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A  Monthly  Publicity  Organ  Devoted  to  the  Interests  of  the  Interior  of  British  Columbia 

and  Distributed  in  all  Parts  of  the  World 


Vol.  1.     No.  4 


VERNON,  SEPTEMBER  1911 


Price  10  cents 


SOME  OKANAGAN  BENCH  LANDS,  WHERE  FRUIT  FLOURISHES 


Canadian  Northern  Railway  Will 

Develop  Couteau  Power  Scheme 

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including    Farm  Lands,  Fruit  Lands,   Timber 
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Our  staff  comprises  men  competent  to  give  good 
fair  valuations  and  in  dealing  with  us  you 
get  advantage  that  you  cannot  get  elsewhere. 

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nections are  most  satisfastory  and  we  invite 
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THE     NEW    EMPIRE 


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Managing  Director 


THE     NEW    EMPIRE 


Smokestacks  and   Payrolls 

The  need  of  the  I,ast  West;  A  demand  that  will  be  answered 
.*  at  the  new  industrial  city  of  the  province —  & 


EAST  PRINCETON 


2,000  MEN— wage-earners  and  wage-spenders — will  be  employed  in  EAST  PRINCETON  mills 
and  mines  before  the  end  of  the  year!  Do  you  know  what  that  means?  It  means  homes  for 
the  men  to  live  in  and  shops  to  support  their  homes.  And  it's  men  and  shops  and  homes 
that  make  cities.  And  they  always  come  where  there  are  industries,  mineral  wealth,  unde- 
veloped natural  resources,  water  power,  railroads — opportunities! 

THE  BRITISH  COLUMBIA  PORTLAND  CEMENT  COMPANY  will  employ  300  men  in  the 
EAST  PRINCETON  works  as  soon  as  the  plant  is  in  full  operation. 

THE  UNITED  EMPIRE  COMPANY  at  East  Princeton  will  employ  150  men  in  their  coal  and 

Copper  mines. 
THE  PRINCETON  COAL  AND  LAND  COMPANY  employs  150  men— NOW! 

THE  COLUMBIA  COAL  AND  COKE  COMPANY  is  spending  over  $2,000,000  in  development 
work  and  is  building  100  coke  ovens  near  East  Princeton — NOW! 

EVERYWHERE  IN  AND  AROUND  EAST  PRINCETON  new  factories  are  rising  up.  New 
industries  are  coming,  and  with  them  will  come  more  and  more  men — skilled  workerswhoare 
paid  high  wages.  Houses  must  be  built  to  give  them  places  to  live  in ;  shops  must  be  built 
to  give  them  places  to  spend  their  wages. 

WHENEVER  POPULATION  INCREASES  land  values  increase.  That's  a  natural  self-enforc- 
ing law  as  old  as  the  world  itself. 

LOCATION — East    Princeton      COAL — East  Princeton  lies  on 

the  edge  of  a  coal  basin  hav- 
ing an  area  of  approximately 
50  square  miles  and  four 
workable  seams  of  coal,  giv- 
ing a  total  thickness  of  solid 
coal  out-crop  of  highest 
quality — a  seam  capable  of 
producing  2500  tons  of  coal 
per  day  for  1-40  years. 


is  just  below  the  confluence 
of  the  Similkameen  and  the 
Tulameen  Rivers,  in  a  fertile 
valley,  hemmed  in  by  moun- 
tains in  whose  depths  lie  for- 
tunes in  gold  and  the  other 
minerals  of  the  province. 


MINERAL  WEALTH  — 
Placer  mining  around  East 
Princeton  is  an  industry  that 
has  attracted  mining  men 
from  every  corner  of  the 
continent.  Assays  have 
shown  from  $1.00  to  $:i4.00 
per  cubic  yard.  The  prop- 
erties of  the  Xickel  Plate 
Gold  Mines — the  largest  in 
Canada — are  a  very  short 
distance  from  East  Prince- 
ton and  have  direct  rail  con- 
nections. 


CEMENT— The  British  Co- 
lumbia Portland  Cement 
Company  has  located  an 
enormous  plant  at  East 
Princeton  on  One-mile  creek. 
Their  holdings  comprise  HO 
acres  on  which  are  ample  de- 
posits of  limestone  and  shale 
of  the  best  quality  for  the 
manufacture  .of  cement,  also 
clay  suitable  for  the  manu- 
facture of  vitrified  and 
pressed  brick  of  the  best 


RAILWAY  S— The  Great 
Northern  Railway  supplies 
transportation  facilities  for 
the  Similkameen  Valley  and 
when  its  line  is  completed  to 
Vancouver,  East  Princeton 
will  be  within  five  hours  by 
rail  of  the  British  Columbia 
Metropolis.  The  Kettle  Val- 
ley Railroad,  which  is  a  part 
of  the  C.  P.  R.,  will  enter 
East  Princeton  from  the 
north.  The  completion  of 
this  line  will  give  railway 
transportation  from  East 
Princeton,  not  only  to  Van- 
couver, but  to  Northern 
British  Columbia. 

PROPERTY  VALUES— The 
general  prices  includecement 
sidewalks  and  the  installa- 
tion of  a  complete  water 
system.  -  -  Business  Lots, 
$150  and  up ;  Residential 
Lots,  $-200  and  up. 


quality. 

All  the  men  who  have  made  vast  fortunes  in  real  estate  are  the  men  who  "got  in  at  the 
beginning  of  things" — the  far-sighted,  keen-brained  men  who  anticipated  growth. 

Make  your  profits  out  of  East  Princeton's  certain  tomorrow  by  buying  today. 
For  particulars  apply  to 

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THE     NEW    EMPIRE 


WE   ARE  PREPARED 

to  supply  your  every  BUILDING  WANT 

SASHES,  DOORS,  MOULDINGS,  and  all  kinds  of  rough  and  dressed  lumber. 


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WE  ARE  AGENTS  for  the  famous  RUBEROID  ROOFING. 

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BUSINESS   PROPERTY 

ORCHARD  LANDS 

RESIDENTAL  PSOPERTY 

We  can  convince  you  by  showing  you. 
Write  us  when  considering  investments. 

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Real  Estate  and  Insurance 

Agent  C.  P.  R.  Lands.  PENTICTON,  B.  C. 


THE     NEW    EMPIRE 


Okanagan  Fruit  and  Farm  Lands 

For  richness  of  soil,  equality  of  climate  and  general  environment  Okanagan  valley  ha^  no 
superior.  Results  prove  that.  It  will  pay  you  to  write  today  if  you  want  to  buy  either  for 
settlement  or  investment.  Or  better  still,  come  and  see  for  yourself. 

I  will  gladly  furnish  illustrated  and  descriptive  literature. 

R.    FITZMAURICE 

Real  Estate         :         Insurance         :         Notary  Public 
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WHY  ARE  LECKIE  SHOES 
LIKE  GOOD  REALTY? 


Because : 

They  Are  a  Good  Investment 
For  the  Logger 

For  the  Miner 

For  the  Prospector 

For  the  Palace 

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AGENTS 

J.  S.  MORGAN  &  SON 

MERRITT,       -       -      -      -      B.  C. 


THE     NEW    EMPIRE 


THE  ECONOMY  WAY 

It  pays  to  economize  in  this  world 
of  competition  and  careful  exam- 
ination shows  that 

Economy  Gas  Makes 
Your  House  a  Home 

Not  Better  than  the  Best 
But  Better  than  the  Rest 

Absolutely  Automatic— No  Clockwork  to  Wind. 

The   Economy  Gas    Machine     has 

no  superiors,    either    for    lighting, 

heating  or  cooking 

A  reasonably  priced  system  that  always  please?. 


W.    R.    MEGAW 

VERNON,    B.  C. 

Agent  for  British  Columbia  Gas  Machine  Co. 

731  Fort  Street,  VICTORIA,  B.  C. 


THE      NEW     EMPIRE 


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(Published  at  Vernon,  B.  C.) 

SEPTEMBER,  1911 


A  Monthly  Publicity  Organ  Devoted  to  the  Interests  of  the 

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EVEN  the  most  optimistic  of  us  can  hardly  esti- 
mate the  wonderful  possibilities  surrounding 
the  Couteau  Power  Co.  scheme.  The  people  of  the 
Okanagan  valley  learned  with  interest  and  pleasure 
that  the  property  had  passed  into  the  hands  of  the 
Canadian  Northern  railway  for  this  in  itself  is  more 
reassuring. 

It  is  possible  to  develop  at  Shuswap  Falls  power 
adequate  to  operate  electric  lines  throughout  the 
length  and  breadth  of  Okanagan  valley  as  well  as 
to  furnish  an  abundance  of  light  and  power.  For 
some  time  past  the  directors  of  the  Couteau  Power 
Co.  have  labored  indefatigably  with  the  financial 
side  of  the  problem  for  this,  after  all,  was  the  great 
obstacle  in  the  way  of  actual  development  work. 

But  this  difficulty  has  been  removed  with  the 
passing  of  the  holding  interests  into  the  hands  of 
Messrs.  McKen/.ie  &  Mann.  These  powerful  nation 
builders  must  appreciate  the  value  of  the  asset  and 
what  its  development  and  utility  mean  not  alone  to 
themselves  but  to  the  Okanagan  valley  and  its  as- 
sociated interests. 

It  is  a  patent  fact  that  the  Canadian  Northern 
railway  will  build  a  branch  line  south  from  Kam- 
loops  to  tap  the  Okanagan  valley,  and  it  begins  to 
look  as  though  a  well  organized  system  of  electric 
lines  penetrating  every  part  of  the  valley  will  be 
used  as  a  feeder  for  the  lateral.  Of  course  we  have 
no  definite  announcement  to  this  effect  but  after 
all  it  is  the  only  deduction  we  can  draw. 

Transportation  is  a  serious  problem  with  Okan- 
agan valley.  At  the  present  time  we  have  good 
service  at  the  hands  of  the  Canadian  Pacific  railway, 
but  competition  amongst  the  carrier  companies  is 
what  we  are  seeking.  This  alone  can  tend  to  place 
transportation  tariffs  on  a  moderate  footing.  The 
Couteau  Power  scheme  will  be  an  important  factor 
in  solving  the  transportation  problems  facing  the 
people  of  the  Okanagan  valley,  and  the  policy  of 
Messrs.  McKenzie  &  Mann  will  be  awaited  with 
keen  interest. 


'E  have  every  reason  to  feel  pleased  and  satis- 
fied with  the  success  that  has  attended  The 
New  Empire  during  the  few  months  that  it  has 
been  before  the  public.  The  generous  character  of 
the  patronage  extended  as  well  as  the  sympathy  and 


encouragement  that  we  have  found  at  the  hands  of 
the  general  public  have  tended  to  make  pleasant 
our  paths  and  to  serve  as  an  incentive  to  greater 
and  largei  efforts. 

The  provincial  press  has  treated  us  most  hos- 
pitably and  one  has  but  to  review  the  many  kindly 
sentiments  found  in  old  country  papers  to  know 
that  The  New  Empire  has  made  good  in  the  mother 
land.  There  is  a  wonderful  field  before  us  and  it 
requires  earnest  and  consistent  effort.  Publicity  is 
a  difficult  force  to  handle  at  times  but  we  believe 
that  we  have  the  proper  agencies  and  adequate  sup- 
port to  make  The  New  Empire  a  powerful  publicity 
force'  at  home  and  abroad. 


SPEAKING  editorially  the  Fruit  Magazine  has 
the  following  to  say  in  the  current  issue : 
"After  a  careful  survey  of  the  chief  fruit-growing 
districts  of  British  Columbia,  we  are  able  to  state 
with  a  fair  degree  of  certainty  that  the  apple  yield, 
while  of  good  quality,  will  not  exceed  two-thirds  of 
a  full  crop  this  year.  Peaches  are  practically  nil, 
Penticton  being  the  only  point  from  which  any  con- 
siderable quantity  may  be  shipped.  Cherries  were 
good,  particularly  in  the  Kootenays.  Plums  and 
prunes  are  a  fair  crop,  and  apricots,  though  not  ex- 
tensively grown,  are  good.  The  Okanagan  valley 
will  probably  ship  about  300  cars  of  fruit  all  told." 

EKRlTT  and  Nicola  valley  will  earn  a  won- 
derful advantage  as  a  result  of  the  policy  of 
the  Kettle  Valley  railway  to  operate  a  train  service 
up  the  Coklwater  river  valley  this  autumn.  There 
is  a  wonderfully  large  and  productive  district  up 
the  Coldwater  valley  and  the  installation  of  train 
service  means  that  Merritt  will  become  more  valu- 
able as  a  distributing  centre.  The  agricultural  re- 
sources of  the  Coldwater  district  are  not  yet  fully 
developed  but  there  is  the  makings  of  a  wonder- 
fully productive  district. 

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ET  is  not  generally  known,  but  the  amount  of  land 
under  cultivation  in  British  Columbia  and  der 
voted  exclusively  to  fruit  represents  140,000  acres 
or  an  investment  of  easily  forty  million  dollars. 
To  say  that  one  million  acres  of  land  is  still  avail- 
able for  fruit  culture  is  to  draw  a  conservative  esti- 
mate. Of  the  lands  under  cultivation  only  fifteen 
per  cent,  are  yet  bearing,  so  that  we  can  reason- 
ably look  for  a  yearly  production  of  7,000  cars  when 
all  the  present  orchards  are  producing. 

THE  immigration  figures  as  they  affect  Canada 
this  year  are  somewhat  startling  in  their  mag- 
nitude. Canada  is  the  land  of  opportunity,  and 
thousands  there  are  who  are  finding  new  homes 
here.  But  it  is  interesting  to  know  that  as  great  as 
is  the  volume  of  immigration  there  is  room  in  Can- 
ada for  many  more  millions  of  good  industrious  set- 
tlers and  the  tide  of  immigration  can  go  on  increas- 
ing from  year  to  year  with  full  justification. 


THE      NEW     EMPIRE 


Do  You  Want  To  Make  Money? 


HERE'S  YOUR  CHANCE 

We  can  give  you  an  oppor- 
tunity to  increase  your  bank 
account  and  it  will  not  re- 
quire much  of  your  time. 


Address  Publisher, 
THE  NEW  EMPIRE,         VERNON,  B.  C 


THE     NEW    EMPIRE 


VIEW  OF  KtLOWNA  ONION  FIELD-Where  a  Farmer  Raised  Thirty  Tons  to  the  Acre  and 
•old  them  for  $35.00  per  ton,  making  93,750  off  his  five  Acres. 


THE     NEW    EMPIRE 


Coldwater    Valley    Offers    Wealth 
of  Opportunities       ~ 


BY    S.    N.    D  ANCEY 


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Kettle   Valley   Railway   Will   Open   Up   Rich   Land. 

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WITH  the  institution  of  rail- 
road service  up  through 
the  Coldwater  river  val- 
ley leading  out  of  Merrltt  a  new 
era  will  dawn  for  the  settlers  of 
that  district.  For  years  'I.liey  have 
labored  in  the  midst  of  conditions 
that  were  anything  but  encouraging 
but  perseverance  has  triumphed  be- 
fore and  it  will  triumph  again. 

Many  there  are  who  think  of  the 
Coldwater  valley  as  a  barren  field 
where  the  ravages  of  winter  sap  the 
life  blood  of  the  ordinary  white  man 
and  where  the  summer  frosts  kill  off 
vegetation  and  growth  to  such  a  de- 
gree that  cultivation  is  well  nigh 
an  impossibility.  But  a  more  far- 
sical  theory  it  would  be  difficult  to 
conceive. 

One  has  but  to  study  conditions  up 
the  Coldwater  to  know  that  it  is  a 
productive  valley  and  that  its  soil  is 
rich  in  quality  and  volume  so  much 
so  that  the  few  ranchers  who  have 
lived  and  la-bored  there  for  years 
have  been  able  to  produce  wheat  and 
other  products  on  a  par  with  some  of 
the  better  known  valleys  of  the  pro- 
vince. One  rancher  who  lives  twenty 
miles  from  Merritt  and  whose  land 
is  situated  at  an  altitude  of  nearly 


four  thousand  feet  owns  and  oper- 
ates an  orchard  that  would  do  credit 
to  some  of  the  exclusive  fruit  grow- 
ing districts.  This  man  is  Martin 
Olson  and  in  every  department  of  his 
ranch  he  has  created  a  good  record 
so  much  so  that  many  and  tempting 
have  been  the  offers  for  his  property. 

Even  up  towards  the  headwaters 
of  the  Coldwater  vegetation  is  a  real 
live  issue.  'Del  King  owns  a  ranch 
just  six  miles  this  side  of  Railway 
Pass  where  the  Kettle  Valley  railway 
crosses  to  the  Tulameen  and  Otter 
river  valleys.  He  grows  hay  and 
grain  'in  abundance  and  his  only  diffi- 
culty in  the  past  has  been  the  ab- 
sence of  transportation. 

Another  rancher,  William  Hicks, 
still  several  miles  farther  up  the 
valley,  has  made  the  same  favorable 
showing  and  conclusive  is  the  evi- 
dence of  the  resourcefulness  and 
richness  of  the  district  in  its  plant 
and  vegetable  life.  Of  course  no 
one  contends  that  the  more  tender 
varieties  of  fruit  will  grow  success- 
fully in  the  Coldwater  valley;  but 
for  mixed  farming,  for  wheat  or 
vegetation,  for  hardy  fruits  or  for 
live  stock  raising  the  Coldwater  val- 
ley has  few  equals  and  no  superiors. 


The  Olson   Ranch. 


Transportation  has  been  the  prob- 
lem of  the  past.  The  farmers  have 
been  face  to  face  with  long  heavy 
hauls  in  order  to  market  their  pro- 
duce and  for  years  they  have  waited 
patiently  by  until  the  railroads  would 
come  to  open  up  the  district  and  to 
place  it  in  touch  with  the  outside 
world.  The  very  hills  have  cried  out 
for  transportation  for  timber  and 
mineral  wealth  abound  there  as  weTi, 
and  now  that  the  Kettle  Valley  rail- 
way has  opened  up  the  door  to  let 
in  the  sunshine  of  modernism  wilh 
all  its  conveniences  and  agencies  the 
Coldwater  valley  will  find  an  im- 
portant place  amongst  the  producing 
valleys  of  this  fertile  province. 

The  timber  wealth  of  the  Cold- 
water  valley  is  wor:hy  of  serious 
consideration.  For  miles  one  can 
travel  through  a  country  covered 
with  the  finest  class  of  timber  and 
the  installation  of  mills  will  now  be 
but  a  matter  of  organization.  The 
Brooks-Scanlon  timber  interests 
have  long  since  controlled  the  tim- 
ber resources  of  this  district  and 
they  plan  to  operate  on  a  progres- 
sive basis.  At  one  time  they  organ- 
ized for  the  building  of  a  large  saw- 
mill with  a  big  capacity  but  then  the 
problem  of  transportation  loomed 
up  on  the  horizon  of  the  future  and 
obliterated  all  plans. 

Other  lim'ber  interests  went  into 
the  district  and  came  out  convinced 
that  the  timber  wealth  was  para- 
mount, but  they  too  met  the  same 
difficulties  and  treaterl  them  in  the 
same  manner.  But  at  last  that 
great  engine  of  development  and  op- 
portunity has  come  in  the  railroad 
and  U  will  only  be  a  few  months  'be- 
fore huge  sawmills  will  be  operating 
at  different  points  in  the  valley.  The 
erection  of  large  mills  would  be 
fully  justified  because  the  timber 
resources  of  the  district  are  exceed- 
ingly extensive.  Even  when  these 
have  been  exhausted  there  are  a 
number  of  tributary  valleys  that 
offer  the  same  opportunities  for  the 
lumber  king  and  the  logs  could  be 
brought  to  the  cutting  'base  with 
great  ease  and  with  little  expense. 

But  agriculture  and  timber  are 
not  the  only  things  that  enter  into  a 
consideration  of  the  future  of  the 
Coldwater  valley.  For  years  it  has 


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been  known  that  coal  existed  in 
large  quantities  but  the  operators 
did  not  feel  justified  in  making  a 
very  large  sacrifice  'because  of  their 
inability  to  reach  the  outside  mar- 
kets. Other  minerals  have  been 
found  in  large  quantities  as  well. 
Then  too  the  railroad  will  provide  an 
outlet  for  the  mineral  interests  situ- 
ated in  the  Tulameen  district  and  at 
the  head  of  Granite  Creek. 

