THE ICHAN EEAPE^^ f,- PUfaUSHBD WEEig-y AT pu?l^ B. C,

V0L.’Trr DV^C AN, B. a, SATuinnc^rHiBrTCp 3, 1906 "Vo. 19 '■

..T.^ iW.*s:t. -rr -.-i- =%= bwttaniam Tnes 3. p. mbiltoie News Notes Aa waa noted a few da^ & lAwHS preai dupatcfaea the atd^ p£„tjia ?^pTARY PUBLIC. ^rittania'Hinea, Ltd., was reported ReM BsUte, Inmnnce tad Financial Nanaimo, 9,. C. Feb. a8—Three Agent. to hare.made a phenomenal jnmp, WOMEN HISS IT thouaand tons rtpioents toW reaching ihe very higH figdre of If they do not examine onr b^irgains in catch of fishfoi Nana^o dnring the leason which dosed tonight The 12,600 per ebara. This report has •V' SPRING DRY GOODS last big catch of b'ening was be­ now been confirmed, the ^ews-Ad­ ocean Acddeat and Goarantee Corpof> have ocver before bad euch a large and tplcndi^ aaeortment of lieved to have been caught last night vertiser in its issue of Tuesday ation, Ltd. FASraONABLH FABBXC8, wd. ^is morning the herring c^epart- saying: Ur. C. H. Bobinson, Farma and Propeitiea lifted for tale. CATCHY ciBATJONS, ed for deep water and the spawning managing director of the Brittania Mort^'ca arruged at lowest ratea. DAINTY DESIGNS. gronndx Hines, Ltd., prsc(ioalIy confirms Duncan, B.C. (Unm PUCES WIUSOmiKYW. Por Economyr yonyou cannot^ord to pats the article published in last Satur­ them by. Yon are welcome to eza^pine and get ideas vhether After n^tiations been car­ day ’s Bewa-Advertiser, that Brit- yoq porchaae or nct< ried on for a number of months, a Uoia stock is wortk '$2,500 per ^ttd for Samples of onr Best English Prints at ta}i cento per yard. deal in mining piopeity was com share. completed on Wednadsy, whereby MUNICIPAL an English syndicate becomes the Provinci.1 Stock Sale.—Over sixty owners of five mineral claims 1Victoria's Prog^iye Mayor i sociation ot New Weatmiuste'r on March ..'1 lines New Method for Penni| macbino at Co$t Montreal, Feb. .8 .—The Cmd aj-sa. A catalogue of the pure bred stoc'a ian Pacific Railsray today forwarded offer^ is now in course of preparation and will be ready for isanann early next neat Improvements. to the treasnrei of the province of JIlso flowr Pdttt nn Sizes week. interested in the sale may Quebec a check for seven million obtain copiea by application to secretary Now Is Yonr Time To ^ecom Sonm Bargains At dollars. This represents the balance of the department of agWcnltisre, Vic­ due on the price of the Qnebec-Mon- toria. (Victorift Tiaet, Feb. ^.) Usyor Morley does aot intend al!owing W. P. JAYNES, The Arcade treal-Ottawa and Occidental Rail­ way running betwKO Montreal and ACCIDENT AT OOPFEI CANYON. bis policy of civic reform to stop at thd ■*^»**«-*^«.*;...... »«tt!-»?t<****t»**»**« complete ropprefrioB of gstnbling. He Quebec, which the Chapleati govern' On Wednesday morning while at has now another proposition under vny ment sold to the company in (88a, work on the new bridge across the which, he believes, will commend itself and on which the company has been Chemainns River, William Shearing to all reasonable ratenayers. It aims at The paying interest ever since. The am­ the systematUing of the annual expendi­ met with a very aeriqus accident A tures upon Mrporallon improvemento. »Sk^ ount is to be'applied ib the redaction DOMINION HOTEL btanch from a dead tree fell and hit Up to the present time the Mayor con­ of the provincial debt him on the head. He was carried tends that the repairs to roads, sidewallts YiCTOKlA. * C, to the hotel and at noon could not etc, have not been properly regulated, speak and was bleeding profusely that the appropriations gitmted for such Recently refarnitbed and decorated in the moit artiitlc manwnner Winnipeg, Feb. 28. —A co-o^r- purposes have been prompted to some ex­ from the mouth. The Doctor was ' Family anirciutneM Man's HoteL Rooms with hath attached. ative combine of western gfaii tent by favoritism, but more especially to sent for and attended the injured the petitioners having the wisdom or the - Ve inTite inspection. American Plan, $l.y> to $a..o per day growers for the purpose of handl­ man. Mr. R. Miller left on Thurs­ good fortune, as the case might be. to _pnropean Plan,‘Room or'y. 50c. to p-so p€T_iay. Freebna. ing products of the farmers, is a- day morning with a rig to bring the make their requirements known early in mong.tlie possibilities of the im­ injured man to Dnncan but at this the year^before the fnnds have become mediate future. The question was writing has not retomed. It is practically exhausted. Realizing this Stephen Jones, Proprietor. the Mayor simply contemplates introduc­ di^nased at a provincial meeting thought that Mr, Shearing is in a ing a '.tern in making such expenditure in Brandon and met with apparent precarious condition. which will result in more permanent work -1 favor. and in attention being given those thor' Sehl-Bantly oughfares throagbout the respective PLANT THE BEST wards which th'- city engineer tbipks Tlio anmml general meeting of PROPOSED CEMENT PLANT most need a‘ lention. The plan, he says, UTTONS Orchestral the