IE SIMILKAMEEN STAR. Devoted to the Interests of Princeton and the Similkameen Country. •.i- JL VOL. I. No. 24. PRINCETON, B. C„ SATURDAY, SEPT., 8th, 1900. $2.00 PER YEAR

On being asked if he intended to soon, Mr. Campbell replied : t. BROWN TALKS I shall be back soon, and I hope leasant ride over the' Hope

President and Manager of the Sunset in Town. COAL IN ABUNDANCE, Numerous Coal Claims Have Been Located Recently. He Reports Everything Looking Bet- us pa •ties' app reciating the ' ter in the —His' >al in t he c evelo pment of our Views on the Sunset. ave fo r th e pa st few weeks tly sta kin; j out claims near Thet e ha s ne er been any a then tind >of i uterested par- hat th ere were large bodies the bimi lkameen, but

aiS Th ubt was dis- ently vi hen the McCrea Bros. return of 60 pe rcent. carbon pnt >ver to Rossland to bod vof :oal, which is les a Pnn cocr Sn«af the Vermil-

until the g to .''At th repair the'present wagon road to Copper I intend to sink a double Mr. Campbell said: ,"I a compartment shaft down to the 500-foot About this e Mr. J. Wallace appeared pressed with the magnitude of the min­ level this winter and crosscut at the 300, on the see and undertook to take eral belt of the Similkameen country on 1 400 and 500-foot levels, and also block saying that he each visit. From Nicola south to the the a3stZS5 fSP-his offense, "yumped the fence ' the ore out in 400 or 500 blocks. The fectly harmless, etc., and induced him to boundary line extends a mineral country the "under fixens" and the "side fixens." great mineral zone on Copper mountain get 5n his horse and start for home. that in which you find placer gold as I is about 2,000 feet wide and 8,000 feet Not being satisfied witn the amount of well as lodes of gold, copper, silver, lead, I long, besides the mammoth ore bodies blaguardism and threats hurled forth, and extensive beds of first class coal. ^ from 10 feet to 300 feet wide, breaking Asp returned again later in the evening, Princeton is bound to be a large city, as happen to take his fancy. It is to be hoped his out from this great mother lode, and cut­ this time bringing a long • butcher it is located in the southern part of the "side squints" will be reserved for the brave ting through the country for miles. I knife, which he carried up his ' sleeve. mineral belt as well as Copper mountain. officers'who so nobly discharged their duty, as don't expect anybody in the outside After trying to make trouble again at Speaking of Copper mountain, I am world will take any stock at present French & Day's, he finally left muttering pleased exceedingly with the results of figures; only experts and mining men words of threat and revenge. This is not the development going.on. On the Lost that have actually examined the moun­ the first offence of this kind which Horse a'one we have a vein nearly eighty tain and surrounding country, and the Charlie has been guilty of, and it is feet wide, with an immense surface show­ PURELY PERSONAL. most of them dare not tell one-quarter of about time some one took such steps to ing, the like of which I have never seen what they have seen. In the near future place him where he will do no harm, equalled anywhere. Our ore is not Mr. Arthur Francis, representing the Vancouver News-Advertiser, came in on it will keep more than one transconti­ which he certainly will do if left to go bornite, as many suppose, but chalco- Wednesday's stage and returned yester- nental railway to do the business of Cop­ his own way much longer. No one prites or yellow copper. This is the class per mountain and vicinity. -"^A^aQr escapes from his threats, and outside of of ore most desired by the smelters. Mr. R. A. Brown, president and man­ 'The Sunset is the only prospect or being dangerous is. a nuisance to tl Very little additional work will bring ager of the Sunset Copper Mining Co., mine in that has stood community. the Lost Horse mine to the front rank arrived in town this week from Grand up against the hard times and not slump­ among the young properties of the prov­ Forks. ed in price, and when I return to Grand ince. No treasury stock has yet been Mr. Wm. M. Brewer, of Vancouver, re­ m Forks the Sunset Copper Co. will ad­ placed on the market, as the intention of presenting the New York Mining Journ­ vance the shares from_i5to2; the company is to bring the mine to a al, was in town this week, and inspected the different mines in our locality, shipping basis before offering the stock to the public. Several tempting offers Mr. M. DesBrisay, of Vancouver, in company with Mr. T. S. McPherson, of have been made to the company for -a Nelson, arrived in Princeton, by way of Mr. Fred. Howse drove in from Nicola sale of the whole or control of the mine, Keremeos, on Monday, and left for the yesterday. but we do nOt consider that the develop­ coast by way of the Hope trail. They Mr. J. Charles Mcintosh returned on ment work iS far enough advanced to expressed themselves as greatly pleased with all they saw in and around Prince- Wednesday, from the capital, where he justify us making a sale satisfactory to has been visiting for some weeks. THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR.

