JvegislatiVe ^ is* P APR 18 UFm Crofton flazem ^ORIA,^ Ss^ AN..D. COWICHArr»w/TriJAMN MEW/NEWOS Devoted to the Mining and Agricultural Interests of , Texada Island, and Coast Mainland Districts.

VOL. 1. CROFTON, B. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1902. NO. 8

MINERAL ZONE OF NORTH COWICHAN DISTRICT. present known, is about 1,200 feet, and if it maintains its continuity to the west coast it should cross the Alberni Canal (William ,M. Brewer in the Engineering and Mining Journal). near its entrance to Barclay Sound. But instead of doing •this the zone apparently wedges out near Cowichan Lake, OUNTS Sicker puuBrenton, which are separated by while another vein of schistose rooks, very similar to those of the Oheinadnus River, are located within a few miles the region, occurs on China Creek, about twelve M of 'Horseshoe (Bay (' Harbour), Osborne miles from the head of Alberni Canal. and 'Maple Bays, on the east coast of Vancouver On Mount Sicker there is one feature connected with the Island. Discoveries of copper-gold ores were first made near •mineralized zone which deserves attention. It is that on the thi? summit of Mount Sicker in 1897, when the Lenora mineral northern boundary of the schist a well-defined, persistent ledge claim was located. Later followed the location of tihe Tyee of hungry-looking quartz occurs. This has up to the present claim, adjoining the Lenora on the east; the Key City, Vic­ time marked the northern limit of the local occurrences of ore, toria, Copper Canyon and Susan to the west of the Lenora, the southern limit being as equally well defined and marked with the Key City adjoining that claim, and the others situ- by a dike of ponphyritic rock, which at the contact between it

LENORA ORE SHKDS AND DUMP.

ated in the order named. The boundaries of these claims and schist has a peculiar appearance, and resembles a body of east and west em'braee all the ground 1,500 feet wide from the dirty .brown, melted gutta percha with white nodules as im­ extreme summit of Mount Sicker across the , pregnations through it. When struck with a pick or drill this almost to the summit of Mount Brentou, and present at tlie material is found to be a soft 'but spongy-like India rubber. present time the productive portion of the district. A largo Its thickness varies from a few inches up to two feet, and \ number of other claims have been staked, and partially pros­ when exposed to the air it slacks and breaks up like shale. pected, north, south, east and west from those designated by This material has bzeen noticed by the writer in the under­ name. ground workings of both the Tyee and Lenora mines, but it. The Mount Sicker district may be considered to occupy a has not been noticed on the surface, although he is informed position almost at the line of demarcation between the sedi­ that it can be found at some points marking the contact. mentary rocks and tlhe crystalline area. A izone of schisit The character of ore occurring in the zone of schist, is occurs extending from 'Maple Bay, on the east coast, through chalcoipyrite with an iron pyritc, the latter being chiefly marca- Mounts (Sicker and Brenton towards the west coast, an un­ site, while sometimes pyrrhotite also forms a portion of the determined distance. 'The line of strike is nearly due east ore foody. The gaugue is principally silica, sometimes massive nnd west. The width of the mineralized zone, so far as at quartz, nt others silicious schist; but often the ore is a solid1 THE CROFTON GAZETTE AND COWICHAN NEWS. • y