Richard IIL Mining Company has been adjpted in qll modern munici­ Music Supplied for Dances, Bellingham, Feb. 27—Accord­ Limited, will he held at the regis ­ palities and would, if introduced here, be appreciated by Victorians. Concerts, Socials, Etc., Etc. ing to a report received in this tered offices of the Company at ^^EEDS Address The Mayor ’s proposal is by no means city, the worj, of the proposed ce­ Dnncan, on Friday, March 9th, at complicate. In conversation with a Just arrived from England n. BANTLY, Ylctorla. ment plant of Balfonr Gnthrie at three o’clock p, ro., for the pur­ Times reporter yesterday he explained it Kendall, on the line of the Belling ­ pose of electing officers and trans­ in general but. lucid terms. He stated The reception given Mr. and Mrs. ham Bay and British Columbia ia that be bad given the city engineer ior* acting general businrsss. structions to prepare a map showing the Cbt ea$b $t«rc Reid on their return to Duncan from to be oommenct-d at an early date. their honeymoon was a hearty one. trunk, first, second and third class roads In support of this report it is stat­ within the city limits, and clearly defin­ Mr. and Mrs. Conmyt on Saturday ed, tliat tliree carloads of machin­ The bachelors of the Duncan ing the permanent improvemento already R. B. ANDERSON, night last cleared their spacious din cottsnmmated. With such a diagram be­ ing room and quite a large number ery have been shipped to the ajte Wliist Club gave their annual so­ fore them the council would be in a pos­ 5EPARAT0RS of frieods gathered there when dan­ and a crew of men will begin work cial evening on Friday, the 23rd, ition to set aside in their estimates the cing was enjoyed until midnight. there immediately. —Colonist. of February in the Odd Fellows’ amount necessary for the maiotenaoce of Uneeda Tubular. the trunk roads, which of course bad al­ Mrs. Conmyt had a fine supper hall There were about sixty in Guaranteed for Ten Ycara. prepared and all present enjoyed ways to be kept in thorough repair. They attendance and one of those jolly would be able to follow out the same plan Portable Fire Places. themselves very much. Song and music wound up a very pleasant ev­ Montreal. Feb. 28.— Two hun­ times such as only the Whist Club with regard to the secondary slreeto. ening. All congratulate the hap­ dred sailors leave Liverpool on the Having agreed upon the figure needetl for Waltham and Elgin Watches knows how to arrange, was s|>ent. py couple and wished them a long, O.P.R. liner Lake Manitoba, such works it would then be possible to happy and prosperous life. Progressive whist was in dnlged reach something like a definite idea of March I2th for Vancouver as an in during the early part of the the money left for general improvements experiment of the Admiralty to evening, the honors going to Mrs. in the respective wards. The debating society seems to see how speedy, in case of necess­ Dickie, first ladies and Mrs. It is principally with the idea of ob­ money to Loan have died a natural death. Two ity, troops can be transported to taining this result that the Slayor has ON IMPROVED FARMS Pitt, booby: and Mr. T. Pitt, first formulated his plan. Having secured the meetings and no debate. We can the Far West. hardly understand the young men gent ’s and Mr. G. Colfc, booby; approximate surplus the council could the visitors’prizes were won by then divide it equally, according to the Tire Insurance Oltinen not taking more interest in some­ population of the three different scctiuns Miss Alexander and Mr. £. Cast- Farm and City Property thing that should be a benefit to into which the city ia divided, and the them. However, the fault is their Mrs. Smith, better known here ley. After the presentation of the expenditures could be placed in the most For Sale own. The opportunity has been aa Mrs. Keating, died on Saturday prizes the floor was cleared and necessary improvements, all of which could be carried out in such a manner as offered and Jiey have thrown it last in Santa Monica County, Cal. dancing indulged in until the early to render them permanent. As ihe vari­ funds Invested aside. Thare will come a time in Many here knew the deceased lady hours of the morning. ous undertakings were completed they the lives of some of them, when very well and will remember when could be marked off upon the map men­ P- R. BROWN ’td. they will wish they had taken a the S. S. Islander went down ;n tioned. Thus the funds expended each 30 Baoad Street, VICTORIA deeper interest ih debating. Lynn Canal, carrying to the bot­ year could be placed to the best advan­ Chemainus, March 3—W. Shear­ tage, and yearby >ear the appearance of tom of the sea, Mr. A. Keating ing who was brought to the hospital the residentiaTsections would l>ecomc a and bis two youngest sons. We here, from Copper Canyon is still credit instead of a disctedit to UicinaBi- crpality. * Subscribe for THE LEADER NOW ale iuUble td get Jnrtiealars. •ITT '» - •«-»(« V-

THB COWICHAH LBAPKR. 8ATURPAT. MARCH ,n, i^.

