SOUTH FORT GEORGE, B. C, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1912.
$3 PER
jontracts Awarded for
Construction of P. G. E.
)fficial announcement of the award Mr. P. Welch, contractor, of ¦abstracts for the construction of [ty-four milesCof the Pacific Great Railway,   between   Newport
the town of Lillooet,  on the Fra-
River, was made recently. ;rading operations along the north
eof Seaton Lake,  near Lillooet,
actually in progress, many con-nction camps have been opened and |ers are being established as- rapidly possible.
four miles of grading from the end Bteel on the Howe Sound & North-i Railway, recently acquired by the Great Eastern, will be done by
Welch. His work will start at the luence of the Squamish and the eakamus rivers, and will extend up i valley of the latter stream.     With
exception of five miles in  the  val-I still unlet, the sub-contract* going ftheast from  the end of  the  four-section to be built by Mr.  Welch te been awarded  in  this   order as I as the summit of the divide be-Howe Sound   and   Pemberton adows; McCall  &   Wilson,    seven es; McGowan  &   Murcheson,    five es;  McGillivray Bros.,  five miles; Alpine & Cunningham,   five  miles. work   along   the   Cheakamus |er, especially  the sub-contract of Dall & Wilson   around .Bear Moun-3 very heavy,  probably on ac-nt of its inaccessibility   and   the ^pness of the banks of the river, ailing ar.y other railway construe-ever undertaken in   British Co-Ibia.
ommencing near the town of Lil-bt sub-contracts for forty»-two miles line have been awarded. The route ilong the north shores of Seaton
Anderson lakes, southwestward pg Pemberton Portage,   a famous
. in the days of the ' Cariboo gold Jtement,  to   Birkenhead   summit,
bin eight or nine miles of Pern1
flows.
Ding west from JAWooetMS* rob-^racts have been divided' among the (Wing firms and individuals^jn^this : John Moran^i).   D.   ifcPhee & •Kenned^ fi^Austin,    Welch, Timlick,  Burns,   Jordan James A.  Welch and   Peter Ihe work along the two lakes | be heavy in places as compared the comparatively  level country of Anderson Lake to Birkenhead lit where a low pass exists.   Sub-racts for   the   mileage -between Iberton  portage   and   Pemberton and thence up the steep val-pf Green River to the  summit of 3oast range separating the  valley he  Lillooet- River   from   Howe d will probably not be awarded un-xt spring-.
a busy place since the ractors started to ship in men and ing outfits which are being ship-inland by   rail   for   distribution the route.    Mr.  Welch hss defined to push the construction with possible speed,  and expects that pi thousand men  will be assem-| in the various -construction camps the next three weeks.     As the up Cheakamus Valley is without Importation facilities with the ex-of a rough pack trail,    Mr. fh has decided to build a  wagon icent to the proposed grade, «nd of the Howe Sound line »e summit and across the summit Perron.     He is now  building
 betweei»
 lower val-
summit for his road gangs, [twenty pack houses are' busy «r-"upplies.    The  heavy snowfall upper reaches of the Cheakamus probably stop road   construction >n Decemler,  but supplies will 5 hauled in over the snow until
?igM, road is  m the spring.! 'Alexander Kellett,  general su-
«> Vancouver tfter hurried Newport and Jh« town of He stated jthat seven con-have already been es-Seaton and Anderson
 along
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starter"' Nicholi<m *\TWmlkk'
 along
 Swton
 other sub-contractors will
 gg  of tog*, on Seatoa
Lake are nearing completion, and will go into commission December 1, and a similar equipment on Anderson Lake a few weeks later.
Headquarters camps have been established at the end of the Howe Sound line and at the town of Lillooet, where hundreds of tons of supplies are being assembled. Supplies for the erst end of the contract are being shipped in by wagon from Lytton, between which point and Lillooet Mr. Kellett last week established two camps for the accommodation of freighters.
Mr. Kellett is a veteran railway man, having been connected with Mr. Welch's company for many years, sometimes in an official capacity and at other times as a sub-contractor. He has assisted in building thousands of miles of railways in Canada and the United States. He is a Canadian hailing from Pembroke, Ont.