mixture of chalcopyrite and iron pyrites of considerable thick­ THE SARITA MINE, WEST COAST V. I. ness, even reaching fully 30 feet in some portions of the work­ ings, and maintaining that thickness for considerable length. Mr. J. W. Ladd is engaged in developing the properties on Following the zone of mineral-bearing schist towards the Barclay iSound belonging to the Pacific Steel Company. The west, the 'Lenora, Key City, Victoria, Copper Canyon and tram line from the Sarita mine to the water has been sur­ Susan claims are crossed 'by the Cheniainus River, flowing veyed, and work upon its construction will begin at once. The along the boundary between the Victoria and Copper Canyon Sarita will then become a shipper to the Irondale smelter. It claims from north to south. is also the intention of the Pacific iSteel Company to make the The river will famish ample water-power to run all the Copper 'Island a shipper in tihe near future. The new town- milling and lighting machinery for the entire district. site has already been laid out. To the west from Mount Brent on is situated Cowichan Lake. Whether the same geological and mineralogieal condi­ tions prevail in the region adjacent to and on the north side of the lake as in the Mounts Sicker and Brenton districts1 is at LUMBERING AT THE LAKE. present unknown, because very few prospectors have pene­ trated into that territory, and no discoveries of the occurrence (An Interview With Mr. William Gidley, Manager of the of mineral have been reported; but on the south side of the Cowichan 'Lumber Co.) lake, and towards its Ihead, a discovery of galena ore was reported during the past summer by Mr. II. iS. 'Smith, of Dun­ HE Cowichan Lumber Company has been in existence can, -who was the discoverer of the Lenora mine. This is in now nearly some six years. This corporation bought the the vicinity of the headwaters of the Cordon River, which T mill and certain timber limits, to which empties into the Straits of Juan de Fuca at 'San Juan Har- t'hey have greatly added, from the Bank of British North niour, on the southwest coast of Vancouver Island. America, in whose hands this property was then held. The Previous to the present year, reports of discoveries of previous owners were Messrs. Hewett & Macintyre, and their galena on the Cordon River have been circulated, but the loca­ predecessor was Mr. W. Sutton, who was the original pro­ tion was remote from any trails and very diflicult to reach. prietor of the mill. ,Mr. Boyd is the managing director and The country (between San Juan Harbour and the head of tho chief shareholder of the Cowichan Lumber 'Company, the Gordon River is heavily timbered, mountainous, and for the manager being Mr. William Gidley. most {part unexplored, except at some points close to the river. Mr. Gidley is of the opinion (writes a representative of the The discoveries reported on the south side of Cowicha1 n Gazette) that the lumber industry on Vancouver Island is as Lake are not so inaccessible, because there is a good wagon yet in its infancy. There are hundreds of millions of feet of road from 'Duncan Station, on the Esquimau & Nanaimo Rail­ timber lying ready to cut. This timiber—and .Mr. Gidley was road, to the foot of the lake, where a summer resort is situated. 'speaking generally of the timber in tlhe —con­ From this point to within a short distance of the occurrence of sists chiefly of Douglas fir, cedar, hemlock and spruce. The the mineral claims, the lake itself affords an excellent route to lir grows to a very great size, an ordinary tree measuring 150 travel, lit is quite possible that the headwaters of the Gordon feet in height and about five to seven feet in diameter. The and iNitinat rivers will 'be prospected during the season of timber, taken generally, is not unusually large, font that in the 1902 from this route rather than by following up those rivers Cowichan district, is probably the best on the Island—or, for from the west coast of Vancouver Island, as has been the that matter, in —'because it is a soft white custom heretofore. The country to the west between Mount wood and easy to work. Indeed, when the Cowichan Bay Brenton and the Alberni Canal, and to the north between mill was running, there was always a sale for Cowichan lum­ Cowichan Lake and Nanaimo Lake, is at the present time un­ ber. The Chemainus mills have evinced a preference for logs known and unexplored. Near the latter lake some localions from the Cowichan Valley over all others. The Company of mineral claims yielding copper-gold ore have been reported. sold last year to the Chemainus mills, Sayward of Victoria, These are at present remote from transportation facilities, and Taylor of Victoria, and the Whatcom company, amongst •must await the building of wagon roads at least before exten­ others, and they have sent large quantities of timber to Van­ sive development can foe attempted. couver and other Mainland sawmills. Nearly all the lumbering done in the valley has been car­ ried on near the shores of the lake, but in a very few years from now this industry will have to foe conducud at a distance MINING NEWS. from the water. For about a mile from the water it is prac­ ticable to use horses for (hauling out logs, font for a greater Mineral in the Malahat District. distance than this steam locomotives will be necessary. The whole of the country in the interior of the Island is a N the,Malahat Mountains, within one mile of the railway, great lumbering district. Millions of feet of timber will some mineral claims are now in course of develop­ always come down the Cowichan River, but there is a great O ment. Messrs. Dickie. Wood. Livingston and II. Smith necessity for a railway. The tine timber which grows so ex­ have joined with Messrs. Humhird, E. J. Palmer, tensively in the valley of tlhe Nitinat R'iver will have to be Pearson. Koenig. Conway and Captain Gibson in forming a sent down to the east coast 'by theCowiehan River. There is company to open up four claims composed in one block. These no harbour on the west coast available for getting down and are the Jumbo, Eagle, Ogemaw and Quamichan. The capital shipping logs. The sea entrance to Nitinat Lake is very for this development work is being provided in England, and a shallow and rocky, with a heavy wash of sand and gravel, and' sufficiency of funds, not only for this purpose, but for a large the passage here for logs is rendered more difficult foy the surf amount of further development, is already assured. that is always running and the strong current that sets in with Three different ore veins are running through this property. every change of tide. The timber in this region is straight Of these, two are contact veins—one in limestone and granite, and long, and will always foe in demand. There is splendid and another in limestone and diorite. A third vein is in tho spruce on Nitinat Lake. These trees run about six feet in granite. The outcrops of the two contact veins are visible dinmeter, and are commercially very valuable for paper pulp. throughout the full length of these claims, and may be traced 'A railway is 'bound' to come through from here to Cowiclhan further still towards salt water on the east. _ The outcrop of Lake some time or other. The Cowichan Lumber Company one consists of magnetic iron nnd copper pyrites, that of the have been taking out only some eight or ten million feet of other of pyrrhotite and copper pyrites. These two are most timber a year, but if railway advantages offered', and facilities persistent. The other vein in the granite presents a very fine for foreign shipping, the company would open the Cowichan face where exposed, but has not as yet been traced very far. Bay mill and greatly extend their operations. This year the company hope to get as much as ten or twelve million feet of Mr. T. A. Wood, who was kind enough to provide onr timber down the river. representative with these particulars, considers that there is a greater length of mineralized country showing in this locality The 'Koksilah River is not a good river for logging, as it is than even in the Mount Sicker district, though it may not be so only during freshets that logs can be sent down this stream. rich. In six months' time he and his company expect to prove With regard to statements that have .been made that the value of this belt in the .Malahat district. In Texada Moating logs damage the river, Mr. Gidley mentioned the fact Island working mines have conic on magnetite with ruinous that no logs1 at all have been sent down the Cowiclhan River results. In the Boundary country, on the other hand, prosper­ this past year, and yet the river banks have been washed away ous mines are working in magnetite continuously. tenfold more than in former years. As a matter of fact log's There are several men already working for 'Messrs. Penrsou protect the banks of the river. Not only this, font their passage and [Palmer in this district. The property being exploited is serves to deepen the channel and keep it open. If fifty million * known as the Star claim and has a very large iron outcrop, logs were sent floating down the Cowiclhan River every year, it with a little copper showing in it. Nothing very definite as to would .be a yet more splendid river even than it is. the prospects of this claim is to hand as yet. The district in which these mineral discoveries have boon made lies in a most accessible region. This is reached from the railway line by a trail which Messrs. 'Wood & Co. have We hear that most of the placer claims at Wreck Bay, made. This way of reaching the new mines, though not diffi­ on the West Coast, will be amalgamated and worked, this cult, is yet inconvenient, and it is proposed to cut a trail summer by a strong Seattle syndicate, comprising Messrs. through from the main trunk road. It is hoped'that an appro­ R. Pierson, John G. Pearce and J. M. Starbuck, all of priation from the Roads Board will be forthcoming for this Seattle, Washington. The syndicate have some $50,000 for purpose. working expenses. THE CROFTON GAZETTE AND COWICHAN NEWS. 8