mrW+++P+++P+P++++++++++r\» disposition, she having become foster mother to some little pigs whose mother I News of the Province I died a short time ago. The cow at certain hours each day goes to a yard in which they are kept to enable them to take Mr. Martin's model railway bill has their supply of milk. New General been adopted by the government. A garnishee of £200 was recently served According to the Colonist, the futi in New Denver. The net results, amount­ policy of the Dunsmuir dynasty is one ing to five cent1-., were forwarded by the Store ,j[ big bonuses. court officials to Registrar Simpkins at The Granby smejler was "blown in" Nelson by check. When th/r check was We carry a well assorted stock of Clothing, Gents' Furnish­ the aist ult, niuKthe entire plant is n presented for payment an ^exchange of 15 ings, Blankets, Boots and Shoes, Stationery, Tinware, etc. running very smoothly. cents was demanded! ywhereupon Mr. We sell none but the Purest and Best F. J. Deane, ex-M. P. P., has be Simpkins decided to'retain the check elected a member of the board of din and has posted it in his office at the court tors of the Kamloops agricultural assoo GROCERIES tion, vice Martin Beattie, resigned. elui lated The freight trade through the Croi| in Greenwood recently, when Mesers. Try Our "HONDI CEYLON"".antl-RAM.LAL'S/v,\ Nest Pass and over t$ lake increas Blue & Fisher sold out their interest in INDIAN TEAS greatly during last month. The the Yale-Columbia Lumber Co. to P. was largely due to the starting of the Genelle & Co. About a year ago the saw smelters. mills of Blue & Fisher and Genelle & It is expected this year that Mr. J. B. Co., were acquired by the Yale-Columbia Just Received Graves, of the Douglas Lake Cattle Co., Co., and were run since then by that mpany By angement Another Consignment of Boots land Shoes, Shirts and Underwear helle i 1, but the CALL MtU) SEE THEM. Bridge st. ^'Rennie & Bell

ween Grand Forks and Republic, the ich gold camp, thirty miles south oj ;he international boundary. The silici- PRINCETON LUfiBER, >us ores of Republic would mix adinir- ibly with the sulphii of the B Threshing - operations around Vernon SHINGLE ^d PLANING MILLS are about completed, and good crops of wheat and oats are everywhere reported. A. E. HOWSE, Prop.

hilxACpn Hill and Office ,r installed a lighting systen Bridge Street, PRINCETON. B. C. earner which the K. R. &

' Kootenay lake. Th ^IMILKAMEEM BUTCHERING QO. WHOLESALE and RETAIL Dealers in Heats. r^portei Orders Filled for any Point in the Similkameen Valley. Cm Summers. ^ tZ^'Si^t^JZ PRINCETON BRANCH. manager.

That will Last and at the same me cost the* least money is what most people look for but seldom Footwearsobtain . FOR GOOD HONEST VALUE IN 'Ml • BOOTS ^ AND # SHOES 1 That will WEAR AND LAST a visit to the Prospec- |DJ tors Supply Store should be made. We have a large 'V *t P-pe, assortment with PRICES that are bound to please. P)| U o. E. THOMAS, Prop. Prospectors Supply Store

fgy SUBSRIBE to me STAR for rc- *- liable information oft" ~ ful Similkameen Coun n THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR. *&/.? '?«°

