fprnr  Sfralfc.       -The city cp^ndl's recommen- Captaifl"^ger A|ive ,-,- j-ffv >-s<^   "      dation to the RaiTfeaA1'Com mission    .     arKfMr*»ll frt-Ger
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 \V|:t;KJ.r BV-.T.HE HORTHER?
. rRI'fTi.SV, COMPANY, i TD,
da lion
that -the  (Iran*!
take "immediate
Trunk -steps   fo/
~. "TtV'o p~r Y«ir. in Aiivanc*. To :h» Ur.it**! ?'tVM £.'/•).
vTl c .•mmu.'.icaik>ni shooid be «jJJr«*i*ti u>____[_
¦The Herald,. PrirJee.'OwK*. B. C.
building.of a station at. of" George streer~w
tl
Well in-Germany.
.,—        -   .  ;_.-¦;    . .;     j That Capt. George Ager; who! left -Victoria. last August   with J
 -OF INTEREST.
iuf.H.4.1 M   *£SJiT. Pia*at
FRIDAY, -'JUNE   2.5th,
week, and hope of
lace tjia^an en"cf'to4,h|^ seeming-ternal question  is  in  sight. j The £ity  council. has doubtless" j carried  out  the   wishes of the. majority off the people here.    It; rs now up ito (the Railway  Com-published, in  last mission    and    the  G. T. P.     Itj calling attention will be a,pleasant day for us all I ro the immediate need of a Board when work>begins on the railway j of Trade, Chaml-erofCommerce, Istation at Prince^George. or some such.organization repre-; sentative  of..the   business  and; public in-tefeyts of:Prince George, -has-had the effect  in. ajwakenirjg sonie-citizens  to a sense of their
^t forward  th<n6th  Battalion, is alive - and j f "•t'h<»  fervent       ,,              . ' -¦  ~   .      , '¦ • •>    ¦.-    « t
I.      /         well, a prisoner in  the hands of j
renng/popu-  tv    r^mo^^  r.«^  ?v.o*  ui   k«c!
General • - Victoriano . HuerUV peaceful citizen, of sub-|
^Yor,k;   finds; it   his: tarn to smile.     ' *           ':    y\
now  a
and that he   has]
been recommended for the Mili^"L Most things,     manv  flnnpti7
For instance, too many appetiz-
can be overdone.
Suit Dismissed in
tary  Gross in recognition of his j           .,  ,           ,.,
gallantry in. the Canadians' not-j *rs ^ the appetlte able clash with the enemy, is in-1                      ¦¥'
formation which has reached his;    Regarding that family.  "                              .     !of coal. it.is usually the
After the  battle of Hill 60 on j makes us hot. April   23,   Mrs.   Ager  received!
official notification that her hus-i    Man>Tgirl who turns a fellow band had been wounded.   A subsequent cable stated that he ¦'wounded and missiri
This was the lastMard until
resporvsrbilties_and[Opportunities in the matter:. ';     f. V-^
•All that is required, rjovv.isthat two or three business men take Hipori tHemselv£fs the responsibili-ty recalling a public meeting and
the /people together on
is terribly surprise'd when e doesn 't turn up again.
 Should
United States be war she would be
Fort Georg6 CflSe.   word came fron>Mr./«Iames Ross,  -   , - ,,              .     „  .
__5           /      ofLondon^Erigland: the officer's wel1 able t0 supply all. her
Justice. Clement Decides Purchase
of sonie
Supreme^iurt,   has   dismissed l{he
brothj&r-in»1 aw',_,who had been in• ^estigatingTThatAhe had authentic news that yGapt. Ager, after being wounded^ had been taken prisoner by /the" Germans.   He           ,                  .
