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AND AGRICULTURAL WEALTH an Notional Parl^. 5^nff WINNIPEG SATURDAY NIGHT." •an-im awl IM NcMmMM Anaar. VN^INNIPEG, SEPT.-OCT, 1894. Whole No. 55. Inltrtar Vifu- of C. P. B. Strtping r„r. The Rich Weat. \H0AKDLKS.S oI all that bM baaa wrtttaa uid pablithad teadatofy of the gnmt Caoa dian Wnt but a (atnt Idaa ol tbt TaatBMa ol lU larrl' lOfT and tli* Immeniw re •onnw tharMl eiUU In tha mind* ot Kaatrrn p*opla. Joaraeylng from Wlnnlpaff to VanoouTar, tba taroilaal dty of Caaada'a imat traaa- Btlaaatal kisbwar, oaa paiiM tbioaiih a •torabonw at ■ithwial waatth aaeb aa la paaaaaaad \tf ao othar «o«Dtrr la tba worM. Laarlaa Wlaolpaii on aornlBK axftaaa. tba ■rat dai'a rida earrtoa ooa tbra««h tba gnat wbaat flaldt at Waatorn MaaHoba aad br tba proavaroaa, tbritlaii towaa ot Portaaa la Prairla, Carbacry aad Braadoa, wbtah aia tba priadpal markatpiaeaa at tbia rtab and papaloaa diatriat. Ratlaa. tba Tarritorlal eapttal, la paaaad aarlj la tba aMtiilaii ot tba aaeoad day, all of »bleb la apant eraaaiBS tba tartUa pialaa at tba Tanl^ortaa, nUapaaa at Hooaajaw, AwUt Car raat aad Madldaa Hat batag aflbtdad tba tiaTalar. Calaary ia caaebad oa tba p t o ml BH of tba tbird day. Calwary la tba oaatar ot a tnaat laaeblac ceaatry aad baa tilbatary to It tba maeb'talkad-of Kdmoatoo eoaatry aa waU aa tba rtab coal flelda ot Latbbr«d(a, both of which at* aoBBa et ad by raU. It to a aabalaatlally ballt tewa aod la charm imgiy aitaalad oa tba Bow rinr. tba wblia paaka ot tba Hocklaa balaa ptalaly dlacamlbla. From thla pelat oawaid tba road laada throaah 'b« paacalul vallajr ot tba Bow, wlBdlBf lU war throaah Iba graaa; tootbllla paat tba llttia Iowa of Morlay, aad aa boar latar tba Iron bocaa plaaaaa In tbroBiib tba uap, tba rocky aalaway tbroBRh which the Bow rtrar laaaaa from Iba bIlUb Tba aatbor of tba Naw Waal tbua aloqaanllr daaerlhaa tbIa portion of tba Joaraoy : " T^e scsas in oaa of ladaaerltaabla itraadaar. Tba aaoaaa ara orar pewerad bj tba Idaaa o> aa dark . ^ slaaBjr and tbraa l a n laii, datylan tha alaaaaata tor a«aa paat, ai.d to daty tbam for aaaa to aoma, appall aad oppraaa oaa with tbali Imwanally— oa tbn ooa aUa t«Bt4Hltaally bcokaa and oaatallatad bal«hu— on tba etbar, bait* •■oW'BwaUad BMsataca. Bayoad aola. tba Thrae Slalaf* looan up aa If tba loac Boaa balMara ot tba p- rMnhU at >«jpt bad eroaaad the oaaaa aoaa aao aad latt la tbla waaiant land tbaaa BOBanaatal traoaa at thta waadarfal work. Bayood thla ulnlt> icala, Iba Ball'a Haad la to ba aaaa : Uian Aatbndta aiountain, a apar ot tba PalriMioM raaiia. rich with tba ooal Ita najna ladleataa. liaaa ImpiaaalTely, aad not lar ak'ay la BaaA', tba araai aanilarlam wbleb aalara baa oraatad aad wblah auB baa aoagbt tn tmproTa." Aatbiartta la not pNpoaaaaalaa la lla appaaranoa today, bnt tha town baa a brlsbt talafa la atcra. Tba rieb eoal mbtaa bara aow bolas aaaaMrfally apata t id by Mr. U. W. McNalU bIto pcomlaa ot a aavar talllaa aapply aa wall aa Iboaa at Canaaro, a taw nllaa balow. and tba qaallty at tka prodacta ol Ika inapaaU*a alaaa la aaab aa • : ■arint, not aair la fliaadB bat la tha M itbira pm tloa ot tba ITaltad Stataa. Tha Caamon Wtomlaoaa aoal to alnady balBii oaad by tba Britlab aatal •qnadron off tha Padito eoaat, aad *k» anthradu la a honaahold nama la tba pralrto yUlanaa. tka AaMrtoaa hard coal balaii almoat conplataly drlraa oat with ita latrodactloa. So nach for Aatbraelta and Canmota, two of Albarta'a baidy mlalac townaL A few oillaa tartbar and tba azpnaa whiatlaa IbCo BaaO; tka aniranca to Canada'a Krcat national park— tka natloa'a plaaaata gronnd. From tha llttia raatic atatloa a drlToway laada to tka rlllaKl oropar, a mila diatant. Thla park to a national raaarratlon, nortk«wt aad aoatb-waat, twenty alx mllaa lonn bf tan mllaa wida, a » h»a «l M parta ot tba valieya ot tha Bow, Spray and Caaeada rlrar*, BaUaa tbaaa pletaraaqaa atraaau and Inaamarabla lakelata la DavU'a 'akt wboaa faaelnatlan lorallnaaa ballea Ito aama. Not onlr In nama bat la raalltr aboald tbto park ba caUad tka aatios'a plaaaara ■raaad, ta- It eartalaly ataada wlikoat a riral parkapa la tka aotlra workL Tka baaaUfal drlvaa throa«k tka TaUay* ol tka Bow and Spray aad alaac tba n>oaat«ln aidaa, ballt at agRat aspaaaa by tka DoaUaloa O aia ni - maat. raadar aood potato ot vlaw aad taatnraa ol ipaatal lalaraat B:ara aooaaalbto tkaa la tka eaaa at any otkar poiat tkiii— kiwt tka noaatalaa. Tbo tadlltlaa tor front flaklnc too. aia anamallad aay wbara, tba moantala atraama and lakalaU ytohHag rttk traaaara to tha dt-wipUa of laaae Walton. Caooalnn, drlylas, walUag aad noan- tala ellmblnii may ba nnmbarad amoag tba ptoaaaraa at tbla tamona raaort. Baaff to k jown tar aad wIda aa a haalth raaort, and tka audi- daal Tlrtaaa ot lu hot aprla«> ara balai karaldad tkcoogkoat tka kaaltk-aaaklaa world. Tba aprlaip ara looattd at diffaraat aUTationa apoa tbo aaatara alopa of Snlpbnr Moaatala, tka klubaat aad BMat Importaat balac loar thoaaaad Hva baadrad taat abora tba aaa Itval. All ara r aaaka d hj flaa roada eommaadlnc glorloaa landaoapaa. Tboaa aaektaa lOr baaltk eoaaa kara aaok r,>ar not only from all parta ot Canada, bat alao from tba Old Worlif*, aad aa aach rear rv>lla on old vlallaau aa wall aa aaw onaa ara eaptlaatad by charma baratotora aadiaeoranKl, whUa natara bawUdara bar admlram with bar tovlab baaaty, rat oka kaapa a*ar la raaarra a waaltb of attraotlon whtok to rcTcalad only to tboaa who ylald to bar aUnrinn apalla aad laada tbam day by day Into aoma troab lalatoatloa. Kara caa ba foaod alt tna appllaocaa aaeaaaary to mtolatar to tba cooitorta ot hnman natnra aad aatUly tba moat asaetlns. It waleomaa yaarly tha tboaaaada who hava baard of It from afar and baan drawn thitbar by tha mafto ol Ito nama. Tbara ara a nambar ot aplaadidly aqolppad botala witkla tbo llmlf of tha park, ballt In tba iMal ptatartaiioa plaeaa, tlTardlaii ararj arrommodallon tor tonrlala aad larallda, AU at tkaat k batha tunPllad from the Hot Salpkar Spriaia. Tke park to i aaperTlaloa ot Mr. Suwart. a Qor mu a ma t aopolataa, wko mrrima tka atmoat eara la pfotaetlac tka BaaM witkla Ito tlmlto from waalaa daauuciloa. A dataekmaat ol Wottk-Waat Moaalad Faltoi ata ata. tloo«l wltkln tba c oad n aa ol tbo »a«ar»a tl«a . Tba "— ir"i- PbdMe lUUway soaUnatac tktnaab tka part akawa waadarfal vto«« aa altkar I baltoTa la tbto prevlan tka traTotor eanaet liaU to aota tka aaaaral landaaey toward etoatr tiada talatlnaa ha t wwa Briltok OahuiMa aad bar ato t ar tatritortoa aad prorlaata, Tka PrsTtodal Owriiaiaaat iiimi |0 ba dotaR all In ha pawar to qpan np aad daanlap tka aaanliy, aapad- ally tba Rootaaay aaa t lea, wkara tk«r kava ballt mdtoaad roafe witk marh pramptllada. Tka paofda of tka fi Bt la i i ^ Oigittoily la tka Knimaaj aoaalrr, ara dnkaat ol kaaplan ap tka bai Maat aad Wa» aad mmk p tal k r to daal wtok O aaa dto B dnaa, baa diawa aa Imaaaaa mia IMm tka ariataR aaaw. kat N la (mi pftmt mv to W la al wa aad Tdreata k aa n bi I«i«i«iBhanataaM 10026« Pacific N. W. Hf3f-vf nae* PROVINCIAL L:;,;=,,;jy ^ lalo Ikn ■IbUhi ud lambarlDH map* tnm th* Nottk-WMl Ttrrltorto* and Huitote. nour la auiMnMllaii tba last aafaataaUal pro- daat o( Um Mift wbaat eoaatry to tba aoalh. la ratara Brilhh ColafhU aaada vast qaan- Utto« o( lambar aad ahlDglaa, a* wall aa tba prodaeta of bar caanarlaa, aad la tima will •apply tbe Nortb-Wnt with trait from bar hrtlla Tallaja. Aa (ba pralrta ooaatry aad IMtlib C«lambla la mail la waaltb a^J popa- latloB, w will tba aaabaafa ol cainniodltlaa IbrlTa. NaTtr wan tba mlalaa pmpaeta ol tba I*aelfle I'nnlnoe ao brinbt. Eaatara Caaa- dlaaa wbo hara BMaar to lavaat ahoald awakan to tba fact Ibat Amarlraaa bava aacarad aad ara aarartac a atroBR bold on tba baat mlnarjl dUtrleta, aotably tba Sloeaa, wbleh la now raeagalaad bjr axparta aa tba riebaat allvar minloa diatrlet la tba world. Baatarn Caaadlana aboald opan tbalr ayaa atlU fartbar aa to tba ricb raaoartaa ol tbia Woatarn proTlaoa. Thar* la no man doing mora lor Brittah Cotanibla tban tba raral aditor. Tbe paMIc Maaaa aa Iha ipaat braalblag ptoaa ol tba nailoa. Hara, amid tba atapaadeaa hlUa, pao- pla eaa roam aboat, Tiawlag aeoaary aiaeh aa Swllaarlaad caaoot aarpaaa aad ao otbar part ol tba world aqaal. Straama bava baaa brldgad, roada laid oat and ttalla cat lar Into tba aolltndaa, aad aelanea baa arallad Itaallol Natura'a ailta to ereata oat ol tba wlldaraaaa a moaatala park Iwaalyalx mllaa long by laa mllaa wida. Tbara la Una treat Aablag In tba How RlTor and aicallant trolllag In UaTll'a I«ka, ai«bt mllaa from llaaff. la '^aaon tban la duck abootlBR Sn planty, and moantain abaap and moaatalo aoata prorlda apart tor tboaa wbo ara mar* darlaK. Tba I^akaa la tba Cloada an parhapa tba moat lamoaa aihlblt ol the National Park. It laaboataa boar'araaon tba trala to I^aggan, tbe dapot naaraat tba lakaa, and, oaea arrltrad tban. tba taarlat can walk, rtda or drlva ap to Ltkt I^oalaa, tba Hrat of iha {lodloa ol water hiddaa ap naar tha tky. Laka Loalaa, Mirror Lake and t«ka Agaaa ara tbe tbrea lakaa la tba clouda, and tba pnltlaat la Mirror I«ka. Baaft' Tka eeadltttM damaad tbat wa aball tloo tt oar llraa wltbla tba walk al aa Ina and parbapa. Ilka OoldaaUlk, wa flad anr wanaaal walo e aw Ikara, Tkia la aa aga ol traral, and tbe railway and balal ara almaal ladlapaaaahla lo aaeb otbar. Tka laa- kaapar ol aoetaat klalary woaM eat a aad flgan baalda tba gaallwiaaly botalkeapat h Columbia pniiem It In a marked degree. It baa no vlathU entlet. bat amptlee by aoma r. Brett, a phyatclan who haa won liT bit own merlta blfh dlatlnotloo In tha prolaaaloa Dr. BraU'e Saal- tartam It a modal Inttltutloa, and IU Rteat praeUeal bleealniia and boaatlaa can. Indeed, only be traly reallaed by thoee who hare aipe rt eaee d Iheax Tralaed naiaea Ufa. aa It ware, alter a lew waeaa' aqjoam hare. The beaatlfnl drlree la the breclaii moaatala air : the flae faclllltee for rowlac ; the eaealleni t.'oat fltblna ; grand opportoai- Uee for otoantaln ellmMag aad the aaeaiaaee ol Bood compaay, together with aa ''ifrwatt mniu, re pw ee a tlBg tha dalteoaiaa ol tha to f^ 1 tut »U sMb'arf with (iM MMNUM* (rf akllhl mtdlwl ualaUiiM wbwi mislrol, italU la ■wktBi Ur. Ilnlt'a Saiiltariaai th» iMdlag iBMItatlooof Ik* kind IB ihlieoBBUj. U Ik* wiatir w wall h tk* «amawr naioa lavaild* Hoak to tkl* kMlth «iTla|i rawrt. Hot Spriac Hotel. A *aac aad coaj kon* lor IkoM o( aiadtraU maant who iMt tk* National Park tor lh« raaowal of baaltk aiar bo loaad at tk* Rot Sprina Uoui. wkleh U doll«klhiUjt tlta- atad within a l>***ball throw of tk* loaataln koad. Tkl* uiaii Htii* ootlaa* kat*l I* owaod and nianait*d by Mr. Kraok Baaltl*, wko** •*T*a T*ar« luftltv* In th* park ka* icl**n him *«'ld*raaa*alld*a***lohowlobtitial«r to tk* comtoru ol kl* patron*. Mr*. Baaltl* I* a Bodal kaa*«k**p*r, and tha kaoi* Ilk* atmo*- pk*r* pal* tk* •trao«*r at •*** b«lor« b* •«*o kaa tim* to onpack hi* vallMa, The alcTalloa o( tk* Bat Sprlns Uoul I* flr* thon*and lhr»* knodnd (Mt aboT* ih* l*r*l ol tk* •**, an J It* nalaral •arroandlas* ar* •* boaatlfal a* la b* •tr ; r*mar| abl)' ao, thoach, eaa*ld*rln|| tk* r»n modtrata rata*. Inrludlnn all lb* bath* yaa d**lr* and a fr*« 'baa lo and from th* atatlon, It only eoot* jroa tan dollar* a waak to *tay witk tkl* gtalal landlord. Bolna ao naar Ik* lamoa* Hot SprlnR, th* lull virta* ol th* waur I* obialDcd hara. a* handrad* of hoppT. Joyoaa paapl*, ooe* tk* rlctlma of rkaaaaatUn and othar 111*, can Ia*tll7. l.Midlord Bvattl* cam* orliilnallr Irom Markdal*. Ontario. The Giaod View. "Bow wondarfal ara Thy worka. oh Uodl ' Tkia aerlptaral phra** cannot bnt rom* to ■Ind darlna on* • Irat Tlalt to Canada'a graat National Park. Thara li aomatklnii aw*. lB*plrlng aboat the ml«hty Bockl**. At tlu** tk* poak* nay look btoaa and lonoly at Ihl* aaaion ol th* f *ar, wli*a notar* I* In bar hap. pl«*t mood, Ik* anow rai>p*d ■ammlla rontraat Nllal llM Caickd* Honatola avarlaoklBii II* *aiall*r brolh*r Tann*l Moaalala, now aoUd lor Ita rorkarraw drlir*. wkll*^ lo th* rlxhl rl*** Ik* llaodall rang*, wklch'lo Um mmiUI' *aal *a tar a* th* *7a aan raaek lornia a boa* •loping wall along I ha kaak* ot tk* Spray. W* ar* Hf* tkoaaand At* haadrod bat bar* aboT* Ik* loTol of Ik* a*a and Ikrao mllaa froa tk* lltti* railway *latlaa, aad aad*r aar ta*l, a* It war*, wa gaa* at tbo maallng of tha walar*— th* tarbalani How aad Bpaay. Th* «load* ar* rUIng Irom Ika BMaatalaa, ao w* will aiap oat apoa tha paTllloa aad ckaaga oar alow. IMraeUy babind a* oar Tialoa la «oafR«lad by Balphar Moaatala, whlok aflor eoaaaltlng a map wa laam t* 7,4U l*al ahOT* lb* aaa l**al. It la from tbo bowala of tkIa moaatala ol earloaa lormaUoa Ikat Ika watora ot tha worldroaowaad Bat Bpriag* boll tank. Tha aprlag la oaly a tar atepa from tbo bolol aaraada. Now It I* earafally aaalgaad aad aaada forth a rnhking atroam— aa aboadanea In OBO day lo batka tb* world'v aawaahod mil- llona. Twonty yoora ago It Itowtd down tha ■Ida of th* moantain, lormlag pool* bora and tkar*, whoro tbo dnahy Ulaeklaol war* wont to bath* aad waok away thair Inllrmlll**. Prom tiria lamamorlal, aeeordlag to IradltlOB, tk* wat*r ol tkl* aprlag waa kald In groat r*pala by Ik* ladlaa madldn* bmb. Aad It* 'j*allng powar* ka*a la ao wlaa dlmlalakod. Tk* aaaty*l* ol tb* wal*r ahow* aalpbar and m agB** l a la ha pr***Bt la lorg* <)aaatltlaa aad tha taniparator* T*rl*a from 106 to 112 taranhtlt. Ee**n>a, aclallca. lanammalary rh*nniatl*m, lambago, la grippa, blood polaan and all othar kinda of ikln dlaoaooa ylald to Ita caratWa powaia. It I* a holy algkl to aaa aua adaoncod la y*ar« ralalag tkair kasd* la kaart- l*lt pray*r and thanking th*lr Croalor for d*ll**raac* Irom tbo paag* of ilaaaii It ha* >«wn **tlmatad that th* cfat«h*a lali liy oarad maa aad woman la Baaff doriag tha paat t*w y*ara woald auk* a pickal t*ae* aroaad a goT*rnni*nt ka m a*t*ad. Tk* Grand Vkw la altaatod on Ika aide ot Halphnr Moantala alongaldo th* aprtng propar and la eonnaetad with iha railway atatloa Ikra* Bill** dUtaat by a wall mada earrlago road whirh wlada la » UHAND VIEW IIOTKU BA.NFK. praltlly with tb* aombra brown of tha appar portlona aad th* dark gr«*n lor«*u which adorn lb* lower alop**. Bitting h*r* on tb* broad T*randaa ol the Cirand Vlaw on* la pormlttod lo gau «pon • panorama which uo artUt eoald oaar bopa to faathtally raprodoe*. To tha oortb In bold clrealtoo* way Ihrongh tha wooda to tha hot«l. Tk* aall and troatllahlag on that pratty abaci of wator, with lu plrtaraaqoa anrtoandlnga, aad wbtek, by tbo way, boara Sataa'a nam* ; th* ntitlng moaalalo dlmblng oipMllllont . th* kaattm partita aad eaaoolag UJp* ar* all wijoyad by Ik* vtalMfa M Ika Ottrnt Vlaw wko cara for oauldo opart*. laoMo, aa tiegllaat bllllt. 'd parlor, chorhar*, ek*** aad otbar kara- laoa NaoM* k*lp to mak* aaaial llfa ■giggabl* Aa a haallk roaorl Iko Oraad Vlaw 111* a pteoo that aoald aol ba aaoalod, MlaaUd *a II la at Iha band ol tbo aprlag. lb* wBlor la all It* pwlly poanoaatlaacHulrtkroagk lla hatk parlor*, aad lb* luaalld, altkotwh kalagaMo Mladalga la laaoooal amaoaaMBl aad BMOt a oafflilaal aambar ol rodaad paoplo la aaaa iMoi raiial, gala Ika pr o par rial aad haot dlaWrkod by tha wblr ol railway traliia or uriiidilag wbltltoa. Aad aboao aU, Iha la Biodarata ibal paoplo ol aajoy thahaMAlaol tha katol, Ika i It* aarraaadlaii* aa wall aa iIm ptuaa-praad. TkoUraad Vlaw rat** raaa* Iraa •'•0 I* tt2 par waak, iwardlag la Ika laoatiaa of raom. ■aah gaoai U oatlllad la aa* hat bath «acb day tioa, aad tioa 'baa aoaaaata wlih all tiala*. Thaa hard by aa tha moaatala aid* I* laoaMd •ao* bar aprlag whick U ta*t *aali « lata pahil* aatloa, It I* *aU lo bar* a hiaiHilal oAil apon tbo khtaoyo, aad iha walor la aitaady balag ablppod la larg* qaaallMa* la dUhnal paru at lb* prmrlac*. Thi* I* kaowa *a tha Kldaoy (prlag. Ur. A. O. Wngkt. propito t ar ol tbo Oraad Vtaw, I* a goallamaa ol wMo bii*la«a* •■p*rMBea, paaaoaaad wllh Iko aflb- Mllty tmi ooarta*y to a*«**aary la Anthracite. aooaly a«*e« l al*d with tk* hMory ol tbo Caaadlaa North- Wool wUl bo tbo aam* "Aa tbnKXI*.' aitaalod la tb* e^armlag rallay ot tbo Coocado Oook at aa olaivUoa ol i.QOa tOot aboT* tk* l*ir*l ot th* a*a and •arroaadod by toworlBg moamala peak*, taw Albaru Tillage' caa proroat aaok a doUrhttal dloplay ol aaao ramie ao a aory. Wllk Iko aiooptloa ol toarl oU who drlaa dowa from Baair Sprtasi, or aa oecaalooal sommarelal lrar*l*r ar ahllUag mlaor, f*w atraacara alalt Aalbradta. Y*t it I* aa laUlllgoat eomaianlty. with aaog bolala. ono of tb* na**l m a w «g* d aad ata** eomplota goaaral aioroa Ib tha eoaalry aad aaamroaa. eo*y aad attraollao bom**. Bat II la aol bo caaaa ot lu location witbbi Iko limlu ol Iha Nailoaal Park, aor on aocoaal ol Ita latoraot. log aarrooBOlBga that AathraalM ho* b*aam* • baa**hold word la Waalorn Caaada darlag tha paat law yaar% It U tha baadqaartara ol Tb* li. W. McN*Ul Compaay, Umliod, whooc oporatloaa bar* d*a*lop*d th* rich coal d*poalla that baa* ■!