All river and road transportation companies make South Fort George headquarters.
South Fort George will be the centre of railway construction activity this season.
$3 PER ANNUM.
SOUTH FORT GEORGE, B. C., SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 1912.
OL. 3, NO. 22.
CITY AND DISTRICT
Sidney Roberts is opening a shooting gallery and bowling alley on Third street.
Vancouver, May 25.—That the jrand Trunk Pacific Railway ieed not establish a freight ser-ice over the Yellowhead Pass
>rtion of its line until the com-
,ny gets good and ready,  is in
ect the substance of a ruling
,jntly issued by the Board of
rtlway Commissioners at Ottawa,   according to advices   just reived from the federal capital. iThe ruling was brought about an appeal of merchants inter->d, and the Canadian Northern
. an order requiring the G.T.P,
[give, a freight service over its .. line in Northern British Col-bia, through the Yellowhead is, as far as the present rail-id at Hinton, sixty-seven miles of the pass.
[On first glance it may   seem lewhat queer that   when   a
jilway once gets its line cpm-ited and is in a position to carry least a limited, amount   of ight in addition to1 transport-its own construction supplies, t^it should not only refuse light business eagerly offering,
it also, actually' oppose action
?king towards compelling it to
:cept such freight tra
But there is a very
(hind this action on t
ie G.T.PNProbably
>ly merchants of Ed
jicinity   who   wan tight and supplies
ellowhead Pass to
te Peace River and itricts, the G.T.P, we opposed the ap; ily an appeal to immission would m necessary^ as, >uld, no douBti indie what freigh
lerchants.
appeal to the Board of Railway Commissioners, with the result as noted above.
This means refuses to be a
that the G.T.P. party  to aiding
. Transcon
Jry is Ippositi Ippeal. j
j
brist Iffectt fcrn wou portion line fro: fellowh lalf of
do so. vas ar
ld be' ?Iies an laion ope Ithe spot G.T.P., the tran distance Pass, thi ible rou there. (• more of have wise" to expressiv not only freight o shippers, belonged rival, the
The
meetings chants I in R. offi addinqjih Protest,
fy nv-ind the to the some ay the-to   the NortJK-lild that itinental >ugh the >ut one- G.T.P. for this  C.N.R.  its sup-construc-almost to by the parallels for   some tLe Yellowhead tlje only feas-igh the  Rockes icle and some tenor   must G.T.P. officials inelegant but Tin, for they to handle any merchants and anything that close-neighbor Northejrn.,,
indignation monton,naer-in whicFC^N. backward in of indignant followed   the
its rival to construct its line cheaply, even if the transcontinental would profit to a certain extend by the traffic' receipts which the transportation of such supplies would bring. It also means that the C.N.R. must arrange for the transportation of its own railway building material and supplies west of Edmonton, or else wait until such time as the G.T.P. main line is completed and that company can no longer refuse to handle shipments as a common carrier. As that will not be till well along towards the end of next summer, it is probable that the C.N.R. will get busy in the meantime and tackle the problem of pushing its line further west, utterly ignoring its pioneer rival, which has won such a favoring order for the time being, anyway.      ,
In rendering judgment the railway commission said the railway company must not extend the service further westward until 1913 and prescribed a penalty of $100 for any violation of the ruling, even if it were to accommodate private parties,.
The baseball ground has been put in first-clags-^condition and "practices are being held each everi.ig.
Born—In Vancouver on May 24th, to Mr, and Mrs. F. P. Burden, a daughter. Mother and child are doing well.
Mr, Enemark, of the B. C. Market, brought in a bunch of thirty stall-fed beef cattle from the Chilcotin country this week. They are the finest cattle ever seen in these parts.
R. W. Hagger,'p.L.S., of New Westminster, left this morning with a survey party for the upper Willow. Later he will go to the Grand Canyon country where several months' governmeht work awaits him.
DOMINION DAY />
inion Day in South Fort Georgeis-Tecognized as the real big event o^the Cariboo. This year's celebration promises to eclipse all previous efforts in that
line. On Dominion-Day aRtown-site differences are forgotten^ and the people of the whole country gather in South Fort George to celebrate the birth of our glorious ^Dominion.
