"9d08dbe2-cff1-49b5-9324-873deed2acb0"@en . "CONTENTdm"@en . "2017-04-11"@en . "1912-09-14"@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/fgherald/items/1.0344676/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " K^~\nV^ - -\nm*\nVOL. 3, NO. 3.\nSOUTH FORT GEORGE, B. C, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1912.\n*\u00C2\u00BB- a.* ... .*\u00E2\u0080\u00A2-.\n$3 PER ANNUM\n/ISTKli\ntm^gsgSwS&Si. u\u00C2\u00BBwwnrww.\u00C2\u00BBaB\nA party of men arrived in town\nthis week from the upper river,\nbrnging down two- scow .loads .ot\nsullies for Engineer Gill and his\n81u.Veyor8 on the Indian Reservation.\nSam McGoffln left for his contract\nabove the Grand Canyon for two\nmnntiiH absence this week. His camp\ntight miles above here is shut down\nuntil tbe spring.\nMiss Oliver, who has been visiting\nMends at Vancouver, returned here\non Monday last.\nNo trace has yet been discovered\nof the man Wright who broke out of\njail here some two weeks ago.\nThe Praser River is ve y low. The\nmail steamer \"B. X.\" which was due\nhere on Thursday afternoon, has not\ncome to port up to the time of our\ngoing to press. On ber last trip the\nmail steamboat struck a rock in the\nFoit George Canyon, and although\nno damage was done the boat was\ndelayed for several hours. Manager\nWest has issued instructions for the\nplacing of two-horse stock at the\nroad houses and relay places along\nthe winter stage route between here\nand Quesnel, in anticipation of having\nto s:nd one mail a week in over the\nroad unless the water raises.\nA Vancouver daily teproduc.s an\narticle we published about Bill Freeman, the \"River-hog\", under the following caption: \"Emporer Absolute\nof Dynimite Force: Official Who is\nPlaying Havoc With Gorges and\nCanyons That Give Trouble: Is\nWorking in Silence: Man Who Scarcely Ever Speaks But Who is Smashing\nUp the Earth.\"\nNo water\u00E2\u0080\u0094thanks.\nJ. B. Daniell leaves tor the coast\nnext weak on business. He will return about October the fifteenth.\nMcClag'.iren & Thornejs building\nnow stands on its new location next\nto Wesley & Wiggins' office on Hamilton Avenue.\nOctober the second. Two ot the\nOctober the second. Two of the\nmost important- cases will be the\ncriminal libel case brought against\nthis paper by one George J.' Hammond, a townsite promoter, which\ncase will not be prosecuted by the\nCrown, and the case against a man\nnamed 8ealey, who is accused ot\nshooting with intent to kill.\nA message was received here this\nWek stating that Mr. Frank O'Flaherty, of Stratford, Ont., and Miss\nCora Dixon, of Vancouver, B. 0.,\nwill be united in the holy bonds of\nmatrimony in Vancouver on Thursday, September the nineteenth. Both\npaitks are very well known here,\nand it was in South Fort George\nthat they became engaged. Mr.\n0 Flaherty was accountant in the\nlocal branch of the Traders Bank of\nCanada here from the time the\nbranch opened until two weekB ago,\nwhen, with the changes made by the\namalgamation of the Royal and the\nTraders Mr. O'Flaherty was transferred to Vancouver. His nnny\nfriends here are glad to le-.rn that\nllc has now left the employment ot\ntlie hank to accept a position ottered\n\u00C2\u00BBy the Northern Lumber Company ot\nthis place before he left. The Herald\ni\u00C2\u00B0ns with the host of friends the\nyonng couple have here and elsewhere\nIn wishing them every happiness.\nThe treatment given the visitors by\n\">\u00E2\u0080\u00A2- People ot South Fort George,\ns,ys the Quesnel Observer, referring\nto the visit of the Quesnel ball teem,\nwi 1 long b3 rememtered. by thoss\nwl'o made the trip. Nothing.was left\nundone which could add to their enjoyment. Meals were as free as the\n*'r. and the boys were not allowed,\nKnowing',, to spend a cast. In the\n^ening a dance was held, at which\n^ Quesnel people were the guests\nh\u00C2\u00B0nor. in fact the visitors had a\nost enJoyatle time, and cannot sky\n*\u00C2\u00B0\u00C2\u00ABBh in praise of the hospitality\n01 the South Fort George cttiiens.\nA REFERENCE WITHOUT AUTHORITY.\nFRAUD.\nThe following communication throws some interesting sidelights upon the methods employed by the promoters of that\ndelectable proposition \"Fort George Heights\" :\nEditor Herald,\u00E2\u0080\u0094I notice in your last issue in an article\nattacking a proposition called \"Fort George Heights\" a reference to the Fort George Board of Trade in the following terms:\n\"The Fort George Board of Trade, an organization started by\na townsite manager of Hammond's and now chiefly composed\nof his hired help and run in his interests.\"\nAs a member of the Fort George Board of Trade 1 would\ntake exception to your reference in so far as it does not apply\nto the organization and is unfair to a large proportion of the\nBoard's membership. In your strong criticism of promotion\nmethods it appears unnecessary that you should drag in such\nsections of the public as may appear to be assisting in such\npromotions unless you are sure of your ground.