Aspen  Grove  is  rich  in  mineral  and 
agriculturaJ  wealth  and  the  Kettle 
Valley  railway  will  give  the  much 
needed  transportation.  Some  of  the 
better  known  mining  engineers  who 
have  studied  conditions  say  .hat  the 
Aspen  Grove  copper  camp  is  one  of 
the  largest  and  wealthiest  in  the 
west  and  the  results  that  have  been 
accomplished  by  tlie  men  who  have 
exploited  the  district  fully  confirm 
this  theory. 

The  railroad  will  'build  a  spur  into 
the  mining  camp  and  it  is  reported 
on  good  authority  that  one  of  the 
larger  of  the  holding  companies  will 
build  a  smel:er  in  treat  the  ores. 
The  outside  world  little  knows  what 
transpires  in  some  of  these  more  re- 
mote camps,  remote  not  so  muc.i  in 
actual  mileage  as  in  the  difficulty 
wi:h  which  they  are  reached,  but  it 
is  a  matter  of  actual  rccor.l  that 
nearly  one  million  dollars  has  al- 
ready been  spent  in  developing  some 
of  the  copper  properties  of  the  Aspen 
Grove  district.  There  are  close  onto 
.six  hundred  claims  in  all  and  the 
district  has  been  a  generous  con- 
tributor to  the  revenue  of  the  pro- 
vince as  represented  in  licenses  and 
tolls. 

Then  too  the  Voght  valley  is 
tributary  to  the  Cold  water  and  many 
and  valuable  are  the  ranching  prop- 
erties there.  But  one  could  spend 
hours  and  pages  in  doing  justice  to 
the  Coldwater  and  its  tributary  val- 
leys. Suffice  to  say  that  the  intro- 
duction of  the  railroad  will  open  up 
a  wonderful  district,  rich  in  mineral, 
timber  and  agriucltural  wealth,  and 
will  but  to  furnish  another  evidence 
of  the  wonderful  wealth  of  British 
Columbia  as  it  is  wrapped  up  in  val- 
leys that  are  not  known  to  the  world 
because  of  the  absence  of  a  means  of 
reaching  them  with  facility  and 
studying  conditions.  The  government 
has  spent  thousands  of  dollars  in 
building  roads  up  the  Coldwater  val- 
ley and  wagon  roads  are  as  import- 
ant as  railroads.  The  greater  and 
more  extensive  the  utilities  placed  at 
the  disposal  of  the  settlers  the 
sooner  will  the  resources  of  the  Cold- 
water  valley  'be  made  known  lo  the 
outside  word. 

It  was  Edward  Blake  who  said 
that  British  Columbia  was  a  sea  of 
mountains  and  a  first  glance  would 


give  that  impression,  but  when  you 
seek  out  the  inner  recesses  of  those 
hills  and  penetrate  the  valleys  you 
find  soil  that  will  grow  the  best  of 
everything  and  you  come  face  to 
face  witu  conditions  that  offer  un- 
limited opportunities  for  the  farmer, 
the  prospector,  the  live  stock  breeder 
or  any  man  of  industry  or  enterprise. 
The  Coldwater  valley  must  come  into 
its  own. 


The  addition  to  the  Kalamalka 
hotel  at  Vernon  has  been  complete! 
and  this  hostelry  is  now  amongst  the 
finest  in  the  upper  country.  Modern 
conveniences  have  been  installed  in 
all  parts  of  the  building  and  the 
color  effect  of  the  exterior  decora- 
tions is  particularly  striking.  .Mine 
Host  McAuley  is  always  apace  with 
the  times  and  the  travelling  public 
appreciates  his  industry  and  pro- 
gressiveness. 

T.iis  summer  a  rancher  at  Pentlc- 
ton  gathered  .">,300  pounds  of  apri- 
cots from  100  trees.  After  payin; 
;he  cost  of  boxing  and  packing  he 
realized  a  little  over  eight  cents  a 
pound  for  his  crop. 


•What  on  earth's  the  matter?    Cut 
yoursslf  while  shaving?" 

"\o-o.     I  should  say  that  1  shaved 
myself  while  cutting." 


The  late  Sylvanus  Miller,  civil  en- 
gineer, who  was  engaged  in  a  rail- 
road enterprise  in  Central  America, 
was  seeking  local  support  for  a  road 
and  attempted  to  give  the  matter 
point.  He  asked  a  native: 

"How  long  does  it  take  you  to 
carry  your  goods  to  market  by  mule- 
back?" 

"Three  days,"  was  the  reply. 

"There's  the  point,"  sa'id  Miller. 
"With  our  road  in  operation  you 
could  take  your  goods  to  market  and 
be  back  home  in  one  day." 

"Very  good,  senor,"  answered  the 
native.  "But  what  would  we  do 
with  the  other  two  days?" 


A  laiy  in  a  Southern  town  was 
approached  by  her  colored  maid. 

"Well,  Jenny?"  she  asked,  seeing 
that  something  was  in  the  air. 

"Please,  Mis'  Mary,  might  I  have 
the  aft'noon  off  three  weeks  frum 
Wednesday?"  Then,  noticing  an  un- 
?eci^ed  look  in  her  mistress's  face, 
she  added  hastily — "I  want  to  go  to 
my  fiance's  fun'ral." 

"Goodness  me,"  answered  the 
lady — "Your  fiance's  funeral!  Why, 
you  don't  know  that  he's  even  going 
to  die,  let  alone  the  date  of  his 
funeral.  That  is  something  we  can't 
any  of  us  be  sure  about — when  we 
are  going  to  die." 

"Yes'm,"  said  the  girl  doubtfully. 
Then,  with  a  triumphant  note  in  her 
\o;ce — "I'se  sure  about  him,  Mis', 
'cos  he's  going  to  be  hung!" 


When  In 
Vancouver 


you  generally 
meet  a  friend 
who  wants  a 
game  of  Bil- 
liards &>  Pool 


Well  Just  visit 
the 

UNION 
POOL 
ROOM 

Everything  is 
new  and  mod- 
ern and  it  is  a 
pleasant  place 
to  spend  a  few 
hours 

Kenny  &  Parker 

PROPRIETORS 

131   Hastings   Street  W. 
(upstairs) 

VANCOUVER,  B.  C. 


THE     NEW    EMPIRE 


11 


Thousands  of  Dollars  To  Loan 


tjj  It  needs  money  to  promote 
the  different  enterprises  in  the 
Okanagan  Valley  and  a  man 
has  to  figure  out  where  he  can 
get  his  money  on  the  best  terms. 

<I  We  have  lots  of  money  to 
loan  on  good  security  and  at 
reasonable  rates. 


BOX  L,      -      NEW  EMPIRE 

VERNON,  B.  C. 


12 


THE     NEW    EMPIRE 


NICOLA  VALLEY    -    The 

Valley  of  Sunshine 


SETTLER'S  ATTENTION! 

Farm  Lands  suitable  for  Mixed  Farming,  Dairying,  Fruit  Growing,  Market  Gar- 
dening and  Chicken  Raising        All  Land  under  Irrigation. 

NICOIA  RIVER  FLOWS  THROUGH  THE  PROPERTY- ALONG  THE  LINE  OF  THE  CANADIAN  PACIFIC  RY. 

10  to  20  Acre  Farms  in  one  of  the  richest  and  most  fertile  valleys  in  British 
Columbia.  Prices 


$125  to  $200  per  Acre 


An  excellent  investment  and  a 
splendid  opportunity  for  the  man 
looking  for  small  holdings. 

Other  people  are  calling. 

Don't  miss  this  opportunity — 
write  now. 


SOUTHERN  6.  C.  LANDS  &  MINES,  Limited 

Merrilt,  B.  C. 

Kinrlly  sen!  me  your  maps,  illus- 
tratel  literature,  etc. 


NAME 

ADDRESS. 


Southern  B.C.  Lands  &  Mines,  Ltd. 


MERRITT,     B.     C. 


THE     NEW    EMPIRE 


13 


* 

fMerritt  and    Nicola    Valleys    Are    Prospering  Well  I 
|  —  —  J 

|  Past  Month  Shows  Splendid  Activity  in  all  Branches  of  Industry  | 

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CONDITIONS  throughout  the 
Nicola  valley  during  the  past 
month  have  been  fully  reas- 
suring. In  every  branch  of  social 
and  industrial  life  there  lias  been 
splendid  activity  and  though  it  may 
have  been  a  little  quiet  in  realty 
circles  still  this  was  more  than  satis- 
fied by  the  record  of  other  branches. 

Not  for  years  have  the  crops  been 
as  good  as  they  are  this  year  and  the 
farmers  are  happy  and  contented. 
There  has  been  lots  of  moisture  and 
warm  sunshine  to  promote  growth, 
and  the  result  is  an  unusually  large 
yield  in  almost  every  quarter.  This 
will  have  a  healthy  effect  on  busi- 
ness and  commercial  interesvs 
throughout  the  valley. 

In  business  circles  conditions  have 
been  a  little  quiet  but  this  is  usual 
for  this  time  of  the  year.  Merritt 
merchants  report  an  improvement 
c'uring  the  past  week  or  so  and  there 
is  every  prospect  of  an  increased 
volume  of  business  for  the  fall  and 
winter  seasons.  The  fact  that  con- 
struction has  been  moved  so  far 
from  the  city  has  had  something  to 
do  with  the  slack  but  the  town  is 
fast  recovering. 

In  mining  circles  there  is  good 
healthy  report.  The  various  coal 
properties  are  as  busy  as  they  can  be 
and  shipments  from  this  port  are 
increasing  all  the  time.  The  Dia- 
ironl  Vale  is  not  doing  much  in  the 
way  cf  shipping  but  plans  are  well 
Inil  for  big  operations  in  the  near 
future.  In  other  branches  of  min- 
ing there  has  been  a  noticeable  ac- 
tivity and  this  is  particularly  true  of 
the  gypsum  where  large  foreign  in- 
crests  have  secured  control  of  the 
properties  and  are  organizing  for  ex- 
tensive work. 

Railroad  construction  is  pretty 
well  removed  from  the  city.  Twenty 
miles  of  steel  has  been  laid  out  of 
Merritt  and  the  thirty  mile  section 
will  be  completed  by  the  end  of  Sep- 
tember. Not  until  next  spring  will 
work  be  resumed  at  this  end  and 
then  it  will  go  ahead  vigorously. 
The  Kettle  Valley  announce  that 
they  will  instal  a  train  service  up 
the  Coldwater  in  the  early  autumn 
and  this  will  mean  a  mighty  con- 
venience as  well  as  a  boom  to  Mer- 
ritt and  its  varied  interests. 


A  fine  new  stable  has  been  erected 
by  the  Nicola  Valley  Livery  Co.  in 
Nicola.  'For  some  time  past  the  busi- 
ness of  this  well  known  concern  has 
been  growing  so  rapidly  that  the 
quarters  that  have  serve  I  for  so 
many  years  were  far  inadequate  to 
cope  with  conditions.  Traffic  out  the 
Princeton  road  has  reached  large 
proportions  and  in  order  to  take  care 
of  this  department  as  well  as  the 
general  business  an  increase  was 
necessary. 

Just  to  show  what  a  little  honest 
effort  will  do  if  well  placed  the  di- 
rectors of  the  Nicola  Valley  Agri- 
cultural association  have  announced 
their  second  fall  show  for  September 
7  on  bigger  an  I  better  lines  than 
ever.  This  institution  is  but  in  its 
second  year  and  if  its  past  re~,or ! 
can  be  accepted  as  a  criterion  there 
is  surely  a  'bright  anl  profitable' 
future  before  it. 


Rober:  Henderson's  gypsum  prop- 
erties in  the  vicinity  of  Merritt  have 
been  sold  to  an  English  syndicate 
and  operation  on  an  elaborate  basis 
is  promised.  The  capitalists  are 
seeking  to  purchase  all  gypsum  prop- 
erties in  the  district  and  there  are 
quite  a  few  of  them.  This  industry 
promises  to  have  a  premier  position 
amongst  the  industries  of  Nicola 
valley  before  many  moons. 


With  the  Pooley  ranch  just  out- 
FI  *e  X'cola  sub-divided  homes  will 
'be  provided  for  many  new  settlers 
with  their  families.  There  is  no  finer 
piece  of  land  in  the  district,  and 
cut  up  into  ten  and  twenty  acre 
blocks  it  will  'be  possible  to  operate 
successfully  either  in  agriculture  or 
live  stock  raising. 


Still  another  church  building  has 
'been  placed  at  the  sen'ce  of  the 
citizens  of  Merritt.  It  w?s  only  a 
few  Sundays  ago  that  the  members 
of  the  Catholic  faith  opene  I  up  a  fiuo 
new  deifice  for  wors'.  ip  anl  .his 
makes  in  all  four  churches  in  the 
new  town. 


The  headwaters  of  the  Tulameen 
and  'Granite  creek  are  beckoning 
many  prospectors  these  days  and  it 
is  reported  that  rich  and  extensive 
mineral  deposits  exist  there.  One 
prospector  says  that  there  is  more 
ground  for  mineral  east  of  the  Hope 
mountains  than  in  'Steamboat  dis- 
tritc. 


English  capital  is  interested  in  a 
poultry  farm  located  between  iNicola 
and  Quilchena  and  a  large  number  of 
birds  have  already  been  imported. 
The  plans  of  the  company  are  to  pro- 
duce at  least  500  eggs  every  week. 
Tlie  place  is  well  adapted  to  chicken 
raising  it  being  very  productive  in 
feed. 

A  telegraph  line  is  being  installed 
in  the  Coldwater  river  valley  and  it 
will  extend  from  Merritt  to  Rrook- 
vile,  a  distance  of  thirty  miles.  This 
should  prove  a  wonderful  conveni- 
ence not  alone  for  the  railway  com- 
pany but  for  the  residents  of  the 
valley. 


NICOLA    MINKS    HL'SY. 

The  mines  of  the  Nicola  Valley 
Coal  and  Coke  Co.  at  Middlesboro 
continue  to  work  on  a  growing  scale. 
Upwards  of  seven  hundred  tons  of 
coal  are  being  mined  daily  and  with 
the  recent  discovery  of  a  new  and 
well  stocked  seam  it  will  not  be  long 
before  the  daily  production  will  be 
well  within  the  thousand  ton  mark. 
Coal  Hill  Syndicate  is  also  shipping 
considerable  coal  every  week  and 
when  the  plans  of  the  operators  have 
been  fully  matured  this  well  known 
property  should  be  well  up  on  the 
shipping  list.  Work  on  the  Diamond 
Vale  properties  will  shortly  be  of  a 
considerable  magnitude  and  taken 
all  in  all  the  conditions  surrounding 
the  Nicola  Valley  coal  fields  are  fully 
reassuring. 


Merritt  now  boasts  a  moving  pic- 
ture theatre.  The  citizens  of  the 
Nicola  valley  capital  are  surely  pro- 
gressive in  spirit. 


The  little  town  of  Savona  on  the 
shores  of  Kamloops  lake  is  a  busy 
place  these  days  with  the  C.  N.  R. 
construction  in  full  swing.  Labor- 
ers are  pouring  into  the  town  every 
day  and  buildings  are  being  erected. 
Permanent  camp  quarters  have  been 
placed  across  the  river, 


II 


THE     N  EW    EMPIRE 


Canadian  Northern  Is  Rushing  Construction  | 

"  X 

Tracklaying  Already  in  Progress  on  Some  Sections  of  Line  | 


X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~^^ 


Track  laying  on  the  main  line  of 
the  Canadian  Northern  Railway  from 
Port  Kells  eastward  towards  Hope 
was  started  a  few  days  ago.  A  mod- 
ern track  laying  machine  is  being 
utilized.  The  company  has  thus  far 
not  built  the  six  mile  gap  between 
Port  .Mann  and  Port  Kells,  the  delay 
being  ascribed  to  a  deal  now  pending 
whereby  the  Canadian  Northern  will 
acquire  tlie  line  of  the  Great  North- 
ern Railway  now  connecting  those 
places.  The  line  in  question  is  vir- 
tually no  longer  needed  by  the  Hill 
road  as  its  trains  to  and  from  the 
-south  are  route:!  by  the  new  cut  off 
via  Boundary  Bay. 

The  Canadian  Northern  track  lay- 
ing sang  lias  laid  the  main  line 
track  the  first  day  half  a  mile  east  of 
Port  Kells  and  work  is  now  being 
concentrated  on  the  laying  of  a  spur 
into  an  adjacent  gravel  bank  where 
a  steam  shovel  is  fast  making  a  large 
opening.  The  gravel  to  be  extracted 
will  be  used  in  ballasting  the  main 
line  eastward.  A  week  will  probably 
line  eastward.  Track  laying  on  the 
main  line  has  been  'resume:!  and 
will  be  pushed  with  despatch  as  far 
as  Sumas,  where  a  few  rock  cuts  re- 
main to  be  complete.!  before  a  deal- 
way  for  the  graders  will  extend  to 
Chilliwack.  Ninety-eight  per  cent  of 
the  grading  between  Port  Kells  and 
Chilliwack  has  been  completed. 


Mr.  T.  H.  White,  chief  engineer  of 
the  Canadian  Northern,  is  in  the  up- 
per country  where  large  camps  in 
connection  with  construction  are  be- 
ing established.  Carloads  of  plant 
and  horses  are  also  being  unloaded 
at  convenient  points  along  the  C.  P. 
R.  for  distribution  along  the  route. 
A  start  at  actual  construction  has 
been  made  by  section  gangs  at  various 
points,  but  at  least  two  or  three 
weeks  will  elapse  before  operations 
are  in  full  swing.  Ashcroft  and 
Savona  as  a  result  of  the  extensive 
work  to  be  carried  out  are  enjoying 
a  veritable  boom.  The  population  is 
growing  every  hour  and  hotel  accom- 
modations are  at  a  premium.  Scores 
of  shacks  are  being  built  and  several 
uundred  people  now  find  shelter  in 
tents. 

News  of  the  rapid  progress  of  con- 
struction on  the  main  line  of  the 
Canadian  Northern  Railway  west  of 
Edmonton  was  conveyed  by  Andrew 
Laidlaw,  a  well  known  mining  oper- 
ator of  Spokane,  who  returned  from 
an  inspection  of  his  coal  mining  in- 
terests in  Jasper  Park,  in  the  foot- 
hills of  the  Rockies. 

Taking  advantage  of  the  facilities 
afforded  by  the  (Irand  Trunk  Pacific 
for  shipping  in  material  and  sup- 
plies the  rival  line  has  'been  able  to 
make  relatively  faster  speed  than  the 
former.  According  to  Mr.  Laidlaw, 


the  Canadian  Northern  line  has  now- 
been  graded  and  track  laid  to  a  point 
forty  miles  west  of  Edmonton  and 
only  eighty-five  miles  from  Yellow- 
head  Pass  which  it  is  said  will  be 
reached  late  this  fall.  Both  roads 
parallel  each  other  for  miles, 
especially  in  the  last  stages  of  the 
route  to  the  summit  of  the  Rockies. 


Johnny  Williams  had  been  "bad" 
again. 

"Ah  me,  Johnny!"  sighed  his  Sun- 
day school  teacher,  "I  am  afraid  we 
shall  never  meet  in  Heaven." 

"What  have  you  been  doin'?" 
asked  Johnny,  with  a  grin. 

"One  can  accomplish  much  by 
utilizing  spare  moments."  "That's 
right.  That  tall  girl  yonder  has  read 
seven  summer  novels  this  season 
while  she  was  dummy  at  bridge." 


A  toydrochondrlac  friend  from  the 
country,  who  was  staying  with  a 
doctor  at  the  shore  in  the  hope  of  ob- 
taining relief  from  dyspepsia,  was 
one  day  taking  a  walk  along  the 
beach  with  his  host.  "1  .have  de- 
rived relief  from  drinking  a  tumbler 
of  salt  water  fresh  from  the  tide," 
said  the  invalid,  solemnly.  "Do  you 
think  I  might  take  a  second?"  The 
doctor  put  on  an  intent  expression, 
and  glanced  out  across  the  wide  ex- 
panse of  rolling  surf.  "Well,"  said 
he  with  eqal  seriousness,  "I  think  a 
second  would  not  be  missed." 


