THE   FOR T   GEORGE   WK EKLY   T RIBUNE
Saturday,  November y,
FORT GEORGE TRIBUNE PATH OF RUIN
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SATURDAY,   NOVEMBER   !*,   1914 FORT GEORGE STATION KITE
IN LAND OF PLENTY
Press    CoiresiMMuleiit    Writes    1 Impressions of Visit to HutMe Kield   Along  Alsne.
From  Paris eastward to the fron-Thnt  tho  inactivity  and  delay  oŁUjep aIul  northward to  the meadows the   Board  of   Railway   Commission-  ol- Holland there is nothing bot ruin ere of   tho   Dominion   of  Canada  in   Two months ago this country was a
dealing   with   tlie  Orand  Trunk   Pu-
lund   of   plenty,   another,   Garden   of
of
ciflc railway in the matter of the j Eden smiling under t^ 8U"- ]«>da> Fort George station .site is layingU »o wajrte,^f^P- Simmons that body open to severe criticism P^^^t^Vher? I "write this is evidenced by remarks made at ; t)i0|,e jg n0 gas and I10 electricity. * tho last <ineetlng of the Board of am wrjting by the Ilicker of a can Trade and published in another col- (jl6| one ioug candle, for even can umn of this issue of the Tribune.       ,uea are scarce.   When I started out
It Is hard to understand in the from Paris, an attache of the Amer face of the ronmrks made by Mr. Jean embassy said as a word -Drayton, the chairman of the board, j warning: while here investigating the • case "Take plenty of food lust May. that a decision would be you — .i-Mv »-o» • t,«. , handed down Immediately upon the | anJ¦ '7,, "" Aiid "take as" much water Hoard's return to Ottawa, why al: as ,,ou ,vjll need. If you don't you'll this late date in November, nothing, cQme back uere wiUl erum,ga typhoid has been  done.                                   J germs in your system to fill a dozen
The Fort George Board  of Trade j hospitals."
and other public bodies in the tlis-, He wass't exaggerating. Later, trict have repeatedly wrfctten and my food running short, I was forced wired the coinmissioners on 'the to travel 35 miles southward nearer matter and the reply has been in- the edge of the world's biggest bat variably one that would lead to the tlefleld to get something to eat. That conclusion that a decision would be is why I am here at Chateau-Thter handed  down  In the next  few  days  r>\             tottering walls of Soissons
following the receipt of the answer.!      ^ guch notlceB m tlli: But six full months have passed, and;     ..p^ooci   js lacking in  Soissons and the   uncertainty   as   to   whether   the  other necessities are equally hard to Railway  Commission     is    going   to!plocure     strangers and all   persons stand by  its guns and  insist on the   no,t inhabitants of this city are  or-railway   company   carrying   out ttts i dpred to leave by noon today." original order, or is going to let the j     I had lunch in Soissons    at what, railway  company bluff them  out of! in   peace  times,   wouM 'have been  a useful   existence,  is still   unsettled.   ; cosy little hotel. Now it was almost
The Chairman of the commission '" ru'"3> German shells having oat-has been on a visit to England since! [J™^ ^J» ^.jn^uS" wash-room to leaving Fort George, but he arrived wa8h my face and hands<- No Water home on October 9th, and surely has came, i Went into the yard and had time to take the matter up dur-; tried the faucet of the hydarnt there, ing the past month.                         .  | The result was the same.
In face of the publicly proclaimed       "There is no water in Soisssons," statements of well-known railway of-, the   wife of   the  hotelkeeper     said, flcials that the Grand Trunk  Pacific; "The   bridge   is   blown   up   and   the would build  the station  where  they  clt>' wuter P'Pe8 crossed the bridge, saw  fit  regardless of  the  orders  oV   . "Where   do   you_ get   your   water.
with the fact that up to the present they are getting by with the bluff, might -well lead to the conclusion that the railway commission is more concerned in deferring to the wishes of the railway company than in car-rying out their promises made to the public last May that the station decision would be handed down im-mediately.                                             j
That, the unnecessary and unex-. plained delay in this matter should! cause a feeling to exist in the minds of the public concerned that the' railway commission is losing dignity j in standing for the rank bluff of the railway company's officials, is noth-ing but natural, and calls for prompt action on the part of the Board .to re-establish itself \n the good opin-ion of the public of this district.