\nThe Fort George Board of Trade has. a large membership,\nand it is not conceivable that you should imagine that it can be\nswayed by any one man, or by his employees, for the ultimate\nbenefit of his interests. I am a constant attendant at Board\nmeetings, and have referred the matter to several of the officers, and can not find that the promoters of the \"Fort George\nHeights\" proposition have any authority from the Board of\nTrade whatsoever to use the name of that body as a reference,\nso you will, therefore, see the force of my argument and will, I\ntrust, in fairness to the Board, give this communication prominence in. your valuable paper. MEMBER.\nIt has never been the intention of The Herald to injure in\nany way the property values of the actual residents which may\nnot meet with our approval, or to cast disparaging remarks at\npeople who go about their own business and do not allow themselves to become a cog in the machine for the promotion of the\ntownsites of the Natural Resources Security Company, Ltd.,\nup the Nechaco River here. There is a small portion of these\nsites, lining the bank of the Nechaco River, to which reasonable values will attach, but behind them lie the great banks of\nlots which, in the opinion of The Herald, will not sell in the\nlocal market to any extent for the figures they are now fetching in the distance, for many years to come.\nIn our recent article, criticising the promotion literature of\nwhat we believe to be a subsidiary company to the Natural\nResources Security Company, Ltd., of Vancouver, which operates under the name of the British Columbia Estates, Ltd., in\ntheir sale of a tract of land called \"Fort George Heights\" on\nthe north side of the Nechaco river near here, we endeavored\nto show that the promoters of this proposition gave as their\nreferences certain businesses and organizations which past\nhistory has shown to be a part of the machine for the promotion of townsites and the like. We can not very well apologise\nto the Fort Geprge Board of Trade as a body, for we believe\nthat we can prove the gist of our statement with regard to the\nfact that that organization is run in the interests of the man\nHammond we referred to, who is a townsite promoter of remarkable ingenuity and resource. If, however, there exist in\nthe Board of Trade of Fort George other gentlemen of similar\ncalibre to the writer of the above communication, we tender to\nthem our regrets that inadvertently we have placed them in a\ncategory that is beneath them. We would venture to recommend to these gentlemen the simple expedient of kicking the\ntownsite heelers who would make the Board of Trade of Fort\nGeorge organization for the benefit of shady promoters, out\ninto the cold gray world without the doors of the Board's\nbuilding and keep them there.\nSo much by way, of apology.\nThe letter, however, goes forcibly to prove the fact that the\nBoard of Trade of Fort George is used\u00E2\u0080\u0094and used without even\napplying for the formality of their permission-as a prop in the\npromotion of townsite properties. Here we have a letter from\na member of the Fort George Board of Trade in which the\nmember states that NO AUTHORITY WAS GIVEN TO THE\nPROMOTERS WE REFERRED TO TO USE THE NAME\nOF THE FORT GEORGE BOARD OF TRADE AS A REFERENCE IN THEIR ADVERTISING LITERATURE.\nHOW THEYWORK IT\n. i\nThe Fort George Tribune reminds\nus of that latest popular song success \"That Mysterious Rag.\" For\nweeks past lt ha3 been f:aturing\nsome of the most arrant bunk that\nwas ever conceived and committed to\npaper by the crowd of come-on men\nwho write the rag-time for its columns.\nWe would like to refer speciflcaly to\nsome of the misleading statements it\nhas lately given publicity to. On the\n24th. of AugUBt it stated that a contract had been let for the clearing\nof yards adjoining Fort George. That\nwas bunk, but we wish, sincerely,\nthat It were true. Railway yards do\nnot tend to beautify any portion ot\na city and are as a rule shoved oft\nsomewhere'to one side where the\nland is not of mucH value. However\nthe idea of the Nechaco organ in\npublishing this material is to give\nthe outside public the Idea that there\nmust be something doing tn railroad\ncire'es every minute near the town-\nsites of the Natural Resources Security Company Ltd, For a number of\nyears paat the man behind the Fort\nGeorge Tribune has been juggling\nwith the station site on his advertising maps etc. and he has made a\nnumber of cracks about the station\nbeing 1900 feet west of the eastern\nboundary of his townsites. Finally,\ngetting nervous about the proposition, he went before the railway commission with an application for the\nlocation of the G. T. P. depot at a\npoint on the Indian Reservation in\nclose proximity to his town, and\nalthough he has tried to create an\nimpression that this application was\ngranted we can say right now\u00E2\u0080\u0094and\nwe have a certified copy of the-minutes of the railway commission's session\u00E2\u0080\u0094that it was not granted. The\nHerald has always contended that\nthe station would be located on the\neastern portion of the reservation,\nand we still believe so. In the opinion of this paper the G. T. P. depot\non tbelr townsite will be situated\nabout one fourth of the distance\nacross the reserve, now the Grand\nTrunk townsite, from the Fraaer\nRiver. However the location of the\nstation might be decided it could not\nassist the development of a great\nportion of the townsites owned by\nthe Natural Resources Security Company, S. S. Taylor, K. C. et al, for\nwhose benefit the Tribune fills its\ncolumns with ravings and bunk, for\nthese townsites extend back into the\nwoods for miles, and are sub-divided\ninto 25-foot lots which are, In the\nmain, absolutely undeveloped.