Pii-kmi;    Strawberries   on    Kelowna    Item-lies. 


THE      NEW     EMPIRE  15 


fl  OWNA  IS  fClNW 

\L^\J/  v  v  i  ™A\    ii  ^jj    n^  11 1  N!  v\ji  <•> 


The  finest  fruit  grown  in 
British  Columbia  comes  from 
the  Kelowna  district  in  the 
heart  of  the  Okanagan  Valley. 

You  have  but  to  see  the 
district  to  know  its  wonder- 
ful superiority  as  a  fruit  grow- 
ing centre. 

Thousands  of  acres  of  land 
already  in  orchard  but  there 
is  lots  of  room  yet. 

It  will  pay  you  to  write  or 
interview 


G.  A.  FISHER,  Secretary 

Kelowna  Board  of  Trade.  Kelowna,  B.  C. 


16 


THE     NEW    EMPIRE 
{~x~XK~XKK~XK~x~x~XKK^~x~x~x~x~x~x~xKK~x~x~M«x^ 


1  On  the  Benchland  Around  Kelowna  | 

Where  Fruit  and  Sunshine  Abound 


BY  J  F  SMITH  In  VERNON  NEWS 


ONE  of  the  show  sections  of 
Kelowna  which  every  visitor 
should  see  and,  which,  in- 
deed, it  is  very  safe  to  say, 
nearly  every  visitor  does  make  it 
a  point  to  see,  is  that  known  as  the 
K.  L.  O.  bench,  a  fine  area  developed 
and  placed  on  the  market  by  the 
Kelowna  Land  and  Orchard  Company 
When  this  company  was  incorporated 
in  l!K)4.  the  splendid  tract  of  fruit 
land  that  now  bears  ;heir  name  com- 
prised a  extent  of  mere  undeveloped 
e:l  bare  cattle  range,  bordering  the 
bare  cattle  IT.  use,  bordering  the 
quime  Iiay  meadows  which  separated 
i!  from  the  town.  Wi:h  that  eye  of 
faith  and  optimistic  foresight  which 
is  the  one  essential  characteristic  of 
the  ioneer  in  land  development,  the 
promoters  of  ::he  company,  looked 
forward  to  the  day.  when*  these 
ranging  places  of  cattle  herds,  these 
unappreciated  pasture  benches  and 
bottoms,  woul.l  be  subjected  to  the 
arts  of  :he  fruit  grower  and  the  gar- 
dener, and  would  repay  his  care  and 
attention  by  furnishing  an  abundant 
means  of  livelihood.  The  days  of  the 
fullest  maturity  are  not  yet  with  us, 
but,  sufficient  progress  lias  already 
been  made  to  fill  the  mind  of  the  old 
resident  with  won.lor  at  the  formerly 
unguessed  but  now  realixel  possibili- 


ties of  the  district,  and  fully  to  justi- 
fy the  confidence  of  those  who  took 
Che  first  steps  towards  development. 
The  greater  part  of  the  property  has 
been  subdivided  and  sold,  and  or- 
chards, at  various  stages  of  advance- 
ment, but  all  showing  evidences  of 
healthy  growth,  present  to  the  visitor 
a  most  pleasing  and  promising  series 
of  converging  vistas. 

The  K.  L.  O.  estate  comprises 
some  8000  acres,  of  which  over  6,- 
500  is  fertile  bench  land,  overlooking 
the  lake  and  commanding  a  number 
of  the  splendid  views  of  land  and 
water,  so  characteristic  of  this  por- 
tion of  British  Columbia.  The  com- 
pany has  reserved  some  577  acres  of 
this  high  land  for  use  as  a  com- 
mercial orchard,  thus  not  only  show- 
ing their  confidence  an  their  own  pro- 
position, but  providing  an  object-les- 
son in  the  capabilities  of  soil  and 
climate  on  this  property,  which  has 
been  as  convincing  to  intending  set- 
tlers 'in  the  past  as  it  will  be  valuable 
to  themselves  in  the  years  to  come. 
Partly  as  the  result,  no  doubt,  of  this 
practical  policy,  much  the  greater 
part  of  the  two  benches  has  already 
been  disposed  of,  and  everywhere  we 
see  striking  evidences  of  the  diligent 
efforts,  which  are  preparing  to  make 
this  section  one  of  the  most  produc- 
tive in  the  Kelowna  district.  Two 


hundred  and  ten  acres  of  the  com- 
pany's reserve  has  already  been  set 
out  In  trees,  and  it  is  the  intention 
to  clear  the  timbered  portion,  and 
plant  it  all  out.  With  this  in  view,  a 
regular  and  systematic  increase  is 
made  in  the  orchard  area  every  year. 
The  main  feature  of  the  orchard, 
of  course,  will  be  apples,  though  a 
certain  quantity  of  pears,  plums  and 
cherries  will  also  be  grown.  It  may 
be  said,  incidentally,  that  this  year's 
cherry  crop  has  been  most  satisfac- 
tory, the  trees  being  simply  loaded 
with  the  lucious  fruit.  Of  the  pre- 
sent 200  acre  orchard,  some  160  are 
apples,  20,  cherries,  20  pears  and  10 
plums.  The  apple  orchards  are  set 
with  Crrb  or  Jonathan  fillers,  the 
management  being  very  strongly  of 
the  opinion  that  it  is  a  sheer  waste 
of  valuable  land  not  to  grow  quickly 
producing  varieties,  while  the  slower 
kinds  are  maturing.  The  Crab  and 
.Tohnathan  fillers  materially  add  to 
the  profits  of  the  ranch  during  the 
period  of  waiting,  and  the  fact  that 
they  require  much  the  same  kind  of 
tillage  and  irrigation  as  the  main 
apple  trees  tends  to  economy  in 
handling.  Such  varieties  as  the  Nor- 
thern Spy,  for  instance  mature  so 
slowly  that  years  of  opportunity  and 
substantial  returns  would  be  lost,  if 
f'e  filler  system  were  not  adopted. 


A   Sweep   of   Kelowna  Bench   Lands. 


THE     NEW    EMPIRE 


17 


Other  varieties  which  are  planted  in 
the  K.  L.  O.  Company's  orchard  are 
the  Mackintosh,  Spitzenberg,  New- 
toun,  Wealthy,  etc. 

The  company  supply  their  own 
seed  for  nursery  stock  and  also  the 
big  demand  by  the  K.  L.  O.  lot-hold- 
ers from  their  own  nurseries,  which, 
however,  specialize  on  apples  and 
pears,  and  do  not  touch  the  field  of 
ornamental  trees  at  all.  Nor  do  they 
do  much  in  cherries  or  plums,  for 
which  there  is  comparatively  littlo 
demand.  The  seedlings  are  obtained 
from  France  in  February,  they  are 
placed  in  the  ground  as  soonas  spring 
opens,  are  budded  in  July,  and  are 
ready  for  sale  by  the  fall  or  the  spr- 
ing of  the  following  year.  Some  "iSO,- 
000  plants,  of  which  200,000  are  ap- 
ples, will  be  ready  for  the  market 
this  year. 

The  K.  L.  O.  estate  also  produces 
hay  for  the  feeding  of  its  own  stock, 
and  to  a  limited  extent,  for  the  mar- 
ket. The  crops  attained  are,  in  gen- 
eral, most  satisfactory,  3  crops  giving 
6  tons  of  Alfalfa  to  the  acre,  and  2 
crops  of  clover  and  timothy  not  in- 
frequently producing  3  tons  to  the 
acre.  As  it  does  not  cost  more  than 
$3.50  to  put  up  and  stack,  and  as 
the  price  of  hay  ranges  commonly 
from  $20  to  $30  and  higher  per  ton, 
it  is  easily  seen  that  the  man  with 
hay  land  is  by  no  means  the  least 
fortunate  of  the  dwellers  in  the  Ok- 
anagan.  In  fact,  conversation  with 
a  large  number  of  ranchers  in  vari- 
ous parts  of  the  valley  has  made  it 


clear  to  the  writer,  that  there  is  a 
very  general  tendency  to  a  high  de- 
gree of  optimism  as  to  the  future  of 
hay.  The  tendency  to  intensive  farm- 
ing on  a  ten  or  twenty  acre  orchard, 
is  certain  to  increase  the  local  de- 
mand, while,  it,  as  certainly  decreas- 
es the  supply,  and,  all  things  consid- 
ered, the  owner  of  productive  mea- 
daw  lands  has  a  good  or  better  pro- 
position than  the  fruit  man. 

The  K.  L.  O.  benches  are  supplied 
with  water  by  a  irrigation  system, 
under  the  management  of  a  subsi- 
dary  company,  the  Canyon  Creek  Ir- 
rigation Company.  The  water  is 
brought  from  a  reservoir,  20  miles 
distant,  on  the  headwaters  of  Canyon 
Creek,  at  the  foot  of  the  Little  White 
Mountain,  just  a  few  miles  away 
from  the  reservoir  of  the  Southern 
Okanagan  Land  Company.  Another 
reservoir  is  now  being  .built  about  a 
quarter  of  a  mile  above  it,  and  the 
system  is  so  'planned  that  still  fur- 
ther storage  basins  may  be  construct- 
ed later  on  to  keep  pace  with  the  de- 
velopment of  the  property.  It  com- 
prises about  3  miles  of  concrete 
main,  as  well  as  about  9  miles  of 
ditches.  Domestic  water  is  laid  on 
all  over  the  benches,  derived  also 
from  Canyon  Creek,  but  conducted 
by  special  pipes,  and,  incidentally,  it 
may  be  said  that  it  is  considered  one 
of  the  best  domestic  water  supplies 
in  the  Okanagan. 

The  K.  L.  O.  bench,  is  perhaps  the 
oldest  of  the  newer  fruit  growing 
sections  surrounding  Kelowna,  leav- 


ing out  of  consideration  such  pioneer 
orchards  as  those  of  Messrs.  Stirling 
ami  Piidham,  etx.  Its  commandin? 
position,  the  splendid  outlook  obtain- 
able from  so  many  of  its  sites,  its 
comparative  freedom  from  spring 
frosts,  and  the  mildnes  which  permits 
flowers  to  bloom  there  from  three  to 
four  weeks  later  than  on  the  flat,  are 
some  of  its  distinctive  features.  It 
may  also  be  noted  that,  an  account 
of  the  maturity  of  a  great  many  of 
its  orchards,  clean  cultivation,  that 
goal  of  the  hopeful  horticulturist,  is 
much  more  generally  practised  than 
in  less  advanced  districts,  and,  indeed 
may  be  said  to  be  rather  the  rule 
than  the  exception.  It  boasts  also 
some  properties,  for  instance,  those 
of  Major  Lindsay  and  Mr.  J.  S.  Ree- 
kie, which  have  reached  a  stage  of 
growth  and  productiveness,  in  which 
satisfactory  returns  may  be  depended 
upon,  and  which  afford  to  the  enthu- 
siastic Okanaganite  most  concrete 
evidence  of  the  splendid  possibilities 
of  this  valley.  It  is  when  inspecting 
estates  of  this  kind,  orchards  which 
are  now  coming  as  it  were  into  itheir 
own,  that  one  begins  to  realize  ihe 
glorious  future  before  the  fruit-grow- 
ing industry,  and  to  feel  the  full 
force  of  the  conviction  that,  when  the 
years  of  waiting  for  maturity  are 
over  in  so  many  developing  proper- 
ties all  over  the  district,  the  Okan- 
agan will,  indeed,  be  the  Happy  Val- 
ley, the  garden  section  of  the  pro- 
vince, a  land  of  general  prosperity 
and  increasing  productiveness. 


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Kelowna   Lands 

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THAT  the  special  article  pre- 
pared by  H.  P.  Lee  of  the 
Wood  Lake  Fruitlands  Co. 
under  the  title  of  "Are  Fruit  Lands 
Worth  Three  Hundred  Dollars  an 
Acre"  has  attracted  widespread  at- 
tention is  evidenced  by  the  effort  of 
the  Victoria  Times  which  devoted 
upwards  of  one  column  of  editorial 
space  to  a  discussion  of  Mr.  Lee's 
arguments.  This  goes  to  prove  that 
the  fruit  land  question  is  a  live  one 
in  British  Columbia  and  particular- 
ly so  as  it  affects  the  Okanagan  and 
Kootenay  valleys.  The  Times  edi- 
torial is  herewith  reproduce:!  in 
part: 


In  a  carefully  argued  and  well 
written  article  in  the  July  number 
of  The  New  Empire,  published  at 
Vernon,  Mr.  H.  P.  Lee  answers  the 
question  "Is  Fruit  Land  Worth 
Three  Hundred  Dollars  an  Acre?" 
Mr.  Lee  argues,  of  course,  concern- 
ing the  land  in  the  Okanagan  valley 
and  the  substance  of  his  demonstra- 
tion, which  by  the  way  is  conclusive, 
is  that  the  land  is  worth  that  much 
because  it  produces  results  which 
pay  good  interest  on  money  invested 
at  that  price.  Xo  one  who  has 
studied  the  fruit  land  question  in  the 
province  will  be  disposed  to  contro- 
vert his  argument,  but  many  will  be 
inclined  to  ask  why  is  fruit  land  not 
selling  for  much  more  than  $300  per 
acre?  Lands  in  the  Kootenay  lake 
valleys  sold  recently  for  as  much  as 
$1,000  per  acre,  though  it  must  be 
admitted  that  the  residential  ad- 
vantages of  the  locality  somewhat 
enhanced  the  price. 

But  there  is  no  reason  why  all  the 
fruit  lands  in  the  province  should 
not,  in  the  near  future,  sell  for 
$1,000  per  acre.  Fruit  lands  in  the 
Wenatchee  valley,  less  than  half  a 
thousand  miles  south  of  British  Co- 
lumbia and  in  the  same  parallels  of 
longitude,  sell  for  from  $1,200  to 
$2,000  per  acre  and  for  the  same 
reason  that  lands  in  this  province 
sell  for  high  values — because  they 
pay  high  interest  on  the  investment. 
As  is  the  case  in  every  economic 
question,  'there  must  be  reason  for 
this  remarkable  contrast  in  values. 
It  does  not  lie  in  the  productive 
power  of  the  land  nor  in  the  quality 
o-f  the  fruit  produced,  because,  in 


the  first  case,  the  provincial  lands 
are  equal  in  producing  power,  and 
in  the  second  case  the  foreign  fruit 
is  not  only  not  superior  but  is  ac- 
tually inferior  in  quality.  Both 
these  statements  can  be  proved,  the 
first  by  a  reference  to  the  productive 
returns  and  the  second  by  the  fact 
that  the  fruits  of  the  province,  and 
especially  those  of  the  Okanagan  and 
Kootenay  valleys,  have  taken  the 
i'ighest  prizes  repeatedly  in  competi- 
tion in  the  world  centres  w:ih  the 
fruit  products  of  the  world. 

I'.arring  the  fact — soon  to  be  over- 
come—  that  the  Washington  fruit 
lands  have  been  longer  cultivated 
and  orchards  are  more  mature,  the 
whole  question  is  one  of  free  mar- 
kets. Freight  rates  to  Winnipeg 
and  the  eastern  markets  are  no  more 
favorable  from  Spokane  than  they 
are  from  Vernon.  If  they  are,  the 
fault  is  not  with  the  fruit  growers 
and  does  not  affect  the  question  in 
the  matter  of  our  argument. 

The  fac;  is  that  the  Washington 
producer  has  an  open  market  and 
can  ship  his  fruit  anywhere  he  likes 
without  combatting  the  handicap  of 
a  tariff  duty.  He,  therefore,  ships 


his  best  fruits  to  the  eastern  mar- 
kets and  compels  the  Canadian  im- 
porter to  be  contented  with  his  sec- 
ond and  third  grades.  The  Canadian 
consumer  must  have  these  or  go 
without  fruit,  and  when  he  imports 
them  he  i.-i  compelled  to  pay  the 
duty.  It  is  always  the  consumer 
who  pays  the  duty  when  other  com- 
petition is  equal. 


Lytton  is  busier  this  year  than  it 
lias  been  for  some  time.  The  influx 
into  the  Lillooe;  country  is  large 
this  season  and  this  combined  with 
the  activity  preliminary  to  construc- 
tion work  on  the  Canadian  Northern 
railway  has  tended  to  bring  about 
the  improved  conditions.  It  is  ex- 
pected that  the  Canadian  Northern 
will  use  Lytton  as  one  of  the  bases 
of  operations. 


•ASSKI)    AKOl'M). 


"What  are  you  looking  so  glum 
about,  old  man?"  "Somebody  stole 
Dawson's  umbrella."  "But  should 
that  worry  you?"  "It  was  stolen 
from  me." 


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THE     NEW    EMPIRE 


Okanagan  Lake  Frontage  is  Limited 

On  the  other  hand  the  demand  for  it  is  not. 

Obviously  then  LAKE  FRONTAGE  is  good  buying — I  make  a 
specialty  of  this  class  of  property,  improved  and  unimproved — and  keep  a  launch  for 
the  special  benefit  of  clients  wishing  to  see  such  a  property. 


I  have  spent  seven  years  cruising  about  every  part  of  the  Lake  and  have 
invested  thousands  of  dollars  for  clients  abroad.  My  list  of  properties 
for  sale  is  exceptionally  comprehensive,  comprising  ns  it  does,  proper- 
ties varying  in  size  from  1  acre  to  2000  acres  and  in  price  from 

$15.00  per  acre  to  upwards  of  $1000.00  per  acre. 


Let  me  know  what  you  are  looking  for — If  I  cannot  suit  you  I  will  say  so. 

Q.  A.  BATCH  ELOR 

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NE  of  the  most  important  an- 

Onountemenls  of  the  year  af- 
fecting the  Okanagan  valley 
was  given  out  \vhe_i  it  was  made  pub- 
lic that  Messrs.  MeKenzie  &  Mann,  of 
the  Canadian  Northern  railway,  had 
purchased  the  Couteau  Power  Co. 
There  is  much  significance  in  th-c  an- 
nouncement Tor  it  means  .he  early 
consummation  cf  a  scheme  in  wMe'h 
ts  wrapped  up  untoli  possibilites  for 
"lie  district.  It  means  that  the  elec- 
tric railway  from  Shuswap  Falls  .o 
Vernon  with  tlie  latter  as  a  radiating 
centre  reaching  all  parts  of  the  \  al- 
ley will  not  long  be  dc'layel  anl 
that  the  Canadian  Northern  will  uss 
this  line  as  a  feeder  for  its  great 
transcontinental  system.  It  was 
'only  the  other  day  that  Messrs.  Mc- 
Kenzie  &  Mann  announced  that  their 
branch  line  from  Kamloops  through 
the  Okanagan  valley  would  be  realy 
for  operation  as  soon  as  the  main 
line  anl  it  begins  to  look  as  though 
the  acquisition  of  the  Couteau  Power 


Co.  is  a  definite  part  of  the  great 
scheme. 

The  Couteau  Power  Company 
found  its  inception  in  the  efforts  of 
W.  C.  Ricardo,  G.  A.  Henderson  and 
other  prominent  residents  of  the 
Okanagan  cistrict  to  provile  a  ct.eap 
and  adequate  means  of  transporta- 
tion for  the  fruit  grown  in  the  fer- 
-  ile  region  through  which  it  will 
rass,  and  to  furnis'i  cheap  electric 
;>ower  for  industrial  an  I  manufac- 
turing purposes.  A  charter  was  ob- 
tained some  years  ago  from  the  Pro- 
vincial Government,  anl  since  then 
the  promoters  have  been  endeavor- 
ing to  secure  the  capital  necessary  to 
carry  forward  this  big  undertaking. 

A  visit  was  made  to  Montreal  last 
winter  by  Messrs.  Ricardo,  Hender- 
son, Agur  anl  Ashcroft,  anl  as  a  re- 
sult of  their  representations,  Mr. 
Xeilson,  a  well  known  engineer, 
came  out  to  investigate  and  report 
upon  the  scheme.  1:  i.s  understool 
that  his  report  was  eminently  satis- 


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factory;  but  for  various  reasons  no 
action  was  taken,  and  this  is  the  first 
intimation  so  far  received  that  Mc- 
Kenzie  &  Mann  were  interested  in 
the  project. 

