VOL. 6, NO. 1. PRINCE GEORGE. BRITISH COLUMBIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1915. PRICE FIVE CENTS a WesternScottish Reported Murder GENERAL SIR IAN HAMILTON. Fall Fair OpensRussians Inflict At Stuart Lake. Given Send-off Next Tuesday Severe Defeat Mr. Dunwoody, chief of provin­ By City cial police, left last evening for Stuart Lake, accompanied by Dr. Morning on Germans Lieut. Cooke's Recruits Were Lazier, district coroner, to inves­ tigate the death of a settler nam­ Everything is practically in Capture Ten Thousand Men Guests of City on Tues­ ed J. V, Coward, whose dead readiness for the fall fair and and Much Booty—Czar day Evening—More body was found in his cabin in a agricultural ex! iMtion opening condition that would lead to the on Tuesday next and continuing Takes Command of to Follow. suspicion of murder. over Wednesday. The general Russian Army. exhibits will be divided into six Forty - two recruits for the glasses: Live stock, grains, Western Scottish, headed by "Royal Alexandra" grasses, vegetables, home indus­ London, Sept. 9.-Imminence Lieutenant Billy Cooke, left here tries and school exhibits. of a great offensive by the armies by Tuesday evenin.'s westbound Opens Next Week A baby show for whieh three of the Entente Allies was scented express for Victoria, where they \ — prizes are offered will also be a here today by military critics as will go into training at the Wil­ Mr. J. H. Johnson's new hotel ! feature of the exhibition. The a reeult of the announcement lows camp. En-route to Prince the "Royal Alexandra," at the gentlemen who will act as judge from Petrograd that the Czar in Rupert eleven additional re­ corner of Third Avenue and in this interesting class is de­ person would lead the Russian cruits were added to the party, Brunswick, will be open to the serving of a medal at least. forces in the battlefield. so that when they took the boat public next week in time for the The proceedings open with a It was believed certain that the at Prince Rupert they were fifty- fair. The Royal Alex, is a splen­ street parade starting from the move was designed to mass every three strong. Word was receiv­ did structure and fully modern corner of Third and George at 10 energy of the Russian people for ed today that another body of in its appointments. Mr, John­ o'clock Tuesday morning. Sev­ the supreme struggle against the recruits for the Western Scottish son hopes to make it as popular eral prizes are offered for floats Teutons, will be forwarded from here on a hostelry as its namesake, the and other decorative features in This impression gained force the 21st inst. These will include C. P. R. hotel at Winnipeg. the parade. Then follows a list from the continued hammering by the French and British cannon a number of men who intended The commander of the British forces now fighting their way of foot races, horse races and athletic events, during which on the German lines in the west joining a battalion to be known toward the Dardanelles. He has recently made a statement that Indian Department time the judges in the various and from the failure of Berlin to as the Western Frontiersmen. before the end of September the Allied foices would be in Con­ classes will make tne awards. claim further gains of note along It now appears that this battalion Officials Visit. stantinople which would by the turning point in the war. will not be recruited at present. The agricultural and stock ex­ the Niemen river or in the Riga Those who had intended joining hibits will be judged by two offi­ sector. It was believed the Rus­ W. J. McAllan, Indian agent sian lack of munitions had at last the company of frontiersmen will New Fire Engine Most Ferocious cials from the provincial agricul­ for this district with headquar­ been overcome and that while attach themselves to the Western tural department who are coming ters at Fort St. James, is in the Arrives for City Since Inkerman. they held large forces of Germans Scottish, here expressly for the occasion. city today. Accompanying him Wednesday's program will also and Austrians in the east, French The city of Prince George of­ The fire engine ordered by the are Major McGraw and Thos. British Observer Describes Bat­ be complete in competitive events British and Italians would simul­ ficially marked the departure of city some weeks ago arrived yes­ Wilson, of the Dominion depart­ tle on Gallipoli Peninsula of many kinds, and an enjoyable taneously beflin an offensive on the men who left here on Tues­ terday and is now being tuned ment. The party left this morn­ Which Continued and profitable time is assured all their fronts. day evening. A smoker was held up for a final test to be given by ing on a launch to visit the In­ who attend the fair. Petrograd, Sept. 9.—A statement in their honor on Tuesday even • R. S. Bickle of Winnipeg, from Four Days. dians on No. 2 reserve, eight Prize lists and entry forms may issued today by the war office says: ing in the Ritts-Kifer Hall, which whose company the engine was miles up the Fraser. be obtained from F, B. Hood, In Galicia, near Tarnopol, yesterday was attended by a thoroughly purchased. The machine is of London, Sept. 8.—The repre­ we achieved great success against the treasurer of the association, or representative body of citizens. the Hersel-Spillman type and is sentative of the British press at Germans. The German Third Guards Were Passengers on Hesperian from F. J. Shearer, secretary. Mayor Gillett was in the-chair. a four-cylinder 60 h.p. Fire Chief the Dardanelles in a despatch division and the Forty-eighth reserve Roy London is particularly pleas­ describing in detail the great division, reinforced by an Austrian Speeches were made by His Wor­ Chief of Police Bosworth has brigade, with great quantities of ship the mayor, Judge Robertson, ed with the new engine and is battle which ended August 10th Rapid Growth received word that his wife and after a four days' hand to hand heavy and light artillery, according Rev. C. M. Wright, John Munro, making plans for the formation to statements made by prisoners, had two children, who were passen­ struggle for the crest of Sart Dr. Lazier, and P. E. Wilson. of an up-to-date fire-fighting at Peace River been preparing for several days for gers on the Allan Liner Hesperi­ Bahr, which the Anzac corps Lieut. Cooke responded to the brigade. a decisive attack. This was fixed for an, torpedoed by German sub­ actually reached but was unable the night of Tuesday-Wednesday. toast of "Our Guests" in a neat Vancouver, B. C, September 8.