•** tb* allien lu aam*. Hhorily oftar my arrlaal la Aatbraclta I mat Ur. MrNrlll. Ha la a wall prcaorrad gmll* man now paaaing Ibroogh tha nilddla walka ol III*, ye*. arilTa and bnoyuit and retaining tha aam* baain*** *a*rgy that ha* alwaya ebarar larlaod hla Ufa. Tbroo yoar* ago tba attaotloa ol thia goallo maa waa eallad lo tha aatbraclta coal dapoalle at tkl* point, Afur Iha moat carolal txua- Inatloa of lb* coal Held It w*a cvaeladad ibat tb*ra w*a an anilmllad unoanl of Ibla taol "on dapoalt." Attar th* moM critical rbrmleal te*i* ha eoaelndod It waa a bailor tael for tha aa^na money than waa mla*d In PannajWanta or aaywhare elea. Hallaalag thIa. ha and bla ■•*orl*t** pot la tb*lr BMaey and atarted oat lo oIbou th* paoplo of Maalloba and th* Caaadlan North Woet ap to tboir knowlcdg*. li baa b**B "bard *l*ddlng,'- a* tb* aipra**lon go**. People are alow to eboaga, aad etill albwor lo balloTo Ual Ihoy haao aa artMa right aader tboIr aoeaa which la bettor than they can aend oil into a forelga eoaatry aad gat. Tba Aral year tba total ontpat fram tba mlaaK oKoanlad to S.OOC loaa oaly, Th* aeeoad yrar the ontput raarbad 12,000 lone. Tba third year 22,000 toaa, and tbU |*ar tha boalnoee oatlook warraaU the aipactalloa ol 36.000 toaa. Tbo rompaay baa aallallod tha raaadlgn PaeUk Hallway Oaapaay that they eaa'l i4VI*w«k» otkarkMB- r (UtoaplMW latMltliM itUlMpwIlr W IMIala* la • MlllitMll tnmtnnui, MrkWkrU* ■ |>0 M 112 ttoa o< r««B. nMiwtbday ih kll iniB*. Id* tolMM*4 I«|B|*|WMI« •r I* tlt—dr • ladWWMt taowB M Um kl, pt*» rt ««ot aUB ol wM« ■rith Ik* aflk la Ik* koMi kMarr ■( lU M aam* " Aa niac rallay ol B ol S.OOO iMt taifoaadod bj JtattaTlllaak'' ■pUj ol MB* tiaa*lMaiMa SprlBfli, or aa r or tklMaa raalta. Y** It a laaiikotaU. I It I* a*l b*' lloilU *( Ik* d( IU lat*r**t' lu ka» hi MHH ■aad* darlas •adqaartan ol JmlMd, wkoa* Ek eoal d*po*lt« nthracll* I mit laarTtd iMilla Iddl* «*lk< of 1 rotalalan th* alwaja ekarar ol tkt> muill* • coal dtpoalU ew«tal *%UB- eoodadtd ibai ettki>ra«l"en Itleal rb|Waata ;hU. h« and kU tnd •UrlMl oat Hob* aad th* «lr kaowltda*. tko «i p f**»lo a >ad •till ban aa artleto la IttUM tkan oaaUraadBot. itpat from th* obIt. Th* ■ad 12,000 toa*. d tlito |*ar tk* • tipaetatioa ol tk* Caaadlaa •I th*r eaa't I kaf a laa al PMiatylfaala aoal lot Ibair a** b«a Laka Saparlar to Ik* Taclfle OMaa. II wa* aa laar Job *ltfc*r. To day ***r7 pM**a«*r trala Ikat ran* I* k*al*d wlU MrNalir* Caaadlaa Aa tkiaoll* aaai. Krary •talhm boa** la kaalad »IU MrNalll* Caaadlaa Anikraclu U. W. MrNKILU oaaL ThI* wa* a #f«at *lc(orr. Than ram* th* laod alld* la<( wlotar at WlnnlpMi. irhsa th* bottooi w*at oat ol th* Ain*rictn coal com bla*, aad lb* fwopl* ol Wloalpafi boanht tbolr ooal aapplj hom booM produnn aod k*pt a*arl7 a qaartar ol a mlllloa dollar* la tb* elly wbiek tk* 7*ar balor* had aaa* to I**oB*yl Tanla. Th* pr*a*nt oalpat of th* ailo**, althoaab •mall praetl«all7, takm all th* badnca* that boloac* to hard coal la thi* coaalrjr. Th* ■rowtk ol tk* baalo*** ha< alraadf (*(*bll*h*d W. r. LITTLK. a iwpaUMaa of aaarif l.ooo poopi* at Aalhra all* aad CaaaMr*, a tofra laa mil** aaat, wh«r* lb* *aaM eocipaaj oparaU Mlamlaaa* foal iBlaa* to mpptj th* *a«|lB** ol Ik* Caaadlaa Padfle HaOwv Tb*** piopi* an baallf *a«a«*d la taklaa tbi* coal oat oltb* groaod wb*r* It II** worth I*** aad turnlo't It Into hoa**t dollar*. Kr*r;' bodf la tb* eoaatrr I* • lltll* b*tl«r olT on ar coaatoflt. KrarjrlhlnR th*M paopi* (at, and <**ar aad drink rom** to tb«m from th4**air* eountry In whlrh lh*lr ooal !• aold. It U *«l d*nl, *• Mr. McN*i|l *af*, that *o lar It ba« b**a Bion*r oat for hUeompanjr. Bat II hi* opinion about th* falur* and rapl i irowth of popu' 'Ion In thU oonntr; I* eorrMt, th* tim* la not ftrj far diatant wb*o th* baaln**cpl* b*7ond any c|ao*tloa Ikat la ad. dllion .0 all tb* oth*r •loanoal* ol woaltb with which oator* haa'to richly (adowad Alborla, ther* la dcpo*ltad In bar own mosntalu* in prolaalda c«al* of tb* hlaha*t quality, aot only for atoam. but for boa** u**. and that thn* coal* can ha prodaead and mark*t*d at raaaoa- abl* prtca* avrn bow whan th* *n>all dcmaad pala *o low a llailt on th* poaalbl* lonovt* of tk* mla**. East Kootenay. A pruinisini/ Mining, tutftb*rini/ ait'l of/rind turttt tlintrirt -liltm^t^ea attmft tk* Vpfttr Otiumhia on IHr trip in t'ltrt atrtU— DMrriplion of thr ttauriahinff totrn (>/ truldtn. A typical W**t*ni Tlllas* thi*. tioldan la p*rhap* th* moat oboorrol bjr lb* ('. P. R traT*l«n ol all lb* l>aclAc province'* moantaln lowaa, II yon ar< trarallnK wc*t the porI«r or MBdastor Ml* yoa a* you Rlld* dawn tb* lowar caayoB of tb* Kicklag Han* paa* tkat la • akort tlia* you will b* aki* to dla«*ra tha baautlfal aad plctar**>|u* .S*lklrk*. Kni*rslnii froai Ik* rarla* a d*llchtfal paaoranu IU* apraad h*lor* yoa tba llttl* rlllac* of (ioldon n*«tl«d in tb* Tall*y through which Mow* ib* marky l^lnaiMa. with d*na* for**u*>t*adlnii up th* aid** of th* (now eappad Selkirk*. If yoa an oaatward boand tb* crllclal tall* yoa that bar* at (ioldaa yoa aiaal taka yoar far*- w*ll Tia w I for tb* trlpi ol I b* lair 8*lklrka aad aaaoelat* your obaarratlon* with tb* ctalB Armatronn kaa laitk ia Vai* K(/ol«aay i ^* la aa eacydo- p»; o( Um rtwB %hmt UkM Um OolaakU aw* Mrth mmt Ik* K**t*Mr H**f loalk. BiUllac wllk I* CMaiibto riv«r kaadnd all** ol MTlgMlaa, Um* At* * ina-wajr to ColamM* ■noth** ol Ik* soaipMr'* iH«i»*w I* Uk*B. AR*r •itMtaa Ik* Uk* • tw* BUaaMwl iMd* to th» KooMaar aad lb* halaa** *l lb* trip lo Fort 8(**1* U mat» bftiblr. L**Tia«OoldMi Ik* Bnl ailaaral 4l*«f 1*1 ol laportaaa* rMeb*d !• Carbaaal*, wb*ra Hold •ad(UT*r*r*loaadlaabaadaM*. AlJabtl**, niillllainhiin mi Oatoaa, •opp*r aad Mm»n blia||MMn«rfallymla«4. At1Wi70f**k,alB*lT adl** ap lb* rlf*r, tb*f* an rtab RitM Sad*. Near Foft 8M*I* U lb* eaMwaUd Norlb Bur •Utrtr aad l**d mla*. and al Wild lion* Cn*k. a*ar Part Sl**l*, fold bM b**a labaa tar IklnrtT* jaan la lma>«a**qaaallll**w Daly •t* aiU** fma OoMaa, at Oaaroa CrMik. pUaar ■old mlalDM li b*Um carriad oa, aad th* latro daclloa ot bydraalle laarblnatf al tbi* polat ■UU wblak naaipaia lb**r- ablr wllb Ibai* ol rarjr laaril latflw Mwaai AMuMli TU« l.rMHBNMaa. Tb* UlaMratlaa o( eaaip III* near M*r wea n lb* loR* an baaM aa a ■■ ■laop,* wblab U belli •Imllar lo lb* Iroal part al a •*! ol "dowaaaM ' bab-alalgb* wllb w*od*a ■bo**. Oa tb* baaki ol Ibo rlror or •aMll lab** wkteb eoa**«l, lb* lam Ma lollad lata aboota ballt al loa* ai^d aia aarrtad wllb tb* •p**d *l ll«blatD« ta lb* walar balow, wbara li.*y dl*a aad aboot Uk* d*aiena. It I* a ptctar**aa* alsbl, wbll* floatlan dowa Ik* e*al*r *l lb* lUaam, to iiai* al lb*** •bool*. lb* lo«* da*bla« dowa wllb lb* roar TUB NOON DAY RK8T. Utau in th* tttmbtr Wood* ntnr Oolilni, U. ('., JlrMri JlMr|>Ay la IMt b* *aaM la BriUii»t OaiaaMa, aad taUawad laabarla* la tbaOraw^NmPaaaaaaalry. raraaaMltai* prarleaa taktoraawl p* W a«r«kl»kaa«l*d la tb* aapMHy al tawaiii tar ll «* w % Oarlla ft Uk*L Hr. togm U a ptaaaaal iMtlaaiaa la m**!, aad I* aald lo ba oaa ol Ik* boat )■ ol laaibar la ika proTlao*. will doabtl*M work a cbaoKc for lb* b*tt*r Tb*r* ar* bandrtd* ol aod*T*lop*d, y*t rieb claim*, aloac lb* l'pp*r Colambia. -I'KtKINU or lillLUEH. iB*aUoa ol lU boapllal iboald not b* oaltlad. ThU wall aqalppad lB*lltBlbia I* nadar lb* •aparvtolon it Dr. J. N. Taylor, a proaWaa yoaac pbyilrlaa wbo I* a MrOlU Bradaat*. It I* pratUly •llaal*d *a th* bask of Kleklan Bora* Craak aad ba* aoeom nodal Ion for twain patlanU aad la falfllllon Ita hnmaa* alMloa. Oaa of OaldMi'i moat ni*r|(ctte ba*l B*M BMB I* Mr. MIk* Carlla. aaacral mar cbaat aad ia*nanar of lb* Uoldan Lumbar Co.. aoatbar baatlar balan Hr. C. A. Warran, wbo I* loeal pa*lma*l*r fur F.Mt Kootanay. Lib* mo*t W**t«m town* (toldan p o n »«»»i a nawa- papar. Ibroocb th* mwHom of which Mr. U. M. Raa, lb* adltor. la cadaavorinir to moald poMIc opinion aad to plaea Qeldaa'* many adranlan** b*fer* the r*adlBK pabHe. Mr. Ra* U popular Miclally and hi* frlforU ta hahalf ol tb* TlUas* on •rldantly appr*elat*d by tba paopla of Ootdaa aad Ika riclDlty. OaUaaalao ol tbaadar, and watch tb* mad oooTalatoo* of th* water. Some of tb*** abooM an a (jBartar of a all* lonit Th* tlml>*r b*ra. Mr aad •prnn, I* of aa •xc*ll*al iiaallty and l>drlr*n dowa tb* rlrar to Ooldao, tb* flrm haitlaa aiUatlT* eootraeu wllb tb* Ooldaa Lanibar Ca TbU flrni ba* on* ofth* b**l ootDli la Britlth Cxdambia. aad altboa«fc yoaaa ha* a brl«bt tatan la riaw. Mr. Bdward Marpby of t^> flrm I* a aoo ol Bdward Harpby. a wall kaowa Toronto eoolraelor, aad hi oaly twaaty foar yaan old. U* I* an Bad*r. •radaata ol Toraalo Ualrarai'y. aad wkll* al that Inatltntlon look a daap Inuraal la ■port. b*lB« at oa* tim* aa actio* m*ab*r of tb* 'Varalty baaetaall nin*. At th« ■■* of *blht**B b* b*tt*n lamhvrinc op*n tlona In eoaaaetloa wllb hi* latbar In tb* i'roTlBc* of N*w Hraaawlcb. follpwlaii It •occatafnlly in that part ot th« couatry until a r*ar *co, wb*a h* bfraro* a aiaa lj«r of thin flrm and oaat bU fortnn* with tha Waat. Mr. Murphy la on* of lb* b**t fcoowa yoaag aai la Toronto, and bl* aaay Gatewajr to Wwdth. KaalMay— A TbrMm Taam w Ik* I Tht mitTopolt* <•/ a /VibWouWy Hitk JIfaliw tHolrUi-dotd nnd Si' 'in AhuH- dan—-Ptn Pietitn . Widt Tb* n*a* ol lt*T*l*lob* I* alraady wall kaowa Ikroatbaa': Iba alalafl world a* hala« lb* aapply polal al Ika faaMa* W**l Kaelaaay alearal aoaalry. Tka kUMry al K*r*l*iak* tbaa«b bat hrt*l ba* b**B rapiala wllb •llrrian Inetdaat*. TbI* Iowa, lib* aaay oikon la Uritlab Ooloabla, bad lla lacaptha la tba fanoaa roaatmetloa parlod of IBM, wb*n. swlag to lla watar prlrllasaa, II wa* mad* a •apply point, coaalrartloa balaa carriad lor waid both aaat aad waat. Tb* town wa* Ant r*ll*d Karwcll, that balaii tb* naaa of It* lortlar. Tb* naa* wa* alUrward* chaoiM to KtraUlofc* I* houor ol l/ord K*r*latob*. b**d of tb* famoua baakln*! hoai* ol ilai lag Hroa.. liOodoo, KiiR., which flrm loaood lb* moaay for the roi)«tructloa of tba mountain auction of t\» Parlflr dlilalon of tb* C. P. II . aorocllniaa callad the "(Indardonb Mctloa." Mr. Uadtr donk balna tb* contracler tor thi* dlrlalea, Tha town la allnatad oa th* ColamM* rlrar balwacn tha Srihirka and Odd IUa«*. and at talna ItM promlncoc* a« being tha oi>ljr Cnn* illan antranea to tha Wral Kootrnay m>nlna dlairlcta of Sloean and Lardaaa, and iha diract ■aUway to th* H<( H*nd mid Balda. Tb* Hanlatob* of lo-day praaaata a >trlklu|i eoa intai tolbaKarwallof tbaaarlyalKbttea. Pram halaa lltlla mon ibaaa dapol ol aappltetor railroad eoBatruetioB aad a tarry petal aeroaa th* Columbia rlrar, It ha* irowa to b* a tbrlr iBl commuBlty wllb arary pro*p*ct of bolag a graat oommoiclal eoatar In Ike aal tar dUlaat talara. Tka aeeipapkleal loaallaa al Ika lawa, alla- atad aa II la al Ike kaad of aarlaallaa oa Ika Colambia rirer, aad halan on Ika aala llaa ol tb* C. P. K., al aacaaalty nadata Mbalary to It the r<*b alalaa dialrlela. balk ol Ike aertk •ad •oalli. A* y*l e*apa>Bll«ely llule la raally kaawa el th* aaeraoaa *la** el lb* mlB*ral waallb of Waat Kootaoay. Tbaacb many rtab dl**er*rl** bare beea atada. It nuy b* tralbfally laM tkat Ika dIMrlal kaa a* y*t b**a aaaraaly p rai p » Bl *d, A* A**ayar A. il. Iloldlcb of BaraMok* pau It, "Tk* ■arlac* ka* m*r*lT b**a r-.sick*d, aad Ikal oal} la plaea*.' Mr. Baldiek, wka, by Ika way, I* a IP«daala ot tbe Sebool ol Mlaae. aad who Ua bad a loon a«p*rl* B e* la bl* p r e t caloa la Ijaa- doa. Bwaaaaa and Wlnaa. and la tbanton tboroBsbly eompaleal In apeakInK to year rar r**poad*Bl of th* BlB*ral waal'Ji of tbia dla Irlet, aald "Than haa alraady beea dU- coTsrad, within * radlaa ot Ifty mil** of Ibl* pl*<9a, almoal *T*ry bo*wB mlaaral, ladadlac Rold. atUar, lead, eoppar, Iroa, araaalc, aaii inony, Mamalb, plaUaaiu, aa>i**to* and aika," A* y*t, al«k*l ba* only h**a dl«a»T» t ad ta V md fetoiM- MiMter tMS, I la llMfwt- •atarat Ik* ■M. Htii* riamt OMBly, MlnawMlo iwW IWBtar- ba MiM !• laatafta* Is rut MMltaM l»b*Mt«d IB Mra,U*rllaft ■mMmmb (• * hi ■ • itth. • to W«M rawa « ir. H Hitk Jf4«l I ha roaaajr iBlatn MctkMi of >, It, wHiicllmw m.' Mr. (lodtr hl'dltlnlon. I'olambis rl»»r lUaga, and at ibD wlr Cana .oolrnaT mlnlnn , ftnd iha dirwt tid dalda. Tha a >triklu|i MB •IllhtlM. Krom t of (oppllaa for rrr point aeroaa as to ba a tkrlr ■past at balaiia I aat far dlataat Iba Iowa, alta- Tlaatlaa on Iba Iba ■•Is llnaol MB Mbatary to i(b ol IbBBarth •Uvalr llwla u ta aloiBa of tba laaaj. Thaaiik ■a atada. H aiay ■trial baaaayat I Aiaayar A. U. t, "Tba larlaM •4 thai OBli Ib •T tba wBf , la a laa, aad wbo t** re fn a l aa la Loa- od U Ibarafora tiBK to joar m al'Jiot tbli dU raady baaa dU- tr mllaa of tbia laaral, Indadlnc a, araaale, aati- aaiail qaaaUllaa, bal Mr. Ualdltb laala eonll «aal Ifeal It wfll ba timmt la paylaa qaaatltlra. Watt Kastaaaj, wbttb la dUldad lata two HitaHia (at ptariatla l parpoaaa, Mtaad* from Oaaaa itrar ta Iha aaatb la tba Inlantailoaal baaedary ■• Iba taalb, a diataaaa at aboat tbraa baadftd allaa. Tba tBmaai Bin Hand Rold BaMa art allaalad la Iba aortharn part of lb* dlaltM. tatraaaa to wbleb U obtalaad by moaaa al » IMd OovaraBMSl trail laadlaa from lUnl alaba, Tba Bl| Baad baa loan bMa known aa • ■aU-pfadaclBii aaaatrjr, It Iwlon ibara ibat Mm warMraaowaad "Cariboo" Painaron mada aaaM al bla faaoaa atrlkaa. In tbe aarly daja el 'tt aad '66 aavtral Blllloa dollnra' « "rth rf ■aid BfiH wata lakan from llln u. Mofa Ibaa a aaora ol raara hava alapaad alnea Ibaa aad acala Inlaraal baa baan raTlrcd In thia Wdocada of tba plaatr minaa. Rattatlr iwa mInaa oa Fntadi Craob, or iBtplajlan twa bmb asd tba othar tbrr ''«>• baaa pradadac |IOO a dar aaeb. "^ • ara ■laaaaabotbMcCalloacb and Siull laaa't la tba aaaita al daralopoiaat. froir whl«b aooia aplaadtd apartaaaa of tba jaMow maul bavr alraadjr baaa obtalaad. TLallllcllUwaatmlBi- r aaapt ara ptetaraaqaal/ loealad ob tba rit J IbaaaBaBaaMitwaBtyalBht mlira aaa> >f lia' alaloka, BoKa ol tba vary flnrat ooru> wkiek aaaaya orar one Iboaaand oaneaa to tka ton. Troat Lake City la Ioeatad In tba keart of tkia rick alalna loeallty, and baa pro- mieea of a briakt fatum, ThIa nlao may be aald of Kraaaport, Nakaap and Trout Creek, ikrae mora of tke many Important mineral eaolara tribaury to ReTalatoke. Naku«p being tke termlnaa of Ike Nakaap aad Sloean Hall way, raneklnc la tucoaeafully carried on In aome of tiM nalnhborlaii Tnlleya. Tbe rllmate of IleTolatoka la bealtby, It being only fourteen kaadrad laet aboTe tha aaa level. lu mild' neee le wonderfully benellclal lo peraona with a laadeBcy lo eoaaumptlon or other Iniui com- plalata. Tkere I* an riteaain tract of lefel lead oa Ike ewt aide ol Ike ColaaMa at thIa polat, oa wkMi oonid be fonad nmple room to baUd a eity equal to New York la alie. Meat of thie land la rlrb black loam, nnd Howera, fralta aad Tegelablee can be grown In prolaeloa wltkoat tke nee of fertlltiera, while wild fralta and tlowara ahoaad oa the bill- aldea, Hyadatha, t» Vaaa, patanbM and other tlowora which ara «nwB iBdoort further eaet lloarlab bare la tke opea air. 3ac«ll fralta, eaek aa biuabarrlae and raapba.'rle' «re T*ry pkatlfBL RaTelatoke, altkoagk comparatWely young in yeara, kta moat of tka adraatagea poMaaead by Kaelara eommuBlUae ol roucb laniar elce aad langar etaadlag. It boaala of three ekurekaa— Roaaaa Oatkolle, PraebyteriaB, and MalbadM. tka latter two kavtag Mlaekad to tkam braadiae ol tka Rpworth Laagne, Chrle- tiaa Kodaavor aad Ladlaa' Aid Sodellae, nad tba adharaata of tha Aaglleaa Cbarcb ara toa- taai plating tbe e r actl o B ol a place of wonblp. Tbera la atao a vary Baa erbool bnUdlag can- trally Ioeatad, la which tkara ara graded ilaaeea. Tka towB poaiiaiia kalf a doMn general alorea wkleh ara eoadaetad by energetic, paah lag bnalaeae men who drire trade aa only Waetera aMrrbaBta kaow bow. There ara alao earaa balaia wbleb compare mora than fator ably wMb hoalalrlae la like elaed towaa la the KMt. Tba RoTaletoke Lumber Compaay, of wkiek Mr. Daatal lUbiaaaa U maaager. doae a laift batlaaai at 1bl« pUea, taralBg out aboat three alllloa feat of BHkaafactnrerewerlee Ir .he town, which caur to a wide epread trad . Tbe towa la amply pro- teeted iKalnat .no Are Rend, baring recently purebaaad a line cbemleal engine la Toronto, which la manaed hy »a effldenl rolaateer bri ga>l«. Itarelttoka haa recently been mada a enatoma port of eatry. Mr. T. LlTlngatooc llalg being ' • olllrer appointed for tbe town and dUtrlct. . W, C'owaa haa lately erected a very large i.oad«l werehouae aad la dolag a good buel- .leea, Mr. J. I), (irahatii being collector of In- hud roTuiaa. K " Utaka alao kaa a flrHt.claae U ^.pkote I' iort.a. koiele •''■:»<> and leadlag private reakfeacee. • 'lio immediate vicinity tkere are aeveral 'ua wnur privilege* which cab ba allllead Ml >.i laf'aoaaly In tha genera! Ion of electricity lor lighting and motive power, and the xaee- lluo of lighting the town with electricity It aad daacing ara ladalged la. tkare belag twa qaadrllle elaba aad two large pablle halla la tbe village. Tbe frataraal aodetlea are well repraaeated, there being Maaoala, Oddfellow, and r/aaadlan Order of Koreelere lodaea. Tba poet oRloe handlee a large amouat of mall ■nailer, beeldee doing a Bumey order and aav- Inik* bank bualaaea. It being a dietrlbnting polat lur vl down rlvar coaatry. It la aflldeotly condaclad by T. B. Welle, poet- maatar. and W, U. Paxtoa, bla traatad deputy. Not tbe leaat of Revelatake'e maay advan- lagea le the fact of lie havlag la tbe Kootaaay MaU one of the beat papere lo the Interior, a weakly aewatiaDer which bae an aalabllebod reputation tor tbe reliability of Ita mining newa, of which It makee a apedally, allkougb not forgetting to give lie patroea a llneral amouat al local, provincial, Kad geaaral aewe matlar. Tbe antira pa| >r l> t prodaeUoa ol their owa oAlea. Tit paiier 'i cwaad by a company at l->ral bualnaae men aad la ably eon ducted by Mr. R W. Northey. wbo la maaager aad editor. Hevelatoke btlag a railway divlakiaal polat on tba C. P. R. aad tha tar- mlaua of tbe Reveletoke aad Arrow Laka Railway, beafalae havlog eommaalcatloa by water dovTB the Columbia to tka bouadary A- L^- ""^ ■^.ti.. l'*.Jei:iL,ii^iA ■.'