Tiie  power  for  the  line  will  be  en- 
gendered at  Shuswap  Falls,  about  26 
n-iles  from  Vernon,  and  the  electric 
real  will  p?.ss  through  White  Valley 
ml  Col.lstream  on  to  this  city,  and 
thence  link  up  the  various  Okanagan 
towns,  prncce'ing  onward  to  En- 
'crby  on  the  north  and  Kelowna  on 
the  south.  Cheap  power  and  clieap 
light  are  leti.'ing  features  of  the 
plan,  anl  he  great  impetus  which  it 
will  give  to  all  lines  of  business  ac- 
tivity is  too  apparent  to  require 
comment. 

It  will  be  remembered  also  that 
McKenzie  &  Mann  have  repeatedly 
announced  their  inten:ion  of  build- 
ing a  brand:  line  of  the  Canadian 
Northern  Railway  into  the  Okan- 
agan from  Kamloops,  and  have  re- 
ceived a  promise  from  Premier  Mc- 
Bride  that  the  government  will  as- 
sist them  in  this  enterprise  to  the 
same  etxent  that  hey  accorded  them 
for  heir  main  line  through  the  pro- 
vince. The  fact  that  this  enterpris- 
ing firm  of  railway  builders  have 
now  secure-l  the  Couteau  charter 
seems  to  indicate  beyond  all  doubt 
that  they  ha\e  determined  to  push 
forward  their  entry  to  the  Okanagan, 
anl  make  the  electric  line  a  feeder 
for  their  r?'lway. 

All  this  spells  progress  and  pros- 
perity in  .he  biggest  kind  of  letters, 
an!  the  residents  of  the  Okanagan 
have  good  cause  to  rejoice  over  this 
extremely  important  announcement 
whic'li  means  more  to  the  c'istrict 
than  can  be  easily  cst'mated  at  t!ic 
first  glance.  It  means  :i  big  jump 
ahead  along  the  line  of  prosperity 
for  the  whole  valley,  and  will  make 
Vernon  an  impotrant  railway  centre 
for  competing  lines. 


Ar  Irishman  with  one  side  of  his 
face  bally  swollen  stepped  into  Dr. 
Wichten's  offcs  and  inquired  if  the 
dentist  was  in. 

"I  am  the  dentist,"  said  the  doctor. 

"Well,  then,  I  want  ye  to  see 
what's  the  matter  wid  me  tooth." 

The  doctor  examined  the  offending 
molar,  and  explained:  — 

"The  nerve  is  dead;  that's  what's 
the  matter." 

"Thin,  be  the  powers!"  the  Irish- 
man exclaimed,  "the  other  teeth 
must  be  houldin'  a  wake  over  it!" 


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Farming  and  Horticulture      $£ 

Great  Progress  Made  by  These  Industries  in  British  Columbia 


THE  following  extracts  from  the 
last  budget  speech  of  the  Hon. 
Price      Ellison.      minister      of 
finance   and    agriculture,    indicate   in 
no      uncertain      manner     the      rapid 
strides    which    agriculture    in    all    its 
branches    is    making    in    British    Co- 
lumbia: 

In  farming  and  horticulture  1  H  1  U 
was  the  biggest  year  the  province 
has  ever  had.  Last  year  Hon.  Mr. 
Bowser  n  his  budget  speech  was 
very  pleased  to  announce  that  the 
produce  of  British  Columbia  under 
this  head  amounted  to  $S, 500,00(1. 
That,  I  believe,  was  a  too  conserva- 
tive estimate,  but  it  was  a  good  out- 
put for  a  comparatively  poor  year. 
This  year  1  am  please:!  to  announce* 
that  the  department  of  agriculture 
can  show  an  output  of  home  produc- 
tion of  $14,399,000,  or  an  increase 
of  nearly  six  millions  of  dollars.  It 
is  very  difficult  to  arrive  at  exact 
figures,  as  the  department  must  ilo- 
pend  upon  so  many  sources  of  in- 
formation in  order  to  arrive  at  an 
approximate  result,  but  I  think  I  am 
safe  in  saying  that  the  amount  I 
have  given  is  well  within  the  mark 
and  may  be  depended  upon.  The  of- 
ficials of  the  department  first  took 
the  figures  they  had  received  from 
the  railways  and  express  companies 
and  dealers  i:i  farm  products  and 
from  returns  from  farmers'  insti- 
tutes, and  then  checked  tr-esc  up  i'.i 
several  independent  ways,  and  in 
each  instance  the  first  estimate  was 
substantially  confirmed. 

The  xery  large  home  production 
and  the  increase  over  the  preceding 
year  are  very  gratifying  indeed, 
especially  to  a  farmer  like  myself 
who  has  always  banked  on  our  farm- 
ing possibilities.  I  have  here  the  de- 
tails of  production  classified  under 
the  various  heads,  and  I  shall  give 
them  to  the  press,  but  I  do  not  want 
to  tire  the  House  with  them. 
Briefly  these  totals  are: 

Live  stock    $2,571,865 

Dairy       produce,       butter, 

eggs,  etc 3,645,40.r> 

Grain   and   hay 5,347,630 

Fruit 1,939,110 

Meats    675,475 

Eggs   and    honey 159,447 

Miscellaneous 60,162 


Total    $14. 399  OOfl 


We  have  in  the  above  such  large 
items  as  horses,  over  $600,000;  cat- 
tle, $1,136,000;  poultry,  $335,375; 
butter,  over  $1,000,000;  fruit,  near- 
ly $2,000,000;  ha>,  almost  $4,000,- 
000;  and  grain  almost  $1,500,000; 
bacon  and  hams,,  over  $360,000;  and 
milk,  cream,  etc.,  over  $2,500,000. 

What  in  one  sense  is  not,  perhaps, 
so  gratifying  is  that  the  imports  of 
agricultural  produce  have  been  still 
greater  than  the  home  production, 
an:l  amounted  to  $14,060,904. 

Comparing,  however,  the  figures 
with  those  submitted  last  year  by  the 
minister  of  finance,  the  home  pro- 
duction lias  almo-t  caught  up  with 
the  imported  articles,  despite  the 
fact  that  the  latter  were  over  three 
and  a  half  millions  more  than  the 
year  previous.  The  figures  altogether 
sliow  that  thi  re  has  been  a  great  ex- 
pansion of  population  in  the  pro- 
vince, because  the  total  consumption 
of  farm  products  in  1010  amounted 
to  nearly  $28,300,000  in  value,  and 
in  1000  it  was  only  about  $20,000.- 
000,  and  in  the  latter  1  am  allowing 
$2,000.00(1  for  what  I  believe  to 
have  been  an  underestimate  last 
year.  It  means  that  there  was  at 
least  $8,500,000  more  consumed  by 
the  population  in  1010  than  in  1909. 
If  we  figure  $80  as  the  consumption 
of  agricultural  products  per  head  of 
the  population  and  allow  for  the  in- 
creased price  of  farm  products  it 
means  that  we  added  between  75,000 
and  100,000  to  the  population  in 
1910,  or  a  number  e(|u:'.l  to  the  en- 
tire population  of  25  years  ago.  It 
is  regrettable,  of  course,  that  we  do 
not  supply  more  of  the  home  con- 
sumption than  we  do,  but,  however 
fast  we  may  produce  in  view  of  the 
increasing  population  it  will  be  a 
long  time  yet  before  we  can  fully 
supply  the  home  market,  and  in  any 
event  there  will  always  be  a  very 
considerable  amount  of  agricultural 
articles  in  one  form  or  another  that 
we  shall  import. 

We  exported  not  more  than  $1.- 
000,000  worth  of  agricultural  pro- 
ducts, made  up  mainly  of  fruit.  The 
fruit  growing  industry  of  the  pro- 
vince is  developing  at  a  very  rapid 
rate  and  bids  fair  soon  to  become  the 
most  important  branch  of  agricul- 
ture. The  lotal 


I 


Product  ion  of  Fruit 

was  far  in  excess  of  any  previous 
year  and  amounted  to  about  $2,000,- 
000.  The  quality  of  t'.ie  fruit  was 
all  that  could  be  desired  and  the 
marked  improvement  was  shown  in 
the  packing  and  grading  of  thesame. 
Prices  were,  however,  lower  than 
usual. 

The  estimated  area  of  fruit  trees 
under  cultivation  in  the  province  for 
1911  is  about  100,000  acres,  of 
which  there  is  something  like  60,000 
acres  of  bearing  trees. 

A  glance  at  the  figures  of  imports 
of  poultry  and  eggs  convince  one  of 
the  great  future  there  is  for  this 
most  important  branch  of  farming. 
$1,113.400  worth  of  poultry  was  im- 
ported and  $335,375  produced  in  the 
province.  In  eggs,  the  importation 
was  $285,682,  and  home  production 
$156,247.  The  imports  of  cattle 
show  $2,271,640  against  $1,135,820 
home  production.  This  discrepancy 
between  imports  and  home  produc- 
tion is  explained  by  the  fact  that  out- 
side some  of  the  interior  ranges  of 
the  province  cattle  breeding  for  beef 
is  not  extensively  practised  in  the 
province,  and  a  number  of  the  large 
ranches  have  been  subdivided  and 
the  cattle  sold  for  beef. 

The  dairying  industry  is  on  a  very 
progressive  plane  at  present,  the 
total  dairying  output  amounting  to 
about  $950,000,  and  it  is  anticipated 
the  success  of  this  important  phase 
of  agricultural  industry  will  secure 
for  the  dairyman  the  highest  market 
prices  possible  to  be  secured  by  any 
individual  or  organization  in  com- 
petiton  anywhere  throughout  the 
Dominion,  and  this  should  prove  a 
great  incentive  towards  1/ae  rapid  de- 
velopment and  further  increase  of 
creameries  throughout  the  province. 
Hops  are  also  grown  in  consider- 
able quantities  in  the  province,  but 
there  are  no  available  statistics  as  to 
the  production. 

It  s  very  gratifying  to  note  that 
very  active  work  is  being  conducted 
in  the  local  improvement  of  stock 
breeding,  and  that  a  decrease  in  the 
number  of  horses  and  cattle  in  the 
province  imported  from  outside 
points  during  1910  has  been  record- 
ed in  comparison  with  1909. 

(('(in!  inued   on    I 'age   '!". ) 


THE     NEW    EMPIRE 


23 


ZINC  PLANT  FOH   NKLSON. 

French's  Complex  Ore  Reducton 
Company,  Limited,  will  erect  in  Nel- 
son a  plant  for  the  treatment  of  the 
zinc  ores  of  this  district  on  a  com- 
mercial scale  by  a  process  invented 
by  A.  Gordon  French,  the  well- 
known  metallurgical  chemist,  accord- 
ing to  a  statement  made  last  night 
by  Mr.  French,  says  the  Nelson  News, 
who  'has  just  returned  from  Victoria, 
where  he  held  a  conference  with  the 
directors  of  the  company,  when  this 
decision  was  arrived  at. 

In  addition  to  the  zinc  plant  a  fac- 
tory will  be  built  for  the  making  of 
dry  batteries  from  the  zinc  produced 
and  from  the  black  manganese  oxide, 
which  is  a  valuable  by-product  of  Mr. 
French's  process,  while  it  s  the  in- 
tention to  build  a  third  plant  for  the 
manufacture  of  zinc  pigment  from 
the  pure  metal  saved  from  the  ores. 

For  the  past  year  Mr.  French  has 
been  operating  a  demonstration  plant 
with  a  capacity  of  from  four  to  rive 
tons  per  day  at  the  old  city  power 
station  on  Cottonwood  creek,  with 
the  result  that  >he  was  able  last  week 
to  announce  both  t'.ie  success  of  t!ie 
process  from  ;i  commercial  point  of 
\iew  and  the  decision  on  the  part  of 
his  company  to  build  a  smelter  here 
and  the  factories  in  connection, 
which  will  give  employment  to  a 
large  force  of  men. 

Figures  produced  by  .Mr.  French 
indicate  that  the  new  process  will 
make  profitable  the  operation  of 
many  properties  in  the  district  which 
are  at  present  lying  idle  owing  to  the 
heavy  penalty  placed  upon  complex 
zinc  ores  by  the  smelters. 

Obtains  Zinc  and  Miing-nese. 

The  process,  detail,  of  which  the 
fomous  inventor  is  unable  to  divulge 
until  certain  patents  have  been  se- 
cured, results  in  the  zinc  and  t^e 
•rcangnese  oxide  being  saved  from 
the  ore,  while  the  residue,  contain- 
ing the  silver,  lead  and  ot'rer  mineral 
values,  will  in  all  probability  be 
shipped  to  Trail  or  to  some  other 
smelter  within  easy  reach  of  Nelson. 
The  zinc  is  obtained  in  the  pure  met- 
allic form  and  the  black  manganese 
oxide  is  saved  in  the  same  condition 
of  chemical  purity. 

"The  zinc  obtained  reaches  the 
highest  practical  point  in  the  saving 
of  the  metal  and  reaches  well  up  to- 
ward the  theoretical  values,"  said  Mr 
French  when  questioned  as  to  the 
percentage  of  zinc  obtained  from  the 
ores  'by  his  process. 

Plant   in   Steady   Operation. 

Under  the  manpgement  of  Georga 
Fletcher,  for  some  years  with  t::e 
Hall  Mines  company,  Mr.  French's 


demonstration  „  lant  is  daily  turning 
out  zinc  and  black  manganese  oxide, 
largely  from  the  complex  ores  ship- 
ped into  Nelson  by  the  Snyder  elec- 
trical zinc  smelter,  which  was  built 
here  in  1908,  but  which  did  not 
prove  the  success  that  was  anticipat- 
ed, 

"The  directors  of  the  company 
were  delighted  to  'hear  of  the  success 
of  the  process  when  I  was  at  Victoria 
last'  week  and  showed  then  the  pro- 
ducts," said  Mr.  French  as  he  point- 
ed to  a  glass  phial  containing  a  sam- 
ple of  the  manganese  oxide  and  to 
a  heavy  piece  of  pure  zinc,  "and 
came  to  the  conclusion  to  go  ahead 
with  the  preparation  of  plans  for 
the  building  of  the  plant  and  the 
factories." 

Statement  in  Plntiiiiiin  Discovery. 
Regarding  the  discovery  of  the 
platinum  group  of  metals  in  the 
grp.nite-Poorman  mine,  which  he 
made  some  months  ago.  Mr.  Frencii 
said:  "The  latest  experiments  prove 
that  there  are  platinum,  palladium 
anl  irridium,  the  t'.-.ree  important 
metals  of  the  platinum  group,  i" 
payable  quantities  in  the  Granite- 
Poorman  mine."  Yesterday  Thomas 
Gough,  as  a  result  of  assays  ma  ie 
under  direction  from  Mr.  Fren-h, 
had  in  his  possession  a  comparative- 
ly large  button,  in  which  irridium 
predominated,  obtained  from  ore 
from  the  dyke  in  which  the  metals 
were  found  by  Mr.  French. 


KAKMlIN<;     AND     HORTICUI/TUHK. 


(Continued  from  Page  22.) 

The   imports   under   the  heads   are 
estimated   as  follows: 

Live   stock    $  5,254,286 

Dairy    produce    2,701,946 

Eggs,    etc 306,893 

Hay      anl      grain      (inc. 

r.-.ait. )     ,j,381,544 

Meats    974.129 

Fruit 163,620 

Miscellaneous     180,486 


Total    $14,962,904 

Of  this  large  sum  $2,353,623 
worth  was  imported  through  the  cus- 
toms and  paid  duty.  The  rest  came 
from  Eastern  Canadian  points.  The 
largest  items  were  for  sheep,  bacon 
and  hams,  lard,  eggs  and  butter,  hay, 
grain  and,  strange  as  it  >may  seem, 
$163,620  worth  of  fresh  fruits,  such 
as  we  grow  in  this  country.  It 
should  be  borne  in  mind  that  about 
five-sixths  of  the  imported  goods 
came  from  the  Middle  West  and 
Eastern  Canada,  and  that  British  Co- 
lumbia is  the  most  profitable  cus- 
tomer the  farmers  of  Eastern  Can- 
ada havo. 


AGRICULTURE  IN  B.  C. 

British  Columbia  is  usually  refer- 
red to  as  a  mining,  lumbering  and 
fiE'hing  province.  In  speaking  of 
that  part  of  the  west  it  is  seldom 
associated  with  agriculture.  Some 
parts — in  fact,  many  parts — of  Bri- 
tish Columbia  are  very  well  suited 
to  the  growth  of  various  grains,  ve- 
getables and  fruit.  A  great  deal  is 
being  done  for  the  promotion  of  agri- 
cultural societies  there,  and  one  of 
The  Commercial  correspondents  at 
the  coast  has  brought  our  attention 
to  tiie  work  being  done  by  the  Chilli- 
wack  Agricultural  Society,  which 
will  hold  its  39th  annual  exhibition 
on  September  20  and  21. 

A  large  sum  of  money  has  been 
set  aside  for  prizes  in  the  various 
classes  and  special  competitions.  The 
offices  and  members  have  planned  to 
make  this  a  first-class  agricultural 
exhibition,  and  one  who  sees  the  pro- 
gramme for  the  occasion  must  get 
away  from  the  thought  t'.iat  all  west- 
ern agricultural  exhibitions  belong 
to  the  prairie  country. 

British  Columbia  is  rapidly  forg- 
ing to  the  front  as  a  fruit  growing 
country,  and  it  is  only  a  matter  of 
a  few  years  until  British  Columbia 
fruit  will  be  a  very  large  factor  in 
the  tracie  of  the  central  part  of  the 
Dominion.  Most  of  the  fruit  used 
in  Manitoba,  Saskatchewan  and  Al- 
berta now  conies  from  the  east  and 
south,  and  when  t'.ie  British  Colum- 
bia article  is  a  little  further  develop- 
ed and  the  growers  there  get  reason- 
able freight  and  express  rates,  each 
season's  crop  there  will  be  awaited 
with  even  more  interest  than  the 
eastern  and  southern  crops  to  Jay.- - 
Winnipeg  Commercial. 


T.  S.   KAliMS. 

United  States  census  returns  show 
that  there  are  6. 340, 357  farms  in 
the  United  States,  with  an  aggregate 
acreage  of  873, 72!), 000.  Reciprocity 
gives  the  Canadian  farmer  six  mil- 
lion American  competitors,  in  ad- 
dition to  t'-e  millions  of  farmers  of 
the  favore.!  nations  and  t'.ie  British 
Empire. 


H.  C.  SALMON  PACK. 

The  pack  of  all  kinds  of  salmcn  in 
British  Columb'a  this  season  will  fall 
not  far  short  of  750,000  cases.  This 
is  the  opinion  of  a  canner  largely  in- 
terested in  the  industry  on  the 
Fraser  river  and  in  the  northern  part 
of  the  province.  It  is  estimated  that 
the  total  pack  of  sockeye  on  the 
Fraser  river  and  in  the  north  ap- 
proximates 365,000  cases.  The  pack 
of  springs,  humpbacks  raid  cohoes 
will,  it  is  expected,  more  than  equal 
the  output  of  sockeyes. 


24 


THE     NEW    EMPIRE 


BUILDING   IN   VKRNON. 

Vernon  is  experiencing  a  'buil^ng 
boom  at  the  present  time.  Many 
new  homes  are  in  course  of  construc- 
tion but  aside  from  that  the  import- 
ance of  some  of  the  larger  contracts 
recently  awarded  i-s  worthy  ofserious 
consideration.  Only  a  few  days  ago 
the  contract  for  the  new  0.  P.  R. 
station  was  given  to  T.  E.  Crowell, 
the  well  known  local  contractor,  and 
work  has  already  been  instituted  on 
an  elaborate  basis.  The  new  post- 
office  Inr'Hing  is  rapidly  Hearing 
completion  r.n  1  in  ils  finishe.1  form 
it  will  be  a  distinct  credit  to  the 
city.  The  new  fire  hall  will  be  ready 
for  occupation  before  the  snow  flies 
an1  with  its  completion  the  purchase 
of  modern  fire  equipment  will  be- 
come a  serious  consideration.  Pre- 
liminary work  on  the  new  court 
iiouse  has  been  commenced  but  the 
magnitude  of  this  undertaking  will 
bring  the  conclusion  of  the  work  well 
into  next  spring.  Other  large  con- 
tracts are  well  advanced  and  with 
the  opening  of  1  !i  1 2  Vernon  will 
boast  many  tine  new  public  build- 
ings. 


