obrphiclc'd.;; --.'j_ u party.; w'o'iiRl noi txi cotn-
\v.illiout'; the iTih^Um'Lv lianLl'of. Af. Young  handling iho ribkui3 ot'4    Mr.   Henry   Ayison,_- 'Proyihcia'-\m I'mir-up tram.   The party :- a My , Sanitary Inspector,' hasuwnovcd Ids
Pacific Great Eastern
..'    J. \\Y Stownrt', President   of  tli^ 'Pacific Cjront. Eastern, ppimt'M mini-
lier of jJays   m   town   this week in |: connection   with, work   o.i'i   th(i;.i'ail-rond.' It h Mieve<l  that   ]il;ti)^.arc uiidt'i: way to start, construction on the line north, in tire .spring.   Some time ago tluvcontract'or.s -were given i nofico   that   their   lease   on   Grimd Trunk Pacific'property north of thej (J. T. P. track,._iilo.ng the  Ncchnco, had  ¦been   terminated   and that :i 1.1 building.-' occupied by  the  oonfruc-tor-, t heir families and olfices would be removed before the.fir.-:t   of Ma.v, 1.015,    Jint owing to new conclitioriH
arriving at ITdggith's, wen'.' given I residence from South Fort (.Jeorge full ppsHrssioii of the dig Log Cabin to a more central point'.on Queens and out buildings;    I1ti.nc.mg anil en- j Street, -M i.l 1 a r A d-cl i t'i on.  Any
tertnininent wa<: enjoyed until the complaints,' or anything requiring ciirl.vlioiirsj and the i^funito town] his.'services, will be attended toby was ji'.s siifi'ly and as enjoyalily rc-'-j (jailing at.his pilice. on Queen* Str. peated nn the going.      ,    .    '-•".•     j or ringing up phone 05.
.\1. llfiggith
 ha-
 oiie of the hot
in the Friiser-Kivcreouiitry. aiuLAI. itiod «-ell-known to need introdue-tion to the Humid'* readers in tlie district, but fot'ho.k- on the outsid
Society Dance Feb. 5th.
Tlie ladies of the Sunshine Society wish to announce that a-dance has been arranged for at the Fort George
the best ivc ran-wi.-Ii you is th;it you | Thentre,   South   Fort  ficorge,   on may sflfcHiiy have  the   i)lea*urc:of  fri^y evening. February nth.
~vie proceeds will go to the credit
Hiding Al. and visiting hi.-- ranch.:
in \vliich it   is  fully   expected that; money will lie forthcoming to pros: j(lUt einite. the work north, the   least
 i
is   .'il'.v;iys
'OrI jjeoplc. ig of Coastint
-oiiif of; the
beenreqewed.    The contractors arc i ^idoni* ™wl tJfc :m('ient ,^'t to-^nove  their^.mpcrtA-'riiKli^'^^st^ycck,   rathe^is^irously
equipment, buKwill wait the opening of spring to .start work.
Surprise Sleigh Ride to Haggiths.
to sonic "of the partici pants/ i;Doc:. LayiH- and Captain Foster are report-Vcl among-the lias-bcen.s in'ijic* s]>oi:t. bcing so.^old as to 1 in ve lost-"-t:lie art of riding down hill pii'¦ a paifof bpl3» without.ge'tliny an ankle and i\ knee badly hurt and put out of business.
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. What between, the. private andfnmeh better sliape. ft is suggested the (.1 lib Da nee parties. Hockey,.; tl,at tluvo.C'oosturs- put rnulHers or Coasting parties, etc., the winter of; football suits on their quietness and waiting for t-ho end of for protection. The the war and resumption of develop- j'eoWling parties arc nient and business in the  old  town  coihlUnreof  the  injured
of   South   Fort   George,  is   pas-ing very pleasantly.
