GRAND TRUNK PACIFIC FINISHED BY 1914 An Ottawa press despatch stole.*) that such good progress is being made with construction work on the Grand Trunk Pacific, that it is expected the line will bo completed through from Winnipeg to Prince Rupert by tho end of 1914. Tikis is the report taken east bv Mr,. W. P. Hinton, general piissenger agent of the Grand Trunk Pacific, when on a visit to his Ottawa home recently. The Grand Trunk Pacific will do its share in the movement of th!s season's grain crop, which Mr. Hinton says will be double that of three years ago. He estimates that the western farmers should have 875,000,000 more to spend from this, year's crop than they had from the yield of last year. The G. T. P. is not only increasing its freight equipment, but it has added three million bushels capacity to its elevator at the head of lhe great lakes. TO ADJOIN SOUTH FORT GEORGE The Steamer Chilcotin returned fiom an up river trip curly in the week, with a record of having carried her largest cargo since launching. The Chilcotin left Grand Canyon with about 105 tons of freight on board. The big boat brougl.it down Provincial Land Surveyor Hagen, and moved a number of contractor's outfits. CHALLENGE We have been requested, in the interests of sport, to issue a challenge to all comers on behalf of « young and ambitious boxer in the middleweight class. Terms of conters to be 40 per cent of gate receipts to winner, i!0 per cent to loser. Fight to te held in the Fort George Theatre at any convenient date. Address the sporting editor. READY-MADE FARMS Russel Walker, the energetic local representative of the North Coast Land Company, paid a visit to the Duke of Sutherland's land at White's ■landing this week, where the lund company, and the duke's "gents are looking afyer the preliminary work in the great "ready-made farm" project, which the company and the Me of Sutherland are carry- "ig out there. All the land was acquired first by the Nortb Coast Land people, and they are carrying out in similar area tne project of His Grace of Sutherland, on land adjoining "int which they sold to him. Mr. Walker states that although it is only two months Slnee l,i> lll8t visited the scene of operations at White's landing, ine change on the land is won- «ul. "The whole country," said Mr. Walker, "is cut up into ™-acre farms, on some of which we have thirty or foiirty "°res cleared, broken, and in s.°,?!e instances bearing crops." "ie company has five teams "t work in the light clearing, "nd a crew of 15 men. Houses wve already been built on the lands, which will shortly be ready for occupancy ' by the l'nents of the Duke of Suther- to"d> und the people whom the w°™» Coast Land Company 8el1 the ready-made farms to. ,,The "B. C, Express" left for "ie Grand Canyon on Thursday Vlt» a large number of passen- "ie President and a number ■J the high officials of the G. T. • "re expected here about the *"» ol the month. Messrs. Foley, Welch & Stewart, contractors for tho whole of the uncompleted portion of the G. T. P., and the builders and financiers of tne Pacific and Great Eastern Railway, from Vancouver to. Fort George, will shortly build their main depot, consisting of warehouses, offices and wharves on the Hudson's Bay Company's land here immediately adjoining the South Fort George townsite. This important news was received here this week when Mr. J. E. T. Armstrong, officer in charge of the Hudson Bay post here received a communication from Land Commissioner Thompson granting the contractors permission to build. It has always been anticipated, and The Herald has contended that when the time came for the establishment of the main base of supply for railroad construction out of here, that this base would be established along the Fraser riyer front near this townsite. Whi'st here recently, Mr. Welch, of the contracting firm, approached HYDRAULIC NOT CLOSED DOWN The item we published last jveek, from the columns of the Cariboo Observer, to the effect that the plant of t-lte Quesnel Hydraulic Gold Mining Company's plant at Hydraulic, had closed down, owing to pay dirt having petered out, is now proven to be without foundation. W. H. Dubois, general manager of the company writes our one-time paper from Stanley, to tell the editor that his information was incorrect, and that the shutting down referred to was a temporary lay-off as some changes were being made in the method of operation. The mine, Mr. Dubois says, is again in full operation, and will continue to be until the end of the season. The item in last week's paper was the first sensational piece of news we had read in the Quesnel paper for many moons—and it turns out to be all bunk. SUCCESSFUL DANCE The Firemen's Ball, held last night in the Fort George Theatre, was very successful from both financial and social standpoints: The attendance was exceptionally good, particulary so in consideration of the fact thnt it was a postponed event. A large number of people came over from the Nechaco town, and the affair was voted a distinct success by all. Music was furnished by Senior's orchestra. LADIES GUILD the At a meeting of the Ladies of e congregation of St. Stephen's Church,* South Fort George, hold at Mrs. Hemes residence, it was unanimously agreed that the Ladies of the said congregation form them; selves into a "Sewing Guild for the purpose of raising funds to be contributed from time to time towards the general maintenance of the aforementioned Church. Mr. Armstrong with regard to h s desire to establish the main depot for the affairs of construction on the main line of the G. T. P., and fpr the Pacific Great Eastern road, on the Hudson