BRITISH SHIPS QUICKLY .     DESTROY ENEMY
Description of Sea 1?ight by Officer
of the Itritish Cruiser
Undaunted
The first good description of the sea- fight which resulted in the sinking of if our Gierman itorpedo-boat destroyers on the Dutch coast by the British ¦ cruiser Undaunted, andi the torpedo-boat destroyers Lance, Lennox, Legion and Loyal, is given toy  an officer of the Undaunted:
"When   heading   northward,"   the olllcer  said,  "we saw  the smoke of four  Gejrmsin   vessels.    The  captain immediately ordered us to clear for action and to chase 'ttte.ni.   We then steamed  ait top speed,   with  the destroyers in pursuit of the Germans. It  was an  unregrettable sight.  Our! ntirves were atra.ined and everybody I was  as   keen  as   mustard   over,  our! luck,     (
"The "G-erniiaiis turned about and fled, but We had the advantage in speed and soon they were in range of our six-inch bow chasers.   Seeing
ter strategic position, and answered I our fire, aiming mostly at our destroyers.
"Lusty cheering rang from our ships as the Hirst German destroyer disappeared. A shell struck her just below the bridge and she toppled over on her beam ends like a wounded bitTid, then righted herself to a level width the surface and finally plunged bow first beneath the waves. It w|as all over with heir in two mln-
n !<«»' thaa an ¦ hour, after we MltfMed  the  Germans  her  aec-
Shew»B«.bto2e fore und aft, Blmw ins.what the fearful shell work wae doing As one shelf hit her the funnels, bridge, torr,p«do tubes and deck fittings all disspeared like magic, "We actually passed over the spot where the first vessel was sunk and for the space of a couple of seconds, as we tore through the water at a rate of over thirty knots an hour, wej saw poor wretches floating abou;t clinging to ch&fcreil and blackened debrla and other wreckage It was a, pitiable sight, but -we had two more combatants to put out of ac lion and were farced to speed along and try to fcrget the sight. % "The Second ship, still a mass of flames, had sunk to the level of the:
plied. "Our drinking water we must bring from a spring about a mile away. We woud not dare drink the Aisne water; there are too many dead men and horses about.
I washed from water from the AJsne—just a little was given me, for the Germans were on the hill tops ovrlooking the river and sent shells down whenever they jsa.w people approaching the stream.
Everywhere there are dynamited or shelled houses; trampled farms deserted villages. From Soissons < Chateau-Thierry I tried to get something^.to eat. There, was nothing to spare. What foo<y there was was reserved for the /inhabitants; for   strangers there w,as nothing.,
At one village onlf a wine shop was open. The JceepeV was a woman. There was nothing} to eat in th shop, though the shopkeeper said might have some coffeS if I could drink it without sugar.' When ] asked if there was any brandy, the bar woman laughed. "The greatest armies in the world," she said, "ftavf four times passed this village. The Fiench retreating; the Germans advancing; the Germans ..retreating!1 and the French chasing them. I've one bottle of Jamaica rum left.wh.icl' I hid.   I take that with my coffee."
If the stories told me in the neighborhood of Rheims, Bpernay, Ay. and elsewhere are half true, Americans are going to find champagne hard to get pretty soon. They say the Germans took a special liking to champagne. Many cellars were emp .tied. Private stocks suffered wllh the rest, if the word of the people I talked to along the routes may be believed. Certainly, I saw green bottles eyerywhere, I saw them in the ditches by the roadside, in the fields, floating in the Marne, the Prand-Morin,  and the Aisne.
Fresh bread is impossible to get save in the larger towns. Bach mile northward from Chateau Thierry a . harder and harder he needs In the way of food.
For two days just out of Rhoims, I ate with the soldiers . and slept with them. Their food is pentlful and wholesome. The French soldier's bread is delivered to him in a two pounds. This he calls his boulle de son"—|Bran ball). Twice a day he gets a hot meal,about 11.30 in the morning, and around 6 o'clock at night. This meat is usually a stow composed of meat and beans, or a ragout made in huge boilers set on atones in the open. He sometimes is given hard tack, but not often, this being used only in emergencies. Nor is he used to preserved meat ("singe," or monkey meat, Jie calls it) as huge abattoirs are almost always located, just back of the fight-Ing, where fresh beef ]s made ready for the army.
