j unrivalJkjlfQr its nov- Aelty, iifHW sOfter-*; A . ten tpute, and fiPthffl/ irt and speed in "* wlfcKiWi a journey >v'_~ .v> . VOLUME 3, NO. 10 SOUTH FORT GEORGE, B.C MARCHitth, 1012.' %_ PER ANNUM WBX. Express" Will k Queen of Fraser River trait Manager West, of the British Columbia Express Company, was a business visitor here this week on matters in connection with the preliminary organization of the company's summer service. Mr. West told The Herald that rapid progress was being made on the construction of the company's new boat at Soda Creek. A large gang of ship carpenters are already at work under Builder Alex. Watson, the designer and constructor of the province's most powerful and successful type of stern-wheel river craft. The new boat, Mr. West states, will be Watson's masterpiece. The company have given the builder absolute authority to carry out his own ideas as to construction, type and power equipment, depending on him only for results, and as no expense is to be spared Mr. West is confident that the new boat will be the swiftest, most powerful and, for her size, the lightest draught boat'on'the inland waters of British Columbia. ) The new boat will be called tije "B.C. Exprejg.;.'.She.willbe 61-2 feet shorter than the company's present palatial steamboat the"B.X.," but will have the same beam and the same breadth of stern wheel the aim of the builder and owners is to construct a boat of extremely shallow draught, *s the ulterior object of the vessel's' construction is the establishment of regular communication between this place and Tete Jaune Cache during the season of navigation.. The "B.C. Express" will be electric-lighted throughout Her appointments will be better than those of the "B.X." and it is the aim of the company to spare neither trouble nor expense in equipping the boat for the greatest convenience of the travelling public. The upper deck-house will not extend so far aft as that of the "B.X." and a large open- deck space behind the ladies' cabin will afford a lounging place for the passengers. For power equipment the "simple" type of engines will be installed, Both Manager West and Mr. Watson have recently returned from Chicago where the Chicago Marine Ironworks are constructing the powerful engines. There are several recent improvements to stern-wheel machinery which the new craft will be the first in British Columbia to carry, important amongst which will be the elimination of the eccentric rods leading from the stern-wheel, the breaking of which by driftwood is a danger thus avoided, whilst the improvement also allows for a broader wheel. A Yarrow boiler will furnish a high pressure of steam. These boilers are the simplest and most successful of water-tube types, and their method of construction permits the cleaning from the tubes of the sediment that the muddy river water deposits. From the present rate of pro gress, and providing, nclthihg unjr foreseen occurs, the new boa£ will be ready to take the water by the firtt.week.'jin'iM^. iJjDutfi ing the e&iy part of the'sdaso^ she will run between Soda Greek and .Quesnel, assjsjtingjlie, "B, X." in moving?thc heavy import! of freightlhaf comes to jwitblthe" opening of the navigable season. Later she will establish a service^ with TetejJaune<Jache, the head] of nav|ganoh Smiles northeast of here. Mr. West expects a heivy traffic from Edmonton overs the new line of cbhst^ction iHtcf the Fort George country" Via the! FraSer river, 'into 'Which the oldf t;ariboo road -wiir also <~*_vrit' liv*- ing traffic to the ucma.cj&,,oUts transport^ion faeries. j The British Colwnbia Express? Company is to be commended fori, its enterprise and progressive policy towards the development! ■of the newtffiprth^pa/lSs Miller,;* "one of Jhe .pnneipar o^w^ of| the pn^yate or^ahlfealion^Orrtrol-l ling the concern, now ih Jamaica,! wM.viskt$i§,fc^&aJn the| ya80n* - .Th HTil'JO^ An unfortun^t^sht^i^wefc derit'^dccurred"1ie1«^n1is wSek when* Mr./Soh>n,.Knto^J& prp When Mr. „-jojm.v.xpQx,va pr*> emptor, an^-tte ;<§§ jthfef|rm of Jorgensqn « Knox, the Dric|? makers, accidentally discharged a shotgun whilst-elambering ov|r a log.-Hijd-blew the muscles 0$ his lefUhouideroft.^ 'The jicdl- dent happene4('att9u.tf;^ye-nines beyond the. Nechaco,:toynsite|, and in spitet^the ^act-^at the man bled terribly, he-walked back to town_.witb_.his..companions of the Hunting "trip. W./ McL.-ffcn^^E;^ one of hiq party, tjed upthejwound, andonj reaching theTort" ^George town-i site was taken to the new hospital sewed upjthe- wound: " \_p *w'«flj ah ,.— he ^M*$$,?m t loss of power, as th^ is bearing up1 tfeflj andlV ts;'pbs-|: sible that very great muscles remaining will probablj develop abnormally. LIBERAL MEETING The Liberal candidate for Cariboo electoral district, Mr, John Holt, addressed a well-attended meeting in the Fort George Theatre last evening. The meeting was called to order at 8:30 by Mr. John Flynn, who officiated as chairman. Mr. Holt was accompanied by Mr. Dowling, of Quesnel, a prominent Liberal. Mr, Dowling spoke at some length upon the Liberal view of the shortcomings of the McBride government; he was indisposed and'had to terminate his speech earlier than he had intended, Mr. Holt, whilst placing himself on, record as being in support of tjiej railroad policy, condemned the general policy of the government* principally along the shortcomings of their land policy. Bearing;^ mind that Mr. Holt used to support the McBride government so strenuously in the days' yfhen the evils of the land policy' were in the curable stage, we