to happen to the An eight-hours' day limit for labor
to figure out jus!; what proportion of members of the Miners' Union, be- that is hard a n d continuous is in fact
cause t h e -15 men shipped in from thr
this load the delinquent subscriber
coast by the Enterprise people were I becoming so generally recognized
Heavy and Shelf Hardware.
Jessop's and Canton Drill
P A L M A AXGKIOXOX, P U O P R l K T O R .
thinks the editor of this paper is lug.
throughout
not
only
the
British
Em•'Steel,
Stoves. Tin and Granite Ware.
persuaded not to go to work. It says
g i n g around.
,;
pire,
but
also
in
the
English-speaking;
an injunction will be immediately
We' are hand lino; all kinds of
It must be just a bit embarassing applied for restraining the Miners' world, that it h a s become exceeding-: General Draying: Mining Supplies
and
Heavy
Transportly
difficult—nay,
aln'iost
impossible
J
for the tew liberal-minded, public- Union from
intercepting men."
ation a Specialty.
spirited m a n a g e r s of some of t h e W h e n this injunction is issued it will —for a n y popularly elected legis-j
lative
body
to
recede
from
a
position
j
.Slocan properties, who a r e really de- be in order for another to be applied
sirous of opening their mines, to be for restraining the men from talking once taken u p by it in statutory! Saddle Horses and Pack Animals. j Blasting, Mining and Sporting Powders. Also Blacksmith's
forced to submit to the indignities to strangers, a n d another restraining recognition of such a working d a y . " '
Feed Stables at New Denver.
Goal. Lumber, SaslV and Doors.
thrust upon them by t h e leaders in the newspapers from -discussing the
CANADA AND CAXAOlAXS.
the Slocan Mines Association, who are labor- situation, a n d another restrainapparently using that organization to ing the Union from t a k i n g part in
Hon. G. W. Ross, premier of Onaid themselves a t the cost ot the politics, and another restraining its tario, in a recent speech m a d e a t
Dealer in
small fry.
_•
members from wearing their hats Whitby, Ont., g a v e some v e r y good
IMPORTED
The action of the businessmen of in the presence of mine managers. advice to Canadians. " W e want to
Then
an
injunction
should
be
Sandon.
feel more a n d more the g r o w i n g re- AND D O M E S T I C C I G A R S
Sandon in taking t h e initiatiye in
A
N
D
Has
ample
accommodations
for
a
liii-j,'«
n
u
m
b
e
r
of
people.
T
h
e
rooms a r e l a r g e
a combined effort to break the dead- applied for restraining fools from run- sponsibility upon us," said he, " t h e
TOBAOCOES,
and airy, and the Dining R o o m is provided with every Uiingr in t h e m a r k e t
lock in t h e labor situation should ning newspapers and Nelson would growing responsibilities upon the DoSample Rooms for C o m m e r c i a l T r a v e l e r s .
PIPES, A C .
minion of C a n a d a . W e must, rise to a
meet with the hearty co-operation of be properly fixed.
conception of t h e magnitude of op- Van Camp Lunch Goods, Confectionthe businessmen of this and neighborDON'T t I K E
FORKIGSKIiS.
ery and Fruit.
position as Canadians.
Canada as
ing camps.
Delegates should be
owner of half a continent is destined
chosen a t once to zo to Sandon, that
BATHS IN CONNECTLON.
E v e r y white man's paper in • the
to have a future, the brilliancy qf
the general meeting to be held there
Provincb has come out flat-footed
New Denver
which a n d the success of winch no N e w m a r k e t Block.
n e x t Wednesday e v e n i n g m a y be a
against the mine m a n a g e r s in their
1
one
can
anticipate.
W
h
y
,
a
t
the
be
representative one.
efforts to import aliens to work in the
ginning of this century t h e populaThe Lucerne of North America is mines of the Slocan. H e r e is a broad- tion ot the United States was only
all that t h e n a m e implies these d a y s . side from the Nelson Economist that 5,000,000. Scarcely a hundred years
The Leading
"If British
No snow to carpet the ground, the has the right ring to it:
N E W DENVER,
have flown a w a y , a n d today their
streets a n d walks tree of, dust a n d subjects feel that they a r e justified population is estimated at 75,000,000.
Provides ample a n d pleasant accommodation lor the t r a v e l i n g public.
damp, the atmosphere clear and the under existing conditions in accept- In 20, 30, or 40 years what will the
T e l e g r a m s for rooms promptly attended to.
