@prefix ns0: . @prefix edm: . @prefix dcterms: . @prefix dc: . @prefix skos: . @prefix geo: . ns0:identifierAIP "9d08dbe2-cff1-49b5-9324-873deed2acb0"@en ; edm:dataProvider "CONTENTdm"@en ; dcterms:issued "2017-04-11"@en, "1912-03-02"@en ; edm:aggregatedCHO "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/fgherald/items/1.0344658/source.json"@en ; dc:format "application/pdf"@en ; skos:note """ VQ I.l M K 3, NO. 9. S 0 0 T II !• o k T (i E X) H G E , B . (' M A R C II 2nd. I 9-1 2. $3 P E R ANNU M FORT GEORGE HERALD munity, yel The Herald would rather note Of the men who have represented us dur- ■.i,*,!.,i.,.ii i,yriiKNOKTHKitNiNTBiiioici*HiNTiNi;cowi-ANvi.Tii. [|1(, progressive |)i'(iiiioiinn of the incorpor- ing the lust term, and who were yesterday CITY AND DISTRICT B. DANIELL, The Dloneer publishers of the Cariboo District "IIAUS1I AS TRUTH, UNCOMPROMISING AS JUSTICE." THE hkhai.o's policy is 1" ni<« the operation's of qu«Bt- bnii ii,. enterprises trading upon tho future assured this Bect* bn and taking' advantage of Its remoteness to foist their niiiii'iiiiiliiiics upon ii distant market. IN ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION 'HE ONLY NEWSPA1E3 PUBLISHED OUT CEORCE NOT CONTROLLED BY • A TOWNSITE COMPANY. Saturday, March 2nd. 1912 THE scatter-brained youth who runs lhe Nechaco sheet, in the interests of Ithe promoters, tries in his puny way to [discredit The Herald and its policy. The •Tribune, now, has been discredited ever since TJIK Conservative Convention, held at Quesnel yesterday, turned flown the petition of the North for more directi representation, and after wrangling amongst themselves over the claims of different political aspirants from the wido-scatt'red localities represented by the delegates, they finally compromised by re-nominating Jolm Fruser, of Quesnel, and Michael Callanan, of Barkerville, our two present members. This is not a surprising result considering the divergency of opinion regarding the district's requirements. The fact remains, PUBLISHER ation movement until carried to successful re-nominated, we have to say, that it would completion, as a means to the attainment,reflect upon their intelligencee to presume of so many other objects that are requisite ; that they could have sanctioned the method and necessary. of allotting delegates to the Quesnel con vention, yet, if it. comes within their province, as we consider it does, they should have corrected such an unconstitutional blunder. John A. Fraser The Herald believes in. We have known him for many years as an enterprising business man, antl he has done his duty by this district according to his lights, and although he has undoubtedly fallen int.o the common error of underestimating the immediate future importance of this section, yet there is no apparent reason for the northern electors to lose faith in him.Michael Callanan comes from a remote corner of the district that The weather has been cold here for the past lew dttys, un iu generally the case immediately before the breakup. A. G. Hamilton and Chas. E. McElroy left here early in the week to attend the Conservative convention at Quesnel. Mr. McElroy goes in the place of Mr. Geo. E. McLaughlin, who was unable to leave town. Mr. and Mrs. D. Brewster were amongst the nrrivals on the stage yesterday. Their many friends here are glad to welcome them bnck again. ii was gathered into the battery of support-1 however, that there is but one section of drifted int(> a stilte of coma> ,U1(1 Passed ling newspapei'R-by questionable means- this immense district of Cariboo from which mto a11 but oblivion with the passing of for the Natural Resources Security Com- th„ expressed desire to nominate one of the !t,ke Kold nisn> vears and years aK°- He is pany Limited after the death of John lions-; Conservative candidates should have re- a man dear to tlie hearts o{ the miners Ion, its founder, whom the townsite concern cejVed the consideration of the whole deleg- to wnose ailments he lends his great medi were suing for libel upon the basis of statements he had made anent their initial town- ation, and that section is the railway belt cal ski11- He was led into the legislative to the north. The insular prejudice of the Lulls almost against his wish on the sent- A young man named Ross was arraigned before Stipendiary Magistrate Heme this week on a charge of stealing a hat. He was defended by E. J. Avison. The case was dismissed. For throwing rotten eggs at a school master here, a woman was fined ten dollars and costs this week before Stipendiary Magistrate Heme here. The trouble came about