A COINAGE DANCER
A press dispatch from Seattle gays: Similarity in appearance of the new Canadian 510 gold pieces and. the Canadian penny, and the' consequent danger of confusion of the two, has caused Seattle banking men to issue specific directions to the men at the windows to look out for the penny. Both coins are nearly alike in appearance, excepting that the penny is a trifle the smaller. The obverse and reverse sides of coins are similar, exceptin th« lettering is respectively "Ten Dollars" and "One^ent." Both coins were minted this year and at the same-time. The penny is of or*
usually light copper col-of King George be-
bust
ng shown in relief on both coins, and tKe gold coin is the first ever turned out by the Canadian mint paper currency having been
the circulating m< value of fifty cents.
above the Business
men have been warned of an at-
tempted fraud oh the' part of men in Canada who have triple-plated the new Canadian penny with gold and have floated the coins in the States as $10 gold pieces, relying on the hurry of business to successfully conceal the tell-tale lettering. It is stated that a number of such coins have been passed in the Pacific Northwest It was on account of the danger of fraud and the ease with which it might be committed that local banks have warned employees handling cash to keep a sharp lookout for the belligerent from over the boundary line.
FORT GEORGE PRE-EMPTOR DIES SUDDENLY AT NEWWESTMISTER
Death from apoplexy, caused by indigestion, due to over-eafr-ing, was the verdict of a New Westminster jury, Nov. 23, in the case of Charles Fetrow, who recently arrived there from Fort George. He had fallen in a fit in the B. C. E. R. depot, and expired shortly after his removal to the hospital.          .     .
Charles Fetrow was one of the old-time pre-emptors and well known, Like many another of the early settlers, he sought land for the quality of it, 'not for its proximity to a subdivision, and in consequence walked over fortunes. He located his pre-emp--tion up. the Nechaco, some five miles west of Ovasco's, and his land is considered No. 1 from an agricultural standpoint. Had he, however, located seven miles closer in, on the vacant land near what is known as the Grand Trunk gravel pit, he would hi had a comfortable i comp^ncy without the resultantjaflrd labor of a British Columbia pre-emp-tor. Land in/tms vicinity has sold for $106 an acre, and some higherv-/Mrs. Fetrow, who predeceased her husband less than
year, was Ithe first white woman to come into the Fort George district and take up her residence here. Mr. Fetrow was a native of Indiana.
ONE IN FOURJAKES LAND
Statistics compiled by Charles S. Hotchkiss, commissioner for Alberta, show that the population of that province has increased between 90,000 and 100,000 during the last fiscal year, as compared with 70,000 the. year
ore. He estimates the present population of Alberta at half a million, as against 372,238, as shown by the last federal census. His reports indicate that one of every four homeseekers settles on farm lands. Many of the newcomers are experienced farmers from England, who bring a knowledge of mixed farming and dairying. Plans are underway to bring as many people as possible from Great Britain,, where 200,000 men are ready, but without sufficient funds to undertake the journey to Western Canada, Mr. Hotchkiss said: ''All that Alberta needs is more men and women."
Railway From Eagle Lake to Barkerville Asks for Charter
The Cariboo, Barkerville& Willow River Railway company will apply to parliament for permission to build a line extending from a point on the G.T.P. railway company's projected line of railway at Eagle Lake, thence following as nearly as possible the Willow river toxthe town of Barkerville, B.C., and also authorizing the construction of the following extension and branch lines:
(a) From a point at the southern end of the company's line near Barkerville by the most feasible route following the general direction or valley of Williams creek and Pleasant valley to a point near   Cunningham
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Thence following the general direction or valleys of tJunning-hara creek, Swamp river, Cariboo
lake and the north fork of the Quesnel river to a point near Quesnel Forks, it will follow the general directi6n or valley of the south, fork of the Quesnel and the west shore of Quesnel lake to a point at or near the mouth of Horsefly river; thence to a point near its source.
From there it is~planned to run to Clearwater river, thence following the general direction or yalley of the Clearwater river to a point at or near its junction with the North Thompfeoii river and,
(b) From a point on the main line of the company's railway about seventeen miles or thereabouts from its northern terminus and thence in an easterly direction by the most feasible route to a point at or near Bear river, a distance not exceeding tw«ntv miles,                      ;   ^-
"Big Julia" Shot Down by
Frank Taft at Mile 53
BEAVER TRAPPING
BYjTHE INDIANS
The Victoria office of the attorney-general has been advised that the Indians Benjamin Bennett and Phillip Roberts, arrested recently at Terrace, on the Skeena river, and charged with violation of the Game act, in the killing of beaver despite the protection extended to this animal until November-15th next, have been released on suspended sentence.