Bay property, as it was most advantagously situated. Mr. Armstrong recommended that this be granted and the receipt of the Land Commissioner's sanction may be considered as closing the arrangement. Mr. Thompson, now the higli- est Hudson Bay Company official in Canada, was for years in charge of the British Columbia, or New Caledonia, district of the great trading company's business. During this period he made annual tours on inspection over the company's system of fur-trade posts and sales- shops, including all the remote posts of the Nortborn Interior. Thus, for years, Mr. Thompson has been thoroughly familiar with the whole situation at Fort George, and is able to base his decisions upon matters apertaining to development up here on a sound knowledge of local conditions. He appreciated the fact that the natural point for the location of Messrs. Foley, Welch & Stewart's headquarters here should be on the low waterfront of the main river, and he immediately sanctioned the recommendations of Mr. Armstrong here. The terms imposed in the matter by Mr, Thompson are as follows: The area on whicb the works are to be located is to be bounded as follows: From the south west corner of the H. B. block to the slough, a distance of about 20 chains. From the slough westerly to the road, which is to form the western boundary. All buildings are to be removed;, by the contractors at the expiration of their lease.. The boundaries described place the area for the buildings immediately north of the northern boundary of this townsite on the Fraser river front. Work on the buildings will commence very shortly. FIRST EDMONTON SALESMAN ARRIVES J. E. Thompson, representing Marshall Wells & Co:, of Edmonton, came down the river in a gasoline boat from Tete Jaune Cache last Wednaeday. Mr. Thompson is the first traveller, representing one of the big houses of the Albertan capital, to pay a business visit to this city. His coming foretells tlte new order of things, for by the spring the G. T. P. will be handling freight from Edmonton through the mountains, connecting with the steamboat service from South Fort George. Mr. Thompson is here to size up the situation for bis firm, and to arrange for future orders. His firm, j Marshall, Wells & Company, are amongst the largest hardware concerns of the continent. They recently bought out Ross Brothers, of Edmonton. Mr. Thompson came down in Mr. Hood's gas boat. INVESTS HERE Mr. Hood, of 0. E. Hood & Company, general merchants at Fitzhugh and Tete Jaune Cache came down the river on Wednesday in a gasoline boat. Mr. Hood tells us he intends to open a general merchandise establishment here in the spring of the year. He purchased Lot 13 in Block 11, situated next to the Northern Hotel, paying the sum of $1,650.00, and states that he will return in the early spring and will erect a large store "bn the property. He has a larve stook of merclkandise at the Cache which he intends to move down here. Mr. Hood came down the river in his beautiful gasoline boat, a high-speed, powerful craft with a Peterboro' hull. South Fort George looks good to Mr. Hood, and like all the new business houses coming in he located here, in the real business section. SKEENA RIVER NAVIGATIOE Advices recently received from the Skeena river state that the water on the upper river is getting rather low, and it is be- leived that in less than a month tlie steamboat service will be interfered with. So far the sternwheelers have experienced no difficulty in making the trips up and down the river, but if the water drops- much more the vessels will be unable to navigate. There are but two sternwheelers operating on the Skeena this year, the Inlander, under charter to Foley Welch fa Stewart, which connects a Skeena River Crossing with the three trains each week from Prince Rupert, and the Port Simpson, of the Hudson's Bay Company, which makes connections on Wednesdays and Saturdays. The fare up the river from the Crossing to Hazelton has qeen reduced from $3 to $1.50. By the time the river steamers are forced to terminate navigation on the Skeena it is expected that the rails will be almost into Hazelton. Steel has been laid to Sealy, a few miles from Hazelton, wliere a large bridge is being built across b high gulch at Sealy, which is holding up the laying of the steel. BUY STEAMBOAT Russel Peden returned from a business visit to Quesnel this week, after completing a deal for the purchase of T. Marion's steamer "Quesnel" for the Northern Lumber Company. The company intends to enter into the transportation business on both the lower and upper rivers for the balance of the season after getting the boat in the water. PUBLIC STENOGRAPHER South Fort George is to have a public stenographer. A Vancouver typewriter artiste will leave the coast for this point at the end of the month- Dan Carey, a brother of the contractor of Simms, Carey & Co., of St Paul, Minn., came down from the Cache in a gas boat this week to commence work on a rock out at a point about 15 miles up the Fraser, known locally as "railway crossing." There is a rock hill on the east bank of tbe Fraser at this point wliere Mr. Carey will commence operations. In the preliminary surveys it was thought that the G. T. P. would cross the Fraser at the point mentioned, and cut across northwest of here, but this was later found impracticable, and the surveys were run on down the Fraser to the old Hudson Bay pdst of Fort George, but "railway crossing" retained its title locally. Messrs Simms, Carey & Co., are amongst the largest sub-contractors on the work between here and Tete Jaune Cache. The Grand Trunk Pacific have inaugerated a tri-weekly