AND SIMILKAMEEN ADVERTISER.

Tor, I. No. 33: HEDLEY, B.C., THURSIL^Y, ^UG. 31, 1903. $2.00, IN ADVANCE.

Methodist Church. are completed the force is likely' to be Mr; Ros,s!s friends will feel disap­ increased, and there js every reason to , HKDI.KV, 13. C. THE APEX GROUP pointed at his attempt, at defending believe that before many months the his position on the, dismissal of Mr. Sunday Sclioo! ut 3 o'clock. Evening Service at 7:30 o'clock. I Dominion Exhibition B.C.. Copper Co. will find that they AVade. The obvious suppression of Kvcvybody • welcome. Properties On Indepen.dnce the. time the railway reaches here the sundry ugly facts lias robbed if of even ' » L. THOMAS, PASTOR. 1905—September 27. to October 7—1905 ' Mountain have in this group of claims one of the the semblance of .openness and given real big things of this province and by it a ring of insincerity that he will evi­ " Untlcrthc nusliiccs'of the' " • "''• Apex group will have tonnage in dently regret Avhen he has to face ful­ 1 RoVAl/A.GKICVr.TUKAl.-& QtiftRLES f\E. SMW sight whicli will give the railway en­ ler facts. -. Ji' he'would come, out man­ INDUSTRIAL SOCIKTY . . , CIVIL ENGINEER, B?;C. COPPER CO.'S CAMP gineers no rest until they have provid­ fully Avith the truth and state that he ' DOMINION AND ^PROVINCIAL ed the necessary *>pui's for. transporta­ had'acted on misrepresentations made LAND S'URVEYOR. NEW WESTMINSTER, B: 6. Splendid Showings—Getting Ready For tion. to him, the people Avould accept it, for - .-. ', i •• Orders may.be left at Gazette office.- ,Sf upendou's and comprehensive,,, Winter's Work.—Sons Qf Anak.— South .of the Apex group. Rocky any man is liable'to make a mistake: array of Exhibits representing • Other Properties, Ryan had a group of claims the names but his preference to still occupy a B. G. HEDLEY, the resources - of •, all Canada. of which were too geographical for false position and to bolster it up with the prospectors thereabout- to remem­ fallacies already fully exposed is only Immediately south of Northey !$ioo,ooo ^iS,^s $100,000 ber. , They explained that Rocky had to go from bad to worse. ] \) 60RISTW&, V. S. A Mountain and connected with it by a Enlarged grounds, new, hand- "sort of Siamese twin link is Indepen­ been a sailor and named the claims CONSULTING | some and spacious buildings .' dence Mountain which has recently after all the ports in which' he had W. A. McLean tool; a gang of ten or sweethearts. The analogy goes still ."VKTEIIINAKIAN -, become a point of great interest ow­ a dozen men from here to work on the ing to the fact that developnient'wovk farther for the claims were all tacitly irrigation contract Avhich betook from , -.1^=030VOOS, B.C. 1 WORLD'S CiiAJipioNsmr EVENTS has started there on a scale, 'that has abandoned or sold as. doubtless'also the Southern Okanagan Land Co. Mr. in Rowing and Lacrosse, Horse Advice and prescription by mail, $1.00. not been seen any whore, else in this were the sweethearts. The best of M'cL'eau doesn't want to delay the Gt. Racing, Broncho "Busting,". Mili­ portion of the district with the single Rocky's claims are now included in Northern, but he wants to get, his tary Parades and Exorcises. } WINKLER & MOHR exception of the Nickel Plate. .the Teyiot group owned by K. P. share of the loose labor that is so much Penticton and Princeton ROYAL IRISH GUARDS'and other The- pmperties under development Mathison who is said so have an ex­ in demand at present. Famous Bands. are those of the Apex' group, staked cellent showing, with good values and the property well-situated. Reai Estate and Mining Brokers. GRAND WATER CARNIVAL—Parade in 1900 by W. J. Forbes who after­ Mrs. 3. .1. Tracy who ha..- Ivc-na guest, of Eraser river fishing fleet, patrol wards-took in as partner AV. D. Mae- The Gazette was unable to visit all at the hotel Similkameen for the past : Correspondence Solicited, Jrom Tiiose Moving j' boats, M. M. warships, Indian' war Millan, and the work which they have and had to depend on information ob­ Property to 5e!5. three months went out by Tuesday canoes, etc., etc. done and the showing they have made tained from others which Ave h.-iA-p morning's'fiver en route for he; l:oine reason to believe Avas in all such cases INDIAN SPOUTS. has compelled the attention of capital in Seattle. AVhon Mv. Tracy gets R H. -ROG-ERS, -with the- result that Mr. McMillan fair and truthful. through Avith his Avork in the A Vest ., M.A.. 13.C.L. For all information vvribcAV. H.JCKAUY, who is the largest owner, succeeded in The Lone Star owned by M. Mac- and returns here to take u;> fen«truc- SKCRETARY ruirl MANAUKII, XHW WKSV- bonding the property early this-sum­ Auley and others lies across the gulch tion AVOJ'IC in a month oi' .