The  Royal  Hank  is  building  a  fine 
new  home  for  itself  in  the  city  of 
Kelowna.  The  building  is  of  brick 
and  presents  a  fine  exterior  appear- 
ance. The  contractors  are  rushing 
the  interior  work  and  it  is  expected 
that  occupation  will  occur  before  the 
end  of  September.  It  is  pleasing  to 
note  the  ocnfiflence  and  good  faitli 
with  which  these  large  financial  in- 
stitutions regard  the  future  of  the 
Okanagan  towns  and  Kelowna  has 
every  reason  to  feel  satisfied  with 
the  active  character  of  its  home 
banking  houses. 


With  the  inauguration  of  actual 
construction  on  the  Kettle  Valley 
railway  Penticton  has  become  a  busy 
centre  and  the  local  business  houses 
report  a  big  volume  of  trade.  Pen- 
ticton will  be  an  important  working 
base  for  the  new  road  and  with  con- 
struction in  full  swing  conditions 
will  'become  unusually  brisk. 


Pew  hotels  there  are  that  boast 
of  long  distance  telephone  communi- 
cation in  each  room,  but  this  is  true 
of  the  Royal  Hotel  in  Vernon.  It  is 
now  possible  for  the  guests  to  talk 
with  outside  points  without  being 
subjected  to  the  Inconvenience  of 
going  to  the  exchange  or  even  to  the 
hotel  office.  The  proprietor  of  the 
hotel,  A.  Austin,  Is  sparing  no  ef- 
fort to  make  his  house  one  of  the 
best  on  the  road  and  his  efforts  are 
meeting  with  success. 


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NEW   BANK   BUILDING. 

The  new  home  of  the  Imperial 
Bank  in  the  city  of  Karaloops  is  one 
of  the  finest  of  its  kind  in  the  upper 
country.  Of  substantial  pressed 
brick  the  structure  gives  the  appear- 
ance of  permanency  and  symbolizes 
the  sollrl  basis  on  which  is  builded 
the  business  interests  of  the  Inland 
capital.  (Since  coming  to  Kamloops 
the  Imperial  Bank  has  grown  an  I 
expanded  with  the  town  and  no  bet- 
ter evidence  of  the  success  of  this 
thriving  community  could  be  hal 
than  in  a  study  of  the  career  of  the 
local  banking  institutions. 

The  C.  P.  R.  will  not  move  \u 
tracks  from  Main  street  in  Kamloops 
until  early  next  year.  Tliis  will  be 
an  important  undertaking  arid  it  is 
reported  in  well  authorized  circles 
that  it  is  but  part  of  a  large  pro- 
gramme that  the  railway  company 
has  planned  for  Kamloops  for  next 
season. 


British  Columbia's  new  university 
will  be  opened  to  the  public  in  two 
years,  according  to  Hon.  Richard 
McUride.  The  university  will  be 
complete  in  every  department  and 
will  offer  to  the  people  of  British 
Columbia  educational  facilities  that 
have  no  superior  on  the  continent. 


Work  on  the  new  station  at  Ver- 
non  is  well  under  way  and  the  C.  P. 
R.  officials  announce  that  it  will  be 
ready  for  occupation  by  the  end  of 
the  year.  Tenders  are  being  called 
for  the  new  provincial  court  house. 
This  will  be  one  of  the  finest  build- 
ings in  the  interior  of  British  Colum- 
bia and  will  cost  in  the  neighbor- 
hood of  $165,000. 


Vernon  is  spending  a  lot  of  money 
in  rebuilding  the  roadbed  of  its  main 
business  thoroughfare  and  when 
completed  it  will  be  as  good  as  ma- 
cadamized. Vernon  is  progressive 
in  every  department  of  its  civic  ad- 
ministration and  after  all  this  is  the 
spirit  that  builds  a  city  and  makes  it 
great. 


"The  Prodical  Son"  was  the  sub- 
ject of  the  Sunday  school  lesson,  and 
the  teacher  was  dwelling  on  t)he  char- 
acter of  the  elder  brother. 

"But  amid  all  the  rejoicing,"  said 
the  teacher,  "there  was  one  to  whom 
the  preparation  of  the  feast  brought 
no  joy,  to  whom  the  prodigal's  re- 
turn gave  no  happiness,  only  bitter- 
ness; one  who  did  not  approve  of  the 
feas.t  and  had  no  wish  to  attend  it. 
Now,  who  can  tell  me  who  this  was?" 

Silence  for  several  moments;  then 
a  hand  raised  and  a  small,  sym- 
pathetic voice: 

"Please  ma'am,  it  was  the  fatted 
calf." 


26 


THE     NEW     EMPIRE 


GOOD  IK  )  \  Us. 
(From  the  Scientific  American.) 


Chief  among  the  qualities  of  a 
good  road  is  that  of  durability,  and 
durability  can  be  assured  only  by 
first-class  work  in  construction  an! 
by  ceaseless  vigilance  in  maintaining 
the  road  in  perfect  condition.  It 
goes  without  saying  that  the  high- 
ways of  America,  considered  as  a 
whole,  are  not  to  be  compared  with 
those  of  the  older  European  coun- 
tries. After  a  motor  car  tour  through 
Europe,  the  American  becomes  pain- 
iiilly  aware  of  the  fact  that  in  this 
most  important  matter,  his  country, 
even  if  we  allow  for  its  comparative 
youthfulness,  is  many  decades  be- 
liind  that  stage  of  development  to 
which  its  wealth  and  enterprise 
^l.ould  have  carried  it  long  ago.  Al- 
though we  say  this  with  full  appreci- 
ation of  the  fact  that  some  of  our 
States,  and  notably  Xew  Jersey  and 
Massachusetts,  have  done  effective 
work  in  building  up  a  sys;em  of 
highways,  the  fact  remains  that, 
taken  as  a  whole,  the  United  Sta'es 
ha-;  not  done  much  more  in  tins  mat- 
ter of  good  roads  than  make  a  be- 
ginning—  the  work  has  yet  to  be 
done. 

It  is  not  that  we  have  been  parsi- 
monious in  the  matter  of  appropri- 
ations. Had  the  money  which  has 
been  vote!  by  legislatures  and 
county  boards,  and  the  enormous 
amount  of  work  which  has  been  done 
1111  ier  the  as-essment  method,  been 
expended  wisely  in  the  first  place, 
i'-ii  1  followed  up  by  intelligent 
irethods  of  maintenance  and  repair 
—  in  other  words  had  we  built  our 
roads  and  cared  for  them  as  they 
buil.l  an  1  maintain  them  in  Europe, 
>vp  :'.n  nnt  hesitate  to  say  that  for 
:i:c  money  ml  energy  expended,  our 
roa(!s  would  have  been  in  a:  least 
cue  h-inirel  ner  cent,  better  con- 
dition t'.ian  they  are  today. 

The  fundamental  requirements  of 
a  good  road  are  an  ample  foundation 
an!  good  drainage.  Without  these, 
the  most  carefully  leveled  and 
smoothly  rolled  top  surface  is  noth- 
ing more  than  a  delusion  and  a 
snare.  Furthermore,  a  road  which 
has  been  built  with  deep  founda- 
tions, good  drainage,  and  an  ample 
depth  of  suitable  top  dressing — un- 
less it  be  watched  and  tended  with 
the  most  solicitous  attention — will 
go  to  pieces  only  a  little  less  rapidly 
than  the  cheap  product  of  the 
scraper  and  horse  roller. 

We  have  long  believed  that  in 
those  districts  where  scarcity  of 
travel  and  financial  inability  to  pro- 
\ide  the  necessary  funds  prohibit 
the  construction  of  a  lirst-dnss  ma- 


cadam road,  it  would  be  better  to  in- 
vest the  time  and  money  in  con- 
structing short  sections  of  durable 
road,  leaving  the  traffic  to  fight  it 
out  with  "chuck-holes,"  deep  ruts 
and  mud  over  the  balance  of  t'ae 
highway  during  the  winter  months. 
The  endurance  of  a  few  years  of  dis- 
comfort would  be  repaid  by  the  ulti- 
mate possession  of  a  permanent  first- 
class  highway.  Moreover,  the  us« 
of  oil  or  some  other  of  the  many  ex- 
cellent "binders"  that  are  now  avail- 
able would  make  it  possible  to  main- 
tain the  unimproved  roadway  in  as 
good,  if  not  better,  condition  than 
that  of  the  old  s.craper-an-d-roller 
highway,  which  invariably  went  to 
pieces  after  the  first  two  or  three 
frosts  and  rains  of  the  winter. 

In  districts  where  financial  condi- 
tions and  the  amount  of  traffic  has 
warranted  the  construction  of  ex- 
pensive roads,  millions  of  dollars 
have  been  thrown  away  because  of 
the  absolutely  absurd  system  of 
maintenance  (if  it  can  'be  called 
such  )  which  has  been  followed. 
There  is  no  method  of  construction 
upon  which  eternal  vigilance  is  so 
necessary  as  on  that  of  the  modern 
macadam  highway.  This  has  long 
been  recognized  in  Europe,  where 
the  roadways  are  divided  into  coni- 
paritively  short  sections,  each  of 
which  is  controlled  by  a  section 
gang,  provided  with  a  supply  of 
broken  rock,  gravel,  sand,  or  other 
road  mending  material,  conveniently 
distributed  in  piles  along  the  road- 
way. Each  member  of  the  gang  has 
his  wheelbarrow,  pick  and  shovel, 
and  as  soon  as  the  slightest  indica- 
tion of  breakdown,  such  as  a  rut  or 
iiollow.  is  detected,  repairs  are  made 
before  the  'amage  can  proceed  any 
further.  A  century  of  experience 
1-as  prove!  that  this  is  the  only  way 
in  which  a  road  can  be  maintaine.1 
always  in  absolutely  first-class  con- 
dition: never  was  the  truth  of  oil 
age  adage  "A  stitch  in  time  saves 
nine"  more  strikingly  true  than  in 
this  matter  of  the  upkeep  of  public 
thoroughfares. 


OKANAGAN   KIVKK     IHSKDGING. 

Three  years  of  dredging  and  im- 
provement of  the  Okanagan  River  Is 
having  the  desire  1  effect  on  the 
waterway  and  the  land  adjoinging.  It 
is  estimated  that  the  land  reclaimed 
will  amount  to  120  acres,  anl  that 
in  all  over  250  acres  have  been  bene- 
fltted  by  drainage,  through  the  deep- 
ening of  the  river  and  the  removal 
of  the  bars  from  its  mouth.  At  the 
Lake  Shaka  end  perhaps  the  mos.1 
difficult  part  of  the  scheme  has  been 
tackled.  At  the  mouth  of  the  river, 
on  the  west  side,  a  breakwater  is  in 


course  of  construction,  about  500ft. 
out  in  the  lake,  which  when  finished 
will  cause  a  scour  from  the  river  to 
keep  the  bar  clear,  and  to  allow 
boats  of  fair  draft  to  enter  at  any 
season. 

When  the  dredging  was  commenc- 
ed there  were  predictions  that  the 
river  and  the  Okanagan  Lake  would 
suffer,  but  the  only  result  has  been 
to  lawer  the  level  of  the  river  about 
six  inches.  The  consequence  is  that 
a  quantity  of  marsh  land  lying  along 
the  'banks,  that  previously  was  of  lie- 
tie  practical  value,  has  been  fitted 
for  the  producton  of  crops  of  any 
knd,  and  at  places  beauty  spots  have 
been  created  where  ideal  homes  can 
be  erected.  A  mile  of  piling,  brusvi 
and  matrass  work  has  been  erected 
to  keep  up  the  banks,  and  to  guide 
the  current  in  the  stream.  All  the 
old  trees  and  snags,  that  have  ac- 
cumulated there  for  generations,  will 
be  removed,  and  at  certain  shallow 
corners  the  river  wll  be  still  further 
deepened. 

At  least  70  acres  have  been  re- 
claimed and  made  fit  for  cul- 
tivation, and  now  comprises  some 
of  the  finest  land  around  Penticton. 
Mr.  Joe  McDonald,  who  is  in  charge 
of  the  improvements,  has  about  a 
dozen  men  workng  on  the  break- 
water. He  estimates  the  cost  so  far 
as  amounting  to  $28,500,  and,  to  the 
end  of  the  working  year,  the  total 
outlay  will  approximate  to  $35,000. 
Considering  the  productive  possibili- 
ties of  the  property  reclaimed,  the 
outlay  is  infinitesimal  in  comparison 
with  the  thousands  of  dollars  that 
will  eventually  be  taken  from  the 
land. 


CAXAIt.VS    HANKING    SYSTEM. 

Canada  has  30  charterel  banks, 
with  2. 1  78  branches.  Ontario  lead- 
Ing  with  948;  Quebec,  337;  Marl- 
time  Provinces,  184;  f.-.e  West,  659; 
outside  Canada,  .">(). 

Pank  clearings,  1909,  14  cities, 
$5,204,000,000 — Increase  over  a  bil- 
lion over  1908.  Clearings  in  eight 
cities.  1901,  only  $1,871,000,000. 

Canadian  banks  had,  on  Dec.  31, 
1909,  $97,808,617  of  paid-up  cap- 
ital; $81,325,732  of  bank  notes  In 
circulation;  reserve  funds,  $77,847,- 
333. 

Bank  assets,  $1,157,783,629;  lia- 
bilities, $970,926,157. 

Total  deposits,  Dec.  31,  1909, 
$835,438,910. 

Current  loans  in  Canada,  834  mil- 
lions. 


"It  isn't  what  a  man  earns  that 
makes  him  rich,"  said  t'he  moralizer. 

"No,"  rejoined  the  demoralizer, 
"It's  usually  what  his  l':it  aer  savfifl." 


THE     NEW     EMPIRE 


Okanagan  Fruit  Lands 


Fruit  Properties 

We  have  always  on  our  lists  the  choicest 
of  the  fruit  ranches  being  offered  for  sale, 
improved  and  unimproved,  and  are  always 
pleased  to  give  full  information  to  enquirers, 
and  to  show  visitors  thoroughly  over  the 
district. 

The  Vernon  district  has,  we  believe,  ad- 
vantages to  offer  the  fruit  grower,  not  en- 
joyed by  any  other  district  in  the  Province, 
as  careful  investigation  will  prove. 


Vernon  City  Property 

At  present  Vernon  is  a  city  of  3000 
people,  with  every  prospect  of  a  very  rapid 
increase  in  population.  It  is  the  natural 
commercial  centre  of  the  whole  Okanagan 
Valley,  and  with  the  rapid  settlement  going 
on  should  develop  into  an  important  dis- 
tributing centre  for  the  Interior. 

As  a  residential  city  it  is  unequalled 
among  the  smaller  cities  of  the  Province, 
and  an  investment  in  city  property,  at 
present  prices,  is  sure  to  give  gratifying 
results. 


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THE     NEW    EMPIRE 
MORK  LAND  KOK  8KTTLKRS. 

llruslrs    Lake    Itanrli    Will    He    Cut 
I  ;>   Into   sm  ill    Holdings. 

Plans  for  Lhe  development  of  the 
110,000-acre  ranch  of  the  Douglas 
Lake  Cattle  Company,  Ltd.,  near 
Douglas  (Lake,  in  the  Nicola  district, 
south  of  Kamloops,  recently  acquire.! 
by  a  group  of  'London  financiers, 
will  soon  be  formulated.  This  is  the 
announcement  made  'by  .Mr.  R.  M. 
Palmer,  former  deputy  minister  of 
agriculture  and  now  managing  di- 
rector of  the  British  Columbia  Fruit 
Lands  Ltd.  owning  large  tracts  near 
Kamloops  and  in  the  Okanagan  dis- 
trict. Mr.  Palmer  is  closely  associ- 
ated with  the  new  owners  who  in- 
clude Mr.  A.  C.  Johnstone,  managing 
director  of  the  Britisli  Canadian  In- 
vestment Company  of  London,  Eng. 

"The  Douglas  Lake  ranch  is  prO'b- 
ably  the  finest  in  Canada  if  not  on 
the  continent.  It  comprises  a  very 
diversified  country  and  controls  vast 
areas  of  grazing  lands,  hay  meadows 
and  an  abundant  supply  of  water," 
said  Mr.  Palmer. 

"This  property  has  large  possi- 
bilities in  ;he  way  of  development  of 
mixed  farming,  an!  in  this  respect 
very  little  has  been  done  in  the  past. 
Ideal  conditions  for  installing  an  ir- 
rigation system  exisit.  There  are 
also  fine  possibilities  for  coal  min- 
ing, the  ranch  not  being  far  from  the 
Nicola  Valley  where  coal  mining  is 
in  progress. 

"A  detailed  plan  of  development 
will  be  adopted.  Of  course,  it  can 
not  be  carried  out  in  a  day  or  a  year 
for  the  area  is  enormous.  The  ranch 
has  over  12,000  head  of  cattle  and 
horses.  This  live  stock  has  also  been 
acquired  by  the  new  owners  who  will 
proba'bly  extend  that  branch  of  the 
business. 

"An  irrigation  system  is  being  in- 
stalled on  the  holdings  of  the  Britisii 
Columbia  Fruit  Lands  Ltd.,  north  of 
Kamloops,  through  which  the  Cana- 
dian Northern  main  line  will  run  for 
eight  miles.  The  system  is  a  con- 
crete-lined canal  with  metal  fluming 
whenever  needed.  The  main  ditch 
will  be  completed  this  fall  and  will 
render  available  next  season  one-half 
of  the  company's  holdings  of  6000 
acres." 


HOPK  STILL  BUSY. 

Just  to  give  an  idea  of  the  way 
real  estate  has  soared  in  the  town 
of  'Hope  one  enthusiastic  correspond- 
ent sends  out  the  information  that  a 
lot  a  little  removed  from  the  busi- 
ness district  brought  the  magnificent 
sum  of  four  hundred  dollars.  In  the 
business  district  as  high  as  ten  thou- 
sand dollars  has  been  paid  for  cor- 
ner lots. 


FARM 
LANDS 


Suitable  for  mixed 
farming,  live  stock,  dairy- 
ing or  fruit  growing. 

I  can  place  a  settler 
in  comfortable  circum- 
stances and  I  can  give 
him  a  first  class  invest- 
ment. 

With  a  record  of  one 
of  the  largest  and  most 
successful  real  estate 
businesses  in  the  upper 
country  I  solicit  your 
business. 

City  property  listed 
and  sold.  Some  good 
buys  always  available. 

Write  for  maps,  il- 
lustrated literature,  etc. 


05CX3XIDO 


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Real  Estate 

Insurance 

Financial  Broker 

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If  you  are  looking  for  farm  lands,  I  want  to 
talk  business  with  you  for  my  listings  include 
some  of  the  finest  properties  in  the  province. 

I  have  a  personal  knowledge  of  conditions 
through  the  province  and  am  in  a  position  to 
place  you  where  others  fail.  It  will  pay  you 
to  get  in  touch  with  me  if  you  mean  business. 

I  also  make  a  specialty  of  town  lots  and  can 
give  you  some  real  profitable  investments.  My 
clients  can  testify  to  my  ability  to  give  satis- 
faction. 


