T H E F OR T GEORGE WEEK h Y. T R ___ '_• j' - T R s G 0 X T I X F, N T A t' EUIT1O N FUTURE OF FORT GEORGE ASSURED BY TOPOGRAPHY OF COUNTRY Railways Must jbc Built to Carry on Commerce of Rich Country and They Must Pass Through Fort George Port George is one of the oldosl mimes on Hie map ot British. Co-lutnbla, - More tlian one hundred years ago, Billion Eraser, the lirst white.' voyager down the nvcr that l>e;u.s lii.s name, recognized Its Blralegic locution at a point where two great streams eon-verge. Here he established a central fur trading post, lit those day.s --the waterway!) brought all the traffic and business to Kurt George; now the railways are coining, following these same rivers to secure ^iasy grades and they, in their turn, will do their enormous sliaru towards retaining and HU',eiigUioning its century-old importance as the natural capital and dlBtributing bam- of the Groat interior of British Columbia. Fort George's commanding position ia Dimply outlined. In a province; such as this, backboned by mountain ranges, the railways must follow the rivots to work their way ott easy grades across the country. The two important .stream in (Vnt.ral Jtritish Columbia, the Praser and the Nechaco, meet at Kort Ge.orge.-hence every railway tlJat taps tin: interior or the province must pass through thin point. Hiiiion I-Yaser felt the force of this argument, the railroad engineers of today have pro veil its' soundness. .Already tho Grand Trunk Pacific with its transcontinental lino running across the water front of Porl George, is 'jConinletmL The Pacific and Groat iOastei'ii, building from Vancouver to, Kort George, is being rushed as fast as in'*n and machinery eaii work. The Pacific and Hudson's Hay* and eight other roads hold and an- applying for charters to build i through here. In :i word. Kurt George for years to conic will hi the (¦(¦litre of a campaign of railroad construction without an equal on the American cominent. From all tins a logical Inference is to be drawn. Railways do not traverse a territory that Is barren of natural¦ resources; on the contrary, their aim is to locale in rich district's so that time will increase their local revenues. In tapping- Hentral Iiritish Co-' lutiibia the rails are opening up tin-last and poHslbly Hie richest .section of the American Continent. Already ihe first era -thai of discovery- la past lor Kort (if.'Ol'ge and the new land is well iri?« tjlti second j HtuK>'. the time of experiment.. Trials! in the three great lines of natural wealth—agriculture, minerals and timber—have proved beyond (juea-uon that the third and unending stage, that of development, has pos-siluliticH unlimited in atoie for this young town and country. To everyone who is interested in Furl George; Interested enough to stake money on its tut lire. the. invitation of The Tribune is "Uoine and See," for the town and country, their resources and prospects are the strongest possible arguments in their favor, but for the benefit of the man who finds it Impossible at present to visit this district and learn of it at lirst hand, this issue is printed in an endeavor to circulate absolutely reliable information concerning Kort George District and its natural capital and distributing base, the town of Fort George, Tho Town The town of Kort George lies at tint junction of the Fraser and Xe-dia.c-0 rivers, four hundred find flfty-flvo miles from Vancouver, four hundred and sixty miles from Prince Huper.t and four hundred and sixty-live miles from Kdinonton. H is on the main line and is a divisional point of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, now completed from the Atlantic to the Pacific. This road strikes Fort George at its northeastern boundary and traverses the entire north Hide of the town, following the south hank of th<- Ne-chaco river. Tin- Pacific and Great Kaslern The Pacific and Groat Kastem line < CENTRAL AVK.V \] liAMMi ).\'l) STREET ge th is now under construction from \ an-couvi>r to Fort George, backed b> a bond guarantee of the government of the province of British Columbia and under contract to be completed in 1915. This road eventually ia 10 be completed northward to the I'eace River country, a work which will forge the last link in the chain binding the immensely wealthy inteior of British Columbia to Fort Geo as its natural centre. Tho Pacific and Hudson's ]i»y The latest delinlie railroad prise in the Fort George field Pacific and Hudson's Bay, which is backed by unlimited capital and which proposes to run from ft I'ai iflc Coast olitlet at Belta Coola to Port George and thence by way of the Pine Pass to the Peace River country. This line will run across the town of Fort George and will build its terminals here. Facfs jiihI Figures, Lying >u an altitude of between nineteen hundred and two thousand feet, the town of Fort George, including all subdivision^, covers an area of almost four square miles. It occupies a level gravel bench alurtrtv tin .Vechaeo river. ' . ¦ and west and its : south, All these eni t hrough and lots, with the ex ¦• ued., in t he g'ov-¦ i-ii cleared, Hi Work's no municipal or- .uid the >!' a in ill ion in udeil locally in Linpio\ ing i he toss it, ClvNTIJ.M. lililTISII COLUMltlA Oil KI!S To (lif Cupilalist— The most profitable field for Investment in the known world. To Ihe Manufacturer— A great wealth of raw materials. Unsurpassed shipping facilities. Rapidly Increasing markets at home and in the new provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta, Mexico. Australia and the Orient. [1'TJIiP AND PAI'KR MILL IS PltOHABLE IV NEAR FUTURE Fine Btukida of "Excellent I'ulp Timber Can Ka.sily he Flouted to This City "Central British Columbia, has been described by an eminent writer ' as a country when1 opportunity is every where, ami those of us who are on the ground know he is right"; thus spoke I. hi Ilalght, real estate I mnii, lumber merchant and optimist when seen by a Tribune reporter a few days ago, Mr. Halght believes In the Kort. George district, and lie shows Iiia belief by keeping all his surplus rush and his future prospects invested in property in the "¦ railway lownsite of Prince George. I Ik believes in Kort George as a great wholesale point, b\x\ points out that the biggest field for t».e development of this city lies in the establishment of large industries, for the manufacture of wood products. His particular hobby in this line is the manufacture of paper from the all hut unlimited supply of pulp wood which covers the hind for hundreds of miles in all directions from Fort George, and which can easily be. floated down .the rivers to a mill located along the hanks of the Fraser. That such a mill would prove a good '!'<> the Lumberman— Millions of acres of the finest tirn- thing for the promotors and for the her In the world. A ii evur-lneruaalng lumber at hume am tie run nil abroad. for M i i .ii iv n:i:i:sTKi> is loi;T (JKOIUJK \ I Hi1 n ..I Adam- lilver liri < ¦».. I iml.s Outlook To Ihe l>uir>mini— Splendid pasture and high prices for butter, milk and cream. > I he I'oultrynmn— A cash home mark and eggs at big pric t for poultry . u ••'¦;.. 'I i rt Hi ¦ hat :; . aii\ b ; ¦,.: r ¦¦inliiic iii(jo ii ii.--*-. represent inn the innber Co . with large H.C., recently spent Fort (!i!orge, looking f the district (ating here. When PnWlu at the Hotel Mr. Huber was willing ilf;finite statements to he the decision of his did not hesitate to say ¦ •;•• . ¦ .-.-lit supply of finished would prove very much :-¦¦:¦; ir the demands of the y.•:.• >¦] miner, and far more so in ; ng years; for he is cer- . •:. ¦¦ ¦¦ thin a remarkably short ¦- • -me the Kort. George of . . have grown into a inetro- •_ r-;iy of lvrge proportions, : itner ati