VOL. 3, NO. l._ UTHFORT GEORGE, B.C., SATURDAY, AUGUST 31, 1912. $3 PER ANNUM CACHE ROBBER ESCAPE FROM JAIL ber who got away' with a PEACE RIVEIH1NEER t; e rpbt Ift,.., quantity of flour and-other ,ro'c riej from the warehouse of Connor s«m,Magoffin last week an,»t'-d on Tuesday night -by/Con-Btable HifigenLottam, in the^Ncchaco town, ft"1 escaped from/the local jail in a singularly daryfg manner on Wednesday evening.y The bad man's name is Fred Wright m\ he is susuetted. of having stolen quantiUes X supplies frrom caches/ Wright caine to town some., weeks ago jM. bought an interest in the U-rt'le Nugget Cafe, here, and later/at ¦file Nechaco townsite. Before hiy arrest the missing goods were found on the premises of the restaurants he was interested in. He had apparently deposited them as part payment for his share in the business. When arrested by Constable' Hig-ginbottom Wright .expressed little surprise, and went quietly to the jail. He was brought up on Wednesday and pleaded "not guilty". Stipendiary Magistrate Herne adjourned the case for eight days, pending the arrival of further evidence. Although he pleaded "not guilty" it is understood that Wright has made incriminating statements which amount, almost to a confession pi his guilty On Wellies lay evening he was allowed to go into the jail yard where (i clnspt waa located. While out of Bight for a few moments he succesd-ed in prying open a large door and (.scaped to the woods behind the jail. Not more than ten minutes could have elapsed after ' his escape w.as discovered by £on.Ktttble Hig^inboth-.tun and a hue and cry was raised. A posse of deputies immediately le't and scoured [he nrghlurhool but S^Ythput (vault. About midnight it was "discovered that a gasoline boat, the property of Mr. A. G. Hamilton, was missiny fjQitt^ the river front, and it was supposed that Wright had made his escape in this.^jeCoJ Mr. Hamilton's warehouse* w»3^tlso broken Into and a can of gasjlimT and a quantity of edibles were gone. The gasoline boat was picked up by t(ie stnamer "£. X." floating down river in China . Rapids, about 40 tiles below here. The gasoline tank wasX{irown out of the bow op tp the engine, reheating that the boat had been in a collision, piqbably in the Port George Ga^iyon. There was nothing fu the boatx, Indians are «ut afteKWright, who is a gopd traveller in thp woods and fust; cla&s river man, It is reported | thut he is west of here. Mr. Magbflin l~ whose warehouse at Mile 226 was' robbed l^vWright, has offered a^re^ ward of $l()(Ntor informatipn^which will lead to hi^^rest^-aiul conviction. A tlisnii.tujjK^. WrighV4s a follows* A^jv'aboiit 28. HeigiiC'^fift. .2 Niesf^eight; al.out 180 lbs'. Wulkji ffect. Eyes brown. Wears No. 10 shoes. Hair dark brown. Can rea and write: Wcar.ng, when last gray sweater with ' fed corduroy pants turned apf^belt, and cciw-boy hut, tyiMght^ffmokes heavily, One/of the interesting visitors to town this week iH liill Fox, a man ho for the past twenty year.s has been in charge of the Hudson's Bay post at Fort Grahame, one of the most/remote outposts of the "great traders of the great west." Fort Grtihame is situated about seventy m/les up the Findlay River, which heads up in the Sifton Pass near iatutude ^8, and which, with the Parsnip from the south, forms the mighty Peace. Hill Fox has served the Hudson's Eay Company for the .fifth of a century, only twice leaving the Findlay river post for a glimpse of the world outside during all that period. He is from the Red River country, and has a great reputation as a woodsman lip there in the Peace country.,%ow a bleak wilderness in the winter time and an empty paradis3 in the summer. Through all the stirring events of the past twenty years Bill Fox has traded, fur for goods in the old log post named after one of Simon Fraser's "party, over 580 miles from a railroad. He has se^n months when the post was without supplies of any BORING FOR BEDROCK AT BRIDGE SITE. Active operations have now commenced in preparation for the construction of the bridge across the Fraser River from the east bank to the G. T. P. townsite here. This week a Grand Trunk bridge engineer, Mr, R. J. Gibbs, quietly floated down the river with a complete boring equipment on a scow, accord panied by a crew of five men. The scow is now locatediin the projected crossing