-o move, she .MIX&TCU, U. C. , • SOLICITOR, CONVISYTANCEK, mer to the B. C. Copper Co. co the south. Avhcro a tunnel has boon expects to return to Hedley. r -KKOWS NOTARY l>L ]3LLC, ETC. The group consists 01 the Apex, driven for some 20 feet. George Ham is also the oAvnor of claims in the vi­ Nighthawk, Keystone fraction, Utopia Mr. Keith of the Allison (ownsite is cinity upon which considerable devel­ VERNON, B..C Australian and Alpha, and is reached firm in the belief that the C. P. R. Avill opment work has been done Avith good from' the Nickel Plato by the Pentic­ have the first train into Hedley. Tt Cawsteii $ Ediiidiid results : and further south* on ton wagon road to Nbrthoy's camp, may be so, bu fctha t i.s not the tinu-tutn PIEHSON MOUNTAIN GILLESPIE k between Riordan and Northey Moun­ in Hedley. Tf he should happen to lie FZE.F\L. ESTATE the old P.ierson group of claims, OAVU- tains, beyond which Northey's trail right in this matter Hodleyites Avill, —AN'D- by Cornell and others, are considered over the mountain for about 2 miles not kick, but will be ready to throAA' WINIING BROKERS «onthvard will bring the new camp. excellent properties. On them a great up their caps in honor of the winner Insurance Agents, Conveyancers., Etc. deal of development has been done PURVEYORS The name'Apex was decidedly apt, in the race. AVe're. true sport? here. _•' ' Next to Post.Oilioe,-HEDLEY. B.C. for the claim covers .the top of the Avhich has enhanced the value of the property. OF mountain. \ £dw. G. Warren U The work done was of a character Again the question arises what is ' -Word has come from Riordan Moun­ Electrical Engineer and J which showed that the performance Hedley's policy to'be with reference tain to the effect that Jimmy Riordan's Contractor ALL KINDS of mere assessment duties had cut no to the opening up of these properties ne>v strike on the Resort is opening up 2 finely. The Avhole cut is now in solid GREENWOOD, - B.C. < figure with the owners, for the work and securing the measure of prosper­ OF \ was far over what was required find ity that rightly belongs to us as the ore Avith all the strength and solidity (8 was done with good judgment, in so result of their early development? that might be expected at 1,000 feet of ESTIMATE'S' FURNISHED ON ANY ELEC­ depth, the ehalcopyrite strongly in far as showing up the ore bodies is con­ Points to the east that are more than 111 evidence and pointing to the inevitable TRICAL PROJECT FOR POWER OR LIGHT FresU Meats cerned The amount of graded. ti'ail twice the distance from these camps 'conclusion that a great copper mine is too, was outlay wisely made. On the that Hedley is, have connection by J PI there. '••'-. Apex is a shaft 15 ft. deep, all in fine- wagon road and bid fair to obtain a ALLISON 0 Pisn looking ore, with the exception of a large share of the trade during the in­ thin lime capping. That on the dump itial stage of development.. That the. In conversation Avith a mining man C. P. RAILWAY TOWN I is good looking ore of garnetite ore Avill come out to the railway on who came down from Princeton last gangue carrying mispiekel and chaleo- the Similkameen is a. foregone conclu­ week the Gazette Avas pleased to learn -:o:- V6Q6taDl6S pyrite, the latter being very .much' in sion, but the trade of the initial stage of the fine shoAving which'is to be seen Will be in the Market in a few weeks. AND evidence and generously, distributed is AA'ell Avorth striving for, and Hedley on AAr. C. McDougall's United' Empire through the rock. There was no should be aliA'e to her interests. Claim on One Mile creek. The AA-ork waste noticeable on the dump and the done had shoAvn up a fine deposit of'

;•.- -••."'-:. quantity of ore was about what one ore, principally copper carbonates Supposed Drowning- Accident. would expect to fill the hole it came Avith the indication that further. Avork Cut Rates on Orders by both Penticton out of. No walls were visible here. Avill prove the existence of a good body \RJsi.fc}niTi&.tt.&tm ? and Overland Stages. Considering the use that is made .of This dump is said to haye given :\ssay the lake at Penticton there lias been of sulphide ore. • « HEDLEY, B.C. f Inquire for Latest Fruit Arrivals. values of over $80. per ton and an av­ wonderful immunity from drowning- erage of $25. Below on the. face oil the. . Clocks and Watches for Sale. | accidents, but last week Avhat is be­ A committee of Liberals decided on HEDLEY, B. C. cliff, a 20 ft. tunnel. is run in to cut lieved to have been a fatality took this shaft and, with the exception of giving a. banquet to Duncan Ross, M. place. Charles Schilling, Avell-knoAvn ? the thin lime capping at the entrance, P., and iiiA ited him to come over for Now that the Great Northern is com­ and highly respected, who had been is all in ore of the same, character as the Labor Day celebration. They have ing sure, just hustle in. your jobs of for a considerable time in the employ announced that the function is to lie office stationery into the Gazette print that in the shaft above. Another cut of J. A. Schubert, both in Hedley and shop and get ready for your share of non-political and invite citizens of the in the mountain side much farther Penticton, Avent out 011 Thursday in a the rush. . Similkameen to join in making it a down shows a large body of the same row-boat. Not l-eturning Avhen ex­ character of ore. success in Avhich case there is no doubt pected his friends began to fear for his that the people of this district gener­ The most work, however, has been safety, but when the night set in and ally Avill take hold to show their ap­ done on the Nighthawk claim adjoin­ he had not returned the conviction be­ preciation of his services. While the ing the Apex on the east. There one came more general that he had met fight AV.