THE .0OLVILLE INDIAN RESERVE the northern part of the reservation. On that part, close to the eastern line, where be Opened for Settlement < the principal part of the Indian allot­ Tenth of Next Month. ments have been made, will be found the thriving towns of Bolster, Chesaw and e president has, by proclainati Toroda. To the west of this is Baker ed for settlement 1,500,000 of creek, which has also proven itself to be Hotel Princeton rich farming land in the north half of the both rich in minerals, as well as admir­ Colville reservation. This reservation ably adapted for farming and stock rais­ JAMES WALLACE, Proprietor. lies in the northeastern part of Washing­ ing. In the midst of this country is ton state, fifty miles north w est of Spo­ built the town of Molson, which, only a kane, one hundred and fifty miles north­ few months ago, was an expanse of east of the capital, Olympia, and one prairie, and is now by far the largest and PRINCETON'S PIONEER hundred miles east and north of Seattle. most solid town of the reservation, with It borders on the Canadian boundary, the exception of the town of Republic, <& & HOTEL •# «# Ar and is about thirty miles from Green­ which is located in the midst of Republic wood, B. C. camp. The town of Molson being the In addition this land possessing great most accessible to the people coming in The Resort fertility, it is also known that it is rich from the north, for the purpose of acquir­ in minerals — gold, silver and copper ing farms, and on acoount of its promis­ For Prospectors and Mining Men. showing themselves in many parts of the ing mines, is destined to become the city reservation. The Indians, without ex­ of the reservation, though in a new coun­ ception, make no attempt to take advan­ try like this, other new towns might tage of the underground richness. spring up, which might be backed by rich mines, which would outstrip this or First Class Dining Room and Bar. influence brought to bear, the govern­ any other town in the reservation. ment finally opened the This, at least, is the view of the Col- No trouble to talk to guests. Political the whites for the purposes of ville Reservation Syndicate, of which matters laid over for the present. The " mining only That was oflly four Canadians are at the head. The presi­ Chinese Question the Important topic of dent is John W. Molson,"*Montreal; vice- the day. r flocked into the country president, E. B. Greenshields Montreal; succeeded in opening up hundreds of ex­ and secretary-treasurer, D. E. Cameron, ceptionally rich gold, silver and coppei Montreal. The opening of the reservation Mongolian Sympathisers Excluded. mines. Camps sprung up all over the is to be made on the 10th of October country. The Republic camp was one of the first to attract the attention of the ii vestors and "miners, and the result is that' t xlay its mines are valued away up ir Princeton merchants all carry Blue the millions. One single claim in this Ribbon Extracts. . rich camp is selling on a basis of five Riveted Steel Pipe. All size, of Steal Water Pipe for City and 1 million dollars, and many othersTare and Quarte Mining, made up complete, or we will considered of equal value. We make a specialty o£all kinds of HEAVY SHEET IRON and STEEL WORK • At the same time, all of the interest and furnish estimates cheerfully.' HYDRAULIC GIANTS also one of our special- was not confined to this camp. Toroda, Myers creek, Baker creek, Yakima and many other camps proved that the toil ARMSTRONG &MORRISON1 and money spent in the prospecting and Prospectors developing of these camps were richly rewarded. The American miner, when given a ....STOPI foothold, insists on everything between the boundaries, and by constant efforts and great political influence, Congi If you want to Outfit was finally prevailed upon to open cheaply and quickly, purposeg^gg well as mining. The Indians do so at the we're each given a farm, or allotment. COOK & CO. This was done before the to be thrown open. It seems that this section of the gov KEREMEOS STORE eminent has not been wideljfvfeown out WM. HINE & Co., side the immediate vicinity of the reser­ vation, and it is not attracting the atten­ tion of the general public like did that of Princeton's the opening of the Cherokee strip, yet it You can save time and is well known that in richness of soil make money by buying your outfit at the point • addition -to the vast amount of precious you start prospecting. metals it contains, it has many times the value of that country. This seeming Pioneer Store. lack of publicity of the opening has been the fault of those who expected to profit Mining Supplies by it. There is not only ample territory for all of those who are watching the day of Every STORES AT when the proclamation will allow them to take up farms, but room for thousands PRINCETON and GRANITE CREEK. In anticipation of the speedy and and substantial growth and development of this reservation, new towns have sprung up ingif&rcnt -J5arts of the reservation— some very substantial—and all feeling French & Day the utmost faith in the ultimate success S. A. HARTMAN "of their towns. Shrewd' business men, TINSMITHS bankers and merchants have moved in, ROSSLAND, B. C. and have imported large stocks of goods, PLUilBERS 1 and it does seem that their foresight will GUNSniTHS MINING AND MINES be rewarded by great financial success. PROMOTER OF STOCK COMPANIES. The principal towns which have been ..PUMP DRIVING DONE.. started since the reservation was thrown Our Camp Stove is the Boss for We have first class connections and can find the necessary capital to open for mining will be found in the Prospectors. work and develop meritorious copper propositions in the Similkameen northern part of the reservation. On country. If you have a good claim with a fine showing we will find that part, close to the eastern line, where Repair work of Every Descrip­ you a buyer. We cordially invite your correspondence. the principal part of the Indian allotA tion. Respectfully, ments have been made, will be found in OFFICE: 43 COLUMBIA AVE. S. A. HARTMAN. THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR.