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THE     NEW     EMPIRE 


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THE      NEW     EMPIRE 


I  To   See    Ourselves    as    Others  See  Us 

»{« 

I:  Special  Correspondent  in  "Canada' 

•!• 


Pays  High  Tribute  to  KamUps  and  its  interests 


I 

I 


IN  a  current  issue  of  "Canada,"  a 
weekly  journal  published  in  Lon- 
don, England,  and  devoted  ex- 
clusively to  Canadian  interests,  a 
special  writer  paid  a  warm  tribute 
to  the  city  of  Kamloops  and  its  as- 
sociated industries.  Seldom  it  is 
that  an  English  periodical  is  so  gen- 
erous in  its  treatment  of  one  par- 
ticular district,  but  British  Colum- 
bia owes  much  to  "Canada"  for  the 
thorough  and  consistent  manner  in 
which  it  places  local  conditions  be- 
fore its  thousands  of  readers  in  all 
parts  of  the  universe.  British  Co- 
lumbia needs  all  the  publicity  in  the 
o-ld  country  that  it  can  possibly 
secure  and  it  is  to  papers  of  the  type 
of  "Canada"  that  she  must  look. 
The  story  as  prepared  by  the  special 
correspondent  is  reproduced  in  full 
below: 

There  is  no  more  delightful  little 
city  in  all  the  great  Dominion  of 
Canada  than  Kamloops.  You  will 
find  it  in  the  centre  of  Southern 
British-  Columbia,  -its  latitude  cor- 
responding identically  with  that  of 
Southampton.  Kamloops  is,  at  the 
moment,  only  a  tiny  city  of  4500  in- 
habitants, but  it  is  calculated  that 
during  the  next  few  years  its  growth 
and  prosperity  will  attain  pretty  con- 
siderable importance.  Such  calcu- 
lation is  based  upon  the  fact  that 
Kamloops  is  soon  to  become  a  great 
railway  centre — in  all  probability, 
the  greatest  railway  centre  in  the 
interior  of  British  Columbia.  It  is 
already  a  divisional  point  on  the 
Canadian  Pacific  railway,  which 
means,  among  other  ..hings,  that 
Icoorrotlves  p.re  channel  here.  This 
necessitates  the  existence  of  a 
roun '-house,  where  engines  may  be 
rlsane!,  slops  where  they  r.:ay 
undergo  minor  repair?,  coal  chut:s, 
a  water  tower  ani  pumping  station, 
a  considerable  staff,  and  a  fairly 
large  pay  roll. 

With  the  arrival  a:  Kamloops  of 
the  Canadian  Northern  lailway  on 
its  wr.y  from  Yellowheail  Pass  to 
Vancouver  circumstances  an  1  local 
con'iticiis  woul '.  seem  to  suggest  to 
the  engineers  of  the  new_  transcon- 
llnen  ?.l  the  necessity  cf  establish:'!!-? 
a  divisional  point  here  also.  Thrt 
the  Granl  Trunk  Pacific:  will  even- 
tually build  from  Yellowhead  Pass 
to  Kamloops  appears  extremely  prob- 
able, whilst  a  branch  may  be  thrown 


from  this  line  to  the  Cariboo  gold- 
fields.  A  charter  has  been  granted 
for  a  railway  between  Midway  and 
Vernon  on  the  Okanagan  lake,  and 
this  charter  has  since  been  extend- 
ed to  Kamloops.  The  Canadian 
Northern  Company  also  proposes  the 
construction  of  a  railroad  from  their 
main  line  at  Kamloops  to  Princeton 
in  the  Similkameen  valley,  100  miles 
to  Ite  south,  there  to  connect  with 
the  -Great  Northern  system.  This  all 
goes  to  show  that,  before  the  worl  1 
is  very  much  older,  Kamloops  will 
become,  at  the  very  least,  a  great, 
busy,  bustling  railway  centre. 

Its  Natural  Assets. 
But  this  is  not  all  its  natural  as- 
sets. Kamloops  is  the  centre  of  a 
district  endowed  by  nature  with 
many  valuable  assets,  awaiting  only 
capital,  enterprise  'and  itransporta- 
tion  for  their  complete  development. 
Before  me  1  have  a  map  of  this  part 
of  British  Columbia  ;  immediately  to 
the  north  of  Kamloops  I  see  printed, 
in  different  districts,  gold,  silver, 
copper,  cinnabar,  timber,  and  bunch 
grass;  to  the  immediate  south,  cop- 
per, gold,  silver,  coal,  and  bunch 
grass;  to  the  east,  timber;  to  the 
west,  iron;  and  to  the  north-east, 
gold,  silver,  lead  and  timber.  The 
whole  within  a  radius  of  fifty  miles. 
Nature  has  most  emphatically  select- 
ed Kamloops  as  a  field  for  a  special 
display  of  her  beneficence  for,  in  ad- 
dition to  immense  mineral  and  for- 
est display,  its  endowments  of  cli- 
mate, scenery,  situation,  suitability 
for  fruit  growing  and  cattle  ranch- 
ing, rivers  and  lakes,  are  almost  un- 
surpassed. 

It  is  nearly  a  century — to  be.  pr.e- 
c'se.  !)8  years — since  Kamloops  had 
its  beginning.  The  great  Hudson's 
Hay  Company  established  a  trading 
post  here  in  1818  an  I  called  it  Fort 
Thompson.  No  hing  now  remains  of 
the  fort,  but  it  was  situated  on  the 
north  side  of  the  Thompson  river  in 
the  cistrlct  now  known  as  "Fruit- 
Ir-n-'s."  A  few  years  la  er  the  name 
wr.s  changed  .o  Fort  Kamloops,  the 
ln'lr.11  name  for  tlie  locality,  which, 
being  interpreted,  means  "The  Meet- 
inss  of  the  Waters" — the  waters 
being  the  North  and  South  Thomp- 
son rivers.  In  1863  the  company 
vacated  this  post  and  erected  larger 
buildings  on  the  opposite  side  of  the 
river,  thereby  giving  considerable 


impetus  to  the  growth  of  the  present 
city  of  Kamloops.  To  carry  the  com- 
pany's local  history  a  little  further, 
it  is  interesting  to  note  that  a  still 
larger  building  was  put  up  an  1  oc- 
cupied in  1885.  Nine  years  later, 
however,  ihis  was  abandonel  in 
favor  of  newer  and  more  com- 
modious stores  on  Main  street. 

Mines  !iinl   Minerals. 

As    in    the    past,    so    also     In     the 
future,  the  prosperity  and   well-being 
of     Karrloops     tlepenl     pretty     con- 
siderably,     though      by      no      means 
wholly,  on  the  mining  industry.    De- 
velopments    in     this     direction     are, 
however,     retarded     by     two     serious, 
drawback; — want  of  capital  an;',  pro- 
hibitive   freight    rr.tcs    en    ore   to    the 
nearest     point     of      treatment.       The 
principal  group  of  mines  in  the  Kara- 
loops  division  is  that  of  the  Coal  Hill 
district,  to  the  south  of  the  city,  and 
covering     an     area     of     about     forty 
square    miles.       Copper,    gold,    silver 
and    iron    of    proven    values    exist    in 
this    district,    and    much    preliminary 
work  has  been  done  on  many  mines, 
the  best  known  of  which   is  the  Iron 
Mask.      This   mine   has   already  ship- 
ped some  25,000  tons  of  copper  ore. 
A  few  miles  north-west  of  Kamloops, 
near   Copper   Creek,   cinnabar    mines 
have    been    worked    at    intervals    for 
several     years,     producing    a    goodly 
amount      of      quicksilver.        To      the 
northwest  also  lies  ;he  King  Edward 
group  of  gold   bearing  quartz  mines. 
In    the    .Cotton    Belt    group    to    the 
north-east,    and    the    Fortuna    group 
to    the    north,    development    work    is 
slowly    going    on    in    expectation    of 
the  early  provision  of  suitable  trans- 
portation  facilities,  and   valuable  de- 
posits  of  gold,   silver,   lead   an  1   cop- 
per   have    been     revealed.       Coal    of 
good     quality    exists     in     the    North 
Thompson    valley,    some    six  y    miles 
from  Kamloops.     The  advent  of  the 
C.   N.   R.   through   the   valley   will    bo 
of  most  inestimable  value  in  the  de- 
velopment   of   the    vast    mineral    an  1 
forest    weal.h    of    the    200    miles    of 
territory    lying    between    Yellowhea  1 
Pass    anl    Kamloops.      But    the    de- 
velopment  will   not   be    restricted   to 
this    particular    area.       In    'bringing 
coal  from   the  North   Thompson   val- 
ley   to    Kamloops    the    railway    will 
prove    contributory    to    the    develop- 

( Continued    on  Page    3S.) 


32 


THE     NEW    EMPIRE 


OKANAGAN    VALLEY 
Deer     Park     Fruit     Lands 

ENDERBY 


NO  IRRIGATION  REQUIRED 

These  lands  are  situated  on  the  benches  near  Knderby  and  are  especially  suited  for  Fruit 
and  Vegetables,  and  having  been  in  crop  are  in  splendid  condition  for  planting. 

An  experienced  fruit  grower  is  in  charge  and  will  give  advice  free  of  charge. 

zo-acre  lots  are  now  on  the  market  at  $150  per  acre. 

School,  public  hall  and  post  office;   5^.  miles  to  Knderby,  6  to  Armstrong. 

—APPI.Y  TO— 

GEO.  PACKAM 

Deer  Park  Land  Office.  ENDERBY,  B.  C. 


FRUIT    LANDS 

IN    THE 

Fruit  Growing  Section 

OF    THE 

Famous  Okanagan  Valley 


For  further  information  and  particulars,  write  me. 


J    A    MELDRUM 


OPPOSITE  C.  P.  R.  STATION 


VERNON,  B.  C. 


THE     NEW    EMPIRE 


33 


MILES    OF    NEW    SETTLERS. 


Immigration  Figures  for  British  Co- 
liinibia    Are    Rather    Surprising'. 

That  each  succeeding  year  sees  an 
increase  of  immigration  to  British 
Columbia  and  that  1911  lias  made  a 
new  record  is  the  statement  of  P.  W. 
Peters,  assistant  to  Sir  William 
Whyte,  vice-president  of  the  C.  P.  R. 
The  interior  of  the  province  reaps 
largely  of  this  in'flur. 

"A  'bright  statistician  in  our  of- 
fices has  calculated  that  if  all  the 
British  immigrants  transported  west- 
ward by  the  C.  P.  R.  alone  from 
Montreal  during  the  last  three 
months  were  to  march  in  a  single 
line  two-and-a-half  feet  apart,  tak- 
ing a  step  of  thirty  inches  apart,  and 
travelling  at  the  rate  of  three  miles 
an  hour,  it  would  take  nearly 
twenty-eight  hours  for  the  line  to 
pass  a  given  point,"  said  Mr.  Peters. 
"Most  of  the  immigrants  went  to 
British  Columbia  and  the  western 
prairie  provinces. 

"We  hear  much  in  these  days  of 
the  amount  of  capital  that  has  been 
introduced  into  Canada  by  settlers 
from  the  United  States,  but  it  should 
be  remembered  that  the  new  type  of 
British  settler  is  by  no  means  an  im- 
pecunious individual.  It  has  been 


SUMMERLAND 


The  worcT'Summerland" 
spells  the  best  of  the 
fruit  growing  districts 
of  the  famous  Okana- 
gan  valley. 

Our  fruit  has  scored  the 
highest  ar.d  the  fact 
that  most  of  the  land 
has  already  been  taken 
up  tells  a  convincing 
story.  But  there  is 
some  acreage  yet  to 
dispose  of  and  it  will 
pay  you  to  write  to  me. 


G.  A.  Me  Williams 

Summerland,  B.  C. 


computed  by  a  competent  authority 
that  the  90,000  immigrants  referred 
to  by  the  statistician  took  into  the 
country  a  sum  of  at  least  $27,000,- 
000.  Therefore  it  is  noi  to  be  won- 
dered at  that  the  Dominion,  provin- 
cial and  transportation  authorities 
are  increasing,  if  possible,  tlieir  ac- 
tivities in  the  United  Kingdom." 

Mr.  Peters  spoke  also  interestingly 
on  the  crop  outlook  in  the  prairie 
provinces,  which  he  believes  has 
never  been  equalled  and  he  predicts 
that  the  wheat  yield  will  exceed  200,- 
000,000  bushels.  Flax  also  promises 
tribe  especially  abundant  and  "There 
will  be  millions  of  dollars  in  circu- 
lation tills  fall,  thus  adding  to  the 
general  prosperity  now  prevailing 
and  British  Columbia  will  share  in 
the  benefits  owing  :to  increased 
orders  for  lumber  and  other  pro- 
ducts," is  Mr.  Peters'  hopeful  pro- 
phecy. 

That  the  C.  P.  R.  is  also  adding 
daily  to  its  present  equipment  to 
handle  the  expected  bumper  crop 
was  likewise  learned  from  Mr. 
Peters,  who  does  not  anticipate  any 
car  shortage.  "As  the  volume  of 
traffic  to  be  handled  will  beat  all 
records."  said  hi,,  "there  i.s  every 
indication  that  considerable  grain 
will  seek  an  outlet  near  Vancouver 
and  we  have  been  doubling  here  our 
elevator  and  grain  handling  facil- 
ities. My  advices  are  that  Mexico 
owing  to  the  recent  political  disturb- 
ances will  be  a  larger  importer  of 
Alberta  wheat  than  ever." 


BRITISH    CAPITAL    COMING. 

I.'  :  (1   ii     Financier    Siiys    British    C   - 
Imiihin    Is   (Joi'd    Field. 

British  capital  w'll  soon  be  pour- 
ing into  British  Columbia  and  a 
Inrge  share  oT  it  will  be  coming  to 
the  upper  country,  according  to  R. 
M.  Bauer,  a  prominent  London 
financier.  Mr.  Bauer  has  large  in- 
teres's  in  laiuls  an  1  mines  in  this 
province,  in  fac'  his- boilings  repre- 
sent seven  figures.  He  iias  recently 
been  out  here  :.o  look  into  his  inter- 
ests and  it  was  then  that  he  toll  of 
the  value  of  British  Columbia  as  an 
investmt  nt. 

Mineral  wealth  has  a  particular 
fascination  for  Mr.  Bauer,  an  1  while 
be  is  very  reticent  in  discussing  his 
immediate  plans  along  this  line,  he 
permitted  it  to  be  gleaned  from  his 
conversation  that  British  Columbia 
will  soon  see  a  heavy  invasion  of 
British  capital  for  the  development 
of  its  mining  interests,  particularly 
the  gold  prospects  in  the  north. 
"Beyond  the  fact  that  British  Co- 
lumbia has  more  than  a  passing  in- 
terest to  me  on  account  of  my  large 


financial  connections  with  various 
interests,  and  the  admission  that  I 
am  here  to  look  over  certain  prop- 
erties which  have  been  favorably  re- 
ported upon  by  my  agent,  I  cannot 
speak  more  definitely  at  this  time," 
said  Mr.  Bauer  in  discussing  the  ob- 
ject of  his  visit  during  an  interview 
in  Vancouver.  "Only  a  blind  man 
could  pass  over  British  Columbia  as 
the  most  promising  field  for  invest- 
ment at  present  and  Vancouver's 
growth  alone  is  sufficient  to  convince 
the  most  skeptical." 


The  big  Lowe  ranch  just  outside 
of  Keremeos  has  been  sold  to  a 
syndicate  headed  by  Richard  Caws- 
ton  and  will  be  sub-divided.  The 
purchase  price  was  two  hundred 
thousand  dollars.  The  property  is 
one  of  the  fines:  for  many  miles 
around. 


When  in  Hope 

stop  at  the 

Coquhalla 

Hotel 


It  is  the  oldest 
in  the  town  and 
the  service  is 
:  :  the  best  :  : 


PARNABY 
&  WILSON 

PROPRIETORS 


34  THENEWEMPIRE 


Penticton  Fruit  Lands  are  Just 

Like  Money  in  the  Bank  of  England 


They  are  a  good  safe  investment  and  you 
will  save  money  in  buying  them.  There 
are  thousands  of  acres  of  the  very  choic- 
est lands,  both  bench  and  bottom  lands, 
and  they  are  suitable  for  the  best  classes 
of  fruit  culture.  Penticton  forms  the 
southern  part  of  the  famous  Okanagan 


Fruit  Farms  of  Ten  Acres  Upwards 

We  are  agents  for  some  of  the  best  prop- 
erties in  the  district.  Our  connections  fi- 
nancially are  the  best  and  we  can  furnish 
A  1  credentials. 


Write  today  for  particulars  and  literature. 


RATHVON  &  CARLESS 

Real  Estate         ::         Insurance         ::         Financial  Broker 

PENTICTON,  B.  C. 


THE     NEW    EMPIRE 


35 


TOBACCO    INDUSTRY 

IS   \ALUABLK    ONK 


l\rliMYM.-i     Handier     Doing    Much     to 
Create  Interest  in  Growing. 

The  possibilities  surrounding  the 
tobacco  industry  in  the  Okanagan 
valley  are  rapidly  finding  a  favorable 
impression  with  the  outside  world 
and  after  all  it  is  sympathy  and  en- 
couragement that  accelerates  indus- 
try. It  was  only  a  few  days  ago  that 
The  Merrltt  Herald  employed  the 
greater  part  of  its  editorial  page  in  a 
discussion  of  the  tobacco  industry 
and  it  is  interesting  to  note  the  confi- 
dence and  optimism  with  which  the 
problem  was  treated. 

Here  is  what  The  Herald  editor 
had  to  say: 

"Mr.  Louis  Holman,  a  successful 
tobacco  planter  of  Kelowna,  has 
much  to  say  in  favor  of  British  Co- 
lumbia agriculturists  going  in  ex- 
tensively for  this  important  industry 
and  in  order  that  ranchers  may  give 
it  a  trial  has  offered  to  provide  200 
planst  free  of  charge  except  the  ex- 
press from  his  own  plantation,  where 
he  has  made  as  much  as  $537  per 
acre  over  all  expenses  in  a  good  sea- 
son, a  figure  not  many  fruit  growers 
in  the  province  are  able  to  show. 
Mr.  Holman  states  that  with  White 
Hurley  leaf  he  can  hold  his  own  with 
any  tobacco  planter  in  America, 
north  or  south,  and  instances  the  fact 
that  last  year  another  Kelowna 
rancher  netted  $487  for  one  load, 
declaring  it  the  biggest  price  ever 
received  by  him  for  a  load  of  any- 
thing. To  encourage  the  industry 
Mr.  Holman  is  willing  in  addition  to 
providing  free  plants  to  come  and 
show  ranchers  exactly  what  proced- 
ure to  take  in  planting,  cultivating 
and  harvesting  their  crops. 

"The  tobacco  industry  has  been 
taken  up  with  considerable  success 
on  Vancouver  Island,  where  42  men 
are  busily  engaged  in  the  business, 
more  especially  in  the  immediate 
vicinity  of  Nanaimo.  The  interior 
district  is  said  to  be  superior  for 
tobacco  raising  both  in  soil  and  cli- 
mate to  Vancouver  Island,  and  if 
they  find  it  profitable  for  the  growth 
of  "my  lady  Nicotine"  it  should  prove 
a  veritable  gold  mine  to  the  rancher 
taking  it  up  over  here.  According  to 
Mr.  Holman  we  have  the  same  kind 
of  soil  here  as  is  found  in  the  to- 
bacco districts  of  Cuba  and  with  cul- 
tivation could  get  the  same  fine 
flavor  to  our  products. 

"Despite  the  bar  placed  on  the 
weed  in  cities,  states  and  countries, 
it  is  intprpstins  to  note  that,  tlio  con- 


sumption of  tobacco  increases  every 
year,  while,  on  he  other  hand,  the 
supply  is  diminishing  and  it  is  harder 
each  season  for  the  manufacturers  to 
meet  the  demand  and  the  big  houses 
are  sending  men  all  over  the  world 
to  discover  new  fields.  A  director  of 
the  Imperial  Tobacco  Co.,  of  London, 
recently  visited  Mr.  Holman's  ranch, 
expressed  himself  as  both  surprised 
and  pleased  at  the  quality  of  the  to- 
bacco grown  and  wished  to  sign  up 
a  contract  there  and  then  for  2,000,- 
000  pounds  a  year  but  had  to  be 
satisfied  with  a  smaller  contract  as 
Mr.  Holman  could  not  guarantee  de- 
livery of  such  a  large  order.  The 
Imperial  representative  had  just 
come  up  from  Kentucky,  where  he 
closed  a  deal  for  over  $100,000  worth 
of  the  staple  brand  of  that  state, 
which  is  only  suitable  for  pipe  use, 
whereas  the  British  Columbia  variety 
is  distinctly  a  ctgar  tobacco  and  na- 
turally of  a  higher  grade. 

