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VOL. 3, NO. 20.
SOUTH FORT GEORGE, B. C, SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 1913.
$3 PER ANNUM
CH1LC0 CREW WILL GET WAGES
judge Decides That Workmen Are Entitled ,o Money Due Them Before OAer C aims Against Defunct Company Are Paid-Complicated Feature* of the Cue
People of South Fort George will lony remember the disaster
hiVom-took the staunch little
teamcr Chilco. in the spring of 1911, when, after having been salved from a position of very great danger she became-un-mana^ible owing to. the blowing out <>f boiler tubes/ anc drifting into the ice-jammed Cottonwoad- Canyon, was completely, wrecked within twenty miles'of her destination where repairs wore to have been made.
A sequel to the wreck of the Chilco was inscribed on the record of Mr. Justice Clement's court in Vancouver last week, when the judge handed down a decision that the liens had been transferred to the purchase money of the boat, and as a result, the seamen, who : bold liens for wages totalling* $3500, will all get their money as a first charge on the estate of the Fort George Lumber and Nav igation Company.
The company went into liquidation last spring. The liquidator, unaware of the aea-a\en'a claims, negotiated a sale of the assets to Messrs. McLennan and Adamson for $65,000. The steamer Chilco was caught in the ice at the time, and a further sale of the vessel was made for §5000, the purchasers taking the risk of getting her
THE ILL-FATED STEAMER, CHILCO.
out safe in the open season. At the time the Trader's Bank held a mortgage of $10,000 on ,the vessel, and they agreed with the liquidator to accept the $5000 Jjsh payment, arid come-in for we remaining $5000 as ordinary unsecured   creditors.
Later" it was found that the wa,ges of the aeamen were un-faid and formed a lien against ™e vessel, and when the vessel *as smashed to pieces in the salvage operations, the regis-war in his report found that "* hens hud perished with her. gm tins   decision Mr. B. F.
nn T!t('' for the seamen, JJPealed, and a lengthy
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XV n*00,00 received was a11 il U^bank'and that the aaL °l!lcLnot   *»   i  hd
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chaso m™ llOt ag-ainst the '«<? m,°ney received.    •
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pe8more  principles."  s hone8t *<*• the rto     ^t   their  i     the            :
lhey nrn   •,^1"* *ne seamen. |\.Reid°^tltled   to it/' said
fhev°iiavee   seame.n co*»e first. Vork," sniri11 -c* T*m   *or their "ftut s            ^Lordship.   "
Ave had taken this our mortgage, and been   lost   in the ice our
then they would have lost their leans.   If   the   bank   had   noi taken the matter up these men would have had no claim at all As it is we lost our chance o saving the boat when he partec with it for the $5000."
After further argument his Lordship decided that the seamen are to get their wages oui of the $5000 now held by the liquidator for the sale of the boat.
"I think   the   Traders Bank may be    entitled, however un der the circumstances, to have the $5000 made up out of t estate before    any   division is made, and I  will adjourn    the case   for a week   to allow the preferred and general creditors to   oppose    the' application,' said his Lordship.
GUN-A-NOOT WAS
ABOUT TQSURREPER
Simon Gun-a-Noot,x the In dian outlaw, who for years has successfully defied the police in Northern British Columbia, re centdy considered the question of giving himself up. Curiously enough the question of voluntarily handing himself over to thi authorities was put up to Simon. Gun-a-Noot not more than a fortnight ago, says a re cent press despatch from Hazel ton.
Rev. William Lee, a Method ist     missionary    at    Kispiox which is only twelve miles from Hazelton,    assists   the Indiam undent hia charge in handling the business    affairs   of their saw mill,   which is    a co-operativ concern    with .   namy    nativ shareholders. Two weeks ago t strange Indian of fine physique and abk to speak perfect Eng lish, called on him asking him lot the return of certain money ha had invested    in the enterprise years ago.
"But who are you? I never saw you before," said Mr. Lee to his caller. Alter a moment's hesitation the newcomer said that he was Simon Gun-a-noot and the missionary found his name among the names of the shareholders. The business matter having been attended to Mr. Lee advised the Indian to give himself up.
"But the white man would no bake into consideration that I killed those ;two men because they had abused my wife," argued the native.
Mr. Lee, however, suggested ihat if Simon voluntarily (handed himself over to the police, the facts which led up to the bragtedy would undoubtedly bavd weight with a jury, and tie might be sentenced only to a :ew years in £he penitentiary.
"But I don'p. want to go to Sew Westminister. I hear it rains a great deal there," re-alied Simon, who, however, agjreed to think over what the missionary had told him.