Mining Is going along very nice­ Improvements In eowicban Ctader ly 4 thp different camps;.dovelop- The Quality of Rooper Bros, timber eo and Around Dunc^ ment work is still being oarrliidon IdAoo&cturert ot moat vigoronsly. The Kdksiliab ROUGH and DRESSED H. SMITH, V. camp ia attroeting oonsiderablo at­ LUMBER ■ Mr. 6. S. Putts’ new store is Editor and Propiifetatv tention and those who recently vis­ BnlMlng Materia] a SpecialtT*. well under way and Contractor Cfiky ’s ited the camp and saw tlw late de­ Saw Mill: Cowichan Lake Road. Snbscripdoii, $3.00 per year. M(£ay hopes to have it completed velopments spdik very highly of - DUNCANS. B. C. Advertising Rates Furnished on about the middle of nc.vt week. it. Rnmor says that the ^ee Application. This will add to the appearance of Copper Company has bonght an­ THE GEM LETTERS TO THE EDITOR. Station Street and give Mr. Potts other laiga area of land on Mount much more room and nicer qnar- Sicker in the mineral belt. We I'lie Editor donaioUioId bimwlf rtit»n- sible for views cxpitsied by correspond- ■ Many other improvements Iiave not beard as to the late de­ T Barter stop ' are going on around the town. Mr. velopments of the strike at the Is Never Doubted I. RUTLEDGE, Proprietor. Blyth is building a neat picket one thohsand foot level, bnt believe Agent for STANDAao Stsam 'Lavifoav fence aronml his recently acquired The Americans over in Seattle it is proving satisfactory. AI- property; also I as bad his pretty It Is The Best and elsewhere seem to be making thongh the management is not say ­ little cottage painted,. and when R. H. WHIDDEN a great fnss over the ChinesoUov- ing a word, wo are looking forward linished he will hare a very neat W EELWRIQ T ernmcnt High Commission that to the time when we shall be able little home. Mr. Win. Richardson -All kinds of Wootl work. is now visiting tliat country, win­ to state that shipments are being Undertaking and Funerals taken is also building anewfenceaionnd made from that level. Tlie Mt. ERsmnson ing and dining, and driving. It his place and M.- C. Bazett is now charge of. looks as if they wanted to break Brenton Mines Company is Imndi- Real Estate and f.mcing his paddock. There are DUNCAN, X. that boycot. (Me lieap savvyj. capped on account of the bridge Insurance Agent also several other marked improve across the Cliemaiiuis River being mcnts being made. M or are the washed out some time ago, and In connection witli B. 0. Land & In alicnt a week the new Bank Investment Agency, Victoria QUAI5ICHAN HOTEL improvements confine .: totlictown the new one is not yet completed. FRANK CONT.UVT. Prop. of B. Jf. A. building will bo com- alone. Several new homes and Other prospects jn different places List Your Property With Me. pletinl and they will bo doing bus- Headquarters for Tourists and new bams throughout the Valley show up good so that renewed ac­ Phoenix Fire Assuranu itn'ss in their handsome new prem­ are cuoteniphued, besides a large tivity may he looked for in the Commercial Men. ises. This will be much handier Money to Loan IloaUfor hire on Sotnenos Lake. Excel. amount of laud will be cleared spring. tent Fiibing anti Hiinliug. Thi* Hotel for their patrons and will no doubt this summer. The new stunqiiug is sirictl.r first class and luis been fitted be the means of their getting Ibroagtaout with all modem convenience* machine will be steadily engaged What abont that experimental many new accounts. The fire­ BROOKS’ DUNCAN, B. a all summer and will make a vast farm for this Island? Would it proof vault will, wheA completed, diiterence on several farma It not be a good tiino for the people . be os substantial as any bank has, Pbotograpb snidlo has already made a big diSerence of this district to take the initiative KEAST’S and will be of service to those is again open on Mr. James Evans’ farm and al­ to get all the farmers and business having accounts. They will be VICTORIA CRESCENT so on Mr. Pavid Evans* place. It men of the Island to join in ask­ able to deposit their deeds or other has been working for the past ten Opposite Fir* Hall. NANAIMO, B. C. LIVERY ing the candidates now seeking el­ valuable papers for safe keeping. lays on Mr. 1). Evans’ farm where ection in Victoria, to a seat in the Rigs for hire at reasonable rates it has done e.vcellcnt work and has Dominion Honse how they stand When the Barber Was Off— thoroughly demonstrated its use­ on the question ? Althongh elect­ Tliere was a wild and woolly let TEAniNG On the first page of tliis issue, fulness. ed in Victoria they slioiild hare in Duncau last Monday and Tues­ DUNCAN, _B C we publish nn article taken fnm: an interest in the whole of the Is­ day when the ‘ Barber of Duncan’ the Victoria Times, re Mayor Mor- III a business way Duncan is land. was laid np with' la grippe. l-.