. AUK KOLH in .1 lit state to work. Vpv sell I ei'|)i?ct notlt'.ntr. and^i-fy t<> tnink as litt.ld us pii^i-Me about it. Iain in foi^JKfiow. .and 1 must see it o»tt if it takes my last, dollaj^uul leaves me dead a' fon-iun land. 2C\, Anderson Lake. We eanieup Lillooct Lake on Moil-day evpniiur iii a bits clumsy lm.it, sending the mule around l.v ;«, trail, it was a short trip, only sc\ rn miles and WO got tlinniL'li and crossed the li'i.nd po'rtiiiri! of less 'than two miles,' tn Pemberton Lake• before (lark. Made eamp in the nijjhL Next morning bundled aboard ,i ri'k cty little steanili.'at and .Mine In Penibcrlon City aboii< iwo o'clock, trot dinner ami started „ mi tl:e thirty njile poriaire l(1 Anderson Lake."" sj€>ttintr I»'IV earJ.\"'' ili.i's tininiiii'j. and we are w ait inlt I hours for'tlie boat to "Juno 27. Seatou hli tin' trip down .Vridcrsi about l(> iiiiles. pat-kei hurried across t |u> n.-.n auv, less than . t v,.'. i catch the Seatnri I.a bill found they had only waited for Llmsi.' • vvliV) had h./rses to ride, and she was ,i quarter of a fnili! iili' when we u<>t to the bought SOtbs of" fiour, f bhcoju, 32fba of beans, Hl([ lbs in till"for \vhIch we puidJ|U0'.' The next \vcMiuy will l^ti dollar a pound we expert. ''.August 6. Nelson Creole, n hundred miles bank, bVer-ejjer^lI.nnjj, The air was of h iJtCwnoss that penetrated the Very marrow, and though we were wrapped thickly in woolens, our .teeth rattled in our heads. Wo soon got a little excitement, which had tike effect Thursday or a- fe}.v ie loaded kc. .Made n l.ake.. up and i Cariboo. Got-into the nuw town of stirring up the horses,\for_ I of Van -Winkle on Lightning the leader of the train stuinb'J&L l':Grcek\VVe have specialized in this line, and feel the assurance of pleasing you if lamps are the object of your quest ~KZKiKzr,*r,w,ZKZ?r,&:z*:m!9iz HAMILTON & WHITE PROPRIETORS Second St. Rigs, Saddle and Pack Horses furnished on short notice. Dray ing of all kinds and excavating done^ Feed of all sorts continually kept on hand. Terms reasonable and satisfaction guaranteed. la/j(lin<>; \Ve seal (•iirse.s after llii'in f. trick, and camped till next day. The; Indians all ahui'j They work pretty"1 (i\vr the portages, I line hearty • the scurvy to lie over are many the route. ill, packing adiiiLf wag- port- ; *, to j oil' and I-expect they are out of ioat, Cariboo by this time. 1 went in j with two Bailor boy's from Mar-i tha's Vineyard who travelled : parL of the way up with us and icarne over to Nelson at. the same time. Found some men who have been prospecting on the creek for 7 months, sinking shafts (wells you would call them) trying to hit upon the deepest part of the channel. About forty miloa out from Fort George we met a pioneer I in. the thick of his work of .tie-[ velopment, and as Inis case is typical of what one has to face 1 iii interior British Coluni-I bia, bis experiences and results ! are worth recounting. His was j a stretch of rather thickly timbered land, with trees of relatively small girth and height. This settler had taken over half they offered us an witih them if we them and feed two of them two weeks. We concluded to do so; so here we are, hard at work, the two weeks nearly up; and nothing, certain known us'yet. Yesterday I: went back to Van-i' '",*, j Winkle and packed over-all my -fc ! Uii'ngs, 701bk If anybody thinks whole country hen* ice, water from the ain, deep sloppy mud nearly ev f f h d bi way, and "big and climb at L'nns, boats etc.. and tko SCjU-a\'i s br'iuur us hunches of grass to sell. They have some customs different from Indians I have seen before. They bury t licit- dead up in the air; I hat is, they build a crib and stick it up on poles 15 to 30 fecit high", sometimes leaning it aga.in.st a large tree, and they |nit the bodies in these. Over ani) around them the (labs, blankets, kettles, 'sometimes u gun, whatever, belonged to them when alive. 