Rossland

VOL 8, NO. 208,

ROSSLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA, TUE3DAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1899.

PRICE FIVE CENTS.

ww EXP ERT—

Watch Repairing...

ag

Every watch loft with us for repairs

is inspected and properly ropatred by

Expert Watchmakerst st sat ott

We are in n position to do the most tn-

{reate repairs, and guarantee rutisine-
n.

J. w. SPRING,

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Successor tot” fe ALLONER, airroueL L& SpRino,
Next door to tho Post Cfiice.

SVOOLECEDLOLELSEOLEOLSIOE™

Success....

As our ROOM-MAKING sale for the past thirty days has been

decided success, we will
gale for ONE- WEE:

continue
K_ more, for we have still sine SNAPS to of-

this VERY CHEAP

fer on the following lines:

Mone $0.60 to $15.00.

Men's blue and black Melton and
Berne’: $7.00 to $18.00,

Men's Freize and ‘Mackinaw Pea

$2.80 to $6.00.

Ment ica? $7.00 to $44.00,
Turnbull's unshrinkable all wool
underw!

* $2.60 and up.

Men's all wool faney und blue

: $1.00 to $8.00,

Mining Shocs and Rubber Boots, (GUAR ANTEED]..

$1.75 up.

Latest styles in J. B. Stetson, King, B Hats at Popular Prices.

OUS ORDERED CLOFRING DEPARTMENT.

Ia kept busy.’
largest nod

Fit and workmanship guaranteed.* And.see the *
jne&t assortment of ‘Fnglish and Scotch: Tweeds,

Foxes’ Serges and Clay Worsteda in the city to chose from.

Boys all wool suits
v8"
Boys Solid Leather Shoes

Nap.and,Freize Pea Jackets

$2.60 to $7.00.
+£2.60 to $6.00.
$1.00 to $1.25,

And many’ other articles too numerous to’ mention, at very iow

_ prices.

Our goods are new and our prices are right.

M. J; O’HEARN, The Clothier.

Corner Columbia Avenue and Lincoln Btreet.

yoosece CICK

kc ©

ey HC. ©, Lalonde-=% ‘lle

5 Bicong shices foreturdy boys and stylish shoes for father

’ “dainty, 8
‘,their'mothers.

oes for little girls and misses and elegant shoes for

e do not canfine oureelves ‘to supplying

wny one age or sex with FOOTWEaR, but inake a epecialty
of “good shoes for everyone.” Our stuck is complete, com-
prising every kind of Boot and Shoe manufactured, tight,
meditm, or heavy. Prices are all light, however.

+R. MORROW,

++ SUCESBOR TO,
sLEAN & MON

DRUGGISTS.

OUR GOODS ARE RIGHT’
ne ERICK AWE RIGHT.

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Prescription
FILLED ACCURATELY
BRING IT TOUS.

Le Rol
LIVERY SALE and FEED
STABLE. 4

OHN F. LINBURG, PROP.

Stylish Rigs for rent
birst-class Saddle and Pack
Horees,

ADLES: f olumbia Ave. Phone 3 No. 87.
Commerelsl Alley, ‘Phone No. 39.

. O. BOX, 136,

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Johnson & Co.

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Rent.
‘Furnished Roos with use of a Pi-
per month,
Room House $20.00 per month.

Sale.

on Kootenay ave! 200, Thi
be taken at "ones, : a

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VE SALE FOR

All Mendand Slacks,

Cable Adéress: “PARKER,” 2
ROSSLAND, B. C.
Moreing & Tclephone,

Codes { zodiord A's.

Chaos. E. BExn.

UL PARR & 6D,

MLE EER
ind URE

Proporties examined, Nines manayed,
andard Stocks bou:ht and s

4, L. PARKER

Consulting mining engincer | Dundee,
‘Tamarac and Fairmont,

3.1L. Panker.

THE JUDICIOUS ADVERTISER

Who wants home trade
advertises in the paper
that prints the most
local news.

HULL TERT OF HE BILL

‘Rossland May Borrow $160,000 for

Water Works,
SPECIAL PRIVILEGES GRANTED

Will Not Permit Raising Money for
Seweraye or Other
Improv-ments.

The folowing is a fall test of the bili
granting Rossland power to’ borrow
$150,000 for a-water and light plant:

Whereas provision is made hy the
“Speedy Incorporation of Towns Act,
1897,” @nd the ‘‘Municipal Clauses Act”
for the equipment, construction, opera-
tion and muintainance of a system o}
water-works /and clectric lighting for
domestic and other purposes by incor-
porated cities; ‘

And whefeas manicipal councils may
only borrow, in, the aggregate, twenty
percent. of the naseseed valne of the
land and the improvements, of the real
property of the municipality, according

to the last revised assessment roll;

And whereas the city of Rossland ir
go situated that it would cost in the
neighborhood ‘ef $150,600 to construot
such a system or systems as aforesaid ;

And whereas.the total value of the
land and improvements, or the real
property of the municipality of the city
of Rossland, according to the Inst re-
vised assessment roll, is $1;444,822;

And whereas the total debt: of ‘the’

corporation of the city of Rossland is
$107,000;..

