ROSSLAND EVENING RECORD, AUGUST 31, 1900.

THE ROSSLAND RECORD.

WILLIAM; K, BSLING.
‘Due Ovorst DAILY IN THE INTERIOR,
PUBLISHED DAILY BXODPT SUNDAY

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lepers, temperance work, divorce,

patents, vital statistics, penitentiary

and criminal, immigration and gov-
1

SULSCRIPTION RATES
r month by mall
Bally. pale eat by mail.
pay, pee ae foreign
Subscriptions invariably in aatwateel

Advertising rates will be made known upon
application.

TheRecoro reaches the people.

er
The extent of the book may be
judged from the fact that it contains
606 closely printed pages, supple-
mented by an analytical index of
18 pages.

FACTS ABOUT OURSELVES,

agp

The year book of Canada just is-
sued gives the following facts
about British Columbia:

British Columbia was admitted

AUGUST

13
20
27

by imperial order in council, May
16, 1871, on address of the legisla-
-| ture and address of the Federal par-
liament.

It contains a land area of 382,300
square miles.

Its average mean summer tem-
perature is 61 degrees; winter, 32.4.

ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF TRAINS.

Following is the density of popu-
lation of the several provinces, the

DESTINATION.

Fat NelsonCrows

Arrive from

1135 a. m.
wane 'Sundey.

Trail pielon: and
ints,

Trail, toon Arrow
Lake Points and Main

From, Trail, Nelson,
Arrow Lake points and
Main Line line.

7:10 p,m

Spokane....e.++ 19:00 P, m.

Leave for

12:05 p,m,

figures givan showing the average
number of persons to the square
mile:

Prince Edward Island. .

Nova Scotia

New Brunswick....

Ontario...

Quebec...

Manitoba...

British Columbia... .

Total average, Canada,.. 1.5
An interesting batch of statistics
in the year book is that concerning
the educational returns for British
Col In 1877 the total num-

‘TIME OF ARRIVAL AND CLOSING
OF MAILS.

CLOSE DESTINATIONS. DUE

ber of pupils in common .schools
was 1938, ,the average attendance
being 1210. In 1899 the total at-
tendance was 7430, the average be-

Revelstoke and all rks pe
east and west, inc! luding: 3
12 o'clock}ioops, Vancouver tle

3, | 10 Rem
saidnight es

Trail, Robson, Nakusp.

ing 4280. In 1878 there were only
50 common schools in the province;
in 1899 there were 244. .

The graded school system was
inaugurated in 1884 with 7 schools,

CARDIFF |
COLLIERS

Fifty Thousand Will
Resume Work on
Monday.

_(By- Associated Presa.

Cardiff, Wales, Aug, 32.—A
meeting of strikers at Cardiff today
confirmed the action of their com-
mittee in agreeing to a resumption

ar

ceeded to the demands of the strik-
ers, The men will resume work
generally.on Monday. About 50,-
coo colliers went to work this
morning.

‘Trades aud Labor.
There will be a special meeting
of the Trades and Labor council
at 7:30 o'clock this evening in the
office of the Miner’s union, at which
a full attendance of members is de-
sired. Matters of ‘importance in
connection with the Labor day cel-
ebration will be acted on. .

A. Ferris, President.
C. Scuaum, Secretary.

Sunnyside Meet

The following officials have been

Sunnyside track next Sunday:

Judges: Lee Combs, W.
Buskirk, D&n Bruton.

Van

of work, the company having ‘ac-|'

selected for the racing meet atthe|§

TODAY'S STOOK SALES.

Following is a summary of the
sales on the local exchange today
together with the quotations:

Rossland Sales.

Sales today on the local exchange
were as follows: Giant, 5000, 2343
go000, 234c; Peoria, 500, r¥4c3
6000, 134c; Winnipeg, 1000, 8c;
Rambler-Cariboo, 1000, 23)4¢;
1000, 23¢; Evening Star, 5000,
BYc; 8i4c. Total sales,
25,500 shares.

1000,

ae pase
m Gold

ntre
own Nest Bags ‘Goal
peer Teall No, 2.

FS x Brook

¥
BuwBeSuag
>

ret
nr AEer Ease be

ba
tepublic
te ‘cimo ‘Consolidated:

War Bais Consolidated: '$ 155 $1560
Waterloo. 6 ty

2)
tas

Starter: Tom Fitzmauricc.

4 8

ALA LAL AL AL LAL

Katie D. Green G. M.

THE CENTRAL

DRY GOODS STORE.

GREAT MID-SUMMER,

CLEARANCE. SALE.

