VOL. PREMIER BORDEN A ffBABLE VISITOR SOUTH FORT GEORGE,B. C., SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 1914. Splendid progress is. being il bid exception of the damage wrought to the temporary bridge two months ago by the ice jam, things have gone ahead smoothly! and Mr. Houston, superintendent for the Bates-Rogers Construction Co., is confident that things will be m first-classshaue;prime minister. before hih t <" nia.le on the big railway bridge wbichi.crosses the Fraser River at Prince George. A staff of 550 men-are working day and night. on the construction. All. the oicrs on the first channel, with the exception of No, 5are above >vatcr. ' ¦ . / - The steel construction/ gang whir have been expected since the iOth of the month,, arrived yesterday and commenced work 'today. The steel work on the brklire ovfcr the first channel wj.ll ; be cuinpl'eted before the end of structure of any importance'^o the present-month, and the entire . structure will be ^finished about the beginning of June. \ The undertaking is-a large one and.many difficulties have had to be met and overcome. With the j^ Yukon and Take ay Trip Over announced ^hat during the coming sumrnerPrem-ier R. L. Borden, accompanied by one or twoofxhis ministers, will visit thj^west. , The proposed trip will extend as far norttras the Yukon, which has never yet been visited by a before high water co^ When completed this .will be the largest and/most /modern railway bridge-on the/western division of the G.T. P.' and -will have^taken nine months to build. Premier Porckn's last trip^to the west was in 1911, butrtie did not go as far as the Pacific coast. This summer he/ will visit the coast cities and" go to Dawsom It/is^quiteKpossible that he will The bridge across the Nechaco | eitheVgo to the Pacific over the at Fort Fraser is now -the only'fneAvGrand Trunk Pacific ENLIGHTEN PEOPLE ON CM AFFAIRS Elaborate Memorandum on the Whole-Affair Will be Given the Public. or re- be built on the line. other construction official^ Mr. Houston is of. apinjon that the complete transcontinental tern will early thi that sys- working order ummer. PRINCE GEORGE CONSTRCCTIft ideal-Organizatiop/^ornied This Week MasJVI'odern Ideas on Bui>-H1u;---Goiicrete and >i>ek Specialists. company that will without doubt play an important part in the-upbuilding of this town and Prince GeQfgeis the Prince George Construction Company. organized this week.- Its officers are: President, W. C. Fowler; Vice-president PDr.ald Matheson; Secretary-fr>^X\Per, JrO. Wil-liam=r>n. .'.... 7 *._.,•-.'. Messrs. Fowler and Matheson areN^I-known builders, Mr. from Vancouver I where he \vaVsuperintenden!foJ [jthe Eangalow^Fmance & Build,- Co,, an organization that has jerected, hundreds of na^some | |residtM!ces !n" the Terminal City. Mr. Matheson-is1 a specialist hY I rein forced concrete and brick work and built many of Vancouver's most imposing structures, among these being the well-known Pacific Building. The ne\v cpmpany have ample financial backing and are 'prepared to erect buildings of any proportions in record time. For the present they are directing their, attention to buildings of the residence class, and Thursday commenced work on a bungalow on Lot 10, Block 175, Prince George. Later on, or as soon as proper grades and levels can be secured, the company intends to sa specialty of reinforced concrete bungalows. .This type of residence is the last word in scientific construction and can be .c^!eiC(1 in an unbelievably short, tinier ' s -l"-conversation~with The~Her^ aid.Mr. Fowler stated that in his opinion reinforced con.crete would enter largely into the cons^ruc-fion of the.-better class of buildings hore, as all the materials for such work can be obtained dose at hand. * • [f SPRING FASHIONS Ladies of theA district will in uturebe able to keep-up with . the latest styles of milliner^ and ,«Uething as.seen, in the shops~dT Si£S\ York and - Toronto. Mrs. TMatliuson, Avho returned'to^^tovyn this WQGkiromia business trip «> Toronto and other Eastern centre3, states that a largeion-siffnment of hats, ladies' suits ana fancy goods is on the way and will be displayed on arrival \ her attractive store on Hamil- COALMINING MAGNATE 7 WILL SPYOUT THE LAND VaricblMr, March 12.—D. A. Thomas, the Welsh coal magnate who is at the head of a railway company seeking a charter, to build from north of Prince Rupert to Prince Albert, Sask,, is^ori his way here to look into tHe. possibilities of the Groundhog fields, near Hazelton. turn by that road. It is also quite, probable the Prince of Wales will pass through here on his Canadian tour. SPORTING AUTHORITY PASSES Fan Francisco. March 12 — W. W. Naughton, the dean of American sport writers and an international authority,on boxing, died here yesterday. was' for1 years connected the Examiner of this city. was &n Australian. . He with He BIG FIRE AT PORTLAND. >^- Portland, Ore., March'13.-A disastrous fire broke'out yesterday on the waterfront here and swept7a-, large portion of the j|rf>aind warehouse section. The&amage is estimated at one million TORONTOS BEAT CAr^ADIENS. ToiWto, iMarch 13^ beat Canadiens last^nlgnt^thus winningthe .chani^rishi p ofJth. National . ,R6ckey Assocition. TheyjpeerVictoria tonight in the first of a series of five games for the Stanley Cup and the-! hockey championship* of the world. ,_ TRUE BILL AGAINST KRAFCHENKO. Morden, Man., March 10,—A true bill has been returned' igainstKrafchenko who'willnow ae tried on the charge oprmur-dering H. S. Arnold, mairager of the Bank/^f Montreal, Plum oulee. ¦• ¦ / PROVINCE WILL HAVE SIX NEW MEMBERS Ottawa, March 12.—The proposed redistribution bill brought down today gives British Columbia six new members in the Dominion House/Vancouver gets two; North Vancouver and adjacent municipalities one; South Vancouver, Point Gfey. Burna-by and Fraser Valley one; and Northern B. C. one. THIRTY-ONE DIE IN ST. LOUIS FIRE St. Louis, Mo., March 1?.— Thirty-one dead were removed today from the .ruins of the M issouri Athletic Club : lire. Many were injured by being trampled upon in the rush to escape from the building. KMMKLINE IN BAD AGAIN Glasgow, March 12.— Emme-line Pankhurstj the militant suffragette, was-arrested after a fierce .fight in last night. St. Andrew's Hall ~4 HOME-RIP1 COMPROMISE— London./March 12.—Premier Asquith/ in the House ,too!ay suggested a six-year exclusion from Home Rule for the Protestant Ulster counties. \ THE DEADLY "Pill" Ottawa; March 12.--In the ladies South For House of Commons today Hon. Andrew Brodeur introduced a resolution to abolish the manufacture of cigarettes in Canada and forbid their entry from other countries. A special. committee was-appointed7to-investigate_the evil..-:; ; • / ¦• . \ vThe Wolgas-Moran tig^t pictures COAST CURLERS WIN ./> Vancouver, March 12. — A^Van-couver rink was first in theChal-lenge finals' today, Avith the Gourlay rink of Winnipeg second. ANCESTRAL ACHES Londonj^jirch 12,-The Duke of Sutherland>who has already disppsedof thousands of acres of Tand/in Scotland, lias^d^cided to aucuon 300,000 acres of hi erlandshire holdings. Ottawa, March JO.—The application of the Canadian -Northern railway fora bond guarantee was informally discussed by the cabinet on Saturday, and it is understopdthat the question has been referred to a sub-committee of tKe council to give due consideration to the whpllr problem The C.N.R. officials have evi dently decided that it is best t take not only, the governmen but the country into its confid ence and an elaborate memoran dum stating the whole position of the road is being prepared anc will be placed in the hands of the members of the House of Com mons and senate and will be is sued to the press. Officials of the road make no secret of their belief that a larg part of the opposition to any aic is inspired by the CP.R. inter ests. The C.P,R., they say would like to get control, of th new transcontinental system. Ottawa, March 9. —Sir Thomas Shaughnessy, head of the C. P R., was asked Saturday £or a statement as to the report cur rent in parliamentary corridors that the opposition to the pro posed assistance to the Canadian Northern'was being inspired by the Canadian Pacific interests The following epigrammatic reply was received by; wire from Sir Thomas. "Canad'an Northern officials who, iccording to your query blame the CP.R. for opposition to further grants by the government to Mackenzie a Mann are a bit con fused. It "has not occurred to them that/in this instance CP.R. probably means "Canadian People" ^not "Canadian Pacific." / (Signed) 'T.G. Shaughnessy. RITCHIE BEATS WOLGAST. Milwaukee, March 13.—In 10-round boxing contest here last night. Willie Ritchie, lightweight champion, won the decision over Ad. YVolgast, former champion, Ritchie had the'best of the fight all through, knocking Wolgast down in the fourth round for the count .of four. Betting was, 10 to 7 in Ritchie's favor. . TAMING THE TIGER New York, March 12. - The name of Charles F. Murpiwv the Tammany leader, was removed from the National Democratic rolls, today for non-payment o( Only about 48 miles of steel has now to be laid before the tompletion of Canada's shortest transcontinental rail, way. Good progress is being made by the, steel-laying gangs and it is only a matter of days now till steel meets steel somewhere in the vicinity of .Fort Fraser. It is not likely that the occasion will be officially celebrated until some time in summer, when, it is expected that Premier Borden will drive the golden spike. were witnessed by a large crowd at the last ^nik-ht. The movement Fort George Theatre pictures Vere ' good, every of the boxers being seen on the screen. The pictures show that Mornnf s fre vlt th referce^erem The p quent vappeals-tp the many cases justified. The [the-Woolgast- Ritchie fight nounced during the evening. wasi fen- Construction of iiireat D- F. M. Perkins, Secretary Conservative Assn. South Fort George. Your lettergram received. Have "arranged to have all lots squatted upon first put up at sale at South Fort George. " ... W. K. ROSS. On February 10th jiews was received here that the government would sell by auction all its property in South Fort George, Central Fort Vancouver, an undertaking that would mean the low of oonaldeT-able valuable time; not to men-tion the expense Wich a.jounity would incur. ' < The Chamber of and the C< at once took the matterM!l:1?itiSi Minister of Lands Ross, With the result as stated above, J$**k residents and holders of govem*; ment lots will, therefore,.have first chance to bid on:th© pBttp-erty.,,^ Frank A. Ellis/who acted auctioneer in the Vancouver an Vancouver and Edmonton sales of Prince George lots, is to handle the sale for the government The exact date of the sale has not yet been learned. „-; ./,.;/ ABBOTSFORD BANK HELD UP BY 1TAUAN BAND1US Ablotsford, B.C., March 12.— The Koyal Bank was held up here today by five Italian bandits, who got away with two thousand dollars. While three of the gang held up tHr-staff with drawn re-volvers^/the reniaming two emr-tied their guns in" the street, completely terrorizing the .townspeople. ENGLISH LACROSSE TEAM Vancouver, March 12.—Con Jones, who has just, returned from a trip to England, states that an English lacrosse team will tour Canada in June, playing exhibition games at the principal cities. ¦. ULSTER W1U FIGHT London, March 11. —Belfast telegrams indicate that Unionists there receive ' Premier AsquitlTs home rule proposals with/anything but cordiality. Right Hon. Thomas Andrews,, one7^ of, the principal Ulster Unionists, who is not in parliament, remarked to the. Morning/Post: "We have gone so far tKat we are prepared to fight to/the finish. The idea of having our fate hanging over us for/six years is preposterous." FORT GEORGE-FOLEYS For the first time ill the'' of local hockey the N< Lumber Co. Cup eml the Northern Interior ehamj ship, leaves South Fort On the Fort George Saturday the comi won by a score of winning a majority of the South has failed to win on but of th^ contestafto a draw;' The SouthM dogged by bad h never being abl that resembl team on the ice. T^ Morning Post's Dublin ro-presentative wires that among Sfationalists there is considerable anger ^at.^the concession made by Mr. Asquith and appar- ntly approved mond. . by John Red- NO TRAIN THIS MORNING. Owing to a landslide at Mile 156 the train due Ho leave this Tnorning-hasbeen—cancelled;—A arge number of workmen are clearing the obstruction and t is anticipated traffic will be resumed tomorrow. ¦ J Vancouver, March 13.—J. IV. Stewart, of Foley, Welch & Stewart, builders of the Pacific Great Eastern, announces that work on the road will be rushed at once. Ten thousane men will have their headquarters at Prince George^uring the conning suinmer. ' ^The section from Prjnce George^ south to Kelly l^ke wttl Iw^pmp^ted this summer. Good progress is being made on the lower end oJf'the*rdad.^'-.'.;l.:-".-:, t " N '\ r ^ ; \ ¦.; ;',• a TRAIN SCHEDULE. Arrive'1 N- Depart p.m. Monday 8 a.m. Tuesday p.m Wednesday 8 a.m. Thursday p.m. Friday:, 8 a.m. Saturday Autos and rigs from\ South\Fort Gteorge meet all trains.' \ G> Tv P. MAILS. Mails going ovex G.T. P>niuat be osted at End of Steel Post Office, and I ^coming oyer railway must be addressed ''EauT o#?*Si«K:-lr-"S^Ti£!r~West7 B.C. - N '.¦.;'•.:¦"-•' STAGES. Inland Express Stages leave South Fort George for Quesnel, Ashcroft and other points on the Cariooo Road every Tuesday and Friday at 4 a.m., and arrive every 'Wednesday and Saturday about 7 p. ra. _,. ; v MAILS. \ Closes. Mondays and Thursdays at $ p.m.| H«gi»tered»t6p.in.r v --, ^ hand great credit m the Fort George-Pol^ their splendid work season, having shown, sions, hockey of the fat EDMONTON'S nai INI Edmonton; Munch Edmonton merchants been aware ot the lift! their obtaininjf a towns as purport f^|| by Secretary Fisher of monton Board of Trade; Much publicity ha* i been given to statement! I a suggestion thit JB merchants; if they expect to obtain the business of Prince George, would have to establish a firm foothold prior to the entry of railways from the Pacific a3t. . . /,' "¦-¦;.¦"..'¦., -fr^r^^'i'M^ Edmonton merchants ^ie now-doing all they can to impress upon the dealers of Fort George district that Edmonton provide* their most reasonable and natural market centre. SENTENCE COHNTEI Prince Albert, March 18.-Loui» Ratz, sentenced to be hung^her* on the 16th inst for the murder of Charles Bruggencote. has had bis sentence commuted to life imprisonment • Great credit and with ^nwd^-i'-l^^pr^liii^iiptfii^ The streets of 8outh Fort G«orc« ai« certainly no crtcktt (si a city of this> afeft. and iroportanc*^ Tio naktUr, a«w-ever, is being looked aft*r by thoeooo* jittee on civic improTtaatnts Qikifcr hamb^r of Commerc.*,' and it fa to b* hoped that somethtog t»Ul • " the very near future to rrievanoe v, -'¦ ' *i.m£ rM^