People living in this shattered fairyland are having a. hard time. They are reduced to primitive modes of living; what food they have Is of the simplest; oil, and often candles cannot be had; milk is lacking for the children. It seems impossible that all over northern France, where everything  is so  pretty  and   fertile
firing was very poor, though several | of their shells How around and cast shrapnel bullets about ub,
'/The enemy fired many torpedoes, one of them missing the Undaunt-ed's stern by only a few yards. Fortunately we saw the bubbles it made as it approached and thus avoided the fate of the Aboukir (a British cruiser sunk recently by a German submarine) .        i
"An hou> and a half after the Germans1 were sighted all was over with, them and -the order was given to save life.".
 and no doubt de because men choose  to fight aild kl11 each otlier-
The «aw and planing mill of the Forests Mills company at Comaplix on Arrow Lake was destroyed by fire last week, as well as the Lardeau hotel adjoining the mill. The total loss is estimated at ?250,0O. The mill was running on a fourteen million foot contract and to complete the cut, a new mill will be erected immediately. The fire iB believed to have been of incendiary origin.
PROVINCIAL NEWS
For Loss of Hair
C. R. Drayton, a brother of Qh'alre man Drayton of the Railway commission, has been appointed i>rovls8-i Ionai liquidator for the Dominion Trust company, whose affairs- are said > to  be in a  Ladly tangled condition.'
The new Dominion Government1 elevator to be erected on Vancou-1 ver harbor, for which tenders havei been called. Is to have a capacity of! 1,250,000 bushels and will cost in the neighborhood of $1,000,000. Two! sets of automatic scales, capable oft weighing and filling 1,500 bushels) per hour will be installed.
The   militia   department  at  Ottawa have placed orders with Vancou—j--ver firms for material for outfitting the Canadian contingents as follows: Story    &    Campbell,    500    saddles; Leckie  Shoe Co.,     3,000     pairs    of shoes,  and   the  Vancouver  Knitting i Co. has a contract that is keeping the! factory  running steadily qn  24-hour' shifts.
The Canadian government is con-! sidering the advisability of provid-! ing places on Canadian farms for! 1,000 Belgian refugees. It is thought j that these people, who are splendid
farmers,   would   find   ready   employ-!   in this comraunitToniy ment   with   the  farmers  throughout j Canada, and it would relieve Uie^re-j lief measures now necessary in Eng-j land   in  taking care of them.
Peijcy Godenrath, who has been connected with the newspapers (in many parts of British Columbia for the past 15 years, and who has been publicity commisssioner of the Prince Rupert Board of Trade for the last year, has resigned that position and left with the soldiers for the front as a member of the active service company of Light Infantry of Prince Rupert.
A movement has been started  in
Vancouver among the Hebrews with world's Series just completed, two the aim of starting a Jewish farm-' years ago pitched for Seattle in the ing colony of at least 50 families'Northwestern league, and has many as a beginning. A strong committee! friends in British Columbia. In an has been appointed and the details amtiole In Collier's Weekly, Grant-land Rice, the clever sporting editor of that paper, says: "On Friday Rudolph   looked  to   be  a   wonder, . but
We will pay for what you use If Rexall "93" Hair Tonic does not promote the growth of your hair.
In all our- experienco with hair tonics the one that has done moat to gain our confidence ia Rexall "93" Hair Tonic. Wo havo such well-foundod faith u/i it that we wnat you to try it at our risk. If it does not satisfy you in every particular, wo will pay for what you u«C to tho extant of a 30 day treatment.
If Rexall "93"-Hair Tonic does not ranovo dandruff, relieve scalp irritation, stop tho hair from falling Mid promote a new growth of hair, come back to us and ask ua to return the money you paid for it, and we will promptly hand it back to you. You don't iign anything, promise anything, bring anything back, or in any way obligate yourself. Isn't that fair? - Doesn't it stand to reason that wo would not make such a liberal offer if we did not truly bclievo that Rexall "93" Hair Tonic will do all wo claim for it — that it will do all and moro than any other remedy?
We have everything there is a demand for, and aro able to judge tho merits of tho things we sell. Customers tell us of their success. Thero lire more satisfied users of RexaU "93" Hair Tonic than any similar preparation we sell.
