MONTE These three properties are 1 \by Enstern Canada capitalists and arc | e Monte Criste has over 1800 feet unnel, ark, atessors, On Ta Colona: Has 1 4 is furnished power }: N ° to Forty rmoen are employed 67 two properties. Virginia: Ov to. tAR . from ed on Monday, Nov. 15, aN Interestsin ‘rail Creek | CRISTO, COLONNA AND VIRGINIA. iF preerties of 1M ies owned ll Hl gilevelopment work. ere by George Piun " and Waroll wand. tres, They are, wed on Monte Cristo mount: | a milo north of town brig ttankt inager ANGOLA shaft, riso and cro: ut | © ig provided with two ¢: sone’ nd one d-drills. feet of work a y the Monte cr er $13,000 was expen irginia by former own _ the Virg' the late pure | ows double compartment ; we, | 5" THE CRESCENT Hf you are Icoking fer snaps, come and sec U3. — Rossland Evening Record. VOL. IT. No. 198. ROSSLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA, MONDAY, JANUARY -24, 1898. PRICE 5 CENTS. tk R 4 Noveltiés Artiving THE STOCK REPORT. AT. THE LETROL SHELTER LABOR PLATFORM ENDORSED. City Council Practically Adopts the Whole REQUISITION OF INQUIRY. Jury Summoned to Invlstigate the Recent Fire in M. J. qe cell goods a ‘The Arlington Con. Mining and Smelt- sith L ing Co. has been put on the market at -{12cents. The company has two claime near Slocan City and has already. about sixty tons of ore on the dump, and has shipped one carload which netted the Labor Platform. INS ny IRS A! Days il ty days we propose to ge Voting the next (iit Se Daring i i vided ical shaft, which will be provic sey eaae, the firat in tho camp: | All three of these claims are i uable and promise fair to make di After Xmas. Every ‘Day " At the meeting of the Trades and La- AT bor council held Saturday “evening, the legislative committee reported waiting se 7S It Was Blown in Last Friday and is “Now Ranning in a Satis- MIT ontiued cor- ‘ eed LDING, . the principal : We- have .a few TOILET NNIE E. nave been des: inble to visit al snentioned we Wi for all statements, uhey can be relied up- ect. > miles Tho Union is located three m! S xep, and § dnery consist ‘Thas.been sunk on the Canadian Gi od, and situat the east slope of one half mule ro 2 f Rossland x 18 a8 W. teack. * Tt ie being: wo with a | two machine drills. feet a day Is bein: feec man: sec. side 41100 on th tein, city. is $2,! T ‘The ‘HA. Ridpath, M, Armstrong, com-| purpose of e i- | acting suc! repeate The mine is situated le north of tbe busi- eparate and developed | | shafts, | J Ww i Gross pray ct tons of ore on the dimp and in sight, waiting favorable conditions. for :eatment. - firet locations in the nost valuable mert improved machh on the property. ‘ WAR EAGLE. a This mine and the Crown P int are |’ owned by the War Exgle Consolidated Gold miving compauy of Toronto. It adjoins the Le Rci on the west, and has d lop ment work and paid $175,000 in divi- dends. The present managment pre- fers to hold their ore until the com- pany builds a smelter or can get bet-| W ter freight and treatment rates. It recently paid $700,000 for the imine. It has all the necessary SGnveniences, dend paying mince | | This claim is owned by the British} the e thc . near neighbor of the | Highland. Primrose shows: Haas sins a T-foot quartz. \¢ These properties belong located on Green*mountain -lof Red mountain, miles from Roseland. foot shaft and 30 foot Electa. defined, and assays have aa high as $300 a ton. Owned by the Black Prince company, J. A. McPherson, vice pres-, below Trail. foot shaft, 60 mountain, “ing th south of the owned by the Elba-] solidated mining company, COBINTHIAR: meeta ont Fi the Ta EDS. mocraney, secrotary O8SLAND. No. 2 in Boctety Hall, ter done over 5,500 feet of develop- Batted States, BC, an Lon| Let me ¢ te and submit samples. Park moun: f Deer ng the Gold iS ye. Ibis crown i nm