\nIn the last -issue, apparently being\nrather nervous about the effect which\nthe decision, for a decision may now\nbe shortly expected, may have upon\nits record, the Tribune dishes up another station site on the other side\nof the townsites owned by George J.\nHammond, S. S. Taylor, et al. This\nis the imaginary location for the\ndepot of the Pacific and Great\nEastern railway. What sort of a fool\nIs the boy who allows such statements to appear In the Nechaco\nsheet. Considering the fact that the\nman behind the operations of the\ntownsite promoting gang is a really\nclever crook we can not understand\nhow he permits his puppet to print\nsuch material, which, sooner or later\nhe will have to swallow. The Idea of\na railway that Is not yet even located clearing land for its depot is\nvery funny. A school-boy, one of the\nkids at the bottom of his c'ass,\nmight commit this sort of material\nto paper, but a newspaper man-\nnever.\nIt will Interest our readers to have\nan idea of the modus operandi employed by the townsite boomsters up\nthe Nechaco river. The promoter of\npromoters, George J. Hammond, in\norder to populate the small portion\nof his townsites on which his development work Is concentrated, spends\na great deal of money In opening up\nbusinesses which circumstances without his backing, would not justify\nfor a .moment.* Ao Mr. Hammond\nopens up these new businesses, or\nbuys a little more development for\nhis townsite, his paper, the Tribune\nfeatures the arrival ot the new business men, whom, In reality, are nothing more or less than employees of\nthe promoter, and raves about their\nforesight and the, nice th'ngs they\nsay about the townsite. The buildings are practically all the property\nof this promoter, although they may\nbe vested with some of his subsidiary companies.\n. There are not more than three\nbusiness houses on the Hammond\ntownsite that do not owe their existance to some sort of concession\nfrom the big promoter. A general\nmerchant named William Blair, who\nis well known all over the Cariboo\ncountry, started a branch ot his\nbusiness on the Nechaco townsite in\nthe early stages of its development.\nThe promoter wishes him to move his\nmain store over there trom this place\nand because of his refusal has staked\na couple of his retainers to a stock-\nin-trade for a new general store. One\nof these gentlemen, who the Tribune\ncites in its article featuring the ad*-\nvent of this \"new business house\"\nwhich, It claims is the largest in its\ntown, referred to also as one of the\nproprietors, yesterday CASHED TWO\nWORTHLESS CHECKS IN TOWN\nAND WAS IN DANGER OF BEING\nARRESTED.\nThe Herald will continue to expo3e\nall the lies printed in the Tribune for\nthe benefit of the reading public who\nwill be able to get a clearer Idea ol\nthe townsite situation asi this paper's\ncirculation continues to increase.\nBEAR RIVER COAL FIELDS\nThe party of cojI ^;pcrts that\nhave been cxamin'ng th; Bar river\ncoal field returned this week, and\nleft for the south on today's boat.\nThe Bear river coal field was discovered and staked about 1907 by\nI. M. Christie, of Armstrong, who\nis Interested in the proposition. In\nthe (all of 1909 a, Victoria mining\nexpert, Wm. Blakeniore, visited the\ncoal area and reported on It.\nThe Natural Resourcss Security\nCompany, ot Vancouver, have now\ngot the property under option, and\ntbe visit ot tbe engineers in the\npresent Instance has been to confirm\na report made last summer by the\nwell known coal experts of Vancouver\nMr. Hepburn and Prof. Galloway.\nJames Ashwortb, a consulting\nmining engineer of Vancouver, who is\none ot the best-known authorities on\ncoal on the continent, returntd\nfrom the cjal field this week with\nMr. Hepburn, states that the coal\nbasin is of great area, aud the\nseams exceptionally large, one, that\noutcrops on the Bear river, being\nseven feet across. The coal is ot a\nquality more suitable for steaming\npurposes than for domestic use. The\nbasin In which the coal lies is formed by volcanic action, the rim of\nlow hills having concentrated the\ncoal in' the basin formation.\nAlthough the report of Professor\nAalloway practically decided the purchase of the property, Mr. Ashworth\nwill place the owners in the position\nof knowing how great an extent of\nfuel area they really have.\nThis coal ba in is situated, in a\ndirect Una, about' 25 miles from\nSouth Fort George. The route by\nwhich they will likely be opened up,\nhowever, will be by way of a pass\nbetween the c al fields and the\nFraser river.\nA PRE-EMPTORS PARADISE\nThat the Fort George section islone\nof unlimited possibilities, that real\nestate values will keep soaring and\nthat a great deal more capital is\nlikely to be invested ln the country\ntherealbouts, is the opinion which Mr.\nR. D. Poatlfex, of Bevan, Gore &\nElliot, incorporated in the Western.