I" Our people will not Lie (.liscourag-
l|h1'  in   theiu. absolute" faith   in the
"Northern Interior of British Coluin-
are onjoy.mj
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Seeds ftryour^af2ens this Spring
Our readers' attention.is calleclto
'of .the Society'^ Local Relief Fhrid, which is gctjinglow owing to the %cunt   heavy   cleniandn  on   {same,1
| severa.1 needy fainilies having been supplied with the necessities, of life for some time past.          -/
Let everv one turn out   and help
n/ake   the  dance  a success, cause is a worthy o:
The
There will be no tickeK-ieU<Ts making the round*.:' This announcement and/personal advertising by those;interested should do the work.    Therefore, '.'boost."
Adprission oOc; refreshments free.
Oddfellows to Hold Media*
bia and the  C'ity   of the Georges to! the advertisement of Messrs.xSteele, be.                 ..                                  J Brig^s A1 Co. of  Winnipeg,'   in this
J lenee such -pleasant occasions asj^fiajier. Their seed.: are .noted all a sleigh ride by about twenty of the; over Canada. We have tried them; young people to Ah. llaggith'j^fanch! with uniform sucei>?s, ami oiirwriu-i'i-'(if the lrra.'erHiveiv^i;our>#ix-ers will not be- disappbiiUptl. in the niih'- distant, on \\\?d>K^day night, re.-ults of plaining ih-i^C'oinpiUjy's makes the , liyiiig/iii this ' niost j sea'js. Kniienibe-r^— Stecle, Briggs pleasant of  wii>fer  resorts an eventufc/Co., A\*i!"inif)eg. Celebrated Seetls.
of   th
The   Oddfellows-of the  District
^'!; "^Iwill   hold   their   first   meeting   in ""'>]"]]l'   Prince George \\'edi)e.sday  evening^ jFebVSy^at the Moose Hall on>Fifth 'Avenue,x2 .blocks  west>oT Geoi-ge Street.   'All  Oddfellows  are urged to attend.
Drugs; Medicines, Prescriptions,
g Mationery, Ma
ite', Newspapers, Cpnfectiorj^firid Toilet Articles.
Fort George Drug Co., Ltd.
Laselle Avenue, South Fort George.    ::    George Street, Prince George.
Kodaks - Gramophones - Records
...               Sheet Metal.   Furnaces a Specialty.        •;*'•¦."
Plumbing, Steam and Hot Wafer • Heating*
GENERAL   REPAIRING.          r
Phnnmc Nt-' SOUTH fort george.
* MVm"^a   Wo. 13 PRINCE   CKORGE.
ONATIONS TO SUNSHINE CLUB.
' The Sunshine Society digire to thank the gentlemen C'ac 1 ie, l wh q ha ve shovv^lhei r \ippre-1 ciation of the wopK being done by the society in/l'elieving destitution in the district by generously con-tributingTo the funds as follows :„ Mi%^Stewa.rt - - $2(X).(X) r. Burns (of Burns-and .            .
Jordan)   -       -       -       25.00 Mr. H. E.Oirleton         -   .    20.00
Mr.'-Grifliths
20.00 8265.00
1 Jus. Richardson, of Willow River, Chairman of the School board of thit town,,Visited tlie City for sever-m days this",week. Mr. Richardson in an enthusiastic believer in Willow River, and pays all it needs is the close of the war, the revival iof business, and opening of 'the Willow River Luhiber Co's. plant to start Willow River on its deferred pro> perity.          '/
P. BURNS & CO. Ltd.
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in all Kinds of1
The First AnntijiKT)ance of the Loyal Order i>fjMoo9e, in Ritts Kifer Hallfiast evening, was a d«s eided^Sucecss, and an enjoyable time jaras had by all.
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Big Wrestling Match to-Night
There will be a Wrestling Match to-night, at the Rex Theatre, Pririce George, after, second show. The combatants are Alex Munrc/ heavyweight.""chainpibrTof O reat Britain, James McLeod, ex - heavyweight champion of California,, and Harold Sahdow, middleweight, champion of the north-west; Miinro is niatchcd against McLeod and Sandow,' and agrees to throw each twice within the hour or forfeit 8100.00, Mr. Jack Roliarts will referee; admission oOc.