the 5 to George A | Rooms Newly Fitted and a yoonted ed and Jond and is owned by age McGlynn, Mike Mc J.A. MeDon —To-—- $8.00 a Week. ne} and open ent TOW ‘Rossland, np widevand the- Blue od less of Co ee een 2 le j Z are looking for snaps, come and see u £ If you ELECTA AND ©) to 54 THE CRESCENT STUSSI BLOCK ya Gold Mining. company 2 three and There is ¢ cross-cut on hel js large and been obtained Y. HA The ledge r ° | tondike THE BLACK PRINCE. Pant e ry mining} §4 @ >| (on Black Prince minine) M CCANE ¢ G. A raiser, . on the north three miles a 40 out and trs. Teenie os ‘olumbia rive! one ‘work consists of foot tunnel and feet of open-cuts. Assnys ELBA | she eme for it iy SUBSCRIPTION uated on Lockont; outh belt, jest Point and is ‘rail Creek Con- Robe: aft “ ne Elba ONL Thera is a s| 1 Rossiand it Evening Record ar __Secroy SECRET SOCIETIES 1.0. 0, F. meets ‘Masonic Hall. ed, to attend. cup, N..G., John ni, Jt., Sec. oe jne a fall, Rossland. Gold Fields of the: ‘cae YSMasonic. i Aeiten aro cordially .T.M.—Red Mountain Tent No. 4. incets Otte $rd and Sth Wednesday of each month —— United States Consulate. TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. the government ‘of ‘lished a © THE ~ WEERLY LECORD ill be Issued Evety . jet at, Ros se en! Consular Agent of the United S1 Rossiand, B.C., Oct. 25th, 1897. machiner: etc. The . & Western Raway is built to the mine. THE LILY MAY. ner The Lily May was the first location Dave in this camps May 27, 1889. It is now der ‘the name of a hy the Lily May Gold mining Office, Santny, Sonator George Turner, pres|!and, mM prt, W. 7 Harrie, manager and Frank Kizer, sec. and tres. It is located in ths south belt, two and a half miles soutin of town. Development «work cousists of over 300 feet of tunnel and shaft. ‘here is 150 tons of shipping ore on the dump, which will average $20.a ton. Mine provided with hoist, comoreasor plant, machine drills. etc. GEM, LIGER AND UNCLE SAM. x Owned Ly John Cromie, Brig At- kineon, S. $. Campbell, Thos. Coffey. ‘Locate.! on one ledge in the. south belt, in line with the Crown Point and the Homestake. Gem, has a 50 foot ghaft and 50 feet of open cut work. Tiger, 300 foot tunnel, 40 foot shaft and 100 feet open cuts while the Un- cle Sam haga 25 foot shaft and 150 foet of surface work. EUREKA AND ELDORADO. Property of the Erucka Consolida- mining company, H. P. Jones, ved oa Coc, eee E., Coldwell, trs., NOTICE ion of Par is hereby given that the part- heretofore existing between sky and Phil. A Silverstone un- cle Dave’s Toan No. 20, Washington s' a has been this day di MORNING oe Phil A Silverstone is to pay all j Je will coutain all the principal news owed by the said firm, and is author ed \ to collect all accounts due said firm. : Dave Cousry. THURSDAY ahi ivin published in one week. (J. 4. Spiking ASGAYER. mi os tt inples received by mail carefully Purp A. Sipvenst Dated Jan. 6, 1898. NOTICE. | Applications will be received by the undersigned for the position of Asseseor, | tp Collector and License Inspector, com- | bined in one office, for the city of Ros:- land, for the year 1898. State experi- W. McQuzes, City Clerk. | — Ali ence. " 1-18-tf. DON’T FORGET. Do not forget that the Recorp office will save yon money, do y ‘work promptly and in the best aly —— Wanted $,2000 Wanted to borrow $2,000 on Ti ted real estate at a low rate of inier tossl 2, 18938. dons Wiarson. i Jan. pres. allof Rossland. Located seven miles Southof Rossland on the U. 8. side shaft 80 feet, tunnel LOO with five hes working. Ore iren-copper carryny, gold intl silver, nssaying from $10 to $37. Capitalization $1,000,000. Good security. Apply at this oflice. uo! pe For Sale. | ‘Two small marine engines: Apply at this office. Washington. pa IE SET : Which daily gives the news Tithe grac |i The ¥ 3.00 and 3.50 per week. Suites of Roun Single Rooms, 1.50. Come anid see Dominion n all c q tH AE WeCOLd JOR Has constantly on band a supply of For Sal Assorted Colors. 