Bosun Block. New Denver, B.C.
sunshine bright a n d warm; the scenes ing employment a t the P a y n e mine, population of Canada b e ? It will be
HENRY
STEGE,
- \Proprietor.
of g r a n d e u r that h a v e made the they must be protected. But should just what our energy in developing
name'of New Denver stand out boldly it transpire, as is alleged in some the latent resources of t h e country,
on the m a p of memory of all who quarters, that the m a n a g e r of the in encouraging settlement a n d in imhave seen it. a r e doubly grand a n d P a y n e has imported Swedes, Italians, proving the social condition of the
Will find tinBoers and other foreigners who have
thrice more beautiful.
people will m a k e it. W e have not
N e w D e n v e r , B.C.
no further interest in the country!
enough
confidence
in
ourselves.
We
If the Miners' Union would exhibit than acquiring the wealth which i s !
a p l e a s a n t p l a c e i>> s|.»|> a t w h e n in
the generalship that has been credited the heritage of British subjects, the j have not confidence enough in ourA. JACOBSON&CO., P r o p s
selves as Canadians. We a r e looking
to it, it would have the labor trouble
Government will be lustihed ...,
„ .,,«,.
, ^ ,•„ , .
Best meals in the city—Comfortable rooms—liar replete with the best of
settled, a n d the importation of scabs . . .
.,
,
,, I to t h e United States, to the \Vashina - - G K T I H X G & HICXDKRSOX. Proprietors.
Liquors and Cigars- test service, throughout.
stopped, inside of ten days. T h e b r i n g m g UD with a sharp curve the i
,., , •
, T.
.
".
man who would so far 'forget his ob- j
managers would be only too willing
?;> * v,'
^ " '
: tons, Websters, and Lincolns, and
ligation to British Columbia as to at- i Q f ^ e a t n e ^ ' l o i - g e w T n g thatTotTcam
a!
i s hsra -<y
P. KICK
to open their properties a t the $3.25
• seeing in these names t h e elements
tempt such a thing.
T h e Economist jadian soil we have their equals in
!•'('!; SALE'.
scale.
If the Union accepted the
has a l w a v s contended that the mine-! the Browns, Baldwins, Blake's and
compromise offer, which it contends it
owners have been unfairly dealt with Mowats of the present d a y . Let us
did, what is it that stands in the w a y
display our loyalty to our own men.
nulacturers'of
.ItiliX ( i n K T T H C I I K .
and it still maintains that t h e mining
We think of the great expanse of the.
of an amicable settlement?
X1-:\V i i K W F . ! ! .
legislation of last session was uncalled United States, forgetting we have aVoting men, become your own
W e talk of;
There is the humorous side to the for and discriminated against a class still g r e a t e r expanse.
assayers.
Three, months will
official despatches from Africa. Gen. of men who had a l r e a d y done and the constitutional development of;!
teach
yon
assaying for gold,
NOTARY
England, forgetting that we h a v e
silver and copper.
Live a n d
Buller, in describing' the awful re- were still doing a vast amount of made even g r e a t e r development conlearn how, cheaper than you now
\ K . \ L E S T A T E ; IXSUKAXOK;
MIXI>
verse to t h e . British a r m y at Spioi*. good in opening up the resources o: stitutionally than England.
There!
live
'
ACCOUXTAXT.
ROD, and his subsequent retreat the country, but it cannot and will is no land more free, there a r e no in ;
ABSTRACTS OF T I T U S I'Y'KXISIIED,
importation of jstitutions more stable, no people more
across the Tugela river, said " t h e not endorse the
1
'1
enemy was taught to respect the, foreigners to absorb t h e labor and \ intelligent than ours/
and
Board and Instruction in assaying"
lighting qualities of t h e British sol- profit, that rightly belongs to bona j
. . . all for.. ...
"' "-.
Shingles
H. T . T\vic;<i
dier." All of which sounds well, but fide British subjects."
i
vv . Kl>iti;\vi;v
Xeu- D e n v e r , B.C.
a s l o . B.C
ONLY $26,00 PER MONTH
the British public is not so particular
T I I K i;i(inx-noi:i: i„viv.
D R E W R Y & TWIGG
to know what the enemy was taught
Write to the principal-Orders shipped to all parts of the
D
o
m
i
n i o n a n i l P r o v i n c i a l Land .Surveyor:
as it is to know what Gen. Buller and
REV.
W. J. SIPPRELL, B.A.B.D.,
Country.
Mill a t head of
Civil a n d .Mining Ensfinccrs.
Outside of the t w j Association!
his army learned by the experience.
New Westminster.
—-Slocan L a k e . —
I led ford. McNeil Code.
organs in K'ootenay, one a t Nelson j
THE LEDGE.
nko
oetreal
a
New Denver branch
New Denver
Transportation
& Light Co.
