* their ri THE ROSSLAND. RECORD. WILLIAM K. ESLING. ‘Tite Ovpust DatLy iN THE INTERIOR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY OFFICE: BASBMERT POSTOFFICE BLOCK. Le F, ©, BOR 538, GUMBURIPTION RAT! ail 1 Subscriptions invariably in advance. Advertising rates will be made known upon application. x Th eRecoro reaches the people. ment where the eight-hour system Fine Bottled Goods. could be introdticed with adv ey this could be done without friction, for the owner would be as anxious as the miners to make the change. With such a mutual respect for each other's rights and such a rational manner .of determining those rights, there would be no boycotts on newspapers which dared to tell the miners unpleasant truths; nor on merchants who re- fused to sign petitions for the re- <= TIME OF ARRIVAL AND CLOSING ~ OP MAILS. a DESTINATIONS. | DUE the Okanv-| gan, een, Carl land Klondyke districts; the} * Man-| N. ‘errite ra Canada, rd il) Er 10:99 pm ay ys Deer Park—Monday, Wed- Inesday and. Friday. "Nelson| land connections. Nelson, Kaslo, “and Ymuiz, land ail ‘Kootenay lake, Easi Kuotenay and s Pass connections. Spokane, North jall points in United All the Boundary districtl,,, ints between Cascade.and|°43P-™ amp McKinney. ‘aly. Safiy” and! ates, m, ally ‘Australia, China and Japan—See special Bories. Letters for Registration must be posted half an hour previol cee ttine for losing the mails, The postofice is open from 8. m.,t0 7 P.1q dally, (except Sunday). ’ had of d re pts, by a legislature of farmers, lawyers, merchants, fishermen and profes- mining business, about which most of.them. know "o more than a gov- ernment mule knows of the proces- sion of the equinoxes. Although the ReEcorp’ cannot agree with Mr. Smith on the bene- fits of legislation for the regula- tion of .men's. business affairs, it welcomes him as one who can aid materially in the settlement of the present difficulty, by his experience of the contract system as practiced in eoal, mining. If you cannot promptly remove an obstacle, you must fo around it, and the contract obstacle set up by the eight-hour laws +> by EDITORIAL NOTES, Presid Kruger sent out the m3 MARCH Ww 7 12 14 19 20 26 28 report that London had been occu- pied by Russian troops. There will be’a fine opening for Kruger on some of the fusion organs it he gets out of a job in the Transvaal.—Ta- coma Ledger. Joseph Martin, of British Colum- TO ADVERTISERS. New reading matter makes your advertisement attractive: We will gladly change your ‘‘ad” every issue if copy is presented before 10 a. m. HE HAS HAD EXPERIENCE, The advent of Ralph Smith, M. P. P. to aid in the settlement of’ the ‘quéStions at: isgue ge 3 ih between the miners and mine- owners is welcome, because ‘he gained his training in’ trade union- ism where self-reliance was’ ‘its guiding principle and workingmen bia, idently thinks that Lord Roberts is getting too much atten- tion from the English-speaking world and he has started in to fight railways, Tories, Grits, niggers and Chinamen, single-handedand alone. The lonely premier of the Pacific province would make a good um- pire at_a league hockey. match.— Galt Reporter. When the Native Sons of Victoria cabled‘’the war! office an offer of their services, the answer came: “No use for Indian scouts.” The Native Sons are now inced that system is an easy way around the Fa Physici: r d most 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. NOTICE. OTICE is hereby given that an application wifl NOEs aade to th Alegininitte esembly of the rovince of Hritlahy Col at its nex for an act to incorporate a company wit constrict, equip, maintain and oper and telegraph lin cities. towns, muni mainland of the provi to construct. erect and maintain such an y polus and other works and devices as the y deem necessary for making, comple ing. Ing, using, working. operating and maln- em of communication by telephoue © 0} break up any part sional .politicians, to regulate the |i, hone or teley ablished,n 6 ine J pu poses of the company, and to pledge or mortgage any of the company's assets for that purpose, and to receive bonuses or priv‘leges from any person or body corporate, and with all other usual, nec- essary or incidental rights; powers or privileges 25 may be necessary or Incidental to the attainment of the above objects, or any of them. y & HAMILTON, Solicitors for the applicants, Dated this first day ot March, t900. Transfer of Liquor License. Notice is that at the next sitting of the Boa (asfoners for the 4 ile 0 aay ‘of March, A, D. 1900. ay of March, A. D. Te HL Wittiams. OLASSIFIED. Advertisements under this head inserted at the vate One Centa Word. Nothing taken for) Wes Han %5 cents, Ste insertions, $1.00. TAILORING.- O. SAVARD, Fashionable Merchant Tailor, carries the best assortment of Imported and do- mestié goods in Rossland. » None but first-class labor employed. Prices moderate, Columbia avenue, Rossland. FOR RENT. FURNISHED ROOMS, with or withoutwboard, also housekeeping apartments, for reat cheap. 17 Le Rol avenue. 32340 FOR RENT—Five roomed Plastered house, un- |" furnished, on Spokane street south, Water; good basement. $18 per month, Apply M. W. Simp- son, Columbia avenue. tf FOR SALE. FOR SALE—$700 will take good sroom cot- tage, well furnished, and lot, T. Prest, 26 Colum- bia avenue, FOR SALE—Filty-cight feet frontage; Nickel Plate flat; $225, T. Prest, 26 Columbia avenue. FOR SALE—Good rooming house, furniture nearly new; $275. T. Prest, 26 Columbia avenue. , FOR SALE—House of four rooms and. furni- ture complete; $200. _T. Prest, 26 Columbia Ave, FOR SALE—A money-making butcher bus!