spare ammunition, the remodelling occupied by Mr. W. B. Mclnnes. THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR of -her coast defences. Thus, in Mr. Sloan would make an excep­ good truth, do the nations keep up tionally good member, though PR IMC ETON, B. B. their mutual snarlings. And in probably not so windy as "My boy the end, if China be invaded and Willie." COUNTY COURT. punishment dealt, one shudders to The U. S. postoffice department THE PRINCETON PUBLISHING €0, think what turmoil of wrangling has decided to maintain the mail Honor Judge Spinks greeds may make her the vast fresh communication between the United battlefield of our new century. States and Nome city throughout the winter by the overland route, LAW AND ORDER WANTED, This will be some satisfaction to JOHN W. PECK & CO. Wherever the British flag floats the many unfortunates who were law and order are supposed to pre­ led to seek their fortunes in the c vail, affording protection to those brightly painted gold fields of No living under it. We are sorry to Wholesale Clothing The Dawson Daily News hits it AND say that such is, apparently, not abo"uf light, w lieu it says that one '•Certificate of Improvement'! notice*, $5.00 to the case in Princeton, as was ap­ Mens* Furnishings. $10.00 for legal lifc of notice. the principal reasons English com­ parent to all those who witnessed advertising. panies have not made a financial the attempted shooting affair on VANCOUVER, B. C. success of mining in the Klondike, Thursday evening. A man, crazed Agricultural Exhibitions. particularly, is because they send with liquor, draws a gun on an out as managers men who Correspondence Solicited from the Trade. other, only being prevented from Careful and Prompt Atention to all totally incompetent to conduct the carrying out his fiendish intention LETTER ORDERS. business, whose only qualificati by the timely action of bystanders, are that they have the pull. who immediately disarmed him. at great personal risk. He is then al­ Parkinson & lowed to parade the street making The . passing by the Provincial THE SNARLING OF THE all kinds of evil threats. Not sat­ Legislature, of the bill to enable Femerstonhaugh NATIONS. the construction of the Grand Forks isfied with bis first murderous at­ FAIRVIEW, B. C. tempts, he returns later in the night & Kettle rivertraikeSd, is regarded PRINCETON, B. C. The following very apt article, armed with a knife, threatening to with the greatest satisfaction in relating to the present crisis in Grand Forks. It is there expected kill. And where is the strong arm PROVINCIAL LAND SURVEYORS Chit a, appears in a late issue of of the law all this time. Echo that the railroad now authorized Collier's Weekly, and is well worth CIVIL ENGINEER answers where. Surely it is high ill be built speedily and on being reprinting: and NOTARY PUBLIC. time the citizens were rising up and connected with a line running south Never, since he wrote it, perhaps, demanding proper protection from to the mining country, in which has one poignant line of Tennyson such aces as these. If our present are the Republic and other mines, Surveys on the Similkameen Promptly seemed more pertinent than now. constable is incapable of performing se large shipments of Washing­ Attended to. That line from "Locksley Hall"— his duty, let us have one that is, ton ores, useful for fluxes, to be "And the nations do but murmur, and that without delay. made "to the Granby smelter. H. A. WMLLANS, M. D. snarling at each other's heels." It There is evidently some in this is imperatively needful that all the community who make light of such The resolution declaring that, in great powers should unite in a PHYSICIAN violations of the law, and do not the opinion of the House, the sal­ sane and expeditious plan of rescue and think there is any harm in attempt­ aries of the Supreme and County SURGEON. and pacification. But if they only ing a man's life, even going so far as Court judges should be placed on murmur, only snarl at each other's preventing an officer discharging an equality with those of the On­ heels, the spectacle will prove shab­ MIGILL GRADUATE. Prlnemton, B. B his duty in such a case. The sooner tario judges, is a very reasonable by and disgraceful indeed. For such ideas are dispelled the better, one. We are aware that some that matter, not a few clear-think­ W. J. WATER/IAN, M. E. for British law we must have, and grounds can be given why judges ing Englishmen are convinced that have it respected, too. in certain provinces should receive F. a. S. M. A, I, n. E., Etc. it may bring about a big, calamit­ higher salaries than in others. In ous European war. Japan is the order to secure the services of lead­ one country so positioned that she ing members of the bar, the salaries Examination, Development and Man­ can act with promptitude in this in the larger provinces must neces­ agement of Prospects, Claims bitter crisis. But Japan hates Rus­ Emperor Willie refuses to be sarily be somewhat higher than in and Mines Undertaken. sia for having appropriated the bluffed by the Bear, and in turn or­ the smaller provinces. But British spoils of her recent successful con­ ders him out of China. Columbia is a province where all test with China. On the other the conditions are such that the P. O. Address, PRINCETON, R C hand Germany desires, above all The Local Legislature adjourned salaries here should be put at as things, to conciliate the Slav. So, L Tuesday last. The members high a figure as in any part of Can­ J. CHARLES McINTOSH, of course, does France, as she in­ will no doubt enjoy a much needed ada. The amounts involved in liti­ cessantly shows. The reasons of rest. gation here are frequently very this double genuflection are obvi­ Mayor Van Wyck, of New York, large; the questions are important; BARRISTER, SOLICITOR ous. But of late France has ex­ has got the frost from the people of the earnings of leading members of AND NOTARY PUBLIC hibited such hate of England that that city, so it is said. No wonder ; the bar are very considerable, and it would really appear (ever since he tried to get a corner on the ice the expenses of living here are the so-called "settlement" of the trust. great. We think the case made FashgdflLiiQuJjle) as if the new an­ out for the increase of pay is un­ The sum voted by the Imperial tipathy were not threatening to answerable.—Colonist. diminish the old. Indeed, a Con­ Government to carry on the war in PRINCETON, B. C. servative London journal recently South Africa is something over ^ NOTICE, /fay ? made the startling announcement seventy-five million pounds. A Sixty days after date I intend to apply to the .. JAMES HISLOP that France^durinp the pqst few pretty costly business, outside of Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for ission to purchase 340 acres of land, as fol- months, has beensteadily preparing the lives that it has cost. : Starting from a post planted on the south bank of the , joining the west for a-naval war wit'' TMiftl'U]r1 She MINING AND CIVIL ENGINEEB. Mr^Wm^Sloan, of , has iary line of Indian reserve, and following has expended~£2,4oo,ooo, it is af­ rarseof the said river 100 chains west; PROVINCIAL UND SURVEYOR. been asked to run as an independ­ firmed, upon special and 'extraord­ of Indian reserve; thence30 chains north to ent candidate at the approaching inary armaments, the provision of more or less. federal election for the seat lately s notice was posted up on the 20th day of THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR.

receive a direct assurance from the Chi nese government, England is not prepar BRITAIN'S ENEMIES ed to withdraw her troops. I i I i I i I The course of the British government is being awaited with keen interest, no * & * M M M M only for its effect upon the present ques­ In South Africa and China are tion, but because of the pait it will have Being Brought to Time. in maintaining the accord between the powers. There is a noticeable feeling THE HOTEL among some of the foreign representa * tives at Washington that Great Britain Kruger Takes to the Mountains- will decline to accept the plan and wil Serious International Complications thereby become isolated from the rest of Likely to Occur in China. the powers. ' The Czarjias ordered Gen. Linevitch,