<Sc C o
JOHN WILLIAMS
The Clifton House,
John Buckley, Prop.
J. E. ANGRSGNON
AIR DRESSER
Travelers
HOTEL
Arlington Hotel
Slocan City.
YARD
TL I). CTRTIK,
Columbia College,
= :SL/)CA.N'CITY, B. (
GRAND
All classes ol' 1.•arniiiK m a y be h a d in t h i s t h e
o n l y o o l l . w of its kind in tho west.
,Ts!'Ra,-,lidall & Fauquier, ALICHI*.
An effort is being made by disin- and one a t Sandon, a n d the literary I
Will be given by
; ) [ L. GRIMMETT, L.L.B.
terested individuals looking to the chameleon at Kaslo, the newspapers |
of
the
Province
are
unanimous
in
do-1
bringing together of the managers
!' '
BARRISTER,
;
SOLICITOR, NOTARY PUBLIC, E T C .
and miners. T h e move is to be com- d a r i n g that the eight-hour law is i
! Sandon, B. C.
mended and fostered in every way. here to stay, k) far as t h e people and j
Branch olfieo a t New Denver every
True, I
T h e man who can bring the two Parliament, a r e concerned.
!
Saturday.
parties together and affect a settle- some have criticised the advisability j
In Sclionberjrs Mall
to
be
an
!
of
thru;-ting
the
law
upon
us
at
the
j
ment of'what now appears
on
F. L. CHRISTIE, L.L.B.
imaginary difficulty will win the, | present stage of development, and
BARRISTER,
everhistiiig gratitude of the people of j the limiting of the law to one class of j F l ' I d ^ Y E V C , F C b „ 1 6 , 1 9 0 0
SOLICITOR,
Etc.
All are
the Slocan—and should be elected i workmen, but none have opposed the j Q o m I nenciii"' a t '.) o'clock.
NOTARY Pl'BLlC.
cordially nivited to a tend,
lord mayor of the Slocan's Lucerne. ' principle of the law or the law itself.
K w r . l-'ridavat S i S w r n - n .
S A X D o X . I'i. ('
Politically the aw lias no oppon
'ickets, including supper, $±r>0.
A better o]»portunity never offered j
arty
has
come
cuts. T h e Libera
for the ready .settlement of the labor i
out strongly in favor of it, and t h e !
6
difficulty than now exists. T h e r e is
i Liberal Conservative party has done j
every evidence that the eight ' K m r
ie leaders of both have !
i likewise.
law will not be amended, therefor.:
never lost an opportunity to .speak :
the mine m a n a g e r s will not look for
favorably of the, law. It has e v e n !
help from that quarter.
They see
been suggested that the law should lie i
that they must deal with the men
made to apply to other branches.
;
direct, and the Union canno! afford
S p e a k i n g on the subject the Van-•
to be too narrow in its vision of justice.
couvar News-Advertiser says: "The •
T h e question of lowering the price of
miners rightly sa>, that if they are |
board at the mines could be made to
to be considered as mere animals or !
fJL
play a prominent part in a r r i v i n g at
machines, needing neither books nor';
a settlement.
-recreation, and ready to spend t h e ;
John Houston m a y have iiis pecul-j whole of their w o r k i n g lives' either
iarities, he may singe the ungodly I in a mine or a bunkhouse, then it 1
goslin with a single blast from his inatters not how long their hours of;
trumpet, but when he hits he is sel- work m a y be. But if the contrary ;
dom wide of the m a r k .
Says he: be the case—as certainly it i s - o u r
"Tin aliens whom .Manager Hand of miners ought instead to be regarded ;
the Payne mine is bringing into as human beings of ordinary sensi-j
British Columbia a r e peculiar in their bilities, and able, to read a n d think, i
methods.
The Dominion govern- and appreciate also the ordinary
Slocan City
riiners' Union
Postof'tice address, Roseberv.
J. K. CLARK,
The
MINES
AND MINING
Nakusp.
I s a ruini'iii -f.al.lu ' l i n l i d fur I r a V(dl.-r.«
Mrs. McDousfalriS"
Reports, Examinations and Management.
NEW DENVER,
up any amount of your vain
ly this we do not mean'to
A simply wiLB
thy: discpssioiL
i:
ention to tlie new st
The selections are very pr
low. Big s
.£»
asft&
.4.
'» J
&~v^ u e n v e r
- B.iC.
SEVENTH
T H E LEDUrtt, NEW DENVER, B.C., FEBRUARY 1. 1900.
YEAR.