^■-^-■^r^ " ■'f'' ■• I , 1 ajr 1 ^1 1 ■ "' J-a f ^' . r. .^■"'t: *"■'■' :'■ , , ■- - .rf':i'»»S> • ■^- . ■'■ ' SCRNE AT HlfVRL.STOKB, B. C. Pack Tram LtaHnu fur Ihr Hig Brrut Oold Mtiting Citmpa. being favorably diacueacd by the citiaeneaod enp4 by the local proee. The water qaeetton, loo, le a live ooe, and ae acceaa to pure moun tala etreame can be had a: a trifling coat, ;bere le aa doubt tbat a good water plant will ba one of tba early town Improvementa. A emelter waa erected here at a coat ol |7i 000, aad completed la 1891. It waa built of lime- made brick, and Ite machinery importad from Denver, Colorado. It la a good amalter and lla awaara expect (bat It will be kept very baay la tke tatura. Tkare la ne dearth of amuaament In thIe aaetlOB. Tha aportaaua with bla gun may kava a akot at large gaaie In eeaaon. black, dBBaaMm, ellver tip aad grlaaly bean, oarlboa dear, Bwaalaln goal and akaep, mountain wtdvae, aad tba aniallar lar-bearing animala baiag plaaUfal lo tka vbdalty, while the nnmaioat etreama hereabeate are well atoeked with gamey flak, aatably trout. ThO' > toad ol amaeement laaa exciting than tbe chaee And diveraloo In the aplendid game ot tennle, ol which the town poaeeieaa two elube, aa well aa other outdoor aporta. while Ib wtalar toboggaolng, taowthoalag line. It well rupplled with trarellag accommo- liatlon eatt, weet, north aad aoatb. Ravtl- atoke hat a bright deetlny lo atore, ae Ita Im portaat allaatlon and aplendid nataral ad- vaatagea ara aura to make It tbe leading town la tha Intarlor of tbe province. Hitherto lu progreaa haa been Impeded owing to litigation at to patent, which haa been pending for eome eight yaare betweea ite original locator and the Dominion Oovemment, but at the diepate haa at laat reached tbe higheet court of appeal, the I'rivy Council of Knglaad, a aattlemenl will he effected before tbe new year, wbea tke towB le bound to go ahead. Ceidl OaMI OoUt A I'mminng I'larrr CInim in llu Big Btnii C'oaa/ry, There le a placer cUUm up la the Big Bead country, tweatyelgbt mllee north ol RaT- elatoke, tkat la altractlng more tkaa ordi- nary atleBlloB BOW. It le Ioeatad od Caraaa creak, beglBBlBg at a caayoe oaa- hall milt fram tka Colambia aad aztaad- tac two aad a hall mtlta ap Mm itaak. 8 j^j^: ■f^-^^f^^W^ •SIR DONALIV AND THB GREAT GLACIER OF THE SBLKIRKS ON THE LINE Of THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY. Ta«ra mco'.Ur. J, R. C^rnm. whom the erMk «ru nkined klter, took |1S,000 in Rold froir. thn Tleialty of the tint eanjon In i •hort period of ilm*. DnrlDR th« eariT boom days In Britlah Colambia mining, tbii creek was known to MTeral minan who waahed a Rreat deal of the yellow metal from the anrface Kroand. Still, maob o( the eartaoe ground ha* nerer /et been diatarbed. L«t aprloK a wing dam waa placed In the ereek for.the purpose of drying up a tot of good ground, but the tiix freahet ^hicb did BO much damage In the prorlnce got t^. .vrrk In here . a* well a* other place*, and ■wept the dam down Into the Columbia. TLc company has already made a move toward opening the lower deep ground Ja*t above the flrat canyon by wing dam and tannel, and the tunnel would have tieen completed had not the high water awept oat the wing dam. If the coming winter proTea an open one. the nhnllow ground will be worked under Mr. Terryberry'* personal anperTiaion. Four year* ago Mr. Terrylierry had a Hume In the flrst canyon and was getting twelve dollars per day per man, when, like last spring, 't was swept out. Mr. TerT7berry has unlimited faith in ths fntnre of the claim which he haa watched so closely for years, and there seems lo >ie no doubt but that there is a vast amount of wealth in it. Kvenrwhere along the creak where tests have iieen made gold Is found In paying iinantltle* on the Ind rock. All the ahalJow f^ ^und »n be made to pay handsomely with small capital, but there ■* a large amount of deep ground where hydraulic mining, or by shaft, must be Introduced. This lam plarwr claim is owned t>y five men. four of whom live ' io Revelatoke, the other, the preaMant of Um oompabj, beloa Mr, Fred Roblaton, a (AIT. FRANCIS V. AHMSTRO.fO. ■iifle to raap a rich har vest But th* member* of this roivpany being all baalnaas tseo have felt the preeant flaanclal depraealon keenly, and are not able lo go ahead lo a way fltiing to thair »alic machinery and shafts on the deep ground. The ssirslaiT of the company soiicit* conrsa poodsnc* from those who are looking forward lu good investments, and Invites personal In ■portion of the property which, if eiperta are to be reiletl upon, must lie one of the iMst placer claims In th* lllg liaud country. Oa Carnee creik, .'net abova this claim, another eompaay la engaged In putting In the water wheels and pumpe Into a shaft for the pnrpo** of working tl**p ground. This rla'm Is ths nrarvst to the town of l(ev«lstoke, being within a day's jour otjr of th* towa. TbI* aprlas ths 9 i4fe-> «-'"V\^- III.WAT. ito. The com- name of Th« nlnii Co. The «nr ere : Hr. e LamberCo.; he Heveletoke lerrj, • black ert HoweoD, a rfllcer* are : ohert Uowaoa, Id, eecratary. he preaeoee ol ntltlen on the id capital eal ni,n>ee tor the une hjdraalie 'ound would, ip a rich har thli conrpanr ill the preaant are not able lo «lr 4oe plarar ran oe mtcund mpftHT and put riK Id their two aa hrdroallc deep ground. mIIcIU rorrea Miklnit forward «it pereonal In If riperta are lie o( the beat I country. On rialio. another I In the waur lol (he purpoee l< rla*ni la the ;e, being within TbteapriM t^^ nl LsT* ballt • flret^elaaa trail from B»»il«t«lM lo Um cTMk, which faelUUtea the UMiiaj— M ol prOTiaioaa, ate., oonalderaUr to Ika oU^lBO tnU. Tb* coat of fraiRhtloa la eniall Pack trkloa Imto for the Band Kener- ■ny twiM • wMk. Troat L«kt Ctty. d Ton Thai WUt Boom in tht Lanltau IHt- Iriet, A MenlUm of tlint* and Miner: Ob* of tba moat promlalOR mlnlDg towna In Wtot Koetanay la Troat Lake City, altoatad In tk* LanUau diatrlet, twolTO milea eaat of Ar- row lake. Treat Lake City la reached by taklnii tha boat fcoin BeTelaloke to Thompeon'a Land- inib on tha northaaat arm of Arrow lake. It Is twolTe mlMa from Thompaon'e Landing to thie pranraaalT* mlnlnR canter. In tba past the o«ly ■aane of traflle from tha Landing waa by paek tralD o*ar a rangh and heary trail, but tka GoTammant has now nearly completed oaa of tha baat roada la the prorlnce, and In tha fatara tba Joomay will be a eomparatlrely aaay ooa and tba trip will be made from Kevel- Moke In a alogla day. The drlre afforded by thia road wUI be ooa of tba moat plctoresqua In tha coantry. fOUowlrg aa it doaa the bank of acarbataat atraam which paaacs through deep dark eaayoaa and daehea over rocky pracl- plena. It la tha wlldaat of mountain scenery aloag tbia new ; Ighway, auch aa dellshta the toarlet. and It may be added that thia atraam aod tha email lakaa it paseee through are fairly allTo with troat weighing from one halt to IwelTa poande each. The moanlalps through thia aactlon abonod with caribou, bear, moun- tala goata, and other email game, and tha faathcrad tribca are a!ao well repreeanted. Thia part of tba prorinca la truly a sportsmaa'a paradiaa, Troat Lake City containa two hotels, two giaeral elorae, aameroae other bnlldlngs. and saw mill maebinary is now m ro'tti. It ia located In tba rery heart of the Lardeaa mlaiag dietrlct, rich In gold aod silTar, aeTcral of tba wealthiest and moat promising mialag dalma bains located In the Immeoiata Tteialty. A man who ha* done much for the daTalopmtnt of the city is Mr. Tom M. llamll- Coa, proprietor of the Quean'a Hotel. Mr. Mamilton baa boan in the country since 1B70, I few men have a bettor knowledge of lu the Misera. A g eot l o m a n who baa faith In thia district aad ooa who la do'ng much lo deralop It, Is Mr. Aadraw J. Marphy, an entarprlsing young Amarieaa. who baa good Judgment to back his eapltaL Mr. Marphy, who for a long time car- rtod oa mialag oparatloaa in Montana, came aaetb throe yeara aco. He naa aaaoclated with bim ia ease of his ealarprleaa, notably the Blaafe Priaea sIlTer mine near this city, two wall known eapltallsta, Meaara. A. K. Ham- ^ray o> Oalatb, Minn., and Captain Moore of •ha aamo dty. Vte Black iMaca la a wall telaad load airr>«dy loeatad aareral milea, tba oe« of which run>< four hniidred and i^lghty e:^..vaa to the Ion. A tunnel Is now nearly eompletad which will tap the ore at about one heodred and twenty Btc fret from Ihr surfare. Tb* Black Prince yields tbe highest grade ore of a«' claim In tbe country, this being attrl bated to IIm eiraage formation lo whlr>> it ilea. It la a sort of a marble lime (armatlon eo while that In I ha tunnel which runs through it tbe uae of a light Is seldom found aaeaaaary. It would take more than •M.OOO to capture the Ulach Prinoe to day. The Alice Murphy adjolaing the Black I'rlaca. aad oa tha aame lead. ■iToe mac'i pramlaa and ia owned by Mr. Murphy bimealt. Mr. Murphy and hie co Oftaratore bare li.tareeta Inrluding the St. Alamo mine. In tbe Sloean country, and own ralaabia dalma throaghaul tbe H^ovan aod latdaaa aaettoaa, Spaakiag ol mlaing, Mr. Horphy said : " The rasauree* of this part of Briliah Columbia are wonderful. The Sloean aod I.ardean oonntrtea taken together comprise the gnate> sllrer district I waa e»er in." MORK noon CI.AIMN. A man well known in this aection of the prorince Is Mr. Tbomaa Downea, formerly of Newmarket, Ontario, about twanty-flTs miles from Toronto. Mr. Downea came to Manitoba In 18e2. and mored back aa far as Rat Portage, where be spent two years before coming to the mountains. Since that time he has followed prospecting continuously, and la now Inter- ested in some Ane claims near this city, but HereUtoke la Mr. Downes' headquarters. Associated with Mr. Downea are Mr. i'. M. Walker, originally from near Hamilton, Onu, and Mr. Charles Uolden of St. Paul, both practical miners of many yeara' ezperience. Among t!ie good claims "mti by theae gentle- men are the Great Nortbam, tha Lardeau Chief, aod Che True Fisher, all In a groap about six and a half milea from the dty op Lardeau Creek. The famous bllrer Cup nilkje is also the pro- perty of this syndicate. The product of this mine asaaya about f 2.S0 per ton, and the other are being operated at Troat Lake City and at Thompaon'e Landing. Tha Arm eairiea on a smart bueloau with tbe amali towna of the West Kootonay diatrict, both retail and wholeaale, and its Tolnme ii constantly increasing. UMt year the busi- nise of tbe Arm amounted to tSO,000, and this year it promlsaa to considerably ex- ceed last yeaWa. The advantagea of such a firm are appreciated In a eparseiy aattled coun- try, aa those living at a diatanee can bare orders filled, embracing everything needed In the houaafaold as well as all mechanical appli- ance* pecollar to tha needs of the coantry. The memben of the firm are : Meaara, C. B. Hume, Charles Lindmark and A. N. Smith, all energetic but careful boiiineaa men. Mr. Smith Is a resident of lierelstoke, bat does not take an active part In the company'a buslneaa, being at preaant In the employ of tha C. P. R. Mr. Lladmark, a native of Sweden, came to this country when young and raa been very successful. He haa a wide auqaaiatance in the mountain districts, lea great worker aad takea a keen Interest in the company's allblra. Mr. C. B. Hume la a native of Floreucovlllo, a pretty little village on the St. John'a Blvar, Carleton Co., N. B., where his fatbar for many IN THE DRY GOODS DKPARTME.NT. GHmiMt at Iht InUrior of Buurnt Brvt'. Otnrral Stan, lintiiilvke. elalma, although not up to tbIa ataadard, are not far behind. Fallowing Is tha report of Mr. A. H. Holdlch. analytical chamlat aad as- •ayar on the Silver Cup on : Na. l.-lrea aa4 c>1m*. sU'si 1<7 ci. yac tea ; nM, m Rs. I — Ofs; oaiiraf see |e aea, tnt, 11 1 ao p« tos Mc l-HMk ankai. rilras iW aa •OnttfTaa tarlae; fat see : leM. HI en ga. t— ataal falaoa, al'ei MS as r*> lae , laM, |1 > i > eat toe. The other elalma are nearly aa high grade. A wagon road la now being built to these mine*, and the enterprising ownara will be hauling away the ore tbIa winter. This la a .plendM locality for proapecton or Inveetors who wUh to take advantage of the preeant depression In timej. l'H'>ltrlCKt)r:« IMI) 1'IUJI.UI>'«1^ K One at tha wide awake llrma of Revaistoke, a (' , le that of Meeara, C. II. Hume & Co., geneial merchants and ilaalera In miners' aop piles and prcapectors outfita. The main store Is located at Ileveletoke aution, a few roda balow tha C V. R. depot, while braaah atorae yean was one of tbe lead log marohaata. Wbaa Mr, Hume fint came to Revelstoke fivu yean ago he entered the employ of Mr, 1. Fred Huma aad Kradually worked bis way up tha ladder of anccesa. Now, besides belngeogagadlnoommer- clal business he Is extensively Inteiealed In tba mineral development of the country. Juit now Mr. Hume Is one of tbe foremost In pushing tne HIg Bend country's rich gold fields to the attention of the ontsldc world. Mr. Hume's rareor Is a good example of what an eneigatic young man can accompliah In Britlab Columbia- Mr. II. M. Hnme.ayoungerbrotberof Mr. C, B. Hume, has lately come to the country and le now aa>iatiog in the store, but Intenda to locate in tbe Big Bend mining roglona. The memben of thia entarprlsing firm have unlimited faith In tba future of Revalaloka aad the Kooteoay couatry In general. A Splendid Store. The acoompaayliig IllnstratloB is produead from a ajxap shot at the dry gooda dapartaaeat r •m^^^rfVf la Mmh*. Bouni* BitM.' gsnarki *ton, Hani- •toksStotlon.&C. Tb* p«r«aiiiw{ o( tha flrm U UtiUT J. . jaroa uid Frank H. Boarna. Thaaa tiro gaDtlamaB cama (roiii Ennland oiiglnaUr, bat for a long tlma baTa baan aaaodatad witb tba Intaraau ol Britlah Colambla. In tha yaar 1888 thar atartad bailneaa on a amall aeala op- poalta tha rallwaj track froo tbalr p caaa n t Iceatton. Tbalr Ineraaaa ol baalnaaa alnoa baa baan ataady bat not Inflatad, wbloh attaata to hooombla trada matboda. Laat jaar tba flrm'a baalnaaa amoantad to conaldarably mora tlutn $100,000, whlob maat ba eon- aldarad an uoallant abowtn« (or a aparaalr aattlad oommunltr. Tba flrm baa two braacb atoraa, ona at Naw Uenrer and one at Nakuap, and an IneraaalnR wbolaaale bnttneaa it being aatabllabad In tha adjaeant amall towna. All kloda of general mofcbandlae and minera' re- qaleltaa are handled by the flrm. In (act, It woaki be qnlta Impoaalble to mention aorthlna whieb Bourne Broi. ooald not (umleb at abort nottea, Mr. Henry J. Boame looke a(ter the mala eton at Reralatoke, and per- (orme the datlee o( poetmaalar at Kerel- etoke etatloB, while hie brother and partner, Frank H., bae charge o( the branch atoree at New Denrer and Nakatp and looke a(ter the eooipanr'a mining intereeta. which an qolta aztanelre In the rich Sloeaa and Laidaaa dlatrl-jta. Boame Bro*.' main atora at Bavalatoke li located in cloaa prozlmltr to the C. P. B. atatlon. It la UillO (aet and two etorleahlgb, while their adjoining warabooaa la 2Si60. The Boame Brae, ara both roang men and (aw Brme In Britlab Oolambia have ever been mora eaeeea«(al In baalnaaa, To mention Donald, B.C.. the well known railway diTlalonal point In the Rocklea, wlth- ont the name o( the genial bsoKaoe, Ur. Oeorga Satherland, proprietor of the Cobweb, woald be like ballding a bridge and IcaTlog a plaok oat In the middle. Mr. Satherland wa> bora In OlenalUn, connty Wellington, Ontario hie (ather, Donald Satherland, being one ol the beet known hotel proprietor* In that part o( tha proTlaea. Twelve year* ago tha young man, lor ha la now Icm than forty, cam* weac and eaat hie (ortnnee with the Paclflc Prorlnoe. A(tar torn year*' rambling he aettled In Donald. That wae ten yean ago, and alnec that tine be baa fallowed the fortanea of thi* IWely Waitern town. The Ara Bend eonsumed hie hotel en- tarprtea abont a year ago, bat tiie lrrapr«**lbl* landlord waa not to ba diacoaraged, and aoon moTed Into the Cobweb, which le located on the principal atreet. facing the Columbia river. To Mr, Sutherland I* due the honor of land- ing the flrat boot load of auppllea ever placed In Van town. He la a pioneer, a Javlal, free- hearted