ROSSLAND SVGNING. RECORD, DECEMBER 24, 1898. © NO. 42 E. COLOMBIA A QOOO 42 COLUMBIA AVE 4 VE. Auction Sale Tonight at 7 O'clock. A Present to Every Customer.2=_— Thousands of articles will be offered. $ The Rossland. Auction House, $| $5H$OOHSOSSSSOSOOOOO COSHOHOOOOOOOOOOOSO Don't miss this chance. & & & © @ ® @ } @ © % Okanogan Mines. The Okanagon Free Gold Mining Com pany, Ltd., of which a brief mention has in the col of much experience, is as familiar with the mines of the province, and whose opin- jon carries as much weight as any win- the Recoxp, has now ‘under way some ing i in thecountry, has juet retamned from the property after mak- Nice selections of Winton Millinery at the Ladies’ Store. Closing out to make room for spring goods. See M. J. O’Hearn’s window for Xmas and The properties of this company are situ- ated in the Okanagan county, Wash., on the Similkameen river, 2}¢ miles from the town of Oroville, and about three miles south of ‘the national boundary line. There. are five claims in a group all in a@ bunch, covering about 100 acres of land, and all surveyed. There are three well defined and thor- “oughly developed:ledges on the ground, “but the entire property has not’ been fully explored or prospected as yet. Over.$15,000 worth of work has been done upon the property already, with exceptional results. A ledge 22}¢ feet wide has been fully exposed and no hanging wall discovered as yet, another ledge of 8 fett haa siso been tunneled ‘upon and its permananry fully proven, and a third ledge of 17 feet has also been fully demohstrated. Most of the work done so far has been on the Cobbler and Great Wonder claims of the group, and consists of @ tunnel 13734 feet long on the 223¢ foot ledge. This tunnel has many drifts and crosscuts to prove width of the ore body, and iv known as tampel No. 1, Tannel No. 2 is 302 feet long. and has numerous drifts as well. These tunnels are 73¢ feet by 6 feet in dimensions. ‘There is a shaft of 80 feet depth upon the 17 feet ledge, also there is an open cat of 150 feet on the 223¢ foot vein, and all in solid ore. _ There 12 at present be- tween 1,6000 and 2,000 tone of high grade, free gold bearing ore upon the dumps awaiting to be milled. The ledges are of a quartz, porphery and schist combination, all heavily charged with free gold ofa flaky, light and very é pure character. Recent assays give an average value o of all ores mined to date of $27.50 per ton, but some phenoininal valuea have been obtained from the picked ing a of it, and hie report is so favorable as to cause the owners 0 increase the price of the from 10 cents to 20 cents atthe last meeting. There is no atock of thia com- pany upon the market. The officers of the company are: T. Mayne Daly, president; Ross Thomp- gon, vice president; J. Petser, eecretary, and G. M. King, treasurer. The International. ing great preparations for the holidoys. They are bringing in some strong attrac- tions and the present company will pro- duce for the first time in this city many new and novel features to thia section of the country. There will baa change of bill this evening and # grand change on Monday Dec.- 26, when everybody will appear in their holiday acts. All per- formers make it s point.to produce their s! turns on ©! week. Among the new attractions for the 26th will be White & Harris, the most popu- lar team that has ever visited thie city. Also will appear Theo Lagress, sirnamed the Human Snake. This will be the banner show of the seagon. day goods will be sold at auction tonight and tomorrow afternoon at M. J. Walk- atreet. Over 300 dolle—now ie the time The International Music Hall is mak-|' ‘Toys, confectionery—all kinds of holi- | & ers, corner Columbia Ave. and Spokane | Panne in American. ties, fancy sus- pendere, Japanese handkerchiefs and men’s smoking jacketa and dressing | gowns. lage Fox, is If you want your hair dressed to really sui! stylo.and in the lateat Paria fashions, if oh aunt it trimmed or singed, or shampoocd to perfection, then go MADAM {#BROOHE ‘he Australian Laer Do you require the 2 pertection of Preparations kes your iat wh brilliant, ROCHET wil i FRoss Thompson. (= have blucks of stock:in the following companies for sale; Eureka Consolidated West Le Roi and Josie, Monita, Gopher, Homestake, Evening Star Monte Cristo, Sivlerine and R. E. Lee. za Lotsinthe Original Townsite _THE REDDIN. JACKSON CO., AGENTS, =:- -:- ROSSLAND, B. 0. SPECLAL EVERY NIGHT THIS WFEK. Rossland Mining Stocks [Correctea by the Reddin-Jackson Company, Limited, Columbia avenue, P. 0. Box 498 Ca- ple address, “Tantling.” Codes, Clough, Lieber Bedford McNeal and Moreing & Neal.