-y’ a proposed method of handling lioroughly up.to-dute. There is LAKESIDE HOTEL mimlcipl affairs. Wo believe lotliing, from a needle to an an­ Cowichan Lake, Vancouver Seed Commissioner—W. C. M. BORN that our Peeve and Conncillors and chor. but what can be bonght here Island. ICilliam of the Dominion Seed de­ On Sunday, llotli February to in'erv rat payer in the distriic Our mer.-h lilts have thoroughly Stage leaves Duncans, E. S: N. Rnilwejr partment lias arrived from Ottawa the wife of Mr. George ].cwis, a Uonds.v, WetinCMiaj and Fridav. ,, * Would do well to rend this article. ii|>-to-daie slocks; our meat mar- He ia here to secure samples and son. The Best Fly Fishing on the island r.>r in many ways it is applicable .iots. drug : tore, Blacksmltli shops, investigate the cliaractcr of seed PRICE BROS., Props. i i-iht le-iv in Cowichan and C"in- tiiiimbing shop and watchmaker. On Sunday, 2Jtb I'ebmury, to offere-l for sale.—Colonist. meiitls I.s- if to.n. Wliile i rhe hi.-gc inipleniclit house, w.igon the wife of Mr. T. Barrett, a son. W. T. BARRETT not agio - will, Mr. Jlor’ey in ev.; . Dmicari. B. C. f.ytliiiu this isa semihle and goo l. ,,.|g Mr. Joscpii Vipo:id alioiily has MARRIED T.o np toalate Boot and Shoe muthud. 4 prepared or carries a better stock a crew of men np at the Lake pre­ A large crowd a-ceiiiblcd in the ?iaker. Re|tairs a specialty. Also :o siipjily tlie trade in any and all paring cainjis and putting in skid Mutiiodist Ciiui'cli, Mill liny, last linrnes repuirs. The farmers throughout the dis­ lines. I.oggers, miners, pro.sjx-ct roads on tho claims to be logged Saturday afternoon to witness the trict arc getting ready for spring • irs. larnie.-s. in fact every indiis- this seo,Qii and is otherwise pre- pretty wedding of Mr. Chester A. Work and the outlook for the com­ :rv and as to liotels; we have as paritig for active operations with Furiiiaii, the po|,iil.ir liral.eman on Fop High Class ing season is very bright. T'nerc g.jod os any in tlie provinco, and full crows. La t week another jilieE. vk N. By. to Miss-A. E. will be quite a large increase in the :!ie service is of the best as is party of timber cruisers wet 1 Freeman, daughter of Mr. and GROCERIES .acreage this year. The mild winter howii hy the remarks of many to the Lake with a view to locating Mrs. James Freeman of Sbawrii- and fine weather has given them a j ;,.:,veilers and tourists from all i'waiil.-ii with C.tna liaii silver, so biisiiics.s to clear up from last se.v bride’s parents. Siib3ci|ucntly Mr. Provincial Land •J'.t ti’.at a .c.v sensible men saw in * anvone iiaving I'nitc I .States sou aiol bis should be attended to land klff. Fiirimni boaideJ the eve­ Survyor. a lev ho-nrs. It looks like work :colas is.-ttn- get tbem exr .rigeu |so tbo ciiib can have a clean sheet ning tr.aiii amid showers of rice Land aud Mine Surveying. f ir the lawyers. ai li.e a. il Lank. No ilei.l.t as! t,, start the new season. It is to lie and liest wishes of their many ______I s le. :1.1s order is carr: ■. ont.jbojie lt'nitattliopostpoiicdmoet. friends. Beth Inide and groom Duncan, B.C. 1 A ac. ieiiii silver will not be taken ! ing tbe.e will be a largo atteiid- Were the recipitnits of many liand- We .=re by the Naniiimo Ilerab!:3-j,..- 'jais is a move in the atice. B,iiie and useful presents. WM. DOBSON :':i:ir the C. P. R. has is-nel a new'rigat direetloii as there i.- no rea­ aAi^aCsVPAIKTFR anUanil A/VaCKPAPFR cXA^ulLKHAVPPB Maud niaji. showing tlie diiifen- son why Canada should not coin sfitis or the L. vk N, land grant l,er own inonev- Now is tiie time to prune your Sjmdc.s, SIiovcIs, Spading forks, DUNCAN. B. C. -.tid tile pr.iji isvd route of new ex- ______I_ ____trees. Get a pruncr i.'oiii J’itt and j Gardenj Garden Rakes, Hoes, G.ardcti Poultry netting in all sizes cart r. Iisi.ii. of the railway. -It will b.-; Remeinber: That wiiatcver kind j Peterson. They liavo them with 8 Tiowcis, in fact Garden tcois for be had from Pitt and Peterson at . Interesting to g< t cep}- of til is of seed you niay wisli, y.iur w.aiitsiand 10 font bandies. They aho every ptirpoft at Pitt and I'otar. lowest possible prices. tnap. will be iilled by Pitt and Peterson j ln*ee itpt-‘.V Pumps, son’s. pr5‘^3»?-3w • . I 3 i ■J-rn' --i

.«.. / ■ TffiS C0mCHANLBABBR,8ATtritbX^ MARCH 3. 1906.