^- marines, are safe and sound at to hold owing to the terrific "With railway construction pro­ Forestalling the enemy our troops speech. Another Old-Timer Gone. took the offensive and after a stub­ Queenstown, Ireland. Mrs. Bos­ Turkish counter-attacks and the ceeding at a greater rate than in any born fight on the river Doljolka the After the smoker the recruits worth and children had been failure of one of the co-operating other part of Canada, with a splendid formed in line and marched to Dan Nordberg, an old time Germans were completely defeated spending a holiday with friends strategic movements, says: class of settlers going north from Ed­ Tuesday evening. At the end of the the depot, where hundreds of in England and were en route to Cariboo miner and trader passed monton on every train, with incalcul­ engagement the enemy developed an away at his ranch in Chilcotin on "It was the most ferocious and citizens had gathered to bid the Prince (ieorge when the Hesperi­ able mineral wealth and with 50,0. J,- artillery (ire of most extraordinary Friday, August 30th, aged 84 sustained soldiers' battle since boys good-bye and wish them a an was attacked. 000 acres of the richest arable land intensity. Only the impossibility of j Inkerman, But Inkerman was replying with the same weight of safe return. Following are the years. He came to Cariboo in in the Canadian northwest awaiting names of the recruits in the the first gold excitement and was over in a few hours; whereas the metal prevented us from further de­ the touch of the plough, there are veloping the success we had obtained. party: are coming from outside centres. engaged in mining and trading. British forces kept up this ter­ On Friday between eighty and many substantial reasons why those The G .rmans, besides suffering en­ Archie Crozier, Sam Borland, S. J. He built the first log cabin at the rible combat with the Turks for 1 ninety men were taken on the four successive days and nights who are familiaf with the great Peace ormous losses in killed and wounded, Wilton, George H. Webster, Harry mouth of the Quesnel Kiver River country should feel as­ left prisoners in our hands more than Fallon, Walter Adams, Wallace Mc- strenth. At the present rate he amidst the hills and ravines nine where the town of Quesnel stands sured that it has a remarkable 2000 officers and 8000 men. We cap­ Mullen, Moses A. Wilson, Reg. Booth, expects that the number requir­ I hundred feet above the sea, to tured !i0 guns, 14 of which were of today. He resided for many future and will in years to come W. Hedges, G. E. Ruilton, N. Mont­ ed will be on the roll in the j which point all water, rations, heavy caliber, many machine guns, years in Chilcotin, where he was support a population of several gomery, Adam II. Bull, R. L. Condy, course of a few weeks. engaged in store - keeping and and ammunition, had to be borne gun limbers and other booty. After Al. Haggith, Spence Everett, A. F. million persons. And the farm lands a brief pursuit our troops occupied Cumming, Harry E. Scovil, 11. W. The straw hats, which were stock - raising. Old Dan was along paths which do not exist are being cultivated before the cities. their fcumer positions on the river Reid, Russell Craig, Angus Matheson, issued a few days ago, will be known and respected by every­ except on the map, and down j Dfe built. When the cities, are Mtab- Sereth. R. Jobson, L. Stafford, David Foran, replaced by the "Glengarries" one in the community, The bur­ which every man who fell wound­ ! lished they will have something to The emperor, having received a re­ I). W. Thomas, James Shaw, W. G. port of the defeat inflicted upon the either this week or next. The ial took place at his ranch on ed had to be borne in almost S back them. In other parts of western Frase. , Jack Wilson, Percy Carss, enemy, sent an order to express to his latter are on their way from Monday, August 23rd, Rev. U. tropical heat. ' provinces the reverse procedure was Fred Sargent, A. B. Johnson, Neil Mc­ H. H. Elliot reading the burial valorous troops his joy and thankful Scotland. "It was a combat of giants in adopted, with such unsatisfactory re­ ness for their success and the heavy Millan, Dan V. Wright, Wm. Stockan, service. The funeral was well Nicholas Smith, Frank Axer, Leonard The 67th will wear the Douglas a giant country. It took place sults that the citizens will have to losses inflicted on the enemy. attended. F. Beasley, Guy L. Tookes and Walter tartan. It was originally pro­ almost underground, both sides wait for the agricultural districts to Further south in the region ot E. Ellis. posed that they would display I fighting to win, with utter dis­ be developed before they wili be able Tiiembola, on the 7th, we dislodged that of the Ross clan but the; Attorney-General Will regard for life, in every trench, to make further progress." the enemy from a series of villages, Victoria, September 8th.— Prosecute Mining Officials sap and dug-out. Desperate making prisoners over 40 officers and matter has been reconsidered, itj This optimistic forecast of thu fu­ nearly 500 soldiers, together with "I'll give a gun being thought, that in view of J hand-to-hand fighting choked the ture of the great northland of the! three guns and a dozen machine guns. For Bill Cooke to run." the place Sir James Douglas has Vancouver, Sopt. i).—The ittiyney- trenches almost to the top with province of Alberta, which is contigu­ Between the Dniester and the left In these quaint terms Mr. in the history of the Canadian general has initiated a prosecution dead and wounded. The battle ous to the 3,000,000 acres of rich bank of the lower Sereth the Aus­ on a charge of manslaughter against agricultural land in the British Co­ Charles Millar, a wealthy resi­ West it would be only a fitting only came to an end with the trians passed to the offensive in the Thomas Graham, chief provincial utter exhaustion of both sides." lumbia Peace River block, was made course of the 7th in the region of the dent of Toronto, Ont., has in­ recognition of the prominence of mines inspector, and J. H. Tonkin, ' by Fred J. Gorman of Calgary, who is village of Voriatyntze. By flank at­ formed Lt-Col. Lome Ross, com­ his name to make the alteration manager of the Pacilic Coal Company (returning to that city from the San tacks one of ou.r battalions arrested manding the 67th Battalion West­ indicated. The pipers will wear of Nanaimo. The charges arise out Petrograd, Sept. 4.—The ap­ Francisco exposition. the enemy's offensive and took pris­ ern Scots, that he will provide the kilts, in which will be used of the accident at the Reserve mine pointment of General Alexiev as Mr. Gorman stated that the crops oners 11 officers and over 100 Aus­ that overseas unit with a machine near Nanaimo in May, when twenty chief of staff to Grand Duke in the Peace River country were far trians with machine guns. only the Douglas tartan. At the miners lost their lives. A blast from in excess of those of previous years. gun providing Lieut. William camp all the regular calls in con­ the Reserve mine smashed through Nicholas and of General Ruzsky The fortunate withdrawal of our | All grains ripened early and very little armies from the .difficult position be­ Cooke/of Prince George, is given nection with the Western Scots the wall of adjoining workings, which as commander of the northern ; damage was done by summer frost, the necessary training and per­ were ooded, and the incoming rush of armies of Russia, has led to the fore the Vistula where they were sur­ will be sounded by the pipes. which is rapidly becoming an unknown rounded by the enemy is beginning to mitted