"This  Kelowna  rancher  has  also 
received  recently  offers  of  contracts 
from  two  Montreal  firms,  one  calling 
for  500,000  and  the  other  for  600,- 
000  pounds  a  year.  He  is  of  the 
opinion  that  5,000,000  pounds  can  be 
raised  between  Salmon  Arm  and 
Keremeos,  estimating  it  to  bring  the 
growers  14  or  15  cents  a  pound. 

"Another  important  point  to 
ranchers  in  this  matter  is  that  in  the 
case  of  fruit  culture  they  have  to 
wait  four  or  five  years  for  their  in- 
itial crop,  whereas  in  the  case  of 
tobacco  they  can  harvest  their  crop 
the  year  it  is  planted.  Tobacco 
growers  down  in  frigid  Quebec  make 
pretty  good  money  out  of  a  rough- 
leaf  variety  and  we  see  no  reason 
why  the  industry  should  not  be  given 
a  fair  trial  in  this  province  under 
obviously  more  auspicious  con- 
ditions." 


GATEWAY 
TO  THE 
CARIBOO 


All  traffic  to  the 
famous  Cariboo 
country  must  pass 
through  Ashcroft 

For  good  service 
and  general  satis- 
faction most  of  the 
travelling  public 
stops  at  the 

ASHCROFT  HOTEL 


McGillivary 
&  Veasev 

+J 

PROPRIETORS 

ASHCROFT,  B,  C. 


You  ask  a  Traveler  where  he  stops  in  Vernon  and 
he  will  tell  you      ^^- 

The  Kalamalka  Hotel 


The  good  service  he  gets,  the  general  environment  as  well  as  the 
congenially  of  conditions  beckons  him  to  the  popular  hostelry. 

Large  addition  being  built  that  will  place  the  Kalamalka  Hotel 
in  the  fore  rank  of  hotels  in  the  Interior. 

Rates  $2.50  per  day  up. 


Kalamalka  Hotel  Co.,  Ltd. 

A.  McAuley,  Manager  VERNON,  B.  C. 


36 


THE      NEW     EMPIRE 


THE     NEW    EMPIRE 


THE   KETTLE   VALLEY 

Line  Will  Be  in  Operation  Up  Cold- 
water  This  Fall. 

The  Kettle  Valley  line  has  award- 
ed to  Messrs.  'L.  M.  Rice  &  Co.,  of 
Vancouver  and  Seattle,  a  contract 
for  the  construction  of  a  fory-mile 
section  from  Penticton  at  the  south 
end  of  Okanagan  Lake  westward  to 
Ausprey  Lake  summit.  Grading  out- 
fits have  already  been  shipped  to 
Penticton  and  grading  will  be  in  pro- 
gress within  a  few  weeks. 

The  gap  from  the  summit  at  Aus- 
prey Lake  to  the  Otter  summit, 
thirty  miles  south  of  Merritt  in 
Nicola  Valley,  is  seventy-five  miles. 
From  Merritt  the  rails  have  been  laid 
for  twenly  miles.  Grading  on  the  re- 
maining ten  miles  to  Otter  summit 
is  now  in  progress  and  will  soon  he 
finished.  Later  in  the  season  a  train 
service  will  be  established  between 
Merritt  and  Otter  summit  whence 
the  main  line  will  also  be  continued 
west  over  the  mountains  to  Hope, 
where  the  Fraser  River  will  be 
bridged  to  afford  connection  with 
the  main  line  of  the  C.  P.  R. 

From  Mddway  in  the  Boundary 
district  northward  along  the  west 
fork  of  Kettle  River  twenty  miles  of 
track  have  been  laid  and  ten  addi- 
tional miles  have  been  gradel. 


After  the  stress  of  busi- 
ness there  is  nothing  like 
a  little 

RECREATION 

Our  arrangements  for 
Pool    and    Billiards   are 
FIRST  CLASS 

Rooms  cool  and  well 
ventilated. 

Full  Stock  of 
TOBACCOS 

CIGARETTES 

and  CIGARS 


THE  OKANAGAN 
BILLIARD  PARLOR 

V.  A.  Hagerman,  Prop. 

Main  St.      PENTICTON 


Farther  up  the  stream  thirty-five 
miles  of  the  same  line  are  under  con- 
struction. The  western  limit  of  this 
contract  which  is  likewise  being  exe- 
cuted by  Messrs.  Rice  &  Co.  is  known 
as  the  Kettle  Valley  summit  which  is 
only  forty-five  miles  from  Penlicton 
on  the  other  side  of  the  divide. 

The  railway  company  also  plans 
to  build  a  four-mile  spur  from  Pen- 
ticton south  to  Dog  Lake  and  will 
operate  a  steamer  on  that  lake,  thus 
affording  communication  to  one  of 
the  'finest  agricultural  and  fruit- 
growing sections  of  the  province. 
Later  on  when  conditions  justify  the 
step  the  railway  will  be  extended 
south  from  the  lower  end  of  Dog 
Lake  to  the  international  boundary. 

With  the  rapidity  displayed  by  the 
railway  in  building  its  main  line  it 
will  not  be  more  than  two  oi1  th'.'te 
yrars  before  !he  uncompletel  iar>3 
will  be  finished,  thus  afford  Jug  ;'ire.H 
rail  communication  between  il.c 
Kootenays  and  the  coast  aiul  tap- 
ping tlie  Boundary,  Okanngan,  Xicoln 
anil  Similkameen  districts. 


COAL    COMPANY    GROWING. 


THK   C.   N.   R.   AT   KAMLOOPS. 


Canadian  Pacific  Will  Likely   Handle 
Supplies    from    That    Point. 

It  is  generally  understood  that 
t'.ie  Canadian  Pacific  Railway  will  at 
once  commence  the  construction  of 
a  spur  line  to  the  river  so  that  the 
C.  X.  R.  contrac'.ors  may  have  every 
facility  in  handling  their  outfits  and 
supplies  from  this  point  rather  than 
from  Savona,  says  the  Kamloops 
Standard.  The  case  which  was  pui 
up  by  the  Board  of  Trade  was  strong 
enough  to  convince  the  company 
that  it  would  be  to  their  interest  to 
see  that  goods  were  handled  via 
Kamloops  ra;her  than  via  Savona  or 
other  small  stations  further  west. 
There  is  no  doubt,  however,  that  this 
move  would  have  been  considered  Vy 
the  C.  P.  R.  without  any  urging  from 
!he  Board  of  Trade  or  otherwise. 
They  have  the  facilities  here,  there 
is  already  a  wharf  here. 

The  water  haul  :s  easier  to  imv 
point  from  here  ti>  the  foot  of  the 
lake  and  the  spur  would  be  useful 
for  other  purposes.  If  this  spur  is 
built  an  1  there  is  every  reason  to 
believe  that  it  will  be,  there  will 'be- 
no  ercuse  for  the  C.  X.  R.  continu- 
ing to  pass  up  Kamloops  in  the  man- 
ner in  which  :he  company  and  con- 
tractors evidently  desire  to  do. 

What  is  more  if  the  spur  is  con- 
structed it  woul  1  not  be  at  all  un- 
likely thai  the  C.  P.  R.  would  be 
making  the  dirt  fly  on  the  oNrth 
Thompson  before  the  C.  X.  R.  has 
commenced  that  part  of  its  work. 
The  rumors  to  that  effect  are  cer- 
tainly most  persistent. 


Columbia    Coal    and    Coke    Co.    Will 
Ship  2000  Tons  Daily. 

The  Columbia  Coal  and  Coke  Co. 
at  Coalmont  means  business  of  an 
elaborate  order.  Work  is  being 
rushed  on  the  tunnels  and  already 
the  bore  is  in  fourteen  hundred  feet 
in  the  larger  one.  Contracts  have 
been  let  for  a  large  and  modern  tip- 
ple as  well  as  other  equipment  and  it 
will  not  >be  long  before  coal  will  be 
shipped.  The  company  announce 
plans  for  the  installation  of  two  hun- 
dred coke  ovens  early  next  spring, 
and  taken  altogether  the  programme 
is  a  progressive  one.  The  V.  V.  and 
E.  is  rushing  construtcion  of  its  line 
into  the  coal  metropolis  and  it  will 
not  be  long  before  communication  is 
available.  This  will  give  connection 
with  ihe  boundary  districts  and  pro- 
vide n  goo  1  market  for  the  coke.  It 
is  also  rumored  that  a  smelter  will 
lie  built  in  the  vicinity  of  Princeton 
to  treat  the  ores  from  ;he  surround- 
ing nistrict  an:!  if  this  shceme  ma- 
terializes tliere  will  be  a  home  mar- 
ket as  well  for  the  product  of  the 
coke  ovens.  Taken  altogether  (he 
expenditure  of  the  coal  company  will 
lie  well  over  the  three-quarter  mil- 
lion mark  and  t'.ie  daily  output  will 
lie  pOOO  tons. 


Hotel  Penticton 


Unequalled  Situation 

overlooking  beautiful 

Okanagan  lake. 


Headquarters  for  the  tourist 
and  commercial  man. 


Rates  $2.50  a  day 

Special  rates  by  the  week 
or  month. 


Mrs.  A.  Barnes 

Proprietress 
PEEINTICTOIX.  B.C. 


3S 


THE     NEW    EMPIRE 


TO   SKK   OritSKLVKS 

AS   OTHKHS   SKK   l"S 


(Continued  from  Page  31.) 

raent  of  the  whole  Kamloops  mining 
division — north,  south,  east  anl 
west.  Smelters,  ironworks  anl  fac- 
tories will  spring  rapidly  into  exist- 
ence in  and  around  quiet  little  Kam- 
loops on  the  arrival  of  "King  Coal"; 
and  mineral  propositions  which 
hitherto  have  remained  undevelop- 
ed owing  to  the  enormous  cost  of 
hundreds  of  miles  of  expensivetrans- 
portation  will  blosson  into  flourish- 
ing, profitable  enterprises.  A  dis- 
covery of  opals  was  made  near  Kam- 
loops on  January  31st  of  last  year. 

Lumbering  ami  Kanrliing. 
The  lumbering  industry  con- 
tributes very  largely  to  the  prosper- 
ity of  Kamloops.  Four  large  mills 
are  at  work  near  the  cKy.  Of  these, 
the  Arrow  Lakes  mill,  with  i:s  daily 
capacity  cf  l.">0.000  feet.. is  the  larg- 
est and  most  important.  The  source 
of  supply  for  these  mills  is  the  val- 
ley of  the  North  Thompson,  and  the 
slopes  of  : lie  hills  running  down  to 
the  long,  narrow  Shuswap  lake,  anl 
to  the  equally  long  and  narrow 
Adams  lake.  The  trees  of  inland 
Hritish  Columbia  do  not  attain  the 
size  of  the  gigantic  firs  and  cedars 


Penticton  -  Keremeos 
AUTO  STAGE 

SAFE    SURE    SPEEDY 


Automobile  meets  all 
trains  at  Keremeos  and 
all  boats  at  Penticton. 

Round  Trip   Daily 

Schedule 

IvV.  Penticton  7:00  a.m.  daily 
AT.  Keremeos  10:20  a.  m. 
Lv.  Keremeos  4:30  p.  m.  daily 
Ar.  Penticton  7:00  p.  m. 
Fare:  Single  $6.00;  Return  $10 

Address  all  communications  to 

S.  M.  Studebaker 

care  Penticton  Hotel 
Penticton,        -        -       B.  C. 


of  the  coast  regions,  but  iheir  slower 
growth  tends  to  make  the  wood 
proportionately  harder.  I  noticed 
in  the  yards  of  the  Arrow  Lakes 
mill  that  nearly  all  ,he  sawn  lumber 
pill  logs  was  confined  to  three  kinds 
cf  trees — cedar,  fir  and  red  pine. 
This  is  pretty  generally  the  case  at 
the  other  mills  also. 

Cattle  ranching  and  farming  have 
been    successfully   carried   on    in   the 
Kamloops  district  from  the  early  day;: 
of  the  Victorian  era.      Many  Clyde-i- 
dale    horses    and    Shorthorn    cattle, 
born  and  bred  here,  have  taken  valu- 
able   prizes    at    Calgary,    400    miles 
away,   whither  they  have   been   sent 
to  compete  with  the  best  of  the  three 
prairie    provinces.      Large    crops    of 
hay,    oats     (which    can    be    cut    anl 
liarvested    before    the   end   of   July), 
tomatoes,    melons    and    Indian    corn 
are   special    features   of   the   farming 
acres    of    the    valley    radiating    from 
Kamloops;    bu:    during   the   last   few 
years  considerable  interest  and  much 
attention     have     been     centered     in 
fruit  growing.     Capital  to  the  extent 
of  many  tens  of  thousands  of  pounds 
has    already    been     inves.ed     in     the 
industry,    and    large    areas    of    land 
covered   with   young   frui;   trees   may 
now  be  seen  in  the  neighborhood   of 
I'.ie    city.       The     principal    of    these 
fruit    growing    estates    is    known    as 
Fruitland.     Less  than  ten   years  ago 
Kr-.ii  land    was   nothing   more   than    n 
flat,   arid    waste   of  sand,   sage   brush 
and  tufts  of  tough  grass,  lying  at  the 
apex  of  the  western  triangle  formed 
by    the    junction    of    the    North    anl 
Sou  h      Thompson      rivers     anl      the 
mountains    between    them.       Now    a 
considerable  portion  of  this  estate  of 
GOOO  acres  is  devoted  to  orchards  of 
healthy   fruit   trees,   gardens   produc- 
ing  the   very   finest   of   vegetables  of 
all      descriptions,      poultry      ranches, 
poplar  an-.l  fir  trees,  and  comfortable 
little    villas.      What    magic    influence 
lias  been  at  work  to  produce  such  a 
vast   change   in   this   hitherto    minia- 
ture   desert?       Nothing    more     .nan 
artificial  irrigation.    The  same  magic 
wand  that   lias  worked  such  wonders 
in   other   parts   of   Rritish    Columbia, 
in   Alber.a,  in  the  "dry  belt"   of  the 
United  States,  in  Egypt,  in  Afghan- 
istan, in  India,  and  Ceylon,  in  China, 
and,    generally,    in    most   of   the    dry 
spots  of  the  earth. 

The  average  Englishman  seems 
to  have  formed  a  prejudicial  anti- 
pathy to  -the  very  word  "irrigation." 
It  brings  to  his  mind  thoughts  of 
desert  and  sand,  hot,  dry  weather, 
and  such  like,  in  contrast  to  the 
humid  atmosphere,  green  pastures, 
and  prolific  crops  to  which  he  has 
been  accustomed.  He  forgets  that 
a  controlled  water  supply  must  be 
the  best  source  of  moisture  for  his 


farm,  seeing  that  it  entirely  elimi- 
nates the  chances  of  damage  by 
drought  or  flood. 

("Minute  and  Scenery. 
The  glorious  climate  of  Kamloops 
and  all  that  I  heard  about  it  im- 
pressed me  very  forcibly.  The  place 
migh:  almost  be  called  the  "City  of 
Eternal  Sunshine."  When  I  was 
there  at  the  end  of  January  the 
weather  was  warm  enough  to  dis- 
pense with  an  overcoat.  The  sun 
shone  brightly  every  day,  and,  hav- 
ing done  its  day's  work  in  Kam- 
loops, sank  to  rest  behind  the  great 
snow-capped  mountains  with  such  a 
vivid  display  of  rapidly  changing 
colors  as  only  Nature  herself  could 
paint.  Kamloops  is  not  saturate:! 
with  moisture,  like  the  coast,  In 
January;  it  is  not  covered  with  snow 
at  that  time  like  a  great  portion  of 
British  Columbia,  the  prairie  pro- 
vinces and  eastern  Canada;  its  tem- 
perature in  the  winter  docs  not  drop 
to  40  degrees  below  zero,  like  that 

(Continued   on    Page   42.) 


Harrison 
Hot  Springs 


Easily  the  finest  pleas- 
ure and  health  resort  in 
America. 

J* 

Patrons  are  its  best  ad- 
vertisers. 

j* 

ST.  ALICE  HOTEL 

O|*-n  all  llie.  Year.       Sleam  Heated 

and  Electric  Lighted. 
Long  Distance  Telephone  and  Tele- 
graph Service. 

Automobiles    and    Stages    Meet    All 
Trains  at  Agassiz  Station. 

J« 

Rates  are  reasonable. 
Write  or  wire  for  rooms 

Harrison  Hot  Springs  Co. 

LIMITED 

G.  K.  Harkness,  Mgr. 
Harrison  Hot  Springs,  B.  C. 


THE      NEW    EMPIRE 


39 


THK   CODLING   MOTH. 


Inspectors    Say   That    Local    Fruit    Is 
Free  From  Pest. 

All  orchardists,  and  especially 
those  who  have  visited  the  badly  in- 
fested districts  of  the  east,  are  aware 
of  the  terrible  menace  to  the  apple 
industry  presented  by  the  codling 
moth.  Happily  fruit  growers  in  this 
province  have  not  as  yet  this  handi- 
cap to  contend  with,  thanks  to  the 
vigorous  system  of  inspection  of 
everything  likely  to  carry  the  in- 
fection. 

An  interesting  account  was  given 
recently  'by  Mr.  Thomas  Cunning- 
ham, provincial  fruit  inspector,  of 
the  determined  manner  in  which  the 
B.  C.  'Government  met  an  accidental 
introduction  of  the  pest  into  the 
Kamloops  district.  Mr.  Cunningham 
says:  "The  codling  moth  is  now 
fortunately  no  more  in  B.  C." 

"Some  years  ago  a  Christmas 
present  of  Ontario  apples  was  sent 
out  to  some  railway  men  at  Kam- 


loops. This  was  not  a  shipment  for 
commercial  purposes,  and  so  was  not 
inspected.  After  the  apples  had 
been  used  the  barrels,  always 
dangerous  for  harboring  the  larvae 
of  the  codling  moth,  were  thrown 
outdoors.  The  moths  hatched  out 
and  quickly  found  food  and  condition 
quite  favorable  for  reproduction,  so 
that  within  a  year  or  two  many  fruit 
trees  of  Kamloops  became  badly  in- 
fested. We  first  were  in  doub;  of 
the  identity  of  the  pest,  and  it  was 
not  until  after  several  of  them  were 
artificially  bred  that  we  fully  real- 
ized the  gravity  of  the  infestation. 
We  began  by  spraying  with  arsenical 
spraying  mixtures,  paris  green,  .Lon- 
don purple  and  finally  arsenate  of 
lead.  Bantling  the  trees  for  trap- 
ping the  larvae  was  also  resorted  to. 
and  whilst  we  did  have  a  measure  of 
s:ucre?s,  we  barely  prevented  t!io  in- 
fection from  spreading. 

"In  one  orchar.l  I  foun  1  infection 
had  been  carried  there  by  using  old 
fruit  boxes  from  the  Kamloops 
stores.  I  agreed  with  the  owner  of 


the  orchard  to  have  every  bit  of 
fruit  in  the  orchard  gathered  and 
destroyed,  cutting  off  the  supply  of 
food  for  the  larvae.  We  never 
found  the  slightest  trace  of  infection 
afterwards.  This  experiment  pointed 
the  way  to  deal  with  Kamloops  or- 
chards, and  I  advised  the  government 
to  repeat  the  experiment  that  I  ha1 
tested  in  the  Schafer  orchard,  name- 
ly, the  purchase  of  all  the  apples, 
pears,  crabs  and  quince  growing  in 
Kamloops  last  season.  This  was 
agreed  to  and  when  the  fruit  had  at- 
tained one-third  of  its  size  I  had  Mr. 
Coatham,  of  Chilliwack,  a  reliable 
horticulturist,  take  charge  of  'the 
picking  of  the  fruit,  and  in  two 
weeks  the  fruit  in  Kamloops  was  all 
cremate.!  at  the  burner  of  the  Kam- 
loops Sawmill  Company. 

"Subsequent  inspection  a:  Kam- 
loops dur'ng  the  season  failed  to  dis- 
close any  larvae.  This  has  been 
prove  !  beyond  doubt,  and  I  am  en- 
ablej  now  to  give  Kamloops  a  clean 
bill  of  health." 


K~>^ 


The  Hudson's  Bay  Co/s  New  Store 


<  i 
« > 

<  > 
.  • 


The  new  and  progressive  policy  initiated  by  the  Hudson's  Bay  Co.  is  symbolized  in  the 
magnificent  $65,000  structure  now  in  course  of  erection  at  Vernon. 