And whereas the the total debt afore-
said is 7.6 per cent. of the said total
value of tho land and improvements, or

| the real property’of- the” city of “Ross-'

Nand;

And whereas many improvements are
necessary and expedient in the city of
Rossland, and it will become necessary
to borrow money for ‘such improve-
ments;

And whereas it is deemed advisable ta

BOARD OF TRADE.

Will Hold Annual Meeting Tomorrow Even-
‘Ing and Elect Officers. .

The Roseland board of trade will hold
its annual meeting tomorrow evening
for the purpose of electing officers and
transacting euch other business as may
come before it, It is understood that an
effort will be made to reduce the mem-
bership feeso that it taken together
with the annual fees will not exceed
$10. This, itis thought, will induce a
greater number to become members and
thereby make that body more influen-
tial and increase interest in the work it
is expected to do.

ELKS SOCIAL.

The Bist Anniversery of the Organiza-
tion.

The Benevolent and Protective Order

of Elks held a social session on Sunday

night, in the Miners’ hall, in

1 HAT WT THE AAR

His Trip to Victoria Was Partially
Successful, ao

GOT NO FURTHER APPROPRIATION

Secured Special Act and . Promises
Regarding Outlet of the
Sewerage System.

acy
Mayor A. 8. Goodeve, returned last
night from Victoria, where he went-.to
secure legial: favorable to if

uration of the 3lat anniversary of the
order, There were a large number of
visiting Elks in the city anda big ‘at-
tendunce was the result. The mysteries
of an Elk social were gone. through in
their entirety, and only as Elks know
how. The feast and entextainment kept
up until an early’ hour’ next morning,
and the event was a gaand success in
avery Ways

AMEN TEEPONE. LN

From Rossland to ant to ug: Kekinny
and Republic.

TAKES IN ALL INTERYENING TOWNS

Construetion Work ‘Commenced and

**/and light system.

He said toa repregentative of the Rao-
orp this morning that ha was too late to
secure any additional. appropriations.
That the government Positively refused
toopenup the appropriation _ bill, not
on account of Rossland, particularly, but ~
because it would entail ‘an endless de-
inand from all over the province, as moat
of the other districts were desiring more
money for public improvementa; Mr.
Goodeve said, that . after this he ‘would
recommend that a delegation be kept at
Victoria during the whole of the sitting
of the legislature to look after the needs
of the city and the district. :

‘The lateness. of his arrival there: al-
most precluded him. securing any action.
even upon the special act empowering.
Rossland to borrow. money fora -water
iS
The government insisted that it was ‘*

upon hig part thatthe: ball: ‘was ‘gotten ei
through at al. % ey

In disctissing, the: eamird the mpézor +
said ‘that it was ‘surrounded.

_ Will be Cor a
oduby 1.

A deal was closed in Grand Forke last
week, which if carried out will give the
Boundary country tha immediate ‘bene-
fit of competition in telephone rates.

Tel

confer the necessary power upon the
corporation of the city of Rossland to
borrow the sum of $150,000 in excess of
the ordinary borrowing powers of muni-
ciniities ay iimated by the ‘Municipal
Vlanses Act.” to bay, construct, equip,
ind wnt a system of water-

hting for do:mestic

iy, by and- with
the advice en.i conseny of the Legisla-
tive Agvem+ly of the ¢r vince of Britiah

Coluurbie, enzets as fot awsi—
i ‘ cited as the
of Towns Act

Amendment

2. tacilof the cor-
poration of the city o! Rossland_may,

The Cr Telegraph ‘Co. es
of Roseland closed a contract with
Messra. Davey and Donald for the con-
struction and equipment of a telephone
line from Rossland to Camp McKinney.
The new line will run from Trail to
the international boundary line, whee
it will connect with the Spokane & B. C..
'Pelephone company’s line to about one
andabalf miles below Caseade, where
it will, commence again, running |,
through Cascade, Grand Forks, Niugara,
Phoenix, Greenwood, Anaconda, Boun-
dary Falls, Midway and Rock Creek to
Camp McKinney, taking in all the min-
ing camps o1.the Boundary district,
Exchanges are to be at

| bylawa,.and that any. attempt ‘to bor:
will have to be subinitted to: tire peep!

Mr. Goodeve, while. in Victoria, re-
ceived special: assurance that Rossland’s
request to. empty her sewage into the...
Coiumbia river would. nifed.

