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VOL. 5. NO. 46;
PRINCE GEORGE. JBitlTIsri-'i'CO^^E^ FRIDAY, JtJLY 16. "19157 y
Prick Five Cents-
HAVE DEPOT SHE SETTLEfl
Mass MeetingCalled for Last Evening JPcfet  I NigM—Misleading^teports
ned Until Monday Nigta—Mialea^^
by Parties Oppose^ taCity> Interests.
Council Mike
 heavy^dowppoor
several hundred people were~in an Ottawa correspondent;
mdance at the advertised mass meeting in the Ritts-Kifer Hall last evening. It was without doubr the-most representative gathering of citizens iri the historyof ,Prfnce George. Mr. P. E. Wilson had been announced as chairman of the meeting,the objectof,which ^as. to- get some definite actionfhv regard to th£ 'final settlement of the depot location here. . „¦: ^,^ yO-v A short time before \h^ gathering- of/Citizens a ^report was circulated
that telegrams
received "fjtffn OttawiTcon-v«ying the information that the Exchequer,eourt of Canada had construe*
the station at Oak and Ash^treeta, •under/penaity of a (if sentence "to^the ;raiIway officials for non-compliance with the order.   Mr. Johnson, of Central
ordered the immediate f/the
following reply to an inquiryaent
itemporary publishes from an Ottawa source
y   No action taken/ By Ex:--• chequer Court along  lines you report.     Officials here know nothing 6f any recent action.;;
A local a dispaj
to the 'effect that the mayor, had asked that the former order ol the railway commission, for t station at Oak and Ash streets, be carried out.
Whether_Mr .GiljettT the citizen, or Mayor, Gillett, the city official, *. made this request is a question that the people would like.answered.LJt is a matter of local' history; that^the-Council, against strong opposition from the. mayor, passed a resolution the erectiqfn of the depot on George street.
The city today is practical!/ unanimous for the George street
 tJle^«ram8'
 realizing that^^upa_et
 ^«r.am8' *ftV« ™e, in their arrangements for yards  foMowingcopy of the roundhous«^etc.. would retar
message received by him and signed by R, Pringle, counsel for tht Fort George interests.
"Ccmmiision.order station^ Oak and A sh streets dmn made- order ExchequerCourt. If officials do \hot><spey im>< mediately, apnU«atten - made Jail sentenced    ¦  .    Xv;;>-;. ¦ JjLr. WJJsoin^ati chairman of the mass meeting Informed the tudi-. •nce>pf the messages received,; that/fij view^ofjHW reported action of the^uft it would  be  inadvijsa#e^for the
in the
 roundhou
 ^etc.. would retard  for years^to
eyenihg promises to aur
Mr. A. R. Steacy, manager
matter.
pone
 the post of the meeting until
^Meantime ibcal busjn^^ men got busyCon the wires to ascertain from Ottawa the truth in the matter. Thisc afternoon several messages were re'ceivedKin the city and all, without^exception. brought the news that no antion whatever had-^erTtak^n in the station site matter along the lines declared in the alleged message from Mr. Pringle. Late this afternoon the Herald received the
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the Kennedy Blair'•tores, returned today from a business" trip .to Van derhoof. In common with all visit  the Nechaco  Valley
metropolis Mr,.Steacy remarks upon the  rapid growth and def velopment of the town. Thejeentre of a rich farming cornmunity an & tjie'gatew.ay to the/Omineca^ma stuart'dtstt\&\\s  Vanderljpof promises' tp^Become a pointzof
considerable importance in New British   Columbia.   Mr.   Steacy
states that crop^s will be-enormous in ihat district this season. Fanners are en joying prosperous times and are raising considerable live stock, for which they obtain :goodprices.;^r'v            %
 OF VOLUNTEERS LEFT^FOR TRAINING TUESDAY.