\nDominion Land and Investment Company, Ltd., expresses as a result of a\nsix weeks' inspection, says the Vancouver Province.\nMr. Pontifex declares that he did\nnot know of a place where the genuine pre-emptor could do better. As\nan indication of the financial returns\nhay is selling at' $100 a ton and when\nit is remembered that an acre yields\nthree tons, It cannot be disputed\ntbat the country holds out attractions worthy the attention ot all\nthoughtful persons, who are considering the advisability of listening\nto the call, \"back to the land.\"\nFrom Fort George to Fraser lake,\na distance ot 120 mlles, there Is rich\nland on either side of the Nechaco.\nMr. Pontifex asserts tbat it the government got a little active this river\ncould be made navigable, for all that\nwas necessary was to remove the\nrocks from three or tour small canyons.\nThe advent of the Grand Trunk\nPacific Railway Into the territory\nwill be the means of greatly enhancing the property values and Mr. Pontifex states tbat when the company\nholds an auction sale nest year\nprices as good as those secured at\nthe Prince Rupert sale will be obtained.\nJ. W. West, manager of the B. 0.\nExpress Company is here on a trip\nof inspection to arrange for the details of the winter service. Mr. West\nstates that the company has been\nable to arrange for much better accommodation along the road this\nwinter than heretofore. Tbe stopping\nhouse at Goose Lake has been leased\nby a man and wife who have experience in catering to the public\nneeds, and McKenzie's, the last stop\non the road at this end, is also to\nbe improved as a road house. Mr.\nWeBt Is not at all concerned at the\ndetention of the Steamer \"B. C.\nExpress\" above the Giscomb rapids\nowing to the low water. He states\nthat the big boat is equipped with\ngear by which she can be pulled out\nof the water at almost any point\nalong the river. The express company have purchased a tract of land\nat Alexandria, between Quesnel and\nSoda Creek which they Intnd to\nturn Into a ship yard for the berthing of their vessels in winter and for\nrepair yards in the spring.\nFoley Welch & Stewart's big hospital scow is unable to get through\nthe Giscomb rapids, and will nave to\nstay above them until the spring unless the water raises, ^wh'ch is not\nlikely at this time of the year.\n'\nV\n< FORI GEORGE HERALD\nPUBLISHED BY THE\nNORTHERN INTERIOR PRINTING GO. Ud.\nJ. S. OANIEUL. PRESIDENT\nDevoted to tbe interests of Fort\nGeorge and the entire Northern Interior.\nJ. B. DANIELL. Editor.\nINDIANS - WARDS~OF THE GOVERNMENT\nWhen the Fort George Indians\nsold their 1366-acre reserve at\nthe junction of the Fraser and\nNechaco rivers to the Grand\nTrunk Pacific Railway last year,\nthey sold the land\"under\"a regular agreement made on their\nbehalf by the Chief Inspector of\nIndian Agencies, J. G. Ramsden,\nafter having surrendered the\nland to the crown, in the manner\nprescribed by the act. Under\nthis agreement the Indians were\nto receive a certain sum of money\nat the time of the sale,\nwhich they did receive some\nweeks after it was due, and a\nfurther sum was to have been\npaid to them this summer, at the\ntime when the removal from this\nreserve to the Goose country\nwas accomplished. In order that\nthis move should be made it was\nnecessary that buildings for the\naccommodation of the Indians\nshould be constructed on the\nGoose country reservation. Tenders were called for from Ottawa on May the first of the present year for the construction of\nthese buildings, and although the\nsummer has given way to autumn the work of removing the\nIndians to their new habitations\nhas stopped with the publishing\nof advertisements calling for tenders for the construction of the\nsame.\nThe Indian Agent at Fraser\nLake, when appealed to, states\nthat the nooond payment is to bo\ndistributed at the time when the\nremoval is made, and not until\nthen, and whilst the Indians are\nanxious and ready to leave their\nold location, now the G. T. P.\ntownsite, the Indian department\nhave not yet let the contract, and\nit is a safe bet that the houses\nfor the Indians will not be built\non their new sites before snow\nflies.\nThe Indians are worried over |\nthe matter. They have, as a\nband of uneducated aborigines,\nan extraordinary conception of\nequity and justice, and, as\nwards of the government they\nlook to the government to deal\nwith their affairs with full respect of their position.\nGOOD DEMAND FDR LABUK\nMen are wanted in the Fort George country. In \>ur advertising columns there are now appearing the advertisements of\nrailroad contractors here who want different1 classes of labor\nimmediately and who can offer continuous employment throughout the winter.