THiE COW THAT PAYS'BEST.

(By ¥. W. Hodsou, Live Stock Commissioner). THE WESTSIDE THE GREAT MAIL ORDER HOUSE. The question as to which is the most profitable cow is one that cannot ,be decided in any arbitrary manner. There are so many circumstances and contingencies to be taken into con­ SHOPPING BY MAIL ! ! sideration that, after all is said and written on the subject, Out-of-town Customers can shop very easily by mail if they only care to vise each man must decide the question largely on ibis own judg­ the advantages of our Mail-Order System. If you can't come in person write ment. He will find it necessary to consider the nature of for anything you want, a post carJ will bring you" samples and information. Ex­ his farm; the suitability of his buildings and implements; the perienced clerks will execute order the same day as received. MO.NBV BACK IF cost of hired help if such is required; the proximity of a good NOT SATISFIED. market for his finished products, and many other details. MAIL-ORDER ADDRESS: The comparative advantages of beef-growing and dairying would probably be the first point considered by a farmer who Avas just about to make a start in cattle-raising. Men who THE HUTCHESON CO., LTD. have had long experience in either of these lines are not likely 80 GOVERNMENT STREET, VICTORIA, B. C. to change to the other line, involving as it does changes in farm routinevin variety and management of crops, in buildings and equipments, without a good deal of deliberation. That beef-production can be carried on with a smaller expenditure for labour and utensils is perhaps true, and it certainly does not require the constant attention to 'business that dairying R.P.RlTHET&Co.Ltd. entails. 'Next comes the question of breed. It will, I think, be WHOLESALE MERCHANTS. generally conceded by fair-minded men that there is no "best" breed. Everything depends on circumstances. iA breed that proves highly satisfactory in one district may be found entirely unsuited to different environments. Only four breeds of beef cattle, viz., 'Shorthorns, Herefords, Galloways and Aberdeen- GROCERIES, WINES, LIQUORS, CEMENT, Argus, have attained popularity in Canada, and only the first- mentioned can be said to be generally distributed. The others CUMBERLAND COAL. may equal the Shorthorns for beef production, and even sur­ pass them under certain conditions, but the superior milking qualities of the .Shorthorns, and particularly of the grades, have given them an unequalled popularity among our farmers. VICTORIA, B. C. Where feed is plentiful and the country not too high or broken, they are likely to prove satisfactory beefers, and in addition will produce a fair amount of milk. The ease with which good bulls of this breed can he procured for grading purposes is also an argument in its favor. Breeders of the other sorts are TZOUHALEM HOTEL, comparatively few, and the opportunity for choice is small, when one desires to select a bull. In the colder parts of Canada and on the bare pastures of the mountainous districts, DUNCANS, •tlhe Galloways and West Highlanders should prove serviceable on account of their hardiness and activity. PRICE BROS., - - - PROPRIETORS. Among the dairy breeds, the Ayrshires, Holsteins, Jerseys, Guernseys and French-Canadians are all held in considerable esteem. The latter have been almost unknown outside o'f the province of Quebec until the last year or two, but they FELL & COMPANY, LIMITED LIABILITY, are now attracting considerable attention. Under adverse circumstances, such as scanty pastures, lack of proper winter feed and care, etc., they will probably yield a greater percent­ GROCERS, age of profit than those breeds which have for generations been accustomed to good food and care. The Guernseys, WINES AND LIQUORS. although highly thought of in the United States, have never gained sufficient foothold in Canada to enable our farmers to VICTORIA, B. C. judge their suitability for this country. Both they and their close relatives, the Jerseys, are especially adapted for the production of fancy butter or cream for a high-priced city trade, and the majority of Canadian herds of these two breeds are, I think, used for this purpose. The Ayrshires and Hol­ steins seem to be gaining in popularity among the general dairy farmers who support the cheese factories and creameries, Thorpe's Ginger Ale and with the dairy Shorthorns are likely to divide the greater part of the dairy field between them. The Holsteins are likely to do better on the level lands, with flush pastures and PRIZE MEDAL plenty of winter food; while the Ayrshires should, I think, find more favour on rolling or hilly lands, because of their great WORLD'S FAIR. activity. But, while certain well-defined differences may characterize the various breeds, yet it may be well to remember that there is much greater difference between individual animals of the VICTORIA. VANCOUVER. same breed than 'between the different breeds. A good cow is a good cow, no matter what her breed may be. Therefore let each man select the breed that he considers best suited to his NELSON. conditions, and stick to it. Let him ibuy or breed to the best available bulls of that breed, and continue to grade up his herd to a higher degree of excellence year by year. The practice followed by some farmers of using hulls first of one breed and then of another is fatal to all plans of building up a handsome MEN'S CLOTHING STORE. uniform and profitable herd of gradecows, and that is just what most farmers require. The average man does not need pure-bred females—in fact will do better with good grades. HATS AND UNDERWEAR a The breeders of pure-bred stock are, like the poet, born, not •made. iHe must inherit a love for animals and an aptitude — AT— for handling them, otherwise his investment will prove uu- profitahle, and all his efforts a disappointment. ARTHUR HOLMES'