from the chastisement of a boy by the teacher. sues. We realise that someone must per- Cariboo road dwellers towards the ad- iment created by his reputation as a phylum such objectionable tasks as the editing | vancement of the new north is adsurd, but sician> nis ferreat intelligence and vast pop- ,,[ the Port George Tribune under the con- nevertheless pronounced, and in the instance ularity. But Dr. Callanan is impeded by his trol of the said townsite promoters, yet, of yesterday's convention they played their profession, by his age, and by his place of as we are engaged in criminal and civil stacked deck effectively, and' witb the de- abode, from adequately assisting in the ad- libel suits with the men whom we lnve good sired result—the "trimming" of the north, ministration of a young and vigorous »:'-;tson to state control the Tribune, thu The delegates sent down from here had northern constituency, would-be editor of that sheet should really no voice in the matter. Using a basis of al- To sum up, The Herald believes it in the exercise more discretion in his comments, lotment two years deJunct the "organizat- best interests of the district to act with for lhe future will bold the records of the ion" successfully eliminated the north coun- every consideration for the exigencies of n.iiits. In an issue of a couple of weeks ago try,; and for th' last time in history they present conditions—even though those con- the youth who is engaged in his initial edit- Juggled the politics of-this new-old district, ditions will soon be warped and distorted orinl venture of a- few weeks duration to dale, spread-headed the fact that the editor af this paper was sent down for trial on a charge of criminal libel. The editor of this paper has lived in this disti'ict for six years, lie has been figbling an evil here for the past two of the-', and has apparently provoked l.the promoters, whose rotten operations lie lias exposed, into going into court for the final settlement of these vexed questions, a finale which is entirely nrrroablo to Tin' Herald. The promoter's editor, in the •'featured" article in wliich w,. refer, took for gospel lhe arrant blitherings of Ceo. •'■ Hammond's townsite foreman, who wished to convey a bluffing threat to some people of this community, to the l''1"1'1 that they stood in danger of being subjected to prosecution for expressing their views upon Mr. Hammond's operations. MPFLE! ! i "Johnny" Campbell returned from a lengthy visit to thc coast and the Okanagan country this week. Mr. Campbell is proprietor of the Princeton and Port George Drug Company and he has heen attending to business in connection with his store at Princeton. He states that in Vancouver this plnce is the centre of interest since the announcement of the McBride railway policy. I 1 lias been suggested that The Herald should use some space Fred Tiemeyer, the genial proprietor of the Germnn Bakery, one of the pioneer restaurants of this place who has been spending the winter in Washington with his wife, returned here on Friday's stage from the south, and is busily preparing his place of business for re-opening. Mr. Tiemeyer brought in a Btiecial stage loaded with fresh eggs and edibles of all sorts as far as Quesnel, where he transferred the load to the regular stage on which he arrived. He is ac- companieh by his niece. It is with great regret that we learn of an unexpected change of plans by the Bank of British North America which will deprive South Fort George of its pioneer banker, Mr. L. A. McHaffle, who received orders, when on his return journey to this place after a prolonged holiday in Europe, to proceed to Edmonton, where, we understand,, he will take charge of their branch. Mr Bnd MrB. McHaffle are extremely nonitisx here, and their absence will be telt in the business and social ci ' lis alike. The Herald begs to crtond t'i Mr. McHaffle congrat. time whan that body was a _____ —. . „ , , , . ... .' active, aggressive being but it over- to the smug satisfaction of the old-timers out of all semblance to their present state whilst the anxious watohe'8 fnther disturbed th,' ardour of the local yn'm^ strive t<* prejudge the weight record, ■wnizers. It will not be practicable to as the nointer swin«'s across thVVrC ?f , in ■, ,„. ,. ..i v_ j , •„ <; ., 'calculator from the effects of the jolt the '" a properly accredited organization, . J n,.;,.„i, „ u • i i ,,„,,i mechanism received yesterday. As we have puvelege having been usurped, mini , , , , • ,, ,„.