| MINING QPRRATOR AND BROKERS, tablished 1895. Agents for N. ie F, 8. Railway addition to Rossland, Ymir and eae ‘We Have Buyers ars for, All Stand- . ard Stocks. raboo Ce ‘amp nekinn'y: Da. Command Can come to the If this notice should happen to. meet .your call at. 28 Spokane Street where everybody. is wel- GRAND ENTERTAINMENTS . Which are absolutely FREE during Xmas week only. Surprises that. will cal! . forth lots of laughter, otc. C.C.GIBSON & CO. O’CLOCK SHARP. rye to get one. Tomght and afternoon. : Go to M. J. O’Hearn’s for boys’ sole- leather shoes; special line, only $1. J. B. Hastings, of the War Eagle, re- urned from the coast last night, where he has been attending the famous Iron Mask-Centre Star suit. up into the th ds of dollars in gold. The company are now putting in s 10-stamp mill, building a flume and necessary buildings aleo a cyanide plant to be operated in connection with the mill in order to save the fine flaky gold, wenld be washed into the tailings of the sill. It is calculated that with the two pro- cesses in operation 95 per cent of all the gold value will be saved. About three-fourths of a mile above the properties is a waterfall of 22 feet in the Similkameen river, and the flume for the mill is from this fall, and at the ~ mill near the mouth of the mine, there is a fall of 72 feet obtained, so that am- ple power for future enlargements of the mill .capacity can easily be supplied. During the summer months when the water is high inthe river, the steam- ‘boats run up the river within about two miles of the property, which lies in the forks of the Okanogan and Similkameen rivera, about midway from each stream> The property is owned by Rossland and Bpokane people, and the isa A SPLENDID assortment of read and Tea Plates, u nT Gaiaa Bowls ‘Geltarens ia dnd a foil ling of Nick-Nacks for Sufabu ana Mantel in Fancy China fenly.tecgsag? BOHEMIAN GLASS WARE. O.M. Fox & Co. SOLE AGENTS 106 Columdia Ave. Tel. 65. provincial incorporation, The capitali- zation is for $80,000, divided into 1,600,- 000 shares of the par valueof5 centa each, and an additional 100,000 shares ‘were disposed of at 10 cents per share. ‘The proceeds of these two sales are be- ing used in development and machine plants. All individual stock is prefer- red, and it is said none is upon the mar- ket. A.B. Edgecombe, « mining en- gineer and an analytical chemist, of nome 28 years experience among the greatest mines. of South Africa, South and lia, ia the euperi tendent of the property, selected to auc- ceed the late Dr. Paul Langhammer, un- der whose most successful management the mine has been developed to date. J. ROSSLAND SCHOOL OF ASSAYING. NOW OF OPEN With NIGHT anp DAY Classes. Short course includes the sasay of any kind of ore for GOLD, SILVER, LEAD. COPPER. Students may enter on the ccurse of study at any time for either day or night classes. W. P. MURRAY Prin’l. Fred Ritchie, who haa probably had as IMPERIAL RLOOK, ‘ROSSLAND. RELIABLE AUCTIONEER Any kind of goods sold on commission at moderate charges. Cor, Spokane St. and ColuMbia avenue. T. E. HALEY, WHOLESALE anp RETAIL DEALERIN.,» ‘ll Beet Pork, Mutton, Fish | EOvsters (same. Spokane Street, ROSSLAND, B.C. Shoes, etc. bough’ but a tru Received. a_— 600 Doz Pairs of Socks from 12}¢c. up, worth’ 35c. up. 500 Pairs of Blankets from 76c up, worth $1.50 a, . 26 Cages of, Underware frou 35¢ up, worth #1.' 00 1 45. Cases Tos Shirts and. Sweaters from 30c up, worth $1.00 a And a car lot of other furnishings, including, Rubbers, Mackin’ toshiba, ¢ at 40 cents on the dollar and will be’ sold ‘at hall the Brice charged elsewhere. This is not an adverticement fake and be convinced. The goods are first clase— only the paices are ‘pitiably low. ROSSLAND ‘AUCTION HOUSE. 