landlord, and few hotal men In tba pravlnoe ara aa well known to the pablic. Tbe eat In theeeeolumnc, raproduoed bySATirnnAy NiuBT from a recent photograph, 1* a faithful ptetara of thia huatling Wmterner. Whan Tialting Donald have a lunch at the Cobweb, or, It aot hangry, try a bottle of Ulackwood'e gin- ger ale. Along tbe Columbia. The Colnmbia, with Ita lake connect tooa, forme one of the Pacific Provlnoea principal Inland waterwaya and dralna the greater por lion of the Raat and Weet Kootenay diairlcte. It haa Ita aource In I'pper Columbia lake, from wbera It la «onne«ted by a abort canal with the Kootenay, which, attar meaiidi-rlng oTer a moat elrenltoaa route, Join* Ita largar alater about tortymlleefromtheinteraatlonal boundary line. From Ita riee In tbe lake bearing It* own aama. tba Colnmbia Howe In a north wealarly direction, being narigable to Golden on the main line of the <'. I'. It., at which point it l< Joined by the Kicking llorac, which daiihen down through rocky caoyona from the big dlvMo, Fraot Uoldan tba Colambia eoatlnaee 10 aboat alzty mllaa in tbe eame direction, than taming abraptly it takee a eoutherly oouree, eroaelng tha intomatlonal bonndary nearly two hundred and ecTeaty-flve mllee dlatant. Tbla anddan change In the rlrer'e conre* with tbe main line of the C. P. It. from Donald to Raralatoke, a dlatant of alxtr-aeTen mllee, eneloeee a triangular eectlon of land known now ae the Big Bend oonntry, now becomloK famoae through Ite aeneatlonal developmenta In placer mining, mention of which le made alaawhara in thia edition. It la a delightful trip tram Revelatoke down the Columbia, thraugta tbe rich Weat Kootenay diatriet lo the land of I'ncle Sam— delightful In more eanntar oat on deck and gut nar Aral lot- preeaiOB of eteamboatlog on th* Oolamlila. Tbe Lytton le already eoTerai mllae tram Reveletoke, the big etern wheal and aab- elantlal anglnea raablog her along at a twelve- knot gait. The haarllT timbcrad ehoree with the whita-tipped Selklrka rialog In the back- graond and frowning down upon tbe ewltl (lowing riTer, make tbe eoona Impraa- alva aa. and praeenta a atrikiog contraat to oar raoolleetione of boating on alagglah prairie atraama. A breakfaat palatable and wall aerred, with the king of North-Weet etawarda, the aiTable and courtly Ban Tom- kine, ae boat, and we ara again on dcnk and ahortly ara preaented to the offlran of tlie boat, a well dieclplloed but Jorial and hearty lot. Captain Oora, formerly of Portland, Oregon, Ime a twinkle in hie eya auch aa only a akipper can haTe, and hie boat to him la human, while the river and lake cbannele ara bat a beaten path. The tame may be aald of Captain Nee- bltt, the trtutod pilot. Chief Kngtneer llathiey'e countenanra ahowe exparienee ROSS PKAK OLACIKIi ON TUB LINK OF TUB CANADIAN PACIFIC KAltWAY. waya than ona. for not only i« the acenery mora pictorc«4ue than along any other natrlgatilv rirar In the North Weet, and tbe ateamboat aervloe of a high order, but the paaaenger tour iat or proapector la glf en the opportunity ol a Klln,pae at typical Weetem mining life, each aa la aeldom alTorded, and a chance tojudge for hirnaeir aa to the great undeTelopod mwurce* of thia Inleraating portion of the r*clllr Pro Ttnce. Let ua undertake the Journey. t,MiTlng our ilcTelatoke hoUl, with ita at moAphere of go!d mining goaalp, we naaa down through the Tillage to the wharf clo>« lijt ihv imifllnr aorl go einarri in the«>*oinK, for the I.ytton •alia et I a-m. on Tueertaye and Frtdaye, Arleina early we aul aiilllty. and the malea ara amarl, la- telligenl appearing man, eo we feel we ara In good hande and eettle down (or a plaaa ant trip. I,«at. but not leaat In the war of introduction, w* meet Mr. Jamea Ander eon. a hrlak yonng bnalneea man and general fa arit* anioqg the crew of the I.yllon aa wall aa the treTalIng pnbllr. Mr, Andereon. who came from hrotland three yean ego, haa had a wide range of eiparlence In traTeling. yet ha declare* he knowa of nn erencry abroad which ran compara with that along tha Co lumbia rlrer and Arrow lake*. Mr. Aaderaon'a duiiaa ar* arduoaa during the roah of irarcl In th» auiimiar mor h*. »»i he alwaya llnda time and aaemlngiy takee pleaanra In paiali->g cat n > •mart. In- tMi w« are tor k piMM In Ik* war lamM Aitdvr n and (MianU l.jrtlon H wall ndaraoa. who atta. I>a« had a trartllna, jM vnrrr alifoad aloiw Iha ('« Aadanon'a ■h otf traval In if* Anda tint* polaU-^fl OBI to toarlaU and otbar paaaaniien the aliihta of intaraat along the natr.. A Mgh\j com' maadable leatare of the manaKament of the Oolnmbla boata la that RamblinR as It aaad to be conducted in the earl7 dare of HlMlaalppI ateamboatlng U atrletljr forbidden, and the refreihment parlort are earefullj handled, no drankenne«< being allowed on board. Mr. W. lonra, who owna a large ranch on Kettle river In the Yale dittrtet, rapreaente the Canadian GoTemiptnt on board the Lrtton In the caoacltjof enttomt oflloer. Trareling on the Ljttoo l< rerj attree- able. Not far from Rarelatoke. He. Blulle Qlaeler preaente a glorloae tight on clear daji, and thivjaghont the entire Journer the Selkirk! line each aide of rlrpr and lake. Ten milea before entering I pper Arrow I jtke, a lovely abeet at water, a atop la made at the botapringa owned by Captain Sanderaon, one of the provlnce'a beat known pioneera. Captain Sanderaon baa Jnat erected a comroodiona and well appointed hotel, which baa been leaaed by the well known hotel man, Mr. Bruce Crad- doek. It la aald that the water from theae aprtnga malntalna a temperature o( one ban- drad and twentyllTe degree* farenhelt and baa many curative powera. The houae alta all alone on a mountain aide aeveral hundred, feet about the level of the lake, and looka lonely at preaant, aurronaded aa It la by deep foreat with only the lake front to break the monotony, but the manager ex- pacta that many changea will be wrought ere long in the aurroundinga. A flutter of hand- kerchleta from the gueata who look down from the baleonlea, and the I.ytton proceeda to iNakuap, a mining town and lake port for the rich mineral aertlon known aa the Slocan country, Nakuap haa a bolil front on which are ranged three goo are ruahed to thei. corrala tiefore having time to rough up the water. Kaaehing the tower end of upper Arrow I^ke the atcamrr paaaea throngha narrowa. where a body otewiti water connecta the uiiper and lower lakee. Thia portion ot the aail pieaaei the paaiengera and laxea the energtee ot the boata crew, althouarh the rub ..inno: t>e aald to be In the leaat dangarou*. After entering {.ower Arrow Lake we have a forty mile aall before reaching Hohaon, from which point the ('olaml>ia and Kooteuay Hallway runa to Nelaon, a wail located mining lawn twenty eight mllaa diatant. and connecta there with Halfour. Pilot Hay. Aln«worth and Kaelo, all amart mining towna with good fulurea in al|ht. Al>aot aiiteen nilica on the lake ahore thIa aide of Ilobaon. tcurlata are treated to a remarkable eight, a natural park green with verdure and covered here and there with elumpa of huge Ireea. It la called l>eer I'arkand the little beauty •potrantraetapretMly with lu ragged aummndlngn. The park abounda with deer and la aald to be an excel lent banting ground. .Inot above the |iark, about twenty niilea tram Holiaan, a natural lirldge haa recently bean dlaeoverad. I'aaaenoera ohaarve It aa a dark patch on the racka tome flftaan hundred feet from the ehora. In tact It looka like the entrance to a cave and la believed to be tDch by It* diacoverer, .lamea Baya. Tbia la what Mr, Haya aaya ot bla dlaeovery : " I made my way acroaa the brnaheoTerad apace toward the dark apot, which grew omtnoualy tn alxa and Anally re- aolved Itaelf into a gigantic eydopean arch of perfect form and extraordinary dlmenalona. It la compoaed of gray granite allied to ayenite, the piera of each aide ria- Ing to a height of twenty feet. The arch riaea in th? center to a height of ninety feet, and the diatance from pier to pier la two hundred and alxtyfoor feet. The form of the arch la that of a rainbow." It la thought thia atructure will prove to be one of the moat celebrated natural bridgea In the world, a* the aurroundinga for pictureaqueneaa are un- equaled. From Robaon It la about thirty-Ave mIlea to the American boundary line, and aa the water i* awift all the way and game very plentifn! along the ahore*. the balance of the trip la a rare treat for travelara. Now we muat come hack to Kobaon and run up to Nelaon, The Columbia and Kootenay ia one of the enterpriaing little branchea of the C. P. R, and runa through the valley ot the arer active In mining Interaata and the general welfare of the oommnnlty, and an energetic aoelal claaa of bvalneaa men, unite In making thia village a daairabia place tor thoee who delight In haTtng a home la a promlaing town with qnlat and beaatlfal aurroundinga. The building ot the Crow'a Neat Paaa road would doabtlaaa be very bene- Hcial to Nelaon. Mention ot the Silver King and inlnicK proapeeta of thia aaotlon are made elaawhere. UH. UEOKOK SUTHKKLA.S'D, Kootenay, whit h rlvfr emptiea Juat lieiow Into the ColuniMa. Thia part uf the Kootenay la not navliiable. and la noted (or Ita cataracta and trout A>hing poola. The acenery along thia twenty eight mile road la unoaralleied in llrltiah t'oiutnbla. and a» a aportainan'a retreat it ia all that could be atked, wlahed or prayed fir. Mr. Frank Fleti-her. Land Commlaaioner for thia road, realdea at Nelaon, aa doe* Mr Jamea Anderaon, the traveling freight agent. Hoihof theae gentlemen are active worker* In their rvmpany a intcreata. Mr. l-Metcher haa rervntly laaued a flnr iiia|. ahowing up the com pany'a real eatate Interaata and the general mlnrral reaonrrea of Kaat and Weat Ivootenay. Mr. John Hamilton, a wide awake railroad man, la the local agent tor the roait at Nelaon. Nelaon la pieaaantly atlnated on the weet arm of Kootenay l.ake, and ia one of the tidi eet little towna In thf Interior. It la a lianklng and bntlneaa nieiro|>olla f>ir a large aection of country and hlda (air to aaaumr conalderable rank aa a mining i-enter. t;ppegun to waader beyond their own country In aearch ot ore. They found that the mountain Statea were thoroughly proepected, while jiut on the other aide of the line wa* a vaat Canadian province, larger than California, Oregon and Waablngton combined, and containing 1,000 mlleaoteonntrv exactly aimllar to that which had been ao prolific in the United Statea. A few yean ago proepectora began to oome Into Kootenay, which It Juet on the Canadian aide of the boundary. After making a few locatlona of minor importanca they atrack the Silver King at Nelaon. one of the very largeat and riehatt producert ot ailver and capper that the world haa ever taen. For aome yeara, however, no further locatlona ot the Aral Importance were made, and the Im- patient proapector wa* beginning to quit Kootenay again a* a one-mine country. In the fall ot 1H91 thi* apirit ot dcpreaelon waa auddenly turned into a apirit of the wild- eat entnualaam by the dlaeovery ot the Slocan dlatrict about aeventy mile* north of Nelaon. Several atrikea of rich galena (a combination of ailver and lead) were made, and proepectora began to pour In. Strike after atrike wa* made. The ore waa not only unparalleled in ricnneaa. but inexhauatlble In quantity. Since then the Slocan haa been the paradlee ot the proapector In .ju»e«. The town site Is a modrl one. Ir^mtlng mm it doaa on tba lake oad aloplng gracafally back to tbe tootJiilla. In all It containa nearly three hundred acreo, not a rod of whioh Is broken, save tbroagh tha heart ot tbe (own site, where Four Ulle creak meandera down to Join tha lake, I'erhapa ona ot tha atrangeat faeta to the Wlnnlpegar or Torontonlan In relation to thia appropriately named mining Tillage and lake port is, that up to within fonr weeks ago ererything in tha way of aupplles waa rery eipenslra, the freight from Nakaap on tha I'pper Arrow lake alone being from two and a half to live cents a pound. Kverything was brought by pack train In thoae 'daya as far aa the Bead of Slooon lake, a distance ot twenty milea, and from thara by boat. But now, with the advent of the Na- kaap and Slocan railway, the freight draw- backs have been much facilitated, the railway now bringing Sllverton's freight to and reeelr- Ing her ores at Wilson Creek, eight miles dis- tant by water. Orer this route pliea ragalarly the steamer W. Hunter, named after ona of her owners, who Is also an actire member of the trading Arm of Hunter & UeKlnnon, proprie- tors of the Sllrerton store as well aa a large and well established business at New Denver. This boat was built two ysars ago by the S'oeaa Trading and Narlgation Co., and waa tbe flrat to ply on this lake. She Is sixty feet In length with a tweire loot beam, regl'stare thirty 'on* and comfortably aecommodatea from thirty to fifty people. But a few minutes more with the silver quea- tioo and 1 will leare you tojudna for youraelf of the prtjspecu In store for Sllrerton, Nearly all the great silver mines of the rich .Sloean countiy are tributary to and in cloaa proximity to Sllverton. Ttarre is enough ot the metal in >lght within a radius of ten milea to build up a Leadvllle once tha minea are all being worked. From the Alpha, two and a quarter mitea up Four Mile Creak frotri Silvartoo's wharf, one four horse team draws dally eleven tons of ore, which assays sixty per cent. lead and nearly two hundred onncaa ot sllrar to tba ton. It has been estimated that tha Alpha owners can depjtit this ore at tha whar lor less than thr>e dollars per ton. Tbe owners ol the Alpha have an ahniat Inrxhanailtile supply ol ore to draw from, and It would aaam that they mast ;iad It prontable In the future now that the railway so much facllltataa trans- portation. Five milea up Fwr " - Creek are located llead ,snd Itobinson's t. j\. , . Un the same side, up on the Car^nter erenk divide, theCsnad Ian group and the Ivanhoe arc located, and only nine milee away tha t'lal >fr .Maiden Mtltl hold* th« greater portion of he, treasures, (in the south side of the creek, five miles nearer Sllverton, is the \'anooavar groap, and on the same side are all new locatlona Sliver Mountain, near Sllverton, on Ita differ ent sides baa lh» bear sliver mines In tha country. Another fact worth noting la that Afteen new riainis. several of them known to tie wry rich, have Iteen prospected within a few miles of Sllverton. and up at the head of Four Mile Cra^k gold iiusrtx le now being brought out in considerable iiuantlllee. The rapid development of mining In the Sloraa country can beat be Judged when one slope lo cjnsidet that It will only hs three years next Octolier since Kll Carpenter and .lohn Heatin Aret discovered tbe white metal— the Noble Five group on Carpenter creek - and turned the eyas of the world toward Slocan. Sllverton is reached from Canadian points tbroagh Iteveistoke. H. C, on Ihe main line ot the ('. I*. IL. and fmm American polnia through N«lson. li. ('.. via Spokane or Hon ners Ferry. II the propherlea of mining ex perts and business men of Impartial Jadg- meat lieoome reallxatloos, Sllrerton will ere long outstrip all competltora and proudly take her place where she belongs at the head of Ihr prm-^tusiuti In West Kiktienay. I ommunlraiinn between Sllverlun and New Daovar la conducted by meaoa of a telapboaa 13 DMkrlj thrM li It broken, 1 «IM. whan to Join the faet* to Ih* latlon to thU tfn and Uk* r wteks (fio at WM Tary knap on the am two and a lack train In Slocan laka, a rom I bare bjr I ol the Na- !rel||ht draw- ], tb« railway na from thirt) to ,ha alltar qaaa- ra for yonraclf Brcoo. Naarly ba rich Sloean loaa proximity )t tba metal In mllea to build I are all baliiK and a qsarWr jm SllTartona ra daily elciren Lty per cent, ancaa of tllTer latad that the ra at tba irbar Tbeoonara lorxbaaailbla it wonid aeem In the fatura cllltatea trana- - Creek are :ar,/eotar crank Aa I «aiihor portion of ba> the rreek, Ave knoovvergroap, r locaUona. D, on Ita diflTar mine* In the notlnR la that hviii known to M-ied within a at the bead ol u now bainii uantltlea. Tba In tba Hlocraa an one atopa to re« year* nait >l John Kealln >lal-the Nobla and turned the itia<1lan polnta Ihr niain Una of narlcan polnta wkaoe or Hon of minion el Impartial Jadi- rerton will ere id proudly take at the bead of • >■ erf on and New u( a lelaphona Hoe bnllt by Hunter & McKinnon. Reneral mercbanta at New Denver and Sllrerton, Meeer>. Hunter and MiKinnon are younK and energetic baalneae men and are cloaefy identi Had with the intereata of Weat Kootenay in lieneral. The Yellow MeUI. Succtiaiful Placer sad Qaarix MiainK in Sontbam Okanagan and Lower Vale Diatricta. .1 rUUiHum Duh-orerj/ Ihtlt Surpri»ril lli> World- Another Itoom for Urifi^ti Cnluut hia'n iiiilfirn Storfhow^rH—Journri/ Tkere frttm Si,'ttinoii^ Thruut/fi Vernon Oelti/ftf/ul. A run of about HIty mllen after Ixavlng Keralttoke and we allRbt at SlcamouaJuoctlon. where a well (quipped braoob line connecrH Vernon, a prettily located a^crlrultural town In the heart of the Okanaitan country. It