|. ( • ,. ,- j predicted the disregard for the just repre- 01K ol incorporating the proposed ' ... . . . . I'ath of life, from sheer neglvt. me issue m t,„s .i„m™B.,wu ,—,, ..uV . ^. - ----- . -at a Board of Trade charter was upset the calculations of the most astute Herald will not stand to sup, mi the Federal r-rovernmenf, bv t politicians in the lower district. The big mediocre candidates of nn ambigu " * . i 'iii i • i i • • i 1. I i ,. f....il jU,< .,!>kio /-.f -.it <>. Iv-it stand to support any ous cause ponents to a progressive policy. o ncipality here has been carried out. s* the need of just such a body as a '"'"''' of Trade is necessary here for the '"'O't'etion of our business interests from the '"' ' exploitations of get-rich-quick pro- for the spreading of reliable intuition regarding our city, and as a gen- 11,1 medium for the execution of such corn- mi as may generalh 11 v benefit this com- sentations made by the north have started side-issue politicians on the war path already. The local Conservatives, disgusted with the Ward-politician method of reducing the number of northern delegates at the convention, may launch a Conservative candidate in spilt; of tne south; Independent Conservatives are "in the air," and the Socialists are unfurling their red flag, The Cariboo Observer, founded by this company, but now run by a cent-belt printer who was originally imported into this country to run a scab sheet for a gang of townsite promoters, is still active in their behalf. The printer and the paper are keeping their "stand-in" with the Natural He- sources Security Company by reprinting the ravings of that concern's house-organ, lev- oiled at this paper and its editor. Mr. Marrill, representative of The j Mooney Biscuit Works, was amongst I the arrivals in town on yesterday's I stage. Mr. Marrill states that he did ! a considerable amount of business I here. When the time comes, he in- | froms us, his house will piace a dis- ! tributing centre for their goods here. | Mr. Marrill was particulary struck ! with the reception he met with on the Nechaco River townsite, where, he informs The Herald, the manager of the Bank of Vancouver called him up on the telephone, told him the rating of thc business houses there, lunched him, "introduceh him around town" landed him up in the office of the townsite promoter's house-organ, and left with a solemn warning not to heed anyone who "knocked" the Nechaco lot-maze. Owing to a break-down in the plant The Herald has been obliged to curtail its news columns this week, It is reported here on good authority that the Bank of Montreal will open a branch office in South Fort George at an early date. We understand that enquiries have been received regarding material for building. The rumor finds support in the fact that an alliance has been affected between the Bank of Montreal and the Union Bank of Canada, the institution that carrys the account of Messrs. Foley, Welch & Stewart., the contractors on most of the western construction of the G. T. P., and the firm that are to start work on the Fort George Vancouver line by the first of July, if the Railway policy of the government is carried. Till'. PEACE RIVER. .lames Rutherford, milium englneoi ,,i Victoria, \\i, i'.. who bus just re turned from a three months prospect Ing trip in the Peace River country, having traversed and explored exten Bive areaB of Northern British Colum imi from Prince Rupert to Hazelton, along the Bulkley and Nechac i valleys mnl down ll"' Parsnip mil Fin lay livers, sh>s: "I travelled fram McLeod's Lake at the head uf the rack River, in Pine Rivor Pass. Thc altitude "I this pass is inily _,Sf><) feel, ami il is well adapted fur lhe i Btructton nf rail mails from easl In wesi. Tho Pine River valley averages from une to two miles wide, throughout a dis lauee of fifty miles, mnl is u charm Ing valley, consisting of open nn ad iiws. interspersed with groves of pop lur. 'Tins valley is well adapted to [arming and Btock raising. "The llullwuy Kii.ur (lows Into the peace River about thirty five milcs wesl of Fort St, John, at an a'ti lade uf about 1,500 (eel, mill is IIIIV Igahle al certain l inr s uf the y iar (nr a considerable distance. Along the Ilnllwny the valley extends from three lu tour miles wide ami em braces a succession uf level tints fur nearly a hundred miles, having within then area expansive tracts uf excellent Muck loam, which is the finest lnml that has runic under my observation in British Columbia, > forming one uf the most charming and picturesque valleys In the Duininiun ot Canada. "The snme may be said nf the suutheast portion of the Police Cuupe fA prairie, Burroundlng Swan Lake, west JH of, and