IN COTTON
AND SILK osm,

eae

BLOUSE
WRAPPERS sees."

In Cotton, Lisle

Ladies’ Vestsasu'a

Every Article
Mentioned a
Decided Bargain.

Holstead & Wright

Cor. First Ave. and Washingtoni St.
THE CENTRAL DRY GOODS & CLOTHING STORE
SESEEN SS SSISSS CEO O TTT

An Cotton, Cash-
“mere and Sik,

7
1
:

i

3h vercome by replacing the defective

. This drift is now in 215 feet, and is

“that we have a mine, our prospects

‘if present indications do not prove

( j
ROSSLAND EVENING: RECORD, AUGUST 31,’ 1900.

’ st. ELMO IS
_ LOOKING WEEL

‘Recent Defects in Ma-
chinery Have Been
Corrected

With regard to the St. Elmo
Property on Red mountain Dr.
Olmstead, aftér looking it over,
said to a reporter of the REcorD:

“The great trouble with the prop-
erty since its reorganization had
‘been with the machinery.’ The

@ compressors were
e and the workman-
xtremely faulty, showing

These defects have been

ee putting in new cylinders. and
Bites, both intake and dis-
arge.

“Crosscutting is now in progress
tothe northward. ‘ This will be
Continued to the side line. We are
now drifting on the south vein.

in ore all the way. The width of
the ore varies from three feet to a
full face.

“Altogether there. has been 1,300
feet of drifting and crosscutting in
the main workings and 370 more
in short tunnels.

“While it can not yet be said
are brighter than ever before, and

dissappointing we will soon be in
position to add another to the list of} 2
Rossland mines,

‘Values of our ore as shown from
recent assays have quite frequently
exceeded $20, and our last assay,

taken from average samples, ran| }

A Coming Attraction

Rossland opera house, S F

The Clara Mathes company will
open‘a weeks’ engagement at the

CLASSIFIED,

To Lot.

rate of One Cent a Word. Nothtr
Tits Banas conte,’ Ste Insenttone, Stoo

Advartisements under this head inserted, at the
mn for

Two new houses, four rooms each,
on hill at head of steps, behind One
Price Grocery Company’s store,

standard dramas.
and specialties.
will prevail.

New
Popular

at the Clarendon.

19, with a first class repertoire of
scenery
prices

Fresh Eastern oysters, all styles

TAILORING,

Spokane street. Apply to Daly &

mestic goods in Kossland,
labor employed. Prices moderate,
avenue, Rossland,

0. SAVARD, Fashionable Merchant Tailor,
cartlesthe best assortment of imported and do-
None but first-class
Columbia

Hamilton,

John Lucas.formerly of the Clar=
endon, will be glad to receive his

FOR SALE.

old; patrons and friexds at the
Kootenay.

flat, $275. ‘I’ Prest & Co.

FOR SALE.—s8 feet frontage, Nickel plate

Hazelwood ice cream, Harry

& Sale Stables.

JOHN F. LINDBURG ..
Heavy Transferring.

BTABLES:

Commercial Alley, ‘Phone No. 39.
Postoftice Box 16.

Le Roi Livery, Feed

« «PROPRIETOR

First-class Saddle & Pack Horses.

Spokane street, $125. ‘I’, Prest, 26 Columbia ave.

FOR SALE—Large lot, May addition. head of

Webb and G. B. chocolates, fresh
cut flowers at the Bon Ton. tf

FOR SALE.—House and two lots.
new and contalns four rooms,
easyterms. ‘I’. Prest & Co,

House is
Cheip and on very

For Rent
The Dominion hotel and _ theater,

FOR RENT.

furnished. Apply to George
Owen, the Alhambra. ‘tf

T. Prest & Co.

—House on Second Avenuc, $10.

Jelly glasses, fruit jars in pints,

WOR RENT.- Furnished eae Victoria ave,
five roors. ‘T. Prest &

quarts and half gallons. O. M. Fox
& Co., 106 E. Columbia avenue.

Transter of Liquog License.

Notice is deh Libor that at the next sitting
nse Commissioners for the
piltbe made far

Geurge W. Camp
Bakeathis nthe day of August, A.

DON'T BE DUPED

‘There Placed upon ave been placed upon the market
sqveral cheap re} if an obsoloto edition
of.” Webster's pauls oe " Phey are boing
offered under various names at a low prica

have bee!

ai oot gealors. ‘os a premiuin ¢ Pe tet etd
tions to papers.
‘Announcements of these

D, 1
nGk H. Bakes.