(d) To p u r c h a s e , t a k e o n l e a s e , o r in
exchange, hire, or otherwise acquire a n y
j r e a l or p e r s o n a l p r o p e r t y , live or d e a d
B ' g o s h , m y freri', S l o c a n h a v e g o t
.Monitor Mineral Claim.
i s t o c k , oi a n y e a s e m e n t s , r i g h t s , ' p r i v i D e foolishes k i n ' o f roan
. leges o r c o n c e s s i o n s , o r a n y i n t e r e s t
D a t ever struck dis c o u n t r y
Cabinet Solio
vl.-io, so prepaid
| t h e r e i n , n e c e s s a r y or c o n v e n i e n t for t h e S i t u a t e i n t h e S l o e a n Mining- D i v i s i o n of We;-t
Since dere ever was Slocan.
Film Cartridges, aixSJ. .lak.
K o o t e n a y Distiiet.
W h e r e loenled: S o u t h
C o m p a n y ' s b u s i n e s s , o r for d e v e l o p i n g
Y o u w a i t o n e leetle m i n u t e j u s t ,
of T h r e e F o r k s t o w n s i t e .
C(titer Supplies, sitine rates.
j o r u t i l i s i n g a n y of t h e C o m p a n y ' s p r o p - T A K
E N O T I C E t h a t I . H e r b e r t T. T w i j ; - . ; l s
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j e r t y , a n d to e x p l o r e , w o r k , a n d d e v e l o p • a « e n t f o r G e o r g e A . P e t t y . F . M . C e r t , N o .
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"Wit* p l a i n t e e m a n b e l o n g ,
ings, plant, engines, m a c h i n e r y ,
fixture, of i m p r o v e m e n t s , f o r t h e jjitrpn.se of o b t a i n
i n t r C r o w n a f r r a n t of t h e ; i h o v e c l a i m .
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. The direct route from
i mills, toads, railways, t r a m w a y s , canals,
n under'secS u p p o s e for m a k ' y o u s t r o n g .
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of sur.-li e c f t i t i e a i c of h n p r o v e u n - i i t - - .
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i t h e p u r p o s e s of t h e C o m p a n y , w h e t h e r
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SLOGAN CITY.
to all points East and West.
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S u i i f N i w a l-'.vaetioii .1!iucj-:il C J i i i m .
A u ' all d e feller w h a t b e l o n g ,
' a l l such financial, c o m m e r c i a l , t r a d i n g ,
The Wise Mother.
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Dey c o m e d e r e e v e r y d a y ,
'j or o t h e r o p e r a t i o n s . o r b u s i n e s s e s in conS h e is the wise m o t h e r w h o k n o w s when
lrtniTeil i n t h e S l o e a n C i t y .MiniiiK D i v i s i o n of First-Cia-ss Sleeiiers on all trains trom
A n ' t u r n upon an ol' gas p i p e —
n e c t i o n w i t h t h e o b j e c t s of t h e C o m p a n y ,
to bo conveniently blind. S o m e t i m e s a
West Koofoiiay Di.-trict.
Where located:
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Revelstoke-and Kootenay Ldg-.
f)n t i i e n o r t h s i d e of L e m o n C r e e k ; i-jinosite
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i.-l: W . B . ' W i l l c o x . F . M.C-. N o . «.i;i;ii- ff.
for St, Paul; Sundays and Wed; W h a t d e y call, " t r a v e l i n ' r i n i r . "
t h a t is u n p l e a s a n t and wisely j u d g e s of mutual consent, •dissolved the said partnerslnii <U Ir l, i e ( ',,„,,,.,,,., m - II-P lie/»oap nr vi.dH J . Kuhei-r.Sdii, F . M . C . N o . lii\?Ji: W i l l i a m C o i p The. said business will be continued bv the me '
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nesdays for Toronto: Fridays
t h e a p p r o p r i a t e n e s s of t i m e a n d seaeon.— dersifoicd
Archibald York, who will pay all lia- i to use t h e s a m e , a n d to a c q u i r e or cause I ,\I. C. N o . BShilS. a n d H e r b e r t U n u t i n u - . F . M . C .
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for .Montreal and Boston.
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bilitiesofsaid iirin, and to whom ail accounts : j 0 i, e a p p l i e d for a n d o b t a i n e d , a n v let-1 N o . Uti^iti. i t i i e m l . .-'i.vty J a y s I'r.'in t h e ' d a t e
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W h a t I h a v e h e a r d s o m e feller s a y ,
Dated at Sloean City. B.C.. (hi, 1st da v'of -hue i a ' P'ttCUt 01 c01)CeShlOl)h O. p l l U H g e s for a C••rtiiii-.-ite of Iinpr.,V!-ii)eiiis. for t h e purF o r a d a m p closet or cupboard, w h i c h is
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c e n s e s for t h e use of a n y s u c h i n v e n t i o n of s u c h e e r l iiicati- of i m p r o v e m e n t s .
disinfect the place. Renew the l i m e onceD a t e d tlli-' l!Mh d a y of D e c e m b e r . Dslilt.