Later in the day-Simon again called on Mr. Lee, and told nun hat after thinking it over and talking with his friends he had Jecided not to give himself up. ffe said his friends believed that a white man's jury would not
y enough attention to what ed to   the murder—because he declared,    white   men  did not care what was done to Indian women.        %
Mr. Lee told a friend , later hat Simon was armed with hree revolvers—one on each up and one in a holster in the sentre of his belt. Simon is mown as probably the surest shot and the best hunter in the north. He was always looked oh as a model Indian until the day after having previously warned two white men to leave ns wife alone, he returned from ihe hunt to find his wife ^de-muched and the two whites lolding a drunken celebration n his home.            x
THE CARNIVAL
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The Masquerade Ice Carnival held on the rink last night, was a big^ success. The illumination of the rink by the hundreds o Chinese lanterns was most successful, and the scene presentee was as ideal as the weather for the event. The jnotley throng was a large one, and the jbrill-iant spectacle was watched by a large gathering of spectators. The orchestra played from the platform, by a calcium flare, and the ice was crowded with maskers. The following characters were represented: Leslie Woods, Happy Hooligan: .Mrs. Armstrong, Folly: Misa^ Armstrong, Riding Hood:^Mr. Armstrong, Canadian" Snowshoer Jack Armstrong, Day and Night: Frank West, Yachtsman: Albert Yarzeau, Ontario Snowshoer: F. J. Smith, Paper Fact-oryf Miss Stillingfleet, Hockey Girl: Miss Mary Swenson, Country Girl: Miss Pearce, Suffragette: Pete Cameron, Cowboy: Terry Johnson, Day and Nigjit: Jack Johnson, do: John Bronger, Sixty-below-zero: • J Kinghorn, a Mexican Cowboy. George Hamilton P. G E. Engineer: George Henry, Sailor Boy: Alec. Moffat, Irishman: Jack Flynn, Coon: Miss Cameron, Clown: F. Richmond, Tennis player: Chas. McElroy, Uncle Sam: Mrs. Burden, Cowgirl: Archie Crozier, Dutch Girl: John Daniell, Suffragette: Frk. Brady, Central Hockey Player: Bud Gross, Yachtsman, and numerous others. The prizes were awarded as follows: Mrs. Armstrong, best dressed lady. Mr. McElroy, best dressed gentleman. Miss Pierce, most original lady. Mr. John Bronger, most original gentleman. Terry Johnson captured the prize as best dressed boy, and Norah Armstrong as best dressed girl. The management announce that another Carnival will be held, on a more elaborate scale, about March 1st.
HOCKEY GAMES
The third game in the hockey series for the Northern Lumber and Mercantile Company's cup, played last-Sunday afternoon, resulted in a win for the Central boys with a score of Central Fort George 4 to South Fort George's three goals. The game was undoubtedly the best of the series from a spectator's standpoint, and the excitement amongst the rooters was at a aigh pitch throughout. The Central boys played excellent combination at times, a system of play which 'the home team would do well to practice more. As individual players the local team will average higher than their opponents, and it is no-biceajble that the individual play is strong enough to largely eliminate combination work from the game on both sides, out it would appear that better hockey would materalize if the teams tried to feature combination. In future years, we predict that Prince George Will Doast a hockey team that will occupy a proud position among ipha great leagues. Here, in this land of long winters the great Canadian winter game will undoubtedly find many great ex-xments, and the ice problem will always be solved without )he aid of ammonia or com-)ressed air.
Sunday's game, as a victory or the Central boys, comes as a boon to the fans and lovers of the sport, as it lengthens the series, an4 the    victory of the opposing; team was not begrudged by any.    The   games now stand    South   Fort   George 2, Central Fort   George I.   'Jlree games won by either side compete the   series.   In last iSun-iay'a game the work was fast and    furious   throughout.
FREIGHT REDUCED $69 j TON
CONSTRUCTION BEING RUSHED^ON P. G. E
Grading operations along th< routo of the Pacific Great East ern Railway are being rushed at a rapid rate, according to Mr E. W. Bubb, a pioneer rancher of Pemberton Meadows, report ed in the Vancouver Province
Mr. Bubb made his way to tho coast voa Lillooet and Lyt ton, owing to the at orescnt un favorable state o* the trail to Newport. He stated that sub contractors have now moved in their outfits, have establishec camps and arc busy south from Lillooet to a point two miles nortli of Summit Lake divide A few weeks will see the work covered south as far as ei poini on Pemberton Portage,! six miles from Pemberton Meadows
Tho greatest activity prevails along the north shore of Anderson and Seaton Lakes where eight construction camps, employing about 600, men, are located. The work in many places along that portion of the route is exceedingly heavy and a gooc many tunnels, most of them through bluffs overhanging the lakes, will have to be driven. Tho construction base and headquarters' camp is at Lillooet which the visitor described as having doubled its population and x$ being a very lively, town since the advent of the railway people.