-IS on, all party feeling was hundred feet of work in stripping had Avith some mishap. Next morning a sunk in the genera! good, and Avhy been done on an ore body that is prob­ search Avas made and towards noon should it not be so now in the more f ably over 200 feet wirle, the ore being thi> boat was found. Nothing lias since, pleasing pastime of felicitating oA'er principally arscnopyrilein a garnetite been heavd of him and there is now the victory. The banquet Avill be gangue. At this point a large open very little doubl that' he lias been given at the Hotel Similkameen on cut has been made fully 10 feet wide drowned. the oA-eiiing of Sept. 5th. and all in ore, the floor, sides and face being all the same. It is at Mi is Mr. S. L.-Smith secretary of the showing the B. C. Copper Co. have, School Board received notice from the ; The Spokesnian-ReA'ii'AV last Aveok gone to work but lower down the hill ! department that the tender for the I contained a. very highly colored writo- where they purpose running in a tun­ I school house was higher than they ' up of the prospects of a.-highly imagin­ nel under the large open cut already were prepared to pay. The. tender ative toAA-n called Centroinino. Unfor­ tunately for Cenfromino, it is not situ­ referred to above. This point is con­ sent in from Hedley was exactly on r ated like barber Murk's Nickel Plate siderably lower down than the show­ the specifications forAvardcd from A ic- city 011 the shore-of Twenty mile lake. ings on the Apex, and it is on a law­ toria which called for material that Rare old Ca.pt. Shorts, the pioneer ny wooded hillside sloping to the Avas not obtainable here and would navigator of Okanagan Lake used to south towards Pierson mountain, the liaA'eto be imported. A better plan say that the surest plan for success in timber being mostly spruce of huge Avould have been to have merely sent life, is to get in somebody else's Avay. size. the plan of the building and allow Ceutromino is not even fortunate The vanguard of this development builders here to figure on the job, using enough to bo able to make itself a nui­ I DKY GOODS force put on by the B. C. Copper Co. Avliat material is available. HoAvever. sance to anybody over there by get­ under their bond, consists of seven it is better that a hitch of this kind I FANCY GOODS ting in their road. If you attempt to men of giant stature under the super­ should, occur UOA\'. AVith the use of go oA'er on your fingers the list of simi­ intendent, M. S. Hall. They are all the McLean residence for a schoolroom I BOOTS & SHOES >l\ Ave can get along very Avell for this lar layouts in the Boundary that have- in the heaA-yAveight class; two Avere con H1. to naught you Avill find out be­ I Millinery in Latest Styles | stripping the surface capping for a Aviuter, and by the spring there will in all probability besuffieientsehool popu­ fore, very long that you Avill have to Hi —AOKSTS l-'Oll start on the new tunnel, and the bal­ \6 lation to Avarrant at least a tAvo room­ fall back on your toes. Hi ance Avere at Avork putting up large MASON

THE HEDLEY GAZETTE. AUGUST 81, 1905.

page of your paper, "Men use their brains; fools wag. their tongues and NOTICE knock," I commend to the careful con­ and sideration of Ajax. He and his ilk are JV SITTING of the Hoard of Licence Comihis- " sioners for the Nicola Licensing '.District Sinnilkomeeiv Advertiser. not only "knockers" but "deliberate, will bu hold in Hedley on Thursday, .September ••'• BANK ©F falsifiers" and unlike, the ancient A'ali- 7th to transfer the licences from .1. IC. fcrasor of i'l.-ni.l.SlllNG COMPANY. when he shall slay himself—Avilliiot the Princeton Hotel. Princeton., from Albert BRITISH N^ra.AMERICA.. LIMITICD, lit Hedley, H. C. Bryant to James Wallace. turn into .'sweet-" scented floAver but HUGH HUXTER. rather poisoned oak or a-noxious weed. 32-2'•• ' .Chief Licence Inspector. Capital—$4,866,666. • Reserve-$2,643,997. bsa •iptioris in Advance Fancy, friend Ajax, how inconceivable for yon with your distorted vision and *•'-. • HEADOFFICE IN CANADA. '•-'•..'• MONTREAL 1>01 Year. ..S2.uo misrepresentation and untruthfulness NOTICE. •II. S'1'i.KldlAN, Gonomi Mii.itngei- .1. KLMSLY, Sunt. oMirnncliuK Six Moiit-1 :•'...... -1.