There will be horse races, foot races,>canoe races, baseball, football, besides a number of other athletic events, the gala day to wind up with fireworks and a grand ball in the evening.
At a citizens' meeting held last Tuesday evening the following committees were appointed to make full preparations for the
big day:
Finance^ L R. Camptell, M. C. Wiggins, H. C. Seaman.
Sports—F. O'Ftyherty, A. E. Forrest, J.C. Kelly.
Advertising—J. ,G. Quinn, C. M. Brown.
Dance Committee-C. E. McElroy, A. [Crozier.         ,
Decorations—G. E. McLaughlin, S. W. Carley, John Bronger.    ..
Transportation—J. R. Campbell, Captain Brown.
Reception—J. T. Armstrong, John Munro, N. H. Wesley, Dr. Lazier.
E. J. CHAMBERLAIN IS
BT^fRESIDENT
Official announcement has been made of the appointment of Mr. E. J. Chamberlain as president of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, to succeed the late Charles M, Hays, tin til his appointment Mr. Chamberlain was first vice-presideftt of the company.
Mr. and Mrs. Jno. Gillespie, of Prince Rupert, are among this week's arrivals. Mr. Gillespie owns considerable townsite property here and intends building a residence on Third street south. He is delighted with the growth and permanent development seen on every hand.    ,
An icecream social is announced for Thursday evening next, June 6th, commencing at eight o'clock, to be held in Knox Presbyterian church. An interesting program of musical and literary selections is being arranged and an enjoyable evening is assured. Tickets, 50 cents.
Burch'snew building on Second street is now ready for occupation, the decorators having completed their work early in the week. In addition to the commodious six-table poolroom, there isSiccommodation for a barber shop andtobacconist'sstore. Upstairs isiN^rge hall which will be available forlodge meetings, social gatherings, etc.
A party of eight men^arjrived by raft yesterday from the>ail-
way construction camps 100 miles east of here. They corroborate the story published in last week's Herald that this season's construction work on the eastern end will be confined to the section lying between Tete Jaune Cache and Grand canyon, where the contractors' steamboats are now distributing materials and supplies. Next year, they say, the boats will be operating between the canyon and this place. According to present indications steel will be laid to within a hundred miles of this place by the end of the present year.
Mr. James Cowie, for many years Hudson's Bay factor here, returned on Thursday after an absenee of nearly a year. He is accompanied by his bride of a few few weeks, Mr. Cowie is now retired from active service in the historic company, and possessed of a competence and a pension for long and faithful service, intends settling down in South For George to watch the building of a modern city on the land adjoing the old trading post over^which he ruled for years before the advent of the white man, Mr. Cowie will ere,ct a residence on his Sixth street property, overlooking the Fraser river,   —
Hereunder is printed a certified copy of the court proceedings in the criminal*!ibel case brought against the proprietor of this paper by the townsite promoter and ex-Chicago bucketshop man, George John Hammond. This is absolutely authoritative and correct record of the case'today and is published in order that the garbled and misleading statements of the coast press may be contradicted. The Vancouver Sun even went so far as to feature a canard to the effect that the editor of the Herald had been jailed. The Sun is edited by a notorious blackguard who has regard for neither truth nor justice. His statement will be dealt with through other channels.
Readers of the Herald will be interested to know the circumstances under which the case has reached its present status. Considering the relative financial resources of the complainant and the and the defendant in this case it will be conceded that it behooves us to dispose of these cases, of which the criminal action is but one, and which are obviously aimed at the wrecking of this newspaper, along the lines of least resistance. When, therefore, Mr. Stuart Henderson, the Herald counsel, found that the case could not go to trial as a private prosecution owing to the fact that no person had been bound over to prosecute, contrary to the procedure laid out by law,. no witnesses were called for the defence.
As the evidence following shows, the Attorney-general's department had given its written word that the Crown would take no part in the proceedings against the Herald. When the court ruled against the further prosecution of the case, owing to the omission at the preliminary hearing, however, Mr. Hammond and his coterie at Clinton succeeded in inducing the Attorney-general's depart-ment to back up on its written undertaking, over the telegraph wire. A member of Hammond's party was a man named Lucas, member for Yale in the provincial legislature, and his son was one of the three legal lights holding Hammond's brief. Whether Lucas pere added the weight of his influence to the argument over the wire, which caused Attorney-general Bowser to order the Crown to prosecute we shall know later.                      '             ...