fail to see why his advocation of reform measures, along these lines; should/be considered, when we appreciate the fact that the conations to which he refers are nditions which recent legisla- on have largely eliminated in is district. As an independent lunjal.. and teking.into duecon-; deration all the Views expressed as to needed reforms; we fail to Msee how Mr. Holt fits in. He: J\ wants to support the railway poi-! icy, because he knows that to oppose it would efface for him eveita rempte.PQS8ibility for success at the polls, yet in all else he will oppose' the" government. His platform is carefully calculf ated tp appeal to the Liberal,'the half-hearted Conservative, theS Independent and, the Socialist. The Herald believes, in a little of all the political policies., but we cannot approve of Mr. Holt's advocation of the mixture. j . # i Commencing April 1, Presbyterian Sunday service will begin at 7:3dp.m. jlr. John Campbell, proprietor of the Princeton and Fort George Drug Co., who has recently re-'' turned from a visit to his business in the former place, has received information that his store had been, severely damaged in the recent fire at Princeton which demolished a whole block. 'Johnny' Campbell was chief of the fire department, at Princeton for some yt)ars.;., .., This Town's Prospects Were Never Brighter Than Today South Fort George, two short years ago, was a poplar-covered pre-emption. Tpday it is a thriving community. It is peopled by a progressive, bustling element— a people who welcome opposition* who fatten upon the attempts of their townsite adversaries to' oppose their title to the championship be^t for tfie 'trade centre of the Northern Interior, and a populace, thai can show inore. re: suite in.'j^wi«it^,dey'e]top^e^t,for an expenditure,'df'-less promotion money than any,, other' off-the- railroad townsiie in British Columbia! : Soutii Fort George is a permanent, . has-to-be trade centre. Its waterfront is a continual natural' dock. Its topography takes the form of terraced benches thai might Have been laid out by some huge prehistoric being who sought to fashion a living place for the mannikins of the twentieth century. Its' soil is productive:, the i\\.m the rivers that made the land, th development it is growing daily, and its growth is the result of independent initiative, and it invites the people^f {be earth to come and share in jtk. oMa-AeU prosperity of the.'future.' """"' \ZZ'Z ■ Here ^t'^duth Fort George the hard, fighting,' doubtful days of the pioneers have gone, by. The heavy work has been, done. Through all the era of doubt the pioneer^ stayed right with the townsite they, had adopted as the .natural centre, to, await the coming of the .railway., Theri. John Houston came. He located hjs newspaper right. Here on the South Fort George .townsite, where it remained until he died, when the jungle-lot promoters bought it and removed it to cheer for their townsites. For the next Mo years South Fort George will be the business centre,,'aud by the end pif that time the growth of development on the site will havp/reached Such stages that its future will be assured for all time to come.. ;T)je Pacific Northeastern line-: the.creation of the McBride gov- Wilful Misrepresentation see.iiro specjflc directions for iWri. oPthVslatiort'belweehVthe ernment, will run right through the townsite. After the town be-, comes incorporated, which we believe will be in the immediate future, the municipality will undoubtedly develop the town by the addition of such necessary improvements to streets and public properties as may be expedi*- ent and, justified by circumstances. ,: i : i:; There is no place in-British' Columbia that offers moreoppor-i tunity for a man who is looking! for a live town in which to start; business than South Fort George. In the spring the activity of con-M struction will commence. iThis, will add enormously to the sphere of local markets. It will stimu- late development and accelerate, progress along all lines of enter*-1 prise. Prospects were never: better than now, and prospects., have always been bright.<q There are several great lines of railway; headed for this place. They will I all add bountifully to the imbor*. tance, to the develonment and to*- the march of progress at South Fort George, and the Fort George; of the future, which will he loeaw.' ted on the Indian Reserve, ^juato to the north of us. The property j of the Hudson's Bay Comparty*,vl adjoining this townsite will, with: this townsite and the eastern • portion of the Reserve, form thei business centre of the greater) town the nucleus of which is here today. ; ' : the Herald invites the cones* pondenceof people who wish to enter into business enterprises; here. The time is ripe for out- side capital to.lend its power to* the development of the future; city, and so place itself where; high profits will accrue. • eri CITY AND DISTRICT On Wednesday, March 6th, an application was heard by the Railway Commission of Canada from the Natural Resources Security Co., Ltd., of Vancouver, for certain station privileges on the Indian Reservation here. Without resurrecting the details it is sufficient to state that the townsite concern applying for this concession have sold a vast quantity of townsite lots under the representation that the railway station would be at a certain point on the Indian reservation, adjacent to their townsites. In opposition to this application there appeared representatives of South Fort George interests—the people of the real town here. The Railway Commission refused to consider the application of the promoter, who sought to make use of the powers conferred upon the Board to substantiate statements ,,they had made in their advertising literature. Notwithstanding the setback that the decision deals, out to the promoting concern above mentioned, George J. Hammond, president of the outfit, sent the following message to his organ, the Fort George Tribune, which was published under scare- head display that announced a decisive victory for the Natural Resource Security Co., Ltd.: Ottawa, March 6.