Start a treatment of RexaU "93" Hair Tonic today. If you do, wo believe you will thank us for this advice. Two sixo bottles, 50c and SI. You can buy RexaU "93" Hair Tonic
G. A. JAMES
Central Ave., Fort George
Thorn is a Rexall Stora in nearly every town and city In the United States, Canada f#d Great Britain. There ia a different Rexall Remedy for noarly every' ordinary human ill — citch especially designed for the particular ill for which it is recommended.                             i
The RexaU Stores are America's tirtaUtt -  Drug'Store*
 dahlia of a d&fcfciLte rose shade, which  its sponsor  suited  whs  her  favorite
yesterday Bill James, the Seattle siege gun, looked to be the greatest pitcher in the world."
of the scheme are to acquire land and divide it Into 4 0-acre plots, where will be built a synagogue, community, school, central warehouse and other essentials. Central British Columbia, and'especially the Fort George district can furnish the   Kolt THK CANADIAN                         :
land and the committee are respect-                                   PATRIOTIC PUN I) I fully   invited to investigate.                                        ----------
Messrs. J. A. Mcllwee & Sons, or  Aldermen;  Citizens   Hold  Successful Denver,   Col.,   who   have   a   sub-con-         l-'anry  Dress Ba!I  f,».st Week tract  on. the Rogers  Pass  five-mile;     ()ll  Wednesday    evening,  October! tunnel,  which   is  being  bored  to  do! 28th, 1914, one of the most Buccesa-away  with the Loop at Glacier, areifu] ,am.v dre3s balls yet held in the suing Messrs. Foley Bros., Welch &   Bulkley   Valley   took   place   in     the) Stewart, the head contractors on the  large j,an Of the Telkwa Howl at Al-work,   for   $527,216.24.       The   suit c|ermere.   The dance was  given   un-arises out of a disagreement over the tJer tne auspices and   in   aid  of  the! contract which ended in cancellation Canadian Ptriotic Fund, over  which on September 24.   The contract car- the Duke of Connaught presides. The ried  with   it a  bonus  providing  tho keeu   interest   that   was   centred   in contractors made    certain    headwajithe function   may  be gathered  Trom within  a given     time.      Mcllwee   &jthe   fact  that  people   from   all  over Sons claim the sum of $215,076  on account of bonus earned, $34,924 for bonus  which they  were  deprived  of earning  through  cancellation  of the
contract, $125,325 lost profits on the] Q7and   Union   Hags,   and   red,   white contract   to   bore   the     tunnel     and  iUui biue bunting; on the walls were, $164,431   lost   profits   on   the  con- j displayed   handsome     photogravures! tract   to   do   the   centre   heading   ofj of the leading Britfsh naval and mil-j the  tunnel.    The   total   cost   of   the  jtary   ollicers,  encircled   with   maple tunnel will be in he neighborhood of heaves.        The   floor   had   been   well ten   million  dollars.                              waxed and  was in  perfect condition
David Murray, one of the pioneers! for dancinjf. Mr. Charles Sullivan of the early CO's in the Cariboo dur-1 generously lent his comfortable quar-Ing the first placer excitement, and ters' fOT dressing and card rooms, who has latterly conducted the At- For a number of weeks the com-lantic hotel on Broad and Johnson streets, Victoria, was lined $75 in the police court recently at that city for
selling liquor to an  intoxicated" per-   were   well   rewarded   for   the   dance son.                                                        proceeded   without  a  hitch.
As   a   result   of   changes   in   the       The lady's  prize  was awarded   to Grand   Trunk    Pacific   service,    the' Mrs.   Chettleburgh, 'as   "Folly";   the
the valley came to the ball.
The hall, which had been kindly lent by Mr. John McNeil for the occasion, was tastefully decorated with
mittee   worked     hard   in   preparing the entertainment,  and  their  efforts!
steamer Prince George, running between Vancouver and Prince Rupert! can boast of being the most heavily officered craft on the Pad tic. At present it has eleven certified officers on board, including lour captains, three foreign masters and one extra master.
Footsore, weary but triumphant, two men anxious to serve with the colors arrived at Vancouver recently j from Fort George, alter having tramped all the way along tlie Pacific Great Eastern railway route nearly 500 miles. One was a Belgian and the other a British reservist named F. Garnlss, formerly with the West Yorks regiment.       "   ^"
The apple ar.op throughout the province of Builtteh Columbia this year is estimated to be double that of 1913.' Figures snow that 66,000 boxes have been gathered this year ae againat 33,000 for last year. The marketing of this quantity means a tidy sum to (the fruit growing diis-triots of .the province.       VJ
Three-of .the bandits who robbed the Sedro-Woodey bank of $20,000 last week ware rounded up and killed at Hazelmete, B.C.. near White Rock, on the Great Northern railway line between Seattle and Vancouver, but; unfortunately, in the melee Cllffoind Adams, aged 22 a n-i-tive son of New Westminster and customs house officer at White Hock was shat dead by one of the ban-i" dtts.         • ,                           H
Because a police officer ordered him to atop throwing' orange skins on a Vancouver pavement, a Hindu named Sawa Singh'struck him heav ily over the head with a large Hub once and almost broke his wrist with the second swing. Bystanders came to the policeman's assistance before any further damage was done and the Hindu was arrested for au-sault and, sentenced to one y(!{ir |n the penitentiary.