second, part; for Vernon They were
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,of volunteers en\ Tuesday's an\n-
¦thu8iaVticsen4roijiv,thecftiaen?B hundreds of people Srowding the station platform to wish them God-speed, good-luck, and a safe return. Those in the party were : W. J. Service, A. Stewart^D: C. Phillips.vWmV Waldie; C. K. Mackenzie, J,g. JJfevensqn, C. J?rice; ¦JnoT Buchanan^S. W. turner, A. W. NwHolson, E, jComeault. E._H. Smith, R.^4,.Crowell. Clayton C. .Buell, ¦ JL Baxter, J. Strutliers, W. Bi*>wn, A. H.~ Seys, J. H. McKinnon, C. Me-, Laughlin, T. E Kempsbn, H. E. trelevan, M. Miller, A. Matthew. J. Dunn,. l^Booker, and J. K, Lodge.     "         ." •' :¦   ;     . .-1
Farewell
Last Sunday evening a patriotic and farewell service was held in the Rex Theatre under the auspices of [lithe combined churches of the csfty. Mayor Gillett was in the "chair, and opened the' "meeting with a speech in , which: he paid a glowing tribute to the patriotism of /the Jboys-o|r Prince George and surrounding district. He hoped to see them all return
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to the lanospf .their adoption. T^' Reverends Justice. Morrison. and Wright, took part in the service. Mr. Justice in the m-vocation- and Mr. Wright reading-several passages from the Scriptures. In a spirited address .to the departing recruits and having in mind those who had departed the week previous, Mr. Morrison traced the history of the various nations opposed to the Allies. The Allies "were engage J in a holy war. the speaker said. .*£? A solo by Mrs. Heed.and hearty singing by the congregation, led by kerr's orchestra was an enjoyable part of> the. programme. A1 collection of 925 wa9 donated to the Canadfen Patriotic Fund..
^AttachecT ttf this morning's eastb^ufio^fefain" was; a car of 66 Montenegrin and Servian recruits who are en-route to the training Three Rivers, Quebec.
entire   party Priqce Rupert. Ihey were joined
came  from
here by  a
local Montenegrin named Mike Becovitch. Mike was in many" ways a good citizen but had recently kicked up a littjerumpus and had run foul o/^ihe provincial police. As/a result he was serving a two<niohth'8 term, as a guest of Chief  Dutiwoody.   A
Cariboo Rancher Is Going To The Front
Vancouver, July 14.—-In ord tp^'do his bit11 -for Kinjrand country, Jas. D, Bioyd^pneofth most prominent rancners of th Cariboo road, whose home at th 70-mile station is known to al
travelerjH6y this highway for its hospitality, has joined the forces jtsa transport driver.   He wai accepted Saturday afternoon, an( left for Victoria to go into train ing.
Mr. Boyd was born in the Car iboo/and has grown up in the saddle and is an expert with the rifle and has nerve.   When the
true-patriot, and a husky stalwart posse left /Clinton abourjhree
years ago to round up Spintlam and Paul,  the Indian murderers*
»ke, 1 ear n e d, of the re-cruitingof hisfellow-country'men and implored the local authorities to allow him his freedom that he might enlist with the Allies. Magistrate Herne took the matter up by wire with the attorney-general and as a result a special order-in-council arrived ye8te.r-day giving Mike his release. He was enthusiastically acclaimfed 8/feIlow recruits this mojm-ing< and the police boys gaw like a joyous sendrofl^..
of a
and
prospector Constable
named .White Kindness   was
killed, Boyd formed ore of the band.of specials. When Kindness was shot from his horse, ForreJt Loring of Ashcroft, had his right
arm broken and lost his carbine, of theJj-posse yd   and
The rest cover,    but
wentto Lori rig
icharked>the  Si washes,   Loring
government, rins from the north and from Ala*ka and' ^e ukon and Northern British Col umbta. from as far south as Arizona, are# heading for Vancouver en route to the concentration base established at Thre« Rivers.