Baden-Powell tapped the Boer line to The foreign officer prevented the cabling Petersburg, and sent an urgent request oftne" message. for reinforcements. The Boer command­ ant wired that a train would leave im­ Business with the stage lines rum GEO. W. ALDOUS mediately. Thereupon Baden - Powel 1 nto Phoenix has been better the laft prepared to waylay the train, but the =PROPRIETOR= Boers learned of his presence. Baden- to Powell then summoned Grobelaar's force NOTICE. to surrender. The negotiations were PRINCETON, B. C >tice is hereby giveiven that thirty days afteafte r ceeding when the British commander I intend to apply on behalf of the Dominion solidated Mines Company, Limited, of Fair- was last heard from. r, to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and ks for a special license to cut and carry away Reports are received at Vlackfonti >er from the following described tract of that the Boers are disheartened. General Botha, before his flight,, plied to the burghers, reminding them of their promise to make a last stand at Machadodorp, but they would not fight again, running away out of shame. r. B. C„ this 23rd day of July, Late despatches from Lord Roberts , PARKINSON, P. L. S., M. P.Gordon, show that the British are getting a firm ar the Dominion Consolidated hold on the Delagoa bay railway. Sir MANUFACTURERS OF AND Redvers Buller's mounted troops have DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF reached Nooit Gdacht, where nearly Certificate of Improvement. FRISCO MINERAL CLAIM, situate in the Si 3,000 British prisoners, who were confinec kameen Mining Division of Yale Dist WHERE LOCATED:—On Copper mountain by the Boers, have been released. TAKE NOTICE that I, J. D. Anderson, P. ] It is uncertain whether the main body of Trail, B. C, acting as agent for David A. S FURNITURE, CARPETS, OILCLOTHS, WIN­ of General Botha's army is retiring east DOW SHADES, CURTAINS, CAMP BEDS, or north toward Lydenburg. In the for­ mer case the end of the campaign shoulc. _.e No. B7446, intend, sixty-days fror CORNICE POLES, PICTURE FRAMING.**** date hereof, to apply to the Mining Recorder fo be close at hand; otherwise guerrilla a certificate of Improvements, for the purpose 0 9fc. obtaining a Crown Grant of the above claim. operations may be further prolonged. And further take notice that action, under sec Meanwhile a little more fighting, prob­ tion 37, must be commenced before the issuanc ably on a small scale, is reported from of such Certificate of Improvements. ESTIMATES FOR HOTEL, OFFICE the Orange river colony, near the Basuto AND ALL OTHER FURNITURE frontier, which shows that resistance is FURNISHED ON APPLICATION. not entirely stamped out, even in that NOTICB. quarter. Certificate of Improvements. MANTON FRACTIONAL MINERAL C President Kruger, with some of his Mining Divii Yale District. chief officials, is at Pilgrim's Rest, i WHERE pFairviei wild, mountainous district northeast of TAKE NOTICE that I, R. H. rarmnson, r. C. No. B5822, as agent for the Dominion C Kamloops, B.C. Lydenburg. solidated Mines Co.,Ltd, Free Miner's Certifl< No. B5622, intend, sixty days from the date hi of, to apply to the Mining Recorder for a CertiCr­ l THE CHINESE MIX-UP. eate of Improvements, for the purpose of ol A special London despatch from Berlin And further take notice thatactior says it is rumored fWmany has rejected tion 37, must be commcommence< d before t of such Certificate of Is the Russian proposal for the withdrawal of thetroops. and has made a counter RICH.iRD H. PARKINSON,! proposal that Russia shall retire, leaving The James Robertson Co. Ltd. the other nations to~Tollow their own ADMESTISTRATOR'S NOTICE. Shanghai reports are to the effect that In the matter of the estate of Hugh Mc- Diarmid, the younger, lately of the VANCOUVER, B. C. heavy French reinforcements are landing village of Princeton in the County of at Taku. Li Hung Chang, it is stated, Yale in the Province of British Colum­ bia, miner, deceased. Manufacturers of Lead Pipe, Shot, Traps, White has told a diplomatist that Russia, con­ NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to the sidering the mission to Peking accom­ Trustees and Executors Act, of the Revised LEAD PAINTS, Etc Statutes of the Province of British Columbia. plished, has agreed to request the powers 1897, that ail creditors end others having claims Jobbers In Wrought, Cast or Steel Pipe and Fittings, Metals and Steam to follow her example and withdraw her against the estate of the said Hugh McDiarmid, Fittings. Write for Quotations. junior, who died on or about the 25th day of May, ministers and troops. The French < 1899, are required, on or before the 15th day of HBAD OFFICE sul, however, declares that such a request MONTREAL, QUE. to John'A. Kirfcpatr*-*- J THE JAMES ROBERTSON CO., LTD, to France is entirely improbable. ; of the persanal effects of the said de- Branches Toronto, St. John, T According to a news agency's reports, , the full particulars of their there is not much doubt in London offi­ cuum, tne statement of their accounts and the nature of the securities, if any, held by them. cial circles as to the attitude of Great And further take notice that after such last Britain. It is pointed out that the with­ mentioned date, the said Administrator will pro­ ceed to distribute the assets of the deceased drawal from Peking at the present mo­ among the parties entitled thereto, having regard only to the claims of which he shall then have I Princeton Meat Market f ment without a definite understanding notice, and the said Administrator will not be with the Chinese government, would be liable tor the said assets or any part thereof to < WARDLE & THOMAS V any person or persons, of whose ciaims notice simply courting a recurrence of recent shall not have been received by him at the time I Ordars for Mining Camps promptly attended to < events. No understanding by Li Hung would compensate for the difficulties of f and delivered. further negotiations. Until the powers THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR.