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d i t i o n s as m a y be c o n s i d e r e d e x p e d i e n t ;
renew it as often as it becomes slaked.
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. t h i s c o m p a n y is a u t h o r i z e d to c a r r y o n , . • W i l t for I I . W . K e n t . K . A I . C . N o . ;V.tiS'l, T h o m a s d r e s s i n j r n e a r e s t l o c a l a y e n t or—
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close e x a m i n a t i o n . S p a r k s fly from l!:em
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t h e P r o v i n c e of B r i t i s h C o l u m b i a , a n d to p a y m e n t for a n y p a r t or for t h e w h o l e of
into i t in t i m e w i t h s u c h t r e a t m e n t .
RED .MOUNTAIN RV CO.
Also d e m a n . w h a t keep d e store,
c a r r y o u t or effect a l l o r a n y of-.the ob-1 t h e p r o p e r t y of t h e C o m p a n v sold or
in the. Sloean Mining Division of West
W h a t sell all k i n ' o f d r u g .
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Kootenay Distiiet. Where located: About
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(j) To i m p r o v e , m a n a g e , d e v e l o p , let ''PAKE NOTICE That i, Robert E. Palmer, as
u a t e a t N o . 10, F e n c h u r c h A v e n u e , L o n H e w o n ' t feel good h i m s e l ' .
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T h e a m o u n t of t h e c a p i t a l of t h e C o m all or a n y . p a r t or p a r t s of t h e p r o p e r t y Co. Ltd, F. M. C. No. B133S7. intend, sixtv davs
B y feller w h a t a t t e n d ,
p a n y is £50,000, d i v i d e d i n t o 50,000
of t h e C o m p a n y , o r a n y r i g h t s o r ease- from the date hereof, to apply to the .Mininjir Re.
Dei' t i g h t w i t ' t w o l o n g p i e c e of s t e e l ,
s h a r e s of £ 1 e a c h .
eorder for a Certificate of Improvements, for the
m e n t s in or over t h e s a m e ;
purpose of obtaining' a Crown Grant of the above
W i t ' r u b b e r on de e n d .
T h e h e a d office of t h e C o m p a n y in t h i s
D a t ' s s o d e y w o n ' t be v e r ' m o o c h e h u r t
(k) To a c q u i r e by o r i g i n a l s u b s c r i p - claim.
P r o v i n c e is s i t u a t e a t N e w D e n v e r , a n d
And further fake notice that action, under
By w h a t d e y call d e f e n c e ,
W i l l i a m ' ' H e n r y S a n d i f o r d , w h o s e a d - tion or o t h e r w i s e , a n d to h o l d a n d sell, section 37, must he commenced before the issuF o r "all d i s fuss in J i m m i e ' s C l u b
Has been on shift in the d r e s s is N e w D e n v e r aforesaid, is t h e o r o t h e r w i s e d i s p o s e of, s h a r e s , s t o c k , ance of such certificate)'of Improvements.
Dated this 10th day of November, 1S!)0. •
d e b e n t u r e s or d e b e n t u r e s t o c k , o r a n y
Is o n l y j u s ' p r e t e n c e !
Slocan for many weeks, a t t o r n e y for t h e C o m p a n y .
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o t h e r o b j e c t s of t h e C o m p a n y ;
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old fashioned to m , . ire a w o m a n to bo the
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d e l i g h t of m y eyes, oven if she should t u r n
of fnliy or p a r t l y paid sliart^s. or in a n y 'J^AIi K NoTi " K T h a i i . (,e.,rue ! | . A v lard A r g - e n t a a t 8 p . m . S u n d a y s .
o u t s u b s e q u e n t l y the worry of m y soul und
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the r u i n of m y p o c k e t . "
S t e a m e r s call at principal landing's
.. j for s e r v i c e s r e n d e r e d , or to lie r e n d e r e d . .I hi lui ee aht ee r e\ o, , .. . : ;I| 7. e n . y o . the Miiihi:.i,'ei-..rd -r I',-r | ;
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10 e y e .
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bounty Mr. Vnndiiin cites Mine. Kmilc de
to t h e C o m p a n y , or in phicimr. or a s s i s t - o h l a i n i i i i : a < 'l otvu i ir.-n.l ,.f I in- al o v e c l a i m w i n ' p s i g n a l l e d .
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is t h e finest t h i n g possible to p r o m o t e the
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on for a week, a n d t h e n wash well w i t h
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SLOCAN
JIMJttlE'S
CLUB.
T o Drive Out B o a c b e i .
If y o u h a v e any x-oaohos w i t h y o u , a n d
yoa w a n t t o get rid of t h e m , t r y t h e r e m edy s u g g e s t e d by a n experienced housek e e p e r t o t h o W a s h i n g t o n Star.
" C u c u m b e r s , " she, says, ' - a r e a m o s t effectual destroyer. S i m p l y scatter the peel
or t r i m m i n g s a b o u t in the pinees where
t h e roaches ETO seen. T h e roach e a ts t h e m
a n d thereby e n d s bis existence. In case
t h e roach does not feel h u n g r y e n o u g h the
first n i g h t a n d the c u c u m b e r is n o t sufficiently a t t r a c t i v e , t h r o w "the ' t r i m m i n g s
i n t o the etove tho n e s t m o t n i n j ; a n d set
o u t a fresh lot t h e in :a ni^Lt. ,/Phe green
ooloring m a t t e r t h a t kills the touches is
tbe same t h i n g that m a k e s c u c u m b e r s so
a n n o y i n g a t t i m e s to the - h u m a n f a m i l y . "
PHOTOGRAPHERS
CERTIFICATE OF IMPROVEMENTS
LOOK!
CANADIAN
AND SOO LINE,
PLANTIC u w tiiui
E. B. Dunlop
Kootenay Country
NOTICE.
Spokane Falls i i r t t a
Tlie all rail and direct route
between the Kootenay
..District and..
The 8=hour
All British Columbia Ponts
Pacific Coast Points
Piio-et Sound Points
Eastern Canada and the
United States.
Leaves Nelson 9:10 a. m.
for further inforiaiion.
"TENAY
RAILWAY
& NAVIGATION CO.
HE art of printing" has
made
.startlino- n(\.
vancement in recent
vears. 'The old faces are
passi.no- awav: tlie old style
of razzle-dazzle i)rintini>- is
no longer popular.
Every-
thing today must be clean-
cut well-balanced, and at tlie
same time snfticirntlv ornamenfal to '•ciifc
HAT'S the kind of work
ihiit we do in (he Job
Department of
ATLANTIC STEAMSHIP TICKETS.
T
We please our customers, and
we can give you the lowest, CERTIFICATE OF IliflPROVtiViEN'
We prinr anything in ihe
bellow riisTims
eonnnereial line. Mail orders
attended to promptly.
Millie i
I .Tiled tlii.s l'i! 11 i l n v of .luiimir.Y. Ilfm.
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THE LEDGE,-NEW DENVER, B.C., FEBRUARY 1, 1900.
SEVENTH YEAR
Established i n Nelson 1890.
'•Wife," said Ed. Wilbur, one morn- on and no time to get another set—and' for her health, and contented herself
• "in"-, as he sat stirring his coffee with the. widow and young Sackrider. Well, with sticking one of her little feet out,
one hand and holding a plum cake « " he must try and get them some how— with a long silk necktie over the end of
his knee with the other, and looked and no time to. lose, for some one 'might i t : " •
"What is that, Mr. Smiley? A neckacross the table into the, bright eyes of come along and ask him what he was
tie?"
fooling
around
there
for.
He
had
no
his neat little wife:
"Yes," said he, "1 bought it the other
•'Wouldn't it be a. joke to get Bill notion of spoiling his good clothes by
day,
and i must have left it in the bugwading
in
with
them
on,
and
besides
ii
Smiley to take Widow Brown to Bargy.
Never mind it."
he
did
that
he
might
not
go
to
the
widnum's show next week?"
"But,"
said she, "it was so careless,"
ow's that night, so he took a look up
"You can't do it. Ed.; lie, won't ask
and down the road to see that no one and stooping over she picked it up and
Iter, he's so awfully shy. Why, became
was in sight, and then quickly undress- made a motion to stuff it down between
up here the other morning when 1 was
ed himself, laying bis clothes in the them.
hanging out some clothes, and he lookBill felt her hand going down, and
buggy to keep them clean. Then he
ed over the fence and spoke; but when
r ran around the bank and waded into making a dive after it, clutched it in
I shook out a nightgown he blushed
the almost,icy cold water, but his teeth his and held it fast and hard.
like a girl and went away."