1 suppose. I have seen quite'-a number of these burial places during the last few days, almost always in some place overlooking the water. The water through the is cold as melting of the snows from every bill.. I wont in for a swim today-—one plunge was enough. "July ¦ltli.. Well up on (He brigade route for Cariboo. No. holiday for us, we liuist-ketjp moving though.\y,e wouJd'Tfie by and rest if tl would not torjireht us. N'igh't and day, at^iTll times and all places they swarm upon us, millions upon millions of all We are all but eaten up, , . . . , , .. . . , them and yet we are told 1 (im'(!n back b-v F1** hl8" PriCfeS' their money up before had a chance to try for liggings. 1 have almost a mind to go back to California, if I Iind nothing where we now are, but! hate to give up while there where gold always settles. Th/ey a section—3.20 erees—at 'Is. per h h b lki h Thib l have the best looking chalice on 'acre. The.timber was useless., so the Creek and as they had jiisTT! wlwit he clid not require for fen-got out of money and provision icing he simply burned to get rid equal share would join M. C. WIGGINS FARMLANDS Real Estate GARDEN TRACTS Valuations and investments made for owners and out-of-town buyers. Fire Insurance Agent for Phoenix Assurance 'Co., Ltd., British-American Assurance^ Co., and the Liverpool & London & Globe Insurance Cor FOURTH ST. -. - SOUTH FORT GEOKGeTb. C. PONT BUY ONC PAPER We don't ask you to purchase South Fort George lots by making a pencil marR on a townsite plan—You would be safe in so doing, but if skeptical come to SOUTH FORT GEORGE =3 Investigate Our Proposition and you will find a good live town-Two banks, sawmill, pool hall, newspaper, two general stores, splendid hotel; bakery, stationery store, mail-boat landing, scores of buildings, ¦ and crowds of satisfied buyers WRITE FOR INFORMATION TO NORTHERN DEVEOPM^T CQ, 172 Hastings Street, Vancouver, B C^or the resident agent, G. e. Mclaughlin . Fourth Avermer'South Fort George g py g f it. He had succeeded in clearing a few acres, which were ample for his necessities at this time, thouuh he was extending hi.s stretch of arable land in anticipation of a keener demand for produce arising from the coming of the Grand Trunk Pa-ly cijic construction armies. Tbere]^ < Wm. Blair & Co. ? WM. KENNEDY. Manager. Cor. Second and Hamilton Aves., SOUTH FORT GEORGE, B. C. , . , , . -.,,., were one or two little tints on that is fun let them try it.Eight j his laml un(ler wi]c] ba^and he miles and back, over a mount- I h;l(1 croppM] so^-dns, which he could sell roiidily at £10 per ton, if disposing of the whole in bulkV'But he refused •• to sell in pry foot of the logs to straddli every ten steps, it seems, and ; tlr;- manner; .preferring to ped-j sometimes two or three of theprff])e }t, out'in "small doles to all together at that. Walkover I and sundry wlio required fodder mat road in the morning and ¦ in this way making about 50- i stagger back with^fload of 70- | per cent ,^orc per ton. He hadj lbs in the after-noon and almost a yt,]cj of oa_t,gj somewhat thinj any lazy^piaii would be satisfied j it 'is trlIe> |,ut first year's sow-'! with^lus day's work. 1 am af- I ing-, and tolerably well filled in!^ raid Cariboo will swamp me as the ear considering that he had J| Since the Indian Reserve, was sold realty yalues have risen, but our prices on the most complete line of general merchandise in the northern interior remain unchanged. :niosqu.i.ocs.,Some few it 1ms tl'.