40 


THE     NEW    EMPIRE 


LLCrowdl 

VERNON,  B.  C. 


CONTRACTOR 
AND  BUILDER 


Plans,  Specifications 
and  Estimates  Fur- 
nished for  all  classes 
of  work. 


BRICK  FOR 
SALE 


T.LCrowell 

VERNON,  B.C. 


IN    THE    SUNSET   OF    MFE. 


British  Columbia  Veterans  Will  Havs- 
Fine  Home  at  Kamloops. 

Plans  have  been  completed  for  the 
east  wing  and  the  chapc-l,  the  first  of 
the  structures  to  be  erected  in  the 
group  of  buildings  to  form  the  new 
Pioneers'  Home  in  the  city  of  Kam- 
loops.  For  many  years  the  present 
buildings  have  served  their  purpose 
well,  'but  the  time  has  come  when 
larger  and  more  improved  quarters 
are  necessary  and  the  government  is 
cognizant  of  these  conditions.  A 
more  beautiful  situation  for  a  home 
it  would  be  difficult  to  fln:l,  with 
large  and  well  kept  grounds  just 
sufficiently  shaded  as  to  make  the 
warm  summer  days  as  comforlabls 
as  the  cool  evenings. 

The  matured  plans  will  represent 
an  expenditure  of  easily  one-quarter 
of  a  million  dollars  but  it  is  money 
well  .spent  for  after  all  one  of  the 
first  duties  devolving  upon  the  peo- 
ple of  British  Columbia  is  t;>  ninke 
happy  Ihe  autumnal  days  of  the  men 
who  blazed  the  trails  and  drove  back 
the  forests  so  that  the  present  gen- 
eration might  enjoy  the  fruits  of 
their  hard  won  victories.  This  same 
institution,  in  which  a  considerable 
number  of  the  veterans  who  have 
spent  their  lives  and  strength  in  lay- 
ing a  sure  foundation  for  British  Co- 
lumbia's dawning  greatness  are  now 
enjoying  their  declining  days  in  com- 
for;  and  tranquility  —  the  un-grud'ged 
care  of  an  appreciative  province  — 
will  when  the  present  reconstruction 
scheme  is  fully  consummated  pre- 
sent in  many  features  a  model  as 
well  as  a  modern  home,  in  a  sense 
and  to  an  extent  not  realized  in 
many  such  institutions  the  wide 
world  over.  Particularly  is  it  in- 
tended by  Hon.  Dr.  Young,  the  Home 
at  Kamloops  being  among  the  public 
institutions  committed  particularly 
to  his  care,  tha:  it  shall  never  fur- 
nish reason  for  such  dread  as  fills 
the  minds  and  makes  doubly  heavy 
the  hearts  of  the  less  fortunate  in 
older  lands  when  mention  of  "the 
poor  house"  conjures  an  instant  pic- 
ture of  sundered  domestic  ties  grown 
stronger  with  the  passage  of  many 
years.  The  pathos  of  such  separa- 
tions as  of  aged  husband  and  wife, 
when  assignel  to  different  wards  in 
the  institution  forming  their  retreat 
and  shelter  from  the  world's  rough 
winls  in  the  winter  of  their  lives, 
has  not  failed  to  claim  recogn'tlin 
anl  sympathy  in  this  far  western 
province,  and  it  is  intended,  in  Hon. 
Dr.  Young's  present  building  plans, 
to  devote  the  new  east  wing  to  aged 
and  indigent  couples,  who  will  be 
provided  for  therein  somewhat  on 


Mountain 
View  Hotel 


NORTH  BEND 


Convenient  to  the  C. 
P.  R.  station  and  the 
popular  home  of  the 
travelling  public. 

Ask  the  commercial 
man  where  he  stays 
in  North  Bend  and 
he  will  tell  you  that 
he  stays  at  the 

Mountain    View 


John  Abray 

Proprietor 

NORTH   BEND 


the  flat  principle,  man  and  wife  not 
being  separated  and  living  out  their 
lives  as  nearly  as  possible  as  if  in  a 
home  entirely  of  their  own — each  oc- 
cupying the  time  in  such  congenial 
domestic  vocations  as  strength  and 
opportunity  make  possible  and  wel- 
come. 


The  B.  C.  Mining  and  Engineering 
Record  says  that  the  splendid  results 
being  achieved  by  the  Hedley  Gold 
Mining  'Company  are  the  best  kind  of 
advertising  for  the  mineral  industry 
of  British  Columbia.  With  this  com- 
pany paying  dividends  at  the  rate!of 
20  per  cent,  the  great  investment 
possibilities  of  mining  in  British  Co- 
lumbia are  practically  demonstrated. 
Since  December  the  company  has 
paid  three  dividends  at  the  rate  of 
5  per  cent,  per  quarter. 


THE     NEW    EMPIRE 


BUY  DIRECT  FROM  THE  OWNER 


There  is  a  decided  advantage  in  buying  direct  from  the  owner, 
you  get  better  satisfaction  in  every  way,  and  then  too 

YOU  SAVE  THE  MIDDLEMAN'S  PROFIT 

The  property  I  own  includes 

Fruit  Lands,  Farm  Lands,  Timber  Lands, 
Hay  Lands,  Etc. 

Situated   in   the   heart   of   the   famous   Okanagan  Valley,  in  the 
vicinity  of  the  city  of  Vernon. 


I  can  save  money  for  you,  either  in  INVESTMENT 
or  buying  for  SETTLEMENT.  I  make  a  specialty 
of  PURCHASING  AGENT,  and  nearly  twenty 
years  residence  in  the  district  has  given  me  good 
experience  as  a  VALUATOR  of  LAND.  .  .  . 


It  will  pay  you  to  write  to  me  for  information. 

J.  F.  SIMMONS 

PURCHASING  AGENT        -        REAL  ESTATE. 
Phone  99,  or  235—  P.  O.  Box  104 

OFFICE:  Opposite  Station  VERNON,  B.  £. 


42 


THE     NEW    EMPIRE 


W     H     V 

are  so  few 

Bearing 


offered  for  sale 

in  the 
Okanagan  Valley 


Because   owners    recog- 

nise   that    they   have   a 

GOOD  THING 

and    prefer   to    keep   it. 


But  Listen! 

Nangle  &  Hurt 

AGENTS  FOR 

The  ROLLING'S  LAKE 
LAND  CO. 

have  a  few  bearing  or- 
chards to  offer  and  much 
valuable  ranch  land  suit- 
able for  fruit  growing. 


Write  Box  141  Vernon, 
or  call  for  further  partic- 
ulars. 


TO  SEE  OURSELVES 

AS  OTHERS  SEE  US 


(Continued  from  Page  38.) 

of  the  prairie  cities.  Instead  of  all 
these  doubtful  blessings,  I  found 
when  I  awoke  on  the  mid-winter 
morning  after  my  arrival  'there  In 
the  middle  of  the  preceding  night,  a 
charming  little  city  of  delightful 
villas,  bathed  in  bright,  warm  sun- 
shine, and  surrounded  by  big 
brown  hills  dotted  all  over  with 
sombre  looking  flr  trees,  and  beyond 
the  tops  of  the  hills,  ranges  of  gi- 
gantic mountains,  with  their  snow 
clad  peaks  in  all  directions — north, 
south,  east  and  west. 

That  morning,  I  climbed  to  the 
top  of  one  of  the  khaki-colored  hills, 
and  looked  down  upon  the  city,  with 
its  red  roofs  and  rows  of  beautiful, 
though  leafless,  poplars,  straight  as 
arrows.  Immediately  in  front  of 
me,  beyond  the  city,  rose  the  twin 
mountains  of  St.  Peter  and  St.  Paul, 
everlasting  sentinels  of  the  pictur- 
esque valley  where  the  waters  of  the 
North  Thompson  mingle  with  those 
of  the  South  Thompson,  and  form  a 
noble  river,  whose  individaulity  and 
career  become  lost  in  the  great 
Fraser  at  Lytton,  a  hundred  miles 
away  ;o  the  west.  Between  the  foot 
of  St.  Peter  and  the  Thompson  river 
I  noticed  the  local  Indian  reserva- 
tion, with  its  church,  school  and  neat 
wooden  houses.  Here  and  there 
along  the  road  leading  from  Kam- 
loops  to  the  reservation,  and  passing 
over  the  river  by  a  big  wooden 
bridge,  clouds  of  dust  betrayed  the 
presence  of  vehicular  traffic.  I  won- 
dered how  many  cities,  or  towns,  or 
districts  of  Canada  could  raise  clouds 
of  dust  on  their  thoroughfares  at 
the  end  of  January?  Not  many. 

My  next  walk  took  me  along 
Main  street,  and  over  a  bridge  1000 
feet  long,  at  the  western  end  of  the 
city,  leading  directly  into  Frutiland. 
Here  I  saw  the  poultry  farms,  the 
vegetable  gardens,  the  fruit  or- 
chards, the  flumes  and  canals,  but, 
unfortunately,  at  the  most  uninter- 
esting time  of  the  year. 

The  dry  climate  of  the  Kamloops 
district  is  beneficial,  I  -believe,  In  a 
marked  degree,  to  those  suffering 
from  tuberculosis.  A  sanatorium 
where  patients  may  undergo  special 
treatment  for  this  fell  disease  has 
been  established  by  the  provincial 
..government  at  Transuille,  eight 
miles  west  of  the  city.  The  Provin- 
cial Home  for  Pioneers,  or,  as  It  Is 
popularly  known,  the  "Old  Man's 
Home,"  is  one  of  Kamloops'  most 
interesting  Institutions.  Here  are 
gathered  together  In  a  beautiful 
homelike  building  all  the  aged  men 


of  the  district  upon  whom  fortune 
has  not  smiled,  or  having  smiled, 
has  afterwards  withdrawn  her  fickle 
favors.  Prospectors  and  miners  out- 
number the  other  inmates,  but  there 
are  no  restrictions  as  to  member- 
ship; any  aged  pioneer  finding  him- 
self without  a  home  in  the  days 
when  he  most  needs  one  is  admitted. 
It  was  with  the  most  genuine  re- 
gret that  I  left  Kamloops,  its  de- 
lightful climate,  and  its  kindly 
citizens. 


Pat  worked  for  a  niggardly  man 
lost  no  chance  to  let  the  fact  be 
known.  Once  a  waggish  friend, 
wishing  to  twit  Pat,  remarked: 

"Pat,  I  hear  your  boss  just  gave 
you  a  brand  new  suit  of  clothes." 

"No,"  said  Pat,  "only  a  part  of  a 
suit." 

"What  part?" 

"The  sleeves  of  the  vest." 


BELLA 

VISTA 

HOTEL 

AGASSIZ,  B.  C 


One  of  the  finest 

hostelries  on 

the  road 


We   aim   to  please  and 

our  service  is  as  good  as 

you  get  in  the  best  city 

houses 


E.  PROBERT 

Propieror 
AGASSIZ,  B.  C. 


THENEWEMPIRE  43 


A  Word  to  the  Wise 
Is  Sufficient     • 


Merritt  and  Nicola  Valley  make  one  of  the  best  investments  in  the 

land.     History  proves  that. 
City  Property  is  increasing  in  value  and  will  rank  with  the  ixest 

of  them. 

In  farm  lands  and  lands  for  livestock  or  dairying  our  opportunities 

have  no  superior. 


Write  to  me  today  for  full  information. 

John  Hutchison  Co. 

Real  Estate          Insurance 
MERRITT,  B.  C. 


Realty  Is  a  Good  Investment 

It  matters  not  whether  it  is  town  property,  farm  lands, 
fruit  lands  or  good  safe  mining  property. 

We  handle  all  lines  of  investments. 


Write   Us  for  Vancouver   Realty   Figures   or    British 

Columbia  Farm  Lands. 


CROFT  &  ASH BY 

Realty  and  Financial  Broker  Q^    , 

Winch  Building.  VANCOUVER,  B.  £ 


THE      NEW     EMPIRE 


We  Place 
Settlers 


We  have  thousands  of  acres  of  good  farm- 
ing land  available  for  mixed  farming,  fruit 
growing,  dairying  or  live  stock. 

We  have  some  extra  good  buys,  too,  and  it 
will  pay  you  to  consult  us  if  you  are  looking 
for  a  farm.  Our  land  is  well  adapted  to 
settlement  and  we  have  placed  scores  of  new 
settlers  during  the  last  few  years. 

Our  best  advertisers  are  our  clients. 

We  also  have  some  good  timber  land  to  sell. 


W.  E.  GREEN 

c|o  General  Agency  Corporation  =  VANCOUVER,  B.  C, 

'BASEMENT  HENRY  'BIRKS  &  SONS  STORE 


THENEWEMPIRE  45 


ALL  EYES  ARE  ON 

PENTICTON 

The  Hub  of  the  Fertile  Southern  Okanagan  Valley 
ITS  FUTURE 

Is  now  assured  as  a  big  RAILROAD    CENTRE 

and  DISTRIBUTING  POINT. 
Finest  Domestic  Water  and   Power  System  in  the 

Interior  is  being  installed. 

IDEAL 

As  a  Residential  Town. 

Bathing,  Boating,  Fishing,  Fine  Climate,  Splendid 
Scenery,  Thousands  of  Acres  of  Splendid  Fruit- 
lands. 


We  have  properties  in  all  parts  of  town 
and  district  on  our  lists. 

We  are  specialists  in 

BUSINESS,  RESIDENTIAL  AND 

ORCHARD  PROPERTY 

CORRESPONDENCE    INVITED 

Gahan  &  Kay 

Real  Estate    =     Insurance 

Penticton,  -  E3.  C. 


46 


THE     NEW     EMPIRE 


What  H.  P.  Lee  Has  To  Say 
About  The  Okanagan  Valley 


I  have  always  opposed  the  policy  of  selling  land  off 
a  map  or  blue  print,  and  I  oppose  it  for  this  reason : 
Take  in  the  ( )kanagan  valley,  the  conditions  change  so 
(juickly  that  you  may  have  a  good  proposition  close  in 
and  another  twenty  miles  out,  but  the  land  in  between 
might  be  of  very  little  value. 

Xo  man  should  buy  land  without  seeing  it  and  in- 
vestigating the  water  records,  as  good  irrigation  is 
necessarv  to  successful  culture. 

I  don't  want  you  to  answer  any  of  my  advertise- 
ments for  the  simple  reason  that  the  bulk  of  the  gen- 
eral public  imagine  that  all  of  the  land  in  the  ( >kan- 
agan  is  the  same.  IT  IS  X()'J\ 

Come  and  see  the  property  itself  and  compare  it 
with  others.  T  can  show  you  property  that  is  located 
between  the  Mission  valley  and  the  Coldstream  valley 
along  the  shores  of  Wood  lake,  with  ample  irrigation, 
and  the  irrigation  system  owned  and  controlled  by  the 
purchasers  of  the  land. 

The  land  is  in  a  district  that  is  absolutely  free  of 
frost  during  the  growing  season.  A  PROOF — The 
district  is  less  than  four  years  old  and  we  have  been 
running  a  cannery  for  three  successive  seasons. 
Where  else  in  Hritish  Columbia  in  the  older  districts 
do  they  can  tomatoes?  ANSWER — Only  in  the 
favored  districts.  Our  district  is  one  of  the  favored 
ones. 


H.    P.    LEE 


WOOD  LAKE  FRUITLANDS. 


VERNON,  B.  C. 


THENEWEMPIRE 


ALL  EYES  ON  KAMLOOPS 


Everyone  Looking  That  Way 


Two  Transcontinental  Railways,  the  Provin- 
cial government,  the  City  of  Kamloops,  Banks 
and  other  Corporations  will  spend  $2,500,000 
in  and  around  Kamloops  this  year. 

t 

-  THERE'S    A    REASON 

*  Great  Transcontinental  Railways  like  the  C.  P.  R.  and  the  C.  X.  R.  know 
what  they  are  doing.  The  C.  P.  R.  purchased  $250,000  worth  of  prop- 
erty, to  enlarge  its  shops,  yards  and  round  houses  at  Kamloops. 

WHY? 

They  realize  that  Kamloops  is  to  be  the  logical  and  great  divisional  point  be- 
tween the  two  great  Western  Cities — Calgary  and  Vancouver.  Situated 
as  it  is,  on  the  Thompson  River,  its  future  as  a  manufacturing  center  is 
assured. 

It  is  reasonable  to  come  to  the  one  natural  conclusion — Kamloops  with 
its  present  population  of  4500  or  5000  people  will  double  its  population 
within  fifteen  months  and  will  have  15,000  in  a  few  years. 


It  will  pay  you  to  buy  Kamloops  property  today 

Write  to 

"d       RE.  SIMPSON 

General  Sales  Agent.  Kamloops,  B.  C. 


48 


THE     NEW    EMPIRE 


THE  CALIFORNIA 
OF  CANADA 


The  far  famed  Okanagan  Valley  is  fast 
developing  into  one  of  the  greatest  fruit  pro- 
ducing districts  on  the  continent.  "' j  '" 

The  settlement  of  the  past  few  years 
is  evidence  of  the  worth  of  the  district. 


Five  and   Ten  Acre 
Fruit  Farms 

in  the  very  heart  of  the  district,  along 
the  shores  of  Okanagan  Lake  and  only  a 
few  miles  from  Peachland  can  be  pur- 
chased at 

Two  Hundred  Dollars 
Per  Acre 


All    the    Lands    Are 
Irrigated 

and  ready   for  cultivation,   so  that  you 
get  the  acreage  in  its  improved  state. 


I  twill  pay  you  to  look  into  this  pro- 
position; terms  can  be  arranged' that  will 
suit  your  purse. 


Okanagan  Westshore  Land  Co. 

LIMITED.  / 

Vancouver,  B.  C. 


BASEMENT  DOMINION 

TRUST  BUILDING 


Men  now-a-days  are  looking  for 

A  Good   Safe   Investment 

Careful  investigation  has  convinced  them  that  they 
cannot  do  better  than  use 

MERRITT  REALTY 


In  a  little  over  one  year  values  have  trebled  and  opportunity  to- 
day is  just  as  great  as  it  ever  was. 

All  the  lots  in  the  old  townsite  have  been  sold.  The  new  city 
cannot  grow  east,  west  or  south.  It  must  grow  in  a  northerly 
direction. 

For  that  reason  people  are  demanding 

THE    CONKLIN    ADDITION 

It  is  the  logical  residential  district  and  the  finest  residences  in  the 
city  are  already  there.  The  municipal  and  federal  buildings  will 
likely  go  there  and  it  adjoins  the  Bank  of  Montreal  and  other  im- 
portant business  properties. 

In  fact  it  is  indispensible  to  the  growth  of  Merritt. 

Lots  sell  from  $200  up. 


TERMS    ARE    EASY. 


For  maps,  literature,  etc.,  address 

The  Merritt  Townsite  Co'y- 

MERRITT,  B.  C. 


OKANAGAN 
FRUIT  LANDS 


Okanagan  Valley  has  a  world- wide 
reputation  as  a  fruit  growing  district. 
fl|  Its  rich  soil,  its  congenial  climate  and 
its  general  adaptability  to  fruit  culture 
have  combined  to  give  it  the  name  of 

THE  CALIFORNIA  OF  CANADA 


<I  We  have  8,000  acres  of  fruit  lands  in  the 
immediate  vicinity  of  Vernon  city  and  served 
k     by  the  irrigation  system  of  the  White  Valley 
f '     Irrigation  and  Power  Co.,  Limited,  one  of  the 
largest  and  best  systems  in  Canada. 

C|  Lots  of  water  and  good  transportation  facil- 
ities, the  district  being  served  by  the  Cana- 
dian Pacific  Railway. 


We  will  sell  in  blocks  of  from 

5  ACRES  UPWARDS 

Reasonable  Prices  and  Easy  Terms 


<I  We  also  have  a  large  acreage   of   lands 

suitable  for  dairying  or  mixed  farming,  and 

thousands  of  acres  of  good  range  land  for  sale 

or  lease. 


If  interested,  write  at  once  for  prices  and  full  information. 

LAND  AND  AGRICULTURAL  COMPANY  Of  CANADA 


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