-The Dominion Railway Commission has handed down its decision relative to the Grand Trunk Pacilic station site at Fort George, directing the railway to build its station not less than 3500 feet west of the Fraser river, on the Indian Reservation, also giving the applicants, the Fort George Board of Trade and the Natural Resources Security Company, Ltd., permission to reopen the case at a later date to tKe iocati'oi SSbO^o^t^Fiifeicf^-a'rtl^fie-iy^ of WifJWa-Jtnue^ »*wl Georfee.- •-*.. bt fwpte4#; ESSE tWA^Wtl^e^nflWhk: P*"5'1""8- Pactt^liMMahy- t™' ply to'Mo||^|w|^i; Message received. Commission did not state where railway station shall be placed, and will not do so until railway company has opportunity to makt proper surveys and present plans as to best location, when they will be approved in -the customary manner. HENRY PHILLIPS. To carry out the victory effect the Nechaco river townsite people, under the impulse of the Natural Resources Security Co.'s agents set about celebrating the "victory" by banqueting and song! C. ,A. Carmen, representing.} Mackay, Smith & Blair, of. Van.*, couver, was an arrival in, town-j this,week, coming, in by special, conveyance from Quesnel. 'Bertf; Carmen, as he is familiarly; known, was the first traveller in here with his line of merchandise, a . Thomas Chetwynd, the popular local agent of the B. C. Express Co., left on Monday's stage for. the south, accompanying Mr. W, • Ji Weat, manager of the company, * yit.. Ghatwynd will be-agent for-, the -company atTete-Jaune-Cacbe,- where Mb. West-expects a large • business', for- his -<5om- - summer..- ■. isveryene- here regrets Mr. Chetwynd-Side-J pasture, v His: successor"• here -la- Mr. Bray. ••:•..,...:.' ■-..'■_•-. ■-.:_ ' Mh Moore, of the1'' Provincial^ Department of Lands, is a visitor1 here.. Mr. Moore's business is iri'J connection with the policy of fa-'' cilitating pre-emption, that the government strongly maintains, - and he is looking into the preemption of land as a condition up' here. Mr. Moore is warning pre-; emptors who are neglecting their. duties on their land, that the gov-1 ernment will not tolerate lax , conditions, as it is their wish to . see the lands alienated by preemption productive of crop. - ■ FORI GEORGE HERALD PUBLISHED BY THE NORTHERN nT£RI33 PRINTING CO.Ltd. J. B. DAUI.U.. PRESIDENT Devoted to the interests of Fort Ueor-je nml the entire Northern Interior. J. B, DANIELL, Editor. A COUNTERFEIT. Newspapers that continuously print material calculated to fashion public opinion against the dictates of that which their publishers know to be the truth, and that use their columns to interrupt the formation of proper ideas with regard to any existing conditions affecting the welfare of the public at large, should be expelled from the mails and dealt with as a menace to the nation. Such a paper is the Fort George Tribune. Until quite recently this once- respectable organ has been run openly under the ownership of the Natural Resources security Company, of Vancouver, who purchased the paper from the estate of the late John Houston. It is now, apparently, the property of an outfit called the Central Interior Publishing Company, Ltd., of which H. W. R. Moore, a man who has executed various commissions for G. J. Hammond, president of the townsite concern, in Victoria, and W. E. Playfair, the advertising manager of the aforesaid townsite company, are the reputed controllers. The maintenance of this alias is rudely disrupted by the palpably Hammond controlled policy of the organ referred to. On another page we reproduce a telegram sent by him to his local townsite manager, together with one received by The Herald from the Secretary of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Company. The Hammond telegram was published in the last issue of the Hammond organ, together with several columns of material which would lead the reader to believe that a pronounced victory had been won by the Natural Resources Security Company. Ltd., in their application for special station privileges on the Indian Reserve here. Now, everyone conversant at all with the situation here knows that statements have frequently been made over Mr. Hammond's signature to the effect that this much-vaunted station would be placed at certain precise locations near their town- site, whilst the maps of the town- site concern have shown it in such various localities as have best suited their purposes from time to time in the past. As our telegram shows, no location has Deen decided upon, or can be decided upon, as we have always maintained, until the proper surveys are made, yet Hammond and his townsite organ are vainly trying to impress the public with the idea that the decision of the Railway Commission is a victory for him, whereas the decision maintains the contention of the independent business in- tertsts here that the station should not be located until the steel reaches this place. And this preposterous townsite organ, the Tribune, masquerading as an independent organ of the people, has nerve enough to criticize those people who opposed the absurd application of the nervy townsite promoters, and succeeded in maintaining their contentions before the Board of Raii- way Commissioners. The document which left South Fort George bearing the objections of the people here to the Commission stated the facts concisely and without exaggeration, and it served its purpose against the stack of petitions and the army of lawyers employed by the promoters. The policy of The Herald, that of the protection of public interests, together with the support of everyone expressing a view of local conditions that does not coincide with, or that obstructs the schemings of the townsite con ■ cern or its protecting journal, is blatantly condemned by the man who writes the confidence-inspiring ragtime for the columns of the Nechaco weekly. He takes a fling at President Hays, of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Co., in his latest issue, for going on record as endorsing the policy of this paper, and tries in his wheedling futile manner to discredit this paper by lying about the standing it possesses in this community, and by trying to instill the idea that the people here are sick of having The Herald fight this thing through to a knockout for the protection of their interests. Unfortunately for the townsite promoter's utility organ, President Hays is undoubtedly in possession of sufficient of the facts in this case to have more than justified his action in endorsing our policy, and, by the same token, he appreciates fully the mission of such contemptible newspaper counterfeits as the Fort George Tribune. As for the inferences of that rag with regard to the standing of this paper in this community, we have only to say that there is less foundation of truth to them than to any other canards it has as yet published. and cannot be too strongly condemned, but as the evil has been done and cannot be undone, we must grin dnd bear it in the interests of progress, which will separate us eventually from the narrow-guage politics of Old Cariboo, lions a Specialty Fort George Drug Co. NEWB00KSS,£.bt largeshipmentjust received Toilet urtieals, Patent Medicines, MiiK,i/.ino«,Hook», Stut iinii'ry. , Toilet Ariirl™, Drugglsta' Sundrios The provincial estimates of revenue and expenditure show a gratifying increase in the amount of money appropriated for the construction of roads, trails and bridges in the Fort George district. This is quite as it ought to be, and if anything, not sufficiently so. Because this place is widely advertised as the radiating point for 1000 miles of navigable waterways, the government must not fall into the error of imagining that we can walk on water—it is too soft—and some people have to walk in a country like this where there are no street cars. Intending Building? i 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: Call or write us. Bronger & Flynn L. Builders and Contractors SOUTH FORT GEORGE Our Price A A A A ?E take this opportunity to inform our many customers and the public generally, that the low prices which have prevailed in our store through the summer months will be maintained throughout the winter. ?E have been fortunate in receiving most of our heavy goods before the close of navigation and having our own teams will be able to bring our goods over the road at the minimum cost. RUSSELL PEDEN W. F. COOKE Store, Office and Lumber Yard, South Fort George r. \ ilWWJCJCJ'ISWJWJKWJWWW'SWWWWWWWfWWWWWWj-l jur CLUB POOL ROOM THIRD AND HAMILTON STS. DAVIS & FORREST, Props. Smokers' supplies a specialty Four pool tables Splendid environments I am prepared to Locate Pre-emptors ON 1 BO ACRES OF. Good Government Land. WRITE FOR INFORMATION TO N. C. Jorgensen. P. 0. Boi 21. South Fort Gtorft, B. C, HAMILTON & WHITE PROPRIETORS Second St. __\ Rigs, Saddle and Pack Horses furnished on short notice. Draying of all kinds and excavating done. Feed of all sorts continually kept on hand. Terms reasonable and satisfaction guaranteed. M. C. WIGGINS farm lands Real Estate garden tracts 155 acres 6 miles above fjY|i«-4 G_4kg%W*_fA on Nechaco River with G. T. M. VA I WCU1g-C p survey throngh property. Price $12.50 an acre l-3rb cash, calance 6,12 and 18 mos. Settlers located on ISO-acres of good Government land. FOURTH ST. - - SOUTH FORT GEORGE, B. C | Kennedy, Blair & Co. Ltd. | 5| WM. KENNEDY. Manager. fj 'A Cor. Second and Hamilton Aves., SOUTH FORT GEORGE, B. C. tt J i : : , 1 74 I We are fully equipped to meet the "rush" of 1912. Those who will require outfits during the coming season can procure anything desired at our store. We sell the best goods at the lowest figures. .."'.. ,.".. \VaTaTaTaTaV/J\V/vTaTaTaTat/ The oracle has spoken, George J. Hammond gazed into his crystal a week or so ago and saw a railway line nicely laid out along the eastern boundary of his town- sites. He is now advertising the fact in big, blackfaced type. Hammond likes to play the "inside information" game. He is just crazy about inside information. Back in little old Chicago he started in to sell the stuff to people who wanted to plav the stock markets. He was very successful, we understand, but his clients went belly-up with the bucketshop concerns which evolved themselves out of his original "inside information" peddling stunt. The brand of advertising that this man finds effectual doesn't fool us for a holy minute, but apparently it has the desired effect upon the credulous. a coraeinnip; jj building? fl mansh.D and eet our r/_^___t__^_t___:_t_'A_'j_'j__t__v.