Give Us Chilliwack. .," he said, as he walked into t Canadian Pacific JOHN LOVE £ CO. (its', "where is your long distaij Pa ace Livery Navigation CO. DRUGGISTS AND <£ STABLES <£STATIONERS . "ir/flie Table No. SI KFREMEOS, B. C. D. J. DNTN1S, Prop.

nd i VICTORIA TO VANCOUVER da) Monday, at 7 o'clock a. m. Regul Presriptions .^Carefully.* Compounded. id: the steamer will leave Victoria at midnight w &n day and Thursday and Vancouver at midnighl Travellers from the Boundary Orders by mail or stage promptly Wednesday and Friday. And then he calmly an) District can secure horses VANCOUVER TO vl ped off to sleep. arrival of C. P. Raiiwt freight steamers will leave VICE When he wokeupheo Tuesday and Thursday and Vai phone company $16,90. 011 Wedneadr• 111- -il.iy- -an~ d lr"|.l.i> fSTER ROUTE. Run in Connection with Keremeos Hotel CLAIMS STAGE UNE LEAVE NEW WESTMINSTER FOR VIC­ TORIA and way porta—Tuesday, Thursday and large farm | Saturday at 7 o'clock a. in. Leaves Kamloops for Quilchena and and who rais Steamer Beaver leaves NEW WESTMINSTER Special Stage Nicola Lake every Monday. for chilliwack and way landings, Tuesday, the best phei Thursday and Saturday at 8 a. m., connecting at •11 recently, says the Van- Minion City with C. F. R. from Vancouver. Returning, leaves Chilliwack for New West­ Leaves Nicola Lake for Kamloop, Mr. Weaver expressed minster, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday at. 7 a. A Special Stage will leave f forcibly ami contended' 111., connecting with boat for Victoria. every Friday at 6 a. m. Spences Bridge for Prince­ ton and way points every PRINCETON ROUTE. Monday morning at 6 a. m. Leaves Spences Bridge for Nicolas arriving at Princeton Wed- . Coutlees, Nicola Lake, Granite iesda' d like to Creek and . Princeton every Returning: Leaves Prince­ Thursday at 6 a. m. ton Friday morning at 6- irds dead 'ictoria for Alberni, Ahouset st, 7th, 14th and zoth of each Leaves Princeton for Spences Bridge : later trips to Quatsino and Company reserves the right of Bridge on Sunday. and intermediate points every Sunday at 7 a. m. JAS. SMITH, Propr Carry flail and Express.

me Sunset Copper Mining Co., m. %y^^C Owning and Operating The SUNSET Minem

On Copper Mountain, Similkameen Mining District. Everyone who has seen the property renders a unanimous verdict. The Biggest and Best Mine in British Columbia.

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Sunset Shares Will Make You Rich. APPLY TO Rm Am BROWN, President and Oen'l Manager PRINCETON or Grand Fonts.

IR i THE 5IMILKAMEEN STAR.