Kobt. 6rai$ii« Son Prepare for the March Wlilds • . U. ^ -s- • • - By buying a bottle cf General Blacksmiths Cocaiiinil Personal

HORSE SHOEING _ WITCH HAZEL sifs.'c. !it,'lHi:kie was^’ijlrn On, . a specialty. CREAM Thtiid’aV. . ^ 25 cents a bottle ^tafidn St.. DUKCAS. B. C. Setiool Inspector Wilson spent the latter part of the week in Duncan, 1^ Qentrm iuspixtihg the.school wdrk. 4DERLEA HOTEL • • *• rra^pUoD Dn%}tia*. Mr. V. Seyrup, the butter makn *6est iresla, ‘VViries, Liquors (hnd at the cf^mery, is very sick 'and For quick service use the ■cigars. unable to work. We hope be will ^ TtsMng aad RvativgiM ibt soon be better. Long Distance Telephone^ imtdiate Uktatt? • • , to Victoria, Nanaimo Van­ Rates )l. per dsy. W. GATT, Prop. Kenneth Ilnghes was a r'isitor couver and Other Points. DUNCAN, R C in Dnncan Hinrsday, doing bnsi- ness for his firm, Wilson-Brof. of Victoria Pitt and Peterson are showing • • • Duncan ’s Saddler the Tyee Snatch Blocks and Log ­ Isaac Allard trapped a pair of and ging Tools, nthich are undoubted­ very nice otter at, the headwaters Harness Maker ly the best make on ti e market. All kinds of repairs done of the Cowiehaii river this week. • • • Tliey also have logging chains cheap rates. Mr. Futcher, who bought in with made np in 14 foot iengtlis with W. J. WHITE JamesViaitland-Dougall in the in­ two hooks and swivel, made of surance and real estate business, ar 5-16 and 3-8in chain. C.all and in­ G. A. HARRIS rived in Duncan Thursday morning spect the Snatcli blocks and Chain r • • • and get prices. House, Sigu'gDd Carriage Painter. Miss A. Lowery, late of A. Camp­ R.P. Rithet& Co. Limited, Agents; Victoria B.C Paperhanger and Kalsominer. bell & Co.. Victoria has accepted a Tliere will be a special meeting Dcncan. B. C. position with Messrs. Pitt & Peter- » of the King's Daughters on Mon­ METlIODISrr CHCKCH. If You Want SOD. day the 5tli of March. Tlie circle, • • • Sunday service at 7. p. m. GOOD TEA here intend to have a stall repre Mr. Walter Ford has purchased Sunday sclibol at 2.30 p. m. P. FRUMENTO an interest in the stumping machine seniing the well. known hook. call at Groceries Boou and Shoes, Dry acd is now in charge of the plant. Crawford, at the Literary Fair to Pres'nyterian service Sunday at 11 iL m. in the Methodist Church CASH STORE Goods, Ac., Ac. Mr. Ford is well qualified to handle be held by the Order in May next, the same and under bis charge great­ at Victoria. All iiiemliers are par- They have been appointed Agents as cheap and as good as er results are looked for. ticnlarly requested to help. for the Famous Joseph Tetley's can be purchased anywhere. ANGLICAN CUURCn. • • • • • - Teas. The largest Tea Firm in the HOTEL ACCOMMODATION. Mies Pottinger, who has been St. Peter's 8,30 a. m. acd 2.3c p.m. World. Try them. Sample Free. ' Our'ibwn is'steadily growing. Post Office In Building. teaching school at Soincnos for al­ Snmenos, iia. m. Dnncan, 7.15 The Oowichan Lumber Company C. BAZETT, Duncan, B. C most a year left on the first inst. p. tn. Cowichan Station, - B. C has let a contract to Mr. Waltei She is sncceeded by Miss Murry of Ford to bnild a two story residence Kicola, who arriv^ on Wednesday on their lots opposite the creamery A. HOWE evening. Dr. Garesche begs to announce • • • which will, when completed, odd FAMILY BUTCHER greatly to the appearance of the that he has 'removed his offices E. W. Molander, of Port Town­ Branches at Croftoti. Mt. Sicker town. We understand this resi­ from the Five Sisters’ Block, t< GOWIGHAN send, arrived in Dnncan nn Wed dence is for Mr. Wm. Gidicy who nesday last