83 he Je te Joni. aad Lables 4 8i35¢ eord OD Uiics FURNISHED with | 4.00. STOVES. mat the ‘Hotel Having moved inte our Fire Proof Building ' -'The Record Three Sterey Builcin Te fer rent in whole, or in pert. : “Two Rooms 14 x 42 on Ground Floaj Might Rooms on Second Floor. Six Rooms on Thira Floor. y|/ Rooms Suitable for Housekeeping. Rent to fuit th Times, | Apply at-This Office, _acassm. nn W. Hartline, Prop. Telephone, No. 8 eighs! Cutters! 6, Yes, We Have Them. One, Two and ‘Three Seats. | | i | 1 \ fl igs a Attractive Doshon, i * A \ ; They are Nobby. ‘Try Them. If You are Gey ting upa Sleighing Party see us about Rigs. Good Teams. Red Star Livery and Transfer Company. 1.9, Washington Street, Stables, Le Roi Avenve; Martin Rlock. Jd. U.Varker, Mining Engineer ey and Parke: ines aud Mining. JS. Chere, Je Custom Broker Real Estate Agent hined and reported on, ad fotaries nn given to the placing of} = and Hetaries. nud the management of | corth Amerien h Sosth Amerson ROSSLAND, Ri. C. Cuble address, “Parker, Rosstand.” Moreing | and Neal and Ledford MeNoll's Codes, \ Olive with Rossland Water: & Li: Columbia Ave. Roseland. may Fosehanb. Rear Hunter Br , Stationery, Wall , aper F And Fancy Goods Store. Come in and lock: Aroundpas “Listen to Our Large Musio Box. HLS. Wallace's and) MANICURE ‘sets. left | from our large ‘stock which willbe sold ........... At Your Own. -Price and ‘Lailoting: : Opposite "Postoffice 17 REMEMBER we are handling only the Hineat’ English goods in our Tailoring wre = employ-tione ‘but first; clas: Wecannot afford to SLAUGHTER our goods "~~ ag, that means cheap labor and cheap work. So = louse department and s ‘orkmen, * ee if you want a fine Tailor made auit, go to _] Iron Mask. $2,007. The for one million shares, large scale. : Dundee. Evening Star. 22 3 6. 43 6 £8 onl soso 21 STOCK BROKERS, P. O. Box 428, TELEPHONE 45, Codes: Beprorp, Mcngii & CLoucH. pany is stocked 200,000. being placed in the treasury. It is the inten- tion of the company to place machinery _]on the property and to start work one We, have the following bargains sub- ject le. & : : .] blew in ‘and has- since’. been ‘running [2 Col. EN. |ROLT & GROGAN Columbia Avenue, factory Manner, IT 18 TURNING OUT COPPER MAT Ready to-do Custom Work and De- aire High Per Cent. Copper ° Ores. ‘The ore. ta the Le Roi-smel: ter at Northport from the mine aré regu- lar and’ average 300 tons a day. The roasting process began the first of this month and Saturday noon ‘the smelter smoothly and satisfactorily. | |. Peyton; general manager of the Le Roi Mining and Smelting Com- Pany, spent the sabbath at the mine and was highly elated over the .success of the beginning treatment of their.own ore. He had s amall copper mat.cake from their smelter and exinbited it with IN O. M. FOX -&.CO, Colpmbia Ave. and Lincoln 8t.- 2O PER CENT. ‘-|REDUCGION CROCKERY To close out our Xmag lines. * An exceptional chance. a great degree ot pride. James Breen, one of the beat smelter mezx‘in the west, superintended tho erec- tion of the Northport smelter. - He also built the Trail smelter and is general Article 8 the wages of all be the same as i on the city council with regard to the following labor platform which had been formulated by the Trades and La- bor council :— 1, That the label of the Rossland Typographical union be placed upon all city job work and that the city adver- tising be given only to those papers em- ploying union labor. ~ fast t 2. Inall contracts to which the city shall be inserted: [a.] That the minimum rate of wa- ges paid to laborers shall be thirty cents per hour. (b.] That mechanics and other skilled laborers be paid tthe union. regulation wages. : (c.] That all operatives employed upon said contracts shall receive their weekly wages in lawfull Canadian money at the city offices on Monday of each week, 8. That the contract system be abol- ished upon all public works involving an expenditure of $500 or less. 4. That in ‘all works referred to in employes shall, d in the cont: will be part the following conditions|. 