THE DAILY BRITISH KLONDIKE GOLD GROWING SCARCE. Only $20,000,000 Worth of Mineral Remains tc Be Produced. EIGHTEEN HRT TEES Christmas and New Year Holidays FIRST CLA ALLEN'S COUGH BALSAM The Standard Can. adian Remedy for 50 years Tash Contains no Opium or other harmful drugs bloom hav (SL TT I-11 sensationa gold, wh hardy adventur ter are n« Is palatable doesn't nau- IC LIE] seate. Especially recom- while mended fortight, hard an mans g Bronchial Colds in Children onsicerab wh ior gold ppl ch can 26¢., 60c. and $1.00 Bottles THE TRANSCONTINENTAL New Route to Western Canada TORONTO -- WINNIPEG Via North Bay, Cobalt and Cochrane Finest Equipment-- Oplendid Koad Bed w. Toronto 10.45 5; , Thursday and Raturday DAVIS & LAWRENCE CO, Preps, MONTREAL ting | @New Year's: HOLIDAY FA : await ' to SINGLE t Ie terms Prince George gateway to the Yukon, and des Prince Rupert, Alaska Going Dec, 31st and Jan, 1st y x > : { | Het ing Ja 016 y Vaneouver, Victoria, Seattle Rag va HR and San Franeis | FARE AND ONE THIRD ind all inf ; Dec. 20th to Jan, 1st Returning Jan ith, 1916 raved New Route to Western Canada and Pacific Coast Points I Fick Parlor and ther pos scientific ir ar ster imperfectly irner of are numeroun discussion apd Tuesday Ar. . Winnipey ; 3.50 and Mon i there ing the nvestigations of the geologist and ographer « 1€ years to come tri I } tigation Mi del tear 1 Coa from @ trday ng 6.00 y for | Saskatoc ton and Through mediate Lhe Tickets Jed, Going r, & tig ony much cept a pre use Sleep JE Tes "HERE'S YOUR TICKET \o inet WINNIPEG | eos and the COAST 0 Dawson City. Your train leaves Kingston 2.30 p.m. Mon,, Wed., Fri. WITH CONNECTIONS TO AND FROM ALL WESTERN POINTS. Electric lighted sleepers, dining cars and first-class coaches. DUNN. City Agent; R. H. WARD, Station FAIRBAIRN, Gen, Pass. Agent, Toronto, Ont, i ind noes and remaining turesome jour Ast Ska 0 Wh ay te Horse runs wes river to Benson beg M. CO. Agent; IR. | elds greater America, they mis the Klondike, and con | sequently the gold producing depo remained intact until the prospectors discovered then. The Yukon gold field is confined mainly the vicinity of Dawson Citv, al- though small quantities of gold can found in the sand of the Yukon for hondreds of miles up the valley gh the great {ce the early ages swept the North the region of por tion of sed sits to be Ithough traces of gold were dis- covered in the Yukon valley in about 1860, it was twelve years later, 1881, before it was found in the Big Salmon and in the Lewes, Pelly and Stewart rivers Five after wards coarse gold Fortymile, a tributary below Dmwson and in discoveries of Bob George Cormack n Bonanza creek drew miners into Klondike valley from all quarters Prodigious quantities of gold were soon found in Bonanza creek and many miners made fortunes in a short time, but unfortunately most {of the gold was spent foolishly or in debauchery Che total output in 1898 was 000.008, from which figure it jump ed $6,000,000 annually until 1900 when the production reached $22.- 275,000, the highest peint, From { this point a steady decline began un- til in 1908, when it was $2,820,121, ! at which time hydraulicking and dredging began and the total output rose slowly until it was $5,018,4i1 in 1913, It has been estimated that only about $20,000,000 worth of | gold remains to be produced, out of the original available amount of nearly $180,600,000 in years found on the of the Yukon 1894-1896 the Henderson and Hunker Wis CANADIAN PACIFIC The "RIDEAU" to Ottawa Popular Afternoon Train vin Lake Ontario Shore Leaves Kiugaton 5.40 p.m. for Perth, Smith's "alls, Merriokville, Kempt- ville, Arrives OTTAWA 16 p.m. CENTRAL STATION Sparks Street, at Chateau THE "YORK" Leaves Ottawa 1.15 p.m. Arrives Kingston SAS The "TRANSCANADA" From TORONTO Daily G.40 P.M. PORT ARTHUR FORT WILLIAM WINNIPEG VANCOUVER Through Equipment | Bteetrte Lighted Comparfment Ob. servation Car, Standard snd Tour- ist Sleepers, Dining Car, First-class Conches. "The Frequent C.P.R. Service pass Ing through the Husiness Centre of th City is on asset to the Travel Jer. $10 Laurier pm, . To CALIFORNIA, FLORIDA, ETC. Limited Tralus connect at Detrolt with through Sleepers to Florkda; niso connection vin Buftalo, Washington nnd Clncinnatl service via CLR. and MOR. to Chleago connects through service hiengo to Californian, from F. Comwny, ( AL, City Ticket Office, and Wellingt streels Phone 1107, Improved with all PVartienlnrs corner Princess Jeff Ought To Put a Taxi-meter On His Sea-going [Hack {Sgve ¥ Rot, Ndr Now TE I | . ol JULY 'Trl Min stretch | early | and | WHIG, FRIDAY, { favorabls r ng. Exp effected adel reveal réad Mr, © hopes new re will lead to th ent of this rem habited outy : perma and EVE, and YE Year's NEW 8 New ARS Eve, to go to bed New Year in ind the din the tot Good! wish the the racket kissed want to see lL hear Mamma Night Ve nurse might up until 1 silvery instructions that Hall bel whose s¢ the T chime should tell Old Year's gone, the N¢ wll und + passed leeping on breat 1ttere a peep sleep through | Artful Doubter. Detroit Fr Pre . he a Santa Claus [ think there's not, know how he our ohimney pot things about nay