\nThe labor market here is largely dependent upon the exodus\nfrom the construction camps situated above the Grand Canyon,\n100 miles up the Fraser River. Between that point and Tete\nJaune'Cache, \"Mile 53, B.C.,\" there is in active progr;ss some\n200.miles of construction where the grade is being'built with\nsteam-shovels'and dynamite. The contractors on thafsection\nbring'in their \"men from Edmonton to the end of steel over the\nnew G. T. P. line. Below the Grand Canyon construction operations are at present limited to the slashing of right-of-way and\nthe grading of those sections of the line which can be handled\nwithout steam-shovels. The contractors for this lower work\nintend to rush the work of the limited grading with batteries\nof men. Station men for rock cuts are also in demand at the\nmouth of the Willow River, 25 miles up the Fraser river from\nthis place. George Hardie, contractor for 120 miles of right-of\nway clearing between this place and Fraser Lake, is looking for\nmen on this work, which will last all winter.\nThis is a good country for laboring men as long as themar-\nket does not become overloaded. The good class of railroad\nlaborer coming into this country now, would realize that he\nwas up against a new departure in construction work. Owing\nto the necessity of speedily completing the road the contractors\nhave been obliged to proceed with their work along lines which\nare at variance with their usual methods. Ninety and seventy-\nton steam-shovels have been sent far ahead of the steel on\nscows down a dangerous river, and all over the uncompleted\nportion of the road which traverses the Fraser river shore-line\nconstruction work has been commenced wherever the river\ncould be utilized with reasonable safety as a means for the distribution of plant by steamboats and scows. Owing to these\nconditions construction work is now being carried on through\na country which is more sparsely populated than the regions\nthrough which similar work is usually going forward in any\npart of the world, and the resources of the country are correspondingly undeveloped.\nObstructions to navigation in the river have prevented the\ncarrying out of plans for grading with machines between this\nplace and grand canyon.\nNor is railway work the only class of employment offered to\nlabor here today. Townsite men are seeking help to clear sites,\nand the lumbermen are offering employment to large crews in\nthe woods.\nWith the advent of spring, next year, this place will be the\nhub of a vast'eonstruction army. Early in the spring the'great\nstornwheelers of'the contractors will thread their way through\nthe Grand canyon, which now bars their .progress down the\nriver, loaded with construction supplies from the huge caches\nat the head of steel. Work on the bridge here will be actively\nin progress by the middle of next summer, and grading will\nproceed with steam-shovels and dinky trains.\nNo, partner; the cards were\nnot marked last night. Yesterday was Friday, the thirteenth,\nJudging by the number of\nTurks referred to have been\nkilledjin the Italian war, the\nTurks must now all be dead.\nAn eastern press despatch\nstates that a child has been born\nwith two perfectly formed heads\ngrowing from one neck. What a\nwonderful child it will be to be\nsure! Both its parents will be\nable to kiss it good-night at the\nsame time, and the old man will\nhave a dickens of a time walking\nthe floor trying to keep one head\nfrom waking the other up. When\nthe kid grows up it will be able\nto sing duets and drink Scotch\nand rye at the same time, which\ngoes to prove the truth of that\nold saw about two heads being\nbetter than one.\nWe have inside information to\nthe effect that Lefty Louie and\nGyp the Blood are coming to\nFort George to promote townsites\nup the Nechaco river. They can\nget plenty to do on the side, and\nthe first job will be to crank up\nthe murder car and shoot up the\neditor of this hading weekly excitement as he emerges from Al,\nJohnson's barroom.\nNext week the Nechaco town-\nsite people will hold a fall fair.\nA specially appointed agent of\nGeorge's will judge the long-\ngreen exhibits.\nNavigation soon closes.\nThen come winter rates.\nConsign your goods via\nthe Royal Mail and passenger\nHurry Up\nMr. Shipper\nSTEAMERS \"0. X.\" AND \"D. C EXPRESS.\"\nThey will reach you within 40 hours from Soda Creek, being\nEXPRESS SERVICE AT FREIGHT RATES\nFull particulars from our local agent\nBRITISH COLUMBIA EXPRESS COMPANY\nAuto, Stage and Steamboat Owners\nROCK MEN WANTED\nD.J. Carey & Co. wants one or two good station gangs\"\nof good rock men to take rock cut at Willow River.\nD. J. CAREY & COMPANY\nApply\nAt camp at mouth of Willow River\nRIGHT-OF-WAY MEN\nWANTED\nMen for cutting right-of-way by the acre, west of Mud\nRiver. Good prices. Work all winter.\nApply\nGEORGE HARDIE,\nSouth Fort George, B. C.\nlilt IlimiiiLnii uvnunm ~\t\nW. F. Cooke Geo. E. McLaughlin\nRussel Peden\nAll Kinds of Lumber\nIn our yard at South Fort\nGeorge we have 100,000 feet of\nthe best assorted lumber stock\nin Central British Columbia.\nIn our yard at Fort George we\nalso carry a splendidly assorted stock.\nMerchandise and Groceries\nWe have now in stock in our\ns*re a **t we never saw a line published\nregarding this case in any of the\nVancouver publications carrying the\nadvertising of certain promotions.\nA Occidental M\nQUESNEL g.9\nNow that the girls are ihflwing\na tendency to wear their own\nhair in fascinating little bunches\n\u00C2\u00B0n the nape of their necks, we\nNay soon be able to see something of what i\u00C2\u00BB happening on\nthe stage.-Eye Opener.\nA cheap-jack auctioneer held\nJP a battered fiddle. \"What am\n! \"fewd for this antique violin?\"\nhe enquired.