Watch repairing a specialty
Then they went on quite a distance,
did not chatter in his head, he only
"I think I can manage it," said Ed., wished they could. Quietly he waded he still holding her soft little hand in
As we only employ first-class
"bu< I'll have to lie just a little. But along so as not to stir up the mud, and his and wondering what he wotild do
then it wouldn't he much harm under when he got to the right spot he drop- when he got to Green's,- and she wonjewelers, all work guaranteed.
the circumstances, for T know she likes ped under the water and came up with dering why he did not say something
him and he doesn't dislike her; but as the teeth in his hand and replaced tlieni nice to her as well'as squeeze her hand,
The Kootenay Jeweler,
Mail orders receive our prompt
you say, he's so shy. I'll just go over in his mouth.
and why his coat was buttoned up so
NELSON, B. 0.
to his place and borrow some bags of
attention.
But hark! What noise is that? A tightly on such a warm evening, and
him, and if I don't bag hint, before I
what made his face and hat so dirty,
come back don't kiss me for a week, wagon, arid a little dog barking with until they were going- down a little hill
all its might, and his horse is starting.
Nelly." , • •. •
"Whoa! Whoa!" as he splashed and one of the traces came unhitched and
So saying, Ed. started, and while he floundered out through mud and water, they had to stop.
is mowing the fields we will take a look "confound the horse. Whoa! Whoa"Oh, murder!" said poor Bill. " W h a t
Heated with Hot Air and
at Bill Smiley. He is rather a good look- Stop, you brute, you, stop.", But stop next?"
Lighted by Electricity
ing fellow> though his hair and whis- he would not, and went off at a spank" W h a t is the matter, Mr. Smiley?"
Large, comfortable bedrooms a n d first-class dining room.
Sample rooms
kers show some grey hairs, and he had ing pace with the unfortunate bachelor asked the widow, with a start that came
Sells
the
for
commercial
m
e
n
RATES,
$
2
PER
DAY
got in a set of artificial teeth. But after him and the little dog yelping near pulling the robe off his knees.
MRS. E. C. CLARKE, Prop., L a t e ot t h e Royal Hotel Calgary.
Best Cigars in
everyone said he was a good soul, and after the bachelor. Bill was certainly
"One of the traces is off," said he.
so he was. H e had as good a hundred in capital running costume, and though
"Well, why don't you get out and put
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Baker St., Nelson, B. C.
acre farm as any in Norwich, with a he strained every nerve he could not it on?"
new home and everything comfortable, touch the buggy or reach the lines that
" I can't," said Bill. " I ' v e got—that
and if he had wanted a wife many a girl were dragging on the ground. After a is, I haven't got—oh, dear, I'm so sick,
would have jumped at the chance, like while his plug hat shook off the seat and what shall I do?"
a rooster at a grasshopper. But Bill the hind wheel went over it, making it
"Why, Willie," said she tenderly,
• J.
was so bashful—always was—and when as flat as a pancake. Bill snatched it "what is the matter? Do tell me," and
ASUO HOTEL
Susan Berrybottle, that he was sweet as he ran, and after jumping his lists she gave his hand a little squeeze, and
Family & Commercial.
NELSON.
" on (though he never said "boo" to her) into it, stuck it, all dusty and dimpled, looking into his pale and troubled face
C a r r v a complete stock of
got married to old Brown, he just drew on his head. And now he saw the wid- she thought he was going to faint; so
in his head like a mudturtle into his ow's house on the hill, and oh, what she got out her smelling bottle with her
arge
shell, and there was no getting him out would he do. Then his coat fell out and left hand, and pulling the stopper with
again, though it had been noticed that he slipped it on; and then making a her teeth she stuck it to his nose.
and solicit orders from any part of the province. Write for prices.
And
since' Susan became a widow he had desperate spurt he clutched the back of
Bill was just taking his breath for a
Comfortable
paid more attention to his clothes, and the seat and scrambled in, and pulling mig-hty sigh, and t h e pungent odor
had been very regular in his attendance the buffalo robes over his legs, stuffed made him throw back his head so far
Rooms
at the church that the fair widow at- the other things beneath. Now the that he lost his balance and went over
tended.
horse happened to be one that he got the low backed buggy. T h e little woFitted with every modern
But here comes Ed. Wilbur.
from Squire Moore, and he got it from man gave a shriek as his feet flew past
"Good morning, Mr. Smiley."
the widow, and he took it into his head her head, and covering her face with .convenience. Special protec"Good morning, Mr. Wilbur. What's to stop at her gate, which Bill had no her hands gave way to her tears, or
^—
NELSON, B.C.
tion against fire. Rates $2.50
the news your way?"
•miles—it
is
hard
to
tell
which.
Bill
power to prevent, as he had not possesand $3 per day.