not Sometime puzzles me to Gets down 8 lots of that tale wish I understood. but I dunno tis or tsn't so now I'm bein' good 1 say { An' whether Right | ey t's so lain awake « lot of nights A thinkin' of it out, Those reindeer hoofs, upon the roofs I've most begun to doubt Although they say he comes that way I don't see how he could, An' it may they're stringin But just the same, right now see I'm heir I've me, you be 1" awful good a day ears times rubs my I don't resist, an' squirm an' twist Or flood the floor with tears let her hurt me all she wants, An' dreadful pain I've stood, I've found scme faws in Santa Claus, But I ain't certain yet, because Right now I'm bein' good At Hame Below, An old Scot was conversing with a| | neighbor who owned a telephone. | | Randy was told he could talk to any- | | body, dead or alive Next day he | decided to have a talk with his dead | | brother Jock. The owner of the | telephone had paid a man to im. | pe rsonate Jock at the other end of] | the wire. The following was the | conversation between the "broth-| ers Sandy--"Ts that you, Jock?"| | "Ay, it's me' And hoo are ye get- | tin" on?" Oh fine!" "And whaur bae ye been? Oh, first 1 was| abicon: now I'm below "And what is it like?" **Oh, up aboon for the but. man, doon below for|p faces hand I ish my three 1° when Ma I've | i | at Scenery the Kent | Steel roads, {amounted to $9, | capital | 2d ! the (can find it fo' DECEMBER 31, 1915 MATTERS FINANCIAL apital KRI30,000,000 A Nsw Steel Company, virt vm pbell, presi own Company stockholders 3 he Company have not yet the plan of the proposed but Mr that phase of ettled Althot preliminary hiefly the er the ne selected nor hus the amount of apital stock been decided upon sent plans, however, indicate capitalization will at last 000,000, possibly $300,000,00¢ Ungs stated to-day merger t to the matter as good as the interests confident that merger concluded not lat than February 1st. The of w steel company has not been tho Pre the $250 stage, erned vill be con are ale be Railways Show Big Earnings New York, Dec. 30 November earnings of the Union Pacjfic and Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Rail published to-day indicate the tonnage movement for that month in the West, and the Pacific coast I'he Union Pacific gross 387,000, an increase of $1,797,000 over the correspond- ing month of 1914, with net earnings of $4,825,000, an increase of $1,047 000 Atchison gross earnings a ed $12,000,000, an increase of $1, 988,000, the net aggregating $4, 828,000, an increase of $1,142,000 enormous along Carnings ggregat Increase Dec and Company, Limited liament to increase wk from $400,000 Supplementary letters issued increasing Ford Moto: Car from £1.000,000 to Capital Stock W. C Edwards will ask Par their capital to $4,400,000 patent have the capital Company, 210.000 Ottawa au been I the Ltd And a Bank Ded 30 At the end the Bank of France had the Government for war purposes $1, 480,000,000 an in rease of $1 the A Government Paris of November idvanced to 00,000,000 during VOL B00 000 since th of $7 1 00. 000.000 sine ent year began Fo Iacrease Directors Dec al The British ican Nickel Corporation will 'arliament to authorize increas number of directors to twen and also providing that "he ma jority the dire 1 be Brit sh subjects Mtawa \ lie Kk I ing ty the of tors sha Steel President Stays On Job Montreal, De 30 he recen report from Ottawa that Col, Cantley president and managing director the Nova Scotia Steel and Coal Com- pany, would shortly leave for Eng land on a six months' holiday is without foundation ol Steel Corporation Director. Montreal, Dec 30 EJ. Jones, (General - Manager of the Canada Cement Compafly, has consented to be elected a member of the board of di- rectors of the Dominion Steel Corpor ation. It is also stated that he will probably succeed Sir William Van Horne as Vice-President of the cor | poration Ten Million Capital, Dec 10 The Company, Limited, Mont- been incorporated with of $10,000,000 The appli for the incorporation includ- Alexander Chase-Casgrain, K.C M. McDougall and P. C. Casgrain lvocated, all of Montreal Ottawa, St. Maur ce Paper has real, cants A Full Description. At a function of noted and learned men the umbrellas of the guests got mixed The darky porter was hav ing considerable trouble in finding the umbrella belonging to the pro fessor in mathematics in a leading university Selecting one umbrel la cut of the armful that the porter had submitted to him, the professor said: "Now, that is like my um brella, though the cross-section of the handle of my umbrella is more of an ellipse than a parabola; its extreme end points towards the per pendicular, and forms a =ection of major axis." "Ya-as, ir," re plied the porter 'Ah'll see ef Ah you', sah.' The | ackawanna | agreed | Campbell said he considered | | 1gh the plans are still in al THE STANDARD BANK oF CANADA HEAD OFFICE - TORONTO MONEY ORDERS issued for any amount, payable throughout Canada, Great Britain, and all foreign countries. SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT AT ALL BRANCHES. Ki NGS y TON BRANCH, H. 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