through pessenger service from Edmonton to Fithhugh, 1,028 miles west of Winnipeg and right in the heart of Jaspar Park in the Rockies. This place is about 430 miles east of here. A tourist hotel, to be called Chateau Nicette, will be built immediately at Fitzhugh by the Grand Trunk Pacific, who will actively compete with the Canadian Pacific Railway for the tourist business in the Rocky Mountains. An impromptu baseball game between South Fort George and the G. T. P. boys was played here last Wednesday night. The surveyors put it all over the scratch team from this burg. PliniNiTEM OVER With ideal weather for tba game, and a large crowd in attendance, the South Fort George, and Fort George baseball teams opened the third game in the Carney Challenge Cup series on the South Fort George diamond last Sunday afternoon. Dr. Lazier umpired the game. The score' totalled 20 runs to South Fort George to 7 for the Nechaco townsite team. This great discrepancy between the scores of the, two teams indicates which way the cup will go. South Fort George has won two games in the series, whilst the Fort George team have one. The latter team, however, claim, another game by default, as the home team could not play one of the scheduled matches. If this is allowed the games stand two all. To win the cup lour games must be won out of seven. Lasti Sunday's game was too one sided to be very entertaining. Russel Walker, who was pitching for the home team, played a splendid game, finishing rather stronger than, his work early in the game. Chas. Brown was the biggest run- getter, his score showing four runs at the close of the match. D. Andrews, who pitched for the Nechaco team, played a hard game. The next game is scheduled for Sunday next on the Fort George ground at 3.30. George McLaughlin, manager of the Northern Lumber Company, will return from a visit to the coast on Monday. Ball game tomorrow. 'i i BY V *',' h :« ,ir i .* 11 i'ii i iw iiwBginnnwiiifii iii milii nwMiwti imiifmTi —"—"t ,..xtr4t*xtm T FORI a ■Ml HORTHERM^MTERlWraiiTING CO. W- J 6 UANIELL. f»HESIOtr,l Devoted to the interests ol Fort Cieoi'Ke and the entire North- em Interior. J. B. DANIELL, Editor. iii all lund sub-divided into lots I stay in tha advertising bu««~ I of one acre or under if such of the Natural Resources be- I land was Crown Granted later curity Company. When that than 1906. concern discontinued publishing The townsite baloon in B. C. lias not yet reached the bursting strain in its voyage. It is still gracefully ascending, and drifting over the bills and valleys absolute'y out of control. It is time .somebody too't a shot at the unweildy affair and brought it down to earth, and, considi ring that its course has followed largely the remoter confines of that section British Columbia of which A person does not have to be a very deep student of the times to appreciate the fact that Canada, and particulary 'western Canada, is at present; 0 experiencing a land boom of a j tn0 ieagt [B known, it behooves more pronounced and obvious j our legislative members for nature than uny that have gon-> I tt)(>R(1 rpm„ter fields to get busy before. In point of fact, Western I |md distinguish themselves. Canada is experiencing its first, if legislation were passed to real land boom. restrict the floatation of town- Wiiflther this boom, for boom I ,,u.ns within boundaries justi- it undoubtedly is, is on the ebb j ge(j \,y ^ importance of the or flow of its tide, is a matter circumstances responsible for of opinion, but it is generally tlieir creati0n, and the statements issued in the advertising material of the promoters were conceded amongst the better class of realty operators, who are handling real estate as a legitimuie business and not as a lottery, that unless reactionary methods are adopted towards the great aggregation of swindlng wild-cat operators, the western Canadian land boomsters will one of thesr> days awaken to the fact that that the bottom has fallen from under their great game, in the same manner as the patronage will veer away from a gambling place after a player has exposed the magnets on a crooked roulette wheel, or discovered the marks on a deck of cards. lt is noticable, nowever, that the wild play is being moder- to be confined by legal require ment to a recounting of fact, and conjecture and misrepresentation were eliminated, the business of buying and selling townsites would Be removed from the hands of the gambling element and placed on a solid basis of legitimate enterpr'se in which the investirg public would have continued faith. As it is the outside sub-division market is rapidly approaching a state of chaos, and the astute wild-cat vendors with their fortunes amassed whilst the game ran wide open, are ready at any time to get into some new easy-money business. It would be good law, well ated. In Alberta laws have been calculated to protect the too introduced, drafted for the pur- ; confidiD'g general public, were pose ol coping w.th the wild- j it t,n..ct(,cj th**.t every townsite cat - * ..ii. ■ limi prov Night", one of Canada's foremost weekly reviews, has been e or coping w.m tne wuu- j it t,nact(,ci th,lt every townsite townsite problem on the j concern offering townsite prop- tkss field of the iran- ^.^ for salC) m,re required to .•incus. 