0’ Hearn’s Store, 10 BE TRIED AT 10 TO-MORROW. Insurance Men Want to Know, You Know, How the Fire Started. The insurance agents who represent the risks on the goods which were de- stroyed and damaged by fire and water in M. J. O’Hearn’s store last Saturday morning have caused an inquiry to be instituted as to the origin of the fire. This inquiry comes up in the form of. @ requisition from three property owuers near the building where the fire was, Upon this requisition’made to Magistrate Jordan, summons were issued for seven |property or house holders to act as ju- to which the city will be part and pay- ment of the operatives be. in the same manner and place. ~ : 5. That the taxation on improvements be reduced with a view to its speedy with the manager of the Le Roi smelter. H. O. Bellinger, who has been metal- lurgist and general superintendent of the Trail smelter while it was treating 76,000 tons of Le Roi ore, holds a simila: position at the Northport amelter, at a salary:.it is caid of. $1,000 a month, One of Mr. Heinze’s head men. said re- centl¥-of Mr. Billinger that *‘ there waa no better smelter man om earthi” Mr. Bellinger took s nuniber, of his helpers and workmen with him from n Afternoon © j from 2°to 5. ; Evening, 7:30 tp. 10.) | DREVER °°: PROPRIETORS | f saritwr asi ty TR Pepe st BOBEELTIA A tee tad lhe SKATES TO RENT SKATES TO RENT ‘SKATES .SHARPENED 9 ++ 9°? s-! Palace Skating Rink, “from 10 to 11 JOHN R. COOK, Office. and: ‘Business “Rooms ye"T9 greg? RENT * Corner of Colombia Avenue and Washington Street. Best Jocation in the city : Good Mining .Property. ‘Shares of Stock in Good Substantial Companies. Town Lots. OFFICE WITH-— Rossland Mining Abstract Co, Over Post Office. Peygpen Ne JOHN JACKSON, Jr., Agen ROSS THOMPSON Ihave blocks of stock in the following companies for sale— Eureka’ Consolidated, West Le Bot and ‘Josie; Monita, Homestake Gopher, R. E. Lee, Eveniug Star, Monte Cristo, and Silverine. ‘ . Lots in the’ Original’ To'wnsite. THE REDDIN JAOKSON CO., AGENTS, ROSSLAND, B. Oo. ~Gomfortable .] | Mines examined and reported on. “Special attention “gtven to the placing of Rooms |? the plant consists of two water. jack- eted farnai inchet ‘Trail to Northport. Under these circam- -}stancea nothing, short ofauccess could be pected. ¢ inslde, with water jacketed fore hearths, two Con blowers’ for 1 of necessary revenue to defray the ex-| penses of public.service. 6. That the tax on traveling merchant : tailors or their solicitors not having work done in the city be raised from $50 to $200, and that the union label be upon all city work. . The city council practically adopted this platform in. its entirety, objection being taken to clause 5 only.: Clause 6, however, could not be adopted, being contrary to the laws of the provincial government which fixes the maximum tax at $50 for six .months, ~ It is..prob- able“ that ‘with clauses 5 and 6 revised the city council will pass a resolution embodying thia platform. A resolution condemning the tax MI air to the furnaces; a 60-ton reverbera- [tory matte furnace; a Holtoff-Wethey ‘roasting furnace, J0x100 feét in-size;-a -120-horse power Reynolds-Corliss con- densing engine; two 80-horse power tu- ular boilers; an hydraulic ele-|, placed on ing a speedy abolishment was also passed and «committee appointed for that pur- : prciadebs pose will draft a resolution and forward{ Chief :of