la a moat pictnraaque country between Vernon and the main line, the road after learlnK the eboreH ol the Illg SbuKhwap lake, keeping the valley ol the Spuilainacheen lor many mlltit and pane ing by anuglittle rlllagea. Vernon le lurronnded by a aplendtd ranching country, and the whoop-la real genuine cowboy, typically clad and well mounted, U alwayo a figure upon the Ktreete. Journeying on from Vernon towarde the great gold producing elate belle of the aouthgrn OtiBnagan, we flret paae through a nice valley •lluated between rolling hllla, a diatance of lour mllea eontbeaat to Okanagan Landing, where the CP.K. etaamer Aberdeen connecta every Uonday, Wedneeday and Friday with tralae running aouih Irom SIraiiioue. Thie le the real terminue of the Shuebwap and Oka- nagan branch of the CP.K. The Aberdeen pllea between here and I'entlcton, a diatance of •evenly dve mllee paaaing beautiful lake«ide tnwae, long eince lamouii aa eportemen'a bead- quartera. and now gaining dietlnctlon Iruiii a mineral and ranching point of view. The Oka nagao l.tka le very narrow for it* length, and In noted for Ita high altitude and bewitching ■ iirroundlnga. The Aberdeen le a Anely ap pointed and well olltcered tx>at, and the Journey I- -varde the •onihern Okanagan, Southnaxt Vale and Southwest Vale. From Pentlcion chedfT^renc mining campe and locallone are reached by etage ur trail. Down here In thU eectlon are found large ledgea Iraveralng the country In a north weet arly and aoutb aaatarly direcilonand running from Looinetoo. Waahlngton •tate, ou the aouth to a point live mllea above Kalrvtew on the north. Including camp McKenney, Fair view. Kroger. Mount Palmer, Like and (iolden •-.lining oaiiipa. Many of theee luinee bave been great gold prndurer* and are atlll, two of thene nitnee aluoe at Camp MrKenney, having productMl auld eini* laat ,\pill with a eeoond hand Ian aian.p mil! that netted their owuere over one hundred and Hfly thonaand dollara. One ei perl ihlnka that the iiilnea at Kalrvlew are beyond <|uealion the largeat propoaitlon in the way of tree gold uiiarti In Hrltleh Columbia. The ramp u travereed from jne end to the other, a dlalaiire of alwul thiee mile* by three paralel ledgea rartying free gold averaging from all to tlltuen lect In width. In tart It la thought there in enough tree milling ate In eight to keep a hundred alamp mill going for lllty yeara. A uaniher ol theee gold propertie* were a*- qulred by a lyndloate of aadern capatallala •ome three yeara aince and developinenle have pro-red the value ol their minea, although they by no maana own the riioet valuable onee, the Morning Star, the Wide Weet Syetem and Mtemwlndar lieing nolalilo etcapttoiia, the Mornlna Star having milled during a little over a aumth more tkao a (boaa«Bd tooa ol ore, which yielded a enug lortune to each of her ehareholdera. Kaat of here llfty mllea la the famooa Bound- ary creek eectlon, perhapn aecond to none on the American continent for Immenee depoeita of capper ore. A good example i» the mine lately bonded by Mr, W, T. Tbompaon. Thia la a aolld bcdy of red oxide of copper carry, ing partlclea of native copper through- out, vlilble to the naked eye from wall to wall. The claim la tituated on a ateep mountain aide, and reeemblen a large atreak ol red paint when looked at Irom a diatance. In the Greenwood camp In thia eectlon are Immenee depoeita ol copper eul- |ibat«a bearing gold, and running ationt 10 per cent, copper and Irom #100 to (ISO la gold per ton, Theee vetna are veritable mountaida ol ore ranging Irom 30 to 200 leet in width, and the great width la the rule and not the excep- tion. So leaa than twenty tire ol theee elainia have been located within a rad lot of four mllea. At the Skylark camp, eituated aome four mllea from Oreanwood, theveine are imal! and carry allver and gold, the rock being of eo high a iirade that It baa paid to pack It out to Marcoa, a diatance of flfty mllea, and reablp it to Tacoma by railroad. Thia ore never yielde leKa than }100 a ton after all expeneea. Attwooda, Deadwood, Summit and White campa alao contain iniiuenee bodlee of aurif- of the world, and atlraetad the attention of the dealera who handled the world'a output. Nego- tiation* were at once inetltuted for working the deep digging* on a large acale, Aa aoon aa thia waa done partiea, who eontroled the world'a output realding in London, Bag., •ought at once to acquire the eame, and It le the Intention of the owuera to proaeeute moat vigoronaly the development of the large area of platinum producing gravel. Thia la another evidence ol the variety of Britlab Columbia's reeourcea in mineral wealth. The routea from I'entictlon are a* fnllowa : To reach Camp McKenney or Boundary Creek you mUNt go south aa far aa Falrviaw, Then, If to Boundary Creek, a choice of two rootee la otTered, one going directly enat or a new wagon road being built by the Oovemment, paeaing through Camp McKenney, about twenty nine mllea from Falrview. From Camp McKenney you travel twelve mllee thence •outh-eaat along the valley of Kettle River to the town of Midway on Boundary CreeK. Kettle river la a beautiful stream, alTordIng fine trout dahlng. The Kettle valley la a flat tract of land varying In width from a half to two or three mllea, and about ten feet above high water mark. From Midway the trail leada to various campa, and from there yon can branch out. A atage meete the " Aberdeen " at Pentlcton. KESIDKNCK OF HON. J. A. eroue liearing quart.T. one vein of decompoaed ijuarti being worked lij an araatia by a Mr. Har- mon. Near the copper oampare valuable depoait* of coking coal. Iron and lime. Dr. Oaweon re- ported on theee coal minea In his geological report of the Kettle Itlver dietrlct in 1887. The south oaateni part of this dletr'ct. situated on a tritiutary of Tourmaline river, contains protiably one of the 'argeat depoeUe of platinum and Inidium to Iw found In the world. When thi* waa tlrst discovered. In LSaS, the inlnera who found it In Jnxtapoei tion with placer gold railed It white iron, and thousands of ouncje ware thrown away. In fact. In IBSti and 'iO, when the lint lot of white miners made their way to the country from the south and found gold all along tbeSlmllka- iiieeo river, they found thie metal aaaoctaled with gold in cleaning up their sluices, but such waa the lack of knowledge regarding the value of It, that for twenty-ecven years the entire product waa thrown away and no attention whatever given to IL It was not until the great rush to tba gold fields of Oranlle Creek. In IsiDS, that any notice whatever was taken of it. and not until eighteen months later did partlee commence to save and ship It. Thay then fuuuil Its sraal value and surh quantitaa were sblppetl from the shallow diggings that II played a vary Important part In tba markata MARA. M.P.. K AM LOOPS, BC. and traveraae the entire State gold belt Irom Fairvlaw to Oro In Washington State. In reaching the famous placer and platinum district from Pentlcton a peraou travela by way of Keremus, a diatance of thirty-five miles In a aoutberly direction, thence north-eaat through the valley of the Similkameen to the Uraaite Creek diatrlet. Kamioops. A Beautifully Situated Britith Columbia Town Which Braathet of AnUquity Tie ri t't'v noil- ami tritt vo.jm Feel the Impulse oflhrKuhUineritl IHttricIt Trihutiirf— tianrhinp n iipecialty. i Sn Istsswi*.] Ever dear to the hearts of all true Britlab Columbians will bo the early history of Kam- loops. The oldest settlement In the Interior of the province, and ouce ruled by King John Todd of Hudson Bay fame, the name must inevitably t>e surrounded by a halo of romance, Bancroft baa written of the wily Scotchman (Todd) and how through force of wit and stra- tegy he often aaved the poet from the wrath of marauding Indiana, and the faithful Jeault priests have told us much of the Indian character In thoae daya, but nothing speaks loader of the fleroa natim ol tba Kamloopa f aborigines than thfl bleached bonea which to this day lie strewn over their ancient battle- fields. But as In other places time has worked many chuiRes here, and the Kamloops of today pre- sents a striking contrast to the trading post nf tirty years ago. Kamloops Is sltnated at the Junction of the north and south branches of the Thompson rlrer and U an Indian name signi- fying "the meeting of the waters." UoUIng hills covered with rich bunch grasnand clumps of evergreen trees gracefully encircle the town for three points of the compass, while across the South Thompson Mount St. raul, with Its sombre color, looks down upon the Mat Indian reservation which embraces the point between the two rivers and a section of the adjacent hl^h land. Kamloops is now a city, being Incorporated a year ago iast summer with Dr. Clark an the first mayor, U Is a pretty place in the summer season, especially when Mowers bloom with profusion. There are several fine residences in the city. Including Dr. Clark's, Blayor Lee's. Hon. J. A. Mara's. C. P. R Supt. Marpole's and others which have beautiful Mower gardens In connection. The Provincial Supreme C-ourt meets twice a rear here and the County Court every two months, and there Is a well establUhed land MR JAUKS M< INTOSU, Kamlo-ypn. li.C. registry office. Kamloops also boaHts of a well kept, tidy Jail, the only In^tltotlon of the kind in British Columbia east of New West minster. Then the Okl Man's Home, a loc^l Kovernment Institution now taking on the finishing touches, Is lorated here on a pretty spot Just oppo«lt« the station, up under the shelter of the hllU. There are several citlsens of Ksmloops whose names arc closely Identified with the town's history, but none more <%o than Jame*t Mcintosh, who Krew up with the country as a contractor, lumberman and miner. \t present Mr. Mcintosh Is manager of the Shush wap Mill IngCo'npany and police mimlatrsiefo*- the cliy. Mr. Mcintosh has been In the country U years, and Imsldes being successful In accumulating this world s Koods, has always taken a promlti eot part in matters political. Hon. J. A. Mara, who represents thlo rMln»{ at Ottawa, Is another man who has done much in promoting the Interests of his town, as well as those of his entire constituency. Another man whose Influence Is strongly felt In Kamloops Is Mr. J. C. Tunstall. Gold (^om mlssloner for the Ksmloups. Yale and SImll kameeo dlvlslann of the Yale district. Mr. Tunslall is also a stipendary magistrate and Assistant Commissioner of I^and and Workn. Kamloopa has good churchen and itchaols, and as a rule an enterprising lot of merchants. Kamloops Is surrounded by an eiccllent 14 nnehlnR coaotrj and it ImIdr a C.P.R dlTl- •lonal point a large amount of money U put In circulation each month which practically makea the citj what It In. UuC In the future Kainloopa will not be dependent on ranehlnfc and the C.P.K, payroll, a* eplendtd mineral MIC J. C. Tl NoTALL, a II. C, pionrer, noir (iovemnn'nt Ai/ent tm-l (inld Commisnutner tit KamUhifm, II. C. deTClopment* are openinn up In the lari{i- 'ributary diatrlcu which bid fair to Infuie new life into the city. THK NoltTIl TIIUMPIM'N, To Mr. Wood, Indian a«;enl, who i. wvll ar i|uainted with the rewur-v* of the North Thompson and Mr. Knapp, a well known American nilntnn engineer, who ha. recently returned from that diatrict. the writer la in dtrUted for Information, The uueetioo of reachlnii the I'arlboo country by rail has i>een much dliicn..ed. Some eay by way of A.hcmfl othera via Kamloop. .alley of the North Thomp.nn and Yellow Hrail Pa.. Mil .1. S. SMITH, n /iirtiur M'inni)try /my, njtit a Murc«M/ut Kiimlaiin. He. merrliiinl. route. The latter rnuto no doubt would 0|Htn a rery rich country and the people of Kam loop* ar* ooofldxiil that IhU roa>}pt. RC, dntffffist. rree k country. Tb*re was ron*lderat>le excit* ment and local proapector* ataked olTa num tier of rialma. Here a group wa* ac<|ttlred by the llomealead Co., yfrmnrl, Meear*, Olmo, Iluehanan and Flynn. ThI* claim ha* been developed and * large amount of high grade ore uhown v|>. The ronipany i. now running a tunnel to tap the claim lower down. The cropping ahow* a .aln ten f**t wid*. movt of which I* milling or*. A wagon road ha* brnn biillt by the goTrmment to the mine. ■IXeen mile, from the North Thompeon. Thrrr niltr. from the terminu. of tbi* road I. Ad*m. lake, a beautiful .heel of water fifty mile* long and on an average about two mile* wide. Ilealde. mnontain. of martjle and r\vh galena proepert. there I* fine hunting and fiah lug and .plendid foreat* In lb* Adam* lak* country, and It la only aboat fifty mlla* from Kamloop*. The fomiatlon at Adam, iakeac cording to I)r, l>*w*on I* .Imllar to (he N*l*on mine formation, Helween the Adam* lake country and Kamloopa rich placer and qaarti diacorerle. have alao lieen made. The Thonip.on i* narigahla from Kamloop* to the mouth of the Clearwater, about ninety mile., for five month* in the year. There ara alao eieellent ranrhInK farllltle* along the North Thompeon. (hie favorable feature of the North ThuiMpttun valley la that Ih* ellmata i* *a fin* that miner* ran work the year roand. The mineral clalma through thi* *eetlon have eo tn T Innlu of tha t the PrMer, latter aniplT- U«nd. Near H, which we It. spa, Vor 100 ooantrr uatll 1 and alWar !■ , rapid atraam I alooR which Bta hara baan of Clear* atar galena oUInu to alghtr per ger ton In gold coming along la claim*, but ly to work. • a coal (orma- f and probably ltainlnou«, and mloopi. belnti og on down aa 1 creak there U lo laet Jane a ib grade galena ke In the Loula INO. •IdcraMe eiclte ,kreet district* in the province for hydraulic mining. The climate is excellent, and the aarlferoue deposits are aa extensive as any in the proTince. The beds of the creeks, which were worked out in 13^^ returning large anicuntsot gold, are being worked up to the present time. But miners are now turning their attention to benchea which promise ex- tansire yielde. KWe large companies are now preparing to work by hydraulic process nn the Mil. J. U BKOWS, KtimUtopa, B.f*„ onr of thr Itatiing lonaorint arliMtM of ffu intfrior, SImllkameen and (iranite creek, about 120 miles south from Kamioopa. Some of tae*e companies are made up of Montreal ani To- ronlo capitalists." TllK Nl(«tl.A VAI.|.^:^, The Nicola valley, access to which may tie hail from theClMi. at Spencer's Hrldge, Is s pastorsl country, but the gateway to a aplcn did miner*! district. It Is SO tulles from Spen cer s Hrldge by stage to the Tillage of Nirola, a ranching and lake centre. To Princeton the gold mining ramp of the SImllkameen river is 1.^^ miles from .Spencer s Hrldge. There Is rich placer mining here, and the Provincial (iovern ment leases 1'a) liench land Ut* at %^ per annum. Large areas have lieen taken up here. I 1>NAIIAU ANtI iUiiN, Down the Thompson, twenty seven inlles from Kamloopa. preparations arc lieing made to work the rich Ctnnaliar mine*. Th* Glen Iron Mines on Cherry Creek, eighteen miles from Kamioops, are also attracting a large share of attention, the product lieiiig a high grade uiagnetic ore, and at TaniiulUe Creek some noh hydraulic placer claims are lieing developed by an antarpri>ing tnropany. 