GOODS DELIVERED TO/ALL PARTS OP CITY.           /      .
Butter; Cheese, Eggs;
Highest Prices Paid for Hldea and Live Stock
Fort George and South Fort George.
PlaonaSB
Phone8«
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CONTRACTORS &  BUILDERS
NO BU1LDINQ 1$ TOO LARGE^R_TOO_SMALLJIO_____
&—REei*VEOlin CAREFUL ATTENTION
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:;      ¦  Job Work Neatly-and Promptly Executed
ft pur Estlmaten Free of Charge '
GEORGE
PRINCE GEOiGE
)ND STREET    , ID STREET
 , OFFICE and SHOP:                  '
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Premier and Sir Wilfrid To Spetk
Ottawa*,— With purpose of furthering recruiting ire Ottawa and district and driving home" to all classes the need,for men, a mass meeting will be held in the Hussel theatre witliintho next two or three w^eejta.                       \      v
Add resides will be delivered by Sir   Robert   Borden,   .Sir   Wilfrid
',- A Winnipeg man called out to a burglar: VI know you," and was ahof for>it. Had he been a poker player, tie would have known that it was un-whe to call uniesa he had something better in his hand than the other f eK low. •                                       ¦   , ¦    . ¦•'¦¦ :     ¦ ^ v'    v- •¦¦
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Cost
POTATOES.
Large size and mealy.
The best we ever had.
$2.25 per 100 lbs.
ONIONS/
Everyone sound.
-      7 lbs. for 25c.
SYRUP.
Lyles Golden 21b. Tin for 20c.
JAM.
Orchard Brand   -   Pure Fruit. 5 ll». Tins for 65c.
TEA.
A blend of Ceylon^alid Indian Teas ¦- " ' Wonderful Value
40 Cents per lb.
Very Choice Table Figs. 15c per lb.
Kennedy, Blair & Co.^ IMei
Letter From The Front
W. T/Bwd Writes Dude Moore.
\V. T. Bond, formerly auditor ahdlater agent of tF>e B. X. Co. in SoiithxFort George, writes a very mterestinlfcJetter from thefront^to his old companion in service^Pixie Moore, which raids in part as^fol-i»i|j              - '•'¦   x-<^
On. Active Service, Januaryt
My.dear Dixie:
,  ; .Our particular gun  detach incnt' has   been^iwplinamed   "the locusts,"  for nothing in the. food line has ever Ijeen known to be left over.         .     .              r .. /¦
'After working hard Xmas eve| we arrived at our gun positions 3 o'clock oh Xmas were so tired that we lauMown and sleptrby our horses iiHUvater logged ploughed field^/^s one chap some-what irreligiously, remarked; "1 envyjthemanger at Bethlehem and .insure my horse does \os>:v However, instead of a German at* tack, we were awakened by the chiiTch liells peeling "Hark, the herald angels sing". It appears that in One of our companies were four or five bell rijiigersi' wjio hit upon this apprdpriate method of sounding the reveille. The hymn soon caught on, and down the \yhole lilie tli<<! refrain was tnken up/This is quite a novelty, for thevaverage Tommy.Atkins, for when/he wnkes up an hour before dawn, at the sound of the reveille, his first, words are generally: "Oh, damn the-Kai-
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Christmas Day A 011 will be one of the most, remarkable -in history, for on that day-nien and nations who had rbeen trying to exterminate, each other for months, quit the shooting game and celebrated the day in|the good old fashioned way. The .Germans Iliad ^nristnias trees in the jtrenchek and invited Tommy Atkins it Co., while T. A. had'a •splendid Christmas dinner and invited the German's to help to get rid of it. When the Commanding Officer ojf our battery hetircl/of it, lie ordered us_Jiack.tO-lour/old billets, and we had a most ' 'ecTumptious'' feed—turkey, plum pudding, mince pies', champagne untl liquors, and what i;i more, we had' 6 hoiir^'of solid sleep in a house that Imd-a: whole roof on.      •   \             '
I always thought tl^1 Americans. wiy_snmrtiiwheii4t-canie to-oi'gani--zations and systems, but Kitchener has them' all 'skinned a mile. If the fellows in the moat advanced trenches don't get a newspaper or the news of tlie results of Saturday aftenioons, football jiiiatches on the fojjovring .Monday nioming, ^w;hy.