adjoining the Alberta bound- f_ ary line; from here there extends easterly into Alberta an ana ui ag- V" ricultttral land nearlj S00 miles — square, unsurpassed in the experience ^ of man." Speaking of the mineral r. sources Of the Peace Itiver country, .Mr. fA Rutherford said "The whole country yE is underlaid with extensive areas ot j~ Fort George Trading & Lumber Co., Limited Froight consiitned to steamer "Chilcotin" at Soda Creek will be carefully transported to the pninl of destination. Operators of Steamers on lhe Fraser, Nechaco and Sluarl Rivers Manufacturers of Lumber All Kinds of Rough and Dressed Lumber for Sale " Bone Dry Lumber in the Yards " Phone: One-One Mouldings South Fort George 11 \\S l: Mi Kl.l.'nV (loneral M semi lor u I,.lilrr 1 BRITISH COLUMBIA EXPRESS COMPANY Send lor ■ folder 0PERAT1N G Autos Steamboats Prom Ashcroft to Fort George, and all points in the northern interior of British Columbia, carrying the Royal Mail passengers and fast freight. The Palatial Steamer B.X. Awaits the Arrival of the Company's Stages I 'ZaiZmZ'o'ZZZZiiuZ Head Office: Ashcroft, B.C. Stages ►: =» ►: rE take this opportunity to inform our many custom- j! ers and the public generally that the low prices \\j which have prevailed in our store through the summer )} months will be maintained throughout the winter. p I 'E have been fortunate in receiving most of our heavy jj goods before the close of navigation and having our jj own teams will be able to bring our goods over the road jj at the minimum cost. ji \\ W. P. COOKK jj _ ►: I RUSSELL PEDEN •a u J! Store, Office and Lumber Yard, South Fort George | *■ ^ KODAKS SUPPLIES OF ALL KINDS fl A A coal, particulary in tin' neighborhood of Hudsonis Hope, wliere the meas* t^ urea ure of first class quality, fA "Hudson's Hope will probably be come a strategic point for the railroads, ns it. ul the present time the head of navigation on the Peace, and Yj because of its extensive coal depos its, available water power and rich y" farming lands surrounding, will make ft it. an industrial, manufacturing and ^ agricultural ventre. f We have secured the exclusive agency for the Canadian Kodak Company, and have a complete stock of everything for the photographer. ,J. A. I). Sellin, wliu succeeds l<\\ A A I A JOHN A. FRASER 'A Front Street, QUESNEL, B. C. Just Drop In and Let Us Show You. Remember we pay special attention to mail orders. Biggs as manager uf .lames Html Limited interests at Quesnel lins stated that the firm will immediately commence thc construcion of a nev sawmill, on the site of the mie recently burnt. It will be larger and better equipped thnn the old mill, and the greatest care will be taken to prevent destruction by lire by in stalling modem dust-devouring an pliances, The sides and roof will also be covered witb metallic sh'.ngles, affording protection to surrounding buildings. It. is also the intent mn of tins en terprising firm to erect a shingle mill with separate engl e, nml the pl int. will also include machinery Im- tut ting wood nnd for cutting feed. Work will riininiic on tne buildings as soon as the weather cciDtllt urns will permit, nml it is antl?l,i nted that the mill will be completed f in time to cut the winter's supply V F 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 KORT GEORGE. *«-«-.tt-«.-«tt-*ti*ttr.-*--..v,-«^^ I HAMILTON & WHITE PROPRIETORS Second and Peed Stables 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 Real Estate FARM LANDS GARDEN TRACTS 250 ACRES 0Mhlff;roL„tn.tnt'$60 per acre 1A if RF-\\ 0|" luir mil*,,om k,im Reservt "G-T*p- «"*"■■«-- tl CM) IV t\\_M_. qm „„„„, ^i, yua „m ,wo 1un .pidUV Settlers located on 160-acres of good Government Und. FOURTH ST. - - SOUTH FORT GEORGE, B. C V r_h^4r_k>r^yr^>r_%_.r^^2r_%_k^_hyr_k>r^^r_^yt__y-i fA 4 1 Kennedy, Blair & Co. Ltd. \\ j| WM. KENNEDY, Manager, fi £ Cor.Second and Hamilton Aves., SOUTH FORT GEORGE, B.C. ti fA We are fully equipped to meet the "rush" of 1912. tt 5B Those who will require outfits during the coming R We are fully equipped to meet the "rush" of 1912. .-_ Those who will require outfits during the coming ft fi\\ season can procure anything desired at our store. We A 4M sell the best goods at the lowest figures. .. . ..".. m Z in connection with the hearing of V western freight enquiry, winch is based on application of the boatd of trade nf Winnipeg, the chairman, f Judge Mabee, of the railway board, recently stated that ii had be n ' decided by the board to Incorporate the Vancouver rate case In the new hearing wliich means the whole que.