16 Successful Ranchers. Men Who time (irmrn Dp Willi ll,r Pro i-ittre and Mode Monti/, Few men are more closely identified with the interests of Hrltlsh Columbia and Alberta than are Messra Bull Brothers. They are both pioneers of British Columbia. When mere boys they came frnin Somerset, Kngland, .MK. ,1. II. llll.l,, Kninlo'ipa, It.C. to InaiKct the country and visit their uncle, .Mr. William ,Iames Koper, who owned a large ranch at Cherry Creek, on the north side of the Thompson. After live yean, during which time the yuung men gained a practical know- ledge uf ranching, they purcnasc^l sixty head of cattle and started a ranch o( their own on Cherry Creek, twelve miles from Kamioops, The market for cattle was very poor In those days, the only connection with the coast being a stage line to Yale, the head of navigation on the Kraser, one hundred and sixty milps dis- tant. Successful at ranching after four yesr« t hey ntartrd a meat market at Kamioops and later otiened a branch at I.ytton, and the construe- ttun days cf the mountain division of the C. P. it. found these enterprlsinir young men Mil. \V. H HILL. fVi/fri'Tfc, Alffrfa, supplvlng meal for the contractors. Gradually their business sprcail until branch stores were established st UeveUtoke, GoMen, Donald, Anthracite, BanIT, and a* far east aa Calgary, where Mr. W. H. Hull, of the Arm, is now ntatloned. Today the Messrs. Hull have thousands of brail of caltle siid large bands of horses on their ranches at .Sugarloaf and Anderson creek near Kamioops. and Willow Creak and tha old government tarm In oloaa proximity to Calgary, Beaidas the product of their rancbea thty annually purchase about four thouaand head of cattle from the smaller ranchers to supply their trade, which extends throughout the mining regions of the provinoa and Alberta towns. In the summer season cattle are slanghtered attheir diflTerent stationa, but in the winter the killing Is done largely at Kamioops and Cal gary. This Hrni purchases a great many sheep and quantities of poultry in the territoriea. They employ llfty men regularly and twice that number during the busy season. The Messrs, Hull Brothers are doing a steadily increasing linsiness and their successful career should prove an object lesson to bright, hard work- ing young men in the Pacific I'roviuce, In cooveraation with your corrusix>ndent Mr, J. II. Hull expressed his confidence in the future of British Columbia, He said thai the province had never had any tkoom to pu : It flat, and with the developement of the mines now made feasible by excellent government roads, and further attention to agriculture and ranching that the province waa bound to HO ahead. Louis Victor Bennett. ftne of ItritUli f 'oliimbia's Orrat Hunije Hiilcm. A StifCr.H.ifut Ittmchrr and Miner. A hold and fearless rider on the ranges, an expert canoeist and a level-headed proapector is Louis Victor Bennett, whose portrait ap- pears In this issue. Born at Kamioops, B C, twenty-flve years ago, from early childhood he was iwrmitted to cling to the saddle, and when only seven years old waa noted for his skill In riding. At the age of thirteen he was one of a party hail s wide experler •In dealing with the public and enjoys the uqualoanee of a large circia of F. W. Foster's Store at Ashcroft I^rge, well atocked and faithfully repreecn tatlve o! the Increasing nualnees Intsreats ol British Columbia l> the store oondnrted by Mr. F. W. Foster at Ashcroft, B.C. Mr, Foster Is a pioneer, having been engaged In business In the province for thirty two years. Besides his big Ashcrott store, Mr. KoaUr rondcrts another at Clinton on the Cariboo road. It 17 eh tor th* w«l- ^lumbUk I* Ur, l«trat« tor the Mr. Phslrli* nd hM been In leir WM ■herllf rerel yeera kt at Ashcroft. belnff elnillar to the Aeheroft etore. Altofiether the etoek eerrled la Telued at one hundred thoneend dollar* and oonelite of everjrthInK adapted to the need* of the countrjr, IncladinK general inerehandlne, miner*' aupiille*. etc., The Clinton etore le managed by Mr. Ilenrr W. darTejr and In Mr, Pnter* abaence the Atherott etore le undrr the aDpervUlon of Mr. The vlllafce le altnatad In Cat ofT Tallej, thirty. two milea from Aeheroft, on the main line of the Canadian I'aelflc Itallwajr, and on the dlrert etafre line to the famoua Cariboo Rold Helda. The Clinton Kotel poaaeaae* remarkable ad- rantaffee for the trareler. From here atave oonnoctlona are made with Aahcrsft tri weekljr INTEItlOlt OK r. W. FOsTKUS .sroKK. ASIICROFr. H.C. Janiea Haddock, a wideawake bnalneaa nan fornierlr of St. Andrew'a, N'.ll. Mr. I'oater la an KoRllah (lentleman ity birth a.id baa an lu tereatlnfi famllj. Id the winter he oc«^oplae hia handsome reeldence while tht. aumniur family home la located in a dellRhttuI apot at Clinton. On the Cariboo Road. In the development of a new coantrjr the hotel playa a prominent pert. Here men con Kreffata after a aeaeon'a work to make a home until another opportunity olTera. and the weary traveler to and fro in aearch of new Aelda, aa well aa the touriat. traTclInK paraon, and Irrepreaalble commercial man. crack their yarna, toaat their ahlnn. traoaact their hual- neaa. Kather In ootnmon union at lunch hour, and hob nob more or lean around the wine table. The wayalde taTem In a new country la the mccea of all daaeee, Brttiah ('olumbia la aa famoua for her hoapl. table landlorda and home-like hotela a^ for her rufoted mountains ami niarvelloua hitfhwaya. .Nowhere. (houMh, within her hord* m doea the tinge of romance hang oveir her old-time Inna aa on the Cariboo road, along wtilch In the never to Iw forgotten daya of the early aliiira the gold hunter* of the worll trudge I ttack and forward, poo' to-day, rli'*! to niorrow, and rice iltsit Long Itrforc the cloae of the big gold rxrlte- ment Joeeph Lorengo Smith catered tu the want* of the Pllgrlma at Clinton, a noted atage headquartera. That waa more than twenty- five yean ago. and Joeeph Smith, ar.. ban gone with many of the ploneera. but the Clinton llouee ha* lo*t none of It* preetige. and under the lioepllahle management of Joeeph K. .N. Smith. Jr., remodelled, •till aUnda with a well filled pantry and doore never rloaed, a monu- ment to the enterprlae and hardihood of Ita plonaer founder. Clinton la a i|aalnl little village typical pioneer town, with aurraundinga arenic and plctureaque -a apot where the touriat may revel in a week'* delightral aport and enjoy a healthy brvctaa atmoephert. each way. Cariboo. Lilooet and Alkali lake Hoe of atagea arrive and leave Clinton weekly and the Clinton 4lotel la baadquartera for all the dlflferent line*. The Clinton Uotel le admirably aituated and under the nianaoemant of Mr. Joeeph K. N. Smith givea uniform aatiafactlon to the travel Ing public Mr. Smith a gentleman of leaa than forty haa an Intereatiog family and knowa Juat how to cater to the publlc'a want*. The thirty large rooma In the bouee are well furo- lahed. the umiuK room la bountifully auppiled and thf-/ cholceat lUjuora are alwara eerved. the name of which waa an Ineplratlon to the world more than thirty year* ago. If the water* of the Kraeer conid apeak many would lie the atrange talea revealed, but far mora aaionlahlng would lie the language of thla ancient highway, which hae been a theater of the moat atlrrlng eventa In Car.ada'a frontier hiatory. Many men of many cllmee repraaent- ing dllTerent tradea and calling* aaalated In wearing out ahoe leather uid horae Heah In order to reach the golden eldorado daring th* palmy daya of Cariboo, and although fortunea were auddenly accumulated there were many who loat their all. A Pioneer Institution. One unaccuatomed to weatem life And* atag- Ing In Grltlah Colambla a delightful change from the ordinary meth-da of travel, particu- larly ao on the Cariboo line which penetrate* a pictureaque and hietoric region and which Is operated and controlled L. The lliuli^h r,,h,,nhui Expretii Co. Lid., une of the pioneer luatitution* ot thi* lotereat- Ing province. The roache* tt*ed are built upon the principle of the famou* Con- cord, fitted with thoroughbrace gear- ing apeclally adapted tor heavy, rapid transportation, at the aaiiie time airordiog comfortable riding for paaaengera, the awing- lug motion aa the coachea roll along being very enjojable. Tbeae coachea are drawn by four and aix homea, changea being made every twelve and twentydve nillca a* I* found con- venient, th'e company having aultable atatlona along the line. About aeventy-ttre mile* I* made every day, the pasaengera ataylng over night at well appointed hotel*, aeveral ot which are kept by the company for ttd* purpoae. rhr't flutntrtti Miles hy Couch. The trip from Aahcroft, the baae of the com- pany a operation* on the main line of the Can- adian Pacific rallwpjr, to Barkerville, the gold mining mecca of the north, and three hundred milea dlatant, la a delightful one, and reveal* to tir ~ new comer much that la Intereatlng, the road* being good, plctureeque, some ot the U)wna quaint, and mo*t of the town*, hotel* and building* cfaaracterlatic ot the we*t«ra mining life. The journey I* made In four day*. Leaving CLINTON IIOTEI,. C Miirahall Sn Iloalnea* men. tourlata and all claaae* And a warm welcome at the Clinton llouee. Ue who would Journey fitr on thI* continent uptin the old time atage roach muat vUlt llrltUh Columbia. The daya of atage coaching are generally aappoatxl to have paaaed, but aui-h la not the caae, for In the Interior of the Parlfli' Province thla mode of tranaportatlon la yet being anccvaafully carried on over a route. rVRIBOO KOAD. B.CX m7/i Proprii'tor. thI* littl* railway village the Tbompcon river la croeaed, and the road enter* the beautiful valley ot the Buonaparte. Aboplnfi placea both *t C4p« CrMk and lUt Cre«k. Clinton I* • pan- dlM (or iiport«n»ii. and ■ (tan* oontro o( Im- portanco, branch IIom connMtlng (ram h«re with BiR Bar, Cana« Cmk, Empire V' allay and Alkali Lake. Tli« •ummit a( Haunt SonM, MT*n tboutand niilm aboTe the Ma level !• eaelly raaehed (roin Clinton on hanchack In (oar hoar* and the Tiewi (rom thi* niouDtaIn on a clear day are eiccedlDRly grand. Ihe huntlnti in thla lo- cality cannot be lurpaaflfd. In (act It ii no uncommon aJKht at thla aeaaon o( the year la ■re (rcn the itaAe windowa hundreda ol deer pelta huoK out to dry around the Slawaah rancharoa. I'artiea (ond o( flahinR can alao have all the apart they want around here aa Ihe atreama and prrt^v lakalata In Ihe Ticlnlty ainnnd In Kainey trout. Clinton once pa»ed. the road a^cenda upon a high woodrd plateaa which extendnaa(ar aa the one hundred mile houae. You then dc* rend Into I.ac I^a Ilache valley alonR the ahore ol a beautKul lake which beara the aame naine tbrouah rich Intervale*. It ia a One alock coontry with excellent (arma and atork ranchea alonn the way. From the One Hun- dred and KiKht Mile Houae a road haa recently been conalmcted to the Horaelly country now tielnR brouKht Into public notice throuRh ita larRe placer minins operations. The Horaelly .Mlnlns Co., are at present aatanlahing the world with their larfie ahlpmenta o( sold. The whole country la very rich. Leaving the Lac La Uache valley the next important atop ping place ia tne one hundred and n(y mile houae, Thia la an Ituportanc diatribuMng point (or a rich ranching and raining aectlon. At Wllllama' Lake, a (cw milea weat o( the One Hundred and PKiy Mi'e Houae the Federal (fOvernrornt have erected a large Induatrlal achool (or the Inalana. There la alao located at thia place a Uoraan Catholic achool which la well condncteo and patronlaed. Branching off to the northeaat (rom the One llondrrd and PKct Mile Houae a road leada to Queanelle Korka where the richeat hydraulic minea in the nonntry are located and being worked. Con- tinuing on the Trunk line (rom the One Hun- dred and FKty Mile Houae It ia only twenty- eight mllea to Soda ('reck, a hmall town on the UB. ULIVRK UAItVKY. A iihrroft, Fraaer river. In early daya a ateamer plied on the Fraaer Klver (rom Soda Creek to (Jueanelle, a difttance o( nlxty mllca. The Chllcotln country In tributary to Soda Crrck. There are On* atorlr raiaing (acilitlen in the ChllcfXin country and aevrral good ranchea. From Soda Creek north the road (ollowa the Fraaer river aa (ar aa Qneanalia Month, paaalng acme extenaive (arma. (Jacaneile la another Im- portant mineral and agricultural center. From Queanelle the road Iravea thu Fraaer, and ieada in a north eaatarly direction through a niountalnoua and tlmlwred country to Barkerville, the centre a( the Carilioo gold MH. W. H. HAILKV. .i-.*rr..rt. producing region. The Itrlrlah Columbia Kx pr-HN Company alao operate a atage mall and expreaa route (rom Aahcrolt to Lilluoet, a dla- tance a(60 tiiilea, making the trip each way in one day. Cariboo ia atill (orging her way onward to ultimate proaperlty. contrary to the peaainiiatic ideaa advanced by a (ew who have aecured a competency through the medium o( the early gold eicitcment, and do not wlah to aee the diatrlct thro^)bing under a new era o( develop- ment. In no way can the advancement o( a particular aectlon o( country be better noted than by gauging ita commercial bualneea. Now penatrata her rich valleya and ranad alopaa, but at preaent and until that day arrlvaa bar importa, axporta and paaaanger tralllc will ba handled aa (or many yaara paat by the wall regulated atage Una, the (aativa ball team, tha (our In hand overland (ralght wa«on or old time pack train. It la nearly three hundred mllaa from Aah- orod, Cariboo'a dlatrllmting point on tha main Una o( the C.I'.U. to Barkarville, tha chle( village III tha northern portion o( tne dlalrlet. Thia long atretch o( country la travaraad by a highway (tha old Cariboo road, (amona (or tha wondarlul engineering In Ita oonatructloni, along which are aeattered amall viilagea and mining campa, and (rom which numerana traila lead to outlying campa and ranchea. The merchanta doing bnainea* In thla apareely aatlled region being unable (o operate their ahlp- pingbualneaa(ram Raatern and i'aclllc market* bave largely placed thia line o( their intereala In the care o( Harvey. Ilalley Sl Co., tha well Known Aahcro(t merchanta. who. In connection with their large retail and order bualneaa, make a apeclaltv a( (orwarding, occupying (or thia department alone a wareboaaa one hundred and ten by twenty (eet on the main line o( the C. V. It. near (he Aah cro(t atation. Her* the greatar portion o( merchandlie (or the (^Ihoo country a« well aa other adjacent diatriete I* eare(ttllv aaeorted and hurried on to Ita deetlnatlon with all the deapatch poaaibie. A (ew worda about thla entarprlaing llmi will not be ualntereating. Both Mr. Harvey and Mr. Bailay are typical Britlah Columbiana both coming to the country when very young, Mr. Harvey (rom England and Mr. Ilalley (rom CalKornia. It ia a atrange concldence that In early daya when Yala Itgnred aa the eolonle*' diatributing point, being located at the head of navigation on the Fraaer river, theae two young men clerked together In Oppenheinier'a atore ; then In railway conatruction daya they have been (ound aa tiookkeeper* working raapvc- tlvely (or Contractor K*e(er and (or Maaar*. Sinclair and Tappan. and now, while compara- tively young men, they are together not a* eompanlona but co parlnera In one o( Britlah H. C. KXPHESS CO.S 3TA0E LKAVI.VO ASUCROPr POIl THE CARIBOO (,X)UhTHY. while It lb pleaaing toknow that the output o( gold (rom hiatoric Cariboo la on the Incrcaae It ia ri|ually .nleruatlng tu know that thr volume ol general bualneaa t^iroughout the diatrlct la alao Increaalng, not by akipa and jumpa, but In a atra-Jy, aoliar manner which beapeaka (or Ita hop«(ul, hard working people an early reallia- Hiin o( th.jlr londeat hope- railroad (aclllllea (or the development o( the diatrici'a natural reaoun-ea. Caillioo wanta a branch railroad, and aome day In the notdlatact (utara the Iron horwi will CVilninbia'a moat active liualnea* Krma. Tha preaent partnerahip haa exiated aino* 18>)1. The Harvey, Bailay & Co. alor* I* located on the principal alreet (acing the railway atation. It la a large two-alory atrueture about M i M (eet, with a 2S x M toot warehoua* adjoining. The r-Mk carried la large and varied Including everything adapted to the need* nt th* eoun try, grocerlea, clothing, dry gooda, boola and ahnea, patent mnall t*Mn, th* racon or old M (ram A«h' : on th* mkln III*, the chUt t tn« duirlet. iraTontd by • ftmoai for tho oonttructlon), I TlllailM sod eb nnmcroM Mid r«nrhm. 1 thU iparMlr rklctholrahip' 'aclrtc mftrkoit thoir InurMt* i Co., th* w*ll I, Incoonactlon irdar bonlDm, occupjriDR lor r»rebaau on» t on tb* nislD »T lb* A*h «at*r portion rlboo country let* la eanlullr sdlnatlon with ttrprlilnR Arm itb Mr. llMTrry Uh folumblanit lan vary younR, Mr. lUllay from cidanca thmt In M th* eolonl**' d at I ha haad o| Ihaoctwoyounfi ihainier'a ator* ; (laya they hare •rorkloa raapre and (or Maaar*. whila oompara- Ofcathar not aa on* of Krlllah <) fOUNTHY. paa nma. Tha d alnoa 18i)l. art la located oo railway atallon. r« about JO > t<0 ihoaaaadjulnlDK, Tarlad IncludlnR Mdaof tha conn (ooda, boota and otlona. hard war* lloa and outflta. ualnaaa la don* wM. Ih* appar rountry, the Arm Ihroniih aqttar* and honorabi* hualna%a having aacv^l an anormoua trade. Ilaaldea their raiall, ordar and forwartllnK bualnaan at Aahoroft (h* Krni eondurt* a lante Raneral bnilneaa at Kadarby, on tha Kuahwap hranrh of tha ('. I*. It., bat thia thay ara alwut to rloMi out 00 aoeonnt of tha Inrraaaliia preaiiire of bualnaaaln Aahrroftand adJaecntdlatrirK. Mr. Ilarvay'* family la at praaanl raaldlnft at Knder by, whil* Mr. Ballay keep* hia family rrol dano* in Aahcroft. • AIIIIXMi MAIL rAlli.lTIICi). That which, parhapa. attract* th* Tialtor whIl* riding throuRh thia diatrlcl mora than anythlnu elaa In particular !