No trouble Is expected ing the Montenegrins United States.   It, jr^pointed thai the
six-shooter with hitt hand, and Boyd pumping his 30-30 as fast as he could. Had Boyd, been shooting, at a deer, Spintlam would never have lived to be hanged, but he had never shot at a man before, ape the bullets went ahead of Mr quarry Spintlam diedN on Jm gallows, Paul is gpending^nia Win in the penitentiary^ano Boyd is back to prjaVtice up in .... shootingjkluni. However with chnical knowledge of trans work he htw figured that he ca-n. 4o-the most good in toe
is Koif  the art oi  ever with
t service.
afresh, as
id
fry male>^arCive of atitpjmatjcalty   be.
gervist^trntil he is
remains^a^re- i
 too olij \Vhen ^
tenegro is at "war; e very |Hon tej.
egtm
is
at  war.   A.
system is followed
'erent that with
other natiojwriA  large propor- men wJio are respond-
ing; toJhe call to arms have been residents of the United States for eight and ten years, but their ovefor the land of their-birth-isr stili as keen as ever and they are giving up good jobs to^ pro because ;hey know they are.needed:t—-1 here are: now several hundred Montenegrins in Vancouver arid oh their way there.   Transporta'
IASES RAILROAD
FOR 9?syEARS
The lease of^the Grandtmnlr
minal and elevator facilities, h been signed, and the government has now full control foraperioc of 999 years of the property. ,It is stated that the consideration is $600,000 per year, this being on the basis of four-and-a-half per cent^ upon  the cost of the
ion arrangements ^jare made to send- thejtfeast mobilizattion camp.; \
being the
The government has therrrNattSffa
property.
,now=
Transcontinental   for   ope
purpgsesfrom Winnipei
Manitoba Conservatives have chosen Sir James Aitken as their leader. Kesolutions favoring prohibition and woman suffrage have been adopted.                  .     .A.
tihirevfinttook place on Tuesday afternoon .when ;A lex. Baxter, one of ;tne depfirtintf'recruits, was mprrie^'7t«j; MJ93 Blanche Winifred Lock, by Rev. A. ;C. Justice. THe yAung couple are Well known in the «ity haying resided here for upwards _of a .year. The flerald joinn^ii?i8h-ricle/and groom a happy afttfr the wad is over/
 the> ipion /
reun and a long tity. i;:tv:?,'
fe in | their adopted
been summoned to iUly to
been summoned to iUly     giye^ keeping communicationi in orier.
::
y, who has the matter of,
i<f Shows Remarkable Milling Activity;
Claims That Have Been Uuproductive For Many Year* \,..          Now Paying Properties-Rich Clean-up ' -
'J.'':'./:   Frorn One Crevice.
In a recent clean-up on Lowhee (Jreek, Barkerville district, $35,-000 in placer gold was taken from one crevice. Lowhee was one of the rich creeks of the Cariboo district and was .drifted ouctf-in bedrock during the early days. For many yeara'past it has been an abandoned
ago it was purchased by the Hopp.syndicaieof Seattle for $7,000 and has4ince been equipped with a.large hydraulic plant. It is now one of the' largest dividend paying properties • in northern B.C. The ^oldjis all coarse, andjt-is nothing/uncommon to find nuggets worth, from $300 to $600. These nuggets are of a brilliant color and is the most suitable gold used in making upjjejvejry
as   chains/  tie*pins,   ejtc.   'the Hopp cornpatiy ' has a standing
contractXo supply Henry Birks,
(mnadwaiid-ypres Always Linked.

It
ornmp.
was    Sunday
Grey
a corner of entered ,an There, stan^hig un ed flagS/^6f bygone^wars
together some of the od of Canada. Together we all sang God Save tjhe King, and aa the echoes of thi.t grand old. anthem rang through that ancient jtdlRce, seeming as it werejto-jom together the,JBrit» past years with" those young men from overseas, I felt a lump in my throat, and I am not ashamed to say my eyes filled with tears. '\
Thus^jvith   siinfTle MrXsHarry  E^BHttain, CanadiaiiGlub liis   hpno^vin^^ailcouver   last
descrJbea^theMastdi gfimpses^of the contingent they   le£k^=for  tne Yjweff^Mr. Brittain will
the largest jewelry firm in Canada,  with nuggeta at
ounce,  which  is over
$20  per a dollar
more than the actual value of the gold;           X
"" On Williams and Antler Creeks although much richer ground, the gold was of a rusty and paler color. \ containing .< more foreign . matter and worth; about a dollar an ounce less.      I
Those who have recently returned f r o m the Barkerville country say that hard times a not in evidence there: /Nev/ properties are being opened up, and proepectors and miners are making good wages. The advent of the railway into*Prince George during the past two years has had the effect of reducing the cost of living, which in turn has made paving properties of many
claims that many years.