'Toronto Saturday incorporate in their advertis- featur'ng a great campaign against the fierce me'.hods employed for promotion by th3 sub division fiend, and many other papers are taking the matter up as an i?sue. Against these influences for reform in the real estate market, are the newspapers that accept with avidity the enormous advertising patronage of the men that deal ,-in the sub-division game. These papers have to lend the aid of their columns to the men who pay them money to introduce through their prostituted mediums the fraudulent) town- site schemes they are launching. Even in Great Britain thc reaction has set in. Certain in fluential London pub'ications have recently devoted a lot of space to criticism of the Canadian real estate business. Amongst these are "Canada" and the English edition of "World's Work." ln this province of British Columbia the laws offer less resistance to the townsite vendor than anv other place on earth. The B. C. Land Act, in conjunction with the Land Rigis*- try Act afford no protection whatsoever to the„prom<:t_'rs of bona fide townsites poss >ssed of valuable properties. There is absolutely no limit to the townsite business whatsoever. If t^e whole of the province of British Columlra were he'd under Crown Grant by individuals who were all ad iicted with the townsite obsession, there is no adequate law under which the government could prevent the whole of this vast province from becoming one en-' £ ormous conglomerated mass of townsites. Then there is no minimum to the size of the lot that may be offered for sale, and no restrictions are placed upon thc class of advertising under which the townsite vendors may offer their wares, end often the fact has been boasted of in townsite advertisments that the government of the province of British Columbia were partners in the chai, nnd this statement is in porate ments, plans of the property drawn to a generous scale, and showing thereon the juxtaposition of the property to a post oflice in the nearest town legally entitled to incorporate as a municipality. Also that no advertised statements be allowed regarding the location of railroad stations or yards without the authority of the railroad company referred to. The Land Registry Act should prescribe a lot with a minimum frontage of not less than 33 feet with a depth of at least 125 feet, and all adjacent subdivisions should be made to conform to one scheme of survey set forth by law. The Fort George Tribune's Percy-boy editor is racking his spoonful of brain in an endeavor to dig up thought which he may utilize in veiled attacks upon the enemies of the "children of Ham." We would suggest that he solicits the aid of some of the townsite trusties—say Carl Custer Cutler—or the man of mystery, Peav i n e Cunningham wb.) makes a business of travelling the mighty Fraser river on the steamer "B. X," to induce the passengers to go on past this town to the practical'joke up the Nechaco. Now this business of soliciting on the boats hii*s got to stop, and unless it ceases very shortly Tbe Herald will publish some facts about the operations of these river-boat townsite pimps that will discount tbiir usefulness. Occasionally a reporter from the Tribune's staff makes the trip as official bunco-steerer or the Fort George townsite, for so obvious is the connection between the Central Interior Publishing Co., who^ose as thc proprietors of the Tribune, and the townsite promoter, that up here no sustained effort is made by thc printing gang to support the deception,. The personnel of the printing concern we refer to is composed of the advertising manager and press agent for the notorious promoter of tl*e Port George town , . , .. ,, ,site, and its editor is.a small refutable, as, by virtue of the 1 small noise in ft b* w|l0 Land Act the government have jig appointed t() the part ol the a reconveyed quarter inter st t The Tl*bune .g the main. their "Bulletin of Information the mailing list of that hot-air pamphlet was turned over to swell that organ's "bona fide" circulation. Here's a h—1 of a state of affairs. Down in Chicago, where most of the Dominion Stock and Bond Corporation's town- site of Fort Fras.r was sold, an advertisment appeired in the "Record Herald" stating in effect, tbat the fact of the Minister of Finance for the province of British Columbia being president of the vending company, should be be considered a measure of guaranty for the investment. Dick McBride should take a hand here, and prevent the reoccurance of such fool statements. Hon. Price- Ellison is doubtless unaware of the use his name is being put to, so we take this opportunity of bringing this matter to his attention. CANCELLATION OF RESERVE Notice is hereby given that the reserve existing on crown lands in the vicinity of Stuart River, situated in the Cariboo district, notice of which.bearing date December 17th, 1908, was published in the British Columbia Gazette, dated December, 17th, 1908, is cancelled in so far as the same relates to the lands surveyed as Lots llll, 1114, 5415, 5379, 5433, 5380, 5381, 5382, 5383, 5384, 5385, 5417, 5419, 5391, 5389, 5388, 5387, 5386, 5432, 6437, 5438, 5431, 5392, 5393.5394, 5395, 5396, 5397, 5421, 5424, 5403,5402, 5401, 5400, 5399, 5398, 5430, 5439,5429, 5404, 5405, 5406, 5407, 5408, 5409,5427, 5414, 5426, 5428, 5425, 5413, 5390 and 5412, all in the Cariboo District. ROBERT A. RENWICK, Deputy Minister of Lands. Lands Department, Victoria, B.C., 12th June, 1912. CANCELLATION OF RESERVE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the renerve existing over Crown Lands tn the vicinity of Stuart River, Cariboo, notice of which bearing dale February Uth, 1910, waa published in the British Columbia Gautte, February 17th, 1910, is cancelled, ie ao f ar as the same relates to the lands surveyed as Lots 0261. 6232. 6253, 6264, 6266, 6266,6267,6268,6266,6272,6296, 6297, 6296, 6289, 6271, 6266, 6264, 6259, 6273, 6280, 6281. 6279, 6274, 6260, 6263, 6267, 6170,6290,6295, 6291, 6269. 