• tb* apiandid mall prUllad** enjoyed by the aattlara in thia aparaaly peopl*d dialrlet alonii tha main aiafie rout*. It I* not tb* numbar of tb* malla, (or Mlt STKI-HRN TINtlI.EY. Mtimmtr B. i\ STfirrmt t'o i t.td, l. Anh rrnft, B.C. tru* th* atafie aervlce north of Clinton la only weekly, hut the r««ularlty of the aervlce and the paina taken to ac-romniodat* thoae who live along the way. The people'e papera and latter* are Ifft at every tiian'a door in a amall lioi built for the purpoae. and the rancher and miner la aaved the trouble and ripenae of riding parhapa a great many nillea to hia ocaraat poatolll<«. Thia entalla not a lltll* trouble to th* alag* driv^ira, particularly on a celd or atormy day whan th* horaa* are r*ail**a and Ih* roada lia drlvera to do thia. and all atagri ara rfraDcb •arTire* from newly op*n*d mining fldda and aerlrnliural aecllona. which wMl douutlaaa lie granted In the not diatant future. The inhaldtanta of Barkaivllle aiti Tirinliy, too, are demanding a bi weekly aervlce un th* ground* that th«lr rich aectloti of rouuti/ rightly deaarvea It. and mat It would do much In aaaiallng further d*r*lopmenta. Tbiala vary trn*. a* Imalnaaa men inreailns capital want to be In cloaer touch with their buiinoa thau by nieana of a mall which take* one week In each direction. Hut of conra* Ibla la a Govern mant matter, and aa a ml* Uovemmenta are alow to move In auch caa**, but a deaf ear will not b* tum*d much iong*r in thia line, aa the new phaa* of developsssnt C'arlliuo ia now aodargolog will cauaa h*r to apeak In a loud vole*. aXl'KN«lVI: -nt DI'KIIVTK. Whan atapping Into the alag* depot at Aah- croft paaaaogara who bar* aiwaj* travellad on traina are aomatim** aurprlaad that they ar* not allowed lo carry the aame oo dUtrlct In the pnrcba** of ituppllaa, rfae company baa carried th* mail* to Cari- boo, with a month'* exception, ainee 1B63 to the preaent day, and have gircQ ever ' aatla- faction both to the public and poatal dapart- ni*nt. They have In those year* carried enormooa •(Oantitie* of gold aad traaaur*, and notwithatanding aome atage robberlea and other loaaea, ahlppcra have never aolTerwl. All atagea in which treaanre la tranaported from the mlnea are accompanied by an armed guard armed with heavy revolvera and a Win- cheater, and the gold 1* packed In an Iron box with combination lock and liolted to the atage, and an open I.loyd*' policy la carried. There were two hold up* thl* year, but in each caae 1 ^ ' ^_^--^ jjiSsfieBu.- ,. -■ n'ug % «t *4 I^^^^Hb,^. *fffT=|ji / :l'>^?^ ' :" . ■ ■ ^fi "-:-^ CABIBUU KXCUA.VtiE. ASUt ItOKF, B C. largeat *harehulder. .Mr. Tingle), who haa a practical knowledge ut all the delaila of atag lug. peraonally -upcrtnteDda the work, realdlog with bla charming family at Aihrroft. Another gentleman cloaeU aaaociated with the company* Intereat lal. J.MiKay, adirectorand auditor. Mr. McKay raine from I'lctou county, N.,S^. and haa b**o with the company since 1883 Mr. McKay i* a pl*ah law. The Cariboo F.icbange. corner of Itailroad avenue and Third atmet, la run by Mr. William IC I'aekett, a ploo**r wHo haa IItwI no In th* InUrlor of IlrlUiih Cotnmlilt tor mora than th\Ttj jswi. Th« ochsnm rrrflvo ■ llbaral patron*K( from the ('«rllioo rauiitrjr and kll outlylaR Mction*. Mr. ruikatl bw > wid* Mquklotftnce >ad manip frl*nd« io the eovotrf, Th« houa* U wtll rotiductrd and •Ttrjbodjr la made to (aal at home. Railway and Ocean. From Kamloopi to the Terminal CItT and 00 to tbe Capital. Carih*t't iinti titr OoJit yifldji~Th« Fi-imrr iiml Prwt^ruHM — Vrn Picture of n Trip to I'tc- toria. Itmonljr (orljr MTen mlleii from Kamloopa ti) Aahcruft. lint tb* no-nerf U iira»d. Thr ri3ad, after leavlnff the rlrb bunch Bra«ii coantrj, paiiM* along the «outh ahore of Kain- loop< lake, where ou'iierou* mountain epura eitendlnii Into the lake are plerred bjr tunnfl*. At Savanna'* Karrj (he lake U left behind and the Thoinpion rlrer eanyane are entered, lead lofc weetward to the Praaer rlrer, A huer town le Aahcroft, 11 being the C, I*. It. dietrlbating point for the rlrh Cariboo dialrirt —the greatest gold prodaring dlatrlct of llrit lah Columbia. The early hlatory of Cartboo haa Iwen too oft repeated lo lie retold. Cariboo had her palm; dajra betereeu the year* IBbO 70. during which time nearly •SO.OOO.OOO worth of the precloua metal waa waahed from her aanda. After the jeara of the big output. Intereat In thia Eldorado of wealth gradually waned, but perhapa the moat paten' cauae InrrtardlDgtbe aettlement of the dlatrlct, which la aleo rich In agrlcaltoral reaourcea, haa been her ieolated poeltlon, aa jet not baring either ateamooat or railway connection. Hot to apeak of the Carl bjoof to^ay. The dlatrlct aenda three repre- •entatlves to the Prorlnclal l.>Rl«lature, and, lo conjunction with the Lllloort dlatrlct, aeoda one to the Dominion I'erllament. The general character of the dlatrlct la moat dlrerailled. The aouthern or, more properly apeaklng. the ■outh-weatern portion may he deacrlbed in gen- eral ae a r>- Ing prairie InleraperMd with patchea of « odiand and alMundIng In amalt lakea. To I i northward of the ttfly third degree of 1 <' sde, and eapccially to the east- ward of th le hundred and twenty aecond degree of w ongltade, the country 1* moan- talnoua, no any well deflned range* but abounding I wlated elevationa of from lire thouaand tr utren thousand feet ahore the aea lei aaparated tiy deep valleya. which run in I direetiona. The anmmlta of these moui' Ins form extensive plateaus which eaTe'< nalderable areaa. being usually clear of tip/ber with a heavy alluvial deposit, wlilch produce* a Inxorlsnl growth or wild hay or graan, proer Is the principal river In the dlatrlct traversing It for nearly llvp hundred miles. In the aouthern (Hirrion. where the soil Is usually a light sandy Inam with gravel or clay sub soil, all kinds of vegetables are grown successfully, and there are some extensive cereal farma. There is also an abundance of fuel, spruce, balsam and dr being the principal woods, on the more mountainous parts, while flr, white birch, cotton wood and cedar are more eonimnn along the river valleya, ( AllItilMi- (,(,1 It. To-day with the introduction of hydraulic mining machinery Carilioo la entering rapidly upon a new phase of development, but the old placer process can te by no means ad- Jndfied played out when It la considered that only a limited extent of the district haa yet been explored. While the forma tlon of th* country to the north and northeast of Dsfkervllle. Is almllar to that In the iiiimedlai* vicinity from which so many millions have he*n taken, yet vventy five miles distant the oonntry Is practically un known. The smaller rivers which receive th* washings of th* creek* and gulches remain al most wholly unworked, although returns of 9^ per day may beobtaln*d from tb* old fashioned rocker. The value of the i^uarta lodee In the district still remains unproven, for In no instance has a shaft In the development of quarti been sunk to a depth of one hundred and llfty feet. The Krst and second clean ups from the llorea Kly and other big hydraallc propositions started late this season, have been so succea* fal as to prove highly gratifying to their owners. Everything points to an old time revival In Cariboo gold mining. Cariboo needsa railroad, but Is getting along at present with a well conducted stag* line, connecting llarkervlllr with Aahcroft, a diatance of atiout two hundred and fifty miles. The stage line la msuagrd by a progrraalve man. Mr, 9, TIngley. There are several thriving villages al' t the Mo*. TilWAItlM niK r(»AST. Continuing from Ashcroft we pass ''sr's Bridge, where a stags line connects l^ o the beautiful Nicola valley, and a short run brings the team to Lytton, where Thompaou'a canyon opena out to receive (he Kraaer, From Lytton to Yale, past North Bend and Spustutn the scenery la atardlng and grand. A ateel canti lever orldge la •rossad juat iteyood Lytton a few nillea, tht* tine continuing on the right band «>lde of the canyon, the river foaming and boiling and a^ethlng at a dixxy diptti Imlow, while on the opposite aide winding around the Bteep mountain clifTa the passenger sees relics of the old gover-\ment road, which In Itself la i|Ulte aa Interesting as the railroad. North Bend la a divisional point, and a preciy little spot hemmed In by mountains, and containing, besides the railway buildings, a couple of hotels, two gsorral stores and soma tidy real dances. Ol.li HISTIIHIi TAI.E. Yale, (he old historic Yale, Is reached at last, and the traveler l<^ permittr^d to gaic upon this relic of past grratneaa. Yale is the head of navigation on the Fraser. and preMouatothe advent of the CanadUn I'aclflc Railway aa far liack aa early Cariboo daya waa what might have lieen called (he concentrated eaaence of llvellneaa. Yale haa seen days when loue* change was never called for— daya such as In all prohaDllliy will nevar again be witnessed In any (own on the frontier, but thrjr are all gone now and the old tninhling ahacka are all that remain to remind the stranger of her palmy days. Across the river from Hope Sta tlon Is a mining town and trading post of the same name, and a little further la Kubr creek, named from the garnets found In the vicinity. Agaaali the next suiion, Is within a few miles of the famous Harrison Hot Springs. ,Ioat hefort- coming to Mission , I unction. Mount Baker comes Into view. Here from Miaalon .lunrtlon a branch linecroseaa the Fraser river and runs to the International boundary and ronnecta with (he American roula and ataamboa* lines. New Westminster t unci Ion Is only eighteen milea from Vancouvpr and la connected with the thriving little city of New Weetmlnater by a branch road eight miles long. New Weetmlnsier contains the I'rovln clal I'enltentlary and Insane Asylum, and is the headquarters of the .'Salmon Canning In dustry on the Fraser. I'ort Moody comes next and the ride from here with Vancouver along the shore of Bnn ard Inlet presents a dellghtfnl panorama of mountain, walar and forest. At \*X(iitVFR. At Vancouver there Is much to saa. Tb* great aleamahlpa and numerous aaillng veaaaJa tied up at the long whar***, altbar dtaeharglnii cargoea reprv.senting China, ,lapan, Australia, Ihe .Sandwich Islands, ('allfornla, Alaska or Europe, or loading up with the prtMlucta of oar great Dominion : tb* palatial hulldlniia and wall pavad streeta of a youthful city wboe* growth Is most phenomenal, and tb* scenic surroundings *r* all much anjoyed, and unite In conveying to the stranger a good im- pression of this virgin city and great railway terminus. 'i\ I'll rllK \\ A M II tM V H loHl \ Tpon reaching \'ancouver, e'en though by taking In the numerous by way*, aa w* hav* outlined, which bring the greater portion of British Columbia tributary to the C, I*. K., It cannot he said that one has reached the Jump- ing oil' place, for Vancouver Island certainly daservee recognition aa being an Important adjunct tu the province containing, aa It doaa, extensive forests, larg* tracu of arable land, excellent harbors and fabnlunaly rich coal and iron depoelts. The aall from Vancouver on the Charmer, which now piles regularly bet ween these cities, commanded by the veteran Captain Kuddlin, for thirty consaontlva yearea sklppar In Pacific waters, Is much enjoyed after the long over- land Journey. The distance by the etaamer'e course Is almnt eighty miles. Out of Hnnsrd Inlet six mll*s f' ni th* terminal city the eteamer paaaaa inti' <• (inlf of Georgia and keepe by tb* mou' of tb* Kraser. .shortly after entering the gulf. Mount Baker, a radiant pyramid of perpetual snow rlici up from the lanma up from Its Iron piles >en miles from lb* land, Thia light is vle- Itiie for a radlua of Aftean mll*s and Is a great help to mariners aa theee Inelde waters ar* studded with Islands and the fog le often dense. Su lonely Is life on this llghibons* that It Is said more than one man has gone craey within its small chambers. The hiack fish, a species of whale an numerous In thee* walar*. They are from 2.S to 40 feel long and furnish amoapment to the paseengers who watch their strange antlce, now rising lo the aurlare and then diving, splashing the watara with their tails in a way which would awamp a email boat. TMK I KI'KH'a )I(»WK P'.ampet'a Paaa, through which the boat chtnnel lea,!a between two large lalanda a.forda plcturea.^ue se«nery. It la thirty two miles from Vancouver, and all the way down to the Straits of ,lua>.' 'V Pucs there ar* narrow channels here and there, .lust after entering the straits which aeparate the Olyinpia moon lain range on the roast of Washlngtot from Vancouver Island, Daacey Island come* In view. It is evening now, and the mocm rieing over this round forest clad Isle of th* ruag*d coast looks weird, and much more sr when we learn that this apparantly uniuhabited spot Is the home of Canadian lep«n with nln* of the unfortunate victims now eking out an eaUtence among Its aolKudes. auppllea being landed by a government tug nnce each mcntb. It la only a few milea up the Straita of Victoria Harbor, the home of the aealing craft and general rendexvona for outslrle shipping. Victoria Is a "chipper ' sort of a city of soma >^ OOO peopia. It Is th* oldost town in the western portion of the Dominion, and previous lo the building up of Vancouver waa the dis tributing point for the province. Haalde* con talnlng th* Capital Inlldlnga of th* province, VIcturia la the head<|u*rter* of the Ilehring sea Induairy and haa aeveral large Iron worka Naoalmo la the great coal centre of the laland. Theconatructlcnof the proposed British Pacidc railroad from Victoria through the Yellowhead paaa would doubtleas give thi* extreme w**t *rn city of tb* Dominion a graat Impatni^ 21 Fort Saskatchewiin. ir dladi«nilii|l kit, Auatrkll*. M, AlMk* or rwlucU o( oar bulldlDiia and nl cltj whow nd (h* aetnlr •njoyixi, »nd t«r k riood Im liraki rkllwi; Mini \ >n ihoagh hj f, •• w« h»T» i*r portion of h. V. V. H., It !tawi iliejamp- ilkod crrlklnlf kn IniKirtkDt itnic, k* It don. of krkhU Iknd. ly rich rokl kod I th* Cbkrmcr. Mn thoMrltIo, tplkin Kuddlln, Ippkr In I'krlKr the lonK 0T«r- f the ■tkkmtr* nlln f' '» '•>• M lnt< "(talf mou' of thfl tbkiiuK. Monnt pcrprtokl snow le Skin, knd >• ilnii IkctoriM 01 , kod th< L«Dda ni It* Iron plln rhli llRht U tU M knd la k KTskl mid* wkffini kr« i« fog !• ofMn I llnhihoaa* Ihkt hk> «on» crkiy Th* hlkck flah, k In thkM wktkr*. inn knd fumikh who wklch thair the •arlkr* knd ktan with Ihalr awkmp k amkll hirh th* hokt Ikrg* Itlknd* It la thirty two the wkT down there kr« nkrrnw t kftar •nterlnn Olyinplk moon rkahlnglot from Iknd come* In noon rIalnR oTer Ih* runnd ro*»l •r when we ■ihkhltwt apol la with nine of the tout ko ailatenre helnR Iknried Iit mGnth. It la rait* of \lrtorlk iklInK rrkft knd i> ahlpplnc of k Hty of «oni* r>«t town In th* Ion, and prerloa* wkA th* du- re. Hkalde* ran- of th* prorlorc, of the IWhrlnR Ikme Iron work^ ntr* of th* lalknd. «d llrltlah i'aelfle n th* Y*llowh*kd I* extreme wwt- ikt Impktai. Edawiten I Diatrkt'a Queen Crtkt River. Enthroned uii H»«H Ml>ll\lf.« * IIKt tll.l I » Mil M I iixr I V I'l %l>i<*, »• HI .,Y • orS llt%„l|i| . /«:,* ,,/* .1 /^,/»,i>*fntii* Hathitty Mnmt ll'tr ikt MWw/ V<" s«"«« /••» //■' '«■' /'""I"* .'*.-, (•»,•. rour ling 'ountry. Colunel I inla, "ii «*• !ilni.>elt an old krniy nili-er knd •■(mpelent rn lllneer. dr, lda. r uimn whiita likhk II rested lie liii* thai llii.e. liearlnii mit what Ihia ahr*wd oili'*er hkd r.ireaeen, I'.irt ^kHltaNi'** wkn hkauii iipli'l. a* II kiwaya wIM. a proini n*nt |il»fe In th* liUlory nl Ihe N iribweai KurlnR th* H rk da)H of the rrlMlllon of 1 the arktlrrnl aelller* nf Ih* dialrlct anuillit refune uniiT »• frienilljf wall", mil 'r mi liere Miior l.rli-iliaih ill<|itli''lel hi* ariul* and I'oia** k >Miiir roaolr'aldo. liiirInK Che p»at two r^ara S H'^ii'rn Alifc-rtk lia« witneawil kn It'll % uf li.*rdy aMrlriilturlata uapr*c*d*nt«irtbweai, lilt III v^tiN w II > . I hare kre many reaaona why I'ort 4k*kklcha wan mav lay rlkiiii tn future vrekinea*. (ieo i(rsphir>li>, i' la Ihe iir*kl*e ihe urekt I'aarc llurr luunit) anil Hit mlnlnii a«rtluna of llrit I'h Ciiliiiiih'a I he town ilao alknda la IliK to lie .1 tr9%t railriiail lerilre. Itr il^f i*i'rn«loii of the CalRary and Kdnion- Ion KaltMky finin llie auuth to the patroleuiii HcIiU of ihi. r ai'f Hiver In iha north, an I, by Tee farntera of Vorthern .\llwrit arc liajpy Asd why ahould It n tl *>e ao I I ne Kildrn •hak rare of tlieir mil. I wliitrr Mekaon. inky draw ihvir own roal, nikiket iheir produce, and piepare fur r''nawed rx.*rtlon In the rkriy aprlnK. Ninety four, now hoary wllh %$ir. Hill Pka* out, k year nietiioraltir In the Matnry of the I'.linunton i|lilrl<". ih* Kkrdrn of the icrckt N'lrihwea'. and a domain .if whlrh I ankila la luallt proud. While It lan lie Iruthfullr akid Ilia' no other itoriion ol the lljfiiinlon OITera aurh vkiird Induraini^nla to the new aelller. Ii ckn *l-o )■<■ »*ld wllh the aanie decree of ckndor that Ihe home m-ekera •f Ihe Norld are heRlnnlnK to reali/' ihla. a t*rt ahowu bv the larite Inflow lo the diairlrl dorlnn the aeaaon now ju^i cloocd. -^nll the Kdreontun diatrli't la hut In l'« Infknry. and lena of thouakndi of free and liTllle home atrkda yrt lie In their Timln atsir, kwaiilna the ploiiKhahkre. There ere nikny rekiona why Ihoae tired of the tikvery of ibirkly pt|,ulkted coniniooltlea, and dealroua of havInK a home they may ekil their own knil opport unit tea for their hlldren, ahould turn lh»ir fkrea lowkrd tk.''N,.i:h '■"kakktchewkO In prrfetrnrr IOkn> other portion of the country iietweeu Lake Superior knd the r*('tllr l)<-*an It i< an open aeerel that the illmate uf Northern Aiherla la milder and the wint«ra shorter and that th* •ounlry la aut^ject to fewer radical i-limatlc abkniifM thkn kny ai.tlon f.i the «outh. .ManI tehk. the Itakotka ,ir Montana not rx.'epted. Iheaoll lo fertile, and the yield ol iiraina and «*g*tkhlea LO the acre are unaurpaaae.l any whereon Ih* rontlMnt the «anda of lite w kalrhe«ko. which, worm like. traverM- the iilalrlrt. kre rlrh In gold, ea»ll; oli'klned by wkahlog . there ia k briak inukei for exry poand of hatter. I'heeae knd >>arou thai ikn he produced for the proiliirt ol hi' hennery. pokliry. and all kinda of trge alilea. Ihla ■larket la lifliiah c'oiumhlk. and . i keen I* the ilftaiknd for aupplisa for the mli.