near the eastern bank, and the clank of the engine that drives the drills may be heard throughout the day. It is believed that bedrock will be located-at the considerable depth of about 100 feet. The bridge, in its proposed location, crosses in a northeasterly direction from District Lot 483 to the northern, end of the railway company's townsite on the Fraser River, The work of building this bridge will be one of the problems of construction. It represents the greatest single piece of work on the unfinished portion of the transcontinental. It is reported that it will take about 60 trips of the biggest steamboat on the river to carry the cement for the abutments in its construction. Work on these foundations will probably start in the early spring, and it is possible that some of the preliminary work will be carried on during the coming winter. There are other bridges to be built up the Fraser, but the Fort George bridge is the largest undertaking, and it will in all probabilicy be designed for railroad and general traffic uses with a swing span. description . when he had to take to the woods with a rifle like the Indians, and live off the game the land offered. During the excitement on Mc-Connell Creek Bill Fox was at his pest, and. there is not a man on the continent who understands more thoroughly the immense possibilities of the great undeveloped country up there in the far north than the quiet trader of Port Grahame: Jtaa beeu a great dcal^of difficulty in getting 'supplies in," said Mr. Fox, 'and the expense, is very heavy." Th,ere has been some talk of cl.sirg the pest, the few Indians up there consent nj;, and of opening a post nearer the junction of ;he Findlay and the Peace, but thi3 project has been abandoned, he informed 118, 1% $08,1.3 ,tw>nly seven c.nts a pound to land freight from Vancouver to Fort Grahnme under present conditions.' The Findlay, Mr. Fox said, w.as-a splenlid steamboat river DESERVED RECOGNITION The information received here with the arrival of Superintendent Croabie of the Royal bank, that Frank Ol-Fy^ the popular young ^accountant w. a to be transferred to Vancouver after two years residence here, was received with grat disappointment, on all sides here. Mr. O'J'lar.edy has been in South Fort George since the days of its early history, and whilst his move to Vancouver is promotion in the service, we regret vaptly to say good by to him, Tiie young men here, who have been together in this isolated spot since the days ctf the town's infancy, h,av« a common bond of friendship which isN greater by f&v than any similar tie$ frown out of companionship Qi lifei in the eity. Nothing van be said of toe early days in this north country wbich reflect more pleasure to the memory than the great friendship of theNrid guard. A Th Hjdf POOR SPORTS Last Sunday's ball game resulted in a decided victoiy for the Nechaco team, the score closing at 12 runs to 24 in their favor. The betting wag two to one on the South Fort George team, in consideration of the record they enjoyed, but the Nechaco boys played a splendid game, and worked with the energy of desperation to tie the games and obtain one more chance for the Carney Challenge Cup. Tb,e home team p.ayed a weak game, the fielding being particularly had. Sheradin, the pitcher, was not throwing as good a game as lie had L _. . , iv xi . j.l i. ^s\ it is not Rn previously, the stalwart of the team being Harry Close the "evej>ready" catcher. Sheradin's fast pitching enabled th» Nechaco/team to bat up NAVIGATION CLOSES ON J«KEENA Navigation on the Skeena river for -this season has terminated, according to word received from Prince Rupert in Vancouver ' recently. The stern wheelers which operated on the river this summer are being brought down from Hazelton on their last trip, and by the time this is printod will be tied up at Rupert ready to be hauled out on the ways. This season no doubt marks the end of the stern-wheeler's life on the Skeena, as by high water next spring the G. T. P. trains will be a running through to Hazelton. The water on the Skeena is at present exceptionally low and it is with some difficulty that the vessels are being brought down the ' river. Trains are now running from Prince Rupert to Sealy, about three miles west of Hazelton. Permission has been granted the G. T. P. by the railway