to take charge of the op­ water drowned the men like rats. The adoption of a hopeful tone by the j quantity in the mqre thickly settled "Johnny Cope" will be played at government appointed Justice Mur­ make itself felt now by partial suc­ eration of the death - dealing "reveille" and there will be airs Russian press, which expressed districts. cesses. phy to investigate and he found that Shortly before he left for the ex­ weapon. Col. Ross has signified of a like appropriate character Tonkin had given instructions for confidence in the future opera­ his willingness to meet the con­ tions of the forces of the em­ position, Mr. Gorman made a trip of for the officers' mess call, the continuing the work, basing his meas­ over 2500 milea into the Peace River Aviators Destroy ditions and Lieutenant Cooke urements on maps which he knew pire, (ieneral Alexiev made a retreat, "last post," etc. country. He travelled by rail from Two Submarines. will come to Victoria short­ were copieii of originals, which Judge notable reputation in his conduct Edmonton to Lac la Biche, 110 miles ly with a strong force of recruits The distinctive badge of the Murphy blames him for not obtaining. of the Russian operations against north of the Alberta capital city, and Scots has been selected. It is The copies were drawji to a different the end of steel for the Alberta & Amsterdam, Sept. 10.—The Tele­ from his home town, The auto­ scale from the originals, and a fatal Austria, matic quick-firer will follow as described as follows: I C/eat Waterways railway. He made graph's correspondent at Bruges mistake of 400 feet was made. Both The offensive on the right ' the balance of the long trip by steam­ rapidly as the manufacturers for "A cougar's head resting on a men are very prominent old-timers bank of the Viliya River is said contradicts the German version er and portage, circling south to Pence of the bambardment of the Bel­ the Government can supply it. maple leaf, surrounded by a in the mining industry in British Co­ to have slowed down. Russian River Crossing, thence to Edmonton, wreath of thistles rising from a lumbia. military critics are convinced 1125 miles of the trip from the Cross­ gian coast by British airships. Col. Ross states the work of ribbon bearing the motto 'Sabaid' that the aim of the Germans is ing to Edmonton being made on the He says that 10 German soldiers preparing his unit for active The whole will rest on a back­ According to a personal letter to cross the ^er Dvina, take Edmonton, Dunvegan & British Co­ were killed and 100 wounded at training is proceeding. All the possession of tie railway line be­ lumbia railway. This line will event­ ground of the sea. Above the said to have been received from Zeebrugge. The civilians killed, men who were taken on the Sir John French by a well-known tween Riga and Dvinsk, capture ually be constructed to Prince George, he says, were not residents, but strength of the 50th Regiment horizon will be a blazing sun and American, the British navy alone Vilna and also the fortress of where it will make connection with the P. G. E., thus linking up Vancou­ workmen employed by the Ger­ Gordon Highlanders, for the inscribed theron will be the num- \ha s sunk 42 German submarines. Rovno, to the south, and en­ erals67. The whole again will iT o these must be added a num­ trench for the winter. It is be­ ver with the Peace River country, man military authorities at the Western Scots have been trans­ fji'om which city a targe volume of be encircled by a ribbon bearing ber known to have been sunk by lieved the Russians have excel­ submarine port, Two submarines ferred. They also have received lent chances of successfully de­ trade with the big nnd fertile country the regimental name, 'Western French and Italian warships, were destroyed by the bombard­ their equipment. Local recruit­ bringing the total to at least 50. fending the Dvina line. to the north will be developed. ment. ing is satisfactory and many Scots, B.C.'" . , 1W . s auu _ url»ccii jj .lliun i_Ml 1 for duplicate Certificate of" title No. 1NTKKH.K I'KINTING COMPANY, LIU. section were at least two weeks j Prince Rupert now carry •'6429A issued to Knut Mellem cover- anf ing'Lot Twenty-Seven (27) Block Fif­ * SUBSCRIPTION : further along to maturity than oarlor-observation car on rear of teen ilo) Map 649, Townsite of Fort Cigars, Cigarettes, Tobaccos, at \Vholesi le and Retu $1,60 Per Year, in Advance. George, (McGregor Addition). those of the prairie countries each train, Stationery, Moegazines, N'ennpfipers, Cu .fections. ,-e To the United States 12.00. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that All communicati oris should be adiires .ed to much further south. These carj are of the latest it is mv intention at the expiration uf Toilet Articles, The Herald. Prince George. B. C. I Grand Trunk Pacific type of one month from the date of firstpub - _.. , .. pnin'nm. nt with steel under- lication hereof to issue a duplicate cer- NORMAN H. WESLKV. J. G. QUNN, President. Man_Kinjf Director. No other occupation opens so equipment, uicn steei unoer ^^ Q{ tjt|e covering the above Fort George Drug Co., Ltd. wide a field for profitable and frames, electric lighted, hand-,lam|s to Knut Mellem unless in the FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER KITH, 1915. ... , , , : anmpK- fini.hpfl _n_ luxuriously meantime I shall receive valid objection Laselle Avenue, South Fort George. :: George Street, Prince George ulxu UUb| agreeable combination of labor sojneij nnisneci, ana ™ y theret0 in writin(,. PROHIBITION. with cultivated thought as agri-' furnished. At the rear of eachi DATED at the Land Registry Office, culture. Papulation must in-j car there is an observation plat- KamlooosB. c, this 27th day of Apnl; The decisive action taken by lj| creasn formee rapidlyr years, ,mor aned rapidlere lony gtha thne form six feetten inchesm width. • '' c H DUNBAR, KODAKS - GRAMOPHONES the people of prairie provinces most valuable of all arts will be I stools. The parlor sectio' n of th'" e 30-7 ot. District Registrar. on the question of prohibition has | the art of deriving subsistence,'car, for the special accommoda- L ; been instrumental in awakening from the soil. No community, .tion of ladies, contains six heavi- the people of British Columbia to; whose every member possesses ly upholstered chairs and sofa, an earnest consideration of the: this art, can ever be the victim Separating this compartment matter. I of oppression in any of its forms. - from the larger portion of car, The war has, by the material Iguch community will alike be in-'is short corridor and smoking bland Express Company, M necessities of lhe opposing na- depen(]ent of crowned kings, of'room, while the larger observa­ tions, compelled a revolutionary; money kings and of land kings.--;tl0n en£l contains twenty corn- NMesley CARRYING MAIL AND EXPRESS TO change in the social and living;Abraham Lincoln. fortable arm chairs, upholstered ALL POINTS SOUTH. habits of the peoples drawn into j I in leather. Each car contains a the cockpit. We early read of j kitchen, from which porter in Victoria, Sept. 8.