-i- tion of rates hetween Port Arthur and the Pacific coast will be decided f together. II. Vi. Whit 111. council for the Gov- }_ ernment, suggested adjourning tor J& two months in order to give the V^ railways time to file the information *a asked for, but Judge Mateo objected, "After two months," he said, "we fA will inui that we huve not advanced ym \\\\ Iiuin the position and that inform \\_ ation has not been submitted. I su;.;- <*4 gest that the commission meet again V^ on Mareh Slh." fA The information the railways have ^| been asked to supply is very torrr.ld- k^^ able, and includes over 50 items. J. M. Chrysler, council lor th I (' P. H. said he wns confident the com pany could supply nil the inform ation the board wanted. A Occidental I Hotel A A QUESNEL B B.C. R I I A Must modern up-to-date hotel in the interior of British ^ V^ Columbia. 74 FOR SALE BUILDING on corner of Second Street and Lasalle Avenue, suitable for small store: Only $850 I i. WESLEY. Real Estate. o South Fort George. J « New four-storey building. Accommodation for 120 guests m A fA All outside rooms—large, well-lighted and ventilated • A 5^ Steam heated. A yA \\ Close & Brown South Fort George, B. C. GENERAL MERCHANTS A 11 VI'KS $2.fM) 1>KR DAY UP Weekly and monthly rates on application ire for rooms Wire for rooms m Now is the Time to Order Your SPRING B1 ' 1 E. L. KEPNER, Proprietor I A CIIIT As^ l'ie ^,'st 'Jesl dressed man vou meet—We arc )> '«] jUll" sole agents for; f, j The Art Tailoring Company. Sfit JT Wt* | H.^4 -r4&4&i^4* ADVERTISE IN THE HERALD "Liquor Licence Act 1910" known as Campbell's store sit- (Section 19.) uate ab South Fort George, NOTICE is hereby given that upon the lands described us I*"1 ou the First day of March next, Seven in Block numbered seven, application will be made to thi' in District Lot numbered •,l,) I Superintendent of Provincial Dated this 27th. day of ■'("'" iPolice for the grant, o' a licence uary 1912, ■for the sale of liquor by whole- ' P.CAMPBELL sale in aiid upon the premises Applicant. I1VFOR M A TTOTtf for Investors, Property Rl* K x_w___%aM.±__ J. 1V11 •) Holders, and Intending Settlers; Regarding Townsites; Conditions; Prices etc • • • • I JUNCTION OF FRASER AND NECHACO RIVERS CORRECT LOCATION OF G.T.P, STATION GROUNDS. Tlie plan reproduced above was Prepared tor the Port George Herald by Messrs (lore * McGregor, the well known provincial land surveyors It shows the location of the various sub-divided properties here today. The various District Lots "'Hi are subdivided bear the initials or the names of the tirms offering them for sale. The South Fort George townsite, the business and residential centre of the district, Ib situated on Lots 933 and 934. District ij0ts initialed "N. R. S. Co." nre owned, or being sold by the Natural Resources Security Company Limited, of Vancouver. The Hud- 11 Hay Company's property and 931 and 932, generally known Lots nn the "Bird Addition" arc not as y«t on thc market. The area subdivided, and either owned or sold "" the profit sharing, plan by the Natural Resources Security Com- j''-..y Ltd., totals about 1800 acres. I'liis concern has been responsible ■or such development as may be ""nd todny on a small portion of Lot 938, the smallest of their subdivisions, Their townsites are lo- '"•ed on a high jack-pine tlat. The "oil is gmvelly, and, generally spcak- ">f5i will not produce domestic vegetation, There are no wells on thc townsite, owing to its height, aad Wl'tcr must be brought from the ■'ver, The South Port George town- site is a very much smaller area. It totals about 150 acres, and is sit- "'•ted on the lower benches of the r niser River, which is navigated by ><• largest steamboats throughout j"e open season. Thc Nechaco River -"wnsites are not regular ports of ™H. as owing to the difficulty in navigating the Nechaco river except '" nigh water the boats do not call "'ere unless paid to do bo. Lots in 8*>me sub-divisions of the Natural Resources Security Company Limited "ave not increased in value to any material degree during the past three years. Their initial sub-divisions are as yet quite indeveloped. South Port 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 Port 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 thc Trader's Bank of Canada, two sawmills, tin shop, three large general stores, a large theatre, a newspaper issued hy the pioneer publishers of the Carihoo district, a licenced hotel, pool hall, bakers, confectioners, two churches, drug store and restaurants. It is the terminus of the British Columbia Express Company's mail steamboats and stage line. It is the headquarters of