WEDNESDAY^ $3 PEft ANNUM Y-iHy afternoon the". ?Se' ':that lays Its own rails, ¦ from the end of the tempor-Ividge across the Fraser up to-Z terminal yards on the. Grand ink Pacific townsi.te.. watched by gam: evenly in the district bie'to make the trip to see the his-,rlc occurrence. _..¦•- ' ' %'&* one of the coldest days of -ul y1- there, was probably i \tinng out along the George street.to The'celebration that j had been .«.<* to sree't the arrival of stael rePSd^lfor 2 #kandat hour the crowdX began to aa-Emble on foot.' m/'autoraobiles and 'weighs and offers. However, the ;yfT working on schedule to an accident to the tie-the tie train, caused by .vit-tua pile of timbers be-de'thegradt: this side of the bridge. rhileihc damage was being repaired ie crowd waited patiently despite ke cold. Finally, with a few, toots the whistle the train began to Wup towards the Pioneer, which L about ha If'; way between George ,..etsnd the end of the bridge.The Kettary ^couplings' were made, and |en the mechanical track-layer be-. ..its onward progressv ¦ t.. "The people, crowded down on the _e. were kept on .the steady go j the-Pion'eer. moved on. Foot by ot, yard by yard, it moved west-' '.over the grade from which the had been swept beforehand. An jidless procession of ties passed forward over the carriers on the right de of the machine, to be seized as |iey,reached the front by the tie-Bckers," working like a lot of over-irown ants, and flung, into place the grade. The rails moved,. fcrward- at a more leisurely pace «r'the carriers on the left side of it Pioneer; to be swung out bF the prick, seized aiid guided into place the waiting workers, and bolted lit to the fishplates! . \ ytyt. It was a truly representative owd that assembled to^welcome the «el." The or'fices^of Foley Bros., felch and Stewart" declared, a half pliday for/the occasion and the ores ot-'Foley. men who ; work in jjd-ab'o'ut headquarters mingled with South Fort George and tort Georce..were there en masse. I few Indians wandered about look-at the Btran-ge machine that had ought the railro-ad, and perhaps lembering their ^h*m predictions de a year or so, ago thavt. the rails ould never come,- but that, the O. iP^advaivce guard would pass.a way Jd be forgotten as did the locator* I the Canadian Pacific in this^dl pet thirty years ago-. • '. / I Practically .every- runner ^vehicle •the district'was there, cutters, J«i8hs and Jumpers/' the 'school fildren from the two^towns drove in e>in large van^vell padded, with % A number; of- automobiles did theuyshare in bringing peor pie to see the steel. ' Shortly after 2 o'clock when the people had all assembled, the word was passed along that the Pioneer would not be able to work for some time, as it was waiting for a train of steel and ties. The crowd waited patiently, despite - the cold, which steadily became1 more and more intense; At',last th$ train i appeared over the bridge but just at this side of the bridge the tie-carriers on the aide of the cars collided with a heap of timber, and further delay was entailed while the darmage was' being repaired. It w-as about 3.30 .before the tracklayiiig train was coupled up and the Pioneer.began to work. By that time" many: of the people had gone home to escape, the numbing cold, but those who remained felt that they were rewarded for their perseverence. Among the distinctive features of the gathering, which was intended to symbolize the history and growth of the district was!a five-dog team belonging to Green Bros.' & Burden, land surveyors. The toboggan was loaded with typical surveyor's outfit, while a party accompanied it, with field instruments, axes, chains, etc. The Hudson's Bay company, the pioneer of pioneers in this "district, as well as elsewhere in the Canadian west', had its own proper representation. A company of trapperB, dressed in touque and ceinture fleche of the habitant, impersonated the early day adventurers who traded through this country for the great company. In spite of the extremely cold, weather a brass' band of ten pieces was on hanl.and played a number of selections although the ^musicians were compelled to ed*ge up'to an open fire to keep from freezing. The long delays anid the intensely cold weather .prevented the parade from being carried out as planned by gathering was probably as pictur-e«iue and as representative as could have been expected. During the afternoon speeches were made by C. W. Moore, one of the 1907 pioneersr"and by H. Perry, ai president of the/Fort George boards/trade. W-^FTCooke who. represented SouthFort George on