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���������-,  j  ;  >i<-  AND SIMILKAMEEN ADVERTISER.  S \  Volume VI.  HEDLEY, B.C., THURSDAY,. AUGUST 18, 1910.  Number-32.  *'  Dr. C. A. JACKSON  DENTIST  [18 years' practice in Vancouver.]  S. o. L. Co.'s Block  PENTICTON,     ���������--     -      B. C.  ;   w.  H. T.  GAHAN  .  Barrister,  Solicitor,  Notary Public, Etc.  Mfiuc  PENTICTON,  Block  -      -      B. C. '  K. C. BROWN  BARRIST1CR and SOLICITOR  NOTARY PUBLIC, Etc  PRINCETON,,  B.C.  WILL THEY CHANGE?  V. V. & E. Said to be Looking-For New  Route to the Coast.  ; JflSGLflRKE  Watchmaker,  MEDLEY, B.C.  Clocks and Watches for Sale.  HOTEL PENTICTON  Headquarters for -Tourist Travel.  Rates -Moderate.  V;, A. Baknes, Prop.';* ;   Penticton, B.C.  A. MEGRAjVV  NOTARY   PUBLIC  Conveyancer, Real Estate,; Mines,  Crown   Grants   Applied, For  Uiider Land  Act and ���������"������������������'  Mineral Act. .  More expert thinking  has gone into the making  of the Monarch than anj"  typewriter sold. That is  why it demands little or  no thought from the owner or the user. That is  why it is the typewriter  your best stenographer  deserves and your poorest  stenographer needs.  Tlie Monarch Typewriter:  Company, Ltd.  98 King Street West, Toronto..  A. MEGRAW, local Agent  Okanagan College  Summerland, B. C.  Courses for 1910-11  Preparatory; High School; two years  University; Business including Typewriting and Stenography, Piano and  Vocal.  Agent for:  Mutual Life of Canada.  Hudson Bay Insurance Co.  Columbia Fire Insurance Co.  Calgary Fire Insurance Co.  Alliance Insurance Co.:  London & Lancashire Fire Ins. Co.  Ocean-Accident and Guarantee Co.  Office  at   HEDLEY,  B.  C,  Separate Residences for young men-  and young-women. Well equipped-  gymnasium.  Nicola Valley News  Jim Hill  will bring  the V. V. <fc E.  into Merritt.     Of that there is very  little doubt.    Chief Engineer Kennedy  in conversation  with a representative  of The News at Vancouver a few days  ago said  that he was confident that  the line would be brought into Merritt  in order  to get into  touch  with   the  coal at Middlosboro.   A crew of engi-  neers'is now working this way   from  Summit and it is understood that they  are headed down the Coldwater river.  Just what course  the V.   V.  & E.  will follow is not definitely known.   It  is reported on,good authority that the  old  route across the summit will he  abandoned   and   that   the   line  will  double back into Railway pass and on  across to July creek, along July creek  to Boston Bar creek and on  to the  Coquihalla joining the latter at a point  ;abput fourteen miles this side of Hope.  This will mean a better-grade and an  i in proved route in many ways.  It ..will  also mean that Railway Pass which is  situated but six miles above the ranch  of Del King on the  Coldwater  and  about 26' miles from Merritt will have  ,two railroads, the  V. V. ,& E. and the  'Kettle Valley.     It will iiiean that the  district along through the Coldwater  valley:' and within i a radius of - thirty  miles from Merritt will be given excellent   transportation   facilities and  having, the possibilities , of a good pro-  dueing district there should be a large  and   prosperous   settlement in   that  vicinity.  BUT  Hedley's Recognition   Appears  to Be Coming at Last  GOLD PRODUCED BEGINS TO TELL  K. V.  HUSTLING IN WEST  While Grand Fo.ks and Other Boundary  Points are Kicking at Slowness  What Monetary Times Says of Opportunities in This Camp���������Will the Kingston Incubus Ever Jar Loose?  I     CANADA'S GRAND OLD MAN  Lord Strathcona Now Over Ninety Years  ������������������- ������������������;;���������:;-. ���������     of Age-  ,-...  Pall Term opens Sept. 21st.  For Calendar and further particulars  address the Principal. ���������'���������,'���������;  -."���������- E\^^TT<W^SAWyERi  Grand Union  Hotels -^  HEDLEY, B. C.  First Class Accommodation.   Bar Stocked with  Best Brands of Liquor and Cigars.  A. WINKLER, Proprietor  NEW  HEDLEF BARBER SHOP  Two Doors North of Bank of B. N. A.  HAIR   CUTTING   A   SPECIALTY  Razors Honed.  Hot and Cold Baths in Connection  W. T. BUTLER.  HOTEL  JOHN JACKSON, Proprietor  Everything New and  First-Class  Bar supplied with the Choicest  Liquors and Cigars, and Special  Attention  paid   to   the   Table.  PALACE  Liveru, Feed & Sale Stables  HKDLEY   B. C.  A.  F. & A. M.  rG~2r RKOULAU monthly meetings of  k "* Hedley Lodge No. 13, A. F. & A. M.,  are h-iltl on the second Friday in  each month in Krtiternity hall, Hedley. Visiting  brethren are cordially invited to attend.  W. J. FORBES  Vv. JH  H. D. BARNE5,  Secretary  Ifiu  K. A. C. STirill"  1IAUOI.I)  MAYNK -DALV  ���������J A good stock of Horses and Rigs on  Hand.    If Orders for Teaming  promptly attended to.  Office of Dominion Express Company.  WOOD   FOR   SALE!  Phon   11.        