6268, 6262, 6261, 6276, 6278, 6284, 6277,6276. 6286, 6286. 6287, 6288, 6292, 6293, 6294. 6296a. 6301, 6906, 6300, 6299, 6903, 6904, 6907. 6908, 6908a and 6906, all in the Cariboo District. * ROBERT A. RENWICK. Deputy Minister of Lands, Lands Department, Victoria. CC. 12th June. 1912 I jun22sepl4 WATER RIGHTS IN CARIBOO The Board of Investigation under the Water Act is prepared to receive claims of persons having water rights. Mr. C. H. Dunbar, of the Water Department, will prepare claims for holders of records, and for such purposes will be at: 150-Mile House, Tuesday, 13th of August. Hanceville, Friday, 16th of August. 150-Mile House, Monday and Tuesday, 19th and 20th August. Quesnel Forks, Friday tnd Saturday mornings, 23d and 24th August. 150-Mile House, Monday and Tuesday mornings, 26th and 27th August. Soda Creek, Tuesday from 3 p.m. 27th August. Barkerville, Friday and Saturday, 30th and 31st August. Cottonwood, Monday, 2d September. Quesnel, Tuesday p.m., Wednesday, Thursday, Fridsy and Saturday mornings, 3d, 4th, 6th, 6th and 7th Sept. Copies of water records, title papers to land, and roughly drawn sketches of the lands and streams affected should t,e shown to Mr. Dunbar by persons v/ish.ng to (tie claims. J. F. ARMSTRONG, Acting Comptroller of Water Rights. 1 Provincial Secretary's office, ' Victoria, July 31, 1911 aul0s7 A 'i Clear, Beautifully A Grained Fur and A Spruce Lumber A A A A A A A A Our timber is cut high in the hills, where the clear green spruce and fir grows. It makes superfine lumber. Our mouldings iuclude anything listed in this line. Our Merchandise J and groceries ti are selected from the best f, goods the market offers. K A few of our exclusive lines' Carhartt's Overalls Hartt's Boots and Shoes Campbell's Clothes House of Hebberlin TentB and Flies a specialty A c Antfittf>i«-C for the field we exce1' i A3 "U HI HCl »5 Actual experience teaches ft what you want on your trip. We have made a life study of ^ 4 this subject and our years of experience are at your disposal, j '" Call and talk the matter o\ er. Any hour. Any day. ' Building Material. It will pay you to get our estimate on the material |) for your building. We can supply you from cellar to roof. f GENERAL BLACKSMITHING B I I OATS FOR SALE A \ 'A W. F. Cooke Russel Peden tt 2 STORE, OFFICE AND LUMBER YARD, SOUTH FORT GEORGE R Ik *& -^ -JK ^^ ^K <^/ ■*?!£ -5K -^ -W* -1^ ^K 2 -W5 -W <3^ ^K -SK *K ^^ *.^£3K**5K*W**H£*^'i Northern Lumber Co., Limited | Remember Mr. Merchant that your goods can reach you from Soda Creek within 40 hours if shipped by the Royal Mail STEAMER "B, X," Full particulars from our local agent BRITISH COLUMBIA EXPRESS COMPANY Auto, Stage and Steamboat Owners —- South Fort George Business Property ——Is cheaper per front foot today than hundreds of towns in Canada that have little or no future ahead of them by way of railway development or strategic location. —Everyone admits that South Fort George has a great future and nothing can now stopit from coming into its own. Why not investigate and buy before the prices double, which they are sure to do, in a short time? —-We have re-listings of lots that will pay you to ask for—they are money makers to-day. Garden Tracts 2 1-2 acre Garden Tracts, close in, that can be bought on easy terms, that later will become residential property, Prices $75 to $125 an acre. $50 down and $15 a month. Farm Lands Some that are close in, at $12.50 an acre. A good buy. Large tracts for colonization at attractive prices. Write for particulars of what you are interested in to the NORTHERN DEVELOPMENT 4034 I PA I TMITCn I Vancouver' Cotton BUg. j til., LUUllLU I BC SOLE AGENTS South Fort George Townsite OWNERS South Fort George Gardens . ■•'*■:■ ,"_ m ■\ 1 ■ iv —1'- ■ '"•I .^..j ■>'?*. Jt ii '.< >.;. VICTORIA TIMES Collingwood Schreiber, CM. G C.E., the veteran consulting railway engineer of the Dominion government, is in the. city. He has just arrived from Prince Rupert, having made art inspection of the G.T.P. construction work from the coast easterly for two hundred miles. Although Mr. Schreiber celebrated his eightieth birthday last December, he is as vigorous as many even twenty years younger and still makes arduous trips of inspection every year. When seen by a Times representative last evening he was sitting in the Empress hotel with his great grandson, .a boy of seven or eight, years, on his knee, who listened wide-eyed to everything the distinguished engineer had to say. "I have just returned from Prince Rupert and the interior east of here," he remarked to the Times man. "Prior to coming to the Pacific coast I had been over the Grand Trunk Pacific railway work on the east side of British Columbia with B. B. Kelliher, the railway company's chief engineer, and Mr, Welch, the head contractor. "On the east side we found the work making very satisfactory progress. The work was practically in progress as far west as Fort George. In checking up the force employed at that end, I found there were about three thousand five hundred men working between Tete Jaune Cache and Fort George, and sixteen steam shovels and thirty-two locomotives with work trains. Seven more steam shovels were on the way down the Fraser river irom Tete Jaune Cache at that time-three weeks ago. "When I reached the west end 1 was sorry to find that the I. W. W. had forced many of the men east of Prince Rupert to quit work, 1 consider this a serious matter for the working men of the Dominion, and more especially of the province of British Columbia, East of Prince Rupert contractors had a couple of weeks ago over 3,500 men at work on the grade. Local agitators in the employment