Phones 65 and 20. tf

CITY TAXES.

Notice to Ratopayers.

Friday, 31st August, is the last
day for payment of city taxes in or.
der to obtain the discount. For
the convenience of ratepayers the
office will be open on Tuesday 28th
and Friday 31st from 7 to 9 p.m.

WItiigm Hare,
tf City assessor and collector,

BUSINESS LOCALS.

taken charge of Lougheed & com-
pany’s dressmaking department for
the coming season, Patrons are
assured of the latest designs in
evening dresses and street cos-
tumes, tf

Pure Soap
a

Madam Laughlois, of Boston has |&

West End Park
To Lease and Rent
Finest Soil and Ground for

» Market Gardens, Fruit.
Farms * Chicken Ranches

PLENTY OF WATER.

*Erquire of

JAS. LAWLER, Agent,

Big Four Mining Co.'s Office,
E. Columbia Ave.

TIMBER MEN WANTED TO
..+ CUT WOOD.....

Is necessary for a good
ion.

A soap to be pure need no

&| Try the Kootenay dinners.

Fine Bottled Goods.
Physicians recommend most

buggies—fine
Montana stables,

MINERS’ CHECKS
cashed at. face value at the

ECEINAN ECUSE

single
Phone 6,

Worthless

Teprints are Bas inialending; for | for tata

uae ae ofa higher-priced Pook,
realltYs 80 far as we knit

shen ta
leve, they

‘and was
plished Soto eT Other minor
additions are probably il more or lesa value.

bsters Unabrid

yecue Hous in the eieony j imenitonous ious
name

talng over AAO ages, awit iu iilusten-

BOUNESS LOCALS,

Those New Caineras

agency in Rossland and _ vicinity for
the Glenco and Korona cameras,
the best two cameras on | the mar-
ket for the money. They are offer-
ing great inducements to advertise
these goods. See their display an-
nouncement on first page.

Match pairs, handsome turnouts,
carriages and gurneys—Montana
stables. Phone 6.

Fancy gaited saddle horses—new
drivers at

Carpenter & Co. have taken the

highly Schlitz’s extract of malt.
Sold by the bottle at the Interna-
tional family liquor store. Import-
ed white wines, clarets and Burgun-
dies by the bottle, basket or case at
moderate prices. tf

For Rent—Dining room,  tur-
nished. Apply Butte hotel. te

Kootcnay Isiuches are the best.

Telephone 86.
A B, MACKENZIE & CO.
.

MINING BRCKERS.

Columbia Ave,

P.O. Box 268

Roxstand, B,C

‘ily be high priced. We
have on hand a lurge assortment o!
all the leading makes of toilet soap-
and we have, besides, other varie.
ties, which, ifnot so well know:
are fully as good and cost les:
money.

Rosstanp Druc Co., Phone 18:

MISS SWANSON

ee

THE CLARENDON

Serves the Best Meals in

City, Rooms for Banquets

and Dinner Parties : : 3 H
4
i
H

LUNCHES, - = © 35c. 1

Established May, 1895.
‘THE REDDIN- [ACKSON CO.,
Limtvan atamtacrys
MINING AND INVESTMENT
BROKERS,

Agents for ParisBell Addition to Rossland.

Rolt & Grogar
FOR RENT.

Ulfice on tirst floor 14s Block.

A STRONG CIGAR
You'll find our “El Trabuco’’
Cigar strong enough to suit
you, even if you like them
pretty strong ......
oe stock | contains just the cigar you want.

use are ali excellent. Best tobacco

mi into wey to atiord you the best smoke.
Two for Twenty-Iive Cents; try them.

LLEVY& CO.

Wholesale and Retail Tobaccos and Cigars.
Opposite Bank of Montreal.

A. G. CREELMAN,

Sandon, Halcyon Serinne 7319 p.m.
rand all SSlocan and Lardeau| aly

districts.

tions 1 ry Does a id bears 01
imprint. ‘ot She ty: tt is protected 1 by floor Burt
copyright from cheap Imnitation,
aTiBbio um this work 1a
expense published thorough!

ecessor, n throughout, th
‘Webster's International Dictionary.
Asa dictionary lasts a lifetime you

Get the Best.

Tilustrated parnphlet free. Address
G. & C, MERRIAM CO., Springfield, Masa,

22 teachers and 1745 pupils. ”

eee

Last $21.45.”
year there were 32 graded schools,
169 teachers and 11,265 pupils. In
1877 there was but one high school,
with three teachers and 60 pupils;
in 1898 there were four. with 12

CONTRACTOR

AND BUILDER,

and D. Co., Ltd.