thc Fort George Trading and Lumber Company's steamboat and sawmilling operations. Tha headquarters of the Northern Lumber Co. merchants and sawmill operators. It is close proximity to the Government buildings, and is situated in such manner that 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 grade, and will form a junction with the main line of the G. T. P. near the eaBt end of the Indian Reserve, j Acreage close to the South Port George townsite is changing hands every day lor large figures. The land comprising the South Fort George townsite, and all the Fraser River properties is of excellent quality, covered with a light growth of poplar with scattered firs. The foregoing resume of the town- sites here will give tbe reader some idea of the respective merits of both townsiteB. The Fort George Herald has no affiliations with either of tl.e 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 assurea that they have excellent value for the money they have invested, owing to the rapid growth of development created by independent initative. If they desire to sell they should list their' properties with one of the local realty operators, who are constantly recording handsome profits 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 arc trying to centralize their development. At that point the townsite company is putting up a number of buildings, and arc 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 should bear in mind that the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Company's townBite will add about one thousand acres more townsite property to the combined area offered for habitation. The market has been dangerously flooded already, and bearing this in mind the careful investor will not venture his fundB in any townBite that can not actually claim the active and independent development that signifies the approval oi the people on the ground. Unless they can invest in a townsite that is being developed and Increased 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 I of the district. Intending settlers can obtain ICO acres of land by pre-emption. There 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 any- , thing 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. This 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 afford 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 hy engaging the services of one of the reliable locators, who make a business ol 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 Herald 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 mills 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. Thc 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., the fnre amounts to $45, and the expenses en route about $10. This is by automobile and Bteam- boat. Thc winter fare, from November 1st. to March 31st. totals $62, with expenses of about $15. Travel in the winter is by sleigh. The express rate in the summer is 12J cts. per Ib. The winter rate 20cts. The summer Freight rate is Ccents, and thc winter rate llcents per Ib. The cost of living may be gaged by thc following scale of prices now prevailing. This rate will be materially reduced when freight comes down the Kraser River from Tete .Inline Cache, via the G. T. P. steel from Kdtiionton. This should transpire next summer: Flour 11 cts lb. Sugar II cts. lb. Ham 35 cts. tb. Bacon 40 cts. tb. Beans 15 cts lb. Rice 15 cts. Mi. Dried fruits 25 cts tb. Overalls sell for $1.25 a pair. Meat IS cts. lb. Meals in the hotels, however, cost but 50 cents each. The banking interest charged here is ten per cent. Employment in the pnst lias been limited to survey work, building trades, (carpenters), loggers, steamboat crews, packers, canoe men, land and timber cruisers, laborers on government road work, and such work as has been done towards the development of townBite properties. Farm laborers are not in demand as yet. There is no railway work here up to the present, but during tho next season and thereafter laborers may reach the grade from this place, that is, after next June or July. Wages range from $4 to $7 a day, according to the class of labor. Prospectors will find practically a virgin field for their explorations. The whole district has every indication of being highly mineralized. B. C. AND ALASKA PLANS CONSTRUCTION No Foundation to Report That Churter Would lie Almiiiliini'il. Although It had boon suggested and generally belioved to be the fact, that the British Columbia and Alaska Railway Company falling to secure the inui' extension and approval ol "uiitc changes askod ol the Legists tint' this session, would