\" Look it over. See\n^e blurred finger ntarks of re-\ntoorseiess'.time. Note the stains\n01 the hurrying years. To the\nmerrVj notes of -this fine instrument the brocaded dames of\nIair.France mayhave'danced the\nmmuet in glittering Versailles.\nHotel\ncz\nB.C.\nMost modern up-to-date hotel in the interior of British\nColumbia.\nNew four-storey building. Accommodation for 120 guests\nAll outside rooms-large,- well-lighted and ventilated.\nSteam heated.\nRATES $2.00 PER DAY UP .\nWeekly and monthly rates on application\nWire for rooms Wire for rooms\nI. A. WHITE,\nPROPRIETOR,\nSingle and Double Driving Horses. Saddle and Pack Horses.\nNew Buggies and Thoroughly Reliable Rigs.\nDRAYING AND EXCAVATING DONE.\nPerhaps the virgins walked to\nits stirring rhythm in the feasts\nof Lupercalia.. Ha! It bears an\nabrasion, perhaps a touch of fire.\nWhy, this may be the identical\nfiddle on Which Nero played when\nRome burned!\" \"Seventy-five\ncents,\" said a red-nosed man in\nthe front row. \"It's yours!\"\ncried the auctioneer. \u00E2\u0080\u0094 Calgary\nEye Opener.\nP. G. B. BODEKER\nLand Timber Cruiser\nPre-emptions Located.\nSOUTH FORT GEORGE, B. C.\nEstimates Submitted.\nFort George\nDrug Co.\nNEW DAftlTC by the best\nain BUUao authors. A\nlarge shipment just received\nToilot articals, Patont Medicines,\nMaunzimw.HiHiks, Stationery,\nToilet Articles, Druggists' Sundries\nIntend Building?\nNOW is the time to build,\nwhilst seasoned lumber is\nobtainable. Labor conditions\nare now in your favor. We\ncontract to design and construct your building, guaranteeing satisfaction: Call\nor write us.\nBronger & Flynn\nBuilders and Contractors\nSOUTH FORT GEURGE\nTHE\nCLUB POOL ROOM\nTHIRD AND HAMILTON STS.\nDAVIS & FORREST, Props.\nSmokers'supplies\na specialty\nFour pool tables\nSplendid environments\nRobert Spinks\nPainting and Paperhanging\nSouth Fort George : B.C.\nP.A.Landry J. H. McGregor J.F.Tempueton\nT. A.. Kelly, Timber Department\nGore & McGregor\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 ' '\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0';.* -CIVIL ENGINEERS\nBritish Colombia Land Surveyors\nLand Agents Timber Cruisers\nChancery Chambers, Langley Street, VICTORIA,\nB.C., P.O. Box 162, Phone 684.\nMcGregor Building, Third Street, SOUTH FORT\nGEORGE. B. C.\nA.P. ANDERSON\nBUILDER AND\nCONTRACTOR\nOffice and Store Fixtures.\nHamilton Ave. South Fort George\n.*.*^*kW,fkWAN*'.*LW.*LW.*k%/AWAW.'kWAWA'*.**'A.V\nDo you contemplate jjj\nS BUILDING? \u00E2\u0096\u00BA(\n* Then investiRftte our workmanship and R\nfA get our estimates ^\n\ DANFORTH & M'INNIS I\n2 Contractors i Hamilton and Ti\nA and Builders I First utreels m\nThe\nLittle Nugget\nCafe\nThe most modern and best-appointed\ncafe in Fort George.\nFIRST-CLASS CUISINE\nMeals - 60 Centa\nShort Orders a Specialty\nMrs. F. C. Nahrwald, Proprietress\nCor. Hamilton and Third\nSouth Fort George.\nFort George. B.C.\nF. P. Burden, Mgr.\nNelson, B.C., A. H.\nVictoria, B.C.\nF. C. Green, Mgr.\nGreen, Mgr.\nGreen Bros., Burden & Co.\nOil Engineer!, Dominion \u00C2\u00A3 B. C. Land Surveyors\nSurveyB of Lands, Mines, Townsites, Timber\nLimits, Etc.\nTo Outsiders\nReliable information given on\nanything in Fort George district. Property looked after.\nReal estate reference Al.\nR. SPINKS\nSOUTH FORT GEORGE, B.C.\nA\nWe do a large mail order business\nand guarantee satisfaction.\nOur stock of general merchandise\nis large and up-to-date, which enables us to fill all orders quickly.\nft\nGive us a trial\n& Co., Ltd.\nFront Street Quesnel, B. C.\nProspective Builders\nAre you aware that it takes less labor to build with OUR BONE DRY\nLUMBER, and that the result is permanent, weatherproof and saves\nrepairs and fuel; also that the lumber costs no more than other lumber?\nINVESTIGATE!\nAll Kinds of Lumber and Mouldings For Sale.\nThe Fort George Trading & Lumber Co., Ltd.\nSOUTH FORT GEORGE, B.C. Phone 11. Chas. E. McElroy, Mgr.\nPioneers in Sawmilling and Steamboating on the Upper Fraser\nand Tributaries.\nOur GUMLESS SPRUCE SIDING and V-JOINT will not warp, check\nnor shrink endways, and contains no gum to cause the paint to peel.\n(r\n^\nREAL ESTATE AND INVESTMENTS\nFarm Lands,\" Timber Lands, City Property, Garden Tracts.\nFire, Accident and Life Insurance.\nSECTION adjoining townsite of G.T.P., 30 miles\nfrom Fort George. The best of land, level and\nlight clearing. Per acre . . . $25\nHAMILTON AVE.\nSOUTH FORT GEORGE\n^=\n-J\no Roberts, Jones & Willson o\nEDWARDMBEMS3liUr>hfe. E. E.JOKES. A.J.SaWYMWOUOH, httm.\nREAL ESTATE, INSURANCE AGENTS, AUCTIONEERS,\nVALUATORS and ACCOUNTANTS.\nFOR SALE: Farm Lands. Garden Tracts. Timber Units. Mineral Claims. ValiaUe town lets.\nLIST YOUR PROPERTIES WITH US. ^rf&^yg&W\nTELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS \"ERIN\" PORT GEORGE, B. C.\nHamilton Avenue, South Fort George: Central Awnne, Fort George, B. C\n(r\nAMERICAN PLAN\nEXCELLENT CUISINE\n:^\nCorner Hamilton & Third\nSouth Fort George, B.C.\nThe newest and most modern\nhotel in the northern interior\nRates $2.60 and $3\nMoathlr ami weekly rates ea \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00C2\u00BB-\naUeatlea\nBeat of wines,\nliquors and cigars\nAlbert Johnson, \u00C2\u00BB\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00C2\u00BB.