—It has been , Express Carried on Steamer B. X. Russia and its vodka traffic; of I charge will serve light refresh­ Sole Agent for the ported that the 72nd Regiment l Britain by ironclad restrictions re ments. Seaforth Highlanders (Vancou­ MILLAR Portion WM. SOMERTON, AGENT curtailing the grave evils of the Space in parlor - observation SOUTH FORT GE ORGE, strong drink traffic; of irreligious ver,Y;',; ' an°"d" th"1Ce u67t";"h ""'•'•"""">Battalion, '•car s will not be sold or reserved, 1 be re­ of Prince George men attaching themselves to the Western Scots, would not be re-: but is for the additional comfort higher duties of life. National••'quireJ"'.'Tda LtUo ocsen",ud 1forwar"'"""ud u'°drafts1."1 lan. d enjoyment of passengers in Townsite systems ancl firmly rooted habits whlch werea*ked f™e week«:standard sleeping cars only, who hi'vebeen and are being changed. | ago, inasmuch as they have not &re ent..,ed tQ uge the par,or. Tne better, deeper self of man­ yet been completely mobilized, observation car without charge. George Hotel, and are hoping to go to the front i r> • s • . Special inducements to kind has asserted itself and has Passengers occupying tourist people who will build. E. E. PHAIR PROPRIETOR. proved its desire to shake off old as a uni ' 'sleeping cars are not privileged shackles. That there is no official ground | lor-observation car. Come in and talk it over. The Nicola Valley News puts for this belief was learned >'es- to use the par Modern and up-to-date in every respect. Co1 A T llvie the The additional facilities offered It will not cost you any­ the case fairly when it states that \ ^^'- ' ' - °& > for observing the wonderful Entire building Steam Heated. Hot and it will support the policy of pro- P- °- C- sa*s that the or^inal thing. scenic beauties of the Grand Cold Water in Rooms. Public and Private hibition for B. G, so long as thelorders have not been changed, Trunk Pacific route will be of Baths. proposals for enactment in thePrafts of 250 officers and men great importance and should as­ laws of the Province do not allow are bein» organized by the 47th, 62nd and 54th sist materially in developing for the loop hole which fosters i Battalions, all of which are trainin at Vernon travel. secret drinking, and grants com-! * - (T ^ pensation where compensation is The 5th ^eeiment, C. G, A., of Valet service will be provided considered to be legitimately due this city- also has a draft of 50 on these new cars, and passen­ Garden Tracts AMERICAN PLAN EXCELLENT CUISINE to licensed liquor sellers whoie,in readiness to leave. It is ex- gers may have their clothes ected that the wil1 forward pressed by porter, at moderate license being taken away brings, P y «° From 1 to 10 acres on OCT hardship and unemployment. ;at an earl>'date- At the same tariff. time that the Fraser River and P. l Equity is the essence of goodi instructions for the Berlin, Sept. 4.—The German government and in the coming i Preparation of these forces were army engaged in the battle for G. E. Railway within a : received at local headquarters, (";;;I,;;1''!l,:,!" a!"1 sludi,JU3ac-;ttTs^fortbiTdSTs^ ^sses9ionof the*.ussianportof mile of town. Price and tendon should be given to the Riga has won another important were asked to take similar ac­ terms on application. Corner Hamilton & Third South Fort George, B.C. views of those with convictions victory. Army headquarters an­ tion. As they had been author­ opposed to ours. nounced today the capture of the ized only a Bhort time, and their bridgehead at Friedrichstadt, on The newest and most modern The agricultural fair which | recruiting had scarcely commenc- the Dvina, about 40 miles below j Rates $2.50 and $3 opens on Tuesday next will bean |ed, it was not expected that they Monthly and weekly ralei on ap­ Riga. Tbe Germans captured 37 hotel in the northern interior plica I Ion eye-opener to many who have'would have overseas detachments officers and 3325 men. only a faint conception of this!available immediately, but as | Fire, Accident, Life, Beit of wine«. district's resources, The Fort!soon as the men can be obtained CARIBOO LAND DISTKICT. Liejuorei eieiel dfrari Albert Johnson, prop. George district yields the palm and equipped, they will be moved TAKE NOTICE that James R. Mc­ according to the present under­ Lennan, miner, of Mile 49, B.C., in­ Plate Glass and all to no part of our fair Dominion tends to apply for permission to lease ^= when it comes to fertility of soil standing. the following described lands for quar­ J rying purposes: Commencing at a post. other forms of and wealth of natural resources. The presumption is that those planted on the northeast corner of Lot Let's all get busy and by attend­ who join the Western Scots and 7940, Cariboo, thence south 20 chains, Insurance. thence west 40 chains, thence north ance and a helping interest make the Seaforths will have an early about 4.285 chains to shore of Eaglet it the biggest and best fair ever opportunity to proceed to theLake , tbence following shore of said Free Information. lake east to point of commencement, held in New B, C, Incidentally Canadian base at Shorncliffe. being Lot 7940, Cariboo. we will demonstrate to the world JAMES R, McLE .NAN. We have just our varied and wonderful re­ D. F. M. PEKKINS, Agent. sources. War News of the Week. Dated August 29th, 1915. issued our new land booklet, PHONE 103 GEORGE ST. which gives accurate and complete in­ In the category of Canadian Geneva, Switzerland, Sept 6.— CHURCH SERVICES. formation regarding lands in Central British Col­ The Lausanne Gazette publishes PRINCE GEORGE. cities, Prince George occupies a CHURCH OF ENGLAND. umbia, along the new railroads. Free unique and enviable position, j a letter from an Austrian officer ST. STEPHEN'S, SOUTH FORT GEOROE. copies can be obtained at our Not a dollar of debt. several! fighting on the eastern front in Sunday, 8 a. m., Holy Communion (second and fourth Sundays!; 2-.30 p.m., George St. office. miles of graded streets and side­ which he says : Sunday school; 7-30 p. m., evening walks, modern schools, splendid prayer and sermon. "The Russian retreat is a mas Wednesday, 7-80 p.m., evening pray­ free sites for public buildings— North Coast Land Co.