Hammond had with him a galaxy of witnesses, and hangers-on. There was a man who claimed to have been a judge in Minneapolis, whilst another is reported as manager of the government identification bureau at Chicago, and there were many others. Obviously these men were at Clinton bent upon trying to prove t|iat George John Hammond was not the kind of person we have stated him be, and as we had not those people on hand by whom we will eventually support and sustain our contentions regarding him, we applied to the court foV a commission to examine witnesses in Chicago and Minneapolis, which was granted.    ^^
Now, we wish our readers to clearly understand that the Herald is not fighting this case on technicalities, and tb^^he^stewdown" due at the Clinton Fall Assizes would have now been a matter of record had it not been for the fact that if Attorney-general Bowser had not been induced to butt in after volunteering to keep away, we would now be bringing a counter suit against Mr. Hammond, which would have helped to equalize the odds,
A careful perusal of the following evidence will show that although Mr, George Hammond did not take exception to the fact stated in the article complained of, that a rogues' gallery picture of him had been shown to our Chicago correspondent, his counsel, S. S. Taylor, K.C., tried to pass this off as a quotation from Everybody's Magazine, Mr. Taylor also tried* to create an impression that J, B, Daniell had disposed of the Herald and had written a farewemtotiie people of South Fort George, but we recollect the time wheniMivTay lor's firm wired to Government Agent Herne here, requesting him to lock us up, as it had been reported that we were leaving for Calijforjnia and would never return!
[J. B. Daniell, editor oi^the Herald, is now in Chicago, completing his case against George JTS^ammond. He will return here about the 15th inst, and will enlarge the size of the Herald to a seven-column paper.)
IN  THE SUPREME COURT OF BRIT-o Criminal   Jurisdiction   or   the   Attorney
ISH   COLUMBIA.
(Criminal.Assizes)
Holden at Clinton, Cariboo County, May
1st,  1912. PRESIDED BY HIS LORDSHIP, CHIEF
JUSTICE  HUNTER.* REX   vs.   JOHN   B.   DANIELL. PRESENT:—R.  R. MAITLAND, appearing for the Attorney General.
sN.  .               S.    S.    TAYLOR,    for    the
Prosecution.
STUART HENTDERSON, K. C, for the Defence.
MR. S. S. TAYLOR, K.C.: In this matter I refer to Section 873 of the Criminal Code.
In the mutter of John Hammond complaining of John B. Daniels an indictment for Criminal Libel, the Attorney General has written as usual, leaving the matter for private prosecution—and has written, to the Public Prosecutor here to the same effect.     ¦
MR. MAITLAND:—Ye», the Crown Is not taking part in this prosecution.
lktR TAYLOR:—Only to this extent that the case receives the same treatment as a Crown Prosecution. The Chapter   reads   like  this:—
"The Attorney General, or, anyone by his i direction or any one -with the wrlt-
General may prefer a bill of Indictment for the offence, before the Grand Jury of any Court specified in such consent."
THE COURT:—Well, do you expect me to consent to the prosecution?
MR. TAYLOR:—Well, under that Section------¦
THE COURT:—For what reason?
MR. TAYLOR:—Because the Attorney General,—as he usually does In such cases—has decided that this Is a matter for private prosecution.
THE COURT:—But why should the Judge initiate the matter by his consent?                                   ~<
MR. TAYLOR:—Naturally, because under that Section of the Act, it cannot be done otherwise.
THE COURT;—If any 6ne Is bound over by the Lower Court to prosecute, the Judge can order the prosecution; «r the Attorney General or any one by his direction.
MR. TAYLOR:—Or any by hit Lordship's consent can start it.
THE-COURT:—But I am not a nlckle-ln-the-slot machine to sUrt prosecution* In that way!           «                  1
MR.    TAYLOR:—When    the I accused
was committed that power has not been
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