and registered at the intends moving his family to Utin- iatwceii Dongles and Blanchan! tice. LEADER Tzouhnlem Hotel. can. As the Company is logging Streets, Victoria, B. C. The best assortment of Island “ • • and Mainland Bi-ef and Mutton again at the Lake, Mr. Gidley now Mr. Joe Martin is relieving Mr. constantly o’l liand. JOB finds it necessary to he here all Grimmuson of Chrmainns for a the timo. CHEMAINUS, B. C. PRi^TBNG few days, as station agent at that • • • J, R. SMITH place. • • • Three new safes stood in the General OF ALL Mr. Thoe. J. Cornelius of St. station warehouse on Monday of D. R. Rattif Louis, Mo., arrived in Dnncan on this week. This looks as if on; I Dealer in .AgricuUtiral Imp]emei;U. V.'.;,--- Blacksmith ]ont, Carrinacs. Harnr,.. Ctratu Wednesday la^t aird went np to merchants were preparing to take ■ Separators, liicycies a:al Acceuunea Ksr^o's Iltpni.-s bf All Kiials l*ro;ur, ’h Mount Sicker on the stage. We care of tlie money they expect t.* WTieelwripht and Bicycle Kepaus understand be is going to set np handle this season. Attended to 'u:oinptlyaucn,ied to. Bill Heads the rrew diamond drill recently re­ Horse Shoeing a SpeclaUv. | Agent Fcr E. Q, Prior ft Co. ceived by tlie Tyee Copper Co., Messrs. I'itt A Peterson -i.ljij id with which they are to do e.vten- n-.-—a,..,, b! ° Letter Heads in 2,000 feet of 1 inch and 'd.t.'OO sive prospecting. feet of i inch cable for Mr. Jusepli, • • • Vipond to be used at hU iagyii.g Mr. E. Casticy has installod a Cards camps at Cowieha’i Ijike ti.issani. NOW OPEN List fire rdarin system in Duncan, coni- conUnins .s.ninnles of lb-.- iner, the total weight being ibiOb j ; pletiiig the same this week. It pounds. 'id. ’ H. MENZiESr farms i is semi-private ns all who-had a 1 Dealer iu listed for sale on Up=to=-Date I bell installed paid for their ladng C.ISCiRi'S, BOOTS AND SHOiS, O'.Y I put in. There is one at Keast's Mr. A. N. Parry of (’..wieb.an C10D8, ETC. Vancouver Island Printing of i livery stable, one at C. Grassio's Station, inforinc.l a Le-ider rrj.re tV„-L!V.-.;:: .iitn:.’.ur,v.-..r.n- J ^ If >0:1 have .-I che.ip proisni Iiouse, one at Peterson's house, sentative that he !i:if awn-de I the auu.:pg. ituhlstr lVe,t.s. e. , >’• me one at II. Keast's house ami one at contract for the Voting M ei'.t .\s A T.ialsolicit-.l. IT O'P'T T PAR'jV'Q

Ail Kinds II. Smith’s house. Anyone ring ­ sociation biiiUiingto sMr. Vd. Mv-j ing one will ring them ail. Tiiis Kay and work will coiniiii*i:;v at| Look at Ihefe is a good thing. vsj oclelG if a lire once. It will he otimsiv Mr. .\.! I'.ARM ufrroacres. 15cultivate.!,: ■ SHgPPiNG should occur at nigiit. Blyth ’shouseand will have gym- i j-jENRY FRY , *,.B0 ^ • • • nasium, billia^l room. rt;t Civii Kngiueer,. acres, ciearci: Sroou, ben- RECEfiPT Mr E. F. Miller, wlio for nearly room and a ^rallorv »»n «i;u* lor: , • T T l »'anis. orchanL water frontatje. f .o years past iias been wiili Mr. spectators and will he H:t

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BRITISH NORTH AMERICA 6raod DatM $wee|) |8TABUSNE0 im PAID UP CAPITAL, £1,000,000 STO, RESERVE niRD, £420.000 8T0 Drawn atT^ouhaiem Hot^l, Dupcan, B. C. London Office~5, QracechurcH Street, E, GENERAL MANAGER,—H, STIKEMAN, Montreal riarch 29, 1906 Race to be Run at Liverpqpl March 3qtlY General Banking Busing Transact^. BAT^ RWNEY- QREWERS Collections«aiSeJcen the most fafotable ^oney to be divided as follows: % 4 ■' rates. Eayable without charge at aqy. chattered ist Horse, 60 cent, and Horse, 3^ percent 3t^ Horse, per cent Special facilities for making Xelegirtphic Trans­ • Less ib per cent for expen^. ' fers. Bank in Capada, Yukon Territory c Rcepted, Drafts issued on all parts 9I the worl^ issued at thf following rates, viz. TICKETS, $2.50 ■ RAVINGS DEPARTM^T $5.00 and flpder - T 3 cents Interest allowed from date of fir^t de­ $ S'fW to $!p.op , -6 cents posit at highest cjrrrent rate, and contpounded Over J^o.