•9, Ltd., terpiece of terrifying, systematic er with intercessions for those engaged and several thousand dollars in in the war. Phone 15. PRINCE GEORCE, B.C. the bank. When the time comes devastation which recalls the re­ ST. GEOROE'S, CENTRAL FORT GEORGE. HOTEL L. H. WALKER, General Aeent. Sunday, 8 a.m., Holy communion to market the city's first issue of treat of 1812. There is an im­ (third Sunday); 11 a. m., morning bonds, these advantages will mediate sea of flames behind the prayer, litany and sermon; 2-30 p.m., RUSSELL Sunday school; 7-30 p. m., evening weigh mightily with prospective retiring Russian armies caused prayer and sermon. Clean, Bright, Well = . purchasers. Friday, 7-30 p.m., evening prayer r by burning houses and crops. with intercessions for those engaged in Furnished Rooms the war. REAL ESTATE. REAL ESTATE. General Mischenko is followed by PRINCE GEORGE-Temporary church Centrally Located. British, French, and Russian well organized detachments of on Seventh Avenue. Sunday, 8 a.m., war orders in Canada, together Holy Communion (First Sunday); 11 a. Cossacks whose duty it is to burn GEORGE STREET (Near Depot) with those placed by the Can­ m. Morning Prayer. Litany and Sermon; M. C. WIGGINS everything behind the army. 2.30 p.m., Sunday School. adian government itself, are now Holy Communion at all these churches Reduced Rales to Permanent Guests. valued at 8400,000,000, The They accomplish their task im­ on holy days end week days, according to notice. SPECIALIST IN PRINCE GEORGE LOTS, middle west is expected to pro­ placably. FARM LANDS, AND ACREAGE. duce crops worth $250,000,000. "When the Honveds tried to METHODIST. With the huge sum of 8650,000,- FIRST METHODIST CHURCH, PRINCE W. P. OGILVIE, enter Krilow in pursuit of the GEORGE, near Princess Theatre, Third 000 being circulated in the Dom­ Russians every street was aflame. Avenue west. Rev. H. L. Morrison, BARRISTER AND OFFICE: inion in a few months' time, They were unable to pass through H.A., pastor. Services at 11 a.m., and SOLICITOR, THIRD AVENUE, OFF GEORGE STREET, PRINCE GEORGE. there should not be much cause 7-30 p.m.; Sunday school, 12 p.m. Prince George Post Building, the huge furnace and lost many (ieorge Street - Prince George, B.C. V -^ for depression. precious hours in going round PRESBYTERIAN. the town by indirect roads across FIRST CHURCH, FORTGEORGE-Rev. C. M. Wright, B.A., minister. Services Mr. E. Michener, M. P. P., fields. at 11 a.m. and 7-30 p.m.; Sabbath WALTER F. GREGG, leader of the Conservative op "When the Austro-Hungaiians school at 12-15 p.m. BRITISH COLUMBIA KNOX CHURCH, SOUTH FORTGEORGE. LAND SURVEYOR, position in the Alberta Legisla­ arrived at Vladimir-Volynskyi Rev. A. C. Justice, B.A., minister. ture was among recent callers they found the town burning and Service every Sunday morning in the CIVIL ENGINEER, church at 11 a.m.; Sabbath school at POST BUILDING - - PRINCE GEORGE. upon Sir Richard McBride, Mr, j the town of Verba was also blaz- 2 p.m. Michener recently made an ex- ing. Every village on the Vol- SAINT ANOREW'S CHURCH, PRINCE Sheet Metal. Furnaces a Specialty. tensive tour of the Peace River lynski plain as far as Kovel was GEORGE,-Rev. A. C, Justice, »*., REEN BROS., minister. Service is held in the Rex G section, and says that section of in flames. The Austro-Hungari- Theatre, George Street, every Sunday BURDEN & CO., evening at 7-30 p.m.; Sabbath school Plumbing, Steam and Hot Water the Dominion is going ahead an troops had no shelter for days. in the Hex Theatre, at 2-30 p.m. CIVIL ENGINEERS, very rapidly. Once the trans­ "The roads are indescribably Dominion and Ii. C. Land Surveyors Heating. portation projects now under Surveys of Lands, Mines, Townsites, cut up and obstructed, Convoys GOSPEL TABERNACLE. Timber Limits, etc. GENERAL REPAIRING. way have been completed, there arrived a day and a half late. It Third Avenue, near George Street, Fort Goo rife, H. C. Victoria, B. O. Heeeeieeiieeiel Street A Gospel Meeting will be conducted F. P. Burden, MKr. 114, Pemborteen Il|i|K. No> will be a great rush of settle­ would take 50 soldiers to draw F. C. Green, MKI\ Phnnoc > SOUTH FORT GEORGE. on Sunday, at 8-15 p.m. There ia no NCIBOO, B. C. ment, for the lands are admir- one cart out of a mudhole," IBB. Wiinl Street New Hazelton, B. 0. rilVUCa , 12 PRINCE GEORGE. collection. All are welcome. A. H. Owen, Miti'. B. C Allleek, MK_ No i i i i i i i i I i i l i i i ' 1 I I I 1 I ! I 1 I I I I 11 I I I I (1 I I I 1 1 I 11 I ! [ [ [ ( ( \K_\ IU I 11111% L_-UH.. e:ieai. mva Kecruiting Officer Hen- Under Control. jg~ shaw. He said he was much impress­ ed hy the methods used for obtaining American Correspondent Pays Rains Throughout the Province tt*. Warm Tribute to'.Men From men, the atmosphere of the marquee being typically western and democra­ Have Been General and Fire _w£Z Canadian West, tic, and entirely free from red tape Danger Lessened. j ^"" formality that is usually a feature of The Canadian troops, particularly similar institutions. Victoria, Sept. 8.—Telegraphic ad- _^-- those from British Columbia, are re­ vices to the hon. the Minister of Lands j 2^ garded in England as supermen, ac­ No Trace Found record hot and dry weather with fed : ,^~ cording to Mr. Arno Hosch, co-re­ exceptions throughout the province; 2^Z spondent with the Allies for the of Northern Explorer. fires for the most part, however, being th­ World's Work and the New York under control. In the Lillooet dis- j 2^1 Nome, Sept. 8.—The steamer Cor- World, who is in the city today. trict, all burning permits have been ] _^— win arrived today from a trading trip "You can hardly grasp at this dis­ cancelled as a precautionary measure. PRINTING tance what an impression the Cana­ to Cape Serge, Siberia. The natives j Fmn Kttm,oons WOT(| hM b(jen „, along the coast had heard nothing of , ,„ , dians have made," said Mr. Dosch eeived that a fh e the B ue Riwr Viljalhmur Stefansson, who, with two this morning. "You have sent a new disti'ict, started by lightning, was companions, left Martin Point, west type of soldier to fight in France, and threatening timber limits, but al­ of the mouth of the Mackenzie river he is looked upon as some sort of a though difficult of access is now under March 22, 1914, going nqrth over the! domi-god. My own experience has control. With the exception of the ice in search of new land and who ex-! been mostly in France, and while all Lower Thompson country, occasional ] pected to reach Banksland. As the THE QUALITY KIND IS OUR Envlish soldiers are always received showers are keeping the fires in check j explorers did not reach Banks land, there enthusiastically, the Canadians in the Kamloops forest district, and a and as they have not been heard of are picked out for distinction even hy similar condition prevails in the Cran-1 SPECIALTY. No order too small along the Canadian and Alaskan coast, civilians. Canadian soldiers walking brook division. Thunderstorms with it was almost the last hope of their on the streets of London are also al­ destructive lightning have caused friends that the men might have been to receive our immediate attention. ways the object of unusual attention. many fires in the Fort George coun- i carried to Siberia on the ice whose try, and a further report is expected. "Their spirited conduct at Ypres ! drift is steadily westward from the Many fires in the Vancouver provin- • We want an opportunity to show woke the English people to what the mouth of the Mackenzie river. There ' Canadians really amounted to," said cial fqrest district are reported, bad J is still a chance that the men may j ,. .|. Mr. Dosch. "I doubt whether it was outb eaks havinR occumd at Reid you. Just Phone 25 - we'll do the appreciated at first in England that have .reached Wrangell island, north- \m^ty Thurlow and Texada islands,,', hese troops, particularly the western-1 ^ °f Siberia' °" ^ "^ the j also at Campbell River, Gordon Pasha j J rest. And you'll get your printing ers, could be counted upon to do an survivor, s of the Stefansson ship' Kar- .LakeT „, „, •n„.i«*,_Potlalch. .Creek ..