42 EAST COLUMBIA AVENUE. Quick W ork. Horses boarded ne promptly, light or heavy freight yy the day or month, press and baggage work ; will cali at any part of _ ity ~Red Star Livery and Transfer Co. Good sad:lle horses, elegant turnouts, nobhy sleighs, and fancy driving teams; will drive you anywhele at any time day or night. If you are getting up a sleighing party, see us about rigs—good horees. Packing of all kinds done, We do ex- Contracts. and job work short notice, ore contracts taken. sfer, warehouse, or ship any class of Stables: First Aventue, ‘ Bet. Spokane and Washington Ste. Furniture, pay all damages done to anthing wg handle. Banos and safes safely meved. ‘e act as shippers’ agents, will tran We sell Washington dodeaned Fir and Tamarac wood. Office: 9 Washington John W. Hartline, Proprietor. McCrae & Co Mining and Investment Brokers. Real Estate Dealers in ———- MONEY Loaned at LOW Rates of Interest. . CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED.. Cable Address, “Morse,” Rossland. / Codes, Clough’s and Bédford McNeil’a Epwapp CRONYN, J, A.MacpowaLp, Macdonald Clute & Cronyn Barristers, Solicitors cand Notaries. ioltors for the Bank of British North America J.8. Crue, JB Money to Loan. BUSSE BIOS eB O Rae Oe else see. oe 320054 Bee oe4 HARRY MCINTOSH, prrorrorrerverserrerrerxert eee ’ 0: * HOTEL H OFFMAN WASH anGton y GTREEr ROSSLAND, PROPR., Merchants’ Lunch. 25c. From 12 noon to 2:30 p m ELECTRIC LIGHTS AND LAVATORIES ON ALL FLOORS, HOT AND COLD” WATER BATIIS FREE TO GUESTS. OPEN ALL NIGHT, A First Class Bar... Miners Checks €2Cashed. Free of Charge. Old office, newspapers for gale at the Record 16 cents per hundred; 200 for 26 J ¢ LFS, ayy. Rossland Evening Record VOL 3, NO. 149. ROSSLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1898. PRICE FIVE CENTS. Curb Bracelets. Hitherto the Curb Chain Bracelet’ has been looked upon asa “graple,” with little noticeable change in style from year to year. We have, however, recentl added to our atock ethi: tirel: new in “Curb Bracelets. y lock som\ ing entirely This new style is stunted with Pearls and Torquoise. The effect is’ » pleasing, and adds little of cost and much beauty. ‘J. W. SPRING, Successor to CHALLONER, MITCHELL & SPRING. NEXT DOOR Tv POSTOFFICE. BARGAINS! READY MADE SUITS, $6. TO $20. READY MADE OVERCOATS, $5. TO $25. (Union Made.) SUITS TO ORDER, $20. TO $40. (Union: Made.) - OVERCOATS TO ORDER, $18. TO: $35. © just Received The finest line of trunks and valises ever shown in Roseland. @ of Gents Hocky and Ladies Skating Shoes in light colora. Boys’ Solid Leather Shoes r) Larger sizes at . Latest Sijis in American and Engl he - M. J. OHEARN, The Clothier. sspecseesese Cc: O. Lalonde = hap! 1B Strong shoes foreturdy boys and stylish shoes for fathers, dainty shoes for nite pire and nines and elegant shoes for their mothers. ot. confine ourselves to supplying uny one age or ex. weit FOOTWEAR, but make a epecialty of “good shoes for everyone.” Our.stock is complete; co! prising every kind of, Boot and Shoe manufactured, ‘Nght, medium, or heavy. Prices are all light, however. A line Santa Claus AS MADE HIS ROSSLAND HEAD- "Ss GuaRTERs AT WALLACE TOYS, FANDY GOODS, BRIG=AsDRAG, HINA, SAMES. HUNDREDS OF PRETTY THINGS TO CHOOSE FROM AT H. S. WALLAGES, STATIONERY, WALL PAPER, goons. Circulating Library FANCY GOODS, TOYS, NOTIONS AND MUBICAL' assault was withdrawn by the complian- ing witness, who paid the costs. John Murphy, whoes case was re- manded last Saturday, pleaded not guilty to being a vagrant, was sent back:to jail until tomorrow. morning. He. was in- clined to talk too much to suit the judge, He waa up once before, and was told that he had .better return to Bossburg, from whence he said he came. He told the judge that if-he was let go this time thatan hour would beallthe time he required to get out of town. Robert McArthur, a lad of 17 was up, charged with vagrancy. ‘The judge know him and his’ parents, who are, worthy and live at Lindsay, Ont. The boy had run away from home, and when asked if he did not want to return, said he did not. He aleo said that hehad had no trouble with his father. His case was remanded for a week. GRAND MASONIC INSTALLATION, Christmas Gifts for Men In allkinda. of fine furnish- ings. Handsome line of Neck ware, Handkerchiefs, Suspend- ers, Hats and other useful things for men. +.OUR Tailoring >< Department 18 UNSURE ASBED.. 