of the L W. W, commenced to force a strike on the men. They fixed the date at July 20.' For the tew days preceding this date upwards of 1,500 men quit work- evidence to me that the men did notwanttomix up in the pro- Posed strike, but were evidently afraid of the lawlessness of the ^w- W. All these men left "■nee Rupert by boat for Vancouver, Victoria and Seattle before the strike was called. • 'I was amazed at the erroneous and reckless statement I saw Polished in the Vancouver World of Augusts to the effect tjat there were 12,000 men on 8tr'l<e on the Grand Trunk Pacific Wesj-of Edmonton, and that the 8ea bea<* at Prince Rupert was crowded with 2,000 " itrikers. inere is no strike on the work west of Edmonton. There are J°, strickers on the beach at prince Rupert. All who left JJ there previous to the date ™ the strike came south, and I ^nture to say now that there e but few idle men in Prince Kupert, The contractors are shipping "en on to the work almost daily. 12 have » force now of about /wmen. Many of the previous fpwoyees are returning daily, have been for about sixty vears ectnig railway construction in th!?8, Si"ce the inception of ■5?i*w»d Trunk Pacific I have A Occidental S A u QUESNEL K 4 Hotel b.c. 5 >! 1 a r AIL ORDER A Most modern up-to-date hotel in the interior of British J2 Columbia. m New four-storey building. Accommodation for 120 guests Ja All outside rooms-large, well-lighted and ventilated. ^ Steam heated. RATES $2.00 PER DAY UP Weekly and monthly rates on application Wire for rooms Wire for rooms Continued on facie j E. L. KEPNER, Proprietor City livery, Feed & I. A. WHITE, PROPRIETOR. Single and Double Driving Horses. Saddle and Pack Horses. New Buggies and Thoroughly Reliable Rigs, DRAYING AND EXCAVATING DONE. Application for a Licence to Take and Use Water NOTICE is hereby given that I, Francis Hoflercamp, of South Fort George, B. C. will apply for a licence to take and use one cubic foot per second of water out of Tan Creek which flows in an easterly direction through P. R. 1243 and empties into Fraser River near middle of eastern boundary of P. R. 1243. The water will be diverted at its source in Lot 820 and will be used for irrigation purposes on the land described as Pre-emption Record No. 1243. THIS NOTICE was posted on the ground on the 15th day of July 1912. The application will be filed in the office of the Water Recorder or with tbe Comptroller of Water Rights, Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B.C. FRANCIS HOFFERCAMP. • Applicant. IN THE MATTER of the Companies Act; and IN THE MATTER of Cooke, Peden & Company, Limited. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Cooke, Peden & Company, Limited, will at the expiration of one month from the first publication hereof apply to the Registrar of Companies for approval of change of name from Cooke, Peden & Company, Limited, to "The Northern Lumber & Mercantile Company, Limited." Dated this 4th day of May, 1912. E. J. AVISON, Quesnel, B.C, Solicitor for Cooke, Peden & Company, Limited. FORT GEORGE LAND DISTRICT. District of Cariboo. Take notice that Arthur Charles Egbert McElroy, of South Fort George, B.C., manager, intends :to apply tor permission to purchase the following described lands: Commencing at a post planted at the Northwest corner of Lot 4201 and marked C. McElroy's Northeast corner, thence south 10 chains, thence west 40 chains, thence north 80 chains more or less to the Nechaco River, thence following the said river southeasterly to the point of commencement and containing 140 acres more or less. Arthur Charles Egbert McElroy. May 6th, 1912. ju!20 CHURCH SERVICES. ST. STEPHEN'S CHURCH-lst, 3rd and 5th Sundays in month, Holy Communion, 8 a.m.; Evensong and Sermon, 7:30 p.m. Second and 4th Sundays in month, Matins, 10:30 a.m.: Holy Eucharist and Sermon. 11 a.m. - Rev. R. H. Isaac. Williams, Vicar. KNOX CHURCH-Services every Sun- ' day evening at 7.30. C. M. Wright, Minister. METHODIST CHURCH - South Fort George—Service will be held every Sunday morning in the Maple Leaf Theatre at 11 o'clock. T. Griffiths, pastor. Robert Spinks Painting and Paperhaoging South Fort George : B.C. 1 am prepared to Locate Pre-emptors ON ISO ACRES OF. WRITE FOR INFORMATION TO N. C. Jorgensen. P.O. Bai21. Swtk F«rt Geme, B.C, P.A.Landby J.H. McGregor J.F.Templeton T. A. Kelly, Timber Department Gore & McGregor CIVIL ENGINEERS British Colambla Land Sarrej-ora Lund Agents Timber Cruisers Chancery Chambers, Langley Street. VICTORIA, B.C., P.O. Box 152, Phone 684. McGregor Building. Third Street, SOUTH FORT GEORGE, B. C. A.P.ANDERSON BUILDER AND CONTRACTOR Office and Store Fixtures. Hamilton Ave. South Fort George S g Doyoucontemplateg BUILDING? ►< Then investigate our workmanship and B got our estimates |S 8 DANFORTH ft M'lNNIS 8 JJ Contractors i Hamilton and ft A and Builders I First -.treets fc ik^r/3t*5^^3R^&^^^^IW^><iTA^& ^K A The Little Nugget Cafe The most modern and best-appointed cafe in Fort George. FIRST-CLASS CUISINE Meals - 50 Cents Short Orders a Specialty Mrs. F. C. Nahrwald, Proprietress Cor. Hamilton and Third South Fort George. Fort George. B.C. Victoria, B.C. „ F. P. Burden, Mgr. „ F. C. Green, Mgr. Nelson, B.C., A. H. Green, Mgr. Green Bros., Burden & Co. Cnl Euiutn, Duniiitil B. C. Luj Swvtrori Surveys ot Landa, Mines, Townsites, Timber Limits, Etc. We do a large mail order business and guarantee satisfaction. Our stock of general merchandise is large and up-to-date, which enables us to fill all orders quickly. Give us a trial John A, Fraser & Co., Ltd. Front Street Quesnel, B. C. Prospective Builders Are you aware that it takes less labor to build with OUR