- ness. Owner going away. Small capital required. Investigate this. T. Prest, «6 Columbia avenue. the war office is ignorant and in- did, not think it f ry to be continually running to Grand:r other Parliament for help in’ adjusting with their employers., Mr. Smith comes from Northum- berland, and was a member of the coal-miners’ , union there.’ That union, by a committee which -met in conference a committee of mine- owners, arranged a sliding scale of} wages and a joint board of arbitra- tion for its periodical revision, which maintained industrial peace in Northumberland for many? years. That union, by agreement with the mine-owners, established a fund for the relief of those injured by acci- dents, to which miners and mine- owners both contributed onan agreed ratio. When an effort was made to pass an employers’ liabil- tin’s plankin favor of a provincial deat and dumb asylum. SSUSINESS LOCALS. For SALE—A mineral paint claim. Address R.S. Pool, Pioneerville, Idaho. tf Prof. De Leon’s Electric Dan- druff cure. No more bald heads, No more hair falling out from any human being. It leaves the scalp as white as snow. Sent to any address. Price, $1.50, $1 and so cents. * Address, 10 Spo- kane street, Rossland, B. C, Lent keepers and fish eaters. may regale thernselves on the lovely ity bill gh part ‘which deprived thé parties interested of the right to contract out, adverse petitions _from Nor in’ trout every Thursday at O. M. Fox & Co’s. Take notice, we also have a. full line coal-miners were mainly instrumen- tal in its defeat. A man with such training in the true principles of unionism cannot but be a valuable _aid in the adjustment of labor ques- tions in a new country like British Columbia. . : It is to be regretted that, after such an experience of what trades unions can lish with leg- of ked and salt fish. tf For the best, cleanest and cheap- est coal, call or phone Martin Bros. Rubbers, overshoes, boots and fine footwear for men, Women and children. The best C fi: Recent. news explains Joe Mar-|4 Dt oe FOR SALE— ta A prominent business corner at a bargain. ‘A five-roomed furnished house on Butte St... $150 | A four-oomed house on Davis St., $225. With twoctow highly. cultivated, house ‘Rnel wo: lots cultivated, furnished, at muh less than cost. ne A six-roomed house and barn, with Jot partly paid, $500. 5 The furstture apd good-will of a 17-roomed lodg- ing house, Two acres of ground adjoining townsite to the south, $500 each, Houses for rent. E, N, OUIMETTE & CO. 2 Insurance... Bank of Montreal Snick Suuaine. MONTREAL LOAN & “INVESTMENT 60., INCORPORATED} 4 Head office, Imperial building, St. James Street,- Montrea’. ‘ Authorized Capital,. Subscribed Capital ove: $2,000,000. $800,000, This Company h: da bi with the following Board of Tiamgenene Eimer A. Rolf. ‘Hon Thos. Mayne Daly,Q. C. pines Lago hse Re Heliton. Secretary-Treasuret, W. H. Falding. For further information, apply to. W. H. FALDING, - Secretary~" a No} 14 Columbia ave Rossa American goods, at Lalonde's. Look—Cleaning, pressing and dyeing done on short notice at the Washington Street Dyeing and Cl i islative interference, Mr. Smith: should still insist that the- compul- sory eight-hour law requires no amendment. He makes. a guarded admission that’ there may be di: ss in its applicati to the development of prospects, yet heis unwilling to admit that |. there is room for amendent._ If the law had simply made eight hours the standard day’s work without any compulsory clauses, its appti- cation to any particular mine could be arranged by the same species of friendly co-operation between min- ers‘and mine-owners as has so long been in vogue in Northumberland. As soon as a mine reached the works. Telephone 128. Mrs. Currie, prop. tf Artistic Job Printing of every de- scription at this office. ” NOTICE. ‘frail Creek Liberal-Conservative Ans- sociation, eral-Conservatives on Monday, 2nd April, at 8 p. m., in Dominion hall, for the ‘purpose of electing dele- Trail and the towns of the Bound- ary country, to nominate a candi- date for the Rossland riding of West Kootenay. W.. Wytute Jounston, Secretary. There will be a meeting of Lib- | gates to meet,other delegates from, Job Printing * of every description executed with neatness and dispatch at the... stage of development and equip- Mining Broker un ~~ RO ~S nn-~VGa—-vs: on~~B ‘At Greatly Reduced Prices TO CLEAR! Silk Waists <3 ——* Fancy Plaids in Stripes and Plain Colors. Eiderdown Coat at half price. to make room for Spring Goods. $@ $8.98. 8% st RR st LADIES’ Are to hand—the leading productions of a New York. manufacturer. re a OO __ > Spring Costumes In Grey. Homespan, Dark Checks, Light ‘Blue aid Grey Check.with Goat-Trimmed In. Check, Material. of . the : OF the Skirt, Silk Grepons, Plalted Chiffon for trimming, all Vatlety of Shades. Our Ladies’ Windsor Scarfs ate Great Sellers. A complete stock. In Ladies’ Vests and: Fancy and Black Lisle Hose we have a beautiful variety: 9§ 9@- 98 96-3 3 ‘Rainy Weather Skirts! Just the thing for wet weather and dirty walking; in. Homespun iefe>and Fancy Mixtures.