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Newspaper
Nelson Daily Miner
Location
Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Aug 25, 1901
Page
2
The notice lists subscription rates by day and by mail, weekly and yearly options, with prices in dollars. It names the London office at 145 Fleet Street and Alexander & Co. at 521 First Avenue Spokane as authorized agents for advertisements and subscriptions.
The Rossland property group including Le Roi and Kootenay mines faces management upheaval as Wright resigns as Le Roi MD and proxy opposition gathers for an extraordinary meeting. The British Columbia Review notes withdrawals by several directors and hints at a controlled shift toward new leadership and policy.
The notice discusses probable changes in mining camp management at Rossland and the Northport smelter, aiming to end labor strife. It notes Wright and allies built the British American Corporation with about 5 million spent on properties and plants, contends Wright’s stock reversals caused his downfall, and predicts favorable outcomes if new Le Roi group runs the mines legitimately, restoring investor confidence and regional prosperity. It also mentions plans for iron works in Kitchener, with Montreal capital led by W M Blakemore, and quotes local papers praising the potential industrial boom in British Columbia.
Investigations by a royal commission on Chinese and Japanese migration in British Columbia reveal labor figures. In Nanaimo and Comox Chinese workers appear in coal mines and Orientals outnumber whites in some mines. Factories, sawmills, brick yards, and Wellington mines employ whites, Chinese, and Japanese in varied proportions. Salmon canneries and fishing groups show large Japanese presence. Overall, among an estimated 14,000 Chinese and 4,000 Japanese, only about 300 are married.
M. M. Austin, a Civil War veteran from Winchester Indiana, reports his wife was sick a long time despite doctors but fully cured by Dr King's New Life Pills. He endorses the product and notes it costs 25 cents at Canada Drug & Book Co.
Advertisement touts iron deposits near Kitchener Fronce tein eats Bie en Auea at France tein eats Kitchener as a remedy for dyspepsia and liver complaints. Claims two doses will relieve conditions like sour stomach andHeartburn, urging readers to try the remedy if Green's Prize Almanac supports it.
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