commission to operate a passenger and freight train to this point, which is 12 miles farther inland than Skeena River CroEsTng^In the past the trains have only gom aa far as the Crossing,' where.the sternwheelers connected and conveyed passengers and freight through to Hazelton. Passengers going to Hazelton will make the three miles from Sealy by stage. It is not expected it will be very long before the rail is laid to the interior town. At present the contractors are constructing a large bridge over the Sealy Gulch. The road-bed into Hazelton has been fix-^ ed and ties and rails have been^laid over a great deal of the^dfst«nce. Sealy is 173 miles /from Prince Rupert. host of.friend For "but" be added, "there is not enough business for^a^sttamboat tlyjre yet." ^\^ When the Peace River, orie^ql the richest sections of British Columbia^ comes into its own, Bill Fox vfill be. there still. The great WQnderful^yal-leys and fertile plains of Jthe northern land are knowntcnim like-an an^ ^8 many pp^ open bco.v, amdjhe is one of the few | uouses. The courteous officers of the men that tpavei them, and know the j instituticn^'tiave taken a prominent great friendship of theN g small party was held in The Herajdf last night to bid Mr. O'FlaBMtjr'gcd speed, and many were the^aincete expressions of regret he^feceived from dt^ era Bank of Canada has done business' liiNuir midst as one of the financial' institutions which have Jiejpea so a heavy score' wheii one of their play ers would find the ball, and the rum of these cloud,kisser8 inted rapidly. The* game was markedly uproar and confusion, the question 'Of umpires exciting considerable argument, as the Nechaco team refused to ac h i^fi bt presse at his departureV cept the-rjegi^afunpi're, but pressed K*r a^man^they had brought over for past two years the Trad- tbiKoccasion. Itxwas finally decided" fjthat *two umpires should attend the game. We presume that even umpires often\;err, and our own man, whom has always been acceptable to largely in tn"e-upbuildinj6^f our city vast distanc s and the directiona of j part travel in that g-eat hinterland. ^r. l'"ox is spending a few days at; theN Northern Hotel. He is enjoying his firsts holiday for severaL>yea:s at public movements {or thje^advancement of our city, and the Valuable services and enthusiasm of these gentjejnen have been appreciated to the full. With the visit of the this placed He expej^grtat things ' ftUp"er4ntendent of western branches Peace country, and so does | of the Rdyal Bank'of Canada, O. A. - ' • •'"'¦' ---------------- ~t 4.1.. both teams certainly of the the editor aps\,l\s paper, and we t.ilkcd together of these things as of a suJjject of mutual interest the significance of of which wu both appreciated and realized. What's the use? The Herald h,as hammered and smashed arguments at the public the city of Vancouver in vain attempt to arouse tha inter- 's generally clean/shaven and sPj^siLjg|t of these in th'e question of the "'fi-ly. If arr^sied notify Provincial hde\e]orment of bur Peace River ter- ilace ADDITION addition to the new1 Northern tel is rapidly approaching com? PletLn, and will be opened in the course of a few days tor the accommodation of the public. The new addition is the moat modern building •in the country north of the O. P. R. railway, the walls tre lath and plaB-*er- and a modern sanitary system js installed on all floors. Running the lenf?th of the^ground floor is the new bar room, one of the finest in Brit-'s'i Columbia. The bar is fifty feet in letl?th, and will be presided over by no less than four barkeeps. The river has fallen several feet fijnce the last issue. rit ry bafc.re Alberta had her net-Work of business houses distributed over the country. jThey are too busy in Vancouver wi$U every rot'.en real est^ta swindle in the country, that appear to liave no time tp try f Crosbie, this week, the name of the Traders Bank of Canada will disappear from the records of this city for the future, as the recent absorption if the Traders by the Royal Bank of Canada results in the departure of .