^ jj Do yoni ►; * ' ■' ' V I _, _+_0l2\lil±V*>U__VU/_IUt,lb'_* fi Then in- g vestigate f) _ our work- £ manship and get our estimate, g A Danforth & McIimnis ►: A Contractors & Builders. f) A Hamilton nnd First. Ik ^4. v^5 oP/ \9K -50/ IWa \W_ \}WK l_MZ .i-i.i.a. wa m r.-KZKZK'A There is no earthly show for direct representation from the north of Cariboo during the forthcoming term. In spite of the fact that the British Columbia Conservative Association declares the basis of allotting delegates to the Quesnel Conservative convention unconstitutional, there is no time to shuffle and deal over again now without deferred elections in Cariboo. It has been a rank piece of political jobbery in the.party, A. P. ANDERSON CABINET WORKS and General Wood Work _=z=_z HAMILTON AVENUE r FOR SALE _ ... —r-a BUILDING on corner of Second Street and Lasalle Avenue, suitable for small store: Only$850 A^« JlJlo W LtJ-LlCi II e south Fort George. ^ J v*^*^^£-^^£*^^£*^*^*^*^'^'*r£'^"'*jV'*fV**'|£'^*^|2^£^£'^*^^22£^ gore & McGregor*, B. C. LAND SURVEYORS Victoria and Fort George, B. C. P. G. B. BODEKER Land Timber Cruiser Pre-emptions Located. SOUTH FORT GEORGE, B. C. Estimates Submitted. Fort George, B.C. Victoria, B.C. F. P. Burden, Mirr. F. C. Green, Mgr. IvIelBon, B.C., A. H. Green, Mgr. Green Bros., Burden & Co. Gvil Engineers, Dominion { B. C. Und Sorreynri .Surveys of LandB, Milieu, Townbitee, Timber Limits, Etc. | Close & Brown ■ South Fort George, B. C. GENERAL MERCHANTS ► Now is the Time to Order Your SPRING | MAsk the first best dressed man you meet—-We are fe "" sole agents for; \, J TheArt Tailoring Company. Z St It * * " . ! "Liquor Licence Act 1910" (Section 19.) NOTICE is hereby given thut on the First day of March next, application will be made to the Superintendent of Provincial Police for the grant o' a licence for the sale of liquor by wholesale in and upon the premises known as Campbell's store sit- uato at. South Fort George, upon the lands described as Lot Seven in Block numbered seven, in District Lot numbered 933 Dated this 27th. day of January 1912. P.CAMPBELL. Applicant. FORT GEORGE IKJUL-BLMtiu In 1906, just five years ago, when Gore & McGregor made their first surveys about Fort Geurge, the Nechacq and Fraser valleys were far less known and less i.asy i yet on the market, of access than their geographical j dlvided. and either _IIV OUUI.II IWU vjcuij^e luwilBllt*, U1C business and residential centre of the district, is situated on Lots 933 and 934. The Hudson's Bay property and Lots 931 and 932, generally known as the "Bird Addition" are not as The area sub- owned or sold position would lead one to expect. Z«™iXL£TL$% *„£ pany Ltd., totals about 1800 acres. This concern has been respsnsible for such development as may be found today on a small portion of Lot 938, the smallest of their subdivisions. Their townsites are located on a high jack-pine flat. The soil is gravelly, and, generally speaking, will not produce domestic vegetation. There are no wells on the townsite, Owing to its height, and Circumstances had sent them, during the preceding 15 years, backwards and forwards from the forty-ninth parallel of Southern Koo'tenay and the Okanagan to thu wheat latitudes of Edmonton and the valleys of Tada, Babine, Uease and Teslin Lakes, ranging from ,ri2 degrees to 60 degrees North Latitude in British Columbia. At all these points fertile valleys were found, and settlers successful in agriculture, This broad knowledge of what the wider country contained brought home to them instantly the great future of Central British Columbia, and impelled them from that day to this to keep an open office at the Hudson Bay post, now growing into the great City of Fort George. At that time the initial surveys of the Grand Trunk Pacific were confined to the north shore of the Nechaco, and those who put their faith in Fort George were sustained only by the natural characteristics of the junction of the two big rivers. The isolation of the spot in those days is almost inconceivable now. Only six days' journey from Quesnel, it was praceically out of reach of mail communication, and it actually took less time to plant and grow a sack of potatoes than to send for and receive the same from the nearest railroad. In fhe spring a few cottonwood dugouts passed up to Giscombe portage with the year's grocery luxuries of the trappers and fur traders. Through the summer an occasional scow, poled and pulled by a dozen young Indians, brought more or less bacon and sugar to the Hudson Bay posts, and possibly a mail bag. Nothing was certain but thc bigness of the country and the fertility of the soil. It takes great faith, when you are months and months away from the nearest of bare necessities, to see and believe that some day the valley of your starvation will be flowing with milk and honey, but this is the faith that Columbus bequeathed to America. This faith—the faith of the prospector and pioneer—is even yet strained to the breaking point by adverse happenings, and not until one or more railroads are in operation will the wild land submit tamely to the yoke of the cultivator. But the promise is sufficiently proved to satisfy those who go a little ahead of civilization. All land surveyors must do this in the way of business, and the firm of Gore & McGregor have done their share in every part of thc Province. Their pride in being the first of their profession to settle at Fort George, to build an office there aud to carry out explorations and surveys in the now well known valleys of the Little Salmon, the