«ousands of others. There are some few, men who are getting out gold; very fast. y are yielding k y as high as loOtbs a week,. rej)ort sawn the crop rather late. The j remainder of his ground was under mixed vegetables. His onions';' potatoes, cabbages, lettuces, carrots, and so forth were HEADQUARTERS) for. FORT GEORGE LANDS YOU CAN STILL BUY ood Land at Reasonable Prices | ~~ and On Very RciMMklc Terns. Title Perfect. ' Write-for further information to North Coast Land Co. Ltd. General Offices: 619 to 624 Metripolltan Bid*., Vancouver, B.C.* London Office: 6 Old Jewry. South Fort George Office, Second St. Russell R. WALKER, Sales Agent PAID-UP CAPITAL, 91,800,000. million >.-tmls. says more, but the great majorj'l - fmelv miltUred and healthy itv are getting nothing, mosf.|.the summer, frosts having done they arc worse, ahead—(Itxl p'u.y ' us!— ("nine down Seiiton Lake .1 line 27> next hipr,ning on to Lillooet. City. Merc we had to cross the Fraser River, more than cniarter of a mile wide and boiling and surging along at of the crowd in fact, have been th is yet a chance, however slight. rate of 20 miles air hour. Noth- I hare stirabout $440 left out ing lamer than a whak no serious damage to his crops. HOUSE TO RENT, 2 rooms, until March 1st., next. 810. per month—Apply this office. GENERAL REPAIRING at W. in, boat to hitched poor mule to tbe>Htern and away-we wont, my heart in my throat through fear of lo>im_r poor Billy, hut we made tTuKpther shore all safe, half a. mile^wr so further and when we reached the Iiedhesti Meadows, jiboiit three o'clock in the afternoon, we decided to call a halt; we pitched "imp in a torrential downpour, for a thunderstorm broke over is as we entered the little flat.. We toiled valiantly waist high n the flense, reeking buslrjscar-•hing for tent poles and fire--yootl until the feet were niuner-1 •C(l in water, which filled.our )oot-to|)s .and saturated us to j -he skin. Ah we partook of .the ! )elated jnidday meal with cfjat ollars up-turned mu\ the r.r}iin .muring down pitilessly, ,\ we vere an abject looking grqup; jut when the storm hwl ex-iendeloth«s, and with our face^yto dry the Stbor half, we were able to sit lowri to Hupix>'r little the worst) 'or our exp4!rienc«». -It is aston-shiiig what tlie^hiiman cohstit-ution will stand, for not the slightest cold is ever contmctecl on the trail by turning oneself into a clothes-horse liefore n blazing fire,1 with clouds of steam rising from the socklened uttirivdryinK on your frame. Tims next morning we started off about half past six. The ground was white^witli frost, For Sale Nechaco River water-frontage Within one mile of subdivisions . Apply to N H WESLEY, Second street" tome at last into a region win-re we see no snowy rnount-ains.-noihinu- but low hills and grassy plains and a great many ponds and small lakes The day* four hours in the.middle of the day. I have suffered much with my feet, but they are doing better now and my health, otherwise would" be excellent I Were it not. for the colds I have . 'aiigbt which have settled clown to-a Ironbles<'me cough. My long spell, in the printing odice made me tendor',1 but-! .think Ishall soon harden tojt. Going to-j.Cariboo is iio play. \\e expectTto be two-weeks long er yet, and the worst of the road comes last.'We still meet many poor fellows going back. 3 il sorrowful looking set. The\ all went ,»!> tioo soon and with, too litthi money, so that hi_gh prices drove them back before N the weather would allow, them, to prospect. "July 15. Almost in thj dig gins. Dragging along-day by. day, . wet, tired, hungry anif sleepy. 