~_i. , .„_.!,;_.Gammer. T-I<,V.Island,_ .' .i „ luk found refuge until rescued. Thc0»,;ei. T „„_;»,„ o„,.™_...... oat- I' Rmiths ON TIME. unusual amount of headwork. But it j Landing, Seymour Creek, j ( is known in England now that while 'rescue party left on the island caches ^ . Burnaby, Cres- j. of food and supplies. The Corwin re N)fffl| Al dlejT| the Canadians are as well disciplined | cent, White Rock, Townsend, Surrey, ports that the Arctic is closing earlier as any troops, in initiative they are Sperling, Bradner, Langley, Abbots- than usual. She was unable to go far ahead of the average in any coun­ ford and Aldergrove, in addition to a i further north than Cape Serge. Ice try. The kind of life lived here in 'number of smaller fires. Houses were ' is already found as far south as the British Columbia has developed clear­ . burned at Gambier Island, Burnaby, j Diomede islands. headed, quick-thinking men, who have North Vancouver, Newton, White I made the best possible soldiers." Rock, Bradner, Langley and Abbots- ford. These fires are now all unde,r; Mr. Dosch, who was with the allied Miners Badly Hurt control, and were in slash without any armies for the first ten months of the in Fight With Grizzly. appreciable loss of timber. In the war, is in Vancouver writing the story Prince George Herald Skagway, Alaska, Sept. 6.—A story J Vancouver Island forest district all of British Columbia's part in the war for Sunset Magazine. •of the frantic fight of Bert Bruner : fires arc for the most part under con- j Telephone 25. "I was selected by Sunset to write and Tom Webb- prospectors, near jtrol, with little damage to green tim-1 George Street this article," he said, "because I had Atlin' wi'h a P™^'. was told the | ber. seen the Canadians in France, and Other day when John Bowden mushed I Weather forecast -• iwdi . a wmlm- uation of fine weather, but all had a keen interest in them. I have Into Atlin, after sixteen hours on the possible precautions are being taken passed through their lines a number trail. Bruner and Webb were return- to keep fires under control and to de­ of times and know how they live. The ing to their cabin, after a day's work tect and extinguish new outbreaks. story of what the war has meant to j on their claim, when they met a griz- this country in lives is therefore of sly and her two cubs in the narrow special interest to me. trail. London, Sept, 4.-Petrograd, riuummmummuumumuuuiumuuumu "The daily work of the Canadians The bear attacked the men, and de- in its latest statement, admits a in France is never stupid. The coun- j spite their efforts to escape they retirement of the Russians tothe try itself is commonplace enough,' were severely injured. Bowden came north hank of the Dvina, in the but the intricate trenches have trans­ along after lhe bear had been chased sector where the desperate strug­ formed it into the most unusual place into thc brush. He undertook to gle to protect Riga and the road imaginable. It looks like some plnce make the trip to Atlin for medical as­ to Petrograd is in progress, •:•::•:•:•:•: ™.™r•.•"" Gulliver might have happened on in sistance. He made the fqrty-five North of Vina, where the (ler­ m m his travels. Thc long communication miles over a poor trail after sixteen man lines have apparently made trenches start two or three miles hours of continuous travelling. little progress of late, the Rus­ i back, and as you go forward to the The Canadian government launch at sians claim to have continued front line trenches you get under a Atlin was sent after the men, who nre offensive operations and to have hotter and hotter fire. Shrapnel is row in the hospital at Atlin. Webb gained ground against the Ger­ constantly breaking overhead, and the is able to walk, but he is badly bitten mans, with the capture of more air is full of shells, passing with a about thc chest and body. Bruner is than a dozen machine guns and curious whirring sound us if thc shells severely injured. He has deep cuts on 3(K) prisoners. were turning end over on end. At the head nnd arms, and both legs Business Follows the Flag the front line there is a screen of lead were badly lacerated. constantly passing overhead. Most of this is from the enemy machine guns, Stuart Lake Fine but the Canadian line sends it back Mixed Farming Country. as hard as it comes. The rifle firing SYNOPSIS OF COAL MINING of Good Advertising. is not so continuous. No one could REGULATIONS Telkwa, Sept. 8.—Cap Hood was get bored in a place like that. All here the other day, whiyc he nnd Coal mining rights of the Dominion, the Canadians I have seen there seem­ ill Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Al­ George Kxley took up homesteads u ed to be enjoying it immensely." berta, the Yukon Territory, the year ngo. He says there aro now North-West Territories and in n por­ UNUSUAL CONDITIONS of the past ten months have tion of the Province of British Co­ Mr. Dosch says that the turn for nbout forty settlers in his neighbor­ lumbia, may be leased for u term of created an up-hill situation for business. Consistent and the great offensive of thc Allies will hood, which is reached by u good twenty-one years nt an annual rental of Ip 1 an acre. Not morc than 2,5(10 persistent advertising in the proper medium will enable you to probably not come until next spring. wagon road from the new town of acres will be leased to one applicant. "By that time," ho snid, "both thc Vanderhoof on the Grand Trunk Pa­ Application for n lease must be "make" the hill and show a gaitt for your business over British and French armies will be cific, the distance being nbout thirty made by the applicant in person to the Age. it or Sub-Agent of the dis­ even normal times. miles. Extending northward fqr a 1 adequately supplied with ammunition trict iu which the rights applied for to caqry on a continuous offensive hundred miles or morc to within a aro situated. 