Mr. S. C. Bell has returned from the Jubilee Hospital. 78 YATES ST., CORNER BROAD, We are glad, to hear .that the operation performed on him has been most successful, and that a few more weeks' rest from hard work will make him fit and well again.' VICTORIA, B. C. 4 THE CROFTON GAZETTE AND COWICHAN NEWS.

THE CROFTON GAZETTE THE POST OFFICE. We have official authority to state that a post office will AND COWICHAN NEWS bo established in Crofton on the 1st May, and a money order oflice probably on the 1st June. A daily mail will be PUBLISHED BY despatched to and from Victoria by the V. & S. Terminal THE CROFTON PUBLISHING CO. railway and steamer. iMr. Joel Broadwell has been appointed the first postmaster. We congratulate iMr. Joel Broadwell. the popular general storekeeper of Joan Avenue, on his ap­ MANAGER, II. MORTIMER LAMB pointment. He has already hail some post office experience EDITOR, - HENRY II. NEWILL on Salt Spring Island, and is well known for liis energy and business ability. At the same time, we wish to express our sympathy with Mr. Kirkwood as an unsuccessful candidate RATES FOR ADVERTISEMENTS: for the post, and to put on record our appreciation of the valuable work which he has done during the past two months $1.00 per inch per insertion. in receiving and distributing mails. This he 11ns undertaken, Larger spaces at a reduction by arrangement. of course, entirely without remuneration, ami-the thanks of the community are due to him for his public-spirited action. We have already drawn attention to the kindness of Captain SUBSCRIPTION. $2.00 PER ANNUM. Mackenzie, of the V. & S. T. Railway, in hitherto carrying the Crofton mail bag without subsidy of any kind, and we would now include with his the name of Mr. H. Keast, of All communications for the present to P. O. Box 645, Victoria, r Duncans, w hose> representative, Mr. Malcolm Elliott, haa P. O. Duncans and Crofton. regularly three times a week brought over the Crofton letters by Keast's stage from Westholme. THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1002. With regard to the postal arrangements made, we think that the single postal connection with Victoria by steamer will be insufficient for the needs of the town. Victoria cor­ respondence will of course reach Crofton without delay, but THE CROFTON SMELTER. by the present arrangement letters from Nanaimo, Duncans or other points on the 'E. & N. Railway will have to go to HERE are always doubters who credit nothing of what Victoria to reach Crofton. This will necessitate a day's loss of time. (Letters from Westholme, for instance, only four they hear, and only half of what they see. But there miles from Crofton. will be carried all the way to Victoria, T are others who go further and take a scornful or per­ to be sent back again by a different route. Why should this haps self-scheming pleasure in depreciating the efforts of waste of time and public money be necessary We certainly enthusiasts and men of enterprise. In an old country such think that letters from places on the E. & .N. Railway north of Victoria should be brought into the town by the most persons are tolerable and may be even amusing, but in a new direct means of conveyance, and we hope that the post office country they are mischievous, and indeed nn actual nuisance. authorities will see their way to bring about this convenience In a new country it is easy for the most irresponsible trifler to to the inhabitants of Crofton. originate rumours which may have the most harmful effects on rumours of this description merit is perhaps most fitly inti­ The townsite estate owners are to be commended for mated by silence, but it is well sometimes to expose the false­ their prompt response to the appeal of the citizens of Crofton ness of unfounded assertions by a recital of actual facts. for a proper water supply for the town. The water question Individual travellers from Vancouver, from Seattle and is a pressing one. There are two or three creeks flowing close to the town. The supply from any of these will be other places have come to us for confirmation of reports that adequate for this year at least, but later on waterworks will they have heard, or read, that the work of erecting the Crofton probably be constructed, conveying the town water supply smelter has stopped, and that the idea has been abandoned. from the Chemainus River. The two-inch pipes which are Visitors and residents in Crofton naturally laugh at such say­ at present being laid through the town will conduct water ings; but others, who 'have to form their ideas on mere hear­ from a creek in the interior. The main pipe will have branch connections at all necessary points to serve the buildings that say, are apt to be misled. As a matter of fact, the smelter site have already been erected, and further connections can easily was never before so busy a scene as it is to-day. More than be put in if necessary. The water supply thus being in­ a hundred men — engineers, carpenters, .blacksmiths, brick­ stalled will, we think, be ample for all present needs, and for layers, masons, teamsters and other workmen—are variously tlie future—well, we cannot but feel that the interests of employed. The large boiler-house is already erected', and the Croftonians are safe in Mr. 's keeping. settings for the boilers laid; the framework of the engine- house is up, and this double-towered building only requires roofing and planking. The masonry foundations for the big stack are laid, and the (bricklayers are getting to work. A huge pile of bricks is lying ready to hand. The massive ore- VICTORIA & SIDNEY RAILWAY ibins are being raised, and the deep foundations for the rock- crusher have been built up, and the sampling room is under corstruction. Great heaps of rock, sand, cement, lumber and Trains will run between Central Station Victoria, and other building materials are lying in the most convenient Sidney as follows: places, ready for use. .Messrs. Smith & iShei'bourne, the build­ DAILY: ing contractors, are indeed to be greatly congratulated on the rapidity and thoroughness of their work, over which Mr. Leave Victoria at 8.00 a. m. 4.00 p. m. Joseph Bye, director of construction for the Smelter Syndicate, " Sidney at 9.00 5-45 'has superintendence. Then there is also the active scene where the enormous excavation is going on. Ploughs drawn SATURDAY AND SUNDAY by six horses, teams drawing earth-scrapers, and numerous carts are here moving to and fro, loosening or digging out the Leave Victoria at 8.00 a. m. 2.00 p. m. 5 • 12,000 cubic yards of earth that had to be removed, or carry­ " Sidneyat 9.00 " 5.45 " * ing it to the shore. This work is being- done by the Victoria Transfer Company. If all this work and its attendant expenditure of capital STEAMER "MYSTERY" does not mean business on the part of the iSmelter Syndicate, what does it mean? Indeed, it is very plain to us that Messrs. Connects at Sidney with morning train DAILY for Breen, Bellinger & iFotheringham have not only proved that CROFTON. Returning connects with they are very much in earnest in this smelter erection at evening train for Victoria. Crofton, but also that they possess the energy and capacity to bring it to a very rapid and successful completion. S. F. MACKENZIE, General Manager. J. ANDERSON, Traffic Manager THE CROFTON GAZETTE AND COWICHAN NEWS.

