VOL. 4, NO. 27 SOUTH FORT GEORGE, B, €., .SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 1914. TWOTH GIVES FURTHER EXTEND SERVICE AID TO RAILWAY Legislation Provides for Additional Bond Trains To Be Operated Between Smithers Guarantee of $10,000 per Nile for Canadian Northern Pacific Yards of «P.G.E, Between GeorgeStreet and the River—Building^of Hotel to Commence in Tltfee Weeks y Prince George will be a^ity before the close of the pre- sent year, such is" the^opinion Morley Dorfaldson, yice-presideiit^d general manager of the^Xfrand Trunk, expressed to ax Herald reporter on/Thursday. Mr. Donaldson sr^ent but the one day in^this district and his time wasoccupied in inspecting^the activities of his company in Prince.George and making arrangements for the carrying out.of the spring^rograrnme. "Prince George^will be the only divisional point on the Grand Trunk^between McBride and Smithers," declared Mr. Donaldson, ''and the work on the shops here will "begin within the next thirty days. The roundhouse^vijL coptaln twelve stalls, but is to be so constnicted^hatn; "can at any time be enlarged to accommodate ainainmum of thirty stalls. • 'The Grand Trunk is to shortly b^gin the^erection of a Extending its train service from, the Prince Rupert end of its- transcontinental line by thirty-six miles, the Grand Trand Trunk Pacific Railway has commenced to run regular trains from Smithers, 227 miles of the northern terminal and an important divisional point, to Wordsworth. 110 miles east. At present trains are only be ing operated as far as Ross Lakef thirty-six miles east of Smjtiiers. large number of houses on the^feownsiteof Prince George for the benefit of-it? employee's, as-j5robably no fewer than A mixed freight an&^passenger train will be operaifeSf on Thursdays and^/Sirfidays, leaving Siih&d a. m. Th4 .inauguration of the new r.vice will lessen materially the IP Jbetween the two portions of line already in G.T.P. recently for traffic from of construction tjeorge, 486 operation. The opened its line the easternenci as far as Prince of Ed- mi les^west men,will be employed in^the railway yardsat this point. Atemporary siteand-spurhave beeix^ranted to the ImperialOrTComgiany; who, within the, will begin Ine erection of large buildini ted Mr. fqr construc- >egin. The line of PacificJSreat Eastern," conti 'will make^Prince George their tion ir>^forthern JBritish ColmHbia ah^within the next si#y^days active operationsMv "^right-of-way will meet the Eraser at B.X. office in South For^George and 'follow the east bank to the Grand?$nwjcjtyri^ low the GraidTmnic line into Prince George. The yards of the P. G^Erwill be located betw^etv George street and theriva ^dlding operations on |he^Grand Trunk Hotel will be- weeks, and it will be located as "gin within the next tl intended on George street A water tank is under construction in the-#est end of the railway yard/and already ten tracks,-with a capacity of seventy-five cars each,_ have been laid. The company are now in a position to operate a first-class telegraph service at the Grand Trunk regular telegraph rate. "^ 1 ''-¦:¦ monton and .474 miles from ?rt This will leave Prince Riipe a 138-mile section yet to be link- ecj^up. Grading is well advanced w the entire stretch lying between the two completed portions and track-lay ing and bridge building is also proceeding. Announcement was made by Morley Donaldson, vice-president and general manager of the G.T.P., that the northern sections of the new transcontinental route would be.linked up by the beginning of next May. v An act providing further aid in the construction of the Canadian Northern Pacific Railway was introduced by the Pre last week in the legislatu Under the bill thj^Provincial Government agrees to guarantee the paymentpfithe principal and interest i>fthe necessary bonds and^debentures to. an amount jjdtexceeding $10,000 per mile of the company's main line. Under the original agreement, which was ratified by the Legislature in January, 1910, the Pro CONSERVATIVES HOtH ANNUAL MEETING Beclion of Officers aid Other Inportint .Matters Wai the Baswess the Ereniig of x The annual meeting of the South Fort Conservative Association, held Wednesday; evening in Birch's Hall, was well attended considering that only a few hours' notice was given. 1 he chief business was the election of officers for the ensuing year. The retiring president and secretary would not consider re-election, it being their opinion that new blood should be instilled into the organization. -The election resulted 4n the -following being elected : Honorary president, Hon. Sir Richard McBride; president^ Neil Geth-»ng; vice-president, A. K. Bour-fhier; secretary,. D. F. M. Per- executive, "Messrs. W. F. , A. G. Hamilton, H, C. Merriaih, p. Campbell, J. O. Williamson, A. J. S. Willson, N. Montgomery, W. C. Fowler, Cap-«tain Foster. n ¦ Messrs. Montgomery, Gething ^;stng speeches, reminding the niem- oe th that organization and en- roHment'on the voters' list were he mo8V necessary part of the association's work. ¦¦. Mr. Gething paid a -fitting "ltMJte to the advantages that • Quld accrue to ihis country Premier The association now ^has a membership of over a hundred, several applications being received and acted upon at Wednesday nighjjs meeting. The matt* of a government wharf at tine foot of Laselle avenue was discussed,! considerable correspondence from the Dominion government being read with regard to)the same. A committee was appointed to take the matter up with new vigor, ! Another matter of importance before the association was the securing of government aickjn VINCOUVER'S BUTTER Vancouver^ March 7. —The Mafama arrived from New Ze£* land yesterday bringing sixteen thousand boxes of butter. couver, next to most of the produce. London, Van. takes KING FAVORS CLEAN BOXING London/March 7.