>nt< regiona thkithe liriilah I'olumi-la whjieaalrr. klthouiih laurb prelerrinii to ttuy elo*r lo home, hna not yet tteeo ettle to aupply one tenth of hi4 D*«da Ik Ihla diatrici, and hka been obliged. kfUr tkktktf in Mknitobk'a aurplui. i.> keep on atlll fkrtber to Ontkrio knd the Markilmr Pro' Ik***. And with th* daeelopmrnt uf a)lnln< Ik iLr I'kclAc r.-otlnrr. thie market la Inrreka ikgkndla bound to kaaume atlll greater pro pkrtioo«. .\ny hoDoat in^n ran kr.julre a home kkd do w-il In thia diairirt without making k alkve of hiinaelf. even if he hka only k rery *m%\\ ckpltki to coiMnikoce with. KUHT itA-KarcMKw an. lo the fall of :°'l Colonel larrla. then In •imniand of the Northweat Mounted Toli.e, wk* Inairnrtrd by the goeernnieni kt xtlawk to iock for c goo.i aite on the aoutli *lde of the North Skkkktrhewan river for ihe erection of a l!krrark» to be head'tuariera for thi' force in Ihla Niirthweat diatrict The I'olonel wka la etrurtrd lo keep within * limit ol twenty miiea from the old lludtun • Hay trading |;.,«t at Kl Booloii. After a thorough aur't; of Ihe aur rourlera to and from theeaal. "herethe trouble wan going on. Since the tuiipret^'on of the r.'lx-lllon. the •lo<-l>adi"< aruiin.l the lor' have haen remoied. the -luare enlarged and a num iHir ol new building' ererte<< To dky K jrt Skakkti bewkn o i;»:i Mi.V|t>l t \ ! - H. '\\ 11 I M\ 1 lit M. Seven tenths of Ihc 'ree lioni«it*«'i- in Nurih ern Albt-rta «re tri'iutary ut l\trt St^kalcht- wan. a fact wlii<-h -"'lOuUi he h -r le tn mind hy all intendiuR v itler-. All that U ntrewary for one who Is ellfciihie aTtl ti«t!ro n of nhtain inn a homenful In '^'i"* tli^'t'i* In lu vinit any n^nilnkii land a^pncT, where, upon the \t\\ ment of ^lO, entry can 'le nia'lc. Mai' h. ei^h teen years or ovei ; widown and oil rn'>j'lH are all ellRlble to a free home in the (inad'an N'orthweHt. Koit Sankaikhewati and vi "nlty offers more inducements to the intending set ''a'lunw liavf lately In en dUcovered mIijcIi tndl- < lie the present e of Che mo«t p^.'cloun of all ^ in^- the diamond. n: M I II I I I Y ^1 II \M t'. For' Sl^ka•^^ewan la beaatlfnlly ^ituat^d on the hankn of the North >i»ka*rhewan Ulver • .avi^ahV Tor nsveral hundred rn le»i, roni mand'na a line ^iew of the turrjtindinK roun- ir\, 1) I he rant the ll-;aver 1 1 it 1 4 1 which Keol- ouiH'ii '•«iDp'i x I I'he people of Fort Sankatrhewan are an en year'H eiperienre at tea, canta to li-*Klna. whara tie erected the tltHt frame finie tver .luilt lo thit town. I hU wan In 1. '■'■'. Toe ralN war« laid, but there was no h allon tn li^Kini. and the towRHite had not heen "-urvr-xei' Mr. I iiiif here iiUo actpt) hh auent for the l> iitlniou Kxpreaff. Atniut the Hjinie time, heailuit that there waa a good opening for a trading poat al Sffift Current, he took the opportunity to open another Mtore In cha'-ke of hi* hro*her, W. C. I im«. In .March. Im* nta have good -rhool*. churrhct ^>fxi road*, and in clo-'e proxitnitv to any of them free home *tead» ran he obtained. 'erprt*inu an ' [trtittre^^ive tot, and with goo«l r'Rton havF uniitiiitrd fai'h in the pro*p_-ctt», l> f-i-ii'. and fu'ure, ot their town and aur riMinding di-t'rirr. In I 74 Ml. \ It I. tng look up 'he pri-«rnt town^iie a^ a honie^tral, anil '«'i(.d if f'lr a nnnib-r of year Iti A,irll. ' "'t \l I F»a*^r tini*. a^aorlalt^d with two II h» r grnili-tii^n ^.urrhated the town«»ltu froni M*^. I. tng Mr. r>Tii« ha^ the welf tre of the town aii'l district «* heir .aiil few men nrf freight amounted in !*\ •■ h Mr Timn eon nnued in the buHlne«M of hCfneral merrl. >nt until the spring of ) '^V when he holdout, to entahli^h hln prroent bu»»lneK« a* a real eatafe agent and romniJtaion brokt-r. Mr Tlma ia ai^--'''9^r-^^ -.-'i^H ^^5^-^ M fittHR «^-P R^k 'i^'.'- m EhHH MH^iil MT^ ' 1^^ 1 JJv^^Ki^BmK^ 81 m KORf SASKAIl lll.VVA.V JIUlKI,, OKlktSmlkSil- Mil Z, >i >..ii\. I'K'i-tiiliX UANSKIN III It SB. I'l I \n "I \.s t.io iiiiNt.. There tn an Almcikiice of toal. ptent)' uf Mre- wucmI. fenrc railii, pure water, And t'^ticntiiri'nt KfAtMeH, and alo e all, a 'Hniate hc.»lth)- )•. yond coniparf. All tht* rivern and laKcs aliuund in li-^ and p^iDic, nuch an ilurkt. Kfenf prtirle t titrkun, rali>i'ta and deer, are pl^ntl'iil. and for thu«« who neek i)ie fur twarlnw animal, hear, fox. wolves, riitni.:. dUit and trfavf r <',ii >>e obtained. In tht- line of mineral.. I'p.ide. sold, there In plailnuni, rulilea. lurnern. analea 10 l>« found alonfi the >vikalrhe«raii. and Indl tietler kRoonilinmKliaut the Terrlloria*. Mr ^itii. U entt.rpri.lnii, tu say the lea.t, and hU popularity »■- well drnioiiUratcd when, on th< ctob«r, the rlrrtor. of the new didtrlct of \ (ctorla rrturneil hlin (irA'tl>r A.aanibly IIIO<.ltAI'tltI Al. Ilorn in llerlln, < lolarlo, oo the .lb of I'rii ruarr. i ■■•' . KrouRht up and educated In the riiy (if i;iiel«i, Mr I Frawr Imn. attar aoine yiar. of ronuiierrial IraiDlnit. M wall ai one which he ronildert tha liaat portion uf the Canadian North»e«" Kroni 1": to . •■ .Mr >i ai« na. ihalriiian i:f the Srhoul r>t>ard of I ort Sa.lear he de cllned re eleitlon. In I ''.^ he wa« one of th" orRanliera of the I'ort ^aakalihewan Aiirlral lural >)rlet)t, ul whirh he le at present .et-re larr and treaeurer Ht Tlina hai barketl Mf ronttdence In Fori Sa.katrhewan nith hi. ntoner, and may wall lie railed the father of the town Ur. t rank Dillon Tiin., deputy proirlnrlal auditor for tke I'riTlnce of Qne^r. ami s well known eiii/tn of tbe fitj ol Qtate« The member" of the Northwent Mounted I'c^liceare ■ nne'.f diwipllned and educated body of men, and their njHtein of patrol throimhout the ler- ritorlet l» w pitffct that the outlawn r arecr i» alwaya nhort lln.l. Init district, which ex tefU from the InnUiall on the «outh to l.»r l.a Hi mil IWI^IMINI ' 'oinR to It" central position, surroundul liy a rich fariulnR country, where the «rain prwl w: ia ecns'anlly iacreaslng. Fort Saskatche wan oiltri the t>e«t openlriK In the .Northwest for thee-tablUbment of a roller procesa Hour mi.t. Then there are excellent opportunities for imprcvlnif a water prltUeue capal^le of fur nisblng power of different induatrles, Includlnu an electric ilRbl plant and saw mill. The water ^rlvlleue is loiattd just licl.iw the town \a ialand one mile long, forniinx a ( hnnnel. which, with a moderate outlay"! capl'al. can be uiili/>-d. There l» also a Kood opcrmn here for a I'riclcyard. a tanner) uiid a sash and door factory. It orTers free sites to iiranutaclurlniJ induatries. Sort .-askatchewan has never bad any liooin. >.u- has been ttrowing sleaitily tor the past two )e»ra. I ort Saakati hewan. as will l>e seen by 'be a«-con)pan>ing illu«trati«'ns and note*, has a naniber of subsramlal and enterprlsinu busi nesa men. V.1-S1TS. MXKI" .V i.lllMillV, I. KM. (HI Mill ■ M \\ I *. Tals extensile i.ualnesa, whi. h has only lejen In (■liatence a little more than one year. i« one of the best e>»mplea of a «eneral st., re in the eounlry Tn« buildlnns. as will t>e seen by the tllintralioB on this page, has a frontage of »|v,>toae feet on Covernment street, and ex linis i'tck ..evealy live feet A coii.iiiourh a large and varied atock to sele^'l from, and an npporinnlt) tt'»'\chftnge their products for the thousand and oae nrcesaaries Is ohTloua. Mr. II l.indow. the aenlor member of this Arm. )mm had a » ide range of experience in the CoQitnarcial world and his energy tnd talents baec teought him deserved buslnesa and i>opu larity through fhin district. Mr Thus. M. trHndley. tbe other mcmlierof tbe 11 rm. though .vet a young man haa held i-.unnsilile {>oai tlon* tn Ibe weat, lieing for n)*t y yearsaales inan for .' II .Vshdown.of \\ mlpeg, who rana tb« largest hanlware business in the rouDiry, and one of tbe )>luneers of t'ai^arv In the rArlv day*. These gentlemen, by their ronibiovd entrgie f.nd cvpsrlenre. have hullt up a hasloeaa throaah thU diatrlct seiond to none laty are fortui-ste In having theaaaist anr« of Mr. W'. 1. Uisiop, an enetgellc and t»ttsiaeat like young man ifortnerly with .lohn 4 anieron. of (.ImunCom. who makes an excel lent aftleaman for tbeni The Ann 1* an ener getlc one. and through their methods of •••luaredeallng. good goods, nnd fair price*-, have gained the confiden-e of the community at large. .V cwi HIT ro mill ^ x^h \ n lu vv.vv. One of the prettiest and mo.t sutistantial structures in l-'ort Siskatchewan is the Man- skin House, conip'etfd in lune, 1-^4 and o|itTed to the public on the last day of that month by .Messrs, .Maraggi and li-lloux "ho also run the Mlierta at Kdm mi.i • i-jii .St« katchewan long fell tbe ne d of a good hotel on the South Slle, and with tho rjinple'.lun of the Mansion Hoii-e their every wish was gratilied. r't-TXI \ 1 I It .XM) Ml III II \N1. A man rlosel) a>^sociated with the inreresta of the Alberta district and I'ort Siskatchewan In tiarlicular, la Mr. \V. (t. Itoas, postma4ttr agent for the government telegraph service and me'iilier of the firm of Kosft iV Stewart general merchants Mr. iloHe waa born In Ot. tawa ^: years ago. Wnen only 19 years of a^a tilled with »v advi'.iiurous spirit, he came weat aDdJ3iii d tiie NorthwtNt Mounted I'oljce, coa- tinning in the Nert Ice three years. Since laav- ing the force Mr. Ho. a has been actively Mt- gas;ed In business iniraults. Meaara. Koaa ft .S'ewart do a large general liuslneaa, their akore and warehouse being well located, on liorera- w0m^ i^jm! »j-*tR%j;- AI* • St. I tIK Ul\ KK. r-. /•...'.' Vl.i.I.'. A^...JW The hou«, which i% *ttti»tei?nnis avenue, in rhe heart of the town, ji i x" \ and two ittorici tiitch. lac t\r-^t lluor In llnUhed throufthoui in Hriti^h Columbia ^cedar. and in ^|ilendidl> laid out. ^hile iipntaiM the ^leeptnR chimbfrfl an^ a noveity In itfti-11, hefuK the Mnesr arranffed in Ncirthfrn ment ntrret. All kinds of f^ods and suppHen pfculiar to the needH of the country may Wa found at thiv Htore, and a Ur^e trade \n carried oil with thi- HurroundinK istricts. Mr. W. (i. \ltsh parenlA, Mr and Mr*. !'. W. Uoh^. and o'.her meMilirfH of the family are alno reaidenta of Kurt Saskatchewan, having moved here from t he east bi \ years ago. Mil. -T. .loll\ ■- lioIKI.. Mr. Xivler >". lohn. who runs* the Tort Saa- katchewan Hotel, on the north ntde of the I iMMiw .V (ii{'M»i.KV> snuiE. vtl>erta. and rrtlert* tireat credit on Mr MaraKK' de«itfner of the Mxiogn The table Nr^^i^eof the Mansion i I )u«« I* ('t. and ttraiittern who vi^it the ' ori are di-litfh'e'l and ■urprlneil to find owrh acommodation*. Any one >l--itinK Kdmonfon nhnuM no: go away without drtvinic over to he !'ort and luce enjoyed, an affllnip^e at milit«rr ^^ well a« acrtrnltural life In I hl« favored tvortlon nf the Sorlh\xt>«t. river, opposite the l>arrack!i in another nsaa who has done well in thi-^ dUlrlct. Mr. St. i"hn came from Morh'y. guebet . »l\teen yeara ago. then a yountf man, and after two yearfl residence in Mtni'ohs, rsnie to lort "^iskat- rhewan UN hotel is 7ri,W feet, two stories high, and t>eautirutty situated at tbe end of the cable ferry Ibe hou*e contains twenty Ave lariie room'«. .nid lit welt Tentilated, w* '' fur* nlshed throughout , and lirm clasn in every rexpect, even to the bar. where uotlting hut th« rholce«t liquor^ are kept A large .itftble. ,V'\L-o, is run in connection with the house, and }SM '_'+ kh« traTellei, as w«U a* h\n ))eaAl, h alwaya well rarad for. Mr. St. lohn himself Uanev Mllent host, and the house may be called first- •last in every respect. Besides bis coniniodtous hotel. Mr S^ John owhaSOO acres of excellent land and a larse aiBOVBt of stock. tncludInK horneti. cattle, nheep aad swine. The Stsktichewan Hotel enjoys aa excellent patronase. \x ):\ rM{)'i(i>rMi itvsciiiit. One of tbf HucceHnful men who hsH made ■iODey by dint of Indumry in this dJHtrlct Ih If r. Leon Mi>rer. Mr. Moret came to AniL>r;c-a M!t. F. i I!ASP:K ilM.' fren Swtrxertatid fourteen year4 ass, and after Ihree yearn travelling in fhe I nl'ed Sate-*, came to Kort Saskatchewan wi Itaut a do l\r in kift po4'ket. During the Arnt year and second •priD(( Mr. Moret vHssbe'l Bold on the Sankat •hewan, navinK in that time ^r^OO. Then he Wffao to purchatc catUe. to-day Mr. Meet, owns the dne ranch, a picture of which appears on this page, and a well e^ttabllshed meat buil ■•es. The ranch eonAl«t« of '^40 acre*, bea Jtl fully situated. a^>out four miles from tbe UK W. THOMSON MISLOK ▼fllaffc. and 1« stocked with 7S head of rattle 2H sheep, iO swioc and ; ? work hortes. Mr. Moret also runs a dairy and cbeese factory, and U DOW erecting a lar^e building in wbi< h to befrin a pork parkins business nix* seasoD. Mr. Moret ban had the contract to furiiUh ;*ecf for the Northwest Mount«>d Toilre Depot for five years, tltllnft it to the entire satitfactlon of the department. This year Mr. Moiet bad 1 Vj aeret ander (ultivatlon, and neit year the area will b« much lncreaseei. Insurance and com naUalon aifent and itnuer of marriafte [|(-*'niie« at l-'ort S»skarihewan. is no strangi'r in the Northwest. Mr. Forbes was born in Lassie mouth. North Scotland, and came to this country, a iount{ man, in Mi^h. After working for some time in a privii'e htnk In < intarlo, he joined the Northwest Mounted Police, taking an acti>.e part iu the K < 1 relieUiun. lu ISBi^ be bought his iliHcharga ftom the force, and en- tfSKed In lanctiing on !he Saskatchewan river. \fler several year's Hurren^ in this line, he changed bit buMineMt, r|i*nl rig a general store In rompanv with his brother in law. Mr. \N'. k>. IE jsH, trading under t h > name of Hosn \ I'orlwe. I'cbruary, y*. Mr I'irliessold his In tercHt in the mercaMtili- l)nsiness to Mr. .lohn Stewart, and fHtali'itiu-d Iim tiretent ))usineHS. .Mr. l'orbe<4 \n an expert nrrountant, and also handles rcAl estate, owning a large number of acre tesidfutial loli in the Huburli-<. Atncrig Mr. ForhcH companies air the Cpnmierclal I oiott. Northern Fire, and U lyat and I nited Fire. In 1^90 Mr l-'orbes married Miss Francis M. Iloss. sister of .Mr. \V. (i. Itiss. Mr. Forhe-* hasa pleasant home and two bright children. I.r \A\ titT.HKIItK, rilllticr last, with a neat lltttc VAN BISKUtK. Ktock of dm 29, ptteot nitMlicities .uid fancy gootU. Mr, \'4n llijrkirk hat high !iging druggist, and has already hjcome very popular amonx the citlz-nii. 11. s ncare is oae tif the most com ptete (n Northern Alr>erta. find we bespeak a (}rtght future (or him u«lness a'. For; Saakatchawao. tiTHKit- W KLl. INI» hWOH^'tlY KNOW*. Oof of the ino^t genial and business like jFoung men in i t>rt -^i^kavi hewao !•« WlHiain ) ftompson lli^lop, salesman %* I . ndow A: Uriodley't general store Mr. Iltslop rsm* originally from i'nornhill. Dumfrieshlre, '^•ni lani. where his fa'lier -oow retired* then ca- rled on a }arg« drjr goods business. Mr. Hlflop is an expert dry goods salenman. having had seven yeart' experience In one of the largast dry goods establtsbmenls in London. Kngland. Four yeart atco Mr. Ilislop was otitigcd to leave F.Dtf!and on account of his health, and came to this country, enaaging with Mr. «, while hit brother, who, althoufach following his trade for a lun^ time in AtiK'r1c%n cities, has only be*- i In Canada four yean>. Moth men are experienced .-irtisans, and irok MR. .1. F. KOHBKS, ''•■"•" iv'*'- /■.»»/ 'ii^taUi-.frt^ift orward to p'enty of wurk in the future at l*;>rf Saskatchewan, Mrsi«rM, Kiinan Hros. hive done a large amount of contracting and build Ing at Kdmonron ilurln4 the past two year*. i<>nr •»A*'K i I' m w AS i i\ Kin >i \ rii.i. Fort Saskatchewan's livery stable la owned and managed i>y Messrs ( F Stewart and !'. --. iitover. oot h young and energetic men. Mr. irlover Is a naMve of liigland, and has been in the country six year-*. Mr. Stewart was born and reared iu this country. i'be stabia Is welt MK THOMAn MONfiJUMKKY. managed. an.1 flfteeu horses are kepi tiii«y Mestdes raonlng the ttatile, Measr*. Stewart A Olover operate the sta«e line between K^lmon ton and Fort Ssskatchewan, and carry lif M^Jes'.y s matlf. The stane connects with a!' train*, and is a plaaaaot :node of travalhnir between thase points. ) here are ii'her antarprlslng mcthanlcs an hutiness men io Port SMkatrhewan. of whnn ^pace forbids mention Then Fort Saakatrh< wan hM a sucreasfut IlUte VsstN'iatloo. (' which Mr lobn Forbes is president, and other - worthy of note. The school farillilea cann. ti* turpasard, and two new churrhes will' ere. ^ed nex' •prhiir. Few towns holdout *i, tnduccmtnls to rapilallats. as well a« the mn of small means, a« doM Kurt SjukAtrbewar . a HHttliitK in I'crr o. f»r liuhliirt when i(y art- dinplated. . diiina bUHim-'tH IB., are ot Kr.niith ihe N'orthwe'll i-r, who. although time in AlufrlcMi naila four yexrs. rlUaiis, jind icok I tlu- future At l':'rf ^.loai) Ifro^. have tra'tlDKand huild ! p»»t two jre»r«. i\ Kin ^t \ui.i ry stable fa nwiied K Stpwart and I . neric«ttc men. Mr. ad, and han been in •. Stewart wa« born the atalila l« well )N[i;iiMKin. ran arr krpi ha