Crofton TUp to Bate. Keast's Livery Stable. o^t « DUNCAN, B. C.

THE WHARF AT CROFTON. Operating Crofton and Mt. Sicker Stages. Steamers can now lie alongside. This week a good deal WESTHOLME TO CROFTON, of furniture was unloaded here, as also a heavy sate tor Mr. Conlin. The sidewalk will be completed along the whole Daily connecting with all E. & N. Railway Trains. length of the wharf in a few days' time. Messrs. Smith & Sherbourne have a large gang of men at work, and it will DUNCAN TO MT. SICKER, not be many days before the wharf will be ready for the laying of the rails. Tuesdays and Fridays. H. KEAST, PROPRIETOR. THE MOUNT SICKER RAIIDWAY EXTENSION. Mr. McClellar.. tho manager of the Mount 'Sicker Rail- HAMILTON POWDER CO. wav. hopes to have the rails on the extension laid into Crofton (INCORPORATED i86t.) on Saturday, and to have regular trains running into tne Manufacturers of High Explosives, Stumping Powder, Blasting, town a few days later. Mining an 1 Sporting Powder. Dealers in Electric Blasting Apparatus, Safety Fuse, Detonators, etc. Al WATER SUfPRLY FOR CROFTON. Head office: Montreal. Branch office: Victoria. Local offices : Vancouver, Nelson, Rossland and Greenwood. Works: Nanaimo. Two-inch pipes are now being laid down Joan Avenue, with connections to serve the various buildings. The water will be conducted iuto these pipes by a Hume constructed from a creek behind the town. The water is good, and the fab MOORE & WHITYIMTOIN, will be ample for all purposes. The pipes are being laid along the south side of .loan Avenue, and will be laid down CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS, through a portion of York Avenue and Robert Street. VICTORIA AND CROFTON, B. C.

