THE EVENING RECORD | to!pive ite rich galena mines, pro- d BY EBER C. SMITH, Jucing gold, silver -and lead. This company will be ready forgconcen!r:- ting and shipping ore as soon as a DAILY: One Year in Advance. concentrator plant can be erected. The vein is seven feet wide, dou’ !o PACIFIC RY. SOLID VESTIBULED TRAINS. olx Months . One Month. By Carrier Bingle copy: One Yeng, in advance. Six mouths, in advance Bingle copy MONDAY, FEB. 15, 1897. INCORPORATION OF ROSSLAND: There must be no delay in the passage of the bill to incorporate Rossland. There is no reason why there should beany delay. The safety of the health of the iti: of Rossland a d that the city be incorporated and clothed with authority to issue debentures to raise the t to lowing camp of Rossland: $10.00] shifts being worked night und day. 5.00) ‘The shaft and drifts are now down to a depth of 90 feet and are being ex- tended ut the rate of five to six feet a day. mine would pay $18 per ton profit, ‘bo and the rough ore, as mined, would pay $3.77 per ton. of known valve will be opened as soon as the season permits.” The concentrates from this Other properties —_— ROSSLAND, THE INFANT CITY. The Vancouver World pays the fol- i to the flourishi Rossland, in all probability, will be the next, and (ne infant city of Brit- ish Columbia, be either the smallest or the least in point of importance. past an agitation looking towards the It will not, however, For sometime of this eni.hag been MODERN 3K EQUIPMENT THROUGH TICKETS ‘TACOMA, SEATTLE, VICTORIA, VANCOUVER, PORTLAND, and California points. ST. PAUL, ST. LOUIS, CHICAGO. NEW YORK, BOSTON, and all points east, also Europ . 8. LUMBER $18 A Thousand. . «€ AARON JAFFE, Successor to « _ British Columbia Mill Company. Full Stock of Dressed Lumber, Shingles, etc. Office and Yard at “Y,°? C. & W. Railway. 1 TO PREVENT FRAUD. Real estate sales are numerous i Amendments May Be Made to the pone oe Joint Btock C ies’ Avt. Greenwood City and prices are rapidly Chief Justice Davie has presented “. From three to five hundred dollars are now bsing paid for lots that recently sold for one tickets. TIME SCHEDULE. depart, 10:65 p, m. S 9:10 a, m. For information, time cards, maps and tickets call on oF write F,. D, GIBBS, General Agent, SPOKANE, WASH. OR A. D. CHARLTON, Asst. Genl. Pass. No. 255 Morrison 8t., corner of Portland, No. 1, West, No, 2%, East, Oregon,, Stone a» RED SrAR Heddle Co. —Corner Columbia Avenue —and Spokane Streets. business, Livery and Transfer. Co, Saddle and pack horses, light and heavy rigs, a genetal express, truck and his second draft volume of the revision | hundred dollars. It is said that The Walters Co., Ld. General Brokers. Mines, More Suanus ap Mine Propvcts Mi ase “Pros pects’ and Standard Shares,” a di. has puret fthe statutes of British Columbia, 4 ? | block of 56 lote for $10,000. Accompanying the draft was the fol- lowing communication : a mg f This is the way Islong have Special attention is directed to the| sought, and mourned because I found! o mpnaoies act, which is the joint pro-|it not,” has been the peon of joy and duction of Justice Drake and the| satisfaction of many a Ht who writer. This compilation and revision | after weary days of unpleasant ex- includes some of the most recent/ perience with this, that or the other features of the law enacted in Eng-|line, settles himself for a comfortable land for the prevention of fraud, and undue practices in the formation and operation of companies. It aims, as Chicago or Milwaukeé in one of the elegant of the Wi Cen- ride from Minneapolis: or St. Paul to]: the orders of notion given Expert reports on atte dividuals and Syndicates. physical features and titles. Correspondence solicited. References exchanged. P. O. Drawer L.’ ROSSLAND, B.C. The Anglo-Canadian - Mining Exchange, Ltd. or Tononte.” OFFICE: OPPOSITE FRASER’S DRUG STORE. Mining Stocks and Claims bought and seid. Gro. Gump, Secretary, its preamble ehows, to amend and consolidate, and to enact an exclusive and prel law gi ing the formation and incorporation of joint stock companies, and, generally, to make full and. adequate provision for tral lines.. Then again the inspired lines of the poet comes to mind as he seats himself at the table in the dining car of this same Wisconsin Central and finds himeelf served with the best meal at a reasonable price. For par We ship. our pipe in car We have the exclusive transfer privilege for the Columbia & Wester- the internal working of companies. ticulars address Geo. 8. Batty, Gen- J. KR. CLARE & CO- Mines. Stocks and ‘We make a specialty of E.amining, Reporting on and Developing Mines. Real Estate|" oyal Five Gold -ompany. LIMITED (TABILITY. FIVE MINING LOCATIONS, INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE PROVINCE OF BRITISB COLWMBIA, (COMPANIES ACT, 1890.) CAPITAL * : $1,500,000. Divided