In referring >to additional: abproprias |
tions asked for by this district, c
it is doubtful, even ifwe had sentadele- ;
gation earlier if- any- greater’ amonnt¢ '*':
could have been secur
courthouse ur roada, trail
as the policy of the government wap: So
keep down expenses and make an
notnical record for itselei, aud that Rose,
land had fared'as weil as any other gece
tion.

PEOPLE COMING AND GOING.

Mr, and Mrs, W. H. Aldridge came up
from Trail last evening to attend the:
opera. |

Col. E. 8. Topping isin the ety’ today,” :
having core up from Trail to the opera
last nigit.

Smith Cartis came in laat night ‘from
Gran’ For rks» ‘

Trail, Rossland, Cascade, Grand Forks,
d and R

under the formalties 1 quired by law,
pags a by-law or by-la\: s for contracting
a debt of $160,000 by i srrowing money
or otherwiee, and for |: vying rates for
payment of such debt on the ratable
Jand or improvements, “ither or both, on
the ratable real yroper:y of the muni-
cipality, for the. purpuse of the pur-
chase or construction and

‘The company is eaid to have made ar-
rangements to connect with the Spokane
& B.C. C y’s line in W
and will have direct connection with
Republic and all points from Boundary
south. to Spokone.

It is stated that it is the intention of
the coinpany to inaugurate a telegraph

operation and maintainance of a system
of water-works and electric lighting for
domestic and = othe: purposes, or
either or both, er and above
the ordinary borrowing powers as
conferred by the ‘“}tunicipal Clauses
Act”? orsny amendment thereof, and
over and above the limit of twenty per
cent of the assessed value of the land
and improvements or the real property
of the City of Rogsliind; but no euch by-
Jaw shall be-valid not in accordance with
the other restrictions and provisions of
section 88 of the “Municipal Clauses
Act,” or of any of the other sections of
the said “Municipal Clauses Act” or the
amendments thereof relating to money
orother bylaws: provided, also, that a
sinking fund of at least one per cent per
aunum must be provided for in such bye
Jaw.

J. - Fitzpatrick, the sanitary

e« Johnson & Co

F,

has removed his office and
shop to the corner of Columbia avenue
and Washington street, under Cap
Shaw's cigar store. di ti.

Peter Rodier, the old reliable tinner,
is now at work again and located in Okan-
ogan_ buildin: Spokane Street, is pre-
pared to do at work in his line promptly
at the lowest living prices, Money can

be sayed by patronizing him.ft

Wervice in with the telept
line,

The terms of contract call for the com-
pletion of the line not later than July 1,
1899, it being expected to have the poles
on the ground forthe construction of
the entire line in a short time.

The Grand Forks Miner states that
construction work on-the new line has
been already started.

Reported Strike in Sunset No. 2.
As the Recorp goes to press, itis ru-
mored upon tne street that a valuable
strike has been made in the Sunset
No. 2. in the South Belt.

City Council Tonight.

The regular weekly meeting ‘of the
city council will be held at the city hall
this evening at 8 o’clock. There is no
special business expected to come up.

Poliee Court.

Alex Trumbly was in the police conrt.
this morning upon a complaint of Mrs.
Violet F. Chambers for using abusive
langua; She + withdrew. the charge
upon Tumbly paying the costs,

of the ©. & W., was _
up Eoin aT yet : Ae

H. 8. Wallace went to Grand Forks”
today on a business trip.

J. W. Asthley left on the. noon train
ona trip through the Boundary coun!

F. J. Reddin, left on. the ‘noon’ train |
for Greenwood, where he Koes ¢ on amine ~
business, .

D. B. Bogle went to Neleon on busi ‘
ness today, and will return in ‘about. 10
ays.

R, W, Bennett arrived last nig! bt from”
Devils’ Lake, North Dakota, - SS take
charge of the Great Northern Express.
office in this city.

JI.F Honeylord, merchant ‘Taylor, has
sald Bis Hews Mt leave: few

daye for Seattle, Washin: ton, ota

business. , * fa90 a

Mies Ethel Short, daughter of Captain’
Short, of the River Steamer Kootenay,
left for her her home in Northport after
a two weeks visit-here with friends.

George R.. Stocker, one - of the: large:
owners in the Cascade townsite, “and ~
agent for the. company, came in-. yeater=

day on business and returned home te-

| day.

. A,’ Armstrong, vetenai
for this. district, has’ "been, in to om
couple of days accompanied oy wie,
father, R. J. Armstreng, of Edmonton.
They feturned to Nelson via Northport .
today.
Allen G. White, manager of the city
opera house, ‘and Joh in Cort, manager of
the Metropolitan opera company,
down toTrail and back today. Mr. Garé
was shown through the smelter and
other. places of interest “in _ river

town,