1 short distance of the Omineca gold In surveyed territory the lnnd must movement for months. Thnt is ne­ be described by sections, or legal sub­ The wise engineer does not cessary, and thc amount of ammuni­ country is u splendid Waterway, und divisions of sections, and in unsur­ thc increasing traffic over this route veyed territory the tract applied for cut down the steam on the up­ tion consumed by the artillery is ap­ shall be staked out by the applicant palling. Fifty thousand shells is not to the mines is benefiting business nt himself. grade-just a little more is great enough to make one important Kort St. Jnmes, the Stuart Lake trad­ Each application must be nccompn-. nied by n fee of $5 which will be re-! move, And before Belgium is wrested ing point. As a farming section, Mr. funded if the rights applied for are needed to negotiate the hill. from the Germans there will be hun­ Hood thinks thc Stuart Lnke district not nvailnble, but not otherwise. A royalty Rhall be paid on the merchant­ dreds of conflicts of thnt size. is the best in thc country. (Jeorge able output of the mine at the rate of Why not let us talk to you about a conservative pub­ "It is thoroughly appreciated in Exley, he says, has enlisted nnd left five cents per ton. licity campaign in the Prince George Herald, the oldest es­ The person operating the mine England and France that the biggest j f01. the front. shall furnish Ihe Agent with sworn j tablished newspaper in Central British Columbia? We can struggle nnd the most important jonn nostrum, the contractor, made returns accounting for the full qunn-1 tity of merchantable coal mined nnd | introduce you to the people who will buy your merchandise. event of the wnr is to retnke Belgium. |a |,rjef cnll here the other day while pay the royalty thereon. If the coal | The Germans have fortified Antwerp, on his way to Prince Rupert nfter mining rights are not being operated, such returns should be furnished at Call us up and we shall be pleased to discuss publicity Namur and Maubeuge ns they were j spending some time looking over the least, once a year. never fortified before, and Northern j Francis Lake nnd Ootsa Lake dis- The lease will include the coal min­ with you. l'Vance and Belgium will hnve to be tricta \yjth a view to securing a suit- ing rights only, but the lessee may be permitted to purchase whatever regained literally yard by yard. But I ahte location for a stock farm. He ex- available surface rights may be con­ if there is one thing I am certain of i pressed himself as highly pleased with sidered necessary for the working of in thia war it is that both the Hriti.nh j ^ | ]j trict, which is admirably the mine at the rate of $10.00 an acre. t e aliC ( 9 .or full information application and French people arc determined to ^ m|xe(| hmm and fitock should be made to the Secretary of THE PRINCE GEORGE HERALD. keep on fighting until they shove tho |' the Department of the Interior, Otta­ Germans back over their border. Bel-1 raising. wa, or to any Agent or Sub-Agent of Dominion Lands. gium will yet have battlefields that, W. W. CORY, will make all others seem insignifi- \ T) JJJ, WILSON, Deputy Minister of the Interior. cant, and thc Canadians are so placed [ •*• • BARRISTEHA KRISTER ANAND SOLICITOR, they arc certain to play an important N.B.—Unauthorized publication of part." Armstrong and Ellis Block, this advertisement will not be paid for.—58782. Mr. Dosch this morning paid a visit Prince George. .1. B. Daniell, editor of the Prince George Post, returned this morning Work was resumed on city from Victoria, where he successfully streets today under Foreman Edmonton - Prince George passed his medical examination for Jack Stauffer. The council de- service in the aerial branch of the cjded at the last meeting-to make Prince Rupert British navy. He is now awaiting some necessary improvements orders to proceed to Toronto where before the cold weather set in. THROUGH STANDARD SLEEPER he wil] take a course in aeronautics jt waa decided to employ only NO. 1 Leave Edmonton Mondays, Wednesdays, Saturdays in : before proceeding to England. married men with families on the WESTBOUND Arrive I'rince George Tuesdays, Thursdays, Sundays - '.ill. iun. cry work, and it is probable that Leave Prince George Tuesdays, Thursdays, Sundays - 1 Arrive I'rince Rupert, Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays 6 p.m. Government Agent Heme arrived about 25 will be given employ- •' p.m NO. 2 Leave Prince Rupert Mondays, Thursdays, Saturdays 10 this morning from Prince Rupert, ment as soon as the work is ar- 1 ii in jyhere accompanied the Western ranged for and under way. EAST BOUND Arrive Prince George Tuesdays, Fridays, Sundays . 8..'1 n.m. Leave Prince George Tuesdays, Fridays, Sundays . 8 Scots their way to \'i<-t<>i-i:i. .Mr. 45 a.m. U,al Arrive Edmonton Mondays, Wednesdays, Saturdays 8 -i "• ™nycon,plimen.UoWer Cariboo's '") iun. ii;- were heard on tin* CONNECTIONS AT EDMONTON TO AND FROM POINT! appearance ami fine Excellent Crops EAST Travel via the Our Agents will be pleased to fui iu f our city's latest que. u information desired. ii ah any BEST NEW RAILWAY to Un' verseas forces. uVictoria; ,„ , CoSept„f , 08 ._ Mr_ johnA. W. J. QVINLAN, EVER CONSTRUCTED. District IWeteKcr Ae/etet, Fraser, M P.P., of Quesnel, one, Winnipeg, c I. Duncan, who hns been of Cariboo's two representatives; mar r nf tin* Union Bank here in the Legislature, is in the city, j Bincc tin.- local brancli was establish­ Mr. Fraser reports an excellent ed, left today for Wolseley, Sask., season in his district, which is to which point he bus been trans­ only awaiting the completion of j CONTRACTORS & BUILDERS ferred. Dune's many friends projected transportation facilities here ure' Borry to sec him depart. in order to enter upon a new era He is succeeded by A. M. of progress and development. Ramsay, of Winnipeg. This young woman, dressed as shown, was snapped by a photo- ] NO BUILDING IS TOO LARGE OR TOO SMALL TO "The crops have been excel- grapher on Fifth Avenue. Her smile did not outdo those of other! RECEIVE OUR CAREFUL ATTENTION 'lent," said Mr. Fraser. "Indeed pedestrians. Get Our Estimutoa Free of Charge :: Job Work Neatly and Promptly Executed Mesdames Mclnnis and Lewis one 0f tne problems confronting were hostesses on \V< nesday nt a i is the difficulty of dis- PHONE 26 the sett ers to them upon the execution of the con­ talent tea in aiel of the Women's I posing of the greatly increased tract. SOUTH FORT GEORGE PRINCE GEOKIil A&sofiialion of the Presbyterian j production this year. In former Tenders will not be considered unless OFFICE SECOND STREET OFFICE AND SHOP: Church, held at Mrs, Lewis' home. made out on the forma supplied, signed SHOP THIRD STREET THIRD AVENUE EAST j seasons the home market, due to with the actual signature of the tender­ The affair ,\a- one of the DI ost suc­j the demand consequent upon the er, and enclosed in the envelopes fur­ cessful of its kind ever held and a activity in various lines of devel­ nished. good -uiu was realized. Mesdames The lowest or any tender not neces­ opment work, was sufficient for sarily accepted. Gaskill and Keddie assisted in NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. all purposes; but with a cessation J. E. GRIFFITH. BEFORE BUILDING serving. Deputy Minister and Public SEE of much of that former activity, VANDERHOOF SCHOOL. Works Engineer. the farmers now find that they jC EALE., D TENDERS, superscribed Dept. of Public Works, A party of hunters composed of I Danforth & Mclnnis, , , , , ,, kj lender for Vanderhoof School," Victoria, B. C, Aug. 27th, 1916. Pops. Brown, Mel. Brown, Cappie SOUTH FORT GEORGE PRINCE GEORGE, II. C. have more produce on hand than , wji| be received by the Honorable Foster, Bunny Hughes, Archie Croz-j. they can conveniently sell. The '^ Minister of Public Works up to v> •liicLroz- , • . . . . , , .o'clock mon of Friday, the 24th day of ier, and .Sam McGoffin return- hay Cf0P ' Part,cular|y abundant: September, 1916, for the erection and , . , , ,' ; thithiss yearvear. . | Icompletio completion no fo ra alarg large eone-roo one-roomm schoo school l j v, Par)ama KBWB Stands on ed .Sunday from a trip down river j ' ' and outbuildings at Vanderhoof, in the annum i.um ...uniu. are year more as far as the Canyon Thev report ever rea:izin the Cariboa os Electoral District, B.C. George Street, Prince George, and .ai -p.