1 have .felt hiirdly^abli! to write a full" description of our journey as I hrtel mount to do at first. Tod-iTy we.,draggled along in tlji>^ra|n ovdr a miry ~lrail .till^we g<>t 'well soiiRwi. when we made caanp for the'af- __terhoon and dried out by. ji ^ rousing fire. From all the ac counts we hear from those go ing ¦ back, the T5xr>spect is i gloomy one, but. on .we go to try our luck. Provisu>n.s~arc Fort George Brick Co. We are now prepared to accept orders, for *>brick and lime. Also to. job by contract. . f ¦_________________________._____¦___________________________________i________________I Satisfaction guaranteed, i Jorgensen & Knox Proprietors v \. Laselleave., South FortGeorgr. FINE JOB WORK AT THE HERALD ol Cmnltrook, B.C., Vnncouver, B A. L. tlKWAU, Ot'nernl GENERAL HANKIMG BUSINESSITKANSACTED Fort George Branch; F. N. DEWAR, Manaffer. 1836 I AsseU Eiceed Fifty Million Doilari I 1910 The Bank of British North America Tour money is safer in the Bank than in-your bouse or in your pocket. It is not tied up. You can get it out at any time without delay. NOTES discounted. Local and Foreign Draft* bought and sold. COLLECTIONS made promptly. Money Orders issued. Fort George Branch, THE BANK OF VANCOUVER Head Office: VANCOUVER. B. C. CAPITA!. ACTHOBIZED - -»— $t.0O0.MHI sS~ DIRK C TOR'S: R. P. Mcl^nnnn, Ewj., Prcsklcnt: Mo- Unniin,''' McKc.ly ft Co.. Wholesale llardwnrn. Vancouver, B.C. M.-^H. CAUI.IN'. Ksq., Vk-c-rrcsldent, ^ Capitalist. Victoria. B.C. • - HIS HONOR T. W. rATKUSOV. Mcu- tennnt-Covcrnor Brltlnh lV>Iumbin. L. W. SJIATKORD. Esq.. M.I..A.. Mit- chant. lieilli'y, B.C. W. H.J4ALK1N, Ksq.. The W. H. Mnl- kln sCo.. Ltd.. Whulcsale (IrowrH. Vancouver, B.C.. Robert Kennedy, New Westminster. .1. A. MITCIIKLU Esq.. Capitalist. Vlclorln. B. C. E. ][. HEAI'S.- Rsq.. R. If. Heap* * Co.. Lumber and Timber: Pretldm Columbia Trimt Co.. Mil.. Vancouver, B. 0. J. A. IIARVEY. Ksq.. K.C.. (ormerl^ very dear. At.. JVjijuanlPLnUc/ and a disnuit damp veil huny Districts 61 Fort George, Nechaco Valley, Fraser Valley, Bu'kley Valleyjind Stcney Creek For Sale Town Lots; Farm Lands Garden Tracts (Government land • for purchase and pre-emption located. A . For full particulars apply to . Edward Roberts Sales Agent. '-' Notary Public. Insurance Agent, Auctioneer*-" Valuator. * Offices: South Fort George and Fort George Telegraphic address: • "Erin," Fort George, P.O. Central Fort George Lots 30 p.o. below List Prices The following lots are offered for sale by their owner at prices far below the list valuations, as corn pi led by the Natural Resources Security Company: Lots 13, 14, 23 and 24, in block 183, Central Port'George; $1100 for the four. This is half the price quoted by the townsite company for lots in the same block.1 Inside lots in block 92 are quoted by the townsite company at ! $300 each. We have for sale in this block Lots No. 2, 3, 12 and 13. We offer them at $175 each. Double corner in .block 92,. lots 29 and 30 going for $450. X T . • <¦¦'¦'':' ' ' " f Apply to > , ^i N. H. WESLEY I Agent for owner ~~» ;.y.... South Fort Ceorge, B.C. W. F. COOKE CO. GENERAL MERCHlANTS and manufacturers of all kinds of rough and dresaed I l""- LUMBER We are consistent in bur prices and the stock is new in our big Second St. Store J, is dry and used to make jading resist the frost of winter , Store, Office and Lumber Yard, South Fort George P. G. B. BODEKER, Land. Timber Cruiser Pre-emptions Located.-____ SOUTH FORT^GEORGE, B. C. gore & McGregor B. C. LAND SURVEYORS i Victoria and' • Fort George, B. C. ' TO &ET IN ON THE GROUND FLOOR BUY NOW. Every ground floor has its limitations. After all its space is occupiedyit's up to you to climb the stairs. . Don?t climb the stairs for profitably investment in real-estate here. Get iq before jt is too later The G. T. P. have bought the Indian Reserve. Fort George will be the big inland city_o£4he road. Come to me. Fjll help you buy. Write for acreage .1 . : . ' «¦;