NON-PERSONAL LIABILITY.

Office and rooms ot. secon
"Block.

MINERS’ CHECKS
cashed at face value at the

HOFFMAN HOUSE

Good laundress wanted at once,
Electric laundry, Columbia Ave. tf

F. W. HINSDALE,

CUSTOM HOUSE BROKER,
1n Custom House building

Large Warehonse1n center of town,
FOk SALE.

Seven-roomed Dwelling hat plastered
furnished throughout, good locality.
Hotel ard Saloot Second avenue.—A
splendid ‘business opportunity.

. and Yr,
am} dail Kootenay lake points;

Salmo,|6:00 p. m,

afi Porter Wanted

Wanted at once, a first class
porter at the Kootenay hotel. Ap-

ply at bar. °
L

The Only Established Similkameen T ownsite and
Capital City of the Similkameen District....

Copper: Mountain, Kennedy Mountain, Friday, Boulder, Granite and Twenty-Mile
Creeks Aspen Grove and Roche River are all Tributary to Princeton, which i is also the

GOVERNMENT HEADQUARTERS For the SIMILKAMEEN DISTRICT
33 TITLE PERFECT «

The Princeton-Keremos to te Built at once. Survey of the Hope-Princeton Road Has Been Ordered. ‘More
: -to Follow when the Estimates Pass the House . . 2. » 6 «© se os 8

CHARLES E.. BENN, Agent,ROSSLAND. B.C.

16:00 p.m.

7 thport,.
pokane, Northp: hiy

an
a points in United States,

CHEAP J Very Cheap! For
» Nearly NOTHING
. are Goods offered you from all
sides; BUT.

DO You Really Buy CHEAP?

No? But sot ali thefPeople understand
that catch.

There is Ouly One Store in Rossland that
Advertises FACTS! and is the Only Place —
where You can Save Half on Your Purchase.
in Clothing, Gents’ Furnishings and Shoes

Aud that Place is

THE ROSSLAND AUCTION
HOUSE, B. BANNETT,

MANAGER.
No. 42 East Columbia Avenne,

Property ‘Situated on North Fork Salmon
River, Erie District, B. C.

FOR DEVELOPMENT PURPOSES, ONLY.
Fifty thousand shares of the Company’s Treasury Stock is now
offered to the public at

71-2 Cents per Share,
and can be had on application to
22 Columbia Aveuue, GEORGE H. GREEN,
ern Rosstand, F B.C. Sec-Treasurer.
a

Estimates foraished on all kinds of sear Job
promptly attended to.
New xork Life Insurance Agency,

d shop: Commercial Court, rear Alham
Washington street. Rossland, B. C. Office and shop: Comme: i

ra hotel, P.O. Box

teachers and 490 pupils, In 1877

the total expenditure by govern-

ment for schools in British Colum-

bia was $45,350; last year it was

daily. | $336,016.

The growth of the maritime com-

merce of British Columbia is shown

by the following table of registered

carrying cargoes

into and o out of the province, by pe-

riods of five years: 1874-78, total

tonnage 1,439,817; 1879-83. 2,358,-

885; 1884-88, 4,089,788; 1889-93,

8.927,979; 1894-98, 11,052,109.

in 1880 there was but one Board
of Trade in tha Province; now there

New reading matter makes your

advertisement attractive. We will | 4° '4-

gladly change your “tad” every issue =

if copy is presenced before ro a. m

Relson and Nelson district
jest Pass, NW.

| Bereltoies, Sanitoba, East-} 7:
nada, United King-|

dom and all European points

Forks, Greenwood,|
Riven and ail’ other Bound.
jary District points.

“adie

‘Austral China and Japan—See special notices,

Letters for Healstration must be posted half an
hous: brevets to the time for closing the mails.

postoffice is open from 8 a. m., to 7 p.m.

days (except Sunday).

Offers special membership in-
ducements for a short time by’
suspension of the initiation fee.’
All the...

TO ADVERTISERS,

Rossland -
Athletic.
Glub ..... ium

Magazines '_
« Periodicals

Excellent accommodations for
permanent and temporary board
and chambers; $36 to’ $40 per
month. For particulars apply to

CHARLES E. BENN,
Charles Webster, Steward. Secretary.
ill find

ul Bum Oil aoe
+ Use Electric Lights

Estimates furnished for Wiring and Lighting, Electrit Fixtures carried in stock.
Electric Power supplied for Mining and Monufacturing purposes.”
Itis much cheaper than steam. _ Motors for sale or rent.
Farin case of trouble with lights, telephone No. 67, between 8a. m., and 6 p.m,

Rossland Water and. Light Go.