*'!eiln.nlpndidJ outing—plentnutW-nWyv onfi fi.hni'li . g necessit. y . of' formP' s" 'of fspecifications tender ma,y bcontracte seen ,o n anandd Hamilton Street .South Fort George, and some mammoth bear and moose improved transportation fac-1 after the 4th day of September, 1816, at have your Home Newspapers, and "'" i'ities which will be given usI theoffice, of: Mr. T. w.Heme, Govern-; . _ cigars, Cigarettes also tracks. ., ... r __.! r. nient Agent, Prince George; Mr. J. • M lga/b ine? I . : upon the completion of the Pac- Mahoney, Government Agent, Van- Snuffs. You will lind there, too, a ific Gre a 1 of Public The resgnatio n of Aid. Lamhert, . t Eastern Railway, and • §™g; Jl^J^g™™ i>- plete line of Stationery, We Pence Kiver i on a" s'des in that section of the Intending tenderers can obtain one are up-to-date in everything. Province there is a desire that C°P>' of P**113 and specifications by ap-, .-.i'i at the last meet- .,. ., LUL ,.i plying to the undersigned with ade-' THE PANAMA NEWS Co. mg council. No action this railway should be speedily ;posit of ten dollars ($io>, which will be. i regard to filling the pushed to completion. The com-: refunded on their return in good order. ! 56 accom a d md the letter was pany is doing some work north L^_&2Hfi. T'I! P "« l . Z... , • by an accepted bank cheque or certifi- UR Telegraph Office at Prince September 14 and 15. of Lillooet, but beyond that no , f;an!cate of deposit on a chartered hank of George is now open for bu.iiness. movp is hpina mndp toward M. »da, made payable to the Honor- O All telegrams for Prince George 1 moveia Deing made tovsaid ex- able the Minister of Public Works, f,.i and Central Fort George will po Jan raig, an old -'timer of tending the line. ', a sum equal to ten per cent, of tender, through this office. Free delivery Q lesi was a visitor here* last ' The cattle industry is showing Si-™,!! re f,orfe.ed •if.the .art? between Prince and Central. . J ., tendering decline to enter into contract week bid good-bye to his son, FORT GEORGE 4 AlBERTA TELEPHONE AND FOURTH ANNUAL great expansion in the Cariboo when called upon to do so, or if he fail Russe who left Tuesday with the the ELECTRIC CO., LTD. West* Scots. .Mr. ('raig came to country. New parties are engag- r^JS^, w?rk contracted for. . y II i ? . Ine cheques or certificates of deposit of Carib in '70, and for the first ing in the industry all the time, \ unsuccessful tenderers will be returned time 42 year- paw _ railway and the great and expanding'- _._ . _' train here last week, market for meats is an incentive: which is bound to be reflected in A. G. Hamilton, Conservative increased herds in the grazing nominee for tin* provincial legisla­ areas which abound in the valley ture-, le-ft this week for a trip of the Chilcotin and elsewhere through the Pei River country, alonTIIgE thLARGESe routeT o fHER thDe Irailway.N THE " GEM FRUIT JARS WORLD. .John F. (luss, nf Shelly, appeared UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE before Magistrate Daniell this week In the territory of Mackenzie, Can charged with the theft of some ida's largest wilderness region, which Pints, per dozen - - 95c bedding from the Windsor Hotel s larger than Alaska and twice the Fort George Agricultural & Industrial here, Ih* was fined $20. irea of the State of Texas, is living he lej'gest single herd of animals in Quarts, per dozen - 1.15 Association. he world today. They are the Barren Mr-. Alberl Johnson returned I.and caribou, and, according to ex- Half-Gallon, per doz. 1.45 Tuesday evening frnm Edmonton lerts, number some thirty million TO BE HELD AT head—a number that makes them where she accompanied her sun, ti eater than were ever the buffalo of Rings, per dozen - - 5c Terry, who is attending the Jesuit he plains. An old prospector tells j Prince George. College in the Alberta city. •he following story of the animals: In the sr,ring of 1911 I was camped The first frost of the season oc­ it Fort Norman on the Mackenzie curred on Wednesday night. Though river (this point is about 1400 miles Competition open to the Fort George of slight degree it was sufficient to from a railway). The caribou were KENNEDY, BLAIR & CO., lassing nt (he time. I Was camped Land District. cut down tender plants nnd (lowers, for two weeks and all that time, night LIMITED. ind day, they passed within a quarter Handsome Prizes for Agricultural and Mr. ami Mrs. Frank O'Flaherty 'f a mile of my tent. I have no idea 'low many there were, but they Industrial Exhibits. have taken the residence on the marched in loose order, perhaps a Millar property recently vacated bj :ui',''tcr of a mile deep, and were as Mr. and Mrs. Montgomery. far back as the eye could see, coming m, an endless procession. When I TWO DAYS OF GOOD EXHIBITS. eft to go up the river toward civiliza- Geo. E. McLaughlin, of the ion, they were still coming. Horse Racing, Athletic Sports, and Northern Lumber <_ MerchantildCo. ^ Buffalo Jones, Ernest Thompson returned this week from .. trip ?eton, nnd various other noted ex- Just Stop and Think Baseball Game. through the prairies provinces. icits who have accurate and first- land knowledge of the country, coup- ed with their knowledge of animals, of the risk and inconvenience of burning coal oil. Reduced Fares on the (I. T. P. Railway M. C Brown, of the Northern estimate the herd to be in the cnigh- Why not, be up-to-date? Have your house wired, all points between Endako and McBride, 'lorhood of ,'i0,000,000 head. Electric Company, is an inmate of it costs but a trifle more. Rates on application at September 13th and 15th inclusive. Return the city hospital, suffering from an our office - Rooms 7 & 8, Ppst Building, George ticket good to September 17th. Fare and South Fort George Wedding. attack of pleurisy, Street, and at the plant, South Fort George. We one-third. An interesting event took place at have a stock of lamps, shades, fixtures, irons, and Threi' Italian recruits left here on F. L. MURDOFF, President. the Presbyterian Manso, Suulh Fori handle all utility devices. Sunday last to rejoin the colors of (leorge, Inst Tuesday, when Mr. F. J. SHEARER, Assist. Secretary. their native land. Charles Edward Freeman, engineer at the Burns cold storage plant, Northern Telephone & Power Co., Ltd. Jlill West, who has n pre-emption was married to Miss Marie Corbett, near the Kort (ieorge Canyon, was of New Westminster, who arrived in town this week. He says bears from the coast on the morning of the Electric Light Service and Power Furnished. are particularly numerous this year, san ie dav. Rev. A. C. Justice per­ House Wiring and Electrical Fixtures of all kinds. he having shot three within a half- formed the ceremony. The young Phone 19- Four Kings, South Fort George. mile of his house. couple will reside on Third Street, Phone 10, Prince George. «