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/^J^i^C^li. 6^L^-^-£^u_ PROSPECTOR. Vol. 3, No. 7. LILLOOET, B. C, FRIDAY, AUG. 24, 1900 $2.00 a year. claims is a somewhat difficult matter^ .the winler. There is very liklihood of LEGISLATIVE ASSEflBLY. the Lake Bennet and the Chilcat Pass as only a packtrail, and a poor one at the deal materializing as from theopinion charters have been refused. that, has been put in. The same trail, expressed is very favorable. In the Victoria B. C. August 19th:—After The Hon. Joseph Martin, contrary to however, affords ingress to several other meantime the owners will continue to hours debate on Thursday last, the his established reputation proving a propositions, and as some eight different run their arrastras and from reports re twelfth budget presented by the Hon. quitter in the present race. During the The dredge across the river at Horse packing outfits travel, it is hoped ceived lately are keeping up the weekly Mr. Turner who has had a seat in the budget debate he was absent from the Beef Bar is working away and is getting by the miners of that section that a returns. With such a large property of house since 1887, was formally passed. House, and the real work and leader up the gravel satisf ictorily. small government grant will be obtained such good value with a strong company The opposition made no objections to ship of the opposition appears to have to help out their own expenditure upon at the head, the Biidge river section and the vastly increased expenditure in fallen upon the shoulders of Mr. Curtis. A meeting of the Anderson Lake Min the trail. Lillooet generally will be developed into spite of the fact that it exceeded the re The Opposition having placed them ing and Milling Company will he held Mr. Brown left last week for the east a mining country second to none. venue by half a million of dollars. The selves on record by exceptionally strong in Ashcroft on Wednesday where busi to bring out his wife and family, aud is total expenditure is placed-at $2,220,000 labor and anti-Chinese and anti-Charter ness of importance will he transacted. expected to return very soon. of which nearly one third will be dev promoting resolutions, are said to be Horse Shoe Bend. oted to public works. Amongst these about to drop these questions for the P. V. Heath this week purchase! an A Timely Warning. A change of property in the Lower items the following appropriations are present session in spite of the fact that interest in the Royal, Duke and Lerov Bridge River has led to the prosecution Editor of THE PROSPECTOR found. AVest Lillooet, $15,200; East they still have numerous motions stand mineral claims, situated on Cadwalla of development work up in that section DEAR SIR,—Kindly permit space Lillooet, $7,000; North Yale, $28,250; ing untouched. [During the passage of der and close to the Lorne and Wood which will probably lead to the expendi in the columns of your paper West Yale, $16,000; East Yale, $38,700; the estimates, which ran into night chuck groups. ture of several hundred thousand dollars to call the attention of the Cariboo, $19,700; S E Kootenay, $15,500; sessions, Oliver of Delta, in spite of the in the mining industry. The lease has public and authorities to an overgrown N E Kootenay. $22,250,; Nelson, $11,200; Opposition stand for the fast driving of The pipe monitors etc, for the Scum heen held by the Bridge River and evil in this the Bridge River country it Rossland, $22,250; Slocan, $38,800; while business protested against being kept S"um hydraulic is at Seaton Lake and wil I Lllooet Mining Company, a Hamilton, appears that if a Si vash or any number an appropriation of $30,000 has been out of his bed and also urged by way of be moved along at once. The gang of Ont., affair, and comprised 15,000 feet of Siwashes, wish to have a drunken granted to the Cariboo main trunk road joke, that the sessional indemnity to the men at work on the ground have every at the junction of that famous stream pow-wow they have only to retire Bridge and one of $2,000 to the Lillo'oet-Lytton members be increased along with the thing in readiness for the pipe and when and the North Fork. Upon the latter River anywhere frOm Gun Creek to Cad trunk road. The usual ferry subsidies salaries of everybody elee. In the it arrives will speedily put it in place. It 3,000 feet are situated, while on the wallaker will do, here they are quite have also been made. In the details lobbies a member is credited with a de is the intention to work the benches this main river the property extends 3,000 safe (as no official of the law will inter under the head of education the salaries sire of forming a union amongst the fall and during the winter the dam will feet above the Fork and 9,000 feet more fere) to carouse to their hearts content, of teachers are shown to have been re members, having as its object, ihorter be rebuilt. down the river. and will also be honored with frequent stored, the monitors in particular being hours and longer pay. The remark of sociable visits from their numerous raised from $30 to $40 per month. The For some months Mr. W. W. Brown, Mr. Mclnnes on budget night that the The mill at the Toronto-Lillooet Gold white tillicums, who of course can add ptinciple is found to apply to the salaries of New York, was occupied in prospect Provincial Secretary was not responsible Reefs Co's property is now in good very valuable information in the school of civil servants, the reductions of 1898 ing the big property, which comprises for what he said raised the ire of that condition, but has been running rather of cups. having been swept away. A special the benches on either side of the creek, gentleman, who did not allow the inegular the past week, owing to the grant has been made to supplement the and found the result sufficiently flutter It ie well known that only a short dignity of a portfolio to prevent him screens not being quiet right, but will be incomes of the sheriff"., and the salaries ing to lead him to return East. There time ago as a resub of one of these de promptly inviting the member from replaced with new ones in a few days. of the Country Court Judges, sitting as four of his friends joined him in forming bauches a Kloochman attempted sui North Nanaimo to step outside. Being The rock crusher has been replaced by stipendiary magistrates have been re the B idge River DevtlopmentCompary cide by drowning which no doubt she called to order he ended by saying that the one from the Cache mill which is vised at the old rate of $500 per annum with a paid up capital of $750,000, and would have accomplished but for the lie would speak to him at another time. working fine. The superintendent and provision made for the payment of the 14 leases were taken over. Return timely rescue of some white friends who, The next morning, however, Mr. Mc Cololen G. T. Rives, has found tlie ore arrears from December 1st 1898. The ing to tiiis Province, Mr. Brown at once by the way, should bo recommended as lnnes tendered an apology, which was to be of a peculiar nature of a eolid mas restoration of the London agency has began operations and already has a eligible to wear the Victoria Cross or accepted. sive sulphide and much harder to crush been assured bv a grant of $10,000. Lib larjje number of men at work upon the some other mark of distinction. than anticipated and consequently, the eral giants in the lump sum of $55,000 While the house as a rule is as serious ditches, with the expectation of gett.ng a As the police and magistrates of the rolls are not putting through as much are to be made to the hospitals of the as a prayer meeting, amongst the new portion of the property ready for a moni district must be cognizant of the matter, as was expected. The values are in the province, those of the city being cal members, a tendency ia noticeable to tor next spring. Between July 1 last, as it iB of no recent origin, but has been ore and whatever drawbacks laboring culated on a per capite rate, and tbe loosen up things a bit. And so Mr. when^woik was commenced, and the going on for many months and is well under now will be overcome. others iu bulk. The grants to resident Oliver has been poking fun at Mr. Mc end of the season it is expected to spend known all over the district, I fail to see physicians in 12 districts have also been Phillips for his perpetual making of about $35,000. This will bring 5,000 why they continue to ignore the matter restored. Amongst these are Clinton, speeches. HiB latest break occured after inches of water from the North Fork so long. Perhaps they are waiting for Thomas Thomas arrived in town this Quesnellie Forks, Cadwallader Creek, midnight on Thursday when noticing down into that portion of the property some more serious ending of one of those week from Fire mountain eection where Nicola and Trout Lake.

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