the/C'ommittee anjd^was slated Jor an^address, was not able to attend." Mr. Moore said: "This day marks the end of pioneering in the Fort George country. -For uncounted ages this has been the home of the moose, the bear, the/beaver and the rabbit;, and of the/Indian, whose scanty living depended upon his skill in trapping and hunting them—pieced out, by his patience and luck in fishijng the salmon that came up the"' rivers to spawns yS That modem magipKCn, the rail-roadNengineer, has^fCoken his magic ¦word and we nojji^ee the.locomotive and the raib*^of steel—the joint creation OyKthe last century,. and chx' civilization,, as we ..today, would not be possible. We are more than thankful in OF STEEL our welcome to the railroad^and the men who have built it. We believe in this place—or we wouldn't be here—we believe it will grow rapidly into the most important inland city of British Columbia. Many' *of us have*staked our last dollar upon its future. It remains t< us to make our investments win ou'. We can do it. We need do but on' thing—that is to work unitedly for rhe upbuilding of our district—we mve no room here for the. knocke.D- Boost! Boost all you please—and boost for your own part of the town, if you prefer—but remember that, when this, place reaches even the present growth of. Edmonton, or of any one of a 'dbz'gh western Canadian cities; this .peninsula will be a relatively small site for a city of such importance. Every part of it is good property and .will De worth while improving and developing. It all depends upon us. "I plead for no particular section, for I own properly east, west and middle—up the river'and down the. river;, and I hope" that every man here has made an investment here according to his means, for it will make him money as the city growB. Again welcome the Grand Trunk Pacific and thrice welcoming the men who built it, we all wish you had come sooner, 'but are glad that you came at all." / . „ Mr. Perry said: "Judging by the large and. enthusiastic gathering here I think we are all unanimous4in the possession of a feeling of pride and satisfaction in seeing the steel r.ight__at. our doors today. It means that this day marks the greatest epoch in the new history of Central British Co-' lumbia. It means the opening^up^of great possibilities in the devejopmeiit of the resources of this district. "We who have seen^uiis country have ns the first real step in the development of the agricultural resources of this district, it means that from now% on your pre-emption and your farm land, and "incidentally, your town lot will assume a commercial value. "From now on the change from wild lands to farm lands, will begin. Our large timber, areas will produce unlimited wealth and find labor in abundance in . the camps and mills that will spring" up and develop around here. We have our minerals —the possibilities of /which iio one lean foretell, but we do know that I mineral resources will be tapped, |and soon with the railroad from coast I to coast, from the Atlantic to the | Pacific, farm and forest and1 mine I will naturally build up a ,city at {he I junction of these two rivers, a city | that will support a large and' in- : creasing population, a city that from now must be united in its efforts for progress, a'city which I venture.to say, will be second to none in the interior of British Columbia." ' LAItOR TROUBL1 Porters and Workers' in Building Trades Gojth Strike in i 26.—(Special. ) — ^ coal' porters are on ¦•[» London for higher . wages. j rffusy even to supply fuel to Jokitals!. Medical students are g the work., ' . - '' ' hundred thousand men-in^ the g tyados qiitt; work-on Satur- Walling a threatened' lock- A emHoyers had insisted Z ?} sign an undertaking rl by side ^ non-union f A"0 men, refuse-d on the ad- lr ie Union °x«icials. Fearing ^,ftrike-n^t summer. t|ie T Kecided t0 «et the matter lo kout W'nler and Cat [bo Das , tfes 8e Nde to I bU1 I Ala9ka °t Uy Satur- ucting the -railroads t0 SUPERINTENDENT McCALt Announces Extensive Building Program in Prince Gedrge and v Passenger Schedule . Superintendent McCall, of the "GT T. P. arrived here yesterday '"^J1^ private car and is making arrangements for the extensive construction program that will shortly be inaugurated by the Grand Trunk in Prince George. Interviewed by the. Herald reporter Mr,. McCall stated that a special tracklaying gang is expected next week when six side tracks, each thirty-five hundred feet »g, will be laid, In addition to thii work will start'immediately on a freight shed 350 feet by 40 feet and a twelve stall roundhouse, which( whriater^be enlarged to contain thirty-two stalls. Passenger and freight service will be Jnaiigurated immediately. Passenger trains will-arrive in Prince George every Monday, Wednesday and Friday* at 6 p. m., and 8 a:m., and a ,dily service will beestablished a.a iopn as condl-tlont warrant,. / -'. ' " [. -" • . . y~\ ' , -N Gonstabl«< Harris observed his twenty-second birthday last week^by: entertaining a number of his frieMa a,t the Noptbern h^tel. HOCKEY GAME SUXPAY * Fort George Team Wins by Score of 3-0 in Cold Game \, ¦ . . . . . ...