Willow and the Mud rivers, is based only on the experience that determined their actions. For five years they have seen the whole of Fort George, south, eentral and west, as certain to grow into the great central city of British Columbia, with no more doubt or hesitation than had Simon Fraser when he founded the chief trading post of New Caledonia a century ago. In five more years, when half a dozen railroads have converged at that point, they may feel justified in sitting back and taking ease, hut in the meantime they will be found always ready to work, to hoost, and to advise, to the best of their ability. BT.aut.iy reuuruiug uauunuuic puu*. for investors. Lots In the townsites of the Natural Resources .Security Company depend for their value on their proximity to that portion of their property along the waterfront at which they are trying to centralize their development. At that point the townsite company is putting up a number of buildings, and are trying in every way to start a trend of development, having their business centre for its radiating point. This will hardly be accomplished to any satisfactory degree for the large majority on their sites, for a long time to come. We advise no one to purchase on the strength of their advertised statements. Intending Investors in any sub-divisions here Bhould bear in mind that the Grand Trunk Paciac Railway. Company's water must be brought from thej townsite will add about one thou- river. The South Port George town- sand acres more townsite property site iB a very much smaller area. It to the combined area offered for totals about 150 acres, and is sit- habitation. The market has been uated on the lower benches of the i dangerously flooded already, and Fraser River, which is navigated by j bearing this in mind the careful in- the largest steamboats throughout j vestor will not venture his funds in the open season. The Nechaco River i any townsite that can not actually townsites are not regular ports of', claim the active and independent call, as owing to the difficulty in I development that signifies the ap- navigating the Nechaco river except ! proval oi the people on the ground, in high water the boats do not call j Unless they can invest in a townsite there unless paid to do so. Lots in j that is being developed and in- some sub-divisions of the Natural Resources Security Company Limited have not increased in value to any material degree during the past three years. Their initial sub-divisions are as yet quite indeveloped. South Fort George is a good live town. It has been largely built up and developed by the pioneer element, who settled on the site as soon as it was placed on the market. The Late John Houston, the veteran frontier newspaperman, established his paper at South Fort.George in its earliest days. The town contains over two- thirds of the entire population of all the inhabited townsites. It has two banks, the Bank of British North America and the Trader's Bank of Canada, two sawmills, tin shop, three large general stores, a large theatre, a newspaper issued by the pioneer publishers of the Cariboo district, a licenced hotel, pool hall, bakers, confectioners, two churches, drug store and restaurants. It is (he terminus of the British Columbia Exnress Company's mail steamboats and stage line. Tt is the headquarters of the Fort George Trading and Lumber Company's steamboat and sawmilling operations. The headquarters of the Northern Lumber Co. merchants and sawmill operators. Tt is close proximity to the Government buildings, and is situated in such manner thnt the main development of the Indian Reservation will benefit it more directly than any other sites. The railways that are to be built from the south must of necessity follow the Fraser River shoreline in order to secure a water erade. and will form a junction with the main line of the G. T. P. near the east end of the Tndian Reserve. Acreage close to the South Fort George townsite is changing hands every day lor larce figures. The land comnriBing the South Fort Georee townsite, and all the Fraser River properties is of excellent quality, covered with a liirht growth of poplar with scattered firs. The foregoing resume of the town- sites here will give the reader some idea of the respective merits of both townsites. The Fort George Her/ild has no affiliations with either of the exploiting companies whose interests appear1 to be opposed. Those who have invested in South Fort George property, not too far back from the river, may rest assured that they have excellent value tor the money they have invested, owing creased in value by independent enterprise, they had better await the sale of the G. T. P. property or buy in or near the business centre of the district. j Intending settlers can obtain 160 acres of land by pre-emption. There j are large tracts of land open for alienation by pre-emption only, in this district. The land is capable of raising good crops of garden produce, hay, oats, and practically anything but fruit, which has not so far proved a success up here, should maintain that this district should not be regarded as a fruit growing country until that branch of culture has been properly tested. ThiB is naturally a mixed farming country. Wild berries, however, are found throughout the whole northern interior country, as far north as the Peace River Plateaux. Wagon roads are being built into the surrounding country, and progress will be made on such public works, as future circumstances demand. The Fraser and Nechaco Rivers aflord transportation to their