BONE DRY LUMBER, and that the result is permanent, weatherproof and saves repairs and fuel; also that the lumber costs no more than other lumber? INVESTIGATE! All Kinds of Lumber and Mouldings For Sale. The Fort George Trading & Lumber Co., Ltd. SOUTH FORT GEORGE, B.C. Phone 11. Chas. E. McElroy, Mgr. Pioneers in Sawmilling and Steamboating on the Upper Fraser and Tributaries. Our GUMLESS SPRUCE SIDING and V-JOINT will not warp, check nor shrink endways, and contains no gum to cause the paint to peel. (T LEY & WIGGINS REAL ESTATE AND INVESTMENTS Farm Lands, Timber Lands, City Property, Garden Tracts. Fire, Accident end Life Insurance. TWO SECTIONS of choice land in the Salmon River valley. Price, per acre - - - •• -, $1* 575 ACRES of land suitable for subdivision. Only one mile from town. Price, per acre - - - - - - • 9SS TEN-ACRE Garden Tract, close in. Per acre -. - - $150 Terms on this 1-4 cash, 6, 12, 18 months at 6 per cent. HAMILTON AVE. SOUTH FORT GEORGE ^= --J o Roberts, Jones & Willson EDWARD ROIHBJhtor Mfc. E. E. JOKES. 1 J. SttWYH-WIUSOH, Aaftv. REAL ESTATE, INSURANCE AGENTS, AUCTIONEERS, VALUATORS and ACCOUNTANTS. FOR SALE: Farm Lands. Garden Tracts. Timber Limits. Mineral Claims. Valuable tm bt*. LIST YOUR PROPERTIES WITH US. tofcj^aa* TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS "E R I N" FORT GEORGE, B. C. Offices: Hamilton Anaoe, South Fort George: Central Amine, Fort George, B. C r AMERICAN PLAN EXCELLENT CUISINE =^ Corner Hamilton & Third South Fort George, B.O. The newest and most modern hotel in the northern interior Rates $2.60 and 98 Monthly and weekly rates oa ap- plication Beat of wines, liquors and cigars Albert Johnson, >*•>. J McGaghran & thorne Manufacturers of High-Grade Confectionery ICE CREAM and all kinds of SOFT DRINKS Catering Tobaccos and Cigars FOURTH STREET SOUTH FORT GEORGE ■iturHfti ifaTirl irmiamfln-inrifci ^ifcuimfDirf'11""""""""""''—i|" ni' i '—mui D il fi,| made biennial trips over it, taking my meals at contractors' camps, etc,, at the table with the working men. I am quite familiar with the arrangement Foley, Welch and Stewart have in force for taking care of their men. It is the best that I have seen in my long experience. I am informed they pay $3 per day for common labor. The hygiene of there camp has been examined and approved by the authorized government officials. 1 eat at there camps in preference to many country hotels. They have a well-organized medical service. I am informed that any man can get his pay at a moment's notice. It is tco bad that a national undertaking that means so much for Canada and British Columbia should, be delayed by irresponsible agitators. 1 km going east now and will be out in a few months again." GISCOMB PORTAGE is the natural outfitting point for the Peace River Country At Giscomb Portage we have a large stock of general merchandise, carefully selected to fill all the re<iuirements ot the traveller , Our store is the logical supply point for pre-emptors ana others located up the river. All steamboats call at our landing WE MAKE A SPECIALTY OF DELIVERING FREIGHT IN THE PEACE RIVER COUNTRY. You can consign your freight to us at South Fort George and we will deliver at tort McLeod or the headwaters of the Peace Riqer CANOES AND BOATS FORSALE SEABACH & HUBLE K«.crs I Travellers and Shippers to FOI*t GeOFge and New British Columbia I IMfOHTAM The intelligent disbursement of j fi money for your daily needs is as I A great a power towards success as I \ money-earning ability jj The following figures were given to us this woe'i us the tare paid by a Swede who travelled second clttss from Edmonton to South Fort George: The first class fare, h<3 said, is more than double these figures: Edmonton to Fitzhugh §8.25 Fitzhugh to Tete Jaune Cache 2.75 Tete Jaune (.'ache to Mile ICO 2.00 Mile 160 to Grand Canyon 8.00 Mr. P. A. Landry, of the firm of Gore & MrGregor, came to town this week for medical attention. Pete has cut his tinges severely with in axe, whilst he was opening a can of jam on the survey. Walter Crocker, at one time a pressman on The Herald, but now a rancher on the Willow, came to town this week with his partner, "Rusty" Campbell. Mr. Crocker states that th3 crops ure looking fine. A most enjoyable little poker party was given by Mr. J. F. Templeton, last Saturday evening. A large number of gentlemen enjoyed a very plesunt session of the greatest game invented since Cleopatra and Murk Anthony accidentally discovered the immortal game of black-jack, whilst they told each other's fortunes on the lower rungs of the great pyr- imid, years and years ago. The evening was enlivened by a few clever monologues by Mr. Mackay nnd others. We are pleased to say thnt we came out uhead of the giwiie. James Christie, one of the old timers here* who has been away from thes. parts for several years past, was amongst the arrivals on Wednesday's boat. Mr. Christie is going into the He,ar Itiver country with Francis llepbirn, a coal expert from Vancouver, to report on the coal basin on Une Hear. A Vancouver paper sta'.es that the government ure going to spend 4550,000 on go\ ernment buildings down at Quesnel. If the promoters of the West Quesnel townsite know how to work it they muy get tb.:. buildings half-wuy. They would look well on piles in the middle of the river,. Buy a dr'nk someone— we're sick. A hydr graphic survey party under Government Engineer Fergusson, arrived here on Wednesday, in connection with the conservation and e suitable distribution of water. Malcolm McNevin, the road superintendent, for this district, arrived in town lasl, night from one of his inspection tours. Travel in comfort and safety via the Steamer "CMlcottn" the only oak-ribbed steamer on the route; and consign your goods to the care of the "Chilcotin" at Soda Creek, they will be carefully transported .to their destination. The Fort George Trading & Lumber Co., Ld. The Pioneer Operator of Steamboats and Manufacturers of Lumber on the Upper Fraser and Tributaries. The Auto Transit Company Agents at ASHCROFT, B.C. Fort George Hardware Co. General Hardware and Sheet Metal Workers. All kinds of tin and sheet Iron work done. Camp stoves Hot air Furnaces, etc. LASELLE AVENUE SOUTH FORT GEORGE. 