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FOR T   G-E-0 R G JS    H B R A y>
SATURDAY, May 10
. 1913.
FORT GEORGE  HERALD
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COUTH FORT GEORGE may now be said to have reached a stage in its development which is somewhat critical—a period when the citizens whose energy, ambition and public spiritedness in the past has brought their city through the vicissitudes consequent upon the struggle for existence in a land rendered somewhat inhospitable owing to its remoteness from the centres of supply—should define for themselves a sane, practical and well-considered policy calculated to win in the future the same unchallenged commercial supremacy which has been our lot in these parts since the town's establishment.
It is evident to the observant that in the past the splendid results which have been achieved in the small and stable townsite area designated as South Fort George has owed a large measure of success to the commanding position occupied along the routes of travel which could not be digressed.. Add to this the progressive spirit of the people here, the support of the pioneer element of this country, and the excellent topographical nature of the site, and the assets of South Fort George are principally enumerated. It is no part of our intention to review in this comment the relative importance of other townsites hereabouts as compared with South Fort George. We acknowledge no competitors as worthy of introduction, for there are no other townsites here which, under the trend of circumstances as they have transpired during the past few years, could have attained any degree of importance at all unless lavishly supported and furnished with improvements by the men who brought them into existence for the purpose of selling lots, and who developed them and built them up for the purpose of selling more lots.
It has to be remembered that South Fort George entered upon its career on the hypothesis that sooner or later the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway company would locate a great townsite close to the north of this site, on the old Indian Reserve. This arrangement has been completed, and the basic principle which accounts for the. existence of this vigorous young city has been proven good, ' The development which has been accomplished by the progressive people who backed their process of reasoning by extensive building and large expenditure of money, has brought stability and permanency to the young city of their adoption, and the bright future, working out according to the expectations of the men who have made South Fort George what it is, stretches before us,                                                          . ..
The various interests which have developed the town have, in the process, developed themselves, until we see on all sides strong, well-organized mercantile houses and industries. The town itself, however, is allowed to drift, as all unorganized communities must drift, along the course offering least resistance. There is no organized development of any kind aimed to keep the city itself abreast of the added importance which the individual development going on around us would adequately justify. Our sidewalks are toe narrow for the growing throng; the streets are ill-kept; fire protection is confined to the most primitive arrangements, and we are without street lighting, drainage facilities or water supply.
With the flotation of the Grand Trunk Pacific townsite on the Indian reserve some time in the near future, it is natural that the interest in outside subdivisions will materially fall off. * It therefore behooves us to take active steps to provide for the commencement of a development plan which will keep South Fort George abrjeastof the times; which will encourage a continuance of the resent steady growth, and which will attract a large share of the development which will be aimed at this section when the railway company takes up its $ork of floating their townsite ¦ of Prince George,
This can only be done by a vigorous campaign to carry to completion the movement for the incorporation of the.proposed municipality of South Fort George, a movement started by The Herald. We hope to see this wor!k approaching its completion very shortly, and we sincerely hope that such property owners as are not yet represented on the petitions for incorporation will avail themselves of the earliest opportunity to give the movement the impetus of their approval.
The Herald does not suggest that this young city should enter upon a wild orgy of extravagant expenditure, should the incorporation be carried through this season, but it is apparent that under the present system our city receives no support of any kind from the government to which all its taxes are paid, whilst under the pending organization our municipal powers would be vested with people whose interests are here, and whose ambition will doubtless be the upbuilding and development of this place along modern lines.
Tbere will be no "first boat" this season on the shores of old Hazelton, ahya the Omineca Herald, published at that point. The Hazelton paper comments on the new order of things as follows: There'll be no steamer whistle to stir the natives from their winter's sleep into the activity of Bpring. For over thirty years the natives and old-timers have speculated upon the date of tho first boat tCrriViug.% Bach year': about thid time  ga »p'-'of•>fclfe:
TM and ©ld-timari have •peculate* upon th« datt of the flrit boat arrhrlag. Each y«ar about this time (t*» braking op of the ice and the
of the river) the man with the •ad the rake -waB out •scraping ^her the    debris  of the  winter; rf»rhage piles    were burneA; the  en- iA    It
might come in earlier than last year. Large sums of money have been wagered upon the arrival of the "first boat." It was the chief topic of conversation for weeks; in fact it was the first excitement of many months —the daybreak of another season. No tenderfoot, no outsider, no old timer (except those on navigable streams) knows the meaning of the "first boat." But to those who 'Know it.is like.a resurrection,  a prisoner liber-
boat." But to those who know it ii like a resurrection, a prisoner liberated, a sick man given a new lease on life. The "first boat" waa always wrapped in romance, and no matter what .hour of the "flay or night the whistle soundeflUaJs. jthe^ steameri paddled up the last stretch, every man,
greet them they did with cheers and joyous cries.
This year there will be no "first boat." The Hazelton district has been discovered and captured by modern civilization. The old stern wheelers are a part of history and the modern locomotive takes its place. Railway'trains 'bring passengers and freight to within a couple of miles of town and the boats cannot compete. But the boats will be missed. To the oM tinier the past winter will bf like time wasted. The new supplants the old.
Dissolution of Partnership.
NOTICE is hereby given that the partnership heretofore subsisting between us, the undersigned, as retail hardware merchants, has this day been dissolved by mutual consent, and all debts owing to the said partnership are to be paid to, and all claims against the said partnership are to be presented to H. W. Gross and A. C. Buchel by whom same will be paid. And that from the first day of May, 1913, the business of the Fort George Hardware Company will be carried on by H. W. Gross and A. C. Buchel, at South Fort Georce.         A. G. Hamilton (retiring)
H. W. Gross. A. C. Buchel. South Fort George, B.C., May 1, 1913.
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Estimates Submitted.
The
Little Nugget Cafe
The most modern and best-appointed cafe in Fort George.
FIRST-CLASS CUISINE Meals        -        SO Cents Short Orders a Specialty
Mrs. F. C. Nahrwald, Proprietress
' Cor. Hamilton and Third
South Fort George.
THE
CLUB POOL ROOM
THIRD AND   HAMILTON STS.
DAVIS & PITCHER, Props.
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Four pool tables
Splendid environments
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Fort George Trading
.    and
Lumber Company
BONE DRY
of superior quality and in all quantities.
Pioneer Sawmill and Steam
SOUTH FORT GEORGE.  B. C.
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We make our own CANDY from the best and most wholesome materials available.      :     Our stock is large and always fresh.
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Ice Cream and Cold Drinks in Season. We Cater for Private Dinners, Banquets orx Dance Suppers.
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