(10 coursing.rampart through yon to be­ A M E(l RAW, come—when your short day is ended Managing Editor. by yourself- anything so SAVeet scented Certificate of Improvements. HANKING BY MAIL—Accounts of parties living at a distance receive our as a. violet. Ajax refers particularly siieeial attontion. Dciiosits can bo made through the mail, and stuns added "STAR OK HOPE" and "ECLIPSE" Mineral thereto and withdrawn at any, time. AGeneral Hanking Husiness Trans­ to an article which- appeared in the Claims, situate in the Ososoos Mining Divi­ acted. Drafts issued, payable at all points in Canada and abroad. '• Hedley Gazette, headed "Axe Still sion of Yale Histrict. Where loeated: Yun- Falling," and states V perhaps iteuian- ciunn Camp, Hi Mile Creek. New Mucin Kiill Moon 2nd i'i :*>ist. Kith. ated from the. office of the Southern, AKE NO'JiCK that I. C. dell. Green, as Hedley Branch, - • L. G.TlacHAFFiE, Acting Manager Okanagan Land Co." We have,other T agent for V. Riohtor, K.M.C. No. H78888, for L. M. Lyon, V. M. C No. U7SS;>7, and for .lames Kirst in'iar. Lust, ((liar. , and more, important matters to attend 21th. MoDongull. K. M. C. No. H78WW, intend, sixty Uth. to in our office, and I knew nothing of days from date hereof, to apply to. the Mining . 1 the article until my attention AA'as Recorder for a.Certificate of improvements, for the purpose: of obtaining Crown Grants of the 1905 AUG. UW5 called to it at the Penticton Hotel a abo\'e claims. day or tAVo after the paper was issued. And further take notice that action, under To relieve the -minds of some of the section .'(7, must be commenced before tne issu­ Mon, Tues. Wed. Thii. Fri. Sat. Liberal friends of' Mr. Ross, I might ance of such Certiticate of Improvements. say that had matters been presented Dated this 20th day of .lime. A.D. 11)03. I 8 i truthfully to that gentleman I do not 25-9 , : C. dcB. GREEN, Agent,, think that he would have recommend­ 8 10 ii 12 ed any change in the post- office. I know positively that all matters upper NOTICE. .15 l(i 17 18 19: u 19 1'aiuing to the post office were misre­ Wholesale and Retail presented to him by those he consider­ 90 21 3S 20 Certificatc of Improvements. 20" 21 28 ed friends and he acted upon their misrepresentations. I think, though, 20 80 81 "MARTIN," "MAPLK LEAK," "DAISY," 28 that any government, Liberal Or Con­ ." " WXE KNOT" AND "MINNKHAHA" General TVleroHajnt servative, should adopt business-like Mineral Claims;1 situate in the .Osoyoos methods and I do not consider ,it very' c Mining Division of Yale District. Where wise-for any government to send in an located: In Camp Hedley. "The.election campaign is now fairly inspector to report on a matter and to •TAKE XOTICK that I, H. H. Caylcy, acting * as agent for J no. Gladden, F. M. C. No. Groceries Hardware under AYay in the tAvo new provinces act before receiving'- their inspector's UiiKlTl, Kdw. A. C. Studd, K. M. C. No. BTiKllfi, report. It looks to me as if they felt of Sas'katciieAvan and Alberta. Pre- and Chas. K. Oliver, F.M.C. No. H79072. intend, the inspector's report would not justify- sixty days fi^oin the date hereof, to apply to..the; •niier'Haultaiu who so successfully con­ Mining iteeordcr for a Certiticate of Improve­ Dry Goods V Flour arid Feed their contemplated action. The peti­ ments, for the pm-nose of obtaining. Crown ducted the 'affairs of the country dur­ tion referred to by Ajax AA'as signed by Grants of the above claims. ing the territorial regime, Avas opposed a hundred and fifteen males of voting, And further,take notice that action, under Gents'. Furnishings Sash and Doors age, residents of Penticton, whom he Section 37, must be commenced before,the issu­ to'the intvroduction of party lines into brands as "transients." Wa^re up, ance of such Certiticate of IinproA'cmcnts. the. conduct of provincial affairs at Ajax! Your sleep certainly has been Dated this 28th day of J\ily, A. D. 1905. Boots and Shoes Lumber arid Shingles this stage of the. country's progress, long. Realize a new-condition of things 28-11 H. 8. CAYLEY. .but thi'- Liiier.-i-ls have, thrown down and that those you term "transients" : : ; and •'strangers" are here to stay and X«rlV*»» XZ# L^>* ' -;Etc.,.;: EtC.;- ' ;" the gag?* of battle and declared first Avill be the backbone of the prosperous NOTICE. for party-lines as they did in British Penticton that is to be. They are not Columbia, and the Conservatives of of your type but loyalto' the interests OTICE is hereby given that, M0 days after of the place that they have'made their N date,. 