'Ait, Beef, Mutton p S and Veal Wholesale and Retail I Tie B.C. MEAT MARKET i A FORT GEORGE AND SOUTH FORT GEORGE B WANTED Man and wife'to work on ranch at Willow River. Man to do general farm work. Woman to cook for 3 or 4 men. Good house and complete kitchen. Reply to Dr. Evans, Hotel Northern, South Fort George. agio LIQUOR ACT, 1910 (Section 35.) NOTICE is hereby given that, on the 27th day of August next, application will be made to the Superintendent of Provincial Police for the grant of a licence for thc sale of liquor by retail in and upon the premises known as the Empress Hotel, situate at South Fort George, B.C., upon the lands described as Lots IB and 16, Block 10, D.L. 934. Dated this 27th day of July, 1912. GEORGE WARCUP, Applicant. FOUND—Stray horse about one week ago. Grey and white face. No brands, owner can have same by paying expenses. GKORGE HAAS. (For information see milkman in town.) South Fort George, Aug. 3, 1912. ODDFELLOWS The local lodge of the Independent Order of Oddfellows, held a banquet in Thorne & Mc- Gaghren's hajl last Wednesday, the occasion be'ng the opening of their new hall, over Burche's splendid pool hall. The Fort George and Alberta Telephone Company have been erecting poles and stringing wire in town this week for tike line to Grand Canyon. This* line is intended to connect with the wires from Alberta. It is now strung aboat eleven miles up the river. 8 Sten Lund, one of the large .sub-contractors from up-river, ' arrived in town yesterday from his camp accompanied Ly Mrs, i Lund and their son** Intend Building? NOW is the time to build, whilst seasoned lumber is obtainable. Labor conditions are now in your favor. We contract to design and construct your building, guaranteeing satisfaction: Gall or write us. Bronger & Flynn Builders and Contractors SOUTH FORT GEORGE P. G. B. BODEKER Land Timber Cruiser Pre-emptions Located. SOUTH FORT GEORGE, B. C. Estimates Submitted. Prescriptions i Specially Fort George Drug Co. NEWB00Ky^.tei large shipment just received Toilet aHlrals, Patent Medicines, Magazines. Booka, Stationery. , Toilet Articles, Druggists' Sundries TU£_ CLUB POOL ROOM THIRD AND HAMILTON STS. DAVIS & FORREST, Props. Smokers' supplies a specialty Four pool tables Splendid environments 1% * toi-vN T^-rrT' pr We select our goods with care, 1 and sell on the low-profit rapid-sale | principle | WE WANT TO SHOW YOU 1 Close & Brown Co., ltd. | || GENERAL MERCHANTS \ jj Lasalle and Second Street Soutii Fort George, B.C. l fc*3W3!5*»W3K*W#**1^3K3K\WiWvw!15c*F!v *W>3I5 <^3£v95<S£-*A£9S<*^<!!K<Wc-9^f | 1836 | Assets Exceed Fifty Million Dollars [ 1912 Bank of British North America Tour money Is safer in the Bank than in your house or in your pocket. It is not tied up. You can get it out at any time without delay. NOTES discounted. Local and Foreign Drafts bought and sold. COLLECTIONS made promptly. Money Orders issued. FORT GEORGE BRANCH; J. MUNRO, ACTING MANAGER Establish a Credit for Yourself A careful man, with a systematic savings account, will in time of need receive greater consideration from his banker than the man who lives up to his income. If you have not already done so, open a systematic savings account with this Bank. $10 deposited monthly will, at 3 per cent interest, compounded half- yearly, within 10 years amount to nearly $1400. CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $6,650,000 •1 Open* an Account TOTAL ASSETS $ THE TRADERS BANK H. C. Seaman, Manager South Fort George, B.C. THE BANK OF VANCOUVER Head Office! VANCOUVER. B. C. CAPITAL AUTHORIZED • • •3,000.000 DIRECTORS; R. P. McLENNAN Esq., President, McLennan, McFecly Sl Co. Wholesale Hardware, Vancouver, B. C. I. W. SHATFCRD Esq., M. L. A. Vice-Pres. Merchant, Hedley, B. C. HIS HONOR T. W. FATEUSON, Lieutenant-Governor liritish Columbia. M. M. CARLIN, Onn/tnllst. Victoria, B.C. A. ISTEL Esq. C. S. DOUGLAS Esq. Robert Kennedy, New Westmin- J. A, MITCHELL. Esq.. Capitalist, Vlotorla, B. O. _ , E. H. HEAPS, Esq.. E. H. Heaps * Co.. Lumber and Timber: President Columhin Trust Co.. Ltd., Vancouver, B. C. J. A. HARVEY. Esq.. K.C, formwlT oTcranbrook, B.C.. Vancouver, B.L. iTV. Shatpord, General M'gr. GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS TRANSACTED FORT GEORGE BRANCH-F. LIPSCOMB, Manager. FARM LANDS IN CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA. Fort George District. Nechaco Valley Bulkley Valley Skeena Valley In every case our lands were carefully inspected by expert cruisersbe- fore we purchased THE GRAND TRUNK PACIFIC RAILWAY will make all these districts accessible to all the world. Every rail laid adbs to the value of the land North Coast Land Co. Ltd General Offices: 619 to 624 Metropolitan Bide, Vancoaver.B- London Office: 6 Old Jewry. 61,500,000. PAID-UP CAPITAL, > *. ',« I Yx ■i*-1.. _-.'_55ffl^^_ 'v,: Slam—
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Title | Fort George Herald |
Publisher | South Fort George : Northern Interior Printing Co. Ltd. |
Date Issued | 1912-08-17 |
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