g.oup on Springer creek, adjoining 1. Ttebondis for one yea j Mining News \ fco.ooo. Granite Pioneer In Boundary Mines. NOTICE. Last week the Sunset in Deadwood heretj given that thirty days a i Barber me McCoskery, intend to apply to Creek.. camp, sent out another car of ore. I nissioierof Lands and Works fo 31-cspect for coal, on the following Over 2,000 tons of ore have been ship­ d: Commencing at initial Post, th \ Shop t£- ped from the Golden Crown. ...Hotel Business with the stage lines running HUGH COWAN, Prop. h into Phoenix has been better the lai t The First Barber Sho~ two weeks. Dated August 27th, 1900. 1 MRS. JAMES, Proprietor. T Established in the .Sin The raise in the east drift of the War GEORGE MCC< Eagle is through to the surface. f Flie..Jaii...Ro«ii Reports from the Mountain View, in m This Hotel has always been VIRGINIA, ALABAMA AND NOONDAY Mil V Famous For the Excellence Summit camp, are to the effect that the C of its table. IN HAUtCUTTINi drift is coming into good ores. TAKE NOTICE that I, John D. Audersoi The nearest point to the ' The crosscut in the railway tunnel in P. L. S. ofTitil, JB. C, Free Miner's Certifical Opposite Post Office. No. B39356, for myself and as agent for John ! richest Silver Lead mines the Snowshoe is in ore 45 feet. The new Clute, Free Miner's Certificate No. 33677x1, (Tru Princeton, B. C. 70 horsepower boiler is now all bricked in B. C, 'Summit City.' apply to the Mining Recorder for Certificates 1 in and steam all ready to get up. Improvemei t*. for the purpose of obtninin There is more gold in Crown Gratis cfthe above claims. Four cars of Brooklyn ore were sent And further take notice that action, under se Granite Creek than has out up to Thursday, and two more are tion 37, must le commenced before the kwuan< yet been taken out. of such Certificc tes of Improvements. PRINCETON expected to be shipped to the Trail J. D. ANDERSON, Dated this 1: th day of June, A. D. 1900. smelter today. With an average of 27 Stopping Point for tons each, the shipmant represents 162 NOTICB. Ctiiicate of Improvements. Princeton stages. ASSAY OFFICE. MAFEKING AND KIMBKRLEY Ore is being hauled . from the Athel- MINERAL CLAIMS, situate in C. B. HARRIS stan by Docksteader Bros., for shipment. WHERE LOCATED:—Camp Hedley. David Oxley now devotes all his time to TAKE NOTICE, that I, R. H. Parkinson (Free Miner's Certificate No. B58865) intend, sixty dayi superintending development, and is put­ rom the date hereof, to apply to the Mining Re ting up a boarding house at the mine. HOTEL Assaycr Up to last night the shipments from Old Ironsides and Knob Hill aggregate and if such certificate of improve: 225 cars, or about 6,700 tons of ore. The Dated this 5 :st day of July, 1900. amount will grow much faster next 17-26 R. H. PARKINSONP . HEMMEOS.. Chemist* week, when the output is expected to NOTICE. double up ten cars daily. — Phoenix JONH NEIL. Pioneer. Notice is he: eby given that thirty days a: Accurate results Guaranteed. Re date I intend to apply on behalf of the Domin Consolidated Mines Company, Limited, of Fi Proprietor. ports will be returned on stage bring­ Slocan News. Stables in Connetion. ing samples. S. Norman, of Spokane, paid another visit to the St. Keverne last week, and has evidently changed his plans, for the property was shut down after a short Correspondence Solicited. spell of work upon it. This hotel is Situated at Dated at Fairvii la 23rd day of July, the Gateway to the The Silver Bell, near McGuigan, is Regarding Mining Properties in the I once more at work. Manager Leete re­ Similkameen valley, jt turned from Spokane last week and put Well Furnished Rooms. four men to work. Bar and Dining Room Sinllkamcei District. A quick shipper is the Mascot, which Service First-Class. the Ruth company bought a short time since from Mike Kerliu after he made the Pa ace Livery sensational find thereon. Clean ore has w already been sacked. 'ropertlea Carefully Sampled and Assayed. The Minnesosa concentrator is almost <& STABLES ^We Cater Specially to finished and the tram is now being rapid­ ly constructed. The cable is 16,000 feet KEREMEOS, B. C. Mining Men r long. For the Best —™ After'shipping twelve tons of ore last D. J. INNIS, Prop. and Prospectors. week from the Omega, near Sandon, Saddle Hoses to All Points in the Simil­ Table Beatty and Dockstader, of Cody, have kameen District. thrown up their lease. 1 M. Gintzberger has returned to the The Nearest Point to the 10 Mile Board Travellers from the Boundary fiaSf Creek Mines. Slocan, bringing the news that work on District can secure horses In Princeton try the Ajax fraction is to be pushed vigor­ through to Princeton. ously throughout the winter. MRS. WH. HAEGERMAN'S It is reported from Slocan city that J. Woodward's NEW BOARDING HOUSE. Frank Collom has bonded the Spiculitor I Run in Connection with Keremeos Hotel >n the table. ...HOTEL BOARD BY THE LOWER NICOLA.

The shortest route by 10 Miles to I I Olir We can save yOU Princeton from Spences Bridge is ] Wsitrh money on yo«r Via Lower Nicola. TV aiVU REPAIRING The table is supplied with pro- 1 (JtA/ 4*A/ Aft-*/ duce from our own gardens. Repairing A full line of Watches and the COMFORTABLE ROOMS. Latest Styles of Jewelery always on hand. Headquarters for Smith's Stage W.J.KERR, <•<_Kamloops, B. C. THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR. A PROSPEROUS CO'Y. Hotel Driard NICOLA LAKE. JOHN CLARK, Propr. Big Syndicate at Phoenix are Ail Hustle. Mining Met

One Hundred Cottages to be Put Up-- An ,deal Summer Resort. Streets Graded and Plot for a big ScbOOl House Donated. I Dining Room Service Unsurpassed. On JOB RICHARDS, The World May be Divided on the Questions of the GRAND PACIFIC Day, but the People of Princeton are UNITED in their Opinion -as to the tten the smelter into good run .... HOTEL.... BEST PLACE to do their TRADING. r, after 1nan y delays, would no KAMLOOPS. B. C. attentic n more energetically The res ults c btained by buyers oenixe id of the busi ness. The nearest hotel to the Rail­ over the entire Similkameen coun- as has b cen intimated before, i way Station. •. Headquarters for try have made ention t o erect a large devel all people coming from Nicola ml her j,- capable of product eyes to tl le poss bilities of increased and the Similkameen. m the p roperties of the syndi t quant ties. • This is to be prep Good Rooms. Good Table Big Store xt sprin z. and .electricaL-cnera Good Liquors, Good Sta- «*" R™"'ll?Y smeljier—rii «.•* bling in Connection. •* Investigate ! P. A. BARNHART, Prop. Some the re are still guided by the old ruts a nd fals e ideas. To these we say es rnestlj

short" time SMOKE Investigate ! eSSe Tucketts Am Em Howse, TOBACCOS, 1/1UAK5 and even now GENERAL MERCHANT. CIGARETTES. PRINCETON AND NICOLA. ges, which nphey are the Purest