"Oh, nothing in particular, that I sion" of the reins,besides he was too busy was right side up in a moment and was
COCKLE & P A P WORTH,
know of," said Ed., "only Barnum's buttoning- his coat up to his chin to leaning over the back of the seat humProprietors.
show that everybody is talking about, think of anything else. T h e widow bly apologizing and explaining, when
and everybody and his girl is going to. heard the rattle of wheels.and looked Ed. Wilbur, with his wife and baby,
I was over to oldSackrider's last night; out, and seeing that it was Mr. Smiley, drove up and stopped. Poor Bill felt
everyHiinir lint and I see his son Gus has got a new and that he did not offer to get out, she that he would rather ha"ve been shot
Nelson. B. C.
buggy, and was scrubbing up his har- went to the gate to see what he wanted, than have Ed. Wilbur catch him In such
ness, and he's got that white-faced colt and there she stood chatting with her a scrape, but there was no help for it
of his as slick as a seal. I understand white arms on the gate and her smiling" now, so he called Ed. t o ' him and whisAt E. M. BRINDLE'S, N e w Denver.
he thinks of taking the Widow Brown face turned towards him, while the cold pered in his ear. Ed. was like to burst
Full Line of Suitings and
to the show. He's been hanging around chills ran down his shirtless back clear with suppressed laughter, but he beckthere a good deal of late, but I'd just to his bear feet beneath the buffalo robe, oned his wife to drive on, and after say- Trouserings aWavs on hand.
like to cut him out, I would. Susan is and the water from his hair and the ing- something to her, he helped the
DR. MILLOY,
a nice little woman, and she deserves dust from his hat had combined to make widow out of Bill's buggy and into his
/'fc/ft/Vfc''
a better man than that young pup of a some nice little streams of mud that and the two women drove on, leaving
fellow, though I wouldn't blame her came trickling down his face. She the two men behind. Bill lost no time
in arranging his toilet as best he could,
much if she takes him, for she must be asked him to come in.
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and then with great persuasion Ed. got
dreadful lonesome; and then she has to
VANCOUVER AND N E L S O N , B.C. $
"No, I am in a hurry," he said. Still him to go home with him, and hunting
let her farm out on shares, and it isn't
Our Stock is t h e Largest in Kootenay
he did not offer to go. He did not like up slippers and socks, and getting him
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because he did not know what excuse sentable when the ladies arrived. 1
By jingo! if I were a single man, I'd
to make for not doing it himself. Then need not tell how the story was all
show him a trick or two."
he looked down the road and saw a
So saying, Ed. borrowed some bags winLc faced horse coming, and at once wormed out of bashful Bill, and how
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This is the story about Bill and the
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he war, in a hurry, he sail ad to go on
widow
just as I heard it from Ed. Wil"Confound that young Sackrider," to Mr. Green's place.
bur,
and
if there is anything unsatissaid Bill, "what business has he there,
"Oh," said the widow,
factory about it, ask him.
I'd like to know. Got a new buggy,
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going.-there myself to get one of the
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girls to help me quilt some. Just wait
sight of mine, and I declare I have a
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and I'll ride with you." And away she Certificate. Address, W. G. Watson,
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"Thunder
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said
Bill,
The wage question on the /Vheeling
ain't such a calf as he thinks 1 am, if 1
largest stocks in all departments in the West—Buttons, Sheetings, Linens, Dress Goods, Silks, Whitedid let old Brown get the start of me in '• what a scrape," and he hastily clutched and Lake Erie railway has been settled
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Ed could scarcely help laughing outrig - ht,but he hastily hitchedithe bags on light wagon, drawn by a light faced on the trip to the mileage system.
his shoulder, and with a low chuckle at horse driven bv a bov, came along and i T h e winter is half grown, but its mild
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"Here's your boots and socks, Mr.
widow's with his horse and buggy. He
jogged along quietly, thinking of tIn- Smiley, that you left on the bridge when J
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old singing school days—and. what a you went in swimming."
pretty girl Susan was then—and won"You're mistaken," said Rill; "they're
dering inwardly if lie would have, more. rift mine."
courage to talk up to her now. until at
"Why." said the boy. "'ain't you tiie
a distance of a mile from her cottage he man thai had tlie race, after the horse
came to a bridge—over a large creek — just now?"
and so it happened that just as he got
"No, sir, I am not. You had better
in the middle of the bridge he gave a gi- un about your business". Bill sightremendous sneeze, and blew his tet till e< at the. loss of his good Sunday hoots,
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they rolled over the side of the bridge
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switching them out of mv hands." The
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Words cannot do justice to poor Bili.: widow complied,and then he pulled one
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" : What a lovely evening," said she,
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while lie stepped out of the buggy, and "am! so warm we don't need the robe
to the traveling public
getting on his hands and knees looked over us, do we?"
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(You see, she had on a nice dress and
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