PRINCE   GEOROE   CITIZEN
Thersd&y, Aug
Ust 20.
CARIBOO LODGE No. 65,1.O.O.F.
VISITING   BROTHERS   WELCOME
Meets Every Tuesday in I. O. O. F.
Hall,   Third  Avenue,  Prince
George,   B. C.
Prince George Machinery Co.
MACHINE WORK OF ALL KINDS.
Acetylene    Welding   and
Cutting. Automobile   Work   a   Specialty.
Cori.er   Seventh   Avenue   and George  Street.
McCullagh
The Jeweller
C.N.R.   Watch  Inspector.
Prince George, B.C., and Edson, Alta.
The Prince George  Citizen
A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
Devoted to the Upbuilding of Prince
George and Northern British
Columbia.
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Yearly   -   -   -  $2.00  in advance
Half-Yearly - $1.00  in advance
To  U.  S. and  Foreign  Points, $1.00
per anniNn additional.
Prince George Hotel Grill
j[P YOU ARE particular about your Menls and Service, don't st<?p into the first place j-ou come to, hut try the Prince George  Hotel  Grill.
Open Da# and Night
Private Dining Room For Parties
A. DEMAS     and G. KOLIAS Proprietors.
CITY CARTAGE AND TRANSFER CO.
Forwarding  and  Distributing Agents
PRINCE GEORGE, B.O. Phone Us for Coal
R. J. GARVEY, Proprietor Phone 14B.
ANDY'S CAFE
George Street.
If you are looking for the best meals in the city, try this Cafe, which is now open.
ANDY SIDDALL, Proprietor.
Wide-Awake Shoe Shop
P.O. Box 154.
Expert Shoe Repairing
McRamee & Wallin
ELECTRICAL WORKERS.
Estimates    Submitted    on    All
Work.    No job too big—
none too small.
A Complete Stock of Electrical Supplies.
AUTO HIGHWAY  INTO THE PEACE RIVER.
The newspapers of the Peace. River district have launched a cam-naign'for the building of an auto highway from Prince George into the eastern* end of th« Peace River district by the construction of a road from Hansard through the Monkman pass, and connecting with existing highways in the vicinity"of Beaver-lodge, in the province of Alberta. The route proposed is the one last discovered and advocated for the rail connection for the Peace River country. It is estimated the desired connection could be secured by the building of from 140 to 160 miles of highway. The cost of the work in the absence of . surveys must be iruess-work.
The agitation for the auto highway appears to be the result of disappointment in the matter of securing direct rail connection for the Peace River district with the Pacific coast. The people of the north have been deceived so often upon the railway situation that they sense in the tangle between the Canadian National, the Canadian Pacific, the Royal Dank of Canada and the Alberta government nothing but further delays, and no solution of their transportation in sight. They are now seriously advocating the building of 150 miles of'roadway and the movement of the produce of the country by gasoline traction in competition with such railway service as exists. In support of this they cite the success which gasoline transport has met with in competition with several of the railways in the United States, as well as in certain sections of the dominion. It may be that the Monkman pass highway commends itself to the Alberta view in that the greater part of the necessary expenditure will have to be assumed by the province of British Columbia. The highways in Alberta have been pushed close to the mountains from the eastern side. The cost to Alberta in connection with the proposed highway would be largely limited to making the road to the summit of the Monkman pass. With respect to British Columbia there would be the cost of constructing every foot of the highway from the summit to where the provincial highway could be picked up in the vicinity of Hansard. The Citizen has no desire to throw
spectacular advertising this fall to popularize the trip from the south north to the Central Interior and through the Interior.! The first stunt will be on September 7th, when two hundred and forty cars will arrive at Telkwa for the Barbecue. While in the vicinity many of the cars will come on through to New Hazelton and Hazelton and .spend at least part of the day here. As a return compliment this end of the district should aim to send three hv-ndred cars over the road to the Prince George fair this fall. Such stunts will receive America-wide publicity and will attract many thousands of tourists to the north next senson.
Prince George Made Hit With Coast Visitors]
Secretary   Payne   Says   Stop   of   Excursionists   in   Prince   George the Bright  Spot.
Vancouver Will   Show the  Rubes the
Bright Lights When They
Stray   South.
W.   E.  Payne,   secretary   of   the Vancouver board of trade, has communicated   to   George   W.   Fenwick, secretary    of    the    Prince    George board,   the   official   acknowledgment of the appreciation of the Vancouver j board of the  manner in which    the | visitors  were   entertaned   while     in I Prince  George and  vicinity.    In his communicaton  Mr.  Payne says:
"It is a most difficult job to. attempt to express in writing the appreciation of the members of our delegation for the manner in which the citizens of Prince George took care of our party while recently in your city. From the first momentof our arrival, until we said good-bye to your men at Ouesnel. the wonderful hospitality of Prince George was ever with us. The trip up the Mud river on the Saturday, and the wonderful picnic at Summit Lake on the Sunday, leaves us with hardly enough words to express how we feel. I enn assure vou that one of the red-letter memories of the entire trir> was our stay in your city.