"  that he had learned that>Gartrid*es Pe^week.
munitions for an At the present
 factorJes can5UI?  factories^an turnOut
 indefinite, time,  tirne her  rifle
such
we
lieve theNresponse  will
mediate. /I'n^the mean^infe much valuab.le« time lsv^being   wasted
¦•-•-^—v-—,   •¦—_ rL:z^i;"-- niif- war office^Jbad recomniended withpu-tr costs against the plaTn^Thlmi"for the Militar»Cross,   a suit .trjed-in ApriJ/last decoration/ onlyj^sejcond  in   dis-against   George   J.  Hammond, tinction to the^yC C. president of the Natural ttesourc-1    Sorae-ot^thpse who were with Security. Company, and Albert j CaptT Ager when he was incapac-
have recounted the   cir-
The Gunard liner Pamonia recently sailed /for Europe with 1900 horses aboard.            .     - .¦
forbring-l^ollenmayer.  in>'olv[ihg a
On a population basis,   British Columbia has sent more men to
advantages "iKour cit»^a»nount of Fort/George property. cumstances.    They: say that/he the battle front in^Europe^hanr
e world are overlooked,
thoroughly":' representaci-ve organization'can do wonders for any- growingcity, and It is gratifying to report thai a realization of this fact is/being erally appreciated George.
J^
/
 OKE, INDEPENDENT
Anoth|r-ca'n 'cialtpoli
t'ndio
ate -for^provin- ^            per-
 has
al honors.^ln^the  Mr.   WF'Cob^
chapeau into the local week announces himself as an independent cahdi-ate for the British Columbia Le^slature.~-»-Mr; Cooke's candidature^ unique, in thatlie is in our beli^sihe only independent-of-any-pai'tyxcandidate in the provincial field.
This opens the Question of Mr. Cooke's previous*party affiliations.' . As he. is one of the oldest residents in- this .district
cord in politics be/ofe us. 'S^the.eaffy-histpry
H1910-1911)   Mr^ Cooke office in  the Conservative Association  and was an earnest-apostle of that party's policy.   A little later he accepted acprnmis-sion from the Liberals^of the district to go on a mission to Ottawa to make certain representations 1 to 'the government His  Con-jse^.yaiiv'e;: ardor was. for a time1 thereafter, .somewhat  coo 1 edi Later;he again  became; arGon.. servative ahel entered in the work and'- conferences of the  party.' Jlhe Herald' .givesfc this ,.brief re-sume; of -Mr.   Cooke's   political activitjies;. .here in  the hope that some modern  ^ioses jnay arise and show us just what the " independent' ',..candidate's, political ^iews really consist of.   As tlvf incredulous    hoosier    remarked when shown a giraffe for the. |first time: ''There: aint^no.such, nirnal^'' so.we say in the "world ^'*there aint no such asTan independent.      k . business man, patron o7 •" sport, and all-round good fellow, "B\ 11 y-ILCooke has' ,the all in. the district, ewho with   considerablle^ifiterest
politics;
the
policy he will outline in. carrying on his candidature as an :"inde--pan dent."                     \
'    The City of Fort George capit--_ *__ _    ) ulated   to   the  City   of  Prince
 TrTirteeff3:|1o} lowers" of the old  town swore allegiance-to-the-new.  ruler,' and will help thejfoung'city lflfiilh^J^    queen of
islevy British iJ5lanibia>
proper adjustment.of rial affairs is not Effected in that
>/ico in the
will
nearv future undpubtedly
nvation for many of her ;citi-
The matter^ disposed-of so far i was leading his section oC the any other of the^ailied ns
as the  pornpany,<is   concerned;
company in the.charge pn--the|
ho we ver,j^i th ^ ref eren ce to th e woodyheld by the" Germans original'arbitration.   ¦»
force, the same, no doubt,
was E. K. Alden,! has been so frequently mention-who die^x^rf Seattle in January, jed in  dispatches.
1914, and tfie Suit was continued by his widow. -Mr. Alden had been employed byvthe ^Natural Resources Security ^Company at $200 per month, and besides was to receive 10 per cent.\m tl^eNnet profits on certain sales^uring his continuance with the (company.