tributary valleys, the Fraser particulary, being navigable for 160 miles south and 315 miles north of this point. We believe that the best way to secure a' good pre-emption is by engaging the services of one of the reliable locators, who make a business of locating the settler. Some of these men have been in the district for a long time, and can save the land hunter time and cash by his experience. The Hera'd will be pleased to advise the settler regarding lands open for pre-emption and the best means of obtaining information thereof, on application. Building materials are at hand in large quantities. The local miHs have about three million feet of lumber in the yards, in preparation for the spring. Lumber costs from $35 to $75 a thousand feet. People intending building should consult by letter some of the local contractors, who, we are Informed, will be pleased to furnish all information. The fare into the country from the railway point, Ashcroft, fluctuates with the seasons. During the summer when navigation is open on the Fraser River, May 1st. to October 31st., tht fare amounts to $45, and the expenses en route about $10. This is by automobile and steamboat. The winter fare, from November 1st. to March 31st. totals $62, with expenses of about $15. Travel to the rapid growth of development in ths winter is by sleigh. The ex- created by independent inltative. If j press rate in ths summer is 121 cts. they desirt to sell they should list I per tb. The winter rate 20cts. The their properties with one of ths! summer Freight rate is 6cents, and local realty operators, who are con- | the winter rate 11 cents per tb. Occidental Hotel QUESNEL B.C. GENERAL INFORMATION There are a great number of town- site properties on the market in the lend adjoining the Indian Reservation here. Most of the subdivided proper- ties are owned, sold by or controlled by the Natural Resources Security Com- P»ny, Limited, of Vancouver. Their Properties comprise Lots 777, 1430, 936, M», 937, 938, 2608, 2610 and 2507. Most modern up-to-date hotel in the interior of British Columbia. New four-storey building. Accommodation for 120 guests All outside rooms—large, well-lighted and ventilated. Steam heated. RATES $2.00 PER DAY UP / Weekly and monthly rates otfapplication Wire for rooms Wire for rooms E. L. KEPNER, Proprietor THE HERALD is the recognized newspaper of the New Cariboo. The entire district is thoroughly covered and its influence extends far beyond the confines of the province. Its advertisers reap rich returns as a result of their investment in HERALD publicity, why not get on the bandwagon yourself? Advertising Rates on Application llie Fort George Herald South Fort George British Columbia a * Activity at Tete Jaune Cache Satisfaction I uar- Watch Repairing •__* C^^AVIE Band articles by null to Fort George. B.C. Robert Spinks Painting and Paperhanging South Fort George : B.C. Two men named J. Laurie and C. H. Cooke left Saskatoon on the seventeenth of January bound for Fort George via Tete Jaune Cache. They arrived here a week ago. An account of their journey is of considerable interest, as it j deals with a recent trip through the route of G.T.P. construction the other side of the big hills. The two left Edmonton for Edson, the next divisional point on the G.T.P., on the 20th of January. Edson, they state, is about the same size as this place, but is rapidly growing. It is the gateway to the Grand Prairie country and the Peace River. From Edson the train proceeds direct to Fitzhugh, a place in Jasper Park, and the next division on the new road, near where the steel ends, 300 miles from Edmonton. At this place there were a few stores, log cabins and tents. The travellers' tickets showed their destination as 'Resplendent,' but on reaching the end of steel no one could inform them where this place was, so we presume that 'Resplendent' will move toward Fort George with the advance of steel. They arrived at the track-end on the 22nd and proceeded over the tote road to Tete Jaune Cache on foot. There are about one thousand teams freighting from the end of the steel through the Yellowhead Pass,>aid Mr. Laurie. There are roadhouses along the tote road, which follows one side of the Fraser River, whilst the grade is on the other. Both tracks are high above the river level- about 300 feet—and they follow the high level to Tete Jaune Cache. There are great numbers of men working on the rock this side of Moose Lake, near Fitzhugh, the work being done by station men. Progress is necessarily slow, but the rockwork should be complete by the late spring. A place called Hinton. in the mountains, is the end of communication for independent freight. Past this point the G. T.P. refuse to carry the supplies of the Canadian Northern (who have been able to rush their construction by the aid of the G. T. P. facilities) until the road is handed over by the contractors to the company. This place is at Mile 65 Alberta, and 100 miles from the Cache. At a point about midway between the end of steel and the Cache the travellers passed the two heavy boilers from the dismantled Skeena River boats Distributor and Conveyor, being taken in to Tete Jaune Cache for installation in the two duplicate boats now being built there by Foley, Welch & Stewart. Oneof these boilers is being hauled over the tote road by a donkey engine and the other by 12 teams of horses. At one place it took five days to haul the boilers a distance of one mile. At Tete Jaune Cache there are forty men working on the steamboat construction. The lumber is