Two striking new seedling dahflas rejoicing in the names'of Sir Richard McBride and Lady McBride reftneel ively, have just been evolved by  Mr Wallace,  a  nurseryman  of   V.lolorla' an-' after .thorough teati) lasting over three   years   have  now  been    jnt,.o duced   to the rruolic.    "Sir  Richard McBnide" has. a head of fine proijor tion-s, and is a peony of a i-ieli culm son color.    The other  bloom, christened after Lady McBride, |a a single
gentleman's to Harry Smith of Smithers as a "Hebrew"; and Mrs. Goodwill as "Samantha" was highly commended.
The net profit from the ball amounted to over one hundred and forty dollars; and the total receipts collected at Aklermere to date for the fund are three hundred and fifty  dollars.
"When you travel rail or boat Wear a PERRY sait and coat."
New Fall and Winter Lines
Now in Stock
Warm IJNDKJtWICAK for men from $2.00 a suH:
PIj'AnNBL SHIHTS iii great variety.
OVERCOATS in the fashionable I). It. Muter style, pure wool cloth;
l>ig, roomy und comfortable; from $18.00. Vim COATS, SHEI'SKIN-LINED (OATH, MACKIXAW8,
K1IOI0K, SHOE I'ACS, .MOCCASINS, ETC. Everything at SPECIAL PU'ICKS.
"harry g. perry
Moil's "Kxtiusive" Shop.
Central Avenue FORT GEORGE
George Street PRINCE GEORGE
THROUGH   SERVICE
PRINCE RUPERT
Effective Sept. 18
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Kclinonton and  Prince Rupert  connections   at   Edmonton   from   all points oast thereof.
District Passenger Agent.
W. .1. QUIMjA'N
Portage Avenue) Winnipeg
We can build you anything from a
BUNGALOW to a SKYSCRAPER
Estimates funmlied oh all classes of buildings. Brick and re-enforced concrete work a specialty.
A. G. BLACK & CO.
General Contractors
Hammond St., Fort George. P.O. Box 270    Prince George
A. J. S. WILLSON
Uile Kolirrls, Jones & Willsoti
Real Estate and Insurance Agent
ACREAGE   SPECIALIST Improved Farms and Garden Tracts for Sale
Hamilton Avenue, South  Fort George,  B. C. Phone 2, South Fort George.   P.O. Box'23,. South Fort George
P. BURNS & CO., LIMITED
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in all kinds of
Fresh and Cured Meats
D..U*.,    TLaaca    U««« .               GOODS DELIVERED TO ALL
Butter, Ineese, eggs;       PArts of city
Highest  Prices  Paid  for  Live  Stock
Fort George   South Fort George
Phone    30
The Big Three of Central B.C.
 HAZELTOPf
Center  of   the  richest  mining district ¦ jn  Canada,
Gateway    of    the    Groundhog anthracite coal  fields.
The junction of the waterways where the lines of trade meet.
Future absolutely assured.
HUBERT
Trarfb center of the Bulkley Valley.
Ia so strategically located that all branch railway linen will be built  from that point.
Has no possible competitor for the trade of the rich tarrUtftj; lying between Fort George und New Hazelton.
POUT GEORGE
Is In a class, by itself
No city In Western Canada with the possible exception of Winnipeg of Vancouvor will outstrip Fort George's growth In population and development. "1 . No city on the North American continent has moro natural advantages than Fort George.
When you seek opportunities for business or investment you must be sure of tho location of t!» MAIN • BUSINESS CENTERS. INVESTIGATION will prove to you that FOKT GEORGE, 1IUHKKT and NEW IIAZELTjON are so strategically located tlmt they will overshadow till other towns in Central, Northern British Columbia und the  PEACE RIVER DISTRICT.
NATURAL RESOURCES SECURITY COMPANY, Ltd.
^        (Joint Owners and Sole Agents Fort George and Hubert Townsites)
HAMMOND STREET                                                           FORT GEORGE, B.C.
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