"At the regular council meeting of the board held yesterday (August 13th\ the following resolution was unanimously adopted and I was instructed to forward same to you for your records:
"Be it resolved, that the Vancouver board   of  trade  extends  to   the ?e   board, of trade,    and .     of  Prince  Geortre.    the thanks of the entire mem-
the Peace River   but it canno? close its eyes to the difficulties presented
even  with  the  prospect   of securing direct highway   automobile   connection for Prince George 'with the eastern section  of the  Peace  River district.     As a solution  for the transportation    problem    of    the    Peace . River the Monkman pass automobile ! highway can scarcely be regarded as | a present day consideration.    There doubtless will come a great cheapening of motor transport  costs, but a great gap has to be covered   before grain can be moved  1000 miles and meet even the high costs of railway transport from that section.
There eis very little known at present as to the winter conditions in the Monkman pass route through the Rocky mountains. It is likely an automobile highway through this pass would be service for but four or five months in the year. This would not be so serious a disadvantage in a road designed for tourist travel, but for the movement of grain it becomes a very grave consideration.
Considered as a tourist highway the projected connection between Prince George and the Peace River is highly desirable, but there are so many claims upon the provincial government for highways,to meet purely provincial requirements, and the cost of the Monkman pass highway would be so great, that it can hardly expect to receive serious consideration at the present time.
Third Ave.     -""Opp. Pitman's.
Kamloops has not found the "city manager" system an easy road to perfection. At the last ^meeting of the council a resolution was put \.hrojugfh dismissing City Manager A. S. Fraser. The mayor and members of the council were not satisfied with the manner In which* Fraser carried out work, decided upon by the council, and on top of this they assert work was done which the council did not authorize. The city manager refused to hand in his resignation when it was asked for, with the result he was dismissed  from  the service.
s shown th_
_ its recent trip to Central British Columbia, and to assure the Prince George board that the Vancouver board earnestly desires an opportunity to recinrocate to the best of its ability the wonderful hospitality extended upon this occasion;
"And further, that we wish to inform the Prince George board that the Vancouver board stands prepared at any time to assist that organization in any matters which they may bring up, that have for their object the development of the province of British Columbia."
"You have placed us under a deep obligation which - we cannot, commence to repay^ until a delegation from Prince George visits Vancouver. We sincerely hope that this materializes in the very near future, and if your board can join with any other organization along the Grand Trunk, as far as Prince Rupert, and come down in a body, we can assure you that the whole board here will turn out en  masse to welcome you.
"We are also deeply grateful.to the members of your board who so kindly gave their cars for the run from Prince George to Quesnel. While it would be invidious to mention names, we cannot let this opportunity pass without making reference to Messrs. J. H. Johnson. H. G. Perry and P. E. Wilson. Many-others could be mentioned, but I know that you will assist us by bringing this letter to the attention of the members of your board in as prominent a manner p.s possible."
MICA PROPERTY NEAR
FORT   GRAHAME   WILL
PROVE VALUABLE.
FINDING BUSINESS  FOR THE HIGHWAY BETWEEN PRINCE
GEORGE AND HAZELTON.
(Omineca Herald.) It is expected that the connecting link of the main highway between Prince George and New Hazelton and Hazelton will be completed on Sunday. The first through cars may be expected to arrive any time after that. The Prince George Automobile Association proposes to do some
The General Holdlings company is moving a lot of freight to Summit lake for transmission to the company's mica property, about nine miles above Fort Grahame. Since this spring thirty-three tons of freight has been moved through. Prince George to this property. There are about fourteen employed at the mine and die development is said to be very encouraging. It is said there will be 200 tons of freight to move in to the property next year. The merchants of the city should interests themselves in this business and see if they can meet the prices of houses on tlie outside. All that Prince George gets out of the development at the present time is the freight handling. With several months notice the local merchants might be able tcr furnish a considerable part of the j supplies which will go in to the mine next season.
Men's Socks
Now Reduce*! to 25c, 5.0c, Toe arid $1.00, To Clear
10% off All Men's Summer Underwear
Peck & Gillis Co. Ltd.
GENERAL MERCHANTS.
P. BURNS & CO., LTD.
The Shamrock Brand
ALL MEATS  AND  PROVISIONS OF  HIGHEST QUALITY. OUR MOTTO:—Service and Quality.
Try a Can of SALLY ANN CLEANSER. You Will Find It the Best.
Telephone 7.
Prince George Hotel
J.  H. JOHNSON, l»roprJetor.
The Prince George has long been known as the best hotel north of Vancouver. Special arrangements have l>een made to provide for the growing.tourist business of the coming summer.
Touring parties taking in the advantages of travel to the lake sections of the north country should break their trip for a few days at Prince George and make reservations in advance at the Prince George Hotel.
THE GRILL, operated in connection with the Hotel, is under the personal management of Messrs. A. Demas and G. Kolias, who have established reputations as Res-tauranteurs.
Convergent Sample Rooms for Commercial Men. PRINCE GEORGE, B.C.
Fresh Meats
FRESH AND CURED MEATS. EGGS, CREAM, VEGETABLES.
GOLDER & WIELAND
Telephone 60.                                                 George Street.
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Rough and Dimension Lumber
FIR FINISH, SASH, DOORS, MOULDINGS SHINGLES, LATH, PLASTER, BRICK, LIME. CE
GLASS, BUILDING PAPER, ROOFING" MFFR 3-PLY COTTONWOOD LAMATCO and FIR VENi-
McINNIS & WILSON
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