Police. Ingram and Police it to the p ial g Magi Jorden of the action taken by other bodies in / morni ing miners and di d. rors. The ber can be not less than three or more than_twelve. The hearing was set for ten o'clock to- morrow morning. PROBABLY NO CHANGE. The Liquor License to'Be Pald the City at the Old. Rate, The hotel men have received: notice from the board of license commission issned by the city clerk and delivered by, Licenee Inspector Harp, to forthwith pay their licenses. As nothing is enid about the amount to be paid it will no doubt be $200 for six months. The petition asking that separate li- cense be issued to saloons at $400 a year and to hotels at $200 a year has so far been disregarded. It is claimed that there are ‘as many ag ten houses that will not renew their licenses. BACK FROM NELSON. Magistrate Jorden ‘Talks of the Government Jail There, In view vator, and « complete ore sampling Joseph Dabney, Dabney and. Parker ‘Mines and Mining. Mining Properties and the management o: mines, . a ‘ ROSSLAND, B. and Neal and Bedford McNell’s Codes. =. 5, L.Parker, Mining Engineer * | such ore as can be treated by their plant, C.| Colville Indian reservation will fornish Cable eddress, “ Parker, Rossland." Moreing plant, “= F _ The present capacity of the smelter is +1800 tons a day, which will be increased as the ‘supply of ore .warrants. The} smelter people are in .the market for Copper orea are particularly desired, for 1) Which the highest. market price will be paid. It is not at all unlikely that the thie smelter with considerable ore as many large copper properties are being | Custom Broker. Real Estate Agent. Offive with Rossland Water & LightCo. Columbia Avé. Rossland. Stenographer and Typewriter. Correspondence; English and French f Le Work, . Mining Reports, Ete. Miss Harries, Ritchie Building, Office, W. J. Whiteside, Esq. " $20 000 To Loan In sums of $500 or more for short time on ap- proved security. D. M. LINNARD, Gook Ruilding, W.S.JONES Columbia Ave., Roaslan d Custom: House - Blanks opened up there. The suceesaful operation of the Le Roj smelter means much for-the Rosslan camp, Leases Bint - Myers Heard From: W..A. Myers is reported as having passed through Oalgary on his way. east. It will be remembered that he -was .th: he p itis almost certain that this tax on working miners will be with- drawn by the next government. FLOUR $150 A POUND. Thieving at Dawson Prevalent and No Place Safe Withont a Guard . The reports that have been going to the war department at Washington, D. CO. recentlv indicating that there is a scarcity of food in the Klondike: country have now taken another turn and the last reports go to show that there is al- ready a grert scarcity there, with pros- pects of worse to come. Assistant Meikiejot ‘y has received a report from General Merriam at Vancouver barracks which. makes this fact apparent while incidentally th report from instigator of the trouble The Record had with the printers and that he after- wards started the Daily Standard with the ayowed purpose of iz The Rec- e Portland, Oregon to the efiect that the government relief expedition had been abandoned. It will also be remembered that he mysteriously disappeared on Chriat- mas night and it was rumored teat he had committed suicide. learned that he had collected foras paid, the suspicion of suicide: vanished. He left his wife without money and in 8 delicate condition. The Presbyterian | church and Typographical union sent her home and he is now first heard frnm, at Calgary. 