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Dest in the market. DEBARRO & THYNNE PROPRIETORS. He stated thha t it was Geo.LTuckeit&soiiCo. Otter Flat Hotel to grade HAMILTON, ONT. end, and eet. Tend- FISHING AND HUNTING RESORT. BO-TS KEPT thorough- hortly and CAN AID AN BOATS KKPT FINE BOATING ON OTTER LAKE. PACIFIC -th side all Nearest Stopping Place and Supply Point for Boulder Creek, Kelly Creek, Slate "Imperial Creek, and Summit Mining Camps Mining Men and Prospectors can outfit at Store in connection with hotel. board on Limited" DAILY TOURIST CARS wo of the

ST. PAUL toadvanp TUESDAY AND SATURDAY. Hotel Jackson TORONTO :&$j J. Hi JACKSON, Sole Proprietor. 'oHfC • WEDNESDAY ^PRINCETON

Montreal and Boston. H DINING ROOM UNDER PERSONAL SUPERVISION. e the sea ;' the summit of Trains pass Spences Bridge as follows: if ONLY THE FINEST BRANDS OF LIQUORS AND P CIGARS AT THE BAR FIRST-CLASS STABLE IN "Oi 5:51-—IMPERIAL LIMITED 20:16 M CONNECTION. 10:45 KAMLOOPS LOCAL 17:4 jfxf JFJi^Patrons of the Hotel Jackson can keep posted on the mining | t it is 3,100 feet, then it drops E. J. DOYLE, W. MAXWELL, III Development of the entire Similkameen. ; at Greenwood, and 2,000 at JLPJ*U< THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR. mA Publi c Benefactress. Editor Star—Sir: I cannot commend too highly the public-spirited action of Mrs. Allison in opening a school for the teaching of her own children and those COUNTY COURT. of other residents of the immediate dis­ trict. The pity is that she had not done so long ago. It would have been of value to herself and others in many ways. The people of the district have long recog­ KEREMEOS nized and fully appreciated the energv and self-reliance of this lady, and her

her actions in the past. The estimable Mrs. Allison, during her nSw somewhat lengthened life, has had the charge of Ed LALLAN | bringing up some sfV",fpfii rhilflrrn of lie Centre of the Lower j what may be taken as her own house­ hold, and who shall say that with this imilkameen Valley, 45 miles j appreciate fully the losses that have oc­ Lfrom Princeton. A Mining curred through the educational deficien­ cies of the past. I have to regret; how­ ever, that the lesson of the past had not Boots and f and Agricultural Centre, m* <& \ impressed on Mrs. Allison one true thing. Shall I say that the glamour of a towi - <$ SHOES ^ site, named after her own estimable self, has perverted her judgment as to the lo­ cation of the school ? In the office of a VANCOUVER, B- C. LOTS NOW ON... fcouldthe Try Our Own Mining Boot. 9 C It is just right. 1 §f .. .THE MARKET poriirt-iffHrT in flip district—that is Prince- I. \ ton—where at least 12 pupils of school BUSINESS STREETS. on of judgment that has thus div Quick Returns THIRD AVE., 100 Feet Wide, Lots 30x120. the instrument from its purpose. CORNER LOTS $150; Inside Lots $100. I fori , but FROM ild h • of OTHER STREETS. Mrs. Allison's graces of conduct and vir­ tues of womanhood, I could have added CORNER LOTS $100.00. INSIDE $75.00. the further eulogy of complete emancipa­ tion from personal feeling in the be- MALLE RY'S Yoi TERMS: Drug Store Terms: One-Third Cash; Balance Three and Six WM. BEAVIS, Months Time...... GENERAL BLACKSMITH FOR FURTHER INFORMATION APPLY TO We carry a full stock of Drugs Expert Horse-shoer. Wagons and Agri­ Proprietory Medicines, Toilet Pre­ R. H. PARKINSON, Fairview, cultural Implements Carefully Repaired parations, etc. In fact everything that an Up-to-date Drug Store JPJPJPJPJP'E. BULLOCK WEBSTER, Keremeos. ALE WORK GUARANTEED. ough to have. BEALEY INVESTMENT & TRUST CO. LIMITED. General Agent. GrGGnWOOd, B. C.

Local Agents: The Princeton Real Estate, b Mining and Assaying Office. J° PRINTING Blacksmithing of any descriptic and just call and get • > prices and see Our Samples. Horseshoeing

THE STARf Shop on Harold Avenue. PRINCETON, B. C. JOB DEPARTMENT JHEiEOS. G. flurdoch THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR. THE VERMILION FORKS MINING AND DEVELOPMENT CO., Ltd.

OWNERS OFWHE TOWNSITE OF PRINCETON ...Lots for Sale...

BEAUTIFULLY SITUATED at the Forks of the Similka­ meen and Tulameen Rivers. The business centre for the following mining camps:- Copper Mt., Kennedy Mt., Fri­ day, Boulder, Granite and 20 Mile Creeks, Summit, Roche River, Upper Tulameen and Aspen Grove. Splendid Climate and Pure water Enormous Agricultural Area to Draw From

Government Headquarters for Similkameen District.

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