INNIS BROS. Proprietor?;.  STUDD & DALY,  Mem< < ���������  '   iM-inivei- Stock Kxcha  ig'o  Real Es  -urance, 5tock  Loan  v. ��������� :  '���������������������������ji'ngs Brokers  '. -Jr<;s t>tret-t \V.  .,-\v Post Office  '. 1IOX !!!!(>  Vancou \  -  B. C.  Try  Vidoria  ss  E. H.   M-'il'-ftS,  .M.A., B.C.h.  y..\ ..������������������> n:;;, solicitor,  :^ ���������   . ;;\ i uiiuc, etc  Veknon, B. C.  I**  CEYLON TEA.  Pure  and   Invigorating.  Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal,  for years known throughout the British Empire as Canada's Grand Old  Man, though born' in Bonnie Scotland  celebrates to day the 90th anniversary  of his birth.  . His career is certainly one of the  most-wonderful in the annals of modern times. Born at Forres, Scotland,  on Aug. 6th, 1820, as the son of a  saddler, he made the prediction, as  plain Donald Alexander Smith, to:  his cousin, now Lord-Mount Stephen,  then a herd laddie, that as there were  no lairds in Canada ftp lord it overman, he wouldleave for British North  America to tempt: fortune and win a  competency.  ��������� Accordingly, as a raw youth of 18,  he set sail-for the west, years before  Horace Greeley was known, and has  done tetter on this continent than, any  inan, from the east who ever crossed  the western main.  Arriving ,at Montreal, he at once  entered-the service of the Hudson Bay  Co., and.for years was immersed in  the solitudes of Labrador. He endured i terrible hardships, but finally became superintendent of that company,  whose sphere of influence extended  for 3000 miles.  Afterwards, in company of his cousin, now Lord Mount Stephen, he advocated, against strong opposition,  the building of the Canadian Pacific  Railway. He was told that the receipts of the road would not pay for  the axle grease of the trains. He had  faith in the proposition, however, and  has lived to see it the greatest transportation company in the world, carrying passengers from Great Britain ti>  Hongkong over its own lines.  Lord Strathconais to-day the world's  oldest multi-millionaire, Canada's  greatest philanthropist, optimist and  financier-, the British House of Lords'  second oldest peer. Great Britain's  most prominent railroad builder and  Canada's high commissioner at the  seat of empire.  RIGHT IN JOHN'S MITT  NOTICE  Water-users are requested to exercise all  possible care to prevent waste of Water at  their taps. Carelessness in this matter may be  the means of depriving the hospital of a continuous supply.  Tiik .Si.Mir.iCAMKK.v Watukwohics Co, Ltd.  per G. 1'. Jones.  After John Oliver's Specializing on Railways, who can Deny His Claim  Sir Wilfrid Laurier was asked by a.  delegation on his present tour of the  west to appoint a "Western fanner- to  the Railway Commission in the place  of Mr. Grcenway. Sir "Wilfrid promised that tin- matter would receive  early attention, and added "I promise  that he   will be a  western man  and a  With the interest that is being taken  in investments in British Columbia  care should be taken that the promotion of unsound companies is not permitted, else this province will again  suffer as it did following the mining  excitement of seveial years ago. At  that time so much was the English  public deceived that for vears it was  almost impossible to secure capital for  worthy   propositions.      To-day it is  needed badly.   Yet, there will be some  ready to take advantage of the excitement aroused by the reported find of  the gold reef at Stewart.    In London,  where the success of South African  and   Australian   mines   has  brought  fortunes,   it  is   natural   that-  people  should be ready  to invest in mining  propositions. Many reports have gone  oiit   concerning    the    high   mineral  values of the properties of the Portland-Canal district, and  these in the  main, are  true.     Assays- attest  the  excellent quality of the ore, iri the operating   camps.     The   latest reports  concerning the  "gold reef" are that it  is not a free milling proposition,   and  that the values are nothing more than  ordinary and only-in .keeping- with the.  general high quality of the Portland  Canal ore.   Theaccounts sent to Lon  don papers,  particularly to the Daily,  Chronicle,  were exaggerated   to   the  extreme, in fact are regarded as very  harmful by mining men in British Columbia.    Hon.  J. H.   Turner,  agent  for   this    province   in   London,   will  doubtless haveascertained ere this the  true nature of the find, and taken steps  to offset the harm done  by the publication of reports that can only have a  bad influence.     If the British public  wants mining, investments they can  find   excellent; propositions    both at  Portland Canal, in the Similkameen  and other districts, where no risk need  be taken whatever: At Hedley, B.C.  the "Nickel Plate is being operated,   PAYING  LARGE   DIVIDENDS,   AND  IS THE LARGEST GOLD MINE IN CANADA  today. Other good claims are many  throughout that /district, but money  is lacking to prove them, though the  discoverers have shown by hard work  and expenditure that the ore is there.  