-¦."'. SvThe Fort George team won by a score" of 3 goals to nothing in the league match played last Sunday on the jink at Fogey's Cache. The game was somewhat xdull partly owing to the extremely coTdN weather, which made the ice almost.Ntoo.; hard for skating, and at times benumbed .the hands and1 feet of the pfayeVs. -;; The Fort Geotge team \vore a new.-red and white uniform w-hiclv was very effective. Neither team>x^ hibited the same ging'eivor style that marked the Dreviou^^ame, but this was no doubt daexto the weather. The first gjsal \vas notched xnear thei end of- the first. period when Johnson^luded the South defence and raftled one into, the nets. The neXt fell to Campbell early in the second half, while BlakBlee took the third on a long, easy shot. The game was not marked with as much heavy checking as has been in evidence in earlier games. There were n6s«haiiges in the -UneUiP of either team from the laBt game. Holden handledx the whistle.v . ' The next game will be played Saturday evening in_ th/e _bpme rink, when the South team promises loc^al fans somethinf worth fr»tchini.s e Across Is Swept Away The Grand Trunk "Pacific temporary bridge over the Fraser river here is today threatened with destruction. Last night the floating ice on the Nechaco river dammed up at the mouth of the stream, backing the water upstream and flooding the sawmill flat by the townsite on the Nechaco. This .morning the jam burst, and the floes drove against the pilings of the temporary, bridge. At noon today four of the pile supports had been carried away, and some twenty-five of them damaged. The report was current that the *ce on the Fraser was threatening to run. If it does the doom of the bridge is sealed. At present several gcqws are. piled in against the piling*\)f the bridge and the ice js threatening to do still greater damage. s It is a curious coincidence that the bridge should be imperilled the very day after steel was laid into the terminals of the G.T.P. here. The Pioneer is or. this side of the river and is isolated, as the bridge ia now impassible and will be until the damage has been repaired. -• The flood on the Nechaco rose as far as the warehouses at Foley's and caused some damage there. This afternoon the ice jam was\ forming again and there was every likelihood of a recurrence of the flood. \ This morning it seemed as though the untimely rise of the water might have tragic consequences. A familyX; named Davidson, who conduct, a laundry at the Cache across the slough, was marooned by the high water. The family consists of the man and_woman and several children. A force from the offices succeeded in rescuing all by jumping the ice and carrying the refugees to dry land. The man and woman were both badly chilled as' they were in water up to their waists. DIRECT FROM MEXICO. Will Open Agency for the Ford Automobile Huerta will not resign until a foreign power forcibly compels him to do so. Such is the opinion of Edward Hall, who arrived in South Fort George last week from Mexico City. JAr. Hall, who is accompanied by his wife and son, will reside here permanently and is opening an agency for the Ford automobile. I left the Mexican capital on January 1, on the only railroad that had not been seized by the rebels,-'stated Mr. Hair, "and learned that a few days later communication on that line was cut-off." Asked if he thought the rebels on gaining power, would establish constitutional government, he said he believed that they would be little better than the present party in power. While Carrauza, the rebel leader was, no doubt, opposed to the barbarous methods of his followers, General Villa, his second ' In command,-was a typical maurader and hlB usual method of dealing (with those captured was to force them to dig their own graves and then shoot them so they will fall into them. Fear -of Huerta rather than respect for him keeps his. followers in line and his recent act in the imprisonment of 72 of his deputies is but a fair sample of the boldness with which he carries but his plans. In such straightened circumstances financially, has Huerta been that he has been compelled to raise the tax on foreign imports by 50 per cent, and the duty alone on a Foi;d auto-, mobile now is $675. :\ There is a general financial stringency throughout Mexico; declared Mr. Hall, and menwith fortunes, in a few week^4tave been reduced to poverty. Conditions in Mexico will never be. restored to their proper basis until a foreign power intervenes and sets up a. constitutional government. LORDSTRATHCONA BURIED King and Queen Represented at ' Service in Westminster _H " ¦¦Abbey-' ::- ' "¦ ; ¦.. ¦ . London, Jan, 26.