\nJ\nIcGAGHRAN & THORNE\nManufacturers of High-Grade Confectionery\nICE CREAM and all kinds of SOFT DRINKS\nCatering Tobaccos and Cigars\nHAMILTON AVENUE\nSOUTH FORT GEORGE \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 11\n*\nAT THE NORTHERN.\nH. T. Burgess, W. K. Munro, Jake\nCollins, C. Jumper, Thos. Dodd and\nwife, Wm. Clark, Ernest Holmes,\nLouis Eastley, J. M. Ranogle, Louie\nWilmot, J. P. Beader, Willis J. West,\nAshcroft; James Ashworth, Vancouver;\nW. McL. Hepburn, J. H. Christie, J.\nD. Mcintosh, R. Wellford, H. Sawyard,\nS. R. Roberts.\nCALGARY EYE OPENERS\nMany are the irritating things one\nhas to put up with in a th?atre. The\nmost Irritating of all is thc mr.n (.or\nwoman)in the audience who ccstati-\nc lly repeats to his (or her) companion the jokes as they arj uttered\non the stage. For instance, the German comedian Bays something ahout\n\"cornbeef and cabootch\". Instantly\nthere follows a ripple of laughter\nand all over the theatre you hear\npeople delightedly repeating to those\nsitting next them the aid splitting\nwitticism, \"cornb.'ef and cabootch.\"\nThe habit is very distressing.\nThen there Is the woman sitting\nbehind you\u00E2\u0080\u0094usually nn elderly woman\nnot much' given to theUre-going\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nwho makes a noise like \"tt! t'tl\nt't!\" whenever something astonishing happens on the stage. This sound\nis made with the tongue in thc roof\nof the mouth a-*d is supposed to indicate astonishment and horror, or\nor loth.\nApain we have those a'noying persons who go to a play and who,\nduring tho most interesting scene,\nwhen thc audience is straining its\nea'drum to catch every word of the\ndialog.: e and silence is imperative,\nbegin to turn over the pages of the\nprogram with a painful crackle in an\nernest effort to discover the name of\nthe hamfatter who has just waited\non to announce that the baron has\narrived.\nThen there is the girl who keeps on\nher bonnet until the curtain is going\nup and then slowly proceeds to reach\nup and claw around for the hatpins,\nkeeping thc poor devil sitting behind\nher in agony of suspense.\nTHE HERALD for\nFine Job Printing\nAdvertise in The Herald.\nstab-\n150 HEAD ot norses, \u00C2\u00AB\"- -\nstock to winter. Good sheds or\nline if required. . , t\u00E2\u0080\u009E\nFor further information apply to\nREEDER & ROSS, Soda Creek P.O.\nCANCELLATION OF RESERVE\nCHURCH SERVICES.\nST. STEPHEN'S CHURCH-lst, 3rd\nand 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.:\nHoly Eucharist and Sermon. 11 a. m. \u00E2\u0080\u0094\nRev. R. H. Isaac. Williams, Vicar.\nKNOX CHURCH-Services every Sun-\nWright,\nC. M.\nday evening at 7.30.\nMinister.\nMETHODIST CHURCH-Sonth Fort\nGeorge\u00E2\u0080\u0094Service will be held every\nSunday morning in the Maple Leaf\nTheatre at 11 o'clock. T. Griffiths,\nPastor.\nNOTICE\nNor must we forget the lady whom\none has taken to the theatre and\nwho, during the crush at the exit\nafter tbe performance, informs you\nthat she has left one of her gloves\nunder tha seat, thus compelling you\nto fight your way back through the\ncrowd to lcok for it.\nBut perhaps the very greatest\nsource of general irritation may be\nfound at the vaudeville theatre,\nwhere ushers and dead heads unite in\nencoring the punk turns and recall\nover and over again some horrible\nsinger with a voice like a bucking\ncalliope who has nesn subjecting\nAnnie Laurie to the most inhuman\ntortures.\nFOUND\u00E2\u0080\u0094Stray horse about one\nweek. ago. Grey and white, face. No\nbrands. Owner can have same by\npaying expenses.\nGEORGE HAAS.\n(For information see milkman in\ntown.)\nSouth Fort George, Aug. 3, 1912.\nNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the reservo\nexisting over Crown Lands in the viciniiy of\nStuart River, Cariboo, notiee of which bearing-\ndate February IKth. 1910. was published In the\nBritish Columbia OaMtte, February Hth, 1910, is\ncancelled, is so far as the same relates to lhe\nlands surveyed as Lota 6861. 6232, 625a, 6264, 6266,\n(1256, 6257, 6258, 6266. 6272, 6298, 6297, 6296, 6289, 6271.\n6266, 6264, 6259, 6273. 6280, 6281. 6279, 6274. 6260, 6268,\n6267.6170,6290.6295,6291,6269, 6268, 6262, 6261, 6275,\n6278, 6281, 6277, 6216. 6285, 6286, 6287, 6288, 62112. 6298,\n6294, 6295a. 6801, 6905, 6300, 6299, 6903, 6904, 6907, 6908,\n6908a and 6906, all in thc Cariboo District.\nROBERT A. RENWICK,\nDeputy Minister of Lands.\nLands Department,\nVictoria, CC. 12th Juno, 1912 jun22sepl4\nCANCELLATION OF RESERVE\nNotice is hereby given that the reserve existing on crown lands in the vicinity of Stuart River, situated in the\nCariboo district, notice of which, bearing\ndate December 17th, 1908, was published\nin the British Columbia Gazette, dated\nDecember, 17th, 1908, is cancelled in so\nfar as the same relates tb the lands\nsurveyed as Lots llll, 1114, 5415, 5379,\n5433, 5380, 5381, 5382, 5383, 5384, 5385,\n5417, 5419, 5391, 5389, 5388, 5387, 5386,\n5432, 5437, 5438, 5431, 5392, 5393,5394,\n5395, 5396, 5397, 5421, 5424, 5403,5402,\n5401, 5400, 5399, 5398, 5430, 5439,5429,\n5404, 5405, 5406, 5407, 5408, 5409,5427,\n5414, 5426, 5428, 5425, 5413, 5390 and\n5412, all in the Cariboo District.