EDITORIAL NOTES.

In connection with the recent ed-
itorial utterances of the REcoRD on
the matter of lead ores the returns
as shown by the year-book are in-
structive. In 1894 Canada Pre”
duced 5,703,222 pounds of lead;
1895, 16,461,794 pounds; in 1886,
24,199,977 pounds; in 1897, 39)-
018,219 pounds; while for last year
the production was only 21,862,436
pounds.

YEAR-BOOK OF CANADA.

Suits of Clothes,
This spring’s
$2.50 to $12.

Overalls and Jumoers.'.

Jumpers, that everybody" else
sells for 75 c, our price’ soc.

Miners’ Shoes.

That we sold for $3-$4 $5 and
$6, at $1.50 $2, $2.50 and $3..-
Also a line. of fine walking
shoés from $}- up, ~

Sox.

Our regular 25c ‘all wool sox
will sell three for 25c.

Cotton sox-just the thing for
fide weather, 5c.'a pair.

Oil Clothing.

Coats, Pants and Hats at just
one half the usual prices.

Summer ‘Underwear.
‘We are heavily stocked in this _
line. We will sell to all com-
ers at from 20c.a garment. :
: Special line of Egyptian and
, Balbriggan shirts, 2005 Srawe
ors Boe. g

Top ‘Shirts,

In great variety from 25¢ up.

Gloves and Mits 25c Up

Neckties and Suspen- ©
ders from 10c Up’

Remember these prices are only good for one week, starting from
- today. Be on hand early and so get the choicest selections.

We have engaged Special help so that you are sure of courteous
and quick attention,

Rossland Auction House,

‘The statistical year-book of Can- goods, from

ada for 1899 has just been issued,
and the Recorp takes pleasure in
acknowledging. the reception of a
copy.
9 In this era of periodical literature
all kinds of ‘‘annuals” are issued,
from the yellow-covered pages de-
voted to setting torth the claims of
a quack medicine, up to the recon-
’ dite investigations and proceedings
of scientific and philosophic socie-
ties. In all the long list none per-
haps will be found more practically
useful to a resident of Canada than
the year-book, now in its fifteenth
year, issued by Alfred Hewitt of
Toronto. It has come to bea re-
cognized authority, and finds a
‘place in every good reference
library. Among its principal fea-
tures are the following:

A succinct historical sketch, well
worth publicati as a sep
pamphlet and a place in the schools
asa text-book. It is supplemented
by a statement of physical features,
condition and government, treaties,
lands and land regulations.

The statistical matter, which is
almost overwhelming in its compre-
hensiveness, and which is methodic-
ally arranged, embraces agriculture,
miaes, fisheries, trade and com- | averted by telegraphing to Kaslo to
merce, currency and banking, r rail- | have the amounts due paid in. . On
ways and canals, marine, p Wednesd the of $179,
finance, insurance, telegraphs, tele- | still due, was paid in full,

its expensive and dan;
pathing of the trouble ant

Tam
if far more pleasai

erous, to say
ce

Brn.

The funeral of the late Mrs, Red-
din will take place from the family
residence 318 Le Roi avenue, on
Saturday, September 1, atg a. m.
Services from Sacred Heart church.
Friends will kindly accept this in-
vitation.

Return Shooting Match

., Areturn shooting match has Been
arranged at Nelson next Monday
between ten men of the Rossland

} g
Rifles and a pizked team from Nel- ?

LOTS: 50x100 Feet
and 33 x 100 Feet.

42 BE. Columbia Ave.
5. Bannett, Manager ‘

PRICES: From $2 to
$10 per Front Foot.

son. Ro: Is repre ‘ives
are: instructor of musketry, Wil-
liam Harp, Corporal Wilkin and
‘Privates Williams, Dickson, gLong,
Spring, Smith, Rigby, Lawe and
Logan. :

FOR RENT.

Boxes in Bank of Montreal Safe- 3} SA _

I have the following blocks in the followi panies for ale Ft
Sureka Consolidated, Gopher, Homastaies Evening Star,
Silverine, R. E. Lee, Bodie, Eurcka, North Star and Zila M

Delinquent Tax Sales}
The impending danger of proper-
ty holders in this city losing their
lots through delinquency has been

You are especiallyinvited tocall

ty Deposit Vault. or write for Full Information to

Lots in the Original: Towasite.

Reddin, : 5:

, Agents,