have been
idle for
ent a couple of days here, iny will recall the excursion up :he Fraaer to Willow River on the steamer B. X. in which practically* the entire local population were guests of the visitors.        ; "Henceforth," continued the speaker, ' 'Ypres and Canada wilt be linked together for all time in burnished letters of gold. V After describing former pleas-iriences in British Colum-mercury on the  isen beyond the BHttoittW  h
iis to say
"We'vt t" -end of the war
see'a brace of •eagl single and dp and one tu" lost nearly all their
 e
HtthW  to the war:
 ng to  f the  dYa
 will nave  feathers am
After referring to the splendid, practical work being done * Royal Colonial Institute,
^^nd  be re>
fnembered^bK'many residents of
prince George.   In 1910, in com-
pahy with Premier .McBride.and
number of English in vestprs,
war to the
 Uni
place
of.
land, both in igdom and in the
dotnmto^s^across the /seas, those who desired it. Mr.- Brit tain concluded, amid trernendous enthusiasm, as "Out of ihia furnace and suffering a real, united empire will be forged. Let it be forged so that generations yet unborn will look back upon this appalling war and realize that for themselves, humanity and the .world this fierht has not been fought in, vain.>' -;       '
themajor's utfle veto
gets m Action agmh.
The city councfh^ast
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hesendinp: of a teleja:ramlto_rail-way commission fit^Ltawa, ask-
ng if the resolution*'jbf.the, counir cil asking that'the-railway=dejx)t
)'e built at^fthie foot of Georjfe Street hati been received. This was the result of a deputation of abaut twenty business men, a«led b.v-|\\^. F. Cook^ waiting upon the council and asking that
uch a course be taken.J    "
Was
unanimously
men when it
passed.,     ¦—"L             „.,\a- :
His Worship immediately gave a notice of veto, and the disgus-|ed delegation left the hall.      v>>
Later on the matter was again brought up by Aid. Parks, whom the mayor declared out of ordtir.
City Solicitor Wilson informed the mayor that the resolution was in effect until it had actually been vetoed, and. then ensued a wordy   battle  in   which,. His
Mayor Gillett was in a rather j^Ynrihip cwt^ignityjtdthe w)nds, ellisrerentmood> after Mr. Cook*?; A curtain may be drawrir^ere. ad maile the request on oehalflU* sufficient to aay ftiatthe f the delegation;-and wanted to mayp^withidrew his •4vetoM^and
allowed t4ie city clerk to forward
the telegram.
He was informed hy the spokesman, that he represented 115 ratepayers of the city.          —2^
Mr. GMIett~Are ypu behatf^pfthe G. T. P. ?
(now,pn\whose, behalf Mr..Cobke apooared.
 .here on
Mr. Cooke assured His Worship haib"h^MHi not4^^ Further _cros>-uestioninvr by the mayor made he spokesman of the delegation PPjear as a criminal before the bar of justice, ,, > -Finally the mayor allowed the fore; the^alder-
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An extraordinary cloudburst pl»v e at ¦ Ashcroft last short time the dry, gulches raging torrents, and the C. P. R. ,trac was covered in about six places within the radius of a mil* with mud and graVeU in some places about eight
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deep;--/At one spot the bank wna broken1 aw»y for fifty yards, pespendicular with the outside of the .rails. Large bodies of men were, rushed from ea t and west, and b» morning the track was cleared, and temporary supports placed wh«r« the sreatest-"damage ynm done. Durinf the storm hail fell 90 heavily that In spots m lay for hours, and the children w«r« ,snow-blH     with It   S«vsraJ homes near
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