‘en % Thornton Langley, Jova STeer Repass. soning Anve stinents. @ rresdundence Solicited. Orvice: RECORD BLock, ROSSLAND, 8.0. mpany, Limited, Capitalized for only £250,000. TREASURY STOCK 25ets. A vOUNDER, Pres. ir Hein G. my wee youll H _ Rossland] B. C. The Ottave J. L PARKER, Mining Engineer, ‘Ureice: Over Weeh >, JUST IN Bank Books Every Description. Advance Shipment 1897 W'FL PAPER JS Wallace's of otlonery Store. biggest Gold Mine In the Camp. ORIGINAL TOWNSITE ATS. John F. McCrae, Agent for the Syndicate. (.awford, Anderson & Co Mining Brokers. Ovrice: Saterson & Johnson Bldg Cu.umbia Aven frank A. Baird BROKER, Deuler !n Mines and Stocks. The Scott Block. Columbia Avenue. Median & Whitney.) Up-to rate am every th re reiaula “HEAL ESTATE STOCKS fo and avout the grew ‘Trail creek country. Ayonte Royal Go d Min- ing Company. The Cotumbia Candy, Stationery & Glase- Co. Dealers in Contectt ery, 8 ai + Pion, Gear enzs ‘and. ‘Tebaeeos, ane 4+ESERVE ‘erhant, ‘sy doors west of Washington Street. Kennedy & Co. TRALL DEPARTMENT, Trait, Jan, 29.—(Special to the Recorp )-=Lee Davenport, the real eatate broker, reports business in his line more active than singe. last Sep- tember. Sales are of daily ocourrence and there is a steady: demand for all kinds of townsite lote, particularly ‘usiness locations. Besides the Maltby hotel, reference to which has ulready been made, several other busi bess buildings ace to go up in the im- mediate future. Bluke & Hector will put up a two story hotel_on the Bowery just east of the St. Elmo. It will be 24 by 66 teet in size. The coat is estimated at about $1,500. - Heard & Wescott, the tailors, will put up «a business honse on Bay ‘venue, in the rear of the present lo- vation, R. T. Dartiel is alsq planning to hnild a three story business house on Bay avenue, north of the Windsor. Rritish Columbia covers consider- able territory, and there sre a good many thouvand people and a good many towns within its borders. How- ever. everybody in British Columbia is suppased to know Tom O. Gray, the traffic man for the smelter, and to how that ne is at present making Trail his teadquarters. The ppopular idea ou that subject was veritied by a letter which he received last night. .| ft had teen mailed in London, Eng- and on January'4, and wae addreased imply: “Mr. Tom C. Gray, British Jolumbia.” That was all. ‘There was nothing in the superscription to indi- cate what town was meant, but the letter came through promptly and vas delivered to its owner. last aight. . H._ A,and P. McDonald came in on the Lytton last night bringing with hem ten of the finest draft horses ever brought into the Kootenays. Chey are all magnificent animals, and ure to be used on- the grade of the. Robson road. Joe Cuaron returned last night from he Salmon country. He reports every- hing flourishing in that district. He rought back a sample of handsome neavock ore which had just been struck in the Roval Canadian, which ‘ears every mark of ricfiness. F. W. Wright, ex-governor of Mou- tana, came down last night from Rob- -on where he had been. looking. after nis extensive 1aterests. He will. go up to Rossland before returning. Julius Peterson returned last night from a three week’s visit along the Mr. Peterson will at once re sume bis connection with the Crown Point hotel. The Columbia & Western. railway will adept a new time table next week. "rains will leave Cossland fur Trail st 7 a.m.and 4 p. m., arriving in Trail 8a m.and6 p.m. Trains will leave Crajl at 8:45 a. m, and 5:45 p. m., ar- riving at Rossland at 10a, m. aud 7 pom. const. —~—— UMFRIED Vs, DUNN. 4 Fine Wrestling