In the case of the Nickel Plate, as  usual, Americans are reaping the  benefit.  Attention is also directed to timber  propositions. Mr. H. Mutimer, of London, is on a trip to the coast to inspect  Portland Canal properties, and points-  out that sound proposals   will always  be considered in London, where capital  may he found.   Incidentally he deprecated the action of promoters of recent  lumber compa.ny floation   in the Old  Country in which  standing timber is  quoted  in the list of assets as   being  worth $5 per  thousand.    The lumber  industry just now in British Columbia  was never better, arid   the prospect is  good, but in  investing in the industry  some consideration should be given to  general  conditions extending over a  term of  years so   that there   may he ;;  thorough understanding of the matter.  With  mining, ore has  a value all the  time,    the  only    question    being   the  amount per ton recovered.   "With .lumber, there is fluctuation in the market.  There   is much   money   to be   made in  timber,    but extravagant   quotations  might easily be made.  There are no less than four construction camps along the Coldwater river  and the dirt is flying in rial earnest  on the Kettle Valley line. The long  looked for steam shovel came in on  Tuesday night's train and is being  taken up the river about two miles  where it will be used in digging a new  channel for the river and thus divert  the old channel so as to save bridging.  From there it will he taken up the  river to work on cuts.  "We have two shovels now but of  contse we will not use the big one until we get into the heavy rock. For  some miles out the wo:k will be very  light, in fact it will be nothing much  more than clearing and lightgrading.'."  This statement was flu-nished by one  of the bosses. ', .  The process of moving the steam  shovel up the river is an interesting  one. Hqrses go ahead dragging rails  and the big shovel passes over one  portion of; track only to have it taken  up and planted farther ahead.  The line will go through Railway  pass located six miles, above Del King's  ranch taking a loop around before.entering--, the pass so as to get a better-  grade. From, the other end of the  Pass the line will swing round to Aspen grove and on across cuntry to  Penticton. It is understood that less  ..than one per cent, grade is maintained along the entire route from Merritt  to Aspen Grove.���������-Nicola Valley News.  PHOENIX HAS BIG FIRE  Many of the Granby Buildings Destroyed.  PHOENIX, B.C., Aug. 12���������The largest and  most disastrous fire  that has  ever visited  Phoenix started today at  3:50 p.m. in  the No. 3 oil  house of the  Granby    Consolidated    Mining    and  'Smelting Co.   here.     It took  but   an'  instant to travel along the covered ap-'  proach between the mouth of the tunnel and the No. 3 crusher  building.  The sparks of the   crusher   building  fanned  by a  breeze  h-.:gan   falling on  the lower streets and  sparks caught  the     Methodist     anil     Presbyterian  churches,   the JPalace  livery   stables,  the school house, the Pioneer Publishing Co.'s office and plant, Superintendent Smith's residence and the Hodge's  cottage.   The new machine and blacksmith shops of the Granby only erected last  winter shared the same fate.  'That part of Phoenix  known as the  upper town was not completely levelled is due to  the excellent  work rendered by the city fire department arid  the Granby employees.    It- looked several times that the   town must go and  there was many an  empty house as  furniture was removed  to the street  and places of safety.  METEOROLOGICAL.  Minimum  34  85)  40  37  41  35)  35  member  of the  farming community."  The position has long been vacant.  The claims of John Oliver, if he  would he agreeable to accept the position, might he considered paramount  for such a place as the railway commission. He would bring industry  and a v,-i*tfund of general  and common sense to tho position  The following are the readings showing temperature, etc., for the week  ending Aug 13, 191u :  AT THE MINE.  Maximum  Aug   7 . GO  s        ..       ir  5) .. OS  10 .. 02  11 .. 58  12 .. 55  13 '       .. 50  Average maximum temperature 00.71  Average, minimum do 3S.2S-  Mean temperature 451.451  Rainfall for the week    0.55 inches.  Snowfall        "        "         O.S.")  GOnilEsrONDl.VG WKKK OK  LAST  VKAIt  Highest maximum temperature .���������-  Average maximum do   -       ���������.  Lowest minimum :le ���������.  Average minimum do  Mean  rYUl  knowledge  ADVERTISE    IN   THE    GAZETTE  do  ���������.  AT  THK   Mr LI .  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