inte 1,600,000 Shares of $1.00 each, fully pafd and non-assessable, work only. Of which 500,000 shares have been set aside as Treasury Stock, the proceeds to be applied to development The remaining 1,000,000 shares of vendors’ or promoters’ stock has been peoled by mutual agreement. land, B. ESIDENT ri - - ROSS T! Capitalist and Original Owner of Rossland Townsite, DIRECTORS. ‘'HOMPSON TREASURER - — - JOHN McTEER REPASS Mine Owner Columb: and British Xossland, B. C. Hon. D. M. EBERTS, Attorney General: for the Province of British Columbia, DAVID B. BOGLE, Manager Kootenay Goldfieldr Co., Limited, of London, Eng. * SECRETARY : 8, THORNTON LANGLEY Mining Broker, Rossland, B, C. “Section 3 of the Act now sub- mitted, which takes the place of Sec- tion 2 of the Compahies Act, 1890, has been given enlarged scope. It perniits the fcrmation of i for the acquisition. of gain by any law- ful means, instead’ of “limiting © the purpose (as the existing law does) to the classes of subjects in respect of which the legislature of the province hae the power of legislation. This re- striction, it is submitted. unnecessarily limits: the formation. of companies, for, whilst the objecta of the company may be in respect of subjects. over which the legislature has no control, eral Agent, 246 Stark. St., Portland, Or., or Jas.C. Pond, General Passenger Agent, Milwaukee, Wis., or apply to your nearest ticket agent. 2-8-6 JOHN M. BU RKE will oxemith® and Fepers, ea miioe : ' for sale, and also on es of whio stock is being sold. . if my reports are OFFICERS. . found not to be correct I'will refand eI) More ScrsamrrEwpmwr W. LILJEGRAN | Cowsuumine Exaiwzer - FRANK MOBERLY, C. E. eys invested on same. ‘om ei x JOHN M. BUBKI ie, Ex-Superintendent Le.Roi Bw. Co. ; ossland, B. C. ‘aan untow Hottie ES TOPPING OFFICES: RECORD..BLOCK, ROSSLAND, B. C. is ’ Bankers: Tue BANK oF Buirish NorTH America, RossLanp, B. C. BRADLEY & MILLS, ~” Frau. pc. aus ' MINES, STOCKS 3 ae " yet the formation of such company ° Has Mining Properties for sale’ or ae "> . AND . i The Royal Five Gold Mining Com has been formed fur the purpose of earning profits for its shareholders in auid-its mode of operation involve dil- <8 REAL ESTATE. bond on Lookout Beaver | the b yer aula mining. With this object, after careful consideration, the directors have taken over five remark- z Fs ease ‘ EESEEN creek, North Fork of the Salmon, Deer | ably promising mineral locations known as the “Bovak Oak,’’ ‘“Whoop-up,” ‘‘Atlas,”’ *‘Circassian’’ and ‘“Gloucester”’ ferent matter, and may well be within 8 Park and all parts of C basin, | mi claims, in the Trail Creek mining division of West Kootenay, B.C. the power of the provincial legislature ‘Trail and Déer Park. SITUATION.—This up consiste of five claims, each 1,500 feet square and known as the “Royal Oak’’ to regulate, j delao lots: Bt Sie eer Park. | wwhoop-up “Atlas” “Gloucester” and “Circassian,” situated three miles south of Lower Arrow Lake, on the “Promi t fe f th | Will examine properties, wil! buy | Columb! ver, west of the Burnt Pass on Moberly creek, ten miles northwest of Robson, fifteen miles from Rossland Prominent features of the Proposed stock for outside investors and . will | and twenty-five, mi by road; and thirty-five miles west of Nelson, in the Trail Creek mining division of cpriior . protect them from wild cats, 2 est Kootenay, B. O: ' “(a.) Full disclosure in -the pros: ‘ AREA.—The ground covered by this group is about 260 acres. pectus of everything likely to ir,- TITLE.—The "4 from Mining der Kirkup shows absolute and perfect title. fluence intending subscribers, and - re- . Trail Creek Mining Division of West Kootenay, B. C. sponsibility of promoters for etate- ments in the prospectus: ~ “(b.) Keeping by every company foresaid property according to ; oe : : ‘Minixa Reconpen's Orricz, Ross.anp, B.C., January 9, 1897. - . T have carefully ex: y, % The Royal Kc, t ; = i ‘ The C a, Jooated 3 ofa public register of: ita members 69 3 ) Atlas, located J . th IRKUP, Mining Recorder. ing to the title to the following mineral clai.ns : ied’ Acgast 23, 1806, : . and their shares, and the annual fil- ing, for public information, of all _SHARES.—To Provide fands the Directors have decided to place a block of Treasury shares on the market. particulars regarding the financial ae price is subject % shanee: at ény y Se pout notice, as development work on the property may justify an status of the company: INVESTIGATION ASKED .