1 intend making application to the Stores-HEDLEY eumdl PENTICTON. Albei-ta have accepted the challenge Chief Commissioner of Lands & Works for iicr- home. Ajax Avould lutve it appear that niission to ga/.ettc si. Public Kood-fvom my Pre­ thus thrown out and chosen as their the S.O.L. Company Avasa Tory clique emption. "HecordNo. '1020," east side of Okan­ agan Lake about (5 miles north of Penticton, to loader R. B. Bennett, M. P of Calgr.rry. or company. lie is ignorant in this as connect Avith the Ivelownii trail, and about one One of Haultain's rc;asons.for-. Avishing in all other things. .Our,president is mile, more or less, south-west, for joining this one of the leading Liberals in the city trail. to defer the introduction of party lines of Toronto. One of our, Directors is .IOUX ROBINSON. Avas the exhibition of .suViservience to President of the Liberal Association Penticton, B.C., August 7th, HilM. .'W-f, party thai. Avas shoAvn at Ottawa' clur- for Yale-Cariboo ( Mr. Ross' OAVII con­ When in Keremeos imt the vote on the. Autonomy bill. stituency)-and other directors as Avell as most prominent stock-holders are NOTICE. STOP AT There.he's«AV men who he knew.hated to be found in the Liberal -ranks. Our the pleasure, and in thejr hearts con­ Company is non-political and on fair demned it as wrong, voting straight ground in the open (but not in hole Certificate of Improvements. and corner meetings) it can, I flatter against both their better judgment myself, exert much .more political in­ '•BULLION." "EVENING STAR," "PRIDE" TEe Cent and their sense of right, in obedience fluence even in Liberal councils than and "GOLD HILL" Mineral Claims, situate TWEDDLE (&. REITH, Proprietors. to the. crack of the party Avhip, and he Ajax and his fellows. It is also stated in the Osoyoos Mining Division of Yale Dis­ trict. Where located : In Camp Hedley. tliat Mr. Wade oAvned a "good busi­ Avished to have the men who were to TAKE NOTICE that I. K. AV. Groves, acting ness site, on the old toAvnsite but against x make I.-IAA-M for the HCAV provinces left as agent for .John Greenhill, free miner's his-better judgment he AA'as persuaded certiticate Xo. B7SI058. L. O. Hedhind, free min­ Good Accommodation and Strict Attention to the free to act according to the.dictates of by the S. O. L. Co. to build on the neAv er's certiticate No. B7!I0!)J, and J. A.-Schubert, free miner's certificate Xo. B7IH09, intend, sixty Wants of the Public Livery Barn in Connection. their conscience . and judgment, for townsite."- I am pleased to be credited days from date hereof, to apply to the Mining Avith the gift of persuasion in this in­ Recorder for a Certificate of tinin'ovements.foi- upon their .action during the next ten stance but 1 hardly think Mr. Wade the purpose of obtaining Crown grants of the yeai-s, much will depend for the good Avill A'ieAv it in the same manner. He above claims. And further take notice that action, under =^ or ill of the province. .The reason Avhy told me Avhen buying that he had a section 37, must be commenced before the issu­ beautiful residential site on the old ance of such Certificate of Improvements. the. .Liberals have declared for party PATRONIZE YOUR HOME MILLS toAvnsite, but not a business site. I Dated this Uth day of July, A.D. l!!0o. miKrfAfavw.tt.'va* aTB>liB«iia.»BJBca lines at this timt IS brought out in regret very much that some people 25-9 . 1<\ AV. GROVES. very clear terms by W. F. Maclean should use the terms' "old townsite" Ask your grocer for in his address to his constituents at and "neAv toAvnsite." With the S.O.L. Co. it is neither old tinvnsite nor neAv NOTICE. Toronto Junction, in Avhich he out- toAvnsite, but one Penticton. We OAVII lined the routine for shackling tllO tAA'O all the ground, both nld and neAv, that Certificate of Improvements. nCAV provinces Avith ub.serATient party has not passed into private hands, and Ave propose building up Penticton ac­ administrations that Avill complete the THE "CLIMAX" and "I X L'. mineral claims, cording to our own A'ieAA's and in the. situate in the Osoyoos Mining Division infamous work begun last, session at best interests of our Company and the of Yale District, where located: Camp •mr^rv.^'^-EiiB^.v.-iw.rtraiir.i^^ f.-».i«-j-1-.ri»yg..i OttaAva. The .manner too, in Avhich public generally. ' . Hedley. TAKE NOTICE that I. Clms.dc Blois Green, the thing is Avorking out Avould look x as agent for the Yale Mining Company, and help us to help British Columbia almost as if Maclean had the gift of The managers of the S. O. L. Co., [ Free Miner's Certificate Xo. B7U033. intend, feel sure, did not sell one lot because sixty days from date hereof, to apply to the second sight, for since his utterances Mining Recorder for Certificates of Improve­ by employing more men in our mills. buyers Avere promised the post office ments, for the purpose of obtaining Crown at Toronto Junction, Lanrier has been would be located in a certain place. Grants of the above claims. AND FURTHER take notice that action, un­ carrying out part of the programme Surely Ajax did not make a sale and der section .'17, must be commenced before the 'by appointing for Lieut.