<» ^ $30.00 - , 10 cents Over $3o^Jp $50.00 - - 15 cents T,m Dnb P. L Jialf-yeariy NOTICB AND All change ^vertisements UNDERGROUND MINE DUNCAN BRANCH, A, W. HAN HAM, M’g’r. and notices muBt be in the SUF^VEYOR office by Wednejiday noon SOMENOS, V.l. B.q. FOR SALE—A first class Duck to insure publication. FOR SALE Lewoomm boat, built by Brooks Pattern Sys ­ Dunepn SALE—One Horse qniet to tem. 15ft Jong, 3ft beam. Price $10. DRAWING, PAIHTIHG, WOOD GARVIHe will be given in Dnncan every Saturday House and 3 Lots $2P00 For further particulars Apply this Advertisements in MEAT MARKET morning during the winter. For terms ride and drive 850 ofiSce. LOCAL meats This Paper Will Ben­ apply to One Mineola cart 20 FRgSH FISH EVERY FRIDAY e, r. RivAz One Organ, 9 stops complete, VOR S.M.E.—no acres fine land efit You ■Dnncan P. 0. CHOICE H.\MS and BAfON tritli stool, all in perfect or­ 14 acres cleared, 12 acres slaslied. good 8 roomed house, barns and der, 36 ritCSH SAUSAGES DAILY Market Report. One Lady ’s liigliest grade stable, J mile lake frontage, 21 Hooper Bros, are doing a good We shall pnblish corrected weekly miles from Dnncan. Apply A. R. GEO. COLK, Prop, business shipping Iniqber to Alnn- Massey-Uarris free wheel bi- market reporti in this column. Cyle, nearly new, 40 Leader office. 26-2-00 itoba, baring slapped ten care al- One good 8-in. hole stove ready. Npw tlist they have tliely FRESH MILK delivered twice at Hay, $15 pomplete with reservoir and derrick np they can load about GRAIN J day. Apply to D. IV. Bell, J warming closet. Only used Eggs for Hatching three cars a week. This is much OaU, Unnean, B. C. $>5 one mouth 40 From Pure Bred Barred easier and mnelr faster than pre wnieat $40 Dairy Chop Plymoiitk Rocks...... Yionsly. $13 ■ peerless Incubator, 100 Chop, WANTED 81.50 per Setting. $aS 1 egg ca|)acity 15 1 WANTF.n.—A Silver spangled 88.00 per Hundred. Shorts, $a* Apply to C. J. Eaton, Cobble Hill The wreck of the Valencia on the Bran. Wyandotte cockerel. Apply H. Mrs. Frank Leather $>7 i rough coast of Vancouver Island VEGETABLES ffO.tf SALE. —A quantity of Min­ M. Leader o:T;cc. Mercsidc, pancan Station. B. C. Potatoes, points several lessons, some of which $an ing Tools. The Steamer Walbran, Onions, per lb„ 3Jv -V • FOUND—An Irish Terrier Pupp,-. The have been shown belore, but not till at Cowichan Lake, also Ciibbage, 05 owner can have same by paying ex­ heeded. Wrecks such as this the MEATS Four mineral claims at Cowichan penses. public seems to get hardened to, Ham, •aq Lake on which the assesment work Miss Wilson, Duncan. Read The Leader such furnish scareheads for news­ Picnic Hams, .I1J4 Dacon, bas been completed. papers and are promptly forgotten .aq For further particulars apply to Dry Salt Pork, -■5 THE D'J*IC.4KS MIKING & DEVElOPIB’lfr in a week' The callousness to the per dojufresh A. R. WII.SON' *7>i- GO.; LIMITtO. preventable wholesale sacrifice of Sugar, r>rr gco lbs.. 6 oq Liquwtor, Du.vc.ans .Mikikg In Liquidation. J.WENGER, human life is awful! Rice, per sk.. 50 lbs., 3*5 -\SD Dkvei.opmest Company. NOTICE is hereby giren that hy extra­ The Clallam disaster is barely for­ FLOUR ordinary General rcroluLiun of tile Com­ Hungarian, per bbl.. THE PIOHEER ITATC/f H/{KEH /{HD gotten before the Valencia goes 64a FOR SALB.