\nROBERT A. RENWICK,\nDeputy Minister of Lands.\nLands Department,\nVictoria, B.C., 12th June, 1912.\nAnother wretched stunt, pulled off\nIn great style by the galoot who\nworks the curtain from the roof, is\nthat of giving a visiting company\nttn or tw.lve so-called curtain calls\nafter each act. The curtain is pulled\nup and down in rapid succession\nwithout thc s ightcst reference to the\nwishes of the audience in the matter.\nThis enables the star to say quite\ntruthfully afterwards that the curtain was raised ten fines at the\nclose of her lirst act and seventeen\ntimes at the close of the second,\nthough she w, n't till'em that at\nthe close of the third the audience\nwas getting out of the theatre heltcr\nskelter as if the place was on tire.\nThere are a few minor irritations,\nsuch as the fat man who overlaps\nthree seats and breathes sterterously\nand the usher who discovers when\nthe performance is about to beg'n\nthat you and your lady fren' ljave\nbeen put in seats rightfully bcloog-\ning to some latecomers, who are\nstanding in the isle gla-ing with indignation, but pshaw! what's the use\nof repining? No use at all. Buck up.\nAt a very convivial dinner a\nman with a pretcrnaturally solemn face arose, wineglass in\nhand, to propose a toast. \"May\nwe never,\" he said in deep measured tones, \"drink any more of\nthis stuff .\" He paused and\nthen there was a horrified silence\nfor several seconds, '\"than is\ngood for us!\" Eyeopener.\nGISCOMB PORTAGE Is the natural\noutfitting point for the\nPeace River Country\nAt Giscomb Portage we have a large stock of general merchandise, carefully selected to fill all the requirements of the\ntraveller\nOur store is the logical supply point, for pre-emptors and\nothers located up the river. All steamboats call at our landing\nWE MAKE A SPECIALTY OF DELIVERING FREIGHT\nIN THE PEACE RIVER COUNTRY. You can consign your\nfreight to us at South Fort George and we will deliver at Fort\nMcLeod or the headwaters of the Peace River\nCANOES AND BOATS FOR SALE\nSEABACH & HUBLE SEBfASreS\"\nMI6H-6RADE.GUARANTECD OVERALLS ARE NOT ONLY GOOD TOR\n1 TEN CENTS A BUTTON ANO 25 CENTS ARIP. BUT THE MERCHANT\nTHAT VOU BOUGHT THEM FROM Will REPLACE THEM IF THEY DO NOT Sir I\nTravellers and Shippers to FOftGeOrge\nand New British Columbia\nTravel in comfort and safety via the Steamer \"fcMlcotln\" the only\noak-ribbed steamer'on the route; and consign your goods to the care of\nthe \"Chilcotin\" at Soda Creek, they will be carefully transported Jo\ntheir destination.\nThe Fort George Trading & Lumber Co., Ld.\nThe Pioneer Operators of Steamboats and Manufacturers of\nLumber on the Upper Fraaer and Tributaries.\nThe Auto Transit Company\nAgents at ASHCROFT, B.C.\nFARM LANDS IN CENTRAL\nBRITISH COLUMBIA.\nFort George\nDistrict.\nNechaco Valley\nBulkley Valley\nSkeena Valley\nIn every case our\nlands were carefully inspected by\nexpert cruisersbe-\nfore we purchased\nTHE GRAND TRUNK PACIFIC RAILWAY will make all these districts\naccessible to all the world. Every rail laid adds\nto the value of the land\nNorth Coast Land Co. Ltd.\nGeneral Offices: 619 to 634 Metropolitan Bldg., Vancouver, B.C\nLondon Office t 6 OM Jewry.\n91,500,000.\nPAID-UP CAPITAL.\nTHAT TWU B-JUUPi mui i irw.. \u00E2\u0080\u00A2-.\u00C2\u00AB r.... *-\u00E2\u0080\u00A2*. ...*.\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 . .r mn UU MUI GIVE I\nCNTIRE SATlSFAaiON.W.THIN THIRTY DAYS fROM QftTE QF PURCNASt |\n_ IranioititiESisHoWl _v\n'they WILL STAND 1T-because they are MADE TOVjear] I\nNOBODY BUYS OVERALLS TO PLAY TRICKS WITH\nTHEM SUCH AS IS SHOWN IN THE PICTURE ABOVE\nIN WHICH FOUR MEN EXERTED ALL THEIR STRENGTH\nIN THE EFFORT TO RIP A PAIR OF PEABODYS\" OVERALLS.\nBUT IF THEY WILL STAND THIS-MY WONT RIP\nUNDER THL HARDEST KIND OF LEGITIMATE WEAR\nWE ARE THE AGENTS OF\nPEABODYS'\nGUARANTEED OVERALLS\nI Close & Brown Co., Ltd.f\n|j General Merchants Sonlh Fart George, t.C.f\n)5,^5,5\u00C2\u00BBV*.*V/f*5tAi.*S>\,l>vv<\'\u00C2\u00BB>W!\n| 1836 | Assets Exceed Fifty Milfioa Dollars | 1912\nne Bank of British North America\nYour money is safer in the Bank than in your bouee or ln your\npocket. It is not tied up. You can get it out at any time without delay. NOTES discounted.. Local and Foreign Draft* bought\nand sold. COLLECTIONS made promptly. Money Orders Issued.\nFORT GEORGE BRANGHi\nJ. MUNRO, ACTINC MANAGER\nThe Royal Bank of Canada\nWith which is united\nThe Traders Bank of Canada\nINCORPORATED 1869\nCapital paid up - J12.400.000\nSurplus 11,400,000\nTotal Assets - - 179,900,000\nHead Oflice - - - - Montreal, Q\u00C2\u00AB-\nH. C. Seaman, Manager South Fort George, B.C.\nTHE BANK OF VANCOUVER\nHead Ofltve:\nVANCOUVEB. \u00C2\u00BB. C. C==~-\nCAPITAL AUTHORIZED . - \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00C2\u00BB. "Newspapers"@en . "South Fort George (B.C.)"@en . "Fort_George_Herald_1912_09_14"@en . "10.14288/1.0344676"@en . "English"@en . "53.9"@en . "-122.75"@en . "Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library"@en . "South Fort George : Northern Interior Printing Co. Ltd."@en . "Images provided for research and reference use only. 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