-governors, incidentally a commission by such re­ issuance of such Certificate of Improvements. presentation. It Avould appear, Mr. Dated this (ith day of June, A.D. 15105. -THE COLUMBIA FLOURING MILLS CO., Ltd. Forget and Bulyea, Avho Avill doubtless Editor, by the letter of Ajax and an­ 24-!)' C. dcB. GREEN. in their turn call on servile henchmen other in the Gazette signed T.C. Revely ENDERBY AND VERNON, B. C. like Scott of Regina to form a goA-ern- of Hedley, that the S. O. L. Co. Avere. responsible for "ruin and calamity" to NOTICE. ment in each case. Party government ^ certain people at Penticton. Ajax in­ has served the country Avell in its day timates that during Avhat he styles the CSIXTY days after date I intend to apply to but Avhen one sees the. manner in which "Ellis regime" he and others Avere kept vJ the Chief Commissioner of Lands & Works for permission to purchase ;i*20 acres of mountain it may be abused the force of GoldAA*in Avithin certain narroAA' bounds, and I. think considering Avliat has occurred land, situated in Siniilkamoen Division of A'ale Smith's crusade against it stands out District; commencing tit 11 post marked "Yeo­ they became so accustomed to a certa.in man C. Kitley, south-east corner"; thence run­ in bolder relief. limited area as to consider it their ning SO chains north; thence 10 chains cast; thence 80 chains south; thence 10 chains west Avorld and the only Avorld. They can­ to point of commencement. not look beyond the confines of one Dated July 1<), lifOn. COMMUNICATIONS. particular street, and it a very short KIT LEY, one. When the S. O. L. Co. took over 28-0 Y. C. the Ellis estate they found this street ErilToli llKOLKY G.AXKTTK, a residential one and practically all the lledlev. lots in the hands of private people. Dear Sir: Not one business house Avas facing this street. The general store of .1. A. Schu­ The enclosed has been sent to the bert and the blacksmith shop of Mr. "Star" for publication. Will you also DeLong Avere the two places of busi­ he good enough lo publish it as in u ness Avhich could be alTected by ;m measure it replies to the letter of Mr. addition to Iho townsite of Penticton. Wevelv in the < ,->•/.< I tc some time ago. IIOAV are they alTected ? So far from ours truly. being disastrously affected all traffic has to pass these places on its Avay to VV. T. SiiATi-'oun. the toAvnsite addition and those tAvo places of business should on this ac­ count lie immensely more valuable. THK iCniToit SIMII.KA.-.IKKX KT.VH,- Blocks of laud Avhich I understand Dear Sir: Avere bought fcr $80.00 a lot on the old f ha\'e been fui'AWirdcd a copy of street shortly before AVC began opera­ your issue of tin; .19th inst. by a friend tions hero could be sold to-day for at in Hedley who thinks I snould reply least $100.00 a lot, so I cannot see Avhy to the one, and a quarter column effu­ there should lie so much AVOC and la­ sion of "Ajax." I had previously heard mentation. The S. O. L. Company, in of tin; a.rticle l.iut decided not to even planning their addition to Penticton, read such malicious falsehoods as I arranged it so that all the old streets Avas informed the article contained, Avere connected Avith the DCAV streets; but to treat the article and its author they (.wen availed themselves of the AA'ith silent contempt. My friend at old'government road and bridge near Hedley, hoAA'ever, thinks the outside, the dock. They did all they could to public should kinnv the truth, and in Avork harmoniously with the people deference to his AVIS lies I shall narrate they found at Penticton and certainly facts which I trust you Avill give the have A'ory much enhanced by their op­ same publicity as you did the Ajax erations the value of property OAvned article. 1 thank you in anticipation by those, people. In the light of sub­ for your valuable space* arid assure you sequent oA'onts it appears some of the that I shall not again take; advantage residents of the one kwel street in the old toAvnsite expected the S. O. L. Co. "Rest Only Provided for Table of your kindness in connection witli to buy from them every foot of land the matters I am at present writing of they needed for business purposes, al- as my statement cannot be. assailed by and Bar, anyone Avith the slightest regard for the truth. Mr. Editor, the Avords dis­ played in prominent type on the front Concluded on Pago. Four. I. j. Henderson, Prop. THE HEDLEY GAZETTE, AUGUST 81, 1905.

Town and District. R. Mel nn is of the firm of Hopkins & Mclnni.s:,is undei; the weather these days with an abscess on his jaw. OLIVER & GLADDEN Oh ! won't tllitre be a hot time when Harry Rodgers, of Ashcroft, came in The Citizens of , Kelzer gets back. -:o: this week, and Avill remain for the R. .T. Edmond returned last week Labor Day celebration before return­ Civil & Mining Engineers l'roin Banff. He denies everything. ing. The Midway Star kicks at the scarc­ The sitting of the Nicola Licence :<):• ity of lumber and beer. , Court at Hedley, which, AV.-IS set for Sept. 4th, will not be held until the 7th, Miss Alice McLean left on Tuesday MIINES eind as the 4th is a legal holiday. HEDL morning's Flyer for Spokane, where she is going into training for musing. Dr. McEwen AVIUS called to Keremeos REAL ESTATE last weuk to attend Thus, son of Mrs. Mr. W. P. llodgers was out of town HEDLEY, B.C. E. M. Daly Avbom he found attacked the greater part of last week. He. re- with typhoid fever. turned home on Monday. Extend A Cordial J. J. Foltz, of Tacoma, Wash., has 15. 