0H MOUNT & 60 TAILORS AND _ FURNISHERS.: Opposite Post Office Kaslo, Nelson and Rossland Lodges Unite in : the Ceremonies. There were about 35 Rossland Masons in the party which left on the noon train today for Nelson, where they go to hold agrand united installation of officers from the lodges of the three cities of Kaslo, Neluon and Rossland. The idea ofa: joint lodge installation came up some time ago, and the newly elected of- ficers of the Rossland lodge were not in- stalled when ‘elected, but waited until the lodges of Kaslo and Neleon had their elections, and now the officers. of the three lodges will all meet in Nelson, and a grand joint installation will: take place there, with large delegations. pres ‘ent from each city. The officers to bé inatalled in the Rossland delegation are William N. Dunn, W. M.; George Herrigg,8 W.; John 8. Clute, Jr., J, W., and W.M Wood, secretary. The party ie in charge of the retiring Worshipful Master, George N.° Taylor, but after installation the newly elected ...| maater,.W. aN Dunn, awill je-maater-of ceremonies,” " The installation ceremonies in this in- stance are of the regular blue lodge offi- cers, and it will be the means of bring- ZA rvstentvrnnvtver ears attrervtrtvrveviararirmrmr2 Hunter. Bros. | IMPORTERS--- WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Generale. « Merchandise, Ménufsctireds Agents: Standard Mining Supplies. Agents: Goodwin Candles, Canton Steel, Giant Powder, California Caps and Fuse. ROSSLAND. AND SANDON. AUTNTATUNITTUTN NTNU NENITYTNITTUTETET XMAS PRESENTS. Call and inspect our large assortment before purchasing. Our prices are right. Our goods are right. MORROW, McLEAN & Opposite the Bank of Montreal. THE DRUGGISTS iC Sa a DO PEOPLE READ_ ADS? We know that they read The RECORD ads. vertisera if they are not convinced 0 this. Ask M.J.¢ Ask any of our ad- Hearn, the clothier; ask With Vagrancy: pants $50—Other Cases. his 17 year old son Lee. spent Christmas in the city jail. for the drubbing he got. Hop was told by an interpreter that or he would get a year at Nelson. was fined $20 and costs, which promptly paid. brother of Sol Cameron. more orderly way. license. The Crescent: ask J. W. Spring, the jeweler, ask the many others, “ They will tay YES, The charge againat Oscar Lenner for DONT WANT TOG HOME K Lad in the Police Court, Charged LOU. HOP GETS $20 AND COSTS A Row in a Saloon Cost the Partici- Police Magistrate Jordan had quite a grist to grind in his court this morning. The first case was that of Lee Hop, who was charged with assault and bat- tery, the object of his displersure being They , both Hop says the boy was lazy and would not work, which was given as an excuse It seems that the Chinese fraternity wasin sympathy with the old man, while the judge expressed the belief that he was not the father of the boy. had better not repeat the chastisement He O. B. Clearwater was fined $16, which he paid, for assaulting and beating a J. W. Reilly was up upon the charge of keeping a disorderly house, the Otta- wa aaloon, and John R. Davis for disor- derly copduct in the sdme house. They were each fined $25 and costs, and Reilly warned to conduct his house ina * Chief Ingram Faformed the court that ‘lhe had previously warned.Reilly that he would get into trouble if he did not keep better order about hia place, The fine was endorsed upon the back of the ing the members of the various lodges into closer contact, also giving increased social relationship. ~ Among those from Rossland lodge to partake in the ceremonies were noticed Geo. N. Taylor, W. N. Dunn, Geo, Her- rig, J. 8. Clute, W. M. Wood, G. R. Killam, I. B. Kenty, G. S. Fraser, Dr. Kerr, Jonn Dunlop, Robert Hunter, G. C. Ross, W.. McQueen, John Edgren, J.F. McCrae, L. Blue, J. Squires, F. Raymer, Geo. Algiers, D. McDougald, F., French. N. F. Townsend, J. Dean, Chas. Dundee, Dr. J. F. Reddick, J. W.' Dayidson, and about fifteen others, PEOPLE coMING AND GOING. W.T. McDonald, of the Abe Lincoln, went to Spokane this morning accom- panied by Mra. McDonald. They will be gone till January let. Ross Thompson has returned from Spokane, where he has been on mining kona for the past ten days. H. fAldridge ‘of the Trail smelter ened from Butte yesterday, where he bas been on important smelting