In this case the plea was put forward by the Indians that they had always been accustomed take the beaver, that the sakfion, their staple food supply, had this year failed, ana that the beaver were essential for the ¦preservatiojK'of the tribe from hunger^f not starvation. Indian  C, C, P<erry strongly urg-the injustice of penalizing the Indians under such circumstances, especially as the tribes of the Stickine, the Liard and the Peace River are still permitted to trap and take the beaver, nor violate the law in so doing.
When the case at Terrace was brought to the attention of Deputy Attorney-General McLeod he intimated that the game law. as almost any other law, was meant to be interpreted with some discretion. Magistrate Little seemingly viewed the alleged offence in a similar light, and there will be no disposition at Victoria to interfere with his decision in the matter. Meanwhile representations are to be made to the attorney-general in the hope.of securing a relaxation of the beaver trapping prohibition for the.benefit of the natives in certain beaver-over-run districts, where at the same .time general food supplies are far from plentiful,
QUESNEL COURTHOUSE
Plans and specifications have been completed in the architect's branch of the Public Works department for the new provincial offices and courthouse at Quesnel and tenders will be invited calling for the immediate completion of the building, The structure will occupy a commanding site and will have a frontage of 31 feet by a depth-of 69 feet, On the ground floor will be public offices, with private quarters for the government agent, the assessor, the sheriff and the constable, the latter living upon the premises, The basement will contain provision for storage, four double steel cells, and an ample kitchen. On the first floor will be the courtroom, with special and suitable rooms for judge, jurors and barristers. The building is to be of frame, on a [concrete foundation, with a large steel fireproof vault.
In the prize fights which occurred across the line Thanksgiving night (28th ult.) ^Battling Nelson was thoroughly Whipped by Leach Cross in ten rounds. Ritchie defeated Wolgast, the lightweight champion in sixteen rounds. Wolgast fouled his^ twice. .¦;./-, ':,.   .¦ V^';.     ..
\ Thei top fell off Jackass Mbun-toln, near North Bend* last week
^^^   25tt feet of the
What is said to be a feud of long standing over a woman resulted in the slaying of a man known, along the G. T. P. grade as "Big Julia," the strongest and biggest man on the grade, early last week, by Frank Taft, a barber, at Mile 29, B. C.
Taft, it appears, fired one shot from a ,38 calibre revolver, at the laborer's heart. The bullet failed to take effect; and as "Big Julia" turned and ran Taft fired at the abdomen, killing the man instantly. Only one man was an eye-witness of the affair. His name is Taylor and he refuses to clWulge any information as to the cause of the fracas. Immediately after the murder Taft was taken into custody by Constable Campbell Nelson, of the provincial police, who lodged the murderer in the small, lock-up at Mile 29. Taft confessed to the murder, and fearing that he_ would be the victim of a lynching party of citizens, requested that he be removed to the lockup at Mile 52. A Grand Trunk locomotive was chartered and the prisoner placed on board and taken to Mile 52. At the time of being transferred Taft refused to divulge the cause of the deed. He merely told the officers a long story about his being generally disliked by the citizens at Mile 29. and being unable to understand the feeling towards him.
Neither of the men engaged in the fracas has been known to indulge in intoxicants, Taft will come up before Inspector' Bates at Mile 52, for his preliminary hearing.
SETTLED INJO MINUTES
Edmonton, Alta., Nov. 24. — Mayor Armstrong, who is. not a candidate for re-election; Samuel Young, head of a bridge contracting firm; A. Farmilo, of the Edmonton Trades and Labor council, and representatives of the steel workers, settled a strike of seven weeks' duration/on the bridge across the-Saskatchewan river, at their first conference, which occupied less than twenty minutes. The contractors agreed to pay 50 cents an hour for nine hours to steel workers. The former scale was 45 cents an hour for ten hours. The men are now at work. The structure will be used by the Canadian Pacific Railway company in gaining entrance to its new passenger station in Jasper avenue, from the south side. A number of men were imported recently to take the place of the strikers, but refused to work after reaching the city.
Edmonton, Alta., Nov. 24. — Edmonton is in the thick of a lively three-cornered mayoralty contest. The candidates are-r-W. Short, K.C., formerly mayor, who framed the present charter, which gives, the city the'widest possible latitude ^for self-government; W. J^-Magrath, retired millionaire iand-owher, who fav-orB extensive improvements, un-jAef'the slogan, "Fair play and a square deal for everybody," and Aid. Joe A. Clarke, formerly of the Yukon country, known by his friends as "the inpurgent of the council'' and ''watchdog of the treasury." Two thousand women, of a total electorate of 17,000,-arc! eligible to vote at the election on December 9.
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