13. Hard wick went down to the been staying at the Hotel Similkameen Lower Similkameen last week to do for several days. Mr. Foltz was for­ some work for D. McCurdy. . Tne Pioneer Carriage merly manager of the Tacoma smelter, Invitation To All The Nicola Herald' announces that and Avill look over some properties on Otter Flat will be a Great Northern the hill before going back. Yesterday- and divisional point.' he went up to the Golden Zone, where TO JOIN THEM One Di" Engineer Tracy's men, in he will see a. property that will give the. Ho pi' mountains, cut his foot very him some idea of what the Twenty- Repair Shop IN CELEBRATING badly last week* mile basin can show. Mr. and Mrs. Lind, of Peterson Bros. HEDLEY, - - B.6. & Lind. Great Northern Hotel, came Machinery For Sale. in on Sunday. L. W. Shatford, M. P. P. went over THE folloAving list of second hand sawmill Horse-Shoeing and all kiijds o to FairvieAV on Monday. He will visit * machinery will bo sold at a sacrifice : 1-—California No. 2, (i x 21 planer and matcher; of Blacksmithing done. : : Penticton before returning and expects I—-10 x 1(» Eric engine; 1—-3-hcad block carriage and truck frame Avith LABOR DAY to be back for Labor Day celebration. top saw; 1—52 in. Hoe saw; W. C. Bate, road supervisor, return­ 1—JO in. Hoe SIIAV ; ed from the western part of the riding 1—Hull Avheel rig, complete except chain. GEO. ft. SPR0UL&, on Sunday evening and Avent back to For terms and further particulars, address C. F. PACKARD, Agent. Proprietor. FairvieAV. , 31-tf HKDI.MY, B. C. ••P $1,000.00 IN PRIZES The V. V. & E. haAre cleared off con­ siderable light of way at Midway and are'gividing, but lack of men is retard­ ing the work rather seriously. • Dr. YVhillans is putting up ;i new house on Scott Avenue across the « ALLISON ° Rifle Match street and a little further east than his present residence. If there is nny person in the Similka- Now in the Market ~ Allison Town Lots .m'een you may want to see, come to Hedley on Labor Day for that is where Horse Races they will all be found. Future Great Raiiroad Gentre W. T. Atherton Avent with his daugh­ LLlSON is the terminal point of the C. P. R. on the ter from Midway to the Coast, which n Similkameen, and, is the supply point for the Copper will delay his return to Hedley a little Mountain District and otiters. Rock Drilling Contest longer than he expected on leaving ALLISOX Avill be the junction point for any raihvay lines running AA'est and connecting Avith the. Canadian Pacific here. -Railway, who agree, in the operation of said1'railway, to RCA7. A. .T. Fowlie will not hold ser­ make the town of ALLISON a point of general importance vice here on Sunday night next owing in connection with the working thereof. Base Ball Match to the fact thatf he has to attend a INVESTMENTS HOAV in .Allison'-will "surely" bring large profits in the near future as raihvay construction proceeds, meeting of Presbytery which Avill be and this is noAv assured. held at. Kelowna about that date.. TERMS : one half cash, balance in six months and a A misprint in last Aveek's editorial year, with interest at 6-per cent. made yards read as feet. The distance ======FTor F"ull Particulars . = Athletic Sports stjited between post office, sites at Pen­ -•-'•• —ABPLY TO— ticton should have read from 1(50 to 200 yards instead of feet. HILTON KEITH, Agent,, Allison, B.C. It is not W. T. Shatford e made iiiul withdrawn lij- mail. Special utteiition jdven to this class of business. :: Drafts nnd iUnnu.v Orders issued on all points. undertaking the management of the MINING SUPPLIES A General .Dunking business Transacted. ball on tlw evening of September -ll-h I J. M. CHRISTIE Manager have turned it over to A. McDermott GROCERIES AND HARDWARE of the Hotel Siniilkameen AVIIO i.s mak­ (of all descriptions) | ing every preparation for a swell a (fair. The (lance will be held in Eraser's hall DRY GOODS 8 and the supper will be given in the GENTS' FURNISHINGS § Hotel Siniilkameen. I What happened to all the young CLOTHING j I men on Tuesday morning: Some as­ cribe it to baking poAvder, others to BOOTS AND SHOES 8 saleratus, but no such general exhibi­ ===== fc tion of early rising lias been .ween for Our Goods are the Best and Our Prices Right many a- day among the callow youths of Hedley. Driver Leniunv of theI —WE ARE AGENTS FOR— Flyer couldn't understand it at first but by and by he. caught on. 8 Campbell's Clothing Dr. MclSAven, Avarden of St.Mary's 8 jiarish, Hedley, has received a com­ THE CLOTHING THAT FITS AND WEARS WELL 8 munication from Rev. Arch Deacon Peutreath to the effect that Rev. E. P. I Flewelling, late vicar of Da.Avson and SHflTFORDS, LIMITED formerly of 'Vancouver and Kainloops, I Avould be the first missionary sent, to fiedley and Fairview, B. 6. Hedley, and that he Avould - . ; x arrive here x some time in September. 4 IJIIHJjTrTlln'SF!^ s^wiiiaiaiWiaiMUUMIiail

THE HEDLEY GAZETTE, AUGUST 81, 1905.

