The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1898-08-13

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Of Debt and Ready for DfvsdenA.
New Tewn ~ KeIIas-Minfns
Noaes ana Briefs.
There was . new lie Roi sensation Last
week. The B. A. @. furnished It. The
minority would not aecede 10 the wishes
Of the parties who had lately acquired
control Of . majority Of the stock, and
the managers Of the big syndicate ap-
piled to the court at Rossland for an in
junction taking control Of the property
out Of the hands Of the trustees. who
were working at cross purposes vita the
ROssland syndicate and placing It in the
hands Of w. A. Carlyle, who was ap-
pointed by the court to take charge Of the
mine.
The regular monthly meeting OF the L.
Roi trustees was held Last Tuesday even
ing. The gentlemen were unanimous in
asserting after the session was over that
nothing had been done. @We just met
and adjourned they said.
In strictly parliamentary sense, the
meeting did nothing, and thereby hangs
a tale Judge Hepburn was present at
the meeting as the legal representative Of
the British American corporation which
bought the Peyton interests few weeks
since. At his suggestion q molten was
introduced providing for the appointment
|of w. A. Carlyle, the chief engineer for
the b. A c., as manager Of the mine.
II was understood that this was done at
the request Of the holders Of the majority
Of the stock. The motion was made BY
members Of the Peyton faction. who are
still on the board, notwithstanding they
have disposed Of their holdings In the
company. Colonel Turner was In the
chair, and be ruled the motion out Of or
der. A row ensued. and the threat was
made 10 put the motion and carry with
out regard to the man in the chair. There
weTe votes enough to do il, but one Of
the muscular members Of the minority
asserted just at this juncture that he
would throw the first man out Of the win
dow who undertook such . step. It Is
said that the threat caused Judge Hey
burn TO smile At any rate Il had its
effect with the members Of the board,
and the meeting adjourned at once with
out further ceremony.
That was not the end Of the matter.
The Wednesday morning train took Judge
Hepburn to Rossland, and within a few
hours after his arrival he obtained
through q Canadian court the thing
which he could not obtain from the board
of directors, while Colonel Turner pre-
sided. Judge Spinks granted the iniune-
ton prayed for, and at q late hour the
sheriff accompanied Representatives Of
the B. A. C. to the mine, and placed W.
A. Carlyle in control Of the property.
Woodbury. Creek Trail.
Among the many improvements to
roads and trails being made by the gov.
eminent this year in the KOOtenays, none
will give more general satisfaction to
those interested than the trail now in
course Of construction up Woodbury.
creek. This stream empties into Koo-
tenAy lake from the west about IL miles
below kaslo and three miles above Aims
worth, and has some exceedingly prom.
Using claims located all along its tribu.
taries up to the headwaters Of the
creek. The work now going on has been
in progress about four weeks and viii
take two or three weeks longer to com.
plete, when the facilities for getting in
and out Of this rich mineral section will
be greatly improved.
The trail building is being done under
q veteran in this section, who has IL men
employed ON the work. 1t is being con
structed in q thorough manner, on a
wagon road grade, and will extend about
Is miles up the creek. In many places
there has been much rock work. but that
part is pretty well done and the balance
is plain sailing.
One Of the first results Of the building
OF this important artery is . shipment OF
q carload Of high grade galena ore now
being made from the Pontiac and Tecum.
sen mines on this creek. These are the
properties on which L. A. Scowden spent
some $4,000 last winter and then ahan
doned, and in which the original owners,
to whom It reverted. afterwards struck
It rich. The present shipment is the hrst
one made from the property and is for a
smelter test.
New Town OF KeIlar.
The young busy mining camp on the
San Poll in the recently organized min.
ing district is finally definitely named.
1t Is called Kellar in honor Of the first
merchant who opened a general store in
the place. A variety of names have been
suggested but It is said to Be definitely
settled by the people most interested, the
inhabitants Of the camp itself. that Kel.
lar Il the proper name. b. X. Short has
been in that vicinity since June 81, was
one Of the sooners. in fact, though he had
not 80 extended an experience dOdging
Indian police as had some Of the Spokane
men who spent weary weeks waiting for
congress 70 act and Mckinley 10 sign.
I'VE have busy little camp said Mr..
Short ~We have three general stores
and more coming and several other lines
Of. business are represented. Application
has been made for the establishment Of a
postoilice. There Is prospect that the
town viii have to move. however. IL is
located On the ilat by the river, on both
sides Of the stream. In TACT. There Was
q townsite boom there shortly after the
reservation was opened and town lots
were staked for a mile and half along
the stream. Unfortunately this was on
an Indians ranch and understand that
Major Anderson has said that he intends
TO Dust the squatterA II that h the case
the town viii have 10 move 10 the bench.
e above the nat
over sixty Thousand IN July.