all shipped in prepared from the coast, and the boats are being built by coast carpenters. The point where the boats are building is about three miles south ot the old Cache. Foley, Welch & Stewart's cache is at MilebS B.C., mrtherdownstream than the boats. Here they have big otncts, two 200-foot ware houses, and a mountain of fodder for horses. At the Cache there are a few log buildings and stopping places; a restaurant and a poolroom are being started. A. K, Bourchier of this place has a ' store midway between ine uaj I offices and the improvised shipyard. The engineers' camps are - at Goat River, where Engineer I Weiss is in charge, and L. C. Gunn has a camp 40 miles above. McGAGHRAN tr Bakers and Confectioners ^ Soda Water and Ices : Caterers Cigars and Tobaccos FOURTH STREET SOUTH FORT GEORGE Fort George Trading & Lumber Co., Limited Freight consigned to steamer "Chilcotin" at Soda Creek will Operators of Steamers oa the Fraser, Nechaco and Start Rivers —— Manufacturers of Lumber tm^_t_________f^ to the AD Kinds of Rough and Dressed Lumber for Sale "Bone Dry Lumber in the Yards " Phone: One-One Mouldings / South Fort George chas. e. Mcelroy General Manager. *_t_mn-MmmMxM_v**m_i__v__M-^—w_*^^ 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. \_an__tm,»tmmmm___}Mm____wmitM'it_»miit_\v.^ - o Roberts, Jones & Willson o UWUD10KRTSN*nrrtfc. E. E JONES. A. J. SELWVN-WIUSOH. t___. REAL ESTATE, INSURANCE AGENTS, AUCTIONEERS, VALUATORS and ACCOUNTANTS. FOR SALE: Farm Lands. Garden Tracts. Timber Limits. Mineral Claims. Valuable town lots. UST YOUR PROPERTIES WITH US. \t_7*V™)_\tZJXx TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS "ERIN" FORT GEORGE, B. C. Olces: Hamilton Awnue, Sooth Fort George: Central Avenue, Fort George, B. C. BRITISH COLUMBIA EXPRESS ■ . - ■ COMPANY —— hsItoribMii Stages Scad for a folder OPERATING Autos Steamboats From Ashcroft to Fort George, and all points in the northern interior of British Columbia, carrying the Royal Mail, passengers and fast freight. IV Palatial Steamer B.X. Awaits the Arrival of the Company's Stages Head Office: Ashcroft, B.C. Frebtht consigned to steamer at Sula creek will bt promptly forwarded. a a 3 \ KODAKS SUPPLIES OF ALL KINDS We have secured the exclusive agency for the Canadian Kodak Company, and have a complete stock of everything for the photographer. Just Drop In and Let Us Show You. Remember we pay special attention to mail orders. JOHN A. FRASER Front Street, QUESNEL, B. C. m DON'T BUY ON PAPER We don't ask you to purchase South Fort George lots by making a pencil mark on a townsite plan—You would be safe in so doing, but if skeptical IT- COME TO SOUTH FORT GEORGE ^=a Investigate Our Proposition <-=^ and you will find a good live town--Two banks, sawmill, pool hall, newspaper, two general stores, splendid hotel, bakery, stationery store, mail-boat landing, scores of buildings, and crowds of satisfied buyers WRITE FOR INFORMATION TO NORTHERN DEVEOPMENT CO. 172 Hastings Street, Vancouver, B C , or the resident agent, g. e. Mclaughlin Fourth Avenue, South FortlGeorge i | 1836 | Assets Exceed Fifty Million Dollars | 1912 | TBe 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 lt 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 The Average Deposit of the Canadian People is $122.00 per Person Saving money can be made a habit. A portion of your weekly or monthly wage deposited regularly in a savings account will soon bring you up to the average, and you will be surprised how rapidly $2 deposited weekly will amount to enough to make a substantial payment on your home. CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, S6.800JIOO TOTAL ASSETS, K2-0CMII THE TRADERS RANK H. C. SEAMAN, Manager South Fort GeOrse THE BANK OF VANCOUVER Head Oflice: VANCOUVER, R. C. CAPITAL AUTHORIZED DIRECTORS: •2,000,000 R. P. McLENNAN Esq., President, McLennan, McFcely & Co. Wholesale Hardware, Vancouver, B. C. t. W. SHATFORD Esq., M. L. A. Vice-Pres. Merchant, Hedley, B. C. HIS HONOR T. W. PATERSON, Lieutenant-Governor British Columbia. M. I). CAKL1N, Cnnitnllst, Victoria. B.C. A. ISTEI, Esq. C. S. DOUGLAS Esq. Robert Kennedy, New Westmin- 8t6I*. J* A. MITCHELL. Esq.. Capitalist, Victoria. B. 0. E. H. HEAPS. Esq., E H. Heaps A Co., Lumber and Timber! President Columbin Trust Co.. Ltd., Vancouver, B. 0. J. A. HARVEY, Esq., K.C.. formerly ol Cranbrook, B.C., Vnncouver, B.C. A. L. DEWAR. General Manager. GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS TRANSACTED Fort George Branch; F. N. DEWAR, 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 cruisers before 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 824 Metropolitan BIdg., Vancouver, B.C London Office > 6 Old Jewry. PAID-UP CAPITAL, $1,500,000. CASSIAR LANI) DISTRICT. 01 the Peace River Land District. TAKE notice that Hcnrier Prcpoiituine, ol Vancouver, B. C, occupation gentleman intends to apply (or permission to purch* ase the following describe :1 lands: Commencing at a post planted ii miles west ot the east end of Choo-chi lake ou , the nortli shore and marked "H. •?*, 8. E* corner'' thencc north 8o chains; tnenee west 8o chuins; thence south 35 chai'" morc or less to thc lake; thence easterly along the shore to point of commencement containing 320 acres morc or less. HBNRY PRBPONTAIN. September 15th., 1911. Dec 9* t*_Z
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Title | Fort George Herald |
Publisher | South Fort George : Northern Interior Printing Co. Ltd. |
Date Issued | 1912-03-16 |
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