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TIE UltENEK WM HUK ON ITttU. MUGtS SEEDS FlOi YlAi TO TEU B ASSURED W SUCCESS     .
Cultural booklets written by Mr. Jan. Cocks, r.n.n.8.. who haa had many yean' practical experience in Wwtern Canada, mailed, to euatomers on request. Our "LION" BRAND stocks of Field .Scedi are the acme of aecd '.   ;•   - .   aeleetfon.
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man ixosa;
tlieyVgrouse their heads off. When the Emdensank, we knew it allin about 24 hours. And weren't ^the Germans sore when they heard it! They kept us up all night witn their night attacks. You see our chaps simply love calling out to the Germans the latest tit-bits^/
When it come3 to tlie qufestion of grub1, why we are fed infinitely bet ter than anythingydie Cariboo coun try could put up. a couple of winte ago. '.   .       /¦¦'-'--      '
Your piesont, packed as it \va^ in a thiiv cardboard box," arrival u\ beautiful Condition with ljoi e^en the \xrasper torn.v \Vhatl would it have^ooked like if it Tijuf t raVelled froni- -Aslicroft to Fort (^orge on one of the B.X. Christmas extras?!
Old England is gradually becoming a wa re of t he /fact/1 ha? a war is going on, Iii her- slow old fashioned way she /is .turning her male population l^etiveeh the ages of i9 and 35 into Mdiers.£lt'is Tall voluntary^ no//excitement: and no Hag wagging. Rumor hath it that Kitchener's army is already over the two million mark, but K of K still wants more. If the Germans can only be persuaded to bom bard a few more %arboroughs and kill off another 100 women and children, Kitchener's army will be three njil-Hoii strong by the 1st of April. And the men that, belong to that army can be«.likened only to the bull They wiir never let go of t man .army until it is dead/ It may take a year bT^perham<en to do it, but the job wiU/t>e done all the same. Not Uwrff there is any hate in EnglamHor t]ie individual German, fetft here is practicaliy none.....' A pall of mine will mail'-'this'in England.    \     '                     i
Peril in Baltic Sea Spreading
London.—A despatch to Exchange TelegcarihGompany from Copenhagen says mine peril in Baltic Sea is spreading. In addition/toJoss of Swiss steamer Drojtt, which ] struck mine off Raumo, Finland, Thursday and sank/with loss of six men, steam-ppa is supposed to. have met ie.Ifate with loss of twelve of er crew.       - - -            -
It is feared that; the steamer Hamman also is lost, either in rough water or by kitting mine.
Bargain hunters often look shop-worn;
ROOMS TO RE
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OPPOSITE CLUB CAFE Third Street     -     South Fort Gt
M ud Old Water vCBURCH  V
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Noted Actor Diet. _
George Ffojheringham, the original * Triar Tuck" of the o!d Bostonjans, died suddenly of heart failure on the 20th irist at Burlington,  Vermont.   He^was
yea
Proprietor
/rmnm Bakery
We-are the pioneers in the baking business. Always [has and always will be the best.
Cone aid ghre is a call. FRED HEMEYER, Proprietor.
OUR Telegraph Office at Prince George is now open for boiiness. ¦    All telegrams for Prince George and Central Port George will°e° through this office.). Free delivery between Prince and jCentrsK        ;  .
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