COMMUNICATIONS.'-:*'

Continued from Page Two. though the Company '--owned equally as good land not two .-'hundred-feet-- away. HOAV unreasonable ! We have laid' off a, townsite. Avhicli conjointly' with the old townsite. Ayill make a toAvn which will be the pride of the interior of -'British Columbia. One of our streets extends from lake to,lake, a distance of three and one half .miles, and will make a beautiful driveAviiy between the tAvo lakes, long stretches of sandy is the supply point for the Nickel Plate moun­ beach being at either end of this street. ...PRICE OF LOTS... Everything has been laid off with an Hedley tain,.-on which is .situated the famous "Nickel eye to the future and not to the pres­ ent personal gain of a couple Of " sore Plate"—the richest gold mine in Canada—and many other Scott Ave. (main st.) ... heads" who happened to own a feAV promising mines and prospects. It is the mining and business $400 to $600 town lots. Ajax concludes his "falsi­ centre of the ties" by stating "All trouble here might have-been avoided.if the 8. O. L. Com­ Other Streets...... pany had shoAvn better judgment in the handling of its afiairs.- The" man­ Similkameen ...... $200 to $400. aging direetors.of.the. Land Company the .new mining district Avhich has already been piwen, by' a have followed a policy'well, calculated T to stir up strife "and as a result are small amount of deA elopment Avork, to be one of the richest suffering the consequences." Ye Gods gold, copper and coal mining sections of . > weep. -The A'ery audacity of a person .... 1 Grlvi'l.d.... of the business calibre of Ajax telling the managers of the S.-'-O. L. Co. how they should do business. -The' -.shrewd ••:• British Columbia! practical businessmen of,Canada, have .... JHEDLEY is tbe chief toAvn.on the route of the proposed B-3 Cash; balance in 3 and enough confidence in their .•...known '•/Joast-Ko(iteniiAr.RkilAAray_; and; with the adA-ent of this road, methods of business to hiA'est five hun­ 6 months, with interest at dred thousand dollars. Is Ajax in this •-AA'hichas assured ifjiythir li'ear future, it Avill unquestionably class: it he not a $5.00 individual in­ b'eoonia a lai-ge-and iiiipoi'l'ant city, and toAvn lots A\-ill bring the rate of 6 per cent. stead? Mr. Editor, Avhen Ajax refers to our "suffering the consequences," big. returns on .money

Yours very truly, L. 'W-. SHATFORD, .' AV. T. SllATTOUD. fl h^LJlLjillf Y a I3« %a/« Resident Managing Director. Secretary and er, Penticton, B.C. Aug. 28th, 1905. THE EDITOR, HEDLEV GAZETTE.— Dear Sir: I should be much obliged if vou SIMILKAMEEN Avould giA'e me a small space m your paper to thank Mr. Revely for inform­ ing me Avhy I Avas dismissed from being GEO. KIRBY, iianager. postmaster, as the Post Office Depart­ ment, did. not think it AA'-orth their Livery, Feed and Sale Stable AA'hile to do so. Also I Avould like to state, in answer, First Class in Every Respect. Commercial and Mining to Ajax, that I never had any intention of building a store on my lots on Ellis Single and Double Saddle and Pack Headquarters of the Keremeos and Lower Similka­ street; had I built there, I fancy, I meen Valleys. Post House on Penticton- Avould still be postmaster. I am AA'ell Drivers. Horses. pleased that it AA'as taken from me but 1 should have preferred it done in a Wood for Sale. Princeton Stage Line.- more, honorable Avay. T am, sir, HOPKINS <8b MdNNES, Proprietors, Hedley KEREMEOS, B. C. Yours truly, ALFRED H. WADE.

NOTICE

uLBKRT THOMAS BRYANT, of the Priiieo- •f*A- ton Hotel, l'rinceton, intends to apply to tlic Licence Commissioners for the Xieola District, for permission to transfer his hotel licence to- .1 iimes Wallace. HEDLEY, B.C. Dated at Princeton, August iltli, ISiOf). HERRING & WINKLER, PROPS. 31-1 Al'.BKliT TtlO.\1AS BltVANT NOTICE. This hotel under new management has been Choice Liquors and Cigars Good Table and Comfortable always in stock. Rooms. TICK is lierchy given that, sixty days after re-modelled, and has ample accommodation for .N- - ° date, we intend toapply to the Chief C'om- inissioiiorof Lands and Works for permission to a large number of people. The table is supplied purchase the folIoAvi*,,",",!',,,i,">'' i» •>'!.-• •.•••<-• •••<-« CaJ-eful attention to AA/ants of trriai/ellirig with the best.3i.11 the market. The bar. contains j3tifc>lic eamci regular fboeir*ciie-r-s.

the popular brands of liquors and cigars. said Lot. Xo. 11171, and marked "John McLean's The'GRAND UNION is the nearest to the works of the Daly and Xiftel 1!. Kuart's X.W. corner", thence cast K> chains; thence south 80 chains; thence west Reduction Co., Avhich makes it especially suited for regular boarders.- 10 chains: thence north 80 chains to the place of ALL AVIUTK UKUV. . hcginnins'- containing :'/.'() acres, he the same more or less. Hedley. H.C.. .Inly 1.1th. !!iar.. H. W„ YATES, Proprietor .IUHN McLKAX HEDLJEY, Q. C 'JS-il XKiKL M. KWAUT vuHsaasBasiaas KUMISS

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