—(Special.)— The funeral of Lord Strathcona was held today. ; There was ah impressive service held over the body in Westminster Abbey, the King, Queen, Governorrgeneral and ' Premier As-quith being present or represented. Interment was in Highgate cemetery. Three former governors-general were among , the pallbearers. Lord Aberdeen, Lord Lansdowne and the Duke of Argyll- - NO* AN APPLICANT Sir Richard McBrltle. Says He Has Not Applied for the High \-— Commissioneraliip ; ~ Victbria, Jan; . 26.—(Special.)— that he wasnot an applicant for the high7 com rnlBfiohership of Canada, i«fjt vacant byHhe death" of' Lord Strathcona. }X ,. , .-¦ He said that he^nad not been approached on the subject^but^hatif an offer came he might ^consider it., G.T.P. Officials Pay Visit A party of Grand Trunk Pacific officials. Including W. P. Hlnton, general passenger agent; R. C. Lett, of the advertising staff, and G\ U. Ryley. land commissioner, cameNtn last -night and will remain here * tor several daysA. / . -¦ ''>" I HONORED MEMORY OP SCOTTISH POET Party of 130 Men Attend Banquet "¦ in Commemoration of v Burns Upwards of 150 men, from this town, Fort George and Foley's Cache assembled Monday evening in Virginia kail. Fort.George, at a banquet in honor of the memory of Robert Burns, the poet of Scotland. Following a most elaborate, dinner, in which the haggis played a prominent part, "a program of Scottish music and dancing, interspersed between appropriate toasts,' entertained the guests until 2.30, a.m. * The pipers, were there, in the persons of George Garden and D. H. Macdonald. They led the procession of diners into the banquet hall, and later conducted the haggis in state to the table. The toast "The: Dominion of Canada,'* was fcandfc'a by D. A. Cameron and W. F. Cooke, and the speeches were' followed by the singing of "The Maple Leaf Forever." "The Immortal Memory" was honored in a splendid address by John Buchanan, who dealt with the life and letters of Burns. "The Lasses" were eulogized by W. Bell and P. W. Wilson. "Kindred Clubs" were represented by H. G. Perry, while for the press Rev. J.-T. Sadler and W. E. Playfair were called upon. The program was as follows: Violin selection, "Echoes of Ayrshire," R. T. Kerr; pipes, "Ye Banks and Braes," Messrs. Reid, Miller, Mclvor and Stewart; dance, swoj .dance, D. H. Macdonald; song,J^Efnn-can Gray,":W. Wilson; Bolig^Bonnie Wee Thing,"'j. Buchanan; recita? tion, "Tam O' Stianter^Andy Lyalf; quartette, "Scots Wh> Hae, Wi' Wallace Bled," Messrl Reid^fHer, Mc-Ivor and Ste^^art; solp^and chJorus, "Bonnie Bank"s>of Loih Lomond>^. D. Miller; duet, "Whien Ye Gang Awa>, Jamie," Messrs. Macdonald and Hillhouse; song, "There Was a Lad," A. Stewart; song and chorus, "Will Ye NjpX_Cftme Back Again," J. Buchanan. ^~ " At the close of the program hearty votes of thanks, were tendered J, H. Johnson', proprietor of the hotel, for his efforts in having prepared the splendid dinner enjoyed by, the guests; the chairman of the evening, T.¦ W. Herne, and the following committee, which had the arrangements in charge: W. Bell, R. Brown and J. Buchanan, Fort George; F<" J. Layne, D. H; Macdonald and/J. F. Richmond, South Fort George; George Sutherland and W. Wilson, Foley*s Cache; D. Murray, treasurer. „ — $1 FOR HIS. WIFE Vancouver, Jan. 23.—Jd^hn Simpson was today a warded/one dollar in the-supreme court fpr^the loss of h|s wife when the steamer ChesiakeE. Went down a year ago off Vana harbor. This awai;d is^ in strong contrast in the verdict given in the s^ame court the previous day when a woman was given:$6iO0O for the Iobs ot her husband in the same disaster. ¦J ' First Dance in Prince George :> A gay crowd from all! three towns attended the first dance in Prince George last evening. The dance was given by Wm; Huff, in his new hall just completed inPrincess square and from all accounts proved to be due of the most enjoyable events of the season. ,; -¦,•¦. ¦ / ¦-.- l^..'\. - ¦\--