5 CITY NEWS CUT SHORT. police magistrate for being drunk and disorderly, and was given until to-mor- row to leave town. THE REcorpD JoB OFFICE Latest and Approved Forms. Has « fall line of Custom House Blanks RECORD OFFICE term, has completed his work and will have his report ready to-morrow. taking Ex-mayor Scott’s bedding the night of the O’Hearn fire is out on his own recognizance to appear at 10 o'clock to-morrow. Sidney Charles, who. was for a long time a reporter on The Evening Record and who directed the Daily Standard ord out of town. quite When it waa many advertisements as he could and left his printera‘and other employes un- Rose Dwyer was up again before the James D, McGaughy, who had the job of anditing the city books for the past J.0. V. Seeley, who was accused of m says: “Opinions are on the food diti at Dawson. The following from a pri- vate letter written by Rev. 8. Young, a Presbyterian missionary, dated at Daw- son city December Ist, has been furn- ished me by N. T. Ross of Portland, and ing from Neleon, where they went: to lodge in jail two prisoners. » ne Mr. Jorden says the government basa splendid jail at Nelson, being safe, dur-. able and well-furnished. The floor is tnade of 18 inches of cement. Each floor is provided with baths. There are ten cella for women and twenty-six for men. They are neat and comfortable as need be for the health of the inmates. The prisoners sentenced to hard labor will, be furnished with wood to saw, clothes to make for the iemates, gardens to hoe and an occasional rock to break. Goes. to Cranbrook. R. E. Beattie, who has for some months been with George A. Fraser’ popular drug house, will open a drug store at Cranbrook, on the line of the Crow’s Nest Pass railroad, twenty miles south of Fort Steele. His stock of goods ha been purchased and will be there in a few days. | Mr. Beattie is 2 thorough business man, a good druggist, and a pleasant gentleman, and his many friemds here wish him well. PEOPLE COMING AND GOING. Col. I. N. Peyton accompanied by hig daughter, Mrs. Frank Gibbs, came in differs from the opini ex- pressed by persons recently arriving it the east both as to the food supplies and the good order. The strife for something to eat is al- ready di i Thieving is and no man’s place is safe when he is away from it. The suffering for want of food is likely to be very great this spring. When we got here short of supplies, as so many others do, we found flour selling at from $1.26 to $1.60 per pound and oth” er things in proportion, and not to be found at allat the stores, where sugar out. Several restaurants have a sign on their doors something like this: ‘Closed till next boat arrives; no grub.” Bobbie Burns’ Birthaay. The 8t. Andrew and Caledonian socie- ties of Rogsland are making great prep- arations for the grand ball to be given to-morrow evening at Dominion ‘Hall under their auspices. The date is Janu- ary 25th and the the celebrati only could be bought and that soon ran | to-d: from §: evening and ree turned to-day. E. W. Puckett, who went to school to the editor of the Record nineteen years ago, has accepted a position on this pa- per and will call upon the business men of Rossland for i: d Coolgardie Smith has given up his trip to the Klondike and is on his way back to Roisland. John H. Stones, who is extensively en- gaged in the wood business along the line of the 8, F. & N., was in town over Sunday and left on the aouthbound train lay. Fred Winsor, ex-Assistant chief of the fire department has gone to Spokane, The Mountain View. The 130-foot tunnel contract on the Mountain View was finished Saturday and Col. Peyton one of the ownera saya that better valnes in gold are obtained now than ever before. of Bobbie Burns’ birthday. down the swift stream of until it struck a snag and sunk, has ta- ken his departure for California. Tt is an i ball with refresh- ments, and tickets can be had of J. MoCrae. The M View lies just west of the St. Elmo on the west slope of Red Mountain near the Jumbo. Ithas large F, bodies of low grade ore and is a concen- trating proposition,