busi- nese. “Doc” Allan, came inon yesterday’s train from Ymir and Salmo. A. L. Knox, editor of the Ymir Miner, wasin the city spending the holidays with friends. Mies Nancy Tuttle returned from Spo- kane, where she went to meet friends. A.M. Thomas, F. W. Babbitt, C. G. Dixon and F. 8. Forrest, a party of Red Mountain railway officials were in town Sunday for a conple of hours looking over the line. he he Answers Prospector. . Epitoz Recorp:— calls himself Prospector.” The joke is that “Prospector” called on me at my office and partly made arrangements to take a course in that very line he des- eribes in his communication; two days luter he called again and told me he had the goodluck to get a course free, which free course he took, and now he com- plains abont not having competent in- structions. He cannot truthfully say he did not know there was such a course {WAR EAGLE ON THERISE A Demand for Evening Star Stock Below Price Asked. MANY ORDER, FROM. THE EAST “En Business in Local’ Stocks.’ Remark- ably Good ‘For Holiday Season. |. The happy surprise continues among the local brokers at the good market for local stocks during the holiday season. Numerous orders came in from, To- ronto today‘for Rossland stocks but as they were usually a littie under the ask- ing price they werenot filled. This Speaks well for our market that’ the holders are firm in their askings, The Toronto stock exchange quotes War Engle this morning at $3.05 and an- nounces that all shares held in Rose- land can find a ready market there at anything less than that. There is quite an unexpected demand for Evening. Star, but at 4and 56 cents, which holders will not take, the price asked being 7 cents. While Jumbo is being quoted at from 46 to 50 cents, sonte local brokers are of- fering it for 45 cents. Virginia is firm at 45 cents and Nov- elty at4cents. White Bear ig quoted by come brokers at 7 and others 7}¢ with ‘some sales, Monte Christo is mov- ing slow at 11 cents.. Grand Prize is *] being offered at 4 cents with not math business being done in these shares. Tron Mask ie strong at 95 cents with good prospects of $1 being .offered . very soon. The decision in the case against the... ‘Centre Star has had even & @ better effect than was expected. Iron Colt is quoted at1114 with quite a good deal of trading in the stuck. at-a a little lese figure, Iron Horse ison the | tise and is strong at 18 cents. Commander stands steady at 16. Deer Park has advanced to 21. centa and cannot be » bought for less. Itiseurprising how quiet Republic stocks are today, as up. to noon there was no business with Spokane. The cause is thought to be holiday ‘elebra- tions. DON’T DO THINGS BY HALVES. A Spokane Elk Remembers: the Evening * Rocord Kindly. H.G. Brown, one of the’ Spokane Elks who recently visited Rossland, re- membered the editor of the Recorp generously, by sending a Christmas greeting consisting of a box of fine Ha- yanas and an elegant meerechaum cigar holder, with amber mouthpiece. Perch- ed on the stem are two meerachaum owls which stand an inch anda half. high, emblemable of the popular house kept by “Doc” Brown. Mr. Brown was not content to make the handsome present, but arranged with the express oflice to pay the duty. The Recorp- greatly appreciates the gift becaugo it was given in remembrance of its treatment of the Elks while visiting Rossland. ‘Doc’? Brown never does things by halves, and no good Elk does. 3. M. COMPTON DIES. ‘Was an Odd Fellow and Will Be Buried Here Tomorrow. J.M. Compton, who was hurt last Thursday morning at the War Eagle mine by a carload of ore turning over on him, died this morning at 8 o’clock at ‘the Sister’s hospital from the injury. He was a member of the Pleasant Grove lodge of I. 0. O. ¥., to which a notice of his death was wired this morn- Permit me to reply to the man who ing Ste. Compton was 30 years of age and was a native of Prince Edward’s Island, where his parents now reside. He has two brothers in Rossland, Samuel and B. H. Compton. The funeral will take place here to- morrow under the auspices of the I. O. O. F. lodge. Mre. Heard, at ‘the: Ladies’ store, is closing out her holiday goods left after Cl taught here. W. P. Muspay. hristmas at your own price and wants you to call and examine them. tf \