-he Traders Bank name, the -branches of whi.h are now part of the Royal rank's system. Arid so the Royal bank of Canada is' now in our midst where the Trader's has teen before. The local management still remains n the competent hands of Mr. H. C. and grasp the full sgniicrnce of thtir present attitude towards the Peace river section, and as for the government in Victoria, they have not even a decent trail into the new empire of the no:th. iThe st:amer "B. C. Express" left hera on Wednesday last, for Grand Canyon with a number of passengers Up to the time of going to press the bqit had not returned to port, being considerably . overdue, prolably on account of, the Jow water. f the low does so once in a while, but usually evens up his errors ih, subsequent decisions, but some of the decisions handed out by the Nechaco umpire were so flagrantly unfair that roars of protest went up from the rioters. He had nerve, that, umpire, and stuck to his guns. The Nechaco team played the best game, however, and won with credit to themselves, but had it been a close game some of the decisions might have resulted in the game breaking up in a general melee. If baseball is to be played the teams hereabouts hail better decide upon an umpire from some disintere3ted point and provide him with a suit of armor and a couple of battle axes, and have a balloon ready for his exit, NEW SCHOOLHOUSE A meeting was held last nigkt in in tne compeit-m mmua «^» ..*.._____ Seaman, and as the new institution | the fire hall to dec;de upon a lo- will undoubtedly advance the same' " " - J1--------*-— -~«~ «<.hnni. literal aid to legitimate enterprise here in the future as the old Traders did in the past, The Herald hastens to welcome the institution, with its large combined capitalization, ,in our midst, and to extend our heartiest well wishes, A naw real estate firm of Haight, Lodge and Mangnall have leased a building on Hamilton ^.venue from T. Hilbert on a long lease, for a real estate office. The new firm haita from Alberta, and has real estate interests at Tete Jaune Cache and elsewhere in this section. ¦ qat.ion for the new two room school-house which the government. will build immediately. The meeting decided that the building should bs erected on Block 18 District Lot 934, at the corner of Hamilton and Fifth streets. The trustees, Messrs. J. T. Armstrong, Albert Johnson, and J.' McQaughey, are all satisfied that the location chosen by the public meeting, could not be improved upon. Mr. LeSoeur, accompanied by his child,' are visitors in. town cnoWn wtiat win pe'done with the three stprnwheelere that operated Ml the Skeena^this summer. The Hudson's^-Bay Company had the Port Simoson, running from Kit-wanenr ^to Hazelton; the Inlander, of -£a$ Skeena "River Transportation Company, connected with the trains from the crossing to Hazelton," and the Omineca did general work on the river. "Whether the vessels will be laid up at Prince Rupert for the winter and used on the Stikine next spring, or whether they will be brought south to Victoria and used in some other service cannot be said. Word from the end of construction^ of the Grand Trunk Pacific western end, where the I. W^-W\ agitators induced more that 2,500 men to quit work on the"transcontinerital, states that the men who walked out are not^at'all enthusiastic over the strike "and that those who have not gone to the coast from Hazelton now desire to return to^ work. Of those who left their gangs 1,400 have gone down the coast to Vancouver and Seattle, while quite a number liave started walking over-, land to Fort George to seek employment on the right-of-way and grading in that neighborhood. The station men are all at work and so are the bridge crews at Scaly and Mud Creeki New men are arriving every day, and the contractors claim that the idle camps soon will resume with full gangs. There have been no disorders such as characterized the C. N. R. strike along the lower Fraser,- and Chief Constable Wynn, with his regular force, isN in full control of the sit- uation. wife^ this .week. Mr. LaSouur is auditing the accounts of the agencies of the B. C. Express Company/.----- ADDITION TO JAIL Plans and specifications are now in the Port George government office on the Hudson Bay land, for the building of six additional cells to the jail here* Contractors may see these plans on application at the offices during business hours. The present jail is a joke, and we are pleased to see that the government are making it large enough to propwly- cope with the lawless element which will,be-here during the construction period:.