-~BEES,-Apply Ibis pany passed on the 16th Deccinber 1905, Three Star, . 6 oo JEWELEfl. ashore, lile preservers prove false to o0ee, best, ' office. it was resolved that this -ompanv should ■55 be would up voluntarily and the under­ their name, as a result of official Tea, .35 and .50 signed was therchy aiipointed I.irjui.lator. «r WOffK CAN ALV/AYS carelessness, both in Canada and the FRUIT FOR SALE.—A Good general Notice is also given that all persons BE RELIED Oil. United States, which may be due Apples, per box. I --j having elairus against the Company must purpose team. Weight, about a6 either incompetercy or graft in of­ Coal Oil, per case send the saute duly verified, to me before $3.00 cwt. Apply. —Price Bros., Tzouba- ficials. Whether the Dominion or the IsL of March, 190'i; after which dale 90 eooernment Street lem Hotel. the assets of the company wilt he distri­ British Columbia governments Uictona • • • • B.e. should provide life saving stations E. F. PANNELL 1 buted. All persons indebted to the Com­ 1 FUR SALE—140 acres of tine are required to pay their indebtedness to we do not know, but tlie situation PAINTKr. A.ND Decobatob. liottuin land; 40 acres cleared, me forthwith. at the south end of Vancouver Is­ Cowichan Btatinn,, B. C, Dated this 39th day ofJoouiry, tqofi. buildings, etc. Apply Jt. M land is a disgrace and opprobrium A. R. V. iiAoN I/eadcr (tfiice Li'afiu.vroa. TZOUHALEM HOTEL on the name ‘ British.’ The United PRICE BROS.. Props. States boat crewrs are frequently LODGES. I'OU S.\LK.—160 acres of Tim- lacking in discipline, and the boats lier laiiid on the Kuksilali River. DUNCANS STATION TEMPLE LODGE No. 33, A, F. a A. L. EATON & CO. carry rotten appliances, but it is no M. meeti in tlicir hall tfac and Saturday For particulars apply to Vancouver Island.- excuse for life saving apparatus and in each month, at 7.30 p, m. Viliting AUCTIONEERS. Brethren invited. Mrs. C. Melrose, L’obblo Hill P. (I. Stage leaves for Cowichan Lake on Mon­ telegraphic or telephonic communi­ Real Lstate and Con>u:i Mcrcb.Tnts. day .Wednesdav and Fridav, and for Mt. cation from a point at which danger For .sale,—G Good Milk Cow, Farm Sales a Spedaiiy Sicker Daily. is always known to be present. E. BRYKJOLFSON liniot and Gentle. Two of tlivm Fort Street, VICTOUI.\, n. C. If the legislators were discussing Concrete and Cement Work of all Kinds. fre.slt t-alvml, others will calve a railroad charter there would be Septic tanks a specialty. Estimates gie* en. Address la Ridge Road, Victoria or sliortlv. Address The Local Section Foreman, Mr. A. A. Cruwston was in Dnncan the keenest interest, but practically Harry Smith, Dnncan. W. Ford A. Dirom. is workiitg a crew of In­ on Saturday, Sunday and Monday- no effort has been made to improve Hniican, B. C. dians these days. The Chinese he last, a guest at the Qnaraiclian. things since the loss of the Clallam had working quit. They wanted (not at the same spot as the Valen­ FOR 8AI.E —2 Cvplters Inciibat- Wliile hero he was buying dog ­ higher wages. Mr. Dirom. however cia) to save life on the British Col­ Smoke The or.a. c-ipauity 220 eggs. Price. wood. Ho was out with Mr. Joliii says the Indians are better men. umbia coast line.—Farmers .Advo­ 825 eacli. Apply to Cliecke it Laiiiont and it is rninored tliat he This Chinese question is getting cate, Winnipeg, Feb, 14. bonglit quite a bit of standing Barclay, Shawrtigan Lake P. () serious. dog-wood timber for what purpose M. Bn FOR SALE.—A pony, two wiieel Mr. A. Aitken ie to represent Will the person who tcok a silk we failed to learn. It is evident e