We hear that the price of town lots will very shortly be If you are contemplating raised to a higher figure. building we shall be Mr. Fred. Young, resident engineer to the Smelter Com­ pleased to give you an pany, is paying a flying visit to Victoria and the Sound. estimate. The ground immediately in front of the smelter offices has been fenced, and is being laid out in garden plots. HEAD OFFICE: Mrs. IF. Lindsay is yet another lady resident. She has come to join her husband in Ih is new house on Joan Avenue. 159 YATES STREET, Mr. J. C. Lang, of the Lenora-Mount Sicker Company, ELECTRIC POWER. has been superintending the operations for the town water PHONE A750. supply. Mrs. M. Conlin. the wife of the proprietor of the Crofton Hotel, has taken up her residence in town. In the few days TRY OUR ARABIAN COFFEE. she has been here she has already added much to the comfort of visitors to this hotel. MOWAT & WALLACE, , Mr. Conlin is having the Crofton Hotel painted red and white. 'Architecturally it is a picturesque building, and the effect should be very good. Mr. Walter Harvey is doing the GROCERS. work. Mr. Conlin will have most of his furniture in the house in a few days. COR. YATES AND DOUGLAS STREETS, VICTORIA, B. C Mr. D. ;S. Fotheringham and family are expected to move into their new residence at Crofton this week. The Established 1878. house is that lately occupied by Mr. A. Ward, but Mr. Fotheringham has had many additions and improvements made. The situation is a beautiful one on the shore of W P. JAYNES, the bay. WHOLESALE IMPORTER AND DEALER IN ALL KINDS OK MER­ Messrs. A. F. iGwin, N. S. Clarke and R. Lea, of Dun­ CHANDISE. cans, have just returned from a trip to Quatsino Sound, where they have been inspecting mining properties. Mr. Depot for Giant Powder Co. B. C. Pottery Co. Gwill affirms that there is enough ore in sight in the Corn- DUNCANS. QUAMICHAN. stock district to warrant the immediate erection of a smelter. Mr. George Weiler, of the well-known firm of Weiler Bros.. Victoria, spent a couple of days in Crofton this week, DUNCANS FLOUR AND FEED MILLS superintending the unloading of the furniture which this firm, is supplying for the entire furnishing of the Hotel Osborne, Manufacturer of owned by Mr. J. T. Pearce. It arrived oy the steamer Oscar. The bar of the Hotel Osborne is now completed', and would do DAIRY CHOP AND ALL KINDS OF MILL STUFKS POR FEEDING credit even to a city like Victoria. The counter and the back PURPOSKS. furnishings are all of solid oak, with large mirrors. The win­ dows of this room look out over the bav. and the situation is W. P. JAYNES, PROPRIETOR. splendid. In a very few days Mr. Pearce will have his fine hotel furnished throughout. FURNITURE, CARPETS, Tt is with the greatest regret that we have heard of Mr. W. W. Berridge's sudden attack of acute inflammation of the WALL PAPER, CROCKERY, eve. The popular secretary of the Leno'-a-Mount Sicker Oopner Mining Company was a frenuent and well-liked visitor to Crofton, and we sincerely hope that he will soon be able to AND resume his visits to the town. The facts, as we understand them, are that Mr. Berridge was suffering from a bad cold. COMPLETE HOUSEFURNISHINGS, which affected his eyes, and whilst travelling up Mount Sicker, where a good deal of snow was lying, he suddenly experienced many of the symptoms of snow-blindness. The For Hotel, Store or Home. (lectors, however, pronounced his seizure to be a cse of acute inflammation of the eye. and there is even danger of the lo<-s Write for Catalogue. of his eyesight. He is now being medically attended in the Jubilee /Hospital m Victoria, and the svmparhies of all Croftonians will flow to him, as also their wishes for his speedy recovery and his return amongst them Weiler Bros., Victoria, B.C. THE CROFTON GAZETTE AND COWICHAN NEWS.