-King George declares he will support all properly conducted Jboxing tournaments. vince agreed to guarantee the 500 miles from Vancouver to the Yellowhead Passat the eastern boundary o£-the Province, which constitutes the main line, to the extent of $35,000 per mile, and the proposed act increases this guarantee to $45,000 per mile. The interest on the securities of the additional guarantee is fixed at^4ND WHEREAS it appears to the Ministerof Justice that the question* involved art' questions of tact depending fur thtsfr solution upon the appnidft-tion and weighing of contradictory eviilence/'mid the case in consequence te not one in which the Goverr.or-in-Gpuncil is.catfed upon or would be jwtifted In •»-ercising the power con fur red upon hinUty Section 56 olth»;lUUW!B.^Aet!i'.,.Wo'"-.-,~".: "Therefore His KoyalHitjhness/fhe (Juvernor-General in Cooncil fal WniWe, to grant .the prayer of the said pat-uions." ' ¦• ^ I may add that it y-as felt, by the Governmentthat if on on the facts there sliould be serious injustice it still leaves ^ jc theBoard of Railway Commissioners power to act under Section 29 ofxthe Railway Act, to wit, viz"th Bdl' may refus«/rescind, change, alter or vary any decisiojKmade by it." ¦-. Eelieve me, yours very trufe ... MARTIN BIT act under the Bdirl order INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY " AT WILLOW R1VEE Three-Store; Hotel Will Be Erected At Once EDM0N10N SHOULD SUPPLY MAMET , HI OILL REPEATS Special to tlie Herald. Seattle. March 6.—Hi Gill is elected mayor of Seattle by a substantial majority. 7 building: a road from the Nechaco river in the direction of Stuart Lake, Letters were read from Hon. Thomas Taylor and'John A. Fraser> M.P.PV offering their Vancouver, March 2.— the proposal to go "On to Peace River" with the Pacific Great Eastern is probably the most^ interesting: and important of alfthe railway programme outlined, especially from Vancouver's own point. It is understood stand-that a new contract will be signed with Messrs. Foley, Welch & Stewart for approximately 330 miles of railway running: northeast from way ever corhes it would ally branch off westward/from the extended Pacific (keat era from a point about one dred miles beyondPrince G somewhere near the crossing of the Parsnip River. From there to Fairbanks is a matter of 1200 miles of^ so. Btit in the meantime the "Onto-Peace-River," proposal is to be submitted simply as a business enthusiastic support of the movement, and it is expected that an appropriation will be made at theN present session of the legislature to get the road under way this year, j . P. G. E. CONSTRUCTION TflJIE RUSHED Special to the Herald. * Vancouver, March 7. - Patrick Welch announced today that construction work is to be extended immediately along the entire route of'the Pacific Great Eastern' ta Fort George. Work^for three thousand more men will be provided. ^Five hundred of Vancouver's unemployed have been the So^iamish Prince George,. traversing/the j enterprise for the good farming T.1 E, IJaley, a well-known hotelmairbf Minnesota and East era-Canada, arrived on Monday's Irairi and is stopping with F. W Crawford, B.C. manager of the Transcontinental Townsites Co Mr. .Haley brought with him the plans of a three-storey hotel to be erected at Willow River im mediately. This hotel will ha^c every modern convenience an-( equal to the best in the province. Willow River promises to a prominent place amoVnf "the es on the reports the machinery for a 200.000-per is expected in Wil-low;River any day, having been shipped from Vancouver anc] Chicago some time ago. Men are now on the ground waiting to erect the plant on its arrival, and the owners predict lumber will be coming from the mill by April 1st. ; coming industrial G.T.P^ Mr. Crawford day sawmill PERMISSION GRANTED FOR NEW CHURCH entire Peace River"section, thila Pine River Pass., to the eastern boundary of British Columbia. Hundreds of men will soon Be released from construction work on the Grand Trunk Pacific. These it is proposed will pe, turned loose on the new line, on which work must start within three months' of the date of passage of the act by the Legislature.' The line is rtfo te "completed in two years. • - ¦ ) . • :•¦ , This is the featurel of the coming^legjslation that? will be particularly interesting jto Washington, /D.C.* It is wejl known that /eventual connectioa 'with Alaskaby a north-and-south railway' 'meeting the Pacific Eastern is a favorite theme with Premier McBride, a dream he expects will come true and that comparatively soon, If tbii rail- country it will open and the trade itiwill brirTg to Vancouver. It is stated that "the proposed route from Prince George, will be almost due north for a distance of 140 miles, where the Rockies will be penetrated at Pine River, and from there, swinging north-eastward, the line is to traverse the open country for a couple of hundredv miles to the Alberta boundary. Early^completion of the line is urged to be important that the trade route may be opened to Vancouver rather than be established by the j Me Arthur line, now building from Edmonton. The country is described as mostly well-wooded and rolling, often giving place tcTbush-, besprinkled prairie. Railway construction will naturaUjL not be nearly as hea^y as in SouthernBritjjh Columbia. Synod Will A!$o Recoraxend Establislimei.t of New Presbytery for Cariboo New Westminster, March 6.--Rev. C,x M.- Wright, of Fort George, has been granted permission by the. Synod to raise a $6,0()0 loan for the building of a new church. ^ The Synocf will also ask-the Assembly to establish anew Presbytery to include the^FoKt George district, Fort Eraser and the Cariboo. / GOOD rOR B.C. n Special to the Herald. Vancouver, March 6.—Robert E. Mansfield, United States consul-general here, stated that exports from British Columbia to the United States have doubled since the N new tftriff revisions were brought in last autunin. T|ie.greatest/ gains have been iti now with fajsilities varicouvev merchants Edmonton, :»->arch 3.--K' monton is going •-! Victoria, March 6, vincial Legislature #• last Wednesday ninety-three after \ prowiu|c|: