^__ FORT GEORGE-HERA LD published "by the SojLJ.Tii Fort George, SKKVIGE REQUIRED A'l POST OFFICE We draw the attention of jr readers to a letter.-in -Everybody's Column" with eference to our post office, id we agree with the writer iat the service given toj^e Company. Limited; B. C, Saturday, June J5, Inblic is one of the worst in W ,1 -i^l *-- 1___A. !anada. In thejtem in last eek!s papef we merely uoted'the Assistant Post Vi^ Inspector^ whether he [leant the business done ..by he post office or the service ) the public we are not at berty to say, it surely could vv have been the latter. is plain to be seen that the >stm'aster is over-worked id is giving the public the st service possible under feeiit conditions, .therefore is up to the pest office Bay Co. in connection with build rig the -bridge across the slough. By linking up these^treets e wld hl we would t almost a di- rect route^-between the two towrptes which would no ^iotfbt mean more business to the merchants of both towns the saving of almost a mile on the present route around by the river road and a great saving of time to the general public of this district. We understand; plans.for his opening are all prepared and we urge the completion of same at the earliest date possible. *y* CANADIANS' NATIONAL HOLIDAY-; Every loyal citizen of South 'THE CARE OF FORESTS" Vie have jusi received, a coloured picture from the Forest Branch, of the/Department* of Lands at Victoria. The original of the picture is by a noted' - artist and antitled "A Friend of the Forest." The hafne is self explanitory. This picture illustrates a lesson that the Lands Department and the Press of this province have been trying hard to teach to pioneers of the Forest. It is the protection of the forests from fires. No one can be too careful when in the forest as. regards fire. Camp fires shou'Jd be*carefully smothered and every precaution taken to avoid the destroying of .the forests as well as homes and property from firei These pictures are being distributed (broadcast TIMBER Profit Sharing .Between-Gov ernment und Licensee, The- present Timber Royalty Act of British Columbia is chiefly \ significant in that it makes provision for the basing of all timber royalties, subsequent, to January 1, 1920, on the sale value of trie timber cut over and above an arbitraily fixed price of 318 per thousand feet board measure. , The percentage taken by the Government of this prospective value increase will be at first 25., per cent, gradually rising to 40 per cent in the succeeding 25 years. This is no new principle, for as early j as 1889 the Dominion Government required from holders of timber limits in J W) SANDIFORD H. WAPSHGT j; P.MILNE Stock of Caskets and Shipping Cases always on hand. Out-of town calls promptly attended to. Phone Sandiford 23. H. WAPSHOW, Licensed Embalmer, Manager. throughout the province so everyone could have a picture in their possession in a very short time. Fast Motor Boat Service'. P*H.T. Co. Special rates to landseekers and prospectors to Fort St. James, Fort Fraser and Giscom be-Portage. Reliable and efficient service. Call, wire or phone. R. L. WATT, Robarts Hotel, South Fort George; or Great West Investment Co., Johnson Blk., S. Fort George. join Jthorities to furnish him Fort George should jU1I, ;H more help, have another j heartily in the preparations :ket opened up for the sale j for the celebration to be held here on Dominion Day and money orders, stamps, pstered letters, etc., and >p the present wicket for ktribution of ma.il only. make it the best ever. Dominion Day is the^day ll d f i . of all days for Canadians, fhe business carried on by j and should be/remembered office here demands that pve" impvovemerits be en- :ed at once in order that 1 public may receive - what for—an ty are paying jcient service. ' and celebrated by all true Canadians. It has also been NOTICE. Seats for the Big Boxing Bout Thursday night at Prince George are on sale at the Club Pool Room and also at Brown's Pool Room at South Fort George and the Pastime Pool Room at Central. STREET OPENING 'NECESSARY. [he opening up of Foufth set -through the Hudson Reserve property con-feting with Queen street of I Prince George^townsite i very important question [both Prince and South^ business men shoukl get ether and appoints com-itee to - fonferrwith the f eminent and the Hudson a-part of South Fort George since its birth, the first celebration being held in 1907 and continued each year ever since. Therefore it is up to everyone in this vicinjt^ not only as citizens of/Greater Fort George but/as citizens of our wonderful Dominion to make this^the banner day of the y£4r. KILLED FIGHTING FOREST FIRE While fighting/ a forest fire on the Cheaka'mus at Summit Lake on the line of the P.G.E., A. B. Sharpe, a lumberman, was instantly killed on Saturday' afternoon. Sharpe had felling a tree -in an effort to stop the progress of the^fire, which was threatening the Wolse sawmill where he was employed. All at/once, without warning," the/tree broke off about * - thirty/feet from the It has been said that the/e is a sucker born every minute. The birth-rate has increased He was killed instantly. Tfre' body was brought to [Vancouver ^ro 100 per cent. atXGalgary lince the Dingmah oil gusher carriein. Capital Authorized: I25.U0O.U00 Reserve and Undivided Profit* Royal Bank of Canada Incorporated 1869. -WITH WHICH IS'UNi'TED- Traders Bank of Canada SAV1NGS BANK DEPARTMENT __A GENERAL BANKING BtJSINESS TRANSACTED Hiad Office - Montreal South Fort George Branch H. C. SEAMAN. Manage not and is now atHar Brothers. An inquest has yet been decided on. y Sharpe. was about 55 years of age. Ashcroft. Lacrosse -Club/' Ashcroft . has an^effic-ient and well organized . lacrosse team which is aching to establish a record with some outside players of the national game."—Ashcroft Journal. per cent of the total sale value of the lumber cut, which value was to.be based on the average price obtaining during the three months proceeding the sale. But at that time the price lumber was not sufficiently high' to bring in any very largo revenue on this percentage basis, so in 1898 the stumpage dues were changed to the fixed rate of 50 cents uer thousand feet, board measure, which is the rate at* present. Although the retention of the percentage royalty would have secured larger returns from this source with the steadily rising lumber pric yet the principle of selling the timber at a widely advertised public, auction ensures the obtaining, through the additional bonus offered, practically the same price for the timber without the former inconvenience of constantly adjusting the stump-age dues. As the competitive, sale of timber by means of the bonus system is common throughout Canada, there is little likelihood that the Government does not secure affair share of the present value of the timber sold and by reserving the right-to alter the sturripage^aues as the' price of lumbers increases, a share in its'future value is also (nsured./^' Northern Interior Building & Loan Association, Ld. OFFER FOR SALE. Tkrce modern Bungalows, situated m Comer of 8th Avenue tnL_ Brunswick Street, Prince George, at in extremely low jnet Tmu ; Om Quarter Cuh, CaliMc cm Iw pud k nsatUy iattilawrt. BAIN & WILSON, LTD., Exdosife AgeoU, PRINCE' CEORGE. AMERICAN PLAN EXCELLENT CUISINE Comer Hamilton & Third South Fort George. B.C. The newest^ and most modern hotel in the northern interior BiqtafwJn*. qnonutdctcw* Rates $2.50 and* $3 aad weekly nt« Mi ap-plleatlva Albert Johnson* Build Yourself a Home Th« wlvwneea nude by the butMing trade in thU city «re in conformity wltli the mMrfltar . Impi-oved faeiliUeaof mpply. It i» now poMibl* to Mcure every requisite her* for tMbuild* iw of a modern, up-to-date home at reasoimbU.-mjc<«. I can de.itvn and build your future born* to nuit your ld«w. LET US TALK IT OVER OR WRITE . .-...' BREWSTER AND PELHAM P.O. Box 17. y ¦ ' South Fort George, B.C. . ;¦ ' NOTICE: Seats j for the Big Boxing Pout Thursday night at Prinoe George are on sale at the Club Pool Room, and also at Brown's Pool Room at South Fort George and the Pastime Pool Room at Central. The Motor Cycle Dispatch Riders of the Orange Army BURNS & CO. Ltd. Wholesale and Retail Dealers in all Kinds of -sh'--and'.'"Cured Meats ter, Cheese, Eggs; GOOpS DELIVERED TO ALL , PARTS OF CITY. fehest Prices Paid for Hides and live Stock Fort George and South Fort George. Save a Day to Vancouver by Travelling with EXPRESS Co. Ld. ^al Mail and Express Route Steamers enn T0R) GO^VEYOR and HAMMOND nnectlnff at Quesnel with Autos, for Ashcroft [i LEAVES SOUTH PORT G-JORGE EVERY DAY. RJ«nd Trip to Ashcroft $80, Single $45.50 •"HONE 64 FOR RESERVATIONS. OVB BATES OH EXPRESS O. E. Mace, Agent. , SouTarFoRT Gborgs DRY LUMBER (Costa No, More Than Other Lumber) .. . Sawn last summer and thorough-^ ly weather and frost Dried. ' . — ALSO----- . Killn Dried Finish and Mouldings. SASHES- POORS SHINGL15S BUILDING PAPERS READY ROOFING STORE FRONTS COTJAGE FRONT WINDOWS Wood $3 per Cord Delivered Fort George Trading&Lumber Co;, Ltd. Phone 11 .. SOUTH FORT GEORGE. c, Mcelroy. Manager. .,: Phone 111 FORTGEORGiJ. T. G. JONES Solicitor and Notary Public. Fort George Trust Building, FORT GEORGE. B.O. HARRY M. BURNETT Architect and Civil Engiheer Temporary Office : r" This picture shows a review of the men training to carry war dispatches who will be used in case Sir Edward Carson and his army of men from the North of Ireland are called upon to resist the enforcement of the proposed Home Rule Bill, they are equipped with fast motor cycles and many of them come from the best' families of Belfast, Their wives, mothers, and sweethearts are looking on from the grandstand. : Cortur Fourth and Hamlltea - \ South Fort A NEW AND UP-TO-DATE HOTEL. On American Plan. IV Rates on Application. Bright and comfortable rooms and suites at the Empress. r :' '• ;T • v ^: WARC17P Proprietor Fort George & Alberta Telephone & Electric Co.; Ltd* Shares for Sale at par fake of $160.00 each Terms of Payment 25 p«r c«nt on tllotment, 25 pet_ll cent, two,montht, 2S-pu^cent four^ mohth» and-balance six months after allotment :::: .;¦: BAIN i WILSON, Lit. sar-PRINCE OEORIiE.