Flats, where he has resided for the past eight years, has again gone iNorth. •Mr. Smith holds an important position in a Duncans anfc> Gowicban %ocal 1Rews. 1 Rivers Inlet cannery, and his friends wish him a highly suc­ cessful season. •••»»••• •••••••+*•••»••»••"»•••»••••••••+-»•»• ••»»••••••••+-»•••»•»•»••»•»•••••••••• Mr. IKdward Miller, of Cowichan. accompanies Mr. Smith .to Rivers Inlet. Mr. Miller, who until recently held a Govern­ 'LOCAL NOTES. ment position, has determined to follow the cannery interests in future, and has accented the position of Indian trader at Mr. and Mrs. X. S. Clarke, of Duncans, are in the city. Rivers Inlet. Mrs. Miller accompanies her husband to her Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Wood are back again from a short new environment. Mr. Miller has rented his house at Cowi­ visit to the city. chan IStation .to Mr. Alex. Reid, who recently sold bis ranch .Mr. 'S. 'Baxter, Inspector of boilers, has been in Duncans to .Mr. Daniels, of'Lulu Island. two or three times this week. On Saturday II. M. S. Egeria paid a visit to Cowichan Both the Tzouhalem and the Alderlea hotels have bs.-u Bay, and on Sunday numerous detachments of bluejackets this week crowded with guests. might have been seen wending their way to Duncans, and no Charles II. Dickie, Esq., ,M. 1\ P., spent the week-end doubt developing a grand thirst on the way, and Messing the parliamentary recess at hi<* home at Duncans. country 'where they had to walk five miles to the nearest Mr. iFred. Nelson, proprietor of the new Quamichan Hotel, "pub." On leaving Duncans a party of them, who must have and Mrs. 'Nelson are paying a visit to the city. lost their sense of location, started off down the track in the Mr. iH. Burroughes, of Victoria, has been 'fishing nip at direction of 'Somenos, presumably with the idea of reaching Cowichan Lake, and caught some fifty fish in two days. the ship. They /finally brought up, however, and retraced Mr. and Mrs. 11. de M. Mellin have returned from Victoria, their steps to town with unabated hilarity. where they have been staying for a fewdays to buy furniture What might have 'been a serious accident occurred on for their new house. Sunday last on the road between Duncans and Somenos. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Laing, of Victoria, who have been While Mr. Gerald Dickson and Mr. W. Freeman were driving making fishing headquarters at the Tzouhalem Hotel for some homo together they inadvertently leaned back too far on the time, returned to Victoria on Monday. seat of their rig. The consequence was that the seat toppled Miss Wilsons' charming school at the Cliffs, Duncans, oyer backwards, depositing them, seat and all, on the road. opened for the summer term on Monday, 14th instant. The 'Mr. Freeman, who was driving, unfortunately lost the lines pi'hlic schools opened a 'week earlier. in bis descent, and the horse galloped on. On examination The Cowichan Dramatic iSociety are arranging for a per­ they found that they had sustained no serious injuries, and formance of the well-known comedy, " .lane," to be given on they returned home on foot, carrying the seat. On their the 24th May, Victoria Day. arrival they were rejoiced to see the horse and rig waiting at 'A new organ has been installed in the .Methodist Church their gate. No harm was done, and they are now able to at Duncans. It is a fine toned instrument and a valuable laugh heartily at their mishap. accession to the popular services in this church. Mr. J. It. ArchboM, of London, England, representing the great Tarsis Copper 'Co., has been staying in Duncans for nearly a week, visiting the Mount Sicker and neighbouring BE WARNED IN TIME. districts. GET A FIRE-PROOF SAFE FROM A dance will be given in the hall of Duncan Lodge, No. 17, I. O. O. P., on the 25th of this month. Admission, gentle­ men 75 cents; ladies are requested to ibring baskets. The M. W. WART & CO., VICTORIA, B. C, Chemainus iString Band will be in attendance. Who are agents for GOLDIE & MCCULLOCH SAFES, and the CINCIN­ 'Mr. R. IL Whidden, we regret to report, has been laid up NATI SAFE AND LOCK CO. for ten days witlh a 'bad attack of influenza. But for this the roomy premises that he is erecting on Government Road PRICES QUOTED ON APPLICATION. would ere now be nearly completed. cAn unfortunate accident happened at the Chemainus log­ ging camp on the 11th instant. Mr. John Hart, a logger, was instantly killed by the fall of the upper part of a rotten tree TURNER, BEETON & Co., LTD,, on his head. Mr. Norcross, the coroner, has been notified, but it is doubtful whether an inquest will be necessary. Tlhe next meeting of the North Cowichan Municipal WHOLESALE, Council will be held, as (has previously been announced, on Saturday next, the 19th instant. At this meeting appeals from assessments will be heard, and the results of several interesting enquiries with regard to better fire protection and LIQUORS, CIGARS AND DRY GOODS. a water supply for the town of Duncans will be discussed. We congratulate Mr. F. Nelson, the proprietor, and Mr. SOLE AGENTS FOR W. Ford, the building contractor, on the rapid progress made in the erection of the new Quamichan Hotel. The exterior is ROBERT BROWN'S 4-Crown Scotch Whiskey. completed. A wide, shady verandah with projecting eaves PLAYER'S Navy Cut Tobaccos and Cigarettes. runs all round the house, and' tlhe rooms, especially the dining and billiard rooms, are large and well arranged. Mr. F. Nd- son hopes to open the house on the 20th May. At the Tzouhalem 'Hotel have been registered during the VICTORIA, B.C. week, amongst others, Messrs. S. Baxter, F. Ii. Wilmer, B. J. 'Perry, all of Victoria; Mr. J. R. Archbold. of London, Eng.; Messrs. G. 'F. Langley and A. G. King, of Victoria, who have 'been taking photographs for the Tourist Association: Mr. H. SEND YOUR ORDERS Whitehead, of one of II. M. ships at Esquimalt; Mr. A. D. 'Shepard, representing Messrs, Stanford and Crocker, of San Francisco, who are interested in the railway; Mr. .T. Rabeoek, -FOR- fishery Inspector; Mr. Thomas Kiddie, manager of the Tyee smelter; Mr. R. N. Riblet, contractor forthe aerial tramway; B. iS. Heisterman; J. MacBwen, of Toronto; Harold M. Robertson, of Victoria; Lambert Bond, 0. P. Dundas, and Hay, Grain and Mill Feed Dr. Dickson.

-TO- SOUTH COWICHAN NOTES. (Contributed by R. Service, Corfield). A concert for the (benefit of the Cobble 'Hill Church will THE BXACKMAN-KER MILLING CO., be held at the hall, Cobble Hill, on Friday, 25th instant. Mrs. Wilkinson, who is organizing it, has prepared a long pro­ (LIMITED) gramme, and it is hoped that some Dnncanites will take advantage of what is sure to be a most enjoyable evening's entertainment. Besides the best local talent, a number of out­ MANUFACTURERS OF siders have promised their assistance. There will be numerous instrumental and vocal numbers, a series of tableaux, and, as piece de resistance, a dramatic presentation of the tragedy of "Bluebeard." After the concert refreshments will be served, B. & K. ROLLED OATS. and dancing will be kept up till the small hours of the morn­ ing. The price of admission will be 25 cents. Mr. Edward Smith, who is so wellknown on the Cowiclhan V1CTORIA- AND- -VANCOUVER. THE CROBTON GAZETTE AND COWICHAN NEWS.

DEATH OiF AiN IS'LANJD [PIONEER. will, like the Osborne Bay smelter, put up a converter to make, blister copper. Texada Island has a smelter belonging The death is recorded at Vancouver of .Tames King, AVUIO to tlie Northwest Copper Company and equal to the local pro­ has for some time past been living at Heriot Bay, where he ducts. The Howe Sound mines products must be treated on was engaged in prospecting, hunting, etc. The cause of death 'the spot, and the companies owning these will erect their own is set down as peritonitis, superinduced by cold and exposure plant. The remaining coast mines are too scattered and still during the latter days of the long and adventurous life of the too slightly developed to warrant the erection of a smelter for deceased trapper and timber cruiser. The late Mr. King was custom work. a brother of Mike King, the Victoria millman and Yukon operator; he himself was recognized as the best timber pros­ pector ever to set foot in British Columbia, and the only man iSAdiE AND EXGH1A1NGIE, ETC. perhaps thoroughly acquainted with the interior fastnesses of Vancouver Island. He was of the old type of Western A. F. Owen, piano-tuner, is open for engagements. Tzou­ pioneers, and those who knew him will monrn him sincerely halem 'Hotel, Duncans. as a picturesque and loveable Westerner gone to the peace Photographs will be taken to order. Enlargements made tihat in life he had ever denied himself, for the advancement of if necessary. Address IH. Webster, Duncans. the country's interests. QUEEN'S MARKET VA-NCOIUVEB BOAJRID OF TiRAiDE AND VANCOUVER Cor. Govt, and Johnson Sts., Victoria, B. C. Tel. 32. P. O. Box 18. ISLAND MIINiEIS. LAWRENCE GOODACRE & SONS, Aft a meeting of the Vancouver Board of Trade held on the 8th instant, the mining committee reported that the copper WHOLESALE AND RETAIL BUTCHERS. Contractors by appointment districts of British Cblunrbia are at the seaboard in the follow­ to His Majesty's Royal Navy, The Dominion Government, etc. ing districts: Mount Sicker, V. I., Alberni, V. I., Texada Shipping supplied at lowest rates. Island, Howe Sound, Mainland, and the Coast district, the Boundary district in South Kootenay, and that these are catered for as follows: Mount Sicker ores—A smelter is in course of erection at Osborne Bay, to have one plant of 400 A. B. WHITTINGHAM, tons per diem and also another of smaller capacity. The Tyee company are erecting a smelter at Ladysmith, close to the PRIVATE BOARDING HOUSE, coal mines. These two will have a gross capacity of 800 tons per day. The Alberni mines ship to Tacoma, where additions Home Comforts. Moderate Rates. to the present general smelter are in course of erection to treat about 300 tons of copper, and it is pro'bable that this smelter JOAN AVENUE, - - - CROFTON, B. C NOTICE A. HOWE, Notice is hereby given that application will be made to the Legisla­ tive Assembly of the Province of British Columbia at its present session BUTCHER, for an Act to incorporate a company with power to construct, equip, maintain and operate a single or double line of railway, to be operated Established for six years at Chemainus. by steam, electricity or any other mode of power, at and from the City of Victoria in the Province of British Columbia, thence northwest by Best Meat at most liberal the most feasible route to a point at or near Seymour Narrows in the said Province of British Columbia ; and with power to construct, estab­ prices. lish, maintain and continually operate a railway ferry steamship service for the purpose of transferring for reward, passengers and passenger and JOAN AVENUE, CROFTON, B. C. freight cars from the said point at or near Seymour Narrows in Van­ couver's Island to a point on the Mainland of the Province of British Columbia ; and with further powers to build, equip, maintain and op­ erate branches of the said railway from any point on the main line thereof to any point in Vancouver Island ; and with power to build BENNETT'S and operate tramways in connection with the said railway ; and with power to build, construct, equip, maintain and operate telegraph and CROWN BRAND telephone lines in connection with the said railways and branches ; and with power to generate electricity for the supply of light, heat and pow­ er, and for all, any and every other purpose mentioned in sections 8o, 8i, 82 and 83 of the " Water Clauses Consolidation Act, 1897," and to do everything necessary or incidental to the carrying out of all or any GUTTA PERCHA FUSE of the objects referred to in the said sections ; and with power to exer­ AWARDED THE GREATER BRITAIN EX. cise all the powers given to the company by parts IV and V of the GOLD MEDAL, 1899. " Water Clauses Consolidation Act, 1897 ;" and with power to build, own and maintain saw-mills ; and to carry on a general express busi­ THIS POPULAR FAVORITE STILL LEADS. ness, and to build, nnintain and operate bridges, roads, ways, ferries, wharves, docks, steamboats, steamships, coal bunkers and other works; and to make traffic or other arrangements with railway, steamship or steamboat and other companies ; and with power to expropriate lands for the purposes of the company and to acquire land bonuses, privileges Holman Bros. for other aid from any government or municipality, or other persons or bodies corporate, aud with power to build waggon roads to be used in the construction of such railway and in advance of same, and to levy and collect tolls from all persons using, and on all freight passing over Patent Rock Drill. any of such roads built by the company, whether before or after the AWARDED THE GOLD MEDAL, PARIS, 1900. construction of the railway, and with power to sell out its undertaking ; and with all other usual, necessary or incidental rights, or privileges as Drills and Accessories, Columns and Tripods, may be necessary or conducive to the above objects, or any of them. IN STOCK AT VICTORIA. Dated at Victoria, B. C, this 24th day of March, A.D., 1902. ROBERTSON & ROBERTSON, 66 Solicitors for the applicants. Manufacturers of Air Compressors and all kinds of Mining Machinery. E. M. SKINNER, ESTIMATES ON APPLICATION. CIVIL ENGINEER AND PROVINCIAL LAND SURVEYOR. Rowland Machin, 2^LtM^ DUNCANS. YATES STREET, VICTORIA.B. C. 8 THE CROFTON GAZETTE AND COWICHAN NEWS. J

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