abandon their charter of 1010, says the Van couver "World" such is very far from from the Intention, according to the emphatic statement of the new ulli cers of the corporation lni|4iostton. Thc original promoter of this company at the time the charter was granted and its president up to a few months ago, was Mr, .lean Wolkenstein. a Wall Street slock broker, who hud visited Victoria In connection with the project on several oc casions. He recently disposed of bis Interests and also of the interests of the Wall Street group associated with htm, to Messrs. E. C, Harris of New York, (Jeorge A. Kyle, of Portland, aud lormcr Mayor Ralph Smiles of Greenwood, and niw a mem'er of the railway contracting firm of Messrs. 1., M, Rice & Company of Stattle, which firm is now engaged in building the Kettle River Valley line. By thc terms of the charter the company has until autum of the present year in which to expend ten percent of its capitalization, and instead of abandoning its special charter under which it is now authorized to operate, Messrs Harris & Smailes announce that they will begin work in tbe spring nnd qualify for the re- , trention of the c'mrter hy the construction expenditure demanded. Operations will probably be inauger- . ated by the cl March, forces licint* put on both at Port George and thc Terminal City of Lyt'on being alter- j native western terminals according j to the terms of the charter and Port George the northern and eastern terminal. By a revision of the company's plans, the projected line beyond Fort George has been swung to theright- aliout to seek a connection at the Albertan boundary and to develop coal, mineral and timber territory in Northern Cariboo. With the American promoters of the new line it is understood that well known Uritiah Columbia capitalists have identified themselves, announcing a fixed intention to carry to completion the ambitious undertaking. i=i Roberts, Jones & Willson l_j EDWARD ROBERTS ____■- E.UONK. »* J* aWlMniUH. * '» REAL ESTATE. INSURANCE AGENTS. AUCTIONEERS. VALUATORS and /YCCOUN1AN1&. FOR SALE: Farm Lands. Garden Tracts. Timber Limits. Mineral Claims. ^^«|»lS LIST YOUR I'l.Ol'l'.l-Tll'.S WITH !'■> "™.EiZZZ,_ZZ_t TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS "E R 1 N" FORT GEORGE, B. C. Offices: Hamilton Avenue, South Fort George: Central Avenue, Fori George, B. C. ^ A. P. ANDERSO.V CABINET WORK: Sash. Doors and General Wood Work HAMILTON AVENUE Watch Repairing -v- C. II. DAVIE Prescriptions a Specialty Fort George Drug Co. NEW BOOKS ^i.b"A largo shipment, j ust received Toilot uri.iruk Patent Medicines, Magazines,Books, Stationery. . Toilot Articles, Druggists Sundries P. G. B. BODEKER Land Timber Cruiser Pre-emptions Located. SOUTII KORT GEORGE, B. C. Estimates Submitted. Intending 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: Call or write us. Bronger & Flynn Builders and Contractors SOUTH FORT CEORCE T BUY ON PAPER We don't ask you to purchase South Port George lots by making a pencil mark on a lownsite plan- You would be safe in so doing, but if skeptical COME TO SOUTH FORT GEORGE Investigate Our Proposition md you will find a good live town Two banks, saw mill, 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 DEVELOPMENT CO. .72 Hastings Street, Vancouver, B C , or the resident agent, c. e. Mclaughlin Fourth Avenue, South Fort'George Fort Georgo, B.C. Victoria, B.C. !•'. I'. Hind™. Mtrr. F. C. Green, Mgr. Nelson. B.C;., A. H. Green, Mgr. Green Bros., Burden & Co. Civil Engineers, Dominion 4 B. C. land Surveyors Surveys of Lands, Mines. Townsites, Timber Limits. Etc. The preliminary review und estimate nt mineral production in British Cnlumliia tor the year 1911, hy Wm. Fleet Robertson, Provincial Mineralogist, shows that the estimated de crease In value ot the yield ot gold (rom thc placer mines of the several mining divisions of Carihoo liistrict is $23,000, in the proportions of $18- U0U from Cariboo Division and $5,0.10 from Omineca. The season of 1911 wns a short one for placer mining in this district. As indicating the shortness of water from the tributary I streams that supply the water for washing the gold-bearing gavels, it may he stated that thc water in the j Kraser Hiver, wliich is thc main out- ' let for the surface waters of Carihoo Districl, was lower in 1911 than ever before known by those engaged in ; hydraulic placer mining in the dis trict. Owing to a cold spring the st'iisiin opened lnte; ns there was no fall Ot rain in the autum, It was not prcaticable to continue operati ns after the snow had melted In the summer, hence there was no