Contest Will Come Off Next Month. Frank Umfried, whe, during the carnival at El Paso, Texas, about a year ago, wrestled with. Jack Stetz- man, Bab Fitzsimmons’ trainer, and won the first fall in 15 minutes and Harry Duon, who was iv the com- wny of John L. Sullivan and- Slade when they toured the country, both high-class wrestlers, will haves meet- ing in Dominion hall on February 20. : Inthe recent contest with 8. J. McMillan at Wallace, Idaho. Umfried won easily. McMillan obtained the itle of the second Suandow by his ex- nibition of feats of strength. He was described as a modern Sampsun. He would bend horseshoes straight, and a Wardner blacksmith, with the inten- tion of “jobbing” him,’ tempered a itin two as easily as if it were pie tel tion: to be paid British Col » Spokane’s Great Business College and | which since 1859 hue contributed School of Assaying. more than £10,000.000 to the world’s One ofthe most successful inatitu- store of gold. He prophesied the! veifie'counat wiles, tethat presets rush tine. was wre ee of Bpokaho's Gtont Dualnoae Colleye, the Americans were having the best located ha ‘one of the largest blocks In of it in w British colony. | | the city of Mpokane, extending through A correspondent describes Ross-' from Riverside avenue to Sprague land astyiug far up in the Wp Of avenue, fitted up eleguntly and uc- mountain summits. © A narrow guage | | cording to the mont approved methods railway. connects the town with the | for educational work, carrying on the gold camp. and twice a day » little most extensive and ‘yellable ussay of- engine leaves Tra] and climbs tu| fice, besides large and extensive Rossland, 4,000 feet above ttie gea | departinents of commerciat training, level. One mine here has paid. divi- shorthand, typewriting, conyuon . . | English studies and normal work; lends.of £4,000 a "month since Oc- | reputation liu» gone out. until néurly tober, 1895, and another more than two thousand.of its gruduutes have £30.00) in dividends over a year. been placed in positions, as book- This has caused a rush thither. Trail |, ‘ F F , mine creek sent out £25,000 worth of ore | ing experts and aasayorn, througoout ab its | horseshoe in oil, but McMillan broke|- in-1894, and. in 1895 the vaiue rose} to £200,000. For the first six months of 1896 the Jittle railway has been almost unable to handle the output, which doubled | the previous year. The newspaper| correspondent has been doing his duty, and suon: we will know more than enough about this very prommis- ng gold-tield. — FROM THE RECORDS. TRANSFERS. January 26, Hazel and WJ Bryan, 4 in each, Archie McGillvray to J J Hand. Hazel and W J Bryan, 3 in each, Archie McGillvray to J 8 Gusty. Dorothy, Burt, Ethel, Elk. Ada L Tenderfoot. Blue Bell. lron King, Johu McGree to Geo N Richardsvv, Joe Emmet, C W Erickson to J A Miller, $50. Amelia, Mary E. Rammelmeyer JJ Johnson. Muttars, Horrow ‘Hazel, luda May, 3 in euch, MS Holland toJohn Wataon, Seattle, Mogul, 3 in. each, Geo M Smith to Wm Hovwle. CERTIFICATES OF WORK. Jan. 26.—Priuce of Monaco, High to ock. Jan. 26.—Mugwump. —_—_—- PURE GOLD TREASURY. Pure Gold treasury -stock at five cents; Waueta & Trail Creek ten cents. Call and see samples of ore and get prospectus and by-laws, Walter’ C: Archer, first floor Lalunde block. . —— THE CHURCHES. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Church on Nickle Plate Flat— Services every: Sabbath at. 11 a. .m.] and 7:30 p. m.. Sunday school 2:30 p. m. Prayer meeting Wednesday even- ng. W.C. Dodds. pastor. METHODIST CHURCH. Charch in north part of Town— Sunday services 11 a, m. p.m. Sunday school 2:30