Scores of individuals are coming in daily looking for business locations or for investments in fruit and agricultural lands. Ho! stated that several hundred teams are employed freighting outfits and supplies from Lytton station on the main line of the C. P. R.
Mr. Bubb added that the whita settlers along Pemberton Portage, in Pemberton Meadows and in Lillooet river beyond, are elated at the prospects of securing cheap transportation facilities within the next two years. Although the region in question in one of the garden spots of tl^e province, farmers have had ho inducements to extend their operations; tha advent of the railway, however, will effect profound change, giving theso pioneers access to the coast markets. Each settler simply grows enough>-f6r hifi own needs. There are several herds of cattle in Ihe valley but iew animals are driven out to tho coast owing to the losses incurred by accidents on the narrow trail.
Mr. Bubb stated that the region around Pemberton Mead-own including the Lillooet river valley comprises over 40,000 acres equally well adapted for general farming and fruit growing. He is confident that it will aavo several thousand settlers within tho next four years. Ex-jeriments in fruit growing, of apples, peaches, and smaller Eruita have been very successful and next summer will see sev-iral new orchards come into bearing.
Mr. J. Royayne, who owns over 60 head of cattle, hae a record of raising red Fyfe wheat averaging 100 bushels to the acre. The climate is mild without extremes in temperature. Mr. Bubb stated that the same conditions extended to the upper end of the valley, a distance of forty miles and there s a good wagon road for nearly all the distance.
Before he left for Vancouver, ic stated), tho settlers were advised that the provincial government had agreed to advance a loan of $30,000, to be used in widening tho entrance to Lillooet Lake and thereby reclaftn
Representative of Eastern Manufacturing Concern Quotes Figures in Proof of Reductions in Freight Tariff Over New Route.
T. George Hall, representing the McClary Manufacturing Co. was a .business visitor to town this week. He is taking orders for delivery from the factory of the firm in London, Ont. For the first time in history these orders will be delivered to this territory by way of the G. T. P., instead of via the C. P. R., and the old Cariboo road. The saving will be large through this system. In tha past the eastern freight had to be delivered in Vancouver and thsn shipped back to Ashcroft over the C. P. R. this cost $1.85 per lOOtfcs to Vancouver, and 95-cents return freight from Vancouver, a total of $2.80 per 100-Ibs for delivery in Ashcroft. To this is added the excessive rate of 4 cents per pound for the wagon haul over the Cariboo road, and 2 cents a pound for the steamer freight from the foot of navigation to this place, making a total of freight From London, Oht, an example from which the rates from other eastern points may be easily calculated, of $8,80 a hundred.
Under the new shipping route the freight will be delivered at the end of steel from London, Ont., for 11.85 per lOOlbs; the same rate that is charged for delivery into Vancouver, but minus the 95-cent per lOOflb charge for Shipping back to Ashcroft. From the end of steel freight will be delivered here for 3£ cents a pound, making a total of $5,35 for delivery here, as against the $8,80 rat<e of old!
The McClary company will ship in carloads direct to the end of steel. Their first shipment for the orders just taken, will leave London on March the twentieth.
TRAINS NOW RUN TO NEW HAZELTON
Superintendent^Meehan, of the Grand Trunk-Pacific, has received perniission from the Rail-wav^Gommissioners to operate a^train service as far as New Hazelton. In consequence botli the passenger and freight service are now extended from South Hazelton to New Hazel-ton. As New Hazelton is rapidly developing into a thriving town the inaugeration of the freight,and passenger service to that point will be a convenience not only to the residents of that place but to the mer-hants and wholesale houses of Prince IJupert, who are doing a " thriving business with all the interior towns. This also marks another step in the advancement of the G. T. P. in British Columbia.
Some progress was made this week towards . the promised match between the heavyweights. Sheridan and Savoy The, boxers^ got together this week ,arid came -to terms that are agreeable to each of, them, and it would appear that they will really meet in the near fu-ure.
about 10,000 acres of land that arc now submerged every year by the summer floods. It has been arranged that the loan will be repaid in the form of an annual tax. Assistance is also expected \ from the Dominion government as about 000 acres mi tha Indian reserve at Pemberton Meadows will be redeemed by tho carrying out of the proposed   improvement.
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