—Intending investors are invited to make the closest inquiry as to this property “(c.) The liability of members to as well as to the eT and of the This ig put forth as a thoroughly legitimate mining the extent.of subscribed capital, and venture, and, A the “Evely scrupulous regard will be hea fo the of every s as the iba working restriction upon the transfer of shares ‘There are seventy miing companies in the United States aud British Columbia which have paid au aggregate of $14,734,500 in dividends last 80 as to escape liability : idee re ible pai arin oa: ies af Gia tis of i ‘6 on’ of esas vitou ‘ti Fel «(d.) Examination of the affairs of pplication for si , copies of by-laws, copies of prospectus, or information of any description in rela- the company by governmenf, in- tion to.the C may be of the 8 -y, at the offices of the Company, Recorp block, Ross- spectors, and by those appointed by the company: nite aie S. THORNTON LANGLEY, Secretary. “(e.) Regi jon and’ i Vicz-Present, - Hon. D. W. HIGGINS, M.P.P. ~ Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of B. O. Apvisony Dmrcror - - JOHN Y. COLE President Golden Queen Gold Mining Co., and Vice-President White Bear Gold Mining Company, Rossland. B. C. railway; are prepared to unload and deliver all kinda of freight from cars; any thing moved—from a trunk to a boiler, Quick work. ‘Telephone No. 8. J.W. AARTLINE. PROP. Kambler Wicycles and G, ‘I. Tires. Light, strong, durable and ‘will last for years.” The G. & T. ‘Tires are the only practical quick repair tires. ‘That's why they are made detachable, F. T. Merrill Cycle Co. 821 Riverside. Spokane PALACE STABLES ™- SADDLE. AND PACK HORSES, DELIVERY AND TRANSFERING. WASHINGTON AND RESERVE STS. J.W.LANE. PROP. - _ Rossland, B.C. Stenographer and Typewriter || ( RERAY LOMEER COMPANY Correspondence (English and French.) Legal Work. En- ROSSLAND, B. C. iti tay) A \ Have a Full Line of British Columbia. !wrtgg HARRIES, McBride Block,|__. vee Fall bine: o Kiln Dried Lumber Office of Jno. 8. Clute, jr-, Esq Residence—Windsor Hotel. Finished or Rough Lumber. Sash, Doors, Lath, Shingles. Mouldings, THE HOWARD Lime, Cement, Fire Bricks, etc. “aAOUSEP Yard, East Red Mountain Depot. OC .. NELL & FARRELL, Props. OTTO: ROSLEOF, “Manager. M: sing Headquarters. J. E. BURWELL, DEALER IN All Kinds and Lengths of Wood PRICES REASONABLE, Delivered to any part of town without in progrens, and all the yreliminaries taken towards procuring a charter from the legislature during the pres- ent session, The town is growing, and that ata rapid rate indeed; so much 60 that ifthe rate of the last 1 is maintained for a few J id Yiyears Vancouver and Victoria will and should not be pursued any|have tw look to their laurels. A further. numerously signed petition for incor- The telegram which it is reported | poration has been forwarded to has been sent to Attorney-G 1|the gov and the House Eborts asking fur a Dill at variance| setting forth the varions rea- in some material points from the | sons why incorporation is desired by one in charge of the committee the people. The boundaries of the sent by Rossland to the capital, proposed city are set forth in the will only cause trouble and possibly memorial, and embrace some 1,900 : tious delays, and in thisiin-|* There.gan "be no. doubt that veRs: ys 4 the step to be taken is in the right di- stance delays are in a special sense rection, and is certain to meet with dangerous. the approval of the legislature. Its The government is anxious to| passage will enable Rossland to as- pass the bill through the legislature | sume the status of a self-governing before March 1, and unless Ross- | community, as regard scivic control land stands in its own light there | of streets and highways, sewage, street will be ne delay. lighting, fire appliances, taxation, The kickers against i police 1 and all other such incorporatien on the lines adopted matters as come within the purview by the public mecting are few and of a municipality. This is the course a the World urged months ago. Mes- ae grounds for the objections are sre. A, H.MacNeil,well-known in Van- pir pak ae couver, and Robert Scott, for many : The voice of the people of Ross-| years mayor of Galt,Ont.,and one of its | No. avaiseuaee ire Eman land is immediate incorporation of|leadingand most successful manu- No. 4 passenger ies the city on the lines agreed upon | facturers, but at present a resident of | ATives ®t Tre at the public mecting. Rossland, have been in Victoria look- z construct a system of sewerage that will be adequate to the city’s needs. The objection to the bill of in- corporation after it has been ap- proved by a public and Rossland. B. C. ‘ANADIAN - PACIFIC KY. Soo Pacific Route load lots. You. can save money by buying from us, Good stock of valves and fit- tings at reduced prices. Con- tracts for hot water, steam heating, plumbing and set- ting of manufacturing ma- chinery. . J. E. MILLS, Agent fer Montreal Byndloste Lets - Gent for Meal Townsite of Hossiang, On Jopted, is The cheapest, most comfortable and Direct Route from ROSSLAND, } Kaslo, Nelson, and all Kootenay Points Office: - Third building, east o; ‘Through ‘Tickets to and from PACIFIC COAST|. astern an pean Points. ~