He remained seven 'months, and for this service he drew in all over £$11,000. A dispute arose over the settlement/ and anx arbitration agreement^ which C. W. Craig.wasa there seemed to be^qu of Sept. 30, of $246£ subject tjo^eitfcfer increase or deT
men, had come to a hand-to-ha:
struggle with  the
fore feeing hit, he had
several men
on jbeing str'uck, was. forced to ^   •,/   A           .
dr^p behind/  He^was given firatfbOle Agent
vaid i and' \efa/ip the  j bearers. Then the Gen reinic^eements, forced^ retire
they y^re driven.
ing. This is th^explanation of news that »at source
 Townsite
 lden asjof^
 capture,      l  he is well has been a fl               l
 not only
sum but^his many local f yCjapt. Ager w;as %
iubseqiient' business  further profi't qHoss.
crease dev<
In/February,. 1912, Mr^Dollen- bought.a large^number of Agreements of sale and also a number of lots^in FortViedrge, agreeing to/pay debts  against the properly of about 8200,000, and also to pay in cash to the Nataral Resources Security Co., Limited, the sum of $75,000.,.',-,
% At the trial^ not ja "single witness was1 called for Mr. Hammond or Mr. Dollenmay4r;' or for the company]; Jthe/^laintiff having failed to make a case. The de-cisionlplaces the matter where it. was before suit was commenced. The_M;(?ourt appoints Mr. C. W. Qraig,' the former arbitrator, as special referee to determineJipW much money is due from the Natural Resources to Mr. Alden's heirs.         -    ,    '
Germany Will §ehd 5     ¦ Conciliatory Reply;
_i Berlin, June_22. ^iiermany's re"ply torthe 'Am'errcan^note will be ready about July 1st,. and will be of a conciliatQry naturer ..,
This is learned on unimpeacHr able:authorijty. Dr. "Anton Meyer i                                    j
entov-from-Washingtorif yvasjri^
 headquar ence
vited to the Imperial
ters for a firsi
the Kaiser, .following'which-* he,
will act ini an adfvisory capacity
|                      ^
|in the drafting of the reply..
Extensa
presen
ti>'es.of
conference   of  re-the various de-
 ;to
 of the foreign  rie^ancl
the nayal general staff for presentation to the United Stateds
rfnify—the "
office^ Jthe ministry .of mar^
the nayal general staff fo
 may be stated regard
 jng Drl
 j
Meyer-(Jerhard's report tnat the information brought bv him ^ tained little was absojmely 0 to the foreign oliiiq'e~alRi its*chief
face walue lay in presenting a report
of the» strength^of^ the various currents of^ublLicfopinion in the
50th Gordon Highlanders before
Ager,   ritoe
 inducements to
people wh6 will-build.
being drafted tal.ipn. for the the number of
to the 16th Bat-front; ; Owing to officers volunteer-
ing for active service he accepted the rank of lieutenant; in order to.ensure his departure without delay,    •¦.    ' ¦      /' ':';. ^^f. '
-K.
£. Railwi Company Encourages jS' y>Mine Development.
The P. G. E. Railway jCpmpany ia encouraging development of the mineral resources along its line, iknd has made arrangements whereby prospectors can get out small tonnages of ore, and the company will collect them in quantities to form shipments to the Taeoma smelter, having arranged to give prospectors- at all poinis^along the .line a freight and 'treatment rate on their ores. Many ^prospectors, have taken advantage of this offer to work their own holdings, and although thistTTii-J^  ¦ A         • 1         %     r  • n " \
at Fire, Accident, Life,
 be^, done onlj5> in a: small way  the res(ultsrMobtained will   go
far to a'ttract eapttal-to the development; of the mineral resources of that section. ]VIr. A. J. "Bea couver has been retained as consulting engineer fprfthe company-and his
Ljyj^^p^^^^p pector.s.j.^orkirig in iihe territory trib-
utary to "the line without any cost to them. His examination of the ^mineral prospects J^there has already shown evidence offprobable locations of hew, copper nfiitiiis.  . j               ,
United States* and the attitude ol^Ecgpident Wilson^ and his ad-visers;in a morepositfveandc/n-fdrhvTthan   could
ve
beeni possible-in a written tom-
munication.
He"is understood to it clear that tKe American people are standihg solidly behind~th"e Presideini in his insistence upon guarantees against_arriepetition f      h       iid        hi
of such an incident as ing of the Lusitan ia and eq uatly. clearj that no important section of the American people favors.
 can
ably^
Come in and talk it over, will not cost ypu any-
Garden Tracts
Frorh 1 to y the Fraser River-and P.  G. E. Raijway within ra mileM^ow^; Price and: terms on application.
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