fall run at the hydraulic mines with but one ception, I ike a bolt frnm the blue comes ! the announcement of the withdrawal of the Trader's Hank of Canada from Stewart. Based on a letter from the general manager nt Toronto, W. H. Cray, local mnnnger, informed tbe Portland Canal Miner recently, that his instructions were to close up the bank by .Inly 1st. Beyond this bare1 statement lie has no other details to give out for publication. Of course it will take some time to wind up the affairs of the branch Institution, [ but meanwhile a must panicky feel- i ing is prevalent, particulary in view , of the fact that the Traders carried | fully three quarters of the commercial accounts of the town; and it is also felt a very great hardship w;il lie worked unless some other financial 1 Institution steps in to tnke over tlie accounts. -___)i_^___^________'______ A A A A A A A A A A _- ?Then investigate _i ° our workmanship und get our estimate. Danfiirth & Mi;Inms McGaghran & Thorne BAKERS AND CONFECTIONERS AND MAKERS OF FINE ICES Fourth St., Soulh Fort George CIGARS AND TOBACCOS 1912 | 1836 I Assets Exceed Fifty Million Dollars ne Bank of British North America Your money is safer in the Bnnk than in your house or in your piickct. It is not tied up. You can got it out at any time with out delay. NOTES discounted. Local and Foreign Drafts bought and sold. COLLECTIONS made promptly. Money Orders issued. Fort Geoge Branch, L. G. MacHaffie, Mgr. | Contuactoks & Builders. Hamilton and First. I am prepared to Locate Pre-emptors .ON 160 ACRES OF. Good Government Land. WRITE FOR INFORMATION TO N. C. Jorgensen. P. 0. Bo> 21. Soulh Fori George, B. C, Abvertise in The Herald. THE CLUB POOL ROOM THIRD AND HAMILTON STS. DAVIS & FORREST, Props. Smokers' supplies a specialty Four pool tables Splendid environments gore & McGregor, B. C. LAND SURVEYORS Victoria and Fort George. H. C. THE TRADERS BANK OF CANADA Head Office: TORONTO, ONT. Paying Out-of-Town Accounts Small amounts can be sent safely and at small cost by using Rank Money Orders. Any bank in Canada (Yukon excepted) will cash them without charge, and they can be cashed in leading American cities. They are sold at the following rates:- JTi und under Overfill tn J.T0 HI cents Over SS m fin Over HI" In f» fi cents lfi cents Capital and Surplus ... - - »6,S50,000 H. C. SEAMAN, Manager. SOUTH FORT GEORGE, B. C. THE BANK OF VANCOUVER Head Office: VANCOUVER, B. C. CAPITAL AUTHORIZED li 1 U R (' T II H S R P. Mil.KNN'AN' Rsr| , Pic-id lit. McLennan, McFeely ,. Cn. Whole sale Hardware, Vancouver, 11 C I,. ft-. SHATFORD F.su,., M, I.. A Vice I'rcs. Merchant, Medley, II. C HIS HONOR T. ft'. PATCUSON, Lieu ti'inuitc.ovcniiir Brltlr.h Columbia. M. II. ('Alt!.IS, Cnnltiillst. Victoria, B.C. A. ISTKL lvsi|. C, S. DOUGLAS I'',m|. $2,000,000 New Wcstmin- Robert. Kennedy stcr. .1. A. MITCHELL, Esq., Capitalist, Victoria, R. C. Iv II. HEAPS, Esq., E II. Heaps * Co., Lumbor and Timber: President Colunihi'i Trust Co.. Ltd.. Vancou* ver, II. C. .1. A. HARVEY, Esq.. KM'.. tormerW of Crnnbrook. lit'.. Vancouver, B.C. A. L. DEWAR. General Manager. GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS TRANSACTED Fort George Branch; F. N. DEWAR, Manager, JOB PRINTING THE FORT GEORGE HERALD is equipped with the most complete Job-printing plant in New British Columbia, including typesetting machinery and presses capable of printing any job from a visiting card to a 2-foot by 3 poster sheet. < THE FORT GEORGE HERALD is owned by the oldest publishing concern in the Northern Interior. It publishes the truth. FARM LANDS IN CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA, ~~~ Fort George In every case our District, lands were care- Nechaco Valley fully inspected by Bulkley Valley expert cruisersde- Skeena Valley 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 lo 624 Metropolitan Btdg., Vancouver, B. London Office: 6 Old Jewry. - T . $1,500,000. --* PAID-UP CAPITAL, CASSIAH I.ANI) DISTKICT. Hie norlli slmre nnd marked "H. I'-. s '' Of the Pence River Lund District. miner" Uieme imrili Ho chains; III''1'* TAKI.; notice that llenricr Prepontaine, west So chnius; thence south .VS •*"''.'.'; nl Vancouver, It. C, occupation j-ciitlciii.ui on,re or less to the lake; tiience oisid intends t,i ipply [or permission to purcli ul.uii* the slime to polnl ol commence use the followine describe I lands: contninine \\2o ucres more or less. miles HViNRY PIUvPl.XTAIN Loiiimenclii(i at a pnsl planled n mil i west .,1 the e.ist end ,ii Clino-chi Like mi September Ijtli., 1911, i Ho. 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